"DAI-CHAN GET UP AND SOCIALIZE!" The pink haired girl yelled
"With who?" he mumbled
"Midorin, you guys are on the same team right?! Do something about Mr. Lazy!" she pouted
Midorima pushed up his glasses. "Um, Momoi was it? You seem very close to Aomine" he ignored her request for help, knowing her request was impossible to complete.
"Hm? Oh, I just met him but he reminds me of my cousin and I feel close to him because of that!" she lied thru her teeth skillfully.
"How are your grades if that doesn't seem to forward" the green haired male inquired
"In core subjects it's in the 90's. Why?"
"You seem like a smart girl and on top of that you are close to Aomine, maybe you can help him in school. I have been trying, but he said he will only try and learn if a busty female was teaching him and, erm…" Midorima blushed "you fit that category…" his last words were barely audible.
"What did you say at the end, I didn't catch that?"
"Nothing" he pridefully puff his chest and pushed up his glasses
"Shintaro, I win, again." Akashi grinned after placing a shoji piece silently.
"Again" he robotically replied, not liking to lose.
"Shin-chan not again!" the hawk groaned
"I suggest you eat first, lunch is almost over" the prince recommended.
Takao flinched upon realizing that none of them had been eating. Kuroko looked to Momoi, they didn't need to eat but they needed to blend in. The ghosts gaze drifted to the redhead, he didn't need to eat either. Kuroko wondered what he would do.
"Oh, well I forgot to pack lunch and it's too late to BUY IT soooOOOOooo...!" the pink angel dramatically acted as a cover up.
Aomine opened an eye. "Satsuki, you can eat my food."
The girl's eyes widened, she knew Aomine was a big eater. "No it's okay, I'm on a diet anyways" she once again lied.
"You don't need to diet." He retorted. "Wait you might need to, nevermind"
She puffed out her cheeks. "Well I don't want food anyways!"
Aomine gave up and went back to soaking up some rays.
Takao noticed neither Kuroko nor Akashi were eating.
"You guys don't eat either?" he spoke with slight concern.
"Satsuki-san packs lunch for me and as she said she forgot to pack lunch today." The boy never knew he was capable of lying like that. Takao took the excuse and looked at the emperor for his reason.
"I ate before Shintaro found me in the library." Takao once again fell for the lie as he mumbled something about transfer students having peculiar eating habits.
Aomine got up and started to eat with the other two basketball players. "Aomine, we have a practice game after school today, show up." The green haired one spoke.
"yeah yeah"
"So, you all play a sport I take it?" Akashi questioned, observant.
Kuroko took note of Akashi's observation skills.
"We play basketball" the megane answered
It grew silent. The three had just met the other three, there wasn't much to talk about, nothing that could be said out in the open with normal humans such as Takao, Midorima and Aomine at least.
As if on cue the bell rang for classes to start.
"Akashi come back here tomorrow, I will not lose again." Midorima said picking up his lunch and leaving.
"Shin-chan wait! OH YEAH I HAD YOUR LUCKY ITEM IN MY LUNCH, I ATE IT, SORRY" Takao yelled running after the taller one. Midorima looked like he was holding back a rant; presumably he would go on a tangent later.
"Oh and Kuroko, come tomorrow too! I wanna talk to you some more!" Takao called out. With that the duo were gone
Akashi never answered Midorima's request to come back to the rooftop tomorrow, but there was a silent agreement and understanding between them. Aomine stretched as he stood up. He yawned and left, Momoi going after him. "Tetsu-kun talk to you later!" she waved goodbye to her bother and skipped out.
Akashi and Kuroko were the only ones left. Kuroko found himself staring at the other, the other returning his stare intensely. No words were exchanged; the two were observing each other. Akashi was intrigued; most didn't dare to return his stare yet this frail male was doing it, his eyes unwavering. Kuroko couldn't take his eyes away from the strange yet captivating red and gold eyes. He wondered what the other was thinking, why was he staring, did he figure something out about his true identity?
"I'm going to be late for class" Kuroko wanted to brake away from the heavy atmosphere that was building.
"I never declared that you were to stay, you are free to go" the other firmly stated just as a groomed prince would
With a slight bow, Kuroko left for his afternoon classes. First up was P.E. To be frank, Kuroko was looking forward to this class, he had always wanted to partake in sports but as a member of the royal family, he was never able to. The pale boy navigated thru the school to reach his desired class.
There was group of males heading into the men's change room; Kuroko followed them ghostly, clutching his gym bag. Kuroko picked out a gym locker and got change. While Kuroko was in the process of taking off his shirt, he noticed a tan male beside him.
"Hello Aomine-kun"
The taller male who was also calmly taking off his shirt turned his head to the soft voice.
"WHAT THE" the tan male jumped back in alarm.
"Hello"
"You're that little kid Satsuki was with, your name was…"
"Kuroko Tetsuya"
"Yeah, Kuroko…"
Kuroko continued to change; Aomine was in a daze for a moment before snapping out of it and changing as well. When the two of them were done they exited the change room and went back to the gym.
"ALL RIGHT YOU LAZY KIDS, WE ARE PLAYING A NOT SO FRIENDLY, FRIENDLY GAME OF DOGDEBALL! I'LL NUMBER YOU OFF. ONES ARE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE GYM, TWOS ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE!" the gym teacher yelled in a deep loud voice.
"ALL RIGHT, GAME START!" the teacher blew his whistle with a mighty puff.
Balls were flying from one side of the gym to the other, kids being knocked out and sent to the bench one after the other.
"Hello Aomine-kun." Kuroko announced, making his presence known to the other.
