Memory Loss

Kuroko no Basket

Chapter 7

"Well now that Kuroko is back to normal, let's get going Takao." Midorima said abruptly, ready to leave.

Everyone gave the green haired teen astonished looks as Takao explained with an assuring smile, "What Shin-chan means is he's happy his friend is back to his normal self."

"Wow, and here I thought Midorima-kun didn't like me." Kuroko said in slight amazement.

The Shutoku ace was about to retort his ex-teammate's words until his lover said, "Of course Shin-chan likes you, Kuroko; he's just too much of a tsundere to admit it."

"For the last time Takao, I'm not a tsundere and he's not my friend!" the green eyed teen irately cried.

The hawk eye player grinned, unaffected by his precious Shin-chan's rant, "He can go on like this all day."

"Let's go Takao, now!" Midorima said through his clenched teeth as he grabbed his teammate's arm and guided him towards the gym doors.

"Good bye everyone, and I'm glad you're back to normal, Kuroko!" the turquoise teen quickly said before being pulled out of the gym.

Once the Shutoku pair was gone, Aomine shook his head. "Again I say they are an odd young couple." he said as the others nodded their heads in agreement.

"Well, I think we better get going too; after all, I did promise Atsushi I'd get him a sundae." Himuro said before walking over to Kuroko. "I'm sorry for all the trouble my brother put you though, Kuroko. He may do stupid things sometimes, but he means well."

"Great now they got Tatsuya playing the blame game!" Kagami whined heavily.

"I hope you continue to look after him and hopefully he'll do a better job of looking after you." the silver eyed teen added with a smile unaffected by his brother's outburst.

"Thank you Himuro-san and I will." Kuroko said graciously with a small smile.

Himuro felt a sharp tug at his shirt sleeve. He looked up at Murasakibara who asked, "Muro-chin, can we go get our sundae, now?"

The miracle shooter smiled as he told the purple headed giant, "Okay Atsushi; we're going." Before leaving with his tall lover, he turned to the others and said, "So long everyone."

"Later Tatsuya." Kagami replied as the two Yosen aces exited the gym out the double doors.

"I better get going myself now that I know Tetsuya is better." Akashi said.

"Okay Akashi-kun; thank you for helping me recover my memory." Kuroko said to his ex-captain.

"Anytime," Then the Rakuzan ace turned to Kagami with a stern look which made the taller redhead flinch in fear. "and just so we're clear Kagami Taiga, this will be the last time something like this happens right?"

"Yeah, last time!" Kagami immediately replied.

"That's good, because I wouldn't want anything unfortunate to happen like your team's coach finding another ace to replace you or something."

Everyone stared at heterochromatic eyed teen in fright as Kuroko simply blinked. Kagami laughed nervously as he asked with a wary smile, "Ha-ha, that's a joke right?"

Akashi simply gave the other redhead a seemingly innocent smile as he answered, "Yes, as far as you know."

Kagami gulped at the response as he turned pale, '…I don't think that was a joke.' Before departing the gym, Akashi said, "Well goodbye Tetsuya, Daiki, Ryota, Coach Aida and Tetsuya's teammates whose names I do not know."

The Seirin players were slightly offended at the ex-Teiko captain's words, but were too scared of what he might do to say utter a single word. As Akashi was leaving, Furihata noticed that he was being pulled along by the other first year by the wrist. "…Um Akashi-san, where am I going?" the perplexed brunet asked quite scared.

The other teens stared at the scene in shock as Akashi simply smiled at Furihata's question. "I was hoping I'd treat you to a meal, so we could get better acquainted, Kouki."

"Oh…um, well I'd love to accept the invitation, b-b-but I was planning on going sneaker shopping with my friends today."

"Your friends?" The Rakuzan ace peered over to Fukada and Kuwahara who flinched at his intense gaze. 'Oh those two…' "Well I'm sure they won't mind putting your shopping off for another time, wouldn't they?"

The two first years could feel the menacing aura emitting from Akashi despite the outward smile on his face. It was like the look on the redhead's face was saying, 'Let him leave with me or else!' "W-W-We don't mind at all; we can always go shoe shopping another time!" Fukada said instantly in fear.

"Take him as long as you need to!" Kuwahara added in panic.

Furihata stared at his friends in disbelief; he couldn't believe they gave him up to the threatening emperor. Just then the sound of Akashi's voice captured his attention. "Well then Kouki, shall we go?"

