A/N: First of all, I have no fucking clue on what I have just done, I haven't written since 7th grade for creative writing in English. So forgive me if I do make mistakes on grammar and spellings and all and please feel free to point them out to me, I am more than happy to receive constructive criticisms and comments of suggestions, I'll take everything in mind and promise to read everything that has been sent to me.
Anyways this fic started out as a drabble for me inspired by these set of wonderful fanart of the Kiseki no sedai x Kuroko

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Anyways I had fun while writing this and I hope that you will enjoy reading the story as much as I enjoy writing it.
I don't own Kuroko no Basuke all credits belong to the respectful author, Fujimaki Tadatoshi Sensei, for creating the series.

Prologue – Do you dare to believe?

Do you believe in demons? Most people would've probably said no to that question, but the truth of the matter is, they do exist.

Yes, some could argue that they exist in a more metaphorical sense but that isn't what we're talking about here.

Demons literally exist within our society; they can be seen felt and heard if one had the ability and patience to look closer enough.

All you have to do is look around; they are everywhere, within the crowded streets and the inside the cosy town houses feeding off the lives of those who had been unfortunate enough to be tempted into their clutches.

Still not convinced? Well let's start from the basics, what is a demon exactly and how come they exist within us if practically 99% of the population are unaware of their existence. Here's the answer, it's because they live within a beauty so distracting that you cannot see behind the simple mask. Yes, the answer is simple, demons live within the personification of every human greed, wealth, and desires combined. They live within gemstones. In fact precious stones have been a demon's medium to visit our human world since times immemorial. Demons can live for a very long time; in fact one might be able to consider them as immortal as they do not need any nourishment in order to survive unlike us human beings.

Why would they visit us then? Well, the answer is also simple. They seek for entertainment and simply to indulge themselves with consuming the greed which they had nurtured inside our souls.

Ridiculous! You might say. Not really, guess what, ever heard of those cases where generations of siblings would repeatedly kill each other for that particular blue sapphire ring which had been the family heirloom for generations? Or that one where the national treasure, the Queen's Crown, had been stolen and then everyone within the heist had started stabbing and shooting at each other just so they can get the spoils for themselves? Oh, and don't forget the case where that child had burned her parents alive for their insurance money because they won't let her buy that one ruby necklace that she had wanted.

Yes, demons do exist, and they are feeding off and manipulating human energies for their own desires and enjoyment. The fun part is that their manipulation usually makes whatever sanity that a human brain had retained to fly straight out of the window and anything can happen when a human is overwhelmed and consumed by their desires and greed. Anything.

Fear not though, for we still have that 1% of the population that are still aware of what's going on with the demons and what not, and thank the gods that they are not staying silent about the elusive chaos within our world. And so this is the story of a young boy who is a part of that 1% of the society, who just also happened to be a demon hunter.

Chapter 1 – Truth or Dare

Night within the city was never a quiet and calm thing. The streets were bustling as people scurry around towards whatever destination they had in their mind. Whether it was going home towards their loved ones or simply out to enjoy the night with friends at a club.

It was Friday night as a young boy had started marching towards the back door of a prominent night club within the district. The boy had his face covered by a dark hoodie with gloved hands, baggy jeans and sneakers. He was looking like a typical teenager within the area trying to sneak into the nightclub and have fun, but he's not.

Kuroko Tetsuya is a 17 years old boy who is also a part of that 1% of the population who knows about demons. In fact, he's also a demon summoner who was on an assignment tasked by the ever esteemed Society of Demon Hunters. Why was he in a nightclub then, you might ask. Well the answer is also simple; he was completing an assignment which had been given to him.

He proceeded to enter through the slightly rusty back door and was immediately surrounded by the suffocating smell of smoke and booze. It was vile and disgusting, but then again his job had always required him to do the vile and disgusting things most people won't even consider of doing.

Kuroko had managed to keep his expression rather neutral as he weaved through the throngs of people within the nightclub, although if one would look closely at him you could see the slight wrinkle of his nose as it twitched with slight disgust under the smells that permeated from around him.

