Kon'nichiwa! My name's Night~ I'm a novice of an author but I try my best~! I recently fell in love with Kuroko no Basket! Kuroko is so cute~ And I saw many pics of him as a girl, Kawaī~ There are a lot of amazing Fanfics too! It has inspired me to write my own version of its reverse harem! So hopefully it will be entertaining!
Happy Halloween~!
Please read on!
Disclaimer: I do not own Kuroko no Basket (but any OCs & OOCness are definitely mines)
Teiko Middle School Basketball Club, an incredibly strong team with over one hundred members and three consecutive championship wins. Amongst their brilliant record, the generation of five prodigies was known as the "Generation of Miracles." However, there was a strange rumor, one many have tried to understand but none has learned. In addition to the five unstoppable prodigies, there was another amazing player. For some reason the rumors were changed increasingly, for doubts and disbeliefs. But it is believed that there was another player, one very important to the Teiko team. The Sixth Player. The Phantom Princess.
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The New Year, the new students, the opening of a new world! It is spring at the private High School Seirin. Meaning the opening ceremony was over, and clubs ready to try their best to get more members. Whether it's Rugby, Shougi, or swimming, all to all were happily expressing the joys of the clubs.
A boy by the name of Furihata Koki, with his companions Fukuda Hiroshi and Kawahara Koichi, were struggling along the crowd, constantly being asked if they wanna join this club or if they wanna join that club. They were really exhausted.
"I can't move forward! Bring a snow plow!" yelled Furihata, "we haven't moved more than 5 meters in 10 minutes..." Fukuda sweat-dropped. "We'll get through...eventually" Kawahara smiled nervously.
"That's it! Let's go the Bulldozer way!" Furihata exclaimed, flailing his arms, "you're taking it too far..." Fukuda tried to calm him, Kawahara sighed. He blinked when he saw a teal blur duck under the brown haired boy's swings. 'Hmm, what was that?' he wondered.
"Basketball! Basketball club!" yelled a brown haired boy with an up curved smile, holding a flyer up to the many students. "How'd you like to join the basketball club?" the boy yelled continuously.
"Koganei, you can't be serious," said a black haired behind him. "How else am I supposed to say it?" Koganei said, "New kids, join the basketball club! The basketball club needs serious help!" the black haired boy suggested simply. "I've had enough of your jokes, Izuki." Koganei sweat dropped.
"Mitobe, make sure they hear you!" Koganei yelled to the taller black haired male beside them. Mitobe smiled and nodded, but continued to just hand out flyers without mumbling a word. "You're not gonna do it, are you?" Koganei deadpanned.
Meanwhile, a teal haired girl passed by the group, "hey, do you have a minute?" Koganei called, but it was a boy behind the girl who was stopped. The teal haired girl continued to walk forward, her large light teal eyes, that almost looks as bright as the blue sky, divinely focused on the book she was reading.
She was very small and petite, her height of 157cm., she had short teal hair that ended at her chin and bangs passed her eyes, she wore the Seirin school uniform, but her sweater was somewhat baggy, sleeves that covered her hands, and made her chest look flat. But she had snow-white skin, and she looked completely frail. In all, she was cute, but average in any others view due to her impassive face.
"Oh! You're a reader, aren't you?" a boy with glasses called as the small girl passed him by, but he stopped an unfortunate boy behind her. "How about the literature club?" the boy said, "sorry, but this is just a manga." the boy explained, "Manga are books, too."
The teal girl still continued to walk, ignoring her surroundings, but then she stopped and looked towards the side, seeing the map of the stands where all the clubs were placed. She focused her attention to the stands listed at the end.
"Basketball! Basketball club!" Koganei continued to yell out, "join the club and you'll be cute, too!" Izuki added (I don't get it -_-).
"Are you guys in the Basketball club?" a deep voice asked, Koganei froze as a large shadow was over him.
He looked up to see a tall boy, the boy with red hair and sharp red eyes and split eyebrows, he had the height of 190cm. He wore the uniform, but wearing an unzipped vest with a white shirt and a necklace with a ring attached.
"Just a few more would be nice." a brunette sighed, sitting at one of the stands, which happened to be basketball. She wore the girls' school uniform, her hair was very short, she had two clips on the left side of her hair. Beside her a taller male with short black hair and wearing glasses.
"We couldn't even get ten," he added. "We're just getting started. We're a new school. If we win the Inter-High and Winter Cup, we'll be a big deal starting next year." the girl said.
"Are you casually putting pressure on your captain?" the boy sweated nervously, "Hyuga-kun, have you always been so delicate?" the girl teased, "I'll do my best. I will do my best." Hyuga hung his head, paling slightly.
"I wonder how the recruitment is going?" the girl wondered, "if they could just bring in some promising ones, that would be…" but her sentence was cut short.
