Disclaimer: I do not own Kuroko no Basuke.

Chapter 1

The score is 69 - 68 with Seirin in the lead. Thanks to Kuroko intercepting the passes, Kirisaki Daiichi's Spider Web was defeated.

Furuhashi looked around trying to find a way to get themselves out of the predicament they were in. Seeing how Hanamiya seemed more determined than usual, Furuhashi passed the ball to Hanamiya. He only noticed that it was a bad decision when he noticed who it was that guarded Hanamiya.

"You're kidding me... it's all... it's all your fault! !" Hanamiya said, gritting his teeth.

Looking Kuroko straight in his eyes, Hanamiya raised his arm that was currently holding the basketball. Using the momentum he had, he brought both his elbow and the ball downwards towards Kuroko's head. Kuroko's teammates were too far away to even attempt to stop what was happening, and the audience was silent when they saw what Hanamiya was preparing to do.

'Kuroko/Kurokocchi/Tetsu/Tetsu-kun dodge!' Midorima, Kagami, Kise , Aomine and Momoi shouted in their minds.

It was too late though. Kuroko wasn't expecting Hanamiya's move and he was too slow to avoid it.

The audience gasped when they heard a crack and a sickening thud as Seirins number 11's head smashed into the gyms floor.

Everything seemed to have stopped after that.

"KUROKO!" Kagami yelled, running to his fallen partner, who had yet to move after the blow.

The shout effectively snapped everyone out of their shock. Riko rushed from her spot on the bench to Kuroko, as well as the Seirin players who were on the referee, who was able to see the obvious rough play this time, blew his whistle because of the fallen player.

When Kagami had almost reached Kuroko he noticed the red substance that was forming underneath his shadows head. Seeing the blood on the floor made Kagami panic even more than before, realizing that what happened could be serious. When Kagami reached Kuroko he turned him over and put his head on his lap.

"Kuroko.." He whispered, in disbelief at seeing how badly the head wound was. "You-You're going to be fine...The paramedics are on their way."

"K-Kaga..mi...-kun...H-Hurts..." Kuroko looked up at Kagami, his eyes glazed over slightly, but the pain in them was evident.

By then all of the other players were surrounding the two of them. All of them gasped at the sight of blood covering Kuroko's face.

Riko came closer to inspect the wound.

'Looks like his skull got fractured...This isn't good, he obviously has a serious concussion. He needs to be taken to the hospital immediately!" Riko worried. She then saw that Kuroko looked to be on the verge of passing out. "Kuroko you have to stay awake, you have a concussion."

"...Ri-Riko..-san..." Came the weak reply.

"The stretchers here, please move out of the way!" The paramedics ordered, preparing to take the youth to the nearest hospital.

Kagami, who was hesitant to move away at first because he didn't want to leave Kuroko's side, let the paramedics do their job. He didn't like the pained filled eyes that were on the usually emotionless face of his shadow.

They gently transferred Kuroko from the hard gym floor, onto the stretcher. By this time the other Generation of Miracles that were present in the audience had made it to the court and were wide eyed when they saw how pale Kuroko was and how much blood there was.

"Kurokocchi.../ Tetsu-kun..." Kise and Momoi whispered, tears gathering in both of their eyes.

Aomine glared at Hanamiya, who was looking just as shocked as everyone else. He never intended to take it this far, he lost himself to his anger and the next thing he knew he injured a player far worse than he has ever done before.

As the stretcher was being wheeled away, Kagami turned to Hanamiya and grabbed his jersey. If looks could kill Hanamiya would be dead a hundred times over.

"How dare you do that to Kuroko!" Kagami yelled. He raised his fist getting ready to punch the guy who dared to attack his partner only for it to be held back by Midorima. "Why are you trying to stop me Midorima?! He injured Kuroko!"

"I know, and as angry as I am as well, punching him will only result in more problems. Don't you think Kuroko would hate to see that the team lost because of your actions? What Hanamiya did is unforgivable, but until the match is over you have to give this match your all for Kuroko." Midorima explained seriously. "Hurry with the match, we will see to it that Kuroko is okay." With that, Midorima, Momoi, Kise, and Aomine left through the door the stretcher had exited the gym.

Kagami stared at him, then reluctantly lowered his fist and released his hold on Hanamiya when he saw the hard eyes Midorima had that also held worry in them for his ex teammate, even if he wouldn't admit it fully, this whole event effected him more than he thought.

"Let's get them back for what they did to Kuroko." Hyuuga said to the rest of their team after the referee benched Hanamiya and ordered the match to resume. "The sooner we finish, the sooner we can go and check on Kuroko."

Everyone got ready with determined faces, ready to avenge their fallen friend. Less than a minute left in the fourth quarter they managed to score 3 baskets leaving the score at 76 - 68. They won but didn't have time to celebrate.

"Line up." the referee commanded.

After a little hesitation, they decided to hurry and get it over with in order to leave quicker. Kagami spared one last glare at Hanamiya, who he expected to be smirking after causing the pain he did, but unexpectedly was currently sitting on the benches with his head down looking very unlike his usual self.

Kagami was a little glad that he had the decency to regret his actions, but not enough to ever forgive the other for his actions. Seirin then proceeded to the locker rooms to change and get their belongings before leaving to go to the hospital that Kuroko was currently at.