54Chapter 1-
A/N: I was seriously shocked that no one even attempted to write a story on this story. -.- Seriously! What kind of story is this if no one's even written a fan fiction on it before? So here I am, attempting to write a story.
Really…! I think I almost fainted. -.- Support this story! (I think) it's the first fan fiction for this manga!
Warnings: This story includes minimal romance (or maybe none at all) and my writing skills might be bad. There's a bit of language and some things might change (meaning AU and OCs).
Flames will be used to flame the flamer.
Characters:
Amaya Aoi (Amaya- night rain, Aoi- light shimmering blue) - 165cm (uses his name to refer to himself, eg. Aoi is happy!)
Kuroko Tetsuya- 168cm
Kagami Taiga- 190cm
Aida Riko (Coach)
Hyuuga Junpei- 178cm
Izuki Shun- 174cm
Mitobe Rinnosuke- 186cm
Koganei Shinji- 170cm
Tsuchida Satoshi- (unsure)
Kiyoshi Teppei- 193cm
-Introduction to the story-
Teikou Middle School Basketball Club is a super strong school with more than 100 club members, boasting several successive championships.
But even in glorious history, there is still a team that can be without fail called the 'strongest'...
A generation of five players with a talent like you would see once in ten years, called the 'generation of miracles'.
But… there was a strange rumor about the 'generation of miracles'. Despite nobody knowing him and not being in any match records, there were still two people that the five geniuses acknowledged as superior.
One was the 'Phantom' sixth player. The other no one knew about was the seventh player, their 'secret weapon', also known as 'Aoi'.
-School entrance ceremony to Seirin High-
"Are you interested in rugby?"
"Have you ever played shogi?"
"If you're Japanese, you should play baseball!"
"Swimming! It feels super!"
The new freshmen all had looks of cornered animals, and were hesitantly refusing the various invites from the overeager club members.
Finally, someone got annoyed and shouted it out to the world. "I can't move forward! Bring a snowplow!"
"I haven't moved five meters in the last ten minutes!"
He gets frustrated and swings his fist into the air, and would have hit a boy behind him. He had light blue hair and slightly darker blue eyes. If he hadn't ducked calmly, he would definitely have been hit.
A neon blue haired boy beside him with dark expressive purple eyes heaved a sigh of relief. "It's lucky that I taught you properly how to avoid being hit…"
"Hai…"
"Ah! You, do you like books? How about joining the literature club?"
Both boys walk past him and he never notices. The boy who he was talking to replied. "Ah… no… this is a manga, so…"
From the corner of his eye, the expressionless, blue, light-haired boy notices where the basketball booth is being held.
"Write your name and student ID number here. Then, the middle school you come from and your goals…? Ah, of course, that one is arbitrary, so you can put anything you want."
A pretty brunette waves goodbye to the newly registered basketball member. "So we have 1, 2… 10 people so far… we might need a little more…"
Just then, a member of the basketball team shows up… hanging by the back of his shirt, with anime tears pouring down his face, which was being gripped in a tall muscular looking guy.
"I brought one back…"
"Is the basketball club here?"
Waah! Brought back?! It's the other way round! "Yeah…" the coach had a funny shocked expression on.
The coach calms herself down forcibly, and starts explaining to him. "I think you know already, but our school was barely opened last year. All the upperclassmen are still just second years, so… somebody with your build will immediately…"
He raises an eyebrow and sips on his canned drink. "I don't care about that. Give me a piece of paper. I'll just write my name and go back." He grabs the paper and writes quickly.
Meanwhile, the second year was thinking to herself. Oh? His middle school was in America…?! …Kagami Taiga-kun… no matter how you look at it, he doesn't seem like an average guy.
Kagami leaves while she thought to herself.
The poor neglected second year collapses on the booth and gives a deep sigh of relief. "S-scary! Is that really a freshman?"
"By the way, I would like to know why he grabbed you by the neck and brought you back."
The flushing boy changes the subject quickly before her 'interrogation' gets any worse. "Ah! You to pick up these two registration forms."
"E-eh… my bad... Err… They are Kuroko Tetsuya and Amaya Aoi." Hm…? This has been on my desk all the time but I didn't see it? She pauses for a moment, before exploding in shock. "WAIT…! They're coming from Teikou's basketball club?!"
"What…?! The famous one…?!"
"Aah…! They're both first years, meaning both of them came from the 'generation of miracles'! Waah…! How could I forget their faces…?!"
"And the guy earlier was coming back from America… man, what's with the freshman this year?!"
