Disclaimer : Slam Dunk is still not mine no matter what I say! It's Inoue Takehiko's!
Chapter 2
'Who… am I?' He slowly opened his eyes. It was hard to focus as first. All he could see was white walls surrounding him. He blinked and blinked again. A figure appeared in front of him.
"Thank God you're safe, Kaede!" a woman exclaimed.
'Is she talking to me? Who's… Kaede?' the boy thought. Then, he began to feel pain in his head.
"Daijoubu ka?" the woman asked, worriedly.
"My head… hurts," he pressed both his hands on his head.
"Hold on, I'll get the doctor," said the woman and she rushed straight out. His head was still in pain as he tried to recall his memories.
'Who am I? What happened to me?' he couldn't remember. Then, he saw the woman again coming in with a man in white.
'My eyes…' it began to blur and he went unconscious again.
"Kaede!"
**********
"Wake up, Kaede-kun!" a feminine voice called.
'That voice, it sounds familiar,' Rukawa slowly opened his eyes. At the same time, the woman opened the curtain to reveal the sunlight. Rukawa immediately shielded his eyes.
"Ayako-san," he buried himself under his white blanket.
"Rise and shine, sleeping beauty!" she teased him but Rukawa refused to get out of bed. Ayako pulled away the blanket that was covering him.
"If you don't get up this moment, I will have to take your CD player!" she said, angrily. Rukawa looked back at her with the expression you-wouldn't-dare.
"Oh yes, I do. Get up!" she ordered. Rukawa gave in and slowly crept into the bathroom.
"Hurry, breakfast's waiting for you downstairs," Ayako said before exiting his room. Rukawa washed his face then take a look at himself in the mirror.
/Flashback/
"You're Rukawa Kaede," that's what he had been told as soon as his headache faded.
"I am?" the 6-year-old boy asked, confused.
"I'm Kaoru oba-san. Do you remember me, Kaede?" the woman asked. Kaede examined the woman in front of him. She had curly black hair, long until her waist. Her blue eyes seemed sad. Unfortunately, all of these don't seem familiar to him. He slowly shook his head.
"It's okay, Kaede," she kissed him lightly on the forehead. "Someday you will get your memories back."
"What… happened to me?" Kaede asked. At first, Kaoru hesitated to answer but she knew that Kaede has the right to know.
"You were involved in an accident, Kaede. Your mother… she didn't make it," she explained. Tears formed in her eyes. Quickly, she rubbed it away with her hand.
"Okaa-san?" he doesn't even remember his own mother. How does she look like?
"What about… my father?" Kaede asked again.
"You don't have one, Kaede."
What? But how come?
"Enough of this. Tomorrow you'll be living with me. I'll take care of you, Kaede. I promised your mother. Now, have some rest," Kaoru said, placing the white blanket over him and hushed him to sleep.
/End of flashback/
'And that's how I ended up here in Ayako-san's house,' he thought, wiping his wet face with his favourite blue towel. 'I don't even remember what happened before the accident until now.'
"Kaede-kun, if you don't come down this instance, I'm really going to get you!" he heard Ayako shouting from downstairs.
"Hai!" he shouted back. 'She sure is noisy.' Quickly, he changed into his uniform and headed down to the kitchen.
"Finally! What took you so long?" Ayako asked, her hands are placed firmly on her waist.
"Gomen, Ayako-san," Rukawa muttered softly and seated himself at the table.
"Ohayo, Kaede," Ayako's father who was reading newspapers, greeted him.
"Ohayo."
"Come on, Ayako. Don't be so hard on him," Kaoru said to her daughter. Then, she turned to serve breakfast for Rukawa. "Ohayo, Kaede," she smiled.
"Ohayo, obaa-san." Rukawa ate his breakfast in silence.
"It's my first day at school and I don't want him to make me late," Ayako complained.
"Oh yes, your first day in Shohoku, right?" her father asked, switching his gaze from the newspaper to Ayako.
"Hai, I can't wait to meet my friends," Ayako said, happily. "I felt like it's been years since I last saw them and…"
"Okay, okay. Finish your breakfast first or you'll really be late," Kaoru said.
