Hey guys! I know a lot of you probs want me to update my 'Karasuno's trip to the Hospital' story but I'm afraid this fanfic is helping me study and so I'll probably be uploading a lot more of 'Revision with Karasuno!' over the next few weeks as my mocks are coming up! Eeek!;)

Anyways I hope you enjoy this chapter!

If you are studying the edexcel history course, I'm going to try and update the chapters to systematically go through the American West course from before the settlers all the way through to the 'end of the Plains Indians way of life.' With last chapter being a bit of an odd ball;) And then I may go onto medicine and surgery and stuff… and possibly do a few chapters on how to answer the different marks questions.

If not- don't worry I hope you can still enjoy the fanfic and the beautiful baby crows!;P

The Plains Indians

"Gwaahhh! Im so excited for the next match!" Hinata gushed as they strutted into the large city gym's hall once again.

"Yeah! Sames!" Kageyama replied rubbing his hands together excitedly.

"Now, now, let's see who our next opponent is first." Daichi scolded their buzzing excitement lightly.

"The iron wall against Seijoh- I wonder, who'll come out alive," Suga commented with a little spring in his step.

"It's gonna be great to watch!" Noya grinned as they took their seats, spanning across three rows in a big clump.

"YEAH!" Tanaka agreed with a shout.

"Well at least we can use this time to grab some lunch…" Chikara idly clarified, "I might also use this time to check through a few of my history Q-cards, is that okay with you Daichi?"

"Sure, we've seen and played both teams' enough by now to know their tricks,-"

"ESPECIALLY Seijoh…" Suga murmured.

"-and I'm just interested in who's taken over Moniwa as setter on Dateko's team!" Daichi finished.

"Ahh crap! I totally forgot about the history test next Monday!" Noya yelled, slapping his hands against his face in distress.

"It's okay- we've got the weekend!"

But Noya's facial expression only worsened, his skin turning green and sickly looking.

"Nishinoya Senpai!?" Yamaguchi wailed in terror.

"It's cool guys… It's just that Noya-sans got a family wedding to go to over the weekend so today and tomorrow are his last and final chance to revise!" Tanaka snickered. "And if we win todays match –which of course we will-, He winked, "Then he won't have ANY TIME AT ALL to revise!"

"It's not funny Ryu!" Noya yelled, revived all of a sudden by the sound of his friends mockery. "Runi- sensei will kill me…" he finished miserably.

"Well can't you revise in between the wedding? You know on the drive down and back and in any 5 minute breaks you have?" Suga tried.

"IT'S IMPOSSIBLE AUNTY MARIE NEVER LETS ME GO ANYWHERE OR DO ANYTHING UNLESS SHE TELLS ME TOO! I WAS ALREADY DREADING THE WEEKEND BUT NOW!... But now… MY LIFE IS DEAD!"

"NOYA! NOOOOO!" Tanaka howled.

"SENPAIIIIII!" Chorused three first years.

"Guys shut up!" Daichi commanded fiercely, "We're attracting too much attention! I'm sure it will be fine Noya-san. Just tell Runi- sensei that you had the volleyball and then the wedding and…"

"Impossible…"

"We've had three months to revise Daichi-san," Narita explained, "She won't forgive him."

"Ah… well you've nothing to blame but your own forgetfulness there Noya-san." Daichi grimaced.

"And I reminded you every day…" Chikara mumbled into his hands.

"Well- let's just revise your history now Noya-san!" Hinata jumped up, a bubble of energy.

"I guess… yes! It's my only hope in this vast void of darkness where the monster of revision dwells like- like a shadow in the gloom of death!" Noya flourished his arm dramatically.

There was a moment of silence.

Suga coughed.

"Well… the first topic is the Plains Indians…."

"The what Indians?" Tanaka and Noya said in unison.

Chikara's mouth dropped open, "You don't even know the base of the topic!? And Tanaka?! I thought you'd revised!?"

"I have the weekend!" Tanaka exclaimed proudly. "And it's all planned for revising!"

