Chapter 25: Dominating the match.

[Chapter 25: Dominating the match.]

And now, we're about to beginning our basketball match.

We got our referee from the second year's class. They are classmates of the upperclassman girls I picked for my team who are also having their P.E period right now.

The winner will be decided on whose team could score to 10 first.

*Whistle*

The whistle blew and the match started, the ball got thrown in the air as we competed for the jump ball.

'Yahiko got this. Out of the five of us, he's the highest jumper.'

The enemy team(Team Soba) planned out everything including their roles and positions in the game. They were expecting the jump ball to be in Yahiko's  favor. However,

"What!?"

In mid air, they were surprised to see me jumping higher than Yahiko, managing to grab the ball first before Yahiko-kun could.

'Yahiko used to be part of the volleyball team. How could he lose on the jump ball?'

Landing at the ground with the ball on my hands, I quickly pass it to the girl behind me who is my team mate.

Having possession of the ball, she charges forward, going on the offense. However, the ball quickly got stolen away by Shiki.

Shiki is now on the offence followed by his team mates. He passed the ball to Kaido, then Kaido performed a simple layup.

The first point was given to team Soba making the score 1-0 in their favor.

Soba Hito's team tapped each other's back and high-five as a "good play" gesture.

The game restarted. The ball got passed to me on the inbound, then I charged.

Kaido tried to defend me, but I swiftly passed by doing a cross over.

"Stop him!"

Well, I didn't know it was called a cross over at the time since I was a total beginner.

Just after passing Kaido, Shiki is already prepared to defend against me. However,

"Wait! Where's the ball..?!"

Everything happened so fast that they didn't notice what I did during the cross over.

As I had my back turned, during the cross over, they did not notice I had already passed the ball to the girl behind my back as I passed through Kaido earlier.

While they got distracted looking for who took possession of the ball, I charged forward towards the ring.

The girl who now holds the ball then tried to shoot at the three pointer line and threw it in the air. However, it didn't go in and bounced off the rim.

I tried to do what you call an Alley Oop but the ring is higher than I had expected so my jump was a little short for a dunk, so I ended up only doing an improvised layup.

The ball went in and we scored.

"What the..?!"

"Yey!"

The girls high-five each other for scoring.

Soba Hito's group was surprised. Everything happened so quickly and didn't expect that kind of play from a total armature.

"Did he lie when he said he doesn't know how to play?"

"Guys, I think we might have to take this game a little more seriously..."

Seeing us score was out of their expectations. They thought it would be an easy triumph, but now that we scored, they thought they might have a little challenge in dominating the game.

The score is now tied to 1-1.

Soba passed the ball to Kaido, then Kaido dribbled and quickly charge to our side of the court.

Seeing how the girls don't have the ability to defend well, he charged in with confidence.

The ball was then passed to Yahiko and tried to shoot a three pointer shot, but it misses.

I rebounded the ball then passed it to one of the girls.

It got stolen right away by Shiki, then pass it to Kaido who's already waiting under the ring.

Kaido then performed a layup, and another point was added to Soba's team.

The score is now 2-1, in Soba-kun's team's favor.

On the inbound, the ball was passed to me, then I dribbled.

I tried to play a little with the tempo on how I bounce the ball as if to test something.

'I see...'

I then charged forward, then tried to do a three pointer. But it ultimately blocked easily by Kaido.

"You're not scoring that easily anymore." He tauntingly told me, which I replied with a silent glare.

The ball bounces off then they took possession of the ball again. They charged forward and took another score.

The score is now 3-1 in their favor.

I passed the ball to my teammate, but it got quickly stolen again by shiki.

Kaido who possesses the ball got cocky and tried to show off by shooting a fadeaway.

The ball went in making the score 4-1.

Our team holds the ball yet again, and now, the girls are trying to play aggressively and trying their best to score. They started to get frustrated at how the other team was easily scoring and making a huge gap in points.

They aggressively charged in, passing to each other back and forth, trying to find a gap in the enemy's defense. However, it was all futile as Yahiko snatched the ball in the middle of their passing.

The ball then got passed to Soba-kun.

Soba smiled as he pulled a jump shot from the three point line. The ball went high up in the air, then the ball went through the net without even touching the ring.

The score is now 5-1.

"Hm, I may not be as good as my friends but I'm confident enough in my shooting."

Although Soba Hito performs the least when it comes to running while dribbling, he was confident by his shooting capability as demonstrated just now.

'We're playing so well that it looks like the skill gap between teams is huge.'

'I bet we look so athletic right now in front of the spectators.'

'All according to plan.'

The enemy team were looking at each other, nodding, as if talking telepathically saying that their plan is going smoothly.

With the four point lead and five points left before they win, and judging by our performance and the momentum of the play into account, they were thinking that the game was already as good as theirs.

"Sigh..." I sigh, thinking 'Alright. I think I've seen everything I needed to see. I guess it's time to take this game a little more seriously.'

My team mate passes me the ball then I charged forward.

Kaido tried to defend me. However, just like the first time, I did a cross over but this time a complete one without passing the ball.

Passing through Kaido, Hakuto is behind ready to defend.

Before he can get any closer to my position, I did a fade away then bank the shot.

With the ball going in the hoop. The score is now 5-2.

"What just happened...?!"

"Your kidding, right...?"

"That wasn't a move an armature playing for the first time can pull."

"Was he secretly a star player in middleschool?"

"D-Don't worry. M-Maybe it was just a fluke."

The sudden improvement in my skill level changed dramatically comparing from the previous scores.

They were surprised because, as far as they know, I only knew how to play just recently after they taught me. Which I know to myself is the truth.