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"Reaching for the Sky"
CHAPTER 2: "Seeing the Miracles."
The next day, Tetsuna surprisingly woke up early with her usual messy bed hair. Why surprisingly? It's just that Tetsuna also had a cheeky side. A naughty secret within her was using her lack of presence whenever she's late in her class and pretends to be there from the start when she's not.
Tetsuna stood up, opened the window of her bed room and inhaled fresh air. She watched how the light breaks within the dark as if the whole town was shut in an enclosed mound and suddenly, the pile of earth cracked and the light paved way to a bright new world. The dawn was painted with vivid colours: yellow, orange and the most dominating among all was red. The colors where very strong yet, it was promising. It was like the color of the hair of the man she saw yesterday.
Suddenly, a question popped out of her mind. "How can she make up an excuse for her tardiness now that someone already noticed her weak presence?" She tried to find a solution but finally, she gave up and face-palmed. "Really, what am I being thankful for when someone noticed me?"
She closed the windows due to irritation and started to fix herself for school.
As she was about to enter Teikou Middle, she saw a harem of girls crowding around inside. They were all giggling and fidgeting. Tetsuna got partially curious about it and soon joined the crowd just to look for the cause.
"Aomine-chan, I bought you comfortable sports shoes!"
"Kyaa~ Kise-sama! Can I have a picture with you please?"
"Atsushi-kun, I made a bento for you. Please take and eat it!"
"Midorima-san, I bought you some carrots to boost your eye sight!"
Those were the requests shouted by the persistent girls who wanted their gifts to be accepted; however, the ones in the middle were not happy about the situation.
"Tch, these girls are too noisy!" The guy with a dark blue-hair and brown skin muttered.
"Hey, hey Aomine-cchi, don't be that cold–ssu" The blonde guy said.
"Hai... Thz-ank Chu fo the food..." The tall purple-haired guy mumbled as he was about to get the bento.
"Oi Atsushi! Don't take it! They might think you're considering them always. And you Kise! How can you be not annoyed in this kind of situation–nano dayo! The man with a green hair and eye glasses said irritatingly.
In the middle of the ruckus, the feared red-haired leader of Teikou Middle Basketball club appeared.
"All of you..." Akashi said.
The girls immediately stopped and were petrified by Akashi's words.
"I will just remind about considering the distress all of you giving to my team mates. Sorry, but can all of you leave?" Akashi said in a chilly tone.
"B-but Akashi-sama–," one of the girls pleaded.
"I said leave, didn't I?" Akashi snapped.
"Y-yes! Then, we will be all leaving!" All of the girls said in unison as they ran away scared.
"Hmph." Akashi grunted.
As all of the girls ran away quickly, Tetsuna was the only one to be left behind and Akashi instantly noticed her.
"Oh, it's been a while, Tetsuna." Akashi said with a slight smile.
Akashi's words electrified Tetsuna's spine. "Eh–? He noticed me again? And how come he can call me in my first name like we're so close? How did he know my name in the first place?" Tetsuna thought. "Why am I feeling that aura again?"
"Oi Akashi, who are you talking to?" Aomine said.
"Huh? Can't you see?" Akashi turned his head towards Aomine and pointed his finger to Tetsuna. "I'm talking to her."
When Akashi pointed out Tetsuna, all of his team mates got startled. Kise shrieked in fear as he hugged himself and cried. Aomine ran in the bushes, curled himself and covered his head, as if he's going to be eaten. Atsushi's candy bar dropped as his jaw hanged and Midorima's eye glasses slightly slipped downward, his jaw hanging too.
"What's with that over-reaction?" Akashi commented.
"Eehhh–, she's really in there? I mean, how?" Kise asked.
"Even with my glasses, I didn't see her–nano dayo! What's with that weak presence?" Midorima said.
Meanwhile Atsushi easily recovered and picked his dropped candy bar on the ground. As for Aomine, he continued into his curled position.
"Oi Atsushi, don't eat it off the ground! It's already dirty!" Midorima yelled.
"3 seconds rule." Atsushi said.
"What the heck–" Midorima complained.
Akashi faced his team mates. "Is that a proper reaction whenever you meet someone?" He snapped.
"B-but, she's way too scary, Akashi-cchi!" Kise complained.
"Ryouta..." Akashi said.
With Akashi saying his name, he mustered up his strength and faced Tetsuna. He would rather face a ghost instead of Akashi. "Sorry for that rude action I showed a little while ago. I'm Kise Ryouta. Nice to meet–"
"Eh–?" Akashi muttered.
"yoooooooouuuu!" Kise shrieked.
In the blink of an eye, Tetsuna disappeared like a bubble. The group returned to their scared position. Akashi sighed and tried to calm them down.
Tetsuna ran away not because she was disappointed of them but, she was going to be late if she didn't escape there. Fortunately, she made it into the classroom on time.
When the teacher came in, he immediately called out for Tetsuna. "Where is Kuroko Tetsuna?"
