A/N: Hello, minna~! I'm here again with another story and it's basically an experiment of mine, trying a different writing style but I hope you like it. Kuroko is female here, as you would have noticed in my summary and it's my first time writing one.

I hope you'll enjoy somewhat…

Disclaimer: Kuroko no Basket is not mine.

Prologue

The moon was high up in the night sky, its silver light showering the Earth like a blessing.

It was the most beautiful moon that he could remember in his entire life.

His eyes were trained on a teal haired girl dribbling a ball and passing it to him with expertise. He felt his heart throb. Not of the usual excitement or anticipation but the feeling of…rightness in the situation. Of the trust of a girl who passed the ball to him and believe he can make a difference and carry her trust.

It all sounds too sappy, he thought as he jumped and caught the ball midair, slamming it right into the ring. It sounds all too sappy yet he couldn't express it in any other way. Why? , he wondered as he landed on the ground. His eyes fell back to the girl once again. The girl was smiling at him and he felt his lips twitching to smile back. Smiles are indeed contagious, he decided as a full blown grin appeared on his face. Why would he hold back in the first place? When it is so refreshing to be smiling with her?

He raised his fist, waiting for the usual fist bump. Of the symbol the two had forged the moment each of them recognized one another as true light and shadow. The girl raised her fist and met his, staring into his fiery red eyes.

Come to think of it, it was also a night when they first played together; albeit that time they were nothing more than strangers. Same people who went to the same club. No ties, no connections. He didn't even know that time that she was his classmate.

She was the only girl in the basketball club and he had wondered why she would join as a player, not a manager or something. She had no eye catching skill. She was weak. What can a weak little girl with almost zero presence possibly do on court than to hinder him? After he defeated her in the same day that night, he had labeled her weak. Not that he was a sexist or anything. He just didn't find it worth the trouble.

However, that's all in the past now. She is now standing here before him, having proved him wrong when she taught him her way of basketball. She had taught him the most basic of basketball that he had forgotten, having played by himself for so long. He was a lone tiger and she changed that fact. Basketball is a team play, one of which requires the trust in teammates and the ability to trust them in return.

Ah, that's right. He smiled in nostalgia at one memory. That time, she had also vowed to make him number one in Japan. To be his shadow. All he thought at that time was how ridiculous it sounded (adding to the fact that it seemed to have come off straight from a drama). So many things happened since then. They do seem to have come a long way off.

Kagami lets out a breath, smiling wryly as the girl went to pick up the basketball that rolled over somewhere. He hated to admit it but he knew. Somewhere, in the recesses of his heart locked with denials…

A chain broke.

A/N: Short but hey, it's prologue. I hope you like it though~!

News flash: Chapter 3 of "Guardian Angel" is halfway done and I might be posting it soon if there are no 'unfortunate' distractions to come. Thank you for all the support. Please leave a review too in this fic if you like~! Constructive critisisms too are welcome~!

Itterashai masse~!