Memory Loss

Kuroko no Basket Fic

Chapter 4

At Shutoku High School's gym, Takao was sitting on the bottom bleacher watching Midorima practice his famous three point shot. "Shin-chan, aren't you finished yet?" the ebony haired teen whined to the other.

"Takao please, I'm trying to concentrate." the green haired teen said in a slightly irritated tone.

"But it's Saturday, I wanted to go on a date today."

"I told you I wanted to practice today for our upcoming game."

"Well I figured when you were done, we could grab a bite or something; please, Shin-chan?"

Midorima sighed and gave in to the other's plea, "Fine; after this shot, we'll go."

"Yay! I love you, Shin-chan!" Takao said happily.

"Yes I know." the green haired teen replied like it wasn't new news while positioning himself to shoot the basketball into the net.

Before he could even make the shot, the gym door opened and a cheery voice interrupted his concentration, "Midorimacchi, are you busy?!"

The Shutoku ace gritted his teeth as he turned around and saw Kise, Aomine, Kagami, and Kuroko coming into the gym. He place the ball on the floor, "No Kise, it's not like I was busy perfecting my three point shot or anything."

"Midorima, you've been practicing that shot since middle school. I think you're beyond perfecting it." Aomine said bluntly.

The green eyed teen narrowed his eyes at the other as he said sarcastically, "Aomine, always a pleasure."

"Wow the gang's all here!" the hawk eye player said as he walked up to the group, handing Midorima his lucky item which was miniature stuffed brown raccoon wearing a straw hat. "So, what brings you guys to our humble little gym?"

"Well, we have a bit of a problem, and we're hoping Midorimacchi could help us out." Kise answered.

"What's the problem?" Takao asked.

"Excuse me, but what's with the stuffed animal in your hand?" Kuroko asked the speckled teen.

Midorima furrowed his eyebrow at his ex-teammate, "It's my lucky item for today, Kuroko."

"You carry lucky items around with you?" the bluenette asked.

"Of course; I have been following my horoscope since we were in middle school, you know that."

"What a weird hobby." Kuroko said bluntly receiving an astonished look from Midorima.

Aomine was holding back his laughter at the comment as Kagami face-palmed. Takao gave the light blue haired teen a perplexing look. "…Okay, can someone fill us in, please?"

"Kise-san, who are these people?" Kuroko asked the blond.

"Kurokocchi, this is our friend from middle school who we played basketball with, Midorima Shintaro and his teammate Takao Kazunari." Kise replied.

"Nice to meet you Midorima-san, Takao-san." the phantom player greeted with a small smile.

Midorima and Takao exchanged questioning looks before looking back at the others. "Okay, this is getting weirder by the minute." the ebony haired teen said.

"Somebody explain to us why Kuroko is acting like we just met today." the Shutoku ace said.

"The thing is Kurokocchi doesn't remember anything or anyone; he has amnesia." Kise explained.

"Oh man, how'd this happen?" Takao asked.

"Let's just say it was due to a slam dunk gone wrong…really wrong…very, very wrong."

"They get it, Kise!" Kagami interrupted in irritation.

"So what you're saying is due to that unbelievable mishap, Kuroko got hit in the head causing him to fall into a complete state of amnesia?" Midorima asked.

"That's exactly what happened." the copycat player replied.

"Wow, it's like he was there." Aomine added.

"And here I thought that kind of thing happened on T.V." Takao said in amazement.

"What kind of superficial moron would've caused something like this to happen?" Midorima asked.

"This kind." the navy haired teen answered as he pointed a finger at Kagami receiving a scorn look from the redhead.

The three point ace pushed his eyeglasses up the brim of his nose and sighed, "I should've known that hotheaded buffoon had something to do with this."

"What do you guys say about me when I'm not in the room?!" the super jumper cried out.

"Anyway, we thought that maybe if Midorimacchi does his famous three point shot, then maybe Kurokocchi will remember something." Kise explained.

"And I should do this, why?" the green haired teen asked.

Takao gasped at his teammate, "Shin-chan, I'm surprised at you. Poor Kuroko is suffering from memory loss and your friends wanna help him; don't you?"

"They're not my friends Takao; they're just my ex-teammates and someone who I have played against.

"Wow Midorima, where's the love?" Aomine asked sarcastically.

"Yeah really." the redhead said in agreement.

"Okay then Shin-chan, you can just have Kuroko call you weird because of your hobby as long as he has amnesia then."