Rukawa was listening to their conversation all the while and couldn't help thinking, 'This is such a happy family and I'm glad to be part of them. I wonder how it would be like if I'm with my real family.'
So, breakfast went on as usual. Ayako kept on nagging on Rukawa about how slow he is. Rukawa didn't even care. Kaoru and her husband could only sigh.
"Well, then. Let's go," Ayako's father said, putting on his black coat.
"Drive safely, Ryuichi," Kaoru gave him a peck on his cheek.
The three went into the car after biding goodbye to Kaoru.
"Okay, I'm sending Kaede to school first," Ryuichi said, starting the engine.
"What? I'm suppose to go to school first!" Ayako complained.
"Honey, Tomigaoka is closer than Shohoku."
"Fine!" Ayako crossed her arms.
Rukawa just yawned as he looked out the window. Then he saw someone. A guy with weird spikey hair, rushing to go somewhere. He looked exhausted as sweats flowed rapidly down his face.
'He must be late,' Rukawa thought. But there was something that made Rukawa kept on looking at him.
"Kaede, we're here," Ryuichi said, stopping in front of the school gates. Rukawa was brought back to reality.
"I'll pick you up at 5, okay?" Ryuichi said.
"Um," Rukawa nodded then got out of the car.
"See you later, Kaede-kun," Ayako said.
Rukawa said goodbye to them then made his way into his school. As he was walking down the corridor, he heard someone calling his name.
"Rukawa-sempai!" Rukawa turned to see Mizusawa running towards him.
"Ohayo, sempai." Rukawa nodded his head in reply.
"This year, you're the captain of our basketball team, right? Great! With you, other team are sure to lose to us," Mizusawa said enthusiastically.
"Don't look down on other teams," Rukawa said coldly.
"Uh, hai," Mizusawa's voice was soft, slightly frightened by the cold voice.
Rukawa just walked quietly to his classroom. 'Another year,' Rukawa thought, as he takes his seat. 'This year, I'll surely bring them to victory. Then, I will go to America.'
-tbc-
Please review!!!
Chapter 2
'Who… am I?' He slowly opened his eyes. It was hard to focus as first. All he could see was white walls surrounding him. He blinked and blinked again. A figure appeared in front of him.
"Thank God you're safe, Kaede!" a woman exclaimed.
'Is she talking to me? Who's… Kaede?' the boy thought. Then, he began to feel pain in his head.
"Daijoubu ka?" the woman asked, worriedly.
"My head… hurts," he pressed both his hands on his head.
"Hold on, I'll get the doctor," said the woman and she rushed straight out. His head was still in pain as he tried to recall his memories.
'Who am I? What happened to me?' he couldn't remember. Then, he saw the woman again coming in with a man in white.
'My eyes…' it began to blur and he went unconscious again.
"Kaede!"
**********
"Wake up, Kaede-kun!" a feminine voice called.
'That voice, it sounds familiar,' Rukawa slowly opened his eyes. At the same time, the woman opened the curtain to reveal the sunlight. Rukawa immediately shielded his eyes.
"Ayako-san," he buried himself under his white blanket.
"Rise and shine, sleeping beauty!" she teased him but Rukawa refused to get out of bed. Ayako pulled away the blanket that was covering him.
"If you don't get up this moment, I will have to take your CD player!" she said, angrily. Rukawa looked back at her with the expression you-wouldn't-dare.
"Oh yes, I do. Get up!" she ordered. Rukawa gave in and slowly crept into the bathroom.
"Hurry, breakfast's waiting for you downstairs," Ayako said before exiting his room. Rukawa washed his face then take a look at himself in the mirror.
/Flashback/
"You're Rukawa Kaede," that's what he had been told as soon as his headache faded.
"I am?" the 6-year-old boy asked, confused.
"I'm Kaoru oba-san. Do you remember me, Kaede?" the woman asked. Kaede examined the woman in front of him. She had curly black hair, long until her waist. Her blue eyes seemed sad. Unfortunately, all of these don't seem familiar to him. He slowly shook his head.
