A little A/N!

Hey guys! So sorry I totally forgot to do one in the first one...oho...

I forgot that I was going to go back and change all the 'Atushi' to Murasakibara...its just that when I was coming up with the story I wrote it stream of conscious and typed Atushi because its shorter haha! But that will be fixed in later chapters 3

Thank you for reading!

Disclaimer: obviously KnB is not owned by me :)

-Almost a year later Rakuzan loses to Seiran-

Akashi had lost.

Akashi Seijuro had lost.

He never lost, ever.

So how was it that he was on his knees in the middle of the basketball court, eyes wide and body rigid, a loser?

He should be ashamed at himself, he should be disgusted with himself, but he wasn't….

Suddenly, he felt a release – he felt excitement. He had lost….but he had actual fun on the way down.

His head hung low, looking at his hands, clenching and unclenching them….he couldn't help but think of the one he had failed…the one he had lost…he wondered what she would have thought of him…would she be disappointed? Would she be relieved? His thoughts were interrupted by a hand appearing before him, outstretched, offering to help him up. "Akashi-kun" He heard in a voice he thought he would never hear again…

His eyes trailed up the hand to the arm, the shoulder, and when he saw her face he felt as though his world had come apart. It couldn't be her. There was no way. Had the reality of losing so disturbed him that Akashi Seijuro had actually lost his mind? He stared into sky blue eyes, vision blurring as tears threatened to break the surface. "It can't be…" It was barely a whisper. "Am I dead?"

"You're not dead, Akashi-kun" Kuroko Tetsuna stated simply. Akashi blinked, letting tears fall down his face. "Then…am I going to die, Tetsuna? Have you come for me…to make me pay for my sins?" Tetsuna cocked her head to the side, "I don't know what you're talking about Akashi-kun."

Akashi rushed to embrace her as he stood, he wrapped an arm around her waist, and the other gripped at her hair. He nuzzled his face into her neck, and let out a raspy breath. He felt the silky feel of her sky blue locks, the unbelievable smoothness of her skin, and the smell of decadent vanilla attacked his senses.

"Tetsuna…Tetsuna…Tetsuna" He repeated it like a mantra, afraid that she would disappear in front of him. "Akashi-kun…you're sweaty….and kind of smelly" Tetsuna attempted to pull away from her old captain, but he wouldn't…he couldn't let her go…not now…not after all this time. It wasn't until he heard the annoying copy cat's voice echo above the celebrating and the cheering for Seiran that he allowed himself to break away. The moment he had, new arms wrapped around her, "Kurokochi!" The blonde practically screamed. His arms wrapped around her way and lifted her high into the air. "Its scary, Kise-kun. Please put me down" Kise obeyed, opting to slide Kuroko's body against his as he lowered her. "I missed you, Kurokochi. I really…really…." The happy, bubbly attitude was replaced with sadness…and relief. Kuroko stepped on her tippy-toes and rustled Kise's hair. "I missed you too, Kise-kun" His eyes widened as he screamed his nickname for the girl once more, enveloping her completely in his arms.

He ran, as fast as he could, he ran. Quickly navigating his way through the stadium, Aomine Daiki stood motionless at the scene before him. When he saw the teal haired girl in front of Akashi, he thought he was losing his mind. But now, standing a couple feet away from where Kise was hugging her, the reality of the situation crashed down on him.

She wasn't dead. Kuroko Tetsuna wasn't dead. She was there, a few feet from her and all he had to do was walk over and touch her. But he couldn't move. He was too stunned, too shocked to take another step. He thought he had lost her. He thought he had lost his best friend and the one he so sorely loved in one fell swoop, but she was there…she was real.

Kise let Kuroko go and let Murasakibara have a turn. He quickly picked her up under the arms so that they were eye level. They stared blankly at each other before Murasakibara brought her close to his chest, wrapping his arms around her. "You smell so good, Kurochin" was all he could bring himself to say. He opted to simply hold her, until he felt her wriggle uncomfortably in his arms.

Midrioma couldn't bring himself to the hug the girl – as happy as he was to see her again, his tsundere-ness would not let himself show how emotional he was. Kuroko smiled at him – a soft, gentle smile of understanding. When Atushi put her down she went to Midroma and gently hugged him. He allowed himself to hug her back, using the guise of adjusting his glasses to hide the fact he had to wipe away tears. She always understood him, she always knew what he wanted or needed, and the fact that he finally had that back, was almost too much to bear.

Aomine had still not moved from his spot. He watched as she smiled at Midroma after their hug, he watched as if in slow motion as she turned to him. She stretched out an arm to him, a smile still playing at her lips. Aomine willed himself forward. He took one step at a time until he was sprinting towards her- he practically tackled her when he finally reached her. After a moment of simply feeling the rightness with which her body pressed against his, he pulled away, cupping both of her cheeks in his large hands and pressing his forehead against her's. "Tetsu…I'm sorry. I'm so sorry"

Her eyes never left his, he felt her reach up a hand to cup the side of his face, leaning forward to apply a little pressure to his forehead, "Its O.K". He felt the emotion erupt inside him, "I thought I lost you forever…" His voice breaking. He saw her eyes curve slightly, indicating that she was smiling a little, "Ahomine" He heard her whisper and he couldn't help but laugh.

"Oi! Kuroko, come on! Let's go celebrate!" Kagami Taiga barked from the middle of the celebrating Seiran team. She pulled away from Aomine, eyes locking with Kagami's, she smiled and nodded. As she turned to return to her team, Akashi quickly grabbed her right hand. He immediately knew something was wrong. Her reaction to him stopping her was too slow. She should have turned the second he touched her hand, but she didn't. The reaction didn't happen until she had felt a tug…up her arm. If that wasn't enough…her hand…was hard. Before she could say anything, before she could protest, Akashi quickly rolled up her hoodie sleeve. His eyes widened in shock as he revealed a shiny plastic arm.

"Tetsuna…" Akashi started, but she quickly took her hand away from him, rolled her sleeve back down and started walking back to her team. "I'll see you all at the celebration." She said simply. And just like that the GOM watched as Kuroko Tetsuna left their side and into the open arms of the Seiran team.