The Shadow Phantom (Assassin/Spy AU)

Chapter 1: Job

A/N: Chapter 1 is finally here!

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Chapter 1: Job

Kuroko's POV

"Hey, did you hear?"

As I walked along the school halls, whispered filled the air. Everyone was buzzing around about the news of the Minister's death last night.

"He fell out of his own home through a window."

"That's pretty stupid."

No one noticed me as I walked along the corridor to my class. It was the usual situation. And when others are around me, I keep my blank face on. Some say I'm really plain, and have no presence, which I guess is true, but I just don't show any of my emotions.

"Really Satsuki, how can a man fall out of his own home through a window? The guy must have been drunk or something." I saw Aomine and Momoi standing by the window, discussing about the death.

Yeah, sure, I thought. I continued on to my class, passing Aomine and Momoi without them noticing.

"I guess," Momoi replied to him, deep in thought.

I didn't think that this death of a Minister would cause so much commotion. He wasn't even very active in the political department. It would be a matter of time before they find out what he had been scheming.

That Minister had been working with some other ministers, planning on stealing money from the government. The one who had hired me was actually his own wife.

It wasn't uncommon in this business, where the spouse of the victim wants him or her killed. The Minister's wife had been abused, and when she found out his scheme, she had asked for my help.

It had been a rather simple task of killing him, and making it look like an accident. All he had to do was to get the wife to give him some alcohol, wait for him to coming smoke his fill, and pull him out of the window. All the police would think now was that it was a freak accident.

She had already paid him. 100,000,000 yen, all in cash just the day before.

I entered my class, and took my seat the very back, next to the window. I took out the book I had been reading and flipped open the pages as I waited for the lesson to start.

*****

"Alright, let's start practice!" Akashi ordered. It was basketball practice, and once again the whole thing was tough, yet, I was used to it.

Part of hiding who I was meant that I had to act weak in front of others. I kept my facade up by playing basketball. Among all the things I do, basketball was by far the weakest.

I could do parkour, climb buildings, but when it comes to basketball, among all these great players, I was definitely a weakling here. It was actually great practice for me, and hide who I was by joining the club.

Even though I was weak in it, I loved playing basketball with my teammates.

"Kurokochii! Did you hear?" Kise asked me when we were on break. "The guy who fell down the building?"

"Yes I did," I answered with my usual poker face.

"That actually sounds scary, don't you think?" he asked.

"Yes, I agree," I said. That look on his face when he fell, flashed before my eyes. It held shock, understanding, and most of all, fear. I didn't get much sleep last night again. His scared expression would forever be etched in my mind, just as all the other victims faces have.