"The new students are here." Koganei cried as he caught the brunette's attention, his face pale as the larger red head from earlier held him from the back of his coat. "What?" the brunette said confused, "Is this the basketball club?" the low voiced male asked, both Hyuga and the brunette gaped, the red head glowered down at them.
"Yeah" the girl nodded numbly, 'who is this guy? He's got the intensity of a wild tiger!' the brunette thought. "I want to join the Basketball Club," the red head said, abruptly sitting in the chair across from them and putting Koganei onto the table, the brown haired boy slouching tiredly.
"Uh, welcome, welcome!" the brunette said, handing the red haired boy a paper cup full of water, complimentary.
"Wait a minute. I'm sure you know, but our school just formed last year. We only have second years to compete with, so I'm sure someone of your build would be-"
"I don't care. I'm going after I leave my name" the red head cut in.
'Hmm, his middle school was in America…!? I see he trained in the best place. Kagami Taiga-kun…? No matter how you look at it, he doesn't seem like an average guy' the brunette thought, watching Kagami complete the form and then chug the water. "Ara? You don't have a reason for joining?" the brunette noticed, "not really" Kagami said lazily, crushing the paper cup in his large hand.
"Basketball's the same, no matter where you go in Japan" Kagami stood up and began to walk away. He threw the paper ball behind him, it fell directly in the trash can. The girl watched as he walked away, but noticed the bored expression in his eyes, before he quickly turned away from them.
"He's terrifying!" Koganei yelled, still lying on the table, "is he really a first year high school student!?" the brown haired boy exclaimed. "He's one in a million" Izuki said, "You! Where have you been hiding!?" Koganei yelled at the black haired boy with Mitobe behind him.
'But what was with that expression on his face…?' the brunette wondered.
"So Kagami Taiga…he came from America. He must've learned from the source." Hyuga guessed, "Either way, I'm sure he'll be extraordinary," the shorthaired brunette said.
"Yo" Koganei called, the two turned, "you forgot this request" he held up a filled sheet. "Oh, Gomen. Let's see, Kuroko Tetsumi…huh?" the brunette's face turned to one of confusion. "I was here the whole time, but I don't remember him at all" she said.
But then her eyes narrowed at something specific on the sheet, "what's wrong?" Hyuga noticed the female's sudden change of attitude. "H-He's from the Teiko Basketball Club!" she yelled, "Teiko? You mean the Teiko?" Hyuga exclaimed surprised, grabbing the sheet from her hands.
"Yeah! And if he's a first year, he must be from the Generation of Miracles!" she exclaimed. "Generation of Miracles…That famous group!?" Hyuga realized. "Yeah! Ah! Why can't I remember that golden egg's face!?" the brunette yelled in displeasure.
"And that guy just came back from America"
Kagami continued to walk, he didn't notice a teal haired girl just walking behind, reading her book normally.
"This year's first years could be ridiculous!"
The teal eyes glanced up at the larger red head male before her, his shadow cascaded over her small form completely as the sunshine intensified his way and the darkness her's.
1. Kuroko His Shadow, Kagami Her Light
All sign-ups over, its now time for tryouts, especially in the gym for the Basketball Club.
"All right, looks like all the first years are here!"
All the freshmen stood in line, waiting for orders from their captain and coach. Kagami was at the end, being the tallest, wearing a black tank top and white short with normal sneakers.
Furihata elbowed Kawahara to get his attention. "Hey, isn't the manager cute?" he whispered, looking at the short haired brunette talking to Izuki, "she's a second year, right?" Kawahara said. "If only she were sexier…"
Whack!
The two freshmen were punched in the back of their heads "Morons, you're wrong." Hyuga said, being the one who punched them. They were confused but then the brunette stepped forward.
"I'm the boy's Basketball club coach, Aida Riko. Nice to meet you" Riko said cheerfully, a whistle around her neck. "Eh!?" the freshmen exclaimed, "it's not him!" Furihata pointed at an older man sitting while holding a cane in the back.
"That's our advisor, Takeda-sensei." Riko explained, the older man just strained to wave hello.
"You've gotta be kidding me!"
"You're serious!"
"Now that you're acquainted with Takeda-sensei, you guys…take off your shirts!" Riko ordered. It took the group a second.
…
"Eh!?" The whole group yelled, surprised the girl actually had the guts to ask such a thing. But the boys did so.
Riko walked by each of the boys, "your ability to move instantaneously is a little weak. I bet you do 50 side jumps in 20 seconds, don't you? You'll need to do a little better for the Basketball team." Riko said.
"You're too stiff. Do some stretch after you bathe,"
"You should strengthen up a bit. Try some sprints on your own."
"A-amazing! H-how does she know all of this just by looking?" Furihata said surprised.
