AoKise

"Ah- damn… He's so frigging… Cool… An absolute, unique style that no one can copy... I started basketball 'cause I admired him."

- Kise on Aomine.

Aokise is the slash ship between Aomine Daiki and Kise Ryōta from the Kuroko's Basketball fandom.

History
"Damn it... It hurts, but I’m having fun. What is this feeling?"

- Kise after losing again on a one-on-one against Aomine.

Kise and Aomine met on their second year of middle school at Teikō Junior High. Kise was strolling around the school and very bored because no matter what sport he tried, he had no competition. Just as he wished for someone to lit a fire in him, he was hit on the back of his head by a basketball. The ball belonged to Aomine, who recognized him as the popular model Kise Ryōta and apologized before running back to training. Kise followed him and saw him play. He was amazed at his free style of playing and thought to himself that he had finally found his competition. He applied for the basketball club and in two weeks he was accepted in the first string.

Because of Kise persistent challenging Aomine, the two became training partners. They would compete one-on-one with each other practically every day, with Aomine defeating him every time, and they would hang out together or with the rest of the "Generation of Miracles" after school. Soon, the two they developed a close friendship, with Kise calling Aomine "Aominecchi", an addition he only does with the people he acknowledges. Aomine showed to have acknowledged Kise's skills as well; when Aomine's childhood friend Momoi Satsuki asked him to go easy on Kise since he was just a beginner, he insisted that he couldn’t afford to do that.

In their third year, Aomine and Kise, along with the rest of the Generation of Miracles, began to discover their talents which would become too powerful for any other player to compete against them. During this time, Kise and Aomine had lost their passion for basketball which was not the same as it was before. They stopped training together and often avoided showing up at team's training altogether. They would also make bets with the rest of the Generation of Miracles during their official games to entertain themselves since their opponents were too weak. At the end of the school year, the Generation met and made an oath to enroll in different high school and challenge eachother.

High School: Interhigh
Kise and Aomine, as per oath, enroll in different high schools, respectively Kaijō High and Tōō Academy. They don't see each other until a few months later, at the Interhigh basketball tournament, where they face each other at the quarter-finals. In the months they were apart, Aomine hardly showed up at any of his high school games, and when he actually did, he would disrespectfully come only after the end of the first half, even if his team was facing an old teammate of his. However, this time Aomine surprises his team showing up early and already warmed up, admitting to be excited for the match as Kise is one of the few people he can challenge with everything he’s got.

Once both teams are on the court, Kise comes to Aomine and they challenge each other, with both insisting they will not lose the game. The match starts and they begin to face each other. Kise menages to stop Aomine's formless shot, a feat which no one menaged to do until now. When Aomine comments that he’s surprised that Kise managed to block it, Kise retorts that he’s the one who played and lost to Aomine every day, therefore no one knows him better than he does. Later, Aomine menages to block Kise as well, reminding him that if Kise is the one that knows him the best, it also is the other way around.

As the game goes on, Kise tries use his copycat talent to copy Aomine's style. Until now he never menaged to, however, he reveals that he always knew why he couldn't; he explains that because of his admiration towards Aomine, he expresses a subconscious wish where even though he himself wants to win, he doesn't want Aomine to lose either, therefore giving himself a drawback that stops him from copying him. Once he menages to overcome his admiration, he finally unlocks his Perfect Copy skill and replicates Aomine's wild style. Meanwhile, Kise's team menages to trick Aomine into gaining four faults, which means that he just need one more to be sent to the bench for the rest of the game. Aomine shows to be shocked once he realise that. He turns towards Kise, who shakes slightly his head and looks at him in pity. Aomine thinks that probably Kise didn't want this to happen even if it could be used as a winning strategy for his team, however it angers him to see his rival feeling sorry for him. Aomine menages to get a hold at himself, and tells Kise he will not back down, so to stop understimate him. Kise is glad to hear that.

