"IWA-CHAN! He took my sneakers! How could he do that!? I was supposed to beat Ushijima and claim my beautiful Ruby Sneakers of Champions!" Oikawa sobbed as he laid on the ground his fluffy brown hair getting mussed up in the process. His chocolate brown eyes leaking copious amounts of liquid.
Iwaizumi stared down at his Captain with plain disdain on his face. His tan muscular arms folded across his muscular chest. He had been listening to Oikawa throwing a tantrum ever since he had stopped spying in his red, green and white ball of all knowing power…which was over an hour ago…
"Oi shut up already Shittykawa. All you have to do is best this new guy and you get your damn ruby shoes or that too hard for you?" Iwaizumi ground out. Shaking his head in frustration. His almost black short spiky hair moving slightly with the motion. His patience had expired the moment this whole obnoxious scene started.
"Don't be soooo mean Iwa-chan. Can't you see I'm devastated over here? That glorious sparkliness shouldn't be wasted on some black haired punk. He's not even that good looking. They belong to someone with kingly grace like myself" Oikawa pouted and pushed himself up to a sitting position.
"Right…kingly grace" Iwaizumi snorted as his voice dripped with sarcasm. "So what are you going to do about it pray tell Grand King?"
"Assemble the troops Iwa-chan. This means war! War I tell you!" Oikawa stood up abruptly and strode gracefully out of the room.
Iwaizumi's brown eyes followed his Captain's tall slim toned body as it moved with a grace he still couldn't believe Oikawa possessed. Like really where did that even come from? Sometimes Oikawa was so damn frustrating that Iwaizumi wanted to just take him out himself…Like out to dinner or out to a movie…Or maybe he should just lock him up in his room and throw away the key. He of course would lock himself in with Oikawa just to make sure he didn't get into any trouble…
While Oikawa was strategically making his plans for war, Kageyama was still walking on this damn brick road. It just kept going on and on as far as his eye could see. He grumbled to himself as he kept walking and kept walking. (Where the hell was this damn ruby city? How long is this going to take? I should have asked those damn morons before I left…)
Eventually his stomach growled and he stopped for a moment frowning. He should have grabbed food from his house before he started on this perilously long adventure. That box of chocolate pocky was sounding better and better by the minute. He groaned and drew his delicate long (and still manly dammit) fingers down his face. He looked around hoping to find an apple tree or something that he could forage from. His steel blue eyes landed on a fence that appeared to contain a garden of some sort. He couldn't see much beyond the corn stalks which he couldn't eat of course. Corn needed to be cooked. Only a savage would eat it without boiling or grilling it first.
He wasn't sure if it was polite to steal from someone's garden, but no one seemed to be around. He shrugged and hopped the wood fence with gazelle like grace. He didn't see anything as appealing as his pocky had been, so he kept weaving and meandering further into the garden.
"Oh hey there mister! I haven't had company in like forever. What are you doing here?" came an overly chipper voice from above.
Kageyama cringed at the unpleasant sunny sound to it and glanced up to glare at the person who had spoken. His eyes landed on a tiny orange haired man sitting on a podium. He had a beige sweatshirt on and black pants. His legs criss crossed in front of him pretzel style while his hands rested on his knees. He was leaning forward to get a good look at the scowling man below him. His head was tilted to the side slightly and was sporting a giant toothy grin on his face and sparkling light brown eyes.
"I'm Hinata by the way" Hinata cheerfully introduced and pointed quickly to himself. The movement spooked the crows that were resting on the podium and in rush of fluttering black feathers they took flight to avoid any clumsy hands accidently hitting them.
"Isn't that nice…" Kageyama grumbled and turned away from the man. He would definitely not be conversing with that particular person. He seems to be the worst one so far.
"Wait! What's your name?" Hinata stammered out quickly before the scowling man could make his escape.
"Kageyama" Kageyama responded without much thought and then cringed. (Shit! I don't want that weirdo knowing anything about me and why am I even still talking to him?)
