Pylorus

Wow, didn't really think that so many people would actually read this. Thank you, Tachibana (Guest) for reviewing. However, I don't think that you noticed in the last chapter where I stated that it may be KagamixOC if the readers wanted it. There are countless possibilities of people to pair up Tai-chan with. I was simply stating that it was a possibility. In fact, AoKaga is my favourite pairing of all time and there is a 50% chance that it will happen. But, it could just become really close friendship or something. Heck, I don't have to pair up Tai-chan with anyone. But I will, because it has to be there somewhere for the whole plot to work. Anyways, pairings aside, there will be OCs in here but they are there because they are needed. Believe me, if they weren't involved or didn't have any level of importance in this fic, they wouldn't be there. Of course, Kagami still has a lot of interaction with the cannon characters but some OCs will be more important than the canon characters. For example, Felix is more important to Kagami than Kuroko is. And the OC that may be paired up with Kagami is the most important of them all because as stated before, he's important. Anyways, thank you Daisy-in-Life for following this fic!

These next few chapters are simply a recap of Kagami's years after his 'contract' with Felix and how he had changed after that. Then, we get into the canon years! But bear with me, it takes some time.

Hope you enjoy this chapter!

Chapter 2: Abaddon

Kagami Taiga just signed a contract with the devil.

(Three years later)

Kagami stood in the same courts that he had stood those three years ago and picked up one of the same heavy balls that he had held before. It was light now. He aimed for the hoop and shot. He didn't miss. However unlike the first time, he didn't get the feeling of pride, triumph or happiness that he had once gotten. He looked down blankly at the ball in wonder. It was a weird realization that hit him when he realised that it didn't feel the same to hold a basketball. It made him feel…hollow.

He looked behind him, already knowing that the same figure that had been silently watching him the first time he held a basketball was once again behind him, like a Grim, silent in the night.

"Do you regret it?" Felix asked him quietly. It wasn't the first time that he had asked Kagami this same question and it never failed to baffle him to see that Felix did care, no matter how little was.

Kagami faced his 'coach' with a flat expression. He blinked once and turned back again to face the hoop. He opened his mouth to speak.

"No." The one word reply seemed to be enough confirmation for Felix but Kagami wondered, since when had his voice sounded so…dead?

It was weird to realize how much he had changed during the past years that he had been playing basketball. If he had a one word explanation for why he had seemed to change so much, he wouldn't be able to find it. It was a mixture of events that had passes during those three years that had caused him to become the person that he was today. But Kagami would like to think that he had a close enough word for it. Rather, it was a name. Felix.

(Three years ago)

Walking home, Kagami thought of the events that had happened during that night. One, he had some people about to get murdered by someone that was about half their size, two; he had ran for his life and consequently discovered a court that seemingly hadn't been used in years, three; he had met a mysterious man that went by the name of Felix and four; he had made an agreement with Felix to play basketball with him, not really knowing he consequences. Not really a smart decision now that Kagami thought about it but it was a decision none the less.

As he reached his apartment house, he stopped for a bit at his front door and wondered whether to knock on the door or simply just walk in and risk himself seeing something that he most likely wouldn't want to. He decided to knock on the door but he wasn't met with a reply. Frowning, he knocked on the door again and he once again received no reply. He opened the door and was met with and empty house. He walked over to his mother's room and it was empty. All belongings…gone. He looked into his own room and it was also empty. He looked all over the house and was met with the same results everywhere. The kitchen, empty. The bathroom, empty. Everywhere, empty.

Gaping, Kagami looked around the house one more time and again, nothing.

"No fucking way." He gasped. "No. Fucking. Way!" He gasped once again as if he was confirming his thoughts.

"She left me!" It looked like his mother had finally given up on even trying to be a parent and had decided to simply up and leave. Kagami stood there gaping at the scene in front of him. His own mother had left him. She had left him to live all by himself with no way to stay alive, she had left him in this run-down town in America to fucking die!

