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Hello again everybody! It feels weird to update twice in one day, but this story just got me really pumped up, and I just couldn't stop writing! \*^.^*/ I hope you guys will like this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it!

The Phantom Heir

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Chapter I: The Infiltration

*~Kuroko's Room, 6:00 A.M.~*

Kuroko was getting ready for the 'death' of his criminal parents, which would then catch the eye of the academy, gaining him entrance into the school. Kuroko hadn't acted in a while, so he was worried that he might just mess up.

"Tetsuya! Are you ready?" His mother called for him. Kuroko saw his mother and father already outside, so, he decided to take the quickest at down; the window. Kuroko opened it silently, and before the panes could even touch the house's outer walls, he had jumped down and landed on the grass flawlessly, without a single sound, not even from his leather boots.

"Mother, Father." Kuroko greeted them, slightly bowing in respect as he did so.

"Hmm…it seems you have been progressing." His father nodded in approval as he said this. "Now, shall we be off?"

"Yes, Father." After those two words were uttered, the three disappeared, and in their place, was only a sharp gale that permeated throughout the air for a few moments, before the air stilled once again, as if nothing was ever there. The three sped along the ground, the only signal that they were present being the slight breeze one would feel as the three passed by. They arrived at their destination in a matter of minutes. Standing before them was the headquarters of the now most powerful family in Japan; the Berise family, who also happened to be very much involved in the Zetsubo Academy's founding and current position. Hence, it was a perfect target for the three to stage their plan.

"Son, don't tell anybody we're here okay? If you stay here and guard our things properly, Mommy and Daddy will give you a treat later alright?" His mother sounded like the perfect abusive parent; being all sweet sounding, when in truth, the 'treat' was really just him supposedly being tortured. Kuroko really had to give his mother props for that. The whole act was probably killing her inside.

"Al-Alright M-Mother, I wi-will." Kuroko put on the most subservient and terrified face he could, purposely forcing himself to break his usually emotionless mask. Ah, this act was really taking a toll on him.

"Good boy. Mommy and Daddy will be back soon okay?" His mother patted his head as she said this, a seemingly innocent smile was put on her face, but everyone in the family knew that was her, 'You're about to die' smile. Wow. His mother was more determined about this than he thought she was. He will make sure to send her extra pictures during his mission, no matter how weird that may be for him.

"Hurry up Chika! The alarm system will only be down for 15 more minutes!" His father hissed. His father seemed pretty into it too. This plan might really just work. So, now, all Kuroko had to do was sit here in his casual clothes and wait for someone to take him away to the Zetsubo Academy.

*~Inside Berise Family HQ, with Kuroko's Parents~*

The two had just ransacked the place, and sent it back home through a servant that they had trailing them. Hey, even if his was all just a show, they could still get some extra money out of it, so, why not? The two were being chased by workers who had the Zetsubo Academy emblem. Perfect. Both had to purposely slow down their speed to less than half of their normal in order to allow their pursuers to catch up and 'kill' them. Soon, both were shot in the heart area, falling down the ground in the process. However, as they had gone through extensive training to control their bodies, they had let the bullet get deep enough to draw enough blood to make people think they were dead, but quickly ejected it before it could get to their hearts. In their 'dying' breaths, they said, loud enough so that their two pursuers could hear, into the walkie talkie they were carrying, "Where are you?" Their tones were seemingly crude and irritated. A mumble could be heard on the other line, but the two Kuroko's purposely face the walkie talkie towards their two pursuers, allowing them to hear what their son was saying.

"R-Right wh-where yo-ou left me F-Father; in the al-alleyway on the le-left side of the bui-building." One of the pursuers immediately dashed off, while the other stayed and dialed a number on his phone, most likely to call the headmistress to inform her of a new 'student'.

"Son," Tetsurou paused, coughing up blood as he did so. His wound wasn't helping at this point, but it helped added some more effect, so it was alright he guessed. It would probably take a week to heal with his body's trained cells. "Do it." The man who was calling the academy was confused. What did that mean?

"Bu-but F-Father, I'm sc-scared. I don't want to d-die." This statement was heard loud and clear by their pursuer. The man's eyes widened, and he pressed his earpiece, communicating with his partner, and telling him to hurry up. They couldn't lose a subject as valuable as the child of the Mayuzumi family after all!

"Son, you don't want your Mother and I to die alone do you?" Tetsurou asked in a menacing tone, 'guilt tripping' his son.