"And you've both had three months… you can't cover the WHOLE TOPIC IN TWO DAYS!" Chikara blared.

Tanaka's posture shrivelled.

"Well- we'll just have to work really hard in the next like 15 minutes! " Noya said jumping up, his confidence- now revived- unwavering.

"Exactly!" Tanaka said, thumping Noya on the back.

"Wait… I think we're learning about something like this in history!" Hinata's eyes twinkled.

"Yup! That's right- you learn this American West topic in the first year along with medicine and then do surgery- which is a shorter topic but requires a lot more skill- and a load of mocks during the second year, along with controlled assessments on the first and second world wars." Chikara explained speedily.

Hinata's jaw dropped, "Er…?"

"Right well anyway…" Chikara reached into his bag and brought out his history textbook. First up: Plains Indians!"

"Oooo! Aren't they the guys who sit in those tents and smoke pipes and travel around on horses with feathers in their hair!?" Hinata asked enthusiastically.

"Oh yeah I remember now- oooo and they love war! They have like a big war with the Americans that spans across loads of battles!" Tanaka added on, clapping his hands together excitedly.

"Yes you're both right, but the wars come later. For now let's look at their beliefs and way of life-"

"Ughhhhh!"

"Come on guys, it's a really interesting section."

"I only like learning about the wars…At least their fun…" Noya mumbled.

"Maybe that's why we fail every exam…" Tanaka added on, his shoulders slumping.

"So the first questions: How did the Indians live on the plain?"

"Ooo oo I know!" Hinata's hand shot into the air. "Miyako-sensei said they ada-"

"They adapted to their surroundings, using the resources available to help them survive." Tsukki butted in, leaning back in his chair casually.

"OY! That was what I was gonna say!" Hinata pouted.

"Right! The best way to explain how they managed to live on the rough and erratic plains was through adaptation!" Chikara said quickly, eager not to let the first years get into a fight.

"Erratic?" Kageyama asked with a frown, turning round in his seat to look at them.

"It means wild and unexpected!" Yamaguchi said kindly.

"Ahh…" He said, seeming to stare into space for a moment before turning back to the match which was now well into the second set.

"The biggest natural resource available to them was the herds of-"

"BUFFALOOOOO!" Tanaka and Noya yelled.

"Right! And that's very important to remember for later on! Without the Buffalo the Plains Indians would surely have perished, as they gained their clothes,"

"Oh from the skin!" Noya clicked his fingers.

"Yes and their food,"

"MEEEAAAAT!" The four 'simpleton idiots' chorused.

Chikara chuckled before continuing, "Material to make their homes- the tents you mentioned Hinata, called Tipis-, and everyday objects such as bowls and hair brushes,"

"From the horns and fur," Narita explained.

"Yes and they also used the bones for weapons such as knives and arrow heads! They used every part of the Buffalo available to them, even burning dung instead of wood for fire."

"Eewwwwww! Gross!" Hinata made a face.

"Indeed- but it was this that made them so successful. You see unlike the white men- the Indians didn't leave any mess or contaminate any water sources and they cared for the environment and so were generally healthy. Now a key point to remember is about horses:"

"They made it easier for the Plain Indians to hunt, and so were considered the Indians most valuable possession. They were even the equivalent of money on the plains- owning many horses showed you were rich," Suga said in monotone from the seat below.

"Suga-Senpai!?" Hinata exclaimed abashed that Suga knew all about these guys too.

"We all sat the exam last year- that textbook is drilled into my brain." He laughed.

"Same…" Daichi breathed half a laugh, half a sigh.

"Well there you have it- horses were like money to the plains Indians, gained when they had been brought over by the Spanish down in Mexico."

Noya yawned.

"Gah! You're losing concentration already Noya?"

"Nope! Course- ah-ah-ahhhhhhghhh- not!" Noya mumbled throughout a yawn.

"Ech… well, moving on to the Plains Indians beliefs!" Chikara said quickly, He couldn't afford for his audience to lose concentration now! Noya would never learn the whole spec in time! BUT he had to make sure he at least made this section memorable.

