Chapter One: Teiko Junior High, one year ago

(Teiko Junior High)

Kise walked through the hallways of Teiko, hands in his pockets as he greeted the people around him. It was his final year in Teiko, and he pretty much had made a name for himself in the basketball world. Not that he needed it, though. He can master any sport he'd like, no matter how long or short the years he'd been practicing, but right now his focus was on basketball.

Long gone were the easy days for him, ever since Aomine introduced him to basketball. Normally, he thought that he could get anything: just a smile at the girls and they would fall head over heels for him.

But basketball was different. It was a raw, competitive sport that required talent and effort together. He didn't know what piped his interest in it at first, but Kise figured that it was because he was bored with his life, and that getting into a challenging sport was all he needed.

He slid the door to his classroom open and was greeted by Aomine. (A/N: Remember? Aomine used to joke around with Kise and Kuroko back in Teiko, right?) "Kise! Good morning!"

"Ah, good morning Aominecchi!" Kise greeted back. As usual, he and the rest of the Generation of Miracles were there. "Good morning, Ryota!" Momoi greeted. "Good morning, Satsuki. Say, have you seen any new faces around?"

"It's a new semester, so expect that there will be new students." Shintarou said. "Good morning, Midorimacchi!" Kise eyed the thing in his hands. "I-Is that a toy frog?"

"A stuffed toy of a frog, yes." Shintarou replied as he fixed his glasses. "Horoscope today says that Cancers like me should bring it along to ward off bad spirits."

"Okaaaaaaay..." Kise said with a sweatdrop. "Kurokocchi, where are-"

"I'm right here." Kuroko replied as he suddenly appeared beside Kise. "Hey, have you seen new students around?"

"Sadly, no." Kuroko replied as Momoi joined them. "How about you, Satsuki?"

"Huh, me?" Momoi replied as she pointed to herself. "I've been handling a few students who wanted to join the baskeyball club, but none of them seem to be interesting."

"I see..." Kise sighed as he sat down on his desk. He was hoping that something new would be happening before graduation, but it seemed like fate had a plan to bore him to death before he could even enter senior high.

He placed his head on his hands and hovered his eyes to the clipboard on Momoi's table. "What's that?" He asked.

"Ah, these are the profiles of the members of the Generation of Miracles last year." Momoi got the clipboard from her desk and handed it to Kise. He raised his eyebrows as he flipped through the profiles. Yes, they were good players, had to admit. Perhaps even better than him and the others. One certaim player caught his attention. "Who is this Shinya Hiroto?"

"Oh, Shinya!" Momoi said. "He's very talented in basketball, I must say. He's called the Dark Prince because of that"

"Dark Prince? Pfft. His nickname sucks." Kise snickered. "Well, where is he now?"

"I heard that he got into an American team amd continued to study at the States."

"The Dark Prince Shinya Hiroto." Kise reminded himself. Suddenly, the door swung open, and an unfamiliar face entered.

At the door stood a girl. She had long, curly black hair tied in a ponytail, with piercing blue eyes. She had an athletic build, was a half a head shorter than Kise but was a head taller than Kuroko and Akashi. Red headphoned dangled from her neck while a gym bag was slung over her shoulder.

Another athlete. Teiko was famous for accepting and producing the best athletes and players, may they be foreigners or new students, so it wasn't a surprise if almost everybody went to school with their equipment.

"Now there's a new face!" Kise whispered to the others. The girl looked around for an available seat and decided to sit at the back. "She doesn't seem too interesting, though." Akashi said as they continued to eye her. The girl didn't seem to mind, she just placed her headphones on and scanned through her playlist.

"Don't be like that, Akashi." Aomine scolded as he placed an arm on Kise's head. "So, waddya think, Kise? Think you can work your magic and-"

KRIIIIINNGG!

"Alright, everyone." The professor entered the room. "Get back to your seats now. It's a new semester, so I expect that all of you have left last year's bad habits behind."

"Hai, sensei." Everybody replied as they scrambled back to their seats. Kise sighed. In Teiko, it wasn't in their tradition to introduce new students, which seemed a littled unfair for him. He'd been a new student before, too, so he knew the feeling of not knowing anybody. Right now, he hoped the catch the new student's name, but she just remained silent throughout the class.

The day had passed quickly, and soon it was time for afternoon practice. The Generation of Miracles were to play at the outside court because Momoi was holding the basketball team try-outs at the gym.

