A New Kuroko

March 16th 2020 (one day before the practice match)

"I am proud of all of you for how far you've come. I'm truly proud to be called your coach." Mr Harasawa said with dignity. "Coach!" Sakurai ran to hug him out of happiness and joy.

"Anyway, lets split up into teams. Momoi will take the black team and I'll coach the white team." The coach ordered. Momoi and her team left the room, with Kuroko and Aomine still nowhere to be found. "Let's handle Kuroko's stats first. Iv'e researched and his only strength is his ability to keep concealed and his passes. He has five major passes. His normal pass, his cyclone pass, his cross court pass, his ignite pass and the ignite pass kai. Keep in mind that their all extremely hard to catch so don't even try to intercept." The coach addressed. All the players kept this in mind.

"But coach, what about his vanishing drive" Sakurai asked.

"I was getting to that. About his vanishing drive. I did research and Kuroko has a bad physique. Any of you are stronger than him when it comes to physical strength. If you can keep your eyes on Kuroko, he wouldn't be able to use any misdirection" The coach stated. The problem was all the players found it hard to keep an eye on Kuroko as they had played him before. "I'll do it" Ryoto (Small forward) boldly said, "I'm not a big shot or anything and I'm actually quite shy, but I want to prove I belong on this team and that I'm not the same person I was two weeks ago." Ryoto claimed. The coach smiled at Ryoto. He noticed how the impacts of the first year had such an impact on a team. They were all fired up and ready to go."How about Aomine" Kosuke asked.

"About that..." Mr Harasawa said. The white team was keen to know what he had in mind. "You handle him Kosuke" Mr Harasawa said with a beaming smile. Koshuke looked perplexed.

"He didn't even think of anything." Momosuke (Power Forward) thought to himself in dissapointment.

"But seriously, I'm trusting you on this." Mr Harasawa said. Kosuke blushed but faked a smug look and went back to the room.

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"Ok let's go through the plan." Momoi said to the black team, "The white team are most likely going to neglect you three because of Tetsuya and Aomine." They looked dissapionted by these words. "But that should be when you strike. For the first quarter I want you to give the ball to Tetsuya and Aomine whenever their open. This will cause the other team to think they are the only threat. The moment the second quarter begins, you three will catch them by suprise and start scoring and passing the ball among youselves. I'm not telling you not to pass to Tetsuya and Aomine, I'm not telling you to start playing as a team. This will help us gain momentum at the second quarter." Momoi reassured them. The whole team looked ready for the upcoming game. "But Momoi, how will Kuroko and Aomine know this?" Yoshinori asked.

"I've already gone through the plan with them." Momoi answered. "So get some sleep and be ready for tomorrow." The players went into their rooms.

March 17th 2020 (game day)

The game starts. Shoichi gains possession and passes to Kuroko. The white team felt fired up as they tried to approach Kuroko. In the blink of an eye the ball had dissapeared from Kuroko's hands. "Where the hell did it go?!" Shigechi exclaimed. He suddenly heard a swish and the bounce of a ball. The whole team turned around only to see that the ball was shot. At this point it was clear that Kuroko hadn't been playing for the last two weeks. He had already changed his stats completely. And what was that move he used just now?...