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Note: English isn't my home language, so you'll see mistakes. Consider that as I'll take full responsibility.

Warning: OC, Gender swap, OOC. Read it for your own risk. I'll accept your comment, good or bad, but no flames.

Pairing: Haven't decided yet.

Special thanks for: Kouka no Ryuu, Shouen, shinigamigymnast13, CherryPop0120, Held Together With Tape, Piczu, phoenixflamemarauder. (Honestly, I'm surprised to death)

Chapter Two: Kise Ryouta - the Copy Cat

"You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off."

-AR Ammons -

Dear brother,

I'm in pretty good mood (When am I not?). Perhaps it's because of how good the freshmen this years are. They were able to defeat the second years. And I must say that Shun wasn't too delighted about it. He constantly muttered about "If I had used all of my ability...". There are two noticable members: Kagami Taiga and Kuroko Teresa. Kagami is a tall, red-haired teenager and makes me think of a tiger every time I see him. Teresa... she's a bit more strange. I don't see any rules against it, but a girl amongst a bunch of boys? What is she thinking? Even if she's one of the Generation of Miracles... However, I admire her love for basketball, really.

Enough about me, how are you doing? I know your high school is one of the best, but do like it? Have you made friends? Do they treat you well?

Remember to tell me, right?

Love,

Sis.

She shot another ball, and it bounched off the rim, again. If only she hadn't been too small, if only she had been taller, she almost wanted to give up. She just couldn't stand seeing his dissapointed face.

"Oh, practice that early?" A voice appeared from behind her, clearly amused. Despite knowing that he could notice her no matter what, Teresa still startled. "As I guess..." He said and tossed a ball to her. She looked up at him in confusion:

"What is the meaning of this?"

"Remember what I told you? Your talent might be different from us."

"I do."

"And shooting isn't your talent at all." He paused. "And I know there is a way. Someone has taught me that, and I think you can learn it."

She stared at him.

"You'll... teach me?"

"Just the basics. Its development is up to you. It's misdirection. After all, you can't score if you don't have the ball. But what will happen if your teammate has excellent passes?"

Teresa woke up early in the morning, so that she could prepare breakfast properly. Her grandmother usually told her to sleep more, but she couldn't help it. Besides, she couldn't go through a day without morning exercises. The blue hair girl jogged to the park, secretly enjoyed the fresh air of spring. It was too nice to sleep more.

"You're still too slow, Shun."

Teresa stopped walking, immediately hid herself behind the wall nearby. Normally, it wouldn't affect her and not that everyone could notice her presence. But that voice belonged to the manager of Seirin Basketball Team. She knew it was ridiculous, the older female was nice and friendly. But that aura in their first encounter reminded her painfully of someone she knew: intimidating, but gentle at the same time. They hadn't met before, had they? Then why did they give her the same feeling?

For once, the curiosity made her eavesdrop.

Another voice appeared, sound very tired:

"You must be joking. I've been running around for... how many times? I've lost count..." He paused with shooting sound of the ball.

"Twenty-seventh times."

"How little. And it hasn't met your standard yet?"

"Perhaps I just thought too highly of you."

"Hey!"

"I'm kidding. I want to ask you too. What're you doing, Shun? You could easily steal the ball from me if you wanted."

Her question was met with silence.

"Alright." Saiyuri sighed in defeat. "We should get back now or we'll be late."

As they disappeared out of her sight, Teresa came to their training place - a public basketball court. Grabbing the ball nearby, she shoot it. The ball didn't go in.

As the bell went off, Kagami managed to find Hyuga in the halls and asked about playing again. The captain stared at him with a confused expression, but then stated blankly:

"A game? You can't play yet." It wasn't the answer Kagami had expected, and Hyuga decided to ignore his look of surprise (and outrage).

"W-What? Why, Captain? How am I not good enough?"

"You're only a trial member. You aren't an official member yet. Didn't the manager tell you?" But Kagami had gone looking for the coach before letting Hyuga finish.

Meanwhile, in her class, Aida Riko was playing a basketball management game on her PSP in utter delight.

"I know you had potential. Nothing beats cultivating talent." She smiled brightly, sipping her milk.

