Memory Loss
Kuroko no Basket Fic
Chapter 6
"Well I certainly wasn't expecting Kuroko not remembering Akashi." Midorima said to the other players as they nodded in unison.
"You're telling me; what are we supposed to do now?" Aomine asked.
"Is the 'kill Kagami Taiga' option still open?" Akashi asked bluntly with scissors in hand.
Kagami gaped at the other redhead completely offended, "Hey?!"
"Then again mutilation delivers more carnage." the Rakuzan captain said with dangerous smile making the other teens flinch with fear.
"Can we figure out something that doesn't involve Kagamicchi getting killed, please?" Kise suggested.
"Thank you, Kise." Kagami graciously said.
"Besides, I can't go to jail for being an accomplice in Kagamicchi's murder; I'm too cute for the slammer." the blond added.
Kagami narrowed his eyes and pursed his lips at the copycat player as the other teens stared blankly at him. "Thanks for the support, Kise." the crimson eyed teen said sarcastically.
The golden eyed teen lightly patted Kagami's shoulder with a smile. "I do my best." Kise replied as the redhead gave him an incredulous look before sighing heavily.
"Kuro-chin won't remain this way forever will he?" Murasakibara asked with a hint of concern in his lazed tone.
"Don't worry Atsushi," Himuro began as he softly patted the giant teen's head, "we'll get Kuroko back to normal; we just need to figure out another plan to help him."
Kagami sighed heavily as he said, "I hate to say it, but if you guys can't snap Kuroko outta this there may not be anything we can do."
The other players apart from Kuroko gave the super jumper astonished looks. "Oh I get it; since you caused this to happen, we should just give up on Tetsu because you say so?" Aomine asked in anger and disbelief.
Midorima adjusted his glasses with his index finger as he added, "I may not favor Kuroko, but at least I would have the decency to help him if I were in your shoes."
Takao gave his boyfriend a touched look as he placed his hand over his heart, "Why Shin-chan, that's the sweetest thing I ever heard you say about someone you supposedly hate."
"Don't get used to it." the green eyed teen said bluntly.
Himuro crossed his arms as he frowned at his brother, "You know Taiga, I am so disappointed in you; giving up on your friend when he needs you most."
"Shame on Kaga-chin." the purple haired teen said as he shook his head in disapproval while eating his chocolate bar.
"If we knew you were going to give up on poor Kurokocchi, we should've just let Akashicchi kill you with his scissors." Kise said in an angered tone.
"Ryota, please don't tempt me." the heterochromatic eyed teen said twirling the end of his scissors on his index finger.
"Well, what am I supposed to do?!" Kagami yelled in irritation, "If the coach finds out he's still not back to normal, she's gonna kill me. Well, actually, she'll make me run laps until my feet bleed, then kill me." Just then, a thought stuck him, "Then again, being killed by scissors doesn't sound too bad right now."
"Again, do not tempt me." the Rakuzan ace warned.
"This is all my fault." Kuroko spoke up in slightly saddened tone causing the others to look at him. His baby blue eyes peered downward as his lips formed a small frown. "Maybe if I could remember, you all wouldn't be so mad at Kagami-san."
"No no Kurokocchi," Kise said in a reassuring tone as he placed his arm around the blunette's shoulders, "it's not your fault."
"He's right Kuroko, these things take time." Himuro added with a soft smile.
"And we're not mad with Bakagami, Tetsu," Aomine began, "we're just pissed off at him."
"And we want to hurt and or kill him, that's all." Akashi added in a consoling yet blunt tone.
Kagami was astounded at the two aces as Himuro pointed out, "They really don't like you, Taiga."
"Oh don't worry, I know." the taller redhead groaned.
Takao softly patted Kagami's upper back as he said with supposed sympathy, "I sure hate to be in your shoes, buddy."
Kagami narrowed his eyes at the hawk eye player in irritation. "Shut up, Takao." he grunted.
"Hey you can't tell me to shut up; only Shin-chan can do that!" the turquoise eyed teen retorted.
