Riku Matsui- Middle Blocker- 3rd Year

Chie Hirano – Ace/ Wing Spiker 3rd Year

Tatsu Ota- Libero 2nd Year

Ami Saito- Setter 2nd Year

Riku's POV

"We're going to the school today to see the boys," Chie said, as if none of us already knew that information. We'd decided to meet at our favorite café to get some breakfast on our way to the gym. It's so early, it seems like Chie isn't quite functioning correctly. She's been mumbling to herself ever since she got here and fiddling with her lavender purple hair.

I paid for Ami's bagel, since it was obvious that she had bailed on our plan and go on to the school to see Akaashi. I mean, damn, all of those boys were good looking, and we'd definitely snatched the most attractive ones, but… dammit she's cheating! We have a pact. Us before them! "You mean crush them. They've yet to beat us in a match." Training camp for the boys had started two days ago, but we'd had our own practice match out of town, so we'd missed the start of it.

Tatsu grinned, bouncing up and down with excitement, her red ponytail swinging around. "There's a new school joining this year. More pretty boys to look at, and then watch their beautiful faces twist with disappointment and fear as we destroy all their hope of winning the game of volleyball." She sighed dreamily. "That's the best part."

"Easy, Tatsu. It's too early for your maniacal side to come out," I replied, brushing my blonde hair out of my face as the wind outside whipped it around. We discussed what we'd learned about this school on our commute to Shinzen High School. Karasuno could have a talented team. Not good enough to beat Nekoma or Aoba Johsai yet, but they had potential. Raw talent. It would be interesting to see how they function in a game.

Ami sat on the concreate step outside the gymnasium, her head turned back to stare across the room. It was easy to see who she was watching. Akaashi was scolding Bokuto. She licked her lips subconsciously. "How can one boy be so attractive all the time?"

I laughed, not able to pass up the opportunity to tease her. "That little shift of your body and licking your lips, damn, Ami, you're sure turned on for someone who hasn't actually had sex yet." It was no secret between us girls that Tetsuro and I had been having sex since pretty much the beginning of our relationship. Little Ami, however, became so uncomfortable with the topic, she might implode.

Her cheeks flushed red and she stood from her seat, hands clenched tight. "Shut up, Riku! Someone could hear you!" She whisper-yelled at me and shook with embarrassment. It took her a moment to calm down and she poked her index fingers together. "I might need… your help… with that."

My eyes grew wide at her confession. "Huh?"

"Don't "huh" me!" She snapped but took a moment to compose herself. "I… our one-year anniversary is tomorrow night. And I wouldn't be... opposed to… that option of a present for Keiji." Ami never had any interest in this before. It makes me wonder what changed between them.

Before I had the chance to answer, a stray ball went flying straight toward the back of her head. Tatsu had immediately jumped into action, easily redirecting the ball back onto the court. She placed her hands on her hips. "Hey idiots! We're trying to finish breakfast out here!" She shouted but smiled at them all with a wave.

A chorus of our names came from the boys as they greeted us happily. The Shinzen boys team made it over first, not having a match to focus on right now. With this new team, rotating games made it easy for one team to get some rest in between matches. Kind of unfair to the others but, whatever. The coaches called for a twenty-minute break for us girls to warm up and stretch without anyone to bother us.

Ami sat on the floor under the net, munching on her bagel and stretching her legs. Chie, Tatsu and I tossed a ball around until our other two regular members arrived, and then we really go into warm up mode. Three laps of sprints around the gym, stretching our bodies to the max, and doing some sets, spikes, and Tatsu received on the opposite side. I stretched my arms over my head, shifting on my feet as the boys started to come back in.

Two arms slid around my waist and pulled me backwards into a warm hug. "Hey beautiful." Tetsuro kissed the top of my head, attempting to be sweet but it was easy to see through his motives.

"Don't "hey beautiful" me and think I'll go easy on you," I said, grinning at his sour look. Every time a practice game happened, he always tried this on me. It felt more like habit than an honest attempt to get me to throw the game.

"Hey, I vote the new team has to play them first," Someone piped up from behind us.

Tatsu perked up at that statement, searching the room for the new players. Karasuno's team stood off to the side, trying to figure us out. "New victims," she hissed eerily, staring right at them. Tatsu was nearly salivating to take on these new boys.

I shrugged my shoulders. "Fine with us. New kills are usually the most satisfying anyways," I joked, laughing. The boys around that knew us all tensed up, slightly terrified. That feeling never grew old. Not only could we beat any girls team we played, but these boys teams were like candy for us. Strength didn't matter. We were just… better. More efficient.

Tetsuro sighed. "I shouldn't be okay with my girlfriend being better at this sport than me, but for some reason, seeing you like this just makes me like you more." We were still standing in the middle of court, all eyes on us, and he still swatted my ass hard before walking away.

And Ami was the embarrassed one, her cheeks turning bright red and she turned her gaze to the floor. So, I closed the distance between us and threw my arms around her neck. "Don't look so down, Ami!" I lowered my voice so only she heard me and said, "He's done worse things to me, and I'm sure Akaashi would, too, if you asked."

She shoved me away, so hard that I tripped and fell back onto the gym floor on my ass. "You're such a child, Riku!"

Rolling backwards, I flipped up onto my feet, about to tease her some more, but the referee called for captains. Oh well. Guess I have to do my job. Sauntering over to where the Karasuno Captain stood, I stuck out my hand. "Karasuno, huh? The Nekoma boys have talked about you guys. I'm Riku Matsui, third year at Shinzen High School."

He seemed put off by my friendly attitude. "Daichi Sawamura, third year. It's still a little strange to be going up against a girls' team."

This again.

Plastering a fake smile on my face, I laughed. "Please try not to hurt us, okay? And there's no need to flip a coin. We always serve first." Without giving him time to answer, I returned to my teammates, moving to my starting position at the serving line. None of us spoke to each other and gym went deadly quiet.

Karasuno huddled together for a few moments, casting us sideways glances and concerned looks. It seems I'd shaken them a little with my request. To trust, or not trust, that is the question. It didn't really matter. They hadn't won their practice against Nekoma, so they really had no hope of beating us. Each of their players moved into their positions, still uneasy.

I licked my lips. Certain of one thing.

This is going to be so much fun.