Slam Dunk Rewind
Chapter 1
(A/N Yep you guys guessed right *grin* this story is slightly based on Never Ending Story only there’s no magical creatures or super-powered characters in that world. Only talented (not so perfect) basketball players who will make a difference in Hikoichi’s life – or so that’s the plan … anyone who reads my fics knows I rarely go as I originally planned *lol*)
It was a beautiful and sunny Monday morning. The students were milling around and relaxing on the well manicured lawn of Kanagawa High enjoying the warm rays and cool breeze
Suddenly a tall spiky-haired lad came zigzagging around the people jumping over some who are laying down by the grass. He nervously checked over his should for a sign of his pursuant and slightly stepped onto a guy with messy dark hair who was sleeping until that very moment
“Watch It moron.”
The spiky-haired lad spared a backward glance and smiled
apologetically. “Sorry Kae-chan! Gotta run!”
Kaede Rukawa glared at the spiky haired lad who by now is of some distance away. He closed his eyes and sighed. He’d much rather attempt to get some more sleep than chase that spiky-haired idiot for that much deserve kick on the behind.
That particular runner spotted a dark-haired lad of medium
height reading a book by the bench that was located under a big and shady oak
tree. He ran towards the bench and
ducked behind it. Peering on the book
being read and placing his head on the other boy’s shoulder he whispered
loudly.
“Kosh! Put that
chemistry book down and hide me!”
The lad sitting by the bench lowered his book, gave an
exasperated sigh and turned around to glare at his spiky-haired friend “What sort of idiocy did you perform just
now Akira?”
The other lad whimper like dog and tugged his friend’s shirt collar lightly in a repetitive manner “Kosh please! I’ll explain later! Help me! A rabid red monkey is on my tail at this very moment!” Akira pleaded to his friend his eyes has a panicked look upon it much like a deer encountering a pair of headlights.
Hiroaki Koshino sighed. He knew he should really get used to this scenario
however, he foolishly believed that his best friend would learn his lesson
after his latest encounter. “Why do you always have to do this?” shaking
his head and before his friend opened his mouth to give the expected idiotic
answer, he decided to help the idiot out as he always do. “Alright.
Climb up this tree and I’ll lure Hanamichi
away
Akira Sendoh quickly scrambled up
the tree. Years of practice made him quite
a climber, he disappeared into the thicket of branches
in a matter of seconds. Just a few
moments after Akira was safely out of sight and
Hiroaki returned to his studies. A tall
and very angry red head suddenly approached Hiroaki “Oi little guy! Where’s that Baka
Smiley! Where is he? The Tensai’s going to teach that idiot that no one makes a play
with the Tensai’s girl!”
Hiroaki looked up from his book and shrugged “He’s probably up and awake by now, but you know Akira and his penchant for lateness, he’s probably not down on school grounds just yet.”
The red-head scratched his head “I could have sworn I saw that smiling baka kissing Haruko’s hand a while ago.”
Hiroaki sighed “Hana, you just had a tiring basketball match with Rukawa this morning.
Moreover, you probably haven’t eaten anything yet.” Hiroaki rummaged through his pack and
threw an apple towards the red head’s direction “Here take this. Now are you
sure you saw Akira kissing Haruko’s hand?”
The red head munched on the apple Hiroaki tossed, a
thoughtful expression crossed his face. “You’re
probably right. Damn that fox! This is all that fox’s fault! I think I’ll go and tell him off for waking
this Tensai up at an ungodly hour and insisting on
that basketball game.”
Hiroaki sighed with relief and waited till the red-head was
out of sight before looking up “Alright
Akira, the coast is clear.”
Akira Sendoh, jumped down landing
lightly on the grass with the grace of a cat, stood up and smiled at his best
friend who had just now saved his life once again. “Thanks Kosh!
That was a close one.”
Hiroaki Koshino rolled his eyes “How many times should I ask you to stop
messing with Hanamichi’s girl?”
Akira grinned with a mischievous glint on his eyes “It takes two to tango you know, speaking of
which, how about a game before lunch?”
“I’m not in the mood
Akira.”
“Kosh, Please?
Am I not your bestest buddy?”
“Get your cousin, Rukawa to play with you.”
“Kosh! You know how competitive Kae-chan
is! I want to at least spare some time
to eat my lunch. With Kae-chan, we’ll probably end up playing the whole lunch
period! You wouldn’t want to be
responsible if your best friend died of hunger would you?”
“Idiot! You
won’t die of hunger due to one missed lunch.”
Akira gave an exaggerated whimper “I’ll develop ulcers then, just because my best friend...”
Hiroaki sighed “You
won’t shut up till I agree won’t you?”
Akira grinned and nodded “Wow! You do know me so well Hiro-kun!”
Glaring at his friend for using that hated
childhood nickname “Fine! I
play a game with you. And stop calling
me HIRO-KUN!!”
Giving his friend a mischievous wink, Akira turned around to
run as he shouts “Whatever you say Hiro-kun!”
Hiroaki shook his head and smiled. He decided to play along he shouted “Come back here you stupid porcupine!” and chased his best friend in zigzagging and jumping over the obstacle of fellow students towards the school building.
