Kuroko no Basuke: The New Teammate.
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Author: Konnichiwa my peers. It's been long since my laptop's charger was acting a bit weird and I couldn't charge my laptop. xP Well, enough of my blahs. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I Do Not Own Kuroko no Basuke Nor It's Characters. I Own My OCs.
Warning: Swearing, Yaoi Scenes, Chaos.
Chapter 5: The Meaning Of A Reason To Hold.
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*In The Natsumi Mansion, 6:00 AM*
It was morning, the birds chirped outside the window while sun's light intruded in the room while two sleeping figures slept. Well, considering that the Natsumi are early risers, here comes said member.
Natsumi yawn quietly as he sat up straight, stretching his limbs which snapped. Satisfied with this, he rubbed the sleep from his eyes while turning his head to the left, glancing at his bedside table where a clock stood.
"Six in the morning... seems I never break my record..." mumbled Natsumi as he swung his long legs over the edge of the bed. He noticed that his left foot had hit something soft and warm which made him curious but his curiosity was killed by a painful groan coming from below.
"OW! W-Would you... m-mind taking y-your... ouch... f-fo-OW!..o-off my c-cro- OW! OW!" groaned Kagami painfully while Natsumi's foot still hovered over his crotch area.
"Neh, neh. No need to tell me that much info... And... When. Did. You. Sneaked. In. My. Room?" Natsumi kept nudging Kagami's crotch area with each word he said. Kagami was sweat-dropping and groaning painfully while trying to pry Natsumi's foot away from his crotch.
"Y-You...Ow!... Let m-me sleep h-here-Ow!" managed Kagami to say. Natsumi pondered for a moment, still kept stepping on Kagami who was panting and sweat-dropping yet he wore a painful expression until Natsumi stopped his ministrations. "F-finally!"
"Sorry, I couldn't help myself." shrugged Natsumi, taking his foot off Kagami and stood up. Kagami stood a bit wobbly but looked at Natsumi incredulously.
"What do you mean you couldn't help yourself?!"
"What do you mean by that?" asked Natsumi while grabbing two towels from his dresser, handing one to Kagami.
"About what you just did to me?!" glared Kagami, snatching the offered towel from Natsumi's hand.
"I was threatening you, that's all." replied Natsumi while he opened his bedroom door, leading Kagami out of it and into the hallway.
"That's molesting!" growled Kagami, following Natsumi down the hallway where a double door was located at the end of the hallway. Natsumi gave a 'I-don't-care' look at Kagami over his shoulder while proceeding their walk.
"Take it however you want it. But I was actually threatening you." mumbled Natsumi as they stopped in front of the double doors. A maid came out, surprising Kagami.
"The bath is ready, Young Master." said the pink haired maid, bowing while giggling at Kagami's surprised expression.
"Un, thank you. Is everybody up?" asked Natsumi while he lowered himself to give the maid access of his bed hair.
"In process, Young Master." giggled the maid, brushing Natsumi's long violet hair with her fingers to untangle his hair strands.
"They sure are lazy..." mumbled Natsumi, straightening himself when the maid was finished untangling his bed hair. "Thank you for your service, Clementine."
The maid giggled while bowing and left. Both Natsumi and Kagami entered the room which revealed a huge bathtub with steam floating in the air and scented bubbles.
"Are you still a child?" asked Kagami, disbelievingly.
"The last time I've checked before anyone asked, I'm sixteen." answered Natsumi, walking toward some stalls to their right for changing.
"T-That's not what I was referring to!" exclaimed Kagami as he watched the other undress in front of him, well the other had only boxers, mind you.
"That's not what I was thinking, Kagami. You sure are a dirty-minded one, neh?" said Natsumi, taking off the last piece of clothing he had while using his towel to cover his more personal area, considering there's guests in his Mansion.
"That's-! Argh! You're so complicated!" said Kagami, irritated as he too, undress, leaving only his boxers on.
