"What the hell is he doing here?!" Aomine shouted as he jumped up in his seat, pounding the table as he angrily pointed at Haizaki. The former Teiko player simply smirked at the ganguro's reaction. Most of Seirin were glancing nervously between the GoM and Haizaki as the atmosphere grew tense. Takao was concerned for his partner since he never seen Midorima act in such a manner. Kagami could understand why the Miracles were being so tense about Haizaki's appearance and wondered why Kuroko was even associated with this guy; then again, after knowing more about his shadow's sadistic side he wouldn't be surprise that he was acquainted with the delinquent.

"Tetsuya said that you guys were dying to meet me." Haizaki taunted. He chuckled slightly at the glares his former teammates gave him.

"Ugah!" Haizaki suddenly yelled out in pain, which made the others realized that Kuroko had gotten up from his seat to jab Haizaki in the side.

"I did not say so, Haizaki-kun. I simply did not need them constantly questioning about who was our inside informant." Kuroko stated as he dug his hand painfully into Haizaki, causing him to flinch slightly in discomfort. "I also told you not to aggravate anyone when you arrive, Haizaki-kun."

"Ugh, can you blame me." Haizaki whined slightly, making the Miracles and Momoi to look at the delinquent in confusion as they have never seen Haizaki act so…Kise-like, "You know I'm still irritated about losing to that idiot and to make matters worse Daiki socked me when I was waiting for Ryouta to come out to have a little 'chat'." Ah, that was the Haizaki that all knew and despised.

"You are staying here upon your parent's request while they are out on a mission; however, I will have you stay somewhere else if you cause too much trouble." Kuroko stated, causing Akashi to cock an eyebrow in confusion while Kise and Aomine were stuttering in confusion, "Akashi-kun and the others will be staying here as well, Haizaki-kun, until this matter is resolved."

"Wait, why does he have to stay here, Tetsu?"

"My parents are well acquainted with Haizaki's so often when they have to go out on missions far from Japan Haizaki-kun stays over. Haizaki-kun is also the only person who has been able to prepare a meal I'm in the mood for without me having to request it before time."

"And speaking of meal," Haizaki slowly stated as he looked a Kuroko's plate, "since you're having sushi and rice ball you were probably thinking of having something that slightly showcase your wealth without going overboard like having fancy tuna or lobster." Haizaki chuckled slightly as glanced slightly to the side and what could be mistaken as momentary embarrassment, "You like the show off a little too much sometimes Tetsuya. Isn't that what you had when those idiots came over for lunch for the first time?"

Kuroko sighed, "As expected from Haizaki-kun, always capable of connecting my meal to my mood."

"Even if you adapted an emotionless mask you're not that hard to read if someone takes the time." Haizaki stated as he nudged Kuroko playfully.

"Anyway, what's in the briefcase Akashi?" Haizaki stated as he directed his attention to the red-head, "The Prodigals don't trust me enough since they know that I'm a part of the organization, but they have the vague belief that I've gone rogue."

"What do you mean by that?" Akashi questioned.

"You know I don't exactly like authority figures, and all the rules the organization has gets on my nerve." Haizaki complained as he shoved a hand in his pocket, "In technicality, I have gone rogue because I do not report directly to the organization or follow all their silly, idiotic rules. Tetsuya here made an agreement with the organization stating that I would be his freelance agent, allowing me to complete missions as I see fit without the trouble of the organization goons coming to rough me up."

"It's only a verbal agreement." Kuroko added, "There is no contract or legal documents that prevents the organization from targeting Haizaki-kun nor is there any that states that Haizaki-kun is to be my freelance agent."

"Your family have built up a strong influence in the organization in the past few generation; and I might be an asshole, but I'm not psychotic enough to incur your wrath."

"Anyway, aside from Haizaki-kun's status, I do believe the main reason we are here about the information in the briefcase." Akashi nodded.

"Yes, Momoi-san and I were able to decipher the information inside and learned that the Prodigals know a decent amount of information on Ryouta, Daiki, Shintarou, Momoi-san, and Atsushi," The mentioned miracles stiffed slightly, "but they did not acquire a lot of information on me or Tetsuya, which also adds into the reason why we are considered their priority one and two, Tetsuya more so than me."

"That would mean that Seirin and Rakuzan are under the possible threat of any attack from them. I wouldn't' be surprised if they are attempting to extract additional information from our current teams for blackmail material and/or use them as hostages."

