1 Chapter 1

Seirin's Basketball club

"Why are we moving back to Japan again?" a young, but deep voice asked in annoyance.

Sighing, another voice responded evenly. "Sasuke, this is the last time I am going to say this. I was given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. It just so happens that I have to move back home in order to get this job. Need I remind you that I am supporting the both of us?"

"Tch, you don't need to remind me. I told you I had an interview with that Ramen restaurant, but this happened."

Sasuke was helping his older brother Itachi pack their belongings to load into their van. He and his brother lived on the West Coast of America, specifically in the state of California. His brother majored in Law Enforcement and got a job with the local police department and slowly moved his way up to the FBI. He was offered a better position; however, it was not to be with the United States but with Japan. Of course, Sasuke was not on board with moving back to Japan, but Itachi insisted that if he wanted he could stay by himself. So Sasuke eventually gave in and decided to go with his brother against his will of course.

"We better hurry. Our flight leaves in two hours, and it'll take an hour-and-a-half to get to the airport," Itachi said.

"I got it, I got it."

Sighing, Itachi started loading the rest of the boxes into the van while Sasuke was going through the last bit of his belongings.

Digging through one last box, Sasuke was hit with a wave of nostalgia as he picked up a basketball that his hyperactive friend once gave him as a birthday present.

'Hm, the knucklehead didn't even bother to say goodbye...how unlike him.'

He put the ball back inside and closed the box to take to the van.

"Sasuke, let's go!" Itachi shouted from outside the house.

"I'm coming already!" Sasuke responded.

Taking one last look at his now empty room, Sasuke switched the light off and hurried out to the driveway.

"Well, welcome to your new home Sasuke. I hope you know this is for our sakes. Besides, at least school starts tomorrow instead of today, right?" Itachi asked.

Sasuke shook his head. "Was that supposed to make me feel better?" he asked with a chuckle.

Giving him an eye smile and chuckling sheepishly, Itachi continued up the stairs to the apartment. "I suppose not."

Sasuke was taking in his surroundings of a place he called home for only a small part of his life. His mom and dad had died when he was four in a car accident leaving his older brother to look after the both of them. Basketball was all that he had left from his mother, so he cherished the sport very much. His dad also happened to be one of the best basketball players in Japan's National League to boot, but that was short-lived. Itachi had gotten in touch with his cousin Shisui who was living in California at the time and he asked for his help. So, they moved and lived in America for ten years. Until Itachi had gotten a job offering a year later which brings us to the present.

"Well, once we've unpacked everything, what do you say we get a bite to eat?"

Sasuke nodded with a grateful smile. "Sounds good, and are we having dango afterwards?"

"Of course-"

"Let's go!" Sasuke shouted startling Itachi.

"Sasuke, wake up! It's time for school!" Itachi said.

Shaking his little brother awake, Itachi was relieved to see Sasuke's eyes flutter open with little resistance.

"What time is it?"

"It's 7:00, and you're lucky that your new school is only a few blocks away. Now, I'm heading off to the Orientation, and I packed your bento for today. Have a good day at school, alright?"

As Sasuke was getting up and listening to Itachi, he just gave a nod in response before hopping in the shower.

Sasuke barely made it to the front entrance of the school, but was surprised to see a crowded courtyard instead of an empty one.

Slowing to a walk, he looked to the side. 'Seirin Private High School, huh?'

As he got closer, he noticed that there were a bunch of clubs pestering the Freshman to join them. Rugby, baseball, to shogi, and even the swimming team were relentless in their hunt for potential new members to keep their club alive.

'How ridiculous...and annoying,' he thought when he heard something that piqued his interest.

"How'd you like to join the Basketball club?"

"Koganei, you c-"

Tuning out the rest, Sasuke made his way toward the direction he heard that person. If there was one thing besides sweets that revved Sasuke up, it was Basketball. He can't remember a day since he laid his hands on a ball that he didn't play or practice.

"Excuse me, is this the Basketball club?" Sasuke asked completely ignoring the other guy Koganei was talking to.

Izuki walked up and handed Sasuke a flyer. "You interested in joining?"

Sasuke nodded.

Mitobe, Izuki, and Koganei all smiled in triumph as they pointed in the direction of Hyuuga and the Coach. "You can sign up over at our table. Tryouts are at 16:00 pm today after school."

"Thanks," Sasuke said leaving just as a tall, redhead made his way to Koganei.

On his way to the table he could see in the distance, Sasuke caught sight of a mop of blue hair in the crowd and was not liking the mysterious vibe he was starting to get.

