Title: Lovesick camp
Pairing: Rukawa x OC
Disclaimer: Slam Dunk is not mine
Warning: nothing, really, except for the bad language. This is not yaoi. Promise, cross my heart.
The four major teams of Kanagawa went together in a training camp, so they could save money if they get the package. Read more if you want to find out what I'm talking about.
Chapter four: the Pain of Facing the Past
The group of ballerinas passed by the group and went to the theatre hall. However, one was left, and she is still staring at the person in front of her. It seemed like eternity that they stared at each other.
Memories of the past flooded their minds. Kaede can still recall the past. The times when they used to play with each other, how they managed to run away from the cruel emperor... and how they thought lost each other in a tragic accident. The same emerald green eyes that used to enchant him and cast spells to opponents. However, it seems like she already lost her powers...
The girl was still lost in trance. Vincent is dead. But here, in front of her, is the person she thought was dead. The same person who used to play with her, who used to SAVE her. The same blue eyes that used to enthrall her. And still enthrall her until now...
Whatever the hell happened is not important, as long as they can still see each other...
They seem to be mesmerized by each other's eyes that they completely ignored their companions who are calling them.
"HEY! Are you coming or not?" A girl from the troupe of ballerina shouted to the girl. The girl nodded to the person, whoever she is, who called her. Kaede did nothing but go after her with his eyes.
As soon as the girl was gone, the other flirty boys entered the scene.
"Oi, kitsune, who is that gorgeous lass?"
"Mind to introduce us?"
"Are you two dating or what?"
"She's really beautiful, ne?"
"I like her green eyes. Please introduce me!"
"Even if I'm faithful to Haruko, please introduce me."
"You better introduce us now; it's very rare that these tensais beg a lowly kitsune."
Rukawa walked away from the insane group. Stupid people, that is, if ever they are really people. Those bunch of dimwits, if only he can kill them. Whoever said that they are hot people? No one in Kanagawa basketball league is.
He sighed and turned to the stairs heading to their room. He was about to open the door when he felt another presence in the room. Deciding not to socialize with whoever is there, he went to the rooftop.
The sky is clear, and the view from above is very beautiful. From where he is, he can see his companions below. They are still bickering, and he can hear them even on the top of the seven-floored building.
(From the open field)
"I think the one with the pink ballerina suit is hot!"
"Idiot, the one with her hair tied in a ponytail is hotter."
"Yeah. The big full 'bumper'. And the full lips!"
"I think she's too flirty."
"How dare you say that, Kogure?"
"Hey! You nozaru! He's your sempai! Don't speak to him like that!"
"Oh, shut up! You're just wearing fake teeth, when in fact you don't have any right to smile!"
"What the hell?"
"Stop it now!"
"Oh, megane, I see that you're siding up with Mitchi!"
*raised eyebrow*
"Nyahahahaha!"
"What are you telling me?"
"*smirks* you know..."
"Ah! I understand now!"
"*blushes* bakaru!"
(P/S. It's not yaoi!)
Kaede sighed as he sat down. He tried to imagine the girl's face again. Is it really the real one, or is she merely another trap that his father had given him, in order to persuade him to go home and later on be killed?
He sighed. She changed. The tomboy-ish, powerful girl who he had been fighting with since the start of time, she changed. And she was replaced by a wimpy, weak girl who has no power at all... Stupid. How pathetic.
He frowned at the thought. He lay down on the cold cement floor. He fell fast asleep.
~+~+~+~+~
The cold winter sent chills in his spine. Even if he is wearing a long- sleeved shirt and is inside the building, he can still feel the angry, howling winds outside.
He looked around the room. It is cream white, and it has two big windows. /Perfect/. He glanced at the sleeping nurse on the table near the door. He glared at the lady in white.
The kind nurse who had allowed him to go outside was kicked out of the job, giving him this stupid, ruthless nurse. She's pretty grumpy, she won't even itch for a talk, or at least respond to him. Well, everybody does not. He's labeled as a troublesome, dangerous lad by his own father, so a lot of people think that way as well.
He frowned, and continued to walk across the unusually large room. He opened one of the identical windows. It sent cold, violent winds inside the room. He sat at the chosen window.
