Cults and Crime Organizations

Disclaimer: Slam Dunk is not mine

A/N: Thank you for all those who reviews! And to my regular reviewer, jam. Arigato!! Anyway, you might have noticed that there are hardly any Supernatural thingies here. Do not worry, all those stuff will occur in this chapter. Arigato!!!

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Chapter Two

The sun shone brightly in the sky, the clouds floating on the sky. The birds chirped, waking up two young lads who stayed up late last night because of their so-called meetings.

"Young master, Please wake up now. The chauffer is ready. He's just waiting for you." The young maid tried to wake up a certain young lad for quite a minute now. Akira tried to ignore her, although he can hear her clearly.

"Akira! For Pete's sake, I'm trying to read the blurry documents here in my room, so wake up now! Let me just remind you that you were the reason why these documents are illegible! I'm telling you to wake up now, or else!"

The angry roar of his father made Akira get up at the exact second he heard the 'or else' line. He gave the maid a cute smile before he went to his bathroom. He changed his pajamas and went to the car for school.

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In another part of Kanagawa, another scene similar to the first is happening.

The wind caressed his face, the curtains moving with it. The boy lies down on his bed, all peaceful. It might be a miracle for others to still sleep despite the loud ranting of his father outside, but it isn't for him for it had become a habit.

"Kaede! Damn it! Wake up!" The icy voice laced with anger said, knocking loudly on the door. Touya's son didn't pay attention to him, though, and still cuddled the teddy bear beside him.

"Kaede. I will count one to three, and if you still won't get out of that room, I will get in." Touya warned.

Even if he shouted out loud, he knew that his son does not hear him. He sighed, defeated, and opened his son's door. A very familiar sight greeted him. His son was sleeping peacefully, hugging a big teddy bear.

He approached Kaede, his steps barely heard just like other cult members. He gently shook Kaede's right shoulder. "Kaede, wake up now."

Those firm words were all it took for his son to wake up. The boy opened his eyes. He went to the dining table and ate the breakfast like a zombie. His father followed him. They ate the breakfast in silence until his father spoke.

"Kaede, I'm so disappointed with your attitude last night." Touya said when he noticed that Kaede's senses are going back. Kaede stopped eating and paid attention to his father.

Touya shook his head. "You are always out of your mind. Let me just remind you that on your 15th birthday, you will receive your powers." That caught his attention. He choked badly that Touya has to pat his back.

When he was done, he asked his father. "I thought I'll have it on my 25th birthday."

Touya shook his head. "You are the next leader. You should receive it earlier than the rest." There was an awkward silence.

Suddenly, Kaede stood up. "I'll go now."

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The cold, chilly wind made contact with his skin.

"Let me just remind you, Akira, that there will be a meeting at 6 pm later. Don't be late." The American said.

Akira stared in disbelief at the Yakuza officer beside him. "We have basketball practice!"

The American shook his head. "No, you don't. Your coach dismisses you at 5 pm. It's just that you meet a certain guy to have a one-on-one, right?" Akira shook his head in disbelief.

"I can't believe that you are actually spying on me!" He said. It was the first time that Akira actually got mad with someone.

"It was your father that ordered me to do so." The man said. Akira glared at him. The man shook his head.

"Tell me how the organization would be with a person like you as the leader, Akira. I caught you last night. What's with the SOS, anyway?"

Akira glared at him again. "Who told you that I want to be the leader, anyway?" He spat, the words bitterly. His companion ignored him.

He tapped the chauffer at the shoulder. "Drop me at the main office."

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The school was crowded, as usual. All the people were wearing their winter suits. The winds outside howled, as loud as you can ever imagine. However, the noise was not comparable with the loud shrieks inside.

"Rukawa-kun is really so kawaii!" One of the girls surrounding the famous rookie said.

The other girls' words are not audible. What do you expect in a hall full of people, girls mainly, shrieking, anyway? The walking block of ice didn't mind them, as usual, and was lost in his thoughts, letting his reflexes tell him where he should go.

What did his father mean? He isn't ready for this. First, midnight gatherings that had extended until 2 am, then 3 am... He can understand that. The weird ESP thing, that is at least bearable. But, dark powers? That's too much! What if he can already hurt someone without knowing it? He did that almost before, and that is just ESP. Now dark powers?

Soon, much to his disapproval, he felt sleep touching his eyes once again.

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Akira entered the school halls with an angry face. The whole Ryonan campus was too surprised with their basketball ace to say anything else. He met a lot of familiar people from the basketball club, but he ignored them. He was still outraged with the revelation a while ago. Did they mean that they are going to inspect on his personal life all the time? Hikoichi walked beside him, much to his annoyance.

"Sendoh-san, what's with the cross face? Did you just change places with your best friend, Koshino?" He teased.

