Summary: Kuroko Tetsuki had transferred to Teikou Academy through her talent for art and singing. She met her childhood friend and other friends, and got them interested in her somehow. But unknown to her, she was interested in two particular boys... AU. Various Pairings?

(Rewritten)Chapter 9 - Rivals

''How about having dinner now?'' Takao suggested, looking hungry.

"How about we cook?" Tetsuki asked as her index finger pointed cutely.

"Sure!" Kise piped, he punched his fist up into the air.

"Satsuki-nee shall opted out for this!" Aomine suggested as he raised his hands. "Ye-Wait what?!" Momoi shouted, stunned. "But I also want-" Momoi protested but was stopped by a stronger voice.

"Then, it's settled." Akashi stated. "Satsuki and Daiki aren't participating."

"Eh?!" Both said person shouted. Tetsuki looked displeased and finalized, "Why can't everyone just join in?"

"Whether it's on the cooking part or the washing part." Tetsuki added.

"..." Akashi stared at the blunette's determination before sighing, "You heard what she says..."

"Yes!" The others piped and went into the huge kitchen and before you know it, the servants had already hd all the ingredients out on the two huge table in the middle. "So what do you want to eat?" Tetsuki asked, taking a pen and not from her pocket. She tore one piece of paper out and standby for the the orders.

"Pasta!" All, except Tetsuki, Akashi and Takumi, shouted. "..." Tetsuki stared at everyone before chuckling lightly, "Alright pasta then." Akashi nodded in agreement. "And the soup?"

"Tofu soup." Akashi said as Tetsuki jolted it down. "Me too..." Midorima said softly, but Tetsuki heard it.

"Me three!" Kise raised his hand up. "Me four~" Murasakibara said lazily. "Same here~" Takuya and Takuto sang.

"Yep!" Takao raised his hands as he shouted eagerly.

"Mushroom soup." Aomine said as Tetsuki jolted it down. "Same goes for me!"' Kasamatsu said. Momoi raised her hands. "Me too!" Himuro said.

"So hot-dogs, cheese, cream and tomato sauce? Self-serving?" Tetsuki asked again. They nodded.

"Takumi-nii, you want?" Tetsuki asked, turning to find the long sliver hair boy asleep.

"..." She sighed. They, excluded Tetsuki, Takuto and Takuya, sweat-dropped at the sight and thought, "When did he..."

"He is bored, that's why..." Takuto reasoned and walked over to poke the sleeping figure.

Poke. Poke. Poke, poke, poke... Takumi flinched and opened his eyes. "... Good morning..." Takumi greeted, rubbing his eyes while sitting up. They blinked. Once. Twice, before sweat-dropping.

"So... What do want for dinner?" Tetsuki asked. Takumi yawned. "The usual..."

"Pasta?" Tetsuki questioned. He nodded as she jolted it down.

"What soup do you want?" Tetsuki asked again. "Tofu soup..." Takumi mumbled, rubbing his eyes. She nodded and jolted it down. She took another piece of paper out and wrote something on it, giving it to Takao to let him read it.

Takao took the paper and read it out loud. "Tsuki-chan, Uro-chan, Yuki-chan and me are cooking the soup~" The two of them nodded.

"Ta-chan, Shin-chan and Atsu-chan are doing on the pasta sauce and ingredients." Takao announced. The three nodded.

"Iki-chan, Sa-chan and Ryo-chan are doing on the helping out." Aomine and Momoi huffed while Kise just nodded.

" Takuya, Takuto and Takumi are doing on pasta." Takao said. Takuya, Takuto and Takumi nodded.

"Let's start working on making dinner~" Takao cheered and all of them went on doing their stuff with their assigned partners.

Midorima was chopping the veggies(pepper and etc.), hot-dogs and tomatoes. And what's amazing, was the length of each slice was exactly the same with the other. Himuro was grinding the cheese. Murasakibara was cooking different ingredients at the same time in different pots. Akashi was boiling two pots of water while Takao and Kasamatsu were putting the ingredients into the water while Akashi watched the fire. Tetsuki was adding a few unknown ingredients to the soup when the soup was done. Takuya, Takuto and Takumi were boiling the water while putting the pasta in. Kise, Momoi and Aomine were washing the unused utensils, and putting the okayed-pasta into plates and placing them onto the dinner table. They also put the okayed-sauces into big bowls and place them onto the middle of the table.

