Title: A Day in the Life of Miracles

By: revenanttrickster

Disclaimer: Kuroko no Basket is owned by Fujimaki Tadatoshi

Summary: There's a rumor in Teikou that there's a ghost singing in the music room. The Generation of Miracles tries to found out if it was true. Was it really a ghost? Or perhaps someone else?

Setting: Second Year (Kise is already a regular)

Pairing: None

Day 1: The Singing Phantom

Aomine Daiki, the ace and power forward of Teikou basketball club, drowsily watched the continuous falling rain outside and its droplets slipping slowly on the window pane with his right cheek pressing against the table. The regulars (commonly known as the Generation of Miracles) were in the library for a study session since their practice was cancelled.

"Aominecchi don't sleep," Kise Ryouta, the small forward, said as he shook Aomine's shoulders. He was currently sitting beside the blue head.

"I wasn't sleeping," Aomine mumbled.

"Yes, you were," Kise insisted.

Midorima Shintarou, the vice-captain and shooting guard who was sitting across from Aomine, pushed his glasses farther up to the bridge of his nose. "Just who do you think is the reason why we're here?"

Aomine ignored his green haired teammate and burrowed his face in his arms that were now resting on the table.

"You're wasting your time Midorin," Momoi Satsuki, the manager and the childhood friend of Aomine, said. She was beside Kise and doing her homework in English. "Aomine-kun is a lost case."

"If Mine-chin can sleep, can I eat my snacks here?" Murasakibara Atsushi, the center, asked. He was sitting across from Momoi and seems to be doodling on his notebook instead of doing any of his homework.

"No, you can't Murasakibara. We're in a library," Akashi Seijuurou, the captain and point guard, answered. He was sitting between Midorima and Murasakibara and was reading a mystery novel to pass the time since he was already done with his school work. "And you should study instead of sleeping Aomine. Or I'll tell the coach to pull you out as a starting member."

All the sleepiness clouding Aomine's mind was gone in an instant when he heard what his captain said. "What the hell are you talking about Akashi?"

Akashi was unfazed and continued reading his book. "You won't be able to play anyway if you fail on your midterm exams and have to take supplementary tests. So I suggest to study now if you want to play basketball."

"What?!" Aomine's dark blue eyes widen. "I didn't know that!"

Kise sweatdropped. "Just why do you think we're studying hard."

Midorima scoffed. "Only you and Aomine are the ones who need to study the most. The rest of us are fine."

"So mean Midorimacchi!"

"Shh! Keep your voice down," Momoi scolded Kise in a whisper.

Kise abruptly covered his mouth. "Sorry," he muffled. He turned to the blue head beside him. "Anyway, how did Aominecchi passed his exams last year?"

"It was only because Tetsu-kun and I tutored him that Aomine-kun barely passed his midterm and final exams."

"Speaking of Kurokocchi, where is he?"

"Akiko-sensei asked him for some errand and told us to go ahead of him," Midorima answered.

"But that was a while ago, how come he isn't here yet?" Kise complained.

"If I remember correctly," Akashi said. "Akiko-sensei asked Kuroko to go to the music room."

"Eh?" Momoi said, shocked.

"What's wrong Sacchin?" Murasakibara asked.

"Well, I only heard this from Micchan and Acchan (1) but they said that there was a rumor about a ghost in the music room."

"Not another stupid rumor," Aomine languidly muttered.

Momoi ignored her childhood friend and continued, "Apparently, some students heard a voice singing in the music room. But when they checked to see who it was, there was no one inside."

"That's what you said about the fourth gym but it was only Tetsu," Aomine said. "Maybe it's Tetsu."

"But does Tetsu-kun sing?"

Everyone (except for Akashi who was still reading) paused and thought hard in contemplation.

"I never heard Kurokocchi sing before," Kise grudgingly admitted.

"Right? So it couldn't be Tetsu-kun," Momoi stated.

"Kurokocchi is now in the music room all alone," Kise said, worried. "What if the ghost tried to take him away?"

"Don't be stupid Kise," Midorima admonished him. "There's no such thing as ghosts."

"Then, how about we confirm it if there's a ghost in the music room or not?" Akashi suggested as he closed his book with a thump. "We should also see if Kuroko is alright." He stood up from his chair and regarded his teammates. "Coming?"

Momoi and Murasakibara both eagerly stood up at the same time.