Akira just shook him off. "I'm not in the mood to joke, Hikoichi." He said, walking faster.

This wasn't just the first time, though. Once, his best friend Koshino almost got killed because of Yakuza. The whole practice game with Shohoku last year was also almost ruined. They didn't have to look at what he's always doing, do they? It was as if he would tell the cops information about himself and the Yakuza.

He glared at his locker number: 893. Oh, yeah, great coincidence.

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There was nothing else you can hear but the screeching of basketball rubber shoes and stupid shrieks of the girls at the gym. Ever since the team won over the Japan's number 1 basketball team, the gym was always full of people, ranging from the students to different basketball coaches. Actually, ever since they went to the Inter High, the people in the gym watching them increased rapidly. There was a practice game between the freshmen against the sophomores and the seniors were to end. Miyagi dribbled the ball. A first year was guarding him. Miyagi passed the ball to Mitsui. Mitsui caught the ball and dribbled it. Rukawa guarded him. The ball was dribbled and dribbled.

Mitsui passed the ball to Miyagi. It was intercepted by Rukawa. He rushed back to their side of court and did a three-point shot. It landed smoothly. The score was 78-80, in favor of the seniors. Ten seconds on the clock.

Mitsui passed the ball to Miyagi. Miyagi dribbled the ball calmly. He smiled. "Everything would be alright, just don't let them score." He said. The ball was dribbled calmly. Not until... Super Rookie steals the ball. He dribbles it again and again until he reaches the other half court. Yeah, he is determined on the outside, but, he is thinking deeply in the inside.

'Fifteen? Fifteen?!' He asked, the number echoing in his mind. No freaking way.

The ball slipped his hands.

"Teme, baka kitsune!" Sakuragi shouted to the fox. Rukawa returned to his senses and chased for the ball, too. He was late, though, for Sakuragi already caught the ball and shot for a three-pointer. The ball was released just in time. All they needed was for the ball to be shot.

The ball bounced twice on the ring and landed smoothly in. Freshmen won the game.

(At the locker room...)

"Nice shot, Sakuragi!" Miyagi said.

Mitsui threw a towel to the two of them. (He's taking a bath.) The freshmen couldn't have scored if it wasn't for Rukawa.

"Ne, Rukawa." He said, knocking on the wall that separates his shower room to Rukawa. The three basketball players didn't get a response.

"Quit it, Mitsui. The kitsune is probably sleeping again." Hanamichi said.

Miyagi sighed. "Mitsui-sempai does have a point, you know."

The fox went out of his shower room and started to get dressed. Water is still dripping from here, though, and sooner or later, the locker room is going to flood.

"Oi! Kitsune! You can wipe yourself first, you know!" Hanamichi said, wiping water off his sports bag.

Rukawa glared at him and finished dressing himself up with the overcoat.

"Teme! You stupid fox, we should have win easily if it weren't for you!" Hanamichi said, ready for action.

"Get off me, do'aho. I'm not in the mood to fight with you." He said, his blood pressure increasing. His glare was intense.

Sakuragi didn't stop, though. "I am the one and only reason on why we, the freshmen, won. You have nothing to brag about! I'm the tensai! You're nothing but a stupid good-for-nothing!"

The words hit Rukawa as hard as cement hit on his head.

"I said get off! Get off me, you do'aho!" Rukawa said as he glared at Sakuragi and slammed the door.

There is nothing wrong with the slamming of the door, but, what happened after that does.

"WOW! What the heck...?" Mitsui shouted at the shower. There was a loud sound of water, and sooner or later, the place is going to flood literally.

"Mitchy! Turn that shower off! The water's flowing in here!" Sakuragi said. Mitsui tried to turn it off, but the shower seemed to have a mind of its own.

Mitsui grabbed a towel. "Let's report this to the maintenance office!" He said. They were all surprised when they looked down. The water that Rukawa had dripped... turned to ice?

"Ouch! We should report this to the office right now! Move right now or else your feet will stick to the ice!" Two frantic lads and one wet, half- naked man rushed outside. They were stopped when they bumped a certain person.

They all looked up at the person they bumped to.

"Gori! Look! The locker is..."

"Flooded!" Miyagi finished Sakuragi's sentence. Mitsui nodded.

Akagi raised a brow at Mitsui. "And what are you doing at the school corridors, half-naked?"

Mitsui blushed. "That's not what's important as of now! The locker room is flooded!" His shout echoed at the corridors.

"Fine. I had enough of these idiocy." He said. Akagi walked at the corridors, followed by three scared lads.

"You can laugh out loud now." Akagi said. He scowled at the three and turned his back.

The three peeped at the room, and saw nothing but a clean, shining room.

TSUZUKU (to be continued...)

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