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Chapter 4

Seirin made their way through Kaijou's gates, and as they did so, they were awed by the buildings' infrastructure. In comparison to their school, Kaijou was by far bigger and better, and they were starting to wonder just what did they get themselves into. But Riko was all smiles. Since they had wanted to become number one and defeating the Generation of Miracles (Kagami), she decided why not start from now?

But for Kagami, he was far too excited. His eyes were red with sleep, making the boy look terrifying.

"Kagami-kun, the look in your eyes is worse than usual." Tetsuya had said to the boy.

"Shut up." He replied turning his face away. "I was a little too excited that's all."

"What are you, a child going on a field trip?"

"What'd you say?!" he seemed as though he would have grabbed the smaller teen when they heard a voice call out.

"Hey guys!"

When they looked in the direction, they saw the tall blond running towards them. Tetsuya groaned aloud and Kagami had to stifle down a laugh. Ever since Kise came at Seirin, he took notice of Tetsuya's reaction to the blond, and honestly, he found it extremely funny.

"This place is big so I thought I'd come get you." Kise said to Riko.

"Hello." She greeted. Kagami then walked up to the blond in an attempt to say something but he was brutally ignored. Kise just walked by him, heading straight to Tetsuya who really wished he hadn't noticed him. It wasn't that he hated the blond, at this moment; Tetsuya was more upset with their coach than anything.

"Kurokocchi, ever since you turned me down my invitation to join us, I've been crying into my pillow every night." He even wiped his imaginary tears.

"What's wrong with him?" Hyuuga asked upon seeing Kise's behavior.

"Just show us the way!" Kagami said. But Kise didn't turn to look at him. He continued to bother Tetsuya with his fake tears. "Are you ignoring me!?" Kagami then shouted. Once more, nothing from the blond.

But today was not the day that Tetsuya wanted to put up with his foolishness. "Could you stop being so sarcastic?" he said.

Kise eyes intensified. "I'm interested to know more about the guy who's making Kurokocchi say those things." He said as he turned in Kagami's direction. He then walked towards the redhead, "I don't care much about being called Generation of Miracles, but I can't ignore such an obvious challenge. I'm not mature enough to let it slide. Sorry, but I'm going to crush you with everything I have."

"Sounds good." Kagami grinned. But then that entire mood was broken when they saw someone dashed up to Kise and kicked him to the ground.

"What's taking you so long, you fool?!" he roared. Tetsuya chuckled at this. This was the first time that he's seeing Yukio interact with Kise. "We simply told you to go get them! Don't you know that having your guests wait is bad manners!?"

"Senpai!" Kise wailed. "I'm sorry!"

Yukio calmed down and collected himself. He then greeted Riko and the rest of the team after. Tetsuya had to turn his face away to hide his grin; he wished that he taken out his phone to video this for Shouichi and the others to see later.

Yukio then led them to the gym, Kise sticking onto Tetsuya right throughout. Yukio didn't do anything, as he knew that Tetsuya was capable of putting Kise in his place should the need arrive. But what he was most worried about was the match. He knows that Tetsuya is currently upset with his coach and that's the problem. In their time of playing streetball together, there were teams who looked down on them because they were shorter. This always enraged the blue-haired teen and well, there were many matches were the opposing hardly ever touched the ball.

Playing against that was not on Yukio's list. Ever.

Soon, they reached the gym and when Seirin had entered, they halted in shock. Tetsuya was boiling with rage. Well, that can be said for the entire Seirin team. What they saw would've pissed off anyone. In the middle of the court, there was a meshed partition, which separated the half courts. On one side of the court, there were two benches present, one of which had the Kaijou guys who were already changed into their jersey sitting. The other side had the remainder of the club practicing as though was nothing was going to happen.

"We're playing on a half court?" Riko said. "The other is being used for practice. Why?"

"I'm sorry about this." Yukio said. Kise had already gone off by now. "Our coach is just being stupid."

"I don't get that." Koganei said.

"I really don't want to elaborate, because that will just make things worse." He sighed. It was true, Tetsuya had already known everything, and plus, he didn't know what the Seirin team was like. That Kagami guy seemed like the type to go berserk if pissed off and he really wanted to avoid as much stress as possible. Tetsuya was enough.

He then went over to the boy and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Good luck Tetsuya."

