Teiko Middle School Basketball Club, an incredibly strong team with over one hundred members and three consecutive championship wins. Amongst their brilliant record, the generation of five prodigies was known as the Generation of Miracles.

However, there was a strange rumor, one many have tried to understand but none has learned. In addition to the five unstoppable prodigies, there was another amazing player. For some reason the rumors were changed increasingly, for doubts and disbeliefs. But it is believed that there was another player, one very important to the Teiko team.

The sixth player, phantom player

Pass1: Her name is Kuroko Tetsuna

The New Year, the new students, the opening of a new world! It is spring at the private High School Seirin. Meaning the opening ceremony was over, and clubs ready to try their best to get more members.

Whether it's Rugby, Shougi, or swimming, all to all were happily expressing the joys of the clubs.

A boy by the name of Furihata Koki, with his companions Fukuda Hiroshi and Kawahara Koichi, were struggling along the crowd, constantly being asked if they wanna join this club or if they wanna join that club. They were really exhausted.

"I can't move forward! Bring a snow plow!" Furihata yelled, "We haven't moved more than 5 meters in 10 minutes..." Fukuda sweat-dropped.

"We'll get through...eventually" Kawahara smiled nervously.

"That's it! Let's go the Bulldozer way!" Furihata exclaimed, flailing his arms, "you're taking it too far..." Fukuda tried to calm him, Kawahara sighed.

SWOOSH

Kawahara blinked when he saw a teal blur duck under the brown haired boy's swings. 'Hmm, what was that?' he wondered.

"Basketball! Basketball club!" A brown haired boy with an up curved smile yelled, holding a flyer up to the many students. "How'd you like to join the basketball club?"

"Koganei, you can't be serious," A black haired behind him said frowned.

"How else am I supposed to say it?" Koganei whined confused.

"New kids, join the basketball club! The basketball club needs serious help!" the black haired boy suggested simply.

"I've had enough of your jokes, Izuki." Koganei sweat dropped as he looked at the quiet tall guy beside them.

"Mitobe, make sure they hear you!" Koganei yelled to the taller black haired male beside them. Mitobe smiled and nodded, but continued to just hand out flyers without mumbling a word.

"You're not gonna do it, are you?" Koganei deadpanned.

Meanwhile, a teal haired girl passed by the group,

"Eh?"

"What's wrong Koganei?" Izuki asked looking at the brown haired boy.

"Is someone just took some flyer?" Koganei asked confused as he felt that someone is just took a flyer from him.

"Maybe that is just your imagination…" Izuki said, didn't notice that some teal haired girl was currently reading it.

She was very small and petite, her height of 157cm, she had short teal hair that ended at her chin and bangs passed her eyes, she wore the Seirin school uniform, but her sweater was somewhat baggy, sleeves that covered her hands, and made her chest look flat. But she had snow-white skin, and she looked completely frail. In all, she was cute, but average in any others view due to her impassive face.

"Oh! You're a reader, aren't you?" A boy with glasses called as the small girl passed him by, but he stopped an unfortunate boy behind her. "How about the literature club?"

"Sorry, but this is just a manga." the boy explained, "Manga are books, too."

The teal girl still continued to walk, ignoring her surroundings, but then she stopped and looked towards the side, seeing the map of the stands where all the clubs were placed. She focused her attention to the stands listed at the end.

"Basketball! Basketball club!" Koganei continued to yell out, "join the club and you'll be cute, too!" Izuki added

"Are you guys in the Basketball club?" a deep voice asked, Koganei froze as a large shadow was over him.

He looked up to see a tall boy, the boy with red hair and sharp red eyes and split eyebrows, he had the height of 190cm. He wore the uniform, but wearing an unzipped vest with a white shirt and a necklace with a ring attached.

-xXx-

The girl glanced up from her book and saw that she was standing in front of the basketball club's desk. The two upper years – a girl with short brown hair with her bangs held back by two clips and a male with short, spiky black hair with glasses – clearly didn't notice her presence, so she made herself known by clearing her throat softly.

"AHH!"

"EH?!"

"Sorry." The blue haired female said, monotonously. "I would like to join the basketball club please."

The older pair took a few seconds to compose themselves and wondered to themselves when she had appeared in front of them without them detecting her.

