Haikyuu!! - Crows' Shadow

Chapter 1

"It's my last year, and it's your first year, so I'd really like you to think about this opportunity, Kaoru."  The black-haired manager of the Karasuno volleyball club stared at the person in front of her, sitting at their desk.

"I don't know if I'm ready for it or not, but when I do make my decision, please respect it, all right, Kiyoko-senpai?" Kaoru smiled a bit, tilting their head.

Kiyoko nodded, walking out of the classroom as the rest of the first year guys stared and whispered about the beauty exiting.  First year students...they have it easy, she sighed.

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"Again, Kageyama!  So I can do Nishinoya-senpai's Rolling Thunder!" Hinata was childishly yelling, his eyes gleaming with excitement.

The raven-haired setter scowled.  "Shut up and focus!" he commanded, getting ready for a jump serve.  He stared at the ball, then jumped and served it perfectly over the net.

"I got it-" Hinata started to say, but a certain short senpai got in his way and executed a perfect recieve with a roll to the side onto his feet again.  "Nishinoya-senpai!!!  That was for me!" Hinata complained, flailing.

"Hahahaha, it's my habit!" Noya struck a pose.  "Cool, right, Hinata?"

The first year middle blocker bit his lip, trying to disagree, but he couldn't.  "You're so cool, Nishinoya-senpai!" he ended up praising him with the super sparkly puppy eyes once again.

The libero immediately sucked in the praise.  "O-Of course I am!  I'll buy you ice cream after practice!"

"Yoosh!" Hinata cheered as Kiyoko and somebody else walked into the gym.

"Kiyoko-sann~!" both Tanaka and Nishinoya flew over to their manager who had just walked in.  "We love you-!"

Their adorations were abruptly cut off by a quick aversion of Coach Ukai, who stepped on the two.  "GET BACK TO PRACTICE, FOOLS!" he barked.  "YOU'LL NEVER WIN IF YOU ALWAYS GET DISTRACTED!"

"Tch, foiled again," Tanaka rubbed his nose self-importantly as Nishinoya wiped away his bloody nose.  "Anyways, Kiyoko-san, who's that other person?" he pointed at the ghostly person following her.

Kiyoko turned to look at the person they were referring to.  They wore a loose T-shirt with P.E. shorts, and a baseball hat covered their platinum blonde hair.  "Oh, this is Kaoru-san.  I was thinking about asking Kaoru to be the manager next year," she explained curtly, motioning for Kaoru to follow her.

Tanaka made his usual intimidating face.  "Eeeh...?  If the next manager's not as beautiful as Kiyoko-san, I object to this new manager," he haughtily argued.

"Yeah, I agree," Noya nodded, crossing his arms.

A slightly annoyed Kaoru turned to Tanaka and stared back.  "You shouldn't be talking...geezer."

"THAT'S IT!  HE'S DEAD!!!" Tanaka was yelling in rage as Daichi and Sugawara held him back.

"Ooh?  You're kinda short," Yamaguchi measured his height against the newcomer.  "How tall are you?"

"...155 cm," Kaoru blankly stared back at the taller male.

Hinata and Noya stared at Kaoru, then suddenly yelled, "YEEESSS!!!" Clasping each other's hands, they both yelled with glee, "We're taller!"

Tsukishima walked over to the two and made an intimidating face which immediately stemmed the cheering.  "Whattayastarinat, huh?" Noya scowled back.  "Starin' down at your senpai, aren't you?"

As another argument continued in the background, Kaoru felt someone watching them from behind and turned around.  "Oh, Koushi, you are here."

"Eh?!  Kaoru-chan?  What are you doing here?" Sugawara ran over to Kaoru.

"Kiyoko asked me to be the manager."

"Do you know this shrimp, Suga-san?" Tanaka asked, still having his usual intimidating face.

"Haha, Kaoru-chan's my cousin," Suga put his hand on Kaoru's head.  "Pretty decent in volleyball if you ask me."

"Oho, really now?" Noya seemed interested.  "Let's try it out!  C'mon, just a little!"

Kaoru hesitated, then finally said, "Fine."

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The volleyball team split up between first years Kaoru, Hinata, Kageyama, Tsukishima, and Yamaguchi against second and third years Tanaka, Noya, Suga, Daichi, and Asahi.  "Ah, isn't this kind of unfair...?" Kaoru raised his hand.  "I mean, they're all better and have more experience."

"Don't be fooled, Kaoru-chan," Sugawara laughed at his cousin's question.  "You'll see soon enough that they're good too!"

Kaoru just pulled his baseball cap lower over his head and got ready to receive the serve.  "Fine."

To everyone's surprise, Kaoru hit a perfect receive to Kageyama after Asahi's serve.  He had been aiming at Yamaguchi, but Kaoru had suddenly appeared alongside him and perfectly received it.  "Not bad," Kageyama grinned slightly, tossing to Tsukishima.

Kaoru just kept his eyes on the ball.  For some odd reason, it felt as if he had no aura or presence at all, Tsukishima noticed with curiosity.  Kaoru kept moving, gliding effortlessly to receive the volleyball straight to Kageyama.  Finally, after two points, Hinata was up to serve.

Aw man, of all people to be up for a serve, it's me!  I have to make a good impression on Sugawara-senpai's cousin since he sounds like an amazing volleyball player! Hinata fretted, squeezing the ball.  "Here goes!!!"

He threw it up and aimed, but his eyes were closed.  Again.  And the volleyball ended up hitting the back of Kaoru's head.  Everybody stared as time seemed to stand still as Kaoru fell forward, and his baseball cap flew off his head.

 A glimmering flash came out of his cap as everyone gaped at his long silvery hair that was hidden this whole time.

"Ka-Ka-Ka-Ka...Kaoru's a GIRL?!" Hinata yelled.

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Yo, yo, minna!  :D  Yes, yes, I did it.  I made a Haikyuu fanfic.  Stone me now.
Wait!  Before you stone me, I hope you enjoyed the story and vote or leave a comment!  I would appreciate it!  Love you all~
I'll try to make a cover asap, but I might ask someone to make me one.  If you guys have suggestions, let me know via PM!