Chapter 38 – The devil called Akashi

Hi guys! I think I will be ending this fanfic soon. It's not because I don't like it, but I don't want it to be so long. So I will end this fanfic and start another. So I apologise if it seems like I am rushing but I don't want this fanfic to exceed 45 chapters. (Also because I want to start my next fanfic…). I hope this doesn't affect any of you much. This decision is also partially due to the fact that I am going to be extremely busy this year. I barely have time for any of my hobbies and I won't be having any spare time until a couple of months. But enough of that…

p.s. Any English dialogue will be in bold.

I DO NOT OWN KNB

~No one's P.O.V~

Kuroko woke up in a comfortable bed, draped by a fluffy blanket and bathed in the glow of the morning sun. What a perfect way to wake up! Or so she thought until a piercing pain jolted through her stomach as if something hard had connected with her abdominals causing her to sit up but a throbbing pain in her head caused her to lay back down and press her temple to ease the soreness. She blinked a few times and slowly peered from under her eyelashes before realizing that she wasn't home. What happened last night? Wait! This isn't my bed. Her eyes widened only to see Aomine snoring in her face and his foot resting against her stomach. Her eye twitched with anger as her hands shoved him with all her might causing the unfortunate tanned sleeping beasty to crash onto the floor in a yelp.

"OW! AOMINECCHI?!"

"WHAT THE FUCK, KISE?!"

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

"WHY AM I ON THE FLOOR?!"

"HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO KNOW ?! GET OFF ME!"

And instantly the room exploded into barking and snarling as Aomine and Kise went off at each other. A rustling next to Kuroko caught her attention as Momoi sat up, rubbing her eyes and yawned.

"Mo~ What's with all the yelling? Dai-Chan, why can't you ever wake up quietly!?"

"Shut up Satsuki!"

The low growling from a certain giant rung throughout the room as Murasakibara threw a pillow at Aomine,

"Shut up Mine-chin. I'm still sleepy!"

"Why are you targeting me!?"

"ENOUGH! IT'S TOO EARLY FOR YOUR CHILDISH BICKERING!"

Midorima rolled to the other side, trying to ignore the yelling while Momoi placed a pillow over her head and drifted back to sleep. Kuroko didn't need a mirror to know that her eyes were dark and bloodshot as she groaned and regretted shoving Aomine off the bed. Then another pillow flew in Aomine's direction except he dodged it as it landed on Kuroko's face, causing her to clench her fist in anger.

"Who threw the pillow?"

Aomine heard the malice in her voice. He knew from previous years that she was definitely not a morning person. However it was not Aomine who replied but Kise who had gotten up on his feet and trembled as the room began to heat up from the tiny blunette who was beginning to boil with anger.

"Sorry Kurokocchi! That was meant for Aominecchi but he dodged. It's not my fault! It's Aominecchi's fault! Blame him! Kill him but not me!"

"THE HELL?! SCREW YOU KISE!"

Kuroko threw the pillow which shot towards Kise like a bullet, hitting him square in the face and knocked him over. Kise fell back and landed onto a grumpy Murasakibara who shot up and slapped his pillow against Kise who grunted with pain.

"Ow! That hurt! WAH! WHY IS KUROKOCCHI AND MURASAKIBARACCHI BULLYING ME?!"

His whining filled the room as Midorima sat up, a dark aura began to seep out from him.

"Kise…it seems you do not value your life as much as you should."

A small eep came from Kise's mouth as Midorima pushed his black framed glasses up his nose bridge and glared at the blonde with deep hatred.

"TODAY YOU WILL DIE KISE!"

Midorima leapt up and flung the pillow at Kise who dodged neatly but that left Aomine in the path of the pillow as it collided with Aomine's head. Aomine returned fire but missed Midorima who flung it back, pushing his glasses up whilst saying "my shots never miss," as it hit Aomine square on the nose.

"THAT'S IT MIDORIMA!"

And from a simple push, the room become a war zone as Midorima, Kise, Murasakibara, Aomine and Kuroko dashed around the room, tossing pillows at each other in hopes of silencing them. Kuroko yanked the blanket from the bed and leapt onto an unsuspected Kise and Aomine, covering them with the blanket before beating the living daylights out of them with a pillow in each hand.

"DIE! THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR WAKING ME UP!"

