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It was a silent trip to Kuroko's house. Kagami shuddered. What was the boy's family like? Surely they were as nice and quiet as their son, right? Kuroko was quietly observing his light, and he had to say he was enjoying how Kagami was seemingly panicking.

"We're here, Kagami-kun." Kuroko announced, opening the small gate that lead to his home. Kagami was sweating. How nervous could he be? It wasn't that bad… At least, not if it's the second time you visited… "R-Right."

"It's like meeting Nigou all over again." Kuroko teased with a straight face, making Kagami panic even more. "S-Stupid Kuroko! You've never experienced this kind of thing before, have you?! It's like meeting a murderer that won't murder you!"

"What an offensive way to think of my family."

"Shut up."

Both of them went to the door. Kuroko was first to enter, Kagami following behind him.

"I'm home." Kuroko said as he took off his shoes. Kagami stared at him incredulously, silently pleading Kuroko to tell him what to do. "H-Hey! You're not gonna tell them I'm with you?!"

Kuroko tilted his head to the side. "Oh, no. You are the one who will announce your presence." Kuroko lied. "You are the guest, after all." With this informed to him, Kagami began to panic even more. "Damn it, Kuroko. I know you're messing with me! Stop it, alright?!"

"But I'm telling the truth." Kuroko lied again. Kagami didn't know if Kuroko was lying or not, especially with those blank eyes. At this point, Kagami wanted to gouge those eyes out for being inexpressive.

Footsteps echoed from the other hall. A small old woman appeared, a gentle smile on her face was present. She looked delighted to see Kuroko, and Kagami thought she must be the shadow's grandmother. "Welcome home, Tetsuya." She said. Kuroko bowed, kissing his grandmother's forehead. She had seen Kagami standing behind Kuroko, looking awkward.

"Ah, are you Tetsuya's friend?" She asked. Kagami nodded hesitantly. "M-My name is.. Taig- Taigami Kaga- T-T-"

"Stop being so nervous, Kagami-kun." Tetsuya chided softly. Kagami grumbled at him. "…But this is so… Embarrassing…"

"This gives me déjà vu." The grandmother said nostalgically. Kuroko's eyes hardened. He knew just what she was thinking. "Just calm down, dear. I won't bite you." She said jokingly. Kagami gulped, clearing his throat. "I'm Kagami Taiga, Seirin High's ace. Nice to meet ya." He said, confidence starting to come back. Kuroko shook his head. 'I thought you weren't the nervous type, Kagami-kun.' He thought.

"I'm back." A masculine voice came from behind Kagami. The tall redhead turned around to see a man with black hair and brown eyes stare back at him blankly. Kagami yelped in surprise,falling in front of Kuroko. Kuroko looked delighted –hard to see, since he's not showing emotion at all.- to see the man.

"Welcome home, father."

Kagami blinked. This was Kuroko' father? He looked nothing like him! The man nodded in acknowledgement to Kuroko, and greeted the old woman. "Hello, mother." He gave a small smile to Kagami afterwards. "And who might you be?"

"I-I'm Kuroko's friend, Kagami Taiga. It's nice to meet you, sir." Kagami answered stiffly. Kuroko face-palmed and continued on in the kitchen.

The father held up his hand. "It's nice to meet you, Kagami-kun. You might have already guessed it, but I am Tetsuya's father, Kuroko Hayato." They shook hands. "Please make yourself at home. It's very rare for Tetsuya to bring home friends these days." Hayato bowed a bit. He stood up straight, and motioned Kagami to follow him.

'I see where Kuroko gets his overly polite manners.' Kagami thought in a deadpanned way. He was lead to the kitchen connected to the dining room, and he made his way to the chair to be seated. He sighed in relief. 'A normal family so far.' He thought. 'But where's his mom?'

Kuroko's granny and father sat with him on the table. Both family members looked serious, which made Kagami nervous. "Kagami-kun, you said you were Tetsuya's friend?" Hayato asked, although it didn't sound like a question. Kagami nodded. "Y-Yeah. Is there a problem?" The boy asked back politely, well, as politely as it could sound. Kagami wasn't polite. At all.

"Oh, there is nothing wrong." Nana, the grandmother, answered. "I'm sure Miho would love to do the questioning later." She said calmly, although Kagami found it sinister.

'Okay, I spoke too soon. This isn't a normal family. They look and sound overprotective no matter how I see it.'

