Chronicles of a Basketball Loving Redhead

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Sorry it took me so long to write this, but Chapter 8 is finally here!~~

It's a lot shorter than my other chapters (Gomen about that) but it's just the ending of the Kaijō arc~~~

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After the game, Riko took Tetsu to the nearest hospital to get his head-wound looked over.

The rest of the team stayed behind, anxious to hear what the doctor had to say.

I tried taking off my wig while we all waited for Riko and Tetsu, since it was starting to itch, but Huuyga stopped me.

"Oi, Arashi" he called when he noticed what I was trying to do. "Keep your hair on for now, just to be safe"

I sighed but nodded. You could never be too careful after all, I thought.

Turns out, Tetsu was going to be just fine. The team all let out sighs of relief.

"Sorry for making you worry" Tetsu said, bowing slightly.

"Honestly, I didn't know what to think when you fell over" Izuki said, giving Tetsu a small smile.

"We're just glad you're alright"

The rest of the team nodded in agreement and I put my arm around Tetsu's shoulders.

"This team can't survive without our ninja" I say brightly, smiling at him. I see Tetsu's eyes gleam at my comment. Mission accomplished.

"Isn't that right, Te~chan?~" I ask him, now ruffling his soft blue hair. It was SOOO soft. Why does he have such soft hair?

I hear the rest of the team chuckle and I saw Kagami laughing-cackling-at the nickname. Tetsu was pouting at me.

"Arashi-San, don't do that" he said, pushing my hand away.

"But Te~~chaaan~~" I whined.

"No" he said with finality.

"And why are you calling me 'Arashi-San' again? We aren't playing right now, so call me Artemis!" I complain, pouting at him.

Tetsu just sighed at my childishness. "Alright then Artemis" he said quietly. I smiled at him.

The team set off once more. Koganei senpai suggested we all go somewhere to eat and celebrate and the rest were all for it.

"Wait a minute!" Riko called out to us as we cheered. "Other than transportation money, how much do you guys have?"

We all turned and took out our cash. Sad to say, it wasn't much. Only a few yen. Even I didn't bring much... Shame..

We all turned back, disappointed. I vaguely heard a truck rush past us.

"WAIT" I hear Riko's voice shout from behind. I turned with the rest of the team and saw the sparkle in her eyes.

