Impression

"So, Hyuga. How are the first years who joined the basketball club?"

"They are unbelievable."

"Huh?"

Hyuga was sitting by Kiyoshi's hospital bed as he regaled him in the tale of the new first years. Being the good friend he was, Hyuga had not brought anything for a sick patient. Kiyoshi was seriously craving some candy. He swears that the first thing he does when he gets out of this hospital was to buy some.

"So what are they like?"

"Well one of them is name Kagami Taiga, and he's from America."

"And how is he unbelievable?"

"He dunks like a madman! I swear they kid is more trouble than he's worth. He keeps getting into fights with his own teammates and doesn't really work with anyone. Riko pretty much drooled over him."

"He sounds quite impressive. What about the other one?" Kiyoshi imagined a blond surfer like boy when Hyuga said that the boy was from America; someone strong with a lot of pride and definitely easy to anger.

"Well now that kid is even stranger, you could be looking straight at him and you wouldn't even notice him."

"Really? What's his name?"

"Kuroko Tetsuya. He's from Teiko Basketball Club and his passes are like magic. He doesn't look like much, but he is definitely just as strong as Kagami in his own way."

Kiyoshi grinned. He had heard about the sixth phantom member of the Generation of Miracles, but no matter how hard he strains his memory he can't remember the boy's face. Though he was glad the boy was on their side now.

"And there are three more freshmen. They are thankfully a little normal compared to those two. If they were just as insane I might just resign as captain."

"Well they sound amazing. I glad that I have such amazing kouhai!"

"Kiyoshi, your eyes are sparkling."

-o-

"What's wrong, Hyuga?"

"I just so tired. We had a practice match against Kaijou yesterday and I am still feeling the aftereffects."

"Really? Wait! Isn't Kaijou where one of the Generation of Miracles went to?"

"Yeah, his name is Kise Ryouta. I feel bad for the captain of Kaijou. I just met that kid for a few minutes and he already got on my nerves."

"Well how was our miraculous first year duo doing?"

"They are such trouble magnets! Kagami is the most hot-headed guy I've ever met! The moment he saw Kise, his eyes light up and immediately challenges him!"

"And Kuroko has the resilience of a paper doll! He got hit in the face by Kise and started bleeding! I nearly had a heart attack because of him. Then the idiot decides to keep playing with his head nearly cracked open!"

A nurse peeked in with her finger on her lips. "Shhhh."

"Sorry," Hyuga replied looking slight embarrassed.

Kiyoshi started laughing slightly, but stopped when Hyuga glares at him.

"Well they seem like good kouhai."

"Yeah right. They are good kouhai if you want to go gray by the time you are eighteen."

Hyuga leaves an hour later, still muttering about idiotic kouhai and how he was the captain not a mother, leaving Kiyoshi more entertained then he had been in a long time. Sadly the other boy still hasn't brought him any candy even though Kiyoshi had reminded him a dozen times.

Well, he still can't wait to meet Kagami and Kuroko.

-o-

"Hyuga, you look even more dead than the last time I saw you."

"Shut up, Kiyoshi. I just faced two kings in a row and Midorima Shintaro from the Generation of Miracles while you were just laying here, enjoying life."

Kiyoshi cracked a grin as Hyuga flopped down on the armchair next to his bed.

"So how was the match?"

"Well . . ."

Kiyoshi sat through an hour of Hyuga retelling the matches against Seiho and Shutoku with the occasional comment of idiot kouhai and stupid brats.

"They are really amazing," Kiyoshi commented as Hyuga finished the part about Kagami and Kuroko's defeat over Midorima Shintaro.

"They don't need any bigger of an ego, especially Kagami," Hyuga replied tiredly.

"Kagami was being an idiot, so Kuroko decides to punch him in the face. I don't really know what to do with these first years."

"They seem to be taking care of each other pretty well."

"Yeah, but if we leave them alone for a single moment Kagami would start shouting nonsense in English and have an overinflated ego while Kuroko would probably disappear somewhere where we will never find him."

Hyuga stood up and gather his stuff, "When you made me captain, I didn't expect it to be a full-time job."

"You are just a natural born mother hen, Hyuga."

Kiyoshi got a pillow thrown into his face for that comment and Hyuga leaves waving a bag of candy that was definitely meant for Kiyoshi in his face.

Hyuga was certainly a sadist.

-o-

"Hyuga, it's going to be fine."

"I know, but I just keep replaying that match in my head over and over again. I can still see Kuroko's face when Aomine destroyed his pass. What senpai and captain am I to let that happen to my kouhai?"

Kiyoshi sighed. He had heard about the result of the match against Too from Riko, and now Hyuga had barged in his hospital room for some therapy sessions.

"From what you told me, those first years are tough kids. They won't break so easily."

"I know, but I feel like I failed them."

"Stop it, Hyuga. It's not your fault that we lost. Now we will just have to practice even harder. Remember we got enjoy the view on our way to the top."

"Shut up, Kiyoshi."

Kiyoshi laughs as Hyuga attempts to strangle him bringing a few nurses in to watch the commotion. (The nurses are pretty much used to it by now.)

-o-

"Thank you for your care."

Kiyoshi stretched his arms and legs after leaving the hospital. He could feel his body cramping up already as he walks over in the direction of Seirin High School which was nearby. Well Riko was certainly going to whip him back into shape in no time.

It's about time he paid a visit to those freshmen that Hyuga was always complaining about.

They have certainly left quite an impression on him. He will definitely meet them today, but first he'll go buy some candy.

Yes! I finally finished this chapter just in time so it could be updated today. We my laziness I tend to write the chapters as I go, so since I had a lot of schoolwork today I barely got this done it time. Well that's what I get for deciding to update everyday. I hope you enjoyed this chapter. It's definitely a little more funny than the last one. Please review if you enjoyed it!
Special Thanks: Kaynx, Guest

-SWP