𝐂𝐑𝐎𝐖

xcvi - kyoutani

At 6 to 5, Tsukishima went to serve, but Seijoh got it back over. Kageyama finally set Hinata, though the idiot didn't see the block right in front of him, making the hit get blocked. Luckily, Tsukishima got to the ball before it could land on the ground and got it back up, only for it to go over the net. As Seijoh was receiving it, Kageyama kicked Hinata, making Crow's jaw drop. "Calm your ass down, don't be a moron!" He snapped at him, getting ready as the libero got under the ball.

"Counting on you, Iwaizumi-san!" The ball was set to Iwaizumi again, though this time the blockers were able to touch it. Asahi got the ball up, and so Kageyama sent the ball to Hinata. 

Face to face with that block once again, Hinata sliced his hand and avoided it, getting him his first kill of the match. "WOOOOO!" he screamed as he jumped at Kageyama, high fiving him. Then he growled at him. "You kicked me for real, you jerk!"

"I woke you up, boke," Kageyama defended himself. 

"What'd you say-?!" 

"Ma, ma," Asahi pulled Hinata away from Kageyama. 

"They picked themselves back up," Oikawa noted as he stood with his team and watched the scene. "But that's only thanks to my advice."

"Those two getting more confident is hardly a good thing," Iwaizumi pointed out with a scowl. 

"I know," The setter hummed gravely. "Let's take our time and form a strategy."

"Yeah!"

From there, the two teams went at it some more, and then Matsukawa came in and took everyone for a loop. He didn't block Hinata, oh no no no, this man narrowed Hinata's options so that he could only hit the ball straight down the line if he didn't want to get blocked. This allowed Seijoh's recievers to get it up nicely, and they were able to counter attack and win the point. 

"Hey, start setting to me," Crow told Kageyama, who nodded. "It's about time we spread their attention."

"Hai."

Seijoh seemed to be expecting that Crow would start coming at them as well, though they soon realized they were ill-prepared to handle him since he could hit above most of their blocks. Soon, it was 24 Karasuno to 22 Seijoh, and Hinata managed to end the game by blocking a quick attack by Kindaichi. 

"Hell yeah!"

"We took the first set!" 

"Stop yelling your heads off, let's switch sides," Crow told the troublemakers, who were, in fact, war-crying like they had somehow won the whole game rather than just one set. With some more yelling, the team moved to the other side and regrouped at the bench. 

"Well done guys!" Keishin told them. "Let's keep pushing, don't let up!"

"Right!"

"Oh man," Crow made a face at what he saw over at Seijoh. "Looks like we're gonna be in for a wild ride this time."

"Huh?" Asahi, who was nearest to him, glanced over as well. "Why's that?"

"I know him," Crow gestured with his chin. "The one with dyed yellow hair with a stripe around his head. His name is Kyoutani, he's one of the troublemakers I come across more often than not."

"O-oh?" Asahi pales. "T-then is he, like..?"

"I wouldn't doubt it, but I don't know for sure," Crow answered the unasked question of 'is he part of the yakuza?' "He just intimidates people and uses violence, so I've put him down a number of times. Oh," He blinked when he and Kyoutani made eye contact. The mad dog nodded stiffly to him, making Crow hum.

"Now, go win the second set too!" Keishin told the team, drawing Asahi and Crow back to the present. 

"Right!" The team hollered, and so the starters went back onto the court. And sure enough, Crow's prediction was correct as Kyoutani was put in as a starter. 

"Since he's replacing Kunimi, he might be pretty smart," Kageyama warned when he noticed, making Crow scoff. 

"Unlikely. He's just got a good arm on 'im," He muttered as he went to his position. 

"You're more of less free to play how you want, but if you interfere with us, you'll be back on the bench," Oikawa warned Kyoutani, who only scowled at him before glancing at Crow again, who wasn't looking back this time. 

"Just don't do anything stupid," Iwaizumi said, making him look over at him and nod. 

"Right."

"Why did you only reply to Iwa-chan?!" 

"Having fun over there?" Crow called, and Oikawa smacked up two middle fingers towards him. 

"None of your business Crow!"

"Mkay, just asking."

"That response was way too chill!"

"I'm a chill person most of the time."

"That's no fun!"

"Never said I was fun."

This time, Asahi started serving, Tsukishima in position two, Kageyama in three, Tanaka in four, Noya in five and Crow in six as middle back. And because Seijoh served first last time, Karasuno got to serve first this set. "Asahi-san, get one! Nice serve!" The bench called as he tossed it up, did his approach and slammed the ball over the net. Sadly, it was too powerful, meaning the ball went out. 

"Damn it, sorry!" He grimaced.

"So close! You'll get the next one!"

"Don't mind it!"

"Your face is scary!"

"What'd you say?!" That perked him right back up. 

"Oikawa, nice serve!" Sure enough, since Aoba Johsai rotated, it was Oikawa's serve, which was also out.

"Aaaaaaah, gomen!" 

"Don't mind it, we'll get the next one."

"Tsukishima, nice serve!" The bench called, and this time, the ball went over, though it hit the tape and made Iwaizumi dive for it. 

"Damn you!" He said as he got the ball up. 

"Nice cover, Iwa-chan!" Oikawa got under the ball. "Mad dog-chan!" He tossed the ball to the right side, nice and high without any fakes or decoys. 

"Switch with me now," Crow snapped, shoving Tsukishima over to left back as he took residence at right back, positioning himself at the ten foot line right as Kyoutani went up for the ball. Sure enough, it went right to Crow, who got it up beautifully. "Kageyama!" 

"Right!" The setter jumped, letting Crow take care of the ball. Sure enough, the libero shanked the hit, and thus it was Karasuno's point. 

"Dammit!" Kyoutani cursed, but smirked over at Crow, who raised an eyebrow at him in return. "Sorry I couldn't greet you earlier, Crow-sama."

"...I sure felt greeted just now," Crow muttered, rubbing his arm, which was slightly red from the powerful attack. That just made Kyoutani grin wider. 

"I'll be sure to greet you a lot more from now on," He promised, and Crow scoffed. 

"We'll see."