Yamaguchi really, really, didn't want to do this. He didn't have anything to say or offer this supposed Kuroo person. He would much rather be comforting Tsukki. He had seemed especially upset when he came back. He was snapped by his thoughts by Yamamoto slapping him on the back and pushing him through some ornate doors.
Yamaguchi looked around the room nervously and carefully took some tentative steps forward. The room was empty and he let out a shaky breath.
"Well hello there little traveler" A booming voice echoed through the room.
Yamaguchi squeaked and jumped. His eyes zeroed in on a giant black dragon standing on a platform. He swallowed and took steps backwards towards the door.
"Woah! Hey hey hey don't go anywhere or I'll be forced to hunt you down" the dragon bellowed out quickly. "I'm Captain Kuroo. What is your name little bird?"
"Yamaguchi…I really don't have anything to say to you, so I should just leave" Yamaguchi continued to take steps back.
Kuroo made an offended noise. "Am I not good enough to chit chat with Yamaguchi? I was so looking forward to meeting you. I get oh so lonely and it's nice to have visitors."
Yamaguchi stopped walking and looked thoughtfully at the intimidating beast. "Umm…ok…I guess we can talk?"
"SWEET!" Kuroo bellowed and Yamaguchi covered his ears. A cringe gracing his freckled face. "So Yamaguchi why might you be traveling on this epic quest?"
"Oh…uh…cause I was all alone and they invited me. Plus it's fun being with Tsukki…" Yamaguchi said with just the tiniest of blushes. "Oh and everyone else of course too" he tacked on quickly.
"Hmm…" Kuroo responded with a swish of his tail. He cut the mike and looked towards his second in command. "Do you think that means the blonde one is spoken for?"
Kenma rolled his eyes. "Aren't you supposed to be intimidating or interrogating or whatever the reason is for these stupid meetings?"
Kuroo sighed and patted the soft silky fake blonde hair belonging to the smaller male next to him. "Right you are kitten. Right you are." He flipped the mike back on and focused back on an awkwardly standing freckled man.
Yamaguchi was confused. Kuroo had just straight up stopped talking. Yeah his tail was swishing and his giant wings were fluttering against his giant back, but other than that, Kuroo was just chilling and looking at him.
"Sorry lost in thought for a second. Anyways back to our chat. I assume that you will continue to travel with Tsukki, cute nickname by the way, and the rest of the gang. Is that correct?"
Yamaguchi shrugged. "I guess…"
"Cool. The grouchy leader promised to go retrieve me something super duper important. If you assist in the endeavor, I'll give you something you'll totally like" Kuroo purred.
Yamaguchi arched a brow. This had to be the weirdest freaking conversation he had ever had. Like what the heck? This giant scary dragon just sounded like a pervy creep. It was making him highly uncomfortable.
"Uh ok…" Yamaguchi scratched the back of his head. "Can I go now?"
"I suppose you can flutter along little birdy. Tell Tsukki I say hi."
Yamaguchi frowned. What did this pervy dragon want with his friend? Nothing good is what it appeared to be. Maybe he wanted to eat him. Tsukki was kind of delicious looking. Yamaguchi's face flared cherry red as the thought crossed his mind and he quickly waved at the weird dragon before bolting from the room.
"Quit trying to get it on with his man Kuro…" Kenma mumbled as he plucked around on the keyboard. His eyes never leaving the display screen, so he missed the predatory look in Kuroo's face.
"Are you jealous baby kitten?" Kuroo purred and leaned closer as his arm wrapped around Kenma's shoulders. "You don't have to be. You're always going to be my number one. Now and furr-ever."
Kenma rolled his eyes. "Quit being an idiot."
Kuroo left a sloppy kiss on Kenma's cheek. "Silly kitten you know I can't quit being who I am."
Yamaguchi was still the color of a red delicious apple when he came skidding into the room. He locked eyes with Tsukishima and let out a tiny squeak before jumping onto the bed and burying his face in a fluffy pillow. Tsukishima raised a brow, but didn't comment at the weird behavior. Kageyama was attempting to brood in one of the plush arm chairs, but his attempts were being foiled by Fu-Fu who just wanted to cuddle and purr. Hinata was busy fluttering around the room touching and opening anything his large eyes landed on. Currently they were on Yamaguchi and with a giant leap that shouldn't have been possible, he landed on the bouncy mattress next to the shy freckled man and patted him on the head.
Yamamoto was so done with this bunch of clowns. Thank goodness there was only one left. "Come on shorty let's get this over with."
Hinata stood up from the bed and puffed his chest out trying to look bigger and tougher than he actually was. He was so going to give this Kuroo man a piece of his mind for upsetting his buddies this much. "Lead on Mr. Soldier dude."
Kageyama made a pained face and ran his hand over it. (I really hope that dumbass doesn't do anything stupid. I just want to get the hell out of here, get this stupid ball thing and go home…Maybe I can take Fu-Fu with me. Save him from all these imbeciles).
Hinata practically tugged Yamamoto down the halls and on more than one occasion, Yamamoto had to redirect them. When they finally got to the doors, with a relieved sigh Yamamoto shoved the short spastic orange haired man into the room. He shut the doors firmly and slumped to the floor.
Hinata looked around the room curiously. He jumped just the tiniest bit when a voice echoed around him.
"Heellloooo tiny traveler. Welcome to my domain. I am the great and wise Captain Kuroo."
Hinata turned towards the source and saw a larger than normal owl. Kind of like the ones they had rode with to get here. Hinata's eyes lit up with excitement. Those owls had been freaking cool.
