Mommy? Mommy where are you?" Seven year old Kagami Taiga called out, tears rolling down his tan chubby rounded cheeks. He had a dark green shirt on and a pair of black and white stripped basketball shorts, a basketball clenched in his hands tightly as he looked around.

It was useless, there were too many people around, he couldn't see his mother anywhere.

Taiga's lower lip trembled violently as he looked around, he then started to run, the ball clenched tightly to his chest as he made his way through the crowd.

"Mommy!" He called out again.

Seconds turned into moments, moments turned into minutes, and minutes turned into hours. Taiga couldn't find his mother anywhere. The woman with beautiful flowing brown hair and dark red eyes.

It was late evening now, dark clouds floating in the sky as the young red head sat on a public park bench, the basketball resting on his lap as he stared down at the ground with blank red eyes. The tears had long ago stopped, but his face had rain droplets running down his face, or maybe it was his tears, he couldn't tell the difference.

Why did you leave? Where are you?

The scenery changed a twelve year old looking Taiga replacing the seven year old. The twelve year old Taiga laid on the ground with dead red eyes, tears rolling down his cheeks silently as he stared blankly in front of him, which just so happened to be a mirror.

Bruised and bleeding, he angered his father again.

And in reward Taiga had gained another beating, more bruises to cover up, more cuts to patch up, and more excuses to make up.

Ever since his mother left his father's personality had changed drastically. He blamed Taiga for his mother's disappearance, he had been the last person seen with his mother before she suddenly vanished without a trace.

You worthless child!

You cursive monster!

It's all your fault!

I hate you!

A broken smile stretched across Taiga's lips as he shifted. He rolled onto his stomach and placed both of his hands on the floor underneath him, pushing himself up with shaky,bruised arms. He flinched and lost his balance, falling back down into his stomach.

It hurt. It hurt, but it only made Taiga determined to push himself even more.

Letting out a shaky breath, Taiga pushed himself up and sat back against his legs. He tilted his head back and stared up at his ceiling.

She left because of you!

Go die you devil spawn!

The small smile stretched out into a blown grin as he stared up at his ceiling. His shoulders trembled violently before he laughed and shook his head. If you didn't know him you would think that he had just lost all his sanity, but if you knew him you would know that this was the only way for him to push past all the pain.

A few more tears ran down his cheeks as he continued to laugh, squeezing his eyes close before he fell forward, catching his balance with his hands. Slowly his laughs turned to sobs before they turned into whimpers and sniffs.

"Why...W-Why did it have to be our family? W-W-W-Why?" He stuttered as he gasped for breath as his body trembled.

Pushing himself back onto his knees, Taiga shifted before he slowly stood up, flinching when a sharp burst of pain went through him. He then slowly wobbled his way over to his bed where he slowly climbed into it and laid down. He then let out small breaths as he calmed down. He sniffed and rubbed his eyes with the back of his sleeve. He then curled his bruised and blooded body up, closing his eyes as let out a small shaky breath.

"Goodnight." He said softly to himself, and in his head he imagined his mother and father both on his bed with him, hugging him tightly and smiling lovingly down at him like loving parents should. And as he slowly fell asleep, falling into his dreams that he wished that was reality, a small smile appeared on his lips.

It was just the third class of the day and seventeen year old Kagami Taiga was already asleep in his current class , American English. A class where you would think that he would be able to pass without any problems, but no, he's failing just like all of his other classes. He was too lazy to do his work, and he was always sleeping in his classes so he wasn't really ever learning anything.

His childhood best friend and adopted brother, Himuro Tatsuya was sitting behind him, his gray eyes showed boredom, but he was paying attention, taking notes as the teacher talked to them. He would occasionally glace at Taiga, but did nothing to wake him up. He didn't want to be the reason for the red head's rage.

Tatsuya let out a small sigh as he watched with little amusement when the blonde haired teacher finally noticed Taiga sleeping soundlessly at his desk, his arms crossed and his head buried in his arms.

