Disclaimer: Kuroko no Basuke is written and illustrated by Tadatoshi Fujimaki, published by Shueisha. Nothing belongs to me, but my fanfics and OCs are mine.

Possible Genres: Romance, Drama, Action, Shoujo, Crime, Girls with Guns…

Note to self: Chapter 26 was uploaded on January 2, 2014

Author's note: I was happy to know people liked the moment between Kuroko x Momoi! So thank you for your comments on them. I was rather nervous about it! XD

Special thanks to my other reviewers! And many thanks to those who favs and follows this story! I hope everyone are having a great start of 2014!

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Texting

Chapter 26: Aka-chin Has It All Covered

On the following day, the girls were all in the gunroom and they were just finishing up. None of the girls brought their guns though, as clearly instructed by their boss. So they were using spare ones in the room a while ago. With that, Imayoshi left the room to take the spare guns back.

Koizumi was testing out a black, thin leather glove on her right hand and pulled it down so her fingers could feel more comfortable. On the back of the glove, there was a flat, round object and a tiny trigger below it too. "I love these things," Koizumi talked to herself, moving her hand away to admire the glove. "But I hope boss made these more durable this time."

"I'm sorry, Kise, but I will not allow any further meeting with you or your friends," Tomimura said. All of the girls turned their heads. Tomimura was on the phone while she was sitting on the table. Kise's voice was shouting and asking her why. "Because!" she retorted, closing her eyes annoyingly. "Now goodbye!" she ended the call and turned her phone off.

Sakai blinked and slowly gazed to Moto, who was sitting in a chair with her legs crossed. She was just next to Tomimura too. "Tell me about that incident again," Sakai furrowed her eyebrows

"Oh, right," Moto remembered. She reached over to her bag and took out a wrapped towel out of it. She laid it out on the table and revealed the big needle with dried blood on it on the towel. "This was thrown to Tomimura-chan," Moto notified, looking to Sakai.

"Tsk," Sakai lightly glared. "That's the Silver Blade's signature hidden weapon."

"Ah, shit!" Fukui snapped her fingers, pouting a little. "How would she know Tomimura-tan's face? I bet she saw me and Moto-tan too!"

While all of the girls circled around the table, Seki pushed up her glasses and frowned. Sakai then explained, "The Silver Blade has a lot of dumb underlings around. So I'm sure she know all of our faces."

"But she broke the rules by harming Tomimura-chan!" Yamauchi whimpered, tugging Sakai's sleeve.

"I know she did, but technically… she didn't either," Sakai heaved a long sigh after. "I mean, Tomi-chan had already won a round. But as we know, Tomimura could die in a car accident… or simply murder… And the Silver Blade probably attempted to do that since Tomimura was already declared the winner of the year."

Fukui glared, "No fair!"

"Well," Seki crossed her arms to her chest. Her calm eyes gazed to meet Tomimura's eyes. "Mind if I ask if you did anything lately to piss the Silver Blade off, Tomimura?"

"I don't know," Tomimura frowned to herself. "…Which is why we shouldn't hang with Kise and his friends anymore. The Silver Blade set those bombs everywhere just to get to us… She's dangerously crazy. She's not even afraid to pull it off and harm the bystanders."

Moto whined and hugged Tomimura gently, who was still injured on the side. "Awwww, why must that insane Blade have to harm you?!" Moto asked loudly, worried for her friend.

A sigh was heard from Koizumi and the girls curiously looked to her. "Sakai, I think it might have something to do with you," Koizumi stared at her emotionlessly. "Don't you think so too?"

Everyone was quiet and Sakai lowered her eyes with shame. "…I can never apologize enough, can I?" Sakai asked, her eyes saddening. "Tomimura got hurt because… I must have killed one of the Silver Blade's underlings…"

"Well!" Seki turned around and walked away. "There's no point to even bring that up. For now, I am certain our boss is discussing this matter with our enemy's boss. So, girls, don't think too much of it."

Tomimura nodded to Sakai, "Yeah, don't blame yourself."

