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Adie returned to the resort the next day, she had talked to Riko and they had arrived at the decision that Adie would come and join them during the day and return to her own home during the night. It was more practical since she had Teddy and the place wasn't really equipped to house a three-year-old.

She made sure to pack something that had Teddy busy during practice, and set up a corner for him with Riko's help. Adie smiled at the coach and wondered just how she had gotten to be such a good coach. She heard Teppei talk about her and from what she had seen yesterday, she was convinced that Riko was a good coach.

"Ok! Gather up!" Riko called their attention. Adie had been warming up with Teppei and jogged back with him. She heard the Shutoku coach also call his players to him from the other side of the court. She frowned a little thinking it was something familiar about that coach.

Riko went over some details she wanted them to work on during the practice match and plans she wanted them to try out. Adie kept silenced and nodded when Riko talked directly to her. Adie saw the disappointment in Kagami when he was told he would be running again today.

Lining up again Adie stood opposite from Miyaji who was looking at her with a focused stare, she just smiled back.

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They played three matches like yesterday with one win and one draw. Adie thought it was pretty good, all in all. Glancing over when she felt eyes on her she saw most of the Shutoku team staring at them with intense eyes. They looked worried, Adie thought.

"Looks like they're worried," Adie commented to Teppei who glanced over at them and grinned.

"Looks like they don't like us," Teppei said back happily and Adie laughed giving him a look.

"Normal people will frown when they say something like that," she said.

"Ah," Teppei said still grinning making her laugh amused.

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"Potter-san?" Adie was running to pick up a ball that had bounced away from their training exercise and saw Nakatani Masaaki look at her with a thoughtful look in his eyes. He was holding the ball for her so she had to talk to him.

"Yes?" Adie asked confused and again thought she had seen him before…

"You're Adeline Potter-san, aren't you?" He asked again and she blinked. "From Shoei Elementary School?"

Adie nodded frowning a little as she looked at him before her eyes widened and she realised why he had been familiar.

"You're Daichi-chan's dad," she realised and he smiled and nodded. "I'm sorry I didn't remember at first."

"It's alright, I didn't recognize you at first either," he smiled and looked at her. "How are you, Potter-san?"

"I'm fine, Nakatani-sensei," Adie smiled back. "How's Daichi-chan?"

"He's doing fine," Nakatani said. "He's attending Tokyo University now. He graduated from Shutoku last year."

Adie nodded and smiled, she glanced over at Teddy who was playing with Nigou. Nakatani followed her eyes and she saw the questions he didn't want to ask. She hesitated for a moment before she remembered that he and Daichi had always been kind to her.

"I adopted Teddy last year after his parents died," she said swallowing away the grief that still hit her sometimes. "That's why I fell behind a year at school. I had to make sure Teddy was okay and it was hard to do with the school I was attending."

Nakatani looked at her with a concerned look and reached out and patted her shoulder in comfort.

"You're a very brave girl, Adie-chan," he said switching back to how he addressed her when she was a child. She smiled a little. "Not many would do that."

"He's my godson, of course, I would take him when he had no one," Adie said looking back at him. "Besides, his dad was my dad's best friend from school. He was more like an uncle to me than my real uncle was. I owe it to him to look out for his son."

"Like I said, very brave," Nakatani said a proud look in his eyes. He smiled and the tone in his voice lightened a little, "you're providing us with a challenge with your play, Adie-chan. I realised it was you with the way you played. It reminded me of a little girl who played basketball with my son after school in our backyard."

Adie grinned at him.

"You did teach me to always give it my all no matter who was your opponent," she said and he laughed and nodded.

"Potter-san?" Adie glanced over her shoulder and saw Riko look at her as well as the others on the team, "We're going outside."

"I should get back to my team," Adie said and Nakatani nodded.

"I'll talk to you later," he said and she nodded.

"It was good seeing you again, Nakatani-sensei," Adie bowed politely and he nodded and patted her shoulder.

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"What was that about?" Koganei asked confused and curious when they got outside, Adie was aware that there were many curious people inside the gym as well have noticed the way they looked at her and the Shutoku coach.

