WARNING! If you don't like yaoi (boy x boy) then please don't read this.

Kuroko no Basuke as well as the cover image used for this story both belong to their respective owners.

This is a roleplay story done by KurokoTetsuya101 and The Lucky Bell.


Slowly Kuroko began waking up to the morning light. He had a hard time opening his eyelids, which felt like rocks on his face. What's more, when waking up, he heard someone talking.

"But that's what he said! I found it weird too!"

"But that's impossible..!"

"Sounds like the stranger Aka-chin picked up is nuts~"

Stranger... Didn't that mean Kuroko? The boy opened his eyes a bit more and saw the group sitting where the rations were. They were having breakfast but no one was eating strangely.

"I know its weird but he really said he could hear them talk! I thought he was hit in the head or something!" Aomine stressed to get his point across.

"Sounds ridiculous." Midorima tilted his glasses upwards while Takao was holding in giggles, finding it hard to believe Aomine.

However, Akashi's reaction was very different from everyone else. While everybody either found it hard to believe or laughed at the thought, Akashi remained calm.

"Well I'm sorry if it sounds so ridiculous." Kuroko suddenly said aloud, almost glaring at the group. It's one thing to wake up tired and having your body hurt from behind forced to sleep tied up tightly to a pole, but to wake up to people talking about you? That was just adding more wood to the fire.

"Tetsu! This isn't what it looks like!" Aomine got up from his seat.

"So it doesn't look like you telling everyone how crazy I sound? Or am I just imagining this whole thing because I'm a nut case?" Kuroko asked with an angry frown. As if he was going to believe that.

"It's not..." Aomine was startled when somebody placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Aomine is right. We all discussed your behavior to see if you tried anything last night. While talking, Aomine remembered what you told him before, about hearing the monsters talk. An unusual trait but its understandable in the conditions we're in." Everyone nodded in agreement.

"It could always be worse... At least he didn't talk or even scream all night or something. Or say he sees things?" Kise suggested.

Kuroko looked at Kise but didn't respond. He looked away and sighed. He couldn't believe Aomine talked about him like this... "Sorry for... getting mad." He apologized as he looked back at the group. He didn't want to seem like a bad guy in their eyes.

"Apology accepted, although you have to remember that we're strangers. For all we know you may really be deranged. We just met yesterday so don't expect us to trust you. Actually, we'll have you leave now." Akashi and everyone else seemed alert. After all, who is really Kuroko?

Kuroko looked at the group, at the supplies, then back at the group. He knew they didn't trust him but... He wanted to stay. They had supplies and people to watch each other's back. After Ogiwara died, he's been all alone. It's always trying to fight alone. Trying to find supplies alone. Being alone is horrible because you're too paranoid to even get proper sleep needed to survive.

"I... I know I'm a stranger and you now see me as a deranged being but... please give me a chance." He said, looking at Akashi. "I know it's a lot to ask but please just give me a chance. I'll do whatever you make anyone else do. I'll search for supplies so you don't think I'm a waste of rations. I'll take night shifts so you know you can trust me. Just.. at least give me a chance?"

A chance? The group was conflicted on what to do. Some of them don't see Kuroko as a threat but some of them do. "I think he should go. It would be one more person to care for." Midorima was the first to give his thoughts out.

"Let him stay. He doesn't look like a bad guy, well, apart from the 'hearing monsters talk' thing." Aomine supported Kuroko and really wanted him to stay. He just got a new friend and he was gonna leave already? What's more Kuroko looks really fragile. It's a surprise that he managed to survive on his own all this time.

"Yeah, and I'm tired of having to take over Aominicchi's shift when he's not doing a good job!" It wasn't the only reason but Kise just wanted to lighten up the mood.

"But he'll have to eat and that takes up food~" Murasakibara complained as he looked Akashi. The redhead knew how much he loved food. It was bad enough he barely got to eat as much as he wanted anymore.

Kuroko didn't speak but just stared at Akashi. He didn't want to be alone any more and he'll probably do anything to stay. He wished he could say this but he wasn't that desperate yet.

"Takao?" Akashi asked the opinion of the last member before making a decision.

"Hmm? Isn't it obvious? Since Shin-chan doesn't want him here, I decided that I want him here~" Takao said playfully before getting a little serious. "But really.. I guess I don't mind. Even if he does try something, there's like what, 7 people here? We can handle it."

Akashi nodded, making his decision as well. "We'll have him stay with us."

"Yes!" Aomine jumped in joy, running up to Kuroko to hug him.

Kuroko sighed in relief, even if Aomine did hug his incredibly sore body. "I'm not being rude, but please don't hug me while I'm still tied down... The ropes still hurt."

