"Something Lost Will Never Return"
Akashi decided to reunite the Generation of Miracles, even just for few months and everyone agreed, except for one certain teal-haired boy, but why did he refuse? Is it because of his secret that drifts him away from his friends? None can read the shadow's eyes but it seems like he's a keeping a secret—a secret no one, not even Akashi [?!], knows. Read and Review!
Chapter One:
The Teikou 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". Despite being relatively unknown and lacking a game record, there was one more member recognized by the five prodigies. A phantom sixth man.
Kagami Taiga, Seirin Gakuen Basketball Club's ace, closed his book as the bell rang which indicated that all classes were dismissed.
"That's all for now." Their subject teacher announced, lifted his books and went out of the room.
The room was filled with chatters and laughter as his classmates talked about what they wanted to do later. He's not really the type who cared about what others were planning, but sometimes he just couldn't help wondering what he would be doing right now if he wasn't part of the basketball team.
He smirked with his own thoughts and placed his scattered books and notebooks inside his school bag and stood up. "Alright, I'm really fired up today! Let's go to the gym, Ku—" His sentence was cut when he turned and found the one behind him, Kuroko Tetsuya—Generation of Miracles' and Seirin's phantom player- had made no move and was just staring into space.
He raised an eyebrow and grabbed the teal-head's head. "Oi, Kuroko, I said."
The said boy blinked then looked up. "What?"
"It's already dismissal. Don't you want to go to the gym yet? Coach will kill us if we're late, you know." He replied.
Kuroko blinked again and quickly fixed his books and placed them inside his own school bag.
"What's the matter with you? You've been spacing out since the day after we miraculously won against Rakuzan." Kagami pointed out.
"Miraculously." His shadow echoed, his tone kinda sound amused.
"Oi, at least I admitted that it was actually a miracle. If you didn't jump to the boundary line and even fell into the ground just to pass the ball to me, we might have lost with only one point difference. It was a good thing I was able to shoot it."
Kuroko stood up and lifted his bag. "Kagami-kun, you're bragging." He grumbled.
"I'm not!" Kagami defended.
Kuroko walked to the door and opened it before going outside.
"Oi, Kuroko, I said I wasn't bragging."
"Ok, you weren't." The other responded, his tone unbelieving.
Kagami twitched. "Hey!"
~LFMH021~
"You're late!" Riko Aida, Seirin's coach, yelled at the freshmen duo of their team and then threw the water bottle beside her.
Kuroko, who was in front, quickly used misdirection and the water bottle hit Kagami.
"Bull's eye to the head. Nice, coach!" The three other freshmen congratulated.
"Shut up!" Kagami shouted to them.
The three hugged each other. "Scary…"
"Kuroko, you bastard, you did that on purpose, didn't you?" The red-head growled and tried grabbing his 'shadow''s head but the latter quickly dodged it.
"No, of course not, Kagami-kun."
Kagami tried grabbing his head again, but Kuroko dodged it again. "Oi!"
"Don't do that, I'll shrink more." Kuroko complained.
"So, you actually admit that you're short?"
"No, you're just tall. Actually huge." Kuroko replied, still impassive. "Huge in many ways."
"Hey! What does that suppose to mean?"
"I wonder." The phantom player replied and removed his outside uniform. "If you eat a tray of hamburgers every day and a bunch of sandwiches at lunch, I wonder what your weight will be."
His statement made all his other teammates laugh. "Yeah, I wonder too. What's your weight, Kagami?" Hyuuga Junpei, their captain, asked.
"I weigh about 75 to 80 kilograms." Kiyoshi Teppei, the one who founded their team, stated.
"No one asked you." Hyuuga snapped.
"Ow! That hurts! Smile more, Junpei~"
"Shut up!"
"Gaah! I'm not that f-f-f-fat!" Kagami replied.
"You sound like a girl." Izuki Shun, the one who possessed the 'Eagle Eye' commented.
