**** Disclaimer: I do not own Haikyuu!, however, I do own my oc.****
It was a sunny day in Osaka, and many people were out and about. Especially the young students, who were bunched into groups.
"Hey, have you heard?" one of the students had turned to his friend and waited for a reply.
"What? Is this about you-know-who? 'Cause if it is, I don't want to hear it." she quickly walked ahead so she wouldn't have to listen.
"W-what?! No! Don't bring her up!" flustered, the boy quickly caught up to his friend and glared at her.
"Then spit it out already!"
"Remember Hayakawa Shizue? The girl who plays volleyball?" he asked.
"Hayakawa-san? The volleyball queen from junior high?" she asked, and got a nod back.
"Yep, apparently she was kicked out of her high school due to the injuries she keeps getting." the girl looked up quickly, her face in shock.
"From volleyball?" she asked, but he shook his head.
"Rumor has it that she started getting involved with delinquents. That then led her to fighting many people outside of school. She comes to school every day covered in bandages and patches. Everyone started to come out saying that she had encountered them and beat them up for their valuables. I'm not sure how much of that is true, but she most certainly different from her junior high days." he ended the conversation there when they entered a corner store.
Not far behind them was a girl wearing a sweater despite the weather being warm. She stopped walking when the group of students had entered the store. She looked at them through the window and her face had went from neutral to anger. Her brows knitted together as she suddenly turned and stormed down the sidewalk.
'I'm a delinquent?! Why I oughta show them what a delinquent looks like!' At this rate, she basically gave everyone the stink eye when they passed her.
'But I can't do that, it'll only add on to the rumors about me. Ugh! Why did someone have to spread lies around school! Because of them, I have no choice but to leave to another school. But there is no other school here in Osaka that will accept me with my grades.' She slowed down to a normal pace of walk and pulled out her cellphone.
'Looks like I'm going home earlier than expected. Hope Mom isn't too mad that I chose to leave Kaizuka High.' She scrolled down her contacts until she found the one she was looking for.
"Hello? Shi-chan, what's wrong?"
"Hey Mom... looks like I'm coming home soon."
Next time on "The Queen Still Lives":
"It looks like I need some help around the store." he said will taping the 'HELP WANTED' sign onto the door.