"Okay so Haruki-chan can go with Ryo-chan and Minoru-chan can go with me" ( Y/n ) says as she takes off her sweater and passes it to Ginjima. She thanks him and he nods, adjusting it so it hung over his arm.
She turns to look at Nakamura who was talking with Kise. He was stumbling over his words, clearly nervous about talking to another member of the Generation of Miracles.
So he does idolise him. She smiles to herself. I'm such a great person pairing them up She jokes before mentally laughing at what she had just thought. Lol what am I on?
She pulls the hair tie off her wrist with her teeth before she gathers her hair. She ties up her hair into her signature bun, exposing her undercut and earrings.
"So what's the plan ( Y/n )?" Minoru asks when she walks back onto their side of the court. She glances at Kise and Nakamura who were talking about possible moves and tactics, she turns back to him.
"Just score any points you can. But remember I've got your back. If you're getting marked really well and can't make the shot, throw the ball up high, preferably where no one is and I'll be able to take it from there." She informs him while he just nods.
"Also, if you feel stressed or are cornered, throw the ball as far down to the opposite side of the court. Once again, it's better if no one is there, that way I'll for sure be able to get a point." She continues. Kurihara nods again, completely trusting her with what she was saying.
"Oi! Come on! It's tip off time." Akira says, blowing the whistle that was hanging on his neck that came from who knows where.
Both Kise and ( Y/n ) turned to Akira before each other. The light of the setting sun lit their skin and the court in a golden hue. Both basketball prodigies made eye contact, their eyes glowing in the sunlight. Large smirks stretched out their mouths as they walked up to the centerline.
The volleyball players insisted on watching, especially after they saw Akira's excited reaction to the situation. Atsumu and Osamu were excited and curious to see what the big deal was about the four basketball players. So the two of them, along with Suna and Ginjima watched from the bench on the sidelines.
"Been a while since I've had to go against you in a tip off. Turned out lovely last time." The dark-haired girl says with a sinister grin. Her words cause Akira and Kise to shiver as she unlocks a memory from a year ago. A memory that the readers will have to wait quite a few chapters to read about :).
"It won't turn out like last time." Kise firmly says. ( Y/n ) raises an eyebrow at him, still smiling.
"Oh? Is that so?" She chuckles.
"We'll see about that."
"First team to 20 points wins!" Akira announces, both Kise and ( Y/n ) bend their knees, preparing to jump for the ball.
Akira also bends his knees and brings the whistle into his mouth before lowering the arm holding the ball. He blows the whistle as he throws the ball up and quickly steps back to avoid getting in their way.
Both Kise and ( Y/n ) jump up for the ball, raising an arm to grab it. It was extremely close but ( Y/n ) was the one to get it. Out of the corner of her eye, she sees Kurihara move towards the hoop.
As soon as her feet hit the ground she immediately passes Kise and begins to make her way down the court, dribbling the ball on the furthest side of her body to Kise.
She quickly makes eye contact with Kurihara before throwing the ball to the hoop. Kise launches forward, arm extended in an attempt to intercept the ball, only to fail.
The ball went towards the hoop, and Kurihara saw it wasn't going to go in. He bent his knees before launching up towards the hoop, soaring above Nakamura who also jumped for the ball. The red head's right-hand meets the ball and he slams it into the hoop.
"Nice one Minoru-chan!" ( Y/n ) cheers as she jogs backwards towards the other side of the court. "Thanks!" He replies.
As they were giving each other credit for the point, Suna was writing down the score in his phone. Kise narrows his eyes at ( Y/n ) in confusion.
She didn't pass it from the tip off? He asks himself. Akira saw this and face palmed, as did Nakamura but he did it mentally. ( Y/n ) just chuckles and shakes her head.
"What's the matter?" Ginjima asks Akira as Kise dribbles the ball down the court. Akira briefly glances in the four volleyball players direction before looking back at the court.
"He forgot that ( N/n )-chan isn't only a basketball player, but she's also a street baller." He blankly states, none of the second years understood what he meant by that. But they got the message.
Kise and Nakamura are going to have some trouble beating ( Y/n ) and Kurihara.
They watch as Nakamura and Kise preform an almost perfect alley-oop, Kise managing to break through Kurihara's block. Akira blows the whistle and ( Y/n ) took her place behind the line.
When she saw that Kurihara was close enough to the hoop, she took a step back. Kise, who was marking her, tilted his head in confusion.