As he stood up, he saw a form of a child about his age playing in the backyard of the research center. The backyard is usually filled with flowers: roses, daisies and sunflowers, but the snow all placed them to their burial places. No worry, though, they will surely grow again.
He shrugged the thought off. He continued to watch the child, trying to determine the gender. Based from the child's hair, the child's a boy. But, the child is wearing a dress. Weird. As he is still busy trying to guess the child's gender, the object of attention soon turned to him. Green cat eyes met blue fox eyes.
He jumped down from where he is standing. The child seemed to be surprised. "Wow, that's a pretty high floor. I guess you're the one who they are referring to as the /dark child/." The child said as he neared. "So, you're a girl. I thought you're a boy."
The other child raised a brow. "Shut up. They always say that." For the first time that year that his father placed him in the research station, he smiled. "Hi. You know me as dark child, but my real name is Vincent."
He said as he stretched out a hand. The girl stared at the hand...
~+~+~+~+~
Sendoh slipped out of the group as Sakuragi and the others tease Mitsui and Kogure. There is really nothing going on between them, there's nothing wrong with being best friends. His steps echoed through the corridor. Wonder what happened to Rukawa?
That boy had been acting weird since they arrived at the training camp. He had been keeping himself alone. Well, he always does, but it's really weird this time.
He opened the door of their room, only to find Fujima there, all alone. "Fujima-san? What are you doing here? Why aren't you down there? They are having a good time teasing Mitsui and Kogure downstairs." Sendoh said as grinned at Fujima.
"Poor them. No, thanks. I want to take advantage of the serenity here at the room." Fujima said as he reflected Sendoh's smile. "They are just best friends, anyway. There's no point teasing them."
"Anyway, Fujima-san, have you seen Rukawa around?" He asked, noticing that there are no more souls in the room other than who he is currently talking to. "No, I didn't see him. Although, a while ago, I heard steps heading to the stairs."
Sendoh smiled. "Thank you. I'm really wondering what happened to him." "If that's the case, then good luck on making him say what's bothering him." Fujima said as he waved goodbye to Sendoh.
Sendoh went to the stairs, heading to the rooftop. Rukawa will surely go there. As he headed on the seventh set of stairs, he stopped. He heard a creepy sound, just like what you hear in a horror movie every time there is a ghost.
He turned around, to see, much to his and his sanity's relief, a black cat. "Hello there, black cat. You scared me." He said as he turned to the cat's direction. The cat ignored him, and went to race with him to the rooftop.
There, in the cold cement floor, lie a fox. He is sleeping soundly, peace written all over his face. Akira smiled, seeing the figure. It's a very rare opportunity for the uptight boy to be this peaceful.
The cat, which was just right beside Akira a while ago, dashed to the figure. "Meow."
With that, the sleeping fox woke up. "Audrey..." He murmured. Akira raised a brow in confusion. Then, a playful grin replaced it. "Ah... I see that kitsune here has a crush..." He said, turning to a chibi form. Kaede sat up from where he was lying down.
"Nothing, do'aho." He said as he shrugged it off. He stood up, and went near the edge of the rooftop. Akira followed with the cat.
There, below them, is a bunch of noisy boys disturbing the whole camp at the middle of the night. It's OK to the girls, maybe, because they think that the weird people are actually /hot/. Yuck.
(Downstairs)
"Oi, let's go to the theatre! The ballerinas are there!"
"So?"
"So?! We get to see women who are almost half naked!"
"Baka no Mitchi!"
"Uptight Maki! You know what; you are like thirty years old."
"Yeah!"
"So? Old bastard is worse than senior?"
"Is /so/ all you can say?"
"Prove to us that you are not thirty years old!"
"Yeah!"
Sendoh smiled from ear to ear. "This will be a nice one. Want to watch, Rukawa-kun?" He asked as he turned to the person beside him. Rukawa shrugged, that would be better than standing here, doing nothing but depress yourself with useless past. "Maybe."
"OK! Let's go!" Sendoh said as he smiled. At least this way, his friend will not drown himself with sadness. Kaede gave a last pat to the cat. The cat purred and licked his hand.
