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1st year – Too Academy – Somewhere in England
Remus sighed as he made his way through yet another small town, it was hardly a town at all but it was the last of his list. He really wished that he would find answers here because he wasn't sure how long Sirius would hold out. He was getting worse by the day and Remus really worried that he would do something stupid.
The wind was sharp and tried to tug his cloak off his shoulders but he grabbed it and kept it tightly around himself. Spring or practically summer didn't really matter here it would seem, as the wind was cold and the rain was still in the air. It was a dreary little place and he wondered if Mac really would be there.
He sighed again as he looked around finding himself in what appeared to be the city centre. He walked to a nearby coffee shop that looked reasonably decent and wished for hot chocolate, he almost let out a low moan in pleasure when he smelled the aroma of hot chocolate as soon as he entered the coffee shop.
"One hot chocolate, please," Remus ordered when the smiling girl behind the counter asked for his order.
"Coming right up, sir," she smiled and accepted his money before quickly handing back his change.
Luckily Remus was somewhat used to be in the muggle world, often being forced to look there for work because of his monthly problem as James and Sirius had referred to it back in the day. A stab of pain hit him as he remembered the two lively boys that were both gone in one way or another.
"Are you alright, sir?" the girl asked making Remus blink at her.
"Ah, yes," Remus forced a smile. "Just got lost in thought."
The girl nodded and smiled at him once more before leaving to get his chocolate or at least that was what Remus guessed she was doing. There was hardly anyone else in the shop and he used the time he had to wait to look around.
Soon the girl was back and handed him the cup and he smiled appreciatively at her before going to a table by the window and sat down. He pulled out a worn book a nice cover as he also looked out of the window trying to see if he could see someone who could be Mac. He didn't know what she would look like, but he imagined she would resemble James but have Lily's eyes. It was an image in his head and he knew it could be wrong, but…
He didn't want to entertain the thought that she was dead. If she was then Remus feared that there really was no saving Sirius or even himself. He was running on fume as he tried to track down the Dursley's.
They had been nowhere to be found and only recently had he gotten a hit on the name when he had looked around in the Muggle World. He also didn't have the best contact network here, but he had made some contacts over the years. It was a painfully slow process, though.
Every time he saw a young girl around the age of 15 he would look twice before disappointment hit him once more. No one matched what he thought Mac would look like.
"Thank you," Remus smiled at the young girl behind the counter when he had finished the hot chocolate and was ready to leave the coffee shop.
"You're welcome," she smiled. "You passing through?"
"That obvious, huh?" Remus asked with a crooked smile.
"Kind of," she laughed, "it's a small town."
Remus nodded in understanding before he paused and looked at her for a moment considering. Should he risk asking? He didn't really see a loss on asking her.
"I'm actually looking for someone," Remus said, "I think they lived around here, but I can't remember."
"Oh?" the girl looked curious.
"Yeah, the sister of a friend of mine," Remus forced himself to keep the smile on his face, "a Petunia Dursley. Do you know her?"
The girl looked pensive for a moment as she tried to remember before her eyes widened and she grimaced slightly.
"Ah, Mrs Dursley," she said and looked at him with a searching look. "She normally comes in here with friends a couple of times a week."
Remus felt hope in his chest and pulled out a small photo from his pocket. It was an old picture, something from Lily and James' wedding. Petunia had reluctantly been there much to Lily's joy. She always hoped that her sister would forgive her for having magic one day and that they would find back to the closeness they shared in childhood.
"I know the picture is old, but could you tell me if this is the one?" Remus asked.
The girl blinked at him probably confused by the odd request, but luckily she didn't think it was suspicious. She looked at the picture curiously, and Remus forced himself to remain patient and not rush her as she looked at the picture of Lily and Petunia.
"Ah, that's her," the girl nodded, "she's obviously a lot older but that's Mrs Dursley."
Remus almost cried in relief. He had found her. Finally.
"Why are you looking for her, Mr?" the girl asked curiously.
"We lost touch when her sister died," Remus explained vaguely. "I just wanted to check in and see how she and her family were doing. For her sister's sake."
Remus was relieved when the girl seemed to buy the explanation, he didn't want to mention Mac just yet. He thanked her once more after getting direction to the house where the Dursley's lived. Thank you for small towns.