"He's the dad of one of my old classmates," Adie said and Teppei raised a brow.

"He is?" Teppei asked and Adie looked at him nodding.

"Nakatani Daichi," Adie said.

"Oh, of course," Teppei said. "I should have made the connection."

"So you know Shutoku's coach?" Riko asked and Adie nodded.

"Haven't seen him since I was 10 though," Adie said. "Or Daichi-chan."

Adie looked around the yard and saw several large blue buckets, they must reach her thighs at least, standing spread randomly around the yard. She saw that each was filled with ice water, making her wonder what Riko had planned now.

"What's this?" Izuki asked also having noticed the buckets.

"It's my special training technique," Riko explained happily. "It's great for sore muscles and fatigue."

There were several protests but Riko wouldn't budge, Adie walked up to one and grabbed a hold of each edge and jumped over the edge. The feeling of coldness made her draw a sharp breath and she worked to keep her legs to keep steady and not jump back out like she wanted to do.

"That's cold!" she heard Kagami complain and then several splashes as the rest of the team jumped inside. She looked and saw them all shaking and legs seemed to be trembling as they stood in the buckets.

"So we ended up losing one game, winning one and paying one draw," Izuki said.

"Have w-we g-gotten w-worse," Koganei asked stuttering because of the cold.

"Don't talk nonsense," Hyuga snapped in a barely steady voice.

"Not at all. You've definitely grown," Teppei said. "Have more confidence. We're strong!"

Adie chuckled as she watched Teppei give that inspirational speech while shivering violently while the others looked at him strangely.

"Didn't you see how they looked at you after the matches?" Adie asked them and they frowned confused at her.

"What do you mean?" Kuroko asked.

"They looked at you warily and worried," Adie said patiently, "like they were looking at a strong challenger. They definitely don't think you've gotten worse."

They smiled at that.

"How can you s-stand th-ere like you're not e-even fee-eling the c-c-cold?!" Koganei asked glaring at her.

"Hm?" Adie asked blinking. "I feel the cold. I just focus on something else."

She smiled at the incredulous looks she got. This wasn't much worse than some of what Oliver had put them through for Quidditch practice.

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Nakatani observed his players as they trained on passing and attacking in fast succession, he heard the liveliness coming from the Seirin team outside and almost smiled. He had not expected to see Adeline Potter again after she moved away when she was 10 years old, and that's was why he hadn't connected the young woman that had appeared as part of Seirin yesterday with the shy little girl that had come home with Daichi after school sometimes.

He knew that Daichi had missed her when she moved, she had been one of his best friends, one who understood his love for basketball the best. They would play in the backyard all night if he or his wife let them, barely taking time off to eat. He remembered that she was always very polite and grateful for any attention, even if she was shy about it. She seemed to have lost a lot of that shyness now, though. He had seen her with Seirin and saw how she acted around them, she was more open and playful, yet there was a shadow in her eyes.

He had seen it when she talked about her son, Teddy, and his biological parents. There was a deep pain in her and it worried him.

"Hey, dad!" Nakatani blinked and looked up seeing his son walking in through the gym doors.

"Daichi," he said frowning a little, "what are you doing here?"

"I remembered that the team always came here during the summer and decided to stop by and say hi," Daichi said. "I kind of miss playing on this team."

"You're doing well on your new team, though," Nakatani said getting up and Daichi smiled and nodded in acceptance of that.

"Hey, Nakatani-captain!" Miyaji grinned bouncing over to them and Daichi smiled and soon the rest of the team paused their training joining them. Daichi greeted Midorima and Takao when Nakatani noticed Seirin entering the gym again.

"You won't believe it, Nakatani-kun," Miyaji said and looked toward the Seirin team as well.

"What won't I believe?" Daichi asked confused.

"Seirin has a girl on their team now and she's actually really good," Miyaji almost grudgingly admitted. "I think your dad knows her, though…"

Nakatani met his son's eyes and saw the confusion in them and just when he was about to speak up and tell him who it was he was interrupted.

