A bit of a spoiler born just after 246:

"He pisses me off as nobody else has ever done! I am going in, coach. I am going to crush Rakuzan." Kuroko before he was subbed in.

I never expected to end up writing such a long chapter but here it is:

READ: Just to summarize something:

Teppei is off for two more weeks in the hospital

Taiga is off for two weeks from practice cause of his legs

Tetsuya is off for two week on a family/training trip

There is drama, humor, a lot of hugs and all kind of things in this chapter, so enjoy

Chapter 2

Become stronger

As they left the gym Kuroko made his way home and smiled as he greeted his parents. His father was 36 years old, had short yet curly blue hair with black eyes and was 190cm tall while his mother was 33 years old, had long black hair with beautiful blue eyes and was 169cm.

He could easily say that he had amazing family- his father had his own advertisement company that kept him busy but he always made sure to be at home not any later than seven in the afternoon and if his family needed him, he would, without a doubt, dumb his work and go to their side. While his mom was an асcountant. They were very busy and he was well aware of that but he never felt left alone because they always made sure to dinner together and on the free days of the weekends they casually went for short trips, but he guessed he would ask to stop the trips temporary.

"Mom, dad, I have some news to share with you." Kuroko said and that immediately caught their attention.

"What is it, Tet-chan?" His mom, whose name is actually Kuroko Airi, asked gently.

"I went to Akiko-sensei today and went through another full check. I am fully healed; she herself was amazed because my tear had completely healed." Kuroko answered as he smiled and laughed as both his parents hugged him tightly.

"That's great, Tetsu. Congratulations. We've got to celebrate this!" Kuroko Daisuke loudly exclaimed as he hugged his son.

"I also want to go back to my old style of playing basket. I know you probably would be against it but I asked the doctor and she said that thanks to my treatment and me being in my growing period I will be more than okay to start building my old style back. I can't keep on playing like this and keep on having this feeling of being useless inside my chest! I've had more than enough of it! I know that I can't just start playing my old style in a day, so I will still play this kind of style for a while more. But I want to end up winning the Winter Cup with my real style… I am done lying in the shadows… I don't want to watch other people outstanding me anymore. I will join the side of the lights by playing my basket and I have a promise to keep… once upon a time I sword that I would steal the nickname 'King of the Court' from you, it's about time I keep that promise, dad!" Kuroko declared with such a serious face and look that surprised his parents, which let him go to look at him then they moved their eyes to at each other and sighed.

"We were waiting for this day to come and we even thought that you would start using your old style before the doctor or us gave you our okay, so I guess with an okay from her, it's meaningless to stop you. You are much like me and even if we said no, you wouldn't listen. So there is no meaning to say no." Daisuke said as he ruffled his son's hair.

"Will you train with me when you are free?" Tetsuya asked hesitantly while his father laughed slightly.

"It would be more than a pleasure to train with you, but I won't go easy on you just because you are out of form. You said that you would be stealing my nickname from me, you would have to work hard and learn fast to earn it, kiddo!" He proudly stated and Airi laughed next to them.

"I wish I knew more about basket and help too, but that is one of the areas I am completely hopeless at." She said with slightly sad tone but then Tetsuya hugged her tightly.

"Yeah, but you have saved me millions of times in school subjects where dad is the hopeless one." Kuroko stated to which his father looked sheepish and was about to deny it but the look of his son and wife shut him up.

After that the family eats their dinner while deciding to leave for the weekend and go to one of the places my father had brought, with the idea to have it as a shooting ground, which was a nice, quite big, house by the lake Kawaguchi, the city is called Fujikawaguchiko.

'I don't feel like going there, but Dad is the one who declared our going there… how am I supposed to change his mind without been seen as a scared-y-cat? The town is right next to Aokigahara forest, one of the most famous places for suicide!" Tetsuya thought as he tried to think of something to change his father's mind but nothing came and the decision was made.

"Tetsu, just how much can you miss from school?" Daisuke questioned his son, whose eyes looked surprised at his father.

"Well one of my teammate and our ace is off practice for two weeks and I don't have any upcoming test before that, so I guess two weeks." He answered and flinched slightly at the wide smile he got from his father.

"Then we will be staying there for two weeks. Sleep well tonight, Tetsu, cause from tomorrow I will make you wish you hadn't asked me to train with you!" He said while having this wicked smirk that made Tetsuya flinch slightly.

'Just don't make me regret wanting to take back my style, dad!' he thought as he nodded to his dad.

"Honey, I won't be able to miss work for two weeks, so I will probably be returning to here in Sunday." Airi said as she looked at her husband who nodded and then spoke.

"Well I guess we will be eating in restaurant after practice."