Unbeknownst to the two, they were being watch from the moment Hiroaki occupied the bench, to Akira’s plead for help and the current romp around the school’s lawn.
Kicchi Fukuda’s eyes blazed with contempt and suppressed anger as he watched those two run about. Unbeknownst to him two extremely tall lads were creeping slowly towards him.
Mischievous brown eyes glittered evilly as a warm soggy mud ball sailed through the air. The muddy projectile hits Kicchi Fukuda on the back of his head with such a force that he lost his balance and landed face-first on the wet grass.
“Nyahahaha! Gotcha Fukky! Three Points!
Am I a Tensai or what!”
Sakuragi Hanamichi
placed both arms on his waist and threw his head back and continued to laugh “Nyahahaha!”
His blue-eyed companion shook his head and answered in an
even, toneless voice “
Hanamichi glared at his best
friend, Kaede Rukawa, the
only guy who could get away with calling him a moron “Shut up you stupid fox! It’s
not as if you’re a submarine scientist!”
Kaede Rukawa rolled his eye “That’s rocket scientist you moron.”
Fukuda felt anger choking up his throat and tears welling into his eyes. If there’s anyone he resents more than Sendoh and Koshino, it’ll be Sakuragi and Rukawa, especially Hanamichi Sakuragi but it’s not as if he can stand up to Hanamichi, let alone both Hanamichi and Kaede. He took the opportunity to slip away as the two continued to argue on terminologies.
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Hikoichi’s eyes were glued to the screen. He could not understand yet why Fukuda dislikes Akira and Hiroaki but he does understand his dilemma with Kaede and Hanamichi.
His thoughts wondered on his own situation. Materially, he has almost everything a boy his age could wish for: a mountain bike, a cool model train set, a swiss army knife, and so on. However, none of these matter. His father used to play basketball with him and his mother used to dote on him every chance she gets. All this however changed after the divorce. His father now works all the time and whenever he’s around he acts as if Aida does not exist. His mother has a new family now and never calls nor visit.
He cursed that day where his father fell down and broke an arm during one of their games. He remembers those cold and white hospital corridors where he and his mom waited. This was the placed where his mom met that accursed doctor and eventually left his dad and himself to start a new life with her new lover.
The lunch bell rang whoops of joy were heard upstairs corridors are the students were dismissed. Hikoichi was amazed at how quickly time had flown. In class, every hour seemed to drag on for an eternity.
Hikoichi was still sitting crossed legs on the mat. The little mouse he saw earlier sniffed about the floor in an attempt to find some scrap of food. Hikoichi remembered that he hasn’t eaten anything yet and his stomach grumbled, he sighed and stopped the tape, stood up and headed for the school cafeteria.
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Bright florescent lights, the banging sounds of plates and
the smell of mystery meat filled the air.
It was a typical day in the school cafeteria with the same old greasy
food. Hisashi
Mitsui grinned mischievously as he spotted his favorite victim entering through
the swinging doors, the boy’s head was bent down, trying
to blend with the background. Hisashi nudged his two companions and made a pronouncement
in a singsong voice “Lookit
here! Unberibabuya! It’s Aida Hikoichi!”
Mito Youhei and Ryota Miyagi snickered and look eagerly upon their ring leader.
“So what do you have in mind?” asked Ryota cocking his head towards Hikoichi’s direction. His silver earring glittered slightly from the reflection of the fluorescent bulbs above.
Hisashi shook his head “No, we did that last month.”
Ryota grinned “How about throwing him into the trash bin with the rest of the
cafeteria left overs?”
Hisashi sighed “We did that last week. Can’t you guys think of something more original?”
Hisashi watched as his intended victim continuously drop some coins and presses on a selection on the vendo machine and a wicked smile on his face as an idea formed. “Seems dear Aida is stocking up on supplies for an oncoming war, let’s not disappoint him...”
-end of chapter 1-
Author’s Replies
Seems almost everyone is answering below the fic anyway … to hell with the rules. It’ll make everyone’s life easier if I reply here *grin*
Unquestionable – *grin* This wouldn’t be Slam Dunk without a slight spatter of the typical humourous lines between the character but I’ll keep that at the minimum. I have no idea what’s the story gonna be like either... just want it to be descriptive and dramatic instead of the usual silly and funny.
SL – sort of ... it has the concept of Never Ending Story but a different plot altogether.
White Meteor – Hooray! I was depressing? *grin* That’s a first ... this chapter is less depressing (of course with Sendoh and Hanamichi in it, things are not likely to be so depressing) ... darn... you guessed part of the unusual double twist I came up with by using that title ... yep but that comes in the wishes part (as I’ve said its partly inspired by Fushiyugi but not entirely) Why Ryota and Mito? Well at first I thought of using the guntai but figured things will end up funny with them around thus settled with Youhei. Mitsui’s just a natural for that role and Ryota just looks wickedly gangtery with that earring and all.
Coke – you think so? *lol* Thank you and nope things won’t clear up on this chapter am still as vague as ever *lol*