"Daichi-chan!" Nakatani saw Daichi's eyes widen as he spun around and saw someone coming running toward him. Only one person called him Daichi-chan and he had thought she had moved away.

Daichi stepped forward just as Adie barrelled into him and hugging him, he circled his arms around her waist hugging her back ignoring the staring former teammates.

"Adie?" he asked a little uncertainly. Nakatani heard a giggle coming from Adie and saw her step back grinning up at Daichi who blinked down at her as he seemed to look at her closer. Nakatani felt his lips twitch in amusement at the shock in Daichi's eyes.

"Hi Daichi-chan;" Adie said her smile softening and getting a gentler look in her eyes. "Your dad didn't tell me you were planning on stopping by today."

"I… I wasn't planning to," Daichi said snapping out of his shock and look at his dad. "He didn't say anything about you being here."

"Oh, don't go and accuse your dad of hiding it," Adie said slapping him lightly at the arm making him grin sheepishly at her. "He just recognized me today and I just arrived here at the resort yesterday."

"Okay, okay," Daichi said. "So, when did you come back?"

"Two days ago," Adie smiled.

"You know her, Nakatani-kun?" Miyaji interrupted them and the two startled a little seemingly having forgotten that they weren't alone.

Nakatani saw that the Seirin team also had joined them and saw Kiyoshi Teppei smile a little.

"Yes," Daichi nodded. "She was in my class back at Shoei Elementary, and she used to come home with me to play basketball."

"Hi Nakatani-kun," Teppei grinned and Daichi looked at him.

"Hi Kiyoshi-kun," he smiled back. "You managed to get her to come back from England?"

The three of them had played together a little on the basketball court in between Adie and Teppei's houses, and the two of them had pretty much been Adie's only friends until she went to Hogwarts.

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"Mum!" Teddy called and ran toward her and hugged her legs staring up at her with wide eyes. Adie noticed Daichi's raised brow in surprise.

"Yes, Teddy?" Adie asked focusing on her son again.

"Please, please, please," he begged, getting a couple of laughs from the crowd around them at his pleading eyes and Adie's narrowing eyes as she suspected what he wanted. Again.

"Please, what?" Adie asked knowing she would regret asking.

"Please, can I get a dog?" Teddy asked and she groaned.

"No," Adie said firmly and he pouted. "I have told you a hundred times that you can't get a dog. Maybe when you're older."

"I am older than I was last time I asked!" Teddy protested wide-eyed.

"One day," Adie said dryly glaring at Teppei who laughed, but he wasn't the only one who laughed.

"Uncle Bill told me I would like having a dog," Teddy pouted folding his arms.

"Uh-huh," Adie said. "But your uncle Bill wouldn't be the one who had to walk the dog, now would he?"

"I could do it," Teddy said.

"Not yet," Adie said and the look in her eyes made Teddy back down and sulk. "I'm sure you will get to play with Nigou again, Teddy."

"Wow, you really have the mum-look down," Daichi commented and Adie looked at him confused. "You know, the look that says: 'shut up or you're grounded'-look."

Adie smiled and shook her head. "Well, I guess. Daichi, I want you to meet my adoptive son, Teddy Lupin-Potter. Teddy, this is a friend of mine, Nakatani Daichi."

"Hello, Teddy-chan," Daichi smiled widely to him and held out a hand. "Call me Daichi-nii-chan."

"Hi Daichi-nii-chan," Teddy smiled a little shyly back.

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Adie did talk a little more with Daichi before he had to go, but they traded numbers so they could meet soon and catch up. The rest of the time she spent with Seirin and she found she liked the team very much. There was something about them that pulled you in and captured you when they claimed you as one of theirs. It felt strange to her to be accepted so easily and quickly, just a word from Teppei and they all accepted her as one of their teammates.

She was on her way out of the gym whit Teddy on her way home for the day when she noticed Takao and Kuroko hiding behind a bush, she frowned in confusion until she spotted Kagami and Midorima facing each other on the court and their spying made sense.

"Let's be quiet for a moment, Teddy," Adie told her son not able to let this mystery go. She was too curious for her own good sometimes.

"Why?" Teddy asked.