"Her dad's a sports trainer, collecting data and creating a training regimen. It's a skill she picked up from observing bodies and data every day at his workplace. When she looks at your body, she sees all your physical abilities in numbers. I wouldn't expect any less from coach" Hyuga explained. 'Just imagine from her point of view, to scale one's physical ability and stats, its pretty amazing' Hyuga grinned.
Riko was in awe at the moment though; she was staring at the large athlete, Kagami. "What?" Kagami asked, seeing the smaller female gaping at him with large eyes, he felt somewhat cold shirtless.
'Wha-what is this? All his numbers are through the roof. These aren't the values of a first year high school boy!' Riko thought, stupefied. Makes sense since the latter male was rather large, he had such large hands, and rock hard abs (damn he's buff!). 'I can't even see his potential! Uwaa, I've never seen anything like this! Such Natural Talent' Riko thought in awe.
"Coach! What are you staring at?" Hyuga called, seeing the brunette gawking at the large red head. "Ah! Gomen! Um…" Riko got out of her stupor, wiping some apparent drool on the corner of her lips. "Kagami's the last one, you saw everyone" Hyuga explained, "Really? Huh? Is Kuroko-kun here?" Riko called.
A teal haired girl's ear twitched at the mention of that name.
"Oh, that kid from Teiko…" Hyuga remembered, then the students began to whisper in amazement of the mysterious school with its famous rumors. 'I thought I'd be able to pick out someone that strong when I saw him' Riko thought looking around for the supposed 'boy'.
"Looks like he's not here today. All right, let's start with practice-"
"Um, excuse me" Riko froze, a small teal haired girl, about her height, popped up in front of her. "Kyaaah!" Riko yelled loudly, backing away instantly.
"What the-!? How long have you been there!?" Hyuga yelled, suddenly seeing the teal haired girl just appears out of nowhere. "Hmm, I've been here the whole time" the girl said in a monotone voice.
'She was right in front of me…and I didn't even notice?' Riko thought in shock. 'What's with the small brat?' Kagami thought as he watch the scene unfold, 'she just appeared out of nowhere though, I didn't even see her' Kagami thought.
The boys stared at the mysterious girl just standing there with a blank face. She was around the same size as the coach, and she was fairly petite. She had large doe like teal eyes, short teal hair that reached below her chin, a button of a nose, and smooth pale skin. She wore a baggy white shirt, and baggy light navy shorts, with black sneakers and two black wristbands on both her wrists. Easy enough said again, she was average in almost all of the boys' point of view.
'She's practically invisible!' Riko thought, the teal haired girl just stood there, waiting for a response from the coach. "Ah~ You must be trying out for the manager job" Koganei guessed, "makes sense" Izuki agreed, "I'm kinda amazed she popped out like that" Hyuga admitted.
It made more sense why the small girl was here, I mean, why would a girl try out for a Basketball team? (Damn sexist bastards!)
"Is that so? Well what's your name?" Riko asked the girl, "Um, I'm not trying for the manager" the teal haired girl explained, "huh?" Riko said. "I'm trying for the team" the teal haired girl explained still in a monotone voice.
"EH!?" the whole group was shocked again, even the seniors and Kagami's eyes widen. The teal haired girl though, found the reaction of no surprise and remained impassive.
'A girl that small wants to join the Basketball team! No way!' Kagami thought shocked. 'Is she serious!? W-well there is no rule prohibiting her from joining but…!' Riko was plain shocked that the girl was actually being serious of joining an all boys basketball team.
"W-well, wh-what's your name?" Riko asked, still half minded. "Kuroko Tetsumi" the teal girl answered, "all right, Kuroko Tetsumi" Riko nodded.
…
"EH!?" the whole group yelled even louder, that maybe even aliens heard them from space. "Y-you're Kuroko…Tetsumi?" Riko asked, pointing a shaking finger at the teal haired girl. "Yup" Kuroko answered simply, her face still blank.
"A girl was apart of the Generation of Miracles!?" Riko yelled in shock.
"No way! You were a part of the Generation of Miracles!? Were you a regular!?"Koganei yelled in shock, his monkey imitating mouth gaping. "Of course no, she was probably a manager, or a third string, right, Kuroko-chan?" Hyuga said, confident in his guess.
"I played in matches" Kuroko answered simply, "Right?" Hyuga smiled, not really paying attention. "What?" Hyuga realized, "what?" Koganei repeated, "Eh!?" the two yelled, Riko could only pale at the two.
Kagami was still in the background, still shock by the tiny girl's (monotone) declaration, but he picked up something during the conversation.
'Generation of Miracles? What's that?' Kagami wondered, "Th-then, take off your shirt!" Riko ordered.
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"Huh!?" the boys yelled, even Kagami, the boys all red. 'Its getting kinda annoying hearing them freak…' Kuroko thought. "I need to check her too!" Riko said, knowing why the boys were all flushed.
