Chiisu~ Finally managed to update this one too!

But anyways, here you go!

Warning: OOC FOR KUROKO AND MAYBE THE GOM TOO! ALSO UNBETA'ED


~~Previously~~~~

After finishing the song, Kise, the Wind Riders, Takahashi, Hideaki and the engineers and mixers gave the sky-bluenette a round of applause and cheers for a job well done. However just as Kuroko was about to get a 'glomp' hug from a blond 'puppy' and the Wind Riders who had entered the large recording booth, the door to the secret room burst open, revealing a large group of teenagers who were all too familiar to both the Copycat and the Phantom.

Kise visibly paled, Kazuya' eyes widened, Sora and Akira took on a defensive stance, Kunihiko was quite oblivious while blinking his eyes, Tsukasa along with Takahashi and Hideaki gasped aloud. The staff were stiff in their places.

"E-everyone..?" Kuroko's sapphire orbs widened in shock.

He was scared and shocked.

Because now they knew.

His secret that was meant to be kept was no longer safe.

"Tetsuya, it seems you have a lot of explaining to do..."


At first nobody spoke after Akashi as the temperature in the room felt as if Old Man Winter had created a blizzard. Hideaki, the engineers and mixers were still stunned at the sudden intrusion but the producer and Takahashi sported a very pissed looks, probably because of how and who let the teens in without Takahashi's permission. The older Kuroko clenched his fists tightly when he saw the familiar mop of forest green, cobalt blue, vivid violet and scarlet red hair. The Generation of Miracles. The same damned brats who nearly shattered his beloved nephew's heart and soul. 'I'll never forgive them...'. that was more of a resolve than anything. Though he thought that Kise wasn't as bad as the rest of those rainbow brats.

Kazuya and his friends were equally stunned but it didn't show on their handsome features. Because Tetsuya became friends with them after he had left for the States, Kazuya never knew any of them personally and doesn't know what their capable of. Only rumours and stories of the infamous Kiseki no Sedai or Generation of Miracles were heard in America, so imagine his surprise when he found out that Tetsuya was named the Sixth Man and member of the esteemed group (through letters that Kazuya received from his family when he studied abroad). He was happy that his precious brother had finally made friends but what the young man doesn't know is what exactly happened to the six of them before they entered high school and the times he wasn't with his little brother.

As everyone remain rooted, Akashi took a step forward towards Kuroko but the latter immediately took a step back away from the redhead and much to his surprise, though his expression did not betray the boy's usual emotionless face, fear was evident in his usually blank vivid sky-blue orbs . And it seems that Akashi wasn't the only one who had noticed the change in the bluenette's character. "..." Kuroko managed to breathe out a small whimper.

"Tetsu, we need to talk to yo-" Aomine also tried coming towards the bluenette but only for the latter to step back again. The cobalt bluenette's outstretched hand that wanted to comfort the Shadow, clenched into a ball before returning to his side. "Tetsu, we.."

Akashi decided not to intimidate the bluenette any further, he ordered the Ace to cease his actions, instead turned his sharp gaze towards the blond boy, whom instantly flinched under it. "So Ryouta, you were the first one to perform a duet with the mysterious Kuro-kun am I right?" the smaller redhead asks, or more like seething with a menacing aura, the taller blond. "Well, it looks like you left out one tiny but significant detail about your duet."

"A-anou...are you mad Akashicchi...? Guys..?" Kise wasn't looking at his ex-captain as well as the rest of the Miracles directly in the eye. He then turn to Kuroko who was looking down at the shiny floor of the recording studio, not daring to make eye contact with his former and current teammates. For the bluenette who always had a habit of staring intently as well never breaking eye contact with people, this was very unusual for him and everyone was getting more and more worried for him.

Midorima pushed his black-rimmed glasses up but his eyes were hidden behind the studio's lights. "Angry? Not exactly the word to describe it, Kise. But it seems your luck is at its worst today."

"Kise-chin, you knew but never told us? I'm so disappointed~"

"W-wait a minute! I just knew about this a few weeks a back! How should I have known that the Phantom Idol would be Kurokocchi? It's not like I selfishly kept this to myself but I had a promised to keep to Kurokocchi so I don't need a reason to explain anything to you, not even to you Akashicchi!" Kise defended himself, he was burning with a fire of anger and surprising The Miracles, Seirin and the others.