"It's a game," Adie told him and he got an excited look in his eyes and nodded. She chuckled knowing he always enjoyed a game.

"What are you doing?" Adie asked quietly squatting down in between Kuroko and Takao, both jumped slightly at her sudden appearance.

"Woah!" Takao gasped shocked a hand clutching at his heart. He eyed Adie suspiciously while she just met his eyes amused. "Why didn't I see you? I even see Kuroko most of the time!"

"Who knows?" Adie shrugged glancing at Kuroko who was looking at her impassively. "Perhaps you're too interested in spying on Kagami-kun and Midorima-kun?"

Adie thought she saw Kuroko's lips twitch amused before he hid it behind his mask of stoic politeness.

"Hush!" Teddy shushed them making the other two look down at him. "We're supposed to be silent! It's a game!"

Adie couldn't help the smile at their bewildered looks.

"Come," Midorima's voice interrupted their silent conversation behind the bushes and Adie looked over the top to see Midorima glare at Kagami, "I will correct your simplistic thinking."

Adie raised a brow in surprise as she looked closer at Midorima, she could tell he was serious. He wasn't just making fun or mocking Kagami. Beside her, she heard Takao gasp a little in surprise.

"He's not just picking a fight," Takao muttered thoughtfully. "Half the answer? There's something beyond those ridiculous jumps of his?"

Kuroko just looked seriously at them and it was hard to see what he was thinking as he watched his current teammate with his old teammate.

"Of course there is," Adie said and Takao looked at her but she didn't elaborate as Midorima threw a ball at Kagami and told him they were going to play and Midorima would be on defence. He laid out the rules and Adie could see that Kagami was bristling slightly at the insult in Midorima's words and talked angrily back at him. Midorima was calm and stated that his horoscope for the day was better than Kagami's.

As they played Midorima's words turned true and he stopped Kagami's shoots every time easily enough. Adie had to admit that she was impressed by Midorima's defence ability and taken by Takao's reaction it wasn't often he had seen the green-haired miracle like this if he ever had.

"You see why he's losing yet?" Adie asked carefully to keep her voice quiet. Takao frowned at her and Kuroko looked blankly at her, but Adie saw the knowing look in his eyes.

"One more!" Kagami demanded to interrupt Takao's question.

"I'm done!" Midorima said and Kagami glared at him. "Notice already, you fool! No matter how many times we do this, stopping you is easy because I know you will dunk."

Kagami blanched a little and Adie smiled to herself.

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Midorima walked toward them and stopped before addressing Takao who startled and looked at him a little guiltily.

"You know?" Takao asked. Midorima ignored him and looked at Kuroko eyeing him for a moment.

"Don't disappoint me at the Winter Cup preliminaries," Midorima said to Kuroko who met his eyes determinedly.

"We won't," Kuroko answered. With a last look at Adie and Teddy, Midorima and Takao left.

Adie got to her feet and looked closely at Kuroko as he did the same, she furrowed her brows a little as she looked at him. He looked up and noticed her looking at him making him blink at her confused. She smiled a little. He kind of was adorable, she thought.

"You're distracted with your new style, aren't you?" She asked.

"Yes," he said simply. Teddy took Adie's hand and looked up at Kuroko with a curious look in his eyes.

"Well, I won't pretend to have all the answers," Adie said, "but why don't you work with what you have and go from there."

"What do you mean?" Kuroko asked confused.

"Your style now is misdirection, isn't it?" Adie asked and he nodded. "Then work from that and develop it further. Don't let others tell you what you can and can't do, Kuroko-kun. The one limiting you is you alone."

Kuroko just stared at her and Adie smiled and leaned down to pick up Teddy who was leaning sleepily against her legs. Adie looked at Kuroko and smiled a little.

"You can do it, Tetsuya-nii-chan," Teddy yawned and Kuroko's eyes snapped to the little boy who was rubbing his eyes trying to keep them up.

"That's right," Adie agreed. "They all have faith in you, Kuroko-kun. Well, I better get this little one home. See you later, and have a good night."

"Good night, Potter-san," Kuroko bowed politely.

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AN: Thank you for reading! XD