My little cousins discovered Pokémon recently, now I have a place for my admittedly large collection to go XD

I'm sorry if this isn't the best but I've been a little out of it for the past few days for some reason. Like I'm just drifting, or something. Anyway, it's making it hard to clearly articulate my thoughts, and I keep zoning out for like half an hour at a time. I hope it goes away soon, it's very annoying.

Suggested by Guiliastes (Discord). Thanks to ShErMiNs and Wan323 for helping out!

Enjoy the chapter!

"Come on Sero, you can't do this to me!"

"Dude, I'm not gonna give it to you!"

"Sero, bro." Kirishima said from the couch. "Just give it to Kami. You know how he is."

"No way." Sero held it higher out of reach. "Kaminari, I traded away my Gyrados for this! I'm not gonna just let you have it!"

"But it's Pikachu!" Kaminari wailed. "I need him!"

Mina arrived back at their little group and dropped a heavy binder next to Kaminari. "Are you done haggling yet, Kami?"

"No." Kaminari grieved. "Sero's being stubborn."

Mina nudged the binder with a toe. "How many do you even have, anyway?"

"423." Kaminari responded without hesitation. "424, if this goes my way- which it will!"

"The hell?"

"Hey Bakugou!" Kirishima smiled brightly. "How's Izuku?"

"Ask him yourself, Shitty Hair." Bakugou nodded to the little bean sprout, who had toddled his way over from the other side of the room.

"He has you wrapped around his finger." Mina teased. "I bet you'd do anything he asked, huh?"

"Shut up, Raccoon Eyes." Bakugou growled.

"He'd totally do whatever, no questions." Sero laughed.

"What is it?" Izuku suddenly piped up, curious eyes staring at Kaminari's binder.

Kaminari grinned. "Only the best Pokémon in all of existence! Pikachu!"

"Pi-chu?" Izuku repeated.

"Pi-ka-chu," the blond corrected.

"Pi-chu," Izuku giggled. "Pi-chu, Pi-chu…"

Kaminari laughed.

Sero grabbed one of his own cards. "This is Charmander, Izuku."

Izuku grabbed the card, inspecting the picture. He dropped it on the table. "Not Pi-chu."

Kaminari crowed victoriously. "Team Lightning all the way!"

Izuku spotted the Pikachu card Sero and Kaminari had been arguing over earlier. "Pi-chu," he cooed. He picked up the card and held it to his chest excitedly.

"Eh, that's mine, Izuku." Sero said.

"Oh, let him have it, Sero!" Mina snapped a picture on her phone. "Izuku's first Pokémon!"

"It's called a starter Pokémon, idiot." Bakugou snapped.

"Oh, do you play Pokémon, Kacchan?" Kaminari asked.

"Don't call me that!" Bakugou yelled. "Fu- freaking Pikachu!"

"Pi-chu," Izuku hugged his new card.

Listen,,, did you know Pikachu was created by a female graphic artist? Atsuko Nishida. She also designed Bulbasaur, Charmader, and Squirtle, and some of the Eeveelutions. What a queen.

Basically, suck it to some specific people who told me girls can't enjoy Pokémon. Your opinion was unnecessary.

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