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*~ Somewhere I Belong ~*
Chapter One
(The Meeting)
Summary: The Generation of Miracles have finished High School, and now Akashi wants to break their oath, but with Kuroko's light Kagami, having gone to America on a basketball scholarship to play NBA, and Kuroko's grandmother being gravely ill. Will he accept or decline the offer to play basketball again? With his former teammates. Please Read and Review!
Akashi sighed as he calculated his next move. Picking up another piece of delicately painted wood. Akashi let out a small smile as he gently placed the piece down. The resonance of wood against wood beckoned to him, and he knew he'd won. Akashi enjoyed playing shogi immensely, but it wasn't without heart break. At a young age his Mother had taught him how to play the strategic game, and he'd never been able to beat her. He continued to play shogi in her honour, and used it as a coping mechanism to get away from his self-preserved Father.
Akashi ran his fingers through his hair in annoyance. Since the entrance exams had come to an end. He couldn't help, but think about his former teammates. During that afternoon he'd spent majority of his time looking at different Universities. Until he came across the newly established Atsuno University, which was based in Sendai. Akashi thought it was perfect; it was a modern day University. Which offered a variety of degrees and courses, and had a low entrance score. So, even the most imprudent could join.
When Akashi told his Father of his plans to attend Atsuno University. His Father had exclaimed that he wanted his son to go to a more prestigious school. Then one that had been only newly established, and not as well acclaimed. Akashi was left fuming as his Father once again stated his disappointment in him, and brought up his loss at the Winer Cup against Seirin. During his first year of High School. Akashi explained that the loss was well deserved, but his Father didn't want his son to be a loser. However, what his Father didn't know is that losing to Seirin taught him that he couldn't just rely on himself. He needed his teammates too.
His Father also didn't know of the problematical decision. That he'd had since the ending of High School was now coming to an end. With the final plans coming into effect. The Generation of Miracles would band together, and be the best in Japan.
What was needed to be done was done.
All members of the Generation of Miracles had kept their promise, but now it was high time they reunited once again.
Kuroko sat on the edge of his bed running his hands through his teal hair. He had another restless night reading pamphlets about different Universities and courses. He had graduated High School two weeks ago, and he was now without his light Kagami. Who had decided to move back to America after receiving a scholarship to play NBA basketball.
Now, he had to make a decision over his own future. Which was becoming a problem.
He had always seen himself just playing basketball, but that couldn't be achieved. Not on a professional level with his physical ability and physique.
At least he had gotten a decent entrance score. He could go to University and be a teacher that had always been his alternative job, but he still held basketball in high regard. Basketball was his dream, it was what he lived for.
Nigou's ears pricked up suddenly as Kuroko's phone vibrated loudly on his bedside table. Kuroko picked up the phone, and unlocked the screen. His eyes widen in surprise as he read over the message, and his fingers fumbled over the key pad in a hurry to reply.
Kuroko quickly changed into a pair of black tracksuit paints, a white printed t-shirt and a jacket before putting on a pair of white training shoes. As he walked down the stairs he spotted his parents and Grandmother. At the dining table, eating breakfast with cups of green tea and coffee.
"Good morning, we made you some oyakodon."
"Sorry, but I've been summoned." Kuroko said, as he tied up his laces.
"By who?" his Mother asked.
Kuroko answered as he grabbed a piece of toast, "Akashi-kun it's important, and he hates not being obeyed." he said as he coated the toast in marmalade.
"Is that the Teiko boy?" his Father asked with a look of curiosity.
Kuroko nodded, "You know how I feel about him." his father said.
"I know, but I really must get going." he said, with a sense of urgency.
"Be back before lunch okay, we still have to visit those Universities." his Father called out to him.
Kuroko arrived at the Gengdeu Chida café looking rather pale and covered in sweat. Walking past the window Kuroko's stomach churned. As he saw his former teammates sitting idly in the booth looking at the café menu.
"Is Kurokocchi coming?" Kise asked with impending excitement.
"Kise I think that answers your question." Midorima said, as he pointed towards the teal haired boy who had just walked into the café.
"Tetsu –" Aomie paused looking rather flabbergasted, "You look awful." he replied.
It was true, Kuroko did look awful. He had dark bags under his eyes and his bed hair was more appalling then ever.
Kise couldn't help, but smile, "Kurokocchi you came!" Kise exclaimed, as he pulled him into a tight hug.
"Kise–kun please, let go of me." Kuroko pleaded, gasping for air under Kise's tight grip.