The green haired teen though about that for a second before handing Takao his lucky item. The he picked up the basketball he placed on the floor and headed towards the hoop. When he got to his usual spot, he dribbled the ball in place. "Just so you know I'm not doing this out of the goodness of my heart!"

Aomine furrowed his eyebrow at Midorima before turning his attention no Takao. "How do you put up with that tsundere?"

"Shin-chan's tsundere qualities are what makes him interesting; he so cute when he acts like he doesn't care." the hawk eye player cooed with a loving smile.

Aomine and Kagami stared at Takao with blank looks while Kuroko simply gave him his usual deadpanned look. Kise placed his hand over his heart looking touched at the other's words. "Aw-w-w, Midorimacchi is so lucky to have you, Takaocchi!"

"Oh I know."

"Ahem!" The others turned to the three point ace who was looking quite agitated and slightly embarrassed. "If you all are done with your pointless social fest, can I get this over with?"

"Sorry Midorimacchi; carry on."

Midorima turned back towards the hoop before raising his arms in the air, holding the ball in his hands to prepare for the shot. Then he jumped in mid air before releasing the ball into the air and walking away from the hoop. In a matter of seconds, the ball went into the hoop making a swishing sound before hitting the court. Once he was done, Midorima walked back towards the group. Kuroko simply stared with widened light blue eyes. "Oh my gosh…"

"What is it, Kurokocchi?" Kise asked in high hopes.

"Please tell me that shot rang a bell with you." Kagami said getting hopeful.

"I'm just amazed that a horoscope otaku like Midorima-san made a spectacular shot like that." Kuroko said bluntly despite being amazed.

There was brief silence throughout the gym before Aomine broke it with loud howls of laughter. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Good one, Tetsu!" the power forward said in amusement in between laughs.

"Aominecchi!" Kise cried is disapproval of his boyfriend's behavior.

"What? It's funny, Kise." Aomine replied before laughing again.

"Well that didn't work," Kagami began chuckling at his teammate's comment, "but that was hell of funny."

"Not you too, Kagamicchi."

"I don't get it, I was just being honest." Kuroko said perplexed.

"O…O…Otaku; he called me an otaku?!" Midorima cried in complete shock at what the bluenette said feeling agitated and slightly depressed at the same time.

"Now Shin-chan you have to remember Kuroko doesn't remember you so he doesn't know what he's saying." Takao said trying to console his boyfriend which was working before he said, "Although, someone was bound to say something eventually, I just didn't think it'd be someone you've known since middle school."

"Shut up, Takao."

"Well genius, any other bright ideas?" Kagami asked Kise in a mocking tone.

"I'm thinking, I'm thinking!"

"Hey, maybe he'll remember that friend of yours who plays for Yosen High." Takao suggested.

"Of course; Kurokocchi's gotta remember Murasakibaracchi!"

"Do you even know where he is, Kise?" Midorima asked.

"If I know Murasakibara as well as I think I do, he's probably hunting down snack shops to supply his snack inventory." Aomine answered.

"There are a lot of snack places Aominecchi, it'll take forever to check every one to find him. You know how quick he is when it comes to shopping for his snacks." the golden eyed teen said.

"It's only gonna take a minute." They all noticed and heard Kagami talking on the phone to someone. "Okay thanks man; see ya in a little while."

When the redhead flipped his cell phone closed, Kise yelled at him, "Kagamicchi! We're in the middle of a crisis and you're on the phone?!"

"Relax will ya; I was talking to Tatsuya Himuro." the super jumper retorted.

"You mean that guy that hangs out with Murasakibara?" Aomine asked receiving a nod from his rival, "Why are you calling him?"

"You guys said that Murasakibara is snack shopping right? Well I remembered Tatsuya telling me that he always tags along with him, so I called him and asked him to meet us at the street courts."

"Kagamicchi, that's brilliant!"

"Wow, and here I thought you didn't have any brains in that empty head of yours." Midorima said as Takao elbowed him in the side.

"Can't you guys go one second without insulting me?!" Kagami asked.

"Yeah, we just choose not to." the navy blue eyed teen replied bluntly.

"I hate my life." the redhead said groaning heavily in defeat.

"Don't worry Kagami-san, I still like you." Kuroko said trying to console the taller despite his usual facial expression.

"Thanks, I feel so much better." Kagami said with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

"Anytime."

"Alright you guys, let's go meet Murasakibaracchi and Himurocchi!" Kise said.