She quickly brought her right foot forward and her left arm up and threw the ball down the court at a ridiculous speed. Kurihara turned around at the perfect time to catch it with both hands. Nakamura skidded to a stop when he sees his friend stop with the ball. Kurihara quickly launched back behind the three-pointer line and jumps up.
So fast. Nakamura thinks as he also jumps up, his arms up as Kurihara bends his elbow and releases the ball. Nakamura's finger only just brushed up against the ball, slightly throwing it off. However, it still went in.
"Nice one Minoru-chan." ( Y/n ) says as she jogs back down the court to the hoop, waiting for Kise. Nakamura passed the ball to Kise, allowing him to advance down the court, only to be stopped short by ( Y/n ).
( Y/n ) had her arms stretched out, blocking his path. He simply dribbled the ball in place, thinking up of a way to pass her. She smirks at this before inching forward. His mind clicks and he dribbled forward, ( Y/n ) didn't budge as she watched him and studied his body.
Which way are you going to go kitty cat? She thinks to herself as she bends her knees, bringing her closer to the ground as she watches Kise dribble the ball in between his legs.
Left. She concludes as she leans towards the said direction. She was right. Kise made his way to the left allowing her to quickly slap the ball out of his hand. Smirking, she runs past him and down the court.
"Come and catch me copy cat~" She sings back at him as she runs down the middle of the court. Kise was running after her, catching up to her while Kurihara and Nakamura follow behind.
Kise manages to get ahead of her and stands in front of the hoop. His arms stretched out and his knees bent, prepared to jump. ( Y/n ) stops at the three-point line and just bounces the ball as she stared at him.
She slowly felt a grin make way to her face as she slowly stepped back. In the corner of her eyes, she could see Kurihara and Nakamura nudging each other.
Kise's eyes widen as she takes more steps back. He knew what she was going to do and that he couldn't stop her.
She stops walking back when she's a couple of meters or so away from the three-point line before she runs towards the hoop, almost at full speed. When her foot hit the free throw line, she launches off it and soars towards the hoop.
Despite jumping up with his arms raised, he still failed to block her as she continued to fly towards the hoop.
Using both of her hands, she brings the ball above her head, further away from Kise. She swiftly brings the ball down in front of her, slamming it into the hoop and knocking Kise down in the process.
Akira smirks at the four second year's expressions who were seated at the sideline. Ginjima's eyes were wide and his mouth agape. Suna's usual deadpan expression had disappeared and was replaced with wide eyes and slightly parted lips. Atsumu and Osamu watched their sister hang from the hoop in awe. Their jaws are on the ground and eyes wide with small sparkles in them.
( Y/n ) releases the hoop and softly lands on the ground. She looks down at Kise who was still on the ground and extends a hand down to him. He looks up at her with his lips parted before he smirks and took her hand. She pulls him up and smirks back at him. Kise turns to Akira with a betrayed look.
"Serinumacchi you liar!" He childishly yells as he points at the referee. Akira points at his face with a confused expression while the other three players on the court shrug at each other.
"You said she was rusty!" Kise shouts and places his fists on his hips in a sassy manner. Akira only brought his hands up above his head in a surrendering motion as he slowly shook his head.
"I never said that!" Akira protests as he feels ( Y/n )'s questioning gaze burning into him. Kise was about to reply but Akira cut him off, telling him to continue the game.
"He's not lying though, I am a bit rusty." ( Y/n ) admits before yawning into the back of her hand. Her fellow second years all felt their jaws drop at her statement.
"Yer rusty?!" Atsumu and Osamu yell in sync, not believing a word she was saying. Akira only nods at their words, confirming her statement. Their jaws drop even further, almost dislocating them as they stare in shock.
( Y/n ) only shrugs. "C'mon let's just get on with it. I wanna go hooome." She lazily drags out her words, sounding an awful lot like her old teammate.
Kise nods and picks up the ball. As he takes his place behind the line, he briefly makes eye contact with Nakamura who was facing away from him. The shorter second year was pressing his back against Kurihara's as he waited for the perfect time to slip away from him.
Now sensing Kise's stare, Nakamura swiftly places his foot next to Kurihara's and spins so he's facing Kise before sprinting to the other side of the court. By the time Kurihara had realised his mark was no longer with him, it was too late.
Kise took a step back before slamming his foot forward and bringing the ball above his head. He passes the ball to Nakamura, perfectly mimicking ( Y/n )'s pass. Nakamura caught the ball and spun on the balls of his feet and jumped up. As he bent his elbows, Kurihara jumped in front of him, only to fall a bit short.
