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Chapter 02: The source of the problem is…
"So…" Momoi rolled her eyes to see all the faces of her older friends, stopping on the newcomer. "Akashi-kun, how should we go along with this…"
"…" The red haired stared at the ground, thinking profoundly, and after some seconds pronounced "Firstly we may find the reason we turned into adults"
"No idea" Aomine said with no interest.
"Hum… That's hard, Akachin~" Murasakibara chewed some fried potatoes.
"I don't know, but I'm sure we do fit in this form" Kise said with a bright smile.
"If you won't help, just shut your damn mouth" the navy-haired grumbled, hitting the blonde's head.
"Hypothetically considering, it has to be something we did together, or someplace we went together…" Midorima said.
"Or something you ingested…" Momoi guessed.
"That's a good hypothesis…"Akashi narrowed his eyes thinking.
"Or something someone did to you, probably…" the pink haired used an uncertainty tone on her voice.
"But we only hang around as always…" the blonde said worriedly
"Yeah, Akachin came to hang around with us this time~" Murasakibara completed smiling lazily.
"We should remember all places we went together –nanodayo" The green haired pushed his glasses.
They stared at each other, reflecting deeply about the situation. Then, a voice broke the concentration:
"Let's take the same steps we did yesterday." The sixth phantom player suggested in his flat, yet a bit worried tone. "… Starting after we went out the school…"
"Hm…" Aomine frowned. "We went to those stores near school"
"That's right, Murasakibacchi was buying some candies and we followed him -ssu" Kise nodded.
"After that we went to a bookstore…" Midorima tried do remember something else, but his memory failed.
"And…?" Momoi asked curious.
"Well… I think that's all." The tanned man sighed tiredly.
"You're missing a place…" Akashi said with his serious voice, giving a threatening tone (Although he didn't intended to)
Each one of the miracles tensed, the air seemed to get heavier with the red haired statement.
"Why are you doing those faces, I'm merely refreshing your memories." He proceeded with an unchanging face.
"N-now you said…" Aomine gulped. "We did go to somewhere else…"
"H-hum… -nanodayo" Midorima sweatdropped. "That Temple…"
"Temple?" the pinky haired girl raised her brow. "Which Temple?"
"Ah~ I remember now, it was a sacred temple that used to have a foreteller!-ssu" a luminous smile has born on the blonde's face.
"But the foreteller wasn't there~" Murasakibara said with some sadness.
"Still, we stayed there a little, didn't we?" Kuroko raised his brows trying to convince himself that it wasn't a dream.
"… It may have something to do with the temple…" the red haired man said while pondering.
"What we did yesterday at night on that temple that could possibly turn us into adults?" Aomine frowned, puzzled.
"We have thrown some coins in a fountain in the temple and wished something-ssu" The blonde said.
"Kise-kun, anyone threw any coins in the fountain" the bluenette said without any visible emotion.
"Eh~Then it was only me?!" he wailed whilst feeling excluded from the others.
"What did you do at the temple" the girl made an expression of "I want an explanation now!".
"We were just talking –nanodayo" Midorima answered.
"About what?" She insisted.
"Many things that someone shouldn't bother knowing…" the tanned man said grinding his teeth to her.
"Don't be so harsh, Daiki." The red haired scolded. "Maybe, something we were talking…"
"Eh~ I remembered…" Murasakibara had enlightenment "We said something and then that suspicious man appeared before us yelling that we shouldn't have stepped into the temple"
"Yes, that was the Foreteller" Midorima nodded. "But, he was out of mind…" sigh.
"He was scary-ssu" Kise's expression shadowed. "And he could even notice that Kurokocchi was there."
"The Foreteller?" Moimoi felt some uneasiness in her heart. "W-what did he said?"
"He started shouting out loud we should not have entered that place, mumbling curses to us and clearly saying that we would regret…" Kuroko told.
