I'm messing up the timeline but I don't care and since no one had complained so I'm gonna assume you don't have a problem with this at all.

A big question to you all. Do you want Akashi to have a big role or a small role? His personality depends on it. Do you want a caring and crazy one like a brother or the one who does not care? I kinda need the answer. Kindly do tell and vote on the poll. If I don't get this response I'll not be able to guarantee a fast update.

Disclaimer: I forgot but I don't own it. If I did let's just say one of the guys would have been Kuroko's protective big brother.

Seirin was just as Kise had expected it to be. New with all the buildings in top conditions and brimming with students.

And utterly useless for Kurokocchi. This school had nothing to offer him. This was a new school with not even well establish basketball team. They had never even made it into nationals and it had no distinguishable players he could remember. In other words it was a waste of his precious one's talent.

Do why did he choose this school? As far as Kise was concerned Kurokocchi should have gone to Kaijo with him. Kaijo was good school with well established team and best of all it had Kise in it. So it was the best there was.

And now they had their first match. That also against Kurokocchi's team. It gave him perfect opportunity to pay a visit his dear friend.

But getting ambushed by the fan girls was never on the list. Or attracting attention. But it could not be helped. He was famous and good looking after all. He was just that good.

It became annoying quickly when they followed him to the gym. The gym was open but before he could move further he had to get rid of the girls somehow.

But even then he could see some of Seirin's players. The red haired guy was good. Extremely good. But not on the level of generation of miracles.

In result, all of them were average. A total waste of Kurokocchi's talent. And worst of all, the phantom of Teiko did not even see it like that. So it fell onto Kise to get him out.

"What are you doing here?"

Ah, here comes the million dollar question. But before he could answer he was blocked by a girl and another and another. Looks like he'll have to deal with them first. Ah, such a tragedy of life.

"Could you maybe give me five minutes?"

He was talking more to Kuroko than the rest of them but whatever, who cares. The girls were on him before anyone in the team could answer him back. Well it was not like anyone in the team was worth the effort other than his precious Kurokocchi.

"Tetsuya, are you sure this is the same Kise Ryota you were telling me about? I swear he's more like Yue, that annoying cousins from Florida."

Kise may act like an idiot but to be compared to someone with such disdain was discouraging. Not to mention humiliating. He was not mature enough to let it slide.

"You, don't say such things like that about me. I challenge you to a basketball game"

When he got a good look at the guy who was staring beside Kurokocchi, who for some reason was not in uniform, he felt a gasp escape him. The person with black hairs and black eyes was really familiar but for the life of him he could not place him.

Maybe he was from one of the teams they had crushed? Maybe that's why he was getting such a strong feeling from him.

"All in good time Kise-kun. We don't want you to be crushed too badly before we can play the match"

It came as a shock to hear Kurokocchi say it. Did he seriously think Kise would loose. Also to a non-miracle? Did his trainer had that little faith in him?

Well he'll just have to prove him wrong. And when he will he'll take Kurokocchi for their team. Suddenly a basketball came flying at him. He actually dropped it not because the pass was so powerful bit because it took him by surprise.

"Bakagami"

The female who he could only think of as their manager shrieked. God, she was loud as Momoicchi. And just as dangerous from the looks of it.

"I challenge you to a one-on-one."

Perfect. It would give him a perfect opportunity to assert the abilities of Seirin. From what he could tell this school was not worth it. And it was also the best time to show Kurokocchi that his choice was wrong.

"I didn't come here for this but whatever. I'll take you up on it for showing me something good"

He took in the expression of others around him. Some were excited, Kuroko and their female manager looked angry and that black haired guy he had challenged looked indifferent. He could see that Kurokocchi wanted to stop him but the same guy stopped him.

Their was more to that relationship than met the eyes but for now he should not dwell on it. He had an idiot to beat and person to impress after all.

...

Nijimura had heard the rumours about Kise Ryota. From Tetsuya to Seijuro, all had informed him about this new and shining member of the team.

But hearing and seeing were really different. The guy not only copied what Kagami had done perfectly but had also made it his own. It was no copy, it was evolution. He really was like Haizaki, but more talented.

And pleasant by the sound of it.

But it had worried Tetsuya to see the progress. His little brother was kinda like an enigma. His mind worked on a different plane. Even he did not know what went in there but sometimes he wished. Tetsuya had turned meek before joining Teiko. Before that he was a force to be faced with.

The look in Tetsuya's eyes was the same now. The same look of calculation of the possibilities of win. He really looked like the heir of one of the most feared families. Aloof and dangerous. Too much like him. And Nijimura respected this Kuroko.