Kise erupted into tears, "I'm sorry Kurokocchi!" Kise wailed, suddenly realising that he could of killed Kuroko.
"Ryōta calm down!" Askahi yelled, his patience already wearing thin with the overexcited teen.
Kise wiped his tears on his sleeve, "Yes, Akashicchi." he muttered.
Kuroko waved it off, and sat down with the others.
"Hmm –" Akashi paused to look at his former teammates, "Daiki, Ryōta, Shintaro, Atsushi, and Testuya it's good to see you all again." Akashi said, with a slight smile.
"Why are we here Aka-chin?" Murasakibara asked, while munching loudly on some pre-brought snacks.
Midorima continued to watch the nineteen year old stuff his face with candy, "Seriously, Murasakibara your appetite really hasn't subsided at all, and neither has yours Aomine." Midorima stated annoyingly, as they hadn't even ordered off the menu yet.
"I haven't had breakfast yet Mido-chin." Murasakibara replied sadly, as he rummaged through his overwhelming stash.
Midorima gritted his teeth, "You're eating sweets for breakfast! The reason we are here is to order breakfast. Now, hand over the bag!" Midorima exclaimed, as he grimaced over his former teammate's unhealthy desire for candy.
The tension between the pair grew grew drastically as Murasakibara glared at Midorima, "If you take my sweets I'll crush you Mido-chin." Murasakibara replied angrily, as he instinctively guarded the paper bag with his overwhelmingly large stature.
Midorima clutched tightly onto his newest Oha Asa lucky item. Which happened to be a pair of baby blue coloured knitting needles.
Kise, Aomine and Kuroko gulped as the two looked ready to kill each other, but Akashi made no indication of trying to stop them from clawing at each other's throats. Much to the surprise of the other three.
"Excuse me, but if you are going to keep arguing. I am going to have to ask you to leave." the waitress said calmly.
Kise pouted slightly, "Aw, sorry about that Miss they didn't mean it." he said.
"Wait, your Kise Ryōta aren't you?" she asked in alarm.
"Yes."
"Oh my, can I please have your autograph?" she asked beginning to feel rather faint from just meeting every girls idol, Kise Ryōta, at her work place. Now, what where the chances of that?
"I think we should order don't you?" Akashi said, "order whatever you want, I'll pick up the bill."
"Akashi, can I order twenty cheeseburgers?" Aomine asked greedily.
The sound of contact could be heard.
"What, the hell was that for?" Aomine yelled, rubbing his head where Akashi had punched him.
"Daiki, be reasonable." Akashi said, as he glared at the dark blue haired teen.
"Oh, alright can I get ten then?" he asked pleadingly.
"Do you want him to punch you again Aomine-kun?" Kuroko muttered.
"Do you all want me to starve?" Aomine questioned.
"I'll get you a large meal with two cheeseburgers." Akashi said.
"Hmm - I guess that'll have to suffice." Aomine said.
Midorima sighed in annoyance, because he wasn't eating a proper breakfast. If his Father heard about this he'd probably have a heart attack.
"Sorry, about that Miss." Murasakibara said instinctively, as he was worried that they'd be kicked out of the restaurant before he would get to eat.
"Oh, don't worry about it." she said, as she focused her attention on Kise.
"Kise-chin I guess when your practically famous with hundreds of screaming fangirls. It has its advantages huh?" Muraskibara asked.
"Yeah, here's your autograph Miss." Kise said with a wide smile, "Oh, and my number if you need it." Kise quickly added with a wink.
The waitress cheeks turned a deep shade of red, "Oh, thank you! I'll go get your food." she said.
Akashi coughed, and could instantly feel the eyes of his former teammates on him. "As Atsusi pointed out you are all probably wondering, why I asked you here? So, I'll try to get to the point." he said calmly, "I made you all swear an oath that during our High School years that we would play on different teams, but now High School has ended. So, I'm breaking that oath."
"What?" They all exclaimed in shock.
"By going our separate ways we became stronger, and developed our potential, and through defeat thanks to Tetsuya we begun to appreciate basketball again."
"What are you getting at Akashi?" Aomine asked, clenching his fists in annoyance.
"I think it's time that we play basketball as a team again." he said calmly.
Akashi could see the shock in their faces especially Testuya's, but before they had time to comprehend his words he spoke again. "Before we discuss this however, I want to know what you want to do at University?" he asked.
"Akashicchi I wanna be a pilot could you imagine? I could become Captain Kise Ryōta." Kise said beaming at the thought.
"Aka-chin I want to be a chef so, I think I'll do some kind of hospitality course." Muraskibara said, as he continued to munch on some sweets.
