Seven thirty A.M.

Loud snoring came from the apartment. In a single room, a mess could be seen all over the floor. A mixture of random magazines and papers, along with other miscellaneous things. On the bed, on top of a body that was covered by blankets, a single plate of lasagna scraps slowly ascended and then descended due to the peaceful breathing of the person in slumber. At the doorway, a tall male, exactly six feet, five inches, scratched his dirty blonde hair as he shook his head in disappointment at what he saw.

"This is what happens when you don't set an alarm." The male standing in the doorway says before shrugging his shoulders and walking off. Another male peered his head into the room to see what the first one was going on about. With a toothbrush in his mouth, he looked inside the messy room, then shook his head as well. "How hard is it to set an alarm though? It's the first day at our new school. He's already breaking his promise to his parents by sleeping in?" The light skinned male multitasked, pulling his jet black hair back into a tail that stood up. "You have a point, Karlan. It took a while for us to convince our parents to allow us to come to Japan, so maybe I should wake him." The previous male spoke to the one now known as Karlan, who stood a whopping six feet, eight inches.

"So are we going to wake him, Jeremy?" Karlan asked the blonde haired male, muffling through his toothbrush.

"Nope. Let him be you guys."

Karlan looked down the hall to who was speaking. A six foot four raven haired male stood in the living room, munching on a bowl of assorted breakfast items. "He knew the drill, we're supposed to be at Seirin's gym in thirty minutes or we'll automatically be cut. If he doesn't want to play, then let him sleep. His natural instinct will wake him up if he's as if he says he is."

Karlan blinked a few times before speaking to the male. "That's kind of harsh isn't it John?" John gave a shrug, and took another bite of his food. He then tossed the bowl in the sink. "Tai is a big boy. If he wants to play basketball, like he said he did when he dragged us all the way out to Japan just to take on these so called monsters of miracles or whatever, he will wake up in time right? We can't baby someone who's supposed to be the leading point guard. Now, lets go."

"Come to think of it. It is kind of early for a tryout though." Walking into the scene behind John, a dark skinned six foot six inch male showed his face.

"I'll explain when we get there, Oba." John replied. He hoisted a bag over his shoulders as he and the other four began walking out the door.

Seirin high school gym. Inside was completely empty except for six lone figures shooting around in the dim light gymnasium.

He began dribbling. He then spun as he drove to the basket and rose off of two feet. He then dunked the ball with two hands and landed back down on the ground after the thunderous boom.

"Tch. Always showing off eh Kagami?"

Kagami picked up the ball, and then turned to the one who spoke to him, Aomine as he laughed. "You're the one to talk, Aomine. Besides, it's not like it's anything you can't do."

"Or me!" Kise shouts as he does the exact same sequence Kagami just performed, ending it with the same thunderous dunk. Kagami laughs again. "See?"

"You morons." The three of them turn back to spot Midorima standing at half court with the ball in his hands. "No matter how hard you dunk it..."

The green haired miracle then shot the ball from where he stood, and long seconds later, it swished right in. "It's still only two to my three." Midorima then gained a confident expression as he pushed his glasses back up.

"Still as smug Midochin." Atsushi lazily drew out as he now stood under the basket. "Why are we even here?"

"Sorry, Atsushi, but the one's who requested us shall be here shortly."

"Kurochin..." Atsushi looked down towards the phantom sixth man who appeared out of no where. "Why do you always sneak up like that?"

"So we're here to play a pick up game? Together? On the same team?" Kagami scratched the back of his head. "Is that even fair?"

"I feel as if I shouldn't participate." Akashi said as he made his presence known. "Playing against a bunch of randoms just because the miracles reputations have flourished is uncalled for."

"But that's the thing, Akashi. These guys are-"

Before Kuroko could finish his sentence, the doors swing open, and the four boys enter the gym. "John..." Karlan called out to him. "Are we early?"

"Very early." John replies with a smirk. "Tryouts aren't for another few days."

"What? Then why are we...?" Jeremy looked up, noticing the six boys in front of him. "Oh. So you've set it up huh?"

"Thanks to Kuroko here, I was able to give us what we wanted early." John replied.