Tetsuya smirked. "I should be the one telling you that Yukio-kun."

"Heh? We'll see about that."

Meanwhile, Riko was busy talking to Takeuchi with the rest of her boys behind. She inquired about their set-up and he answered that they've only made simple arrangements for their game. And what is more, the coach had made another comment that left Seirin flipping. But they managed to hide their rage somehow.

Since Yukio was beside Tetsuya, when the boy had heard all that, Yukio knew, he just knew that Tetsuya was going to be vicious. He decided that he'll do everything he can to help Kaijou win, but Tetsuya…

"Yukio-kun, please bear this in mind." Tetsuya started.

"Huh? What is it?"

"I'm angry."

Yukio flinched and started sweating bullets. The look on the younger boy's face could make anyone run in fear, and Yukio started to countdown the time until Kaijou's demise. But then, he let out a small chuckle, this would be the coach's fault anyway.

"I understand." He smiled. He then walked over to his bench while Tetsuya walked up to the group.

"They think we suck." Kagami seethed. "They're treating this like a sideshow to their practice."

Izuki said. "I've never been more pissed off in my life before." Indeed, the aura around Seirin was not a good one. Kise was by this time putting on his jersey, but Takeuchi stopped him.

"You're not playing." The man said. "You're on a different level. It wouldn't be match if you did."

Kise was shocked. "Don't do that, coach." The blond then looked at the Seirin team, before making his way towards the group. "I'm really sorry! I'll be on the bench." He then pointed in the other's direction, "If you give his guys a beating, I'm sure he'll put me in."

Seirin said nothing.

"Besides," he continued, "If you can't force him to put me in, you shouldn't go around saying you'll beat the Generation of Miracles."

Yukio could only shake his head at what was going on. Judging by everyone's attitude towards Seirin, he could taste Kaijou's defeat and the match hasn't even started. Tetsuya is going to murder us. He sighed. Before Seirin could move off, he got up and took a step in their direction.

"Kasamatsu?" Takeuchi called.

"I'll show them the locker room." He said flatly. When he reached the group, he indicated that they should follow him. Without even a word to Kise, they moved off behind the captain. And honestly, Yukio felt stifled. Their aura was so bloodthirsty and murderous that he sincerely wished that he could have feigned an illness.

They finally reached the rooms, and while everyone else went in, Yukio held Tetsuya back. "I'm really sorry for what's going on." He said.

"I know it's not your fault Yukio-kun." Tetsuya replied with a smile. "But, we'll show Kaijou just what we can do."

"Hmm," he hummed. "But please be careful. One of the nets are rusted, so if Kagami is dunking, stand clear of it. It may fall and I really wouldn't want to see so much as a scratch on you."

Tetsuya chuckled. "I will. Thank you, Yukio-nii." He joked. He then entered the room, leaving Yukio with a small smile on his face. Yukio then left and headed back to the court.

As soon as Tetsuya had entered the room, everyone attacked him.

"Yukio-nii?!" Izuki asked. "He's your brother?"

"No, he's like a big brother to me."

"How'd you even meet him?" Tsuchida asked.

"We live together."

"Ehh?!" came the unison screech.

"You live with Kaijou's captain?" Hyuuga shouted, his eyes bulged from the revelation.

Tetsuya nodded. He wanted to laugh at their facial expressions but he decided to restrain himself. These days, he's realizing that the others were rubbing off on him, especially Kazunari and Kotarou. Riko then walked up to him and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Why didn't you tell us, Kuroko-kun?!"

"You never asked." Came his monotonous reply.

"It's because we thought you were a normal teenager who lives with his parents!" they chorused. Tetsuya turned his face away and chuckled. His team was being quite expressive. Afterwards, everyone began to change into their jersey, the mood from before settling in. When Tetsuya was done, he walked over to Kagami with a smirk on his face.

"Kagami-kun," he called.

"Hmm?"

"You want to play on a full court, don't you?"

"Well, of course! Everyone here does!" he said as he stood up. "Plus, I want to put that bastard Kise in his place!"

"Good. Here's what we'll do."

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The two teams were then assembled on the court, lining up before each other. But Yukio had gotten the shock of his life. It had taken him a while before he spotted Tetsuya, who was standing beside Kagami. Oh dear, he sighed. The rest of his guys won't be able to pinpoint Tetsuya's whereabouts that easily, plus, he knew that his marker would be Seirin's point guard. Yukio rubbed his temple.