"Hold on, Shin-chan and I are coming too." the hawk eye player said.

"Wait a minute, what happened to begging me to go on a date with you?" the green haired teen asked.

"Oh come on Shin-chan; it'll be fun!"

Midorima furrowed his eyebrow at the other, "For who?"

"Oh Shin-chan, live a little will ya."

"Why should I?"

"Because I'm your boyfriend and you love me."

"Don't say that out loud, you idiot!" the Shutoku ace said in embarrassment.

"No sense in denying it Midorimacchi; we already know." Kise said as the others nodded in agreement.

"Please Shin-chan, please?!"

"Takao, how long are you going to keep this up?"

"Until you say yes and you know how I am when I beg."

The green eyed teen pushed up his glasses and said through clenched teeth, "Fine."

"Yay! You're so good to me, Shin-chan!" Takao said embracing his tsundere boyfriend despite the other trying to push him off.

The other four teens simply stared at the Shutoku duo with blank looks. "They're an odd young couple." Aomine said bluntly.

"Watching those two is like watching a daytime soap opera." Kagami added.

"A very interesting soap opera." Kise said with a wary smile as Kuroko nodded in agreement.

(At the street courts…)

"Muro-chin, why are we here?" Murasakibara asked his teammate in his usual laid back tone while eating a bag of chips.

"We're here to meet Taiga;" Himuro began, "apparently, he needs our help with something."

"But I wanted to go get a sundae with Muro-chin today." the purple haired giant whined before putting another chip in his mouth.

"Tell you what Atsushi, once we help Taiga with his problem, we'll go get some ice-cream; my treat." the silver eyed teen said with smile.

"Okay Muro-chin!" Murasakibara eagerly replied making the smaller chuckle at him.

A little while later, the two Yosen players saw Kagami, Kuroko, Kise, Aomine, Midorima, and Takao heading towards them. Midorima was riding in his wooden wagon which was being pulled by the bicycle Takao was riding while the other four teens walked. Once they got on the court, the hawk eye player halted for Midorima to get out of the wagon and he kicked the kickstand down on the bike. "Hey Taiga." Himuro greeted with a smile as he held up his hand.

"S'up Tatsuya?" the redhead replied as he returned the high five.

"So what's the problem you needed our help with?"

"It's Kuroko."

"Kuroko?" Himuro glanced at the bluenette before turning his attention on his childhood friend, "What's the problem; he seems okay to me."

"Wait for it…" Aomine added.

Murasakibara walked up to Kuroko and patted his head with a lazy smile on his face, "Hi Kuro-chin; how are you?"

"I'm fine, but please don't do that; I find that annoying." the phantom player said with a slight frown.

"So Kurokocchi, do you remember who this is?" Kise asked.

"…No, not really; is he another one of my friends from middle school, Kise-san?" the bluenette asked.

"Seriously; you don't' remember him?! Now I understand you forgetting these three, but him?!" Kagami said in disbelief. The other Generation of Miracles players gave him astonished looks as he said, "Yeah offense!"

"So who are they?" Kuroko asked.

"Tetsu, this is Murasakibara," Aomine said pointing to the purple haired teen before pointing to the other Yosen ace, "and his friend…uh…uh…"

"Himuro, Aomine." Midorima chimed in amazed that the power forward forgot one of Yosen's ace's name.

"Yeah, what he said."

"Oh, it's a pleasure to meet you two." Kuroko said with a small smile.

The Yosen aces looked at Kuroko in confusion. "Kuro-chin, you already know who we are; why would Mine-chin introduce us to you?"

"Who's Kuro-chin?" the bluenette asked.

"That's you, Kuroko." Takao answered.

"I really have a lot of nicknames don't I?"

Himuro furrowed his eyebrow at the Seirin player before turning to his childhood friend, "Um Taiga, you care to summarize?"

"This is the problem I was talking about."

"You see Himurocchi, Kurokocchi has amnesia right now." Kise explained.

"Ah, so that explains it."

"Um, Muro-chin what does 'amnesia' mean; is Kuro-chin sick?" Murasakibara asked with a hint of worry in his voice.

"Not exactly Atsushi, you see amnesia is when someone has no memory of anything or anyone. In other words, due to his state, Kuroko doesn't recognize or know us."

The violet eyed teen simply stared off into space and froze from the shock of his teammate's words. "Kuro-chin doesn't remember me?"

