Once classes were over Nagisa met with the rest of the team in the gym, the captain, Satoshi Wakkano, welcomed him with a warm smile. "Now, we're all here and ready to go" he said, "we're going to burn them" he said smiling that devilish smile he had when he was really ready to get a game started, the first years looked terrified. Soon after their coach pulled the team bus up, the 9 boys piled in, along with Kanna, the third year team manager and Rika. Once everyone was on the bus they started the commute to Shiratorizawa. They walked through the campus until they got to the volleyball court. Nagisa felt strange as he looked around the campus 'I could have gone here' he thought as he walked inside the wooden doors. The team was standing there waiting for them, most wearing smiles, except for Ushijima who had the same look he always had, lifeless. Tendou rushed over and wrapped his arms around Nagisa, Nagisa could feel his soul leave his body "g-get off me!" Nagisa managed to squeak out. "Your still as adorable as ever" he purred. Nagisa blushed, Ushijima looked even more annoyed as he walked away. Nagisa and Tendou talked a bit more before the coaches announced that we should start stretching.
Once everyone was all ready to start they got in position, Nagisa started next to a second year who was serving, this was one of their strongest positions. Satoshi at front center, on the other side of Nagisa was kai the Ace of their team, in front him was Jin, a blocker, and last but not least makota the setter. On the other side Nagisa noticed that Ushijima was up to serve, Tendou was front and center.
Ushijima stood with the ball in his hands, when the whistle was blown he took a deep breath, threw the ball in the air ran and hit it as hard as he could, Nagisa was actually scared to receive what was probably the fastest ball he'd ever seen, but he didn't get the chance to receive since the ball hit the net and bounced on Shiratorizawa's side of the net. "Nice" Tendou commented laughing. Ushijima blinked a few times "sorry" he said. Then it was Fushicho's turn to serve. Their server had a knack for hitting in the perfect position that it flies and falls right after it gets over the net. He hit the ball, and sure enough it dropped right after flying over the net. Unfortunately their libero was able to receive it and send it to their setter, once he got the ball Nagisa was already standing close to the front line, when the ball was set to Ushijima Nagisa backed off, he knew Ushijima hit hard and diagonal. When Ushijima spiked the ball Kai yelled "attack ball, keep it up!" Nagisa nodded and was able to dive down and receive the ball with his thumb. "Chance ball" he yelled as it headed back towards Shiratorizawa's side. Just to Nagisa's luck the ball went right near Ushijima, he smacked it down, as it hit the floor Nagisa was already diving toward the ground again. His hand flung forward but he just missed it. "It's fine, get the next one!" Nagisa heard Satoshi , but he was already starting to get mad, he took it hard when he missed receives.
The game went on, back and fourth for awhile, with Ushijima spiking and Nagisa receiving the spikes. He could tell Ushijima was getting agitated. The score at this point in the game was 12-13, Nagisa's team was losing but he knew they could take it back. Their coach called a Time out and the teams made their way back to the benches, everyone got a drink and coach was trying to bring our spirits up. "Even if we don't take this set, it's still good to get the practice, this way we can beat Shiratorizawa in a real match" Satoshi said, he really was a good captain. Once they got back on the court, Ushijima was up to serve again. Nagisa readied his hands 'I'll receive this one, give it to me' he thought, he was in the zone. Ushijima readied his serve again and sent it straight to Nagisa, the ball came right to him, he got ready for impact and smirked as the ball but his hands, but it quickly vanished when he realized the ball was going the opposite direction of where he had tried to send it. Nagisa's eyes widened as he looked over at the volleyball bouncing on the ground. "Brush it off, you'll get the next one!" Jin yelled out. Then it happened again, Nagisa botched the receive. This happened three more times leaving the score at 12-16.
