Author's Note 1: I cannot believe I am doing this now, I mean I do have other things on hand to do but I simply decided to revise this fic of mine, revamping it into something better. Well, here goes nothing and on a side note, the sequel up and running now.

Title: Lost and Found

Genre: comedy/general/romance

Rating: PG-13/ T

Pairing: Fujima Kenji/Sakuragi Hanamichi

Summary: Fujima Kenji and Sakuragi Hanamichi used to be childhood playmates; the two of them ended up losing contact with one another after some unforeseen situation occurred that resulted in Sakuragi's move from the neighborhood.

Disclaimer: No, I do not own Slam Dunk nor its' characters.

Chapter 2 - the end of the match!

'Thud…Thud…' as the ball landed upon the floor of the court, the whistle blew signaling the end of the match. The Shoyo Basketball Team and Shohoku Team were engulfed in total silence. Eventually, both teams gathered around and stood in a straight line as they shook hands once again.

The Shoyo team broke down in tears as this is the first time ever that they did not make it into the best four and thus losing their chance to challenge against Kainan's Team.

10 minutes later in Shoyo's holding room…

The Shoyo Basketball Team players were sitting down patiently and waiting for their Captain cum Coach Fujima Kenji final instruction to be dismissed for the day. However, they are getting restless. They have been patiently waiting for the past 10 minutes but there was absolutely no reaction from their captain. Sensing the team members' restlessness, Hanagata Toru proceeds towards where his friend Fujima Kenji was with the intention to talk some sense into former. He thought Fujima Kenji's silence had something to do with the losing of the match, when in actuality his friend was just thinking about a certain redhead of Shohoku Team again for the umpteen times that day.

"Ne, Fujima…?!" Hanagata called out but to no avail. There was totally no reaction from their captain figure. Frustrated, Hanagata jabbed Fujima in the ribs hard with his elbow. Feeling the pain, Fujima Kenji turned around and looked at Hanagata weirdly.

"What…?" Hanagata asked as he saw the expression on his friend's face.

"Whatever did you poked me for?" Fujima raised his eyebrow up delicately in response with an inquiry of his own.

Heaving a sigh out aloud in defeat, Hanagata pointed his finger towards where the awaiting team mates were seated and said.

"You are zoning out, and they are waiting for your dismissal notice." The bespectacled teen told his friend, plainly.

Looking over to the direction where Hanagata Toru is pointing, Fujima then realized that he had not dismissed his fellow team players yet. Mumbling an apology under his breath, Fujima Kenji hurried forward and gave out his final instruction for the day; making them to clear up the room before leaving for home. Shaking his head to clear off his thoughts, he turned towards Hanagata and said. "I still have something on today, why don't you go ahead and leave the place first? I'll catch up with you tomorrow in school."

For a moment, Hanagata Toru was pondering on the notion of protesting as his friend wasn't behaving like normal for the whole of today, but he had only taken one look at Fujima's expression before deciding to simply leave his friend alone.

"Alright, fine…" Hanagata eventually shrugged and gave up on the idea of staying behind with his friend, while Fujima Kenji stood in the room unmoving for the next five minutes that follows. Once the five minutes is up, the brunet made a grab for his duffle bag and dashes off towards the direction where he knew the Shohoku Team's holding room was.

(As you all know, the Shohoku players were majority sleeping in the holding room… so how is Fujima going to get to Hanamichi?)

Fujima stopped directly outside the room which Shohoku Team was using as their holding room for the match as he pondered about just how exactly he was going to approach Hanamichi about the subject. For a brief moment, he thought of just dropping the whole issue and turned back towards the direction where he came from but his mind and heart urged him on.

'Well…no harm trying out my luck since I'm already here, otherwise it would be pointless to send Hanagata off – right?' Fujima Kenji reasoned inwardly to himself.

With that resolution in mind, he finally gathered up his wits and courage as he raised his fist up to the door and knocked upon it.

In the holding room…

The Shohoku boys were sleeping like a log; they were so deep in sleep that even if an earthquake were to occur now they would most probably sleep through it all. Then again, the match against Shoyo had tired them out and it was no wonder that the first thing they did upon their arriving back into the holding room was to 'drop dead' on their feet and fell asleep.

At this point of time, Fujima Kenji was standing outside the room knocking on the door. About the same moment of time Sakuragi Hanamichi jerked awake from his slumber, though it was not by the sound of the knocking but the sheer fact that one of his team-mates, the second year point guard Miyagi Ryota had just place his leg on Hanamichi head.

"Ouch..." Letting out a yelp of pain, Sakuragi glared at the sleeping figure of Miyagi Ryota but the notion of shaking the guy awake so to give the former a piece of his mind was left forgotten as he heard the sound of the door being knocked on. Deciding to simply answer the door since he was already up and about, Sakuragi Hanamichi carefully avoided the possibility of stepping on any of the sleeping team mates of his and ventured towards the direction where the door was located.

Even though the temptation to kick a certain fox-liked figure was kind of attractive to him, but that guy was sleeping far too close to 'Gori', his Captain – Akagi for his comfort. Who knew what could have happened if he wakes the 'Gori' up, probably he would be bashed for his deed. Deciding to avoid suffering from another hammering on the head, the redhead decided to leave that 'Kitsune' Rukawa alone for the time-being.

TBC…

What would happen next?

Date started: 25/09/04

Date completed: 03/10/04

Date edited: 28/2/2013