Chapter 12 - Yua Akabane

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I watched as Akahiro-kun overhand serve the ball to the opponent side with force. Kyoto's libero received it off and so it was a struggle to connect it. They had no choice but to give our team a chance ball.

"Chance ball!" Chizu called bumping the volleyball flawlessly towards the setter Semi. Katashi was about to spike it down, but he was blocked. His motives were too forward, I noticed. The only way to pass the blockers were to become unpredictable. The game went on and the score was 19-18. We can go to the 20's first. Finally, I explained how Kyoto's team played and I was switched with Chizu.

I got on court, and signalled to the team that I would be decoy for the 20th point and they agreed to have Katashi hit it centre cause it was the only move we haven't played yet.

It would catch them off guard.

Shiro gave them a floater and that knocked their libero out of place.

"Gomen! Cover," I heard them yell. It's what I thought, they're out of it, it's an easy point. Their ace decided to spike towards me, but I received it and quickly went to decoy their team.

"Give me the ball!" I yelled and the the three blockers went to block me, and in time, Katashi hit it from centre earning us the lead.

We got to the 20's first which was a good thing, just keep the flow. Shiro overhanded the ball and the game went on. I decided to stay low as a decoy for the first set, so they would be caught off guard on the second set.

The first set resulted: 25-22

We took the first set and we switched sides. I took a drink from my water bottle giving my teammates a thumbs up.

"Seiko, you did great back there," Katashi suddenly complimented, "and sorry about what I did to you guys. Yua's death didn't give me a reason to hurt you and the others."

"Aa. It wasn't a big deal, but I can tell you that Yua is proud of you right now," I grinned, before leaving him. We got back to our positions.

The other team served first, Katashi having to receive it. I watched as Akahiro set the ball towards me, I stepped back and ran forward and I delayed the attack purposely, earning a point when I spiked it.

"I suggest you delay your sets a little bit, Akahiro," I mouthed to him while he nods understanding that's part of how they play. They seemed to rush things and end up doing quicks and forward attacks. They would be exhausted by the time we reached half the game.

Katashi served with full force, getting him a no touch ace, I gave him a thumbs up.

"Nice one touch Katashi!" Chizu cheered on the bench. The game went on and soon it was 24-23, we had the game point.

"Give the spike to Akahiro, I'll set," I whispered to them.

"Let's show them the captain," I grinned before they served again.

"Got it!" Semi called, and quickly I ran to switch places with Akahiro. It was so quick, but we managed to push through.

'woosh'

The gym went quiet before roaring into cheers and squeals.

"We did it!" I cheered running to hug Haruo and Chizu, "We won!!"

"YUA-CHAN, WE DID IT!!" Haruo cheered, causing attention from the others.

I'm screwed. I need a cover up. ASAP.

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