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don't own slam dunk.sheeesh....
Author's Note: Sorry if it took me so long to update. I haven't had much time to write from all the activities from school and the upcoming tests. Thank for all those who gave time to read my fics and reviewed I really appreciate it a lot. And to kiang fey 911 if you're reading this I am not a hopeless romantic! I'm not angry ok I appreciate your review on my fic but I just don't like the part of the hopeless romantic thing. Well let's continue then on the story. Oh yeah before I forget I only plan to have 5 chapters for these fic and maybe two epilogues. Feed me with your reviews I badly need it please....
Chapter II
Three days has passed since Yohei's death and Sakuragi hasn't woken up yet. Takamiya and the others brought him to the hospital as soon as he fainted. They weren't expecting that kind of thing would happen. Yohei's death was more than what Sakuragi could handle but someone actually sending him his hand was just sick-plain sick. The police verified that it was indeed Yohei's hand that was sent to Sakuragi. Many came and visited him in the hospital. And at last by 4:30 that day in the afternoon he slowly gained consciousness.
"Where ... where am I?"
"Hanamichi...Hanamichi at last you're awake!"
"Huh? Who are you?"
"Hanamichi it's me TA-KA-MI-YA, Hanamichi wake up!"
"Taka...miya?"
"Yes its me Takamiya"
"What am I doing here?"
"You fainted don't you remember? Just after you received that..."
Sakuragi went extremely pale after hearing that.
"Hanamichi...I'm so sorry I didn't mean to"
"It's ok Taka by the way when is Yohei's funeral?"
"Tomorrow"
"An what about the hand?"
"The hand? Oh yeah the hand belongs to Yohei as you suspected. That bastard! (referring to the killer) He's a psychopath, what did Yohei do to deserve this?" Takamiya was now on the verge of crying.
"There...there let it all out. You don't have to keep it all by yourself. It's my entire fault; Yohei just got involved in this mess. He tried to warn me about my admirer that day but I didn't paid any heed to what he said and now he's dead because of me!"
"Hanamichi it's not your fault. Whoever that guy is I promise he's going to pay"
"Yeah he deserves to die. When I get my hands on him I'll make sure I'll do the exact same thing he did to Yohei or even more"
"Stop it both of you" Noma entered the room together with the basketball team and Haruko. They had heard everything but it was just coincidence.
"Let the police handle that. I know that Yohei didn't deserve to die and whomever dad that must pay but if you go after him yourself-God knows what might happen to you! We all want to avenge his death but I don't want to lose another important person in life again.
"Noma"
"Please Hanamichi let the police take care of that. Your first priority right now is yourself. You can't watch out for yourself and avenge Yohei's death at the same time"
"At least for me, for the guys and especially Yohei promise me that whatever happens you will not go looking for that bastard and you will always look out for yourself"
"Noma, ok I promise" Sakuragi said but deep down inside of him he was thinking of the opposite.
'Sorry Noma I just can't sit here and do nothing as the killer gets away. At least I could promise you this. Yeah I will look out for myself and I would not let anything happen to me until I find out who did this'
"Get some rest Hanamichi, you need it"
"Ok"
"Bye the way Sakuragi" Ayako interjected
"Ayako-san, oh yeah I forgot you're here too. What are you doing here?"
"What do you think so baka" Mitsui replied
"Maa... Mitsui-sempai calm down"
"Hey Mitchy I was just joking" he said trying to maintain his genki mood though he didn't feel like it.
"Sakuragi you baka. We were so worried. You didn't wake up for three days," Ryota shouted
"Has it been that long?"
""Yes you imbecile"
"Shh... Ryota were in the hospital may I remind you. Keep you're voice down. Actually Sakuragi..." Ayako said turning back to him
"He was just really worried about you like we all were"
"Minna Arigatoo" Sakuragi thankfully said and bowed his head to show his gratitude. Then he looked up and scanned the whole team hoping to see the least person he expected to come. He wondered why he was getting excited that the fox visited him. But before having the chance to look at Rukawa he first saw Haruko.
"Haruko-chan you're here too!"
