A/N: Thank you so much for the reviews! To be honest, I didn't expect so many reviews - this is the first time I gotten so many for a single chapter! And I feel really bad for updating so late...
Sorry for not updating for a few months! To be honest, this was just an idea after reading a few Fem!Kuroko stories, and when I published the first chapter, I never expected so many people to like it.
Once, again, THANK YOU SO MUCH! QAQ Thank you to those who reviewed, alerted and favourited this story! Thank you so much!
Also, Happy New Year, everyone! I hoped you had a lovely Christmas, and enjoyed the first day of 2013! Now I have to get use to writing 2013 for the date instead of 2012...
Kuroko no Basuke" rightfully belongs to Fujimaki Tadatoshi, I don't own any of the original characters.
~Miracles~
|Chapter 2|
-See ya later-
It was the first day of school for Teikou High school. The students bustled around, talking loudly as they made their way towards the building.
"H-Hey, isn't that…the captain from Rakuzan Middle School – Akashi Seijuro!? Why is a person like him doing here!?"
"Woah – isn't that the ace from Touhou Middle School – Aomine Daiki?!"
"T-There's that guy from Shuutoku Middle School – Midorima Shintarou – remember, he can shoot three pointers from all the way at the middle of the court. And why on earth is he carrying a pink bunny?"
"L-Look! He's so tall – the one with purple hair, and is eating tons of sweets now? Wait…isn't he the ace from Yousen Middle School – Murasakibara Atsushi?!"
"OH MY GOSH! It's that famous model – Kise Ryouta from Kaijou Middle School!"
"Hey, hey…aren't they all heading to the gym?"
"Don't tell me they're all going to play basketball right now!?"
"No way!"
"Come on! Let's go to the gym! No way that I'm going to miss this!"
Heterochromatic eyes narrowed slightly. "Is this…" A redhead spoke softly, but it seemed as if the entire gym can hear it, "…truly the standards of Teikou Basketball Club?" The temperature seem to drop by several degrees, and everyone shivered, darting their eyes away from the piercing eyes of the redhead.
"The Oha-Asa horoscopes said that I will come on something rather unexpected and surprising," a tall green haired boy with glasses mused, "I suppose this is it." He pushed up his glasses to the bridge of his nose. "Quite…unimpressive."
An abnormally tall boy with purple hair stared at the courts, his eyes were half-lidded with boredom as he munched on his snacks. He blinked blearily around. He closed his eyes. "How…lame…" He mumbled through all the crunching and munching.
Leaning against a wall, a blonde boy stared at the courts, his eyes slightly widened with a mixture of emotions. "This…" he murmured to himself, his voice filled with disbelief, "…isn't what I had heard."
A tanned boy with dark blue hair stared at the courts, his eyes were wide with anger and fury. "Pathetic," he muttered, "What on earth is this?"
"Um…is there something wrong?" A second year boy asked timidly, his eyes darting furiously around – not meeting the heterochromatic eyes.
"As a matter of fact," Akashi spoke, "There is. Where's the captain?"
"Um…Not here… He's – a-ah, er…"
"Fine, where's the Coach?"
"I-I don't know. Why do you want to s-see him?"
"A few matters to speak about."
Aomine Daiki closed his eyes and breathed deeply. He recognised the other four 'geniuses' – Midorima Shintarou, Akashi Seijuro, Murasakibara Atsushi and Kise Ryouta. He remember playing against them – losing and winning against them and their teams.
It was strange how all of them decided to come to Teikou High. Was it Fate? He snorted quietly, brushing that aside. Aomine opened his eyes, staring at the courts with distaste. Those four and himself obviously share the same thoughts. Teikou High School's Boys Basketball Club…weren't up to their standards, compared with the strength of their former schools.
"So…I guess this is it," Kagami Taiga said gruffly. "Tetsuko."
Kuroko Tetsuko stared back, her clear blue eyes unwavering.
Alex patted Tetsuko's hair softly, and kicked Kagami in the ankle none too gentle, "Don't be so sad, Tetsuko!" She grinned widely. "This isn't like goodbye forever, you know!"
