The next day, the twins did as they were told. They had dragged their sport bags with them and changed into their basketball clothes after classes. They both wore their old basketball uniforms from back in America. It was the only thing they physically had from their team. The rest was just pictures and memories. They had left the trophies with the others, but the twins would never forget their victories.
Kiseki would also always be grateful to the team. They had let her join the boys team even though she was a girl. To an enemy they would always put it as giving them a handicap. Their team had always gotten teased because they had a girl on it, but little did everyone know that she was one of the best player on the court.
The twins stepped into the hall, the team's eyes immediately landing on them. "Don't just stand there!" Hyuuga called and waved them over. "Before I let you in the team you will have to prove yourself." He told Daiki before turning to Kiseki. They weren't really allowed to accept girls into an all boys team, but Hyuuga wanted to see how good they were. Maybe they could cheat the system a little. They did a little bit when he was in high school and had a member of Kiseki no Sedai on their team. No school would be able to beat them unless they had a Kiseki no Sedai member on their team as well. "Start warm ups by running ten laps!" He shouted and blew on his whistle.
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Kagami finished up at his first day of his new job. He worked as a physical therapist in one of the Tokyo hospitals. It was a lot of work and he had met up with a lot of patients, but it was nice to be amongst Japanese speaking people. It made him think of the twins and how they were doing. They were mainly raised speaking English, but they knew Japanese enough to actually hold a conversation… He was curious how they would do during writing classes, that was probably going to be the biggest challenge for them.
Kagami walked out of his therapy area as he swung his bag over his shoulder. "Kagami-san." A young woman from reception called and smiled. "How did your first day go?" She asked him with a sweet smile.
"It went well, thank you for asking. I'll be back tomorrow morning, I'll see you then-"
"KAGAMI?!"
Kagami looked over his shoulder and pulled a face. He knew that face! A little older maybe, but he knew that face! "Takao?!" He blinked
"Long time no see, aren't you supposed to be in America?" Takao asked as he stepped closer and slapped the taller male on the shoulder. "What are you doing here? Did you get injured? You should let Shin-chan have a look at you."
"He works here?!"
"Yeah, he's one of the head neurology doctors of the Child Department, but I'm sure he would treat you even though you beat him way back in high school. It's not like he is still upset about that anymore." Yeah, right. Everyone from Kiseki no Sedai wants to play against this guy again. They were all sore losers. Even after basically 17 years. "So why are you back in Japan? We all thought you would be too busy in America."
Kagami scratched his head a little awkwardly, but before he could answer someone interrupted them. "Takao!"
Said man turned around and watched the green headed doctor walk up, as serious as he always was, but even Midorima stopped when he saw his old high school rival. "Kagami Taiga?" He asked confused. "What are you doing here?" He frowned.
"Well… I just moved here from America." Kagami said and rubbed the back of his neck as the other two looked at him in confusion. "It's a long story."
"We don't have time for long stories right now." Midorima said and adjusted his glasses. "Takao, please take these documents to the new Physical Therapist that was supposed to arrive today. I need them to come tomorrow morning to our department to determined how much therapy one of the patients would need. I just want another read on it before we do anything else." He handed the shortest amongst the three of them a stack of paper.
Kagami sighed. Great, now he worked in the same hospital as these idiots, he didn't want anyone knowing he was back in Japan! It didn't matter why! He just didn't want to explain why he didn't go to the NBA or stayed in America. It was a little embarrassing. Who wanted to tell people that the reason they hadn't been in contact was because they had gotten pregnant at 16 and had been too freaked to tell anyone about it?!
Kagami looked at Takao and took the stack of papers. "I'll have a look at these before I go home." He mumbled.
They had no idea how to respond. Takao and Midorima both stood frozen with their mouths open. Kagami was their new therapist?!
Kagami sighed and looked at them. "Like I said, long story." He cleared his throat and walked back into the office he just came from to look over these papers. He had some appointments standing tomorrow morning so he wouldn't have time for any of this. Might as well look at it now. He would have to text the twins to go ahead and eat without him. He had a feeling that it wouldn't be that easy to go home with Takao and Midorima around… Mainly Takao.
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Daiki tossed the ball backwards over his head as he was being double teamed by the Seirin basketball team. Kiseki caught it and was quick on her feet before jumping up and slamming it into the hood, but she didn't let go immediately and kind of just hung there for a moment as she glared at Tsuki, the guy who had challenged her. She let go and landed on her feet.
To give the other team a bit of a tough time, they decided to do a little two-on-three.
