I promise that I WILL finish my other fanfics, Beautiful Disaster and Aliens, but I had the idea of a Superhero Au that got waaaaay out of hand so here it is!

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I hope you'll enjoy it! ;D

FANFICTION

HAIKYUU! : SUPERHERO AU

CHAPTER I : Prologue

"I have no idea where I'm going to be tomorrow. But I accept the fact that tomorrow will come. And I'm going to rise to meet it."

― Wonder Girl (Donna Troy), Titans/Young Justice: Graduation Day Vol. 1

A flash of light shot across the sky, illuminating the night brighter than any star or moon. The people who weren't sleeping looked up, blinded by the sudden, unexpected light. They watched what they believed was a meteor, but suddenly, it split into several rays of lights that went in different directions.

Animals started barking, growling, hissing, attacking their cages. Bokuto Koutarou, who was a zookeeper working in the Ueno Zoo of Tokyo, watched as all the animals he was guarding that night suddenly started reacting strangely. All animals were either trying to get out of their cages or hiding. He put down the listing of food he was checking and went out to check on the animals. His co-workers were as confused by the animals' panicked reactions. He looked up, seeing the rays of light, and one of them coloured in white, blue and purple was particularly close to Japan.

"Wow…" He murmured, in awe at the beauty of it – but his heart was beating hard in his chest, aware that as magnificent as it was, the danger was very real and getting closer.

In the main part of the city, most people were too busy looking at their phones to look up.

"Mommy, what is it?" A little boy asked, pointing at the sky.

She drew him closer to her as vain protection, but his question resonating with innocence and curiosity made the few people who hadn't noticed yet look up. Two young men, one with long black and yellow hair, and the other with a stunning bed-head, Kozume Kenma and Kuroo Tetsurou, looked up, blinking in astonishment as they saw the different rays of light.

"What's that? A meteor?" Kenma asked.

"Meteors don't do that…" Kuroo answered.

Everyone watched as slowly, the rays of light ran across the sky – and one was getting bigger and closer to the city of Tokyo.

In other parts of the city, the same sight was viewed by many people. Workers in an office, people who had stopped their motors or cars to watch what was happening, regular citizens in their homes watching from the window, and an impassive face that helplessly watched the world he knew come crumbling down as fast as the rays of light heading towards earth.

In Japan, near Tokyo, the meteor accelerated, on fire, leaving behind a trail of various colours as it got closer and closer to the ground. In the city and in most of the country, animals started barking and clawing at their homes, trying to get away even if there was no escape. The birds suddenly flew away from the forests, darkening the sky. When the object from outer space landed, there was silence at first – followed by a violent wave of destruction. Trees were ripped from their roots, the ground was turned upside down, rocks were shred apart and for several kilometres around the landing place, the sheer shock of the meteor turned the landscape into a war zone. The wave shock was so intense that it travelled all the way to the neighbouring cities and the capital, breaking the windows and making the walls vibrate. Everyone stopped or woke up, feeling that vibration. The people of Japan were used to earthquakes – but somehow, they could tell in the way their stomachs twisted that it wasn't natural.

Luckily, in Japan, even if it landed near Tokyo, the meteor landed in the forest, without anyone living nearby. But it wasn't the only one, in many other countries, the different bits of that 'meteor' landed at various times. Thankfully, they mostly landed in the sea or inhabited zones but the few that landed in urban areas provoked terrible destruction.

Everyone woke up and lived the following day in shock, not realizing what had happened. They kept their attention on the tv, looking at the world news, their phones griped in their hands in hope to hear about their families and friends.

"We estimate the victims of the areas of New York, Berlin, Sao Paulo, Beijin and Mombay who were the most violently hit by these meteors to go up to five-hundred and sixty thousand dead or missing people and fives times the number of injured peoples. Many victims were unable to receive medical attention in time and are currently between life and death." The reporter of Tokyo's main news channels said with a dark face, "The destroyed infrastructures are yet to be fully looked through and all help is–"

She suddenly frowned, putting her hand against her ear as she listened to what she was being told.

