《Haikyuu: The Monarch》 Chapter 1 - Meeting GOD Asato Shou is a 17 years old highschooler who''s also a volleyball player, dispite being a second year in highschool his volleyball skill is that of an international level volleyball player, many coaches all around the world was ready to scoop him up after he graduate, but little did they know that they wouldn''t have the chance to do so as he is about to meet his doom. ---- Shou was walking home with his friend, Kazu, a talented libero who was destined to be the top libero in the world "God damn it! I could b?r?ly recieve that crazy ?ss spike of yours, next time turn down the OP-ness of yours will ya?" Kazu said with a sigh "Ho? A mere mortal asking for mercy from the great me?" Shou said witha smirk "Stop doing that shit" Kazu said as he put Shou in a head lock They were crossing the street and didn''t noticed that the light had turned red They were half way accross when a truck suddenly appeared and was moving at full speed towards them (A/n: Ah shit here we go again) *HONK* Kazu was surprised, but managed to regain his balance and turned around just to see his best friend with a smile and few milliseconds later a truck hit his body "SHOU!!!!!" Kazu shouted as he ran towards his friend who was collapsed on the ground a few meters from truck that hit him Kazu came and lift Shou''s head up and said in a panic as he desperately try to take his phone out, "Hang on, let me called an ambulance! " It was then that Shou hand stopped him, Kazu looked back to see the same smile that he saw a few seconds ago, "Don''t.... , it''s.... too.... la-te... , I.. c-could.... feel the.... d-death... Approaching,..... Instead.... do me.. 4 no... 5 favours" Shou said in a struggle "What is it?" Kazu asked with tears in his eyes "one.... , tell my.... parents I''m..... sorry and that... I love them..... two, tell K-Kyo-chan... I''m sorry for... never confessing... to her even... though... I knew... she..... felt the same way..... three..... You... Go and... become.. the best..... libero in the..... entire... mother-fucking w-world, ... Four... Don''t blame... Yourself.. ya lil... Shit..... and lastly..... Delete..... My... browser... search history" Shou said his last words before closing his eyes and drift into an eternal sleep A few moments later, he open his eyes again, in vision he sees a white ceiling, he stood up to observe his surroundings, it was then that he heard a noise and a voice echoed out after it *Honk* (Ichigo-kun I hope you''re ready~) Shou turns to the direction of the noise just to see an oranged haired guy getting hit by truck-kun and dissapearing and a n?k?d old man with his balls sagged down to the ground (A/n: Just a reference to my other ff Ichigo won''t be in this one :)) "What the fu?k..." Shou said while looking at the scene, catching the attention of the old man [Oh another one? Truck-kun is real busy today huh?] the old man said while approaching Shou "Dude put your pants on, I don''t want that shit to contaminate my eyes" Shou said while covering his eyes [Ho? You''re calmer than I expected unlike that guy just now] the man said with a surprise expression "... Just put your pants on... you''re molesting my eyes" Shou repeated [Anyways let me introduce myself..] "PUT THE MOTHERFUCKING PANTS ON YOU FUCKIN PEDOPHILE!" Shou said as he took off his own pants and threw it at the mans face The man did as he said with tears in his eyes making an expression like a puppy who''s getting yelled by it''s owner Few seconds later he put on the pants Shou threw at him and continues [Anyways let me introduce myself, I''m great holy being, GOD himself, and I''m here to give you an opportunity] "An opportunity? Wait before that I want to ask a question" Shou asked confusingly [What is it, child? ] "Did Kazu ended u-" before Shou coud finish his question the man interupted him [if you wanted to know about your friends and family let me tell you about it... Your family couldn''t over your death for almost a decade, but they worked hard and became one of the top sports company who often sponsors international volleyball team, your best friend Kuzuto, started training day and night after your death, he still couldn''t get over it but still had to keep his promise, he became the top libero in the world and led the japanese voleyball team to countless victory and would always tell people about you on interviews when he gets a chance, Your chidhood friend and crush, Kyoko, on the other hand was really depressed after your death and still couldn''t get over it, but one day she decided to follow your footstep and ended up becoming the top female volleyball player and also led the japanese team to coutless victory, she never loved another man which many questioned her for on numerous interview and she always answered by telling people that she only loved one man in her life, such amazing people you got in your life huh? ] "Uh no I was just about to asked to Kazu deleted my browser search history" Shou said [...., Don''t worry, child he did..] "But... I guess it was pretty good to know that they''re doing fine without me....." Shou said with a genuine smile as tears flowed down his cheek [Don''t worry, my child, I can tell you this, one day you''ll be able to meet them again] "Alright.. I trust ya old man" Shou said while wiping away his tears and continued, "so what''s this opportunity you''re talking about" [Well I''m glad you asked, so you can choose any world to be reincarnated in with 3 wishes of your own, and have an opportunity to live new a life with no regret] the man who claims himself as GOD said with a smile And thus Shou''s encounter with a man who claims himself as GOD had took a surprising turn Chapter 2 - To the world of Haikyuu and Training camp [Well I''m glad you asked, so you can choose any world to be reincarnated in with 3 wishes of your own, and have an opportunity to live new a life with no regret] the man who claims himself as GOD said with a smile Shou looked at the man with his eyes widen as he asked, "Really? I can?" [Yes, my child, now... Choose your path] "If that''s the case then.... I want to reincarnate into the world of Haikyuu!!, and be born two years before Hinata Shoyo" [Very well, now... State your wishes] Shou thought for a few minutes before he answered, "For my first wish I would like the ability [God-Speed Impulse], for my second wish I would like to have [Perfect Accuracy] and for my last wish I woudl like to have [A Body with the highest Athletic potential]" [Very well child, now since you weren''t annoying as that guy just I''ll just send you there myself] The man said before picking Shou up and walking to a portal "Can I just walk through the damn portal myself?" Shou asked with an annoyed look on his face [No, you should be honored, the great god himself is sending you to the world of Haikyuu] "God damn it..." God proceed to throw Shou up, [Renewal Taekwondo: Recoilless Three Stage Hwechook], God said as he perform 3 kicks on Shou and kick him through the portal sending him to the world of Haikyuu (A/n: Damn he''s scarier than I thought, hope someone got that reference) ---- "Iwa-chan, Sho-chan hurry up!! make it fast! " a kid with with dark brown hair said as he hurried through a crowd this was Oikawa Tooru "Don''t run Oikawa!" a kid with spiky black hair said as he follow Oikawa from behind "I''m not running I''m speed walking" Oikawa said "You guys are way too excited" another kid with long white hair tied into a pony tail sighed as he followed behind the duo The trio finally arrived at the court in Sendai where Argentina was going against Japan The match had already started, the new rising star Ace of Argentina wasn''t having a great day as he kept on getting blocked but it was then that the veteran setter, Jos¨¦ Blanco, was subbed in Slowly but steadily the Ace began to get back on his feet because of the veteran settet, when the Ace is back at his highest, Jos¨¦ Blanco exited the court and Argentina won the match After the match Iwaizumi went and get Handa Kouji''s autograph while Oikawa ran to find Jos¨¦ Blanco as Shou followed behind and Iwaizumi joined in after a while When Oikawa finally noticed the setter he shouted out, "Mr. Blanco! Can I have your autograph?!?" which caught the attention of the setter Oikawa turned to Iwaizumi and asked for the paper, just to be disappointed that it already have been used Oikawa took out a piece of clothing and marker and held out to the setter (A/n: Apparently the piece of clothing was a jockstrap in manga, but let''s just call it a piece of clothing instead.. ) The setter looked at little Oikawa before he smiled, took the marker and started gave Oikawa his autograph "I-I want to be a setter too!!" Oikawa shouted Jos¨¦ Blanvo looked at Oikawa for a moment before saying, "Ga... Gan.... Ganda.... Ganbari!" which caused stars to appear Oikawa''s and Iwaizumi''s eyes Jos¨¦ then felt that someone was looking at him, he turned and saw a kid with white hair tied into a pony tail staring at him "What position do you want to play, kid?" Jos¨¦ asked It was then that Shou smiled and answered, "I can play all position.... So all I want is to be the greatest volleyball player" "Then Ganba-" It was then that a ball was sent flying towards Jos¨¦ head, Shou noticed this and his God-speed Impulse flared as it command his body to move He moved behind Jos¨¦, jumped up and catched the ball, although his reach wasn''t high, his vert higher than most most athlete dispite being in elementary, Jos¨¦ looked at the boy in surprise and smiled as he said, "You don''t need luck... You''ll make it", before walking off "Woah... He''s so cool right Iwa-chan Sho-chan?!?" Oikawa said with wide smile on his face "Yeah sure whatever let''s go play volleyball at my house, you gotta train if you want to be a setter" Shou said as he walk away "Wait for me Sho-chan!" Oikawa said as he follow behind along with Iwaizumi --- After they arrived at Shou''s house, they immediately went to the volleyball court, Shou gave both of them their training regiments, "Here''s your training regement, I made them specifically for you and your position, there won''t be any heavy workout just some drills to help you get better" Oikawa looked at the paper and burst into tears, "Sho-chan!!!! I''ll never forget this!!!!! " Oikawa said as he wipe his tears away and took the paper "Yeah whatever just go do your training" Shou said While doing the regiment Oikawa turned to Iwaizumi and whispered, "Say... Iwa-chan do you think Sho-chan is a tsundere? he helps us so much but acts cold after we say thank you" "Hey.. I can hear you, get back to training" Shou said as he let out some pressure scaring Oikawa shitless "Sho-chan you sounds like a strict trainer in a volleyball camp" Oikawa said with a wry smile "Speaking of volleyball camp I heard there''s a volleyball camp about to be open for elementary kids like us Sendai, wanna join? " Shou asked "Yeah let''s do it!" Oikawa said with a smie "Yeah sure" Iwaizumi answered "Alright then it''s decided, remember to go ask your parents" ----- Training camp opening day came in flash, only a few kids came as only some were interested in volleyball "We made it!! " Oikawa shouted as he enters the camp catching the attention of other kids Shou and Iwaizumi also entered after Oikawa "Stop shouting Oikawa! You''re embarrassing us! " Iwaizumi shouted at Oikawa "Alright.." Oikawa mood turned 180 and got all depressed Shou was looking around to see the players, most of them seems like normal kids, but out of all the kids he noticed some of the monsters from the original, and also the most noticeable of them all a kid with black curly hair he wasn''t a part of the original but he kinds of reminded Shou of Kazu but Shou dismissed the feeling due the fact that the kid was letting out pressure that most professional player lets out , Shou looked at the scene and thought with a vicious smile, ''This is gonna be really interesting'' The head of the volleyball cnp came out, did his speech and declared the official start of the Training camp To be Continued * Chapter 3 - Training camp and practice match ''This is gonna be real interesting'' Shou thoughr with a vicious smile as he started letting out pressure of his own scaring some of the kids The kid with black curly hair noticed this and looked at Shou, his eyes widen for second before returning a vicious smile of his own nd and let out more pressure The exchange continues until Oikawa walked infornt of Shou and slapped his head "OUCH! What was that for?!?" Shou said while rubbing his head "Stop doing that you''re scarying the people here" Oikawa said "Oh right..." Shou looked at the guy again and felt kind of familiar but he couldn''t understand what is familiar and Shou once again dismissed the feeling ---- The camp started and the kids were just doing simple drills, but these simple drills are to determine each players group Naturally, Oikawa, Shou, Iwaizumi, the monsters in the original which is Ushijima, the Miya twins and Kuroo and also the kid with the black curly hair got in to a group consisted of high skill player "Now group 1 gather up!" the coach shouted, and the eight players all gathered in front of him, after he sees that every had gathered he continued, "From what I can see, it seems you guys already have experience with volleyball am I correct?" The players all nodded and continues to listen to the coach, "Now you guy will be doing a practice match to help me understand your skills better, is that alright?!?" "YES SIR" --- The players got into the team they were ?ssigned to: Shou''s team consisted of Oikawa, Kuroo and Iwaizumi. The mysterious boy''s team consisted of Atsumu, Osamu and Ushijima The match started with Shou''s serve, he threw the ball up the served it to where he was aiming using his [High Accuracy] , the ball flew from his hand at high speed Ushijima was ready to recieve the ball as he saw that the ball was coming for him, the ball was about to enter their court and it was then that it happened The ball was flying at high speed and suddenly hit the tip of the net and killed all of its speed and fell down in front of Ushijima gaining the first point for Shou''s team "That was lucky guys shake it off!" Atsumu said with a smile trying to cheer up his team Shou took the ball again and went back to his position, he looked at Atsumu and smiled and threw the ball up "Luck?" Shou said as he did his approach and jumped up The coach looked at the white hair kid in shock as thought, ''Is.. T-that... an elementary school kid... Performing.. A... Jumpserve?!? Shit gotta start filming'' "I don''t need such things as luck!!" Shou shouted as he smased the ball Ushijima was also shocked as he never saw a kid his age performing a jumpserve but he took all of that thought out of his mind as he got ready to recieve the serve But then once again the ball hit the tip of the net killing it''s speed and landed next to Atsumu who had his eyes widen as he thought, ''It wasn''t luck?'' "Woaaaa that was so cool Sho-chan" Oikawa said with stars in his eyes "Hahahaha I know" It was then that the mysterious boy smiled and spoke up, "Don''t mind, don''t mind we''re all gonna meet and face some monster at some point right, so let''s work together and defeat that monster" the boy then turned to Shou and said with a competitive smile, "Now give me another one..... Shou" Shou eyes widen as he finally recognized why he felt so familiar around him, the surprise and shock on his face then morphed into grin as he shouted, "You sure took your damn time to show up huh!... Kazu" Kazuto chuckled and went back to his position to get ready for the next serve, Shou picked up the ball and went back to his position and got ready for another serve Shou got the ball and threw it up, did his approach and jumped up, he twist his body and smashed the ball towards Kazu "Huh?!?", the players on the court looked at the speed of the ball and exclaimed "Ayo" Kazuto said casually as he recieve the serve perfectly ''That was such a good recieve, it landed directly in my hand beautifully'' Atsumu thought in surprise as he set the ball to Ushijima Ushijima did his approach and jumped and perfotm his spike, the ball flew towards Kuroo who couldn''t recieve it gaining the first point for Kazuto''s team "Nice spike" Kazuto said as he raised his hands up and high five Ushijima who still had a stoic expression --- The match continued and the score was now 24-21 in favour of Shou''s team it was Ushijima''s serve, he perform an overhand serve, Shou recieved it with ease to Oikawa who setted back to Shou Shou did his approach and jumped up and got ready to smash the ball Kazuto looked at Shou posture and noticed that his torso was facing towards the right corner, Kazu back himself and got nearer to the corner Shou who looked at the scene and smiled and shouted, "Gotcha ya bastard", Shou smashed the ball accurately and hit the tip of the net again and the ball fell infront of Kazuto Atsumu quickly reacted and hit the ball up leaving the last hit to Osamu, Osamu did his approach and jumped up "Kuroo!! Go for the block!!" Shou shouted as he got ready recieve "Alright!" Kuroo jumped up and tried to go for the block Shou looked at Osamu and analysed him, ''Torso facing towards the left corner, palm seems to be aiming straight and head on spike, wait no... Arm swing slowed down it''s a FEINT'', just like Shou analysed Osamu perform a feint, Shou dived for the ball the saved it "Tch" Osamu clicked his tongue at the scene Oikawa got the ball and set to Iwaizumi who spiked it but Kazuto saved the ball again, Atsumu set to Ushijima who did his approach and jumped but it was then that he met with 2 pairs of arms it was Kuroo and Shou He tried to avoid the block by going for a cross court but Shou noticed his intention and his God-speed impulse sent a jolt through his body and commanded him to move Ushijima spiked and it was then that Shou suddenly changed his hand arms position to the right and denied the ball''s entry The ball return back and Kazuto team was waiting for it to drop to the ground but it was then that Kazuto dived and save the ball again however it was about to fly back to the other court Shou looked at Kazuto in shock but then he noticed something there was something coming out of Kazuto''s eyes, it was black lightning..... Shou finally understand it, ''He is in the zone...'' Shou thought with his eyes widen and smiling unconciously Shou jumped up for the second time to smash the ball and tried to score once and for all, he spiked the ball towards the corner, immediately Kazuto ran towards the ball at high speed and jumped up and managed to save the ball mid air ''What the hell is this.. '' All the player looked at the exchange in shock and thought as they couldn''t kept their eyes off of what was going on, but they already knew what it was, ''This is what true monsters look like'' Atsumu got to the ball and set it to Ushijima again who tried to spike it but he once again got denied by Shou and the ball fell back Kazuto''s team court, Kazuto ran with his full speed and dived towards the ball, but he was too late, the ball already dropped with indicate that Shou''s team won Everyone on the court let out a breath that they didn''t know they were holding in. They all had different thought about this match but all of them had the same thought, ''I want to play against those monsters again... '' ''What in the fu?k did I just witnesss..... Those kids are crazy.... Gotta send this video to Fuki-san'' The coach thought with his eyes widen Everybody wad told to gather up after the match, everybody walked out of the court but Kazuto and Shou couldn''t move an inch due to the fact that Shou and Kazuto overuse their ability which caused physical exhaustion Oikawa and Kuroo noticed this and went to help them up and walk them to where the group was gathered, Shou and Kazuto looked at each other and chuckled When everybody gathered up the coach started speaking, "Great work guys, you guys really exceeded my expectation especially you two", he pointed at Kazuto and Shou, "this gonna be a real interesting 7 days training camp" He dismissed the players and tell them that they can go home. Before anyone went home the player all gathered in front of Shou and Kazuto "Wha- What is it? ... you gonna beat us up?" Shou said while backing off It was then that Kuroo spoke up, "How did you guys get so good? " "Talent and practice I guess" Kazuto answered with a wry smile "I guess that makes sense" Kuroo said while scratching the back of his head "Asata Shou, Hiroshi Kazuto I swear one day I''m gonna defeat you guys" Ushijima said before leaving "Anyways let''s play again sometime Asata-senpai, Hiroshi-senpai" Atsumu said with an excited expression while reaching his hands out for a handshake ''Senpai?!?'' Osamu looked at his brother in shock "Yeah sure" Shou and Kazuto both took the handshake "Sho-chan let''s go home I wanna learn how to do a jumpserve" Oikawa excitedly said "OUCH my body still hurts damn it! " "Oh sorry hahaha" --- In an office a man that seems to be in his 30s was watching a video of a volleyball practice match. He watched and kept on repeating the video 30 times before turning off his phone "Asato Shou, Hiroshi Kazuto such talent at such a young age how amazing... No it''s too amazing, and we also got some monsters behind them as well" The man muttered and suddenly he smiled and said, "The future of Japan''s volleyball is gonna be bright" --- The 7 days summer training camp ended in a flash and it was almost time for middle school --- (A/n: many might ask how Kazuto is able to get into the zone as a 12-13 years old kid, well I guess it doesn''t make sense so I just let him get in the zone for only one play Btw I''m back in school so update wouldn''t be coming often please understand) Chapter 4 - First Day Shou and Kazu is currently sitting in a room, Shou was staring at Kazu with a dark expression "I shall set you free if you tell me four things Hiroshi-san, so I''m expecting you to cooperate" Shou said "Ask away" Kazuto said with a smile "First how are you here in Haikyuu?" "Dunno, I died, met an old pedo lookin guy and I ended up here" "Second where''s Kyo-chan?" "The old pedo guy said that she should be here, but I haven''t seen her" "Alright third, how did you get in the zone?" "Don''t really know, after that save from the block, my mind went blank and I did everything on pure body instinct" "Alright lastly, just to make sure, did you 100% deleted my browser history?" "I did, Kyoko almost walked in on me deleting it but I managed to pull it off" "Good... You may leave now, thank you for your cooperation Hiroshi-san" "Ya know it''s almost time for middle school" Shou suddenly said, "Kazu which school are you going to attend?" "Dunno still thinking, I definitely don''t want to go to Shiratorizawa, umm Yukigaoka... Nah fu?k that, Jozenji... They have a cute manager but they seems annoying..., should I go to Chidoriyama and steal Nishinoya''s libero position... Nah that''s too mean.. Umm Ooooh alright I''m gonna attend Fukurodani , Bokuto still one of my favourite character" Kazuto answered "What about you?" Kazuto asked "Nekoma for me" Shou answered "Eh? You''re gonna leave Oikawa and Iwaizumi at Kitagawa Daiichi?" "Well yeah I guess, kinda feel bad about that but I''ll visit from time to time, and also I just don''t want them to depend on me too much" "Eh?? You''re not gonna also visit this friend of yours as well? How heartless" "Shut up.." Shou chuckled before continuing, "Anyways you understand our plan and our main priority currently? " "Yep 100%" "Great, now let''s meet on the court again" "Yeah!" "SHOU! WAKE UP YOU''RE GONNA BE LATE!" Shou''s mom shouted "I''M ALREADY AWAKE MOM!" Shou headed downstair wearing a white shirt, red tie, black sweater vest, dark blue blazer, and grey pants which is the Nekoma''s uniform. He sat down and ate the breakfast his mom made for him "You still remember the direction right?" Shou''s mom asked "Yes ma''am" "Alright now, eat your breakfast quickly Kazu-chan is waiting for you" --- "Alright bye mom!" Shou said before exiting the house and got on to his bike He bikes out of his house and met with Kazu wearing the Fukurodani uniform on to bike, Kazu joins him "So.... How''s Oikawa and Iwaizumi?" Kazu asked "They were crying, well... Oikawa was because I moved to Tokyo but I think they should be fine" Shou said "How heartless.." "Anyways not gonna lie one of the main reason I didn''t want to go to Kitagawa Daiichi was because I didn''t want to have anything to do with Kageyama..." "...." After a moment Kazu said, "Yeah you right I''d do the same" After a few minutes of biking they had to go their own way " Kazu remember the plan alright!" Shou said while he held out his fist "Aye aye captain!" Kazu said and took the fist bump And they went their seperate ways --- "Ano.. I would like join the volleyball club please" Shou said to the man that was sitting behind the stall "Oh? Someone who''s interested? What''s your position kid? " The man looked at the white haired teen "Wing spiker" "Oh that''s great! We''ve been needing of one lately! Here put your name and grade here" The man said while giving Shou a pen and pushing a paper forward It was then that a voice rang out, "Oya? What''s mister super Ace doing here?" Without turning around Shou knew who it was, "Kuroo-chan it''s been a long time , how have you been?" "It''s been only a month, don''t call me like that it''s weird" Kuroo sigh as he approach the stall "Um sir, I would like to join as well" Kuroo said to the man "Oh? Another one? What''s your position kid?" "Middle Blocker" "Alright just write your name and grade here" The man said with a smile Shou waited for Kuroo and walked with him to class, they walked for few minutes before stopping at a classroom and entered Shou opened the door and looked inside, it was then that everybody''s attention focused on Shou and Kuroo It was then that a guy with curly hair and glasses started to approach the duo while shouting, "Hey hey you guys!!! this is the first day of school, therefore, you should''ve arr-" before he could finish his sentence Shou closed the door "Yeah I ain''t gon deal with that guy " Shou said and walked to the door at the back of the classroom and entered, Kuroo followed behind while trying to hold in his laughter Shou entered ignoring the guy from earlier and found a seat next to the window, Kuroo followed and sat in front of him Kuroo then turned his chair 180 and sat down facing Shou and asked with a smile, "Which school did Kazu go to? By the way how''s Oikawa and Iwaizumi? " "What kind of interrogation is this? You tryna stalk them or something?" "Nah just curious" "Well Kazu went to Fukurodani so we might have some practice match with him, the other two went to Kitagawa Daiichi they should be fine" Shou answered "Alright cool, by the way do you think everyone will co-" It was then that the man from the volleyball club stall walked in and told everyone to get back to their seats When everybody sat down he introduced himself, "My name Ikeda Reo, I''m going to be your homeroom teacher for this year, alright let''s take attendants" The classes started and end in a flash, Kuroo and Shou was about to leave and head to the volleyball club they were stopped by their homeroom teacher "Wait, you two are going to the volleyball club right?" He asked "Yeah" "Alright follow me" Ikeda said as he walked out of the classroom and signal the duo to follow him Went around with Kuroo and Shou and gathered the first year who joined the volleyball club and walked to the volleyball gym and entered. "OOH coach is here! Everybody gathered up! " said a guy with spiky black hair after he noticed Ikeda walking in The member all gathered up infront of Ikeda "Oh? We only got 4 first years this year?" a guy with brown hair said "Yeah now guys introduce yourself!" Ikeda told the first years The first years stepped up one by one and introduced themselves "Morisuke Yaku, I play Libero!" "Nobuyuki Kai, I play opposite" "Tetsurou Kuroo, I play middle blocker" "Asata Shou, Wing spiker" "Oh we got lucky huh, our Libero and Ace just graduated" the guy with spiky black hair said wotha smile After the first year finish their introduction the old members started introducing themselves "Kirigawa Katsuki, I''m a third year and the Captain I play middle blocker" the spiky black haired guy introduced himself "Murano Hisoka, third year, Setter" the with brown hair introduced himself with a mysterious smile "Fukunaga Tatsuo, second year, I play opposite but this year I''m also going to play wing spiker" a guy with red hair introduced himself "Sakai Masumi, second year, my position is setter" A guy with blonde hair introduced himself "Ken Kaneki, second year, middle blocker....." A guy with white hair said (A/n: I got tired of finding and thinking of names :)) "Alright first years this is the plan, you guys gonna do a practice match against your seniors as a test understand? " Ikeda said "Yes sir!" --- After warming up, 8 players step onto the court, the four first years is going against Kaneki, Katsuki, Hisoka and Tatsuo. its a 4v4 Shou looked at the opponent and smile and unconsciously let out pressures as he muttered, "Let''s Dance" (A/n: I manage to grind out a chapter hope you guys enjoyed it :)) Chapter 5 - The Monsters Of Nekoma Shou looked at the opponents and smile and unconsciously let out pressures as he muttered, "Let''s Dance" Katsuki got the ball and served it, Yaku recieve it Kuroo, who tossed the ball Shou as he shouted, "Do the thing!!" Shou did his approach and jumped up, and was met with Kaneki with his arms ready to block Shou at any moment Shou looked at the situation and made a decision, he smashed the ball towards the tip of the net and killed the ball''s speed surprising the Nekoma''s team The ball dropped down to the court gaining the first point for the First Year "... Interesting...." Hisoka muttered with the same mysterious smile "..." Kaneki on the other hand was staring at Shou while releasing pressure and if you look closely you could sometime see his left eyes flickering between red and black "OI OI OI What was that Shou-chan?!?" Katsuki yelled "It was a spike..." Shou answered "..." "Questions later continue with the match!" Ikeda said "Yes sir! " --- The match continued ''A jump serve?!?'' Katsuki thought in surprise as he backed off and got ready to recieve it Shou smashed the ball perfectly and the ball flew from his hand, and just as it was about to past the net it hit the tip of it killing it''s speed The ball drop down in front the still stunned Katsuki "Nice serve" Kuroo said with a smile ''He aimed for that?!?!?'' everybody thought with their eyes widen Shou casually picked up the ball and went back to the service line readying for another serve The Nekoma team became serious for the first time and got ready to recieve his serve Shou took a deep breath and threw the ball up, approached, jumped and smashed the ball towards the tip of the net "Front!" Katsuki called out as he moved forward "Huh? NANI?!?" Katsuki exclaimed the ball flew and just as the people thought it was going to hit the tip of the net, it brushed past it with a gap of about a millimeter and flew over Katsuki and hit the end line gaining another point for the first year --- After scoring 8 serves Katsuki manage to recieved the ninth serve "Jeez the first years are scary huh" Katsuki sighed as he stood up ".. And interesting indeed" Hisoka smiled as he tossed the ball to Kaneki "But... We can''t let our Kouhais take the spotlight for too long... " Kaneki took a deep breath and did his approach and jumped in a weird way "Cause that''s gonna ruin our image as senpais isn''t it?" Katsuki smiled Kaneki looked at Kuroo calmly, and suddenly, he spinned his body mid air and used the momentum and smashed the ball with his right hand while facing his teammates " HUH?!?!? " Kuroo looked at the scene in shock The ball went past Kuroo avoiding his arms and flew to Kai who tried to recieve it but the ball flew out of the court on his attempts, gaining the first point for the Nekoma''s third years [Ken Kaneki (middle blocker) : The most dangerous player of the 3 monsters of Nekoma Middle School, not much is known about this player except for his unique ability to move in the air in a weird and unpredictable way and spike the ball without using a proper form, almost as if he have multiple hands.] The first years team including Shou looked at the person known as Ken Kaneki surprise ''That was crazy'' Kuroo thought with his eyes widen ''I''m gonna recieve it next time...'' Yaku thought ''A mysterious monster unknown and hidden from the original huh'' Shou thought in surprise, but then his expression morphed into a vicious smile as he unconciously let put his pressure "Yare Yare Daze" Shou sighed catching the attention of the players "Kaneki-senpai.... thanks to you, I feel like using my full power now after a long time" Shou smiled "Shou-chan!! what anime are you watching?!? Can you tell me?!?" Katsuki shouted across the court "Boku No Pico, you should try it" Shou answered with a striaght face "Is it like a shounen anime with magic, power and stuff?!? Like Boku No Hero Academia?!?" Katsuki asked innocently "Yeah magic... Power... and...stuff" "Alright I''ll try it!" Katsuki smiled brightly ''Why you gotta do him like that...'' the players on the court sighed while shaking their heads --- The match continued with Shou going all out and the score was now 18-12 in favors of the first years team, Shou is now in the front along with Kaneki Kai got the ball and perform an over handed serve, Tatsuo recieved it to Hisoka, Hisoka saw the ball and raised his hand getting ready for to set Hisoka smiled as he absorbs the ball and straighten his arms towards Kaneki "Right!" Kuroo shouted as he ran towards Kaneki to block him with Shou following from behind But it was half way that Shou''s God-Speed Impulse roared and his body moved back towards the opposite by itself ''Another one?!?'' Shou thought in shock as he rushed towards Tatsuo Hisoka made it seems like he is going to set to Kaneki going as far as even straightened his arms with the ball in his hands towards him but somehow he was able change the ball''s direction and the ball flew towards Tatsuo [Murano Hisoka (Setter) : The most mysterious and unpredictable player of the 3 monsters of Nekoma Middle School, Murano Hisoka is a third year in Nekoma Middle School, this player had won the award of Best Setter for 2 years straight, he have the ability to toss the ball anywhere he wants without pushing the ball towards that direction, almost as if he have full control of the ball after it leave his hands. This ability is what makes him the most mysterious and unpredictable out of the 3 monsters] Tatsuo did his approach and jumped up and was about to smash the ball, it was then that he saw a hand in the corner of his eyes. ''Huh? How did he get here?!? '' Tatsuo thought with his eyes widen as he smashed the ball Shou looked at the situation calmly ad he moved his hands slightly up and denied the ball''s entrance The ball dropped back to the Nekoma''s team gaining a point for the first years "Hisoka-senpai I''m so sorry! that was a good set!" Tatsuo shouted as he bowed down "Don''t sweat it, the Shou-chan is just too good" Hisoka said with the same mysterious smile ''Fuck this guy is giving me creepy vibes I don''t know if I can go to school in peace or not'' Shou thought as he look at Hisoka --- The match continued and the score was 24-19 in favors of the first years Katsuki looked at the score and smiled as he muttered, "I guess it''s my turn.." Hisoka got the ball and performed a jump serve, Kai b?r?ly managed to recieve it to Kuroo who tossed the ball to Shou Shou did his approach and jumped up, and met with Katsuki smiling trying to block him "What in the fu?k is that vert...." Shou muttered in shock as he looked at the sight of Katsuki''s full neck exposed above the net Shou''s instinct told him changed his target immediately and tried to go for the tip of the net, Katsuki chuckled inwardly as he swing his hand to the right and blocked the the balls entry which caused the ball to drop back to the first years court [Kirigawa Katsuki (Middle Blocker) : The Captain of Nekoma and The most versatile player of the 3 monsters of Nekoma, danger level is almost the same as Ken Kaneki, his abnormal high jumping ability, almost superhuman reflex and agility is what makes him the most versatile out of the 3 monsters] The ball was dropping and when it was near the ground, Yaku dived for it and manage to save the ball "Nice save!" Kuroo shouted as he tossed the ball to Shou again Shou did his approach and jumped up and met Katsuki''s face again, he inhaled and held his breath and aimed for straight Katsuki looked at the scene and smiled and swang his arm to right trying to block the ball, but it was then that Shou''s God-speed Impulse sent huge jolt all through out his body Katsuki watches Shou''s hand in anticipation, waiting for his hand to smash the ball, but something happened that shocked Katsuki When Shou''s hand was close to the ball, he suddenly changed the direction and smashed the ball from the side changing his straight to a cross The ball flew and hit the corner of the court indicating that the first years won Kuroo dropped down as he muttered in exhaustion, "Jeez let''s go grab some drinks at the convenience store" "Yeah sure" Shou sighed After the game Katsuki and the rest of the member went to the first years with 4 red jackets that have the word "Nekoma" behind it "Welcome to Nekoma" Katsuki said with a smile as he handed the jacket to Shou and the rest of the first years "Thank you very much!" the first years said After the practice the coach gathered up everyone to told everybody that they did well and it was time to dismiss Shou was changing and he felt a pat on his back and turned around to see Katsuki "I didn''t tell you this earlier but you''re officially a part of the Nekoma''s Monsters" Katsuki said with a smile "What''s that?" Shou asked "Well I''m not really too sure but it''s nickname players from other schools gave to me, Hisoka and Keneki so as your captain I''m granting you a position in the Nekoma''s Monster" "Yeh sure whatever" Shou said casually "Oi Oi Oi, act more happy! come on this senpai for yours is going to cry!" "Yay..." Shou said in a monotoned voice, which made tick marks appeared on Katsuki "GOD DAMN IT! SHOU-CHAN I''M GONNA TEACH YOU HOW TO TREAT THIS NICE AND HANDSOME SENPAI OF YOURS!" Katsuki shouted as he started chasing Shou around the changing room --- After the shenanigans Kuroo and Shou went to the convience store "Ugh should I eat some ice cream, feel like eating some right now" Kuroo said as he went in the store "Yeh sure kinda feel like eating some as well" Shou said as he followed behind When they entered a voice sounded out, "Hey Hey Hey, Kazuuto buy me some as well! " When Kuroo and Shou looked up they saw Kazuto holding two ice cream and a guy with spiky white-gray hair with black streaks jumping around him --- [A/n: Another chapter!! How do you like the idea of the 3 monsters of Nekoma? It seemed pretty cool to me :/, anyways I made Hisoka and Kaneki have an ability that seems like their original self and Katsuki is just Katsuki, Anyways I know chapter update are slow because of school, but I ain''t gon apologize because fu?k the school! :)) Goodnight ??] Chapter 6 - Crazy week When they entered a voice sounded out, "Hey Hey Hey, Kazuuto buy me some as well! " When Kuroo and Shou looked up they saw Kazuto holding an ice cream and a guy with spiky white-gray hair with black streaks Instantly they both smiled in a sinister way and started approaching the duo "Alright Alright, chill" Kazuto sighed as he picked up another ice cream It was then that he felt 2 arms wrapped around his shoulders from his left and his right and suddenly voices sounded out behind him, "Kazu... Buy me some too... " Shou said "Oya~ Kazu-chan.... . You wouldn''t mind paying for me too wouldn''t you?" Kuroo said with smirk "Fuck..." Kazuto cursed as he started sweating Kazuto ended paying for 4 ice cream and they head out of the store "Kyahh~ that felt great! Kazu-chan I''ll pay you now" Kuroo said with a smile as he took as he took out his wallet Kazuto stopped him and said, "Nah it''s fine" "Nyahahah if you insisted" Kuroo said as he put back his wallet "Kazuuto who are these guys" the guy with spiky white-gray hair with black streaks said all of a sudden "Oh yeah, I haven''t introduced them, this is Kuroo and Shou the guys I''ve been telling you about" Kazuto introduced Kuroo and Shou "Oh really?! These are them?!?" "Yeah, anyways this guy his Bokuto" Kazuto introduced Bokuto "Hey, Hey! So you guys go to Nekoma?!?" Bokuto asked excitedly "Yeah, I''m guessing an Owl like you came from Fukurodani huh?!?" Kuroo said "Yeah Yeah anyways I''m going to be the next Ace of Fukurodani! what position do you play?!?" Bokuto asked again. "Middle blocker" Kuroo answered "Wing spiker" Shou answered "Oya?!? So you''re Shu that Kazuuto kept on telling me about?!?" Bokuto pointed at Shou and asked "Yeah, I guess.." Shou said And Bokuto started bombarding Shou with questions and after that was Kuroo''s turn after about 5 minutes they all got their bikes decided to go back to their home But after walking for little while Kuroo decided to popped out the question, "Why are you guys following me?" he asked nerously "Cause my house is in this direction" Shou, Kazuto and Bokuto all answered "We''re going the same path..." Kuroo said after walking for a while "We''re turning the same corner..." Bokuto said as the four turned a corner "Wait.... My house is on this street what about you guys? " Kuroo said as he picked up on somethings "Mine too!" Bokuto answered "What a coincidence, mine too" Kazuto said with a smile Kuroo and Bokuto both looked at Shou waiting for his answer, Shou looked at them and said, "Welp I guess we all live on the same street " Yahuuu!!! " Bokuto jumped up as he shouted in happiness "Haizz this is gonna be real chaos" Kuroo sighed "Yeah no shit" Shou sighed as well "Hey, Hey, Hey! Kurooo! Shuu! Kazuuto! Hmmmmm Let''s go to Kazuuto house! " Bokuto insisted "Yeah sure why not, my mom haven''t seens Shou in a while" Kazuto said as he lead the trio to his house --- "Mom! I''m Home! I''ve brought some of my friends! " Kazuto shouted as he entered After a few seconds a beautiful lady with curly hair that seems to be in her late 30s step out and looked at the four "Ara Ara~ Kazu you sure made quite a few friends huh, Oh? is that Shou-chan?! Shou-chan did you come to see me?!? ~" the woman said excitedly as she ran up Shou to hug him Shou looked at her figure coming closer, sighed as he clasped his hand together and muttered, "Amen..", before getting pulled into hug that almost suffercated him due to the sheer size of her ti-..... I mean volleyballs "Alright come in boys! It''s dinner time!" Kazu''s mom said as she released the now Shou who looked like a dead fish "YEAHHHH DINNERR!! Oh wait let me call my mom first" Bokuto shouted as he ran into the house "Is he alright?" Kuroo asked as he pointed at Shou "He should be fine" Kazuto said before entering followed by Kuroo After having dinner at Kazuto''s house the four parted way and went back to their own house ---- The next morning Kazuto woke up to someone shouting in front of his house and opened the window just to see Bokuto with his bike "KAZUUUUTOOO WAKE UP" Bokuto shouted Kazuto sighed and quickly got ready, fed his yellow chubby cat kiiro, took his breakfast and lunch and head out "Bye mom!" Kazuto shouted before leaving ---- "-rooo, Kurooo!" Kuroo was woken up by a sound and looked around his room to see his black cat Kuro who was looking at him "Aww Kuro did you wake me up? " Kuroo said as he pet his cat "Nyah?" Kuro meowed in confusion "KUROOOO! WAKE UP!!" Bokuto shouted Knowing who it was, Kuroo sighed and open his window to see Kazuto and Bokuto standing in front of his house and said, "Stop wasting your energy damn it, I''m coming!" Kuroo got ready and took his breakfast and lunch before leaving --- Shou was having a great sleep if not his best, he was dreaming about meeting Kyoko again and going on a date, but it was then 4 huge owl like robot appeared and surrounded the two as the robot kept on repeating, "SHU SHU SHU SHU WAKE WAKE WAKE UP UP UP" Shou woke up, annoyed, and it was then that someone''s voice sounded out, "SHUUUUUU WAKE UPP!!!" Knowing who it was Shou rised up from his bed like a vampire, walked a corner and picked up his white cat Shiro then walked to another and grabbed his volleyball and walked to the window and open it up He put Shiro down and muttered into his ears, " Shiro.... Attack..." Instandly Shiro eyes glowed in red and he jumped out of the window meowing, "NYAHH!!" (How dare you mortal disrupt my master''s sleep!) Bokuto continued to shout until he saw the window opened "Ah he''s awake, SHUU!!!! QUI- huh?" Bokuto stop as he saw a white cat with glowing red eyes jumped out of the window and next, a figure appeared in the window It was Shou with a volleyball, but he''s buff and his eyes are also glowing "So it seems, you have chosen..... death" Shou said which confused Bokuto "Wait wha- AHHH" Bokuto words were interupted as Shou threw the volleyball up and smashed the ball right into his face. Shiro jumped out and head straight towards Bokuto and started scratching and biting him, "NYAH NYAH NYAHNYANNYA" Eventually Shou came out and took his bike and started going with the four ---- The week continues in the same manner, Bokuto wakes everybody up by shouting earning him the nickname "The Coc-" I mean the "Morning Owl", the go and have breakfast with each other then they would go to school, go to the volleyball club practice, practice, practice then go home. It was friday in the afternoon and Kuroo and Shou was walking home, they seems excited about something as they had a bright smile on their face "Ano... Kuroo-kun Asata-kun?" a voice of a girl sounded out behind them Kuroo and Shou turned around to meet the prettiest girls in their class, Arata Atsoko "Yeah? what is it?" Kuroo asked "Well.... Um, I kept on hearing you guys talking about a volleyball match... On saturday" Atsoko said nervously "Yeah, we do" Shou said "Um... e-to... D-Do you mind if I came along? " Atsoko asked nervously "Eh?" Kuroo and Shou both were now confused "Ahhh.... I''m so sorry for wasting your time... What am I thinking!" Atsoko said as she turned and was about to ran "Arata-chan wait!" Kuroo stopped her and said, "Well we don''t mind you coming along, we just wanna know the reason" "Well... My best friend Aoi and I are now going to different school, she loves volleyball, so I decided to play volleyball to connect with her more and maybe one day play with her too!" Atsoko said in determination "So you want see a volleyball game for yourself? Why not join the club?" Shou asked "Well... Ummm... I''m scared" she answered with a embarrassed expression "Well I guess that can be a reason" Kuroo said while scratching his head "So I can go?" She asked with full of hope "Yeah sure, just arrive at this location at 2pm" Kuroo said as he gave her the location Kuroo and Shou started to head home ---- Shou walked into his house as he shouted, "I''m back mom!" and went to his room He laid down on his bed, and sighed while looking at the ceiling When he was talking to Atsoko, he remembered someone really important to him and he starting to be a bit concern, "Where is she?", he muttered ---- The saturday came and it was 8 am, Shou woke up and the first thing he did was grab his phone and text something into a group chat ---- In a place in Sendai boy with Olive hair was doing exercise when he suddenly recieved a text He took out his phone and looked at the text, and his ever stoic face morphed into a vicious smile ---- In place in Hyogo, two boys who look the same, but have different hair colour was getting ready for something Both of them suddenly recieve a text message and as they looked at it , they smiled with excitement "Tell mom to hurry!! we will be late for the train!" the boy with yellow hair said "It''s 8 am our train starts at 11" the other boy with grey hair said "Yeahhh but still!!" ---- In another place in Miyagi two boys were jogging, one had dark brown hair and the other had spiky black hair They were in the middle of jogging and suddenly they recieve a message. The boy with dark brown hair smile but then his expression morphed into an annoyed expression, "Che he only text us for these kinds of stuff" "... Tsundere...." The boy with black spiky hair muttered "WHAT DID YOU SAY?!?" --- Kazuto was playing with cat Kiiro when he suddenly recieved a text, that said, [It''s Time..] Kazuto chuckled and muttered, "Yeah I guess it''s about damn time" ---- When the clock reached 1:30 Shou head out and went to a public court in Tokyo where everybody would be gathered "Oh Shou is here!" Kuroo called out When he arrived, he scan everyone, there was Ushijima, The Miya twins, Oikawa, Iwaizumi, Kazuto, Bokuto, Kuroo, Yaku to even out the number and even Atsoko who came to watch [Future Monsters Annual Gathering: Shou came up with the idea and named this gathering as this as there are only future monsters coming to the gathering, this gathering happens every year on the first Saturday or Sunday of a new school year] Shou came in the court and put his stuff down, it was then that he heard someone shouting, "Sho-chan!!! Why didn''t you come visit us?!?!", it was Oikawa running at Shou to try and hug him Shou saw it coming and avoided the hug, looked at the readers and said, [You thought something gay was about to happen didn''t you? Well I ain''t about that life..] Shou gathered everyone up and said, "Alright we gonna do a few matched, we switch the team when a team gets to 10 alright, I don''t really have to explain anything else, so, I''m just going to say, Don''t get your ?ss kicked too hard today" "Cocky already?" Kuroo said with a smirk "Yeah, because I can, Whatchu gonna do about it?" "Sho-chan who''s that girl?" Oikawa asked about Atsoko "She just here to watch don''t worry about it" Shou answered "Alright, I gonna be on Sho-chan team first!" Oikawa declared The first teams was decided and it looked like this: Shou''s team: Shou Oikawa Yaku Iwaizumi Kuroo Kazuto''s team: Kazuto Ushijima Atsumu Osamu Bokuto "Hey Hey Hey let''s get this started" Bokuto shouted Shou chuckled, smile in excitement as he said, "Since it''s been a while I''ll let you taste some ramen after tasting despair" "Yeah!!! Shu is buying us ramen!!!" Bokuto shouted ---- [A/n: This is by far my favourite chapter ngl, anyways hope you enjoyed it Goodnight ??] Chapter 7 - Future Monsters Annual Gathering And so the first Future Monsters Annual Gathering had begun Shou started off the first game with a serve, he threw the ball up, ran and jumped up. Kazu waited for a deep ball while Ushijima and Bokuto was keeping an eye out for the short Looking at the scene Shou smiled and smashed the ball towards the right corner, Kazu dived for the ball and received it to Atsumu Atsumu set to Ushijima, Ushijima did his approach and jumped up "His vert increased by that much from just 1 month?!?" Atsumu looked at his spiker in surprise Kuroo smiled and ran towards and jump for the block, "You know, I''ve learned a few things myself too! " he said as denied Ushijima''s spike, which caused Ushijima to be surprise for second before regaining is composure The ball fell back to Kazuto''s team, when it was about to hit the ground, a hand slid under it and saved it from hitting the ground "Nice save Hiroshi-senpai!" Atsumu shouted as he ran and covered, he set to Bokuto "Nice set Tsum-Tsum!" Bokuto shouted as he did his approach and jumped up and met with Kuroo who was going for the block Bokuto analysed and decided to hit a block out, Bokuto smashed the ball towards the tip of Kuroo''s hand and the ball flew away from the court "One touch!" Kuroo shouted Knowing that the ball is going fly away from the court, Shou ran from the court at high speed and saved the ball ''Fast!'' Yaku thought Oikawa went and covered for the ball and tossed the ball to Iwaizumi Iwaizumi did his approach and jumped up and met with a 2 man block, he tried to find a place to smash the ball to but couldn''t "Tch" he clicked his tongue as he perform a feint Kuroo also went up to block but Ushijima avoided him and smashed the ball towards Yaku Yaku tried to recieve it but it flew away from the court, "He''s Left Handed ?" Yaku said in surprise Shou ran for the ball at high speed and thought, ''Hmmmm, let''s do it'', after thinking for a while he decided to do something Shou was running when he suddenly jumped up near the ball, twist his body and smashed the ball back to Kazuto''s team court The ball flew at high speed and hit the tip of the net and was about to landed in next to Atsumu who had his eyes widen But before the ball hit the ground Kazuto ran dived for the ball and saved it Atsumu quickly regained his composure and set the ball to Bokuto Bokuto did his approach and jumped up and performed a straight, Kuroo tried to go for the block but he jumped too late Shou recieved it easily which made Bokuto''s eyes twitched a bit, Oikawa went and set the ball to Shou ''The net!'' Kazuto thought as he get closer but it was then that the ball b?r?ly missed the net and went for the corner "Shit!" Kazuto cursed as he dived for it and hit the ball back to the other court Shou took the chance when Kazuto lost his balance and smashed the ball to the spot behind Kazuto Using his last amount of energy Kazuto dived for ball, he managed to touch the ball but it flew away from the court Osamu and Bokuto ran for the ball, Osamu dived for it but he couldn''t get to it in time and ball dropped hit the ground for the first time "Yeah!!!!" Shou celebrated Everybody stumbled a bit due to intensity of the first point, but they couldn''t stop smiling with crazed expression "God damn it you got my adrenaline pumping already" Bokuto shouted with a vicious smile "Haha feel like I can''t walk" Atsumu said while looking at the sky in exhaustion "Hah hah, man today is gonna be a great day!" Oikawa said while gasping for air ''Damn that guy is fu?k?n? amazing!'' Yaku thought with a crazed smile as he looked at Kazu "..." Osamu and Ushijima didn''t say anything, but their hearts were beating fast, their breath were heavy and they were smiling wildly "Alright!! Let''s do it again!!" Kazu shouted cheerfully [A/n: Man this why volleyball is fu?k?n? beautiful, those intense rally where even if you loses or win, you, your team and the opponent is still smiling and having a lot of fun and want to play like 10 more games with each other , it hit real different ] --- From the sidelines Atsoko was watch the rally in amazement, ''I''m not the one playing, but why is my heart beating so fast?'', Atsoko thought ''Maybe this is what Aoi felt while playing volleyball'' --- Shou got the ball again, and threw it up, he did his approach, jumped up, he smashed the ball accurately and hit the tip of the net Ushijima did his approach and jumped up, meeting a two man block of Kuroo and Iwaizumi Ushijima to go for a cross but Kuroo saw his intention and moved his hand and denied the ball''s entry and it bounce back ''Damn it...'' Ushijima thought as his adrenaline started pumping harder Kazuto once again saved the ball before it hits the ground, Atsumu went to cover and looked around to see who he should set to and it was then that he heard a voice "Miya Atsumu! One more time!! ", Atsumu looked at the direction of the voice and it was Ushijima with his hand raised Atsumu chuckled a bit inwardly before tossing the ball to Ushijima, "Alright! Stoic face-san!" Ushijima did his approach and jumped up meeting the same two man block ''-reck through it, gonna break through it I''m gonna brek through it!'' Ushijima declared in his mind as he twist his body and smashed the ball right through Kuroo''s arms ''Gah! Fuck! the power!'' Kuroo cursed in his mind Before it hit the ground, even though Shou was really far away from the ball, Shou''s God-Speed Impulse ignited, and Shou felt the strongest jolt he had ever felt, he pushed his body to the limit moved and dive for the ball and saved it "Nice save, Sho-chan!" Oikawa said as he perform a standing spike and hit the ball