Disclaimer for this story: I do NOT own Kuroko no basket.

Before you read this story:

This is a story in alternate universe. Have set in the 90's and definitely still using house phone, letters. And in this story there will be television, Radio, cars, plane. Internet and computer will be rare commodity.

Please don't imagine the map of the kingdom in this story is the same as the real world map. In this story, there are four continents (north,south,west and east). And each capital city in one continent can be reached by airplane in twelve hour flight if a person wish to travel from south to north or from east to west. Just imagine the ocean that separate each continent have the same distance as went someone want to go from Europe to America

There will be two gender bent in this story. the first one will be Kuroko(her name will be Kuroko Tamiko) and the second one will be Mayuzumi Chihiro

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In the Northern part of the world, there lives a very prosperous kingdom. Its name is Rakuzan Kingdom. Rakuzan is the largest country in the world, therefore its military power is known throughout the entire region for being the strongest. However there is also one more thing that makes Rakuzan very famous, it is the youngest king that ever rules their land. With his red colored hair and heterochromatic eyes and also his charisma while he lead his kingdom.

Rakuzan's young king is known within the noble family in the entire world. He was crowned as Rakuzan's king at the age of twenty five, one month after his parents' death. And Akashi being an orphan and the only child from the previous King and Queen, he has his duty to choose his future Queen and make sure he produce heir that someday will become the future King in his Kingdom. However, at the age of twenty seven he still had not announced who he had chosen to be Rakuzan's Queen.

Princess, duchess and countess from all over the country tried to impress the cold, yet alluring King to make one of them as their future queen. Akashi had recieved various invitations throughout the world to various parties in order for him to know the Princesses who will be suitable to him.

"I don't see the need to attend this" Akashi told the counselor as he ripped another party invitation to him.

"King Akashi, please reconsider this invitation. The oldest princess is known to be the most amazing violin player in the region and she might be the one to be your future wife"

"That is none of my concern. I am not interested in her" Akashi told the counselor with his cold and deadly look directed to them. Just before Akashi leave the room, one of the counselor stood up and said:

"King Akashi, we have decided that it is time for you to be seriously looking for your wife. Most of the council member agree to sent you to the party every day until you find the right princess"

Akashi could feel himswlf getting irritated by the sudden declaration from the council. He need to end this ridiculous matter before the councils decided to make parties every single week and wasting the taxpayer money for the sake of finding him a suitable wife.

"What happened if I already have my choice?" Akashi spoke without looking at the counselors. He knew if he turned around, he will not be able to hold back his anger and he might have to find other counselors in their place and add more people to those who oppose him as the King.

"King Akashi has to wed the girl as soon as possible. However, the future queen has to be someone from the royal family and she has to be able to be standing next to you and rule the Kingdom with you"

"It will be okay as long as she is a princess, right?" .

"Yes, King Akashi"

"Very well, I will announce my decision over tonight's gala. Make sure this news will be heard throughout the world and I want to make sure she heard the news directly from me" Akashi ordered his counselor. He could hear them screaming in joy when Akashi finally make his decision and Rakuzan finally be able to breathe a little as everyone always wondered if Akashi Seijuro have any interest to continue the oldest and strict royal lineage Rakuzan always uphold since centuries ago. Most of the council members were afraid if Akashi suddenly leave the throne to someone else outside the royal lineage if he couldn't produce a suitable heir and it might tainted the perfect Rakuzan's family history.

"Leave, now" Akashi interrupted his counselor cry of happiness as he sat back in his throne. All of the counselors run to leave the room and spread the good news to their partner.

"That's nice of you to finally say yes" Akashi saw his childhood friend, as well as someone from the council member, Aomine Daiki, walk to where he was sitting.

"I should thank you for calling me in the middle of the night to informed me about the council member's plan"

"There is no need for thank you, I have a good time knowing you were up all night long to run through background check, rumors and videos of your supposedly future wife" Aomine fixed his glasses as he spoke to Akashi. "Do you find someone that catches your fancy?"

"The veiled princess from the southern land" Akashi said as he nurses the bridge of his nose.

"Interesting choice" Akashi knew Aomine is smirking at his choice "You choose the princess that didn't show her face to the world until her wedding day?"

"I see that you don't have any problem with her small kingdom and the way she has the same background as I do" Akashi said in a very annoyed tone to Aomine.

"Orphan and desired by the world? I also heard the princess from Teiko kingdom have unique characteristic. The late queen has the tendency to adopt children from the street and raised them in the castle. And the queen before her love to attend concert and she has her own orchestra in the castle. I wonder what kind of unique habit this Teiko princess will has?" Aomine said to Akashi

"You can find that out by yourself, can you?"

