Chapter 14

Kuroko clumsily fumbled with the sleeves of his uniform, trying to maneuver the cast on his wrist through the impossibly small sleeves. Long nimble fingers rested on Kuroko's nape before he was tenderly spun around. In front of him, Midorima stood immaculately dressed in his black customary uniform. Midorima's taped hands ran across Kuroko's shirt collar before they placidly straightened his lapels. Then with gentle hands Midorima guided his hands through the sleeve before tucking it into the light blue sling on Kuroko. Kuroko gave his bond mate a shy smile before standing on his toes to leave a small peck on Midorima's lips. Bashfully he didn't dare to look up until a small chuckle near him made him look in that direction. He saw Kise and Aomine standing next to him, leaning comfortably against one another. Kise had a hand on Aomine's tie trying to straighten it out from the messy tangle it had become, but his attention stayed on all three of his bond mates.

"Midorimacchi, that red colour on you fits so well!" Kise's face held a wealth of amusement and his teasing heated leer deepened Midorima's blush to new levels of red.

Turning around, Midorima fled briskly to the door and left. The ensuing silence was consequently filled with Kise's cheerful, ecstatic laughter, Aomine's huffing chuckles and Murasakibara's beaming smile.

Akashi's amused voice drifted from where he was seated with a Shogi board against the headboard of their large king-size bed, "Midorima probably left to make breakfast. Instead of giggling, maybe you should go help him cook, Ryouta?" This was followed by an expectant look from Akashi.

Kise's laughter died abruptly and he had a deer in a headlights look that was hilarious in its mortified fear. Kuroko gave a tiny grin at Kise's fear of kitchens and cooking in general. Aomine and Kise had tried cooking once in the last week they were all ensconced in Momoi Satsuki's apartment, but they managed to accidentally burn water and set nearly half of the kitchen on fire. Kuroko and Murasakibara had intervened before Momoi's apartment was burned down and before they gave Midorima, Akashi and Momoi heart attacks.

Kuroko had been slightly surprised but ecstatic to discover that Murasakibara held a similar passion for cooking like he did, and they have spent a fair amount of time in the kitchen bonding over delicious cuisines and the staccato sounds of food cooking and pans rattling.

Deciding to save Kise and Aomine from Akashi's torture, Kuroko went over to their gigantic bed where Murasakibara was lazily sprawled against the warm sheets and tugged at his hand. Murasakibara gave him a drowsy glance but he seemed to instantly understand Kuroko so he perked up and tightened his hold. Immediately Murasakibara lumbered up, and hand in hand they headed towards the kitchen to help Midorima with breakfast before they returned to Teikou from their week-long absence.


Ever since they walked into the front gates of Teikou, Kuroko could feel students' eyes tracking them and he could hear frequent smatterings of harsh whispers. The frisson of dissent in the air was because Kise had recently purposefully leaked the news through his popular magazine brands that the Generation of Miracles have stopped supporting any government projects.

Kuroko knew that his bond mates' had deliberated intensely and agonizingly before taking that step. Kuroko was there with them every step of the way and his heart bled in self-hatred and guilt at causing them so much suffering but they reassured him every time the negative thoughts pervaded his mind. Now a small, hidden part of him have started to believe their words and the promises that it holds.

The stares unnerved Kuroko greatly but his presence was further concealed by the protective circle his bond mates formed around him. The feeling of being sheltered so thoughtfully brought a low warm flutter in this chest and with a twitch of his lips Kuroko made his presence even harder to register. Misdirecting the majority of student's gazes away he walked near his bond mates' side.

Kuroko saw the depth of their love and he knew that he was similarly lost in his love for them too. Walking beside them, he swore that if the laws and the world did not allow him to be with them in the sunlight then he would erase his presence and instead walk with them as their shadow in the sunlight, and as their guardian in the moonlight. Kuroko knew that once his heart went to them, he would not leave them but instead he would fight tooth and nail to stay by their side.


Murasakibara was sitting in class with Akashi, Aomine, Midorima and Kise slowly munching on a gummy bear from his container of sweets. Murasakibara stuffed another three gummy bears into his mouth to stop the scoff that nearly escaped his lips at the recurring thought of separate classes. When Kuroko parted with them today, he could see the pain in his mate's baby-blue eyes. The obvious cause for it was the Inferior classes that Kuroko was put in, where only Inferior teachers were allowed to teach and where they were segregated to a small run down building with horrible facilities.

He turned his head slightly from his blank faked stare out the window when there was soft chiming voice in his mind,

Atsushi, there's something going on

Murasakibara swiveled his head around with an expression of boredom, when his mind was actually calculating the dangers and possible explanations for class being so unnaturally interrupted.

Their teacher stopped in the middle of his lecture and gave a respectful incline of his head in greeting to the three Superiors standing at the doorway. The principal's average but stern bearing was completely dwarfed by the two new students behind him. Murasakibara's eyes were drawn to the giant man with dark crimson hair and a fairly fierce face. The aura pouring of the man was akin to Aomine's wild unpredictable nature, but Murasakibara could spot stark differences between the aura of his bond mate, Aomine, and the new student. Aomine's aura and presence itself felt like a force of a storm- powerful, wild- whilst the red headed student's presence felt like a tiger's, wild but reckless and untameable.

The principal walked into the classroom with the new students following closely behind. Then the principal clapped his hands once and announced, "These students are your new classmates. Please treat them cordially with utmost respect." The principal turned around and gave the two students a companionable pat on the back and left. The presence of the principal himself brought alarm bells to his head and a look at all his mates' faces told him that they thought the same.

