Disclaimer: I do not own Kuroko no Basket or the character.
Authors Note: This does not happen in the anime or manga except some events but it is different. It is slightly rusher than the previous ones.
Warning: Major ooc especially Akashi and Kuroko. It is a cruel, merciless Kuroko. Slight AU. Some disturbing scenes. Unbetaed/English error. Words. AkaKuro/KuroAka. One sided KagaKuro.
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CHAPTER Ten
"The basement is so dark!" Aomine exclaimed as they entered the basement.
"Don't they have lights or anything else other than these small candles?" Midorima complained.
"Don't you smell something strong? Like iron? It is creepy-ssu!" Kise whined.
"Oi! You are the one who tell us to come here!" Aomine shouted as Momoi hide beside Aomine grabbing his shirt VERY tightly, "And Satsuki! Stop pulling me!"
"Mou Dai chan!" Momoi pouted as she continue holding on to his shirt.
"Ne, minna. There is a room." Murasakibara said lazily as he took out the snacks.
Kise was very excited even though he's the one who complained how creepy it is and run towards the door.
"Don't just go and open- Don't ignore me!" Midorima said as he pushed up his glasses.
The stupid blonde ignored the advice and opened the door.
"Let's see. Let's see. Hmm.. Ah the smell is from this room! The smell! Is this room make up of iron or what? Where is the light?" The blonde said as he quickly find for the switch.
"There is no switch?" Kise said in shock.
"You can just use the torchlight in the phone." The quiet Kagami finally talked.
"Ah! So you can use your brain for once, Bakagami." Aomine commented.
"What did you say, Ahomine?" The two's heated argument was interrupted by the shine of light Kise turned on.
"Ahhh! W-What?" Kise shouted as they are faced with a room filled with bloody furniture and even some corpse that some is not even covered!
Momoi quickly hide behind Aomine as the latter had the stunned look even Murasakibara had dropped the packet of snack he had in hand. Midorima had his mouth wide open. Kagami's eyes widen.
Anyway, everybody just freeze for a moment until a footstep and a dragging sound can be heard.
Midorima quickly snapped everyone out of daze, "W-We should get out of here. Stop daydreaming!"
"Y-Yeah." Kise said as they hurried off to the opposite side of the sound.
The sound stopped as the Kiseki no Sedai peeked from their area.
The owner of the footsteps stopped in front of the door.
"Hm..? I thought I saw someone. Why is the door open? And isn't this the snack from our kitchen?" The voice said as he looked around and bends down to pick the snack that the purple head dropped.
"I-It's Tanaka san." Kise whispered.
Tanaka gave up searching for the intruders as he did not see anyone and conclude as his imagination. He picked up something that he was dragging and walked in to place the thing inside. It is the dead body of the man that died today.
"Isn't the guy the one that come just now, after us?" Aomine asked softly.
Everybody nodded their head after verifying the identity.
"Shit. We better go before we get caught." The tanned teen said urgently as the rest nodded with a feared expression, not knowing someone's staring at them.
Before they get up softly, they heard Tanaka praying to the corpse and wondered why.
They walked as softly as possible and tried to find their way out. Tried.
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Okay, Back to Kuroko. This is about an hour after the group went to explore. (Don't forget they explored the whole house.)
After bathing and cleaning all the blood stains, he got out of the shower with brand new clothes. He smirked slightly at the memory of the previous event and went up to the living room to join back the others. He had left the cleaning job to Tanaka so he can rest assure, at least that's what he thought. After three times of facing the mirror and double checking for any stain or anything that might give out his identity, then he proceed to the living room.
"Ah. I'm back. Sorry for the wait." Kuroko said as he grabbed the attentions of the people in the room.
"Oh. Welcome back. How is your… job?" Hyuuga asked hesitantly not sure if it is a good thing to ask since some people like it confidential.
"Yes. It is going great. He had just left by the back gate. Thank you for asking, senpai." Kuroko said with the blank face.
"Eh? Kuroko kun. Did you change your clothes?" Riko, being the observant one, noticed Kuroko wore different attire.
"Oh. Yes. The client had spilled some tea on me." Kuroko replied like he had rehearsed many times before looking around to change subject, "Eh? Where are Kagami kun and the rest?"
"Saa…* they said that they will be back though." Izuki replied.
"I heard that they said something about explore or what!" Koganei said as he had a better hearing. (Well. Since he is something like a cat… Does cat even have extra hearing senses?! Oh well.)
Kuroko's eyes widen, but to others it looks like his usual expressionless face.
He soon returned to his composed look, "This house is huge. I will go and find them in case they are lost."
The group nodded their head as they returned to their activities.
