Lovely Jewels
Pasts and Crashes
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Kuroko idly read through a passage about the importance of the potato in the old world from his world history book. His eyes stared blankly at the page as he silently wondered how something so little could have a great affect on so many people. He turned away from the book and moved to write something down in his notes. A shadow passed across his writing, causing him to look up quickly. His room's door was open revealing the backyard, which stared back at Kuroko with serenity. The light blue-head brushed off the occurrence as a bird flying by before returning to his work.
He flipped the page of his textbook and was about to delve back into the history of the potato when he suddenly felt a strong pulse inside of him. His pencil dropped onto the table and then rolled off to drop onto the floor. The pulse shot through him again and he let out a quiet cry. Kuroko crawled out towards the garden, wincing as his vision began to blur. A whirring sound filled his ears as he stumbled out of his room to land on soft grass. Darkness encroached on his ever-blurring vision until he found that he could see no more.
"Where is he?"
"Kuro-chin?"
"Oi! Tetsu!"
Akashi's eyes scanned the garden quickly, trying to pick up any sign of his small blue-head. The Kiseki no Sedai scattered across the house's grounds, trying to find out where Kuroko had gone. The only one not joining the search was Midorima who was currently on another info mission.
Aomine found Kise contemplating something as he leaned against a wall of the house. The blonde's brows were furrowed deeply as his eyes stared into nothing. The tanned male walked up the Kise, knocking on the wood beside the other's head to gain the blonde's attention.
"Ah, Aominecchi!" Kise blurted, his train of thought broken. He caught Aomine's slightly worried gaze. "You felt it too right? That familiar feel? I'm sure Akashicchi did too!"
Aomine closed his eyes and nodded. "I'm sure Midorima can figure out what happened."
Kise eagerly nodded. "I think Akashicchi called for him, let's go see if he's here." He leaned forward a little. "Aominecchi?"
Aomine opened his eyes, seeming drained. He failed to notice how close Kise had gotten to him. His eyes widened a bit, watching Kise inch closer.
Kise suddenly backed up and flicked Aomine on the forehead before running away. "Ha, Aominecchi! You left yourself wide open!" As he turned a corner, Kise's smile faltered a bit. He was worried about Kuroko too.
"He time-traveled," Midorima answered, looking at the other members with a matter-of-fact expression. Inside, though, he found himself panicking a little. Does Kuroko even know that he time-traveled?
"He'll be fine," Akashi stated confidently. He stared at the others, reassuring them. The only thing Akashi was worried about was their past selves. He knew not of what time period Kuroko traveled to, but he was hoping that Kuroko would not run into the Kiseki no Sedai.
Kuroko awoke to the peaceful sound of birds chirping. Grass blades tickled his face, causing Kuroko to scrunch up his nose and rub his eyes. He slowly opened his blue orbs, giving them time to adjust to the dim light. He pushed himself to a sitting position and looked up to see a canopy of leaves filtering out the sunlight. Confusion hit him like a ton of bricks.
"Where am I?" Kuroko muttered while rubbing his eyes. All he could see was an army of trees surrounding him. It wasn't dark, but it wasn't exactly light either. Plus, there was no sign of the house or the garden!
Kuroko stood up and leaned against a tree for support. His head was still slightly throbbing and he found that his body was tired and tingling from numbness. Far off he could hear shouting and laughter. Is it the Kiseki no Sedai? He started trudging towards the sound of the voices.
The trees began to thin out and bushes began to replace them. With the trees gone, Kuroko could finally tell that it was early midday. He felt leaves and branches brush by him as he finally entered a wall of bushes. The shouting from before became clearer.
"Aominecchi, mou!"
Kuroko cocked his head to the side. Kise-san? He peaked through the leaves, unsure of why he was so nervous. The sight he saw baffled him.
The Kiseki no Sedai was definitely there, but their clothes were odd in the fact that they were traditional Japanese clothing and they seemed to be…playing around? Aomine and Murasakibara were keeping some sort of small bag away from Kise. Kise had tears gathering in his eyes as he chased the bag that was being tossed around. Kuroko looked around and spotted Akashi and Midorima under the shade of a tree playing shogi.
A familiar head of pink caught his eye though. His brows furrowed as he stared at the girl. Momoi? He watched the girl turn before finally catching a glimpse of her face. Yes she had the pink hair that Momoi did, but her eyes were a dark rich purple. She smiled cheerfully as she watched Aomine and Murasakibara tease Kise. Yet Kuroko couldn't help but feel that she was somehow related to Momoi.