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Remus easily found the small two-story house and looked up at it for a moment wondering if he really were going to find Mac. After all these years. His heart was beating rapidly in his chest and he could feel everything in him bursting to run to the house and ring the bell. Maybe Mac would come and open the door? Maybe…
He tried to calm his excitement and nerves down as he stared at the house. He had put a notice-me-not charm on himself, he didn't want to give anyone reason to be suspicious spotting a man staring at the house.
The door opened and a tall woman with blond hair and a long neck became visible in the doorway, she was dressed in a horrible flowery dress and looked to be picking up the milk bottles standing outside.
"Pet, where's my tie?!" Remus heard a male voice call from inside.
"It's on the chair, dear," Petunia answered.
Seeing her for himself Remus was no longer in any doubt. There she was, Petunia Dursley, Lily's sister and Mac's aunt. The one who had been given Mac when she was a baby, the one blessed with the honour of raising Lily and James' daughter.
Question was now; what should he do next?
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Too Academy
Mac gritted her teeth as she heard the others talk about Daiki and how he wasn't there or responding to calls from Imayoshi. Sakurai was apologizing over and over again in the background but Mac wasn't really paying attention as she felt annoyed and worried because Daiki was normally there when they had a match.
It was in the deal he had with the school and the coach. He could skip practices, but he had to be there when they had a match. No matter what or who they were playing. And now…he wasn't there.
She wanted to cover for him, but there was nothing she could say or do. She was…lost. Why would he not show up? Was he trying to make her worry for him more than she already was? Did he try to avoid her that much? Her hands clenched so hard that she could feel her nails digging into her palm as she abruptly stood up and walked out the door. She was aware that the others looked at her, but she ignored them as she pulled out her phone.
Bzzz….bzzzz….bzzzz…bzzzz…..
He wasn't picking up. She hit her hand against the wall as she felt her anger build inside of her and she wasn't sure what to do or think anymore. She just couldn't understand what he was thinking or doing anymore.
She felt like she had already lost him and she could feel the panic rise inside of her as she tried to push the thought that was always swimming just underneath everything lately away.
She couldn't fall apart here. Not now.
She inhaled deeply and did her best to push her panic and sadness away. She just had to get Daiki to show up. She called him again, but once more he didn't pick up.
Going back to the locker room she knew that the others had hoped she had been able to reach Daiki, but they seemed to know the moment they saw her that she hadn't.
Susa patted her shoulder once as she sank down on the bench beside him. She appreciated the comfort coming from him. Her head and emotions were a mess, but she couldn't focus on that now. She had to focus on the match.
The locker room was completely silent and they all seemed to wait for her to say something.
Mac inhaled and pushed her feelings, her thoughts, herself back and looked up to face her team who needed her. She reminded herself that this team, the team she was on right now, was there and they needed her if they were going to win this game.
"Alright," Mac said her voice surprisingly calm but slightly detached. "I've told you about Seirin and their players. You're prepared for them and we can still do this without Daiki."
She hid her feelings as she said it, but her heart felt like it was breaking.
She continued to go over the plan for the match and reminded them to look out for Seirin's team play and the way they relied on Taiga and Tetsuya.
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"You go ahead and start warming up without me," Mac said when they got ready to leave the locker room. "I'll try to reach Daiki again."
Imayoshi looked at her for a moment before he nodded and turned to leave the others following him. Susa gave her an encouraging smile before he left and with that, she was on her own in the locker room.
She sighed as she sat down on the bench feeling tired. Alone she could let some of her emotions out, and she stared at her hands. She opened and closed her hands as she stared at them.
They had a match soon and Daiki wasn't there. He hadn't been there a lot lately, but she had been so sure that he would show up for the match. He always had before and she had always thought she could count on him for that at least.
She pulled out her phone again and called Daiki. She listened to the summing tone that seemed to get louder and louder as it kept ringing.
He still didn't pick up and Mac felt frustrated and hurt. What had she done to have him push her away like this? What had she done?
This couldn't go on. She couldn't do it. Not anymore.
The walls seemed to close in on her and she huddled together on the bench as the phone still ringing fell to the bench beside her and she could faintly hear the summing tone in the silent room. She didn't really pay it any attention as her mind spun and she wondered what she should do now.
The phone disconnected itself and the silence became almost too loud for Mac who wished for old times and the happiness of her team around her. The memory seemed to taunt her as she was sitting in the locker room by herself.
She shook herself as she stood up abruptly to shake off the memories and her thoughts. She had to focus. This wasn't how she should be acting before an important match. She had to be serious and do her best because they were playing Taiga and Tetsuya today. She had looked forward to that for weeks now and she wouldn't let Daiki ruin it.
