Disclaimer: I do not own Slamdunk. I know that. This is just for formalities.. hehe.. Libre naman ang mangarap diba?
Simmic: well… um, all this time he had been in fact part of the team… but the story is not concern so much about time, rather than timing, purpose… it was organized this way, because the past chapters reflect on what's going to happen in the present chapters… somewhat… the connection is rather vague… but there… for example, I've started writing chapters where Mitsui becomes a gangster, and also writing some chapters which are somewhat confusing because they do not explain what is happening, like with the haruko scenes, or how about mitsui studying for the quiz… in the previous chapter, it was meant to signal that Mitsui has in fact changed. Not only in the present, but when he became a gangster, he changed during that time too… now that is their connection, change within himself… Karin notices that, Karin notices he's changed now, and in the flashback she also notices that… however for the next chapter, Anzai-sensei will redeem mitsui from the shackles that imprisoned him and of course he changes again, for the better. Now the question for the present chapter following that will be, what is going to happen to Mitsui… is Karin part of the reason why he's changed? How is the change going to affect their friendship? What will she do? What will he do? If Anzai-sensei was able to bring about a change in Mitsui, how will Karin or the other characters be able to bring about a change in him? A change that will shape what will become of this story… hehehe… that's all…
Do You See Me?
Flashback
I saw you head towards the gym. "Mitsui!" You kept walking. "What are you doing here?" I could barely keep up with you. As you passed by, your friends revealed the steel pipes they held in their hands. I ran after you. "Mitsui! Answer me! What are you going to do in the gym?"
I stiffened when I saw you take the steel pipe away from one of your friends and point it at me. "Don't interfere. This is between me and the basketball team." Between you and the basketball team? A fight? I could not let go of this. "Mitsui! Don't throw your anger out on them! They didn't do-" You did not wait for me to finish my words. You acted as if you could not hear, as if I was not standing beside you, as if my existence had been questioned.
I followed you still. You stopped in from of the doors leading to the gym. I refilled my lungs at another attempt to convince you, though you pushed me aside, kick the doors open, and walked inside. The others followed after you. I would, though I could not, for Kogure closed the doors on me. "Mitsui!" There was only one person who was in the range for reaching you. "Anzai-sensei." I have to find Anzai-sensei.
I searched the school grounds. I had no idea where he could be. No clue where he could stay. Or go. It felt like walking in circles. I kept on walking yet it did not bring me any closer to my goal.
I returned to the gym, found a crowd that gathered outside it. A teacher then escorted the man I most wanted to see. Anzai-sensei. He led him through the horde of students, his voice soft but instantly breaking through the door.
A line started to divide the doors, slowly but surely parting it, until it revealed the terrible mess that loitered the floor. Rukawa was lying on the floor, his blood dripping, forming a puddle. Miyagi, covered in bruises of all sorts, the Sakuragi guntai taking care of your lackeys. However, at the sight of Anzai-sensei, tears started to overflow, and you could no longer keep yourself up, so you collapsed on your knees to the ground.
You're safe now. I left, knowing that the worse had come to pass. I left, knowing that you were back where you truly belonged. I left, with the relief that things will go back to how they once were. I left, with the realization that I had not caused the bringing about of this good tiding.
