The capsule grew bright, blending Kise in. All Aomine heard was his screams. Aomine turned to see nothing but light. His heart raced. The robot must be firing and it's using Kise to do it. Soon the light began to fade, Kise's screams die down and catches his breaths. Aomine's eyes looked at him worryingly before looking back to Imayoshi.

"You snake, how dare you use someone else's powers for your own use. Kise is not a tool!" Amine shouted to him. "Release him this instant!"

Sudden vibrations and shakes almost took Aomine off of his feet.

"Seems like you little fire friend is getting impatient." Imayoshi said with curiosity.

"Forget him! Your fight is with me!" Aomine growled. Water trails began to spiral around him. "No one harms Kise on my watch!" Aomine readied himself.

'Aominecchi.' Kise said in his mind.

"Oh, you're challenging me." He smirked.

Aomine throw his arms diagonally and water slashed its way over to the smirking man.

Ice exploded off of the robot. Kuroko panted and his hands were on his knees. Akashi hand landed beside him with an amused look on his face as he stared at the exhausted teen. He held his hand out to the robot. Fire trailed from his hand and up to explode on the large metal.

"That failed." Akashi said with no feeling in his voice.

"We need to get the robot on its feet." Nijimura said as he approached Akashi.

Akashi nodded before looking at Kiyoshi. "Use your hand and lift it underneath."

"It won't work." Kiyoshi replied.

"You never know until you try." Akashi said giving him a hard stare.

Kiyoshi gulped before he enlarged his hand. He walked over to the robot and took a firm grasp on its belly and then tried to lift it. He gritted his teeth hard as he push with all his might. The robot wasn't flinching in anyway. The Iron Heart wasn't enough

Aomine rolled harshly on the ground from the last attack. His body now bruised and battered. He slowly got into his hands and knees. Imayoshi was strong. Too strong. His cunning mind tricks give him the upper hand. He could predict every move Aomine made before he even thought of it. He just couldn't block out the mind reading. He breathed in as much as he could. His eyes wondered over to the tired blonde. Kise's face was filled with pain, his body breathing in more air. This robot was not only demanding Kise's power to fire, it was also demanding to use it to power it up. Right now, Kise's body was being drained of energy. He then looked to the man who had not broken a sweat at all.

"You see, there's nothing you can do to stop me. I can read it before you even make it." Imayoshi smirked. "Give up your attempts to save you friend, you can't save him at this rate. Not that I have expected you to make it this far."

"D-Don't…..hurt….Aominecchi…..I will kill you." Kise finally looked at the man with an angry stare.

"How? You can't exactly move yourself. Why should I let him live? He's nothing special and you are worth nothing. Not even the dirt on the bottom of my shoes."

Aomine's ear perked up.

"You should be silent. Once all your power has gone, you be nothing but an empty shell. You'll be abandoned and left for dead."

A tear fell from Kise's face as the memories came back.

"Shut up." Aomine said darkly, his eyes were shadowed but the anger on his face was visible. Kise gasped as he looked to his saviour. Imayoshi was just grinning away. "No one speaks to Kise like that. Not in front of me." He looked up at Imayoshi. "I will end it here. There are others outside waiting for you. You won't get passed them. But then again, you won't get passed me." Aomine got up onto his feet. "I will find a way to stop your cheap tricks and free Kise!" he shouted before rushing over with a fist full of water.

The robot was not moving. Kiyoshi had stopped before he had broken his hand. They couldn't do anything. The A's were not going to waste their energy on something that wasn't going to budge. Kuroko, however, was not going to give up so easily. He straightened himself up and analgised the situation. Akashi watched him with a curious eye. Metal expands in heat but hardens in ice. He had thought that is he and Akashi attacked one after another with a full body attack then the joints of the robot with break. But then again the school was directly underneath so that wasn't going to work. Then a though came to him. What if he covered the school in ice and then forced the ice to remove the robot. Diamond Dust would destroy the school so something less powerful than that….

"What are you thinking, Kuroko?"

Kuroko gasped and turned to see Akashi standing beside him, hands in his pockets and his eyes on the robot.

"O-Oh, I was thinking about forcing it up with my Ice Magic. If I can cover the school and then force it upwards then the forced off the ice would push it up." Kuroko explained.

"Should it fall…?"

"I will cover it with ice. That way Aomine can do his job without the thought of the robot activating."

"Strong analogy. Can you pull it off?" he asked.

"Y-Yeah." Kuroko looked away slightly, his face was red by Akashi's words. Akashi seems to be talking him through everything, but the fact that Kuroko was using his knowledge that he learned from Akashi earned him the appraisal Akashi had responded with.

"If you think you can do it, don't wait."