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Yesterday night, 8 PM
At the Temple…
"It has been a while since the last time we met…" The younger Akashi smiled softly.
"Well, it's the fate that we went to separate ways, and finally we could meet again -nanodayo"
"I don't want to be separated from you guys!" Kise said with a pinch voice, almost crying.
"Say for yourself."Aomine was irritated with the blonde.
"Kurochin always bought candies for me~" Murasakibara seemed a little sad
"Don't worry, it's not like we won't see each other again…" Kuroko replied with a slight smile on his face.
"Ah~I would like to stay with everyone for more ten years if possible!"
"Don't dare to say it again! It would be a pain" the tanned boy said angrily.
"Eh~ Aominecchi is so mean!" Kise cried.
"There's a fountain here… " Kuroko looked at the fountain in the middle of that place.
"Like those we throw coins and wish for something?" the purple haired was amazed
"You still believe in such things huh Atsushi…" Akashi sighed.
"Do not play with this… Oha-Asa foretold our zodiacs aren't lucky today, mainly yours, Kise"
"Eh?! Midorimacchi, you're so cruel!-ssu"
"Humph. I am only saying what Oha-Asa foretold this morning. Besides, I'm with my lucky item today-nanodayo"
"Anyways…" the bluenette interrupted.
Then, the Generation of Miracles talked with each other for more than an hour, smiling and playing. They were in separate schools, and after the winter cup they haven't seen each other for a while, that's why their former captain, Akashi Seijuurou summoned them all to reunite. But it implied some consequences…
"I would love to be with those guys for more time…" Kise picked a coin on the ground and played flipping it on the palm of his hand. "No, better, I could stay with them for more than ten years, that would be wonderful, playing with them again." He smiled dreamful and threw the coin in the fountain.
Suddenly a voice shouted:
"NOOOOOOOOOO!"
A man wearing a white kimono appeared, desperate.
"What did you do?! MORON! WHY HAVE YOU THROWN IT?" He shouted to Kise, with his hands messing his short brown hair.
"E-eh?-ssu"
"Mister, May I know what's the matter?" Akashi attracted the man's attention.
"HE! THIS DAMN BRAT!" He pointed his index to Kise.
"Sorry if we intruded your place, we must go soon" the red haired lanced a dead glance to the blonde that shivered in fear.
"YOU WILL REGRET!" the man trembled "You must suffer the consequences of your silly wish!"he cursed them.
"What are you talking about Old geezer?!" Aomine got angry.
"Daiki, low your voice" Akashi frowned "Would you mind telling us the reason of your commotion, Mister?" Akashi's voice had a threatening tone, demonstrating his irritation towards the noisy man.
"Ask this friend of yours what he wished for, you're cursed and your wishes will be realized in a bad way! And now… There's no way to come back!" he said laughing manically.
After that, the man run away and the GoM members stared at the scene, with a confused look in their eyes.
"Maybe he was just angry because Kise threw a coin inside the fountain?" Aomine startled. "You know he must clean up this fountain and Kise just dumped a coin in the water…"
"Kisechin is the culprit!" Murasakibara pointed the blonde.
"Eh! But I Did nothing wrong!" cried "I swear! And this fountain is full of coins already!" he pointed.
That was right. There were a lot of coins underwater.
"But he grumbled something about 'realizing wishes in a bad way'… That sounds strange…-nanodayo"
"Don't worry too much over it Shintarou." Akashi patted Midorima's shoulder.
"It's late, we should come back home…" Kuroko's voice sounded from behind Kise.
"WAAAAAA!"
And then, everyone laughed at the scene. What they didn't know was that silly wish of Kise would turn them into adults.
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Back at the construction site,
In the Present,
At the moment, everyone was looking with a dark aura towards Kise, except for Momoi.
"K-Kise-kun, what did you wish for?" the pink haired girl tried to calm the atmosphere.
"I didn't wish anything bad -ssu"
"Then what have you thought when you threw the coin?"