That thought was pushed to the back of his mind as he approached the table. "Is this where I sign up for the basketball club?"

Rika perked up when she heard Sasuke's question. "Yes! Just sign your name here on this clipboard."

Sasuke walked forward and took a seat as he picked up the pen and began writing his name down.

"So, have you ever played basketball before?" she asked as she handed him a cup of water.

While he was about to finish writing his name down, Sasuke nodded and accepted the cup of water. "I started playing ever since I knew how to walk and talk."

"That's good to hear. What position did you play?" Rika asked.

"Point Guard."

"Oh, splendid! Can't wait to see you at tryouts!"

Sasuke nodded in response once again and continued on his way to his first class.

Hyuuga looked at the sheet Sasuke filled out. "So, his only goal is to go against strong opponents, and win every single championship. He sounds highly competitive to me."

He turned to Riko who had a very serious look on her face. "What is it?"

Shaking her head, she added Sasuke's papers to the stack. "It's nothing."

Just then, a shadow loomed over her and she was surprised to see Koganei with…

One thing Sasuke could never get away from were fangirls. It happened very often in America due to his exotic heritage, but it still was a problem here in Japan. He couldn't even walk to gym in peace due to a few girls stalking but he easily lost them. Now, it wasn't outrageous as many of the girls actually had self-respect, but no one can blame them for stealing a few glances here and there.

Heaving his millionth sigh, Sasuke stepped foot into Seirin's gym.

He noticed about eleven other players including what looked to be a guy way taller than the rest, but he couldn't help but remember the kid with blue hair. 'What's his deal?'

No one noticed him as he walked up to the line he was guessing he should've been a part of. He wasn't surprised when no one reacted to his presence since it happened way too often over in California.

Rika looked disappointed. "It seems we're missing Kuroko and Sasuke. I sure was hoping to get someone to fill in the Point Guard position, but oh well. Ever-"

Sasuke raised his his hand as both he and Kuroko stepped up in front of the unaware coach.

"I'm here," Sasuke said.

"I'm Kuroko," Kuroko said.

Rika blanched with wide-eyes when she reacted by screaming so loud she effectively hurt everyone's eardrums.

Once he recovered, Hyuuga stepped forward as he could not believe his eyes. "What? How long have you two been there?"

Kuroko's and Sasuke's response differed, so they just assumed Sasuke was light on his feet getting inside, but Riko was worried about the other boy's answer. The fact that he was there the entire time.

"What? So this guy was part of the Generation of Miracles? He couldn't have been a regular, could he?" Koganei asked as he and everyone else judged Kuroko shamelessly based on his weak stature.

"Of course not. Right, Kuroko?" Hyuga asked.

"I played in games," Kuroko responded.

It took awhile to sink in for the regulars of the Seirin basketball club. "What?!"

Both Sasuke and Kagami were thinking the same thing. 'Generation of Miracles?'

"W-Well, take of your shirts!" she ordered.

They both complied as everyone waited to see what the coach would say.

She first had a look of disappointment when she saw Kuroko, but what she couldn't believe was Sasuke's stats.

'I can't get a reading. It's like he doesn't even exist!' she thought.

Question marks occupied each reading, but she was confused when she could finally make out a single stat. To say she was flabbergasted would be an understatement. She started rubbing her eyes when she looked again and could not believe what she was seeing is real.

What she was now looking at was an odd stat that pertained to his...court vision? It was a line connected to his eyes, but what surprised her was that it was at about 9,000.

'What is going on?' she thought before she nodded slowly as everyone put their shirts back on. 'It's no wonder he played as Point Guard in middle school, but not even Izuki comes close to his number even with his Eagle Eye active.'

She was too busy staring off into space that she forgot all about practice. "Um, Coach?"

Riko blinked before she refocused. "Sorry about that! We'll be starting practice now!" she said and then blew her whistle.

The first-years didn't really get to play too much, but instead watched the second years play a few practice games after they did a basic endurance and strength training. They then finished it off with drills to see where everyone was at with their fundamentals.

"Good work!" Riko said.

"So, how was school?" Itachi asked as he was filling out paperwork while Sasuke was preparing dinner. It was the one thing besides a job and cleaning up that Sasuke could actually help with.

"It was okay, I guess. School is a lot different here, and if I had to say even more challenging than America. How was orientation?" Sasuke asked.

Itachi let the silence continue as he was focused on a particular part of his questionnaire. "Well, it went seemingly well. I won't be home for a few days as I am already being deployed on a case that's practically on the other side of Japan. So, I'll leave enough money to get you through a month just in case of emergencies."

