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Taking Flight
Chapter 2 – Acquaintances
Wall Rose - Teiko District Training Corps Mess Hall: 5:34 pm
If there was one thing Akashi Seiijuro hated more than being trapped within the walls, it would have to be being compared to the cowardly fools in Wall Sina. Well, it wasn't that he blamed them or such—he just spited human nature. To run away from challenges, and never ever face them head on... What he hated the most was that the ones who have the power to fight back were the ones who ran away the most.
Akashi, for one, believed that mankind was the strongest. If everyone stood up and fought, mankind would win against those hideous creatures for sure. Thus, when he came of age and was free to pursue whatever he wanted, his first route of action was to enter the Trainee Corps. He knew that mankind needed a leader and he was willing to be that leader that would lead mankind to victory. This was because he himself was strong. He saw himself as stronger than everyone else, and only the strong can win in the world.
He always had a gift in the sight. Two people had immediately caught his eyes the moment he stepped into the grounds of the Trainee Corps: the showy blond boy, Kise Ryota, and the towering glutton, Murasakibara Atsushi. Though they both aimed for the luxury of a military police position, Akashi could sense their boundless potential as a soldier. He knew that they could definitely contribute towards a greater cause.
"Hey, are you listening?!" a hostile voice jolted Akashi out of his trance.
The red haired boy raised his head slightly and saw three boys looming over him with a menacing aura. He snapped his red eyes back up to meet theirs and stared up at them sharply, "I apologize. Did you need something?"
If it wasn't before, the fury was now evident in the eyes of the three boys that surrounded Akashi. Akashi himself was quite unfazed at the whole incident. He could see that these boys were weak nobodies. They were probably cowards like most of the people in here—striving for the safety of Wall Sina. In fact, he was slightly amused at how angry they were. They had no right to look down on him, for he was evidently much stronger than they were.
The pain of the punch came before Akashi could even ready himself. The red haired boy sat there with his head facing sideways and eyes dark and emotionless. So there were willing to underestimate him to this extent.
He heard one of them speak, "Don't talk like you're so high and mighty."
"Yeah, just because you're from Wall Sina doesn't mean that you can boss us around over here. You're nothing but a lowly trainee just like the rest of us, ya hear?"
Akashi had enough of their pathetic voices. There had to be circumstances to those who dared to disobey him or go against him. His hand slid towards the fork that lay on his untouched dish and his fingers grasped the cold utensil.
His lips lifted gently up into a small smirk as he stood up and glared fully at the boys before him, "You all have no right to talk to me or look down on me."
In a swift movement, he charged forwards and his attackers fell helplessly onto the ground. Akashi glared and pointed the fork at them—all the while staring down at them with a sense of authority, "Get out of my way. I'll kill anyone who defies me."
His pursuers stared at each other in fear before scrambling out of the way. However, two pairs of feet stood in their way. Akashi stared at the new people who were brave enough to enter the scene. His red eyes spotted a tall dark skinned boy with navy blue hair and beside him, a small fragile teal haired boy. The tall one grinned at Akashi and the three boys sprawled at his feet threateningly. The smaller one just seemed...unfazed and blank.
"Oi, we should try and all get along, huh? Fighting each other here ain't really gonna help us," the taller boy spoke casually.
"Please stop fighting," the smaller one added.
Akashi met both of their eyes. He could see the power and talent overflowing from the taller boy's figure. And the smaller one...he wasn't sure what it was about him that intrigued him endlessly.
Breaking the stare, Akashi grabbed the sweet potato on his plate and headed outside the mess hall. His mind was preoccupied with images of that certain teal haired boy. He was mysterious for sure...
.-.-.-.
A cool zephyr blew as Akashi stepped outside the mess hall. He was looking for a certain individual that had also caught his attention. He soon heard footsteps approaching him slowly and Akashi raised his head and smiled as he found who he was looking for.
The purple haired giant strolled towards Akashi with a tired gaze. His eyes met the ones of the smaller figure with boredom evident in them.
Akashi gave a greeting, "Hello, Murasakibara-kun."
The purple haired boy tilted his head sideways, "Hmm...? Who are you...?"
The red head smiled for a brief moment. This boy really was different from the rest.
"Akashi Seiijuro," Akashi responded curtly, "you must be hungry, Murasakibara-kun. Would you like a potato?"
Murasakibara's eyes immediately lit up as he saw the sweet potato in the red head's hands. He quickly snatched it and enveloped the piece of food into his mouth in two large bites. Wiping his mouth, Murasakibara smiled goofily, "Aka-chin? Is there any more?"