"Oh, that's great! Please fill out this form." The female handed the smaller teen a piece of paper, which she took and sat down in front of them. "My name is Aida Riko and I'm the coach for the basketball team."

"I'm Hyuuga Junpei, captain of the Seirin. Are you looking to be the manager?" The glasses-wearing boy asked the recruit.

"Yes. My name is Kuroko Tetsuna. I am pleased to meet you." The blue haired girl said while bowing.

'Wow… She is so polite…' Both of them thought as Riko coughed.

"I think you may know already, but our school was just opened last year. All the sempai are only second years…"

"Yes, I am aware of that, which is why I wanted to join Seirin." Kuroko replied softly. She handed back a completed form to Riko, who scanned it quickly.

Her brown eyes widened drastically when she noted that the girl was a former Teiko middle school student, "Eh, you're from Teiko?" Riko exclaimed, but when she looked up, the girl was gone.

"What? She's from Teiko? If she's a first year, then it's possible she was from the Generation of Miracles!" Hyuuga deduced.

"But she's a girl! There's no way she was a regular." Riko countered her friend's reasoning. The two teens shrugged it off and decided they would find out in time. "So far, we have one, two… ten applications so far. Perhaps we need a few more."

"Are you casually putting pressure on your captain?" the boy sweated nervously.

"Hyuga-kun, have you always been so delicate?" the girl teased, "I'll do my best. I will do my best." Hyuga hung his head, paling slightly.

"I wonder how the recruitment is going?" the girl wondered, "If only they could just bring in some promising ones, which would be…"

"The new students are here." Koganei cried as he caught the brunette's attention, his face pale as the larger red head from earlier held him from the back of his coat. "What?" the brunette said confused, "Is this the basketball club?" the low voiced male asked both Hyuga and the brunette gaped; the red head glowered down at them.

"Yeah" the girl nodded numbly, 'who is this guy? He's got the intensity of a wild tiger!' the brunette thought. "I want to join the Basketball Club," the red head said, abruptly sitting in the chair across from them and putting Koganei onto the table, the brown haired boy slouching tiredly.

"Uh, welcome, welcome!" the brunette said, handing the red haired boy a paper cup full of water, complimentary.

"Wait a minute. I'm sure you know, but our school just formed last year. We only have second years to compete with, so I'm sure someone of your build would be-"

"I don't care. I'm going after I leave my name" the red head cut in.

'Hmm, his middle school was in America…!? I see he trained in the best place. Kagami Taiga-kun…? No matter how you look at it, he doesn't seem like an average guy' the brunette thought, watching Kagami complete the form and then chug the water. "Ara? You don't have a reason for joining?" the brunette noticed, "not really" Kagami said lazily, crushing the paper cup in his large hand.

"Basketball's the same, no matter where you go in Japan" Kagami stood up and began to walk away. He threw the paper ball behind him; it fell directly in the trash can.

The girl watched as he walked away, but noticed the bored expression in his eyes, before he quickly turned away from them.

"He's terrifying!" Koganei yelled, still lying on the table, "is he really a first year high school student!?" the brown haired boy exclaimed.

"He's one in a million" Izuki said appearing from behind.

"You! Where have you been hiding!?" Koganei yelled at the black haired boy with Mitobe behind him.

'But what was with that expression on his face…?' the brunette girl wondered as she sighed. "Forget about that, I wanna know what's up with the freshmen this year… There's a girl from Teiko and that first-year from America!"

Koganei looked surprised at her exclamation, "Eh, someone from Teiko? The middle school with the Generation of Miracles?"

"But she's a girl and she applied to be the manager anyway…" Hyuuga retorted, seeming disappointed slightly.

-xXx-

Later that day, the boy's basketball club was gathered in Seirin's gymnasium. The freshmen were conversing with one another until Riko stepped in, "Alright, it seems that everyone's here. Could all the freshmen assemble in front of me?"

All the freshmen stood in line, waiting for orders from their captain and coach. Kagami was at the end, being the tallest, wearing a black tank top and white short with normal sneakers.

Furihata elbowed Kawahara to get his attention. "Hey, isn't the manager cute?" he whispered, looking at the short haired brunette talking to Izuki.

