Things have been going slightly well over the past two months ever since [name] started school. She had gotten back to being devoted in volleyball, but not neglecting her studies as well. In class, she is mostly paired up with either Kuroo or Yaku, as she mostly mixed around with the volleyball players. Whenever it's lunch time, she will meet up with the volleyball girls to help them with practicing their receiving, especially Yuki.

She had also become the captain of Nekoma High's volleyball girls team.

"You know, come to think of it, I've never heard that Nekoma High had a girls' volleyball team until Ai told me that her sister was in it." [name] spoke up all of a sudden when they were practicing spiking.

"Well, that's because we don't have a captain and a middle blocker, nor an ace. We didn't participate in any competitions at all." Kyoko answered as she jumped up and spiked.

"Yeah, now we've got a middle blocker and an ace, two in one." Aria winked as she tosses the ball.

"I ain't the ace, don't put pressure on me." [name] muttered as she jumped up and slam down.

"Coach also said you're the ace." Naomi spoke as she dived to save the ball that [name] had slam down, which she managed to touch it with her hands.

"Kyoko, why don't you be the captain?" [name] asked as she jumped up and spiked the ball that Yuki had tossed to her.

"Me? Nah. I'm not cut out for it. I'm a total clumsy idiot when it comes to leading. I have no sense of strategy and all." She replied as she went to help Naomi to pick up the balls.

"Alright, girls! Come gather!" the coach called out, and the girls ran and stopped in front of him.

"We're going to have a practice match against Karasuno High on the 14th of March. This is going to be the very first time you girls participate in a practice match against another school, so it's time for your debut!" the coach cheered, but the girls just stared at him.

"But coach. We don't have a captain. How are we supposed to participate?" Aiyu asked.

"We do. Your captain is just right here." The coach spoke and pointed at [name].

"HUH?!" [name] shouted out.

"Captain, middle blocker and ace. Three in one. Way to go [name]!" Kyoko called out and smacked her back.

"C-C-Coach, there has to be some mistake! I can't be the captain. I just joined recently! L-L-Let Kyoko be the one instead!" [name] stammered out.

"The girls voted. Even the reserved players as well. You're selected by them and me as well." The coach patted [name] on the head trying to calm her down.

[name] then turned to face the reserved players as well; Hikari, Enma, Lysa, Ami, Yui. And they all gave her a nod and a wide smile on their faces.

Soon the entire team turned to face [name] and bowed, all shouting, "Captain! Please take care of us and lead us!"

And from that day on, [name] was the captain of Nekoma High volleyball girls team.

She had become best friends with Kuroo after she had seen how much he had cared for her. Constantly knowing when she's depressed, and offering to accompany her for a late night walk, or even just a simple outing to eat ice-cream. She was also quite close to the volleyball boys, as the girls and boys will occasionally play a match against each other whenever Kyoko and Taketora had an argument over who is better.

And then there's Aiyu, who was crushing extremely hard on Kenma, stating how cute he was and stuff. Yuki, well was together with Yuki. And Yaku was crushing on Naomi, hard as well.

But the sad thing that didn't change was, [name] still didn't have a reason to love. The memories of how Oikawa "love" her still haunted her, to the point that she turned numb and oblivious when people show signs of them crushing on her.

Most of them had given up when she replied dully to their confessions. But Kuroo still stayed. He didn't confess, but he saw the look in [name]'s eyes whenever she rejected any of the confessions. It clearly showed that she has no idea how to love anymore, and that she was afraid.

Kuroo told him, he will wait. He will help her. And that's why he's still here by her side, as a best friend. But he told himself soon, he will get her.

And here he was, standing in the corridor of the third level in Nekoma High, looking at how his best friend was trying her best to get out of the situation she was stuck in. Boys were shoving and pushing to get close to her as much as possible, all shouting.

"[name]/[name]-senpai! Please accept this!"

Yeap. It was White Day alright.

She was constantly rejecting everyone's box of chocolates, and came up with lies about how she hated chocolate, and doesn't like sweets. But still, the fanboys were persistent, and it was getting on her nerves.

"Guys, please. I'm going to be late for my practice match already." [name] whined as she tried to push pass the crowd, yet they were still persistent. [name] sighed and looked up, that's when she spotted Kuroo leaning against the wall with the volleyball boys by his side.

"Save me." She mouthed the words, and Kuroo just shrugged his shoulders and pushed Taketora forward. Taketora then put on his punk face and glared at the fanboys, who then ran away in fear. All of a sudden he was hit hard on the head by a book, and he turned to glare at who had hit him.