"But for a girl to undress…besides, should a girl really be joining an all boy team?" Hyuga asked, his cheeks red. "There is no rule against a girl being on a boys' team, and we don't have a all girls' team so guess she's stuck here anyway" Riko explained.
"Hai, but about the shirt-"
"I need to know her stats, so Kuroko-chan, take off your shirt!" Riko ordered once more. "But I already took it off earlier" Kuroko mumbled blankly, the boys were flared red now. 'She stripped and we missed it!' the freshmen groaned in dismay, while the seniors kept their composure, even though they were mad too. Kagami was red as well, but wasn't freaking out as much since he was used to it for some apparent reason.
'These boys can't handle much' Riko sighed; "come with me" Riko grabbed the teal haired girl's wrist and pulled her towards the locker room. The freshmen were still in tragedy, while the senior tried to relax them, Kagami just stared at the two leaving, especially the small teal haired girl.
'She was a part of the Generation of Miracles?' Kagami still wondered what was so amazing of that title. "Can you believe that girl tried to join an all-boys basketball team" one freshman said to his friend, "yeah, she looks to small too. She's probably really frail, she wouldn't be able to handle it" another said. Kagami listened as the others repeatedly insult the common sexist insults.
Kagami could feel his eyebrow twitch, but he retained his composure. 'It doesn't matter to me…I'm more curious of those supposed Generation of Miracles' Kagami thought, but he glared slightly at the freshmen earlier then went to ask of the supposed famous players. The two freshmen felt shivers down their spines, but had no idea why.
Riko pulled Kuroko in the locker room and once again demanded for her to remove her shirt. She did so, revealing her sports bra, but Riko decided to analyze her, not really paying attention and only looking at the stats. Then the brunette's eyes widen at the petite girl.
Scene Change
Riko stared out the window in the bus she rode, listening to some music in her happy face headphones. Her mind wondered to the teal haired girl, remembering the analysis. 'Who is this girl? Her stats are way too low. Even for an average girl, it's below average. Including the fact her body's at its limit. There's no way a small girl like her would be a regular on such a strong team. Then why…?' Riko thought.
At some Basketball court, Kagami was practicing some shots on his own. He aimed to throw the ball but then his eye caught a teal color, making him throw the basket and the ball hitting the ring and landing in two small hands.
"When did you get here?" Kagami asked, glaring at the girl. "Nice to see you" Kuroko stayed impassive, still holding the ball in her tiny hands. "What the hell are you doing?" Kagami asked, "What are you doing here by yourself?" Kuroko asked, passing the ball back at the larger male.
"Nothing. I'm not doing anything" Kagami answered simply, "Is that so?" Kuroko said. Then there was small moment of silence; Kuroko wasn't the prying type so she just stayed blank.
"I was in America until my second year of middle school" Kuroko blinked as Kagami began, "I've been appalled ever since I came back by how low the standards are here" Kagami explained. "I'm not looking to play Basketball for fun. I want to play a more serious game that really gets me going" Kagami said, Kuroko was slightly surprised. 'Those words…there almost like…' Kuroko stayed as usually blank, but there was a hint of emotion in her eyes.
"I heard all about you. I've heard all about the supposedly strong the Generation of Miracles from our year." Kagami continued, "You were on that team, weren't you?" Kagami said. "I have a good sense of how good others are. People who can succeed smell different from the rest" Kagami said, spinning the basketball on his finger. He then threw the ball back at the girl, who caught it.
"But something's not right with you. The weak should smell weak, but you…you don't smell like anything and your strength has no scent" Kagami said. "I don't smell? But I put on some perfume this morning" Kuroko sniffed herself, "that's not what I meant, brat!" Kagami growled.
"Let me see. Show me…" Kuroko turned her attention back to the red head, seeing how deathly serious he was. "Show me just how good your Generation of Miracles really is" Kagami smirked, "how fortunate. I've also been hoping to play against you" Kuroko admitted.
"One on one" Kuroko stared down at the red head, her large, dull eyes actually showing the competitive emotion. "Heh, you wanna go?" Kagami grinned, feeling the excitement rush him.
~ Kuroko no Basket ~
The two were in a stance of a showdown. Kagami dribbled, planning his move as Kuroko just stared at him with her void of feelings eyes. Kagami started charging and jumped for a dunk, his eyes widen, Kuroko only barely reached him, he still dunked in easily.
'She…'
Kagami easily passed the teal haired girl, lagging behind him.
'She…'
Kuroko had the ball but was easily taken by Kagami.
'She…'
Kuroko tried to shoot, but Kagami just smacked the ball out of her hand.
'She's so bad I could die!' Kagami deadpanned. 'Even though they weren't blessed with physical strength, there have been plenty of athletes who have excelled by polishing their skills. But she's hardly better than an amateur at dribbling and shooting.' Kagami thought. 'There's nothing good about her.' Kagami thought as he watched Kuroko chase after the ball rolling away like a child.