"If it makes you feel any better, Kurokocchi doesn't remember any of us." Kise added only to have the others pursed their lips at him.

"Kise, don't help." Aomine said bluntly.

Murasakibara came out of his stunned stupor and narrowed his eyes at Kagami as he asked, "What did Kaga-chin do?"

"Oh come on!" Kagami said in disbelief that he was the first to be blamed again.

"Now Atsushi, I know you don't think highly of Taiga, but you shouldn't blame him for this. Surely he's not at fault for your friend's condition." Himuro's eyes peered over to the redhead, "Right Taiga?"

Kagami diverted his eyes to the side to avoid eye contact. "Ah…um…" the crimson eyed teen said nervously.

"What the hell does "ah…um…" mean?" the mirage shooter asked. As he noticed the guilty look in his childhood friend's eyes, Himuro stared at the other in disbelief, "Taiga you didn't; oh my God you did. Taiga, how could you do that to your friend?!"

"Tatsuya, I swear it was an accident!"

"A very stupid, mundane accident at that." Midorima added.

The super jumper gritted his teeth at the Shutoku ace, "Not helping…"

"Not lying." the green haired teen retorted.

"Shin-chan does have a point." Takao added.

"You've done some crazy things before Taiga, but this is the craziest." Himuro said with a heavy sigh.

At that moment, they all heard the sound of a bag and potato chips being crushed to death. Himuro noticed a stern look on his teammate's face. "Um Atsushi…?" the silver eyed teen said nervously.

"Muro-chin, I understand that Kaga-chin is like a brother to you and all, but do you mind if I crush him?" the purple haired teen said in anger.

"Now you wouldn't do that if I took cover behind Tatsuya would you?" the super jumper said taking cover behind his childhood friend.

"Get away from Muro-chin before you give him amnesia too!"

"Atsushi calm down, you can't get amnesia just by being near someone."

"Apparently you can if you get hit in the head with a basketball by an idiot." Aomine said in a mocking tone making Kagami growl at him in anger.

"May I crush him now?" Murasakibara asked again as he walked towards the redhead, menacingly.

"Tatsuya, do somethin'!" the super jumper said in fear.

The silver eyed teen pulled out a rectangular box from the bag he had hanging on his arm by its handles. He held up the box in Murasakibara's face. Violet eyes gazed over the box and they widened. "Is that the limited edition molten white chocolate balls with strawberry filling center?"

"Yes and you can eat the whole box as long as you don't hurt Taiga."

"Okay Muro-chin." The violet eyed teen easily accepted the offer as he reached for the candy handed to him. He opened the box and began eating it as though nothing happened.

"You've gotten good at handling him." Midorima said to Himuro.

"Well I've had loads of time to practice." the mirage shooter added.

"That's all it took to get him off my back; a box of candy?!" the redhead exclaimed.

"Well it was either that or Atsushi would've crushed you, literally." Himuro said.

"Thanks for the help, bro."

"Anytime."

"That's Murasakibaracchi for you; willing to do anything for snacks and candy." Kise said with a bright smile.

"Isn't that the truth?" Aomine added.

"For once I agree with you two." Midorima said while pushing up his glasses with his index finger.

"Behind that tall stature lies the heart of innocent child." Takao added with a touching smile.

"May I try one?" The other teens turned and saw Kuroko stand in front of Murasakibara which startled them and had them doing double takes. One minute, the bluenette was standing near Kise and the next he was in front of Yosen's ace center holding out his hand to him.

"Sure Kuro-chin." the purple haired giant said as he poured some of his chocolate balls in the smaller's hand.

As Kuroko popped one of the white cocoa balls in his mouth, a bright aura surrounded him as a small smile arose on his face. "These aren't bad; thank you Murasakibara-san."

"You're welcome, Kuro-chin." the taller replied with a laid back smile as he continued eating his candy.

"Seriously Taiga, how does your friend do that popping out of nowhere thing?" the silver eyed teen asked.

"I dunno; I'm still tryin' to figure that out myself." Kagami abruptly replied.

To Be Continued…

A/N: Two updates in one week; I'm on the ball! I'm so proud of myself. I really enjoyed writing this chapter; it made me laugh as I wrote it. I hope I stayed true to the new characters in this chapter. I'm already starting the next chapter where final member of the Generation of Miracles finds out about Kuroko's predicament and you know who I mean! Let's just say, we hope Kagami survives. Stay tuned folks and lemme know your thoughts on this chapter.