Knights of Teikou
Genre : Adventure, Friendship, Fantasy
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-Chapter 2:-
The peaceful sound of water flowing and dripping can be heard right from the fountain behind me. The sound of bird chirping can be heard up from the orange-coloured sky above me. I can see all the buildings in Eclipss spread in front of me, with the brightful sun going to set at the far.
I have always imagined it. Come to one of the fountain in Eclipss, sit at the platform surrounding the fountain, listening to the water-flowing from behind and looking at the beautiful scenery in front of me.
And here I am. At one of the fountain located on the West side of the city, enjoying my most favorite vanilla-milkshake in my hands and the scenery shown in front of me. I was surprised at first that not only Eclipss, but the landscape of the other cities outside the Eclipss can come into my view too, even if it looks so small and far away.
Oh yeah, pardon me for my inpoliteness. You must be confused who am I, right?
My name is Kuroko Tetsuya. I born into one of a noble families in Teikou, surrounded with wealth and authority. My parents love me, I am granted anything I want even if I seldomly ask for anything actually.
People respect me
( I later realize some of them do it only because of my status),
many kids that lived around me regard me as their friend
(I later realize that none of them really think of me as one).
Except for my family,
everyone around me look so … fake.
(blame it to my exceptional observation skill I have been born with)
But then I met them...
" Daiki-cchi~! Let me take a sip from your milkshake!", I turned to my left and saw Ryouta tried to have a sip from Daiki's milkshake, which Daiki lifted far away from his reach.
" Ryouta, didn't someone teach you that it's inpolite?", Daiki looked as calm as ever.
" Who cares! No one watching us now, ssu~!", Ryouta pouted and tried to reach the milkshake again.
I smiled and turned my attention to the other three boys sitting on my right who are enjoying their own milkshakes in silent while watching the scenery in front of us.
" What's wrong, Tetsuya?", Seijuuro suddenly turned and smiled at me gently. The smile that different from the fake smile I had received ever since I born.
I smiled and turned my head back to the front, " The sun is going to set soon."
" Yes. I never know that it will look exceptionally beautiful from here. Thank you for bringing us here, Tetsuya."
I can feel Seijuurou's slight ruffle on my aqua-coloured hair. Ryouta and Daiki stopped their bickering and thanks me too, Shintarou and Atsushi later thanks me too.
" I am the one who should say thank you for accompanying me here.", I offered my little smile to each of them and all of us turned our attention back to the front.
Yes. All of you must have known who they are. For the Empire and Teikou's citizen or maybe for the world too (if the rumour really did spread so far), we are known as Miracles, some also called us Generation of Miracles.
Our extraordinary talents make us different from any other kids in our ages, even the King Himself has faith in us that we will overcome any expectation ever and so granted us the names 'Generation of Miracles'.
That's for the people around.
For me, the six of them are my closest friends I have. They are different from the other kids, not because of their talents or anything. But because they are being true to themselves and to me…
We had known each other for years, I knew Daiki first when I'm 6 years old. I met him when he was hiding from his servants and I decided to help him by telling them the wrong direction. We started to befriend since then.
One years later, exactly five years before this year, Teikou was attacked by the neighbour-empire. Well, I didn't have any danger since the attack had been stopped before it even reach Eclipss. But I did heard some news about the misfortune the other villages had to suffer from it.
The King decided to pay a visit there Himself and made a funeral for those innocent peoples who lost their precious lives in the war, my parents brought me there too. And so did some other nobles… That's where the seven of us met for the first time…
The King then provided the survivors a place to stay while the Empire rebuilt their village.
But when I looked at each of their expressions, I couldn't help but thought like this
'Even if their homes and their villages can be rebuilt again,
but no one can revive those who had gone from their lives forever.'
Later back in Eclipss, the Empire held a big feast to celebrate their victory for the uncountable time already and to thanks all the army that had been fighting so hard for the country. Eclipss was full of joy that time…
But not me… Somehow I couldn't bring myself to enjoy the feast, not even Daiki. We both moved away from the crowd and there… We met again… The seven of us.
Seijuurou, Atsushi and Shintarou had been friends since baby, so they automatically get along well to each other. But I don't know why, all the seven of us also get along well too despite we had just known each other and also our different personalities.
I still remembered that night Seijuurou suddenly brought up a talk about a dream. I remembered it clearly. With his ruby-eyes stared to the night-starry sky, he said…
I dream to be a knight one day.