"Let the practice game between Seirin and Kaijou begin!"

However, the referee who had the ball halted before blowing his whistle. To him, it seemed that there were only four of Seirin's starters present on the court.

"Umm, Seirin, could you please have your five starters line up?" he asked.

"There are five of us." Tetsuya answered. That frightened everyone. The referee nearly jumped out of his skin, the boy was right beside him and he didn't even notice. The same for the Kaijou starters sans Yukio. The captain wanted to laugh at their reactions, but he managed not to. Of all their time as RimFire, the same thing always happened, and it was always funny.

"O-okay," then blew the whistle and the players got into position. Then standing between Kagami and Kobori, he threw the ball upwards for the tip-off.

Kagami and Kobori stretched for it, and sadly for Seirin, Kobori reached it first. He then passed it to Yukio, who bounced it cautiously as he walked. His eyes scanned the court for signs of Tetsuya but to no avail. Shit, where is he?! He thought. He then felt the weight of the ball gone from his hands, and when he looked around, there was Tetsuya heading towards their net.

Quickly, Yukio and Hayakawa managed to get down there (well, Yukio knows just how fast Tetsuya is), but that didn't stop the blue-haired teen. He released the ball behind him the moment Kagami had run up and swiftly, the tall redhead made a dunk, ripping the net from the backboard.

"Yosha!" Kagami shouted, holding the net in his hands. Yukio used a hand to cover his mouth so that no one will realize that he's laughing. Tetsuya then walked over to him with sly smile that resembles Kazunari's.

"It seems that we'll be using the full court after all."

"You're awful." He chuckled.

"Me? You're the one who told me about it, Yukio-nii." Tetsuya then made his way to where Takeuchi was sitting. Riko was already there, sincerely apologizing for what they just did.

"I'm sorry we broke your hoop." Tetsuya started, a miniscule smile on his face. "Since we can't play like this, could we use the full court?" All this time, Kagami stood behind Tetsuya with a triumphant grin on his face, he still held the hoop.

Takeuchi was seething. On the other side of the court, Yukio was using every ounce of his strength so as to not bust out with laughter. He had turned his face away from everyone, facing the wall and covered his mouth with a hand. He then looked in the stands to see if Kazunari had come. He didn't see him, but then he figured that if the raven was here, he'd hear his boisterous laughter already.

The boys then swiftly began to clean up the court, wiping off the sweat and such. They had removed the partition and the other net was then lowered.

"That's what you call a beating." Kise chuckled.

"Huh?" Kagami asked.

"I've never seen the coach like that before." He replied.

"You should tell him that's what he gets for underestimating us!"

"How much do you think a replacement hoop costs?" Tetsuya then asked. "I hope it isn't too expensive. I'm broke."

"Huh? We have to pay for it?!"

"I really hope not."

The game then resumed, Kise changed into his jersey and stepping out onto the court. He then looked directly at Kagami and Kuroko with a smirk on his face. "Sorry to keep you waiting."

"You're finally in."

"You're way too intense for a model when you're on." Hyuuga joined in.

"He's not just putting on a show." Tetsuya answered. "He is intense."

However, on Seirin's bench, Riko was looking at the stats of the Kaijou players. She noticed that they were far above her boys, but when her eyes landed on Kise, she realized the boy really is a monster. She started to worry for her boys. But then she was taken out of her thoughts when she heard screaming. She then looked in the direction and saw girls, fawning over the blond player.

"Huh? What's all that?" Hyuuga asked upon seeing the commotion. Kise then waved to the girls.

"Oh, that?" Yukio answered. "This happens every time he plays. And…" he trailed off as he ran to the boy, giving him a kick to the ground. "Quit waving, I'll hit you!"

"But you already did so, Yukio-kun." Tetsuya couldn't help it this time. He bust out in full blown laughter on the court.

"I kicked him, Tetsuya." Yukio shrugged. "There's a difference."

"Kurokocchi?" Kise said, but then he looked at Yukio. "Kasamatsu-senpai? You know each other?"

"We live together." Yukio answered in-a-matter-of-factly.

"He's my big brother," Tetsuya answered, being a bit playful.

"Wha-what?" But that would have to be left for later. The referee blew his whistle, indicating that the match will be restarting.