Sasuke nodded. "Thanks," he said as he placed a bowl of rice on the table with two plates of fried Tilapia.

"Thanks Sasuke," his older brother said as he cleared the table of his paperwork.

"Oh yeah. How were basketball tryouts?" Itachi asked.

Sasuke's eyebrow rose as he gave his older brother a weird look. "How did you even know about that?"

Itachi shrugged. "You basically live basketball Sasuke. As to how I know there were tryouts, I was the one who enrolled you, so I asked ahead of time about the whole deal with the basketball club."

"Of course you did."

The two of them ate in silence for the rest of the evening.

Once Sasuke was cleaning up the dishes he put his shoes on and grabbed his basketball. "I'll be heading out for some practice."

Finishing his third stick of dango, Sasuke began to make his way to a court he passed by in the van before he moved in. 'He did say a month's worth, so there should be no harm in sweets here and there...and maybe everyday…' Sasuke thought irresponsibly spending the money his brother earned. However, Sasuke was no freeloader as he had been able to get small jobs here and there to pay his brother back when he offered money like this. It was something he was used to.

When he approached the caged court, he saw a silhouette of a short kid with spiky hair being held by his collar by someone almost twice as tall as him with the same styled hair. As he got closer, he finally was able to make out their appearance.

'Isn't that…?'

"I wanted to see how good you are myself," Kuroko said.

Kagami gained a stupid look before he facepalmed as he released Kuroko.

"Um…"

"Enough. I'm not interested in the weak."

Kuroko was following Kagami walk toward his bag and jacket in silence. Taking the full brunt of the insult.

"Yo," Sasuke said startling Kagami as he had just passed by him unknowingly

Kagami stopped walking for two seconds before he looked to the side and screamed similar to how Riko did earlier today. "What the hell?! Not again!"

Kuroko was wide-eyed. "I...didn't see him walk past me?"

Kagami calmed down after he realized who he was looking at. "Hey, you're that guy from tryouts. Sorry, but after going against that guy, I'm not feeling like playing another game," he said as he waved goodbye and grabbed his things.

He turned to Kuroko. "Let me tell you one last thing. You should quit basketball. No matter how hard you try to cover it up with words like "effort", raw talent is a fact of life. You have no talent for basketball."

Kuroko was too stunned by Sasuke's appearance to say anything but eventually collected himself enough to retort. "I don't accept that."

"What?" Kagami asked as he turned to look at Kuroko.

"First of all, I love basketball. And also, I don't share your opinion. I don't care who's strong or who's weak."

"What did you say?"

Sasuke decided to chime in. "He said he loves basketball, and that he doesn't care who's strong or who's weak."

Kagami gained a tick mark. "I know what he said idiot!"

Kuroko continued his explanation. "I'm not like you. I'm a shadow."

Kagami just gave him a straight-face before he cocked his head. "Is that some kind of cult?"

Sasuke shook his head. 'And he called me an idiot. He's talking about his playstyle. Though, I have an idea of what it might be.'

"Anyway, if you really wanna embarrass yourself then be my guest. I was only giving you my honest opinion. Later," Kagami said as he strolled out of the court.

Sasuke decided that since that little altercation was over with, he would get some practice in when he noticed the blue-haired kid staring at him. "What?"

"You're like me."

"Care to elaborate on what you mean?"

"You have no presence. If I had to say, it's like you have even less than no presence if that's even possible. I mean, you are almost invisible to me. How?"

Sasuke's suspicions were proven correct. 'I knew it,' he thought before he decided to give Kuroko a hint.

"What makes you have no presence is sorta what makes me have no presence except it's the reverse. I'm just too strong that no one even realizes it since they have never come across my level of skill. I'm not boasting, because that's the only way I can explain it. Whereas you're so weak that it has the same sort of effect. You know about misdirection don't you?"

Kuroko was once again thrown off his rhythm when he heard the one thing he had become proficient in. "I'm guessing you use it?"

Sasuke nodded. "Although, I never really had to use it when passing since I trusted my teammates to get past the defender. In Japan, it's a little different since the level of play here really does depend on who is on the team. So, why don't you show me what you've got?" Sasuke said as he passed the ball to Kuroko who caught it and for once had a serious look on his face.

Not even five minutes, and Kuroko was on the ground breathing hard. "So...this...is what it's like...to play against me, huh?"

