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The next day Adie woke up wide awake and feeling slightly apprehensive, it was like a match between Gryffindor and Slytherin only she actually felt safer playing Slytherin than Kirisaki Daiichi. Who would have thought? If she told Ron this, he wouldn't believe her. She snorted.

She sighed and pushed herself out of bed and glanced at the clock. She still had some time before she had to wake up Teddy and get him ready for daycare. She jumped in the shower before getting dressed and walked to the kitchen and prepared breakfast for her and Teddy.

"Teddy," Adie said gently nudging the little boy so he woke up. "It's morning and time to wake up."

"Don't want to," Teddy mumbled turning around in the bed burying deeper under the covers.

"Breakfast is ready," Adie tried but he just burrowed into the covers. She sighed. Some mornings were harder than others to wake him up. "Oh, well… I guess I will have to eat all those eggs by myself then and even drink all that juice… Since Teddy doesn't want anything before daycare."

She noticed Teddy barely opening an eye and she hid her smirk.

"Or maybe… the tickle monster have to make a visit to little boys who don't want to wake up," Adie gasped dramatically and she definitely heard a small giggle now as she leaned over Teddy and started to tickle him. He laughed and his eyes flew open as he trashed trying to escape from her grasp.

"Muuum…" Teddy whined breathlessly in between laughs. "That's cheating!"

"No, it isn't," Adie smirked. She paused her tickling. "Do you give up?"

"Yeah, I'm awake now," Teddy said and she smiled at his shining eyes.

"Good," Adie said and got off the bed and chuckled as he followed her.

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"Hi, Adie-san," Furihata greeted when she jogged up to them in the gym ready for the warm-ups. She smiled at the nervous first year and greeted him back. "Is Teddy-chan with you today?"

"No, I didn't think today's match was a good match for him to watch," Adie said her eyes shadowing a little as she glanced over to the other side where Kirisaki Daiichi was warming up. Her eyes quickly zeroed in on one Hanamiya Makoto who was looking calm and nonchalant as well as having a smug air around him that she really wanted to crush. His dark shoulder-length hair framed his pale face and his greyish brown eyes were watching Teppei with an arrogant and sly smirk on his lips. "It's going to be a brutal game and I don't think Teddy should see it."

Furihata swallowed and nodded as he looked at the second years who all seemed tense and extra fired up. Hyuga kept missing his shots, the others had hard looks in their eyes and Adie could tell that Kuroko and Kagami were now aware of the meaning of the game and what Hanamiya had done to Teppei. They kept glaring at the uncrowned King from Kirisaki Daiichi.

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"Well, well," Hanamiya drawled and Adie met his cold dark eyes with an expressionless look in hers. He let his eyes drag over her body and she repressed the need to shiver as he clearly checked her out. "The rumours were true. A girl is playing on Seirin."

"Obviously," Adie deadpanned in perfect Snape manner.

"How far they have fallen to let a girl on their team… are you their bitch perhaps?"

Hanamiya asked with a leer and she narrowed her eyes. She heard someone growl angrily in the background. She fisted her hands but she kept from hitting him only because it would get her in trouble with the referees.

"You don't scare me, Hanamiya Makoto," Adie said deceivingly calm. "You're not scary and your crude words don't do anything to me. Know this, brat, we will win. We will defeat you and nothing you do will change that."

She let some of her power leak out and Hanamiya actually looked a little worried before he quickly hid it. He sneered and walked back over to his team.

Adie looked to see Teppei glaring at Hanamiya and she saw Hyuga holding Kagami back while even Kuroko was glaring.

"It's fine, Teppei," Adie said placing a hand on his chest to calm him down. "We'll win. We will show them through our basketball that we are better."

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Adie passed the ball to Kuroko who held it, she saw the realisation on Hanamiya's eyes as Kuroko challenged Itsuki the centre of Kirisaki Daiichi and passed him with his vanishing drive and passed the ball over the Shooting Guard Hiroshi in an alley-oop to Teppei who scored the game's first point.