"N-No." Kuroko replied.

"Then do it." Tetsurou snapped.

"Y-Yes, F-Father." All of a sudden, a distinct sound of a crunch was heard on the other line, supposedly of the child biting a lethal pill. The second pursuer immediately dashed off, yelling into his earpiece while doing so, not bothering to check if the couple was dead or not. Once they could no longer hear the man's footsteps within a 100 ft radius, the two moved, and quickly escaped, putting pre-prepared and conserved corpses made just for today in their place, and stopped the bleeding using emergency bandages they had always carried with them. With this, there were corpses infused with their blood to take their place and fake their deaths, no extra blood dripping out from their wounds to leave a trail, and secure & forged information of their family to make them seem like Mayuzumi Chika and Mayuzumi Sukou, wife and husband respectively, and their son, Mayuzumi Takehito. In other words, their plan was perfect. Now all they had to do was wait for their Tetsuya's signal, saying that he was 'captured'.

Both went out, and jumped onto the roof while hiding their presence, a common trait in their family, as they watched, waiting for the two pursuers to show up.

*~In the West Side Alleyway, with Kuroko~*

Kuroko had supposedly eaten a suicide pill, but all he did was just take a pill that would slow down his movements for a while, while he purposely slowed down his breathing so that it would make it seem like he was dying. All of a sudden, he heard voices in the distance, that slowly got closer and closer, along with the pounding of hearts in ribcages and the thundering of footsteps. Kuroko then forcefully turned off his low presence, allowing the two men to see him. The second they checked his pulse, they opened his mouth and shoved down a pill. From the taste and texture of it, it seemed to be a pill that would counteract the effects of the poison put inside a normal suicide pill. Huh. Smart people. Oh well, Kuroko guessed that he would now have to act the part

of a slowly coming back to life person. The effect of their pill was supposed to be instantaneous, so he allowed his eyes to slowly flutter open, and then forced his expression to change from drowsiness to fear at the supposedly 'new and frightening' figures before him.

"Kid you awake?" The man who had most likely given him the pill, as he was holding Kuroko, said.

Kuroko only nodded, acting as if he was afraid to speak. The man then looked at his companion who nodded at him and then proceeded to dial a number on his phone.

"Kid, we're going to have to ask for your name." The same man spoke again. Kuroko shook his head vigorously, as if afraid to give out even his name in fear of being punished. The man, seeing this, attempted to reassure Kuroko. "Kid, it's okay. Your parents aren't here anymore. You're okay. You're safe now." The man hugged him, showing him that he wasn't trying to hurt him. But Kuroko had to act traumatized, so he screamed, loud and shrill, while screaming his parents names, which also happened to be the signal. So, without anyone but Kuroko and his parent's notice, the two figures on the rooftop disappeared. "I'm sorry….i'm sorry, Mother, Father….I won't do it again, I promise…" Kuroko was shaking, forcing the two to knock him out and carry him to the vehicle. What they didn't know though, was that Kuroko was actually awake, and was just pretending. Once he heard the vibrations of a helicopter however, he knew where he was headed. So he decided to actually get some decent sleep. He had talked WAY too much in the last 2 hours. His last thought before heading into the dream realm was 'Infiltration, Complete'

*~Zetsubo Academy, Headmistress' Office, During the Kuroko's Act~*

A woman sat in her leather chair, behind a mahogany desk. On the desk, was the nameplate: 'Headmistress Avalon' The woman was currently staring at a file that her subordinates had pulled up after she had found out she was going to have a new student.

Name: Mayuzumi Takehito

Age: 16

Occupation: None

Family/Important Persons: Mayuzumi Chihiro

Family Crimes:

Parents: Murder of Multiple Officials; Death Count: 1635

Himself: None

Designation: Tier 0

Cautions: Cannot handle being touched in any way shape or form & mentally unstable

The woman hummed in thought. There was something fishy about this situation. The Mayuzumis would make sure to at least train their children...and any children who see found to be too weak, like this one, would be….disposed of immediately, since the family couldn't risk having to handle the wrath of the main Kuroko family. Something was up, and she was going to find out sooner or later, but for now, she would just watch. After all, she knows anything and everything that happens within these academy walls.

This chapter was probably confusing. For that I am sorry, but basically, all of the harsh words and Kuroko being scared is all an act to get Kuroko into the school. I hope I got hat across well enough. See you all later!