Alrighty I have finally finished this chapter. Hope you all enjoy.
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At Seirin High, Hyuga and Kagami were talking in the hall.
"A game? You can't play yet" Hyuga told Kagami
"W-what? Why Captain?" Kagami asked "How am I not good enough?"
"You're still a trial member. You're not an official member yet." Hyuga explained calmly
"Huh?" Kagami looked confused. Not knowing what else to do, he goes off to find their coach.
Riko was playing a video game centered on building up basketball player's talent.
"I knew you had potential. Nothing beats cultivating talent." She smiled happily
drank happily on her juice, until Kagami came running in slamming his fists onto her desk. "Coach!" he yelled. Riko spit her juice in his face in surprise at his sudden appearance.
Kagami wiped off the juice and continued "Coach, give me an official club membership form!"
"What is it with today" Riko asked "You too?"
"Too?" Kagami looked confused
"Yeah. Kuroko came here before you asking for the same thing." She explained
"That bastard" Kagami mutters.
"Seriously just how impatient are you rascals?" Riko questions.
"What did you call me?" Kagami asks angrily.
"Well, you both have potential, and we've got room on the bench, so we'd be happy to have you." She ignored him while handing him a form.
"Now I can play in a game right?"
"Hold it right there" Riko stopped Kagami before he could leave "I'll only except your form at 8:40 on the roof"
Riko was standing on the roof of Seirin High arms crossed as she regarded the newbies. She laughed dramatically "I've been waiting for all of you"
"Are you stupid" Kagami didn't look impressed and the others still looked confused about why they were on the roof
"A duel…?"Kuroko questioned
"I forgot all about it but Monday… The morning assembly is in 5 minutes!" Kagami yelled he took out his form "Hurry up and take it"
"Before that I have something to tell you. I made a promise when the captain asked me to be his coach last year. I promised to focus solely on pushing the team toward the national championship. If you don't think you're ready for that, there are other clubs better suited to you."
"What of course I'm-" Kagami was cut off
"I know you're strong. But I need to know if you have something even more important. No matter how hard you practice, 'someday' and 'maybe' aren't good enough. I need to know if you have ambitious goals and the will to accomplish them." Riko pointed out to where the school was assembled. "Give me your year, class, and name. Announce your goals here and now. If you fail to achieve them, you'll come back up here, strip naked, and confess your feelings for the girl you love."
All the freshman looked horrified except Kagami and Kuroko. "All the second years did it last year" Riko said
"What? No one told me about this." Furihata said aghast.
"I heard about it when they recruited me." Fukuda admitted
"But I didn't think they'd actually…" Kawahara trailed off
"Like I said before, I'm looking for something concrete and reasonably ambitious." Riko stated looking unfazed "You'll have to do better than 'play my first game' or 'do my best.'"
"This'll be easy" Kagami said with confidence he walked right up "This isn't even a test" he jumped up onto the railing "Class 1-B, Number 5, Kagami Taiga! I will defeat the Generation of Miracles and become the best player in Japan!"
Kagami jumped down
"Who's next" Riko called the other freshman looked nervous. "If you don't hurry up the teachers will get here" She threatened casually
Furihata wanted a girlfriend, Kawahara went into such a long explanation that he got cut off by Riko and Fukuda wanted just wanted to help his upperclassmen. Then it was Kuroko's turn.
"Excuse me" Riko let out a small yelp turning to face Kuroko "I'm not good at speaking loudly, so could I use this?" He held up a megaphone
"Where did you get that?" Riko asked
Kuroko didn't answer. Then he turned to the audience.
"Kuroko Tetsuya, class 1-B, seat number 16. We will become the best in Japan." After speaking, the roof door slammed open "HEY!" one of the school officials yelled "The basketball club again?"
"Crap, at least we finished" Riko frowned.
They all sat in a row getting lectured by the man. At Maji Burger Kagami was once again eating a tray stacked high with burgers. He sat down at a table where Kuroko was currently sitting "I can't believe he got so mad over a little shouting"
"Even though we all got in trouble, at least everyone was able to finish" Kuroko said just as Kagami went to take a bite. He looked shocked again as he looked at Kuroko who was drinking his milkshake.
"You again!"
"Hey Kagami-kun, may I ask you a question?" ignoring his outburst he continues "You said you wanted to beat the Generation of Miracles, but why are you so fixated on them? Are they important to you? " Kuroko asks the larger man.
Kagami looks at the boy as is debating to answer his question. After a moment of silence he answers
"When I met them, they were on the verge of losing themselves. They were each going through a tough time and the one thing they enjoyed so much wasn't fun for them anymore. They played as if there was no point in even trying. The outcome would always be the same. I don't want them to feel that way, ever.I came here from America, and I saw them on a court and challenged them all to a 1on1 match. Funnily enough, I beat three of them, tied with one, and lost to one. By the time we had ended, they honestly seemed to enjoy themselves and after that we all began to challenge each other every day. We got closer to one another." Kagami finished with a smile
"Hmm. Seems like they're very important to you. " Kuroko states after seeing the smile.
"Yeah,they really are," was Kagami's response.
Kuroko pov
"Now I have a question for you. What was with your declaration earlier? For someone with such a deadpan attitude, you sure were passionate. " Kagami questions while opening another burger.
"Your words and the coach's words really struck me. At first I just wanted to play the sport I loved but now, my biggest reason to play is trying to make you and our team the best in Japan."
Kagami stood up "We're not going to try; we're gonna 'be' the best!" And I gave a small smile.
"Hey Kuroko, mind if we walk part of the way?I mean you never know what will happen " Kagami says and scratches his head. Wonder why he seems nervous all of a sudden. Maybe it's my imagination.
Staring at him I reply, "I am fully capable of protecting myself. Please don't treat me as if I am a child. However I wouldn't mind walking with you. "
Normal pov
Practice that day began like any other day, but the coach had to leave to take care of something. So the group just did scrimagges until she returned.
"She's back" Fukuda yelled when he saw her coming their way. "The coach is back, we're going to play a practice game."
"I wonder who we're playing" Hyuga commented
"Who knows she was skipping for some reason though" Fukuda added
"She was skipping?!" Hyuga looked distressed. Turning he saw Riko skipping and humming happily "Be ready, everyone. If she's skipping our next opponent is going to be real tough."
Outside the gym stood two figures. One blond and the other blue haired.
"So this is Seiran." The blond exclaims.
"It's bigger than what I expected." said the blue haired teen.
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