The ball fell through the hoop, the chain softly swinging and making clinging noises. Akira blew the whistle while Kise praises the other blonde for his shot.
score:
Kurihara & ( Y/n ) vs Nakamura & Kise
7-5
(omfg this is going so slow)
Kurihara and ( Y/n ) quickly recover, this time Kurihara passes the ball to ( Y/n ). The female swiftly dribbled down the court, successfully avoiding Kise before passing it back to Kurihara.
Kurihara quickly jumps up and takes a shot from behind the three point line. Nakamura's fingers only just skimmed the ball, this time it was enough to throw the ball off its course.
Seeing this, both ( Y/n ) and Kise jump up for the ball, the blonde's back to the hoop and ( Y/n ) facing it.
The ball appeared in between them and the former Teiko students placed their hands on it. As they pushed the ball back and forwards, ( Y/n ) lazily groans before using more strength to overpower Kise.
The ball was pushed passed Kise's grip and into the hoop, earning a cheer from Kurihara.
Kise was now standing behind the line and he watched Nakamura's figure rushing down the court before throwing it his way, past ( Y/n ).
The female prodigy watches the ball fly past her before she launched off her back foot and made her way down the court.
Nakamura caught the ball. He quickly spun around on his heels out of fear when he noticed ( Y/n ) rushing towards him. He couldn't see her face due to the poor lighting and the shadows of her bangs covering the majority of her face. She looks terrifying.
He tore his gaze away from ( Y/n ) and focused on his friend in front of him. Kurihara towered over him as he stretched his arms out. Why do I have to be surrounded by a bunch of giants? Nakamura silently cried before returning his focus to the ball in his hand.
He bent his knees and brought the hand with the ball closer to his legs. He placed one foot a bit in front of the other before bouncing the ball. He continued to bounce the ball back and forth between his legs as Kurihara watched. His brown eyes never left the ball, even when Nakamura picked up the pace.
Nakamura suddenly stopped and kept the ball in his left hand before advancing to the right, passing Kurihara. He continued to dribble towards the hoop, dodging Kurihara as he attempts to steal the ball.
He successfully dunks the ball in, shocking the first years and the volleyball players with his jumping power. Although she is on the opposite team, ( Y/n ) smiles proudly.
She instantly begins to jog towards the hoop as Kurihara takes his place behind the line. As soon as he took his place, he threw the ball down the court, right into ( Y/n )'s hands.
She once again faced off with Kise who was standing in her way. She only jumped up and back and raised her elbows, ready to shoot.
"Oh no, you don't!" Kise exclaims as he too jumps up, an arm raised forward in her direction.
Why are you guys so dramatic? You're always acting as if you just declared war. She mentally groans as she continues to lean back.
Kise grits his teeth when he sees her body is almost parallel to the ground, perfectly mimicking a particular blue-haired male's formless shot.
The ball flew past the blonde and into the hoop, the blow of the whistle shortly echoing after.
Kise goes behind the line, ( Y/n ) standing not too far away from him with her arms stretched out. He passes it to Nakamura, well tried to. Kurihara intercepted the ball and quickly passes it to ( Y/n ) who performs a simple layup.
score:
Kurihara & ( Y/n ) vs Nakamura & Kise
17-12
( Y/n ) stands behind the line and she passes the ball to Kurihara. Kise had his arms outstretched, almost intercepting the ball. While he was focused on the ball passing him, ( Y/n ) quickly slipped away from him and ran down the court.
While she was doing so, Kurihara was running in the same direction as her with the ball, but on the other side of the court. Out of nowhere a flash of yellow dashes in front of her. Shifting her gaze from Kurihara, she notices that Kise is standing in front of her. His arms were stretched out, blocking her path.
I can leave him to you Nakamura-senpai. He thought to himself as the walking tangerine stopped in front of Nakamura. Nakamura had a new aura around him and his eyes were filled with nothing but solid concentration.
As time passed, Nakamura continued to cut down Kurihara's options with his marking. It would soon be time for Kurihara to hand the ball over and ( Y/n ) was struggling to get rid of Kise.
Kise wouldn't let her pass and continuously stuck by her side with his back to her, leaving Kurihara to deal with Nakamura by himself. Nakamura continued to stare up into his friend's eyes. His deep blue eyes stared into Kurihara's soul like he was straight out of Kakegurui, catching him off guard.