"Ok." Kuroko nodded before running over to the robot as Akashi looked to the master and smiled.

Kuroko ran straight into the school and slide to a stop in the first hall. He huffed before he held his hands in front of his chest. Frost filled the air and began to swirl and dance. Soon thin sheets of ice began to cover every inch of the school. The thin sheets began to thicken more and more. Everything began to look like the Snow Queen's castle. Kuroko threw his hand up hastily. A mountain of shot up, the tip of the iceberg pushing forcibly on the metal. Kuroko battled with the obstacle. His tired body was wanting to give out but he wasn't going to let it. He was going to impress those around, his friends. He was going to impress Akashi.

Ever since he met the red head he always thought that he was expecting something big of him. Something beyond his expectations. Akashi had been kind yet slightly harsh on Kuroko, but Kuroko understood and delivered what he Akashi had asked of him. Akashi had let Kuroko venture out and use his skills. He had let him theorized his own analysis before advising his errors.

It climaxed. It pushed. A large spike of ice had forced its way out. The robot fell back. Up on its feet and then stumbling to fall back.

"Oh no you don't. Not with my friends in there!" Kuroko shouted as he slid up a trail of ice.

He circled around the spike as he got to the top he jumped off high above the robot. His arms and legs bent back over his head, back arched. A large blue light was forming in his hands. His body began to come down.

"This will ensure that you don't ever move again!" he shouted before swinging his arms and legs back round. The blue light burst into a harsh snow storm down onto the robot. The storm was that strong that its excess frost took most of the town and covering the warn sun. People were shielding their bodies from the attack. The cold winds soon died down and the sun began to shine and immediately warm the town. Their eyes in complete shock. The robot was standing but what it was standing in was amazing. Ice, a beautiful wall of ice with frosty icicles gleaming off it. Almost as if it were a cliff. Akashi was truly impressed. Kuroko had a lot of potential. He smirked to himself knowing this could get interesting.

A huge vibration erupted throughout the inside of the robot. Kise was through around in the capsule while Aomine and Imayoshi tried to maintain their balance. Aomine took his chance he rushed up and slashed Imayoshi with his water. Imayoshi fell to the ground. The crystal fell from his grasp. Aomine seized it before Imayoshi had the chance to take it. He instantly ran over to Kise and placed the item in the panel.

"Aominecchi."

"What Kise?" Aomine asked worriedly as he looked to the exhausted blonde.

"Remember what Akashicchi said to you?" Kise answered.

"Huh?"

"When we trained with him, he told us something valuable. Like when we though he could see our moves." Kise smiled slightly, Realization had hit Aomine like a rock.

Aomine and Kise where both on the floor panting and sweating. They had fought Akashi two-on-one but the guy still beat them. His fire power must be stronger than they thought. Aomine hated losing and this made him want to fight even more but Kise had stopped him by placing his hand on his shoulder.

"Oi! How can you be that strong?! It's two-on-one!" Aomine shouted as he wanted to punch the smaller teen.

"Yeah, are you seeing our moves?" Kise asked.

"No." Akashi turned to look at the two. "Maybe but I don't really need to. It's hard for me to use it." He said as he placed a hand on his patched eye. "Seeing the future and reading minds are the same thing. Once you know a trick to it then there's issue."

"What trick is that Akashicchi?" Kise asked as he released a now calm Aomine.

"It's obvious in the name; 'Reading', 'Seeing'. You can trick the eye. By tricking the eye you need to be one step faster than eye can see. Speed is the issue for the eyes, however, reading is a little more different and much harder to stop. To stop it you need a clear head but you also need to trick or block out your enemy. It takes a lot of power and energy to do that. Let your power to the thinking for you."

"Power do the thinking for you…" Aomine said to himself and Kise smiled. Aomine shook his head and grabbed the shackles when the door opened. He pulled down on them hard because he could undo them by hand. The minute Kise's hands were free he instantly dropped to the floor on his knees. Aomine knelt down and held Kise in a tight embrace. Kise was in shock, he had missed this contact and wanted it so badly. He clasped his tightly back as a tear fell down his face. "Kise." Aomine breathed out.

"Aominecchi."

"Let's deal with this guy and then we can go home." He felt Kise nod against him.

Aomine nodded before releasing the blonde and turning against Imayoshi, who was now back up on his feet.

"Should have seen that one coming." Imayoshi said to himself with a small grin on his face. "I admire your skill Aomine. However, you're not going to leave here alive."

"You, you attack our town, abducted and harmed Kise and now you think you're gonna win. Not on my watch pal!" Aomine growled.

"Ha, game, set and match." Imayoshi said to him.

