Hi guys! I hope you liked episode 8! Nothing much happened though...I got a review wondering about NG-shuu's and OVA's. They won't react to NG-shuu's but they will react to OVAs. The OVA's add more plot to the overall story so that's why it's included.
Here's my plan for the OVAs.
For the Idiot's can't win OVA: Before Seirin's first match against Touou.
The two Teikou OVAs (The one about Kise and the one about Kuroko and Aomine): Will be inserted into the Teikou arc episode therefore they will be watching these two along with the Teikou arc. (I hope I can do it).
The "Saikou no Present Desu: Will be shown after the Winter Cup finals.
Anyway enjoy the next chapter! I don't own KnB!
Episode 9
The episode starts of with Midorima making his three pointers in slow motion.
"Always knew you were a drama queen." Aomine said. Midorima decided to be mature and not say anything.
"That's three in a row." Someone from the audience said.
"So this is the GoM's Midorima Shintarou." Midorima pushed up his glasses.
"Captain" Midorima called out to Otsubo.
"What?" he said. "Your finished?"
"Yes. I have a feel for it." With Shutoku in the lead they switched Midorima out of the game.
"They are switching him out after five minutes?" Kise said indicating he and Kasamatsu were also watching Shotoku's match as well. "Those guys are taking it easy."
"Of course they are." Kasamatsu said. "Their opponent is only a middle tier school."
"Not every school can be Seirin." Kobori said.
"There should be no surprises. If there is going to be any, it'll be over here."
The screen showed the episode title "To win."
"This is the first time they gave us some new info instead of a precap." Mayuzumi observed.
Seiho passes the ball from one point to another point. 'Their passing is ridiculous.' Kagami thought 'They quickly pass the ball as soon as they get it!'
"Mitobe!" Hyuga called out to him. Mitobe went to stop Iwamura but Iwamura passed the ball to Tsugawa. But before Tsugawa could make the shot, Kagami stopped him.
The referee blew the whistle "Foul! White No. 10."
'Oi, Oi!' Hyuga thought 'Isn't that his third one already?'
"Seriously?" Everyone said. "Taiga, you really need to calm down." Himuro said. "It wasn't my fault." Kagami said. "It was that annoying Tsugawa's" Hyuga hit him on the head. "What did Akashi said about not blaming someone else?" he said.
'Damn, it's not that they're fast,' Kagami thought 'they just don't use many movements. It's like they are passing without ever catching it.'
"If you're having trouble against that, then just practice against Tetsu." Aomine said. "He makes them look like amateurs." Hyuga blinked. "That's...not a bad idea." he said slowly. Everyone else was silent. They were thinking the same thing. 'Aomine...said...something...smart.'
'Is this another one of their martial arts techniques?'
"I thought Seirin's engine was finally running with Kagamicchi's score but they haven't made much progress." Kise said.
"You can't be called a king by just playing a good defense." Kasamatsu told him. "Their offense is exceptional as well."
Everyone hummed in agreement.
"Seiho may not have prodigal scorers like you or Kagami but they're a different type of team. They're a team of experts."
"There are some experts too" Kise said. Kasamatsu looked at him "On Seirin." The screen showed Kuroko.
"Oh yeah" Takao said. "You haven't been much active, have you?"
"No, not yet" Kuroko said.
The referee blew his whistle "Out of bounds, White ball"
"A nine-point difference, huh?" Tsugawa said looking at the scoreboard. As a result, he bumped into Kuroko. "Sorry" Kuroko said.
"Why are you apologizing?" Kagami asked. "He bumped into you" Aomine said.
"Who are you? Have you been playing in this game?" Tsugawa asked in surprise.
The GoM twitched. They should expect this but shouldn't he apologize first!
"I'm Kuroko Tetsuya." Kuroko said. "I have been."
"You're kidding! Seriously!?" Tsugawa said. "You're presence is so small."
Some people laughed while others rolled their eyes.
'He played him before but doesn't remember.' Kagami though with an open mouth.
'On top of that, he just casually said his name.' Hyuga thought. He was equally shocked as Kagami.
"I'm used to former opponents forgetting me." Kuroko said. 'How sad!' Almost everyone thought.