"Of course" Haruko beamed and gleamed cheerfully (YUCK)
Sakuragi temporarily forgot about Yohei's death and his psychopathic admirer. Suddenly his eyes came contact with the person he had been searching for. He actually felt glad that Rukawa came to visit him but he would rather die or never wake up again than to actually admit that to anyone. Only one person new his growing infatuation with Rukawa and that was Yohei, his best friend.
"What are you doing here fox?"
"Do'aho"
"Answer me kitsune"
"What does it look like to you stupid besides I was just forced by them to come"
"Of course I know that!" Sakuragi felt disappointed. He really hoped that Rukawa came there because he cared guess he was wrong.
"Ok guys give Sakuragi your cards and say what you want. Hurry up visiting hours is almost over. Just make it quick you can say everything you like to say to him tomorrow after he's released.
After everybody had given their cards including Rukawa, Sakuragi again spoke
"Gori, minna arigatoo"
"Saru that's ok. Get well soon ok. See you tomorrow"
"Um. Tomorrow then bye bye" Sakuragi softly muttered as the mention of Yohei's funeral tomorrow made him remember his memories together with Yohei. The guys sensing the change of behavior bid their goodbyes then left including the Sakuragi guntai.
After making sure that everybody has left Sakuragi started to cry. Not the noisy type of crying but the silent one. The one that makes you feel helpless.
"Yohei, gomenasai. Gomenasai Yohei. It's all my fault. I should be the one dead. Not you not you, I'm so sorry"
Sakuragi cried himself to sleep all the while having nightmares about how Yohei got killed.
He was standing right beside Yohei watching him cry for help. Hanamichi tried to help as the killer continued his assault. He tried to reach Yohei but just passed through him as if he were a ghost.
"Why you asshole! Fuck You!"
"Hanamichi is mine"
"What?"
The killer charged himself holding a knife ready to strike. Yohei avoided the first strike but with the second one he wasn't so lucky. The killer stab him right through his stomach. Blood started to spill out of the wound.
"Kuso" the knife was still in Yohei's stomach.
The killer grinned and Sakuragi saw this even with the hood that was hiding the face of the killer. He felt extreme hatred towards the guy. He throwed punches and kicks toward him but none of it was effective. Every kick and punch just goes right through the guy.
"Bastard!" What do you want with me?"
The guy just walked and took the knife from Yohei's stomach. There was a glint in the guy's eyes as he watches the boy struggling for his life and the blood flowing down the silvery knife. Then he stabbed Yohei once again this time on the chest.
"Ugh"
"I told you already I don't want anything from you. It's your friend I'm after" the guys voice seems so cold.
"Hanamichi" Yohei blurted out now feeling dizzy from the loss of blood.
"Yes and he's mine. I'll kill anyone who gets in the way. Unfortunately for you you're one of them."
"Ass hole! Don't you dare touch him. He doesn't belong to anyone" Yohei tried do hard to speak as blood was also now spilling out of his mouth.
The killer now remained silent but totally unaffected.
"If he does belong to someone that certainly won't be you bastard! I'm sure Hanamichi will get you" now Yohei felt that he had a difficulty breathing. The killer just slashed his throat. Yohei now fell completely to the ground.
(A/N- Remember Hana-kun cannot hear their conversation. He just sees what's happening)
Yohei took his last breath and just barely had the strength to say his last word.
"Hana-michi"
Sakuragi was crying. He tried to cradle Yohei in his arms. Although he cannot hear what Yohei said he knew exactly what it was.
The killer was walking again towards them. For some unknown reason before cutting Yohei's hand he looked up to where Sakuragi was sitting as if he knew that he was being watched. He smiled and proceeded on cutting the hand. Sakuragi was petrified. He never felt so afraid in his whole life. The eyes of the killer sent chills down his spine and made him feel death.
Sakuragi woke up crying.
"Yume ka (A dream?) But it seemed so real. Yohei is that what happened to you? I'm really sorry. I should've stayed with you. I should've" Sakuragi was shouting.
Fortunately a nurse passed by and heard the shouting.
"Sakuragi-san calm down, calm down" she said trying to pin him down the bed. But pinning down an 80 kg. Man was really too much for her. All she could do was to inject him with a depressant since it was the nearest object to her. (Wrong move)
Sakuragi slowly cooled down. Everything felt so dull to him. He can't think straight. Suddenly he just felt like doing nothing.
