Hey Mom,

I'm writing to you again, because today

is something special. I think it's

called the "Fishing Tournament".

I've never gone fishing like this before,

so it should be interesting.

I love and miss you, Taiga.

It was the third Saturday of May. Kagami had been living in Kiseki Village for nearly two months now, and he was becoming rather acquainted with his fellow neighbors. Especially Himuro. This very moment, the two of them were enjoying a nice conversation as they leisurely walked through the shopping plaza.

"Oh, by the way," Kagami said, accidentally interrupting Himuro mid-story, "where's Murasakibara today? Doesn't he always hang around with you?"

"Yeah, he does," Himuro responded, "but he felt like sleeping late today, so I didn't want to bother him. He's a bit troublesome when he's angry..."

"Oh, so that's what kind of person he is." Kagami hadn't seen much of Murasakibara, since he had moved to Kiseki. He could only remember him from that one time he had fallen into a hole, and maybe a handful of other times in passing after that.

Using one of his wings to cover his beak as he chuckled, Himuro said, "Murasakibara means well, it's just that sometimes, he can be a tad bit eccentric."

"It seems like that's the truth for most of the animals that live here." Sighing, Kagami generously added, "Sometimes, I wonder if you're the only normal one around."

"That's very kind of you, Kagami," Himuro smiled. "Sometimes I wonder the same thing."

Just as the two had broken into a friendly fit of laughter, they were instantly silenced by the piercing sound of the town hall's much-too-old speaker and sound system. A few moments later, Pelly could be heard from all corners of Kiseki.

"Excuse me! May I have your attention, please!" she spoke. "Today is the final Fishing Tournament before our summer season starts! Please be sure to participate! As always, for more information, please visit Chip in the town hall plaza for more details. That is all."

"Fishing Tournament?" Kagami asked. He looked over to Himuro. "I've heard about it, but what is it?"

Returning Kagami's glance with a confused expression, Himuro questioned, "Don't you remember, Kagami? There was a tournament held just last month. Did you not participate?"

"Was there really? Hmph. I must have been out of it that day, or something..." Trying to gather his thoughts as they crossed over the train tracks, Kagami curiously asked, "Who won?"

"Aomine. He always wins."

Kagami groaned irritably. "Really? That jerk won?"

Himuro nodded. "Yup. Every single time. For as long as I've lived here, at least. That reminds me... Kagami, there's something I want to talk to you about-"

"Hey, Himuro! Look at that!" Kagami shouted, excitedly pointing over to the giant tent that had been set up in the town hall plaza. "It's so cool! Let's go check it out! Oh, but...were you saying something?" He rubbed the back of his neck both embarrassedly and apologetically. "I'm sorry for interrupting you like that."

Himuro found Kagami's childish antics to be charming. Chuckling, he disregarded Kagami's words and said, "No, it was nothing. But yeah, we can go take a look, if you'd like."

"Greetings! My name is Chip, and I am the taste tester-I mean, coordinator for the Fishing Tournament!"

"Hello..." Kagami was a bit uncertain of this beaver character, but nonetheless, he proceeded to introduce himself. "I'm Kagami. I'm still relatively new to Kiseki Village, so this is my first time participating in one of these things."

"A first timer, nyuck nyuck? Well, you're in luck!" Chip said, eagerly patting Kagami on what was supposed to be his back. However, with his height, Chip's hand had ended up falling a bit lower. This made Himuro snicker; this made Kagami blush. Not even noticing what he had done, Chip continued onward and said, "I'll tell you everything that you need to know about the tournament before you get started. First things first! Do you own a fishing rod?"

"Uh-yeah! I do," Kagami answered.

"Do you know how to utilize it?"

"Yes." Kagami could recall the memory of Tom Nook's lengthy explanation on how to work his rod. It was...a very long explanation.

"Great! I guess all you need to know now is what species of fish I'll be looking for today! Da, da da, da!" Chip sang. He pointed over to his easel. "I'm aiming for black basses. The person who catches the biggest - and by biggest, I mean length-wise - black bass and brings it back to me for tasting-I mean, testing-! The person who brings me the biggest black bass for testing and measuring before 6 P.M. this evening will be crowned this month's Fishing Tourney champion!"

"And it's gonna be me again."

"That voice..." Kagami hissed. It came from behind, but he could recognize that cocky tone from anywhere. Turning on his heel, Kagami folded his arms and stared down at that arrogant mug-of-an-expression with disdain. "Aomine..."

"Long time no see, Bakagami," Aomine cackled. "Though, I'm kinda grateful for that. I wouldn't wanna have to see your ugly face every day anyway."

"Why you-!" Kagami snarled, getting ready to pound Aomine right in the kisser. Luckily, Himuro was able to stop him.

"Kagami! It's not worth fighting over something like this!" he shouted sternly. "Besides, all you have to do is prove him wrong. Just win the tournament so that you can hold your head high with pride. That's all you've got to do, Kagami!"

