Kuroko no Basket Collection

That Red String (Part 1) ~ Kagakuro

A/N: The red string of fate is really a Chinese and Japanese legend. I find the concept of the red string of fate extremely interesting and fascinating. You know, knowing that your other half is at the other end of the string, and you just have to find them. So, I think we shall let our Bakagami widen his horizons more on this little adventure of his, shall we?

I originally intended this to be a one shot, only it got way too long for a one shot. So, you can expect this to be broken into a couple of chapters. I've never done the multiple chapter thing before, so I hope this didn't suck too bad. 

Standard disclaimer applies [the usual I-do-not-own-KnB stuff], and I'm sorry if this sucked. Please read and take 30 seconds to review, let me know if it sucked.

Story Playlist: Gotta Be Somebody by Nickleback - because the lyrics are perfect for Kagami & Kuroko

~:~:~:~:~::~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~

Kagami Taiga x Kuroko Taiga

Kagami Taiga was never one to believe in fate, unlike that crazy Midorima guy who seemed to be obsessed with it. Sure, he believed in God and the existence of heaven and hell (to a certain degree anyway), but if you asked him about destiny and fate, you asked the wrong guy. All of that stuff seemed more like a tall tale rather than something worth putting his faith in.

Which was why he woke up confused one morning to see a little red string tied on the pinky finger of anyone he met, literally everyone.

It started when he walked out of his apartment the day after the Winter Cup match, he saw his neighbor/landlady with a red string tied to the pinky finger of her right hand.

"Good morning Kagami-kun." His landlady, Sato Shoko greeted him with a smile.

"Morning, Shoko-san. May I ask why do you have a red sting on your finger?"

"Red string? What are you talking about?" Shoko-san asked with a confused look on her face.

"Argh, never mind. I'll be going to school now."

"Have a safe trip."

Just then, his landlord came out of his apartment as well. "Ahh, good morning Kagami-kun."

"Good morning Sato-san." He greeted the older man as he walked to the staircase.

His eyes zeroed on the red sting tied to the man's left pinky finger, and it was connected to the red string tied on his wife's finger. What the heck?!

The same thing happened when he was walking to school. He saw countless other pedestrians with the same red string tied to their pinky fingers, only this time he couldn't see where the string ended. Some were tangled beyond recognition around the people and some were trailing behind the person, ending in God knows where. He got more and more confused as he walked on.

Just what the hell was happening with the world?

At school, he saw more of those little red string things, both on the students and the teachers, even on the school gardener. He made it a point to ask Kuroko when he saw him later.

When Kagami arrived at his classroom, Kuroko wasn't there yet. So, he settled in his seat and stared out the window. From their classroom which overlooks the school courtyard, he could see their school's student council president holding hands with his girlfriend. On their pinky fingers were the red string too, and they were connected to each other, just like his landlord and landlady's. He continued to observe the other students below when he felt a pencil poke him in the back. He turned around and saw it was only Kuroko.