[Kuroko's Basketball] The First Promise

Thank you, thank you.It fulfilled my desire to choose to burn myself out and win.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++++++++++++++++ It's nearly seven o'clock in the evening, and the lights in the stadium have been turned off.In the open-air basketball court separated by a tree-lined path from the gymnasium, the sound of basketballs hitting the ground kept coming. The dim lights did not affect people's sight, and there were many crowds around the basketball court where no one patronized on weekdays.

Aomine was brooding over Akashi's refusal to let him play, and his expression was always grim. Standing in the innermost layer of the crowd, he never took his eyes off Kuroko for half a second.Midorima and Ziyuan didn't want to catch up with the excitement, they stood on the high platform and watched from a distance, avoiding the crowd.

On this hard ground with flying gravel, there is no sound of soles rubbing against the clean floor, only the sound of heavy and steady dribbling exists.On weekdays, the three-on-three game uses six goals to determine the outcome, but Akashi insists on playing for 20 minutes on and off the court.

Heizi tightened those wrist guards again, feeling a little prickly.He raised his head and glanced at the three seniors facing him. One of them was extremely tall. From a visual point of view, Kise's height should not be as tall as him. He heard from Akashi that it was called Hanazawa, and he was also the most important target. The two beside Hanazawa Although I personally don't know what it is called, but looking at their eyes, I know that they are definitely not vegetarians.

When Heizi was in a daze, he was patted on the head by Huang Lai who came from behind him, he looked back, Huang Lai came over and smiled and said, "I have been looking forward to this day for a long time."

Heizi asked him with puzzled eyes.

Kise smiled, touched the tip of his nose, then raised his hand to rub his hair, stood in front of Heizi with his back facing him, paused and continued: "——The day I can play with Xiao Heizi If I don't win, wouldn't I be too sorry for the chance God gave me."

As soon as Kise finished speaking, he only heard a whistle, and without further ado, he jumped up to fight for the first ball of the day.However, the reason for the difference in height was the distance of a palm, the ball was directly reached by Hanazawa in mid-air, and Huang Lai gave a "tsk" unwillingly after landing, and before he could react, a red shadow beside him directly rubbed against him The shoulders flew over.

"Don't stop on your feet."

When Akashi dropped these words, he had already appeared beside Hanazawa. He was so tall that Hanazawa's center of gravity was not stable after landing. He had no time to run to the basket, and he subconsciously raised his hand to protect the ball when Akashi appeared. But it was too late, and he circled forward to defend, Akashi swung the ball over and hit the ball into the arms of Kuroko who was still a dozen steps away.

Seemingly not ready for the game, Heizi was stunned for half a second when he received the ball, and Huang Lai, who was not too close to him, called him, and the latter came back to his senses.To say that he can't make shots at all at the moment, all he can do is to create opportunities for Kise and Akashi to attack and shoot. Responding, his right wrist turned inward habitually and hit the ball directly on the ground. The basketball passed through the opponent's crotch. Kise over there had already adjusted the angle of Heizi's pass, and quickly passed the ball after receiving the ball. One-step layup was the first to score two points.

There were cheers and sparse applause from the surrounding crowd.

Kise made a V sign to Aomine on the inside of the crowd, then smiled and showed off: "Xiao Aomine, did you see~ My cooperation with Xiao Heizi is super-perfect!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Kise was hit on the head by the water bottle thrown by Aomine.

Heizi never felt that a simple three-on-three game would make him so nervous that he broke out in a cold sweat.The usual games will only make him more and more ignited, but now he doesn't feel this way at all. Even if the pass just now was received by Kise, he still understands in his heart that there is something wrong with his pass angle. Akashi took care of him and put the ball directly into his hands, and Kise also quickly adjusted his position after he made a deviation pass.

No matter how you look at it, it looks like the one who was taken care of.To put it bluntly, because of their own problems, those two people couldn't play happily and freely, and their own pass restrained the actions of Kise and Akashi.And this, Heizi understood that Qingfeng and the others could see it.

"Focus on your opponent."

The rhythm of the game will not be interrupted by Kuroko's thoughts. Hearing what Akashi said, Kuroko suddenly woke up. When he was about to run, Akashi hit the ball directly into Kuroko's arms again.But this time, Kise and Akashi were far away from Kuroko, and the latter couldn't see the movement of the audience.Couldn't help but squeeze the ball in his hand, Heizi bit his lower lip and hit the ball directly to Huang Lai, just as the ball left his hand, a tall and fierce figure flashed by, Heizi was shocked, and the next second the ball was gone It was broken by Huaze.