Well, this won't end well...

~~~Minutes later~~~~

I take back what I said.

Riko actually had a genius idea! There was a restaurant close by that had an 'eat a certain amount of steak at a certain amount of time and it's free!' Deal.

The rest of the senpais were actually all happy about this. Until they saw the size of the steak.

After only taking a few meager bites, they were already complaining!

I turned to my left and saw Kagami sigh contently, plate devoid of food. I smirked at him.

"Wow Kagami! You finished?" I asked, in a mock surprised voice.

Kagami nodded proudly. I snorted.

"Slowpoke" I say. "I finished mine long ago" I then show him my empty plate.

"EHHH?!" I hear everyone else shout behind me. I turned and saw that everyone else had their mouths hanging open and were staring at me with shock.

"A-Arashi-chan? You finished that?" Furihata asked me, completely surprised.

"Yup! Hey Tetsu, you gonna finish that?" I asked, looking over at my friend who had long since given up trying to eat the large steak. He eagerly handed the steak over.

"Oi Arashi! Don't hog it all! Why don't you guys just bring it all here?" I hear Kagami suggest to the seniors. I nod my head.

"Yeah, I'm still hungry" I say. Riko looked at me, confused.

"Arashi-chan... How do you stay so thin?" She asked, looking incredulous. The others all nodded, curious.

"Basketball" I answer simply. They all nodded in understanding.

"Oi, Bakagami" I call out to our resident Baka, whose double eyebrows twitched. "Wanna have a competition?" I challenged, raising an eyebrow at him.

"You're on" Kagami replied, smirking confidently.

"Te- I mean Riko-senpai, can you be our referee?" I asked, noting that Tetsu was walking out of the restaurant. Maybe he just wanted some fresh air?

"Yosh. One. Two. Three. Go!" Riko counted

Kagami and I glared at each other for about a nano second. Then we both dived into the meat.

Munch, munch, munch was the only sound heard for about 15 minutes. Then, Riko shouted, "Enough! There's no more!"

I swallowed the last of the steak I had been eating and looked over at Kagami, who had also finished his steak. We both then looked at Riko expectantly.

'Are they even human?' Were the thoughts going through the rest of the team's mind.

"It's a tie!" Riko announced, slightly in shock herself.

Kagami and I groaned.

The owner of the restaurant walked over to our table, almost happily. It looked like the owner thought we had lost the challenge and needed to pay.

His smile dropped the instant he looked down at our table and found it devoid of food.

"Itadakimasu*!" Kagami and I exclaimed at the same time, fist bumping each other.

"Get out and don't come back!" The owner of the restaurant shouted as we all left the restaurant. I bit back a chuckle. Poor man, I thought.

"Man, I think I ate too much" Kagami said from beside me. I grinned at him.

"At least we didn't have to pay for that" I say, shuddering at the thought of how much those steaks would've cost...

"I didn't know you had the stomach to eat all that Arashi" Kagami added. Was that a bit of pride in his eyes?

"Hey, I'm a growing woman" I said, rolling my eyes. Kagami snorted.

"I've noticed" I hear him say quietly. I narrowed my eyes at him.

"What was that?" I ask. He gulped and looked away, "Nothing"

"Where's Kuroko?" I hear Huuyga ask all the way in the front of the group.

"I bet he's at the back, like he always is" Koganei replied, looking behind him.

When they didn't see Tetsu at the back, everyone panicked.

"That kuroko! Running off!" Riko shouted, looking worried.

"Calm down, Minna" I say, sweat dropping slightly. Was I the only one who saw Tetsu leave?

"Tetsu left while we were all eating" I continued. "He's probably walking around, trying to get some fresh air"

Riko looked at me, murderous aura surrounding her. "And why didn't you tell us he left, Arashi-chan?" She asked.

I shrugged, slightly scared. "I-I thought everyone saw him leave" I answered truthfully.

Riko just sighed. "Well then, let's split up to look for Kuroko" she said "We can't leave if he isn't with us"

I nodded and pulled Kagami by the arm to the direction I had seen Tetsu walk off to.

"Oi Arashi! What are you doing?" Kagami asked me, sounding both annoyed and surprised.

"Looking for Tetsu" I answered, already scanning around the area for the familiar teal hair.

"But why did you drag me?" Kagami asked.

"You would've probably argued with Riko about looking for Tetsu. Typical Bakagami" I replied.

"Stop calling me that!" Kagami complained.

We walked past a small park and Kagami stopped when he saw a couple of students playing basketball in the small court.

"Street ball.." He said, sounding wistful. "I didn't know they had this in Japan"

"You played street ball?" I asked, surprised. Kagami nodded.

"I remember my friends used to drag me to parks to play" I said, smiling slightly at the memory. I then shook my head. "Enough about that, we need to find Tetsu" I said. Kagami tore his eyes away from the court and nodded.

I finally released his arm. Mainly because he was heavy.

"Geez you need to lay off the burgers" I teased. Kagami blushed and glared at me as we walked about.

"I am not fat!" He argued, crossing his arms over his chest.

