Hey! So here's a prologue of Inner Demons. I want to point out that I'm not a native English speaker, so if you notice any mistakes, I'd be happy if you pointed them out. I wrote this a long time ago, and I have skimmed through it and corrected the most obvious mistakes it had, but there could be some I missed... On that note, I'm not going to blabber any longer. I hope you enjoy this prologue!

Disclaimer: I do not own Kuroko no Basket or Assassination Classroom.

Akashi Karma was little when his mother died. He was so young that he still couldn't quite understand world itself and he didn't remember his mother's face, anything about her, really. He didn't get any of her looks, either, looking like a small copy of his father, Akashi Seijuro. The man who ruled the business world as the owner of Akashi Corporation. Just saying his name around anyone, really, would make them fear and bow down. That was the power of their name. Akashi.

Kuroko Nagisa was little when his parents divorced and he turned into Shiota Nagisa after his mother remarried. He was so young that he still couldn't quite understand world itself and he didn't remember his father's face, anything about him, really. He got his looks from him, mostly, looking like a small copy of the man. Still, despite he fought for the custody, Hiromi won. After all, Nagisa was still so young. Despite Nagisa's biological father's good friend's involvement, the man couldn't get Nagisa's custody. Hiromi didn't even allow the two to meet, ever, so Nagisa grew up thinking of a stranger as his father.

Karma was still young when it first emerged. Seijuro had hoped that it wouldn't. Seijuro had hoped Karma wouldn't inherit that gene from him. Yet, it seemed like Karma was truly a small copy of him. He inherited everything. Karma himself was horrified. Seijuro remembered the small boy looking up at him with horrified red eyes and asking in a shaking voice.

"Daddy... What's wrong with me?"

Nagisa was still young when his mother's true nature first emerged. He was still so young that he didn't really understand why it was such a bad thing. His father, that stranger, understood. He understood why Hiromi had divorced in the beginning with, or rather, her ex had. Why he had so hardly tried to get Nagisa's custody. He had seen this coming. He also divorced her, trying his hardest to get Nagisa's custody. That was the least he could do for the boy. He might be a stranger to him, but he couldn't let him stay with Hiromi. Still, he couldn't win. He lost and Nagisa was left with Hiromi.

"Mommy... Why did Daddy leave?"

As Karma grew older, it started emerging more and more. He didn't like it, at all. His family was getting worried and Karma hated making them worried. Still, he couldn't help it. He could not stop it from emerging, it was not in his control. His family understood, however, his father especially. Karma heard that Seijuro, too, had went through a similar phase in junior high and high school. It didn't make Karma feel better, though. He was younger, so much younger, and it had already been happening far longer than a few years. It had been happening ever since he was a little kid.

As Nagisa grew older, he started to realize why everyone was leaving his mother. It was because they couldn't stand to watch. Everyone else knew how wrong this was. How wrong Hiromi was. He didn't want to make her mad, though, by refusing. Hiromi would get mad if he did that. He could not stop it, however, it was not in his control. He could do nothing against it.

Karma was nine when he realized he could, in fact, control it a bit. His family found it worrying, as well as a good thing. Seijuro had been proud of him and hugged him, told him that they could get through it. Karma had believed. He really did.

Nagisa was nine when his mother made him realize he had no control over his life. Hiromi forced him to start growing his hair. His short hair hadn't bothered her before, he had still looked feminine enough. Nagisa didn't want to make her mad, so he did as ordered. He never cut his hair.

Karma was ten when he came to the conclusion that he just couldn't. He just couldn't take the looks his peers gave him anymore. He started using Akabane, his mother's maiden name, when introducing himself. He transferred to another local school, just so that no one would know him and his actual name. He even did something that he knew he'd regret, but knew he had to do it. He just couldn't go on anymore, not like this. He had to be stronger than this.

"Karma... Have I been a bad father to you?"

Nagisa was ten when everything started falling apart. The bullies came first. His long hair and feminine looks made them bully him much more than other kids in the school. Then his friends left him. He was left all alone during breaks, with no one to play or talk to. Then, even his old friends started to bully him. All of a sudden, his whole school was against him and he was all alone against a school full of bullies. His mother had nothing to say on it, just showed another one of those horrifying frilly pieces of clothing to him. He couldn't go on like this, he knew. He had to be stronger than this. He knew he'd probably regret this later, but he knew he had to do it. He had to be stronger.

"Hahahaha, Nagisa-chan, why such a blank face, huh?"

When they entered Kunugigaoka Junior High, they met each other. They were classmates, in Class D. For some reason, they were immediately drawn to one another. Karma found Nagisa's long hair an interesting choice, saying that it was brave, something many boys would be too afraid to keep. Nagisa found Karma's golden eyes interesting, wondering whether they were like that naturally or not. Nagisa's answer to Karma was always something that if Karma read between the lines, he was afraid and wasn't, at the same time. Karma's answer to Nagisa was always something that if Nagisa read between the lines, they were natural and weren't.

When their third year started, they were both in Class 3-E, assassination classroom. Nagisa due to bad grades and Karma due to violence. Both got scolded at home, the other badly, the other lightly. When they met again, after Karma's suspension, everything seemed just fine. Like nothing had changed between them. Like they had known each other since their birth.

They didn't know how close they had always been, not before it all came crashing down on them.

As you can see, not much happens here. I don't really know why, but I just love the idea of Akashi being Karma's dad. Am I the only one?

Well, I hope you liked it!