The Generation of Miracles Reincarnated
Chapter 21
None of them had ever visited their redheaded captain before. One reason was that they knew that Akashi did not really welcome them. By Akashi, it meant both their captain and his father, they assumed. However, the main reason was that they were very afraid of him. Very. Who knew how many booby traps there were in his house ever since that Midorima had lent him his scissors.
Again, Aomine cursed their star shooter inwardly as he trudged along the snow-covered road with the said green-haired tsundere, his childhood friend and his invisible former shadow. He had met up with the other two at the Tokyo station to travel to Kyoto together since Sastsuki already met him at his house. Apparently, it was not just like a normal meet up at the station. It was a hell for the tanned teen, who usually woke up at the latest time possible before rushing to the school, and sometimes he even skipped school just to sleep!
It was obvious to Aomine that Akashi hated him. Akashi must have known about how much sleep he needed but yet he had texted them at TWELVE midnight to inform them that they were to meet him at Kyoto Station at SEVEN. Teens needed at least eight hours of sleep!
Why Akashi hated him was unknown to the teen. What had he ever done to piss Akashi off? Wait, no, scrap that. He had done many things to piss him off. But surely he was not the only one! Grumbling incoherent things, he saw the greenhead and pink-head yawn sleepily while his best friend looked quite awake actually. Even though it was six fifty in the morning.
"Oi, Tetsu, what time did you wake up?" Aomine asked, getting a little curious as to how he was so awake. He even seemed to have time to comb down that bed hair of his. If Aomine reared chickens, he would have tried to place one on Tetsu's head to see if it treated his hair as a nest and laid eggs. If that really worked, he would have done that everyday, but unfortunately, he did not rear chickens. He did have some pet cicadas though. He had to try and keep them out his mother's sight, as the beastly woman would most probably squish them all.
He believed his mother was one of the two people who were scary enough to control his life. Though she was a second to his red-haired captain. But he was soon proven wrong as he realized that the two scariest people in his life so far actually lost to a third person: Akashi's dad.
They had walked through the front gates one minute before seven. If the massive front doors were impressive, the sight of the massive mansion was seriously… wow. Aomine had never, EVER, seen a house this big. The main porch was practically as large as a basketball court with a fountain in the middle and around-about driveway. Some limousines parked at some car parks beside the house.
The house seemed to have three floors and the main door loomed about twice as tall as he was. The doors opened automatically as they stepped on the front steps. In the main living room, chandeliers lighted the large area and a television that Aomine swore was thrice as big as the one he had at home loomed on one wall of the living room. The couch in front of it was pure velvet.
Then he looked down the hall. Maids and servants were everywhere, doing chores, running errands. A servant came up to them to lead the way to the 'Master's Study'. Aomine was impressed. He could also see his three companion's awed looks.
Aomine was thinking about plans to bribe Akashi to let him stay over some time when he entered the massive study. His jaws literally dropped to the ground as he saw two very similar figures, though one was obviously shorter. Both had red hair. Both had that commanding aura. Both wore semi-formal clothes. One and a half had the same red eyes.
Aomine gulped. Tetsu was the first to react, bowing at waist-height and said, "Good morning, Akashi-san, Akashi-kun." Akashi nodded in acknowledgement. Momoi and Midorima were next, followed by a shocked Aomine, who Midorima had to push down to bow. All of them were slightly surprised that the older Akashi could hide his shock at the 'sudden' appearance of Tetsu.
The elder seemed to be whispering something to Akashi. Meanwhile, Aomine mumbled to Midorima, "Eh, who's the older dude? He looks exactly like Akashi!"
He could tell Midorima wanted to facepalm but what could he do? He did not know who the older dude was! He could be a long-lost brother of all he knew! Momoi had heard the question and was sighing. Instead, Tetsu gave him a deadpanned reply, "He's Akashi-kun's father." Aomine's jaw dropped once again and he stared between the two and started sputtering incoherently.
Akashi came over soon after. He gave a curt command while ignoring Aomine's stares. "Let's go to the meeting room. I will explain things there." Aomine was still wide eyed as he followed the captain through the winding snake-like corridors to a random room that he probably would not have been able to find. He would bet any amount of money that he would not be able to find the toilets in this mansion house of Akashi's.
The whole team was waiting in the room, including the coach. Once everyone was in and the doors were shut, Akashi let out a sigh of relief. "Don't do anything funny in this house, for one. There are surveillance cameras. Next, do not try to approach my father. Most of you have just met him and would understand why." No doubt everyone could tell he was more of a demon than Akashi was. Probably by about a hundred times.
He sighed again. "Anyway, the plan for this holiday camp is to practice at Mount Atago which is in Kyoto. On my father's request, you are all welcomed to stay here for the holidays. By request, it means orders. Guestrooms are available to each of you and necessities are all provided. We will leave for our first training session at six tomorrow." Everyone's eyes practically sparked at the order.
"We will have stamina training, etcetera, and even train at the gym in the backyard of the house. There is a basketball court there too which we will use. Anyway, for the fun part, we will be visiting the shrine located at the top of Mount Atago to celebrate the New Year," Akashi ended. "You may all go to your rooms to unpack. The servants will lead the way. Any queries, you can find me in my room by asking a servant or you can ask the servants yourselves. Get some rest today." With that he left the room. Murmurs rose from the gathered team as some were excited while some were groaning.
Sure enough, servants walked through the doors seconds later to guide them to their respective rooms. They realized that Akashi's room was at the end of the corridor of guest rooms. The rooms beside Akashi's were Tetsu's and Midorima's.
Lazily checking out the room, he was beyond elated when he realized that there was a connecting toilet to his room. At least he would not be wetting his pants over not finding the toilet! He unpacked his things soon after, grumbling when he was done, as it was only seven thirty in the morning. AND AKASHI WANTED THEM TO MEET AT SEVEN!
He plonked onto the bed and dozed to sleep, not knowing why they had one free day. It was not really for them to rest, after all, as they had to face the judgmental eye of the adult Akashi that day. Each of them. Alone. In a room with an Akashi. A fierce one. It was going to be torture.