Sighing, Kagami was able to cool his head pretty quickly. "Yeah, you're right..." Still, he shot Aomine a deathly glare. "But I've got my sights on you. You're going down, Ahomine. I'm going to be the champion of this Fishing Tournament."

Aomine laughed boisterously. "Oh yeah? You really think so? Let me tell you something, Bakagami..." An intimidating aura came about the wolf. Even though he was a foot shorter than him, Kagami still felt the sensation of being threatened. "The only one who can win the Fishing Tournament...is me."

With anger bubbling in his gut once more, it took everything in Kagami's power to hold himself back from the urge to slug Aomine's stupid, toothy grin right off of his face. However, that didn't stop him from shouting at the wolf as he strolled away. "Tch-! Oh yeah?! Well, not this time, Ahomine! Because today, the winner will be me!"

"Fishing is boring."

Both Kagami and Himuro now sat on the edge of the cobblestoned bridge, rods upright and bobbers bouncing in the water. Seeing as he was much taller than Himuro, Kagami's feet had ended up dipping into the river below. The cool water felt nice on his toes, but it didn't help the fact that he was slowly slipping into a pit of boredom.

"Kagami, it's only been twenty minutes," Himuro sighed. "You have to be patient."

"But how can I be patient, when that jerk face over there has already caught three black basses?!" Just across from where the river bent, Aomine's lure sunk into the water. Honing his skill, he whipped his rod back and reeled in yet another black bass. "That makes four now! It's so unfair!"

"Just be patient, Kagami. I'm sure you'll catch one sooner or later."

But he didn't. Hours upon hours had passed, and both Kagami and Himuro were growing terribly weary.

"Himuro..." Kagami groaned absent-mindedly, "...what time is it?"

"It's 5:45 P.M.," Himuro answered, exhaling exhaustedly through his nostrils. "There's only fifteen minutes left of the tournament."

"Ugh..." Kagami moaned. "I should just give up already..." But just as he was about to pull his feet out of the water and climb back up onto the bridge, Kagami's fishing rod had jerked forward, nearly pulling him down with it. "Whoah!" he gasped. "H-Himuro, what should I do?!"

"Reel it in, Kagami!" Himuro ordered, jumping to his feet. "Quick, before it gets away!"

"R-right!" Doing as he was told, Kagami swung his rod backward, hooking his prey. Next, he rapidly began the process of reeling his fish in. 'Geez...' Kagami thought. 'It's so heavy!'

"You can do it, Kagami!" Himuro cheered. "I can see it from up here! It's a-!"

Just before Himuro could finish his sentence, Kagami had yanked his rod back, forcing his catch to become airborne. Its greenish scales glistened in the light of the setting sun, making Kagami's eyes light up with glee. "It's a black bass!"

"Hurry, Kagami!" Himuro called. "Let's bring it to Chip, before the tournament is over!"

Fumbling to unhook his fish, Kagami hopped back up onto the bridge and followed Himuro as they both ran toward the town hall plaza.

"Oh no..." Kagami murmured.

"What? What is it?" Himuro frantically asked.

"It's that idiot... He's got a super big bass with him."

Himuro looked ahead to see what Kagami was talking about. Just as they had arrived at the tent, so had Aomine, with a monstrously large black bass slung over his shoulder.

"What's that, Bakagami?" Aomine scoffed. "A goldfish?"

"Shut up!" Kagami roared. "How do you know that my fish isn't longer than yours? Your black bass is just seriously obese!"

Himuro, seemingly the only one with a calm and collected head on his shoulders, walked over to Chip and asked, "Excuse me, but we're not too late, are we? The tournament hasn't ended yet, has it?"

"Nope!" Chip smiled. "You boys have made it just in time! But frankly...your efforts are in vain."

Both turning to face Chip at the same time, Kagami and Aomine wore a look of absolute confusion and disgust as they unanimously said, "Huh?"

Clucking his buck teeth nervously at their tense aura, Chip smiled and said, "Your fish are too small. The both of you."

"Ha? Even mine?" Aomine growled.

"Even yours. Someone has just brought me a black bass like no other, nyuck nyuck. It was so delicious-I mean! It was so big! It was 110 centimeters long! I couldn't believe it!"

"Th-that's incredible!" Kagami stammered with disbelief. "But if it wasn't Aomine...who was it? Who won?"

Clapping his hands together and slapping his beaver's tail against the stone-paved ground below, Chip smiled up at both of the boys and said, "This month's Fishing Tournament champion is none other than...Kuroko!"

Hi there! Chappy here with yet another chapter! :D

I really, really, really enjoyed writing this one. The rivalry between Kagami and Aomine was a lot of fun to capture, so I hope you've liked it!

Thank you very much for taking the time to read!

- Chappy