Time and Time Again

Plotline: Kuroko Tetsuya thought he had a good life. There were hardships and all but he was able to get through them and reunite with his ex teammates and earn new friends. But one day Kuroko woke up on the first day of school in Teikō. Time Travel

Pairings: Generation of Miracles x Kuroko (HAREM but it will start with friendship first then develop into something more in the future)

Disclaimer: I own nothing except the story plot


Chapter 8

It was a bright and sunny early Tuesday morning. The sky was clear of any clouds and it was really hot but it was nice to stare at the light blue sky and daze off while one is heading to work or school.

Unfortunately, not all have the time to do such.

"Shiiiiiiit! I'm late!" A blue haired middle school student swore loudly as he ran out of his house, his hair wet and messed up, his clothes disheveled, and his tie and his school bag were barely even hanging on.

"Good bye, Dai-kun! Have a good day at school!" The student's mother smiled and waved in a carefree way as she watched her son run like he was being chased by a mob. "What an energetic child I have. He seems really excited to get to school!"

As Aomine swore vehemently in his mind, people stared at him in awe at the speed he was going especially when he dodged the vehicles through doing flips and over exaggerated side steps but even then, he paid no notice to everything around him because it was especially important for him to get to school before he-who-has-very-sharp-scissors notices his absence…

He checked his cell phone and he has –

2 more freaking minutes

Aomine picked up his pace. "Damn it! Why the heck did it have to be so damn early?!"

Yesterday

"We'll be having our first morning practice tomorrow." Akashi announced to the group as they ate their lunch.

"Tomorrow already?" Aomine groaned after taking a bite of his onigiri.

Momoi looked excited. "I can't wait to impress the second year's and third year's managers with my data analysis! I'm going to make sure that they'll never cross me with their flat chestedness!"

"You don't need to say that out loud, Momoi-san." Kuroko said monotonously when he noticed some glares being directed at the pinkette.

"What time do we have to be at the gym?" Midorima asked while putting a band aid on the slightly swollen cut on his cheek.

"6 am." Groans and sighs could be heard. "Tetsuya may I borrow your class schedule – Thanks – Remember to bring extra uniforms and shirts. We still have two periods of P.E after lunch."

"Are we allowed to bring food to practice?" Murasakibara asked when he finished his 23rd lollipop that day. Where does he keep all that food?

"No, Atsushi." Was the automatic reply of Akashi.

"Akashi-kun," The crimson eyed freshman looked over at the bluenette. "Did you already tell Haizaki-kun about this arrangement?"

"Yes." Akashi said as closed his empty red bento. "Oh and before I forget, punishment for being late tomorrow is a quadrupled training regimen. Nijimura-sempai will be the one looking over whoever is late."

"Only him?" Midorima inquired with a bemused look.

Akashi smiled. "No."

"When that guy smirks, that means bad luck will happen." Aomine muttered with a worried expression on his face. "When that guy smiles, it means that someone's going to take a vacation to hell for a while."

"I'm very sure that you're over exaggerating, Aomine-kun." The tall first year tripped over his feet when he suddenly heard the monotone voice and landed ungracefully into the hard concrete road. He looked up with an irritated look and glared daggers at his blank faced classmate.

"Don't surprise me like that, Tetsu!" Aomine rubbed his aching forehead as he stood up. "And don't talk to me now; I'm going to be late for practice!"

"You're already late, Aomine-kun." Kuroko pointed out impassively. "I suggest that you look at your cell phone; you're already 15 minutes late. The others are already doing their warm-ups. The captain's waiting for you right now. He says that if you're not there in the next 2 minutes, you'll be going through – "Before the bluenette could even finish his sentence, Aomine speeded off to the gym.

"Tetsu-kun!" The first year turned around to see a pinkette jogging to him. "Did you tell Dai-chan that I adjusted the time on his phone to be at least 15 minutes advanced? I forgot to tell him yesterday."

"Is that what I was supposed to say?" Momoi thought she imagined it she thought she could hear a tone of playfulness in his voice.


