Calignosity here - Cali for short - with a first story!

I would like to clear up some facts though, Kuroko and Seirin (in this story) are a good decade or so older than the Generation of Miracles and the other teams; Kagami and him are at 24 years of age. I hope you enjoy the story I've wrote (Reviews to help would be fantastic if possible!) with the help of my beta: PetiteSkylark!

Title: Please Notice Me!
Rating: T (Will never change from that)
Pairing(s): Teiko!GoM/Kuroko; Protective!Kagami/Kuroko
Disclaimer: I do not, in any way, own Kuroko no Basuke/Basket; this fan fiction was written solely for entertainment purposes c:

EDIT : Fixed up some typos!

The chanting of "Defense! Defense!" from the benches was easily drowned out by the copious cheering from the almost monstrous amount of onlookers.

Nonetheless, it still made its way to the sweating and exhausted players of Seirin High School. Many of them forced a smile at their fellow teammate's fighting spirits.

The score was currently 82-79; In Seirin's favor. With two minutes on the clock within the fourth quarter, the team had felt anything but relieved; there was so much their opponent could do to suddenly turn the tables. It was this game, the most important of their lives, as some would say, that would make all of them die happy.

The last game of the Winter Cup, the one that would announce Seirin - a newly formed team from two years past - the Nation's best basketball team. It was an honor to uphold, and one that they would not give up the chance to achieve without a fight.

A whistle screeched, and the basketball flew into the air. His teammate, Kagami Taiga, jumped in the air along with a short blond haired ace from Nagasaki High School. Battling for the ball in mid-air, Kagami finally managed to grab a hold and passed it to his senior, Hyuuga Junpei; that of which made an excellent 3-pointer.

The last seconds ticked down, both teams repeating the same routines like a broken track. Dunk here, rebound there, another 3-pointer, until the telltale sound of a buzzer shook the whole stadium.

Seirin had won; 89-83.

Kuroko Tetsuya woke up to his white circular clock blaring alarms left and right. Groggily, he slammed the top of the mechanism to silence it. He remained buried in his bed sheets, silently wondering why he dreamed, once more, of his victory nearly a decade ago; especially considering the fact that it wasn't a nightmare in the slightest.

Kuroko considered going back to sleep due to the fact that it was past noon on a Saturday, but a loud cry of his name shook him awake.

"Oi, Kuroko! There's a call for you!" His roommate, and past light, Kagami Taiga called for him from down the hall in their small apartment.

Since graduation, both of them were reluctant to move back to their respective homes and had decided to rent an apartment together. Kagami had taken up a job at a near by construction site and volunteered at the neighborhood fire station in his free time. Kuroko himself had been asked by his old Captain, Hyuuga Junpei, to teach at a close by school by the name of Teiko Middle School. With a decent pay, the Phantom Player" could not refuse the generous offer.

Another shout from outside the door; closer, now.

"KU-RO-KO," Kagami emphasized each syllable, "hurry up before this girl blows my eardrums out!"

Kuroko quickly got out of his bed, side-stepping the excited 'arf!' of Ni-gou; a dog he had picked up near the convenience store during one of his late night snack trips when cramming two to three years past. It had taken a long while before Kagami would even be in the same room as said dog, but over the time, both the males had slowly warmed up to the Alaskan Malamute (as Riko so kindly informed them). Reaching for the lock on the silver knob, Kuroko swung the door open, face to face with a fuming red-head holding a black receiver spewing the excited shouts of one of their close friend's daughter.

"Ah, good morning, Kagami-kun." Kuroko bowed slightly, his hair flying everywhere in the process.

"Don't 'good morning' me!" He thrust out the receiver, still spewing incomprehensible words, "I'm pretty sure you already know who it is, just get her outta my hair!" Kagami shouted, obviously enraged.

Kuroko grabbed the phone held to his face, thanked Kagami for his trouble ("Why don't ya just give her your cell number or something, jeez!"), and pressed the top part of the mobile device to his ear, hearing fragments about 'Hyuuga-sensei' and 'basketball coach.' Kuroko chuckled at the pink-haired girl's antics, and spoke up before the rather one-sided conversation got out of hand.

"Momoi-san, good morning." He simply said.

The chattering on the other end immediately stopped, replaced with an almost eerie silence before the girl - Momoi Satsuki - answered with a dreamy voice.

"Tetsu-kun! Good morning to you too! But onto more important business! I heard from Hyuuga-sensei that you're gonna start teaching at Teiko! Maybe you'll be able to get stupid Dai-chan to behave for once!"

With that sentence, Kuroko could hear a voice in the background - a deeper voice, most likely male - shouting protests at the girl.

"I'm not stupid! More importantly how is this...," he paused, before continuing in disgust, "Tetsu-kun going to help me anyway?!"

"Because, Ahomine, he was in the best team of the nation! He knows what he's doing, unlike a certain basketball idiot!"

Kuroko couldn't help but add his two cents after hearing the girl's counter argument, finding the argument rather funny; even for a expressionless man such as himself.

"I could always deny the position if your friend opposes it so much, Momoi-san."

"NOO! DAI-CHAN, LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID!"

Was the last thing Kuroko heard before the line got cut off. He stared at the phone curiously, silently praying for 'Ahomine' to make it out alive; he couldn't have one of his starters dying of food poisoning so soon to his posting after all.

Besides his rather loud awakening, Kuroko had a fairly peaceful weekend afterwards, doing his normal routine of walking Ni-gou, practicing in the streets with Kagami, reading during down time, and preparing a simple dinner of fried steak and leftovers from lunch.

If he wasn't mistaken, he had passed by some Teiko students on his walk. The bright white and blue uniform contrasted hugely against the beige hues of the store fronts Kuroko passed. It was a group of three students, two of them easily towering over the last, but that wasn't what irked Kuroko. Their hair color and the shortest's eye colors were what irked him. The tallest had purple hair, and was continuously munching on the overflow of snacks he currently held. Another, a green haired boy, held onto a miniature stuffed turtle with his bandaged hands. Lastly, a red-head with heterochromatic eyes stood in front, as if the leader of the odd group.

Kuroko hoped all of Teiko wasn't as...odd.

Kuroko laid in bed on Sunday, the sun having already set long ago, his clock flashing 11 o' clock. He had already done everything necessary, setting his alarm, laying aside an outfit for tomorrow - Kagami claimed that was too 'womanly' of him - it never hurt to be prepared.

As he laid in bad, on the cusp of dozing off, he wondered to himself what new things awaited him at Teiko Middle School.

TBC

As stated in the beginning A/N, reviews would be amazing; ideas to write would be even greater help!

Should you review, I just have a tiny question that for you all!
- Should the rest of the freshmen from Seirin be older along with Kagami and Kuroko, or just be in the high school as freshmen like in the original plot line?

Thank you so much for reading, and I hope you had a enjoyable time!