over the net Kazuto recieved it to Atsumu who tossed the ball to Osamu, who jumped up and performed a back row attack, in which Yaku managed recived it Oikawa went to set the ball, it was then that he felt a huge pressure from a certain direction, it was from Shou who still didn''t notice that his pressure is leaking out Oikawa decided, and tossed the ball to Shou, Shou inhaled, approached and using his leg''s full power he jumped up "What in the actual fu?k... That''s almost as high as Katsuki-san" Kuroo muttered in disbelief as he stared at Shou in the air Ushijima, Atsumu and Bokuto jumped up for a 3 man block, but after a while they bit their lip as they thought, ''He''s too high up'' Shou held his breath and smashed the ball with his full strength, Osamu tried to recieve it but it flew far out of the court "Damn it!" Kazuto shouted as he ran with his full speed to save the ball, when the ball almost hit the ground Kazuto gritted his teeth as he use the last bits of energy and dive for it and hit the ball back to the court "Holy shit..." Yaku looked at the scene as he muttered "Nice Save!" Atsumu shouted as covered for the ball and dig it back to the other court But when the ball was about to crossed over the net, Shou ran and jumped just before the back line and flew up "Huh?.... Shit!" Atsumu was confused for a second before realizing and panicked Shou met the ball when the ball crossed the net and he smashed it back to his opponents court, scoring a point for his team When the rally ended everyone let out a breath that they didn''t know they were holding in "H-Ho-ly sh-it that... Was crazy" Kuroo said with a bit of struggles "Yeah...let''s do it again!!!!" Bokuto shouted "..." Shou didn''t say anything as he is trying to feel his body as he felt a little odd after that huge jolt he recieved from God-speed Impulse --- In a bank white room a man was watching a volleyball game through some kind of Television He chuckled and muttered with a smile [So it seems, the first potential had awakened inside of him...] --- The match continues with the same intensity the score was now 9-6 in favour of Shou''s team , the match also gaining attraction as some of the local stopped to watch their match Ushijima started off the match point with a serve, Shou recieved it to Oikawa who set the ball to Iwaizumi Iwaizumi did his approach and jumped up and met with Ushijima, he tried to go for a cross court but Ushijima noticed his intention, moved his hand and block the ball and The ball fell down near Iwaizumi It was then that Shou''s God-Speed Impulse did it again, a huge volt of electricity was sent through out Shou''s body Shou quickly moved, dived for it and save the ball. ''Huh?? How did he save that??'' Kazu thought with eyes widen, but when looked closer, he saw it, white electricity emitting out of Shou''s eyes, "The zone? ....no there''s something more to it...." Shou quickly got up and raised his hand towards Oikawa, who understanded his intention and tossed the ball to Shou Shou didn''t do his approach and used only his vertical jump and flew up "What the fu?k.... Did his vert increased?!?" Atsumu muttered with his eyes widened to the limit On top of the net Shou met with Ushijima and Bokuto who were determined to block him Shou proceed to swing his hand straight down, which made Kazuto anticipated a straight but when his hand got near the ball, he curved his hand to the left and back to the right turning his straight into a cross "Fuck" Kazuto cursed as he lost his balance due to the sudden turn of direction, the ball flew and hit the corner lf the court ending the first match of the gathering Shou landed back down while breathing heavily, but he couldn''t help but smile wildly ''So.. That was the zone... No it''s not just the zone... It seems that the potential that my body was hiding is beginning to show itself'' Shou thought "Haha.... Hahahahahah Let''s play again!!!" Shou shouted "YEAHH" Bokuto shouted They shuffled the team and began their matches, the gathering went on as every moments of each matches was intense and fun, all of them couldn''t stop smiling Playing with Shou and Kazuto, the monsters of future continues to grow at a speed that will help them surpass themselves in the original as Shou and Kazuto can let them feel the love for volleyball that they can''t experience anywhere else After the last play of the last match ended each and everyone of them collaspe. As they looked at each other, they laughed "Kyahhhh! That felt good!" Kuroo shouted in satisfaction "Ahhhhh let''s do this 365 days a year!" Atsumu shouted "The point of this is to measure how much you have grown in a year, Tsumu" Osamu said "I know, damn it!" Atsumu shouted back "Ah let''s get some ramen! Sho-chan you''re paying! " Oikawa said "Alright alright, by the way Kazu what''s with the crowd? " Shou asked "Dunno they started watching us play" Kazuto answered back "Here!" it was then that a voice sounded out behind Kuroo Kuroo turned around to meet Atsoko smiling while handing him a sport drink while holding 9 more in her other hand "Arata-chan you didn''t have to do that" Kuroo said "Ummmm take it as a thank you for bringing me here, by the way tou guys can just call me Atsoko" Atsoko said with a smile "Alright, thanks" Kuroo said as he recieve the drink Atsoko finished handing out the drinks, Shou stood up and declared, "Alright let''s go get some ramen!! Atsoko you''re joining us too!!" "Ehh? Me too?" Atsoko asked in surprise "Yeah let''s go quickly!" Shou said as he took his belonging and went out of the court, followed by the rest "Haizz, I mean you gotta appreciate it, it''s not everyday that Shou is this cheerful" Kazuto sighed as he followed behind --- They arrived at a small shop named Ramen Ichiraku and entered "Teuchi-san I''m here!" Shou shouted as he entered A while later a man that seems to be in his late 30 stepped out and looked at Shou as he said, "Ah Shou it''s been a while, what''s your order?" "11 special please" Shou answered "Alright, coming right up" Teuchi said as he went back to the kitchen "Holy shit... I can''t believe I just met god himself, Teuchi-san" Kazuto whispered to Shou "Yeah can''t believe it myself too" Shou whispered back When the ramen was out, everybody started eating vigorously while laughing and cheering, even Ushijima couldn''t kept a stoic expression went confronting this heavenly taste and joined in The day ended with everyone happy and satisfied as they all went home with a bright smile on their face Everyone went home first, while Kuroo and Shou walked Atsoko home The walk was interesting to say, Shou was just being the third wheel while Kuroo and Atsoko was flirting with each other. But in the middle of the walk Shou was looking at his phone and it was then that they passed 2 girls, one of them was a beautiful girl that seems to be their age with long purple hair tied into a pony tail When Shou walked pass her he felt something mythical and familiar, his heart started beating fast, his breathing became hard, his eyes widen to the limit as he turned around and called out, "Kyo-chan?!?", but nobody was there "You okay?" Kuroo said as he put his hand on Shou''s shoulder "..... Yeah sorry I''m just a bit tired..." Shou muttered as he started walking They walked Atsoko home and went back to their own house Shou went back to his house and immediately took at hot bath and let the hot water embrace him as he started recalling that feeling --- "Sho-kun?!?" the girl with purple haired cried out as he turned around, but no one was there "Kyoko are you okay?" the girl with short black hair who seems to be her friend asked in concern "Yeah... Just a bit tired from practice... Let''s go Kanoka" Kyoko said as she started walking "Alright.." Kanoka reluctantly followed behind with a hint of concern --- In the same blank, white room the man looked at the TV screen with a sad expression full of guilt as he bit his lip and said, "I''m sorry my childs, it seems you are not destined to meet now as it would destroy the balance of this world, please... endure it for a bit longer... '' --- "Where are you?" Shou and Kyoko thought at the same time ---- [A/n : Damn that was a hella long chapter, honestly writing and reading it was real fun, there might be a timeskip soon but I''m tryna figure out how I should write, give me some ideas, alright anyways... Goodnight ??] Chapter 8 - Evolution and News It was monday morning, Shou was sitting in front of his opened window with his arm crossed while holding a boomerang and his eyes were closed When the clock ticked and it became 8 am, his eyes shot wide open as he stood up and aim the boomerang out of his window "This angle, time, the approximate velocity and speed, NOW!" Shou analysed and threw his boomerang and got back on his bed and went to sleep immediately --- Bokuto, Kuroo and Kazuto was on their way to Shou''s house to wake him up When they got there , Bokuto walked infront of the window and got ready to shout to wake Shou up But unknown to him something was cutting through the air at high speed flying towards his head "Ah... thats new ... Shou is real creative huh.." Kuroo said while looking at the object in the sky "SHU- Ahh!" when Bokuto was about to shout, something hit him and knocked him out ''Now he should be knocked out for about 1 minute, that should be a good enough sleep'' Shou thought in his sleep Just like Shou predicted, Bokuto woke up after a minute of being knocked out and started shouting Shou finish getting ready and came down while later and joined in, they ride their bike for a bit and stopped near where the path to Nekoma and Fukurodani was split and sat down on their bike to eat their breakfast "Haizz we should really find like a bench to sit on to eat our breakfast" Shou sighed "He''s right, we look like hobos" Kuroo agreed "True, and also some kids from our schools pass by here a lot" Kazuto added "Well I saw like 2 benches somewhere like 5 minutes ago" Bokuto said "Let''s use it tomorrow then" Kazuto said --- "Choose one" Kuroo said as he held out 2 different flavor juice box for Shou to pick "Umm give the orange one" Shou said "Here" Kuroo said as he threw the milk box to Shou, who caught it and started drinking "Guys wait!" A voice sounded behind Shou and Kuroo "Hmm?" Shou and Kuroo turned around to meet Atsoko "What is it Atso-chan?" Kuroo asked ''Atso-chan?..'' Shou thoyght as he looked at Kuroo with a hint of suspicion "Umm can you guys come with me, when I go register for the volleyball club at lunch? I saw the coach for the girls last friday.... She looked really scary and strict" Atsoko asked shyly " I''m gonna go talk to Kaneki-san at lunch so Kuro, you go with her" Shou said with a smirk "Well... alright I guess" Kuroo said in a reluctant tone while looking at Shou who flashed his thumb up "Really? Thanks Tetsu-kun!" Atsoko said cheerfully which almost made Shou choke on his juice When Atsoko left, Shou turned to Kuroo and asked, "So... Kuro-san... what did you guys talked about on that walk while I was zoning out that made her that comfortable in saying your first name? No, not even your first name, what happened? Tetsu-san? And what''s with the Atso-chan? " "Shut up..." Kuroo said with a red face as he hurriedly walked in the school --- At lunch time Kuroo went and accompanied Atsoko to the teacher faculty office, while Shou went to the rooftop to meet Kaneki Shou open the door to the rooftop and saw Kaneki staring at the sky, " Kaneki-san, why are you always here?" Shou said Kaneki looked at Shou for a moment before going back to stare at the sky as he said in a hush tone, "It''s calm up here..." Shou sat down next to him and they both ate their lunch in silence Then suddenly Shou broke the silence as he asked, "Kaneki-san have you ever seen Tokyo Ghoul?" "No, I haven''t " "You should try it" "Why? Because the protagonist look like me? And also have the same name as me? " "....." Shou was silent for a moment before answering, "Yes..." "Alright whatever, I''ll watch it.." "Have you ever witness our school Nekoma becoming champion in the national yet?" Shou asked another quesion "No.. " "Even when we have that much talent??" Shou asked in surprise "Well the only thing that can describe our team last year was..... Unorganized..." Kaneki said while staring at the sky "Unorganized?" "Last year when I was a first year, our team didn''t have a coach, our faculty supervisor was hopeless never bothered to check up on us so we never had any real training or practice matches, and we were still naive, didn''t know much about volleyball strategy and stuff, so everytime we went to training, we were just playing for fun" Shou looked at Kaneki and waited for him to continue "It was then that a new tranfer student came to this school and changed everything, he was a second year at that time and had a dad that was professional volleyball player, and he started training and teaching us everything he knows about volleyball, he was Katsuki-san.. " "Katsuki-san''s dad is a professional volleyball player?" Shou asked in surprise "Yeah a famous one at that too, you might have heard of The Flying Tiger" "You mean the player with a height of 1.8m with a reach of 398m who led Japan to the championship 3 years ago?" [A/n: I know that''s a bit unrealistic, but it''s anime so it''s meh..] "Yeah that''s him, and with the help of Katsuki-san, we caused havoc in the national and it seems like the school noticed this and got us a coach, but in the national we only lost to one opponent, who had players with power, speed, height, and intelligence and that was Shiratorizawa... .. But this year it''s going to be a different story" Kaneki as he pat Shou''s back, stood up and left the rooftop Shou looked at the time and also left to his class as he take in the story Kaneki told him As the year went on, Shou got closer to Kuroo, Atsoko and Kaneki and the rest of the team while also improving on his skills little by little, the spring tournament is getting closer everyday and it was today that... Asata Shou is about evolve It was in the middle of practice and they were doing a 4v4, they, and Shou was just standing there with his eyes closed, he took a deep breath and exhaled, and it was then that the scenery inside of his mindscape changed Shou is currently standing in front of a huge Gate, he stared at the Gate for a while before approaching it to observe it ''So this is the Gate of the Zone, it seems I can''t open by just simply touching it right now like last time'' Shou thought as he observe the gate Shou then proceeds to walk to the center of the gate, ''But... If I can''t go in the normal way then.... I''LL JUST FORCED THROUGH IT MYSELF'', summoning all of his willpower, he held on to the gates and forced it open As the gates opened wider, Shou can feel himself being pulled in the gate, and when the gate opened up wide enough for Shou''s body to fit through, he disappeared... Shou opened his eyes as he found himself being surrounded by water but still being able to breath without difficulty as he slowly sank his way down to depth [A/n: this is just the same as when Aomine forced the gate to open] As Shou opened his eyes, lightning crackling sounded out across the gym, the pressure that was concealed within him, leaked out, alerting all of the players in the gym "!!!" Kuroo looked at Shou in shock as he muttered, "Did he enter that state again?!? Wait hold on isn''t this just overkill for a practice match?!? " "It seems some shits about to go down" Katsuki said while nervously smiling "..." Kaneki on the other hands was staring Shou, but it was then that Shou turned his head at him for a second which made him felt chills crawling down his spine Kaneki got the ball and served it, Tatsuo recieved it to Masumi, who decided to set to Shou Shou did his approach and use all of his power to jump up, but something was off "No way..." Kaneki muttered as he stared at Shou figure in the air Immediately Katsuki ran and jumped up to try and block Shou, Katsuki high vert helped him in covering most of Shou path for spiking, but Shou on the other hand was calm It was then that Shou did something that shocked the whole team, he let the ball fly past where him for a few milliseconds before twisting and spinning his whole body to the right and used the momentum to smashed the ball The ball flew towards Kaneki who had his eyes widen to the limit and hit the corner of the court ''What the fu?k....'' the whole team thought in sync Shou landed back down while maintaining his calm expression, white electricity still leaking out of his eyes, and went back to his position The match continues, Tatsuo got the ball and served it, Yaku recieved it to Hisoka who tossed the ball to Katsuki As Shou ran to Katsuki he analyzed everthing, ''the ball is lower than his max reach, approaching from the side, most likely a cross, 3 tempo..... The success rate if blocking him is... 100%'' Shou ran and used his full power and jumped up, his vert was high enough that he could have his full head expose on top of the net, and he instantly reached Katsuki up in the air Katsuki looked at his junior and smiled in satisfaction as he see his own shadow behind Shou Katsuki then proceed to twist his body and change his target and tried and go for a straight Shou noticed this but he remained calm as he twist and spin his body 180 mid-air and reached out his left hand "Jeez that''s brutal..." Kuroo muttered at the scene Katsuki smashed the ball but it was then that the ball flew and hit the back of Shou''s hand and bounced back down and landed in front of Katsuki Shou continued with his domination and when the match was over he dropped down to the ground as he exit the Zone state "Ho-ly.... Shit" Shou said as he desperately gasping for air "You okay?" Kuroo came up to him to support him "Yeah..... I guess... this is..... what ha-ppens when you force-.... fully enter... the Zone" Shou said with a bit of struggle "The what?" Kuroo asked in confusion "The Zone... , that was..... the..... state I was.... in" Shou answered "Oh... Soo can I enter the Zone as well?" Kuroo asked "Dunno maybe..." Shou answered "Man, Shou-chan is always surprises us huh" Katsuki said which earned a nod from everyone Shou walked to one of the wall of the gym with shruggles, sat down and leans his back against the wall After regaining enough energy to walk he stood up and decided to continue practice, but it was then that Ikeda walked in and told everyone to gather up "Alright boys I got some good news" Ikeda said "What is it, coach?" Katsuki asked "We got 2 weeks of training camp to attend" Ikeda smiled as he said "Who''s hosting it?" Hisoka asked " Shiratorizawa Jr, the camp for both boys and girls, the training camp is going to start 2 weeks later when you''re having holiday" Ikeda said "Who''s attending? Coach? " Shou asked "Shiratorizawa specifically invited some of the strongest schools, these includes, Fukurodani. Jr, Kitagawa Daiichi, us Nekoma, Inarizaki, and Nohebi, try and gather some information about these schools during the training, I''ll be giving you more information later" "Yes sir!" The practice continued and ended a while later, Kuroo and Shou got changed and walked home together They met with Atsoko along the way as she also just finished her practice "So you guys going to attend the camp?" Atsoko asked "Ye-" before Kuroo had the chance to talk Atsoko stopped him and sighed, "Of course you are, if you said no I wouldn''t be surprise if the sun started rising from the west" "Eh?? Who is this? Give us back our cute, little Atso-chan! " Kuroo said as he backed off a biy "Hehehehe" Atsoko grinned "Shut up and stop flirting, I''m trying to get a new highscore in flappybird, I can''t even play properly..... " Shou said casually as he is used to this, which made Kuroo and Atsoko blushed a bit "So, any noticeable opponent for you?" Kuroo asked in a softer voice trying not to disturb Shou "Umm not really but I heard some of the third years talking about Niiyama Jr so I think they''re really tough" Atsoko answered "GOD DAMN IT! IS THIS SHIT RIGGED OR SOMETHING, THE BIRD AIN''T RESPONDING WHEN I''M ABOUT TO GET A HIGH SCORE" Shou screamed at his phone --- "Kekeekekkekek KYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHH" In a blank white room a man was watching TV while laughing maniacally ---- In the weekend, Shou''s dad decided to visit his mom in Miyagi, and Shou was forced to go with him by his mom After they finished visiting Shou''s grandma, his dad suggested, "Shou, do you want to go to your friend Oikawa, during the time I visit Ryota-san? " Instantly Shou''s face lit up, but then his expression turns into a frightened one as he said, "Dad, you realize mom is gonna whoop both of our as- I mean bu?? if we get back right late right" "*Cough* Yeah you''re right but it''s gonna be a secret between us and also you don''t have to worry, because I got a back up plan" Shou''s dad let out a dry cough before he said with confidence "Alright... Let''s do it" Shou said Shou then ran to Oikawa''s house and knocked, after a while Oikawa came to open the door and to his surprise he see his best friend Shou, "SHO-CHANN" Oikawa cried as he ran up to Shou to hug him, but Shou avoided it and let himself inside "Sorry for intruding" Shous said as he entered Oikawa and Shou hangout for an hour or so and also discussed about the training camp while they''re at it, after a while Shou''s dad texted him saying it''s time to go He said goodbye to Oikawa and head to the station his dad told him to go to After walking for a while he noticed a kid with orange hair that who seems a little bit younger on his bike looking at a TV that was showing a volleyball match Shou stand there for a while before he started to approach him --- Hinata looked at the screen amazement as he muttered, "Little... Giant.... Amazing..." It was then that a voice sounded oyt behind him "It''s beautiful huh?" "Yeah.." Hinata agreed unconsciously, but then he snapped out of it and turned around to meet a tall guy with white hair tied into a pony tail "Gah!" Hinata exclaimed "What''s with that reaction?" Shou asked "No I''m very sorry! I was just surprised!" Hinata immediately apologized "Don''t sweat it", Shou said as he pats Hinata''s shoulder, "Anyways are you interested in volleyball kid?" Shou asked "Well..... Um... Kind of" Hinata answered "Let me tell you this, if you think that''s amazing, you''ll be seeing much more amazing things when you actually play it yourself" Shou smiled as he pointed at the TV screen and continued, "Him? You can also be like him if you train hard, do you want that?" "Well..ummm..... YES! " Hinata thought before answering "Train hard kid, and you''ll meet me at the top" Shou said before dissappearing --- When Shou and his dad got home they were confronted by a pressure that was too great to be measured "Where have you boys been going to?" Shou''s mom said as she let out more pressure "Calm down honey, come with me, I''ll tell you what my mom said about you" his dad said with got his mom to retract some of her pressure and followed him Before Shou''s dad enters the room he flashed Shou a thumbs up, Shou saluted with tears in his eyes and went up to his room and locked his door --- The 2 weeks past by in a flash, and it was the day that the training camp is going to start As usual Bokuto went around and woke everyone up, after that they started biking to school After a while, they stopped at the usual benches and sat down to eat their breakfast "Hey hey hey, are you guys ready?!?" Bokuto asked with a grin "It''s seems Oikawa and Iwaizumi is going to be there too, it''s pretty sad that Atsu-chan and Samu-chan can''t join us" Kazuto sighed "The only reason I''m excited for this camp is because we have like 5-10 games a day, but still it actually might be pretty interesting" Shou shrugged "Man I don''t even have that much clothes, I think I just shoved my entire closet in my bag" Kuroo said "OHH I almost forgot!" Bokuto said as he unzip his bag to find something Later Bokuto took out 4 white shirts with Kanji written behind them and gave Kuroo, Shou and Kazuto each a shirt Kuroo''s shirt has the words [The Unbreakable Wall] Bokuto''s shirt has the words [The Unshakeable Ace] Kazuto''s shirt has the words [The Divine Guardian] And lastly Shou''s shirt has the words [The Absolute Monarch] This surprised everyone including Shou "Damn these so cool!" Kuroo said in surprise earning the nods of the rest "I know right?!? I found them online and I knew I just had to buy it" Bokuto said happily "We should wear this on the first day and the last" Kazuto suggested with stars in his eyes "Yeah!" Everyone agreed After a while, it was time they had to get to their school, they all said goodbye to each other and went their own ways --- [A/n another long ?ss chapter, this one was 3000 words, but still this chapter was pretty good in my opinion ngl , what do you think? Anyways Imma do my hw now Goodnight ??] Chapter 9 - Training Camp (1) When Kuroo and Shou got to school the only thing waiting for them was the boys and girls volleyball teams, standing next to 2 buses "Ah, Kuroo and Shou is here coach!" Katsuki exclaimed when he noticed the two "Good! we should have enough now, boys get on the bus!" Ikeda told everyone as he get in the bus The boys and girls volleyball team both got on separate buses and they start their journey [Girls Team''s bus] "Let''s play truth or dare! " a third year and captain of the girls team, Yoshino, suggested "Alright!" all of the girls agreed "Umm Yoshino truth or dare?" the Ace of the girls team, Saeki asked. "Um.. Dare" Yoshino answered "I dare you to text Katsuki and tell him that he''s cute" "Wha..... Haizz alright" Yoshino blushed for a bit before taking out her phone and texted Katsuki "He haven''t seen it yet so let''s do another one while we wait for him" Yoshino said before turning to Atsoko and asked, "Atsoko-chan truth or dare?" "Eh... Um.... t-truth" Atsoko answered shyly "Umm what''s your relationship with that black haired first year?" Yoshino asked "Eh... Well.... Umm.. Uh" being caught off by the unexpected question she struggled to answer [Meanwhile in the Boys Team''s bus] All of the boys were currently sitting around in a formation that seems like a circle, But something was off, their face and body were covered with white blankets In the middle of the circle was phone, and the screen showed a beautiful and glorious picture of Harambe "R. I. P and peace my friend.. ~" they sang in sync "The hit was ordered by the U. S Government~, I''m here without Harambe~, but he''s still on my lonely mind~, I think about Harambe~ and I dre- *ding ding*" They continued to sing but they suddenly stopped due to a sound of notification of someone''s phone They suddenly turned their heads towards another fellow with a blanket on, this was Katsuki "You disturbed the ritual..." Shou said "I''m sorry sir I will not do it again....." Katsuki said as he kneeled down and put his head down "Are you aware of the consequences of neglecting the great lord Harambe? " Shou said as he look down on Katsuki "Yes, and I will accept any punishment for lord Harambe" Katsuki said "Boys you know what to do" Shou said as he point at Katsuki "Yes.. Leader..." all of them answered as they slowly approach Katsuki Katsuki on the other hand, closed his eyes and gritted his teeth as he gets ready for the punishment "No, No, NOOOOOO HARAMBE-SAMA!!!" Katsuki screamed in pain --- After a few hours they finally arrived at their destination "Ah fresh air!" Yoshina said as she stepped out of the bus followed by the rest of the girls "It seems we''re quite early I don''t see any buses here except for us" Saeki said as she looked around "Girls let''s go" the coach said as she walked into the school The boy''s bus arrived a few seconds later "Man this place is huge!" Kuroo said as he looked at Shiratorizawa''s campus "I kinda wanna sleep after the ride" Shou said as he yawned "..." Kaneki came out while looking at his phone intensely as he was watching the battle between Kaneki and Jason "Ken-chan is watching anime? That''s new" Hisoka said ad he looked at kaneki in suprise "Ha-rambe... oh... great.... lo.... rd Harambe" Katsuki muttered as he got out of the bus with tears in his eyes "Alright let''s go guys!" Ikeda said as he walked into the campus --- Nekoma''s boys volleyball team walked in to the gym where every team would be gathered and sat down next to the girls team "What''s with Katsuki?" Yoshino asked Hisoka while pointing at Katsuki lifeless body "Nothing, you don''t have to worry about it Yoshi-chan" Hisoka answered while covering up Katsuki''s body from Yoshino''s vision "Alright if you say so" Yoshino shrugged it off After a few minutes of waiting, Fukurodani entered the gym "SHUU!! KUROO" Bokuto shouted as he entered the gym along with the rest of his team ''I don''t know him....'' Kuroo and Shou thought as they try and avoid eyes contact with him Bokuto then proceed side step around Kuroo and Shou while calling their name repeatedly to get their attention "Shou-chan do you know him?" Masumi asked while pointing at the still hyperactive Bokuto "No.." Shou said as he picked up Bokuto and threw him at Kazuto who caught him and gave him to Fukurodani''s captain who contained him A while later some of the Shiratorizawa player came this included Ushijima "USHIJIMAAA!!!!!" Bokuto shouted as he waved at Ushijima Ushijima ignored Bokuto and looked at Shou and Kuroo before nodding at them ''I guess that was a sign of greeting?'' they thought as they nodded back Ushijima then proceed to do the same to Kazuto who was also confused but nodded back A while later the rest of the Shiratorizawa team came and in that bunch Shou noticed a player and thought, ''I should ask Ushijima to invite Tendou to the gathering'' Kitagawa Daiichi was the next team to arrive and that also mean... "SHO-CHAN, KURO-CHAN, KAZU-CHAN, KOTA CHAN!!" Oikawa shouted as he entered the gym Once again Shou, Kuroo, and now also Kazuto are trying their best to avoid eyes contact with Oikawa, while Bokuto started shouting, "OIKA!!!!!" Oikawa ran towards the nearest duo which was Kuroo and Shou who dodged him when he got close, causing him to lose his balance and accidentally fell on Saeki Kuroo and Shou who expected this, fist bumped each other with a smile "Ara ara~ I''ve been noticing, you first years are really bold huh" Saeki said with a smirk as she looked at Oikawa Oikawa immediately stood up bowed his head as he quickly apologized, "I''m so sorry, I''m so sorry! Please forgive me" Saeki chuckled before saying, "Nishishishishi, it''s okay, I''ll let you off because you look cute" Oikawa blushed at the comment before bowing again and said, "Thank you very much!" "Damn it Sho-chan, Kuro-chan you almost got me in trouble" Oikawa said as walked past Kuroo and Shou while trying to leave Nekoma''s territory as quickly as possible After a while the rest of the teams that was invited entered as they sat down, Kuroo kept on staring at particular first year in Nohebi, his eyes twitched when seeing the first years for some reason , and Shou was looking at a first year in Inarizaki, and that was Oijiro Aran one of the top aces in the original ''I should maybe invite him too'' Shou thought When all of the teams is gathered, Washijo Tanji the coach for Shiratorizawa in the original came out along with two other coaches and said his speech, "I am Washijo Tanji, I am the coach for Shiratorizawa Academy, I am going to make this clear, the purpose of this training camp is to gather talented youths and train them to a greater height, and if you are not willing to give your all, don''t be surprise that you''re left behind" After Washijo finish his speech the coach for Shiratorizawa Jr, stepped out and gave everyone the instruction, "My name is Muraoka Atsushi, now I shall let you explain the layout of the training camp, for the first week we will have a mini tournament between all of the schools everyday, on the 2nd weeks a mini tounament between mixed teams that will be decided randomly and will be changed everyday and for time that we have left for each days would be used for training your skills is that clear?" "YES SIR" "I will give all of you a time schedule for each day, please get one representative from each team to grab the schedule" The captains of each teams stood up and each took some and went back to their team and gave each players a schedule "Alright now the boys teams stay here while the girls teams follow her" Muraoka instructed while pointing at another coach As the girls stood up and walked out the entrance, it was then that Shou felt the familiar, mythical feeling as a girl with purple hair from Niiyama Jr walked past him. His eyes widened with surprise again but this time instead of shouting out, he turned his head towards Kazuto who had the same expression as him They regained their composure and looked at each other and nodded After the girls are gone Muraoka took the boys on a tour of the entire campus and showed where each place is They head back to the gym and Muraoka announced, "Alright boys, since this is the first day and I know you''re tired, we''re going to have lunch first, then you''re free to do as you wish, you may use this faculty and the equipment during your free time, but make sure to come back here by 5, now you are dismissed " "Aw thank god, I''m sleepy" "Yeah now that I think about it I kinda wanna sleep" "Anyone up for a game of Pubg?" Conversations started among the players after Muraoka finished his announcement, after a while the players started heading out to the cafeteria to eat --- Shou and Kuroo got their lunch and sat down at a near by table, and later was joined by Kazuto, Bokuto, Oikawa, Iwaizumi, and Ushijima who also brought Tendou "Aree? Wakatoshi-kun, I didn''t know you had this much friends" Tendou said "Friends? What are you talking about?" Oikawa said with an annoyed face "...." Ushijima was silent for a moment before pointing at Oikawa and said to Tendou, "be careful around this weirdo..." "Huh whatcha say ya bastard?!?" Oikawa said with an intimidating face "Anyways this is Tendou, he plays middle blocker and he''s actually pretty good", ignoring Oikawa, Ushijima turned to the other and introduced Tendou "Heyo~" Tendou greeted the group "Hey, heyy! it seems like many of the players are going for nap after lunch, anyone up for a game?" Bokuto said Immediately all of them nodded except for Tendou who said that he wanted to take a nap after lunch "Alright!!! Oh wait let''s also wear that!!" Bokuto suggested "Wear what?" Oikawa questioned "OH yeah you guys haven''t received it yet, hold on, let me take it out" Bokuto said as he shuffled through his bag And a while later he pulled out 3 white shirts with kanjis behind them and gave Ushijima, Oikawa and Iwaizumi each a shirt Iwaizumi''s shirt said [The Imperishable Spirit] Oikawa''s shirt said [The Grand Commander] Ushijima''s shirt said [The Unstoppable Spear] The trio looked at the shirts with stars in their eyes, this also included Ushijima "Damn this is actually pretty sick!" Iwaizumi said in awe which earned a nod from the other two "Alright let''s go change and let''s play volleyball!!!" Bokuto said --- Kuroo and Shou went to their specific dorm room that was ?ssigned for Nekoma''s player They put their luggages down and changed as quickly and quietly as possible to try and not wake up the sleeping members But then suddenly a voice sounded out surprising Shou and Kuroo, "Haram.. Be...- Sama" Katsuki muttered in his sleep "Oh thank god he''s just sleep talking" Kuroo whispered But then another voice sounded out that almost caused both of them to jump, "Bungee Gum.... posses-es.... the properties..... of both rubber... and gum" Hisoka muttered in his sleep "What the fu?k, that scared me" Shou whispered But it doesn''t end there, from the corner of the room someone was singing a melodg, "Oshiete Oshiete yo sono shikumi wo~" Kaneki sang in sleep This time Kuroo and Shou wasn''t surprise, instead they..... Joined in, "Boku no naka ni dare ga iru no?~" "Kowareta kowareta yo kono sekai de Kimi ga warau nanimo miezu ni~" [A/n: I miss tokyo ghoul now] --- After a session of singing Unravel with the sleeping Kaneki they quickly left the dorm room and head to the court When they got to the court, they found everyone waiting for them "Sorry, we''re late" Kuroo said as he entered Shou looked around the gym and thought, "there''s b?r?ly anyone here... " "Alright lets play!!.... Wait the teams are uneven..... " Bokuto said as he looked around the gym and suddenly shouted at a player who was practicing his setting skill, "AHHH IZU-SENPAI!!!" The player stopped practicing and looked at Bokuto and asked, "What is it?" "Can you play with us?? We''re missing a setter!" "Are you sure? I might mess up" "It''s just a mini practice game so it''s okay" "Alright I''ll play" The player make his way over and Bokuto inrroduced him, "His name is Izumi, he''s my senpai" "Alright let''s mix up the teams a bit, wait no I got a better idea" Kuroo said with a sinister smile "What is it?" Bokuto asked "Alright so we''re gonna do it like this-" Kuroo explained to everyone his suggestions in which they agreed "Oooh that''s kind of interesting" Oikawa said "Isn''t that too much" Izumi asked in concern "No its alright Izumi-san, you''ll see" Kuroo said After the discussion they got in their teams all went to their position The game was simple, Shou and Kazuto against the rest "KYAHAHAHA, now I got my chance to take revenge!!" Oikawa laugh "You know what, I''ll buy the two of you ramen when we get back if you win this KYAHAHAHA" Oikawa added It was then that Kazuto and Shou looked at each other and smiled as they closed their eyes And after a while they, open their eyes, lightning crackling sounded out across the gym and their pressure leaked out "SHIT! DAMN IT OIKAWA!!!!" Kuroo shouted as he smacked Oikawa at the back of his head Kuroo then proceed to run over to the other court and smacked Shou and Kazuto as he said, "Too early in the match, that''s a violation, exit The Zone right now!" "So we can''t enter it now?" Shou asked as he exit The Zone "I mean he provoked us to try our best first by using ramen" Kazuto said as he pointed at the Oikawa who was lying flat on the ground "That''s a different situation" Kuroo said "So when can we use it?" Shou asked "Umm how about if we get to 20 points first with over 5 point gap, then you can use it" Kuroo suggested "Alright" Shou and Kazuto agreed Kuroo then walked back to his side and got into his position "Alright let the game begin!!" Bokuto shouted "What about him?" Izumi asked as he pointed at Oikawa who was still on the floor "Just let him be" Kuroo said But then suddenly Oikawa jumped up and shouted, "Alright let''s do this!!!" ---- The game started with Ushijima serving. Ushijima got the ball and threw it up, did his approach and jumped up ''Jumpserve? He already learned it?'' Shou thought as he back off a little bit "GAH!" Ushijima shouted as he summoned up all of his strength and smashed the ball with all his might "A bit messy, but pretty impressive" Kazuto said as he received the serve perfectly which made Ushijima''s eyes twitch a bit Shou got under the ball and set it to Kazuto, Kazuto did his approach and jumped up and met with Iwaizumi trying to block him Kuroo looked at Kazuto''s figure in the air as got ready to recieve the spike and shouted, "Libero?!? Bullshit!!!" Kazuto smiled at the comment and smashed the ball, the ball avoided Bokuto''s arms and went straight towards Ushijima who failed to recieve it, the first point goes to Shou and Kazuto "This is gonna be annoying" Kuroo sighed as he scratched the back of his head The second point started with Shou serving, he got the ball and threw it up as if he''s about to do a float, he did his approach and jumped, immediately the six got ready to recieved the float Shou was in the air and when the ball got close to his hand he immediately smashed the ball and add spin to it turning it into a jump serve ''Shit went too far fowards'' Iwaizumi cursed in his mind as he back off The ball traveled and suddenly hit the net and dropped down to the ground in front of Iwaizumi "Shit!" Iwaizumi shouted as he dived forward to try and save it but he was too late as the ball already hit the ground Shou and Kazuto continued to dominate the game as it started getting more attentions from players that entered the gym and even some of the coach who walk past the gym The score was now 24 - 16 in favor of Shou and Kazuto However other than the huge gap in the points, there was something weird was happening, Bokuto and Kuroo was quieter than usual and they were also more focus Oikawa got the ball and served it, Shou recieved it casually to Kazuto who tossed the ball back to Shou Shou did his approach and jumped up and met with Kuroo, Shou smashed the ball and tried to go for a cross, but it was then that accompanied by the sound of lightning crackling Kuroo changed his hand''s position and denied the ball''s entrance Dispite being surprise, Shou''s quick reflex immediately took control, and hit the ball up right after it bounced off of Kuroo''s hand Shou backed off to get ready to spike the ball again, Kazuto tossed the ball back Shou, who did his approach and jumped up, but this time he used more power to jump Shou looked at Kuroo from above and he saw it, "Zone..." he muttered as he noticed the black electricity with a mix of red leaking of Kuroo''s eyes Shou smashed the ball but Kuroo manged to touch it, "one touch..." Kuroo said to his teammates Ushijima recieved it to Oikawa you decided to toss to Bokuto "huuuu" Bokuto exhaled, lightning crackling noise sounded out and black electricity with a mix of gold leaked out of his eyes as he took the first step " Another one?" Shou muttered in surprise Bokuto continued his approach and jumped up, and met with Kazuto who tried to block him "Shou!!" Kazuto shouted as he knew Bokuto intentions "Yeah I know!!" Shou shouted back as he quickly moved Bokuto smashed the ball and it curved mid air as it flew, it was about to land in front of the line but Shou managed to save it However the ball flew back to the other teams court and just before it cross over the net, Bokuto jumped up and smashed it down again, but Kazuto reacted quickly and slid his hand under the ball and saved it The ball flew away from the court, and Shou ran after it, at a specific point he jumped up and twist his body and smashed the ball back to the other teams court Kuroo however predicted this and just before the ball cross over the net he tipped it back over "Grr" Kazuto gritted his teeth as he used the rest of his energy and dived for the ball and hit the ball high up Shou ran with his full speed and when he got near the ball, he did his 2 step approach and using his full power he kicked the floor and flew up high into the air He looked down and saw Kuroo and Bokuto still in the zone as they tried their best to block him "Nothing personal, I don''t wanna ruin your epic moment, but, I can''t turn down free ramen for you can I?" Shou said as he smashed the ball with all his might, the ball flew almost vertically down and landed infront of Ushijima who couldn''t reacted to the speed of the ball After the match the people who were watching started cheering and clapping "God damn it! they still managed to pull through even when we pushed them to a corner like that " Kuroo said as he exited the Zone and collapse "Kyahh that was great" Bokuto shouted as he was lying on the floor "Man it seems like I accidentally stepped into a party full of monsters" Izumi said as he smiled wryly "Anyone wanna practice more after practice?" Oikawa asked "Yeah sure" they all agreed It was then that Katsuki and Fukurodani''s captain past through the crowds and looked at Kuroo and Bokuto as they shouted, "You dumbasses!! How could you already used all of your energy even before the damn tournament even started..." After a scolding later all of the 8 players all went back to their room and rested to regain back some energies for the tournament -- [Huu man another long chapter, I feel like this chapter is maybe above average compared to the other, what do you think? Anyways... Goodnight ??] Chapter 10 - Training Camp (2) "The last guy is in front of you damn it!!!!! " Shou shouted at Kuroo "I can''t see shit!! Is he invisible or something?!?" Kuroo shouted back "Noo he''s litterally standing next to the fu?k?n? rock!!! You somehow got a good angle and you ain''t gon shoot shit?!?!?!" "WHERE?!?" "THERE!!!" "WHERE THE FUCK IS THERE?!?" "REEEEEEEEEEE" In the end Shou gave up, "Damn it I''ll just do it myself", Shou said as he controlled his character to take out an AWM and rushed towards the rock in front of him in a zigzag movement When he got close he changed his direction one last time and jumped and as he spot the enemy he move his crosshair to the enemy''s head and fired his AWM killing his enemy on the spot gaining the Chicken Dinner "Huuu, I did pretty alright didn''t I? didn''t get knock a single time" Kuroo said proudly Shou looked at his stat, which was 27 kill and 3000+ damage, and then looked at Kuroo''s stat, which was 0 kill and 0 damage and said, "Yeah.." It was then that Katsuki bursted into the room and said, "It''s time" Kuroo and Shou nodded before standing up and headed to the court with Katsuki When all of the team gathered, Muraoka also arrived with a board with a large cloth that was covering up the contents of the board "Alright, this is how the tournament going to go, first round the 6 teams is going to play against each other, the three team going to the next round will rest for 5 minutes before 2 of the 3 team would go against each other and whoever win that would play against the last of the three team for the first place and if the last team that didn''t play the last round loses they would have to play against the team that lost the last round, and lastly the teams lost would play for 4th 5th and 6th place in the same format. But this is still not interesting enough, so I''ll add a round of flying fall for punishment for the teams that loses that clear? " Muraoka explained "Yes sir!" [A/n: I know its confusing but you''ll get it later] "Now this will be the match up" Muraoka said as he pulled down the cloth and revealed the contents of the board Round 1: Nohebi vs Shiratorizawa (court 2) Fukurodani vs Inarizaki (court 3) "Now get to your ?ssigned courts" Muraoka instructed, which caused the players to immediately scattered and went to their court --- Nekoma and Kitagawa Daiichi head to the court 1, and did their warm up, after the warm up, the two team''s captain went to the ref to do a coin flip with ended up with Kitagawa Daiichi getting the serve "Let''s have a good game" Kitagawa Daiichi''s captain, Goro said as he held out his hand for a handshake "Yeah" Katsuki said as he took the handshake It was then that Goro tighten the grip of his hand which caused Katsuki to do the same, the exchange continued without the two saying anything, after a while Katsuki broke the silence "GRR are you salty because we won last time, Goro-chan?!?" Katsuki said as he tighten his grip even more "GRR Salty? Says who?" Goro said as tick marks appeared on his face and tighten his grip "Nope you were a 100% salty, you kept on stomping around the gym and jumping everywhere with a dissatisfied face" "Bullshit! I didn''t do shit! I was sitting on the bench and drinking my water quietly like a respectful player" "Yeah right, salty ?ss bitch" "Whatcha say?!?" After a few seconds the ref broke them up and they walked back to their team while giving each other death glare [Kitagawa Daiichi''s bench] "its the first round and we''re up against a crazy strong opponent already" the coach says with a grim expression "Are they really that strong coach? I mean we have been defeating every school that had a practice match with us with huge points gap" a first year asked "It''s not that simple, Hiiro" Goro said which caught the attention of the Kitagawa Daiichi players "Nekoma now is what I like to call a craddle of mysterious monsters, many of the players that appeared in Nekoma usually have abnormal and mysterious ability and it seems another one appeared this year, and not only that, in my opinion they''re one of the most perfect team I''ve met" Goro continued "What do you mean by that Goro-san?" Hiiro asked "Last year in the national we lost against them with a scores of 25-14 and 25-13, each of the players worked together so perfectly that there is b?r?ly a gap that can be seen, it''s almost as if the players are ''Connected'' by a red string, however it is well-known that they lost to Shiratorizawa due to the fact that they lacked power, speed, height and intelligence, aspects that Shiratorizawa train their players in, however only a few knew about the final score of the third set and the reason why they lost, in the third set Shiratorizawa won with a score of 38-36..... The reasons they won was because Nekoma''s Libero drained all his stamina and their setter injured his hand, and after the two players were subbed out, I saw it, the faces of the Shiratorizawa''s players was mix of relief and fear... " Goro ended his story [A/n: remember the points needed to win in the third set is usually 15] After the story ended, the Kitagawa Daiichi players had their eyes widen in shock as they finally realized who they were up against "But since this is a training camp I want you guys to do something new and try and improve yourself alright" Goro added with a smile "YES SIR!" *Beep* beep* It was then that the ref blew his whistle indicating that the players should get into their position Nekoma players walked into the court with confidence in their eyes, as their aura of superiority flared and covered the entire gym "Oh boy.....this is not going to be good" Oikawa said with a smile as he started to sweat "Let''s go" Goro instructed his team as he walk to the court When all of the players got into their position, Goro got the ball and threw it up, he did his approach, jump up and smash the ball towards the corner Yaku immediately moved and recieved the serve to Hisoka who absorbed the ball and straighten his hand toward Kaneki''s directio Oikawa and Iwaizumi immediately move to block Kaneki, but only to see no ball in sight They looked back at Shou''s direction to see he''s already up in the air with the ball closing in to the position of his hand Shou smashed the ball towards the corner in which Goro was there to cover but the ball flew away from the court on his attempt to recieve it Oikawa immediately ran and manage to hit the ball back to the court "Nice save Tooru!" Goro shouted as he hit the ball to the other court Shou saw this and immediately ran with his full speed and use his momentum and his legs full power to kick the ground and flew up ''What the fu?k is that vert!! First year?!? BULLSHIT!!!'' Goro cursed in his mind as he looked at the white haired player flying up at a rapid speed "Nice set!" Shou shouted as he met with the ball on top and smashed the ball down with all his might The ball traveled at high speed and landed in front of the still shocked Goro gaining the first point for Nekoma "YEAH! See Goro-chan? That''s my favourite Kouhai kkekekekekekeke!!! " Katsuki celebrated as he looked at Goro and laughed "Tch.. I guess I was correct... Another monster had appeared" Goro clicked his tongue as he scratch his head Nekoma continues to dominate and eventually defeated Kitagawa Daiichi in both sets Next it was Nekoma against Shiratorizawa, and Nekoma got the serve this time on the coin flip "Let''s have a good game..." the captain of Shiratorizawa, Rei said with a serious expression Katsuki nodded in response and they both separated and went back to their team [Nekoma''s bench] "I want you guys to do me a favour" Katsuki said as he arrived at the bench "What is it Katsuki-san?" Kuroo asked "It''s Shiratorizawa.... We''re gonna pay back the debt by going all out alright?!?" Katsuki said "Yeah I agree, Let''s do it!" Kuroo said "KEKEKEKE NOW THEY''LL UNDERSTAND DESPAIR KEKEKEKEKEKEKE" Katsuki laughed maniacally Shou went to Ikeda and said, "Coach can I be subbed in later in the game?" "Why? are you injured?" Ikeda asked "No, because our next game would be against Fukurodani and my friend Kazu is the libero there, his ability isn''t something to scoff at, I could defeat him, but it would be really hard if I don''t have enough stamina" Shou answered "Alright Kai will take your place for the time being" Ikeda said [Shiratorizawa''s bench] "How did the coin flip go, Rei? " Shiratorizawa''s setter, Hajime asked "They''re serving, we''re going to go all out, but still it going to be really tough to win against them" Rei told his teammate Rei then turned to Ushijima and said, "Wakatoshi, you seems to know the white haired first year in Nekoma, do you have any information about him?" Ushijima stepped up and started to speak, "As some you might have already seen from our game during the free time, Asata Shou of Nekoma and Hiroshi Kazuto of Fukurodani are both dangerous players as they both destroyed us 6 with only 2 players, but in my opinion out of those two, Asata Shou is the most dangerous player overall, his instinct and reflex I would say, are in or above the level of a superhuman, his accuracy, you guys might not believe me but he seems have perfect accuracy as I have never seen him miss his target before, his physical ability, I don''t know how much he trained but his physical ability is..... overwhelming for a first year, and lastly his intelligence and experience in volleyball is very high, he knows his power and knows how to utilize it to the max" "I figured that was the case when I was watching them from the bench" Rei stopped before sighing and continued, "There''s not much we can do about him so just stay on your toes and take this opportunity to improve yourself alright?" "Yes sir!!" Rei then turned to Ushijima and put his hand on Ushijima''s shoulder and said, "Wakatoshi, you''ve been doing amazingly well in the practice matches so I''ll be expecting a lot from you" "Yes, captain!" The match between Shiratorizawa and Nekoma went on with Nekoma keeping a steady lead with Shiratorizawa chasing from behind Nekoma won the first set and in the second set, Shiratorizawa managed to took the lead with a score of 24-23 due to Rei and Ushijima continuous scoring It was then that Shou stood up and signaled Ikeda that it was time Ikeda immediately understood and subbed him in and subbed out Tatsuo "Finish it Shou" Tatsuo said as he walk past Shou "Will do" Shou said as he walked to his position with a smile "He''s here...." Rei muttered Shou then stared at Rei before declaring, "I''m going to shut down your onslaught right now" "Try it if you can, I''ll buy you a drink if you manage to do so" Rei retaliated back with tick marks on his face Kaneki got the ball and served it over, the libero recieved it Hajime who tossed the ball Rei Rei did his approach and jumped up, he twist his body to the right and back to left and swung his arm and smashed the ball with his full power The ball was about to fly and hit the corner, but before it crosses over the net a pair of arms appeared and denied the ball''s entrance The ball fell back to Shiratorizawa''s court at high speed and landed in front of the libero who couldn''t reacted to the speed of the ball Shou looked at Rei as he smirked and said, "Now that you mentioned it''s been a while since I had some Orange juice", which caused even more tick marks to appear on Rei''s face After a while Rei sighed and said, "I''ll buy you one after practice" "Oya? For real?" "I''m a man of my word" Rei said proudly The score is now 24-24 a deuce, the match continued with Kaneki serving another ball, in which the libero recieved it again Hajime thought for a while before deciding to perform a dump, but Shou saw his intention and jumped up and and blocked his dump ''Wakatoshi-chan wasn''t kidding when talking about his reflex huh? '' Hajime thought while sweated as he looked at the ball that landed next to him Kaneki got the ball again and served it, Ushijima recieved it this time and got ready to spike Hajime got to the ball and set it back to Ushijima, who did a 3 step approach and jumped up meeting a two man block of Katsuki and Shou Ushijima''s eyes twitch at the height of the block, while all of the other players thought, ''That''s just bullying'' Ushijima