Chapter 8:

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"We are ghouls, the Binge Eaters of Japan."

Well, shock was one way to describe it. Seirin members had their mouths agape and eyes bulging, some even choked on tea and fell back, scrambling as far as they possibly can from the GOM (and Momoi).

The Binge Eaters of Japan were famous, both humans and ghouls know of them. Deaths were off the charts, and he CCG were hell bent on exterminating them. They were dangerous, monstrous, and they happen to be Seirin's friends. And enemies in basketball.

Most of the Seirin group thought about it. Were they even considered their friends? What about Kuroko? He seems way too innocent (well, kind of) to kill someone, let alone be a wanted ghoul. How did they blend in so easily? 26 people are ghouls at their own school that they attended, some could have been close classmates.

"Minna-san, please don't take it so seriously," Kuroko said, raising his hands in defense, "We won't eat you."

"Maybe~ No promises~" Murasakibara added while eating his sweets.

"H-how are you guys ghouls, when you drink tea and eat sweets like how a normal human would?" Koganei stuttered, pointing at all of the delicious, mouth-watering snacks on the table in front.

This time Momoi piped up, "Oh~ You thought we were drinking tea?" She grinned and showed Seirin her cup, "It's coffee, baka."

"IT WAS COFFEE THE ENTIRE TIME?!"

Kuroko took a sip of his coffee, "Didn't you realize that we didn't touch the food on the table?"

Seirin went silent, speechless.

Kuroko broke the silence with a sigh and turned his attention away from Seirin and towards Akashi, "Akashi-kun, what are the chances us finding Kagami-kun?"

"What does Kagami have to do with this?" Riko asked, snapping out of it, "We haven't seen him at practice... He should be home."

Momoi gasped, "How have you not heard the news?!"

"Not everyone gathers info like you Satsuki..." Aomine mumbled lazily, drinking the coffee in his hand.

She merely ignored him as she continued, "Kagami Taiga was reported missing in the news this morning! Before school even started!"

Gasps were heard from the whole group, which somehow included a clueless Aomine.

"Heh? Bakagami went missing? Why didn't you tell me about this Satsuki?" Aomine complained.

"I did! You ignored me!"

Flashback

Momoi burst into Aomine's room in rush as she catch her breath,"Dai-chan! This is BIG newssss!" She cried out to her childhood friend who was still sleeping.

"Mouuu, Ahomine! Wake up!"

"Shut up Satsuki."

"Kagami-kun is missing!"

"ZZZZZ..."

"He disappeared and even the police can't find him!"

"ZZZZZZZZZZ..."

"He- OI! Are you even listening?!"

"ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ..."

"AHOMINE!"

Flashback end

"I don't remember anything like that happening." Aomine scratched his head with a bored look in his eyes.

"Because you were sleeping AHO!" Momoi fumed while everyone mentally slapped their foreheads.

"Silence."

The argument ended and the tense atmosphere returned once more. Akashi straightened and looked at Seirin with calculating eyes which spiked an ounce of fear from the human occupants of the room, "We came here to discuss about the matters at hand. I merely thought it might involve you, since my instinct told me something was going to happen, due to the news this morning. Police DO NOT just go to a school to question just because of a missing boy." He paused for a second, taking in the reactions, "Now... Do you all have any ideas on the whereabouts of Kagami Taiga?"

The cell was cold and eerie as before, this time with a figure huddled on the bed at the corner of the room. Deep breaths could be heard, Kagami just didn't know what to do. He pressed himself against the wall, trying to make himself as small as possible. That was nearly impossible, mainly because of his towering height and size.

The whole room, if it could be called one, stank with an unbearable stench, one mixed with sweat and rotting flesh. The intensity grew day by day, or what he thought was a day. He grew tired and sometimes he would just doze off and even sleep entirely at night, or what he thought was night.

He didn't know anymore, there was no clock and he couldn't bear looking around if it meant he was going to look at the body on the stone tiled floor. He was utterly... Confused. Lost.

Hungry.

He swore and hugged his torso as it growled. He buried his head in hands and squeezing his eyes shut.

"I need help, and I need it now." He muttered under his breath. Just then, what seemed to be a door, slide open and a stream of light flooded into the room, only to have it block by two people, one dressed as a doctor of some sorts and the other dressed in a simple white hospital gown, just like himself. The doctor pushed the person in the room. Kagami realized that he was going to have some company, and probably permanent.

A person. A girl.

Not that he had any problems with girls, it was just that, after the incident with Natsuki, he never thought he would look at a girl the same way ever again.

Damn, gender discrimination to the fullest. Not my fault girls are just so cute... With the hair... And the eyes... DAMMIT, STOP.

However, even though the girl, who is now standing near the bed, was pretty sexy in Kagami's eyes, she had a slight crazed look in her eyes that spelled out insanity. He could see her features slightly, which consisted of short hair, though he didn't know what colour due to the light from the doorway. Soon, the door shut once more and the room darkened once more.

"Hello." The girl stared at Kagami, her hair bouncing slightly as she tilted her head towards the side, furrowing her eyebrows, "You're not going to eat that?" She pointed towards the corpse on the ground, "It'll rot if you don't eat it soon."

"What?"

"Don't you get what I said?" She looked at him questioningly, "You can't possibly be human-"

"Of course I am!" Kagami snapped at his new roommate, "I was human when I was born, and I am human now!" He was confused and angry, mostly confused. The girl's arrival brought more questions to his head than answers. He glared at the now unwanted newcomer in his prison. He wanted to be rescued, not coped up with someone else, 'She hardly have any breast- NO Don't you dare think about that! Stupid brain.' Nobody spoke, silence enveloped them, until one statement broke it.

"I can smell it. I can smell you."

Now, the conversation just became more awkward.

Kagami gave her the most confused and disgusted look he could muster up. He felt so stupid and embarrassed, mainly because not many girls say these kind of things. Not that he didn't say this once before to Kuroko... What was it again? 'You don't smell'? 'You don't have a smell?`It's been so long, he couldn't remember.

"Ok, wait. Hold up," Kagami looked into her eyes, even then he couldn't tell the colour of them, "What is your name? Mine's Kagami, Kagami Taiga."

"Hmp.. You shouldn't go throwing around your name like that." She narrowed her eyes.

"Why?"

"Just don't." She turned towards the door, then looked around.

"The name?" Kagami started to get really annoyed. She didn't answer his questions and acting weirdly, never have he met such a weird person, or girl, since Kuroko is in his weird people list.

She turned back smirking,

"The name is Yume." She stated, "An alias, because I'm not as stupid as you."

I should really stop on monthly updates. I'm really sorry. There is a week-long holiday coming soon and I'll try my best to update then. Stay tuned my wonderful readers. Please review and tell me what you guys think!