He managed to make his way past though, which is easier for him to do than most people since he has a major lack of presence which came in handy and convenient when doing his job at times like these.

He slipped through a door which had a clear sign displayed on the front as 'Staff Only' before proceeding down his tracks towards a set of stairs leading upwards within the narrow corridors. He was going purely by his instincts and his senses of feeling.

He stopped short in front of a large wooden double door at the end of the straight-line corridor. There was no one guarding in front of it and he found himself silently wondering whether this was a trap or not. It didn't matter for him though, as he slowly reached out towards the handle and opened the door with a silent creak.

Kuroko had looked around the dimly lit room, there was no one inside of it, it seems.

He quickly closed the door behind him and proceeded to do his task and start to observe the room he's in.

It was a grand spacious room with a large wooden mahogany desk and an equally impressive leather chair sitting at the centre of the room surrounded by walls of paintings and books, probably meant to be an office of some kind.

The wooden floors made a silent creak as Kuroko stepped deeper into the room while trying to sense his target, which he knew was very, very close.

Bingo, he thought as he spotted the thing he was looking for.

It was a shining statue of a golden figure standing at the centre of an enclosed glass case situated on the left side of the room along with the various paintings. But what catches Kuroko's attention is the item situated within the statue's hands, a large sparkling aquamarine gem.

Kuroko proceeded to walk towards the statue with caution as he attempted to remove the glass encasing. Everything was going as planned, that is, until he heard a gun click from somewhere behind him.

"Don't move!"

Ah, crap. Everything was going so smoothly too, he had thought with irritation as he proceeded to turn around slowly while putting both of his hands above his head. His expression was blank as he faced the man standing at the doorway.

The man was standing shakily with the gun on his hands. He was trembling either from fear or rage Kuroko didn't know, he doesn't really want to find out either.

"Get the fuck away from my treasure!"

Kuroko could see the madness already seething within the man's bloodshot eyes though, as he pursed his lips in silent contemplation on what his next actions should be.

The man was almost completely consumed by the demonic aura induced from within that gem and Kuroko knew then that this isn't going to be an easy walk in the field anymore.

He silently walked away from the encasing and towards the crazed man as he attempted to silently and stealthily fiddle with the silver bracelet on his wrists hidden beneath his hoodie jacket. One wrong move and everything could be fatal, both for him and the man pointing the gun at him.

"Stop! Don't move I say! Just stay there! I'll make sure you get what you deserve thief!" Kuroko proceeded to stop when the words were uttered at him.

He was about a foot away from the man when he stopped moving. It was enough distance for him to use his misdirection and immobilize the less than sane man.

He moved quickly and stealthily as he cut through the distance within them, the man barely registering the shock in his mind before his arms was twisted towards his back, the gun already dropped from his shaky grasps. Kuroko then pinned his body, face pressing against the walls, before he got a thin and sturdy rope out for cases like these and proceeded to tie both of the man's hands together.

What he didn't consider was, the fact that the gem would start to glow with an ominous light and made the man in his arms started to struggle with inhuman strength as he broke free from Kuroko's hold.

Dammit, he thought in exasperation, he really didn't want to have to use this method but now he guessed he needs to in order to get out of this with his life intact. He proceeded to take a couple of steps back from the enraged man whose body has fallen down to the ground as it starts to slowly overflow with suffocating demonic aura. His sanity was, without questioning, beyond gone as loud inhumane shrieks filled the room during the process of the demon slowly taking over and possessing the body.

Kuroko was rather calm though, as he slowly reached out his left arm and pulled back the sleeves covering it to reveal a silver bangle with a curious and intricate design. The bangle has five empty slots covering its entire length around his wrists, except for one, which has already been filled with a single gem, a brilliant cut yellow topaz.

Kuroko proceeded to recite the words which he already knew from the back of his head as the fallen man starts to slowly stand up, his face had morphed into something monstrous as he gazed towards Kuroko with slitted demonic eyes and pointed teeth set in a menacing grin directed towards him.

