Note: /these/ are voices and //these//are thoughts.
Chapter One: The Voice The nurse showed the baby to the mother. "Omedetoo, Mrs. Soichiro," she smiled, "It's a boy."
Mrs. Soichiro breathed a sigh of relief that she was able to give birth to a healthy baby. With tears streaming down her cheek, she cuddled the baby and smiled. Then the doors were slid open and in came his husband, smiling and walked over to the baby.
He tried to cuddle and play with the baby. Mrs. Soichiro smiled at his husband's smiling face. //My first child// She asked," What name should we give him?"
Mr. Soichiro thought for a moment, then said," Jin. Soichiro Jin."
~Flashback~
When the coach criticized on his play, he thought of deciding to give up on basketball. But a voice spoke to him, /Don't give up, you can do it/. Whenever he was in trouble or when he wanted to give up on anything, there was that voice, the melodious and mellow female voice. It would always persuade, advice and warn him.
It's like that voice was protecting him, acting like his guardian angel, saving him from all disaster. He would always pray to thank his guardian angel. If it weren't that guardian angel of his, he wouldn't be here today. The figure reminisced about that incident that might just have cost his life.
//He was crossing the street, listening to his Discman on that fateful day. He looked to his left and right to make sure that there was no car. Then he walked slowly, not knowing that a drunken driver driving at top speed towards him. Then there's that voice /LOOK OUT! There's a car heading towards you/.
It happened so fast that he couldn't even digest them in his mind. When he understood what the voice was saying, he quickly turned to his left and widened his eye in shock at the car. He couldn't do anything; exccept standing there in shock.
The voice called out to him /HASHIRU!!! Hayaku, hayaku, hayuku!!!!/ He woke up from his daze and realized the car was inching closer and he started running as fast as he could. Although he was still in shock, he succeeded in avoiding the car and breathed a sigh of relief. //
~End of Flashback~
He prayed a silent prayer, thanking his guardian angel repeatedly. On the other hand, the guardian angel was smiling happily.
He got up and went to take a bath. After bathing, he headed to a grocery store to buy some items for his mother. While walking on the sidewalk, he heard someone calling him and saw his buddy, Kiyota.
Jin smiled and waved at Kiyota.
"Hey, what are you doing here?"
Kiyota rolled his eyes. "To escape from my mother. She keeps nagging at me nonstop. Like a machine programmed to nag me."
"Well, it's for your own good anyway, do you want to be banned to play basketball?"
"Oh, come on, I heard enough from okasan. Don't talk about it to me ever again."
Jin laughed," Ok ok. Gomen."
"So what are you doing here?"
"Helping my mother buy some things in the grocery store. She's taking a nap now, I don't wanna bother her to buy them later after her working time."
"Such a good son you are."
Kiyota smiled, patting Jin's back.
Jin lowered his voice. "It's the least I can do after otousan left us." He smiled, "Come on, are you coming with me or not?"
He looked back at Kiyota who had stopped walking.
"Sure."
//Poor Jin-san. He always looked cheery and carefree but I wonder if he's ok with the death of his father.//
After buying the items, Jin said," Well, I gotta go home. How 'bout you?"
Kiyota rolled his eyes. "I suppose so and have to listen to okasan's naggings again."
Jin chuckled. "Maybe you should buy earplugs."
Kiyota's eyes started shining.
"That's a great idea. In fact, I'm gonna go buy now. Ja ne."
Jin waved goodbye and continued chuckling to himself. Taking out the shopping list from his pocket, he checked that he bought the right items and right amount. Without looking right or left, he crossed the road.
/There's a car heading towards you./
Those familiar words said to him a few years ago. He looked right of him and saw a car heading towards him. He widened his eyes and stood there for a moment.
The voice called out to him again /HASHIRU!!! Hayaku, hayaku, hayuku!!!!/
Quickly, he returned to reality and ran away from the car.
Just like the exact same scene as last time. It's like the scene's replaying in his mind instead of happening to him right now. He breathed a sigh of relief when he escaped from the car and thanked her silently with his closed eyes. He opened his eyes when he heard a voice calling him. He saw Kiyota and waved.
Kiyota ran over to him with a worried face.
Grinning, Jin asked," Aren't you supposed to go and buy earplugs?"
"I remembered that I didn't bring any money when I went out of my house. Anyway, are you all right? Are you hurt? That car could have knocked you over just now. You should be more careful."
Jin chuckled," It's no problem. I'm all right, ok? Don't worry about me." He slung an arm around Kiyota's shoulder. "A good friend deserves a good dinner. Come on, come to my house and have dinner."
"If you didn't look up suddenly, you probably wouldn't even know that a car was heading towards you."
"Yeah. I guess. Well, let's go." Jin smiled, walking side by side with his friend.
While they were eating dinner, Kiyota told Jin's mother what had happened. Mrs. Soichiro gasped and breathed a sigh of relief. She walked over to Jin and put her arm around him.
"I don't know what I would do if you are not in this world with me anymore."
Tears started forming in her eyes.
Jin wiped her mother's tears away. "Well, I'm fine now. Don't worry, I'll always be here with you." He hugged her mother.