"Wow, you're early!" Kise commented in surprise when he saw the panting first year. He walked up to his classmate who looked like he was going to fall down in any minute. "And it seems that you're already warmed up! Did you get chased by a pride of hungry lions or something?"

"I'm…hah….. early?" Aomine asked in between breaths.

"Yeah, you are." The blonde confirmed as he pointed at the clock. "Midorimacchi isn't even here yet. Probably still searching for his lucky item for the day or something."

"…..I'm going to kill Tetsu…"He suddenly regained his energy then turned around and started looking for that conniving bluenette.

"Eh? Why do want to kill Kurokocchi!?" Kise wondered out loud while he followed his classmate who was giving off a very deadly aura.

"DAAAI-CHAAAAN!" When Aomine turned around, his face was attacked by woman's foot to the face. Ouch. "Don't you dare kill, Tetsu-kun!"

"Momoi-san, that's not a good way to greet people early in the morning." Kuroko tried to calm the angered manager. Strange, the pinkette was quite calm a few minutes ago. (He didn't hear Aomine's outburst)

Kise poked the motionless body of one Aomine Daiki. "I think he'll be unconscious for a while."

"Probably."


"Good Morning first string!" Nijimura greeted loudly as he walked in, catching the attention of all those in the gym.

"Good Morning Captain!" Was the immediate reply of the 2nd and 3rd years. The freshmen opted to observe the scene before them. Obviously, there was a routine to follow in the club.

"Alright," The sophomore nodded in approval. "Now, we have new members in the first string! Our coach will bet he one to introduce them so pay attention."

The others started muttering to themselves. "So it really is true! There really are first years who got into the first string on their first try!"

"Woah! Amazing!"

"They must be really good."

"Ahem." The noise stopped immediately once they saw the first string coach beside their captain. "Back to the main matter, we have new members. I will call them one by one and I expect you all to treat them fairly."

"Yes sir." They all replied in chorus.

"Akashi Seijuro." The red head stood up confidently with a mysterious gleam in his crimson eyes. He nodded in greeting to the upperclassmen who were unsurprisingly greatly intimidated by the red head's presence.

"Aomine Daiki." He waved his hand and grinned good naturedly before sitting down on the bench. Some of the 2nd years knew him already since they had played street basketball with the freshman a few times before.

"Haizaki Shogo." The grey haired freshman grunted while he stood up then sat down again.

"Kise Ryouta." Being the model he is, Kise smiled charmingly. Sparkles started dancing around the bright blonde.

"Kuroko Tetsuya." The bluenette stood up but no one noticed him like always. "Kuroko Tetsuya." The first string coach called out again. Kuroko gave a huff before tapping the coach's shoulder.

"Sir, I'm already here." If the man was surprised, his face didn't show it other than the slight widening of his eyes.

"Ah, I apologize for not seeing you there."

"…that guy's in the first string..?" One of them muttered in disbelief.

"Probably a mistake or something…"

"Midorima Shintarou." The older man's snappy voice brought everyone's attention back. The green haired tsundere stood up while pushing his glasses up and gave a nod of greeting.

"And last, Murasakibara Atsushi." Murasakibara stood up tall and while eating his strawberry flavored pocky. All the members were staring disbelievingly at the height of the freshman.

While the coach started explaining about their training regimen for the year and their goal of bringing victory to the school once again, there were some students who were commenting on the first string's new recruits.

"Overall, they are very capable teammates." The vice captain commented to the team captain. Not all the members who were already in the team were there to watch the recruitment of new members last week. The third and second string students were able to attend but all those in the first string had been training.

So they didn't know how exactly….. Special their new recruits were.

Especially that first year who kept on disappearing.

'Speaking of which, where was he?' The vice captain looked around for the short male. He didn't know that Kuroko was just standing beside him.

"….won't be excused from this! Everyone, start doing 30 laps around the gym now!"

"Yes Sir!"

While the students started jogging, Kuroko mumbled with a knowing look, "And so it begins…"

It was unfortunately heard by a certain crimson eyed first year who didn't know how to control his own curiosity.