looked around to find a way to get ast the blockers, ''I can''t break through it, I''ll have to do a block out'', he thought as he aim at Shou''s finger tip Shou smirked at the scene as he watched Ushijima smashed the ball towards his finger tip, and just before the ball hit it, Shou seperated his arms causing the ball to fly through the path between his arms and flew far away from the court "...." Ushijima watch the ball fly away with complicated expression "Home run~" Kuroo said with a smirk "..." Ushijima was silent for a while before opening his mouth, "I..... Don''t... Know what to say... I just hit... A.... Home.... Run" , he said with a lifeless expression "Wakatoshi?... " Hajime shaked Ushijima as he never saw Ushijima acted like this, moments later he collapsed to the floor with the same lifeless expression, "OI! WAKATOSHI-CHAN!!WAKE UP!! REI HELP ME!!" Hajime shouted in a panic as he tries wake up Ushijima "He''s alright, he just can''t process his feeling and collasped" Rei said casually The match ended between Shiratorizawa and Nekoma. Nekoma rested for a bit before going back to the court again to play against Fukurodani This time the captain Fukurdani, Atsushi, got the serve in the coin flip "Let''s have a nice game Atsu-chan, I hope you lose in style" Katsuki said with a smile as he held out his hand "Yeah keep talking ya little shit, I''ll wipe that damn smile off of your face in the game" Atsushi said with an intimidating smile while taking the handshake "Classic Atsu-chan always joking hahaha" Katsuki laughed as he let go of the handshake and walked back to his bench [Fukurdani''s bench] As Bokuto noticed Atsushi walking back to the bench he exclaimed, "Captain you''re back!" "You good, captain?" Kazuto asked as he saw that Atsushi had an annoyed expression "...." Atsushi stayed silent for while before opening mouth, ".... Change of plan, we''re going all out" "You sure Atsushi? We''re not using this opportunity to try some new attack? " the ace of the team, Shoji asked "Yes, and I want Kazuto to be on the court using all the opportunities he gets to do so" Atsushi said as he thought of Katsuki annoying smile "We''re bringing him out already?" Shoji asked "Well it''s not that surprising" Kazuto spoke up and attracted the attention to him as he continued , "I''ve noticed the Nekoma in their match with Shiratorizawa, during the match they only let Shou play for the last 3 points only, so I figured they want Shou to deal with us and I think they know that it would be hard for us to deal with him without me" "It seems that''s the most possible explanation" Atsushi said "Let''s not think about it too much and let''s just play" Izumi suggested "Yeah, Izumi is right let''s just give it our all!!" Atsushi said "OSU!!" The players all got into position Atsushi took the ball and threw it up He did a 3 step approach before jumping and smashing the ball towards the corner where Shou is Shou immediately moved and recieved the ball perfectly to Hisoka, who tossed the ball Kaneki Kaneki did his approach and jumped up and met a 3 man block, he noticed that there is a gap between one of the blocker''s arm and decided to go for it Kaneki smashed ball and it flew through the 3 man block and was heading for the corner Kazuto read it and immediately move, he dived for it and managed to save it Atsushi got to the ball and tossed the ball to Bokuto, who did his approach and jumped up and met with Katsuki trying to block him ''Geh, that hella high'' Bokuto thought as he try to find a way to break through Without no other choice left he tried to tip the ball over, but the ball still wasn''t able to travel over high reach of Katsuki and ended up bouncing back to Fukurodani''s court As the ball fell, no one move because they didn''t think that they could save it But it was then that a hand slid under the ball and saved it from hitting "WAKE UP DAMN IT! I AIN''T ACCEPTING THE FACT THAT WE LOST A POINTS WITHOUT PUTTING UP A FIGHT!!" Kazuto shouted as he stood up from the ground which caused the team to snap out of it and immediately connected Atsushi reacted quickly and dived for the ball and managed to hit it up, Shoji immediately followed after with spike But before the ball could go over the net, Kaneki, twisted his body mid air and reached his hand out and blocked the ball''s path using the back of his hand The ball bounced off of Kaneki''s hand and flew back to Fukurodani''s court "GRR" Bokuto gritted his teeth as he dived for it but he wasn''t able to get to the ball in time The match went on with Nekoma and Fukurodani exchanging blows, as each rally was intense, but Nekoma still had a steady lead And in the end Nekoma manage to win the two sets, and the score for those set were 25-21 and 25-22 "Haizz, I mena at least we got to 20 points in both of the sets" Atsushi sigheh "True.... But still if it wasn''t for Kazuto I don''t know if we could''ve done it" Shoji said "Have to agree with you there" Fukurodani then went on to play against Shiratorizawa for 2nd place in which they won After all the matches is all done, the ranking was out 1st Nekoma 2nd Fukurodani 3rd Shiratorizawa 4th Kitagawa Daiichi 5th Inarizaki 6th Nohebi "Alright great job everyone, now you will rest for 15 minutes before we start the skill training" Muraoka said The training then continued and ended at 7pm, the players all left the gym to go for dinner, except for some "Ahh let''s just do some more spiking training, today I feel like my spike was real shit" Bokuto sighed "Alright we''ll block" Kuroo and Shou said as they walked in the court "I''ll set" Oikawa said "Ay wait can we just have one blocker?" Iwaizumi said as his eyes twitch at the two Nekoma players "Why?" Kuroo asked "I mean... It''s pretty self-explanatory isn''t it" Kuroo and Shou looked at each other, and Shou then sighed and said, "Alright I''ll recieve" "Huu, yeah that''s much better" Iwaizumi sighed in relief "Alright let''s train!!!" Bokuto shouted --- [A/n: Alright this chapter really make me realize how much I hate writing tournaments so be expected for tournaments chapters to be summarized like this for most of the times Anyways I''m thinking about having a timeskip third year of middle school soon, what do you think? If you like the idea, give me some suggestion on how to write it Alright Goodnight ??] Chapter 11 - Training Camp (3) and ??? The next day, Muraoka gathered the players around and he spoke, "Today we''re going to have a change of plan, after a long discussion with the coaches, we concluded that the mini-tournament would not be effective for our training and instead today the teams would be rotating and playing against each other, is that clear?!? " "YES SIR!!!" The training camp continued for the first week like that with no noticeable event, the team would play against each other, then they will have training, and after that Shou would stay and do some extra practice with the other, however it was on the last day of team battle that something within Shou snapped for the first time coming to this world Nekoma was having a match against Nohebi, however Nohebi was constantly trash talking Nekoma the whole game, and sometimes using such underhanded move such as stomping on Nekoma''s blockers'' foot while landing down. It was in the 2nd set of the game the score was 5-2 in favour of Nekoma that the Nohebi Ace spiked the ball with his full power and the ball flew and hit Kuroo''s face causing him to fell down The ref paused the game, and the Nekoma team went to check on Kuroo "Kuroo-chan are you okay?" Katsuki said as he ran towards Kuroo "... Yeah.... Just a bit dizzy... I think.... I can continue" Kuroo said with a struggle "No you''re getting subbed out" Ikeda said as he approach Kuroo "But, coach I-" Before Kuroo can continue Ikeda stopped him and said, "Your nose is bleeding and your eye is swollen, as your coach, I can''t let you play like this" "..." Kuroo was silent for a moment before standing up and walking out of the court, and Kai was subbed in Shou with a dark face walked Nohebi Ace and said , "Oi... You did that on purpose didn''t you, you piece of shit... " The Nohebi Ace chuckled and said, "No it was just a mere accident that I hit your friend in the face" "..." Shou was silent for a moment before clicking his tongue, "tch, fu?k?n? piece of shit, you''ll pay for this.." "What is this guy saying?" a Nohebi player said with a mocking smile "Hey you know, I''m getting annoyed already, you first years have be-" the Nohebi Ace suddenly stopped in his sentence, due to a sudden crakling noise As Shou open is eyes silver electricity leaked out but something was different as there were also golden electricity, the pressure that he''s been hiding all this time was all released and cover the entire gym "!!!" Immediately all of the players and coaches turned their head towards Shou "Suffocating.... " the Ace of Nohebi thought as he looked at the white haired first year "Sho-chan?... " Oikawa muttered as he never saw Shou act like this "Fucking trashes... " Shou said as he looked at the Nohebi''s player in annoyance The match continue with Nohebi serving, Yaku recieved it to Hisoka Hisoka looked to decide who to set to, and when he looked at the white haired player, Shou gave him a look that said ''Give it to me...I''ll crush those motherfuckers!..'' Hisoka sweated, but still smiled as he set Shou and said to Nohebi Ace, "You guys fu?k?d up real bad this time..." "Huh?" the Nohebi looked at Hisoka with a confused expression before snapping out of it and got ready to block Shou did his approach and kicked the ground as he flew up and met with a 3 man block Shou looked at the 3 man block with a hint of mockery, "tch Weak ?ss bitches...." Shou said in a volume loud enough for the whole court to hear as smashed the ball right through the 3 man block causing 2 of the Nohebi player to fall down Shou turned around without saying a word and rotate to his new position "Tch, you really are just useless trashes... 25-8? One of the strongest school with only that much skill? Don''t fu?k with me... " Shou said his last words to Nohebi before stepping off the court --- In a blank, white room a man was watching something through a TV, It was then that he suddenly smiled as he muttered, [It seems the second potential is about to awaken] --- After practice the group decided not to speak anything about what happened today and just practice The training camp continued to the mixed team phase, Shou got teamed up with many different players and got to know them and their playstyle Sometimes he would be teamed up with some Nohebi member but he just ignored them The training camp ended in a flash and after the last match ended the coaches gathered everyone and decided to throw a barbecue party The players looked at the meat on the barbecue with drool hanging from their mouth "Hehe....can I eat now?..." Bokuto said with star in his eyes as he reached out his chopstick for the meat But it was then that someone smacked him on the heaf , "Kota-chan that''s not cooked yet" Oikawa said as he pointed at the meat "Haizz why do they gotta make us wait with delicious meat in front of us like this, that''s just torture" Bokuto sighed "You know what? Fuck it! I''ll too hungry to wait for this shit to cook!!" Shou shouted as he lunged at the meat Immediately Kuroo, Bokuto, Oikawa and Iwaizumi stepped in and hold him down After the food was cooked they let him go and Shou immediately jumped up and stole all of the meat that Kuroo and Oikawa was about to take and ran off "OI GET BACK HERE DAMN IT!" Kuroo immediately ran after Shou as he shouted "DAMN IT SHO-CHAN, THAT WAS MY MEAT!!" Oikawa shouted as he followed from behind Kuroo "They don''t know how to rest do they?" Kazuto sighed at the scene Ushijima nodded at Kazuto''s statement, "That was the first time I''ve seen Shou that angry" Ushijima suddenly brought up "Yeah, but it''s only natural, Shou is someone who have limitless love for volleyball, so to see a team doing something so underhanded in the sport that he loves, it would naturally make him mad" Kazuto said "But still I don''t know if it''s just me or not but, after that rampage I felt that Shou''s aura changed a bit" "I felt it too, he was faster, stronger and his reflex was quicker as well..." "Now that I thought about it It''s funny how I somehow became apart of this group, with my personality" Ushijima chuckled "I mean it''s only natural, you''re pretty strong and talented yourself, and this group was meant for future monsters like us" Kazuto said "You call our group future monsters, but how would you know that all of us are talented and going to be monsters in the future?" Ushijima asked "Oh trust me, Shou and I knows if someone would be a good player when we see them, but you misunderstanded we don''t look at talent, you saw Kuroo? He seems pretty talented but the case it different, he''s just a players who are above average with some talent, but because he worked hard and have aspirations to become the best just like us, he managed to made that "Some Talent" bloom and manged to enter the zone " Kazuto answered "The Zone..... Is it the state that Shou and You were in?" "Yeah, The Zone is a state in which a player reaches their full potential, It is a superlative of regular concentration and focus. The condition to enter The Zone really depends on different players, but usually 2 of the conditions are that you need to have an extreme amount of Love and Passion towards a sport and the player must be highly talented" "So can I enter it as well?" "Well, in my opinion the possibility is pretty high so yeah" ".... The zone..." Ushijima was deep in thought after hearing Kazuto In another area Katsuki, Rei, Goro, and Atsushi was talking to each other "Man the 1st years this year are real scary" Goro sighed "I know right, have you seen what Katsuki''s junior did Nohebi? I still get goosebumps from remembering that moment" Atsushi said while remembering Shou''s face as looked at the Nohebi Ace "I mean who told him to piss off my Kouhai?" Katsuki shrugged "True, he was a dumbass" Rei agreed In front of the entrance of the gym Oikawa and Shou was sitting and was discussing about something "Oikawa, I think noticed this by now, but you know that you don''t have a high talent for volleyball right?" Shou said "I know.... Sometimes I feel like the world is just unfair " Oikawa said with a dark expression "The world is truly unfair, but you shouldn''t let that drag you down right?" "Hmm? What are trying to say Sho-chan? " Oikawa asked confusingly After thinking for a little while Shou opened his mouth, "I''m saying you shouldn''t care about those ''geniuses'' like me who were granted limitless talent. You.... Who recieved The Curse of the Ordinary shouldn''t be discouraged by those who are called ''Geniuses'' " "The Curse of the Ordinary?" "You might not understand it now, but I''ll tell you this, you can work hard and hone your craft and become the ideal setter that can bring out the maximum potential of a team... but still this is where the unfairness of the world will come in, no matter how much you work, how much train, you''re destined to be left behind by those geniuses who could bring more than the maximum potential out of a team" Shou stopped before continuing while pointing at Oikawa with a smile , "And that is why, I want you, Oikawa Tooru, to defy that fate and prove destiny wrong by surpassing those geniuses and becoming the grestest setter and the [Grand Commander] of the court" "Talent is something you make bloom, instinct is something you polish..." and with that Shou left Oikawa deep in thought [A/n: there''s this analysis video on youtube called, The Curse of the Ordinary - Oikawa Toru, I highly recommend you to watch it is actually pretty good ] After the barbeque party ended, the Shiratorizawa coaches said their last speech and before the teams left But before the Nekoma team was about to leave Washijo asked to have a conversation with Shou "Asata Shou, during the training camp you demonstrated amazing skills, physical capabilities, intelligence, and talent, and as the coach of Shiratorizawa Academy I would like you to invite you to join our team after middle school" Shou pretended to think for a bit before saying, "I''m sorry sir, but I would like to decline your invitation, as I don''t think Shiratorizawa would be a good choice for me " Washijo was surprised before asking, "Why wouldn''t it be a good choice" "Because if I joined a strong team like Shiratorizawa it would be hard to find challenges any more, and that would take the joy away from me" Shou answered Washijo looked at the white haired boy in front of him for a moment before saying, "Alright, you may leave" "Yes sir" Shou said before running out of the gym After Shou left, Shou''s words flashed in Washijo''s mind, Washijo chuckled at his words and thought, ''He really is the opposite of me'' --- Shou was currently walking around the streets of Tokyo with Kuroo, Kazuto and Bokuto While walking Shou noticed in a public volleyball court a kid a bit younger than them with wavy black hair and two moles on the right side of his forehead was self setting and practicing his spike This was of course Sakusa Kiyoomi one of the top 3 Ace in the original "Hey loo-" but before Shou could say anything Bokuto ran into the court as he shouted, "HEY HEY HEY!! CAN WE JOIN?" Sakusa looked at Bokuto for a while before backing off and asking, "did you wash your hands yet?" "Uhhh, No why?" Bokuto looked at Sakusa confusingly ad he said "Then no" Sakusa said as he go back to practicing which made Bokuto walked back to his group depressed When he got back to the group he saw Kazuto holding out a sanitizer "WOAH!!!!!!! KAZUUTOOOOO!!" Bokuto shouted as he grab the sanitizer and sanitize his hand and ran back in the court The rest of the group did the same and also walked into the court "You guys washed your hands?" Sakusa asked and everybody nodded "Have you guys taken your flu shots?" Sakusa asked another question and everyone nodded again "Alright, I guess you guys can play" "What your name?" Kuroo asked "Sakusa Kiyoomi, I''m from Wakata elementary school, what about you?" Sakusa answered "Kuroo Tetsurou, Nekoma middle school 1st year" "Hiroshi Kazuto, Fukurodani middle school 1st year" "Bokuto Kotarou, Fukurodani middle school 1st year" "Asata Shou, Nekoma middle school 1st year" After the introduction Sakusa said, "So you guys are a year older than me" "Guess so" Bokuto said "You want a set? I mean self setting isn''t really that effective you know?" Shou asked "Yeah sure I guess" Sakusa shrugged "Alright I''ll recieve! " Kazuto shouted as he walked to the other side of the court "We''ll block later" Bokuto and Kuroo said as they sat down on a seat "Alright here!" Shou said as he threw the ball up for Sakusa Sakusa recieves it to Shou, who set the ball a bit away from the net for Sakusa ''a nice set....'' Sakusa thought as he did his approach and spiked the ball perfectly and snapped his abnormally flexible wrist to create a nasty spin ''That spike was good....'' Sakusa thought as he looked at the ball "Damn that''s some real nasty spin, but..." Kazuto quickly moved to the ball, "You need a bit more practice..", Kazuto said as recieved the ball perfectly with shocked Sakusa a bit as he have never seen anyone recieved his spike perfectly "How did you put so much spin on that" Shou asked even though he already knew the answer "It''s my wrist, it''s abnormally flexible" Sakusa answered as he bend his whole wrist down "Hmm that is certainly useful for volleyball, but I feel like you''re missing something" Shou said "Missing what?" Sakusa asked in confusion "Raw power and physical capabilities...." Shou answered "Raw power? Physical capabilities?.. " "I mean just think about it if you can jump higher you can hit the ball from a higher point, your strength if you could hit the ball harder it could so faster and if we add your nasty spin into the mix and it would be a deadly weapon, there''s a lot of things you can mix your physical strength and ability with, here let me show you, give me a high one " Shou said as he threw the ball to Sakusa Sakusa switched position with Shou and threw the ball at him, Shou recieved it back Sakusa who gave him a high set Shou did a 3 step approach and used his legs'' full power and kicked off the ground and flew up ''High...'' Sakusa thought with his eyes widen as he looked at the figure in the air Shou reached the ball in know time, and twist his body to the right and back to the left as he use his full strength and swung his arm, almost like whip his hand hit the ball, and it flew vertically down and bounce high into the air after it touches the ground "Did you see that, I didn''t put a spin into it just technique and raw power, but if I did put spin into it you can imagine how deadly it can be right?" Shou asked as he landed back down Sakusa still in daze just nodded and thought about what Shou said After that the 4 practice with the young Sakusa for a while before saying goodbye to him, but not before exchanging contact with him --- Oikawa was curently sitting in his room, deep in thought while holding a volleyball ''The ideal setter.....to be an ideal setter I first have to start to understand the spiker and their behavior, merging and playing with many people might help me to understand them more and after that it would just be a process of sharpening their fang until they can tear their opponent into pieces'' Oikawa thought while smiling viciously "YOSH!!" Oikawa shouted as he stood up and took and dialed a number After a few second someone on the other side picked up, [Yeah what do you want Shittykawa?] "Iwa-chan you''ll be my first spiker guinea pig" [...., what?] ----- Day by day the volleyball middle school tournament is slowly creeping up on the players [A/n: okay I don''t know why when I wrote this paragraph I imagine something like: "volleyball middle school tournament-kun what are you doing~", alright I''ll just shut up now] But still they continues to work hard and improve themselves as none of them want lose against each other in the final showdown And finally the countdown had reached 0 and it was time for the tournament... ''I will defeat them'' Ushijima, Oikawa, Iwaizumi, Kuroo, Shou, Kazuto, Bokuto thought as they stood up --- Full title: Training Camp (3) and meeting another monster [A/n: Huuuuuu another chapter, sorry for the quality of the chapter, I really have nothing left to write about before the tournament so I''m going to start the tournament part next chapter Anyways I hope I satisfied you reader-sama(s) Goodnight ??] Chapter 12 - Tokyo Qualifier Tournament (1) ''I will defeat them'' Ushijima, Oikawa, Iwaizumi, Kuroo, Shou, Kazuto, and Bokuto thought as they stood up --- Shou, Kazuto, Bokuto and Kuroo gathered and walked to school together "The Tokyo middle school qualifier tournament, hope it would be fun...." Shou started a conversation "Dunno, the only schools participating is our schools, Itachiyama, and Nohebi" Kazuto said "Nohebi is real shit, Itachiyama might be a decent team" Shou shrugged "Oya? Mr. Super Ace is already ???ky?" Kuroo said with a smirked "Shuddup you''re the one that''s ???ky, you said that you''re gonna confess and go out with Atsoko in just 2 months, but look at you now! 4 months already past and you haven''t said shit!" Shou retaliated "*Cough**cough* I''m taking my time alright!" "Yeah right..." Shou said which caused tick marks to appear on Kuroo''s face "GRRR You little shit!!" Kuroo said as he lunged at Shou, but ultimately missed his target due to Shou reacting fast and dodging him, Shou then jump on his bike and bike away "Get back here damn it!!" Kuroo shouted as he jump on his own bike and started chasing Shou "OOHHHH ARE WE PLAYING TAG?!? I WANNA PLAY TOO!!!" Bokuto shouted as he chased after the two "Haizz it''s like 7am in the fu?k?n? morning, why do they have so much energy?" Kazuto sighed --- Soon Kazuto arrived at where the path to Fukurodani and Nekoma splits to see the three on the ground, panting "Dumbasses" Kazuto said as he sat on his bike and started eating his breakfast Soon the three joined him, after a while they finish their breakfast and parted way --- Shou and Kuroo arrive at their class on time and sat down "Ah Tetsu, Sho! You guys later than usual" Atsoko said as they looked at the two "Yeah it''s because this guy didn''t have enough courage to conf-" Before Shou could finished his sentence he dodged a hand coming at him "Shut up!" Kuroo shouted as he chased Shou around the room After a while Ikeda enters the classroom and calmed down the chaos "Everyone, Seattle down! I have an announcement!" After everyone sat down quietly Ikeda started his announcement, "Alright since today I''m going go with the volleyball team to the qualifier tournament, Ojiro-sensei your science teacher would be the substitute teacher for English, is that clear?" Immediately discussions started from different area of the group "Ehh? Why does it have to be him?" "Fuckk, I''m gonna get sent out of the class again!!" "Wait... Hold on don''t we have science after english??" "God damn it! So have to meet him twice?? " However among those students Shou and Kuroo was laughing maniacally, "Kekekekekekkekakakakakk just as I calculated.. " --- After the 4th period Kuroo, Shou and Atsoko stood up and told their teacher they had to go before heading out of the class, Atsoko went to where the girls team is gathered, while Shou and Kuroo went where their team woud gather waited for the whole team to come After everyone came, Ikeda spoke up, " I don''t really have anything to say other than, Win and go to National! alright?" "YES COACH!" "Alright here''s the team uniform " Ikeda said as he brought out a box Ikeda cut it open, revealing red and black uniforms for the players to choose, after they all chose a uniform they went and changed --- After a while the first years came back to gym with their new uniform Hisoka had #2 Yaku had #3 Kaneki had #4 Shou had #5 Tatsuo had #6 Kuroo had #7 Kai had #8 And lastly Masumi had #69 "How the hell did that get there?" the players questioned as they stared at Masumi''s uniform "Don''t know, but pretty nice aint it?" Masumi shrugged "It was a slight error during the making of the uniform but we''ll just roll with it" Ikeda said "Yeah" all the players agreed in union "Okay! Let''s move boys! " Ikeda shouted as he exit the gym with the boys team following behind him The team later arrived at the bus area and hopped on the bus [Girls Bus] [A/n: Ah shit here we go again, I swear I ain''t s?xist] The coach of the girls team Ayano looked back to see that the team was a bit tired so she shouted, "Hey girls!" catching their attention "Huh... What is it.. Coach" Yoshino said sleepily "Catch" Ayano said as she threw each one of them an apple "AHH IMMA DESTROY FUKURODANI THIS TIME!! Atso-chan give me some real good sets alright??" Saeki shouted jumped up from her seat after finishing her apples "Roger that Ace!" Atsoko said with determination [Boys Bus] To put it in simple terms, the state of the boys bus this time is... What in the actual fu?k, I swear I don''t even know what''s going on anymore.... In the corner of the bus Katsuki was singing unravel with a sleeping Kaneki, "Kowareta boku nante sa iki wo tomete~ Hodokenai mou hodokenai yo shinjitsu sae~ Freeze Kowaseru kowasenai kurueru kuruenai~ Anata wo mitsukete~" In the middle of the bus Kuroo and Hisoka was having an argument "Hisoka is a pedophile!!!" Kuroo shouted "No! His action was totally justified!! " Hisoka shouted back "What about when he was fighting Gon in the Heavens Arena arc? he said that he was getting turned on from Gon looking at him? and did I mentioned that he m??n?d real hard when Gon charged at him in that fight?!?" "He....he just really likes to fight strong people!! He''s attracted to power!!!!!" "Oh yeah? What about that one scene in the Greed Island arc where he was staring at Gon''s and Killua''s ?ss with a satisfied face, they''re 12!! Motherfucking 12 damn it!!" "...." Hisoka was silent for a moment before shouting again, ".....HE''S JUST CHECKING OUT SOME CAKES OKAY?!? , "GON AND KILLUA AIN''T GOT NO CAKES!!" "CAN''T A MAN CHECK OUT SOME IMAGINARY CAKES?" "HE AIN''T NO MAN ANYMORE HE''S A PEDO AND A GAY ONE AT THAT!!" "HE''S NOT A GAY PEDO!! HIS CHARACTER IS A WHOLE MASTERPIECE !!" "HE''S 100% A GAY PEDO!!" "NO HE''S NOT!!" "YES HE IS!!" "NO!! HE JUST COULDN''T RESIST IT WHEN KILLUA AND GON WERE ROCKIN SOME NICE IMAGINARY CAKES! AND I DO ADMIT IT MYSELF THEY ARE PRETTY NICE" "YES H-... Wait what?" "Uhhhh I said HISOKA ISN''T A PEDO!!" Hisoka started shouting again "YES HE IS!!" "NO HE''S NOT!" "REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE" In another area Shou was lying on top of two chairs while muttering some type of demon language as..... he was attempting to summon a demon... "N imnd slghnznld zglmc, ilwlj dmoi m llc, lh mii wpiio" [A/n: I swear this is not just some random ?ss words I typed in, I searched and found a random ?ss demon language translator and I was like fu?k it and typed in: "I said certified freak, seven days a week, wet ?ss puss?" and this is what it translated into... ] After a while Shou''s body started floating and hovering above the two chairs "Shit!!! SHOU IS LEVITATING, HE''S LEVITATINGGGGGG" Yaku screamed while he pointed at Shou hovering above the chairs while still muttering some demon language, Yaku however also woke up Kai in the process of him screaming his lungs out Kai slowly woke up and confusingly looked around to survey his surrounding, "Umm... Huh?" it was then that he found Shou levitating above two seats, "AHHHHHH CAPTAIN!!!!!! SHOU IS LEVITATING!!!" he shouted in horror In the front area of the bus, Tatsuo and Masumi was having a very.... Engaging conversation "Can you believe ... That... Aha...ya know.... I was in my dad''s ballsack before being born?" Masumi said with a high expression "Man.... that''s crazy, imagine just like wriggling around in your dad''s ballsack like this" Tatsuo said as he proceed to get on the floor and performed the worm dance "Exactly, you got it bro" Masumi said while finger gunning "Alright, guys we''re ab-" Ikeda turned around to talk to the boys team, but ultimately stopped mid sentence as he witness everything happening behind him "Aight then let''s just wait for them to calm down....." Ikeda said as he went back staring at the road in front It was then that voice of the bus driver sounded out next to him, "First time?" Ikeda nodded which caused the bus drive to chuckle and said, "Yeah...." After a while Nekoma Team arrived at the place where the qualifier tournament is going to be held the two teams got down from the bus and walked into the building After walking for a while they arrived at the court and entered Immediately all of the team turned towards the entrance to look at the team that just arrived and disscussion sounded out across the gym "That red and black uniform.... Captain isn''t that Nekoma?" a first year in Itachiyama asked "Yeah.... that''s Nekoma the team who was second place in the Natational last year" The Nekoma team went to check out who they''re going aganist first "We''re going against Itachiyama first, let''s warm up" Ikeda instructed the team "YES SIR" Nekoma shouted as they walk to their court and started doing warm up After the warm up the two captain from both team met to do a coin flip which ended with Itachiyama with the serve "Let''s have a good game" Katsuki said as he held out out his hand "Yeah.." Aiza the captain of Itachiyama said ad he took the handshake The two captain let go of each others hands and head back to their team''s bench [Itachiyama''s bench] "We''re serving coach" Aiza said as he arrives at the bench "Good job Aiza" the coach stopped for a moment before continuing, "In this match just try your best to conserve some stamina, It''s going to be hard, but since Tokyo accepts 3 representatives we still have a chance if we manage to defeat Nohebi" "Coach we haven''t play aginst yet how are you so sure that we won''t stand a chance" the first year libero asked "Nekoma is not an opponent that we can defeat in our current level, have you guys heard of the 3 monsters of Nekoma? " the coach asked "Isn''t that just a rumour?" the first year asked again "It''s not, Koda...." Aiza said as stepped in, "the 3 monsters of Nekoma, also known as Monster Cats are a group of 3 players in Nekoma that have mysterious ability These 3 players are Ken Kaneki, which have the ability to move formlessly in the air, Murano Hisoka, also known as the trickster has the ability to set to any position he d?s?r? without pushing the ball to that direction, and lastly Kirigawa Katsuki, the captain of Nekoma, his vert is overwhelming for a middle schooler, as he is able to put his whole torso over the net and his reflex is quick as well" "Just as Aiza said, with these players in their team our chance of victory is slim, so I just want you guys conserve your stamina is that clear?" "Yes sir!!" [Nekoma''s bench] "We''re recieving" Katsuki said as he arrived at Nekoma''s bench "What''s wrong with Shou?" Katsuki asked as he noticed that Shou was in a bad mood "He''s mad that we couldn''t play against those snakes" Kuroo answered "They''re gonna piss their pants if they go against us again, just let them off already" Katsuki sighed "whatever... " Shou muttered "Alright let''s go" Katsuki said as he walked towards the court "Get over it already!" Kuroo shouted as he smacked Shou''s head before following Katsuki to the court along with the team "Tch" Shou clicked his tongue before moving to court When all of the team got their position Aiza got the ball and threw it up He did his approach, jumped up and smashed the ball towards the corner Tatsuo tried to recieve it, but the ball flew away from the court on his attempt to do so "Yes! Nice ser- huh? " Koda immediately stopped in the middle of his sentence as he saw Shou reacting immediately and started running at high speed towards the ball Shou got close enough and analyse the situation before diving towards the ball and shouting," KANEKI-SAN!! " as he hit the ball back to the court Kaneki backed up and did his approach and jumped up ''Nice set...'' Kaneki thought as he smashed the ball right into the corner scoring the first point for Nekoma "Nice save Shou-chan" Katsuki said as he patted Shou''s back when he returned "Sorry I was letting my guard down for a bit there" Tatsuo apologized to his team "It''s alright Tat-chan we got your back" Hisoka said with smile "Now....." Katsuki said as he turned towards Itachiyama, "It''s counter attack time..." "Yeah!" --- Shou got the serve next and took the ball as he went to his position and closed his eyes and took a deep breath *beep* *beep* "Huu.." as the ref blew his whistle Shou exhaled and threw the ball up real high He approach the ball with a 3 step approach and using his full power he jumped and flew high up When the ball is in the perfect position Shou smashed the ball with all his might It was then that the ball disappeared from his hand and appeared in the middle Aiza and Koda in the span of a second ''that was essentially a spike..... '' Aiza thought with his widen as he looked at where the ball landed ''I couldn''t reacted to it'' Koda thought in shock as he gritted is teeth Shou looked at his hand as he thought about the serve he just perform, ''Not bad but.... Need some improvement'' "*cough* tryhard *cough*" Kuroo cough as he walked back to his position causing tick marks to appear on Shou''s face "Shut up!" Shou shouted as kicked Kuroo from the back The match continued with Nekoma dominating over Itachiyama leaving them no space to breathe [A/n: when I reread this it sounded kinda wrong but you get the point] The match ended with Nekoma winning the 2 sets with a the score of 25-10 and 25-13 "Man I''m tired" Kuroo yawned "Oh yeah, here catch!" Ikeda said as he threw each of the player an apple, "Oh thanks coach" Masumi said as he bite the apple "I didn''t give this to you guys on the bus because I was afraid of..... Uhhh..... Intervening with your..... Bussiness" Ikeda siad as he was having a vietnam flashback "Understandable" everyone shrugged After a few minutes of waiting, Fukurodani finished their game with Nohebi Shou and Kuroo was walking to bathroom when they noticed Atsushi coming out of it "Oh aren''t you Fukurodani''s captain?" Kuroo asked "Yeah, aren''t you the two scary first years of Nekoma?" Atsushi asked while staring at a particular first year "Well I guess you could say that" Shou shrugged "Let me ask you one question" Atsushi said as he look at Shou "Wait can I just go take a piss first my baguette is about leak" Shou said as he looked at Atsushi casually "Oh sorry.." Atsushi said as he moved out of the way for Shou Shou went in the bathroom and came out of it a while later "Alright what was your question?" Shou asked as he stood in front of Atsushi "How are you able to have such high physical capability as a first year?" Atsushi asked his question "Training, just sheer hard work" it wasn''t a complete lie, Shou had been training his body and skills like a mad man in his past life for years and it took him blood, sweat and tears to get to where he was in his past life Atsushi looked at the white haired player in front of him with a slight bit of doubt but he dismissed the feeling "You got anymore question Sushi-san?" Shou asked ''Sushi?'' Atsushi thought in confusion "Alright if not I''ll be going" Shou said his last words before heading back to his team "Man the first years these days..." Atsushi sighed as he looked at the two Nekoma first year, "But, I have to admit that guy... Asata Shou is the real monster out of all of the players I''ve seen in my life" --- Fukurodani and Nekoma both went to their respective benches and was getting ready to play against each other The Battle of the Kings of Tokyo is about to begin --- [A/n: The timeskip chapter are getting closer, give me some ideas on how to write a timeskip cause I don''t know shit about writing it and maybe some scene ideas for me to write about Anyways Goodnight ??] Chapter 13 - Tokyo Qualifier Tournament (2) [rewritten] [A/n:, Yeah, I think ''s updating system is broken, it was the same to the first draft I posted to understand why this chapter was rewritten please read the chapter before this, anyways enjoy] "Captains!" the ref called the captain from both teams Katsuki and Atsushi met infront of the ref to do a coin flip which ended with Fukurodani serving "Let''s have a great match" Katsuki said as he held out his hand Atsushi nodded and took the handshake, after a while they broke the handshake and went back to their bench [Fukurodani''s bench] "We''re serving coach" Atsushi said as he arrive at his team''s bench "Good, now everyone listen carefully cause I''m going to make this quick", The coach said with a serious tone after he got everyone''s attention he continued, "I don''t care what you think about this match, but I want all of you to go all out against Nekoma, and surpass your limit, right here, right now!" "YES SIR!!" "Now.... It''s war time..." Fukurodani''s coach, Yami said with a smile [Nekoma Bench] "We''re recieving" Katsuki said as he came back "Is it just me or like when Katsuki-san does a coin flip there''s only a 20% chance of us getting the serve" Musumi said "True" Hisoka agreed "Shut up I''m trying my best alright!!" Katsuki shouted "Alright calm down guys we''re playing against Fukurodani here" Ikeda said as he tried to calm the team down "Coach is right, we can''t let down our guards here" Tatsuo said "No need for discussion we''re going all out" Shou said which earned a nod from all of the team "Alright huddle up!" Katsuki said as he huddle up with the team After the team huddled up Katsuki looked at each players in the eyes and said his speech, "We''re like the blood in our vein, we must flow without stopping, keep the oxygen moving, and your mind working!" "Katsuki-san.. mind my language but.... What in the fu?k was that?" Kuroo asked "..." Katsuki was silent for a moment before saying, "That''s the new tradition I just made up to help us set the mood, the captains have to say it before the start of every match" "What if the next captain don''t wanna say it after you graduate?" Kuroo asked another question "If I graduated that still ain''t gonna stop me, from skipping classes in highschool just to fly over and smack the captain that won''t say it" Katsuki answered casually "Alright let''s go" Katsuki said to his team before walking onto the court Both of the teams stepped on to the court and got into their position Atsushi started off the match with a jumpserve in which Shou recieved it easily and back off Hisoka got under the ball and set a quick ball to Kaneki who did his approach quickly, jumped and spiked the ball Kazuto quickly shuffled his feet, moved to the ball and recieved it perfectly to Izumi ''Alright I got this..'' Izumi thought to himself as he got under the ball He absorbs the ball and pushed it into Bokuto''s direction, however the ball was too close to the net, Shou saw this and did his approach and jumped up Bokuto noticed this and ran towards the ball, ''Shit he''s faster than me.. '' Bokuto thought as he did his own approach and jumped up to block Shou''s spike Contrary to Bokuto''s expectation, Shou swung his arm and slowed down as he tipped the ball over the net while avoiding Bokuto''s arms "SHOU!! YOU CAN SUCK A BIG FAT COCK!!" Kazuto shouted as he ran and dived and manage to save the ball by sliding his hand under it before hitting it up Izumi quickly moved and cover for the save, he digged it to Shoji, who did his approach and spiked the ball with all his might Tatsuo quickly moved to try and recieve the spike but the ball flew away on his attempt Hisoka ran to for the ball, when he got near the ball, he turned around and and pointed at Shou and looked at him in the eyes and changed his hand gesture and pointed down He crackles his wrists before jumping and twisting his body mid air as he absorbs the ball and set the ball perfectly to Shou''s direction Shou did his approach and using his full strength jumped high up with perfect timing, when the ball was at its perfect position Shou smashed it straight down with all his might The ball flew 90 degrees down, but just before the ball hit the ground a hand slid under it and saved it "Kazuto?!?" Izumi shouted in surprise "Set it!!" Kazuto shouted as he got off from the ground Izumi quickly regained his composure and tossed the ball to Shoji Shoji ran and did his approach and jumped up and swung his arm and was about to smash a straight with his full power But it was then that Kaneki jumped up and attempted to block Shoji, Shoji noticed this change his straight into a cross last second The ball flew for about a millisecond before hitting a pair of arms and flew straight back down Fukurodani''s court at high speed But Kazuto once again dived for it and managed to save it from touching the ground Izumi quickly covered for the save by diving towards it and hit it up, and Kazuto immediately got back up and volley the ball over "Chance ball!" Kuroo shouted as he recieved to Hisoka Hisoka got under the ball and licked his lip as he tossed the ball to Shou, "perfect.." he muttered as he felt the ball leaving his hand Shou looked at the ball and thought, ''This... How long was it since I''ve had a perfect set?'' he smiled and did his approach and flew up ''.. Tch... Damn those motherfucking sets....'' Kazuto said with wry smile as he looked at Shou''s figure in his last life overlapping with the Shou in the air However, Kazuto somehow still remained calm even though he knew that he was never able to react to a spike from Shou when he got a perfect set, but... He wasn''t a top tier libero in his past life for no reason.... After Shou''s death. he began to train and train, aiming to surpass the Shou in his past life, when he was in his prime he finally reached far enough to touch a part of the level that Shou was standing on, before he slowly weakened due to old age, and now, after years of training in Haikyuu, the skills of his past life finally broke through the last obstacle and returned to him When Shou flew up and smashed the ball with all his might, almost as if it was his natural instinct, Kazuto''s body moved on its own, ''Ah.... There... That''s the feeling I was always familar with" Kazuto thought as the corner of his lip curled up As the ball disappeared from Shou''s hand, Kazuto immediately moved and dived to the left corner and reached out and positioned his hand perfectly causing the ball to bounce off his hand and fly back to the Nekoma''s court "Out!!" Katsuki shouted as he watch the ball b?r?ly missed the line and before hitting the outside area of the court Shou landed back down and looked at Kazuto in shock before his expression turned into a vicious smile as he said, " I have no idea what that was but adrenaline is already pumping... Let''s break some limit today shall we?" "I have no fu?k?n? clue what that was as well, but I guess..... I''m back.... ", Kazuto said with a bloodthirsty smile as he stood up and crack his neck, "Let''s spice this game up shall we? " Kazuto said as jet black with a bit of gold electricity leaked out of his eyes and the pressure he was hidding rushed out and began to rage on the court "Yeah! " Shou said with the same vicious smile, as silver white and gold yellow electricity leaked out out of his eyes, and pressure that he was hiding oozed out and began clash with Kazuto''s pressure "tch, these brats" Yami muttered under his breath with a smile The match match continued with mainly Shou bombarding Fukurodani with his deadly attacks, while Kazuto was defending it with the best of his ability "What the fu?k is this...." everyone else in the gym muttered in shock As the match went on, Kazuto''s and Shou''s smile grew wider and wider and their speed and reflex was increasing rapidly "They''re getting faster?!? No Shou is getting faster..... Kazuto is just getting use to the speed, if this goes on... " Yami and Ikeda looked at the two players in shock as chills ran down their spine --- In blank, white room and man with a long beard was watching a volleyball game through a Tv screen He looked at the screen with his eyes widen as he muttered, "Such monsterous talent.... Although it doesn''t seem obvious, a mere mortal is slowly but surely improving God Speed Impulse to the level outside of the realm of gods, the other reincarnator is doing pretty good as well, to be able catch up to God Speed Impulsd to some extent by getting use to the speed of it,... but unfortunately, it seems the that''s his limit... " --- To Kazuto''s surprise, Shou was getting faster, his movement was getting smoother and the golden electricity that was leaking out of his eyes was shinning brighter as the time passes ''Tch got damn it.....I thought I finally caught up to you but... Even after death, It seems you are still the [Absolute Monarch of the Court]'' Kazuto thought with a smile as his last wall defense finally broke after being overwhelmed by Shou''s speed and power In the end, after Nekoma won both sets , Shou and Kazuto collapse on the court, and they got sent to the nurse And that concludes the Tokyo Qualifier Tournament --- "..... Fuck... " Shou and Kazuto both muttered while looking at the ceiling "My body hurts like hell" Kazuto compliant "Yeah no shit, none of this would''ve happened if you didn''t try so hard!" Shou shouted "What you mean? you were the try hard!!" "No you" "No you" "No you" "No you" "Say no you again and you''re retarded!" "You were the tryhard!" "Fuck that didn''t work..." Shou cursed "Alright lets just be honest we were both tryhards" "Yeah true" after a few moments of silence Shou asked, "You wanna go to Miyagi and watch Oikawa and Ushijima with Kuro and Bokuto tomorrow?" "Yeah sure" Kazuto shrugged The day ended and after Shou and Kazuto recovered they were sent back to their teams to go back to their school After they went back their school Kuroo and Shou both got on their bikes and biked home They met with Bokuto and Kazuto along the way, and the four of them decided to go grab some ice creams After they bought their ice creams got outside and sat down on their bikes while enjoying their ice creams "Huu man I''m tired" Bokuto yawned Immediately Kazuto, Kuroo and Shou looked at Bokuto with their eyes widened to the limit due to the shock of what they just heard "What''s wrong?" Bokuto asked confusingly "Y-You....can get tired?" Kuroo asked carefully "No shit I can get tired! After watching Shuu and Kazuuto going against each other made me felt real tired" Bokuto sighed "Bullshit.." Kuroo said with doubt "I ain''t bullshiting!!" "Shou and I planned to go to Miyagi tomorrow to watch Ushijima and Oikawa wanna go?" Kazuto asked "Yeah sure.." Kuroo answered "YEAH LET''S GOO!" Bokuto shouted as he jumped up "What the fu?k was that? You were supposed to be tired ?sshole" Kuroo said as he looked Bokuto "Oh shit forgot... I mean.... Yeah sure..." Bokuto said in a more tired voice Kazuto, Shou and Kuroo just stared at Bokuto who was sweat profusely, after a while Bokuto ran and jumped onto his bike and biked away "Hey! Come back here you damn owl!" Kuroo shouted as he got on his own bike and chased after Bokuto with Shou and Kazuto following behind him --- The next day Kazuto, Kuroo, Bokuto, Shou and his dad who insisted that he''ll be supervising the 4 met at the train station and got on to a train heading for Miyagi After 2-3 hours they arrived at Miyagi, Shou''s dad walked the 4 to the area where the semi final and final of the Miyagi qualifier tournament is taking place before going to Ryota''s place which was rather close The four walked into the court and went to the audience area, there weren''t much people so they quickly found a seat and sat down Kitagawa Daiichi and Shiratorizawa in the beginning of their first set As the match continued on Shiratorizawa started dominating and they won their first set with the score of 25-16 When they were on their second set, Kitagawa Daiichi managed to get a bit of a lead, it was then that Shou stood up "Oi oi Shou what are you doing??" Kuroo asked in concern "Nothing..." Shou answered before turning to the court and shouting at Oikawa from his seat, "OIKAWA!! IF YOU LOSE THIS SET, YOU''RE BUYING ME DORA-YAKI!!" "Eh?" Oikawa looked around confusingly before noticing Shou in the audience along with Bokuto, Kuroo, and Kazuto Oikawa then gave a look as if saying, "Why the fu?k are guys here?" Bokuto then jumped up and shouted, "OIKAA ME TOO!" "Me three!" Kazuto said as he raised his hand up "I''ll take two!" Kuroo shouted Eventually Oikawa got annoyed and shouted back, "SHUT UP YOU FATASSES, I HEARD YOU!" "Thanks for the food!" the four said in union "What are you guys even thanking for?? I haven''t even lost the set!!!" Spoiler alert, Kitagawa Daiichi eventually lost the set to Shiratorizawa and Oikawa went with Kuroo, Shou, Kazuto and Bokuto and paid for their Dora-yaki "Kyahhh is it just me or the dora-yaki in Miyagi is better than the one in Tokyo" Kuroo said as he enjoyed his dora-yaki "Yeah its definitely better than the one in Tokyo, we should claim our free dora-yaki every year like this" Kazuto suggest in which all three of them agreed While the four was enjoying their dora-yaki, Oikawa was sitting on a bench while opening his wallet and closing it repeatedly and looking at it with a depressed expression ''Money-san was like a father to me, I loved him like my son.... Now h-he''s g-goneeee'' Oikawa thought as his soul slowly left his body "Oikawa..." Shou said as he sat down next to Oikawa "What is it?... " Shou sounded serious so Oikawa cautiously asked "You still thinking about how you can be the perfect setter?" Shou asked "well....Kind of, I was thinking of trying to understand the spiker and their behavior but I''m not sure where to go from there" Oikawa answered "Umm alright I''ll give you some hint,..." In his past life Shou had went around the world to play and discuss with many professional players, this also includes many amazing setter from many teams, namely Bruno Rezende from Brazil and Micah Christenson from USA. Although their time was short, Shou gain a lot of amazing insights about the position of setter through them. "Oohhhh why didn''t I think of that?!? Alright Imma go try it out now" Oikawa said excitedly as he waved the four goodbye and ran back to his home "Why did you do that?" Kazuto asked after he saw Shou giving Oikawa hints "If you think about it, if Oikawa is stronger than the original, that would motivate Karasuno to be stronger as well, and we would be able to fight stronger opponents right??" Shou asked while smiling manically "Yeah you''re right but..." Kazuto smack Shou''s head before continuing, "You''re becoming Hisoka, I don''t want my friend to become a pedo clown.." It was then that Shou''s hair turned red and his skin turned pale as he turned to Kazuto and said"Bungee gum possesses the properties of both rubber and gum" however this just earned him another slap to the head causing him to return to normal "Alright guys let''s go home, I''m tired" Shou yawned as he picked up his phone to call his dad "Yeah..." everyone agreed --- As the day past, National are inching closer to the middle school volleyball scene And the players from all of the schools that made it through the qualifier are training and getting ready to face each other After 2 weeks of waiting, National had arrived "It''s time..." Ushijima, Bokuto, Kazuto, Kuroo said as they stood up "Shit! Where''s the toilet paper?!?" Shou panicked as he struggles to find the toilet paper, "How the fu k am I supposed to wipe my ?ss?!?" He looked around for a bit before stopping and looking at his hand "..." Shou stared at his hand for a good minute before snapping out of it, "No! I ain''t about that life!" How would Shou''s journey to find something to wipe his ?ss look like? Would he be sucessful in find something to wipe his ?ss? Or will he ultimately betray himself and his hand? I guess we might never know... ---- [Huuuu another chapter, alright I''m planning on just timeskipping to the canon after national because if I timeskip to the third year of middle school or the first year of highschool it''s gonna be boring and I really have no more ideas, what do you think? Btw I''m looking for a novel where the mc reincarnates many times (like Yoo Jonghyuk) where he gains skills and ability through those reincarnations, any suggestions? Anyways dats all Goodnight ??] Chapter 14 - National Tournament (1) "Huuu man its National already" Kuroo sighed "Hey, Hey, Heyy c''mon KUROO be more excited, it''s our first middle school National!!" Bokuto shouted "Fucking morning owl..." Kuroo muttered under his breath "Huh?? Kurooo did you say something??" Bokuto asked "Nah, I didn''t" Kuroo answered "You sure you didn''t say something?" Bokuto asked again "No I didn''t" Kuroo answered again "Stop bullshitting man!! What''s wrong with being a morning owl huh?!?!?" Bokuto shouted "YOU CAN''T SHUT THE FUCK UP THAT''S THE PROBLEM!" Kuroo shouted "AND WHAT''S WRONG WITH NOT BEING ABLE TO SHUT THE FUCK UP, IF YOU HAD THAT SKILL YOU WOULD''VE BEEN DATING ATKO-CHAN ALREADY!!" "HAAAAHHHH? WHAT DID YOU SAY?!?" "YOU HEARD WHAT I SAID!!" While Kuroo and Bokuto was arguing with each other Kazuto and Shou was discussing something important "Hoshiumi, I''m guessing is still polishing his skill in Nagano, but the problem is how do we get there, we don''t really have a reason to go to Nagano and even if we managed go I doubt that we''ll be able to meet him" Kazuto said "That''s true so I''m thinking we should meet him in national, but I not sure if he''s good enough by next year, so maybe some other national in the future" Shou said "Kiryu is also the same case with Hoshiumi... Ummm.... Oh how about Nishinoya? If he gets better, then, the Karasuno team would also get better" "Oh yeah Nishinoya.... How are we going to convince him though?" "he is pretty competitive, so I''ll just film you, Bokuto, Ushijima, Iwaizumi, and probably even Sakusa spiking in the next gathering and then we can like come up to him, show him the video and be like, ''You wanna train with these spikers? It would help you improve a lot'' and he''s probably gonna agree" "Yeah alright, we''ll go with that" Shou shrugged before continuing, "So, Kyo-chan joined Niiyama huh?" "Yeah she did I think. I''m guessing that pedo guy who called himself god made an error in [probability] , and that''s why we can''t see her" Kazuto answered "Yeah, I guess we''ll just have to wait for that old guy to finish recharging his probability" Shou sighed before asking, "Anyways you got any girls in mind?" "Ummm..... At first thinking of going for Shimizu, but after spending time in Fukurodani, I also met Yukie, Fukurodani''s manager in the orginal, and I thought she''s kinda cute..." Kazuto answered "Jeez the fu?k when did you became so honest? And also didn''t you say you lived to 69 years old before dying? That a pedo move right there Kazu-san" Shou commented "Shut up!! I ain''t a pedo I''m still a 13 years old in this life. I don''t got girl who reincarnates with me to Haikyuu so I gotta improvise, adapt, overcome. and plus, in my past life I trained so much I completely neglected my love life so I still new in this kind of stuff" Kazuto said "Man I feel bad for you, maybe I shouldn''t have told you to become the best libero in the world that day" "I mean if you didn''t tell me, I still would''ve done the same thing" Kazuto shrugged "and did you make it? " even though he knew the answered Shou asked anyways "Hell yeah, not a single ball could get past me, but now in Haikyuu it seems that the players are a bit better than the players on earth" "..." Shou was silent for a moment before he opened his mouth, " Yeah its an anime after all" "Yeah but we shouldn''t treat the peole here as characters but actual human being" Shou looked at Kuroo and Bokuto before smiling and agreeing After walking for a while the four arrived at their usual bench and sat down to eat their breakfast before getting on a bike and going their seperate ways [A/n: The "probability" that Shou and Kazuto were mentioning is similar to the probability in omniscient reader''s viewpoint, although it wasn''t clearly explained in the story, probability is basically a mechanism that prevent a certain event from happening or interfering, like for example a god or constellation can not just appear and interfere with the story or scenario , they have to pay a certain amount of probability to do that, or they will suffer from a "probability storm", that is basically what probability is for those that don''t read ORV. Since it wasn''t explained in the story, what I''m thinking for the god in this story is that he needs time to recharge his probability, after sending Kazuto and Shou to Haikyuu, he have enough to send Kyoko to Haikyuu but not enough for her to be able to interfere with Shou''s and Kazuto''s story properly, thus making her unable to see or touch them, after the god have enough probability it is most likely that he will be able to enable Kyoko to see and interact with them] Kuroo and Shou arrived at boys volleyball team gym, sat down and waited for everyone to come After a few minutes of waiting, Hisoka came into the gym and greet the two "Oh Kuro-chan, Shou-chan you guys are rather early huh?" Hisoka said "I mean it''s our first national in middle school, so..... Yeah" Kuroo answered which earned a nod from "Alright..." Shou muttered as he stood up and took the volleyball trolley from the equipment room "Hisoka-san set for me, Kuro you''re blocking" Shou said as he move to the court "Oooh alright, I also need some warm up as well" Hisoka followed behind along with Kuroo Shou then points to Kuroo as he said, "Kuro, from now on I''m going to make you a genius..." "..... What?" Kuroo questioned "it means that I''m going train you until, you can block my spike at 70% power" "Uh... Okay?" Kuroo confusingly said and he got into position Shou then threw the spike up for Hisoka, who absorbed the ball and toss it perfectly to Shou Shou did his approach and jumped up, meeting Kuroo on top of the net who was anticipating a straight Shou saw this and smashed the top left of the ball changing his straight into a cross court, the ball flew and completely avoided Kuroo''s arms and landed in the corner "Judgement Kuro! Judge and predict where the ball is going to go!!" Shou shouted "You said it as if it was so easy!! You literally change that direction with zero indication!!" Kuroo shouted back "What about, how my hand contact the ball?" Shou said Kuroo stop and a thought for a moment before looking up and said, "Oh shit..." "Alright next!" Shou said as he got another ball and threw it up for Hisoka "Kuro!!! Timing!! Timing damn it!!!" "I''m trying damn it!!!" "Kuro!! Harden and put some strength your fingers!! The ball broke through your hand as if it''s paper!! " "70% power?? bullshit!!!" "Release some pressure!!! You damn rooster head!!! Make the spiker intimidated!!!" "What kind of dragon ball language are you talking about?!?" After a while, team arrived, sat down and watched the exchange between the two In the end Kuroo was on the ground with a tired expression and he still couldn''t block a single spike "How much did you trained?? 