A/E: Sorry about the delay on updates. I've been quite busy with many other things, but I'm giving it my best shot to update when I can.

Kuroko the Phantom

Kuroko blankly stared at the person that was assigned defense on him. Even though Kuroko's face was absolutely expressionless, his mind was racing at determining the ability of his defender. Of course, that was the Momoi's job, but it didn't hurt to do it yourself every once in awhile.

Kuroko took a moment to glance at the center of the court where Murasakibara stood ready for the toss up. Kuroko's eyes narrowed as he compared the player from the other team to Murasakibara. First off, Murasakibara towered over the other player and secondly the other player seemed extremely intimidated.

Well there's no surprise there, thought Kuroko with a sigh as he watched Murasakibara lazily yawn, We are the Generation of Miracles..

Kuroko then turned back to his defender and found that his defender wasn't even giving any attention towards Kuroko. He'd already forgotten Kuroko's presence and was more focused on Murasakibara's extreme height.

"Are both teams ready?" called the Referee as he walked to the center of the court. He was acknowledged with eager nods from Teikō Middle School and nervous looks from the other school. The referee took this as a signal to begin and blew his whistle before tossing the basketball into the air.

Kuroko didn't even bother to watch who got the basketball, he knew that Murasakibara had gotten it and was going to pass it to Aomine or Midorima. Either way Kuroko's job was to get down the court and be there for Aomine to pass the ball.

With a quick glance at his defender, Kuroko dashed around him and bolted down the court. Meanwhile Murasakibara easily held up his hand and grabbed the ball with just a slight hop before passing it over to Aomine. Aomine smirked as he reached up and grabbed the ball before barreling down the court, leaving the rest of Teikō's team to defend against the opponent team.

"Get him!" yelled the other team's couch as he stomped his foot on the ground, "Get that Teikō player!"

Finally realizing the situation, the team snapped back into action and pushed past the defenders before starting at Aomine. One of them managed to get ahead of Aomine and block him from making a shot.

"You really think that's going to stop me?" smirked Aomine with a glint of confidence in his eyes as he stopped dribbling and tossed the ball to the left.

"What are you? Crazy! Why would you pass the ball to thin air?" mocked the player who had been blocking Aomine.

"But what if thin air passed back?" asked Aomine as he swiveled around the player, jumped up, caught the ball flying back through the air, and dunked it before dropping to the ground.

"What the-" began the player as he turned to see who had passed the ball back, but he just found a blue haired kid standing there, "Who are you?"

"Domo, I'm Teikō's 6th player, Kuroko," said Kuroko before he turned to run down the court towards his team. The player just stood there with his mouth gaping, dumbfounded that he hadn't seen Kuroko at all.

"Where did he..."

"Hey! Snap out of it and get your head back in the game!" yelled his couch, which made him shake his head and turn his attention back to the game.

'YOSH!" yelled Yui as she stood up in the bleachers, causing everyone in the stands to turn toward her and Azusa, "Go Kuroko!"

"Yui-Senpai," pleaded Azusa as her face turned red with embarrassment, "Please sit down. Everyone's staring.."

"But Azusa! Didn't you see?! Kuroko was amazing out there! No one noticed him, just like I said they wouldn't!" said Yui as she beamed from ear to ear.

"But that's no reason to suddenly stand up and yell," groaned Azusa as she tried to ignore all the people staring.

"No matter!" continued Yui as she was still un-phased by the stares, "I'm sure Kuroko and the rest of the team will be amazing! I mean they are the Generation of Miracles."

And with that being said, Yui finally sat down and stopped making a scene. Azusa sighed in relief as she tried to focus back on the game, but Yui's consistent cheers for Teikō Middle School refused to let her focus at all.

"Why does it always have to be me that gets dragged along," groaned Azusa as she closed her eyes for a brief moment and let the sounds of the buzzer repeatedly going off sink into her. The noise was so repetitious and common that Azusa nearly fell asleep, but a sharp cut off of the consistent scoring from Teikō made Azusa snap open her eyes.