"COACH!" However, she immediately spit out her milk as Kagami slammed his hand against her desk. He wiped all the milk, not really paid his mind to them. "Coach, give me an official membership form."

"What's it with today?" Riko complained. "You, too?"

"Too?"

"Teresa came to say the same thing earlier!" She explained, recalling the event. She wasn't happy with the girl's sudden appearance, though. Plus, Saiyuri even encouraged Teresa to do that often. (She wasn't surprise if the manager planned to kill them all, only spare Izuki.)

"That girl..." Kagami frowned.

"Just how impatient are you rascals?" She crossed her arms.

"What did you call me?"

"Well, you both have potential." She changed the topic as she reached to her bags and pulled out a piece of paper, giving it to him. "And we've got rooms on the bench, so we'll be happy to have you."

"Now I can play in a game, right?"

"Ah, hold on a sec. I'll only accept your form on Monday at 8: 40 on the roof. Don't be late." With that being said, she shooed him out of her classroom, leaving him confused.

On the way back to his classroom, Kagami saw a newspaper article on the wall next to him. It was about their basketball club last year, when they had just opened. 'Seirin Newspaper: Boy basketball club, qualified for the Katou tournament on their first participation!' He spoke in impression:

"So, they wasn't kidding."

"Yes, they're strong." Teresa's voice resounded right next to him, scare the heck of out the redhead. He bellowed at her:

"Why can't you show up normally? Stop coming out of nowhere!"

Teresa, however, just simply placed a finger of her lips and shushed him while pointing at a sign that read 'Library.' Using all of his will power to keep himself in control, Kagami growled:

"You're making fun of me. You're making fun of me, aren't you?"

"No."

I seriously can't believe it... This girl, who is just invisible usually... To think, she was called the phantom sixth player in basketball. But wait, why? The other players of the 'Generation of Miracles' all went to play for strong schools, right? Why didn't she go with them? As the realization struck him, Kagami turned to Teresa, asked:

"Hey, Kuroko..." But she was out of his sight, quickly as when she appeared. He stood still, grinding his teeth. Next time I see her I'm going to glue her in place !

When your best friend was Kokaji Saiyuri, you must prepare yourself for whatever would come to you. Izuki Shun knew it, but he still couldn't help startling when she commented.

For example:

"I've seen Kagami ask Hyuga about making him proper member and after that, he immediately went to ask Riko." She said out of blue as they sat in the rooftop, eating lunch. (In Saiyuri's case: noodles).

"So?" Izuki raised an eyebrow, not liking what was coming next.

"Even he feels something is going on between Hyuga and Riko."

Silence. She continued, oblivious to his frozen state:

"And you know what happened. She told them to met her at 8. 40, Monday, here." She gestured around the rooftop.

"Why does it related to something between captain and coach?" Izuki spluttered.

"Tsk, tsk. Why are you so clueless, Shun? Kagami only asked two of them... JUST TWO OF THEM! And you told me they weren't in love?"

Izuki mentally face-palmed. Having a friend with an incredible imagination was tiring. He decided to change the topic.

"Hey, Yuri... about Kuroko's misdirection ability..."

"What about it?" Oh, perhaps it was wrong thing to do. Just hearing her suddenly sharpened voice made him shiver.

"Do you think..."

"I do." She replied. "But it's none of my business. Besides, she masters it, after all." She glanced at her legs, and finished off her noodles in two seconds. "I'd be lying if I said she liked me."

"Huh?"

"You don't notice? Teresa doesn't like me at all, perhaps because I've scared her."

"She isn't not the type who is easily scared." He said, recalling the early event as the younger girl had calmly taken her shirt off in front of their eyes.

"She has the right reason to be."

He raised an eyebrow. It must be changed, even though Saiyuri wasn't liked by many, but a basketball club member?

"Yuri." He spoke seriously as she tilted her head. "Don't eat only noodles like that." This time, she ignored him, lost in thought again.

Finally, Monday morning came. All the freshmen was gathering on the rooftop while standing in front of them was Riko with her arms crossing.

"I've been waiting for you." She announced, voice unusually serious.

Kagami just only looked at her, and the question came out from his mouth without thinking:

"Are you stupid?"

"Is it a duel?" Teresa asked in confusion.

