New Beginnings (HaikyuuxTPN)

Episode 2: Karasuno High School Volleyball Club

Why is Kageyama at Karasuno? He could've easily gotten into any other school with his skills. So why is he here? "I met you last year," Kageyama speaks. "But I don't know your name."

"My name is Em- Hinata Shoyo." Despite me making up my new name, I sometimes fumble. I would've remembered the name of my rival but whatever. "You probably don't remember the team you beat in the first match." How could he? He forgot his rival's name.

"I remember you very well." He stares at me, seeming to be in thought.

"What? You want to fight?"

"You were lousy!" Wow, thanks. It's not my fault that my technique isn't that good. When I played you, I had only played volleyball for about a year. I was about to say what I was thinking but stopped myself, not wanting him to ask questions about what I was doing before I played volleyball.

"D-don't make fun of me! Sure, we got slaughtered by you guys. Next time, I won't lose! That's what I pledged to myself, so what are you doing here? How can I defeat you if we're on the same team? Shouldn't you be at some other school with strong players? Why didn't you go there?" I seemed to have struck a nerve when I said that because he stopped making eye contact with me.

"The strongest school in the prefecture rejected me." What! Why would the school reject someone with his skill set?

"You didn't make it? Even though you're the King of the Court?"

"Don't call me that." He yells, surprising me. Before I can continue the conversation I hear voices approaching. "Hello."

"Hey, hey, hey, who said you guys could..." A guy starts before being pulled back by someone.

"You're Kageyama?"

"Yes," Kageyama replies to the guy.

"Glad you're here." I start to circle around the three guys. Observing them. They are all quite tall and athletic. However, Kageyama is slightly taller than all of them.

"Hello!" I try to grab the three's attention, but only to have them ignore me. I try again, "Hello?" this time quieter. "Hello!" I practically scream. God, do they know how to pay attention to their surroundings?

"Huh? Oh! You! Shorty #1" One of the three who recently came into the gym says.

"So the other applicant here, Hinata, is... You?" the person holding the applicant forms says. "I'm a little surprised... I see. So both of you are here at Karasuno." The person in the middle says.

"Um..." before I can finish my thought the person on the left starts talking.

"We saw your match last year."

"You're way short and sucked bad, but you've got guts." Way to lay it on thick.

"Um...Thanks?" Was that a compliment?

"Your jumps were awesome too!" The person on the left talks again.

"But you haven't grown much since." That's pretty obvious.

"I may be little but I can jump!" It wasn't something I particularly liked. I got my jumping ability from training to escape and being in the woods. Sure it was nice to have now, but knowing how I got the ability made it bitter. "I'll be Karasuno's ace." I don't know why ace sounds so appealing. In all honesty, it's just more pressure put on you.

"Hey, Hey. The newbie says he's gonna be the ace? You've got some nerve." The one on the right starts talking again. He obviously has a lot to say.

"I don't know. I think it's good to be ambitious." That's something Norman always said he liked about me. I would always try to make a dream come true, no matter how ambitious it was. I didn't know when to quit. I smiled, thinking about Norman.