A/N: Because this story is my guilty pleasure for now (past time actually), I present to you another special chapter! Yey!

This is from the point of view of ojou-sama.

Not betaed.

Special Chapter 004

Nishinno Seishin glared. Just because she transferred to another school which the DAP deemed not good enough, she was made to have her other 'rights' removed. As if there was even a right or breathing space for her and the others. The agency could tone it down to the media but everyone else knew it to be a controlling agency it really is. The public just doesn't know how much control they have. But still, it would not take her rights to choose her friends from her. Who would she even befriend? Those snotty arrogant nobles who think too highly of themselves? The only true friends she has were from Teiko and even those could be counted with her hands.

She had been drilled on since she was young that she can't fully trust other people. She was taught to anticipate betrayal and not to place any expectation on others do that she would not be disappointed. However, those teachings were ignored. This one time, this one time she wanted to trust other people. And these people were from Teiko's men basketball team whom she joined as a manager. She had seen their potential and she could not help but to expect great things from them. They were the only ones who could make her forget her responsibilities and be truly happy and free.

As she talked to her family about her team mates, they pointed out that there is no unity in the basketball association in their country hence any dreams for her team to become famous around the world is shot to hell. If she could unite them, then there may be a chance to make it. And so she made her move to unite the basketball associations in Japan. If she had to use her position as an Imperial Princess then so be it.

"I could talk to the Prime Minister so he could take charge of its unification." His Highness, the Emperor told her. Aside from being the Emperor's favorite, it doesn't hurt that the Crown Prince, Crown Princess and Princess Aiko took to her. "But do you honestly think that your team could make it that far?"

"Your Higness, I will do my best to help my team even if I have to go abroad to find them the best opponents to practice against." Nishinno Seishin replied to the Emperor. Oh the joys of having the DAP listening in on their conversation. If it was only her and her gramps, then they would goof off and be jolly. Why does the agents of DAP have to be there with them anyways? They were only having tea for Buddha's sake! "Besides that, Your Highness, I do believe on the strength of my team. We never lost, not even once. They just have to adjust the strength of their bodies with their talents."

And so she could only glare and huff as she boarded the plane which would take her to Australia. When she asked nicely if she could bade her friends goodbye, the DAP went and hastened her departure day. Talk about control freaks.

And so, going along with DAP's plan to send her off to another country for an 'excursion', which was actually a punishment under the guise of 'tradition', she did her best to secretly find them a wonderful opponent. They have to be on their toes. Her team is strong and they just have to remain strong till she got back from her banishment. Besides, she could make her merry way back to the country with the help of the Emperor. Even if she was found out, the DAP would not oust her in fears that the public would know of her rebellious streak. Still, returning to the country and not being able to associate or talk with her team is disheartening. DAP controls her phone and laptop and she can't connect with them through any social media sites. Sucks to be in her shoes.

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After spending three whole weeks in Australia like what the Emperor and the Crown Prince had done before during their excursions, she made her way to America where there are plenty of hidden talented players to be found.

"I think I found someone which suits your tastes, ojou-sama." Atta, her attendant and secretly best gal pal, said lowly. It would not do them any good if the DAP agents heard them since the DAP would do their best to punish the rebellious princess in any way possible. "There is a female who has great abilities, Alexandra Garcia, who could compete with the Generation of Miracles alone. She's a champion in NCAA and played in WNBA although she had quit it."

Ojou-sama nodded minutely and did not break her stride towards her destination. They were walking down the halls in one of the exclusive private all girls school in America. "And? Any more informations?" She asked though it looked like she did not move her mouth from afar. A girl's got to do what a girl's got to do. Maybe they could send that woman to Japan?

And so, as inconspicuously as possible, Atta told her all the informations about Alex Garcia.

"What about the two boys she's training?" She asked again. She had just finished her school hours and was now alone in her boarding room with Atta pretending that she is working on her assignment and school projects. She could do those quickly anyways.

Atta then produced a small photograph with Alex and two boys who are smiling at the picture. One was red-and-black haired and the other one was grey-and-black haired. "They're both Japanese. The red haired is named Taiga Kagami and the other is Tatsuya Himuro. Though for now it is only Himuro-kun that gets to be trained by Miss Garcia, Kagami-san is more talented. I think that Kagami-kun is a lot like Sakuragi-san of Shohoku though a little bit more."

