Gomen nasai! I know that the first part was sad but it is essential to the
rest of the plot. Please forgive Ria-chan. here is chapter one, two years
later..
Japan, two years later.
" Baka kitsune! I'll get you for that!" a redhead shouted. " do'aho." A handsome brunette shot back. " temme!!!" the redhead marched towards the brunette to give him a good blow when a fan hit his head, straight. " Sakuragi! Get back to practice!" Ayako yelled.
" itee." the redhead whimpered. " idiots." Akagi murmured. " continue practicing! Shyouzaki, go try and get the ball from Ryota!" the gorilla- like bellowed to the rest of the team. The Shohoku high basketball team was practicing for the District Championship this year. They have a powerful team, Akagi Takenori as their center and captain, Mitsui Hisashi, their superb three-pointer, Ryota Miyagi, their pointguard, Rukawa Kaede, the Super Rookie and last but not the least, Sakuragi Hanamichi, the rebounding red-haired monkey of team.
Together with them are their magnificent couch, Anzai-sensei and their manageress, Ayako. They are bound to win every game, that is as long at the kitsune and do'aho will stop fighting.
" Go Rukawa!" three pesky females cheered from above. 'Rukawa!' a pretty girl with short brown hair thought with hearts in her eyes.
this is the usual scene inside the Shohoko basketball gym. To others, this may seem a little bit odd but this is their everyday life.
the next day, Rukawa passed by the corridor and every female head turned to look his way with hearts in their eyes. " Rukawa." they drooled. Rukawa ignored them as usual but was surprise to see one girl looking at him like a normal human being for the first time in history.
She was standing by the door of the 1-1 room and was staring at the floor attentively then looked at him with an expressionless face. Her skin was pale but beautiful kind of pale. She has this dark brown hair with a pair of two sad blue eyes. her lips is fixed into a frown that seem to last forever. A girl standing next to her whispered, " Tachibana, that is Rukawa. He's so cute isn't he?" the girl giggled when Rukawa passed by. The girl just shrugged and walked inside their room.
Rukawa wanted to thank the girl for not contributing to the saliva mess on the floor but she quickly disappeared.
He then met Mitsui walking off the opposite direction. " oi Rukawa! What are you doing here?" Mitsui asked him. the younger boy just shrugged. " non vocal as usual. I'm here to check out the student from Haruko's class." His sempai said. Rukawa arched his brow in question. " I've seen her a couples of times two months ago with Anzai-sensei but this is the first time I'm going to get a glimpse on her. I made a bet with Miyagi that she is not related to Anzai-sensei." Mitsui said and head for classroom, 1-1. Rukawa followed him curiously.
" ah there! Perfect! Look at her, Rukawa. She's a pretty little thing." Mitsui said. everybody in the room was staring at them except for the girl who was looking far outside.
" you think she's related?" Mitsui asked his Kohei. Rukawa shrugged. " whatever. See, she seemed not interested when you looked in. every girl here drooled when you poked you head in but she did not. She is one girl." Mitsui said. he looked at the younger player and sighed.
" nah! I don't think you got me." The older boy started to walk away. " Ja ne, Rukawa. See you this afternoon." Mitsui waved a hand then left. Rukawa sighed and walked away too.
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" you see that? she's so cool. She never goes head over heels when Rukawa is near. she is so cool." A boy said to his group when he started at Helois' stoic face. " I think she's snooty. She seldom talks. I'm beginning to imagine her as Rukawa's female version. Though the difference is she's intelligent and attentive in class, not like Rukawa who always sleeps." His friend answered.
Helois on the other side of the room looked outside, her head filled with things she wanted to forget. 'ottousan.' Helois took a deep breath to prevent herself from breaking down. When she saw Rukawa today, she thought he is cute but she can't bring herself to like him on a higher level, not like the girls in her class.
Ever since her parents died two years ago, she remained distant from everybody, except for her oniichan, Hiro who now is a branch manager of a large computer gaming, her itomo-chan, Iris who is now five yrs. old and is attending prep. school near their house and last but not the least, her oba- san and oyaji-san. They are her only family now. painful as it may seem, she can't do anything about it.
She lost her chance to become the world's best skater and she also lost her parents too. Life can be the ultimate oppressor of any man.
" damn it!" she murmured as the sensei came in for the second subject.
Anzai-sensei called off the practice for an important meeting.
After class, the starting five of Shohoku basketball team were walking together to their meeting with couch Anzai when.
A girl bumped against Rukawa as he sleepwalks. " gomen ne." the girl murmured and went away as fast as she came. Rukawa heard an object drop and so when he looked down, he saw a key holder. he picked it up and noticed that the key chain looked like a tiny pair of ice skating shoes. He turned around to call for the girl but she just vanished. He caught a glimpse of her. the girl was the one Mitsui kept an eye this morning. He shrugged and walked behind his teammates, placing the key chain in his pocket. a small brass key was attached to it.
