Dead or Alive

Pairings: GoM x Kuroko

Summary:

In the southern part of Texas, lies the Generation of Sheriffs. They're the most feared group of Sheriffs in an old town called Teiko. They have a great reputation since all of them had outstanding individual skills. Town Mayor, Riko, gave a rather cunning mission for them. To find the phantom thief on the loose nearby.

Author's Notes:

Well, this is definitely the first time that I would write Action. I'd rather write Drama or Romance but I can't help it! I was listening to this song by BonJovi, 'Dead or Alive' and I really liked it. I like the cowboy feel in it and I imagined Kuroko no Basket right away. I hope you all like Modern Western AU because I honestly don't know how the old western style works. I just imagined Modernized Westerners have knives, daggers and swords than all those pistol shizz. They might even have later blasters, whoa, that sounds cool o.o

Anyways, please inform me if this chapter Has grammar errors and stuffs. I'm still young, fifteen years old to be exact and I know, I suck at grammars and shiz.

please read my other stories from Kuroko no Basket too, I'm planning to make a series but this story isn't included. Read them only if you like drama and you can tolerate it xD

Enjoy~

A series of shadows darted around the darkness. The moonlight's rays reflecting either their eyes or their polished Desert Eagles. And if you have very observant eyes, you could've spotted five different colored orbs; blue, green, yellow, purple and red, darting about here and there. Footsteps quickly stepping at the grassy ground getting nearer and nearer.

The lone thief stopped his fast tracks and let his eyes wander rather quickly among the old deserted part of the town. Yes, the exit of this town may be near him already, but he knew that the sheriffs never planned to let him go that easily just yet. The masked person heard fast footsteps once again getting nearer and tried to lower down his breathing to ensure safety.

The footsteps stopped. He waited for a while, until slow crushing leaves by the footsteps can be heard again. His breath hitched when a bullet grazed his cheek, leaving a deep scratch and blood. His eyes widened as he finally let it all out. He took his gun from his leather buckle and pointed it at the direction of where the bullet came from, and with no warning nor any hesitation at all, he shot straight through the darkness. He ran as fast as he can, away from the darkness of the area until he can see the edge of the town. There, he can see the moonlight illuminating the sand, sparkling even in the tiniest bit.

"Target's at the north-eastern edge. You'll know who he is. Watch out though, he has a gun."

"I don't wanna but okaaaaay~"

"Roger that, Akashicchi!"

"Yah whatever. I'll beat the shit out of him for almost shooting at me."

"Don't be foolish and get moving already. My lucky item for tomorrow is waiting at the junk shop nearby."

Voices and replies of approval came from the shadows of different colored orbs as they appeared nearer and nearer to their target.

It was until the blue orb spotted their prey, he ran faster until he was near, but quiet as a shadow. With pure swiftness, he took out his silent Desert Eagle and pointed it at the upper torso of his prey and shot it.

Unfortunately, it missed because the thief ran slower out of instincts when he heard the gunshot. He stopped completely and also cocked his gun upwards and shot at the direction, which only spiraled in thin air.

The thief eyed the blue orbed figure and turned the other way, which was blocked by a blonde, yellow orbed figure with a dagger in his hand. The blonde dashed forward and took out another dagger from his pocket and slashed it at the thief. The wounded stepped back and fully dodged it, but the blondie didn't give up yet.

His yellow orbs sparked and held his dagger tighter and raised it backward. He let it direct towards the prey to stab at the mask covered face but dodged it. Turned out, it was a fake and a killing aura can be felt at his right, the thief saw another dagger stab at him.

As if by slow motion, the thief's instincts twitched once again and he crouched down low as the knife stabbed nothing but at least a few strands of his hair. He rolled to the ground and ran away as fast as he could in the other direction, leaving the blonde.

The other direction was no good either. Now, he can see a huge, and I mean a HUGE purple orbed figure running at him with a chained spiked metal ball being swirled above the purple haired giant.

It was quite terrifying for him. It was until the swinging of the metal ball slowed down and was directed at him then his fear broke and survival only left in his wide eyes. He turned to his left and the metal ball cracked the cemented floor next his feet, one of the spikes grazing a bloodied line in his legs and pants.