70% that''s gotta be bullshit! " Kuroo shouted Shou patted Kuroo''s back and said, "One day, you''re going to block it and it''s gonna feel great" "..." Kuroo was silent for a while before smiling arrogantly and saying, "Tch I''ll block it before next year" It was then that Ikeda walked into the gym with two other people "Gather up!!" Ikeda instructed After the team gathered up, Ikeda introduced the two guest, "Since we got national today, I''ve decided to invite coach Nekomata from Nekoma high and coach Ukai from Karasuno high to watch" "GOOD MORNING COACH NEKOMATA, COACH UKAI" The team greeted the two "Fufufu I heard we got some young talents here so I''ve decided drop by, and I also decided to bring this old fool" Nekoma said "Shut up Bakeneko, I only came cause national is already done for my team so I''m not busy now" Ukai said in annoyance "Who is the captain here?" Nekomata asked "It''s me coach!" Katsuki said as he stepped up Nekomata observed Katsuki for a bit before smiling and saying, "then I''ll be counting on you to make the team go all out and give us the best performance" "Yes sir!" "Alright let''s go" Ikeda said as he walked out of the gym and head to the bus area followed by the two old coach and the Nekoma team The bus ride this time was rather uneventful as the team got some guest they were well-behaved They arrived at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium and walked in There were a few team tht already arrived and was getting ready "Hey captain..... Isn''t that..." a player asked as noticed players wearing a red jacket with the word NEKOMA written in white at the back walking in "Yeah.... Thats the team that wreck havoc in national last year, Nekoma" the captain answered his teammate. "This is not going to be easy.... " the player said which earned a nod from his team In another area there were players wearing a yellow with a mix of green colour jacket this was Itachiyama the third Tokyo representative, they were getting ready and noticed Nekoma entering "whats with that aura that they always exert?" Aiza said with a nervous smile "I mean what do you expect captain, they''re really powerful" Koda commented " That''s true" The Nekoma was walking through the hallway and was suddenly stopped by another team wearing a white jacket with some black and yellow stripes, this was Fukurodani the second representative of Tokyo The two team looked at each other with a competitive smile, after a while Atsushi stepped up and raised his hand up and said, "Let''s meet in the final" "Yeah" Katsuki said as he took the handshake, and the both team went their seperate ways ---- Nekoma arrived at their arena and walked in and checked the board "So we''re going against Inubashi middle school first in court 2.... Let''s go.." Katsuki said as he moved to court 2 followed by the rest of the team The two team did their warm up and the two captain met in front of the referee to do a coin flip which ended with Nekoma obatining the serve "Let''s have a good game" Katsuki said as he held out his hand "Yeah" Inubashi''s Ace and Captain, Ryu said as he took the handshake [Nekoma''s Bench] "We''re serving coach" Katduki said as he arrived back to Nekoma''s bench "Good, now about Inubashi Middle School, they''re a team that play around their Ace, so you guys know what to do" Ikeda smiled in a sinister way The team also started smiling sinisterly as they said in union, "Trap and Torture the Ace" "Good... Hehehe" "Ikeda-kun you better not be making my future players turn psychotic" Nekomata commented "Psychotic?? I don''t know what you''re talking about Nekomata-sensei" Ikeda said with a fake smile on his face "Alright huddle up!!" Katsuki instructed After the team huddled up Katsuki looked at each players in the eyes and said his speech, "We''re like the blood in our vein, we must flow without stopping, keep the oxygen moving, and your mind working!" "Alright!!!" After the two team entered the court Shou got the ball went to his position, closed his eyes and took a deep breath and got ready to serve *beep beep* When the ref blew his whistle, Shou exhaled, open his eyes, looked at Ryu and let his pressure leak out which cause chills to run down the Inubashi Ace''s spine ''Such fierce eyes'' Nekomata and Ukai thought as they looked at the white haired player Shou threw the high ball up, did his approach and used his full power, kicked the ground and flew up ''High...'' The two old coach looked at Shou flying up in shock When the ball was in the perfect position Shou smashed it with all his might and before it left his hand, he snapped his wrist to create a top spin The ball disappeared from his hand and appeared next to Ryu before it bounce off and flew away from the court "Huh... Nani?.... " Ryu muttered in disbelief "Nice Serve Shou-chan" Katsuki said as he patted Shou''s shoulder "Katsuki-san where should I aim now?" Shou asked "Hehehe was that even a question?" Katsuki said with an evil smile "Of course it wasn''t I already know my next target, kekekekek" Shou got the ball and threw it up again, he did his, flew up and smashed the ball with all his might The ball flew straight towards the libero, who got ready to recieve, but when the ball was near, it suddenly curved at a sharp angle and completely avoid the libero before hitting the corner "Wha...??" the libero who was shocked by the sudden change of direction, got ankle broke and fell Shou smiled in satisfaction at the scene as got the ball and went to his position *beep beep* After the ref blew his whistle Shou threw the ball but with two hands, he approached it slower than usual, then he flew up and performed a jump floater As the ball was about to go over the net, it suddenly dropped down and hit landed on the tip of the net before dropping down in front of Inubashi''s setter As the match continued on Shou continued break down Inubashi''s defense with his deadly serve, unable to give them a chance to attack After Shou''s deadly serves wave was over Nekoma continued to play with absolute defense while trapping Inubashi''s Ace, restricting his attack, while also retaliating back with their amazing offense "Fu...ck....th...ey''re.... too... Strong" Ryu muttered as he tried to catch his breath after he continued to be blocked or his spikes getting recieved --- [Nekoma''s bench] "Ikeda-kun who is he?" Nekomata asked as he pointed at the white haired player who''s dominating the court "That''s our new first year and Ace, Asata Shou" Ikeda answered "A first year?!?" Ukai asked in shock "Yes sir, Shou''s talent is not something to scoff about, even in highschool level, not only that, in Fukurodani Middle School, they have Hiroshi Kazuto, a first year libero, the only player that actually go against Shou" Ikeda said "Fufufu it seems the Nekoma team is just going to rise in the future, you sure you want another Battle at the Trash Heap again you old fart? Cause it seems you''re gonna lose" Nekomata said in a mocking tone as he looked at Ukai "Tch don''t get ahead of yourself Bakeneko, as if your team is not going to beat mine, when I''m still coaching" Ukai retaliated "Fufufu yeah right" "Tch" ---- And eventually Nekoma defeated Inubashi''s middle school and went to the 2nd round "Nice match everyone that was some nice teamwork" Nekomata complimented the players as they came back "Ikeda who are they going against next?" Ukai asked "Umm lets see" after flipping through some papers he stopped and looked before answering, "They haven''t finish their games, but out next opponent would most likely be Inarizaki Middle school" "Alright, who ever the opponent is, upjust go out there and play your best" Nekomata smiled "Yes sir!" ---- And it was like they expected, Inarizaki won their game and is about to start their match with Nekoma When Shou was doing his warm up he looked around the audience and his eyes twitched as noticed the Inarizaki''s cheer squad ''Inarizaki middle school also have cheer squad? Well whatever if they annoys me in my serve I''ll make them regret it'' Shou thought as he goes back to doing his warm up [A/n: I read the manga a long time ago, but now after watching the new episode in the anime, I realized how annoying the Inarizaki''s cheer squad was, but yeah, Saeko nee-san the best ?] After the warm up Katsuki and the Inarizaki''s captain, Makoto met in front of the referee to do a coin flip, which resulted in Inarizaki obtaining the serve "Let''s have a good game Katsuki" Makoto said as he held out his hand "Tch, what''s with that fake ?ss smile?" Katsuki said in annoyance "Alright, Alright" suddenly Makoto''s expression turned into a serious as he said, "We''re going to crush you this time ya lil shits..." "There, there, that''s the Makoto I know" Katsuki said as he took the hand shake [Nekoma Bench] "We''re recieving coach" Katsuki said as he returned back to the bench "Alright we talked about the plan before anyone got anything to say?" "Coach what our next opponent for today?" Shou asked "It seems our opponent could either be Itachiyama or Sarukawa Middle School" "Alright, Inarizaki although isn''t a hard opponent to face, their cheer squad can really break our momentum and rhythm, so to get all of the unnecessary thought out of my head, I''ll enter the zone in this game, so I''ll be counting on you guys for the next game" Shou said witha smile "Zone?" Nekomata asked "The Zone is a state in which lets the player reach their maximum potential and it can also raise my concentration and focus to the max, coach" Shou answered It was then that Coach Ukai spoke up, "Although I''m not sure, I think my Ace experienced this before by pure accident, but can you really control it?" "Well if you have enough talent and if you train your body and mind correctly you would be able to enter it by force" Shou answered "Then, s-so you c-ca-...." "You''ll see it soon enough, coach Ukai" before Ukai finish his sentence, Shou interrupted him with a smile before huddle with his teammates After the team huddled up Katsuki said his speech, "We''re like the blood in our vein, we must flow without stopping, keep the oxygen moving, and your mind working!" "Yeah!!" The players from both team walked out as the match between Inarizaki and Nekoma is about to begin --- [A/N: Yoo I finally got through the workloads for the first term, I regained a bit of freedom now :/ Anyways, since I''ve decided to timeskip into the canon after national, I have decided to go back to my other ff after the match between Karasuno and Nekoma ended Anyways Goodnight ??] Chapter 15 - National Tournament (2) The two team got into their position and was ready to face off against each other Shou was looking at the Inarizaki team until he make eye contact with Ojiro Aran one of the top 5 ace Haikyuu Aran looked at the white haired player for a few second before asking, "Hey, do you happen to know Atsumu and Osamu?" "Yeah, I do" Shou answered "Ohh so it was you, I saw you in the training camp but didn''t know who you were until Atsumu told me" Aran suddenly said which cause Shou to give him a confused face "What do you mean?" Shou asked "After telling him that we were most likely going to play with Nekoma in the second round, Atsumu kept on telling me that there is hella good player with white hair named Asata Shou in Nekoma" Aran said "Oh, that''s why, anyways whats your name?" "Ojiro Aran, lets have a good game" Aran said as he held out his hand under the net "Alright" Shou said as he took the handshake Makoto got the ball, threw it up and performed a jump floater, Yaku immediately shuffled his leg, moved to the position of the ball and recieved it Hisoka immediately jumped and set the ball to Kaneki Kaneki did his approach, jumped up and met with a two-man block, he calmly analyze the situation and hit the ball to the side of the blocker''s hand The ball hit the blocker''s hand and bounce away to the side and hit the ground earning the first point for Nekoma "Nice block out Kaneki!" Katsuki said with a smile as he smacked Kaneki''s back Hisoka got the ball and walked his position and it was then that it started *Dun... Dun... Dun... Dun Dun Dun Dun* "BOOOOOOOOOO" The Inarizaki began their drumming and their boo-ing. as the rythm got faster, the expression of the Nekoma team got grim, especially Hisoka who was serving Hisoka threw it up and did his approach and jumped up *DUN DUN DUN DUNDUNDUN* "BOOOOOOOOOOOOO" "Tch" Hisoka clicked his tongue as he smashed the ball awkwardly, in which caused the ball fly right into the net "Sorry I let their cheer squad got to me" Hisoka apologize as he walked back to his position "Tch, this is what I was worried about, these fu?kers who intervene with the game" Shou cursed as he stepped up and looked at the Inarizaki Team "Hey.." Shou said which caught the attention of the Inarizaki team, and with a fake ?ss smile he said, "I''m really sorry, but your cheer squad is fu?k?n? pissing me off so I had no choice" "Wha-" *crackle crackle* It was then that the lightning crackling sounded out across the gym, and Shou''s suffocating pressure began to ooze out and covered the entire gym And silver with a mix of gold electricity began to leak out of Shou''s eyes "Fuck me...." Makoto muttered as he felt the chills going down his spine, he turned to the direction of his team cheer captain and flashed a middle finger and shouted, "AND FUCK YOU!" which he only got a confused expression of the cheer captain back in return "T-this...." Aran muttered as he looked at the white haired player with his eyes widen to the limit [Nekoma''s bench] "Such pressure.... Is this really a first year?!?" Nekomata questioned "That''s it! That''s the state that my Ace was in!" Ukai said as he pointed at Shou With vicious smile, Ikeda said, "Don''t get so surprise yet coaches, the real show is about to begin kekekek" [In the audience area] Shiratorizawa team was sitting and watching the match between Inarizaki and Nekoma "What can''t they not understand about not pissing off the little first year Ace of Nekoma?!? It''s a fu?k?n? unwritten rule at this point!! " Rei cursed in annoyance "..." Ushijima was looking at Shou as he was lost in thought, ''If I coud enter the Zone , will I be able to go against him equally?'', then suddenly the match in the training camp where Kuroo and Bokuto who managed to enter the zone appeared in his mind ''No... Thats an impossible feat for me... Even when those 2 entered the Zone they still couldn''t defeat Kazuto and Shou in their normal state...'' Ushijima lip suddenly curled up as his heartbeat got faster, ''but... I''ll do it even if it take me years and years, I''ll train and train until I can''t continue anymore'' "If it means I can stand equally next to those monsters, I''ll do it...." Ushijima muttered, it was at that moment that something in Ushijima changed for the first time that would help him surpass his future self in the original In another area Oikawa, Iwaizumi and the Miya twins was watching the game "Aran-san and his team is so fu?k?d..." Atsumu said which earned a nod from everyone "Tsum-chan" Oikawa said which caught the attention of Atsumu "What is it?" "What do you think it means to be perfect setter?" Oikawa asked "Um.... Well... There''s nothing better than a set that is easy to hit, so in my opinion, if a spiker can not hit my set when it''s good, they just sucks, so it really depends on the spiker for the most part" Atsumu answered ''His mentality as a setter is completely different from mine'' Oikawa thought "Why did you asked that?" Atsumu suddenly questioned "Well just curious" Oikawa respond with a smile And also in another area a boy around 13 - 14 years old with wavy black hair and two moles on the right side of his forehead was watching the game between Inarizaki and Nekoma, this was of course one of the top 3 aces in the original Sakusa Kiyoomi who was invited by Kazuto to come and watch "Here I could already spot some monsters, but those two..." it was then that the figures of Shou and Kazuto flashed in Sakusa''s mind, "They are monsters among monsters.." Sakusa closed his eyes a thought for a while before making up his mind, ''I can''t just continue like this, I''ll get left behind, I have to train harder... " Sakusa clenched his fist as he muttered, "and I''ll get to the top and stand next to those true monsters..." In another area a purple haired girl wearing the jacket of Niiyama Middle School Volleyball Team was watching the boys'' volleyball games When she felt Shou''s suffocating pressure, she smiled as he muttered, "Ara Ara it seems my cute little Shou is causing trouble again~" She turned on her phone and opened a message which wrote: [From, God Hey, Yeah I''m really sorry I miscalculated my probability so that''s the reason why you can''t see them or touch them, I''m still charging my probability, I predict that it would be done in ???, soo you gotta wait until that time, anyways good luck my child Sincerely, your beloved God] It was then that tick marks began to appear on her face as she swore in her mind, ''That motherfucking Pedo guy, when I die again he''s so fu?k?n? dead.... Huu okay calm down, let''s see, so till ??? Huh? It''s not really that late sooo.... I''ll go there.... Do that,.... That....that and..... Alright let''s do that..'' "it''ll be a little surprise" Kyoko said with an smile [Court 4: Fukurodani Middle School vs Kiyoshi Middle School] "Damn.... already?...." Kazuto muttered as he looked at Shou, after a while he smiled and shrugged, "I mean I don''t blame you, I would''ve done the same thing" (A/n: If you were wondering why I''m making this volleyball anime/manga looking like some dragon ball naruto type shit, well it''s just that I don''t know if it''s just me, but everytime I play a volleyball game it just feels like an actual battle so yeah :/.) [Court 2: Nekoma vs Inarizaki] The match continued with Aran serve, Yaku recieved it to Hisoka who moved, jumped as set the ball to Shou Shou analyze the set , then he did his approach, kicked off the ground and flew up and met with a three-man block who was determined to block him "Your resolves are weak..." Shou muttered as he smashed the ball through one of the blockers arm The ball broke through the blockers arm and landed in front of Aran earning a point for Nekoma Kaneki got the ball next and served it over, the ball was recieved by the libero to the setter, who setted the ball Inarizaki''s Ace, Ikuji "Kuro.." Shou called out "What?" "Watch and learn..." Shou said as he shuffled his feet and jumped up with perfect timing Ikuji analyzed the situation and it was then when he was about to smash the ball he heard the noise of lightning crackling and then a pair of arms came into view ''Wha- no I can''t spike there, my instinct are telling me not to.... But it''s too late tch god damn it!'' Ikuji cursed in his mind as he smashed the ball with all his might The ball flew for about a millisecond before hitting a pair of arms which didn''t even budge, before flying straight down back to the Inarizaki''s court Shou landed back down and went back to his position P1aY2KJYB "Jeez that was brutal" Kuroo said with a wry smile Shou continued his onslaught as he kept on shutting down Inarizaki''s offense and bombarding them with deadly serves and spikes which won them the first set The cheer squad also started to give up as they saw that they couldn''t affect Shou in anyway The score was now 24-15 in favour of Tatsuo served the ball over, Aran recieved it Inarizaki''s setter who set the ball to Ikuji "Huuu, timing....." Kuroo shuffled his feet towards the direction of Ikuji ''And... Jump!'' Kuroo said in mind as he jumped up for a commit block When Ikuji was in the air, he decided to go for a straight, but it was then that a figure and an arm appeared and loomed over him Ikuji who saw this was surprise for a bit before deciding to change his straight to a cross court When Ikuji was about to smash the ball, Kuroo immediately moved his arms to the left and stopped and harden fingers ''huh?!? " Ikuji unconsciously muttered in surprise as he smash the ball The ball left his hand for a millisecond before hitting Kuroo''s hand and flying straight back down *beep beep* The ref blew his whistle and signal that Nekoma got the point and also won the game "NICE BLOCK KURO-CHAN" Katsuki shouted as he ran into the court with the rest of the team "Man that felt good" Kuroo said as he looked at his hand in amazement "Finally you understood you damn rooster head, your Atsoko would be proud" Shou said with a smile as he exit the zone and put his hand on Kuroo''s shoulder for support "Call the gang I''ll treat you guys some ramen today" Kuroo said as he supported Shou out of the court Sarukawa managed to defeat Itachiyama in the 2nd round and was about to play against Nekoma In this game Shou was subbed out, but that didn''t stop Nekoma from completely dominating in that match Kuroo in the match was getting better and better as he was continuously blocking the spikers of Sarukawa although, Sarukawa was a team that focus on sheer defense and determination, they still couldn''t go against Nekoma And in the end Nekoma won with a set point 2-0 and the first day of the National Tournament had ended Shou turned on his phone and texted the gang to meet up in front of the entrance of the gymnasium --- They all gathered together and followed Kuroo who led them to Ramen Ichiraku "Teuchi-san we made it into the semi-final!" Kuroo said with a smile as he entered the shop "Ah congratulations!...ehh... what''s with Oikawa? he seems a little down today" Teuchi asked as he pointed at Oikawa "Oh don''t mind him he''s just salty cause he didn''t make it in the qualifier tournament" Kuroo said as he sat down "Who said I was salty huh?!?" Oikawa said in annoyance as he sat down next to Kuroo "Ay get yer ?ss outta here! that seat is for Atsoko to sit next Kuro! " Shou said as he picked Oikawa up and threw him at Iwaizumi "whaa Sho-chan you don''t have sympathy for your friend here who didn''t make it into the National?" Oikawa said while fake-crying "Teuchi-san 10 bowls please! Kuroo and I are paying!" Shou called out before looking at Oikawa and saying, "The Ramen is my sympathy for you" "Really?!? YAHOOO!" Oikawa cheered as he sat down on his seat properly Teuchi smiled at the scene as he opened his mouth, "Coming right up!" "Ughhh.." Bokuto ?r??n?d as he sat down and put his head on the table "What with him? he''s been like that since this afternoon" Atsoko said as she sat next to Kuroo "AHHHHH I don''t....know.....anymore in the training camp when I was in the zone or whatever, I remember I hit a hella sharp line shot, but I don''t know how I did that anymore haizzz" Bokuto sighed in frustration "just leave him, huuuu I swear we need a first year next that has the ability to control him, I''m tired as shit" Kazuto said as he sat next to Shou put his head on the table as well "Oi Kuro, didn''t you say you had a friend that you think can be a good setter? is he joining Nekoma next year?" Shou asked "Ahh Kenma, well I don''t know to be honest, he got sharp observational skill but he''s not really that interested in volleyball and I''m not sure if he would join Nekoma next year" Kuroo answered After hearing the two Oikawa and Atsumu immediately stood up as they said in union , "So, he''s a setter.... What''s his name? How good is he? Where does he live? Does he know that bungee gum possess the property of rubber and gum?" "Tsumu just sit down and wait for the food" Osamu said with a tired tone "You guys sound stupid" Iwaizumi commented "Very stupid..." Ushijima added with the still stoic expression It was then that Kuroo stood up and said, "And your next line is: What did you say?!? Who''s the stupid one here ya lil shit" "What did you say?!? Who''s the stupid one here ya lil shi- *Gasp* NANI?!? " Atsumu and Oikawa both looked at Kuroo with their eyes widen "Alright I''m tired now" Kuroo sighed as he drop back down on his seat "I told you stop doing that Tetsu, you sound stupid " Atsoko said as she smacked Kuroo''s head "I''m sorry, Atso-neesan" Kuroo apologized while making a cat face ''Man this is cringee'' Shou thought as he looked around to find something to distract himself and it was then that he found Kazuto smiling to himself while looking at his phone "Oya oya?" Shou muttered to himself as he moved his head to get a better view When he does, he saw that Kazuto was texting someone named "Yukiiiie" "Oya oya oya? Kazu-san are you making some money move right now?!?" Shou whispered to Kazuto with a smirk, which caused him to turn off his phone and hide it with a red face "Jeez that scared the shit out of me" Kazuto whispered back after a while Kazuto continued, "Yoo she''s teasing me what should I do?" "Ummm... Tease her back" Shou answered Kazuto decided to take the advice and sent a message, after while he got a message back "..." after a moment of silence, Kazuto opened his mouth, "Well shit.... That worked.." "Man I''m pissed, I gonna throw some hands when I meet that pedo god guy again, haven''t seen my Kyo-chan for 14 motherfucking years" Shou said in an annoyed tone "I mean at least you don''t have to put any effort into asking her out when you meet her again right?" Kazuto shrugged "Yeah I guess, I don''t know maybe she would be angry because I didn''t tell her how I feel before dying..." " yeah anyways, I met little Kageyama a few days ago when I was in Miyagi" Kazuto changed the topic "Really?" "Yeah I gave him some motivational speech before leaving" "Oh shit I did the same to Hinata a few weeks back, now let''s just hope they become just a little stronger now" Shou said "Yeah" After a while the ramens came out and the group began to eat vigorously "Kyahh I can''t get enough of this" Oikawa said with a smile which earned a nod from everyone After they finished their ramens they parted way and went back to their home Atsumu and Osamu went back to Hyogo, Ushijima went back to Miyagi and Bokuto, Kazuto, Shou, Oikawa and Iwaizumi decided to crash at Kuroo''s place "Fuck...." Kuroo cursed when he think about how much of a bettlefield his room is going to look like after the sleepover --- [Huuu another chapter, I know I said I got through the first term works and now it''s holiday but I really need sleep man, but I promise I won''t drop this ff Anyways thats all Good night ??] Chapter 16 - National Tournament (3) [Kuroo''s room, 10 p.m.] (Kuroo''s pov) It seems that everyone is calm pretty calm for now, I have seen no signs of this room becoming a battlefield Oikawa is playing some games on his phone with Iwaizumi, Bokuto is playing some card games with Shou, Kazuto is silently texting someone in the corner of the room This should be fine, huu haa huu haa I should be fine [Kuroo''s room, 00:00 a.m] I know I said it''s looking good, but I not really sure now Bokuto just lost his 10th game against Shou now and it seems he''s about to blow up Kazuto stopped texting now and joined Shou and Bokuto and just started playing against Bokuto now Oikawa and Iwaizumi stopped playing their games and started to take out 10 packs of snack and started eating I should be fine, I should be fine, this can''t possibly turn into a battlefield can it? [Kuroo''s room, 1:00 a.m] Fuck fu?k fu?k half of my room is already trashed, that motherfucking owl lost his 17th game tonight and started going on a tantrum "GOD DAMN IT HOW CAN I LOSE 17 MOTHERFUCKING TIMES IN FUCKING BLACKJACK A GAME OF FUCKING LUCK!!!" "STOP FUCKING SCREAMING!!!" I shouted at that owl calmly "SHITTYKAWA STOP FUCKING NADING ME YOU RETARD!! " "IWA-CHAN I''M NOT EXPERIENCED WITH EXPLOSIVE HOW COULD YOU POSSIBLY EXPECT ME TO CONTROL MY NADE" it was then another sound of a grenade expoding, sounded out from their phones "MOTHERFUCKER!! STOP NADING I''VE BEEN KNOCKED DOWN FOR 3 FUCKING TIMES ALREADY !" "I DON''T KNOW HOW TO THROW THE GRENADE!!" "THEN STOP FUCKING COOKING IT WHILE YOU''RE FOLLOWING ME AND THROW THE GRENADE AT THE OTHER FUCKING DIRECTION" "I DON''T KNOW HOW TO FUCKING THROW IT!!" "THEN JUST THROW IT AT ANOTHER DIRECTION!!" *CONFUSED SCREAMING* I then proceed to grab the two fake decoration granade that I bought on my vacation last year and threw it at the two while shouting calmly, "THAT''S HOW YOU FUCKING THROW IT NOW SHUT THE FUCK UP!!" Now back to the point, Kazuto and Shou is acting pretty..... weird, they each got a blanket and wore it like a hood and walked downstair while laughing in a sinister way "keukeukeukeukuekuekue..." Yeah this is give me bad vibe, I don''t like this I''m going to go to sleep [Kuroo''s room, 3:00 a.m] (General Pov) Kuroo was sleeping peacefully, when the faint noise of music entered his ears, and the smell of burning candle entered his nose " umhm.... Huh?... What''s going on...." Kuroo muttered as he open his eyes When he fully opened his eyes, he turned his head to look at the surrounding And it was then that he saw 3 figures standing tall around his bed, each of them holding a candle while singing a demonic music in union "Dori me~ interimo adapare dori me~ Ameno, ameno, latire, latire mo~ Dori me, ameno, oma nare imperavi ameno~ Dimere, dimere, mantiro, mantire mo~ Ameno~" "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Kuroo screamed in horror as he backed away into the wall This session continued for the next 10 minutes before Shou, Kazuto and Oikawa got tired and went to sleep "Fuck....." Kuroo muttered as he laid his bed gasping for air After he calmed down, he grabed his phone, unlocked it and went on instagram to watch something to make him forget what just happened "Alright enough internet for the day..." Kuroo said as he put his phone away and closed his eyes --- The next morning they woke up and had breakfast at Kuroo''s house before leaving Kuroo, Shou, Bokuto and Kazuto as usual biked to their school while Oikawa and Iwaizumi went back to the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium first "Hey, hey, hey! what''s with Kurooo today? " Bokuto asked as he looked at Kuroo who had an annoyed expression on his face "I don''t know, but I''m tired.." Shou yawned "Yeah, I don''t even remembered what happened yesterday, but I think we slept pretty early right?" Kazuto asked "-ut the fu?k up.." "Huh what was that?" the three of them asked in union SHUT THE FUCK UP" Kuroo shouted in annoyance as he increased his speed "Yeah, maybe he texted Atsoko till 3 yesterday and I dunno something happened between them or something" Shou shrugged as he try to catch up to Kuroo "Ugh.. Kazuuto who do we go against today? " Bokuto asked "Ummm maybe... Uhhh dunno but we''ll definitely be going against Nekoma in the final" Kazuto answered "Ooh if the school we''re going against next ain''t that good I''ll try that sharp cross shot" Bokuto said excitedly "Do whatever you want" Kazuto sighed --- Kuroo and Shou arrived at Nekoma and waited for the team and coaches before going on the bus and headed back towards the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium After arriving they got off the bus and walked into the main arena "It''s a lot more crowded today..." Kuroo said as he looked around the arena "It''s the semi-final and final today, no shit it''s gonna be crowded.." Yaku said "I think I can even see high-school volleyball players in the audience" Shou commented "Alright guys" Katsuki caught the attention of the Nekoma team, "Today we are going to take revenge.... Today is the day we put our names in the history book, today is the day we become Champion! got it?" "YES CAPTAIN!" the team shouted "Good now let''s go..." Katsuki instructed as he walked to the court 1 The captain of Nekoma and Shiratorizawa both met each other in front of the ref after the warm up to do a coin flip which ended with Shiratorizawa getting the serve "This is the real battle, we''re not gonna lose" Rei said as he held out his hand "Make sure you go all out or you would lose pretty badly" Katsuki smiled as he took the handshake "We''ll you beat you for real this time, just you watch..." Rei smiled as he turn and walked back to his team After the Nekoma got ready, they huddled up to do their usual routine Katsuki looked at each players in the eyes and said his speech, "We''re like the blood in our vein, we must flow without stopping, keep the oxygen moving, and your mind working!" "Alright!!" the team shouted before stepping onto the court When Shou got into his position he was called by Ushijima, "Shou..." "What is it?" Shou asked "Tell me honestly, how much of your full potential would it take for you just to beat me?.." Ushijima asked with a serious face "...." Shou stayed silence for a few seconds before answering, "40% maximum at your best condition, if you manage to get into the zone...maybe at most around 46-51%" "As I thought... the gap is that big...." Ushijima muttered as he clenched his fist, gritted his teeth and fell into a deep thought A few moments later Ushijima relaxed and said, "I swear... One day I''m going to make you use 100% of your potential .." At this, Shou smiled and said, "Kazuto is the only player who is able to get me to use 100%, so it would be nice for another one to show up.." "I''ll do it, I''ll earn the right to stand next to you guys myself ..." Ushijima said as a vicious smile appeared on his face ''Ushijima... It seems he is going be way stronger than himself in the canon from the looks of it'' Shou thought as the corner of his lip slowly curled up "And when you finally stand next to us, let''s show the world what volleyball truly is..." Shou said with a vicious smile of his own "Yeah!..." Ushijima said as he got into his position ''Man.....these kids are scary.... Should I retire a little bit later?.... I can''t retire without seeing these young talents in their prime... And if I decided to do that I should get that weak ?ss motherfucker Keishin to help out with the coaching..... '' Ukai thought as he looked at the two players who''s looking at each other with a vicious smile "fufufu very interesting indeed..." Nekomata watched the scene with a smile on his face Rei got the ball and threw it up, he approached it slowly, jumped up and performed a jump floater The ball flew and dropped as soon as it crossed the net in front of Shou "Oh so this was your plan, targeting our lil first year Ace huh?..." Katsuki muttered as a smile slowly formed on his face Shou reacted and ran up to recieve the ball perfectly and quickly back off "But.... That''s kind of stupid if you think about it..." Hisoka jumped up and absorb the ball, before he extend his hand towards the direction of Kaneki The middle blocker of Shiratorizawa immediately move to try and block him but to his surprise he saw Kaneki in the air, but there was no ball The ball flew through the air and towards the direction of Shou, who did his approach, kicked off the ground before flying high up.. "... remember he is a monster among monster.... He is a monarch... nobody can defy him... " Katsuki smiled as he look at his white haired junior in the air Shou got up into the air and flew completely past two man block in front of him as he twist and pulled his body back When the ball was in the perfect position, he twisted his body and smashed the ball down with all his might and snap his wrist as it was about to leave his hand The ball flew at a steep angle and landed just behind the blocker before bouncing high back into the air again earning the first point for Nekoma "Jezus that was real disgusting" Rei said as he looked at the place where the ball landed "..." Shou landed back down and stared at Rei for a moment before smirking and opening his mouth, "I know right.." "....this motherfuc-.." Kaneki got the ball next and served right into the corner, the libero immediately moved and recieved the ball to Hajime Hajime jumped up and absorbed the ball before setting it to Ushijima Ushijima did his approach, kicked the grpind and flew up and met with a two man block consisted of Katsuki and Shou ''..... I can''t break through, I have to go for a cross here'' Ushijima thought as he brings his hand up to smash the ball "....32%..." Shou said in a volume that was loud enough for Ushijima to hear as he slide his hand above the net "..... !!!Shit!!!" Ushijima muttered as he saw Shou''s arm move to the the position he was going to spike to, but it was too late Ushijima smashed the ball with his full strength, the ball flew for a millisecond before hitting a pair of arms and flying back down to the ground at high speed "tch.. damn it.." Ushijima muttered as he looked at where the ball landed On the other hand Shou was just smirking as he thought, ''Yes that right, feel despair and failure and turn that into hope and success'' The match continued with Shou completely dominating and shutting down the Shiratorizawa team, causing them to feel despair, the score was now 20-11 in favors of the Nekoma team "Fuck... I guess I underestimated him..." Rei sighed "30%....32%...31...35...32..34.....38...39...32%.." the number that came out of Shou mouth for the entire game rung in Ushijima''s mind Ushijima closed his eyes as he inhaled and exhaled to calm himself down, as a smile suddenly crawled its way onto his face, ''I know its impossible to beat him, he''s not even using 40% of his potential... But why do I not feel despair? and Instead why do I feel alive?!?.... " "Oh?" Shou muttered in surprised as he noticed a change in Ushijima "I''ll make it to 40....then I''ll make it to 50..." Ushijima said as he stepped near the court and stopped in front of Shou "Shou... I''ll make you use 50% right here right now.. " Ushijima said with a vicious smile as the noise of electricity crackling fill the gym, the pressure that he was releasing got more suffocating, and dark green electricity began leaking out of his eyes "Then make me show 50% of my potential yourself" Shou smiled "Man, I''m jealous, he must be feeling real good right now.." Kuroo commented as he remember how it felt when getting into the zone Rei the ball next and performed a jump serve right into the corner Yaku immediately dived and managed to save it, "Sorry it''s a bit long", he shouted ''tch damn it...that Kazuto would''ve been able to save it beautifully to the setter'' Yaku thought as he stood up Hisoka tossed the ball to Shou, who went, did his approach, jumped up and met with Ushijima ".... 43%..." Shou said as he twisted his back to the right and back and smashed the ball right through Ushijima''s arm before landing behind him ''Tch... Damn that hurt..... But I can''t stop.... '' Ushijima thought as he landed back down "Wakatoshi, don''t push yourself!!" Hajime said with concern "Senpai... If I don''t push myself I wouldn''t be able to catch up to him and the gap would continue to widen..." Ushijima said with determination in his eyes "Wakat-" "Hajime just let the kid do his thing, and he''s right we can''t face a monster if we don''t become a monster ourselves" Rei interupted "But-.... Ahh do what ever you want!!" Hajime shouted as he got back into his position The match continued on with the numerous exchange of Ushijima and Shou, with Ushijima on the losing end of course However, although not many noticed, Ushijima is actually slowly to surely getting faster, his reflex is continuing to get faster and even his technique is much more smoother And at last when the score was 24-13 in the second set with Nekoma winning, Ushijima finally heard it "... 52%...." Shou said with a smile as he jump and raised his hands up and shuted down Ushijima with a monster block "haaahaha god fu?k?n? damn it...." Ushijima said with a wry laugh as he landed back down and collapsed "He fell asleep.." Rei said as he siged "Wakatoshi you idiot I told you not to push yourself!!" Hajime shouted as he picked up Ushijima with the help of Rei "But... Maybe it was for the better. .. Maybe now Shiratorizawa will have a new and reliable Ace" Rei smiled as he thought about the future of Shiratorizawa "Huuu that kid... Although he''s not as strong as you, I''ve gotta admit he is pretty talented..." Katsuki said as he walked with Shou back to the bench "Yeh he''ll be much stronger in the future..." And with that Nekoma advance to the final, Fukurodani also finished their match and the two team who was going to fight for the throne in the final was now decided ''Let''s show the world what volleyball truly looks like...'' Shou and Kazuto thought as their suffocating pressure leaked out.. As of today... A new legend shall be born... --- [A/n: huuuu yoo author here, you''re prolly is used to this but sorry for the slow update, but I''m tryna keep with school rn and it seems I am doing well so far, so thats a good thing :/, I''m still NOT dropping this, so just keep that in mind. And btw I dunno if it''s just me but, why does this chapter really feel like an anime? Anyways, Thank you for your patience And Goodnight ??] Chapter 17 - National Tournament (4) "Katsuki-san!! The girls just finish their final game, Niiyama just defeated Fukurodani" Kai said as he returns back to the team "Alright, I guess it''s time for us to get up there and fight for the throne, I don''t give a shit if you''re tired or if our spikes kept on being recieve by that little first year libero, this is the final we will go all out and keep the momentum going!!" Katsuki smiled "YES SIR!!" The team shouted as a smile slowly crawled up on to their faces "We''ll receive, attack and block those motherfuckers, got it?!?" "YES SIR!" "Good... let''s go..." Katsuki said as he lead the team into the main arena The Nekoma walked into the main arena and met with Fukurodani who was already there "Kazuu" Shou called out "What is it?" Kazuto asked with a smile as he already know what Shou is going to say "This is the real game... If you lose-.." "It''s game over..." Kazuto finished the sentence "So you better not hold back.." "I should be sayin that to you." Both team each shakes each others hand and went to their respective benches "Uwahh there''s even commentators and TV crews!" Yaku said as he looked around "Isn''t this a middle school tournament why is there commentators?" Kuroo asked "Well it seems the game between you guys and Fukurodani in the qualifier got a lot of attention, but let''s worry about that" Ikeda said which earned a nod from each player "I''m not going to say much, It''s Fukurodani, just don''t lower your guard and just go all out.." Ikeda said "YES SIR!!" After that, Katsuki went to do the coin flip which ended up with Fukurodani recieving the serve. both of the teams did their warm up before heading back to their bench "Guys come on you know our ritual.." Katsuki said with a smile "Yes captain..." the team sighed as they huddle up "Man what''s with the attitude?" Katsuki asked confusingly "Oh no it''s nothing captain continue with the ritual" Kuroo answered with a smile Katsuki then proceed to looked at each players in the eyes and said his speech, "We''re like the blood in our vein, we must flow without stopping, keep the oxygen moving, and your mind working!" "Alright!!" the team shouted as they line up to be deployed into the battlefield It was then that a round of applause sounded out as the commentator finish his speech [Now I would like to introduce the starting players of Nekoma...] The commentator introduced each players from Nekoma before moving on to Fukurodani to do the same thing Now both team have deployed their players, it''s time to go to war "Man... It''s been a while since I''m this nervous..." Kazuto said as he stretched his arms "Yeah.... It''s been a while.... since that practice match with Bruno Rezende and Lucas Saatkamp....they were a strong duo... " Shou cracked his neck with a smile as he remember his past life "Let''s go out with a bang from the start, shall we?" Kazuto said with smile as jet black electricity leaked out of his eyes accompanied by the sound of lightning crackling "Was gonna say the same thing..." Shou said as silver with a mix of gold colored began to oozed out of his eyes and lightning crackling noises covered the entire gym It was then that the aura and pressure of both the Monarch and the Guardian rushed out and began to clashed with each other, hence, the war has begun "You know the deal..." Shou said as the aura and pressure he was releasing got denser "Who ever collapse first... Loses..." Kazuto said as his smile got wider and eventually formed a bloodthirsty smile Atsushi got the ball and threw it up, he did his approach before jumping up and performing a powerful serve towards the path where Hisoka was running in. "Shit!" Hisoka cursed as he bring the ball up with difficulty "SHOU!" Katsuki shouted as he ran and did his approach "Leave it to me!" Shou said as he took a step to adjust himself to the ball before setting a quick perfectly to Katsuki Katsuki adjust and smashed the ball over the blockers arm, as the ball was about to land just behind the attack line, a hand slid under it and saved it "Nice save Kazuto!" Izumi shouted as he moved to the ball and set it towards Bokuto Bokuto moved, did his approach and took flight. At the same time Shou and Katsuki both jumped up to block him "Oi oi this is just bullying!!" Atsushi shouted as he looked at the wall, no it''s more like an umbrella looming over Bokuto ''Fuck there''s no where to hit!'' Bokuto cursed in his mind as he tip the ball over Kaneki immediately moved and and recieve the tip perfectly The whole Nekoma team immediately back off to reset and waited as they watch the ball the ball slowly falls into Hisoka hand and it was then that they all ran and jumped up ''Synchronize attack?'' Atsushi thought in surprise "EVERYONE FALL BACK!!" Atsushi shouted, which caused the team to fall back Hisoka set the ball over Katsuki''s hand and towards Shou Shou adjust himself mid-air and smashed the ball perfectly towards the corner "Grrr demon first year!... " Atsushi gritted his teeth as he dived and try and save the ball, which cause the ball to end up flying away from the court Kazuto predictted this and ran at high speed towards the direction of the ball, when the ball got near to the ground, Kazuto dived for it and hitting it back to the court right in front of Atsushi before standing up again and running back "DON''T GIVE THEM A CHANCE BALL!!" Izumi shouted as he looked at the ball flying back to the court Atsushi analyzed and decided to go for the left corner, but Shou saw his intention and back off Atsushi spiked the ball with all his might, but Shou moved and recieve his spike with ease as he shouted, "Chance ball!" which caused tick marks to appear on Izumi''s face Hisoka jump and set the ball towards Shou, but it was too close to the net "Shit!!" Hisoka cursed Shou did his approach and reach out hand to tip the ball over and Bokuto did the same thing and reached both of his hand out, they both touch the ball at the same time, a joust, but Shou still managed to overpower Bokuto and won the joust ''How the fu?k did he overpowered me with one arm, I call that hack!!'' Bokuto complained in his mind The ball was about to fall on the ground behind Bokuto when a figure suddenly appeared and slid his hand under it, saving it. It was Kazuto who just got back. "KAZUUTTOOOOOO!!" Bokuto shouted with tears in his eyes "FUCKING HELL, DON''T KAZUUTOOO ME!! HIT IT OVER DAMN IT!!" Kazuto shouted as he looked at Bokuto from the ground "Okay...." Bokuto said in a sad tone as he hit the ball over "Chance ball...." Kaneki said as he recieve the ball perfectly to Hisoka "Alright alright my bad let''s do it again" Hisoka said as he set the ball to Shou one more time Shou did his approach and with his full power he kicked off the ground, flew up and met with a 3 man ''I''m gonna block it this time!!'' Bokuto swore in his mind with determination It was then that a huge and suffocating wave of pressure spread and cover them that screams: "Defy me and you''ll see the consequences..." It was Shou. "What the fu?k is this pressure.... It''s fu?k?n? suffocating... " Bokuto muttered under his breath as he gritted his teeth "Brace yourself!!!" Izumi shouted "Huuuu..." Shou exhaled as he adjusted himself perfectly to the ball and with all his might, he smashed the ball right through Bokuto''s hand.. As the hand of the Absolute Monarch collided with the ball, the Divine Guardian immediately moved and dive for it The ball broke the wall and when it was about to touch the ground, it hit Kazuto''s arm before bounce back to the Nekoma team "Fuck!!!" Kazuto cursed as he watch the ball flying back to the opponent''s court while holding his arm due to the pain that was cause by the ball "How did he save that?...that''s gotta hurt... " Yaku muttered in disbelief as adrenaline started pumping inside of him [Nekoma''s Bench] "What is this.... " Ukai muttered as he stood up due to the intensity "Amazing....." Nekomata muttered [The Audience Area] "Man this is crazy... How are they playing like that?" Iwaizumi commented as he is unable to keep his eyes off the court "Fuck... I already wanna throw up just looking at the first point''s rally..." Oikawa said as he covers his mouth, resisting the urge to vomit "Ugh that looks painful" Osamu muttered "This looks soo fu?k?n? cool!! Were they going easy on us last time?!?!? " Atsumu said with stars in his eyes as he got his phone out to record the match In another part of the audience area the Shiratorizawa team was resting as they watch the game in silence "Good luck to you first years and second years in the future, this is too fu?k?n? crazy...." Rei sighed "Damn... don''t they always have these kind of rally when they play against each other?" Hajime asked "Nah this is way more intense, this is on National Stage so the pressure is on, and also the two demons of the two teams are more active than usual" Rei said "This hurts.... Captain I''ll go to the bathroom for a bit" Hajime said as he held his stomach in pain as he struggled to walk to the bathroom But out of all of the player of Shiratorizawa only one of them was looking at the game with a vicious smile on his face It was Ushijima Wakatoshi. "That looks fun... Really... Fucking fun.." Ushijima muttered with the same smile, "I have to get stronger... Much.. Much stronger.." In another area, Sakusa was watching closely when he suddenly muttered, "How much do they train to pkay like that? I have to train harder, I need to get stronger...." It was at that moment that something inside Sakusa Kiyoomi changed that cause his passion for volleyball to burn brighter.. In another area a girl with with long purple hair was watching the watch from a far "So I can only see the ball and the other players, but not my Shou and Kazuto...that''s just annoying, they seems like they''re having an intense match as well..." She muttered as her eyes twitch ''Ahh ahh I haven''t embrace him in a while, I got to recharge my Shou Energy, ahh I wanna k- .... No!! What am I saying?!? Stop it Kyoko!! .... Ughh this is driving me insane...'' Kyoko threw a tantrum in her mind as her face slowly turns bright red "Kyoko-chan are you okay?" Niiyama team''s setter, Aoi, asked as she noticed that Kyoko''s face was turning red, surprising Kyoko in the process "UWAHH!!.... Ah.... Yeah it''s just a bit hot in here and also the match is pretty intense..." Kyoko answered as she covered her face "Alright then here!" Aoi said as she took out an hand held fan and gave it to Kyoko "Ahh thanks Aoi.." Kyoko said as she hesitantly took the fan ''This is the first time I''ve seen her lose her calmness like this... Interesting.'' Aoi thought as she looked at her team''s Ace with a curious smile [Back to the Game] "Chance ball!" Yaku shouted as he recieve the