As mentioned at the end of chapter 6, there will be NO basketball…I might decide to add some later on, but that is not the main focus of this fanfic. If you are looking for more basketball, I suggest that you either read the manga, or watch the anime. Once again a BIG Thank you to those who have favorited/followed/reviewed this story of mine. Enjoy this chapter!
Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN Kuroko no Basuke.
Chapter 7: Now what?
They couldn't believe their eyes. They double, even triple checked the notice, but it didn't change. So now there would be no basketball club. At least not until after the school found a more suitable coach. They looked at each other, then back to the sign on the gym's double doors. Akashi was the first to break the stunned silence.
"Well, it's not like I didn't have a back-up plan," Akashi began. He continued on saying, "Now that we can't play basketball, at least not officially, I can focus my time on sharpening my shoji skills." With that, he turned on his heels, shot a smirk over his shoulder, and left for the shoji clubroom.
Tetsuki was wondering about what club she would like to join, but decided to just walk around and check out the other clubs. But before she could even move, a hand came down on her left shoulder. This caused her to jump a little seeing as she wasn't expecting such an abrupt stop. Turning her head upwards, she saw what appeared to be a smile on A-chans' face. Then she realized that she was looking at him upside down. After all, how could somebody's eyes be on their chin?
"What is it, A-chan," Tetsuki asked.
"Tetsu-chin, what should I do now~~~? Will you come with me to look at clubs," the giant asked in a whiny voice.
"A-chan, why don't you go and join Akashi-kun in the shoji club? Even if you don't like playing shoji, or you aren't good at it, couldn't you still just be a referee or-," but Tetsuki was rudely cut off when A-chan started talking again.
"Aka-chin didn't even invite me to go with him, so that means that he doesn't want me to interrupt him. He is very~~~ dedicated to shoji, even more so than basketball," A-chan explained to a rather angry girl.
"Why do I have to go along with you? I would like to look around by myself and-," once again, she was interrupted by yet another whiny plea.
"WAIT~~~~~! What about me?! Can I come with you guys? Please?! I'll behave! I promise~~," Kise interjected.
*inhale*…*exhale*…*inhale*…*exhale*
Tetsuki took a moment to calm her-self down. She pondered over what to say so that these two people wouldn't interrupt her again. "Well, there is a cooking club in this school. That would definitely calm down A-chan. I guess Kise-kun will just end up following us. There's nothing wrong with cooking. Yep, that's what I'll do."
"A-chan, Kise-kun. Why don't we go look together at the cooking club? A-chan, you'll get to eat every time during club activities. Kise-kun, you'll be able to be protected by us as well as learn some helpful skills," Kuroko stated.
Now it was Kuroko's turn to see flowers popping up behind her tall giant of a friend. Murasakibara nodded his head up and down so fast that all Kuroko could see was a purple blur. Kises' eyes were sparkling, happy to be included in the conversation, as well as happy that he had made a couple of friends, even if they were a little emotionless.
In less than 10 minutes they were standing in front of the cooking clubrooms' door. Kise was hiding behind Murasakibara, fearing that he would be swarmed with fan girls for the umpteenth time that day. Murasakibara was yet again unconsciously drooling out of the corner of his mouth. Kuroko breathed in then out, and opened the door to their possible future club.
BANG! POP! BANG! POP!
Kuroko froze where she was, and if you looked hard enough you could see the terror in her eyes as well as her slight shaking. Murasakibara took a step back, not realizing that Kise was hiding behind him still, also slightly shocked. This resulted in a yelp of pain from Kise, whose foot was being stepped on with Murasakibaras' heel. Kise ended up falling backwards on his butt with Murasakibara ending in his lap.
"Kise-chin, you shouldn't stand right behind people. You'll end up being stepped on," Murasakibara lazily scolded with a slight frown on his lips. He didn't like falling down, because then he had to get him-self back up.
"Murasakibaracchi, could you please get off of me first? I can't breathe," wheezed out Kise.
With a soft grunt, Murasakibara picked him-self up, turned around and picked Kise right up off the ground. He had picked him up by his armpits and he had picked him up so high that Kises' feet were dangling a few inches above the ground. With a look that said 'Please put me down,' Kise found him-self standing once more on his feet.