"She's a second year, right?" Kawahara said. "If only she were sexier…"

Before their conversation could continue, Hyuuga suddenly came up from behind and whacked their heads, "You're wrong, morons." He said, being the one who punched them. They were confused but then the brunette stepped forward.

Riko announced to the club, knowing that there would be assumptions that she was the manager of the club, "I'm the boy's basketball club's coach, Aida Riko. Nice to meet you!" She announced cheerfully.

All the freshmen looked shocked at the revelation, "EHHH?! The coach?" They all glanced at the elderly man sitting on a nearby bench.

"That's Takeda-sensei, he's the advisor." She continued, not looking at all perturbed.

"Seriously? Wait, is that even allowed?"

"Well, now then… Everyone, take off your shirts!"

The males all blushed and looked at each other, clearly hesitant. Out of nowhere, a blue-haired girl appeared in front of their coach with her hand raised and she asked, "Should I take off my shirt as well, coach?"

Everyone, including the upper years, jumped in the air a good meter and screamed.

"W-wha..?"

"Where did she come from?"

"That scared the crap out of me..!"

Riko held up a hand to her chest, in hopes of slowing down her racing heartbeat. "Oh, Kuroko-chan… Since when were you there?"

"I was here since the beginning." She replied, nonchalantly as if she hadn't just scared everyone with her lack of presence.

"Eh… Well everyone, I'd like you to meet our new manager. Kuroko Tetsuna, right?" Kuroko simply nodded in reply.

"I didn't even notice her…"

"She's cute!"

"It's like she has no presence."

"Back to business… Take off your shirts! Minus you, Kuroko-chan." The brown-haired coach clapped her hands to bring the attention back to her.

She added the last part as she noticed that Kuroko was about to take off her t-shirt.

There were a few disappointed groans as soon as she stopped, which were immediately silenced by the coach's glare. "Kuroko-chan, come stand over here."

The slightly taller girl complied without a word and Riko began to analyze the topless boys in front of her.

"You." She pointed a dark-haired male, "Your instantaneous strength is weak. I'm guessing you must be around 50 steps for twenty seconds on the quick ladder training exercise, right? If you want to play basketball, you should improve that a bit. You, your body is too stiff. Train your flexibility after getting out of the bath! As for you…"

The boys being told about their weaknesses were in disbelief over their situation, especially because she was correct about everything.

Hyuuga thought this would be a good time to mention that her father is a sports trainer and that she spent every day at his workplace looking at muscles and data since she was young.

"Just with a glance, her eyes can see all its abilities and stats." Hyuuga smiled as he said this. When Riko came across the last member in the line, she stopped, looking in awe at the body in front of her.

"… What?" Kagami inquired, staring down at her.

'What the hell? His numbers aren't even close to everyone else's! They're amazingly high and definitely not expected of a first-year in high school… And on top of that, I can't seem to estimate his full potential! This is… Natural talent!' Riko admired silently.

"Coach! How long are you going to daydream?" Hyuuga snapped at her. The female coach hadn't even realized she had spaced out for such a long time and that she actually had a small trail of drool coming out of her mouth.

Embarrassed, she wiped her mouth with her sleeve, "S-sorry! So, err…"

"That's the last of them, right?" Hyuuga pointed out.

"Yeah, okay, let's start practice then!" Riko yelled, but Kuroko still looked at the red haired boy as she sighed.

-xXx-

At some Basketball court, Kagami was practicing some shots on his own. He aimed to throw the ball but then his focus was destroyed by some sound, "That is a good form there, even if it's a bit off." A female voice commented, making him throw the basket and the ball hitting the ring and landing in two small hands.

"When did you get here?" Kagami asked, glaring at the girl.

"I'm here few minutes ago," She answered as he opened his mouth, the blue haired girl quickly retorted emotionlessly. "And if you want to ask why I am here, then the answer is I am just watching you playing basketball here."

Kagami eyes twitched at her answer, but he still remained calm as he looked at her. "I was in America until my second year of middle school" Kuroko blinked as Kagami began, "I've been appalled ever since I came back by how low the standards are here" Kagami explained.

"I'm not looking to play Basketball for fun. I want to play a very serious game that really gets me excited for fighting." Kagami said as Kuroko stayed passively.