That did not mean he liked him.

"After that pathetic display I can only say, give me Kurokocchi. Let's play basketball together"

The look disappeared from Tetsuya's eyes as fast as it had appeared. That even left him dumb fold. To ask just like that was plain insulting. Did this guy have no tactic skills at all?

"Kise-kun, I'm flattered that you think about me like that but I'll have to decline your offer"

Now that sounded entirely wrong in the context. And from the tone of his voice Kuroko was close to loosing it already. If he wanted to save Kise then he'll have to interfere. Although he did not want to but court looked like a better place to extract revenge. After all it was completely legal to thrash a team in basketball than to beat someone up.

"Let's make a bet. If Kaijo wins you'll have to quit Seirin and join us"

That did not bode well for him. The blond most likely sensing his aura decided to take a look at him and let out quite a girly cry. Did he look that scary? The only other one who had ever received this look was Akashi Seijuro but that was an entirely different matter. It was personal.

"Absolutely not. We're not using basketball as a betting booth. I thought you knew better than this. And to threaten Tetsuya like that, just you wait Kise Ryoya. You said you're not mature enough to let a challenge slide? Well guess what, so am I? Get ready to get slaughtered in the court. I'm out to draw blood"

Maybe it was too much but he figured if it got Seijuro to listen to him then Kise was not such a big deal. He had kept people like him under control for almost two years, two years had not dulled him.

If anything he had become more fierce. Blame the business and family politics for that.

Kise looked visibly shaken and it felt good. Thank god he left as soon as possible for he was at the end of his wits.

Really children these days. What went inside their mind. Tetsuya was giving him a stare that said it all. Yeah, he was gonna get a lecture.

Then he took the expressions of everyone around. They looked a little awed and fearfully at him.

Time to mend the bridges? Thank god for small miracles that after he finished no one was that vary of him.

"So any idea how to improve? We have to win this match"

Loosing was not an option here. This was war.

"Well for starters let Tetsuya be the assistant coach. He'll get you there"

"Is he that good?"

Oh you have no idea what kind of monster Tetsuya is. But they'll get it one way or other.

...

Midorima had a shadow tailing him. Really, it would not have been that annoying of this shadow did not have a Kise complex on him. God, now he knew how Kuroko felt.

"Shin-Chan, what are you doing? Is that a cheese-kun?"

Ah, his lucky item if the day was a limited addition Cheese-kun plushy. And it was not like it was inconvenient to anyone. It provided him with luck to never miss his shots in a match. Also, it gave him good luck for other things.

Too bad it never got him away from the nascence called Takao. He would have gotten rid of if not that Oha-Asa had said that the first person to give Cancer a nick name this month would be lucky to have around for life. And so he was stuck with Takao.

At least he got an errand boy out of it all.

Life continued and no annoying thing happened other than Takao. But calm never lasts does it?

No it dies not. For Kise of all people texted him.

Midorimacchi,

How is school? I bet it's not as fun as Kaijo. It's great here and all the girls still chase me and all. And basketball is great.

By the way me and Kurokocchi are having a practice match. Come to watch me win. Seirin is no hood for Kurokocchi, so convince him to come to Kaijo with me after I win.

Kise.

Ps: Do you know of any scary black haired and black eyes tall basketball players who would have a grudge against me? And I mean scary at Akashicchi's level? And no glasses. Better yet, does Akashicchi have any black haired brother?

Well, apparently Kise was doing good. And it was not like Kise was gonna lose to a no name school even if Kuroko did went there. Kuroko was as good as the team he played for. And Seirin were not that powerful. They had lost to the three kings the precious year after all. But still this was Kuroko and he was unpredictable at best. Even Momoi has never been able to predict him.

And knowing Kise he would have asked him to join Kaijo and gotten rejected. Kuroko should have joined Shūtoku, not that he wanted Kuroko here or anything. Just that it would be good for him.

And the person he asked with black hairs and eyes, there were too many to count but just how many of them would know Kuroko or make a lasting impression on Kise to even inquire about. He only knew one who Kise could be asking about, but he wore glasses.

So unless it was a misunderstanding and Imayoshi was at Seirin without his glasses or it was him.

Their captain before Akashi. But it was not possible for he was in America after all. Anyway he'll know what it was in the match. But before that he had to make preparations for it.

"Takao"

Fortunately he had a very good slave to do work. Now he knew why Akashi enjoyed bossing them around so much.

Hope it was good. I wanted to post yesterday but I was not able to finish this so here.

Review. They kepp me going and updating fast.