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"That Inner Demon"
SUMMARY: Slight AU! Kuroko is a young basketball player and singer, and is now getting more and more famous. But with his recent popularity-gained an obsessed serial killer as a stalker. Enter the GoM, who volunteered to be his bodyguards despite the checkered past he has with them when they were still in Middle School. (Lastly, enter our naughty Cupid/Love.) [GoMxKuro] READ AND REVIEW!
Chapter One:
"You say I'm crazy
'Cause you don't think I know what you've done.
But when you called me baby,
I know I'm not the only one."
With a very cold and calm voice, the audiences swayed and sang-along as the performer in front took hold of the microhphone and reached the higher notes. With a natural skip of different tones, his voice sounded like an angel singing inside the hall as his listeners closed their eyes and swayed along with the song's tune.
"I have loved you for many years
Maybe I am just not enough
You've made me realize my deepest fear
By lying and tearing us up"
He opened his eyes and found some of his female audiences crying silently as they sang along.
He made a small smile and lowered his voice's volume. He then realized that almost everyone inside the concert arena was crying silently as they sang along and swayed.
"You say I'm crazy
'Cause you don't think I know what you've done
But when you call me baby
I know I'm not the only one
I know I'm not the only one
I know I'm not the only one
And I know...
I know I'm not the only one."
As his picked song ended, he lowered the microphone before placing it back in front of his mouth. "I hope you liked my cover of Sam Smith's 'I'm Not the Only One.'" He whispered. Some nodded and just smiled. "I don't know the reason for your tears. They may just be because of the song's message or perhaps because of something related or connected to this song. Your reason, I will never know."
He paused and then smiled. "You're the only one. There'll always be someone that deserves you. Don't let your life revolve around someone who doesn't deserve even a single second of your life." He said, and then bowed. As his audiences squealed, he quickly turned and ran back in the backstage.
He heaved a sigh of relief as his manager, Momoi Satsuki, closed the door right after he entered. "Gaaaah! Tetsu-kun, that's a lot of fans you've gained again today!" She exclaimed. She then grinned. "Dai-chan is popular too, at school, but you're way more popular." She mumbled.
Aomine's name made the atmosphere a little tense.
"That's one of the taboo names, Momoi. Did you forget again?" A voice asked from behind them.
"Kagami-kun!" Momoi greeted. "Geeez, where have you been? I thought you could have made a duet with Tetsu-kun with this one."
Kagami shrugged. "Excuse me, but being a basketball player and singer is difficult." He grunted, and approached his partner. "Hey, Kuroko."
Kuroko raised his head and smiled slightly. "How's it been, Kagami-kun? I skipped school again."
"Yeah, I did, too." Kagami replied. "We cannot help it. The school, itself, knows that we work as singers and basketball players for living. Money doesn't just come out of nowhere after all."
Momoi watched as the two talked about serious stuff she would never be able to relate with. Especially that it concerned Seirin High. A school Too, her school, was against with when it comes with basketball.
So she just checked Kuroko's schedule as the freshmen duo chatted behind her.
Kagami Taiga. A transferee from America. He entered Seirin High School few months ago. He joined the Basketball Team and because of his potentials, he became its' ace. He even succeeded on being on-par with the members of the Generation of Miracles.
Generation of Miracles. This is the group of five prodigy basketball players of Teiko years ago who grabbed the championship effortlessly for three years consecutive. These five members separated and entered different schools when they turned high school; and that was why in this year's InterHigh and Winter Cup—Seirin and these five individuals' teams went against one another. And Seirin prevailed among all.
And Kuroko Tetsuya. Kagami's partner. He was the phantom player of the Generation of Miracles, who resigned before their very last game as Middle Schoolers. He entered Seirin High because he thought that its' members would teach him what true basketball was—and he was correct. He joined the Basketball Team and became Kagami's shadow slash partner. This made them the freshmen duo.
The reason on why the members of the Generation of Miracles, Kuroko and Kagami didn't get along well was because of a past experience Momoi had no idea of.
After few minutes, Kuroko readied himself for his interview.
A gray-head middle-aged woman and cameraman entered the backstage after about five more minutes and started filming.
"Good morning, Mr. Kuroko."
Kuroko nodded. "Good morning…"
About six questions, which Momoi and Kagami didn't care about, was asked before the main topic began:
"Well, let's see…With your angelic voice, you are becoming more and more popular. Your fans' videos of you are becoming viral and slowly you get more and more requests for your presence. How does this make you feel especially that you just began few weeks ago?" She inquired.
"Surprised, because I just sang back then for my manager's auntie's request. I didn't expect that a video of mine will become viral." He answered.
The woman nodded. "I see. Well then, why did you accept your manager's auntie's request to sing? Why were you there back then?"
