A/N: Soooo a friend of mine didn't like team Rainbow... The name that is. So I've changed it. I'll be editing the other chapters too to reflect this. Enjoy c:
"Team Kiseki, please make your way to briefing room 2."
One by one, the team showed up. Akashi was already in the room, and soon Midorima arrived. He gave a simple nod to his captain before taking his seat. Muraskibara and Kuroko arrived at the same time, the purple giant munching on snacks and the teal head holding another stack of paper. Momoi entered soon after with a few files and a serious look on her face. Each took their place at the table, with Momoi and Midorima sitting closest to Akashi.
Kise arrived next, having cleaned up and looking upbeat. However that look changed when he noticed Aomine still wasn't there as he took his seat.
"Daiki isn't usually late to meetings like this. Do you know something, Ryouta?" Akashi said calmly, fixing the blonde with a stare. Of course, he had noticed the way Kise's face fell when he saw the navy head not in the room.
"Eh.. Aomine-cchi might be a little upset right now.." Kise mumbled, staring at the table.
"What happened?" Midorima asked, a bright pink pen on the table in front of him.
"One of the other team member challenged Aomine-kun to a duel." Kuroko spoke up, noticing the blonde looked uncomfortable.
"And?" Akashi pressed. He knew Aomine. He wouldn't lose.
"Kise pulled me away before I could win." The blue hair devil appeared in the doorway, with a murderous look. Kise mumbled something and shrunk down into his seat, trying to appear small. Akashi turned his gaze on him once again. "Ryouta? Your explanation?"
Kise shakily looked up before speaking. "They were both exhausted, and we didn't want them to collapse..." He mumbled.
"I was fine, Kise! Tch, I would've wiped that smug smile off his face..." Aomine muttered as he took his seat.
"Aomine-kun, you were exhausted," Kuroko stated with the same impassive look. "Please do not blame Kise-kun."
Aomine scoffed but gave no other answer.
"We will deal with this later. For now, Satsuki has info on the other team."
On cue, Momoi passed around copies of the files. One by one they opened them, silence engulfing the room as they read. Aomine's eyes went straight down the page to a certain person.
"They almost have as many successes as us, however more failures. They are based in France, which is probably why we haven't heard or run in to them before. As their info page doesn't include pictures or videos or anything of the sort, we don't know how good they are." Momoi looked serious as she explained. Normally she had much more information, but these guys were a mystery.
"They aren't that good," Aomine scoffed once again.
"Aomine-cchi, they kinda are," Kise said as he looked over the page. "Only three failures. And we saw them spar."
"Eh? So what. It's more failures than us, and I would've beaten him anyway," Aomine said.
"To be honest, Aomine-cchi, he looked like he was about to beat you," Kise mumbled.
"Oi!" Aomine growled.
"Enough, Daiki, Ryouta," Akashi ordered. "We will deal with this later."
Both the two shut up and continued to look over it.
"Ne, Sat-chin, what are these dashes?" Muraskibara asked.
Momoi's frown deepened. "I don't know. Some records have been erased. Honestly I've never come across this before..." It was disturbing. Being the best information gatherer, usually everything was available for her eyes. Especially in the organisation. This was unusual.
"Someone died?" This time Midorima spoke up. "Why is there no information on them?"
"I couldn't find any," Momoi sighed. "I'll look again, but it's as if they never existed."
"Or someone didn't want us finding out," Kuroko suggested.
"Maybe," Momoi pouted. "I still should be able to find out. I'll get back to you guys. On to another subject though. The other organisation. Their main team, which honestly don't act like a team, consists of a few people. We know one."
"Who is this one?" Midorima asked.
"Haizaki Shougo."
"Eh, didn't he die?" Kise was shocked. They had history. "I shot him in the chest..."
"I looked up on that, he managed to recover." Momoi really didn't like that fact, considering Kise had been the one to be betrayed. Haizaki once had been apart of their team, but money called to him, and they didn't get too much. Out on a mission, Haizaki had attempted to kill Kise when it had just been the two of them. Despite being surprised, and no doubt hurt, Kise had done what had to be done and killed him. Or so he thought.
"He's their best fighter, but not captain. There are some members that aren't listed, and I only know that there are six members. I have info on four only." Another obstacle. Ever since meeting that team, her skills were being blocked over and over again. It was frustrating.
"Hanamiya Makoto, Imayoshi Shouichi and Nash Gold."
"Hah? Imayoshi?" Aomine grunted.
Akashi fixed him with a stare. "Do you know him, Daiki?"
Aomine shifted a bit before sitting up. "I met him on a solo mission once. Introduced himself, wiped the blood off his dagger and just disappeared. Found the bodies later, but he left my target alive. Never met him again, but he seemed like a dark character to me," he said. "I'm not too surprised he's part of the other organisation... I just didn't expect to hear his name again."
"Interesting," Midorima said, pushing up his glasses. "How did he kill them?"
"There was poison on his dagger," Aomine answered.
"Hmpf," The green head muttered. "Why did he leave your target alive?"
Aomine shrugged. "Though I was looking forward to that mission," he muttered, annoyed that all the other's had been killed.
"Imayoshi is their captain. Also I think there was someone called Jason Silver also on the team, but there's rumors only," Momoi cut in. "They say he's close with Nash Gold."
"Wait a sec..." Kise frowned, deep in thought. "It might just be a coincidence... But Crystal-cchi's last name also is Gold..."
"It's likely a coincidence. Otherwise, I'd think they'd be together," Akashi said smoothly.
