// Chapter 1 //

First-Years

You were once a first-year but yet you didn't want anything to do with them. And they can really be a big pain in the ***.

You weren't a third-year yet, but Daichi let you take over some of the Club's responsibility. He thinks your amazing and you'll be the one taking over him. You just still couldn't see playing without him. You made up your mind to play to the fullest with him this year even if it was his late.

Your first day as an officially second-year. Kiyoko handed us the current applicants. There weren't many which wasn't a surprise. Last year there Wasnt many even with you. All four of us including Kiyoko seemed pretty sad but we didn't just give up there.

Dachi, Suga, Tanaka and You were on your way to the gym. The guys are something. I hope this year stays the same, no changing schools and no drama. You never paid attention to what they had to say and they understood. You just wore your headphones and listened to music, not too loud to know at least a bit of what they were saying.

"Who knew the setter from Kitagawa First would choose us," That got your attention. You took your headphones out.

"But this guy is cocky; I just know it," Tanaka said

"Your the one acting cocky," You whispered hopefully no one heard.

"Not again. Would you stop intimidating everyone you see?" Yup, that's my Suga mama.

"I-I would never do such a thing," Tanaka studdered.

"Yet your doing it right now," Again whispering. Whenever someone wanted to talk to you, they would always have to listen to you carefully to not miss your voice. You never spoke up, not loud enough for them to hear you anyway.

"Hello," A newbie. From Kitagawa Frist?

The three of you enter like you own the place. The first thing you see was an orange headed boy who looked at least 5 feet, while the other one way taller with navy black hair. They seem to like each other, right?

Tanaka obviously was acting like a dog, which made you chuckle. Dachi and Suga were just acting like they always do - the only difference with Daichi was that he had the papers for the newbies - lovely. That's what made you fall in love with the team. They all had their own personality that made you have a little chuckle. And they both had nice warming smiles. Even if the team ever gets in a fight they always protect their little princess, you.

You put your headphones back on knowing that they were going to be a pain in the *** right away. You play your music and just stand there next to Tanaka. He made you feel safe for some reason, even though he can really do a bit too much.

"Hey, Hey, Hey!" Yup a dog, "What do you guys think you're doin-"

Daichi interrupts him by grabbing him by the collar. Honestly control your dog Dachi. Daichi pulls Tanaka back, he was seriously getting out of control.

"You must be Kageyama," Kageyama? How did I not remember him? Well, he did hate me after all so I kept a distance. What a pain it's going to be having him here.

"I'm getting out of here Sugamama," You whispered.

"I told you too not to call me that, either way, you have to stay." He actually heard you!

"I don't want to deal with him," You're about to get out when Suga grabs you by your hand.

"Come on, how bad could it be?"

"Fine I'll stay, but if I hate how this is going, I'm getting outta here," Suga smiles, "Oh, and you have to let me call you Sugamama."

"Whaaaa? You know what fine. All for you to stay."

"Thank you Sugamam," You said a bit higher and going to hug him by the neck but instead he gives you a piggyback ride to Daichi.

"Hello," Said Kageyama once again.

The orange headed shorty was just exploring. Your eyes followed him. He made you smile, he was just acting like a child. A child you still haven't met. That's the exact attitude you wished you had or knew someone who did.

"Good to see you," Said Daichi as normal as ever.

"He's pretty darn tall," Suga said still carrying you. You didn't want to look at Kageyama, you didn't want him knowing just yet that it was you.

"First Impressions are key, Suga!" The orange was already behind you guys and so way your head, on him looking at everything he was doing, loving him already. But the dog kept barking, "Blast him with the majesty of being a third year"

"Tanaka stops making faces," Thank you Daichi. If you didn't say anything you would have.

"Hello!" Said the tangerine, but of course, no one noticed him but you because you were the only one actually looking at him.

"How tall are you?" ... But no one cared what the tangerine said and Daichi just continued asking Kageyama questions.

"H-Hello?" The tangerine was getting desperate, no one seemed to acknowledge him.

"5'11," Said Kageyama with pride, you still don't understand how that's something to be proud of you just wanted to be short to play Libero.

All three of them gasped, they didn't expect him to be that tall. You were just acknowledging the poor tangerine, how said but yet adorable.

"How dare you...?" Aww, he even has a cute sad side. I love him.

You tap Suga's shoulder. He turned, you point to the tangerine when at the same time he screamed.

"Hello!" He seemed annoyed but you thought he was cute.

Tanaka points at him, You remember him! "Hey, it's you!" The tangerine gets goosebumps, "The number 1 shorty!"

Daichi is so clueless and Suga is just in awe. Daichi has begun to talk, "Do you mean the other applicant is Hinata..." He said looking at the papers. He looks up, "are you? I'm just a little surprised. I see. So, you both choose Karasuno!"

"Um..." The little Hinata spoke. You still haven't said a word.

