A/N: Thanks for all of the reviews! The Magnetic Witch, Awsomeangel, XxSillyKittyxX, BlackAndWhiteRoseWolf, Puncakegoddess, WolfPacFaan, Riddikuluss, clarit, EclipseKuran, Talltree-san, 27aquarrow72, Rika, karen, Made2352, Konnijoure, Tennu, gsinbyk, Sarekkandarikulover, EminaRukiax, KurohoshiX, Kuruizaki-hime, Bl4ckRo5e, KaminikaSaffire, and Fiamma-Del-Cielo! :D

A/N 2: Poll ended with 7 Don't mind votes, 6 Yes's, and 1 No. So, I tried to increase the romance this chapter. XD

Warnings: Gore, violence...and my first lime ever (Please don't hate me too much if its horrible..) ;-;

Disclaimer: I do not own Kuroko no Basuke or Apocalypse no Toride.

Chapter 13

Helicopter

Harasawa watched as Ted, another member of his squad from America, tied up the struggling bluenette. He, getting fed up with the movements, punched the boy and proceeded to tie his arms behind his back while he was disoriented.

"Make sure you tie him up properly Ted, and don't forget to cover his mouth so he can't try anything." Harasawa ordered, sitting in the front seat, setting the coördinates of the United Nations base.

"Yeah, yeah I got it." Ted replied, ripping off a piece of tape and putting it over the boy's mouth.

When his arms and legs were bound and mouth covered, he picked the bluenette up and placed him at the back of the helicopter, so he wouldn't accidentally fall out of the doors. As he put him down, emotionless blue eyes met with his hazel ones and he smiled.

"Sorry kid, when I signed up for this I was sure you'd be older. It's a shame someone as young as you must go through this. But, even so, immortality is immortality."

Kuroko tilted his head, not understanding the english the man was speaking. But he assumed whatever was being said, wasn't good, since the man sent him a pitying look. Seeing he didn't understand him, Ted patted the kids head and moved to the front of the chopper to take the controls.

"Are you sure that kid is a 'Child of Light'?" He had been told that the 'Child of Light' was a man with long white hair, but this kid looked nothing like the description.

"Yes. He's not the same one that I saw before, however he controlled the pillar of zombies, and got shot in the abdomen twice, but the wounds are already healed. There's no doubt about it." Harasawa explained.

"This is awesome! Soon we will have immortality!" Ted exclaimed. He was one of the few of Touou who had been told of the real goal from the start. At first he was dubious because of how strange it all seemed. But, after hearing about the healing ability, he was beginning to believe.

"Yeah...about that..." Ted looked over at Harasawa when he heard his voice. He saw the gun at his face, but was too late to react as the man pulled the trigger and his body slumped against the seat. "Now that I'm this far in the plan, assistance is no longer needed..."

The bluenette's eyes widened at the loud sound and he looked at the front of the helicopter, seeing the man who had bit him earlier had a gun in his hands.

Putting the auto-pilot system on, Harasawa took the dead body and dragged it to the helicopter door. Opening it he braced himself and kicked the body off of the edge, watching it with a grin as it fell towards the ground.

'Some people are just too easy to manipulate...'

He looked up when he felt eyes on his back and saw that the bluenette had seen what happened was looking at him, eyes full of shock and confusion.

'Weren't they...friends..?' The way the two had interacted with each other made it seem like they were. But after seeing the man heartlessly push his friend off of the helicopter..he knew he must have been wrong.

"Ahh, how embarrassing for you to see that. You won't tell anyone, will you?" He smiled at the boy before making his way over to him. "Oh, that's right, you can't talk. Sorry, but I can't remove the tape, wouldn't want to take any chances."

"This will be a long ride, so get comfy." Kuroko watched as the man made his way back to the front of the vehicle and sat down at the controls before talking into the headset he was wearing.

'What's going on..?' First, he had woken up to see his friends being hurt, then he found out his arm had grown back, and now he was on a helicopter with someone he didn't even know. Not to mention that the military had been at the reformatory.

Are they evacuating people..? One by one? That couldn't be it, there was plenty of room in the helicopter, so it wouldn't make any sense. And from the way the other man had tied him and then got shot, he doubted the real reason for this was a good one.

As he was finishing his thoughts, he saw movement out of the corner of his eye and saw a hand gripping onto the side of the door opening.

'That guy's still alive?' He wondered, but when pink hair came into view, he knew it wasn't the same person.

Silently, the pink-haired man pulled himself inside of the vehicle and looked around, making sure no one else was on-board. Seeing it was only the three of them, he looked at the bluenette and sent him a reassuring look, as he cut the rope that was securing his hands, so the boy knew he was there to help. Putting up his hand, to tell the bluenette to stay where he was, he crouched and started walking towards the front of the aircraft, where Harasawa was.

Momoi reached into his holster for his gun, but felt nothing. So he kept the knife with him.

'Must have left it back there...I need to do this quick...If I keep thinking about it I'll hesitate.' Even if this man had betrayed him, it was hard forgetting the times when he had helped him.

A few feet away from the seat he stopped and re-positioned the knife in his hand. Shaking his head to clear his mind, he went to stab the man, but Harasawa must have seen him through the glass of the helicopter, because he moved his head out of the way of the blade at the last second.

"So, you followed after all..." Harasawa commented as the pink-haired man removed the knife from the seat.

"Why are you doing this, Harasawa-san?" Momoi looked at the man that he had once seen as a father-like figure.