"You're a first year too?" Tsugawa said. He started to tell Kuroko how Kuroko's team was behind Seiho by twenty points in the first quarter.
"He's lucky I didn't whack him across the head because of that." Hyuga grumbled.
"Don't let it get you down." Tsugawa said. He gave a pat on Kuroko's shoulder and ran off.
"I got it." Kuroko said. Tsugawa turned to look at him. "I will make sure I am not disappointed."
The GoM smirked. "Finally getting serious." Aomine said.
The screen changed back to the game.
"They've been like that all game." Furi said. "They can't pass like this."
Izuki looked at his side and passed the ball. The ball looked like it was going to Iwamura. 'A random pass like that will never…' Kusaga started to think confidently.
"That is true." Izuki said. "If we didn't have Kuroko."
All of a sudden Kuroko appeared and caught the ball. Kusaga was shocked. Kuroko passed the ball to Mitobe 'What?' Iwamura was surprised. 'A pass from behind the defense?'
Mitobe took the ball and scored. "What was that pass?" Someone from the audience asked.
"It came back like a boomerang."
"It didn't. Someone tapped it."
Seirin gave a small whoop.
"Someone? Who?" The screen showed Kuroko wiping away sweat.
"Looks like the Iron Wall of Seiho defense never had someone pass the ball inside their defense." Kise smirked.
"Dammit." A Seiho player said. "What is going on?"
"Now, now." Kusaga said as he caught the ball. "Calm down kids." He passed Izuki and went to score but Kagami stopped him. Kusaga's eyes widened. The ball missed the basket and went into Izuki's hand.
Izuki passed the ball to Hyuga as someone said. "Seirin is waking up!"
Kasamatsu blinked. "I take back my statement." he said. "Kagami is not the one that wakes Seirin up...It's Kuroko." Seirin agreed. "We do rely on him a lot." Izuki said. He was thinking over all of their past matches.
Seirin bench members cheered as they closed the gap to 3 points. Tsugawa had gotten the ball but Kuroko came behind him and stole the ball from him. The ball went to Kagami who passed it to Hyuga who scored a three pointer. With that, the first quarter ended.
"From a twenty point lead to a tie...Not bad." Mibuchi said to Seirin. "Not bad at all."
"Thanks." Seirin said.
"By the way," Iwamura said "I heard this guy said something stupid again." He was holding Tsugawa.
"Yeah. Honestly it brought back a lot of last year trauma." Hyuga said.
"Sorry"
"But it's fine." Hyuga said. "We got over it."
The screen showed Seiho sitting down. Tsugawa complained about how they are tied instead of in the lead like last year.
"Tsugawa" Iwamura called out. "Don't get ahead of yourself." Tsugawa shut up.
"Iwamura is really a capable captain." Miyaji said.
"If any of you have the same thought as Tsugawa, remember this…" Iwamura said. "They are strong. Make sure you don't think they are weaker than us!"
Seirin's upperclassmen probably would've started crying. To be acknowledged as a strong team by a king...it almost makes all of last year traumas totally worth it.
Seiho coach agreed with Iwamura. "Iwamura understands. We're both high school teams. No one knows what will happen until the game is over. This game is just…"
The screen changed to Riko who finished the sentence. "...just getting started!"
"Keep the formation as is! You're being led by their passes too much, so keep your zone tighter." She told the team. "Also, Kagami, you have a lot of fouls." Kagami frowned.
"There is no reason for you to frown." Hyuga said. "You only have yourself to blame."
"If you just try to match your opponent like a wuss, they'll control the flow of the game. Remember to play offensively!"
"Yeah!"
The second quarter has started. "You won't get past me again." Tsugawa said. He was once again keeping Kagami at a tight defense.
"Their defense is tighter than ever." Furi said.
"Tokyo's best defense is finally waking up." Koganei said.
Kagami caught the ball. 'I can't pass him.' He thought 'But…' he noticed Kuroko. He passed the ball to Kuroko as he passed Tsugawa. '...the two of us…' Kuroko passed the ball back to Kagami.
Iwamura came in front of him "I won't let you." he said. So Kagami once again passed the ball to Kuroko who passed it back to Kagami who dunked the ball in.
"The deadly duo finally made a play in the match." Most people said.
"What was that?" Someone from the audience asked. "They blew past two people."
