Konoha Baller's Life-The High Schooler

#19

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About two weeks later- End of October

Naruto's POV

I was with Sasuke, in a taxi, on our way to the Aso Kumamoto Airport. Pervy Sage allowed me to go play so long as I keep up my studies, and Sasuke was also allowed to go join too. Also, apparently Shikamaru decided to join us. "It's a drag, but it was better than the alternative," he told us. So the three of us were on our way to the airport for a flight to Tokyo. It was 6 at night, and our flight was at 7.

Since Kumamoto didn't have enough people to make its own team, we got placed with the players from Fukuoka, a city that's around a 40 minute train ride away from where we lived. We go there every Monday and Wednesday for practice, and games are Saturday. Our team was called the Fukuoka Falcons.  Today was Friday, so we're going to Tokyo to play one of the three teams that are based there, called the Kawasaki Tigers.

After we got to the airport, we checked in and got through security. The flight wasn't boarding yet, so we got some food at the food court. After a while, the flight started boarding, and we boarded.

After 30 minutes, the plane was fully boarded and the plane went on the runway. As the plane started taking off, I plugged my headphones in and listened to some Kendrick Lamar. As the plane started soaring in the sky, my eyes felt a bit tired, so I started making myself as comfortable as possible and went to sleep.

I was woken up by a tap on my shoulder. "Hey Dobe, we're about to land," Duck Butt said. I would've beat his ass, but I was too tired to argue, y'know? So I sat up, and got ready.

After we landed, and we were allowed to get in the terminal, I packed my bags and left the plane with Sasuke and Lee. As I got into the terminal, I was reminded of how big the Haneda airport was, even though I've been here many times, mostly on visits to Pervy Sage.

After we found the arrivals section, we found the rest of the team, whose flight from Fukuoka arrived about 15 minutes ago. When we saw them, our coach, a middle-aged man named Takashi. "Hey there Naruto, Sasuke and Shikamaru!," He called out to us. "Hey, Coach Takashi," we answered, a little tired. We also said hi to the other players.

After that, Coach Takashi found our bus that'll take us to our hotel. After we got to our hotel, Coach assigned us rooms. I was posted with Shikamaru and another dude named Kazuki. He has pale skin, brown hair, and was one of the taller guys on our team at 6'7", compared to my 6'1". In Japan, he was a tall center, while I could be a regular small forward or a small power forward, though I'd say my skill set is more like a point guard. After we got to our rooms, we just stretched and tried to go to sleep.

Shikamaru and Kazuki were able to go to sleep, but I still felt a little awake. So I just thought about what happened during our first practice. Around 20 guys showed up, so they had to trim it down to 15. I performed decently in tryouts, but I definitely wasn't the best out of the lot, though Coach did praise me Andrew said that I could be an "athletic playmaker". The honor for best player goes to Sasuke, who was lights out that day, as he always is. Shikamaru was also surprisingly good during scrimmage, with his amazing IQ and underrated athleticism. There was also a guy named Gaara who was pretty impressive. He had red hair and more of a sky blue eyes. He also had a dark look, the kind you get after you lose a loved one, which I know by experience, y'know? After a while, I felt kinda tired, and I went to sleep.

The next day, at 4 pm

We were at a local high school in Kawasaki, for our game against the Tigers. We were wearing our uniforms, my number was 7, while Sasuke's was 2 and Shikamaru had 15. As I was warming up, I thought I saw Hinata in the stands, which made me blush and tremble for some reason, but I called myself down by telling myself I was just hallucinating. I was coming off of the bench today, but Shikamaru and Duck Butt, along with Kazuki, Gaara, and another dude named Kentaro, got to start. Since Kazuki was center, he jumped for, and won, the tip.