Hi guys this is a new story I've been working these last few days.

The updates of this story are going to be way tooooooo slow so please, please, PLEASE bear with me, to be honest I'm just going to update once a month or so...

And please guys, is painfully obvious that this is a Fem Ryoma fanfic (I'm a fan of gender-bender so deal with it) so please if you don't like DON'T READ!

If you are a little lost: This is an alternative universe fic. The Generation of Miracles is the same age as Ryoma, (Kuroko Testuyo and Echizen Ryoma are the same person)

Rated T because because I'm paranoid! Rate might change.

And NOW!

Disclaimer: KnB and PoT are not mine (unfortunately) I just own the plot and a few characters I might put later.

Summary: Echizen Ryoma is not real, he never was... he was actually a girl called Kuroko Tetsuyo. She was inspired by her uncle Echizen Nanjiroh to play tennis, but now... her inspiration is not here anymore, there's no reason for her to play anymore... packing her bags she said goodbye Seigaku going in search of a better life in Teiko but... was it really the best?

Pairing: RyomaXall (for now)

Warnings: FemRyoma/FemKuroko, abuse.

"Blah..." talking

'Blah...' thinking

"Blah..." dreams/flashbacks

Published: 03-17-13

Updated: 10-13-13

When Time Stopped

- The Real Me -

(What Hurt The Most)

The Teiko Middle School basketball club.

An incredibly strong team with over one hundred members and three consecutive championship wins.

Among their their brilliant record, the generation of five prodigies was known as the "Generation of Miracles"

However, there was a strange rumor concerning the Generation of Miracles.

Despite of being relatively unknown and lacking of a game record, there was one more member.

Recognized by the five prodigies.

A phantom six member...

Who is Echizen Ryoma?

If you ask this question to someone I know, the most probable answer would be 'a cocky freshmen that is very good at tennis'

But that's not the entire truth.

There are a few people that knows the fact that I'm actually not Echizen Ryoma, I'm not even the daughter of Echizen Nanjiroh and Echizen-Takeuchi Rinko, they are my uncles from my mother's side, Rinko-oba-san is my mother's half-sister, and they took me in when my mother fell ill after an accident and eventually was forced into a coma.

Kuroko Tsutomu and Kuroko-Takeuchi Reiko were-are my real parents, when I was five my so-called 'father' abandoned my mother to deal with my older brother Haru and me, Haru is seven years older than me so when my father left he took the roll of 'the man of the house', even so, he couldn't help much our mother since he was just in middle school, the possibilities of him getting a a well payed job were nonexistent. Our mother managed to give us a good live for three years until she had an accident. I didn't wanted to leave her, I loved her too much to abandon her in that hospital room... but my brother made me, Haru send me to live with our mother's half-sister in america while he stayed here with our mother's mother...

Life with the Echizen's wasn't so bad, they were weird people, but in a good way, they have only one son, Echizen Ryoga, he was a cocky bastard that annoyed me until I wanted nothing more than strangle him with my bare hands... but all in all, he was a great big brother, Rinko-oba-san was kind and caring, and the one that supplied money for the family while baka-oji-san stayed in the house reading porn... I honestly didn't have any kind of respect for him until I saw playing tennis in a old video I found on the house while helping cleaning the house.

That was the first time I wanted to play tennis.

The first time I wanted to play with him.

The first time...

Basketball wasn't my everything.

It felt good.

At first, I sucked, like... I really, really, really sucked, but with time and practice I got better, when I turned ten uncle and Ryoga offered me to enter a tennis competition and I obviously accepted... but Haru didn't, no matter how hard we tried to convince him, he wouldn't let me so I decided to take matters with my own hands.

If he wouldn't let me enter as Kuroko Tetsuyo, then I would enter as someone else...

And then, Echizen Ryoma was born...

I wore a wig with the same color as Ryoga's hair to hide my teal hair. My eyes are golden, like my mother's and baka-oji-san so there was no problem there, I also thought about disguising myself as a male so that Haru wouldn't suspect a thing in case he decided to came here, or rumors reached his ears.

It worked.

I actually didn't thought it would work for so long.

Two years later, and Echizen Ryoma still existed.

I was happy.

We moved back to Japan when my brother decided it was time for me to return, now that I our mother finally woke up and he had a job to support both of us, I wouldn't be a 'burden' anymore.

But the thing was that no matter how much I loved my mother, Rinko-oba-san, baka-oji-san and Ryoga became an important part of my family, they were there when I needed someone... unlike Haru and my father.

Mom understood and let me live with them for a little more, until I finished middle school in Seigaku with my friends, then I would move back with her and Haru.

Haru wasn't so happy, he said I needed to be with my family, and he got mad when I told him I already was, and the only person missing was my mother... to be honest, it's been a long time since I saw Haru as my big brother, when our father was still with us he was kind and caring, but when he left, Haru became cold, distant, uncaring for everything that wasn't our mother or money, he forgot me, and when mom fell in that cursed coma he sent me away.

He was no brother of mine, brothers don't do that. They stay by your side, sharing your sadness and happiness, teaching you how to prank others, congratulating you when you get a perfect score in a test, putting the blame on himself to protect you when you do something wrong... he wasn't any of that.

Ryoga was. He was with me when I needed someone by my side, he and his parents.

When we moved to Japan I wasn't too excited, things seemed boring until I went to Seigaku, there I had the opportunity to play with very strong people and met wonderful friends besides Kevin, I was very happy to be able to enjoy my favorite sport along with my friends.

The day when we won the national I was the happiest person in the world, I had never felt happier, being here with my friends and rivals... winning with them made me really happy.

I wasn't alone anymore.

But that happiness died soon when my cousin called me to give me the worst news I could ever get...

Oba-san and oji-san were on an accident...

"They are dying"

And that's it! you love it? hate it?

I was actually reluctant in publishing this story but after a little thought decided to do it.

Also, please be patient I know you have a lot of questions, but all will be solved in due time.

*Oba-san: aunt.

*Baka-oji-san: stupid uncle

And sorry for the grammar mistakes

I-chan out~ (or Mia, whatever you like)

Bye bye!