I do not own Kuroko no Basket
She'd been out rubbing the stray cat that lives's around the estate when he found her. "Satsuki!" She looks up knowing exactly who had called her name.
"Yes, Sei-chan?" Having the name Akashi means that Satsuki has to miss out on a lot of things the other's children her age get to do. Seijuro, who is their father's heir, has even less freedom than herself.
"It's time to go." He tells her.
Tears gather in her eye's as throws herself into her brother's arms. "I don't want to go, I want to stay together with you, forever." She cries.
Their mother has recently only passed and their father feels that it would be better for the two siblings to grow up apart. Seijuro will stay on the estate with their father, while Satsuki will move in with their mother's sister. They're aunt Mai, she's unable to bear children, so is more than happy to take Satsuki.
Seijuro looks down at his little sister, there are only 10 mouths between them and this will be the first time the pair has been separated. "We'll be together again." He promise's, before pulling her along to lead them back where it is their aunt is waiting.
"Satsuki!" Their father calls when they come into sight. Satsuki for her part is still unsure of what's going on and rushed the small distance to her father. He picks her up placing her on his hip, as he wipes some of her hair away from her face.
"Father?" She ask's when he stares at her for some time without saying anything.
"You remind me so much of your mother, my little cherry blossom." Satsuki leans into his hand when he reaches to stroke her cheek. "Sending you away is the only way, I can give you the freedom your mother wanted for you." His voice is soft, Satsuki prefers this voice to the one he normally use's when speaking to people.
"Can Sei-chan come too?" She's sure that if her brother comes along with her, then it wouldn't be so scary.
"Seijuro must stay here with me, he is my heir and in turn can never be free, but you, for your mother's sake I will set you free." Why he hugs her so tightly Satsuki is unsure, but regardless she hugs him back."You'll understand when you're older."
Seijuro watches the whole thing from where Satsuki had left him standing, he understands what their father is saying a lot more than Satsuki.
"Come, Seijuro. It's time to see your sister off." He follows behind quickly, reaching out to hold Satsuki hand when she's placed back on the ground. Together, the two of them follow their father until the reach the courtyard, where their aunt Mai waits by a car. "Say goodbye, Seijuro."
Seijuro looks up at their father and looks at where their hands are joined, Satsuki has been his only companion and without her, he will now be utterly alone. "Does she have to go?" He looks up at his father hopefully.
"Say goodbye, Seijuro." Their father says as he pulls them apart.
"Bye, Satsuki." He whispers as Mai takes Satsuki hand and pulls her towards the waiting car.
"Bye, Sei-chan." She whispers in return as she is taken away.
As the car starts to drive away, he steps forward to follow, but the vice-like grip of his father keeps him in place. "You have lesson's to attend too." He's turned back towards the house, this will be the last time he will see Satsuki for some years, although he didn't know it at the time.
Living with her aunt Mai is different. Satsuki does nothing but cry for the first week, she wants to go home, back to Sei-chan. Mai tries everything to calm the crying child, but nothing work's, well that is until she meets him.
Aomine Daiki, or as Satsuki nicknames him Dai-chan, is the life-saver that Mai had needed. Daiki is a sweet boy, and the day he knocked for Satsuki was the first day that Satsuki went without crying. Eventfully the two were rarely apart.
Looking out the kitchen window, she spots the two playing tag. They make a cute pair, Mai wonders if they will be more one day. Smiling, she gets back to her housework and checks on the two every so often.
For Mai, Satsuki is the daughter she wishes was her own and Daiki is the son she wished she could have had, but she doesn't need those types of dreams anymore. "Satsuki, Daiki, snakes are ready!" She calls and hears the back door slam open as the pair come rushing inside.
"Thanks, Auntie!" Daiki shouts as he grabs a cookie from the plate.
"Thanks, Auntie!" Satsuki echo's taking a cookie herself.
"No, Satsuki," Daiki says and Mai turns to see what's going on. "Auntie is my auntie, She's your Mom!" Mai see's the confusion on Satsuki's face and before she can correct Daiki, Satsuki speaks.
"Okay. Thanks, Mom!" She says and Daiki nod's that she did it right and then the two proceed to munch on their cookie's. Mai feels' her heart swell, but decides that she will still have to have a talk with Satsuki later when Daiki has gone home, but otherwise Mai is overjoyed.
