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Chapter Twenty-One:

Akashi inspected the area and then looked at one of his current teammates -Midorima-before passing the ball on to him.

The green-head received it, dribbled it some meters away from their enemies as Akashi and the others tried to stop the opposing team. Midorima then made his posture and shoot it inside the hoop.

Just right when the ball bounced on the floor, the referee which was also one of their coaches made a long whistle announcing the end of the game.

Everyone sighed in relief and exhaustion. Some even fell on their butts in tiredness.

Another two weeks passed since Akashi and Aomine made their bet with one of their trainers - which was also a trainer from Awase-but until now, Kuroko still wasn't said to have opened his eyes; Kise and Aomine had been absent since a weekl ago as well.

Akashi couldn't really decide what to do and because of being chosen as the captain of the newly formed Japan Team in the World Cup-he lost time to visit Kuroko in the hospital.

Akashi grabbed his towel on top of his bag which was on the bench and wiped the sweat pouring out and rolling on the different parts of his body.

I hope basketball will make me taller not shorter. I feel like I've shrunk again with how tall my teammates are.Akashi suddenly mentally told himself and smirked by himself. He wiped the sweat on his face and then approached their 'coach' before calling his attention. "Sir Yakumura."

The prideful coach of theirs turned and then smirked upon seeing the red-head standing before him. "Oh? What a pleasant surprise. Did you approach me to take your words back then. Don't worry I'll forget the bet if you want to, after all Kise Ryouta and Kuroko Tetsuya won't be any help and will only burden the-" His sentence was cut off when a scissors passed by only half an inch of one of his cheeks and stabbed the innocent wall few meters away from both of them.

Akashi's eyes darkened as he froze from his posture. "Continue that sentence of yours and I swear that those scissors won't miss your eyes this time."

Yakumura gulped and frowned. "You do know that you should respect your coaches."

"Oh? Forgive me then. I must have forgotten that you're my coach because I thought I saw that you're a big titan with seven heads and mouth full of fangs, a big ugly titan." Akashi mumbled with sarcasm and then turned around.

"Akashi Seijuuro, I want to add another condition on our bet."

"Hn?"

"If those two won't be able to play after the allotted time then you'll quit playing basketball and quit being Team Japan's captain." Yakumura added.

Akashi narrowed his eyes in amusement. "Good idea. Then if they'll be able to play after these two weeks, you'll quit being a coach and yell the words: 'I am a useless person and I am gay!' infront of the crowd after we won the World Cup."

The bald coach gritted his teeth. "You talk like you're not homo."

"Don't put words in my mouth. I never said that I'm not one." Akashi countered with confidence and left Yakumura gaping at him.

"Looks like you're having some trouble, Akashi." Shinnosuke Hikaru, their supervisor, commented as he stood before his bags.

Akashi looked up. "It's nothing that troublesome, supervisor."

"I heard that you and Yakumura have made a bet." The black-head supervisor mumbled.

Akashi nodded as he took out his casual clothes out of his bag. "Yes and I hope you would let us to do so."

"It's not like I really oppose especially when I can see that you really want Kise and Kuroko to be part of our team. Don't worry I'll be rooting for you and hope that those two will recover soon."

The red-head blinked. "Supervisor, do you have any idea where Daiki and Ryouta are? They've been absent since a week ago."

The black-head looked surprised. "Didn't they tell you?"

"They didn't, that's why I was planning to attack them when they got back." He admitted.

"A typical Akashi Seijuuro reply. And, I think I'll keep this one as a secret."

The owner of the emperor's eye narrowed his eyes which sent shivers to the older male.

"Don't glare at me like that. You'll know soon enough anyway. And you'll surely thank me afterwards for keeping it."

"No, I won't. I hate secrets. They've given me and Tetsuya enough quarrels."

The supervisor chuckled before turning around. "Just be patient. I'm sure your prayers will be answered soon." He suggested and went out of the gym's door.

Akashi sighed, grabbed his bags and stalked off to the locker room, and cannot wait to visit a certain teal-head.

Too bad he didn't know what surprises await him.

~LFMH021~

Aomine yawned in boredom as he flipped another page of the magazine he bought yesterday.

He heard a mumble out of the golden-head's mouth, so he stopped from scanning the magazine and looked at the copycat lying on the bed beside his chair.

