Q: Why the late update?

A: Because of the stupid electricity.

Anyway. I made a change to chapter 17. I forgot to edit it. Sorry. It's just the last part about Kise and Shigeru. They were talking about something that would hurt Yachiyo and the thing that Kise didn't want to do. I erased that. It's kinda confusing so I omitted it. No big deal. XDD The main reason I removed that is because it would make things too long to explain. And I hate that. XD SO... Anyway, I made the story a little sunnier. Somehow... I dunno. Maybe.

You may now continue reading~

Chapter 18 – Plan B

"This is a pretty boring game." Coach Takeuchi said. '29 – 52.' And to think Kise is not even playing." He paused and said to Yachiyo; "Our players seem to be a lot more improved though."

Yachiyo nodded. "Yes, they've improved about 20 % in 5 days. That's my evaluation so far. Only Ikemen is not yet evaluated."

"Kise, that's your cue." Coach said. And at that, Kise smiled and stood up.

"Play like it's your last, Ikemen. I would make it your last if you don't." Yachiyo said.

Shigeru walks closer to the two and puts his arm around Kise's shoulder. "Smile and wave, Mr. Model~ Go gather more attention." he said teasingly. Kise smirked; "You should be doing that too, Mr. President."

"You guys should really work on your encouraging words." Kise said as he pushed Shigeru aside. Yachiyo looked at him and said; "There's no need for encouragement. I know you'd win anyway."

Kise blushed and said; "I can't afford to lose then." Then he entered the court.

At the background: Girls are screaming furiously and going; "KYAAA~~ SO HOT~ SO HANDSOME~ THE TWO! OH MY GOD~"

"I'm not even playing." Shigeru said with an unsure smile.

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After a while, Kise was face to face with Azuma Kento. "Woah, you are good, pretty boy." Azuma teased.

"Thank you. But complimenting me won't help you win." Kise replied.

"Easy there. By the way, you seem close to the megane manager." Azuma smirked. "You have baaaaad taste. And not to mention, she looks easy to get. Even if I can't win this game, I can win her from you. Hmn… In just 1 day, I can make her sleep with me. Ahahaha." Kise looked at him with sharp eyes. His overall aura changed.

"My, my. You look like you could kill." Azuma teased. Kise didn't break his stare. Then he said with ice cold voice; "I won't let you score."

The ball was passed to Azuma but Kise quickly stole it and made a 3 point shot in mere seconds. The crowd screamed and cheered. Once again, Azuma got the ball but Kise stole it and made another 3 point.

This went on for quite a while until Yachiyo said; "Coach, Time out. Something's wrong." She said that in a voice not commanding. Rather it was full of worry.

The buzzer rang and all the players started moving to the bench. Except for Kise who stood there, motionless. The others were calling him; "Kise… oi, Kise." He didn't budge until Yachiyo called; "Ikemen."

Kise still looked dazed but he walked to the bench. Passing by Yachiyo without saying anything. Instantly, she grabbed his jersey and looked straight at him; "Calm down."

Shigeru was near them and he asked; "What happened to you, Ryouta?". All the others were looking at them too.

"I can't forgive that guy." Kise said coldly. "What—" Yachiyo tried to speak but she stopped when she saw Kise's piercing eyes. Furious. Dangerous.

"Yachiyo, you can't make a guy like that calm down by just saying so~" Shigeru said in a friendly tone. He walked towards the two and screamed; "Ryouta~ You better calm down~ Hmn… I know what to do~"

He went near Yachiyo and slowly removed her glasses. Her hair swayed and her eyes were closed. Slowly [or I guess in slow-motion], she opened her eyes. Suddenly, her plain background turned into pink stuffs and flowers and sparkles and glitters, the whole moe package in mere seconds. [lol moe moe kyun.]

Everyone fell silent.

Then… "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH?!"

"Shigeru-kun! Why did you-" she said but Shigeru cut her off: "Try calming him down now, Yachiyo~".

Yachiyo turned to Kise and said; "A-ano… Ikemen, p-please calm d-down."

Kise blushed furiously. All he managed to do was nod and say ;"Y-yes."

Every single person on the gym was bewildered. Surprised. Astonished. Amazed.

The first ones to react were the players of Kaijo; "W-what the freaking hell?!" Moriyama screamed. "Who are you!?" he asked as he pointed at Yachiyo. She blushed and said; "Uhm… I can't really see you well, uhmm… Moriyama-san? Uhmm…well, Ku-kuroko. Kuroko Yachiyo." She said timidly. "Manager."

Everyone was freaking out.

The coach scolded them; "YOU ALL JUST SHUT UP! Stop overreacting. You're all turning into Kise."

"I don't overreact that much!" Kise protested.

