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x - second set

"I'll think about forgiving you," Hinata teased, but the setter was not having it and gave him a vice head grip in response. "Owowowowowowow that hurts Kageyama! I'll go bald!"

"Let's take this point!" Aoba Johsai called.

"Nice serve!"

"Got it," Asahi recieved the ball nice and high, giving Kageyama plenty of time to make decisions.

"Send it to me!" Tanaka called from the left.

Still sent it to Hinata, but this time the set was spot on and the hit went through flawlessly, without a single touch.

"Yeah!" The two first years fist pumped themselves. The team cheered at the first sucessful quick attack.

"There it is," Tsukishima frowned from the sidelines. "The freak set and spike."

"Hinata, Kageyama," Daichi motioned them over. "One, two..." He counted as everyone put their fists in. "Yeah!" The team cheered.

"Whoa, it's like we're a team!" The ginger gasped.

"We are a team, dummy." Crow ruffled his hair as he walked past him.

"Got it!" Hinata beamed.

"Nice set, Kageyama," Daichi complimented

"Thank you."

"Give us one more."

"How that Hinata's back to normal," Kageyama spoke up as everyone got ready for Daichi to serve. "Let's stage a comeback."

"You said it," Crow hummed. Once Daichi served, Aoba Johsai had to give it back as a chance ball.

"Chance ball!" Tanaka yelled.

"Got it!" Hinata ran forward.

"It's not the least bit scary if we know what's coming!" Kindaichi was in front of the ginger in seconds.

"Say what?!" Hinata yelled at him angrily.

"Finally!" Tanaka was the one to get set, meaning those that had jumped with Hinata were wasting their time as the cueball scored.

"And here I thought it was coming my way!" The ginger cried as the team cheered.

"How'd you like that, turnip head?" Tanaka pointed at the guy. "I told you to decide after you've watched him play!" All this caused was for Kindaichi to tut with an annoyed expression.

"I went all like say what thinking I'd get to spike! So embarrassing!" Hinata complained with a pout.

"That's perfectly fine," Kageyama told him as he walked over. "It's because you jump for real that you lure the opponents in," He reminded him.

"Is that how it works?"

"It is," Soon, the game went on, and later a time out was called.

"Huddle up!"

"Yes sir!"

"What's up, Hinata?" Daichi asked, noticing the guy was still standing on the court, staring at his hand with a weird look on his face.

"Back when I played my first match," Hinata started off as he looked at his captain. "I thought I had to do everything all by myself," He admitted. "But now I have players much better than myself around me, so all I can do right now is believe in them and jump, right?" He beamed. "There was no need at all to rack my brain."

"You sure took your time!" Kageyama grumbled once Hinata had joined them in the huddle.

"You have no idea what an unbelievable weapon that belief and jumping ability is," Daichi rubbed the back of his head with a knowing look. Soon, the time out ended, and the players returned to the court.

"Let's keep going and take this set!" Kageyama slapped Hinata on the back, causing him to wince.

"Dude that hurt!" He snapped.

"Just trying to fire you up," He defended himself with a deadpan. Play started, and soon a chance ball came over the net.

"Mine," Crow got under it, passing it high and to Kageyama, which allowed him to set Tsukishima.

"Yes!" Hinata called from the sideline. "Nicely done, Tsukki!"

"Good job, Tsukishima!" Tanaka slapped him on the back.

"Your sets are so precise it gives me the creeps," The beanpole gave his setter a disgusted look as he glanced between him and his hand.

"Huh?!" He demanded. "Maybe I should aim for your glasses next time," Kageyama scoffed.

"Just try it. You'll get thrown out of the gym again."

"Nice pass Crow!" Tanaka gave him a high five.

"Lightwork," He commented before throwing him the ball. "Give us a good one, dude."

"Oh you know it!"

"Give us a good serve, Tanaka!" Suga called.

"Nice serve!"

"I hear you're good at blocking too," Tsukishima taunted Kageyama as they stood next to each other at the net. "But you'd better know your place."

"And you'd better make sure you don't get blown away, what with you being as thin as a twig," He retorted.

"Stop fighting guys," Asahi sweatdropped. "If Daichi doesn't get you, Crow will, and we don't want to see another teammate disappear..."

"...What?" The two stopped immediately, as did the three blockers on the other side of the net.

"Huh? Oh, nevermind," The ace waved his hands in front of him. "Ignore me."

"Watch out, here they come!" Tanaka yelled, having already served throughout the conversation. With that reminder to actually play the sport, Kageyama, Tsukishima and Asahi went up to block Iwaizumi, which shut him down instantly.

"Yes!"

"Hey, I was the one who blocked that," Tsukishima glared at the setter.

"What? It hit my hand too," The other first year was not having it.

"Knock it off already!" Daichi yelled, an angry tick mark on his temple. With a pause in the argument, the game soon reached the point where Karasuno was at 24 and their opponents were at 22. The last point was scored with a slide freak quick, and then it was on to the third set.

"Hell yeah!"

"Nice set, Kageyama," Asahi complimented as they switched sides.

"Thank you."

"Let's keep up this and win the last set!" Tanaka slapped Hinata on the back, hard enough to send him into a coughing fit.

"Good thing they don't have anyone who serves like Kageyama," Ennoshita commented to Daichi as the captain toweled his face off.

"Yeah, we're not too good at recieving," the captain agreed, taking the water bottle offered to him. "Thanks."

"We can't let our guards down," Kageyama spoke up as Tanaka and Hinata chanted victory. "This is just a hunch, but I don't think they're playing their starting setter--"

"Speak of the devil and he shall appear," Crow grumbled as he sat on the bench, a towel draped over his shoulders as he held his water bottle. His eyes were on Aoba Johsai's bench as a bunch of feminine shrieks went up.

There he was: Oikawa Tooru, Seijou's official setter and one of the best setters in the country.