"Please don't bring me into this, Takao." the Shutoku ace added, annoyed by the whole situation.
"Can we all get back to the problem at hand, please?" Akashi asked in an authoritative yet threatening tone making the other teens quiet down instantly.
"There has to be a way to help, Kurokocchi." Kise said.
"It's just something we're missing here." Himuro added.
"You know," Takao began, capturing everyone's attention, "this kind of reminds me of a similar situation happening in a cartoon I liked to watch when I was a kid, but you guys probably don't want to hear about that."
Akashi furrowed his eyebrow at the Shutoku player, "Does it have anything to with the current situation?"
"Actually it sort of does."
Aomine groaned heavily as he said, "Well, it's not like we have any other ideas; lay it on us."
"Well," Takao began, "my favorite character got hit in the head causing him to lose his memory. Then towards the end of the episode, he got his memory back after getting get in the head again…" The hawk eye player paused due to the blank looks he received from the other teens. He shrugged his shoulders as he said, "What; it worked for him!"
At that moment, an idea came to the Rakuzan captain before he said, "You know Shintaro, you're friend may have a point."
Midorima and Takao gave the redhead shocked looks as they asked in unison, "I do?! / He does?!"
"Yes he does," Himuro said, understanding where the Rakuzan ace was coming from, "if we reenact the accident, it may help Kuroko get his memory back."
"Will that really work, Muro-chin?" the violet eyed giant asked in a lazed yet hopeful tone.
"We won't know until we try." the miracle shooter answered.
"So you're saying that in order for Kurokocchi to get his memory back, Kagamicchi has to hit Kurokocchi in the head with a basketball again?" Kise asked.
"Again, it was an accident!" Kagami reminded everyone.
"I hate to say it, but Bakagami making that idiot move again is probably our only chance of getting Tetsu back to normal." the navy haired teen said ignoring the super jumper's rant.
"What am I, invisible?!" Kagami cried.
At that moment, he felt a small hand softly pat his mid back as a monotone voice said, "There, there Kagami-san don't be so down."
"W-W-WHAT THE…?!" Kagami screamed as he turned around and saw Kuroko staring at him with his usual deadpanned expression. The taller redhead took a double take because he thought the bluenette was with Kise and Himuro. "Would you stop doing that Kuroko, geez!" Kagami cried out in anger.
"I've been here the whole time, Kagami-san." the baby blue eyed teen said innocently.
The crimson eyed teen groaned heavily as he placed his palm against his forehead, "Oh…headaches!"
"You know they have medicines for that." the phantom player said as the other groaned in defeat again.
Aomine broke out into loud laughter, "Ha-ha! Man, Tetsu's the best!"
Kuroko tilted his head to the side perplexed as to why the power forward was laughing, "What's so funny; did I miss something?"
"Don't worry about it Kurokocchi; Aominecchi always finds joy in Kagamicchi's torment." Kise said with a heavy sigh.
Midorima cleared his throat loud enough for everyone to hear, "If you all are done with your little comedy routine, shouldn't we get going?"
"Going where, Shin-chan?" Takao asked the green haired teen.
"If reenacting the incident is going to help Kuroko, then we should go to the place where it happened."
"Well then, we're off to Seirin High gym." Kise announced.
"I better call Coach and the guys to meet us there." Kagami said pulled out his cell phone and began dialing numbers the moment he flipped it open.
An hour or so later, the group arrived at the Seirin High School gym. As they walked in the through the double doors, the Seirin team and Riko were there waiting for them. Kagami ran up to them and said, "Hey guys, sorry to call you all out on the weekend."
"All I know is this had better be good, Kagami." Hyuga said.
"And I hope that you getting us all here means that you got Kuroko-kun back to normal." the female coach said.
Kagami hesitated to answer his coach, but ended up answering her. "W-W-Well, not exactly." the super jumper said with a shaky smile as he scratched the back of head.
"I figured as much." Riko began nodding her head repeatedly as a dangerous smile arose on her face, "Okay you guys, I'll call you when it's done."
