(Kagami's PoV)
Alex came back from US to visit us again, by us I mean me and Himuro. This time she wanted to visit different places in Japan . So here we are in Chiba acting (forced) as a guide for Alex.
As we were passing near a park ,I saw some boys playing basketball.But more then playing it was looking like a one sided fucking. As one of the team were continuously scoring and other team players were totally confused .
"You see the player over there I get a very strange vibe from that guy"said Alex
" Yaa even I am feeling that he isnt a normal player like he is showing "Himuro replied.
" He is definitely a far better player than he is showing"I replied.
"Well its looking like there isn't any need for him to play at his full potential . He is already dictating the game without it" Alex said.
"His playing style closely resembles to that of Kuroko, isn't it?" Himuro said while carefully examining that player.
"Well its more like Kuroko Is playing while stratergising like Akashi." I said after have a good look at his playing .
"Well the opposition is totally confused and frustrated.Who will not be while playing against a player with such a low court presence" Alex said
She is definately interested in this guy.
"Seriously , by the time they will get to know what hit them the match will be long over." It was Himuro turn to comment.
"Well it takes a lot of concenyration to detect such a game play and for the player of their level it is almost impossible ." I said remembering all my matches against Kuroko.
It surely is fustrsting when you are at the receiving side.
"So guys wanna play" suggest Alex.
"This doesn't concern us , so we should better continue our Chiba site seeing program" Retorted Himuro.
"This guy is no ordinary player kiddo , I want to see what is his true potential ." was Alex's reply
"Well the game is reaching half time , so there is no better time than to join now" I said to both of them .
Then we went to the losing team's captain and said that we will play for them . We even promised a guaranteed victory to them.
No matter how good that player is. He definately can't beat me and Himuro alone,even if we are playing casually.
(???? PoV)
Game have been stopped as it is half time and I must tell you I haven't seen anything like this before.
To normal eye it is almost impossible to notice Hikigaya-kun doing anything or even being on the court for that matter. But as I was focusing only on him I could see what he did. This whole time he was in control of the match. The way he was intercepting the opposition pass and directing to his team mates was spectacular. I am pretty sure opposition still don't know what's happening in the match.
If it continues like this it will be a one sided match.
I just can't belive that a guy who tries to act like a loner and a lazy bum is such a good player.
Just who are you Hikigaya-kun.
(8man PoV)
Me and the basketball team were standing near the court in a circle with me giving instructions and they listening.
"So for the first 2 minutes of the match you all will play as you like and ignore me for that period.
After two minutes we will start our counter attack. As for defence we will go with man to man marking but change your marking every 10 second. For attack there is no particular plan, just be ready to receive some passes and do not miss any chance to score. Understood" I explained my plan to the team.
"Okay" the whole team replied.
"If some unexpected things happens we will deal with it when the time comes, okay. Remember to ignore me for the first two minutes. Let's kick some asses today"
The match started and as I explained to them they played how they wanted to and ignored me.
'Time to activate Stealth-hikki'I said to myself.
In the first two minutes of the match I did nothing but to see how the match went. Gonna suppress my presence as much as I can.
The opposition was a little stronger than our team. At the end of 2 minutes the score was 4-0 in their favour.
Time to begin the counter attack.
I clapped my hand to signal them to start the counter attack and they followed.
We started our man to man marking with player changing mark every 10 sec. It has two benefit first the opposition don't have any extraordinary player so when it comes to one on one with no option to pass they will slow down . Second it provides the best condition for my stealth-hikki to function.
Their movements were easy to predict, their passes were straight with not much force behind it.
All was in my favor. So I started interjecting their passes and directing it to my teammates. It was a cake walk for me. I have reduced my presence to such a degree that not a single member of opposition was able to detect me before I interjected their pass or steal the ball from them .
For my team mates they were the same, even they cannot detect me. But as they trained for 4 days continuously to receive passes the reflexively caught all the passes I directed towards them.
Everything was going according to plan. Even before the opposition were able to find what hit them it was half time.
Due to my stealth passes and better than them defence the score was in our favor.
It was 30-4. Yep they weren't able to score a single point after we started our counter attack .
Now only 24 minutes where left in the match so I think they can manage from here on without me. I called the captain and said I will be on the bench for rest of the match and that they can easily hold off for 24 minute with that lead.
Then I noticed something on that deliquescent's side , there was a red haired and a black haired guy talking to them along with a blonde haired women behind them.
Blonde and busty gets me lusty ,my inner demon said but I slapped myself to eject all these thought from my brain.
And started to focus on what they were talking about. I couldn't hear anything but from the look of the scene it seems they are making some deal. Wtf is happening and why I am feeling that those there are no ordinary people. I always had a sense to measure the capabilities of other people especially in basketball and from what I am feeling they a definitely better than an average player.
They finished talking and the trio started walking toward me. Fuck what I did to them? are they approaching me because they heard my comment about the blonde? Sorry I didn't meant to say all this , its my teenage harmones' fault not mine , please don't hit me. I started apologising in my mind.
As they approach me the blonde started to talk that to in English " We are looking forward to play against you kid, and I hope this time you play at your full potential."