"Well, it would be more interesting if we were both on different teams, but fortunately we can combine our power instead. Also, don't worry about what that big oaf said. He'll soon come to acknowledge your basketball," Sasuke said as he thought back to a certain blonde.

"I know. Well Sasuke-san, I'll be heading home. See you tomorrow morning!"

"Sure," Sasuke said as once Kuroko left he gained a serious expression as he decided to practice with everything he had.

"What? A mini-game? You mean we're going to be actually be playing?" one newbie asked.

"I can't believe we're playing the upperclassmen already. Do you remember their record from last year they told us about during our first meeting? They went to finals in just their first year," another explained.

"Are you serious? That's not normal."

Kagami, who couldn't help but listen, just chuckled right before he dismissed the statement haughtily. "There's nothing to be afraid of. It's always better to have stronger opponent's than weaker ones. Let's go," he said as he walked up to the half court circle where he would be the one jumping for the ball."

Riko was smiling her socks off as she looked at the rookies and was eager to see what they would bring to the court. 'Let's see exactly what these rookies can do.'

She held the ball in front of Kagami and Mitobe before blowing her whistle and throwing the ball up into the air.

Kagami won the battle and tapped the ball to one of the first-years who caught it with his right hand and dribbled up to the three point line where he was forced back by three defenders.

He threw the ball up and over their heads aiming for Kagami who received the pass.

He immediately followed up with a simple one-handed forward-facing dunk, but the force behind the dunk was clearly outrageous.

"Woah, seeing a dunk in real life is definitely more exciting than on television!"

"Amazing!"

'He's better than I expected,' Riko thought incredulously. 'Such destructive force for such unpolished, intuitive play,' she continued as Kagami was still hanging onto the rim.

Hyuuga was wiping away the sweat that oddly already formed on his head with a smirk. "This is unbelievable."

Mitobe passed the ball to Izuki who was on the left-hand side of the court. Izuki dribbled past half court before bounce passing it to Hyuuga, but it was stolen by none other than Kagami who raced back to the hoop and executed another dunk. After a few more points scored back to back, Kagami dunked once again bringing the score to eleven to eight with the first years taking the lead.

"I can't believe the first years are this strong," Hyuuga said with a frown.

"Kagami's doing it all by himself," Koganei said as he was breathing heavily on with his hands resting on his knees.

Kagami was starting to get irritated with Kuroko as another steal was given to the second years courtesy of Kuroko's shit pass as Kagami would put it.

Mitobe was about to dunk it when Kagami came out of nowhere and blocked it where it went out of bounds.

"Time to put them in their place," Hyuuga said.

"It's on," Izuki agreed.

Kagami was being triple-teamed by Izuki, Koganei, and Hyuuga. He was struggling just to make sure the ball was still in his hands.

He was starting to get irritated when he passed the ball to the first year that sorta looked like Koganei. When he received the ball, he was about to drive forward when it was Hyuuga and Izuki on him.

"Woah, that was way too fast," he said before he tried to pass the ball when one of them tipped it and it was about to fall into the hands of Mitobe when all of a sudden it curved and went straight back to Kagami.

"What?!" Hyuuga shouted flabbergasted as he caught sight of one of the other first years, Sasuke. 'I completely forgot he was playing!'

For the first time, Kuroko had seen someone else capable of using misdirection other than him. As he passed Sasuke, he heard a few words that fired him up.

"I'll give the second half to you."

Kuroko smiled as he couldn't help but go along with the plan.

The second years were completely at the mercy of the first years with their score nearly reaching double digits now due to Sasuke's passes.

"Every time I think I have him, he steals the ball again!" Izuki said.

Riko was not only taken aback by the flashy passes, but the fact that her suspicions about Kuroko were falling apart. She hadn't noticed Kuroko the entire first quarter, but then she hadn't even seen Sasuke even enter the building.

Hyuuga was setting up for a three when Sasuke stole the ball from behind him and immediately did a back change to his left to avoid Izuki's steal. 'How did he even know I was there?!'Izuki thought frustratedly.

Sasuke continued to dribble when he stopped and shot the ball just in between the half court and three point line. He turned around to switch to defense as the ball went in hitting nothing but net.

"Woah! That was so far out!" one of the first years said.

"Wait, who shot the ball?" another asked.

The score was now 32 to 23 with the first years taking the lead with three minutes left in the second quarter.

"That's not even fair," Koganei said as he was dribbled past the bald first year only to encounter Kagami and was forced to pass when, of course, Sasuke stole the ball.

He wasn't surprised when he was already being defended by Izuki who's pupil's seem to have...dilated?