'This is ridiculous' Kuroko ran back with the ball in her hand, she stood in front of him, waiting to continue. "You've gotta be kidding me. Have you even been listening!? How much do you have to overestimate your own abilities to think you can beat me!?" Kagami yelled, "I can't believe how arrogantly you challenged me!" Kagami yelled outrage.
"You can't be serious" Kuroko said surprised, although her tone still unwavering. "Of course you're stronger than me. I knew that before we started" Kuroko said simply.
…
"Are you trying to pick a fight with me, you brat!?" Kagami yelled angrily, Kuroko stayed blank. "I wanted to see how good you are for myself," Kuroko explained, her blank eyes shining suspiciously, "what?" Kagami said confused.
'Unbelievable. There must've been something wrong with me, too. She's just so weak that she doesn't smell like anything. I feel like an idiot.' Kagami groaned, he face palmed in dismay. 'Hmm, Kagami-kun seems distressed, I wonder why?' Kuroko thought blankly, not really knowing it's her fault.
"Um…" Kuroko held up the ball to the red head, "Enough" Kagami waved his hand tiredly. "I'm not interested in the weak" Kuroko watched as the larger athlete grabbed his stuff.
"Let me tell you one last thing. You should quit basketball. It doesn't matter to me whether you're a girl or not, however much you try to cover it up with nice words like effort, raw talent is a fact of life. You've got no talent for basketball" Kagami said, straightforward. Kuroko's eyes were shadowed by her bangs, her mouth in a firm line.
'I thought as much' Kagami sighed and turned away from the teal haired girl, beginning to walk away.
Wham!
"Itte!" Kagami yelled, face first on the ground, his face red from face planting. "What the hell!?" Kagami yelled, he glared at the still standing girl. Apparently the quiet girl threw the basketball at the back of the rough boy's head.
"I don't accept that" she said, "Huh!?" Kagami growled as he began to stand up, rubbing his pained face.
"First of all, I love Basketball" Kuroko began as she picked up the basketball, "and I don't share your opinion. I don't care who's strong or who's weak" Kuroko began walking over to the bench where her stuff was.
"What did you say?" Kagami asked confused, "I'm not like you." Kagami raised an eyebrow.
"I'm a shadow" Kuroko said, her teal eyes staring at the ball in her hand, Kagami could only stare at the mysterious girl in confusion, but he could sense, at least in the slightest, the sheer intensity surrounding her.
'I am not important enough to stand in the light...' Kuroko stare at the ball in her hands, her eyes half closed, '...I'm just not...'
The Next Day
It was raining, so training was obviously occurring in the gym, but there was a challenge for the newbies. "What? A mini-game?" Furihata repeated, "I can't believe we're playing the upperclassmen already" Kawahara said. All the freshmen wore yellow shirt with a number, while the senior wore blue.
"Do you remember the record from last year they told us about during our first meeting? They went to the finals just in their first year" Fukuda said, "are you serious!?" Kawahara exclaimed, "that's not normal."
"There's nothing to be afraid of. Its always better to have stronger opponents than weak ones." Kagami smirked. "Let's go." Kagami said, the freshmen could only panic even more, Kuroko sighed.
'Let's see exactly what these rookies can do' Riko smirked, the two teams ready.
Tweee!
Tip-off begins!
Kagami was the first to get the ball, passing to Kawahara, the seniors tried to block his path. But Kagami just as quickly was on the other side of the court; Kawahara passed the ball to him.
"Raaaahh!" Kagami then jumped and dunked harshly, both teams in awe.
"That dunk was unbelievable"
"Amazing"
'They're better than I expected' Riko stared in awe of the giant, 'such destructive force for such unpolished, intuitive play.' Kagami hung onto the basket but hopped off, "this is unbelievable" Hyuga wiped the sweat from his brow. 'He's more than ready. He's a monster' Hyuga thought.
Kuroko watched observingly from the side, even though she was playing also. The game continued with Kagami dunking heavily each time, the senior nowhere close to stopping him. The score is now freshmen: 11, seniors: 08.
"I can't believe the first years are this strong" Hyuga was sweating, "Kagami's doing it all himself!" Koganei panted.
'Shit! That brat still has me on edge!' Kagami cursed inwardly, glaring at the small teal girl who was apparently on court. Kuroko had the ball and was looking around for someone to pass but the ball was stolen before she could do so.
"It's her again!" a Furihata noticed, "Keep it together!" Kuroko tried chasing after the occupant holding the ball, but she was panting heavily.
'For all the profound things she says, she can't play for shit! People who are all talk…' Mitobe was passed the ball and was about to dunk, but then Kagami smacked the ball out of his hand. 'Piss me off more than anything!' Kagami growled, the red head so high above.
