Authors Note- I did not even know how to start this chapter. I left off the last chapter with Kise kneeling before Kuroko and my mind just went blank. How do I ease out of the situation? More importantly…why did I end it there? *Sweats* After a shower (I do my best thinking in the shower) finally thought up the chapter. And now, I bring you an update right before my 17th birthday….which is tomorrow…*Laughs* Thanks for the continued support.
I also changed the chapter title…I just could not bring myself to write the chapter Childhood Regrets just yet. It was not the time.
Disclaimer- I do not own Kuroko no Basket or Nisekoi. The title and characters belong to their respectful owners.
Chapter 5- Forgiveness and Love
Kuroko stared at Kise, stunned.
He did not know what to say, or do.
What should he do?
Kuroko just stared at Kise with a blank expression as the moments ticked by slowly.
Noticing Kuroko's hesitation, Akashi broke the uncomfortable silence.
"What makes you think I cannot protect Kuroko?" Akashi shot at Kise.
"You know nothing about me." Akashi retorted.
At Akashi's words, Kise sat up and leaned against the tree trunk. His averted his gaze to the sky and stared at the flying birds. He closed his eyes.
"Because you know nothing about Kuroko…"
"About his future…"
"Or his past."Kise whispered with his eyes still closed.
"What makes you think that you know us? What makes you think that you know anything? The truth is you don't. You don't know anything. You don't understand anything."
"About us. About Shiros. About Kuroko."
"Don't even pretend to understand." Kise said, staring intently into red head's heterochromic eyes.
"That may be true, but you don't know anything about me either. You are only making assumptions." Akashi hissed at the blonde.
Suddenly angry, Kise drew his gun and pointed it in the red head's direction. Time seemed to stand still as the two boys stared at each other intently, unmoving. That is, until the blonde did move. Noticing the blonde move, Akashi drew out his red scissors and aimed them towards Kise. Without delay, Kise shot in Akashi's direction. The red head did not flinch as the bullet softly grazed his cheek. Simultaneously, Akashi threw his scissors at Kise, barely grazing his ear.
Kuroko stared at the two boys, eyes practically bulging out of his head. He held his breath.
With that Akashi stood up and gathered his books. He was done talking to a person who would not listen.
The red head stood up and quickly made his way back to class.
After Akashi left, Kise stared down at his bento.
Across from him, Kuroko was beginning to pack up his half eaten bento box and slide it softly into his bag.
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The tension between Kise and Akashi was even more evident that day. The two could not help it but shot daggers at each other whenever they looked at each other. The class just watched in fear as the two shot daggers back and forth.
Kuroko slid down farther in his seat every time the blonde and the red crossed gazes.
Thankfully, the school day ended without another incident.
Kuroko smiled to himself; at least nothing else happened today.
RING
At the sound of the bell, the bluenette began to gather his books.
"KUROKOCCHII! Let's walk home today. Okay?" The blonde said, racing up to Kuroko and suffocating him in a big hug.
The bluenette forgot that with Kise's arrival he would be staying at his house. He sighed deeply thinking about how noisy the house was going to be.
"Sure, Kise-Kun." Kuroko answered.
Kise shot a look at Akashi.
"I know, since Akashi-cchii lives in the same direction, let's all go home together." Kise said sweetly, loud enough for the red head to hear.
Truthfully, Akashi did not want to. But his father did tell him to be seen in public as much as possible with Kuroko. He sighed. He knew he could not go against his father's orders.
"Yes." Akashi said.
"I will join the two of you on your way home from school."
"YAY! How fun, isn't this nice Kurokocchi?" Kise asked, looking at Kuroko with his puppy dog eyes.
"All of us together."
"Just what are you planning?" Kuroko wondered to himself as Kise pulled him after Akashi.
On their way out the two passed a stoic green head reading a OhaAsa horoscope book. The green head looked up from his book just in time as the pair was running through the door.
He stared deeply into Kuroko's eyes and held the eye lock until Kuroko disappeared behind the school door.
"Have I seen him somewhere before?" The bluenette wondered.
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The pair caught up to Akashi moments after the red head walked behind the school gates. The three boys walked down the street in silence. The only sounds that could be heard were their footsteps on the sidewalk. Kuroko was in the middle with Akashi on the left, and Kise on the right.
Kuroko did not know what to do to break the uncomfortable silence. He just stared down at his history book and began to read.
This went on for about 10 minutes until Kise spoke up.
"Let's go get some popsicles!"
"Just like we used to Kuroko!" Kise beamed, grabbing Kuroko's wrist. Surprised, the bluenette almost let go of his book.
"I will go get the popsicles for all of us. COME WITH ME KUROKOCCHI!" Kise said pulling Kuroko towards the convenience store.
On impulse Akashi reached out and pulled Kuroko back. The thought of the two alone made the red head angry. He did not know why.
Kise stopped in his tracks and stared up at the red head, perplexed.
"I will go with you, Kise." Akashi said.
"Kuroko, you go sit on that bench there." The red head said authoritatively, pointing at the bench outside the store.
"We will be back in 3 minutes and 23 seconds."
"4 minutes and 10 seconds, if there is a line."
Kise stared at the red head questioningly.
"What a strange thing to say." He thought.
Disregarding his thoughts, Kise turned around and began making his way towards the store.
Akashi waited to watch and make sure that Kuroko made it to the bench before making his way into the store.
