"Amaya, let's go watch the boys' practice game against Seirin!"

Amaya stiffened at Gina's suggestion.

"Doesn't Kise play basketball? In that case, I'm not going. Pretty boys can't play basketball anyway."

Sakura scoffed,

"He'll be there but it's not like they need to put him in. Kaijo will win, after all. Besides, Kise is the most amazing on the team. He's a member of the Generation of Miracles."

Amaya shrugged. She wasn't too interested in basketball; it was a boring sport.

"Wait a second, I can't go. I forgot that I have a tennis meeting." Gina sighed sadly.

As if she remembered something, Sakura pulled out a green planner from her backpack and flipped through it, pouting when her finger covered the square that marked today's date.

"Damn, I can't go either. Our art club is going to meet up at the contemporary art exhibit today."

"Too bad for you two." Amaya teased.

"So you're going?" The girls asked in unison.

Amaya shrank back in her seat as two girls shot glares at her, commanding that she go and watch the scrimmage.

"Fine, fine, I'll go."

"Good! Send us pictures to prove that you were there."

Amaya groaned and smacked her forehead.

"What is this, a babysitting service?"

"We're trying to get you a boyfriend!" Sakura sighed.

Amaya rolled her eyes,

"I don't need a boyfriend. I just need the two of you."

"Aww, how sweet! But we'd still like for you to get a boyfriend, Amaya." Gina said.

The girls laughed and they promised to text each other later as they went their separate ways.

The campus of Kaijo Private High School never failed to amaze Amaya. There were many sports facilities and they were all very complete and developed. There was either a field or a building for almost every sport, including track and field, soccer, tennis, and especially basketball.

The gym had a huge sign plastered on top of the main doors. There was a commotion going on and Amaya wondered if the scrimmage had already started. She made her way through the door and marveled at the size of the gym; it even had a second floor with a wrap around balcony that allowed people to view the game from all sides of the building.

Seirin had already arrived dressed in their red and white uniforms.

"Minamicchi!"

"Minami...cchi?"

Amaya was dumbfounded by the weirdness of her new name. Kise was running towards her while waving enthusiastically.

"I'm so glad you're here, Minamicchi! We're scrimmaging against Seirin today."

"I heard. I guess I should wish you and the team good luck."

Kise grinned,

"Thanks. Hey, come over here with me!"

Amaya didn't have time to protest as Kise took her hand and led her over to a blue haired boy who was dressed in the Seirin uniform.

"Minamicchi, this is Kurokocchi! We were teammates at Teiko! He's an amazing person and we've been friends for forever!"

"Not really."

"Kurokocchi, how could you!"

"It's nice to meet you." The boy said.

"Yeah, you, too."

Amaya was amazed at the blue-haired boy's lack of presence.

"Minamicchi, you'll be cheering for me, right?"

"I don't know, maybe I'll cheer for Kuroko-san instead."

"So mean!"

Amaya fought the urge to roll her eyes and she made her way to the second floor.

As the scrimmage progressed from half court to full court (because some red-haired first year broke the rim), Amaya found herself being drawn into the game. Kise was amazing! And the fact that he was a model had nothing to do with his basketball skills. He was a completely different person on the court. She was slightly annoyed when Kise waved to his fangirls who came to watch the game.

"Stupid Kise! Focus on the game!" She shouted.

Kise's gaze shot up to meet hers and he grinned sheepishly while waving up at her.

Amaya was impressed with Kise's skills. It seemed like he was unstoppable, even with Kuroko's cool misdirection and the red-head's powerful dunks (she later learned that his name was Kagami Taiga and he recently came back to Japan from America).

When the scrimmage ended with Seirin emerging as the victors, and Amaya saw Kise cry, she couldn't help but sigh. Kaijo was amazing but Seirin put up a good fight; they definitely earned their victory. Amaya made her way down to the court. Kise saw her approaching and he quickly wiped his eyes as his teammates headed to the locker room.

"Sorry you had to see that..."

"It's fine. You were...amazing, Kise."

Kise's eyes lit up at Amaya's words and he smiled when he noticed the light blush on her cheeks.

"Uwaaaa! Minamicchi complimented me!"

Amaya yelped when Kise wrapped his arms tightly around her in a hug.

"Stop! You're sweaty and you stink! STOP!"