"So high!"
"Nothing can stop Kagami now!" Kawahara enlightened.
"Guess its time to put them in their place" Hyuga said, "It's on," Izuki agreed. Kagami was then passed the ball but was then surrounded by all three seniors, "three!?" Kagami tried to move but wherever he moved, the seniors stopped him.
"They're desperate to stop Kagami!"
"They're double-teaming him even though he doesn't have the ball!" Fukuda said seeing the red head that lost the ball was still crowded.
"They have no intention of letting him touch the ball!"
The freshmen were powerless against Hyuga's throws, Mitobe's dunks, and all of the steals with Kagami out of commission. The score now freshmen: 15, seniors: 31.
"They're good"
"There's no way we could've won"
"I've had enough"
The three freshmen panted heavily, seeing they have no chance against experienced sempais. "Enough? What the hell are you talking about!?" Kagami growled, grabbing Furihata by his shirt.
"Please calm down" Kuroko kneed the back of Kagami's knees, making the other bend back oddly and drop the brunet. "You damn brat…" Kagami growled, an evil aura around him as he glared at the teal haired girl. The freshmen paled, panicking.
"Looks like they're fighting" Koganei noticed, Izuki's eyes widen then, "What's wrong?" Koganei asked, "was she in the game?" Izuki asked, finally noticing the small girl with the impassive face while being yelled by the red head and the freshmen trying to calm him.
"Kuroko? I dunno. Odd though, how could we not notice the only girl on the court playing" Koganei answered, seeing the red giant swing at her which she dodged evasively, angering the red head.
'Even I forgot, and I was the referee' Riko thought, then she gasped, her pink whistle falling out of her mouth. She watched as Kagami tried to attack the small girl, their teammates preventing him from hitting her since she is a girl, but Kuroko stayed impassive. 'Huh? How long has she been in!?' Riko realized, her eyes widen.
The game beginning again, Fukuda dribbled the ball. Kuroko shook her wrists, "excuse me" she called. "Could you pass me the ball?" she asked, tugging on her wristbands. "What?" Fukuda said confused, "you can do it! Three more minutes!" a freshman on the sideline yelled encouragement.
'I can at least do this much...' Kuroko twiddled a strand of her short hair, her eyes softening lightly but then narrowed, '...at the very least!'
'But what can you do with the ball once you get it? At least don't let them take it.' Fukuda thought as he readied his pass. He threw the ball at the girl, as if everything slowed, the ball magically flew above the seniors surrounding her and a freshman by the basket caught it and threw it in.
The second years stood in amazement, "it went…what?" Hyuga stood surprised, "how did that pass go through?" he wondered, the rest also surprised. 'Why do I feel uneasy? Is something unbelievable happening?' Riko wondered, her mind in a panic.
Kawahara had the ball, so he tried his hardest to keep from the sempais, he noticed Kuroko in the ready to catch the ball. He passed it to her, and just as quickly Fukuda had the ball, surprised to say the least.
"Go for it! Shoot!" Kagami yelled, which Fukuda awkwardly did so, earning another point. The game continued like that, the freshmen getting surprising passes, which they had no idea where they come from, and earning more points. Both sides were surprised, Kagami and Riko were both trying to figure how all this was happening.
"They passed the ball and made the shot before we realized it!" Izuki said, "What's going on?" Koganei asked n complete confusion.
'Is she using her lack of presence to pass?' Riko relayed the plays in her mind, 'she's not even touching the ball for long! Could she be diminishing her already weak presence even more?' Her eyes then widen, 'Misdirection. A technique used in sleight of hand. She's drawing her opponent's attention away from herself.' She realized, 'to be more accurate, she's not using her lack of presence, but directing her opponent's attention elsewhere!' she theorized.
'This is Kuroko's…' Kagami watched the teal girl in awe.
'She's the invisible regular of Teiko who excelled at passing. I'd heard those rumors, but since they kept changing it a lot, I didn't think it was true!' Riko looked over at the teal haired girl, 'the sixth Generation of Miracles, The Phantom Princess!'
The sempais and Kagami observed the invisible girl even if she disappeared in their eyes; she continued to pass even more. Soon Kagami caught one of her passes, surprised for a second, he then ran to the basket.
'Damn it. I got caught up in Kuroko's pass!' Hyuga cursed inwardly. Kagami shot and earned another point, now the freshmen were one point away, 36 to 37.
"I don't believe it! It's a one point difference!"
Koganei passed to Mitobe, but Fukuda blocked it. Kuroko caught the ball and ran towards the basket, where no players defended. "Crap!" Hyuga cursed, him and his team chasing after the girl.
"Go, Kuroko!" her teammates cheered. As if everything slowed for that one amazing moment, Kuroko threw the ball up and…it bounced of the rim. Her team paled, the moment ruined.
