Spark | Kuroko no Basuke x OC

Don't Get the Wrong Idea

This was supposed to be posted yesterday, but because I uploaded the finished product onto FFN with my phone, I didn't want  to mess up the format by copying and pasting on my phone to Wattpad. I was super busy yesterday as well -- it was my birthday and senior prom, hahah. Anyway, please enjoy this chapter! 

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I can't believe Coach only made me run errands for the past few days... I hardly got in any training time!

The orange basketball landed into the hoop with a loud bang. Kagami wiped some sweat off of his forehead. He wasn't sure what the coach was getting at with making him run back and forth—he even missed the games against Shutoku!

"Looks like you're practicing hard!"

Speak of the...

Kagami grabbed onto the ball and faced a smiling Riko. "Eh, I was just..." he trailed off as a more pressing question came to mind. "Actually, what's up with this training camp? I've just been running on the beach by myself the entire time!"

"What? Really?" Riko grinned teasingly, further irking the redhead.

"Why'd I even come here if I wasn't going to train with the guys...?"

"You really haven't noticed?"

"...Huh?"

"Ah, I'll give you a clue then," she smiled. "First, I want you to jump for me."

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"It was so lucky to bump into you at the convenient store, Tomo-chan~! But how come you didn't buy any drinks for your team?"

There were small skips in Tomoko's every step as she walked besides the Shutoku point guard. She giggled, "Riko-san's been making Taiga-chan buy our supply of energy drinks nonstop so we're super stocked up!"

"Oh, I was wondering why he was never there for our practice games..." Takao said with amusement. "Why isn't he training?"

"He is... Just in a way that will benefit him the most."

"Ehhh~ Is Seirin hiding a secret weapon from us?"

"I wouldn't say that. It's more like sharpening a known weapon... At least that's how Riko-san put it," Tomoko smiled knowingly, leaving the ravenette in wonder.

As a coach, Riko must know the limits of each player and utilize different ways to better bring out each player's strength. Riko, and even Teppei, has seen how erratic the redhead's jumps can be because of his right handed dunks. When he only uses his right hand, he tends to jump with his left foot.

When Tomoko asked about the purpose of the redhead's long jogs across the beach, Riko told her it was for training his legs and trying to get him used to using both of them and not just the left.

The brilliant brunette has come to realize that Kagami's full strength doesn't lie within his left foot jumps...

BAM!

The sudden noise startled Tomoko and Takao and prompted them to check out what was happening at the parking lot. Ducking behind the long row of shrubbery, they were both surprised to find Kagami and Riko standing in the middle of the lot.

"What is your coach and Kagami doing..." Takao started to say, but stopped talking when Tomoko pointed upward to the backboard of the hoop. He raised a single brow at the half hand print marked on the clear board. He easily jumped higher than the hoop...

"You're tired, so that's all you can manage right now. Try jumping the other way now."

Takao leaned forward to get a closer look at what Riko was trying to tell the redhead to do.