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- Chapter 11 -

Say I'm his brother

"I never expected to see you here" Tatsuya started saying in English, noticing that he was staring at Taiga intensively. That made me feel nervous and anxious about the whole overcome of the situation. "What a surprise!"

Taiga furrowed his eyebrows slightly but stayed as calm as ever, "You don't look surprised at all. Still wearing a poker face?"

"I'm not trying to hide my feelings. I'm just expressing them in my way" Tatsuya retorted back and smirked slightly at his childhood friend.

Me, who was hiding all that time behind the huge maze of Taiga, took a step front and stood in between them. "G-Guys, let's stop ourselves from fighting, ne? After all, it is our first time reuniting all together!" and I gave them a slight smile, trying to calm down the tension they had created. Taiga just huffed and turned away from Tatsuya, not even turning to inform us where he was going.

I sighed mentally and turned to the raven male, looking up at him, "He'll be back. He just. . . wants to calm down". Tatsuya simply nodded and turned his head to my teammates who started bombarding him with questions. I suppose he'll be fine- the person I'm currently worried about is Taiga. Before leaving America, he had a tough fight with Tatsuya concerning basketball and now they'll get to play against each other. . . I hope everything will have a good ending afterwards.

 "I'll go and find Taiga" I beamed quickly and ran off to the stalls which were placed around the court. I tried looking among the customers for the red tiger but there was no chance I could find him in such a crowded place. "I'll just turn ba-" And that's when I realized that I was lost. Well done, Ayano, you screwed up again.

I began walking aimlessly around and peeking at the different stalls. There were even some of my favorite sweets! Grabbing the chance, I bought some chocolate bars and a maiubo with the rest of my money. Murasakibara-kun had intrigued me to buy one of those weird orange sweets and since they were selling some, why not buying? However, I have to buy cheaper things from now on because. . . I will end up being broke! Not even a single penny left! Why? T^T 

Suddenly, a tall figure passed by me and I immediately recognized who it was- Murasakibara-kun! "Eeeh? Murasakibara-kun, wait!" Maybe he could show me the way back to my team!

"Hm? Who called me~?" his lazy voice stated in boredom and I had to jump on front of him so he could take notice of me. His purple eyes laid up on me and he slightly leaned above me, "Eh? Aya-chin~?"

I gave him a broad smile and waved, "Ne, Murasakibara-kun! 'Sup?"

"Hmm~" was all he answered while munching a chocolate stick- more like shoving it in his mouth and immediately swallowing it.

"So, do you know where the matches are-"

"Is that a bag of candies, Aya-chin~?". The giant had leaned closer and had taken a quick peek at the bag where the purple wrapper of the maiubo was visible. His eyes shined at the sight of it and his hand reached out to grab it but I pulled back the bag, hiding it behind me. An idea popped in my mind when I saw the desperate look he gave to me and I inwardly smirked. Well-made, Ayano. Good job.

"Hm? You want this candy~?" I asked slowly and he nodded quickly, extending his hand towards the bag to get it but I took a step back. "Well, if you show me the way to where the matches are taking place, I will give it to you!"

Murasakibara looked bored at me but perked up when he heard the second part of the deal. He spent some time thinking of it but then, he decided to speak up, "Is Aya-chin promising?"

"Ah-ha!"

"Come on then~" 

. . .

"Assemble!" the voice of the speakers echoed around the seats of the watchers and I rushed through the crowd with Murasakibara-kun following me- he was catching up with my speed easily with his big feet. 

I was ready to sit besides the bags of Seirin's boys but I felt a tug on my sleeve. Damn, how could I forget? I handed the maiubo to the purple giant and formed a quick 'thank you' with my lips which he didn't hear or see since he was focusing on eating his candy. I shoved myself down and I laid my eyes on the game. Tatsuya and Taiga were both on the court, ready to compete against each other but suddenly, a maiubo was placed on the ball. Afterwards- Wait, what?! A maiubo on the ball?! I sweat dropped immediately when I noticed that Murasakibara-kun was the one who had placed it on the ball and had stepped on the court. 

Is he. . . an idiot? I thought and deadpanned, leaving an exasperated sigh. All of sudden, he started ruffling Tetsu's hair. Oh no. Yeap. He is an idiot. One hell of a dead idiot. And not only that, but he's going to kiss Taiga! The way he's leaning towards him. . . Oh no! Ayano to the rescue!

