Chapter 2: What?
A nother change in this story
the height off everyone in this chapter
Kuroko Tetsumi= 162 cm(yes, I changed Kuroko's height for the purpose of the later chapter. I have thought about making Kuroko shorter than this but it. but poor Kuroko would be like a midget among the other GoM character -except Akashi- that is over 180cm)
Akashi Seijuro = 173cm
Momoi Satsuki= 165cm (I thought Momoi should be a little taller. this is also for the purpose in the later chapter)
Aomine Daiki= 193cm
Kise Ryouta= 189 cm
Midorima Shintaro= 195cm
And very big thank you for phoebe for editing this chapter
What if in the future, you met someone who was precious to you even when that person had betrayed you? And yet that person is oblivious to the pain in your heart?
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Thirteen years ago~
"Today is my first day entering the middle school and I managed to enter the prestigious Teiko Middle school! I wonder what kind of friend I will make in this school." A girl with shoulder length haired said in her mind. Her teal colored haired sway elegantly by the way she moved towards the front gate and it caught the attention of some of the males that were loitering around the school gate.
She heard many girls squealing and giggling while they pointed at something behind her, or rather, someone, because when she turned around, she saw a pair of very familiar crimson eyes that haunted her childhood dreams. The same pair of eyes that she had longed to see in the park every day. He shifted his gaze to look at her and his eyes meet hers for the first time in three years.
"I hope he didn't remember me." She told herself before she turned around and made her way to her class. She was the one who broke the eye contact between them and she walked away slowly, hoping to hear him call her name despite the fact that she said that she didn't want him to remember her.
She kept walking with a fairly slow pace as she tried to remember how he called her name they last time they met in the park before he moved to another place. She imagined what kind of reaction she would have if he called her. Would she go running to hug him? Or would he come to where she was and spin her around as if they were in a movie?
She waited and kept waiting, but he never called her name even when he was standing next to her in the locker when she wanted to changed her shoes.
"He didn't remember me…" she whispered to herself as she looked down at the floor. If only she kept an eye on the said boy, she would be able to see that his eyes are fixated to her for a minute before he continue walking to his class.
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~Present time~
It was a normal day in Kuroko's office. Normal as in she didn't have any job or anyone to investigate and have to sit in her office doing normal office work for a whole week. She saw Kise was happily playing with his computer and she hated how happy he could be in this relaxed day when all she could think was it was too peaceful.
"Kise-kun, We really didn't have anyone to investigate? Or anything to do at all?" Kuroko asked Kise.
"Kurokocchi, it's not like it's every day that someone wants to target this company." Kise told his partner while he typed something in his laptop. Kuroko still didn't look happy when she heard Kise's sarcastic remark. "Try to relaxed, Kurokocchi" Kise advised her.
"I'm going out" Kuroko told Kise while she grabbed her jacket and hastily made her way out of their office.
"Have fun!" Kise shouted before Kuroko closed the door.
Kuroko strode towards the elevator and stopped when she was about to press the button that would bring her to the lobby. She hesitated for a moment before she pressed the button that would bring her to the top floor instead.
"Is Akashi-kun available?" She asked the guards in front of the room once she had arrived at the top floor.
"Akashi-sama had a guest in his office. You could wait in the waiting room if you still wish to see him, Kuroko-sama" The guards told her.
"Don't worry; I was just passing by." Kuroko was about to leave the room when she saw a woman with long wavy blond hair coming out from Akashi's office. The woman was slightly taller than Akashi but it was only because of the black platform heels that she wore.
"Thank you for accepting offer. I am looking forward to our dinner tonight!" The woman said gleefully to Akashi. She turned around and Kuroko could see a mesmerizing pair of silver colored eyes looking at her.
"Hello."
"Good afternoon." Kuroko bowed lightly when she greeted the woman back.
"Have a safe trip, Hazami-sama" Akashi bowed. The woman also bowed to Akashi before she went to the elevator.
"And what do you need, Kuroko?" Akashi shifted his attention to the girl who was about to leave the room.
"Nothing" Kuroko said coldly. She was about to followed the woman to the elevator but Akashi stopped her once again with the words she had been waiting for.
"I have a job for you."
