Time and Time Again

Plotline: Kuroko Tetsuya thought he had a good life. There were hardships and all but he was able to get through them and reunite with his ex teammates and earn new friends. But one day Kuroko woke up on the first day of school in Teikō. Time Travel

Pairings: Generation of Miracles x Kuroko (HAREM but it will start with friendship first then develop into something more in the future)

Disclaimer: I own nothing except the story plot

AN: I was so happy to see the positive reviews and suggestions for the story! I hope I won't let your expectations down!

EDITED 4/25/13: Akashi refers to Kuroko with his first name, some mistakes are corrected. I'm laughing at the way my younger self used to write and face palming at the same time.


Chapter 2

It was amusing that the very first thing Kuroko would think about on his second day of being the past was to get a Vanilla Milkshake from Maji Burger. The Bluenette had completely forgotten to get some after school yesterday and now he was craving for the drink.

As usual, his parents weren't home so Kuroko fixed himself a couple of pancakes to eat then locked the door before going out with the intent of getting his favorite drink.

Upon entering the fast food restaurant, Kuroko noticed that there weren't much people eating so he could easily just order his drink, pay and go since there wasn't any line. Kuroko moved to one of the empty counters and was again unnoticed by the cashier.

Used to the lack of reaction to his presence, Kuroko started talking. "Excuse me – "

"Eh," The man at the cashier looked up surprised. "When did you get there?"

"I've been standing here for the last 10 minutes." Kuroko was lying since he'd only been there for less than a minute but this would make the guy pay more attention to his surroundings.

Not that it would help him in noticing Kuroko anyway.

"Well I'd like to order Vanilla Milkshake." Kuroko said in a monotone tone to the embarrassed man after an awkward silence. He was probably wondering about how he couldn't have noticed the boy in front of him.

"O-oh alright, coming up sir." The cashier disappeared and quickly reappeared with a cup in hand. "Would that be all?"

"Yes." Kuroko paid for the drink. "Thank you." Grabbing the cup he walked out of the restaurant sipping his drink and walked to the direction of one of the abandoned courts he knew of. No one ever visited this court because they thought that there was a ghost there.

One of the perks of having a weak presence was that nobody would bother you since heck – they wouldn't know you were there in the first place but it was a hindrance too since there was nobody to be with you.

Kuroko threw the now empty cup into one the trash cans nearby and silently entered the court. It looked old and rather dusty since it was rarely ever cleaned but he didn't mind it. As long as the basketball hoops and the abandoned basketballs hidden around here were still in shape then he didn't mind at all.

The Expert Passer started warming up and stretching, thinking about how much he would have to improve his physical attributes to be able to still throw strong and quick passes and shoot with accuracy. Passes probably won't be much of a problem for him.

It was shooting the ball into the basket that would be problematic.

Grabbing the ball, Kuroko went into his own position of shooting. Basketball players usually shoot with their wrist and fingertips but Kuroko shoots the ball with his palms (since he was used to using his palms in passes). The problem was that if he used his palms to thrust the ball forward it would mess up the usual shooting posture so Kuroko had to adjust.

The bluenette shot the ball and watched it as it disappeared from sight while falling. It was hard to block the Phantom Shot but Kise had been able to block it with the combination of Akashi's Emperor Eye and Murasakibara's block. Though not the exact perfect copy of Akashi's Emperor Eye but good enough to be able to spot the ball. And the blonde's captain, Kasamatsu, discovered the trick to beating it as well. All he had to do was back off and keep a certain distance from Kuroko. That way, the field of vision will not be limited downwards and the ball will be visible.

Well, there was no such thing as a foolproof plan in basketball so Kuroko would have to find a way to counter that.

'But Akashi's Emperor Eye could see the smallest movements of an opponent and he's exceptionally good in predicting one's next moves. And off the court he could discover people's hidden talents. That's how he found out about me before….er… will soon find out about me anyway.' Kuroko thought as he watched the ball appear again as it passed through the hoop.

Maybe...just maybe... he could actually improve his shooting skills.

"Hum." Kuroko picked the ball up and went a farther distance from the hoop.

"I wonder how far I could go before I'd miss a shot. Best to know my limitations."