All girls were quiet again. Fukui cracked a small smile as she averted her head. Seki had looked ready to go and adjusted her black bag over her shoulder. "Leavin' so soon?" Fukui asked, blinking a couple of times.

"Yeah," Seki glanced over to the girls. "And to be sure, girls, please don't think too much about the Silver Blade. She's not worth thinking about."

Moto grinned, "Okay then!"

Koizumi looked for her bag, which was on the other side of the room. With the leathered glove on her right hand, she waved it as she made a sharp twist on her wrist. A thin wire with a hook extended upon the trigger and grabbed around her brown bag. She quickly threw her right hand back, lifting the wire to carry the bag into the air. With the small twist of her hand, the wire let go and rewind back into the flat, round object, which acted as a reel inside. The bag flew toward her and she caught it with her right hand.

"I love using those myself," Sakai's face brightened up, smiling to Koizumi. Taking off the glove, Koizumi put it in her bag. "I think we should have all our equipments ready for the future rounds by now."

Tomimura sighed, "I'm a bit depressed, since I never got to use them in my fight of the year."

"Aw," Yamauchi sheepishly smiled. "You can still use them. You know… for self-defense."

"Yamauchi, we can't them openly like that," Seki wanted to note, fixing her glasses in place. Yamauchi giggled to herself and Seki waved to the girls. "I'm off now. See you girls later."

Surprised, Yamauchi chased after her, "Let's walk home together!"

"…Sure," Seki considered as she looked to her quietly.

"Then I'll leave with Koizumi-chan!" Moto threw her arms around Koizumi's neck. Koizumi said nothing and tried to walk off with Moto slightly hanging on her.

Sakai lips curled up into a smile and she said, "I'll be heading home alone. I live in the other direction after all."

"We can still walk together," Tomimura kindly remarked.

Fukui nodded, "Yeah! De three of us can walk together!"

Out the back door, Seki and Yamauchi left the building and headed out of the alleyway. Seki had turned on her phone and a text was sent to her a mere second later. While Yamauchi leaned in to see who it was, Seki opened and read: Do you still plan on that summer event? From Akashi.

"What are you going to say, Seki-chan?" Yamauchi inquired, tilting her head to see Seki's small smile.

Seki wrote back: Of course. The majority can rule, right? She sent it right away and chuckled to Yamauchi. "I'm assuming your still up for that Spin the Bottle?" she asked her shorter friend.

A slight blush appeared on Yamauchi's cheeks. She smiled and looked more comfortable with the idea now. "Yes," she replied.

Out of the alleyway walked Moto and Koizumi, who both walked closely to one another. Moto's phone was ringing and she reached into her bag right away. It was from Himuro. Answering with a smirk, she greeted, "Yes, what's up?"

"A couple of the guys were wondering if you girls still want to meet up one more time during summer vacation," Himuro begun to speak. "Atsushi stated Akashi suggested for the gathering after the Summer Festival."

Moto grinned, "Of course! We'll be there!"

Because they were walking close together, Koizumi could hear their conversation quite clearly. That or Moto's phone was easy to hear. "Moto, we really shouldn't," Koizumi narrowed her eyes. Even if Seki said they should not worry, Koizumi had her doubts about the Blades. Therefore, they should not be getting together with any of the guys.

Himuro's voice said, "Let me talk to her." Afterwards, Moto pressed her phone to Koizumi's ear, who flinched in respond. "Koizumi-san, I would like you to come as well."

Koizumi now slapped Moto's hand away and rushed forward timidly. "Eh, Koizumi-chan!" Moto snickered, running after her. "Oh, come on! Who can say 'no' to Himuro-san?"

"I can," Koizumi hissed, feeling her cheeks warming up. And then she begun ran when Moto easily caught up. Moto laughed cheerfully and just stuck onto her like glue.

As for the last group of girls, they stood near the end of the alleyway when Fukui received a call from Murasakibara. "Aw, ya're really want ta get together after the summer festival?" Fukui smirked, responding to Murasakibara.