"I never said you were fat~" I replied in a sing song voice.

Kagami spluttered. "You're the one that needs to lay off the steak" he said. I stopped and turned to him slowly.

"What was that Bakagami?" I asked in a low voice.

"I said you need to lay-" Kagami said, and before he could finish the sentence that would led to his early death, he stopped.

"Isn't that Kise? And Kuroko?" He asked instead. I turned to where he was pointed and saw the familiar blue hair. Kise was there with him, sitting on a bench.

"Yeah, that's them" I confirmed. Feeling curious, I speed-walked past Kagami and crouched down in the area near Tetsu and Kise.

I heard Kise mention a guy called 'Midorimacchi' and how his left hand was no joke 'especially on good days for cancers' before Kagami pulled me away.

"Oi oi, hanase!" I say to him. His grip was strong, I thought with a frown.

After we were away from hearing range, Kagami finally released my arm.

"What's the big idea?" I asked, rubbing my now sore arm.

"It's rude to listen to other people's conversations, Arashi" he tells me in a scolding tone.

"Geez, aren't you curious about what they're talking about?" I asked him, annoyed.

"Nope. All we need is to get Kuroko and we can go home" Kagami replied. He began walking back to where kuroko was talking to his former teammate. Instead of going over to Tetsu, grabbing his arm and walking away, he stood frozen, listening to their conversation intently.

I inched closer to where Kagami stood and hear snippets of the conversation.

"Potential.. Could reach the Generation of Miracles... Will distance himself from his team..." I immediately knew who they were talking about. I sneaked a glance at Kagami.

Kagami didn't seem to like what he heard. He went over to Tetsu a few minutes later and pushed him roughly, almost causing Tetsu to fall.

"Teme" Kagami said to him, sounding annoyed. "Running away like that"

Kise sat up. "You were listening?" He asked, slightly sheepish.

"Of course I was! What'd you get off, kidnapping kuroko like that?" Kagami demanded.

I walked up to them and sighed. "And here I thought listening to other people's conversations was rude" I said sarcastically, glaring at Kagami who now looked sheepish.

"Yo, Tetsu!" I greeted, putting my hand on his shoulder. "Next time you go out for some air, tell the coach. She nearly blew a fuse back at the restaurant"

"Sorry" Tetsu mumbled. I smiled reassuringly at him and patted his shoulder.

"Now Pretty Boy~" I say, turning to Kise, who gulped. "Why'd you steal Tetsu?"

"'Tetsu'?" Kise asked, raising an eyebrow at me. "You must be close to him, Kurokocchi" he added, ignoring my question.

"Arashi-kun likes to give people nicknames" Tetsu explained.

I nod. "Only my friends, though" I added.

"Why haven't I gotten a nickname then?" Kagami asked me. I snorted

"You do have one" I say. He raised a double eyebrow at me so I elaborated. "Bakagami"

He frowned at me. "Tch" he said, turning to the side.

After that, Kagami and Kise got into an argument about basket ball, so me and Tetsu just watched them, feeling exasperated.

"Hey, you guys have been here way too long!" I hear a voice say loudly from behind me. "Let someone else play"

"We've only just started" a different voice replied. I turned and saw the students who were playing basketball before talking to a group of guys who had an air of arrogance about them. I frowned at the sight.

The two groups were apparently arguing over who should get to play. One of the guys from the arrogant-looking group suggested they settle it with basketball.

I sighed, thinking that it would be a fair way of deciding who got to use the court. Until I saw the arrogant-looking team resort to violence and cheating.

I gritted my teeth, unaware that I was walking toward the group along with Tetsu until I was right in front of one of the arrogant guys and had stolen the ball away from him.

"Now that's not nice" I said, giving the guy a death glare. The guy backed up a few steps, gulping.

"W-who the hell are you?" Another one asked. They were 5 in total, I counted. Not very good odds if this turned into a fight...

"What you guys were doing just now isn't basketball. There's no need to resort to violence" Tetsu said without hesitation. My respect for him grew.

"Wow, there's actually still people like that" Another guy said, chuckling. I narrowed my eyes. I didn't like his tone just now...

"Why don't we settle this with basketball?" The first guy asked. I frowned at him. Two-on-five was hardly fair. But if it was me and Tetsu...

I felt a hand drop on top of my head and turned slightly. Kise had his hand on my head while Kagami had one of his hands on top of Tetsu's head.

"Can we play too?" Kise asked from beside me. I 'tched' at him and slapped his hand away, embarrassed and alarmed. He didn't notice I was wearing a wig, did he?

"Why'd you get involved, bastard?" Kagami asked him. Then, he turned to the 5 guys. "Four on five is fine" he said.

The five guys just stared at Kagami in shock. Their faces just screamed 'We're screwed'

I 'hmphed' at them but I was more confident now. We had Kagami and Kise on our side, and Kagami could be quite intimidating, especially if you didn't know him.