"Ki-chan..." Momoi was indeed shocked at Kise's sudden outburst as she and the others had never seen him like that before.

As of now, Akashi was ever so tempted in bringing out his scissors and impaling the blond for his defiance towards him but decided to cool it because there are more important matters now.

Seirin hadn't taken their eyes off of their triumph card, who was still silent after his one word, but their faces were visibly torn from shock to upset. Shocked from the fact that Kuroko is the one and only Phantom Idol, Kuro-kun and his singing is absolutely amazing but upset at the fact that he had hid yet another secret from them. Weren't they his family? They've told the small teen that he could tell them anything so no secrets between them. Clearly. it seems, Kuroko can't open up completely to them just yet. Meaning, he hasn't given them his full trust yet.

The Generation of Miracles were just as astounded as well as somewhat upset the fact that their own former shadow didn't trust them fully either. Akashi hated not knowing even the littlest detail about his own teammates and Kuroko was able to hid a secret this big from him? Ridiculous. He's their captain, even though now in different teams, they're his.

"Kuroko..." the captain of Seirin spoke up first, making Kuroko look at his eleven teammates. Hyuuga had this somewhat pained look that made Kuroko feel even guiltier.

"..." the teen still remained quiet and cast his gaze downwards again.

"So, you're the Phantom Idol, Kuro-Ko-kun."

Riko finally said the one fact everyone had on their minds. Kuroko's small build uncharacteristically flinched and brought his pretty blue gems up to face everyone.

The bluenette still maintained his poker-face."Yes, coach. I am. However I never meant to-", just as Kuroko wanted to explain, Takahashi barged in the room, his face contorted with anger.

"Everyone, please step out of the recording studio. We shall discuss this in the meeting where it's bigger." All the teens, except for Kuroko and Akashi, shuddered with fear upon the scary face that met their eyes. The Wind Riders' body's flinched and even Kazuya had never seen his uncle this angry before.

Now, in a deafening yet awkward silence that it seems one's thoughts can be heard aloud, stood the eighteen teenage intruders, the two teen idols, five young men and a very pissed man with a silently indifferent one behind him. The eighteen of them stood in one end of the room while the others faced them. "None of you are supposed to be here. How did you get inside?" Kuroko Takahashi questioned the unwelcome trespassers. Kuroko and Kise sat on two of the room's chairs as Kazuya and his friends stood behind them. Akira was as calm as always but there is some worry written on his beautiful face, Kunihiko was fidgeting quite a bit, Sora looked annoyed, staring sharply at them and Tsukasa was biting his knuckles while glancing at warily back and forth from the teens to Takahashi. Kazuya had placed both of his hands on his brother's shoulders as a comforting gesture.

"I asked your staff nicely to let us in the secret room. That is all." was Akashi's simply answer, that grinds the older Kuroko's gears even more.

'Nicely? More like you threatened to use your family's power to get them fired!' The others screamed in their minds.

"Okay, forget about that, I would like to get down to the real problem here. Now that you know who Tet-kun really is, what are you going to do?" Takahashi had dropped the the ultimate question.

"To be honest, we only followed Kuroko because we overheard his conversation with Kise last night but we did not expect this big of a surprise." Midorima began.

Kise jolted in his seat. "You eavesdropped on me?"

"Actually I did."

Aomine said in his lazy tone with his arms behind his head. "I was just passing by beside the hedge when I heard your familiar, annoying voice. At first I didn't give a shit but then you said Tetsu's name and you said 'sweet time' with him. We couldn't let you do anything weird to Tetsu so... "

Kise's topaz eyes widened as he clenched his fist lightly. "Aominecchi...everyone...", he sounded exasperated.

"Well I guess we all did ne~?" Murasakibara singsonged as if it was totally normal to do so.

"Now what? Now that all of them know of this." Akira asks no one in particular.

Kuroko Takahashi just sighed while pinching the bridge of his nose. "Do any of you have any idea how dangerous the situation is right now? Well, there's nothing we can do except make promise us."

All eyes riveted to the black-haired man with Akashi's ruby eyes never leaving him. "Promise you what Kuroko-san?", the redhead asked.

"There are reasons why Tet-kun and his parents wanted to keep the identity of Kuro-kun a secret. So please, I want each and every one of you here to promise, not only to me but to Tet-kun as well, that you will keep this silent."

