Uh— I rewatched Natsume Yuujinchou after rewatching Kuroko no Basuke, and all I could hear was Akashi yelling at Nyanko-sensei.
That's it.
Akashi's Cat (Teiko)
Akashi Seijuurou had recently gained a weird cat.
It was not slender, or anything like that.
It was incredibly round, and had stubby legs that surprisingly supported its weight. Its white fur covered the whole body with an orange and grey stripe from the head to the back.
And then there was its head— it was abnormally large with small hardly noticeable red marks on it.
The funniest thing about it all was the fact that Akashi kept denying that it was his.
("My father does not allow cats in the house."
"But, it's yours right? I've seen it around on campus—"
"Nyanko-sensei likes to follow me."
"It has a name? So, it is yours!"
"No. He's not."
"Akashi-kun, you are hurting Nyanko-sensei's feelings.")
Kuroko didn't know how to describe the cat, other than it being a maneki-neko.
("Nyanko-sensei's head is very…large."
"Yes."
"...He must eat a lot."
"I suppose, I should come up with a training regiment. He's too heavy to carry.")
Aomine laughed at the cat, calling it ugly. After that, the cat never got along with him.
("Bwahahaha! I can't believe that this cat is yours! Look at it! It's so ugly!"
"This cat is not mine, Aomine."
"Hahaha! It totally doesn't match you!"
"Aomine— at the request of Nyanko-sensei, your training is tripled.")
Kise, for some odd reason, found the cat to be adorable, if not huggable. It was funny how the cat would immediately clear the vicinity the second Kise noticed it.
("If you don't want him, I'll take him!"
"Nyanko-sensei— your claws are digging into my leg."
"Awww, he's so cute!"
"Kise, please stop.")
Murasakibara wanted to taste it.
("Oi, Aka-chin, are you sure he's not a mochi?"
"Please do not eat Nyanko-sensei, Murasakibara.")
Midorima was suspicious of the cat.
("Akashi, this cat of yours…"
"It's not mine, but continue."
"…has very strange tendencies."
"Ah. Is... that so."
"It is so, nanodayo.")
For all the denials of Nyanko-sensei not being his cat, the captain of Teiko's basketball team was quite attached to it.
It wasn't unusual to see Akashi running laps with the cat trailing behind him. It was nearly jarring to see Akashi sitting at the side of the court with the cat in his arms during breaks. Everyone fought valiant battles against their urge to laugh when Akashi gave orders while the cat perched on his head.
Their coach did nothing to ban the cat (he already tried, but Nyanko-sensei had sunk his claws into Akashi's shirt). If anything, the whole team either deliberately ignored the cat, or roped it into their vigorous warm-ups (even with all of its running around it still seemed to gain more weight- what did Akashi feed the thing?).
A few months later, Kuroko had to admit that there was something up with the cat. It was oddly attached to Akashi, yet it acted like it didn't seem to care. When no one payed any attention to them, he could've sworn that it talked.
It was a generally quiet Sunday when he first confirmed it.
He was on his way to the closest basketball court to play with Aomine when he heard someone running from a distance. Kuroko stopped himself short as the bushes next to him suddenly split. He nearly gaped at the sight of Akashi Seijuurou flying out of the bushes. The red haired captain didn't notice him as he landed perfectly on his feet with a roll.
"Sorry—" Akashi almost spluttered without looking at Kuroko.
The phantom couldn't respond when Akashi immediately took off down the neighborhood.
"Oiiii!" Kuroko's eyes widened when he saw that fat, ugly cat pop out of the same bushes, and scamper after his captain, "How can you be such an idiot!? You troublesome brat! Aaaahhhh, this is so troublesome-"
A large gust of wind blew Kuroko off his feet second later. He could've sworn he saw a blurry, dark smudge of something passing by him with alarming speed.
He slowly sat up and rubbed his head to ease the slight pain in his head. It was gone as quick as it came. Blinking, Kuroko stared in the direction his captain ran off to.
"The…the cat."
Akashi Seijuurou had a weird cat— and it talked.
I'll update randomly.
