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Chapter 4: Getting Settled

The tall man looked down. His voice was low and loud but his eyes had warmth. "Kagami! I hope it's been good over in Japan. How's the basketball over there?" Kagami smiled and responded, "Japan has been good to me. I've made quite a lot of friends who are monsters when it comes to basketball." Aomine spoke up, "Who are you calling friends? Arn't we basically enemies?" Kagami turned around and scolded at him, "You came here didn't you? I thought we are only enemies when we are on the court." Kagami's dad chuckled at this. He looked at everyone else, then noticing how tall Murasakibara was. The kid with purple hair was only 2 inches shorter than him. He was amazed that a high schooler was that tall. "Maybe this kid is going through what I went through when I was playing in college." he thought to himself. He decided he would wait asking purple hair about this question until after he saw him play basketball.

Once Kagami was done yelling at Aomine they all crammed into a minivan and they were off. Murasakibara had to sit shotgun because of his height and because he was the most claustrophobic. Everyone else had to deal with being smashed by everyone else. "You couldn't get a bigger car could you." Aomine said. "It's not that bad Aomine.", Akashi said. This made Aomine mad. "Not to you because the 2 smallest people took the middle seats." he said. "And Midorima why do you have that?" Midorima straighten his glasses the best he could and stated it was his lucky item. It was a toothbrush. Everyone looked at him in silence making him uncomfortable. "What?" Midorima said. Kise broke the silence by laughing. "You have had some weird items but nothing random like a toothbrush." he said. "When you guys start playing terrible don't blame me when I make my shots.", Midorima stated. "Todays horoscope adds up to be good for me."

15 minutes later they pulled into a driveway for a 3 story house. Kagami and Himuro started remembering good times they had here. Like the time when Himuro bet Kagami he could eat 10 chili peppers, or when Kagami and Himuro stayed wake the entire night by playing video games. It's how they bonded in this house that made their friendship so close. Kagami remembered the day Himuro left to go to Japan a year before he could. He couldn't wait to go face him the next year. Kagami came back from his memories and helped unpack the van. Everyone went inside to the house to come into the living room. The room was about the size of a basketball court, it was huge.

Kagami's dad told where the guest rooms were and then went into the kitchen to grab a snack. He made a ham and cheese sandwich and then turned around. "Excuse me Mr. Kagami." a voice said. Kagami's dad looked around but saw no one. "Down here." the voice said again. He looked down and saw a little blue haired boy. Shocked by this he jumped back in surprise and yelled, "What the heck?! How long have you been there?" Hearing this from upstairs everyone knew that Kuroko met the giant. Back down stairs, Mr. Kagami regathered himself and responded to Kuroko, "Call me Ben and you scared me half to death son." Kuroko blinked and said, "Sorry, but do you have a bathroom around here?" Ben directed Kuroko to the destination and then sighed. "That boy is different that anyone else I've ever met." he thought to himself. Kagami then entered the kitchen. "I'm taking you met Kuroko?" he said while laughing. His father nodded in response. "He is quite the ball player you know.", Kagami continued, "He has done more that anyone ever expected him to."

Later that night, Ben ordered pizza for boys. Only Kagami and Himuro started to eat the pizza while everyone else looked at them. "What even is that?", Kise asked. Kagami looked up after he devoured his 3rd slice. "It's good, just try it and trust me you will like it." he said. Murasakibara took a bite of a slice of cheese. He stopped as to be in deep thought, then he ate the rest in one bite. "I'd like another please." He asked. One by one the rest of the Miracles worked up the courage and tasted it. All of them thought it was delicious and went to town on the rest of the pizza. As they ate they told Ben about the last year and how their first Inner High and Winter Cup went. Ben listened and said a handful of words in the total 2 hours it took to tell the story. When the last part about Kagami dunking the final points to win the Winter Cup Ben smiled and said with a laugh, "He truly is my son."

It was 11:30 when they deiced to go to sleep. Ben stood in his study room thinking of the boys and how they all came a long way to get where they were. "Midorima and Kuroko are the most unique out of all of them. Muraskaibara and Aomine are the most skilled. Akashi and Kise.. I don't know how they do what they claim they can do. I've heard of the Emperor's Eye but I've never meet anyone with it. I've seen a type like Kise, but they couldn't copy after 1 look. It took them a while to get every detail for the move. Ben turned off the light in his study and went to his room where he found his wife sleeping silently. She had been working all day at the physical center helping people recover from their injuries. He smiled and fell asleep next to her.

End of Chapter 4-