'This is so going to suck… with mom gone, he would be even more of a slave driver… what restaurant? You will end up making me cook even though I probably would be on the verge of exhaustion!' Tetsuya thought as he glared slightly at his father, who smirked back at the look he was getting and Tetsu flinched 'He is enjoying this way too much!'

The next morning the family quickly packed all they needed, making sure not to forget the husky and climbed into one of their cars – a black Porsche Cayenne. It took them almost three hours until they made it to the house and then they unpacked and aired the place, while Nigou run around the house. After eating lunch, Tetsuya and Daisuke made their way out of the house.

"Today we would be running in the woods… I will give you 3 minutes of head start, after which I will chase after you. If I catch you by an hour you will run around the lake, which shore length is 19.08 km (11.86 miles), two times- that makes it 38.16 km (23.72miles). And one more thing, if you don't make that run in about six hours, you will run another round." (1 –look at the end for explanation) Daisuke said while Tetsuya looked at him wide eyed and then flinched as his father started counting down his three minutes, so Tetsuya was quickly off and running for his life but after spending 46 minutes into running in the woods his father was on his heels and on the 53 he had caught him.

"Damn it!" Tetsuya cures loudly while his father smiled proudly.

"You did a lot better than I thought, so don't put yourself down, Tetsu. I am one who likes to keep his body in form, so I have been training a lot, while you have spend almost none time on training lately. It's more than completely normal to lose. I am your father but I am not an old one, neither am I untrained one, so there is no reason for me to be too slow on catching up to you. I am sure that by the finals of the winter cup, the one who would be on the losing side from the two of us is definitely going to be me, so don't lose your spirit." Daisuke said with a smile and Tetsu smiled but his right eye twitched when he saw his dad's smirk "But you still have six hours of running."

He had barely made it in those six hours but he was running on fumes, so when he made it home he went to his room, forgetting the missed dinner, and falling on his bed.

'I am so sweaty and I have no strength to go to the bathroom… damn slave driver!' Tetsuya thought as he slowly got up from the bed and went in the shower, taking a quick bath after which he fell asleep the moment his head hit the pillow. The next morning, at 6am, his father woke him for a morning jogging, which ended at 10am with him barely being able to walk to the table, so he could sit down and eat breakfast.

The left of the day they spend on a court close by the house. At first they were just shooting for the hoop at which Tetsu was glaring because somehow he still couldn't make one ball enter it. 'Damn it, just how much longer would it take me to at least be able to make a point when I shoot!' he angrily thought while his dad shook his head.

"Thanks to the fact that you have been centering your mind on passing, you have gotten too used to touching the ball with your palm than with your finger. The reason your shots won't make it is because you still count too much on your palm. Relax your hand and try to feel the ball with your fingers." Tetsu's eyes widen at those words and then he looked at the ball in his hands then he moved it from one hand to the other a couple of times, at first he was really using his palm but then he tried to using his fingers and after a couple of minutes he looked at the hoop with a new look of determination. He shot from the three pointer's field and this time, for the first time in years, his shot entered the hood and his father clapped with a proud smile.

"Thanks, dad." Tetsuya said as he smiled at his dad who nodded.

"I guess it's time to hit it with the graphic. Each morning from 6am to 9am we will be running, from nine to ten we have a rest for breakfast and some relaxing time, from 10am to 1pm you'll practice all kinds of shooting you can think of and from 1pm to 3pm you have free time for lunch and some rest after which from 3pm to 6pm we would be practicing one-on-one, from 6pm to 8pm you will be running either in the forest or around the lake and from there on you are free until the next morning. This is pretty much the training for the next two weeks I have in mind. If you have anything to say about it, now might be the best time to." Daisuke said as he looked at his son seriously.

"Sounds good." Tetsu answered as his smile widened. "You better watch it! By the end of the week I will be beating your ass on those one-on-ones!" he declared and his father laughed.

"That's what I am hoping for, because I am by far out of form with basket. If you could not beat me by the end of those two weeks you might be unable to gain back your old style. I want you to take it back and make it even stronger by the time you decided to show it to the world, so I am hoping for you to beat me." Daisuke said as he ruffled his son's hair. "Now let's go home. Your mom is going to be leaving today, so let's spend the day with her and from tomorrow on we will start spending this training vacation seriously." Tetsuya nodded and then the two of them made their way home.

In the evening of that day Tetsuya and Daisuke send Airi and Nigou with an autobus to Tokyo, then returned home to take as much rest as they could because the left days of the two weeks' vacation were promising to be hard ones.