The thief took his dagger out and charged at the giant. His knife dug at the giant's upper right arm and blood dribbled out of the newly mad wound, staining a bit of his white tanks. The purple orbs darkened and a growl was heard.

"That hurt." A deep terrifying voice said as a big hand grabbed his neck and squeezed it ever so tightly. The thief choked and coughed, he was thrown to the side at a far distance.

The thief held his scratched side and opened his eyes only to be met by another crackening crunch next to his face, and the spiked metal ball buried at the ground next to him also. His eyes widened and stood up, running away as fast as he can for like, the hundredth time this night.

He ran and ran until he felt he was safe, somewhere in an alley-like part of the town. He did feel safe, but the truth is he isn't, not at all.

A green orb behind glasses took a barrel full of three bullets and with a clink, the barrel went inside the hole. He clicked it close and cocked the gun silently. His aim directed at the thief, his bandaged hands wandered until it felt a familiar switch where one push can end a life.

He took a deep breath, and shot the first shot, which missed. It wasn't a surprise though, Cancers were said to have bad luck this week said by Oha-Asa herself.

The thief's face paled. He just heard a gunshot and felt that as if it was meant for his chest. His breath quickened and looked around.

*bang*

'Another one? Seriously? Where did it come from?!' No. This wasn't the time for looking around. He had to run away from here. Far far away. But no, those monsters wouldn't let that happen with this thing in his hands. And this thing is the big and slightly heavy sack behind him.

It was filled with the most expensive golds, diamonds, rubies and other expensive stones from a fancy jewelry shop at the town square and it wasn't just a big deal to the people there. It was a huge deal, they'd bet their life on it.

After a long while, another bang was heard, and now, he can feel a bullet cut at least five strands of his hair at the impact. He jumped and threw the sack on the wall. He put his hands up.

"There! You can have that! I give up, please let me go already! I cant deal with this!" He screamed at the top of his lungs that made another shot that was supposed to hit his head in the future stop. Those bandaged hands lowered down his shotgun and chuckled. "He gives up, Akashi. What do we do now?"

"When he runs away, take the sack and order both Ryouta and Daiki to take it back to the jeweler."

With a nod, the glasses guy with green orbs turned back and waved, "Go easy on him, will you?" And he left in the corner.

"Don't worry. I never planned to go easy on anyone at all." Comes the reply with a smirk. Red and gold orbs glinting in amusement.

As predicted, the thief ran away after no response from the hidden gun or anywhere at all. The silence told him simply to go and get the hell out. He ran and ran until he passed by the opening of the alleyway, the only way out.

"Where do you think you're going?" A deep but smooth voice asked sweetly. The thief froze as the mask in his head was sliced off, the bonnet cut into two and fell to the ground. It revealed silver hair and a fear-stricken face. "Haizaki~"

"Akashi..." The thief, also known as Haizaki, growled as he turned his head back to face him. 'Akashi' just smiled bittersweetly at him, heterochromatic eyes glowing at the illuminating moonlight.

"How many months has it been? Two? Three? Maybe a year?"

"One month, Akashi."

"Oh, I deeply apologize. I forgot everything and the only thing in my mind was to put you in my number one list of 'Must Kill' people."

Haizaki shuddered at the way Akashi said that. A slow gleam of light wandered at the elevating throwing knife in Akashi's hand. The silver haired stepped back and got ready to run away.

"Don't even try." A gun was cocked in Haizaki's temple, the cold barrel touching the tense skin making it tenser.

"Atsushi, you're late." Akashi pointed out rather softly.

"Ah, sorry Aka-chin. I got wounded by him. Now I want to crush him. Can I crush him now?" Murasakibara replied lazily, yawning but the gun still in Haizaki's temples.

"Patience, Atsushi. You may do whatever you want with him later in the torture cell."

"Hey! Can't you just let me go?! I'll never bother you guys or this town ever again!" Shouted a desperate Haizaki. He is truly desperate to escape since he already knew what the torture cell is and how they do it.

Akashi chuckled. He took steps forward towards Haizaki, every step making Haizaki sweat a nervous drop.