"Opps! Sorry" Aomine backed away while the others were still coming to terms with Akashi's decision.

"But Akashi how can we trust him? If its trust then he'll have to earn it." Midorima sure as hell isn't gonna let Kuroko night patrol without him obtaining his trust first. What if he betrays them during the night and opens the doors for all of the beasts to eat them?

"I agree. Trust is something a person has to earn with time, and that's why he'll have to work for it. Since we'll be scavenging for food in the morning, I'll have him accompany Kise on his gathering."

"Finally! Hopefully he's someone who isn't lazy like Aominicchi!" Kise cried out in relief.

"I'll do my best." Kuroko was still so glad that they were at least giving him a chance. Now maybe he won't be alone any longer.

With everyone decided, Akashi told Aomine to untie Kuroko's ropes. Once Kuroko was freed, Akashi proceeded to brief everyone on what to do, but not before introducing themselves. "I believe we haven't introduced ourselves properly. My name's Akashi Seijuro. The one in charge. This is..." Akashi pointed to Aomine.

"Yeah, yeah~ I'm Aomine Daiki. We already introduced ourselves." Aomine poked his nose.

"Midorima Shintarou. Star sign: Cancer, Age: 16 years old, Height-"

"Okay, okay! Geez you don't have to give him the details!" Aomine face palmed while Takao giggled, annoying the green head.

"What's so funny Takao?"

"Shin-chan is always so weird, even if an apocalypse started!" Takao said with a teasing grin.

"I'm Kise! Kise Ryouta!" Kise introduced but pouted when no one said anything. They all looked at Murasakibara who grumbled a little.

"Aka-chin, do I have to~?"

"Yes." Akashi answered immediately.

"...Murasakibara Atsushi.." Murasakibara sighed and didn't look at Kuroko.

"Well it's… nice to meet everyone." Kuroko said as he stood up. He stretched a little to relieve his sore body. It really did hurt. "I don't know if you all already know so I'll just say it again. I'm Kuroko Tetsuya. I hope you all accept me soon."

"I hope so too, for your sake." Akashi looked at Kuroko before looking back at the group. All of them gathered into a circle, looking at a map that Akashi took out from his bag.

"We'll split up into teams. Kuroko and Kise will head east to this area. I'll have Aomine not far off from that location should Kuroko decide to attack Kise." Akashi then shifted his attention to other locations on the map.

"Midorima and Takao will head west while Murasakibara will cover the south area. Lastly, I'll go north. Any objections?"

Everyone shook their heads, including Kuroko (even though the didn't like the part where Akashi said he might attack Kise). No wonder why the redhead was the leader besides being the shortest. Well, he was the shortest until Kuroko joined.

Akashi seemed like a good leader and everyone respected him. Is this a group of people who met up thanks to the apocalypse or were they friends before hand?

"Now everyone knows their locations. We shouldn't waste time. We only have 12 hours of sunlight to gather supplies, that includes food, water, clothing, anything that will help us. Everyone has five hours to search, after that we'll meet up back here. Dismissed." Akashi concluded their little meeting, sending everyone on their way. Since the monsters only attack at night, everyone should be safe. The only possible danger they could potentially face are other survivors searching for supplies themselves.

Aomine took his time to begin. He put his bag on his shoulder before approaching Kuroko. "Good luck newbie. Not only for searching but also with Kise. I don't know how you'll survive his whining~ See you around!" and with that Aomne took off to his location.

"Don't listen to him! We'll do great!" Kise said, slinging an arm over Kuroko's shoulders. The boy immediately moved away to go to his bag and make sure all of his weapons were there. Kise pouted and followed him.

While Kuroko was checking his supplies, Kise was saying goodbye to every one and wishing them luck until Akashi was the last one. The redhead couldn't leave since he was always the last one to exit. "We'll do our best Akashicchi!"

"I wish you luck." Akashi put the map into his bag and all the other necessities he will need for his search.

Kuroko and Kise set out quickly to go to the destination Akashi picked. It was right on the border of the city, near the forest. Kise told him that they don't go there much since the forest is good cover for people who want to ambush others. However there haven't been any attacks for a few weeks so that's probably why Akashi is sending them out there.

They spent a good while searching the buildings on the outskirts of the city. Kise wasn't too suspicious of Kuroko and the latter didn't make any moves to kill Kise. Why would he? He would never take another human beings life. They needed to work together in times like this, not kill each other off.

Eventually they decided to split up to search so it'll be faster. They stayed close though in case someone suddenly attacked either one of them. As Kuroko walked back to the building they both decided to meet up at, he was thinking about the group. They seemed okay. A few of them didn't like him straight away but that was expected. He couldn't win everyone's trust just like that after all.