"Akashi-kun I want to do a degree in teaching. I would like to teach kindergarten preferably." Kuroko said, as he sipped on his vanilla milkshake.
"I want to be a cop so, being a part of the law enforcement sounds good to me." Aomine said.
"Aomimecchi then you really could kick Haizaki's ass this time." Kise said with a small laugh.
"I guess so, but I don't really think I could arrest people just because I don't like them, and they act like dicks." Aomine said.
"What about you Shintaro?" Akashi asked.
"I want to do a degree in medicine, and then possibly a double degree in health science."
"Go figures." Murasakibara stated mockingly.
"Well, it's settled we'll all be joining Atsuno University in Sendai, Japan." Akashi said, suddenly feeling a sense of relief. He knew that his plan was falling into place, but something still didn't feel quite right. As he could sense the doubt through the use of his emperor eye.
"Aka-chin can you do hospitality courses at this University?" Murasakibura asked.
"Yes, every degree and course is catered for at Atsuno, and they have committees too." Akashi said, Murasakiura nodded, happy with the response, and then continued to eat.
"Ah, would you excuse me?" Kuroko asked quietly, while the others continued to talk loudly around him.
Akashi nodded, having only just managed to hear him over all the racket.
Kuroko got out of his seat, and instantly heaved a sigh of relief. As he managed to make it to the secluded bathroom in peace.
"Daiki go and make sure Tetsuya's okay. He seems to be a little on edge."
"Right, but Muraskaibara you better not touch those extra cheeseburgers. The waitress gave me, because I'm starving."
"Jeez, Tetsu what have you gotten yourself into." Aomine muttered to himself.
"I'm sorry… Aomine-kun… I can't do this… Not again." Kuroko mumbled so quietly, that Aomine could barely understand him through his cries.
"Tetsu you can't give up on us now." Aomine said, as he approached him.
"Just… Just get Akashi in here now!" Kuroko exclaimed, as his grip tightened against the ceramic basin.
"Tetsu…" Aomine muttered to himself. He felt useless, and hated seeing his friend look so down.
Aomine came out of the bathroom fuming, "Akashi, Tetsu needs you now!" he said, with a great amount of urgency in his voice.
Akashi got up quickly, "Daiki stay here with the others I'll handle this." he said.
"Aominecchi what happened? Is Kurokocchi gonna be okay?" Kise asked worryingly.
"He'll be okay, it's just -" Aomine paused with a sigh, "I feel as though histories's repeating itself." he stated solemnly as he sat down.
"Tetsuya what's wrong?" Akashi asked, as he came face to face with the shaken, pale faced boy.
"Akashi-kun I'm sorry, but I can't join you and the others..." he said through sobs.
"Tetsuya I know you've been vomiting. You haven't had a panic attack like his since Teiko."
"Actually I have." he said bluntly.
Akashi was shocked, "You've been doing this since Teiko?" he asked.
"Yes." Kuroko stated, "Although, nobody knows but you, and I'd like to keep it that way."
"Tetsuya wouldn't you parents of noticed your lack of eating?" Akashi questioned.
"They did to begin with, but now they've grown accustomed to it, and give me smaller portions which I can actually stomach."
"Right, and what about the vomiting?"
"They don't know about that." Kuroko said.
"I see, because by them giving you smaller portions it made you stop vomiting right?"
"Yes."
"Then what made you start today?" he asked.
"It's the pressure, Akashi-kun. I don't want to have to go through what happened at Teiko again."
"I can assure you Tetsuya It won't. We have all changed since our Teiko days."Akashi said reassuringly, "but there's something else that's bothering you though isn't there?" Akashi questioned.
Kuroko sighed, he hated Akashi's emperor eye, "It's my Grandmother she's… She's very ill… And I don't want to leave her."
"I see, but Tetsuya my orders are absolute." Akashi said. He wasn't just about to let his phantom sixth man slip away like this.
"Akashi-kun..." Kuroko said, practically pleading with him.
"Alright, Tetsuya, here's the deal I'll let you sleep on it, and I'll call you in the morning." he said, knowing that if he was to get Tetsuya to join him, he'd have to give him some leeway to make him feel at ease.
"Thank you Akashi-kun." Kuroko said, as he wiped his tears on his sleeve. Much to the annoyance of Akashi who handed him a handkerchief.
"Now, let's go join the others." Akashi said, as Kuroko finished tidying himself up.
Two years later! And I have finally decided to upload this story. It's been a rather long and tedious project, as I've been battling other persistent plot bunnies! Haha :)
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