At some point I will finally see reflections on those eyes. And those reflections will not belong to me.

Chapter 4. Into her Strength

The dreaded day comes. Midorima is anxiously waiting for their arrival. Colorful heads that brought nothing but trouble to him. He told Kaminari not to go to his house that day. It will be a disaster if she came and met them.

It almost felt like eternity anticipating his near doom then someone rang the bell. He waited for them to rang it for three times before he decided to walk towards the door. He sighed before he held the knob.

"Midorimacchi good morning. How.." Midorima closed the door immediately. At the other side, noises could be heard that make his head hurt. He didn't want to open the door again but he didn't want to ire his former captain. He was having an internal turmoil in his mind. He finally resigned to his fate that day.

"Midorin, good morning" Momoi loudly said to Midorima when he opened again his door.

"Midorimacchi, your bullying me at this early morning" Kise said while pouting as the others welcomed themselves in the house. When Midorima was about to face them, he was surprised by a voice at his front.

"Midorima-kun, good morning. Are you okay?" Yes, he will be okay if Kuroko will not appear suddenly in front of him. Its been a while since he felt that mini heart attack every time Kuroko popped out of thin air.

"I'm fine, let just get this over with" Midorima replied while holding his temple.

The generation of miracles and Momoi sat down in the sofa while Midorima got them drinks. His family went out early so he was alone in the house, or so he thought.

Kaminari suddenly came out of Midorima's room wearing nothing but his jersey. The generation of miracles and Momoi looked at her dumbfounded.

"It's really a girl" Aomine said while his eyes are not moving away from the girl. The jersey of Midorima looked like a dress to her. Her curves could still be made out from the clothing and the exposed legs are undeniably alluring.

"Are you sure we are not dreaming" Kise said while blinking many times.

Midorima then came out of the kitchen. He noticed the others were looking at the same direction. When he turned his head to what were they looking, he was frozen from his spot when saw Kaminari in his jersey. Why the jersey of all else?

"What are you doing here? Why are you wearing my jersey?" Midorima shouted as he point his finger to Kaminari.

"I slept here yesterday." Kaminari replied while yawning. "It was hanged in the door so I decided to wear this and not disturb your sleep." Midorima mentally curse her.

She placed herself in the sofa but when she was about to sit, they heard a voice beneath her.

"Excuse me, I'm sitting here" Kaminari then notice Kuroko in the seat.

"I'm sorry, I did not see you." She immediately stood up and bowed to the boy. Kaminari was blushing from embarrassment but the generation of miracles looked already used to this occurrence.

"Don't worry uhmm -" Kuroko said

"I'm Kaminari Tomiko." replied by Kaminari as she bowed her head again.

"Don't worry Kaminari-san, it's okay." Kuroko replied.

Kaminari looked at the teal head boy. Her time suddenly stopped. Unconsciously, she went closer to him and enveloped him in a very tight hug. Midorima remembered Kaminari is fond on cute things but he could not see why she was suddenly hugging the teal head boy. Does that mean he's cute? Midorima shudder.

"Kaminari-san?" Kuroko was trying to get out of her.

"Hey, don't crush my Tetsu-kun" Momoi then hug Kuroko and the two girl fought over for the poor boy.

"You two, are crushing Kurokocchi" Kise then joined the tug of war which made Midorima's head ache more.

"Momoi-san, Kaminari-san, I can't breath." Kuroko desperately tried to tell them but they can't hear him. He was currently sandwiched between their bosoms.

Midorima watched as the pale teal head was being crushed between Kaminari's peritoneum and her two soft mammas. Aomine noticed how his head bounce between those soft four cushions.

"Die Kuroko" Midorima and Aomine said in their thoughts at the same time. The others just watched them until Kuroko fainted from the absence of air. This is another familiar phenomenon to them.

"I could not see the problem here, Shintarou" Midorima heard the voice he was so familiar with. The sound of it still runs a chill to his skin.

"I did not say I have a problem, you assumed it on your own" Midorima said to them. "Now it was sort out, could you just leave me alone?"

"Alone? With her?" Akashi said while smirking to him. Midorima realized what he was implying and now he had no choice but to entertain them.

"Problem? Do you have a problem, Shin-chan?" Kaminari asked as she was placing the unconscious boy's head in her lap.

"Shin-chan?" a tick came out of Midorima's head.

