[Teiko Middle School]
Coach Shirogane: "Are you ready men? We'll be heading to the preliminaries."
On the bus ride there, Coach sat next to N to talk about teams to watch out for in the Prelims.
Coach: "N you need to watch out for Hanaymia and Imayoshi today. They play rough so be prepared for dirty play."
N: "I understand coach." For the rest of the bus ride, N slept with Nijimura head on head, but unbeknownst to them, their captain Kasamatsu took a photo. He posted it onto social media, and the picture blew up.
Comment: "OMG, they're so cute sleeping together! Look at their heads lean on each other! My heart's breaking!"
N: "Shuzo, wake up buddy. We're here for the game against Namada, and you drooled over my coat... Nijimura! Nijimura jumped out of his seat in surprise.
Nijimura: "Ahh? What happened?" Drool dripping from his mouth.
N: "We're here for the game against
Namada. Apparently we're popular on social media as of late, Shuzo." N explained about the photo of them sleeping together going viral.
Nijimura: "Wha- who took the photo?"
N: "Kasamatsu-senpai."
Nijimura: "Who cares, let's go punch our ticket to Nationals." Teiko team walked toward the stadium.
Person A: "That's Teiko Middle School, the best basketball team."
Person B: "I heard they're going to play Namada Middle School."
The stadium was packed because everybody wanted to see Kuroko play. Did he deserve all the hype as The Lord of Kings?
Nijimura: "See N, they're here to see you play." Nijimura poked his finger at me. Out of nowhere, a basketball smacked Nijimura on the head.
Kasamatsu: "Oi, shut up Nijimura. We still have a game to play. You better be ready to be the ace, Nijimura, if needed." The warmups finally ended, but Namada refused to intermingle with Teiko or shake hands.
Hanaymia walked up to N whispering: "Hey buddy, a star's not a star if it's broken." N's eyes widened at that comment.
N softly threatened Hanaymia: "I'll crush you bastard. I'll mark you, so you won't score."
With that exchange they both walked back to their benches.
N: "Guys give me the ball please. Let me crush them." There was a dangerous aura rising from N. Coach acknowledged it, and changed the game plan.
Coach: "Change of plan, N will get the ball always if possible. The rest of you should only take shots you're confident in, understood?"
Teiko Team: "Yes sir!"
Imayoshi noticed N's menacing aura towards Namada. He wondered why N was so pissed at them.
Imayoshi: "Hanaymia, what did you do to piss off Teiko's ace?"
Hanaymia: "Oh, nothing much Imayoshi. I just threatened him. Don't worry I know what I'm doing.
Imayoshi: "Are you crazy Hanaymia? Do you even know his full power? If we lose its on your head idiot."
Referee: "Boys line up and bow.
Teiko and Namada: "Let's have a good game!"
Referee: "Centers get into position. Are you ready?" Both centers nodded. The ball was thrown up. Nijimura received the tip from the center. N quickly burst to the other side with blinding speed leaving Hanaymia in the dust.
Nijimura shouted, "Fast break!" as he chucked the ball to the hoop. N caught the ball as Imayoshi went to defend him.
N: *Deep breath and exhale* *Boom*
Imayoshi: "Light-Lightning dribble?!" N broke past Imayoshi and noticed two more defenders.
N: "Out of my way, you insignificant pieces of crap." *Bam* Both defenders were knocked to the ground by a massive dunk. N forced the ball in the hoop.
Referee: "Referee timeout!" The defenders were down and out for the count. For the first time, N felt wild, but it wasn't just that. He was a monster in the form of the mythical Hound of Hades.
Nijimura: "N..." The game continued with N dominating the court.
Hanaymia: "I'll score myself!" He dribbled past N. "Ha too easy"
Imayoshi: "Hanaymia stop!" As a shot left Hanaymia's hand, a hand flew out of nowhere and smacked the ball into Hanaymia's face, breaking his nose.
Referee: "Timeout, Namada #10 will retire from the game!" N offered his hand to help Hanaymia get up.
N: "I hope that hurt..." With Hanaymia gone, Namada was crippled. The rest of the game was completely one sided with N hurting the remaining starters of Namada with dunks and hard blocks. On the last play, N decided to score with a windmill dunk on Imayoshi. He used Lighting Dribble then let Imayoshi catch up. He proceeded to bring the full force of the dunk on top of Imayoshi breaking Imayoshi's hand in the process.
Imayoshi: "Aaahhh!!!! My hand!!!!!!" He squeezed his hand and squirmed like a baby.
N: "Next time get out of the way, weakling. Never try to play dirty again, Imayoshi." His voice full of contempt. The score was 200 to 0. N had shut them out on defense with an unbelievable 27 blocks, 33 steals, 80 points, and 30 assists. After the game ended, all the viewers began to boo at N complaining that he played too rough.
N: "Be quiet, how I play is determined by me. It's not my fault they're weak!" The crowd kept booing as Teiko left the stadium.
Sports Magazine 101 showed N as a violent player who shouldn't be allowed to play basketball.
Journalist: "He's a downright monster, and he shouldn't go around hurting players. He needs to leave." Players started a petition to expel N from basketball in Japan because he was too strong. Everyone began to call him a monster even his own teammates were scared of him except Kasamatsu and Nijimura. The throne's aura changed from white to pitch black. A sign of a change in personality. The fall from grace has begun.