"Let's go." He said to Sendoh. Sendoh smiled.
~+~+~+~+~+~
The whole gang of Kanagawa basketball league is in the open field, heading to the place where the ballerinas are staying. "Remember, Maki, you have to /flirt/." Mitsui reminded the scowling captain. Kiyota is still snickering while Hanamichi is laughing his intestines out. Ryota taunted Maki more. "Remember, /flirt/. The winks and all. Not just the usual smile, Maki. You're pretty conservative, you know."
In order to deep Maki into more shame, his three other room mates appeared. "Hey! You guys look like you have been enjoying lately. Ne, Maki-san!" Sendoh asked to his room mate. Kiyota snickered and Hanamichi laughed harder, if ever that is still possible. Jin bit his lower lip as Maki turned from brown to crimson.
"I was dared to /flirt/ with the ballerinas." Maki said as he lowered his already humiliated face. 'Damn with looking like thirty years old.' He can still hear the others laughing their heads off, especially Sakuragi.
Sendoh can't help but smile. "Ah... Maki-san... you know what, you can always decline the dare." He said, although Maki can almost hear the giggles in between the words. "He can't Sendoh! His pride is already worn out."
"C'mon, senior! You can do it!" Sakuragi said, as he pushed the poor Maki Shin-ichi to where the ballerinas are. All the other people in the gang are chanting loud as well. "Maki! Maki! Maki!"
Kaede was about to follow them when he caught one word from what they said. /Ballerina/. He shivered at the thought. That would mean seeing /her/. He froze in his place. Fujima noticed it, though.
"Hey, rukawa-kun, are you going with us? Sendoh's right, this will be the best show of the century." Kenji said as he smiled at Rukawa. It was soon replaced by worry, though, when the other boy didn't respond.
"Uh? No, thanks, I'm staying here, Fujima-sempai." Rukawa said as he nodded to his sempai. Fujima smiled as he went inside. 'Sendoh was right, there's something wrong with Rukawa.'
~+~+~+~+~+~
Rukawa stared at the stars. There is his favorite star, the Polaris. There is a collection of memories connected with the said star. If only the star could speak, it would reveal to the whole world his life. He had always spoken to the star, together with a certain someone from a distant past.
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It was a cold autumn night. The golden leaves of the maple tree fell with much grace, like that of a ballerina. The sky is clear. The chilly winds of
the season made its way to his skin, even with his black sweater on. He
sighed, forming mist under his nose.
He continued to collect woods. In each five fire sticks, he drops the logs
and rubs his two palms in order to keep himself warm. It's already too cold, what will happen to them when winter strikes? Shrugging the thought off, he got the sticks again. These sticks might already be enough. With
that, he marched and went back to where his companion is.
"Vincent! You're already here! Good, the fire is getting weak again." Audrey said as she got the sticks from Vincent. Vincent gave half, and they
placed the sticks to the bonfire.
After the fire is big enough once again, they sat down once again. "Now what are we going to do? We are not going to survive the winter!" Audrey
asked Vincent. Vincent shrugged. "I don't know." He said.
Audrey heaved a sigh. With that, they rest, leaning on the maple tree. Both
glistening eyes are staring at the star, named Polaris.
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He closed his eyes. It's really hard to face the past, now that he had ran away from it. After arriving in Japan, the nine-year old Vincent Cedric Errol had to change his name to Rukawa Kaede, and he had to work for himself in order to survive.
As he opened his eyes, he heard a familiar voice calling him. "Vincent...? It's you, isn't it?" A girl in a ballerina suit asked.
Kaede turned to the direction of the voice. There, in the darkness, stood a girl with a white ballerina dress. Her hair is tied in a ponytail, unlike all the other ballerinas. Her green cat eyes are shining with tears being held back.
Perhaps, the time had come to face the past once again.
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To be continued
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A/N: I know, this chapter was a little like senru and lacked its usual humor. I'm sorry, really! It's just too hard to write with four stories which needs different emotions. Ah! Anyway, you can now expect me to update more often because I'm determined to finish all my fanfics before June! Yippee! Errm.. wish me luck, OK?
