"Jump floater."
Kiyoko, Coach Ukai, and Takeda-sensei looked at Sakura in confusion.
"Jump floater?" Coach Ukai asked, watching his players practice their serves.
"Someone attempted a jump floater." She replied, attention turned towards the court. The three beside her were puzzled, how would she know since she couldn't see? And to be able to hear a single serve amongst the continuous serves?
Sakura, sensing their confusion, explained. "Jump serves, floaters, regular serves; they make different sounds when they hit the ground—" A voice from behind them cut her off, "Yeah! Jump serves are more of a "Bam!" And floaters are soft, kind of like "Boosh!" And regular serves are just "Wham!" The unknown voice finished, sounding satisfied with his explanation.
Those on the bench aside from Sakura turned in surprise at the voice, along with the players. The voice was loud enough to attract their attention. Those who heard his explanation sweat-dropped, he sure sounded alike to some of their players.
Standing there was a blonde male, accompanied by another dark-haired male. Both were wearing what seemed like their school uniforms, white polo with a weird sign on the upper-left side just below their collar, and green pants.
Kageyama dropped the ball he was preparing to serve when he caught sight of the latter male. And, weirdly enough, Tsukishima stiffened at the sight of the former.
"Naru-chan, Sasu-chan, you guys are early." Sakura said, unperturbed, still having her back towards them.
"Wouldn't want you waiting, Sakura-chan."
"Hn."
The players were surprised, "Tall!" They thought simultaneously, staring at the newcomers.
"You, blondie, how tall are you?" Nishinoya suddenly spoke up, pointing at said blondie.
Sugawara immediately pulled back the fiery male, bowing, "Sorry!"
The blonde man grinned, pointing at himself, "180cm, dattebayo!"
"Introduce yourselves, idiots. Don't be rude." Sakura rubbed her temples. Idiots.
"Uchiha Sasuke." The dark-haired male said, looking bored. He looked at each player, gaze a second longer on Kageyama. The team looked at Sasuke, then to Kageyama, who was looking excited.
The blonde took it upon himself to continue, "And I'm—"
"Uzumaki Naruto." The team turned to Tsukishima, who looked away from the numerous eyes that rested on him.
Naruto turned to the person who spoke, then grinned. "Tsukki!" He raised a hand in greeting.
Tsukishima grumbled at the nickname. Yamaguchi was confused, who was this "Uzumaki Naruto" guy, how does Tsukishima know him? The team wondered the same thing.
"U-uchiha-sama." Kageyama was suddenly in front of Sasuke, bowing. The team was baffled at seeing this side of Kageyama, the King, bowing at someone else? Preposterous.
Naruto looked at Sasuke, then at Kageyama, then at Sasuke again. "Teme! Is this the mini-teme you told us about?"
Flashback:
Years ago
"Sasu-chan, how's your student?" Sakura asked, tossing a volleyball.
"Hn, fine. He's a natural."
Naruto was shocked, Teme complimented someone! "You have a student?!"
Sasuke scowled, "I saw him practicing, decided to teach him some stuff since I was bored."
"What's his name?"
"Kageyama—"
End of Flashback
"Tobio." Sasuke nodded.
'Mini teme?' The team snickered, Hinata, Nishinoya, and Tanaka outright guffawed.
Kageyama had stars in his eyes, his idol-slash-teacher remembers him! The four, or three, rather, looked on in interest. The two newcomers are known by two of their players.
"How do you know Uzumaki-san, Tsukki?" Yamaguchi asked, the team listened.
"..He taught me how to block."
Sakura came up from behind the two males who were on the court sidelines watching the players resume training, pinching their sides. The two jumped, rubbing the spots in pain, looking at Sakura.
"Ow— Sakura, what's the big idea?!"
"Tsk, annoying."
"You guys disturbed their training, make up for it."
The two replied in unison, "How?"
Coach Ukai suddenly appeared, grabbing their shoulders, "By playing them, of course."
Takeda-sensei spoke up from the bench, overhearing their conversation, "But they're only two."
