Here's the third chapter! Enjoy!

innocence-creator: Well, let's say he's a lost, poor kitty-cat. But I do agree that he's more of a lost puppy.

idea. getthe: He's not forgotten, just that talking about him would be mournful, right? I mean, Kuroko is trying to not think of her severely injured brother so that she could be herself again. And Male Kuroko is not part of the GoM. Weird, huh? He's a year older than them and Female Kuroko, so he's not in GoM in this story.

whiteicewolf: Thanks for your review! :D

*Warning: May have language.*

Kuroko, Kise, and his friends were talking about each other and how they met. Most of the time, Kuroko couldn't stop staring at Akashi. There was something about him that made her like, no, love him. What was it? Kise noticed and got jealous. She had that look in her eye when she was staring at Akashi. His fangirls looked at him with that eye...Kise thought it couldn't be! Could Kuroko fall for Akashi?! How?!

"Uh...Kurokocchi?" he said to her. She snapped out of her staring and looked at Kise. "Why...are you staring at Akashicchi?"

"Oh-oh-uh..." she stuttered. "His eyes..."

"What about my eyes?" Akashi said. Kuroko stared into the boy's red and yellow orbs. It was like she was under a spell just looking into his eyes.

"Eh, she thinks they're weird," Murasakibara stated. Akashi stomped on the purple-haired boy's foot. The snacking boy winced from the pain.

"Don't you say that ever again, Atsushi!" he barked. Murasakibara almost whimpered. Kuroko thought, Is he really this cruel? He did say that he controls his friends.

"Now, my eyes, Kuroko?" Akashi said like nothing ever happened.

"Err...well...uh..." she stuttered. "I think your eyes...I like your eyes." Akashi almost jumped in shock.

"What? You...like my eyes...?" he repeated.

Kuroko nodded. "Y-yeah. I do like your eyes." Akashi, somehow, felt a little moved. How can someone actually LIKE his eyes? Most of the time, his "friends" would say that his eyes look very weird behind his back. Why did she like his eyes?

"One's red and one's yellow," she continued. "I think that's pretty cool. I never seen a person with two different eyes before. You must be special." She smiled. Akashi didn't know what to say. Was she lying? It's weird, he was supposed to know right away!

"Can I have your juice, Kuro-chin?" asked Murasakibara. She shook her head at him. Akashi still was thinking of why she liked his eyes. He should know right away!

"Akashi?" said Midorima. "Are you okay?" He snapped out of his thoughts and replied, "Yeah. Of course I am." Such lies, they both thought.

"I think it's time to go," Kuroko noted, looking around. She packed her half-empty bento box and began to leave.

"Wait," Akashi ordered. The light-blue haired female turned around. "Meet us after school in the street basketball court today."

"What? Why?" she asked.

"We want to see how good you are in basketball," the red-haired boy said.

"Eh? We do?" the potato-chip-munching boy questioned. Akashi elbowed Murasakibara at the stomach. The boy then said, "Oh yeah. W-we do." Poor Murasakibara gets hit all the time by Akashi due to his attitude of his.

"H-how do you know I play basketball?" Kuroko asked. "Kise never mentioned it to you guys." As a matter of fact, she wasn't lying. Kise didn't remember mentioning her love for basketball to his friends.

"Just do that, okay?" he demanded. Kuroko nervously nodded and left. In her mind, she was wondering how Akashi knew her love for basketball. They just met! How could he know that?

To be continued again...

Days later, the whole team was at Kaijou Private High School. The whole team was in awe seeing the campus.

"This place is huge!" someone on the team said.

"You can really tell when a school is devoted to it's athletics!" another one added.

Kagami's eyes looked terrible. They had the veins showing. "Kagami-kun," said Kuroko. "What's up with your eyes?" He remembered staying up, being way too excited for the match.

"I...was a little too excited," Kagami replied.

"You act like a kid on a field trip." Again, Kagami wanted to beat the crap out of her, but she's a girl and she's his closest friend. And she was cute... Kagami shook his head. Cute? Why did he think of that?

"Hey, you guys!" a friendly voice shouted. It was no other than Ryouta Kise himself. He ran to the team and stopped when he was close to them. "This place is pretty big, so I thought I'd come and get you all." Riko greeted him by saying, "Hello." He went through the team and to Kuroko like they were nothing.

"Kurokocchi!" he said in glee. He whispered with his cute crying face, "Ever since you turned down my invitation to join us, I've been crying in my pillow every night." Kuroko tried not to grin. She liked making Kise suffer or sad, because she thought it was cute.