"I told you already, eternal life. With that boys blood, it can become a reality." He grinned, thinking about all the possibilities. Momoi frowned at the explanation.

"If that's truly your reason...I'm sorry, but I can't allow it." Pink eyes narrowed in determination. He had hoped he would deny it and stop this nonsense, but it seemed like he was set on this... There was no other choice. He lunged at the man with the knife again, but he grabbed his wrist and pushed him back.

"You think that I wouldn't be able to stop that attack, Satoshi?" The black-haired man smirked, at Momoi's surprised look. "I trained you, after all."

"I know. Had to try it though."

Harasawa got up from the seat and was about to reach for his gun, when Momoi charged and disarmed him, making the gun fall to the floor feet away.

Noticing he had lost his advantage, Harasawa quickly sent a kick to Momoi's side, who was almost too late to react, but he blocked the leg and sent a punch to the mans stomach. It continued like this for a while before Harasawa made the mistake of putting too much strength into a punch, allowing Momoi the opening he needed.

Momoi dodged the punch that was aimed for his face and spun around, knife in hand. Harasawa, not expecting the other to move out of the way, lost balance from swinging too hard and Momoi took this chance to grab his hand and brought he knife down on, the blade piercing through his hand and the metal of the helicopter.

"Satoshi..." Harasawa said through gritted teeth, trying to use his other hand to remove the knife, but it was too lodged in to move.

With the man pinned to the metal of the chopper wall, Momoi advanced on him. He swayed slightly, starting to feel woozy from the blood loss of the wound he had gotten earlier.

"You're being stupid, Satoshi!" He yelled. "Of all people I'd hope that you would've seen sense in all of this! Why are you passing up immortality?!" Momoi smiled sadly at him.

"That day on the cruise...I was ready to end it, Harasawa-san. But you... taught me how precious life was for those who deserve it." Momoi thought back to all of those teens they had killed earlier today and sighed. "I followed you and accepted the fact that some who sin too much need to be eliminated. But...That boy back there, the 'Child of Light'... for you to even think about hurting him just for those reasons, I now see that the sinful ones were ourselves."

"You're being foolish..."

"Maybe I am, but I won't let you hurt anymore innocent people." Momoi grabbed the gun that Harasawa dropped, raising it slowly and pointing it at the mans head. "Thank you for saving me that day, Harasawa-san..."

"B-Building.." Momoi turned at the sound of the voice and saw the boy was staring out of the front window with wide eyes. And sure enough, when he looked in the direction he too saw the tall building they were about to crash into. Cursing, he put the gun away and ran for the controls.

Momoi, having no experience with helicopters at all, stared at all the complicated buttons, before grabbing the wheel and turning it, hoping it was like a car.

"Pull the wheel!" Harasawa shouted, not being able to move from his place because of the knife.

Nodding, he did as told, but the wheel had too much resistance as he tried to move it and the helicopter didn't pull up in time. All three braced themselves as the helicopter sent them all crashing into the building.

Teiko Academy

After seeing the helicopter leave, the three Touou members, dropped their weapons. The reality of what they had done, sinking in. Akashi, seeing that they weren't going to fight back anymore, proceeded to cut the wires that were binding his friends.

"Akashi! We need to hurry!" Aomine said, as the red-head untied him from the pole. "If we don't get going now we'll never be able to catch up!"

Akashi nodded, knowing that the tanned teens knowledge of these things were better than his.

"I'll get the van." Kagami announced, jogging to the garage as soon as he was cut free.

Aomine struggled to his feet, feeling the affects from the bullet that had entered his shoulder a few minutes ago, seeing this, Akashi spoke up.

"You're not going, Daiki. Atsushi, when Taiga gets back we will leave." The tanned teen looked at the red-head in disbelief.

"What?! I'm going too, we need to rescue Tetsu!"

"Stop resisting, Aomine. That gunshot wound needs to be wrapped immediately." Midorima said. Aomine glared at the ground, holding onto his bleeding arm, he wanted to argue, but at this rate it could be a problem if his arm didn't get treated.

"We will get Tetsuya back. You all need to stay here and maintain order, alright?" As they was about to drive away, he looked at the three Touou members who had crest-fallen looks on their faces. "You, with the black hair, you're coming with us."

Imayoshi just glanced at the teen as he walked up to him and used the leftover wires to tie his hands behind his back.

"What? Why are we taking one of them, Aka-chin?" Murasakibara asked, glaring at the three who had caused all of this to happen.

"If that Satoshi tries anything, it'll be a good idea to have leverage against him." Akashi said, finished tying the man up, who had offered no resistance. When Kagami arrived with the car, the three of them entered the vehicle.

"I trust that you can deal with those two, Makoto?" Hanamiya nodded, looking down at the remaining two with no pity.

After confirming, Hanamiya opened the gates of the reformatory, enough for the van to fit through. Once the van was through, he quickly closed the gates so no leftover zombies could make it inside.

"How in the world are we going to catch up to a helicopter?!" Kagami asked. No matter how you looked at it, helicopters could go at least 150mph, and this van was 120mph at the max since it had all the iron plating weighing it down.

"Just keep heading straight, I didn't see the helicopter make any turns when it disappeared from view, so hopefully it stayed on course." Akashi said. "With luck, we will at least be able to see it in the distance."

Kagami nodded, taking the street turns but kept going in the direction that the chopper had went in, running over the zombies that were in the way. Eventually, they saw smoke in the distance, seeing it was in the direction that they were heading in, they began to get worried.

