Lately I've been coming up with ideas and putting them down on paper quickly before forgetting them. I've been thinking for a while about a reunion chapter for the girls, that way you all can get to know a little more about them and their points of view, how they get along with each other and the friendship they built. This extra chapter will have more than one part. Hope you like it.

Song: I'm God - Clams Casino

ps: I made a mistake in Aomine's chapter. There I said that Botan, the character I created for Midorima, had already been accepted into college. I ended up getting confused. In fact Botan is now in her final year of high school. It was a bit of a spoiler, in the future she will be accepted into medical school.

[Kuroko No Basket belongs to Tadatoshi Fujimaki]

[English isn't my first language, so please be kind]

Extra Chapter 3

Training Camp – Part One

Suki P.O.V.

- These are my memories of Denmark, I know I look different in the photos. I've grown up a lot since elementary school, my dad said he accidentally put too much yeast in my food.

Hayami smiled as she flipped through my favorite photo album. She was small and delicate, occupying a small space in my room, very different from me.

I changed completely when I arrived in Japan, and was suddenly twice the height of my classmates. My hair was different, my eyes were different, and even though I spoke the language fluently I wasn't like the others. So it was difficult to fit in at first.

That's why I liked cooking, when I cooked and made something delicious, people started to approach me; they saw that I wasn't rude and that I just wanted to make friends.

I think that's why I ended up falling in love with Atsushi so easily.

We were both very different from most people.

- I've never been to Denmark - Hayami said - my father took me to see some places in Europe and I was at boarding school in Switzerland in recent years. We could go there any day if you want.

Hayami said those words so easily, she really came from a different reality than mine that it was almost scary to imagine that it existed.

- You were cute - Hayami pointed to my face in one of the photos where I was with my parents - you are still very beautiful, Suki.

But Hayami had a good heart. That's why I liked her.

I think she really wanted a friend with whom she could feel comfortable and say whatever things she wanted, so she surprised me with gifts in the mail and messages in the early hours of the morning.

"She could be my girlfriend", I thought, "at least she was better at that than Atsushi".

- Su-chin!

Atsushi entered the room abruptly, slamming the door against the wall. He did this so often that the paint on the wall was peeling.

I was already used to his behavior, but Hayami wasn't, and I noticed that she was startled for a moment.

- It's fine - I told her - that's just how he acts.

I turned to Atshushi, who knelt down next to me looking like a giant next to Hayami. It made me want to protect her even more.

- Do you have a new joke? - I asked.

Atsushi nodded. This was his new weekly obsession after he saw me laugh at a joke Himuro made.

- You can start - I said. Deep down I knew I would be embarrassed if he did that in front of someone as elegant as Hayami, but what could I do?

- Knock, knock.

- Who's there? - I asked, already regretting.

- Interrupting cow.

- Interrupting c…

- MOO!

I couldn't smile, or even react. I think poor Hayami ended up laughing because of the shock.

- I'm sure the next one will be better. - I caressed Atsushi's face. He had his hair up because I said he looked good that way.

- What do you mean, Su-chin, why aren't you laughing? Your father liked that one.

- My dad likes lame jokes, he's a dad.

Atsushi sighed heavily, then laid his head on my shoulder, disappointed in himself. That's when I realized Akashi was also in the room.

He and Hayami were about the same height, so Atsushi and I were much bigger and it was hard to notice people like that when we were together. Not to mention that Akashi was too silent and polite.

When the boys agreed to do training camp together and invited us, Hayami said she wanted to travel with me so she came a few days early, and Akashi followed her.

He and Atsushi had already started the Interhigh preliminaries and were doing very well. That's why Atsushi had time to research jokes and whatever Akashi did as a rich boy.

I think Hayami also noticed Akashi's presence at the same time as me, as she stopped smiling when she realized he was staring at her.

- We're going to be late if we don't leave now - Akashi said. He looked at Hayami, but she ignored him.

I felt like I needed to do something about those two.

- Aka-chin is right - said Atsushi - your father is going to take us to the airport and the bags are already in the car.

- You can go down first - I said. Neither of them moved, but I had a secret weapon - I think my dad still has some chocolates stored in the cupboard, I'm sure he'll share them with Akashi if you ask, Atsushi.

- Really? - Atsushi's eyes lit up and he finally stood up - Come on Aka-chin, the girls will come down soon.

Akashi didn't want to go, I knew from the way he found himself undecided on whether to follow Atsushi or not, but that wasn't his room, nor his home, and he was too polite not to follow my rules.

- There's something going on! - I turned to Hayami as soon as the boys left the room and closed the door - Did you talk? Has he confessed that he likes you?

- What? No! There's nothing happening!

I sighed, I wanted to do something, I wanted to shake Hayami by the shoulders and make her see the situation in front of her, but I didn't want to hurt her...