"They can do that?" Tsugawa said in amazement. "Wait, where did No. 11 come from?"
Kuroko simply sipped his milkshake.
"They can make it past that defense?" Kasamatsu said in amazement.
"They are more in tune with each other than they were before." Kise said. He clutched a few strands of his hair.
The GoM knew exactly what Kise was thinking. In just a few months, Kuroko and Kagami got along almost as well as Kuroko had with Aomine.
"But there is one thing that is bothering me." Kasamatsu said. The screen showed Kagami sweating heavily. "That's way too much sweat for the second quarter."
'Stupid Tsugawa.' Kagami thought.
The screen showed Tsugawa smirking. "What are you laughing about?" Kusaga asked him
"I'm sorry."
"It's fine." Kusaga said. "You're happy Kagami is over pacing himself, aren't you?"
Hyuga blinked. 'Maybe we should thank Seiho for the victory against Shutokou. I mean it did help 'the plan'.'
"Not yet" Tsugawa said.
"You're a sadist."
"Hate that guy." Kise said. Almost everyone agreed with Kise.
"That pair's combination is certainly impressive." Tsugawa said. "But only one of them can score." The screen changed to Kagami who looked really exhausted. Hyuga was running to Seiho's side. The player defending him slipped so he passed the ball to Kagami. Kagami caught the ball.
'What is going on?' Kagami thought 'They're not trying to stop me. I don't know what they are thinking but I'll slam through the hoop.'
"Smart people in those situations would actually care about what their opponent is thinking." Kuroko said as if he was stating a "Did You Know?" Kagami glared. "You know Kuroko, you're a great partner and all." Kagami told him "But you're off handed insults really piss me off!" Kuroko gave his "light" an unimpressed look.
Kagami jumped up to slam the ball. "No!" Hyuuga yelled "Don't do it Kagami!" Unfortunately, it was too late. The referee called out Kagami for an offensive foul. It was his fourth foul.
Some people sighed. They were thinking something like this would happen. "Now what?" Susa asked. "Who knows?" Imayoshi said. "But considering how Seirin did face us at the preliminaries, I'm sure they found a way to solve the problem."
'He did that on purpose.' Kagami thought as the screen showed Tsugawa smiling.
Kagami grumbled. "It might tick you off but he didn't do anything that was against the rules." Hyuga told him. After all, he did something like that in the Winter Cup Finals.
"Idiot!" Kise yelled from his seat. "What is he doing?" He collapsed in seat in exasperation.
"He'll have to back down now." Kasamatsu said. This caused Kise to sink in his seat even more.
"You know you did something stupid when you're rivals gets annoyed with you." Fukai mused.
"It's only the second quarter." Fukuda said.
"That moron!" Koganei said.
By now Kagami was getting annoyed at the screen. 'Alright I did something stupid. Do they need to discuss it so much?' he thought.
"Excuse me, I would like to make a substitution." Riko said at the scoreboard.
'It's the best thing to do.' Everyone thought.
Kagami was able to hear what Riko said and looked at her in shock. He tried to convince his senpais that he'll be fine. Everyone looked at Hyuga.
Hyuga sighed. "Well, it works out." he said. "We were planning to sub out you and Kuroko in the first place."
"Kuroko as well?" Wakamatsu asked. "Why? He's not a four fouler like Kagami."
"Watch and learn." Seirin said.
Kuroko and Kagami looked at Hyuga in surprise. "Me too?" Kuroko asked.
"We decided before the game started you'll only be playing in the first half." Hyuga said.
"But why?" Kagami asked.
"For one reason." Hyuga said. "In order to beat Midorima, we need you two."
"Ah" Almost everyone said in understanding.
"Even if we win this game, we'll need a strategy to beat Midorima in our next game." Hyuga said. "As we predicted, Shutoku is already preserving Midorima's strength. We can't win if you two are spent."
"Even if your chances looks bleak, you should always look for a what if." Fukai said
"But if we lose this game, we won't have the chance…" Kagami started to object.
"We know it's a gamble." Hyuga interrupted. "But if we can conserve you two, we'll have a slim chance of beating Shutoku."
Kagami was objecting to the plan but Kuroko said. "Kagami-kun. Let's do what they said."