"R-R-Really Akashi-san, I don't think, um…!" The threatening smile on the ex-Teiko captain's face caused the brunet to cease talking.

"Kouki, it would be best to just accept my invitation after all, my word is absolute." Akashi explained with that seemingly innocent smile.

The Seirin point guard was so freaked at what the other first year would do to him if he refused so he replied, "…Then again, I-I am a little hungry."

"Wonderful, now let's get going; I know this great place that I know you'll love too." the delighted redhead replied as he pulled the panicked brunet with him. Unknown to him, Furihata turned to his teammates, desperately mouthing to them to help him get away from the scary Rakuzan captain.

The Seirin players (except for Kuroko) and Riko watched in guilt as Furihata was pulled away by Akashi. 'We're so sorry, Furihata!'

"Even though we managed to survive, I feel bad we pawned Furi off like that." Fukada said with regret.

"I do too." Kawahara agreed feeling just as guilty.

"Look on the bright side, you'll get to live another day." Kise said to them with a reassuring smile.

"Without getting killed when you least expect it." Aomine added.

The Seirin players stared blankly at the two ace players. "Um, you two are kidding, right?" Tsuchida asked.

Both teens shook their heads as they replied in unison, "Nope."

"Is that what happened to that guy who lied to Akashi-kun's face?" Kuroko asked his ex-teammates as they nodded their heads.

Hyuga signaled the other Seirin players to huddle around him. "Okay guys, let's all agree to stay on Akashi's good side from now on." the speckled teen said as his teammates nodded in complete agreement.

"Shouldn't we also pray for Furihata's well being while we're at it?" Koganei asked as Mitobe silently gave a nod with a concerned look on his face for his teammate.

"Good idea; let's all bow our heads." the Seirin captain replied as he and his fellow teammates bowed their heads in prayer.

Aomine furrowed his eyebrow at the Seirin players as he asked, "What are they doing?"

"No clue." Kuroko answered quite perplexed at the situation as well despite his usual deadpanned expression.

"And people think we're crazy." Kise said as his lover and ex-teammate nodded in agreement.

The Toō power forward gave a small sigh as he said to the blond, "C'mon Kise, let's get going; I'm in the mood for some one on one."

"Alrighty Aominecchi, and this time I'm gonna win for sure!" the copycat player said triumphantly.

"Keep telling yourself that." Aomine said in a smug tone already knowing the outcome of their match.

"Good bye Aomine-kun and Kise-kun; thank you for helping me." Kuroko said to the two teens.

"Aww, you're welcome Kurokocchi; what are friends for?!" the touched blond said a bright smile as he gave his friend a small hug making Kuroko frown slightly.

"Later Tetsu, and make sure that Bakagami doesn't hit you in the head with a basketball again or I'll pommel him." Aomine said.

"I heard that, Ahomine!" Kagami barked at his rival with a frown.

"You were meant to." the navy haired teen retorted as he and Kise were heading towards the gym doors.

"So long everyone!" Kise called out before he and Aomine left the gym.

Kagami gritted his teeth while clenching his hand into a fist. "Man, he pisses me off!"

"At least he wouldn't cause Kuroko-kun to have memory loss." Riko said as the other boys nodded in agreement.

"Oh quit it will ya; I've had enough of the blame game for one day." the redhead groaned.

"Well Kagami, I hope you learned a valuable lesson from all of this." Teppei asked with his usual smile.

"Yeah, never ever let anything like this happen again."

"Considering how idiotic Kagami-kun is sometimes, that's highly unlikely." Kuroko added bluntly.

Kagami gave a threatening smirk as he gripped the phantom player's head. He raised up his clenched fist, wanting to hurt the smaller so bad. "Don't make me have to hurt you, Kuroko!" he said through clenched teeth.

"Kagami-kun, that hurts." the baby blue eyed teen slightly whined making the other teens sigh heavily.

"Kagami-kun!" The said redhead flinched as he turned around and saw Riko glaring at him with fiery yet deadly aura surrounding her. She even made the other Seirin players quiver with fear.

He immediately let go of Kuroko and smoothed out his hair. He laughed nervously with a wary smile, "Ha-ha…um, I was just kidding."

"You better be because I wouldn't want to quadruple your training regimen." the female coach said as a diabolical smile arose on her face, scaring the boys even more.

