~CHAPTER 3~
Taiga walked to the entrance of the indoor sports hall. She cautiously slid open the door. The sliding of the door caught the team’s members’ attention. Everyone turned their heads to her.
“Ehhh--- so short..”
“Is she really a high schooler?”
“Wait, she’s wearing Seirin’s uniform?”
Mutters could be heard. They were expecting Taiga to come, but they couldn’t believe what they were seeing.
“Hey, stop those useless mutters,” Kagami said as he walked up to her. “She’s Mizuki Taiga. The one you’re all waiting for.”
“....” There was an awkward silence.
“EHHHHHHHH----?!!” Everyone else screamed in shock except for Kuroko.
“You didn’t make a mistake, DID YOU?!!” Hyuuga shook Kagami’s shoulders hard.
“She can’t be that short!!” Koganei commented.
Mitobe gave a surprised look.
“You can't trust a tiger. You never know when she might be lion,” Izuki made a lame pun, writing on his notepad. This fueled Taiga’s anger.
“IZUKI! Don’t give our guests a bad impression!” Hyuuga hit Izuki’s head.
“URUSAAAAIII!” Taiga, with menacing eyes, swung her right leg towards Izuki’s hips, making him fall onto the wooden floor.
“AHH!! THE FIRST TIME IZUKI GOT PUNISHED FOR HIS PUNS!” Everyone shouted in unison. Izuki got up, caressing his injured body part.
“AREN’T YOU ALL MAKING A PUN RIGHT NOW?!!” Riko shouted from behind. She saw Mizuki, with Izuki slowly getting up. “Izuki, what happened?!”
“She kicked me...” Izuki sweatdropped. “Because of my pun...”
“You deserve it,” Riko said, biting her teeth and clenching her hard fist, with an aura of fire surrounding her. “By the way, is that.. Mizuki... Taiga?” She looked at Taiga.
“Sou dayo,” Taiga confirmed. “But everyone here’s weird.”
“But I think she’s kind of violent,” Kuroko commented.
“It’s her first day here, so..” Kagami said.
Riko understood what she meant. “Okay then, let’s introduce ourselves...”
They finished their introductions, with Taiga giving nicknames in her mind.
“Well then, time for my introduction,” Taiga folded her arms. “My name’s Mizuki Taiga, as you all know. Now, take off your shirts.” She instructed.
“Ehh?!” Riko was shocked.
De-Deja vu?!! Everyone thought.
“Just hurry up and do it!” Taiga shouted, pointing at them. Beads of cold perspiration dropped down from their forehead. They gulped a little. Meanwhile, Riko felt a little curious as what Taiga could do.
“H-hai...” they agreed, taking off their shirts.
Taiga’s POV
Numbers filled my vision. Stamina, Speed, Attack, Strength, Defense, Accuracy.... Yep, my numbers are based on MMORPGs.
I pointed to four-eyes. “Your accuracy is quite good..” He looked shocked. “Eh, well, I always shoot 3-pointers...”
“3-pointers? What’s that..?” I asked, feeling confused.
“Ah, for that, we’ll explain to you later,” Riko said.
I went off to comment on each of the member’s abilties, shocking them. Now it was Bakagami and Kuroko’s turn.
Checking Bakagami’s stats, my eyes were lighting up. He’s special.... In fact, his stats are glowing brightly! I figured he’d make a good partner. “Eh...” I moved on Kuroko.
I gasped with my mouth agape. How is he... “Your stats are too low! How are you in the Generation of Miracles(GOM)?!”
“Generation of... Miracles?” Everyone was in shock. Shit, I carelessly mentioned the GOM!
“How did you know them?” Kuroko asked. “We’ve never mentioned anything about it to you before.”
“Argh--- Urusai!” I scolded out of recklessness. “I-I’ve read about them somewhere on a magazine before...”
Everyone looked rather skeptical.
“Uhm.... Let’s explain how I can help you guys during games now..” I sweatdropped, looking away. “Do you see the strand of hair shaped like a heart on my head?”
“Yeah, but it looks weird,” Kagami commented. I raised my eyebrows and tried to suppressed the anger. I could’ve killed him by now if looks could kill.
“Anyway, did you know that there’s an invisible battlefield just right next to the basketball court? Like, a virtual gaming world?”
Everyone was baffled. Invisible? What kind of sorcery is this?
“I don’t know how it works, but it’s like science fiction.....Hi-tech stuff. The heart-shaped strand of hair... well, I don’t know either. This virtual world can be triggered anywhere. Once it’s triggered, I’ll be able to enter the world. Only those who can access the invisible battlefield will be able to come into contact with me inside. We use weapons inside.. like in those MMORPGs. I excel in using a sword or katana, so of course I’m good in short-ranged battles, but kind of bad at long-ranged battles My In-game Name(IGN) is Shana.”
They were pretty shocked. Well, that’s of course.. this technology hasn’t been released to the public yet. It’s a lot like... virtual gaming.
“So do other schools have people like you?” Izuki asked.
“Nope,” I answered. “But I still have to train my skills, because there’s 1 person I have to defeat in this upcoming Inter High.”
End of Taiga’s POV
The other members asked Taiga some questions and she answered them all. Then, they decided to resume their practice.
Riko walked up to Taiga and put her hands on Taiga’s shoulder. “Ne, I just wanna ask you, how do you calculate these stats?”
“Hmm, I organise them in a game-like manner,” Taiga answered. “Like those MMORPGs.... Stamina, Speed, Attack, Strength, Defense, Accuracy. You could say I like playing these type of games.”
“I see, so you have experience,” Riko nodded her head. “Well, I have experience too! But I don’t organise it like that.”
“Mm...”
Riko and Taiga both exchanged information as they watched the boys train.
“Right, you said you had to defeat 1 person on the upcoming Inter High, so... who’s that?” Riko asked.
“...” Taiga hesitated for a while. “It’s a secret.”
“Well.. it’s okay if you don’t tell me... but why must it be basketball?” Riko inquired even more further.
“Because it’s the only way I can find that person,” Taiga answered honestly, although she felt a little irritated.
Then Riko went on to explain further about basketball to Taiga. I know how it works, but I don’t seem to have a knack for it....
~END OF CHAPTER 3~
A/N: More romance scenes coming up! I won’t elaborate much on the basketball action, instead, I will focus on the romance. Unless it’s the last round xD
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