'Oh… Shit'

Umm, I apologize for the lack of update for nearly a month *cries* it was just so hard to find the time to actually think and write my story because of monstrous amount of school assignments that the teachers gave me.

And moving on, thank you so much for favorite-ing, following and especially reviewing my story, I always appreciate all of them, they always without fails motivated me to continue my story. Anyways, on to the story

Disclaimer : I do not own Kuroko no Basuke

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Story

As the day gone by and the basketball practice ended, the Kaijou basketball members club decided to go home including the regulars. Moriyama cheerfully dragged Kasamatsu saying that he wanted Kasamatsu to accompany him somewhere, Kobori followed making sure that nothing happened to Kaijou basketball club flirt after all Kasamatsu was known to be a short temper man with an even shorter fuse especially for Moriyama. Hayakawa also decided to go home while Kise said that he had an appointment for some photo shoot.

Because of that, we could find Kuroko alone at the gymnasium practicing her shoot although as usual none actually went inside the basket. Kuroko looked at her hands flexing her fingers but none of them felt stiff yet so she decided to throw the ball but it was no use the hit the rim and fell out. Kuroko sighed for the umpteenth times and jogged a bit to catch the ball.

Being a supporting actor you help the other to shoot yet you should be able to shoot as well, maybe not as accurate at your… what's the term again? Light. But at least you could take the score instead of making a foul because the time or accidentally passed it to the enemy.

What Kasamatsu said, kept echoing at her mind.

'Yukio-senpai is right.' Kuroko thought. 'But…' She looked at the ball in her hands. 'No matter how many times I tried the ball never goes in.' She frowned feeling frustrated of herself.

Kuroko decided to rest for awhile. Walking to her bag to get her drink, she looked at the weight that Kasamatsu gave her before getting dragged himself by Moriyama, she took it out from her bag quite surprised by the unexpected weight. She suddenly remembered her first match with Kaijou when she was still in Seirin especially how fast Kasamatsu was, though not in par with the Generation of Miracles but he sure near their levels.

'How hard does Yukio-senpai train?' Kuroko looked at the weight silently, coach said that her weight training would begin after their practice match with Shuutoku since he did not want her to feel sore. As Kuroko contemplated, the gym's door suddenly was opened by someone.

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Kasamatsu grumbled to himself something about a certain flirtatious teammate of his. Opening the gym door, he casually went inside without noticing a certain female regular. Kuroko for her part sweat dropped because Kasamatsu actually went in front of her before entering the locker room and he did not notice her at all. Not long after that, Kasamatsu went out of the room with a different set of clothes.

Kuroko looked at Kasamatsu, she could see the strong muscles at his arms since he wore a sleeveless dark blue shirt and black sweatpants. She looked at Kasamatsu warming up his own body by doing sit up and push up then he began to do lay up. The amount of sweat was enormous, Kuroko noticed for the first time, at Kasamatsu's wrist and ankles there were weights no wonder after practicing only for a short time, he was sweating liked crazy.

Kasamatsu threw the ball into the ring practicing his long three pointer but unfortunately the ball only hit the rim and bounced to the floor and rolled away to the bench which Kuroko happened sat at. Cursing himself, he jogged to catch the rolling ball that stopped when it hit Kuroko's pale leg. Catching up to the ball, Kasamatsu bent to take the ball and he noticed the pale leg so he looked up only to see Kuroko sat there looking down at him.

"GAAAHHH!" Kasamatsu hit the ground and retreated.

"Good evening, Yukio-senpai." Kuroko said.

"Tsuya." He said clutching his chest where his suppose heart should be. "Make some noise or something, you're nearly gave me a heart attack." He stood up. "When did you come anyway?"

"Since the practice ended." Kuroko deadpanned.

"But, I didn't see you." Kasamatsu shook his head. "Sorry."

Kuroko widened her eyes, in all of her life, many people did not notice her but none actually said sorry for not noticing her and they just thought that it was normal since she had a weak presence. Schooling her facial expression, she answered.