"I heard all about you. I've heard all about the supposedly strong the Generation of Miracles from our year." Kagami continued, "You were on that team, weren't you?" He said, but Kuroko still put her emotionless face.

"I have a good sense at how good the others are. People who can succeed at something smell different from the rest" Kagami said, spinning the basketball on his finger.

He then threw the ball back at the teal haired girl, who caught it easily, "But something's not right with you. The weak should smell weak, but you… You don't smell like anything and your strength has no scent" Kagami said.

"I don't smell? But I put on some perfume this morning" Kuroko sniffed herself.

"That's not what I meant, brat!" Kagami growled.

"Let me see. Show me…" Kuroko turned her attention back to the red head, seeing how deathly serious he was. "Show me just how good your Generation of Miracles really is" He smirked like a wild beast.

Kuroko who saw his feral grin, face immediately sighed. "It seems that we have a same thing in our mind." She said as she unbuttoned her black blazer. "One on one"

Kuroko stared down at the red head, her large, dull eyes actually showing the competitive emotion.

"Heh, you wanna go?" Kagami grinned, feeling the excitement rush him.

-xXx-

The two were in a stance of a showdown. Kagami dribbled, planning his move as Kuroko just stared at him with her void of feelings eyes. Kagami started charging and jumped for a dunk, his eyes widened when suddenly the ball snatched from his hand.

'She…'

Kagami dribbled the ball, but the ball is quickly taken by the teal haired girl.

'She…'

Kagami jumped to dunk, but mysteriously the shorter girl immediately snatched the ball from her hand.

'She…'

Kuroko dribbled the ball and immediately she passed Kagami.

'She is so good!' Kagami panted. 'She doesn't have the physical prowess to play basketball. But she makes up with her skill alone and her observation…' He thought as he gritted his teeth. 'But then…'

Kuroko tried to shoot, but Kagami just smacked the ball out of her hand. 'Why the hell she can do her shoot properly!? Hell even amateur person shooting is better than her!' he thought as he watched Kuroko chase after the ball rolling away like a child. 'This is ridiculous'

Kuroko ran back with the ball in her hand, she stood in front of him, waiting to continue.

"You've gotta be kidding me. Have you even been listening!? How much do you have to overestimate your own abilities to think you can beat me!?" He yelled, "I can't believe how arrogantly you challenged me without any shooting skills!" Kagami yelled outrage.

"You can't be serious" Kuroko said surprised, although her tone still unwavering. "Of course I can't shoot properly… I am only playing basketball for 2-years now. I am a former baseball athlete you know."

…

"Are you trying to pick a fight with me, you brat!?" Kagami yelled angrily, Kuroko stayed blank.

"I wanted to see how good you are for myself and my play." Kuroko explained, her blank eyes shining suspiciously.

"What?" Kagami said confused. 'Unbelievable. There must've been something wrong with me, too. 'I feel like an idiot.' Kagami groaned, he face palmed in dismay.

'Hmm, Kagami-kun seems distressed, I wonder why?' Kuroko thought blankly, not really knowing it's her fault.

"Um…" Kuroko held up the ball to the red head.

"Enough" Kagami waved his hand tiredly. "I'm not interested in a person with half-assed potential like you who taking basketball ligh-"

WOOSH

A ball suddenly passed Kagami head just barely hitting the iron fences, with an unbelievable speed and force that make the iron fences resounding loudly. "What the hell!?" Kagami yelled, he glared at the still standing girl.

Apparently the quiet girl threw the basketball near his head. "I don't accept that…" Kuroko said, her eyes was blocked by her bangs.

"Huh!?" Kagami growled as he began to stand up, rubbing his pained face.

"First of all, my seriousness in basketball is same like you." Kuroko said as the image of the burned Teiko middle school baseball club jersey, iron bat and trophies came to her mind as she added. "And I don't share your opinion. I don't care who's strong or who's weak"

"What did you say?" Kagami asked confused.

"I'm not like you." Kuroko said as Kagami raised an eyebrow.

"I'm a shadow" Kuroko said, her teal eyes staring at the ball in her hand.

Kagami could only stare at the mysterious teal haired girl in confusion, but he could sense, at least in the slightest, the sheer intensity surrounding her.

