Kuroko Tetsuya: Our Yakuza Onii-chan
Disclaimer: I do not own Kuroko no Basket or the characters besides OCs.
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Credits To: StainedScarlet
Credits To: Owner of cover picture. (Still haven't been able to make much progress on the picture for Yakuza Kuroko, but I'm working on it!)
Chapter 6:
Kuroko was barely able to make it back to his personal HQ still conscious. After looking through the rest of the messages, Kuroko had bled so much, they had to stop at a convenience store to get a few more boxes of tissues to stanch the blood. The ones that almost killed him were:
1) A picture of the two tigers together, Kagami had on a pair of matching ears and a tail like Taiga and he was sitting in his lap. Kagami had on an embarrassed pout/scowl/frown face and Taiga was baring his fangs to the camera.
2) Aoi and Nigou were facing off like cats and dogs and there were two pairs of hands holding them back from each other in the picture
3) All 8 of his siblings were chasing a Nigou with butterfly wings and an antennae headband on his head. They were all laughing in the picture, trying to put the costume on the poor puppy.
4) Aomine and Kise were wearing wolf costumes and chasing the kids across the room and they ran to hide behind Murasakibara and Midorima.
5) All 8 Kuroko siblings were piled on top of each other and it was taken like a selca with Rima holding the camera
6) Akashi was holding one of the toy swords and pointing it at Murasakibara while Kyo and Aoi were charging at the giant, their own swords in hand. Sion was perched on Murasakibara's back pointing his sword at the two and his mouth was open in a battle cry.
"Nii-chan! You're home!" Kuroko heard Aoi yell and suddenly he was jumped by 8 small bodies and tackled to the floor. Tsukimo and Rima wrapped their arms around his neck and cuddled him while Taiga was sitting on his stomach. Sion and Kyo were sitting in Kuroko's lap. Aoi, Kyo and Kaimiko were crowded around Kuroko's head. They were all still in their animal costumes so Kuroko had to exert immense self-control to not coat them in a nosebleed. Nigou was giving him affectionate licks and happy little barks before jumping up and down, excited that his master was home.
After managing to sit up, Kuroko greeted them all with a quiet, "I'm home".
"Nii-chan! You're friends came over to play with us! Come on! I'll show you!" Kyo pulled Kuroko up and dragged him into the living room where the rainbow awaited.
"Yo Tetsu! Welcome back," Aomine said as he got up and slung an arm around Kuroko's shoulders.
"Hello Aomine-kun," Kuroko replied as he was pulled into a crushing embrace by Kise.
"Kurokocchi! I missed you so much!"
"Welcome home Tetsu-kun!" Momoi joined in the hug as well.
"Hey Kuro-chin, wanna eat some snacks with me?" Murasakibara said.
"Hello everyone, and no thank you Murasakibara-kun," Kuroko greeted the others in the room and cast his eyes around looking for a particular tiger.
"Oh, uh welcome back Kuroko," Kagami said, he had just remembered what Kuroko said to him before he left and was feeling flustered once again. Kuroko noticed the red tint on his light's face and couldn't help teasing him.
"Since you didn't give me a good-bye kiss, how about a welcome back kiss?" Kuroko stood on his tiptoes and looked up at Kagami with his adorable blue eyes melting the other on spot. Kuroko gave a small chuckle and Kagami had collapsed while the other teen occupants in the room fumed with jealousy. The kids however were giggling and covering their eyes.
"Kaga-nii turned into the octopus monster again!" Kyo snickered as he went over and poked Kagami's bright red face.
Kuroko went into his room to change and put away his bag. Once he came out, Kagami had woken up.
"Darn it Kuroko! Stop messing with me!" Kagami yelled at the blue haired boy. Kuroko chose to ignore what the red head had to say, it was just too much fun teasing him.
"How about we start dinner now? Will you be staying for dinner?" Kuroko asked.
"Hn. They might as well, I bought extra ingredients anyways," Kagami answered for them. They all nodded their consent.
"Alright then, I'll help you in the kitchen Kagami-kun. Would you mind helping the kids clean up in here everyone?" Kuroko addressed to the rest.