Unnoticed by them, Kuroko tightly clenched his fist as he proceeds to the basement floor. He does not care if they say the library filled with the anti fairy tale's series or his office filled with money but. But if they enter the basement… Kuroko clenched his fist tighter as he opened the door. The basement is like a place he goes almost every day so even without lighting or whether it is like a maze, the bluenette knows everything by heart.
"Oi! You are the one who tell us to come here!" A familiar loud voice echoed throughout the narrow area, "And Satsuki! Stop pulling me!"
"Aomine kun…" Kuroko whispered as he walked towards the source of the voice. He bit his lips so hard that it bleeds. He licked the blood off before hiding somewhere looking at how they realised the bloody room.
"Tanaka. You failed the job." He said softly making a mental note to punish the poor guy. Kuroko glare at the rainbow group and followed them even as they tried to sneak out.
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Back to the Kiseki no Sedai + Kagami!
"Where are you going? It's this way!" Aomine scolded Kise as he point the opposite side.
"It is this way, Ahomine!" The blonde retorted.
"Shhh! Do you forget our lives are at risk?" Momoi reprimanded the two as soft as possible.
Well. That is certainly effective. It mmediately quiet the two down as they continue to walk down another totally different place.
"What's with this place?" Kagami grumbled as he opened one of the many rooms.
"Oi What are you-" Aomine wanted to scold Kagami only to be interrupted by the red head quickly close the door back after taking a peek.
"W-What?" The tanned teen was shocked to see the all pale Kagami standing there with many sweats dripping.
"What can even make you scared?" Aomine mocked as he opened the door. He froze. The room consist of different types of torture devices, from the range of whips to tasers to even iron chairs. It is a torture chamber.
Even though they are not the ones being tortured, they winced in pain after taking a look at all the things. They started to suspect whether they are in Kuroko's house. They are all convinced that Tanaka is the one behind all the killing and all the brutal stuff instead of Kuroko. They believed that Tanaka did all this without Kuroko's knowledge. After all, the basement itself is hidden from sight. So maybe Kuroko thought it is some kind of servant's room and did not enter at all? It might sound ridiculous, but it is possible… right? This is what they want to believe.
"W-Why are they doing this?" Momoi started to tear up until they hear a voice.
"Daiki. Shintaro. Ryota. Atsushi. Satsuki and Taiga." A weak voice called out further in.
"G-G-G-Gho-" Kise wanted to scream before a hand stop him.
"Don't shout! Did you forget that we are kind of running?" Midorima said annoyed.
"B-But Midorimacchi! Did you hear that?" Kise asked with tears streaming down his face.
"N-No." The green head pretended not to hear a thing. Even though inside he was practically screaming in fear that it is some ghost, but outside he had make all the effort to calm himself down.
"It's me." The voice said tiredly.
"Ah!" Kise yelped at the voice.
"W-Who?" Aomine asked timidly with Momoi hiding behind.
"Get over here." It replied in annoyance.
"W-Why must we listen to you?" Kagami attempted to retort.
"Are you defying me?"
"W-Wait. You sound familiar." Kagami replied.
They group slowly walked towards the source. They swore they heard something cracking.
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"Are you defying me?" The voice said even though it is tired and weak, the authority is still present in the tone.
Akashi kun.
More bloods dripped from Kuroko's lip. He clenched tighter and tighter that the sound of the bone cracking can be heard.
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As the group walked nearer to the voice, their surrounding of the several rooms changed to iron bars, prisons.
Every step they took in wary, they looked around for any signs of people, LIVING human. Until they saw a fiery red haired man, looking at them with the dull, yet powerful red and gold eyes sitting against the wall.
"Akachin." Murasakibara said shocking the group.
"Akashicchi?!" Kise exclaimed as his eyes widen.
"Akashi!" Midorima had temporarily dropped his tsundere, and genuinely concerned about his ex captain.
The rest of them just stare in shock for three reasons.
1 Akashi who was supposed to be overseas just appeared in front of them.
2 Akashi was in Kuroko's house.
3 and the most important, AKASHI WAS F-KING LOOKING WEAK! YES! THAT MIGHTY CAPTAIN WHO NEVER ONCE SHOWED HIS WEAKNESS WAS NOW HERE, LOOKING HOPELESS!
Yes. It is a serious matter here. But there is no second chance of seeing this person here weak. Hmm… Maybe they should have their revenge for ordering them around like some loyal dogs. Aha! Blackmailing him can be a choice…
Before Kagami and Aomine wanted to think further, Akashi simply glared at them that are enough to silence the two idiots.
…Or not.
"But who will do this?" Aomine said finally into the serious mood.
"I am sure it is Tanaka san." Kise concluded before Akashi can say anything.