Seeing her friend struggle made a switch flick in ( Y/n ). She closes her eyes as she deeply inhales, her actions were unnoticed by everyone. She slowly opens her eyes as she slowly exhales.
Her widened and somewhat lively eyes became dull and lazy, her eyelids now covering half of her eyes. Her competitive aura now gone.
Kise and Akira freeze upon this familiar feeling which didn't go unnoticed by the second years on the sidelines. The energy on the court had changed from upbeat and happy to cold and serious as if they suddenly teleported to Antarctica.
Shit. ( Y/n )'s special move! Kise and Akira concluded in their minds as they remember what this feeling was. Her famous mood changer!
Everyone's eyes robotically shift to ( Y/n ) to see her hunched forward, her arms dangling by her sides as she lazily stared off into space.
Just with a blink of an eye, she had disappeared. Kise's eyes widen as Akira's along with everyone else searches for her.
If you feel stressed or are cornered, throw the ball as far down to the opposite side of the court. Kurihara recalled what ( Y/n ) had said. Spinning around to look at the lonely hoop on the other side of the court, he sees ( Y/n ).
She had her hands positioned in front of her chest, ready to catch the ball. Her grey eyes met Kurihara's brown ones, telling him to hurry and pass before everyone else saw her. Although he was still confused as fuck, he threw the ball in her direction.
She caught the ball, making a soft smack echo on the court. Now everyone saw where she was and grew more confused with her choice of placement.
"Checkmate." Was all she says with a smirk, staring at her friends faces as she shifts the ball in her hands and bends her knees.
Everyone's eyes widen at this, however they were thinking different things. What the hell is she doing? Is she crazy? Were the volleyball players thoughts as she prepared to jump up. No way. ( Y/n )'s so cool! Was what Kurihara was thinking with a smile.
Kise and Akira both felt their faces drain of colour. Surely not, there's no way she could pull that off. They both thought as she jumped and bent her elbows.
Her smirk only grew wider as she released the ball. It travelled above the other player's heads and into the hoop at a ridiculously high arc. The ball dropped into the hoop, the chain made net swings from side to side as it passes through.
Silence was all that could be heard as she softly landed on the ground and ball rolled away from the hoop.
"Too bad I don't have my glasses, would've been perfect." She jokes, breaking the silence and snapping everyone out of their trance.
"Nice win ( Y/n )! That was so coo-" Kurihara tries to exclaim before getting interrupted.
"WHAT THE HELL?! SINCE WHEN COULD YOU DO THAT?! ONLY SHINTARO CAN DO THAT!!" Akira screams as he points at her, making the volleyball players on the bench flinch. She simply turns to him.
"For a while actually, I mean..." She says before lowering her head and staring at him through her bangs. She places a hand on her chest as she grins.
"I am his coach. I created his technique." She reminds him. Kise and Akira sweat drop. Of course... duh.
"Anyways... Nice win Minoru-chan!" She cheers as she walks towards him with her hands raised.
"Yeah!" He yells as he gives her a high ten with a bright smile. She softly chuckles at his enthusiasm before turning to approach Kise and Nakamura.
"Every time I think I have a chance at beating you, you always come up with something new." Kise says before sticking out his hand with a smile.
"There's plenty more where that came from." ( Y/n ) smiles before taking his hand into hers and lightly shaking it. Nakamura and Kurihara do the same.
"OKAY! Home time." She exclaims, playfully raising her arms above her head and kicking her leg out. Everyone quietly chuckles as they gather their things.
"That was so cool ( Y/n )!" Turning around, she meets her two siblings. Atsumu had sparkles in his eyes and fists balled up near his face and a goofy smile. Osamu nods, agreeing with him as he also wore a smile.
( Y/n ) felt her eyes widen. This is so new it's creepy. She thought before she slightly smiled.
"Thanks." She says. Well, what else was she meant to say? She's new to this okay.
"Sorry, we never noticed how good you are before." Osamu mutters, instantly dropping the mood. Osamu/Samu, you/ya fuckin moron! His older siblings mentally yell.
"Oh well, your loss right?" ( Y/n ) playfully winks, reviving the happy mood. Nice save ( Y/n )-cchi. Kise chuckles to himself from where he was standing with the others.
Walking towards the group, with her brothers following behind, she takes her sweater from Ginjima and puts it back on.
"Ne~ I'm hungryyy let's go home and eat." ( Y/n ) whines before yawning, her tongue sticking out as she did so.
( example :) )
The group chuckles at her childish actions before making their way towards the pathway.
