Kagami's POV:

When I found out what I was, it was the biggest surprise of my life. I didn't know what I was. Even when I told my parents about it, they didn't seem to be at all concerned of it. Like it was normal for a child to have cat ears and a tail. After that I never got close to anyone, but I did have one friend, but I was afraid that if he found out what I was he wouldn't want to be around me anymore. But the thing is, even I don't know what I am.

It wasn't until later that I found out I wasn't the first to be what I am in my family. I had some uncle on my father's side who was like me, I'm the second. It didn't make me feel any better about the whole thing. The uncle was no longer around, so it wasn't like I could go to him for help about this. Like how to control it or anything like that. This was something I had to learn on my own. Just like everything else in my life.

I did learn how to control it a little bit after a while. But when I get too excited or worked up about something, my ears and tail like to pop out, which is a real pain because there's one thing I love to do and that's playing basketball. I have to be careful whenever I play. There was a time when they did come out. I thought everyone saw, but astonishingly they were distracted by some famous model that just happened to be passing by. This gave me some time to calm down.

"Calm down Taiga! Calm down! They can't find out what you are, so just calm down for just a damn minute and get through this game!"

After that, I didn't play much with others. The one friend I had I didn't see much of either. I had completely cut myself off from everyone else. Not just for me but for them as well.

It's been a few years now without an incident. It got to the point that I almost forgot that I was even different than the rest of the world. I've been living by myself for a while as well, my parents being overseas and what not. So, having to only worry about myself is one of the greatest benefits of being alone.

"Taiga, I hope you're behaving yourself while you over there. Your father and I don't need to be getting any phone calls about you causing any trouble."

"I know mom. I've been doing well so far. No incidents or anything like that. I can't afford an incident while I'm away."

"That's right. It would be troublesome for your father and I if you did have an incident. I have to go now Taiga. You take care of yourself. Bye."

"Bye mom."

Those were the phone calls I hated the most. My parents are more concerned about their own image that they don't even think of me anymore. Since I'm sixteen they think I can take care of myself with no problem. But it would be nice once in a while to rely on someone to be there for you. But that's something I'll never have.

Aomine's POV:

I think myself as one of a kind, and that's because I'm not like the others. My family as a long history of having those who are born the cat ears and tail. Guess you can say it runs in the family, but none have ever been what I am. Being a Black Panther can also be a pain though. Whenever I get too excited I tend to totally transform myself. I usually get scolded for this but I'm usually able to get home before anyone can notice my transformation. Which is impressive since people know how big a Black Panther is.

Tonight, just happens to be one of those nights that I ended up transforming, and once again I had to sneak back into my home without my parents noticing what happened. Carefully I made my way to my home, making sure that no one was around before running to the backyard and climbing up the Sakura tree that was right outside my window. What a lucky cat I am. Also lucky for me that I left my window slightly opened before I went out tonight as well.

I made my way up the giant tree that stood outside my window, using my tail to open up the window wide enough to get through I jumped into my room.

"Damn I'm good." I thought to myself as I set foot onto my bedroom floor. Suddenly my light turned on and standing there in the doorway of my bedroom was both my mother and father. They looked pissed.

"Daiki! What did you do this time? You need to be more careful and get better control over your transformation. There's only a small group of normal humans who know about us, so you need to be careful!" My mother started with the lecture while my dad just shook his head in disappointment.

I didn't say anything, even if I did they wouldn't understand me in this form. I just gave my usual stare and jumped up onto my bed to wait until I was calm enough to transform back into my human form.

"Let's go dear, Daiki needs to calm down so he can transform back into his human form. Let's give him time before we try talking to him again." My father took my mother by the hand to led her out of my room. I didn't care any other way if they talked to me like this or while I'm in my human form, it would be the same either way.

As I laid there on my bed I started to think about what would happen if someone outside of my family and those who knew nothing about our kind found out about what I am. Would it really be that bad if someone else did know?

"Man, I'm tired..."

3rd Person POV:

Two teenagers with the same type of bloodline. Each growing up a different way when it came to dealing with their odd appearance. Kagami Taiga, being only the second member in his family ever to show signs of the inherited blood trait. Having to learn to deal with it on his own of how to control his transformation. While Aomine Daiki comes from a family that has a long history of cat ears and tails. Aomine has had help with his training of controlling his transformation but lacks the means to care to control it. He's arrogant because he sees himself as being one of a kind in his family.

Two different people, same type of bloodline trait, one destined fate to meet.