Summary: With the team still reeling from their Championship win, Kuroko drops a bomb on them. Apparently, there is one more Teiko basketball prodigy out there Kagami wants to beat. Unfortunately for Kagami, all this guy wants to do is swim now.

A/N Hi everyone, this is my first time posting a story, but I couldn't get the idea out of my mind so I figured I may as well write it out! Let me know what you think.

Disclaimer: I do not own Free! Iwatobi Swim Club or Kuroko's Basketball. If I did these things would happen in canon and not through fanfiction.

Enjoy!

"YES!" shouted Kagami as he pumped his fist into the air, "We beat the Generation of Miracles! HA, none of them were able to stop us in the end!"

The team smiled, fist bumping each other as they made their way to the locker room. It was a hard game, that was for sure, but they were all still hyped from the win against Rakuzan.

Kuroko was happy, both because of their win and just the fact that they did it as a true team. His teammates were amazing and their support for one another is what led them to victory, he was confident their passion for the game would never fade.

"Ne, Kuroko?" It was the Captain, Hyuuga.

"Yes?"

"How do you think we would've faired against two, or even the entire former Teiko team?"

"Hmm, that's hard to say, it would depend on who we were facing, if it was only two or three players."

"And if it were the entire team?"

"We would be obliterated."

"OI?!" The team yelled.

Kagami walked over and grabbed a fistful of Kuroko's jersey, "Don't just say that with complete certainty! We have some strong members on our team and a solid strategy, plus no one else has ever reached the second Zone except us!" he shouted.

"Yeah, I don't see why we wouldn't at least have a tiny chance at beating Akashi, Aomine, Kise, Midorima, and Murasakibara," Kiyoshi said.

"You would."

"THEN WHY DID YOU JUST SAY WE WOULDN'T?!"

"I didn't. I said you wouldn't be able to beat the Teiko team."

"What's the difference?" asked Kagami, "Are you saying the addition of yourself would change things? We already know your moves, and you would be playing for us anyways."

"No, even if I was playing for you we wouldn't win, not against Teiko."

The Coach was the first to understand the specification. "I see, so Teiko has another trump card?"

"WHAT? A trump card other than the Generation of Miracles? Are they still in middle school or something?" The Captain begins to pace, already mentally preparing for the next tournament where they may have to face yet another prodigy.

"No, he moved up to high school at the same time as the rest of us."

"Then why did I never see him when I played in Teiko in middle school?" Kiyoshi wondered.

"He didn't go to every game. Or every practice, for that matter."

"Ugh, another guy who skips and acts indifferent to basketball? Is Teiko breeding those or something?" Kagami muttered.

"No, he was very passionate."

"Then why would he skip?"

"He didn't."

"WHA-? This is too confusing! What else would you call a guy on the team who doesn't show up for practice or games?"

"A part-time player."

The team sat on the benches, shocked, with similar thoughts running through their heads. Why would a school that has such good players already, allow a part-time player on their first string? Wouldn't they rather have someone they can rely on, who will devote all their time and energy to the team?

Coach Aida looked up at the clock, then stood. "Okay team, as interesting as this is, we need to leave now, so let's continue this once we're settled at Kagami's place!"

"Yes, Ma'am!" "HEY! I NEVER SAID YOU COU-OUCH! Captain, what was that for!?"

Kuroko followed the team out, trying to figure out the best way to explain his old teammate, someone who could've been named as part of the Generation of Miracles, maybe even the best of the group. He stays quiet throughout the journey, until they make it to his light's apartment, seated and ready to hear the rest of his tale.

"I guess I should begin by saying that you don't really have to worry about him showing up, because I don't think he's playing basketball anymore. However, it wasn't for the reasons you probably are thinking, like getting bored or angry or anything like that, he's actually one of the most passionate people I've ever met. But his passion doesn't end with basketball, which is why he only played it part-time. He loved to read and play other sports, and wanted to be able to experience new things and show people what he can bring to them." He paused and took a breath, preparing for the reaction of his next words.

"I'd also like to say that he was, without a doubt, the most perfect basketball player I have ever seen."

The room was silent. He let the statement sink in. Kagami was, unsurprisingly, the first to break.

"So, I have another strong player left to beat, huh?" He asked. His voice is even, but Tetsuya could see the fire in his eyes, the same fire he saw when Kagami first declared war on the Generations of Miracles. It was animalistic.

"Like I said before, he doesn't play anymore."

"If he's that good and passionate about the game, why would he stop?" Hyuuga chimed in.

"I guess I wouldn't say he is passionate about the game, exactly. He likes competition, but he's not as set on it as Kagami or Aomine. He also likes to work as part of team, but again, that isn't the reason he plays."

"Then why?" The team asked, exasperated.

"I suppose you'd say he's more interested in sports that have a certain...aesthetic. Sports that pride themselves on perfect form and skills that can precisely calculated when all the variables have been accounted for."

"Isn't that difficult, though?" Kiyoshi asked, "I mean, I know Mamoi is able to process a lot of data and make predictions, but what your saying sounds different."

"It is. Mamoi uses data to give the team a perfect defense against their opponents. What I'm talking about is best used offensively. Instead of player data, like the number of shots each player makes, which positions they play, who is best at what skill, he uses the measurements of the court, the players, rate of acceleration of everyone playing, the air pressure of the ball, and gravity to create a technically perfect form of basketball. With physics on his side, he is able to make every shot like Midorima, but does it in a way that is so innovative and unpredictable that it's pretty much impossible to stop, like Aomine. But there is something more there, it's not just the calculations but the way he implements them. When he's on court it looks almost as if he's dancing, there's an element he brings to game that is so perfect and...beautiful."

"Ha, I guess it's a good thing we didn't have to go up against him then," Izuki nervously laughed, still a little shaken at the fact a person like this exists. He then looked over to Kagami, sitting beside him breathing heavily, like a bull about to charge.

"I want to play him," he muttered repeatedly, with a dangerous glint in his eye. Izuki scooted a bit further away from him.

Kuroko looked at Kagami with a blank expression, "You can't, please get over it." Kagami looked down with clenched teeth and went back to muttering.

Coach Aida hit Kagami over the head and yelled at him to stop acting like a rabid beast, and while he nursed his new wound she turned to Kuroko and asked, "How does he fare against the other members of the Generation of Miracles?"

Tetsuya looked down, "I don't know, he's never played against them. At least, not since he perfected his form. By then, he had already established himself as a powerful player meant for first string, but he didn't want to make it a competition between his own teammates, so he's never played any of them one on one. But he's definitely on their level, if not higher."

"What sport is he playing now?"

"What school does he go to?"

"Does he have any weaknesses?"

"What color is his hair?"

"I want to play him."

"Uh, shouldn't someone be asking what his name is? And Kagami THAT ISN'T EVEN A QUESTION!" The Captain reached over the table and shook their team's ace as he yelled.

Kuroko looked around at his team, who were all eagerly awaiting his answers (with the exception of Kagami and Hyuuga, who were still 'discussing' what 'does not play basketball anymore' means).

"He is part of a swim team now. He goes to Iwatobi High. If he had any weaknesses, I guess it would be his obsession with beauty, he would probably put that above actually scoring a point if it came down to that. ...He has purple hair," Kuroko shot Koganei a blank look, but Koganei just shrugged and mumbled something about prodigies and weird hair colors.

Kuroko turned to face the rest of the team to answer the last question.

"...As for his name, it's Ryuugazaki Rei."

That's all for now! Let me know what you think, I haven't though that much about pairings (if there will be any) so if you have any ideas feel free to leave it in the review box.