Yo, minna-san! My very first fanfic, now officially posted in fanfiction.net! Slam Dunk has been one of my fave anime of all time, and the very first one I watched. After seeing Sakuragi head-butt his gang's sorry heads (and bouncing Anzai's flabby tummy), Rukawa muttering "do ahou" to him, Akagi punching Sakuragi for his behavior, and hundreds more wacky antics (half all made by our lovable redhead monkey ^_^), I got hooked into anime and got myself into others ever since then. It has also inspired me to writing and drawing. Now who says TV is bad for you?
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DISCLAIMER!
Yes, I know you've seen this a gazillion times in other fics, and you're sick of reading the big fat letters imprinted into your precious monitor, but for the sake of avoiding international war by the creator, I'm doing it anyway!!
I do not own Slam Dunk! Sure wish I do—and so do the others—but the tensai Takehiko Inoue (or should I say Dr. T) owns it, and he deserves all the credit for a job well done. Mind you, though, some of the original characters are mine, and plagiarizing is a big no-no. Unless you get my "yes", that is. ^_~
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Here are short notes about the story first. The story basically centers in our kawaii kitsune and his past, but it also has occasional Sakuragi and the team member scenes—like Miyagi and Mitsui—and non-member scenes—Haruko, Sendoh, Jin, blah blah blah—to lighten up the mood. And what's SD without basketball games! This'll be so not very short, but I promise it won't be that boring, k?
So, now on to the prologue! I'll deluge you guys with chaps next time (if I get enough reviews), so for now let it be short, just an intro for you, k? So you would know whether you'd like to read more or not. Sankyu!
Itadakimasu!
Prologue ~ Revision
"Scenes of the dawn are so empowered with beauty To make you forget of the coming dusk""Rukawa-kun! Hayaku (Hurry up!), we won't ever get to the place with your speed!"
"Yawn! What do you wanna show to me, anyway?"
"Here. Look! A new court! Oniichan (Big brother) made it himself. Isn't it cool?"
"Uhh...sure. What's that for?"
"For basketball, silly. BASKETBALL!"
"Another sport? C'mon, can't we just do what we always did before...on the beach?"
"Oh, you can't shape up like that! You are tall but so slow you won't get anywhere when you grow up! Let's just get with the basics, ok?"
"Yawn...fine. But I know I'm gonna
regret this."
Opening his vision back on his bedroom, Rukawa looked around the familiar pattern on the wall and the cluster of papers lying on the floor, waiting to be thrown away. He was back to reality once again, right in the darkened room.
Rukawa sat up
and blinked, then scratched his head in irritation. He couldn't get to sleep
for the past few days. If he did in the middle of the night he got the same
dream drifting inside his head. At this rate he'll never have stamina for
practice. In fact, Akagi already punched his head
twice last week for "not being in focus".
He got set quickly and got his trusty
ball and Walkman, and went out on the neighborhood following his usual route.
Only this time he doesn't have the strength nor the
enthusiasm. When he got to the court, various images suddenly swirled inside
making him lose his focus. How can he continue like this?
After only a moment of hesitation he
rode on his bike again, this time to no particular direction. He can practice
somewhere else...just not there right now.
~*Next chapter – Rukawa's Depths*~
There! Do you like it? I am really crappy in intro's and all, so bear with it. I'll try my best in the later chaps! But first, I'd like some REVIEWS, REVIEWS people! Onegai shimasu!!
See ya again—dead or alive!
~ Rukawa no Miko