Title: Black Rose and White Memories
By: Judaiteito
Pairing/s: KuroKaga (KurokoxKagami),AkaMi (AkashixMibuchi), MidoTaka (MidorimaxTakao), Muramuro (MurasakibaraxHimuro), AoIma (AominexImayoshi), KasaKi (KasamatsuxKise), HyuIzu (HyuugaxIzuki)
Implied: KiyoHana (KiyoshixHanamiya)
Summary:
When the clock strikes midnight at 12 of December, time will stop and the story will end in 12 minutes and 12 seconds.
Kagami Taiga, a 17 year old second year high school student, was recently having strange dreams, from the way a red haired girl lived until the way she died. Coincidently, he started having these dreams on the day he arrived in a place called 'Yuki no Yume'. Are these dreams only just mere dreams or maybe...
... It means something else?
In which the KuroBasu characters will experience a situation straight out from a horror story, love unexpectedly bloomed and misunderstandings will be solved.
Disclaimer: I don't own Kuroko no Basuke and its characters. Though, the place 'Yuki no Yume' is just a figment of my imagination. :3
Warning: Shounen-ai, possible OOC, wrong grammar... errors... I think that's it?
Author's Notes:
Judai: Hi guys! I'm, once again, posting a new story and this time, I'll finish this until the very end with every ounce of energy, ideas and inspiration in my brain. :3
Tsuna: have fun reading this story minna!
Judai and Tsuna: Enjoy~!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LOVE!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Prologue
December 12, 1940
12:12 AM
Tick tock tick tock
Comes the music from the clock
Tick tock tick tock
You better start to run~
It was raining, so hard you have to squint your eyes just to see the path you're heading to. Even though it was already past midnight and in this kind of weather, the moon was shining so brightly. With its mysteriousness, the moonlight specifically struck the mansion located at the very center of a forest. A mansion that was surrounded by different flowers and plants especially with its most prominent, prized, family possession, the roses which were uniquely tinted with a color of ebony. These were called the 'black roses'.
The lightning began to strike and the thunder roared.
For every flash of light, an image was seen from inside the left-side, second floor open window. An image of a red-black haired girl, weeping at the body of a young red haired boy lying on his very own blood could be seen.
Tick tock tick tock
Comes the ticking of the clock
Tick tock tick tock
The fun has just began~
The lightning flashed and the thunder roared again. A door creaked open and the girl shot up. She looked at the door with her terrified eyes and sighed in relief as she saw their pet, a black furred panther, walking towards them. The red haired girl gathered the panther into her arms and sobbed, with her face pressed deeply into the animal's fur. The black panther whimpered and licked the girl's tears away all the while nudging the hand of the red haired boy with its paws.
Tick tock tick tock
Comes the music from the clock
Tick tock tick tock
Let's start from the top~
"R-Rei, I'm s-sorry."
"Akari-kun, please, hang in there! E-everything will be alright. Please... Please stay alive!"
"I-I'm sorry..."
Grumble...Flash!
Flap!
The panther looked up and saw a black eagle perched itself on the window sill, staring at them with its black, beady eyes.
"Shu... Y-you're here..." the red haired girl said, her voice trembling and her eyes widening.
Suddenly, the door to the room burst open revealing a black haired boy with a joker's mask on his face. He tilted his head and giggled a dark, evil giggle.
Tick tock tick tock
Comes the ticking of the clock
Tick tock tick tock
You better start to run~
"Sho, please, run!" the red haired girl yelled at her pet panther, pointing at the open window. Her eyes filled with panic and her voice in hysterics. The panther looked at the girl hesitantly but started running at the window. The eagle perched at it immediately flew and decided to stay on the wooden desk near the open window.
All the while, the black haired masked boy giggled and started advancing on the unsuspecting red haired girl.
Flash!
The red haired girl was stabbed on her back; red color stained her beautiful white dress. Her vision started to blur and she fell on the floor, beside the redhead boy's body, with a thud.
The masked boy chuckled evilly.
Tick tock tick tock
Comes the music from the clock
Tick tock tick tock
The fun has just began~
"Ah. Shu. Come here."
The eagle stared at the masked boy with its black colored eyes, not making any movement of following the order. Instead, it flapped its wings and started flying outside the open window.
The 'joker' just laughed.
Tick tock tick tock
Comes the ticking of the clock
Tick tock tick tock
Your time is up!
The second hand of a clock struck 12 and the short hand moved, indicating the change in minutes.
12:12 AM
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Dream Night 1: Nightmares or Dreams?
It was a sunny morning, the flowers were blooming and the trees were swaying with the wind's cool breeze, as if dancing with it.
It's a perfect day.
Sitting under the shade of a tree was a girl, with her hair and eyes as red as rubies (though, it seems that the tips of her hair have a reddish black color), skin a perfect, healthy color and lips as red and sweet as roses. She's wearing a beautiful white dress that stopped just below her knees, and a pair of white sandals. All in all, she could be said as the epitome of innocence and beauty.