"I call upon thee, he of the netherworld and spawn of the Devil, heed my call and appear upon my words, Mimos!" He finished his enchantment as a blinding light then surrounds the room, making Kuroko shut his eyes tightly to shield himself before he opened them again and there was a man standing in his full glory in front of him.

The man was tall with shimmering blond hair and ethereally handsome features drawn into a huge smile on his face as he bounded towards Kuroko and proceeds to glomp him into a tight embrace.

"Kuroko-cchi I missed you~, why didn't you call me sooner?" The man was pouting and looking at Kuroko with doe-puppy eyes.

Kuroko sighed, this is precisely why he avoided on taking this course of action, he didn't feel like dealing with the smothering acts his demon familiar, Kise Ryouta, loved to shower him with every time they spend a moment together.

"Kise-kun, I can't breathe could you please let go of me? Besides, we got a problem to deal with first." Kuroko's gaze turned towards the man who is now standing fully on his two feet and looking at them both with a hungry blood-lust gaze.

Kise had followed his gaze towards the man and sighed before he moved his hands away, much to Kuroko's relief, and proceeds to ruffle his own hair in annoyance.

"Haaah, dammit, why is there always a disturbance every time we get to see each other."

The possessed man had charged towards Kuroko with a blinding speed, however, Kise was faster as he stopped the man in his tracks with a punch to his gut and proceeds to throw a flying kick aimed at his head. The man's head slammed against the walls hardly and a loud sickening squelch had sounded as the man's skull smashed and his brain splattered against the pure white walls.

Kise sighed as he looked at his shoes, now stained with blood and bits of flesh, with disdain marring his face as he tried to wipe the soles clean on the burgundy carpeted floor.

"Aaaah~ and these are my newest pair too. Oh, well can't help it." He then changed his expression again with a large smile plastered on his face instead as he looked towards the silent Kuroko who had proceeded to walk towards the glass case containing his actual target.

"You didn't need to take it that far, Kise-kun. Now they're going to make big news out of this case." Kuroko had looked towards Kise with slight disapproval in his gaze as he walked past the blond and towards his goal.

"Aww, but I was doing it for you Kuroko-cchi! After all, he was already beyond the point of returning to being human. It won't do to have the newspapers reporting and start to investigate his… abnormal features now would it?" His voice had dropped an octave lower as he muttered the last sentence with an unusually wicked look on his face before reverting it back towards his usual grin.

Kuroko had only managed to shake his head slightly before he sighed and proceeds to do his task of removing the glass case and the gem while Kise is watching him happily from the side.

Now that the gem is secure in Kuroko's custody, and won't cause anyone any more trouble, he had sighed in relief as a major part of his assignment was now complete. Now he just has to deal with the job of delivering the gem to be contained by the Society and get his bounty for the job.

Kuroko was about to walk out of the door with Kise following on his trail before the latter had stopped him, his arms out wide between Kuroko and the door. Kuroko looked up in silent enquiry as to the other's actions before Kise's bright amber eyes seemed to glow as he looked beyond the door.

"There's people coming, and they're heading this way."

Well, Kuroko's day couldn't get any worse, he had just killed a man in his mission, and now more are coming up and he has to deal with all of them.

He sighed, all he wanted to do was to go complete this assignment and then buy Maji's vanilla milkshake before he goes home to his apartment and retire for the night.

Kise chuckled at his summoner's obvious weariness over their entire situation. He then proceeds to lift Kuroko up in a bridal style carry as he started walking towards the window on the opposite end of the room instead. Kuroko hadn't struggled or anything but he was obviously confused and slightly annoyed at his familiar's actions as he voiced his thoughts out towards him.

"Kise-kun, what are you doing?" Kise smiled brightly at Kuroko's question before he proceeded to kick the windows open and climbed towards the railings.

"I'm just helping us escape from here. You don't want to deal with the rest of them don't you? So let's take it easy and leave everything to me instead." He had chirped happily as he proceeded to jump from the window railing bounding towards roof after roof with inhumane speed.