Eight days ago, they received a text message from Kise's eyes' doctor that a family which lost one of their son because of an accident donated the latter's eyes for him. They said that they have the same color as Kise's true eyes and he and the yellow-head agreed with it.

The next day, Kise took his eye surgery and Aomine waited a boring and worrysome five hours until the doctor went out of the Operating Room and nodded at him with a smile.

He was told to wait about a week until Kise could finally re-open his eyes again. The latter woke up and then after awhile of chatting with him, would go back to sleep.

Aomine was never the patient type but ever since he met the stupid copycat, he has learned to wait and be calmer about things. Just like right now, he wouldn't be able to wait this long if it wasn't for Kise.

He wanted to play in the World Cup with all his former teammates and reunite the Generation of Miracles. He wanted to play along with Kise; he didn't want the latter to just watch in the bench with a fake smile.

His eyes widened in surprise when warm hands enveloped one of his own. "...Ao...mine...cchi?" whispered the yellow-head.

"Yo." He replied and patted Kise's head.

The copycat smiled. "You stayed."

"Of course I stayed, idiot."

"That's harsh! No need to call me an idiot!" Kise complained and then chuckled. "Today's the day, isn't it?"

Aomine nodded as he squeezed the yellow-head's hand back. "Yep, today's the day."

There was a knock on the door and Kise's eyes doctor came in with a smile. "Ready?"

Both nodded. "Ready."

~LFMH021~

Kuroko was petting Nigou when there was a knock on his door. He was about to respond when it opened by itself and so he let the visitor come in.

He's been awake for a week now and the only ones who visited him were the nurses and his doctor. He has asked them if his friends had visited him and it made him happy to know that they did and were just busy with their training for the World Cup.

He has been praying that Akashi would visit soon. He wanted to know how to red-head was and to know how things had been.

And it looked like his prayers had finally been answered.

Akashi opened the phantom player's room's door and sighed. "That was exhausting. I apologize for not being able to visit for almost a week, Tetsuya." He mumbled and closed the door behind him.

"Come and sit." A voice offered.

He sat on the chair placed beside Kuroko's bed and ruffled his hair. "When will you ever wake up, Tetsuya?"

"Um, I'm already awake, Sei-kun."

"And now, I'm also hearing voices. It must because of exhaustion." He mumbled.

"No, you're not hearing things. I am awake and alive, Sei-kun." The voice complained.

"Tetsuya, you are actually driving me nuts. Maybe I should take a nap or else I might end up in the mental hospital instead." He suggested to himself.

"Am I also invisible to you too now, Sei-kun?" The voice grunted.

"No, you conscience who sounds like Tetsuya, I'm not going to give in." He replied.

He blinked when his face was suddenly forced to turn towards where the blue-head laid at-"T-Tetsuya?!" He gasped as his heterochromatic eyes met teal-colored ones.

Kuroko sighed in relief. "And I thought you have also become blind."

"You're awake? For how long now?"

"Since a week ago. The whole hospital staffs were busy with the Foundation Day of this Hospital that they forgot me and forgot to tell you. Oh, and about my condition. My heart condition's fine now and even my doctor said that I could actually play basketball more. He also said that-" His sentence was cut off when Akashi sighed in relief and slowly hugged him. "Sei-kun?"

~LFMH021~

Kise gulped as he waited for the doctor to find the end of his eyes' bandage.

"Ready?"

He nodded.

The doctor slowly removed the bandage around his eyes and Aomine waited patiently infront of the blonde model.

When the bandage was fully removed, Kise was instructed to open his eyes. He did the blinked.

"Can you see me?" The doctor asked to the blonde.

Kise nodded.

"How many is this?" The doctor asked as he made a two with his hand.

"Two."

"This?"

"Five."

He then pointed at Aomine.

"An overcooked dough cake." Kise responded instantly.

"Good." The doctor agreed.

Aomine's eyebrows twitched with the insult. "HEY!"

~LFMH021~

"You dared to make me that worried, Tetsuya? I'll really punish you after the World Cup." Akashi threatened as he pulled the teal-head into a tighter embrace.

Kuroko placed his face in the red-head's shoulder and sniffed the latter's smell. "I dreamed when I was still in coma, Sei-kun."

Akashi placed a hand on top of Kuroko's head and pulled him closer. "Really? What was it about?"

