Your Eyes Said Otherwise [A Tsukishima Kei Fanfiction]

Chapter 15: Give up

Mizuki's POV

We all woke up, tired from the long day we had. We won two matches today with some powerful opponents. We're heading to finals.

Against the formidable Shiratorizawa.

We got off of the bus, still sleepy. Coach Keishin called for a meeting after we get all of our things. We entered the school and saw Michimiya-san with her friends running towards us.

Wow, they waited until we get home?

They congratulated the whole team. Then we heard some people calling us, congratulating us too. Wow, the whole school waited for us? I guess they found out from the news that we're moving on to the finals.

After watching the news that barely showed Karasuno, we headed towards the gym for our meeting. Kiyoko, Yachi and I have been preparing a little help for the boys.

"We want to help any way we possibly could, so we made these. We researched it and used Honami-chan's excessive amount of knowledge about Shiratorizawa.", Kiyoko said, giving the hand outs to them.

"So, Mizuki here is gonna lecture you a bit about who you're facing in the finals.", Coach said. "The floor is yours, kid."

"Thanks. Now, Shiratorizawa isn't really like the ones we faced before. Not to be bold but all they have is power. If Wakunan and Aoba Johsai uses a lot of technique, Shiratorizawa doesn't, they use BRUTE FORCE. First up, Ushiwaka, captain slash ace. He's left handed, so you need to figure out a way to deal with him because that's his advantage. His serve isn't like anything you've seen before. I believe only Nishinoya and Daichi can receive his serves perfectly. The rotation of the ball is different, making it harder to pick up. So please, take as many opportunities you can, so that Nishinoya-kun can get used to him. Another thing, he doesn't receive serves, the whole team does so that Ushiwaka can attack.", I explained.

"So the tactic where Sugawara-san comes in as a pinch server slash setter won't work?", Hinata asked.

"Not exactly.", I smiled. "Sugawara-san can simply aim for the back row or corner to force Ushiwaka to receive. In addition, he could do plays with you guys.", I said.

"Ohhhh.", they said in unison.

"Next up, their setter, Shirabu. He's the light brown haired guy with bangs. Like other setters, he has a precise hands and can adjust for his teammates, he always makes a high toss for Ushiwaka.", I said.

"That's it, he's just a normal setter?", Kageyama asked in disbelief.

"Yeah, but don't underestimate him, he's skillful, their old setter lost his place because of him. Next up, the annoying redhead, Tendou Satori. He's the middle blocker, also known as the guess monster. His mind and body are cohesively coordinated. He uses guess blocks instead of read blocks, hence the nickname. He's probably the best blocker back then.", I said.

"How about now?", Daichi asked.

"Oh, I'm confident about Tsukishima, we'll see at the finals who's the best.", I smiled. "Anyways, Tendou likes to annoy his opponents so, be mentally prepared, make sure not to be agitated. He's the one to watch out for, because he analyses every factor even before the setter touches the ball. So please don't give away too many information, he watches everything. From your position, to your glances and your form. Once he gets going, there's a little to no chance of stopping him. He's also not satisfied with one touches. He goes in for the kill.", I added. Hinata jolted nervously.

"I got the chills.", he said.

"Next up, Goshiki. That black haired guy with cool bangs, he's a first year.", I stopped for a second. "He's the next ace of Shiratorizawa."