Aomine was too absorbed in the game to notice that both he and Kuroko were on the same team, team 2. Kuroko sighed and tapped Aomine on the shoulder.
"GRAH!" Aomine exclaimed in shock, jumping back slightly. "STOP DOING THAT GODDAMIT!"
"Wait...Most kids are out by this point in the game, how are you still in?" Aomine pondered.
"Just like you, most people have a hard time seeing me and therefore have a hard time hitting me. To be honest they don't see me so they can't even aim for me in the first place"
"So you're like some shadow ninja?"
"If that's how you see it, okay." 'I am an angel, not a ninja' Kuroko mentally thought.
"Can we try a thing?"
"What thing?"
"I'll distract and hit our opponents and you hide in my shadow and start pelting people?"
"Sounds fun."
"Let's do it?!" the dark blue haired male smiled in anticipation.
"Yeah." Kuroko gave a small smile
The two boy's fist bumped each other and put their plan into action. Aomine shot the ball at a strange angle yet; the ball still hit the person square in the chest. Coming out from behind Aomine, Kuroko, holding a ball shot another opponent.
"W-What just happened?!" the opponent said, not even realizing who shot the ball. "All right!" Aomine shouted in glee. Kuroko was feeling satisfied as well. They continued using this strategy, pulverizing the other team.
"TIMES UP! TEAM 2 WINS BY A LONG SHOT!" the teacher exclaimed.
"W-was there a ghost playing?" one boy whispered to his friend.
"Aomine-san is…. Scary" another boy whispered.
"Good going Tetsu! You are building a strong reputation as a ghost shadow ninja thing." Aomine rolled eyes sarcastically.
Kuroko took note of his new nickname, slightly smiling at the gesture.
"It was my pleasure."
The two once again fist bumped and headed off to the change room to get to the next class. "What do you have next Aomine-kun?" Kuroko asked after he changed. "Japanese. Oh and we are lucky, Kise left early today, he is in this P.E class too and he gives me trouble. He makes things fun though." Aomine smirked.
"I also have Japanese, we can walk together. Who is Kise-kun?" Kuroko inquired.
"Sure why not? Oh yeah you don't know him, well maybe you will meet him sometime later."
The two of them headed to class, talking about pointless things.
"Tetsuya, we have this class together as well?" A soothing voice called as soon as Kuroko entered the door, strange, as it is, the voices owner noticed him.
"Akashi-kun" the blue haired male said in acknowledgment. Despite the fact that he was the prince of hell, Kuroko didn't fear him. Kuroko couldn't wrap his head around why that was… he should fear him but…
"Tetsu-kun, Dai-chan~" the pink angel called from across the room, she was sitting with Mayuzumi. Aomine lazily waved hello and went to sit next to Satsuki. He seemed to be close to her even though they had just met, that is met in person for the first time. There were no seats available next to Aomine or any of Kuroko's siblings but there was one open next to Akashi. It seemed that even thought girls in the school were talking about him; they didn't dare get too close. Kuroko went to go sit next to him.
"Tetsuya, are you good a Japanese?" The red haired male questioned, seeing as they were in Japanese class.
"I would like to think I'm not awful at it"
"Good enough."
"Are you good at it?"
"Yes, my skills cover many fields."
"How did you learn so much?" Kuroko interrogated
Akashi smirked at the male. "I am absolute."
"That doesn't make any sense. No one person can be absolute."
"Why would you say that?" Akashi could never figure out what the other male was thinking.
"If one person was absolute, why would we need other people in the world?"
"Interesting theory. We need them because no one can become skilled on their own, someone must pass down their skills. I am not perfect, but I will still win whatever I do because those skills are what make me."
"How do you know your skills and traits are complete? For all you know, you could still be missing certain aspects and skills."
"Care to teach me those in that case? I go about life to complete myself, I am still alive."
"Maybe one day I can teach you. Yes, we are still alive..." Kuroko spoke wistfully
"In return perhaps I could teach you"
"That's what people are for. People grow from each other and that's how we become whole."
"You never fail to exceed my expectations."
"Thank you."
The teacher entered the room and opened up his textbook. "Page 232" he called out. Kuroko and the other new kids had no textbook. Kuroko didn't want to disturbed the teacher so, using his lack of presence, he got up ghostly and got a text book for himself, his siblings and Akashi.
Class was over. Their first day in human school, living as if they were normal humans as opposed to royal angels had been completed. The angel trio paced home. The three had some issues to discuses although they couldn't discuses these issues, out in the open wasn't that place to talk about subjects such as these. Therefore a heavy silence dawned over them.
Upon arriving home, Mayuzumi spoke "I'm going to undo the enchantment on our wings and halos."
Mayuzumi chanted in old Heaven's tongue, with in a moment Kuroko's and Mayuzumi's angelic traits returned. Momoi also undid her own spell. It felt relaxing to finally free their wings. "Tetsu-kun, remember to learn that spell yourself soon so Chihirin won't have to keep doing it for you "
"I will" he automatically replied.
…
"Satsuki-san, I understand we just got home but I have some questions for you about our mission." The smaller male inquired.
"Go on ask." Her tone was serious.
"How do we really identify a gem holder? There must be some way."
Momoi turned and looked to Mayuzumi in dread, the colour draining from both of their faces. Gloom engulfed the room.
"What's wrong?" perked Kuroko confusedly, taking note of the change in the room's atmosphere.
Momoi bit her lip. She had wanted to avoid that question for as long as possible but it seems it was unavoidable.
"Let's just say it's not pretty…" she trailed off in a weak voice.
AN: 20 potatoes to whoever guesses why I picked the words 'Reason, Restraint and Desire!' No looking it up, that's cheating :P.