By the end of the two weeks he had spend what felt like millions of hours running in the woods and around the lake but that had picked up his stamina to a level where he thought he wouldn't be able to lift it even in an year, he could actually run for six hours around the lake and it felt like he had run just an hour, also now he had perfect control over the movement of his legs, which gave him back higher jumps, but he knew he needed to start leg exercises and strength building to actually jump as high as he would need to. But that was not all he had archived while those two weeks lasted- he had beaten his father 35 times out of 70 games they had. 'Now I have the hold of the ball I used to have in elementally with the slight difference that I now shoot farther than the three points, but until I build some more strength in my hands I won't be able to shoot further than the centre. So I will center most of my training to my hands and legs… The results from this training are much better than I expected even in my best dreams!' Tetsuya thought as his father drove them back to their home. When they made it home his mother was more than happy to welcome them and Nigou pretty much threw himself at Tetsuya's legs and followed him everywhere after that, he had missed his owner dearly.

'Tomorrow I will be going back to school and practice…' Tetsuya thought as he went to his room and flinched remembering the yelling he had gotten from his coach when he had ringed her to inform her about his two weeks absence from school and practice, tomorrow she would probably yell at him again. 'But then again I heard that Kagami-kun hadn't been to practice either and then there is Teppei, which wrote me that he would be coming back tomorrow, too. It's actually promising to be interesting day and I miss everyone.' He continued thinking while lying on his bed and he stiffened a little as he closed his eyes, a certain silhouette coming to his mind 'Just why have I been spending, so much time thinking about him? And those two weeks seemed a year, not because of the training but because I couldn't stop thinking about him and missing him terribly…' Tetsuya's eyes went from close to wide eyed in a second and he quickly set up in his bed. 'I ain't falling in love with him, am I? It's true that I never got interested in any girl, even though Momoi-san was all over me most of the time in Teiko, but falling for a man?! What the hell is going on with me? How can I look at his face tomorrow? I feel like I would die from embarrassment!' Tetsuya turned and lied face down, hiding his scarlet face in the pillow. 'Dad is well aware of gays and never had anything against him, there are many actors, models and singers in his company, which are gays and he never says anything bad about them and he accepts them. But just what would he do when he finds out his own son is off and gone gay? They are both good-natured but just how much can you take without boiling? I am not telling them anytime soon, if I get lucky and actually something happens between us I will tell them but if not, they are never finding out!' That night he felt a sleep with thought of certain red headed boy from Seirin High.

The next day he woke with a nightmare of himself proclaiming his love in front of the whole school butt naked and getting officially rejected. 'What a terrible nightmare… I hope I never have it again!' he thought as he dressed in his school uniform and then made his way to school. That day he used all his strength in misdirection to run away from any possible talks with Kagami, letting almost everyone actually believe he was gone from school again but that lasted just until practice.

'I didn't expect Teppei-sempai to come to practice with his uniform… but then again he is the same carefree, slave driver type, just like my dad.' Kuroko thought as he looked at his captain and Kiyoshi talk to each other. 'And I definitely didn't expect him to ask Kagami one-on-one and what is he thinking playing with those in-door shoes.' He thought as he looked the match between the two. 'He is handling it a lot better then he should with those shoes… he really is an amazing player.'

Kuroko had to hold his mouth as his coach and captain scolded Kiyoshi, but he kindda got what he was trying to do with Kagami 'He probably was trying to show him that everyone was putting their dream on his shoulders with granting him the position of ace and that there were a lot of good player on the bench that didn't make it into the game because they weren't stronger then the starters…'

The next day's practice game was a surprise to a lot of them… 'Kiyoshi, not a bad thinking, but you are doing this to see if I will easily be forced to go and try my new moves if the times get hard, aren't you. Trying to test me, really?' Kuroko thought as he glared from the side lines at Kiyoshi who smirked.

That evening thanks to Hyuuga giving a slight push to Kuroko, he decided to finally clear the things between him and Kagami, so he run to the court he knew Kagami would be at.

"Kagami-kun." He said as he stepped on the court. 'If it wasn't that training I would be breathless after such a running…' he thought and then looked at Kagami and blushed as he thought 'I missed looking at his face. I can blame the blush over running!'

"What did you want to talk about?" Kagami asked as he looked at Kuroko while holding the ball with his right hand.

"I am sorry! I haven't gotten my thought together yet."

"Hey!"

"I don't know from where to start. Please give me a minute."

"From now? Sheesh." Kagami said and then threw the ball at Kuroko. "I've got nothing to do while I wait. At least play against me. You can think while you play."

Kuroko caught the ball and smirked. "I think I kind of sorted my mind. I am not Kuroko Tetsuya- Teiko middle school's phantom sixth member. I am Kuroko Tetsuya- Seirin's first year." He said and Kagami looked at him surprised then his eyes widen when Tetsuya threw the ball at the hoop and it went in.

