Four
The sound of the advisor's whistle brought all of the girls to a halt. "Gather up, girls!" The brunette advisor, Hitomi Saeko was quickly surrounded by the girls' team. (a/n: Again, advisor is made up but she is kind of like their coach as well, unlike Takeda-sensei.)
"I have some great news, girls." She smiled at the semi-circle of teenagers. [Name] wiped the sweat off her brow as she listened, curious about the news. "Tokonami High has agreed to a friendly match against our team."
The girls cheered; Yui was jumping around, holding onto the vice-captain, Miyuki who took the news calmly with a straight face. A smile crept up [Name]'s face. A match! A match! An actual match! She grinned, excited at the very thought of it. It had been quite some time since her last match. She couldn't wait to be in a match once again.
"The match will take place here in a weeks' time." Hitomi said, checking the yellow sticky note on her clipboard. "So, let's train hard until then." She grinned at the girls.
"Hai!" The girls cheered, throwing their fists in the air out of excitement.
"Ah, before I forget, there's something else too." Hitomi placed a finger to her lips. "Miyuki?" She glanced at the said player, who had a straight face most of the time.
Miyuki nodded at her advisor and disappeared into the store room. Yui jogged to the store room to help her. A few minutes later, they returned to the group with a cardboard box. Miyuki tore off the tapes that sealed it and opened the lids of the box. The entire team widened their eyes at the contents of the box.
"Karasuno Girls' Volleyball Team's new uniform!" Yui announced. [Name] couldn't take her eyes off the uniform as her teammates all cheered. The jerseys were sleeveless and were in plain black and white. It had the name 'KARASUNO' at the back in bold white fonts and the number carefully printed under it.
Hitomi pulled them out and handed everyone their respective numbers. [Name] received her jersey and stared at it in awe. She traced the number 8 at the back of the jersey. "Oh, you've got number 8, huh? I'm right before you, number 7." Yuki smiled at her. But [Name] was so overwhelmed by her jersey that she could only nod.
My... very own jersey...
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[Name] pressed the button to her favorite drink, [favorite drink]. A loud thud sounded from the machine, a sign that her drink was at the dispenser. She picked up her drink and perked up when she heard Hinata call her name. "[Name]-chan!" She turned to find Hinata and Kageyama walking towards her.
Kageyama punched the button to the boxed milk as the three of them stood before the vending machine over a light conversation. "We heard that the girls' team is going to have a friendly match." Hinata stated.
"Yeah, against Tokonami High." [Name] nodded, sucking onto the straw of her drink.
"When is it?" Kageyama asked, poking the straw into his boxed milk.
"In a week. It's going to be in the girls' court." [Name] chew into her straw. "I'm really excited." She smiled at the thought of it. She just couldn't wait for it; to compete for the ball, to watch the ball fall on the opposite side of the court.
"Tokonami girls' team... They're said to be quite tall, aren't they?" Kageyama thought aloud, cupping his chin.
"Then you should really watch out, chibi-chan." [Name] could almost hear the smirk in Tsukishima's voice. The trio turned around to face the blond with his freckled friend next to him, snickering at them. Almost immediately, a glaring competition commenced.
"What do you want, Tsuki-shit-ma?" [Name] bit onto her straw, breaking off her glares. Tsukishima twitched at the name, while Kageyama choked on his milk, trying to contain his laughter. Yamaguchi's lips parted in surprise at the nickname. Hinata was just clueless.
"I'm just worried for you, Chi. Bi. Chan." He sneered. "They might scare you off with their height. They could easily crush a chibi like you."
"My height is average for girls at my age!" [Name] fought back, clearly annoyed.
"Sure, it is."
"It's a waste of time talking to people like you." [Name] turned away from him before taking off. Hinata chased after [Name], going after to comfort her. Kageyama glared at Tsukishima one last time before going after [Name] as well. Tsukishima smirked to himself in victory as he and Yamaguchi watched the trio disappear from their visions.
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"Stupid!"
She jumped up, her legs bent, her spiking arm arched to the back and then springing forward to send the ball over the net. The ball hit the target bottle at the other side of the court.
"Stupid!"
Another spike, this time the bottle bounced to a far corner of the hall, hitting the walls.
"Tsuki-shit-ma!"
"She seems awfully fired up today." Miyuki said, taking a sip of water from her bottle. [Name] was spiking all by herself; most of their teammates had already returned home.
"I like her when she's fired up. It gets me fired up too." Yui grinned as they watched the said girl pant, reaching out for her water bottle.
"But she's going to push herself too far." Concern was in Miyuki's voice.
"[Name]-chan~!" Yui waved to her junior. [Name] perked up at the sound of her name. "Take it easy, 'kay?" The junior blushed and nodded.
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Tugging on her knee pads, [Name] tapped the tip of her shoes to the floor nervously, trying to make sure her foot was really secured in her shoes. She took a deep breath, stretching her jersey that hugged her figures perfectly. Her heart was racing, at first it was nervousness but it quickly turned to excitement. She slapped herself a few times, assuring herself it was real.
They were going to have a match against Tokonami High.
Yui gathered the girls into a circle, their arms around each other's waist. Erika had [Name]'s waist a little too close for comfort but she let it slide because she was really excited. "Alright, team! Be nice and let's have a good game!" Yui said.
"Osu!" The girls cheered. They exited the changing room to the court which was partially full. Students stood by the balcony, leaning against the railings, trying to get a closer look at the school team. The boys' team gathered at one corner of the balcony as well.
"Let's give them our support, guys!" Tanaka said, causing the team to cheer in agreement (Tsukishima did let out a small 'osu'). "Karasuno~! Karasuno~!" They clapped and cheered. They're making too much of a scene... [Name] sweat dropped but was glad that they were cheering for them.
[Name] glanced to the side and noticed the opposing team. They had a light blue and white jersey with matching dark navy shorts. They looked around the court and saw the Karasuno team. Both the captains walked up and shook hands.
"Very nice to meet you. I'm the captain of Tokonami Girls' Volley, Fuyuki Sara." The opposing captain introduced herself as Yui shook her hands. She was tall and had a high ponytail. "I hope we would have a good game." She smiled at Yui.
"I'm Michimiya Yui, and it's great to have this match with your team." Yui smiled right back at her. Both teams stood in a line at both ends of the courts and bowed at each other.
"Let's have a good game!"
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Tsuki-Dayo
Fanfiction[Name] is a member of the Karasuno's Girls' Volleyballs team. Just like Hinata and many other volleyball players, she is passionate about volleyball and her adrenaline rushes when she touches the ball. She's in the same class as Hinata and is close...
