(Basketball shoes rubbing on court)
(Hayato dribbles the basketball)
(Takahiro sets a screen for Tetsuo)
(Tetsuo cuts in the key)
(Liam sets a screen for Tetsuo in the Key)
(Yukio cuts through the key)
(Tetsuo runs to the opposite side of the three point line)
(Hayato passes the basketball to Tetsuo)
(Tetsuo shoots a three pointer)
(Swoosh)
Nanaho: alright great work everyone, run that play again but this time Liam will be the one whose scoring
Everyone: yes
(Yukio sets a screen for Tetsuo)
(Tetsuo cuts in the key)
(Liam sets a screen for Hayato)
(Hayato dribbles to the hoop and passes the basketball to Liam)
(Liam dunks the basketball)
Nanaho: great work , run that play once more, this time with Yukio scoring
Everyone: yes
(Nanaho): training has been running real smoothly lately, I can't wait for our first match , it gives me goosebumps just thinking about it
(Shino): this one will make a hundred made layups with my left hand
(Shino shoots a layup)
(Swoosh)
(Shino): finally finished, now I have to do two hundred and fifty dribbles with my left hand and five hundred with my right
(Noboru running with the girl's track team)
(Noboru): ever since that foreigner Liam joined the team, I don't get to practice at all with them lately, that can only mean that I'm not one of the starting members , this sucks
??: wow, Noboru really has adjusted to training with the girls that runs the eight hundred meters race, he really is something isn't he.
??: yeah he's really committed to his training
Naomi: if anything he's just thick headed and stubborn
???: I heard that Liam quitted the track team
??: for real?
?: yes and he's now playing on the basketball team
Naomi: well, I believe that basketball suits him he's tall and vertically athletic, he'd be more impactful playing basketball than running
??: that's true
(Makoto): well , time to go home
Hayami-sensei: Makoto hands these papers to the president of the literature club
Makoto: Really? Why choose me of all person?
Hayami-sensei: just shut up and do what I say
Makoto: this is such a pain, that teacher is really getting on my nerves
Makoto: here you go
??: thank you
Makoto: no problem
Makoto: I have to go get my bag then get the hell out of here before she comes back
(Makoto leaves the classroom)
Sachiko: wait, you're Makoto Kurai right?
Makoto: yes
Sachiko: good , I need a favor, I was on clean duty today however I have a student council meeting that I need to attend, could you fill in for me please
Makoto: sigh, yes
Sachiko: thanks, I appreciate it, also be sure to empty that bin
Makoto: sigh
(Makoto empties the trash)
(Makoto ): that's the last of it, alright then time to go home
(Makoto bumps into Daichi)
Daichi: watch where you're going punk
Daichi: wait, well, well,well look who we got here , I never thought that I'd see your sorry face again, Makoto Kurai
(Makoto): no way, these guys are from my junior high school
(Shino dribbling the basketball)
(Shino): 138,139,140,141
(Rie peeping at Shino from the gym door)
Yuri: today was tough, I'll have to study more harder for those surprise pop quizzes
Yuri: wait, is that Rie, she's over at the basketball gym, is she watching that boy
(Yuri walks over to Rie)
Yuri: hey Rie!
( Rie jumps)
Rie: jeez Yuri, don't scare me like that
Yuri: sorry, are you here to watch Katsuragi train
Rie: shush, do you want him to hear us?
Yuri: everyday you come out here and watch him train why don't you go over ad say hi to him
Rie: I can't , it's complicated
Yuri: why do you even like him so much?
Rie: well that's ....
Nanaho: alright take a seven minutes break everyone
(Yukio): we are starting to function effectively as a team, these plays Nanaho came up with will be the key to victory
(Shino takes a deep breath)
Takahiro: hey Shino, mind if I send you out to get a drink from the vending machine for me?
Shino: no not at all
Takahiro: thank you, here
Hayato: one for me and Liam as well
Shino: ok, be right back
Rie: he's coming this way, what can I do
Yuri: calm down girl, what's with you
(Rie hides behind Yuri)
Shino: um, you are from the newspaper club right? Are you here for more material from us?