As they kept driving , they arrived in a city full of skyscrapers and other small businesses and the smoke got closer and closer. Turning a corner, the group stared at the object in front of them, that was in the middle of the street.

"I-Is that..?" All of them looked at the unmistakable remains of metal that was shaped like the skeleton of a helicopter and it was crushed as if it had rammed into something... Flames were surrounding the vehicle, melting the scrap metal and burning the ground and flammable things around it.

Feeling the sudden tension in the air, the bound Imayoshi looked out of the window and his eyes widened. That plane...was the one that belonged to the U.N., the very same one that his ex-captain had left in...

'Did they..crash..?' He wondered, sadly. 'Then the 'Child of Light' and Momoi...'

"Kuro..-chin..?" Murasakibara looked at the wreck, usual lazy eyes, widening. That was definitely the helicopter that took Kuroko away from them...and seeing the state that it was in, they were worried that if the chopper looked like that...then what about the passengers..?

Akashi opened the van door and slowly walked to the wreckage. The flames made the area around it, hot. But the red-head, followed by the other three teens, still went forward.

"This is definitely the helicopter they rode off in..." Kagami said, voice distressed.

Murasakibara, not believing that this could happen to his small blue friend, ran to the remains, despite the heat and sharp objects, he desperately searched the pile. There was no way he could be dead, no way!

Akashi and the others looked on as he moved the debris out of the way, until he suddenly stopped.

"One...There's only one..." They heard the purple giant whisper.

'One..?' Akashi walked forward and stood next to the purple-haired teen. Seeing what he meant, he looked upwards, towards the building that had the broken windows and hoped that his theory was right.

City Building

Momoi twitched, feeling something cold and wet on his forehead. Slowly coming out of his unconscious state, he became aware of the ache that was spread throughout his whole body.

'Wh-What happened..?' Opening his eyes, he looked around, vision blurry.

"Are you okay?" He heard a soft monotone voice coming from his right. Turning his head slightly, he saw the blue-haired boy there, holding a piece of damp piece of cloth in his hand.

"H-How long have I been out?"

"Ah..ten minutes..?" Kuroko couldn't really tell how long it had been so he guessed.

'Ten minutes...' Momoi sighed, bringing a hand to his forehead. 'Wait...the helicopter. We were about to crash into that building! Where is this..?'

Momoi shot up, making his vision spin momentarily, before he looked around, taking in the room. With the blurriness gone, he made out that they were in an office. The windows were shattered and glass all over the floor, which was slightly crumbled away. And the wall across from him looked like it had been demolished...

'What caused that..?'

Seeing the questioning look in the others eyes, the bluenette explained what happened that caused the building wall to look like that.

*Flashback*

Kuroko felt the helicopter slowly rise higher into the air as the pink-haired man pulled the wheel. But, the building was too tall for that to matter and a second later he felt himself being hurled into the air and being sent to the front of the helicopter as it made contact with the building at such a high-speed. He must have blacked out for a few seconds, because when he next opened his eyes everything had changed.

The wavy haired man was on the floor, unconscious, hand still pinned to the metal. The other man who had tried to stop the collision, was sprawled on the floor near the driver's seat, blood running down his face and several small cuts that were most likely from the glass that broke when the windows shattered. And looking down at his own body, he saw a piece of metal sticking out from his side.

Gasping, he shakily brought his hand to the metal and winced, biting his lip in pain as he pulled the object out. He was worried about how much blood there was, but what he saw happen made the look in his eyes change from pained, to horrified amazement. As soon as the metal was removed, the wound closed up almost immediately, the soreness of the wound still remained, but it healed not even leaving a scar.

'So, Aomine-kun really did cut off my arm...and it really did grow back...'

Kuroko stood slowly and looked around again, noticing the horrible condition of the helicopter. He walked over to the opened door and looked outside, wishing he hadn't when he saw they were hundreds of feet from the ground. Stepping back from the door, he felt the helicopter shake a little, so he carefully moved and looked out of the broken front window.

'An office..?' He thought, seeing the desks and broken computers. 'Then..., we crashed into that building...'

Feeling a teetering motion, he panicked. If they had crashed into the building, and it was shaking like this... then there was a chance it could fall. Quickly, he headed for the front, but stopped, remembering the other two who were unconscious. He couldn't leave them here...

Since he was already near the front, he decided to get the pink-haired man who had rescued him, first. He tried lightly shaking the man, but when he got no response, he knew he would have to take him out by himself. Grabbing the mans arm, he pulled him with all of his strength, towards the broken windshield.

Inch by inch they got closer to the opening. Kuroko stood on the dashboard and holding both of his hands, pulled with all his might until the man was laying at his feet.

'Little...more...' Kuroko was panting from the effort of moving the man who was heavier than him. Bracing his feet on the nose of the helicopter, he gave one last hard tug, and the both of them went falling onto the carpeted flooring of the office.

The mans body had landed on top of his, so he tried as gently as he could, to get from under him and after a few moments he stood, hands on his knees and breathing heavily. Turning back to the helicopter he was relieved that he was halfway done.

'Now the other...'

But before he could make it back to the helicopter, the flooring started to crumble and he jumped back to prevent himself from falling through the floor. When he heard the sound of metal scrapping, he looked in the direction and saw the helicopter tilting backwards. Kuroko watched in horror, as the aircraft plummeted out of the broken window, and towards the ground below, taking the unconscious black-haired man with it...