"Takao said you liked being called Shin-chan" Kaminari replied. Midorima's head is going to explode any minute now. Even without his presence, Takao still could make his head hurt.

"Stop calling me that!" Midorima shouted to her.

"Why?" Kaminari asked.

"It's irritating" Midorima replied to her not noticing the change in her expression.

"Why do Takao could call you that and I am not allowed to?" The generation of miracles could sense the jealousy there. They were waiting amusingly on how Midorima will handle this kind of situation.

"Call me by my name, Shintarou, just don't call me with that stupid name" The generation of miracles are amused as they realized the couple are using first name now. Midorima is growing up so fast.

They talked for some time before Kaminari went to the kitchen. When she came out she was holding a plate full of food.

"Wow, it looks amazing" Kise commented.

"The shapes are perfect, did you study culinary arts?" Momoi asked.

Right when she placed it on the table that they noticed it was not cooked.

"I knew it, its too perfect to be true" Midorima said.

"You can't cook, but you are good in cutting these vegetables and fruits" Akashi said as he observed the perfectly cut vegetables.

They did not notice Kuroko was already awaken. He grabbed one carrots and ate it.

"It taste good" he commented.

"Yeah, at least it's edible unlike someone I know" Aomine said as Momoi hit his head.

Aomine and Murasakibara only ate the fruits since they did not like vegetables while the others seem to be satisfied to the salad Kaminari made for them. After that they asked different things about Kaminari. When Kaminari and Akashi got on a debate about knives and scissors all of them shudder.

Midorima told them how he met her and Aomine's reaction was similar to that of Takao. Aomine even asked Kaminari if she had cousins with the same tradition and boobs which made Momoi hit him again.

"By the way, what do you see in Midorima? You could just leave this horoscope freak, you know" Aomine asked Kaminari.

"You know how obsessed he was in those horoscope things. He might left you if Oha Asa said so." Kise added. Midorima just raised a brow to their statements. He was not that obsessed. As if they know him. They are not close afterall.

"I think, you two are cute together" Momoi commented while smiling. Of course she said that because she did not want to have any rival with her Kuroko.

"I don't really know, I guess I just love carrots" Kaminari replied to them. The others then laugh at the carrot rather at Midorima.

"At least someone love Midorin just the way he is" Momoi said.

"Carrots are cute, looked at this one" Kaminari then show them a picture of Midorima when he was just two years old. He was wearing an orange dress. His expression in the picture is same at the older Midorima. The picture is laminated with number 17 at the lower right corner.

"What? Why do you have that" Midorima shouted.

"This is funny" Aomine said while laughing uncontrollably.

"Kaminari-san, can I borrow that?" Kuroko asked and then took a picture of it. He was definitely planning something about itand Midorima will realized in the near future that it was for blackmailing purposes. Midorima knew Kuroko was a real devil despite how he looks. They are not compatible to begin with.

"I have many of this, your mother showed them to me then Takao and I are using it to practice in trading cards. This one is the gem of all. We are thinking to give it the maximum destruction level." Kaminari said looking so proud to their hobby. Midorima's head would like to explode this time.

"Yes, my stomach was destroyed" Aomine said still laughing.

"I approve her for you" Akashi finally said when the laugh died down.

Kaminari then excuse herself again and went inside a room. Midorima became irritated when he realized how comfortable Kaminari was in his house. When she came out again, she was already holding Midorima's katana.

"Can I practice in your backyard? I needed to exercise a little today" Kaminari asked Midorima's permission. Midorima sighed and thought it was better to keep her busy than to let others asked stupid question to her.

"Can we watch?" Akashi asked Kaminari. Midorima shivered from the thought of Akashi taking interest to swords. Kaminari agreed and all of them followed her to Midorima's backyard.

"Just don't cut anything." Midorima reminded her.

Kaminari nod then went to the center where there are at least three meter space to the nearest obstacle.

Kaminari closed her eyes to focus in her self and the swords. She was standing, her back was straight and she was holding the katana with her right hand. She started moving slowly then she felt the blade of the sword using her tongue. She then smirked at the taste of blood in her mouth. Her eyes looked dangerous now.

She separates her feet then slowly raised her left foot almost parallel to her body as if using it to reached her head. Her underwear was exposed to them but she did not seem to noticed nor cared while Midorima was observing her form. It was really good. Her right hand was pulling the sword to her back and then as fast as a lightning she pointed it forward while her left foot also moved forward. She was moving so fast that the generation of miracles left in awe how could she move like that while holding a very sharp sword.