"Oh that's a mouthful. Can I call you Kagsy?" Hinata asked politely.
"No" Kageyama ground out and glared up at the man.
"What about Kags then?" Hinata tried again.
"No!" Kageyama answered him again.
"Hmm…Yama-chan?" Hinata scratched his chin in thought.
"Are you really a dumbass? I said no. My name is Kageyama. No nicknames. Just Kageyama" Kageyama all about growled at the orange haired man.
"Wow. You kind of act like a king don't you? Is that why you're shoes are all sparkly? Are you royalty or something? If you are, can you get me down from here?" Hinata pressed on cheerfully seeming to ignore the death glare he was receiving.
"Hell no!" Kageyama balked in reply. (There is no way in hell that I am helping you. You're an obnoxious ball of tiny sunshine and I would rather die an excruciating death).
"Please! I'm really bored. There's nothing to do up here. I want to be able to run around and jump and stuff" Hinata turned teary puppy dog brown eyes on Kageyama.
"Why are you up there in the first place?"
"They put me up here because they thought my orange hair looked kind of like a wild fire and would keep the crows away from the food."
"You mean the crows that were practically cuddling you earlier?" (Wow this kid really is a dumbass).
"Well yeah, but it just seemed mean to try to scare them. Plus it's really lonely up here so we became friends…" Hinata scratched the back of his neck averting his eyes. His cheeks now held an adorable pink tint.
Kageyama looked up at the stranded orange haired ball of sunshine with his rosy cheeks. He would never admit it to anyone even under torture, but he did kind of felt bad for the kid. Although he enjoyed being alone, he knew most people didn't feel that way. (What does he even eat up there? Does anyone even feed him? He looks so tiny and runty. Ah well dammit fine then).
"Fine. I'll help you down" Kageyama mumbled. His own cheeks turning pink as he stretched his arms out. "Just jump and I'll catch you…"
"Really!? You mean it?" Hinata beamed happily.
"Yeah…hurry up before I change my mind" Kageyama looked up, but didn't quite meet the eyes of the man on the podium. His eyes did widen however as the man quickly jumped off the edge. He had to move a little to effectively catch the tiny man. His arm muscles flexed under the pressure of the weight of him. (Holy shit. Didn't think he would jump that quickly…why does he smell like bubblegum?). Kageyama flushed further as the smell of the tiny man hit him and he dropped him to the ground.
"Hey. Why'd you drop me? That hurt…" Hinata whined.
"Because you're a dumbass…Who the hell trusts a stranger that much to just jump off a ledge?"
"I jumped because you said you would catch me!" Hinata bristled in defense. "However you didn't say that would just finish by dropping me on the ground jerk!"
"Oh shut up dumbass" Kageyama grumbled and started walking away to finish looking for food to continue on his journey. The sooner he got to this Kuroo person the sooner he could get out of this hell hole.
"Hey! What are you doing?" Hinata followed after him.
"Looking for food. Go away."
"Oh! I know where the best food is. Do you want me to show you? It's the least I could do since you're my knight in shining armor after all" Hinata cheerfully beamed looking up at him. Kageyama felt he was going to be physically sick at the comparison.
"Fine…" he mumbled. He was hungry after all and if this tiny sunny man knew where the best food was, it meant he could continue on his journey faster.
"Super! Follow me" Hinata started to skip into the garden and Kageyama followed him begrudgingly.
After they had gathered some provisions, Kageyama made his way back to the brick path. Much to his dismay it seemed he wasn't able to lose the veritable ball of sunshine on his heels. He had tried multiple times to intimidate the tiny man to scare him away, but it seemed either he was ignoring the grumbles or he really was too much of a dumbass to pick up on it.
He was just about to lose his shit from all the happy chit chat and whistling when his eyes landed on a tiny little cabin off of the pathway nestled amongst some trees. The sky had started to darken as they continued on the never ending path and Kageyama's legs were starting to kill him. He glanced at the tiny skipping man next to him. (His legs seem just fine though don't they? Maybe too much sitting on that damn podium). His eyes flickered back to the little cabin and started making his way to it. At least they could sleep somewhere out of the elements in case it rained.