After they finished on their assigned duties, Akashi ordered the servants to do the cleaning took their seats as Tetsuki served the bowls of soup to them respectively. Before she scoops her bowl of soup, she gestured to one of the servants.

"Yes, Miss?" The servant asked. "Make some salad and put it in the fridge. Take it out after we finished our pasta." Tetsuki ordered. The servants nodded.

Tetsuki returned to the dinning table, with the bowl of tofu soup in her hand and took the seat beside Akashi and Takao while Takumi and Takuto are sitting on the opposite.

"Itadakimasu!" They said, before scooping the sauce they wanted and ingredients as add-ons.

"Oh! This is delicious! What did you put into the soup?" Kasamatsu asked. Tetsuki shook her head and put her finger to her mouth, and mouthed, "It's a secret..."

"..." The others blushed, Akashi's and Murasakibara's were not noticeable. "That's foul play! Te-chan!" Momoi winced. Tetsuki looked confused but continued to eat her pasta and drink the soup.

"Indeed, the soup is delicious." Akashi said. Tetsuki's smiles went unnoticeable. "Thank you" was a small mumble from her.

The others had seconds on either pastas or soups. And when they finished, the servants took out the salads.

"I'm so full!" Aomine winced.

"That's because you ate more than three plates of pasta..." Momoi sweat-dropped.

"Too bad, you can't eat the salad~" Takao teased. "It's delicious!" He scooped the vegetables and ate it.

"... But it's full of vegetables.." Aomine sweat-dropped.

"And it's delicious." Tetsuki made her comment.

"..." They stared at the blunette.

"So the test-" "We use the forest. My servants are currently preparing." Akashi smirked.

"..." They had a bad feeling about it.

And with that, they finished the salads. "So we'll draw a number from the box. Two person per group, one group will have an extra person..." Akashi instructed.

Akashi put his hand into the box and grabbed a piece of paper. Next, Takao did. Then, Midorima, Kasamatsu, Kise, Himuro, Murasakibara, Momoi, Aomine, Takumi, Tetsuki, Takuto and Takuya. They looked at their number, not showing each other first.

"Yosh! Let's show!" Takao chirped and flipped the piece of paper. It showed '6'.

Akashi flipped open his and it showed '6' too. Akashi glared at Takao, who sweat-dropped. Midorima flipped open his and it showed '3'. Kasamatsu was '2'. Kise was '1'. Himuro was '4'. Murasakibara was '4' too. Momoi was '5', along with Aomine. Takumi was '2', Takuto was '1' and Takuya was '3'. So... Tetsuki was '6'. And Akashi was somehow relieved.

"Yay! Tsuki-chan~" Takao hugged the blunette. Akashi glared at him again.

"Ma... Play nice people..." Kise sweat-dropped, with that, Akashi's glare was directed to him.

"..." Tetsuki couldn't stand the tension and held Akashi and Takao's hand. Both parties' eyes widened.

"Let's go! And get over with it." She smiled.

"..." Aomine, Kise and Momoi had a major nosebleed. Kasamatsu had a slight blush and Midorima was trying to hide his blush. Akashi and Takao just gave away quietly while Takumi, Takuya and Takuto mused in amusement. They headed to the forest entrance with a joyous atmosphere since there were laughter, mostly coming from Kise and Aomine. Takao was teasing Midorima, while gripping Tetsuki's hand tightly. Akashi, on the hand, was mostly quiet as Himuro or Murasakibara would chat with him now and then.

When they reached, two figures appeared out of nowhere.

"Welcome..." The two figures said in a low voice. They each had a mask on, both masks was a creepy grin that glows in the dark.