He saw Kise waiting at the building but that didn't make him speed up his walk. It was what was a little ways away from Kise. It looked like some kind of small animal from the distance. Maybe a dog? He hasn't seen many animals recently so it was a big shock.

"Hey, come look at what I found!" Kise said once Kuroko arrived. He pointed to the canine like creature who was sitting innocently. For some reason it didn't look like any dog Kuroko's seen and he's seen a lot of dogs. He didn't remember dogs having jet-black fur and clear white eyes... Were their teeth always that big? Why did it seem so familiar...?

"...That's not a dog." Kuroko said in realization and stepped back. Kise was shocked when Kuroko quickly pulled out an already loaded crossbow. "You can't shoot it! It's just a-" Kise cut himself off which a squeak of shock. The canine like creature growled heavily as soon as the bow was pointed at it. "You're scaring him!"

"He's one of those creatures! Can't you see?" Kuroko asked, never taking his eyes off the dog. Why was one out in daylight? And why is it a dog no less? He watched it snarl one more time before charging at them. It may not be big but it was fast. It dodged Kuroko's first shot but Kuroko dodged its first pounce. However he didn't move away fast enough and the creature immediately locked its jaws on his leg. He felt the teeth go deep into his skin and he tried not to cry out or even scream.

Before he could even reload his crossbow, Kise suddenly stepped on the dogs back and made it let go with a yelp. It turned to Kise and snarled. That was when Kuroko saw his chance and shot the dog in the neck once his bow was reloaded. He fell down and whined, writhing on the ground. It was a pitiful sight to see.

"He looks like he's crying.." Kise frowned as he watched the dog suffer. Kuroko sighed softly and turned to get his arrow from before. He winced and nearly fell when he put pressure on the ankle the creature bit. He slowly picked up the arrow and by the time he turned back, the dog was motionless.

"Let's get going.."

"Your leg!" Kise suddenly yelled.

They couldn't see his leg through his pants but the blood was clearly obvious. It was already soaking the bottom of his pant leg. "We need to get you to the shelter. Someone should be there by the time we get back." Kise said as he moved over to Kuroko's bad side. He moved Kuroko's arm over his shoulder and helped the other walk.

The journey was slow and luckily they didn't run into any more of those weird animal creatures. When they arrived to the shelter, they knocked and hoped at least one person already returned.

Cautiously the doors opened to reveal Midorima standing behind it. "Why are you here so-" Midorima immediately noticed Kuroko's injury, making him open the doors completely so that Kise could carry the wounded Kuroko inside.

Takao who sat on one of the boxes in the hideout was startled and surprised to see Kuroko so wounded. The raven head moved so that he's not in the way while Midorima and Kise carried Kuroko and lay him onto a sleeping bag.

"What's the damage?" Midorima asked, tearing apart Kuroko's pants in the area where the wound is.

Kuroko winced a little but didn't show any other signs of pain. "Dog creature... bigger teeth... daylight?" With the loss of blood, it was kind of hard for Kuroko to think.

"It looks pretty bad." Takao commented beside Midorima.

"We thought we found a dog but it turned out to be one of those creatures!" Kise explained since Kuroko couldn't. "So that's why his leg is even worse than a normal dog bite because this one had big teeth! And it was out in the /daylight/!"

"What? A creature active in daylight? Impossible!" Midorima just couldn't believe that would be true, after all, the creatures are active at night!

"It was a creature! We both saw it, not just him! It did attack us and it looked just like those creatures but it looked like a dog." Kise said quickly. "When Akashicchi comes back, we have to show him. I remember where it is. This means we have to be on guard during the day too!"

Midorima weighted the odds but still found Kise hard to believe, but then again there could possibly be daylight creatures out there. The apocalypse happened so suddenly and they're only coming to know the characteristics of their new world. However, that's not important right now. Midorima has his duty to do and he intends to do it properly!

"Kise bring me some water! Takao, I need my medical kit backpack! Hurry!"

Takao and Kise both ran off to get Midorima what he needed. They both returned at the same and gave Midorima the water and backpack.

Kuroko looked around before up at Midorima. He covered his eyes a little, groaning softly as he felt hands touch his leg. "Tired.."

"Whatever you do just don't sleep! Kise, keep him occupied!" Midorima focused on the injury. The teen has lost a considerable amount of blood so if he fell asleep now he could potentially die.

Midorima took out his medical equipment, not wasting any time to tend to Kuroko's injuries.