"Yes. That should be it. Okay after we free Akashi, let's go have a 'talk' to Tanaka."
"Poor Kurokocchi. Doesn't even know about this…" Kise said, pitying Kuroko.
"It must be sucks to have a servant who make use of the mansion for this kind of things huh… Wonder what will Tetsu feel when he find out about this!" Aomine agreed.
"What about me?" A voice from behind shocked them.
"AHHH! GHOST!"The blonde exclaimed as he cling onto Midorima like a koala bear. Even the green head was too shocked to even complain about Kise.
Aomine and Kagami had hugged each other tightly with Momoi tugging her hands onto Murasakibara.
The giant with his mouth wide opened.
"Kurochin." The giant being the first to regain said.
"Ah, Murasakibara kun and minna san. What are you doing down here?" Kuroko asked politely.
"Kurokocchi! A-Akashicchi… A-Akashicchi is-" Kise snapped out of shock and run towards the light bluenette.
"Oh. How are you doing, Akashi kun?" Kuroko asked.
"W-What?" Aomine asked in confusion.
"What do you mean by what, Aomine kun?" Kuroko tilted his head as he asked.
"You know about Akashi being locked up?" He shouted.
"Yes. I know about that."
"And you did not save him?" Aomine grew angrier and shouted.
"Save? Why would I save the person I locked?" Kuroko's lip curled up.
"What do you mean? Kurokocchi!" Kise demanded for answer.
"I said. Why would I save the person I locked? Don't you understand, Kise kun?" Kuroko's eyebrows furrowed in annoyance.
"Ah. My secrets are out. What should I do?" He said with an innocent look and pretended to ponder even though he knew what he planning to do. The bluenette then gave an evil smirk to them.
He scanned his eyes to each one of them before landing his gaze onto Akashi.
"Ne, Akashi kun. What should I do with them?" He said, the smirk still remaining.
Akashi glared at Kuroko with a Don't-you-dare look.
Kuroko chuckled as he looked back to the six.
"Hmm…." He placed his finger to his chin.
"What happened to you, Kuroko?" Kagami shouted in more like sadness instead of rage.
"Nothing happened to me, Kagami kun. This is me from the start." Kuroko answered.
"Who are you?" Murasakibara asked with the same sadness in his eyes.
"I am Kuroko, Murasakibara kun."
"No. You are not Kurochin."
"Well then. Who is this Kurochin, you are talking about?" Kuroko narrowed his eyes as he stared seriously at the giant.
"… Kurochin is…"
"Kurokocchi is a selfless and kind person! Not someone like you!" Kise answered in behalf of the purple head giant.
"Kind? Why do we need to be kind?" The bluenette asked back as his bangs covered his eyes.
"T-That's…" The blonde shocked by the question quickly think about the answer.
"Will being kind get you something in return? Pfft. Don't be stupid, Kise kun. Being kind is nothing more than self-sacrificing. I am not that good to do something and not expecting anything in return. Let's face the fact." Kuroko said in irritation.
"M-Murasakibaracchi is right. You are not Kurokocchi!"
"Oh well. Chatting time over. Tanaka." Kuroko called as the man run towards him.
"Yes bocchan?"
"Lock them up."
"Yes." Tanaka bowed as Kuroko began to walk away.
After a few steps, he turned over to face them, "Don't blame anyone. Blame for your own curiosity."
Kuroko bend his head down.
Why? Why are their eyes filled with sadness? Not anger? Why do they look so sad? Kuroko Tetsuya, don't be soft. Remember father and mother. Remember how they die.
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Facing the back of Kuroko, Kise remembered the words when Kuroko told him after the match where Kise found out about Kuroko's ability and calling him Kurokocchi for the first time.
"You are contradicting yourselves, Kurokocchi…" He whispered.
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Kagami felt tears welling out of his eyes.
Kuroko. What in the world happened?
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Aomine banged his fist to the wall as he shouted, "Damn! Tetsu! What happened to you?"
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Midorima clenched his fist tightly. He did not say anything.
"Kuroko…"
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Murasakibara stood there as he comforted Momoi who was crying nonstop.
"Don't cry, Sachin."
"Tetsu kun."
"I know." He hugged the girl gently, "I know." He repeated the words again and again.
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"Tetsuya." Akashi whispered. It is partially his fault that Kuroko had become like this. It is partially his fault that he becomes a monster. No… he, himself is the monster.
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"I am sorry…" They turned their head to the butler.
"Please forgive bocchan. He was not like this last time." Tanaka said as his eyes displayed guilt and sadness.
"W-What happened?" Kise asked.
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*Saa: I don't really know how to say. Ermm… Something like I don't know? Is it?