Disclaimer: Inuyasha & Kuroko's Basketball and their characters are properties of Rumiko Takahashi & Tadatoshi Fujimaki, Shogakukan, Sunrise, Shueisha, Production I.G., etc. Meaning, that I do not own them and I don't make any money out of this. This is written for pure fan entertainment and to the fans all around the world!

Characters: Kagome Higurashi, Masako Araki, the Seirin and Yousen teams.

Rating: K

Category: short fic, humor, general, crossover

Fiction note: This time, a short Inuyasha/Kuroko's Basketball crossover fic. Kagome is Seirin's manager, and her team had just won against the Yousen high. Suddenly, she's gone from Seirin's sight. Huh? Why is she going to the Yousen's bench?

An Inuyasha & Kuroko's Basketball Short Fanfic

"The World of Basketball Is Small"

Written by k-tiraam © 2016

It was over. They have won! They won their game against the Yousen high! They had done what seemed impossible to do! The rest of Seirin's team from the bench cheered on, along with their coach, Riko and manager Kagome. Riko hadn't felt so relieved and happy at the same time before!

"We did it, guys! We did it!" The Seirin's coach cheered again. At the end of the game, both teams lined up, thanking each other for the good game they had.

"What a nerve-breaking game, right Kagome-chan?" Riko asked from their first-year manager. When she didn't receive any answer from her, Riko turned around only to notice an empty space next to her. Did Kagome learn the vanishing trick from Kuroko?

"Ah? Kagome-chan?" Riko looked around. "Guys, where's Kagome-chan?"

"Eh, she was here just a minute ago," Furihata told her.

Other boys began to look around, searching for their manager. Suddenly, Koganei shouted out, pointing his finger at the Yousen's bench. "There she is! What is she doing there?!"

"Eh~?! What is she doing there?" Riko frowned, puzzled of the sudden development.

Both Kagami and Kuroko turned their attention to Riko, hearing her question. They also noticed Koganei's pointing finger, following where it was pointing at. Kagami's face became shocked, his mouth gapping wide open. Kuroko's reaction was quieter; he blinked his eyes twice, looking as puzzled as their coach was. Well, not as strongly as Riko, only mildly puzzled.

"W-why is she there, with them?!" The red-haired player growled.

"Don't know, Kagami-kun. But from the look of her, she's doing fine."

"Huh?! Fine?!" Kagami scowled at the shorter player.

"Kagome-chan doesn't look like she's in trouble or anything." The shadow player pointed out.

Hyuuga and Kiyoshi also noticed the same as Kuroko. "Still, why is she there? That's what I want to know." Seirin's captain said, wiping off the sweat over his face; curious about their manager's sudden decision to go to the Yousen team.

"Relax, Hyuuga. We will know once Kagome-chan comes back." Kiyoshi calmly said to his teammate.

The Seirin's team wasn't the only ones, who were shocked about Kagome's arrival.

"Eh? Isn't she Seirin's manager?" Wei Liu asked.

"Yeah, but what is she doing here?" Fukui pondered.

Murasakibara, who had recovered from the emotions of defeat, looked at the tiny young girl. "Aah~? She's so tiny~"

Himuro shushed him. "Atsushi, you shouldn't say that out loud. You might offend her."

"Eh~? But she is tiny~"

"Compared to you, yes."

The captain of Yousen high blinked once. "Yeah, but, why is she here?"

Boys kept observing the tiny girl. One thought rang into their mind – except for Murasakibara – she sure was pretty-looking. And yet, there was something familiar about her.

"Umm, excuse me?" Kagome said, looking at the Yousen's coach.

Araki turned her full attention to the tiny girl, her eyes widening. "Kagome-chan?"

"Hello, aunt Masako." Kagome smiled. "I could've greeted you days before, but being a manager takes most of my time. Not to mention a certain tiger, who's being a block-head all the time." (The said tiger shivered in fear few feet away from her.)

Complete silence hung over the Yousen players. All of them, except for Murasakibara who was munching on his snacks again, stared at the two women in shocked. Only Himuro was less shocked than others. Did they hear it correctly? Aunt Masako? AUNT?! What?!

Araki smiled shortly, looking at her niece; it has been a while since she saw her. Last time she saw her was around the time, when Kagome was about to start her middle school. Afterwards, she lost contact with her older sister and her family. "I can relay on that, being a coach to this bunch also takes most of my time." She pointed at the gaping team, except for Murasakibara who seemed not to care about the family reunion in front of him.

"Yeah!" Kagome nodded. "Umm, aunt Masako? Are they okay? They keep staring at me." Kagome changed her glance at the team, pointing out their silence.

