Hello!

Soooo, this was a really unexpected story that I came to write. I was literally discussing the mere concept of writing it with a friend yesterday at like 5 in the evening and now I have chapter 1 out? I'm such a weirdo.

Anyway, I've seen a lot of these 'KnB reacts to KnB' fanfics and after reading a few myself I became inspired to write my own. This is just because I wanted to write how I picture the them reacting to it, since I don't think I'll be fully satisfied hoping the other fanfics will portray the characters' reactions the way I want them to. So better safe than sorry, I guess? But yeah, there you have it.

So, just to answer some questions you might be wondering to yourself, here is what they will be reacting to:

-Seasons 1,2 and 3

-All the OVAs (including the special episode 'Idiots Can't Win')

-All the fandiscs (Because why not)

-And bloopers at the end of each season (they're honestly so underrated tbh...)

This is just the prologue to set the scene. Hopefully after my lectures tomorrow I can get out the next chapter, but yeah. That's all there is to say. Time to dive on in. So, without further ado...

Please enjoy!

Prologue: Look what I found

It was a cold day in the middle of February. Akashi sighed to himself in satisfaction as he came back into his room fresh from a shower, recovering his strength after practice.

"Practice in the winter can sure be grueling sometimes," he said to no one in particular.

At the moment, Rakuzan, Seirin, Kaijo, Shuutoku, Touou, and Yosen were having a joint training camp. The captains and coaches of each team had been planning it amongst themselves for some time now and decided that it should be an end of the year training camp to commemorate the close of the Winter Cup and the preparation for the upcoming championships in the next school year. Once everything was set in stone, the only thing left to do was book the lodgings and inform the players. Obviously, everyone readily agreed to go, excited to hone their basketball skills and interact with all the other schools coming, but practices sure were hectic.

Today was the first day, and already Kagami and Aomine were arguing on the court over some trivial topic (as usual), Kise felt the need to be extra bubbly and enthusiastic which somehow managed to piss everyone off, Cancers were ranked last in Oha Asa which meant that Midorima held onto his lucky item at all times (that lucky item ended up being a bunny ear headband and everyone who played against him complained that they couldn't take him seriously), Murasakibara was always bugging the other teams asking if they had snacks or not, and Kuroko just barely made it off the court when they finished before stating that the Lord was calling him and then promptly passing out on the floor. Perhaps it was all the time they spent apart in high school that dulled Akashi's tolerance to their antics, but he hoped the other teams would be okay since they hadn't dealt with them together as long as Akashi had. Well, he could only hope for the best. After all, it was rare when so many people could get together like this.

Just as he was pulling himself out of his thoughts, Mibuchi came through the shōji, sliding it shut on his way in before giving a friendly smile over to his kouhai.

"Ara, Sei-chan. Have you finished in the shower?"

"Yes, I have," Akashi replied. "I was hoping that we could go over the training menu for tomorrow if you had time."

"It's no problem at all," Mibuchi said to the redhead. "Dinner's not going to be for a little bit, anyway. Let's take a look at it."

Just as they were sitting down, there was a sudden knock at the door. Akashi and Mibuchi both exchanged looks and then proceeded to eye the wooden framed door.

"Hm? I wonder who that could be," Akashi mumbled. He stood up from where he was sitting next to the table and walked over to the shōji.

"Yes?" he said, sliding it open. "May I help…"

He trailed off when he looked around and saw nobody. Mibuchi went back to looking at the notes but frowned when he heard Akashi trail off.

"Who is it, Sei-chan?"

"I couldn't tell you if I wanted to, Mibuchi," Akashi said, still standing near the sliding door. "There's no one here."

"Eh?"

Mibuchi turned around, spotting the Rakuzan captain still standing near the door with a perplexed expression on his face.

"No one's there?" Mibuchi echoed. "But I was sure I heard a knock on the door…"

"So did I," Akashi concurred. "But there isn't a single person in sight."

That couldn't be possible, could it? Akashi looked around once more to be sure his mind wasn't playing tricks on him. No one to his left, and no one to his right. He frowned.

Maybe it was a prank?

He took one step outside, to try and scope the area around their room better, but in that process, he stepped on something. Instinctively retracting his foot in surprise, the redhead backed up slightly before looking down on the floor to see what he stepped on. There, sitting on the floor, was none other than a DVD case. His eyebrows furrowed, and he bent down to pick it up off the floor.

"When did this get here?" he murmured.

"When did what get there?" Mibuchi stood up himself, sauntering over to Akashi before peering over his shoulder and spotting the DVD case in his hand. "What's that, Sei-chan?"

"It appears to have been dropped outside our door," Akashi said in reflection. "However, when I entered the room, there was nothing by the door. Was this here when you came in, Mibuchi?"

"I don't think so," the Shooting Guard responded. "If it was, I think I would have seen it."

"What even is this DVD anyway? A movie perhaps?"

"Wait, it has a title on the front cover."

The second-year squinted as his eyes skimmed the kanji on the plastic casing. "Kuroko no Basket…?" he read off the case. "What kind of a strange title is that?"

"Kuroko no Basket?" Akashi repeated. "…Kuroko?" He immediately flipped the cover over to see if there was anything on the back. Lo and behold, there was some text there and Akashi exchanged one more look with his vice-captain before clearing his throat and reading the text aloud.

"Kuroko no Basket is an anime that centers around the Seirin High School basketball team. With Kuroko Tetsuya and Kagami Taiga as its core players, they face the Generation of Miracles as their opponents in their Interhigh and Winter Cup with their goal being to become the number one team in Japan…" He blinked. "Huh?"

