Well…it's the weekend! So I'm going to try to upload ALL of my stories. Okay…well…maybe not ALL of them. I've kinda lost my heart in The Resistance and Forbidden Kingdom: Avatar Style. I don't know why, I just don't seem inspired to write them at all or something. Don't get me wrong, your reviews inspired me GREATLY, but whenever I try to write a chapter…my body just shuts down. But I haven't deleted them because I know I will update in the future for sure, but I just don't know when. Anyways, I'm going to continue to work on Basketball Brawlers and Akuamarin, the Master of Water (which is a Naruto story, if you guys are interested.)
"So if we need five people for form a team-" started Dan.
"WE NEED MORE THAN FIVE PEOPLE, DIDN'T I JUST EXPLAIN THAT!" screamed Runo.
"-Oh, right, if we need more than five people to form a team, let's go find everyone else!"
"But Dan," started Alice. "Tomorrow's that last day to sign up. The signup sheet will be taken down after lunch. Do we have enough time to recruit everyone? I mean, it's the end of school right now. Everyone's going home."
"She has a point," Shun agreed.
"You ALWAYS think she has a point," smirked Dan.
Shun shrugged. "But it's true."
"Let's try to hash this out," said Runo. "Julie's in cheerleading, oh she'll be easy, we can ask her after practice is done, which is in about ten minutes. Billy's probably watching her practice, but there's no doubt he'll be waiting for her after cheer practice. He always does. Jake has football, he's also easy. His practice time ends the same time as Julie's does. Marucho, well, knowing him he's probably at the school library or something, so we can ask him later. Fabia probably left already. She always likes to leave school early. I heard Joe and Chan are doing something together after school, so they probably left too."
"So, basically the only people we can ask now are Julie, Billy, Jake, and Marucho," said Dan.
"I guess so," said Runo.
"Well, what are we waiting for?" asked Dan. "Let's go!"
Everyone sweat dropped as Dan took off at top speed.
"Wait," said Alice as they started to chase after Dan. "Who are we looking for? Julie, Billy, Jake, Marucho, who?"
"I don't know, Alice," said Shun who easily ran to the front of the group, being a ninja, "but when Dan thinks of something, there's no changing his mind."
~Basketball Brawlers~
"Your split at the end was totally awesome Julie! I can't believe how you managed to do that with the seconds you had left. The timing was perfect!"
"Thanks, Karla!" exclaimed Julie. "Oh, here's Billy, I've gotta go. See you guys later!"
"Bye, Julie!"
Julie ran to the figure running towards her, thinking it was Billy. But it wasn't.
"BILLY…Wait…you're not Billy! What are you doing here, Dan?" asked Julie, putting a hand on her hips and staring at the brown haired boy in front of her.
But before Dan could answer, Julie heard more footsteps and looked up to see Shun running towards them, followed by Runo and Alice.
"What's the rush, Dan?" asked Alice, panting heavily. Runo was having trouble breathing as well, but Shun didn't even break a sweat. He was probably used to running like this all the time.
"Guys, what's going on?" asked Julie, who was confused.
"Julie!"
Everyone turned to see Billy waving and running towards them. "I was waiting for you on the other side of the field, but oh well, I found you anyway. What kept you?"
Julie pointed to Dan who was also panting. Billy raised his eyebrows. "Uh, Dan?" asked Billy.
"Oh, Billy, perfect timing!" exclaimed Dan. "Wanna join basketball?"
"Eh?" asked Billy.
"Who are you asking" asked Julie. "Me or him?"
"Both of you!"
"Sorry, can't, I already have cheerleading practice," explained Julie. "I don't think I can do two sports at once. But I'll try to come to your games and cheer for you!"
"Uh…I'll think about it…" said Billy, scratching his head.
"The last day to sign up is tomorrow," said Shun. "Just saying."
"I don't know…" replied Billy.
"Oh come on, Billy, it'll be fun!" exclaimed Runo.
"And you can still meet Julie after practice you know," said Alice, always the logical one. "All sports' practices end at the same time."
"Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to try it out," replied Billy. "So, where's the signup sheet?"
"We're getting there," said Dan. "But first, let's go find Marucho and Jake so we won't have to keep running back and forth."
"I wouldn't recommend telling Jake," warned Julie.
"Why not?" asked Shun.
"He's already got football practice," answered Julie.
"Oh, yeah, true but there's still Marucho!" exclaimed Dan as he took off running again.
"I swear," said Runo, as everyone after him again, "I don't know WHERE he gets his energy from."
~Basketball Brawlers~
"Finally! I finished all my homework!" exclaimed Marucho as he stepped outside of the library. He was about to turn and walk home when he heard someone calling his name.
"Marucho, wait up!"
"Huh?" Marucho turned to see Dan and everyone else. "Oh, hi guys, what's going on? Hey, where's Jake?"
"Home," answered Julie. "He usually goes home after practice. That's why me and Billy don't wait for him."
"So, Marucho, buddy, do you wanna join basketball with us?" asked Dan.
"Define 'us'," said Marucho, adjusting his glasses.
"Everyone here, minus Julie," replied Dan.
Marucho raised his eyebrows. "Including you?"
"Yeah…what's wrong with that? Why does EVERYONE always doubt me when I say I'm joining basketball?"
"It's just…uh never mind," said Marucho. "Thanks for the offer, I appreciate it, but I don't think I'm going to join."
"Do you have something against basketball?" asked Runo, titling her head to the side.
"Put it this way: Think about the guys on the other teams, and then compare them to me," replied Marucho.
Dan thought for a moment, but after a while, he could see Marucho's point. Basketball players were usually huge, while Marucho was really short. Really smart, but short for someone his age.
"Plus," said Marucho, interrupting Dan's thoughts, "I have lots of tests to study for, you know, being in Honors Class."
Marucho wasn't bragging. Everyone knew that. He was simply just stating a fact. "I understand," said Dan, a little disappointed.
Marucho smiled and tried to cheer him up. "Well if I can't join the team, I could maybe help you guys out by forming some strategies or something like that. I've read a lot about basketball and watched it a few times. Eh, I might have played one or two games during elementary school, but not that much. But I know enough to help you guys out."
"Really? Thanks dude," said Dan, giving Marucho a fist punch.
"Sure thing," replied Marucho.
"Okay, so tomorrow, we've gotta convince Fabia, Joe, and Chan-Lee to join! Let's do this!" exclaimed Dan, punching his fist in the air.
Everyone else (Ren, the Gundalians, the members of the Resistance…yeah those people) will be in the story, so don't panic! I haven't forgotten about them! I shall add them to my story, but…you will all have to wait for them. I won't forget to add them. I won't, trust me.
And as usual, review!