A chibi Kiyota took out his handkerchief to wipe his tears. "I feel so happy for both of you. You two are so close to each other."
Jin in a chibi mode looked at Kiyota crying. "Eh?"
Mrs. Soichiro walked over to Kiyota and put her hand on his shoulder, smiling. "I'm sure you and your mother are close too, ne Kiyota-kun?"
Kiyota narrowed his eyes and crossed his arms. "Iie. Never. All she knows what to do is nag me everyday to study."
She laughed. "It's for your own good. One day, you'll understand just like Jin."
She went to the kitchen with the dishes.
Dumbfounded, Kiyota stared at Jin.
Then he spoke," What is that suppose to mean? You used to be poor in studies, Jin-san?"
//If he was poor in studies, I bet it's during the time when his father was dead. I heard the rumor around the school when I came to Kainan. Jin-san.//
Jin chuckled and nodded.
"I find this so hard to believe."
With that, Kiyota fainted to the ground.
Jin waited for Kiyota to walk him to the door while Kiyota talked to his mother, "Arigatoo Soichiro-san, the dinner was nice."
Mrs. Soichiro smiled. "Jin helped too."
Kiyota grinned. "Sure, he's a good cook too, ne Jin-san?" He patted Jin on the back. "Well, I gotta go now. Ja na, Soichiro-san."
Mrs. Soichiro waved goodbye. "Have a safe trip home."
Jin smiled. "When you get home, you better go and study."
He sat on the porch at his patio.
"One day, you'll understand how important studies are to you. Without them, you can't support your family or your parents when they are old and need you to be there."
"Jin-san.."
//If only I could do something to help Jin-san to take away his sorrow.//
Jin turned to smile at him. "So, you have to work hard, study hard and get good results."
Kiyota rolled his eyes.
"Hai, hai."
Jin grinned and patted his friend.
"Ganbatte, ne."
Kiyota murmured." I'll try." He looked up to smile at his friend. "I better get going now if not this time it's not about studies she's gonna nag about but being late." He started to walk away, waving to his friend.
Jin smiled and waved back to Kiyota.
~Fin~
Author's note: Once again ^^ Thanks to Dimension for editing my fanfic. You guys should go visit her site ^^ It's http://www.geocities.com/moon_light_jazz11/ Her fics are really nice too ^^ I think the only fic she posted here is White Violets but she has a lot of her fics in her own site which is really good ^^ She's one of the best writer I know :D Ganbatte Dimension ^^ I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I know it's not very well written but thanks for reading anyway ^^ If anyone's reading, that is ^^666
Chapter One: The Voice The nurse showed the baby to the mother. "Omedetoo, Mrs. Soichiro," she smiled, "It's a boy."
Mrs. Soichiro breathed a sigh of relief that she was able to give birth to a healthy baby. With tears streaming down her cheek, she cuddled the baby and smiled. Then the doors were slid open and in came his husband, smiling and walked over to the baby.
He tried to cuddle and play with the baby. Mrs. Soichiro smiled at his husband's smiling face. //My first child// She asked," What name should we give him?"
Mr. Soichiro thought for a moment, then said," Jin. Soichiro Jin."
~Flashback~
When the coach criticized on his play, he thought of deciding to give up on basketball. But a voice spoke to him, /Don't give up, you can do it/. Whenever he was in trouble or when he wanted to give up on anything, there was that voice, the melodious and mellow female voice. It would always persuade, advice and warn him.
It's like that voice was protecting him, acting like his guardian angel, saving him from all disaster. He would always pray to thank his guardian angel. If it weren't that guardian angel of his, he wouldn't be here today. The figure reminisced about that incident that might just have cost his life.
//He was crossing the street, listening to his Discman on that fateful day. He looked to his left and right to make sure that there was no car. Then he walked slowly, not knowing that a drunken driver driving at top speed towards him. Then there's that voice /LOOK OUT! There's a car heading towards you/.
It happened so fast that he couldn't even digest them in his mind. When he understood what the voice was saying, he quickly turned to his left and widened his eye in shock at the car. He couldn't do anything; exccept standing there in shock.
The voice called out to him /HASHIRU!!! Hayaku, hayaku, hayuku!!!!/ He woke up from his daze and realized the car was inching closer and he started running as fast as he could. Although he was still in shock, he succeeded in avoiding the car and breathed a sigh of relief. //
~End of Flashback~
He prayed a silent prayer, thanking his guardian angel repeatedly. On the other hand, the guardian angel was smiling happily.
He got up and went to take a bath. After bathing, he headed to a grocery store to buy some items for his mother. While walking on the sidewalk, he heard someone calling him and saw his buddy, Kiyota.
Jin smiled and waved at Kiyota.
"Hey, what are you doing here?"
Kiyota rolled his eyes. "To escape from my mother. She keeps nagging at me nonstop. Like a machine programmed to nag me."
"Well, it's for your own good anyway, do you want to be banned to play basketball?"
"Oh, come on, I heard enough from okasan. Don't talk about it to me ever again."
Jin laughed," Ok ok. Gomen."
