"Adventure to the Other World."
Chapter 1.
It was a cold Summer, fog and dark clouds were covering the sun and sky.
After moving to the house, the youngest of the family has found the door soon. The house was old, Kuroko could easily notice it, which didn't really attract him. Despite being old — it had an attic under the roof, a cellar under the ground and an overgrown garden with huge old trees in it.
Kuroko's family didn't own all of the house — it was too big for that. Instead they owned part of it.
There were other people who lived in the old house.
Miss Garcia and Miss Araki were under the apartment of Kuroko's, on the first floor, in their young ages, they were playing Basketball, which was told by American woman, Miss Garcia, "Do you know what, Tatsuya? Miss Araki and I were famous Basketball players, and people really adored us."
"My name is Tetsuya, not Tatsuya." The creepy American woman often mistook Kuroko as her student, Himuro Tatsuya.
Above the apartment, on loft, was living a creepy man, named Kagetora Aida with his daughter, Riko Aida. Kuroko politely knocked on their door, wanting to greet his new neighbors.
A girl, with short brown hair opened the door. "How may I help you?"
"Uh.. I am your new neighbor~" Kuroko exclaimed. "My name is Kuroko Tetsuya, it's nice to meet you."
The girl's lips curled into a smile, "It's nice to meet you too, Kuroko-kun. My name's Riko." Then she opened the door even wider, moving so Kuroko could enter the house, "Come in!"
Kuroko politely nodded and mumbled 'thanks', before entering.
The house had the scent of new Basketball balls, Kuroko could easily smell it.
"Hey, dad! The new neighbor has just arrived, come here!" Riko yelled.
"New neighbor? Wow! What a surprise!" an old man's voice could be heard, "It's nice, where are they?"
"He is right there…" Riko said, as she gestured her hand towards Kuro- "WHERE HAS HE GONE?!" the brunette started panicking, while his dad looked confused.
"Um… I am right here."
Riko yelped as she jumped towards her dad, both harshly landing on the floor. All of sudden, Riko jumped, "Wh-where were you? I couldn't see you anywhere!"
"I was right there, sorry for scaring you…"
"No, no, don't be. I think, I am the one who should apologize, it was my fault, for not recognizing you."
"It is nothing, usually people don't notice me." Riko looked at him, as if he was an alien, people didn't notice him and he looked so calm at it. Wow, this boy was something.
A cough could be heard, and both, Kuroko's and Riko's attention was attracted to Kagetora. "It is nice to meet you, Kuroko. And it really is cool being invincible, isn't it?" He winked, "Despite your look, you would be really good to my team."
Kuroko looked emotionless, but deep inside he was confused at Mr. Kagetora. Riko somehow noticed it and patted Kuroko on his shoulder, "he means his old team…" the brunette looked sad as she said the name, "Seirin."
The invincible guy nodded in understating, he could see how Riko's eyes turned into a dull ones. He wanted to know the reason, but didn't know if it was the right time to ask it now… he chose not to.
"Soo," Mr. Kagetora started, after the minutes of the awkward silence, "do you want to join us for dinner?"
Kuroko shook his hand, "No, thanks. I think, I should go now." Both, Riko and his dad looked upset, but the smiles covered it up, "Alright, Kuroko-kun, take care and visit us again!" his dad nodded in agreement.
The blue haired guy smiled at them, before Riko opened for him the door, and Kuroko exited. While going downstairs, he was smiling to himself, he liked his new neighbors, especially Riko.
Being as prospector as he was, he now went to scout the yard, well like there was anything interesting to see…
He went to the yard, walking and looking at the huge trees. (A/N: Big ass trees ;D ) It was a big garden: at the very back was an old Basketball court, but no one in the house played Basketball anymore. He sighed, there really was nothing interesting to- suddenly, he came across a well, which had been covered up by wooden boards, to stop anyone from falling in. When he visited Miss Garcia and Miss Araki, they made a point of telling Kuroko how dangerous the well was, and they warned him to be sure he kept away from it.
