40 minutes later, Yusuke, Ryuzaki, Akane, and the platinum-haired girl, sat in a park together.
"Why'd he have to drag me along…" Ryuzaki internalized with a grumpy-ish look on his face.
"This is Ryuzaki Kurosawa… He's my teammate on our basketball club…" Yusuke said. Akane nodded,
"Nice to meet you… This is my friend, Baisley Jacksons…" Akane said. Yusuke nodded,
"She's American…" Yusuke internalized.
"Akane and I are transferring to this school tomorrow…" Baisley said. Yusuke nodded,
"Really!? So that's why I couldn't recognize you…" Yusuke said.
"Were you guys just having a look around the school?" Ryuzaki asked. Akane nodded,
"So… You guys planning on joining any clubs…?" Yusuke asked. Akane nodded,
"No… I'm too busy after school… I won't be around much anyways…" Akane said. Yusuke raised a brow,
"How come?" Yusuke asked. Akane sighed,
"I uhm… I have tournaments around the world I go to…" Akane said. Yusuke looked surprised,
"Really!? For what sport!?" Yusuke asked. Akane frowned slightly,
"I'm a uh… Professional junior biker…" Akane said. Yusuke looked surprised,
"That's sick!! Were you the girl I saw on that red Kawasaki the other day?" Yusuke asked. Akane looked up at Yusuke surprised,
"Yeah, probably…" Akane said. Yusuke smiled,
"Sick bike!" Yusuke said. Akane nodded shyly,
"Thanks..." She said.
"Well then... You said you guys are transferring here, right?" Yusuke asked. Akane nodded,
"Needed to get away from Tokyo..." Akane said. Yusuke looked surprised,
"You're from Tokyo??" Yusuke asked. Akane nodded,
"What's it like?? I've never been!" Yusuke asked. Akane shrugged,
"It's uhm... Busy...?" Akane said. Yusuke nodded,
"Well, I was going to ask if you wanted a town tour?" Yusuke asked. Akane smiled,
"Sure, I'd love that..." Akane said. Yusuke nodded, hopping up.
"Well then, let's go!" Yusuke said. Yusuke, Akane, and Baisley walked away. Ryuzaki looked at Yusuke with a worried look. Yusuke looked back at Ryuzaki raising a brow,
"Kurosawa! You coming!?" Yusuke asked. Ryuzaki looked up at Yusuke in slight surprise,
"Y-Yea, I'm coming..." Ryuzaki said. Ryuzaki got up, catching up to the group.
"Well, where should we go first?" Yusuke said. Ryuzaki shrugged,
"How about the 7-11 first, to get some drinks..." Ryuzaki said. Yusuke nodded,
"Yeah, that's not a bad idea," Yusuke said. The three then walked down the road until they approached the 7-11.
"I'll uhm... Wait outside..." Akane said. Yusuke looked at her, raising a brow.
"How come...?" Yusuke asked. Akane shrugged,
"Because... I'm kind of famous..." Akane said. Yusuke sighed,
"My brother is a professional basketball player in America... That doesn't bother me..." Yusuke said. Akane looked at Yusuke slightly surprised,
"Really? What's his name?" Akane asked. Yusuke sighed,
"Koushi Chisaka... He plays for the Milwaukee Bucks..." Yusuke said. Akane smiled,
"Maybe he does understand..." Akane internalized.
"How about Kurosawa and Baisley go inside and get the drinks..." Yusuke said. Ryuzaki nodded,
"Will you pay me back?" Ryuzaki asked. Yusuke sighed, nodding.
"Alright, what do you want?" Ryuzaki asked. Yusuke smiled,
"Get me a Sprite..." Yusuke said. Ryuzaki nodded,
"What do you want Akane?" Baisley asked. Akane shrugged,
"I don't care what you get me..." Akane said. Baisley and Ryuzaki nodded, walking into the convenience store. Yusuke and Akane stood outside of the store. The two stood there silently, it was quite awkward.
"Chisaka-Kun..." Akane said. Yusuke looked over at Akane, raising a brow.
"What's up?" Yusuke asked.
"Does your brother being a famous athlete... Make you... Frustrated...?" Akane asked. Yusuke sighed, looking down at the ground.
"Uhm..." Yusuke said, hesitating.
"I guess whenever I see my brother or someone asks me about him... I get mad..." Yusuke said. Akane looked at Yusuke with sympathy.
"I-" Akane said before,
"We got the drinks!" Baisley said. She and Ryuzaki walked out of the convenience store with the drinks. Akane looked down in slight sadness.
"I think Yusuke might be the only one who understands how I feel..." Akane internalized, slightly blushing. Yusuke sighed,
"Well, Kurosawa and I have a club meeting coming up, so we've got to go..." Yusuke said. Akane and Baisley nodded as the two boys walked away.
"Bye~!!" Baisley shouted, waving. Akane looked at Baisley in surprise,
"Look who's in a good mood..." Akane said. Baisley grinned, looking over at Akane.
"That Yusuke kid... He's pretty cute, don't you think?" Baisley said. Akane looked down at the ground as her eyes widened in shock,
"Oh... She likes Yusuke then... I'll back off..." Akane internalized,
"Eh, he's not that cute..." Akane said. Baisley smirked, raising a brow.
"So then I have first dibs... Fine by me..." Baisley said. Akane nodded, looking at the ground. Meanwhile, Yusuke and Ryuzaki walked into the club room, seeing the team.
"Took you guys long enough..." Yuki said. Yusuke smiled,
"Sorry, we were giving two new students a tour of the town but we had to cut it short for this..." Yusuke said. Ryuzaki sighed,
"So, why're we here...?" Ryuzaki asked. Yuki shrugged,
"Coach said he had an announcement for us..." Yuki said. Yusuke and Ryuzaki nodded. Coach Takeuchi then cleared his throat,
"Is everyone here...?" Coach asked, looking around. He then nodded, looking at the team.
"As I've told most of you, I have an announcement to make..." Takeuchi said. The team nodded,
"Anyone have a guess...?" Takeuchi asked. He looked around,
"Practice match?" Yusuke asked. Ryuzaki looked at him, raising a brow.
"Why would he keep it a secret if it were just a practice match...?" Ryuzaki asked. Yusuke shrugged,
"I dunno, he asked if we had guesses..." Yusuke said. Ryuzaki sighed, shaking his head.
"Training camp...?" Ryuzaki asked. Takeuchi shook his head to both guesses.
"Any other guesses...?" Takeuchi asked. Matsuda raised his hand,
"Yes, Takahashi?" Takeuchi asked.
"We're going to the Miyagi Prefecture Tournament Qualifiers, aren't we..." Matsuda asked. Takeuchi nodded,
"We sure are, I would've ended up telling you, I just wanted to see if anyone guessed it..." Takeuchi said. The team nodded,
"Do you know who we're playing against...?" Ryuzaki asked. Takeuchi shook his head,
"No, you'll find out the day of... Rules of the tournament..." Takeuchi said. The team nodded,
"But, Kurosawa was right about the training camp..." Takeuchi said. Ryuzaki raised a brow,
"We're going to do a 3-day overnight training camp with Sendai Daiichi..." Takeuchi said. The team looked surprise,
"Here or at Sendai Daiichi??" Yusuke asked. Takeuchi sighed,
"At Sendai Daiichi..." Takeuchi said. Yusuke and Kazuma pumped their fists in celebration. Yusuke grinned,
"Sendai Daiichi..."
"... Here we come...!!" Yusuke internalized.