Here's the new story I was working on. I read a one-shot that had the point guards hanging out away from their teammates. I saw the Scooby-Doo episode "Creepy Heap from the Deep" and thought it would be funny to write the points guards in this scenario for fun.
Admittedly, I've only seen bits and pieces of Kuroko no Basuke. I mostly just read the fanfictions. However, I've researched the characters and read enough stories to have a good idea of how to write them accurately.
Disclaimer: I don't own Kuroko no Basuke or the Scooby-Doo episode the plot is based on. I only own the idea and minor OCs.
Now, let the mystery begin.
"Well, we sure goofed when we planned this walk," Izuki remarked as he and the other point guards walked along the gloomy beach.
With him was his teammate, Furihata; Kaijo's captain, Kasamatsu; Shuutoku's Takao; Too Academy's captain, Imayoshi; Yosen's Fukui, and Rakuzan's captain and former captain of the Generation of Miracles, Akashi.
To explain why they were all there, it all started when the Seirin team was invited to a private training facility along with five other teams. The owners kept the names confidential, so they didn't know it was their rival teams until later.
How they found out started when they got there, precisely when Izuki began suffering from a migraine.
Furihata offered to get him to the lounge area to lie down and take their coolers with them. When they arrived, they were surprised to find Kasamatsu, Takao, Imayoshi, Fukui, and Akashi, which was when they learned who the other teams were. Having all broken away from their groups for different reasons, once Izuki's headache calmed, Takao suggested they all explore the facility and grounds together.
They all agreed, but now they were starting to think that was a mistake.
"I'll say," Fukui agreed. "First, we took a wrong turn and ended up on this creepy beach."
"And then all this fog rolled in," Imayoshi added.
"I could be wrong, but I feel like we're going in circles," Furihata spoke up, getting more nervous by the minute.
"I suggest we wait until the fog lifts before going any further," Akashi proposed, taking charge. "Otherwise, if we haven't done so already, we will end up going in circles."
"I'm with Akashi on this one." Kasamatsu agreed before he glanced around in confusion. "Wait a minute, where's Takao?"
"There he is!" Seirin's second-string point guard pointed towards the water.
Takao stood at the water's edge with a fishing rod, his line cast. Next to him was a picnic basket with a blanket and plates set up for a meal.
"Somehow, I'm not surprised," Kasamatsu muttered as they headed over to the Hawk-Eye player.
"Takao-kun, what's all this?" Imayoshi asked, amused as always.
"I thought I'd surprise whoever left this stuff here with a freshly caught fish." The Hawk-Eye player said, carefree as ever.
"It figures." Kasamatsu sighed.
"I got a bite!" Takao crowed a minute later, feeling a tug on the line.
Whatever was on the other end was strong, however. Every time Takao tried to reel it in, it would put up a fight.
"Wow, I think I hooked a whole fish fry!" The Hawk-Eye player cried, starting to get pulled into the water.
"I got ya, Takao!" Furihata said, grabbing Takao around the waist to keep him from moving.
"Should we help them?" Fukui turned to Kasamatsu.
"If they start to fall in again, yes."
"I got it! I got it!" Takao cried as he began reeling it in again.
With one last tug, their catch broke the surface. But they weren't prepared for what was there…
They caught some kind of sea creature that easily dwarfed the two points guards. It had webbed hands and feet, one eye, a massive mouth with razor-sharp teeth, and a mess of seaweed on its head that gave the impression of hair.
The freshmen holding the line screamed, dropping the fishing pole as they ducked behind the other point guards.
"What… is that?!" Kasamatsu managed to choke out in his shock.
"I don't know, but I suggest we not stay to find out!" Akashi replied. Despite remaining composed, his wide eyes betrayed that he was just as freaked out as the others.
"Let's get out of here!" Fukui shouted, being the first to run.
"But where do we go?!" Furihata asked as they ran after the Yosen point guard.
Catching something out of the corner of his eye, Kasamatsu saw a large house up on a nearby cliff. "Run for that house on the cliff! It's our best shot!"
Not arguing, everyone veered left and ran for the house as the creature lumbered behind them.
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The boys managed to outrun the creature, losing it as they made their way to the house.
"What a strange old place," Imayoshi observed. "It looks almost haunted."
"Did you have to say that?" Takao shivered.
"Hello!" Kasamatsu called out. "Anybody home?"
Moments later, the front door opened, and an old man stepped out. He was a heavy-built man with gray hair and a beard. He wore a captain's jacket and hat and spoke like a pirate.
"Aye? What can I do for ya, lads?"
"May we use your phone, sir?" Akashi asked. "We need your help."
"Help? Why?"
"Because of that creepy heap from the deep!" Izuki answered.
"The monster! Ya saw the monster?!" The captain gasped.
"You know about that thing?" Furihata spoke, surprised.