"Yea," Kagami agreed, rubbing his sore ankle, "What stupid Alex said – we'll definitely meet again."
Tetsuko nodded, staring hard at the floor.
Alex gave a heavy sigh. "Keep on playing basketball, Tetsuko – have keep on having lots of fun! Remember, basketball isn't about winning or losing – it's about having fun – and hitting Bakagami's head with the basketball for a hundred points!"
"Hey!"
Tetsuko's lips twitched, but she still didn't raise her head. Instead, her eyes began to water. She hated saying goodbyes. She quickly blinked back the unshed tears.
"Tetsuko," Kagami heaved a sigh, as he looked towards his right with an unreadable expression. "Look up."
Slowly, and tentatively Tetsuko raised her head, and at the same moment as Kagami thrust out a sloppily wrapped gift.
"AH! KAGAMI, YOU IDIOT!" Alex screeched as she pulled Kagami back by the ear, "You hit her face, you moron!"
"Ah! Sorry! I didn't mean to!"
"YOOU–" Alex roared.
"Alex, stop it please," Tetsuko stated passively, "People are staring." Tetsuko raised her head bravely, her eyes flickered with unshed tears. But she was determined to leave with a smile – to leave as herself, instead of a crying idiot.
Alex froze. Slowly, the grip on the redhead basketball idiot slackened, allowed him to drop onto the ground, a dazed look in his eyes. "Ehehehehehe…" The former WNBA player laughed.
"Alex, your laughter is weird. I believe it's attracting more attention," Tetsuko said, without the slightest hint of emotion.
"Heh, nice one, Tetsuko," Kagami smirked, "Anyway, open it."
Tetsuko carefully peeled away the wrapping paper. She raised her eyebrows as she held the item up. "It's…"
"Lame," Alex remarked. Narrowing her eyes to Kagami, she demanded, "You gave her a basketball! A basketball of things! How stupid!"
"Ah." Tetsuko poked the basketball, "It's soft."
"It's not just a basketball, it's a basketball soft toy," Kagami snapped.
"Yea – a soft toy in the shape of a basketball. Still a basketball."
"I like it," Tetsuko commented, smiling slightly. "It's…nice."
Kagami grinned, "See, Alex? I knew she will like it!"
Alex brushed away the comment, and handed Tetsuko a photo frame. "It's a photo of us four," She said softly, "Tatsuya, Taiga, Tetsuko and me."
Tetsuko stared at the photo. The four of them were laughing and smiling on a basketball court. Himuro and Kagami had their arms around each other shoulders, wide grins on their faces as Himuro held up a peace sign whereas Kagami was waving a basketball. Alex was winking at the camera, though her foot was aiming to kicking Kagami in the knee. And Tetsuko… was nearby smiling slightly at the camera, but her eyes held bright happiness and joy.
Tetsuko opened her mouth, and closed it. "Thank…Thank you," She whispered softly, her eyes brimming with tears.
"Oh, don't cry, now," Kagami said, looking a bit awkward, "Be a man!"
"She's a girl, you idiot! Ladies are very sensitive and delicate when it comes to feelings!"
"You're not a lady, Alex, you're a freaking machine that – that, kicks people!"
"What!?"
Tetsuko smiled, wiping her tears away. "You know…" Tetsuko said softly, "I never expected to have friends in America like you guys. But I really enjoyed every moment of it. Thank you so much." Tetsuko bowed her head, and rubbed her eyes with her finger.
"You know, this isn't goodbye, Tetsuko," Kagami spoke up, his eyes unusually serious, "We'll definitely meet again. And when we do – let's play basketball together once again." He broke into a rare smile, "See you in Japan, Tetsuko!" Then he broke into a scowl, "What's with these sappy speeches?" He muttered, his eyebrows narrowing down.
Alex blinked behind her glasses. "For a minute," she spoke oddly, "I thought Bakagami had been possessed. He had never made those kind of speeches before."
Tetsuko's lips tweaked into a small smile. "Tetsuko-chan! Hurry up, we have to board the plane!" Her mother called.