*End Flashback*

Kuroko finished the story, a sad look in his eyes. He hadn't been strong enough to save the both of them...

'So...Harasawa-san...' Momoi frowned sadly. Even if he had betrayed him, and he had made up his mind to make the man pay, he was still affected by his death.

Momoi looked at the boy with confusion when he saw the downcast look. This boy was really grieving over not being able to save a man who had done all of these bad things to him... Was he truly that compassionate for someone he didn't know..? Momoi felt his conflicting emotions disappear at the sight of the blue-haired boy's compassion.

'He...is truly a child worthy of the title of 'Child of Light...'

"Mou...Don't be so down about it...You did all that you could." Momoi said, trying to get the sad look off of the bluenette's face. Kuroko looked up at the smiling man in front of him. He was glad that the other didn't blame him, but still frustrated that he couldn't have done more...

With the confusion gone, Momoi blushed, noticing that the boy had no shirt, he took off his jacket and handed it to the blue-haired boy.

"Here, you must have used the cloth of your jumpsuit to bandage me up, right?" The pink-haired man deduced, seeing the others ripped clothing. The bluenette's head tilted to the side, seeing the redness of the others cheeks, wondering if the man had a fever. But he accepted the clothing and put it on, frowning a little when he saw it was too big.

"Ah, yes. Thank you, uh.." Kuroko stopped, not knowing the mans name.

"I-I'm Momoi Satoshi!" The pink-haired man stood, remembering he was in the presence of the 'Child of Light', and ignoring the pain in his waist, saluted to the boy in front of him, face still red.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Momoi-san. I'm Kuroko Tetsuya." Kuroko stood as well and gave the man a small bow.

"Wh-What! The 'Child of Light' -sama can't call me with such honorifics!" Though he inwardly felt honored that the son of god would refer to him in such a way.

"Please, don't call me that, Momoi-san." Kuroko stared up at the man in front of him in confusion, not sure why he kept calling him 'Child of Light'. Sensing the displeasure in the others voice, Momoi corrected himself.

"'Child of Light'-san...?" A slightly exasperated look.

"Tetsuya-sama?" Eye twitch.

"Tetsu-san?" He shook his head, it was better than being called the other names, but it wouldn't do for someone older to refer to him in such a way.

"...Tetsu-kun..?" It killed the pink-haired man to address God's child in such a way. But when he got a nod of approval he smiled. There was silence before he remembered that he hadn't properly thanked the bluenette for rescuing him from the chopper.

'Mou! The 'Child of Light' must think I'm ungrateful!'

"Thanks for saving me, 'Chi- Tetsu-kun."

"It's the least I could do, after all, Momoi-san also saved me." The pink-haired man watched as the expressionless face was replaced with a soft smile.

'C-Cute...'

"Pl-Please, let go..Momoi-san." Hearing the strain in his voice, Momoi looked down and saw that he had unconsciously hugged the boy. He hurriedly released him and apologized.

"S-Sorry, Tetsu-kun!" The pink-haired male said, louder than he had intended to, making the bluenette cover the mans mouth. Momoi raised an eyebrow by the sudden action.

"Please, don't shout. There are zombies in the building still." Kuroko whispered.

The loud sound must have alerted some of the zombies, because a few moments later there were at least ten coming their way. Momoi looked at them cautiously before speaking to the blue-haired boy.

"Can you send them away?" Momoi asked the boy, hopeful to see the'Child of Light' use his skills, but when he got a negative answer he pouted.

"I just recently got bitten... I didn't even know what was going on when I woke up today. So, I'm not completely sure how to control the zombies." Kuroko explained.

"Mou, I guess it can't be helped..." The bluenette watched as Momoi took out wires from his pocket and avoided the attacks of the four closest zombies, wrapping them in the wires simultaneously as he dodged, until they couldn't move anymore. When they were immobilized, they headed to the nearest door and walked inside the room after seeing it was all clear. Once the door closed and they were safe, they relaxed.

"Why did you tie up the zombies, Momoi-san?" Kuroko asked, remembering how the pink-haired man had restrained the approaching zombies and not shooting them with the gun he had. He had never seen anyone able to do that and even if it was odd, he was impressed.

Momoi stared at the set of wires in his hands, blankly, wondering why he did it also. There was no cure anymore... Even Harasawa was gone now...So why did he even bother..?

"Just...habit I guess." Noticing the mans sullen mood, the bluenette decided to not pry, even if he was still curious.

They sat in silence for a while, until they heard gunshots coming from the other side of the door, followed by footsteps.

"Zombies?" Kuroko wondered.

"Could be, or scavengers. Groups of people looking for supplies and stuff. I used to run into some a while ago." As the footsteps stopped in front of the door, Momoi pushed the bluenette behind him and pulled out the gun from his holster. "Stay behind me."

'Remember...they aren't angels...Just shoot...' Momoi tried to convince himself, in case the next thing that entered the room were zombies instead of scavengers.

They both held their breath as the door knob slowly turned, and the door opened slowly, Momoi stared at it intensly, waiting for it to open a little more so he could shoot. All of a sudden it was slammed all the way open, a knife sailing through the air and making contact with the gun in the pink-haired mans hand, making him drop it.

Kuroko stared at the five who were standing in the doorway, and was about to walk towards them when he saw one fo them getting ready to throw another knife at the pink-haired man.

