"People say that I'm the most honest person in the world, mostly Seirin and the Generation of Miracles. But after this happened, will anybody actually want to believe me?"- Kuroko Tetsuya
Chapter 6: Shot Down Part II
There was nothing but the sound of screaming, shrill screaming to be more precise. Of a girl or boy, it was unidentified and it couldn't be recognized. The image was blurry and fuzzy, and he had sharp pangs in his head. He didn't understand what was going on. Why did he feel this repetitive pain in his skull? Wait a minute, why was he thinking about this? It was so unusual.
Then he heard a ping sound, which disturbed him from his deep and scary dream. He began to open his eyes slowly, only to see a lot of people standing in front of him… through bars.
"Guys… what on earth…", he mumbled tiredly.
"Dude, what the HELL happened?! All of us couldn't believe that you would do this," Kagami yelled with his hands on the bars. "Kuroko can you hear me? Kuroko?"
"K-K-Kagami-kun… what are you doing here? Where am I?"
"You mean you don't recall anything that happened? How?"
"Answer me. Where am I, Kagami-kun?"
Riko stepped up and took a deep breath, "I hate to break it to you Kuroko-kun, but… you're in prison."
The word prison penetrated the teal haired boy's head, causing his heart to beat faster. "Prison… why?"
"That's why we came here. To clarify what you did. What happened?," Midorima asked. Luckily Takao was firmly grasped to his arm, so he didn't feel the least worried. But somehow he could feel his fingers trembling. Madly.
"I-I don't remember anything. Even if I did, I probably couldn't tell you guys. It will be a lie." Kuroko's eyelids grew heavy; he was still very drowsy from whatever he did.
Izuki cleared his throat to get everyone's attention. "Friend, we strongly believe that whatever occurred, you didn't do it. It just had to be an imposter. You're too honest and nice for you to end up in jail. Someone must have set this up."
After his speech, Kuroko's eyelids dropped completely and he began to sleep. Clutch time.
"KUROKO, DON'T SLEEP! WE'RE TRYING TO GET THINGS STRAIGHT HERE! HEY WAKE UP-"
"Hyuga-kun, please let him rest. We'll come back tomorrow, promise. He's been under a lot of pressure," Coach reassured.
"How can you be so calm when Kuroko's in jail and somebody out there could have framed him? Just how?!"
Riko shot him a look which had shut him up. He bowed down and motioned for Seirin to follow him and go home for the day. Riko followed them, praying that a miracle would somehow happen to get them out of this rough situation.
The only ones left were Midorima, Takao, Murasakibara. Neither Aomine or Akashi had shown. Which was awfully suspicious.
"Hey Shin-chan, did you copy that message to your phone?" Takao asked letting go of his friend.
"Yes I did. Why do you ask?"
"I think I saw something that might help us with this case."
Midorima nodded as he searched through his gym bag for his green phone. Takao and him had just finished playing one-on-one when Kagami called them to meet at Wesuro State Prison.
"Thanks," Takao said. He sat down on a spare chair near the police man and ran through the message again.
'I did it. And it worked. I won't get caught. I'm sneakier than the human eye. I did it to one person, and I'll do it again but you don't know who. It can be either one of y'all. Don't be off guard. I'm watching you.'- Tetsuya Kuroko
"Shin-chan! I think I found something!"
"Aomine, how could you?!" Momoi Satsuki cried.
Aomine was confused. "What are you rambling about?"
"What do you mean what am I talking about? Why would you murder somebody so random and then blame it on Tetsu?"
Aomine gaped and dropped his basketball. "Kill somebody and frame Kuroko?! I would never do that! Even if I did kill, I wouldn't go too far and blame it on my shadow. NEVER."
"Read this message then!" Momoi said and showed the tanned man the message that Takao had sent her. The mystery text, he called it.
"I already know about this Satsuki. Koganei from Seirin told me."
Momoi pouted and smacked him in the face. "Don't take this so lightly! Aren't you worried about Tetsu and his life, Aomine-kun no ganguro!" She ran out of the room crying, her pink hair flowing behind her.
Aomine caressed his now red skin, where Momoi had hit him. He did care about Kuroko. He wouldn't want anything bad happen to his housemate, but the thought of Kuroko being in jail… he'd miss feeling the presence of the boy's body on the opposite of the bed. Strangely, Aomine felt guilty for all this, but he knew that he didn't do it. If he did, what would have been his motive? The thought lingered in his head as he began to pack up and exit Touou Gakuen, now officially night time. Here we go.
"No! This must be a lie! You're not the real Tetsu," Aomine shouted in an alleyway. He saw something or someone small with blue hair and blue eyes. They were wearing a Wesuro State Prison orange jumpsuit. It couldn't be Kuroko. He was locked behind bars, wasn't he?
"Now Aomine-kun, you mustn't be afraid of me. You know me very well, and I know you very well. There's no reason why you should be afraid of me." He motioned for Aomine to come closer, the knife glinting in his hand.
"Get away from me! If you don't… I'll fight you! I'll die for the sake of the real Kuroko Tetsuya!" Aomine charged towards the boy with his fists out.
"This is what I like about you, Aomine Daiki. You are so foolish," he slurred playfully.
The boy teleported, leaving Aomine dumbfounded. "Huh? Where did he-"
He felt something sharp and smooth enter his body. He looked down; it was the knife that fake Tetsu was holding in his hand. Aomine knew that this was bad; if he died, he would never find out who framed his best friend. If he died, Kuroko would be greatly disappointed, and he didn't want to leave the world with a feeling like that behind.
"Goodbye… Aomine Daiki."
The knife was tugged out of Aomine's stomach and he fell to the dirt ground, motionless. Kuroko had left, without a single trace behind.
Short once again. Opening quote will be repeated, blah blah blah. As usual RnR! :)