Hustler
Chapter 1 - Cheat
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"No, you're not thinking Sesshoumaru." snapped the old man, glaring at the young boy with him. The boy looked up at his mentor with frustrated eyes.
"What do you mean I'm not thinking? I made the shot, what more is there to this stupid game anyways?" the young Sesshoumaru replied, glaring both at the mentor and the pool table in front of him.
"It's not just about this shot. It's not even about the next one, although you obviously didn't consider that shot either. It's the shot after that. It's about thinking through all the shots you plan to make on your turn. It's about thinking what shots your opponent might make when you leave the cue somewhere. It's not enough to cheat the pocket on one shot if you can't make the next." replied the old man before pointing down to the pool table in front of him, "Yes, you made the 3, but the 3 is nothing. It holds no importance. When you made that 3 though, you didn't set up for the 4. At most, you'll be able to kick the cue ball into the 4, but you have no real chance of getting it go anywhere useful, and could potentially be leaving the table wide open for your opponent. Do that, and you could lose it all."
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A/N: Hi and welcome to my first story on Dokuga ^_^. This story's been rated MA for future content and just in case, because I don't wanna risk getting in trouble. It's been a while since I've written anything, so definetely please feel free to leave me any comments for stuff I can do. Since I'm working full time right now (something I'm not really used to) I decided to try and do a drabble series. I'll be following Riku Ryuu's Random Prompts challenge, although I might throw in stuff from other challenges if I feel like it. Who knows? It could go anywhere. Like I said, feel free to tell me anything you're thinking about the story. Hopefully I'll be posting a lot of drabbles to start it out, but I won't be sticking to any sort of regular update schedule.