The Bluenette had been practicing for over 6 hours and it was currently 4:35 now. Thinking that it was about time to finish up, he hid the ball and walked out of the court. He passed some people who were gossiping to each other.

"Did you hear the dribbling of the ball a while ago? I didn't see anyone there at all!" A girl stated.

"I never knew that those rumors could actually be true! There really must be a ghost there!" Her friend agreed. "But why do you think a ghost would reside in a basketball court?"

"Who knows? I certainly don't want to find out." Kuroko mentally smiled. Listening to people talk about you as a ghost was amusing.

Reaching home, Kuroko took a shower and changed into clothes that weren't covered in sweat. He had certainly tired himself out today since his body wasn't used to harsher training and he had tried practicing his Ignite Pass. Kuroko didn't have enough strength to do the Upgraded Version of it but he was satisfied enough with the outcome.

If the old Riko had been there she would've told him not to over work himself because it was her job as coach to do that.

He knew the consequences (that came from his exhaustion and from Riko's torturous training after he got better) of that based on experience. Though it wouldn't stop him anyway.

And since he wasn't close to anybody at Teikou at the moment, there wouldn't be anyone who would scold him for it.

'That last thought made me sound like a rebellious child.' Kuroko thought idly. 'Well technically I am one physically at least. I have the mentality of a 16 year old while in the body of a 13 – "

Oh wait, his birthday was still next year so he was still 12 years old at the moment.

Kuroko shook his head in an attempt to not think about his current situation and proceeded to cook some noodles for the night. Seeing as he was alone again for the next 3 weeks it would so some good to do something to rile the time away.


Monday came more quickly than expected and Kuroko (as he did before) was one of the earliest students that went to school so he had around half an hour of free time before classes start. The destination Kuroko went to was not the Basketball Court but the –

BUMP-Crash!

Kuroko fell down to the ground, feeling books and a heavy shogi board fall on his being. He also heard a thump in front of him meaning whoever he had bumped into had also fallen down. The student was first to recover and helped take the stuff off of him.

"I apologize for making you fall." Kuroko looked straight at the face of Akashi. The first person he met for the day just had to be the too observant future captain of the GoM. How absolutely lucky of him. "I only realized you were there just a moment before we bumped to each other."

'Knowing him, he wouldn't let that happen again.' The red head wasn't very fond of mistakes like these. 'And he probably noticed my lack of presence by now.'

"I should apologize as well. I was deep in thought while on my way to the library." Kuroko said in monotone. "Akashi-kun, do you need any help in those books or the shogi board?"

"No thank you. Now I must be on my way." Akashi walked past him. "See you in class, Tetsuya."

Akashi was now addressing him with his first name. It almost felt as though he was talking to the Akashi he knew from the future.

"See you then." Kuroko replied and continued to go the library. In an effort to forget what just happened, the bluenette concentrated on what books he should borrow instead. There were a lot of mystery and suspense books in the Teiko library which he hadn't been able to read in his past… 'life' (for lack of a better word) and Kuroko certainly couldn't wait to do so.


'He's not back yet.' Akashi thought as he looked at the empty seat beside him. 'And there's only five minutes left until classes start.'

The red head was not worrying about his mysterious classmate's well being, just curious. After all, Akashi wasn't one to worry about others especially those who have just met. But this Kuroko Tetsuya was an exception. Due to carelessness and clumsiness (as much as he'd hate to admit it, this was true) he had knocked into said person. Most people would forget about such a trivial thing but Akashi couldn't.

He had shown vulnerability to a fellow student. Though said student had been more troubled than him, it was still bad that he let his guard down and hadn't seen Kuroko coming until it was too late.

And it wasn't only that instant where he hadn't noticed the blue haired boy and that very much irritated him. Akashi was supposed to know everything that was going on and his new seatmate was unknowingly going against this. Somehow this one could easily disappear from your sight for a moment and reappear in another place almost just as quickly.

'3 minutes left.' Akashi thought as more and more students came into the classroom and he couldn't' find any sign of the boy who he had been thinking about. Since Akashi didn't like owing people (Yes he considered the fact that Kuroko had forgiven him for his carelessness of bumping into him as a favor) so he stood up and was about to go to the library.

"Where are you going, Akashi-kun?" A soft monotone voice asked from his left. Akashi kept his face composed and casual even when he was surprised underneath, then looked to the direction of the supposedly empty chair and saw a blue haired boy looking at him with his usual inexpressive face.