It's 8 years before the brother and sister are reunited, they are both shocked when they run into each other at the end of the first day of school.
"Sei-chan?" Satsuki ask's unsure. It's been such a long time, that she wonder's how she should act around her brother.
"Satsuki!" Seijuro looks just as surprised as she does, but then a smile lights his face "I've missed you." He embraces her, Satsuki is shocked at first, yet returns the hug.
"I missed you too." She tells him in return. It doesn't matter who see's them, because they couldn't have cared less in that moment. When they pull apart Satsuki keeps a hold of his shirt. "How is father?" She asks nervously, In the beginning, he had visited her weekly, but as she got older those visits became less and less frequently until 2 years passed without any sign of him.
"Father is busy, he is rarely home." Seijuro supplies. "I was not informed that you would be attending this school."
Satsuki frowns. "Dai-chan and I choose this school at the last minute, Mom said I could go anywhere."
Seijuro flinches away at the word Mom."Aunt Mai is not our mother, you should not address her as such." Seijuro is angry, why would Satsuki try to replace their mother, the person who had loved them both more than anyone else.
"I've been calling her that for years. I know she is not my mother, but, it makes her happy." Satsuki steps closer, resting her head against his chest. "No one could ever replace our mother, no one."
Her words fill Seijuro with relief. "You look so much like mother." He admits, running his fingers through some of her hair.
Satsuki shakes her head, then looks up to meet red eye's much like her own. "Sei-chan has mother's hair color, it's Sei-chan who reminds me of mother." She grins.
The bell rings, interrupting what Satsuki is about to say. "We should get to class, we can speak again tomorrow," Seijuro assures.
"Okay, tomorrow. Right here. Don't be late Sei-chan." She hugs him once more, before the two part ways.
"I won't." Our his parting words.
She tells Daiki that she'd met her brother, he laughs at her and tells her she doesn't have a brother. She's been telling him for years about her brother, but Mom says it's better that Daiki doesn't know whom her family is, and its moments like these that she agree's with her Mom.
Seijuro makes the mistake of bringing Satsuki up over dinner. Their father has forbidden them both from revealing that they are siblings. They are to have no contact if possible, or their father will see to it that Satsuki is moved to a different school.
Seeing each other the next day is hard, they smile sadly at each other as they pass in the hallway but other than that, they do not interact more greeting each other.
"Akashi-kun."
"Momoi."
The words are foreign on both their tongues but they'll put up with it if it means that they get to see each other every day. Some days are harder than others, seeing Satsuki with Aomine Daiki displeases Seijuro greatly, as it is him who should be by his sister's side. Satsuki in return will sadly watch her brother be picked up each day and wish that she could return home with him, but alas their father will hear no such talk.
It is basketball that saves them, it's here that they have to interact and their father can do nothing about it. Seijuro slowly starts to like Aomine, he makes Satsuki smile and has been her friend when she needed one most. Soon he makes more friends, people that he actually considers friends.
Teiko for 2 years is Seijuro and Satsuki heaven, but alas things could not stay like that forever. Seijuro noticed as Daiki, as he now calls him, becomes more and more closed off from Satsuki. She, in turn, tries harder to keep them together. Soon the whole team is falling apart and when Murasakibara challenges him, he too changes.
"Sei-chan?" Satsuki could only watch helplessly as her brother changed right before her eye's.
There is no one left to save them and Satsuki for all her hard work has been dealt the greatest loss. Gone is her safe heaven that she shared with her brother and friends, in its place is a gym no longer filled with laughter but with silence. When Aunt Mai dies suddenly, Satsuki is heart broken and what makes it even more painful is the fact that Dai-chan doesn't bother to turn up.
She sits alone in the front row, her father and Seijuro sit in the row behind. Many people speak about her Mom, but Satsuki doesn't listen. She is so lost in her despair that it takes her father gripping her shoulder to pull her back.
"You will return home." No words are spoken after that. When they reach the limo that will take them home, Satsuki can't help but scan the crowd one last time, in hopes of seeing Dai-chan. He isn't there, his mother and father watch her with sad smiles, she wonders if she will ever see them again.
Climbing into the limo, she faces her brother. Gone are his loving red eye's that she adored and in their place are eye's she doesn't know. Red and orange, they are pretty she thinks, but they aren't the eye's of her loving brother. He has buried himself somewhere deep inside, somewhere that she couldn't pull him back from.