He eyed the text book that she grabbed from her desk, getting up from her seat at her desk and making her way over to the sleeping male. Tatsuya frowned slightly, he reached his foot out and nudged the red head against his upper thigh.

The red head made a small snorting sound, but didn't wake from his slumber. The dark haired male continued to do this, but it was too late. He couldn't save his brother from the teacher's wrath.

The text book that the woman held was slammed onto the red head's desk top hard, causing a loud sound to be made.

In reaction Taiga yelled out in surprise, jerking back and kicking his long legs out causing him to fall back along with his chair as the legs fell from beneath him. The tanner male groaned in pain when the back of his head came in contact with the front of Tatsuya's desk. The dark haired male almost felt sorry for him, key word, almost.

Taiga hissed in pain, one of his hands reaching up behind his head, rubbing it as he looked up at their American English teacher who looked very displeased. The red head grunted and shifted, pushing himself up from the ground, shifting so he got off from his chair. When it was firmly standing on the ground once again, Taiga then sat back down and narrowed his eyes at the blonde.

"Don't give me that look. You deserved that. Do not sleep in my class, if I catch you doing that one more time not only will you be sent to detention, but you'll owe a ten paged essay for why this class is important. If you don't want that, stay awake and pay attention." She hissed, her brown eyes glaring daggers at him.

The red eyed teen bit down onto his tongue to stop from talking back towards her. Instead he just rolled his head and put his head back down, but he directed his attention to her.

Tatsuya sighed and shook his head, a small smile on his face.

He's hopeless.

Soon the class was over. The bell rang and Taiga was the first one up and out of the door, causing the blonde haired woman to glare at him and grumble under her breath about him being a "Good for nothing brat."

The red head inwardly scoffed, his eyes darkening slightly as he made his way down the hall, his hands shoved deep into his pockets.

When Taiga was fourteen he met a blonde haired green eyed woman who was named Alexandria Garcia. She was a ex pro Basketball player, she stopped playing when something went wrong with her vision. She's also the woman who saved him from his father.

Taiga had ran into her by chance pretty much. He was playing basketball by himself and he just so happened to notice her on the side lines, and of course since she was popular he had ran up to her and begged her to train him. It took her a bit of convincing, but she eventually agreed. That's how she met Himuro Tatsuya, his best friend and his adopted brother.

Alex had adopted him from a foster care when he was just four years old, Tatsuya's parents didn't want anything to do with him anymore so they just tossed him off to the side. The two had became close fast. They both loved Basketball, and they both understood the feeling of loneliness and the feeling of being abandoned.

Only a few months went by when Tatsuya saw the bruises and cuts on Taiga's arms, at first he had lied about them. Saying that he was really clumsy, but he knew that he wouldn't believe him, so Taiga had no choice but to tell him. And when he did Alex stood up immediately. She filed a law suit against his father for child abuse and child neglection, but of course since his father was a popular business man with a lot of money, he was able to pay himself out of going to trial. Which pissed Alex off to no end. But that's when she demanded something else.

She demanded adoption papers for Taiga. Adopting him and calling him her own son. That was the happiest day of his life.

But of course, that doesn't mean thy Taiga was left without being in contact with father. He still talked to him, and his father still supported him with a house, and Taiga hates that. He didn't want to depend on the bastard of a father anymore. That's why he was going to get himself a job.

But he hasn't been able go get any jobs.

You see, Taiga still had his birth surname which is Kagami, and he didn't want to use that last name. His family is one of the top successful business families who were also one of the richest. He didn't need people finding out about his family name, they will only use him and beg for money. So he only write out his first name on all the job applications, and each one was shredded because of his lack of his surname.

Only Tatsuya and Alex knew about his surname at the moment, and he was planning on keeping it at way too.

As Taiga walked, he was so absorbed into his thoughts as to where he didn't notice that he was walking straight towards a wall. He continued on walking until he walked straight into the wall, face first.