"OW! HAVE MERCY! SHIT TETSU!"

"DIE! DIE! GO TO HELL!"

"Get him Kuro-chin!"

All this commotion woke up the Rakuzan team next door who groaned with annoyance at the loud clashing and shouting.

"What is going on over there?"

Nebuya plugged his ears with his pinky fingers and burped loudly,

"No idea but shut them up!"

Hayama had also woken from the noise and rubbed his eyes,

"Are they having another party?!"

"No idea. But it sounds like someone is being murdered over there."

Akashi had been awake from the first shout. He was a light sleeper and the painfully annoying headache he had woken up with was another cause for his early rise.

"Sei-Chan, should we go over and check on them?"

"I'll go. You should rest. It is still around 4am."

"You sure?"

"Yes."

Mibuchi couldn't help but think that the main reason he volunteered to go over into that hell hole was because his Cutie-Chan was over there amongst his former teammates, two of which he knows has feelings for her too. He wasn't sure if the group had remembered the events of the night before, I think it's best that things remain in the past. Akashi pulled on a proper t-shirt and shorts as he left the room. God knows what is happening over there. He knocked on the door but no one answered. The shouting and yelling continued as he stood there in frustration. A staff member had been called up due to complaints from other people on the floor.

"Excuse me sir but is this your room?"

"Yes, I apologise for the noise. I was about to tell them to stop the ruckus but I don't have the room key with me."

"I see, I will open the door for you but please tell them to keep the noise down as it has upset several of our stayers."

"I am deeply sorry."

The staff member opened the door and left as Akashi walked in, horrified at the state of the room. A perfect 4 star hotel room had been completely transformed into a pig's sty as flashes of yellow, blue and purple dashed around the room.

As he got closer, he noticed that the table had been turned over, the chairs tipped over and pillows and blankets had been thrown everywhere. In amongst the chaos, he noticed Aomine tackle Kise to the ground and Kuroko jump on top of them with a deadly glint in her eyes. He had to stop them before they caused permanent damage.

"What is going on here?!"

The room instantly grew silent as the chilling presence of the Captain of the Generation of Miracles filled the room.

"What is the meaning of this mess? Midorima?"

Midorima hmpfed a reply, not wanting to admit that he had joined in with this childish fray. Akashi continued to stare with a frustrated glare, waiting for someone to reply. Kise jumped up and pointed at Aomine

"It was all Aominecchi's fault! He started it! I was just sleeping when he landed on top of me and woke me up!"

Akashi glared at Aomine. Of course it was him. Who else? Aomine hissed at Kise.

"WHAT THE HELL KISE!? It wasn't my fault! I woke up on the floor. It's not my fault that I rolled. It's your own damn fault for being too close to the bed!"

"EH? Why are you even on the bed?! The bed was meant to be for Kurokocchi and Momoicchi only! YOU PERV!"

"DAMMIT! I'LL KILL YOU!"

Akashi had heard enough. Not only had Aomine started this fight and upset others on the floor, but he had snuck onto the bed to sleep with Kuroko who was now staring at him with dark bags underneath her eyes.

"I've heard enough. I'll tell you your punishment after this. First clean up this room. You have all upset the other stayers on this floor and I expect you will apologise to them all."

"What?! That's not fair!"

Kuroko felt guilty that Aomine was getting punished for something that technically she started,

"It wasn't his fault Sei-Tan. It was mine. If I hadn't shoved him off the bed, which he shouldn't have been on in the first place, he wouldn't have landed on top of Ki-kun and started the pillow fight."

As she told him what happened from start to finish, he nodded but found it was hard to hear what she was saying when half the time she was muttering and barely opening her mouth.

"I see. But if Kise had not made a big deal out of it, then this fight may not have occurred either. And if all of you had not reacted to being hit, then it would not have turned out this way. Therefore, to settle this, the punishment extends to you all except Momoi-san. The first part of your punishment is to clean up this room by…5 or I will suggest to your coaches to triple your training. After you are done, meet me in the lounge for the next part of your punishment."

All eyes turned to the sleek black clock which read 4:54am.

"What?! That's only 6 minutes! We'll never get it down in time!"

Akashi turned to face them with a sly and evil grin before leaving with a snarky comment,

"You had better get started then."

