Finals; Tokiwadai vs. Teiko

Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium a beautiful sporting complex located in Tokyo.

The gymnasium was built in a prime position; it was a one-minute walk from the nearest train station.

Originally built in 1954 for the World Wrestling Championship, but as time passed more sports, were added to the gymnasium.

Now, it hosted the Nationals for the middle school division and the Winter Cup for the highschool level basketball.

Today, the main event in the gymnasium was the finals for Middle School Nationals. Tokiwadai Middle School and Teiko Middle School were going to play against each other to decide which team was the best at the Middle School level.

Tokiwadai Middle School, the defending champions, were going to defend their title. They would also try their hand at achieving a consecutive championship title.

Playing against the champions was Teiko Middle School, a National powerhouse that visits the Nationals regularly. They were an unusual team with no third-year students in their roster, and on top of that, four of the five starter players were first-year students.

Teiko Middle School had made it to the finals with a lineup full of first-year students, no matter what the result of the finals was, the middle school scene was sure that Teiko Middle School was going to be a top contender for the coming two years.

Both teams were given the signal to enter the court for the official warmups.

After the warmups, the coaches from both teams decided to let the players from both teams to interact to promote sportsmanship.

Both teams lead by their captains met at half-court. The captain both shook hands.

Otsubo: "Nijimura you have gained quite a name for yourself, the best forward in the middle school level is not an easy feat to achieve."

Nijimura was already among the best forwards before the Nationals, but after his performance in the Nationals, he cemented his name at that spot.

Nijimura thanked Otsubo for his compliment with a smile.

Nijimura: "Thank you. Well, you are no different, the captain of the defending champions, standing tall at 190 cm, and able to dunk.

You are also attracting attention from everybody. You might not have noticed, but when you dunk, the crowd goes wild."

Nijimura looked at his team members who were interacting with members of Tokiwadai and sighed.

Nijiumra: "I might not be able to hold on to the title of the best forward for much longer, the little monsters in my team are far too talented, and I think they might leave me behind soon."

Otsubo looked at Teiko's members and saw Aomine Daiki. Aomine Daiki had an excellent performance in the Nationals, and his scoring ability was staggering for a rookie.

Otsubo's eyes also caught the figure of Murasakibara Atsushi.

Otsubo: 'The first year who is already frighteningly tall for his age, if he continued to grow at the same rate, he might evolve from a little monster to a real Avant-grade monster.'

Otsubo looked at the members of his team and smile,

Otsubo: "Well, you are not wrong to assume that, even I have the same kind in my team."

This time it was Nijimura's turn to look at Tokiwadai's team, he saw two people on the team that would be a serious threat if they grew, Kageyama Shun and Mibuchi Reo.

Nijiumara: 'Mibuchi Reo might not have the insane accuracy of Midorima, but that fadeaway shot and his ability to draw in fouls is a serious problem.

Then there is Kageyama Shun, he is more dangerous than Aomine in scoring, and Akashi in terms of support.'

Nijimura then heard Otsubo say something,

Otsubo: "They sure look like monsters, but you shouldn't take this is as a negative you should see them as a motivation to work harder. For me, the little monsters on my team are all the motivation I need."

Nijimura, who heard this, smiled.

Nijimura: "Yes, you might be right."

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While the captains were talking to each other, the first-years of both teams were also mingling with each other.

Aomine, who saw Shun waved his hand towards him.

Aomine: "Kageyama, who do you think is going to score more today."

Shun smiled at the enthusiastic Aomine and replied.

Shun: "Of course, I am going to be the one to score the most in this game."

Shun smiled at Aomine and put up a deal for him.

Shun: "How about this, if you score more than me then, I would stop calling you Dai-chan~."

Aomine was extremely suspicious of the deal.

Aomine: "What is it in for you."

Shun made a face with an expression of extreme surprise. Aomine who saw it asked.

Aomine: "What? Why are you making that face?"

Shun: "Dai-chan, I didn't think you would be smart enough to ask that. I thought you would accept the deal in a heartbeat."

