The group of teenagers sitting outside of the convenience store were, for the most part, arguing. Only the shortest and the tallest ones were watching the others conversate and argue with each other. The shorter one simply believed that it was below him to join in the argument and the taller one just thought it was too much trouble when he could be doing something better with his mouth – such as eat his seventh popsicle or pull out a bag of chips from his bag. There was more or less one large ongoing argument between the other three, though one of them would get dragged into an argument with the only girl in the group every once in a while.

"Look, we don't even know if Kuro Te is even his real name so I don't think we should be getting this worked up about it!" The tanned one seemed to be annoyed with how the conversation kept changing to the girl-turned-boy that had dominated their conversations for the past week. The blonde of the group was, for the most part, the reason these conversations even started.

"Aominecchi! Don't you think we should at least apologize, ssu?!" Kise, the blonde, exclaimed, gesturing almost wildly with his arms to show how 'serious' he was about this claim. "Female or not, it's rude to lift the skirt of a lady! Downright scandalous to lift one of a famous lady!"

"He's avoiding us anyways so it doesn't matter if we do nanodayo." Midorima said as he pushed his glasses up, obviously getting annoyed with this conversation.

"Hey guys…" Kise started, looking off in the distance. His voice was overtaken by Aomine's voice though.

"You're such a Tsundere, Midorima!" Aomine sneered, "You want to apologize to the tranny just as much as the blonde idiot does!"

"Guys…"

"Wh-what are you talking about?! I am no such thing, nanodayo!" Midorima had developed a slight blush and a tick mark, glaring through his glasses at the tanned basketball idiot. "It's just that a Cancer such as I and an Aquarius such as Kuro would never get along!"

"Hello…?"

"You care enough to find out what his sign was, so don't even say anything while in denial!" Aomine smirked, his arms crossing as he looked down his nose at the Megane.

"Guys!" Kise interrupted, jumping in between the two while waving his arms. "Isn't that Kuro Te himself?!" The other four males and the female followed his finger to where it was pointing at the seeming blue haired girl walking down the sidewalk on the other side of the street at a leisurely pace while typing on his phone. Akashi noticed something else though. He stood up and took off to the other side of the street, attempting to get through the small crowd of people going home from work or leaving for work. Even though the amount of people was small, it was still difficult to get through the crowd. The rest of the group followed after him, oblivious about the real reason Akashi had gotten up and started rushing towards the trans-gender boy.

...

"You're… Kuro Te-chan, right?" Kuroko looked over his shoulder to see an older man, about in his late twenties or early thirties. He was really not taking very good care of himself, judging by his yellow teeth, unshaven face, and long messy hair. His face was also smudged with dirt along with his breath smelling slightly of alcohol. His clothes were ripped in places and, since they were darker colors, it was difficult to tell how dirty they were. The grip tightened on his arm tightened as Kuroko didn't speak fast enough. "You are, right?" He seemed insistent on finding out the answer, even as his eyes roamed along the stylish outfit that Kuroko was wearing.

"Yes, I am. Is there a reason you are still holding onto my arm?" Kuroko glanced down at the hand that was covered in scars and healing cuts that was leaving its own imprint on his pale arm.

"Why don't we have a little fun before I let you go?" The man's eyes were unfocused as he stared at the short skirt that Kuroko wore, barely covering half of his thighs.

"Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to let go before I hurt you." Kuroko knew he was bluffing. After all, he could barely lift his school bag every morning.

"Such a pretty little girl with such strong words." The lust in the man's eyes seemed to only increase at Kuroko's words. Kuroko's eyes narrowed slightly.

If only a meteorite would come crashing down on this guy… Or on this street, make him shocked enough to let go so I could run… Or maybe a pack of rabid dogs… Nigou would also be a good choice, maybe I should bring him with me to shoots as well… Chickens would be nice, they have sharp talons… They could claw at his face, make him let go, then they would go back to the farm they came from… No, it's more likely that a leopard and a panther will come charging down the street, grab him, push him away, hurt him, then a domestic dog and a bunny will make sure I'm alright. A bear will also be there, it'll eat this pervert… Kuroko was lost in his musings and entertaining mental images; he didn't pay attention as the perv pulled him closer and was close to pulling him into the dark alley that was next to them to have his way with him. What took him out of his imagination though was when a certain red head that he had been avoiding seemed to appear out of nowhere with a sophistic smile on his face, directed towards the perv.

"Hi there, sir, is there something that you needed with my classmate?" Kuroko blanked out as he literally felt the knives and, for some strange reason, scissors coming from that smile. A shudder ran through his body, barely noticeable, but still there.