She was reading her favorite novel beside her dozing pet, a black panther. She was too engrossed with the book, having not realized that her name was called plenty of times by someone.
"Hi****-chan!" a voice shouted, right in front of the startled red haired girl. Said girl pouted as she saw a blue haired boy laughing at her.
"Hi****-chan's surprised expression sure is cute." the blue haired boy said, wiping a tear from his eyes. The red haired girl sighed and smiled softly at him. The panther opened its eyes, looking at the newly arrived boy with its narrow-eyed gaze. Deeming him harmless, the panther continued its nap.
"K***-kun, please stop appearing all of a sudden. I might develop a heart attack." the red haired girl said, closing her novel after putting a bookmark on it. She patted the empty space on her side, silently inviting the boy to sit beside her. The blue haired boy smiled and sat down, all the while grabbing the girl's hand and intertwining it with his own.
"Hi****-chan, I-"
All of a sudden, everything became static.
An image appeared. An image of the red haired girl clutching a black colored rose.
"My favorite color?" the girl said, as if speaking to someone. She smiled while twirling the rose with her fingers.
"Of course, it's black. After all, it's R**-kun's hair color and also..." the girl trailed off and stopped twirling the rose.
"It's the color of the black rose."
Once again, everything became static.
And another image appeared. This time, of a red haired boy together with the red haired girl.
"I hope K***-kun visits soon."
"You must be really in love with him, Hi****-chan." the red haired boy said, smiling at the blushing girl.
"Yeah... But not as much as I love you, A****-kun."
The red haired boy's smile widened.
"I love you too, Hi****-chan."
Static...
This time, only voices could be heard with no image appearing.
"You don't deserve her! You only deserve to die!"
"NO! Please, stop!"
"Hi****-chan, RUN!"
Static...
And an ear-piercing scream followed.
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Kagami Taiga shot up from his bed, panting. His shirt was wet with sweat and his heart beating so fast. He looked around and sighed in relief as he saw the usual state of the room he was currently in. He laid down on his bed, staring at the room's ceiling, while thinking about the dream (or is it a nightmare?) that he just had. He glanced at the clock on the wall.
'12:12 AM. Tch. It's still too early. I might as well go back to sleep, after all, tomorrow will be very busy.'
With that in mind, Kagami closed his eyes and went back to sleep.
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"Good morning, everyone!"
"Good morning..." came the groggy replies of the Seirin Basketball Club members to their surprisingly energetic coach, Aida Riko. Well, all of them replied except for Mitobe, who just nodded his head, and Kuroko, who was truly currently not with them.
The whole Seirin Basketball Club went to an onsen resort near the mountains called 'Yuki no Yume'. They were on the said place not because they're on a winter vacation but because...
Their coach asked (ordered) them to work at the onsen due to the lack of workers in the place (and also the owner of the said place was a friend of Riko's dad).
Kuroko Tetsuya was the only person exempted to work because he was asked (ordered) by Akashi to a winter vacation/GoM Reunion.
And so far, they were working at the onsen for 2 days.
Surprisingly...
"Seirin-tachi sure are lively this morning." a voice owned by a black haired, violet eyed shooting guard of Rakuzan Team said. He just giggled at the glares he received from them, all the while a black haired, glasses wearing teen, ex-captain of Touou Team sighed.
"Oi, you guys! Go freshen up and get ready to work!" shouted the black haired teen ex-captain of Kaijou Team. Behind him, a black haired, hawk-eyed teen laughed at the now scolded Seirin and another black haired teen with a beauty mark below his right eye chuckled.
"I should have stayed on another onsen if the sight I'll see every morning are your disgusting faces."
"Surprisingly, I have to agree with you, Hanamiya. Oi, you guys, go do what Kasamatsu-san said or else, I'll throw pineapples at you."
"Miyaji-san is so violent..."
... Mibuchi Reo, Imayoshi Shoichi, Kasamatsu Yukio, Takao Kazunari, Himuro Tatsuya, Hanamiya Makoto, Miyaji Kiyoshi and Hanamiya Koutarou were also there. Reo, Imayoshi, Kasamatsu, Takao and Hayama were also working at the onsen while Himuro, Hanamiya and Miyaji were staying at the place (Himuro heard Taiga was working there that's why he chose to stay at 'Yuki no Yume' during his winter vacation).
"Awwww, don't be like that, Hanamiya. If you didn't stay here, we couldn't spend our winter vacation together." Kiyoshi said, smiling widely at the now blushing Hanamiya.
"Wha-what are you talking about, Kiyoshi?! Shut up!" the black haired, coach/captain of Kirisaki Daiichi exclaimed, smacking the laughing Kiyopshi Teppei on the head with a pillow.
All of them sighed, already used to the morning antics of the 'love birds'.
'Would they just stop it already...' the Seirin Team members (except for Kiyoshi) and their coach simultaneously thought.
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The onsen, as usual, had a very busy day with their costumers staying in, others moving out or some overstaying. That's just how famous the onsen place is. Though, it seems the busier part of the onsen was its kitchen.