Akashi smiled back, "There are more inside, Murasakibara-kun. I'll be leaving now."
"Hm? Aka-chin's not heading back inside?"
Akashi raised his hand to signal goodbye as he walked away towards the opposite direction, "I've got some business to attend to."
Murasakibara blinked a couple of times before walking towards the mess hall.
"Aka-chin is a good person."
.-.-.-.
After Akashi Seiijuro left the mess hall, the chattering of the trainees could be heard.
"Did you see that?"
"Yeah, better to stay away from him. What a monster."
Kuroko stared back at Aomine and saw that the blue haired boy had a furious expression on his face. His fists were clenched and his eyes were directed towards the exit that Akashi had taken.
"...Aomine-kun?" Kuroko spoke up gently. The tanned boy jolted back to reality and then laughed sheepishly at his new friend.
"Ah, sorry Tetsu," he scratched his head before directing his gaze to the trainees that were still sprawled onto the ground, "geez you guys better get out of here before Instructor Kagetora decides to check up on us and bite your heads off."
"O-Oh! Yeah!" the three nodded before scrambling onto their feet and heading back to their table.
Kuroko watched Aomine let out a sigh. He wondered what was wrong. Something about Akashi probably irked him.
Nonetheless, the two of them sat back down at their table after the commotion was more or less settled.
Kuroko took another bite of his bread before looking up at the silent Aomine, "Aomine-kun, what's wrong?"
"Huh?" Aomine looked up, "Oh, nothing too much. It's just that that Akashi guy kinda reminded me of someone I knew before." Shaking his head, he grinned at the teal haired boy, "Either way. Let's hurry and eat. We'll be getting our room assignments after this."
Kuroko sensed the touchiness of the topic and decided to respect Aomine's feelings. He nodded and gave a small smile of his own.
"You remind me of someone I used to know as well, Aomine-kun," Kuroko thought to himself as he ate the remainder of his dinner. Once they were both finished, Aomine stood up and stretched.
He turned to look back at Kuroko, "I never got to ask you this, Tetsu. But what military branch were you planning on joining?"
Kuroko paused. That was right. What branch was he planning on joining? He had definitely considered the Military Police after the breach of Wall Maria. However, the Survey Corps would probably make Kagami's death more meaningful. He couldn't live with himself if he just relaxed behind Wall Sina after so many had died, intentionally or unintentionally, for him. Yet then again, Kagami would not want him to just throw his life away by entering the Survey Corps.
"I'm...not sure yet," Kuroko responded. He picked up his plate and walked towards the kitchen area with Aomine.
The boy beside him grinned, "Well that's fine, right? You have three whole years to decide!"
Kuroko smiled, "I guess that's right. Aomine-kun, which branch will you be joining?"
"For me it's gotta be the Recon Corps. After all, they're the only ones who can keep humanity safe, right?" Aomine flashed a smile before cleaning his plate and dropping it into the plate basket.
Kuroko contemplated Aomine's answer. His answer came pretty quickly. Kuroko guessed it was because he had thought it over numerous times before. He suddenly wondered what Aomine had been through to get where he was currently. Kuroko suddenly understood that everyone in this room probably had to undergo the sort of incident that he went though. Through the three years that were to come, everyone would be training endlessly to pursue his or her eventual goal. Kuroko himself wanted to get stronger, but what was he getting stronger for? What did he want to do?
"Tetsu, let's go meet up at the dorms. I think it's time for them to assign rooms," Aomine spoke after a while.
"Ah," Kuroko looked up, "alright. Let's go."
For now, he would have to keep moving forward. He believed that he would find his answer someday as he trained harder.
.-.-.-.
Wall Rose - Teiko District Training Corps Dormitories: 6:02 pm
"Dai-chan! I finally found you!" a feminine voice shouted as Kuroko and Aomine stepped inside the dormitory hall. Kuroko looked up and saw a familiar girl with pink hair running over and waving at the tall bluenette beside him. Momoi Satsuki, he remembered. She was also one of the people that Kagetora had picked on.
Aomine looked up, "Yo, Satsuki."
The girl pouted with both hands on her waist, "Don't 'yo' me! Where have you been all this time? I couldn't find you in the mess hall at all!"
"Hm...but I was there the whole time," Aomine mimicked Kuroko's line with the same blank expression.
Kuroko was slightly infuriated by his new friend's actions, "Aomine-kun, that's rude."
