1 Picture of You
2 By: minisignal
Disclaimers: I don't own the characters of Slam Dunk. Only Kasumi Sugimori is my fictional character.
Hisashi Mitsui, a normal high school student of Shohoku High, is an artist looking for a model to paint for his incoming exhibit. Although he was a member of Shohoku's basketball club, he also paints because he enjoys it.
"Think I'd better post a note at the bulletin board about the model business. I really don't expect a girl willing to be my model to just enter the art room. They don't even know I'm finding a model for my exhibit next month. I'd better find one now before it's too late." Mitsui told Sakuragi Hanamichi, his fellow basketball player.
"What about Haruko?"
"Nope, she's too busy admiring 'kitsune's' plays."
Sakuragi looked at the brown-haired girl across the basketball court ad found her looking at Rukawa Kaede with hearts on her eyes.
"Why that kitsune!!!"
Sakuragi went to the court to play basketball and tried to be as good as Rukawa but he can't do it. Rukawa has more experience. Mitsui looked at Haruko.
'Too young and occupied.'
He continued playing just to please their coach. Anzai noticed that Mitsui was not playing his heart out for basketball and it seems that something is bothering him.
After practice…
"Mitsui" Anzai called.
"Anzai-sensei" Mitsui bowed down in front of the Santa clause like man.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"You've been like that since you've joined the art club. You're the captain now, since Akagi and Kogure already graduated. You need to concentrate on the game."
"I know Anzai-sensei it's just that I love painting and I'm going to have an exhibit next month and still I don't have a center piece."
"What do you plan to paint?"
"Something different from all my other paintings. I was hoping a girl would do."
"And…?"
"There are no girl out there which attracts my eyes to be my center piece and it's getting late. I'm afraid it'll be too late to finish it."
"Mitsui, remember what I have taught you when you were still in junior high?"
"Yes, never give up until there is no time left… You're right! I need to keep searching!"
"Hai."
"Arigato Anzai-sensei!"
Mitsui went to his locker, hoping to find a piece of paper there. But there was none, all he found were his brushes, paints, canvases and his jersey.
'This is going to be hard.'
As soon as he got home, he opened his computer and typed 'MODEL WANTED. FIND HISASHI MITSUI IN ROOM 988 (ART ROOM) OR AT THE SCHOOL GYM IF INTERESTED AND FOR APPROVAL.'
"There! It's done!"
He slept and put the printed paper on his bedside table.
Next day…
"I'm late!" Mitsui rushed off out of his house, rode his bicycle to school in a jif! When he reached Shohoku High he ran to the art room and took a seat.
"You're late."
"Where have I heard that?"
He took a brush and wondered which color to use first.
"What luck! I'm already late and still I have no model!"
'Model?' He looked for the printed sign in his bag.
'Not here! Must have left it at home.'
Basketball practice after school…
"Pass!" Mitsui yelled at Sakuragi while he was playing with the other members.
"Missy!" Sakuragi passed the ball to Mitsui while Rukawa was guarding him. Mitsui faked a shot hoping that Rukawa will jump up. But it was as if Rukawa read his mind and not his move. He didn't jumped.
'He's better now.'
Mitsui ran back to the three-point line and shot the ball in the air with a fade away jump shot. The ball nearly missed but it went in.
"Three!" He shouted. Sakuragi gave him a high five.
"Good play Missy!"
Mitsui was on his best condition, he didn't think about finding a model because he knew that every thing was going to be all right. He was aiming for the national champion this year just like Akagi aimed last school year.
Sakuragi jumped up high to shoot the ball from the inside.
"Sakuragi! Don't be impatient!" Mitsui shouted and when the ball bounced back, "Rebound!"
Sakuragi went in to get the rebound.
"Missy!" He passed the ball to Mitsui with a bounce pass.
"Nice pass Sakuragi!"
"Of course! I'm a tensai! Nyahahahhahah!!!"
'Think I shouldn't have praised him'
Mitsui shot the ball from the three-point line again and a successful three point shot was made again!
"Three!"
Anzai-sensei noticed that Mitsui was in his best condition and was glad he was.
After practice…
"Mitsui."
"Hai Anzai-sensei?"
"Good game."
'Only good?'
"Arigato!"
Mitsui reached home and looked for his ad.
'Tomorrow, you'll be in business.'
The next day, Mitsui posted the sign before entering the art room. He went back there after the morning class. Waiting for some beautiful girl to enter and be the answer to his prayers. His prayers were answered after school that day. A girl entered the school gym while he was practicing with his teammates. She was holding the ad he put up on the bulletin board.
'She's an angel!'
The girl walked towards Anzai-sensei and talked to him. Anzai stood up and called Mitsui from the practice.
"Umm… I'm here to answer this ad."
Mitsui found himself staring at the mysterious girl who stood in front of him.
'She's perfect!'
"You're interested?"
"Not really… My friends just want me to model for you."
"Oh… You don't have to do it if you really don't want to."
"No, it's ok. I've always dreamed of being a model."
'You shouldn't really have. Artist will be the one searching for you.'
"So, am I ok?"
"First, what's your name and what year are you in?"
"I'm Kasumi Sugimori. I'm in the second year."
"Second year, that means you're at the same batch like those two trouble makers there."
Mitsui pointed at Sakuragi and Rukawa. Rukawa and Sakuragi looked at the two, they noticed that they were looking at the same time, Rukawa carried his head to the game. Sakuragi headed to the court too to impress Haruko that he was concentrating on the game.
"Well, yes. Rukawa there is my classmate."
"I see… You're hired!"