It was too late for Kise to chase after him. When Akashi rushed over, Hanazawa had already raised his hand to throw the ball, and the height gap prevented Akashi from stopping him.

——The most frightening thing is that the ball Huaze threw stood outside the line, and he scored a three-pointer with one skill.

Heizi's cold sweat slid down his cheeks to his chin.In his memory, the Era of Miracles has never been behind the opponent. This is the first time that he fell behind within two goals after the opening, and the person who caused this phenomenon is himself.

The applause outside the court suddenly raised a level. Although the reputation of the basketball club is not good, most of them are supported by junior seniors. Those veteran seniors will regard Akashi's series of actions as the existence of the three fires when the new official takes office, and they must be exclusive.But because Akashi and the others have never been offended by their overly perfect performances, now that they have the opportunity to ridicule them, these high school seniors will naturally not let it go.

"This is the so-called age of miracles?"

"Hey, you guys are really weak on the perimeter. Why don't you grab rebounds as a center?"

"Are you kidding me? The height of the center forward is no match for Huaze, it's normal for people not to be able to grab him."

"Hahaha, that's right, don't worry, Age of Miracles, aren't seniors on the field? Humbly ask them for their experience?"

Huang Lai frowned, and his face suddenly became ugly.After all, he did not grab the rebound just now, and he also admitted that he was not as tall as the person in front of him, but it really made him feel unhappy to make such a disparity in evaluation just because of the difference of one point in the opening game.

However, the following games were completely unexpected for Kise.

Akashi is not attacking, and he no longer assumes the position of small forward. As long as he receives the ball, he will pass it to Kuroko, but the latter is like a child who is at a loss. Every ball is off track and is constantly being intercepted. , was dribbled, and even many times the ball was directly knocked out while it was still in Heizi's hands.Starting from Kuroko's side, a large area of ​​offensive opportunities was lost. Kise couldn't get the ball, and Akashi didn't attack. Just after the ball started, the three of them never scored too much again, but Hanazawa's side kept refreshing. score.

One second before the halftime whistle was about to sound, Kise couldn't hold his breath any longer, and directly exploded the speed of his feet to cut off one of the dribbles in three steps, and turned around and the other was about to slam dunk.

Hua Ze seemed to be waiting under the basket for a long time. At the moment when Kise jumped up to dunk, he slammed into the former's right shoulder. Kise suddenly lost his balance in the air, and the ball slipped from his hand to the ground with a slant. .

When the halftime whistle sounded, Kise fell heavily on the hard ground, perhaps because he hit his right shoulder, Kise couldn't help but groan.

"Hey Kise—" Seeing the man lying on the ground clenched his lower lip, Aomine was the first to get angry. He was about to rush up when Akashi raised his hand to stop him. Puzzled and even more angry: "This is not a fair game anymore? It's a malicious foul, why no one stopped it? And Akashi, what are you going crazy about? What are you thinking if you take the ball and don't attack? ! Do you want to lose!?"

It was rare for Akashi not to punish Aomine for his rude words, he just looked up at him, then looked away, and looked towards the center of the field: "Look at Tetsuya."

Qingfeng immediately looked up and was stunned for a second.

Although his back was towards Heizi, Qingfeng could clearly see the anger conveyed by Heizi's trembling shoulders.

It seemed like a clichéd match, with the other party having a lot of fun, but apparently they forgot that even that guy could still get angry, especially in the name of hurting the mate he valued the most.

"Ah~ I'm sorry~ I just wanted to cover his ball without seeing it clearly!" Huaze smiled and went to Heizi's side and hooked his neck: "But ah--your partner jumped at the wrong time, Why don't you have any sense of self-protection?"

Heizi slowly raised his head and glanced at him, the pupils under his trembling eyelashes suddenly showed a bright but sharp gaze, like a sharp knife.After meeting Heizi's eyes, Huaze's smile froze for a moment, and subconsciously let go of the arm that was hooking Heizi.

"I see." Heizi said lightly, closing his eyes: "In the second half, I will remind Kise-kun to be careful."

It seemed that Heizi's flat tone made people feel surprised, Huaze didn't find a corresponding reply after a while.

Heizi walked up to Kise who was lying on his side, bent slightly and reached out to him:

"Is Kase-kun okay? Go to the infirmary and have a look."

"Ah, it's nothing, it's nothing~ The reason I haven't gotten up all this time is because I'm waiting for the little blackie to come and pull me~"

Huang Lai held Heizi's hand back, borrowed part of Heizi's strength to stand up, rubbed his sore right shoulder again, brushed the dust from the hem of his clothes, and smiled easily: "Little Heizi, don't I'm worried. Also, I found that Xiao Heizi's pass will always be a little bit to the left. Anyway, I've gotten used to it, so Xiao Heizi can pass it boldly~"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Akashi walking over.