Kuroko could blink his eyes at his familiar's thoughtful act before he gave a small smile in gratitude.

"Thank you Kise-kun, you could be unusually thoughtful sometimes." Kise pouted in return before voicing his protests at the remark.

"That's mean Kuroko-cchi! I'm always very thoughtful!" Kuroko only gave a silent chuckle at the other's loud objections as they went on their way.

By the time the people had reached the room both of them were already long gone. They had disappeared into the darkness of the night.

Kuroko went into the Society's Headquarters the very next morning after the fiasco that was his job last night. He walked with silent anticipation and dread as he approached closer towards his office.

He proceeds to open the door towards his department unit's office and entered silently. Despite what people may think the office looks just like any other they've ever seen. Plenty of desks with littered with cups of coffee and mountains of paperwork scattered everywhere. It was a typical office for typical kinds of workers, except that their job isn't so typical.

Kuroko had silently walked towards his desk which was situated next to a certain redhead who was busy typing furiously on his computer with a half downed cup of coffee beside of him. It seemed like the redhead had pulled an all-nighter towards writing all of his postponed reports.

The redhead hadn't noticed him as he walked in and Kuroko had to resist the twitch at the corners of his mouth before he silently stood next to the red head and proceeded to greet him with a monotone voice.

"Good morning Kagami-kun." The redhead had jolted quite violently before he turned to look with wide eyes filled with shock and anger at being caught off-guard.

"What the f-… Jesus Kuroko! I told you so many fucking times not to do that shit. I swear to God I'm going to die of heart failure one of these days." He had muttered before palming his face and leaning back against his seat in exasperation. Kuroko felt a little bit bad for scaring him like that but his reactions are always worth the watch.

"I'm very sorry Kagami-kun, I'll promise to try and not to do that again." Kagami had given him a dirty look at his response; they both know that this isn't going to be the last time for it to happen. Kuroko was still basking in his silent amusement as he proceeded to sit at his own desk next to the redhead's.

Kagami had gone back to furiously typing his report while Kuroko was starting up his own monitor in order to start his own report for yesterday's case. By the time Kuroko had settled well into his work the rest of the office had started to pile in one after another through the door, every one of them was holding a plastic cup of take-away coffee in their hands.

"Good morning Izuki-kun, Mitobe-kun, Tsuchida-kun, and Koganei-kun." Each one of them had looked at Kuroko with mild surprise before proceeding to reply their own greetings in return.

Their department didn't have a lot of people in it but they had known each other for quite a while now and are quite familiar with one another. While the rest of the people had filed in to their own desks Izuki had approached Kuroko with his cup of coffee in one hand while waving a newspaper in the other hand, before leaning in to the other's desk.

"So I saw the newspaper today, damn Hyuuga is going to be blow a hyuuge fuse." Kuroko had ignored the other's usual antics of making puns out of his words and instead chose to stay silent at the remark. Kagami had looked up from his furious typing to stare at both Izuki and Kuroko back and forth while voicing out his curiosity.

"Why, what happened?" He didn't have to wait long for the answer to come though as a furious Hyuuga had stormed into the office while slamming the doors open.

"Is Kuroko here yet?!" Everyone had simultaneously turned their heads towards the silent Kuroko before he softly sighed in resignation and rise up from his seat.

Hyuuga had noticed his unusual teal coloured hair and immediately went storming towards his private captain's quarters just beyond the larger office while making eye contact and pointing his fingers towards Kuroko as he passes him.

"You. To my office. Now." And then he was gone and Kuroko had followed him closely into his private quarters before closing the door behind him silently with a click. Hyuuga had went to sit behind his desk and gestured for Kuroko to sit down in one of the two guest chairs in front of his desk. Kuroko proceeded to do as he was silently told before Hyuuga then shot him the lingering question.

"So what the hell happened yesterday? Mind explaining why there's a dead body, not to mention, with his skull and brains bashed to smithereens against the walls."

Kuroko steeled himself as he tried to choose his words carefully in order to avoid angering his captain further before explaining in his usual monotone.

