Chapter: 2

4 months later: Blackwood park, California

An inconspicuous park known for its streetball like gameplay. Though if you looked closely you would see an irregular sight. A kid who looked barely 13 seemed to be dominating adult double his age.

"Micheal how you gone let him score on you like that" One of the adults said to the man gaurding the kid.

"How bout you gaurd him then Carlos. He's a lil freak, bending his arms like it's putty." Micheal said right back with a pissed off look on his face.

"Fuck it just play" Carlos said before getting back on defense seemingly dodging the question.

They both watched as the kid stood with the ball in his hand waiting for them to finish talking . This is of course Nes on vacation in America.

Pov: Nes

I watched as Micheal argued with his teammate for a bit before getting back on defense.

We were going to 21 with 3 people on each team . Though i'd arrived here hours ago this was the first game I played. Nobody wanted to pick up a random kid with no reputation in the area.

I'd played in parks similar to this one so I knew how it worked. It took a while but someone finally picked me up and when showed out during the game I got picked up again. Thats how I got to my current position.

I was in America to visit some family and to cool off from what had happened back in Tokyo. I'd been in a horrible mood since that game happened and had been on the court day in and out . I was supposed to be on break from basketball but seeing others play it got me excited.

Currently the score was 12-16 in our favor. We were going by 1s and 2s so a three pointer was worth 2 and a 2 pointer was worth 1. It was one possession meaning if you lose the ball it's the other teams turn. Since the other half of the court was occupied we played with make it take it rules. Make the shot you get the ball back miss and lose possession it's the other teams.

After they finished arguing I checked up with Carlos before starting my attack. He wasn't a pushover so I couldn't just blow by him.

I performed a btl dribble ( between the legs ) before attacking to the right. He stayed on my hip until I reached the three point line. Realizing I didn't have enough space to drive I pulled back with a btb ( behind the back) before pausing like I was going to take a shot.

He didn't fall for my fake, so I pushed the ball across my body creating a little space between me and hime. Taking advantage of the space, I drove passed him toward the hoop.

My teammates defender not willing to let me get another open shit came up to try an and block me. Instead of forcing a shot I passed the ball through the gap straight to my teammate who laid it up.

"Damn we finna lose to a lil midget " I heard Micheal say before switching with Carlos to try and guard me.

Before I could start dribble again I heard someone speak from the sidelines.

"Yo mike let me get in real quick". Turning to my right I saw a kid with red hair and eyes staring straight at me. He kinda reminded me of a bull.

Pov: Kagami

After getting dropped off at the park by some friends I walked over to the court to get some runs in. Surprisingly I saw a kid my age playing against to of the regulars at the park Carlos and Micheal.

For a second I thought they might have just let him play out of pity but that was before he started dribbling. He had a kind of grave to the way he moved and the angles he used to speed up were abnormal. Watching him play I knew I wanted to try him out so I called out to Micheal.

"Yo mike let me get in real quick" I said before looking at the kid with

"Kagami what you been up to I ain't see you around since last time we played". Mike said before dapping me up.

"Yeah I been playing with my brother and his friends. At the park a few minutes from here." I said before walking up on the court.

"You can play lemme just get a spot open" Mike said before turning to Carlos and asking if he'd be alright with getting off for a second.

With Carlos off we could finally start the game so I checked up with the kid before backing up a bit and getting in a defensive stance.

Pov: Nes

I Watched the red head step back and get in a stance with both hands spread out. Realizing he was assuming I was a slasher build and didn't respect my jumper I immediately pulled the shot.

I saw him turn around and follow it as it went through the net perfectly before turning back to me in shock. Just because I've been attacking rim all game. They assumed I didn't have a jumper which felt disrespectful.

"If your gonna join the game at least step the fuck up, the guy before you had better defence then your weak ass". Pissed off I taunted him before catching the pass from my teammate and checking up again.

This time I could tell he took my shit seriously as he took a few steps forward before putting a hand up.

I started a slow tempo of dribble before speeding up with a crossover to his top foot.

He turned his body trying to stop me from attacking that side. Using that to my advantage I btl dribbled and blew past him to the right.

He chased me from behind as I attacked the rim. Not allowing him to catch up, I picked the ball up before jumping a little bit before I reached the paint. The defender in the paint jumped straight up trying to block me.

Going under his arm I dislocated my shoulder before flicking the ball under him. It flicked off the back board before falling straight into the net.

Relocating my shoulder I ran back to the top of the key. He had a fire in his eyes as he checked up with me without establishing a top foot.

Dribbling a few times with a slow tempo I looked straight into his face not implying which direction I would attack to. With the ball in my right dribbling I lifted my left foot off the ground.

Pausing with it suspended in the air like that I scissor stepped ( quickly exchanging your forward and bachward feet in a scissor type motion) towards the right. He stepped back while turning a little to stop me from dashing by. Seeing him recover that fast I snatched the ball back before pausing.

He took a step back because of the quick pull back before stepping forward trying to balance himself.

Seeing him off balance I whipped the ball in a wrap around dribble ( wrapping the ball around the back of your body) before dashing to the right side again.

Instead of attacking the rim I pulled up in the middy ( mid range inside the three point line outside the paint) before I could get the shot off I saw a hand appear in my vision.

Bull boy had somehow caught up and jumped high enough to get a hand on the ball. As I watched it fall to the ground I turned to the kid and saw him smirking at me before grabbing the ball and going to the top of the key to check up.