The teens looked at each other in contemplation, slowly smiling to each other and then nodded. "We will. If Kuroko-kun wants that..." Riko spoke for them all.

Kuroko's eyes widened slightly but a breathtaking smile had formed on his pink lips as she raised his head up to face his friends. "Thank you everyone."

The ones facing the him stiffened, especially Takao and Himuro (because the two of them aren't exactly that acquainted with the Phantom Player, so they might not know that much about him and only met him through their own friends, Midorima and Kagami). Momoi blushed scarlet while Kise who was sitting directly beside the boy, just stared at him like he was a piece of treasure. The Wind Riders, sans Kazuya since he is his brother after all, were just stunned for a second but were more amused at the reactions of the teens than anything.

After settling down, Izuki had wanted to say something that's been on his mind for a while now. "OK OK fine. We'll keep this a secret but under one condition Kuroko." The Eagle Eye bearer flashed a mischievous smile when all eyes were on him. Kuroko titled his head to one side in question (a habit really).

"A condition eh...? What might that be may I ask, boy?" the GoM (sans Akashi and Kuroko), Seirin, Himuro, Momoi and Takao cowered in absolute fear when Takahashi emitted a dark and menacing aura around him. The four young adult males took a few steps back away from the man in a comical manner while the Kuroko brothers remained impassive but Kise was gripping Kuroko's arm. Hard. He was given the same face when he first started working with Kuroko and was 'threaten' to promised not to reveal his identity.

"Wait, wait Kuroko-san! This condition has nothing to do with Kuroko's identity. It's actually quite personal." Izuki quickly said before the man could bite him back. He then turn his attention to his underclassman. "Kuroko, for keeping such a big secrets from us even though we are friends, we want you to open up yourself more not just to us but the Miracles as well!"

If his eyes were wide before, now it would be a overstatement. Kuroko could only let out an 'eh?' as he stared at his upperclassman. Seirin were also surprised at Izuki's boldness. Kazuya just gripped his brother's shoulders harder but still gentle.

"What are you talking about you brat? If you're gonna blackmail Tetsu-kun like this, I'll..." Sora was ready to burst out at the teens but was immediately held back by Akira who had caught his shoulder and shook his head.

"Please let's not be hasty Sora-kun. Let's hear what Izuki-kun has to say."

Izuki was more than thankful for Akira's rationality. "Thank you Chaihiro-san." Akira smiled lightly at him and gestured for them to continue.

"Yeah Kuroko! You're just too quiet for your own good!" Kagami supported his senpai. "I mean, I'm your partner and your Light dammit! I should know about you too."

"And you rarely talk about yourself although we only got to know a bit about your past before our match with Rakuzan during the Winter Cup but that still wasn't enough. It was only your past during your Teikou days." Koganei backed-up. "You may not realise this but all of us are constantly worried for you."

The Phantom Player of Seirin's sapphire orbs fluttered a couple of times as if he was still trying to process on what his teammates just said. "W-why are you-"

"C'mon, Kuroko don't you trust us?" Tsuchida let out a pained smile and the freshman trio nodded.

Kuroko contemplated for a few moments. "No it's not that I do not trust you completely Tsuchida-senpai but...", the bluenette took a small breath and clutched his the fabric of his shirt on his chest before hesitantly continuing but with his light blue bangs shadowing his eyes. "...I just feel like my heart hasn't fully healed yet to open up to anyone immediately. I-i'm sorry Senpai." he uncharacteristically stuttered again.

All eyes widened as silence engulfs the room. Those words had conveyed a lot of what Kuroko had been feeling all this time though most were more confused than anything as everyone looked at one another.

Kazuya stared at his brother in utter shock but his own heart clenched tightly in his chest as if it was about to break. The azure-head proceeded to sling both his strong arms around his younger brother and hugged him firmly but still in his gentle manner.

When Takao turned to Midorima, he never expected to see something like this. He and the rest of the Miracles had also gripped their shirts or tighten their fists with either angered looks or pained ones. The raven-haired point guard tapped Himuro's shoulder and showed him the Miracles' strange silence. Even the shooting guard had never seen Atsushi like that before.

No, despite reconciling their friendship after the Winter Cup, none of them were close to being ready to discuss about what had happened to the six of them during their second and third years in that damned school. Well, specifically what happened to the five of them and how they transformed into the monsters they were before Kuroko succeeded in changing them back.