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"What is this?" Kuroko said when she looked at the outfit she wore few hours after Akashi told her that he had a new job for her.
"A dress." Akashi said while he fixed the tuxedo he wore.
"Why should I wear this dress? I could go to the restaurant while using my usual attire that you kept saying I look like a secret service agent in." Kuroko argued. She was clearly unhappy with the extra detail Akashi forgot to mention when he told her that he had a new job for her.
"Are you saying that you don't mind telling my potential business partner that she was someone that couldn't be trusted that I felt the need to bring a guard on a normal dinner night with her?" Akashi raised one of his eyebrows and he saw Kuroko fidgeting a little.
"Well, I could always do undercover work" Kuroko looked at her feet while she fidgeted even more when she felt Akashi's gaze on her.
"Where do you plan to work undercover when she already seen you this afternoon? Wouldn't it be more convincing if you came in as my date?" Akashi intentionally provoked her. Her eyes were looking at her feet as if they were the most interesting things in the world and he loved to see the spark in her eyes even when he knew that she had already lost the argument but didn't want to admit her defeat.
"But why use a dress? She's your date for the night and I don't need to act like your date and ruin your night with her." Kuroko mumbled lowly. But it was loud enough to be heard by Akashi. It brought a big smile on his lips when he felt satisfied after knowing what was in Kuroko's mind. She saw the knowing smile on his face and she scowled before mumbling, "I look hideous in this dress."
"Let's get going." Akashi took out the big accessory that Kuroko put her hair in the quick up-do style on his way out of that room.
"Seijuro! Give me back that hair piece! It took me half an hour to style my hair like that!" Kuroko shouted and was about to run before Akashi turned around and said with a cheeky grin, "A lady should not shouted or ran in a dress. Besides, you look better with your hair down" before he raised his right hand that held her hair piece in it and waved it to his left and right a few times before he left the room. Kuroko was fuming and her face was red from embarrassment from when he complimented her.
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"Good Evening Akashi-sama, Hazami-sama has been waiting." one of the waiters greeted Akashi as he entered the restaurant. Akashi followed the waiter to one of the VIP rooms and saw only two chairs with one table in it. One of those chairs already had someone seated in it.
"I believe you will need another chair and a bigger room, Hazami-sama." Akashi said to the woman who was waiting with a glass of red wine in her hand.
"Are you expecting someone, Akashi-sama?" the woman asked him back with a suggestive tone. Akashi gave her his half-smile look before he pulled someone to his side.
"What—" Kuroko was about to complain but she stumbled slightly when Akashi suddenly pulled her again when she refused to move after the first pull. It was a good thing he twirled her body when she was about to embarrass herself in front of his client and pulled her by the waist towards his body.
"I believed I have informed you that I would be bringing a date with me." Kuroko couldn't see the expression on Akashi's face because he put his hand on the back of her head to keep her head buried in his chest. She tried to wiggle out of his grasp but she failed because he'd already tightened the arm around her waist.
"I wasn't aware of her presence." Kuroko heard the woman said. She could hear that woman was not pleased with the sudden change in her plan. But she could already felt the hatred coming from that woman and it was clearly directed to Kuroko.
"I apologize for the sudden changes in this dinner tonight. I assumed it would be okay for me to bring someone to accompany me." Akashi said in a guarded tone. Kuroko could hear the edge around his tone and he wasn't pleased for some reason.
"I am sorry to have caused such a misunderstanding." Kuroko could hear a screech and the sound of someone coming to where she and Akashi were standing.
"To be honest I was thinking to get to know Akashi-sama personally. But I wasn't aware that Akashi-sama already had his eyes on someone." Kuroko felt Akashi put something in her ear before he let go of her and went to ask to waiter if they had an extra chair or another vacant VIP room that could accommodate the three of them. He pretended to not hear the seductive tone Hazami just used.
"You are an eyesore." Kuroko heard Hazami suddenly tell her. She went to look at the blond woman that was clearly taller than Kuroko and Kuroko realized that she used the most revealing dress that she had ever seen in her entire life.
"Hazami-sama, we have prepared another room for you to use." The waiter appeared out of nowhere to inform her, "Also, Akashi-sama told me to inform Kuroko-sama that we didn't have vanilla milkshake in here" the waiter turned Kuroko.