The game resumes. On one occasion, Kise hurts his leg, while later Aomine hurts his elbow, but they both hide their injuries and continue with their clash. At a decisive point, Kise tries to trick Aomine into thinking he is about to do a Formless Shot while intending to pass to one of his teammates instead. However, Aomine reads his intentions and stops him. Aomine tells him that he made a mistake relying on his teammates, thing Aomine would never do, and runs to make his last play. Kise, refusing to give up, chases after him and jumps to stop his dunk. He tells Aomine that he should not impose his values on him as he could not have gotten this far alone, and that if he lost, it only happened because he still isn't strong enough. Aomine accepts his words, and in a furious display of strength he smashes the ball on the hoop. In that exact moment, the game comes to an end. Kise falls on the ground and struggles to get up because he overworked his already injuried leg. Aomine observes with regret as Kise punches the ground in frustration before being helped by his captain, Kasamatsu.

Tōō's captain, Imayoshi, asks Aomine if he intends to go and console his friend, but Aomine replies there’s nothing that the winner can say to console someone that gave his best and lost anyway. Once he walks away, though, Imayoshi comments that Aomine was even stronger than that, but he held back against Kise because of his "soft spot".

Fanon
The ship became popular after the match between Kaijō and Tōō, which revealed a lot about the background these two share.

First Meeting
Aomine is the one who got Kise into basketball, and the first player to pose a real challenge to him. Their first meeting gave the fans a lot to think about because of the circumstances of how it happened; taking into consideration some factors like the point where Kise was when he was hit, the distance from the gym's door, and the trajectory and direction of the ball, it is unlikely that it could hit Kise on the head if it bounced out of the gym. A more more plausible theory is that Aomine threw the ball at Kise himself to get his attention. This is also supported by the fact that usually Aomine is a guy who doesn't care about gossip and would hardly remember people and things he doesn't care about, especially when they are not related to basketball. However, he immediately recognised who Kise was when they first met. The fact that he remembered Kise's name was also pointed out in another flashback, where Aomine and his second year teammates were talking about a rumor of a novice reaching the first string. In this occasion, when Aomine commented he knew who they were talking about, Midorima pointed out how odd that was for him. Some fans theorised Aomine knew about Kise because he saw him in one of the model magazines he read. However, this theory was later discarded because in the light novel was revealed that he got into it because of Kise, who gifted him of his first magazine after winning it a festival.

Close Friendship
After their first meeting, they became close friends in short time despite their clashing personalities. They would train together and sometimes go out after school. However, when Aomine grew in skills because of the bloom of his talent, he isolated himself and stopped coming at trainings. In time, Kise started to fell a lack of passion for the sport as well and followed suit.

They stopped seeing each other, and it became even harder for them to met after Kise transferred to Kanagawa to attend his high school of choice, Kaijō High. Despite that, they showed in more than one occasion to be still fond to each other.

This was first portaied during their clash at the Interhigh tournament. Aomine, who until that moment skipped or arrived late at all his official games, shows up at his match with Kise on time and already warmed up. He also played seriously, and not jokingly or skerning his opponent like he always did until that moment, even with old friends of his like Kuroko. Also, it was revealed that even though he could unlock a stronger level of skills, the Zone, he unconsciously held back to not crush Kise's will, preferring to strain his elbow instead. Aomine's captain, Imayoshi, pointed out he acted that way because has a soft spot for him. At the same time, Kise admired him so much he wished to never see him lose, despite not wanting to lose himself, causing a drawback at himself as well.

When Aomine saw Kise on the ground and not able to get up after their match, Aomine showed a pained expression on his face. He didn't help nor consoled Kise to not hurt his pride, but still waited in front of him until the Kaijō captain helped him at standing.

During the match they both admit to know the other the best. Because of his deep knowing of Aomine's style and way of thinking, Kise favours copying him instead of any other member of the Generation of Miracles.

Later in the story, Aomine's goes to watch the match between Kise and Haizaki. He seems unsurprised when Kise wins the game, but notices Haikazi's intention to take a revange on him. So Aomine's intercepts Haizaki, and when he confirms his suspecting he knocks him out punching him in the face.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Aomine/Kise tag on FanFiction.net
 * Aomine/Kise tag on FanFiction.net

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