Rakuzan High is a boarding school for the elite, Satsuki may not of had the schooling that Seijuro had growing up, but she is easily accepted into the school along side her brother. Their father is greatly pleased, not that Satsuki can find it in her to care. In Rakuzan, Seijuro is no longer 'Akashi-kun' and she is no longer 'Momoi' they are sibling again, there is no hiding anymore. Now, when people pass's they call out "Hello Akashi-kun, Akashi-chan." It's odd for Satsuki.
She joins the basket ball club along side Seijuro. It hadn't been much of a choice when her brother had filled in the form for her, but join she does and she wonders if this will somehow reunite her with her friends that are so far away.
Seijuro becomes captain, as well as student president, with Satsuki becoming the vice president. Her brothers order are absolute and not even Satsuki can go against him.
"Satsuki-chan!" Mibuchi called from behind her, she turned to find the boy coming her way, along side Hayama.
"Mibuchi-chan, is there something you need?" Satsuki asked.
"Sei-chan wants to see you, he's playing shogi in your home-room." Mibuchi explained.
Satsuki nodded,"Thank you for telling me." Satsuki said, as she passed by the two.
Their home-room is located on the third floor over looking the outdoor courts. When she opens the door she finds Seijuro's form, bent over the shogi board. He is partly hidden in the shadows, Satsuki has grown used to seeing him like this.
"You wanted to see me, Sei-chan." She asks as she closes the door behind her. Seijuro motions to the empty seat. When she's taken her place in front of him, Seijuro makes the first move.
"Father has requested that we return home, it seems we will be in Tokyo the same day that Daiki and Tetsuya face off." This news catches Satsuki off guard, she has had no contact with her former team mates, she wonders how they have been. "You should go to the match."
"Hah?" She's even more surprised that Seijuro would suggest such a thing.
"This will be the prefect time for you to see what both teams have to offer." Seijuro says, looking up from the board for the first time since she's entered their home-room.
She is silent for a couple of seconds, unable to answer at first. "Data gathering?"
Seijuro smiles, it doesn't reach his eye's and it makes Satsuki feel uneasy. "Of course, what else could there be?"
She looks back at the shogi broad, she's never cared much for the game, yet Seijuro has her play against him at least once a day. She's sure that Seijuro already knows everything there is too, about Daiki's and Tetsuya's teams, as well as the other's teams.
"Okay." Satsuki isn't quite sure just what Seijuro has planned, but she'll go along with it, if it means that she'll see the other's again.
The match between Too and Seirin is heart breaking to watch, Daiki destroys Tetsu and his team. They are not the boys she has left behind, they have both changed and Satsuki feels like she is the only one still living in the past. Seijuro watches the game with her and seems pleased by the outcome.
"Come, Satsuki." She stands and looks back at the court one last time, before she follows after Seijuro. She spots Kise and Midorima as they are leaving, they've grown she thinks and giggles when she notes Midorin's sunglasses.
"At least some parts of you will never change." She whispers, then hurries the few steps to walk along side Seijuro.
"Did you see it?" Her brother asks, when the are in the limo being driven to their house.
Her eye's harden as she meets her brother's gaze. "Of course, should they meet us in the final, I'll have a plan to end them." It doesn't matter that this is Dai-chan's team, she will help destroy all who oppose her team. Rakuzan will be victories, Satsuki will see to it.
When Too make it to the finals Satsuki isn't surprised, she is however surprised to see that Daiki isn't there. Seijuro doesn't play and Satsuki sits beside him the whole match wondering why Dai-chan hadn't shown. When the match is over, she rushes to the other team to find out why?
"Aomine didn't play, why?" They look at her for a few seconds, then to something behind her before their captain answers.
"He injured himself, during our match against Kaijo." Its a flat answer, clearly they want to be left alone as they don't stick around long enough for Satsuki to thank them.
She turns to back to where her team had been only to find Seijuro waiting for her. "We will all meet again, at the winter cup." Seijuro tells her as the two walk side by side together.
Satsuki knows he's right, her brother is never wrong.
Time passes quickly as they prepare for the winter cup. While Seijuro trains hard in both studies and the gym, Satsuki use's that time to gather date on the teams her friends have choose to join.
