R/R please? I rewrote this chapter.

Chapter 3 - I am Serious: the fangirls will get me

Seirin was preparing for practice after school. In the boys' locker room, Koganei spotted an old Monthly Basketball Magazine.

"Didn't this issue come out when Kuroko was at Teiko?" He passed it to Hyuuga and flipped the featuring pages.

"Eh, Kuroko isn't here?" Hyuuga said.

"Even though you were the sixth man on the team?" Koganei asked.

"They did, but they forgot about me," Kuroko said.

So sad... Izuki, Hyuuga and Koganei lamented while Koganei sobbed in pity.

"Besides, I'm nothing like the other five," he went back to tidying his sports gear. "They're true prodigies."

"SHE'S BACK! THE COACH IS BACK! We're gonna play a practice game!" Fukuda ran in.

"Oh! I wonder who we're playing against," Izuki asked.

"Who knows... but coach was skipping though," Fukuda raised an eyebrow at the memory.

"She was skipping?!" Izuki choked.

"..."

"Be ready, everyone. If she's skipping, our next opponent's gonna be real tough," Hyuuga said, knowing the coach's moods very well.

At the gate of the school, a tall blonde peered at the facilities with interest.

"Oooh. So this is Seirin," he said. "As expected from a new school, it looks nice!"

Girls began gasping as he strolled into the school.

"Isn't he hot?" A girl whispered to her friend.

"Kya!" Her friend fangirled.

"And tall... wait, isn't he that model...!"

The oblivious Seirin team members began practicing their regimen.

Shoes squeaked in the gym as Kuroko passed to Kagami. He sprinted past Izuki.

"Not yet!" Izuki yelled.

Kagami sped into a turnaround a dunked the ball.

"...Fast!"

Kise looked down from the balcony with interest. "Huh... not bad."

Out of the corner of her eye Hazuki spotted him. She looked at the stranger curiously.

"Focus Fujidana!" Hyuuga shouted.

"Yes!" she said.

Kise frowned as he saw her. What a girly looking guy...

"Nice shot!" Fukuda said.

"Incredible, he turned back even though he was going at full speed," Koganei grinned. "He's no ordinary human."

Super Saiyan, Hazuki thought slightly randomly.

"He might even beat the Generation of Miracles," Kawahara said.

"He might actually be able to beat them with that!" Furihata grinned. "That's not an easy maneuver. Maybe he's better than them already."

With your current level, you can't hold a candle to any of them... Kuroko thought.

"...That's what I said but..." Kuroko pondered quietly.

"Hrm," Hazuki looked at Kagami thoughtfully.

"Gather around everyone!" Riko shouted after blowing her whistle. "I have some good news. We're going to have practice game with Kaijou High!"

"A PRACTICE GAME WITH KAIJOU HIGH?!" The 2nd-years exclaimed.

"Yep! They won't disappoint us. We'll put plenty of first years on the court," she smiled.

"Disappoint us?! They're way better than us!" Koganei agonized.

"Are they really that good?" Furihata asked.

"They're strong at the national level." Hyuuga explained.

"And if I'm not wrong," Hazuki recalled some of the basketball magazines her brother had, "They play in the InterHigh every year."

"And this year, Kaijou got their hands on one of the Generation of Miracles, Kise Ryouta," Riko grinned.

"What?" Furihata yelped. "The Generation of Miracles?"

Kagami grinned. I never thought I'd get to play them so soon.

"Apparently, Kise works as a model." Hyuuga added as an after thought.

"Seriously? Amazing," Izuki said.

"Good looking and good at basketball? That's brutal," Koganei sighed.

"Pft," Hazuki chuckled. So guys did complain like this sometimes.

"...Idiot," Riko muttered then turned to the entrance of the gymnasium "Er, eh?"

A crowd of fangirls were stretching across the gym, holding papers, pencils, and giggling bashfully...

Before they even knew it, an even larger group of fangirls had gathered on the balcony over the gym.

Gah! What's with these crowds edging in towards the gym? Hazuki panicked.

"Huh?" Riko gaped. "What? What are all these people doing here?"

"Uh, I didn't mean for this to happen," A blonde and handsome looking guy said sheepishly signing notebooks and pads.

"That's..."

What is the Generation of Miracles' Kise Ryota doing here? Hyuuga frowned.

"It's good to see you again," Kuroko nodded.

"Good to see you too," Kise waved.

"Kise Ryota..." Hyuuga muttered.

"Sorry, really, um... Do you think you could wait for five minutes?" Kise said sheepishly.

Fifteen minutes later Riko had chased the fangirls out of the gymnasium.

All gone, Hazuki thought in relief. Those fangirls looked like they meant serious business.

"What are you doing here?" Hyuuga demanded.

Kise jumped off from the stage... "Ah, well, when I heard the next opponent was Seirin, I remembered it was the school Kurokocchi joined, so I thought I'd come and say hi. We were the best of friends in middle school."

"Not any more than anyone else." He replied in his blunt manner.

"You're so mean!" Kise sobbed.

"Kise Ryota," Furihata read the magazine. "Though he started basketball his second year of middle school, his exceptional physical ability and sense got him on the Teiko team as a regular in a heartbeat. While he has less experience than the other four, he's a rapidly improving all-rounder."

"Since your second year?!" Hyuuga asked, stunned.

"That article exaggerated quite a bit..." Kise rubbed his head in embarrassment. "I'm glad to be called part of the Generation of Miracles, but I'm the worst of the bunch. They bullied me and Kurokocchi for it all the time."

"That never happened to me," Kuroko replied bluntly again.

"What? It was just me!?" Kise sobbed, a waterfall of tears cascaded down his face.

Suddenly he snapped his eyes open a caught a basketball that had been aiming at him with amazing speed.