"What happened Yui-senpai?" asked Azusa as she sat up straight and looked down at the court before looking up at Yui, who was standing up yet again. Yui said nothing in response, instead she quickly pointed a finger at the scoreboard. When Azusa saw the scoreboard, her jaw nearly dropped. The score was 64 - 12 in favor of Teikō.

"Oh my.." said Azusa as she rubbed her eyes and stared at the scoreboard again, "How did they..?"

"I told you Azu-nyan," said Yui, her eyes brimming with excitement, "They are the Generation of Miracles! They're unbeatable!"

"I-I guess so," said Azusa as she shook her head in amazement and looked down at Teikō's Middle School's team as they shook hands with the other team.

"Let's go Azu-nyan!" exclaimed Yui suddenly as she jumped up, grabbed Azusa by the wrist, and started to drag her down the bleachers.

"Wha?! Where are we going Senpai?!"

"To see the team! I want to meet each and every one of them!"

"I thought you only wanted to meet and cheer up Kuroko?"

"Exactly!"

Azusa sighed and decided to give up. Yui's argument made no sense at all, but Azusa decided not to argue against it as she again recalled what Nagasa had said about Yui.

"Gee, I'm just hoping you don't get us into trouble," grumbled Azusa as she nearly tripped over a seat on the way down to the team.

"Nice job everyone, " said Akashi as he brushed back his hair, "We won, but I expected you all to have performed better. We actually let them score this game."

Almost the entire Teikō team nodded solemnly as they all agreed that even though they won, it could have been an even better victory if they hadn't let the other team score. It was quiet for a moment as everyone thought over this, but suddenly Kise piped up.

"Well we did pretty well at least, can you at least-"

"No Kise," grunted Akashi with a dull look on his face, "You know our philosophy by heart like the rest of us. Even with that philosophy being kept, as captain I still expect you to do better. Today I saw a few of there players get past your defense."

Kise didn't respond, he just gave a slight nod. No one else said anything and it was quiet on the court as everyone started to rest up. Kuroko stood there, slightly agitated that all the team really cared about was winning and that his fears had been confirmed. Teikō's basketball team didn't play for fun anymore nor did they play because they loved basketball. They only played because they wanted to win and crush their opponents.

Kuroko gritted his teeth and was about to open his mouth and say something, but Aomine came up behind him.

"Nice job today Kuroko," grinned Aomine as he gave a light punch to Kuroko's shoulder, "You did well with your passes today, like always."

"Thanks," replied Kuroko as he forced a grin and bumped knuckles with him before he watched Aomine walk over to the bench as well. Well at least Aomine doesn't seem to care about winning so much, he thought to himself as he looked to each of his teammates.

Kuroko stifled a sigh as he shoved the thoughts of his team only wanting victory to the back of his mind before walking towards the exit of the gymnasium.

"Where are you going Kuroko?" asked one of his teammates once they'd noticed Kuroko leaving.

"Fresh air," came Kuroko's response as he signaled to them that he'd be fine.

"What's wrong with Kuroko," asked Kise as he drank some more of his energy drink, "He's been quieter than usu-"

"Where's Kuroko?!" yelled Yui as she and Azusa both fell over the railing and onto Aomine and Kise, who were on the bench.

"Wait! what the-get off of me!" yelled Aomine as he pushed away Yui as she tried to scramble to her feet.

"I am so sorry about my friend," said Azusa as she brushed off her clothes after Kise had helped her get up, "But she's looking for a player named Kuroko, do you happen to know-"

"There! Outside!" said Yui as she, yet again, grabbed Azusa' wrist and dragged her towards the exit.

The entire Teikō Middle School team just stood there, dumbfounded by what had just happened.

"Friends of yours?" asked Aomine as he glanced at Kise.

"Nope, but it looks like they know Kurokocchi."

"Should we call security?"

"No, because believe it or not, the really loud one is the leader for the Light Music Club here at Teikō."

"You have got to be kidding me," groaned the entire team as they all looked at Yui who was still dragging Azusa outside.

A/E: Well that's about it for chapter 3. Sorry if the character's are a bit off, I've been trying to refresh myself with the characters and have proof read this chapter so many times. Chapter 4 will be up as soon as I can and I hope you all have a wonderful day.

Chapter 4: This is Gīta