Chapter 4
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A/N I hope you enjoy I don't know how good this is especially the end so hope you like it!
As Hinata turned down the hallway to the bathroom he heard snickering from the water fountain and pressed himself against the wall.
""Have you ever heard of that school we' playing next, what is it Yukigurka Junior High?" Asked a boy condescendingly.
"Yukigaoka Junior High? I've never heard of them!" Responded another
"Did you see them when we walked into the gym? They're a bunch of elementary schoolers!"
"Hah?! First years?"
"Yeah, and their team was tiny, how many of them were there? Six, maybe? No libero either!" They all laughed at that, peeking around the corner Hinata saw three boys filling water bottles at the fountain. All three boys were giant drowning Hinata's small stature with ease. The last thing Hinata noticed were the telltale jackets that identified hem as the they would play next, Kitagawa Daiichi.
"How do they expect to last even ten minutes on the court with us?!"
"Hey!" He called out, making them jump and face him in surprise. "Don't look down at us! We have just as much a right to be here as you do!" He was angry he worked to hard to be snubbed
now just as he finally got here. Suddenly he felt sharp pricks of pain shoot up his stump and he doubled over slightly nauseated as well as in pain.
"Once I settle my… stomach…"Oh yes his stomach he wasn't going in here to rub a layer of cream on stump and give it a nice message, no sir, because Hinata had two legs.
"We'll really give you… something to talk about…" his stomach lurched, if he didn't leave soon all they would be talking about was the pitiful captain from the pitiful school that couldnt hold down his lunch.
"Just you wait." As he turned to go into the bathroom the group erupted into laughter.
"Are you kidding me?! We're looking forward to it!" they say mockingly
"Is he- he's wearing the captains mark! He's their captain!" They're making fun of him! How dare theywhen they played he would crushthem no leg would hold him back!
"Hey." A voice interrupts Hinata looks up to see the king of the court."Official warm-up is starting now, get to the gym."
"Crap! It's Kageyama."
"We were just leaving." They scrambled to collect all the bottles.
"We won't need all these bottles," One of them muttered, "I mean, just look at our opponents!" The other two snorted, but flinched when their setter turned to them with a glare.
"You lot don't even play. Don't ride on the name of your school and look down upon others." They flinched, put there heads down and ran.
"I- I was just going to say that, you know!.. Ughh.."
"You're not even physically ready for the match, so don't talk big."
"Hah?!"
"That's why they look down on you. Guys that can't even manage their bodies-"
HAH?! Did this guy really just say that Hinata did everything he could to keep his body in condition and healthy. He had to or the stress of the prothesis would be to much, as for control the amount of control it took to move on a prothesis was-
"Shouldn't be talking big. Why're you even here? To make memories?"
Forgetting the pain in his leg, Hinata straightened up to stare down the king of the court head-on.
"I'm here to win of course!" The taller boy scoffs and turns away.
"You make it sound so easy."
"Sure, I may not be tall, but I can jump!" He shouts. he could jump he had come so far, he had worked so hard. He could f*****g jump. (A/N I swear myself but i dont know your feelinfs toward it so i'll write any seriouse swears like this.)
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It wasn't long until Hinata the start of the match. It wasn't long until the game was in shambles, but Hinata refused to give up.
"Sho-chan, it's up to you…" his friend trailed off, looking behind him with wide eyes, the ball was flying to the other side of the court. It's not over, the ball hasn't dropped, we can still play, we can still win, I can jump!
Turning Hinata bolted, he jump feeling the stress from the jump ricocheting through his leg. He reached the ball hit it and…
It was out; and the match was over.
"What have you been doing these past three years?!"
What.
Did.
He.
Just.
Say!? Hinata wanted to jump over the net and throttle the other boy shouting all the while, 'I was learning to f*****g walk you a**hole!'
Hinata's only match in junior high lasted 31 minutes and his team lost spectacularly.
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After the game Hinata, Koji and Izumi stood at the top of the steps looking down over the parking lot.
"Is your leg ok Hinata? I know it usually hurts after anything like this." Asked Koji worriedly.
"I'm fine" responded Hinata
"We're just unlucky that we faced them, our opponents are aiming for nationals… There was nothing we could do." Said Izumi, trying to make Hinata feel better, it didn't.
"Whether the opponent is weak or strong, in the end it's about if you win or lose, if you lose you can no longer stand on the court." Said Hinata looking straight ahead over the school's grounds. As he says this he looks down and sees Kageyama leaving the building. He starts running down the stairs toward him ignoring his friend's and his leg's protests.
"You!" He shouts and Kageyama freezes
"If you're the reigning king of the court then I'll overthrow you and be the one who stands the longest!" Hinata's eyes started to tear up whether it was from emotions or pain Hinata wasn't sure.
"The only ones that remain on the court are the winners and the strong." Responds Kageyama.
"If you want to advance try growing stronger!" He shouted Hinata glared and Kageyama kept his gaze level with the other boy's a moment before turning and walking away.
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Over the next few months Hinata trained harder than ever he ran every day and sucked up his pride and played with the girls team and the team of neighbourhood mothers. In some ways nothing changed he still loved volleyball and he still played till he dropped but now there was an added level of intensity, because now he had his goal he had to overthrow the king of the court. A few weeks after the fateful match Hinata saw a small add in the newspaper that announced that Kitagawa Daiichi had lost in the semi finals(A/N not sure if this is right) of the tournament and Hinata was happy because if he didn't get to play on the court neither should his rival. Hinata would face him again, next year was high school they would fight again!
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Hinata's first week of high school didn't go well. With his rival's appearance on the court they promptly got themselves kicked out of the volleyball club for fighting and knocking off the vice principal's wig, they would be allowed back on if they could be civil to each other during the three on three match coming up.
Hinata and Kageyama weren't friends by any means but by the time the three on three rolled around they tolerated each other's company. They had practiced for hours together until it felt like Hinata's leg was being rubbed against hot coals but he kept going because they had to win! Hinata had to prove to the Baka that he had the right to stand on the court and they both had to prove the a**hole Tsukishima wrong. Over the week Hinata had started to figure out the roles of the team it was obvious Suga was the mom and Daichi was the dad but there were some things missing he just couldn't decide what, maybe an energetic older brother or a kind shy one? Who knows.
Hinata had decided that he would tell the team after the three on three. That was the plan and he would go through with it yep, completely that would happen.
A/N I hope you liked the nod towards Asahi and Noya in the bit about the team family! Any way as always Like it? Hate it? Leave a review just please no flames.