"WEAK POINT?!" The entire team of Seirin shouted at the bluenette.

"No… honestly, it isn't something you can call a weak point but…" Kuroko stated.

"If that's the case, why didn't you say it earlier?" Hyuuga asked.

"More importantly, I am sorry. There is one more problem…"

"Eh?"

"With the higher pace in which we are playing at, I am starting to lose my efficiency already."

"This guy's misdirection isn't something he can use for the whole 40 minute period." Kise stated.

"Misdi - what?" Kasamatsu asked.

"The number 11, the invisible guy. It's not like he's using magic or anything like that. To explain it simply, he's just turning attention away from himself. For an instant, I am able to do it too. Please look at me." Kise requested as he tossed the ball up in to the air. Almost immediately, Kasamatsu's eyes jumped to the ball. "See? You weren't looking anymore."

"Ah!"

"Kurokocchi uses things like this together with his above average perception and makes himself disappear like an illusion acting only as a relay for passes. Well, even if he didn't do that, he's already hard to notice from the start but… you see, if he uses it too much, you get used to it. It'll keep getting less and less effective."

"WHY DIDN'T YOU SAY SUCH AN IMPORTANT THING FROM THE START?!" Riko screamed as she tried to strangle Kuroko via a head lock.

"I am sorry. You didn't ask…" He replied. Clearly, the Seirin Coach's attempts of murder weren't working properly.

"IF WE DON'T ASK, YOU WON'T SAY ANYTHING, YOU BASTARD!" Riko shouted as she continued to strangle him while the Seirin team tried to stop her. 'But I was careless, too. There is no way a weird skill like that was without risks!''

"TIME OUT IS OVER!" Was the shout from the judges.

"IT ENDED WHILE I WAS STRANGLING KUROKO-KUN!" Riko screamed with tears in her eyes.

"I'll just keep the same guy… please!" Kagami snarled as he headed out on court.

"AH, WAIT… KAGAMI-KUN!" Riko shouted after him.

"With a bit more time, I'll find a way to take him down."

"DAMN! ANYWAY, SWITCH THE DEFENSE FROM MAN-TO-MAN TO ZONE! STRENGTHEN THE MIDDLE, AND HELP IS KISE-KUN IS COMING! GETTING IN KISE'S WAY COMES FIRST!"

"ALRIGHT!" Seirin answered.

"And Kuroko-kun, slow down the pace. As long as they don't get a huge point difference. Can you do it?" Riko asked.

"I will try." Was her reply.

"Oh?" Kise asked when he noticed his path was completely blocked. He passed the ball over to Kasamatsu who tossed it into the net, thus, scoring a three-pointer.

"Are you looking down on Kaijou's regulars? There's a limit to how naive you can be." Kasamatsu glared at Seirin.

"... fff… damn… it's seriously becoming hard…" Hyuuga gritted his teeth as he wiped his face with the hem of his jersey.

Kagami rushed towards Kaijou's net but he was blocked by Kise.

"KH!" He grunted as he passed the ball to Kuroko but Kasamatsu intercepted the ball.

"I see… we're slowly getting used to it…" Kasamatsu muttered when he could see Kuroko on the court, clearly for the first time.

Kise blocked another shot by Kagami and a shout of "OUT OF BOUNDS!" rang through the gym.

The yellow haired GOM member stared at Kagami with a raised eyebrow.

"... isn't it about time you admit it? As you are right now, it's 10 years too early for you to challenge the 'Generation of Miracles'." Kise commented.

"WHAT?!" Kagami snarled with a pissed off expression.

"With the point difference right now, you won't be able to catch up. More than the team's formation or strategy, Basketball is first a sport about 'size'. If you compare your five players to ours, the difference in size and ability is too big. The only one that could have been able to face us is you but I've pretty much seen the extent of your strength already. I'll acknowledge your potential but you're still no match for me. No matter what kind of technique you use, as long as I see it, I'll pay you back twice as much, immediately. No matter how much you struggle, you can't win against me. Well… just remember that reality isn't such a sweet thing." Kise said walking away.

"Ku… ku… ku… ku…" The copycat of the GOM turned to look at Kagami. "Ha ha… HA HA HA HA HA!" Kagami tossed his head back in laughter.

Kaijou stared at Kagami. Seirin stared at him. Kuroko only watched him and that strange black cloud from before appeared above the phantom's head once more.

"Sory, sorry, I was a bit happy, you know…" Kagami held up a hand a tear was in the corner of his eye. "Because it's been a while since I last met a guy who said something like that. Well, this was the usual in America, though."

"EH?! YOU WENT TO AMERICA?! AWESOME!" Kise shouted.