Adie grinned as she saw Teppei clasp Kuroko on the back a little too hard and Kuroko had to take a step forward to keep his balance. Teppei looked a little sheepish but he smiled all the same.

Adie gritted her teeth as she watched the rough play from the Kirisaki Daiichi players, they were trying to injure them and barely hid it. She looked at the referees and narrowed her eyes. Were they blind? This match reminded her of the Gryffindor-Slytherin Quidditch matches during her time at school, and even they had more respect than this. Or, at least for the most part…there were some aspects of trying to injure the other players, especially from the Slytherin side.

"Calm down, Kagami," Adie told him sternly. "Don't let him get you worked up!"

Adie frowned at herself in annoyance. She should have been able to stop Hanamiya from scoring. She had been distracted for a second too long and that was all the other player needed to get past her to score. Adie looked over at Teppei when he heard him yell and knew she had missed something given the angry glare Teppei was giving Hanamiya.

"I will defeat you!" Teppei swore.

Adie hid a grimace as a pointy elbow hit her ribcage and she could feel a bruise forming, yet she pushed back and managed to get in front of the Kirisaki Daiichi player and steal the ball from him. She passed to Kagami who scored.

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"What's the referee doing?! Is he blind?!" Kise asked angrily as he glared down at the court where the Seirin players were hit and kicked at every chance.

"They're doing it so the ref can't see," Kasamatsu said grimly. "It's an impressive skill to have."

"TH'Y SH'LD PR'CTICE NO'ALLY IN ST'AD OF IMPR'ING TH'T SK'LL!" Hayakawa yelled angrily fisting his hands while looking rather scary.

"I agree even if I didn't understand what he just said," Kise said.

"We would be fine, but it's a rough game for a team like Seirin that has barely enough players," Kasamatsu said.

"Either way, it's not a game that makes you feel good to watch," Moriyama said.

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Kagami was roughly and harshly screened out and you could see the temper snap as he was about to hit Kazuya who looked to be waiting for something like this when he suddenly fell flat on the ground making the others blink.

"Ow! That hurt!" Kagami complained as he got back up and turned to see Kuroko standing behind him.

"What were you trying to do?" Kuroko asked impassively but a hard look was in his eyes.

"What…" Kagami started.

"Are you trying to ruin everything in your anger?" Kuroko snapped. "I'm angry too. But hitting them isn't what we should be doing for the upperclassmen. We should be beating them in basketball."

Kagami was staring at him for a moment before he let out a small breath, "You're right. Sorry."

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Riko hit Kagami when they took the time out making the others look at him in sympathy for being at the end of Riko's short temper. No one interfered though. They didn't want her to turn her anger at them, thank you very much!

"Can you get me something cold?" Hyuga asked Furihata who nodded.

Teppei eyed Hyuga and his bruised elbow with an unreadable look in his eyes, he didn't speak for a moment before looking over at Adie who was feeling her ribs gently trying to hide the grimace.

"Kagami," Teppei said. "Attack from the outside when we're on offence. You don't need to get the rebound on defence either."

"What?"

"I'll play on the inside myself," Teppei stated.

The others stared at him shocked and slightly horrified, while Adie was looking at him with narrowed eyes. She didn't say anything though, but she decided that she was going to keep an eye on him and on Hanamiya Makoto. She really didn't like the way they played. It was even worse than the Slytherin's.

Hyuga and Riko both protested but Teppei wouldn't listen to them.

"I'm sorry, Riko. This is what I came back to do. If you sub me out now, Riko," Teppei paused a little and looked up to meet her eyes. "I will hate you for the rest of my life."

Adie clenched his fists as he saw the hurt in Riko's eyes and the stubborn set in Teppei's jaw. Teppei stood up.

"Now, let's have some fun," Teppei said.

