The Learning Of

Main pairing: AoKaga, KagaAo

Minor pairings: GoM/Kagami, Kise/Kuroko, Midorima/Takao, Murasakibara/Himuro,

Summary: By some weird twist of fate, Kagami Taiga is turned into a five year old. Now, the Generation of Miracles, plus Seirin, must ban together in order to ensure the safety of one little tiger. But along the way of raising the miniature Kagami, they find out that there is more to that basket-baka than previously perceived.

Disclaimer: I don't own Kuroko no Basket or any of its characters.

A/N: I fell in love with this anime the moment I saw Kagami's weird eyebrows. AoKaga has been my OTP for a while now, and I couldn't resist the urge to write something about them. So, here I am, beginning my first fanfiction. Go easy on me.

Chapter One

Kuroko Tetsuya was currently shooting some hoops, or at least attempting to, in Seirin's gym. Practice had been over for half an hour now but Kuroko, being the over achiever that he is, stayed behind to get in some extra practice. He's been doing nonstop shots and was starting to feel a bit dehydrated.

Shooting the ball for one last time, and missing terribly, Kuroko proceeded to go to the vending machine to buy a sports drink. Once there, he inserted the correct amount of coins and chose his drink. While bending down to retrieve the beverage, he heard the tapping of slightly fast paced footsteps heading his way.

Straightening back up, Kuroko looked up to see Seirin's ace, sweaty and bent over, panting like his life depended on it.

"Hello Kagami-kun."

With a start, Kagami jumped a few inches off the ground, startled by his sudden greeting.

"Dammit Kuroko! How many times have I told you to stop doing that?! And how long have you been here anyway?!"

Kuroko only stared emotionlessly at the flustered red head.

"I've been here since before you, Kagami-kun. You're the one that just got here."

Looking a bit ticked, Kagami 'tskd' and started rummaging in the pockets of his basketball shorts. After a few minutes of fruitless search, Kagami raised his gaze to Kuroko and asked,

"Hey, do you happen to have any spare change? I left my wallet at home and I've been jogging for a while now, and I feel like I'm about to pass out if I don't drink something soon."

Observing how his light was still slightly panting and was starting to sag a little, along with drooping eyelids, Kuroko concluded that yes, Kagami was indeed about to pass out.

Sighing, he held out his drink and offered it to the taller male.

Kagami looked at the offered drink then back at Kuroko's expressionless eyes, and refused the drink by shaking his head.

"No no, it's fine if you don't have any spare change. You don't have to give me your drink, I'm sure I can hold out a little longer."

Kuroko sighed again, this time with a hint of fondness and exasperation. 'Kagami-kun, so selfless, as always.'

"You can have it, Kagami-kun. I'm not as thirsty as you."

"No, it's fine. You already bought it, you keep it."

"I'm not the one on the verge of passing out."

Grimacing a little at his own words being used on him, he tried to protest once again,

"But—"

"Just take it, Kagami-kun."

Knowing that there was no point in arguing with Kuroko anymore, since he was almost as stubborn as himself, he reluctantly accepted the offered drink, but not without having at least a little say in it.

"Fine, but I'm paying you back the amount of money you spent on this."

Accepting that that was the only way to ensure that Kagami would drink the beverage before he passed out, Kuroko simply nodded in agreement.

Nodding his own head once in conformation, Kagami proceeded to open his drink and chug down all the liquid inside the container, not even pausing to breathe a little. Once the bottle was emptied, Kagami swallowed the last of it and took a deep breath.

"Thanks Kuroko, I owe you one."

"You're welcome, Kagami-kun."

They started to slowly walk away from school and made their way towards their homes' general direction.

After finally controlling his breathing, Kagami took notice of this strange taste in his mouth. It wasn't unpleasant, per say, but it wasn't a taste he liked to have in his mouth either. Clicking his tongue to the roof of his mouth to try and get rid of the taste didn't seem to work. Getting annoyed pretty easily, Kagami asked in a miffed tone,

"Oi Kuroko, what the hell type of flavor did you choose?"

Kuroko, having been observing his friend's grimacing face and wondering what was bothering him, answered, "I chose the blueberry flavor."

"Blueberry?"