2 By: minisignal
Disclaimers: I don't own the characters of Slam Dunk. Only Kasumi Sugimori is my fictional character.
Hisashi Mitsui, a normal high school student of Shohoku High, is an artist looking for a model to paint for his incoming exhibit. Although he was a member of Shohoku's basketball club, he also paints because he enjoys it.
"Think I'd better post a note at the bulletin board about the model business. I really don't expect a girl willing to be my model to just enter the art room. They don't even know I'm finding a model for my exhibit next month. I'd better find one now before it's too late." Mitsui told Sakuragi Hanamichi, his fellow basketball player.
"What about Haruko?"
"Nope, she's too busy admiring 'kitsune's' plays."
Sakuragi looked at the brown-haired girl across the basketball court ad found her looking at Rukawa Kaede with hearts on her eyes.
"Why that kitsune!!!"
Sakuragi went to the court to play basketball and tried to be as good as Rukawa but he can't do it. Rukawa has more experience. Mitsui looked at Haruko.
'Too young and occupied.'
He continued playing just to please their coach. Anzai noticed that Mitsui was not playing his heart out for basketball and it seems that something is bothering him.
After practice…
"Mitsui" Anzai called.
"Anzai-sensei" Mitsui bowed down in front of the Santa clause like man.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"You've been like that since you've joined the art club. You're the captain now, since Akagi and Kogure already graduated. You need to concentrate on the game."
"I know Anzai-sensei it's just that I love painting and I'm going to have an exhibit next month and still I don't have a center piece."
"What do you plan to paint?"
"Something different from all my other paintings. I was hoping a girl would do."
"And…?"
"There are no girl out there which attracts my eyes to be my center piece and it's getting late. I'm afraid it'll be too late to finish it."
"Mitsui, remember what I have taught you when you were still in junior high?"
"Yes, never give up until there is no time left… You're right! I need to keep searching!"
"Hai."
"Arigato Anzai-sensei!"
Mitsui went to his locker, hoping to find a piece of paper there. But there was none, all he found were his brushes, paints, canvases and his jersey.
'This is going to be hard.'
As soon as he got home, he opened his computer and typed 'MODEL WANTED. FIND HISASHI MITSUI IN ROOM 988 (ART ROOM) OR AT THE SCHOOL GYM IF INTERESTED AND FOR APPROVAL.'
"There! It's done!"
He slept and put the printed paper on his bedside table.
Next day…
"I'm late!" Mitsui rushed off out of his house, rode his bicycle to school in a jif! When he reached Shohoku High he ran to the art room and took a seat.
"You're late."
"Where have I heard that?"
He took a brush and wondered which color to use first.
"What luck! I'm already late and still I have no model!"
'Model?' He looked for the printed sign in his bag.
'Not here! Must have left it at home.'
Basketball practice after school…
"Pass!" Mitsui yelled at Sakuragi while he was playing with the other members.
"Missy!" Sakuragi passed the ball to Mitsui while Rukawa was guarding him. Mitsui faked a shot hoping that Rukawa will jump up. But it was as if Rukawa read his mind and not his move. He didn't jumped.
'He's better now.'
Mitsui ran back to the three-point line and shot the ball in the air with a fade away jump shot. The ball nearly missed but it went in.
"Three!" He shouted. Sakuragi gave him a high five.
"Good play Missy!"
Mitsui was on his best condition, he didn't think about finding a model because he knew that every thing was going to be all right. He was aiming for the national champion this year just like Akagi aimed last school year.
Sakuragi jumped up high to shoot the ball from the inside.
"Sakuragi! Don't be impatient!" Mitsui shouted and when the ball bounced back, "Rebound!"
Sakuragi went in to get the rebound.
"Missy!" He passed the ball to Mitsui with a bounce pass.
"Nice pass Sakuragi!"
"Of course! I'm a tensai! Nyahahahhahah!!!"
'Think I shouldn't have praised him'
Mitsui shot the ball from the three-point line again and a successful three point shot was made again!
"Three!"
Anzai-sensei noticed that Mitsui was in his best condition and was glad he was.
After practice…
"Mitsui."
"Hai Anzai-sensei?"
"Good game."
'Only good?'
"Arigato!"
Mitsui reached home and looked for his ad.
'Tomorrow, you'll be in business.'
The next day, Mitsui posted the sign before entering the art room. He went back there after the morning class. Waiting for some beautiful girl to enter and be the answer to his prayers. His prayers were answered after school that day. A girl entered the school gym while he was practicing with his teammates. She was holding the ad he put up on the bulletin board.
'She's an angel!'
The girl walked towards Anzai-sensei and talked to him. Anzai stood up and called Mitsui from the practice.
"Umm… I'm here to answer this ad."
Mitsui found himself staring at the mysterious girl who stood in front of him.
'She's perfect!'
"You're interested?"
"Not really… My friends just want me to model for you."
"Oh… You don't have to do it if you really don't want to."
"No, it's ok. I've always dreamed of being a model."
'You shouldn't really have. Artist will be the one searching for you.'
"So, am I ok?"
"First, what's your name and what year are you in?"
"I'm Kasumi Sugimori. I'm in the second year."
"Second year, that means you're at the same batch like those two trouble makers there."
Mitsui pointed at Sakuragi and Rukawa. Rukawa and Sakuragi looked at the two, they noticed that they were looking at the same time, Rukawa carried his head to the game. Sakuragi headed to the court too to impress Haruko that he was concentrating on the game.
"Well, yes. Rukawa there is my classmate."
"I see… You're hired!"