Pairing: Rukawa x OC
Disclaimer: Slam Dunk is not mine
Warning: nothing, really, except for the bad language. This is not yaoi. Promise, cross my heart.
The four major teams of Kanagawa went together in a training camp, so they could save money if they get the package. Read more if you want to find out what I'm talking about.
Chapter four: the Pain of Facing the Past
The group of ballerinas passed by the group and went to the theatre hall. However, one was left, and she is still staring at the person in front of her. It seemed like eternity that they stared at each other.
Memories of the past flooded their minds. Kaede can still recall the past. The times when they used to play with each other, how they managed to run away from the cruel emperor... and how they thought lost each other in a tragic accident. The same emerald green eyes that used to enchant him and cast spells to opponents. However, it seems like she already lost her powers...
The girl was still lost in trance. Vincent is dead. But here, in front of her, is the person she thought was dead. The same person who used to play with her, who used to SAVE her. The same blue eyes that used to enthrall her. And still enthrall her until now...
Whatever the hell happened is not important, as long as they can still see each other...
They seem to be mesmerized by each other's eyes that they completely ignored their companions who are calling them.
"HEY! Are you coming or not?" A girl from the troupe of ballerina shouted to the girl. The girl nodded to the person, whoever she is, who called her. Kaede did nothing but go after her with his eyes.
As soon as the girl was gone, the other flirty boys entered the scene.
"Oi, kitsune, who is that gorgeous lass?"
"Mind to introduce us?"
"Are you two dating or what?"
"She's really beautiful, ne?"
"I like her green eyes. Please introduce me!"
"Even if I'm faithful to Haruko, please introduce me."
"You better introduce us now; it's very rare that these tensais beg a lowly kitsune."
Rukawa walked away from the insane group. Stupid people, that is, if ever they are really people. Those bunch of dimwits, if only he can kill them. Whoever said that they are hot people? No one in Kanagawa basketball league is.
He sighed and turned to the stairs heading to their room. He was about to open the door when he felt another presence in the room. Deciding not to socialize with whoever is there, he went to the rooftop.
The sky is clear, and the view from above is very beautiful. From where he is, he can see his companions below. They are still bickering, and he can hear them even on the top of the seven-floored building.
(From the open field)
"I think the one with the pink ballerina suit is hot!"
"Idiot, the one with her hair tied in a ponytail is hotter."
"Yeah. The big full 'bumper'. And the full lips!"
"I think she's too flirty."
"How dare you say that, Kogure?"
"Hey! You nozaru! He's your sempai! Don't speak to him like that!"
"Oh, shut up! You're just wearing fake teeth, when in fact you don't have any right to smile!"
"What the hell?"
"Stop it now!"
"Oh, megane, I see that you're siding up with Mitchi!"
*raised eyebrow*
"Nyahahahaha!"
"What are you telling me?"
"*smirks* you know..."
"Ah! I understand now!"
"*blushes* bakaru!"
(P/S. It's not yaoi!)
Kaede sighed as he sat down. He tried to imagine the girl's face again. Is it really the real one, or is she merely another trap that his father had given him, in order to persuade him to go home and later on be killed?
He sighed. She changed. The tomboy-ish, powerful girl who he had been fighting with since the start of time, she changed. And she was replaced by a wimpy, weak girl who has no power at all... Stupid. How pathetic.
He frowned at the thought. He lay down on the cold cement floor. He fell fast asleep.
~+~+~+~+~
The cold winter sent chills in his spine. Even if he is wearing a long- sleeved shirt and is inside the building, he can still feel the angry, howling winds outside.
He looked around the room. It is cream white, and it has two big windows. /Perfect/. He glanced at the sleeping nurse on the table near the door. He glared at the lady in white.
The kind nurse who had allowed him to go outside was kicked out of the job, giving him this stupid, ruthless nurse. She's pretty grumpy, she won't even itch for a talk, or at least respond to him. Well, everybody does not. He's labeled as a troublesome, dangerous lad by his own father, so a lot of people think that way as well.
He frowned, and continued to walk across the unusually large room. He opened one of the identical windows. It sent cold, violent winds inside the room. He sat at the chosen window.