The colourful group leapt up and began to clean up their mess. Aomine and Kise grumbled over cleaning up the floor while Kuroko fixed up the bed. Midorima and Murasakibara arranged the tables and chairs.

Back in the other room, Rakuzan began to look concerned as Akashi returned with a slightly scary smirk on his face. They all knew not to ask least they were to get involved too. They heard a shout from Aomine who cursed at Kise for elbowing him in the face before being shut up by Kuroko.

Moments later, it was deathly silent. Then shuffling of feet and the click of the door notified Akashi that they had finished their job. Akashi had managed to pack his bags and properly get dressed before heading to the meeting spot.

"You have an hour before we leave for the train station. I expect that this room is spotless and nothing is left behind. I will wait for you in the lounge."

"Alright!"

Akashi stepped into the elevator and chuckled at the sorry state his friends had been in. It was quite a nice thing to see them all together and having some fun. The group stood out with their coloured hair and complaining.

"I see that you managed to complete your job efficiently. But do not think that it is over yet. I have some paper here for you all and you are to write letters of apology to the entire floor that you disturbed because of your childish antics. Each letter must be a page long with proper sentences and perfect handwriting. If any of you mess up, you will receive further punishment and you have 30 minutes to finish. There are 100 rooms on our floor so I hope you are ready."

He handed each of them a bundle of paper. There were 5 of them and 100 floors meaning they each needed to write 20 letters in half an hour. He knew that it was impossible but it was fun to see them squirm. This will teach them to wake me up again. He saw the shocked and horrified expressions on their faces and had to bit his cheek gently to hold back his grin.

"Begin."

And it was a miracle to see how concentrated they all were. Especially Aomine and Kise. They were so focused but Akashi knew that their letters might end up below satisfactory. Kuroko's eyes were barely open as her pen flew across the page at great speeds. Midorima was taking his time but his work would be of high standard. Then there was Murasakibara who was clutching his stomach which was making grumbling noises as he wrote on his page.

Akashi ordered a cup of hot tea and sipped on it as he watched his friends suffer. From deep within, his other-self smirked with satisfaction.

20 minutes later, Kuroko was on her last 5 letters as was Midorima. However, Kise and Aomine were still on their 15th page as Akashi had told them to do a few pages again due to the atrocious handwriting. Murasakibara, despite grumbling and sulking the whole time, was onto his last 7 pages.

Coach Shirogane had finished paying for their hotel stay before seeing the Emperor sip tea and watch his underlings furiously work. At times like this, Shirogane questioned whether it was really a 16 year old in that body or the devil.

"Time's up. Let's see. Tetsuya, Midorima and Murasakibara have managed to finish, but Aomine and Kise have not. That means that I must punish you both further. It seems fitting though since it was indeed you two who caused the most ruckus. However, as I am about to head back to Kyoto, I will not be in charge of your punishment. That is why I have messaged your coaches to triple your training and I will be receiving reports, so do not bother to skip because I will find out."

He didn't need to go any further because Aomine and Kise knew what would happen if he found out. They both gulped.

"It has been a very enjoyable time with you all, although I do not seem to have any recollection of what happened last night."

The colourful gang nodded in agreement. Whatever had happened yesterday seem to have escaped their minds. Luckily for them, Mibuchi appeared and changed the subject.

"We'll be seeing you all again in future competitions and we'll be sure to win this time."

Aomine smirked,

"Heh? You're on."

The room grew hotter as the flames of war were lit and the competitive sparks in their hearts were flipped on. The time came for Rakuzan to leave came as the gang saw them off.

"I'll be going now Tetsuya."

"yeah… The next time we meet will be on the court."

"Don't get into too much trouble. Stay on your toes because the next we clash, Rakuzan will be the victors."

"Challenge accepted Sei-Tan. I'll be even stronger next time."

"I'm looking forward to it. Until then Tetsuya."

Akashi placed a quick kiss onto Kuroko's soft lush lips who blushed and pulled him into a warm embrace.

"Don't miss me too much Sei-Tan."

"I'll try not to."

With that, Rakuzan jumped onto the train and were gone.

"OOH! Someone's getting all mushy mushy! Liked getting kissed Tetsu?"

"Shut up Dai-Kun! You're just jealous!"

"Heh! As if I'd get jealous of that hot headed midget!"