-The next day at the gym-
"…Alright! Everyone seems to be here already! Freshman, come this way."
Two of the freshman started chatting to each other after they heeded her instructions.
"Hey, isn't the manager cute?"
"She's a second year, right? But that's true! If she was just a bit sexier…"
Junpei appears behind them with a deadpan expression, punching them both in the back of the head. "You're wrong, bakas!"
She smiles at everyone from the front, and says, "I'm the boy basketball club's coach, Aida Riko. It's nice to meet you!"
The general reaction was a shocked silence. "Eeh…? You mean it wasn't that guy?"
One of the older club members explain. "No… that's the advisor, Takeda-sensei. He's just watching."
Aida grins at them. "Well then, first… take off your shirts!"
The new members look at her as if she was insane, but still reluctantly took off their shirts. There were reactions of "…" or "What the hell does that mean?" or even "Is she serious?"
She walks by and looks at their stats briefly, giving instructions out every time she sees a flaw.
"What…?! You can tell all that just by looking at our body?"
Junpei explains. "That girl's father is a sports trainer. He was always recording data in order to make training menus. It's a special skill she gained after spending everyday at his workplace looking at muscles and data. By looking at someone's body, that girl's eyes see all its abilities and stats." He shrugs. That's not the only reason why she's the coach, though…
When she reached Kagami, she stared at his body in shock. What the hell? These numbers are far above everyone else's! These aren't the stats of a boy in their first year of high school! On top of that, I can't even estimate his potential…! This is… Natural talent…!
Suddenly, everything became chibi and a chubbier version of the coach could be seen with stars in her eyes and drool coming out of the mouth.
The scene was interrupted, however, when Junpei shouted. "Coach…! How long are you going to stand there and daydream…?!"
"Sorry! So…Er…"
"You saw everyone, right? That guy was the last."
"Ah, really…? …Was Kuroko-kun and Amaya-kun here?"
"Ah! That's right! The guys from Teikou middle school!"
"What…?! Teikou as in that Teikou…?!"
"Amaya! Kuroko! Is Amaya and Kuroko here?!"
Aida had a disappointed look on her face, but raised one of her hands and gave out further instructions. "I guess they're taking the day off. Well, then, let's start practice."
"Aah… Excuse me…"
"Aoi is here!"
"And I'm Kuroko…"
The coach stood there, frozen, before screaming. "KYAAAH!"
Junpei turns around, wondering what happened. "Wah, what!? WOOH…?! Since when were you two there?!"
"We were here from the beginning…"
"Seriously?!"
I didn't notice them right in front of my eyes… eh… they said they're Amaya and Kuroko… they're like, invisible!
"That means they're the ones that are from the 'generation of miracles'?!"
"They can't have been regulars…"
"Of course not! Right, Amaya-kun, Kuroko-kun?"
Amaya's eyes curved up into two semicircles. "I haven't played in any matches…"
Kuroko replied expressionlessly. "… I have played in matches, though…"
"See, just what… huh…?"
"Eh? …EH…?!"
"EHHHH…?!"
"Take off your shirts!"
Amaya pouted. "Aw… I just put it back on…"
Kagami's thoughts… What the hell are these guys?
-At Maji burger-
-Aoi's POV-
I see the other freshman walking down the aisle, carrying a tray of food… more specifically, 17 burgers! How is it possible that someone eats so much?! He's already 190cm and he's still growing?
He sits down in front of Tetsu-kun and looks out the window with a faraway look on his face. I wonder what he's thinking about…?
Oh, looks like Tetsu-kun is going to speak. "Hello. You are still growing up, right?"
Kagami nearly knocks over his tray in shock. It was quite funny, really, seeing such a tall person get shocked so easily. It sooths my wounded pride that I'm so short at the age of 15.
"Wha-… What are you doing here?!"
"Well, we were sitting here from the beginning, just watching people."
"W-watching people…? Wait, you said we?"
"Yeah!" I piped up. "Aoi is here too!"
"Ugh… anyway, tag along with me for a bit when I'm done eating."
Aida's thoughts…
What does that mean? What kind of guy is he? His abilities are way too low! On top of that, he's already at the peak of his growth! He looks nothing like a regular from the strongest school!
Amaya, on the other hand, has slightly better than average abilities, but he's nothing special. Looks like his legs are his strongest point. If I had to say anything, Amaya would be on the team rather than Kuroko!
-Aoi's POV-
Kagami stands in front of the basketball net and starts talking after he brought us to an outdoor court. "You two… what the hell are you hiding?"
"?"