ball to Hisoka Hisoka jumped up and set the ball perfectly to Tatsuo for a back attack Tatsuo did his approach and jumped before the attack line and met with a two man block, he looked and decided to hit a cross The ball flew and avoided the blockers arm and head toward the the corner, but Kazuto was there to recieve it to Izumi who tossed the ball to Bokuto Bokuto did his approach and jump up and met with Katsuki trying to block him ''Let''s go for a narrow straight...'' Bokuto thought as he was about to hit the ball "Nice try first year, but that an gonna work..." However Katsuki saw his intention and moved his hand right in the path of the ball Bokuto smashed the ball and it flew for about millisecond before hitting Katsuki''s hand and bounce back down into the Fukurodani''s court "Urghhhh" Bokuto unconsciously said as he watched the ball fall back down in front of him And when it was about to hit the ground, a figure slid his hand perfectly under the ball and save it It was Kazuto. "Grrr so annoying, even after my perfect block..." Katsuki growled in annoyance as he stared at the first year libero [A/n: Idk why I made Kazuto such a stubborn libero, but I love it :)) ] "Nice save Kazuto!" Izumi said as he moved and set the ball over to Shoji "Hisoka-san...." Shou suddenly called out "What is it?..." Hisoka said as he was following at the ball on the other side "High, close....." Shou answered as he got ready to jump up to block along with Hisoka Shoji flew up and hit the ball towards Hisoka''s hand aiming for a block out, but Hisoka saw his intention and change his block into a plate immediately The ball hit his hand and bounce high up into the Nekoma''s court "Chance ball!" Yaku shouted as he recieve the ball Hisoka moved and adjust himself to the ball to get under it, ''High... Close....'' Hisoka thought as he set a high ball close to the net to Shou Shou ran and did his approach, with every step accompanied by the noise of lightning crackling, when he arrived at his last step a thunderous lightning roar sounded out as he kick the ground and took flight "...., Shit!!!" Kazuto cursed as he suddenly realized Shou''s intention, but it was too late Shou flew right above the blockers and arrived at the ball, and swung his arm and it was at the moment the time seems to freeze for Kazuto as the scene he witness took him back to his highschool days in his past life "God damn it.... I still remember that untouchable spike vividly even after 60 years..." Kazuto muttered with a smile as he watched Shou''s hand collide with the ball "But..... The word ''untouchable'' AIN''T GONNA STOP ME AIN''T IT SHOU?!?" Kazuto shouted as he dived for it with determination in his eyes With all his might Shou smashed the ball right on top, causing it to fly directly 90 degrees down When it was about to come it contact with the ground, a hand narrowly slip it''s way under it The ball collided with Kazuto''s hand before flying ''UNDER'' the net and bounce away and dropped behind the Nekoma''s court, earning the first point for Nekoma A/n: just gonna capitalize that word so people don''t misunderstand] The rally was finally over. "Ughhhh this is going to be long day..." Katsuki sighed as he try to regain his calmness from the intensity "I want to eat some ramen...." Atsushi said "But still...." Katsuki muttered as a smile slowly formed on his face [But still even though we''re hella fu?k?n? tired..... We''re playing volleyball, and that''s all that matters] even though their expression might not contradict, but they were all thinking of this "Let''s go again, you stubborn owls!!!" Katsuki shouted as he jumped back up "Same could be said to you dumbass cats.." Atsushi said with a grin And so the intentse rallies had began again, as time passes the battle slowly but sure became harsher, but they are still fighting with a smile on their face "What is this..." Ukai muttered "You saw it too right ta old fart? " Nekomata asked with a smile on his face "Yeah.... They''re getting even faster..." Ukai answered After a long time, Nekoma took the first set with a score of 25-22, then comes the second set which was way more intense than the first, but Fukurodani managed to narrowly took it with a score of 32-30 And then the last and final set came, the winning point is 15, the Monarch, the Guardian and the warriors are all tired, but the intensity still remains as they continued to fight It was in the middle of the fight that the guardian''s defense began to crack and after a while his defense finally broke.. The score was 28-27, match point for Nekoma, Hisoka used the last ounce of his energy and tossed a perfect set for Shou Shou did his approach and with his remaining evergy, he flew up and met with a three man block Shou held his breath and with all his remain strength he whip his arm and smashed the ball and when it was about to leave his hand he snapped his wrist to the right The ball flew right to tired Kazuto who lowered himself to recieve it, but when it was about to hit his arm, it suddenly moved to the right "Shit!!" Kazuto immediately reacted and moved his arm, but it was too late... The ball hit the side of his arm before flying away from the court.. Atsushi tried dive for it, but he couldn''t reach it in time Everyone silent as they watch the ball fall and hit the ground *Beep beep* As the noise of the whistle sounded out across the gym, the round cheers and clap from the audience exploded around the gym. Nekoma has taken the throne as the new king. However the Nekoma team couldn''t celebrate at all due to all of the fatigue, but instead, along with Fukurodani team.. They all collapse on the court in exhaustion. [Audience Area] "Ahh it''s finally over..." Iwaizumi said as he stood up "I gonna go to train now" Oikawa and Atsumu said in union as they both head for the exit "Volleyball addicts.." Osamu said as he looked at the two "I know right..." [Center Court] "Haahhh that was fun.... I guess...." Hisoka said as he stared at the ceiling "Uwahh I''m hungry!!" Katsuki shouted as he stretched his limbs "..... Ughh playing against Bruno and Lucas wasn''t as tiring as this" Kazuto said as he looked at Shou from across the court "Yeah it wouldn''t have been this tiring if you just accept your fate when I spiked the damn ball!" Shou shouted "Noo it''s you who kept on attacking you dumbass" "No you" "No you!" "Guys calm down already, you''re gonna give me headache!" Atsushi shouted as he massage his head "...." "Haha but still, I can''t lie that battle would definitely make history..." Izumi said with a smile "Yeah nah, you know what, let''s just admit it, we both wanted this battle to be this intense" Kazuto said with smirk "Yeah sure I guess.." Shou said as he stood up and walked into the Fukurodani''s court with struggle He walked and stopped next to Kazuto and held out his hand, "Good game Kazu you little shit...." Shou said with a smile "Yeah... Good game" Kazuto said as he took the hand and pulled himself up "You motherfuckers didn''t forget about me did ya??" Kuroo and Bokuto said in union as they arrived next to the two "Ahh shut up! My head is about to burst" Kazuto sighed "Let''s goo eat some ramen!! Shu, Kazuuto, Kurooo" "Yeh I''m really fu?k?n? hungry The two team walked to their respective bench and drop down in exhaution again "I know you''re tired, so I just wanted to say, you guys are the proudest team I''ve coached" Ikeda said with smile as he handed all of them each an apple "Thank coach!" the team said in union "Now let''s feast with our opponent for the great game!" Ikeda shouted "Feast?" Katsuki asked in confusion "Yeah I''ve arrange a dinner for us and I also invited the Fukurodani team" "ALRIGHT LET''S GOO!!!" Kuroo shouted in happiness In the award ceremony, Shou got the MVP award and Kazuto also got the best Libero award After the ceremony ended, the two team went together to a restaurant that Ikeda took them to, and ate a satifying meal after a long battle After that day the match between Nekoma middle school and Fukurodani middle was broadcast everywhere and got a lot of attention even from some professional players and coaches [In Oikawa''s House] Oikawa is currently matching the match between Fukurodani and Nekoma over and over again unable to keep his eyes off of it "I''m not a genius, I know that, but...." Oikawa muttered as he turned off his phone and stood up, "But that''s not an excuse to stop training... I have to get stronger and become a perfect setter....." [On a street Sendai] "A boy with olive hair is going on a jog, this was Ushijima Wakatoshi "I have to increase my stamina, I wouldn''t be able to last a set and a half in that game like this. I have to improve my technique or I won''t be able to out up I fight. I hav-.... I have to get stronger....." Ushijima muttered with determination in his eyes [In a house in Hyogo] A boy with dark yellow hair was practicing his sets as he was lying down on his bed, it was Atsumu But then Atsumu suddenly jumped from his bed and ran out of his house to practice "Tsumu! It''s late!" Osamu shouted as he looked at Atsumu practicing But Atsumu didn''t listen and continued to practice, ''I have to improve, I have to improve...'', Atsumu repeated in his mind "Haizz...whatever...." Osamu sighed as he walked out of the house and joined his brother his practice [In a public court in Tokyo] "Ahh Kurooo, Omi-kun you''re finally here!" Bokuto shouted as he spot Kuroo "Why did you call us out here?" Kuroo asked "Well... After the match today, I felt useless alright, the gap between me and Shou is too large..... And I wanted to but couldn''t make the audience scream!!" Bokuto said as he stomped his feet "Your honesty, it''s amazing..." Sakusa commented "I know right" Kuroo said as he tried to hold in his laughter "Soo, please.... Train with me, I have to get stronger..." Bokuto said with a more serious tone Looking at the scene Kuroo was surprised at Bokuto seriousness, but suddenlt his expression morphed into a smile as he said, "Alright let''s do it..." which earned a nod from Sakusa "Really?? ALRIGHT!!" Bokuto shouted in excitement From far away two figure was looking at the trio with a smile "It seems they''re going to be way stronger than the original..." Kazuto said "Yeh, it''s gonna be way more interesting from now on..." Shou agreed "Yeah but we should also train or we''ll be left behind.." Kazuto said with a smile "Yeah.." After the intense battle between Fukurodani and Nekoma, the monster generation have began to train harder than ever before Now let''s see what kind of a monster they would become.. ---- [A/n: Yooo wassup we about to hit the timeskip after this chapter I hope you guys are excited. This chapter was the longest chapter, with 4k word I believe, so the grinding was hard, but anyways what did you think of this chapter? If you got any suggestions for scene that I could write don''t hesitate to comment down and also give me some tip on how to write timeskip and romance But yeah, that''s it Goodnight ??] Chapter 18 - Timeskip Timeskip! "Shuuu!!! We''re gonna be late for our first days!!!!" a guy who looks about 17 with spiky white-grey hair with black streaks can be seen standing in front of a house and shouting, yes this was our energetic owl, Bokuto Koutarou "Let''s see 3..... 2.... 1" guy with messy black hair that spikes upwards with a fringe on his right side that partially covers his eye did a countdown as he backed off, this was our favourite rooster, Kuroo Tetsurou As Kuroo finished his countdown, an object suddenly zoomed past him and hit Bokuto right in the head knocking him out "Haizz this dumbass, he never learns" another guy with lean build and curly black hair that covered his eyes a bit, sighed as he looked at the Bokuto on the ground, yes this was our stubborn and annoying libero who is still scared to make a move with Yukie because of his lack of experience, Kazuto Hiroshi "Motherfucker!! whatchu say!?!?!!" Kazuto cursed at the great author-sama who simply ignored him a continued writing After a whole minute, Bokuto finally woke up and continued his shouting After a while, a tall, lean build guy with broad shoulders with silver white hair styled into a ponytail, silver sharp eyes and dashing look that makes him seems like a model, walked out, yes this was our protagonist, Shou Asata "Shuu!! We can''t be late and set a bad example for our Kouhais!!!" Bokuto shouted "Jeez I get it, stop shouting.." Shou said "Let''s go, we gotta pick up Kenma and Atsoko along the way as well and head towards the subway before the rush hour peaks..." Kuroo said which earned a nod from everyone They went and picked up Kenma who looked the same from the original and Atsoko who have evolved into a gorgeus and charming young woman. They went together and made it in time for the train before the rush hour peaks "Huuuaa.. I''m tired..." Shou yawned as leans his head onto the bars and closed his eyes "Shoou it''s been 5 years you idiot, and you''re always this sleepy every morning.." Atsoko scolded "And it''s been 5 years since you''ve told me you liked Ku-" And before Shou could finish Atsoko quickly covered his mouth while her face became bright red "Shut up" Atsoko said to Shou as she looked at the sleeping Kuroo who was ''unconsciously'' leaning on to her "But still..." Shou suddenly said as a smile formed on his face , "It really have been 5 years since we all met..." [2nd middle school year] There wasn''t much going on in this year, after Katsuki and Hisoka graduated, Kenma joined the team as the new setter along with some other first years that wasn''t in the original Nekoma and Fukurodani began to build relationship with each other by having regular practice match and training camps Nishinoya joined Chidoriyama and with some difficulty Kazuto was able to convince him into joining the group after the match between Kitagawa Daiichi with Chidoriyama in the qualifier Sakusa joined Itachiyama middle school and was a regular immediately, same thing happened to the Miya twin in Inarizaki Akaashi didn''t joined Fukurodani middle school like predicted however there was another setter that made up for him Oikawa this time wasn''t blinded by the word genius and continued his path to being a perfect setter and although he didn''t make it into National he manage to lead his team to win one set against Shiratorizawa, a feat that he wasn''t able to achieve in the original The gang met Kiryuu in the National an managed to convince him to join the group Still no sign of Hoshiumi anywhere. In the National stage the battle between Fukurodani and Nekoma was still as intense as ever even though the third years have graduated This year Nekoma ''ALMOST'' lost due to Masumi and Kenma not being able to adapt to the intensity and collaspe on the court before the third set happened, however Shou came in clutch and became the back up setter who can give beautiful sets and also can bombarded the enemy with deadly and accurate two-attack at random times But Shou still didn''t get the best setter award sadly, but he still got the MVP award [Third Middle School Year] A few event happened during this year Kaneki, Masumi and Tatsuo graduated, but Nekoma is still as strong as ever with Shou still being the Ace, and Kuroo becoming captain after Shou turned down the offer During the gathering, Nishinoya begged on the ground for a whole 10 minutes and managed to become Kazuto''s disciple Kageyama joined Kitagawa Daiichi and through Iwaizumi he got some knowledge about the Monsters Annual Gathering after overhearing Oikawa and Iwaizumi talked about it, and when he saw the matches after he went and follow Oikawa and Iwaizumi, he was mesmerized Shou and Kazuto both had a break through which caused them to tremendously improved after having one of the most intense battle against each other in the qualifier Oikawa is still developing his style, although it isn''t completed yet, but he have been making improvements here and there Ushijima who noticed this was interested of Oikawa as a setter and one day he walked up to Oikawa and said the line that we all know and love, "Oikawa you''re an effective player, come to Shiratorizawa.... And don''t let your talent be wasted..." But Oikawa refused him with a simple line, " Don''t you dare call my blood, sweat and tears ''Talent''....", before walking off Hoshiumi was invited by Shou to join the gang after Shou met him in the third round of National After another intense war in the National, Shou and Kazuto got many offer from different high schools, but they both rejected the offers and decided to continue to go to their respective school, Nekoma and Fukurodani [First Year High School] The Nekoma team of the golden age are finally back, with Shou, Kuroo, Kai, Yaku, Katsuki, Hisoka, Kaneki, and Tatsuo Masumi wasn''t in the team due to the fact that he decided stop playing volleyball and followed his newfound passion for Basketball after watching a group of talented individuals with different colour hair wrecking the middle school basketball National tournament [A/n: Yeah... So that just happened... We will miss you Masumi 69 of Nekoma...] After hearing the suggestion of Shou, Nekomata went and try and develop some good relationship with other school like Fukurodani, Shinzen, and Ubugawa by having some practice match and training camp with them regularly Ushijima have started to improve by lot in this year, in fact he have been able to forced Shou to use 50% of his potential without the help of the zone Hoshiumi, Kiryuu, Iwaizumi, and Sakusa although they are still clumsy, with the help of Shou they were able to improve their technical skill Bokuto is still trying to find the syle that is best fit for him, and is aiming to break through Kazuto''s defense Kuroo is still learning the different style of blocking in hopes of integrating them into his style, and with the help of Shou, he succeeded... Kind of, he''s still isn''t used to it but he''ll be fine Nishinoya also went through some harsh training set by Kazuto and is improving his skills and physical capabilities by leaps and bounds Oikawa would train with Atsumu regularly if they had the chance, although their style are different they helped each other improve as a setter Interhigh came and Tokyo can only have one representative this year so the two kings of Tokyo, Fukurodani and Nekoma had another crazy battle, in fact the battle between the two was so intense that the local decided to give it a name, The Battle of the Raging Monarchs But Nekoma managed to come out on top again just b?r?ly and got the ticket to National where they managed to win it all once again and continued to protect the throne After National, Shou was crowned the one of the Top 3 Ace in Japan, and also was chosen as a U19 representative for Japan for the Youth World Championship, along with Kazuto For the monsters in the original, they couldn''t stand still watching the two becoming the representative, so they increased the intensity of their training At the end of the year, Katsuki graduated and continued to play volleyball professionally Hisoka went and became a bartender, and sometimes goes around and do magic for kids birthday party (cause that''s just Hisoka for you) [Second year High School] The year started off with Kenma, Yamamoto, and Fukunaga joining the team The young Yamamota, although he and Kenma had a fight at the start of the year, he slowly and start recognizing and respect the members, especially Shou, due to the fact that Yamamoto admired how powerful he is Akaashi finally showed up and became the setter for Fukurodani, which also help control Bokuto a bit The Annual Gathering is still as eventful as ever with more audience than before (Kageyama still stalking..) Everyone in the group now could really be called ''Monster'' now from. Shou and Kazuto we don''t have to say much. Kuroo has fully integrated all of his blocking style that he learnt to create a new style named Mind Block that involves him using his big brain to analyze every single variable when blocking, this is for him to switch between the different style he have learned for different situation. He finally was able to block Shou''s 70% spike but still have difficulty in doing so Bokuto he have trained his physical capabilities, his cross and straight for so long and he have fully mastered the his ''super inner cross'' and his ''super straight'' which is now a deadly spike to recieve and became a reliable Ace, although he does have mood swing and become emo-Bokuto mode from time to time Ushijima have been training his physical capabilities and technique like crazy and it have started taking effect, his vert got higher, his strength increase, his spike are beautifully executed, and overall he is definitely stronger than himself in the original Nishinoya has been the one with the most promising improvements after 3 years of training with Kazuto his skill have increased my folds, his instinct and physical capabilities have also increased and is definitely stronger than the him in the original, although he still has a lot of trouble receiving Shou''s spike, he was able to get a few of them up Kiryuu on the other hand improved his techniques by a lot and now he can send a deadly spike from any type of set Sakusa after going through a shit loads of training Shou set for him, his physical capabilities increased by a lot, his technique are sharper, and his wrist is even more flexible Atsumu and Osamu have been training together for a few years now with the program Shou setted up for them and now they have became even more in sync and unpredictable, which cause the combos they possess are dangerous. Atsumu is improving at a rapid rate and Osamu is just trying to keep up Oikawa also had one of the most outstanding improvement. He have been training with Shou to make his set perfect for any type of spikers by having Shou switch between the different preferences many other spikers might have to let Oikawa try and match with him, Now he could be said to be the perfect setter Iwaizumi although he''s also not a genius and it''s hard for him to keep up with the monsters around him, he also have improved a quite a lot on his technical skill, technique, and even his physical capabilities Hoshiumi, with his pride of being the little giant or the skilled short player being destroyed many times by Shou''s overwhelming skills have started to respect the Ace and started training under him, he has learned many from the Ace, now his technical skill, intinct, technique of spikes, receiving, setting and serving is definitely better than him of the original Finally when interhigh arrived, the pressure was on and the battle was intense as ever Nekoma, Fukurodani, Itachiyama managed to get through the qualifier and got their ticket to national, along with Mujinazaka, Kamomedai, and Inarizaki In the Miyagi prefecture, Aoba Johsai and Shiratorizawa was having their most intense battle yet, but in the end Shiratorizawa still managed to came out on top but just b?r?ly, and for the first time in years Ushijima have finally noticed and recognized Oikawa''s effort and started respected him a little more This year National was by far the craziest tournament of all time. It''s not just all about Fukurodani and Nekoma this time but the monsters from the other school have started to put up a fight But.... In the end Fukurodani and Nekoma still came out on top after defeating everyone Atsmu and Osamu collaspe on the court as they thought with wry smile, ''They''re just too strong'' Ushijima punching the ground in despair as he muttered, "I definitely got stronger.... But... It''s still not enough.... " Kiryuu sat on the bench with towel on his head as he did his self reflection, ''I can spike from anywhere, but it isn''t enough!! I can''t defeat them.. " Hoshiumi laid on the court as he looked at the ceiling, gritted his teeth and thought, ''Sensei.... How large is the gap between us?... Am I still too weak?..'' Sakusa walked out of the court as he clenched fist and muttered,"Even after 5 years, I''m still unable to earn the right to stand next to them..." Although all of the monster was overcame by the feel of despair, they still wouldn''t give up, but instead went home with a thought lingering in their mind, ''I have to get stronger...'' And finally the last day of National, another Battle of the Raging Monarchs, a 5 set game Shou and Kazuto immediately forced open the huge metallic gate and entered the Zone, the Absolute Monarch vs the Divine Guardian, first to win 3 sets wins it all The fight was intense, nobody could keep their eyes off the game, the players showed no signs of waver because if they do, they know that they would become a burden First won by Nekoma after a long crazy onslaught of attack was released, Kazuto''s defense finally showed some of cracks and Shou didn''t miss this chance and went for the kill Second set Nekoma won again, but everyone was tired, especially Kenma who is just trying to hold on so that he wouldn''t become a burden Third set, Kenma couldn''t take it anymore and collapse on the court, and Shou decided to become the team''s setter Fukurodani managed to defeat Nekoma after they showed their weakness as they got more tired Fourth set was also won by Fukurodani, but something is off, Shou and Kazuto was smiling as they looked at Bokuto and Kuroo *Crackle crackle* A deep red electricity started to leak out of Kuroo''s eyes, and a golden colour electricity started ooze out of Bokuto''s eyes "Oh? We haven''t had this scenario yet have we?" Shou said with a smile "Now this is fu?k?n? interesting as shit!!" Kazuto shouted *Beep beep* it was then that the ref called for a substitution on Nekoma, it was Kenma who came back The last and final set was one of the most intense set, Kuroo and Bokuto was going at it while Kazuto and Shou was slowly getting faster and deeper into the zone And in the end Nekoma won due to the fact that Shou have been conserving his energy as he was playing as a setter and finally broke through the defense of the tired Kazuto In the end, every single player on both of the team collapse in exhaustion as they laughed at each other state after the ceremony the two team went together to eat their dinner together After the National Shou was no longer the Top 3 Ace and was crowned the Top 1 Ace in the country Ushijima and Bokuto was crowned the top 3 and Sakusa and Kiryuu was crowned the top 5 Kazuto and Shou was once again invited as U19 representative for Japan for the Youth World Championship, but this time Ushijima joined the party and they made some havoc in the tournament and defeated all of the other teams After that eventful year, Tatsuo and Kaneki graduated Tatsuo went and became a personal trainer in Tokyo And Kaneki went to become an actor and got hired to play the protagonist of a live action remake of a specific anime... [End of Timeskip] And now we are back with Shou, Kazuto, Kuroo, Atsoko, and Kenma on the train "Shoou you okay?" Atsoko said as she waved her hand in front of Shou''s eyes "UWAHH... ooh yeah... I was just zoning out for a second..." Shou said as he regain his composure after the flashbacks "C''mon our stop is here!" Atsoko said as she woke everyone up They all woke up, walked out of the subway, splited up and walked to their school --- [A/n: Wassup guys :3 I managed to grind out a chapter in 3 days u guys proud?!? :3. ay but this is my first time writing a time skip so just don''t roast me too hard, and give me some feedbacks Anyways that''s it Goodnight ??] Chapter 19 - Crazy Crazy Week As Shou moved through the school and on his way to the volleyball club, he have been feeling that something was off, but he shook it off "Hmmm I wonder which first year is going to join our team" Kuroo suddenly said "Meh I mean you''re the captain so you should be the one worrying about that" Shou said as he looked around the school "Haizz why didn''t you be the captain? Aren''t you like the top 1 Ace or something, you should be more reliable than me as a captain righht?" Kuroo sighed Shous suddenly stopped and looked at Kuroo in the eyes as he said, "Yeah but well you see.... The reason why I refused to be the captain is... I''m too lazy for that shit..... '', and continued walking "I figured" The two after a while arrived at the gym of the boys volleyball team, and this is where Shou''s weird but mystical feeling suddenly peaked As they walked in a figure suddenly ran towards them and tackled Shou down to the ground "who the in the f-" Shou suddenly stopped in the middle of his sentence as he suddenly felt a warm sensation engulfing his lips After a passionate kiss the figure just sat on top of Shou as she looked him right in the eyes and Kyoko said with a smile, "You haven''t forgot about me have you?" "Ah... Ah- ky-" was too surprised at the one sitting on him he was speechless, his breathing became ragged, his heartbeat began to go crazy "Oi Shou is this your girlfriend?" Kuroo said as he pointed at the girl with purple hair sitting on top Shou This caused Shou to snapped out of his daze and suddenly lunged up and embraced her as he looked at Kuroo and said, "Yeah now can you give us some alone time?" "Beautiful manager-san!!!!!" Yamamoto shouted as he jumped out of the gym, just to see Shou on the ground embracing the beautiful manager-san "And Tora!" "Hai Shou senpai!" Yamamoto suddenly stood up straight "She''s mine, don''t try anything funny" Shou ordered "Oh... OHHHH OKAY I get it senpai, although I might like beautiful women, I do have a lot respect for them and their choice, so you don''t need to worry senpai!!!" Yamamoto said in a respectful tone "Yeah I can give you some alone time, but just do it in the gym, the ground is probably full of shit, let''s go Yamamoto... " Kuroo said casually as he walked into the gym while dragging Yamamoto "Ahhh I really did it!!." Kyko suddenly said as he covered her face which was now bright red, "Shou?? You''re not gonna let me go? " "Nope!" Shou answered as he pulled her closer to tried hide his red face from her, "I miss you..." "I-I miss you too..." "Let''s have a date this sunday..." "Ahhh I wanna go eat ramen!! A ramen date!!!!" Kyoko said excitedly "Ichiraku ramen?" "YESSS ICHIRAKU RAMEN!!" Kyoko shouted as she break out from the hug and started shaking Shou in excitement "Let''s go the team is waiting for their Ace" Kyoko cheerfully pulled Shou up by his hand and lead him into the gym --- "Alright we got some new members this year, now just introduce yourselves.... " Kuroo instructed "Yes! my name is So Inouka! I play middle blocker and wing spiker, please take care of me!" Inouka bowed "My name is Tamahiko Teshiro, I play setter please to make your acquaintances!" Teshiro bowed "My name is Yuki Shibayama, I play libero, I''m still inexperienced so please take care of me" Shibayama also bowed "Alright good, now my name is Kuroo Tetsurou I''m the captain of Nekoma" Kuroo introduced himself and started introducing the other members "This guy right here, most of you probably know him as the Top 1 Ace of the country, but this is Asata Shou.." Then after he introduced the players he started to introduced the Kyoko who was glued stuck to Shou''s arm , "This is Kurihara Kyoko, she us our new manager, she just transfered here, so don''t make her uncomfortable" "Heyy I''m Kyoko, I used to be the Ace of Niiyama, now I''m the new manager here, nice meet you all" Kyoko said cheerfully "Alright let''s do some warm up!" Kuroo instructed "Yes captain!" the team shouted as they began their warm up After the warm up they decided to do some spiking training while Kuroo and Shou blocked them, and in the middle of it Kyoko got Nekomata''s permission and got a ball and joined in for a spike "Hmm... Kuro block her alone, she might be a good match for you..." Shou suddenly said as he got off the court "Wait what? Actually like actually block her?" Kuroo asked in confusion "Yeah, but don''t underestimate her you damn rooster head" "Uhh okay... Got it.." Kuroo said as he got ready "Setter-chan give one close to the net please" Kyoko said as she threw the ball up for Kenma Kenma adjusted his hand and set a perfect ball close to the net Kyoko did analyzed the ball as she did her approach and took flight ''Straight approach, shoulders facing straight, swinging straight with no sign of slowing down... Straight..let''s try and do a commit block.'' Kuroo used his mind block as he jumped up with perfect timing and put his arms over the predicted path "You dumbass rooster!! you fell for it!" Shou shouted which confused Kuroo As Kyoko''s hand got close to the ball, her hand suddenly moved to the left and back to the right changing her straight into a cross "Ah shit!!" Kuroo cursed as he looked at the ball flying right towards the corner while completly avoiding his hand "Uhhh did our manager just spiked past Kuroo-san?" Yaku said with a hint of confusion on his face "Eehhhh???" after a moment of silent the team went wild "Kyoko-san that was so cool!!!" Inouka and Yamamoto shouted with stars in their eyes "Hehh? Man you guys really fit perfectly as a couple.... With those crazy ?ss spikes" Kuroo said as he looked at Kyoko and Shou with interest A smile slowly crawled up Shou''s face as he said, "Yeah I know" before morphing into a smirk as he said, "Ahh now that I think about it you can have girlfriend that is a setter remember? Atso-" Before Shou could finished his sentence Kuroo sent a ball flying towards his head in which he dodge and shrugged it off "Oya? Shoo I just heard something spicy" Kyoko walked over with a curious smile "Oh yeah, let me tell you about it.." Shou said as he got closer and whisper something into her ear and asked her for a favour, "You think you will be able do it by Saturday?" Kyoko than proceed to grab Shou''s face and played with his cheeks as she said with a scary tone, "Are you underestimating me Shoo?? You know I''m the best at that shit" "Ahaha Nono calm down you know I didn''t mean it like that Kyo-chan" Shou said with difficulty "Ahh whatever" Kyoko then stopped and looked at Kuroo and smirked, "What was her name again? Arata Atsoko? Alright I got it" "you better thank me later on.." Kyoko said as she pointed at Kuroo "Oi oi whatever the hell you guys are thinking, don''t do it..." Kuroo said as sweat rolled down his forehead "It okay, you don''t need to worry, Ku-roo-chan" Kyoko said with a smile as she walked back to the bench The practice continued and ended and the day continued smoothly, although Shou was getting some death stares by some of the boys and Kyoko was getting some glares from the girls. The day continued and ended and Kuroo, Atsoko, Shou, Kyoko and Kenma walked back home together Atsoko and Kyoko immediately became best friend and was talking cheerfully the whole way back And Kuroo couldn''t stop sweating and looking at the two after Kyoko mentioned Atsoko into the conversation Along the way they met with Bokuto and Kazuto who was surprised after seeing Kyoko "Yooo Kyoko!! where were you for like the past 17- shit! I mean 11 years?!?" Kazuto asked "Was in Miyagi I didn''t move with you guys to Tokyo, because of some circumstances...." Kyoko said as remembered the old god which caused tick marks to appear on her face "Oh yeah Kyo-chan, I forgot to tell you.." Shou said as he leaned in to whisper somethings into Kyoko''s ear After a while Kyoko stood up straight and looked at Kazuto with surprise expression, "Ehh? Kazu?? Yukie?? That''s surprising...." "What is that supposed to mean?!?" "Umm whatever we''ll talk about it later... Let''s go to the cafe to catch up with each other tomorrow how about that?" Kyoko suggested "Sure" Kazuto and Shou both agreed After a while Kuroo went his separate way to take Kenma and Atsoko home, while Shou went to take Kyoko home "Haizz.... What is wrong with my spikes today.." Bokuto sighed "What you mean? You hit all of Akaashi''s set perfectly today" Kazuto asked. "Well it''s not enough!! My spike can''t get past you at all!" Bokuto stomped his foot on the ground "I mean Shou can''t get past me that easily, so why are you being so harsh on yourself" Kazuto asked with a hint of confusion on his face "Yeah and I want to beat Shou!!" Bokuto shouted "Ughh whatever... I don''t even understand how Akaashi could understand you so well.." Kazuto sighed as he continued walking In another street Shou and Kyoko was walking together "What? You were actually depressed because you weren''t able to see me in the first year of middle school?? I mean I was too but I''m surprised that you did as well" Kyoko asked in surprise "Yeah I was, because I felt really wrong for not telling you how I felt before leaving you.." Shou chuckled as he scratch the back of his head "Nahh I bet you were depressed because you miss me really badly right?? hehehe" Kyoko said with teasing tone as she started poking Shou''s cheek "..." "Hehehe so I was right" Kyoko said cheerfully After walking for while they arrived at Kyoko''s house "Alright I''ll see you tomorr-" Kyoko said as she began to walked into her house, she stopped when she felt a pull on her arm Shou suddenly grabbed Kyoko''s arm, pull her closer, and lifted her up "Ehh?" Kyoko was confused for a second before a warm sensation engulfed her lips thay caused her face to turn bright red "Sorry couldn''t help it, but yeah you''re right I missed you a lot" Shou said with a teasing smile "That surprised me!!" Kyoko said with a pout "Haha I''m sorry Kyo~ko~chan" Shou chuckled as he put Kyoko down "Umhmm yeah right" Kyoko said, still pouting "Anyways it''s late you should head to bed, I''ll pick you up tomorrow " Shou said with the same smile "Nope not until I get a Goodnight hug and kiss" Kyoko said with the same cheerful smile as she spread her arms "That sounded weird coming from you, but alright Goodnight Kyo-chan~" Shou sighed as he pulled her close, gave her and hug and gave her a peck on her head "Goodnight~" Kyoko said as she walked into her house in a bright mood After Kyoko went inside her house, Shou turned the other way and started walking back to his house "Ah!.." Shou suddenly stopped on his track as he just remembered something and took out his found and called someone named ''Shittykawa'' [Yooo Sho-chan you need something?] Oikawa''s voice sounded out through the phone "Alright I''m gonna just get to the point, your school is about to have a practice match with another school right?" [Ehh? How did you know?] "And is your junior Kageyama going to that school?" [...] Oikawa was silent for a while before answering, [Yes...] "I knew it" [What is that supposed to mean? And how did you know that as well?? ] "Ughh everybody in the group knows how much you hate that kid because of his talent, which school did he go to? " [He went to Karasuno where Noya-chan is , but what do you want?] "I just want you to go all out in front of him, to let him know the gap between you guys, so don''t get injured before the match you fu?ktard" [Alright alright, but why do you want me to do that?] Oikawa asked in confusion "That kid is talented I need him to work harder so that he could be stronger" [And why do you want that?] "So that he could be a good opponent for me and be a motivation for you guys to get stronger, especially you..." [And why do you want that?] "GOD FUCKING DAMN IT JUST DO IT YOU DIPSHIT, I''M TRYNA FUCKING HELP YOU TO GET STRONGER RIGHT HERE" [Alright, by the way I heard from Kuro-chan that you got a girlfriend, what''s that all about] Oikawa suddenly changed the topic "Yeah I did, and I also heard from Iwaizumi you just got dump by some girl after dating for a month, what''s that all about?" Shou retorted back [... Fuck....] "Just go to sleep already you dumbass" [No I won''t you fat son o-] before Oikawa could finish his sentence Shou hung up as he muttered, "well that was new" After that Shou went home, took a shower, eat some dinner and went to sleep Peacefully --- The week continued in the same manner, Bokuto would go around waking everyone up to go to school and then they would go around picking Atsoko, Kenma and Kyoko on their way In school they would practice, practice, practice, yadee yadee yada, went home, meet up with Kazuto and Bokuto along the way, Kuroo split up along with Atsoko and Kenma and Shou split up to take Kyoko home It continued like this until friday evening, the day before the monster gathering And as usual everybody in the group recieved a message that simply said: [It''s time] Adrenaline started pumping through them as they got their mentality ready for the gathering --- In a school in the Miyagi Prefecture, a boy with black hair could be seen to be training the recieving skill of another boy with orange haired, yes this was the two protagonist of Haikyuu, Kageyama Tobio and Hinata Shoyou After a while Kageyama stopped the training and asked, "Oi, do you want to see some realt volleyball?" "What do you mean? Real volleyball? " Hinata questioned "Tomorrow I''m going Tokyo after the match, and I want you to come with me" Kageyama said "Tokyo? For what?" "For you to realized how weak you are compared to the monsters of our generation" "Ehh??" Hinata was still confused "Haizz just be at this train station at 12, and don''t eat too much you might lose your appetite just looking at the matches" Kageyama sighed as he handed Hinata a piece of paper with the train station''s address Although Hinata was confused, he nodded and took the paper, before they went back to training --- The next morning all of the monsters got ready and headed out with vicious smile on their face And at exactly 2 pm all of the monster finally met each other at the usual spoy and got ready to begin "Eh? Where''s Iwaizumi?" Shou asked as he put down his bag "Oh Iwa-chan is busy with helping his dad, but anyways is that your girlfriend" Oikawa said as he pointed at Kyoko "Yeah she is, her name is Kyoko, she was a childhood friend of mine, way before you" Shou said as he pat Kyoko''s head "Ehh? And you didn''t tell me? How heartless.." "Yeah whatchu gonna do about it?" When Kyoko was introducing herself, Kazuto suddenly turned to Shou and whispered, "Hey...Shou why isn''t Kyoko playing as well?" "Oh you''ll see later, something interesting will happen at the end of the gathering" Shou answered with a smirk "Alright, I guess" Kazuto shrugged After a long warm up... "Sooo we gonna start the matches or not?? I''m about to die from not playing volleyball here!!" Atsumu shouted "Shuuuu I want to spike through some blocks now!!!" Bokuto shouted while stomping his leg "I want to recieve your spike and serves Shou-senpaii!!!!!" Nishinoya complained "Mee too sensei" Hoshiumi complained "SHO-CHAN!! C''MON!!" Oikawa started going apeshit "Unfortunately I agree with them as well.." Ushijima said which earned a nod from Sakusa, Osamu and Kiryuu "Hey! What''s that supposed to mean?!?" Bokuto, Atsumu, Nishinoya, Oikawa and Hoshiumi retorted back "Nyahaha it seems everyone are all excited" Kuroo said with a smile "Alright let''s start that damn gathering, if you fu?kers wanted it so badly" Shou said as he take out the volleyball from his bag with a vicious smile on his face --- "Quickly you dumbass they''re about to start!!" Kageyama shouted excitedly as he ran towards the court where the gathering was happening ''What''s with this guy? His personality just flip 180 degrees..'' Hinata thought as he trying to catch up with Kageyama "Alright we''re here..." Kageyama said as he sat down a bench near the the court with a clear view of the court Hinata also sat down on to the bench and observe the court in which he sees the players getting ready to play, "is it a match?", he asked "It''s not just a match...." "But it''s clearly a ma-" Before Hinata could finish his sentence, Kageyama interupted him as an excited smile formed on his face, "It''s a full on war.." --- "Alright...let the first war between the monster generation begin!" Shou shouted as he let out a monstrous amount of pressure and threw the ball up into the air "Come at me!" Kazuto shouted ---- [A/n: YOOO WASSUP EVERYONE!! It''s your author-sama here, how did you think of the chapter? I wrote it in one day and half or so!! I''m so proud of myself!! (for ignoring my health and well being to commit myself into writing this....) *cough* but anyways what do you think of the romance it''s my first time writing something like this, so don''t roast me too hard... But anyways Goodnight ??] Chapter 20 - (Not dropped chill...) Okay I know it''s been 10 days and I haven''t upadated anything after the last 2 consistent update , some comments are starting to appear and I have a hunch that it''ll pile up very soon so, the reason why I haven''t been updating is because last week I had like 7 deadlines or so and also some personal issues came up which just tired the shit outta me mentally and physically, so, I''m just trying to take a break for myself and catch up some sleep. BUT it''s not dropped I''ll be back soon So, I hope you can understand ???? And Goodnight ?? Chapter 21 - Monster Generation Gathering Alright...let the first battle between the monster generation begin!" Shou shouted as he let out a monstrous amount of pressure and threw the ball up into the air "Come at me!" Kazuto shouted ''That was a good throw...'' Shou thought as did his approach, kicked off the ground, and took flight ''ah shit already? ... '' Kazuto thought as he turned to Kiryuu and shouted, "Kiryuu move to the left a bit I''ll cover this entire area!" Kiryuu nodded as he shuffled to the left a bit while still keeping his eyes on the ball Shou adjusted to the ball perfectly, twist his body right, pulled his elbow back, and when the ball is in the perfect position, he twisted his body back and slammed his hand right into the ball with all his might The ball suddenly disappeared and reappear right next to Kazuto "Geh!" Hinata unconciously shouted out as he watch the ball suddenly disappear and reappear Kazuto immediately jumped and got behind the ball at high speed, lowered himself and stretched out his arm, the ball flew and hit Kazuto''s arm which made him fall back a bit before bouncing back up perfectly to Atsumu "Counter! Counter!" Kazuto shouted as he regains his balance "Bokkun! You better spike a good one!" Atsumu shouted as he set a perfect ball to Bokuto "Nice toss Tsum-Tsum!" Bokuto shouted with a smile as he he did his approach, kicked off the ground and flew up Kuroo immediately moved, and shuffled his feet in front of Bokuto and jumped up to block him as he released a pressure that screams: "C''mon you dumbass owl... try and hit a straight, I dare you, I know you can''t...." ''Urghh such pressure...'' Bokuto thought as he adjust to use his signature super cross Looking at the scene, Kuroo suddenly gave a sinister smile as separate his left arm and moved his hand to the predicted path of the cross and shouted, "Hahahahah!! You fell for it you horned owl bastard!!" The ball flew for a millisecond before hitting Kuroo''s hand and bouncing back down to the opponent''s court But before the ball hit the ground, a hand perfectly slid under it, saving it from touching the ground "C''mon! one more time let''s go!" Kazuto shouted with a smile as he stood back up "Alright!" Atsumu shouted as he took a perfect first step and got under the ball before setting the ball to Ushijima Ushijima ran and did a 3 step approach before kicking off the ground and took flight Hoshiumi and Oikawa immediately moved and went up for the block "Ushiwaka bastard you''re so dead now!!" Oikawa shouted with a sinister smile "Brace yourself.." Ushijima said calmly as he smash the ball towards Oikawa''s arms with all his might The ball broke through Oikawa arms as it head for the attack line. "I know I know I forgot damn it!!" Oikawa shouted back However Nishinoya quickly reacted and dived for it the ball, when it was about to hit the ground, Nishinoya managed to save it by sliding his hand under it ---- "Kageyama who are these guys??" Hinata asked excitedly "They''re the top players of this country.." Kageyama answered "Eh?? Top Players?!?" Hinata was now even more surprise "Yeah, every year on the first saturday after the new school year starts, they would gather right here and play for hours.." Kageyama said Kageyama then pointed at Shou, "Asata Shou of Nekoma, the Top 1 Ace of Japan, he was an U19 representative of Japan for the Youth World Championship, it could be said that he''s already a world class Ace, even Nicollas Romero have to admit that.." Then to Kazuto, "Hiroshi Kazuto of Fukurodani, Top 1 Libero of Japan, also was an U19 representative of Japan for the Youth World Championship, his defensive capabilities is suffocating and annoying even in International level. he''s also the only one in highschool level that can truly go against Asata Shou" "Bokuto Koutarou of Fukurodani, the top 3 Ace, energetic and crazy but his skills aren''t a joke" "Kiryuu Wakatsu of Mujinazaka, the top 5 Ace, he is able to hit any set whether it is bad or not" "Sakusa Kiyoomi of Itachiyama, the top 5 Ace, he''s annoying to deal with due to the fact that the spin he crates on the ball is real nasty" "Kuroo Tetsurou of Nekoma, although there is not official ranking for middle blockers, it could be said that he''s one of the best and smartest middle blocker of Japan ..." "Nishinoya Yuu, he''s also an outstanding libero, I believe that he is also in Karasuno but I don''t know what he''s doing" "There''s also the Miya twins of Inarizaki, Miya Atsumu and Miya Osamu, the strongest twin of Japan" "Hoshiumi Korai of Kamomedai, he was named ''The little giant'' by many during his first year in the national, although he''s not a top Ace, his skills are above there with all of the others" "And lastly my senior, Oikawa Tooru of Aoba Johsai, in my opinion he''s the best setter I''ve ever known, his sets are so perfect they can match any types of spikers, I get goosebump even till now thinking about it..." "T-t-top players?!?!?! " Hinata shouted "Aren''t you scared of them?!?" Hinata asked "Yeah I am..... these guys are monsters among monsters, how can I not be scared.." Kageyama said as a smile slowly formed on his face, "we have to train harder... Or else we won''t be able to keep up with them... " "...." Hinata nodded as he calmed himself down, but then suddenly Hinata remembered something, "Wait... That guy the Top 1 Ace I feel like I''ve met him before" "You probably saw him on TV or something, he''s pretty well-known" Kageyama shrugged "Maybe.." --- "Oika-san!!!" Hoshiumi shouted "Alright I get it!! Go do your thing. Korai-chan!!" Oikawa shouted as he set a perfect ball to Hoshiumi ''Beautiful...'' Hoshiumi thought as he ran and did his approach, kicked off the ground and flew up "That vert is way higher than mine..." Hinata said as his competitive spirit began to rise "Don''t be surprise... He''s the disciple of that Asata Shou.." Kageyama commented "woah.. Disciple of the top 1 Ace.... That''s so cool..." Hinata said with stars in his eyes --- Hoshiumi flew up and met with Ushijima and Atsumu trying to block him Hoshiumi carefully analyzed the situation before swing his arms and slammed the ball towards the side of Atsumu''s "Shit... Kazu-san!" Atsumu shouted as he watched the ball fly away from the court "I got I got it!!" Kazuto shouted as he dived for it and hit it back to the court perfectly to Atsumu "Bokkun!!" Atsumu called out as he set the ball to Bokuto "Grr.... God. Damn it..." Bokuto said as he hit the ball softly towards Kuroo''s hand, the ball bounced off Kuroo''s hand and rebounded back to Bokuto "Tsum-Tsum one more time!!" Bokuto shouted ad he volley the ball back to Atsumu "God damn it this is the third time!! you better score this shit!!" Atsumu shouted back in annoyance as he set the ball back to Bokuto again Bokuto did his approach, with his full power he kicked off the ground and flew high up Kuroo also jumped up and stretched his arms over the net ''.....'' Bokuto stared at the block in full concentration as he brought his hand up and slammed it right into the ball, going for his signature straight The ball completely ignored Kuroo''s hand before heading towards the line, however, before the ball make contact with the ground, a hand slid under it saving it "Oika high, a bit away from the net!" Shou shouted as he stood back up and got ready "Yes yes Asata-san!" Oikawa said jokingly as he moved under the ball and tossed the ball like Shou demanded --- "Oh... The Top 1 Ace guy is going into action!!" Hinata said excitedly "..." Kageyama on the other hand stayed quiet as he continued to watch the match --- "Oh? A perfect set?..." Shou thought with a smile as he did his approach, before using his full power, kicked off the ground before the attack line and soar high up --- "Geh! What the hell his stomach almost is reaching over the net!" Hinata shouted "I believe his max spiking reach is over 4 meter..." Kageyama mentioned "f-fourrr meter?!?!?" Hinata screamed "But he''s not just all about the vert, his spiking technique I would say it''s perfect..." [A/n: I know it ain''t realistic but it''s anime, so fu?k it!] --- Shou flew up and met with a three man block consisting of Bokuto, Atsumu and Ushijima Shou twisted his body back, pulled his elbow back, and as the ball got into the perfect position, he instantly twisted his body and swung his arms and slammed his hand into the ball, and snapped his wrist before it left his hand And with the momentum and strength generated by Shou, the ball suddenly disappeared and reappeared next to Kazuto and Kiryuu "Grr!!" Kazuto gritted his teeth as he took a step and stretched and got his arms under the ball The ball made contact with Kazuto arms which made him fall back before the ball was sent flying high up and back to the opponent''s court "Shit! Sorry!" Kazuto shouted as he held his arms that is in pain due to the ball Shou moved to the ball and got ready to receive it, but then suddenly a smile formed on his face "Chance b- YOO WHAT ARE YOU DOIN!!" Kuroo shouted as he watch Shou hit the ball high, high up back to the opponent''s court "Kazu... Let''s spice things up a bit!" Shou shouted as his smile got wider as he closed his eyes "Tch I was gonna say the same thing!" Kazuto shouted back as his expression suddenly morphed into a vicious smile and shut close his eyes *Crackle Crackle* It was then that the noise of lightning crackling sounded out, the suffocating pressure and aura of the Monarch and Guardian exploded out and began to clash with each other As Shou opened his eyes, the majestic silver and golden electricity that is shinning even brighter than before began to leak out of his eye On the other hand, Jet black electricity that is as deep as the night began to ooze out as Kazuto open his eyes ---- W-what.... The hell is this.... It''s .. Suffocating.. ... " Hinata said as his eyes widened to the limit "They''re about to go all out...." Kageyama said in excitement as he try to resist the pressure "I''m going to get closer!" Hinata said as he jumped up from his seat and ran closer to the court "Oi! You dumbass wait!!" Kageyama shouted as followed Hinata from behind --- "Oh c''mon!! You two motherfuckers know we can''t open that damn gate as we wished!!" Bokuto and Kuroo shouted in jealousy as they watch the two enter the zone ''I have to increase my pace or else I won''t be able to catch up to them...'' Oikawa and Atsumu both thought as they went into full concentration "Sensei is getting serious now..." Nishinoya and Hoshiumi muttered with an exciting smile ''Tch.... . I still can''t open it as I wish yet...'' Ushijima thought as he attemped to open the huge metalic gate of the Zone that didn''t even budge "Alrighttt...." Kazuto said as he looked at the ball in the air that is approaching, "Let''s go!!", he shouted as he received the ball Atsumu immediately moved under the ball, looked deep into Osamu''s eyes before getting ready to jump up Osamu, realizing his intention, immediately began to run and accelerate his speed up to the max to do a quick approach before kicking off the ground, flew up and swung his arm ''¤³¤ÎλÖà (This Position..) ... ¤³¤Î¥¿¥¤¥ß¥ó¥°(This Timing.. ) .....¤³¤Î½Ç¶È (This Angle..) ....