"Just show us the way!" Kagami demanded. Kise ignored him and kept whispering to Kuroko, "No girl has turned me down before!"

"I turned you down a lot, Kise-kun," Kuroko said. She couldn't resist that cute crying face he makes. "And don't be so sarcastic."

"Are you ignoring me?" Kagami asked.

Kise turned a little serious and faced Kagami. "I'm interested to know more the guy who's making Kurokocchi say those things." He walked past him. "I don't care much about being called the Generation of Miracles, but I can't ignore such an obvious challenge." He paused. "I'm not mature enough to let it slide." Kagami looked at him with sparks of flames in them.

"Sorry, but I'll crush you with everything I have," Kise finished.

Kagami grinned. "Sounds good." He couldn't wait for the game to begin.

Kise lead the Seirin team to the gym. "This is it," he said. Riko and Hyuga looked a little confused. One half of the court was empty while in the other, separated by netting, students were practicing.

"We're playing on half the court?" Riko asked. She and the team walked onto the empty half of the court. "The other side's used for practice?" A man who was plump appeared with a clipboard. He noticed the team and said, "You're here. Welcome. I'm Coach Takeuchi." He glanced at the team. "Which one of you is the coach?"

Riko stepped up and stated, "That's me."

That surprised Takeuchi. "You? You're not the manager?"

She pouted and stepped to him more. "I'm Coach Aida Riko." She bowed down. "We look forward to playing with you today."

"Uh...yeah."

She looked at the other side of the court. "What's this though?"

"Exactly what it looks like," the plump coach answered. "We've only made simple arrangements for today's game."

"Arrangements?" she repeated.

"There won't be enough to learn from this game to make it worth watching for the guys sitting out."

She twitched and said, "I see."

"We're having all the other players practice as usual so we don't waste time," he continued. He looked at his clipboard. "Despite the arrangements, you'll be playing our regulars. I hope you won't let us triple your score." He left. Riko clenched her fists in anger and annoyance. Imaginary dark aura rose form her. She looked like a fazed evil person. Kuroko looked up at Kagami.

"They think you all suck," she whispered to him.

"Yeah," he agreed. He had some dark aura rising from him too. "They're treating this like it's some slideshow to their practice." Kuroko nodded in agreement.

Kise was in his basketball jersey. Coach Takeuchi asked, "Kise, why are you wearing your uniform? You're not playing." Kise turned and looked at him.

"Huh?" he said.

"I know we've got star players from all the middle schools," Takeuchi went on. "But you're a whole different level." Kise was fidgeting.

"Don't do that, coach!" he whispered to him. "Seriously, stop saying that!"

"If I let you play, it wouldn't be a game anymore," Takeuchi said. Kise nervously looked at the opposing team. All of them had faces that were the definition of anger.

"Just listen to him," Hyuga snarled.

"I haven't been this pissed in a while," stated Izuki.

Kise ran to them and said, "I'm sorry! I'm seriously sorry! I'll be on the bench." He began to whisper. "If you give this guys a beating, I'm sure he'll put me in." The team was still angry at him.

"Besides," he began. "If you can't force him to put me in, you shouldn't go around saying you'll beat the Generation of Miracles." He had a point there.

"Hey! Show the Seirin tem the locker room!" the Kaijou coach demanded Kise.

"It's fine," someone on the team said. The whole team walked to the locker rooms. All but Kuroko. She was leaning against a wall.

"Kise-kun," she said. Kise looked at her. "Please warm up. They don't have time to wait." He grinned. You'll see, Kurokocchi. he thought. You'll see that I will win. Then maybe you'll change your mind.

...

"Let the practice match between Seirin High and Kaijou High begin!" the referee announced. The teams went up to the court.

"Uh," the referee said. "We're about to begin our game. So Seirin, please have your five lined up." Four people on the team, and then Kagami, lined up on court. They've been practicing with Kuroko a lot, so they could have better chances of winning. Still, they can't have Kuroko on the team due to her gender.

All the teams went to position. The ref held a basketball in his hands. Riko used her Scan to look at Kaijou's team. She saw that their numbers were higher than average. "This isn't good," she stated.

"What's wrong, Riko-san?" Kuroko asked. Riko didn't answer. Kuroko looked at the team. They do look stronger than Seirin's team. But she's not losing hope. Especially in Kagami.