"Of course. Atsushi, you help the kids pick up the toys and snack wrappers. Since the photo shoot is finished, Ryouta and Shintaro, you two collect the costumes and clean up the sets in the room we borrowed," Akashi instructed and they went to do their assigned jobs. Momoi was about to follow Kuroko into the kitchen when Aomine grabbed her and dragged her to where the girls were trying to put away their coloring books and supplies.
"Hey Satsuki, it seems the little runts over there need help with their coloring things, why don't you help them?" Aomine said, directing her to the girls. He sighed in relief when she said okay. Akashi gave him an approving look. He was going to order him to occupy Momoi anyways and that's what Aomine did until dinner was finished. Akashi decidedly couldn't leave the two alone in the kitchen so he followed.
"Oh, Akashi-kun, what are you doing in here?" Kuroko asked.
"I thought that you would probably need help preparing a meal for 16 so I can to offer my assistance," Akashi answered him coolly, not betraying why he was actually there. Kuroko nodded his thanks and Kagami gave Akashi work to do. As Kuroko was setting out the dishes and silverware, Kagami called him over to taste the curry.
Kagami took some on a spoon and blew on it to cool it down a bit before feeding it to Kuroko.
"Hm, it's very good Kagami-kun. But don't add anymore pepper, it might become too spicy for the kids," Kuroko said, and gave him a small satisfied smile.
"Oh right. Okay, I'll remember not to," Kagami said as he put down the spoon to ruffle Kuroko's hair. To Akasho, the scene seemed too much liked newly-weds for him. He stabbed the carrot he was cutting menacingly and "accidentally" stabbed through the chopping board as well. Dinner preparations went through without other incidents although Kuroko wondered why his cutting board had a gouge in it.
Everyone was seated at Kuroko's rectangular dining table that was surprisingly able to fit all of them. Kuroko sat on one side with his siblings and everyone else sat on the other side. They all began wolfing down the curry that Kagami had made. Aomine, Murasakibara, and Kagami were the fastest, but the kids weren't far behind. Kuroko had to wipe faces many times and remind them of their manners as they all started yelling out that Kagami and Akashi amazing cooks with their mouths still full of curry. The dinner was very lively and the kids each took turns telling Kuroko what they had all did together while he was away. Aomine and Kagami were trying to out eat each other but Murasakibara had won in the end. After dinner, they all hung out for a while before everyone left.
The girls had taken Momoi and were doing each other's hair. Aomine, Kagami, Murasakibara, Kyo, and Aoi had taken the T.V and were resuming their racing game. The two boys sat in Murasakibara's lap and were eating snacks again, while watching the three older boys play against each other. The three took turns feeding the giant and he fed them while they played their rounds. Sion had taken an interest in shogi while watching a match between Akashi and Midorima. Mini-Taiga and Kuroko were reading a book together on the armchair with Nigou cuddled in Taiga's arms, next to the occupied couch.
"Sion, would you like to learn how to play shogi?" Akashi asked the boy once the match was finished. The boy's eyes lit up and he nodded his head enthusiastically. Akashi smiled softly and pat his lap. Sion climbed and sat down, eager to learn.
"I hope you don't mind helping Sion learn how to play shogi, Shintaro," Akashi addressed the emerald haired boy across from him.
"I guess I can spare some time," Midorima said in his usual tsundereness although he was pleased to teach the child something he enjoyed. The two teens patiently taught the small boy the rules and strategies to the game and enjoyed the reward of his smiling face when he was able to "defeat" Midorima in his first match. They both smiled fondly back at the boy.
"Wah! This is so fun! Thank you for teaching me onii-sans!" Sion said to the boys. They continued playing for a while longer until Akashi deemed it was time for everyone to leave since they all had school the next day.
Kuroko had enrolled the kids into a daycare near Seirin to watch over them while he was in school. The kids whined that they didn't want to go to day care but were appeased when Kuroko promised to come pick them up as soon as he was out of school. The school day passed like normal but Kuroko had been steeling his nerves for what he had to do after.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU"RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK?!" Riko screamed when Kuroko had given her his resignation letter and told her he was leaving for a while.
"I'm sorry coach, but I have to take care of my siblings until my parents resolve their business and come back," Kuroko said.
"AND WHEN IS THAT!" Riko asked again, enraged.
"…I don't know,"
"Can't you just put them in daycare until after practice?" Riko pleaded, knowing she was about to lose half of the ace duo of Seirin for an indefinite amount of time.