Kageyama woke up the next morning as the sunlight filtered through the window and lit up his face. He let out a small groan and flipped over on his side. He tried to go back to sleep, but then he slowly started to remember where he was and what he was supposed to be doing. Which was to get out of this god forsaken colorful place. He begrudgingly stretched and sat up. Now that it was daylight he was able to see the inside of the cabin a little bit better. Last night they were unable to find a light source and had to feel their way around. Only a couple of stubbed toes and bruised knees along the way.
The cabin was pretty sparse for decoration unless you include the weird lizard sculptures on the shelf. Kageyama stood up and picked up one of the weird sculptures. On closer inspection they seemed more like dinosaurs. He fiddled with one a little longer as he looked around. There was a small fridge off to the side. Upon seeing it, his stomach growled. He frowned as he contemplated opening it and seeing what was inside. (Ah what the hell. Maybe I'll just take a little bit and they won't even notice it's gone).
He crept over the fridge and before opening took one more look around to see if anyone would catch him. The sunshine man was still sprawled out on the floor snoring and drooling. Kageyama frowned at the sight and came to a conclusion. First, find a snack to eat. Second, sneak away from the dumbass on the floor. Perfect plan.
He opened the fridge and his eyebrows shot up a little in surprise. So many strawberry related items. There was regular strawberries, strawberry muffins, strawberry shortcake, a red juice that he could only assume at this point was strawberry related. (Someone sure has a strawberry obsession). He shrugged and decided that taking a couple of strawberries and a muffin was probably safe enough. He made quick work of his food and then carefully snuck out the door on his tip toes.
When he was outside finally without waking the obnoxious snoring nightmare he realized that he really needed to relieve himself. He frowned in thought again. If he went back into the cabin, there was a chance that he'd inadvertently wake up Hinata and the thought made him cringe. He looked around carefully and shrugged. He was a guy after all. He could just go behind a tree or something. No one seemed to be around anyways.
With that thought he walked behind the cabin and found the biggest tree he could. He finished his business and zipped his jeans back up. As he was making his way back to the brick road he heard someone snort and he tripped over his feet in surprise landing hard on the ground with an uff.
"Wow that was graceful" a voice sneered.
Kageyama quickly pulled himself off the ground and turned towards the voice. There was a tall pale man with blonde hair sitting on the ground leaning against another tree. Thankfully not the one he used to relieve himself. The blonde had black rimmed glasses, a black jacket over a white t-shirt and black slacks. A pair of head phones adorned his neck. He was thin and somewhat gangly, but there was probably muscle somewhere hidden underneath all that clothing. His lips were turned up slightly in a little sarcastic grin. Kageyama just gaped at him and then when he realized that this man probably heard him take care of business, his face bloomed bright red.
"You must really think you're the king or something. First sleeping in someone else's house without permission and then pissing on one of their trees. You do realize that there is a bathroom inside of my house or are you just stupid?" The blonde sneered at him again.
"J-just shut up!" Kageyama growled and averted his gaze. "And um sorry about…you know…" He made a hand gesture to the house and tree.
"It appears your manners are as graceful as your walking" the blonde man said sarcastically. Kageyama huffed and looked back at the blonde with only a slight glare. (Stupid smart ass thinks he's soo clever).
"Who are you and why the hell are you sitting out here anyways?" Kageyama grumbled at the still smirking ass on the ground.
"And why should I tell you anything? Hmm?" The blonde teased and raised an eyebrow. Kageyama glared at him.
"Fine. Be a smart ass. I'm leaving. I ate food from your fridge and I'm not sorry" Kageyama grumbled and started to walk away.
"Oi who's that?" Hinata chirped as he came around the corner. Kageyama groaned. (Dammit! I should have left before he woke up…crap).