"You won't be going anywhere!" he said.

"Not with you in my way I'm not" Sasuke said as he dribbled the ball from his right to his left, but faked and did a crossover to the right as soon as Izuki reacted to his fake which left him ankle-broken and on the ground.

"What?!" Izuki said as he wondered how he was even on the ground.

"An ankle-break?!" one of the first years said as Sasuke continued to the basket and did a lay up.

"Seriously? Who are we dealing with here? His reactions were way too fast!" Hyuuga exclaimed.

Kuroko had a grim expression on his face when he saw the way Sasuke broke his ankles. 'Was that…? That was similar to…' he thought in confusion before the time had run out and it was time for the second half.

Sasuke jogged past a Kagami who was giving him an challenging smirk. "I won't lose to you!" Kagami shouted in his face.

Sasuke just gave him a quizzical look. "We're on the same team idiot," Sasuke told him in a deadpan voice.

Kagami seemed to have generate flames out of nowhere as his smirk turned into a heated glare. "Y-You Bastard…"

Kuroko then walked up behind Kagami and used both his knees to hit Kagami's. "Please Calm down," Kuroko said.

Kagami had lost what bit of sanity he had left at the moment. "I'm going to destroy you!" he yelled as he threw swing after swing toward Kuroko who swiftly dodged each one.

"Wait, where was Kuroko this whole time?" Hyuuga asked. "Why does everybody keep disappearing?"

Riko shook her head to clear her thoughts. "You've got to be kidding me," she said with a half-smile.

[Kuroko OST- Gyakushuu]

"Excuse me, could you pass me the ball?" Kuroko asked as he was flicking his wrist to prepare it for his passes.

Giving Kuroko a hysterical look, the rookie just continued dribbling until he stopped and held the ball with both hands at this chest. 'What can you do with ball once you get it? Just don't let them get the ball.'

He passed the ball to Kuroko who was surveying the court before he touched it and instantly passed it to the Furihata who then followed up with a lay up.

Hyuga threw his hands in the air with frustration. "Not again! What happened this time?"

'The second years are trying their best, but they still can't do a thing against Sasuke and Kuroko's passes. How are they even doing that in the first place?'

Passing the ball in, the second years were dribbling past half court when Kagami stepped in front of Izuki.

He responded with a behind-the-back pass to his right with Hyuuga on the receiving end. Once Hyuuga caught the ball he set up for a three which made it in clean. "Alright! Let's get another one!" Hyuuga shouted.

"Right!" yelled all the second years.

When the Kawahara was pivoting against Koganei he saw Kuroko putting his hands up to which he passed the ball immediately.

Same thing happened when Kuroko touched the ball for an instant and passed it within a split second.

Fukuda was surprised that he received the ball out of nowhere, but decided to just roll with it for now.

"Go for it! Shoot!" Kagami said with a smirk as he was starting to realize Kuroko may have it in him after all.

After that shot, the second years returned to offense as Mitobe passed the ball in. Once Izuki was dribbling he used his eagle eye to determine the best course of action. He found an opening when he did a chest pass all the way to Koganei who performed a lay up with it going in.

Answering back immediately, Sasuke threw the ball down toward Hyuga who was about to get the ball when Kuroko came in and tapped the ball to Kawahara. "What the?" he said as he went in for another shot.

Eventually, Kuroko started getting in steals which went straight to passes to his teammates.

He stole one last ball before he started dribbling toward the other side of the court with everyone in panic as they were chasing him. However, when he went to shoot for a lay up, he missed it by shooting it to short.

"That's why I hate the weak!" Kagami shouted once again as he dunked the ball that bounced off the rim. "You have to make the shot, dumbass."

Kuroko ducked but was smiling at Kagami instead of taking his statement to heart.

'Now I understand why he played in games. He was using misdirection along with his lack of presence to make passes go through. He's the phantom sixth player of the Generation of Miracles!' Riko thought as she then turned her attention to Sasuke.

'However, Sasuke Uchiha has shown the most promise today. He not only has the same style as Kuroko, but he has what Kuroko lacks and that is the fundamentals. That's proven by how he was able to put Izuki on the floor.'

The game ended with the score being 48 for the first years and 33 for the second years.

"Hello," Kuroko said as he was sippin on his milkshake.

"Stop doing that!" Kagami shouted as he was pounding his chest harshly.

"What did I do?" Kuroko asked.

"Nevermind, anyway you should leave before someone sees us and thinks we're buddies or something."

Kuroko put his shake down. "This is my usual hangout though."

