The meeting went smoothly without any more trouble. It was mostly on strategies and such on how to take down the organisation, and the two captains agreed with each other more often than not. The tension was still there however, but it didn't bother the rest of them. They were all glad that there weren't any more clashes.

Akashi's team had training afterwards, something no one was looking forward too. However, before they headed off, Midorima pulled his captain aside. "Akashi."

"What is it, Shintarou?" The red head asked, watching as the other team streamed out. Midorima waited patiently until they were out of earshot before continuing.

"This morning I went past the showers. Fukui Akio was there, and I managed to catch a glimpse of something on his chest."

Akashi waited for him to continue, though his eyes sparked with interest.

"I've seen it before. Black veins spreading from the heart. Though the last time I saw it, they died soon after. From what I've heard, it was an experimental drug of sorts forcefully used on a bunch of people. As far as I know, everyone died a few days later. If he has it, then I don't know how he's still alive."

"I'm sure they're aware of it. Though send me the information on that drug. They were stopped, correct? Then maybe we'll get more information on their team if they were the ones that stopped them."

Midorima nodded. "I'll do my best. Oha Asa says that Cancers are lucky today. I'll see you at training." With that, the green head turned and walked away.


"Hey Caleb."

The twin turned towards Crystal, who looked at him worriedly. "Are you sure you're going to be okay?"

"I'll be fine. Kuroko isn't like the others. While they're all about how good they are, he's trying to keep them together as a team." Caleb remembered his look into the bluenette's mind. It wasn't hard to tell that he was different.

"Still, I mean, I don't think he'd disobey an order from Seijuuro. What if he orders him to kill you or something?" Crystal asked, shivering at the thought of it. The two of them were in the recreation area, Caleb needing some time to relax a little. Crystal had followed him there.

"He won't. Trust me, I know," The male said reassuringly, shooting her a smile. "Also, you might want to be careful. I wouldn't use Akashi's full name around him."

"I guess..." Crystal pouted. "I hope no one else minds if I use their first names. I mean, they're fun to say. More so than their last names. And Seijuuro has a nice ring to it..."

"Just be careful," Caleb said with a chuckle. "Oh. I need to do something."

He had just remembered. The pink haired girl that was in the meeting today. She wasn't in the file, as far as he knew, and he wanted to talk to her.

Standing, he gave the brunette another smile. "Sorry Crystal, I'll talk to you later."

The girl gave him a hug. "Be careful on the mission."

"You know it's not happening until tomorrow, right?" Caleb chuckled as he headed out.

"I know! Be careful anyway!" She called after him.

Hey, you looking for the pink one? She's down near the training rooms.

Caleb was an interesting kind of person. He and his twin shared a telepathic bond, which allowed them to talk to each other from where ever and also notifying each other of their locations. But it wasn't just that. Caleb had the ability to read minds. No one knew except his brother, and he was going to keep it that way. Both teams, if they ever found out, would use him in more ways than one and he could tell that he would no longer be an equal.

His power did come in handy though. Whenever arguments broke out in the team, he was the one they came to. He careful not to give too many hints, but he always resolved conflict. Hence the nickname, "Pysch".

Thanks Ben. Ask Bailey if we'll have training any time soon, can you?

Will do.

After that, Caleb headed for the training rooms. It was likely that she was helping with training or something, but he was sure he could talk to her for a bit.

If any of the others would let her talk to him, anyway. Now that was the question.


"Come on Kise, you're never going to beat me at that rate," Aomine said with a smirk, sweat dripping down the side of his face.

Facing him was the blonde, two short swords in hand. Aomine held his usual weapon, spinning it around his right.

Akashi had let them free train near the end, and it always ended up with these two sparring.

Kise's golden eyes glowed, and suddenly he lunged. Aomine was prepared for it, but soon his eyes widened in shock.

Though I don't have katanas, I'll just have to compensate by getting a little closer... Kise had started the same set of deadly moves he had seen Akio use the previous day. Except this time, it was faster, more powerful and it took Aomine completely by surprise.

How the hell?! Aomine blocked, dodged, danced; but he had seen it before. Just before Kise could do that final blow, which involved a double thrust with both blades, Aomine spun. With both hands on his swallow, he twisted to the left around the blades and pushed them both to the right. Hooking an arm around the surprised blonde, he locked the other's arms to his body and pressed the tip of his swallow to Kise's neck. A small drop of blood bloomed.