"They are already in daycare while I'm in school and it's already tough with just that. They hate daycare since they have always stayed at home with my parents, I can't keep them there," Kuroko said with a small pang of pain in his voice. Riko sighed heavily and ruffled her head in frustration.
"I guess there's no helping it. The only thing we can do now is hope that your parents finish quickly," Riko said. The rest of the team excluding Kagami pat him on the back and said they hoped to play with him again soon.
When coach was done with him Kagami grabbed Kuroko roughly to question him.
"Oi Kuroko! Why didn't you let me know yesterday!?" Kagami yelled.
"Would it really have been a good idea to let them know that I was quitting basketball?" Kuroko said evenly.
"Huh, I guess not. They probably would've freaked out more than coach," Kagami said and released Kuroko's arm.
"Exactly. Now I have to hurry up and pick up my siblings. You should go on ahead and practice," Kuroko told Kagami and walked toward the gym doors. As soon as Kuroko left the gym room, his guard was up and his misdirection was up to 25%, he doesn't know why but he has a feeling it would be safer to be invisible for the time being.
As Kuroko got closer to the daycare, he went and checked the surrounding area for suspicious people and places. Although he found nothing out of the ordinary, Kuroko still felt that he should be extra careful.
Finally when arriving at the door of the daycare, Kuroko lowered his level of misdirection and his brothers and sister rushed at him.
"Nii-chan! You finally came!" Rima cried, clinging onto Kuroko's side.
"I missed you so much, I don't want to go to daycare!" Ami whined grabbing on of Kuroko's hands and rubbed her cheek affectionately against it. Kuroko smiled and gently pinched her cheek and pat her head.
"I don't want to go either Tetsu-nii! It's boring here and we can't play superhero. The lady took away my sword and put it somewhere!" Kyo looked like he was about to cry. All of them did.
Kuroko's heart clenched but he had to leave them at the daycare. He squatted do to be eye level with the kids and pulled them into a warm hug.
"Onii-chan is really sorry that he has to leave you all here but please bear with it for a little while. onii-chan is trying his best to find mama and papa so you won't have to stay here but for now, onii-chan still has to go to school so this is the only way to keep all of you safe," Kuroko murmured softly to the small kids in his arms. He heard small sniffles and hugged them tighter.
Kuroko stands up and notices the staff staring at his with slight blushes and some had their phones out. He decided to ignore it and asked for the sign out sheet.
After a quick stop at Maji Burger to pick up dinner, Kuroko and the kids when home. Nigou ran and jumped on the first one inside the door and it just happened to be Tsukimo.
"Kyaa! Nigou! Hee hee, stop! It tickles!" Tsukimo burst out in giggles when Nigou had assaulted her with licks. She fell down and sat there while Nigou continued and then jumped onto his next victim, Ami. Both girls were still giggling by the time Kuroko had come in and picked up Nigou.
"Hey there Nigou, did you miss us?" Kuroko gave Nigou a scratch behind his ears and set him down again.
The little ones took turns hugging Nigou and petting him before going into their room to change.
After dinner, and an hour of homework for Kuroko and just play time for the kids. Kuroko gave them all a bath.
"Don't run Kyo! You'll slip and get hurt! Not you too Aoi!" Kuroko scolded while shampooing Tsukimo's hair. Rima and Kamiko were waiting their turn. Taiga was shampooing Nigou and was almost smothered in bubbles like Kuroko was that one time, and the others were already soaking in the large tub.
"Ooh! Bubbles! I wanna play too!" Ami said when she noticed the bubbles. She climbed out and dove into the mountain of bubbles, erupting in a fit of giggles as she made bubbles fly everywhere. A few landed on Kuroko and gave him a beard. It looked ridiculous and they all burst out laughing, even Kuroko cracked a grin. When bath time was finished, they all climbed into bed and Kuroko picked out a book to read to them.
"Good night, nii-chan," was said tiredly as they all drifted to sleep. Kuroko lay still next to his siblings on the large bed for another 45 minutes to make sure they were all deeply asleep before he left the apartment.
"I'm ready Shigetsu, send a car for me and a guard to the house," Kuroko said as he donned his disguise once again. But this time, no suit. It was time for training so a black hoodie and long but easy to move in pants were his attire.
"Alright Tetsuya-sama, I have been assigned to help increase your endurance and stamina so let us begin."
