You're an Angel After All

Disclaimer: Standard disclaimer applies! I don't own Slam Dunk… Dr. T does! Although I do

own Sakuragi Keiko… so eat your heart out! Just kidding! Review please! J

Prologue

The dark alley was quiet as it usually was. However there was something different about the quietness that surrounds the place. It was not the quiet quiet, but it was deathly quiet. It was as if danger was waiting to pounce whoever is stupid enough to pass by the alley.

She was walking on the way home. Her twin brother doesn't want her to walk alone in this dark alley for it was known that gangsters frequent it. But what can she do?!? No one can walk her home because her brother is putting extra time for basketball practice. She doesn't have many friends because she stuck to her brother and his friends most of the time.

She tucked her shoulder-length red hair behind her ear when suddenly a hard blow knocked her down and caused her to fall. Her instincts sprang up. She looked around her. Suddenly a hard blow was let out again and this time it hit her right in the stomach. She stumbled and this gave her attacker a time to grasp her arms from behind, threatening to break her arm if she moves.

Seizing the moment when no one attacked her because they were busy holding her back, she squinted her eyes and counted her attackers. One… Two… Only two…

Her brother may be one of the toughest gangsters in their school with his friends but she's not the type to fight. However, when it is for self-defense, such as this time, she doesn't back down. After all, she's learnt a lot from her brother and his friends, what with all the time she spends with them.

She grasped the arms of her attacker who was holding her from behind and hit him backward. A moan escaped from her attacker because of the impact of the hit. She escaped his grasps, however the other one realized that she was about to escape and lunged at her and kicked her down. A shiny thing was raised in the air aiming for her. K'so… As if they're not contented already, they have a knife!?? The knife was inching towards her skin and in a flash she rolled over but not fast enough. A large cut from her elbow to her hand began to bleed a little. Hmmm…, she checked the cut. Good thing it's not that deep…She said noticing that her skin was not that open and that only a small blood trickled from the wound. Losing her patience, she delivered blow after blow to her attackers not minding that their quantity doubled that of hers. After all, she's made of tougher stuff than them… It runs in the blood.

Just before her attackers passed out, a sound came out from one of them. "So the rumors are true. You're just like your brother. You don't give up on a fight," a girl's voice said and after that, all was still

Nani!?? They're girls?!??Her attackers had passed out but before going she was curious to find out who the girls were. She inched closer towards them and what she saw shocked her. They were wearing the same uniform she was wearing… Shohoku High School's uniform. She was about ready to run when, heavy muscular hands from the dark grasped her again, as if her ordeal wasn't enough.

This time it was two guys who came to her. "Seems like our girls lost the bet, eh?!?" a gruff voice which came from behind the red-headed girl. The other guy, on the other hand, went over to the two unconscious girls and picked out each one of them and carried them in his arms. He walked over to the redhead and touched her cut. He touched her cheek softly with callused hands and looked straight into her chocolate brown eyes. He smirked at her.

You've got beautiful blue eyes. And your long bluish black hair, it's so smooth… Too bad you're looks are wasted into a jerk like you, she thought spitefully.

"Eh, boss?" the guy from behind her poked her in the back. "What are we going to do with this girl? Are we going to beat her to death so she won't speak?"

"Nothing. We leave her behind. She isn't our business. These two are," a smooth voice answered while indicating the two girls on his shoulders.

The guy holding her back pushed her away with such force that she fell and was knocked down by the force. But before she passed out, she heard the gruff voice said, "But Mitsui-san…"

Mitsui….

Author's Notes:

Hello, minna-san! Well, here's my second fic. Please, onegai, review my work! I need you to review my work so I know if you guys are interested in reading this crazy fics of mine!

YUUKI: Hi, I hope you read this! I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the review (you were the first one!). A review from the readers, such as yours, brings happiness to an unknown author like me! Don't worry, because of your review, I'll write more RuHanas! I just have to finish this Mitsui fic, okei!?? Hope you understand!

MIT-MICHAN: Yo! I hope you enjoy this one! My goal is to write a fic for each character of the members of the Shohoku Basketball Club. I know that Dr. T would have wanted it that way since he made Slam Dunk pay attention to each character and not just the Tensai Basket-o Man (if you're wondering, I still luv that red monkey!)!