"Sigh... Aren't most people supposed to be eating outside or perhaps go have a snowball fight or something?!" exclaimed an almost tired looking Kagami. Beside him, on his right, was Mitobe Rinnosuke, who was looking at the red haired teen sympathetically, and on his left was Mibuchi Reo, who just chuckled.
"Well, Taiga-chan's cooking was delicious. It must be the reason why they opted to stay and eat their meals in here." Reo remarked which made the Seirin Ace blushed in embarrassment.
"I'm not really that good in cooking..."
"Oi~"
They all turned towards the kitchen door where Hayama called for their attention.
"Owner-san said that your shift is over~."
Kagami, Mitobe and Reo sighed in relief.
'Finally.'
After placing their aprons back on their proper place, the three went to their respective rooms to change.
While changing his shirt, Kagami glanced outside the window and saw snowflakes beginning to fall.
'Wow... I didn't know snow can be pretty to look at. Too bad Kuroko isn't here to see it.' Kagami thought, smiling unconsciously. Upon realizing the content of his thoughts, he blushed.
'What the heck am I thinking?! And... Why in the world is my heart beating so fast?!' a still blushing redhead thought as he clutched at his shirt near the part where his heart lies.
'This is so weird! Why does every time I think of Kuroko, my heart will beat so fast and my stomach starts feeling weird, though, in a good sorta way?!'
It seems our Kagami Taiga has never been in a situation like this before. I wonder how will he handle this...
'Maybe... maybe I'm just hungry! After all, my stomach won't act up if I'm not hungry! Might as well whip myself a good meal!'
Typical Kagami Taiga...
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It was a bright, sunny afternoon. Everything was the same as usual, the cherry blossoms were in full bloom, and the flowers were still beautiful as the rose clutched by a boy sitting under an old cherry blossom tree. The boy has a pair of stunning violet colored eyes, though for a boy, his eyelashes were long. He has long black colored hair with the same shade as the black rose he was holding, that was put in a braid. He was wearing a black and red colored kimono with roses and sakura petals as designs. All in all, he could be called 'beautiful', though despite his girlish looks, he still got a boyish attitude.
A cry of an eagle could be heard from just above him.
The boy stopped staring at the rose and looked up at his pet eagle, which was perched on the branch a few centimeters above him. He smiled and motioned for his pet to come down and the eagle followed the order. The black haired boy slowly caressed its feathers with one hand and the other still holding the rose.
"R**!"
The black haired boy looked up, hearing his name being called by a familiar person. He smiled and waved his hand, the one that was caressing his pet's feather, at the approaching person. It was a boy with hair and eyes colored red wearing a white shirt over a red colored jacket that went down to his ankle. He was also wearing a pair of black pants and Knee-high boots. All in all, he looked like a prince out of a fairy tale book.
Well, he's actually a real prince.
As the red haired prince arrived at the spot where the black haired boy sat, the kimono-wearing boy stood up and bowed in greeting, with his pet eagle also mimicking its owner.
"Good afternoon, Prince A****."
The redhead prince chuckled and motioned for the black haired boy to raise his head. The prince grabbed the other boy's hand and smiled softly.
"Good afternoon, R**-kun. It's nice to see your pretty face again."
The black haired boy's eyebrow twitched and smacked the prince's hands away.
'Quit calling me pretty, A****!"
The prince laughed at the red-faced boy.
"Finally, you stopped talking formally. Geez, you, talking formally and politely, creep me out!" the red haired boy said. The black haired boy pouted.
"Well, even though we're childhood friends, mom said I should still treat you formally cause you're the crowned prince."
The prince sighed and smiled softly as he ruffled the other boy's hair.
"But if we're alone, you can talk to me informally, you know."
The black haired boy smiled.
"Yeah, I know."
Static...
An image of a place filled with black roses appeared. In the center of the field was a red haired boy, twirling a black rose.
"My favorite color?" the boy said, smiling at the rose.
"Well, obviously it's black. After all..." this time, the boy looked straight at you.
"It's the color of your hair and this rose."
Static...
An image of a black haired boy could be seen, curled up on a red-black colored bed, crying on his folded arms. Beside him was another black haired boy, though his face was unrecognizable.
"I see." the other boy said, looking at the crying boy sympathetically.
"Don't worry; everything will work out just fine. And you'll never cry like this ever again."
Static...
This time, only the voices of unknown people could be heard and no images could be seen.
"You don't deserve her! You only deserve to die!"
"NO! Please, stop!"
"Hi****-chan, RUN!"
Static...
And an ear-piercing scream followed.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TIME!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Author's Notes:
Judai: And... CUT! That was... ok, I guess? Did it scare you, Tsuna-chan?
Tsuna: *looks away* Huh? Of course not!
Judai: eh~ *grins* Anyway, please tell us what you think of this story so far. *smiles*
Tsuna: Don't forget to review everyone!
Judai and Tsuna: Until next chapter!
-+Incarnation of Death+-