Their teacher gave the shorter platinum blond haired male an expectant look. Murasakibara saw him straighten in confidence and sauntered forwards. With a brash voice he said, "My name is Haizaki Shogo." The short blunt statement was left rudely hanging like that before the red haired giant stepped forwards and introduced himself. "Hey, My name's Kagami Taiga. Nice to meet you."

They quickly took their assigned seats when the teacher waved them off in dismissal to continue the lecture. But throughout the whole lesson, Murasakibara could feel their eyes on him. The irritating crawl along their bond showed him that Akashi, Aomine, Kise and Midorima felt the same. He knowingly hummed and stuffed another handful of sweets into his mouth.

Huh...The Supreme council...this was going to be interesting.


Kagami ran a hand through his hair in irritation and took his seat on a desk in the library. He took fleeting glimpses of the Generation of Miracles throughout the class but there was something about them that made the hairs on his neck stand. Sometimes it was like they were one unit. They moved with each other so fluidly and non-verbally that it looked scarily rehearsed. But it wasn't their scarily accurate understanding of each other, it was also the gleam of sly, cunning intelligence in their eyes and the dangerous predatory auras around them. Each of them were a force to be reckoned with alone, but together they were terrifying. Kagami could finally understand why the Supreme Council were so wary of their influence. Their mere presence drew everybody's eyes and their bearings were captivating and exuded dominance; and each of them had traits which were unique but endeared them to people around them.

Kagami expelled a weary sigh and haphazardly collapsed onto his chair. The chair groaned under his weight but he ignored it. Instead he focused on his jumbling thoughts. He has always explicitly supported his friends. After meeting Kiyoshi's mate and becoming friends with Junpei Kagami knew that he could not just stand by, he had to take a stand but even together there wasn't much that they could do. After seeing the wrongness in the Council his brother left, leaving Kagami with the duties of being a Council Head and the heir of the elite Kagami family line.

He's never been good with dealing with any Council business and could not understand the intricacies of politics but Kiyoshi and Riko have always been there to support him. Kagami looked down at the files in his hands and knew that he would hide whatever information he could without giving himself away to Seto Kentaro. From Kiyoshi's words he knew that the Generation of Miracles might bring the change that Kiyoshi so desperately crave, but first Kagami knew that he had to test and confirm the Generation of Miracles' intentions before he could take any action.


Kuroko trudged to the library as soon as the bell rung to meet his bond mates. During his fluid silent movement through the corridors, in his absentmindedness, Kuroko marginally bumped into a person. He was lightly halted by a hand on his shoulder and regretful voices. There were three students standing before him on a secluded turn in the corridor genially apologizing for the accident. Kuroko gave them a thankful smile and was about to give in his own apology when their eyes flashed and they recoiled in disgust.

Looking down he saw that his sleeve had ridden up and his silver wrist cover was plainly visible. Before Kuroko could do anything else, a hand had gripped his recovering dislocated shoulder and pushed him against the wall. Kuroko's shoulder flared in fiery agony and he clutched his broken wrist defensively against his chest. Sneering voices called out biting words, "Filthy second rate creature! How dare you taint us!" Through blurry eyes he could make out fists heading towards him with brutal strength.

Out of nowhere an angry loud voice boosted, "Hey! What are you three doing?!" They immediately stopped and everybody turned around to stare at the man and girl that had come running towards them at a brisk pace.

The man with short midnight black hair, glasses and a serious sharp face fearlessly barged between the three bullies and Kuroko, effectively blocking their view of him. However, Kuroko did not notice this because he was too busy staring at Momoi Satsuki. She had knelt beside him and asked, "Are you alright, Kuroko?"

"Yes." He tilted his head in curiosity and inquired, "but why are you here, Momoi-san?"

Momoi beamed then gave him a brief glomping hug before she cheerfully murmured, "Dai-chan and Akashi-kun thought that it was a good idea for me to be here with everybody too. So they got me a space as the assistant extracurricular activities manager."

Kuroko nodded his understanding and hastily turned his attention back to the three bullies.

When the bullies realized that the people who had come to help Kuroko were wearing silver wrist covers they mockingly continued. "Aww. Look at that. Low lives have come to help each other. Isn't that nice?" Their derisive taunt was ended by the sound of cracking knuckles. The man before Kuroko had an deeply annoyed look on his face and emitting homicidal waves in spades. The 180° change in the man was terrifying but at the same time endearingly funny to see.

"What did you say, you punks?!" The dark haired man gave them a quirked eyebrow and irritably continued, "It doesn't matter what status I am. You should always respect your elders!"

Kuroko coughed to hide his grin when he saw the three bullies shuffle backwards in fear. Giving them a last sneer of disgust the bullies turned and left.

The man stood there for a few minutes before he cracked his neck and crouched down. He gave Kuroko a kind smile and kind words, "Are you alright there?"

Kuroko respectfully nodded his head. "Thank you for helping me. My name is Kuroko Testuya."

The man gave Kuroko an assessing look for injuries before he clasped Kuroko's hand in a handshake. "I'm the assistant librarian for Teikou and my name is Hyuga Junpei. Pleasure to meet you."


Hi everyone! This chapter is slow going but Kuroko needed to meet Hyuuga Junpei. Kuroko will be the catalyst for Kiyoshi and Kagami to understand the Generation of Miracles better and for Kagami to learn and understand Inferiors better. Kagami still is a bit naive and is not really open to the realities (like his brother Himuro Tatsuya) until he meets Kuroko and gets to know him better.

(What are your thoughts on the story so far? I would love to hear them...)