Summary: Before Kuroko Tetsuya was the Phantom Player of the Generation of Miracles, he was the child model Shirohana Tetsumi. After the end of the three year deal, he is pulled back into the modeling world. Too bad he didn't know going back into modeling would include his friends following him into the business as well.

Warnings: YAOI! It is yaoi! GoM/Kuroko, Ogiwara(s)/Kuroko, Model!Kuroko, Model!GoM, there will be OMC?OCs, but you will like them...some of them anyways

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Last time:

Natsume smiled to himself, of he couldn't wait till people saw these pictures in the coming days. There was no doubt in his mind that the only thing that people would be talking about would be Shirohana Tetsumi's return and how good she looked with Kise Ryouta.

'Any trouble that came after would be so worth it', he thought, unknowing of certain men that would see these pictures and cause more trouble than he expected.

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Chapter 2: Knowing

The Princess of Modeling Has Returned

Dear readers and fans,

Anyone that had seen yesterday's newest January issue of Eternal Empress has probably been all smiles. And you might be wondering why, what could have possibly been so good that they won't stop smiling, and here it is, as you might have guessed from this article title, Shirohana Tetsumi has once again returned to the spotlight. After hearing nothing of her, but that she was having a break for the past three years, she has appeared once again in Eternal Empress with none other than Kise Ryouta.

Every single photo in the high-end magazine was amazing. Shirohana Tetsumi and Kise Ryouta looked absolutely beautiful together. Every photo shown was different from the one before. Though as much as Kise-kun was able to convey the correct emotions, expressions and postures, we are still able to find that small glimmer of starstruckness in his eyes. It must have been quite the honor for him to work with such a well known senpai. And according to sources Shirohana Tetsumi was the reason Kise Ryouta went into modeling anyways. Could this be the beginning of a power new couple in our industry?

Of course, as many of you may remember, Kise Ryouta might have competitor for Tetsumi-chan's heart and that competitor goes by the name Ogiwara Masahiro.

For those of you too young to remember, or for those of you who don't want to remember, yes boys who had/have a crush on Testumi-chan, I'm talking about you, Masa-san and Testumi-chan have appeared in magazines and commercials together since they began to work in the industry. We saw through videos and pictures that he was completely sweet on her. If their relationship continued, even though Tetsumi-chan left for a while, is anyone's guess. Though, I personally wouldn't mind if Tetsumi-chan is wooed of her feet by Kise-kun! They make such a cute couple!

But I would like to know what the readers think. Who would make the cuter couple? Ogiwara Masahiro-kun and ShirohanaTetsumi-chan or Kise Ryouta and Shirohana Tetsumi-chan? Remember to text in your opinion to poll line 090675poll1 for MasaTsumi and 090675poll2 for RyouTsumi.

We thank you for your input!

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Big hands crumpled the tabloid, purple eyes glared at the ridiculous paper in his hands. He could handle the fact that one he calls 'Kuro-chin', hadn't told them that he was Shirohana Tetsumi-it had been pretty easy to figure it out for the pictures, no one else had such expressive baby blue eyes- he could even handle them speculating about Kise and Kuroko, but to have the audacity to try and couple him up someone that wasn't even part of their group was just-rage filled his mind, he couldn't bare to think such a disgusting thought. Murasakibara threw the crumpled ball of paper on the floor and stomped on it like it was the cause of all misery.

"Atsushi, what's wrong?"

The purple haired giant turned to his teammate, "nothing Muro-chin, I just saw something disgusting."

Himuro raised his visible eyebrow and looked around at the other people in the classroom holding the same paper, "excuse me," he asked a classmate next to him, "can I see that?"

The blushing girl couldn't hand the tabloid over fast enough. Himuro read the front page and looked deeply at the picture of Kise Ryouta confused, before his eyes widened in realization. That blue haired girl...it couldn't be, "Atsushi...is that..."

"It's Kuro-chin."

"Has he always done this?"

Murasakibara shrugged his shoulders, even if Kuro-chin didn't mean it, that didn't mean he wasn't a little irked that Kuroko hadn't told any of them.

"I see. So you didn't know this as well huh?"

"Shut up Muro-chin."

Himuro raised his hands, conceding to the giant male's irritated tone. If he didn't know any better Himuro would have guessed that Murasakibara was angry and... jealous? Of course he could understand the anger, he too would be mad if it turned out that someone he thought he knew inside and out actually, had such a big secret and hadn't told him. Though on the other hand was it really such a big deal? Sure Kuroko hadn't told them, but it was his business wasn't it? Was Kuroko really that famous?

He turned to the girl he borrowed the tabloid from, "excuse me? It seems I've been away from here longer than I thought. Could you tell me who this girl is?"

"Himuro-kun, you really don't know?"

Himuro shook his head with a sheepish look on his face, "no. I think I left to America before she came."

"Ohhh," the girl said in understanding, "she's Shirohana Tetsumi-chan. She's been a model since... well since we were kids, but from some reason she went on break for three years, right Sachiko-chan?" The girl next to her nodded, a sneer on her face, "though I don't know why she's even that famous. She's not even pretty. Kise-sama deserves a better partner."