It was Kaijou's ball, Yukio dribbled towards the centre while Kise had run on ahead, swiftly evading Seirin's defenders. When he came up to Hyuuga, he bounced the ball through his legs and Kise caught it. With a shout, the blond slammed the ball through the hoop, seeming as though he wanted to break it.

The match thus resumed, Seirin's ball. Mitobe had retrieved it from under the net, and then passed it to Izuki. The eagle eyed boy then passed it to Hyuuga who, after a couple of dribbles, then passed it to Tetsuya. The blue-haired teen then redirected it to Kagami, who dunked it hard through the net.

"Let's go all out on these bastards!" he shouted.

"Yeah!"

That said, the match became high-paced. Back and forth the two teams went; it seems as though neither of the teams remembered what defending was. As soon as Kaijou scored, Seirin did the next time it was their possession. On the bench, Riko and everyone else was appalled by the game's pace. Since the two teams' offenses were so strong, defending would be just a waste of time.

But the focal point was Kise and Kagami.

The two aces sped across the court, trying to block one another and so on. It had turned into a dunk fest because of them, Kagami dunked this time, Kise dunked the next time. Seeing this, Yukio was starting to wonder if either of the nets will be able to hold out for the rest of the game. They already lost one, and at the rate at which the boys are going, he won't be surprised if they lost the others.

At one point in the game, Kagami had made a fadeaway shot, but Kise had jumped to block him. The blond then dashed down the court with Kagami following but as soon as he had reached the paint, he jumped into a fadeaway. The shot went in flawlessly.

It was only five minutes into the game, but due to Kagami playing as vicious as that, Kise was also doing the same. Knowing that things will only get worse, Tetsuya then jogged behind his captain and requested a time-out. Hyuuga was a bit hesitant at first, but when he glanced over at the where the officials were sitting, he saw that Riko was there too.

She's probably thinking the same thing. He thought. He then threw the ball outside the court, and same time, the time-out was announced.

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Kazunari huffed as he peddled the ricksaw. Midorima was sitting leisurely in the back, sipping on a can of red bean soup. The raven-haired had wondered how it came to this, becoming Midorima's chauffeur. He peddled as hard as his legs could take him, hoping to reach the match in time. After all, this was Tetsu-chan versus Yuki-chan, even if the world was ending, he wouldn't ― couldn't ― miss it.

"Shin-chan," he huffed. "Can't we switch right now? My legs are aching." He panted. "You haven't pedaled once!"

"What are you talking about?" Midorima chuckled, taking a sip of his beverage. "Today's Oha-Asa predicted that it is the greatest of days for Cancers like me."

"What does that have to do with this?!" Kazunari shouted. "I wanted to see the match from the beginning, you know!"

"Then hurry up or it will be over."

"It's your fault!"

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Back on the court, Kaijou was leading, but it was an eight point gap. The boys were drenched in sweat; running up and down the court was proving to take a toll on both teams, Seirin mostly. Without realizing, they had been matching Kaijou's pace, and it was now that Tetsuya had noticed how good it is that he's a part of RimFire. Playing all those street ball matches during the summer and last week, really helped to improve his stamina, he knows that if he hadn't been doing that, he would have already been exhausted.

Yukio, on the other hand, even though he couldn't really see where Tetsuya was, Kaijou was still winning. He then wondered if he was saving the worst for the last quarter. He knows that the boy would do it.

But then he was taken out his thoughts when he heard Kagami laugh out loud. He then looked in his direction and saw him talking to Kise.

"We're just getting started." The redhead said as he walked past Kise. "Besides, thanks to you, I know your weakness."

"What weakness?" Kise asked, surprised.

"With one look? What if you don't see it?" Kagami smirked. "Against a guy that's already invisible, it's impossible. No matter how athletic you are, you'll never achieve an invisible basketball style. In other words," he continued, grabbing Tetsuya's hair. "This guy is your weakness."

Hearing this left everyone stunned. Riko's eyes opened wide when she heard Kagami reveal it, she still found it hard to believe. The weakest guy on the court is his weakness? She was at a loss. Even Yukio, wondered how could that be possible. He knows that Tetsuya specializes in passing, but how can he be Kise's weakness?

"End of the first quarter!"

