A New Connection

Chapter 5

The boys were shocked by the confidence that rolled off of Ginny's shoulders in waves. It was as if she had been on the court her whole life, and knew everything that could, and ultimately would, happen. Tsukishima had only seen her this confident once before, and this state of hers mesmerized him. She was quite an interesting girl.

She had finished stretching and waited patiently for their practice game to end. When it did, she tapped Ennoshita's shoulder and gestured for him to switch with her. After a look at the coaches, he complied.

Ginny's team consisted of Kageyama, Tsukishima, Daichi, Nishinoya, Hinata, and now Ginny. The team opposite the net had Yamaguchi, Sugawara, Kinoshita, Asahi, Tanaka, and Narita. It was obvious which team would win.

The whistle blew. Yamaguchi was serving on the other team. Ginny could see his determination to get it over the net. It was heading for Nishinoya, then dropped suddenly. Undeterred, Ginny received it flawlessly and sent it Kageyama's way. Kageyama set it to Hinata, who did a spike at first tempo. The point was theirs.

The game continued in much the same way. Ginny would continue to be perfect in every position, and the opposing team would lose points. When came the time for Ginny to serve, the ball would curve at the last second and strike the opposite side of the court than the original trajectory. Once, Ginny even took a major (and, frankly, uncalled for) risk. She had wanted to try something weird and new, so she decided to spin her body when she spiked.

Her team was at match point. The ball came over the net and Ginny called for it. She ran to the net, stopped, then launched herself upwards- spinning in an almost perfect 360 degree circle. Still, she missed the ball and gained weird looks from everyone in the gym.

'If I can time that right, it could be a very valuable skill. It's always a good thing to throw them off their rhythm.*' Ginny was lost in thought as the team settled in front of the coaches for the end-of-practice meeting.

"DISMISSED!"

She was pulled out of her reverie by the call, and began to help the team with cleaning up. She was joined shortly by Nishinoya.

"Those receives you did were awesome, Ginny-chan!"

Ginny looked down at Nishinoya. He was still adorable, at least to her, and she always enjoyed talking to him.

"Thanks, Nishinoya-senpai!"

Even then, after she had hung out with the energetic boy, Ginny still had no idea what that particular word did to her senpai. So when he collapsed, in a blushing heap on the gym floor and mumbling incoherent sentences, Ginny had no idea what to do. She squatted down and began poking his arm.

"Psssst. Senpai? You okay, bud? Do you need an adult?" She was whispering as she poked, for that seemed like something you should do for a person who happened to be spasming on a gym floor.

  Time Skip- Training Camp, Saturday Morning  

The last week and a half, Ginny had interviewed many of the volleyball players. She was happy to find that Sugawara could also play the piano, since his mother loved the instrument and he grew up around it. Yet as expected, she had mostly talked about volleyball with them.

On that Saturday, however, Ginny was to meet the other teams in the training camp. The teams were visiting from Aoba Johsai, Shiratorizawa, Fukurodani, and Nekoma. Unfortunately, Date Tech couldn't make it due to unforeseen circumstances.

She was walking to the school with a bit of excitement. Today was that day that she would be the most helpful all year! That being said, she wasn't quite sure how she was going to be helpful quite yet. Still, with a confident gait and The Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah" blasting through her headphones, Ginny pushed on towards the school.