When this was over she would deal with Daiki. She would confront him then.
So suddenly that she almost jumped the door was opened and the very person she had been trying to call walked in and stopped abruptly when he spotted her.
Mac stared at him shocked and he seemed equally shocked at seeing her and there was something in his eyes that Mac almost didn't dare to think was because was that longing? She couldn't be right about that, right? She was just reading too much into it, but the way his blue eyes darkened as he looked at her had a small undeniable spark shoot through her. Everything she had planned to say, to lecture, to demand what he was thinking left her and she couldn't form a word lost in the moment they seemed to share.
He opened his mouth as if to say something, but he closed it again and breaking the moment by looking away from her a small frown on his face as he walked past her to the bench and put his bag down.
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"Where's Aomine?" Taiga asked looking around but not spotting the tall blue haired Ace. Come to think about it…he didn't see Mac either. "And Mac?"
"That bastard isn't here," Wakamatsu growled clearly angry. Though, he didn't comment on Mac because like the rest of the team worried about her and knew she was upset. He hated that. It made his anger at Daiki even worse.
Tetsuya frowned from beside Taiga as he looked at the other team who all seemed grim and annoyed, but he could also see some worry in their eyes and he couldn't help but think that the worry was because of Mac and not that they had to play a match without Aomine.
"Ah, ah," Imayoshi sighed bringing the attention over to him.
Taiga scowled at him when he saw the smiling face and closed eyes. He looked perfectly calm, but there was something lurking underneath.
"Sorry," he said smiling. "We're actually in trouble without him as well. I'm afraid we haven't been able to reach him and Mac is currently trying to get a hold of him to find out when he'll get here."
Taiga frowned and he could tell that Tetsuya was watching the other boy closely as if trying to see through a lie or something.
"So, I'm afraid that for now, you have to settle with us," Imayoshi continued. "We'll be the opening act. So please be kind. Though, I guess I should be fair and warn you that Mac is still here and she's really the one to look out for. We're nothing compared to her."
Taiga and Tetsuya couldn't do anything else but watch as Imayoshi walked back to his side of the court and get back to the warm-up. He didn't look that bothered, but Taiga had a feeling that you very rarely saw what he was thinking or feeling.
"No Aomine, huh," Izuki commented making Taiga aware that the rest of the team had gathered around them. "That…."
"That is a good thing," Hyuga said grimly. "This way we can only focus on Mac and we need to get as many points as we can before Aomine shows up."
The others nodded in agreement while both Taiga and Tetsuya exchanged looks.
"Have you forgotten Mac entirely when you played her back in Middle School?" Tetsuya asked clearly hating that he had to bring it up, but he had to ask.
"What? No, but…" Hyuga scowled.
Tetsuya sighed, "I think you have forgotten very much about her if you think it will be easier without Aomine and with just Mac… I'm afraid you all will have a rather brutal awakening. Mac is good. Really good and more than that she is good at playing her team better and they have undoubtedly been trained by her… I wouldn't be surprised if they're stronger than we have been thinking."
The others were silent as he talked and Taiga nodded in agreement with his words when they looked at him.
"I told you, I've never beaten Mac one-on-one before," he reminded them.
Riko sighed before she suddenly reached out and grabbed Tetsuya by the collar and started shaking him roughly.
"Why haven't you said so before?!" she yelled annoyed.
Tetsuya tried to answer something that sounded like: "you didn't ask" but it wasn't easy with the way she was shaking him. The rest of the team looked at him in pity, but no one said anything as they didn't want her wrath to be turned to them.
"Argh!" Riko yelled as she let him go and started to pace agitated and thinking deeply.
"We should, either way, try to get as many points we can and try to gain some advantage before Aomine arrives," Riko said.
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Mac stood outside the locker room waiting for Daiki to change. She wasn't going to give him an opportunity to get away again and if she had to she would drag him to the match, but something told her that she wouldn't have to do that.
"Kenzie," Daiki spoke up beside her and she blinked realising that he had exited the locker room without her noticing.
He wasn't looking at her. That made her frown.
"Come on," Mac sighed and they walked in a tense silence through the hall toward the gym where the match was going to be held.
Mac could hear the sounds of basketballs being dribbled and the crowd coming from inside before she entered through the large doors. She was very aware that Daiki was walking beside her.
The match hadn't started yet at least.
"Aomine!" Imayoshi came toward them and the rest of the team was right behind him.