"That's mean, Aomine-cchi! You're not meant to draw blood!" Kise cried, shoving the other male away. "One more!"

"Don't you ever get tired?" Aomine grumbled, irritated, but complied. That is, until he spotted Momoi talking to someone.

"Oi Kise," he called, drawing the blonde's attention. "Who's Satsuki talking to?"

"Eh? Him? I think he's part of the other team. The one- wait where are you going?"

Aomine had started heading towards them.


Momoi had been watching the others train, lost in thought. Aomine was as good as ever, but he seemed slightly bothered by the fact that he might have a challenger. Maybe that's a good thing, Momoi thought. Maybe his love for fighting comes back. Oh who knows. "Hi."

Startled, the pink haired girl looked up in shock. "Oh sorry, didn't see you there. Caleb-san, right?" Caleb Cole... One of the twins... Uses a compound bow...

The twin nodded. "I didn't quite catch your name at the meeting," he said with a smile. "And also, just Caleb is fine."

"Momoi Satsuki." Now standing, she offered a handshake. The male shook, and gestured for her to sit back down. She did, warily watching him as he took a seat next to her.

"I'm the information gatherer for my team. I assume you are, for yours?" Caleb asked, watching as Aomine was pushed back by Kise. Momoi only nodded. She didn't want to give out too much information, but she felt like Caleb was someone she could trust. For whatever reason.

"I suppose we'll have to work together then," Caleb said, almost as if it were a passing thought. "Are you up for doing some researching later on?"

Momoi hesitated, but she didn't get time to say anything. Aomine grabbed Caleb by his shirt and pulled him up. "Who the fuck are you and why are you talking with Satsuki?"

"Dai-chan put him down!" Momoi demanded.

"Hey hey, I'm just talking to her," Caleb said, trying to stop himself from choking. "Let me go and I'll explain."

"Dai-chan!" Momoi hit Aomine over the head. "Let him go! Ahomine!"

The bluenette growled but finally released the male, who slumped against the wall trying to catch his breath.

"Dai-chan, Ki-chan is waiting. Leave us alone!" Momoi pushed him away, shoving him back towards Kise. Aomine shot glares at the both of them. "You better not touch her," he warned Caleb, even as the pink haired girl pushed him away.

Caleb put his hands up trying to placate the other male.

Aomine scowled and turned away, going back to spar with Kise. However he kept a close eye on his childhood friend.

"Sorry about him," Momoi apologised, turning back to look at Caleb. He waved her off.

"No problem," he said, though his voice was a little croaky. "Boyfriend?"

"Oh, no," she blushed. "I've known him since we were born. Before the others, anyway."

"Ah," Caleb said, nodding. "Makes sense, I guess. Anyway, do you want to go to the library later?"

Momoi debated on this for a little bit. "An hour should be fine, they'll be done soon."

Caleb glanced towards the two fighting, one of them giving him a glare.

He then gave the girl a wide smile. "I'll see you then."


Food. More snacks.

That was the only thing on Muraskibara's mind as he headed into the kitchen. More specifically, the pantry.

Every month they got a shipment of snacks just to keep the purple giant happy. They were sent to a different place each time and one of them would go pick it up, so not to raise suspicion. They were mostly kept in the pantry, some in the freezer, just all over the place. As he entered the walk in pantry, he stopped at the sight of someone else there.

"Eh, who are you?"

Of course, Muraskibara had seen him before but he couldn't remember his name.

The other male, a tall brunette, looked up. "Oh hi. You must be Muraskibara. I'm Adrian."

"What are you doing here?"

"Bit blunt... I was hungry. A lot of snacks you have here," Adrian said, a little surprised. "I haven't heard of many of these before."

"I don't share," Muraskibara said with a minor pout.

"Oh." Adrian looked a little disappointed. "I brought some from France though, if you want to try."

At that, the purple head looked happier. "Really? What kind of snacks?"

"Uh..." Adrian rummaged around in his pockets for a little bit, before coming up with a mostly intact, chip looking packet. "Here."