"Yes. Was it not to your liking?"

After wiggling his tongue a little in a silly attempt to get rid of the taste, Kagami said, "It's not that it tasted bad or anything, but it left this weird after taste. A little rancid."

Kuroko asked for the bottle and Kagami handed it to him. He carefully read the ingredients and looked out for the date the drink was supposed to expire on. Everything seemed in order and nothing looked suspicious. Having come to a reasonable conclusion, Kuroko voiced out his thoughts,

"Nothing seems wrong with the drink, maybe you just don— Kagami-kun? Are you alright?"

Concern laced his voice when he stopped to see his teammate collapsed on the middle of the sidewalk. He rushed to the red head, who was currently in fetal position, and placed a hand on his shoulder, lightly shaking it.

"Kagami-kun? What happened? What's wrong? Talk to me."

His only response was a groan that was laced with pain and Kagami tightening into a ball, clutching his stomach tightly.

Getting a bit desperate after witnessing his friends' obvious pain, Kuroko gingerly turned Kagami so that he was lying on his back, still holding on to his stomach. Kagami let out a low grunt, signaling his discomfort. Quickly scanning the taller male's body for any signs of injury, he found none, so he raised his hand to Kagami's cheek and lightly tapped it in order to get his attention. Red lashes fluttered open in response and pain glazed eyes stared dazedly back at him.

"Kagami-kun, can you hear me?"

"Ngghh"

"I'll take that as a yes. Now, can you tell me what's wrong with your stomach?"

At the mention of the word stomach, Kagami moaned despairingly, as if the word itself inflicted physical pain upon him.

"I take it it hurts."

Even through the haze of pain, Kagami managed to give him a weak glare to his Captain Obvious remark.

Stifling a smile at his light's antics, Kuroko tried removing Kagami's grip on his stomach, which was nearly impossible since he had it in a vice like hold. As Kagami was stronger than Kuroko, it proved to be ten times more difficult. After tugging and pulling for at least two minutes, Kuroko finally managed to remove Kagami's hands, sweating and panting slightly at the exertion. He composed himself and once again scanned his friends' body, this time focusing on his stomach. Not being able to completely see, Kuroko carefully lifted Kagami's black shirt and glanced at the clenching and unclenching muscles of his abdomen. Nothing seemed out of place and Kuroko could only come to the conclusion that the drink must've done it.

"Kagami-kun, I believe you have food poisoning."

Feeling like he needed to say something, Kagami grit out, "If this was just food poisoning, I wouldn't be in this much pain," heavy panting ,"don't you think I've gotten food poisoning before, considering the amount of food I eat?"

Kuroko pondered on this and decided that the red head had a point.

"Should I take you to a hospital then?"

Feeling like the answer was quite obvious, he started with no low amount of sarcasm, "Well, seeing as I'm in an immense amount of pain right now, I'd say—"

But before he could even finish his biting remark, a new wave a pain coursed through his body, this one being the most excruciating of all. He couldn't contain the short shout that left his throat. His vision went white for a moment and his body trembled with the strain.

Kuroko's eyes widened in alarm when he saw how seemingly out of nowhere, his friends' pain turned into agony, leaving him trembling and whimpering. He reached out to get a grip on the red heads' shoulder, but before he could even touch him, a blinding light seemed to engulf Kagami.

Startled, Kuroko jumped slightly backwards and landed on his bottom, squinting his eyes against the bright light and trying to see beyond it and to his friend.

What he saw left him baffled.

Kagami's body was literally shrinking. You could see his arms and legs getting shorter, and his mid body getting thinner and smaller. His body shrank so much, that by the time the light subsided, his smaller body was engulfed in his clothes.

Still uncomprehending and quite disbelieving as to what just happened; Kuroko slowly got up and shuffled closer to the bundle of clothes. He warily knelt down and with shaking hands, slowly opened the Seirin Basketball team issued sweater. The sight that greeted him confirmed that, yes, Kagami did indeed shrink, and no, he was not losing his mind,

There, in all his chibbified glory, laid a sleeping miniature sized Kagami Taiga.

A/N: I'll try to keep updating twice a week. School is hectic even though it just started. Anywho, please review and let me know what you think. Constructive criticism is welcomed.