They entered the court and so the meeting started.
" we will be going to have a free day tomorrow." Anzai-sensei announced. " oh yeah!" Hanamichi cheered. " we will be going to the Kanagawa Ice Skating rink tomorrow to learn how to skate." The old man added. " skate? But why?" Akagi asked. " well, it's part of your incentives when you won against Shoyo." Ayako said. " yes!" Miyagi said.
" we will be there with Ryounan, Kainan and Shoyo as well." Anzai-sensei said. " Nani? But why?" Mitsui asked in shock. " Well, it seems that they have their incentives too." Anzai-sensei replied. " oh." the team murmured.
" your instructors will be students as well, from the four schools. Six will be coming from us, and six will be taken out of the three other schools." Anzai-sensei said. " you mean our instructors are amateurs?" Kogure asked. Rukawa on the other hand was not paying attention. He was busy toying with the key holder he found.
" not amateurs. You'll be surprised that they are not." Anzai-sensei said. " ok." Kogure mumbled. " so everybody bring your jackets tomorrow for it will be cold. Have a good sleep and condition your body." Anzai-sensei said. " but why?" Hanamichi asked. " it's just ice skating." He added. " tomorrow, you will learn that it is not just ice skating." The old man said then he dismissed the group.
He left his team chatting excitedly with each other about their tour tomorrow. His eyes gleamed. He will need someone, someone he really knew well and had vowed not to take on ice-skating for the rest of her life.
That evening.
" oyaji-san." a small voice cooed. " Iris, be careful now." Anzai-sensei laughed, cradling his 5 yrs. old granddaughter on his lap. " Oyaji!" the girl squeaked and buried her face against her oyaji-san's thick belly. " where is Helois?" Anzai-sensei asked Hiro, his 22 yrs. old grandson. " she's upstairs." Hiro answered. he was preparing the table for their dinner. Anzai-sensei smiled. he had convinced Helois earlier with the help of Hiro to join the tour tomorrow. he knows that she hasn't lost her touch because of the reports from Iris that she was coming into the KISR in private to practice ice skating.
He wanted Helois to go back living.go back to ice-skating.
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Helois was rummaging inside her bag looking for her key that very moment. that key is for her diary. Feeling frustrated, she dropped her bag and laid down her bed. Her heart is pounding. She caught sight of her old skates. Her heart pounded again.
'tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow'
Japan, two years later.
" Baka kitsune! I'll get you for that!" a redhead shouted. " do'aho." A handsome brunette shot back. " temme!!!" the redhead marched towards the brunette to give him a good blow when a fan hit his head, straight. " Sakuragi! Get back to practice!" Ayako yelled.
" itee." the redhead whimpered. " idiots." Akagi murmured. " continue practicing! Shyouzaki, go try and get the ball from Ryota!" the gorilla- like bellowed to the rest of the team. The Shohoku high basketball team was practicing for the District Championship this year. They have a powerful team, Akagi Takenori as their center and captain, Mitsui Hisashi, their superb three-pointer, Ryota Miyagi, their pointguard, Rukawa Kaede, the Super Rookie and last but not the least, Sakuragi Hanamichi, the rebounding red-haired monkey of team.
Together with them are their magnificent couch, Anzai-sensei and their manageress, Ayako. They are bound to win every game, that is as long at the kitsune and do'aho will stop fighting.
" Go Rukawa!" three pesky females cheered from above. 'Rukawa!' a pretty girl with short brown hair thought with hearts in her eyes.
this is the usual scene inside the Shohoko basketball gym. To others, this may seem a little bit odd but this is their everyday life.
the next day, Rukawa passed by the corridor and every female head turned to look his way with hearts in their eyes. " Rukawa." they drooled. Rukawa ignored them as usual but was surprise to see one girl looking at him like a normal human being for the first time in history.
She was standing by the door of the 1-1 room and was staring at the floor attentively then looked at him with an expressionless face. Her skin was pale but beautiful kind of pale. She has this dark brown hair with a pair of two sad blue eyes. her lips is fixed into a frown that seem to last forever. A girl standing next to her whispered, " Tachibana, that is Rukawa. He's so cute isn't he?" the girl giggled when Rukawa passed by. The girl just shrugged and walked inside their room.
Rukawa wanted to thank the girl for not contributing to the saliva mess on the floor but she quickly disappeared.
He then met Mitsui walking off the opposite direction. " oi Rukawa! What are you doing here?" Mitsui asked him. the younger boy just shrugged. " non vocal as usual. I'm here to check out the student from Haruko's class." His sempai said. Rukawa arched his brow in question. " I've seen her a couples of times two months ago with Anzai-sensei but this is the first time I'm going to get a glimpse on her. I made a bet with Miyagi that she is not related to Anzai-sensei." Mitsui said and head for classroom, 1-1. Rukawa followed him curiously.