Kagami fell to his knees, shock still visible in his eyes and let his head fall down into his hands. His shoulders started to shake and sobs started to resound throughout the room. Kagami Taiga was crying. Siting, crouched on the floor, Kagami let his minds roam to try and figure out why his own mother hated him so much to actually abandon him and leave him to either take care of himself or to die and rot. He could find no reason otherwise of the fact that she was just a selfish bitch. Calming down, Kagami stopped sobbing and raised his head, looked once again at the empty place that he had once called home and stood up. He walked towards the door of his own room an opened it. There was nothing there. Not even a change of pants, not even a belonging of sorts. There was nothing. The woman had the nerve to take his own belongings as well! What type of mother was this?! Kagami already knew the answer, none at all. Turning around from the room, not even sparing a glance at any of the other rooms any longer, he walked out of the house with his shoulders hunched up, his last show of pride.

He walked to the courts that he was previously in and sat down on one of the nearby benches. Looking up at the sky, he reckoned that it was late enough that no-one would come to the courts, he lay his body on the bench and fell asleep.

Waking up was…uncomfortable. As Kagami opened his eyes, he wondered where he was and why he wasn't at home under his own dirty sheets and was instead outside in the freezing cold, wearing nothing but a jumper and shorts and waking up in somewhere that he didn't recognize. Until he realized exactly why.

He still didn't fully believe that his own mother had actually left him. Sure, she didn't like him, but surely she had no reason to just up and leave like that! His shoulders stare to shake again and his eyes watered with tear that were threatening to fall. But Kagami didn't let them. He looked up firmly. He wasn't going to let to get to him. He would survive by himself just like he always had, simply without any back-up plan this time. Kagami was determined to do it.

He looked at his surroundings again and finally realized where he was. He had walked up to the basketball courts that he had been in previously the other day and like yesterday, it was empty. Standing up from his uncomfortable position from the bench, he walked into the courts and picked up a ball. As usual, it was heavy. Handling the weight of the ball, he raised it up and aimed to shoot at the hoop. He missed. He tried again, and once again, he missed. Then, he remembered what Felix had said last night and tried again, this time decided to arc his shot and leaning back slightly in order to have better aim at the hoop, he tried again. Like before, the same sense of triumph and pride at his accomplishment washed over him and he grinned again.

Then, he heard a clap in the background. Felix was once again behind him.

"You got it!" Felix praised him. Kagami grinned abashedly at him, paying no mind as to why he hadn't noticed Felix's presence.

"Yeah!" He excitedly exclaimed. Felix smiled at him.

"Try this next…" And the whole morning was filled with Kagami shooting hoops and Felix coaching him and guiding him throughout his mistakes. Finally collapsing due to lack of energy, Kagami looked up from his position on the floor at Felix, who had already taken up to sitting down on him. Kagami didn't particularly mind, Felix wasn't heavy.

"How do you know so much?" He asked Felix curiously, not expecting the laugh that answered his question.

Felix looked at him in amusement and with his lips still shaking with mirth; he gave Kagami a verbal answer. "That was not much at all. But if you meant how I know how to play, I can answer that." Kagami nodded his head, urging him on.

"I've been playing basketball for a very long time." He answered and Kagami looked at him in wonder.

"How long?" He asked.

"I don't know, 20 to 30 years maybe?" Felix answered him. Kagami gaped at him in astonishment.

"Bullshit."

Felix looked at him in amusement. "Language."

Kagami looked at him with a deadpan expression. "Bullshit." He repeated again. "No way! How old are you?!" Kagami hadn't thought that Felix was that much older than him, at most by 5 years, and he was still 13!

"Haven't your parents ever told you not to ask a lady their age?" Kagami very nearly died. Felix laughed at the gob-smacked expression on his face.

"Just joking. I'm 47." This time, Kagami did faint.

A/N: Wow, Felix…I love him. Anyways, I hope you liked it and don't forget to review or do whatever. Don't forget,

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