"So what are you doing here?"
"Helping my mother buy some things in the grocery store. She's taking a nap now, I don't wanna bother her to buy them later after her working time."
"Such a good son you are."
Kiyota smiled, patting Jin's back.
Jin lowered his voice. "It's the least I can do after otousan left us." He smiled, "Come on, are you coming with me or not?"
He looked back at Kiyota who had stopped walking.
"Sure."
//Poor Jin-san. He always looked cheery and carefree but I wonder if he's ok with the death of his father.//
After buying the items, Jin said," Well, I gotta go home. How 'bout you?"
Kiyota rolled his eyes. "I suppose so and have to listen to okasan's naggings again."
Jin chuckled. "Maybe you should buy earplugs."
Kiyota's eyes started shining.
"That's a great idea. In fact, I'm gonna go buy now. Ja ne."
Jin waved goodbye and continued chuckling to himself. Taking out the shopping list from his pocket, he checked that he bought the right items and right amount. Without looking right or left, he crossed the road.
/There's a car heading towards you./
Those familiar words said to him a few years ago. He looked right of him and saw a car heading towards him. He widened his eyes and stood there for a moment.
The voice called out to him again /HASHIRU!!! Hayaku, hayaku, hayuku!!!!/
Quickly, he returned to reality and ran away from the car.
Just like the exact same scene as last time. It's like the scene's replaying in his mind instead of happening to him right now. He breathed a sigh of relief when he escaped from the car and thanked her silently with his closed eyes. He opened his eyes when he heard a voice calling him. He saw Kiyota and waved.
Kiyota ran over to him with a worried face.
Grinning, Jin asked," Aren't you supposed to go and buy earplugs?"
"I remembered that I didn't bring any money when I went out of my house. Anyway, are you all right? Are you hurt? That car could have knocked you over just now. You should be more careful."
Jin chuckled," It's no problem. I'm all right, ok? Don't worry about me." He slung an arm around Kiyota's shoulder. "A good friend deserves a good dinner. Come on, come to my house and have dinner."
"If you didn't look up suddenly, you probably wouldn't even know that a car was heading towards you."
"Yeah. I guess. Well, let's go." Jin smiled, walking side by side with his friend.
While they were eating dinner, Kiyota told Jin's mother what had happened. Mrs. Soichiro gasped and breathed a sigh of relief. She walked over to Jin and put her arm around him.
"I don't know what I would do if you are not in this world with me anymore."
Tears started forming in her eyes.
Jin wiped her mother's tears away. "Well, I'm fine now. Don't worry, I'll always be here with you." He hugged her mother.
A chibi Kiyota took out his handkerchief to wipe his tears. "I feel so happy for both of you. You two are so close to each other."
Jin in a chibi mode looked at Kiyota crying. "Eh?"
Mrs. Soichiro walked over to Kiyota and put her hand on his shoulder, smiling. "I'm sure you and your mother are close too, ne Kiyota-kun?"
Kiyota narrowed his eyes and crossed his arms. "Iie. Never. All she knows what to do is nag me everyday to study."
She laughed. "It's for your own good. One day, you'll understand just like Jin."
She went to the kitchen with the dishes.
Dumbfounded, Kiyota stared at Jin.
Then he spoke," What is that suppose to mean? You used to be poor in studies, Jin-san?"
//If he was poor in studies, I bet it's during the time when his father was dead. I heard the rumor around the school when I came to Kainan. Jin-san.//
Jin chuckled and nodded.
"I find this so hard to believe."
With that, Kiyota fainted to the ground.
Jin waited for Kiyota to walk him to the door while Kiyota talked to his mother, "Arigatoo Soichiro-san, the dinner was nice."
Mrs. Soichiro smiled. "Jin helped too."
Kiyota grinned. "Sure, he's a good cook too, ne Jin-san?" He patted Jin on the back. "Well, I gotta go now. Ja na, Soichiro-san."
Mrs. Soichiro waved goodbye. "Have a safe trip home."
Jin smiled. "When you get home, you better go and study."
He sat on the porch at his patio.
"One day, you'll understand how important studies are to you. Without them, you can't support your family or your parents when they are old and need you to be there."
"Jin-san.."
//If only I could do something to help Jin-san to take away his sorrow.//
Jin turned to smile at him. "So, you have to work hard, study hard and get good results."
Kiyota rolled his eyes.
"Hai, hai."
Jin grinned and patted his friend.
"Ganbatte, ne."
Kiyota murmured." I'll try." He looked up to smile at his friend. "I better get going now if not this time it's not about studies she's gonna nag about but being late." He started to walk away, waving to his friend.
Jin smiled and waved back to Kiyota.
~Fin~
Author's note: Once again ^^ Thanks to Dimension for editing my fanfic. You guys should go visit her site ^^ It's http://www.geocities.com/moon_light_jazz11/ Her fics are really nice too ^^ I think the only fic she posted here is White Violets but she has a lot of her fics in her own site which is really good ^^ She's one of the best writer I know :D Ganbatte Dimension ^^ I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I know it's not very well written but thanks for reading anyway ^^ If anyone's reading, that is ^^666