"I'm back." Kuroko said, holding a pot in his hands. The smell coming from the pot was wonderful. Kagami breathed out in relief, seeing he wasn't alone anymore. Kuroko noticed this, but made no move to question him. Kuroko sat beside Kagami.

"…I'm scared, Kuroko." Kagami whispered to him comically. Kuroko sighed. "Don't mind their murderous intentions, Kagami-kun. I'm sure they will leave you alive."

"You're not helping."

"I know."

"Why, you-"

"How mean." Another voice muttered in a depressing tone. It was a woman with the same shade of blue that Kuroko had. She had a hopeless smile on her face, her eyes were dead. In fact, the aura around her was dead. "No one even noticed me. Not even Hayato-chan… Why… Why…!"

She was sobbing dramatically, Hayato stood up, trying to calm down his wife. Everything looked so… anime to Kagami's eyes. Yep, definitely a non-normal family.

"Now, now, mother." We have a guest." Kuroko piped in softly, immediately bringing a smile to his mom's face. She launched herself at him, rubbing her face on Kuroko's cheeks. "Ah~ Hearing my Tecchan's voice is heaven! You're such a cute gummy bear, Tecchan! Would you like a baby sister as a reward for being such a cutie pie?"

"...Miho-" Hayato started. Miho glared at him childishly. "Silence! You're not any help at all, Hayato-chan."

The husband became depressed. Kagami sweat dropped, leaning over Kuroko. "…Hey, is this normal?"

"Yes." Kuroko answered emotionlessly. "It happens every day."

"I feel so bad for you."

Nana chuckled. "Alright, you three. You're embarrassing the Kuroko Family Name. Please, behave yourselves in front of a visitor."

"We have a visitor?!" Miho repeated dumbly. Her eyes landed on Kagami, and she immediately eyed him seriously. "Who are you and what are you?"

"Mother, that is rude." Kuroko chided. Miho pouted. "Right. Tecchan, you're no fun."

After the weirdness that Kagami cannot unsee, they all started dinner. Miho smiled at Kagami. "Red hair, slightly tanned skin, and tall. You must be Kagami Tai-ga, right?"

"Yeah, I am. I'm guessing you're Kuroko's mother?" He guessed. Miho nodded. "My, I'm surprised you didn't mistake me as his sister." She chuckled. "They say we look so much alike, and with how young I look, they seem to think of us as siblings."

It was true, Kagami did think like that at first when Kuroko showed them the photo a while ago. He just gave a crooked grin and rubbed the back of his head to hopefully remove the awkwardness from his system. "Eh, I can see that happening. You two almost look like twins, actually…"

"Then it makes me happy to have people think like that Tecchan's adorableness came from me!" She said bubbly. Hayato shook his head at his wife's childishness and smiled. "I'm just glad Tetsuya didn't inherit your personality." He stated bluntly. Yes, he really was Kuroko's father.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Miho pouted. Hayato didn't answer. She grumbled, and made another smile. "Kagami-kun, tell us about yourself." She said happily, it was almost sinister. Kagami couldn't say no.

Kagami told them about him living in America and moving to Japan. He told them about Alex and Himuro, his 'brother'. He told them the craziness he and Kuroko went through in a while. All in all, the parents looked entirely interested in Kagami and looked more at ease with him than they did earlier.

After dinner, Nana and Kuroko went back to the kitchen with the dishes. Miho and Hayato were left with Kagami.

"It was nice meeting you, Kagami-kun." Hayato said sternly. Miho looked serious, as well. "It's been a while since Tecchan had brought someone over." She said. "Not since the day his ex-teammates had dumped him out."

Kagami winced at the bluntness coming from the mother's mouth. God, was she two-faced? Multi-personalitied?

Still Kagami didn't want to hear Kuroko's story again. It made him want to hunt down the Generation of Miracles one by one whenever he so much as hears something involving them.

"I can understand why Kuroko never did that." Kagami told them, surprising the parents. "He might get pissed at me for telling you guys this, but he told me everything." A sad smile formed on his face. "Kuroko had trust issues a while back in the team. I can understand why."

"It was because they broke so many promises . The Generation of Miracles betrayed his trust, especially the Akashi guy. Man, I was so angry when I heard all this from Kuroko's mouth." Kagami told with gritted teeth.

Miho softened. "So that's why Tecchan looked like he just finished crying earlier." She remembered, saying it out loud. "He told you everything, you say?" Miho smiled. Kagami nodded. "He looked like he wanted to say everything from the start. I figured something was wrong, but I didn't expect it to be this intense." Kagami answered jokingly.