"Wait, Akashi-kun. Momoi-san was just trying to protect me." Kuroko said, hoping to stop the red-haired teen from harming Momoi.

"Mou, it's Red..." Momoi mumbled, dejectedly. Deliberately not calling him by his name, seeing how much it had annoyed him before. Looking past the boys friends, he saw the bound black-haired man, who was being kept in place by the purple-haired teen and he narrowed his eyes at the group. "Let Yoshi-kun go..."

"Not until you give us Tetsuya." Akashi said, not releasing his hold on the knife in his hand.

"Please wait Akashi-kun." Kuroko walked forward." Momoi-san isn't holding me hostage, he saved me from those men on the helicopter."

Akashi stared at Kuroko for a while and when he saw that he was telling the truth, he reluctantly lowered the knife.

"Fine, but he stays tied up." Akashi said, referring to Imayoshi, and nodding for Murasakibara to release his hold on the man. Momoi nodded, knowing not to push his luck with the red-head after all he'd done earlier.

"Are you alright, Tetsuya?" Akashi asked standing in front of the blue-haired boy, checking to see if he had any injuries. After seeing that there was only one body in the remains that looked to be of a middle-aged man, they knew the bluenette had made it out in time. But a crash that bad couldn't have left their friend unscathed, even the pink-haired man had small cuts and bandages on him.

"I'm fine, Akashi-kun." Kuroko said, not having any bruises or anything on him, making Akashi recall the fact that his arm had regenerated.

'Of course he wouldn't have any wounds...'

"You made everyone worry, Kuroko." Kagami spoke up, giving the bluenette a toothy grin and patting his head.

"Ah, sorry for the inconvenience, Kagami-kun." Kuroko tried to bow, but large hands suddenly lifted him from the ground, interrupting Kagami's patting and his bow. Looking down from his lifted position, he started into the violet eyes of his friend.

"Kuro-chin..." Murasakibara mumbled, pressing his face onto the boys chest. Hearing the steady beat of his heart, he let out a rare smile.

'He's alright...'

Imayoshi silently watched the scene before turning to his commander.

"Are you alright, Momoi?" Imayoshi whispered, seeing the slightly blood stained clothing.

"Mou, Yoshi-kun. Does it look like I am?!" After hearing the pink heads retort, Imayoshi smiled, knowing he was okay for now.

"We should get going, Tatsuya is worried sick about you, Kuroko." Kagami said, not wanting to waste anymore time here since every minute they were gone, his brother would get more restless.

Kuroko nodded at the mention of the black-haired American. He wanted to see all of his friends, it felt like forever and the last time he had really seen them...it hadn't been the best moment. Murasakibara reluctantly lowered the bluenette to the floor, frowning at the loss.

The six of them exited the office building and headed to the van that was parked outside.

When Momoi's eyes landed on the melted remains of the helicopter, he looked away with a small grimace, seeing this Kuroko gently squeezed the mans hand. Even if the man had tried to be calm about it, from the look on his face now, he knew that man had meant a lot to him...

As they got inside of the vehicle and Kagami starting driving back to the reformatory, Momoi and Imayoshi couldn't help but wonder what was going to happen from now on...Now that Harasawa was gone, and their ideals were changed...

Teiko Academy: Courtyard

The gates of the reformatory opened as the van arrived and Kagami drove inside. Once all the straggling zombies were killed, they all stepped out of the van, Imayoshi helping the aching Momoi.

"Kurokocchi!" Kuroko turned to the source of the voice and saw a yellow flash followed by the feeling of two arms wrapping around him tightly.

"K-Kise...-kun..."

"Let him go, Ryouta." Akashi ordered and the blonde pouted before reluctantly releasing the bluenette.

"Welcome back, Tetsuya-kun." Hanamiya said, grinning and tousling his blue locks.

"Thank you, Hanamiya-san."

"Tetsu-chan!" Himuro exclaimed, wrapping the boy in a hug. He had missed his cute little brother.

"Glad you're back, Kuroko." Midorima said, standing a few feet away, with a tiny smile on his face.

"Sorry for causing concern, Midorima-kun." He returned the smile.

'They all care for him deeply..' Momoi and Imayoshi noticed, looking at the scene in front of them, feeling even more ashamed than they already had. Looking around, they noticed that their group was missing two of their members.

"Where's Sakurai-kun and Waka-kun?" Momoi spoke up, making the others look at him with cold looks in their eyes.

"They're being punished in the courtyard by the others for everything you all did." Hanamiya said, pointing to the group of people meters away. Momoi froze, now realizing that he had left his other friends here alone, while he had gone to rescue the bluenette. He didn't regret saving him, but he had to get to them now.

Kuroko, who had been informed on the ride back, of what had happened during the time he was unconscious, stared at the retreating forms of Momoi and the black-haired male, and decided to follow. The others, noticing the bluenette's disappearance headed over as well, knowing that he'd be there.

Pink eyes widened at the view in from of him. Wakamatsu and Sakurai were tied to the poles that they had tied the teens to. Surrounding them were inmates who were holding rocks and other sharp objects. Momoi and Imayoshi pushed through the crowd and gasped when they saw the bruised and bloody state they were in.

"Please! Don't hurt Waka-kun and Sakurai-kun anymore. I was the leader of the group, so take your anger out on me." Momoi narrowed his eyes and looked at the crowd in front of him, who finally realized that the one who had deceived them the most was here now. They had no qualms about doing just as the pink-haired man said, and immediately focused their anger on him.

