A/N: Here's the second challenge for 'The Emperor and His Idiot'. This one's a lot longer than the first one but it needed to be built up before the challenge could actually happen, you know. There's established AoKise in this one :)

Challenge 2: Playing 'Chicken'

Akashi, who lived in Kyoto, didn't come to Tokyo very often to see his ex-teammates; so when he did, the other members of the Generation of Miracles converged to meet him. On the day of this particular visit, it was raining heavily so many people chose to stay inside to escape the storm.

The redhead stepped off the train, opening a black umbrella at the same time, and walked through the station to the car park. He pulled his phone out of his pocket, scrolling through his contact list until he found the number he was looking for and dialled it.

After a few minutes of waiting, a sleepy voice on the other end of the line said, "Hello?" Akashi had to fight the urge to roll his eyes. "Ryouta, I know for a fact this isn't your phone. Put Daiki on."

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The loud ringtone on Aomine's phone shattered the peaceful atmosphere in his bedroom created by the rain on the window. He turned over, knocking Kise's head with his fist. "Oi, Kise… Answer my phone…"

Kise, who'd been woken up by Aomine's phone, groaned and sat up, running a hand through his hair. "Why don't you answer it Aominecchi?" He asked, but his question was left unanswered, as the other boy had fallen asleep.

The blond shook his head and picked up the ringing phone, answering with a sluggish, "Hello?" The voice that replied shocked him into silence. "Ryouta, I know for a fact this isn't your phone. Put Daiki on."

With a violent shove, Kise woke up the blue-haired boy and put the phone in his hand, moving quickly to the other side of the bed. "It's Akashicchi." He whispered.

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"I thought this might happen sometime soon." The redhead said to Aomine once he'd finally answered his own phone. "You thought what might happen?" "In essence, do I really need that answer that question? Anyway, I'm at the train station so I need you to come meet me."

Aomine frowned and scratched at the back of his head. "Train station? In Tokyo?" "There is a reason why people call Ahomine, Daiki." "Alright, I get it. Just give me ten minutes." "I expect you here in no more than five." When the tone signalling Akashi had hung up started to sound, Aomine's five minutes were slowly ticking away.

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Two angry voices were all the people in Tokyo could hear that morning as Aomine and Kise ran towards the train station. "Remind me again why I'm bringing your sorry ass with me!"

"Because I'm your boyfriend and I didn't want to be alone!"

"You didn't need to fix your hair all nice! For starters it's raining and we're only meeting Akashi!"

"I'm a model Aominecchi! I need to look my best at all times!"

"Well thanks to you we're late!"

"Only by a few minutes!"

True to their word, they were late in meeting their ex-captain but by ten minutes instead of a few. As the sodden pair approached the redhead, they could tell he was extremely angry as he was smiling at them. Aomine elbowed Kise in the side before muttering, "I'm going to kill you later." In his ear.

Akashi walked towards them, the smile stretched across his face not faltering. The couple in front of him felt their skin drop several shades paler. "How nice of the two of you to join us." "We're real sorry Akashi, it's just that- Wait, us?" "Yes Aomine-kun, us." A stoic voice said from behind him. Jumping in surprise, Kise and Aomine turned to see Kuroko staring blankly at them.

"After I called you and Ryouta, I called Tetsuya. I knew he'd be more reliable but you live closer to the station." Akashi stated, pushing the taller boys aside so he could stand with Kuroko and shade him with his umbrella. "Shall we get going?"

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After many hours of just walking around Tokyo, talking amongst themselves Akashi announced that he had to leave so the others did the polite thing of walking him to the station. Little did they know that Aomine had a challenge for Akashi hidden up his sleeve.

"How long until your train arrives Akashi-kun?" Kuroko asked softly, his eyes scanning the board. "Roughly half-an-hour Tetsuya." "Hey Akashi-" "I accept your challenge."

Aomine pulled a face. "Huh? You don't even know what it is." "I don't need to. You see," Akashi looked over at the tanned male. "You've had a certain look on your face for the past ten minutes. I accept your challenge."

The blue-haired boy grinned slyly, pointing at the train tracks. "The next train's in five minutes and it doesn't stop at this station. Care to be proven chicken?"

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Kise, upon hearing Aomine's challenge, started protesting loudly saying it was 'idiocy' and 'he was going to kill himself'. He ended up being punched in the stomach by Kuroko as Aomine and Akashi made their way to the tracks.

The two boys stood facing on the tracks, staring each other down. "How do you tell if a train's coming?" Aomine asked, scratching the back of his neck. "The tracks will start to vibrate." Akashi answered, scanning the area around them before standing on the actual metal of the train tracks.

The minutes ticked by slowly. The blue-haired boy kicked at the ground, dislodging stones from their position. The clock on the arrivals board said 17:27.

"Daiki," at the sound of his name, Aomine looked at his ex-captain. "The tracks are vibrating."

A high-pitched yell from the platform indicated the train had begun to enter the station, but the two males refused to move and be classed as 'chicken'. "Aominecchi! Akashicchi! Stop this!" Kise yelled, tears streaming down his face.

Sweat slowly began to form on Aomine's forehead. Damn… How can he remain so calm at a time like this? He asked himself. The redhead just coolly blinked at him, as if he was saying, 'I am not going to lose'.

"Excuse me one moment." The shorter boy said, crouching down to tie his shoelace. "Huh? Now's not the time to be tying your laces!" "It has been annoying me for the past twenty minutes, I thought it would suffice to tie it now." "There's a fucking train right there! If you don't- Fuck it, I'm getting out of here!"

The tanned male scrambled away from the tracks and back onto the platform to stand beside his shaky boyfriend. As he turned to face the tracks, the train came hurtling past. The three of them stood in silence, shocked at what had just occurred. "Aomine-kun, if you killed Akashi-kun I will personally throw you under a bullet train." Kuroko said in his usual monotone, his face remaining void of emotion.

The final carriage of the train passed, revealing the redhead standing at the side of the tracks, a small smirk on his face. "Once again Daiki, it would seem as if I've won this little challenge of yours." He leisurely walked across the tracks to join the others on the platform.

Aomine growled lowly in his throat, grabbing Kise's hand and pulling him with him as he stormed off. "Once again? What did he mean once again?" Kise asked struggling to keep up with the blue-haired man's furious pace. "Just leave it," he muttered. "It doesn't matter."

But as we all know, Aomine Daiki doesn't like losing.