But then large hands caught the ball, "That's why I hate the weak!" Kagami was in the air and dunked the ball!
"You have to make the shot, dumbass!" Kuroko couldn't help but smile a small smile, she seemed really happy, even when others found her impassive.
In a crowd of girls in the city, a smiling blond wearing some fancy clothes and sunglasses has been signing non-stop autographs. The girls were all almost killing each other to get close to the blond. The security were having a tough time pushing them away.
'Man, this never ends...' the blond thought, the girls tripled again, making the blond sweat drop. The blond then froze for a second, he looked up at the sky, 'that's odd...' his yellow eyes half-lidded, his eyebrows scrunched together in worry. The sky looked brighter than usual, some clouds but the blue sky brighten because of it.
'...Maybe its nothing' the blond shrugged, and returned to his now quadruple fans, sweat dropping.
Up a hill, a black haired boy peddled tiredly, pulling a rickshaw. "Pant...pant...now?" the black haired boy looked back to the green haired boy wearing glasses in the rickshaw reading a book and listening to a portable radio, wearing a large button that said 'Look up to the Sky!'. "...No" the green haired boy answered, not looking up from his book. The black haired boy groaned loudly and continued to peddle, "T-today...lu-lucky...Sky bu-bu-button..." the radio made some static. The green haired boy turned the nob to get the right signal.
"This is Oha-Asa here with the Horoscope! For Cancer, today you have good luck! Carry the lucky item of a button that has the word Sky, it'll bring even more luck!" Oha-Asa announced, the green haired boy smirked. "Also..." this caught the glasses wearing boy's attention. "Aquarius, you have the best luck! Today is the day that'll change your life! Wear any kind of sweat band, for your head or wrist, and you'll have an amazing day!" the green haired boy's eyes narrowed, he looked back and up to the sky.
"Munch...munch..." A large male with long purple hair munched on chips at some store. The larger male held tons of chips, cookies, cakes, lollipops, and some candy in his arms. By standers could only stare at the male in fear and/or confusion and maybe a bit appalled. As he walked to the door, a small girl bumped into him, mostly a light flick on his leg. The little girl looked up at the purple haired male, he was large and shadowed over her. She was terrified, she began to tear up, her lip quivering.
The larger male bent down, causing the girl to flinch and shut her eyes tight. But then she felt something in her small hands and opened her eyes, she was surprised to see a lollipop in her hands. She looked to see the larger male leave the store. The purple haired male was still impassive and walked down the street munching his chips and holding a large amount of food. He blinked and looked up at the sky, and then he just stopped eating, just for a minute.
On a rooftop to a school, laid a tanned boy with dark blue hair. He was sleeping with his arms behind his head. His blue eyes began to open a bit, "Yawn" the boy yawned, a small tear at the corner of his eye. He looked up at the sky, he saw a lot of clouds passing by at the moment. A shadow over him, then the light, then a shadow of the cloud, then the light again. It continued and he only stared at it blankly. He then felt his stomach churn for a bit, he sighed and sat up, his arms propping himself up. 'Hmm...why does my chest and stomach hurt...?' the boy wondered blankly.
He looked back up at the sky, he relaxed when a large cloud passed by, a cool shadow passing, he almost smiled. But then the cloud left, making the bright sun shine. This irritated him. 'I feel irritated...' he thought, then another cloud was gonna pass by. '...Nothing another nap can't fix' the tanned haired boy laid back against the floor and closed his eyes, enjoying the cool shadow.
A small red haired boy left alone in class was sitting on one of the desks, looking out at the red and orange sunset. He had one arm resting behind him on the desk, the other was throwing and catching a small shogi piece up and down, not paying attention since was looking at the red sky.
'When the blue sky turns to red it begins the end of the day...' the red head thought. Then finally he caught the shogi piece in his hand, and kept it their tightly in his grasp. 'The blue sky was unnaturally brighter today...' he smirked, he looked back into his classroom, red and yellow eyes brighter in the shadow, 'interesting...'
"Thank you very much" a female worker of Maji Burger bowed to Kagami with a large tray of a whole lot of burgers. He went to sit at a table by the window; he ate the burger one whole bite after another while looking outside carelessly. He glanced to the chair across from him, and then stopped in mid-bite. There sat Kuroko, sipping her drink as normally as it would look.
Kagami gasped in shock, accidently swallowing too fast, "hello" Kuroko greeted casually, Kagami swallowed hard. "Where'd you come from?" Kagami said, still in shock at her sudden appearance. "Oh, I heard from storks" Kuroko answered, "that's not what I meant, brat!" Kagami growled.
"I was sitting here first" Kuroko finally answered, "I like this place's vanilla shakes." She sipped her drink to prove her love for the drink.