-xXx-

It was raining heavily the next day, so the basketball team was confined to indoor work. Kuroko looked at the data of players as she looked at Riko. "Coach, what we should do for today?"

Kuroko was not one to feel comfortable with calling other people by their first names, but the other female had adamantly insisted that she do so. She had to acknowledge Riko's persistence, so she gave in.

"Hmm… Let's have a 5-vs-5 mini match between first and second-years!" The brunette announced.

"A match against the upper years, that means…!" One of the freshmen trailed off, looking frightened.

"Do you remember what they told us when we joined the club? Their result from last year… With only freshmen, they made it until the finals of the Interhigh!"

"Seriously? We're completely out of our league!"

Contrary to the other first-years, Kagami looked fairly excited at the prospect of playing against his upperclassmen, "There's nothing to be afraid of. It's always better to have stronger opponents than weak ones." He said as while smirking like a beast.

"Let's go." Kagami added the freshmen could only panic even more, Kuroko who watched it only sighed.

'Let's see exactly what these rookies can do…' Riko smirked, the two teams ready.

TWEEE

Kagami was the first to get the ball, passing to Kawahara, the seniors tried to block his path. But Kagami just as quickly was on the other side of the court; Kawahara passed the ball to him.

"Raaaahh!" Kagami then jumped and dunked harshly, both teams in awe.

"That dunk was unbelievable"

"Amazing"

'They're better than I expected' Riko stared in awe of the giant, 'such destructive force for such unpolished, intuitive play.' Kagami hung onto the basket but hopped off,

"This is unbelievable" Hyuga said, wiped the sweat from his brow. 'He's more than ready. He's a monster….' He thought.

Kuroko watched observing from the side as she looked at the junior team that was talking about something as she took the note of scores.

The game continued with Kagami dunking heavily each time, the senior nowhere close to stopping him. The score is now freshmen: 11, seniors: 08.

"I can't believe the first years are this strong" Hyuga said while wiping his sweats.

"Kagami's doing it all himself!" Koganei panted.

"But still…" Izuki came as he looked at Kuroko that took the note from the side while talking to Kagami about something. "Don't you think it's weird for Kuroko-chan to change his position each time he scored?"

"Yeah, that's true…." Koganei said as Kagami walked away from Kuroko with angry expression in his face.

'Shit! What is that brat, planning!?' Kagami cursed inwardly, glaring at the small teal girl who was apparently taking the note silently from outside the court.

Izuki stole the ball from one of the first-years and went to complete a layup, but the fierce redhead caught on and blocked the shot.

"So high!"

"Nothing can stop Kagami now!" Kawahara enlightened.

"Guess it's time to put them in their place" Hyuga said, "It's on," Izuki agreed. Kagami was then passed the ball but was then surrounded by all three seniors, "three!?" Kagami tried to move but wherever he moved, the seniors stopped him.

"They're desperate to stop Kagami!"

"They're double-teaming him even though he doesn't have the ball!" Fukuda said seeing the red head that lost the ball was still crowded.

"They have no intention of letting him touch the ball!"

The freshmen were powerless against Hyuga's throws, Mitobe's dunks, and all of the steals with Kagami out of commission. The score now freshmen: 15, seniors: 31.

"They're good"

"There's no way we could've won"

"I've had enough"

The three freshmen panted heavily, seeing they have no chance against experienced senpais. "Enough? What the hell are you talking about!?" Kagami growled, grabbing Furihata by his shirt.

"Please calm down" Kuroko kneed the back of Kagami's knees, making the other bend back oddly and drop the brunet.

"You damn brat…" Kagami growled, an evil aura around him but Kuroko merely sighed.

"If Kagami-kun does not calm down, how will you have any chance of winning this match?" She replied with a stern tone to her voice and everyone wondered how their manager could be so brave in the face of a wild tiger.

Koganei looked over to Kagami that was yelling at Kuroko as he sweat dropped. "Looks like they're fighting" Koganei noticed, Izuki's eyes widen then. "What's wrong?"

"Wasn't she just in the outside of court?" Izuki asked, finally noticing the small girl with the impassive face while being yelled by the red head and the freshmen trying to calm him.