"Then we should of woken Tai up!" Oba yelled. "This is the sole reason he brought us out here!"

"Tai is a sloth and that's his fault." John then turned back to Kuroko, who then turned to his friends and teammate. "Everyone, these guys are from America. BBF Academy to be exact. In a way, they were known as, America's Generation of Miracles."

"Americas... Miracles?"

"Please, you're giving us too much credit." John replied with a hearty laugh.

"Things have become more interesting." Akashi stated. "We'll hold off the questions till later. Right now, I want to see what they're made of. Aomine, Kise, Murasakibara, Midorima."

"Calm down Akachin. We don't listen to you anymore. But..I won't mind playing against them." Atsushi turned his attention to Karlan, the tallest one. "You must be the center. Kind of short aren't you?"

"...I'm six feet and eight inches. You're the enigma here."

"Well I guess I got the blonde." Kise says with a shrug as he walks over to Jeremy. Oba then walks over to Aomine as John stands in front of Midorima. "Well now that we're all matched up..." The green haired male spoke. "...We'll take first ball, since it's our court."

"Your court!?" Kagami yelled comically.

Karlan, John, Jeremy and Oba were on the other side of the court, waiting to start their defensive stand on the full court four on four pick up game. Atsushi gave a nonchalant pass into Midorima. "Just as I thought, he'll be acting as point guard. It's always the smart ones. Okay John just be ready to read his moves and- what!?"

John's eyes widened as Midorima stood in a shooting position; still on their side of the court. "From there? Is he joking!?"

The four of them soon found it that the miracles were for real, as Midorima rose up and shot the ball. They couldn't do a thing but watch as the ball floated through the air, and finally...swish, into the net.

"Ah!"

"No way!"

"It didn't even touch the rim..."m

The green haired miracle pushed his glasses up with a grin. "I believe it's three to zero so far right?"

"Screw that!" Karlan yelled as he passed the ball into Jeremy. "Wipe that cocky grin off his face! We didn't come all the way up here for embarrassment!"

"Heh..." Jeremy grinned as he dribbled the ball up. "Without Tai here, I'll handle the rock. But I won't have to do much because.."

Jeremy passed over the half court line, and then threw a hard chest pass to John. He caught it behind the three point line on the right arc.

"I may not be able to shoot from that far back! But there's one thing you'll never be able to do against my three pointers! And that's..."

John crouched, signifying that he was about to shoot. Immediately Midorima leapt upwards, attempting to block the incoming shot. Instead of pump faking or moving around, John shot it anyways, seemingly straight up. Instead of holding his follow through, John pulled his hands right back down for a quick release as the ball soared right over his defender.

"...you'll never block my shot."

Though he was closer to the basket than Midorima was on his full court shot, the shot took just as long to fall, and when it did, it fell right through the net just as clean.

"Oh..!" Kagami looked on in surprise. "Tch...there's no way anyone can master a shot like that." Midorima replied in disbelief.

"Whatever...three three. Hand me the ball." It was Aomine's turn as Atsushi lazily passed it in. The blue haired miracle grabbed the ball and started dribbling down, now being marked by Oba.

"Remember Oba, they're special. Each one has something unstoppable, so what's this guy's?"

Aomine then began his circus act of dribbling. Crossovers to spins and behind the backs, Oba scrambled to stay with him each way until Aomine finally took off, driving to the right. Oba was able to stay with him as Aomine pulled up for a jumper at the free throw line. Oba leaped into the air, right hand straight up as he gave a determined grin. "I got him. He won't score!" It was then Aomine began to lean back in his shot until nearly parallel to the floor. This caused Oba to widen his eyes as Aomine shot right over him, banking the shot in easily.

"Gah...what are you people?" Oba asked to no one in particular as Karlan passed the ball into him. "Is this fate? John is marked by a three point shooter. And I'm marked by..."

Oba dribbled up, and as if he was the American version of Aomine, began his own show of ball handling until finally attempting to zoom by the miracle. Aomine cuts him off, and Oba puts on the breaks. As he did however, Oba leaned back with a fadeaway of his own. Not as flashy, but just as effective as it bounced off the back rim and into the basket. "Heh...five to five. Tied up again."