"I'm beat…" Aomine slumped on the stage. Instead of drinking the bottle of water that the pinkette had given him a few minutes ago, he spilled the contents of the bottle on his head to cool himself down.

"At least you can still talk and move a little bit, Dai-chan." Momoi tsked as she pointed at the other first stringers. "They just collapsed like that and haven't moved since! I'm not even sure if they're still alive." It looked like someone had massacred them all and left the corpses to decompose in their gym.

"Is he still sleeping?" Midorima asked, pointing at the snoozing Kuroko while he tried to keep his composure and not just lie on the floor like those idiots.

"Yep." Murasakibara munched on his 5th box of strawberry flavored pocky. "He'll probably be like this for another 5 minutes."

"You all haven't taken a shower yet?" Akashi asked as he entered back into the gym in his full uniform and his hair perfectly dry, clean and neat. "I suggest that you do so now while the other club members are still unconscious and before Ryouta uses all the warm water."

"Fine…" Aomine groaned and walked rather lazily over to Murasakibara, picked up the unconscious freshman and carried him over his shoulder. That seemed to wake the bluenette up.

"Let…go…." Kuroko stretched a little while he said this. "I'll walk to the showers by myself."

Midorima snorted. "That's coming from the guy who collapsed after the fourth set of our conditioning exercise."

"No one noticed." Kuroko stated with an impassive look on his face. "I was only found out sometime…."

"After everyone else collapsed. Yes, we know." Akashi packed his things as he said this. "We were the ones who found you sleeping on the bench after all."

"If Kise hadn't accidentally sat on your stomach sometime after coach dismissed us, we probably wouldn't have found you." Midorima closed his eyes, remembering the moment when Kuroko had unconsciously given the pitiful blonde a good hard punch after that. He can now see how being a passing expert can be useful outside of the court.

"He was paralyzed for a good 10 minutes until Aka-chin threw a pail of ice cold water at him." The purple haired giant recalled.

"So it was Akashicchi who did it!" Kise yelled accusingly as he entered the gym while pointing at the red head who seemed intent on ignoring him. The blonde's hair was still wet and his shirt was barely hanging on.

Kuroko managed to get off the blue haired freshman's shoulder and threw Kise's school vest at him. "Kise-kun, please talk to us when you're completely dressed."

"Uwaah, so mean~" Kise dramatically cried as he latched himself to the bluenette.

Aomine threw a basketball at the model. "Oi, oi! Stop harassing, Tetsu!"

Before a brawl could start, Akashi whistled loudly and threatened that he would somehow poison their lunches if they don't stop before ordering them to get to the showers already.


"BAAH! The teachers are so boring!" Aomine grouched as he opened the door to the rooftop and walked in. Kuroko walked in quietly, following the taller male. The others had classes but Kuroko and he had free period. They chose to spend it by going to the rooftop to stay away from all the noise.

"If you want, I'll have Midorima-kun or Momoi-san throw things at you during class to keep you awake." The bluenette suggested bluntly.

The dark haired freshman stared at the shorter male with a slightly frightened expression. "Eh?! Do you want me to die?!"

"You won't die, Aomine-kun." Kuroko stated as though it was the most obvious thing in the world. "You're too hardheaded. Anything they'll throw at your way will only serve as a wake-up call, not an assassination attempt."

'I wouldn't put it past them to try.' The taller male thought seriously as he sat down.

"Have you read this month's issue of Basketball monthly?" The first year immediately changed the conversation to something about his favorite sport.

"Not yet, Aomine-kun. I haven't found the time to buy it from the bookstore and I haven't subscribed to it yet." Kuroko responded monotonously as he sat down beside his classmate. "Could you tell me about it?"

His companion instantly brightened and started chatting about it. Everything he said was very detailed and he seemed to have memorized the articles word to word. He even remembered which page you can read the article and who wrote it as well. If only he could do that with his studies….

"….on page 34, the coach of the national team wrote about the continuous wins of Rakuzan High (He was an alumnus) and they won the championships yet again! Their team is pretty good and they can probably win for the 3rd time in a row this year too. It's said that they train from 5-7 in the morning and 4-7 in the evening on weekdays and for at least 5 hours on weekends! It's no wonder that they're very good and they have very talented basketball players like…."