"Kuroko? I dunno. Odd though, how could we not notice the girl walking around the court." Koganei answered, seeing the red giant swing at her which she dodged evasively, angering the red head.

Riko looked at the teal haired girl with surprise, 'Even I didn't see her moving around…' She thought in shocked, then she gasped, her pink whistle falling out of her mouth.

She watched as Kagami tried to attack the small girl, his teammates preventing him from hitting her since she is a girl, but Kuroko stayed impassive. 'Huh? Isn't this Kuroko's note?' She thought looking at the note on the floor as she took it and read it. 'I-Isn't this!' She thought looking at the shock as the game continued.

Fukuda dribbled the ball as he looked at Kuroko remembering what she said from before.

"You won't be able to score with all of your current level aside from Kagami?" Kuroko said while dodging, Kagami's attack. "But at least what you must do is taking this into draw, and here is the plan for that."

'I don't know what that means, but please let it work!' Fukuda thought as he passed it to Kagami and the senior prepared to take it from him.

But as if everything went slow, suddenly another freshmen running and took the ball and threw it in.

The second years stood in amazement, "it went…what?" Hyuga stood surprised, "how did that pass go through?" he wondered, the rest also surprised.

'Why do I feel uneasy? Is something unbelievable happening?' Riko wondered, her mind in a panic.

Kawahara had the ball, so he tried his hardest to keep from the senpais, he noticed Izuki's look to him as he remembered what Kuroko told them about.

"Izuki-senpai's specialty is his calm and his sharp eyes, using his eyes he could at least make the most capable strategy to pass or block any movement around him." Kuroko explained as the freshmen shivered in fear and awe at the explanation. "But don't be afraid… His vision is still human's vision, he still has a blind spot."

He then dribbled it into Izuki's back as he was shocked at the sudden movement, "W-What!?" He gasped as he quickly passed it into Fukuda.

"Go for it! Shoot!" Kagami yelled, which Fukuda awkwardly did so, earning another point. The game continued like that, the freshmen getting surprising by the fact that the freshmen is holding their ground with them and even devise plan like this.

Both sides were surprised, Kagami and Riko were both trying to figure how all this was happening.

"They're using our weakness to pass the ball and made the shot before we realized it!" Izuki said confused.

"What's going on?" Koganei asked and complete confusion as well.

'I-It can't be…' Riko thought looking at the freshmen that was praising Kuroko which she only nodded and hearing that. 'She is not even in the court and she knows all players data in such accurate! Could she been already knowing our school's power level, but that can't be…'

Kagami took the pass from the freshmen as he looked at Kuroko which was only stayed silent.

"Now the senpai is in the midst of chaos because our sudden increase and change in our way of playing… Kagami you can do the rest, right?"

'This is Kuroko's…' Kagami watched the teal girl in awe as he dunked the ball hardly.

'She… She can't be that, right? The genius game maker who excels in both defense and offense from Teikou!' RIko thought in shocked. '

The senpais and Kagami observed the play that started to rise again.

'Damn it. I got caught up in Kuroko's pass!' Hyuga cursed inwardly. Kagami shot and earned another point, now the freshmen were one point away, 36 to 37.

"I don't believe it! It's a one point difference!"

Koganei passed to Mitobe, but Fukuda blocked it and threw the ball up and…it bounced off the rim.

Suddenly a hand caught it, "But still…" Kagami said as Kuroko smiled a bit. "It doesn't mean I acknowledge you damn it!" He dunked the ball.

-xXx-

"Thank you very much" a female worker of Maji Burger bowed to Kagami with a large tray of a whole lot of burgers. He went to sit at a table by the window; he ate the burger one whole bite after another while looking outside carelessly. He glanced to the chair across from him, and then stopped in mid-bite. There sat Kuroko, sipping her drink as normally as it would look.

Kagami gasped in shock, accidently swallowing too fast, "hello" Kuroko greeted casually, Kagami swallowed hard. "Where'd you come from?" Kagami said, still in shock at her sudden appearance. "Oh, I heard from storks" Kuroko answered, "that's not what I meant, brat!" Kagami growled.

"I was sitting here first" Kuroko finally answered, "I like this place's vanilla shakes." She sipped her drink to prove her love for the drink.