"…Um, Coach?" Koganei asked nervously knowing that something bad was coming.
Kagami looked at Riko confused and slightly scared as she spoke again, "And remember you can always, always visit me on the weekends and make sure to bring lots of sports magazines!"
Riko charged at the redhead, ready to choke him with her bare hands only to be held back by the other Seirin players. Kagami held up his hands in defense as the female coach desperately tried to escape the boys' grasp. "Now wait a minute Coach; there is a way to help him though!"
"Alright, let's hear it." Riko said through clenched teeth.
"Okay, we're going to reenact what happened to him." Kagami replied only to have the female coach charge at him again to be held back his teammates. "I-I-It's the only thing we haven't tried!"
Riko sighed heavily as she consoled herself and the guys let her go. "Oh alright, but his had better work, or else."
"I second the motion." Akashi added.
Kagami could see the dark, menacing aura escalating from Riko and Akashi as they gave him dangerous smiles. "O-O-Okay guys, let's get to it…now!" the super jumper said in pale fright trying to get away from the threatening aura developing behind him. That same aura made the other teens quiver in fright except for Kuroko who simply blinked.
Once everything calmed down, the Seirin players took their places on the court. The Generation of Miracle players and their teammates looked on from the sidelines with Riko. Kise watched on nervously as he placed his hands together, intertwining his fingers. "I really hope this helps Kurokocchi get better."
"Even if it doesn't, at least we'll get a show out of it." Aomine added bluntly.
"Daiki, please refrain from unnecessary commentary." Akashi commanded in a threatening tone.
The power forward flinched at the command as Kise sighed heavily while face palming. "Mine-chin's in trouble." Murasakibara taunted with a sly grin.
"Shut up, Murasakibara!"
"Ahem!" The two GofM players were silenced by their ex-captain clearing his throat and the heated glare in his red-gold eyes.
On the court, Hyuga was positioning Kuroko to where he was standing when the accident took place. "What's happening, sir?" the baby blue eyed teen asked.
"Hopefully a miracle, Kuroko." the Seirin captain replied. "Before you got amnesia, we were all playing a practice game and you were standing right here."
"Oh okay; now what?"
"I was dribbling the ball to my team's hoop, but you stole the ball from me and passed it to Kagami." Hyuga explained.
Kagami stepped in, holding a basketball in his hand, "Once I caught it, I dribbled towards our team's hoop and shot it." Everyone in the gym watched as the crimson eyed teen dribbled the ball towards the hoop. While he was running, he happened to peer downwards and saw No. 2 happily wagging his tail in front of him. Kagami instantly freaked out as he tried to slow down. As he did, he threw the ball in the air out of panic while landing on his bottom, hard. The redhead winched at the impact as he rubbed his backside. "OW!" He glared at the innocent dog as he roared, "You beast; what are you doing here?!"
After his panic attack, the super jumper immediately noticed he no longer had the ball. He turned around and along with everyone noticed the ball land, hitting the unsuspecting Kuroko on top of his head again. Everyone watched in horror as the phantom player fell to the gym floor.
"Kuroko!" the Seirin players, Midorima, Takao, and Himuro yelled in unison as they ran to the blunette's side.
"Kuroko-kun!" Riko cried with worry, following after them.
"Kurokocchi!"
"Tetsu!"
"Kuro-chin!"
"Where did I put my scissors?" Rakuzan's ace asked himself as he searched for his scissors, itching to hurt the super jumper with them.
As they gathered around Kuroko, Kiyoshi spoke up, "Now everyone calm down, and give Kuroko some air."
Riko softly shook the bluenette trying to wake him up. After a few shakes, baby blue eyes opened as Kuroko got up on his knees and rubbed the top of head. Everyone gave a huge sigh of relief as the female coach asked, "Kuroko, are you alright?"
"Yes I'm fine, but what happened?"
"Kagami hit you in the head with a basketball…again." Tsuchida explained only to have the crimson eyed teen stare at him in astonishment.