Ah, this was the friendly and very much talkative Aomine he knew unlike the one in high school –

'No!' Kuroko mentally punched himself. It was disgraceful of him! 'Do not compare the future and past selves! People change, it's normal. Besides, Aomine-kun of the future became my friend again. And also, it was my fault for not being a good partner. I'll improve myself so that….I won't be….left behind.'

He was becoming pessimistic again.

"….su! Tetsu!" Kuroko suddenly felt hands gripping his shoulders very tightly and he was being shaken back and forth. What was happening?

"Aomine-kun." The taller male stopped when he heard the bluenette finally reply.

He let out a sigh of relief and let go of the slightly surprised Kuroko. "Sorry about that, Tetsu! You were suddenly going pale and you had a very pained expression on your face so I thought that maybe you got hurt or maybe you were sick so I tried to talk to you but you wouldn't reply so…."

"I understand, Aomine-kun." Kuroko nodded. "And sorry for spacing out on you. I was just thinking about something. Nothing important."

The taller male snorted. His classmate was absolutely horrible at lying. "Seems personal so I won't ask more about it." Honestly, he didn't like the expression the bluenette wore a few moments ago and he was very interested in knowing what made Kuroko react like that. "But I want you to know that we're friends, right Tetsu?"

"Ah," Kuroko nodded very vigorously. "Of course we are. Have I done something wrong that made you think otherwise?"

"No, you did nothing wrong!" Aomine didn't want his companion to get the wrong idea or anything. "It's just that…..since we're friends, I want you to know that you can tell me anything alright? If something's wrong or you feel down or something, you can come to me." He couldn't help but feel embarrassed as he said this.

Aomine even felt more flustered when he saw the bluenette wear a very small but sincere smile. It was gone just a moment after it appeared but he had seen it clearly. "Thank you."

"Ah, yeah." He looked away to hide his flustered expression. This was very uncharacteristic of him!

After a while, a comfortable silence surrounded the two and they both opted to watch the cloudless sky instead.

It was very relaxing.

"Tetsu?" The comfortable silence was broken.

"Yes?" Kuroko stared at the blue haired teen impassively. The taller male smiled. His classmate was no longer troubled and was acting normally again.

"I know this sounds strange but for some reason it feels like I've already met you before." Aomine found himself saying suddenly while the two lied down on the rooftop.

The bluenette was silent for a while before he replied, "Is that so…"

"Yeah." The dark blue haired freshman didn't care how ridiculous he sounded. It just felt right. "I don't know the feeling but I've felt like I've lost something but found it again when I met you."

"Maybe I reminded you of something or someone." Kuroko said as he pushed his upper body up and leaned on the wall instead. "We've never met before now."

"I know that but," Aomine's arm stretched forward to the sky as though something was flying away from him. "It just felt like – I know it sounds weird but – I lost my light and I was just left in the darkness because of…. Maybe something I did? I don't know. I can't really explain it but I can definitely say that…."

"That…?" Kuroko was curious to hear what the taller male had to say it.

"….I don't want to feel it again." Aomine finished, feeling greatly relieved. It was as though something heavy was lifted off of his shoulders.

"You're strangely more talkative about your feelings now." The bluenette noted after a few moments of silence that surrounded the two classmates. "I didn't take you as the type of person to talk so freely about it."

"I'm not." The other replied with a relaxed expression on his face. His eyes were closed. "Something weird's going on with me today. Maybe a little game of basketball after school will help me calm down a little."

Kuroko mentally chuckled. This boy was always thinking about basketball. "Yes. Let's play with the others after school."

In the back of his mind, the bluenette noted what Aomine had said.

It seems that people have some sort of 'déjà vu' when they were around him. He will have to do some research….


"Momoi-san," Kuroko glanced at the pinkette. "Do you happen to know where the others are?"