The others who were listening to the conversation laughed at Aomine.

Aomine, who heard the laughs became angry and barked at Shun.

Aomine: "Ok, what do you want if you win."

A smile that looked sinister to Aomine appeared on Shun's face.

Shun: "If I win, I want you to eat one meal a day for a week of Momoi-san's cooking. I will ask Momoi-san to be there for every meal, so don't think of getting out of it."

Aomine's body began shaking, and he said.

Aomine: "O-one week t-that means s-seven meals of Satsuki's cooking. K-Kageyama, please change your request I will do anything else but not this Satsuki's cooking sucks."

Satsuki, who was nearby, yelled.

Satsuki: "My cooking doesn't suck!"

Aomine who was still shaking in shoes asked,

Aomine: "How in the world do you know about her cooking?"

Shun grinned and replied,

Shun: "Our mothers have become good friends; I overheard them once talking about Momoi-san's cooking."

Shun thought at the same time.

Shun: 'I can't say that I know it from the anime, and I am not lying, they did once talk about her cooking.'

Aomine considered his options, took a deep breath, and said.

Aomine: "If you add that you won't make fun of me in front of others, then we have a deal."

Shun narrowed his eyes and said.

Shun: "Ok, we have a deal."

Aomine: "Deal."

Aomine cringed and shivered when he thought that he might have to eat Satsuki's cooking for a week.

Suddenly Shun felt an arm over his shoulders when he looked over he saw Haizaki.

Haizaki: "Why did you stop one meal a day if it were me, I would have asked for every meal for a week."

Shun looked at Haizaki and said,

Shun: "I want the man to suffer a little bit. I don't want the guy to die of food poisoning. You don't want to know how bad her cooking is."

Satsuki: "My cooking doesn't suck!"

Shun thought for a while and said.

Shun: "Haizaki Shōgo, was it. How about you and I make our own fun little bet. Let's see if you can stop me from scoring with the thing you do."

Haizaki removed his arm from Shun's shoulder and stood in front of him.

Haizaki: "What do you get from this, we don't know each other, so I don't believe I have something you need."

A lazy smile appeared on Shun's face.

Shun: "True, I don't want anything from you. What I truly get from this bet is the look on your face when you fail from stealing my moves from me."

Haizaki smiled savagely and said,

Haizaki: "Hoo, bring it on, you smug bastard, I too want to see your face when you lose all your skills."

Midorima: "Haizaki, mind your language."

Shun looked at Midorima and addressed him.

Shun: "Midorima Shintaro-kun, we meet again. I was tired yesterday, so I wasn't able to say this, but your shooting accuracy is spectacular to watch."

Midorima: "I thank you for the compliment your steals are also stunning to watch."

Shun looked around and saw Kuroko standing right behind him.

Shun: "Waah! Kuroko-kun, How do you that?!"

Shun: 'I might be able to locate him on the court, but off the court, he is still as invisible as stars in the middle of a sunny day.'

Kuroko: "I have been standing here for a long time; you were just not paying attention."

Shun just sighed and shook his head. He couldn't do anything about his invisibility off the court.

Shun: "How are you today, Kuroko-kun?"

Kuroko: "I am feeling just fine. What about you, Kageyama-kun?"

Shun scratched the back of his head and said.

Shun: "I am feeling good too. The only hiccup was that I was not able to sleep on time because of all the excitement."

Aomine: "Me too!"

All of them talked for a while until Akashi came to inform them.

Akashi: "Everybody, the game will be starting soon; the coach is calling for a huddle.

And Kageyama-kun, sorry for not being able to greet you I was busy with some things."

Akashi extended his hand, and Shun shook it.

Shun: "It's alright we were just talking, and having a friendly banter. Let's talk sometime later."

Akashi: "Of course."

Shun separated from the others and walked back to his team.

Mibuchi: "So how did the talk with the other first-years go? Did you have fun?"

Shun grinned and said,

Shun: "It was fun; I made some new friends and made some bets. I am really excited, let's hurry and get this game started."

Mibuchi smiled and they joined the rest of the team for the last huddle.