"I'll.I'll just go to sleep. You can go now"
The nurse didn't expect that the serum would take effect immediately. The situation in front of her went from better to worse and that caught her off guard. This is actually her first time to use a depressant in a patient and witness its effects. She was absolutely speechless. She had learned that the actual patient was a hyper, full of energy kind of teenager but now all of that was gone. Suddenly she heard faint sobbing in the background. Sakuragi was crying. He looked like a small child that got lost. He was hugging his knees to his chest and cradling himself. The nurse slowly approached him and tried her best to comfort the kid.
"There, there. I'm so sorry" The nurse felt guilty at what she did.
"Yohei.Yohei.sobs.dead.sob.sob.coz.of.sob.sob.me.sob."
The nurse was shocked. She didn't know the reason why the patient was confined there. All she knew was that he fainted for some unknown reason, which she didn't care to know about.
'Did he witness the crime? Oh my God! I didn't know' she thought.
The surrounding felt quiet. Yes too much quiet. Sakuragi fell asleep maybe from the depressant.
"He looks so cute when he's sleeping and so peaceful but actually the world he's in is hell"
The nurse left quietly leaving Sakuragi alone.
"Good night and sweet dreams" she whispered as the door to the room closes.
The next day Sakuragi was released. The effect of the depressant was no longer there but he acted rather out of character from the moment he woke up, up to now the burial of Yohei. For the whole ceremony he kept quiet but he was the last one to leave. He insisted that he was to be left alone. After everybody has left he started to talk.
"Yohei, do you hear me buddy?" tears now falling down his face.
"Guess what? I think I know what happened to you. I saw it, in my dream last night -twice. I couldn't hear what you said neither did that bastard but I promise I'll make him pay. I promise"
"Please forgive me. You should've mot been involved with this. You should've been the one standing here right now either together with me or not. Gomen Yohei. Gomen I didn't mean it"
Author's Note= Ok I'm sorry if I made Noma too OOC back there.well the whole concept of this chapter is the flashback of the day Yohei died. Well what do you think? Please send me your reviews. I need them I can't live without them pls. I'll be waitng.....
Author's Note: Sorry if it took me so long to update. I haven't had much time to write from all the activities from school and the upcoming tests. Thank for all those who gave time to read my fics and reviewed I really appreciate it a lot. And to kiang fey 911 if you're reading this I am not a hopeless romantic! I'm not angry ok I appreciate your review on my fic but I just don't like the part of the hopeless romantic thing. Well let's continue then on the story. Oh yeah before I forget I only plan to have 5 chapters for these fic and maybe two epilogues. Feed me with your reviews I badly need it please....
Chapter II
Three days has passed since Yohei's death and Sakuragi hasn't woken up yet. Takamiya and the others brought him to the hospital as soon as he fainted. They weren't expecting that kind of thing would happen. Yohei's death was more than what Sakuragi could handle but someone actually sending him his hand was just sick-plain sick. The police verified that it was indeed Yohei's hand that was sent to Sakuragi. Many came and visited him in the hospital. And at last by 4:30 that day in the afternoon he slowly gained consciousness.
"Where ... where am I?"
"Hanamichi...Hanamichi at last you're awake!"
"Huh? Who are you?"
"Hanamichi it's me TA-KA-MI-YA, Hanamichi wake up!"
"Taka...miya?"
"Yes its me Takamiya"
"What am I doing here?"
"You fainted don't you remember? Just after you received that..."
Sakuragi went extremely pale after hearing that.
"Hanamichi...I'm so sorry I didn't mean to"
"It's ok Taka by the way when is Yohei's funeral?"
"Tomorrow"
"An what about the hand?"
"The hand? Oh yeah the hand belongs to Yohei as you suspected. That bastard! (referring to the killer) He's a psychopath, what did Yohei do to deserve this?" Takamiya was now on the verge of crying.
"There...there let it all out. You don't have to keep it all by yourself. It's my entire fault; Yohei just got involved in this mess. He tried to warn me about my admirer that day but I didn't paid any heed to what he said and now he's dead because of me!"