Kagami sighed. "Opening up a healing wound, huh."
Momoi shakily laughed beside him as they watched Kuroko being interviewed. "Yeah, cannot be avoided. It's a usual question for him now."
Kuroko took a deep breath, and looked at Kagami. The red-head nodded in encouragement. "Weeks after the Winter Cup, it was as if my life was washed up with misfortunes. I was having a simple day until my phone rang and the one on the other line told me my parents and grandma were dead. Dead on arrival after a sleepy truck driver crashed his truck with my parents' car while they were going shopping for my favorite dish." He began and smiled a little.
"Oh my, I'm sorry to hear that…"
He shook his head, and resumed, "So all of their fortunes were passed onto me, but I couldn't get much of it until I turned eighteen. So I needed to work – for some of my personal expenses- as I studied and played on competitions. My co-members tried their best to help, but they couldn't always do this. They had their own lives to live, so I concluded that I needed a job."
This made the interviewer more interested. "Yes, yes, and then?"
He looked at the ceiling. "Then, I texted my friends whom I could ask. It was just a suggestion from Momoi-san, my manager now, that I sing for her auntie's surprise party to her husband. It was his 50th birthday back then. I was waiting for more job offerings I could find, but found none, so I got no other choice and tried it."
She nodded. "Yes, Kuroko-kun. I see."
"And then lastly, I memorized the suggested songs of Momoi-san, and like her prediction, her uncle asked for those songs to be sung by me. Being in front of many people scared me, but I tried my best. I didn't know Momoi-san filmed me, and uploaded it on Youtube and Facebook, just for memories. After that, some began to ask for my autographs and presence for concerts." He finished.
His interviewer squealed. "Wow, what surprises huh!" She exclaimed. "You're a student, a basketball player from the now-well-know Seirin High and a viral singer. I hope that more blessings be bestowed upon you, Kuroko-kun!"
The teal-head smiled slightly. "I sure hope so too. And thank you."
"Ohhhh, last one question!" She gasped. "What of your old friends? Do they still contact you? Are you still close with them?"
He frowned. "Old friends?"
She smiled. "Generation of Miracles."
This brought a tense atmosphere, again, around the backstage.
Kagami clicked his tongue in annoyance and whispered to the cameraman, "Pause it."
The cameraman paused it after seeing the menacing aura the red-head had around him.
Kagami then went behind the seated Kuroko, and looked at the interviewer. "I'm sorry, but please do not mention that name or any of its' members name in front of him. Some things happened…and it's nothing that you should know of. It doesn't really help if he remembers them as well after you asked about his dead relatives."
Understanding his explanation, she turned towards the cameraman, "Delete that part. Start from here."
The cameraman nodded and did so as she said. "Filming will resume in three, two and one! Go!"
She then took Kuroko's hands. "It's great knowing you. I sure hope that I get to interview you again because your answers are very interesting."
He nodded back. "It's great knowing you, as well. Thank you for your time."
After few more advertisements and endorsements of his contact information and whereabouts, the interviewer and cameraman smiled, and quickly departed.
Momoi shakily laughed as she hugged Kuroko, who turned quiet right after the interview. "Cheer up, Tetsu-kun! They didn't mean it!"
He looked up and nodded. "Thank you for being so kind enough to both manage the Too Basketball Club and my schedules as well, Momoi-san. It must be tough. Sorry."
She squealed when he patted her head. "N-N-N-N-N-No problem!" She stuttered. "By the way, here's our pay for today's performance. Many sure came, which made our profit bigger than expected." She then handed him an envelope. "I took my part, just like you insisted."
Kuroko accepted it, and placed it inside his sling bag. "Thank you, once again." His emotionless eyes surprisingly showed gratitude.
She nodded with red cheeks. "I-It's nothing. It's my way of helping you especially on times that they can't and don't want to." She gasped when her phone rang in her hand. "Excuse me." She mumbled and ran out of the room.
Which left the freshmen duo alone together.
Kagami approached Kuroko and bent in front of the latter, so that they would be on the same level. "You turned quiet."
"I'm always quiet."
"You turned quieter." Kagami corrected with a smirk. He reached and caressed Kuroko's cheek. "I'm sure you're exhausted. School then we practiced a little, and then you disappeared and performed here." He murmured.
"I am…I am exhausted." Kuroko admitted.
Kagami nodded. "I'll get you something to drink, then—" As he began to turn around, his partner grabbed his wrist and stopped him. He turned back around in surprise.
Kuroko stood up and clung onto Kagami's shirt's hem. "Don't go yet."
Tempted, Kagami was about to pull Kuroko and kiss him when the room's lights suddenly turned off. Due to the darkness, both gasped. "What the heck?"
There were rustles and rattles, and after a little while—the lights turned back on again.