"Wait a minute," Kagami interrupted, "does that mean our lives are in danger?" Kuroko nodded.

"Unfortunatly, yes; however, you are all welcome to stay here for your protection. There is enough space here to accommodate each of our school's team. Though, agreement with your parents is necessary; I do not want to cause them to panic, or in Riko-san's case, overreact violently if their child doesn't come home. There's a basketball court here so there is no fear of missing basketball practices simply because of this incident." Kuroko then looked to Takao, "You are welcome to stay also Takao-kun. I'm certain Midorima-kun would appreciate ensuring your safety even if he pretends he doesn't."

Midorima scoffed as he readjusted his glasses, "It would be quite annoying even if was the only one left to suffer through our new upcoming players and it would make it much more difficult if our Hawk-eyed players was unavailable to keep track of you during our matches."

"Aw," Takao stated as he playfully nudged at Midorima, "Shin-chan really cares about me."

"I do not." The tsundere quickly denied.

"Wow," Haizaki chuckled as he looked at the scene, "I didn't think there was someone capable of putting up with him."

"Haizaki-kun, should I call Njiimura-senpai here so he can share his opinion on the difficulty of handling you too. He's currently in Japan from what I discovered." The delinquent paled slightly when he remembered the former Teiko captain and the torture that he had to be put through.

"No thanks." He quickly stated.

"Is Nijimura-san also a member of the organization?" Akashi questioned at the revelation of Teiko's former captain.

Kuroko shook his head, "No, rather I had informed him that the reasons why Haizaki-kun had to skip some of the practices were because of missions assigned by the organization during the time that he directly took orders from the higher-ups."

"Tetsuya decided to pull another one of his sadistic stunt and refrained from telling that demon of a captain until he nearly beaten me to an inch of my life." Haizaki grunted, shivering slightly as he recalled the memory.

"You served as a useful reminders to the other players to not skip practice."

"I never agreed to be some damn martyr." The delinquent shouted, glaring daggers at Kise and Aomine who were currently snickering at his misfortunes.

"By Master Kuroko's request I shall give you all a tour of the manor." Takashi stated to Seirin and Takao as he bowed.

After the group had eaten lunch and adjusted to having Haizaki, though several of the Miracles were still against the idea of the delinquent staying, Kuroko had requested Takashi to give a tour to his current teammates and Takao while he conduct business with the captive. To many people's surprise, he had Kise tag along with him to the torture/interrogation room. The other Miracles and Haizaki had dispersed to different areas of the manor. Aomine had stated he was heading to the manor's gym. Murasakibara was heading to the kitchen to see if Chef Wakiya would prepare some sweets for him. Midorima and Akashi both had decided to head to the library. Haizaki had simply left without stating where he was going, but Takashi stated that he was most likely going to tend to the animals in the pet facility, though that made Seirin question how many animals Kuroko adopted for there to be a building just for the animals.

Takashi had started the tour at the entrance. He explained that the Kuroko estate consisted of a two-story manor with an attic and basement alongside three different building: an animal shelter, the gym, and a specialized training facility.

"The first floor consist of the living room, dining room, kitchen, servants' quarters, laundry room, ball room that is often used for larger parties, a couple of quest bathrooms, and a library. The library reaches up to the second floor thus entrance can be granted from with floors." Takashi stated as the group followed him. Many stared in awe at several of the luxuries that decorated the house and were surprised that Kuroko came from such a rich family. Riko, Hyuuga, and several others made mental notes on the location of the rooms they passed as Takashi led them to their first main destination.

"This here is the kitchen." The butler stated as he opened the door. What the group saw left many speechless.

The kitchen was designed similar to those in a four to five star restaurant. Many of the cooks had already left to enjoy their free time before dinner. A few were left behind to clean the dishes from lunch. Amongst the servants were two chefs. One appeared to be aiding the cooks in cleaning up the kitchen while the other was in the far back preparing a large amount of sweets and other deserts for Murasakibara. Said Miracles was currently sitting at one of the cooking stations stuffing himself with a large serving of Mont Blanc, as Takashi had stated the dessert was.

"Good afternoon Chef Rin, Chef Wakiya, sorry for intruding." Takashi apologized as he gained attention of the two chefs. Murasakibara was too busy eating to pay attention to the newcomers but they knew that he was aware of their presence.