"I already knew that. Besides, why don't you take that off?" said Natsumi, pointing towards Kagami's boxers which Kagami stubbornly didn't took off.
"Cause there's no reason to." retorted Kagami, intending to walk pass Natsumi but said person blocked his path with his hand. "Now what?" grumbled Kagami.
"I suggest you to take that off. We're not in a beach." said Natsumi, not removing his arm from Kagami's path.
"Hell no."
"Do it or I'll take it off myself"
"You wouldn't go that far.."
"Are you underestimating my capacities?"
"Still, you wouldn't force yourself onto your guests!"
"I am not forcing myself. I gave you a warning."
"Which I refuse to comply!"
"Take it off. Now."
"No!"
"You're leaving me without an option here, Kagami..."
"I swear if that hand of yours goes near my boxers, I'll take your towel off!"
"I don't care."
"You...!"
Natsumi reached for the boxers hem, tugging it while Kagami had one hand on Natsumi's while his right hand took a hold of Natsumi's towel. Just as Natsumi could tug harder on the boxers' hem and Kagami tugging to loosen the towel, the double doors opened, revealing the whole team there. As the team were rubbing the sleep away from their eyes, Natsumi's towel had loosen which would had fallen if it weren't for Kagami's hand grasping it. At this, the whole team's eyes widen at the scene in front of them. Kagami noticed what they where staring at and he immediately turned Natsumi to face him as he block the team's view by giving them his back.
"Have some privacy, will ya?!" hissed Kagami, tying the towel around the slender waist as Natsumi shook his head.
"Do notice that I'm slight taller than you.." mumbled Natsumi. At this, Kagami's face drained from color.
"What?!" exclaimed Kagami.
"Oi! What's going on?!" asked Hyuuga as he approached the pair.
"Kagami is being shy." muttered Natsumi as he walked past them, heading toward the other side of the big bathtub.
"I'm not being shy!" retorted Kagami, blushing yet glaring while Hyuuga sighed in annoyance.
"Kagami, do you get into the bath like that?"
"Like what?"
"In boxers... We're all guys"
"I'm not used to it.."
"Its not like we haven't seen a thing. Have some assurance." Hyuuga patted Kagami's shoulder while he and the rest of Seirin team walked past Kagami.
"The bathtub is... Big..." murmured Kuroko who appeared beside Kagami, just in towel. Kagami choked from his own saliva as Kuroko smacked his back to help his light.
"KUROKO! DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN!"
Natsumi was watching the whole scene unfold, perking at sounds of laughter from the rest of the team. Natsumi sighed irritably as he sunk a bit more lower till only leaving his head surface. "I fear I won't get any peace today... I can just feel that misfortune..."
*Breakfast Time. 6:40*
"Ah, that was relaxing" said Furihata as he and the team walked down the stairs, heading towards the dinning room.
"... I had to watch unneccessary nude bodies..." pouted Natsumi as he lead them in the dinning room. As they entered, Saichi and Soichu were already there while Natsumi's dad was in the resting room, reading a newspaper.
As if Ruushiro had dog ears, he turned his head to the dinning room direction. "You had watched what?"
".. Nothing..." mumbled Natsumi, waving off his father's questioning stare.
"It's not like you're saying you've watched something so horrid." said Hyuuga, shaking his head Natsumi's pout.
"I do care to remind that I've did... just now actually." said Natsumi, scowling while the others laughed.
"So Natsu-kun... how exactly did you defeat Aomine?" asked Teppei as he slung his arm around Natsumi's shoulders who glared at him at the sudden 'friendly' gesture.
"Don't call me that." Natsumi scowled. "It was quite interesting but he was... let's say... easy for me to play against."
"I don't quite understand what you meant by 'easy', Natsumi.." said Hyuuga as they joined both Natsumi twins for breakfast.
"I don't expect you to" said Natsumi, glancing at the irritated captain. "You wouldn't understand if I told you in what I think of it."