"I was just in the process of procuring the gem when I hadn't noticed the man who had come in. He had a gun pointed at me and while I was trying to contain the situation he had then started to undergo the process of the 'change' which had given him demonic powers, and I had realized then that the situation would be too much for me to handle alone. So I had called my familiar who had, in the process of defending my life, killed him with a single kick to his head. I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this had caused towards everyone within the organization and I am currently of writing an apology letter followed by an official report on what happened during yesterday's mission of the 'Eye of the Mermaid' gem containment. It will be finished before this afternoon." Kuroko had stayed silent again after his long explanation on his last night's mission.

Hyuuga proceeds to sigh in annoyance and resignation at his underling's blank face. He was always too polite for him to stay mad at the other, and so, he then continued his lecture in a less strict tone.

"Don't worry about it. I'm sure Kiyoshi and Riko is probably taking care of it right now as we speak." The mention of the familiar names had Kuroko look up towards his captain's face as he registered the words within his mind.

Kiyoshi Teppei was one the founders of their Society of Demon Hunters and he had a very easy-going disposition and always had a way to get people to go by his pace and ultimately do whatever he wants. Aida Riko was their lawyer who takes care of the official and legal matters of their business and she's really good at her job given that none of them had been jailed for murder from various cases like Kuroko's yet.

"I guess, I just hadn't really expected for this type of blunder and flashy stuff to happen within your cases, I'd always pegged for Kagami to do these kinds of things." Kuroko can't help the small smile from forming on his face at the captain's words.

Kagami Taiga is Kuroko's close friend and the star of their department, a genius demon summoner who had a lot of potential and stamina to back his ridiculously high spiritual powers. With great power though comes great belligerence and Kagami had a lot of it, enough for him to make the cases he handled appear within the headlines at least once a week.

Hyuuga then gave one final sigh before he dismissed Kuroko with a wave of his hand.

"Make sure that report is ready on my desk before lunch, compensation for the mission has been transferred into your account. Good work, just try to solve the next case in a more discreet way. We don't need any more troublesome members getting into the spotlight." Hyuuga had muttered the last sentence in reference to the certain redhead they both knew.

Kuroko had nodded before standing up to bow towards his senior and proceeding to walk out of the door. As soon as the door opened, Kagami had turned his head around and gave Kuroko a large knowing grin.

"Ooh, I heard what you did, you're in for some serious deep shit right there." He had giggled like a child who had found his amusement while Kuroko kept his expression blank as he was about to close the door behind him when Hyuuga's booming voice rang out through the room from behind the door.

"Kagami Taiga! In my office, now!" Kagami's face fell as everyone else was trying to silently hold back their laughter over the ironic situation.

Kuroko couldn't hide his amusement as he, on the way towards his desk, passed by a pale faced Kagami who had groaned as he went into the captain's office with resignation before the door closes behind him successfully muffling out the captain's angry voices from within.

Kuroko then went on with his report in silence with the occasional smile ghosting over his lips when he heard the loud angry muffles of his captain's lecture leaking out from behind the closed door, and after about half an hour later Kagami then proceeded to walk out from the captain's office looking ten times more worn out than before.

Kuroko kept on with the typing of his report as Kagami walked over and sat down on the chair next to him before Kuroko then stopped his typing just to look at Kagami with the ghost of a smile on his face while he kept staring towards the other with expressionless eyes that hides a certain amusement beneath them.

"Shut up." Kagami had glared towards the other's general direction without really meeting the sky blue eyes that were staring at him in obvious laughter.

Kuroko proceeded to chuckle lightly before deciding to ask the other out towards their usual lunch spot like they always do.

"Let's go to Maji's for lunch, I am quite in the mood for a vanilla milkshake at the moment."

"You're always in the mood for a vanilla milkshake." Kagami had muttered under his breath but he didn't object to the idea of lunch though. He was starving and he needed all of his energy to finish the rest of his pile of abandoned reports.

And so they went on with their paperwork until lunch time approaches before they then started to head out together towards the Maji Burger just across the road.