They returned to their benches, rehydrating themselves. On the Kaijou bench, the boys were listening to their coach chew of their heads. He complained about their fundamentals; they're defense being asleep and so on. Yukio sighed at this; they wouldn't have been in this mess if he hadn't underestimated them.

Subconsciously, he found himself looking across to Seirin's bench, hoping to catch a glimpse of the blue-haired teen. He did, but he was standing beside Kagami and was talking to his coach. I know what that means. A smile graced Yukio's face, knowing Tetsuya always comes up with some strange tactic to win against his opponents.

I'm no exception, huh.

"Let the second quarter begin!"

When the game started, the pace had dropped significantly in comparison to the first quarter. Kaijou had possession, Kise dribbling until he reached Seirin's net where he made a simple dunk. Another time, once more, it was Kise with the ball, weaving through Seirin's defense as he headed towards the net. He then made a shot, bringing up their score to thirty nine.

When it was Seirin's possession, at the three point line, Hyuuga had Moriyama blocking him. However, stepping back a little, the shooter managed to get a three in. Another time, when Hyuuga got the ball, he swiftly passed it to Izuki who had Yukio behind him. Without hitch, he then passed the ball to Kagami who marked Kise.

"Something's changed, right?" the blond had asked him. Without a word to him, Kagami then stormed towards their net, but Kise was next to him. However, reaching the top of the circle, Kagami released the ball behind him to Tetsuya who swiftly redirected it back to him. Kagami then went and made a shot, Kise stood there frozen.

Another time, Kagami had once more passed the ball to Tetsuya but instead of passing it back to Kagami, he sent it to Hyuuga. The captain once more made a flawless three. Yukio saw what was happening and knew that this was just the beginning. Once Seirin got into the groove of things, and once Tetsuya decides that he wants them to suffer, it will only get worse.

But, he trusts his teammates and knows that they'll put up a fight. After all, they are the Blue Elites.

"Now that they're coordinating, this will be a pain in the ass." Yukio said to Kobori. Being a part of RimFire, he knows that Tetsuya's coordination with anyone is always lethal.

"I realized."

The game resumed, this time, as Kise was passed the ball, Tetsuya went up to block the blond. Kise and everyone else were shocked. Yukio's eyes bulged out his sockets, as this was something that not even they did as RimFire.

"Tetsuya's on Kise? How will that work?" he said to himself.

But then he saw Kise dashed pass the boy, but the moment he'd done so, Kagami came up to block him. And in that moment which Kise hesitated, Tetsuya knocked the ball out of his hands from behind, sending it bouncing in Izuki's direction. Swiftly, the boy headed towards the net where he made a shot.

"Damn it Tetsuya, a simple double team would have been better." Yukio said.

"You should know that I don't do anything simple." Tetsuya smirked.

Annoyed by what just happened, Kise dribbled the ball until he made it to the top of the circle where Tetsuya was. He bounced the ball three times before bending his knees. When he straightened, Tetsuya realized that the blond was about to make a three. But, using his head leverage, Kagami knocked the ball out of his hands.

Oh shit, playing against Tetsuya is really a pain. Yukio groaned aloud.

"Fast break!" he was taken out of his thoughts when he had heard Kagami shout. The redhead dashed off, Kise following behind. But the instant he turned, his hand knocked Tetsuya to the ground.

"Kuroko-kun!" Riko had shouted out in worry.

The boy looked upwards and everyone saw the blood running down his face. Without hitch, Yukio dashed to the boy and held his shoulders.

"Tetsuya, how are you feeling?" he asked. He then held his cheeks and turned the injury towards him.

"I feel lightheaded." He answered. He then got up and stood, Hyuuga and Kagami coming over to assist.

"Are you okay?" Kagami asked.

Yukio nearly snapped. "What kind of question is that?!" he asked. "Of course he's not okay!"

"I'm fine, Yukio-kun, Captain, Kagami-kun." Tetsuya started. "The game is just getting started."

"Shit! Now he's delusional." Yukio fretted. After all, it was a head injury. Then, as Tetsuya made a step off, he collapsed to the ground, unconscious. Yukio was almost engulfed in worry.

"Kuroko!" Hyuuga shouted.

"Kagami, quick, help me carry him!" Yukio barked at the redhead. With a nod, they took up the boy and walked over to Seirin's bench. While Riko tended to him, Yukio didn't leave; instead he stood firmly beside the boy.