"I wouldn't if you don't tell us your point!" glared Hyuuga but his glare softened a bit as Natsumi only stared at him for a couple of silent minutes till Natsumi turned his gaze away, only to stare at nothing in particular. "Natsumi?"
Natsumi didn't respond when his name was being called. He couldn't. He wouldn't. Not until that match with the dark-blue haired ace. 'His words... His eyes... His aura... They're different... Although that ace had mentioned that Kuroko-kun had beaten all of the GoM's asses... He couldn't acknowledge the defeat... He's quite similar to me in some circumstance... But who's the most different?'
"Natsu-kun?"
Natsumi still hasn't responded to his last name. He was entirely spacing out. Thinking hard. He hardly ever done thinking over something he would shrug off. Yet he tried to remember what the other had said during their minor math one-on-one.
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FLASHBACK
Natsumi threw another 3-pointer and that his 109 points while the ace only had 87 points. Natsumi went to retrieve the basketball until he heard the other say "You can't defeat me... Not like this... What the hell are you?!"
"Someone who might be on your same level but I might have surpassed that phase" answered Natsumi, passing the ball to the other.
"Heh, you talk big for such a girly face" joked the other. Natsumi had not found that funny, feeling insulted, he crossed his arms over his chest while wearing an displeased scowl. The other smirked at the long violet-haired teen, passing the ball to said person but the other seem not to want recieve it which it hit his chest and arms. "Heh, no boobs. You are a guy after all."
"Such a perv you are.." said Natsumi, scrunching his nose in distaste. "You don't seem interesting at all."
"Now you're insulting?" mocked the other. "It's not my fault if I had mistaken you for a girl"
"Neither mine was." retorted Natsumi. "It's not my fault I hold beauty naturelly."
"Heh, if that idiot of Kise saw you right now... You would have put him into shame for his good looks he blabs about"
"Kise? A member of Generation of Miracles also... Kise Ryouta..." Natsumi pondered for a moment, unaware of the other's gaze hardening. "I've heard of him. When I first came here at least. What a spoiled kid I'd say... not to offend your former teammate." said Natsumi. "Speaking of them... You're Aomine Daiki."
"So now you've remembered my name?" questioned Aomine, mockingly. "I tell you what... You won't be able to defeat the others just because you've got the lead on this lil match here, girly face"
"You say that when Kuroko-kun had beaten all of you Generation of Miracles. I don't think you have the right to warn me right now. Nor the lead to at least backfire." said Natsumi as he glared lazily at Aomine who fumed with rage, all the cockiness and friendlyness casted aside.
"So what? It's not like you've faced bigger opponents that got crushed by us!" spat Aomine. "Now let's continue! I want to see you on your knees in defeat!"
Natsumi pursed his lips, uncrossing his arms while turning around to retrieve the ball, passing it to Aomine who began the third round. Just as he was about to snatch the ball from Aomine using a rare move called 'snatch-backfire', Aomine spoke again in a low whisper "You play basketball because you want to always win, right?" Natsumi pondered on that, still snatched the basketball from Aomine who looked at his hand dumdfounded for a second.
"That's not my reason." said Natsumi as he arched his back like a bow in mid-sprint, with a thrust of his hands, he threw an 3-pointer and scored.
"Then what the hell is your reason?" questioned Aomine, cursing for being careless around the other male.
"I dunno."
Aomine stopped dead on his tracks, he turned slowly to face Natsumi who stared back at him. "Huh?"
"Dunno about my reason. Back then I've played basketball because I loved it... But after my twin otoutos' accidents on the two sports I loved... I quit both of them. Now I held no reason anymore. Winning was not on my list right now." answered Natsumi, eyes showing honesty. Aomine stared at him, paralyzed.
"Y-you hold no reason?" questioned Aomine. Natsumi nodded, not breaking eye contact. " Then what's the point on trying to play again?"
"Dunno that either." said Natsumi which Aomine face-palmed."May be for the thrill to love it again."