"I forgot all about it, but Monday..." Kagami started, rubbing the back of his neck. But then, he shouted. "The morning assembly is in 5 minutes! Hurry up and take it!" From it pocket, he pulled out the form.

"Before that, I have something to tell you." Riko's words caught them off guard as they all stared at her. "I made a promise when the captain asked me to be his coach last year. I promised to sorely focus on pushing the team towards the national championship. If you don't think you're ready for that, feel free to join another club."

"Huh? Of course I'm in..." Kagami said, but she cut in.

"I know you're strong. But I need to know you have something more important. No matter how seriously you practice you'll always stay weak if you're thinking 'maybe one day, i'll do it' or 'as long as i can'. I want you to have a big concrete objective and the will to achieve it no matter what. That's why now! From here! You will shout your class number! And your name! And your goal for the year! By the way, all the second years including me did the same thing last year. On top of that, if you can't do that here, next time I'll have you confess to the girl you like completely naked."

Silence went after her speech, and then...

"EHHH?" The freshmen freaked out with the exception of Teresa.

"I said it earlier but you really need a big, concrete hurdle! If you're thinking of 'let's pass the first round' or 'I'll do my best', I want you to fix that!" Riko announced, made her point clear.

Kagami sighed, walking past his classmates:

"Isn't that too easy? It won't even be a test." He stood on top of the metal railing, taking a deep breath. And suddenly, he yelled: "CLASS 1-B, SEAT 8, KAGAMI TAIGA! I WILL DEFEAT THE 'GENERATION OF MIRACLES' AND BECOME NUMBER ONE IN JAPAN!" It surprised and confused the students below, and someone even praised him for his bravery. Meanwhile, all members of the basketball club was sweating or smiling nervously. Is she doing that again this year? As Kagami came back, Riko was contented.

"Who's next?" She turned to the others with large grin. "If you don't hurry up, the teacher will get here."

"Excuse me." Furihata Koki - a first year with light brown hair - raised his hands to voice his opinion. "Could I say I want a girlfriend?"

"No."

Out of nowhere, Teresa took out a megaphone and stood next to the coach who jumped at her sudden appearance. She explained:

"I'm not good at speaking loudly." Riko stared at the girl, and pondered. Hey... can it be applied to Teresa? Despite that, the coach knew her punishment still had more mercy than the manager's. Teresa opened her mouth to say, but the door was pushed open by one of teachers, the others standing behind him. Riko startled, not liking what was coming next.

"Hey! The basketball club again?"

As a result, all the freshmen on the rooftop, along with their coach had to hear a long lecture and got a day of detention.

"They're quick this year..." The second years commented.

"Or it's just our juniors are unlucky."

"Don't say such things, Kokaji."

Later the same day, Saiyuri entered the Maji. Her noodles had been run out and she couldn't stay starving.

"Manager..." Someone greeted her from behind, surprising the girl.

"Don't do that again!" She turned her head, only to face Kagami, who was holding a dozen of burgers.

"Sorry..." But she paid him no mind as she stared at the amount of food in his hands. Even I don't eat that much. "What're you buying?"

"My precious noodles. I can't live without them. Anyways, Kagami-kun, can you do me a favor?" He looked down at her wonderingly. She sighed. "Please, eat properly or you'll be sick."

"Eh?"

"See ya later." She waved her hands as she walked past him in hurry as if something was chasing her. Kagami stared at her retreating figure. As he thought back, she had always appeared with her friend, Izuki-senpai. Then seeing her alone made him somewhat surprised.

Saiyuri walked to her home in quick motion, trying to forget the burning feeling in her legs. She must have been paranoid, there was no way could he appear there. He was busy with his life, wasn't he? That feeling annoyed her. After all this time, she still couldn't get rid of that fear completely.

As Saiyuri made sure that no one was following her, she headed to the park direction and started eating her noodles.

She couldn't believe that she was eating noodles for days while just advising Kagami to eat properly. As far as she could tell, he had potential, he could do unexpected things. And that Teresa girl with her misdirection ability would help him for sure. If they allied, then they could help her, couldn't they?

It had been a long time since the last time she heard the word "misdirection". It was kind of strange, to see that person wasn't the one using it.

"That sucks..." She buried her face in her hands, sighing. She detested that kind of life. But... "But who needs an easy life, anyways?"