"Stop glaring at our beloved captain!" Kyoko poked him in the chest with the book she had hit him with.

"You got a problem with me?" Taketora asked and glared at Kyoko, who glared back in response.

"Alright, that's enough. Let's go Kyoko!" [name] called out and dragged Kyoko along with her, heading down the corridor to get to the gym to prepare for their practice match.

"[name]! We'll be heading down to watch as well! The Karasuno boys team are also coming to support the girls team." Yaku called out and [name] just waved to indicate that she already heard what he had said.

"Nice kill!"

Aria tossed another ball up, and [name] spiked a cross.

"Nice kill!"

Yuki tossed a ball up, and Kyoko spiked a straight.

"Nice kill!"

"Alright, that's enough! Go and change!" the coach called out, and the girls headed to the nearest toilet to change into their jersey.

[name] was the first to change, and she hurried back to the gym to put on her gears for volleyball.

"Ah, I see you're also number one." A voice spoke up, and she turned and saw Kuroo sitting on the bench with the other boys. Kuroo then stared at her figure. She was wearing the Nekoma High Jersey, with the number one on the front and back. The Jersey was both red and black, but with a sleeveless top, exposing [name]'s toned arms.

He noticed how [name] was pulling on her kneepads and he looked at her thighs and calves, looking at how toned they were. He didn't notice [name] was staring at him with an agitated look in her eyes until…

"Quit staring already, bed head." [name] snapped, and then giggled when Kuroo's face turned red.

"Karasuno's team has arrived!" the manager called out, and [name] got into position to welcome their guests.

"We'll be looking forward to our game today." [name] spoke as she shook the hands of Karasuno's team captain, Yui.

"We too, as well will be looking forward to the game." Yui smiled back.

"What's up with the orange hair kid?" [name] asked.

Yui then turned to take a look that Hinata was gaping at the gym, as if it was his first time coming to Nekoma High.

"Shrimp, this isn't your first time here you know!" Yaku yelled, and all of a sudden Lev just had to comment on his height.

"Shrimp? Yaku-san you're not that different from Hinata as well." And all of a sudden Lev started to run away in fear as Yaku was sending random kicks towards him.

"[n-n-name]-senpai!" all of a sudden both [name] and Yui heard someone calling her, and they both turned to look at who it was. There stood a boy with a shaved head with a widow's peak and sharp blue-grey eyes, wearing the number 5 on his shirt.

"T-T-Tanaka?" Yui stammered out as he saw that Tanaka was staring intensely with shock at [name].

"Do I know you?" [name] asked, and all of a sudden Tanaka felt as if his heart has been shot.

"I've heard so much about you! You were the middle blocker of -." And all of a sudden his mouth was covered and dragged away by Taketora.

"Shut up already, baldie." Taketora whispered, and Tanaka glared at him. They started to fight in a heated argument, and [name] couldn't help but feel agitated by it.

"Aiyu, ball." She called out, and Aiyu tossed a ball to [name]'s direction, and she slammed it down. The ball ended up flying in between Tanaka and Taketora, and hitting the wall extremely hard, causing the both of them to quiver in fear.

"S-S-S-Scary!" Hinata stuttered out, and was dragged away by a boy with average height and a slender build with light grey hair and hazel, brown eyes with a mole under his left eye.

"HAHAHAHAHAH." The whole Nekoma High volleyball team, girls and boys, burst out laughing at the reaction of Karasuno.

"Daichi-san, isn't she?" Suga asked, and Daichi just nodded his head.

Whereas Nishinoya was staring at [name] with eyes that were blinging with light. [name] then turned to look and realised that the boy who has a fairly muscular build with most of his wild hair ruffled upwards and the tiny tuft of hair that falls over his forehead that appears to be bleached a dirty blond, was staring at her.

She sighed and then shouted to her coach.

"Coach! Will it be alright if we have a practice match against the boys as well?" which then the Coach just gave a thumbs up and he went to speak with the coach from Karasuno.

"YES!" Nishinoya cheered and jumped onto a tall, well-built man who had his hair swept backwards with a sports hairband.

"Did you hear that, Asahi-san?!" Nishinoya cheered.

"Yeah… I did." Asahi replied with a slight discomfort.

"Let's start the game!" the coaches called out, and the girls team took their places.

"Make me proud girls. I have faith in you. We may not seem like the best, or play like the best. But as long as the ball hasn't drop, we play on!" [name] yelled as she brought the team together in a huddle.