"I don't!" Kagami defended.
"See? You defend like a girl; a girl guilty." Koganei, one of his other senpais, agreed.
"I'm not girl and I'm not guilty!" The red-head yelled.
"You are guilty, Kagami-kun." Kuroko mumbled and then nodded.
Nigou barked in agreement.
"See? Even Nigou—" Tsuchida, also one of their senpais, started.
"OW!" Everyone inside the court complained right after they all received smacks in the head by their coach.
"I want you back, already in jerseys, after one minute or you'll make 500 push-ups without break!" The brown-head coach growled.
Seirin basketball team members ran to the men's locker room. "HURRY! I DON'T WANT TO DIE!"
~LFMH021~
"Alright, freshmen versus sophomores! Let the game start now!" Riko shouted and then the game started in front of her.
She watched each member and wrote on her records of what each needed for his training menu.
She pulled out her phone and opened her 'Gallery' and then 'Audio' before picking one song and played it to the maximum volume.
Everyone stopped in unison and looked at her. "What?" She queried.
"Nice." Kiyoshi commented.
"It has a basketball impact on it. It fits with how serious we are in playing." Hyuuga agreed.
"What's the title?" Izuki asked as he dribbled the ball.
"From ONE OK ROCK, 'Re:make', I think? I just found it when I was listening in Youtube." Riko replied.
Mitobe nodded with a satisfied smile.
"Alright, I suddenly felt motivated! Let's start!" Koga shouted.
"Why do we need to start when we just started?" Izuki asked.
"What….?" The others mumbled, obviously thought that the joke was too lame that they wanted to puke.
He received a smack in the head. "SHUT UP!" Hyuuga grumbled, took the ball and the game resumed.
Koki Furuhata gasped when the ball was suddenly in his hands. Yes, it was a pass given by Kuroko.
"Shoot it!" Kagami shouted.
He blinked, ran near the hoop and shot it into the ring.
"Ok, counter-attack, seniors!" Hyuuga announced.
Izuki received the ball from Mitobe and passed it.
Unfortunately, both Kiyoshi and Hyuuga were about to get it, so instead they bumped into each other and fell on the floor.
Riko Aida sighed in frustration. "Seriously…"
"That was clearly for me!" The bespectacled captain shouted.
"No, I think it was for me."
"You blind? It was for me!"
"I'm not blind. It was heading towards me." Kiyoshi responded.
"I never knew that IRON HEART was blind." Hyuuga teased as he stood up.
Kiyoshi stood up as well. "Don't call me IRON HEART!" He complained.
"Stupid IRON HEART."
"Stop it!"
Hyuuga frowned and smirked. "IRON HEART, IRON HEART, IRON HEART, IRON HEART, IRON HEART~"
Now, that made the Seirin's founder twitch. "I said, stop it!"
"I-ron Heart, I-ron Heart!" Hyuuga continued, also pissed now.
"I'll really get mad now, even if it's you, Hyuuga!" Kiyoshi grunted.
The bespectacled raised an eyebrow. "So what, I-RON HEART?"
"Ugh, Hyuuga!"
"If you weren't in the way, this wouldn't have started, IRON HEART."
"You were the one on the way! Stop calling me that!"
"I-RON HEART!"
"Will they be alright?" Kuroko mumbled.
Izuki laughed. "I've seen this so many times before, and yes, just leave them and they'll quickly make up."
"Ummm…Mmm…" Mitobe murmured.
"Mitobe said that they would calm down after a little bit. They're just really like that." Koga explained.
Kagami sweat dropped. "I'm still wondering how you can understand him after a second, Koga-senpai."
Koga smiled proudly. "It's because of experience!"
"Uh…huh…?"
"Hey, everyone, there's no Kiyoshi Teppei in this team, he has been replaced by IRON HEART. Start calling him IRON HEART from now on, alright?"
"Stop calling me that!"