"We're so lucky to have Kuroko." Hyuga said. Seirin agreed. Kuroko blinked. "I didn't do anything."
"What?" Kagami looked at his "Shadow" in surprise.
"I trust our senpais."
"Well don't worry." Hyuga said. "We'll beat Seiho."
"We got some help in the end." Koganei said ruffling Kuroko. Kuroko shook his head. "In the end, it was the senpais victory." He said. "If a senpai has pride then a kohai has respect. All I did was fulfill my duty of fulfilling my senpais wish." Seirin's senpai were literally speechless. After a while they smiled softly at Kuroko.
'Why can't our Kohais be like that?' The other school seniors thought.
The screen showed Koganei and Tsuchida getting ready to play. "I haven't played in a while." Tsuchida said.
"Let's show them what we can do." Koganei said.
"If things get bad, I'll play." Kagami said. Koganei high-fived him.
"What are talking about?" he said. "You have four fouls," Meanwhile Tsuchida high-fived Kuroko.
"They subbed out their two first years." One of Seiho's players said.
"They're both gone?" Tsugawa said. "It's a little disappointing but whatever."
"Quit running your mouth you baggart." Hyuga muttered to him. "I'm going to teach you how to talk to your seniors, baldy."
Everyone laughed while Hyuga scratched his cheek.
Takao looked over at Seirin bench. "Seirin subbed out their first year pair." He said. "Have they given up?" Midorima looked over. Tsugawa was guarding Hyuga who has the ball.
"No, they're doing the opposite." he said. Just then, Hyuga broke through the defense. Iwamura and Tsugawa jumped to stop Hyuga from making a shot but Hyuga pulled a fake and passed to Mitobe. "They intent to win." Mitobe dunked the ball in and scored, shocking both Iwamura and Tsugawa.
"Nice work, Mitobe." Kiyoshi said. Mitobe nodded his head.
Seirin was at a 1 point difference. "He can dunk?" Kagami said in shock.
"Nice dunk, Mitobe." Hyuga said.
"Oi" Iwamura called out. "I heard your conversation. You think you can beat Shutoku. You are underestimating us."
"Oh" Hyuga said. "That was all talk."
"What?" Almost everyone asked.
"Talk?" Iwamura asked.
"This is our revenge game." Hyuga said. "We can't brag about it if we win due to our first years. Ultimately, this is just senior's pride."
"Seniors." Tsugawa laughed "You're only just a year older than me." One of his senpais hit him on the head.
"You really need to shut up sometimes." he said.
A lot of people chuckled while Hyuga said. "I swear to God, I was gonna do that but they beat me to it."
"I accept your challenge." Iwamura said. "Bring it on!" Mitobe nodded.
"We won't hold back." Hyuga said. "Let's go, Seiho!"
Meanwhile at the bench, Kagami was frowning. Riko punched his face. "Why do you look so serious?" she asked. "They're not that bad, so don't worry."
"That bad?" Seirin seniors said. "Riko is nice as ever." Kiyoshi laughed. The other teams snorted.
"Yes!" Kagami's answer was muffled due to Riko's fist on his face. One of Seiho's player was dribbling the ball to Seirin's side of the court. Tsuchida came to defend against him. The Seiho player pulled a screen and went for the shoot but Hyuga blocked him.
"Nice work Hyuga." Kiyoshi said. How he wished he could play in those games.
"Amazing!" Fukuda said.
"He blocked it!" Kawahara said.
Koganei had the ball. He passed the ball to Izuki, who passed it to Mitobe. Iwamura was defending against Mitobe. Mitobe went for a hook shot.
'This form…" Iwamura thought 'Could it be?' Mitobe executed a perfect hook shot.
Koganei patted Mitobe on the back. "Nice work."
'This didn't happen last year.' Iwamura thought. He turned to look at Mitobe. "Looks like you weren't playing around this past year." Mitobe nodded.
"No problem." Kusaga said. "This is nothing." Izuki went stop him but Kusaga did a scoop shot and scored a point.
'I've never seen such a soft touch.' Izuki thought. 'If Iwamura is a rigid player, then this guy is flexible.'
A lot of people nodded in agreement.
Hyuga had the ball. He passed it to Mitobe. He tried to get a shot but couldn't evade Iwamura. "Here" Koganei called out to Mitobe from behind. Mitobe passed the ball to Koganei who scored a point.
