Title : Regression

By: revenanttrickster

Disclaimer: Kuroko no Basket is owned by Fujimaki Tadatoshi

A/N: Yay! Thank you to: Kuro-Maggie, sHirou, Crossroader32, luchiaseiren, Kuroshiroryuu, Bluebird, A, Zhizn214, Zedax, NekoTama-1110, ruhanasasumaru, Anonymouse, My Lunatic Crow for those awesome reviews. And thank you also for those who favorite and follow this story. All of you made me so happy XD And without further ado, here's the next chapter!

Chapter 2: Yellow to the rescue…

While walking, Kise was deciding on where he should go since there were no basketball practice today also his seniors were busy doing their own things and couldn't accompany him. His manager called as well and told him that his photo shoot was rescheduled. He stopped when he noticed he was in a familiar neighborhood. "That's it! I could visit Kurokocchi. It's been a while since I last saw him anyway." With that decided, Kise walked merrily to Seirin High School to see his former beloved instructor. What he doesn't know is that his former instructor is a bit…different.

When he arrived at Seirin High, he was – of course – bombarded by his fan girls. Being the gentleman that he is, he entertained them for a moment before excusing himself and went to the school gym. He opened the door and greeted the Seirin basketball club enthusiastically, "Hello Seirin~ I've come to see Kurokocchi~!" He thought they were practicing like they usually did whenever he visits but what he saw made him sweat dropped. Some players were running around in circles (are they panicking?), some just stood there looking pale and fidgety and he even saw Kagami running away with Nigou trailing behind him (wait, was that a kid he was carrying?).

He went towards Seirin's coach and asked, "U-Um…Am I bothering you guys?"

Riko's eyes wandered around and couldn't meet Kise's gaze. She started fiddling with her whistle. "N-Not at all. Ha Ha Ha…Ha…" Riko responded uneasily.

Kise was worried and curious as to why everyone were acting strangely but he set it aside and remembered the reason he went there. "Where's Kurokocchi? I haven't seen him yet." Due to Kuroko's weak presence he was kind of hard to notice so Kise looked around and even behind him but there was no sign of the teal head boy.

"Kuroko is not here," Hyuuga, the captain, answered him.

"Really? Why?"

"He's sick!"

"He left to run some errand!"

"He went to China to eat some Kung Pao chicken!"

Everyone stared (more like glared in Seirin's case) at Koganei's excuse. Riko whacked him in the head with her paper fan. "Why would Kuroko go to China to eat some chicken, you idiot!"

Kise was now suspicious at Seirin's weird behavior and he knows it has something to do with the phantom player. He asked Kiyoshi, who was beside him, where Kagami was.

Kiyoshi scratched the back of his head. "He didn't attend practice today. He was…uh busy."

Kise eyed him dubiously. "But I just saw Kagamicchi running that way." He pointed the direction Kagami went. The Seirin team couldn't respond and just laughed nervously. Kise was going to demand what's going on when he heard a loud cry. "Eh? Is that a kid crying? Why is there a kid here?"

"I-It's uh…um…Mi-Mitobe's brother! That's it! It's Mitobe's younger brother," Riko stuttered. And Mitobe nodded in agreement.

Kise started to say something when he felt something brushed passed his legs, he gawked at the kid – who has the same hair color as Kuroko – hugging the legs of Seirin's coach. Riko crouched down and hugged the boy. "What's wrong? Did something happen?"

The kid rubbed his eyes (cutely, to them) and told her what happened while sniffing. "Ka-Kagami-kun *sniff* left *sniff* me…"

"That Bakagami!"

Said person came rushing towards them, shouting, "Kuroko!" He relieved a sigh when he saw him with his coach. "There you are! I thought you've been kidnapped or something."

Hearing Kagami's voice, Kuroko perked up and immediately ran to him. "Kagami-kun!" He held out his tiny arms to Kagami, asking to be carried.

Kagami took him in his arms and scolded him, "Kuroko I told you stay there, didn't I? Don't run off again." Kuroko nodded and buried his face on Kagami's shoulder.

"Ka-Kagamicchi did you just called him Ku-Kuroko?" Kise asked hesitantly, pointing at the kid in Kagami's arms.

The Seirin team forgot that the ace of Kaijou and Kuroko's former teammate in Teikou was there.

Kagami started to sweat. "Th-This is…uh…Kuroko's…uh…cousin! Kuroko's cousin."

"Really? But your coach said that it was Mitobe's younger brother."

Riko started to sweat as well. "D-Did I say that? I meant Kuroko's cousin."

Kise scrutinized the teal head kid. "He looks exactly like Kurokocchi."

"O-Of course, they are related," Riko insisted.

Kise regarded Kagami with distrust. "If that is really Kurokocchi's cousin, then where is Kurokocchi? He wouldn't leave his cousin to his teammates like that, he's not that irresponsible."

"Uh…well…" Kagami tried to say.

Kise had enough and burst out his conclusion. "That's Kurokocchi, isn't it? Don't lie! I don't know how he turned into a kid but I know that's Kurokocchi!"

Having heard his name (in an odd honorific no less), Kuroko took a peek at the blond who was talking (more like arguing) to Kagami. Kise spotted Kuroko peeking at the corner of his eye and instantly flashed him a bright smile. "Hello~ you're Kurokocchi – I mean Kuroko Tetsuya, right?" Kuroko nodded warily.

Kise blushed at the bashfulness Kuroko was showing which was different from the usual deadpan Kuroko that he knows. "I'm Kise Ryouta. I'm a friend of Kagamicchi~"

"No, you're not! And stop adding 'cchi ' to my name!"

Kise (even Kuroko) ignored Kagami's outburst. Kuroko blinked. "Kise?"