Kuroko stared at the scene in front of him. Watching as Momoi silently took all the blows as the other three members looked on with sad faces. He couldn't let the man who had saved him get hurt this badly, even if what he had done was horrible.

As another rock was hurled at Momoi, someone stood and blocked the next attack. Causing all four of the Touou members and the other inmates to blink in shock, both from not noticing the boy was standing there, and the fact that someone would help those people.

"Please, no more violence." The bluenette's emotionless voice reached them and effectively stopped the ones hitting and throwing the objects at the four.

"What are you doing, Tetsu-kun..?" He stared at the blue-haired boy in shock. Didn't he hear what had happened, what they had done..? "Why..?"

"Please, can we just leave it as it is?" From what he heard and went through today, he was exhausted. There had been enough hurt and deaths today and killing four more would help nothing.

"Eh?! You want us to let them go, scot free?"

"They killed people, kid!"

"Listen to them, Tetsu-kun. We could come back here...Take revenge..." Momoi whispered, trying to get the bluenette to move out of the way so they could receive their punishment for all the crimes they had committed.

"Momoi-san doesn't seem like the type to do something like that, without good reason." Kuroko responded honestly, looking into the sad pink eyes.

"Please, just...Let them do it. We deserve it for what we did." The guilt was eating away at the pink-haired man. The other three behind him nodded in agreement.

"I'm sorry, Momoi-san, but I can't do that. From what I heard Momoi-san and the others were told lies and manipulated." Blank blue eyes looked at the crowd in front of him. "If anyone were in that position..taught to do something under the wrong guidance... I'm sure we would've done the same."

Kise looked away, he too had been tricked into doing things he wouldn't normally have done... But, since Kuroko had helped him, he had gotten better at being himself. So he silently walked up to stand next to the bluenette, taking his side.

'Maybe they need this chance to change as well...'

"I think we should let them go, too." Kise announced, voice serious, which was rare.

"So troublesome..." Midorima sighed as he too walked up to take Kuroko's side. The four men hadn't tried to do anything remotely evil since their captain left and the pink one had even rescued their youngest member... He still hated them though, and to make them realize it he turned his head and sent them a glare.

Akashi and Murasakibara also came to the same conclusion as the green-haired teen, though they did it with more reluctance.

Seeing the members of the Generation of Miracles standing there, their anger deflate a little. They'd never be able to forgive them, but they understood somewhat better now.

"Fine...but they better not cause anymore trouble, or else..." Hanamiya said, arms crossed and glaring down at them, the barely hidden threat was recognized and the battered ex-Touou members nodded. As the crowd dwindled, leaving the eleven of them by themselves, the tension lessened.

"Wow, Kurokocchi. Standing up to a whole mob like that!" Kise grinned at his brave little friend, whose eye twitched in annoyance when the blonde clung to him yet again.

"Let's get going. Oh, and if you ever try to hurt Tetsuya again..."Akashi stopped, eyes looking down at the four who were kneeling on the floor. Even if he stood up for them, he wouldn't let them think they could do as they wanted. "... I'll kill you." The four of them shivered in fear, while Kuroko's other friends smiled pleasantly, also promising to do the same.

"Let's go, Tetsuya." Akashi said, wanting to be away from the people he had just defended.

Kuroko nodded, but before leaving he bent down and offered a hand to help Momoi stand, who was still shaking in slight fear at the intimidating threat the other had used. Still not sure if they should really be forgiven. But he slowly grasped the smaller hand and stood.

"I-I'm sorry...'Chil- Tetsu-kun..."

"For what?" He had just explained everything to the other inmates, had the pink-haired teen not been listening..?

"We killed so many people... Even if we were misled, it doesn't change the fact that we were too weak to think for ourselves...to believe everything Harasawa said." The other three men behind him looked away, feeling the same way.

"That's true, Momoi-san.." The pink head felt his heart drop when he said that.

'Of course..I can't blame him for hating me...I did such horrible things.'

"But..I don't think Momoi-san is weak." Pink eyes widened, and looked back at the bluenette, who had a small smile on his face. "To stand against someone you admire..is something only strong people can do. Momoi-san saved me because you were able to do it. If anything I think Momoi-san is very brave."

Momoi blushed bright red at those word and the angelic smile...No one had ever said or looked at him that way...

"Mou...don't say such embarrassing things like that, Tetsu-kun..." Kuroko tilted his head to the side, confused, not sure why people kept getting embarrassed when he was just telling the truth.

Hearing his friends call for him, he looked back and saw them waiting. With one last bow to the four of them, the bluenette went to follow his friends.

Watching the boys retreating form, and remembering that kind-hearted smile, Momoi knew that he wouldn't be able to forget that boy...

Teiko Academy

"Is Aomine-kun alright?" Now that all that was over, Kuroko couldn't help but wonder where his tanned friend was. He needed to clear everything up between them. He felt ashamed for thinking that the other would kill him when he had gotten bitten...and he wanted to apologize.

"He's in the infirmary, Tetsu-chan." Himuro said.

'The infirmary..?' Kuroko got worried, remembering that the tanned teen had gotten shot earlier.

Bowing his thanks to Himuro, he hurried to the infirmary to check on Aomine. By the time he arrived, he was panting from running. Catching his breath, he slowly opened the door and saw the tanned teen was sitting up in the bed, with his eyes closed.

"Aomine-kun..." The bluenette went up to stand beside the bed.

Not noticing that someone had entered, Aomine jumped, jostling his wounded shoulder and making him wince.

