Who you are

One Man Army

Taking a gulp of water from his bottle, Y/N observed his fellow peer deeply sigh. Tossing the ball into the air, Kageyama jumped after, spiking it across the court. On the other side stood a water bottle Y/N had placed out for the black haired setter to aim at.

In one quick movement, Hinata stood in front of it and lousily attempted to receive the ball. Y/N sighed as the freak duo began their daily delivered bicker, again.

Kageyama took another ball while the orange middle blocker went after the stray ball he had received away. The setter took yet another deep breath, serving the ball to the other side of the court.

Colors of black and orange flashed in front of Y/N's eyes. In no time was the ball was received by an unfamiliar boy with a confident smile on his face. It bounced off his arms, making a soft 'bmp' sound before hitting the ground.

Y/N gaped at the newcomer with two different hair colors, lowering his water bottle from his lips. 'The perfect receive... This guy gotta be-'

"Yo, Ryu!" Spotting Tanaka and the two captains, the boy went over to greet them, only for the first years to stare in wonder. "Nishinoya!" the two third years exclaimed in unison with smiles. This was returned with an energetic"Hey!" back.

"Oh yeah. Kageyama, Hinata, Y/N. This is Nishinoya. He's a second year." The freak duo gave a 'Good afternoon!' while Y/N only nodded in greeting. Regardless, Nishinoya replied back with a 'Yo!' to all three.

'So he is the prodigy Tanaka was bragging about the other day...The Guardian Deity.", he thought to himself. As Tanaka, Kageyama and Hinata was chatting with the new guy, the first year libero went over to the third years. He only observed the four's interaction from there. "...He's a libero, isn't he... Either that, or a player with abnormally high defense abilities..." The h/c head mumbled to himself.

"He is. He's talented, but having two liberos isn't a bad thing." Daichi gave the first year a pat on the back, almost knocking the air out of him. The smaller rubbed the spot. He took a step closer to Sugawara to adjust the hidden binder under his shirt. Hopefully hadn't his captain noticed it, and luckily he gave no reaction to have noticed either.

"We have a libero with extremely high defense abilities plus experience, and a rookie libero with knowledge in all positions. That means we have a libero-setter and a strong defense-focused libero." Sugawara smiled encouraging at the shorter male with a wink, as if asking for an agreement in his statement.

"W-Well... I wouldn't say I'm that good at it, but I know how to do it." The boy slgithly fiddled with his hands, having a modest smile on his lips.

Their conversation was interupted by a smacking sound and Nishinoya came towards them with a red handmark on his cheek. Y/N glanced nervously over at Kiyoko and deadpaned at the short second year. As the boy approached them, Y/N inched closer to the vice captain. On a closer look, Nishinoya was only a few centimeters taller than himself. Some of it was probably due to his hair, Y/N guessed.

This 'Nishinoya' guy spotted the other unfamiliar, feminine-looking boy. He narrowed his eyes at him, inspecting him up and down, much to the kouhai's discomfort. "Ah, Nishinoya. This is L/N Y/N. He's a first year libero." Sugawara spoke up in the other's behalf.

"I see!" Yu grinned at his newly introduced kouhai. He pointed directly at the younger libero. "I won't give you my position so easily, L/N-san!" He loudly announced in a determination Y/N couldn't imagine having.

"Roger..." He mumbled with a nod, accepting the sudden challenge. "And just Y/N is fine.-"

"You're foreign!" Yu cut him off.

Y/N quietly cursed his (country) sounding accent mixed with the Japanese. At least he could make ping-pong conversation.

"Ah, w-well... Yeah, I guess. I actually just moved from (country)..." He was still slightly uncomfortable at the closeness to the energetic senpai.

Nishinoya seemed to beam with interest. "Really?! That's cool!" He looked around the gym, then he turned his brown eyes over at Daichi. He was still smiling. "So! Where is Asahi-san? He's back, right?!"

Yet again the first years were left in question. Both of the third years fell quiet, making Y/N send a concerned glance up at them. 'Asahi? We have another guy on the team?'

"...No.", was the final answer.

"That spineless wuss..!!"

"Hey, Noya! Don't talk about our ace like that!"

"Shut up! Ace or no, a wuss is a wuss is still a wuss!!"

"God, Noya-san, c'mon! Wait!" Tanaka attempted to calm down his friend, but in vain.

"I already told you guys! If Asahi-san doesn't come back, I'm not coming back either!"

Without another word, Noshinoya left the gym, slamming the door behind him.

Glancing over at the freak duo, Y/N lifted a brow. 'Hinata?' The h/c haired boy questioned in his mind, taking notice of how the orange hair was going after their main libero. Deciding to follow his peer out, Y/N quietly went after, too.

"Please teach me that receive!" Hinata busted out, having a small jog after the shorter second year. The other first year nodded in agreement, finally catching up with the two others.

"Nishiya-san, you're a libero, right?! The defensive specialist position..." The loud first year continued.

"My name's Nishinoya. And why do you think I'm a libero? Is it 'cause I'm short?

A bit taken back by his reply, Hinata shook his head. "Huh? No. It's because you're good at receiving serves like Y/N. I mean, libero isn't a position people play because they're short... They get to play it because they're good at defense. Right? Um! Right, sir?"

"Hunh. So you do get it.

Y/N had been quiet until now, but he finally spoke up. "...The team referred to you as Karasuno's Guardian Deity."

This comment obviously flustered the second year. After confirming it again - with both first years nodding to it - he went into his own little ranting. "I still really suck at digs and bumps and stuff." Hinata admitted with a more serious tone. "Those are some of the most important skills in the whole game. So please teach me- No. Please teach us how to do properly... Nishi-- Nishinoya Senpai!"

The second libero stepped up next to Hinata. He had stopped fiddling with his fingers and his e/c eyes met with Yuu's own brown ones. "Please, Senpai." He added on, making the older of the three jolt worse than the first time. After collecting himself back together, he was finally able to speak again.

"You two... After practise... I'm gonna buy you a gari gari ice pop each. After all, I... am your senpai!! I'm still not coming back to the team though! I'm just gonna teach you the basics. That's all!" Both first years nodded in understanding with no complaint.

Glancing over his shoulder, Y/N could see the rest of his team silently breathe out in a temporary relief.

Suddenly, a thought struck him. Y/N had heard that the Guardian Deity was good, but could he rival that guy?