"Well…" Alex's voice trailed off, "I guess this is…"
"See you later," Kagami finished off, a bright gleam in his eyes, "This isn't goodbye. See you later, Tetsuko!" He held out his fist.
Tetsuko nodded, and bumped his fist with his own. "See you later, Kagami-kun." She turned to Alex. "See you later, Alex."
Alex sniffed, and wiped her eyes. "S-See you later, Tetsuko," she choked out, and pulled the girl for a tight embrace. Tetsuko patted her back. Tentatively, Alex pulled back, tears streaming down her cheeks.
Clutching her gifts in her arms, Tetsuko smiled. "See you later, guys." She blinked rapidly, fighting back the tears.
"Meet you in Japan, Tetsuko."
"If you see Tatsuya – punch him, I mean kiss him for me!"
"No way, she'll do that!"
Tetsuko softly smiled, and waved at the bickering pair. "Thank you so much…" She whispered softly, and turned around to walk towards her mother. Her grip never loosened on the basketball soft toy and photo frame, even as she boarded the plane.
The former, famed and feared Ace of Rakuzan Middle School stood passively, his heterochromatic eyes flicking back and forth at the basketball court.
"Coach," he spoke, "Stop the game."
The coach of Teikou High boy's basketball team gulped. "W-What?" He stammered, "B-But, the game hasn't finished – there's still a few more minutes." Akashi Seijuro's eyes flicked back dangerously towards the coach.
"What?" His voice was dangerously low as his eyes pierced through the coach.
The coach swallowed. "N-Nothing at all! You're absolutely right! These ten keep on making mistakes – it's clear that they're beginners!" The coach's head nodded rapidly, his eyes carefully casted away from Akashi.
Akashi smirked. "Nothing more than beginners," he drawled. "I have the regulars in mind – especially the five starters." He turned away, his jersey majestically sitting upon his shoulders. "By the way…you don't need to come to practice unless I tell you so." He walked away, a light smirk upon his lips.
"E-EH!?"
Tetsuko shifted uncomfortably in her seat. Her hands rested on the basketball soft toy, as she held the photo frame gently in her hands.
She looked out of the window. The sky was blue, free of any clouds. Blue like her eyes. She sighed, shifting in her seat once again. Her mum next to her snored lightly, her chest rising and falling with every breath.
"I'm going to miss them…Kagami-kun and Alex…" Tetsuko murmured. She eyes flickered to the photo. 'I wonder if I will make any friends,' she thought, thinking of her childhood friends – 'Dai-chan' and 'Sa-chan.' She shook her head, chances of meeting them again are very low. They probably forgotten about her already. She sighed, her eyes filled with sadness.
Kise Ryouta glanced around, his eyes filled with boredom, as the basketball spun smoothly on his finger.
He watched calmly as a first year nervously stumbled, before dunking it rather 'slow' into the hoop. He watched, as another student went to collect the basketball, and dribbled it to the three-pointer line before shooting. The ball bounced inside the box on the backboard before landing smoothly inside the hoop.
"Boring~" The blond model yawned, releasing the spinning basketball from his finger, allowing it to drop to the ground.
His golden eyes flickered to a redhead, with his arms folded across his chest, his heterochromatic eyes watching the players on the court with mild interest.
'The captain,' Kise though, smirking. He could remember the first day of high school, when the 3rd years were instantly defeated by that redhead – Akashi Seijuro – the one to led Rakuzan to victory in all their matches back in middle school. Kise could still remember his loss against Rakuzan back in the Winter Cup, Inter-High…
That loss still burned in his mind. 102 to 46. After Kaijou's 46th point, they never touched the basketball again – thanks to the captain, Akashi Seijuro. Kise could never forgot that loss. It was one of the worse defeats he had ever experienced.
Not to mention the other three geniuses. Aomine Daiki. Midorima Shintarou. And Murasakibara Atsushi.
Kise stared up at the ceiling, ignoring the rather loud swish of the hoop, the squeaking of the floor, the yells and shouts that echoed through the gym.