"You bastard!" Wakamatsu growled. "Where have you been?!"
Mac noticed the looks from Seirin they got and she wasn't sure if it was disappointment or wariness she was seeing, but they didn't look too pleased by them showing up in time. She didn't need to guess to know that they probably had hoped to take advantage of their absence and get as many points they could.
"I'm here now, aren't I?" Daiki said gruffly. "What does it matter that I was late."
Mac sighed and shook her head. It would be impossible to get him to say anything else right now. He was actually…strangely motivated for this match, Mac realised as she saw him start to get ready. He had a look in his eyes that told her that he was serious and that was something she'd rarely seen in him lately.
"Yo, Tetsu," Daiki said spotting Tetsuya. "Good to see you again."
Tetsuya stared at him blankly for a moment and Mac felt a stab at her heart as she watched the two who used to be so close back at Teiko. Beside herself, Tetsuya had been the one Daiki was the closest to and for Mac it was extra painful to watch as Daiki had pushed the shadow away.
"You too," Tetsuya finally said.
"You look like you're ready to go," Daiki observed with a cold smirk.
"I am," Tetsuya answered truthfully. "I promised Mac."
Daiki's eyebrow twitched slightly, but he didn't comment. He turned his eyes toward Taiga for a moment.
"I told you," Daiki said, "I would show you that your light is to dim. You're not the one to bring out the best of Tetsu."
"Bring it on, we'll show you," Taiga stated.
Daiki gave a laugh, but it wasn't the happy laugh Mac remembered and it hurt more than it should, to hear the darkness in him. She was also frowning because Daiki was referring to something she didn't know and she didn't like the alternative her mind was coming up with.
Daiki was unusually fired up before the game and Mac…well, she was worried.
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0-0: the start of the game – 1st quarter
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Daiki won the ball at the tip-off against Taiga who was rushing after Daiki already, but he wasn't as fast as Daiki who seemed to be going at full even from the start of the game. He scored a three-pointer right off the bat and a gasp went through the audience at the quick score.
Mac saw the smirk playing on Daiki's lips as he stared at Taiga who frowned and looked even more determined.
Seirin had the ball now and they passed it between themselves as they advanced onto Too's side of the court. Mac was covering Izuki who she knew would be a challenge because of his eagle eyes. She caught the ball before Izuki could take it and side-stepped him when he tried to take it back.
A quick look told her that both Daiki and Imayoshi was free to get the ball, but she passed the ball to Imayoshi and ignored the small frown on Daiki's face at not getting the ball.
Imayoshi grinned as he attacked and Hyuga managed to catch up with him and somehow block him as well, but Imayoshi just smiled.
"Fast, aren't you?" he asked. "I guess I have no choice then…"
He passed the ball behind him and Sakurai caught it and like Mac had taught him used his quick release shot and the ball flew through the air and through the hoop just as Sakurai called out:
"Sorry!"
Mac never got him to stop doing that and she had stopped trying.
Daiki was there when Taiga got the ball next and right away it was a challenge between the two, Taiga managed to dribble the ball a little and passed to Tetsuya before getting the ball back as they made their way to the hoop.
Daiki got in his space and stole the ball with such ease that it seemed like Taiga had the ball but in the next, he was dribbling air. Daiki passed him and rounded Izuki who was behind Taiga without seeming to notice him at all.
Daiki jumped and dunked the ball into the hoop.
Mac smiled slightly as she saw the familiar move and remembered all the times she had watched him do that.
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Daiki had the ball again and almost smiled at the familiar feeling of receiving the ball from Mac. It felt like old times somehow and he could almost forget the distance that had been between them lately. He dribbled the ball and noticed that Taiga was already there to try to stop him. He sighed as he saw the way past him easily.
Getting around him and score was easy, but he did notice that Taiga was a little closer this time and he had pushed himself more and was getting closer.
That was…interesting, but Daiki scowled. He pushed back the small spark that flared inside his chest as he steeled his determination of showing the difference between the two of them once and for all. He had to. He had to show Mac that the other boy wasn't worth her interest even if he was her cousin.
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16-0: 7 minutes - 1st quarter
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"We're in trouble," Izuki gasped as he tried to catch his breath as Daiki had just once more showed off his talents.
Seirin was all looking worse for wear and Mac actually felt worried as she looked over at them. She pushed her worry back as her mind remained professional and on the task at hand. She was a player for Too and she would not let her personal feelings for her opponent allow her to slack off.