Kagami sighed as he finally stopped choking. He gave Kuroko a look before he grabbed a burger and tossed him one. "Here. I don't like the weak but you've earned yourself one of those."

Kuroko smiled. "Thank you."

"Woah, so Japan has burgers here too, huh?" Sasuke commented as both Kagami and Kuroko were startled with Kagami jumping up and hitting his head on the ceiling.

"For the love of fuck, can you guys just appear normally?!" Kagami said as he was nursing his head.

Sasuke sighed. "I don't know what's more normal than walking up to you and talking but whatever. Are you going to eat all that?" Sasuke asked as he pointed to Kagami's heart attack of a meal.

Kagami covered his stash like a greedy old man. "Get your own."

Sasuke smirked. "Well, I think I'll just stick to this," Sasuke said as he finished the last of his dango.

"So who are the Generation of Miracles?" Sasuke asked as he was walking with his two fellow freshman.

"They're my former teammates from middle school."

"Okay, why are they called the Generation of Miracles?"

"Based on not only their skill, but a unique ability that each of them have."

"Hn."

Kagami decided to ask his question. "Be honest, how would I fare against them as of now?"

Kuroko stopped walking as he turned to Kagami. "You'd be destroyed instantly."

Kagami became irritated at how bluntly Kuroko put it. "Did you have to say it like that?"

"They've each gone to play for their own schools, and only one of them will stand at the top."

Kagami chuckled. "This is great. Bring it on! I'll destroy each on them and become the best player in Japan."

"I don't think that's possible. I mean Sasuke is already on their level as of right now," Kuroko said.

"Hah? You mean this duck over here?" Kagami said laughing.

"Wrong side you idiot," Sasuke said.

"What the?" Kagami said but decided to just ignore that. "What do you mean he is on their level?"

"Based on what I saw today, I'd say he is at least able to keep up with them. You on the other hand, I'm not sure if you have any hidden talent or not, but you wouldn't be able to reach their feet."

Kuroko stopped their stride once again by stepping in front of the two. "You can't do it alone. I've also decided to help you in your journey. I'm a shadow. I'll be the shadow to your light and make you the best player in Japan...is what I'd like to say but I think Sasuke is going to get there before you."

"Are you making fun of me?!" Kagami shouted.

"But...I'll try my best."

Kagami had a serious look before he a smile adorned his face. "Hah, do whatever you want."

Kuroko nodded. "Wait, where's Sasuke?"

"Oh...he disappeared...again."

'This Generation of Miracles stuff is starting to get me too excited. I can't wait to face them! I think I might actually use my full power for once…' Sasuke thought as his eyes changed from black to red with three tomoe circling around his pupil.

He continued up the stairs to his apartment eager for the next day to just start already.

"Ah, Sasuke-san! Perfect Timing. I think I'm starting to get used to your presence," Kuroko said as he ran up to Sasuke.

"What is it?" he asked as he was walking with his hands in his pockets while trying to avoid some obsessive stares he was getting from the opposite sex.

"Apparently we're not members of the basketball club yet. We have to get a form to confirm our name in the rosters. I was just on my way there when you passed me by."

Sasuke smiled. "Thanks for that, but I already got a form and now I'm heading back to class. Good luck Kuroko."

Kuroko watched Sasuke walk off with awe. "Cool," Kuroko said as he hurried to Riko's class.

Sasuke was sitting in class with his head down. All of a sudden, a piece of chalk was thrown at him but he managed to catch it with his thumb and index finger without even looking.

When he raised his head, he was met with a slightly irked expression from his math teacher. "Yes?"

"Sasuke, what's the answer to the question I just asked?"

Sasuke sighed. "X equals 2 times pi, and Y = cos x sensei," Sasuke answered as he flicked the chalk back onto the board with it landing perfectly.

"Tch, eyes on the board people," she said as she continued the lesson.

"Wow, Sasuke-kun is soo cool," one girl said.

"If only I wasn't taken!~" another said with hearts in her eyes.

Other girls just silently agreed before focusing on the teacher once again.

With a laugh that would make toddlers cringe, Riko stood in front of the first years with a smirk. "I've been waiting for you."

Kagami just gave her a deadpan look. "Are you stupid?"

"Is this a duel?" Kuroko asked.

"The Morning assembly is in five minutes!" Kagami shouted.

Riko gave the rundown of what they had to do, and one by one each of them shouted out their intro and goal starting off with the egotistical Kagami, onto Kawahara, then Furihata and finally Fukuda.