"You see, I never reconsider, I never forgive, and I never pity anyone, at all. Whether I kill them or they kill me, those are the only choices. But there are some instances that I can never let that certain someone kill me, or simply hurt me. It would be a huge wound to my pride and we wouldn't want that don't we? So why don't you just cooperate and come with us so that no one gets hurt?" Akashi said with trepidity and a smooth, clear voice that it sounded so scary that Haizaki could just die.

Well, if words could kill, Haizaki would've been dead by now. Fingers lifted Haizaki's chin up to face Akashi and stare at those terrifying heterochromatic eyes. Said eyes glinted in heavy intimidation as the redhead growled lowly. His smirking mask finally fell.

"I will never forgive you, Haizaki Shougo. If only I had the guts, I can kill you right here, right now."

The fingers lowered down as the red and gold eyes calmed down. "But I can't. Because I have rules and a fate to follow."

"Akachin. Let's go now." Murasakibara's voice wasn't lazy nor scary anymore, but normal. He grabbed Haizaki's shoulders and led him at the only entrance and exit of the alleyway. Akashi sighed, "So in the end, I did go easy on you once again."

Haizaki struggled no more, since he was frozen at the bold statement of Akashi. He knew. He knew what he did to Akashi and Akashi had the right to kill him for it. But the said redhead didn't. He didn't or even never, wanted to kill Haizaki. Akashi just wanted him to suffer. He glanced at Akashi as they led him to the town Sheriff Headquarters.

Glancing a look at Akashi, he was surprised to see Akashi looking at him too. Akashi looked down with an unreadable look in his face.

"You know Sho-chan. I still think of you as a friend."

Haizaki's eyes widened at how Akashi called him. 'Sho-chan...'

'Sho-chan! Lets play! See? There's no sun!'

'Sho-chan! That's a cute name!'

'I'm happy to be your friend, Sho-kun!'

"Me too, Sei-chan." Said Haizaki with a smile on his face.

"Just who was he, Akashi?"

"Yeah Akashicchi! Why didn't you torture him?"

"No fair! I was tortured by you many times but why didn't you torture him?!"

"I heard he was Aka-chin's friend~"

"You all have no business over that. You'll find out who he is later on anyways."

All of them went silent at the reply except the crunching of crispy churros and the slight noise of the maracas brought by a certain green-headed carrot.

Well, first of all, introductions.

Akashi, the leader of the Sheriff group, he formed the group at least a year ago. His speciality is, well, everything. Throwing knives, guns, daggers, swords, anything! Name it and he knows. One thing, he also likes playing shogi. If you asked him what job he'd take if he didn't become a sheriff, he would want to be an international Shogi Player.

Murasakibara, the cook and the big man of the group. He's terrifying, in simple words, he is the monster of the group. He joined because he's bored. His speciality is his precious chained spiked metal ball that he swings around when he's in the job or when he felt like it. He's also capable of using his Desert Eagle, but his aim is pretty off.

Aomine is pretty much the ace of the group. Or the one who killed or captured mostly, seconding from Akashi though. He joined because he had the skills and he's bored. His speciality is his twin guns and his shurikens that he had picked up from the Japanese Region. His speed is outstanding as well as his reflexes. But outside of fighting, he's just a stubborn idiot.

Kise may be the newbie of the group, but he has captured a handful of criminals already, all on his own. He became a sheriff out of admiration to a certain tanned sheriff. His speciality is clinging to people and being loud. No, his speciality is his twin daggers and his copycat abilities. He can copy almost anything, if an enemy did a deadly move on him, he would make it deadlier back at the enemy.

Midorima is like the manager or the Vice President of he group. He had to manage the money they earn, with a little help from Akashi of course because the remaining members are all jugheads and would mess up with just a touch. He joined because, well, Akashi is there and he will follow Akashi forever and be his left hand man till death. His speciality is guns. Different kinds of guns since his accuracy is outstanding.

The only reason why Midorima missed his shot on Haizaki is that because of the look on Akashi's eyes as he cocked his gun. Oh, and he's an Oha-Asa freak who worships horoscopes as if it was life itself. If one could marry horoscopes, it would be Midorima then.

Back to the present thoughts, they were walking at the almost rotting hallways of the mayor's building. They really had to repair the entire building. They were summoned by the mayor for a very important mission. Very important that the reward money is pretty high than the average, which is unusual.