"Ah, Takashi-san, good afternoon," the chef who the group figured was Chef Rin stated as she turned to face the group, "and you don't have to apologize we were just cleaning up." Rin gave a tired sigh as she went to undo the tight bon in her hair, "Though I've forgotten how much sweets Murasakibara-san could eat. I think it's a lot more than the last time he visited."

"Oh no, I think the lunch was able to quell his appetite a little." Wakiya stated as he gave small chuckles, placing a large pie in front of the purple giant before returning to his cooking station, "He was able to wait for me to fix the deserts without any whining."

"Kiya-chin always make the best sweets." Murasakibara lazily stated as he finished off the Mont Blanc and began to stuff himself with the pie.

Wakiya gave a nervous chuckles as he rubbed the back of his head, "Master Kuroko also agreed. I might take his offer and helping me establish my own bakery, but I do enjoy working here alongside everyone so I haven't come to a decision yet."

"Well, I best get back to showing our guests around the house." Takashi stated as he led the group out of the kitchen, but not before they received various goodbyes from the chefs and cooks.

"Um, what does that door lead to?" Kagami questioned. Takashi was currently leading the group toward the library when Seirin's ace realized that the butler paid little attention to the door they were passing.

"Ah, that leads to the basement. It's where the interrogations rooms are, but there are also several other rooms down there. I'll give a tour of the basement after Master Kuroko and Kise-san are done." Takashi explained.

"You can give the tour now if you want Takashi-san." A voice suddenly stated, causing all but the butler and Takao to jump up in surprise and turn to see Kuroko standing in front of the door.

"Kuroko, say something next time." Kagami shouted. Takao chuckled slightly.

"He did, but you guys were so focus on Takashi-san that you didn't notice the door opening or Kuroko trying to get your attention." The butler looked at the hawk-eyed player in surprise.

"My, I have never met a person who could notice Master Kuroko so easily. Even I have to be trained to notice him as quickly as I can."

"Well, that's one of the advantage of having a hawk-eye. He occasionally disappears but I can keep an eye on him the best." Takao stated proudly.

"Anyway, you guys can come tour to basement. I'm having Kise-kun interrogate the suspect; I'm trying to see if Kise-kun lost any of his touch in terms of interrogation. You can come watch but please do not distract him. He works best when he thinks it's only him and the suspect." Kuroko stated before entering the basement once more. After a bit of discussing about themselves and voting, the group agreed to tour the basement. Takashi followed, stating that if anything was to occur that would harm the guests' mental state he would drag them out immediately.

"The basement consist of a shooting gallery, a game room, a night bar-"

"Wait, this house has a bar?" Hyuuga shouted as he looked at his teal kouhai. Kuroko nodded.

"Hai, but it's only used for parties that my parents hosts."

"Have you…ever had any?" Kagami questioned, earning a hit from Riko.

"Of course not, he's too young and too smart to drink. Right, Kuroko?" The group turned to face the teal head, hoping for an agreement.

"Actually, Riko-san, I had a little."

"What?!"

"When Aomine-kun and Kise-kun discovered my family had a bar in the manor, they kind of forced all of us to drink one bottle. Akashi-kun and I consistently refused, but since Kise-kun wouldn't stop whining so we compromised on drinking only half. I've been told that we both had a low-tolerance since we were knocked out a few moments. I don't recall anything that I did, but Akashi-kun has threatened the others to not say anything about what the event and, for some reason, I have been banned by the organization from touching any alcoholic drinks even if I reaches the required age unless someone capable of 'keeping me under control' is nearby." Kuroko explained. Everyone sweat dropped at the statement and looked to Takashi for any confirmation at Kuroko's claim and noticed the reminiscing expression on the butler's face, almost as if he was recalling a nightmare.

"It was for the safety of everyone in Japan that such conditions were created." Takashi explained. Seirin and Takao blinked in confusion and mild horror at the comment, wondering how berserk a drunk Kuroko could be to put the entire people of Japan in jeopardy. Kuroko coughed slightly to get their attention.

"Anyway, we also got a theatre and two interrogation rooms are in the far back down the stairs. A small viewing room overlooks each interrogation room so there would be no distractions. Each room has a soundproof feature installed so that no noise escapes from the interrogation room when in use and for any late night activates." Kuroko began walking down the corridor before stopping to glance back at the group once more, "I'm going back to oversee Kise-kun's interrogation. You may stay for a few moments before you continue your tour if you like." The group quickly followed. After hearing the horror of Kuroko's interrogating methods, how bad could Kise's be?