"Ok~" The others replied.
"Hey!" Kiyoshi complained.
"If you don't shut up, you're run 100 laps around the court!" Riko shouted.
"Waaah, what a lively place." A new yet familiar voice commented from behind them.
They all turned and gasped. The members of Generation of Miracles stood behind them all. Each of them wore their own school's uniform. Kaijo's Kise Ryouta, Touo's Aomine Daiki, Yosen's Murasakibara Atsushi, Shuutoku's Midorima Shintarou and Rakuzan's Akashi Seijuro.
"What is the Generation of Miracles doing here?" Riko gasped.
"We're visiting." Aomine Daiki, the ace of both Touou and MiraGen, replied.
"Visiting?" Riko repeated and gave a teasing grin at Kagami.
The latter blushed. "WHAT?!" He demanded.
"Kurokocchi!" Kise Ryouta, the copycat of both Kaijo and MiraGen, shouted in joy and was about to hug their phantom player when Kuroko dodged it by blocking the blonde's face with the ball in his hands. "Ouch…Why did you need to use the ball of all things?"
"Because of reflex." The other responded, impassive.
Kise still continued in trying, but was stopped by no other than Akashi Seijuro – MiraGen and Rakuzan's captain—himself. He grabbed the blonde's collar at the back and pulled him backwards. "Akashicchi?"
"You already have Kasamatsu Yukio, stop messing around with Tetsuya." The small red-head warned.
Kise gulped and stayed like a scolded dog at the back.
"Eh? Kasamatsu Yukio, Kaijo's captain is going out with Kise?" Hyuuga asked, surprised.
"As I remember, yes, they are." Midorima replied.
They all blinked when a shoe hit the blonde's head. "OUCH!"
"You dumbass, so here you are! I already told you that we have a practice today!" Kasamatsu yelled as he panted.
"Speaking of the devil." Aomine mumbled.
"Shin-chan~" Takao Kazunari, one of Shuutoku's members, singsang and went by the green-head's side. "You want sweet red bean soup?" He offered one can of oshiruko to his teammate.
The green-eyed blinked then accepted it. "Let me guess, you want me to paddle later?"
The black-head grinned.
Midorima opened the can and sighed. "Thought so." He grunted and took a gulp.
"Are…you two going out?" Kise, who was clinging to his senpai, queried.
Midorima spat his drink at Aomine and blushed furiously. "NO!"
Aomine yelled a, "HEY!" but no one bothered to respond to him.
Takao only grinned wider.
"I'm going and I'll leave you behind." Kasamatsu grumbled.
Kise hugged the black-head from behind. "No, please, senpai? Please?"
Kasamatsu's eyebrow twitched upon seeing the blonde's puppy eyes and he smacked his head. "Fine!"
"Yay~"
"Here's your snacks, Atsushi." Himuro Tatsuya –Kagami's childhood friend and Yosen's member—said and handed a paperbag full of snacks to the purple-head.
Atsushi Murasakibara, MiraGen's and Yosen's powerful center, eyes' lit up and joy and he quickly hugged his partner. "Arigatou, Muro-chin!"
Himuro ruffled his companion's head and smiled.
"Yo, Tatsuya!" Kagami greeted.
"Hey."
"Let me guess, you two too?" Izuki asked as he pointed at Himuro and Murasakibara.
"Us too, in what?" Both asked in unison.
"Uh, nevermind."
Aomine approached the red-head of Seirin.
"What?" Kagami demanded.
"Oh, nothing." Aomine replied and smirked.
Kagami frowned and blushed. "I'll kill you! Stop making that smirk!"
"I just remembered what happened the other day…" Aomine mumbled and tried stifling his laughter.
"I said, shut up!"
Kuroko and Akashi just met each other's eyes and smiled, they looked like they thought the same thing and found it amusing.
Riko cleared her throat. "So, um, again, what is the Generation of Miracles doing here?"