"It is not Yukio-senpai fault." She shook her head.

"But still…" Kasamatsu frowned at himself.

"It is alright, Yukio-senpai." Kuroko answered.

"Anyways." Kasamatsu tried to divert the topic. "Did you come for late night practice?"

Kuroko thought for a while after all she always did this, both in her middle school year and high school year. "You could say that. How about, Yukio-senpai, do you always do this?"

"I guess so." Kasamatsu smirked. "Especially, since Kise joined, after all I did not want to only relay on him you know."

Kuroko looked a bit surprised.

Kasamatsu chuckled. "Don't be that surprise, I'm sure some of the basketball members in all of the school who get a member of Generation of Miracles will do their own late training."

Kuroko was stun. "I… had never thought of that."

"Really?" Kasamatsu raised a curious eyebrow.

Kuroko nodded. "I just thought that having a Generation of Miracles at their team, it'll make thing easier to score so…" she trailed.

"Most people will think that." Kasamatsu agreed. "But when you become a captain, you have your own pride." He admitted sheepishly. "I'm sure the other captains will think the same as me especially that from the strong team."

"So it's a matter of pride?" Kuroko said sounding confused.

"Well for me at least, it's not only pride. Doesn't it leave you a bitter taste if you win just because of one person?" Kasamatsu looked at Kuroko.

Kuroko looked down for a moment not answering Kasamatsu at all. She was reminded about her last match in middle school, the after taste of victory was not sweet, it was bitter, that was why she decided to quit the team. She shut her eyes for a brief moment and said.

"Yes, I suppose it is."

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The next day when the school finished, the Kaijou basketball club first string players could be found at the station waiting for the train which would take them to Tokyo. There was a certain tension around them because this practice match would be insanely difficult considering that Shuutoku had Midorima Shintarou as one of the player.

"Aww shit… I'm so nervous" Hayakawa spoke at a normal tone surprising many of his teammates when suddenly his voice began to raise… a lot. "I'M A(LL) FI(R)ED UP! P(R)ACTICE GONNA PAY OFF NOW! I WI(LL) GO FU(LL) FI(R)E, COUNT ON ME!"

"Shut up!" Kasamatsu hit Hayakawa faced hard. "We're in the middle of station idiot! Mind your voice!"

"So(rr)y, but I-." Hayakawa was interrupted.

"Hayakawa-senpai, please talk more slowly." Kuroko said. "To tell you the truth, I do not understand what you said just now."

"I JUST SAID-." He was interrupted again.

"Hayakawa, your inner voice please." Kobori said.

Hayakawa had a decency to blush. "I'm so so(rr)y senpai."

"The train already came." Takeuchi informed them. "Get your ass moving!"

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At the train, the Kaijou team played a card game to pass the time except for some of the members who decided to sleep or read. Kuroko was reading her book while waiting for Kasamatsu who was with the couch. Although she was reading, in actuality she could not concentrate on it because she felt very nervous after all Midorima still did not know her true gender which was frankly her biggest problem right now.

Suddenly, someone sat beside her.

"Are you afraid?" Kasamatsu who just sat beside her asked.

Kuroko nodded. "I am a bit afraid about Midorima-kun reaction towards me."

"There will be some couple of minutes before the game actually start to finish the formalities between the coach, I'm sure we can use that time." Kasamatsu said.

Kuroko nodded again.

"Tsuya-chi, senpai, come on join us!" Kise called them.

"Kise, you shouldn't disturb their loving time." Moriyama reprimanded his lowerclassman.

Kasamatsu really wanted to deck Moriyama pretty face this time but doing violence at the public place would do him no good so he shoved the feeling and growled. "We aren't lover."

Kuroko sighed. "Moriyama-senpai, please stop your teasing."

"Aww, Kuroko-chan, it is very fun for me to do so." Moriyama smiled at the pale girl.