"Dai-chan is being lectured by Kimiwari-sensei since his grades in Math are falling again. Akashi-kun was assigned as his tutor so he's with them so that they can make a schedule." Momoi explained. Her data was always complete. "Ki-chan is modeling and Mu-kun went out with Midorin to get his lucky item for tomorrow which so happened to be the tastiest lollipop of the nearest candy store so he needs an expert."

"I see." The bluenette nodded. They were supposed to play basketball today but maybe next time. "Would you mind if we stopped by the convenience store, Momoi-san? I would like to get some ice cream."

"It's alright, Tetsu-kun!" Momoi's eyes twinkled brightly. "I want to get some ice cream too."

"Great." Kuroko commented monotonously but to the pinkette's ears, it was angelic music. "I'll treat you."

Momoi blushed and shook her head. "You don't need to, Tetsu-kun! I don't want you to waste your money on me!"

"You should know that if it's for Momoi-san, then nothing I do is ever wasted." Kuroko stated.

An imaginary pink arrow hit her beating heart.

"T-tetsu-kun…!" She hugged the bluenette and squeezed his back with her bosom. "Tetsu-kun is very nice!"

"You give me too much credit." Kuroko mumbled quietly. "Besides, I'm not as nice as Momoi-san."

Another imaginary pink arrow hit her beating heart.

"TETSU-KUN!" She hugged the bluenette even tighter.


"Wow…it's really noisy in the bookstore today." A raven haired freshman said as he walked into the crowded store. "Maybe I should come back again tomorrow when there're hopefully less people here."

After a few minutes of debating with himself, he chose to look for the book his younger sister wanted now since he had at least 3 scheduled quizzes the day after tomorrow and he might as well get it over with already.

With his observant eyes, he was able to avoid colliding or bumping into anyone while he looked for his book. Fortunately for him, most of the buyers were interested in buying the newest mangas, 'Tetsu-mama' and 'KITTY!' by this author whose pen name was, "Sidian Byss"...What a strange pen name.

If he remembered correctly, the book he was looking for could be found in the farther corners of the store. No one ever goes there since they weren't really interested in books little girls liked.

"Let's see…." He stared at the bookshelves and concentrated very hard. What was the title of the book his little sister wanted again….?

"Takao-kun!" The freshman looked up when his name was called and saw that there was a librarian who was pushing a cart filled with tall stacks of mangas and books so she didn't see him. Takao sidestepped to the right, narrowly missing the large moving cart. He sighed in relief. That was a close one.

After regaining his composure, Takao looked around for the guy who had called his name. The voice didn't sound very familiar to him but strangely, it felt like he should know whose voice it was.

'There!' The raven head's sharp eyes caught sight of a bluenette who was looking at him with a blank expression that had some small hints of relief and worry in it.

He skipped excitedly to the shorter male. The boy seemed to have noticed him and looked ready to run away but just in time, Takao's arm reached forward and swung over the bluenette's shoulder before he could escape.

"Thanks for the warning, stranger-kun!" Takao said, smiling. "Though I have to ask you something, how did you know my name? I don't remember ever meeting you before."

The bluenette stared blankly at him. "I read your I.D."

'Eh?' Takao's eyes looked down and saw that he was indeed wearing his school I.D. Didn't he take it off after leaving school? 'It seems this guy also has good eyes. He was able to read my name on it even when we were more than 10 meters apart. Yay! I'm not alone.'

"Well, you know it's unfair if you know my name!" Takao said childishly. "What's your name?"

"Kuroko Tetsuya." The bluenette bowed politely to him once he got out of his grip. "I have to go now, Takao-kun. I hope you'll be more careful."

"Eh? You're leaving?" He pouted as he grabbed the shorter male's arms.

"I'm sure we'll see each other again, Takao-kun." Kuroko said with a mysterious look on his face.

Takao stared confusedly at the bluenette. "Eh?"

"Oh look at the time," Kuroko escaped from the point guard and waved politely. "I guess I'll see you in the basketball court at Interhigh if not sooner."

"Huh? Wait – "And right in front of his eyes, Kuroko disappeared…..Wait, he disappeared? How did he disappear from his sight? That's impossible!