Yuri: nope, I'm here because Rie asked me to be, she wanted to say something to you
Rie: Yuri please don't
(Yuri pushes Rie in front of Shino)
Shino: what did you want to say?
Rie: uu..mm.ehh. train hard and all the be.best with your games
Shino: yes, thank you , I really needed that
(Shino walks off)
Rie: why did you do that to me?
Yuri: well, at least you made more progress with him, it's way better than looking like a stalker
(Noboru breathes heavily)
??: I'm impressed Mr. Takemoto , you were able to adapt to our training in such a short period of time
Noboru: so you're finally realizing how great I am
Naomi: don't feed the idiot's ego, he will only get more delusional
Noboru: what's that suppose to mean and who are you calling an idiot ?
(Noboru spots Shino)
Noboru: hey amateur, where are you running off to?
Shino: I told you to stop calling me that
Shino: I'm off to go buy some drinks for the team
Noboru: sweet, get me an apple juice please , I'll pay you back
Shino: okay
(Shino) : let's see one for myself, Takahiro, Hayato, Liam and Noboru, I have to hurry up and head back to training. Huh? Is that Makoto?
Daichi: I never thought that I'd see trash like you at such a fine school as Toshigawa
Hidesuke: yeah me either I thought he was an idiot
Basara: this loser quitted basketball in junior high, how much more pathetic can he be, then again he wasn't even worth much on our team either , even Coach Syouto said that he was worthless
(Makoto): these bastards are getting on my nerves, if it comes down to it ill have to fight them
Shino: I don't know what's going on but please leave him alone!!
(Shino stands in front of Makoto)
Makoto: Katsuragi what are you?
Daichi: who is this softy? What are you going to do wet your pants
Hidesuke: wait, no frickin way is that bean sprout
Basara: now that you said that it does look like him, you know that pipsqueak you took that girl from
Daichi: you're right, it is him
Shino: nn.oo ww.ay it's you guys my seniors at junior high
(Tears starts falling down Shino's eyes)
(Shino): all the memories of her are flooding back my brain , I can't take it
Daichi: I've took good care of Emiko this whole time don't worry your little head bean sprout
Hidesuke: wait , he seems to be in training gear, don't tell me , you are actually still trying to play basketball at the high school level
Basara: haha, don't make laugh a worthless shrimp like you couldn't even become the water boy , you were our useless errand boy back in junior high what hopes do you have in ever making a team
(Shino holds his head down to hide his tears)
(Makoto): wait so he was that person who they treated like crap in junior high, that timid and weak junior high school student
Noboru: what the hell is taking Shino so long my throat is dry from sweating a lot, when I see him I'll-
(Noboru): what the hell, are they ganging up on Shino, not on my watch those punks are going to get it
Noboru: what the hell are you guys doing to my teammate, you bastards
Hidesuke: who is this clown? And by teammate do you mean this piece of garbage
Noboru: he may be an amateur but don't you dare call him garbage
(Noboru punches Hidesuke in the face)
(Hidesuke staggers backwards)
Hidesuke: how dare you touch me, you're dead
(Hidesuke rushes after Noboru)
Takumi: that's enough
Daichi: captain, he started the fight
Takumi: don't reduce yourself to their level, a petty street fight is not worth the trouble
(Noboru): no way, this guy is Takumi Ida, the bastard who defeated my team 104-2 in junior high, the one who took all of Naomi's attention away from me
Takumi: come on, let's go
Noboru: Takumi!!
Takumi: do I know you?
Noboru: we played against each other in junior high
Takumi: sorry , but I don't remember every bug I squash
(Takumi walks away)
(Noboru): that bastard
Makoto: let it go Noboru, now is not the time
Noboru: but-
Noboru: Shino, why is he crying
Makoto: it all makes sense now why he follows me around and ask me to join the basketball team, we were on the same junior high school team , well technically he wasn't