Mac had the ball again and with a sigh, she passed it to Daiki who immediately started to dribble the ball, but so far Mac had noticed that he wasn't really using his streetball skills but played a what Daiki called honest basketball that was structured and in his words: "boring."
Yet, he was using it. Mac was both pleased and slightly worried that he was because she had no idea what he was planning or what he was currently doing.
Mac watched as Daiki scored another three-pointer despite being covered, but she wasn't surprised by that.
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Mitobe had the ball and he passed it to Izuki who was looking around before passing the ball off again, it wasn't until the ball suddenly appeared with Taiga that Mac realised that she had lost sight of Tetsuya and he must have intercepted the ball because the ball had been headed toward Hyuga.
She turned her direction as she moved to stop her cousin, but Daiki was there and he looked ready to stop Taiga but Taiga passed and Daiki frowned for a second before Taiga was past him and again in the possession of the ball signalling another interference with Tetsuya.
Taiga dunked the ball firmly through the hoop taking Seirin's first points in the game.
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19-2 : 8 minutes played – 1st quarter
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Daiki was scowling, but Mac hadn't really a clue on why because while Daiki had been fooled they still had control of the game and it wasn't normal for Daiki to show emotion this way.
Mac dribbled the ball and looked around for her players, everyone was free to take the ball and she had to decide who to pass it too. So far she had held back and been the one to set up plays, be it Daiki, Imayoshi or Sakurai. Susa and herself was mainly the one to defend but she would also set the others up.
She knew it looked like they were mostly playing one-on-one, but it was more team play involved than most thought.
She passed the ball to Imayoshi who was faced with Izuki. It wasn't surprising that Imayoshi challenged him himself and moved to the hoop. Izuki was covering him well, but with Imayoshi's double clutch still fell short and Imayoshi scored another two points for Too.
Hyuga got the ball and with sheer determination managed to score a three-pointer despite Sakurai trying to cover him.
"I don't plan on losing this game," Hyuga declared as he faced Sakurai who blinked owlishly at him. "Tell your captain, you apologetic mushroom."
"What? Sorry!" Sakurai reared back as he stared at Hyuga.
Mac snorted as she grabbed the ball.
"Snap out of it Sakurai!" she told him.
"Ah, sorry!"
She sighed.
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21-5 : 10 minutes played – 1st quarter (end)
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After a very short break and something to drink they were ready for the next quarter. Mac was on the bench this one and had to watch the others from the bench. She knew that with Wakamatsu they got more power and another hothead, but she thought it would work well enough.
"Seirin will come a little stronger this quarter," Mac told Harasawa.
"You said they were a slow starter," he nodded. "I can see why they have beaten two Kings."
Mac allowed a smile as she nodded in agreement, even if they hadn't gotten much done she saw the will and the strength in Seirin. It just wasn't enough right now.
Harasawa was twirling a strand of hair as he watched the match, but he didn't look worried. Just curious and pleased.
Daiki stole the ball from Hyuga and immediately faced both Tetsuya and Taiga who managed to get Daiki to pause, but because of his ability to stop his acceleration without any notice, he didn't lose control of the ball.
They tried to cage him in, but with a twist and a speedy acceleration had Daiki already past them and scored a three-pointer.
Mac glanced at Taiga who looked fired up, his anger and determination as he stared at Daiki was enough to prove to Mac that he hadn't given up.
Taiga managed to score a couple of times with determination and help from his team, Mac saw just how good his combination with Tetsuya was and she knew that her team still had trouble seeing him at this point, but…that would soon change.
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27-8 : 13 minutes played – 2nd quarter
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It was true that Seirin had fought back a little more now, having gotten somewhat used to their opponents on the court. Though, they were a long way away from actually catching up on the score.
Mac gave a nod as she met Imayoshi's eyes and he smirked at her before motioning to the others making them fall back and seemingly abandoning the outside like they were trying to make it impossible for Seirin to get inside, but Mac watched as Taiga had the ball and could tell he saw what they were trying to do. Or at least parts of it…
"You're naïve!" Taiga called out as he jumped from the outside of the three-point line and shot the ball. Mac recognised that Taiga was trying to do the one man alley oop like he had used against Shutoku.
Mac sighed as she knew this was coming, the team was also prepared and Susa was there to block Taiga from reaching the ball again by placing himself in the way without making a foul.
All of the available Seirin players were covered by a Too player making the return of the ball difficult for them to reach just like Mac had predicted.
