Hitoshi had never been interested in any form of ballgames. So it's easy to say that he understood nothing at all, while Ueno is cheering his ear off about dunks and three pointers and various other things. Next to him was Midoriya, who looked a little confused and awkward due to sitting next to him, but still managed to look hyped about the game going on down there, as that Uraraka girl, who apparently liked watching basketball, screeched her head off.
"DUNK IT IN! DAMMIT DUNK IT IN YOU ARE ONLY THREE POINTS DOWN!"
"WOOHOOO! THAT'S AN ALLEY-OOP! LOOK AT THAT COOPERATION! LOOK AT THAT!"
And so on.
And still, that Kimura's sister's team is still not on yet. Hitoshi dragged a hand down his face, It's way to early for this stuff. He wants to sleep, and his cat is at home. Worse? Kimura didn't even bring her cat.
Considering the fact that is is now howlering her head off at the court, it's probably a good thing.
The only other sane person in this is probably Iida, who just sat there watching, occasionally giving several comments. Too bad he don't know him that well.
Then, just as he was about to finally fall asleep, Ueno grabbed his arm and squealed directly into his ear.
"THEY'RE HERE! SHIN-CHAN THEY'RE HERE!" He blinked open his eyes, annoyed, "KŌ-CHAN AND HER TEAM!"
Now finally that perked his interest. Hitoshi peered down towards the court, which is still currently empty, then, the announcer's voice blared through the speakers.
"AAND UP NEXT, WE HAVE THE YOUNG STARS OF MATSUTAFU, WELCOME! THE PLAYERS OOOOF, ELEMENTS!!!"
The first one to enter the court is a girl around his height, with dark hair in a ponytail and tanned skin. Even from where he is he can tell that the girl is built. Walking to her left is a boy about six feet two, lean and muscular, with hair pulled into a wolf tail. Then behind them are four others, one girl and three guys, including Hamano back from the entrance, a shorter teen with curly pale hair, Seiba, and a bespectacled girl with diagonal bangs and a mullet. And judging from the reaction from the crowd, they are quite popular.
And even if he didn't know basketball, he can tell that they are good.
Kimura's sister got in a basket barely half a minute into the game, and their team continued leading throughout the first quarter, which ended with a staggering point difference— they are effortlessly crushing their opponents so quickly that Hitoshi had to wince.
Nearing the end of the last quarter, Hitoshi was getting bored, and the sleep was starting to get to him again when someone poked him in the ribs.
"Hey, see the power forward?"
He blinked awake and glared at Kimura, who is looking at them with a hard-to-read gaze, he then turned back to the game, looking through the players before he realized that he had no idea what a 'Power Forward' is. Which answer was thankfully, provided by Uraraka.
"The guy in the wolf tail, right?" she said, bright eyed and all hyped up, "That dunk at the beginning is amazing!"
"I know, right?" Ueno giggled, "Hito-Chan, you have to meet Yūkawa-kun later! We'll take you guys down after the match, this tournament will be on next weekend as well and Kō-Chan's next match isn't untill late in the after noon today, so we have time!"
Then she shared a meaningful look with Kimura, and the two turned back to cheer on the game.
On court, the girl with the glasses (Hayutaka, Kimura helpfully provided) currently has the ball, and is now speeding down the court before one of the bigger guys on the other team blocked her. She stopped, then preformed an impressive, showy set of dribbles, and for a moment it looked as if she is going for the right, but before he could blink the ball was passed to Kimura's sister, who somehow was right behind her.
"Like I said, those two are amazing, aren't they, Ochako-Chan?"
"I know! They're good!"
Kimura's sister is now running towards the goal post, dodging left and right and then suddenly one of the players who was blocking her just stimbled and fell backwards, leaving her free to the hoop. And that seemed to shock Uraraka more.
"Wait she can ankle break?"
"It's one of her signature moves!" Kimura replied, shouting to be heard over the crowd, "But just you wait, She's got a lot more up her sleve!"
Hitoshi didn't know much about basketball, but this one he knows, and this is pretty impressive. The girl had took two steps, leapt impossibly high, then went and dunked the ball in over the other player.
"SHE CAN DUNK?!"
"YEAH SHE CAN! THIS IS AWESOME!"
Izuku didn't know much about basketball, but he's seen some games. So when Kōki-San dunked the ball over the other guy, he cheered along with Uraraka-San, Akemi, and Hibiki-San.
The game was over quite soon after that, with Seiba-kun switched out by the sixth man, Kōki-san's team was still going strong and scored in a few more before the whistle sounded and they were declared the winner. And Akemi grabbed them, then dragged them all towards the court side.