"It's about me and you." The phantom player whispered. "In that dream, I was drifting to a deep darkness and I couldn't breathe. I couldn't even swim to the surface or even move my body. I was losing hope and closing my eyes but then a hand grabbed one of my own. When I looked up, it was you who was yelling at me with tears rolling down on your cheeks. You were shouting the three magical words. I was drifting more and more to the bottom but you continued to pull me up. You didn't give up and after an almost eternity of you pulling me upwards, I was finally saved and then I woke up."

Traitor tears rolled down on the red-head's cheeks. "You-You really like making me worry, don't you?" He demanded with weak voice.

Kuroko suddenly felt guilty and clutched the red-head's shirt. "Sorry, Sei-kun."

Akashi growled in the blue-head's ear, "I couldn't sleep since you fell into comatose, Tetsuya. I was praying every spare time of mine-I was praying that you wake up and do not die. I was losing hope, I was losing hope, Tetsuya. Especially when I recall the farewell smile you gave me before you fell into a deep slumber. My heart almost broke out of my chest when your heart started to beat slower. I almost killed Helden Nomaki and the other members of Awase Gakuen, but controlled myself because you never liked violence. Do you know how much I suffered in waiting for you?!"

More tears fell onto the red-head's cheeks.

"Sei-kun...gomen nasai..." Kuroko whispered and squeezed one of Akashi's trembling hands. "I'm sorry...I didn't intend to make you worry...I was actually hoping to die, to stop all the pain I was facing, but then I remembered your face...I remembered the times that you encouraged me to move to forward...and everytime you told me those three words, so here I am."

"Yeah, right, so here you are." Akashi repeated in sarcasm and shook his head in disbelief. He released the blue-head and wiped his tears. "So, how're you feeling?"

"Better."

"How about what-"

"Don't even remind me about it. I already forgot about it, besides I'm sure he's already repenting now, so past is passed." Kuroko cut in.

Akashi smirked. "By the way, I forgot to mention that you're chosen to participate to the World Cup as one of Japan Team's member."

Kuroko looked at him, emotionless. "That sounds great."

"And as usual, you don't sound excited." Akashi sighed.

Nigou barked and jumped on his master's stomach.

"Nigou's expressing the excitement I cannot express." Kuroko explained.

"In short, you're excited but just couldn't express it." Akashi muttered.

The blue-head nodded. "The doctor said that I could go back to playing basketball after my parents pick me up."

"And when is that?"

"Like I said earlier, the staffs are busy so they forgot about me." Kuroko explained.

Akashi sighed in exasperation. "Fine, I'll call them."

He dialed the number of Kuroko's home and after two rings, someone picked the phone up. "Hello? Kuroko residence."

"This is Akashi Seijuuro, I just want to-"

"Tetsuya's awake?" Kazuhiko Kuroko gasped.

"Yes, but please lower your voice or I'll become deaf."

"We'll be right there!"

And they quickly hung up.

"To think they dared to hang up on me." Akashi grumbled.

"I apologize for my parents' rash actions; I beg you to spare them." Kuroko mockly responded.

"You know what? If you're not recovering right now, I would have tackled you already." The red-head admitted.

"Too bad then." Kuroko bluntly replied.

Akashi's eyebrows twitched and he stood up.

"Sei-kun?"

He walked towards the door and locked it before approaching the blue-head. "You will pay for answering me, Tetsuya." He warned and then leaned his lips against the phantom player's.

The latter didn't protest and closed his eyes.

Akashi pulled the blue-eyed's head closer and deepened the kiss while Kuroko wrapped his arms around the former.

Akashi released Kuroko to take a breather. "By the way, Tetsuya, do not to the gymnasium where we practice until I tell you to do so."

Kuroko, as he panted, replied, "Why?"

"Stop questioning me and just do it, got it?" Akashi grunted and continued where they left off.

Ten minutes before his parents arrive. Better savor the moment now. Akashi thought and pushed the blue-head on the bed.

Nigou jumped off and went down to the floor before lying on it and closed his eyes. He also covered his eyes with his paws as moans and groans started to fill the room.

And you know what happened after that.

~LFMH021~

Kise's doctor chuckled before approaching the door. "I shall leave now, because I have concluded that the operation was truly successful. I will give you about an hour, take your time."

The golden boy's face heated and it became tomato red in embarrassment.

"Make that one hour into two." Aomine added just right after the doctor left the room.