"What?!" Kagami exclaimed as he looked at the hoop and then he turned his wide eyes toward Kuroko and exclaimed. "How did you do that? Since when can you strike at the hoop? The hell, Kuroko!"

"I played different kind of style before I entered Teiko, this was part of my old style." Kuroko said with a smile and then felt on the ground and touched his now red cheek while looking completely surprised at Kagami.

"So you were playing us until now? Was it fun losing to Aomine while not playing at your fullest? You were the one that said you wouldn't give up to the end, yet you never played at your fullest and now you come out, looking prouder than very with striking the hoop!" Kagami yelled as he glared at Kuroko, who shook his head.

"That's… when I was ten I played a team that was originally much stronger than mine and I went crazy in that game… and we beat them…" Kuroko started but was stopped half way through his explanation by Kagami's glare that screamed hate and he flinched. He had never meant to piss Kagami or anything like that.

"So you turned somehow like Aomine, but while he still played his fullest going around with 'no one can beat me but me', you off and stopped playing your style finding it fun with hiding your capabilities. Did you find it fun watching us struggle to win while knowing you could do a lot more help?" Kagami yelled at the surprised blue haired boy.

"That's not…" Kuroko started but he was again shut down by Kagami.

"Don't talk to me from now on… I am so pissed that I actually want to beat the crap out of you, so be glad I am not doing it!" Kagami said and then left the court, leaving behind his teammate who was still sitting on the ground, his mind moving in miles but still not grasping just how did the situation end like this.

"I knew he was hot headed, but he never give me a chance to explain! That Bakagami!" Kuroko cursed loudly as he got up from the ground still holding his cheek, that he knew would turn purple by tomorrow. 'Now how am I going to get out of this situation? He won't be speaking to me, so just how can I explain it to him… I don't want him to think me for the kind of person he made me out to be! This pain in my cheek hurt much less than this tightness around my heart. Bakagami!' Kuroko thought and then he slowly made his way home while trying to think of a way to corner Kagami, so he could explain things.

The next day the whole team met at the court to talk about training camps, Kuroko tried to get close to Kagami but he was either always talking with someone or glaring at him, to the point that Tetsuya couldn't get enough courage to talk to him and all the teammates noted that they had not made up but actually gotten even worse. By the time practice was over everyone were going around talking about their couch's cooking and Kagami ended up teaching her how to cook.

'I've had enough of cooking while being deadly tired the past two weeks, but I ended up lying again with telling I am unable to cook. Hopefully Kagami won't find out anytime soon and get even more angered by my lies.' Kuroko thought as he watched Kagami cook together with Riko.

That day right after school had ended he met with Teppei and they trained a bit together. It wasn't any kind of hard training because they both knew their training camp would start tomorrow and they needed to be at their best but Kuroko still stroke some crazy hits at the hoop, but he was getting a bit angry at Kagami and ended up taking it on Teppei.

"Just what is going around with you two?" Teppei asked as he looked at Kuroko as the both of them set on one of the benches.

"It a long story..." Kuroko started, trying to change the way the talk was going.

"Not running away from that question. If I need to I can stay up all night here with you." Teppei said with a smirk and Tetsuya sighed.

"I kindda showed him that I am able to make a pointed and he totally misunderstood me. He thinks I was always able to and just had fun watching how everyone struggled to win, while I simple watched and innerly laughed at their efforts. Now he only glares at me and he won't talk to me, let alone let me talk to him." Kuroko complained as he looked at the ground and one lone tear made it down his face and he tried hide it from view but Teppei still saw it and put a hand on his back.

"You're going to be alright. He is quite hot headed but it will pass and sooner or later his curiosity would win and he actually might come to you for explanation. Try to not put it much on your mind and use your anger and hurt in training, the same way you just did while playing with me." Kiyoshi said as he ruffled Kuroko's hair. 'I will try and give a push to Kagami…' he thought he parted ways with Tetsuya.

The next day they left for their training camp.

'Beach, huh? So it's legs training. Nice one, coach! This would give everyone better control in their legs movement… pretty much the same kind of training I went through on with the running around the lake with the only difference that beach is 100% harder to run on and even for me would be trouble the first couple of minute or hour till I get used to it… scratch that it would take me hours with bare legs.' Kuroko thought as he removed his shoes and step on the sand. 'Damn it's hot! So it's also a training to move faster thanks to the hot sand. Aida-sempai is really amazing as a coach even though she is way younger than almost all other coaches.'