"I felt like going to the library." Akashi lied smoothly. He was fighting the urge to ask how long had the bluenette been there. "But I only realized now that it would've been a waste of my time and effort since what I was looking for wouldn't be found there."

Blank blue eyes stared at him. "Ah, I see."

He watched as Kuroko put some thick pocketbooks into his bag and noticed that he kept one out.

"Nice book, Silence of the Lambs." Akashi couldn't help but comment.

"Is it really? I haven't read it yet and the librarians had recommended it."

The crimson eyed boy nodded in approval. "It is. The suspense and mystery was written perfectly well in the book. I particularly enjoy the character of Hannibal Lecter."

"Since you're praising the book quite highly Akashi-kun, I'm quite excited to read it." Kuroko still had that stoic look to his face but it had a slight look of excitement to read the book.

"Just being curious but what makes you think that my opinion would be enough for you to know that the book is well written?"

Kuroko stared at him with an unreadable and impeccable expression on his pale face.

"You just seem like the type to know a good quality story from a bad one." Was the blunt and somewhat vague reply.

Riiii~iiiiing

Students in the front and back groaned as they heard the bell ring. Obviously they weren't keen on having classes and being lectured today.

"Ah, I'll read it later then." Kuroko muttered quietly and the book disappeared from his view quickly.

"Good Morning class – "A tall brunette walked to the front with a box of chalk, books and papers in hand. "My name is Sitoori Jura, your Social Studies teacher from first year onwards."

If Akashi remembered correctly from his research of his teachers, this teacher knew his stuff well and was a reliable teacher.

Seems the he wouldn't be able to use his red incredibly sharp scissors for a while.


"Dai-chan wake up!" Momoi whispered to her sleeping seatmate. "This is definitely not the time to sleep!"

"Nnnn…5 more minutes…." Was the murmured reply that she received which caused a red vein to appear on her forehead. Momoi grabbed her book and smacked the back of her childhood friend's head. It had successfully waked him up.

Aomine glared at her as he cursed silently. As much as he'd like to express his freedom of speech, there was a teacher in front that could easily give him detention.

"Tch." Momoi took that as a sign that Aomine would at least try to stay awake for next 10 minutes since it was almost Lunch period. Honestly, this guy could play basketball with older and more experienced players for 3 hours straight and still beat them but he couldn't even stay awake for a class?

Momoi sighed. 'That's Dai-chan for you.' She thought as she took down notes. Her childhood friend had been asleep since Social Studies class had ended and it was surprising that none of the teacher had caught him sleeping yet.

"…and –log[1x_] is the formula on how to get the pH depending on how many H+ the substance has." The teacher front drawled out in a boring manner. "If what was stated was OH-ions and you were asked to find the pH you have to do the same formula and subtract the answer from 14. Now please get your notebooks and answer this seat work. You have only 5 minutes to answer. Copy everything."

Most of the students who hadn't taken notes at all lazily got their notebooks from their bags and started copying. This class needed a scientific calculator to answer the questions so those who were unlucky enough to forget to bring it had to borrow from others.

'But the way this teacher explained it made it harder to understand the topic.' Momoi thought as she quickly listed down the questions. 'Those five minutes he gave us will only be enough to answer 1-2 questions.'

"Whaaaat? I didn't even understand a single thing!" Aomine grunted, scratching his head in confusion.

Momoi looked at Aomine with an annoyed expression before smacking the back of his head. "That's because you slept through the whole discussion!"


Kuroko didn't know if this was considered cheating or not but for some reason he remembered the answers to this particular test. His best subjects were History and Geography since he could easily memorize easily and remember things especially if they were interesting.

Though he couldn't find out what was so interesting about these answers but he wasn't complaining at all.

After copying all the questions, Kuroko pretended to use his scientific calculator to make it seem like he was trying to get the answers. It felt ridiculous doing so. The Bluenette was just randomly pressing buttons quickly and then writing the answers he remembered down on the paper.

'Done.' Kuroko thought, putting down the calculator. It's not that he didn't understand the topic for today though it was a different story before. When he had gone through this class he had to go to the library and read books about the topic to finally comprehend what the heck the teacher was trying to explain to them which was very helpful.