Kaijo are a strong team, they are not in the same bracket as Rakuzan, but should they somehow get passed Midorin they will be ready. Midorin's team suit him well, she see's that he and Takao are a formidable pair, but they are nothing that they can't handle. Seijuro has told that Muk-kun's team are no treat to them whatsoever, so Satsuki only watches there DVDs to see if Muk-kun has been keeping well. Seirin, Satsuki can see just why Tetsu would choose such a team, she also see's that he has found a new light. Finally Too, she finds it difficult to watch Daiki's matches. He rarely plays and when he does, he destroys his opponents without holding back.
She sits next to Seijuro when they travels on the couch down to Tokyo, the sibling duo are rarely apart. Seijuro has them housed together, given a wing on the third floor to themselves. It's more like an apartment Satsuki thinks, but she doesn't bring up the subject anymore.
"We've spent enough time apart, I'm making up for lost time." Seijuro had told her, when she'd first been shown where they'd live. Her brother may have changed, but it doesn't change how feels about her, she realises.
"Satsuki!"
"Yes?"
"I've asked that the other's all gather before the ceremony begins." For some reason it doesn't surprise Satsuki.
"You don't want me to come with you?"
"No I'd like you to stay away. The other's still don't know about our relationship, I'd like to keep it that way.
When they arrive Seijuro has them checked in before his leaves her to go where it is the others are waiting, but Satsuki doesn't always follow her brothers orders.
"You've got a babysitter, Tetsu?" Aomine asks when Kuroko come into sight.
"Mine-chin, are you jealous without Sa-chin?" Murasakibara asks.
"Satsuki's got nothing to do with this." Daiki growls.
"Midorimacchi, why do you have scissors?" Kise questions.
"It's obviously my lucky item, you idiot." Midorima answers.
"It's dangerous, though. I wish you wouldn't walk around with them out like that." Kise complains.
"Sorry to keep you waiting." Kuroko apologies.
A phone rings. "Your phone's annoying, Kise. Is it Akashi?" Daiki asks, sounding annoyed.
"It's...A text from a fan-girl." Kise informs.
"Go die!"
"Mido-chin, let me borrow those scissors."Murasakibara asks holding up his bag of chips.
"No." Midorima simply says.
"What! Kuro-chin, do you have any?" Murasakibara asks Kuroko.
"No, I don't."
"Why's the one who summonsed us here the last one to arrive?" Kise wonders aloud.
"There's no need to be upset. That's how he is." Midorima supplies.
Second's after, the one there waiting for appears. "I apologise that I've kept you waiting."
"Akashi-kun." Kuroko acknowledges.
Seijuro gazes down upon them, from where he stands at the top of the stairs. "Daiki, Ryota, Shintaro, Atsushi, and Tetsuya. I'm glad to see you again. I'm deeply moved we were all able to meet like this." He pauses for a second to stare at the person he doesn't know. "However, there's someone here who doesn't belong. I wish only to speak to my former team-mates right now. Sorry, but could you leave?" The boy flinches, Seijuro notices how he shakes in fear.
"Furihata-kun..."Kuroko begins, when a hand places itself on Furihata's shoulder.
"Well, your no fun. Don't exclude us."
"Kagami!" Furihata says and Kuroko looks surprised to see him, but Seijuro is no fool. Satsuki has scouted everyone and Seijuro knows exactly who this person is.
"We can talk later." Kagami says, stepping forward a few steps. "First...Your Akashi, huh? Glad to meet you." Seijuro stares at him, he doesn't tolerate fools and Kagami Taiga is most defiantly a fool. Its best to deal with fools quickly.
"Shintaro, could I borrow those scissors?" Seijuro asks, making his way down the steps.
"What are you going to use them for?" Midorima asks, Seijuro could easily take the scissors from him, but Midorima would like a answer before he just hands them over.
"My hair is annoying me." Seijuro supplies and Midorima hands them over. "I've been waiting to trim it. First..You're Kagami-kun,aren't you?"
The fool somehow dodges the attack, but to Seijuro satisfaction it leaves a thin cut.
"Kagami-kun." Kuroko says, but Seijuro notices how he doesn't move forward to help his light, a good choice on his part. The other fool with them is pale and looks to be shaking with fright, it bring a smile to Seijuro's face.
"I'm surprised that you were able to dodge that. In light of that display of grace, I'll forgive you this time. However, there will be no second chance. When I tell you to leave, leave." He lifts the scissors and grips a piece of his hair. "In this world, winning is everything." He starts cutting. "Winners are affirmed completely, and loser are dined completely. I've never lost at anything before, and I never will. Because I always win, and I am always right. I show no mercy to those that oppose me. Not even my own parents."