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Teppei did as he said and kept fighting on the inside by himself, but Adie made sure to keep her eyes on Hanamiya. She knew the that Teppei needed to do this, to feel like he protected them all. She just didn't want to see Teppei get hurt because of it. So she decided that she was going to protect Teppei back. She was going to stop Hanamiya when he decided to strike.

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"Amazing," Momoi said awed at the sight of Teppei fighting.

"He's holding down the inside by himself on offence and defence," Imayoshi said.

"Not bad," Aomine said looking a little impressed despite himself.

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The score was 23-26 with Seirin in the lead and Adie looked closer at Teppei and saw the bruised skin on his arms and legs, he was breathing heavier and the sweat was pouring off him.

"Can we really keep doing this?" Kagami wondered worriedly bringing Adie's attention to him and she saw that he and Kuroko were both looking at Teppei worried.

"Of course not!" Hyuga yelled furiously. "GIVE ME THE BALL!"

Hyuga missed yet another shot and Adie frowned at him.

"Don't get too excited, Hyuga!" Adie told him.

"What are you talking about ?!" Hyuga snapped angrily.

Kuroko stole the ball and Kagami picked it up and ran toward the basket. He charged forward and player number 10 Kazuya fell to the ground and the referee blew his whistle.

"Charging. White, nr 10!" the ref yelled.

"That idiot," Izuki muttered on the bench.

"Pay more attention to your surroundings," Teppei said as he clasped Kagami's head. "Adie was open. We should play our own way."

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"If you want to die so badly, die," Hanamiya muttered under his breath. It was said so quietly that most didn't hear it, but Adie did. She snapped her eyes over at the Captain slash coach for the Kirisaki Daiichi and saw the dark look in his half-lidded eyes. His fingers were ready to snap as his eyes were locked on Teppei.

Adie could probably thank her experience from the war and her years at Hogwarts for being able to move across the court. It was like slow motion, she knew where everyone was on the court. Her team and the other, she moved passed Kagami and Kuroko and was almost with Teppei when she heard the faint snap of fingers and saw the number 7, Kojiro Furuhashi falling backwards seemingly on accident but if you looked closer you saw the elbow that was ready and deliberately aiming for the player who was behind and under him that happened to be Teppei.

Adie lunged forward and just managed to push Teppei out of harm's way, she knew he would land harshly on the floor but he wouldn't get the intentional hit from Kojiro. She wasn't fast enough, however, to dodge the hit herself as she felt the elbow hit her head and she crashed down on the floor. She felt the heavy weight of the player on top of her and she could tell he was making himself heavier on purpose before he rolled off her. A soft grunt of pain escaped her lips before she could stop it.

Teppei froze when he saw the elbow from Kojiro getting closer and all he could think was that he was going to be hit. He couldn't close his eyes as he prepared for the hit when he suddenly was hit from an unexpected side and he fell to the ground but not as hard as he expected.

A quiet grunt of pain made him look up and behind him and he froze and eyes went wide when he saw Adie lying on the ground with Kojiro over her and his elbow over Adie's forehead.

"Adie-san!" the Seirin players yelled as one.

"Adie!" Teppei sounded horrified and he crawled over to his friend and Kojiro rolled off and got up without looking at them. All carefree and nonchalant, but the others didn't care about him right now.

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"That's terrible!" Kise exclaimed horrified as he stared down at the court worried.

"This is no joke!" Kasamatsu said frowning worried and grimly down at the court.

Momoi gasped and her hands snapped up to her mouth covering it as she stared wide-eyed at Adie who was lying unmoving on the court. Tears sprung to her eyes as she watched.

"She pushed Kiyoshi out of the way…" Imayoshi said his eyes opening a little in shock. "She moved so fast…"

"…" Aomine scowled.

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"Adie!" Adie heard Teppei's frantic calls and forced her eyes open. She blinked a few times trying to get the gym into focus again. Teppei was hovering over her and looking at her with such wide and worried brown eyes that clearly showed her how scared he was. She smiled a little trying to calm him down and show that she was okay.