Kise ran up to the pink-head and buried his head in her stomach while crying his infamous crocodile tears. She ran her hands through his hair while smiling and offering words of comfort. Akashi appeared by the two's sides.
"Momoka, ignore Ryouta," he said, still having authority in his tone, but it was apparent that Akashi had joined in on the teasing of the blonde. He gently picked up a strand of Momoka's hair and bent slightly to smell it. A light blush spread across the pink-head's face, but Kise quickly regained her attention.
"Momokacchi! Akashicchi is a pervert!" Kise cried out, obviously distressed with the lack of attention he was receiving.
Aomine and Murasakibara froze in their positions as they slowly turned to look at Akashi who suddenly had a very creepy smile on his face. The atmosphere around the redhead turned dark and his smile became more of a smirk. Everyone, even Kuroko, began to pray for Kise for death was sure an option to come next.
Momoka just widened her smile and patted Kise on the head. "Ah, Kise-kun. Stop bullying Sei-kun, okay?" She tilted her head at Kise while closing her eyes.
Kise started blubbering incoherent words as he scrambled away from the girl and ran with tears in his eyes to Aomine. "Waaaah! Akashicchi and Momokacchi are mean!"
Aomine wrapped an arm around Kise comfortingly with an amused expression. "You are just being dramatic."
Kuroko watched Akashi smile…gently. He felt a true pang of jealousy, though he couldn't quite pinpoint and understand the emotion. Akashi pulled Momoka up to her feet and kissed her hand. Kuroko quickly looked away.
"Ne, Sei-kun," Momoka said while looking at Akashi's eyes. "Can you take the others to go see Oba-sama? I'll be right there."
Akashi nodded and his eyes flitted towards the others. Without another word the Kiseki no Sedai scattered off into the forest, leaving Momoka alone. She sat back down and turned to stare at where Kuroko was.
"You can come out now."
Kuroko steeled himself for the confrontation, shocked that she knew he was there, but curious to know how. He pushed past the remaining brush to appear before her. "I am Kuroko Tetsuya. I mean no harm," Kuroko stated in his monotone voice.
Momoka gave him a small, knowing smile. "I know. You have a familiar feeling around you," she said while tapping her chin. She laid her dark purple eyes on the small blue-haired male in front of her. "You are…"
Kuroko picked up on the cue. "A time-traveler, yes." He stared back at her, never straying from her gaze. He noticed that she was beautifully flawless. His gaze finally dropped.
"Ah, where are my manners," Momoka said, breaking the moment of silence. She waited until Kuroko met her gaze again before introducing herself. "My name is Momoka Momoi." Her eyes brightened as a realization dawned on her. "You must come from a different time then? Past or the future?" She scanned his clothing.
"The future," Kuroko replied easily. He finally fully understood where he was now, but he had no idea how he could get back. A feeling of utter loneliness fell upon him. The Kiseki no Sedai seemed so far away, even though they were present in this time. Kagami-kun and the others too…
Momoka stood up and brushed off her dress before slowly approaching Kuroko. "Do you have control over time yet?" Her long light pink yukata hung slightly loose on her body as she continued to make her way over.
Kuroko shook his head, feeling suddenly apprehensive. "Do you?" He found that he would have to rely on her if he was to get back to his own time.
Momoka blinked a couple of times. "I just know the basics. I guess you came here because your power fluctuated." She reached out and grabbed Kuroko's hand before turning and walking into the forest. "We need to put some space between us and the Kiseki no Sedai." Turning her head to look back, she added, "You don't want to see them, don't you?"
Kuroko allowed himself to get pulled along. "No, I don't believe I should." He didn't know how they would react, but he knew first hand that they were down right powerful. Though Kuroko admitted to himself that there were other reasons for him not wanting to see them. "What is the first thing I should do to get back?"
Momoka stopped walking and let go of Kuroko's hand. She looked around warily. "It'll take them a while to find us here."
Kuroko nodded, waiting for his answer. He watched as Momoka lifted her right hand and pressed it against her chest. Her hand began to glow.
"The first thing, I guess, is to concentrate your power in one place. The easiest place is near the heart," Momoka explained before pulling her hand away to cease the glowing. "Once you're really good at focusing your power, you can change the time of one thing or everything around you." She smiled sheepishly while brushing her bangs out of her face. "But I'm not that good yet, I can only do a few things at a time."
Kuroko looked at his hand. He slowly placed it on his chest, but he had no idea what to focus on. "Can you tell me what I should be feeling?" he asked, looking up to see that Momoka was staring intently at him.