Kagami tsks, gritting his teeth.
"Well, I'm leaving. I just wanted to say hello to everyone today. He hands Midorima back his scissors and starts up the stairs.
"What?" Aomine growls standing. "Don't be ridiculous, Akashi! You summoned us just for that?"
"No.." Seijuro turns back to face them. "I actually wanted to confirm something, but after seeing your faces, I realized there was no need. No one has forgotten our promise." Seijuro enjoys watching as their eye's all harden.
"What promise?" He turns unsurprised to find Satsuki at the top of the stair case looking down at them all.
"Momoi!?"
"Sa-chin!?"
"Momocchi!?"
Satsuki doesn't acknowledge them, still staring at her brother wanting answers. "Satsuki, how nice of you to join us. I thought you were going to wait with the team?" Seijuro asked coming to stand beside her.
"Satsuki!?" Its Daiki who sounds the most the surprised, as well hurt.
Satsuki feels her breath catch, Daiki who has always been by her side, is glaring at her like she's the enemy and maybe she is.
"You didn't tell me anything. You just left after Aunt Mai died, you didn't come back and now I find your with Akashi. What the hell, Satsuki!" Daiki criticized making Satsuki flinch.
"I did try to tell you, Dai-chan." She tries when he looks between her and Seijuro. "You weren't there for me to say goodbye too. I looked for you that day, at Mom's funeral, and you were no where to be found."
"I was waiting for you." Daiki roared stepping up a step. "I couldn't go to the funeral, but I was waiting for you. Back at your house, but you never came back?Why didn't you come back?"
"She was brought home, after the funeral had ended." Seijuro offered, and the others turned to him in confusion.
"Home?" Kise inquired.
"Yes, Home." Seijuro admitted. "Our father decided it was time for Satsuki to return home, back to her true family."
"Our father, true family?" Midorima cross-examined. "You mean, your both..."
"Yes, Shintaro. Satsuki and I are brother and sister." Seijuro placed his hand on her shoulder. "Satsuki's true name is Akashi Satsuki. Our father allowed her to live with our aunt after our mother died, since our aunts passing, Satsuki has return to live with us."
"I'm having a hard time accepting this." Kise muttered, running his finger through his hair.
Murasakibara looked just as confused, so much that he stopped eating and was just staring at both Seijuro and Satsuki. Midorima didn't know how quite to take in the information he been given. Kuroko looked shocked, while Kagami and Furihata looked lost at what was going on.
"I believe it's time we parted way, we must rejoin our teams." Seijuro instructed and took Satsuki's wrist to have her follow.
"Dai-chan!" Satsuki called, as he started to walk away. "We'll talk later."
Daiki grunted. "Like I give a damn what you do anymore. Go find someone else to listen to whatever it is you want to say." He growled.
Satsuki flinched at the anger behind his words. Knowing that there was nothing else that she could say, she let Seijuro lead her away.
Seijuro on the other wanted nothing more then to destroy Daiki, but Satsuki needed to get away from this place and his sister would come first. He'd deal with Daiki on the court, he'd make him suffer for hurting Satsuki.
Midorima and Takao watched the match closely. This was Rakuzan, the team Akashi had chosen and Midorima knew they had to be good, if Akashi captained them.
"Their scary good." Takao commented, never taking his eye's from the match happening below them.
"Fool, Akashi hasn't even stepped onto the court." Midorima voiced, he was wasn't watching the game, so much as the siblings who were seated side by side. They spoke to each other, the other players on the bench giving them a wide space between them.
The buzzer went announcing that the match was over. Standing from his seat, Midorima had intended to leave, but Satsuki, as if knowing he'd been there watching the whole time, turned and waved towards him, Midorima noticed that Akashi didn't bother spare him even a glance.
"Hey Shin-chan, that girl?" It seemed Takao had finally noticed.
"Yes, that girl isn't a normal manger. She saved us quite a few time's in middle school, and her being with Akashi means our match will be much harder then we thought." Midorima began making his way up the stair, towards the tunnel.
"Is she really that dangerous?" Takao asked, taking one last look at the pink haired girl.
Midorima was silent for sometime before he decided to answer. "If you're her enemy...beware! Because you haven't seen anything yet."