"First off their religion, what do you know about the Plains Indians religion Nishinoya?"

"Errr…. Hmmm…ahh… well… you see…...er…. THEY LIKED HILLS! Or something… Runi-sensei once said something about a hill… I think…"

"Well they certainly did- they thought the land as sacred as they believed that they were part of the land themselves, and so they believed that no one could own the land. The hill point comes in as they believed high land to be particularly sacred as it was closer to the spirit world: the Black Hills are a good example of this."

"Whoa! That's totally different to how we view land!"

"Exactly, and that was precisely the problem when the white settlers came to mark their land and territory." Chikara explained. "The Indians beliefs went totally against the white man's way of living."

"A CLASH OF CULTURES!" Noya jumped up.

"Yes! Indeed it was. Another thing that was entirely different was their religions: The Plains Indians believed that everything in the world had a spirit, and that these spirits could influence events in the world. A key example of this is the Buffalo Dance, a special ceremony held before each Buffalo hunt to ask the spirits for help."

"Ooo! And isn't that were lisions come in!"

"I think you mean Visions Hinata, and yes the spirits could be contacted through visions. The tribal healers, or medicine men, were able to use the power from the spirit world to help heal illness."

"COOOL!" Hinata, Noya, Kageyama and Tanaka chorused.

"But wait… did the visions stuff actually help cure illness? Or was it just like a hoax or something…?" Tanaka asked inquisitively.

"I'm not sure… I don't think it actually HEALED the illness but maybe something physiological helped. I mean if you think you're going to get better you'll probably feel better. But I don't think curing disease was very highly advanced at that point in history."

The four simpletons nodded silently.

"Right… warfare!"

"YES! ME ME ME I KNOW THIS BIT!" Tanaka screamed so loudly that the players into the two matches below paused and looked up frowning.

Suga and Daichi glared at him.

"Ahh sorry sorry! But I know this bit!" He loud whispered.

"Go on then," Chikara said with a sigh, mumbling a sorry to the team mum and dad as Tanaka began to talk.

"Since the Plains Indians did not believe anybody could own the land, they did not fight over it. Instead, the Indians fought over horses or access to hunting ground to destroy their enemies and for REVENGE!"

"COOOLL!"

"Right? Right!? And being publically shamed was one of the worst things that could happen to a Plains Indian, and this was reflected in the way they fought their wars. The bravest act of warfare, for example, involved getting close to your enemy and touching him with your HAND or STICK. This was known as COUNTING COUP!"

"Stick? They fought with sticks? PAHAHAHA!" Noya cried out.

"Oy! You're ruining my spot-light! It must… must have been like a pistol or something, right Chikara? I mean you can't fight with sticks!"

"They didn't fight with pistols… Tanaka… The Plains Indians didn't have pistols…"

("Idiot," Tsukki muttered.)

"Oh right… well a spear then!" Tanaka exclaimed, fretfully trying to make his part sound cool.

"Lmao! ROFL!" Noya mocked.

"Pfft! Like you know any better than me Noya san! I challenge you to repeat an extract of the textbook!" Tanaka puffed his chest out and pointed at Noya-san, but he was close to him anyway he almost poked him on the nose.

"Huhhhh? Fine: The Plains Indians Women: Although women did not have a place on the band's council, they were considered very important as they produced children. They owned and maintained the tipi, and fed and clothed men and children in the band. There were more women than men as men were killed while hunting, so polygamy was allowed to ensure all women had husbands."

Noya breathed out suddenly and smirked at Tanaka, who stood there with his mouth hanging open. "You memorized the section about WOMEN?!"

"Of course!"

("Oh Gods," Chikara murmured from the background)

"What does Polygamy mean?" Kageyama asked.

"Not got a clue Kageyama!" Noya replied with a grin.

"OMG THAT'S AWESOME NOYA SAN!" Tanaka yelled.