The raven head searched around the bookstore for the short bluenette and found that Kuroko was no longer there. He pursed his lips.

"So he knows that I play basketball…" Takao muttered to himself as he purchased the book. "And he plays too so that means we'll probably see each other in the InterHigh Tournament."

He skipped out of the bookstore in excitement. There was a guy out there who could escape his hawk eyes! This coming tournament was definitely something to work hard for.

"You better watch out, Tet-chan!" He decided that the bluenette deserved a nickname from him. "I'll be after you in the tournament!"


"Still the same….Nothing new…." Kuroko read the book, Manipulation of the Gaze, very thoroughly. "Why did I buy this book? It has nothing to do with déjà vu or psychic things….."

He flipped through the pages. He had already read the meaning of Misdirection at least 35 times that night and how it fools people senses. He had spent 3 months in trying to develop his own special technique for basketball using this book in the original timeline. He knew the book by heart –

DADUM-DADUM

'Ah, it's already midnight?' Kuroko looked at the clock and saw that it was already very late. He looked one last time at the book. He had read it so many times so nothing escaped his notice…..

But he did not remember ever seeing something handwritten on the back of the book.

"Since when was this here?" Kuroko asked out loud to no one in particular. He stared at the page a little longer before reading its contents.

Misdirection is a skill used to fool people's senses. The simplified version of the word is Misdirect. Misdirect means to wrongly direct or to wrongly instruct. Once one is misdirected, they will be put off course. When one misdirects another, this person will experience suffering whether his or her misdirecting was intentional or not.

Misdirectors are people who misdirect others.

When you misdirect someone from his or her original course, consequences are bound to happen.

The person who is being misdirected will never truly know what exactly is going on. He or she will just feel strangely familiar with the misdirector because this person has misdirected him or her from the original course which means that the misdirector knew what exactly was supposed to happen.

Misdirections don't always end well or badly. It depends on how well the misdirector planned it.

The same cannot be said for the misdirector though. More often than not, the outcome is not pretty.

'Wait, there's no more….?' Kuroko flipped the page and saw the back of the book. He had never seen that page before! Was he imagining it? He turned back and saw the handwritten words were still there.

Did his misdirection bring him to the past? If so, how? What caused it?

This was all too confusing!

'Maybe I can contact the author!' Kuroko thought. Yes, the author must have the answers! '…What was his or her name again?'

How strange, he had forgotten the name! Didn't he remember it in the original timeline?

The bluenette looked at the cover of the book and saw –

That there was no name written below the title.

End of Chapter.


OMAKE

"Momoi-san! Are you alright?" The bluenette kneeled down, looking over the unconscious pinkette.

The girl's heart had been pierced by so many imaginary pink arrows that she had passed out!

"It's…okay, Tetsu-kun." The pinkette finally regained consciousness and she stood up, a little wobbly on her feet.

"Let me carry you, Momoi-san." Kuroko offered. "I cannot let you walk back to your home, you might get hurt!"

There goes another arrow.

"Momoi-san!" She fainted once again.

OMAKE 2

"It seems that we'll be meeting after classes in the library from Monday to Saturday." Akashi drawled as he twirled a red ball pen around his fingers.

"Yeah." Aomine grunted. How unlucky of him to get the red head of all people as his tutor!

Akashi smiled. "Do not worry, Daiki. After at least one week of being under my tutelage, you will never ever be able to get another failing grade. I can promise you that."

"And remember to come to the library at exactly 4 o'clock. I do not condone tardiness after all." Aomine shivered as Akashi's smile became even creepier than before.

Aomine mentally screamed in terror. What did he get himself into this time?!


AN: Guys, the update is FINALLY HERE! I'm very sorry for the long wait and the editing isn't even finished. (I still don't know who the heck that mystery friend of Kuroko is!) So I'll just insert him somewhere in the chapters when it's finally there but I'll update normally again. (I'll post the edits on one of the future chapters.)

I need you guys to tell me if Chapter 5 is alright or not. I'll rewrite it over and over again if you guys don't like it.