"I just thought I would be with you guys for more than ten years because I liked those days we were together-ssu" he said innocently.
"Ah…" Momoi sighed "Kise-kun I appreciate your feelings of friendship, but…"
"So Ryota… You're the culprit for those strange changes…?"Akashi dark aura increased.
"I'll smash you…" Murasakibara stretched his hand to reach Kise's head but Midorima stopped him.
"Kise, Your damn brat!" the tanned man shouted furiously.
"Kise-kun, you're the worst!" Kuroko said with disgust yet a flat face.
"Noooo! Even Kurokocchi!" wailed "I couldn't imagine that my silly thought would do such things –ssu snif"
"That's not the problem now…" Momoi sighed heavily again "It doesn't matter whose fault it is, the main problem now is how to turn you all back to your normal bodies."
"Yes-ssu" Kise sniffed while hiding himself behind Momoi.
"Maybe if we throw another coin into the fountain…" Aomine was puzzled.
"It is very risky, if it's the fountain that turn wishes into something bad, as did with us-nanodayo." Midorima adjusted his glasses. "The effects could result in something dangerous…We could turn into child if we wished for 'turning back'."
"No more changes!" the navy-haired panicked.
"… Maybe if we go to the temple…" the girl tried to calm down her friends.
"It's already five P.M…" Kuroko said worriedly.
"We have to solve this big problem, you can't be adults forever…" Momoi felt bad for them.
"And… If that strange man of the temple appears before us again?" Kise trembled in fear, grabbing Kuroko's sleeve.
"If he knew something would happen to us, he probably knows how to turn us back" Akashi said serious.
"Kise-kun don't you feel ashamed acting like a teenager with your height?"
"I've grown only on height but my mentality is still the same! Don't be so harsh Kurokocchi…" he whined.
"And exactly how do you expect to get information from a crazy man?" the pinky haired girl asked.
"Torture!" Murasakibara munched some cookies.
"Threat that bastard!" Aomine grumbled angrily.
"Surround him and give him no option besides telling us how to turn back-nanodayo" the green haired said with a smart tone.
"That wouldn't be the same as threatening?" Momoi raised her brow.
"Yes. That is." Answered instantaneously.
"Midorimacchi is scary…" Kise mumbled.
"…" the red haired man immersed in his thoughts and gave a response "We will go to that temple and if nothing changes, we will search for that man…"
"…"
All the GoM member nodded and went to temple along with Momoi that swore she would manage help them in everything she could.
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At the Temple,
Nearly 6 P.M
They went upside the long stairway, arriving at the temple's location, which was surrounded by trees. The leaves rustled because of the strong wind. There was a large area outside the temple. In the middle of the sacred ground was the infamous fountain that could be the source of their problems.
The sunset was almost finishing and it was quite dark already, the wind seemed to howl while circulating at that place, and the sounds of nature were disturbing. Leaves were scattered on the white ground, being carried away by the wind.
"Is that the fountain you mentioned?" the girl asked.
"Can you see another one?" the navy-haired man grumbled and the girl frowned at her childhood friend.
"Be quiet." Akashi ordered.
Everyone gulped, and looked at the red haired man which was narrowing his eyes and looking at the surrounds as if he was trying to find something. His gaze fell upon some forest's trees, at their right side. A moment of silence occurred before a disturbing question came out from his mouth:
"Who are you?" Teiko's former captain furrowed his brows.
At the moment the others listened to Akashi's words, their hearts started to beating faster, making them sweat. Fearing the reasons Akashi would suddenly ask that creepy question, when there was no one else besides them in that place. As they have heard the sound of small leaves being crushed by someone's foot, they had frozen and their eyes followed the silhouette that appeared, coming out from the hideout, behind a big tree.
Their eyes widened as they saw the person…
"What the hell-?!" Aomine exclaimed.
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Who is it?! Who?! Are you curious? Next chapter we will see!