Kise nodded eagerly. "Call me Kise nii-chan~"

"Kise nii-chan," Kuroko repeated.

Kise blushed again and he could feel his heart beating wildly against his chest. "Give me Kurokocchi, Kagamicchi! I want to carry him! I want to hug him!"

"As if I would!"

Kuroko doesn't know why but when he heard what the blond said, he felt something he can't describe. So he blurted out the first thing that came to mind, "Pervert."

Everyone paused at the word Kuroko uttered. Kagami couldn't help it and laughed out loud. "He said you're a pervert Kise!"

Kise cried and flailed his arms. "Kurokocchi don't say that! I'm not a pervert!"

"A candy that can turn a person into a kid," Kise repeated what Riko explained to him about Kuroko's sudden change of appearance; he was sitting on the bench with Kuroko in his lap. It took a lot of pleading ("Please, Kurokocchi!" "I don't want to." "Kurokocchi!"), and convincing from the team for Kuroko to go near Kise. He only agreed when Kagami (reluctantly) told him that Kise isn't a pervert like he thought. Kise pouted at the huge influence Kagami has on Kuroko but left it at that since he get to hug little Kuroko.

"Kurokocchi is really cute as a kid, much cuter than the pictures I saw," Kise said. Kise still called Kuroko, Kurokocchi, like usual seeing as Kuroko didn't seem to mind.

"Pictures?" Izuki probed.

Kise smiled at the memory. "Un! We were having a study session at Kurokocchi's house and he showed us his pictures when he was little."

"When you said we, you mean the Generation of Miracles?" Kiyoshi inquired.

"Yes, even Akashicchi was there."

Hyuuga, who was deep in thought, rubbed underneath his chin and said, "So they'll know that it's Kuroko once they see him like this."

"Of course, even if he's appearance is a kid, he's still Kurokocchi after all," Kise said and rubbed his own cheeks with Kuroko's.

"Stop it, Kise nii-chan. It's annoying," Kuroko deadpanned, almost like the sixteen year old Kuroko does.

"Uwaah! Kurokocchi is so mean!"

Everyone sweat dropped, 'Kuroko turned to a kid but he still treats Kise the same.'

"Then, how come it's okay if it's Kagamicchi?" Kise complained.

"Because it's Kagami-kun!" Kuroko happily exclaimed gazing at Kagami with stars in his eyes.

Kise glowered at Kagami for that, he wants little Kuroko to look at him adoringly, too.

Kagami crossed his arms and smirked. "It's not my fault that he likes me more than you."

Kise pouted at that but knows Kagami has a point. He took a peek at the adorable little Kuroko in his lap. As much as he wants to hold, hug and cuddle little Kuroko (because he can't do those things to older Kuroko), he needs to turn back to normal. "How long is he going to stay like these anyway?"

"We don't know," Riko replied hopelessly.

"Kise has a point. What if the candy's effect lasts for a whole day and he can't turn back to normal tomorrow?" Tsuchida contemplated.

"We could dress him up! I have lots of cute and pretty clothes I can lend him. He'll look so cute in it and we can even take pictures!" Kise said excitedly.

"He's not a doll, you idiot!" Kagami shouted at him.

"But those clothes will suit him and don't you want pictures as a souvenir when Kurokocchi goes back to normal?"

Kagami blushed when he imagined Kuroko in cute clothes and he might want a souvenir of little Kuroko. Kagami pushed those disturbing thoughts aside and yelled at Kise, "This is the reason why I don't want any of you Generation of Miracles near Kuroko!"

"Stop being selfish! You just want Kurokocchi all to yourself!" Kise argued back.

Riko had enough and gave them both a chilling death glare. "Stop it, you two."

"Yes," both boys nodded in fear.

"You're coach is very scary, Kagamicchi," Kise whispered to Kagami.

"I know, right?"

Riko frowned at them. "Huh? Did you say something?"

The two aces shook their heads hard.

"In any case, how do you get Kurokocchi to turn back to normal?" Kise asked the Seirin team.

"We were going to ask the old lady at the store on our way home," Kiyoshi answered him.

"Hmm… if there were candies that can turn you as a kid, does that mean there's also a candy that can make you older," Kise mused.

"Kuroko might return to normal if we let him eat that candy!" Koganei presumed.

Riko glared at him. "Idiot! We don't know what will happen to Kuroko if he eats those kinds of candies. What we need is an antidote not another suspicious candy."

"Sorry."

Riko angrily turned to Kise. "And you, stop spouting outrageous ideas!"

Kise sweat dropped and nodded in fear. "So you're going to that store after your practice?"

Riko relaxed and shook her head. "No, I'm canceling practice today. We need to go to that store right away. The sooner we get there, the better."

"Can I come along?" Kise asked.

Riko sighed. "Fine, since you already know anyway."

"Yay! I'm going with Kurokocchi~!"

"What's more, we can't other people see Kuroko like this," Furihata added.

Kise turned to him in confusion. "Other people?"

"Like the rest of the Generation of Miracles," Kagami declared.

"Eh? Why not? They can help us look for an antidote and even take care of Kurokocchi."

"No way! All of you, Generation of Miracles, are a bunch of crazy and weirdoes. You might do something strange to Kuroko."

Kise sweat dropped. "Just what do you think the Generation of Miracles are?"

"Anyway, we just need to change in our uniforms and then we can leave," Hyuuga butted in at the two aces.

Kise hugged little Kuroko closer to him. "Then, I'll take care of Kurokocchi while the rest of you do that~"

The gym doors, once again, opened and they heard a familiar voice. "Tetsu-kun!"

The Seirin basketball club groaned. 'Not again!'

… Or not.

Next Chapter: His light...

A/N: I was thinking of writing some omakes, so any ideas?