"Hah! You'd never say that if he was here Aominecchi!"

"Shut up Kise. I hope you haven't forgotten that because of you and your bullshit, we have to go through triple training!"

"EH!? MY FAULT! IT WASN'T MY FA-"

Before he could finish, Kuroko thumped them both on the head,

"Enough! No more fighting! I've got a headache!"

The both stuck their tongue out at each other before the gang split off.

Kuroko had forgotten to turn her phone off silent so she pulled out her phone to see 50 messages and 20 miss calls from her brother. Oh bother.

"Hello~ Onii-Chan?"

"TETSUYA!? WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?! I'VE BEEN SO WORRIED! YOU DIDN'T ANSWER THE PHONE AND I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD AND I ALMOST CALLED THE POLICE AND THEN I REMEMBERED YOU WERE WITH THAT AKASHI BRAT SO I CALLED HIM BUT HE DIDN'T ANSWER EITHER AND I THOUGHT SOMETHING HAPPENED SO I CALLED THE COACH AND HE TOLD ME THAT YOU WERE AT THE HOTEL PLAYING WITH THE OTHER BRATS AND THEN YOU PASSED OUT AND THEN EVERYONE PASSED OUT BECAUSE YOU WERE DRINKING! DRINKING?! YOU ARE UNDERAGE AND I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU DID IT! YOU BETTER GET HOME RIGHT NOW BEFORE I COLLAPSE AND DIE OF SHOCK AND SORROW BECAUSE YOU WERE BEING A NAUGHTY GIRL AND DRINKING WITH YOUR FRIENDS!"

Then there was a lot of huffing as Kuroko placed the phone away from her ears, hoping that they weren't bleeding from the screeching rant.

"ehehehe…I'll be home soon."

Then she hung up and sighed. Oh bother. I'll be waiting for you Sei-Tan. Until then...be well.

~A year later~

"They're here! The street basketball team that's currently overwhelmingly popular in the USA…No, even the world!"

A group of tall American basketball players exited the airport, surrounded by a large crowd of reports and cameras who were shouting at them for their attention. However, they kept walking, ignoring the tiny people who stood before them. The tallest member, a dark skinned player with 4 piercings on his left ear and one on his lower lip growled at a female reporter who had asked him if he was excited for the match against STRKY to which he answered in English,

"Heh? Excited? Well, I'm excited for one thing but I'll tell you that in my hotel room tonight. The room number's…wait what was it again? Oh I haven't got it yet! HAH too bad!"

The team burst into laughter, causing the poor woman to shrink back in fear and confusion. However, the captain, a blonde with a tribal tattoo curling up his neck stepped in to answer her question.

"Stop it Silver. Of course we are looking forward to it. We want to put on a good performance and have a good game. I heard that there will be tickets at the door so please bring your kids and family along!"

The relief on her face seemed to ease the tension in the air as Nash Gold JR. walked past. A waving person waiting at the entrance caught Nash's attention as he directed his team towards them.

"Oh, our interpreter and guide. Nice to meet you."

Kagetora smiled as he looked up at the towering giants,

"Yeah, Same to you. Welcome to Japan you damn brats!"

~A few days later~

The day came for the match between STRKY and Jabberwock came and the whole of Tokyo buzzed with excitement. Kuroko sat down next to Kagami and her team as they felt the excitement and rush of the match build before the game even began. Around Japan, the GOM and their teams sat down to watch the match, excited for the intense battle to come.

"Oh look it's Kasamatsu-senpai!"

"Wah! Look Shin-Chan! He's playing!"

"Wow…Imayoshi-senpai cut his hair!"

"AHAHHAHA WHAT THE HELL IS WITH THE GORILLA'S HAIRCUT! MY STOMACH HURTS FROM LAUGHING!"

"Hey Sei-Chan! The match is starting!"

Then Jabberwock walked onto the court and the crowd leapt up into cheers and whistles, the excitement tripled in the blink of an eye.

"Hey Muro-chin! Are these guys amazing?~"

"Hm? Well, I don't have any personal experience with them but I heard that they rank the same as the GOM, maybe even higher. But…when I was in the USA, I had a lot of nasty rumours about them."

This caused Murasakibara to shrug as they watched the tip off.