Kuroko heard what Midorima said and frowned. "But I'm tired.." He mumbled before wincing at the pain in his leg.

While Takao stayed by Midorima's side, helping him with anything that needs to be done, Kise started talking to Kuroko. "Why don't you... Uh... Why don't you tell us what you think about us? Tell us what you think about Aominicchi and everyone!"

After hearing about Aomine, Kuroko started mumbling about how much of a pervert Aomine was. Then he started talking about everyone else, how he was sure Murasakibara disliked him, how Akashi was such a cool leader and so on. "I'm sure that.. Midorima guy hates me since I'm new and a waste of supplies... but I think he's nice.. His friend is too.."

"By friend, does he mean me?" Takao asked but got no response from anyone.

"Of course I won't accept you so easily idiot! You will have to live on and fight for it! Keep going Kise!" Midorima, now a bit annoyed, still tried to focus on his job. He was almost done, just a bit more.

"Uh.. Hobbies! What did you do before all this?" Kise asked curiously, holding onto Kuroko's hand.

"Reading and-"

"Reading? Boring~"

"Reading.. is fun!" Kuroko argued, closing his eyes tiredly but he kept talking. "And basketball.. Basketball is fun too."

"I used to play basketball too!" Kise said and the two kept talking back and forth about basketball until Midorima finally finished tending to Kuroko's leg.

Midorima tiredly sighed when he finished bandaging Kuroko's leg. He had cleaned the wound and properly disinfected it. Now all that's left to do is to wait for the wound to heal completely.

"Done." Midorima started putting his precious equipment back into his bag. If he were to lose something, it would be hard to replace or even find another one. They're barely finding food so medical items would be even harder to find.

"We'll wait for Akashi and the rest to return. How are you feeling Kuroko?"

"I'm still tired.." Kuroko sighed as he slightly opened his eyes to glance at Midorima. "Thank you though.."

"Don't sleep yet. Here, I'll give you some water." Midorima ruffled through his bag to get his bottle of water. He raised it to Kuroko's mouth to let the teen drink. While the bluenette drank, Midorima smiled. "You welcome."

"Shin-chan is actually smiling!" Takao teased as soon as he saw the tsundere smile.

Midorima didn't say anything but hit Takao on the head. "I didn't. Now be quiet or make yourself useful. Keep Kuroko up till Akashi arrives."

"How cruel Shin-chan." Takao pouted then looked at Kuroko's treated leg. "Is he allowed to walk? How long until he's allowed to walk?"

"At least for a week. The injury was deep so he'll take some time to recover." Also... seeing the injury, there's no way a normal dog was the cause of it…

Kuroko heard "week" and "recover" and shook his head. "No.. I can't be useless when I just joined.." He mumbled and tried sitting up but Kise stopped him.

"Just rest, okay? You're injured, it's understandable!" If Kise went alone and found that dog, he probably wouldn't be here now. Even if he did, he would probably be more torn up than Kuroko. "I can't believe I didn't see that it wasn't a normal dog. I was just so excited to finally see an animal!"

Midorima sighed out of annoyance; Kise can be really stupid sometimes along with a certain tanned member. Hopefully the group would arrive soon but seeing as they still have an hour till meeting up it was going to be a long wait.

The hour slowly passed and members were showing up one by one. First it was Murasakibara who had found a large amount of bread, then it was Aomine who gathered lots of water in bottles and lastly Akashi who found some electronic devices, hopefully working.

"What happened!?" Aomine raised his voice and kneeled next to Kuroko. "Oi Tetsu! You okay?"

"I'm alright." Luckily Kuroko was more like himself but he was still exhausted. "We had a little.. trouble."

"It was a creature! In daylight!" Kise said. "But it was like a dog. Not one of the big ones." He continued so it was hopefully less confusion.

"Don't joke around Kise! Those monsters only move about in the night!"

"It's true!" Kise said before pointing to Kuroko's leg. "No normal dog can do that! Besides, have you seen any animals around here? It wasn't some normal animal, it was one of those creatures! I can even show you where it is!"

Aomine had a hard time believing Kise just like the rest but smirked when Kise mentioned that he can show him where it was. "Deal! Let's do some hunting blondie!" Aomine stormed to the doors but was stopped by Akashi.

"Not so fast Aomine. We should stay here. We have to sort out our supplies."

"But the monster is still out there! We should take the chance to learn something new!" Aomine was sincere when he said he wanted to learn something new but the inner need to hunt the creature down was stronger. They've all been cooped up in this shelter for a while. Aomine is itching to get some action!

"Not when you see what I've discovered. This will change everything."

"What did you find Akashicchi?" What could change everything more than creatures during the day?

