Do you want me to be truthful Hiroki Mori" An older man said with a fierce look " the truth is you don't have the same passion to improve as your teammates , and that's the very reason your bringing your peers down with you."
Those words had been stuck on the young boys head since then playing like a broken record player, those words hurt him more than any hit, worse than any insult, the cruel truth was painful but he knew the old man was right
"Hey, Hiroki come here we're playing scrimmage you don't wanna slack off do you?" said a tall teen about 6'5 at 16-17 years old, this was the team captain Tanaka shiro. He was a kind man always looking out for others. Maybe that was why he was so respected by everyone.
Hiroki instantly got up. He was ready to try his hardest if it meant improving, the team split into two groups the starters versus the bench.
Hiroki looked at his peers and tought ' ok I have Yagi the backup center and Touru the backup point guard it should be fine '
Tought Hiroki had grown during the summer growing from 5'10 to 6'4 this summer, he was still just the back up small foward and short when compared to people like taiga the starting center and yagi standing at a respectable 6'7 and 6'8.
When the match started taiga and yagi got ready for jump ball, taiga with a surprising athleticism for someone his size won the tip off. Shiro caught the ball and dribbled the ball down court, Hiroki got in a defensive position bending his knees slightly
Shiro seeing Hiroki guarding him pulled a hesitation move, making Hiroki step foward a little but was caught a back when he saw shiro do a crossover and drive to the basket for a quick dunk to start the game
He quickly apologized to his teammates, they didn't mind his slip up though, he was a freshman who had just recently joined the team no one could've blamed him
On offense yagi inbounded the ball to yuuto the backup shooting guard
Yuuto reaching the three point line called for a screen which he got from the backup power foward , yuuto then passed the ball inside to yagi who scored a post hook over taiga
On defense the starters answered with a step back 3 courtesy of Kira the shooting guard for the starters
Hiroki called for the ball two steps behind the three point line. He received the pass and got into a triple threat stance, shiro whom was guarding him took a step back not thinking he was gonna shoot it from that far out
Hiroki noticing he wasn't gonna close in shot the 3 and nailed it much to the shock of everyone, Hiroki had just joined the team a few weeks ago and had only been a mediocre player at best
The starters quickly got it over it though and went for their own midrange shot nailing it
The game continued like this until the buzzer rang. Although the bench team played good, the starters still had the edge in skill and experience winning the game 86-72 proving they were the better team
After the game shiro had 27 points and 9 rebounds, taiga had 19 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists scoring more than Half the teams points by themselves
The bench on the other hand had Hiroki with a respectable 16 points,6 rebounds and 4 assists. Yagi with 18 points and 11 rebounds and lastly touru with 12 points and 9 assists
Both teams headed towards the lockers after and talked for a while until it was time for dinner
Hiroki had been enjoying the basketball camp so much he didn't call home or his friends but not that it mattered since none of them bothered to either except a few.
At home his mother Kaede Mori and his sister Kanako Mori had been having the best time of their life's with a foreigner whom they had just met a few months ago. This foreigner was Tyson Williams from the US
Tyson had just arrived to Japan a year ago but he had been having an amazing experience since he arrived he had gotten with Hiroki's mom,sister,girlfriend, and best friend. Oh boy was he enjoying every moment of it while he could
he had slept with them all summer long sometimes all of them at once
Nao Hiroki's girlfriend who had dated him for years was hoping to start her highschool life on a high note and oh boy, that's exactly what she got. Although Tyson was her first, she doubted anyone else could give her this type of pleasure
Tyson had beaten up her boyfriend that just made her more attracted towards him after all he was already a athletic and attractive black man standing at 6'4 230 pounds who played for the schools football team
Though Hiroki was a cute and handsome young boy, he had just entered puberty and was only 5'10 with a slim athletic build good but not better than Tyson
At first she felt a bit guilty but it all faded not too long after, after all with his "superior" genes it was only a matter of time
Ayumu Hiroki's best friend had followed shortly after when the foreigner took her to the storage room where they indulged in some acts
She hoped she would never have to tell Hiroki of what happened because she said some pretty bad stuff in the heat of the moment and was to embarrassed to even try to remember
It's been 2 weeks since the scrimmage game and Hiroki had been improving at a fast pace compared to others showing great potential,
they had an upcoming game against shutoku high who was famous for their famous shooting guard shintaro midorima mostly know for his near perfect shooting and being know as a player from the "generation of miracles " so the whole team was focusing on the upcoming match
They had played against a lot of teams before but this would be the highest level of difficulty they had ever faced.