"Tetsuya must trust you so much to tell you." Hayato commented. "He didn't tell us much from the beginning."

"He really does think you are his friend." Miho added. She became even more serious again.

"Tell me, Kagami-kun, do you think Tecchan is your friend?" She asked. Kagami nodded determinedly. "Of course I do. Ever since we met at the diner, I always knew he was special." He said, almost in a trance. "After he finally trusted me enough to say his story to me, I felt much more inclined to be his wall of support."

"Mister and miss Kuroko, I know you don't think I'm fit enough to be your son's friend." Kagami admitted. "But that won't stop me from trying to prove it."

"I'm not like those miracle bastards, and I never will. Kuroko has his team for him, and they won't hurt Kuroko like they did." Kagami grinned.

"We won't let Kuroko relive that experience ever again."

Back in the kitchen, Kuroko smiled with a thoughtful look.

"He's a good boy." Nana said, reading Kuroko's mind. "I'm glad you found someone like him, Tetsuya-kun."

"…Me too."

"Ah~ Be sure to visit again, Tai-chan!" Miho said with a bright smile as they went to see Kagami out. Kagami blinked.

"…Tai-chan?"

"Ah. She makes strange nicknames for the people she likes." Hayato informed. "Please don't mind it much."

'Oh, no! She's Kise!' Kagami thought dramatically. Kuroko smiled at him. "It looks like they have all taken a liking to you, Kagami-kun." He said. Kuroko bowed. "Thank you for your company, Kagami-kun."

"Right." Kagami agreed with him. "And Kuroko, would you be willing to share this to the others?" Kagami asked. "They're your teammates, too. I'm sure they'd want to be there for you as well."

"I'll think about it." Kuroko answered. "Would you want me to walk with you to the bus stop, Kagami-kun?"

"Nah, I can take care of myself." Kagami shrugged. "I'll see you tomorrow, Kuroko. See you all, some time!" He bid goodbye, leaving the household.

"You found a great teammate, Tetsuya." Hayato said, ruffling the boy's hair playfully. Kuroko smiled. "I believe so, as well."

The Next Day, Seirin's Gym

As promised, Kuroko told the whole team everything. Seirin didn't like the story one bit, and all of them offered all their sympathy towards Kuroko. The tealhead didn't want them to worry so much, so he just said it wasn't too bad now that he finally let it out. Everything went back to normal, but of course, the former Teiko player still felt a stinging pain in his chest whenever he thought of the events that happened in the past.

"So far, we're doing great." Riko informed them all with an encouraging grin. "Just keep everything up, and we'll all be ready to face Senegal on Sunday."

Everyone let out determined shouts. Kuroko didn't show emotion, but he closed his eyes and breathed in. "Everyone, do your best."

"Kagami-kun, you look horrible." Kuroko said bluntly, noticing the eyebags on Kagami's eyes. It was finally the start of the tournament, and everyone felt the tension in the atmosphere as they drew nearer to the place where they will be playing.

"Shut up. I got too excited last night and didn't sleep." Kagami explained begrudgingly.

Later, they find themselves practicing in the courts. They observed Shinkyo. They looked like they were practicing normally, Kuroko noted. One thing everyone in Seirin noticed was the lack of the tallest player the other school had.

"Huh? It seems like 'Dad' isn't here." Hyuga informed the others.

"…Now that you mention it…" Izuki said, realizing what Hyuga meant. Just as they were about to question each other, they heard an 'ouch' come from the entrance. It was 'Dad', and he seemed to have hit his head on the wall above the doors.

"Everything in japan is so damn short…" the player complained.

"He's huge! Not to mention long…" Koganei commented in surprise. One of Shinkyo's players clicked their tongue at the foreigner. "Don't take too long, damn it."

"I'm sorry I'm late!" 'Dad' said. Another Shinkyo player approached them. "Why is that the only thing you can say so fluently?" He asked jokingly.

A ball hit the player's foot, and Hyuga came running to get it. "Sorry, that's ours."

"Oh, it's you." The player said. "Did you guys really beat Kaijo?" He asked skeptically. Hyuga blinked. "Well, yeah. It was just a practice game, though."

"Oh." Tanimura Yusuke mumbled. "I guess the Generation of Miracles isn't as strong as we thought." He said with a wry smile.

'Dad' looked annoyed. "The Generation of Miracles lost? I thought you guys brought me here to beat them."