"I can, but why her?" Aomine wondered as he asked Akashi. Maybe the princess from Teiko is rumored to be very beautiful. But from his opinion when he saw the picture of the late Teiko's queen, she is just the average princess from a small country. What make people thought she is beautiful, because the tradition in Teiko to now show the princess face until she is married. Aomine also heard the reason that happened because Teiko's first king wanted his daughter to have a normal life and only become a princess when she has to face the royalty from neighbor country. "And you never been to Teiko, not even once. I don't see any reason for you to choose her"

"Daiki, shut up" Akashi said sternly. Aomine instantly stopped talking as he looks at the picture of Teiko's princess in his hand. in that picture, the princess use a lovely red colored dress with her red colored veil to cover her face. Aomine remembered that picture was taken last year when Teiko finally introduced her princess oh her twenty-fifth birthday party to the world. It is said to those who met with Teiko's princess were captivated by her ruby colored eyes.

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Meanwhile, in the other part of the world

"Good morning, Kurokocchi~" a very loud and annoying voice wake the teal haired girl awake from her slumber. She opened her eyes to see her brother, a very happy smiling blond haired male, with his new subject of interest that morning, a picture of the red haired King she know very well.

"What is it, Kise-kun?" Kuroko asked her brother, still drowsy from her sleep.

"There is a rumor in TV, that said Rakuzan's charming king will finally announce the one he choose as his future wife!" Kise squealed as loud as possible in Kuroko's room.

"That's great Kise-kun. But I want five more minutes before I have to clean the kitchen"

"NO NO!" Kise pull the blanket away from Kuroko and throw it to the end of the room. "There is a rumor that Rakuzan's king will choose a princess far away from his kingdom. That's why he will make an official statement live on TV"

"That's great Kise-kun' Kuroko said monotonously.

"There is a possibility that Rakuzan King will choose Chihiro-sama!" Kise told Kuroko in a 'duh' tone. "And then, Chihiro-sama will be Rakuzan's queen and she doesn't have to stay in this place!"

"Kise-kun" Kuroko warned him.

"Sorry Kurokocchi, but Momocchi was sick because Chihiro-sama was too busy to buy all of the dresses and have Momocchi to fold those dresses back to the drawer" Kise sounded very annoyed at the memory from the day before. He saw Momoi, his other sister, almost passed out from exhaustion on her way to her own room.

"Kise-kun. you should know we are just a commoner that is lucky enough to live in a castle like this" Kuroko told Kise. Being the oldest amongst her siblings, she always reminds her siblings that they live in that castle because the late queen took all of them to the castle after the tragedy when they were very little.

"When the queen die, Chihiro-sama acted like we are her servant rather than her family. We have to work in the castle or we will be kicked out from this place! Where can we go? We don't have enough education to get any job in the city" Kise started to protest but when he saw Kuroko have this look of agony in her face. He immediately regretted his decision to bring the subject to Kuroko.

From the three of them, Kuroko was the one who suffer the most when the queen die. She was pretty close with the late queen, that she was raised with the same education as Teiko's royal princess. Kise remembered how Kuroko always cry whenever she couldn't dance as well as Chihiro and Kise has to swing her tiny body around to make her smile again. the queen die when they were ten and Chihiro twelve years old. The queen took Kuroko when she was five and one year later, the queen took six years old kise and four years old Momoi to the castle.

* ring ring*

The bells in Kuroko's room finally ring and both of them know it is Chihiro's way to call Kuroko to her room. Kise saw the tired look on Kuroko's face and he bow mockingly before he left the room to continue with his job.

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"Good Morning, Chihiro-sama" Kuroko greeted the red haired beauty that still cuddling her pillow with her long grey colored hair covering part of her face. Her blank gaze make other people thought that she is daydreaming. However, Mayuzumi Chihiro is never the one who day dreamed when she has her duty as the royal princess make her always stay on guard no matter what happened.

"Tamiko-san, I have a request for you"

"What is it, Chihiro-hime?" Kuroko asked. Honestly, she knew how Mayuzumi never like her since the first day she stepped into the castle. But at Kuroko's sixteen birthday, when Mayuzumi has officially crowned as Teiko's royal princess three years after the death of her mother, she made a deal with Mayuzumi to let her siblings get educated like a child of count and countess and her siblings live a fulfilling life like normal teen. In exchange of the three of them stay in the castle and work. Kuroko make sure she get official prove that tell the whole castle that Mayuzumi really let her sibling to stay in the castle, or the two of them will be kicked out of the castle and branded as freeloader in the castle.