His eyes travelled to Aomine. The tanned teen looked bored, as he leaned against a wall, watching the players on the court play. He yawned widely, and nodded absent-mindedly to what the pink-haired manager was saying.
Kise frowned slightly, as he pulled his eyes away. Aomine Daiki was the person who inspired him to play basketball. In his second year, Touhou Middle School's boys basketball team came over to Kaijou Middle School for a practice match. Kise remember coming over to watch – mainly because he was bored and had nothing else to do.
Kise walked into the gym with his hands shoved in his pockets, and his eyes slightly lowered in boredom. Apparently, today his school's basketball team was going against another school from Tokyo. Kise smirked, he wasn't a big fan of basketball, but he was sure that his school would definitely win – afterall they were a national-level team, were they not?
He leaned against the wall, and watched the teams warm up. A tanned boy with dark blue hair and matching eyes smirked, a wild look in his eyes, as he dribbled the basketball pass his teammates, weaving from side to side like lightning, before dunking in into the hoop. Kise gasped, and his eyes widened.
"Aomine!" Someone from his team, scolded, hitting the tanned teen none too gently on the head. "You stupid idiot! Don't go all out – showing off like that before the game! Y-You basketball idiot!"
Aomine grinned sheepishly. "Sorry, captain," he laughed, his blue eyes twinkling with mirth, "Just had to get the stress out!"
Kise blinked, his heart beating abnormally fast. 'That speed…those movements…the fire in his eyes…' he thought, 'I don't think…I can copy it.' He swallowed, and raised his eyes back to Aomine, a gleam in his eyes, 'I think I should try out for basketball.' He smirked.
Kise smiled faintly. On that day, Kaijou lost, thanks to Touhou's Ace, Aomine Daiki. And that gave Kise more the reason to join the basketball club. To beat Aomine Daiki, to have Aomine acknowledge him as a strong basketball player…
And now, Aomine Daiki was in the same school as him in high school. The one Kise swore to defeat. The one whom inspired him to play basketball in the first place. His role model. Kise smirked, 'How ironic…' he thought, but then his eyes narrowed in determination, 'But I will definitely win, not only against him, but also the other three.'
Aomine Daiki wasn't very happy. He was far from that. "Satsuki," He grumbled, as he stared at the match that was going on, "This is pointless."
"Well," Momoi sighed, "Obviously, the captain has to get us in ranks first, third, second and first stringers. And from that, we can pick the ten regulars." Her pink eyes narrowed, and she scribbled something on the clipboard, "Player number eight has poor stamina, however he is quite decent at dunking," she noted.
Aomine rolled his eyes. "Already into the manager role, already?" He received no response. Aomine sighed, running a hand through his dark blue hair. "I'm itching to play, he growled, and his eyes narrowed, "Especially when there's a few strong players here."
Momoi's head snapped back to stare at Aomine in an incredulous way. "Y-You mean…" She glanced to a redhead captain who was calmly watching the game, and lowered her voice, "Akashi Seijuro? You'll be crushed in an instant! Remember the time, last year, in the Winter Cup finals – we got instantly crushed!"
Aomine rolled his eyes, and a dangerous glint appeared in his eyes, "Well, he's strong," Aomine smirked, flexing his fingers, "There's also Murasakibara Atsushi, Midorima Shintarou and Kise Ryouta."
Momoi stared at her childhood friend. "All…All you can think about of basketball is strong opponents and winning, don't you?"
Aomine shrugged. Momoi sighed. She stared down back at her clipboard. She can still recall the times when Aomine thought of nothing but simply the thrill and fun and basketball. She closed her eyes. Now, ever since the competitiveness and pressure of basketball competitions, he only focused and winning, and defeating strong opponents. Momoi smiled sadly. She wanted to see the boy who played with a smile on his face, the boy who laughed freely in a game. Not the arrogant boy with the desire to win.
Midorima Shintarou sniffed in distaste, as he taped his fingers. He couldn't believe his eyes when he found out that also four geniuses came to Teikou High. It wasn't surprisingly, that the five joined the basketball club in an instant, and Akashi Seijuro suddenly became the captain.