"Ah..I'm sorry." Kuroko apologized seeing he had caused the other pain.

"Tetsu! When'd you get back? Are you okay?!" Aomine practically shouted. He had been worried this whole time and it had taken all of this trust and will-power not to go out and look for the bluenette himself, van or not.

"Yes, I'm fine Aomine-kun."

"You sure?" Aomine narrowed his eyes, knowing that the bluenette had a tendency to tell white lies about these types of things.

Recieving a nod, Aomine let out a relieved sigh, but when dark blue eyes lowered on the regrown left arm they became conflicted. He was glad it was back, but sad that it had to happen at all.

'He went through all that pain...but at least it's back...'

"I'm fine, Aomine-kun." Kuroko said, trying to cheer him up, seeing the same look of regret in the others eyes as when he had raised the knife the other day. "I'm sorry for..the other day. To run from Aomine-kun like that..."

"Hah?" Aomine asked, confused.

"When the Bokor bit me..." The bluenette elaborated a little more.

"Oh...oh! No Tetsu, I'm the one who's sorry...We didn't give you any explanation at all and yet we did all of those things...It's only natural for you to have been scared..." Aomine looked at the still uncertain looking blue-haired boy and sighed, ruffling his hair.

"Are we...good, Tetsu..?" Aomine said, looking away from the bluenette for a second to control his embarrassment. He raised his uninjured arm and made a fist, remembering how much it had meant to the other.

"Yes." Kuroko went to return the fist bump, a small, soft smile on his face that was almost as bright as it was the other day. When he turned to face him, Aomine felt his heart jump at the sight before him, and he knew... It was now, or never.

X= Start of Lime =X

When Kuroko's hand almost made contact, Aomine opened his fist and grabbed it, before pulling the bluenette closer to him. Ignoring the pain in his shoulder, he embraced Kuroko's slim waist, before looking into the others eyes and leaning forward to meet with the bluenette's lips. Seeing this, Kuroko stiffened.

'No..'

"N-No..we can't, Aomine-kun..." Kuroko said, moving his face to the side, so the tanned teen wouldn't be able to kiss him. Aomine opened his eyes when he heard those words.

'So Tetsu doesn't feel the same way...' Aomine thought, sighing in defeat. He was about to pull away when the bluenette held onto him tighter, face pressed into Aomine's shoulder, to hide the light blush on his cheeks.

"I-It's not that...I want to ki-kiss Aomine-kun..." Kuroko mumbled. "...but, I'm infected, remember?"

Aomine pulled back from the embrace and stared into the lighter blue eyes for a moment, before he let out a chuckle. At the relieved look in the others face, Kuroko smiled, glad that the other understood the reasoning behind the rejection.

He was about to get up, but was stopped from doing so, when the other turned him around so his back was pressed against his friends tanned chest and placed him on the spot of the bed that was between the others legs.

"Aomine-ku-?" Kuroko cut himself off and gasped when he felt lips on the side of his neck, and a warm hand make its way under his shirt.

When Aomine's hand went under the jacket, he was amazed at how smooth the pale skin was and continued to rub the blunette's chest and stomach as he kissed the nook between his neck and shoulder, Kuroko's soft blue hair tickling the side of his face. Opening his eyes and looking to the side, he saw Kuroko's cute blushing face and decided he wanted to see more...

Keeping his mouth on the others neck, he slowly slipped his hand down until it came into contact with the cloth of the bluenette's pants. Quickly, so the other wouldn't have time to resist, he pushed his hands further down, past the elastic material of his boxers and grabbed the soft flesh inside. Grinning against the pale neck, when he heard the shocked gasp the other made.

"Ah..ah.. Aom..Aomine...-kun." Kuroko managed to get out between gasps, shocked by the sudden change of events. He used his hand to grip the tanned arm that was holding him. He wasn't used to this...No one had ever touched him like this before... But when he felt the hand start massaging him he lost the fight within him and he could do nothing but moan.

As Aomine pumped the smaller teens hardening member, he felt his own harden at the sounds he was making. Slowly he rocked his clothed hips against the others backside, creating a pleasant friction.

Kuroko started fidgeting as the pleasure started becoming too much for him and he tried to hold in the gasps he was making.

"Mm, Tetsu..." Aomine mumbled, feeling both himself and the bluenette nearing climax.

"A..Aom..Aomine -kun..." Kuroko gasped, eye half-lidded, feeling a pressure in his navel. "St-Stop...I-I..."

"G-Go ahead...Tetsu..." Aomine panted. They both knew they were close. And a few strokes and hip rocks later, they both came.

Elsewhere

Akashi and the rest of the group were all resting in the cell, relaxing after the events that had happened that day. But, a black-haired teen was pacing back and forth, worry on his face.

"Hmm, Taiga, go check if Tetsu-chan is okay." Himuro said, noticing that the bluenette had been gone for a while now.

"Ehh?! Why me?" Kagami complained. He knew Kuroko had gone to visit Aomine in the infirmary and he would rather stay away from that weird tanned teen.

"No excuses, Taiga! Just go! Stop being a child about it!" Himuro scowled at his brothers childish resistance.

'Seriously just because he doesn't like someone...'

Seeing his brothers angry 'don't question my authority' face, Kagami sighed and got up. Exiting the cell and walking to the second floor.

"Why do I have to go and get him..?" Kagami grumbled to himself. He didn't mind going if it were just for Kuroko, but he never liked the tanned teen ever since he met him. Something about him got on his nerves.

He slowly made his way down the stairs and hallway, finally seeing the infirmary in view. Sighing, he reached for the doorknob, but froze when he heard something from the other side of the door. Opening the door a little more, he heard the sound of panting and raised an eyebrow in confusion. Recognizing the sound of the voice he wondered.

'Why is Kuroko... panting..?' His eyes widened at what he heard the bluenette say next in a breathless voice.

"A..Aom..Aomine -kun..." Kagami's hand froze on the knob.

'What...the...'

Even though he knew what must be happening, curiosity got the better of him and he took a peek through the half covered window of the infirmary door and blushed bright red at the sight.

Kuroko's blue eyes were half-closed, a deep blush on his cheeks as Aomine moved his hands inside of the bluenette's pants. Kagami found himself unable to look away from the beautiful sight of the normally expressionless pale boys face as he tried and failed to keep in the gasps of pleasure.

'Ah, crap...' He thought as he felt a tightness in his own pants. He quickly looked away from the scene, but it didn't help since he left the door open a little and heard the sound of the bluenette climaxing, and then silence.

There was no way he could go inside of that room in this state. So he knocked on the door and yelled from the hallway.

"K-Kuroko, Tatsuya says to come back to the room." Kagami said, attempting to hide the arousal in his voice. There was silence, followed by shuffling.

"O-Okay..Kagami-k-kun." He heard the bluenette's breathless voice answer and blushed more. Trying to ignore the strange feeling of jealousy, he quickly walked away down the hall to deal with his problem...

X= End of Lime =X

"We-Well, I need to go, Aomine-kun.." Kuroko said once he found and changed into a different pair of pants that were in the infirmary closet.

Aomine nodded, and gave the bluenette a kiss on his forehead, wanting it to be the lips, but knowing they couldn't. Kuroko blushed, before giving the other a small embarrassed smile and leaving the room.

The group sat and chatted for a while about things to take their minds off of the stressful events of the past few days. Kagami kept sending him weird looks and when he would turn to ask what was the matter, the red head's cheeks would go red and he'd look away. Honestly...it annoyed him a bit...But he was also worried about what could be wrong with his dark red-haired friend.

When night came by, Aomine was set free from the infirmary, much to his relief. And as sleep became necessary, there was a silent feud of who got to sleep next to the bluenette. Which Akashi and Aomine won.

Kuroko smiled softly before closing his eyes, glad that he was still around to be with all of his friends...

Teiko Academy: Next Morning

The morning light streamed through the barred windows of the cell, making the darkened room look light and cheerful. But the people inside of the brightened room were anything but that... When they all woke up...they so didn't expect, or want to see the view they were seeing right now...

"What... are you all still doing here..? All the people in the room glared at the four who were standing in front of them, especially the pink-haired one who had his arms wrapped around Kuroko, not minding the bluenette's horrible bed head. Kise's eye twitched.

"We thought you all decided to leave!" Kagami shouted, scowling. Though they had never said it, the pink-haired man had implied that they were, when he had said that they could 'come back for revenge'.

"Well, after some thought...We realized that you all are pretty incompetent. You were at our mercy when we fought, I just couldn't possibly leave the 'Child of-" Momoi stopped remembering yesterday. "I couldn't possibly leave Tetsu-kun with such lowsy bodyguards!"

"If I remember correctly, Momoi. It was you who lost to Akashi." Midorima said, giving the ex-Touou members an unimpressed look.

"And Mido-chin beat the other one~." Murasakibara commented. Sakurai had the decency to look embarrassed at being called out for his failure. But Momoi...

"Mou, no need to bring up the past." Momoi smiled slyly, tightening his grip on the small bluenette in his arms, who just stood there, ignoring the hug.

'But you did first!' They all thought angrily.

"Let go of Kurokocchi! I'm the only one who can hold his body!" Kise glared unable to keep his annoyance contained. Aomine's eyes flashed and Kagami's eye twitched at the words he used. Momoi just responded by childishly sticking out his tongue.

"Please, don't say it like that, Kise-kun." Kuroko responded monotonously. Trying not to remember what he and Aomine had done yesterday.

Everyone else, seeing the awkwardness, but not knowing what had happened the other day, just spared them a glance before returning to the matter at hand.

"And...why are you three staying..?" Akashi asked the others who were standing behind the pink-haired man.

"Ahh...Since we already found the 'Child of Light', and we are technically jobless, we have a lot of free time. And we can't leave Momoi or the son of god to you people, so we decided to stay as well." Imayoshi smiled widely, knowing that the bluenette had won the heart of his pink-haired friend.

"Got a problem with it, brat?" Wakamatsu asked, glaring at Aomine who had let out a grunt at Imayoshi's answer. He didn't like the teen for some reason, just looking at his bored-looking face made him angry.

"I-I'm sorry for Waka-san's manners!" When several sets of eyes narrowed at the teen who had shot their Kuroko, Sakurai hid behind Wakamatsu. "Ahh! I'm sorry for being here! I'm sorry!"

They all sighed in resignation and stared at the four new additions. Seeing their resistance leave them, the ex-Touou members smiled. Momoi sent a sly smile over Kuroko's shoulder, and announced in a similar mocking tone that reminded the bluenette of what Kise had said when he had first met his friends.

"Hope we get along..."

A/N 3: Sorry for the lateness, had to fit a lot of stuff into this chapter...And was the lime too soon? =X