Kise looked destroyed. Seeing Tetsuya like that was really heartbreaking, but he just couldn't find it in him to move. He wanted to go over there and help do something or just be by the blue-haired teen's side like Yukio was. But he couldn't move.

"And here I said that I didn't even want to see a scratch on him." Yukio said, "This is the worst."

"We'll take care of him Kasamatsu-san." Riko reassured him. Reluctantly, Yukio left the bench and headed back onto the court, but his eyes were still focused on Tetsuya. The boy was lying still, only the rising and falling of chest indicated that he was alive. He then looked to Kise, and saw that the blond looked absolutely mortified at what happened.

After all was done, the game resumed, Koganei being subbed in for Tetsuya. Hyuuga had entered into clutch mode, sinking as much as threes as often as he got the ball. Kagami had switched to defense mostly, since Kise is only going to copy him.

It was Seirin's possession, Hyuuga faced off with Moriyama while Izuki had Yukio. Hyuuga then dashed off from Moriyama, while Koganei had set up a screen. Izuki then passed the ball to him while Mitobe kept Kobori out of a good position. Hyuuga made his three, with a smug look on his face. Without Tetsuya to get the ball around swiftly, Seirin relied on Hyuuga to make up the points. And he was doing a damn good job as well.

But Kaijou was fierce. Yukio got the ball around to his teammates and gave out instructions pretty well; Kise often times stormed in and made his dunks. Kobori's defense was extremely good, Moriyama made his threes whenever he got the ball. Hayakawa got some shots in as well since none of the shooters' ball rebounded.

And so the game continued like that until they reached the fourth quarter. Making what seemed to be endless threes while trying to fend off Moriyama wasn't easy and Hyuuga was starting to lose focus. Since he was the core of the offense now, he knew that one mistake would be detrimental. Add to that, from the high paced play earlier, every one of them was tired.

Riko glanced at the clock and saw that it was just two minutes into the fourth quarter, and they still haven't caught up as yet.

"If only we had Kuroko-kun." She said out loud.

"Very well." She heard a voice say from behind her. She turned around to see the boy getting up. He still looked a bit droopy, with one eye shut down.

"Good morning." He greeted her. "I'll be going then." He then stepped off, heading onto the court.

"Hey, wait!" she stopped him in his tracks before he could go on further. "What are you talking about?"

"But you just told me to go."

"I didn't tell you that. It just slipped out."

"Then I'm going. If I can change anything by going out there, then please. Besides, I promised Kagami-kun that I'll be his shadow."

Riko sighed. "Fine." She succumbed. "But if I think you're in trouble, I'm switching you out immediately."

And so, Tetsuya was subbed on, much to Yukio's displeasure. It wasn't because the boy was dangerous when it comes onto passing; it was because he was injured. Yukio values him and the others as though they were his brothers. And with Tetsuya being the youngest of them, the worry for him seems to skyrocket.

But, knowing that Riko wouldn't do anything that would endanger Tetsuya, Yukio decided to let it slip. But, should something happen again, he knows that he'll be banning the boy from basketball until he got better.

The match continued, both teams going back and forth, attacking each other. For Seirin, Izuki used his eagle eyes to the max, getting the ball around, getting them in place and avoiding mistakes. Hyuuga made threes until all that he could think about was making threes and nothing else, Kagami defended well with Mitobe. Tetsuya…he was back to being vicious. There were times when he passed to Kagami and the redhead would do a simple dunk. Other times he would pass to Hyuuga to help raise their score faster.

By the time it reached five minutes in, Seirin was at eighty while Kaijou was at eighty-two. This shocked everyone, but by the time they registered that, Hyuuga had made a shot, tying the two teams.

Kise stood there unable to believe what was happening. We're tied?

It was at that moment, Yukio passed the ball to the blond and he dashed past Tetsuya with unbelievable speed. Tetsuya had tried to do his back-tip yet again, but Kise quickly switched the hand that the ball was in. He then headed towards their net where he made a dunk.

When he got up, he looked at Tetsuya as though in a trance. "I won't lose. Not to anyone. Not even Kurokocchi."

"This isn't good." Hyuuga said, wiping a sweat. "Give it your all everyone! It'll be just like the first quarter from here on out! A back and forth run gun game!"

And so it was.

