8 After Game

Shun's daily routine after returning home was to prepare the bath. In his new life, Shun took a quick shower in the morning after exercising with his mother. As a Japanese person in this life, he got to know the charm of taking a soak in a bath tub and hot springs.

[A/N: I made a mistake in phrasing the last line of the above paragraph, it was pointed out to me, and when I read it again I saw that it might be confusing and misunderstood, so I changed it. Again thx for comments.

A/N: Writing on the phone sucks. Changed, hit --> hot. Thx for pointing out the mistake.]

Shun would heat the water, fill the tub, clean his body before soaking himself in hot water to wash away all his tiredness from the day. By the time he was out of the bath, his mother would return home from work.

Shun and his mother talked about their day for a while doing some mother-son bonding.

The next item on his list was to do his homework and revise the material taught in class. Shun was never overwhelmed with studies because he studied every day and didn't let material pile up, as expected of the routine lover.

While he was doing his homework, his father would return home and hop into the bath.

Unlike Shun and his father, who preferred their baths just after coming home, Shun's mother took one just before going to sleep.

Shun would then set the table, and the Kageyama family proceeded to eat on the dining table away from the T.V. They liked to talk to each other during the meal, and it was a good family bonding time.

Shun's parents weren't able to come to watch the game, so the topic for today was the game, Shun told them about his teammates, the opposite team, score and who they will be going against on day three.

Dad: "We both are free on the day of the finals, do you think you, and your team can win all the way."

Shun: "Of course, our team this year is very skilled."

Mom: "Then we will come to see your match. It has been a while since I have seen my baby boy play."

Shun: "Mom! I am not a baby anymore. I am already twelve years old and would become thirteen next month."

Both of Shun's parents laughed, seeing Shun complaining and getting embarrassed.

After dinner, Shun's parents both went for their daily walk together to spend some time alone with each other.

Shun: 'They sure do act all lovey-dovey, why couldn't they just make a younger sister for me to pamper.'

Now the only task left was to watch Shoei's match video and see how far had Kiyoshi Teppei had developed.

While watching the video, Shun found two players on Shoei who were any good; Kiyoshi Teppei, who played as the center, and Nakamura Taichi, who played as the power forward, both were second years.

The rest of the team was not useless, but neither were they anything special.

All of them had above average height and skill, but that was all.

Nakamura Taichi was fast and had sharp movements. He was capable of leaving behind his mark with ease, his sharp movements, and skills were more than enough to handle most of any tricky situations.

Unlike Aone who balanced between offense and defense, Nakamura Taichi was an all offensive player and left defense to Kiyoshi Teppei, and his team.

Now coming to their ace, and most skilled player, future uncrowned king; Kiyoshi Teppei.

Kiyoshi is a powerful center with great technical skills. If he was, to put it another way, Kiyoshi was an efficient player with very less useless movement in his moves. He was quick under the post with a great sense of timing for jumping for rebounds.

He was the same height as Aone, standing at 184 cm tall, but Kiyosho Teppei was more agile and more powerful than Aone.

And, after rewinding the video multiple times, he concluded that Kiyoshi's current level of Right of Postponement gave him the same advantage as his God-Speed Impulse in post plays.

[A/N: This doesn't equate to the Right of Postponement and God-Speed Impulse being evenly matched. The current comparison is only for post plays, in future Right of Postponement will provide more in post plays, and God-Speed Impulse will excel in other fields of the sport.]

Shun knew that in the future, Kiyoshi's larger hands would provide more control in deciding plays in the paint, but he also knew that if he trained his speed and explosiveness more, he would be able to hinder Kiyoshi's 'impossible to predict' plays.

[A/N: Imagine Shun being like Tendo Satori (he is so cool) from Haikyuu reacting to plays with great reflexes, except Shun would not be guessing but analyzing.]

Shun switched off the video and proceeded to go to bed. Shun thought about day two.

Shun: 'Tomorrow, Teiko would be playing, but I don't think I would be able to go watch, the stadium is far away, and the coach wouldn't take any students. Well, at least I will have the video of their game.'

Shun closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.

What Shun didn't know was that he was not the only one reviewing others; Teiko, Shoei, and other schools were also analyzing the game of the champions.

Being a reigning champion or even a well-known team meant that there was a lot of data about you available, and people would try to make strategies to defeat with each game you play.

From all other team's perspective, this year's Tokiwadai was powerful; Otsubo Taisuke and Aone Takanobu had gained a lot of height and could easily muscle out most of their peers. Ishida Hideki, while not a particularly athletic player, had solid basic skills, and experience.

Then there was Mibuchi Reo, even though none of them knew about his 'special' shooting style, even without them he was a national level player and a terrifying shooter.

And last was the new rookie, Kageyama Shun. Even though it was only one game, most of them saw his performance for what it was, exceptional. Experienced coaches from middle schools and high schools, who were looking to recruit talented third-years, saw how he crippled Iwatobi's teamwork and scoring ability.

But what shocked them most was the last five minutes in which he used one pattern and was still able to score every single time. They didn't even know how to describe that.

Most people switched between moves so that they could trick the defense, but how do you define a player who was able to score using a single move repeatedly and continuously.

[A/N: Think about Kareem Abdul Jabbar's sky-hook shot or Allen Iverson's crossover. They used the same move so many time that it became their signature move and still, people were not able to block those moves even though they knew it was coming

Video of both of them using their signature moves,

Top 5 NBA Signature Moves - MixedTapeVideos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57XVP8aRBXk

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