Coach Ukai smirked, patting Sakura at the back, "They have her."
Kiyoko looked at them in confusion. Takeda-sensei thought their Coach had suddenly gone senile, "Haruno-san can't see." He pointed out.
Sasuke smirked, "Don't worry, she could do it."
The pinkette sighed, idiots. Idiots everywere.
While the players were training, they couldn't help but think about the duo, Naruto and Sasuke. Both taught two of their players what they specialize in today, how good were they? They saw, from their previous inspection, how muscled the two males were. Their bodies were built alike to athletes.
"Practice receiving, then we'll have a game," Coach Ukai announced, looking excited as he grinned. Game? The team thought. "Against these three." He motioned to the three people beside him.
Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura.
Sugawara raised his hand, asking. "How would Haruno-san play?"
Coach Ukai smirked, "She can, don't worry." The others were unsure, but nonetheless were excited. Nishinoya, Hinata, and Kageyama looking forward to the match the most.
Finishing their training, they got ready for the match by wearing their jerseys. They noticed the three weren't moving from their place at the bench, still wearing their uniforms. Now that they noticed it, Sakura wasn't wearing her uniform yesterday. She wore civilian clothes. But today, her outfit consisted of a white polo with the same weird symbol on the upper-left side just below her collar, the same as the males, and a green skirt that reached just below her knees.
Nishinoya and Tanaka blushed, 'Kawaii!' Even though they couldn't entirely see her face, with her short stature and exotic coloring, it's a combo worthy of attention.
The observers couldn't help but notice how toned her legs were, 'Legs of an athlete!' They thought in surprise, they couldn't seem to believe that she could be a player, given how petite and frail she looked.
"Alright!" They turned their attention to Coach Ukai, "Let's—"
The gym doors opened.
"Yare, yare, team."
Everyone in the gym turned to the source, and saw a man with silver hair wearing a mask leaning on the gym doors.
"Kakashi-sensei!" Naruto exclaimed, sounding nervous. He hid behind Sakura, who stood up from her place on the bench. Sasuke followed suit, discreetly trying to hide himself from the view of the man who came in.
"Copy-cat!" They turned to Coach Ukai who looked shocked.
The male on the doors smiled. Or so they think, as the only visible feature on his face, his eyes, crinkled. "Crow."
A staring match began between the two men. The teams along with Takeda-sensei, Kiyoko, and the three outsiders looked between the two, perplexed.
The silver-haired male was the first one who broke the silence that descended in the gym, "Stand down, Crow. I'm here to pick up my runaway students." He nodded towards the three said students, as he raised his hands in mock surrender. The three mentioned looked sheepish.
Coach Ukai snorted, walking towards the man. "This here is Hatake Kakashi, used to be known as Copy-Cat in the Volleyball World." He threw an arm around said male, grinning, "We used to be rivals."
Kakashi scratched the back of his head, "Not exactly 'known', and not exactly rivals. It's a one-sided thing."
"Well—" Takeda-sensei coughed, then blushed under the attention he gained, "I think it's about time for the match, don't you think so, Ukai-kun?"
"Match?" Kakashi asked. It was Coach Ukai's turn to remove his arm from around the male and scratch the back of his head, "We were about to play your students"
Kakashi tsk-ed, "I don't think so. Sakura's eyes are still healing, and those two other kids skipped their classes."
Sakura turned to the two cowering males behind her, "You buffoons!" Punching them, she huffed, turned to the bench to get her stuff, then proceeded to walk towards Kakashi, stopping to face the two fidgeting males she left behind. It was a wonder how she managed to do all of those without the aid of eyesight.
The team winced, the punches sounded like it hurt. Remind them never to anger their new manager.
Kakashi ruffled the pinkette's hair. The female grumbled, but remained silent. "Come on now, children. Time to go home." The four left, leaving the team, coach, teacher, and manager inside the gym.
"Guess that's a no, then?" Sugawara spoke up, smiling awkwardly. The others sighed. So much for looking forward to the game.