"It is getting annoying." Kuroko told him bluntly without an ounce of feeling.

"Kuroko-chan, you wound me." Moriyama said disappointedly.

"You deserve it though, Moriyama." Kobori said. "You should stop teasing them."

"He better be if he knows what good for him." Kasamatsu scowled cracking his knuckles a bit.

"Ah, my friend, Kasamatsu please don't crack your knuckles liked that." Moriyama seemed a bit nervous. "It makes you look like you want to hit someone."

"You're right." Kasamatsu smirked. "Preferably your face though."

Kise actually stepped back, a bit afraid after all he was the most frequent victim of Kasamatsu's violence tendency and he knew how hard his upperclassman could hit. If he did not know better, he would think that Kasamatsu belonged to the boxing club. Kuroko just sighed at the usual mayhem caused by her teammates, she just hoped that they did not actually traumatized the other passengers though, judging by the attention their getting, Kuroko doubted her hope would be fulfilled.

Takeuchi looked at his team members and face palmed himself while mumbling. "Dear God, please help me."

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Arriving at the school without any further mayhem ("Thank God for that." Takeuchi said.), Kaijou team went inside Shuutoku gymnasium. Although it was not as big as their own gymnasium, Shuutoku gym was pretty big but a bit on the old side, in fact Shuutoku high school was a pretty old but strong building, it seemed like it had a certain historical trait of Japan.

"Hmmph, I'm surprise you come not long after you lose to Kuroko." A green haired bespectacled man suddenly said.

"Midorima-chi." Kise smiled. "Long time no see."

"Ara, ara." Takao Kazunari said. "Are you one of Shin-chan ex-teammates?"

"Ugh, Shin-chan?" Kise looked a bit confuse.

"He meant Midorima-kun, Kise-kun." Kuroko suddenly said from beside Kise.

"GGGAAAAAHHHHHHH!" Kise and Midorima backpedaled while yelling at the top of their lungs. Surprisingly, Takao did not feel shock at all which was apparently noted by Kasamatsu who stood not too far from Kuroko.

"Midorima-kun, good afternoon." Kuroko greeted the still shock male. "May I have your time? There is a private matter that I need to settle with Midorima-kun."

Without waiting for reply, Kise who recovered miraculously from Kuroko sudden appearance immediately dragged Midorima to the privacy of locker room. Kuroko immediately followed but noticed that Kasamatsu did not follow him so she looked questioningly at her captain.

"Senpai?" Kuroko said. "Is something wrong?"

"Your friend's friend." He said referring to Takao. "He noticed your presence as soon as we enter the gym. Probably, he is like your previous senpai which I was match up against. He had another eye but his skill is a much more polish one."

Kuroko looked thoughtful for a moment and remembered about her former upperclassman at Seirin who loved pun so much, Izuki Shun. "I guess so and my former senpai name is Izuki Shun, Yukio-senpai."

"Right." Kasamatsu grumbled about cheeky little freshman which made Kuroko twitched a bit at the mention of her height.

"Senpai, Tsuya-chi, Hurry up!" Kise called.

"Come on, Tsuya." He said and immediately fell into step with the girl.

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At the locker room, Midorima Shintaro felt his irritation building up and the main cause of this was Kise Ryouta. He did not appreciate that he was man handled by said ex-teammate.

"I will feel much more appreciated if you told me the reason as of why I was dragged inside this locker room." Midorima said to Kise but before the blonde could answer him, someone else that he unfortunately did not know went inside the room and whispered something to Kise before the he went out of the door and *clicked* the door was locked.

"And was locked to this room with a stranger as well." He added while pushing his glasses.

"I'm sorry, Midorima-kun." A quiet and soft voice unmistakably belonged to Kuroko Tetsuya said.