"I'll go. I'm worried about Tetsu-kun," Momoi reasoned.

"Aka-chin I can eat my snacks if I come along, right?" Murasakibara keenly asked the red haired captain.

"Of course, Murasakibara."

Midorima's face looked exasperated at the purple head's excuse to go along with Akashi's suggestion.

"Aren't you coming with us Midorimacchi?" Kise asked as he forcefully dragged Aomine by his left arm, ignoring the blue head's protest of "I'm not going!" to deaf ears.

"Fine," Midorima reluctantly agreed and stood up. "But only because I want to prove that there's no ghost."

With everyone's decision made, they left the library with Akashi leading and made their way towards the music room which is on the third floor, a floor above them.

The third floor hallway was silent and no sounds can be heard with the exception of their footsteps, as there aren't any students lingering there. Almost all the students went home because it was raining and the remaining few were mostly mingling on the first floor and cafeteria.

They were a few rooms away from their destination when they heard it, a soft voice singing.

Tarinai mono kazoete
Fugainai no mo jiyuu sa
Dakedo tsumaranai kao shite
Omotta yori shoujiki da

"Did you hear that?" Kise fearfully asked and grabbed Aomine's left arm that was beside him.

"It could be a student," Midorima assumed, though he wasn't exactly sure himself.

Momoi, who was on the right side of Aomine, grasped his arm, too. "Are you sure?"

Aomine's left eye twitch in annoyance as the blond and pink head seized both of his arms. "Let me go!"

"No!" both Kise and Momoi shouted and both of them clutched Aomine's arm tighter.

Bokutachi wa hitori datte
Ganbatte ita kamo shirenai
Umareru kanousei ga aru koto
Zutto shirazu ni

"Hmm~ the ghost's voice sounds nice," Murasakibara commented as he opened another packet of potato chips. "It's making me sleepy."

"It's decent," Midorima said although he agrees that it was good and soothing to hear.

Kimi no hikari ga tsuyoi hodo
Boku wa jiyuu ni nareru
Hikidashi aeru chikara de
Koko de koko de tashika ni

"That's weird. I think I heard this song somewhere before," Aomine remarked as they continue listening to the voice.

Both Momoi and Kise looked at him in surprise. "Really?" they both said in unison.

"Yeah," Aomine said, distracted since he was carefully listening to the singing voice, trying to remember where he heard it.

"Where did you hear it from, Aomine?" Akashi asked and looked at the blue haired ace.

"I can't remember but the song feels familiar," Aomine answered.

Kimi ga jiyuu ni naru hodo
Boku no kage ga kiwadatsu
Sore wa kiseki ni mo makenai
Tsugi no tegakari to yoberu

"Well then, shall we go inside?" Akashi asked when they arrived in front of the music room.

Both Kise and Momoi nervously gulped before nodding their heads whereas Midorima looked normal and wasn't even a bit scared. Aomine, meanwhile, was still trying to remember when and where he heard that song and Murasakibara still kept munching his potato chips.

"Aomine, go open the door," the red haired captain ordered.

"Huh? Why me?"

Akashi stared at him blankly. "Just do it."

"Fine," the blue head grumbled and opened the door.

As soon as the door was opened, the singing stopped. Aomine stepped inside and peered around the room, searching for the owner of the voice. "There's no one here," he rest went inside as well and looked around the room but aside from the chairs and tables and musical instruments displayed in the room, there wasn't any indication that there was someone singing there.

"Th-Then, w-who was s-singing?" Momoi stuttered.

"That would be me," a voice answered behind them.

"AH!" Momoi, Kise and Aomine screamed loudly when they heard the ghost respond and ran across the other side of the room cowering in fear.

While the other three were trembling in fright, Midorima clutched his chest in alarm as his heart was beating wild and fast. Murasakibara, on the other hand, tried to pick up the potato chips he accidentally dropped when the trio suddenly screamed.

The only one who wasn't a little bit surprised was the red haired captain and just watched his teammates' (particularly Kise and Aomine's) reactions in amusement. He turned to the 'singing ghost'. "Kuroko," he greeted.

"Akashi-kun," Kuroko Tetsuya, the phantom sixth man and passing specialist of Teikou, greeted back. "Why is everyone here?"

When the trio heard their captain say Kuroko's name, they spun towards the others and noticed that the teal head was really standing there. Momoi and Kise immediately rushed towards him and hugged Kuroko tightly.