"Haha! Sorry Tetsu, I couldn't help it!" Aomine scratched his head in reply—all the while grinning.
Momoi, on the other hand, stood frozen in shock at the sudden appearance of a boy in front of her, "W-W-W-Where did you come from?!"
The shriek echoed through the halls and people turned to stare at her. Kuroko blinked before blankly stating, "I was here the whole time."
Seeing both boys having the same expression on their faces, Momoi could only scream again.
.-.-.-.
After things settled down a bit, Aomine introduced Kuroko and Momoi to each other. Kuroko learned that Momoi and Aomine were actually childhood friends and that they decided to join the military together after Wall Maria fell. They didn't talk for much longer after that as the drill sergeant stormed into the hall seconds later and gave dormitory instructions.
"Each room will be shared between six! There will be no room negotiations! You'll all have to suck it up, you little brats! Girls will be on the right side and boys will be on the left side!" Kagetora explained before proceeding to read the rooming arrangements off a list.
"Room fifteen! Akashi Seiijuro, Aomine Daiki, Kise Ryota, Kuroko Tetsuya, Midorima Shintarou, and Murasakibara Atsushi! That is all. Boys head to your rooms and stay there! Training will begin at seven o-clock sharp tomorrow morning. Get your sorry selves ready for hell!" Kagetora finished and the boys all scrambled at once towards their rooms.
Kuroko blinked and wondered if he heard right. He was stuck in a room with the trainees that stood out the most during the 'introduction ceremony', as they now called it. The only one he hadn't heard of before was Midorima Shintarou.
"Well, at least we're bunking together, Tetsu!" Aomine grinned optimistically, though Kuroko could see that even Aomine saw that this was more than just a mere coincidence. Either way, Kuroko guessed he couldn't really do anything about it. Thus, he smiled back at Aomine and the two made their way to room fifteen.
Pushing open the door, Kuroko could see that the room was more or less tidy. There were three bunk beds, two by one side of the wall and one by the other. A small window etched itself on the middle wall in the room and a small desk was placed underneath it. There were white covers on the beds and white pillowcases that matched them.
Kuroko saw that two of the bunks were occupied already. Akashi sat on the top bunk of the bed that was placed by the left wall, and a purple haired boy, that Kuroko assumed was Murasakibara, was already asleep below Akashi. Kise Ryota and a green haired boy occupied the other bunk bed in the far right corner of the room. Kise stared at Kuroko from the top bunk and the green haired boy sat on the bottom bunk, reading a newspaper article. Kuroko assumed the green haired boy was Midorima Shintarou.
Taking a deep breath, Kuroko told himself to quickly get familiar with the room and his roommates, as Kagetora evidently made himself clear that there would be no room changes. Thus, this was probably the place that Kuroko would spend the next three years of his life in—assuming that he survived that long.
Taking a step forward, Kuroko stood in the middle of the room and felt all eyes on him, "It's nice to meet you all. I am Kuroko Tetsuya."
A/N: I do not own Kuroko no Basket or the setting and details of Attack on Titan. They both belong to their original owners respectively.
Okay, believe me when I say I wanted this chapter to be a lot longer considering I made you guys wait almost a month for this sucker to come out. However, I felt like it was 'just right' to end it up there! You know what I mean, right? I felt like it was a good place to stop so I did. Haha. Well, this introductory arc is really getting longer and longer. I originally meant for it to finish after three chapters, but I don't think that's possible now. Either way, I'm so sorry for making you guys wait that long! D: I really wanted to post this earlier but I had a bit of a writer's block and I felt like words were just not coming to me. Not to mention there was school and such. Sorry again! I'll try my best to get the next chapter to you by next week but no guarantees! (Sorry!)
Again, feel free to point out any illogical sentences, spelling or grammar errors and such as I did not proof read this at all. Hahaha... Please leave a review and tell me how you felt about this chapter! Reviews are probably the one thing that motivates me to write faster! XD You can bribe me to write another chapter quickly with reviews! (jkjkjk, I promise I'll try my best to get the next chapter to you guys by next week to make up for this horribly tiny chapter.) But yeah, please review. I really love reading them and they always brighten up my day. Hahaha.
You got to see a bit of Akashi POV this chapter. Tell me if I got him in character. It was pretty hard to write for him. Aaand, Shin-chan was finally introduced (kinda). Next chapter will be tears, sweat, and blood from handwork training. Kuroko will be thrown into hell. Hope you guys are excited now!
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