"Milkshake? I wonder what Akashi-sama saw in a little girl like you. Such an ugly creature." Hazami sneered at Kuroko. She didn't forget to bump her shoulder on Kuroko's on her way out from that room.
"Excuse me, where is the washroom?" Kuroko ignored the arrogant remark from Hazami and walked in the direction where the waiter had shown her. She didn't forget to also ask where the room was that Akashi and Hazami had gone into.
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"Akashi-sama, you look absolutely handsome in formal clothes." Hazami said suggestively while she leaned slightly forward to the table.
"Thank you. I am not worthy of a compliment from such a big name like yours, Hazami-sama." Akashi answered calmly.
"What are you saying Akashi-sama, your name is clearly bigger than mine. I am honored to be having dinner with the heir from the Akashi fortune."
"Your family wanted to buy five percent of the stock in my company with a high price. That alone is an amazing accomplishment." Akashi complimented Hazami again.
"Because I saw the benefits in investing with your company" Hazami said with a sickeningly sweet smile that made Akashi closed his eyes for a moment. Before he opened it again to continue his façade, he confirmed the hearing device in his ear has been activated when he heard Kuroko was cussing and cursing him.
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"How can he bring me to this restaurant with great food and force me to wear this dress? Then he told me to be locked up in the bathroom and hack into a pervert cell phone? And he told me that if he said the word "vanilla milkshake" I should have gone to the bathroom and started to assemble these devices. Why "milkshake"? It's the best drink in the world! After all these time, he still didn't like milkshake" Kuroko mumbled while she heard Kise laugh nervously from the hearing device in her ear.
"Sorry Kurokocchi, this Hazami girl has one of the oldest technologies I have ever encountered and we need to hack the information while we're in that phone's wireless range." Kise said nervously.
"I know, but I didn't understand why I should act like his date when I could act like I am another customer instead of having to cope up in this bathroom." Kuroko was not content while she set up a few of the tools that Akashi had prepared for this mission.
"Kurokocchi, why are you in a bad mood when the two of you are—"
"Say one more word and I will cancel the new hard drive you ordered yesterday" Kuroko cut him off harshly. Kise went silent and decided to focus on the task in front of him rather than continue his word that would let Kuroko cancel the order of his beloved new hard drive. He heard Kuroko's sighed and the sound of various clicking noises coming from the devices before he heard one last click and Kuroko said "It's done Kise-kun"
"That was fast, Kurokocchi." Kise said before he went to type something on the other computer on his left.
"I have been doing this for two years. Now tell me what Akashi actually asked you to do tonight" Kuroko said when she clearly knew Akashi has been listening to her conversation with Kise.
"Well this Hazami wanted to invest in Akashicchi's company but there were several rumors that her family was into illegal stuff."
"Illegal as in?
"She's involved in human trafficking. That's why Aominecchi went to Somalia last week to investigate whether that information is true or not." Kise told her. Kuroko closed her eyes before she continued to check the data she'd received from Hazami's phone and look for proof that she was indeed a dangerous person for Akashi. This is why there was nothing for the past week, Akashi had told the rest of her team to investigate on Hazami while he kept her in the dark until the very last second.
BAAM
"What was that? She heard Kise say. It was loud enough for Kise to hear, and it made Kuroko worried about what happened outside the bathroom.
"Kise-kun, am I done in here?"
"Yeah, don't worry about the devices. Someone will clean them up when we are done" Kise told her. Kuroko nodded and she grabbed a knife that was hidden on her thigh and opened the door slightly to see that several men brought lots of guns and were blocking her potential exit.
"Kise-kun, can you look into the camera in this restaurant and tell me how many people with guns are in there? Also find the shortest way for me to get to where Akashi is." Kuroko commanded as she watched the situation carefully and tried to think of the possible plan this group might've had.
"I could but, they brought guns!? I thought that restaurant was a high class one! Where were the securities that should have been guarding the entrance?" Kise asked her.
"I believe it might have something to do with Hazami." Kuroko closed the door before she looked back at the device and saw few suspicious messages. One of those messages confirmed her fear. But before she could say anything to Kise, the bathroom door was opened and she instantly put the devices in its hiding place before she acted like she was surprised when someone opened the door to the toilet.