This was probably using some kind of perfume of some sorts that puts people to sleep or makes them extremely bored. Maybe he uses chloroform as cologne. Kuroko had an amused look in his eyes.

"Done already?" Akashi asked. He had a blank expression on his face that had a slight look bemusement and frustration. Kuroko nodded at his seatmate. Unsurprisingly the red head looked to be almost done which is to be expected since he ranked no. 1 in the academic department. Though what happened next was shocking to Kuroko. His future captain actually huffed and asked,

"Could you assist me in answering the last question?"

The Bluette blankly stared at his crimson eyed classmate. 'Is this really Akashi? Did he hit his head or something? Why was he asking help from him?'

"W-well alright." Kuroko stuttered slightly before looking at the scratch paper of his seatmate. Looking through the solution he used Kuroko noticed that Akashi had simply forgotten to subtract his answer from fourteen and told the other just that.

"Thank you." Had Kuroko been alone he would've knocked his head on the wall as he heard those words. 'Well it's only his first year in Teikou so of course he wouldn't be much like the future Akashi was yet.'

"You're welcome Akashi-kun.''

RIII~IIING

"We'll finish this Seat Work tomorrow then." A sigh of relief was given by most of the students and some murmurs of "Yes!"

"You are all free to have lunch – "The classroom as empty before the teacher was able to finish his sentence.


"Now where do you think you're going?" A hand gripped Kuroko shoulder firmly. "You're going to the wrong direction. The Cafeteria is that way." Akashi gestured to his left.

"I was on my way to the library." Kuroko answered in monotone. 'He's getting better in noticing me.'

Akashi looked at him with disapprobation. "You won't be going to the library because you'll be coming with me to eat lunch." The red head proceeded to drag him to the other direction.

"Akashi-kun I'm neither hungry nor do I have any money to buy something to eat." Kuroko said stoically.

"Then I'll buy your lunch for you. Think of it as thanks for the help a while ago." Akashi said in a grudging tone. "Now follow me."

Knowing that it would be best for his health and wellbeing, Kuroko followed Akashi to the large cafeteria room. The Bluenette couldn't understand why Akashi was doing this. Sure he had helped the red head in answering a question but it was a trivial thing and he knew Akashi was definitely not one for such.

'He's planning something.' Kuroko stared at the back of his classmate's head. 'I have to somehow get myself out of this situation.'

Kuroko was abruptly taken out of his thoughts when Akashi pushed him down on one of the Cafeteria tables then put a plate filled with lots of food in front of him.

"Eat that." Kuroko knew an order when he heard it and for some reason, he could hear the snipping of scissors in the background.

"I won't be able to finish all this Akashi-kun. I'll just be wasting your time and money." Kuroko said. The amount of food put in front of him was enough to feed Kagami's insatiable hunger.

"It wouldn't be a waste of my money or time if you will finish this." The Bluenette didn't trust the tone of Akashi's voice. He felt utensils being shoved into his hands. "Now eat."

Taking one last blank glance at the smirking red head he reluctantly started to eat. After a few minutes of silence Akashi and he started to converse.

"Do you play Shogi, Kuroko?" Akashi asked, his eyes staring at him calculatingly.

"Every so often I do." The Bluenette answered. "I'm not good at it at all though."

"I'll be the judge of that." Akashi muttered to himself. "Do you play any sports?"

Kuroko thought about what he should answer. 'To lie or not to lie.' But he knew it wouldn't work because knowing Akashi, he'd be able to tell if he was lying or not. His observation skills were amazing like that.

"Yes." Kuroko chose that being vague with his answers would be the best way to survive this situation.

"Oh really? What sport or sports in particular do you play?"

"I'm below average in all the sports that I play." Kuroko said. Well this was somewhat true. At the moment, his skills weren't exactly the best other than his passes, drives and little bit of shooting.

"You didn't answer my question, Tetsuya."


"Ah," Kuroko looked to be deep in thought. Akashi didn't stop staring at him – well, more like dissecting him through the use of his vision. Though his blue haired classmate didn't look like it, Akashi deducted that his blue haired classmate would make a formidable opponent in a fight if provoked.

"I play basketball." Akashi blinked as he heard the words leave Kuroko's mouth. "Not as good as the others because it's more of a…hobby."