"Heh, I'm kinda starting to dislike you" laughed Aomine, his concern forgotten.
"Is that a good thing?" questioned Natsumi, tilting his head a bit.
"Like hell I know" Aomine smirked. "Enough with talking already! Let's continue!"
"You've started it"
"Heh?! Now you're accusing me?!"
"Yep. Couldn't help myself to speak the truth."
"Che, you're making me dislike you more"
"Who said I want to be liked by you?"
"Shut up! Che, I swear you act like Tets-GHHF!" Aomine received a blow on his abdomen from Kuroko's fist. "W-W-WHY YOU D-DID THAT FOR, TETSU?!"
"No reason." said Kuroko, his expression blank as Aomine doubled over. Natsumi stared at them confusedly but shrugged it off.
"H-Hey... girly face.." Aomine spoke, getting up after Kuroko's blow. "When things you loved before never seem to open again, you can always forget about it and renew your path. You should value a meaning of a reason to hold."
Natsumi's turn to be shocked, although he didn't expressed openly. He stared at Aomine who gave him an goofy grin and a wink while Kuroko just nodded as if agreeing with him. Natsumi then nodded in understanding, agreeing also. "I'll have that in mind. Thank you, Aomine-kun."
"Che, don't thank me with that horrid expression of yours. I feel like I'm talking to an clone of Tetsu" grumbled Aomine, smirking while Kuroko looked at him, with said expression.
"What do you want me to do about it?" asked Natsumi. Aomine rolled his eyes, pointing at his grin/smirk plastered on his face. "You want me... to smile?"
"Obviously."
"I don't smile... not officially at least." said Natsumi which Aomine dropped his grin. "But I do smirk just fine" at this, Natsumi gave his most breath-taking smirk, in which both Aomine and Kuroko were taken aback from such adorable facial expression. "Shall we continue?"
"H-Huh? Oh, yeah! Bring it on, girly face!"
"... I'm starting to hate you now... you know that right?" scowled Natsumi. Aomine just laughed while Kuroko smiled a bit at them.
END OF FLASHBACK
Natsumi sighed as he glanced at his new teammates who looked at him with worry. "I apologize, I've been thinking. That is all."
"About what exactly?! We've been trying to get you back for like 34 times!" exclaimed Hyuuga. Natsumi shrugged it off, angering the captain further.
"About Aomine-kun's words. Hmm, I really hate him now." said Natsumi, unaware of Kagami's angered face at the mention of the ace.
"About that jerk-face?!" growled Kagami. Natsumi glanced at his direction, curiousity in his eyes.
"I'm sorry but do you have a grudge agains't him?" questioned Natsumi. The team except Kuroko sweat-dropped as Kagami only grumbled a few cursed words and shook his head.
"Hey, since it's the weekend why don't we go to the beach to chill around?" suggested Saichi, grinning. Natsumi nodded at the idea.
"Good idea, Saichi-chan. That way we can all get along." agreed Natsumi. The team cheered at the mention of beach, well not until Riko ruined their joy.
"Hold up right there! We still need to practice though!" Everyone except the Natsumis, groaned and complained. "Triple!"
"WHAT?!" everyone exclaimed. Riko arched her brow at their outburst.
"Quadruple?"
"W-WE'RE GOOD WITH T-TRIPLE!" Riko smiled as she sat down for breakfast in which the maids have brought in. Pancakes, freshly cut fruit, some homemade granola bars, juice and milk, fruit smoothies, a big bowl of fruit salad and some toasts with jam. Every pair of eyes turned to look at Natsumi who gave them a 'what-are-you-guys-waiting-for' look until Natsumi decided to speak for their confirmation.
"Dig in."
"This is the best!" exclaimed Furihata as he reached for the pancakes.
"I think I'm in heaven" commented Riko as she serve herself as well.
"No wonder you're on diet, Natsumi-kun" commented Kuroko, serving himself. Natsumi shrugged, a bit taken aback by his sudden presence beside him. Now he was sitting in between Kagami and Kuroko.
