A/N: I haven't even finished my other story, yet I couldn't stop myself from writing about basketball dorks instead of tennis dorks... Now, I'm not as well versed in KnB as I am with other manga and shows (I haven't even finished the manga or started the second season!) but I figured I may as well have this on here before I accidentally lose it.
Thanks for reading, and please, tell me if I can improve on the characteristics/personalities of these basketball nerds we've all come to adore. :)
"Home sweet home." Kagami Taiga stretched after the long plane ride from Toukyou.
"It must be good to be back in Los Angeles after so long." Kuroko Tetsuya mentioned as he stepped off the flight's gates, they were waiting for everyone to catch up from behind. Select members of Seirin, Touou, Kaijou, and Shuutoku had come along for a special Los Angeles event.
"Oi, Kagamicchi, we should go to the beach~!" Kise Ryouta brought his arms around Kuroko and Kagami, smiling brightly as a pair of girls walked by and giggled.
Midorima Shintarou was as disgusted as ever, "You never could concentrate, could you?"
His question came out more like a statement, and Takao Kazunari had to strip his eyes away from the same pair of girls so as not to look as bad as Kise at the moment.
"You're not here for the sights, we're here for the basketball exposition." Aida Riko pointed out to the teams, "Now, Kagami-kun, where's the representative of the exposition meeting with us?"
"E-eto..." Kagami suddenly looked as if he had nothing to do with the matter, and tried to look around as if he were innocent.
"...You didn't call them to meet with us, did you?"
"I-I didn't know that I was in charge of arranging that..."
"BAKAGAMI!"
"Well then, it's good we got all that cleared up!" Riko cheerfully skipped along the baggage claim, not minding the fear coming from the teenage boys behind her. Kagami, on the other hand, pouted at the red hand mark on both his cheeks.
"Riko-chan is scarier than I expected, Tetsu-kun." Momoi Satsuki whispered to her love.
Kuroko's monotonous answer began to scare the other players into thinking this was normal behavior, "Actually, she's gotten angrier about smaller things before this. I believe she went easy on Kagami-kun."
"Easy? She almost pulled my ear off at the end!"
"But it was your fault that we weren't able to meet the exposition representative on time."
"Kuroko!"
Nigou barked to agree with Kuroko, making Kagami jump back in fright, "W-what is Nigou doing in your bag?"
"I wanted to bring him along with us."
"Oi, Kagami, hurry up and update the representative, we don't want to be stuck in the airport forever." Hyuuga Junpei ordered.
Kagami nodded, "Aah, right."
'Though, I wouldn't be surprised if-'
His phone beeped, and Kagami was surprised to read the text.
'Watch out.'
"Taiga~!"
"Huh- oof!"
A girl with blonde, waist length pigtails waved and tackled Kagami from behind, latching onto him and wrapping her arms around his neck. She laughed with delight, and her childlike, blue eyes shone brightly down as she observed the Japanese players, "Hoouu~, so these are the Japanese players that pushed you to your limit!"
"Stephanie! Get off my back, dammit! Steph!" Kagami tried to pull her off, but she remained tightly clutching behind him, giggling all the while. A few blushes spread across the cheeks of a few of the boys, as they saw Stephanie's breasts push up against Kagami's back.
"Stephanie."
The girl's giggles stopped, and Kagami was an infinite amount of times calmer when they heard the authoritative voice. Stephanie slid off Kagami's back, and the two straightened their postures as another girl came into view. While Stephanie had somewhat childish, animated features, the blonde, blue eyed girl in front of them now was taller, more mature in looks, and much more serious.
"Konnichiwa." She greeted, "I apologize for my sister's behavior. My name is Natasha Garcia, it's nice to meet you."
"Yo, Nat." Kagami nodded in greeting.
"Garcia... ne, isn't that the same as that American basketball master that trained Kagami for the Winter Cup?" Koganei Shinji asked.
Kagami nodded, "Natasha and Stephanie are Alex's half sisters. Natasha is a year above my grade, Stephanie is in our grade."
"Kagami knows cute girls..." Moriyama Yoshitaka muttered, something to which Kasamatsu Yukio quickly kicked him in the head for. The sudden occurrence prompted both American girls to look in that direction, and Riko, in an attempt to keep civil, decided it was time to introduce themselves.
"Ah.. so..." Kagami went on to list off the names of each person present: Kuroko Tetsuya, Hyuuga Junpei, Kiyoshi Teppei, Izuki Shun, Kise Ryouta, Kasamatsu Yukio, Midorima Shintarou, Takao Kazunari, Aomine Daiki, Imayoshi Shoichi, Wakamatsu Kousuke, Sakurai Ryou, Aida Riko, and Momoi Satsuki.
Kagami's head was bashed in, yet again, by his senpai.
"What's up with that boring and lame introduction?!" Hyuuga yelled as he kicked.
"B-but senpai, introductions are usually straight forward!"
"So... why aren't everyone's whole teams here?" Stephanie asked innocently with her hands behind her back.
"Between you and I, none of our senpai wanted to handle a trip with Shin-chan by themselves." Takao joked, earning a hearty 'pat' on the back from the green haired basketball player. "Ittai!"
"Idiot."
"A-ano, only a select few were chosen for this exposition." Riko laughed off, 'Not to mention that some others couldn't afford it... or that it was so inconvenient a time...'
Stephanie either entirely ignored, or was entirely unaware, of Riko's diminishing mood, and happily nodded, "Ah, okay then! Well, it's good Taiga managed to teach us some Japanese. But you all stand out in a crowd, so we could have spotted you anyway. We should go pick up the representative that's actually supposed to be here, though~"
"Ah, right," Kagami nodded, "Where are we supposed to meet?"
"Ano, you mean, you two aren't the basketball exposition representatives?" Kiyoshi asked.
Stephanie animatedly shook her head, but Natasha calmly replied, "Iie, we were the ones who had free time to pick you up. Last time we spoke, Kagami said he would give us the time. When he called today it took us all by surprise, and by that time your real representative was busy."
"..." Kagami stopped scratching the back of his head, and a wide grin spread upon his face when he heard that news, "Then that should mean... che, it's time to see how much improvement's happened over the years."
"You can't possibly think about playing basketball right now, can you?" Natasha asked.
"We're basketball players, Nat, we play whenever we can." Kagami grinned.
Natasha sighed, "Then I suppose we can head on over to the street courts to meet up."
"Yatta! We get to see Taiga play again!" Stephanie laughed, hitching a ride on Kagami's back once more.
"S-Stephanie!"
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters/plot, etc. of the KnB anime/manga.