Barbarian of the Court ( Haikyuu fanfic )

Return of the B Team! ~ Part IV ~

" May, are you okay? You look like you saw a ghost. Did you get enough sleep last night or were you watching movies again? " Yamaguchi asked with a somewhat worried expression on his face.

May had a dream last night from when she first started playing volleyball. Those were good times but it still bothered her for some reason.

~ Flashback ~

" Wow, Lorna, your daughter should get into volleyball. She has the perfect body for it. " Her mother's friend, Tracy, used to play volleyball in college but had to quit because she broke her ankle to the point where it hurt for her to walk sometimes.

Tracy must have been talking about May's abnormally large shoulders. Kayden used to tease her about her shoulders but since she started playing soccer he started commenting on her thighs.

Lorna smiled down at May " That's a good idea, Tracy. "

...

" May, I must say, you are an exceptional player. I wouldn't be surprised if you become the ace by next year! " May beamed up at her coach. She had just started playing a month ago but she was already on the starting line up. Many of her peers looked up to her. But not all of them.

One of the eighth graders on her team glared down at the sixth grade ginger, " Damn prodigy taking away the glory from her more experienced upperclassmen. Makes me sick. Oh wait, I bet your mommy paid for you to become the ace! " The older female started to laugh. She sounded like a pig to May.

People always told her that she never wanted for a thing. Her mother traveled the world as an extremely talented pianist. When people were jealous they would blame the wealth of her family. It disgusted her.

...

" That number 7's serves are so strong! It's so cool! "

" Hey did you hear? Number 7 from Witherwood scored 8 points in a row with just her serve! "

" That's not the only good thing about her! I hear she's really good at mid-air battles too! "

" People call her 'The Barbaric Ace from Witherwood'! "

May would always hear comments like those after a game. High schools around the country kept asking her to play for their teams. May's mother refused every time.

" There's no doubt! Witherwood is gonna win nationals with number 7 on their team! "

Nobody gave the rest of her team even a glance. Most people just came to see their games to see if the rumors about her serves were true. The rest of her team started to hate May because of it.

...

Joane, their setter and captain turned back towards May and smiled " Hit a hard one, Ace! " Joane was the only one on their team who still cared about May. The whole rest of her team disliked her because of the massive ego she had obtained.

During a timeout Joane overheard some of the sixth graders talking " Joane should give one of the other hitters a try. May gets all the glory. Pisses me off. "

" Excuse me? " Joane towered over them " Would like to know why I toss to May so much? I toss to her because she is the ace and I am a setter! I open up the doors for the ace no matter what it takes! You got that you bratty sixth graders!? " May had never seen Joane get so mad at one of the underclassmen before.

...

" May, what high school you going to? " Joane and May were laying on the grass in a park near the school. Practice had gotten out an hour ago. If May wasn't mistaken it was around 9:30.