This had to be some type of joke. There was no way that there was an anime about Kuroko, or Kagami, or anyone present in this training camp for that matter. He cracked open the DVD case and the two Rakuzan starters were shocked to find that there were CDs in there. Three of them to be precise, each of them labeled 'Season 1', 'Season 2', and 'Season 3' with a little note inside that said 'Watch these!'. They were now beyond confused.

"How can this be?" Mibuchi said, still struggling to figure out what was going on. "These can't be real CDs, right?"

"Well," said Akashi. "I suppose there's only one way to find out."

…

"Why are we having a group meeting?"

After dinner was over, every single member of the training camp had suddenly been summoned to the common area in front of the TV. All the teams from all the schools were looking at Akashi, who was standing over them with an impassive look on his face. Everyone, of course, was questioning the summoning, but only Aomine decided to voice his complaints out loud. Akashi turned to the blue-haired teenager, holding up the DVD case.

"I'm glad you asked, Aomine," he said. "I found this DVD case outside our room, a few minutes ago."

"A DVD case?" Kagami asked, tilting his head to the side. Akashi nodded.

"Precisely," he said. "So, I thought it would be a good idea to watch it with everyone."

There was a long silence in the room as everybody stared at each other. Slowly, amidst all the silence a hand went up in the air.

"Ano…"

The whole of Seirin jolted out of their seats and stared at the occupied space in the chair where a certain teal-haired phantom was sitting. Akashi rolled his eyes at their reaction. "Yes, Kuroko?"

"If I may ask," he began. "What's in the DVD case?"

"Yeah," Kise chirped from one of the couches. "It would be nice to know what we're watching-ssu!"

"Very well, I'll tell you," said Akashi. "The DVDs in here are from an anime series."

Everyone stared in confusion at the redheaded captain until a flurry of whispers from the various teams began to be heard from around the room.

"Oi Kuroko. Why does your former captain want to watch anime?"

"I'm not sure, Hyuuga-senpai. I'm just as confused as everyone else."

"Shin-chan, what the hell is this situation? Is Akashi feeling okay?"

"Be quiet Takao, before he hears you, nanodayo."

"Kise… What's the deal with your old captain over there?"

"I don't know, Moriyama-senpai! I still don't know what's going on-ssu."

"We're watching an anime series? Sounds pretty stupid to me."

"Shush, Dai-chan! Don't bad-mouth Akashi-kun's idea!"

"An anime series~? Is it about sweets?"

"Not everything is about sweets, Atsushi, but I would like to know what the series is about."

"Hey, hey, Akashi," Hayama called, tapping his captain on the arm. "What's the series called?"

"Ah, of course, the series name." The whole room watched as Akashi stared straight at the large crowd with a small grin on his face. "It's called 'Kuroko no Basket'."

Dozens of confused faces turned to greet him, completely dumbfounded by what he just said, and another uncomfortable silence fell upon the room. It was only when they finally registered what he said that they decided to react.

"What?!" they all screamed in unison. Akashi looked completely unfazed and simply nodded before folding his arms.

"I figured you would all be surprised," he said.

"Of course we are!" Kagami exclaimed. "Kuroko no Basket? Why is it an anime about Kuroko? Who even made this?"

"I'm not quite sure myself," Akashi answered. "Like I said, it randomly appeared outside my door. It says it's an anime following Seirin High School and their journey to becoming the number one basketball team in Japan. And since it came with a note that told us to watch it, I figured everyone might want to see this."

"Eh? An anime about our team?" Furihata said in bewilderment. "Why us?"

"Seriously, who made this?" Hyuuga muttered. The black-haired Point Guard of Seirin, Izuki Shun, shrugged at his question.

"Beats me," he said. "But if it's about us then it would be interesting to watch. After all, this anime was animade for this situation. That's it!"

"Izuki shut up."

"An anime about our team, huh?" Kiyoshi said in awe. "I wonder what they'll show us."

"I think that it'll show most of the anime from our point of view!" Koganei supplied. "What do you think Mitobe?" The Centre of Seirin, Mitobe Rinnosuke, remained silent but blinked once and gave a small smile. Koganei nodded in understanding.

"Yeah, I think it'll start from the beginning too!"

"It's been almost a year and I still don't know how Koganei-senpai is able to tell what he's thinking," Kawahara said in amazement.

"Same here," Fukuda said. "It's still a mystery to me." Tsuchida laughed as he patted the two on the back.

"Don't worry," he said to them. "You'll get used to it."

"In any case," said Kuroko. "I think maybe it might be good to show this anime if it's about us. As it stands, I think every school with a Miracle on their team seems to be confused on the big picture of how everything adds up."

The rest of the members of their respective teams nodded. It was true. Since most of them only saw Seirin High School on the court, they had no idea what went on when they were off the court, which included various encounters with Miracles and other key moments that would fill in missing information for them. Maybe watching this so-called anime wouldn't be so bad after all.

"You do bring up a fair point, Kuroko," Akashi said. "If you think that this is the most logical course of action, then it would be best for everyone to watch this together. Call it a team bonding exercise if you may." He looked around at all the teams. "Are there any objections?"

When nobody's hand went up, Akashi smiled.

"No objections?" he said. "Good. Then let's get started. Pay attention, everyone."

With that, he put the DVD for Season 1 into the DVD player under the TV and, with one last grin towards the rest of them, pressed play.

And that's all folks! I hope this prologue was interesting for you and I hope it makes you want to stay tuned. Anyway it's almost 3 a.m. and I have to wake up at nine so I'm going to bed now. Next up: Episode 1- I am Kuroko!

Read and review please!