Kuroko turned to Kagami with slightly widened eyes, "Kagami-kun, why did you do that?"
"IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, DAMN IT!" the redhead roared in anger. As his shadow's words sunk in, he looked back at him in amazement, "Wait, what did you call me?"
Kuroko furrowed his eyebrow at his teammate's question, "Kagami-kun; that's your name."
Everyone stared wide eyed at the phantom player as Kise gripped the blunette's shoulders and asked him in a hopeful tone, "Kurokocchi, what's my name?!"
"Kise-kun, you already know who you are." the bluenette said really confused as to why his friends and teammates are acting so strange.
"He said Kise-kun!" the blond said with glee as he eagerly embraced his friend.
Murasakibara walked up to him and ruffled Kuroko's hair with his giant hand. A lazed smile arose on his face as he turned to his boyfriend, "Kuro-chin's back to normal, Muro-chin."
"I see that, Atsushi." the silver eyed teen replied with a smile.
Kuroko's lips formed a small frown as he complained, "Kise-kun, Murasakibara-kun, I don't like this."
"Yep, Tetsu's definitely back to normal." Aomine said with a grin.
"Indeed." Midorima agreed.
"Thank goodness." Takao said with relief.
Once Kise and Murasakibara were done coddling Kuroko, their ex-captain walked up to the bluenette with a small smile on his face, "Welcome back, Tetsuya."
The baby blue eyed teen furrowed his eyebrow at the heterochromatic eyed teen, "Akashi-kun, you're acting weird and considering your personality that's saying something."
Akashi simply smiled as he rested his hand on Kuroko's shoulder. "Oh Tetsuya, only you could be so blunt with me and live to tell the tale."
"Could someone please explain to me what's going on?" the phantom player asked trying to make sense of the whole situation.
(After ten minutes of explanation…)
"So I had amnesia from a basketball hitting me in the head?" Kuroko asked receiving nods in return. He petted his dog's head as he added, "And here I thought that kind of thing happened on television."
"That's what I thought too." the hawk eyed player added.
"I hope I didn't cause you all any trouble." the bluenette said with a worried look in his eyes.
"Of course not Kuroko-kun; we're just happy you're back to normal." Riko said with a reassuring smile.
"Yeah, you really had us worried there." Teppei said with his usual smile.
"In more ways than one." Hyuga added with a short nod.
Koganei latched on to Kuroko and smiled brightly, "It's good to have you back, Kuroko!" the cat like player said as Mitobe nodded silently in agreement with a small smile, patting the smaller's shoulder.
Kagami laughed nervously as he walked up to his teammate with a shaky smile on his face. "Hey Kuroko, you're not sore with the whole me causing you to lose your memory thing are you?"
Kuroko shook his head as he answered, "It's alright Kagami-kun; I know it was just an accident."
"That's what I've been trying to tell these guys!" the redhead said in sheer relief that his teammate understood.
"Even if it was a ridiculous one." Kuroko continued in a blunt tone.
The crimson eyed teen felt as though an arrow shot his chest as he groaned and hung his head in defeat. Just then, he heard heavy panting by his ear. He looked to the side only to freak out as he saw Kuroko holding No. 2 to his face. The small dog was happily holding his tongue out and wagging his tail. Kagami jumped to the side and pointed his finger at the innocent little creature. "Kuroko, what are you doing with that thing?!" he roared in fright.
"Kagami-kun, don't be rude to No. 2 and he wants to give you a kiss for getting me back to normal." the bluenette said innocently with his famous puppy dog stare.
"You keep that animal away from me!" Kagami cried as he ran away from his shadow only to have him follow after him while holding his precious dog.
"Don't be like that Kagami-kun; he really likes you."
"You're just doing this to get back at me, aren't you?!"
"Of course not, Kagami-kun, you're being paranoid."
"No I'm not and you know it!"