Kasamatsu was onto Nash, but was no match for his lightning speed dribbling. It was even faster than Hayama's lightning dribble. What was that!? That was crazy fast! That wasn't human!

"Well now…where did the ball go?!"

Nash mocked Kasamatsu as he knocked the ball with his elbow to his teammate who scored a perfect three. The crowd went crazy as Jabberwock scored the first points of the game. They were not aware that the game was about to take a very heavy turn. As the mocking and jeering from Jabberwock continued, Kuroko began to feel uncomfortable, even angry at their attitude.

"This…this is too much."

Her team stared at her while Kagami nodded in agreement.

"In street b-ball, it is normal to provoke and tease your opponent but this is taking it way too far. Even when their technique is really good, it is too much. This isn't even teasing anymore. Jabberwock are looking down on them."

The match ended with STRKY losing by 80 points while Jabberwock barely looked tired at all. Kasamatsu stuck out his hand,

"Thanks for the game…"

Nash only looked at it before running a hand through his hair with a cruel laugh,

"Thanks? Honestly this game made me want to puke. Everyone here…no, I should say, anyone pretending to play basketball should quit and go kill themselves. To make it easier for you all to understand, here's an example. Let's take a monkey and teach it to sumo wrestle. When two monkeys fight, they are on par, but if you were to put that monkey up against a human, what do think would happen? That monkey will be completely annihilated! Friendly match? Don't make me laugh! To all of you who brought their children, I want to crush their hopes and dreams. As for a few words? Let's start with the fact that you lot are no better than monkeys. Monkeys don't have the right to play basketball!"

Then the whole team burst into cruel and sadistic laughter, leaving STRKY behind, shattered after that brutal assault. The crowd was no longer cheering, in fact there wasn't even a sound as all over Japan, a silent and deep rage began to build. Kuroko clenched her fist and just as she was about to leap to her feet, a loud and rough voice came from the side of the court as Kagetora pointed at them with a pulsing blood vessel on his forehead.

"HOLD IT RIGHT THERE YOU FUCKING BRATS! Since you came all this way, why don't you play a little longer? Cause now you've pissed me off!"

"Huh? what the hell are you talking about old man?"

"How about a revenge match in a week's time. If we lose, I'll kneel down and disembowel myself right here. If you lose you have to paddle yourself home on a shitty raft!"

"Huh? Why the hell would we want to play against you again?"

Nash smirked as he walked towards Kagetora, a dark glint shone in his eyes.

"Monkeys who underestimate their masters need to be punished! I'm fine with letting the old man commit Seppaku but if he chickens out, I'll make sure he pays us back in double. In one week, we'll make you shut your mouth for good as you slit open your gut on live TV."

Kagetora smirked. Fine by me. I hope you boys have a raft handy because you're going to need it.

Riko face palmed. Since when had her father been so bold and good at English? But she knew that there was only one group of people who had a good chance of beating Jabberwock and handing their asses to them. She turned to her left to see a glowering Kuroko. She swore that if Kuroko continued to glare at them with that intense fury, it might burn a hole into the back of their heads.

Kuroko let out a sigh as she got up and walked out with Kagami hot on her trail.

The next day, Kuroko arrived at Seirin's gym as instructed by Kagetora. Upon entering, she was greeted by her colourful crayon teammates.

"Oh you're all on time! Good to finally see you all."

"Hm… I suddenly got an email from Kurokocchi to come here. I couldn't refuse a request from her!"

"Man you sure picked a hell of a fight."

"We couldn't just sit back and allow this to happen."

"Haaah~ This is gonna be such a pain!"

"Heh? I'm rather looking forward to this. It seems that we have met up sooner than expected. Not only that but we, the Generation of Miracles, will be fighting alongside each other again. Ah, that reminds me Tetsuya, it seems that our promise to meet again on court has arrived sooner than expected, however, we will be playing together."

"Yep! Let's kick their asses and show them that the people of Japan should not be messed with. We'll show them who the real monkeys are."

Kagetora smiled at the dream team,

"You lot are the absolute team right now and I'm going to make sure that you bring out the best of your abilities. So…Let's make it flashy!"

"YOSH!"

Bring it on Jabberwock, we'll send you to hell.

End of Chapter

I hope you guys liked that chapter! I don't really have much to say except, I'll try to update as much as possible. See ya next chapter!