"Do you know the rumor that Rakuzan King will announce his choice of wife this afternoon in our time?"

"I have heard about that rumor from my brother" Kuroko answered.

"then, do you also heard about the rumor that he might choose me? Teiko's royal princess?" Mayuzumi asked proudly.

"Not that I know, Chihiro-sama"

"I want to make a deal with you if Rakuzan King really chooses me as his queen" Kuroko refrained from rolling her eyes when she heard Mayuzumi's proud word. Mayuzumi might be desired by lots of prince and Duke because of her beauty, the beauty she got from the late queen and her husband's gorgeous red colored eyes. but Kuroko doubt it that a king from a very distant kingdom will choose a princess from a small country. "I want you to go in my place and make sure the king took back his marriage proposal"

"I have to refuse that request" Kuroko decline. It is a serious crime if the King found out that she scam him. Kuroko will not be able to leave Rakuzan or worse, she will be sentenced to death.

"If you agree to my offer, I will give your siblings money to start their career in the city. I will give them as much money as they needed, forever. Starting from the minute you said yes in this room"

Kuroko didn't hesitate to tell Mayuzumi her answer. Since there is no prove that Rakuzan King will choose Mayuzumi and Kuroko was pretty sure this will be something worth the risk. Finally, her sibling will be able to leave the castle.

"As long as Chihiro-sama let my sibling to leave the castle today and make the official agreement to the royal staff—". "Yes, I will do it! it will be better than getting married to someone from the Northern region. " Mayuzumi looked very disgusted when she said it. Kuroko heard the rumor that noble from Northern Kingdom usually have the tendency to be very strict in their allowance and when the princess marry the king and become a queen, there would be no chance that Mayuzumj Chihiro could live without partying at least once a week.

"Then, I agree to go to Rakuzan Kingdom in Chihiro-sama's place and try to make the king to take back his marriage proposal. If the King of Rakuzan choose you as his wife"

"Great, then if Rakuzan's messenger come to the castle, you will be acting as me and I will live using my other name until that King give up on marrying me!" Mayuzumi said happily as she squealed very loud in her bed. Kuroko just want to laugh at the irony, there is no way Rakuzan King will choose Teiko's veiled princess as his future wife.

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"And, I would like to asked Princess from Teiko Kingdom to be my future Queen. She will have to follow the tradition in Rakuzan after the messenger from my Kingdom arrived in Teiko and read announces the news directly along with my personally written marriage proposal. And according to tradition in Rakuzan, Princess from Teiko must live in my castle in order for us to get to know each other. She will have to live for a month before she decided whether she want to accept my proposal or not" Kuroko, who was dressed as Mayuzumi, heard the news from the messenger that has arrived to Teiko when only five minutes earlier, she saw the official new in the television in the servant's room.

"Thank you" Kuroko said after she saw the messenger has finished reading his announcement. The messenger is very good looking and tall too, with her blue colored hair and tan skin. And he also oozes the aura that clearly said that he is not an ordinary messenger.

"Get ready then, we will be going to Rakuzan tonight" Kuroko heard the messenger said before he left the room where Kuroko was seated on the throne with a blank look on her face. She still find it hard to believe that the King of Rakuzan choose a Princess from small country to be his wife.

"How should I tell my siblings, that I will be going to Rakuzan as Princess from Teiko?" Kuroko mumbled. Both Momoi and Kise will be furious and angry. She saw how happy their faces were when Mayuzumi announced that both of them will be given adequate amount of allowance and was able to leave the castle as per today. Kuroko remembered Momoi's long time dream to open up a flower shop and Kise's dream to start his career as a model and actor but he couldn't do that since he don't want to leave Momoi and Kuroko in the castle all alone. In the middle of her confusion, Mayuzumi entered the room and she has the biggest smirk on her face.

"What is it, Chihiro-sama?' Kuroko asked

"Mayu, my name is Mayu Chitose when you are pretending to be me" Mayuzumi told Kuroko with an evil smirk in her face. "We don't want anyone to find out about this, Chihiro-hime"

"Chihir—Mayu-sama" Kuroko fixed herself before she continue "Please tell my sibling that I will be going to Rakuzan with you to pursue my study"

"Sure sure. Now get ready to go to Rakuzan and meet the infamous King" Mayuzumi 'shoo' Kuroko. but as Kuroko walked passed her, she told Kuroko:

"Don't forget, you have to make Rakuzan King to call off his marriage proposal. Or he will find out that you are not the real Teiko Princess. He is not the type of someone who will forgive you when he found out that he was fooled by a mere servant like you, Tamiko