"Nekoma, fight!"

"Kyoko, nice serve!"

"Nice receive!"

"Right, right!"

And Yui jumped up, about to spike when all of a sudden she was blocked by [name]. A solid block, killing her spike as the ball hit her own court.

"Woah…" Asahi mumbled out.

"Her reflexes are fast…" Nishinoya whispered.

"She's the middle blocker, ace and captain." Kenma spoke as he continued to watch the match.

"What?! Three in one, that's cool!" Hinata yelled and stared in admiration at [name].

"Kyoko, nice serve!" and Kyoko served the ball, which ended up hitting the back of Aiyu. Aiyu turned and stared at Kyoko, and gave a slight pout when Kyoko giggled.

"Don't mind, don't mind." [name] called out.

"Yui, nice serve!" and Yui served, and it hit the net slightly before dropping into Nekoma's court. [name] then dived for the ball and hit it back up.

"Sorry, it's a little short!" and [name] quickly got up and got back to her position.

"Don't worry, I gotcha!" Aria yelled and tossed the ball to [name].

[name] ran up and jumped, about to spike when she saw number 1, Yui and number 5 jumping up to block her. She then smirked and saw an opening in between Yui's arms, and she slammed right through it, earning a point.

"Nice kill!"

And Nekoma won the first set.

"[name], nice serve!" and [name] jumped up and served hard.

It was the second set already, and the score was 15-07, with Nekoma leading.

"Crap!" Yui tried to receive the ball but it flew, and Karauno's number 4 started running for the ball, but in the end she gave up and allowed it to drop. [name] walked up towards the net, with an extremely displeased look on the face.

"Number 4." She called out, and number 4 looked at her.

"Do you not love volleyball?" she asked.

Number 4 was taken aback when [name] suddenly asked her the question, but she still answered her, "I do love volleyball."

"Then why did you give up?" [name] asked again, and Yui came up to [name] to calm her down.

"I-It was…" number 4 trailed off and [name] slammed the ball down and yelled.

"And you say you love volleyball. This is the first time I've seen someone giving up so easily just because the ball was too far away. There's a reason why your coach trains you. There's a reason why you have teammates as well. There's a reason why you're wearing that damn jersey with the number 4 on it!"

And the whole gym went silent. Even Kuroo was staring at her with a shock look on his face. And then finally, number 4 spoke up once again.

"Y-You're right… I shouldn't give up so easily…" she mumbled, and [name] got under the net and walked over to her. She raised her hand and number 4 flinched, thinking that [name] was about to hit her, but she felt a pat on her shoulder instead.

"Never give up if you love volleyball. That alone is enough of a reason for you to continue." And [name] smiled at her.

"Y-Yes!" Number 4 stammered out and [name] went back to her court.

"Oya, captain, it seems that you know what to say." Kyoko teased and [name] just stuck her tongue out at her.

"Sorry for the interruption, coach." [name] yelled out, but her coach just gave her a smile and a thumbs up, and the game continued.

"[name], nice serve!" and [name] did a jump float serve, causing the libero from Karasuno to slide desperate on the floor.

"That's… The jump float serve…" Yamaguchi stared in awe.

"Good game!" the coaches called out, and the girls lined up on the court once again and yelled.

"Thank you!" They then went to the net and shook each other's hands.

"Ne, [name]. Thank you." Yui said as she shook [name]'s hand. [name] gave her a confused look and then Yui continued, "For opening her eyes." And Yui motioned towards the number 4. [name] then smiled softly and went, "I've a friend like her as well… But at least your number 4 is willing to work hard, whereas my friend is still a lazy ass sometimes!" and she chuckled.

But somewhere in Aobajōsai High, a certain Haru sneezed.

"I think I've caught a cold…" Haru mumbled.

"Eh, no way!" Ai called out.

"Probably [name]'s talking bad about you, for being a lazy ass at times." – Aikiko called out.

And then [name] sneezed as well.

"Break time! [name], do you still want to have a match against Karasuno's boys?" the coach asked.

[name] then turned to look at her girls, and they nodded.

"Why not? It will be fun. And I want to see the freak duo in action, since I heard so much about them from bed head over there." And she pointed to Kuroo, who had his hands up in defence.

"L-Lanky!" Hinata yelled with an embarrassed look on his face.

Then [name] turned to look at the guy that Hinata was seated by. She noticed that the boy has hair that is black in colour and cropped short, with a fringe that hangs just above his dark blue eyes. She recognised him as Oikawa's junior, the one that Oikawa wants to crush so badly.