"Y-Y-Y-Yeah, me neither!"

A half an hour later, the Seirin team departed the gym and said their goodbyes to each other before parting ways. As Kagami was walking down the street, he heard a monotone voice ask out of the blue, "You mind if I join you, Kagami-kun?"

The super jumper yelled at the top of his lungs and saw Kuroko standing next to him, looking unaffected by his loud outburst. "Seriously Kuroko, are you trying to give me a heart attack?!" Kagami asked being hysterical.

"It wasn't my intention." the bluenette replied innocently.

Kagami groaned heavily, "Oh never mind; so you wanna go to Maji Burger?"

"That sounds like a good idea; I'm in the mood for a vanilla shake."

"What else is new?" the crimson eyed teen asked in snarky tone.

"Kagami-kun is treating me to one, right?"

The redhead looked at the smaller teen like he was crazy, "What…why?!"

"Well I figured you would after all the trouble you caused me." Kuroko said nonchalantly.

The offended super jumper gaped at his teammate, "I…I…I caused you trouble?! What about me; those ex-teammates of yours and not to mention our upperclassmen gave me grief about it!"

"Don't you think you're overreacting, Kagami-kun?"

"No I'm not! Kise annoyed me, Ahomine tried to pommel me, Midorima…well he was being his usual tsundere and irritating self, but Murasakibara wanted to crush me and don't get me started on crazy Akashi threatening to kill me!"

"Akashi-kun threatens to kill everyone sometimes." Kuroko replied like it was nothing.

Kagami gave his teammate a blank look as he said, "He even wanted to mutilate me….with a pair of scissors."

"Oh that is horrible."

"Thank you; you get it!" the crimson eyed teen said with relief that Kuroko understood where he was coming from.

"If Kagami-kun is mutilated, how will he play basketball with me?" the bluenette asked in wonder.

The super jumper stared at Kuroko with mouth agape, "I think you're missing the point here; I would die!"

"Yes, that'd be horrible too."

Kagami stared blankly at the smaller teen before groaning heavily, "Let's just go…now!"

"Okay Kagami-kun, but you might want to calm down; you seem quite stressed."

"Who do you think is causing my stress?!"

Kuroko simply shrugged his shoulders as he asked innocently, "I dunno, who?"

"Oh-h-h-h-h it hurts!" the super jumper groaned while rubbing his forehead in irritating while receiving a perplexed look from the phantom player.

After the two teens were done with Maji Burger, they headed to the street courts and played a little basketball. When they finished playing, they rested on a nearby court bench. "Whoo, I needed that!" Kagami said with a satisfied grin.

"Yes, it was rather enjoyable game."

Once his breathing calmed down, the redhead gave a small sigh. He turned to Kuroko and said in a serious tone, "Listen Kuroko, I really am sorry the whole amnesia thing."

"Kagami-kun, I told you I already forgave you."

"I know, but I just wanted to say it."

"Besides I'm the one who should apologize on behalf of the GofM for giving you such a hard time over my condition."

Kagami furrowed his eyebrow at the bluenette. "You don't need to apologize for them; it's not your fault they're overprotective of you and they hate me…well, four out of five of them anyway."

"Oh Kagami-kun, they don't hate you."

"If you knew what they said about me when you had amnesia, you'd think otherwise." Kagami replied bluntly.

Kuroko gave a small chuckle, "Yes, they can be overprotective of me, but it's just because they care. Anyway, I wanted to thank you for looking after me during my ordeal."

"How'd you find out about that?" the crimson eyed teen asked.

"Kise-kun told me when we were all at the gym."

"Oh, well it's no big deal."

"It's a big deal to me Kagami-kun, because it makes me happy to know my light is there for me." Kuroko gave a soft smile to his teammate, "So thank you."

Kagami flinched at the blunette's words as his face grew bright red. He turned his head to the side, hiding his reddened face in his palm. Kuroko gave a questionable look at his friend's odd behavior. "Kagami-kun, what's wrong?"

"Nothing's wrong!" the super jumper abruptly answered.

"Something must be wrong because your face is turning bright red."

"I promise you, it's nothing!"

"If you say so;" The baby blue eyed teen gave a small sigh, "You can be in such denial about your feelings, Kagami-kun."

Kagami jerked his head back towards his teammate with a frown on his face, "I am not in denial about any….mph!"