The red head made a sound and immediately pulled away, reaching up and rubbing his nose that had bashed into the wall. He heard a low chuckle and turned around, narrowing his eyes at his brother who had an amused smile on his face.

"You should pay more attention to your surroundings Taiga. We don't want you to have a broken noise now do we?" He asked, a small smirk on his face making the red head glared at him.

"Oh shut up Syua, I was just thinking about things." He grumbled turning away and headed towards his next class which was history.

Tatsuya laughed softly behind him, following him. Soon they were walking side by side.

After a few moments of silence Tatsuya looked up at him and slowly blinked. "Hey Taiga?" He asked.

The taller male blinked and looked at him, raising one of his forked eyebrows. "What is it?" He asked.

The dark haired male stayed silent for a few moments before he hummed softly. "I may have found a job for you, with the help from our coach of course, but it's still a job. That is, if you're interested."

Taiga blinked and stopped, causing the older boy to stop as well, looking at him. "Of course I'm interested! How could you even ask such a stupid question? What is it?" He asked making the pale boy to chuckle and shake his head.

"You're going to have to wait until after practice today, we'll tell you about it then." He said.

The Kagami heir grumbled and looked off to the side. "Stupid Tatsuya, now you're going to make me wonder what it is all day."

Tatsuya just smiled slightly, continuing on his way.

"Come back here you little demons! It's time for bed!" A angry voice of a young woman shouted from down stairs.

The Aomine mansion, home to the famous pro Basketball player Aomine Daiki and his three children, Arashi, Emiko, and Ayame . Arashi and Ayame as the identical twin boys, and Emiko as the only girl. They were triplets, all at the age of four year olds.

For only being four year olds, they all were really smart. Smarter than most four year olds.

Currently the three were hiding under Ayame's and Arashi's shared bed, giggling to themselves softly as they pressed themselves together, hiding as far back against the wall as possible. The room was dark, the window was closed along with the curtains, the bedroom door was closed.

Their current Nanny was downstairs, yelling at them to get back down there. They didn't like the Nanny. She was mean to them and she sent them to their room almost immediately after breakfast. All she does is watch T.V and talk on the phone. She would threaten them and smack them when they didn't listen to her, she would also give their Daddy this weird look before licking her lips.

She was scary in their eyes, and they wanted her to leave.

"I know that you can hear me you little monsters! Get down here right now! When I get my hands on you, I'm going to ring your pathetic little necks!" She screamed.

The identical boys giggled as the girl blew a raspberry, staying in their hiding place. But then they heard something that they loved, the front door opening, followed by a slam. Without a second thought they all got out of their hiding spot and opened the bedroom door, running out of it and running down stairs. When they reached the bottom of the stair well, they saw a very angry looking father Aomine and a scared looking Nanny.

"Tou-Chan!" They all cried out, well Arashi and Emiko did, Ayame just ran over, Ayame was the quiet one.

The older male who had the same hair color and hair style as his two sons looked down, the angry expression turning into a happy one. He crouched down and held his arms out to them, and immediately the three ran straight into his arms.

"Daiki-Kun I can explain!" The Nanny said, her eyes wide in fear and worry.

The said man looked at her and narrowed his dark blue eyes, a dark look taking over them.

"Don't call me that, I never gave you permission to call me by my first name. Get out of my house, your things will be thrown out by the end of the day." He hissed, his voice dark, holding no emotion but anger.

The woman tensed, her eyes glistening with tears. "B-But Dai-"

"Don't make me repeat myself." The man hissed, interrupting her.

Glancing at the three children who the dark skinned male held, the woman glared at them. She then made a sound and walked over to the door. "You're making a huge mistake, I could give you so much more than those little monster ever can." She hissed, and with that, she was gone.

"I highly doubt that you bitch." The man grumbled under his breath.

