My Precious Cargo ⚔ Volume 2 (An AtsuKage ff) ✔

VII

Once Atsumu had recovered and smiled with red cheeks at the stern glare from Kita, he ordered the crew to set up a bridge between the ships.

"Can we take a visit?" he asked, looking at Karasuno's dark-haired Captain Sawamura Daichi.

"Sure! You're welcome right over!"

Tobio observed the interaction and saw the Karasuno seemed pretty relaxed, their Captain laid-back and friendly if his open expression was to be trusted. He waited for Ren and Aran to send across a bridge, Karasuno members securing it from the other side, before letting a few of his crew cross as he made his way to the railing.

"Want to stick with me, Tobs?" Suna asked, joining the Prince's side.

"Aye. I just don't want them to stare and recognise me."

"Don't worry," Suna began with a grin, "if they look too long yer allowed to give them a little warning. A nick in the arm won't do them any harm, aye?"

Tobio nodded with a small chuckle, truly believing that despite Suna ageing another year he still had a youthful personality. Underneath his intense cat-like eyes and demeanour that seemed cold at first was a boy that loved trouble.

"Let's go." he stated, effortlessly walking across the bridge and dropping down onto Karasuno's deck.

Unfortunately, his wish did not come true as he hadn't taken a single breath before a mop of orange blinded his vision.

"Who are you?!" the orange blob questioned loudly.

He frowned a little before looking down, following the voice to reveal a face belonging to a very small body. The male must have been similar in age to himself, or perhaps slightly older, it was hard to tell due to his height.

"What are you?" he replied. "A sentient orange?"

This caused the Inarizaki crew to burst out laughing, a few wiping away tears. The ginger-haired male in question huffed before standing on his tip-toes to get closer to Kageyama's face. This action caused even some of Karasuno to laugh.

"My name is Hinata Shoyo!"

"The orange speaks." Tobio deadpanned, and even Kita couldn't contain himself, a grin emerging on his face.

"Rude! Who are you?"

"Tobio."

"Tobio what?"

"Just Tobio is fine."

"Are you new?" a new voice asked.

Taking his gaze away from Hinata, Tobio looked around at the rest of the crew. They were all similar in age to his own crew, and they varied in height and hair colour. The one speaking to him had grey hair like Osamu, and walked over to them with a warm smile. Patting Hinata's shoulder in an attempt to comfort, he held out a hand to Tobio.

"My name's Sugawara Koushi."

"Tobio. And yes, I suppose I am new."

"Nice to meet ya!" Suga grinned. "This is our Captain Daichi."

"Daichi Sawamura, Atsumu had talked about him a little before Karasuno arrived. He also walked over and Tobio's wishes to remain in the background flew off deck and into the sea.

"It's always good to see a new face when yer on the sea." Daichi greeted with a handshake of his own. "I'm Daichi, this is my second in command Suga, the tall one is Asahi. Then we have Ennoshita, Kinoshita, and Narita. The blond one is Tsukishima, the one next to him is Yamaguchi, and you've just met Hinata."

"Nice to meet you."

It was interesting to listen to their accent as they said hello to him and then the rest of the crew. Inarizaki's accent was pretty strong as to be expected from a mountainous area. Karasuno's was more subtle and possibly a little western. Neither sounded like him though.