Search for the Moon

Chapter Seven

What Hitoka and Kiyoko forgot to mention was that this wasn't a regular practice match.

It was almost certain that the two teams would meet up in a match soon, actually a little more than a month now, in their qualifying rounds.

And because of that, Karasuno who lost the last time put their all on practicing new moves and strategies so they could win this time.

So exposing what they worked hard on now, in this match, would only give an advantage to their opponents.

And if they don't use it, what was the point of playing when you're not playing at 100%.

She spent the rest of her day thinking about a rational reason for this practice match but what she didn't know was that it wasn't actually a match.

It was a regular practice, just with two teams combined.

Having this rivalry in their minds, coaches agreed that this was a good thing to do at this point of their preparations for upcoming matches. Two teams working together meant that each boy would be giving his 200%.

And even though this was nothing but a regular practice where they would do three - on - three matches it was still a one of the greatest ways to practice.

They have to work in teams with people they usually don't.

They have to play against people they don't get a chance to play against most of the time.

And they are fired up like crazy.

What could be a better way to practice then that?

But she thought even a little further then that, so even if that meant she would load herself up with too much work she wanted to make this even more fun.

So she proposed a tournament - the best trio wins.

That idea of hers was accepted in no time but the condition was that managers needed to prepare everything that was needed for the realization. Seijoh didn't have a manager which only meant more work, but luckily Hitoka and Kiyoko helped her as much as they could - it was the least they could do since she took all those responsibilities for them.

Even Maeda got tired of watching her friend's eye bags the entire week and decided to help her.

So even with amount of work she had, she actually had way too much fun with her new friends.

The rules she came up with for the tournament were simple:

1. There were 21 players which meant there were 7 teams.

2. The teams would be decided randomly, with the boys choosing a random paper which has a number on it.

3. The team which held the lucky number 7 would be automatically qualified for the semifinal while the other 6 teams will compete.

4. The rest of it was pretty simple, they play two sets, the first team that gets 15 points win.

5. May the best one win.

Coach Ukai helped her with finding judges by inviting his ex teammates and also was nice enough to offer his shop to sponsor the prizes for the winners.

So by the time everything for the tournament was in the order and her school projects were finished, the week was almost gone.

It was Thursday evening and she was getting ready for her bed. Her grandmother prepared her clothes and put them into the bag alongside with the breakfast the next morning. She wouldn't let her do it since it was apparent how tiresome was this week for her, and the most tiring part of it was yet to come.