There was a small knothole in one of the boards, and Kuroko spent an afternoon dropping pebbles and acorns through the hole and waiting, and counting, until he heard the plop as they hit the water far below.
He sighed, and ran a hand through his hair before realizing, that he has already explored it and now was tired. He was about to get up, when a hand was placed on his shoulder making him jump and froze in place.
A laugh would be heard, "I am sorry, I am sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."
Kuroko looked at the speaker, and saw a tanned, red haired guy with weird eyebrows. "It's okay…"
The guy smiled at him, before speaking up again, "What's your name?"
Kuroko immediately stopped himself from slapping, for not greeting him the way he always does, politely. But, before he was too scared to think of it. "I am Kuroko Tetsuya, what about you?" he smiled.
"My name is Kagami." The guy grinned. "Nice to meet you, Kuroko."
"Nice to meet you too, Kagami-kun." Kuroko, once again, smiled at him.
Kagami smiled back at him, before speaking up again. As it seemed, this guy was as talkative as hell. "Do you live in this house?" he asked, gesturing his hand to the house, where Kuroko had just moved on.
Kuroko nodded, "Yes."
"I see…" he muttered, "Alex told me about this."
"Alex?" Kuroko raised an eyebrow, "You mean Miss Garcia?"
To Kuroko's surprise, the red haired laughed at the last words, "Miss Garcia, my ass!"
Kuroko looked awkward, he didn't really get along with the type of guys like him, and plus it looked like he didn't have problems with swearing.
"Kagami-kun, are you living with Miss Garcia and Miss Araki?" Kuroko politely asked, looking at him straight in the eyes.
Looking into the eyes without even blinking… now it was Kagami's turn to get awkward. "Uh no, she was my teacher before."
"I see, that's nice." Kuroko smiled.
"Yeah, maybe…" Kagami smiled back, and ran a hand through his hair, didn't know what to say.
"Where do you live?"
"He seems to get interested in me…" he immediately slapped himself from thinking this awful thought, and before he started going through some worse thoughts, he remembered, that Kuroko had asked him a question. "Uh well…" he lamely started, "I live nearby your house."
"I didn't know there were other houses…" Kuroko muttered, looking down, "I thought, I explored everything which was near."
Kagami was silent for a few seconds, before he registered the words, "So, you love exploring?"
The blue haired guy looked up at him and smiled a little, "Yes."
"Then, why won't you come at my house? There are many things waiting for you to be explored." Kagami said, closing his eyes and hoping the boy would say yes.
"Won't it be a problem?" the sudden question made Kagami open his eyes.
"Problem? No! What made you think like that?"
"I mean, with your parents, family. Despite the fact, that I like you, we still don't know each other well…"
"Uh…" Kagami sighed, "I already know enough of you to claim you as my friend."
Kuroko smiled at him, "I am glad then~"
"And, I don't live with my family. They are in America."
"It must be cool, living there…" Kuroko said, "Why aren't you with them, now?"
"It looks quite quiet place. And also," the red haired smiled at him, "I have made a cute friend here."
Kuroko lowered his head, blushing a little. "Thanks…"
Both of them were in silence, until the clouds darkened even more and the cold rain started pouring.
"Woah, woah, woah, woah!" Kagami exclaimed, "We have to go back now."
Kuroko nodded, "It was nice talking to you. Bye, Kagami-kun."
"It was nice talking to you too, Kuroko! See you later!" Kagami said as he ran.
Kuroko smiled and started walking towards home.
"Don't forget our meeting tomorrow!" His new friend's voice was heard, but he was nowhere to be seen.
-xxx-
"Tetsuya!" he could hear, her mother calling, "Tetsuya! Where were you?"
"I was outside, exploring."
"This exploring again…" her mother put a hand on her forehead, "You really are a troublesome."
Kuroko sighed, her mother, as always, was showing no signs of love to him and Kagami's parents loved and trusted him as much, that he lived there alone.
"Are you listening to me, Tetsuya?!" her mother raised her tone, "Go and change your clothes, you are wet."
"Yes, mum…" Kuroko muttered, as he walked towards his room, grabbing the towel, which was hung on the hanger.