"I'm disappointed to find out they're actually weak." He added as if they were no big deal. Kagami gave him a hard stare, almost glaring. 'Dad' bumped into something, and when he looked down, it was Kuroko.

"Huh?" He muttered. He picked Kuroko up, mistaking him for a child. "No, little boy. Children shouldn't be in the court." He chided as if he was talking to a kid. The taller player looked down to see Kuroko wearing Seirin's uniform. "You're a player?" 'Dad' exclaimed in disbelief. He put Kuroko down, and the boy stared up at him with huge blue eyes.

"Hmph. They lost to a child like him? Are all of the Generation of Miracles children?" 'Dad' mumbled as he walked away from him.

Izuki, Koganei, and Hyuga were snickering, while Kagami was on the floor barely containing his laughter. Kuroko side-eyed them sharply, and he looked forward again. "…I'm honestly starting to get annoyed."

This immediately got them to stop laughing. Kagami was still smiling, and he stood up straight. "You don't like losing, do you?" He asked Kuroko rhetorically. "Then, let's just show 'Dad' why he shouldn't piss kids off!"

The match started. After a bloody hour, the match ended with Seirin winning. (A/N: I highly doubt you guys would want to read about a match you've already seen.)

After a good while, they beat quite many schools. They soon faced off with the gang from the previous month. They beat Meijo easily, doubling their score.

"We're doing well!" Furihata grinned. "At this rate, we might get to the Inter High!"

"Not so fast." Hyuga interrupted. "We're going to be facing the three Kings of Tokyo, the top three schools that advanced in the championship league for the last ten years."

"Senshikan, Seiho, and Shutoku." Kuroko added, only gathering the information from his data. Some might have forgotten, but he was the manager of Seirin, as well.

"They're all evenly matched, so the top team changes each year." Hyuga said. "Although, they don't let anyone get better than fourth place."

"After our fifth match, we'll move on to the semi-finals, and then we get to the finals. We'll most likely be up against Shutoku, who acquired Midorima Shintaro, a player from the generation of miracles." Hyuga said carefully, knowing fully well how Kuroko felt about this matter.

"…So Takao-kun is with Midorima-kun as of now." Kuroko mumbled. "But you guys made it to the finals last year, right?"

The seniors fell silent at Fukuda's question. "Yeah, but we didn't stand a chance."

A menacing atmosphere change took its toll on Seirin.

"Looks like they're here."

"It's better to see for yourself than hear." Riko said.

Shutoku's team came forward, earning some cheering from the crowd. The 2nd and 3rd string members of Shutoku was there, cheering for their team.

Takao eyed the players they were going up against. "Man~ I'm surprised a new school managed to last this long." He said to Midorima. The four-eyed tsundere clicked his tongue. "Like I care."

Takao grinned at the tsundere and laughed. When he opened his eyes again, he saw Kuroko staring back at his eyes. He looked surprised, and Takao couldn't suppress the smile that was getting bigger on his face.

"Kuroko! Man, I can't believe it's you!" He shouted loudly, running to Seirin's phantom player. Shutoku and Seirin, especially Midorima and Kagami looked even more surprised. These two have known each other?

"It's nice to meet you again, Takao-ku-" A loud thud echoed. Takao had tackled Kuroko into a tight hug that sent them both landing on the ground.

"..Dude, I missed you so~ much!"

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Also, I have another plot bunny inside my head. Here's a short preview of it:

Once before Seirin High ever started, another school stood in its place.

"…Where am I…?"

It was an elementary school.

"IT HURTS!"

The unexplained murders that took place in the school was never uncovered.

"…Tetsuya, don't you dare… Don't you dare leave me like this…!"

Blood was splattered around in the darkened halls.

Students meet each other, see dead bodies, and go crazy.

"This is all my fault. This is all my fault…!"

"TETSUYA!"

"Hyuga-kun, help me!"

"I'm scared, Mitobe…"

"Don't leave alone…"

"…Stop… Looking at my insides…"

"Where the hell did you take Tetsu?!"

"Kasamatsu-senpai, where are you?!"

"Stop looking at them…"

"…I'm sorry, Akashi-kun."

Welcome to Heavenly Host Elementary School.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!"

This story will happen. XD I'm already excited, but I can't start three stories at once. Google search 'Heavenly Host Elementary School' if you don't know which anigame I used as inspiration. :DD if you already know what it is, then tell me in the reviews~~~ Heavenly Host is already a dead giveaway~~

I want to see you… But I can't see you… Please tell me, where did you go…?