"Of course!" she said cheerfully. Momoka leaned a bit forward and placed a hand on her hip as she continued to assess him. "You are not from the Momoi family are you, though?"
Kuroko stopped to think. "No, I'm from the Kuroko family." He swore he said his family name when he introduced himself to her.
"Ah, so Sei-kun was right when he said a different family gets the time-traveler power each generation," Momoka said, more to herself though.
Kuroko flinched at the nickname, but held his cool demeanor.
Momoka quickly waved both hands in front of her while she began apologizing. "Forgive me for rambling!" She was blushing as she started talking again. "For me, I feel an electrifying warmth flow through my veins. When I was learning to control my power it was really faint, but once you find it, you never lose it."
The forest became quiet except for the occasional chirp of a bird. Momoka leaned against a tree and waited for Kuroko to begin. She watched as his hand went back to his chest. Kuroko closed his eyes and searched his body for the feeling that Momoka had described.
A warm electrifying feeling? Kuroko thought to himself. He picked up on a sort of wave through his body. Is it this? Focusing on that feeling he directed it to his chest.
"Ah! Kuroko-kun! Look, you're doing it!"
Kuroko opened his eyes to see his hand glowing a bright blue. Small pulses vibrated through his chest and hand. His lapse in concentration, however, caused the light to fade away. He looked up quickly when Momoka grabbed his hand.
"Now you have to focus your power to your entire being and think about your time period," she said quietly with serious eyes. "It's not easy, but it's the only way."
"I understand," Kuroko replied. His blank eyes looked into her slightly concerned ones. "Thank you for helping me even though I just appeared out of nowhere."
Momoka let go of Kuroko's hand. "Well, a time traveler needs to help another time traveler out!" Her eyelids dropped a bit as she stared at the ground. "It gets lonely being the only one to have this power, even though the Kiseki no Sedai keep me company."
Kuroko's eyes softened a tiny bit, already being able to relate to her.
She suddenly snapped her head back up with panic in her eyes. "Sei-kun's coming!" She hopped around while holding her hands close to her face. "You need to hurry! You didn't want to see them right?"
Midorima appeared before Akashi who was sitting on Kuroko's futon. The greenhead waited patiently for Akashi to acknowledge him before speaking. "Planaedius picked up on Kuroko's fluctuation of power."
Akashi rubbed his eyes in irritation. "We need to put the barrier up." He rose from the futon and stepped outside. "Gather the others, we need to do this quickly." Akashi glanced over his shoulder. "Before Tetsuya returns."
Midorima pushed up his glasses. "Understood."
Momoka jumped again and accidently bumped into Kuroko, causing him to stumble a bit. "Ah! I'm so sorry!" She ran her hands through her hair. "Stay here and work on getting back to your time. The others will feel your power, so I'll go off and distract them." She ran off in the direction that she had brought Kuroko before turning around after getting a certain distance. She waved with a smile, but her eyes were shrouded with a hint of sadness. "Good luck Kuroko-kun!"
Kuroko waved and watched as Momoka disappeared. He decided that she and Satsuki had a lot in common. Shaking his head, Kuroko focused on getting the task before him done. He picked up immediately on the warm feeling and tried to make it even throughout his body. The wind began to pick up and tangoed with his blue locks.
Akashi looked over as Momoka came running to meet him. He caught her by both arms and pulled her close. "You were taking too long."
Momoka pulled away and twirled one finger in her bright pink hair. "I found a butterfly and chased it."
Midorima gave Momoka a suspicious look. His eyes widened when he felt a surge of power flow through the forest. "What is that?" He looked at Akashi, but the redhead also seemed confused.
Aomine and Kise quickly picked up on the feeling as well and moved to surround Momoka. She looked at the five nervously. There must be something else that she could do to give Kuroko more time.
"Ahhh," Momoka cried out as she fell to the ground clutching her stomach. "I-It hurts!"
Akashi immediately knelt down beside her. "What happened?" He stared at her hand that was pressed against her stomach.
"That should do it," Aomine muttered to himself as he finished up his side of the barrier. He looked to his left to see Kise finishing up his. "Kise! Hurry up!"
Kise pouted at Aomine before completing the barrier. The two dropped down into the trees and raced each other back to the house. They both abruptly stopped though when a pulse of Kuroko's power made itself known. Kise looked at Aomine.
The backyard!
Kuroko struggled as immense power flowed through his body. He felt numb and he could feel the wind whipping at his clothing. He squinted his eyes open to see that he was surrounded by bright blue light. The trees that he could see through the blue light were beginning to fade away. Closing his eyes again, Kuroko set forth to completing the travel.