Even Kise's ears turned red. "Aominecchi!" He protested.

Aomine approached the copycat and lifted the latter's chin. "These new eyes do look like your own."

Kise smiled proudly. "Don't they?"

"But like I said before, whether you're blind or not, have the same eyes or not, my feelings won't change." The blue-head replied and smirked. "Do you know how long I waited, you bastard?"

Kise gasped as Aomine pushed him on the bed and trapped him there. "A-Aominecchi-what-"

"From now on, you'll call me from my first name and not with my last name, Ryouta." Aomine ordered.

The sound of his first name out of the blue-head's mouth made Kise's heart race. "B-But-"

Aomine licked his earlobe and he couldn't help moaning in pleasure. "Hn?"

Kise tried to compose himself. "I-" But failed as Aomine bit his collarbone next. "Nnnggghhh...."

Aomine smirked and leaned his lips against the golden-head's. "You'll repay me for all the days I waited to do this again." He warned.

Kise sighed in pleasure as Aomine pinched one of his nipples.

Aomine laughed silently and then slowly unbuttoned the copycat's shirt and pajama bottoms. "I'll go all the way today; no holding back; no excuses." He growled and then kissed Kise's forehead. "So ride with me."

Kise smiled and wrapped his arms around the blue-head's neck. "I'll ride with you however you want me to."

The nurse outside Kise's room melted with the moans and groans they heard from inside the model's room.

The sounds both men did from the inside the room made them squeal and squeak silently.

"D-Daiki...chi...I...aahhhh...I love you..." They heard Kise moan.

"Ha...ha...Don't worry Ryouta, I feel the same..."

And the nurses outside of the model's room fainted.

~LFMH021~

Another two weeks passed and no Kise Ryouta or Kuroko Tetsuya arrived at the practice.

So Yakumura called everyone to the court. "Akashi Seijuro has something to announce!" He yelled as everyone gathered before the gymnasium's stage.

Midorima and Murasakibara glanced at each other in confusion. "What could Akachin be announcing at this period of time?" The violet-head mumbled as he hugged Himuro from behind.

"Ne, ne, Shin-chan, do you know what your captain has to say?" Takao asked as he faced to faced the green-head.

"Do you think I'll glance at Murasakibara in confusion if I know what this is all about?"

"Aw, woke up on the wrong side of bed, Shin-chan? Or is it because we haven't done it for awhile?" Takao teased.

As usual, Midorima's cheeks quickly reddened and Takao laughed in victory before hugging the former. "You're so cute, Shin-chan~"

But Midorima, as tsundere as he ever was, tried pushing his partner away. "Let me go, Takao! We're in public, you idiot."

Akashi cleared his throat through the microphone and threw the couple a glare which quickly silenced them both. "I'm here to announce something. Mr. Yakumura and I have made a bet a month ago. We were arguing if Kuroko Tetsuya and Kise Ryouta will join the Team Japan in the World Cup and the given time for them to recover was a month and the end of that time is today. Our bet was that if he wins, I'll quit being the captain and playing basketball. But if I win, he'll quit being one of our trainers and do another condition of mine. Guess who won."

There were some who answered: 'You', some answered, 'Him'

"It was obviously me, of course!" Yakumura shouted from the crowd.

And that's when Akashi smirked and snapped his fingers.

The gymnasium's doors suddenly busted open and a yawning Aomine went inside. "Sorry I'm late!" He mumbled.

Some sighed. "And I thought Kuroko and Kise were already coming."

"Of course they're not coming in anymore." Akashi said through the microphone.

Kagami, who was part of the Chosen Players, frowned. "What do you mean?"

Akashi opened the red curtain behind him. "They were behind me an hour before this announcement." He replied and fully opened the curtains.

Behind it was Kise and...

"Hiya everyone!" An energetic Kise Ryouta with two expressive eyes greeted with a wide smile.

"It's only Kise-kun, where's Kuroko-kun?" Himuro mumbled.

"He's behind Kise!" Takao exclaimed.

"Eh?" The crowd gasped and narrowed their eyes.

Kise moved out of the way and laughed shakily as Kuroko finally appeared before everyone.

"Hello." Kuroko mumbled.

The gymnasium was then filled with gasps, chatters and murmurs.

"As you can see, these two were fully recovered and that also means that I won." Akashi announced.