"It's just too much shock, coach. The manager who tortured us is… that." Moriyama said. Coach Takeuchi stood up and shouted; "Huddle. Now." After they all gathered he announced; "I will make a motivation for all of you. This game is really boring and the opponent is a mere ant. But… look." He pointed at the Yumesaki players.

The opponents were doing nothing but stare at Yachiyo who was standing near the huddle. They were blushing and they looked fierce at the same time. Fired up to be exact.

"The opponent found an inspiration to awake their resting fighting spirits. As men, you all know how someone like her could change a guy and make him stronger... They would be fierce." The coach said this in a war-like voice. Like a general giving an encouraging speech to his soldiers.

Yachiyo looked confused "Coach, you are overreacting as well."

"It is your fault, manager." Coach said in his general's voice. "And you will make up for it."

"EH?!" she looked embarrassed.

"The opponent found an inspiration, but all they can do is stare at the prize, that is you. So, my soldiers, if you win this game… the prize will be yours."

"WHAT?!" Yachiyo looked a lot redder. "Wait, What is happening?! Coach?!"

"Win this game and she will give each one of you a kiss." Coach said. "And manager, you can't protest about this. It's your fault for awakening the other team's fighting spirit."

"Ha?! This is not part of the plan! Eh… uhm… wha—" Yachiyo tried to say. But Shigeru interrupted; "That's not fair."

Yachiyo looked happy; "Arigatou, Shige—"

"I helped arrange this match, so can I get a kiss too?" he added.

"WHAAAAAAA?!" Yachiyo looked shocked again.

"Oh, surely you can Saitou-san." Coach said in his 'general's-speech' voice.

"Hold on! This is nonsense! Why is this even happening?... Ikemen?" Yachiyo faced Kise but Kise was already stretching for the game. He seems motivated.

The further argument Yachiyo wanted to start was stopped by the buzzer.

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After a few minutes, the game was over.

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The crowd cheered as the game was set. Score? 29 – 132.

Azuma Kento looked furious. He was giving sharp stares at Kise.

In just a second, the many fans of Kise and Shigeru appeared out of nowhere. "KISE-KUN~ YOU WERE SO COOL AT THE GAME~" "SAITOU-KUN TOO~" Shigeru tried to say; "I didn't even play."

Azuma walked towards them and said; "Hello there ~ Care to make my life as beautiful as you?"

"What do you want, weirdo?" Mikage asked.

Azuma snickered and said; "I am not talking to you, clown-face, I am talking to Kuroko-chan." Azuma pushed Mikage aside and she lost her balance. She fell to the ground. Then he walked closer to Yachiyo.

But before he could say anything, she already started talking.

"You are Azuma Kento, am I right? I can't really see your face well. But by your obnoxious behavior, I can already tell."

"What? Obnoxious?" Azuma looked surprised.

"Yes, obnoxious, Low level creature." She said.

The girls in the background looked like hard stone due to shock. But Kise and Shigeru were holding their laughter; "Nothing's gonna stop her now. Pffft."

"Low level creature?" Azuma looked furious.

"Yes, low level creature. A creature who talks to women with their dirty little tongues and pea-sized brain. All they do is act tough and act like a jerk. But no matter what they do, they can't seem to cover up for their reeking idiocy." She smirked and said once more; "Someone like you don't even have any right to talk to girls. Not even a single insult."

Yachiyo walked towards Mikage who was sitting on the floor. Yachiyo gave her a big smile and asked; "Are you okay?" She handed one hand to her.

Despite being a girl, Mikage blushed a little too. "Y-yes. I am. Thank you." Yachiyo was still holding her hand and then she said in a friendly tone; "Girls should be treated more delicately, ne?" The other girls are actually blushing too.

Azuma looked furious but also embarrassed. "Oi, How dare you talk to me like that!" He moved forward but was blocked by Kise and Shigeru.

"It's okay." Yachiyo said to the two guys. She walked pass them and said to Azuma with a huge smile. "Get. Lost." Instantly he walked away with a red furious face.

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Yachiyo sighed and said; "My plans are over. I can't believe I let my feelings take over me. Now I seem like a sharp-tongued evil girl again." Kise and Shigeru laughed.

"Actually, you sounded cool." Kise said."Even if we failed this plan, you still did the right thing." Shigeru added.

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The girls suddenly gathered around Yachiyo.

"A-arigatou, Kuroko-san. Thanks for defending Mikage." A girl said to her.

"Kuroko-san, you looked cool back there!" a girl complemented.

"You really defended all the girls in such a cool way~" another praised.

"Wow~ Sugoii~"

They all complimented Yachiyo who was surprised by what was happening "Eh? Uhm.".