Heizi was silent for a while, then raised his head and looked into the eyes of the two seriously, and said quietly for a while: "In the second half, don't pass the ball to me again, Kise-kun and Akashi-kun, I will steal it by myself, and create a big ball for you guys." Offensive opportunities. Like, every time before."

"Ah~ I'm sorry, little Heizi!" Hearing this, Huang Lai smoothed his slightly messy bangs, then pinched Heizi's stiff face with a smile, moved his right shoulder twice, and went to Shitai While fetching water to drink, just as he left, Akashi patted Kuroko on the shoulder.

"Akashi-kun, I'm sorry."

"No need to apologize." Akashi Yang smiled:

"—Let's make up for all the points in the second half."

No new tactics were deployed. When Akashi returned to his position, he saw Kuroko sitting on the stone platform drinking ice water. After a pause, he said to Kise who was behind him: "In the second half, keep an eye on it." Hua Ze."

"Don't worry." Kise smiled, and wiped the sweat that slid down his cheeks with a soft wristband: "I won't let him hurt Xiao Heizi."

When the referee whistled, Hua Ze already felt that something was wrong.Their three-on-three play is very casual, basically there is no rule that one must stare at one, and no one can guard against him at present, but at present he feels that it is difficult for him to move every step, and the two teammates have no chance to pass the ball to him. he.

The reason is simply that Kise is completely different from the marking state in the first half, shoulder to shoulder, and the pace is also consistent with Hanazawa.

The first ball was still from Huaze's side. Another not tall but strong player dribbled the ball slowly. When he saw the dazzling 29:2 on the stone platform from the corner of his eye, he sneered. At this time, he suddenly Feeling a shadow flashing in front of his eyes, Heizi took half a step to block the opponent's left hand and left foot holding the ball, and with a wave of his right hand, he directly broke the basketball in that person's hand.The opponent was obviously unwilling to be cut off so easily, turned around to chase the ball, only to find that Heizi was much faster than him, and before he could stretch out his hand, the ball was already in Heizi's palm, so fast that he didn't even see the path of the ball clearly.

The man paused, as if he was a little overwhelmed by Heizi's speed and rhythm which was completely different from the first half.

Naturally, Heizi had no time to take care of the person behind him. After he got the ball, another player had already covered him.Heizi narrowed his eyes slightly. Even though his eyesight could not penetrate the entire field, such a short-distance breakthrough did not pose much threat at all. At almost the same time, Heizi dribbled the ball under his left crotch, and then changed direction to break through to the left. The opponent immediately chased him. Going to defend, Heizi leaned forward slightly, lowered his center of gravity and dribbled the ball vigorously. He quickly dribbled the ball behind his back within half a second when the opponent was chasing him. The smooth movement made the opponent disappear from the front before he recovered up.

Lifting his non-dribbling hand to control the basketball within his controllable range, Heizi broke one player after another, then rushed directly to the basket and threw the ball to Kise.Kise, who had been waiting for a long time, slightly raised the corners of his lips, dribbled the ball under his crotch, quickly changed direction, dribbled the ball in a straight line and turned around, quickly untied Kazawa from the shackles behind him, made full use of the strength of his shoulders to bounce directly and then made a slam dunk.

Like the opening of the first half, it was Kise's dunk that broke the deadlock.

After landing on the ground, Huang Lai turned her head and grinned at Heizi: "As expected of Xiao Heizi, I saw extraordinary moves that I have never seen before~"

Heizi wiped the sweat off his chin and said nothing, but the sharpness in his eyes did not diminish.Huang Lai knew in his heart that he was still angry, so he could only pat him on the shoulder with a smile.It seemed that he cared too much about his fall just now.If you want to appease the current sunspots, then use a victory.

"It's okay, I just let the juniors down. Otherwise, wouldn't it be too ugly for the so-called generation of miracles to keep losing." Hua Ze was not annoyed, he comforted his two teammates while dribbling the ball, but Soon he couldn't laugh either.

This time, apart from Kise closely guarding him, even Heizi also marked him. The strategy of double-teaming caught Hanazawa a little by surprise. Ze fixed the rhythm of dribbling and found the right moment when the ball bounced in the air. Akashi on the other side suddenly appeared in sight. He has been relying on speed to win. He adjusted the angle and caught the ball with ease. Man, then took a step back to the outside line, and scored a three-pointer straight to the basket.

