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Non Sequitur
Part I: I'm a Teacher
A/N: Okay, my second SenRu fic. The title is quite uncommon, ne? The word in Latin means a response that does not follow logically. I'm quite groggy if my fanfic seems crappy (it was due to my web site's suspension from webring, my cousins who did nothing but ask me to disconnect from the net and a ugly hag who wants my mom to pay a large fee…) I'm sorry also if it happens out to be uninteresting.
"One time or another, you will have to decide on what will happen to you…"*Start*
"No. Don't play with that. We will go there later okay?" Sendoh said to one of his young pupils. Today, he was going to teach the kids words with flash cards given to him. He would touch the games after he did that.
"Promise?" The kid asked him.
"Of course! Just do well in our lesson and we will play later!"
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Now you might ask, what on earth is Sendoh doing there at a preschool? Simple, he just graduated from college a year ago and chose to teach kids for the last six weeks instead of continuing his basketball playing. Of course, it wasn't simple just by going with the kids and teaches this and that, he has to be with them (it wasn't hard to him anyway).
He enjoyed the job particularly because he could get away from noise. He was contented teaching the kids simple, good things.
Now let us go on…some of his teammates had already pursued careers of their own, just like him. Choosing their separate ways, some of them found the love of their lives… that Akira will experience in an unexpected way.
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"Waaahh!!!!" Oh no, another kid crying Akira thought. He came closer and found the child sitting in the sand box, surrounded by his friends. Probably done by the bratty kid with black hair. He cautiously approached the group of kids and gently asked, "What happened? Why are you crying?"
In between loud sobs, the little boy replied, "K-kari…*sob*…kicked sand on…sob…me!!"
"Why did you do that?"
"He twuk my shavel!! (He took my shovel)"
"Why did you take his shovel?"
"I hafta dig my tweshure!"
"Why don't you share the shovel instead? You can help each other so one will finish and the other can use it immediately after."
"Umm…I'll think 'bout it." Hiroshi stopped sobbing and said to Sendoh, and smiled.
"We can both dig it together!"
"That's great." Sendoh happily said at Kari's suggestion. He was relieved that the kid was quite better than the other teachers had told him. They all said that the child was problematic one and gave them all headaches.
"Hey, look who we have here?" A voice behind the group of preschoolers said.
"Oi, Sendoh, what are you teaching these kids, eh?"
Sendoh looked behind him and found Mitsui and Ryota walking together and took notice of the new preschool teacher. They spotted him easily because his ever-so-prominent hairstyle bobbed in and out of the little circle of kids.
"Eh? I'm teaching at this preschool."
"Teaching good stuff?" Mitsui incredulously said.
Sendoh smiled again, thirteenth comment and still counting about his job in three weeks. What is wrong with him being a preschool teacher? He thought. He shooed the thought away as a little hand tugged his red polo shirt, "Teacher Akiraaa? Are they your fwends?" it was a small girl with brown hair name was, Ai.
"Uhm, yes. Okay, now go back to your classmates. I'll just talk to them." Sendoh ruffled the head of the girl gently and she ran immediately and joined the other's games.
"What brings you here?"
"Haha. Don't you know? Many people recognize you here as a good teacher."
"I didn't know."
"I was planning to enroll my kid in this preschool. Kami-sama, I couldn't imagine a popular high school and college basketball player goes preschool." Ryota laughed a bit.
"Oh, man what are you teaching the kids here? Don't tell me those stuff?" Mitsui jokingly said, knowing that Sendoh was now a *ehem* reformed character.
"No. Do not ever think about that. So what about you guys? What are you doing since your graduation?" The spiky-haired asked after crossing his arms.
"Oh you wouldn't believe anyway. Mitsui's in a firm, young executive."
"Ohhh. Cool."
"Sure." Their laughed rang again. Meeting old rivals back in school days was now like a good experience. "You make a good job out of these kids, ne?"
"I'm just new. Six weeks."
"Sweet. We'll be seeing each other then." Then both former Shohoku players went inside a black car parked outside. Suddenly, he had a notion to ask Miyagi something. He raced immediately and knocked at the car's window.
"Any prob?"
"I wanted to ask about Rukawa. Any contact with him?"
"None for the past three months."
"Why? Still looking for him?" Miyagi snorted the comment to Sendoh. He did not take notice of it.
"Just curious…"
"Oh. We'll tell you when we get to talk to him."
"Thanks." Looks like Rukawa developed some connection with his former teammates. He was curious, just curious.
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Later that afternoon, after all the kids were dismissed Akira decided to talk to his colleagues about the supposed 'nuisance' kid. Seems that everyone was impressed at him that the kid wasn't such a nuisance after Akira took over.
"Say? How'd you do that? He wouldn't listen to anyone."
"Really? Have you people talked to his parents?"
"He doesn't have parents anymore. Died in accident. His uncle is taking care of him. Don't you know his uncle?" The teacher from class b asked, gently adjusting his glasses and looked at Akira. "I've heard he's a basketball superstar in Japan."
"Really? His name?"
"Rukawa Kaede."
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All night, he couldn't stop thinking about Rukawa having a nephew. It proved to him how secretive he was. Maybe, this would be another chance to meet him again.
He was curious about Rukawa during their high school years. In fact, he tried every way to get to know the other man.
He just wanted to know.
~To be continued.
Aki: so how did it go? I was thinking of a good SenRu and the best I could come up is with this. Please do review, I want to hear some feedback at my little try to place them in a fanfic^_^;;