Be a strong one
So I can break through this wall
I am tired of being protected behind this wall
I am strong
The one who need protection are somewhere outside the wall
I want to make Teikou a better place than before
Make sure no one was suffering outside
I will achieve it one day
Don't doubt me, because I'm Akashi Seijuurou
I always keep my word
And I always get what I want
He then turned his ruby eyes and stared at us, " Do you have the same desire as me? If you do… How about we work together for it?"
Shintarou and Atsushi nodded without hesitation, then Seijuurou turned to the three of us.
" Uh? Y-You are talking to us too?", asked Daiki surprisedly. I was as surprise as him too.
Seijuurou nodded and said firmly, " I had visited and seen what happened to those innocent villages that were included in the war, all of you were there too, weren't you? That's when I made this decision in my heart."
" B-But, w-why us? We barely knew each other…", Ryouta seemed as surprise as me and Daiki.
That time, Seijuurou just smirked and answered us with full dignity.
" I believe it's fate that gathered us here. I also believe that the three of you have the same idea as us. I believe it, so you must believe at me too. Because I always right."
And so start our friendship and our efforts for our dream.
And finally after long years of training by ourselves, we are acknowledged by the King and given the title "Generation of Miracles" (Believe me. When we got that title, my body couldn't stop shaking from excitement. Because deep down in my heart, I really believe that we are going to bring a miracle for Teikou.)
We also passed the soldier test. The rest left for us to do is to do our best in this training and be a real soldier. A real and a strong one.
-Later, after the sun sets-
We were walking back through the first layer of fortress, passing the arena where we had just have our test. Of course we passed our test fluently, Seijuurou even finished his opponent with one vital hit.
We were named 'Generation of Miracles' not for joke.
But honestly, I was surprised today and the one that cause it was a boy in the same age as us. A boy named Kagami Taiga.
When I first saw him running here, he already caught my curious. I already asked myself regarding the reason of his arrival, I keep denying for the answer that I had had in my mind until I heard him shouted 'Here! Here!' and ran to the arena.
I was really surprised at that time and I started to feel worried for the boy, I was afraid he might get hurt. My worry deepened when I saw him took out his wooden-sword.
" Is he serious?", I heard Shintarou murmured that sentence in surprise.
Of course he would say that, wooden sword is the standard sword you usually used for beginner or maybe in training. We have been learning with it too before we were given the title and our real-sword too when we attend this test. (it's just a simple long-sword though).
But still… Using a wooden-sword to fight a real sword… There must be a big differences in both strength and skill between both swordmen, then there will be a possibility even wooden-sword can win against the real-sword.
You know a saying say… 'A sword can only show its true power if it fall into the right owner.' No matter how good a sword you have, if you don't have the compatible skill for it, then it'll just become an average sword. And so vice versa…
And Kagami-kun proved that right in front of my eyes.
And…
' And then who are you?'
He saw me… Even if I come from noble family, people tend to not notice me being there. My presence is weak, I heard them said. Kagami-kun is the first person that notice me even if we just meet for the first time.
And… It … Made me happy…
He also looked at me as a boy in his age, not as the noble son "Kuroko Tetsuya" or "Kuroko from the Miracles". It made me feel happy too…
That someone like him existed.
" Tetsu!"
I snapped from my thought and looked at Daiki calmly, " Yes, Daiki-kun?"
" Geez, I have called you so many times. What are you thinking about?" Daiki put both his hands inside his pant, looked nonchalantly like usual but I have known him too well.
" Nothing, I just wonder where our chamber will be."
" It's 6.28, we shall be in the dining hall now.", Shintarou looked at his watch.
" Mou~ Can we skip it? I didn't feel hungry.", Ryouta walked backwardly.
" May not, Ryouta. We must follow the rule." Seijuurou said firmly.
" You can give your portion to me if you don't want it, Ryouta-chin~"
" Wah! Thank you, Atsushi-cchi~!"
I changed my route and walked beside Atsushi, "Can I also offer mine to you , Atsushi-kun?"
Atsushi smiled and ruffled my hair, " Of course, Tetsu-chin~"
I smiled and muffled a 'Thank you' to him.
Soon we arrived at the dining hall, the dining hall was long and large, full of hundreds or maybe thousands people sitting in uncountable long-hexagonal tables prepared there.
" Oh. You must be the rumoured young boys, right? Miracles?"
I turned my attention to the table nearest to us to see a young soldier smirking at us. Everyone on the same table as him looked at us doubtfully, an expression that was obviously looking down on us.
" So it's true, huh? A group of little boys join our soldier test?", someone from the table whispered to his friend with his voice audible for us to hear. I can see from his smirk that he did it intentionally.