"Oh, I almost forgot!" Kise shouted and smiled happily. "Generation of Miracles will reunite again." He announced.
The Seirin's gymnasium was filled with silence.
"Huh? Will you please repeat that?" Riko asked.
"Generation of Miracles will reunite again." Kise answered.
"Huh? Will you please repeat that?"
"Generation of Miracles will reunite again."
"Huh? Will you please repeat that?"
"Generation of Miracles wi—"
Kasamatsu covered his mouth. "She heard you!"
Akashi sighed and stepped forward. "Since the Winter Cup just ended, the producers and sponsors of it want another, but something different. They want different members of different schools to combine altogether to form a group minimum of five and maximum of eight people to join their newest competition named: Greatest Team of all. It will be held here in Japan but the competitors will be from around the world. And I want the Generation of Miracles to reunite again to join." He explained with such fluent accent.
"S-Seriously?" Hyuuga gasped.
"Actually, I'm here to ask both Tetsuya and Kagami Taiga to come with us because we want them to register with us…although the registration will last for a week." The smaller red-head answered.
"So, that's the story! Don't worry, we'll only steal them away when needed. They won't be taken away from your team!" Kise assured.
"Uh-huh?"
Aomine grabbed Kagami by his arm. "Come on, let's go already, I want to play after the registration."
"Hey! Don't drag me!" Kagami complained.
"Er, then, see you tomorrow, Kagami, Kuroko…" Riko mumbled.
Akashi took the teal-head's hand. "Let's go, Tetsuya." He said and started walking.
But Kuroko pulled his hand away and bowed.
"Kuro-chin?" Murasakibara asked, puzzled.
"Sorry." The phantom player apologized as he bowed his head.
"Eh? Kurokocchi?" Kise responded. "Why are you apologizing?"
"I will not come with you."
"Why? Do you have something to buy? We'll accompany you." Aomine offered.
"No, that's not it."
"What is it?" Midorima asked.
Kuroko lifted his head and averted his gaze. "I decline to be part of the Generation of Miracles again."
That silenced everyone.
Akashi frowned. "What do you mean? Tetsuya, you don't need to worry, we're not in Teikou anymore, yes, I want victory but I will not lead the team into individual confidence anymore. We're a team now, I vow that to you."
"No, sorry, I really must decline."
"But everyone already agreed. I'll also agree." Kagami pointed out.
"Yes, everyone did, except me." Kuroko replied. "The new Generation of Miracles does not need someone who has such a low ability like I have." He added and took his bags. "I'm…leaving now."
"Kurokocchi—"
"I don't want to be part of MiraGen again! I…I just don't." The teal-head shouted and opened the door.
"We won't register until you agree to be part of us again! If you really do not show up even after a week, then the MiraGen won't be part of that competition as well. I'll wait for you." Akashi decided.
"But—"
The red-head frowned. "I'll wait for you; I trust you. I know you love basketball and you'll join us again."
Kuroko just went out and closed the door.
"What…happened with Kurokocchi?" Kise mumbled.
"We don't know. He has become quiet, distant and always spacing out since we won the Winter Cup. He rarely smiled, as well." Riko answered.
"He did?" Kagami asked.
Everyone just gulped. "Seriously? You didn't know?" Hyuuga demanded.
"No."
"Moron."
"Wha-?!"
"We think that something happened right after Winter Cup…and he's keeping it to himself." Izuki added.
"Kuro-chin's keeping a secret then?"
"We think."
"I'm sure Akashi knows about it—" Aomine started.
"No, I don't."
"You…don't?"
"Yes, I surprisingly don't know what it is." Akashi replied, his tone emotionless.
"I don't want to be part of MiraGen again! I…I just don't."
He frowned. "Tetsuya…"
A/N: Ohh, how I love dramatic stories.
It makes me happy to the max.
I hope you liked it too.
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[Won't be able to update that often because of very very very very very slow internet connection]