'That last statement was a lie.' The red head thought. That slight pause, small nervous movement of his fingers and the fact that his eyes looked away from him for a fraction of a second made it obvious (to Akashi anyway) that what he had said was a lie.

"So you don't play basketball that often?" Akashi inquired, making himself sound uninterested.

"I occasionally play street basketball." Kuroko said in a monotone voice. "But I've never been in a real match."

Akashi was now unsure if what the bluenette said was a lie or not but didn't look into it this time.

"I play basketball too." The crimson eyed boy found himself admitting. "I take the position of point guard."

"So I assume you'll be joining the basketball club." Akashi noticed the knowing look on Kuroko's face.

"You assumed correctly." He replied. "What club will you be joining Kuroko?"

"Probably the same club as you." Kuroko said thoughtfully. "Though I'll definitely be in the third string immediately so I won't be doing much."

Kuroko sounded as though he already knew that he was going to be placed there.

"I'm full." He heard Kuroko announce to him bluntly. Akashi looked at the plate and it looked almost exactly the same as it did when he gave it to Kuroko.

"You've barely even eaten any of it." Akashi stated, grabbing Kuroko's spoon and scooping a large portion of mash potatoes. "You will finish the whole thing whether you like it or not.''

"And how do you suppose that will – "The spoon was shoved into Kuroko's mouth and he was forced to swallow the food.

"See that wasn't so bad." Akashi said sadistically with a smirk. "Now here's another."

Maybe just for this moment, he'll allow himself to act more 'human' to this peculiar person. If only to gain his trust.

You know what they say, Keep your friends close but keep your might-be-enemies-or-allies closer.


Crunch. Crunch. Crunch.

"Did you see the tall guy walk by?" A student murmured frightfully.

"Of course I did! It's impossible to miss him." Somebody responded. "I can't believe he's only a first year."

"Yah, what a tall freak."

Murasakibara, the person currently being talked about, glared at them threateningly and it terrified the gossiping students causing them to run away from him.

The purple haired boy sighed. It was like elementary again. Kids would make fun of his height and he'd have to scare them away to shut them up and thanks to that he was a loner but he didn't mind it much as long as he was eating.

He took a seat from an empty table in the cafeteria and watched as the other students socialized while he was eating his chips. Murasakibara was incredibly bored.

"You will finish the whole thing whether you like it or not.'' A dark and smooth voice ordered from the table across him. Out of curiosity Murasakibara looked over at that table. He saw a boy with red hair smiling scarily at... There wasn't anybody there.

...Oh wait there was someone else there. He hadn't noticed at first but there was a short light blue haired boy that was receiving the terrifying smile that looked at lot more like a smirk.

Hell the smile was 10 times scarier than the glare he had given those students a while ago.

Yet the blue haired boy was looking stoically and blankly at the other.

"And how do you suppose that will ha – "A spoon was shoved into the bluenette's mouth by the red head.

The red head's crimson eyes twinkled sadistically. "See that wasn't so bad." He watched as the red head took another spoon of food from the plate. "Now here's another."

From then, Murasakibara watched with amusement and slight pity for the bluette since he was being force-fed by the red head.

"All done." The red head announced. "I told you, you would be able to finish it Tetsuya."

'Ah so the bluenette's name is Tetsuya. They must be close if they're on a first name basis.'

"You are evil Akashi-kun…." Kuroko muttered, his head hitting the table.

"So I've been told."

Murasakibara stood up and ate his chips while going back to the classrooms with his thoughts going back to the two students.

He wondered if all friends acted like that to one another.

End of Chapter.


OMAKE

'What is that guy doing?' A student wondered to himself as he watched Kuroko press random buttons on the calculator. 'Does he seriously believe that he'll get the answers that way.'

Then suddenly Kuroko put the calculator down and wrote whatever answer he came up with on the piece of paper then proceeded to do the same thing for the next question.

The student sweatdropped.


AN:I had to quickly post this chapter because I might not be able to for the next few days.

Seems that Akashi isn't as heartless as he was in the future. Let's see if Kuroko can make him keep that aspect of his. Aomine and Momoi are still the same as always. Murasakibara is still snacking.

Wait - what about Midorima?

Until the next chapter!

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