"Hm?" Araki checked on the boys and yes, they kept staring at her beloved niece. "Hmm~? You guys, quit staring at her!" To show she meant business, she hit her bokken's tip on the floor, glaring at the boys.

"Yes Ma'am!" Most of the guys shouted out at the same time. Only Himuro and Murasakibara remained quiet.

"Hmm~?" Murasakibara mumbled, munching on his snack again. (It might be his second bag of snacks.) "She's your niece, Masa-chin?"

Araki's eyebrow twitched in annoyance. "Yes, she is. Quit calling me that, Murasakibara!"

Kagome giggled. "Murasakibara-kun, you sure love your snacks, don't you? You're a good player on court, but also frightening when you put your spirit to the game. But once you're out of the court, you seem like a nice person."

Rest of the team were shocked! 'Nice? Murasakibara?! Nice?!'

Murasakibara hummed in boredom, thought there was a tiny spark of interest within his eyes. Himuro, on the other hands, chuckled in amusement. "You're partly right, Kagome-san. However, even outside of the court, Atsushi can be ruthlessly honest with his words. More some when it's about his food and snacks."

Murasakibara frowned at Himuro, pouting. To prove his point, he hugged his snacks closely to him. "Mine."

Himuro chuckled again. "Understood, Atsushi."

Araki sighed tiredly, turning her attention to Kagome. "All in all, it's good to see you, Kagome-chan. Hopefully, we can see each other soon. Now that Yousen are out of the Winter Cup, I think my days are less busy than before."

"I hope so too, aunt Masako." Kagome nodded at the older woman. "Unfortunately, I might be busy with my team. Perhaps after the Winter Cup?" Kagome glanced at her team, noticing their shocked and worried faces. "Ah, I need to go now."

"Then go. I will talk with you some other time." Araki patted on Kagome's shoulder.

"Yeah! See you later, aunt Masako!" Kagome glanced quickly at the Yousen team. "You too! Practice hard for future games! Good luck!" With that, she left and returned to her team.

The Yousen team couldn't help but to stare after the girl. What just happened? She wished them 'good luck'?

"So," Fukui began, "she is the coach's niece?" He had to confirm what he just learned.

"So it seems," Wei Liu confirmed.

"I think it was quite obvious." Himuro stated out.

"Huh?! How so?!" Okamura exclaimed.

"Both coach and the Seirin's manager looks much alike." Himuro said, gathering his stuff. "You can see their family resembles to each other."

"Captain is stupid~"

"Shut up, Murasakibara! You guys have no respect at all!"

"Quit your chattering, boys and get going!" Araki commanded, looking furious. They still dared talk about her cute niece. Unacceptable!

"Huh? What's with you all? Why are you looking at me like that?" Kagome tilted her head. Seriously, what was going on here? First the Yousen team, now Seirin?

"Kagome-chan, you know the Yousen's coach?" Riko asked, with eyes wide.

"Huh? Oh, I never told you? She's my aunt."

"EH~?!" All the boys, except for Kuroko, shouted out. Like Himuro, Kuroko also noticed the family resembles between them. How interesting.

"No! You hadn't said a word about this!" Kagami exclaimed, being too close to Kagome's comfort zone.

"You're too close, Kagami-kun." She backed away from him, only to be bumped into Kuroko.

"Indeed, Kagami-kun." Kuroko said from behind her, his face looking slightly annoyed, which was a rare sight from him.

"Eh? Why do you look like that, Kuroko?" Kagami wondered.

"Alright, you guys! Let's get going!" Hyuuga clapped his hands together to gain their attention. "We still got games to play!"

The team cheered, gathered their stuff with them and departed from the court. Riko, however, tugged on Kagome's sleeve, gaining the first-year's attention. "Eh? Riko-senpai?"

"Umm, I would like to apologize for something…"

"Eh? Why?" Kagome blinked.

"Er, I kinda thought your aunt was a hag… and er, now that I know she's part of your family, I feel bad thinking about her in such way." Riko looked down at her feet.

Kagome chuckled softly. "It's okay, senpai. Aunt Masako can be a harsh woman. She's passionate about sports and motorcycles." Kagome looked around and then gestured Riko come closer. "To tell you the truth, my grandpa thought of her as a 'hooligan', when he met her at my parents' wedding."

"Ah." Riko's eyebrow twitched. 'What an interesting family Kagome-chan has…'

End of story.

First draft: January the 24th, 2016

Author's note: Okay, what? I managed to write three short fics in short time? Eh? Could it be that I've unlocked my writer's block?! Yay~! Yeah, I also noticed that they are about Kagome having family members from other series. Heh. (My ideas more or less bases on them.)

Anyway, what did you think of my first Kuroko-crossover? I tried to keep the characters as themselves. ^_^;