"They're going at it harder than I expected." Kise said.
"This seems to work a lot better." Kasamatsu observed. "They form a team around Kuroko and Kagami this spring. In other words, it still developing."
Izuki agreed. "It was an unexpected but welcoming change. But we were able to make it work at the end." he said.
"Hyuga's outside shoot and Mitobe's hook shot. The offense revolves around those two plays that they developed over the past year." Kasamatsu said. "They must have been practicing hard to win after last year's defeat."
"As expected of a national level point guard." A lot of people said. Kasamatsu was a bit embarrassed.
"Also, there is one more thing I noticed about this team." Kasamatsu said. "This team's key player is the guy I was matched up against."
Seirin blinked. 'Damn… Kasamatsu is good.'
"It's not their captain?" Kise asked.
"Hyuga is their mental core." Kasamatsu said. "He leaves making plays to the point guard."
"Really?" Those that didn't know asked. "He is the vice-captain." Hyuga said. "Not to mention his eyes are good for planning."
"Eye spy for plans using my eyes." Izuki said writing it down. "Shut up, Izuki." Hyuga said with a blank look.
"He most likely has another eye." Kasamatsu said.
"Eye?" Kise said a little creeped out. The screen showed Izuki who has the ball.
"One, let's be careful." Izuki said. The screen showed Izuki's eye change to his eagle eyes. The screen showed the entire basketball court in Izuki's eagle eye view.
"Woah" Everyone said. "That's so cool."
"How were they able to do this?" Izuki asked in shock. "After all, this is something only myeyes can see."
"Is this the same for you?" Midorima asked Takao. "It's similar." Takao said.
Due to his eyes, Izuki could see Hyuga coming behind Kusaga so he passed the ball and Hyuga easily caught it. He also used his eyes to evade his mark by making Kusaga and his teammate collide.
"Nice!" Some people said.
This allowed Hyuga to pass the ball to Izuki who scored a basket. The audience cheered.
"Dammit, I was on his right side." a Seiho player said.
"But he used me as a screen." His teammate said.
'Seriously?' Kusaga thought 'That happened so fast. You would never noticed unless you have an eye from above.'
"Izuki-kun can see it." Riko said as if she was answering Kusaga's question.
"Creepy" Everyone thought "Do you think this'll happen often?" Mibuchi asked. "Probably." Mayuzumi said. "It happens a lot in manga, anime and light novels."
"But this isn't a manga, anime or light novel." Hayama said.
"He's got an eagle eye." Riko said.
"So it took four episodes for our introduction and 9 episodes for our special skill." Koganei said. "How long till they show our special moves?" Izuki hummed. "Probably not until the Winter Cup."
"Eagle eye?" Kagami asked
"He's not particularly athletic but he can change his point of view instantaneously inside his head." Riko said. "Because he sees everything from all angles, he always sees the entire court." The screen was once again giving a visual to Riko's explanation.
"If only I had something like this when I'm explaining something." Momoi said.
"Seriously?" Kagami said in disbelief.
"It'd be nice if you called it a nice shot." Izuki punned.
"Do you wanna sub out?" Hyuga asked. "Go die." He sprinted away from Izuki.
"Eh, die?" Izuki said in confusion.
Everyone laughed.
"Hyuga-kun and the others aren't good at everything but they each have one special skills." Riko said. "They been polishing them for a whole year."
"They're amazing!" Furi said.
"Does Koganei-senpai and Tsuchida-senpai have special skills as well?" Fukuda asked.
Riko hesitated. "I guess."
"What's with the hesitation?" the other schools asked.
"Coach is so mean." Koganei said.
"Koganei can shoot from all ranges." Riko said as Koganei shoot the ball. The ball missed shocking Koganei. "But his aim is only so-so."
"Doesn't that make him average?" Kagami asked. Koganei despaired some more. It seems like he heard Kagami from the bench.
Everyone laughed. "So mean Kagami." Koganei said. "Sorry" Kagami muttered. It's not like he said anything wrong.
"What are you doing?" Tsuchida said in annoyance. He caught the rebound.
"Tsuchida is good at rebounds." Riko said.
"Those are important." The centres said.
