After watching KnB, I felt the urge to write yet another fanfic! Since I've decided to follow the Japanese way of introducing names, the surname will precede their given name. Anyway yeah, I don't own Kuroko no Basket, its characters or copyright. I do own some figurines xD. hehee... pls enjoy. I hope...

Chapter 1 – The first meeting

"Sei-kun, come here. There's someone I'd like you to meet"

A woman's sweet voice fills the air. A little boy with red hair, about 6 years old, turns around to run to the woman. He saw the woman holding a little girl's hand. She looked his age with shining silver hair adorning her head.

"Who is she, oka-san?" the boy asked with much curiosity. Who was this girl who had his mother's hand?

"This is uncle Daisuke's daughter, Akira-chan" she smiled.

The Hayakawa sports corporation was working in partnership with Akashi Co., and both men had been good friends since their days at Rakuzan high school.

"Why don't you two get to know each other? Akira, I'll leave you with Sei-kun for a bit okay?" The woman smiled and walked away to give the two children some time alone.

"Good morning. My name is Akashi Seijuro" the boy introduced himself with a smile as he held his hand out.

The girl looked at him and shook his hand nervously. "H-Haya-kawa Akira. N-nice to meet you" she stammered while her tiny hands nervously held on to her skirts.

For a few minutes, they stood there facing each other without a word until Seijuro finally thought of something.

They were in the backyard of the Akashi mansion and Seijuro decided to play shogi with Akira. He brought her up to his room where there indeed, lay a shogi board on the floor. To her dismay, Akira had no idea how shogi was played and she lost terribly.

"I'm sorry. I've never played before"

"That's all right! Why don't we do something else?"

"…."

"Is there anything in particular you like doing?"

"I-I like baking cookies" the girl smiled nervously, for the first time since their meeting. "My grandma taught me"

Seijuro was practically excellent in everything he did, but cooking was not one of them. He hated working in the kitchen but today, he decided to give it a try to make Akira happy.

~ the next week~

"Oka-san! Akira-chan is in the same class as me in school!" Seijuro cried out, bursting in his mother's room

"Oh? You seem so happy. That's great. I'm glad you two are friends" Shiori smiled at her son and patted his head

"Uh-huh, and we're even seated next to each other" Seijuro said with a wide grin on his face

They had only spent a couple of days together and it seemed Seijuro and Akira were already getting fond of each other. After school, they'd go over to each other's houses and play or Shiori would take them to eat out.

One day, Daisuke was home from a business trip and he came across Seijuro and Akira. Akira, despite being the daughter, was relatively shy towards her father. She could feel heaviness around him when they were together. Seijuro on the other hand, was close to Daisuke as he was an avid fan of basketball.

"Uncle! It's nice to see you again!" Seijuro smiled and ran to embrace the 6'3" man

"It's great to see you too Seijuro" the man smiled and patted the little boy's head.

Meanwhile, Akira stood back to watch as they bonded like father and son. Because Seijuro's father was strict towards him, he usually ran to Daisuke for relief, aside from his own mother. Akira looked as her father smiled only to Seijuro and seemed to ignore her presence.

"G-good afternoon oto-san" she greeted nervously

"What do you say Seijuro, up for a game of basketball tomorrow? I've got free time" Daisuke smiled, ignoring Akira's greeting whether he heard it or not.

"All right!" Seijuro jumped with joy. "I'll show you my new move, uncle"

Daisuke laughed and ruffled Seijuro's hair one more time before standing back up. He walked past Akira without even bothering to look her in the eye. Akira cowered to herself as her father's shadow gloomed over her.

Seijuro had obviously received more attention from Daisuke than Akira had ever had but she didn't hate either one of them. In her own little ways, be it in class or in her track-and-field, she did her best to make her father proud. However, her efforts seemed to be overshadowed by Seijuro's brilliance. In class, she was always second to him. In basketball, she had no talent at all despite being the daughter of a famous basketball player. When it came to music, her piano was usually made to accompany Seijuro's violin performances. She was his shadow.

one year later

In their long table, Masaomi and Shiori sat to discuss matters with Daisuke. This was both business and personal.

"Daisuke, we've been friends since high school" Masaomi started. ", and now we're partners in the business field. Of course, I was never the prodigy in basketball like you, but-"

"Hey, hey now. You were always top of class" Daisuke teased.

"You jerk" he laughed. Somehow, this was becoming more of a chat than a business discussion. "Anyway, I've been training my son to be a worthy heir to the Akashi business and Shiori and I were hoping that he'd be tied to someone we know very well"

"Of course since your family's a big name, no ordinary girl for Seijuro would suffice" Daisuke added.

"Indeed. It would be best to keep our partnership intact and to avoid any outside powers possibly penetrating, we propose that Seijuro be engaged to Akira."

Daisuke nearly choked on his drink when he heard this. He didn't mind having such a wonderful son-in-law, but he wasn't so sure Akira was even fit to run his business. She had no guts and talent when it came to business. However, he had also wanted someone he could trust to carry along the business.

"Are you saying, to unify our industries, Seijuro and Akira must be married?"

"I-If you're not ok with that Hayakawa-kun, we're not forcing you into it" Shiori interrupted, waving her hands. "But, I do like Akira-chan for our Sei-kun"

"Daisuke, Akira's from a well-off family and I'm sure you've brought her up to be worthy of Seijuro. Besides, we'd be more comfortable if our son married somebody we know" Masaomi added.

Daisuke paused for a minute before sipping from his drink and smiling. "I've got nothing against it. So it's decided then. Our children are now engaged"

My dear readers... this chap may first seem boring, but I hope you do follow and carry on reading this story.

PS: I still haven't abandoned my Slam Dunk fics. I shall carry on until my last breath xD

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