Kuroko slowly sat up, careful of his leg. He thanked Takao who helped him sit up.

Akashi showed the tablet device to his companions, "I've found a recording you'll all be interested to see." Akashi turned the black tablet to himself again so that he could find the file and play it. Once he pressed the 'play' button, a blurry image of white lab coats appeared on the screen.

The loud video surprised everyone but not because of the scientists but because everyone looked like they were running for their lives. The alarm was switched on as all of the scientists evacuated in a hurry. However, one man took his time to record the video the group was watching, while packing his things in hurry.

"L-Log 43... S-Subject 4 has escaped along with many others..." the quality of the video worsened. "T-The only way to stop them is to activate... bzzz... bzzz. Activate the... bzzz... bzzz.. the four devices are located in Kyoto...bzzz... Tokyo... bzzz… Mt Fuji and... bzzzzz... Anyone who finds this video... bzzzz... please forgive us... bzzzz... subject 4... we created a mon...bzzzz... he is... bzzzz... Please find the devices and stop the subjects from destroying the world! only by killing subject 4...bzzzz... can you save... world... WAAAAA!"

... END OF RECORDING.

Everyone stared at the tablet with mixed emotions. No one knew how to react to the video. It was confusing yet gave so much information.

"...So there's actually a way to stop them?" Kise finally spoke up to get rid of the silence. "With some kind of device we have to find in four places? And what is subject 4?"

Kuroko was still quiet. Why did that sound so familiar... Subject 4…

"I don't know but we finally have a way of killing those monsters. Although the location of the last device is missing. Perhaps we could find more clues when we find the other three? Luckily the first device is here in Kyoto." Akashi theorised but he doesn't remember seeing anything resembling a scientific device.

"How are we even going to find the first device?" Takao asked from beside Kuroko who was still thinking. He was certain that he's heard about subject 4 before... where was it?

"Ah, I remember!" Kuroko suddenly said, startling a few of the group members. "About a month ago I saw a paper kind of like that. It was all burned up and hard to read since it had ash on it, but I remember reading about a subject 4 escaping."

"'Subject 4'? Escape?" Midorima processed the new information but still had to be cautious. Kuroko is a new member who cannot be completely trusted. All Midorima could rely on right now was the tape. "Perhaps 'Subject 4' is the main monster?" Midorima voiced his thoughts out, earning a nod from Akashi.

"From what I can say about the tape, Subject 4 definitely seems as the main monster or perhaps the source of the chaos." Akashi put his hand on his chin, he was in deep thought.

While everyone was working their brains out, Aomine had a headache coming, "'Subject 4', devices, can someone tell me what's happening? I don't get it at all."

"I don't either... It's so confusing." Kise pouted as he crossed his arms, trying to think.

Kuroko looked around before sighing. He didn't know what to think either. All he could think about is subject 4. If it was the main monster, maybe it's kind of like an alpha? Or a leader of a pack? "They said we have to kill subject 4 to destroy the monsters but... does it kill all of them or will the monsters just be without a leader?"

"I'm not sure but this is the best lead we have. We should follow it and hope it kills all of the monsters. The scientist said it himself, if we activate the devices then we'll kill them all." Akashi didn't feel right about all of this but what else do they have? Will they rot here for the rest of their lives? Or will they take action and try to make everything right?

"If Subject 4 is the leader then why not go after him? If the leader is down then the rest are done for! Let's hunt it down! Right Kise?" Aomine enthusiastically said now that he understood what is going on even if a little bit.

"Yeah! So we don't have to live in fear anymore!" Kise agreed, just as energetic as Aomine. "Oh, Akashicchi! Should I show you that creature now?"

"Of course! Let's hunt it down!" Aomine put his backpack on and Kise with him. They were about to head out the doors before Akashi stopped them.

"And where do you plan to hunt for Subject 4?" Akashi wasn't gonna let the two idiots walk away and kill themselves. Not when they've survived for so long.

"Where? Where... ummm." Aomine realised he had no leads even though he's itching to go out to hunt.

"Exactly. We need to come up with a plan. We will need to find the device in Kyoto and then travel to the other mentioned locations. We can't go out without thinking."

"Isn't there anything else in the video that can help us? To locate the device here in Kyoto?" Takao asked. "We've been scavenging this place for almost over a month and we only just now found that video. How are we going to find some kind of device? We don't even know what it looks like!"

Everyone looked down in thought. Do they even have a chance of survival? Takao was right, they've been here since the apocalypse began, and they saw nothing out of the ordinary.

Eventually Akashi sighed, they'll need to eat and rest before anything else and its getting dark outside. "We should eat first. We can discuss what to do during dinner."

