Disclaimer: I do not own Slam Dunk, Kenji Fujima, Akira Sendoh, Hisashi Mitsui, and Soichiro Jin. They all belong to Inoue Takehiko.

By the way, when Patricia said JinJin, she was referring to Kainan's Soichiro Jin. . . if you didn't get it. .

Hope you enjoy chapter 2!

CHAPTER 2

Patricia's eyes widened and her lips curved to form a smile. "Oh, it's you!"

Soichiro Jin, Kainan's star shooter, smiled as his cousin rushed to hug him. "Well, well. . . my favorite cousin moves to a house just one block away from mine but then she enrolls in a different school. . . Kainan's biggest rival in high school basketball at that."

"Oh come on, JinJin! You know I agreed to go to Shoyo just because Kainan doesn't have a music center! I need to continue my piano lessons, you know? I wanna be a concert pianist!"

"Oh really? I thought you wanted to be a manga-ka. . ."

"Nah, I changed my mind. I want to be a concert pianist now, not a manga artist. I'm more serious with music than with art. Anyway, I was about to go to your house, so thanks anyway for saving me the effort."

"Are you done unpacking? I was hoping to give you a tour around Kanagawa. . ."

"Sure, JinJin! You could show me the way to Shoyo so I won't get lost when school starts."

And so, Jin showed Patricia around Kanagawa – the park, Shoyo, Kainan, the mall. . . until. . .

"Wow, the beach here is so beautiful", said Patricia, as she gazed at the beauty of the clear sea. It was already sunset, so the sky was starting to show shades of red, orange, purple, and blue, and the clouds glowed pink and orange. "I wish Virnalyn-chan was here to see this!"

"Guess your wish was granted real quick, Patricia-chan," a voice said.

Patricia and Jin whirled around to see where the voice came from. . .

"Virnalyn!" Patricia rushed to hug her best friend. "I haven't seen you since graduation!"

"Yeah, we just moved here. I just took a break from unpacking and went out to admire the scenery." Virnalyn motioned to the sunset.

"What a coincidence," said Patricia. "Virna-chan, let me introduce you to my cousin, Soichiro Jin. JinJin, this is my best friend Virnalyn, who is also from Tokyo."

"Nice to meet you, Virnalyn," said Jin. "Nice to meet you too," said Virnalyn. They shook hands, a sign of a new friendship.

"Hey, do you want to check out this new mall? It just opened last week and they already have a variety of good stores," said Jin.

Patricia and Virnalyn immediately said yes, as they both love shopping, as many girls do.

(AT THE MALL)

"Wow, Jin, you were right. There are so many interesting shops here," said Virnalyn, staring in awe at the many stores in the mall, some of which were selling clothes, or manga, and the food court already had many stores which had a wide variety of food to choose from. First they grabbed a bite to eat in an Italian restaurant, then they went around practically the whole department store, and a lot of the clothing stores, until. . .

"Hey, you don't mind if I just go to the sports store? We can meet later and I'm sure the both of you are mature enough to look after yourselves," said Jin, as he was starting to feel dizzy from following both girls around most of the mall.

"Sure, JinJin. I think I'll have a look in the music store," said Patricia. "Wanna come with me, Virna-chan?"

"No thanks, Patricia-chan. I think I'll look at this other clothing store I haven't been to yet."

"So we'll meet at the sports store after an hour, then?" asked Patricia.

"Sure," said Jin and Virnalyn, both who were eager to go where they wanted to.

(MUSIC STORE)

Patricia was scanning the music CDs, looking for a title she might like. The music store was huge, and she wondered whether or not she would be able to scan the whole store in just one hour.

She scanned the J-Pop section. She already completed all the current albums of her favorite artists, even the soundtracks of all her favorite anime.

Next, she scanned the classical music section. Unlike most teenagers, she liked classical music, because it always inspired her to play the piano and maybe be as great, or almost as great, as the best composers and musicians in the world. . . or at least in Japan.

She didn't find anything interesting in the classical music section, and if she did, she already had a copy of that CD. So, before going back to Jin and Virnalyn, she decided to take a look the shelf that had CDs of foreign artists. She scanned the rows of CDs, looking for her favorite artist.

Greenday. . . Mariah Carey. . . Alicia Keys. . . Vanessa Carlton. . . until. . .