Everyone watched as the two teens ran up and down the court with blank stares. Murasakibara peered down at Himuro while pointing at the scene, "Why is Kaga-chin running from Kuro-chin and his dog, Muro-chin?"
The silver eyed teen gave an unsteady chuckle as he lightly scratched his cheek, "I forgot that Taiga has a really bad phobia of dogs."
Aomine's navy colored eyes widened as he turned to the Yosen ace. "Wait a minute, he's afraid of Tetsu's little dog?" he asked as Himuro nodded. At that moment, the Toō ace busted out laughing, "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, that's sad!"
Kise frowned at his bellowing lover, "Aominecchi, laughing at someone else's fear is not funny."
"Sure it is!" the navy haired teen said in between laughs.
"Oh really, then what about your fear of…mph!" Before the Kaito ace could get another word out, Aomine covered his mouth with his hand. He glared at Kise as he growled, "Never speak of it!"
Midorima pinched the bridge of his nose as he groaned, "I'm surrounded by idiots."
Takao grinned, "On the bright side, there's never a dull moment when I'm around your friends Shin-chan."
"For the last time Takao, they are not my friends!"
"Whatever floats your boat, Shin-chan."
Furihata watched the scene between his fellow first years and sighed. "Now I know Kuroko-kun is back to normal if he's teasing Kagami-kun with No. 2." he said aloud to himself.
"Must be." The brunet turned to side and panicked seeing Akashi not only standing beside him, but actually talking to him as well. He immediately put some distance between himself and the Rakuzan captain. Red gold eyes stared at the Seirin player with perplexity. "Is there a problem?" Akashi asked the stunned brunet.
"Uh-h-h…n-n-o not at all, Akashi-san; I was just uh…surprised to see you beside me is all…ha ha!"
At that moment, Furihata and the GofM players were shocked at what they saw. The ex-Teiko captain was actually smiling at the timid brunet as he said, "You know despite your normality and inability to stand out, you're actually quite interesting."
Furihata simply stared at the redhead not knowing whether to take the other's words as a compliment or respond to it in general. Apparently Akashi could read minds because he simply said, "It's a compliment."
"Oh…I mean, thank you, sir!"
Akashi chuckled at the brunet's entertaining reaction, "You're funny, Furihata Kouki."
"I didn't mean to be!" Furihata frantically replied which made the other laugh again. Just then, Akashi's final words sunk in as Furihata asked him, "Um Akashi-san, how did you know my name?"
"I asked Tetsuya about you when Winter Cup ended."
The brunet tilted his head to the side, confused as to why the redhead would do that. "How come?"
"How could I not find you interesting after not only intruding on our meeting at Winter Cup, but not obeying me when I told you to leave? You also had the courage to guard against me for more than a second in an official game."
"Um…I had to do those things."
"Well either way I admire your courage even though you looked like a frantic little puppy when you did."
'Because your dark, threatening aura scared me half to death!' Instead of saying what he was thinking, the Seirin player simply said, "…Thank you?"
The GofM players began to understand their ex-captain's intentions while watching the scene between the two first years. "Did Aka-chin just find a new target?" Murasakibara asked his former teammates.
"Oh yeah;" Aomine answered, "that poor Chihuahua is for it now."
Midorima adjusted his glasses as he added, "That guy had better say goodbye to his normal life."
"How come, Shin-chan?" Takao asked.
"It's simple Takaocchi," Kise began, "when it comes to Akashicchi, once he's taken a liking to someone, he'll never let them go."
"Looks like we'll have another member for our dating a GoM player club, right Himuro?" the hawk eyed player asked.
"Seems like it." the miracle shooter replied with a smile while the scene of Kagami running away from Kuroko and No. 2 was still going on in the background.
To Be Continued…
A/N: Hey everyone, I hope you all enjoyed this latest installment especially the humorous scenes! I had to include that AkashixFurihata moment because this pairing needs more love; LOL! Sorry it took so long; I hope you all can forgive me. Anyway, the next and unfortunately the final chapter of this story will be coming up soon, so stay tuned! Catch you guys later!