The man was none other than Aomine Daiki, pro Basketball star with big fame, and big money. He was the exact definition of tall, dark, and handsome. Dark skin, Dark blue eyes, and short dark blue hair. The slightest of smiles could make any girl drop their panties for him, or at least, that's how he viewed it.

There was a gasp. "Oooh! Tou-Chan said a bad word!" Arashi said, his eyes wide, his mouth open wide in horror.

Daiki blinked and looked down at him, he stared at him before he chuckled and shook his head. "I did, didn't I?" He asked.

"Yep, so pay up!" Arashi said, holding out one of his hands, popping the P on 'Yep'.

Arashi and Ayame were identical twin boys. They looked exactly like Daiki did when he was younger. Short dark blue hair, Dark blue eyes, dark skin. The only way to tell them apart was their personalities.

Arashi was loud, outgoing, and hyperactive. He loved attention on him and he loved getting into trouble.

Ayame was the polar opposite. He was nearly mute, he barely speaks, he's distant, and he only gets into trouble when his brother and sister drags him into it, or if he doesn't like someone and disobeys them. Much like he had done with their ex-Nanny earlier.

Emiko on the other hand, she was the only girl. She had a personality that was a combination of her two brothers.

She was hyperactive, distant, yet she loved the attention on her. She was mostly loud like Arashi, but is quiet around new people. She often gets into fights with Arashi. She was also the only one with greenish gray eyes.

Chuckling, Daiki shook his head again before he shifted and reached into his jacket pocket. He then pulled out his wallet. He then pulled out three dollar bills and handed it to the three of them who grinned at him in return.

Whenever Daiki would curse they would immediately catch him and tell him to pay up.

Bitch : One dollar

Fuck/Fucking/Fucker : Five dollars

Damn/Dammit : Fifty cents

Shit : Twenty-five cents.

"How was your trip Tou-Chan?" Arashi asked, tilting his head in question as he stared up at Daiki.

Standing up from his crouched position, Daiki let out a small groan as he stretched out, his shoulders and back popping and cracking.

"How about we go sit down on the couch and talk about it?" He asked, smirking slightly as he walked over to the couch, his three little angels following behind him. When they were sitting on the couch, Arashi and Ayame sitting on his lap, cuddling into his chest, and Emiko cuddling into his side like usual, Daiki started to speak.

"Well, just like usual, my team won. The only one who can beat me is me, so that isn't really that surprising." The dark skinned man said, a cocky smirk holding on his lips.

The three glanced at one another before they all looked up at him. "Tou-Chan, I don't think that you should be that confident, you may be crushed by someone who you underestimate." Emiko said, the other two agreeing with her.

Daiki blinked a few times as he looked down at her. He then made a small annoyed sound and reached up, pitching the bridge of his nose.

"Give me a challenge and then we'll talk about me being overly confident of myself. Sometimes having mini geniuses for children is tiring. Have you three eaten anything at all?" He asked.

"Only cereal for breakfast, other than that, not really. The Nanny was trying to make us go to bed right after eating. She's one of the witches in those scary stories that Kuroko-Sensei tells." Arashi said, frowning, shaking his head violently as his dark blue eyes shined with fear.

Daiki frowned and shook his head, letting out a small sigh.

Ever since his girlfriend from high school left him and the three for some other guy, it has only been Daiki who has been raising the three which was hard considering that he was hardly ever home due to his job. He mentioned that he would quit if that would make them happier, but they immediately refused, saying that they loved seeing him play and win.

Each Nanny that he has ever gotten so far only agreed in watching them just for the sex (Don't blame him, he's a naturally active guy) and for his money. Not one so far had even cared for the three. Almost every time he had come home after one of his trips, he would hear the Nanny yelling at them all about something or another, and when they notice him they immediately beg for forgiveness. It the Nanny can't love his kids than he didn't want anything to do with them. The Nanny thing was also a way for him to find a decent and stable relationship, but so far he has only came across money hungry wenches who hates his children.

Guess I have to start up at point A again, maybe this time I'll take Satsuki's help.