Hidden Secrets

Chapter 13 - Training

The phantom whispers. "Target down, Manami Shido"

Once the simple statement ended, everything went back to normal well, everything except for the people who still had a hard time standing up and control their breathing, the miracles included. The only ones who still stood in the room were the passive Nigou and Ogiwara.

"Ogiwara-kun" the teal head suddenly says, without looking back, his face hidden from view. The brunette snaps his head towards the other.

"Can you call the cleaning team?"

The brunette nodded, knowing that the tealette already knows his answer without turning back, he silently went to exit the locker rooms.

The Miracles were left incredibly flabbergasted, still finding it hard to have the strength to stand. The red headed was no better than them, his eyes wide and calculating. They watched as Nigou approached the tealette before burying his face against the other's chest.

"Otou-san" the child whispers.

Kuroko then faced the boy, his eyes still closed and once his eyes flutters open, they were greeted with his usual teal colored eyes that held comfortable warmth. He hugged the boy back.

"Sorry Nigou... was I too harsh?" The tealette asks, running his fingers through white and black locks. He felt the boy shook his head.

"Not really. He was the one who asked for a fight anyway"

The teal head hummed, letting his son hold onto him a little bit longer. He knew the child was always getting anxious whenever he witnesses one of his extermination. Teal eyes then wondered around the room, glancing at his now cowering subordinates who looked at the fallen body with pure horror, and soon landing them towards the miracles, his gaze lingers at the red head, who's face void from any emotion.

Sighing softly, he then approached the group with Nigou following close behind him, and extends his hands towards a somewhat dazed Midorima as he was the one closest to him. The green haired male glanced back at the phantom, puzzled.

The tealette slightly smiled at the green haired male's antics.

"Can you stand up, Midorima-kun?" He asks softly.

Realization hits the green shooter and began to clasp his hands with pale, extended ones, flustered at not knowing sooner. He then pushes his body upwards, trying his best to regain balance with his sluggish legs. And soon, the green head finally fumbled his way as he stands, placing his hands on the walls near him as to support his weight. The tealette did the same procedure to the remaining miracles.

The group then stood and glanced at one another, an awkward silence present among them.

"So..." Aomine says as he nervously scratches the back of his neck nervously, unsure of what to say.

Knowing that the team was not in a decent state to talk, the tealette opened his mouth, about to say something when double doors suddenly bursts open and in came a growling Kagami.

The tall red head then glanced at the cowering figures of the new unit, the lifeless body on the cold, marbled floor, then at the tense atmosphere surrounding Kuroko and the miracles. It didn't take long before he processed what just happened and slowly walked to lying corpse on the ground, squatted, and checked for any pulse just to make sure.

The red head then got up and sighed, looking at the tealette in exasperation.

"Do you have to do this in here, with a decent amount of spectors?" Kagami sighs, rubbing his temples. Kuroko innocently shrug.