As Kuroko's eyes fluttered to the bright sun, he saw a blurry Coach Riko mouthing words. He narrowed his eyes to try to listen.

"Kuroko? Kuroko? Can you hear me?" He nodded, as he was finally able to hear her.

"Kagami! Get me a wet towel, we need to change it." He moved his jaw muscles to try and say something.

"What is it Kuroko?" He tried again.

"Ho-How was the game?" Kagami quickly went by his side as he changed wet towels on Kuroko's forehead.

"Game? Kuroko! You're still thinking about the game? You fainted in the middle of the game, for goodness sakes. Due to that, the game was immediately over. And that snobby kid won! Errr…. Just thinking about it makes my blood boil." Kagami explained.

"oh."

"Oh? It's not an Oh, Kuroko."

"Then it's a P?" Kuroko asked as if he was serious.

"ARE YOU INSULTING ME NOW?" Kagami yelled as the rest of the team heard the joke. Riko smacks both of their heads.

"You guys are a baka duo! Kagami! Tell Kuroko what you did at that last moment."

[FLASHBACK]

Kuroko was down as the tennis ball was flying high towards his dead body.

"KUROKOOOO!" Kagami yelled as he was distracted by the sudden fall of his teammate. But Kuroko's voice echoed inside his head:

"... you...can...do...it." He didn't pay any attention to Kuroko. He was determined to hit that flying tennis ball. He started running and jumped over Kuroko as he lifted his racket up high. He was looking at the ball and with a 'PANG!' The tennis ball was flying on the other side. It was a fast shot because Echizen and Momoshiro didn't move. When it landed, the referee called out:

"OUT! 6, 3; Echizen and Momoshiro team wins." The crowd went wild and applauded for the game.

[FLASHBACK OVER]

After the story was over, Kuroko looked at Kagami skeptically.

"So that means... it's your fault that we didn't get the last point."

"What? no..." Koganei added:

"Kagami had to use full power and the tennis ball landed outside of the court. I think that was the strongest hit I've seen today." Kuroko smiled as he commented:

"Good going Kagami-kun. But next time, you gotta work on that power swing." Kagami ruffled Kuroko's head.

"Uhmph, you're one to talk."


Meanwhile, Hinata was dragging Kageyama to the tennis court where Kuroko and his team were on.

"Kageyama! You are so slow. Why can't you at least hurry up?"

"Why can't you understand that I wanna practice my serves?"

"Because I wanna see Kuroko play tennis. I heard he was up against a national tennis player who was short. I want to see it for myself."

"But why are you dragging me? I don't wanna see it."

"Because the Coach said to be in pairs when we are separated from the group. It's safer that way." Kageyama sighed as he was being dragged by Hinata.

"I wanna practice my serves! HINATA!"


At the tennis court, it was Hyuuga Junpei and Kiyoshi Teppei against Oishi Shuichiro and Kikamaru Eiji. They have already started the game and so far it was 1, 1 tie. Hyuuga and Kiyoshi were more in sync than Kuroko and Kagami duo, but against Oishi and Kukamaru who the Seirin Team knew that they were National Golden Duos… well, lets just say they were on another level.

"2, 2"

However, Oishi and Kikamaru did have their problems. They couldn't figure out where the tennis ball would be aimed at. Kikamaru thought when Hyuuga hit the ball in the deep end of the court, but it wasn't as deep as Oishi's moon volley. Kiyoshi is the unpredictable one, he reminded Oishi of Tezuka's play, because Kiyoshi would sometimes do a zero shiki drop-like shot right at the net or hit hard and make the ball spin in odd ways. Even with Kikamaru's eyes that can see very precise and detailed projectiles of the tennis ball couldn't quite get it.

As the two teams rallied, Fuji Shusuke asked Tezuka Kunimitsu.

"Tezuka, what do you think of the tall brown hair guy? He kind of plays like you. Even though, we know that he is inexperienced."

"hmm." Tezuka responded.

"What is it Captain? Scared?" Out of nowhere, Echizen asked with a small grin.

"Echizen, focus on yourself. I'm thinking of a way to beat that tall basketball player." Inui Sadaharu also contemplated as he wrote in his notebook.

"Interesting data! With his height and strength recorded… we can hopefully figure out a strategy to win this game."

"3, 2"

On Seirin's side, Riko was blown away, she didn't think that there was a possibility that Hyuuga and Kiyoshi could potentially win. She calculated the mentality of the two, and their physical health. Hearts and winked faces were all good. That meant that Hyuuga and Kiyoshi's stamina were much better than Kuroko's and Kagami's. She tells Kuroko and Kagami:

"Baka duos! You guys should learn from your seniors. So far, you don't see any huge amounts of sweat and they are always on their feet." One of the spectators in the audience yelled out:

"Oh! There's the Moon Volley!" The tennis ball was in the perfect curve. But when it was going to land, Kiyoshi swung his racket with just enough force to get to the other side. It led to a point for Seirin Team.

"4, 2" The referee called out. Kikamaru was getting frustrated. How can HE do that again? I just can't figure him out! Oishi tapped on Kikamaru's shoulder and looked at the bench players as he murmured:

"Don't worry. We will get them next time." Kikumaru also looked at the bench players and realized with eye-contact, he knew that Inui and Tezuka are working up a plan for the second half of the game.


Hyuuga gave Kiyoshi a high five.

"Nice job!"

"Thanks! Those Moon volleys that they call them are just like Midorima's three-pointers. Easy-peasy."

"So you're saying that my three-pointers aren't good enough huh?"

"What? No. Nothing was said about you. I'm saying Midorima's-"

"Nope! I don't wanna hear it, Iron-Heart!"

"What's the matter with you? I told you that I didn't say anything about you. And don't call me Iron-Heart. You know I don't like that."

"Iron-Heart! Iron heart, Iron-Heart!" Hyuuga vented.
"STOP IT!" The audience went silence. Riko didn't like where this was heading. She thought: Way ta go Captain! You just HAD to pick a fight now.


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