Birds of a Feather (Akaashi Keiji x OC)

Chapter 1

After Akaashi-kun's arrival, the boys began their warm-up stretches before moving on to some spiking and receiving practice. I stayed in during the receiving practice but did my own spiking practice without the group. I had already told Coach Yamiji, who suddenly appeared, about doing my spiking practice by myself and told him I'd join in a practice game and receive practice. He said he was fine with it, as long as I could show him what I'd learnt in the practice games.

To make it a fair match Kou-nii and I weren't put on the same team. This was going to be a three-on-three match. Akaashi-kun, Konoha and I were on one team. Kou-nii, Washio and Naritaka-senpai were on the other team. My team got to serve first and I was first up to serve. I took a deep breath before I started my little warm-up before serving. I always liked to bounce the ball on the ground and slam the last ball harder on the ground for the last bounce before catching it and getting in the serving position. Then at that moment, Yukie blew the whistle. I tossed the ball and started my run up to jump. I hit the ball and it sped to the other side of the court.

Kou-nii cleanly received my serve and I heard the slamming sound as it made impact with his arms. I liked the loud sound it made. It meant it was a good serve and I was proud of it. But the serve wasn't powerful enough to get us a chance ball so it went to Naritaka-senpai for him to set. "Akaashi-kun!" I called out. I ran over to th  right side of the net to help shut out his line shot. But I made sure I wasn't right on the sidelines and was to Akaashia-kun's left. I wanted to see how Akaashi-kun would fare against Kou-nii's spikes. Naritaka-senpai had tossed to Kou-nii as I expected and Akaashi-kun and I were there ready to block, but the spike got past us, giving the other team the point.

"Hey! Hey! Hey!" Kou-nii cheered. "Nice try Akaashi-kun. We'll get him next time." I said patting him on the shoulder. Akaashi-kun was quiet again and I was a bit worried. Was he intimated by the spike? "He really is a star player," Akaashi-kun muttered. "Damn right, he is!" I agreed and I couldn't help but smile. "Oi, you two! Get ready!" Naritaka-senpai yelled from his side of the court. "Hai!" I yelled back and got into position. This time it was Kou-nii who was serving and I was ready. I just hope Konoha and Akaashi-kun were ready, too. Kou-nii was getting ready to serve. He tossed the ball up in the air and smashed it to the other side. My feet already moved, having benign used to his killer serves. Just like him, I cleanly received the ball, swinging my arms so the ball spun to Akaashi-kun's position. I stumbled back a bit from the receive, but that didn't stop me from running over to the net. Konoha and I ran at the same time. I watched in slow motion as Akaashi-kun set and the ball left. It slowly moved in my direction and I smiled as I jumped.

I raised my right arm and took the shot. Kou-nii and Washio were already there in a tight block on the side. Since my straight shot had been cut off I went with a cut shot. Naritaka-senpai was already there waiting and I spiked the ball with a loud slam. I liked this hit too. It sounded good. I didn't mind that they set up the trap for me. I thought it was a pretty good spike considering Naritaka-senpai's receive was a bit shaky. Followed up by Washio's emergency set and Kou-nii was getting ready to spike. Konoha and Akaashi-kun were there ready to block and I rushed over to make it a triple block at the last second. Kou-nii had gone for the cross-shot and I barely made it in time to block his spike. "Hey! Hey! Hey!" I cheered pumping my fist in the air.

The three-on-three match continued in a back-and-forth fashion. We were equally as good as each other so no one was getting the upper hand. Kou-nii's team scored one point and we'd get the point back. We scored a point and they'd get the point back in turn. This has been such a long match that we were at 1 set each and both matches gone to over 30 points. The current set wasn't any different with the score being 30-30. "Give up already Yu-tan, you're not going to win," Kou-nii claimed with a smug smirk. "Well, I'm not going down easy. We won't let you win." I retorted and gestured to Konoha and Akaashi-kun. "How about the next team to score a point wins the set? It's getting dark outside and you all need to go home." Coach Yamiji reminded us. I was so caught up in the excitement of the game that I completely lost track of time. But then again that is what a sport you play does to you. You have fun and forget about everything else.