"Mmm! This is great!"
"I can't believe this"
"Amazing."
Natsumi watched them, all of them joyfully enjoying themselves. Even Saichi and Soichu joined their conversations while his father entered to join them as well. 'A meaning of a reason to hold neh? Sounds like a perfect book title to me' thought Natsumi, shaking his head as he served himself too.
"Natsumi-kun... when you mentioned about money management... did you me-" Hyuuga started.
"Un. But I'm not into money so I just use it wisely." interrupted Natsumi, glancing at Hyuuga who looked at him with calculating eyes.
"I see."
"I've noticed"
"Huh?"
"What?"
"..." Hyuuga had a vein pop on his forehead while Natsumi looked at him with a innocent yet smug expression.
"Suya-chan! I have news for you!" exclaimed Ruushiro, holding a white envelop while a maid retreated and excused herself to leave.
"... Not the kind of news I'd watch..." mumbled Natsumi. The team tried to cover their chuckles and snickers as Ruushiro pouted at his son.
"Suya-chan is so mean to papa!" Natsumi sighed irritated. "By the way, our dear young lady requested for us to attend at her ball her mother has set up."
Natsumi stopped mid chew and turned his head towards his father's direction. "It's not today... is it?"
"No, of course not. It's going to be held tomorrow afternoon."
"Thank my schedule. I did not want to postpone today's arrangement of the beach trip." said Natsumi, straightening more in his seat, pushing his empty plate aside. "If it was today they had planned to hold it, I would had to arrange the beach trip for Sunday."
"Yes, which would be a shame" agreed Ruushiro, both him and Natsumi unaware of the quiet atmosphere.
"Well, who was requesting for our assistance?" questioned Natsumi.
"Hmm. Well it's Sertun's."
Natsumi's golden eyes widen at the familiar name. "S-Sertun chan?"
"The only being with that name" chuckled Ruushiro at Natsumi's expression.
"Wait a sec here... Who's that?" questioned Kagami, judging by the fact how Natsumi used '-chan' which referred as a girl.
"None of your concern, Kagami. Let's proceed with packing our beach materials." said Natsumi, excusing himself as he beckoned the maids to have said materials packed.
"What's his problem?" questioned Kagami, snorting. Ruushiro chuckled but had not said a word and he too, excused himself.
"Is that 'Sertun' person Natsumi's crush?" asked Furihata.
"No, she's a friend of his. She had confessed her love to him but Natsumi did not answered her." chuckled Soichu.
"What?"
"Natsumi doesn't love her that way." said Saichi, crossing his arms over his chest, smirking.
"So you're saying that Natsumi is speechless of such sudden gesture?" asked Riko.
"Yes." both twins nodded.
"Pffft!" snorted Kagami. "And I thought he's man enough for that"
"Natsumi-kun never had his mother here in Japan, Kagami-kun" said Kuroko. The team bow their heads at the given info.
"It's rough for Natsumi then. Having his mother somewhere else than here with him." commented Fukuda, Kawahara agreeing.
"Sirs, the louggage is ready. Please follow me to the limousine." said a maid with brown curly hair, smiling as she beckoned them to follow her as the other maids came to clean the table for them.
As the group left the dinning room, Natsumi uncrossed his arms from where he leaned on the wall. He sighed and was about to follow them when he felt a pat on his back. Surprised, he turned to face Kagami who was the last one in line. Natsumi scowled but did not shrugged off Kagami's hand still lingering on his shoulder now.
"There's a reason for it, yeah?" questioned Kagami. Natsumi looked at him confusedly but shook his head and walked off. Not wanting the pity of the other.
Kagami sighed and he too, followed the other. 'I'm starting to think that today I'm gonna some people I don't wanna encounter...'
To be continued...
Author: Short chapter I know. xP But I promise to make Chapter 6 longer! Sorry for not updating like a long time. Bear with me guys!
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