As he stood up, he saw a form of a child about his age playing in the backyard of the research center. The backyard is usually filled with flowers: roses, daisies and sunflowers, but the snow all placed them to their burial places. No worry, though, they will surely grow again.
He shrugged the thought off. He continued to watch the child, trying to determine the gender. Based from the child's hair, the child's a boy. But, the child is wearing a dress. Weird. As he is still busy trying to guess the child's gender, the object of attention soon turned to him. Green cat eyes met blue fox eyes.
He jumped down from where he is standing. The child seemed to be surprised. "Wow, that's a pretty high floor. I guess you're the one who they are referring to as the /dark child/." The child said as he neared. "So, you're a girl. I thought you're a boy."
The other child raised a brow. "Shut up. They always say that." For the first time that year that his father placed him in the research station, he smiled. "Hi. You know me as dark child, but my real name is Vincent."
He said as he stretched out a hand. The girl stared at the hand...
~+~+~+~+~
Sendoh slipped out of the group as Sakuragi and the others tease Mitsui and Kogure. There is really nothing going on between them, there's nothing wrong with being best friends. His steps echoed through the corridor. Wonder what happened to Rukawa?
That boy had been acting weird since they arrived at the training camp. He had been keeping himself alone. Well, he always does, but it's really weird this time.
He opened the door of their room, only to find Fujima there, all alone. "Fujima-san? What are you doing here? Why aren't you down there? They are having a good time teasing Mitsui and Kogure downstairs." Sendoh said as grinned at Fujima.
"Poor them. No, thanks. I want to take advantage of the serenity here at the room." Fujima said as he reflected Sendoh's smile. "They are just best friends, anyway. There's no point teasing them."
"Anyway, Fujima-san, have you seen Rukawa around?" He asked, noticing that there are no more souls in the room other than who he is currently talking to. "No, I didn't see him. Although, a while ago, I heard steps heading to the stairs."
Sendoh smiled. "Thank you. I'm really wondering what happened to him." "If that's the case, then good luck on making him say what's bothering him." Fujima said as he waved goodbye to Sendoh.
Sendoh went to the stairs, heading to the rooftop. Rukawa will surely go there. As he headed on the seventh set of stairs, he stopped. He heard a creepy sound, just like what you hear in a horror movie every time there is a ghost.
He turned around, to see, much to his and his sanity's relief, a black cat. "Hello there, black cat. You scared me." He said as he turned to the cat's direction. The cat ignored him, and went to race with him to the rooftop.
There, in the cold cement floor, lie a fox. He is sleeping soundly, peace written all over his face. Akira smiled, seeing the figure. It's a very rare opportunity for the uptight boy to be this peaceful.
The cat, which was just right beside Akira a while ago, dashed to the figure. "Meow."
With that, the sleeping fox woke up. "Audrey..." He murmured. Akira raised a brow in confusion. Then, a playful grin replaced it. "Ah... I see that kitsune here has a crush..." He said, turning to a chibi form. Kaede sat up from where he was lying down.
"Nothing, do'aho." He said as he shrugged it off. He stood up, and went near the edge of the rooftop. Akira followed with the cat.
There, below them, is a bunch of noisy boys disturbing the whole camp at the middle of the night. It's OK to the girls, maybe, because they think that the weird people are actually /hot/. Yuck.
(Downstairs)
"Oi, let's go to the theatre! The ballerinas are there!"
"So?"
"So?! We get to see women who are almost half naked!"
"Baka no Mitchi!"
"Uptight Maki! You know what; you are like thirty years old."
"Yeah!"
"So? Old bastard is worse than senior?"
"Is /so/ all you can say?"
"Prove to us that you are not thirty years old!"
"Yeah!"
Sendoh smiled from ear to ear. "This will be a nice one. Want to watch, Rukawa-kun?" He asked as he turned to the person beside him. Rukawa shrugged, that would be better than standing here, doing nothing but depress yourself with useless past. "Maybe."
"OK! Let's go!" Sendoh said as he smiled. At least this way, his friend will not drown himself with sadness. Kaede gave a last pat to the cat. The cat purred and licked his hand.
