[DISCONTINUED] Basketball And Manga

The Idol List And His Family.

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

Okayyyy here's chap 4... Shizuka's 'connection' to basketball is going to become a bigggggg secret in the story so.....be prepared to be annoyed by the secret...

SHIZUKA'S POV

After about 20 minutes alone in the infirmary Akira came and asked,"Shizuka!!!!!What happened?!"He ran to my side.I shrugged and told him that I just tripped.

He saw the bottle that Red-haired boy(...I can't remember his name...)gave me,"You like vitamin drinks?" I answered,"Not really...A guy in my class gave it to me.I think his name was...I-Itami?Irane?Ikuro?...Dunno."

"Phhttttt.I-it's so like you to forget a kind-hearted guy's name like that..."Akira laughed loudly. "When we first met you did this to me too.Until like 2 months after meeting regularly you FINALLY remembered my name..." I told him that I can't bother about people names when I have to plot my manga.

You guys might not know but I like to draw too.Well,all in all I only got attracted to drawing because of manga and anime.

"But I remember his personality and his looks....He has a stupid,snobby, arrogant and annoying personality.He likes to act like he knows it all and act like the good guy when obviously he's just a pervert.He has red hair and a lot of girls fawn over him...I think even some of the teachers become 'fluttery' around him."

Akira was silent for a moment before replying,"....Could you be talking about Izumi Nakamura?"

Ahhhh.That's it! "Yeah! How'd you know?"I asked.He gave me a shocked look."You don't know?!He's like one of the most famous guys in our school!He is in the school's Idol List.The school's idol list is consisted of the few most handsome and cool guys.Izumi,being in this school's basketball team,and this school where basketball is its forte,he is counted as a important key player in the team!"

"Phhtttt....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! 'COOL' HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... That's the most retarded thing I heard in years..." I continued laughing...but who knew he was someone so big in my school...

"It's quite shocking you haven't fallen for him yet...Hahaha it's also funny how you can get his name so wrong." Akira said backing away a bit. "Well I'm not interested in dating right now so he doesn't really affect me in anyway..."

"Oh,and one more thing. Izumi's mother is also close to my mother and your mother has also met her a few times before."Izumi....WHAT?!"I am completely shocked.He flinched and said,"Yeah,our mothers were closer but they knew Izumi's mom too.But...Izumi's mum passed away when he was about 9."I was quite shocked by that."Oh..."But his personal life doesn't concern me in any way...so whatever.(T^T So cold hearted)

"Enough of this stupid chat about a pervert,lets go home...I'm exhausted and hungry." I got out of the bed and grabbed my things,then we headed home.

IZUMI'S POV

The next day,that interesting girl acted liked nothing happened.Well,what do I care.She isn't even close to me and even if she was,I have even bigger things to be worrying about.

Today I have a match against XXX academy.That doesn't bother me,what bothers me is that my brother and father are coming to watch.My older brother,the perfect sibling who is better than me in everything,especially basketball.My father,the one who scorns me and calls me a failure,and loves my brother more than anything.I just wished my...mother was still here...I felt my heart ache and tears fill up in my eyes.

My mother,the only one has ever given me love.The only one who didn't hit or sneer at me when I failed at something.The only one who told me it was okay,as long as I tried my best.How I longed to hear those words again...but never can.

The day went by quick and soon I was in the indoor court getting ready for the match.I could feel my heart pounding loudly and the pressure put on me as I saw my 'family'.Other than those two were a whole crowd of fan-girls and a few guys.Some of my team mate's family were there too.

Surprisingly out of the big crowd,I saw Shizuka in the back with headphones on,watching my team warm up.Why's she there?Well,whatever.

The loud screech of the whistle started the match.The first half was good.We got the ball and scored,every time they got the ball,we were able to snatch it back.But...Somewhere along the middle of the game,they started to catch up.

And all of a sudden,they were dominating us.We played harder and harder but at the very end...they won.

2 points.They won us by 2 points.I looked in my father's direction...yup,there it is.That pressuring glare of hatred and disappointment.The kind of glare that would completely destroy your self-confidence.

He raised a finger and pointed towards the direction of the backyard.I nodded slowly.I got my things from the locker room and headed towards the backyard hesitantly.

In the isolated small space at the back of the school,I saw my father and my brother.

"What the hell was that?You call that a match?"My father shouted loudly.I looked down and said softly,"We tried our best."He grabbed my hair and pulled me to face him."'Tried our best?'You call that your best?"My brother snickered.(You guys wanna kill the 'family' right?XD)

"If that was your best,then your just a pathetic kid with no talent.A kid who isn't my son!Why are you such a failure?I,Isao Nakamura, was once a national player and yet I have to raise someone like you. Why couldn't you have been more like your brother?He's a star-player in an elite school for basketball.You are just a good-for-nothing boaster that can't even improve.I wish you were never born-"

"Okay,now that's just going too far."A voice interrupted my father.A voice that wasn't mine.She stepped out through the door leading to the back of the hall from behind the wall of the small space.(complicated.)

It was...Shizuka...?She walked towards us with an irritated expression on her face."Tch,and I didn't even want to get into something complicated."My father and my brother had a slightly confused expression on their face.

"Well,Since I already made a fuss,I might as well just say what I wanted to.I think you guys are the biggest idiots I've seen in my life."She was so blunt I couldn't even react.She just said something extremely rude to an extremely scary father with no hesitation.

"What did you just say,little girl?" My father muttered out...raging.

"First I'm not a 'little girl'.I'm a 16 year-old. And second,how do you expect your son to improve if you keep insulting him like that?How do you expect him to strive to do better with just fear in his heart?Do you really think he'll do better with a retarded self-boasting father who keeps comparing him to his just as retarded brother?You say your son is a good-for-nothing boaster,what about you,'national player'?Tch.How annoying,you even got my blood boiling."

Mind-blown.Did she really just say that?!

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

*clapping proudly* Do you know how much I love Shizuka right now? 2000/100.Literally.<Yay for awesomenessssssssssssss>