At that moment, the redhead felt Kuroko's small yet soft looking lips place a sweet kiss against his. Kagami's blush intensified as the smaller kissed him. He could actually taste vanilla from when Kuroko had his shake. Despite what his mind was telling him, having Kuroko's lips against his felt so right. Just when he was enjoying it, Kuroko pulled away from him as he gaped at the other. The phantom player simply smiled at the taller's facial expression, "Nonetheless, Kagami-kun is cute when he's embarrassed."

"Wh…Wh…Why did you do that?!"

Kuroko pouted his lips as a saddened look arose on his face, "You didn't like it?"

The sight of the blunette's puppy dog face made Kagami grow bright red. He diverted his eyes left and right while scratching the back of his head. "…Um…I-I-It's not that I didn't like it, it's just you normally do that kind of thing with someone you like!"

"Kagami-kun, I believe me calling you cute and giving you a kiss should've rang a bell."

Crimson eyes widened as the phantom player's words sunk in. "Where did…how long have you…when did this happen?!"

"To be honest, I've wanted to confess to you for awhile now, then the whole you causing me to have amnesia thing happened."

"…You really feel that way about me?" Kagami asked still surprised at his friend's confession.

"Of course I do, Kagami-kun; so how do you feel about all of this now that it's out in the open?"

Kagami ran his fingers through his hair sheepishly as he peered at the ground. "Honestly, I'm quite shocked you feel this way about me. I never actually thought about my feelings towards you. I mean I do like playing basketball and hanging out with you even if you scare me half to death with your popping outta nowhere thing. I do know when you lost your memory, a part of me missed the old you and when you couldn't remember me, our teammates, or the GofM, I was worried you'd never remember anything again. I thought I almost lost the real you."

Kuroko's baby blue eyes widened at his friend's words, completely touched by them. 'Kagami-kun…'

"When you finally got your memory back, I was really happy despite how pissed I was when you chased after me with that damn dog of yours."

"Must Kagami-kun be so harsh on No. 2?"

"Kuroko, you know very well I don't do dogs!"

"Yes, yes I know." The bluenette gave the other a small, yet genuine smile, "So giving what you said just now, it sounds like you like me as well, Kagami-kun."

Kagami blushed at the statement as he mumbled something under his breath. Kuroko gave him a perplexed look as he said, "I'm sorry Kagami-kun; I didn't quite catch that."

"I said, yes I do!" the crimson eyed teen cried in embarrassment, face glowing crimson red from his blush.

Kuroko simply blinked at his crush before giving a sweet, loving smile. He thought it was so cute how the tough guy Kagami was behaving so timidly and embarrassed. His smile grew brightly as he said, "Kagami-kun really is adorable."

The redhead was about to retort the compliment, but he froze instantly when he saw Kuroko's bright smile. It was the same smile he had when he ate and complimented his cooking; it was the very smile that made his heart skip a beat. Even though he didn't want to admit it out loud, Kagami really adored that smile whenever he saw it. He lowered his head so that his crimson bangs were covering his face as he immediately rose to his feet. The bluenette noticed Kagami's strange behavior and before he could even say anything, the taller gently grabbed his wrist, pulling him off the bench and along with him. "Kagami-kun, where are you taking me?"

"My place, where else?" the redhead replied without even looking at the smaller. "I'd like to discuss this further in private."

Kuroko was shocked at the taller's forwardness for a brief second, before smiling again. "Very well Kagami-kun, but if you wanted to be alone with me, then you could've just said so."

"Shut up, Kuroko!" the embarrassed redhead cried out in anger because the bluenette figured it out.

"There goes Kagami-kun being in denial about his feelings again even though it makes him cute."

"Stop saying I'm cute, geez!"

"I'm just being honest, Kagami-kun." Kuroko added with a small smile as his new lover groaned heavily while on the way to Kagami's apartment.

The End

A/N: Greetings, my fellow readers! I hope you all enjoyed the final chapter of Memory Loss and I'm sorry if the ending seemed rushed. I'll be out of town for a couple of days to a place with no wireless internet, so I wanted to get this uploaded before I left. I'm so happy for all of the reviews and faves this story got; I really enjoyed writing it and I'm glad to see you all enjoyed reading it! Well it's time to bid you all adieu…until the next update that is! Check my profile page for future updates and see you guys soon! Remember to send a review and let me know what you guys think; I love to hear your thoughts! Later readers!