CHAPTER 6

As I enter the Rakuzan basketball club's gymnasium , I was immediately ordered by the vice captain of the club , his name is Mibuchi Reo , position : shooting guard .

" Sei-chan is looking for you ", he said in his usual demeanour as he muttered the word " again ", between his gritted teeth without even noticing " If you disobey him once again , you know what will happen right ? Just like the day when you first disobey him ", he gazed down at me as if I was a pest to him .

I narrowed my eyes and brows " You saw it ? ", I asked in serious yet calm tone of voice .

He shrugged " Who knows ", with that , he turned his back to me " by the way , Sei-chan is in our classroom ".

After I heared Mobichi's words , I immediately turned around my heels as I departed away , not even bothering myself to leave my things inside the gym .

" hmmm... I was wondering , why Akashi was always looking for Takasugi ? Do they have a relationship with each other ? ", the blond guy questioned as soon as the vice captain arrived .

" Now that you mention it , I've also noticed it ever since that girl entered our club ", a large man builted in muscles said .

" Woa - could it be ... ", he paused for a moment while the two tall men are waiting for his next word , curious at what Hayama would have to say " is inlove with that woman ?! ".

Silence was the answer by these two guy .

" ... huh ? ".

A vein popped in the shoulder length haired guy in his forehead . He can't take any longer at Hayama's response " Will you knock it off ? Don't talk nonsense about Sei-chan ".

" Calm down , Reo-nee I was just kidding ", as the blond guy place his hand in front of his chest .

Mibuchi sighed " Whatever . We should go back to our practice ".

I finally arrive at the clubroom . Come to think about it , I almost spend my time in the gymnasium . This is actually my first time going to the clubroom . As I saw the wooden sliding door of the room , I quickly knock twice .

" Come in ", said the voice inside the room as I entered .

There revealed the redhead man's back feature . His right leg was resting above the chair where he was sitting " So you're finally here ", he spoke without trying to look at me as he predicted that I will arrived at the exact time .

I moved a few steps forward to reach him . When there's a meter were far apart I quickly stopped pacing " What do you want , Akashi ? ".

I noticed that he was playing shogi . I shut my eyes then smirked " hn. A guy playing shogi without an opponent ? That seems pretty weird ".

" Whatever ", he plainly said that made me annoy .

I still remained calm even though he's slowy getting into my nerves " I'll repeat it once again . Just what do you want , Akashi ? ".

Instead of answering my question , he just simply ignored it and questioned me back , instead " Why don't you join with me ? ", no, he is actually inviting me ? Does he hit his head on something ?

He gazed at me into the corner of his bloody eye " You know how to play shogi , right ? ".

My eyes widened . I never tell nor share to him that I can play shogi in my entire life . We never talked to each other normally like friends do . In fact I only have a conversation with him when I was in the club . How does he even know about it ?

" How did you - ".

He smirked " Because I know everything ".

I heard the clashing tone that made the shogi pieces bump into each other or in the shogi board as he placed it one by one into its starting line-up " What are you standing there for ? ".

Since I had no choice , I decided to occupy the seat infront of him . I didn't realize that we had an eye to eye contact at each other . I got startle . I never see him this much close as I immediately looked away .

Why my heart beats so fast ?

I cleared my throart to ease the tension I felt " Anyway , I never played shogi in ages , so I hope you could bear with me ".

" Is that a threat ? ".

" Well you could say that ", damn it . Why I suddenly got disturbed by his presence ? I always saw him and talked to him formally when I was in the gym . So why I'm acting like this ? This is not me .

" Why are you blushing ? ", he asked while doing his job with the shogi pieces .

" Why would I ? Anyway , since were going to play , why don't you tell me your reasons why I've been summoned by you ? ", I straightforwardly said . Its a suggestion , though .

As soon as he finished preparing the shogi pieces for our match , he quickly took the first move . Not even asking who should take a first " Two days after the midterm exam , we will be having a training camp . You should come no matter what ".

" ... huh ", that's all I could say . I can't even think of a comeback to that and I don't see any problem to it since I'm part of the team even though I'm just their supporter or helping them with some other things . I'm not also afraid to disobey him . I just want to see how Rakuzan do their training camp .

" And also, the specific location is at the Takasugi's training site . I got the approval of your father to have a practice game with his team . It happens that their schedule are the same like us ", he continued while his attention is on the shogi board .

" How did you know my father ? ", I asked him in serious tone . I'm rather quite suprise on what he said .

He smirked and took another move " Just who do you think am I , Eri ?! ".

I rolled my eyes and replied him lazily " You're Akashi Seijuurou , of course ", now its my turn to move . Great! This is tough .

" Do me a favor ", he demanded suddenly .

Akashi Seijuurou is actually asking a favor to me ?!

Instead of hearing my response , he continued talking about the favor he asked " The winter cup is coming soon . I want you to record the game to all the members of Generation of Miracles especially Kuroko Tetsuya . There's a possibility that we will face him in the game ".

" Isn't that too much ", I asked bluntly " I mean , you're asking me to record the game to all the members of Generation of Miracles in the entire Winter Cup especially Kuroko-kun's team ? ", he nodded .

" It seems that you already met Tetsuya ", he said " and besides did you enjoy your shoot with Ryouta ? ".

A red tint flushed into my cheeks " Eh ?! Why did you suddenly change the topic ? How did you - ".

" I saw you and Kise in the magazine " , he said without leaving his attention in the shogi board . But saying those last few words , he looked at me with such demeaning eyes while smirking " You're quite elegant in that outfit " .

I blushed hardly . What does he want ? Why did he open such a topic ? And he saw me in the magazine wearing a dress that I occasionally wear ?! This is embarrassing .

I quickly dismissed our topic like nothing happened , as I subconsciously raised my voice " O-Okay , I accept you favor in one condition ! ".

" What is it ? ", he asked nonchalantly .

" I'll ask help to other person ", I said .

" Suit yourself as long as you record the game in the entire game in winter cup , I'm fine with it ", after saying those words , he smirked .

" Checkmate ".

" W-what ?! ", I can't believe it . I swear I didn't even notice it at all . I thought the game was going smoothly and within a minute it was over without even realizing it ? Why is he good at everything ?

He always rank first during the result of the exam . I still don't see him play in the official game but I heard that without him , the team still won the champioship . But what if he plays ... and also I heard from the upperclassmen of the club that he was never defeated once .

Is he a human ?

" You have a long ways to go Eri . It's too early for you to defeat me but anyway I enjoy our match , more or less ", he stood up and pack his things before leaving me in the room .

" More or less ... huh ".

The midterm exam came and it went well . I mostly answered all the questions without difficulties since I study hard and did my best .

But there's one person who got perfect scores in the whole exam and got the first rank when the result was posted . And that never change , it was none other than the team captain of basketball club , Akashi Seijuurou .

I heard some rumor that he was never defeated that no one dares to challenge him because in the end it will be his win . He is absolute and he never know what defeat is .

I don't believe any single word of it . Why ? Because no one's perfect and everyone must know what defeat is . We were not craeted perfectly . Each individuals has its own weaknesses even myself , I know my weakness . I just think of him that he is borned with extraordinary talent with perfectionist attitude .

I only rank 7th in the whole school . I don't see any problem to it . There's a lot of students here in Rakuzan so it's a pleasure to be rank in 7th .