"I just jumped to the conclusion, when I came back to Japan and took my distance from basketball. I regret that now. After all, life is all about challenges! Without strong opponents, living isn't fun. It's perfect if I can't win. I'm not done! It starts now! Don't you think it's too early for cheesy talk? I've understood your weak point." Kise gasped softly. "I guess I can understand why this guy didn't want to say it himself." Kagami looked around. "You can do anything as long as you see it? How about when you don't see it, then?" He grabbed the collar of Kuroko's jersey and started dragging the poor bluenette where Kise stood. "Since he's so hard to notice from the beginning. Doing the same thing is impossible, right? Even for a guy with physical abilities like yours, no matter how much you can try to go unnoticed, you can't use this basketball style. In other words…" Kagami ground his fingers into Kuroko's sky blue hair and the phantom merely stared at the man with annoyance in the single visible orb.

"What are you doing?" Kuroko asked in robot fashion.

"IT'S THIS GUY, RIGHT?! YOUR WEAK POINT!"

Everyone was shocked.

"The weak point of Kise, who Kagami isn't even a match for is the weakest guy on the court for anything else other than passes KUROKO?!" Riko shouted.

"It's true that only Kuroko's play style is impossible for me. But what does it change?" Kise asked with a smirk on his face.

"THE FIRST QUARTER IS OVER! 2 MINUTES OF BREAK!"

"It changes something! I'll make you cry in the second quarter!" Kagami grinned.

"... I see… yeah. This might work." Riko said with a hand on her chin. "It seems Kagami-kun has finally cooled down!"

"No, I was calm from the beginning…" Kagami grumbled.

"You were completely pissed off!"

"But the cooperation between Kuroko-kun and Kagami-kun is really important for that." Riko said. "Can you do it?"

"... uh… I… guess…" Kagami grumbled. "GAH!" He looked down at Kuroko when he felt a sharp pain in his side. Kuroko apparently decided it would be a good idea to taser him. "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?!"

"We are going to defeat Kise-kun, right?" Kuroko asked.

"OF COURSE!" The Seirin ace answered with a taser of his own.

"Well then…" Riko began.

"THE SECOND QUARTER BEGINS!"

"I'm counting on you for the counterattack!" She finished.

The ball was in Kagami's possession when Kise came upon him like the plague.

"Something changed, right?" The GOM member asked.

Kagami merely drove passed him, dribbling the ball without a care.

'A regular drive? Is he going to go for a fade away again?' Kise thought.

The Seirin passed the ball behind him and Kise's eyes widened in shock. The yellownette was even more shocked when Kuroko appeared on the other side of him and maneuvered the ball back into Kagami's hands. The two Seirin players just passed the ball in a complete circle around him.

'A COOPERATION PLAY WITH KUROKOCCHI?!' Kise thought in shock.

The Seirin Ace dunked the ball with the ever manly cry: "OOOOHHH!"

"ALRIGHT! OKAY, NICE SHOOT!" The SEirin team shouted from their bench.

Kagami appeared in Kise's view with the ball in hand and passed the ball to the side.

"AGAIN?!" Kise shouted when he realised they were performing the same play on him.

Kuroko passed the ball to the other side of the court and into Hyuuga's hands.

"AH?!" The copycat shouted in shock.

"HERE COMES A THREE POINTER! 3 POINT DIFFERENCE NOW!" Hyuuga performed a flawless three pointer.

"So, have you changed your opinion of me, freshmen?" The captain of Seirin asked as he pushed his glasses up his nose via his middle finger. He was shocked and offended when he saw his teammates walking away from him.

"That number 4 is rather good… don't drop your guard for the later half." Kaijou's captain commented as he watched Hyuuga closely.

Kise ground his teeth in anger. "Kurokocchi…"

"Neither I or Kagami-kun are a match for you… but if we work together… the two us can fight you. Kise-kun is, indeed, strong." Kuroko commented.

"... Kurokocchi changed after all… he wasn't playing that kind of basketball in Teikou… but… this can't stop me either! The one who'll win is me!" The ball was passed to Kise and ended up in his possession. "It's true I can't copy Kurokocchi's cooperation play but… Kurokocchi can't do that for the whole 40 minutes. It'll only keep getting worse for you in the second half!"

"That isn't true either!" Kagami shouted as a comeback.

Right as Kise was about to make a breakthrough, Kuroko appeared in front of him.

"WHA?! KUROKO IS MARKING KISE?!"

/: Okay! Chapter done and please bear with me. I can't wait to get to the part ehn Kiriko shows up during this game. I have something perfect in mind for it soooo you'll have to wait and see! :/