Hey so back for the second chapter at this point I don't know how far this will go I am hoping it will be a long journey. So I'm sorry that this chapter has taken so long to get out, I haven't been feeling the best and also season two got released in dub. if you have any suggestions please pm me with them. Also it has come to my attention that i may have got the aging wrong so from this chapter onwards hopefully Ill have the correct ages. So let's get into the story.


Standing there was Kageyama Tobio 'the King of the Court', the person who had crushed me in my first and last volleyball game of middle school. I had been utterly defeated until Hiiro had encouraged me to continue, he had been there to watch me, to see how far I had come in my rehab. He had wanted to be there to support me and my team. I know the Tooru and Koshi were also there but for different reasons then Hiiro. "Y-Y-Y-YOU! What are you doing here?" I yelled in shock, even though Koshi had warned me it was possible that he was going to be here I was still surprised that he had accepted the invitation. He was one of the last people I want to find out about my leg. I don't want anyone to know about my leg, at least not until I have proved myself able. "We met last year. I've forgotten your name." Kageyama stated seeming bored. His indifference at forgetting who someone was, even if they had only met once shocked me.

"My name is Shoyo Hinata, But you probably don't even remember who I am. I mean you completely crush-" I rambled before he interrupted

"I remember exactly who you are." after saying this he stared at me with a deadpan look, this made me uncomfortable did he know. God, I hope he doesn't. "Whats with the silent treatment? What you want to fight or something?" I burst out to mask both my intelligence and my fear. "Oh don't be a dumbass" he retorts. Okay, that kind of hurt. "D-don't make fun of me. I have lost really bad the first time we met, but never again!" I declared loudly before groaning in nervousness "Ugh, look, I came to get my revenge and now I find out you're gonna be on the same team as me! How am I suppose to kick your butt that way? There' tons of better schools You could have gone to. Why did you have to pick this one? Why didn't you pick one of those instead?"s

"I applied to the school with the best team, but didn't make it." He deadpanned seeming put out.

"Huh... You didn't, they rejected the 'King of the Court'?" I asked surprised, 'what made them reject him?'
Something I said must have angered him because gone was his emotionless facade. He was almost growling, "NEVER call me that, EVER!" He said, his voice raised with barely restrained fury. I was about to reply when voices approaching the door distracted me causing me to turn towards the sound. I could barely hear who is talking, but from the sound of the voice, it was Koshi. I had mad a deal with him last night about not letting anyone in the club know we were related, made me wonder had he told the captain not to mention the fact we were related to the rest of the team. I hope he has, mostly because we agreed to let the team find out on their own. With Koshi was the captain Daichi and a teenager I didn't recognize. The teen had a cleanly shaven head and an angry look on his face, he appearance was that of a delinquent. But I remember that Koshi had told me this kid had a heart of gold and loved when underclassman called him senpai. "Hello" Kageyama said breaking the silence, everyone surrounded Kageyama talking at him I started to tune them out slowly moving behind them to compare their heights. From what I could tell Kageyama is taller than them, but to me, all the other high schoolers are pretty huge. I'm so excited for this.

"Hey guys" I blurt out only to get ignored, being ignored made mumble a little. "Hey" I shout out this time getting their attention.

"Huh... Hey you, your that shorty" Tanaka exclaimed in shock, he hadn't been there at lunch, he obviously recognized me from my only middle school game. His recognition filled me with little joy and plenty of embarrassment. "Wait a minute, so the other applicant that goes by the name of Shoyo Hinata guess that's you?" Daichi asked. Guess that Daichi is a good actor after all. "It's just... Kind of surprising that's all. But well hey you guys both chose Kurosuno" his tone of voice while saying this was neutral as if he had no real feeling towards this subject, it left me little enthusiasm.

"I guess..." I replied a little hesitantly not really sure how I felt about everything. Koshi must have picked up on my unease replying with "didn't mean to freak you out. It's just that you made a big impression last year." this calmed me a little knowing that Koshi was in a way proud made me happy, but only slightly so. "Yeah. You were tiny and all over the place but you really had some spunk" Tanaka stated clearly showing what he said was true and that I shouldn't try to argue. So I didn't. "Wow thanks a lot" I said adding more excitement than I meant to in order to hide my flinch of pain, but I know Koshi noticed I have never been able to hide anything from him. He proved me right when he gave me a subtle look that promised a talk before he said "and not to mention that jump of yours."