Kuroko felt a bit disappointed since every one seemed down. With the new information about the device and day creatures, everyone must be so confused. They finally got a chance to make things right but they don't even know where to start...

Well, at least he wasn't tied to the pole anymore and had to have people feed him. But he still couldn't join them for dinner due to his injury... Great. Even though he's in the group now, he's still left out.

Everyone sat beside the table and began to eat but before Akashi could sit down he spotted the bluenette struggling to stand up. Was he even planning to join them? Out of pity, Akashi approached the newbie and kneeled down beside him.

"I'll help you up. You'll join us for dinner right?"

Kuroko looked at Akashi before smiling softly. "I wanted to join you guys but your friend told me not to walk on it for about a week…"

"If its with support then I don't think Midorima will have any complains. I'll help you up." Akashi stood next to the bluenette to support him on the side that his wounded leg is on. Kuroko leaned onto Akashi as the redhead helped him to the table.

"Thank you." Kuroko said with a sigh of relief. He finally gets to join the group for dinner and won't feel left out. He sat down by Midorima and Akashi's spot with Akashi's help. The reason why he was placed between them was because they had to make sure Aomine or Kise didn't accidentally hurt his leg during their arguments.

"I keep telling you for the last time! Dragons don't breath blue fire but red fire! That's why you have bananas for brains!" Aomine pointed his plastic fork at Kise.

"But if the flames were hot enough, they could be blue!" Kise argued back.

"...What conversation did we just walk into?" Kuroko asked in confusion.

"You'll get used to it." Akashi poured some water into his cup to drink. On Kuroko's other side, Midorima sighed in annoyance. When Takao was about to add his thoughts, Midorima immediately put his hand over his mouth. "Don't you dare say something Takao."

Takao pouted. It was rude to interrupt people, something Midorima always told him not to do. He opened his mouth and bit one of Midorima's fingers. It wasn't hard enough to hurt but more like a warning.

Midorima immediately pulled away, flinching from the pain. He let a short sound of pain before blowing onto his finger. Aomine and Kise had immediately stopped their fighting to look at what's going on. Aomine's reaction; he immediately burst out laughing.

"Hahaha! Nice Takao! High five!" Aomine and Takao high fived while Midorima was getting more and more annoyed. "T-A-K-A-O!"

"You asked for it Shin-chan!" Takao said. "You always said don't interrupt people but what did you do? I just merely returned the favor~"

Midorima clenched his teeth in annoyance. "I've had it with you, you and you!" pointing to Takao, Aomine and Kise. The green head stood up from the table, holding his plate and cup in hands. "I'll eat somewhere else!" the doctor of the group stormed away, but earned some giggles when he realised that he couldn't go outside, or anywhere for the matter. Frustratingly, Midorima sat beside one of the boxes and ate, at least he wasn't at the table where the idiots are.

"Don't mind him. He's just a big tsundere." Takao said as he moved to sit by Kuroko.

"Has he done this before?" Kuroko was worried that Midorima might get seriously mad and do something he might regret.

"Don't worry-" Aomine bit into his piece of meat, "Don't worry Tetsu. Just like Takao said, he's a tsundere." without Kise noticing, Aomine sneakily took one piece of his meat.

"Okay.." Kuroko looked over at Midorima. He wanted to see if he was alright, but it's not like he can just get up and walk over. So he just looked at his food and began to eat quietly as he listened to Kise and Aomine's arguments.

Everyone was just enjoying dinner, even Kuroko who wasn't completely used to the weird arguments. However as everyone ate and talked, Kuroko's thoughts were beginning to drift somewhere else until a certain sound brought it back.

"So.."

He paused and looked around.

"Loud.. so.. und.."

Was that from outside?

"Guys. Shush for a minute."

"But-!"

"Quiet!" Kuroko whispered firmly and listened closer now that everyone was quiet. There weren't even any roars outside yet which was odd. He continued listening before slowly looking behind them at the wall. Kuroko didn't say anything as Aomine quietly questioned him on what he's doing.

"I think... One is-" He was cut off when suddenly the ground shook as something heavy ran into the wall from the outside. "One's right outside."

"Damn!" Aomine cursed as he quickly ran to get his bag, everyone else doing the same to get their weapons.

"Prepare for the worst!" Akashi's eyes didn't leave the area where the creature hit but everyone became confused when the attack suddenly stopped. Was it gone?

They waited for a few moments just to make sure. Just when they were about to let their guard down, there was another shake and more cracks appeared in the wall.

Luckily it was just as Kuroko moved out the way when a part of the wall suddenly broke open and out came one of those creatures, practically screaming "hungry" and "food". It even made Kuroko cover his ears.