Through the game on the beach Kagami didn't stop glaring at Kuroko. 'I guess it angers him that I don't shoot at the hoop. Sorry Kagami, but I still end up scoring just one out of five shots and I will not shoot until I am sure of my shots. I will never give uncertain hope. Shit! Really I am thinking too much about Kagami! I lost my mind and ended up trying to hit the sand with the ball like it was hard ground!'

Later that day they moved their training to the gym but Kuroko still didn't have any luck with getting Kagami to talk with him. 'It's a lot obvious that everyone have much better control over their movement and they move even easier than I thought they would but I never guessed that it would actually help me too. So I guess that beach is really a hundred percents better than lake, to have given me so easy control over my legs.' Kuroko thought as he smiled and looked at his legs never catching the red eyes that were staring at him.

'Lucky!' Kuroko thought as Teppei send him to help Kagami stretch out his muscles.

"Ow, ow! You're doing it too strong, you idiot!" Kagami said as he looked at his blue haired teammate and then a conversation he had with Kiyoshi just an hour ago come to mind.

Flashback

"Hey, Kagami-kun, do you have a minute." Teppei said as he caught to the red head in the corridor.

"Yeah." Kagami answered as he turned to Kiyoshi.

"Talk things out with Kuroko. I pretty much know what is going around with you two and it's not my place to explain things to you, so I will just tell you this – he has more than the needed reasons for what he had done. Listen to him and don't blame him for a thing, he had not fault in!" Kiyoshi said with all his seriousness and even glared slightly at Kagami, who looked surprised at him.

"Fine!" he answered and then left.

End of Flashback

"You want to talk, don't you?" Kagami said as he looked at him and Kuroko nodded. "Fine let's talk out after we are done here." The wide smile he got as an answer surprise Kagami and he turned away from Kuroko.

That evening they went to the beach and set down.

"So what is it? What do you have to tell me?" Kagami started as he looked at the ocean.

"That evening I meant to explain everything to you, but I didn't expect you to off and misunderstand me that much. It's true that I've had a completely different kind of style for years but the story I started to tell you… will you let me tell you everything, before you jump to your own conclusions?" Kuroko asked as he looked at Kagami who doubtfully looked back at him and then nodded.

"I've got nothing to do for today, so go on." Kagami said and Kuroko smiled slightly then looked at the ocean.

"I always loved basket, mostly because my father was a player and I used to watch his every match when I was little, so I kindda got addicted to basket. When I entered elementally school I was surprised to find out that the school had its own basketball team and I quickly entered it. It was a lot of fun to play with everyone. I was the youngest out of everyone but I was quickly pointed as the ace of the team, because I had quite a crazy way of shooting that never missed the hoop. Then come the real games against schools that were much stronger than mine, but I hated the idea of losing more than I hated anything else at that time. I was supposed to be the ace of the team, so couldn't let us lose. I believed that I had to do even the impossible, so we could win and in no time I started using moves I had seen my father do, making shots I thought to be impossible each I saw him do them, but a ten years old isn't supposed to torture his muscles to the point I did and then came the championship game and our team was pretty much facing a team of monster. They didn't play fair but made it look like they did and to top it off they were stronger than us even if they were playing fair, so I ended up driving myself into the well known 'zone' and gave my all into beating them." Kuroko said not moving his eyes from the ocean while Kagami was looking at him wide eyed.

"So after that you just decided to stop playing that style of yours? Who in his right mind would decide to do that?" Kagami loudly asked as he looked at Kuroko like he was some kind of an alien but his eyes widen to the impossible when he saw the sad smile that appeared on Kuroko's face.

"I never wanted to dump my style, but at that time I had no choice but to do that. I even barely convinced my parents to let me play basket after that match." Kuroko stated as he still didn't look at Kagami and some tears escaped his eyes at his memories.

'What the hell? What had happened to make him stop playing his style? He had a reason and yet I went and hit him thinking he didn't have any reasons! I really am an idiot!' Kagami thought as he saw his teammate cry silently and his all being was screaming at him to hug the smaller boy and calm him down.