"I can't believe it," Kise complained as he passed the ball to Shintarou, who then shot it effortlessly 50 meters away from the basket. "We, the Generation of Miracles, the sixe prodigies of Teiko Junior High, have to play at the outside court so that Satsuki could hold the try-outs at the gym. (A/N: The newbies and trainees play in the outside court, while the Generation of Miracles in the gymnasium. Thus, this is why Kise pissed off by Satsuki because she's treating them like newbies.

"Well, you can't blame her." Akashi said as he blocked Kuroko's pass to Aomine. "There are a lot of freshmen who wanted to join."

"Say," Aomime spoke up. "It's our final year here. Have you guys thought of what school to enter?"

"... Shutoku sounds good."

"I heard that Seirin has a pretty good team."

Kise just remained silent, along with the others who didn't have anything to say. "... The States seem to be a good place for me." He finally said. "Oy, Kise," Aomine said as he finished the game with a three-point shot. "Don't you dare go Shinya Hiroto on us."

"What do you mean?" Kise replied. He and the others went to the benches and grabbed their towels and water. "I heard that the Dark Prince of Teiko flew to the States alone and the rest of his teamates haven't heard from him since."

"... What are you trying to say?" Kise said, still confused.

"What Aomine means to say," Shintarou clarified as he leaned against the wire mesh. "Is that you shouldn't be a snobber once you get to the States."

Kise smiled as he raised an eyebrow at them. "Oh, c'mon, you know I woudn't do that to you guys-!"

"Whatever you guys say," Akashi cut him off. "I still believe that in the future, we won't be acting like this around each other anymore."

"I agree with Akashi." Shintarou fixed his glasses. Kuroko nodded solemnly.

The uncofortable silence came came again. Here in Teiko, they were ready each other's rivals, so what more if they were in thei seperate teams already?

"Aw, come on don't be like that." Aomine slung his shoulders over Kise and Akashi. "The future is still a long way! What matters is now. Like, check out over there!" He pointed over their shoulders. The new student had changed from her school uniform and was now jogging through the school grounds in a hoodie and jogging pants. "I knew it! She IS an athlete." Kise muttered. "Maybe I can aske Satsuki to talk to her..."

"Why aske Momoi to talk to her? Murasakibara asked as he took a bite out of his chocolate bar. "You can just talk to her yourself."

"Wait, wait, wait!" Aomine said, waving his hand through the air. "Kise, don't tell me that you like her!?"

"What?! No Aominecchi, you've got the wrong idea!"

"Ryota, as your mentor, I can't pass this is. Do you like her?"

"What!? Not you too, Kurokocchi!"

"Kise," Akashi said seriously as he cleared hks throat. "What kind of girl are you imterested in?"

"Uhh... well... I like girls who wouldn't tie me down." Kise replied with a blush. For a moment, nobody moved and just stared at him. Even Murasakibara stopped eating his chocolate halfway in a bite. Finaly Aomime broke the silence. "Well, I like girls with big breas- mrfff!" His sentence was cut off when Akashk got Murasakibara's chocolate and stuffed it into Aomine's mouth. "Aomine, you pervert. Just shut up."

"Oy, Akashi that was my last chocolate bar... " Murasakibara said with a darm aura. "Murasakibaracchi! Calm down!"

"Come on, Ryota." Kuroko said as he suddenly appeared in front if Kise and tugged his sleeve. "I don't want to be involved in their ridiculous fight."

"Y-yeah. Sure." Kise one last glance at the others, and walked off with Kuroko, the arguments still ringing around.

Author's Notes

(9/28/13 Chapter finished on 10:41 pm)

Yooosh! Chapter One finished! It is so freakin hard to write on a itty - bitty phone! For some of you who know me, I'm the kind of author who has high standards. I won't publish a chap unless it's polished, but in the end you guys benefit, too. Gomen for some OOCness...

KnB season2 is near! "This Winter will be War."

Sqeaaaaaaaal!

Ill be taking a break from SnK and KHR for a while to focus on Kuroko no Basket, so some of my fics might take a while to update.

Let me know what you think! I know this chap isn't much, but comments and reviews inspire me to write. The more comments, the better!

Well, I guess that's all for now then! Chapter 2 is on it's way, so stay tuned!

See you guys next time!