Idiot.

Every time she thought like that, she could hear Shun's voice scowling her.

School had went smoothly for the day the boys had made their way into the locker room after hearing the bell go off. Teresa was sitting on one of the benches, waiting for them to finish and reading a book. Saiyuri was leaning against the wall lazily. Unlike with Teresa, they had no problem being kind of half-naked in front of the manager (as Hyuga and Koganei had freaked out as they saw Teresa step in), but the two girls didn't even look at them. (They had to thank Izuki later, for making Saiyuri oblivious at their half-naked state).

Koganei, who had finished changing first, spotted a magazine lying on the bench, with it being an issue of Monthly Basketball Magazine. He picked it up:

"Didn't this issue come out when Kuroko was at Teiko?"

Hyuga stood next to Koganei, flipping through the pages of the magazines.

"All the players were featured. Teresa..." He frowned. "... doesn't have an article."

All eyes turned to the said girl questioningly. She said nothing for several moments, then replied:

"Someone came."

"And?" Koganei asked, pressed on the matter.

She was silent again until she looked up to three seniors - Izuki, Hyuga and Koganei.

"I had some... problems. But the reporter didn't accept a 'no' as the answer. But let's say the guys took care of him for me."

Three faces paled at her words and Saiyuri just had to comment their thoughts.

"I wish for his safety, even a bit late."

"And besides, I'm nothing like the other five." Teresa continued. "Because they're true prodigies."

At that moment, Fukuda Hiroshi, one of the three other freshmen that had joined the basketball team stepped into the changing room with a smile on his face:

"She's back!" He announced. "The coach's back! We're gonna play a practice game."

"I wonder who we're playing?" asked Hyuga.

"Who knows?" Fukuda scratched the back of his head. "She was skipping for some reason though."

Upon hearing that, Hyuga's face turned pale. "She was skipping?" He asked in utter horror. He looked around, said in warning tone. "Be careful, everyone. If she's skipping, our next opponent's gonna be real tough."

Saiyuri sent Izuki a victorious smirk without being noticed.

Standing in front of Seirin's school gate was a young man with blonde hair in a nice uniform glancing around. More exactly, he was taking a good look at the school.

"So, this is Seirin?" He wondered out loud, admired the new school. "New and pristine, just like I expected." With that, he continued on his ways, seemingly oblivious to the dreaming eyes of the female students.

They knew who he was. But he needed to find someone more important.

At practice, the basketball club was having doing a practice match again. That time, Saiyuri had decided that she'd watched enough and started drawing something on her secret notebook (as Riko had put in). However, she couldn't help but open her mouth in awe as Kagami charged past Izuki, scoring for the freshmen team and shocking the whole club with his ability.

"Nice shot!" Fukuda high-fived as Kagami wiped his sweat with his jersey.

"He's amazing." Koganei commented. "Such a quick turn at full speed. He's no ordinary human."

"He might even beat the Generation of Miracles." Tsuchida agreed.

Teresa let out of a sigh, recalling what she had said to Kagami the night before. It seemed she had somehow underestimate his ability. She stole another glance at him, wondering what would be like if Kagami was against her old team.

"Gather around, everyone!" Riko entered the court with an aura of excitement around her. "I've managed to get us a practice match against Kaijo High School next week!" Her smile was so bright that Saiyuri almost made a gesture to cover her eyes, and clouds and flowers could be seen around her head.

But not everyone took it as happy news. Hyuga, for example, asked in horror:

"A practice match against Kaijou High School?"

Riko scowled at him:

"It's what I said! Anyways..." Her overly cheerful expression turned back. "They won't disapppoint us! We'll put plenty of first years on the court."

"Disappoint us?" Koganei asked back, looking at Riko wonderingly as if checking her sanity. "They're way better than us."

"Are they really that good?" A freshman wondered.

"They're a school of National level." Hyuuga answered. "They participate in the Inter High every year."

"And this year, Kaijo got their hands on one of the Generation of Miracles, Kise Ryota." The coach continued, shocking most of the team. Most of because Teresa still remained her blank face, but knowing that she would be extremely careful, and Kagami was grinning eagerly, wanting to competite with the famous Generation of Miracles.