"Let's go." He said to Sendoh. Sendoh smiled.
~+~+~+~+~+~
The whole gang of Kanagawa basketball league is in the open field, heading to the place where the ballerinas are staying. "Remember, Maki, you have to /flirt/." Mitsui reminded the scowling captain. Kiyota is still snickering while Hanamichi is laughing his intestines out. Ryota taunted Maki more. "Remember, /flirt/. The winks and all. Not just the usual smile, Maki. You're pretty conservative, you know."
In order to deep Maki into more shame, his three other room mates appeared. "Hey! You guys look like you have been enjoying lately. Ne, Maki-san!" Sendoh asked to his room mate. Kiyota snickered and Hanamichi laughed harder, if ever that is still possible. Jin bit his lower lip as Maki turned from brown to crimson.
"I was dared to /flirt/ with the ballerinas." Maki said as he lowered his already humiliated face. 'Damn with looking like thirty years old.' He can still hear the others laughing their heads off, especially Sakuragi.
Sendoh can't help but smile. "Ah... Maki-san... you know what, you can always decline the dare." He said, although Maki can almost hear the giggles in between the words. "He can't Sendoh! His pride is already worn out."
"C'mon, senior! You can do it!" Sakuragi said, as he pushed the poor Maki Shin-ichi to where the ballerinas are. All the other people in the gang are chanting loud as well. "Maki! Maki! Maki!"
Kaede was about to follow them when he caught one word from what they said. /Ballerina/. He shivered at the thought. That would mean seeing /her/. He froze in his place. Fujima noticed it, though.
"Hey, rukawa-kun, are you going with us? Sendoh's right, this will be the best show of the century." Kenji said as he smiled at Rukawa. It was soon replaced by worry, though, when the other boy didn't respond.
"Uh? No, thanks, I'm staying here, Fujima-sempai." Rukawa said as he nodded to his sempai. Fujima smiled as he went inside. 'Sendoh was right, there's something wrong with Rukawa.'
~+~+~+~+~+~
Rukawa stared at the stars. There is his favorite star, the Polaris. There is a collection of memories connected with the said star. If only the star could speak, it would reveal to the whole world his life. He had always spoken to the star, together with a certain someone from a distant past.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
It was a cold autumn night. The golden leaves of the maple tree fell with much grace, like that of a ballerina. The sky is clear. The chilly winds of
the season made its way to his skin, even with his black sweater on. He
sighed, forming mist under his nose.
He continued to collect woods. In each five fire sticks, he drops the logs
and rubs his two palms in order to keep himself warm. It's already too cold, what will happen to them when winter strikes? Shrugging the thought off, he got the sticks again. These sticks might already be enough. With
that, he marched and went back to where his companion is.
"Vincent! You're already here! Good, the fire is getting weak again." Audrey said as she got the sticks from Vincent. Vincent gave half, and they
placed the sticks to the bonfire.
After the fire is big enough once again, they sat down once again. "Now what are we going to do? We are not going to survive the winter!" Audrey
asked Vincent. Vincent shrugged. "I don't know." He said.
Audrey heaved a sigh. With that, they rest, leaning on the maple tree. Both
glistening eyes are staring at the star, named Polaris.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
He closed his eyes. It's really hard to face the past, now that he had ran away from it. After arriving in Japan, the nine-year old Vincent Cedric Errol had to change his name to Rukawa Kaede, and he had to work for himself in order to survive.
As he opened his eyes, he heard a familiar voice calling him. "Vincent...? It's you, isn't it?" A girl in a ballerina suit asked.
Kaede turned to the direction of the voice. There, in the darkness, stood a girl with a white ballerina dress. Her hair is tied in a ponytail, unlike all the other ballerinas. Her green cat eyes are shining with tears being held back.
Perhaps, the time had come to face the past once again.
~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~
To be continued
~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~
A/N: I know, this chapter was a little like senru and lacked its usual humor. I'm sorry, really! It's just too hard to write with four stories which needs different emotions. Ah! Anyway, you can now expect me to update more often because I'm determined to finish all my fanfics before June! Yippee! Errm.. wish me luck, OK?