Tsuchida passed the ball to Koganei who went for the shoot again but missed again. This shocked him again.
"But completely useless if you don't score the point." Everyone else said.
"Enough already." Tsuchida said catching the rebound again. "How can you miss two free throws?" He lectured Koganei who was moping on the ground. In fact, he looked so pitiful that alongside his teammates on the bench, the opponents were feeling sorry for him as well.
Everyone laughed even more. "I swear if there was an award for the most hilarious team, you guys would win it." Moriyama said. He was wiping away tears from his eyes. "Why thank you." Seirin said.
The match continued on with Seiho leading 54-49. The fourth quarter had just started. At one point Tsuchida had the ball but Seiho's player slapped it away from his hand. Thinking that the ball will be out of bounds, his teammates relaxed. At that moment Koganei zoomed passed and forced the ball back into the court.
"Nice." Some people said.
Unfortunately, the force of the ball caused Koganei to lose balance and he teeter totter his way to Seirin's bench. Once he was at the bench, he somewhat comically fell over the bench and landed head first right in between Kuroko and Kagami.
Everyone stared at the screen with a blank look. They just witnessed an injury turned into a comedy. What is this...Tom and Jerry!? Koganei pouted. That fall really hurt.
This shocked everyone in the bench so much that they immediately stood. "Koganei are you alright or not!" Riko asked. Her tone went from concern to panic.
"His eyes are spinning!" Riko went up to Koganei to gently shake him but Koganei made no response.
"Is he okay?" Kagami asked slowly.
"I think it's a light concussion." Riko said. "We might have to sub him out."
Kagami asked Riko to sub Koganei out for him. "What are you talking about?" Hyuga said as he came to the bench. "You can't play!" Kagami looked at Hyuga. "Did you forget why we are conserving your energy?"he said. "We'll settle this, you wait!"
"I can't just sit still!" Kagami argued. "I want to help…"
At that moment, someone forcefully pushed their hand to Kagami's face to make him quiet.
"Ow" Almost everyone said. That sounded really painful.
The screen revealed that it was Kuroko who did the deed. "I agree." Kuroko said still placing his hand on Kagami's hand. "Therefore the guy with the four fouls should sit out."
Kagami in anger grabbed Kuroko's head. "What did you say you bastard?" he growled at Kuroko.
If Kuroko felt any pain, he didn't voice it. Instead he said, "If you foul Tsugawa-kun again you'll be kicked out of the court." Kagami realizing Kuroko has a point, slowly let go of Kuroko's head.
"Face it Kagamicchi, you can never win against Kurokocchi." Kise said.
"I won't!" Kagami insisted stubbornly. "I gotta pay Tsugawa back for what he did!"
"Fine" Kuroko said. "I will be beat Tsugawa-kun for you."
"Huh?" Some people said.
"What?" Kagami said in shock "What good will that do? There is no point if you beat him."
While those two were arguing, Hyuga looked at the clock. 'Five minutes and a six point difference.' He thought. "Fine" Hyuga said. "As another first year, take down Tsugawa Kuroko."
"What?" Kagami said as Kuroko nodded. Kuroko walked into the court. Tsugawa looked up and saw it was Kuroko.
"What? It's you?" Tsugawa said disappointedly. "I was hoping it would be Kagami."
Aomine rolled his eyes. "Tetsu is way better than that Bakagami."
"I'm right here you know!" Kagami yelled. "Don't care." Aomine said.
"Sorry, I may not be strong." Kuroko said. "But apparently Kagami-kun has a grudge so I am here to pay it back." Tsugawa looked at Kuroko. The screen zoomed into Kuroko's serious face. "By proxy."
'Damn that's so cool' Almost everyone thought.
The screen went blank. The screen showed a picture of Kuroko and Kagami in front of a crane game. What's funny about the crane game is that the prizes look a lot like everyone in the room along with Al from Fulllmetal Alchemist.
'What the hell!?' Everyone thought. "That's the end of Today's quota." Akashi said. "Huh?" everyone said. They were so invested by what happened that they didn't hear what Akashi said. "That's the end of today's quota." Akashi said. Everyone absorbed what Akashi said. Finally Takao said. "I hate cliffhangers!"
DONE! Hope you enjoy it! Please R&R!