Both Tomimura and Sakai waved their hands to have Fukui say 'no'. Fukui giggled at her friends and glanced away. It was then Murasakibara's voice answered, "Yeahhhh. Not really, but yeah. Tell the other girls to come to, okay?"

"As ya wish," Fukui chuckled, playing with her hair. "And ya make sure ta bring every single of yar friends too. Ya know, from de both mixers. …And I miss Midorima-tan already."

Murasakibara sighed, "Don't worry about that. Aka-chin has it all covered."

"Yay for Akashi-tan!" Fukui gave the girls a thumbs up along with a wink.

Tomimura and Sakai frowned in return, having no words to say. 'Kise must have told Akashi after we've talked a few minutes ago,' Tomimura heaved a long, annoyed sigh.

\o~o/

Sakai Yua was playing an old Mario video game on her phone, clicking away gently since she did not want to break the buttons. She was in the public library, sitting alone at a six-seated table in the back of the room on the second floor. Her eyes glared when she lost as footsteps were behind her.

"Yua, you can't beat anyone by playing games," a voice simpered.

The blonde closed her phone and blinked innocently as she looked over her shoulder. There stood a tall young woman with the thin, silvery hair that was tied in a low ponytail on the right side of her head. "A video game is just the same as real life, Gin-chan," Sakai Yua smiled maturely.

"And how many times do I have to tell you to call me Ginmori-sama?" the silver haired girl walked next to her. Messing with the blonde's hair, who groaned annoyingly, the silverhead smirked. "You're always call your sister onee-sama, don't you?"

When Ginmori retreated her hand, Sakai Yua straightened her hair down. "Because onee-sama deserved to be respected," the blonde stated with a smirk of her own. "Gin-chan is Gin-chan.… and you're my rival who I will surpass someday."

"My only rival is your older sister," Ginmori sneered, looking away with a small grin. "Keep dreaming, Yua."

Sakai Yua pressed her closed phone to her lips, her red eyes glimmering secretively. "You will never beat onee-sama…" she smiled. "No one will."

"Don't get me angry now," Ginmori smirked to her, lowering her head to her. "You're just a beginner. And as a fellow Blade, learn to respect your senpai." Her eyes mockingly stared into the blonde's red eyes, which were as calm. "Remember that, Yua."

"Yes, Gin-chan," she smiled with her head tilted to the side. Ginmori said nothing and took a seat by her. "So, how did it go with boss today?" Sakai Yua inquired. A mere smile spread across the silverhead's face and there was silence. "…So-so, huh?"

Again. Nothing but silence.

\o~o/

In Tomimura's home, Sakai decided to stay for a while and they both were grabbing snacks in the kitchen. The CD just played and Sakai directed her eyes to it as the ocean waves were being played first before a melody. "Ehhhh, Tomi-chan!" Sakai whined, looking to her. Tomimura was throwing in a chex mix randomly into a big bowl. "Why do you still have that CD?"

"Because we all made it," Tomimura shrugged.

"But Nakano-chan…"

Tomimura stopped what she was doing. "I want to keep remembering about Nakano," Tomimura smiled. Sakai stared at her and slowly let the subject slide. "Sakai, you never told us what this song was about."

"Mmm," Sakai pouted, grabbing emptied pale blue cups into her hand. "You're that curious?"

"Why do you think I would I ask?"

Sakai sighed for a moment with her eyes on the cups. "The title is 'The Old Man and the Sea'…" she blushed a little. "The Old Man is the matchmaker in China, a deity in charge of the red string of fate… The song is basically about a two lovers being apart from each other, the ocean separating them."

'So the song WAS something about ocean,' Tomimura slowly stared at her silently.

"And their love just drifts apart over time," Sakai pouted. "And that's all I'll say. Nothing much."

Tomimura blinked, "But I was just getting interested." Sakai said nothing and walked off to the refrigerator with the cups. Tomimura did not force it on her and just thought to herself, 'Sakai's still hiding her personal feelings.' Would she ever open up to Tomimura? With a quiet sigh, Tomimura's heart felt heavy. 'If only you were here, Nakano.'

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