"…I was in America until the second year of middle school. I was really shocked when I came back to Japan. The level is just too low! What I'm looking for is not playing basketball for fun! I want to play matches that make my blood boil at full strength! I can guess the strength of an opponent to some extent too."
Eh…? So he's actually trained his skills to that level… looks like he's not all just talk after all…
Kagami continued on talking when we didn't interrupt. "It's like strong guys have a particular smell about them… but you two are weird. Even though you should reek of weakness, you don't smell like anything at all! Your strength is odorless!"
Baka! That's because I'm suppressing it!
"The two of you, from the 'generation of miracles', what kind of guys are you..."
Tetsu-kun looks like he wants to play. Well, I'm not going to show off my skills today… it seems like he's still under the impression that I'm weak even though my strength is 'odorless' since I never played in regular matches. Let's see what happens next!
Tetsu-kun looks like he's trying to decide. "…What a coincidence. I was thinking of playing you as well. A one-on-one."
I stood on the sidelines, and heaved a sigh. Tetsu-kun was obviously going to disappoint him if Kagami thought that the 'generation of miracles' were all made up of people who had all the physical abilities.
I heard him grunt in frustration not soon after. "HA?!"
Now he probably thought that Tetsu-kun was desperately weak. It's true that Tetsu-kun's dribbling and shooting are amateur, but he makes up with his ability…
"Don't mess with me! Did you hear what I said?! You're overestimating yourself if you think you can win like that!"
I saw Tetsu-kun's eyebrow raise slightly… just barely.
"Of course not."
I waited for what I knew was going to happen next. He could be extremely blunt sometimes…
"Isn't it obvious that Kagami-kun is the strongest?"
Oh? He used the –kun suffix already… seems like he's taken a liking to him… that was pretty fast!
"Are you picking a fight?! What's your goal…" Oh, dear… I can see his veins popping out even from this distance.
"I wanted to see Kagami-kun's strength directly."
"HAA?!"
Kagami palmed his face, probably feeling like an idiot right about now. It really was funny… especially when he is totally wrong!
"Err…"
"It's alright already. I'm not interested in weak guys… I'll give you one last piece of advice. It's better if you give up in basketball. No matter what kind of beautiful things you can say about effort, it's an undeniable fact that you need talent in our society. You have no talent for basketball."
I felt my anger flair and my rage slowly start to build up. WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS…?! TALKING TO TETSU-KUN LIKE THAT!
"I have to say no to that."
I quickened my slow stroll and walked towards them. "To begin with, I love basketball. On top of that, it is a matter of point of view. I do not care who is the strongest."
"What did you…?!"
"I am different than you." A hollow pang went in my chest. I knew what he was going to say next. He just looked at himself as insignificant, but really, he was very strong. His words have double meanings sometimes. "I am a shadow."
Kagami furrowed his eyebrows. "Huh?"
-Aoi's POV-
"Since we can't go for roadwork, we still have some time left in our training…"
Oh…? Are we going to play a match then?
"Hm… it might be a good opportunity."
"Alright, everyone! Let's have a 5 VS 5 mini game with the freshman against the second years!"
My predictions are on top once again! Good to know I'm not losing my touch!
It's nice to play in a match after not playing for a few years~ apparently the senpais got to the final league last year… I'll give them 30%, and then… see how it goes after that.
Kagami immediately takes charge. He hasn't earned my respect yet… let's see if he does it in this match…
"It's not the time to be scared! Of course it's better that the opponent is strong rather than weak, right? Let's go!"
The whistle blows and Kagami and the senpai jumps up, fighting for the ball.
Freshman- Senpais! 11-08!
Well, he certainly doesn't waste any time, that's for sure. He has an unpolished sense of strength and destructive power.
Hyuuga-senpai mutters. "Oi, oi… that's insane…!"
The other freshman are making so much noise, it's annoying!
"The freshmen are in the lead?! But, well, Kagami is the only one scoring!"
I could just hear the thoughts that were echoing in Kagami's head. Something along the lines of 'The ball was stolen…?! From this guy again…!' "FOCUS!"
The senpais are getting irritated. "… We can't let it go that way. I think it's about time we calmed you down!"
Three guys defended him when Kagami held the ball.
Well, well… looks like they don't think we freshmen have any skills at all…! I'm still playing at 30%, which is higher than my usual 20% against normal people! I felt my vein pop out. Even when Kagami didn't have the ball, there were still 2 people defending him.
"Che… Fine, you want it that way…!" I grunted.
The senpais caught up with the score using their new method, making the score 15-31.
