Soul Collector

Forest

The gym feels a bit off without the energetic orange-head's presence. About 25 minutes had gone when they heard someone opened the door.

"Oh, there he is. Hinata!"

Tanaka and Nishinoya yelled and run to Hinata when he entered the gym.

"Oi Hinata boke! Just what the hell that took you so long?"

"Calm down a bit, won't ya."

Kageyama just sulked and tried so hard not to hit Hinata's head.

"I'm sorry for coming late, Coach."

"That's fine. Sawamura had told me before. Just go change your clothes and start to practice."

"Yessir!"

Hinata quickly went to change his clothes while Coach Ukai was still fazed that the orange-head is actually late for practice.

'I never thought he could be late, too.'

The practice goes on like usual, with the freak-duo's bickering until the practice ended.

[Timeskip]

"Go home and rest. Don't stay up till midnight!" Ukai said as the club's members started to go on their way home.

Hinata and Kageyama walked together to the front gate. Hinata hopped on his bike, saying goodbye since they have to part ways.

"I'll win the race tomorrow, Bakageyama!"

"Won't let that happen, dumbass!"

Hinata biked his way up the hill. He's already on the halfway from home when he felt a strange flow around him. He stopped and parked his bike on the roadside, looking around the bush.

He grabbed his phone and call his mother.

"Mom, I think I'll be late to come home. There's a tangled one at the street."

"Um, I'll go home as soon as possible. Bye, Mom."

He put his phone into his pocket and started to walked towards the bushes. He held his hand up, creating a light in his palm. He can feel the soul's energy deep inside the forest. He keep walking towards the trees that blocked the moonlight.

'Around this place.'

He walked far enough until he meet the river. He found it. There's a woman sitting on top of a large rock in the middle of the river. She's dressed in a soft-toned green gown, with her hair falls down to her shoulders. Hinata slowly walked forward to see her face clearly.

There's about a meter gap between them when Hinata stood in front of the woman. She held her head up, looking at him strangely.

"Who are you?" she asked.

"I'm just a person who passed the street. You seemed lonely. Want me to stay with you?"

She stared blankly at him without saying a word. Hinata took off his shoes, then he folds his pants. He step into the river, walking towards the woman who looked at him, confused.

He sit beside her, then he stared at the sky silently.

"The moon is beautiful tonight."

She looked at his direction.

"What's the point of beauty if you can't even reach them?"

"Well, why did you sit here, then?"

She didn't answer his question. They keep silent for a few minutes until she raise her voice.

"Just go away. I don't need your kind words to make me feel better."

"I didn't came here to comfort you. You just seemed lonely, that's why I sit here with you."

She feels irritated by his words.

"GO AWAY! I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU! JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!"

Hinata looked through her heart, a faint smile appeared on his face as he found the problem.

"I don't want to go. Why don't you leave me instead?"

She clenched her hands, the anger is boiling inside her.

"You can't leave this place, right? You're trapped."

When she can't fight his words, he stand up and raise his hand in the air. Suddenly, the moonlight formed an illustration. The light sparkled through his hand, dancing around as it flowed, drawing a scene.

She looked carefully as the light shows her family in a flashback. A small family, when the daughter holds her mother and father's hand. They're walking together happily. While watching such a scene, she feels the urge to cry.

Hinata only stared at her direction with zero expression.

'This is the memory of this place. If it didn't work out, I should leave her to Yukino.'

She fell down to her knees as she saw the "happy family" fades away. Hinata quickly approached her.

"Isn't it sad being trapped in this place for a long time? You tried so hard to keep them close, without knowing that they're already got too far from you."

She started to cry, but Hinata didn't stop.

"You have to accept it. Your family is gone forever. They won't come back to you."

She desperately cried harder. Her tears rolling down uncontrollably. The trees and birds can't do anything when they saw the poor soul crying on the ground.

Hinata got on his knees, getting closer to her.

"You can look for them."

She held her head up straight away. As she looked up, she was greeted by a warm and kind expression from him.

"If you love them that much, then you should look for them. They've been waiting for you."

He held out his hand. She quickly grab his hand, then a warm light flows through their hands.

"Chase the light, you will find your family at the end of the path."

The soul starts to fade, but she managed to say her farewell.

"Thank you."

The light in his hand disappeared with the soul, leaving a beautiful sapphire stone. He crushed the stone with his power, releasing the tangled feelings of her soul.

"Huuftt. How stressing."

Hinata jumped to the riverside, put his shoes on and walked his way back to the roadside. As he reach his bike, he looked at the moon once again, then he biked his way home.