"Guys shhh!" Suga scolded. "And polygamy is the practice of allowing men to marry more than one women- it was also practiced by the Mormons Kageyama," Suga winked at them.

"Sorry and thank you!" They all loud whispered once more.

"Well… well done Tanaka and Noya-san. Everything you said was spot on… er… so yes let's go on to how the Indian society was structured." Chikara said, rearing his audience back in.

"It starts with a tribe right Ennoshita Senpai?!" Hinata asked.

"Not quite but close Hinata. The Indian society starts with a nation at the top, such as the Sioux, these nations consisted of many tribes, which consisted of many bands."

"Huhh?" Noya's eyes widened and he cocked his head to one side.

"That's unreasonably confusing…" Tanaka muttered.

"Oh I thought you'd know this Noya-san, after all the society structure is on the same page in the textbook as the stuff about women." Chikara smiled maliciously knowingly.

Noya flinched, "Well… I er…"

"Only looked up the bit about women," Tanaka sniggered and winked.

"Yea…."

Chikara sighed with a smile, "Anyways, these bands were each led by a chief, advised by a council of all men and influenced by a warrior society."

"All men?!" Hinata exclaimed.

"Wow- sexist," Tsukki commented.

"What would we do without Yachi-san and Kiyoko-Senpai as out managers!?" Hinata cried

"WE'D ALL PERISH!" Noya screamed dramatically.

"Er… well… things were different back then…" Chikara stumbled over his words, at a loss of how to explain women equality to the four simpleton idiots. "So… the chiefs were not elected: they became chiefs due to their wisdom, spiritual power or their skills as warriors/hunters and they may not remain a chief for life." He pointed out, "Councils made important decisions, and the advice of medicine men, chiefs and elders would be listened to with respect but not necessarily followed. They would smoke a ceremonial pipe, believing the smoke would inform the spirit world and help them make good decisions."

"Ooo like the Indians did in Peter Pan!?" Hinata asked suddenly.

"Yeah I guess so…"

"Pah! Only the Shrimpy would link this to Peter Pan!" Tsukki laughed.

"Shut up Trashima!" Hinata replied.

"Boys! No fighting please! Be nice to each other," Suga tutted from down below.

They all flinched at the sound of the team mum's voice and Chikara took the silence gratefully to continue, "Well sometimes bands met together as the council of the nation. It could take important decisions, such as deciding to go to war, but the bands were not all bound to agree with the council's decision. As a result, some bands might be at war whilst others were at peace. Later this was a source of confusion for some of the settlers when conflict broke out. Was a band at war or not? Were all its members peaceful or just some of them?" He explained.

"You should be a teacher Chikara," Tanaka commented.

"Yea! Your voice is really engaging!" Noya added.

"Yep!" Hinata agreed.

"Thanks guys," He smiled, "Now onto the warrior society, these were responsible for supervising the buffalo hunt and preparing the band for travel. It also protected the band from any attacks. All men in a band were part of the warrior society."

"What about punishment?" Noya-san asked curiously.

"Here's where the Indians are REALLY different from the white men. If individual Indians did wrong and broke the 'rules', by stealing for example, they would be shamed or humiliated in the eyes of the rest of the band. These were the people with whom they lived and hunted with all year round, many of them were their relations. So to be shamed would be every effective punishment in itself. In extreme cases, such as murder, some bands banished the wrongdoer."

"Ooo banishment!"

"These Indians are pretty interesting actually!"

But suddenly their lesson was broken off by the sound of capricious cheers and screams. They all turned to the court to see Seijoh's team hugging and patting one another on their backs.

"I guess we know who our next opponent is," Daichi said with a deep breath.

"Yeah," Noya murmured.

"Let's get ready," Suga said as Chikara snapped the textbook shut.

History could come later, this match was more important than anything right now.

The semi-finals.

Would they make it to the finals?

The group of crows strolled out the hall with their heads held high (and their brains full of Plains Indians beliefs and history); no way would they lose this match. Not after last time. They'd trained to win.

They would win.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter! Let me know what you think in the reviews!

Acia xxx