I was shocked when I heard what she said. Yep I understand English thanks to all those English movie I saw and I can even manage to talk in English, just a bit.
"Uhmm , sorry to disappoint you but I won't be playing in the second half" I replied in English.
"What , why?" Asked the red haired guy
"Well I will be taking some rest now" was my reply.
"Is that so , no problem we will force you to play against us" Red haired guy said in a voice which was challenging me.
I didn't replied to them.
They boys started to leave and the woman sat beside me.
Just before leaving the red haired guy said " Your style will not work against me, I play with the guy ,you learned the style from."
Learned , style , wtf this guy is talking about.
"So from where you learned your style"
asked the blonde.
"From no one" was my simple reply. No need to drag the conversation any further.
"Just so you know , you are good but those two there are totally adapted against you style. Well they play against they the superior version regularly.
Superior version.My style . What is she talking about.
" I see" I replied ending our little chat.
The 3rd quarter started with me sitting on the bench and the two new guys playing for the opposite team.
Then began the destruction of my team.
Those two were extremely skilled players and my team had no chance in fornt of them
It was clearly visible that those two were holding back but the skill difference was just too large for my team to protect their lead and in just 12 min our lead was gone. The score was now 30-32 in their favor.
They definetly held back and they didn't scored more basket just to provoke me.
I think I have to join the match again. First I promised my club mates that I will complete this request and second, I have seen the basketball team practice day and night for this match. Third they put their faith in me and did every thing I said then to do, I even promised them a guaranteed victory if they follow what I said.
So by seeing their level I doubt my pervious plan will work on then and they even said than they knew about my technique. I doubt they were lying about that.
Time to change the plan and set new condition for me to help them.
"Hey cap come here for a sec and bring the whole team with you"
The captain arrived along with the whole team . They were surely in panic. Plus all were looking at me with expectation and belief . A believe that I have a plan to save their beloved court. What a drag.
"So we can still win this match. I will be substituting myself back in the court for the fourth quarter. But I have some condition before we move on to discuss our plan.
First, you won't tell anyone that I study in your school and if they ask tell them I am some stranger who met you and decided to help.
Second,after the match you won't come back to me for anything related to basketball"
"Affirmative " they said like soldiers.
"Next let's discuss some plans. You leave those two new guys to me and focus on remaining 3 player.
..." I continued telling them my plan and all they did was shake there head in affirmation.
The fourth quarter started , I have 12 min to win this.
'Let's start' I said to myself.
It was our team's turn to start so we did.
I don't remember players' name so I just call them by there jersey number .
3 passed it to 7 , who dribbled for some time before passing to cap.
Just like before they were ignoring me. The cap tried to pass it to 11 but I came between the pass and started to raise my right hand to direct it to 7 which ran near opposition basket and was in scoring position.
But suddenly both Red and black haired boys blocked gap from where I was about to pass to 7.
"We are not allowing you this time" said red haired guy.
"We have been handling the superior version for a long time.You will not be able to pass this time" black haired guy said with a air of superiority surrounding him.
"Like hell I will" was my simple reply as I stopped my right hand which was in air.
An shhhhh...
I caught the ball with my left hand and started to dribble .
You underestimated me buudy I thought as I dribble passed the red head from his right and the black haired guy ,who was two step behind red one ,from his left.
My speed was fast enough to take them by surprise and before they can even react I was near their basket and just throwed the ball into it. Score was level 32-32.
Well it used to happen with me all the time as I was usually passing the ball many thought that I can't dribble properly.Big mistake. My real strength isn't passing, its the control over the ball.
My speed was good enough to pass any average player before the can react and if I added the element of suprise I can dribble past any freaking player.
Both the new comers and the woman with them have an awe expression on their face.
Didn't expect me to dribble, punks.
I started walking to my side for defence but the red head caught my shoulder .
"What?" I asked with a irritated expression.
"Who are ...you?" Was all that guy can manage.
I broke free from his hand and started walking without answering him.
Now its was there turn for a counter and as I expected of them , they took there revenge with that counter. They were dribbling super fast and passed me, I was able to react but as I was closing the distance between me and the red haired guy he passed the ball to the other guy and a dunk.
Ohho so a dunk huh.
Score:32-34
Now its my turn fuckers.
I started to dribble the ball left, right , dribble it from between my legs and around my body. I did everything to confuse the black haired guy.
"If this is all you can manage then you will never be able to cross me" he said
"Want me to speed up things, well as you wish ." I said
I increased my speed to atleast twice that of before.
The guy had it hard to keep up with me , I know this guy can be faster then he is now but due to his clothing and the surprise that I can dribble faster than before slowed him considerably.
The red head came for his support when he saw that I will crossvthat black haired guy any time soon.
Just what I wanted.
As both of them where trying to block me I went with the ball near the black haired , bounced the ball hard enough to raise it to his shoulder level on his right. I went to catch the ball again. Both there eyes were fixed on the ball thus they notice that I will push the ball between them to create an opening. Both of them started closing the gap between them , thinking that they know what I was about to do. Alas , it won't be that easy to figure me out chumps.