"True," Kise said, but he wasn't quite sure. Looking over the sheet again, he blinked. "She's married? Eh?"
"That can wait," Akashi said. "Be careful around their team. However, if you can get any information, it will be useful. They will be staying here for the mission, which may be a long one. After the briefing with them, we will train."
Everyone wilted a little at that. Akashi's training sessions were nothing to laugh at. "Yes, captain."
"Come on Akio, they're rainbow freaks! Look at their hair! Their names, even! Seriously. Aka, Midori, Muraski, Ao and Ki, Kiro! Kuroko confuses me a little. Kuro, but his hair isn't black. Their parents obviously had a sense of humor."
Akio laughed at that, lying on a couch. A certain someone's couch. But he didn't know. Ben, one of the twins, was sitting across from him. "Yeah, it's stupid. And they're all in a team. Though I'm kinda happy. Aomine isn't that bad," he said with a yawn, twirling a knife. "I haven't really had a good opponent for a while. That I can beat that is," he added.
Ben smirked a little. He was the smaller one of the twins, but it didn't make him any less smart. "Still can't beat Bailey?"
Akio just rolled his eyes, the knife in his hand slowly coming to a stop. "I swear it's impossible. Just the tiniest break of my concentration and my katanas go flying. Both of them. I don't get how he does it. And even when I am concentrating, it's hard to keep up with him."
"I'd say you'd get there some day, but honestly I don't think anyone can beat him. Maybe... Maybe that Akashi guy. He's kinda scary, and we haven't seen anything of him really." Ben recalled the meeting, and the aura of the red headed captain.
"Maybe. His team kinda seems scared of him, honestly," Akio admitted. "You know what, though? The blonde seems to have potential. I mean I haven't seen him fight or anything, I can probably ask Crystal, but there's just something about him. He's got a pretty face too."
Ben gave him a hard look.
"What?" Akio asked. "Can't I be interested? He's got a similar eye colour to me as well. You know yellow eyes are rare. He's cute."
"You're hopeless," Ben sighed.
"Hey! You can't say that. You're not interested in anyone." Akio scowled. "I'm still trying to figure out what interests you. I'm pretty sure you're not into girls, yet you're not into guys either. Trans?" His eyes lit up.
Ben almost choked on his drink. "How many times do I have to tell you? Just because I don't have a partner doesn't mean I'm not interested! I could be asexual as well."
"Boring," Akio yawned. "I wonder if any of them have partners. Probably not. Aomine seems like the one night stand kind of guy, and Kise, although pretty, just doesn't seem like he could commit to a relationship. Akashi is just plain scary. Muraskibara, well, I have no clue. Probably not. And I don't know if anyone can stand the green one."
"What about Kuroko?" Ben asked sceptically.
"That guy? I can hardly keep track of him. He'd probably be forgotten a lot on dates or something," Akio joked. Then every single one of his senses started prickling, and he could tell there was someone else in the room.
"Don't talk shit about Testu."
After the meeting, they all split up once again. Their evenings were usually free for them to do whatever they wanted unless they had a mission or something. All Aomine wanted to do was rest on his couch and look at some magazines. Unfortunately, those plans couldn't really happen. Not when there was someone on it.
For a bit, he listened to their conversation. He stood just outside, hidden mostly from view. And he only got angrier. Of course he recognised one of the voices, and the fact that he was talking shit about his team...
Finally he got fed up. Storming into the room, he caught sight of the cocky bastard also lying on his couch. "Don't talk shit about Tetsu."
Akio sat up, his eyes narrowed as he looked around for the voice. When he caught sight of Aomine, he let out a loud sigh and lay back down. "Oh, it's just you. Eavesdropping? I didn't peg you as a creep."
Growling, Aomine strode towards them. The other, a small looking guy, simply raised an eyebrow at his entrance. All Aomine wanted to do was throw the grey haired male out of the room and be done with him.
"Let me guess, you want a rematch? Sorry, no can do. Maybe later, when you've finished looking at these," Akio said lazily, tossing a magazine he found under the couch towards the blue headed male. Surprised, the only thing he could do was catch it. It was one of Aomine's gravure magazines. It only pissed him off more.
"Bastard," he growled, moving to grab him. He wanted to beat the smug asshole into a pulp.
Akio swatted his hand away as he stood up, shooting him a grin. "Come on Ben. I think I was wrong about the one night stand thing. He probably only has himself."
Aomine could only see red. His fist clenched, before it went flying at the other's face.
"Aomine-kun."
Kuroko caught Aomine's hand. "Let's not start a fight."
"What the fuck, Testu?!" The ace exclaimed as the shadow twisted his arm roughly and shoved him back. Pain shot up his arm, but Kuroko knew it would only last a short while.
"Come on, Akio," Ben murmured, and the two left the room. Of course, it left enough time for Akio to send Aomine another shit eating grin. But the bluenette had other things to worry about.
"Aomine-kun, I don't think you should go around punching people," Kuroko stated calmly.
"He deserves it. Were you listening? That fucking bastard. I'll beat him so badly he'll actually shut his fucking mouth," Aomine snarled.
"Beat him then. But avoid him until then. I don't think Akashi-kun will be too happy if you start causing tension between the teams."
"Fuck Akashi. If I beat that asshole, I'm probably going to kill him at the same time." Aomine shot another glare at Kuroko before storming off. The phantom watched him go and sighed. He had a feeling that their two teams would not work very well together.