~~~Minutes Later~~~~

After we crush- defeated the 5 guys in a surprisingly fun game, Kagami and Kise took off their jackets and began to scold me and Tetsu.

"What were you guys thinking? Just going over there like that?" Kagami was yelling. "Do you guys honestly think you could've won if it turned into a fight?"

"Of course not" Tetsu replied, blunt as ever. I smiled. "Look at these guns" he added, flexing his arm.

"No Tetsu, like this" I said, flexing my arm in a different position.

"You guys don't have any!" Kagami shouted.

Kise smiled at us, I noticed from the corner of my eye. I guess we are pretty amusing.

Kise picked up his bag and jacket and said," Well, I'll be going now"

He turned slightly and placed his jacket over his shoulder. "I finally got to play with you again, Kurokocchi~" he said, giving us a million dollar smile. I fought back a blush.

"And don't think I've forgotten my revenge, Kagamicchi" Kise said staring at Kagami.

I snickered at Kagami's shocked face. "Kagamicchi?!" He asked, bewildered.

"Kise-kun adds 'cchi' to the names of those he acknowledges" Tetsu explained. "That's good for you" he added.

"I don't want that!" Kagami argued. While Tetsu and Kagami argued, I rolled my eyes and met Kise's curious gold ones. I raised an eyebrow at him, feeling self-conscious.

"I'll make sure to return the favor too, Arashicchi" he said to me, eyes narrowed in challenge. I smirked at him, my previous embarrassment gone.

"I'd like to see you try, Ryo" I say. He looked at me in surprise.

"'Ryo', Akashicchi?" He asked

"I give nicknames to the people I acknowledge. Do you mind?" I respond. "Akashicchi?" I ask, raising an eyebrow.

"Sorry about that, you remind me of him" Kise said, shaking his head. "I don't mind at all Arashicchi" he added with a smile.

"Ja ne, Kurokocchi, Kagamicchi, and Arashicchi~" Kise said as he walked away.

"Ja ne~" I replied, as Tetsu and Kagami were too busy talking about what Kise had said before.

"Kagami-kun, you say some deep things sometimes" Tetsu was saying.

"Shut up!" Kagami responded, embarrassed.

"Our Tai-chan can be quite the philosopher, ne Tetsu?~" I asked, joining their conversation.

"Shut up!" Kagami repeated.

"Hai hai. We better get back before Kantokou* gets mad, Ne?" I suggested. Both boys paled slightly and we trudged out of the park. Only to run into Riko and the rest.

"There you are!" She shouted once she spotted us and rushed at Tetsu. She tackled him and place him in her famous 'Boston-Crab Hold'

Kagami and I gulped and walked away.

"K-Kagami-kun... Arashi-San... Save me" we hear Tetsu's voice call out to us.

I turned around and gulped. "S-senpai! It's getting late, we should get going now" I called out from a safe distance.

Riko sighed and released Tetsu, who groaned.

"You're right, Arashi-chan. Let's go~" Riko said in a cheerful voice as she skipped past us.

I walked over to Tetsu and held out my hand

"Arigatou, Artemis" he said in a croaky voice as he took my hand.

"I just saved you from Riko, you owe me Kuroko Tetsuya" I mutter as we walk to catch up to the others.

"Yes, unlike someone who left me to die" Tetsu said, emphasizing the someone as we reached Kagami.

"Sorry" Kagami said, not looking sorry. "But between living and saving you from Kantokou, I'd choose staying alive"

"I don't blame him" I said, shuddering as I looked at our coach.

"Oi and Arashi" Kagami said suddenly. I turned to him, eyebrows raised.

"I don't like my nickname" he said bluntly.

"It suits you" I argued.

"It does not!" He said. "Think of another one"

I thought for a moment of a nickname that would suit him. "I've got nothing other than Bakagami" I admitted. Tetsu snickered and Kagami sighed.

"Just call me by my first name, then" Kagami suggested, turning his face away from me.

"Ok" I reply. "But whenever you do something stupid 'Bakagami' it is, Taiga"

Kagami seem to brighten at my response, if the big smile on his face was any indication.

Slight Kagami/Oc because he got the most votes last chapter :3

Quick Question-Should I bring Akashi into this story early? Or stick with Cannon and wait till the Winter Cup? PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!~

*Itadakimasu-Thank you for the meal

*Kantokou-Coach

Votes so far for who will end up with Artemis

Akashi-11

Kagami-9

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Kuroko-7

Murasakibara-2

Kise-1

Oc-0

Takao-0

Midorima-0

Thank you for reading!~