"With him right outside, I can keep an eye on him with my emperor eyes." Akashi thought.
"Why do I even care though?" Akashi wondered to himself.
"Why was I always so worried?"
For some reason, he just could not stop thinking about the bluenette. He just felt so protective towards the bluenette. He could not figure out why.
Akashi kept a distance between him and Kise as he was picking out popsicles.
The red head watched as Kise picked out the last box of Vanilla popsicles and began to make his way to the cashier line.
Akashi shot a glance at Kuroko and saw him sitting patiently on the bench reading his book.
He breathed a sigh of relief. Nothing was going to happen to him today.
However, something did not feel right. He felt someone sneaking up to Kuroko with his emperor eyes. Akashi looked up in alertness and stared at Kuroko's surroundings suspiciously from inside the store.
He shot a glance at Kise. He twitched when he realized that something was wrong. His senses were tingling. Kise raised his head in attention.
Something was horribly wrong.
Instantly, the blonde dropped the box of popsicles and ran out of the store with the red head hot on his heels.
Their eyes widened in horror as a hooded figure snuck up behind Kuroko. The figure placed as cloth over the bluenette's mouth and tied it roughly behind the boys head. The boy struggled to escape his attacker's grasp. A sweet almond scent filled his nostrils and he could feel himself giving in and slipping into darkness. A few seconds later, he slipped into a deep sleep.
Kuroko stopped struggling and lay on the bench, lifeless.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO KUROKOCCHI?" Kise shrieked.
Without hesitation, Kise grabbed the pistol from his hip and shot at the figure's forehead.
Noticing Kise's presence the figure dropped to the floor just seconds after the bullet grazed his hair.
"Damn. He was not some ordinary thug. He was trained. A normal person could not be able to dodge his shot that easily." Kise thought, with his gun still pointed at Kuroko's attacker.
Akashi drew both of his guns nestled on his hips, pointing them both at Kuroko's attacker.
The scene was at a standstill as the two boys stared at Kuroko and his attacker hiding behind the bench.
Suddenly, the figure leapt up from behind the bench and grabbed Kuroko's necktie pulling the boy closer.
Before Kise and Akashi could react the figure pointed a gun to Kuroko's temple.
"Shot me and we both die." The man hissed.
By now, a crowd had gathered eyeing the scene with curiosity.
"Are they filming a movie?"
"Do things like this still happen?"
"Somebody do something!"
The crowd began to fall into panic.
Kise slowly dropped his gun to the floor and kicked it towards Kuroko's attacker. He could not risk Kuroko's life. Not again.
"You too, dual guns!" The figure screamed at Akashi.
The red head hesitated but did not drop his guns. He was not going to let Kuroko's attacker get away. He was not going to let Kuroko get hurt.
"Drop them now or I shoot the kid." The figure said, driving the gun deeper into the bluenette's temple. Blood began to drip at friction of the gun and his temple.
"AKASHI DROP THEM!" Kise screamed at the red head.
"If Kuroko got hurt he was not going to forgive him." The blonde thought.
"BEFORE KUROKO GETS HURT!" Kise roared running towards the red head.
Reluctantly, Akashi dropped his guns and kicked them towards Kuroko's attacker.
"Thanks for complying." The figure hissed just as a van stopped next to him. The van doors opened abruptly as hands reached out to pull Kuroko into the van.
Unexpectedly, the bluenette began to regain consciousness. It took all of his willpower to whisper his final words to Kise and Akashi.
"Help….Me." Kuroko whispered just loud enough for the boys to hear him. His fought to fight back the tears.
Noticing that the blue head was awake a man in the van hit Kuroko on the head with a bat. Blood began to drip down his neck as the boy winced in pain. Bright crimson dripped from his head to his neck, to his back. Soon after he was laying in a pool of blood. The blue head fought violently to resist falling into the darkness again but to no avail. His eyes closed on their own volition.
"We will meet again." The hooded figure said before disappearing into the van that took off immediately.
Kise dropped to the ground and punched it in anger as Akashi watched the van sped away with a blank expression.
"It's all your fault." Kise roared while running towards the red head. He grabbed the Akashi's collar and tugged it towards himself.
"If he hadn't."
"If we hadn't….."
"If you hadn't….."
"It's all your fault." Kise said with his voice dropping barely above a whisper and his eyes filling with tears. He slowly let go of Akashi's collar and laid his head on the red head's shoulders soaking it in tears.
"It's all my fault." Akashi whispered to himself.
To Be Continued
P.S- Chloroform gives off a sweet almond scent. How do I know this? Blame Detective Conan. I am also sorry that this story is getting a little angsty. Initially, I did not want the story to turn out this way but it did. I guess I should change the Fanfic tag to angst. Hopefully, the story will get happier after this arc…
The next chapter is tentatively called: Fight or Flight
Author's Note- Another chapter has been completed. Thank you to everyone who has been with me so far. I appreciate each and every one of you. You guys are everything. Thank you again. Please stick with me until the end. Comments are much appreciated so please tell me what you think.
I recently have been getting a lot of questions as to which GoM will be in whose gang….as for that I have not decided. Will I keep the pairings, or totally mix them up…I dunno. Leave a review as to who you think will be in whose gang. Or what you think will happen next. I am excited to see your theories.
While I was writing this, the mail man came to my house and brought my birthday present, a Kuroko Jersey. WHAT A COINCIDENCE I TELL YOU. Now I am overcome with joy.
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