"It's too bad you haven't had a growth spurt yet though" Tanaka pointed out, which kinda hurt mainly because I haven't had a new prosthesis since getting this one two years ago. Most people who hear this would probably think 'what has that got to do with your height issue?' well obviously it's because i am missing the bottom of my legs and so any height i do get doesn't matter if my prosthetic isn't replaced as well. "Ugh... I know I may be small, but I've got talent. I'll be Karasuno's ace before you know it!" I stated because that has always been the path I had chosen, just like Hiiro I want to be relied on. I remember seeing him playing on the television, at the nationals, it filled me with so much pride. Tanaka must of thought what I said was crazy or that I was because he replied to my enthusiasm with "Huh... Damn, already got your eyeballs on the ace position do ya someones got cahonnies." While talking he starts to have a really creepy smile that sent shivers up my spine.

"Well there's nothing wrong with shooting for the stars is there? right?" good old Koshi always so reliable. just what you need in a setter and he was so nice too, just what you want from a person. That is until you see his darker personality.

"Yeah, I'll do my best." I stated wanting him to know I was thankful towards him for always supporting my dream. No matter what condition my body was in. But then Kageyama just had to ruin my good mood, the jerk. "Okay then, now that you've sworn to become the ace you better be prepared to back it up."

"Huh" his statement had me a little confused. what does he know about my work ethic or my past, nothing, so he doesn't get to make comments about how I move forward. "If you're not careful you'll waste another three years!" His statement stung like he'd just slapped my face. It also made me angry, what right did he have to say I had wasted three years when He didn't know what was going on during those three years. What I had to go through, what I had to learn. "Excuse me" I said ignoring the pain that flared in my leg. I probably should have found time to take off my prosthesis and apply the medicinal cream. I vaguely heard someone talking in the background, I think it may have been Daichi, but I'm not entirely sure. I was just angry, well maybe part of me was hurt, but mostly I was angry. "I did everything I could... I did... hgh... Look, I've done a lot stop putting me down!" I was yelling by the end out of frustration.

"Relax guys, you know you're not enemies anymore right? Volleyballs suppose to bring people togeth-" Daichi started

"I want you to play me right now!" I exclaimed very rudely ignoring what the captain was saying, I know I should probably pay attention to him but the mask of stupidity and everything. "Whoa, watch it punk, don't you know Daichi's talking to you?" Tanaka shouted. It should be obvious that we both ignored him. "What are we going to play?" Kageyama asked, now if I wasn't acting stupid I probably would have suggested something feasible but let's face it I have a mask to uphold. "Volleyball, what the heck else is there?" I retorted it should be known that I don't actually hate him I just need to feel that I got my fighting spirit back, that I haven't given up hope of going to the nationals. That I can make Hiiro proud. "How do you plan to play volleyball one on one?" Kageyama asked with obvious disbelief in his voice.

"Like passes and stuff" I internally flinched at how stupid I sounded with that one short sentence. I saw Koshi flinch too, he must have known it mentally hurt just to say it out loud like that. After all out of everyone here he knows me the best. "How does anybody win at that?" he asked sounding more disbelieving by the second. I couldn't believe what I had said either, so I don't really blame him. "The kids got a point!" Tanaka exclaimed in the background trying once again to get our attention.

"Whats all the noise in here?" a new voice asked

"Oh turds, VP" Tanaka exclaimed obviously there was something behind that. His reaction caused Koshi to hiss at him "be quiet" under his breath with which he returned "why don't you be quiet?".

"Are you boys fighting in here?" the Vice Principle asked in an almost dead tone. His tone of voice told me he didn't really like this club, did they cause too many problems for the school? Well if they did Koshi never told me about it. "Nope, we're just working as hard as always Vice Principle, right?" Daichi said hiding a threat behind a thin smile. The kind that promised pain if we didn't listen. And of course we didn't listen. "We have to watch ourselves around the Vice Principle. That guy is always waiting for us to slip up-" Tanaka whispered only to be interrupted by me, I mean really is today a day of interruptions I really don't like how many interruptions have happened today. I'm probably gonna have a panic attack if this continues. "Serve it to me! I can handle anything you send." I claimed, I mean it could be true, I do train with Hiiro I faintly hear Tanaka say something but it didn't really register what he had said before I continued. "Listen jerk I only received one serve from you last year. Granted it was with face, but since then I've practiced with everyone I could. I am not the same person I was." When I finished speaking my leg twinged letting me know just how far I still have to go from last year. "Not the same person huh?...Well I've improved a bit in the last year too" Kageyama stated filled with confidence, but I could tell that underneath all the confidence there was insecurity, I wonder what caused it. "All right, all right that's enough smack talk you guys!" Daichi said in a placating tone as he tried to resolve a quickly escalating situation, it probably would have been better if we had actually paid attention to him. "Their both first years aren't they?" the Vice Princeple asked seriously does that guy have any emotions apart from dead inside. Don't let him get to you. remember everything you learn't with the ladies team. "Get ready" short and straight to the point just like Kageyama when I starting paying attention again I saw that Kageyama was preparing for a jump serve, thats new. I ended up falling to the ground in order to dodge the resulting serve. Everyone was shocked, it was clear by the gasps of surprise that resounded throughout the gym. well... everyone except the VP. There were various exclaimations of surprise. I never saw a serve like that from any of the ladies I played with.