"Umm, what is it sensei?" Tetsuna asked meekly as she raised her right hand.
"Ehurm–," the teacher cleared his throat. "Kuroko Tetsuna, due to your grades being high in humanities subjects namely History and Geography, will have your student rank elevated in class 1-A."
At first the whole class was dumbfounded but then as they realize Tetsuna, their classmate with a ghost-like feature, will be moved to another section, they felt like their burden was lifted and had noticeably restrained smiles in their faces. Although Tetsuna can see them being happy, she felt dismal. "So all the while, they're feeling awkward to me huh?" Tetsuna thought with her face down.
The teacher called Tetsuna to take her things and transfer to her designated section.
As she walked, she heard some students chatting about her transfer.
"Hey, don't you think it's unfair for her to move there?"
"I heard the best; most handsome and intelligent students were there. How pitiful they are now."
"Oh, those students were called "Generation of Miracles" right?"
"Yeah, but I really do pity that class because they have to be with Tetsuna."
"It can't be helped. If Tetsuna was not to be moved there then, we have to bear with her. That's quite fortunate of us for her to transfer."
Before Tetsuna left, she faced the whole classroom and made her farewell speech.
"Anoo–, before I leave, I just want to say my deepest gratitude in this class." Tetsuna said which surprised her now former classmates.
"Eh?" The whole class said in unison.
"I..." Tetsuna continued. "I may have not seemed to have a strong bond with all of you but, thank you for taking care of me." She said as she bowed respectfully to them, even after hearing they despise her and even after those hurtful words and actions.
The whole class were taken aback by her words but as soon as she left, they all got back to good mood again.
Tetsuna paid no attention to it anymore. Yes, it was painful. But nothing will happen if she cries. The only option was to move forward and to face a new challenge. Before she moved into her new classroom she heard familiar voices inside.
"Really, Akashi-cchi, why won't you realize that girl was scary!"
"Oi Daiki, how long do you intend to curl up like that?"
"That's not of your business, Akashi!"
"Mou, Dai-kun, you're like a kid!"
"Oh, I heard of a transferee coming here today–nano dayo."
"Areeeh–? Mido-chin, where did you get that news?"
As Tetsuna opened the door smoothly, she immediately went to the front of her new class and introduced herself.
"My name is Kuroko Tetsuna. I'm the transferred student due to grade promotion. I hope we'll all get along with each other."
As she said that, she picked her seat right away, lowered her face and stayed there quietly. She wanted to cry after all the voices she heard. She realized there's no place for her. Anywhere she goes, everyone's just scared of her presence.
As Tetsuna clenched her fist to hold back her tears, a certain person stood up and walk towards her.
"I'm Akashi Seijuro, pleased to meet you." Akashi said with a smile as he lends his right hand to Tetsuna.
"Eh –?" Tetsuna uttered, her face showed surprise all over. "Ahh, Yes, nice to meet you too." She said with a smile as she accepted Akashi's offer of handshake.
After Akashi introduced his self, the other students stood one by one and introduced themselves as well.
"Tetsuna Kuroko is your name right? A pink haired woman said.
"Yes. May I know yours?" Tetsuna asked.
"Ohh. I'm Satsuki Momoi. You can call me anything you like." Momoi replied.
"Then, I'll call you Momoi-san." Tetsuna said.
"Etoo–, sorry for the rude reactions last time, I'm Kise Ryouta, I'm working as a part-time model and urmph–" Kise's words were discontinued as Aomine blocked his face.
"Aomine Daiki. Hahaha, Really, I can't believe I didn't notice you last time. Hahahaha..." Aomine said.
"Urusai nano dayo, Aomine." Midorima said.
"Ohh, and that carrot man with glasses is Midorima Shintarou. He's the vice captain and as the second placer, he always loses to me when it comes to games especially shogi battles." Akashi said with a smirk as he pointed Midorima.
"A-akashi! Anyways, Kuroko Tetsuna's the name right? I'm looking forward in being classmates with you." Midorima said in embarrassment.
"Ne, ne Kuro-chin, wanna try this flavour?" Atsushi said offering Tetsuna a vanilla-flavoured umaibo.
"Oi, Akashi, how long do you plan holding Tetsuna's hand like that?" Aomine teased.
As Aomine reminded about the "fact" that Tetsuna and Akashi were still holding hands, the two were embarrassed and Tetsuna pulled away.
As the whole class welcomed her, Tetsuna forgot her gloominess and completely got along with her new classmates with a smile on her face.
Author's note: Uwaa..! I'm so glad I received reviews! I really worked on the next chapter right away after I saw all of your comments! [I started 1 A.M. then, I finished it in 4 A.M.]. Thank you very much guys! Daisuki desu~! o(^_^)o Anyways, here's my new year(2013) gift for all of you~! :))
I hope you've enjoyed reading this chapter! :))
Credits to: EternalPandemonium for proofreading my work! :))