Muraskibara took the packet cautiously, inspecting it. But all the information and everything was in French and he couldn't understand it. So he opened it, sniffing it before taking one out and eating it.

His eyes opened a little wider.

"This tastes nice."

"I uh, I'm glad you like it," Adrian said sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck. "I could order more if you want."

The other male nodded as he continued munching. "Here you go." He gave Adrian a maiubo.

"Uh, thanks," Adrian said, taking it. He looked at it curiously, then put it into his pocket.

"You can have snacks if you want," Muraskibara said, gesturing to the inside of the pantry before turning and heading out.

"What a weird guy," Adrian muttered to himself, but did take another look around before grabbing a few more snacks. They all seemed pretty interesting to him. Heading out, he went to go find Crystal.


Momoi headed to the library after the boys had finished training. Aomine's still as lazy as usual, she thought, sighing. Lately he wouldn't train by himself, and mostly would only train with Kise. She was hoping, with the arrival of a new team, that his love of fighting would come back. She hated seeing him so bored all of the time. No one put up a challenge.

Entering the library, she let out a sigh of relief. She always liked the library, even though it was made of the same cold grey metal as the rest of the base. The books however, had that lovely smell to it that all books had. It was nice.

Spotting her target, she made her way over to Caleb, sitting down opposite him. "Hello."

Caleb looked up and smiled, shutting his book. "Hi. Nice of you to join me. Training go well?"

"I guess," Momoi offered in the way of small talk. However, she really did want information on their team. "How's your team?"

"They're okay, I guess. Akio isn't particularly happy, but I suppose that's to be expected." Caleb smiled sadly. "Aomine really riles him up."

"Do you think they could spar together?" Momoi asked wistfully.

"Uh... Not too sure about that. Akio only really spars with Bailey. And to be honest, they're likely to accidentally hurt each other," Caleb shrugged, with a slight grimace.

"Eh... Good point. Speaking of which, what's up with Bailey? I read in his file that he's the youngest of the group, and newest. People like that don't usually get promoted to captain." This was a big question. Even though Akashi was technically the youngest out of all of them, he had known all of them for a long time and the aura he had... Well it was clear who would be the leader from the very start.

"Oh..." Caleb looked like he was thinking back to another time. "He wasn't always like this. Cold, I mean. And distant. When all of us first met him, he was energetic, charismatic, even with the scar. Akio didn't like him at first... So he challenged him. Crystal was our leader at this point, and she would've gladly stepped aside but Akio didn't let her. Not at least, until he challenged Bailey."

Momoi listened with interest. She would have to add all this to her personal files later on.

"Well... Bailey won. In the first three moves. Everyone was shocked. Akio demanded a rematch, and Bailey won again. While I haven't seen Akashi fight, nor Aomine, I haven't seen anyone better than Bailey so far. Only then Akio accepted his fate, and so yeah, that's how Bailey became captain."

"That's interesting... Can I ask about the dashes? Some things have been scratched out on the records." The pink haired girl considered the story. She had no reason to believe that Caleb was lying, but she hadn't seen any of them fight. Only Kuroko and Aomine had so far seen.

"Sorry, I can't tell you about those," Caleb said apologetically. "They aren't my story to tell." Two years ago...

"Oh." Momoi pouted. Unfortunate. But she was getting more than she bargained for, and so wouldn't push for it.

"I assume Akashi is the best... Fighter, I guess, in your team?" Caleb asked. Momoi only gave a nod.

With a chuckle, Caleb asked another question. "How do you keep your team together?"

The girl sighed. "It's hard. Tetsu-kun and I try to keep them busy, and so there aren't arguments in the team. In the early days, when we were first starting out, there were many clashes. Dai-chan used to really love one on ones with people, and Akashi wasn't like this either..." She thought back, remembering how much everything had changed. When Muraskibara challenged Akashi because he thought he wasn't that good any more... And Akashi had changed. No longer was he the same captain that actually cared about his team. And slowly, their entire team began to change. With her and Kuroko having to stand by and watch. Maybe this would change.

"Teal and Psych, please head to the mission control room."

"That's me," Caleb sighed, standing up and placing his book back on the shelf. "I liked our chat. Perhaps when I come back, we can talk again." Smiling, he winked and headed out.