𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 ➥ 𝘩𝘲 𝘹 𝘫𝘫𝘬

𝐨𝐧𝐞

In the third gym, 6 people were having a game. The managers from Fukurodani interrupted their match.

"You need to wrap up soon, or else you won't get any dinner," Yukie informed the boys, who froze in fear of not being able to eat.

Hinata pouted as he was having a good time, but Kuroo told him they'll continue it tomorrow. Once they were gone, a girl appeared who entered the gym as she was instructed to retrieve a special grade object.

"Why did they even hide it here," She mumbled as her hand went under the bleachers. "This is just plain stupidity."

When she couldn't grasp the box, she looked underneath but saw nothing. She checked every nook and cranny of the gym, but to her dismay, there wasn't a trace of the box.

An exasperated sigh escaped her lips as she dialed a number.

"There's nothing in here."

"What?"

"The cursed object is not here!" An irk mark appeared on her head as the person on the other line cackled.

"Guess you'll have to stay there."

"This was not even part of my mission!" She went outside of the gym, looking left and right in case someone saw her.

"Oops.. you're not coming home until you find it, got it? Bye, Nozomi-chan!"

"Huh wha—" before she could reply, the person already hang up.

"I'll punch you." She muttered before leaving the area.

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"Woah they're getting better." A few teams noted, who were watching Karasuno's match against Ubugawa High. The latter was having a hard time catching up with their defense.

A ravenette peeked her head inside the gym seeing a volleyball match. That day, she dressed up in a black tracksuit since her cousin coincidently asked her a favor, which makes her mission to look for the missing object much easier.

"Nozomi! Over here!" The manager of Fukurodani called which caught the attention of the others.

A few people stared—no, more like gawked at the sight of the girl. She was no doubt an eye-catcher. A blank expression was plastered on her face as she walked towards Yukie.

Her long black hair flowed down her back as she walked gracefully. A few eyes lingered on her figure, though she didn't mind them.

She was only there for one thing, nothing else.

"I'm sorry for asking this at the last minute, but I have somewhere to go." Yukie glanced at her team seeing they're already looking at her.

Specifically, the girl beside her.

"Boys, this is Fushiguro Nozomi. She'll be watching you along with Kaori for today." She explained before turning to Coach Yamiji.

"I hope you don't mind if my cousin's the one who'll be filling in for me, she's the only person I could trust with the management tasks."

The man nodded as Yukie looked at Nozomi, who was engrossed in the match. Her eyes slightly widen as she saw the number 10 of Karasuno jump. 

She was impressed considering his height.

"Crazy huh? That's their middle blocker who could jump higher than everyone else here." Yukie said as Nozomi nodded before averting her attention to the owls.

A certain owl head dashed to the stoic girl who still held her blank expression.

"Hey hey hey! I'm Bokuto Koutarou! I'm the ace and captain." He boasted puffing his chest proudly.

"Bokuto, and everyone else, please try not to overwhelm her... she's kinda shy," Yukie explained making the owl head deflate in sadness.

"I was just introducing myself.." A gloomy aura surrounded him making the team sigh in annoyance.

"It's too early for that!" Konoha grumbled punching Bokuto in the arm.

Nozomi watched the team in chaos making the managers sigh.

"Well, that's it. I'll make it up to you some time." Yukie grinned as she waved bye to everyone leaving Nozomi and Kaori to manage the team.

"So, you're the younger cousin she was bragging us about!" Kaori said as she gave the boys their bottles and towels.

Nozomi's brows knitted in confusion, which Kaori saw.

"It's all good things! She told us you were attending the prestigious school here in Tokyo." Kaori explained as a shiver went down her spine after seeing the intense gaze of Nozomi.

Who knew someone could be that intimidating just by her glance?

Nozomi noticed the uneasiness of the older girl which made her shift her attention elsewhere. Her sharp eyes wandered around noticing a lot of cursed creatures lingering around the gym.

"Hey hey hey Nozomi-chan!! Watch me spike!!" Bokuto yelled excitedly as the girl turned her eyes to the ace.

"Akaashi, toss to me!"

"Bokuto-san!" The boy tossed the ball to Bokuto as he swung his arm to spike. The ball flew hard making the owl yell as he eagerly waits for her reaction.

"Did you see that?! Did you see my awesome spike?!" He beamed as Nozomi nodded her head.

"Of course you did! I'm that awesome!" He pointed to himself as the others just sigh at his antics.

All of a sudden, a strong cursed energy passed her which made her head jerk in the direction. Before she could confront the person, the boy already rushed outside along with his team.

She followed them seeing the group running through the hill. Her eyes narrowed at the middle blocker as the energy remains suffocating.

Nozomi tsked in annoyance.

"If he turns out like Itadori, I'm gonna beat his ass."