"Kōki!"
Izuku barely had time to steady himself when Akemi let him go and dashed for her sister, who looked a lot less bored than she usually did. Hibiki-San followed suit, bouncing over and pulling Seiba-kun in a hug. Shinsou-kun just shook his head and stood next to him, looking all tired. Uraraka-San however was still hyped up from the game, and made a beeline for Kōki, with Iida-kun following behind her.
"Kōki-chan!" She cheered, "I loved that Alley-oop you did with the power forward, Yūkawa, right? In the second quarter! It was great! I am so hyped!"She continued chatting animatedly with the younger but taller girl, who merely smiled and answered with brief sentences.
Akemi seems to be satisfied with that, and left her sister's side, heading back towards them with the tall boy in the wolf tail, Yūkawa following behind her. She stepped aside, and smiled at him and Shinsou-kun somewhat mysteriously.
"Alright, I'll admit it, Izuku. I didn't run into you by accident. I did that on purpose." She grinned, "And I was the one who asked Hibiki to take you here, 'cause I wanted you both to meet Yūkawa-kun." She turned and nodded to the boy, who shrugged and offered Izuku a hand.
"Hi, I'm Yūkawa Kashiwa, I'm in the same class as Kō, and I play power forward- well if Hamano's out I take over as Center, but yeah." He shrugged. "You must be Midoriya Izuku, right? I saw you on the sports festivals." The teen grinned at him, "That face off with Todoroki Shouto was awesome— And You're Shinsou Hitoshi, right?" He turned towards the purple haired boy, who seemed surprised to be reconised. "I watched your match with Midoriya, the way you used your quirk's smart, I hope you make it into the Hero Course!" He grinned and Shinsou-kun seemed a little dazed and shocked, "Your quirk is amazing, man."
"T-thanks." After a few moments, Shinsou-Kun answered. Yūkawa-San seems to be about to say something, but then Kōki-San called for Yūkawa-San 'get on with your stretching drills', so the boy bid them goodbye, and jogged back towards his team captain.
Akemi was looking at the floor, smiling slightly before she smirked a bit. "You know why I wanted you to meet Yūkawa-Kun?"
Izuku shook his head. Shinsou-kun only grunted a little.
"Because Yūkawa Kashiwa-kun is born quirkless."
Izuku felt his breath caught, and Shinsou-kun recoiled in surprise. Akemi only tilted her head, smiled, then skipped off to Kōki-San, where she sat on Yūkawa-san's back, forcing him further down in his stretching position.
"...I get why Ueno dragged me out now." Izuku glanced towards his purple-haired companion, who'd muttered this under his breath, "Why did Kimura drag you here, though, I have no idea."
Izuku bit his lip, then as usual, told the cover story Akemi and her worked on.
"I... didn't always have this quirk." He said, "It hibernated for most of my life and I was treated as quirkless until Akemi found it foe me and helped me train it out of hibernation. I guess... I guess I'm still not used to thinking that the this quirk is mine after all."
The last part was true. But as Izuku looked back towards Yūkawa-kun, he wandered that if he'd been stronger, and had trained earlier...
Maybe quirkless really didn't matter after all.
Yūkawa Kashiwa
Ace and power forward. Just a little shorter than Hamano (187cm), has brown hair in undercurrent pulled in a wolf tail. He is the most powerful player in their team. Dunks, strong enough to rip the hoop off from the board, can shoot, generally a super scorer. Him and Kōki had been circling each other like the dense idiots they are for ages now.
He is quirkless, and got bullied a little when he is younger. Then he got in basketball due to Kōki, and no one dared bully him ever again.
Current Poll Results~ (from both the poll and the reviews)
Akemi's paring:
Todoroki Shouto: 16
Midoriya Izuku: 2
Iida Tenya: 3
Seiba Hiroi: 0
Ueno Hibiki: 3
Bakugou Katsuki: 3
Iida Tensei: 1
Others (Please state in review!)
Hibiki's pairing:
Todoroki Shouto: 0
Midoriya Izuku: 0
Iida Tenya: 4
Seiba Hiroi: 0
Kimura Akemi: 3
Shinsou Hitoshi: 6
Others (Please state in review!)
Crackles*
I just love the idea of another quirkless OC, so here he is. Yūkawa Kashiwa the strong quirkless guy who plays power forward in Kōki's team! Now onto the comments!... Wait... There aren't any. T-T B-but any way, shout out to all the new favourites and followers, thank you for joining the club! For frequent updates and official art of Sonder, you can check out the Twitter or Tumblr page!
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