Hayami started coming to Akita some weekends just to talk to me face to face. Her family really had money if she could do that so easily. She showed me her arms once and I cried so hard my eyes were swollen for two whole days. But things had gotten better, she had assured me of that. And Akashi was helping.

And then there was the whole arranged marriage thing... I wanted her to tell me that they had gotten along, but no.

She told me that she considered me a sister... No other girl had said anything like that to me before... I felt responsible for her.

Why did a person as kind as her have to suffer so much?

Hayami gave me the photo album back. She was almost closing in again, and I suddenly felt bad for asking those kinds of things.

- It's the Golden Week - I said before we left the room - let's have fun with the other girls at the camp, let's not think about Akashi, okay?

Hayami nodded, finally looking more excited.

- I can't wait to meet the other girls - I said - and I'm sure the boys are cool too even though Atsushi doesn't tell me much about them.

- I think I saw one of them in a magazine once - Hayami said - Kise, I think.

I let her go ahead and closed the bedroom door after we left. Houses in Japan were cramped but charming. I didn't say anything to Hayami, but I was going to the camp determined to make her fall in love with someone, Akashi or not.

There must be a guy in Tokyo who could make her smile.

Her heart would be healed.

At least for a moment.

Botan P.O.V.

This was not how I wanted to be spending my Golden Week.

A long holiday without extra work was rare for a student, especially for a top student like me.

I still had months to go to study for the college entrance exam, but my head didn't understand it. At all times it felt like I was wasting my time if I was doing anything other than studying.

And that was giving me a headache.

Right now I was sitting in the living room at home, waiting for my brother to finish giving orders to Shintarō, but my head wasn't here, and I was swinging one of my legs nonstop until I felt Shintarō hold my hand.

That brought me back to reality for a moment. Shintarō never did anything in front of my older brother, not even holding my hand, which meant that my anxiety was really going overboard this time.

My brother was a lot like me, when he set his mind to something then it had to come true. He said he wanted to be the number one student in his class and he was, he said he wanted to be a doctor and now he was in medical school. Now he had gotten it into his head that our parents weren't taking care of me enough because I was dating a "basketball star" instead of focusing on my studies in such an important year.

I told Toshiro that he was going too far, but our parents didn't care, on the contrary, they thought it was cute that my older brother was worried about me, so they let him control my schedule and how Shintarō had to behave. Which wasn't difficult since he had chosen to continue living with us even in college so he wouldn't have to worry about food or cleaning the house.

At first I thought Shintarō was going to run away, he already had to share me with the books, I didn't need another repellent, but he surprised me. He didn't run away from Toshiro.

Maybe that's why Shintarō insisted so much on me going to this camp with him. The Generation of Miracles would reunite to train together after months and we, the girlfriends, would have time to get to know each other, finally.

That was another thing that made me nervous, actually.

Meet the other girls.

I think it was Kise's girlfriend, Sana, who had created the group chat so we could get to know each other better.

I had nothing to talk about other than the lucky items of the day, they probably thought I was weird now. I felt strange being the oldest. Did they expect me to act differently?

I looked at Shintarō, who was still holding my hand tightly. He wore the mushroom bottom I had sewn for him, his lucky item of the day. Mine was a toy dinosaur that I had already turned into a keychain for my bag.

He listened to Toshiro speak without losing his composure, so I leaned to the side and kissed him on the cheek.

They both freaked out for different reasons. When Toshiro did this we looked even more alike, as his black hair had grown out over the last few months and was becoming wavy, and we wore similar glasses frames.

I smiled.

I think I really needed to go to this camp.

- One last thing - my brother said before Shintarō and I left - a person I trust will accompany you on this trip.

- A person of you trust? - I said, already exhausted from all that - Wait, you mean...

- Hello Akiyama family! - Takao entered without ceremony. He wore a yellow jacket and was smiling, his hair was wet and he wore strong perfume - Oh, and Shin-chan.

- Is he the man you trust? - Shintarō almost shouted. It was the first time he talked back to my brother.

I sighed. Now the three spoke at the same time. It was a lot of masculine energy at the room.

- Oh, c'mon Shin-chan, we are friends - Takao said - all of us.

He looked at me, then at Toshiro, and finally at Shintarō.

- Have you ever thought that Botan and Shintarō's children will also have to wear glasses?

Toshiro and I laughed, but Shintarō turned so red he could have been mistaken for a traffic sign.

- That's why I like you, Takao - I patted his shoulder - you always make me laugh.

- Isn't that right? - Toshiro wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes - He's hilarious.

My brother offered to take us to the campsite and we didn't refuse, as it would be rude to make Takao cycle with all the bags on the cart.

I made Takao sit in the front seat next to my brother so that Shintarō and I could sit together, that way Toshiro would be distracted with his jokes and not pay attention to us.

- The things I do for love - Shintarō said to me before we left.

I was the only one who heard it. I was the only one who knew this romantic side of him which made me feel special.

So I laid my head on his chest and slept the entire trip while Shintarō kissed my hair.