Instead of answering, the captain moved aside. "Quick, inside! I'll see if it followed ya!"
Not needing to be told twice, the point guards all but ran into the house.
"We need to call for help!" The Seirin second-strong player said.
"Except for one thing," Takao remembered sheepishly. "I left my cell phone at the facility."
"Me, too." Izuki, Imayoshi, and Fukui said.
"It wouldn't even matter," Kasamatsu said, pocketing his cell phone after checking it. "There's no signal up here!"
"And this old antique is dead!" Akashi added, hanging up the old landline he tried to use.
"Aye! The lines must have been downed by last night's storm!" The captain explained as he barricaded the door.
"Or the monster!" Furihata whimpered as Takao gulped in fear.
"What can you tell us about the monster, sir?" Akashi asked the older man.
"I've seen it! Oh, not tonight, but that creature's a livin' legend in these waters!"
"Too livin', if you ask me!" Fukui groaned.
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After introducing themselves, the boys settled themselves inside Captain Chisaka's living room. Fukui was seated in the armchair, with Izuki sitting on the floor next to him. Kasamatsu and Imayoshi were on the couch while Akashi was sitting in a second armchair. Furihata and Takao were on the floor next to him.
Meanwhile, Chisaka stood next to the fireplace, telling the boys about the monster from an old book. "The legend says that a hundred years ago, an evil sailor had a terrible curse placed on him by his shipmates, and they threw him overboard! And now, he's come back, changed into this awful, unspeakable, supernatural creature!"
"S-S-Supernatural?" Furihata parroted, shaking along with Takao.
"Aye," The captain confirmed, turning the book around so the boys could see a picture of the beast. "Looky this here picture. That be your creature?"
"Uh-huh." Izuki nodded nervously.
"If it lives on the ocean bottom, what's it doing up on the beach?" Kasamatsu asked.
"Arr, probably searching for victims."
"Victims?" Akashi asked.
"Aye, to steal their spirits," Chisaka explained, turning to a page with a picture of the monster chasing a person. "Being supernatural, it needs human spirits to stay alive."
Furi and Takao yelled in fear at the information, clinging to each other.
"Well, my spirit is unwilling! Let's get outta here!" Fukui said, jumping out of his chair.
"Fukui-kun is right!" Imayoshi agreed, getting up. "We should get back to the facility and warn our teammates about this area!"
"Let's hurry!" Akashi said, leading the way out the door.
Once the basketball players left, Captain Chisaka closed and locked the door. However, he would discover too late that the creature was already there.
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The boys made their way back to the training facility as quickly as they could, keeping an eye out for the monster.
As they moved, Izuki noticed something on the ground parallel to them. "Guys, look!"
Stopping to look at what the Eagle-Eye player found, they saw a set of tracks heading back in the direction they came from.
"Those have to be the monster's footprints," Imayoshi observed.
"Great deductive skills." Fukui snarked.
"We must have passed the creature without realizing it." Akashi speculated.
"Which means it didn't see us," Takao said, relieved.
"That's good news," Furihata added hopefully.
"But the bad news is that the prints lead back toward the captain's house!" Kasamatsu noticed, following the trail with his eyes.
"Quickly, we have to warn the captain!" Akashi commanded, running back the way they came.
The rest of the point guards ran after the redhead, unaware that the creature spotted them from behind the sand dunes.
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When they returned to Chisaka's house, their worst fears were confirmed when they saw the door was ripped almost entirely off its hinges. Seaweed and small puddles of seawater were scattered on the porch.
"Oh no, we're too late!" Izuki said, seeing the mess.
"Captain Chisaka?" Fukui called, hoping the old man was alright.
"I don't think he's gonna be answering," Furihata squeaked slowly, looking into the parlor area.
When the other point guards saw what he was looking at, their hearts dropped into their stomachs.
Captain Chisaka was in one of the armchairs, frozen with a horrified expression. All natural color had been drained from his face and hair, leaving him white as a ghost.
"The monster got him!" Takao yelped, clinging to Furi.
"Look!" Imayoshi pointed to something on the side table next to the chair. "He tried to leave a message!"
Kasamatsu looked over his shoulder to read what was written. The characters were smudged in the dust, but he could make out "'Creature'… 'Spirit'…"
"The creature stole his spirit!" Izuki put it together.
"What do we do now?" Imayoshi turned to his fellow captain beside him.
"Okay, this is going to sound insane, but we need to track down that monster." Kasamatsu decided.
"Are you nuts?!" Fukui cried, looking at the Kaijo captain like he'd grown a second head.
"It's partly our fault it got Captain Chisaka in the first place!" He argued. "The least we can do is try to get his spirit back!"
"There's also the fact that that thing might not be confined to the beach," Akashi added. "For all we know, it could make its way to the training facility and go after our teammates."
"Okay, you have a point." Fukui conceded.
