Disclaimer: 'born on the day of earthquakes' does not own Kuroko no Basuke.
Warning: Unbeta'd. OOC.
Summoner 101: Lesson 2
Strong demons have at least three forms: (1) their demon form - the form they were born with, or the form they first used and probably continually using in the demon world, (2) their original form, or the first form they take after being summoned in the human world, and (3) their human form. The human form is not always achieved because it takes great power and concentration for a demon to be able to execute.
Akashi lay down on his bed. His eyes were closed and his breaths were even. His cheeks were still plump with baby fat.
Midorima and Aomine had always assumed their human forms in mid-teenage. This made it easier for them to hang around their smaller master, who seems to be so playful like any child would be. Murasakibara, however, looked rather tall even if the human form he was taking was also teenaged.
Kuroko took the human form that was about the same age as his master. His co-familiars minded it at first, because Kuroko was taken very lightly by anyone who sees him due to his small size. But Kuroko could only copy what his master looked like, changing the color of the eyes and hair. His eyes remained round and emotionless though.
...
"I half-expected you to have dark hair and dark eyes in human form. But blue hair and eyes fits you!" Akashi told him when Kuroko transformed for the first time. "You look like a snow fairy now. I wonder if your powers are manipulating snow...?"
"Snow fairies don't exist, Akashi-sama," Midorima said. He turned to Kuroko. "Indeed, what abilities can you offer to protect our master, Kuroko?"
Kuroko blinked, inclining his head to the side, thinking. "Abilities?"
"Yes, abilities!" Aomine yelled. "Our master is one of the strongest summoners. We've got to protect him."
Kuroko just shook his head. "I have... no abilities."
"What ridiculousness is that?!" Aomine yelled. "No abilities? Do you mean you're just here to freeload on Sei-sama's power?"
"Don't worry," Akashi said. "I call demons for companion. So you don't have to bully Tetsuya."
"We're not bullying him, Aka-chin-sama," Murasakibara said. "We've just making sure you're putting your trust on the right individual."
"I don't have abilities..." Kuroko whispered. His blank eyes closed as he moved towards Akashi. "But I like Akashi-kun..."
"I like Tetsuya too!" Akashi said, patting Kuroko's head. "And I also like Shintarou, Daiki and Atsushi!"
...
Kuroko stared at the sleeping human. His first change into human form was already a month ago. He still wasn't used to living in the human realm. It was more comfortable in the demon world, but he really didn't mind staying in the human world especially after the latest incident he had in the demon world.
He stared at his sleeping master... How peculiar. A master, that is.
"Is it really that exhausting after summoning a demon?" a golden fox said while jumping to the chair just beside the bed of the red-haired child.
"What do you think? Huh, idiot?" Aomine said. "You've never been summoned before, haven't you?"
"I've been summoned by another master already," the fox said, sniffing at the sleeping child. "But never by someone so young yet so strong. And also not by someone with so many familiars. Anyway, my former masters are so careless so I've killed some of them on the spot or after I did the mission they assigned to me."
"Aka-chin-sama is really strong..." Murasakibara said slowly. "But if you dare hurt him, I'll crush you."
"Seriously, what's with you guys?" the fox said. "He's just a human. What's so good with him?"
"Kise Ryouta," Midorima called the golden fox. "You've got guts saying those words even if you're just a lowly demon."
"Lowly demon?" Kise repeated, danger playing in his gold eyes.
The fox turned to his human form easily, a beautiful man with golden hair and eyes. His large ears and fluffy tail remained, though unseen by regular humans and lower demons.
A small hand grabbed end of the sleeves of Kise's black kimono. The fox in human form turned to find that the red-haired boy woke up and was staring at him with sparkling eyes.
"You're so cute, Ryouta..."
Kise Ryouta, the demon summoned just earlier this morning, stood frozen while his co-familiars chuckled at Akashi's comment.
"No," Kise said, picking the small boy. "You're cute, Akashichi-sama..."
This time, Kise's co-familiars watched frozen as Akashi patted Kise's head while the fluffy fox tail waved back and forth excitedly. Kuroko remained chuckling silently though.
'A dog?' they thought.
At that time, their human master, Akashi Seijuro, was still four years old.