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As the group of athletes were conversing, something popped into ( Y/n )'s mind. She turns to Nakamura and Kurihara.
"Haruki-chan, Minoru-chan." She calls them. They stop their conversation and give her their full attention.
"Yeah?" Kurihara asks, urging her to continue.
"When's your preliminaries- or inter high?" She asks, placing her hands behind her head as she lazily stares into Kurihara's dark eyes.
Nakamura and Kurihara both feel an eyebrow rise at her question.
"They start next week. Didn't we tell ya?" Nakamura asks, leaning forward so he was visible behind Kurihara as he cutely tilts his head to the side. Kurihara nods while ( Y/n )'s eyes widen.
"HUUUH? WHY DIDN'T I KNOW THAT?!" She yells as she dramatically swings her arms from behind her head to her forehead. She grips her bangs as she realises how inconvenient the timing is for her.
The surrounding males flinch at the volume of her voice. Nakamura jumps and bumps into Kurihara who begins to pat ( Y/n ) on the head in attempt to calm her down. Feeling his hand make contact with her head she instantly stops screeching.
"Sorry, we didn't tell ya. But what's the matter?" Kurihara asks as ( Y/n ) felt a flowery aura surround her. Head pats~~ She mentally sings to herself as she silently moves her head up towards her friend's hand.
"( Y/n )?" Kurihara asks, confused by her sudden mood swing. Kise and Akira laugh at this before Kise moves his hand away from her head. His actions cause her to childishly pout.
"Ryo-chaaaan~ Why would you do that?" She whines as she snatched Kurihara's hand and places it back on her head with a small smile. Kurihara just chuckles at her peculiar actions as he continues to pat her head.
Cute. The boys thought as they watched the two of the smile with their eyes closed.
"Because he asked you a question ( Y/n )-cchi." Kise says, snapping them back to reality. ( Y/n ) pouts when she feels the warmth of Kurihara's hand leaves her head again.
"Because it clashes with Tokyo's basketball inter high. It's gonna be a drag getting to both." She mutters as they begin walking again. She places her hands in her pockets.
She kicks a stone in front of her as she plans what she'll do. She wanted to go to both and watch her new and old students play, especially against each other. Not to mention she had already planned where she'd be staying.
"Okie dokie, I've made my decision." She quietly announces, getting everyone's attention.
"I'll stay here and watch your games, then I'll still be able to make it to Tokyo for your semi finals and finals." ( Y/n ) says after doing the maths. She says the first part to Nakamura and Kurihara and the last to Kise.
The three males smile and nod their heads, satisfied with her answer. They return to their normal conversations as they walk towards Akira's bus stop in front of the convenience store.
"Where are you going to be staying ( Y/n )-cchi?" Kise asks her. The only female there turns to him.
"Me and Dad are staying with my cousin, I'll probably just be following her team around for inter high too." She says before turning her head back forward. She felt excitement bubble in her chest at the thought of seeing her cousin and friends again.
"Well, just know you're always welcome at our home yeah?" Kise says. ( Y/n ) only smiles and nods gratefully.
"Is that seriously ( Y/n )-san?" Ginjima, who was at the back of the group, quietly asks Suna. Both boys inspect the girl in front of them from the back before shrugging.
"It does look like her." Suna blankly replies while Ginjima nods, still unsure.
"Don't worry, it is ( N/n )-chan." Akira pops up beside them, causing Suna to flinch in surprise.
"She's just extremely childish and has ridiculous mood swings when she's tired." He smiles at them and they nod, somewhat understanding.
"How did she disappear on the court earlier?" Ginjima asks the younger male, Suna also turns to Akira, wondering the same thing.
"( N/n )-chan is able to control her presence. What she did on the court was completely erase it." Akira tells them, smiling proudly.
Both of the second years were in awe. How was that even possible?
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After a while, the convenience store comes into view. Seeing this, ( Y/n ) turns to Kurihara. He was already silent as he walked, but sensing her stare, he turns to her.
"I'll buy us some ice cream Minoru-chan." ( Y/n ) says, smiling up at the slightly taller male who beams back at her.
"Hell yeah!" He cheers as he raises a fist. Kise laughs and slings an arm over her shoulders. He leans his head against hers and pecks the temple of her head.
She softly smiles. Small couple like gestures such as small pecks on the cheek or holding hands were normal between the two of them. It's just the way their friendship was.
She wraps an arm around his waist, pulling him closer to her. They both happily sigh against each other, wishing this could last forever.
But Kise has to leave at some point.