When Sasuke went, half of the girls screamed and almost broke formation going on about how they wanted him and some went as far as to ask him out right then and there, but he just brushed it off as Kagami gave him a dirty look.

Before Kuroko could go, one of the teachers stopped him short of his introduction.

After a harsh scolding, they weren't allowed back on the roof.

However, the next day before school started, Kuroko used chalk to write a single sentence that caused a commotion all throughout the school. He wrote "We will be the best in Japan". Which more than made up for not being able to announce his big goal to the school since he already wrote on the school grounds.

"Hey...where the hell is all the chalk?" the teacher shouted as he looked around but couldn't find a single piece.

Sasuke smirked. 'Well, that's one way to go about it,'

After school, everyone was getting ready for practice as usual when all of a sudden Fukuda burst through the door. "She's back! The coach is back! We're going to be playing a practice game!"

Hyuuga raised an eyebrow. "Who're we playing?"

Rubbing the back of his head that made Sasuke's eyebrow twitch at the familiar gesture, Fukuda replied, "I don't know but she was skipping for some reason," he explained.

Hyuuga gave a half-hearted smile. "This can't be good…"

"So, this is Seirin High, huh? New and pristine just as I expected," a certain blonde pretty boy said as he stepped foot into the school courtyard.

As soon as he did, many of the girls gawked at his mere presence and blushed as they whispered how hot he was. Then, some of them started to realize who he truly was…

Squeaking sounds of shoes stopping and pivoting could be heard as the Seirin basketball team were in the middle of practicing their plays and formations.

Kagami pulled a fast one on Izuki as he did a spin move mid-dribble and dunked the ball earning cheers and gasps from his teammates.

In the corner of the gymnasium stood none other than Kise the copycat with a sly grin on his face as he studied Kagami's set of moves he just performed.

"He just might be able to beat the Generation of Miracles!" the first years were saying with joy.

As they had just learned of their opponent, they all heard murmurs and high-pitched squeals as a long line and crowd of girls were gathered for some unknown reason.

"Wh-Where did they all come from?" Riko asked as she suddenly started feeling out of place.

"Uh, I didn't mean for this to happen," Kise said as he continued signing autographs for his fangirls.

Sasuke blanched as he took several steps back. 'Too many of them...this guy better not be here for long,' Sasuke thought irritated at the blonde.

Kuroko bowed his head. "It's good to see you again."

"Good to see you."

"Kise Ryota."

"Sorry, really. Um...do you think you could wait five minutes?" he asked while rubbing the back of his head.

Sasuke was inching his way back as more of the girls grew restless and began looking all around the gym while waiting for their autograph. 'Slowly...if I just head back slowly to the locker room I can avoid a potential catastrophe!'

Too bad.

"Ah, isn't that Sasuke-kun?!" one girl screamed.

"Sasuke-kun? Where? Where?!" another asked while she started hyperventilating.

One girl almost fainted. "I'm in the same vicinity as Sasuke-kun!"

'Fucking...fuck, SHIT!' Sasuke thought as he stopped his useless struggle and sighed before he was met with a rush of girls hounding at him with confessions and eventually a mob of girls were fighting over who gets Sasuke.

"What a drag…" he said.

Kise was left stunned and a bit annoyed. "They'd rather go for that twig?" Kise whispered as his bangs shadowed his eyes.

Riko decided she's had enough and could not afford to have her player injured or worse. "Alright, that's it! Everybody, OUT!" she yelled as they all froze before Kagami decided it was not enough and walked up to all of them.

"You heard her...move it," he said in a low voice as he gave them a dangerous stare before they all shrieked and ran out of the gym leaving a tattered Sasuke with lipstick left all over his face.

"Pfft," Izuki tried holding in his laugh as he let everyone in another one of his jokes that eventually got them all laughing.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes in their direction. "I'll destroy you all if you keep laughing," he threatened.

That got them to shut up. He even silenced Kagami as the red couldn't deny the sense of authority he felt from him.

"You're all ignoring me?" Kise said as he faked some tears while earning sweat drops from everyone.

"What are you doing here?" Hyuga asked.

Recollecting himself, Kise took steps forward until he was face to face with Kuroko. "Just thought I'd come say hi to my old friend. Kuroko and I were best friends back in middle school."

"Not anymore than anyone else," he retorted causing Kise to cry.

Kise sensed a ball coming at him before he blocked the said ball. "Ow, what was that for?"

"Kagami!" Riko and Hyuga yelled.