"We saw you guys play last year," Spoke Sugamama, and the dog finally controlling himself and smiling now.

"You're small and you were all over the place, but you had spunk!"

"Thanks!" He was so happy that they were calling out how amazing he is.

Suga mama continues, "That was some jumping power too."

"But you haven't grown much at all," Tanaka said finally deciding it was a good idea to say something about his height.

"I may be small but I can jump," Hinata said, "I will become the ace of Karasuno, you'll see," After hearing this Kageyama gets angry

"Come on. You only got here and you're already claiming the ace position," Tanaka said with the most creepiest face you've seen so far today.

"What's wrong with big aspirations, right?" Now this made Hinata get happy. Sug always had a way of cheering up everyone around you which sometimes bothered you.

"I-I'll give it my best!"

"Now that you've announced you're gonna be the ace, you better have improved. Keep dragging your feet and you'll waste another three years," this annoys both you and Hinata, he turns around to Kageyama. You just really wanted to slap him, it looked like he hasn't changed a bit.

"Excuse me?" They stare at each other with utter hate, "Why do you say things like hat Kageyama? I did try my best... But don't make it sound like everything I've done is for nothing!"

"Look, you guys, you do realize that you're not enemy's anymore, right? Volleyball brings people together-" Daichi tried to start.

"I want you to play me!"

"Hey, Daichi is still talking to you!" Tanaka tries to yell at them but doesn't work.

"Play you what?" I'm tired of this. Both Daichi and Tanaka were still in the same position when they got ignored as to see how much time they're going to keep on fighting.

"At volleyball! Duh!" Daichi was getting pissed...

"How do you propose we play volleyball one-on-one?"

"Huh? D-Doing passes and stuff" Even little tangerine had no idea.

"How can you win or loss in passes" Oh no! Daichi is doing that face again, I will see you again little ones.

"Listen to him!" Daichi didn't seem to be the only one angry at this time, Tanka as well.

"You're getting noisy, Volleyball Club." Said a strangely different voice.

All of you turn around, "Ugh! Vice!"

"Principle," Suga corrects Tanaka. You tap Suga signaling to let you down, and he does as you say.

"Principle," Tanaka corrects himself right away

"You're not quarreling, I trust," Called out the Principle, you've never really liked him but just played along with everyone else.

"Not at all! This is what they call hard work. Right, guys?" Daichi said a bit nervous hoping they don't notice.

"We gotta behave ourselves 'cause the Vice wants us to misbehave," Tanaka whispered to Hinata hoping they were going to calm down.

"Serve me a ball!" Hinata says not paying attention to Tanaka, "I'll catch whatever you throw at me!"

"HEYY!" Tanaka Screams already annoyed at them not paying attention at all.

"I only caught one serve from you last year," He said pointing at Kageyama, "I'm not the same person I was last year."

Kageyama looks at him for a second, "Not the same as last year, huh?," Get walks toward where the ball he throws earlier and picked it up, "I'm not the same guys I was last year either."

"Now, now, you guys," Daichi said freaking out, Tanka was already freaked out if they messed up... oh no, "Enough freewheeling."

"Are those first-years?" The principal asked. Yup, they're going to mess something up.

"Here goes," Kageyama said bouncing the ball to his hands.

He throws the ball up. A jump serve. He looks up at the ball and flies his arms back getting ready to jump. He jumps and serves like a monster. You haven't seen anything like this since Oikawa. Hinata doesn't seem to sense the ball coming at full force and pulls back and moves his face to the side or else the ball would have hit him in the face again... The ball lands on the floor was farther. Hinata fell down to the ground. Suga, Tanaka and You were all shocked. Dachi just stood there not saying a word.

"How is that not the same as last year?" Kageyama said all cocky.

Hinata gets angry that he's talking like that to him. He gets up ready to be thrown another serve, with much more enthusiasm, "One more!"

"Hey, knock that off!" Daichi was trying so hard to finally get them under control. This pissed you off.

"It's a problem that they won't take orders from their team captain," The Principle said, Daichi was hoping that a miracle could happen.

Kageyama does the same thing as he did earlier with the serve. This time Hinata ran to the side where Kageyama threw the ball. Everyone, including you, was shocked. The ball hits his hand but they jump to his face, the ball flys off his face, and to where Daichi and The Principle we're Oh, no! The principal was talking but Daichi got scared as the ball came closer. The ball hit the Principle's face, throwing his toupee and then landing on Daichi's head. Everyone was scared and going crazy about what just happened.

Daichi was upset. Hinata was whispering to Kageyama about how the Principle had a toupee and he was slow, something like that, you didn't pay attention. Tanaka was trying not to laugh but wanted to give out little giggles. But he couldn't contain it anymore, he told the first years to be quiet and turned the opposite way of the principal and giggled.