When Murasakibara noticed that Kuroko hadn't budged at all, he softly yanked on her ponytail, causing her to jump a little. When she looked behind her, she found a slightly worried look in her friends purple eyes. Smiling in relief, and being thankful that she hadn't decided to come alone in the end, she looked back to the front, where the noise had erupted from.
Confetti. That's what greeted her re-focused eyes. She looked up and saw a 'Welcome New Club Members!' sign. Looking back down, she saw who the culprits for scaring her were. For her though, being as short as she is, she had to crane her neck in order to see the persons face. She saw short, light brown hair and big light brown eyes. She looked back down and to her left, and saw another male student. He had slightly longer, black hair, and sharp looking gray eyes.
"Hello there, first years! Welcome to the cooking club! I'm Kiyoshi Teppei, and this guy here is Izuki Shun. We're both second years here at Teikou, so let's get along," Kiyoshi-senpai said.
Then both senpais proceeded to give a polite bow, which the bluenette, blonde, and purple head returned. Satisfied with his introduction, both Kiyoshi-senpai and Izuki-senpai parted ways for the trio to enter. The trio breathed in such an alluring scent, and turned to their senpais with questioning looks. Kiyoshi just laughed and gestured towards Izuki, signaling the other club member to explain where the smell was coming from.
"We're making chocolate chip cookies, the easiest thing there is to make for a welcoming party," the raven haired teen explained.
The three underclassmen nodded in understanding and proceeded to make their way around the small yet comfortable room. Kuroko, being the ever-observant person that she is, walked over to a small table that was lined with napkins, small paper plates, paper cups, and drinks. To her delight, it was mainly apple juice. To her even greater delight, she saw some vanilla flavored sodas. Immediately, she grabbed a cup, poured herself some of the soda, took a sip of it, and she was pleased.
Murasakibara followed suit, but he went for the apple juice, because he didn't want to wait for the soda to quit fizzing. One time he had accidentally taken an entire glass filled with soda and chugged it. He remembered with a slight shiver that all of a sudden, fizz shot up his nose, causing him to grab a tissue and blow. Never again did he drink soda quickly. He liked soda, but right now, he was thirsty and he wanted to quickly hydrate himself. Apple juice is perfect for that. He didn't want to take a chug of milk since for him it left a bit of an aftertaste. He would have milk with the cookies, that is, if they ever stopped cooking.
Kise went for the water, not wanting to get filled on junk food just yet. Checking the time on his watch, he gasped, coughing up a little bit of water as he did.
"Sorry, guys! Gotta go, work calls. See ya tomorrow," Kise apologized. With that, he drank the rest of his water in one big GULP, tossed away the empty cup, and ran out of the room.
"Oh yeah, it's almost time for the bell to ring. Don't worry, first years! We'll save the cookies that we made today for tomorrow," Kiyoshi-senpai said.
Izuki nodded in agreement, before ushering out the duo. Thanking them for their kindness with a bow and quiet, yet audible, 'Thank you,' Kuroko and Murasakibara resumed walking towards their homeroom class.
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After the final bell had rung and the rest of the students filed out of the room, it was just Kuroko and Murasakibara. Kuroko started working on her homework, but was stopped when she felt a tap on her shoulder…again.
"Tetsu-chin, could you help me with my homework please? I didn't understand anything our math teacher said," questioned A-chan.
With a small sigh and smile, Kuroko nodded and motioned for Murasakibara to take a seat in front of her. After he had done this, he turned around in his seat so that he would be facing Kuroko.
Kuroko spoke up after he had finished situating him-self. "So, what do you need help understanding?"
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Yes, Kise has started calling others by their last name and adding on the –cchi. Yay! 7th chapter finished and updated! Hope you guys enjoy reading it. For the next chapter, I'm hoping to make it a bit of a shorter chapter. If it is filled with mathematical nonsense, and you go to check to see if the answers are correct or not…sorry, they will most likely not be. I will try to make it funny…I'll try!
Also: Please review!