He grinned as he let his magic do the trick. His mind peered into Aomine's. His movements began to show. He knew exactly what he was going to do. Suddenly his movements began to fade. Imayoshi was taken aback by this. All he could see now were the waves of the sea. The minute he blinked, the minute waves came crashing in around him. Left and right. All different directions. He was throw and tossed around. Finally a wave crashed down on him. Stuck on the floor he slowly gets up on his feet. As soon as he looks up, a bright beam of light comes rocketing his way. He was thrown back into the wall behind him. He quickly straightened to look around. Water and Light, both elements were now working together to attack from all round him. Kise lands just in front of him with dark look on his face.

"Use me for your own selfish gain? I think not." He then smiled. "I'll brighten your day." And as fast as light he shot up and out of the robot, breaking his way through. His light surrounded him like an angle. His comrades below look up to see him.

"Heaven's Gate!"

Kise moved his body like an angel and behind him were two large wings that could surround the town. The wings pulled back behind him as he lifted his hands into the air before throwing them down on the icy robot. The wings flapped down, fanning out as his hands were down. They began to glow bright until the whole town was covered in white light. Within minutes the light began to fade and the robot had vanished. It was as if it were a magic trick. All that was left was Imayoshi's unconscious body lying on the floor.

"Whoa." Kiyoshi said to himself as he looked up at the angel with large wings.

"He defiantly deserves the B rank." Nijimura said with a smile.

Kise felt his body tire. He used too much energy and now he needed huge amounts of rest. The wings faded and his body began to fall hastily to the floor. Luckily for him the water came to calm him of his fears.

Aomine walked over to the master, holding Kise firmly in his protective arms. Kise was tired and everyone could see that. The master smiled at him. "You've done well, Aomine." Shirogane said placing his hand on his shoulder. "Let's get him someplace to rest." He winked.

"I'm thinking the same think." Aomine smiled. He then turned round to see Akashi. He slowly approached the red head whose attention was drawn elsewhere. He took note that Akashi was staring at an exhausted Kuroko kneeling in front of him. "Akashi?" he asked and the red head looked to him with now words. "Think you can burn these shackles off of his wrists?" he watched as the red head took one of Kise's wrists and began to burn the metal. Once they were off Aomine had thanked him before turning to leave.

Akashi however turned back to stare at Kuroko's panting back. "You have a lot of work to do. I'm impressed so far but I know you can raise the bar." Akashi spoke seeing Kuroko flinch at first by the sudden sound of his voice. "However, you will have to something about your lack of energy."

"Akashi is talking to me more than usual." Kuroko said to himself.

"I've barely spoken to you. I'm advising you on your standards and how you can improve to become a B or even an A for that matter." Akashi spoke as he crossed his arms over his chest.

"An A?" Kuroko look back to Akashi.

"I believe you have the potential to pull it off. What you have done today certainly shows what you are capable of. Be careful not to become unstable because there's no going back." Kuroko's eyes widened as he remembered Aomine talking about him.

"By the way, how does magic become unstable anyway?" Kuroko asked only now he wished he never said it at all. Akashi's stare was of an animal ready to kill.

"A question I will not answer." Akashi said as he turned to leave.

'He hates me now.' Kuroko thought with a dying look on his face, body shaking.

"Alright everybody!" Shirogane addressed them. "Let's get this place cleaned up. Take our enemy to the isolation room!" his children did as ordered.

Midorima sighed with relief. He then felt a twitch in his arms. He looked down to see Takao slowly waking up. He slept through that!

"Takao, how do you feel?" Midorima asked the sleepy child.

"I think the medicine did something." Takao replied rubbing his eyes. Midorima nodded.

"Good. I'm afraid we can't go home just yet. I'll leave you at the school until preparations are done." He said and the child nodded. He then gave Takao to another member before joining into help with the rebuilding. He used his Earth Magic to rebuild the structure of houses and foot paths.

The sun shone in through the window of the infirmary. Kise laid before him covered in bandages. Aomine sat beside him holding his hand. What he saw before him was very similar to that of the past. He never wanted to see Kise hurt again. For the remainder of the day he stayed with Kise.

When Kise had healed and back on his feet the school through a party. With the town rebuilt and Imayoshi in isolation along with fellow Kentaro, the can now put themselves at ease and have fun. Most were drunk or getting there. Kuroko however needed a breather from the atmosphere. He walked out of the school. The minute he opened the door his eyes spotted a lonely red head sitting on the steps. He seemed to be looking up at the stars within the skies. Kuroko tilted his head before going over to the red head and sitting beside him.

"Everyone's inside you know." He smiled slightly.

"I've gathered." Akashi said without moving.

Kuroko took in a breath. He wasn't sure what to say to him. He wasn't the easiest of people to talk to.

"I…umm…" Kuroko was stuck for words. Akashi looked to him.