Everyone was startled but also somewhat scared now that there's a hole in their roof. Now even more creatures could come inside! They will have to evacuate and find somewhere else to hide!

"Take our your weapons!" and everyone did. They surrounded the creature while Midorima and Akashi helped Kuroko up. "We'll have to evacuate."

They'll maybe relocate to a building they had just for emergencies and by day, half the team will fix the wall and the other half search for food and the device? /

"Where will we go?" Kuroko asked. He really hated the fact that he was slowing Akashi and Midorima down because he was injured. On his first day of being in the group, he gets injured and they are all attacked. What a great combination. He heard roars this time from the creature but he didn't want to look over.

"Shit!" Aomine cursed when the attack of the monster almost hit him. Luckily Takao was there to cover for him while he recovered. Aomine smirked as he took out his gloves from his bag. However, those weren't ordinary gloves...

"Move away blondie!" Aomine ran towards the creature, Kise jumping away before Aomine hit the monster with his first, sending it flying to the wall.

Kuroko looked over when he heard the noise and stared in surprise. How...? He looked at Aomine's gloves. Did they do that? How?

He almost made a noise of surprise when he was suddenly picked up. He looked up, thinking it was another monster but it was just Murasakibara. "Aka-chin, should I take him to the emergency shelter~?" How could Murasakibara be so calm? They were being attacked!

Akashi nodded, "Take him there. We'll handle the monster before joining you." Suddenly another monster jumped down from the roof. "Make that monsters." Akashi rolled up his sleeves while Midorima ran a hand through his hair.

"Go!" Akashi said before he and Midorima took off running towards the action.

Murasakibara nodded and moved quickly so they didn't get in the way of the fighting. He picked up both of their bags before heading to the entrance of the shelter. He peeked outside and when he saw that it was clear, he ran to the left immediately and down an alley. He made it to a door that almost wasn't even noticeable at first in the dark. He carefully opened it while still holding Kuroko who was now holding the bags. When Murasakibara saw it was safe, he got inside and closed the door behind him.

Kuroko looked around the room as Murasakibara sat him down. It was a small room but it might be big enough to fit all of them. There wasn't any supplies inside though so that just left more room for everyone when they come. If they come... Kuroko tried not to think like that and stayed silent as he waited, hopeful that they'll all return safely.

"Oi blondie! Make yourself useful for once!" Aomine sent another monster flying to Kise's direction.

Kise got ready to face the monster Aomine hit towards him with nothing but bare hands. That was until a glove much like Aomine's formed in his hand and he hit the monster out of the room through the hole they barged through. "Even when we're fighting, Aominicchi is so mean!"

"Whining again?" Aomine sent another monster flying before jumping up on the ceiling for another hit. Meanwhile Midorima hid himself beside the boxes taking out his weapon. A white crossbow with special bows that come back to him upon killing the enemy. Midorima fired, killing the new monsters that came in through the hole.

While Midorima shot, Takao was close to Midorima's side. That's how it was when they fought. Midorima focused on shooting long distances while Takao stayed close to defend Midorima. Like a duo or team or two.

"One, two, three... four, five! Wohoo! I got five so far! Kise how's your end?" Aomine enthusiastically asked while hitting another monster with his fist.

"No fair! I only get the ones you're too lazy to handle!" Kise whined. He jumped when he felt a thump behind him and looked back. Akashi was there with a motionless creature under him. "Thank you Akashicchi!"

"Don't slack off. There are more to come. We'll have to make our escape soon." The creatures will just keep coming and coming while their side is losing stamina with time. What's more... what could Akashi do with a plain gun? The truth is that all of his companions had powerful modified weapons given to them by their parents. How their parents got their hands on the weapons is unknown but its proving to be a big factor contributing to their survival.

With only five bullets left, Akashi knows he will just become a hindrance once they run out. They'll have to retreat. "Everyone! Retreat!"

Hearing the call for retreat, both Aomine and Kise carefully turned to run towards the doors as did Akashi. The plan was that Midorima would continue shooting as the group moved out the door while Aomine and Kise took the front so they could knock away any creatures that blocked their path to the emergency shelter.

The group reunited and ran towards the shelter, knocking out any monsters that either attacked them or stood in their way. So close, close... They ran towards the door that Murasakibara opened, waiting for them to enter. Once everyone ran inside, the giant closed the doors, preventing the monsters from entering. Hopefully the doors would hold out till the morning.

The group sighed in relief, now safe. "Man that was something~" Aomine threw himself down on the floor tiredly while others walked up the stairs to the room where Kuroko is. "Oi! Don't leave me behind!"