"He has a talent." She stated, wanting Atta to confirm her hunch. Hanamichi Sakuragi had been one of the players that the Generation of Miracles had trouble fighting against. With his high jumps, the shots made by their shooters were almost rendered useless. Then there was also Kaede Rukawa but he doesn't matter. "A miracle who did not become a miracle."

"I have seen it, ojou-sama. Taiga Kagami would be able to jump as high if not higher than Sakuragi-san."

She nodded her head and Atta smiled. They would do their best to bring Taiga Kagami back to his homeland. Her attendant would know what to do without being told so she went to gather her things and started to do her home works. Even if she wasn't in her country, a princess still has to maintain the highest grade possible. She has to make her people proud of her achievements.

The gear to send other people to beat the asses of the Generation of Miracles is already turned. She just have to wait for it and see.

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"I think you should return to Japan, ojou-sama." Atta told her worriedly. Her attendant is a personification of cool and calm so seeing her worried and restless was something knew for her. "I got reports that your team had a falling out."

Falling out? There could be a lot of things it could mean though none of it was good. Breathing through her nose, she could only squeeze her hands into fists and hope that the reports are wrong. Teiko's men basketball team or specifically the Generation of Miracles is not only her team, they are her friends whom she could say has the only right to guard her back. She agreed to the excursion no matter how long just because it is for them. So if they break under the pressure, what would happen? Are her teachers before really right in their teachings not to trust other people and place any expectation on them?

"Get me the fastests and earliest flights back there, Atta." She whispered. She needs to be level headed about it. She would not get mad or panic. She would get to the bottom of this. She would not fail them. She would not fail her friends. "I need to see it with my own eyes."

"Are you sure, ojou-sama?" Atta asked. She had returned to Japan quite a lot during her supposedly excursion which was breaking the tradition just so that she could see the welfare of her friends and visit her family. There was no contact made with her team whenever she went home and could only watch them from afar. She can only stay in the country for a single day before the DAP would be forced to extend her excursion. "The DAP would surely punish you more for returning there without any formal preparations. They already warned you that you will be moved to England if you broke this rule again."

"My friends are in trouble, Atta." She replied. No amount of punishment could scare her if it is about those she cares about the most. "I have to know."

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And she saw it. The fall out of her friends which she sees as her other family. She could only watch helplessly in the bench as they moved about with no care at each other as if they could no longer see the happiness in playing basketball is. It was supposed to be a team sport but from her eyes as an audience, there is no team but an individual play. How did this happen?

"Answer me, Coach Sanada." She demanded when she finally got alone time from the weak-spirited coach. "What have you done to them?"

"I have done nothing, Nishinno Seishin." Sanada replied as he tried to act cool and dignified from their once head manager. But as always, their ojou-sama could see through him. No one could get past through those eyes of hers. If there is one thing their ojou-sama is good at, it is in seeing what is beneathe the underneath. It was as if one would be bare through her eyes.

"That's exactly it. You have done nothing." With a narrowed gaze, she left the head coach's office of Teiko's men basketball club. She is mad at him, mad at her friends, mad at herself and mad at the situation. There is no use in crying over a spilt milk, she has to move forward even if she had to drag them through force.

Trying her best to control her temper lest she stomp through the hallways, she did not see when there was another person just around the corner she was supposed to walk through.

"You left." The red headed now acting captain said. She knew he noticed when she jumped from fright at his voice no matter how small her reaction was. Looking at him, she could see that it wasn't her normal Sei-chan. The person in front of her is completely another person. A dual personality, perhaps. "There is no one that could beat me now, Nishinno Seishin. Not Sannoh, not Shohoku and not from anyone from other schools. Should I play against my team mates like you made us do before?"

Knowing that he was baiting her when he fully know that she hated when her team mates calls her on her position as an imperial princess and that she was still mad from her meeting with that good for nothing Sanada, she replied in a tight controlled voice. "Maybe." She would not lash out at her friend even if that friend is currently an ass. He's still her friend.

He nodded and sadistically smiled at her. "There is no longer any need for us to train." He then proceeded to pass her as if she had been nothing to him. "The Generation of Miracle no longer needs the guidance of its creator."

"Beware of those words, Seijuro Akashi." She said through her gritted teeth. It really is frustrating when she could never hit him. But maybe some physical violence is needed? Nah. "I will make sure you eat those words even if I do it myself or someone else."

Ojou-sama then straightened and like a regal empress she walked out from the same place where her friend was; but if she had stayed for a while, she would have heard her Sei-chan. "I hope so, ojou-sama for your sake and for the others. I just wish you would return to us soon."

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