Yakumura gritted his teeth and took a deep breath. "I...I...I am a useless person and I-I-I'm gay!" He shouted as loud as he could and ran out of the gymnasium in embarrassment.

The court was then full of laughter and chuckles.

"I have another announcement to make." Akashi added. "The Generation of Miracles will reunite this World Cup and join the Japan Team with all its strength."

The other members of Generation of Miracles then went to the stage.

"Let's win this World Cup!" Kise shouted through the mic.

"Let's!" The other members rejoiced.

~LFMH021~

Meanwhile on the jail...

"I will take my revenge someday... I will really kill all of them someday..." Helden Nomaki murmured as he gritted his teeth in frustration as he watched the World Cup in the Television inside the jail he was relocated to.

"That would be quite impossible, sir, because the Kurokos filed a case which will hold you in this jail until you die." Takao's father stated.

Helden growled in distress.

"SHUT UP OR WE'LL KILL YOU! CAN'T YOU SEE WE'RE WATCHING THE NEW GENERATION OF MIRACLES?!" His other jailmates shouted at him.

He quickly covered is mouth and watched in silence.

~LFMH021~

In rehabilitation center...

"Why are we here again?" Yuuta Fujiyama, one of the members of New Era's Generation mumbled.

"Because we committed a crime against Kuroko Tetsuya and his friends, idiot." Hurio Kotiyo, another member of NEG, grumbled.

"Until when are we going to rot here?" Touma Hiika muttered under his breath.

"Until you're eighteen and then when you're eighteen, you'll go into jail and stay there for about five years." One of the nurses in the rehabilitation center answered.

"This is the worst." Hurio grunted.

"It's just few years. At least it's just few years and not for a lifetime." Isshin Toshita retorted.

Four pairs of eyes glared at him and he shivered.

"W-What?" He asked in an innocent tone.

"GET HIM!" Yuuta yelled and they all tackled Isshin as a repayment for him dragging them along in all his ruckus which led them here.

"Should we stop them?" A young nurse whispered.

"Don't. Let them be." The nurse who answered Touma earlier replied and continued with her job.

"If they tackle or attack Isshin Toshita, let them be." Was Akashi's order to her before he left the five in her care and she'll do as he asked or she'll meet Grim the Reaper early.

~LFMH021~

Few Months later...

The buzz rang and it indicated the end of the game of Team Japan against Team America -no offense to Americans-and the former won with 109 to 98.

The members of the last quarter of the game looked at one another before yelling, "YES!" in happiness.

Takao, who was placed in bench at the third quarter, hugged Midorima in happiness. "YAY!"

Himuro patted Murasakibara's head. "Good job. We won!"

Aomine placed an arm around Kise's shoulder. "WE WON!" He yelled.

Kise laughed, also sweating. "YES! WE ACTUALLY WON!"

Kagami and Kuroko bump fists and the red-head grinned at his shadow before pushing the teal-head towards the shorter red-head.

Kuroko blinked and then raised his head as he halted before Akashi. "..."

Akashi smirked and then it turned into a smile. "Told you we'll win."

"Yes, we won." Kuroko agreed and smiled sweetly at Akashi.

Kazuhiko, Nuriko, Takumi and Akashi's parents approached them and congratulated them with pure bliss.

Kuroko's family reunited again right after they were informed that he was awake and since then, his father and mother changed. Everything was both back to normal and turned into a new present.

Even Kagami finally surrendered his love to Kuroko and let Akashi to take care of the blue-head.

The members of Team Japan stood on the stage of where their countless games were played at and raised the trophy and medals they received before smiling to the cameraman.

"Say cheese!"

They all smiled in joy as they raised the trophy of their victory and the trophy of their new future.

Aomine's arm was around Kise's shoulder and both were grinning widely.

Midorima and Takao were standing side to side, fingertips touching.

Himuro stood before Murasakibara and both posed for the picture-taking.

And Akashi's and Kuroko's hands were intertwined.

To all the viewers, audiences, judges, announcers, cameramen, and other staffs-this team will make a big legend someday.

And Akashi's and Kuroko's story was something to cherish and look up to.

~THE END~

A/N: Didn't expect that I will end it today and I almost wanted to cry because it's the end!

WAAAH! It's actually the end!

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I have a sequel for this one, but it's super messed up. Do you still want me to post it? :) Aaannnsswweeerrr please. :)