The Ankle
Karasuno was at another training camp with Nekoma and the others. They've lost a few games by two points difference. The last game of the day consists of Karasuno playing against Nekoma. When Nishinoya looked at the scoreboard, they were tied at 20. It was Kuroo's turn to serve. When he served, the ball flew to the corner of the court. Nishinoya dived to keep the ball into the air and had successfully done so. Though, while he was diving for it, he rolled his ankle and was unable to get up. He tried to get up but the pain in his leg was too much to bear so he laid there, as the ball was still in play. Kageyama tossed the ball into the air and Asahi came and spiked it. Unfortunately, Nekoma's libero was able to receive it and kept the ball high in the air. Kenma ran under it and tossed it to Lev who then pulled a quick and spiked the ball. The ball passed the blockers and flew straight to Nishinoya. He could hear his team screaming his name but his ankle hurt so much he knew that it was hopeless to stand and play. Then just what he needed, Lev's spike flew towards Nishinoya and hit his ankle. Nishinoya screamed in pain. He could feel the tears rolling down his cheek as the pain grew. Coach Ukai and the team ran towards him. "Nishinoya are you okay?" asked Ukai. Nishinoya didn't respond. "Where does it hurts?" asked Takeda sensei. All Nishinoya did was hug his leg. Nekomata sensed something was wrong and rushed over to the other side of the court. "Hey is everything alright?" asked Kuroo. "I don't think Nishinoya is okay" replied Hinata. The group took a look at the Nishinoya and they could see his ankle starting to swell up. "Nishinoya tell me when it hurts" asked coach Ukai. He placed his fingers on his ankle and started to apply some pressure on it. Within two seconds, Nishinoya screamed. "Hinata, Kageyama go grab the first aid kit. Tsukishima and Yamaguchi go grab some towels and water. Sensei call the ambulance, it's an emergency. Daichi, Sugawara, Asahi, Ennoshita and Tanaka, try to comfort Nishinoya. Kiyoko and Yachi go outside and wait for the ambulance. Once they arrive, take them here" ordered Coach Ukai. "What's wrong?" asked coach Nekomata. "Well Nishinoya definitely sprained his ankle badly. I barely placed some pressure on his ankle and he was screaming" replied Coach Ukai.
In five minutes, the ambulance came. Kiyoko and Yachi were guiding them to Nishinoya. "Everyone out of the way!" yelled one of the paramedics. Everyone cleared the way for the paramedics. They were checking Nishinoya's conditions and soon can to a conclusion. "He sprained his ankle but not only that, there's a good chance that he tore a muscle. We'll take him to the hospital. Only one of you can come along" said one of the paramedics. Everyone offered to go. In the end Coach Ukai decided on Daichi. Daichi helped the paramedics put Nishinoya onto the stretcher and off they went. "Boy, I do hope that he's okay" said Asahi. "Yeah all of us hope that he's okay. Though, all we can do is to wish that he'll pull through" said Sugawara. They team continued their game. Nekoma won but they knew why they won. It's not because their libero is gone. It's that they're worried about about him. If their libero had an injury like that, they too would be worried. Kuroo felt bad for them so he went to cheer them up. "Hey guys don't worry. Your libero is strong and I know it. I mean he came from Chidoriyama, a powerhouse!" Kuroo attempted to cheer them but judging by their faces, it didn't work. "Look guys. Nishinoya is probably the person that would you would expect to make the gloomiest of all places bight and happy. Have faith in him and have a goodnight sleep okay?" concluded Kuroo. The team nodded and went to their rooms.
They next day they all decided to go to the hospital to see Nishinoya. Sugawara called Daichi ahead of time to greet them. When they got there they saw Daichi sitting in the waiting room for them. "Hey Daichi how's Noya?" asked Tanaka. "Well he's asleep right now from the drug they used to put him to sleep. They were right about that muscle tore and they took to do an emergency surgery. I wasn't allowed in there so I was stuck here waiting. By the time they told me the news, you guys called and here we are now. They told him in about one minute, they'll lead me to his room" reported Daichi. It wasn't one minute until they came. It was more like one hour. A nurse came towards them saying "are you all friends of Nishinoya Yuu's?" The whole team stood up with Takeda sensei saying "yes we all are may be please see him?" His voice sounded desperate. "Yes this way please" replied the nurse and she led them towards his room. She opened the door and they saw Nishinoya laying there, asleep with a breathing mask. "If he wakes up, press the the blue button here." said the nurse as she walked out. Nishinoya had a change of clothes and his hair wasn't gelled. The entire team just stood there, not knowing what to do. Soon they heard a knock on the door. Yachi went and opened the door. She shrieked at the sight of Kuroo and the rest of the team along with Coach Nekomata. Nekoma walked in silently and took a look at Karasuno's injured player. Without the machine checking his heartbeat, they would've thought he was dead. Well Lev certainly thought that because he started to cry which earned him a slap across the face by Yaku. "He's not dead you big idiot he's only asleep!" silently shout Yaku. "So what's the news?" asked Kenma. Daichi told them the news. "Oh well that's good" said Coach Nekomata. Just then Nishinoya woke up. "Noya!" the whole team practically yelled in joy. "Oh yeah the blue button" said Yamaguchi. He went and pressed the button. Soon later a nurse came in with a plastic bag with some things inside of it. "Okay now everyone listen up closely. Nishinoya Yuu is certainly awake but the drug might cause him short term memory loss" said the nurse. Everyone gathered around Nishinoya's bed. "First you put on this velcro ankle support. Since it has velcro, it will be easy for Nishinoya to put on" she demonstrated how to put it on. "Next you take this other ankle support, which also has velcro so it's easy for him to put it on. This flat part over goes on top of his foot while this part goes onto the side of his leg" the nurse explain. It seemed easy enough to understand. "Now he can't put any pressure on his leg at all. Nevermind playing volleyball if he is unable to walk. He will get crutches and I'm going to say this one more time. He can not put any pressure on his ankle or less the muscle will tear open" said the nurse. Takeda sensei and Coach Ukai gave her their thanks and told them that he can leave the hospital at 6.
It's 6 and Nishinoya and Asahi are behind the group. He's not used to to crutches so he's going a bit slow. The two teams headed back to the gymnasium. They were greeted by Fukurodani Academy. "Wow you're lookin good short short stalk!" greeted Bokuto which to Nishinoya didn't appreciate. "Don't worry Nishinoya. The days will go by quicker than an ace's spike!" said Lev. "Well the spike won't be going very fast if I block it!" replied Kuroo. "WON'T YOU TWO SHUT THE HELL UP!" yelled Nishinoya. Everyone laughed.
The days indeed went by fast. Nishinoya's ankle healed faster than expected which meant he got back onto the court sooner than expected. "WELL LOOK WHO'S BACK! THAT'S RIGHT, THE GUARDIAN DEITY!" yelled Nishinoya
I do hope all of you enjoyed this. As you may already tell, I'm a big Nishinoya fan. I decided to write a fanfic specifically for Nishinoya so here we are. This is my first fanfic and I do apologize if my writing is bad and full of holes. I do intend to use this opportunity to help make my writing better. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this and you may suggest some of your own ideas.