Saiyuri chose the moment to cut in:

"Kise Ryota? Isn't that the famous handsome young man?"

"Yes, him." Hyuga informed, and turned to his teammates who was looking puzzled at Saiyuri's sudden reaction. "Apparently, Kise works as a model."

"Seriously? Amazing." Izuki said and everyone stared at him oddly, meaning You-don't-know-him-while-your-best-friend-does?

"Good looking and good at basketball?" Koganei sighed. "That's brutal."

Riko sighed, muttering something sounded like "Idiot" under her breath. Boys... Just then, she noticed an extremely large group of blushing girls with magazines and cameras, crowding the gym's doors. Saiyuri was taken back by the sight:

"Well, looks like female population of Seirin High School here.."

"It's not time to joke!" Riko demanded. "Why is there such a crowd here?" Her eyebrows furrowed as she caught the glimpse of a blonde man who clearly wasn't a student in their school.

"Uh, I didn't mean for this to happen." The blonde muttered in embarrassment. Upon hearing him, everyone of the basketball club finally paid fully attention. They recogized him instantly as their next opponent: One of the Generation of Miracles - Kise Ryota. The said blonde looked up just then, making an eye contact with his former and female teammates. Teresa nodded in acknowledgement:

"It's good to see you again."

At that, Kise smiled:

"Good to see you, too." The team turned their attention to the blue hair girl. "I'm really sorry about this. Um…" He trailed off, scratching the back of his head. "Do you think that you could wait five minutes?" With that, he went back to signing autograph.

The manager adjusted her glasses:

"I don't think five minutes are enough."

"Why don't you join in? You called him handsome..."

"Doesn't mean I would fangirl over him. Thank you very much. How about you picking one of them to be your girlfriend?"

Teresa sighed. She had witnessed this scenes for several times that she grew boring with it.

When Kise was finally done signing autographs, Kise Ryota leapt down from the bleachers, landing lightly on his feet, his hands shoved into his pockets.

"Wh-What are you doing here?" Hyuga was the first one to speak. Even in his wildest imagination, he could have never thought one day, a member of the Generation of Miracles would have just appeared in their school like that. As he recalled, they always look distant and intimidating!

The blonde grinned and said as he made his way over to them.

"Well, when I heard our next opponent was Seirin, I remembered that Teresacchi went here, so I thought that I'd come and say hi. Besides, I miss my dearest Princess so much!" He gave her a hug, which Teresa carefully stepped out after two seconds before she was unable to breath. Giving him a small smile, she greeted:

"You've been taller, Kise-kun."

Meanwhile, the three freshmen were poring over the same magazine there seniors had pored over earlier in the changing room. Furihata read out loud: "Kise Ryota. Though he started basketball his second year of middle school, his exceptional physical ability and sense got him on the Teiko team as a regular in a heartbeat. While he has less experience than the other four, he's a rapidly improving all-rounder."

"Since your second year?" Hyuga asked disbelievingly. Kise chuckled nervously in response:

"The article exaggerated a bit." He grinned. "I'm glad to be called part of the Generation of Miracles, but I'm the worst of the bunch. I was picked on quite often, but Teresacchi always told them to leave me alone." He smiled at her who was smilling lightly back at him. The whole team was astounded. Just what kind of spell she put them under. Izuki elbowed Saiyuri as if she had the explanation for everything, even as she sighed heavily. He still had to ask? It was natural to be close with their only female teammates. She didn't think Generation of Miracles were exception. They were school boys, after all.

Just then, a basketball came flying towards Kise and Teresa's direction. The blonde quickly blocked the ball with his bare hand, catching it in the process. "Ow! What was that for?" The blonde asked, slightly annoyed at the redhead who threw it at him.

"Kagami!" (Hyuga)

"Kagami-kun!" (Riko)

"Sorry for interrupting your little reunion." Kagami grinned. "But don't tell me that you came all the way here just to greet us? Why don't you play with me for a bit, pretty boy?" Behind Hyuga, Saiyuri barely held back her laughter. It just happened to be her nickname for Izuki.

Er... what did that idiot say?