"If you cover your left eye with hair how you gonna see whats going on your left huh?" Was my simple question that got both of them confused.
Boom
Instead of pushing the ball between them I just rotated my wrist a bit and passed the ball to the cap who was in left of the black haired guy.
As soon as I passed the ball, leaving behind both of them dumb folded, I ran forward from the right of red head .
As I have instructed cap as part of plan , he quickly passed the ball back to me and shuuuush another basket.
Score :34-34.
Well they surely wouldn't have expected a low class player to have such a ball control, so it worked in my favour.
The match continued in similar fashion with them scoring continuously and me using the 4 on 3 advantage we have with normal player to my gain and getting back the points.
It was the last 20 second of the game ,the score was 44-44 and the ball was with one of the deliquescent. Then that deliquescent did something stupid. I think he got bored by seeing me and the two new boys handling the ball for most part of 4th quarter that he began dribbling towards my basket thinking of finishing the game with his own hands.
Big mistake .
I sprinted toward the guy and it didn't even took me even 1 second to get the ball from him.
I started running with the Ball toward the basket. But what awaited me were those two bastard, the one who ruined my plan for a easy match.
They were standing covering the whole region behind the 3-pointer line. Fuc... them , I highly doubt my skill for a long range shot so I have to get near the basket.
I started dribbling and I enter the restricted arc. They didn't attack me instead they were standing there waiting for me to get close.
I didn't have much time left, all I got was something around 10 second .
I started dribbling faster than I have till now in the match.
I still don't want to go all out and I even haven't played basketball for ages so I don't think I can control the ball at max.
I tried to dribble from the right but was blocked by the red haired guy and on the left was the black haired guy.
I could have definitely score if I shooted from this point but I was sure the will block me.
Damit it .
The ball was in my right hand so I thought of moving it to my left from behind my back and then cross the red head to score.
I shifted my left foot a little to get in perfect position to perform this maneuver.
But as if he is reading my mind the red guy shifted to his right (and my left). Okay no problem I will just flick the ball to my right with my left hand and move close to the basket to score. But there on my right was standing the black haired guy like a reaper.
What can I do now , damit .
I think the match will end in a draw. Atlest it is better than losing.
But I promised them that they will win .
Okay here goes nothing.
So instead of flicking the ball to my right I flicked the ball upwards with my left hand.
It was like the time has been stopped. Red guy was still bent to stop my exit from his left .
Black one was standing a step behind red one waiting to block me if I come in his direction.
The ball was slowly moving upwards and was directly above my head, so I jumped catching the ball in mid air then I just aimed and throwed it towards basket.
Suuuushshhhhh
Suuuushshhh
There was a chill in the flowing wind. As the ball flew closer to the basket.
Every one just held there breath and were watching the ball .
Annnnnnd swishhhh
I scored the basket. Score 46-44 we won.
(Kagami PoV)
Me and Himuro saw the ball flying toward the basket and as you have expected it went in.
The whistle was blown , a buzzer beater huh .
As the whistle was blown both of us just fell on the ground. We were lying on the court for some time before Alex came to us as pulled us up.
"Just who was that guy. Never expected such a player to remain unknown to the world" Alex said.
I looked around for that guy but he was nowhere to be seen.
"First of all where is that guy?" I asked in a hurried tone.
"Huh"
"Huh"
Both Alex and Himuro looked around for that guy and even they couldn't find him.
"Let's ask his teammates , they might know something about him"Himuro suggested.
" Hey ,where is that guy who wasn't wearing the jersey in you team"I asked one of the guys.
"I think he went home" he replied looking a bit confused.
"Do you know what's his name or where he lives?" Asked Alex.
"No we met just 5 min before the match and he didn't told us anything about himself"the guy replied.
"Don't lie to us Buddy , how can you allow someone to play with you without knowing his name." I said in a angry tone.
"Seriously I don't know him" was his reply.
"Leave it Kagami that guy seriously don't know"
"Maybe we can see him around while roaming in Chiba"
Replied Himuro and Alex.
I left out a sigh and relaxed. How can a player of such caliber be hidden like this.
Well maybe we can meet again soon.
"I think I should tell Kuroko about this"
I took out my mobile and called Kuroko.
[Hello]
"Hello Kuroko, its Kagami"
[Kagami-kun , how is your trip going]
"Leave all that Kuroko, I just met a awesome player here in Chiba.
[Awesome?]
" Yaa, that guy was totally awesome. He just defeated me and Himuro single handedly "
[Defeated you and Himuro-san that too alone?]
"Yes"
[Hello Kagami]
"Huh, Akashi ?? Why are you on the call]
[Kagami can you describe that player for me?]
(8man PoV)
Currently I was in a a cafe resting after that tiresome match.
Then I saw the cafe gate moving and so entered a demon in the cafe .
" O Hikigaya-kun"
Man this day is getting worse by the second .
A/N:- I was feeling a bit sleepy while uploading this chapter so therr might be a lot of mistakes .
I will try to rectify them as soon as I can.
The next chapter will have Kagami/Akashi and Hikigaya/Haruno conversation.