She rolled over and pushed herself up to her knees ignoring the hands trying to get her to keep lying down, she felt dizzy and her head hurt, but she ignored it and got back to her feet not showing any of her pain on her face. This wasn't the worst injury she'd had after all. She turned to face the Kirisaki Daiichi players and spotted the shocked expressions on their faces as she met their captain's narrow eyes.

"You might try to injure Teppei and my team but you should know," Adie said quietly but her voice carried over the gym. "I will not let you do as you wish. You are not scary nor are you anything but a bully who thrives on causing pain to others. I am not scared of you nor of your team. Unlike you, I can be dangerous and scary. You do not want to make me mad, Hanamiya Makoto."

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Adie hid the wince as Riko pressed a cloth against her head trying to stop the blood, she smiled at Riko when she saw the worried look in her eyes. Adie noticed when Riko noticed her scar as she hesitated her movement.

"That's a unique scar you have there," Riko commented making the others look over at them.

"Yeah, I know," Adie said blankly and something in her voice must have told the others to not push it.

"Why?" Teppei asked quietly after a few moments and Adie looked over at him with an unreadable look on her face. It was impossible to see what she was thinking. "Why did you do that? I told you to let me handle it!"

"You're an idiot," Adie said bluntly and Teppei scowled and set his jaw.

"What?" Teppei said glaring at Adie who glared right back. The tension between them was high and the others looked at them worriedly. They had never seen the two glare at each other before, they had been close from the moment Adie got there.

Adie broke away and walked over to the free bench and sat down, leaving Teppei on the other bench and pressing cold compressors on his bruises and sore muscles. The others asked Teppei if he was ok and he smiled and assured them that he was, but the smile was a little tenser than normal but no one questioned it.

Adie followed Riko with her eyes as she stopped in front of Teppei and looked at him, she saw the worry and slight fear in her eyes as she scanned him and Adie knew she was judging his injuries and probably remembering back to his words from before the match going by the hesitation in her eyes.

Kagami threw himself down on the bench next to Kuroko with a loud grunt.

"Damn it," Kagami swore. "I'm so angry!"

"You shouldn't break things," Kuroko said his voice impassive like normal.

"Shut up! I know that," Kagami snapped. "Anyway, I'm amazed you're so cal-"

He broke off his sentence when he looked over at Kuroko and saw the angry glower on his face and the look in his eyes that promised pain and revenge.

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"We're in trouble," Adie muttered to herself as she breathed hard watching Izuki leaning over the bench. Every time they passed one of the Kirisaki Daiichi players stole the ball. They had been trapped in a spider web. Now in the break before the last quarter, they needed a new tactic.

"They've predicted how we're going to play," Adie said. "They know our passes and what we're going to do."

Everyone was silent as they were lost in their own thoughts and didn't respond to Adie, not that she expected them to.

"We may be able to break free," Kuroko said suddenly making everyone look at the shadow in surprise. "If I stop playing with the team."

They match started again and Kuroko subbed with Adie who stayed on the bench with a small smirk on her face as she watched Kuroko entering the court again. That guy…he was something else. To think of that… Adie looked over at Kirisaki Daiichi. They were not going to know what hit them. Adie smirked again.

"You look scary," Koganei commented making Adie look at him with a raised brow.

"What do you mean, Kuroko?" Kagami asked.

"I mean exactly what I said," Kuroko said determinedly. "You four continue to play as you have."

"I see," Riko said. "It's a gamble."

"A gamble is something you win or lose," Teppei said getting up. "This isn't a gamble. This team can do it."

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Izuki had the ball and he meant to pass it to Teppei which Hanamiya predicted but before he could steal the ball Kuroko was there using his misdirection so the ball ended up with Kagami who scored.

"Yes!" the team cheered.