¥É¥ó¥Ô¥·¥ã(Dead on... ).....'' Atsumu thought with a vicious smile as he absorbed the ball and tossed it straight towards Osamu''s hand The ball immediately appeared in front Osamu''s hand before he swung his arm and slammed his hand into the ball --- "Huh?!?!??.... T-that''s.... " Kageyama muttered in shock "T-that''s..... Our.... Weirdo... quick..." Hinata said in disbelief ''No... It''s faster.....'' Kageyama thought as his eyes began widening to the limit ---- Osamu smashed the ball with all his might, the ball immediately flew to the direction of the right corner But it was at that moment, when the ball was about to cross the net, a hand suddenly appeared and shut down the ball --- ''H-he.... Blocked it.....'' Hinata thought in amazement "No way...." Kageyama muttered with his eyes still widen to the limit "We have to go against these guys in the future?!? He just shut down that quick like it was nothing! " Hinata suddenly shouted "Shut up dumbass that''s why I said that we need to train!!" Kageyama shouted back --- "Ehh?.. I was wondering why you guys were looking at each other like that, so that''s why..." Kuroo said with sly smile as he was landing back down "Geh! Kuro-san! That was perfect can''t yer let it go for once?!?" Atsumu complained "Nyahaha I just jumped on instinct" Kuroo said with a smile The ball was about to drop when Kazuto hand slid under it, saving it once again And it was then that, all of the monsters realized that the first battle hasn''t ended yet and got back to full concentration Atsumu immediately took his first step and got under the ball before setting it to Bokuto "Kurooooo come up here damn it!!" Bokuto shouted as he did his approach and flew up "You''re so lucky I was distracted for a moment!" Kuroo shouted as he jumped up and used the soft block technique The ball hit Kuroo''s hand before bouncing back to the sky and went in the direction of Shou Shou silently raised his thumbs above and behind his index finger, pushed it down and cracked his index finger as he looked at the incoming ball "...." Oikawa looked at his spiker with an excited smile as he muttered, "He''s completely immersed in the Zone already.. " Shou raised his hands up and volley the ball over to Oikawa perfectly. Oikawa looked at the ball, smiled, jumped up and tossed a perfect ball back to Shou Shou ran and did his approach, with every step accompanied by the sound of lightning crackling, as Shou completed his last step the sound of thunder roaring resounded out as he kicked off the ground and flew up The monarch flew up and met with a three man block who are determine to block his path to the Guardian Shou inhaled and held his breath as he twisted and his body to the right and pulled his elbow back ready for a massive swing When the ball is in the perfect position, Shou twisted his body back and swung his arm and slammed the ball with all his might The ball immediately break through Osamu''s arms with a bang before disappearing and reappeared in front of Kazuto ''Grr this guy Saitama or something? FUCK! IT HURTS!'' Osamu thought as watched his hand twitching from the pain Kazuto lowered himself anf position his arms behind the ball and brace himself for the impact "Grr" He bit his lip as the ball hit his arm causing him to fall back and the ball to bounce high back to the opponents court "Chance b- What the fu?k!!" Kuroo suddenly shouted as he was about to receive the ball when Shou suddenly did his approach and jumped over Kuroo and slammed his hand against the ball causing it to fly back at the Kazuto who is still on the ground "Motherfucker! Give me a break!!" Kazuto shouted as he quickly adjusted himself on the ground and manage to somehow awkwardly receive the ball, but it flew to the back and away from the court "Sensei that was so cool!! " Nishinoya shouted with stars in his eyes "I won''t give them an easy ball!" Kiryuu muttered in determination ad he chased the ball, and when he got close enough he jumped, twist and spin his body back and smashed the ball with all his might The ball flew over the net and into the left corner of Shou''s court, but Sakusa was there to cover "Heheheheh I finally was able to touch the ball today..." Sakusa muttered with a kind of crazed expression as he volley the ball with difficultly to Oikawa Oikawa moved under the ball and was about to set to Sakusa for a back attack from the left, but it was then that he felt a pressure that sent chills down his spine Oikawa looked at the direction and there he sees Shou smiling viciously due to the intensity as he cracked another one of his finger "Tch Monarch?... He''s more like an Asura than a Monarch..." Oikawa muttered with a smile as he once again set the ball to Shou Shou ran and accelerate, did a quick approach, before kicking the off the ground and soar up ''He increased his speed!!'' Atsumu thought as he quickly tried and jump for the block Shou twisted his torso to the right, pulled his elbow back, "°Ù¥Ñ©`¥»¥ó¥È(100 percent..)...." Shou muttered with a vicious smile as he twisted his torso back and swung his arm at high speed and slammed his hand into the ball And with a thunderous boom the ball immediately vanish and appeared in front of Kazuto once again "Huh?" Nishinoya unconsciously muttered in shock as witness the speed of the ball Kazuto, despite being surprise for a second, lowered himself a bit and stretched his arms out in a quick motion "Eh?" Kazuto said in confusion as he watch the ball made contact with his arm with a loud bang, but it didn''t bounce away, instead in stayed there Everyone immediately fell back when they saw that the ball stopped moving due to the intensity of the rally " What happened?" Kuroo asked "The ball got deflated.." Kazuto said as he took the deflated ball from his arm and showed it to everyone "I think it''s already a bit worned out already and Shuu did the final blow.." Bokuto sighed "Ay don''t worry I got another ball" Oikawa said as he took one from his bag "Alright let''s go again!! My adrenaline is already pumping" Atsumu shouted with a smile as he stood back up Although everyone was already tired, they were still smiling viciously ''Now matter how tired I might be, I can''t stop, I have to continue to be able to catch up with these monsters around me...'' They all thought as they stood up and got ready for another battle The gathering continued with the same intensity, Kageyama and Hinata was getting more amazed by the second In the middle of the gathering Kuroo, Bokuto, and Ushijima finally opened the gate and entered the zone And to ended all off they did a match of Kazuto and Shou vs all, this time the monster managed to corner Shou and Kazuto a bit more but still was ultimately defeated by the two "Ugh... I''m pooped..." Oikawa sighed as he collapse on the court after the match ended "Oika-san yer set was beautiful today hahah!" Atsumu chuckled as he sat down next to Oikawa "You too Tsum-chan with that weird super quick, I won''t lose to you if we ever was opponent in a real game" Oikawa said with a smile "Tche as if I would lose to ya" Atsumu retaliated "Tsumu we gotta train that quick more.." Osamu said as he also sat down mext to Atsumu "I know... My set are still not that accurate..." Atsumus said as he looked at his hand In another area Ushijima and Kiryuu was doing their stretches together "Kiryuu Wakatsu, that last spike was good.." Ushijima suddenly said "That block out was nice as well.." Kiryuu said "But, we still are no match against him, he''s too good..." "I know.... But that''s no reason me to stop training... I have to get stronger.." "That''s true..." In another area Hoshiumi and Nishinoya was lying there with a tired expression "Ughh.... I want to eat something..." Nishinoya yawned "You up for some dumplings?" Hoshiumi asked "Yeah sure, why not" "Hey, Hey did I hear something about dumplings??" Bokuto asked excitedly as he bu?? in the conversation "Hey.... Give me some dumplings.." Sakusa said as he went up along with Bokuto "Keuh Omi-kun you sound like a bully in those animes.." Bokuto commented "I don''t care nobody gets in between me and my dumplings" Sakusa said "Looks like someone is having a bad day.." Nishinoya joked "Yeh I am now give me my dumplings" Sakusa demanded --- "Kageyama.... we have to get stronger..." Hinata said as he looked at white haired player that is known as the Monarch of the Court "Yeh I told you these guys are monsters among monsters..." Kageyama said as he looked at Oikawa and Atsumu "Let''s go train..." Hinata said as he walked away with adrenaline still pumping inside of him "Yeah..." --- In the bench area Shou and Kazuto was drinking some water while looking at the scene "They definitely got better... Huh?" Kazuto commented "Yeh, I think we somehow fu?k?d up the story a bit but, now it might be more interesting..." Shou said with a smile "Let''s asked the coach to include Karasuno in the training camp more early that might help them..." Kazuto suggested "Yeah was gonna do that after they have their practice match with Aoba Johsai..." "Hey hey guys watch this..." Kyoko suddenly went behind Shou and Kazuto and pointed at the Atsoko who is slowly walking up to Kuroo "Oh? It worked?" Shou asked "Yeah it did, now we just watch the magic happen.." Kyoko said with a smirk as she went and sat next to Shou In another area Kuroo was stretching alone as he did his self reflection, when he suddenly heard a voice from behind "Tetsu..." Atsoko said as she sat down next to Kuroo "Oh Atso-chan what''s wrong?" Kuroo asked as he felt something different in her voice "Umm uhh a-anoo uhh..." Atsoko''s heartbeat got faster, and her face was turning flush red as time went on "Eh? Atso-chan?? You okay?" Kuroo hurriedly said as he didn''t know what to do "Tetsu.... d-do... y-you... want to go on a... d-date with me?...." Atsoko asked as she covered her face "Eh?..." Kuroo was confused but he still heard what she said which caused his face to turn bright red as well Kuroo, after a while, regained his composure and slowly stretched out his hand and grabbed Atsoko''s hand and gently pulled it away from her face "Atso-chan do you perhaps like m-me?" Kuroo carefully asked "..um" after a while Atsoko nodded "Ehhh?? Really??" Kuroo asked in surprised "Tetsu.... You haven''t a-answer my question..." Atsoko said softly "Ah yeah, I w-wanna go on a date with you..." Kuroo answered "Really?" Atsoko asked in which she got a nod back in return "Man c''mon what is this..." Shou said as he walked to Kuroo and Atsoko and sat down "Don''t you guys know each other for like 5-6 years already, why are you guys so awkward?" Kyoko asked "Yeh and you got a problem about it?" Kuroo asked "Yup, now let me just tell you guys about it.." Shou smiled then proceed to tell them about how they have been hiding their feelings from one another the whole time "Ahh no stop it Sho its embarrassing!! Grr if you don''t stop I''m gonna make your life a living hell!! " Atsoko threatened as she covered her ears "Motherfucker I told you not to tell that story!!" Kuroo shouted as he chased Shou around After a while they stopped as Kuroo was tired to take another step, Shou and Kazuto offered to treat everyone ramen and they all went to Ramen Ichiraku and had a blast (and some food ?r??sm) before parting ways The monsters all went home, but none of them slept, they all started to train and train again and again until they can''t move anymore after today they finally realized that the gap between them and the Guardian and Monarch has definitely decreased a bit, but the gap is still huge. "I''ll stand next to them one day..." They all held up the volleyball as they declared in their mind --- [A/n: Hey guys it''s author-sama here finally finish grinding this chapter, whatchu think if the chapter? , also I tried to include some japanese in there to get some cool effect out of it, how is it? I know this might cause my ff to lose the ability to be voted but meh Idc Im just writing this for fun anyways :/ Btw I''ve seen other ff (Like "Rotten Purity: A MHA Fanfic [Japanese symbol in Chapter 16]" it''s pretty good u should check it out) with Japanese symbol in them but I can still vote powerstone on to them, how is that possible? Can anyone explain? But yeh that''s it I''m not feelin well today so Ima just go back to sleep Goodnight ??] Chapter 22 - Aoba Johsai vs Karasuno (1) "Ugh I''m tired" Shou yawned as he walked with Kyoko down the street of Tokyo at night "What do you mean you''re tired, this is our first date! You gotta be more excited" Kyoko pouted "Yeah I was before you decided to take like 2 hours to buy a dress" Shou said with a joking tone "Uwahh you''re so meann!!" Kyoko complained as he raised her hand up and pinch Shou''s cheek as hard as possible "Ah shit I was just joking!! I''m sorry!! You looked very cute in that dress, have mercy!!" Shou hurriedly apologize After a while Kyoko finally let go of Shou''s cheek after Shou pulled out a dorayaki from his bag and gave it to her "Is it good?" Shou asked as he pat Kyoko''s head to calm her down more "Um um, you want some? " Kyoko nodded happily and asked "Yeah sure" Shou answered "You can taste it from my lip" Kyoko said with a teasing tone "Alright bet" Shou said as he leaned in for a kiss "Uwa wait I''m jok-" before Kyoko could finish her sentence, a warm sensation engulfed her lip After a few seconds Shou pulled his head away as he said with a smile, "It is pretty good" "I was just joking, ba-baka" Kyoko said as her face slowly turned bright red [A/n: Ughh I''m sorry reader-sama I had to include the signature "Ba-baka" I saw a chance and I took, it...] After a while she finishes the Dorayaki and was back to her happy, jolly mood and continued walking They arrived at Ramen Ichiraku and walked in "Ah Kyoko and Shou!! How are you?" Teuchi asked as he spot his two favourite customers "Pretty good! Can we have two extra large special?" Kyoko said cheerfully "Two extra large special coming right up" Teuchi said as he walked into the kitchen After a while the food came out and they began to eat and enjoyed the food as they both catch up with each others life and joked around And after they were done Shou took Kyoko home and both exchange hugs and kisses before parted way [A/n: Yeah that''s it for the date, I am not gonna go into more detail cause I can already feel that I would fu?k up if I do so] ------ [Monday, Nekoma High, Boys Volleyball Club] "What is it Shou?" Nekomata questioned "I think it''s time..." "Time for what?" "I think it''s time for us to make the Battle of The Trash Heap happen..." Shou answered Instantly the nostalgia flushed over Nekomata as he remember that day and the time that him and Ukai waited for that battle of destiny "Nyahaha very good, I ?ssume you have a plan?" Nekomata asked with a smile "Yes sir, my friend Oikawa Tooru in Aoba Johsai said that they are going to have a practice match tomorrow with Karasuno.." Shou answered "Eh? Aoba Johsai? Wanting to have a practice match with Karasuno? I mean I know that old fart Ukai is still there but it''s seems that they haven''t made any big achievements, other making it to the semi-final last year, but still..." "Well you see coach, the reason why Aoba Johsai wanted to have a practice match with Karasuno is that, Oikawa''s junior that ''King of the court'' in Kitagawa Daiichi, just transferred to Karasuno" Shou explained "Yes, and not only that, Kazuto''s student Nishinoya Yuu is also a player in Karasuno so I''m just interested how strong they are and maybe if they are up to standard I could maybe invite them in our joint practice matches and training camps .." "So I''m guessing you want to go there and scout and invite?" Nekomata asked "Yes, tomorrow Kazuto and I were planning of going there and scout, would it be fine by you sir?" Shou bowed and asked "Nyahaha, it''s fine by me and say hello to that old fart for me tomorrow.." Nekomata agreed "Yes, thank you very much!" --- The next day Shou and Kazuto met up and took the train to Miyagi and took the bus to a bus stop near Aoba Johsai and arrived on time before the match --- Oikawa was in a cheerful mood, as today is the day that we would finally defeat his ''genius setter'' junior and put him in his place But before Oikawa could finish his sentence a force came from behind and sent him face first into the floor "Sorry for intruding!" Shou said as he kicked Oikawa away from the entrace and walked in to greet the coach who he is on pretty good terms with "Good afternoon Coach Nobuteru!" Shou said as he bowed along with Kazuto "Ah Shou what brings you here?" Nobuteru asked in surprised In truth the reason why Nobuteru really respected Shou was because he was the person who helped Oikawa the player who he trusted the most, in his journey to being the perfect setter and he knew that very well and really appreciated it alot, so after a few interaction with him, he was pretty chill with him "Oh we had some business here in Miyagi today so we decided to drop by to see the practice match after Oikawa told us that Aoba Johsai is having a match with Karasuno, so would you mind if we joined you guys" Shou asked "Oh that''s fine by me! Maybe Oikawa might actually play better with you here hahaha" Nobuteru laughed and agreed "Yes thank you very much!" Shou bowed "Anyways how is Nekomata-sensei?" Nobuteru asked "Well that''s good" "Grr not even the coach hit me this hard" Oikawa muttered as he got off from the ground to find his ?ssailant "Oika you better not be injured today" Shou said as he sat down on the bench next to Nobuteru along with Kazuto "Eh? Sho-chan what are you doin here?" Oikawa asked totally forgetting about what happened a few seconds ago "I''m just here here to watch" Shou shrugged "Ohhh Shou, Kazuto! What are you doing here?" Iwaizumi asked as he entered "We''re here to watch, and also I think saw the Karasuno bus on my way here, you better get ready" Kazuto reminded them "Oh yeah forgot! C''mon Shittykawa!! Move your ?ss we gotta do some warm up!!" Iwaizumi shouted "Yes yes I understand" Oikawa said as he walked to instruct the team to do some warm up "Thank you for having us!!" The Karasuno player shouted "Let''s have a good game!!" The Seijoh players shouted as they stopped their warm up "H-huge... The gymnasium and the players..." Hinata said as he looked around nervously "Aoba Johsai are no joke, their defense and offense level are real high.... It''s unfortunate we can''t have Nishinoya here with us.." Suga said as he looked around "What are you guys worry about? We got Hinata here to mess with their blocks we will be fine hahaha" Tanaka laughed as he patted Hinata''s shoulder putting more pressure "We''re going against the g-grand k-king.... Uwahh I''m s-sorry... I n-need...t...to go to the toi-let..." Hinata said as he walked to the toilet with struggle "C''mon you shrimpy get it together! And you brats let''s get ready, we''re using the lineup we dicussed about yesterday!" the old coach Ukai instructed as he put the stuff down on the bench "Yes sir!" the team shouted in union and got ready to do their warm up "Ahh Sawamura-kun! How have you been?" Oikawa said as he walked over to greet the captain of Karasuno "It''s alright, Coach Ukai''s training is still harsh as always" Daichi answered "Well that''s fant-" before Oikawa could finish his sentence another force came from behind and sent his face first into the floor again Shou walked over to Coach Ukai after he kicked Oikawa out of the way along with Kazuto "Good afternoon Coach Ukai.." Shou said as he respectively bowed with Kazuto "Oh isn''t it you demon brats, what are you doing here?" Ukai asked as he remembered the two demon who were overwhelming the court 5 years ago "We''re just drop by here to watch the match, as we had some business here at Miyagi" Shou answered "Anyways hows that Bakeneko?" Ukai asked "He''s doing well, and also we have an offer from him to give you after the match.." Shou said "Tch always with that mysterious shit, alright you brats can go back to your seats" Ukai said "Oh Coach Ukai I have one more question" Kazito suddenly said "What is it?" "I was just wondering where is Nishinoya?" Kazuto asked "Haizz that kid he''s been suspended for causing a ruckus , he''ll be back soon or later don''t you worry" Ukai sighed "Oh thank you very much" Kazuto bowed as he went back to his seat along with Shou "Eh? So Noya-chan is not here? That''s sad... " Oikawa asked as he got off from the ground "Yeah he''ll be back soon though, but.... Wait... aren''t those two..." Daichi said as he pointed at the two players who just greeted their coach "Yeah, they are who you think they are" Oikawa answered "Eh?!?!?" Daichi eyes suddenly widened to the limit as he heard Oikawa''s answer, "So those two are the real Asata Shou and Hiroshi Kazuto?!? What are they doing here?!?" "Ehh?? Actually?!? Mr. Top 1 Ace and Mr. Top 1 Libero is here?!? " Suga asked as he bu??ed in the conversation "Yeah they''re just here to watch, don''t mind them" Oikawa answered Oikawa then suddenly shifted his attention to another player of Karasuno before waving at him and saying, "Yahoo Tobio-chan long time no see" "Uhh... Yes..." Kageyama awkwardly said "Anyways that''s it, and Tobio-chan don''t get rekt too hard today hahaha" Oikawa said with a smile as he walked back to his team "Uhh I''m sorry don''t mind him too much, he likes to provoke people like that" Kageyama said in hopes of calming down Daichi "Haha it''s alright I know, but let''s just give it our all today!" Daichi chuckled as he said "Yes sir!" the team shouted in union as they went to do their warm up After a while Hinata came back and joined in the warm up. And when the warm up is done, Daichi and Oikawa met in front of the ref to do a coin flip which ended up with Seijoh serving "Let''s have a nice game Sawamura-kun" Oikawa said as he stretched his hands out "Yeah" Daichi said as he took the handshake After a while the two captains went back to their teams to get ready to go to war [Aoba Johsai side] "Damn that shrimp is a middle blocker?" Kindaichi said mockingly "It really is Kageyama what is he doing in Karasuno?" Iwaizumi asked "Hey, hey c''mon let''s focus! We got the two top players in Japan watching us, let''s give it our all!!" Oikawa said with a smile "And you, if you miss those serves, you owe me some ramen" Iwaizumi said as he pointed at Oikawa "Ay us too!" Shou shouted "Alright alright ya fatshits I''ll treat all of you ramen if I miss any" Oikawa sighed as he took the ball and walked to the service line "Good" [Karasuno side] "Oi oi Hinata calm down!" Daichi said as he tried to calm the panicking Hinata "Come !!" Tanaka shouted as he got ready ''This is bad... Hinata is unstable, the team line up is new and Oikawa-san is serving... What should I do.. '' Kageyama analyzed the situation to find a solution --- *beep beep* As the whistle blows, Oikawa stopped his pre-serve routine and looked up ahead at the Karasuno team and smiled "Let''s dance, shall we?" Oikawa said as he inhaled and threw the ball up perfectly "Sawamura-san! Tanaka-san please cover as much as possible!!" Kageyama quickly shouted "Alright! alright!" Daichi said as he moved back to cover for Tsukishima while Tanaka moved back to cover for Kageyama --- "This going to be real hard for Karasuno, Oikawa''s serve currently is the second best in the group just behind Shou. if there''s no Nishinoya, they wouldn''t have a chance" Kazuto commented "I mean we''ve already seen this coming when we heard Nishinoya is suspended, but let''s see" Shou sighed --- Oikawa looked at the ball in the air before doing his approach and jumped up. Oikawa twisted his body to the right, pulled his arm back, when the ball was in the perfect position, he held his breath, twisted his body back, swung his arm, and slammed his hand right into the ball with all his might The ball immediately disappeared and reappeared on the ground between Daichi and Tsukishima A No-Touch Ace. "Nice serve Oika!" Kazuto cheered "Hehe I feel good today!" Oikawa said in confident "I could''ve done it better" Shou yawned "Whatchu say?!?" Oikawa immediately shouted back "Hey hey guys let''s focus and get back this point!" Daichi clapped his hand and tried to cheer up his team ''Just what the fu?k was that serve?!? It just vanished and appeared next to me!!'' Daichi thought as he was panicking inside ''This is hard, Oikawa-san seems to be on the top of his game..'' Kageyama thought The match continued with Oikawa completely dominating Karasuno with deadly serves without giving them space to breathe But after 8 consecutive service ace, Karsuno managed to get the ball up and scored with difficulty But even if they stopped Oikawa''s onslaught they were still losing due to Hinata''s anxiety and Aoba Johsai overwhelming ability In the middle of the game when the score was 14-4 in favour of Seijoh, Shou stood up, went and sat next to Ukai "What do you want brat?" Ukai asked without taking his eyes off the game "Coach Ukai would it be possibe for you to sub that shrimp out for a minute? I want to have a word with him.." Shou asked "What are you gonna say to him?" "Something that would hopefully calm him down, cause clearly you had him on the starting order for a reason..." "...." after a moment of silence, Ukai stood up and said, "alright I''ll trust you lil shit this time" before calling a substitution and subbed Hinata out for Narita "C-coach I-I''m sorry.." Hinata apologized as he walked to Ukai "I don''t want to listen to what you have to say, now just come and sit next to him" Ukai said as he pointed to Shou Hinata, although confused, went and sat down next to Shou anyways ''It''s the top 1 ace, the top 1 ace is sitting next to me.. The monarch of the court is sitting next to me...'' Hinata thought as he started to panicked "Oi Shrimpy.." Shou suddenly started a conversation "H-Hai!!" Hinata shouted as he sat up straight "Tell me why are you nervous?" Shou asked while letting out a bit of pressure "U-Uhh... I-I don''t know...." Hinata stuttered "Well, then just stop it, when you became nervous because your opponent is strong and started playing shitty, you''re pulling your team down, so what you should fear is not the strong opponent, but dragging your teammates down.." "....." Hinata was silent as took a moment to take all of that in "Ah right... And 5 years ago didn''t you say that you would meet me at the top and become the next little giant?" Shou said as he looked forward "Eh? 5 years ago?...." Hinata muttered as he traced and back his memory, and it was then that the memory of when his passion for volleyball started popped up "Ehhh?!? So that guy was you monarch-san?" Hinata asked in surprise "Yeah, and my name is Shou, don''t call me that, it sounds stupid" Shou said casually, But, anyways that''s it, do what you gotta do. In the end, whether you get to the top or not is all up to you, don''t let something hold you back for too long. " Shou said as he stood up and pat Hinata''s shoulder "And also, remember... those top players that you saw the other day, if you want to stand next to them, keep on moving forward and never stop, and only then will you earn the right to stand next to them...." Shou said his last words before walking back to Kazuto "You heard him shirmpy, those top players ain''t a joke. Let me tell you, your role model, that little giant, can''t even be compare to them, they are way stronger... This is the monster generation shrimpy.... " Ukai said with a calm expression "..." Hinata closed his eyes and thought for a moment before opening his eyes and said in determination, "Coach, I think I''m ready to take my first step...." "Good... Now head out there and fight for your place.." Ukai said as he stood up to call. For a substitution --- [A/n: wassup guys, it''s been a busy week but I''ve finally grinded chapter. Although its a bit short I think the quality is pretty good, and also apparently the voting system is back to normal now, is pretty weird tbh But anyways that''s it Goodnight ??] Chapter 23 - (Not a chapter) Hey guys, before you ?ssume anything, this ff is NOT DROPPED, it''s just somethings just came up and I just need a break, and don''t get me wrong, I really love writing this ff but I just need some time for myself, so it would be long till the next chapter, but hopefully I''ll be back soon, so dont worry Anyways Goodnight ?? Chapter 24 - Aoba Johsai vs Karasuno (2) - [Realm of the Genius] *beep beep* Coach Ukai called a substitution and subbed Hinata in, and subbed Narita out "Hinata just take it easy" Daichi said as he pat Hinata''s shoulder "Don''t worry your senpais is here to cover for you" Tanaka said as he flashed a thumb up "You dumbass, you better be calmed this time" Kageyama said as he kicked Hinata "Alright alright!" Hinata shouted back *beep beep* As the ref blew his whistle, Iwaizumi threw the ball up. he then proceed to do his approach, jumped up and smashed the ball with all his might ''Grr... What''s with these guys serve?!? How much have they trained since last time...'' Daichi thought as he clenched his teeth "Hinata!" Kageyama shouted as he quickly got under the ball Hinata, realizing his intention, immediately accelerated, did his approach and soar high up ''Wait... Don''t tell me...'' Oikawa thought as he looked at the little orange shrimp in the air and Kageyama ''This position.... This timing..... This angle..... Dead on..'' Kageyama thought as he absorbed the ball and shoot it at high speed towards Hinata''s hand ''Oh Tobio... You lil brat...'' Oikawa thought with a wry smile as he watch the ball flying at high speed towards the opposite direction Hinata swung his arm and it was then that the ball beautifully appeared in his hand and got sent right to the surprised Iwaizumi before landing in front of him "Nice one!!" Daichi shouted while being relieved that Iwaizumi''s serve was shut down "Hahaha Yeahhhh" Tanaka shouted as he gave both Hinata and Kageyama a high five Sorry my bad I was surprised for a second.. " Iwaizumi apologize "Shou!" Oikawa suddenly shouted out "What?" Shou shouted back "Film the quick and send it to Tsumu-chan and Samu-chan and rile them up a bit hehehe" Oikawa said with a smile "Keuh keuh I already did hehehe" Shou responded with a sinister smile "Alright now... Let''s continue the match..." Oikawa said as he cracked his neck [In the Miya house located in Hyogo] Atsumu was currently watching an anime while eating rice crackers in his room "Let''s goooo, Aomine!!!! Beat that red hair fu?ktard!!!" Atsumu cheered as he watch Aomime enter the Zone The Doraemon manga flew threw the air and hit Atsumu right in the head, "Ouch! Fuck was that?!?!" Atsumu shouted in pain as he dropped his phone "If you''re gonna be loud, at least shut the fu?k up!" Osamu shouted as he caused the a massive confusion between the two "What?" Atsumu questioned as he tried to comprehend what that means "What?" Osamu questioned as he didn''t understanded what he said as well The two looked at each other awkwardly for a few second before, a message notification suddenly sounded out "Haizz alright I''ll be more quiet..." Atsumu sighed as he picked up the phone to check the message When he opened it, it was from Shou, who sent him a video and message that said: [You got competition...] "What the fu?k? ..." Atsumu muttered as he open the video It was then that the video of Kageyama and Hinata weirdo quick appeared on his screen "Shut the fu?k up I said!!!" Osamu raised his head and shouted "Oi oi Samu look at this!" Atsumu said as he "Wait.. Hold up isn''t that Oika-san''s genius junior?" Osamu said as he pointed at Kageyama "Fuck yeah it is, but that''s not important, we gotta train Samu, this motherfucker is coming for our ?ss" Atsumu said in a hurry "First of all that''s kind of weird that he''s coming for our ?ss, and second of all fu?k off, I haven''t finish this volume yet" Osamu said as he went back to his Doraemon manga " Samu!!!!! Let''s train train you fat fu?k!!" Atsumu shouted "Shut the fu?k up!" Osamu shouted as he kicked Atsumu away from him ------------- [Back to the Game] In the end Karasuno lost the first set with a score of 25-12 [Karasuno bench] "Ughh, man this is hard..." Ennoshita sighed tiredly "Their captain is no joke, his serves and and sets are disgustingly good" Tanaka said as he chug down some water "It''s fine just keep up the intensity! We got this!!" Daichi shouted to motivate his team "Yeah!" they shouted in union [Aoba Johsai bench] "Man I didn''t expect a quick like Tsum-chan and Samu-chan to appear like this" Oikawa said as he drank some water "I mean your junior is a genius and we all know that, so I wouldn''t be surprised if he were able to pull the quick off like that.." Kazuto commented "Haizz you''re really bad a lying, you that? shittykawa? He''s gonna surpass you one day, and you know that" Shou words that is fill with harsh cold reality stopped Oikawa in his track After a moment of silent Oikawa open his mouth, "Tch, Shut u-", but then is interrupted by Shou "But still, I don''t think that''ll happen, in the far future that is. You, the player who had inherited the [Curse of the Ordinary] , had also received a gift...." "A gift?.." "Yes, a gift known as.... [Hardwork]" "whether it''ll be in a years or 5 years, it''ll just be just a matter of time before your gift, [Hardwork], will clash and break [The Curse of the Ordinary] that sealed your fate, ." It was at that moment that a vicious smile appeared Shou''s face that sent shiver down Oikawa''s spine, then Shou spoke," And it would be at that moment that you would become a [Genius]" And through those words, many thought and emotion began violently rush through Oikawa''s mind Adrenaline pumps inside his body, his heart began beat violently, and bloodthirsty smile crept up his face as he muttered, "A [Genius] huh...?" "But Oikawa.... don''t stop there, continue to work hard and train, even if you had became a [Genius]" Kazuto suddenly said as he yawned Then Kazuto open his eyes and his suffocating pressure leaked out. Then heopen his mouth, "cause if you still believed that those that is known as a [Genius] were a [Genius] from the start, then you have already lost to them" "What do you mean...?" "I mean, if you thought Shou and I were a [Genius] from the start, then you were mistaken..." Kazuto said as he remember those days in his last life in which they trained and trained and broke through multiple limits to get to the level they are at now, "Although I can''t go into details about that, just keep in mind that we didn''t ascend to the top just with our talent, we ascend through our blood, sweat, and tears" Hearing this Oikawa was shocked as he couldn''t believe that Shou and Kazuto the players known as the Absolute Monarch and the Divine Guardian wasn''t a [Genius] from the start ------ [Flashback] Asata Shou and Hiroshi Kazuto in their last life was known as the players with limitless Talent However, in truth it wasn''t always like that In their early childhood, they had began to train with Shou''s father, Asata Yasha, who was a retired professional volleyball player, he was player known through out the world as the Asura of Japan due to his deadly spikes that could break through any walls Kazuto and Shou was always together as they trained and trained until they couldn''t continue anymore with the sole purpose of surpassing Yasha , but it was one day that they both realized it "I''m at my limit.... " they both thought as they clenched their fist in despair Although they were really good players at the time, the feeling of unable to move forward filled them with despair But it still didn''t make them waver, they still continued to train until they''re at their limit and on the verge of collapsing everyday After 7 years, on that memorable day that they felt it and realized, their blood, sweat and tears paid off after they have broke through all of their limit and reach the realm of [Genius with immense talent] "Hah... Hah... We did it!! We really did it!" Kazuto shouted happily with tears in his eyes as he collapse and went to sleep "Yeah.... We really did it...." Shou said with a smile on his face Although Shou was happy as well, a single lingering thought was still bothering him, ''I still haven''t surpass him....'' After that day Kazuto began to take it easy in his training as he felt as if his body need rest after the 7 years of consistent training While Shou on the otherhand, continued to push himself to the limit everyday and train and train to surpass his father It got so intense to the point in which he would collapse everyday after his training Kazuto was worried for Shou, but he didn''t try and stop him as he knew that Shou wouldn''t listen Kyoko who was the most worried, she had tried to tell Shou that he should take it easy and turn down the intensity a bit or else he''s going to just ruin his body But to that, Shou just smiled and said, "If it''s to surpass him, then anything is worth it..." After a while Kyoko gave up and decided to join in and helped him with his training instead It was in those days that they became the closest to each other and it was also when Kyoko learned the most about volleyball And it was on one of those days, when Shou was in the middle of his training, Shou suddenly collapse and fainted "SHOU!!" Kyoko and Kazuto immediately ran over to check on him They turn him over, and look at his face, his face was turning pale and his eyes lost its colour and life, almost as if he was dead ---- Shou open his eyes, he was in a dark place, the floor was filled with water that showed no reflection and in front of him a huge gate with guardian like statues standing next to the door Shou looked around for a bit, before he sense an aura that attracts him to something inside the gate He walked forward, with each step, his feet sinks in the shallow water, accompanied with the sound of water splashing And after a while Shou arrived at the gate, and there was a line of words carved into the gate, [Only the worthy shall ascend to the realm of the Monarchs ] Shou then raised his hand up and touch the words on the gate "This...." Shou muttered quietly as he looked at the silver mystical light leaked out from the gate and engulfed his body And it was then that the gate slowly opened with a loud creaking noise After the gate fully open, Shou stepped inside, and that''s when he saw it, in the middle of the room inside the gate, a throne was there, glowing in mist of the silver light Immediately he felt an aura that attracts him to the throne. The aura slowly but surely caused him walk to the throne When Shou arrived, he sat down on the throne, it was then that the mystic light from the throne and the light that engulf his body, merged, and shined bright in the darkness before it manifested into a silver crown on Shou''s head "...." "I belong here.... I am the Monarch...." Shou muttered as a vicious smile crept up his face It was at that moment that Asata Shou realized it.. On that fateful day, he had ascended to the realm of a [Genius with limitless Talent].... As of today, a New Legend shall be born... ----- "SHOU! PLEASE WAKE UP!" Kyoko at this point had tears in her eyes as she desperately shouted "God damn, you son of a bitch, don''t go now..... We still have to surpass him damn it....." Kazuto muttered in despair as he continued to shake Shou to try and wake him up After a while Shou''s face finally regain some colour again, and he finally opened his eyes When Shou opened his eyes, Kazuto and Kyoko both saw it and felt it A glint of the mystic silver light ooze out of his eyes before vanishing, his aura was suffocating to the point in which Kazuto and Kyoko almost forgot breathe "Shou..... Don''t tell me... " Kazuto muttered as a smile slowly formed on his face Shou checked his body for a moment before his aura flared, and a smile formed on his face as he spoke, "I''ve ascended to the realm of the Monarchs... " "You did it..... You son of a bitch, HAHAHAHAHA YOU DID IT.... After all these years, you can finally surpass him!!" Kazuto laughed joyfully It was at that moment that Kyoko suddenly embraced Shou as she muttered with tears in her eyes, "You got me so worried you dumbass" "I''m sorry Kyoko, I''m fine now, let''s get something to eat..." Shou smiled as he embraced her as well "Then you guys go, I''ll head back home, my mom is waiting for me..." Kazuto said his excuse before leaving as he does not want to be in a third wheel situation "Alright.... Let''s go Kyoko.." Shou said as he stood up while still embracing Kyoko ----- After he went back, Kazuto sat in his bed as he thought about what happened to Shou "God damn it.... I was too easy on myself.... I should''ve continued to train and push myself to the limit.... Now Shou is going to get stronger thn ever... And he would surpass him..." Kazuto muttered as he clenched his fist in regret After a while he stood up and thought, ''No.... It''s not too late.... I''ll train and train starting from tomorrow until I''m at my limit.... And one day I''ll ascend to that realm as well...'' On that day Hiroshi Kazuto swore to himself that he would continued to move forward with high intensity and never stop moving forward again... --- After Shou had reached The realm of [Genius with limitless Talent] his growth have been monstrously amazing And after half a year of training he had finally realized he''d finally surpass him, Asata Yasha "Hah hah.... How about that... Old man.." Shou muttered joyfully as he collapsed on the court, "Man that felt great" "Ayo Shou what in the fu?k was that spike?!? I couldn''t even react to that shit!! " Kazuto shouted as he demanded some answer from Shou "No clue.... I just went pow.... Bam and boom" Shou said with a tired tone After lying on the gym floor for a few minutes, Shou stood back up and said, "Ughh let''s go home, I''m tired..." "Yeah.. I''m tired as well." Kazuto said as he stretched his back After Shou and Kazuto both packed everything up, they both walked down the street of Tokyo and headed home "Ah God damn it! I could b?r?ly recieve that crazy ?ss spike of yours, next time turn down the OP-ness of yours will ya?" Kazuto said with a sigh "Ho? A mere mortal asking for mercy from the great me?" Shou said with a smirk "Stop doing that shit" Kazu said as he put Shou in a head lock They were crossing the street and didn''t noticed that the light had turned red They were half way accross when a truck suddenly appeared and was moving at full speed towards them *HONK* Shou with his almost superhuman reflect turned to Kazuto and push him off the way of truck Kazuto was surprised, but managed to regain his balance and turned around just to see his best friend with a smile and few milliseconds later a truck hit his body It was on that fateful day that Asata Shou has lost his life... [End of Flashback] *beep beep* When Shoua and Kazuto snapped out of their daze caused by the memories the ref blew the whistle signalling that it''s the start of set 2 "Alright, now get out there and do something ya lil bitch" Shou said with a smile as he kicked Oikawa back on the court "Stop fu?k?n? kicking me damn it!!" Oikawa shouted back "Alright guys let''s go and get this victory.." Oikawa said to his teammates as he showed a confident smiled """"YEAH!!!"""" ------ [A/n: Hey guys, sorry for the long break between chapters but I''m not really in a good state right now, I''m a bit fu?k?d over at the moment, so I hope you guys understand, but don''t worry this is NOT getting dropped and I''ll hopefully be back in a better shape and grind out some chapters for you guys By the way, what you guys think of the chapter? as I''m not too sure myself either. Anyways Goodnight ??] Chapter 25 - Aoba Johsai vs Karasuno (3) Aoba Johsai and Karasuno players all got in their position as they get ready to play another set Ennoshita got the ball and when the ref blew his whistle he threw the ball up and served it over "Oikawa!" Iwaizumi said as he received the ball and got ready to do his approach Oikawa looked at the ball and jumped up, but instead of setting the ball he immediately twisted his body and smashed the ball down "Tch damn it..." Daichi clicked his tongue as watch the unexpected ball hit the ground "..." Kageyama stare at Oikawa in annoyance as the play before playback in his mind "Oi... Stop staring with those eyes, genius. I''m on a roll..." Oikawa muttered as a vicious smile crept up on his face and his suffocating pressure leaked out [A/n: Blue Lock is fire, highly recommend it] Oikawa then proceed to take the ball and walked to the service line to got ready to bombard Karasuno with his deadly serves As the ref blew his whistle, Oikawa took a deep breath and threw the ball high up into the air He did his approach, jumped up, held his breath and slammed his hand into the ball with all his might The ball once again vanished and reappeared between Daichi and Hinata "Tch grr" Daichi gritted his teeth as he struggled to extended his arm under the ball The ball hit his arms causing him to be flung back before flying back at Seijoh''s side "Sorry! My bad!" Daichi apologized as he watched his arms twitched from the pain When Oikawa saw the ball flying to the front he smiled and shouted, "Kindaichi! I''ll handle it" before doing his approach and jumped before the attack line "Oikawa-san that''s crazy!!!" Kindaichi shouted before moving out of the way "Oi!! Tsukishima!" Kageyama shouted before joining up with Tanaka and Tsukishima to do a 3 man block To this Oikawa just smiled and as the ball got close he changed his spike into a set and tossed a perfect ball to Iwaizumi "Fuck!" Karasuno''s 3 blockers clicked their tongue in annoyance as they watch the ball Iwaizumi eyed the ball as he did his approach, kicked the ground and jumped up and swung his arm And with swift motion the ball hit Iwaizumi''s hand and slammed down on to the ground in front of Hinata "YEAHHHH!" Iwaizumi shouted as he clenched his fist "Nice spike Iwa-chan...." Oikawa smiled as he looked at the three blockers of Karasuno "Tch..." Tsukishima clicked his tongue "AHHH GOD DAMN IT!!" Tanaka shouted in frustration "It''s alright it''s alright calm down!" Daichi said as he patted Tanaka''s shoulder ''Alright if you want it that bad...'' he thought as he threw the ball up high He then took a deep breath, did his approach, kicked off the ground and held his breath as he slammed his hand perfectly into the ball The ball suddenly vanish and suddenly materialized in front of Hinata "..." Hinata gritted his teeth as he suddenly dived forward and as he looked at the ball intensely he slid his arms under the ball in a quick motion The ball embedded itself into Hinata''s arms before flying high up "Oi....Shou..." Kazuto muttered in surprise "Yeah that''s his pure instinct.... Oikawa was the cause of its ignition" Shou answered "He''s really like a wild animal" Kazuto sighed "I mean he is the main character... he never fail to surprise..." Kazuto smiled ''I can''t let this opportun- no.... I refuse to lose to that dumbass!!...'' Kageyama gritted his teeth jumped and looked at Hinata who knew his intention and ran and did a quick approach ''This position.... this timing.... this angle... Dead on!...'' Kageyama thought as he absorbed the ball and with all his might he shoot it right at Hinata''s hand The ball cut through the air at high speed before colliding with Hinata''s hand which cause it fly toward Seijoh''s court at high speed Iwaizumi dived for it but, the ball was too fast for him to react and ended up hitting the corner, a score for Karasuno... "Yeahhh!!!" Hinata and Kageyama cheered "Nice one Kageyama! Hinata!" Tanaka shouted as he patted their back "Alright let''s keep going with this intensity!!" Daichi clapped as he shouted """"Yeah!!!"""" "Ughh sorry my bad" Iwaizumi apologized "It''s alright we''ll get em next time" Oikawa cheered up his team The set continues and eventually Aoba Johsai dominated over Karasuno with a score of 25-16 "Alright, Shou.... it''s time..." Kazuto said as he stood up and cracked his neck "Yeah... let''s go..."Shou smiled and stood up as well ¡ª- [Karasuno''s Bench] "Ah... that was just too much.. but it''s all right, you guys did great! So cheer up damn it!!" Sugawara comfort the players with a smile while tossing each of them a towel and also kicking those who seems downed "Ahhh DAMN IT!! They got me good, I couldn''t make a play that would make all of the girls scream: ''TANAKA-SENPAI''" Tanaka stomped his feet in annoyance which caused Daichi smack him right in the head ''Was that in your head the whole game...?'' The whole team thought as they looked at Tanaka weirdly ''Tch he''s gotten stronger again.. when would this gap close...?. Kageyama played back all of Oikawa''s move and plays as he clenched his fist ''Even with the quick I was blocked so easily..... how much do I have to train to get on his level...'' Hinata gritted his teeth as Shou''s silhouette flashed in his mind It was at that moment that the two of them felt a smack to their head that cause them to jolt their heads up And when they looked up they saw the figure of the white haired youth with sharp silver eyes gazing down at them in annoyance "Never you look down you shitheads... what are you waiting for? To be stepped on?" Shou muttered in a volume loud enough for them to hear as he let his aura oozed out And at that moment the duo both shiver and chills ran down their spine as the aura engulfed them "It''s cruel, I know... this world of volleyball that is about talent, effort, and luck is unfair and cruel. But.... that''s not a damn excuse to hang your head down and grieve about your failure, it''s in those times that you gotta held your head high up and look at the world straight into its cruel eyes and continue forward. Am I clear?" Shou said as he increased the density of his aura ""Y-Yes..."" the two answered in synced Shou then looked at them for a few moments before releasing the suffocating pressure around them as he muttered in a loud enough volume for them to hear, "Remember... your destination to the top ain''t down there... it''s up there..." Then he walked to Coach Ukai and muttered something before turning to walk back to the center of the court where Kazuto was waiting with the whole Seijoh team Coach Ukai instructed his team to joined the rest in the center of the court before walking there himself Shou and Kazuto both nodded at each other before turning their attention back to the two teams "Good afternoon everyone... my name is Asata Shou of Nekoma High" Shou Introduced himself "And I''m Hiroshi Kazuto of Fukurodani Academy" Kazuto introduced himself as well and continued, "As you might have been aware, the Golden Week is coming up, and as representatives of Nekoma High and Fukurodani Acedemy, we would like to invite the two teams to participate in a training camp at Fukurodani Academy during the Golden Week" As Kazuto finished his lines, the two coach and their team were surprised and murmurs filled the gum "A training camp? With the two kings of Tokyo?" "Ehh? That''s amazing" "I was gonna laze around on Golden Week but I guess this is pretty cool too" "TRAINING CAMP!!!" "Hinata Shut up!" "Oi brat! Quick question, who''s participating as well? Surely it''s not just going to be us..." Coach Ukai''s question immediately cause the crowd to quiet down "So far we have: Nekoma, Fukurodani, Itachiyama, Kamomedai, Inarizaki, Shiratorizawa, and Mujinazaka" Shou''s answer immediately caused both of the team and even the coach to be in shock It was at that moment that he showed a vicious smile as he continued, "That''s right... Ushijima Wakatoshi of Shiratorizawa, Sakusa Kiyoomi of Itachiyama, Kiryuu Wakatsu of Mujinazaka, Hoshiumi Korai of Kamomedai, Miya Atsumu and Miya Osamu of Inarzaki, Kuroo Tetsurou of Nekoma, Bokuto Koutarou of Fukurodani, and naturally us Asata Shou of Nekoma and Hiroshi Kazuto of Fukurodani will be there as well" "There''s no need for further discussion, my team is joining!" The two coach immediately accepted the invitation to the training camp "Shit.... a training camp full of monsters...? I''m about to barf..." "This is going to be chaotic" "Even the top 5 Aces are joining? This is just crazy" "YEAH TRAINING CAMP!!!" "Shut up Hinata!" Instantly murmurs filled the gym and players began to show different reaction as they heard the top players are joining them "What a great start to this year... I have a chance to crush that Ushiwaka bastard again" Oikawa muttered as a vicious smile ''This is....what I''ve been waiting for...'' Kageyama thought with a bloodthirsty smile on his face "Oi! Brat! Tell me more about the training camp!" Ukai once again asked a question "Well, I haven''t got the exact detail, but for the most part of our training camp revolves around rotation matches, with punishment of course" Kazuto mouth curled up as he spoke the last line, "What else....hmmm....oh right! We also have another facility that contains 3 court if any team would like to train and hone their skills instead of participating in matches" "Ughh let see what else.... OH Yes do you have a question?" As Kazuto was trying to remeber, a player of Karasuno raised his hand up, it was Yamaguchi "Umm what is the punishment...?" Yamaguchi asked nervously "Oh nothing much just a ??p of full sprinting around Fukurodani Academy campus" Kazuto answered casually "Oh okay....wait a minute..." Yamaguchi suddenly thought of something and pulled out his phone and searched: [Fukurodani Academy Campus] And as he press the bu??on that leads him into the image, Yamaguchi fainted "Yamaguchi....? YAMAGUCHI!?!?" Hinata shouted as he try to shake Yamaguchi up While on the other hand the other member looked at his phone and discovered that Fukurodani Academy Campus is huge like your mom''s fine big as- I mean its enormous... "Anyways the detail would be sorted and presented on the first day of training camp, so that''s i-" "Ah right wait, a professional player is also joining us for some guidance, his name is Kirigawa Katsuki, the crazy versatile rookie that dominated and caused havoc in the V-League Division 1 last time,most of you probably knew him" Just as Kazuto was about to finish Shou interupted him "But yeah anyways that''s all! It was a great match, Let''s have some fun in the training camp as well" Kazuto and Shou quickly bowed and left before the teams goes crazy again "Ah god, this is just too much, my body can''t handle this much excitement" Ukai said as he facepalmed himself, "But anyways, you hear that you lil shits? This is for the Seijoh brats as well, this is rare opportunity. Not only do you have a chance to play against all of the top players of this country, you also have the chance to play against 2 players that is considered World Class Ace and Libero, so learn something from them and you better not waste it" """"YES SIR!!"""" When everyone became quiet, Tsukishima raised his hand up and spoke "Coach, I know they''re Top 1 Ace and Libero.... but wouldn''t calling them World Class be a bit of a stretch?" "Tsukishima was it?..." it was Oikawa who spoke up, "You''re underestimating them too much. Let me tell you this, even the one who is considered the Top 1 middle blocker of Japan high school volleyball scene, Kuroo Tetsurou who''s also one of Shou''s closest friend just before me obviously hehe.... ahem!... and even as his teammate for 5 years have never been able to block his spike when he''s using 100% of his power..." "Seriously...?" Tsukishima muttered in surprise "but the only one who is able to stop his onslaught and go toe to toe against him was Kazuto, in their history of battles, their longest rally ever was 3 minutes and around 32 seconds.... "3 minutes and 32 seconds?!?" Hinata shouted in shock "Ugh...I fill like vomiting blood after hearing that" Tanaka commented "I remembered it so vividly, it was a match point for Nekoma, the entire stage was watching silently, They were mesmerized to the point that they couldn''t utter a single sound, even the Top Players and The Pros who came to watch couldn''t move a muscle as they watch the Monarch''s onslaught, the ball vanishing and materializing at high speed on the court just to be save from hitting the ground by the Guardian over and over again, when the match point ended the stage were filled with screams and cheers of awes by the audience, while the top players just sit there with a vicious smile as adrenaline filled their bodies" It was at that moment that chills ran down the players spine as they realized the true might of these two players "Although they are rival equal in strength in a battle, they are truly invincible when they are allies. few month ago we went together to have a practice match with Nicollas Romero the World Class Ace. Nicollas Romero could b?r?ly score 4 point from a direct spike because of Kazu''s defense, and Shou was unstoppable, not a single player was able to block or defend his spikes. " "Even Nicollas Romero