I've always wanted to do a KagaKuro day thing but always missed it, so I'm doing a whole (late) valentine's week to celebrate my favourite KnB couple. The first piece is:

Laser Tag

Sometime after the winter cup the generation of miracles and some of their team-mates decided to face each other on a different playing field: The field of lasers. Each team in the game is the same as in basketball (so you can probably imagine the weird and wonderful things happening in the background).

Hope you enjoy!

The heat of battle, it was barely an acquired taste for the players of this vicious game. Ducking, diving, breathing, wiping the nervous sweat from their furrowed brows: truly this was a soldier's game. Guns in hand, the red team advanced to the white team's base.

Admiral Aida stood to the wall, gun by her side, watching her troops fall to position. She took a deep breath and looked over.

A shot- just by her head. She whipped back, steadying her heart.

She had to play smart, her men were counting on her order.

"Alright." She glared at them, her voice low. "Their focus is on this area. We'll surround them. Elders, take the right lane. Light and shadow take the left corner. The last three, pick a spot and stand with me, we'll fire when they're distracted. Don't let your position be seen, wait for the call."

Each of her soldiers nodded in conformation and took on each of their roles.

Kagami ducked left and disappeared under conveniently placed cover. He weaved through the maze-like structures, every time ducking behind walls and pillars to hide his location. Finally he had made it to a vantage point. Through a crack in the wall he could see the gaps in the enemy territory, all he would have to do is hit them from where they weren't looking.

What caught his attention was the dangerous wandering eyes of the white leader, surveying the landscape before him. If one person stepped into Akashi's view, they were probably done for in a split second. He would have to concentrate…

"Lookie here…"

Kagami froze up, the mocking laugh behind him all too familiar. The blue team had snuck into their battle, he could only hope it wasn't a team-wide ambush. He could already feel the cold blade of bitterness against his back before he could will himself to turn around.

Aomine smirked at him with his smug look and smug gun pointed smugly at his chest. "So it comes down to this."

"Not much of a fight, but you can't bring me down with one shot." Kagami snarled.

"You're right, but one more and you'll go down. I'm a patient hunter."

"You're a coward."

"I'm just doing what I do best." Aomine readied the gun, finger pressing lightly on the trigger. "Either way, the only one who can win this, is m-"

A flash told the end – and it wasn't Kagami who was going down. Aomine's stumbled over himself, turning quickly to reveal the shadow who still held his gun up in defence.

"Move, before we get you down to your last shot."

"You- dammit I should'a known!"

Aomine grit his teeth, but quickly made his way out of there. Kagami sighed from relief and stepped towards his partner.

"Talk about cutting it close."

"I've got your back, always."

A smile was shared between the two – but the guard was let down all too quickly. Another flash showed that karma bit back, Kuroko quickly got out of enemy fire only to see the sniper from the white base doing the same.

Kagami pulled him into the corner.

"Kuroko! Are you-"

"I'm fine." He gripped onto Kagami's wrist and showed him a smile to settle the red-head down. "I can make it for one more hit, it's all I need."

"I can protect you."

Kuroko shook his head.

"I can do this. We'll just have to look out for each other."

Kagami looked unsure, but soon frowned with a nod. They would do this; they'd faced against the odds before.

Getting into a hidden position, the duo waited patiently for their signal.

Hearts beat in unison, the time has come for the final shove.

"Go!"

The call came from the centre, and in an instant guns were up and fire was spread throughout the area. Kagami stood out, seeing his target, aiming, firing all within a second. His partner joined him as Kuroko ducked out from cover, the soldiers falling one by one but the red team pushing the white team back into their base.

The massacre continued until each team was sparse of soldiers, strategically timing their shots as the battle became neck and neck.

If they kept pushing, if they kept trying, the red team could take it all.

"Kagami-kun!"

Suddenly Kuroko barged into the red-head, pushing him behind cover.

A light shone at Kuroko's back, and down he went.

"No!" Kagami looked at where the light had come from, seeing a familiar face back for vengeance. "Aomine!" Kagami roared like rolling thunder, shooting into the darkness.

He saw the evil grin disappear, and the enemy was gone.

Quickly, Kagami dragged Kuroko into the corner by his shoulders. He knelt down beside him and clasped his hands over Kuroko's

"Kuroko… After what you said, I still…"

"Don't mourn over me, Kagami." Kuroko looked up at him and placed his free hand over Kagami's grip. "They still need you out there. You've got to carry on, for both of us."

"I can't leave you."

"You have to."

"I just can't!"

"Kagami-kun!" Kuroko gripped his hands, making him look at him. Kuroko gave him a melancholic smile. "I'm glad we confessed before I got shot."

"You know you're the only one for me, Kuroko." Kagami pressed Kuroko's hands against his forehead, shutting his eyes tight. Slowly, he moved to press his lips against his shadow's cheek, and then placed his hands onto his torso and grabbed his gun. "I'll beat them for us both. After this I'll go to Maji burger, I'll eat enough burgers for the both of us."

"That's like your mountain plus one."

"And that one will be the best one, I just know it."

"Kagami…" Kuroko held his hands against his chest, almost looking like he was about to cry.

"Kuroko…"

Kagami leaned down and held Kuroko in a tight embrace.

"Beat their asses for me." Came the weak voice in Kagami's ear.

By the time he let go, Kuroko's eyes were closed, and he was lost to the battle. Kagami steeled himself.

He stepped beyond the cover.

"Alright you asshats, Kagami's coming in for the kill."

Gun in hand, Kagami raged into the fray with a battle cry heard by all.

….

"Even after all that drama you still just ran in. You got killed instantly." Kuroko fanned himself with a spare kids menu from the table they were sitting at, looking at Kagami rather disappointingly.

"I mean can you blame me? There were a lot of them." Kagami pouted in defence.

"The point was that you didn't just run straight into 'a lot of them'."

"If you're mad that I didn't avenge your death then you get to not avenge mine next time."

"We've only got two rounds left but I'll take it."

Beyond them stood the other teams at other tables, laughing their asses off at stupid moments during the game. On a lone table sat the champion of the yellow team drinking a cold milkshake, sitting opposite to the champion of the blue team looking grumpy.

Kise watched the rest of the room, particularly his captain giving the rest of the yellow team instructions for the next round. His eyes wondered to Aomine, who was frowning at himself.

"What's wrong Aomine-chi? Your team came second didn't it? Since you guys snuck up behind the red team." Kise played with the straw and smirked at him. "A shame you didn't come first though huh?"

"N-No, I'm not bothered about winning…"

"I never thought I'd hear you say that." Kise blinked at him, flabbergasted.

"Yeah…"

"Okay this is really weird. What happened?" Kise leaned in.

"I just…" Aomine glanced at the shadow and light duo, frowning more before looking away in distress. "I think I saw something I wasn't supposed to, and I dunno what to think about it."

As Kise tried and failed to get more information out of Aomine, Kuroko and Kagami continued goofing off together with a smile.

Aomine spied on a private moment between his rival and his old best friend, talk about awkward :S

I forgot how freaking fun laser tag was, and I went to it, and if it's cheap you should too. Also, thought I should start off with something a little fun and silly to ease into whatever drama I have planned.

Next story should be tomorrow!