"OI! What are you doing with Kuro?" Aomine, yet another male he had been avoiding, appeared in Kuroko's vision. He was glaring at the perv but it wasn't as terrifying to see as Akashi's smile was. Kuroko blinked as he saw the other team members coming up behind those two. The main let go of Kuroko's arm and backed away a bit, obviously feeling the fear but too drunk to realize it was fear – for the next moment, he was stepping forward with a glare of his own.

"Hah? And who are you to care what I do with a willing girl?" Kuroko deadpanned at that question, wondering when he had actually seemed willing. Aomine grinned through his glare and Kuroko suddenly saw the image of a panther getting ready to jump on its prey as Aomine grabbed the guy's shirt collar and threw him into the alleyway, following afterward in a stalking manner.

"Kuro-chan~! Are you okay?" Kuroko blinked, turning his focus from the two in the alleyway to the five who were not. Kuroko resisted the urge to rub his eyes as he saw Golden Retriever ears and tail on Kise's body, a lop-eared bunny on Midorima's shoulder, a snow leopard wrapped around Akashi, and bear ears on Murasakibara's head. Kuroko ended up blinking the images away, seeing the four as they were supposed to look like.

"Ah. Kise-kun. I'm fine." Kuroko watched them continue looking at him and lifted his arm like he had seen on TV before. "I could have taken him easily. See these guns?" He pointed at his upper arm, which was flexing his non-existent muscle, and most of them sweat-dropped.

"Well, he's obviously perfectly fine." Midorima pushed his glasses up, looking severely annoyed.

"Ku-Kuro-chan… You have a weird sense of humor… Heh heh…" Kise sweat dropped with an awkward looking smile.

"You're coming with us while Daiki takes care of the trash." Akashi grasped Kuroko's wrist and dragged him back towards the place that the group had been the whole time before they had seen Kuroko. After they brought Kuroko back to the hang out spot, they retook the positions they were in before. Kuroko was about to take a seat when he saw something in a vending machine, deciding he deserved a popsicle after what just happened. He wasn't going to eat dinner like he had told his manager though. Kuroko bought the popsicle and started eating it, looking at the others as they watched him.

"Akashi-cchi, don't you have something to say to Kuro-chan?" Kise prodded, looking at the red head from his spot behind Murasakibara. Akashi sent a glare in Kise's direction before turning towards Kuroko.

"I formally apologize for causing you discomfort and for lifting your skirt without your permission. I sincerely hope you will forgive me and will forget about the incident." Akashi didn't mean a single bit of this. It was more like a business transaction than an apology from what Kuroko saw. Kuroko simply continued eating his popsicle, debating whether or not he should.

He did just help me from a pervert… Though he is a perv himself so it doesn't matter anyways! Geez, where is that meteor? The dogs? Nigou? Um… A flaming arrow coming down and missing him by an inch only to hit that tree he's leaning against and set it on fire, burning him as well? Hm… No, aliens come down from outer space and kidnap him to learn about human beings only to realize that he's an alien as well! That's it! All of these guys are aliens, that's why they're so hot and cocky and their 'I'm holier than thou' personalities! Either that, or they're just jackasses… No, they're aliens. As Kuroko was debating this in his thoughts, Kise was getting more and more nervous and Midorima was getting more annoyed as Kuroko continued eating at his popsicle and staring off into space with a dazed expression.

"So, does the tranny have a real name?" Aomine appeared out of nowhere, slinging his arm over Kuroko's shoulder. Kuroko looked up at him from the corner of his eyes as he finished off his popsicle.

"What makes you think my name isn't Kuro Te?" Kuroko tested the waters before realizing what a stupid question that was.

"Really, what guy would be given the name Te by their parents at their birth?" Aomine had an annoyed expression.

"Fine. I will forgive everyone but you." Kuroko ignored Aomine's question as he pointed at Akashi with his 'Winner' stick. Akashi blinked, slightly surprised, before annoyance showed on his composed expression.

"Is that so…" Akashi hummed, his finger tapping against his arm as he stared at the short male.

"My name is Kuroko Tetsuya. Please do not inform anyone of my true gender, it would destroy my modelling career and my manager would be upset with me. She is truly frightening when angry, like Medusa." Kuroko said, almost as if he were reciting from a text book the math formulas that they would need to use on the next test.

Rawr! I know, I didn't have it up by Saturday but hey, at least it's up now! And no, I was not meaning any sexual innuendo that you may or may not have thought of after reading that…

The votes are as follows:

GoM – 8

GoM+Kagami – 6

Akashi – 2

Akashi+Kise – 1

Kagami – 4

Kise+Aomine – 1 (I'm counting AnjoRemix's review as a vote for these two, if you don't mind AnjoRemix)

Yes, the votes are still going on… I'll probably have two more chapters that will go uninfluenced by the votes then the rest of the story will need a complete set of ten votes for that single pairing… I will await the votes~!

Time for bed though so nighty night! Oyasumi! Er… Konbanwa!... Adios…?

Nightmare