I wonder if humans are really 'true' humans. Every single one of them has a hidden power that is unknown to this world. I let out a deep sigh and ran my hand through my short, brown hair. Well it's not like they can breathe fire or fly riiight? I thought to myself. Well, after seeing the match between Aomine Daiki and Kise Ryōta in the Interhigh preliminaries, almost anything can happen, heck, maybe even I can play basket ball! I thought. Letting out a quiet chuckle, I heard a familiar voice in the distance.

"Hay-ey, co-yoach! Wa-ayt up!" I looked over my shoulder. It was Hyuga Junpei, my closest friend, aside from Kiyoshi Teppei. Flopping his muscle filled legs, he somehow managed to get to my side. Leaning over and resting his hand on his knees he catches his breath. Just by watching him you could feel the pain he was going through.

"That was a lot of training you guys had to withstand." A touch of regret covered my words as they left my mouth.

"Nuh-No…it was… nothing…" Hyuga said, getting back up, his face drenched in sweat. He stretched his arms behind his back, small little cracking sounds came out. His eyes and shoulders were dropping. His hair was as it always was, black and spiky, just the way I like it, unlike his original blonde, long, and silk hair. His glasses lay perched on his light colored face. His Seirin uniform was all wrinkled, but it did look slightly better than my study table with all my strategies planned all over it. He looked over at me and gave me a welcoming smile with all the strength he had left. Motioning me to the gate of the school we both walked was a quiet walk.

Summer break has just finished and all I've been doing was pressuring the guys into more work. It's actually amazing that they are alive. The Winter Cup preliminaries are coming just around the corner and the team isn't ready yet. Slouching, I walk into my class room and lay on top of my desk, waiting for my homeroom teacher to come. Hyuga was behind me in the row over, he looked worse than I did. He missed his seat and just landed on the floor, curled up in a ball, and fell asleep.

I wonder how everyone else is…it was hard preparing the guys for the Winter Cup and not tiring to kill them. I heard that the Generations of Miracles already filled out their forms and entered in. Moreover, this new school Burēdohāto* was supposed to be better than the Generations of Miracles. This was the next biggest topic other than the Special Seirin Sandwich sold every 25th. The classroom door creaked as it slid open. Two figures, one small and ne large walked in. It was Kuroko and Kagami! Kuroko looked fine but Kagami…ermm..looked like the walking dead. Drooping over his waist, his long arms relaxed onto the floor and were dragged by the huge body. he go to his desk and fell asleep as well. I hope the guys will be ready for practice today...

and time has passed

School ended and it was time for basketball practice. Everyone else went into the gym locker room to change. I was just thinking to myself, who are these people from Burēdohāto and what makes them so power full? Confusion clouded my head and I couldn't even hear the clatter on the gym floor coming towards me. YALP! It was Number 2. Shaking my head I was determined, "We will win!" I yelled out accidentally followed by an echo of "Yes we will!" and high fives. I turned around and the guys were all ready in their teams, second-years versus the first-years, just like any old practice. As the guys continued to play, a strange shadow was watching them. It's eyes were different and the hair was not a normal color. I couldn't really distinguish fine details but the eerie presence is what gave off the most turning off point.

*Burēdohāto= blade heart

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