Man, our numbers are way behind their numbers. Riko thought. We do have Kagami-kun, but how far can he carry us? Besides... She took a quick glance at Kuroko. It would be a bliss if Kuroko joined the team and was male. If only... Riko thought up an idea. She thought that Kuroko could cross-dress as a boy so that she could make the team unstoppable. Too bad she doesn't have a wig on her. She quickly looked around the area for something that could LOOK like a wig. It was no use. Why didn't she thought of her idea earlier?

The whistle was blown, which startled Riko, and the ball was in the air. One of Kaijou's players and Kagami reached for it. However, the ball was hit by the Kaijou player and another caught it. Riko began to ask the Seirin players sitting out if they had a wig on them.

"What makes you ask that, coach?" a player asked in confusion. Riko felt a little nervous. Actually, "a little" isn't the word. She breathed heavily, thinking of what's going to happen next. All of a sudden, the unbelievable happened.

As the player dribbled the ball, Kuroko, KUROKO THE GIRL, slapped the ball from his hand. The player and Riko felt breathless. They were the only ones who noticed her doing that. Wha-how-huh?!

Kagami rushed to the ball and dribbled it all the way to the basket. The Kaijou team members ran to him but he dunked just when they were in his reach. Riko looked next to her and saw Kuroko there. She rubbed her eyes and looked again. Kuroko was still there. Then...what happened on the court? Was she just imagining it? She could've sworn she saw Kuroko slap the ball out of the player's hand!

"Riko-san?" Kuroko said. "Are you okay?"

She whispered to Kuroko, "What did you just do?"

"Giving the team a hand."

"But..." The Seirin coach couldn't say how shocked she was. Didn't anyone else notice that? Anyone?

"I was being sneaky. Like a ghost." the light-blue haired girl added. Riko calmed herself down and continued watching. Kuroko's words echoed in her mind though. Like a ghost... she thought. When a ghost pasts by, you could feel it or even see it. I think the player felt it while I saw it. Is this a new technique Kuroko-san developed? She didn't use it during practice...

The player was so shocked. How could he dropped the ball at the time? Wait...did he dropped it? It didn't feel like he actually dropped it. What happened still? He got the ball, then he doesn't. His mind was blown.

Kise, who was on the bench, saw Kuroko. He thought, Never seen that before. Kurokocchi must've improved with the rest of us. Did senpai actually notice her though? I'm curious...

After Kagami dunked, we went down...with the basket in his hands. "All right!" he said. He suddenly realized he had the basket in his hands. He looked up at the place where the basket was.

"What?! He destroyed the hoop!" shouted a Kaijou player.

"Are you kidding?! I can't believe it!" another added.

Izuki walked toward the damaged hoop. "This thing's dangerous. One of the bolts are rusted," he noted.

"Even so, that's not normal," Kise's senpai said.

"This thing is bigger than I thought," Kagami said, still carrying the basket.

Riko went to Takeuchi and bowed to him. "I'm so sorry," she apologized. Kaijou's coach was slumped over and probably a little angry.

"I'm sorry they broke your hoop," Kuroko added. Takeuchi looked at her. "Who're you?" he asked. Obviously, he didn't see her when the team entered the gym.

Before Riko could make up a lie, Kuroko lied, "I am the team's manager." Riko was going to say that. Kuroko continued, "Since they can't play like this, could we probably use the full court?" Takeuchi looked like we was about to explode. Later on, a new basket went down and the court was getting cleaned. The scoreboard was being moved.

"Now that's what I call a beating," Kise remarked. Kagami looked at and said, "Huh?" It also caught the light-blue haired girl's attention.

"I've never seen the coach like that before," he said.

"That's what he gets for underestimating us!" Kagami barked.

Kuroko said, "How much do you think a replacement hoop will cost?" She began to go on the bench with Riko.

Kagami jumped. "What?! We have to pay for that?!"

Many guys were up the stairs of the gymnasium, watching. The coaches and the rest of the teams' members were seated. "Let the game resume," announced the referee. The teams' five members lined up on court. Kise was now in his jersey and was ready to began. "Sorry to make you wait," he said.

"You're finally in," Kagami stated.

"You're way too intense for a model when you're on," said Hyuga.

He's not putting up a show, Kuroko thought. Good luck you guys.

Seirin's coach scanned on Kise. Amazing! she was thinking. Seeing him again, I can tell Kise Ryouta is really a monster! She heard squealing from the gym's entrance. In fact, everyone did. They looked and saw Kise's fangirls, squealing and cheering for him.

"Kise-kun! Over here!" a fangirl said.

"He's so hot!" squeaked another one.

