I think this might turn into just Akakuro, with AllxKuro as side pairings. I don't know yet. I just really like Kuroko. ;D
Three things:
1) I'm slow at updating at times. Sorry.
2) All the chapters are extremely short and stock-full of un-actiony, boring stuff. I'll try to fix that in the later chapters.
3) Thanks for the reviews!
(I'm portraying Riko as more dangerous than Akashi. Lemme fix that in this chapter.)
The whole "finding Kuroko" ordeal was a huge bust. Kagami insisted it was sickness, whilst Riko seemed firm in her belief that something was wrong with the bluenette.
"Call him then, Bakagami!" Riko suggested (threatened) when Kagami tried to get out of invading Kuroko's privacy for the umpteenth time.
Kagami hesitated uncertainly.
"Well, what are you waiting for?" Riko held up a fist, a false serene smile on her face. She was probably down for murder at this point. Then again, she was always down for murder.
"N-Nothing! Geez, Coach, calm down!"
"What did you just say?" Riko's mood whiplashed from 'I might murder you if the situation calls for it' to 'I will murder you, no doubts about it.' Kagami decided he valued his life, and hurriedly fumbled with his phone, flipping it open with trembling fingers and dialing a number he knew by heart.
"He's so brave," whispered Koganei to Mitobe, who of course had nothing to say to that.
"Ne, what was that?~"
"Eek!"
Luckily, before Koganei could be slain by the evil beast, Kuroko picked up the phone.
"Taiga."
….Never mind, that sounded nothing like Kuroko's calm monotone. This was more like…well, nothing could describe this person's voice, other than eviler and crueler than Riko's, which Kagami didn't think was possible.
"W-Who is this?" The redhead hoped the other didn't notice the slight tremor in his voice. Judging by the hum of satisfaction on the other side, he guessed he had heard.
…Kagami was pretty sure he knew who it was, but he didn't want to jump the gun.
"Who do you think it is, Taiga?" the other countered composedly.
Yep, definitely Akashi.
Kagami didn't want to die today. He was too young. He had a future ahead of him.
But he also had pride.
…
Even if he was facing against the devil himself.
"Why do you have Kuroko's phone?" Kagami chose the rational question.
"Tetsuya is…busy at the moment." Kagami swore he felt the other redhead smiling. It was undoubtedly creepy, and something he'd rather not experience ever again.
"Busy with what?"
"You're asking too many questions." Kagami didn't know what was worse; Riko on a bad day, or Akashi in general.
Probably Akashi.
"Now, Taiga….why did you call, exactly?"
Kagami gulped nervously, his Adam's Apple bobbing. He was not scared. He was not scared. He was –
Okay, he was seriously going to piss in his pants. Heck, if it weren't for his teammates staring expectantly at him, he would've done so already.
He promptly hung up before he could humiliate himself further.
"K-a-g-a-m-i-k-u-n~"
Not again.
"Why did you hang up?"
Goodbye, cruel world.