"What?" Kise stared at Kagami as if he was a strange creature that hadn't been discovered yet. "I don't know if I'm ready. But I'm just…" He mused for a moment, and nodded. "Fine, let's do it. I have to thank you to the display." Kise threw the ball back at Kagami, who caught it easily. The blonde then took off his blazer, pulled off his tie and rolled his sleeves up.

Saiyuri yelled at Kagami:

"Idiot! You don't know what he's capable of! He can..."

Kise stared at her as though just noticed her for the first time. He asked out of blue:

"Excuse me, have we met before?" Teresa couldn't help but glance at the confused expression on his face.

"No, we haven't." Saiyuri replied quickly. Her tone brought the messages that she didn't want to talk to him then.

Kagami said, oblivious to her warning (and cold) tone:

"Don't worry, manager. I know what to do."

"Somehow I doubt that." The said girl muttered in distaste. If she was correct, then Kagami would make a poor performance. "Boys!" She huffed, crossing her arms.

"Yes, that could be bad." Teresa agreed. Kagami was being overly eager. And she suddenly remember what the manager just said. Was it possible that she knew Kise's talent.

Back on the court, Kise smirked, suddenly took pass off the redhead. Kagami eyes widened in shock as he realized Kise performed a move that he had performed on Izuki just moments ago. Kise dodged Kagami's blocking, and dunked the ball into the net, thus causing Kagami to fall.

Saiyuri face-palmed:

"I knew it would get ugly..."

Teresa was explaining to Riko and the rest:

"He learns plays as soon as he sees them and makes them his own."

Riko frowned: This isn't simple imitation.

"For some reason, I see Kise is quicker and stronger." Saiyuri added, twitching her eyebrows in annoyance. "He should learn how to listen to his manager."

Kawahara was awed at that sight. "This…is the Generation of Miracles. Teresa, your friend's way too good."

Much to his surprise, Teresa replied: "I don't know this person. To be honest, I may have underestimated him until just now. It's only been a few months since I left them, but the Generation of Miracles has improved far more quickly than I expected."

"It will be troublesome to get stronger than them." Saiyuri muttered. And perhaps, "troublesome" was the biggest understatement of her life.

Kise rubbed the back of his neck, disappointment clearly written on his face. "I don't know about it." He started, making Kagami confused. "After something so disappointing, I can't just leave now." He made his way to Teresa. "Give us Teresacchi. Come to our school. Let's play basketball together again."

It was unsurprising to see the team's reaction:

"WHAT?"

"I seriously respect you, Teresacchi." Kise continued, insisting. "It's a waste of your talent to stay here." An anger mark appeared on Saiyuri's forehead. A waste of talent? "What do you say?"

"I'm honored that you think about me this way. I humbly have to refuse that proposal." She replied to her friend with a small bow.

"That doesn't make any sense! Besides, this isn't like you. Winning was everything. Why didn't you go somewhere better?"

Winning was everything. Those words appeared repeatedly in Teresa's head. They reminded her so much of what she had lost. And as much as she hated them, she couldn't take her anger and grief in Kise. She was tired of hearing that, though.

"My thinking has changed since then," she said. "More importantly, I made a promise to Kagami-kun. A promise to defeat the Generation of Miracles."

"It really isn't like you to joke around like that." Kise couldn't believe in his ears. What did change?

There was a small voice behind Teresa:

"Winning was everything, huh? Winning isn't your breathing, your food and your life, how come it was everything?" Saiyuri spat at him. Even though no one could see her eyes clearly, they all knew that those orbs was flashing with anger. But she calmed down quickly as if she never had that outburst. "No wonder why Teresa came Seirin. And I must have doubt in the so-called group called Generations of Miracles."

With that, she stormed off the gym. Kise asked them:

"What's with her?"

They all turned to Izuki.

"How am I supposed to know?"

The moment Saiyuri was finally out of their sight, there was chuckling and laughing sound could be heard. Kise turned to see Kagami, confusedly.

So this is the Generation of Miracles. Kagami thought to himself. They really are amazing! And there are four more guys stronger than him. I can't help but smile.

"What are you doing?" Kagami grinned. "I was gonna say that, Teresa. And the manager just suddenly butted in."

Kise looked between them in confusion.

"I still have no sense of humor." Teresa told Kise. "I'm serious."

Kise smirked, finally understood. "... I see."

Next Chapter: Seirin vs Kaijou.