Kagami frowned. "Just what the hell happened?" He mumbled.
"K-Kagami-kun, what's that?" Kuroko murmured as he walked towards the door. He removed the envelope taped on the wooden door. "There was a letter left here. It wasn't here earlier.
"Must be from a fan. Geeez." Kagami grunted. "Rip it open to be sure."
Kuroko nodded and tore the envelope. He then took out the folded paper, and loudly read its contents for Kagami's benefit:
Dear Kuroko Tetsuya,
Your angelic voice truly captivated me.
Your innocent face and expressions amuse me.
Your simple smile astonishes me.
Your tender eyes amaze me.
And your way of playing basketball turns me on.
I've been following you ever since you entered Seirin High School Basketball Club.
But I can't confess because you'll hate me. Super hate me.
That's why I decided to become your stalker instead.
I want you.
I want to ravish you.
I want to eat you up.
I want your body.
I want you so badly I could kill you.
Wait…I'll kill you. That's right. That was actually why I wrote this letter.
I wanna let you know that I love and idolizes you so much that I get jealous with others approaching you, so with any open opportunity you'll accidentally give me, I'll kidnap you, eat you up and then kill you. So that you'll only be mine.
It's your own fault a demonic maniac slash serial killer fell for you. You're so adorable.
You know me. I know you. That's the only clue I will ever leave you.
Be careful because I'm just always around you.
Yours, X.
Goosebumps raised on his arms as he read the letter, but he shivered in fear upon seeing the way the sender placed his signature on it. He used blood for making the letter 'X.'
"What the fuck?" Kagami growled. "Who could that be?"
"T-There's no CCTV being used around this area of the arena, so we cannot check it. From what I saw, there was no one anymore outside except Momoi-san, but I think she went somewhere farther because I couldn't hear her right after the lights turned off. Which means this person truly planned it well, and waited for an open time to do his plan to give me this threat letter." Kuroko mumbled. "Do you think he's serious?"
Kagami grabbed the paper and crashed it. "He is. I can feel that he's super serious. I can feel that whenever he will find the opportunity, he will take you away…What the heck?" He cursed.
"I have a serial killer as a stalker…" The teal-head mumbled in disbelief.
"You need bodyguards." Kagami concluded.
Kuroko shook his head in obvious protest. "Bodyguards cost a lot, Kagami-kun. I cannot afford to spend any penny for not-so-important things." The phantom player panicked. A little
Kagami sighed. "I cannot pay much, as well. I have to budget my allowance after all. Especially after I got scolded with my grades by my parents and was given just enough budget for the things I need."
Kuroko stared at the ground. "It's fine. I'll be fine."
"You aren't. Did you forget? He was following you ever since we entered Seirin! He knew you for so long! He wouldn't use his own blood if he's not super serious."
The teal-head took a deep breath. "I'll just be careful."
"But that's one of your weaknesses: carelessness." Kagami pointed out. He placed a hand on his partner's head to comfort the phantom player. "I sure hope I can be your bodyguard, but I cannot be with you twenty-four seven."
Kuroko turned quieter.
"WAIT, NO! NO WAY!" They heard Momoi shout from right outside the door. "Kyyyyaaa!"
They stepped backwards in surprise when the door slammed open.
"We volunteer." Five voices said in unison. "We volunteer to be your bodyguards."
Both Kagami and Kuroko gasped upon seeing Kise Ryouta, Aomine Daiki, Midorima Shintarou, Murasakibara Atsushi and the Emperor, himself, Akashi Seijuuro outside the door with sober expressions.
The five persons Kuroko tried so hard to avoid and pretend to never exist were now volunteering to guard him in some way or another.
A/N: Well, yeah, lame storyline. Gaaaah! But I liked this idea so much! B-b-b-b-b-ut I don't know how to start it, so it came out like this.
I am so sorry if it didn't suit your taste.
I was trying to make something new.
IMPORTANT QUESTION: GoMxKuro? KagaxKuro or AkaxKuro?
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SNEAK PEEK:
"Just accept our offer." Akashi ordered.
"I didn't ask for you guys to offer this. You can go away and pretend like I don't exist. Again." Kuroko replied with cold tone.
The red-head's eyes turned darker than their original shade. Everyone stiffened when his signature smirk went out along with his arms crossing in front of his chest. "You're in danger. A serial killer is after you. No one can guard you twenty-four seven. You cannot pay a single penny for useless things. That's why we're offering something anyone would have already accepted." He scowled. "Don't pretend like you're so strong, Tetsuya. On times like this, you need to lower down your ego and—"
Everyone in the room gasped when the unexpected happen:
Kuroko's palm made hard contact with Akashi's cheek.
Kuroko Tetsuya just slapped Akashi Seijuuro. Hard.
