"His here , i can't bear to say,you tell him,"

      "What!! Why me??"

      "I'm the head and i call u to do so!!..please.

..."



      A tall dark hair guy walks in , "Any news?". 

      "nope, i'm sorry..i..." staring at his head...

'help me out here'. 



      The tall guy begans to walk away.



      "Wait!!..umm.., Mr.Rukawa i have bad news for 

you ,..you see it's been almost two years now..and 

there are still no clues on where is your..gulp..

lover is. The police decided to close the case. I'm

truly sorry."



      The tall guy just walk out silently without 

replying. 



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      The ball flies through the air and misses the 

basket. 



      "Rukawa seems odd today. Never thought i would

see him miss a shot. Weird...what's wrong with him?"

asked Onizuka.

      "The police closed the case,"replied Yutaka. 

      "Huh?" everyone looked at him. 

      "you know, the case of his missing lover," 

answered Yutaka again. 

      "No wonder, but this is not good. Look at him.

. the competition is coming soon. How are we surpose

to win if he play like that? We are the national 

team you know..and this is just..." said Onizuka.



      Everyone watched Rukawa missed another shot.(

^^ i know, how could our great Rukawa ever miss any 

shots...but..) 



      "We need to do something about it," said one 

of the other players.

      "umm...i know a psychiatrist. I mean he really

needs somone to talk to..and we all know he doesn't 

talk much to us,"replied Onizuka. 



      Everyone agrees. 



      Yutaka seems doubtful, as the captain of the 

team he is the only one who talk to Rukawa the most

and know slightly more well about him than any other

members.  He knows Rukawa won't like the idea but 

what the other members say are true and Rukawa 

really is not in good shape.(^^) as the captain he 

had to do what's best for the team.



      "Umm....Rukawa,"Yutaka went over to him. "i 

have something to say," 



      Rukawa just stared at him, listening.



      "We think you ought to see a psychiatrist," 

esplained Yutaka. 

      "What?" replied Rukawa slightly surprise.

      "There is something bordering you and its 

effecting your basketball skills. We all insisted 

you to do so...hoping that way you'll be able to 

solve your personal problem. You know what i'm 

talking about. If not you may not get to join us in

the coming competition if you go on like this. Sorry

... but i have to do what's best for the team," 

replied Yutaka, who were scared stiff thinking how 

Rukawa might react but Rukawa just walked away.



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      "How need i ever get myself into this mess.grr

...but what's good is it seeing a psychiatrist. I 

dont need to talk to anybody, especially some nosy 

lady who talks a lot.(actually Rukawa don't even 

know  who's  the  psychiatrist..^^  he's  just 

complaining to himself). If it wasn't for basketball

and the team he won't even care of coming.



      "Knock, knock!".... 



      "come in," that was the answer.



      Rukawa entered the room and stared coldy into 

whom he espect a nosy, talk a lot lady but instead 

was greeted with a friendly smile by a guy!



      Rukawa raise his eyebrows...a guy! Why is he 

smiling like that anyway?



      "Hello, you must be Kaede Rukawa. I'm Akira 

Sendoh ,your psychiatrist," the psychiatrist 

introduced himself still with the broad smile on his 

face. "do have a sit, and let's get started,"





∼To Be Continued∼