Chap 3

It was dark outside but Maji Burger was just as busy as ever. In the shop Kuroko and Kagami were sitting, well, Kagami was inhaling his burgers while Kuroko calmly sipped his vanilla milkshake. After inhaling another burger, Kagami stopped looking out the window and just noticed the light blue haired teen that was sitting across from him.

"Gah!" Kagami yelled as he started choking on his burger and coughing really loudly. Kuroko just sat there sipping his milkshake with a stoic expression on his face.

"How long have you been there?" Kagami said, pointing an accusatory finger at Kuroko.

"I've been here the whole time." Kuroko responded back coolly.

"Well, go find someone else to sit with; people will start thinking that we are friends or something." Kagami said before munching on another burger angrily. Silence ensued as both teens were too caught up in their food to talk much.

"Hey, I've been meaning to ask you this. What was up with you and the girl Yu-chan that we saw earlier today?"

Kuroko sat quietly while staring at his shake that was between his hands.

"You came from America, right?" Kuroko asked quietly.

Kagami nodded his head.

"Well, there was..er..is a middle school in Japan that has a good sports program called Teiko. The main attraction for this school was basketball. Both genders, but boy's was more popular. This generation of male players was called the Generation of Miracles while the girls were known as the Fabulous Five. We were good and we were all friends in middle school. I mean the Fab Five, as they were often referred to, became really good friends with us. However, for the girl's team, the glue that held them left. Her name was Hanamoto Mikiko, she was the captain. She was good at keeping everyone happy, especially two girls who were extremely similar on the team. There is the old saying that if you meet someone who is exactly like you, you will either love them or hate them. Unfortunately, it was the latter for those two. The annoyance they had for each other was amplified to hate when Hanamoto-chan left and it tore the rest of the team apart. Slowly but surely, the five best friends on and off the court drifted away from each other and the sport they loved. Until there was a girl left, who wasn't willing to quit playing basketball, but couldn't play all by herself. Akashi-san, the captain of our team, took pity on the last player of the Fab Five and gave her the offer of joining the boy's basketball team. She took the offer and started playing with us. That girl was Yu-chan. However, I haven't seen her in the past four months because she was…"

"Homeschooled," a voice interrupted. "My mom decided that I needed to be homeschooled."

Kagami and Kuroko looked at the figure standing in front of their table. Neither of them noticed the silver haired girl until she spoke up. Yuki was holding chocolate milk in her hand and nodded toward Kagami.

"Speak of the devil and she shall appear. Can I join in on this conversation, since it's about me?" She asked a little annoyed.

"Umm..yeah, sure," Kagami said awkwardly while rubbing the back of his head. Kuroko just nodded and looked down at his milkshake. At the teen's approval, Yuki set her milk down and dragged a chair to the table. She took a seat and sighed, looking at Kagami.

"Well?" she asked prompting him.

"Are you really that good that you could join a boy's basketball team? What happened to your teammates? What are their names? Do you still play basketball now?" Kagami asked in a single breath.

"I'm good enough." Yuki replied frostily to the red head's first question. "And as for the other questions about my team…well, I would rather not go into that right now." She said tiredly. Before Kagami could ask any more questions, Yuki turned to Kuroko and narrowed her eyes before asking, "What are you doing here?"

"I started to frequent this place ever since you brought me here and made me try a milkshake." Kuroko responded. Yuki cracked a small smile before her usual poker face slid back onto her face.

During Kuroko's and Yuki's short exchange, Kagami finished eating his burgers before he stood up from his seat and pointed at both the silver and blue haired team. "Follow me right now!" Kagami said. He promptly took his tray, dumped his trash, and walked out the door.

Yuki and Kuroko just looked at the red head as he walked out the door.

"Well, we might as well follow him; he'll probably do something stupid if we don't catch up with him." Kuroko said with a sigh. Yuki and Kuroko stood up and walked out toward where the red head had gone.

"You're probably right Tetsu, although I don't remember signing up for a babysitting job." Yuki responded as she crossed her arms behind her head and started walking. Tetsu and Yuki both laughed until Yuki realized who she was with and promptly stopped laughing. Her poker face slipped onto her face again as she brought her arms down so that they were by her side. Kuroko noticed that Yuki had stopped laughing and looked at her questioningly.

"I apologize, I did not mean to sound so informal with you, and it will not happen again Kuroko-san." Yuki said. After she finished, she picked up her speed so that she could catch up to Kagami.

What happened, Yu-chan? You used to call me 'Tetsu' all the time, why are you so cold to me now? We all used to be close before you left. There was a small glimmer of the old you, Yu-chan, when you made that comment. Why are you so closed off now? What happened to you?

Kuroko jogged to catch up to Kagami and Yuki.