All of a sudden [name] was dragged by the arm, and she looked up to who it was, and she realised it was Aiyu. "Let's go for a cool down, captain!" she giggled as she pulled [name] out of the gym with the other girls following behind them.

"Ne, Kuroo. Did you ask [name] yet?" Yaku asked as he did a few stretches.

"Not yet. I don't know if she wants to, we are playing against Aobajōsai High." Kuroo mumbled as he dragged Lev towards the court, stating that he has to whip him into shape.

"Tsukii, nice serve!" and a tall, with average built, short blond hair, thin eyebrows and golden brown eyes, boy sent his serve over to the net. Naomi dived just in time and hit the ball up.

"Nice one Naomi!" and Yuki positioned herself to toss, and she looked when she spotted both [name] and Aiyu running up. She panicked slightly when all of a sudden [name] yelled.

"Oi, don't panic already! Just toss." And Yuki nodded and tossed it to Aiyu, who spiked but ended up getting blocked by Daichi.

"Don't mind, Yuki, Aiyu." [name] called out with a smile.

"Yuki. We trust you." [name] said and smacked her on the back.

"So quit panicking and just toss." Aiyu added on and smacked her on the back as well.

"Position!" Kyoko called out, and everybody ran to their positions.

"Tsukii, nice serve!"

"Nice receive!"

"Yuki!" [name] called out, and Yuki nodded, tossing to [name].

[name] then jumped up and did a full swing when she noticed that Kageyama and Hinata were trying to block her. She then spotted the libero positioning himself behind them, and Daichi at the side. She smirked and slammed hard, aiming Kageyama's fingertips and the ball went out of court.

"NICE WIPE, [NAME]!" Taketora called out.

The Karasuno's boys team stared in shock at [name] as she landed, and the Nekoma team smirked at their reactions.

"This girl, she's toying with the boys again." The coach shook his head with a smile on his face.

"Again?" Ukai, the coach of Karasuno's team asked.

"She toyed the boys team from Nekoma High that time, and they lost badly. She's able to read everybody's move before deciding." The coach continued.

"Aria, nice serve!"

"Nice receive!"

"Kageyama cover!" and Kageyama positioned himself to toss. [name] then looked around and spotted Hinata running. She quickly signalled to Naomi to stay in the back centre, and signalled to Yuki to block the right. Sure enough Hinata saw that he was being blocked by Yuki, and he ran to the left instead. [name] smirked and saw that he jumped and Kageyama tossed to him.

She quickly ran as she was in the frontline centre, and managed to touch the ball with her fingertips, and she tossed it up, allowing Naomi to be able to receive it nicely.

"Yuki!" Naomi called out and passed it to Yuki, who then position herself to toss, and both [name] and Aiyu started to run and get into position. Yuki jumped up to do a toss, and then she did a dump. Causing Daichi and Hinata to slide hard on the floor and collide into one another.

"Nice one, Yuki!"

"That captain is trouble." Suga commented. Ennoshita then looked at him and gave him a confused look. "That was the first time that Hinata used the quick attack. And she managed to slow the momentum of the ball, even tossing it up!"

The Nekoma boys team overheard what Suga had said, and they smirked as they continued to watch the match before them.

"Match point!" the manager called out.

The score was 24-21, with Nekoma's girls leading.

"Hinata, nice serve!"

"Nice receive!"

And Aria got into position prepared to toss. [name] then called out to her and she nodded. She tossed the ball to [name], and she jumped up about to spike when all of a sudden Tsukki jumped up to block her. She narrowed her eyes as Tsukki smirked, but the moment she slams the ball, it hit the tips of Tsukki's fingers and flew off the court.

[name] landed the same time as Tsukki and then she turned and pointed a finger at him. He stared in shock with a sweatdropped look and all of a sudden [name] yelled.

"God, your height is as annoying as Kuroo's!" and Kuroo sneezed at the bench.

"Don't bring me in!" he yelled back as he grabbed hold of the tissue that Yaku had held out for him.

And everybody snickered at the scene before them.

The score was 25-24, with Karasuno's boys leading. And boy was [name] hyped up.

"Hinata, nice serve!" and Hinata served the ball… It ended up hitting the net, but it stayed in their court, allowing the girls to get one free point.

"HINATA, YOU DUMBASS!" Kageyama yelled.

"Don't mind, Hinata!" Daichi called out.