"Ow! What was that for?" Kise complained.

"Kagami!"

"Kagami-kun!"

"Sorry for interrupting your little reunion. Don't tell me you came all the way here just to greet us. How about being my opponent for a bit, pretty boy."

Hazuki walked to Kagami, lifted his arm and stabbed him in the armpit.

"OUCH! What the HELL was that for?!"

"Well, you see, you just looked like you needed to calm down?" She suggested.

"What the heck are you talking about?" Kagami asked irritably.

"Eh? I thought my eyes were tricking me, but, you're a girl?" Kise pointed at Hazuki.

"...I hope so?" Hazuki frowned.

"No, that's what I meant," Kise reexplained. "This is a boy's basketball team right?"

"Yeah it officially is," Hazuki pondered.

"Hah?"

"Ah, well Seirin doesn't have a girl's basketball team."

"Eh... that's interesting." Kise patted his hand on her shoulder causing an explosion in their audience. Hazuki could clearly tell that Kise thought she was joking.

"..." Hazuki was speechless.

"IYA! Why's Kise touching that girl?" A girl shrieked from the balcony of the gym.

"Unfair! Does he know her?"

"Some fangirls migrated to the balcony instead of leaving," Izuki sweatdropped. "Wait! Subete the girls think Kise is Sugoi!*

"...That was so lame Izuki."

"Izuki, disappear!"

Guh, Hazuki thought, Now tomorrow at school, I'm going to be charged at.

"What are you doing Kise-kun?" Kuroko removed Kise's hand from her shoulder. "She clearly doesn't like it."

Everyone looked at her face, which had contorted into an emotion where it was apparant that she was going to be sick.

"Ah? That's the first time a girl has reacted like that."

Gah, tomorrow... Hazuki was already far far away thinking of the rabid fangirls she would have to face.

"What did you do to our cute junior!?" Riko demanded indignantly. As expected of his looks... he's a player!

"Her soul flew away! No!" Koganei shouted in angst. Mitobe tried to calm him down on the sidelines.

"I'm dead," Hazuki whispered, not referring to Kise-kun but her fate.

Classmates could be really scary.

"EH? What did I do?" he demanded.

"...Everything Kise-kun."

"Wah you're so mean!"

"Oi, how did the subject get to this?" Kagami demanded.

"Sorry Kagami-kun. You guys were talking about going on one-on-one right?" Hazuki went back to normal.

...She went to normal really fast! She really is a black box**...All the members of the Seirin team thought.

"Just like her brother." Riko muttered.

"What? I don't know if I'm ready..." Kise sighed as Kagami threw him a basketball. "Fine let's do it. I have to thank you for showing something good!"

"Unbelievable," Riko groaned.

"This could be bad," Kuroko said.

"Huh?"

Kise began to dribble the ball while in stance. He made several fakes with his eyes then went past Kagami. He made the turnaround and dunked.

When he has seen a play, he can make it his own in an instant.

The Generation of Miracles, Hazuki thought. No wonder the Crownless Generals were overshadowed by this younger generation.

"Wha?!" Riko gasped. This isn't just simple imitation!

This is ridiculous! I just did that, but... you've gotta be kidding!

"Woah! Kagami is amazing too! He reacted in time!?"

"KYAA" A fangirl shrieked.

Kagami strained and reached to block. However, Kise still dunked the ball in.

He's quicker than me, stronger too!

Kagami fell onto the floor.

"This is the Generation of Miracles... Kuroko, your friend is way too good!" Kawahara said.

"...I don't know that person," Kuroko said.

"Huh?"

"To be honest, I may have underestimated him until just now. It's only been a few months since I left them, but the Generation of Miracles has improved far more quickly than I expected," he said.

"Hmm," Kise sighed. "I don't know about this. After something so disappointing, I can't just leave now. Give us Kurokocchi."

The basketball team all gasped.

Hazuki narrowed her eyes slightly and stared at Kise. "He's not an object you know," she said.

"Eh? I didn't mean it that way!"

"You're making him sound like it." Hazuki looked at the slightly complicated emotions that briefly flickered through Kuroko's normally blank eyes. It was clear that the relationships the Generation of Miracles had with each other was not family-like or flawless as it should have been.

Hazuki frowned slightly in observation. "It also sounds like you're asking for his hand in marriage."

"Pft," Koganei laughed. "Hahaha!"

"I would dislike that," Kuroko deadpanned.

"Eh?! That's totally wrong!" He turned back to Kuroko. "I seriously respect you, Kurokocchi. It's such a waste of your talent to stay here. What do you say?"

Seirin looked between Kuroko and Kise in anticipation.

"I am honored to hear you say that. But I must respectfully decline your offer," Kuroko bowed politely.

"Doesn't that sound weird, in that context?!" Kise said, sweatdropping.

Hazuki observed the scene with her hand in the shape of a L underneath her chin. It looks like a rejected omiai proposal.

"Besides, this isn't like you. Winning was everything. Why didn't you go to a stronger school?"

"My thinking has changed since that time," he said. "More importantly, I already made a promise with Kagami-kun and Fujidana-san. To aim for the top and defeat the Generation of Miracles."

"It's really not like you to joke around like that." Kise admitted.

"Ha!" Kagami laughed. This is the Generation of Miracles. They really are amazing! And there are four more guys stronger than him. I can't help but grin. "What are you doing, stealing my lines Kuroko?"

"I still have no sense of humor," Kuroko said to Kise. "I'm serious"

Ahehe... 3rd chapter. R/R? Please?

*Subete means all and sugoi means awesome. Izuki's puns... (sweatdrops)

**BTW, black box is an idiom in Japanese... in which people cannot predict or understand what a person is thinking. Kinda unpredictable just like her brother.