"Oh I see you brought your court jester along as well your majesty" the blonde man snickered.
"S-shut up! I'm not a king and he is not a jester!" Kageyama ground out.
"What's a court jester and why are you sitting here outside?" Hinata questioned cheerfully to blonde cocking his head to the side. (Oh god don't talk to him you dumbass). Kageyama drew his hand over his face and sighed (loudly).
"Never mind. You obviously wouldn't get it" the blonde drawled. "I'm sitting out here because my battery died for my headphones and it seemed like a hassle to go get more from the cupboard." The blonde shrugged.
"Why don't you just get off you lazy ass and go find another one?" Kageyama asked with only slight frustration in his tone.
"Why waste energy?" The blonde answered casually. "Anyways it seems I have found a solution to my problem. You two decided to use my house as a hotel, so it only seems fair that you bring me the spare battery I have." Kageyama balked at the request.
"Hell no! Get it yourself!" Kageyama growled.
"Ok. No problem! What does it look like?" Hinata asked cheerfully. Kageyama's eyebrow twitched and he looked at the tiny man next to him like he was the stupidest person in the world (which he might actually be).
"It's a shining yellow rock in the cupboard next to the fridge. Hopefully you'll be smart enough to figure it out" the blonde said with a little sarcastic grin as he looked at the tiny orange haired man. Hinata gave a salute and skipped back towards the door to the house.
"I don't like you" Kageyama mumbled.
"At least I didn't piss on your tree. Thankfully you chose a different one and not the one I'm currently resting against. That would have been quite a startling wake up surprise" the blonde smirked.
They sat in silence for a while. Kageyama glaring and pouting with his arms folded. The blonde studying the black haired broody man next to him thinking of all the other things he could say to rile this man up. The silence continued until Hinata ran up to them with a giant triumphant grin. He was holding a glowing yellow rock in his hand.
"Is this it?" he asked hopefully.
"Yes that would appear to be a yellow rock wouldn't it? You really must be quite a genius" the blonde said without even trying to hide the sarcasm dripping from his voice.
"I'm Hinata by the way and this is Kageyama. We're on the way to the ruby city" Hinata replied cheerfully as he handed over the yellow rock. Kageyama groaned again. (Don't tell him stuff. Stupid dumbass).
"Fun" the blonde answered in a tone that suggested he didn't think it sounded fun at all. He took off his headphones and popped open the area where the old battery was burnt out.
"What's your name?" Hinata pressed again.
"Tsukishima" the man now known as Tsukishima answered as he placed the new battery in place.
"You should come with us! It would be fun to have more people" Hinata said hopefully. This time Kageyama really did hit him upside the head something he had been wanting to do for a while. "Hey! That hurt jerk!" Hinata whined and glared at Kageyama with tears in his big brown eyes.
"Sure. Why not? I have nothing better to do" Tsukishima replied and lazily stood up.
Kageyama's eyes grew a fraction bigger in terror as he looked back at the tall blonde. (Oh god please no. No. No. Why me?)
"Please don't. In fact since you two seem to get a long, why don't you just stay here Hinata?" Kageyama said trying desperately to avoid having to spend any more time with this dumbass and smart ass.
Tsukishima looked at him with a weird little glint in his golden eyes. A devilish little smirk graced his thin, but somewhat still pleasing to look at, lips.
"We can't let a king go on a journey by himself now can we Hinata?" Tsukishima purred with the devilish little smirk still in place.
"Of course not!" Hinata said firmly with his hands on his hips.
"It's settled then. Lead on your highness" Tsukishima gestured.
Kageyama stood frozen in place with a look of pure utter despair on his face. (I really really really hate this place). Eventually he squared his shoulders and glared at the two people in front of him. He didn't see a point to arguing especially with Hinata as it hadn't done any good so far. He would just continue on his journey and if these two asses followed him that was their choice. With that in mind he turned his back to them and marched back towards the brick road hoping it wouldn't be too much farther and then he would be able to go back home where things made sense.