"Somebody help me!"

"My, my, I tried to be nice-ssu."

Now they understood why Midorima had stated that Kise had picked up a few things from Kuroko.

The unfortunate victim was tied to what appeared to be an electric chair while a smiling Kise was circling around him, waving a remote around tauntingly.

"I tried to give you better options, even willing to convince Kurokocchi to let you go after you tell me everything you know about the Prodigals or whoever hired you. You can still get out of this mostly unscathed if you just tell me what I want to know?" The blonde then squatted in front of the man, "Now let's try this again and be honest, what do you know about your employer?"

"I can't, if they find out-" the captive bit his lip to avoid saying anything else, which Kise quickly took note on.

"Or else what would happen?" Kise gave a warming smile, but the captive refused to make eye contact with him. Kise sighed. He stood up and took a few steps back and pushed the button. The room lit up blue for a few seconds as the man screamed from having several volts run through his body before Kise turned it off once more.

"Look, I'm trying to be nice here. If Kurokocchi or Akashicchi were the ones doing to interrogation you rather be executed, now tell what 'they' would do if 'they' found out about you ratting 'them' out." The man was stuttering and mumbling something under his breath while his eyes looked everywhere but Kise, "Would it happen to involve your reputation, business, family." At the last word the man flinched slightly and had stopped muttering, but still refused to look at Kise. The blonde took that as a sign that he was right and looked in the direction of the overseeing room, "Hey Kurokocchi, come on down, I think it'll be better if you talk to him, but just coax the information out no crazy business okay."

Kuroko sighed at Kise's manner, before turning toward the group, "It seems I have been called. Don't worry, I don't like separating families if it can be avoided so this man's sanity will remain intact. You guys have a tour to get back to anyway." Kuroko stated as he left to go down into the interrogation room.

"Well then, let's precede." Takashi stated as he began walking back to the main floor.

"Judging by your looks I believe you've been to the basement." Akashi stated as he moved a shogi piece before sitting back, "Checkmate. That makes 7 wins for me Shintarou." Midorima gritted his teeth at facing another lost at the hands of his former captain.

Takashi had led them into the library and the group questioned how Kuroko's family was able to obtain so many books. There were several bookcases that lined the walls of the room with movable ladders to reach the high sections. Many bookcases circled around the sitting area where a few chairs and beanbags were placed alongside a coffee table and a few other tables for board games. That's where they found the two miracles playing shogi, though it looked like only Akashi was winning.

"I can see why you said that Kise picked up a few things from Kuroko." Kiyoshi stated with a small laugh.

"Since you guys aren't completely terrified of the blonde that means he was mostly doing his 'Good Cop' mode." Midorima stated as he adjusted his glasses before resetting the board.

"Wait, there's a worse version." Koganei stated in surprise.

"He has done things five times worse than what you have seen. Tetsuya, on the other hand, has refused to show his most tortuous methods to avoid bringing psychological harm to his fellow agents." Akashi stated.

"What was the worse one you've seen?" Fukuda asked. Both Miracles had stiffened slightly at the mention, though it was harder to moment of weakness from Akashi, as they remembered the event.

"It's best advised that you never find out; that is classified information." Akashi stated

"Was it from the time you guys drunk beer for the first time?" This time only Midorima flinched, but Akashi started growing a dark aura that made everyone look weary.

"It's best that we never speak of that either, but yes it does involve that event." Seirin and Takao quickly nodded and wondered how bad were those two to make Akashi never speak of the event and have Kuroko banned from alcoholic beverages.

"Well I believe it is best that we continue to rest of our tour." Takashi stated as he lead the group upstairs to the second floor.

The tour of the second floor went faster. Unlike the first floor and the basement, the second floor mostly consisted of the Kuroko family' sleeping quarters alongside several other guest rooms, a computer room, and a few meeting rooms. The group didn't dwell too long on the second floor, and Takashi stated that they would be getting there room assignments later tonight.

Takashi had led them outdoors to the large backyard, which was decorated with a large garden filled with numerous flowers and a hedge-made maze. Three fairly large buildings also accommodated the backyard. Two were placed on each side of the large open space, which made them questioned why they failed to notice them when they first arrived. The third one was slightly larger than the other two and sat in the far back.