"Good job," Hyuga told Kuroko while the Kirisaki Daiichi was left startled not understanding what happened before Hanamiya seemed to have worked it out. Adie wouldn't admit it but it was very satisfying to see the shocked look on his face.

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"I can't believe it…" Imayoshi said from the stands. "That attack…"

"Huh?" Sakurai asked.

"Kuroko's intermediate passes have always been team plays until now," Imayoshi said. "Even if they seem like unexpected trick plays to their opponents, they're well-established attack patterns to his team. But that pass wasn't built into an attack pattern. His teammates didn't know about the pass. in other words, Kuroko changed the pass course on his own. Not even Hanamiya can predict a pass his teammates aren't expecting."

"But how did he catch the pass?" Sakurai wondered.

"He just did," Aomine surprised them by saying. "When you practice with him every day, you start to understand what Tetsu thinks. What you need isn't logic…it's trust."

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They were slowly catching up with Kuroko playing outside of the team and they would soon break free from the spider web Hanamiya had weaved. As the rest of the bench cheering for their comeback Adie had her eyes on Hanamiya Makoto and could see that he was getting desperate and she knew he would snap soon. She feared for what that would mean for Teppei. She moved her eyes over at her as good as little brother and frowned when she noticed an elbow from one of the Kirisaki Daiichi players hitting him in the back and saw the wince on Teppei's face. She fisted her hands to keep from hitting something.

"Riko," Adie said her voice cold and determined. Riko glanced over at her with a confused frown. "You have to take him off."

"But…" Riko started unsurely glancing over at Teppei. Adie could see the indecision in her eyes.

"You're the coach," Adie said. "That means making the unpopular decisions and not the ones the players want. Teppei will understand when he cools off, Riko. He's injured and if continues like this… he won't be playing basketball ever again. This is it."

Riko looked at Teppei and swallowed before she nodded determinedly. She called a timeout.

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Riko stood before them a serious look on her face and she took a deep breath.

"There are several things I want to say," Riko started. "But first, you're at your limit." She looked at Teppei. "You're out, Teppei."

"What? Wait a minute!" Teppei protested getting up to his feet. "Just a little more! If you take me out now…"

"No!" Riko said with tears in her eyes as she met Teppei's eyes. "If it means repeating last what happened last year, I'd rather have you hate me."

Even Teppei was startled by the emotion in her voice as he pulled back a little staring at her.

"I agree," Kuroko said.

"Kuroko?" Teppei asked turning to look at the normally silent shadow who looked up at him.

"I don't have an older brother," Kuroko said," but when you said you'd protect us, you seemed like one. It made me happy. I want you to keep protecting us. I don't want you to push yourself any harder in this game."

"I'm sick of this!" Hyuga yelled getting up and in Teppei's face even with the height difference. "We're telling you to leave the rest to us! Shut up and sit down! You think we'd break our promise?!"

Teppei looked stunned and unsure at what to say as he stared at them. Adie got up from her seat and walked over to Teppei and stopped in front of him. Her eyes softened a little as she watched him.

"You're an idiot," she repeated quietly and she fought to keep the tears from forming in her eyes. "You're all about protecting us, and we've respected your wish and let you do it. You have been protecting us all throughout the match, Teppei. Now, let us do the same. It's our time to protect you. Please, Teppei. I don't care if you hate me a little right now for doing this. For taking the blow for you, or for siding with Riko." Her voice trailed off a little and she sucked in a sharp breath.

Teppei opened his mouth to argue or protest, but Adie silenced him with a look that she often used on Teddy when he was misbehaving.

"You're my brother, I don't care that we don't share blood," Adie said placing a hand on his shoulder and squeezing it lightly. "I will not let anyone hurt you when I can stop it. I can't watch you be targeted like this and I won't. No one hurts my family and gets away with it. Not again. So, you will sit here and watch the match and you will be happy about it. Alright?"

Teppei wasn't the only one staring at her stunned, but she just shot him a glare and he sighed deeply.