"[name], nice serve!" and [name] served the ball which Nishinoya, the libero of Karasuno managed to receive it nicely, tossing it to Kageyama.

"Kageyama!" Asahi yelled, and [name] quickly got behind Kyoko, spreading her legs to cover a bigger territory. Kageyama then tossed, and [name] noticed that the toss was a high toss and it was slightly away from the net. Her eyes then opened wide as she saw how Asahi jumped and swung his arms.

*SLAM*

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"NICE ONE [NAME]!" Naomi shouted out.

"Connect, connect!" Kyoko yelled out.

"Aria!" Aiyu shouted out, and Aria tossed the ball to Kyoko when the blockers were blocking Aiyu. Nishinoya tried his best to save the ball, but he couldn't make it in time. [name]'s hand shook as she had made herself receive the entire impact of Asahi's spike.

"She… She received Asahi-san's spike perfectly…" Nishinoya mumbled.

"Match point." The manager called out.

"[name], nice serve!"

"Nice receive!"

"Kageyama, left!" Daichi called out, and [name] noticed that Tsukki was running as well as Tanaka, Asahi and Hinata. Kageyama moved his eyes to the left, causing Yuki to move to the left. [name] then quickly positioned herself into the centre as she saw Kageyama toss the ball up.

The ball went behind of Tsukki and Asahi.

"IT'S MY TURN!" Tanaka yelled and slammed the ball down.

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"NICE SAVE, NAOMI!" Naomi had run from the backline centre to the side almost immediately when she saw [name]'s signal. The ball flew up, and [name] decided. As long as when she hits the ball before she lands into the frontline zone, it isn't a foul.

"Aria!" [name] called out. Aria nodded, as Kyoko and Yuki ran up. Aria tossed the ball as Kyoko and Yuki faked out the blockers from the boys' side, and all of a sudden…

*SLAM! *

The ball ended up in the boys' court. The boys stared in shock at what had just happened.

"What… Just happened?" Yaku managed to speak out.

"She… She did a quick spike when she jumped from the backline to the front…" Taketora answered.

"She's full of surprises." Kuroo commented.

"Oi, [name]. You're crazy sometimes." Kyoko called out as she ruffled [name]'s hair.

"That killer jump from the backline and killer spike? Damn, I feel so lucky to be in the same team as you." Naomi smirked as she smacked [name]'s back.

"Match end! Nekoma wins!" The manager called out, and the girls cheered and huddled together.

"Who the heck is she, really." Tsukki asked his team, and [name] heard.

"She's [name]. She used to be the middle blocker in Aobajōsai High." Daichi answered.

"Oh? So she couldn't get the captain position so she decides to transfer? Hah." Tsukki commented.

"For a year one, you're damn cocky." [name] commented with a smirk on her face.

Tsukki was taken aback that she wasn't affected by his comments. [name] shrugged her shoulders and went to line up with the girls to bid farewell to the Karasuno teams.

Kuroo was walking [name] home. She was extremely quiet ever since their coaches had announced the upcoming events for the volleyball team after they had sent off Karasuno High's school teams.

"Nekoma High boys' volleyball team will be participating in the Interhigh-Preliminaries, and the first school they'll be playing against is… Seijō (Aobajōsai High)" the coach announced.

[name] immediately tensed when she heard that the boys will be playing against Seijō. They'll be playing against the boys. They'll be playing against Oikawa…

Aiyu then rubbed the back of [name] softly as she saw how tensed [name] looked.

"So girls, I will appreciate if you lot will be able to help them with their trainings." The coach smiled, and he directed his smile towards [name].

[name] just stared blankly, and everybody else had a worried look on their faces.

"[name]!" Kuroo yelled as he shook her by the shoulders. [name] immediately snapped out of her thoughts, and looked at Kuroo. She then looked around and realised that they had already reached her house.

"Ah, I'm sorry! Thank you for walking me home!" she then quickly turned to open the gate when all of a sudden she felt Kuroo tugging her bag.

"Ne, [name]. I know this is too much to ask for, but I'm hoping that you'll come watch us during the Interhigh-Preliminaries." He sincerely asked her. [name] hesitated slightly, as she knew that she will definitely bump into Oikawa then.

"I-I-It's okay if you don't come! Sorry to have asked! Have a goodnight rest!" Kuroo stammered out and quickly walked to his house which was just next door, while [name] just stared at him in a confused state, and she realised that Kuroo had shoved a gift wrapped box into her hands as well.

[name] shook her head as she went in, still thinking about the Interhigh-Preliminaries.