"At that game I injured myself- I had an ankle sprain in my left leg and I had torn my meniscus in my right one." Kuroko continued and Kagami visibly flinched at the injures, there were no athletes that didn't know the risk with playing and a torn meniscus was one major and bad injure for a player. "The doctors said I was too small for surgery, because it might stop my growing up, so they asked my parents to stop me from any sports and to start a treatment. I had to fully give up on the one think I loved and found fun at that time, but I couldn't keep it far from the court for long. Six months later I entered one close to my home and met a boy there. I didn't let a drop of my style out because I couldn't risk injuring myself anymore than that, but I actually found it fun to play with him even though he beat me all the time… I no longer cared if I won or lost because I just wanted to have fun while holding the ball, I was more than glad that I could get on the court again. Then I entered Teiko and thanks to Akashi-kun I come up with a new style that could let me play in the games again and o got the uniform for the sixth member. I was having fun in the beginning but then I started finding out that they believed in me but didn't trust me. It may be more accurate to say they stopped being able to trust me. When I was first year I was unremarkable player. I joined the bench as the sixth member in my second year. Back then, I believed they still trusted me. But as their talent started blossoming like Aomine-kun, they lost their faith in me, because the Generation of Miracles started placing their trust in themselves, over everything else. If we were behind with one point and only a few seconds left in the game, they could not pass. They had to do it themselves. So I wanted to beat them and show them that team play is much stronger than one's lone play and I once saw Seirin's play and I was amazed at their team play and trust. At that time I thought that team was perfect for my goal, so I joined Seirin, but then we lost to Aomine and I hated that once again I felt desperate and useless. I hated the idea that we will play against him in the winter and I might feel the same way again, so I went to the hospital to ask my doctor if I could start building my old style back. I got an answer much better than even in my dream- I had, like a magic, outgrown my torn meniscus and it was like a new, so I got my doc's full acceptance to start building my style back and then with the help of my dad I trained for two weeks like a mad man. Now I am back to being able to get the ball inside the hoop but just one out of five shots, so I still have a long way of training to get back my style and actually make it better than before, because against the Generation of Miracles half aced play won't make a wining certain. I never had fun in watching the team desperately tries to win, while hiding my abilities. I am just getting them back and I wanted to show you just what I am capable of, because I didn't want to hide from you, neither did I want to lie to you, but I never thought you would end with that conclusion and not let me explain things. I am sorry I know I probably should have come out to the team earlier but I didn't want to burden anyone with my own problems…" Kuroko said as he changed his look from the ocean to his legs and then got up and turned back with the idea of going back to his room but his eyes widen as strong hands tangled around his waist and he was hugged tightly from behind.

"I am so sorry. That evening, I should have reacted in complete different way. I should have listened to you. I am sorry I hit you, too. Can you forgive me, Tetsuya?" Kagami whispered as he buried his head in Kuroko's soft hair, who in returned blushed and froze in surprise.

"The one who should have asked for forgiveness was me, Kagami-kun." Kuroko whispered as he closed his eyes and smiled as the red head tightened his grip on his waist.

"You had your reasons, while me- up and jumped to conclusions that were all based on my stupid anger. You have nothing to apologize for but I on the other hand- up and ended up hitting you. I regretted it, the moment I hit you I regretted it but I couldn't take it back, so I pretty much said awful things and left you there. I am sorry." Kagami whispered close to Kuroko's ear.

"Umm, it's okay. I am happy enough with you not hating me or glaring at me anymore. If it's forgiveness you want, you had it granted the moment you decided to let me explain everything to you. Thanks, Kagami." Tetsuya said as he turned around and hugged Kagami back, who looked surprised at him and then smiled and moved one of his hands from Kuroko's waist to his hair and ruffled it gently.

'I wish this hug never ends.' The two of them thought at the same time, but they both knew they had to go back to their rooms and catch as much sleep as they could because it would be a hard day of training tomorrow two.

"Let's go back. We will have to get up early tomorrow." Kagami said as he moved a step back from Kuroko and smiled slightly at the disappointed look at appeared on Tetsuya's face for a second.

'So he might actually like me too.' Taiga thought as they made their way back.

"I will get stronger, a lot stronger than now. So don't take too long in taking back your style or I might leave you behind. Get stronger soon, because I want to play beside you, when you are at your fullest. This winter I hope you show me your new old style." Kagami said with a happy voice and turned his fist toward Kuroko, who smiled widely and bumped his fist into Kagami.

"Just you wait… this winter we will become Japan's number one team!" Tetsuya declared loudly and Kagami laughed happily.

Everyone were surprised as the two of them entered the guesthouse all happy and talking to each other.

"So they made up…" Kiyoshi said loudly.

The next morning come up quickly and Kagami was quietly brushing his teethes when he got surprised by Kuroko.

"You did that on purpose, didn't you? And I thought I had finally gotten used to your low appearances." Kagami exclaimed.

"Good morning." Kuroko greeted with amused smile and Kagami's right eye twitched slightly.

"And you hair!"

"This place is a dump! Are we really staying here? I feel like I am going to see a ghost!" A new voice said and pair directed their eyes on the new appeared pair of black and green haired heads and their eyes widen.

"Shut up, Takao." Midorima said after which the two of them turned toward Kagami and Kuroko, looking as surprised like hell had just frozen, but then again Kagami and Kuroko weren't looking much less than them.

