"Alright, Is everyone here?" Coach Ukai said while glancing at his clipboard. The team looked around and nodded their heads. " Then lets go! In the bus, hurry hurry." Ukai said while heading inside the bus to the driver's seat. Even though it was 5:30 a.m. , everyone was visibly excited about their practice match.

" Hey Kageyama, what kind of team do you think they'll be like? Do you think they'll hit like whoosh ? Do they have a good setter? Oh! I wonder what their spiker is like! I am so-". Hinata was cut off with a chop to the top of his head.

" That's too much noise too early." Kageyama gave hinata the death stare.

While it was true they were excited and completely pumped, these past few days have been hard for the Karasuno volleyball team. Everyone gave their all in training after their lost against Aobajosai and were excited to finally put the fruits of their training to the test. There was one looming question on everyone's mind at the moment. Who is their opponent?

1 hour later Time skip (brought to you by kageyama's glare)

Coach Ukai glanced at the rearview mirror of the bus and smiled.

"Everyone is pretty serious about this match huh?"

Daichi and the others snapped out of thought. " Coach, who are we playing again?" Daichi said, slightly leaning forward in his seat.

"An old friend of mine is also a volleyball coach. They recently won the finals in their division and offered a friendly match between our team. I thought it would be good practice to see what its like to play last year's winners." Ukai smiled, while setting a cigarette in his mouth.

Sugawara popped his head up from the seat behind Daichi. " But I thought Shiratorizawa won?"

"Like I said, they play in a different division." Coach Ukai flicked the excess ash of cigarette outside the window. " You'll see when we get there" he said nonchalantly.

"Ahhh! Coach you got to give us more information than that! How are we supposed to play a team we know nothing about?" Nishinoya stood up from his seat.

"I actually agree with nishinoya too coach. I mean- not that I think you're wrong! It would just be nice to have a bit more information." Asahi seconded while rubbing the back of his neck self-consciously.

" Calm down, we are almost there!" Coach ukai nagged while exiting the road.

The team grew restless. Everyone was exchanging ideas on what their opponents were like.

" What if they are all giants? Ya' know, like Date Tech!" Tanaka said.

" Or crazy spikers? " Nishinoya added.

" What?! I want to see this team already! Coach, Drive faster!" Hinata whined while pulling at his hair.

The bus approached a narrow road that wrapped around a hill. At the top stood a massive building. Everyone looked at the school with big eyes.

" Welcome to Iwate high school" Coach Ukai said while pulling up to the front gates.

Everyone blinked in confusion.

" Lets go, we can't keep our opponents waiting too long. " Coach Ukai was obviously hiding something.

While the team climbed out of the bus, they all whispered in confusion.

"Tanaka senpai, didn't Iwate lose in the preliminaries?" kageyama whispered

" That's what I thought too. And I know they know they didn't go up against Shiratorizawa either." Tanaka whispered back.

As they approached the doors to the gymnasium, their heartbeats grew louder. Each team member desperately wanted to know who stood inside the gymnasium. As they walked up the steps, the sound of volleyballs and the sqeaks of shoes running across the floor filled their ears.

A woman popped out from behind the door.

She stood at about 5'8 ft. Her brown hair was pulled back into a tight ponytail. She smirked while crossing her arms in her blue tracksuit.

"Oh~ I see someone decided to take me up on my offer" she bellowed.

" Heh, As cocky as ever Nakamura-san" Coach Ukai glared back.

" This is the team" He said while gesturing behind him.

" Hmmm so this is the team that's gonna win back Karasuno's pride huh? You'll need a lot of training. Do your best~" She said while smirking. She narrowed her eyes while inspecting each of them.

The team felt a shiver go down their back. It sounded like the scariest backhanded compliment ever.

" Come on in, we are just warming up" She said while pointing to the gym.

" Why does she seem like a yankee?" Nishinoya harshly whispered.

" I don't know, but its kinda fitting seeing how its Coach's friend." Tanaka whispered back.