"..." Momoi, Kise and Aomine were shaking visibly. Kise was clinging onto Kasamatsu, Momoi and Aomine were clinging onto each other. Takumi was also visibly shaking and clang onto Takuto, who clang onto Takuya, who clang onto Midorima. Unfortunately, Midorima was hiding his fear in a very... Obvious way...

Murasakibara and Himuro weren't afraid. Takao wasn't afraid, same goes to Akashi. Tetsuki was hiding it perfectly but her hands, that was linking to the two boys, gave her out, causing the two boys to tighten their grips to calm the girl down. It did work.

"Even though, it is just starting... You guys already..." Takao shook his head.

"What did ya-" Swoosh. Aomine froze, same goes to the pinklette beside him and the blonde model from not far.

"Did you hear that?!" Aomine chickened out. Momoi and Kise nodded while the others shook their heads.

"I didn't hear anything, Aomine-kun.." Tetsuki stated. Aomine and the other two gulped.

"Let's begin your journey then." One of the masked man said and both raised their hands up to guide the first group, that would be group 1.

"This." They handed each group a torchlight and for Akashi's, two.

This time, Takuto and Takumi visibly gulped, walked forward and into the forest. After about 5 minutes, there were screams, which made Aomine, Tetsuki, Midorima, Momoi and Kise stiffened up.

"Next group please." The masked man said and there goes group 2, Kise and Kasamatsu, into the forest.

Not even till 5 minutes, deadly screams, that belonged undoubtedly to the blonde and maybe his brunette partner, traveled to the remaining groups' ears.

"Next group." Takuya and Midorima headed in the forest. Yes. The next few minutes had more screams.

Without the mask man saying, Murasakibara and Himuro walked into the forest. This time there isn't any screams from the group but there screams from the other teams.

"Next." Momoi and Aomine held each other hands tight before heading into the scary forest. The next minute, not long, Aomine and Momoi were already screaming like they're dying.

"Last group please." It was Akashi's group turn. They forward into the forest.

Tetsuki gulped inaudibly soon when they were surrounded with trees. Takao and Akashi switched on the torchlight and flashed on the ground. Swoosh. All three turned to the sound, but they saw nothing. They took a step forward and...

'Aaaaaaaaaa' came from... Everywhere? That freaked Tetsuki out, as she released both hands and ran forward, leaving the boys behind. And before they could chase, Tetsuki was out of their sight, her low presence wasn't helping either.

Tetsuki kept running til everything quiet down, not very quiet, the insects still made their noise. She stopped, panting. And something struck her. She didn't bring her phone or even a torchlight. So where the hell was she?! Oh god. Tetsuki took a step backwards and... Bad move. She fell down a small slope. She got herself a knee bruise. Her knee was bleeding furiously. "Now how am I going to get back..." Tetsuki thought, blowing her knee.

Meanwhile, Takao panicked. Akashi phoned to the servants ahead to take note of the blunette before continuing the test with Takao. And that wasn't what Akashi expected.

"Why do you like Tetsuki?" Akashi asked, making Takao stopped in his tracks.

"I don't like her. I love her... And why? Because it's love at first sight." Takao answered with a serious expression. If Akashi had his scissors with him, you would see lots and lots of scissors flying around.

"And why do you like Tsuki-chan? No, love?" Takao asked in a teasing tone.

"Love? No, it should be interested. Because she doesn't disappoint me in any way and that she's interesting." Akashi stated, using a mocking tone. Takao gritted his teeth.

"What? Then you shouldn't even be near her, you don't have the right." Takao mocked.

"What did you say?" Akashi got angry with the two words 'the right'. You've to be kidding right? I mean, standing here's the 'Absolute' Akashi.

"Whether you realize it or not, a rival is always a rival." Takao said sternly and headed forward on his own. Akashi gritted his teeth inward and moved on.

And that they didn't now that Tetsuki was listening to them.

"Se... Seijuurou-kun..." Tetsuki muttered out and slowly stood up, using the wooden stick, she had just found, to walk. There's a pain in her heart, somewhere she didn't know yet she would find out soon if it worsen.

And that Tetsuki and they didn't know that, Takumi and Takuto were spying on them. Dang...

Me: Well... Yay! The written version. Anyway, please review~