"Hello. It's good to see you again." Kuroko said, having woken up from his surprise way sooner than all three others inhabitance of the corridor.

"What are you doing in here?" Midorima exclaimed as he pointed a finger at them and if someone looked at him from a different point he would have noted he somehow looked like a penguin.

"I could ask you the same thing!" Kagami said just like a little kid and Tetsuya barely held himself from bursting into a laughing fits at the act of the two supposedly very strong players.

"Shutoku has a long tradition of coming here to train together." Takao stated.

"And here you are enjoying your vacation! What is with that tan?" Midorima asked still pointing his finger at Kagami.

"We're not on vacation!" And of course Kagami returned it with his kiddish act.

"Huh?" Midorima looked at him surprised and just then Seirin's coach Aida Riko appeared like the reaper and somehow brought cold shivers to all four players.

"What is your school, Kuroko?" Midorima exclaimed.

"It's Seirin High School!" Tetsuya stated with completely normal voice making Midorima's eye twitch.

"That's not what I meant." Midorima yelled back.

From that day on to the end the two weeks Seirin played against Shutoku but without Kagami who was running on the beach. In one of the games Kuroko caught the ball and was very much thinking about striking at the hoop but then gave up, not wanting to give too much information to Shutoku in a practice matches, and they would need a thump card when they play them for real. But a minute later he was really close to off and going for the kill with Shutoku. 'How dare he tell me I can't improve myself!' Kuroko thought angrily and then a saddish smile appeared on his face as he thought 'I wish Kagami-kun was here!'

'Damn! I missed my chance to see Kuroko naked!' Kagami thought as he finally made his way to the guesthouse.

'To think that Kagami can jump this high!' Kuroko thought as he saw Taiga make the hoop fall and he decided to get closer to see what is happening but he didn't expect to see Takao, neither did he expect Midorima to show up and to end up watching Kagami go one-on-one against him.

'It's too obvious that he is going for a dunk and with his right arm being the only one he can dunk he can't jump high enough with his left leg to by-pass Midorima, so he ended up losing and wanting to lose his anger went running on the beach. "Damn it!" he sword loudly.

"Kagami-kun, you've learned to run nicely on the sand." Kuroko said right behind Taiga and smirked at the surprised squeak that got him.

"What? Kuroko!? When did you start running with me?" Kagami exclaimed as he slowed down and looked at Kuroko who quickly passed him and turned toward him, without stopping his running.

"I thought I will come to cheer you up." Tetsuya said as he smiled at Kagami.

"You're watching? You are terrible! I don't need your help, you idiot!" Taiga said loudly as he looked away from Tetsuya 'I totally embarrassed myself in front of him!' he thought then sighed. "I already know why I lost. I jump higher with my right leg, but that means I have to use my left hand to hold the ball but I can only dunk with that hand. My left handling of the ball is too clumsy to be of use. I know what I have to do until winter cup- strengthen my legs and hips and improve my left hand. With doing that I will become able to move at will in the air! But what pisses me of is that it was Midorima the one who made me realize all this. That's why I am running. All the members of Generation of Miracles are strong. Even when I go pass Midorima's defense, he forced me to jump my right leg." Kagami growled out as they ran together on the beach.

"It also means that he fears you that much." Kuroko said and then stop making Kagami stop too and look at him in wonder.

"What's up?"

"You might be able to beat Generation of Miracles in an aerial battle but on the ground they still might beat you and my current style is useless against them. If we are both useless against them, then Seirin has no chance in winning the Winter Cup. What I am trying to say is that the two of us have to grow much stronger, so we can have good chances against them… I am going to get back my old style very soon and I just got some ideas to make it a bit better but we still have to get you a lot stronger too. I have been training with my dad and some with Kiyoshi-sempai, so I thought that if you would want to we can train together, too. I will tell you this- my real style is strong but it's not unbeatable, so don't go thinking that with the two of us at our best there is no chance of losing, I am one to believe that until the referee says the match is over the winner is uncertain. What I was trying to say with that is always strike to get stronger or you will feel really pathetic when someone stronger than you appears out of the thin air and wipes the floor with you. Everything happens in life, so don't ever thing you are unbeatable. The higher you fly the harder you fall!" Tetsuya said as he looked at Kagami with all the seriousness he could master but he was surprised as that got Kagami to laugh.