"Pathetic, hows that any different from last year?" Kageyama asked in a condescending tone, it made me wonder how he would do against Hiiro, probably horrible considering that Hiiro was set to play in a national team on an international level. "Argh... One more try!" I exclaim not wanting to give up

"Ok... Now cut it out!" Daichi yelled trying once more to get the situation under control, without much luck. "I see the new recuits have no respect for their captain!" if you can't guess who said that I'm disappointed, If you guessed the VP you would be correct still ignoring everyone but me Kageyama prepares another jump serve, this time aiming for the corner on my left. using my speedy reflexs I got behind it. This caused minor chatter to spring up in the background. Even though I had manged to get behind the ball my aim was off and the ball veered off course heading straight for the VP's head. When the ball hit the Vice Principles toupee went flying off his head and landed on Daichi's head.

Everyone was silent... For a moment no one moved... I could feel my bones filling with dread... Was I going to be expelled? On my first day? And then suddenly everybody could move again. Moving to slightly surround the VP. "Oh man, that was a toupee?" Kageyama asked slightly confused which made me reply a little teaseingly. "Your just now figured that out? I noticed it at the entrance ceremony." Did Daichi just growl? Or was it the VP? Was it both? I can't tell. "Dude! Shut up! It's not even that funny" Tanaka exclaimed barely holding in his own laughter.

"You shut up moron!" Koshi yelled obviously upset with the situation. "Captain, a word please." the VP said with an even tone, which was somehow even scarier.


"Luckily we aren't in any trouble. He doesn't even want an apology. But we've been sworn to secrecy." Daichi said pulling a relieved sigh from everyone and a surprised gasp from Tanaka "and as for you two-"

"If you had handled the serve this wouldn't have happened in the first place." Kageyama started cutting Daichi off mid sentence "your the same clutz you were last year I can't believe I thought you would be a challenge!"

"You don't know when to quit do you?" I asked annoyed at the comparison to last year when Daichi yelled out.

"Can it, there's something I want to tell you. I don't know what your reasons were for choosing to come to this high school, but I assume you came to win!" he finished talking a lot calmer than when he started

"Yeah!" I replied with Kageyama following up with a "Yes obviously"

"Up until a few years ago, Karasuno's volleyball team could compete with the best of them. they even made it to the nationals, but these days we're eighth in the prefecture. Not terrible but not good either. The people talk." Daichi explained "They call us... The wingless crows. I remember when Karasuno played in the spring high national tournament. I was a student at a nearby school that just happened to be in the neighborhood. Watching them fight those tough opponents in that huge gym in Tokyo... It gave me chills. Lets go back one more time!" what he said really struck a chord within me made me remember seeing Hiiro standing on that court, the feeling of pride that I felt Knowing that it was my brother that I was seeing also gave me chills. But now all I could think was we're gonna play on that same court, it will be me that my family will be cheering for but my thoughts were interrupted.

"The nationals huh. Plenty of high schools talk of making it there one day, doesn't mean they'll go." Kageyama said way too bluntly, I mean hasn't this guy ever heard of tact.

"What? you... Little" I think he broke Tanaka.

"I know what you mean. But I'm dead serious" Daichi stated the faint intimidating aura becoming stronger even though his expression didn't change. "If we want to get there we need to be a cohesive unit. That means no more run ins with the VP for one thing." As he was talking Daichi started moving towards us, this resulted in Tanaka and Koshi slowly moving away from us. "It's not like I'm telling you to be best friends or anything like that. I know back in middle school you might have been adversaries on opposite sides of the net but you're on one side now and you need to make peace with that. Is that clear?" his tone of voice sent chills down my back worse then when Hiiro threatened me when I told him I was giving up... I was seriously scared of my brother at that time. "I don't care how good you are, or how determined you are to play hard. Anyone who lets a petty rivalry get in the way of the teams success gets the boot. You are banned from participating in club activities until you learn to think of yourselves as teammates." Daichi finished slamming the door in our faces.