Kise had long let go of Kuroko's arm and just kept looking at the small teen. He too felt ashamed of his past actions towards his old mentor as he turned his head to the rest of the Miracles who all had equally pensive looks.

"Tetsu-kun...", Momoi called to Kuroko whose eyes were stilled hidden beneath his bangs though he had a very slight smile on his pale face but it wasn't a happy one. It was more of a pained one. The pinkette wanted to say something but she's afraid that it will do more harm to Kuroko's fragile state at the moment. Riko just rested a hand on her shoulder as a gesture of comfort to which Momoi more than gladly accepts.

Himuro and Takao still remained silent because the two of them had only gotten to know Kuroko recently and the two aren't sure of his past with the Miracles and their current teammates respectively. The usual optimistic and happy Hawk is all serious today and the handsome returnee looked worried.

"Tetsuya-chan, what do you mean? What had happened?", Kunihiko was just as confused as his other former band mates except for one brown-haired man.

Akira being the most observant, noticed that the Miracles were looking rather unusual as well. 'I hope what I'm about to ask them isn't a sensitive question for them and Tetsuya-kun. I just have to try'. "No Kunihiko-kun, the question is what exactly happened between Tetsuya-kun AND the Generation of Miracles, am I correct?"

The six of them stiffened (with Akashi being as calm as ever thus his movement went unnoticed) as if Akira had hit the correct mark.

"Bingo, eh?" Sora eloquently answered for them. "Now I see, you brats are responsible for Tetsu-kun being like this?" the golden-haired beauty was getting rather angry as of this moment.

Kuroko flinched a bit as he got out of his brother's hold and grabbed Sora's arm lightly. "Sora-niisan, please that's enough." the Phantom Player looked quite alarmed now, sparking everyone's curiosity.

"Kinsaki-san, please continue." Hyuuga interrupted. Kuroko gave him a pleading look as if not to pursue this topic anymore but too late for that. Since Seirn are so determine to know more about their youngest member, they will ignore those eyes no matter what.

"What do mean by Kurokocchi 'being like this', Kinsaki-san?"

"Tetsu-chan was a lot more cheerful and smiled more often, even if it was a little smile but a smile nonetheless, when he was younger even when he entered Middle School even though that was the last time we saw him in four years. Yes even back then Tetsu-chan was a deadpan and almost devoid of any expression type but after seeing him again, I noticed that his eyes are duller and almost as if someone asked him to make himself more invisible." Kunihiko responded for Sora.

"K-kuroko was cheerful...?" Kagami repeated the words, clearly unable to believe what Kunihiko just said.

"Kuroko, smiled more?" Takao also can't really process the words.

The last part of the white-haired man's words struck deep into the hearts of the Miracles, especially Akashi since he was the one who told Kuroko that during their Teikou days in order to be the Phantom Sixth man. And he had even mocked Kuroko during their match in the Winter Cup by saying that he was the old model of the Phantom Sixth man and worn-out.

"I'm sorry."

All eyes turn to the owner of the voice. Akashi's eyes were hidden under his now longer bangs. "I'm sorry for what I did to you, Tetsuya. It is because of me that you've become this way. I forced it on you. I deeply apologise."

Unsure what's more shocking, the revelation of Kuroko's past personality or the fact that THE Akashi-intimidating and terryfying- Seijuurou apologising to someone.

"Akashi-kun..."

"Kurokocchi! Me too! Because of us, you nearly lost your passion for the sport you loved the most! I-i'm s-sorry..." Kise's eyes were beginning to water.

"Tetsu/Kuroko/Kuro-chin...I..."

"Stop it."

"Eh?", Aomine crooked a bit.

Kuroko had stood up fully and backed away slightly. "Tet-kun, what's wron-"

"I SAID STOP IT ALREADY!" the boy screamed, something that's completely out of character for him and he promptly ran towards the exit door at a speed that no one knew he could reach.

"TET-CHAN!" Kazuya was the first to go after him, leaving everyone in the room, completely and utterly shocked.


Woah, well that was unexpected even from me o_o

Oh BTW, another character will make his appearance in the next chappie! A certain childhood friend of our favourite Phantom ;3

Review anyone? Please? I need the motivation! T_T