Kuroko didn't use his misdirection for this type of training since it was for stamina and endurance. He fought using only regular punching, kicking and the like. After only 20 minutes he was already exhausted. It was much more difficult fighting a skilled enemy who could see where you were and was able to dodge most of your attacks. Kuroko knew the basics of hand-to-hand combat and was able to put it to use during normal fights but he relied mainly on his misdirection and special moves so he didn't know the more advanced and complex martial arts. He was sorely losing and was about to take a direct hit to his solar plexus when the trainer stopped.
"Alright, I have now been able to gauge your stamina level, and determined how we will increase it. We will be using this routine every time you come to train your stamina. Now start! Right punches for 1 minute and your speed cannot drop below 2 punches per second!" He held out a timer and clicked start. After a grueling hour of stamina training for his whole body, Kuroko was put into a skills assessment. He was made to drink a special blend energy drink that helped restore his energy for the time period but once it wore off, the fatigue would still be felt throughout his body.
The bullet grazed Kuroko's arm as he jumped out of the way and fired a round back. It missed the target entirely and just hit the walls. Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his back and he fell forward mid-jump. Kuroko quickly rolled forward and jumped back on his feet, eyes immediately scanning the area around him for the threat. As he turned to the left, he saw a fist coming from his peripheral vision. Kuroko threw up his arm to guard against it and slammed the butt of his gun into his attacker's stomach. He was a second to late and the attack only did minimal damage, as the enemy turned sideways to avoid. Once Kuroko felt that his gun didn't connect to the stomach, he let go of the hand and jumped back out of close combat range. Kuroko was especially weak against head on frontal one-on-one attacks. He was a stealthy assassin type who finished a fight before it began.
"As I thought, you are weak in technique for frontal close combat. We must fix that and bring you up to the level of your mother and father before the Battle of Kings, should your parents be unable to enter. We will work on your evasion skills first. You must be able to avoid attacks from all different angles and to be able to twist out of complex holds. I'll will attack you and you must figure out how to avoid the attack or get out of the hold," the new trainer told him and as soon as his sentence finished, he lunged at Kuroko and round-house kicked Kuroko's side. It was a direct hit, Kuroko's only option was to back flip through the air out of the trajectory but he wasn't able to yet. His left side was now bruised and in pain but none of his ribs were fractured.
The two continued sparing for two hours straight and Kuroko sustained many injuries at the beginning when he wasn't able to dodge and avoid the attack or was caught in a hold he hadn't figured out how to escape from yet. As the sparring continued, Kuroko sustained less and less injuries and was even able to use those same holds and attacks on the trainer. Although they were still sloppy and only a few connected, it was impressive progress in a single training session.
Aside from the physical training, Kuroko was put into mental training. He was subjected to different kinds of pressure and was tested to find clues that would show if a person was lying or bluffing. This was almost easy for Kuroko with his natural observant personality but it did stress him out when subjected to it for a long period of time.
Kuroko was able to make it home by 5 a.m and slept for two solid hours before having to get up again. Although he was sore and tired, it didn't make him sluggish. The pain was there and it throbbed in different parts of his body and brain but he had the discipline to remain collected and alert.
"Bye Nii-chan! See you after school!" the kids waved to him as he walked out of the gate of the day care and toward Seirin. On his way to school, he met Kagami.
"Morning Kuroko," Kagami said and ruffled his atrocious bed head. Both were unaware of the effect that simple action cause.
"Good morning Kagami-kun. Please stop, you are making it worse," Kuroko said in reply and pushed the hand away from his head. The two walked onward to school.
In the shadows of the alley across the street from where the duo was standing, a man had been taking scrutinizing Kuroko's face carefully, taking in all of the details. After making sure it was correct with the description he was given, he also took a few picture on his phone. The message attached to the pictures was:
I think I found him. Lucky he had that red headed teen with him or I wouldn't have noticed him at all. This is the Shadow right? Matches the description you gave us at the meeting two days ago.
End
A few minutes passed before the reply came:
It's him, although without the mask, earing, and hair dye. Find out which school that uniform belongs to and look for a student with the name Kuroko. Get all of his information. Now that we know who the Shadow Heir is, there is nothing we can't do to "persuade" him to follow our plans.
End
The man smirked before melting into the darkness of the alley.
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