Akashi, Midorima, and Atsushi were already in the backyard waiting when Kise and Aomine arrived. The three stood a safe distance from the concentration of power that was forming at the center. Akashi looked at the two out of the corner of his eyes before returning his attention to the light that was beginning to take form.
Murasakibara lazily opened another package of pocky sticks, bringing one out at a time to munch on them. He and the other four were still on edge about Kuroko's disappearance, but everyone believed that he would return. If not, the Kiseki no Sedai would find a way to get him back.
Akashi's eyes widened slightly as a silhouette appeared amidst the light. It took him less than three seconds to cross the distance between him and Kuroko. He pushed past the light surrounding his Kuroko and caught him before he could fall. The other members of Kiseki no Sedai rushed to their side.
"Tetsuya," Akashi whispered, sensing that the bluehead was very tired.
Kuroko was breathing hard, although the feeling of Akashi's warmth served to calm him. Sweat dotted his forehead and he found that he couldn't move his body. He lay limp in Akashi's arms.
"He's fatigued, we need to let him rest," Midorima stated, tempted to take Kuroko from Akashi to better assess him.
Akashi nodded and stood up, pulling Kuroko close to his chest. He nuzzled his nose into Kuroko's hair, smelling an earthy aroma and a familiar perfume wafting from him as well. Akashi hesitated in one of his steps. Could Tetsuya have met…No…
OMAKE:
Heal Me!?
Midorima slipped back into the city with relative ease. His research had shown him that the person he was looking for was in the hospital of this area. He snuck past the nurses and doctors with ease and found himself in front of a door.
Takao slept soundly in the hospital bed. Being on the top floor sucked when there was a fire. He had to make a crazy jump through one of the windows! He suffered from a broken arm and minor bruising, but he was happy to have his life. However, he couldn't help but worry about a certain green-haired neighbor.
Midorima carefully and silently entered the room. He watched with slight concern as Takao breathed steadily and he could tell that he was fast asleep. The healer walked over to the bedside and looked at the cast Takao's arm was in. Midorima held out his hand over the arm and a bright light flashed for an instant.
Takao stirred. "Shi~n-chan," he muttered before turning over in his sleep.
The next morning Takao woke up to find a couple of nurses staring at him in awe.
OMAKE 2:
Jealousy at Its Finest
Kuroko laid on his stomach on his futon while holding his phone in front of him. He was currently texting Kagami.
To: Kuroko
So, I don't have it either! Kuroko what did you do with it?
From: Kagami-kun
Kuroko frowned at the text. He started to text his friend back. He was sure he did have the book somewhere, but he guessed that he probably misplaced it. Kuroko looked up when his door slid open to reveal none other than Akashi. Without a word Akashi walked over and took Kuroko's phone. Kuroko pouted and reached for it, but the redhead's expression stopped him.
"What is this?" Akashi asked with a growl. He turned the phone around, causing Kuroko to gulp. "What were you going to say?"
He hoped Akashi would listen to his explanation.
To: Kagami-kun
Look, Kagami-kun. I guess I lo
From: Kuroko
OMAKE 3:
Things That Go on Between Kise and Aomine in Aomine's Room
"Stop being mean, Aominecchi!" Kise cried. "I want it now!" The blonde tried to move closer to the tanned male, but was stopped by an arm.
"You are just going to choke on it," Aomine replied gruffly. He pushed Kise's head away.
"What are you talking about? I can take it on!" Kise retorted defiantly. "It's not even that big," he muttered in a quiet voice.
Aomine suddenly smirked. "Are you sure? I think it's pretty large, even for that big mouth of yours."
Kise nodded. "Mou, just give it to me already Aominecchi!"
"Open wide then," Aomine said, leering at his friend. He began to slowly put what Kise wanted into his mouth.
A few seconds later Kise was trying to pull away. "Mmhhh-Too-ddmmeeep!" Kise struggled, still trying to speak though his mouth was very full.
Aomine pulled out and gave Kise a satisfactory smile. "And you said you could take it."
"I wanted the sushi, Aominecchi! Not the chopsticks!" Kise cried out while pouting adorably.
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*bows head* I'm very sorry for this late update! I didn't get to write until Saturday and I finished up the editing this morning...
I'm going to try to get the next update on Sunday next week! I hope this chapter wasn't too random...I wanted to introduce Kuroko's power and give you guys a chance to see what Kuroko is capable of!
Poor Kuroko though...learning a little about the Kiseki no Sedai's other charges...
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