Regaining his composure, Kagami glowered at the girl, "Go somewhere else" he said, his scary face present.

"No." she answered, then sipped her drink.

"No! How could you answer so blankly!?" Kagami was beginning to lose his temper, 'Usually people would run away!' HE thought amazed to see such a small girl have guts to stand her ground.

"I don't want to" she explained, "if someone sees us, they'll think we're friends! Or worse! That we're dating!" Kagami explained, a light blush on his cheek.

"That would be terrible," she said in a monotone voice.

"Oi!" Kagami yelled angrily at that remark, 'I don't know why but that both irritates me and makes me feel bad!' Kagami's eyebrows twitched.

"But this is my usual hangout" Kuroko said, not backing down even though she didn't sound the slightest serious.

Kagami sighed tiredly, deciding to give up. Kuroko was about to drink her shake some more when she instinctively caught something in her hand.

'A burger?' seeing the Maji wrapped burger in her hands, she looked up at the red head.

She saw him looking away from her and towards the window, avoiding her gaze. "I don't like anyone who suck at Basketball" Kagami began, but then he smiled lightly. "But you've earned yourself one of those."

Kuroko was surprised; she felt her cheeks turn lightly red, her heart beating at such words, even if they weren't much, it made her feel warm. "Thanks" she mumbled, looking down at the burger, trying to rid of this odd feeling she never knew how to deal with.

'This feeling…is just too weird…' she thought as she unwrapped the burger, and bit onto it, making a small bite.

"Thwis wis gwood" she said with a mouth full, her monotone voice back to normal.

"Its not lady-like to talk with a mouthful" Kagami said, his face dead panned.

After Kagami finished all of his burgers, he gentlemanly offered to walk the small girl home, even if it sounded more of an order.

"By the way you still don't tell me, how strong is the Generation of Miracles?" Kagami asked, the two walking down the still bust sidewalk, already evening. "If I played them now, how would I do?" the red head asked, Kuroko sipped her still half-full milkshake.

"You'd be destroyed instantly." she answered as soon as he finished asking, a vein popped on the larger athlete.

"Do you have to put it like that?" Kagami growled.

"The five prodigies have each gone on to play for their own schools. One of those schools will stand at the top." Kuroko explained.

"Hehe…hahahaha! That's great!" Kagami laughed, almost evilly.

'Is he a villain?' Kuroko wondered, sipping her shake as the two stood by the road.

"That's the kind of thing that lights a fire in me" Kagami said, Kuroko blinked. "I've decided. I'll crush all of them and become Japan's best player" Kagami declared, he smiled in excitement, Kuroko observed him.

"I think that's impossible."

"Hey!" Kagami yelled, an angry mark on his head.

"I don't know about your talent. But the current you is impossible for that." Kuroko said simply.

'This brat is so not cute!' Kagami gritted his teeth. The two crossed the street, but then she stopped at the other side, looking at the ground, Kagami watched her with his hands in his pockets.

"You can't do it alone…" Kagami blinked at Kuroko word. "If you are the light of Seirin then I will be the shadow. But the stronger the light, the darker the shadow, and the more it accentuates the brightness of the light" Kuroko said, an image of her former teammates came to her head.

"I will be the shadow of Seirin, and make it the brightest team in Japan." she said finally, looking up at him.

Kagami was taken by surprise, he almost thought it was a joke, but he saw the dead serious look in her eyes. He inwardly grinned, 'interesting' he thought in amusement.

"Look who's talking? Do whatever you like" Kagami said. "I'll do my best" Kuroko smiled warmly, her happiness showing off. Kagami couldn't but blush at the adorable smile, feeling its radiating aura.

'H-how can she be so impassive and make that kind of smile!?' Kagami yelled in his mind, feeling his face get hotter when he saw the doe teal eyes stare directly at him.

'How come I never noticed…but she looks kinda cu-!' Kagami face palmed, confusing the tiny girl.

'Kagami-kun's face is red? Is it hot?' Kuroko wondered, a question mark above her head. 'Is my training from before is really too harsh for him?'

Kagami glanced back at the teal haired girl with his sharp red eyes, she returned the gaze with her large teal eyes. Kagami smiled, Kuroko returned the smile.