"I've never thought about being unbeatable, because there are too many people on earth, so there is certainly someone much better than us out there. I will never turn out into Aomine on you, so you don't have to tell me such things, Tetsuya. No matter what I would never leave you behind. I know from this point on I will not be your light and you my shadow, but I am much happier like this because I can finally feel equal to you." Kagami said proudly as he stepped right in front of Kuroko and then caught his chin with his hand, tilting it up and kissed him. "You are way too important and dear to me to even think about not seeing you for even a little while… You've got not idea just how long those two weeks we didn't see each other felt like and then I off and did that. I will never separate us again if I have the choice." Kagami stated as he smiled at Tetsuya, who looked wide eyed and scarlet while gapping at Taiga. "You might want to change that face of yours, 'cause it's too cute and I don't think you would like me to devour you on the beach." He stated with a smirk and Tetsuya got even redder if possible then shook his head and glared slightly at Kagami.

"Just when did you turn into a pervert?!" Kuroko scolded as his blush slowly disappeared and then he surprised Taiga with a hug. "Thanks for saying that. I guess I needed some kind of insurance that you won't leave me behind like Aomine. He was my best friend and he just cut all connections we had with each other and if you do the same thing, I think I will just stop trusting people all together."

Kagami quickly returned the hug and even brought Kuroko closer to him. "I love you and I will never leave you." He whispered close to Kuroko's ear, which smiled widely at those words and returned them with his own.

"I love you, too, Bakagami."

"Don't call me that!" Kagami complained like a kid and then sighed "Come up with something sweeter, Tetsuya."

"I didn't think I would get to hear you call me by name, Taiga-kun." Kuroko said as he stepped back from Kagami and now was his time to smirk when he saw the red head blushing with a color that could rival his hair. "We better head back, tomorrow we would have to get up early and we would probably end up watching the match between Kise-kun and Aomine-kun." Kuroko said as he turned toward the guestroom but his eyes filled with surprise when his right hand was caught and he was roughly turned around and not second later lips met his and he was caught in a heated kiss.

"Don't try to tease me, Tetsuya. First calling me by name and immediately after that talking about those two, are you trying to drive me crazier about you than I already am?" Kagami stated as his heated eyes stared directly at Kuroko's surprised ones.

"I didn't mean anything by that! And I have never felt like this over another boy, Taiga! Don't create doubt in a place where there is no reason to have one! I am by far not someone that would say 'I love you' just on a wimp and not actually feel it, neither am I someone who could love more than one person in that way at the same time! Don't go disrespecting my feeling and I included, Taiga!" Kuroko yelled loudly as he pushed Kagami away and glared at him, while the culprit looked at his surprised and lost to words but he quickly shook the surprise off as the angered boy turned to leave.

"I am sorry. I am stupid and I let my emotions rule me. I didn't mean to hurt you. You're too the first boy I've ended up falling for and all this is completely new to me and I am so happy that I feel like all this will get wrecked, before I could do anything about it and yet here I am actually wrecking it. I am sorry, Tetsuya." Taiga said as he run in front of Kuroko, who still glared at him but then sighed and put his head on Kagami's chest.

"This is too new to me too and I am scared shitless, that all this will just end and I don't want to get hurt. We are males and there are so many negative points to such a relationship and that scares me." Kuroko said as he put his hands around Kagami, who too hugged him again.

"You are the one who keeps saying not to give up, but here you are backing out because you got a bit scared." Kagami scolded gently then kissed Kuroko's head. "I don't care about us being males, neither do I care what people think. I want to be with you and not just on wimp. I tried to fight this feeling, trust me, I went to so many scenarios in my head and almost all of them ended with me being dumped or such other situations like that. But just once I dreamed about us being happy together and that dream made me forget my fears, because I know that the happiest I can be is by your side, no matter what I have to go through I wish to just be there with you. Tetsuya, fight this battle with me, be with me even if it means going against the world." Kagami said as he gently looked at Kuroko.

"You are dumb, but sometimes you say some good words and lately you do that a lot, Taiga-kun." Kagami's eyes twitched as Kuroko's word remembering a time when he had said almost the same words and then he smirked picking the blue haired boy bridal style and going toward the guestroom. "Put me don't, right now!" Kuroko exclaimed as he tried to struggle off Kagami's hold, who just laughed and let him on the ground. "Not funny!"

"It actually was… with that squeaking face…"

"Kagami-kun!" Kuroko scolded and Kagami stole a kiss right before they entered the guesthouse and then they made their ways toward their rooms, wishing each other good night.

The next day all of them went to see the match between Kaijou and Touou.

(1) The information I have used is taken based on Wikipedia- the information of the places

While about the timing for the running I have taken from: (remove the spaces I have put)

walking. about cs /fitnesswalking /l/ blmileskm . htm

I hope you liked it … tell me what you think

Sorry for the mistakes but this chapter is much longer than I thought it would get and I don't feel like re-reading it.