"Hey, a Simple Plan CD! And the last copy," she said to herself as she rushed to take it. Unfortunately, when her hand got to the CD, it landed on another hand. . . a slightly bigger hand, with fairer skin.

Patricia looked up to see who beat her to the Simple Plan CD, and she immediately saw a pair of deep blue eyes, the color of the deep part of the ocean. The eyes stared back at her. For a moment, she couldn't say a word. . . She averted her attention from those eyes and stared at the person who beat her to her favorite band's latest album. He was tall, and he had short, straight hair which was a shade of brown slightly lighter than hers. He had fair skin. . . but what she couldn't draw her attention from was his eyes. . . Beautiful eyes, she thought.

"Excuse me, but I think I got it first," the boy said.

"I'm sorry," Patricia apologized, and she felt her cheeks turn pink from embarrassment, because just then she realized she'd been staring at him for a long time. She let go of the CD, and started to look at the Vanessa Carlton CD instead.

"Hey, I'm sorry as well. But I've been looking for this CD for such a long time, and I've been having a very hard time trying to find it. Not many music stores I've gone to sell CDs of foreign artists. . . so I'm afraid it might take a very long time if I were to look for another copy," said the boy. "Maybe I could make it up to you in some way?"

"No, that's not necessary," said Patricia. She started to notice the logo on the boy's jacket. "Do you go to Shoyo High?"

The boy smiled. "Yes, I'm an incoming third year student. You?"

Patricia smiled as well. "I'm an incoming first year student, so you're gonna be my sempai!"

"Well, in that case, my name is Kenji Fujima. And you are?"

"Patricia. I hope to see you in school, Fujima-sempai."

"Yeah, I hope to see you too, Patricia. Are you going to buy that Vanessa Carlton CD?"

"Yes, since you got the Simple Plan one."

"Then I'll pay for it. It's the least I could do," said Fujima as he took the CD from Patricia's hands.

"Fujima-sempai, it's ok! You really don't have to!" said Patricia, as she tried to take it back. "But I insist," said Fujima, and so he took the CD, and along with the Simple Plan CD, paid for it at the counter.

"Here you go, Patricia," said Fujima as he gave Patricia the CD.

Patricia's cheeks turned a brighter shade of pink as she accepted the CD. "You really didn't have to. . . but thanks anyway, Fujima-sempai."

Fujima smiled again and said "You're welcome, Patricia."

Patricia checked her watch. "Oh my. . . Two hours have passed! I really have to get back to my cousin and my friend in the sports store, they must be worried about me!"

"Ok, It's been nice meeting you, Patricia, and see you in school!"

"Yeah, see you too, Fujima-sempai!" And then she rushed to the sports store.

(SPORTS STORE)

"What IS taking her so long?" said Jin.

"I don't know, but I do know that she'd take a long time in a music store because she's trying to decide on what CD she should buy," said Virnalyn.

Soon enough, Jin and Virnalyn heard the sound of rushing footsteps. The source of this sound was none other than Patricia.

"There you are! You said we'd meet after one hour, and yet you're the one who's late," said Virnalyn.

"I'm so sorry," said Patricia. "I kinda had this run in with this guy who wanted the same CD as I did and he turned out to be my schoolmate in Shoyo. I didn't get the CD I wanted, but he paid for my second choice, which was kinda nice of him. . ."

"What's his name?" said Virnalyn.

"Kenji Fujima. . ."

"You ran into Shoyo's basketball ace and playing coach, and he even treated you to a CD?" said Jin. "I'm impressed, I never knew my cousin actually had such charm!"

Patricia's cheeks turned pink once again. "JinJin!"

"So I won't be surprised if you bump into Akira Sendoh next time," said Jin, starting to laugh.

"Of course you shouldn't be surprised if I did, because he's my former junior high schoolmate!" said Patricia.

While Jin was busy teasing Patricia, Virnalyn noticed someone at the other side of the store, watching them. . .

END OF CHAPTER 2

A/N: School will be starting next chapter, and it will be focused more on Virnalyn. . . I wonder. . . Who IS watching Jin, Patricia, and Virnalyn. . . Read Chapter 3 to find out. . .

Also, I do NOT own Simple Plan, Vanessa Carlton, Mariah Carey, Greenday, and Alicia Keys. Obviously.

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