I stood up and sprinted towards the giant with an incredible speed, only to push him and make him stumble a bit to the side. Phew. At least he hadn't--

"Ouch! THAT HURT YOU BASTARD! WHAT HE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?!" Taiga yelled and clenched his fist towards Murasakibara-kun. It proves that Murasakibara-kun was holding so tightly Tiaga's eyebrow that when I pushed him, I made a part of the eyebrow to be cut off. Oh-oh.

"A. . ya. . .nooo!!!" I jumped behind Tatsuya to steer clear of Taiga's wrath who was fuming with anger. I'm so dead! Luck seems to be on my side today because the coach approached us and scolded both me and Murasakibara-kun for interrupting the match. I simply apologized and sat back on my seat where some people shot me a couple of questioning looks. Meh, who cares.

The match started with Seirin's lead when Murasakibara-kun extended up his hand to take the ball but Taiga snatched it away, passing it to Furihata. Furihata dribbled the ball before sending it to Tetsu who didn't even grab the ball- he brought back his hand and then pushed it forwards, sending a perfect pass to Kiyoshi-senpai with his famous technique, Ignite Pass. The senpai made a successful slam dunk and took the first point of the game.

I cheered from my seat and watched as it was Yosen's attack now. Tatsuya was having the ball and he dangerously neared Seirin's part, going against Taiga. He faked a straight attack and took a step back, shooting the ball towards the hoop. Suddenly, the ball disappeared and re-appeared in and down from the hoop. Yosen had gotten itself a point, a mysterious point.

The next attack was Seirin's which did the exactly same thing as before with the only difference of passing the ball to Taiga. He charged towards the centre and was ready to gain another point, when it actually started raining. Droplets of rain fell on me and I grabbed the first thing I found in front of me- a jacket. I slumped it above my head and waited for the rest of the team to come.

"Guys, you'll catch a cold!"

. . .

 I forced them to go to the train station and wait for the train to return instead of sitting under the rain and waiting for the Apocalypse to come. I sighed as I gave to Furihata a towel to dry himself, "You guys must have heard me. Don't tell me anything if you'll be in your bed, sneezing and coughing blood!"

"You make it sound like we're gonna die" Furihata told me and took the towel, sweat dropping awkwardly at my impossible statement.

"You may!"

"His talent is over-whelming" I heard Tetsu saying and I turned my head towards him, interested. "Thus, he believes he can be good at things he doesn't like, and those 'untalented ones' that love the game, he dislikes them with passion. That was how he put it.

"Perhaps, just our love for basketball won't make us win. But I think. . . If we give our best to something we love, we'll enjoy the victories from the bottom of our hearts. I love basketball, and. . . I love Seirin where everyone loves basketball"

Meanwhile, anime tears were running down mine and Furihata's cheeks and I instantly glomped my brother, "Uwaah, so beautifully said! I can't believe you are my brother!"

"I can't believe it neither, Ayano"

"Eeeh? What's that supposed to mean!? So mean, Tetsu-nii~!"

. . .

 Riko-senpai greeted us with a death-glare. Her famous death glare which could send us fifty meters under the ground instantly. I really don't know why she looks like we are her killing intent or why she and the rest of the senpais are still in the gym that late the day. It is weekend after all!

"Tetsu-kun!" a voice whined and I was unfortunately being hugged by someone who squeezed their, erm. . . chest against my collarbones. Why am I so short?!

I tried to shove the person away, "Eeeh. . . Wh-Who are you?"

"Eeeh?" The girl looked up at me with her pink eyes and I looked back at her with my blue ones. We locked gazes for a second before she got off of me, "You. . . You look exactly like Tetsu-kun!"

Taiga helped me up but I could see his surprised stare on the girl as well as his flustered face when he looked at-- "Pervagami!" I yelled at him and slapped the back of his head. Or a least tried to, since he was damn tall.

"Momoi-san" Tetsu exclaimed from behind me and he was glomped by the girl, sending him too on the ground. Who is that girl, anyways?!

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After explaining some things, everything was cleared up. That pinkie was Momoi Satsuki, Ao-bastard's childhood friend and my brother's fan girl. Sheesh, when did he have the time to create a fan club of his own? Maybe I shall call Sakura too. The will be named "The awesome sparkly pink Tetsu fan club".

"I think. . . I think Aomine-kun hates me!" Momoi shouted and droplets of tears started streaming down her face. What. If that blue bastard made this girl cry, I'll beat the living light out of him. I promise.

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Finished with it! The next chapter is u~p~! Dedicated to Mari-nee for being the awesome and ultimate fan girl of Murasakibara who appeared in this chapter! BOOOM! :D

Target: Get this book finished before New Year [2015].