"Someone better stay here to look after the captain," Izuki suggested.
"Oh, oh, how about us?" Takao volunteered himself and Furi.
"There's an idea," Imayoshi agreed. "Why don't the freshmen stay here with Izuki-kun?"
"I'm alright with that." Izuki agreed.
"I have no complaints." Akashi complied, respecting his senior's decision.
"Alright, you guys can wait here while we go and get help," Kasamatsu instructed as he and the other third-years headed for the door.
Once they left, Takao and Furihata breathed sighs of relief.
"Good thinking, Takao-kun," Furihata praised the Hawk-Eye player, gesturing to the captain. "At least he's not gonna give us any trouble."
"Right?"
"I should've known," Izuki whispered to Akashi, who shrugged.
An ominous lightning flash illuminated the prone captain, and a deafening thunderclap followed.
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Izuki and the freshmen weren't sure how much time had passed since the seniors left. They were all watching out the window, waiting for them to return with backup.
"I hope the others are alright," Izuki murmured.
"Yeah, this babysitting gig is starting to get creepy." Takao agreed.
"Need I remind you who volunteered us for this assignment, Kazunari?" Akashi gave him a side-long glare.
The Hawk-Eye player chuckled sheepishly, scratching the back of his head.
While they were talking, Furihata felt a hand on his shoulder. Against his better judgment, he glanced around to see what it was. Terrified by what he found, he slowly turned to the boys beside him.
"Um, Akashi-san, Izuki-senpai, Takao-kun?" He squeaked. "I think the captain's feeling better…."
"What are you talking about?" Akashi asked.
Furihata merely pointed behind him. Following his finger, the boys found…
"What're you doing out of your chair?!" Takao gasped, seeing Chisaka standing there still completely pale.
"Now, the creature owns my spirit." Chisaka declared in a monotone voice.
"I don't like where this is going," Izuki said while the other point guards visibly shook, even Akashi.
"He commands me to bring him more victims." The captain added, making a threatening gesture.
"If you're talking about us, we just went that way!" Takao yelled the last part, pointing in a direction as he and Furihata started running.
"Split up!" Akashi commanded as he and Izuki took off in the opposite direction.
Chisaka gave chase, going back and forth between the duos.
"Through that door, Kou-chan!" Takao directed as he and Furihata ducked into another room, shutting the door behind them.
When the captain thought he had them, he got an odd surprise upon opening the door…
Takao and Furihata walked out, wearing 80s-style wigs and purple salon shirts as disguises. The Hawk-Eye player was carrying a tray of cosmetics. Where they got any of that stuff was still being determined.
"What are they doing?" Akashi asked, not believing what he saw.
"I have no idea," Izuki said, feeling the same way.
"Aha, you come for the Madame Takao beauty treatment, no?" Takao asked in a falsetto voice with a fake-stereotypical French accent.
"No." The captain responded.
Takao laughed as Furihata nudged the captain into a salon chair he found. "But yes, you naughty little captain. You look so pale. You need the rogue."
"And lipstick!" Furihata added to the act as they applied the makeup.
"And the hair, it is nowhere!" Takao continued, taking off the captain's hat.
Furihata pulled out a bottle of shampoo conditioner and squirted it on Chisaka's head until it was a sudsy mess. The captain sputtered and growled in protest, but the boys continued.
"Aha, magnifique!" Takao praised, throwing away the tray and pulling out a salon dryer. "And now for the final touch, that means so much!"
When the dome was lowered, Furihata gave the chair a quick smack and had it spinning, snickering quietly. When the chair stopped, forcing the captain to his feet, the man had crazy hair like the boys' wigs.
"And here's your bow, doe-doe-doe." Furihata finished up, giving the man a light blue hairbow.
"Aha! You want to see the new you?" Takao questioned, holding up a hand mirror.
One look and the captain growled in distaste, not liking his makeover at all.
"You're right! You're uglier than ever!" Takao cracked, dropping the falsetto voice.
The freshmen players got a good laugh at the captain's expense before they ran away again, throwing away their disguises as they did.
"In here, you two!" Izuki called to them from his and Akashi's hiding spot.
"Right behind you!" Takao responded, ducking inside.
Furihata was the last one in, shutting the door behind him. Despite being stuck in the dark, they had at least put some space between them and the zombie captain.
"It is absolutely ridiculous that stunt worked," Akashi spoke bluntly.
"Well, at least we're safe now," Izuki said, trying to be positive.
"Now, your spirits will be mine!" Chisaka bellowed from outside.
"Or we just inadvertently trapped ourselves." Akashi countered.
"He's got us, guys!" Furihata cried. "We're goners!"
And that is the first chapter.
I was initially going to write this as a long one-shot, but then I decided it would be easier to write the story in chapters. It should only take three to get this done.
I'll be back soon with the second part. Until then, I'm moving on to "Charmed."