" ah there! Perfect! Look at her, Rukawa. She's a pretty little thing." Mitsui said. everybody in the room was staring at them except for the girl who was looking far outside.
" you think she's related?" Mitsui asked his Kohei. Rukawa shrugged. " whatever. See, she seemed not interested when you looked in. every girl here drooled when you poked you head in but she did not. She is one girl." Mitsui said. he looked at the younger player and sighed.
" nah! I don't think you got me." The older boy started to walk away. " Ja ne, Rukawa. See you this afternoon." Mitsui waved a hand then left. Rukawa sighed and walked away too.
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" you see that? she's so cool. She never goes head over heels when Rukawa is near. she is so cool." A boy said to his group when he started at Helois' stoic face. " I think she's snooty. She seldom talks. I'm beginning to imagine her as Rukawa's female version. Though the difference is she's intelligent and attentive in class, not like Rukawa who always sleeps." His friend answered.
Helois on the other side of the room looked outside, her head filled with things she wanted to forget. 'ottousan.' Helois took a deep breath to prevent herself from breaking down. When she saw Rukawa today, she thought he is cute but she can't bring herself to like him on a higher level, not like the girls in her class.
Ever since her parents died two years ago, she remained distant from everybody, except for her oniichan, Hiro who now is a branch manager of a large computer gaming, her itomo-chan, Iris who is now five yrs. old and is attending prep. school near their house and last but not the least, her oba- san and oyaji-san. They are her only family now. painful as it may seem, she can't do anything about it.
She lost her chance to become the world's best skater and she also lost her parents too. Life can be the ultimate oppressor of any man.
" damn it!" she murmured as the sensei came in for the second subject.
Anzai-sensei called off the practice for an important meeting.
After class, the starting five of Shohoku basketball team were walking together to their meeting with couch Anzai when.
A girl bumped against Rukawa as he sleepwalks. " gomen ne." the girl murmured and went away as fast as she came. Rukawa heard an object drop and so when he looked down, he saw a key holder. he picked it up and noticed that the key chain looked like a tiny pair of ice skating shoes. He turned around to call for the girl but she just vanished. He caught a glimpse of her. the girl was the one Mitsui kept an eye this morning. He shrugged and walked behind his teammates, placing the key chain in his pocket. a small brass key was attached to it.
They entered the court and so the meeting started.
" we will be going to have a free day tomorrow." Anzai-sensei announced. " oh yeah!" Hanamichi cheered. " we will be going to the Kanagawa Ice Skating rink tomorrow to learn how to skate." The old man added. " skate? But why?" Akagi asked. " well, it's part of your incentives when you won against Shoyo." Ayako said. " yes!" Miyagi said.
" we will be there with Ryounan, Kainan and Shoyo as well." Anzai-sensei said. " Nani? But why?" Mitsui asked in shock. " Well, it seems that they have their incentives too." Anzai-sensei replied. " oh." the team murmured.
" your instructors will be students as well, from the four schools. Six will be coming from us, and six will be taken out of the three other schools." Anzai-sensei said. " you mean our instructors are amateurs?" Kogure asked. Rukawa on the other hand was not paying attention. He was busy toying with the key holder he found.
" not amateurs. You'll be surprised that they are not." Anzai-sensei said. " ok." Kogure mumbled. " so everybody bring your jackets tomorrow for it will be cold. Have a good sleep and condition your body." Anzai-sensei said. " but why?" Hanamichi asked. " it's just ice skating." He added. " tomorrow, you will learn that it is not just ice skating." The old man said then he dismissed the group.
He left his team chatting excitedly with each other about their tour tomorrow. His eyes gleamed. He will need someone, someone he really knew well and had vowed not to take on ice-skating for the rest of her life.
That evening.
" oyaji-san." a small voice cooed. " Iris, be careful now." Anzai-sensei laughed, cradling his 5 yrs. old granddaughter on his lap. " Oyaji!" the girl squeaked and buried her face against her oyaji-san's thick belly. " where is Helois?" Anzai-sensei asked Hiro, his 22 yrs. old grandson. " she's upstairs." Hiro answered. he was preparing the table for their dinner. Anzai-sensei smiled. he had convinced Helois earlier with the help of Hiro to join the tour tomorrow. he knows that she hasn't lost her touch because of the reports from Iris that she was coming into the KISR in private to practice ice skating.
He wanted Helois to go back living.go back to ice-skating.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Helois was rummaging inside her bag looking for her key that very moment. that key is for her diary. Feeling frustrated, she dropped her bag and laid down her bed. Her heart is pounding. She caught sight of her old skates. Her heart pounded again.
'tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow'