Chapter 14 – Battle between the Aces
HELLO! I'm sorry that it's been a while since I've update! I had this assignment that took for FOREVER to finish off and now that I have, I have time to write. Anyway, I have exams coming up, so like I said before, it is highly likely that I won't be updating much at all, sorry about that guys! But I hope that you guys like this chapter and thank you for supporting me! Also thank you for your lovely reviews, they really make my day!
I DO NOT OWN KNB
The start of the last quarter began, Touou was in front of Seirin by 10 points. Kagami swiped away the beads of sweat rolling down his face.
Shit, I can't stop him. DAMN IT! We're not closing the gap! What should we do? How can we stop him?
Kagami looked up at the dark skinned opponent who wasn't tired in the least. Sweat dribbled down Aomine's neck and face but he wasn't puffing at all. He seemed pretty bored to be honest.
A hand stopped Kagami's thoughts as he turned around to see his captain.
"Don't worry about it. You've been able to stay on him, that's good enough. We'll take care of this three points at a time!"
Hyuga jumped, getting into his perfect shooting position, Sakurai following him immediately. This didn't seem to affect Hyuga at all as he released the ball with ease and faith that he wouldn't miss. Even if he did, he knew that his team would help him out and there was nothing to worry about.
The ball sank into the hoop, earning Seirin three points. Sakurai couldn't believe that Hyuga had so much faith in himself and his team mates. It made him frustrated. With 1 minute into the game, the gap had closed slightly bringing Seirin to 68 while Touou was still on 75.
Wakamatsu passed to Sakurai who was intercepted by Hyuga, he hated losing more than anything and didn't want to lose against Hyuga. He jumped up, ignoring Imayoshi, knowing that his rhythm was off when suddenly Aomine rushed behind Hyuga and Sakurai passed him the ball.
Kagami ran right after him as Aomine caught the ball, confronting him only to have Aomine swiftly dodge to the left and straight past. Teppei thought he was going to shoot and shot up to realise that it was a fake. Aomine jumped up at the same time and slightly bumped Teppei while throwing the ball randomly towards the hoop. Kuroko cursed under her breathe. It may have been random, but it was perfect as she watched the ball sink into the net.
It was sorta dirty playing but it counted, meaning Aomine was going to gain his team two points plus an extra point free. Again, the points had gone back to being 10 apart. Kuroko didn't like the looks of this. 8 minutes and 51 seconds left of the game and Seirin were still behind. Unless some miracle happened, this game was probably going to be a loss, again.
The game continued to progress, Touou scored many times raising their score to 80 while Seirin pushed forward and gain a couple more, raising theirs to 71. There was 7 minutes left, Kuroko had to come up with something and fast.
Aomine caught the pass and turned to the hoop to see Kagami, Teppei and Kuroko defending him. He flinched slightly in shock. But he dodged right past Kagami and jumped for a shot at the hoop. Teppei jumped in front but Aomine leaned to the side.
Kuroko had anticipated that something like this would happen so she had told Kagami and Teppei before they triple-teamed him to be ready for this. Kagami jumped behind Aomine in his blind spot but Aomine ducked down and flicked the ball to the hoop.
Everyone saw that it was going to go in but was surprised when it bounced off the rim.
Akashi's eyes widened. It wasn't like Aomine to miss a shot. It was perfect until he saw the flicker of teal blue hair from underneath the hoop. He smirked. Even though she knew that she couldn't do much about Aomine she was still coming up with successful strategies to stop him. He knew that inside her head, she was running thousands of strategies and theories to stop Aomine and win the game. Even under all this pressure, she was so calm and calculated.
Aomine knew who was responsible for it. He turned and glared at the blunette girl who was huffing and puffing, trying to catch her breath.
"Tetsu, damn you."
She returned the glare but then lost it as she sighed and looked him straight in the eye.
"I know that I can't stop you. It's pretty much physically impossible but one thing I know, is that this time, Seirin will not lose."
Aomine smirked, looking down at his former comrade. Her strong will to succeed always impressed him and it felt quite nostalgic seeing her so wilful and stubborn.
Kise almost fell out of his chair. Kuroko had improved so much, he was surprised to see that she could use her Overflow like that to direct Aomine's attention from the hoop onto her, causing him to miss. She may not be able to beat him physically, but she had her own way that was really impressive.
Midorima was surprised that Kuroko could have stopped Aomine like that. He respected her and her strong will and power to influence people. He just didn't expect to see her influence the accuracy of his shot. He almost smiled in recognition.
"You've really done it now, Tetsu. I must admit that it is nice to see you like you used to be."
Aomine felt a rush of a feeling that he had never felt before. Was it adrenaline or was it excitement? He didn't know and didn't care. Whatever it was, it made him pumped to play.
Wakamatsu glanced around the court to see who to pass to but with little luck as everyone was defended by someone. He felt the pressure build as Teppei stood in front of him like a giant barrier that was glaring at him.
He saw that Susa was free and quickly passing to him, forgetting that Kuroko was right next to him. She easily caught the pass and flicked it to Hyuga who went for a three. Sakurai jumped in to stop him, only to jumped on him, literally.
Thanks to that, Hyuga had three free throws. Kuroko as well as all the spectators knew that the pressure and stress was getting to Sakurai and stopping him from making good decisions.
Hyuga made all three shots and Seirin celebrated. This meant that the scores were now three points apart. Kuroko felt relief as there was hope until she saw Aomine smile. She heard a faint whisper or mutter coming from Aomine as he flickered a look at her.
"Thanks Tetsu."
Her heart stopped. Something was coming, something bad. Imayoshi saw the change in Aomine as he held up his hand to receive the ball. Imayoshi flinched as he passed the ball to Aomine who remained with a straight face, but he could see the savageness in his eyes as Kagami came up behind him.
Before Kagami could even blink, Aomine had rushed right past him and Kagami only felt the rush of air and the sound of the ball behind him. Before anyone on the team could react, Aomine had scored for his team.
Kuroko felt the chill in the air. It had begun. Aomine didn't need to say anything or even turn around for Kuroko and the other Miracles to know what had happened.
The door to unleashing his full potential had been opened and Aomine was in the Zone.
As he turned around to face the rest of the court, Kuroko saw that he had no longer had the glassy bored look in his eyes, but instead there was a deep, clear and focused colour. The amount of focus and intensity seemed to flicker in his eyes like lightning. This was Aomine's true form.
Hyuga passed to Izuki after being intercepted by Sakurai only to have Aomine dash right past like a blur, stealing the ball before anyone heard him coming. Kagami and Teppei went to stop him only to hear the sound of the hoop clang as Aomine dunked the ball.
This was Kuroko, as well as the other Miracles' first time seeing Aomine in his Zone and he had Kuroko and Kagami to thank for that.
Akashi smirked, the first time he had seen Aomine in his Zone, it was interesting to observe Aomine play. He had become two times faster and more powerful. At this rate, Seirin was going to be demolished.
Aomine jumped, ready to take the shot. Kagami came up right to his face but that didn't faze him at all.
"Good. This is how it should be!"
He threw the ball strangely at the hoop and it went it. His shots had become more wild and unpredictable. Unless Kagami did something, Seirin were finished.
Kise and Kasamatsu could see Kuroko was struggling on court. Her Overflow wasn't having an effect on Aomine anymore. She had used up all her strength and now, there wasn't any left to stop him. Kise frowned, he was beginning to think that Seirin had no hope, especially without Kuroko. She was the strategist and the shadow. But now, she was just tired and worn out. They didn't stand a chance against Aomine.
Riko called time out, as they took a breather while trying to come up with a strategy or anything to stop Aomine.
"Senpai, I have a request."
Everyone turned their attention to Kagami.
"Please, let me go one-on-one with Aomine."
Kuroko frowned.
"I don't care about my own selfish desires to beat the Generation of Miracles alone anymore. I want to help the team win. I don't have a plan but I know I can do it."
Everyone knew that Kagami was their last hope and if someone could stop Aomine, it would be him.
On court, everyone was surprised to see that Seirin had allowed Kagami to go one-on-one with Aomine, this only please Aomine though because he knew that Kagami was a strong opponent and would be the person to challenge him.
"Are you trying to prove yourself as my equal? You can't do it, without Tetsu, you can't do it. Like I said before….your light it too dim."
He rushed right past Kagami in a flash of blue light and scored another point for Touou.
Kuroko and Izuki attempted Misdirection Overflow on Imayoshi with little luck as he smacked the ball out of Izuki's hands and the ball headed to the edge of the court. If the ball was to go out, it would be serious problems for the team.
Kuroko had to do something. She ran as fast as her legs would take her and reached the ball just in time and flicked it into the court, straight into Hyuga's hands.
Everyone gasped and stared in shock as Kuroko slammed right against the wall as she felt a searing pain in her back from the collision. Teppei score the point, making her smile as she knew that she had helped.
Kagami who was on Aomine could feel the pressure. He overheard Kuroko saying to Aomine that she believed in him, which made his heart flutter. She had put her faith into him and the pressure was intense. Play after play against Aomine with him always rushing past Kagami like it was nothing was too much. Kagami couldn't stand the fact that he was so weak. Aomine ran to pass him. It all happened in slow motion; Kagami began to feel the pressure build even more.
He remembered Kuroko crying on the bench at the end of the first half. He remembered how painful it was to see her cry like that because she was afraid the team would lose again and because she couldn't do anything about Aomine. He couldn't let that happen again. He was going to protect her, as her light, he was going to bring the team to victory and he was never going let her cry again.
Like it was a reflex or an involuntary movement, Kagami swung out from behind him and smacked the ball out of Aomine's hands. Kuroko stared, frozen with shock. Kagami turned around and everyone saw a flicker of red energy from his now deep and piercing eyes.
Kuroko felt his focus. Unlike Aomine's which was cold and distant, Kagami's was warm and comforting. Aomine turned around with a smile, one that showed his recognition of Kagami's abilities.
"I take back what I said, Kagami. You're the best!
Their attack on each other was very intense. The amount of concentration and pressure on the court radiated from Kagami and Aomine. They were like a blur as the danced around the on the court, weaving and dodging each other like it was some sort of fierce dance. Aomine would dodge to one side and try to run for it but Kagami would also manage to get in front and stop him.
It was a like a high speed game of chasey except they were playing by themselves and only they could match each other's speed.
The game continued with the two sprinting up and down the court like there was no one else except themselves but Kuroko noticed something that really hit her. Aomine was smiling like he used to. She glanced over to Momoi who was probably thinking the same thing. because of Kagami, Aomine was reverting back to his previous self. She noticed that the sparks that the two aces sent flying around had captivated the entire stadium, no one could peel their eyes off them.
Kagami, in the blink of an eye, ran straight past Aomine, Shocking everyone as he ran to the hoop and scored, sinking the ball into the net with a quick and concise swish.
With only 41.5 seconds left on the clock, Seirin were three points behind Touou and it was all because of Kagami. Kuroko felt hope. The light from Kagami was the same radiance and brightness as Aomine's, maybe even brighter. 41 seconds left and Kuroko's heart was beating rapidly. The adrenaline and excitement filled her as she prayed that Kagami would save them and bring them to victory.
Aomine tried to shake off Kagami but Kagami stuck to him like glue. Thinking that it was impossible to run to the hoop, Aomine jumped back and tried a formless shot but Kagami wasn't going to allow it to go in. With a mighty jump, built from the strength from Kuroko's faith and the team's support he smacked the ball out of Aomine's hands. Kagami was at least a head taller than Aomine at this point.
With 29 seconds left, the difference in points was one.
Everyone began to pass to Aomine just for him to score. The ball began to fall behind the boundary behind the hoop when Aomine jumped after it and aimed to shoot a formless shot from behind the hoop. The ball gradually made it's way to the hoop as everyone watched the ball sink in.
Teppei passed to Kuroko who had Susa tower over her. 10 seconds left on the clock and Kuroko had to think fast and correctly. One mistake now could cost the game. No matter how much she tried, she couldn't get past Susa. Sensing that she was in trouble Hyuga sprinted behind her and she passed to him. Sakurai refused to let Hyuga go.
Kuroko noticed that Hyuga was going to go for a Barrier Jump shot and used her Misdirection Overflow to direct Sakurai's attention but that didn't work.
Hyuga knew that her Overflow was useless now. Kagami raced to Hyuga who passed to him. It was all on him.
He ran to the hoop with Aomine hot on his trail. He went for a dunk but Aomine caught up and blocked the dunk. They seemed to hover in the air as they used all their strength to overpower each other. It had become a test of power and strong will to decide what happened next.
Knowing that Aomine was going to stop him, he remembered Midorima's words from back at the training camp. He knew that jumping wasn't enough. Suddenly he swung the ball the left to Teppei who went for the shot. Wakamatsu jumped up to stop him only to realise that it was a fake. Like what Aomine had done, Teppei shot the ball into the hoop, and made it seem like Wakamatsu had bumped him, earning a free shot as well as a point.
Teppei knew that if he was to score, they would tie but this was a problem as Touou could make a comeback and it would be over for them. So when he went for his free shot, he purposely missed. The players rebounding immediately sprung into action to grab their last hope but Kagami reached it just before they did, aiming for a dunk when Aomine jumped in too, this time, flicking the ball out of Kagami's hand.
Imayoshi saw this as his chance, feeling cocky he ran after the ball until he noticed the blunette way in front of him and right behind the ball.
What the hell? When did she get there?!
She managed to reach the ball first and with an Ignite Pass, she sent the ball flying straight back towards Kagami and Aomine.
Both of them jumped, reaching for the ball that Kuroko had sent to them. It was like a message saying that she believed in them both and that she had faith that one of them would prevail.
Kagami caught it again and the whole stadium radiated with excitement and hope that Kagami would get the ball in.
Aomine then realised that he had found that someone who was going to be better than he was. He remembered that Kuroko had said that it would happen sooner or later and he smirked. His little Tetsu had predicted it all and warned him and yet he didn't listen to her. He realised that Kagami was his ultimate rival and the person that would win against him.
He watched as Kagami slammed the ball into the hoop, right before the buzzer. The whistle went as no one moved, nor did they breathe. The stadium went silent for a second before the entire stadium roared and cheered.
Kuroko jumped and shouted with utter joy as she ran up to Kagami who grabbed her and lifted her up into the air with a hug. The while team hugged each other and patted each other's back as they couldn't hold in their happiness.
Aomine watched as Kagami and Kuroko celebrated together, he felt the sharp twang of regret and sadness as he felt as if he couldn't have those moments with his beloved again. He missed her hugs and her smile. He missed how they would celebrate after winning a game together. All he could do was stand there and watch.
Kuroko noticed that Aomine had not moved from his spot, she saw the look in his eyes. He had accepted defeat and she stared in shock. Aomine had reverted back and her heart was filled with joy. Then her sight went blurry as she felt light headed and fell forward. Kagami ran and caught her and supported her up.
Aomine sighed. She had pushed herself so much that, once again, she couldn't stand without someone helping her.
"Jeez, you can barely stand with support, Idiot. No one can tell who won now. But…maybe that was for the best. The reason I lost was that difference."
Kuroko felt too tired to say anything. She was so weak and her body ached all over. She saw Aomine's expression had changed and his body language showed that he was upset with his defeat. In fact, he didn't know how to react because it was his first defeat.
"Why are you acting like it's all over? Things are just getting started Ahomine! Let's play again. I'll take you on."
Aomine scoffed and gave Kagami a smile,
"Shut up, Idiot."
Finally Kuroko found the strength to speak up.
"Dai-kun."
He looked up at the tiny girl who had beaten him with her basketball. She looked so helpless but she was far from that. She was the most powerful person he had ever met and he felt bad, really bad for bad mouthing her style before.
"You win, Tetsu."
He refused to make eye contact with her because of the immense guilt he felt, he had hurt her so badly and made her cry too many times. He was shocked when he heard her ask for a favour.
"Dai-kun, can I ask you a favour?"
"hm?"
He looked up to see her lift her tiny fist in front of her. He stared at it, his eyes wide.
"You still owe me a fist bump."
Aomine jumped back, flustered.
"W-What?! Who cares about that?!"
Kuroko rolled her eyes,
"I care, obviously, otherwise I wouldn't be asking you for one! Ahomine!"
He stared at her, spotting the amusement and fun loving light in her eyes. She had forgiven him so easily, he didn't deserve a friend like her.
"Fine. This is the last time though. Next time, I'll win!"
He firmly bumped his fist against hers. He felt the nostalgic warm energy from her fist spread across his body. He felt the heat rise to his face as he tried hard to hold back the tears. Because of his decision, this was indeed going to be the last fist bump. He dropped his fist to see her beaming at him with a huge smile plastered on her face.
"See ya Tetsu."
"See ya Dai-kun! Let's play again!"
In the Seirin Lockers Kuroko felt herself doze off as she hit her head against the lockers and fell asleep. Kagami flinched at the loud bang of her head connecting with the locker but she didn't seem to react so he dropped it. Then he felt his body urge him to shut down and because he used all his strength in the match, he succumbed.
When Riko walked in, she almost burst into laughter as she saw the team fast asleep. Teppei was slumped against the wall. Hyuga was on the floor with his glasses off and his mouth gaping wide. Izuki was sitting on the bench and nodding as he slept. But the cutest thing Riko saw was Kuroko who was leaning on Kagami's shoulder who was resting his head on her head.
"Are we going yet?"
Riko turned around to see Koganei and the first years ready to go.
"No, not yet. Let's leave them for a bit, they deserve this rest."
They peered in to see the team asleep and decided to wait for a bit before waking up their tired gladiators.
Finally, Riko had the courage to wake them up. Kagami jerked back as he saw Kuroko leaning on his shoulder. Heat rose to his face and he could feel himself go red.
"K-Ku-Kuroko!"
"Is it morning already?"
"Up and at 'em boys! Is everyone ready to go?!"
"Yes…"
"Let's go celebrate!"
Hyuga immediately shut down Koganei's suggestion but Riko seemed to want to celebrate too.
"No, let's go out for dinner together."
"yeah but it's expensive!"
"Well, my house is a bit far away…"
Kagami got everyone's attention,
"um, actually, uh..my..uh place is really close to here."
So Kagami led the team to his place which was a simple apartment but what was surprising was it was huge, clean and very stylish. Kuroko almost passed out on the floor as the room seemed to embrace her with warmth and comfort. Even though she had been here before, for some reason, now it had a different effect on her.
"Come on in."
"It's very simple and yet nice. DO you live here by yourself Kagami?"
"uh, well I was supposed to live here with my dad but…"
Teppei walked in, confused as if he was looking for something.
"Have you seen Riko-san?"
"Yeah, she went into the kitchen with the food."
Immediately Hyuga and the others started to shiver at the thought of Riko cooking them food.
"ARE YOU CRAZY! WE"RE ALL GOING TO DIE!"
"It's done! My highly nutritious hot pot!"
Oh God, it's done!
Kuroko seemed to hear the team's thoughts loud and clear as they all went silent with hope that they weren't going to die. Strangely when they lifted up the lid, it seemed very much normal and delicious, the smell from the hot pot was almost intoxicatingly beautiful.
Izuki went to eat first when Hyuga stopped him.
"Wait, Kuroko-san, why don't you try it first?"
Kuroko sweat dropped as she looked at Hyuga's obvious and shady request.
"Fine, Itadakimasu!"
Kuroko went in and pulled out…a whole banana?
"WHAT THE? WHY IS THERE A WHOLE BANANA?!"
Hyuga questioned Riko who smiled nervously,
"Cause it was in the bag!?"
"WHAT!? You can't just put a banana into hot pot!"
Kuroko didn't want to be rude so she put the banana into her bowl.
Teppei tried to lighten up the mood by being the next to get something, only to pull out a strawberry which he also put into his bowl.
But when Kuroko took a bite of the banana, it was delicious. Teppei and the others thought the same with their fruits as well. In the end, the hot pot was finished off quickly despite the odd ingredients used in it.
Kagami went out onto his balcony to get away from the noise. He leaned on the bars and sighed.
"Hi, come to join me did you?"
"huh?"
He turned around to see Kuroko standing there smiling at him.
"HA!? WHEN-WHAT-HOW? HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN THERE?!"
"For a while now actually."
"Damn, I didn't feel a thing."
"Kagami-kun. I forgot to say this before."
He turned to face Kuroko who was beaming at him with the cutest smile he had ever seen. It reveal her perfectly lined and white teeth.
"Thank you for today. I needed to say this because, if not for you, I don't know how I would have been. After the game and eating with you guys…I just thought it would be appropriate to thank you."
Kagami blushed slightly, hoping that the dark would hide his face,
"it's fine, really…"
They smiled at each other until he saw her eyes close and she fell backwards. He caught her and she stopped moving. He didn't know what was going on and she wouldn't wake up. Then he noticed the rest of the team were like that too. Everyone was motionless and looked, well dead.
He ran inside and gently placed Kuroko on the couch.
Don't tell me that the poison of the hot pot has a late reaction!? Shit everyone, even Kuroko and Coach have been affected.
Then he gripped his heart and saw on the kitchen bench was a row of supplements like protein.
Oh, you've got to be kidding me!
Then everything faded into darkness.
The next morning when everyone had gotten over the 'poison', they got ready to pack up and head home. Riko was crouched in a corner, sobbing about her dinner disaster while Kuroko chugged down a bottle of water to get rid of the taste.
"Hey Kagami! Where's the bathroom?"
"The door to your right!"
"thanks!"
There was quiet until Kuroko and the others heard a loud scream as Koganei ran out of one of the rooms and into the wall. He then crawled towards the living room, his face red and he gargled, trying to tell the team something but all that came out was a gurgling sound.
"sorry Koganei-senpai but I can't understand a word you are sayi-"
Kuroko was stopped by a female voice speaking English.
"Hey! What's going on here?! What's all this noise about?"
Everyone turned to the source of the voice to see a half naked blonde woman who was maybe in her late 20s or early 30s. She had short blond hair that was sticking everywhere, gem like blue eyes and a pair of glasses rested on her nose bridge.
"Taiga?!"
Kagami turned around and pointed to her.
"Yo-You!"
"I missed you soo much!"
She jumped on him and smashed her lips on his. Kuroko fell off her chair in surprise.
Kagami threw a pair of pants at her and they began to argue like an old married couple. Kuroko sighed. Kagami sure knew some odd people.
"HI, my name is Alexandra Garcia! Nice to meet you! You must be Taiga's teammates, right?"
Kuroko understood her because she was quite gifted in the English language,
"Yes, we are Kagami's teammates!"
She stopped and stared at Kuroko who was sitting behind her and she yelped.
"Argh! Since when were you here?! What the? Oh, you're the person that Taiga talked about."
This time everyone understood because she spoke Japanese.
"My name is Kuroko Tetsuya and I-"
Kagami jumped up and lunged for Kuroko as he shouted her name,
"Watch out Kuroko-"
"I find Japanese girls like you are so cute…"
Too late…
Alex had grabbed Kuroko's smooth face and kissed her on the lip. She felt herself go extremely red as did the others. Kagami ripped Kuroko out of Alex's grasp as Kuroko fainted in shock.
"AHH! Kuroko!"
"Pipsqueak?! Look what you've done!"
"HUH? I only kiss girls and children! You've got a problem with that Taiga?!"
"Of course I do! Especially if it's a member of my team! Why are you like this?!"
Kuroko sat up, dazed.
"You okay?"
"Yeah, just shocked…"
Izuki asked her on behalf of the group,
"Why are you here exactly?"
"Oh, I came here to watch my two apprentices, Taiga and Tatsuya play."
"by Tatsuya do you mean…?"
Kuroko nodded.
So that's how they know each other. Kagami mentioned this before, but I guess this is the real reason whe they are acquainted. Fancy that.
"Well, we don't have a game tomorrow, so you can come and watch with us."
"REALLY?! COOL!"
Kuroko continued to listen until her phone in her pocket began to buzz.
"Sorry, I've got a phone call to attend to."
She picked it up without looking at the screen but she knew who it was.
"Yes Akashi-kun? What do you want?"
"Must you always be so blunt towards me Tetsuya? I wanted to congratulate you for winning against Daiki."
"Is that all? Because I'm busy right now and-"
"Let's go out somewhere together Tetsuya. It's been a while and since I'm here, we might as well go somewhere to eat together."
Kuroko sighed. Of course he would want to do something like this.
"Are the others coming?"
"No."
"Well, I'm not going without them."
"Unfortunately, this is more of a gentle order than a request. I will be picking you up tomorrow, after all…you don't have a game tomorrow am I right?"
"No. I am going to watch the games with my team, so I have to decline your offer."
Kuroko heard Akashi chuckle on the other end of the phone.
"Very well, I will pick you up at 6pm tomorrow. Please wear nice clothes, I've booked a nice restaurant and I expect to see you in perfect attire. What about that nice floral dress that I got for your birthday? I haven't seen you wear it yet."
"You just don't give up do you? Fine, I'll go. But just this once Akashi-kun. And thanks for the congratulations."
"You are quite welcome Tetsuya. I look forward to seeing you tomorrow."
Kuroko hung up and sighed. She felt the frustration build up inside her. Once again, he had played her into a trap and she had done exactly as he has asked her too.
That night when she got home, she found a note on the table from her brother saying that he was going to stay at a friend's house that night. Nigou rubbed his head against her leg and Kuroko picked him up and took him into her room.
She looked through the wardrobe and found a nicely wrapped box with a crimson red ribbon and bow. On the box was her name addressed from Akashi. She lifted up the dress.
It was white with floral patterns of pink, purples and green. It was simple and yet formal, it matched with her pale blue hair. She tried it on and it still fit her perfectly. The dress went down to her lower thigh and revealed her back.
Damn I forgot about this.
She looked for other dresses but they were either too small or didn't suit the occasion.
"What do I do Nigou? I can't let Akashi control me like this. Even though I hate it, I can't seem to disobey."
Nigou whined and stuck out his tongue. Kuroko smiled and rubbed his head gently and he rolled onto his back and let her scratch his tummy and chin.
That night she continued to ponder about the day tomorrow. She was scared that something wrong might happen if she went with Akashi. But she couldn't stop it from happening. If she tried to avoid him, he would find her and drag her along with him. He would force her to dine with him anyway.
Before the change, he had been gentle, kind and well considerate even though he was demanding but now, he was cruel, cold, even more demanding and extremely possessive. She didn't like the way that he was so possessive. It scared her, But she didn't want to think about the possibilities tomorrow, so she shut out the thoughts and went to sleep.
End of chapter 14
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Akashi: you know author-san. I need more parts in here. I am the most important person and why haven't you paired Kuroko up with me yet?
Me: No, you are not. As much as I love you, the main character is Kuroko. And I haven't paired you up with Kuroko because I haven't decided who I want to pair her with yet. It is either with- no wait I can't say. It's a surprise.
Kuroko: exactly! Sorry Akashi-kun but unless you change, I really don't want to be in that sort of a relationship with you. I hate it that you're so possessive and cruel. I miss the old Akashi.
Akashi: What do you mean? I am Akashi, I always have been. Oh well. It doesn't matter though. I will appear more whether you like it or not and I will make you fall for me Kuroko. I am absolute.
Me/Kuroko: …..right….
Kuroko: Please don't author-san.
Me: Don't worry, you have your knight in red armour to help you.
Kagami: Who?
Me:….Who else? Bakagami?
Kagami:…um…
Me: Nevermind…