"Kuroko." He looked down at his nearly invisible ex-teammate of his and immediately double check again. Icy blue hair. Check. Icy blue eyes. Check. Small. Check. Deadpanned expression. Check. But the phantom six player of Teikou was a male, so the two mound at 'his' chest should not be there at all so he did the most logical thing he could, he yelled. "WHAT THE HELL?!"

"I am a female, Midorima-kun." Kuroko said looking at Midorima. "As you probably notice." She deadpanned.

Midorima was motionless, he did not say or do anything but only staring at his male who apparently a female former teammate of his. His glasses strangely enough looked blank when suddenly it cracked. He stood there liked a frozen statue with no expression.

"Midorima-kun?" Kuroko said poking at the Midorima statue liked posture but Midorima still stood there motionless so Kuroko tried to poked him harder but it was more liked a shove so Midorima actually tumbled down.

"Wha-." He said suddenly awoke from his statue state before looking at Kuroko. He took his glasses off and began wiping them and put them on again, disbelieving of what he saw, he took them and wiped them over and over again while mumbling. "It's not possible, it seemed that I need a better glasses or is it my minus has actually increase?"

"Midorima-kun." Kuroko said sweat dropping a bit.

"Oy, that's enough!" Kasamatsu said. "Kuroko is a girl. Deal with it!" He growled.

"Who are you suddenly butting in our problem?!" Midorima said to Kasamatsu.

"Listen brat! I'm her friend and Kaijou team captain." Kasamatsu growled boiling with anger. "It is by right my problem if you decided to blow off your anger towards her."

Midorima felt a tiny bit fear at the sheer anger that radiated for the shorter man.

"Midorima-kun, please hear me out." Kuroko said.

"As long as it is a good reason." Midorima answered.

And Kuroko told him her reason.

"It's stupidity." Midorima told her and Kuroko wince a bit and smiled a bit. "But, it suits you well. After all, you and Aomine are basketball idiots."

"Thank you, Midorima-kun." Kuroko bowed a bit. "Please do not tell the others."

"Akashi will kill m-, no us, you know that, right?" Midorima told her.

Kuroko sighed and nodded.

"I don't have a death wish." Midorima continued.

Kuroko took a deep breath and released it slowly. "I-I…" Kuroko stayed silent again.

"How about this." Kasamatsu suddenly said. "Midorima-san, you can tell Akashi-san to meet Kuroko at her apartment because Kuroko needs to tell him something important but does not specify what it is."

"Lying to Akashi is the same as a death wish." Midorima said and Kuroko nodded.

"Then just say that Kuroko had something to tell him which you cannot say because it was a private matter of Kuroko that needed to be told to him." Kasamatsu changed the wording a bit.

"…"

"…"

"I hope he will not kill us." Midorima mumbled.

"Agree." Kuroko nodded.

Kasamatsu felt a bit tick at that. "If you can find something else much better than that then be my guest."

Kuroko giggled at Kasamatsu angry retort and smiled a bit as Kasamatsu growled at her finding that it was not amusing at all. Midorima looked at the Kaijou captain and Kuroko. He still could not wrap the concept that his ex-teammate was a female but for now professionalism first because their match would start momentarily.

"Oha-asa was right after all." Midorima said. "Today, I will find out the truth." He smirked holding up a teddy bear. "And today lucky item is teddy bear it will bring my victory against hi... er *chough* her."

"It supposed to be them, Midorima-kun." Kuroko who apparently heard him said. "Did you forget about, Kise-kun?"

"..." Midorima sweat dropped.

"You do, don't you?" Kuroko looked a bit amuse and Kasamatsu shook his head at her antics.

"An A type like you are not compatible with a B type like me." Midorima pushed his glasses and grumbled leaving the amuse girl and her captain behind.

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That's all for this chapter. I find that Midorima reaction is a bit lacking for my taste. At first, I plan to have him actually pass out but from the manga I feel that Kuroko is not that close to Midorima so I hope you find this a reasonable enough reason for Midorima lack of response. Thank you for reading my story and please don't forget to review my story. See-ya in the next chapter.