"Shut up Tanaka!" Both you and Suga Scream to Tanaka. To your surprise, you didn't whispered which caught you off guard.

The Principle decided to have a little talk with Daichi outside, you were just hoping he was going to survive to see tomorrow.

You have a notification Screamed your little phone in your ear. Daichi was going to talk to all five of us so you thought right now wasn't a good time.

"Fortunately, we're not being blamed. No apology is necessary. But pretend you saw nothing," The first-years were so relieved but they weren't getting away with it just yet... "You two, on the other hand-"

"It's your fault for not receiving it properly, you klutz. 'not the same as last year'? Don't make me laugh. I was an idiot to hope for a challenge. Shithead."

You were getting pissed, why couldn't they just pay attention to THEIR caption for at least one second? If they weren't fighting and paying attention in the first place maybe we wouldn't be here right now.

"You always say one word too many."

"Hey," Daichi said making them all screamed and turn around to pay attention to him, "I'd like you two to listen to me. I don't know what motivated you to move to Karasuno, but you came here to win, didn't you?"

"Yes!"

"Of course."

"Karasuno's team could compete with the best up till several years back. It only happened once but they went to nationals. But now we're eighth in the prefecture. We are neither particularly weak nor strong. Other schools call us the fallen chaps... The wingless crows. I remember when Karasuno was in the Spring High School National Volleyball Championship. I was a student from a nearby school who just happened to be passing by, seeing them fight their fierce rivals in a gigantic Tokyo gymnasium... It gave me goosebumps." Daichi paused for a second then loudly he said, "We're going there one more time!"

"There are plenty of high schools that treat going to the nationals like a tentative dream," Kageyama said loud and clear not giving a dam.

"You bas- I mean, you-" Tanaka said.

"There's no need to worry. I'm serious about going." Daichi said seriously, "We need to be an untied team to accomplish that. And that's also why we don't want the vice principal to pay us any special attention," The three of you know about to happen already. Daichi is walking up to the first years, so you three decide to move to the side, you guys were scared, "Look, it isn't as though I'm telling you to be friends, In middle school, you may have been adversaries separated by a net," Daichi's face was dead, which scared them as well, "but I want you to get it into your heads that you'll both be on the same side of the net now. That's all I'm saying. I don't care how good you are," he places one hand on Kageyama's shoulder, "or how hard you intend to play," he places his other hand on Hinata, "anyone who makes trouble for the team with petty rivalry..." he takes them outside and simultaneously put the papers on there head and say,"... is out! I will not allow you to participate in club activities as you can think of yourselves as teammates!" He slams the door at them leaving them with the papers in their hand.

You guys could hear the screaming from outside begging you to let them play and that they would try to get along.

"You sure about this Daichi?" Suga mama asked, "We need the club members. Only time can make a team."

Tanaka was by the door trying so hard not to laugh, while you were just standing there wondering what was going to happen next.

"I know that! however..."

You could still hear the screaming from outside. Kageyama started to scream at Hinata, getting him out of the way most likely. He started to apologize right away and quickly. Daichi goes to the door and opens it slightly, you were able to see through the top. As you thought Hinata was thrown to the ground and Kageyama in front of the door. Seeing Daichi's face Kageyama gets thrown off and sacred.

Before practice started you go by the wall and lean against it. You checked who had sent you an email, It was Iwa-chan.

Hey y/n. I heard someone from Kitagawa First, we were just wondering who you got, let us know. Oh and Oikawa is getting out of control. Remember, don't overdo your knee, it still needs healing. Take care, Iwa-chan.

He didn't give you much information, he just wanted to say hi. Oikawa was one of your best friends back in Middle school. You both go accepted there but your mom wouldn't accept you going there because she had another job. But later on, you guys moved back and to your surprise, they accepted you again. Oikawa was happy, and that's where you meet Iwa-chan and Kageyama. You had to write back, he'll know you saw it.

Hey Iwa-chan! I'm glad to hear from you though I never really expected to hear from you though. Honestly, I never thought I was going to get someone from Kitagawa First here. To my surprise it was Kageyama. So far I doubt he even remembers me, I didn't even recognize him at first, but there was a lot that happens right away too much to even say. My knees healing fine so you don't have to worry about that, though they don't let me practice here because it's still not completely healed, I just lean them a hand. Tell Oikawa if he doesn't control himself them I'll start calling him shittykawa and he'll listen to you. I still don't talk much and I'm still growing which I really hate. I still listen to the playlist you created for me so thank you. Anyway, take care of you too, Iwa-chan.

You thought before hitting send. You knew the Oikawa still loved you even though you've broken up, he still did everything he could to hear anything from you, that's why Iwa-chan always texted you. You didn't think there was something to worry about so you hit send. Now for practice, it was true they didn't let you practice bc of your knee, they would let you throw them the ball, sometimes even spike and barely run around in the gym, not until your knee was fully recovered.

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