"It's okay, Kaede," she kissed him lightly on the forehead. "Someday you will get your memories back."
"What… happened to me?" Kaede asked. At first, Kaoru hesitated to answer but she knew that Kaede has the right to know.
"You were involved in an accident, Kaede. Your mother… she didn't make it," she explained. Tears formed in her eyes. Quickly, she rubbed it away with her hand.
"Okaa-san?" he doesn't even remember his own mother. How does she look like?
"What about… my father?" Kaede asked again.
"You don't have one, Kaede."
What? But how come?
"Enough of this. Tomorrow you'll be living with me. I'll take care of you, Kaede. I promised your mother. Now, have some rest," Kaoru said, placing the white blanket over him and hushed him to sleep.
/End of flashback/
'And that's how I ended up here in Ayako-san's house,' he thought, wiping his wet face with his favourite blue towel. 'I don't even remember what happened before the accident until now.'
"Kaede-kun, if you don't come down this instance, I'm really going to get you!" he heard Ayako shouting from downstairs.
"Hai!" he shouted back. 'She sure is noisy.' Quickly, he changed into his uniform and headed down to the kitchen.
"Finally! What took you so long?" Ayako asked, her hands are placed firmly on her waist.
"Gomen, Ayako-san," Rukawa muttered softly and seated himself at the table.
"Ohayo, Kaede," Ayako's father who was reading newspapers, greeted him.
"Ohayo."
"Come on, Ayako. Don't be so hard on him," Kaoru said to her daughter. Then, she turned to serve breakfast for Rukawa. "Ohayo, Kaede," she smiled.
"Ohayo, obaa-san." Rukawa ate his breakfast in silence.
"It's my first day at school and I don't want him to make me late," Ayako complained.
"Oh yes, your first day in Shohoku, right?" her father asked, switching his gaze from the newspaper to Ayako.
"Hai, I can't wait to meet my friends," Ayako said, happily. "I felt like it's been years since I last saw them and…"
"Okay, okay. Finish your breakfast first or you'll really be late," Kaoru said.
Rukawa was listening to their conversation all the while and couldn't help thinking, 'This is such a happy family and I'm glad to be part of them. I wonder how it would be like if I'm with my real family.'
So, breakfast went on as usual. Ayako kept on nagging on Rukawa about how slow he is. Rukawa didn't even care. Kaoru and her husband could only sigh.
"Well, then. Let's go," Ayako's father said, putting on his black coat.
"Drive safely, Ryuichi," Kaoru gave him a peck on his cheek.
The three went into the car after biding goodbye to Kaoru.
"Okay, I'm sending Kaede to school first," Ryuichi said, starting the engine.
"What? I'm suppose to go to school first!" Ayako complained.
"Honey, Tomigaoka is closer than Shohoku."
"Fine!" Ayako crossed her arms.
Rukawa just yawned as he looked out the window. Then he saw someone. A guy with weird spikey hair, rushing to go somewhere. He looked exhausted as sweats flowed rapidly down his face.
'He must be late,' Rukawa thought. But there was something that made Rukawa kept on looking at him.
"Kaede, we're here," Ryuichi said, stopping in front of the school gates. Rukawa was brought back to reality.
"I'll pick you up at 5, okay?" Ryuichi said.
"Um," Rukawa nodded then got out of the car.
"See you later, Kaede-kun," Ayako said.
Rukawa said goodbye to them then made his way into his school. As he was walking down the corridor, he heard someone calling his name.
"Rukawa-sempai!" Rukawa turned to see Mizusawa running towards him.
"Ohayo, sempai." Rukawa nodded his head in reply.
"This year, you're the captain of our basketball team, right? Great! With you, other team are sure to lose to us," Mizusawa said enthusiastically.
"Don't look down on other teams," Rukawa said coldly.
"Uh, hai," Mizusawa's voice was soft, slightly frightened by the cold voice.
Rukawa just walked quietly to his classroom. 'Another year,' Rukawa thought, as he takes his seat. 'This year, I'll surely bring them to victory. Then, I will go to America.'
-tbc-
Please review!!!