"Hanamichi it's not your fault. Whoever that guy is I promise he's going to pay"
"Yeah he deserves to die. When I get my hands on him I'll make sure I'll do the exact same thing he did to Yohei or even more"
"Stop it both of you" Noma entered the room together with the basketball team and Haruko. They had heard everything but it was just coincidence.
"Let the police handle that. I know that Yohei didn't deserve to die and whomever dad that must pay but if you go after him yourself-God knows what might happen to you! We all want to avenge his death but I don't want to lose another important person in life again.
"Noma"
"Please Hanamichi let the police take care of that. Your first priority right now is yourself. You can't watch out for yourself and avenge Yohei's death at the same time"
"At least for me, for the guys and especially Yohei promise me that whatever happens you will not go looking for that bastard and you will always look out for yourself"
"Noma, ok I promise" Sakuragi said but deep down inside of him he was thinking of the opposite.
'Sorry Noma I just can't sit here and do nothing as the killer gets away. At least I could promise you this. Yeah I will look out for myself and I would not let anything happen to me until I find out who did this'
"Get some rest Hanamichi, you need it"
"Ok"
"Bye the way Sakuragi" Ayako interjected
"Ayako-san, oh yeah I forgot you're here too. What are you doing here?"
"What do you think so baka" Mitsui replied
"Maa... Mitsui-sempai calm down"
"Hey Mitchy I was just joking" he said trying to maintain his genki mood though he didn't feel like it.
"Sakuragi you baka. We were so worried. You didn't wake up for three days," Ryota shouted
"Has it been that long?"
""Yes you imbecile"
"Shh... Ryota were in the hospital may I remind you. Keep you're voice down. Actually Sakuragi..." Ayako said turning back to him
"He was just really worried about you like we all were"
"Minna Arigatoo" Sakuragi thankfully said and bowed his head to show his gratitude. Then he looked up and scanned the whole team hoping to see the least person he expected to come. He wondered why he was getting excited that the fox visited him. But before having the chance to look at Rukawa he first saw Haruko.
"Haruko-chan you're here too!"
"Of course" Haruko beamed and gleamed cheerfully (YUCK)
Sakuragi temporarily forgot about Yohei's death and his psychopathic admirer. Suddenly his eyes came contact with the person he had been searching for. He actually felt glad that Rukawa came to visit him but he would rather die or never wake up again than to actually admit that to anyone. Only one person new his growing infatuation with Rukawa and that was Yohei, his best friend.
"What are you doing here fox?"
"Do'aho"
"Answer me kitsune"
"What does it look like to you stupid besides I was just forced by them to come"
"Of course I know that!" Sakuragi felt disappointed. He really hoped that Rukawa came there because he cared guess he was wrong.
"Ok guys give Sakuragi your cards and say what you want. Hurry up visiting hours is almost over. Just make it quick you can say everything you like to say to him tomorrow after he's released.
After everybody had given their cards including Rukawa, Sakuragi again spoke
"Gori, minna arigatoo"
"Saru that's ok. Get well soon ok. See you tomorrow"
"Um. Tomorrow then bye bye" Sakuragi softly muttered as the mention of Yohei's funeral tomorrow made him remember his memories together with Yohei. The guys sensing the change of behavior bid their goodbyes then left including the Sakuragi guntai.
After making sure that everybody has left Sakuragi started to cry. Not the noisy type of crying but the silent one. The one that makes you feel helpless.
"Yohei, gomenasai. Gomenasai Yohei. It's all my fault. I should be the one dead. Not you not you, I'm so sorry"
Sakuragi cried himself to sleep all the while having nightmares about how Yohei got killed.
He was standing right beside Yohei watching him cry for help. Hanamichi tried to help as the killer continued his assault. He tried to reach Yohei but just passed through him as if he were a ghost.
"Why you asshole! Fuck You!"
"Hanamichi is mine"
"What?"
The killer charged himself holding a knife ready to strike. Yohei avoided the first strike but with the second one he wasn't so lucky. The killer stab him right through his stomach. Blood started to spill out of the wound.
"Kuso" the knife was still in Yohei's stomach.
The killer grinned and Sakuragi saw this even with the hood that was hiding the face of the killer. He felt extreme hatred towards the guy. He throwed punches and kicks toward him but none of it was effective. Every kick and punch just goes right through the guy.