"The head of the NASA and the Secretary-General of the United Nations are about to make a declaration!" She announced just as the screen changed to some official meeting with various military personnel and scientists lined up.

"The number of victims is frightening," started the Secretary-General of the United Nations, "but we are doing everything we can in order to help the touched locations and help as many people as possible. I am asking everyone to remain calm so the help can be given to those in immediate need as fast as possible. Helping each other is our first priority on this dark day."

"Any explanations on what happened?" A journalist asked vividly.

"We are still looking into it."

"Are you saying that you can't even give answers to the families of the victims? To the whole world?" Another one continued accusingly.

"We want to be honest and give you all the answers, which is why we are taking the time to thoroughly investigate."

"What was it that hit the earth last night? A meteor? Some even suggest aliens are behind this?"

Some chuckles from the scientists and the head of the NASA leaned forward:

"The only answer we can give right now is that it was very human and not from outer space. A space station test went wrong and lead to the disastrous result that we are seeing today."

"Then this is your fault?"

"We will hold responsibility and pay all damage to the victims and their families."

"Should we fear any consequences for the civilians who survived?"

"This is all for the moment," the general said.

And despite the flow of questions that didn't stop, the entire line of military personnel and scientists stood up to leave.

"This is so messed up," Kuroo said as he turned off the tv.

"It sounds like a cover-up story," Kenma said with a shrug.

"Of course it's a cover-up story!" His friend mumbled before turning to their other friend who had come to see them.

Bokuto Koutarou had spent most of the night at the zoo to ensure everything was fine with the animals and he still hadn't slept but he was still bouncing with energy – as usual from his dazzling personality.

"How are the animals doing? Did they freak out last night?" Kuroo asked.

"I've never seen them so agitated, I had to call for help because we weren't enough of us on the deck to handle all the animals." He answered with a frown, "We're mostly worried about our panda, she's expecting babies, y'know and stress isn't good."

"Right, first baby panda in a while in Japan. You guys are so proud." Kuroo continued, rolling his eyes.

"You sound as if you had made it yourself," Kenma snorted, taking a sip of his coffee.

"Hey! It is an exceptional event! We have to protect her and her baby! It's our duty!"

Just as he said that, his phone rang and he frowned at the message he had received.

"They need me back," he said with a pout.

Kuroo checked his phone as well and sighed, standing up:

"I'm being asked at the lab too. I should probably go now before Daichi gets mad."

Kenma followed their lead but only to go to the living-room and turn on his game players.

"I'm so glad our part of the city still has electricity," he said with a relieved sigh as he fell into the couch.

"Right, well, be careful! It might not be the case for long with this chaos!" Kuroo called as he and Bokuto left the apartment.

The people in the streets were either panicked or aghast, running around everywhere to go where they were needed.

Kuroo avoided being hit by a running woman by luck and he sighed, turning to his friend:

"Stay safe! Don't get bitten by a crazy lion or something!"

"You too!" Bokuto exclaimed and left before Kuroo could tell him that he wasn't dealing with wild beasts – he was dealing with humans, which was much worse.

Bokuto hurried to get to his car but almost fell over when he reached it, suddenly dizzy. His hand landed on the door as he tried to balance himself, blinking away the sudden numbness of his body. He might be more stressed and tired than he was assuming… Or maybe he had just caught a cold.

He shrugged it off, he could deal with it later. Right now, he was needed – at the zoo to help his co-workers and frankly, so many people needed help right now all around the world, he couldn't complain about a little cold.

As he entered the car, he didn't realise that on his car door, there was a mark left from where he had leaned: the imprint of his own hand, pushed in the metal as if he had pressed his hand into wet sand.

Don't hesitate to tell me what you think! The 1st chapter is going to be updated very soon (as in half an hour soon)! ;)