Both teams attacked each other with ruthless ferocity, the two aces going at it, dunking as though they wanted to rip the hoop off the backboard. The shooting guards made their shots as well, but Hyuuga made more than Moriyama since the ball was often time passed to Kise.

With twenty-two seconds left on the clock, both teams were tied at ninety-eight points. Seeing what was happening, Tetsuya came up with an idea. He called Kagami back and informed him of what he thought would work, without Kise copying anyone.

"And what's that?" he asked.

"A buzzer beater." Tetsuya replied.

Yukio had made it into Seirin's court with the ball, Hyuuga was on him. But before he could do anything, Yukio had jumped, making a three. However, the moment the ball left his hand; Kagami knocked it down, Hyuuga catching it. He then flung it back to Kagami who was already making his way down court with Tetsuya nearby.

Kise had blocked their path however, but swiftly, Kagami passed the ball to Tetsuya. Knowing that Tetsuya can't shoot, he deduced that he'll pass the ball back to Kagami. But that was not the case. Tetsuya shot the ball upwards, leaving Kise shocked.

"It's an alley-oop, Kise!" Yukio shouted. The blond then dashed towards the redhead, and jumped as well to stop the shot.

"I don't need you to return the favour!" Kagami said. "Because this ends now!" he slammed the ball through the net, shocking everyone present. The gym was in silence for a while, that is until Kagami shouted.

"Yosha!"

Riko gave her boys a thumbs up while the bench members ran out onto to the court to celebrate.

"I can't believe we won." Hyuuga said.

The Kaijou guys were silenced, but then Yukio sighed. This match had been rough, but even more so, looking at Kise's face he wondered what will happen to the blond now. Since he knew that from his Teikou days he's never lost a match, he silently prayed that this wouldn't cause him to shut down.

He looked at him again, and saw him crying. Yukio raised an eyebrow at this but somehow it irritated him. Walking over to him, the captain gave him a small kick that only pushed him a couple steps.

"Stop crying." He started. "And you've got some balls to say you've never lost before." His voice then got in his lecturing tone. "I'll hit you! You'd better add the word 'revenge' to that empty dictionary of yours!"

Kise nodded.

They then went to line up after which the referee made the announcement.

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"We're home!" Yukio shouted as they took off their shoes. Both he and Tetsuya were in the doorway, Yukio had both their bags. Without even being able to say anything more, the two were attacked by Shouichi and Kazunari.

"I didn't get to watch!" Kazunari said with crocodile tears streaming down his face. "Shin-chan left me in traffic with the ricksaw!"

"So how was it?" Shouichi asked. "I couldn't come because since Aomine doesn't show up, coach doesn't want any of his regulars leaving practice."

However, there was a pause before a screech.

"What happened to Tetsuya?!"

"I was knocked over." He replied.

"Trust me; I nearly had a heart attack." Yukio said. "When I saw the blood running down his face…" he trailed off. "God…I'm glad that the doctor said that he's fine."

"Blood?!" Shouichi asked, ignoring the last sentence.

"What? Didn't you go to play basketball? What kind of monsters did you battle Tetsu-chan?" Kazunari said, turning his face left and right, seeming as though he was inspecting the boy.

"Kaijou. They were quite ferocious."

The four boys then howled with laughter, before moving up to their rooms. Yukio and Tetsuya had greeted Tanaka as well. When they were settled in Tetsuya and Kazunari's room, the two boys began talking about their match.

"Man, all I can say is that Seirin is full of resilient bastards." Yukio sighed. "They just won't give up!"

"Thanks for the compliment, Yukio-nii." Tetsuya said, his voice laced with sarcasm. Kazunari and Shouichi chuckled at this; the boys were just too funny.

"But, now I know how our opponents feel. It's hard to see Tetsuya on the court, if you manage to see him any at all. Honestly, at one point, I had to play thinking that Seirin only had four players."

"Damn." Shouichi said.

"It makes no sense you try to find someone who doesn't want to be seen."

"That's right." Tetsuya smiled. He then yawned and stretched, after which he rubbed his eyes.

"It's bedtime." Kazunari said. "But it's still so early. And I wanted to call Ko-chan and Tatsu-chan to tell them of the outcome."

"That can be done tomorrow." Yukio said. "The match today was nothing like our street ball matches. The pace was extremely fast."

"Oh."

After that Yukio and Shouichi exited the room, Tetsuya drifting off into sleep before he even realized it.

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