was unable to go against them..." Kageyama muttered "However, It was the first time that I''ve see Nicollas Romero''s eyes filled with such viciousness and aggressiveness yet it was also the first time I''ve seen him so excited, and so it was on that fateful day even if it was just a mere moment Nicollas Romero had his huge Breakthrough and Evolution after a long time and it was all because the invincible duo, he was overjoy and couldn''t stop smiling as he respectively shake their hands even though he knew he still couldn''t defeat Shou nor Kazu even after the breakthrough, that''s how much pride he have for getting a opportunity to play against them, now do you have some understanding on how fierce their true powers are?" Oikawa finished his speech as a smile formed on his face "Ah... Yes" Tsukishima answered while he''s trying to process all of the information Hinata and Kageyama on the other was silent as adrenaline start pumping in their bodies "Man, I just realized how much of a fanboy you are, nice going Oika! Haha" Iwaizumi chuckled as he smacked Oikawa''s back "Shut up! I''m not!" Oikawa immediately retorted "So anyways, Those who wants to climb to the top, try to learn a thing or two from them, and don''t waste this opportunity" Oikawa said while scratching his head before walking away ¡ª- [A/n: Hey guys, long time no see, alright listen, I ain''t dropping this, it''s just I''m just going through a pretty tough time right now and I''m trying to calm and reset my mind, and in the middle of it I manage to grind out a chapter, but yeh thats the reason why I wasn''t updating, call it excuse if you want but eh.. Im just here say, this book isnt going to be consistence with he update and It will definitely have a long ?ss time between chapters, so stick around if you want to, so.... (I haven''t checked and probably won''t check, but) for those who comments something like: "author you lil shit update or I''ll stop reading", you could go on right ahead, I really don''t mind cause I understand that shit updating schedule are pretty annoying To be honest during the time that I was away I was also focusing on volleyball to distract myself so thats also a reason why I wasn''t updating :)) , but yeah it really remind me how amazing and fun volleyball was... anyways Goodnight ??] Chapter 26 - Golden Week Training Camp (1) And so the days passes quickly, and the long awaited Golden Week Training Camp has finally arrived "Samu! Hurry up ya fatfuck!" Atsumu screamed as he got ready to leave "Shut up! I''m tryna take a shit!" Osamu yelled back "Shit faster!!!" "I''m trying!!!" After a while Osamu finished taking a shit, quickly got ready and headed out along with Atsumu "So.... explain to me why the fu?k didn''t ya sleep last night and was on our desk on four legs making some stupid ?ss monkey sound and m??n?d like a chicken when an hour passes by?" "Huu man it''s a training camp and all of the top players and gathered there, aren''t ya excited Samu?" Atsumu spoke with a smiled as he ignored the question "....answer my question ya shithead" "Ooh I heard those kids that performed the super quick against Oika-san''s team are also joining the camp, we''re so gonna crush those lil shits" Atsumu said with trace of excitement "..." "..." "Ah right I forgot to ask, how was yer shit Samu" Atsumu asked nervously as he ran out of things to say "ANSWER THE DAMN QUESTION" "I WAS EXCITED OKAY?!?" "NO NOT THAT, WHY THE FUCK WERE YA MOANING LIKE A CHICKEN WHEN AN HOUR PASSES BY?!?" "DON''T PEOPLE MOAN WHEN THEY GET EXCITED?!?" "THAT''S BEING HORNY YA DIPSHIT" "I''M NOT HORNY!" "..." "..." "Fuck..." "Yeah exactly..." ¡ª- "Wakatoshi-kun you seem awfully excited" Tendou suddenly said "What makes you say that?" Ushijima asked "Usually you listen to your music while leaning back on the seat and sleeping, but today you''re wide awake and leaning forward" "That''s kind of scary, but yeah I am excited.." Ushijima admitted as a vicious smile crawled up his face, "I mean... it''s one whole week of just playing with the strongest players of Japan" It was then that Tendou suddenly stood up and shouted, "Yosh! Everyone! Commence operation: win at least one set against Nekoma or Fukurodani, if we manage to do so I''ll treat you guys with a meal" "Really?!? Tendou-san!?!" The first years all got excited as they shouted "Yeah we''ll go as a team after the camp if we were able to do so~" Tendou said with a smile "If we were able to do so you say..." Reon muttered with a smile as he watched the scene ¡ª- "Huuu" Kiryuu exhaled as he calm himself down "Wakatsu-san! How are you feeling?" Usuri asked as he noticed that Kiryuu was a bit worried "Yeah no I''m just a bit excited" Kiryuu said with smile to not worry his teammate "We''ll be depending on you to face those monsters, so please tell me if there''s something wrong" "So... do you have any target for this camp?" "Hmm" it was at that moment a smile appeared on Kiryuu''s face as he spoke, "Defeating Shou or Kazuto right now is probably impossible, so I''ll at lea- no... I''ll defeat Ushijima Wakatoshi..." ¡ª- "Ugh the amount of bacteria there is going to be unbearable" Sakusa was talking to himself while curled up on the bed "But everyone''s going to be there, and it''s a one in a million opportunity to play against the strongest players for one whole week.." "The amount of bacteria in a tournament might be bearable, but a training camp consists of roatation matches??" "How many sanitizer, soap, and mask should I bring??" "What about the handshakes before and after the matches?" "What if the players didn''t get their flu shots? what if I''m infected?" It was then that the door to Sakusa''s bedroom creeked open "Ki-chan it''s time to go.." a woman voice sounded out through the door creek "MOM GIVE ME ALL OF THE SANITIZER AND MASK IN THE HOUSE!" "Oi...Ki-chan don''t tell me you''re bringing all of them" "I''m gonna sanitize them all, I''m gonna sanitize them all, I''m gonna sanitize the-" Sakusa muttered with a crazed expression as he took out another bag from his closet "Okay... then I''ll leave for now" Sakusa''s mom nervously closed the door ¡ª- "IWA-CHAN WAKE UP YOU SHITHEAD!" Oikawa shouted as he spiked a volleyball right into the sleeping Iwaizumi "FUCK THAT HURTS! ARE YOU STUPID?!? IT''S 2 IN THE DAMN MORNING!! AND HOW THE FUCK WERE YOU ABLE TO GET IN HERE" "OUR BUS IS LEAVING AT 4 DIPSHIT!" "SAME SHIT WAKE UP!!!" Oikawa shouted as he prepared another volleyball "FUCK OFF YOU SHITHEAD!" Iwaizumi reacted quickly and took the previous volleyball and threw it at Oikawa''s head before he released the ball "OUCH! daddy chill~" "..." "..." "..." "...meow?..." "..." After a minute of silent Iwaizumi walked over to his closet and took out a kendo sword with a disappointed look "Oi... Iwa-chan that was a joke.. calm down, l-let''s talk about this.." Oikawa immediately said "Huuu" Iwaizumi exhaled as he got into a stance "Oh... SHIT!" Oikawa shouted as he quickly make his escape "COME BACK HERE YOU SON OF A BITCH!" "PUT THAT SHIT DOWN FIRST DAMN IT" "YOU''RE SO FUCKED THIS TIME OIKA!!!" "Haha ''fucked'' I see what you did there you cheeky bastard" "GRR!! YOU PIECE OF SHIT!!" ¡ª- "Nyah!" a white cat suddenly did an approach and took off and flew into the sky "Hmm not bad not bad, that''s an impressive vert Piko! This time I''ll defeat you and I''ll go and defeat sensei" Hoshiumi said with a smile "Nyahh! (try me lil bitch!)" Hoshiumi did his own approach kicked off the ground and soar high up when he landed he immediately went and took the camera that was recording the whole thing "Alright let''s see who''s the winner.." "Nyah! (I definitely won)" "No I did!" After the clip ended Hoshiumi face got sour as he shouted, "That was luck you lil shit of a puss? (quite literally) " "Nyah nyah (yeah yeah say whatchu want salty ?ss bitch)" "Ha? Whatchu say?" "Nyah! (Saltly ?ss bitch!)" "GRR TAKE THAT BACK!" Hoshiumi shouted "Mom... that weird guy is talking to a cat!" A child not too far away shouted as he pointed at Hoshiumi "Geh!" Hoshiumi unconsciously exclaimed as he looked at the child''s direction "Honey, let''s go... don''t look at him.." the child''s mom said as she quickly grabbed the child''s hand and speed walked out of there "..." "..." "God damn it..." ¡ª- "NOOOOO HARAMBE-SAMA!!! LEADER THIS IS TOO CRUEL NOOOOO!!" Yamamoto screamed in agony as the death of Harambe-sama looped in front of him "That is your punishment for neglecting the great Harambe-sama, you foolish humans..." Kuroo said with a hint of disgust under his hood "Haha ....first time?" Katsuki asked Yamamoto who was breaking down with smile as he endured his own tears Yes Katsuki once again, disturbed the ritual of the great Harambe-sama (God damn it Katsuki) "But I have to admit, this human have such strong willpower.... it''s amazing..." Kuroo spoke with a hint of respect "Hey Leader!" Katsuki suddenly called out "Speak... foolish human" Shou demanded under his hood "While we''re at it can we also pay respect to my guy Rhydon?" "And who may this ''Rhydon'' be?" "RHYDON DEEZ NUTS HAHAHAHAHhahaha....ha.... ah shit I''m fu?k?d this time aren''t I....?" "Men...bring it out..." Shou muttered as his face shake in anger "Yes.... Leader... " Kuro answered with gritted teeth as he bring out another loop video and combined it with Harambe-sama tragic death "Ooh what is this? A new punishm-.....wait...no....No...NOOOOOOOO DOGE-SAMA!!!!!! HARAMBE-SAMA!!!" Katsuki began to scream in agony and broke down immediately And in another part of the bus there was Kaneki who was invited by the coach to help out with the training camp And currently he was constantly being pestered by Inouka "Kaneki-san please show me your Kagune... I swear I won''t tell anyone" Inouka bowed "Look this 69th time I''m saying this, I''m an actor not a retard with chunnibyou" "Please I know you are hiding them" Kaneki sighed and walked up to Kuroo as he whispered "Oi Kuroo.... What kind of dog shit did you feed your first years god damn it, the kid b?r?ly have half a brain cell" "C''mon don''t ruin the kid''s dreams like that Kaneki-san, please do something" Kuroo whispered back as he looked at the excited Inouka behind Kaneki "Fuck..." Kaneki cursed as he went back to sit with Inouka Then he proceed to pull out an Akatsuki robe out of no fu?k?n? where and put it on while singing Unravel "WAHHH KANEKI-SAN KAGUNE IS SO COOL" In the far corner Yaku was teaching the first years how to levitate by summoning demon right next to the sleeping Kai "Iljwmn nh zllbi ie veed" (''Senpai it feels so good'' *translated by some random ?ss demon language translator*) "YAKU-SAN IS LEVITATING!!! HE''S LEVITATING!!!" Shibayama shouted which also woke up Kai Kai jolt awake due to screaming looked over and witness the levitating Yaku "Ah... this truly takes me back... but now... my experience is telling me to go back to sleep" Kai said as he close his eyes peacefully And the next second... "COACH!! CAPTAIN!!! YAKU-SAN IS POSSESSED BY A SPERM DEMON!!!! CAPTAIN!!! HE''S SWIMMING AWAY!!!" "SHUT THE FUCK UP WE''RE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING!!!" Kuroo shouted In another corner Kenma was practically being molested by Hisoka who was also invited by the coach to tag along "Hey boy~ so you''re the main setter of Nekoma huh?.." "U-Uh yes..." Kenma answered nervously "No need to be nervous I''m just asking you some question here setter boy~" " O-okay....ask away..." "You agree that Hisoka from [Hunter x Hunter] isn''t a gay pedophile right?!?" "Huh...?" "His character is a masterpiece right?!? There''s nothing wrong with him being turned on when Gon charged at him right ?!?! And there''re nothing wrong in checking out Killua''s and Gon''s imaginary cakes right?!?!?" Hisoka asked with a crazed expression "Um...uh Kuro!" "Not right now Kenma hold on!" Kuroo shouted back "Shhh let me hear your thoughts setter boy~" "Uhhh ....KURO!!!!" "YOU CAN SCREAM BUT YOU CAN NOT ESCAPE BOY~" "KUROOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!" "GIMME THEM CHEE- I MEAN GIMME THEM THOUGHTS AND OPINION SETTER BOY!!!" *CONFUSED MOLESTED SCREAMING* "I''ve seen some shit before but what is going on...?" Kyouka muttered as she looked at the scene "You know, Kurihara-san there is a saying, ''If you can''t beat them, join them''" Coach Nekomata spoke in serious tone "Ah yes.... wait... what...?" When Kyouko turn around, Coach Nekomata had already worn his Anti-Konoha Head protecter "Kaneki-sama!!! Please teach me how to perform the s?xy no jutsu to beat that damn old geezer!!!!" Nekomata shouted as he leap on to the seat and swiftly and majestically move to Kaneki "..." "If you can''t beat them, join them huh....?" Kyouko muttered to herself as she covered her face with a hood and walked to the back of the bus And after a few moments "NO.... No...NOOOOOOO YAMETE!!!!! WALTER-SAMA!!!!!!" Another scream of agony escaped from Katsuki ¡ª- The Nekoma team soon arrived at Fukurodani Academy and got off the bus "Alright guys let''s go and help Fukurodani set up the camp!" Kuroo instructed as he exited the bus while ?ssisting Coach Nekomata "That was nice sleep" Kai stretched his arms as he go off the bus "Damn ...what an experience... it feels like I''ve been reborn hahaha" Yaku said with a smile, "Oh? What''s wrong Shibayama?" "Ah um... uh... n-no it''s nothing... I''m just a bit tired from the ride" Shibayama said nervously "Alright then anyways let''s go!" "Ah right... yes ...l-let''s g-go" "KANEKI-SAN KANEKI-SAN CAN YOU DO THAT SEXY NO JUTSU AGAIN PLEASE!" Inouka shouted with stars in his eyes "Ugh god make it stop..." Kaneki muttered with a crazed expression as he tried his best to get away from Inouka who was chasing him "Let''s go Kyo-chan" Shou said as pat Kyouko''s head "Alright let''s go!" Kyouko excitedly grabbed Shou''s hand and increased the speed "They''re going to be alright right...?" Kyouko asked as she pointed at the two who was on Shou''s shoulder "Yeah they''re going to be alright don''t worry about it" Shou reassured her as he dropped the two body "Harambe...sama...please... don''t...noo" Yamamoto reached his hand out as despair engulfed him "D-Doge....sama....n-no..." Katsuki muttered with tears in his eyes, "wait... no...Walter...sama... please... don''t leave..." "So, what is going to be setter boy~" Hisoka said as he licked his lip creepily as he walked down the bus with Kenma *SCARED MOLESTED KENMA SCREAM* Kenma as soon as he stepped on the ground he immediately ran while screaming "YOU CAN RUN BUT YOU CAN NOT HIDE SETTER BOY~~" Hisoka shouted as he dropped down and started chasing Kenma on all fours And just like that the whole team exited the bus and walked to the gym where the training camp will take place "Ah... truly it never changes" the bus driver muttered with a peaceful smile as he took a sip of his tea When Nekoma finally arrived at the gym they open the door and walked in However when they took a peak inside , the gym was dark and in the middle of it was a bright candle with shadow figures hopping around it "P-Please.... run... SAVE YOURSELVES!!" Akaashi crawl to the entrance with struggles and shouted as he reached his hand out towards the Nekoma team It was at that moment the shadowy figures all stop hopping and all turn their body towards the Nekoma team "..." "..." After a moment of silent the ''creatures'' started bouncing at the Nekoma team at high speed while hissing *HISS* *HISS* "AHHHHH RUNN!!!!!" "KUROOOO!!!!!!" "SHUT UP AND RUNNNNN!!!!" "NOOOO KUROOO!!! SOMETHING IS TOUCHING ME IN MY NONO SQUAREEEE!!!!!" Kenma screamed "HEHEHE KEKEKEK~ FORGETTING SOMETHING? BOY~~" "AHHHHHHH IT''S THE SPERM DEMONNN!!!" *MORE CONFUSED SCREAMING * ¡ª- After the chaos have calmed down the team helped each other to set up the camp And after 30 minutes or so, they finished and both of the team sat down and rested "Huuu... so Kazu when does this camp start?" Kuroo asked as he did his stretches "I mean depends actually, we''re waiting until there is about 4-5 team is here then we''ll start our rotation matches" Kazuto answered "Hmm if I''m correct they should be here in around 45 minutes or so" Kyouko said as she looked at the time "Hmm 45 minutes huh...?" Shou muttered as he stood up, put his arms around Kyouko and said, "Let''s go get some drinks from the vending machine", which caused Kyouko to nod with a smile "You guys want anything?" "I''ll have some energy drink" Kazuto answered "Give me some orange juice" Kuroo said "Alright sure" Shou said as he walked to the vending machine with Kyouko After they left Yukie walked over to Kazuto and asked, "Are~ when did Shou pulled a girl like her" "Since long ago" Kazuto said with smile "Heh? So that''s why he turned down Kaori.." Yukie said with a sleepy smile "Stop rubbing salt into my wound Yukie!!" Kaori shouted as she overheard their conversation "hehehe, anyways Kazu help me with the equipment~" Yukie demanded as he pulled Kazuto by his sleeve "Alright alright let''s go" Kazuto said as he pat Yukie head and went to help her "grr fu?k?n? traitors... they knew Atso-chan ain''t here that''s why they''re this shits" Kuroo muttered as he start chewing his shirt in annoyance After a while he stood up and shouted across the gym to where Bokuto and Akaashi was doing some spiking, "OI, OWL SHITHEAD LET ME BLOCK YOU TO LET OFF SOME STEAM!" "AH KUROO!! BLOCK ME!!!" Bokuto shouted excitedly And like Kyouko said after 45 minutes the door to the gymnasium suddenly opened up ¡ª- [A/n: Ayo author here whassup, Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, I really have no idea what the fu?k is going on in the chapter, my humor is actually broken but yeah this camp will probably be a long arc but anyways Goodnight??] Chapter 27 - Golden Week Training Camp (2) As the door to the gymnasium opened up, the group of players wear black jacket walked in as they shouted, "THANK YOU FOR HAVING US!" "Oh? aren''t you a bit early?....to taste my s?xy no jutsu that is ...keuh keuh keuh" Nekomata came out and greet the newly arrived team with a smile "We started our journey a bit early, but anyways, is the camp starting yet?" Ukai asked while ignoring the last part "No, we''re waiting for one more team to arrive before starting, and... oh? You brought your grandkid?" Nekomata asked as he looked at Keishin Ukai standing next to Takeda "Yeah, he''s here to help out, my damn age is catching up to me" Ukai said as he scratch the back of his head "Ah Nekomata-sensei, do you happen to know where my Benchwarmer club bro is at? I heard he started coaching the players of Nekoma" Keishin suddenly asked "Ah...oh you must be talking about Manabu, he''s running some errands for me, he''ll be here in a few hours or so" Nekomata answered "Oya?~ so this is the new Karasuno team?" Kuroo spoke as he walked over to greet Karasuno along with Nekoma and Fukurodani When Kyouko came in sight of the Karasuno team, Tanaka immediately shouted and ran towards the Nekoma team, "UWAh-" but then was suddenly stopped by Nishinoya who shuted him up and pulled him back to whisper something "Oi Ryuu, I forgot to tell you something, she''s taken, don''t try anything with Nekoma''s manager unless you want to be bodied by Shou-senpai..." Nishinoya quickly whispered "O-oh... g-got it" Tanaka whispered back as he felt like he had dodged a bullet "It''s Sawamura Daichi, thanks for having us" Daichi said with a brighter smile as he took the handshake "..." "..." ''Ah... this guy is the crafty type...'' they both thought as they maintain their smile "HEY, HEY, HEY DON''T FORGET ABOUT ME!!" Bokuto shouted as he was about to jump in front of Kuroo and Daichi but was suddenly stopped by Kazuto who held him from behind "Sorry about that, this guy is Bokuto Koutarou, he''s our captain" Kazuto apologized as he introduced Bokuto The team started introducing each other and in the middle of it "U-Uh UWAAHHHHH A-A Beautiful ... g-girl.. m-manager" Yamamoto suddenly grasped his heart as Shimizu came into sight "OI... Don''t bother our manager shithead..." Tanaka suddenly said as he stood in front of Yamamoto "Ha? You were the one pickin a fight, City Boy!" "Tanaka, stop doing that, and what''s with the ''City Boy''? You sound stupid" Sugawara spoke as he sighed "Yamamoto, stop picking a fight, unless you want ?ss whooping, and you also sound and look stupid" Yaku sighed The two immediately stopped the glare and stood there with a depressed look "Haizz sorry about that" Yaku apologized as he scratched his head "No no I should be the one being sorry, he''s a bit too much" Sugawara also apologized "AH YAKU-SAN! I haven''t seen you in a long time!" Nishinoya said excitedly as he walked up to the duo "Oh Noya! How have you been?" Yaku asked "Pretty good! Why were you not at the gathering last time?" "Nishinoya, you know him?" Sugawara suddenly asked "Yeah Yaku-san here is a very good libero!" "That''s just a stretch, I can''t be compared to Noya or Kazuto" Yaku spoke while scratching his head "HEY HEY YOU GUYS DO YOU WANNA JOIN US IN SOME PRACTICE!?!" Bokuto shouted "Bokuto-san they haven''t put their belonging down yet, please calm down" Akaashi spoke calmly "YEAH!! I WANNA JOIN!!" Hinata shouted back as he dropped his belonging and ran towards Bokuto "THAT''S THE SPIRIT, WHAT''S YOUR NAME CHIBI-CHAN?!" "IT''S HINATA SHOYOU!" "ALRIGHT LET''S GO HINATA, THIS BOKUTO IS GOING TRAIN YOU!" They both shouted as they ran to the court "This dumbass..."Shou sighed as he took a volleyball and spiked it, the flew at high speed towards Bokuto''s head and knocked him out "UWAHHH!!! BOKUTO-SAN!!" Hinata shouted as he watch Bokuto get knocked out "HINATA YOU DUMBASS DON''T JUST LEAVE YOUR BAGS HERE!" Kageyama shouted as he threw Hinata bag at Hinata''s face "OUCH! What was that for?!?" "Hey! Stop that Hinata! Kageyama!" Daichi shouted "Hmm a little warm up should be fine, you guys wanna join?" Kuroo suggested "Hmm sure.." Daichi then turn to the rest of his team and spoke, "There''s still some time till the other teams arrive, after putting down your belongings and you can either rest or join them if you want!" "Yes! Captain!" "Hmmm there''s 8 of us, let''s do some 4v4 match" Kuroo suggested "Oi Bokuto! You Join the Karasuno''s team" Kazuto said as he took Bokuto and walked over to the Karasuno team and put him down before going back "Oi oi! hold on let me be the ref!" A voice sounded and the players turned their head towards that direction And immediately Kageyama''s eyes widen as he thought, ''Isn''t that Kirigawa Katsuki, the crazy versatile rookie??'' "Sure, now... Noya-chan you guys can serve first" Kuroo said as he threw the ball at Nishinoya "Kageyama, you serve" Nishinoya said as he threw the ball to Kageyama "Ah... Yes" Kageyama said as he took the ball and walked to the service line Kageyama threw the ball up, did his approach, and kicked off the ground When the ball is in the perfect position, he slammed his hand into the ball causing the fly at high speed towards Kazuto Kazuto calmly lowered himself and stretched out his arms, the ball flew and made contact with his arm before flying back into the air losing all of its spin, a perfect receive "Shou-san!" Akaashi shouted as he jumped up and set a high and close ball for Shou "Hey hey Hinata! Get ready!" Bokuto shouted as he got ready to block with Hinata "Ahhh Hai!" Hinata shouted with a hint of nervousness in his voice Shou ran and did his approach, then kicked off the ground with thunderous boom and met with a two man block consist of Bokuto and Hinata "Geh!!" Hinata unconsciously shouted as he watch Shou ascend above the blocks Shou then slammed his hand into the ball causing it to immediately vanish and appeared directly in front of Nishinoya "GRR" Nishinoya clenched his teeth as he swiftly stretched his platform out, the ball made contact with his arms before flying high up towards the back of the court "Shit! Sorry!" Nishinoya appologized ''He even purposefully spike the ball direct at Nishinoya, but Nishinoya even struggles to receive it..'' Daichi thought as he felt chills ran down his spine Kageyama immediately ran to cover for the ball Hinata right as he landed ran to do a quick approach in front of Shou and Kuroo but when he was about to jump, he quickly change his direction and ran to the other side and jump ''This position, this timing, this angle... dead on!'' Kageyama thought as he absorbed the ball and toss the ball at high speed towards Hinata''s hand And it was at that moment, Kageyama unconsciously gasped as he notice a figure chasing Hinata at breakneck speed radiating intense pressure Hinata with his eyes still closed spiked the ball with all his might [Mind Block - Guess Blocking] Hinata immediately open his eyes and in his vision was a tall wall and figure smirking, but there was no ball in sight... The ball collided with Kuroo''s hand before advancing straight down at high speed Nishinoya tried to dive for it but it was too fast *Thud* At that moment, the whole team of Karasuno shook at they watched the scene with their eyes widened to the limit "Oi... Daichi-san he shutdown Hinata just like that..." Tanaka spoke "Not even a chance...?" Asahi muttered in shock "..." Tsukishima looked at the scene while getting goosebumps "Heh?... So you guys can do that weirdo quick like Tsumu-chan and Samu-chan too, huh?.." Kuroo said while cracking his neck with a smile, "But it''ll take more than that ya know~" Hinata, who was still shocked as this was the first time someone block his quick that easily, looked at the place that the ball landed as he clenched his teeth as he said to Kageyama, "One more" The ball is then served, Nishinoya receives, Kageyama jumped up and set another quick towards Hinata''s hand *Thud* And the same thing happened again... "One mo-" But before Hinata could finish Shou interrupted with a sigh, "Haizz c''mon Shrimpy, use your head a bit and give up, this guy is known as one of Top Blocker of this country, he shut you down easily not once, but twice in a row on your first meeting, unless you find another way to fight, you''re not going to get past him even once, and not to mention surpassing someone like Ushijima in your region would be impossible if you continue like this" "OI WHA-" When Tanaka was about to start shouting, Kazuto suddenly released his suffocating pressure as he spoke, "Don''t interrupt... this is important, not only for him, but for your team as well..." Shou then turn to Kageyama and spoke, "And same to you emo-boy, I''ll be honest right now, if you aren''t even able to work with this shrimpy here and the rest of the Karasuno team to find new different and effective ways to fight against the Monsters of this Generation, there''s no way in hell you''re going to surpass or even get on the level of Oikawa nor Atsumu, the process of you bringing 120% potential out of your team starts with you bringing 100% out of them first, engrave those words into your mind..." ''As I thought this quick isn''t going to work against strong opponents like them'' Hinata thought as he started sweating anxiously he then looks at Shou, Kazuto, Kuroo, and Bokuto, ''but... isn''t this just too a bit too much..? They''re too strong...'' ''Find the solution or else there''s no...way...in hell...?'' Kageyama thought as he engrave Shou''s words into his mind "Ahh c''mon let''s continue, and stop with the gloominess!" Bokuto shouted as he threw the ball to Kazuto who then proceed to walk to the service line ''Training them is going to be a lot harder than I expected'' Shou sighed "Alright! Serving!" Kazuto shouted before throwing the ball up Kazuto ran, did his approach, and kicked off the ground with a thunderous boom, he then slammed his hand into the ball with all his might The ball immediately vanish into thin air before materializing right in front of Nishinoya ''Isn''t he a Libero? What kind of shit did we get into...?'' Daichi thought "Hu" Nishinoya exhaled as he let the impact of the ball absorbed into his platform and and received it high up for Kageyama "Setter guy! Send it!!" Bokuto shouted as he got ready to do his approach "Ah yes!" Kageyama said before jumping up and set a ball with perfect height but it was a bit too close to the net to Bokuto "Not bad! Now... Hinata watch and learn!" Bokuto said as he did his approach, kicked off the ground into the air and smashed the ball with all his might "Ugh god... the humiliation..." Kuroo sighed as he jumped up and reached his hand and cover the path of the ball, "Say that after getting a better set, dumbass!" "Tch.." Bokuto clicked his tongue as he predicted this and rebounded the ball off of Kuroo''s hand and back to himself "One more one more!" Bokuto shouted as he volley the ball back to Kageyama Kageyama who was a bit annoyed from Kuroo''s previous comment jumped up and set the ball back to Bokuto with perfect height and position "There we go!" Bokuto shouted as he started sprinting for his approach and leaped off the ground and met with Kuroo once more "UUUOOORA!!" Bokuto shouted as he slammed the ball pass Kuroo''s arms with his Super Line Shot "Woah!!" Hinata shouted in admiration "Tch.. lucky bastard.." Kuroo clicked his tongue as he looked at the ball zooming pass him, "KAZUTO!!" "Yeah yeah I got It, I got it" Kazuto spoke as he dived for the ball and received it perfectly to Akaashi "Akaashi!" Kuroo shouted as he did his approach "Kuroo-san!" Akaashi toss the ball with medium height and a bit away from the net ''A first tempo?!'' Bokuto thought as he quickly jumped up to block Kuroo instead smirked as he stopped his approach right under the ball as he looked at Bokuto "Geh! A delay?!?" Bokuto shouted in surprise "Dumbass..." Kuroo spoke as he jumped up and watched Bokuto descending down before smashing the ball with all his might "Grr!" Nishinoya clenched his teeth as dived for it and slid his hand right under the ball before it hits the ground "Nice save Noya! Setter-kun send it again!" Bokuto shouted "Oi Kuroo... You smell that?" Shou asked "Yeh... smell like scheme.." Kuroo smiled as his years of experience is telling him Shou is about to do something [Operation: Bird Cage] "Mark that shrimpy... I''ll deal with this this lil shit..." Shou whispered "Akaashi fall back!" Shou shouted "Ah yes" Akaashi responded before falling back like instructed "Kazu!!" "Alright I gotchu!" Kazuto shouted back as he moved forward fully knowing their intention Kageyama quickly observed the situation to see which is the best course of action And it was at that moment, chills ran down Kageyama''s spine and his breathing became unstable as he felt the suffocating aura of the two blockers behind him devouring the entire court [Try and set it to the shrimpy, I dare you... I''ll show you what a true Unbreakable Wall looks like... ] [Do it.... step into my domain....Then, I shall allow you to witness the true might of the Absolute Monarch...] "what suffocating pressure..." Tsukishima muttered as he felt the goosebump rising on his body ''They''ll be shut down...my guts are telling me that''ll be the fate of whoever I''m setting it to...'' Kageyama thought in a panic as he bit his lip in annoyance Kageyama jumped up as he was still contemplating on who to set it to ''To who?!?! To who?!?!? Hinata? Bokuto-san? Hinata? Bokuto-san??.....huh...?'', Kageyama thought in confusion as he suddenly saw the two blocker split up at breakneck speed and dash towards the two spikers ''there are no more options left... they''re both ready to shut down anyone of them'' Kageyama thought in despair, but that despair soon turned into hope as he noticed, ''Ah... wait...the front is open...'' Kageyama as he reached the ball he immediately dump the ball into the opponent''s court But soon Kageyama realized that was just False Hope, a trap. "Hahaha! Thanks for the free ball....Kageyama..." Kazuto said with smile as he took a step forward and receive the ball with ease ''It was a trap...'' Kageyama thought as he clenched his teeth and blamed himself for falling for that "Shou! end it!" Kazuto shouted "Shou-san!" Akaashi called out before setting the ball high and close to the net "I feel kind of bad for pushing you into a corner like that so I''ll compensate for that" As Shou ended his speech, he released his entire suffocating aura that he have been containing, and as his aura oozed out, the entire gym trembles and shivers ran down the players'' spines "Still scary as ever huh?" Katsuki muttered with a smile "Shou-chan truly is an Asura on the court.." Hisoka smiled before going back to chasing Kenma on all fours, "keuk keuk keuk kekkekekek" "..." Kaneki looked at the white-haired player known as the Monarch before his lip curled up into a smile "One-Hundred Percent..." Shou muttered as he kicked off the ground with a thunderous boom and ascended beyond the Blockers ''Oh fu?k...'' Bokuto cursed internally Shou then slammed his hand into the ball with all his might causing it to dissipate without a trace Then silence remains "W-where is the b-" *KABOOM* It was at that moment the ball that was flying at a speed that almost surpass the sound barrier finally materialized with itself embedded into the ground and the sound of thunder reverberated throughout the gym "Karasuno the Fallen Crows... after the matches meet us for training in the 3rd gymnasium... if you don''t want to be left in the dust by the other Monsters" Shou spoke before walking off the court along with Kazuto "Ah shit Coach is gonna kill me! SHUU STOP BREAKING FUKURODANI''S BALLS DAMN IT!!" Bokuto shouted as he picked up the deflated ball from the ground "My bad, my bad" Shou said with a shrug "Kekeke let me see that shit" Kuroo said as he walked over the other court and took the deflated ball from Bokuto''s hand, "Jeez... if you don''t train enough, you could probably crack a bone or two trying to block or receive this..." Nishinoya looked at the area that the ball landed before clenching his teeth as he finally understand the gap between him and Kazuto, ''What was that...? I couldn''t even see it... And you''re telling me Sensei can go against that...?'' ''Truly... Its suffocating... the might of the Absolute Monarch... ah what is this...? I''m shaking...?'' Kageyama was lost in his thought and didn''t even realized his hand was shaking violently ''I need.... to get stronger... much... much stronger... then one day... I swear... I''ll be able to endure against their aura devouring me...'' Kageyama declared in his mind ''Such overwhelming power and presence...'' Hinata thought as he looked at Shou''s back, ''Its... exciting...'' But then Hinata suddenly remembered a more suffocating pressure and aura that he felt a while back when he first witness the silver and gold electricity dancing around the Monarch during the Monster Generation Gathering, ''He didn''t use the full extent of his power yet... ah god... stronger... stronger... I need to get stronger... I need... Power... '' It was at that moment, although it was faint, the Hungry Beast that was sleeping within Hinata and Kageyama definitely and undoubtedly twitched "Well... let''s get started shall we.." Shou said as he gestured for Kuroo to hand him the inflated ball, who then proceed to toss it to him Then suddenly the door to the gymnasium slammed open violently and the loud voice resounded throughout the gym "GOOD MORNI-" Before Oikawa could finish an deflated ball was thrown at his face leading him to fall onto his back "Stop slamming the damn door open like that! Learn some proper manner, idiot" Shou sighed "OIKA!! STOP TRYNA BREAKING THE FUCKING DOOR!!" Bokuto shouted as pounced on Oikawa and put him in a headlock "T-Thanks..for.. having u-us!!" Iwaizumi spoke with a tired expression along with his teammate as they arrived in front of the door "AHH IWAI-KUN... eh? why do you look so tired?" Bokuto suddenly asked noticing the state that he was in "I don''t know, maybe some piece of shit barged into my house at and 2 in the fu?k?n? morning, woke me up, called me Daddy, meowed at me and I had to take care of him" Iwaizumi said as he glared at Oikawa, who was purposefully adverting his gaze somewhere else "Man! What an imagination you have there, Iwai-kun AHHAHAHAHAHAH" Bokuto said as he patted Iwaizumi''s back not really believing his words "Excuse us..." a voice suddenly resounded out from behind Aoba Johsai team "Tch Ushiwaka-bastard..." Oikawa muttered in annoyance as he stood up while tossing the deflated ball back to Shou, "Alright! Let''s warm up" "THANK YOU FOR HAVING US!" Shiratorizawa shouted as Aoba Johsai moved out of the way to do their warm up "Uwah... it seems that the two Kings in our prefecture are here..." Daichi spoke to his team and get their attention, "Alright guys, it seems that the matches are about to start, let''s warm up!" "Fufufu it seems the teams are here" Nekomata said while walking out to the court with the coaches, It seems that we can start" "Kuroo! Do your thing!" Shou shouted across the court as he walked over to Bokuto "Alright I got it!" Kuroo shouted back as he walked into the equipment room "Bokuto... I want you work on your control, accuracy, observation, and instinct... use only 50%-60% of your power, you are only allowed to avoid blockers which means no block-out, and you can only use your Straights (Line Shot) and Cross (Inner Shot), but as I said before keep your power to only 50%-60%" Shou said "Eh?!? But I wanna smash through all of those blockers with my full strength!!" "The success rate of your Straights (Line Shot) and Cross (Inner Shot) at max power currently is around 67%, and that''s disgustingly low.." "Geh!" Bokuto unconsciously spat as he twitched from Shou''s last comment "This camp is the perfect time for you to work on getting that success rate up to at least 75% and if you''re hopeful and working hard enough maybe even 80%, got it?" "Haizz Alright... but when can I increase my power" Bokuto sighed and asked "Don''t worry about that, I''ll tell you when it''s the time" Shou spoke before he walked over to Oikawa who was warming up "Oikawa, I would say that your setting technique are perfect now, but you''re too simple and too easy to read.."Shou said as he crouched down "What do you mean?" Oikawa asked back in confusion "Your style currently is all about giving the spiker the best set possible for them and leaving it up to them, it''s just too simple and you know damn well that''s not gonna work if you''re gonna be going up against a blocker like Kuro, who''s every spikers'' worst nightmare" "Hmm, I see where you''re coming from, but what should I do?" Oikawa questioned "Find more ways to fight as a setter..." "Like what?" "That''s for you find out in this camp, dumbass" Shou said as he smacked Oikawa''s head before moving on to his next target "Tch! What was that for!" Oikawa shouted in annoyance before his mouth curled up into a smile "Ushijima" Shou called out "What is it?" Ushijima asked as he turned around meeting Shou "Alright I''ll get straight to the point, your spiking technique right now are great, but your straights and cross are weak, your blocking skills overall are kind of ?ss" Shou said with no hesitation which made Ushijima''s eyes twitched "S-So what should I do?" Uahijima said as he forced a smile through his gritted teeth "For blocking technique you should train them with someone that could teach you a thing or two about what to do to improve that, for your spiking, you have to remember physical capabilities aren''t the only ways to increase your strength, technique are also important. That''s all I''m gonna tell you, you have to find the answer for yourselves" Shous said before walking away "Hehhh~ Wakatoshi-kun it''s really interesting, I always see him just straight up shit on your skills, but you never retaliate back, you just continue to listen" Tendo commented "Although I have to admit that I have a large pride and ego, but it''s not enough to the point where I would miss out on the opportunity and knowledge to get stronger, because I have to get stronger...and truly... his... no, their advice and skills had never cease to amaze me, and I could proudly say that the reason I am as strong as I am today was because of them, Asata Shou and Hiroshi Kazuto" Ushijima said with grateful smile "Alright everyone!!!" Kuroo who was standing next to a covered white board shouted catching the attention of all of the players on the court, "Welcome to our Golden Week Training Camp, On behalf of Nekoma High and Fukurodani Academy I would like to thank everyone for coming to this camp. Let''s have fun playing volleyball" It was then a round applause resounded throughout the gymnasium after Kuroo completed his speech Then Kuroo proceed to reveal the white board content "As we have the required amount of team here, we''ll proceed with the rotation matches, the matches will only be a one set game and these will be the first two match that will start off our camp with" Matches: Karasuno vs Fukurodani Shiratorizawa vs Aoba Johsai "Fucking great... I was looking forward to this.." Oikawa said with a bloodthirst smile as veins started bulging out of his forehead "And let me remind everyone of the punishment for losing" Kuroo lip suddenly curled into an evil smile, "1 ??p around Fukurodani''s campus that''s so huge that its even bigger than your mom''s fine a- I mean it''s pretty huge... and you have to be in Full Sprint..." "Any question? Nope? Alright great let''s start everyone!" Kuroo spoke before moving back to Nekoma The team all went to the court where their match would take place, did their warm up, and got ready to play against each other "Alright! Karasuno!" Shou said as he slip onto the bench next to Coach Ukai while Karasuno was having their discussion before the match "What are doing here, brat?" Ukai asked, "and also during the talk with the old shitty cat over there, he said that this camp was mostly meant for us, what does that mean?" "It means exactly what it means... this camp was meant for you to get stronger, for the reason? You don''t have to worry about it, just know we''re helping you to be stronger.." "Now Karasuno" Shou spoke as he looked at all of the players of Karasuno with a vicious smile that sent chills down their spines, "I''ll give you a heads up that the training that you will go through in this camp would be so difficult that it will even make the thought of dying much more pleasurable..." It was a that moment that shivers ran down the players'' spine as they began to sweat violently at the thought "Great, it seems that you guys a ready" Shou said with light smile, "now.... the first Level of Hell that you will be going through in this camp is: [Stamina Training]" Shou then proceed to raise his hands up and point at Fukurodani, "Your objective is to try and survive against the weakened Bokuto, while trying to score at least 10 points.... while Kazu on the court that is..." The team immediately turned their head over to Kazuto who returned with smile while slowly releasing his suffocating pressure which got the Karasuno to sweat even harder "Asata-san does the opponent''s s-" "Ah right, now that reminded me, no, opponent serve misses does not count..." "Anyways, Welcome to Hell..." Shou said with a smile ¡ª- [A/n: hey guys, back with another chapter, this one was pretty so I hope it wasn''t too boring, but right now I am tired as shit and I want to yeet my math teacher through the damn screen. I know that the chapter update is slow, I already mentioned it in the last chapters, but, I just wanna say sorry for that, and thank you for you patience Goodnight ??] Chapter 28 - Golden Week Training Camp (3) "Ha..ha.. w-what.. the hell" Tanaka muttered tiredly under his breath as he gritted his teeth and spiked the ball "C''mon! C''mon! Karasuno! Your spikes are getting weak! Even my cat can spike better than this and he''s the biggest fatass I know!" Kazuto shouted as he dived and hit the ball up with ease "Bokuto-san" Akaashi called as he tossed the ball up for Bokuto Bokuto stepped forward and did his approach before kicking off the ground and meeting with a two-man blocker ''What''s it going to be? a straight or a cross..?'' Nishinoya thought as licked his lip Bokuto observed the blockers, before twisting his arms and smashing the ball from the side and performed his Super Inner Cross "Grr" Nishinoya gritted his teeth as instinctively dived for it and b?r?ly got his hand under it "Sorry! it''s off!!" Nishinoya shouted "Noya!! I told you!! Read the spiker and anticipate where the ball is going to land! So that you don''t have to have your instinct fully take over and control your entire play, it''s going to cause some of your movement to be a but sloppy and not as accurate!!" Kazuto pointed out, "If this shitty horned owl bastard was using full power, the ball would''ve hit the ground before you even got there!" "Yes, Sensei!!" "Who''s the Shitty Horned Owl Bastard?!?" Bokuto shouted "Shitty Horned Owl Bastard!! You''re hesitating to hit it in a steeper angle!! Stop being a puss?!!" Shou shouted from the sideline "Karasuno Blockers and Receivers! Read and cut off the spikers'' options, if you don''t figure out how to do that your stamina, especially Noya''s stamina, is going to drop as fast as Kazuto''s fatass cat when he jumps from the second floor!" Shou shouted ignoring Bokuto "God damn! That''s a fatass cat!!" Oikawa shouted from the other court as he set the ball up for Iwaizumi "Oika!!! I can predict your set faster than I could spot Kazuto''s fatass cat who takes up 1/8 of the space in his living room, and that''s understatement!" Shou turned around and shouted "Guys! can we stop bullying Kazuto''s fat ?ss?" Hisoka shouted across the court "Um¡­ Hisoka-san do you mean his¡­ fatass cat¡­?" Kuroo asked nervously "Did I stutt- Ohh¡­ we were talking about his cat.." Hisoka said in realization "¡­" "They''re both fat anyways¡­" Hisoka muttered to himself "Hey! I heard that!" Kazuto shouted, "Thanks for your compliment, but Kenma is in that shed right there, now can we drop the topic about my fat ?ss?" "AHHHHH FUCK YOU KAZUTOOOOOO!!!!!" Kenma bursted out of the shed and started running away "What is going on¡­?" Daichi muttered with genuine confused tone as he looked around the gym "Heads-up, Captain!!" Hinata warned "Ha-" before Daichi could respond, Bokuto performed his signature Line Shot and the ball flew at high speed collided with Daichi''s face and flew back up "Shitty Horned Owl Bastard!! I told you stop being a puss?!! Rotate more of your body and torso to get that sharper angle!! That''s no different from a straight!!" Shou shouted once again, "I know all of you are tired, but focus!! The fatigue that''s telling you to stop? The pain that spread all around your body? The distraction and the noise around you? They don''t matter! nothing else matters other than your own battle! immerse yourselves in the game, and surpass your limits right here, right now!" "Well said, brat.." Ukai muttered with a smile "Ayo old man, is this fine to let these guys coach the team?" Keishin asked with a bit of concern "It certainly is hectic but they sure do know what they are doing¡­" Ukai answered, "And also I really wouldn''t want to waste my breath to scream at these brats to tell them what they need to do" Fukurodani defeated Karasuno after a while, and the Karasuno''s team who ran out of stamina all collapse on the court "Man I don''t even wanna count how many time my spike got received.." Asahi sighed as he looked at his trembling hand "That''s Sensei for you HAHAHA" Nishinoya laughed as he smacked Asahi''s back ''We only managed to get 12 points on the board¡­. And half of them was from the opponents'' missed serve, so we havent even meet our goal¡­'' Kageyama thought as he chug down the water from the bottle ''it seems their Ace is not even using his full power¡­.If he was, I''m not even sure if we could even get 10 points on the board before they completely wipe us out¡­.This is not good¡­'' Daichi thought as he looked at the state of his team It was at that moment at Hinata who was sitting on the bench suddenly stood up and walk towards Shou He bowed before speaking up, "Please Shou-san train me, I want to become stronger¡­" This cause the Karasuno team to be surprise for a second before smiling because it''s just Hinata being Hinata Shou looked at the Orange haired player in front of him for a second before he spoke, "You''re still too weak, your fundamental is trash, your technique and technical skill is that of a lower intermediate player so practically almost a beginner, your combination weirdo quick is alright but if you just meet the right opponent, you''re basically done for ¡­" Hinata gnashed his teeth as took in all of the harsh words that came out of Shou''s mouth, but it was then that he felt a pat on his head "Oi Karasuno!! Let''s go!! You got to complete your punishment!!" Kazuto shouted Karasuno realizing that they still had to do their punishment all cursed in their mind, ''SON OF A B-'' At the same time Shiratorizawa and Aoba Johsai also finished their match with Aoba Johsai as the result "Oi oi!! Sho-chan Kazu-chan wait!!" Oikawa shouted as he caught up with them to complete his punishment along with his team Ushijima, noticing that they were doing their punishment, followed along as well "Let''s do some warm up shall we?" Kuroo stretched his back before following along with Bokuto as well ¡ª- "Hey um uh Hiros-" "Just call me Kazuto" Kazuto interrupted Daichi before he could continue "Nah I just prefer to complete the punishment after each match with the opponent team, it''s refreshing I guess" Kazuto answer as he picked up the pace ''I''m just so sure if refreshing is a good word to describe this punishment of sprinting around this big ?ss campus to be honest'' Daichi sighed "Alright if anyone of you wants to push yourself a bit we''ll take a detour! if not you guys can continue the normal route!" Shou shouted as he turn away from the original route, "Pick up the pace cause I''m not gonna slow down and wait for you lot" Shou then proceed to push his speed to the limit and started sprinting at max speed, and Kazuto following next to him with the determination to surpass his speed ''Geh!!! They''re fast!!'' Hinata and Kageyama both thought as they quickly try to pick up the pace "Excuse me" Ushijima spoke as he easily and swiftly surpass the duo and went ahead "Ushiwaka!! You bastard!! It''s time for you to taste defeat!!" Oikawa shouted, bursting past Hinata and Kageyama before chasing Ushijima at breakneck speed "Tche, it''s pointless¡­ Oikawa¡­" Ushijima mocked before increasing his speed "Oh we''ll see about that you shithead!" Oikawa shouted and gnashed his teeth as his determination flared "Don''t be discourage" a voice suddenly resounded out next to them The duo turned to see Kuroo easily running along with their pace b?r?ly breaking a sweat "They''ve been put through various intense training set up by Shou and Kazuto, in terms of speed, you need some more time and training to be able to catch up with them" Kuroo said with a smile as he looked ahead, "So don''t feel discouraged and just keep moving forward" "A-Ah YES!" Kageyama and Hinata shouted "Uhh Kuroo-san, what kind of detour is this? Isn''t this outside of the campus?" Kageyama asked as he noticed the scenery around them began to change to that of a forest "This area is the mountain behind Fukurodani''s campus, now¡­don''t faint after seeing this alright, cause that''s for after you reach the finish line" Kuroo spoke as he pointed ahead "Welcome to Fukurodani''s 1000 Steps of Hell, around 500 steps leading up to the top of the mountain and 500 steps leading down the mountain, the steepness is no joke, it''s enough to make you shit yourself on sight, although the path back isn''t that bad in terms of steepness the terrain is rough, and you still have to be in full sprint, it''s a trip to Hell and back. turn back now¡­ it''s your last chance¡­" Kuroo said with sly smile "OI KUROOOO RACE ME!!!" Bokuto shouted as he quickly ran ahead and up the mountain "AH YOU SON OF A BITCH THAT''S CHEATING!!" Kuroo shouted before increasing his speed and chased after Bokuto Hinata and Kageyama stopped in front of the start of the steps up the mountains and looked up at the steepness and steps leading to the top All six of the players were vigorously climbing the steps with Shou and Kazuto at the front who showed to sign of slowing down "These guys are monsters¡­"Kageyama uttered "Yeah" Hinata showed a grin, "Kageyama! Let''s not waste any seconds of this camp!" "Yeah, like he said, let''s surpass our limits right here, right now" Kageyama said as a vicious smile appeared on his face "Hey, wanna race?" Hinata suggested "Alright, let''s race to Hell and back" "3" "2" "1" And so the the duo began sprinting up the mountain with max speed "The score was 1576-1575 for me was it?!?" Kazuto shouted in the middle of their climb "Bullshit! It was 1576-1575 for me!! I won the last one" Shou shouted back with a smile "Oh yeah¡­ you did¡­ Fuck.." Kazuto cursed with wry smile "it doesn''t matter if any of us is in the lead, we both hate losing a point don''t we?" Shou viciously smiled "Damn right" Kazuto return a vicious smile of his own Sparks were flying through the air as the two continued motivation flared and their speed increase once again "Tch" Ushijima clicked his tongue and tried to increase his speed as he watched the gap between him and the two widen once more "Truly, they''re monsters among monsters¡­" Oikawa uttered from close behind surprising Ushijima who thought that he had increase the distance between him and Oikawa by a huge margin already "Surprise¡­" Oikawa let out a smirk before bursting forward pass Ushijima and increased his speed "Interesting¡­" Ushijima muttered under his breath as he showed a vicious smile before pushing his speed to its absolute limit "HEY HEY KUROO HOW ABOUT A BET? WHOEVER LOSES SHOULD BUY THE OTHER A DRINK!!" Bokuto shouted confidently "HOW ABOUT I SHOVE SAID DRINK UP YOUR ASS FOR THAT UNFAIR HEAD START!" Kuroo who was tailing behind Bokuto shouted back "HAHAHA damn this is refreshing, don''t you agree?" Bokuto said as he looked at the scenery "Tch, can''t disagree with that. But HEY DON''T IGNORE ME YOU CHEATER!!" Kuroo smiled as he once again increase his speed to catch up with Bokuto ¡ª- "Ahh here they come~" Yukie muttered as she took out her phone while watching the two figure approaching at high speed from the distance "GRRR!!" Shou and Kazuto gritted their teeth as they dash through the finish line ""Who won?!?"" The two immediately dash towards Yukie to see the result "Hmm I''m not sure either¡­ it was really close" Yukie spoke as she play back the video on her phone "Uhh AHHH right there!!" Kazuto shouted as he stop the video at a specific point "AHHH FUCKKK DAMN IT!!!" Shou cursed while falling on to his bu?? as the result was revealed "HELL YEAHH!!!" Kazuto cheered It was at that moment the two suddenly felt a cold sensation stinging their cheeks "Shit that''s cold!" They both shouted as they backed away just to see Kyouko holding out two bottle of sport drink "You guys really don''t know when to stop" Kyouko sighed "Boys will be boys hehehe" Yukie chuckled as she sat on the entrance of the gymnasium "Thanks, huu I''m dizzy" Kazuto took the drink before he went and sat next to Yukie "Here" Yukie said as she handed him a towel "Thanks" Kazuto cheerfully took the towel and wipe off his sweats "I''m tired" Shou sighed as he took Kyouko''s hand that''s holding the drink and pulled her down next to him and leaned on her for some support "Ah! Y-You''re sweating you i-idiot" Kyouko exclaimed as her face turn red because of his unexpected action "Ehehe Sorryy¡­ but I can''t can''t control my body anymoreee¡­ let me be for a few minutess" Shou lazily spoke while smiling "Tche, damn couple¡­" Kazuto muttered under his breath with a smile before turning to Yukie just to see her looking back at him while blushing and with a look that seems to indicate that she''s expecting something "Hm? You need something Yukie?" Kazuto asked in confusion "Uwah ah¡­. n-no nothing¡­" Yukie blurted out as she advert her gaze "Hm?" Although still confused Kazuto shrugged it off "Hehe¡­Dense motherfucker¡­" Shou whispered to Kyouko with a smile "Eh¡­ I never knew Kazu was this dense¡­ I guess I overestimated him a bit¡­" Kyouko whispered back "HEY! I don''t know what you guys are talking about over there but it''s definitely not something good!" Kazuto shouted as he point at the couple "Heh¡­ he didn''t hear us" Shou whispered as he revealed a smirk "He