"Look, I found a pretty creature in here" One of the robbers said. Kuroko acted like she was scared and let the robber pull her arm until she had left the bathroom.
"You thought you could hide in the bathroom?" the other robber pull her hair to take a good look at her face.
"Kurokocchi, there are ten of them." Kuroko could hear from the devices in her ear. Yeah, I see eight of them. Where are the other two? She thought.
"Let go of me!" She heard Hazami scream as another one of the robbers brought her out from the VIP room. But there was no sign of Akashi and she instantly looked around the room and saw that Akashi wasn't there.
"Boss, we are missing our target." she could hear one of the robbers whisper. Target? Who?
"Just take all the expensive things you could find and all the good looking girls. They can both give us lots of money." the leader said. Kuroko could see the henchmen were laughing happily before they pulled Kuroko and the other three girls to the other side of the restaurant. Kuroko tried to find a chance to start attacking the one that is holding her when one of the customers tried to stop the robber by punching the robber in the face. Kuroko could see the robber wasn't to happy with the heroism act and he raise his gun and she knew she had no choice but to fight the ten of them with just one knife on her thigh before the robber would hurt anybody.
First, she hit the guy who had been holding her by her arm. When she finally freed her arm from him, she took the knife she had on her thigh and started to slash the robber who tried to shoot the customer. He fell down immediately with so much blood pouring from the wound in his neck.
"Get her!" she heard one of the robber shout. She prepared to take them all when she saw one of the robbers got shot down by someone.
"I don't understand why you made a big fuss over one tiny female." Kuroko heard the one who shot the robber say. She saw a tall male with his tanned skin that was very familiar to her. He used a dark blue collared shirt and formal pants and shoes that made him look like a secret agent from a movie, if not for his scary face. "Tsk, why were you using a dress like that if you have tiny breasts?" he said after he took a look at Kuroko and her outfit.
"Shut Up!" Kuroko was so embarrassed by her outfit. Her evening gown that used to go down to her knees was now a few inches above her knee and she forgot that she had taken off her jacket when she was in the bathroom, which left her with a tiny strap on her shoulder. It was a good thing her long teal colored hair covered the front side of her gown or she wouldn't stop hearing perverted comments from Aomine. "Give me a gun, Aomine." She ordered
"I never noticed that you have a good leg." Aomine said while he calmly looked at his jacket. "I only brought one gun. Maybe you could distract their attention by lifting up your—"Kuroko threw both of her shoes at Aomine's face to stop him from continuing his perverted statement.
"Remind me to kill you after I kill t hese bastards." Was the only thing she said before she ran to attack the other robber. She ran before jumping on the back of one robber and slashed his neck while she used that man's body as a shield when one of the robbers tried to shoot her. She threw the knife she had been holding at the robber's chest and ran to retrieve the knife.
Kuroko heard Aomine manage to shoot three of the robbers by the way they grunted after the sound of a gun being fired from where Aomine was standing. She was about to slash the third man before someone grabbed her hand and stole the knife from her. He threatened her by holding her knife on the front side of her neck.
"Put down your gun" He ordered Aomine. "Or I will kill this girl"
"How can you get captured? Oi Tetsumi" Aomine said after he dropped his gun to the floor and kicked it away from him when he saw the robber really wouldn't hesitate to slash Kuroko's neck.
"Shut up! This is not what I'd signed up for. Now you should help me escape or I will kill her" The robber said while he nudged Kuroko to walk but she refused and held steady in her place. The clearly angered the robber shouted, "Move! You stupid bitch-"
Splash
Kuroko felt the robber that hold her had let go of her body. She felt something splattered on her face and she lifted her hand up to her face to find blood everywhere. She looked up to see Akashi was walking to where she was standing and he give the coat he had on his hand to her.
"Satsuki, you did a good job." Akashi said to someone on his hearing device.
"It was a good thing Tetsu-chan is short. Otherwise I wouldn't be able to shoot his head" Kuroko could hear a female voice in her ear. Then she scowled when she heard the word 'short'.
"Satsuki-chan! I am not that short" she protested. All she got was a giggle coming from her hearing device.