"Now I wanna play!" Kagami yelled excitedly as he bit down on the collar of his shirt. Akashi merely side eyed him and then sighed. "Still..."

He turned back to the ensuing game. "It's only been two possessions, but they're on par. I wonder if any of them can..."

"Huh? I don't want the ball though." Atsushi said to Kise who was now dribbling up past the walking giant.

"Come on Mura-chi. One time, and if you like it, I'll pass it to you again later."

"You owe me sweet cakes." Atsushi replied as he began to lightly jog to the post. He then turned and placed Karlan on his back, easily pushing him back.

"Gch! What's this guy made of? Bricks?! I can't move him!"

"Oh?" The purple haired miracle looked back once before catching the ball. "I didn't think it would be this easy to crush you." Without even dribbling, Atsushi took off into the air with a one eighty spin. "Thor's Hammer!" He yelled out his signature dunk, and over the six foot eight male he slammed the ball in with two hands.

"D...Dammit!" He cursed in frustration, punching the ball to the ground one time.

"Such horrible poise." Midorima spoke. "That's not good for a basketball player."

"Heh...for him it's the opposite." Jeremy replied.

"Hm?" Coming back down the court, Jeremy quickly made a pass to Karlan, who caught the ball at the free throw line.

"High post?" Atsushi questioned. Karlan kept an angered look on his face. He then jab stepped to the right, and took off to the left. Atsushi was half a step behind, but as Karlan rose up, before he could reach the peak of his jump...he dunked it before Atsushi could reach. With his hand on the rim, he continued to rise until he placed his free hand on the backboard to stop momentum. Once he released his hand, his handprint remained, marking the height of his leap.

"Gah...that's probably higher than Kagami.." Kuroko spoke. "Hey! Don't belittle me Kuroko!" He backfired to the phantom sixth who sat beside him.

"Seven to seven. This is getting nowhere." Jeremy spoke as he ran a hand through his hair. "Looks like Kise is up next if they continue their pattern."

And he was right. Kise quickly came down and...just like before the game started, Kise dribbled hard, spun left past his defender, rose off of two feet and dunked it home. "...Well..." Jeremy couldn't help but laugh. "It's only right."

Not wasting anytime, Jeremy came down the same way, except instead, he spun right instead of left, leaping off of two feet for the dunk.

"Wha... It was like a mirror...he did everything Kise just did, except he performed in the opposite direction..."

Kagami's observation was dead on, and with the right players slowly panting, they all grinned as well, loving the competition they were facing.

"This isn't good." Akashi thought to themselves. "Are they going to Seirin this year? All of them plus Kagami and Tetsu? It's going to be more than difficult to gain revenge.."

"So nine to nine right?" John asked. "Hai." Midorima replied as Atsushi walked the ball out of bounds. Each of the miracles' grin then began to spread just a bit more as Aomine began to speak. "You're not that bad, but it's now time to get serious. I hope you're all ready."

"Wait!" The doors swung open, and through them, a shorter dark skinned

male with short black hair and brown eyes came hopping through, trying to put on his last shoe. "Sorry I'm late don't cut me! I'll hop in and show you what I got I promise I'll make it!"

The miracles and Testsu blinked in confusion as the other four merely lowered their heads in embarrassment. "Who are you?" Akashi asked.

"Huh? I'm Tai, and I'm here for the tryouts."

"Tryouts?" Kagami scratched his head.

John then turned to Tai. "Idiot, there aren't any tryouts today, I just told you that last night so you would get up for this, but you still failed!"

"Ah!" Tai then quickly bowed. "Sorry! I passed out really hard and my alarm didn't go off!"

"So can we finish this game or..." Aomine impatiently waited as he spun the ball on his finger.

Tai then turned to Kagami. "Hey you, can you jump in for their team!? I really wanna play too!"

Kagami blinked again, staring at the excited athlete. "Sure...point guard right?"

"Yeah! Lets go!" Tai yelled as he walked towards the court. Aomine was the first one to notice. As Tai's foot stepped onto the court, his entire demeanor changed. Aomine cocked a brow as the once smiling male now held a cocky visage. "Hm...lets see how this goes. Our ball. You're up Kagami."