"Tetsu-kun, I'm glad you're fine. I was so worried," Momoi said, relieved.

"I thought Kurokocchi was eaten by the ghost!" Kise cried.

Kuroko blinked in confusion. "What do you mean eaten by a ghost, Kise-kun?" he asked, letting the two engulf him in a hug.

"Eh? But wasn't there a ghost singing here before, Kurokocchi?"

"That was me Kise-kun."

Both Momoi and Kise stared at Kuroko for a minute, processing what he said until finally getting what he meant. "Eh?! You're the ghost?!" they exclaimed, shocked beyond words.

"Took you long enough," Midorima couldn't help but comment.

"I knew it! It was Tetsu!" Aomine—who was still on the other side of the room—exclaimed as he pointed accusingly at his partner.

Kuroko stared at his light in puzzlement, not understanding what everyone was talking about.

Seeing the confusion in Kuroko's face, Akashi explained the situation to him about the ghost rumor and the search for him in the music room.

"I see," Kuroko said, after hearing his captain. "I didn't know there's a rumor about a singing ghost."

"Kuro-chin has a good voice," Murasakibara praised, now eating a chocolate-flavored pocky.

"Thank you Murasakibara-kun."

"But, Kurokocchi, why are you singing in here?" Kise asked, he and Momoi let go of him when Akashi started explaining.

"I was practicing," Kuroko answered.

Momoi tilted her head in curiosity. "Practicing?"

"My mother's birthday is coming up and I wanted to surprise her by singing a song."

"That's it!" Aomine suddenly yelled. "That's why that song was familiar. You've been listening to it every time we went home."

"Yes, that's right."

"So that wasn't a ghost but Kurokocchi?" Kise asked.

"Obviously," Midorima said as he pushed his glasses on top of his nose. "It was just a misunderstanding. And this proves that there's really no ghost here."

Kise ignored Midorima and hugged the phantom player again. "But this was the first time I heard Kurokocchi sing. Kurokocchi has a good voice. We should go to a karaoke sometime and sing together."

"No way Ki-chan," Momoi interrupted. "Tetsu-kun and I are much more compatible."

Aomine sighed as the two started to bicker with Kuroko in the middle which was already considered a routine for them, while Murasakibara, Midorima and Akashi just watched them as usual.

Midorima eyed the smirking red haired captain beside him. "You knew all along, didn't you?"

Akashi glanced at his vice-captain but didn't offer any confirmation to what he asked and just said, "Let's go everyone. It's already late."

The Generation of Miracles did as they were told and left the music room following their captain. They were walking down the stairs with Momoi berating Aomine for not doing his homework when Akashi stated, "I was serious about what I said earlier Aomine. You won't be a starting member if you fail your tests."

"What?!" Aomine shouted, and almost fell down the stairs when he missed a step.

Akashi ignored his shout and continued walking with Murasakibara and Midorima after him.

Aomine tried to catch up with his red haired captain. "Oi! Wait, Akashi!"

Momoi resignedly sighed at her childhood friend's behavior. "Don't tell me I have to tutor Aomine-kun again."

"Don't worry Momoi-san. I'll help you," Kuroko said as he comforted her.

"Um," Kise hesitantly said as he scratched the back of his head in uneasiness. "Can you tutor me, too?"

Kuroko and Momoi both dejectedly sighed in unison.

Notes:

(1) Micchan and Acchan - No one knows the other manager's full names and Momoi calls them by their nicknames, in return, they call Momoi: Sacchan.

(2) Kimi ga Hikari de Aru Tame ni - The song featured here was Kuroko's character song and the second single in the KuroBasu Solo Series Vol.1 (Kuroko Tetsuya).

A/N: Just to clarify, there will be no definite paring in this story (except maybe for a GOMXKuro) since I want to stick to the canon as possible. But there will be a slight (okay, maybe some of them are not) AkaKuro (my OTP), KiKuro and AoKuro in the future chapters because I ship them. There will also be chapters for MuraKuro, MidoKuro and KuroMomo although they're more friendship centric rather than a romantic one. And as for pairings that the doesn't include Kuroko like AkaMido or AkaMura and such, I don't think there won't be any since I'm not used to writing KuroBasu without Kuroko in it. But I do like the AoKise pairing so maybe I'll write one. I'm really not sure. Anyway, I'll post the pairing that will feature in the chapter at the beginning.

(Do I even make sense? *dies*)