The freshman wearing the number 9 jersey seemed like he just gave up. "It's enough already…!" he was whining. It was really grating on my ears, and I had to smother my anger to avoid attacking him. It evaporated when Kagami did it in my stead, though. "Enough already…? What the hell is up with that?!"
Tetsu-kun bumped him in the back of his knees and I whacked him on the back of his head, before staring at Tetsu-kun incredulously. He spoke before I could say anything, though. "Please calm down."
Kagami looked like he was on the verge of snapping.
"O-oi…! Tetsu-kun! Just because I taught you a little bit of self-defense, it doesn't mean you can go around randomly hitting people…! Only I can do that…!"
More veins popped out on Kagami's forehead. Opps…
I quickly walked further away, and heard the senpais talking. "Seems like there's a dispute… Kuroko… now that I think of it, he was there too…"
I laughed. "Ara? Senpais? You forgot about Tetsu-kun again, huh?"
I bit the inside of my lips. It was hilarious! The look on their faces! It was obvious that they forgot about me too!
Tetsu-kun finally decided to make a move and show off his skill… looks like I might or might not do anything today. Well, just in case, go up to the net…~ I sharpened my senses and paid closer attention to my surroundings.
Tetsu-kun passed the ball to me quickly and I shot it into the basket without hesitation.
"Huh…!? It's in?! How did he get that pass through just now?!"
"I don't know! I didn't see!"
The same thing happened again and again for the next few passes. The coach notices at last. He uses his lack of presence to relay passes! Using the 'misdirection' that I taught him! Include the short time he keeps the ball, and you have the so-called 'invisible passes' that the Teikou middle school was 'famous' for.
They figured out the rumor was true. The phantom sixth player of the 'generation of miracles'!
The senpais focused too much on Tetsu-kun's passes and the ball was passed to Kagami, who scored a point.
They cursed, thinking that both of them were bothersome on their own, but together they had no way to stop the attacks.
In the end, a senpai moved away and Tetsu-kun made a shot. I groaned. He was going to miss! Good thing I'm here…
I increased my power to 50% and jumped, slamming the ball into the hoop, grinning as I saw the look on everyone's faces.
"Wha…?! How the hell did you do that?! You're only 165cm!" Kagami had a look of pure disbelief on his face. His shock was probably worse than the others since he was the one who was about, key word about, to put it in himself.
I smirked. "Since when have I said I've not been to do so?"
So in the end, we freshmen won. The senpais acknowledged us to be good as allies as well.
Later in the evening…
"Oh…? Kagami-kun is sitting at our table again?" I said, grinning at him, placing my hands under my chin.
"Why are you two here again…"
"You were the one who came to sit at our table, and it's because I like the vanilla shake here."
"Aoi just likes to waste time!"
"Ugh! Go sit elsewhere!"
"No."
"Don't go thinking we're friends now…!"
"Like I said, we were the ones to sit here first."
Kagami-kun grunted and threw a hamburger at each of us. "…Here, I'll give you one."
"How strong is the 'generation of miracles'? Say, if I was to go against them right now, what would happen?"
"Aoi knows Kagami-kun will instantly be killed!" I said in a sing-song voice.
Tetsu-kun nods in agreement.
"Oi… can't you say it in a different way?"
"On top of that, the five geniuses have all joined different veteran schools this year. There's no mistaking one of them will be standing at the top."
"Aoi is stronger than them, though!"
No one replies, ignoring my statement. It's alright, though. No one's ever seen my full strength before, anyhow.
"Hahaha…! Nice…! I'm burning! I've decided! I'm going to take all these guys down and become the number one in Japan!"
What did I just tell you not a minute ago? (-.-)
Tetsu-kun is as blunt as ever. "I don't think that's possible."
"Oi!"
"I don't know about the potential of your abilities, but with your current level, you cannot hold a candle to them. It is impossible… alone… I have decided as well. I am a supporting actor, a shadow… but a shadow will become darker if the light is stronger, and it will make the white of the light stand out. As the shadow of the main actor, I will make you, the light, number one in Japan… not including Aoi-chan…"
"Hah…! Nice words there…! But did you have to add the last part…?"
"Uwah?! What do you mean by that?! Don't you know Aoi is really strong?! Aoi is better than all of them!"
"Yeah, yeah…"
"Oi! Aoi is serious!"
"Hai, hai…"
A/N: Yeah, it's following the canon, but there will be some changes later on in the story. :D R&R, people! The more reviews, the better! Support this manga and write fan fictions!