Set, Dunk, or Akashi Seijuro

Empress Caught

The previous chapter:

"Oi! You two idiots! Are we going practice or what?" Tobi-chan shouts at us taking off his jacket.

"Huh? What was that?" A tick mark grew on my temple as I was cracking my nuckles. "Wanna repeat it? I didn't hear it." My aura changed completely making Tobi-chan flinch and Sho-chan step away from me.

"N-nothing." He mutters sweatdropping at my expression.

"I thought as much." I lower my hands. "Now to practice!" I strip off my jacket.

Bipolar much? The duo thought before practicing.

To Play or Not

Third POV

Akira, Kageyama, and Hinata were outside practicing for the upcoming match. Akira was on the side teaching Hinata about his stance and how to direct the ball back to the setter. She would often switch with him every now and then. She, as well would scold Kageyama for yelling at Hinata continuously. Right now, Hinata was receiving while Akira was drinking some sports drink. Then Hinata accidentally sent the ball into the tree.

"I told you to ease up a little when we're practicing outside!" Hinata shouts while escalating the tree trunk.

"You just need to learn how to receive!" Kageyama counters back. He was holding a stick and jumping to the ball, making it get unstuck.

"You... King." Hinata mumbles, hiding his face to the other side.

Kageyama scowls at him, a shadow covering his face. "Oi..." The round object hops out of the tree after hitting Hinata in the head. Kageyama grabs the ball dropping the stick in the process and walking away after. The short first-year jumps down before glaring at the setter.

"I wonder if I'll get a cool nickname too? Like the 'Tiny Giant?'" The thought runs through Hinata's mind as he tries come up with an awesome, but with many failures. He clutches his head.

"Sho-chan snap out of it." Akira's voice brings him back to the real world.

Hinata walks up to his place before asking Kageyama a question. "C-come to think of it, I wonder what the first-years we're up against are like? It's gotta be better than taking on the upperclassmen."

Kageyama holds out the ball with his left hand. "It doesn't make a difference what they're like. Winning is the only option."

"I was just about to say that!" Hinata points back at him. The raven-haired setter 'tsks' at the ginger and walks away again. "Don't 'tsk' at me! Come at me!" Hinata goes into receiving position with his eyes closed. But a phone rang making Hinata look towards Akira who answered her phone quickly, flustered at the timing. That didn't stop Kageyama from serving at him, hitting his face with rubber object.

"Sho-chan! Are you okay?" Akira asks conceded for the tiny ginger. Her phone was pressed against her ear, answering the caller.

"Hey! You're not supposed to receive with your face!" Kageyama schools Hinata.

"You deliberately aimed at his face!" Akira yells at Kageyama.

"I didn't! He shouldn't have turned his direction away!" He shouts back the the red-haired girl.

"That doesn't make the situation different!"

"I-I'm okay!" Hinata recovers and standing straight trying not fall back down again.

Akira POV

Sho-chan was just hit in the face. With the ball. By Tobi-chan. Ouch. Who called me?