"Yeah!" Kagami replied as he caught the ball and dribbled up. He crossed over once, and already, Tai was out of sight. "Hm? I guess it was all hype from the other four." Kagami thought to himself. As he took another dribble towards the basket however, Tai reappeared from behind, literally grabbing the ball from Kagami's possession. "What the!?"

"Dammit Kagami!" Aomine yelled as he ran back on defense. It was a fast break, Tai vs. Aomine. With a between the legs dribble, the point guard charged hard to the basket, but Aomine quickly cuts him off. "Heh...sorry, but no one is quicker than me."

As he was cut off, Tai's smirk reappeared as he then gave a no look pass; behind his back and into the air. Out of the air, Jeremy caught the ball and dunked it in.

"Kch!"

"Eleven to nine right?" Tai asked without really looking for an answer.

"L-let me go again!" Kagami yelled.

"Get out the way." Aomine replied as he dribbled up. Once again, it was him and Oba one on one. The dribbling show began once again, except this time, as Aomine crossed back over, Tai tried to sneak in, causing Aomine to back up.

"Aomine Daiki. The one man team. Never passes, always scores."

"Ha...it seems last year's reputation proceeds me."

"Last year?" Tai gave a puzzled look, but it was soon answered as Aomine gave a behind the back pass to the unmarked Kagami.

"Alright!" The red head yelled as he rose up, but before he could dunk it in, Karlan met Kagami in the air, creating a wall between Kagami and the goal. "Not done yet!" Kagami yelled as he then gave a mid air pass back down to Atsushi.

"I'll break the goal!" He yelled as he caught Kagami's pass. He crouched slightly, but as he rose up, the ball was knocked out of his hands. "That fast!?" Kise asked. "He was just with Aomine!"

Tai was the culprit once more, stripping the ball clean from Atsushi's grasp.

"..." Akashi watched on quietly as the miracles were able to stop the counter attack. Tai dribbled at the top of the half court, Kise on him due to the mix up on the fast break.

"Okay... He's not faster than Aomine, so I can handle it.."

Tai slowly dribbled three more times. He then began to take off to Kise's left. "Going left? From back there? That's to easy even if he does crossover." Kise slid accordingly, and as he slid to his spot to cut Tai off, his eyes widened as Tai was now driving hard to the right, a wide open lane until Atsushi stepped in to cut him off.

"Wha...what was..."

Kise was frozen solid. Tai then leaped off of his right foot, Atsushi now challenging the smaller point guard in the air.

Another grin, and another answer for the miracles. Tai ducked under Atushi and shovel passed the ball right to an open Karlan. Karlan than quickly rose, and normally Atsushi would be able to recover with his ability. But just like before, Karlan leaped into the air, and dunked the ball in over Atsushi as he continued rising. He then dropped back down to the floor, and without looking back, ran down the floor for defense.

"Quick dunks." Kagami murmured. "It's weird to look at, but it seems effective."

"Thirteen to nine!" John roared enthusiastically.

"Kagami."

Everyone stopped as the two color eyed male rose from his seat. Kuroko watched as Akashi walked over to Kagami, smiling. "Sit this out okay? I want to see something."

"...what!? No way! I'm not gonna let him beat me like that!"

Suddenly, Atsushi wraps his giant palm on top of the head of the Ace. "Move, split brows."

"Gah! Murasakibara! Let go you idiot!"

"Hey Tai." John called out to him. Tai then turned to him as John spoke again. "This is your chance. I heard they call him the emperor or something."

"What a prestigious nickname." Jeremy added. "I guess it fits because doesn't have that emperor eye or whatever."

Oba then scratched his head. "So...Emperor eye vs. The eye of the Dictator? What's the difference?"

"I heard rumors that Akashi's ability lets him see what his opponents are going to do. While Tai's dictates, making his opponent do what he wants on both sides. Like how he stole the ball from Kagami the first time. He forced him to go right and because of that, Kagami thought he had an open lame."

"As always." Oba replied. "Our faith is in you, Tai. You have the better...eye, or whatever."

The entire time, Akashi and Tai continues to stare towards each other with a grin on both of their features.

"Well..." Jeremy added. "We're about to find out who's better now, aren't we?"