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Flashback:

"Do you guys understand?" Yachiyo asked the two guys. But all she got as a reply was two unsure nods. She sighed and explained; "To cut it short. Here's how it goes. We have Plan A and Plan B. During Plan A, you guys will follow me around to make the girls who admire you furious. The girls will definitely watch the basketball game because you two are there. But, I'd be there too, and that would certainly make them a lot more furious."

"Plan B would be after they get mad. Once they are, they'd confront me or go against me, and once I find out who they are, I will talk to them. Just talk. The end."

They paused for a while.

"Yachiyo, I don't think this would work at all." Shigeru admitted. "Sure, the Plan A was kinda nice since it has at least 70 % chance of working but Plan B…"

"I don't think talking would fix this, Meganekko." Kise said. "I can think more bad things that could happen if this fails."

"I know it would fail at least 60% percent." Yachiyo said. "The game we have against Yumesaki is an evaluating game. To see how the players improved. And our little plan here is also just to evaluate what the girls can do, and would do." Yachiyo sat down and said; "As a girl, I know for a fact that we are difficult to understand. So I'd just test for a bit, then we'd make a new fool-proof plan."

Kise and Shigeru sighed. "Are you even taking this seriously? Can't you make a better and safer plan?"

"This is a lot more fun if you ask me. The odds are exciting." Yachiyo said. "But don't do anything that will ruin my plan. Remember just get attention then I would do the talking. Ne?"

"That's it? I was kinda hoping we'd do a much more complicated thing." Kise sighed.

"That's it." Yachiyo plainly replied.

End Flashback.

"Everything went better than expected." Kise said. "It seems the problem was fixed on its own."

"Yeah, ahaha. Hooray~" Shigeru said. "Everything will be quiet from now on. It's funny how this plan is so simple and messed up yet it somehow worked."

Kise then stares at Shigeru. "Why did you remove her glasses? You told me you are selfish, then why?" he asked. "To calm you down, Ryouta." Shigeru answered. "Have you seen the look on her face when you got furious? She was very worried."

"That's it? Shigeru, thanks to you, guys will gather around her from now on." Kise said in a scolding manner. Shigeru laughed and said; "Then we have many rivals from now on, Ryouta~ Don't you think the odds are exciting? Just like Yachiyo said."

Shigeru looked at Yachiyo and said; "It seems like she didn't expect this would happen. Her sharp tongue and great feminist attitude saved her. And to think those are her bad qualities. Ahaha."

"I kinda like that about her." Kise admitted.

"Oh, a confession? You know Ryouta, you should tell her that now~" Shigeru said.

"I was talking about her qualities, Jeez." Kise defended with a red face. "Ryouta, you really suck at lying." Shigeru said. "Shut up. And what do you mean by tell her now?" Kise asked. "Because—" Shigeru tried to say but Yachiyo interrupted them.

"Ne, Ikemen, Shigeru-kun. The girls are wondering if you guys would like to go get some ice cream with us."

"Ice cream? Well, I don't really have any plans today so it's fine for me." Shigeru answered.

"Well, of course I can. Of course!" Kise said with enthusiasm.

They were interrupted by coach Takeuchi who said; "Actually, Manager, Kise, you two are coming with me. It's a club member's birthday and he wanted to celebrate." Coach explained. "You can't say no."

"But coach, the girls want to—" Yachiyo tried to explain. But coach already left the gym.

"It's okay, Yachiyo. I'd just go with them." Shigeru said.

"I'm really sorry." Yachiyo apologized. "Let's just go for ice cream the next time." She smiled at them.

"It's okay, Kuroko-san. Next time, okay?" Mikage asked. [she's friendly now]

Shigeru and the girls leave the gym leaving Kise and Meganekko behind.

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There was silence in the air.

"A lot of unplanned things happened, Ikemen." Yachiyo said.

"But everything still went well." Kise answered with a smile. "By the way, why are you still not wearing your glasses?"

Yachiyo looked surprised, "Oh right. I forgot." She tried to put it on but ended up slightly poking her eye.

Kise laughed and took the glasses. "I'd put it on for you. Ahaha. How bad is your eyesight, really?"

They were face to face. Kise moved some hair away from her face and placed the glasses on. He pats Yachiyo's head twice, "You're really small. Ahaha." Yachiyo replied with sarcasm; "How funny."

"It's a compliment. It's cute." Kise turned around and said; "Let's go, Meganekko."

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It's a shame that he turned around so suddenly. Because he didn't get to see how much she reacted when he said that.

"Cute?" Yachiyo thought. She touched her head where Kise's hands were and blushed furiously.

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TBC

Plan B End

It's the start of something new~ At last all the drama are gone~ yay~ The mushy train has arrived. Therefore the next chaps will be about him and her. So far, this is the longest chapter I ever wrote. (. _ .)

Matta ne~