The twins wiped the sweat off of their brows before high-fiving each other. Hyuuga thought he was going crazy. It was like he had just seen Aomine and Kagami play together against the Jabawocks. That was a game no one would be able to forget. Kagami he could understand since these twins were his, but Aomine… That part was probably just in his head. Hyuuga blew the whistle and told everyone to clean up as he pulled the twins to the sides.
"I'll give it to you two, you're good. Very good. I will admit." Hyuuga smiled. "Reminds me a lot of your dad when I used to play with him."
"You played with him?" The twins asked simultaneously.
"Yeah, during his first year before he went to America to go for an NBA program. He just never ended up telling us what team he landed on." Hyuuga said and watched the twins frown slightly. "What?" He asked them.
"Our dad never finished the NBA program. Three months in he found out he was pregnant with us." Kiseki explained and rubbed the back of her neck. "He gave up on school so he could take care of us."
"Wha-?"
"Yeah, he was pregnant. No one knows how since he's a guy, but it happened." Daiki quickly said, interrupting the coach. It was always the same when they told people both their parents were male. It was what it was, there was no need to keep it hidden. It wasn't weird to them. "Ow!"
Hyuuga smacked DJ over the head. "Don't interrupt me before I finish speaking!" He snapped before huffing and crossing his arms over his chest. "Anyways, you're both on the team after watching you play. Obviously." He said and watched the twins sparkle with happiness. "Kagami-chan, we'll have to figure something out for you though." He pointed at her hair. "No girls are allowed on the team, at least not in games on the male basketball team, but we could use your strength so we'll have to think of something. For now, Good job, go home and next practice is day Thursday. Don't be late." Hyuuga said and patted their shoulders before walking away to check up on the other team members who were cleaning up.
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DJ and Kiseki were walking down the street, on their way home from practice, when her phone buzzed with a text. "Dad said he's got caught up at work." She told her twin as she put the phone back in her bag.
"Cool, I guess we're eating alone." Daiki said as he lazily stretched his arms over his head. "How about we stop by the fast food place we passed on our way to school. It was near one of the basketball courts, we could play a little one-on-one." He grinned, chuckling when Kiseki rolled her eyes.
Their one-on-ones were a pain in the ass, mainly because they sucked at beating each other. They were the perfect duo, but each others worst opponents. Their games could last HOURS, mostly it was the last person to walk away was the winner.
They entered the fast food restaurant Maji Burgers. Kiseki was a little anxious seeing all those weird signs on those large ordering menus they had hanging at fast food restaurants. She couldn't read that and neither could Daiki! "Well.. I guess we get to make our own food." She told him quietly and was about to turn around and leave, but Daiki quickly grabbed her wrist. "I got this!" He said and gave her thumbs up before walking away. Kiseki face-palmed.
Kiseki only waited five minutes though and soon Daiki came back, surprisingly with what looked like ten one-dollar burgers and two cups of soda. She looked at him and then glanced at the food, Daiki shrugged.
"I just described something and she punched it in, I told you I got this." He smirked. "All of this isn't that difficult really."
Kiseki rolled her eyes and looked at her twin with a bored expression. "Yeah right, last time you tried something like this we ended up at some weird cat café instead of the basketball court which ended up being right around the corner!" She told him and rolled her eyes once again.
The two of them found a seat, split up the burgers and started digging in.
"So, about what coach said… About you not being able to play in games"
"Yeah?" Kiseki mumbled and sipped from her soda. She knew exactly what that meant coming from the coach. If she couldn't play in games, all she was basically useful for was practice and to train the others. She would prefer to actually play, but she understood the rules. She was glad Coach would actually allow her to be there during practice. He also just could have kicked her out and kept Daiki, though she wasn't sure if her brother would have stayed then. They had always been together, always played on the same team.. They were strongest together. If Coach hadn't allowed her to at least practice with them, DJ probably would have walked away with her.
"I have an idea." He told her with a grin, one that Kiseki was a little scared of. "We'll need some scissors and some thick sports tape."
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"I'm home." Kagami called. It was around 7:30PM, 90 minutes later than he had actually planned on being home. Takao had kept bugging him, Midorima as boring as he always was had said he had to treat a patient and left basically after handing him the stack of papers. Kagami sighed. He was hungry and tired. All he wanted to do now was go chill on the couch and never get up.
"Welcome home!" Twin voices called from the living room sounded.
Kagami dropped his bag and walked over to his kids. "How was- WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" He gasped as he stepped into the living room.
Kiseki looked up as Daiki cut off the last lock of his sister's long blue hair. "Coach said only boys could play on the basketball team." Daiki explained. "So I cut her hair."
Kagami looked at his daughter with panicked eyes. She looked just like Aomine…
