Disclaimer: I don't own" Slam Dunk", but if Inoue Takehito decided to give its copyrights to me anyway, I would refuse in a heartbeat. The man knew what he was doing with this beautiful, beautiful story.

Author's Note: Ok. No excuses. I apologize, and I hereby repent.

Voices of Light

Chapter 2: "Entrance to Instinct"

Heavy breaths, dripping sweats, tension in the muscles and fire in their eyes. The borderline between seniors and freshmen dissolved into a melting fusion. Hisashi Mitsui was proud, and so were Sakuragi Hanamichi and Miyagi Ryota. Their three on three game ended with a fair result that satisfied both teams, alongside with the many cheers from outside the court. Akagi Haruko couldn't believe her eyes when she witnessed the dynamics of these men and the ball they're fighting a possession over. She questioned herself over and over again whether another miracle in probably the most underrated high school basket ball team would rise once more.

"Yosh. Good game." Ryota said, walking towards his juniors and offered a handshake. The students complied in good sportsmanship and accepted his hand, as well as both Hisashi's and Hanamichi's.

"Sugoi." Ayako Morii said in a satisfied tone with both her arms folded to her chest. She looked at Haruko, who looked back, and winked, "Right?"

The younger girl nodded, a wide smile was plastered across her pretty face as she turned her sight to a tall, red haired boy who walked towards her. "You're so awesome." She said, blushing, which in turn, reddened him just as profoundly.

"D—don't give me that look in front of everyone." Hanamichi stuttered, covering his head with a white towel.

"Bu—but, you are! You have no idea how breathtaking you are when you play! My heart never skipped a beat that much before..."

"Is.. is that so.? Ah, tha—thank you."

"No, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to embarrass you!"

"Of course not! You never embarrass me! Don't be stupid!"

"I'm such an idiot!"

"No you're not! I love you, I'm so proud to have you as my girlfriend! Don't ever think so lowly about yourself, Haruko-chan!"

"Hana-kun!"

"Haruko-chan!"

The two hugged bashfully like a cliché dorama reunion scene and to everyone's mild avoidance. Ayako was the first to move away with a huge imaginary sweat drop hanging on top of her head, much to everyone's uniformed ill-feelings.

"They've been dating for two months." Hisashi monotonously said, "And they're a lot more lovey dovey than you and your girlfriend." He continued, verbally stabbing Ryota's heart in futility.

"Urusai!" the former Captain frustratingly exclaimed.

"Ma, even the ice block and his girl looks mighty warm compared to you and Ayako-chan." The DJ continued, pointing a scene with his eyes where Rukawa Kaede and Akane Mizusawa sat together at one of the court benches with the latter lovingly feed a piece of tori karaage to the former's mouth.

"I'm not listening to this!" Ryota covered both his ears and walked away from his friend in exasperation.

"I'm going home, man! Good match!"

"Go to hell!"

Hisashi laughed his ass off.

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With too many things have been brought into subject, Kiyomi Asayake prepared her transfer from one city to another. Unresolved issues about the moving of work paraphernalia and all around stuffs at home occupied the very space of her head. Taking the Enoshima railway train to go check what awaits her in Fujisawa, she turned to see the vast Sagami bay spread before her eyes, though behind metal and glass borders, and felt a relaxed feeling slowly incorporated inside of her.

The train felt so calm, and the tall iced Caramel Latte from the much-hyped Starbucks on her hand enhanced the effect even more. She smiled to herself as her hazel eyes kept on looking at the bay, despite the train's nearing its next station, where she would get off. She felt like standing so that she could see further beyond the bay, locating Enoshima Island and the land bridge that connects Fujisawa to it.

A small chime appeared inside the train, signaling every passenger that they've arrived in Fujisawa station. Asayake complied, approaching the exit door just before the train fully stopped. She stepped out just as the door opened, and started walking to her right, finding the stairs down, and let a small paper out from the pockets of her jeans with one hand. Stopping briefly just at the end of the stairs, she unfolded it and read something written on it with an unconcerned look.

"Ah, so desu." She murmured to herself.

Kiyomi shrugged, and in a swift movement, spun her feet to start walking when someone suddenly bumped into her hard enough that caused the ice latte on her other hand collided with the culprit and splashed nearly all of the contents right onto his upper body as well as hers. The sweet smell of the drink immediately became stronger to her nose, and quite possibly his as well. A pause was shared; they both froze on the spot, and other people who just got off the station were doing nothing but glaring while they pass any thought of concern.

"Eh?" She finally verbalized, though barely audible. Her eyes slowly looked up to see the man's face, and all she saw was a pair of dark, dark blue eyes.

Hisashi was clearly annoyed, but didn't say anything. He sensed his jawline tightened and a heavy breath slowly came down his lungs. He saw whipped cream trickling down his shirt and jacket, moistening the fabric with a light brown liquid that are too apparent to leave a mark if being left for too long. Despite this, looking at how dumbfounded the girl he bumped into, and that stone-like expression on her face, he decided to just let it go and call it a day. Before something ever had the chance to come out of his opened mouth, the man was forcefully halted.

"EEEEHHHHHHHHHHH???!!!!!" because Asayake Kiyomi has lost it.

-End of Chapter Two-

-to be continued-

So. So sorry it's so damn short. I wanna left it hanging just as Asa went hysterics with the latte incident. Teeheehee..

Chapter Three coming up! And I won't lag this time!