wouldn''t understand anyways¡­" Kyouko whispered back with a smile "Ah! Oikawa and Ushijima are coming" Kazuto, ignoring the two, said as he looked at the duo who is approaching "Grrr" the both clenched their teeth as they both dash towards the finish line "Ha¡­ha¡­who¡­won?" Oikawa asked as he was gasping for air "Hmm¡­ it was pretty close but it''s Ushijima''s victory this time" Kazuto answered as he sip on his drink "Ugh Fuck!" Oikawa cursed as he flopped on to the ground while Ushijima walked into the gym "Man what a warm up th- Ouch! Damn that hurt!" Oikawa shouted as a sudden cramp ?ssault his hamstring "Don''t curl your leg like that dumbass" Shou spoke as he stood up to stretch before pulling Kyouko up as well "By the way, where''s the rest?" Shou asked as he tried to find any traces of someone approaching "Not sure, I heard Kuro-chan and Kota-chan shouting from behind while running so they should be here soon, but I''m not sure about the shrimpy and Kageyama" Oikawa answered as he sit up straight "GRRR GET BACK HERE YOU DAMNED HORNED OWL BASTARD!!" Kuroo shouted from the distance "Ah, Speak of the devil" Oikawa said before stand up and heading into the gym, "I''ll get my team ready for the next match" "HAHAHAHAH FREE DRINK!!" Bokuto shouted cheerfully while crossing the finish line, jumping over both Yukie and Kazuto and continued onward into the gym "Ugh¡­. That Damned Owl Bastard" Kuroo muttered as he snatched the sport drink from Shou, drank it before throwing it back and flopped onto the ground "Alright, you damned rooster head let''s go, we''re playing Karasuno next" Shou said as caught the drink "Pull me, I''m tired¡­" Kuroo said lazily as he raised his leg "Let''s go" Shou said before grabbing Kuroo''s leg and dragging him into the gym along with him "Ah Asata-kun there you are¡­" a guy said as he peaked out from the entrance to the gym "Oh, Kita! When did you get here?" Shou asked with a surprised expression "We just got here a few minutes ago, we''re war-" "Ah!! Shou-san!! Can we play against the duo who used the same weirdo quick as us?!?!" Before Kita could finish, Atsumu interupted as he bursted out the entrance "No, we''re playing against them next, but you can meet the duo if you want, they should be coming soon" Shou said as he point behind him "Atsumu, don''t interrupt others in the middle of a conversation" Kita spoke as he gave Atsumu a look at caused chills to ran down his spine "Y-yes got it, captain" Atsumu said with a nervous smile as he start sweating ¡ª- "Alright Karasuno! Ready for your next training?!?" Shou shouted when he entered the gynasium while dragging the lazy Kuroo, "Ah right, Inarizaki! Your first opponent for the rotation matches would be Aoba Johsai. And Shiratorizawa you''re going against Fukurodani!" "Ughh¡­. My legs haven''t had enough rest yet" Tanaka and Asahi complained as he shook their legs "Say¡­ where''s Hinata and Kageyama?" Daichi asked while approaching Shou "They should be here soon" Shou spoke as he threw Kuroo back over the Nekoma''s bench "Couldn''t you be more gentle, you piece of shit!" Kuroo shouted as he rubbed his head "Ha¡­ ha¡­ I won!!" Hinata shouted as he collapsed into the gymnasium "Ugh¡­ ha¡­No I did!" Kageyama shouted back as he also collapsed into he gymnasium "Haha, damn is this yer first time attempting the Fukurodani''s 1000 Steps of Hell? Oi ''Samu, check them out! these are the guy who pulled off the same weirdo quick as us!" Atsumu called out as he pointed at the duo from behind "Yeah yeah I can see that, now get yer ?ss over here we''re playing Oikawa-san first!" Osamu shouted back as he went to do his warm up "Well, it looks like I''ll have save my greeting for ya guys for later" Atsumu spoke to the two before moving to his team''s bench, "Oika-san! Let''s go at it!!" "Oi oi! Wait, Atsumu! Osamu! Come here for a sec" Shou called out to the twin "What is it, Shou-senpai?" Atsumu asked as he approached Shou along with his brother "What''s your weirdo quick success rate currently?" Shou questioned "Uhh I would say around 71% or so whatcha think ''Samu?" Atsumu answered before asking Osamu "Hmm I would say it''s a bit lower, cause some of yer set doesn''t line up with my hand correctly and I can''t put my full power behind it, so I''m saying around 65%" Osamu answered "Ha? So it''s because of MY set!" Atsumu shouted "Shut up, I''m just saying the truth dumbass" Osamu retaliated "Now, now both of you shut up for a second. Alright let''s see¡­ first of all¡­ 65% is stupidly low" Shou said causing both of the twin to twitch,"so you guys work on your weirdo quick and try and get that success rate up, Atsumu work on your accuracy and Osamu try and learn adjust to your brother''s set if it''s off , and don''t expect almost all of his sets to perfectly appear in front of your hand, alright?" "Yes!" The twin spoke as they head back to their team After talking to the twin Shou turned his head back towards Karasuno "Karasuno!!" Shou shouted as he caught the Karasuno''s members'' attention, "Your next level of this hellish training is: [Defense Training]" "Defense? Could you go into more detail?" Daichi asked "It''s simple, we will be mostly working on your defensive formation and even polish your defense and instinct, here have this" Shou said as he handed out multiple pieces of papers to Daichi, "Study it with your team when you have time, it contain a lot of effective defensive formation that I have created and picked out based on your team''s line up" "Ah¡­ Thank you" Daichi said with a surprised look as he took the papers "Ah um¡­ Asata-san, I really appreciate the fact that you are helping us to get stronger, but could we know why you are going so far for us? What do you gain from all this?" Tsukishima asked warily as he approach Shou "It''s simple¡­ I- no¡­ we just want another worthy opponent other than ourselves" As soon as Shou spoke those words the monsters all stop in their track as they turned their head towards the player that was known across Japan as the Monarch of the Court, "Another opponent that is also capable of pushing us to the limit, cause adrenaline pump through our body with just the thought of facing them. Just an opponent worthy enough for us to fight till we collapse with a vicious smile on our faces¡­" ''They''re truly different from all of the players I''ve known'' Kageyama thought as an excited smile crawled up his face "And its not just you guys that we''re helping, all of the players that are gathered here are potential [Worthy Opponent], it''s just that you guys are currently at the bottom of the food chain right now, and that''s why we''re pushing you guys so hard" Kazuto said with a smile "¡­" Hinata stared at Shou as his hunger for power continued to grow "Tche¡­ damn they just called everyone in this gym [weak] just like that or as they would phrase it ''unworthy''" Oikawa muttered with a smile on his face as he looked up at the ceiling, "Just watch me, Monarch¡­ Guardian¡­ One day I''ll be strong enough to become a [Worthy Opponent] "¡­" Ushijima listened with clenched fist before turning back to his team "Just a mere unworthy insect huh¡­?" the corner of Atsumu mouth curled up into a bloodthirsty smile as muttered, "One day¡­ I''ll show you what this mere unworthy insect can become¡­" "Anyways let''s get back to training everyone!" Shou spoke before turning back to Karasuno, "Alright, now¡­ in your next training, us Nekoma have a lot of combination attack and strategy line up for you guys to taste, and your job is to respond to it by defensive formation that you see fit to defend our attack, and also sometimes I''ll spike directly towards one of you, for you to defend, is that clear?" "Yes, we''ll be in your care!" Karasuno team shouted "And don''t worry I''ll give you guys pointers along the way" Shou said with a bright smile ''He seems nice¡­ maybe, he''s not like that crazy training sadist like that Kazuto from Fukurodani¡­'' Some of the Karasuno member thought with a relief expression It was at that moment that Shou''s expression morphed as his bright smile turned to that of a chilling one before he spoke, "And also, the woods are high quality so please¡­ don''t die on the court¡­" ''Never mind'' the Karasuno thought with a sigh ¡ª- [A/n: Hey, guys heres the new chapter, as you can see this training camp arc might be a bit slow and more detailed, so I hope you''re fine with that, but yeah, sorry for the wait and thanks for your patience Goodnight ??] Chapter 29 - Golden Week Training Camp (4) "Uwah Sakusa! Aren''t you guys supposed to come earlier?" Hoshiumi exclaimed as he noticed Itachiyama arrived at around the same time as Kamomedai "Oh¡­ hey! Hoshiumi, long time no see!" Komori who was walking next to Sakusa greeted Hoshiumi cheerfully, "Yeah we kind of got delayed cause this guy wouldn''t leave his bags behind" "Shut up¡­ it was a necessity¡­" Sakusa muttered as he began to walk cautiously to avoid any area where there might be a lot of germs "Why would he need to leave his bags behind?" Hoshiumi asked in confusion "It contained over 50 bottle of sanitizer, 40 packs of masks, and 10 pairs of gloves¡­" Komori answered "Of course¡­" It was at that moment another bus arrived next to both of their teams'' bus, it was Mujinazaka "Kiryuu-san!" Hoshiumi exclaimed as he saw Kiryuu exiting the bus, "I haven''t seen you since National where we whooped your ?sses!!" ''Such shitty words with such a innocent voice, I''m impressed..'' Usuri thought as he exited the bus after Kiryuu Kiryuu, seeing the short white seagull, sighed as he spoke, "tone it down with your senior, would you?", before going to help his team unpack The the three team finish unpacking their belonging from the bus they walked towards the gym where the training camp is going to take place "Sakusa, I''ll give you the honor of opening the door" Hoshiumi said as he stepped to the side for Sakusa "Yeah and you can go suck my d??k while you''re at it- ... germs¡­. actually no, suck someone else d??k, And I''m not touching that door until I sanitized it at least 5 times" Sakusa gracefully decline the offer "Ugh why is it so damn hard to open a fu?k?n? door, people are waiting dumbasses" Komori sighed as he walked up to the door and open it himself, "there was that so h-" "ORAHHHH!!! IS THAT ALL YOU GOT?!?!?" Kuroo shouted as he blocked the ball with a menacing face "Grrr" Nishinoya gritted his teeth as he slid his hand under the ball in a quick motion "Nice save Nishinoya-san!" Kageyama shouted as he moved under the ball and set super quick to Hinata who smashed the ball with all his might "It getting more predictable, Fallen Crows!!" Shou shouted with a smile as he reached his right hand out for a soft block The ball bounced off Shou''s hand, drastically lost it''s initial speed before bouncing back up into the air "Chance ball!" Kai shouted before receiving the ball perfectly to Kenma "Sho!" Kenma shouted as he set the ball to Shou Shou did his approach, kicked off the ground with thunderous boom before soaring high up meeting two-man block who''s forcing him to hit a straight ''Tch, what absurd level of body control'' Tsukishima clicked his tongue as he stared at the white haired monarch who is still smiling from the bench "Grrr" Daichi clenched his teeth as he dived forward to save the ball "Come on!! Karasuno move your feet!! Positioning is everything!!" Kuroo shouted "You gotta train your reaction for these type of situation, cause if your reaction is as slow as Kazuto''s pull-out game, that''s a no no!" Shou shouted with fierce amount of conviction Kuroo continued passionately, "That''s right! Reaction, speed, and coordination is everyt-" "''That''s right'' my ?ss, fu?k off ?ssholes!! I''m a pure and proud v?r??n!!" Kazuto shouted from other side of the gym in annoyance, "Just go back to talking about my Fatass cat you fu?kers!!" "What do you mean Kazuto-san?~" Kuroo and Shou asked with an innocent voice and smile, "We were talking that time we went to the shooting range" "As if I''ll take that for a explanation, you shitty bastards!!!" "Phew~" Kazuto sighed in relief as he didn''t see her anywhere in the gym "Shooting range huh?¡­Ah~ those days going around hanging out with your dear friends like there''s no tomorrow, truly¡­this is youth" The coach of Fukurodani, Takeyuki Yamiji, said with a refreshing smile "Youth my ?ss, old man! Don''t listen to those sly bastards!!" Kazuto shouted "Haizz teen these days have no respect for the senior" Yamiji sighed ''Senior my ?ss, I''m technically older than you, damned geezer¡­'' Kazuto thought in annoyance "Oh? You guys finally came" Kuroo went to greet the three team as he get subbed out for Yaku "Thank you for having!!" The three team bowed before entering the gym "Alright, before you guys go do your warm up, can I get the three captain up here?" Kuroo asked as he pulled something out from his pocket After a few moments Akichi Suwa from Kamomedai, Kiryuu Wakatsu from Mujinazaka, and Tsukasa Iizuna from Itachiyama stepped up The captains then proceed to each grab one and watched the result "We''re safe" Kiryuu said as he held up his popsicle stick "Well I guess we''re playing together" Suwa said as he held out his hand "Good luck" Iizuna said before taking the handshake "Oi Sakusa, we''re against each other first, let''s do our best" Hoshiumi spoke before lifting his hand up to pat Sakusa''s back But before any contacts were made, Sakusa dodge Hoshiumi''s hand and quickly spun his body, using the momentum caused Hoshiumi''s missed attack against him, he quickly sweep Hoshiumi''s legs causing him to fall face first on to the ground Then Sakusa proceed to whip out his sanitizer and sprayed Hoshiumi''s hand from all angle before grabbing it and smiled, "Yeah, let''s do our best" "Damned¡­. GERMAPHOBE BASTARD!!" Hoshiumi shouted as he got up to chase Sakusa "C''mon quiet down guys!" Suwa shouted at the two "Oi Korai¡­" Hirugami called out while doing his warm up "What is it?" Hoshiumi asked "Look" Hirugami said as he pointed at court 1 Hoshiumi followed his finger as he watched a short orange haired boy dodging the blocker before running to the other side and jump before swinging his arm "What is he do-" before Hoshiumi could finish his sentence, the ball suddenly appeared perfectly in the palm of his hand before flying at high speed towards the Nekoma''s court "You guys are too slow, plus Hinata, you''re not even aware of where you''re hitting! Too predictable!" Shou shouted as he reached out his hand and shut the ball down before it travelled any further "So they were the one with the same quick as the Miyas" Sakusa, who was doing his warm up a few distance away from the two, spoke "Wait¡­ is it just me or like was his eyes closed?¡­. Oi Sakusa! Did you see it?" Hoshiumi asked "Now that I think it about it¡­ I think it was¡­"Sakusa answered as he replay the the scene in his mind "If that''s the case, that setter is really something¡­" Hirugami pointed out "Alright! Guys time to play! let''s go" the captains of both Kamomedai and Itachiyama shouted """Yes sir!""" ¡ª- "UWAH! that was a long day, I''m tired¡­ is it dinner time y-" before Tanaka could finish he felt a hand touching his shoulder causing him to unconsciously shudder "What are you talking about Tanaka-kun¡­ dinner is in one hour.." Kazuto said with an innocent smile "B-but a-aren''t we done with the matches¡­? And isn''t it rest time?" Tanaka asked while stuttering "Hmm.. yeh we are done.." Kazuto smile then sudden morphed into a demonic one, "but it''s time for Karasuno''s special training¡­" "Please!! I beg you, have mercy!! Let us rest!!!" Tanaka suddenly dropped down in tears as he desperately cling on to Kazuto''s leg and begged for mercy "Oh don''t worry! It''s only 45 minutes of hel- I mean training, so you still have 15 minutes to rest before dinner" Kazuto reassured him "FUCKKKK!!!" Tanaka shouted in despair "Hey! Mind your language, Tanaka-ku-" *CRASH* Suddenly a loud noise resounded throughout the gym causing Kazuto to turn his attention towards the noose "How long has this shit been here? Oh¡­ Sorry! Seems like the equipment room''s door gathered a bit too much rust so it just kermit suicid3 !" Shou apologized before turning back and kicking the door to see how much it can withstand more "For fu?k''s sake ¡­.Shou! Stop breaking Fukurodani''s shit man!¡­.. and that means stop kicking it, damn it! The fu?k did it do to you" Kazuto shouted "My bad! It was looking at me funny, had to put it in it''s place!!" Shou shouted back "Haizz anyways let''s go, Karasuno!" Kazuto shouted while dragging Tanaka along "Oh right! Kazu! I won''t be there for the Karasuno''s special training, can you manage?" Shou asked "Yeh, yeh I''ll be fine" Kazuto answered ¡ª- "Ha¡­ fu?k damn it¡­ why can''t I do it¡­?" Oikawa gritted his teeth in annoyance while clenching his fingers that''s bleeding "Oika, let''s work on your two attack for now¡­ Hisoka-san''s technique isn''t something you could learn in a day" Shou spoke whole gathering all of the ball "No! I can still continue¡­" Oikawa''s voice fell into a whisper as he clutched his fingers "¡­" Shou looked at the one who being chained up by the Chains of Fate known as the Curse of the Ordinary for a moment before letting out a sigh, "fine¡­" "Alright, ball!" Shou called out before throwing the ball up for Oikawa Oikawa moved according to the ball''s position before raising his hand up above his head He then proceed to position his finger as he was taught to do, which looked a bit awkward but it was necessary to create the spin and trajectory it needs to move in the opposite direction As Oikawa absorbed the ball, his finger was suddenly ?ssault by a sharp pain, but he ignored it and continued to push the ball The ball continued to fly in the same direction as the direction he pushed it towards, another failed attempt "FUCK!!!" Oikawa shouted in frustration as he fell down while looking at his fingers which was drowning in blood and sweat, "one more¡­ just¡­ one more time¡­ It was utterly quiet for what seems like minutes before a voice broke that silence "No¡­ that''s enough Oika¡­" Shou spoke Oikawa clenched his teeth as anger began to build up inside of him, ''Why am I so weak¡­ why can''t master it¡­ why¡­ did this damned curse chose me¡­?'' Shou sighed as he approach Oikawa and sat down next to him, "You know Oika¡­ sometime you just have to remember that failure is a part of success¡­" "Must be nice being a genius huh?¡­" Oikawa who suddenly realize what he just said out-loud immediately regretted it as he quickly tried to apologize, "Sorry¡­ I didn''t mean that¡­" "It''s alright, don''t worry about it, but just hear out for sec will ya?" Shou asked "¡­" "At least answer dumbass!" Shou said as he smacked Oikawa "Sure¡­" Oikawa said as he rubbed the back of his head "That''s better¡­ Anyways, it is true that failing is not what matters, what matter is whether you''re going to get back up again, but I know that you know this already, and I also know damn well you have the mentality to not let failure get to your head, so I''m guessing something else is bothering you and causing you to be this impatient, but I''m still going to say this, it doesn''t matter if you''re a genius or not, but by all means never stop grinding, effort will never betray you" "Talent is something you bloom, Instinct is something you polish¡­" Oikawa muttered "Hard workers are admirable, no matter how much they break down they''ll still get back up again, but even if he''s a genius or not, it is the moment when they lose sight of their goal and lose the opportunity to do what they love will they truly break down into dust before scattering away¡­" "What do you mean¡­?" Oikawa asked with a hint of confusion on his face "I always see that lot of good athlete mastered the art of grinding and hard work, and don''t get me wrong, that''s a good thing, but in most cases they always forget that listening to your body is important as well, working hard is admirable, but I can''t say the same about pushing through an injury, although this might be a bit exaggerated, what if you badly sprained your finger to the point that you wouldn''t be able to set normally again? What would you do then? Would you quit volleyball?" Shou continued "No, never¡­.But I''m not really sure if I could continue to be setter at that point¡­" "Let me just remind you, hard work is everything, if you fall get back up and continue to move forward, for a diamond to become a diamond it must go through extreme pressure¡­ but if you were lose sight of your goals and what you love to do¡­you might lose your motivation to work, you might never even get back up again, and you might break under those extreme pressure¡­ " "¡­" "To reach the top you must be willing shed blood sweat and tear, but sometimes it is also necessary to make a little sacrifice out of consideration for your body who would take you to a more glorious victory" Shou said with smile "Alright I get it¡­ I''ll stop for today, it''s almost time for dinner, let''s go¡­" Oikawa sighed as he stood up and walk towards the gym''s entrance, "oh¡­ and thanks¡­ I think I really needed to hear that" "Alright let''s also get you patched up, your finger looks like its just got fu?k?d" Shou chuckled "Fucked in like fu?k?d fu?k?d or like fu?k?d up?" "Both of them fit the description and you sounded retarded" "Tch¡­ the fu?k is that supposed to mean? Pfthahahahah"Oikawa laughed [A/n: To all those athlete reading this, I''m not sure that I was able to get my message across good enough, but I hope that this message was clear and helped you in some type of way] ¡ª- After dinner was over the team were to each take a shower before going to their ?ssigned classroom where they''ll be sleeping for the night "Alright! It''s 10 p.m. Lights out everyone!" Naoi shouted from outside the classroom "Shit! Shou! I got knocked! Get his ?ss!" Kuroo shouted "Hey! Light out!!" Naoi shouted again as he knocked on the classroom door "Stop getting knocked you dumbass!" Shou shouted as he rushed towards the enemies and clear them before reviving Kuroo "They were better than I thought" Kuroo grumbled "Hey g-" "Better my ?ss, you just ate shit cause you''re ?ss!" Shou shouted "Guys c-" "Oh fu?k off I''m getting better!" Kuroo retorted "Then why the fu?k do you b?r?ly have any kills and b?r?ly does any damage even after 5 years of playing this game?!?" Shou asked "Still a fu?k?n? improvment!" Kuroo shouted "ALRIGHT LIGHTS THE FUCK OUT YOU BRATS!!!" Naoi screamed as he burst into the classroom """Yes coach¡­""" After turning off the light, Naoi returned back to his room "Tch what a party pooper" Kuroo said in annoyance as he laid there in his futon "For real" Shou agreed "Oi Yaku!" Kuroo called out "What is it?" Yaku asked "How did it go with that short haired girl from the kendo club?" Kuroo asked "Haizz It was a bust, she said that I was like little brother to her, although she didn''t admit it I feel like it was because of my height" Yaku sighed "Damn¡­that sucks" Kuroo said "It''s alright, how long has you guys been in the talking stage, like 2 months or so?" Kai conforted "Yeh you''re right it hasn''t been that long, I''m just getting depress for nothing" Yaku sighed "So what if it was short time, you were still serious about her, it alright to be sad, but don''t let your head drop for too long" Shou said with a calming voice as he was playing flappy bird on his phone "Haaah¡­ alright let''s just drop the topic, now who wants to summon the sp?rm demon with me!!" Yaku shouted cheerfully "Let''s do it!!" Kuroo shouted excitedly "THIS DAMN PEDO GOD KEEP ON FUCKING WITH ME" Shou shouted his game froze before he could get a new high score [A/n: brothers will always be there for you] ¡ª- "Hehehehkekekekekkekekekek" a n?k?d man who was watching tv in a blank white room suddenly laughed creepily ¡ª- [23:30, Nekoma Room] "¡­oi¡­ oi¡­ Shou you awake?" Kuroo whispered as he tapped Shou from behind "Yeah, can''t sleep" Shou sighed The two stared at at the ceiling in silence before Shou suddenly got up from his futon "Where are you going?" Kuroo asked "Let''s sneak out, and get some fresh air, I know a place, oh yeah also grab some snack " Shou whispered as he tried to avoid the sleeping member and silently left the room Kuroo followed from behind with a bag of snack and they left the classroom without anyone waking up "Where are we going?" Kuroo asked "The rooftop, it''s breezy and view is nice" Shou answered "Wait aren''t the doors locked though? And what about the surveillance? " "Yeah, last time I checked one of the entrance''s lock is broken so we should be able to get in, and also there''s no camera on the rooftop, so its alright I guess" The two walked in silence for a while before they noticed a presence from around the corner "Oika?" Kuroo called out softly as he turned the corner "Huh? Sho-chan, and Kuro-chan? What are you guys doing here?" Oikawa asked as he noticed the two after washing his hand "We couldn''t sleep so we decided to sneak to the rooftop to get some fresh air, wanna join?" Shou suggested "But the time is already almost tw-" "Ah save that bullshit for later, let''s go" Kuroo interrupted Oikawa before dragging him along ¡ª- "Yup, the lock is still broken" Shou muttered as the door open with slight creaking sound The three all entered the rooftop, and what ?ssaulted them was the breeze of the silent and peaceful night aglow with the bright city light, The pale crescent moon shone like a silvery claw in the night sky, whirling clouds dancing among the wind, and the gleaming stars thats seems like scattered moondust stretched beyond infinity through the frigid moonlit night "Woah¡­" Kuroo muttered under his breath "Kuro! the snacks!" Shou who sat down on the ground while leaning onto the railing stretched out his hand signaling Kuroo to throw the bag "Oh right" Kuroo snapped out of daze as he passed the bag to Shou before sitting down along with Oikawa as well The three of them sat in silence as they relish the sight of starry, frigid night sky "Hey¡­" it was then that a voice suddenly broke the silence "Is it possible for me, a talentless player, the one chosen by that damned curse, to become a strong player¡­?" Oikawa asked as his voice fell into a whisper "No¡­" Shou then proceed to pat Oikawa''s back as he continued with a smile, "You can even be one of the greatest player in history" Oikawa looked at Shou with a hint of surprise before letting out chuckle, "Haha, what am I even thinking, that was stupid question¡­" "What''s with the solemn mood? C''mon spill it you damned son of a bitch, something bothering you?" Kuroo asked as he put Oikawa into a headlock "It''s just¡­ lately, I don''t feel myself improving at volleyball at all, and I was just thinking¡­ maybe Ushijima was right¡­ maybe my pride is hindering my growth¡­ maybe I chose the wrong p- UGH OUCH" Oikawa was suddenly interrupted as a strong impact made contact with the back of his head "Hey, look me, Oikawa¡­" Shou uttered with cold voice As their eyes met, chills ran down Oikawa''s spine, The Monarch''s expression was indifferent, but his cold, silver eyes was piercing through the darkness of the night, seething with rage Shou grabbed Oikawa by the collar as he snapped, "Don''t you ever fu?k?n? dare¡­ say that your choice was wrong¡­ you''re not improving? So what? Are you really going to admit that Ushijima is right that easily? Are you just going to to give up?" "¡­" "Oi! Shou calm down" Kuroo spoke as he was about to jump in if things escalated "ANSWER ME DAMN IT!" Shou shouted as he tighten his grip "Then what the fu?k am I supposed to do about this damnable curse?!? these fu?k?n? chains¡­ no matter how far I go¡­ they just keep on pulling me back¡­ reminding me of how talentless I am" Oikawa spoke as his heart tightened knowing that Shou would be disappointed "So what? I might not understand what it''s like to be bestowed with the Curse of the Ordinary, but to let''s mere chains control your own fate? Pathetic¡­" Shou scoffed as he let go of Oikawa''s collar "¡­" "So, what are going to do? Will you give up? Run away? And let those chains drag you around like a puppet?" Shou questioned as he gaze upon the stars "Why¡­ why are you so stubborn to make me not give up?¡­Is it¡­.pity?" Oikawa responded with a question "It''s not pity¡­ It''s faith¡­" "Huh?" Oikawa uttered as he looked at the monarch in surprise His white hair nonchalantly fluttered in the wind, His eyes pierced through the dark of the night, exuding mystical silver light, although his gaze was calming, it carried great pressure and confident "I was not lying when I said that you can be one of the greatest player in history¡­ I believe that one day¡­ you will shatter those Chains and reign over your own fate once again¡­" It was utterly silent for what seemed like hours, until the light sound of Oikawa''s clicking his tongue broke the silence, "Tch, you''re right¡­ I''m pathetic¡­ letting this curse decide my own fate¡­" "¡­" "But¡­ I''m sick of it¡­ I''m sick of these chains dragging me around, damn it!" Oikawa uttered as his rage seethed "So, what''s your choice¡­?" Shou asked indifferently ¡¸I won''t let this curse define who I am any longer, I will shatter those damned chains, and overturn my own fate¡¹The Grand Commander coldly declared as his suffocating pressure subconsciously oozed out "Good¡­" Shou muttered with a smile Suddenly, it was at that moment that the trio suddenly heard the door that leads to the rooftop creak open "We lost him¡­ Uwahhh that was close!" "Yeah, who''s fault do you think that was, you shitty owl?" "Oh please, if you dumbasses didn''t make a scene right in front of the coaches room, we wouldn''t be having this conversation" "Kota-chan? Kazu-chan? And Kyoko?"Oikawa called out in surprise "Oh, there you guys are" Bokuto sighed before sitting down with the group and grabbing a bag of chips "Man, you pieces of shits didn''t even invite us" Kazuto complained as he sat down and stole the bag of chips from Bokuto "Hey that''s mine!" "Oh fu?k off, you almost got us in trouble, and plus, should the top 3 Ace of this country be eating something this unhealthy in the middle of the night?" "Don''t give me that shit when you''re the top 1 Libero of this country, you''re just as guilty as I am, if not even more!" Bokuto retorted as he tried to snatch back the bag of chip "How did you guys know that we were here anyways?" Kuroo asked "Oh we couldn''t sleep so we were playing some board games, but then he heard your voices, so we decided to tag along" Bokuto answered as he kept on trying to snatch the bag of chips "These idiots were so loud, they even woke me up, and I ended up tagging along to see what was going on" Kyoko spoke as she sat down next to Shou before making her way into his jacket and snatched some chips for herself, "Then, they proceed to have a whole argument right in front of the coaches'' room and Coach Naoi bursted out, so we ended up running for our lives" "It wasn''t my fault! This motherfucker said something really unnecessary, and I had to said something back" Kazuto reasoned "Oh c''mon it wasn''t that big of a deal!" Bokuto retorted "Guys, shut up and just enjoy the view, you both were at fault let''s just leave it at that" Kuroo sighed as he tried to mediate "He said Harambe-sama is just a monkey, a mere monkey¡­" Kazuto said as he pointed at Bokuto It was at that moment, silence fell upon the group for what seemed like hours until a single sentence broke that silence, "tie him up¡­" "Well, well, well what do we have here?~" Kuroo said with a menacing face as he held up a bat with nails sticking out "Oi oi where the fu?k did pull that bat from?!?" Bokuto shouted as struggled to break free "My ?sshole" "Naturally¡­" "Now could you kindly repeat what you said to Kazuto-san in front of the coaches'' room?" Kuroo said with a innocent smile "Uhh I said- Oh look! Theres a JAV model!" Bokuto shouted "Where!!" Kuroo his head whipped back as fast as lightning to look for the JAV model, and it was then that he realized he''s been tricked "You dumbass, You realized you got a girlfriend right?" Shou said with a raised eyebrow "Hehe~ I''m so gonna gonna tell Atso-chan about this~" Kyoko lazily said with a smirked as she slithered deeper into Shou''s jacket to find a more comfortable position "Shut up, it was natural curiosity! Anyways¡­ this motherf-" As Kuroo turned his attention back to Bokuto who disappeared from his original position and was running away while still being tied by the rope "Come back here, you shitty owl!!" Kuroo started chasing Bokuto with his bat "Hey look! Another JAV model!" "Whe- I mean¡­ you fool! You can not outsmart me no more, as I Kuroo Tetsurou had remembered that I have a girlfriend!! Now get back here you son of a bitch!!!" "Huuu man this really give me summer vibe" Kazuto sighed "Oh I get what you mean" Oikawa agreed "Just add a bit of firework and this night would''ve been perfect" Kyoko said with a bit of a regretful tone "Hmm¡­ summer huh¡­? Oh, how about we go to the beach during summer, maybe rent a place for a few nights there" Shou suggested "Really? And firework?!?" Kyoko asked excitedly "And firework" Shou said with a smile "Hehe~" Kyoko grin happily "Ooh speaking of firework, we should also go to a destination where a firework festival is happening, haven''t to one since elementary school" Oikawa suggested "Ayo this is perfect!" Kazuto shouted as he held up his phone, "A beach, with a villa, a grand firework festival during the summer, and even a beach volleyball tournament that happens every week? God damn.." "That''s great! Then it''s all set" Shou exclaimed "Well, I guess that''s decided, let put that aside for now and relax" Kyoko yawned as she closed her eyes and used Shou''s ?h?st as her pillow "Oh right, more importantly¡­" Oikawa then proceed smack the back of Shou''s head really hard "The fu?k was that for, ?sshole!" Shou shouted as he rubbed his head "Thanks, Ya piece of shit" Oikawa said with a smile "You''re so lucky she''s holding me back like this" "I know" Oikawa said with evil smile, "Now how does feel to get smacked without a way of retaliating back kekekekekek" "Grr, Damned Shittykawa" "*huff huff* now¡­ to execute this bastard¡­" Kuroo came back while holding the tied up Bokuto who still struggling to break free from the ropes that seemed to be enhanced by double "Mhmmrrmnrn" Bokuto tried to scream with all his might through the tape as he contined to wiggle violently in Kuroo''s arm "What''s wrong with your neck?" Kazuto pointed at the red mark on Kuroo''s neck "I forced myself from whipping my head towards all direction, naturally I almost strangled myself¡­" Kuroo answered calmly "Alright then¡­ good for you¡­" "Haa¡­ huu man I''m tired from all that running" Kuroo sighed as tossed Bokuto a side and grabbed some juice to drink "Should we head back now?" Kuroo asked after he took a sip "Nah, let''s enjoy this night a little longer" Kyoko refused "How about you guys" Kuroo turned to ask the rest "I''ll stay a little longer¡­" Shou answered with a smile as he gently ??r?ssed Kyoko''s hair "Same" Kazuto lazily said as munched on some chips "Same for me" Oikawa answered "Mmmrmmmrm" Bokuto gracefully and calmly decided to stay "Thought so" Kuroo muttered with a light smile ¡ª- [A/n: Hey what''s up, everyone, thats right, its your favorite author on this site, who can''t write and upload for shit after a whole ?ss month, but yeah I''ve been really busy this past days, I grinded out this chapter, hope you all enjoyed the wholesome bonding between them, as always, thanks for you patience, I really appreciate it And¡­ Goodnight ??] Chapter 30 - Golden Week Training Camp (5) "Alright alright!! Keep it going! Great trapping!!" Shou shouted as he watch Karasuno forcing Ushijima to hit a straight "Grr" Nishinoya gritted his teeth as he dived forward to receive the ball "Nishinoya! I told you! move forward! I know you''re avoiding to do an overhand receive!" Kazuto shouted on the sideline "Yes, sensei!" Nishinoya shouted as he quickly got back into his position "Ushijima! Twist your core more! You''re not using your entire potential strength!" Shou shouted "¡­" Ushijima silently nodded as he pedaled back "Oh! Shou-chan look!" Hisoka called as he pointed at the other court "Hm?" Shou turned and followed Hisoka''s finger Oikawa perfectly stepped under the ball in a swift and quick motion "¡­" his unwavering focus and concentration sent shivers down the players'' spines including Atsumu He twisted his fingers in a unique manner before raising his hands up and absorbed the ball and pushed it towards the middle before softly calling out, "Kindaichi¡­" Atsumu, Suna and Osamu immediately reacted and jumped to block the middle "Eh¡­?" Atsumu muttered as his eyes unconciously moved around to find the sight of the ball "ORAHH!" Iwaizumi shouted as from the left side he slammed the ball down into the court of Inarizaki with no blocker stopping him "What an annoying trick¡­" Osamu muttered "Man, Oika-san! What was that?!?" Atsumu asked excitedly "Hmph¡­ that''s a secret" Oikawa smirked as he flashed Atsumu a thumbs up "The coolness from the move just now just flew out the window¡­" Kazuto sighed "He''s right, you look and sound stupid" Shou commented "Tch! Shut up!" Oikawa shouted as he grabbed the ball and walked to his serving position ''Oikawa truly is talentless but¡­'' Shou fell into a deep thought ''Although it is faint¡­ I fe-¡­ no¡­ we felt it¡­'' Kazuto thought as he looked at Shou who was zoning out, ''Maybe, just maybe, it was because of his hard work or his d?s?r? full of desperation to reach the top¡­'' ''But¡­ behind those chains, there was something or some being within him¡­ waiting for the fateful day to unleash its seething rage and hunger upon the battlefield¡­'' a vicious smile manifested on Shou''s face as he moved his gaze and met with Oikawa''s and stared into the very depth of his soul ¡ª- "Hai hai!" As lunch break approaches, Kuroo clapped his hand to get the players attention, "Alright everyone, as you know tomorrow is the last day of our Golden Week Training¡­ and as you all may have realized, in just a few weeks, every single team standing on this gymnasium will become enemies¡­" The atmosphere turned freezing cold the moment those words echoed "But¡­ we want to make things a bit interesting¡­" Kuroo revealed a sly smile, "The best way to defeat your enemies is to know everything about them, how they wield their weapons, their capabilities, how they think, many more aspect are needed¡­ and what''s a better way to do that other than working together with your enemies¡­" "That''s right as you all have guessed it¡­ we will be shuffling the teams, by positions of course¡­" Shou continued as he brought out a 4 small boxes with different labels on it (setter, outside hitter, middle blocker, and Libero) each one of them contain little pieces of papers "We''ll be deciding the teams now, after the lunch break we will continue our team rotation matches¡­ and tomorrow is the shuffling chaos¡­" Kuroo spoke as he began to randomly pick out the players and deciding the teams "Tch ???ky brats¡­" Ukai muttered with a smile ''They''re so confident that they could snatch the throne they''re even putting themselves through this¡­'' Ushijima thought with clenched fist, ''But this is a good opportunity¡­'' "Don''t regret it when we find the weaknesses of the two World Class bastards~" Oikawa jokingly said "Oh I know, stamina¡­" Tanaka graciously spoke as he clicked his finger, "no matter which player it is, they''ll run out of stamina eventually" Immediately, everyone turned their gaze and stared at him with a disappointed and pitiful eyes "If you put it in that context, then sure, but, here''s some highlights of their longest rallies to knock yourself out¡­" Nishinoya spoke as tossed Tanaka a phone "Well¡­ we got nothing left to lose anyways guys let''s take this chance" Daichi spoke to his team """Yeah!""" ¡ª- "Oi Kuro, hows the progress with that first year in Karasuno?" Shou asked as took a sip of water "Hmm¡­ honestly, it''s going alright, I understand why you see something in him¡­ he just need a little push, just something to ignite that fire within him¡­" Kuroo answered as he stretched his arms "Alright, keep an eye on him¡­" Shou spoke as he turned and walk into the third gymnasium "Tch you got someone to replace your position to block for Bokuto, be thankful you rooster haired fu?k" Shou jokingly spoke with a smile before going to the nearest vending machine to grab a bottle of apple juice and tossing it to Kuroo "Could''ve at least buy it for me after practice damn it, now it''s gonna turn lukewarm" Kuroo complained "Hey, shut up, you ungrateful shit" Shou chuckled before entering the gym Kuroo stared at Shou''s back while opening the apple juice bottle and taking a sip, ''He truly is unique, ever since we were young, I always felt something weird about him, his personality, the way he speaks, his action, his wisdom, his experiences, it was all extremely abnormal and sometime it felt inconsistent¡­'' ''I brushed it off with the half-hearted blame that his abnormality was probably because of his irregular and extraordinary talent¡­ but the more I thought about it, the less sense it began to make¡­although I know deep down, no matter what the answer is, it would never be able to create even the slightest ripple in our bond, nor would it change the fact that I will always consider him as my best friend and brother¡­ but somewhere, in the very depth of my mind, began wonder who Asata Shou truly is¡­" ¡ª- "Now, now¡­ why did you two call me out here¡­" Shou asked with arms cross as he looked at the duo Hinata and Kageyama glanced at each other and did a countdown that was b?r?ly audible before bowing and shouted, "We want to become stronger! Please, train us!" "Don''t need to shout, I can hear you¡­ idiots" Shou sighed as he face palmed himself "hmm¡­.alright, look, I can train you both right now, but, on one condition¡­" "What''s the condition¡­?" Kageyama asked warily "Both of you have to master that monster quick¡­" Shou demanded, which he got a confused gaze in return, "As of right now, I would say your quick''s sucess rate is around 83% - 91%, but¡­ that is only when the shrimpy''s eyes are close¡­ " "Does that mean¡­" "that''s right¡­ before I decide to train you guys, shrimpy have to learn to fight for himself, the Shrimpy should be the the one that control the quick, not you.." "Fight for myself¡­?" Hinata muttered "Hinata should control the quick¡­?" Kageyama asked "I''ll tell the truth right now, so¡­ don''t interupt me if I say something¡­ harsh¡­" Shou spoke as he stared at the duo which carefully nodded at his words "¡­" The two nodded in silence "¡­" Hinata silently listened "B-But¡­ inter-high is close¡­ I''m just not sure if it''s the right time to make a drastic change in the team¡­" Kageyama argued "That''s it? That''s your excuse¡­?" Shou asked with a raised eye brow before sighing, "Let me give you a piece of advice¡­ discard that way of thinking if you truly want to reach the top¡­" "What do you mean¡­?" Kageyama questioned "If you are afraid of changes, then why bother to trying to climb to the top? You''ll just stay in the same spot for the rest of your life¡­" Shou answered, "Never advert your eyes from the truth, embrace changes that you know deep down would take you to greater height, only then will find yourself viciously ascending while breaking limits after limits¡­" "¡­" "¡­" "I''ll make a prediction that I could bet my life on, Kageyama, if you continue to let your fear prevent you from embracing changes, you''ll never be able to surpass Oikawa in the future, and would ultimately be defeated by him over, and over again" "How could you know that though?!?" Hinata shouted before he quickly apologize for his sudden outburst, "Sorry¡­" "I sense a storm approaching" Shou calmly stated, "He is changing¡­ the True Oikawa Tooru will awaken very soon¡­ and when that happens¡­ you will only find yourself desperately chasing after him from behind as he slowly disappear into the distance¡­" "The true¡­ Oikawa-san?¡­" Kageyama uttered "Anyways¡­ that''s all the advice I have, what you decide to do with it is all up to you, good luck¡­ I have great hope for you two¡­" Shou waved the duo goodbye, and before they could say anything, he exited the gymnasium ''Embrace changes¡­'' Kageyama repeated the advice he received in his mind "Learn to fight for myself¡­"Hinata muttered softly "¡­" the two stood in silent for what seem like hours taking in Shou''s words until¡­ "Yosh!" Hinata shouted as he stood up straight, " Kageyama let''s do it!" "But¡­ you realize inter-high is in a few week" Kageyama reasoned as he continued to ponder over his decision "Asata-san is right, I''m sure he''s saying this for our sake" Hinata declare with a serious tone, " and plus¡­ I don''t want to keep relying on you, I want to learn to fight for myself, I want to become stronger as Hinata Shoyo and not as the ''Weirdo Duo of Karasuno'', and if it means that we will be able to take our team to greater height¡­ than I''ll gladly take any challenges and changes head-on" ''The True Oikawa Tooru will awaken very soon..'' Shou''s words replayed in Kageyama''s mind "Changes¡­ huh?" Kageyama clenched his fist before giving a determined look, "Alright¡­ let''s do this¡­ I don''t feel like losing to Oikawa-san¡­" "¡­" Shou revealed a smile as he stood outside the entrance before slowly walking away ¡ª- "Uwah! Shuu is here!!" Bokuto shouted when he noticed the figure entering the gymnasium "Finally, took you long enough, shithead, I was waiting" Oikawa spoke as he set for Bokuto "Where were you?" Kazuto asked as he casually received Bokuto''s straight "Tch! Couldn''t you at least tried to act like it was a little difficult to receive!" Bokuto complained "Oh I was giving advice to Hinata and Kageyama" Shou answered as grabbed a ball to do his warm up "Hah? Advice to Tobio?" Oikawa asked in an annoyed tone with a twitched eyebrow "Yeah yeah, sorry to make you all jealous" Shou casually remarked , "Speaking of some Karasuno first years, oi! Kuro where''s the blondie?" "Tch! He managed to slip away when I wasn''t looking, he was about to go up against Bokuto for a block for the 100th time as well" Kuroo clicked his tongue in annoyance "I told you to train him, not turning him into a blocking slave for this shitty owl, dumbass" "Eh? Isn''t that the same thing?" Kuroo asked in pure confusion "¡­" Shou stared at the rooster for a moment before going back to his warm up, "Yeah it is¡­" "Ahh, to be honest, having this much teams in training camp is tiring as fu?k" Kazuto sighed "You gonna kick us out?" Oikawa asked jokingly "I''m seriously considering it" Kazuto spoke as he cupped his chin with his hand "Hey!" "Hmm, you''re right, let''s complain to the coaches, it''s a good chance to kick these fu?kers out" Shou agreed "Assholes!" "But damn, Inter-high is approaching already¡­" Kuroo suddenly said, "And it''s our last one as well¡­" "We still have the Spring Tournament left" Bokuto reminded "Yeah, then it''s time for us to graduate¡­" Kuroo mentioned, "You guys decided what you''re going to do after graduation yet?" "Volleyball" "Volleyball" "Volleyball" "Porn direct- *slap* Volleyball¡­" "So¡­ this is why¡­" Kuroo cupped his mouth as tears flowed down his cheeks [let me wipe it] No not those cheeks you Pedo Old Man [Damn¡­] "This is why I wasn''t able to enjoy my youth¡­ it went too fast¡­ and all I can look back to is volleyball¡­" Kuroo spoke while sobbing, "Its cause I''m hanging out with you volleyball horn-dogs¡­" "You realized time flying fast meant that you''re having fun right¡­?" Oikawa asked with raised eyebrows "Shut up! It''s all volleyball!" "I mean how about some of the school events? You should find something ''youthful'' there" Bokuto asked "Nothing good comes to mind" Kuroo sighed as he laid down on the floor "Damn it, then¡­ how about the school trips? You guys went to Hokkaido and Kyoto right?" Kazuto asked "Hokkaido trip was alright but- oh.. I remember, when it was free time, Atso-chan and I were walking around and some thugs came up and tried to bother with her" Kuroo answered, "I tried to tell him to stop bothering us and all that, and didn''t wanted to get violent cause we would''ve got in trouble, but he didn''t budge, and Shou, I kid you not, this fu?ker sprinted in, wearing a mask, a hat and sunglasses while holding a meat bun in one hand, literally launched himself up, twisted his body and slammed his feet into the guy''s jaw, knocking him out, and gave that motherfucker a free trial for death" "Damn, did you get in trouble?" "Hell nah, we got the fu?k out of there real quick leaving the guy, but somehow the class prez saw us¡­" Shou answered "We didn''t get in trouble though, the class prez has quite the soft spot for Shou, you see¡­" Kuroo smirked "Well I mean I was forced by the teacher to help her a shit loads of time , even during events, the old bastard kept on saying, ''Do you know what strong boys like you should do? You should use that strength and stamina of yours to help other'' and then I''m like ''sir do you know what you sound like? You sound like a scammer who forces innocent youths into being a corporate slave¡­'' like c''mon what''s that supposed to mean?" Shou complained Kuroo''s face then distorted to that of annoyance again, "Anyways, not shits began to hit the fan in the afternoon of the first day" "Yaku, confessed to Akane, the most popular girl in our class, and let me tell you this chick could not shut the fu?k up about Yaku''s height and his cringy confession to her friend, it didn''t help the fact that she was so damn loud as well, like bro leave the dude alone he''s already suffering enough" Kuroo sighed as he continued, "Sure enough, he overheard the gossips and Akane''s conversation and we had to spend the whole day cheering him up, so we didn''t really do anything on the last day" "Hmmm¡­ what about the trip to Kyoto?" Kazuto asked "Ah, that trip was a hell of a ride" Kuroo answered "I didn''t know that 99% of our class''s male were a bunch of horny hyenas" Shou commented, "When we were in the hot spring, the guys, this fu?k?n? rooster included, went to the mixed bath and tried to peek on the girls" "Hey! Not ''the girls'' I was trying to peek on Atso-chan!" Kuroo shouted "Guys I know that I am not really the brightest here but did this dumbass just admitted to a crime?" Bokuto asked with a confused tone "Its not a crime unless you are caught" Kuroo spoke with confident "Anou~¡­. Police officer- san¡­ you see ¡­.there is a perv-" "Hold the fu?k up!" Kuroo shouted as he snatched Oikawa''s phone before he could continue "Well in this case you did get caught, and Atsoko were avoiding you for the rest of the trip out of embarrassment" Shou remarked "What? That happened?" Kuroo asked in confusion "Ah right, she did also came to me for advice, and jeez did she went off" "Eh? For real? That did she say?" Kuroo started sweating bullets "She called you all type of synonyms and slangs related to pervert and womanizing scumbag" Shou answered, "she was mad cause she thought you were peeking at other girls" "Huh¡­?" "Exactly, but I reassured her that you were only peaking at her, but she didn''t believe me so¡­" "W-wait n-no don''t tell me¡­" Kuroo nervously spoke "Yeah, I gave her your description of her body that you blurted out to me in excitement, word by word" Shou answered indifferently, "She seem quite- no¡­ she seem too ?ssured after that, and she was clearly embarrassed, but at least you got the label womanizing scumbag and any synonyms and slangs related to that out of her head" "Alright first of all womanizing scumbag doesn''t match what I was doing, second of all, you''re saying even though we''re dating, I''m still labeled as a pervert in her mind, and third of all that''s not the point here ?sshole, why''d you do that" "Well I knew she would be fine with it so why not?" Shou shrugged, "what are you even complaining about? You got a peek at your crush and even got away with it even though you got caught" "W-well¡­ uh¡­" "Pervert" Kazuto remarked casually "Alright never mind, how about Cultural festival?" "Ah right , cultural festival, Shou and I was stuck as a maid , with actual wigs and shits for our first year cause we were forced, not only that we got groped by a few perverts, which we beat up and got in trouble with our homeroom teacher" "Ah right that did happen¡­ how about second year?" Kazuto asked "I swear to god this motherfucker can not calm the fu?k down, we watched Yaku get rejected again but by same the class prez this time, oh bless his poor soul and height" Kuroo answered as he held back his tears, before his expression turned to that of annoyance, "But the thing was he confessed in the fu?k?n? morning, and in quite a public place no less" "That was stupid, we had to follow after him all day and prevent any gossips from reaching his ears while he was in a state of depression" Shou continued "I mean that sounds kind of fun to be honest" Oikawa commented, "Its like a secret mission (?)" "Nah, by preventing we meant adverting their attention, so we caused a scene every time we here some gossips about it" "Oh?" "We would do something stupid, even recreating a small scene from Romeo and Juliet, which we also used to promote our class play, but that''s not the problem¡­" Kuroo spoke as he adverted his gaze "We actually attracted a lot of customer, especially the girl who was into¡­ uh¡­ BL, this led to two problem, the girls were complaining for a refund after they saw the main actors, who was actually a guy and girl, and also rumors were circulating that we were dating for the next week" Shou sighed "Pft-¡­" Kazuto''s body shook as he tried to hold in his laugh "It''s not funny, ?sshole!" Kuroo shouted, "You know how embarrassing it was to walk through the hallway and suddenly a bunch of cute first-year girls walk up to you, you think that you''re about to start a harem or something but then a girl stepped up with her sparkling eyes and started asking you: ''Anou~¡­K-Kuroo-senpai¡­?'' I''m like ''Yes, my cute kouhai'' She''s like ''W-would y-you¡­ w-would you¡­'' ''Do not fret, please speak your mind, this dashing senpai of yours shall answer all of your worries'' ''W-would you¡­ w-would you tell me who is the bottom between you and Asata-senpai, please!'' Gah! Fuck!! We had to deal with that shit for a whole week! And Atso-chan''s head was filled with those misunderstanding by those devil incarnates!" Kuroo shouted as he covered his face in embarrassment from recalling the past "Man, you guys really had it rough huh¡­? Pffttt hahahahahhh" Oikawa laughed as he tried to comfort Kuroo "Let''s just hope the cultural festival this year goes well..?" "Anyways in conclusion all these event happens because of girls, they are core roots of misfortune and devil incarnates, thus proving that they only bring calamity to the world and the world would be a better place without them" Kuroo stated Emily~she/they~BLM ?????~ACAB~?Eat the rich?~???? panromantic demisexual nonbinary~Virgo ????~Kill all m*n ~ is typing¡­. "Shit, Kuroo! Don''t fu?k around like that!" Kazuto shouted nervously [A/n: that was a joke¡­] "Hah¡­ anyways, back to volleyball, we have the shuffle showdown tomorrow" Shou sighed before he smiled, "It''s the last day of the camp, let''s have fun before, we start slashing at each other''s throats" "Damn right, but I gotta sharpen my knife first though" Kazuto stretched as he walked onto the court "Hehe!" Kuroo chuckled, "Alright I''m in the mood now, Oi! Let''s go at it you Horned Owl Fuck!" "Alright, Oika! Set for me!" Bokuto shouted "Guys I seriously wanted to be a p?rn dir- *slap* *moan*" "¡­" "¡­" "¡­" "¡­" "*cough* ¡­. I meant after graduation, I swear, I''ll be the greatest setter and I''lll crush you guys" Oikawa spoke with a confident smile "Shut the fu?k up¡­" "Yes sir¡­" ¡ª- [A/n: Yo, it''s been a long time huh? I''ve been drowning in ?ssignments, test, and some personal business lately, but I managed to grind out this chapter, hope you all enjoyed it. It''s NOT dropped until I say so, so rest ?ssure dear readers. Inter-high is close and let me tell you, it''s gonna be a hell of a ride¡­ hopefully¡­ As always, thanks for your patience and support, I''ll try to not disappoint you all (which I probably already have) and grind out a chapter when I have time, but for now, Goodnight ??]