Before any of us could continue this, I could hear Hyuuga-san shouting for us" Hey, the six of you! Get your food and sit there!", he pointed to the table in the corner right where the other new passed-soldiers sit together.
" Yes, Sir!", we managed to answer it before going to the counter and let the Auntie there to fill our bowl. I noticed a tint of blush on her cheek and the way she looked at us.
" Here, handsome boys. If it's not enough, don't be shy to ask for more 'kay?", the curly-haired Auntie gave us the bowl one by one and we thanked her politely and moved to our assigned seats, aware of the stares people giving us.
We sat down and started our dinner in silence, none of us said anything and I didn't even have the courage to give some of my dinner to Atsushi-kun. Not under this condition.
The silence in our table continued to stay while the other tables started to chat and laugh again. It didn't stay long though with the loud shriek of the sound of the door being pushed open. Once again, the noise died down and I turned around to the door to find the source.
Ah.
There in front of the double-winged door that was opened wide just now, stood a red-haired boy panting so hard as if he just ran all the way from who know where to here. The boy finally realized the awkward silence and the stares locking on him.
" A-A… U-urr~ Excuse me?", the boy sputtered nervously, a sweat dropped from the tip of his crimson-red hair.
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" U-Uh~ S-Someone t-told me to come and have my dinner here. O-Or I get the wrong room?", the boy continued when no one answered him, looking for someone to answer him.
" Who are-?", one of the men from the nearest table intended to ask a question before a shout echoed through all the dining hall.
" KAGAMI!", I saw Hyuuga-san stood up and stomped his way to Kagami-kun with his face lowered to the ground, I'm sure I saw a black aura emitting from him.
" Ah, you are the megane-Sir th- !", Kagami looked so grateful to see Hyuuga-san walking to him and he was ready to continue his word when Hyuuga-san raised his hand and tweaked his left ear up high.
" OO-OU-UU-OUCHH! H-Hu-Hurt! "
Then Kagami's voice stopped and I saw Hyuuga-san crouched and whispering something to him. He were listening before suddenly he looked surprised and turned his gaze to the people around the hall. Then he looked back at Hyuuga-san and slowly his face became calmer and he looked down guiltily.
For the last, Hyuuga-san stood up and patted Kagami's head once before commanding him firmly "Now get your food and sit over there!"
" Yes, Sir.", Kagami immediately walked to the counter to get his food while Hyuuga-san walked back to his seat.
After Kagami had settled down on his seat ,which was in front of me, the chattering started again, but some of them keep stealing a gaze to him.
The boy himself seemed so quiet and tense while eating his dinner, he didn't even share a glance to any of us.
" Kagami-kun.", I decided to call for him and he looked up from his food.
When I didn't feel his intention in answering, I continued " I can't finish my meal, can you help me finish it?"
"Uh?", his intense-eyes slowly relaxed and he raised one of his split-eyebrow. " Are you sure?"
I smiled and nodded, " Yes. I have a small appetite, Kagami-kun." I raised my plate up.
He looked hesitant at first before moving his hand and let me pour a half of my meal into his plate.
" T-Thank you.", he said nervously with a hint of blush decorated his sun-kissed cheeks, which I found cute.
" Tetsu-chin~ You said you want to give it to me…" Atsushi looked at me innocently.
" Ah, I'm sorry, Atsushi-kun. Maybe Ryota-kun can share his?"
" Here, you can have mine Atsushi-cchi!" Ryouta immediately used this chance to give half his meal to Atsushi.
I smiled and finished my meal. The situation seemed to be more enjoyable, even if Kagami still hadn't said anything at all. I understand that he must want some room alone for now.
" Oi.", I turned my gaze to Daiki who sat beside me, he had finished his meal and now leaning his left cheek on his left palm and looked at Kagami nonchalantly.
" Daiki-kun?" I called for him in confusion.
" Oi. I am calling you, Kagami Taiga.", with that being said, Kagami looked up to him.
" What?", Kagami glared at him, looks like he still feel unhappy for what happened this afternoon.
" Daiki-kun.", this time I called him more firmly. I don't want him to get himself into trouble again.
Daiki didn't say a thing for a minute before he smirked, " No~thing~, your eyebrows seems funny." and he looked away.
Kagami glared at him but didn't say anything back and continued his meal.
I don't know why but unconciously the words Hyuuga-san told us this afternoon came back into my mind. I wonder what would happen to us in the future...
-To be continued-
As always, thank you for reading minna! I'm glad some of you interested in this story!^^ The next one will be back to our Kagami again! Start the first day of training!^u^
Sorry if this chapter was short...