Denki considers himself to be a fairly athletic person. Eversince young, he's been the one to run around the neighborhood looking for spaces for him to run around, play badminton with his friends, this and that. He was even in a few sports club at school, football, track and field, basketball. He even joined a swimming club, though they banned him later on, and that's understandable.

But that isn't the issue.

The issue was: he wasn't good enough.

Not that he is not good, he runs faster than average, he's okay with the ball, and he can shoot a killer three pointer.

No matter where he went, there's always someone better. Always someone that outshone him, and he ends in forgotten, and left to the side. And no matter how much he told himself to deal with it, he usually ends up feeling dejected, and in the end, leaves.

Not that it mattered to the team. No.

But he can't help feeling attracted to the thought of being in a team, a team where he matters, where he can feel needed. He thought it'd get better in UA, and true, his classmates let him become a part of things, they acknowledge him. But when looking at them he couldn't help but feel lacking, and that he isn't actually... Well, needed.

Kimura could've won that exercise by herself. Yaoyorozu and Jiro could've gotten away if he hadn't turned into a hostage. And he on his own? He couldn't do a thing.

But that doesn't make him any less active as he was. He still goes on walks around the neighborhood, he puts on his old sneakers to the local court and practices, he still head to the swimming pool every now and then.

He'd done the same today. It's a weekend, the exams are drawing near and it's all stressing him out, so he grabbed his sneakers and basketball, then jogged all the way to the local court, slowing into a walk when he neared the part that it's situated in.

Before he even reached the court, he could already hear the familiar sound of a game in section, he perks a little, sometimes when there are someone at the court they'd let him join. Denki picks up his courage and jogs closer, turning the corner to see whether he can join in a mini game of sorts.

He falters.

There are five person already there on the court, three either standing or sitting at the sidelines, two currently engaged in an intense game of one-on-one. The first guy is someone about his height and currently in possession of the ball, the other is a teen with dreadlocks, over two meters tall, guarding him. One of the girls that stood on the sidelines has a mullet in a ponytail and a clipboard in her hand and is impatiently tapping on it with a pen, the other was watching quietly with crossed arms. Finally there was a guy in a wolftail stretching to the side.

Well, he could always watch.

The shorter one was dribbling rather quickly, and with a quick fake to the left, spun around to the right and was about to score with a layup when the other slapped the ball away, grabbing it and whisking it away. He tried to get in a jump shoot but missed, and the game continued in a similar fashion. Denki eventually walked into the court, sitting down in one of the benches in the corner. Those two are good, he could tell. Their movements are swift and had power, and even if he isn't that good at playing, he could see that.

"Stop."

Denki blinked. The girl with the mullet raised a hand to rub at her temple. " First, Hamano, your jumshoots haven't improved. The release took too long, your aim was completely off, and your form was sloppy." The tall guy, who he assumed is Hamano, snorted. And the silver tips of the mullet girl's ponytail bristled like thorns. " And Yoshihide, your guarding has gotten better, but you're still hesitant. You need to gain speed if you want to get past someone bigger than you. Plus, that fake was horrible."

Hamano mumbled something under his breath which Denki couldn't catch, and the mullet girl threw her clipboard, nailing the teen in the forehead.

The two then proceed to argue, and Denki was about to leave and come back later when the court isn't occupied when someone called out to him.

" Yo, Kaminari Denki, right?"

He blinked, and turned around to see the wolf tail guy staring at him.

"Uhh..." there was a moment of confusion. How did he...?

"saw you from the sports festivals." He explained before extending a hand. "Yūkawa Kashiwa."

He took the hand dumbly and shook it before he registered what he was doing. Yūkawa however simply turned back to the his friends, where the other girl has stepped in, "So Hamano got Cap angry now..."

"Cap?" He asked, a little confused by the words. But as Yūkawa glanced at him, he quickly added. "I mean, are you guys a team or something?"

Yūkawa stared at him, then he began chuckling.

Denki blinked as the guy snorted out a laugh, seemingly finding the idea of them being a team funny. He frowned.

"What's so funny?"

"Sorry, sorry." He scratches the back of his head, "I'm so used to people who comes by recognizing us that I forgot-" he grinned, "Yeah, we're a team alright. Street team. We're the Elements."

It took a while for his brain to catch up with the words.

"Wait, the Elements?!" He whirled around and stared at the teen with a new light, "You mean that street team? So wait... You're 'Kashi'?" He looked over at the other four again, where Hamano- who is probably 'Teru' is doing push-ups as the captain, 'Kō', glared down at him. "Didn't you guys just win the street match last week?"

"Well, yeah," Yūkawa shrugged, "So Cap decided it's a good time to pick out our individual mistakes, and polish Sato better, he's got potential in nearly every field, but he need training. Plus, Hiro won't have as much time as he did to play with us anymore, so..."

"Oh." Denki faltered, he heard 'Hiro' is the sharp shooter of the team, and he really wanted to get some pointers from him. "Why?"

Yūkawa gave him a strange look, like he asked a question he should know the answer to. "School, of course."

"Oh." He looked back towards the girl with the bristling wire hair, who he is sure is 'Hika'. 'Sato' is currently chilling at the side, sitting in the corner with a can of energy drink.

"Hey, you wanna join?"

"Huh?"

Yūkawa glanced at him, "You're holding a basketball. You clearly came here to play. When Hiro is here we usually play three on three, but now we're a person down. So... do you mind joining?"

Denki blinked once. Twice, then he felt a grin split across his face.

"Hell yeah!"


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!)


The team goes by the first two characters of their first names. For example, Kōki in Japanese is 'こうき' so taking the first two characters are 'こう', Kō. And now Kōki and her team are friends with Kaminari, they're bound to make more appearances! Everyone gets screen time, YEAH! No one deserves to get ignored, and Kōki is definitely playing a more important role in the future, I just got an idea after watching Kimetsu no Yaiba yesterday night and it's not going away and I am so doing this. That anime is perfect for combat reference *squeals* Nezuko-Chan is so cute I kept imagining Eri-Chan cosplaying as her!!!

Enough squealing, ONTO THE COMMENTS!

To darkpaladin89 (Ch 151): Yeeep. Insomnia sucks. I barely get over four hours of sleep daily. Poor Akemi.

To darkpaladin89 (Ch 152): No worries the cat will get out of the bag sooner or later before anyone dies!!!

To Ree.Human: Without explainations for now, maybe, I love character development and stories where there are no villains and no heroes! But don't get me wrong Geikyo is still a huge jerk! Good to hear that you like Akemi, she is so quirky and nice and I love her too!

Up next, Midterms and Akemi's crazy English!