Unpolished Gems

Chapter 51

Welcome to Season 2!
Come get your early tickets here!

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Ever since that final match against Shiratorizawa, everyone had been working hard to improve themselves. Not only that, Keishin worked them hard as well as they were constantly doing practice matches with various team-ups. Today was yet another one of those practices as they were almost finished with the fourth set of this match.

"Nice receive!" Daichi yelled out loud as Kinoshita received the ball headed his way. Hinata grinned at the sight of the ball and ran up to the net while Kageyama took a step back to properly position himself.

"Here it comes," Asahi whispered beneath his breath as he and Tsukishima prepared to block the upcoming attack. The moment the ginger jumped, Asahi and Tsukishima were quick to follow suit. 

Unfortunately for them though, Kageyama sent the ball to the opposite side right where [Name] was waiting. The white-haired teen took wide strides towards the net before jumping up and spiking the ball down.

Yamaguchi did his best to block the attack while Ennoshita tried to receive it but it was already far too late as the ball had landed on the ground, giving the white team another point. This now leaves them with a score of 20-24 with the white team still leading.

"Nice!" Hinata cheered as he approached [Name] with his arms up, waiting for a double high five. [Name] blinked at the sight before copying his movements causing the ginger to grin and slap his palms on his own.

Kageyama stared at the two with a dumbfounded reaction before flinching when both of their eyes turned to meet his. "W-whey...." He let out a stiff celebratory sound as he tried to copy their actions as well by lifting both of his hands up.

"What are you doing?" [Name] snorted at that as he approached the setter while Hinata bounced along behind him. They each high-fived one of Kageyama's hands hard causing him to wince at the tingling his palms were now feeling.

After that little ordeal, the next rally began as Keishin blew the whistle.

"Daichi-san, nice serve!" Tanaka yelled while Nishinoya, who was on the red team, received the ball easily. 

"Left!" Asaihi raised a hand while Sugawara waited for the ball to descend down to where he was. Asahi prefers the ball to be tossed a little higher.

Kageyama and Hinata prepared themselves as Asahi approached the net with his hands reeled back, ready to deliver one of his strong spikes. The ball let out a loud smack as it hit against Kageyama's palm before flying back.

Kinoshita and Narita both ran after the ball as they barely managed to keep it up. Thankfully, Daichi was quick to follow through as he sent the ball back to the rede team's side with their final touch.

Keishin seemed to be quite proud of the resilient save as he watched the ball go back to the other team's side with a grin on his face. 

"Chance ball!" 

"Aright!" Enoshita called out as he took a step back to receive the ball before sending it over to where Sugawara was standing by the net.

"We'll block him one more time!" Kageyama announced as he and Hinata got ready for Tsukishima's approach this time. Unfortunately, Tsukishima merely tapped the ball over their blocks instead of hitting with force like they expected.

It felt as though things went into slow motion as Hinata and Kageyama turned around to watch helplessly as the ball fell behind them. Daichi tried to follow up and save the ball with a slide, only to miss by a few more centimeters.