'Looks like today's Oha-Asa's Horoscopes were once again correct,' he thought. He pulled out his phone, and found his beloved horoscopes sections.
Cancer
You may be shocked from the events of the previous days.
Midorima pushed his glasses to the bridge of his nose. 'Indeed I am,' he thought, 'Finding out that four geniuses coming to Teikou High, the standards of the basketball club…'
But, you'll gradually get use to things.
Midorima snorted. 'Hope I do.'
It is best to have your lucky item of today – a blue and white coloured clothing.
Midorima glanced at the blue and white sock lying next to him on the bench. He nodded to himself, quietly recalling going through his mum's drawers (oh, the horror), in order to find this sacred item. 'Ironically, it's also Teikou High's school colours,' he thought.
However, watch out for any Sagittarius, as they may impose a threat to you. Do not anger any of them, as they may be feeling quite displeased, and will be more than happy to unleash their wrath when they have the chance.
Midorima raised his eyes to the redhead captain, and quickly lowered it back to the screen. 'Akashi does look quite discontented at the game or the players,' Midorima though, and quickly shook his head.
Watch out for any Gemini or Virgo as they may seek to challenge you in a game or something or sort.
Midorima blinked and sighed. Kise is a Gemini, and Aomine is a Virgo. Which means… Midorima sighed once again.
Lastly, an Aquarius will play an important role in your future, as one will have an affect on you, for the better or the worse.
Midorima frowned. 'There it is about an Aquarius again,' he thought, and his eyes travelled around the gym. 'Are any of them an Aquarius?'
Murasakibara Atsushi munched on his snacks, and watched the basketball game without much interest. His drooped eyes flitted to the other four geniuses. Akashi Seijuro – who was standing tall and proud, and watching the game, though his lips were pursed with dissatisfaction, or some sort. Aomine Daiki – who was talking to a pinked hair girl – who was apparently the manager. Midorima Shintarou – who was watching the game, and clutching…a blue and white sock? Murasakibara blinked and shook his head, and continued to munch on his snacks. And Kise Ryouta – who was leaning against the wall, watching the game without much interest.
Hopefully, the regular team wasn't too bad – after all, he was certain that he will make the team.
The purple-haired giant sighed and continued to eat.
Mmm… The crackers are quite good. But he preferred flavoured biscuits more.
The chocolate pocky tasted nice…
The lemon drop tasted too…sour for his liking.
He sucked on his lollypop. But he wanted to get straight onto his other snacks, so he bit it.
Ah. He dropped a packet of vanilla candy.
A/N: Yes XD With Murasakibara, I thought he was more of a 'lazy', totally not interested character, so instead of a lengthy section like Kise or Aomine, I decided to have it more...focused on sweets XD
Some of the sections are a different time. For example, the first section is the first day of high school, and Tetsuko's last (or something) day in America. And the last section, is the ~10th day of high school. So yea...it might be a bit confusing, so you have any questions, I'll try my best to explain it to you as clearly as possible (seeing how I suck at explaining).
To be honest, I'm really not sure about any "Romance" in this story. *scratches head* You guys might have to help me out with this... *smiles sheepishly* There's a reason why the current genres are Friendship and Humour in the first place... ehehehehe...
Once again - I never expected so many reviews for the first chapter - thank you so much! When I got 10 reviews, I was dancing in happiness...mentally.
Oh and...THERE'S A SEASON 2 IN KUROKO NO BASUKE ANIME! XDDD Yippee!
Don't worry guys, I plan for the Generation of Miracles to interact with each other more. Right now, they're kind of... "We're new students, and I don't really care much right now" (or just awkwardness?)... Yea... *coughs*
Don't worry, Tetsuko's going to come to Teikou High and meet them xD
Sorry about any errors or something - I kind of rushed it a bit ^^;
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Harco8059: Thank you so much! :D :D To be honest, I really have no idea about romance ^^;; If there is, I don't want many of the Generation of Miracles to be over heels in love with Tetsuko...so sorry about that... But thank you for your review and support! :)
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