"What are you trying to say?" the red head raised a brow.

"I…"

"You what?" Akashi pushed slightly.

Kuroko's face grew red. He was sure if it was because he just embarrass himself or if it was something to do with his handsome charm. He immediately looked away from Akashi.

"I…I liked your fighting style." Kuroko blurted out.

Akashi was taken aback slightly.

"Yeah, that's what I wanted to say."

"It's just a battle." Akashi shrugged off.

Kuroko however looked back to him, one red eye staring into his ice blue ones. "Kiyoshi said that he couldn't train me because he couldn't see my style."

"Kiyoshi can't detect new skill if it slapped him in the face." Akashi said looking away from Kuroko and closing his eyes.

"Teach me?" Kuroko suddenly asked.

"No way." Akashi replied looking directly back at him.

"Why not?" Kuroko asked with a determined looking on his face. "Give me your best excuse." He egged him on in some sort of way but Akashi didn't take the bait.

"I won't teach you and that's that." He said and crossed his arms.

"You know, I've heard that my style could be the same as yours. My power is the complete opposite to yours and when Kiyoshi was training me he was kind of hinting about you." Kuroko said moving closer to the red head. Akashi immediately moved back by the sudden closeness. "I'm getting really tired of people saying that I have great potential and that I can move up the ranks, but no one has taught me anything since I've been here. A few days and no one showed me the ropes. I find that very rude." He said as he leaned closer to a cornered Akashi. Akashi couldn't stand the tight space. He stood up and took a steps away from Kuroko. He couldn't bring himself to look at him.

"Why do you do that?" Kuroko asked innocently.

Akashi didn't look back at him nor did he move.

"Whenever you're too close to someone, you instantly move away. It just like when you immediately dropped when getting off of the robot. Why is that, Akashi?"

"Don't ask stupid questions." Akashi replied with a growl.

"Why don't you open up to people? You've been very rude lately." Kuroko then breathed in, knowing he was playing with fire. "Is it because of your past?"

That was it. Akashi turned round to him, body encased in fire. His face was angered and he looked ready to do harm. "What do you know about me?!" he said through gritted teeth.

Kuroko knew he shouldn't say that Aomine knew and that he told him. Kuroko felt himself shake slightly. He closed his eyes and breathed out. He had angered him but it was ok. Kuroko found it ok. There was something about Akashi's fire that made him feel comfortable. He didn't understand it. But what he did know was that Akashi needed a shoulder to cry on, a friend. Kuroko was willing to do that if it made them both happy. Kuroko opened his eyes. His body filled with calmness and warmth. He held his hand out to Akashi, a snowy frost floated around it.

"Akashi, whatever happened you have to forget. You have to move on and be free. Dwelling on it won't help you." Kuroko said.

"What do you know?!" Akashi shouted at him.

"Nothing! This is my own assumption. Whatever happened, it's ok to let go." Kuroko assured.

"You know nothing about me. Don't jump to conclusions."

"Like you? Anything that is say or go wrong you're quick to jump up and attack."

"I'm just protecting myself."

"From what?" Kuroko questioned as he stood up.

"Everyone!" Akashi shouted and his fire rushed towards Kuroko.

Kuroko knitted his brows together and released the snowy frost, so strong that it froze his fire. Akashi was stunned by what he had done. Kuroko wasn't that skilled yet. His eyes scanned the orange crystal. Ice that froze the flames.

"How did you do that?" Akashi questioned.

"My powers grow strong my threatened or to save a friend." Kuroko replied. "For instance, I can do this." Kuroko threw his hands at Akashi. Surrounding him was ice and fire. He could feel the heat of his own flames and the coldness of Kuroko's ice. A blue fire was what surrounded Akashi's body. He looked around it in confusion.

Did Kuroko combined their powers together?

The blue flames dispersed and Akashi was left in shock as he stared at Kuroko. There were no words to describe what he had just experienced. This was nothing he had seen. Looking back at him, Kuroko smirked.

"That was something I learnt from my grandmother. My powers are a mess and I need someone to put me on the right path. I will ask again, Akashi will you teach me?"

"Damn straight you need sorting out. Ok fine. I'll teach you your technique."

Kuroko smiled. "Thank you so much Akashi." He then left and entered back into the school.

"Kuroko Testuya has Fusion Magic." Akashi said to himself to believe it.

Oohh the plot thickens...!

Plz keep the reviews coming because we're gonna see a lot more from Kuroko.

Truth be told, I had a review come through saying that someone would be after Kuroko because he had an ice/crystal heart...not a bad idea and it was a very good suggestion. Honestly, (spoiler) someone will happen in that sort of direction but I'm not giving it away. You'll have to read to find that out :D

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