Murasakibara glared at the girl, this little tramp is the ugly one, he thought to himself.

Her friend rolled her eyes, "well I think they look really cute together."

"I think she and Masahiro-sama look better together! Hey! Now that she's back do you think they start doing shoots together again?! Oh I really hope they do! Masahiro-sama is so handsome and Tetsumi-chan is beautiful! They'd look perfect together!" Another girl from across the room cut in. Many around her nodded, while just as many looked at her as if she had said the stupidest thing in the world.

"No way! Tetsumi-chan and Kise-kun look best together!"

Unfortunately that started a loud argument about who Kuroko would look best with. Himuro blinked at the ridiculousness that was happening in front of him., were they really arguing about which guy Kuroko would look better?

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Momoi stared at the newest Eternal Empress in one hand and the Celebrity One tabloid in the other. She couldn't believe her eyes, in one hand was her dear Tetsu-kun dressed as a girl, passing so innocently yet so... sexually with Ki-chan, and on the other hand was a picture of the two of them again but the tabloid wanted to know if her Tetsu-kun would look better with Ki-chan or with Ogiwara Masahiro. Of course the most important thing that she had gotten from this was that her Tetsu-kun was actually Shirohana Tetsumi!

Shirohana Tetsumi!

Her most favorite model! The person Momoi Satsuki was praying would make a return! Her fashion idol! Just as she was about to start hyperventilating, she spotted a familiar mop of cobalt hair.

"Dai-chan!" She called out to her childhood friend wondering if he had seen the pictures. "Dai-chan," she called once again as she reached him, "have you seen Ki-chan new pictures?!"

Aomine gave her the worst look, "and why would I look at that idiot's pictures?"

Momoi pouted, "mou, Dai-chan look at them! You won't believe it." She said shoving the magazine info hours face. Aomine sputtered, "what the hell woman!"

He ripped the magazine away from his face, and was about to throw it on the ground when he saw the picture. His eyes widened as he stared at pretty blue haired girl. "T-Tetsu?"

"Told you you wouldn't believe it."

"No way. This... is this real!? It's fake right? This is...what the fuck!" Wide, confused eyes looked at the pink haired girl. Who in turn could only shrug, she to had no idea what was happening. It was just as much of a shock to her as it was to him. She didn't even think Akashi knew about this. Which in itself was something, after all Akashi prided himself in knowing everything, to find out that something this big was hidden from him was probably as big of a blow to his pride as Rakuzan loss to Seirin.

Aomine shook his head, there's no way this was real! It was probably just a model that looked like him...but...Aomine let out a huge sigh and sank to his feet, his arms over his head, there was no denying those huge baby blue eyes. Aomine lifted his head up to look at the magazine once more, he let out another huge sigh, "it's really him isn't it?"

Momoi didn't say anything, but nodded her head, a sad look in her eyes.

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"Shin-chan!"

"Takao! Stop calling me that!"

"Nevermind that Shin-chan, have you seen this? You gotta see this!" Takao said, shoving the new Eternal Empress into Midorima's face. Midorima sputtered in indignation, "Bakao what do you think you're doing?!" He yelled, throwing the magazine in the floor.

"Shin-chan no! You have to look at it."

"Why should I? It's just Kise."

Takao huffed, "Yes, but no! Look at it again!"

Midorima kissed his teeth in irritation and yanked the magazine out of Takao's hands, "Tch. Like I said it's just Ki-Kuroko?! What the hell?!"

"See Shin-chan," Takao started with a smug smile, "told you you'd want to see it."

"But this-how-what?!"

"I know. It came as a shock to me to when I figured out that our very own Kuroko was actually Shirohana Tetsumi-chan! Though why is it such a shock to you? Didn't you already know?"

"Tch. Of course not. Kuroko and I aren't so friendly." Midorima said with a not so hidden amount of irritation in his voice, thrusting the magazine back into Takao's arms. Why had he not said anything about it to them? Even if he didn't want to tell the others why hasn't he told him? Were those three years together man nothing till him?

Wait. What?

What did he, Midorima Shintarou, care about whether or not Kuroko Tetsuya shared a tightly kept secret with him? It had nothing to do with him, so it was absolutely none of his business. Though, a voice is the back of his mind asked why he was so irritated in if it had nothing to do with him.

Takao just sighed and shook his head at the green haired, tsundere male and let the matter drop. He knew the taller male was mad, he looked down at the picture in his hand, 'and rightfully so,' he thought.

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Akashi Seijurou stared at the magazine laying on his desk. There was no mistaking it was there? It really was him wasn't it? Sure he was...displeased...that Tetsuya hadn't told them-him-of his apparent star status, but what really ticked him off was that Ryouta hadn't said a word of this to any of them. Which really was quite strange, who new that blabber mouth could keep anything from his friends.

Then there was also this Ogiwara Masahiro character that came into the picture all of a sudden. But that was no problem. It could be fixed quietly.

"Akashi-kun, I didn't know you like those types of magazines."