Hyuga looked confused. "What's that?"

"Oh, that?" said Kise's senpai. Kise waved at the fangirl crowd and told them, "Thanks for coming!"

"This happens every time he plays," he explained. He sighed. "And..." He ran and kicked Kise's back. "Quit waving at them! I'll hit you!" Kise rubbed his aching back.

"Ow..." he muttered. "You already hit me, Kasamatsu-senpai."

Kasamatsu went closer to his face. "Do you understand what's going on, Kise?" He widened his eye. "Who the hell's Number 10?"

"Number 10?" the golden-haired man asked. He looked at Kagami, whose jersey says, 'Seirin 10'. "Oh, that's Kagami."

"Kagami? I've never heard about him."

"Forget about him! Besides.." Kise began to whisper to him. "A girl actually slapped the ball out of your hands." Wait...Kise thought of punching himself in the face. He thought he gave up his brutal honesty. His senpai won't believe it, he knew it. Plus, he wouldn't give away Kuroko, even though it could help his team... Kasamatsu punched Kise at the gut and yelled, "What kind of bullsh*t lie is that?!" Kise covered his hurt gut.

"In any case, they gave us quite a greeting," Kasamatsu whispered. "It'd be rude if we don't return the favor." Kise smiled. He knew what he was thinking.

Kuroko felt a little bad for Kise to be hit by Kasamatsu. Probably after she left the Generation of Miracles, Kise was picked on ever since. She wasn't there for him for the past several months now. He seemed to deal with that now, but she still felt sorry for him. Especially that voice mail days after the incident...

Flashback:

Kuroko was in her bedroom Momoi offered her. She couldn't get over her brother being in a coma, but she's trying to, by watching television. She was watching an anime. The phone in her room was ringing. She didn't want to answer it, so she kept her attention on the anime. The phone answered, "Hello! This is the Satsuki household! Just leave a message and anyone here will come back to you! Bye! *BEEP* Kurokocchi?" Kuroko knew that voice. It was Kise's! She turned off her TV and listen to the message.

"If you're there...I heard what happened. All of us did. We wouldn't know what to do without you...so we separated." Kuroko was shocked to hear that. "We wanted you. You were part of our group, Kurokocchi. You were the second leader of it. Akashicchi decided to part our ways since...your brother..." The girl felt a lump in her throat. "Anyway, after we separated, the group of bullies picked on me again. Not only for the reason why they bullied me, but also because of you, protecting me." His tone was weak and depressed. "They think I'm a sissy. And a princess without her knight in shining armor. One of them even kicked me for it. It hurts so much. They threaten me and now even hit me all the time. Kurokocchi, if you're there, please help me!" He was sobbing. Kuroko began to cry. "I can't take it anymore! You've got to help me! Please! Now that the group's separated, I have no one else to help me!" She could him crying. "I want you! I need you!" He was sniffling. "I hope you get this message. Goodbye...Kurokocchi." The message ended. Kuroko couldn't stop the tears from falling. She wanted to help him, but her depression was taking over her.

Momoi came into her room. She saw her boyfriend's imouto crying. She walked up to her and asked, "Is something the matter, Kuro-chan?" The light-blue haired girl stopped crying and looked up at her.

"The team..." she croaked. "They separated...because of me..." Momoi put her hand over her mouth. Kuroko went on. "Not only that, a friend of mine is really getting picked on. It's all my fault..." She was sobbing and crying. Momoi hugged her to comfort her.

"It wasn't your fault, sweetheart," she said in a soothing voice. "It's just...life isn't fair. Life isn't fair to anyone. I'm sure all of this will be resolved." Momoi was with Kuroko until Kuroko cried herself to sleep. What should she do?

End of Flashback

Kuroko was thinking, Why did Kise-kun not...be mad at me or...even slap me? Because I didn't help him at the time. I let him suffer. And now, he acts like everything is normal now. He seems to deal with the hitting now, but-

"Are you okay?" Riko asked. Kuroko snapped out of her thoughts and automatically answered, "Yes." She focused on the resuming game. Still, how could Kise act like he forgive her and nothing tragic happened?

Ending it there. I feel like this chapter was rushed and I wonder if I did good with the childhood memory at the beginning. How was the chapter? Be honest. And sorry for the wait. I have a boat-load of schoolwork to do. Darn it school!

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Just a reminder: This story will be based on KnB's story, but with some things of my own. (Sorry to repeat that.)

No Japanese vocab to cover. I already covered Imouto.

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