Takashi pointed to the left building, "The one to the right is where Master Kuroko keeps all his animals, though I advise against petting a few of them if you want to keep your limbs intact." He then pointed to the right building, "The one to the left is the gym. It consist of a basketball court, an indoor and outdoor pool, and a fitness room." Lastly, he pointed to the one in the back, "And that building is the training simulator. That's where Master Kuroko and his friends train their abilities to be better prepare for missions. Only agents of the organization and selected servants are allowed to use that building."

"We'll start with the animal building and afterwards we'll end our tour at the gym."

"What about the training one?" Furihata asked.

"Master Kuroko will show how the training building operates at a later time." Takashi then opened the door to what would best be described as a zoo rather than some animal shelter.

They could see several different animals placed in their own personal habitat in a clear glass room and in the middle was best described as a jungle with a make-shift river flowing through it. Caws, growls, and other animal noises filled the room.

"What the hell is with this place?" Hyuuga stated as the group looked in surprise at how many animals Kuroko kept. At this point they should just expect anything from their Phantom.

"It's complete pandemonium in here." Izuki stated, earning a hit from Seirin's captain.

"Oi, who the asshole that just scared off Timothy." The group noticed Haizaki coming out from the jungle with a scowl on his face, "Oh, it's you guys."

"Sorry for intruding Haizaki-san." Takashi apologized. Haizaki simply snorted in response.

"Um, who's Timothy?" Riko asked. Before Haizaki could answer, something crawled out of the trees and quickly climbed up to Haizaki's shoulder, beady eyes staring at the group nervously.

"This is Timothy, a Slow Loris." Haizaki stated as he pet the small creature.

"Aw, it's so cute." Riko stated as she walked up to pet the creature, but Haizaki held a hand out to stop her as Timothy hid behind him further.

"I advise against petting Timothy, or many of the other animals Tetsuya got in this place." Haizaki stated, then began to explain further, "A Slow Loris is actually quite dangerous if frightened because their bites are poisonous. One bite left untreated could possible kill a man." The group looked surprised at how deadly the small mammal could be, and wondered why Kuroko kept it in the first place, "Then you have the obvious animals not to touch: alligators, lions, tigers, bears-"

"Oh my." Izuki received another hit. Hyuuga was probably going to have to restrain the Eagle-eye player any time they come to this building again.

"Anyway, Tetsuya kept the more deadly, aggressive animals in different rooms while most of the birds and other non-dangerous animals roam around in their own little habitat. This is only the rain forest room. There's also a desert, an artic, and an aquarium room."

"Has this always been this big?" Haizaki shook his head and sighed slightly.

"It used to just be jungle and the aquarium, but the Kuroko family added and redesigned the building when they acquired new animals. Some of these animals were actual brought back on Tetsuya's dad's request. I guess Tetsuya received his love for animals from him. Tetsuya like the cute ones and his dad like the fierce and deadly ones."

"So which one's Kuroko's favorite?" Kagami asked.

"I've forgotten who his new favorite was. His late one, Bogo the elephant, was sent back to the wild once he was strong enough to live on his own." He shrugged, "You'll just have to ask him yourself when you get the chance." He then looked to the Slow Loris, "Let's go Timothy, you can go back to sleep now." He then disappeared behind the trees.

"Alright, time to head to the gym." Takashi stated as he led the group out of the animal building and toward the gym.

"Took you log enough, I was getting bored." Was the first thing Aomine stated as the group entered the basketball portion of the gym before the ganguro threw a basketball at Kagami, "A quick one-on-one, what you say Bakagami."

"Oh, it's on Ahomine." Kagami stated.

"Who you calling an Aho, Bakagami."

"You, Ahomine, and stop calling me Bakagami."

"Stop calling me Ahomine, Bakagami."

"Why you?!"

"They are quite similar." Takashi commented.

"You have no idea." Seirin stated with a sigh at the two aces' actions.

"Well, you guys are welcome to further explore the grounds and the manor until Master Kuroko and Kise-san finish the interrogation." Takashi stated as he bowed before leaving the ground to attend to other matters.

"We were so wrong when we thought we got the normal one out of the Generation of Miracles." Hyuuga stated, "Kuroko is by far the strangest of the Miracles."

"Agreed." Even Takao agreed.