"Let's leave and let Shintaro clean the mess." Akashi told them. They all agreed happily except for Kuroko who was still in anger after she heard Momoi called her short.
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"I am sorry about what happened yesterday, Akashi-sama. I didn't think that someone would try to rob that restaurant." Hazami said when she entered Akashi's office the next day.
"Are you sure about that, Hazami-sama?' Akashi said in a cold voice. Hazami was surprised when he saw the icy look in Akashi's eyes. She also felt fear and the need to escape from the situation. Somehow the Akashi that she saw right then was radiating a different aura than the Akashi on the night before.
"I didn't have anything to do with that robbery. If that's what you implied"
"Your family didn't have the money to buy and investment in my company. Also I don't need someone who was involved in human trafficking to be my investor" Akashi stood up from his chair and went to look at Hazami.
"What are you saying Akashi-sama? I wasn't involved in any trafficking" Hazami to defend herself. "That is such a heavy accusation Akashi-sama" she told him. Before she could hear Akashi said anything, the door to Akashi's office was opened and Midorima along with a pink haired woman stepped into the room as she brought a large map on her hand.
"Because of you, I have to go to Somalia for a week and I have to sleep with lots of mosquitoes in the forest. Do you know mosquitoes are bad for your skin?" The pink haired woman said to Hazami. She stepped aside to let several men in formal jacket entered Akashi's office and then they grabbed Hazami's hands and handcuffed them.
"What is this? I did nothing wrong!" Hazami screeched when she was pulled out by the man. "Akashi-sama! What is the meaning of this?" Hazami kept screaming until the agents had pulled her out from Akashi's office. Momoi followed the agent that had been searching for proof that Hazami was involved in trafficking to finished the charge against Hazami and to make sure she wouldn't create anymore problems in the future with the company. While Midorima stayed in Akashi's office to report on the incident at the restaurant and how hard it was to hide from the local police and to cover that incident as a mere robbery.
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Meanwhile in the morning at the other side of the office, Kuroko just woke from her slumber and it seemed that she had forgotten to set the alarm or someone turned off the alarm in her room without her knowledge. Whatever the reason was, she is late to go to work. She was in a hurry when she saw the clock pointed at 11. She didn't really look at what she was wearing since she only grab the very top piece of clothing on her wardrobe. Also, she couldn't find the key to her motorcycle. She had no choice but to use other public transportation, like a bus.
"You're wearing a skirt today?" Aomine said to his partner when she entered the coffee room with a messy hair and crumpled shirt due to her got pushed around by the people in the bus.
"I was in hurry this morning." Kuroko said while she dumped her bag on the desk.
"Maybe it was because I told you that you have a great leg?" Aomine teased her again. She wasn't in the mood for Aomine's perverted comments. This time, she went to hit Aomine on his chest but Aomine manage to grab her hand before she could hit him. Kuroko stood up on her toes to grab Aomine's ear after he managed to stop the punch from her left hand.
"You're too slow. And too short too" Aomine told her. Kuroko jumped to reach Aomine's ear. And she put one hand on his shoulder to lift her up while Aomine unconsciously put his arm on her waist to stop her from jumping and grabbing his ear. She had done that before and it wasn't a good experience.
At the same time, the door opened. Akashi and Momoi was walking through that door
"Dai-chan!" Momoi gasped. In her point of view, she could see Aomine pulling Kuroko to him and Kuroko was about to kiss Aomine on his cheek. Momoi turned to saw Akashi, who was standing next to her and he didn't look happy either.
"Daiki." Aomine heard Akashi call his name.
"Akashi, you look good today." Aomine tried to start a small talk but he forgot that Kuroko still clinging to him. When he realized the reason behind Momoi's panic look as she tried to give him a clue that he is still holding Kuroko by the waist, he let go of Kuroko and raised his hand up. Kuroko just froze on the spot she was standing to saw the dark aura coming from Akashi.
Uh oh… Kuroko thought.
Akashi went to where Kuroko was and he lifted her chin up with his index finger. Kuroko was stunned to see anger flashing in Akashi's eyes. He clearly ignored Aomine, who was running to hide behind Momoi and focused all of his attention to Kuroko.
"Sei?"
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