Chapter 1: Introductions ( Part 1 )

A story that starts from a legend!

Teiko Middle School Basketball club. A super strong school with more than 100 club members, boasting several successive championship wins.

But, even in that glorious history, there is still a team, that without fail, be called "Strongest"...

A generation with five players with a talent like you would see once in a decade. They were called the "Generation of Miracles".

But...there was a strange rumor about the "Generation of Miracles".

Despite nobody knowing this person and not being in any match records (I don't know how that slipped...), there was still one more person the five geniuses acknowledged as superior.

The Phantom Sixth Player.

First day of school in Seirin High, a newly built school of only 2 years. Students were bustling, looking for possible members to their clubs.

"Aren't you interested in Rugby?!"

"Did you ever played shougi?!"

"If you're Japanese then you should play baseball!"

"Swimming! It feels super!"

...yup..very...busy...

Two friends, most likely Freshmen, tried evading all the invitations and persuasion of their seniors who were trying (Keyword: trying) to make the said friends to join their club.

"I can't move forward!", yelled the taller of the two friends, finally having enough of the persuasions.

"Bring a snowplow!" "We haven't moved more than 5 meters since we got here...", the companion of the taller student lamented, crocodile tears falling from his eyes.

Among the bustling, shifting, and screaming in the campus, nobody notice another freshman come in. "That's it! We're going the bulldozer way!", the tall freshman yelled as he lifted his hands. The new freshman ducked as the taller one was raising his arms while still reading her book, and still nobody took note that she was there, but she didn't really mind much. "Your taking it too far, right...", the friend of the taller guy reasoned out.

Passing easily through the whole fiasco, still unnoticed and reading her book was one Kuroko Tetsuna. "Ah! You, do you like books?", a senior in front of said girl asked. "How about the literature club?" "No, this is a manga, so..." another freshman behind Kuroko answered. "Well, mangas are proper books too.", the senior answered "and you must read novels as well, right?"

Noticing a map of the school looking over the places of the club booths, Kuroko only took note of only one booth. Basketball Club. 'Hmmm...Riko said that I should go talk to her before joining...she should be there.', the girl thought.

A few feet away a booth that has a sign that read "Basketball Club" was located. "Well, write your name and I.D. number here..." a sophomore of Seirin explained to a recruit ,"The...the middle school you come from and your goals...? Ah, of course that one is arbitrary, so you can put anything you want." A while later the boy finished filling up the paper and gave it to Riko Aida and left. Riko waved her arm to the boy. 'This could be nice material...', she thought, seeing the kid off. "...erm", Riko mumbled, "One, two...ten persons so far. Maybe we'd need a bit more", she said counting the fill-up forms in her hand. 'I wonder hiw the invitations are going...", she thought ,"Do your best to bring back promising guys...". "I brought back a new student...", cutting off Riko's thoughts was the image of one of her regulars being man handled whilst crying crocodile tears of his predicament. "Is the basketball club here?", asked the person who is currently man handling Koganei Shinji.

"Waah!?" Riko reacted, 'Brought back?! Isn't it the other way around?!', she thought, "...Y..yeah." 'On top of that! It looks like there's a wild Tiger in front of my eyes...! What is this guy?!'

A while later, Riko finally recovered from her shock and offered some tea to the freshman, Kagami Taiga. "I think you know already, but our school was barely opened last year so...", she explained, "All the upperclassmen are still just second years, so somebody with your build will immediately...", Riko was cut off by Kagami's voice, "I don't care about that. Give me a paper." "Eh?" "I'll just write my name and go back.", he pointed to the forms.

'His middle school was in America...?!', Riko thought, skimming over Kagami's paper. 'Ooh, I see, He trained in the best place!?'. 'Kagami Taiga-kun...?', she thought as he stood up, picking up his cup. 'No matte how you look at it, he doesn't seem like an average guy.'

"Huh? You didn't write your goals...?", Riko stated, looking at Kagami's form. Hyuuga also looked from Riko's shoulder and was shocked. Looking back, Kagami watched the reactions of the two sophomores. "...None in particular.", he said, crumpling the paper cup in his hand. "After all, Japanese basketball." he explained, "It's the same thing everywhere.", he finished, tossing the crumpled cup to the bin shooting inside perfectly and looking back at his shot then left.

"S...scary! Is that really a freshman?!" Koganei yelle finally recollecting what just happened. "By the way" Riko stated, looking blankly at him, "I'd like to know why he grabbed you by the neck and brought you back."

'And what was that expression on his face...?', she thought to herself. "Thats...huh?", Koganei started then noticed another form, "Ah, you forgot to pic up a registration paper."

Riko looked at the paper in Koganei's hand and indeed, it was a registration form "Eh? My bad, err..." , thaking the paper from Koganei's hand, she read the name written on it. "Kuroko...Tetsuna...wait...What?!" Riko suddenly yelled, startling the person beside her. "What? What? What is it?", Koganei asked. 'It's been on my desk that whole time, but...I didn't see her pass by! Damn her...' the Seirin coach grumbled inside.

"Koganei!"

"What?"

"Did you, by chance, see a girl, taller than me, and has blue hair, pass by?"

"No...not that I remember..."

"Dammit!"

"Why? What's so important about this girl?" Koganei asked, wondering who this mysterious is and why Riko was so riled up about her. "Well my friend, this girl is, or rather, was a member of the 'Generation of Miracles'" Riko explained holding the paper. "What?! Seriously?!" Koganei bursted out. He abruptly snatched the paper from Riko's hand, skimming over Kuroko's paper.

"!?"

"Yeah, that aaand she's my cousin" Riko folded her arms. "?! How come you never told us?" Koganei asked "Why? Does my family have a significant role in our team? Yeah, thought so."

"..."

Koganei looked blankly at her still absorbing the fact that his basketball coach was related to one of the members of the 'Generation of Miracles'. "What? Anyway, I promised I'd personally meet her this morning! Meh, we're gonna have a formal meeting at the gym later anyway."

"..."

"What is up with the freshmen this year?!"