STEPBROTHER (HAIKYUU X KUROKO NO BASKETBALL SUMMER CAMP)
14

"Are you just going to give up, Akashi?"

Akashi turned to the source of the voice, he could see clearly the figure of Mayuzumi who was exposed to the reflection of the moonlight.

"What are you doing here, Mayuzumi Senpai? Do you want to poke me like a basketball game in the last Winter Cup?" tanya Akashi who even seemed more unfavorable to her senior, maybe more precisely Akashi still could not think clearly after everything that happened to her at this time. And anyone can certainly realize and understand this, especially they are already quite familiar with Akashi who was originally a perfect person with extraordinary talent, he said, great strategic ability and leadership spirit and unquestionable wealth even now have to experience a life of somersaults when one of the things he has suddenly taken for granted.

"You are not only a proud and selfish person, but you have also intertwined a weak person with negative thoughts towards others." Mayuzumi walked up to Akashi, then picked up the basketball at Akashi's feet and put it back into the Basketball Ring.

"You should understand, Akashi. You just repeated what you did first, you almost ruined Rakuzan's team with your selfishness." Mayuzumi looked seriously at Akashi who was getting annoyed.

"What do you mean, Mayuzumi Senpai? You always talk rudely, is Senpai really that hateful to me?" ask Akashi.

"I hate you so much, Akashi. I can't forgive the slightest act of yours that demeaned me and made me your triumphant pawn a year ago. But, I can't lie that I'm gonna hate you so much if you give up like this." Mayuzumi again picked up the Basketball and handed it to Akashi.

"Play it back, it's enough to make your senior feel embarrassed to be led by a junior captain! You have to rise from this fall, you promised that you wouldn't act as you used to?" mayuzumi asked with a smile for the first time. Obviously, this is the rarest moment where we can finally see Mayuzumi smiling for the first time.

Akashi says nothing, he grabs the ball that Mayuzumi gave him. And at that moment, he could clearly see Mayuzumi's wet clothes and her hair still dripping water all over her face.

"You're rained? How long has Mayuzumi Senpai been standing in my yard?" ask Akashi.

"For a long time, I kept silent in the corner just to overcome my doubts. You think meeting you right now is easy? I need to overcome my hatred for you and skip every page of my new novel just to knock on your heart's door" said Mayuzumi, who was still complaining.

"You're really weird, Mayuzumi Senpai." Akashi can only smile, he can't blame Mayuzumi for his strange attitude. Then Akashi tried to mendribble back his Basketball.

Meanwhile, Mayuzumi walked a little away from Akashi in a position ready to be an opponent who will snatch a pass from the junior.

"I definitely can, I'm Akashi Seijuro. The captain of Kiseki no sendai, Vorpal Sword and captain of Rakuzan. I am the absolute," murmured Akashi who began to instill an ambitious attitude in his heart, long enough he muttered to doctrine himself until he finally decided to release the gauze wrapping that covered his eyes.

Now, he began to step dribbling with the intention of going past Mayuzumi's defense in order to enter the ball into the Mayuzumi basketball ring.

And without realizing it, that's when his determination grew more and more thunderous and his blood flow was pumped irregularly until he made a new strength in him began to rise without ever knowing it.

When he comes face to face with Mayuzumi, he spontaneously closes his normal right eye and lets the darkness behind his left eye stare intently at Mayuzumi.

He was really very upset, though, how could his body like the middle be given control by Akashi with just an intense eye gaze as if he could hear clearly that Akashi's left eye was giving him the command to remain silent without making any movement and let the ball in his hand be taken by Akashi.

"You, what happened to your left eye?" asked Mayuzumi bluntly, both hands still felt creepy when remembering the event earlier. Mayuzumi could still feel the aura of darkness behind Akashi's left eye, as if he felt threatened.

Akashi, who had been preparing to do a lay-up, turned his head back and began to open his right eye with the ball still held by him.

"What do you mean, Senpai?" asked Akashi who was still unaware about his new strength.

"That's not emperor eyes, is that your new strength?" asked Mayuzumi again who returned Akashi's gaze, this time he did not feel anything while trying to look back at Akashi's left eye. He could even realize that Akashi's left eye looked pitiful at this moment.

"New power?" ask Akashi who is beginning to suspect something is happening to him.

"Yes, a new power that you can use interchangeably with Emperor Eyes." Mayuzumi started to calm down again, it seemed like her trembling feeling was starting to dissipate.

"So, is it possible that my new powers will appear when I can no longer afford to use Emperor Eyes to the fullest?" akashi's real question further confirmed what he was thinking right now.

"You're right, especially now that you can't do Emperor Eyes to the fullest by relying on just one eye. So, somehow the story is that you have given rise to a new power that exists in your left eye. The power that makes your left eye seem to be talking and controlling me" said Mayuzumi.

"So that's why Mayuzumi Senpai just fell silent?" tanya Akashi who only answered a nod by Mayuzumi.

"That means I have created Absolute Eyes in my left eye, a power of control capable of balancing my Emperor Eyes." Akashi was mumbling slowly, he could not lie to his feelings that he was currently feeling very proud of himself. And it seems that not only is he happy at the moment, Mayuzumi also seems to be happy to see Akashi's new strength which he certainly has no reason to worry about his junior anymore.

"Then, how about we continue the basketball game one more round? I want to train my strength, please help Mayuzumi senpai!" said Akashi who looked pleading while looking slowly towards Mayuzumi politely.

Clearly, Akashi's current courteous attitude made him a little uneasy and had no reason to refuse anymore. He could only nod his head and start taking positions to take turns to snatch the Basketball from Akashi's hands.  And for a glance, Akashi does not realize that in fact Mayuzumi is smiling proudly at him like a senior who respects his Junior very much.

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What do you think of Akashi's new powers?