Akashi turned to his classmate. She was pretty, but she still couldn't hold a candle to how pretty Tetsuya looked in the magazine photo's. A thought which irked him because there was no reason he should be thinks his former male teammate was pretty, much less attractive. Akashi smiled politely at her, " I'm don't, but occasionally I come across ones that catch my attention."

"So Shirohana Tetsumi-san caught your eye?"

His eyes slightly narrowed, he knew when people were fishing for information. But he would play this cool like always, "yes, she did. She looks a lot like someone I know. So I was interested for a moment but I'm done with it now, you could borrow it if you want."

"Really Akashi-kun you wouldn't mind?"

He smiled charmingly at her,"of course not," he handed the magazine to her, and turned back in his seat. She thankfully got the clue and retained back to her seat, where it seemed her friends where waiting for her. Akashi shook his head, this was why he couldn't get along with kids his age. They were too immature for him to truly be friends with them, even Shintarou, who thought himself to be mature (and in some ways be was), could be quite the child sometimes, that was why, no matter his strange quirks, Akashi had gotten along best with Tetsuya. He thought he knew all there was to the powder blued haired child, Akashi let out and inaudible snort, seems he was wrong and Tetsuya had some explaining to do.

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The Seirin High School Basketball Team stared shocked at the article in from of them. Was this real? There was no way right? There was no way their Kuroko Tetsuya could really be Shirohana Tetsumi! He would have told them wouldn't he? He wouldn't have kept that from them would he? The team stood there waiting for the teen in question to show himself. Most of them were fidgeted, they had so many of questions to ask him.

"Ano, is something wrong? "

Speak of the devil and he shall appear. That definitely applied here. Riko threw the magazine to the side and grabbed Kuroko by his t-shirt, "is it true?" she hissed.

"Is what true?" Asked a puzzled young man.

"Don't play games with me Kuroko! Are you really Shirohana Tetsumi?!"

"Oh that. Hai. I am."

Riko threw herself away from Kuroko and fell the the floor dramatically, she put her head in her arms and shed crocodile tears, as loud echoing sobs vibrated throughout the gymnasium.

"Ano, coach...are you ok? I'm sorry I didn't tell you." He said, he didn't think that keeping his identity a secret would hurt her so much.

"Wahhh!" They covered their ears as the female on the floor let out another loud cry of despair.

"Kuroko! Tell me it's not true!" She said crawling to his legs and hugging them tightly. "If you tell me it's not true I will forget that you kept this a secret from us and you won't have any extra practice."

Kuroko's eyebrows scrunched together, "I'll tell you, if you tell me what you're talking about. As for my modeling, I've been doing this longer that this school has been here, plus it is my secret, I have no reason why I had to have told you."

"Kuroko!"

"Hyuuga-senpai, I am right and you all know that." He said facing the group looking at him as if he was in the wrong, he wasn't and he wasn't going to let them try and make it his fault. Finally Kagami sighed and ruffled his hair with his large hand, "I'm with Kuroko on this one. It's his private life. What he does in his free time is up to him, and from what I've read, he's been doing this longer than he's been playing basketball, so we have no right to demand anything of him."

"Researched?" Kuroko asked, raising his eyebrow, his eyes taking on an amused glint as he watch his big tiger sputter and turn red, 'too cute', he thought. He finally turned his attention back to the girl still holding onto his legs, "Riko-san, are you going to tell me now or are we just going to have to stand here waiting for you?"

Their coach sniffled, and did her best to compose herself, which was hard considering she was still on the floor, holding onto his legs. "You're not in a relationship with...with..O-ogi-...M-Mas-...".

"Ogiwara Masahiro?" Kuroko suggested, unable to keep listening to his proud coach trip over a name. He softly snorted under his breath as she nodded into his calves. He looked down at her, "Riko-san, could you possibly let go of my legs and get up? Who knows how dirty the floor is. A pretty girl like you shouldn't be on the floor for any reason," he said grabbing on to her biceps and softly pulling he up. He looked at her blushing face and smiled softly, brushing her fake tears away, which caused her to blush even more.

The rest of the boys stared at him in shook, who knew Kuroko was smooth? Really, was this kid here steal the hearts of both men and women?! What the hell?! Kuroko for his part, took a step away from his coach as he saw his captain, starting to turn red in anger and jealously. Riko though had other plans, she stepped back into his personal space and held his face in her hands.

"Well are you with Masahiro-sama?" She asked looking into his baby blue eyes. He smiled softly at her, his eyes not betraying anything but his amusement at the whole thing, "Gomen Riko-san," he said putting his hands on her hands in return, he slowly put his head forwards, leaned his forehead on hers, and pulled her hands back down to her sides, "it's a secret. But you're welcome to try and figure it out."

He let go of her hands and moved back, his coach staring to him in incredulously. He turned around and walked to the middle of the court and started to stretch. Noticing no one else was coming, he turned his head to them, his head tilted to the side, he asked "are you not going to stretch?"

"KUROKO!"

He couldn't deny the mischievous smile that appeared on his face, his team was the best.

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Yeah...so...late I know. But hey! Happy Birthday Kuroko Tetsuya-hime!k.