"Bastard!" What do you want with me?"
The guy just walked and took the knife from Yohei's stomach. There was a glint in the guy's eyes as he watches the boy struggling for his life and the blood flowing down the silvery knife. Then he stabbed Yohei once again this time on the chest.
"Ugh"
"I told you already I don't want anything from you. It's your friend I'm after" the guys voice seems so cold.
"Hanamichi" Yohei blurted out now feeling dizzy from the loss of blood.
"Yes and he's mine. I'll kill anyone who gets in the way. Unfortunately for you you're one of them."
"Ass hole! Don't you dare touch him. He doesn't belong to anyone" Yohei tried do hard to speak as blood was also now spilling out of his mouth.
The killer now remained silent but totally unaffected.
"If he does belong to someone that certainly won't be you bastard! I'm sure Hanamichi will get you" now Yohei felt that he had a difficulty breathing. The killer just slashed his throat. Yohei now fell completely to the ground.
(A/N- Remember Hana-kun cannot hear their conversation. He just sees what's happening)
Yohei took his last breath and just barely had the strength to say his last word.
"Hana-michi"
Sakuragi was crying. He tried to cradle Yohei in his arms. Although he cannot hear what Yohei said he knew exactly what it was.
The killer was walking again towards them. For some unknown reason before cutting Yohei's hand he looked up to where Sakuragi was sitting as if he knew that he was being watched. He smiled and proceeded on cutting the hand. Sakuragi was petrified. He never felt so afraid in his whole life. The eyes of the killer sent chills down his spine and made him feel death.
Sakuragi woke up crying.
"Yume ka (A dream?) But it seemed so real. Yohei is that what happened to you? I'm really sorry. I should've stayed with you. I should've" Sakuragi was shouting.
Fortunately a nurse passed by and heard the shouting.
"Sakuragi-san calm down, calm down" she said trying to pin him down the bed. But pinning down an 80 kg. Man was really too much for her. All she could do was to inject him with a depressant since it was the nearest object to her. (Wrong move)
Sakuragi slowly cooled down. Everything felt so dull to him. He can't think straight. Suddenly he just felt like doing nothing.
"I'll.I'll just go to sleep. You can go now"
The nurse didn't expect that the serum would take effect immediately. The situation in front of her went from better to worse and that caught her off guard. This is actually her first time to use a depressant in a patient and witness its effects. She was absolutely speechless. She had learned that the actual patient was a hyper, full of energy kind of teenager but now all of that was gone. Suddenly she heard faint sobbing in the background. Sakuragi was crying. He looked like a small child that got lost. He was hugging his knees to his chest and cradling himself. The nurse slowly approached him and tried her best to comfort the kid.
"There, there. I'm so sorry" The nurse felt guilty at what she did.
"Yohei.Yohei.sobs.dead.sob.sob.coz.of.sob.sob.me.sob."
The nurse was shocked. She didn't know the reason why the patient was confined there. All she knew was that he fainted for some unknown reason, which she didn't care to know about.
'Did he witness the crime? Oh my God! I didn't know' she thought.
The surrounding felt quiet. Yes too much quiet. Sakuragi fell asleep maybe from the depressant.
"He looks so cute when he's sleeping and so peaceful but actually the world he's in is hell"
The nurse left quietly leaving Sakuragi alone.
"Good night and sweet dreams" she whispered as the door to the room closes.
The next day Sakuragi was released. The effect of the depressant was no longer there but he acted rather out of character from the moment he woke up, up to now the burial of Yohei. For the whole ceremony he kept quiet but he was the last one to leave. He insisted that he was to be left alone. After everybody has left he started to talk.
"Yohei, do you hear me buddy?" tears now falling down his face.
"Guess what? I think I know what happened to you. I saw it, in my dream last night -twice. I couldn't hear what you said neither did that bastard but I promise I'll make him pay. I promise"
"Please forgive me. You should've mot been involved with this. You should've been the one standing here right now either together with me or not. Gomen Yohei. Gomen I didn't mean it"
Author's Note= Ok I'm sorry if I made Noma too OOC back there.well the whole concept of this chapter is the flashback of the day Yohei died. Well what do you think? Please send me your reviews. I need them I can't live without them pls. I'll be waitng.....