🏫 Scene 1: Sleepover Madness at Shohoku
Coach Anzai approved a "team bonding sleepover" in the school gym. Big mistake.
Sakuragi brought five duffel bags—none of them had clothes.
"Snacks, man. PRIORITIES."
Miyagi brought a portable speaker and terrible taste in pop music.
Ayako brought a flashlight, horror stories, and a fan (for hitting people).
Haruko came too, helping set up the sleeping mats—making the gym feel oddly warm.
Me? I brought my hoodie, my doubts, and a rising headache.
🔦 Scene 2: Ghost Stories & Cringe
It started with someone turning the lights off.
Ayako: "Okay, let's play a game. If you flinch during the story… you do pushups."
Sakuragi: "HA! I fear NOTHING!"
Narrator: He absolutely did.
Rukawa, of course, fell asleep mid-story.
Sakuragi screamed like a child when someone tapped his shoulder during the ghost bride story.
Yohei? Completely unfazed. Probably immune to fear.
Then Ayako asked me to share a ghost story.
But all I could think of…
Was one I didn't make up.
😴 Scene 3: Kudo's Dream (Flashback Begins)
I saw myself.
But not as Kudo Hirata.
As Akira Shindai.
The lights of the arena. The roar of the crowd. My old jersey—No. 10.
A match point. The score: 89–88. Clock ticking.
I looked to my teammates. I remember their faces clearly.
"If we win this... we go to nationals."
I moved. I passed. I faked. I jumped.
Then… everything went white.
That game—I never finished it. I died before I got to.
😰 Scene 4: Awake, But Not Alone
I sat up, heart pounding.
And across the gym—
By the window—
I saw someone watching.
Not one of the guys. Not a teacher.
A tall figure in a jacket. A face I couldn't fully see.
But something about him made my chest tighten.
He saw me. Smiled. Then vanished into the night.
🧠 Internal Monologue
Who was that? A student? An illusion?
Why did he look at me like… he knew me?
And worse:
Why did I feel like I knew him too?
I touched my chest.
The echoes of Akira's last game still burned in me.
There was unfinished business.
📓 Final Thoughts
Basketball used to be just a game.
Now it's a mystery. A key. A second chance.
There's someone out there watching me.
There's a past that's creeping closer.
And I'm starting to believe…
This isn't just reincarnation.
This is a rematch fate owes me.