Well, they had no complaint since they (Akashi) was definitely sure that they (once again, Akashi) could do it. They (Akashi) are absolute.

They reached the big doors of the mayor's office. Akashi opened the door with a creak and glanced around inside.

The insides of the office was nothing like the outside of the office, it was completely organized, the walls wasn't wood but cement. Simple ceramic vases enhanced the room, giving it a feel. So much for this unusual room, also for their unusual mayor.

Unusual because, their mayor is a girl. A sixteen-year-old girl. Why? Because her father retired a little too early since he said it was 'too much work'. Lazy bastard. Well, they, meaning the whole town, never complained though. She pretty much saved the whole town.

"Right on time, as usual!" A loud voice said, belonging to a brunette sitting next to the mayor's main desk. The brunette smirked and gestured them to come in.

Once they have settled down, Akashi was first to speak. "So, what's this so-called important mission Aida?" He questioned as he lifted his hand to rest his cheek in it.

Riko pouted, "What an informal way of addressing your mayor Akashi kun! You should all treat me with respect you know?" She complained.

"We don't really care." They all replied in unison.

"Seriously!" Riko grumbled and became all playful. Something clicked in her head and her pouting face immediately became serious. "About the mission. This is incredibly important. You've heard about the kidnapping of the other town's mayor's daughter, Momoi Satsuki, am I right?"

All five nodded in unison. Riko nodded in agreement too.

"Yes yes, it was very traumatic for our dear mayor in the town. The mayor that doesn't want to cooperate with us into an alliance to expand our trades. And we want to leave a good impression don't we?"

"So, Rikocchi, if we take back the mayor's daughter, maybe they can reconsider the alliance treaty?" Kise questioned as his golden eyes sparkled in interest.

Riko clapped her hands and pointed at Kise, "Correct! And out trades in other towns are pretty low so we don't have that much of a budget! This mission wouldn't be too hard on you all right? Unless, you're too chicken. This reward wouldn't really upset you guys right?" She slapped a paper in the table, facing them.

The paper contained; 'WANTED: Phantom Thief. Dead or Alive. Reward: 2,000,000$'

They all gaped, except Akashi at the reward money.

"They raised it?! Last time I saw it was only, like, seven hundred thousand dollars!" Aomine spluttered.

"I can buy a lot of snacks with these~" Murasakibara all but munched harder on his snacks.

"Not bad." Akashi smiled, impressed. Not bad.

Riko nodded. "I don't really care about the price money. You can have it all. I just want you to take back Momoi Satsuki-chan and the phantom thief."

"It won't be too hard, right Midorimacchi?"

"Are you an idiot? It may sound easy but it's definitely hard."

"Shintarou. Are you implying that we can't do it?" A certain redhead's menacing voice cutted through Midorima's soul. The carrot shuddered, "Of course we can do it."

"Well. I'm leaving it all up to you Sheriffs. And here, I also have something for you to have a clue." Riko slapped another paper in front of them.

In the paper, there is a picture of an old looking man with wide terrified eyes and blood splattered in the sides. In the background, you can see a boy with a mask covered head and the blue coloured eyes with a killing intent in it. Blood is splattered more and a flash of light can be seen reflected in the dagger that was buried in the old man's side.

"This was taken from an old-fashioned camera two weeks and was found in the investigations of the murdered jeweler from another nearby town. The man or boy in is picture is being investigated and the sheriffs tried to find him, but they found no one. I hope this can be a clue to you."

They all stared at the gory picture in the table and Akashi took it, folded it and put it inside his pants pocket. "Thank you for the evidence material. I believe that we should go now and refresh our heads for tomorrow. Until next time Aida." He gestured for all of them to stand up. They all left the office with the creak of the door, but before Akashi could fully close it, Riko called out to him.

"Oh and Akashi-kun?"

"Yes Aida?"

"You will be working with someone from another Sheriff branch in the other town.

His name is Kuroko Tetsuya."

Author End Notes:

I forgot to mention that this story will also have drama, mostly on Akashi and Haizaki's relationship and NO. THEY ARENT THE MAIN PAIRING AND THEY NEVER WILL BE, unless you want them to be just a little bit XD.

Want me to continue? Please review then and tell me your critiques~ ohgosh how do you spell that xD

see you next chapter!~