Heizi's consecutive steals made Huaze gradually irritated.In Kuroko's current state, shooting is impossible. Passing requires the cooperation of Kise and Akashi. What he can do is to steal the ball at close range and provide them with opportunities to attack. No matter who is holding the ball on the other side, he They will steal the ball directly after marking.

The score was getting closer. Just after Kuroko's long pass, Akashi caught it and raised his hand to shoot. A three-pointer went straight to the basket, and the score was rewritten to 29:31.Just like Heizi and the others in the first half, the three of Huaze had no chance to score in the second half.

When Kuroko dribbled the ball, he accidentally saw Akashi's eyes. It was not murderous, but an uncommon recognition.

When he was in Teiko, he often sat on the bench as a substitute and watched Akashi as the captain play. Every game was like a killing. Akashi's murderous eyes and crisp attack made people can't help but marvel.But Kuroko has always understood in his heart that whenever he and Akashi cooperate on the same field, that person always gives up the excellent offensive conditions and constantly provides assist opportunities for Kuroko. Kuroko is a person who can only grow rapidly in actual combat. Players, Akashi knows this very well, so he restrains his routines as much as possible on the field, and uses regular games as practice games for training Kuroko.

And this, Akashi understands that Seirin's people don't.It was because they didn't understand that they prevented Heizi from making progress after being frustrated. Those people didn't let Heizi play in the game, which not only caused serious damage to Heizi's self-confidence, but also made him no chance to break through to find the highest point.

No one understands Kuroko Tetsuya better than Generation of Miracles.They knew what he needed, what he wanted, and what he longed for.

The basketball was stained with dust, and Heizi felt the rough touch, but his heart couldn't help being shaken.

He finally understood why Akashi agreed to those people to participate in this three-on-three that seemed meaningless to outsiders.

"Akashi-kun, thank you."

When passing by Akashi, Kuroko whispered.

Thank you, thank you.

It fulfilled my desire to choose to burn myself out and win.

Also, re-feeling the joy of winning on the field that is different from the twist.

Akashi just raised his lips slightly, but didn't speak.

Finding a good rhythm, Heizi dribbled the ball between his legs to his right hand, and then changed direction to the left.The crotch double changed direction, and when his back was facing the basket, his wrists were turned inside, and the ball was gently thrown into the air by him.

Huaze watched the ball slide over his head and laughed loudly:

"Haha, a back throw shot? This line will definitely go wide!"

Akashi stopped running, looked up at the beautiful arc outlined by the basketball, then lowered his eyes and chuckled.Before the basketball entered the basket, he turned around and walked out of the competition area while wiping his slightly damp bangs: "That's not a shot."

Hua Ze was stunned, his heart sank suddenly, and when he looked up again, he only felt a black shadow covering his head.He looked over with a stiff neck, but saw Kise dunk into the basket with one hand after receiving the ball.

"—that's an alley-oop."

Heizi and Aomine used to cooperate seamlessly in the back throw and alley-oop, how could Kise fail to learn after watching it so many times.

The whistle sounded at the end of the game, and the score was fixed at 29:55.Huaze stared at the basket that was shaking slightly after being dunked, and the next second his legs limp and sat on the ground, his expression had changed from his previous arrogance and became dull.After the crowd around the stadium stood still for a few seconds, Aomine couldn't help but swear with a smile, then walked straight over and bumped Kise's left shoulder lightly.Looking down at Heizi who was panting slightly, Aomine sighed with a smile and raised his fist.

Looking at the familiar gesture in front of him, Heizi suddenly burst into tears for some reason.

He stretched out his right hand, and slowly bumped Aomine's fist.

The heart was pounding against the chest rapidly, and the cold blood seemed to be gradually warming up.

Midorima didn't know what came over, and the eyes under the lens were softer than ever.Murasakihara, who was following behind him, tied up his hair at some point, and handed Heizi a bottle of clear water wrapped in a towel.Heizi gritted his back teeth tightly and smiled at them. He took the water and was embraced by the excited Huang Lai again. In a daze, Heizi saw a distant stone platform drinking water with his head down. Akashi, everyone, they are all maintaining everything about him in their own way, either clumsily or silently.

In this chaotic world, only these people always choose to accompany him quietly instead of forgetting him with time and memory.

In the three years they were together, Heizi had never been so grateful to them.

He was very glad that he was able to witness their generation firsthand, the generation that could travel through thousands of hearts.

The youth that once dissolved in time made him suddenly wake up.Now that he has lost the light that abandoned him, all he can do is not forget.

And from now on, he will also return to this generation for them.

His and theirs, the generation of miracles.