She then squatted very low almost reaching the ground while the sword is pinned in her right armpit. What she did next made their jaw dropped. She pushed both her feet upward, one of which is slightly above the other while her hips is pushing her upper body downward and then they had seen her just did a full back flip. Both her feet landed at the same time in the ground while she used her hips to balanced her body. That was a very dangerous move especially when holding a meter-long katana which could cut her in half if she missed even just a little. The wushu practice continue. She jumped and jumped, her foot almost reaching her head while her right arm was pointing the katana. She then made a circular motion out on the swords like she wanted to cut anything that blocks her.

They were mesmerized by her movement. She was really skilled in using swords, it was like a child play to her. Midorima saw Akashi smirking. Midorima also observed some of her hair fall down on the ground. He then realized why the lower part of her hair was cut that way. It was made by the swords during her training. After some time, she stopped moving and then she bowed in their front.

Everyone clapped at her performance. She faced them again but some pieces of fabric falls in the ground. Well, not just some small pieces.

*Censored*

All the boys stops moving. Even Kuroko was blushing from the scene.

"That's a D" Momoi commented.

"It bounces like basketball" Aomine did not knew he voiced out his thoughts.

"Ahomine" everyone sighed mentally.

"My jersey? It was d-destroyed. What was I thinking? It was inappropriate for this kind of activity." Priorities Midorima, priorities.

"You lucky bastard" Aomine said to Midorima while he is putting his arms on his shoulder. Midorima put it away immediately.

"Didn't know Mido-chin prefer melons over cherries." Murasakibara said earning some looks on the others.

"Midorima fulfilled his perverted fantasies" Kise said as Midorima felt disgusted by their words.

As for Kuroko and Akashi, Midorima suddenly saw them having a secret meeting on their own but the blushes on their faces did not go unnoticed to him.

After some talks and Midorima letting Kaminari borrowed another shirt, they decided to call it a day. When they were walking home, they stopped by a court near his house.

Aomine could not help but grabbed a ball and shoot. Kise then stole the ball from him and said he should let them shoot as well. Momoi and Kaminari sat on a bench observing them. Kise was about to shoot when Aomine blocked him. The ball was slapped hard on Midorima's head, making him angry. The irritated green head then grabbed the ball to shoot to the two idiots' head. In the course, Murasakibara's snack was spilled making him angry and joined their fray. Akashi just observed them but then Kuroko suddenly passed him the ball. The others run towards his direction. Chaos ensued.

Kaminari was observing them play. "They are amazing" she commented.

"Sure, they are" Momoi said while trying to laugh at what the idiots are doing. At that time Aomine was smacking the ball on Kise's face.

"Everyone is amazing" they heard Kuroko.

"Yes, even Shin-chan could be amazing sometimes" everyone stop whatever they are doing at Kaminari's words.

"What?" Midorima asked not knowing what they are thinking until Aomine throw the ball in his face.

"You bastard, we're still teens" Aomine angrily said while pointing his finger on the green head.

"What did I do? Stop throwing at me." Midorima was still clueless.

"Pervert Midorin" Momoi commented.

"Eh? It's not what you think it is. Stop doing that" Midorima replied but they are still throwing ball at him just for the fun of it.

When they are finished harassing Midorima, they finally bid each other farewell.

Kaminari then heard them promise to meet again in the winter cup. She could feel the nostalgia in their words.

Basketball connects all of them.

... It was really a disaster. I should have never let Kaminari met them, especially Kuroko. After that she always watched his game bringing all the yakuzas to cheer for them. That must be the reason they won their every game.

As for my pictures, I did not know how much money I used to retrieved them all. There are missing cards however, number 11,16,17 and 21. I don't know where they are now.

Tomiko did a great job destroying everything I have. I was really confused at the time but we always spent together after that. I did not know the reason maybe I was forced to be with her. I felt different when I'm with her. I will tell you more in my next letter.

Yours Truly,

Midorim* Sh****ou

tbc 5/9

Omake:

Akashi was too close to Kaminari when she is practicing so when she exert force in the sword she accidentally cut his hair.

"Akashi-kun? Your bangs? It is not winter cup yet, what should we do?" Kuroko worriedly said.