Imayoshi won the ball and Too had once more the control of the ball.
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Up in the stands Ryota and Shintaro were watching, both looking pensive and not really saying much about what they were witnessing. In truth…both were surprised by the very clear dominance Too Academy was showing, but at the same time…
"They're not even managing to keep up," Ryota sighed. "This will be ugly…"
"I had thought that Kagami-cchi and Kuroko-cchi would have been able to give a better fight than this," Ryota continued, "though, it looks like they're about to get started with a little play at least."
Shintaro sighed as he glanced at Ryota.
"Have you forgotten, Kise?"
"Huh?"
"Mac is on the team as well," Shintaro pointed out.
"I know that!" Ryota scowled.
"Then you will remember her ability to read a game and the players," Shintaro said. "I'm sure they are very much prepared for whatever Seirin has planned, not that I think their plans are actually working. You do remember all the times Mac helped us out back at Teiko, don't you?"
Ryota nodded.
"It's bad luck for Seirin to face both Mac-cchi and Aomine-cchi," Ryota sighed.
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Mitobe had the ball and was facing Susa who watched him calmly. He remembered what Mac had said about this one.
"Mitobe is a hard worker and he never takes any risks," Mac had said. "He'll normally go for a hook shot when he faces an opponent that is taller than him. Susa-san, if you go against him you will do well in remembering that. He can score three-pointers, so he's one they'll try to set up when they're struggling."
Looks like Mac was right, Susa though as he saw Mitobe go for the hook shot. Susa jumped up and used managed to knock the ball out of Mitobe's eyes, and he could see the shock in the other's eyes as he realised that he was beaten.
Imayoshi smirked as he faced Hyuga. Normally he would have believed that Hyuga was going to shoot, being the strong shot that he was, but Mac had warned them that Hyuga would have worked to get past his weakness that was being on the inside. He had never been a player who liked to be on the inside to take the shot, therefore relying on his ability to make the shot from the outside. Imayoshi took in his stance and was prepared when he changed it from a shooting stance to one for dribbling, and when he lowered the ball Imayoshi reacted and stopped him.
The widening of eyes showed just how shocked Hyuga was by that making Imayoshi smile even wider as he always found extra entertainment from the shock of their opponents, especially when it came from Mac's research and her ability to read the game.
He was honestly very impressed by her talent to read a game and tell how it would develop, like how Seirin would be stronger in the 2nd quarter.
Imayoshi passed the ball to Sakurai who immediately scored.
"You really knows us," Hyuga grumbled.
Imayoshi turned his smiling face to him making Hyuga twitch and Imayoshi's smile to widen.
"Settle with you, huh?" Hyuga continued, "that was not really very accurate."
"Oh? I thought it was very accurate," Imayoshi defended still smiling. "I mean… who did you think gave us the knowledge of what you would do? Mac is the one who knows you so well…but don't take it too hard. She knows every team we're playing this well…"
Hyuga let his eyes drift to where Mac was on the bench. To think they had been slightly relieved when she had taken the place on the bench when the 2nd quarter had started… it looked like she still was there making things more difficult for them.
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37-12 : 16 minutes played – 2nd quarter
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Taiga scored with the help of Tetsuya who managed to screen Sakurai enough to hinder him in preventing Hyuga from getting past him and giving the ball to Tetsuya who managed to find a free Taiga.
It was a good combination and Mac had no problem admitting it as she watched the cheering up the Seirin players did as they went back to their court.
Daiki scoffed as he watched them as well, but Mac thought she saw a little softness in his eyes before it was gone again and he asked for the ball. He was passed the ball and he was off.
Taiga met him and with the help of Tetsuya managed to keep him at bay for a little while, but the thing about Daiki…he was very difficult to stop and even with the two of them together managed to get free and score.
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The rest of the quarter was very much the same, Seirin managed to get a few points but they didn't manage to stop Daiki from continuing to score so the gap wasn't becoming any smaller.
Mac had her clipboard in hand as she watched the match continue and she could tell that Daiki was getting more and more restless and she knew that he would soon stop playing the 'honest' basketball and would retreat to what he would find more natural and fun…well as fun as he could have with basketball anymore at least.
She saw Daiki take the ball and before anyone could stop him performed a perfect hook shot.
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53-23: 20 minutes played – 2nd quarter (end)
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AN: Thank you for reading. The next chapter will be updated tomorrow (or rather later today seeing that it's past midnight here) and you'll get the end of the match and see the results.