Regaining his composure, Kagami glowered at the girl, "Go somewhere else" he said, his scary face present. "No." she answered, then sipped her drink, "No! How could you answer so blankly!?" Kagami was beginning to lose his temper, 'Usually people would run away!' Kagami thought amazed to see such a small girl have guts to stand her ground.
"I don't want to" she explained, "if someone sees us, they'll think we're friends! Or worse! That we're dating!" Kagami explained, a light blush on his cheek. "That would be terrible," she said in a monotone voice, "Oi!" Kagami yelled angrily, 'I don't know why but that both irritates me and makes me feel bad!' Kagami's eyebrows twitched.
"But this is my usual hangout" Kuroko said, not backing down even though she didn't sound the slightest serious. Kagami sighed tiredly, deciding to give up. Kuroko was about to drink her shake some more when she instinctively caught something in her hand.
'A burger?' seeing the Maji wrapped burger in her hands, she looked up at the red head. She saw him looking away from her and towards the window, avoiding her gaze.
"I don't like anyone who suck at Basketball" Kagami began, but then he smiled lightly. "But you've earned yourself one of those." Kuroko was surprised; she felt her cheeks turn lightly red, her heart beating at such words, even if they weren't much, it made her feel warm. "Thanks" she mumbled, looking down at the burger, trying to rid of this odd feeling she never knew how to deal with. 'This feeling…is just too weird…' she thought as she unwrapped the burger, and bit onto it, making a small bite.
"Thwis wis gwood" she said with a mouth full, her monotone voice back to normal, "its not lady-like to talk with a mouthful" Kagami said, his face dead panned. After Kagami finished all of his burgers, he gentlemanly offered to walk the small girl home, even if it sounded more of an order.
"Just how strong is the Generation of Miracles?" Kagami asked, the two walking down the still bust sidewalk, already evening. "If I played them now, how would I do?" the red head asked, Kuroko sipped her still half-full milkshake.
"You'd be destroyed instantly." she answered as soon as he finished asking, a vein popped on the larger athlete. "Do you have to put it like that?" Kagami growled, "The five prodigies have each gone on to play for their own schools. One of those schools will stand at the top." Kuroko explained.
"Hehe…hahahaha! That's great!" Kagami laughed, almost evilly. 'Is he a villain?' Kuroko wondered, sipping her shake as the two stood by the road. "That's the kind of thing that lights a fire in me" Kagami said, Kuroko blinked. "I've decided. I'll crush all of them and become Japan's best player" Kagami declared, he smiled in excitement, Kuroko observed him.
"I think that's impossible." She said instantaneously, "Hey!" Kagami yelled, an angry mark on his head. "If you have hidden talent, I wouldn't know. But, from what I've seen, you wouldn't even reach their feet." Kuroko said simply, 'this brat is so not cute!' Kagami gritted his teeth. The two crossed the street, but then she stopped at the other side, looking at the ground, Kagami watched her with his hands in his pockets.
"You can't do it alone" Kagami blinked, "I've also decided" Kuroko said. "I'm a shadow. But the stronger the light, the darker the shadow, and the more it accentuates the brightness of the light" Kuroko said, an image of her former teammate's back, a white jersey with the #6, passed her mind, her eyes drooping in sadness. Kagami noticed the sadness in her eyes and was about to ask but then the sadness instantly disappeared.
Kuroko looked straight back up at Kagami, 'I will not stand down anymore...!' she thought in determination.
"I will be the shadow to your light, and make you the best player in Japan." she said finally, looking up at him. Kagami was taken by surprise, he almost thought it was a joke, but he saw the dead serious look in her eyes. He inwardly grinned, 'interesting' he thought in amusement.
"Look who's talking? Do whatever you like" Kagami said. "I'll do my best" Kuroko smiled warmly, her happiness showing off. Kagami couldn't but blush at the adorable smile, feeling its radiating aura.
'H-how can she be so impassive and make that kind of smile!?' Kagami yelled in his mind, feeling his face get hotter when he saw the doe teal eyes stare directly at him.
'How come I never noticed…but she looks kinda cu-!' Kagami face palmed, confusing the tiny girl. 'Kagami-kun's face is red? Is it hot?' Kuroko wondered, a question mark above her head.
Kagami glanced back at the teal haired girl with his sharp red eyes, she returned the gaze with her large teal eyes. Kagami smiled, Kuroko returned the smile.
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"We'll be #1 in all of Japan!"
That's all for today! Kinda boring, but I try to perceive of both basketball and a teenage girl's life. Its kinda hard so I'll work harder on the other chapters, k? After all, drama's fun, comedies entertaining, action is awesome, and life is real! I love Reverse Harems because most of the ones I pick are mostly because I want girls to shine too! Show their strengths, but I wanted to include life too, so I hope I did well! Sorry for any mistakes! Pretty please review and tell me how I did and if I should continue. Thanks for reading!
Until next time
Peace!