"You're right," Teppei said. "The rest is up to you."

"Of course it is, moron!" Hyuga yelled having entered his clutch mode.

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Adie knew it would be rough. They were still behind by 6 points with the score being 54-60 in Kirisaki Daiichi's favour. Adie let out a disappointed sigh when Hyuga missed another three-pointer, but at least he seemed calmer now than before. Hopefully, he would score once during the match.

She caught the ball a little surprised by the sudden appearance and she jumped up shooting the ball causing it to fly over the defender and curving high into the basket scoring a three-pointer. She rushed back and covered the inside, she wasn't as strong as Teppei and much smaller and lighter built, but she was strong. She stood her ground and gritted her teeth even as they kept pushing her using their knees and elbows, she had, after all, deal with harder challenges. She was becoming good at ignoring pain. Swiftly, she took a chance and broke free from their pressure and stole the ball using her speed and lightness before passing the ball to Hyuga who was being marked by Hiroshi, but Kuroko was there and directed the ball to Kagami who dunked the ball in the net.

The cheering was heard and the bench was cheering loudly, they were now just one point behind.

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Adie gritted her teeth as Kirisaki scored once more, but she kept standing her ground and stole the ball before sending it off again. Hyuga missed once more.

Teppei was watching Adie fighting in his stead at the inside by herself and took the hits and shows that followed, Adie didn't reveal any pain or discomfort on her face just stood straight and pushed back in a way that was almost as invisible as the method they used.

It wasn't often he got to sit on the bench and watch his team play, or Adie. They were good and Adie was showing a side she didn't show often. She was swift and direct and her determination showed through every play she made. It really didn't show that she was playing in a boys league and she was really standing her own.

He smiled a little. It really felt good to have such a reliable team and friends, he thought. He looked at Riko to see her study the match intently.

"Riko," Teppei said and she looked over at him. "I'm sorry for the way I talked to you before." He did feel bad about it, he knew she just wanted what was best for him. He didn't see the relieved smile on her face.

"It's ok," Riko said more gently than she normally would. "I understand what you feel."

Teppei had a sad bittersweet smile on his face as he watched them play. Adie won another rebound much to Kojiro's annoyance and made his way forward and passed the ball to Hyuga.

Adie smirked when she saw the shot from Hyuga. Finally. It went in.

"I thought the way the Generation of Miracles played was wrong," Kuroko told Hanamiya after Hanamiya had scored. Kuroko was standing under the net. "But they would never do anything as underhanded as you! Don't stand in our way!" The last part was yelled in a surprisingly loud and angry voice as he punched the ball across the court so Kagami caught it and jammed it into the basket.

"It's not over yet!" Hyuga yelled as a reminder.

Adie caught the ball and passed to Izuki and he passed to Hyuga who scored. They didn't let Kirisaki Daiichi touch the ball or get near the basket for the last minutes of the match and it finally ended with 70-76 with Seirin as the winner.

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The bench went crazy with cheers and ran out on the floor to celebrate with the players and the crowd was screaming and clapping. Adie smiled as Izuki threw an arm over her shoulders in celebration.

Riko lifted her arms in the air as she laughed in happiness and relief.

Adie hugged Riko in celebration and the younger girl hugged her back as they laughed in pure joy, before looking over to where Hyuga had stopped in front of Teppei and Adie didn't bother hiding her amused grin as she spotted the almost grudging and displeased look on the Captain's face, or perhaps he just was embarrassed, Adie thought. Teppei however just smiled and Hyuga walked passed him but lifted a hand and they high-fived as he walked passed the taller teen.

Riko had tears running down her cheeks as she watched and Adie squeezed her shoulder with the arm she still had thrown over it before handing her a handkerchief.

"They're idiots," Riko muttered and Adie laughed a little and ruffled her hair.

"I know," was all she said.

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AN: Thank you for reading and the support for this story! Sorry about the delays in posting another chapter. :)