Author's Note : 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. It never fails to amaze me how short my fic chapters used to be like…
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 3- Relavations!
Silently and carefully treading among the sleeping figures in the room and making his way to the door at the same time trying not to step on either one of them, Hanamichi muttered under his breath when he almost tripped on a duffle bag bearing the initials of 'R.K'
Damn it…just my bloody luck to be nearly stumbled over something that belongs to that "Kitsune" I must be really unlucky today!' Hanamichi thought, glaring at the bag with venom.
The moment Hanamichi opened the door; he changed his mind about being unlucky. He blinked once then twice, and then he rubbed his eyes hoping that the sight before him was just a dream. He did not just see the Captain of Shoyo's Team standing outside the room, did he? Sakuragi Hanamichi wondered, as he pinched himself to test his theory. Wincing at the pain that shot through his leg, as he had pinched a part of his leg to prove his point…he surmised that Fujima Kenji was indeed standing outside of the door and that his eyes were not playing any tricks on him.
Fujima's POV
I took a deep breath as I knocked on the door, a few minutes later I heard mild shuffle of feet and then the door opened. I felt every emotion in my mind as I looked at Hanamichi. However, I felt them drain away as I found him staring at me in utter disbelief. My expression turns from neutral to apprehensive as i suddenly had no idea of what I'm going to say.
Third person POV
For a moment, no one spokes. A silence of dread hung in the air, before the figure of Fujima Kenji finally decided to speak up breaking the silence between them.
"Can I speak to you for a moment?" The Captain and Coach of Shoyo Basketball Team asked.
"Huh? Why would you want to speak to me?" Hanamichi felt bewildered. He had expected the latter to ask for 'Gori' as that would usually be the case whenever the captain of an opponent team dropped by. So it was rather safe to say that whatever he had been expecting to hear emitting from the lips of Fujima Kenji, the former intention to speak with him was apparently not on his mind and hence his 'stupid' look when he voiced his doubts across to the former.
"I have a few things that I felt the need to clarify with you, personally." Fujima Kenji answered, averting his eyes from Sakuragi so as to prevent himself from losing his nerves altogether.
"Well, I guess it can be done..." Hanamichi responded, and while under normal circumstances he would have laugh out loud at the request and claim that he's indeed a genius to render such a situation for happening. However somehow in this case, his logical mindset had wormed itself up onto the surface of his thoughts and overrides his usual stupid performance of being a clown.
"Thanks, so I assume you are free tomorrow afternoon?" Fujima Kenji questioned, drawing the redhead out from his shell-shock state.
"Well, yeah...I guess..."Sakuragi Hanamichi nodded absent-mindedly, still slightly 'out' from it all.
"So, I'll see you by the cafe near your school then!" Fujima replied with a smile and took off in a good mood, nodding towards one unsuspecting Kogure Kiminobu startling the Vice-Captain of Shohoku so much that the third year student nearly fell as he stumbled in his steps.
Hanamichi stared at the retreating figure as he questioned himself the reason for the Shoyo's Captain odd request. For some reason, he had a weird sensation nagging at him in the very back of his mind, urging him to sift through his childhood memories.
Throughout the journey back home, he had been awfully silent and appearing so deep in thoughts that no one else dared to interrupt his thoughts, fearing of facing his wrath. He maintain his silence over the Shoyo's Captain unusual request, brushing off Kogure's query with some unsuspecting reasoning of the former reason for paying them a visit at the holding room.
TBC…
Date started: 3/12/04
Date completed: 3/12/04
Date revised: 15/12/04
Date edited: 1/3/2013