He only smirked as ignored their shouts. ""Sorry to interrupt-"

However, he got a smack to the face from Sasuke. "No, I'm sorry to interrupt, but you better have a good reason for being here you degenerate," Sasuke said earning more snickers from everyone.

Kagami swiped his hand out of his face before giving him a murderous look. "What is your deal you bastard?"

Sasuke turned around with narrowed eyes. "Shut up," he said as once again Kagami had complied.

Kise had a curious look on his face. "What's your name?" he asked.

Turning back to Kise, Sasuke replied, "Sasuke Uchiha."

Picking up the ball, he tossed it to Sasuke who gave him a quizzical look. "Why don't you play me one on one?"

"Why? You're wearing a suit and slacks with dress shoes..."

Kise choked on his spit as he was walking to one of the baskets. "Are you serious? Just one game! Whoever can score up to five wins."

Sasuke sighed once again as he nodded and approached Kise as he checked up the ball.

Passing it back, Kise waited for any indication as to what Sasuke was planning to do.

'Just for that little escapade he caused, I'm going to break him!' Sasuke thought furiously as he seemed to disappear to Kise when to everyone else he just stood still as Sasuke drove past him and did a two-handed windmill dunk.

That caught not only Kise by surprise but Kagami as well. "He can dunk? But that wasn't just any dunk!"

'He just continues to surprise us more and more. He's only about 170 cm tall and yet he can dunk just as good as Kagami…' Riko thought not believing what she was seeing.

'He was right in front of me, yet it was like he just vanished...he couldn't be…' Kise thought as he readied himself for the next attack.

'I'll use everything against this pushover of a Miracle,' Sasuke thought as he did a crossover to the left so quickly he was able to bounce the ball behind Kise and crossover back to the right before doing another lay up.

"What? So fast!" Izuki said astonished at Sasuke's level of play.

Kagami had a serious look on his face. "So he knows Street basketball. Damn, I wish I would've played against him that night."

'What the hell? It's like I'm playing against Aomine...no...I don't think Aomine would be able to do what he's doing at that speed let alone defend against it. Who is he?'

Sasuke got past Kise once again as he dunked once again. "Here," Sasuke said as he gave Kise the ball. "I'll give you one chance to score at least one point," Sasuke said unaware that the crowd of girls returned just in time to see the start of the game and were all giddy at how their Sasuke was beating Kise the model.

"Keh, you're looking down on me. Well, I hope you don't regret this," Kise said as he did a fake to the right before stepping back and pulling up to shoot.

What left him completely thrown off balance was the fact that the ball was not in his hands when he reached the peak of his shooting form. Instead, Sasuke blocked his shot with quick "reactions".

"Hah? How did he block that? His reaction is time is way too sharp!" Koganei exclaimed.

However, no one noticed how wide-eyed Kuroko and Kise were when they looked at Sasuke. "It's over," Sasuke said as he picked up the ball and performing a fake crossover to his left and then to his right by going between his legs so fast that Kise was left on the ground while Sasuke scored the last point.

'There's no mistaking it,' Kise and Kuroko thought in disbelief.

'He can see the future!'

'He can see the future!'

Kise was looking down at his hands when the whole gym was completely silent with the ball bouncing being the only thing that anyone could hear.

Then all hell broke loose…starting with fangirls. Which thankfully resulted in Sasuke's and Kise's conversation to not be heard with exception to Kuroko.

"You! You can see the future can't you?" Kise asked as he pointed at Sasuke.

"What are you talking about?" Sasuke asked in his usual aloof tone.

"Cut the bullshit! There's no way anyone can react that fast, and besides I know a guy who can see the future just like you!"

Sasuke flinched for a second before narrowing his eyes. "Okay, so let's just say I can see the future? What's it to you?"

"Is it the emperor eye?" Kise asked.

Sasuke scoffed. "What the fuck is an emperor eye? And no, it's not and I don't even have a name for it anyway. It's just something I can do besides...I don't have a grudge against you or anything so sorry for the humiliating game. Just don't bring fangirls near me ever again," Sasuke said as he offered Kise a handshake.

Kise was amazed at how kind Sasuke was being despite his first assumptions on the guy. "It's no problem, but I just never knew someone like you even existed. We definitely have the odds stacked against us, so you should give us Kuroko just to even the stakes!"

"No way," Kuroko said as Kise continued to cry.

With that eventful practice over with, everyone went home while an oddly quiet Kagami was just staring at the floor. "Hey, Sasuke...I challenge you to-"

"He's gone," Kuroko said as Kagami was left with a lot of fighting spirit that he didn't know how to get rid of.

"That damn bastard!"