"Guess this means you have first shift with Murasakibaricchi~" Kise teased as they went upstairs.

"Did everyone make it?" Kuroko asked as soon as they came into the room. "Where Aomine-san?"

"Reflecting on his stupidity." Midorima answered before seating himself onto the floor. He let out a tired sigh. Everyone did.

"He'll have the first shift. He's downstairs." Akashi answered the question realistically in case Kuroko would get concerned on where Aomine really is.

Kuroko sighed in relief and nodded. "I'm glad everyone made it out..." He still felt useless since he couldn't move or help much with his leg.

Akashi looked around the room. Nothing seems to be amiss so hopefully they'll be able to rest a bit. Since they already ate, they should get some sleep.

The room, or more appropriately a small flat, contains some blankets, which the group prepared beforehand. This is their emergency hideout and to be used in situations like this one. Akashi approached the wall, taking out a couple of bricks to reveal storage space. The room is very small with no furniture at all, plus they have to hide their resources from other survivors as well.

The redhead handed everyone a blanket before settling down himself. "Let's get some rest."

While everyone settled down, Kuroko made sure he had his water by him. Midorima told him before to stay hydrated and Murasakibara was nice enough to go into Kuroko's pack and give him his water before lazily laying down. He lied down with his blanket, sighing softly. Tonight was really eventful and even though he didn't do anything, he was tired.

Midorima switched off the light switch that was beside him before everyone slowly fell asleep. Well except for poor Aomine who had the first shift.

A few hours passed into the night and nothing happened. Nothing broke in and no fights happened. Everyone just slept peacefully. Well, almost everyone.

Kuroko was sweating and squirming in his blanket. He was having a nightmare and when he had a nightmare, it was always the same; Ogiwara dying over and over while blaming Kuroko. He knew his best friend would never blame him but it still scares him.

Suddenly he jolted awake which made him wince in pain due to his leg. He looked around to make sure he still wasn't in the painful nightmare. When he saw the group, he sighed and slowly laid back down. That last attack must've triggered the nightmare...

He slowly turned so he could get his water but stopped immediately once he saw Akashi sleeping beside him. He was sweating too and slightly shifting under his blanket. Was he having a nightmare too? He placed his hand on Akashi's shoulder, trying to shake him awake.

The redhead did wake up but not the way Kuroko expected. Akashi immediately opened his eyes once Kuroko touched him, pinning the bluenette down in reaction. His red eyes were sharp and alert, while both of his hands found their way to Kuroko's neck. Everything happened in a split of a second.

Kuroko immediately brought his hands to Akashi's arms, panicking for a second. He did not expect Akashi to act like this. He looked up at the other with confusion and slight fear before noticing something. Was Akashi's left eye always slightly less red than the other? The thought left his mind as quickly as it came when he remembered his situation. "A-Akashi-san.." He whispered, moving a little under Akashi.

Kuroko noticed Akashi suddenly flinch, as if something snapped and the other came back to his senses, which he did. He relaxed his hands, looking at Kuroko but at the same time it felt that he didn't. Even though he looked at Kuroko, it seemed as if his thoughts were somewhere else completely. "Sorry." The redhead moved away to sit beside the bluenette.

"I must have startled you." Akashi wiped the sweat away from his forehead.

Kuroko still watched Akashi warily and just nodded. "You looked like you were having a nightmare so I thought I could... I'm sorry if I scared you or something."

"It's fine." Akashi placed his right hand on his right eye. He covered himself with his blanket before standing up. "Aomine must be tired, I'll switch with him." He walked out to the staircase before turning to Kuroko again, "I apologize." Akashi went downstairs. Finding it hard to sleep with the nightmare so he decided to patrol instead.

Kuroko watched after Akashi but didn't say anything. He just got a drink like his original plan was and tried to relax afterwards. Eventually he got to sleep even though he was worried that Akashi might do something like that again. Akashi moved so fast, Kuroko didn't even realize what was happening until he felt the hands on his throat. Well, no sense in worrying about it. He needed some sleep, especially after his nightmare.


Author notes

The Lucky Bell: We're quite lucky aren't we? Posting on Sei's birthday, Tetsuya;s birthday, and now Valentine's day? We are geniuses aren't we? C: um, please enjoy the story. And if it gets confusing, things will be explained, I promise c:

KurokoTetsuya101: HAPPY VALENTINE EVERYONE! *gives everyone a red rose* :D Thank you so much for reading the 2nd chapter and thank you so much for your lovely reviews :) *is tired so will write a short note* I really hope you liked this chapter :) See you next week.

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