"You're an owl! That's so cool!" Hinata beamed as he ran up to the podium and jumped the fence.
The owl fluttered its wings in surprise. "Hey hey hey! You can't come up here! Go away!" Kuroo said frantically.
Alas it was too late and Hinata was already poking at the owl only to have his fingers go right through it. He pursed his lips and his brows drew together.
Kuroo's attention flickered to Kenma who was chuckling quietly next to him. "I like this one" Kenma said between giggles.
They both watched as Hinata walked right through the owl hologram to the other side. He did it again, but waved his arms as he did so disrupting the light source. Kuroo was at a loss for words. No one had ever done this before. Nope. This was a first.
"So are you like a ghost or something?" Hinata asked after a moment of deep contemplation.
Kuroo's pursed his lips and tilted his head to the side thoughtfully. The owl image mimicking the movement. "Sure let's go with that. I am a ghost who rules over this city with mighty powers. Now why don't you tell me about yourself shrimp?"
"Like what?" Hinata asked as he stood directly in front of the ghost owl.
"Like your name. Where you're from? Where are you going? If you think your king is handsome…" Kuroo asked and his feathery eyebrows waggled suggestively.
Hinata face exploded like a volcano and there was practically steam coming from his ears at the last sentence. The sentence that asked his he thought Kageyama was handsome. Which he most certainly was. Oh goodness. Hinata slapped his cheeks hard to pull himself back to the present and away from thoughts of the grumpy raven haired man. Kuroo cringed at the harsh slapping sound as those itty bitty hands connected with adorably flushed cheeks.
"Ok! My name is Hinata! Umm… I lived on a podium until Kageyama came and rescued me… Ahhh…OH! I like being off of the podium because now I can run and skip and jump and yeah it's great!" Hinata was practically bouncing up and down as he chattered excitedly.
"Well that's all great stuff shrimpy Hinata" Kuroo replied back happily. "Can I ask you for a favor? I promise to give you an exciting present if you succeed."
Hinata's eyes sparkled. "A present? I've never really gotten a present before…" Hinata trailed off in an awed voice.
Kenma smiled fondly in response. Kuroo glanced at his best friend and studied that little smile. Hmm… Interesting he thought. "Yes a present. Will you do me this favor?"
"Mmmmmm…. Sure!" Hinata replied. He didn't think Kuroo was so terrible after meeting him. He had no idea why the others had come back acting so strange.
"Perfect!" Kuroo beamed and his wings ruffled with excitement. "So here's the deal, your friend Kags wants to get home and in order to do so, we need this little ball of all knowing power. Currently it is being held by the wicked Captain Oikawa. Kags, Tsukki and the little birdie all agreed to go and get it, but I believe that they are going to need you, Hinata, to help them. They can't do it without you. Will you continue journeying with your band of misfits and retrieve this ball? For your handsome king of course."
Hinata didn't even need to think about it. If it helped Kageyama and got him a present in return, he of course would say yes. He squared his shoulders and stood up straight. "Yes. I will help them retrieve that ball thingy, so Kageyama can get back home."
"Sweet. Well I won't keep you any longer than. You may return to your friends and travel forth. Once you have the ball, come back here and I will give you the present I promised."
"I won't fail you Captain Kuroo. We'll be back before you know it. Bye for now." Hinata waved as he rushed back out of the door.
Kuroo slumped back in his chair with a sigh and a wry smile. He glanced at Kenma and still saw the tiny smile. He poked Kenma in the cheek getting those large golden cat eyes to glance at him with mild annoyance. "What's with all the smiling?"
Kenma arched a brow and his eyes took on a wicked little glint. "What? You're not jealous are you?" Kenma asked in a bored neutral tone.
Kuroo scoffed and looked offended. "I the great Kuroo do not get jealous."
"Uh huh. Well now that this is done if you'll excuse me, I got other things to do" Kenma stood up and stretched. His back arched like a cat. His arms were raised over his head.
Kuroo watched the movement quietly and watched as Kenma left the little room. He then stood up quickly and followed after the shorter male. "Wait for me kitten!"
Oikawa continued to pace in his throne room. Iwaizumi watched with growing irritation from his seat on the fancy throne. "Quit pacing Crappykawa!" Iwaizumi growled. "You're going to leave marks on the floor and I am not going to help you fix them."
Oikawa paused with an irritated huff in front of Iwaizumi. He then proceeded to throw himself into Iwaizumi's arms and wrapped his own arms around Iwaizumi's neck. "But Iwa-chan! What if Mattsun and Makki fail? They are my last resort!"
Iwaizumi patted his Captain's back soothingly. "They aren't going to fail. Have some faith in those tricky assholes."
Oikawa let out another puff of air into Iwaizumi's neck. "You're probably right…"
"I'm always right. Now shut the hell up and quit pacing. I had the chef make a fresh batch of milk bread and it's waiting in the dining room for you to shovel into your loud mouth."
Oikawa backed up enough to cup Iwaizumi's slightly pink cheeks. "OH IWA-CHAN! You do care!" Oikawa cooed loudly and happily. He placed a quick peck on Iwaizumi's nose before he was off his lap and bolting towards the door. He glanced back over his shoulder when he got there. "Are you coming?"
Iwaizumi shook his head slightly to clear it. He then glared at Oikawa and sighed. "Yeah I'll be right there…"
Finally after a lazy travel, Hanamaki and Matsukawa were approaching the center of Haikyuu near the ruby city of Nekoma. Both were currently eating on some apples they had found along the way when they just so happened to spot the little troop of travelers they were supposed to apprehend. They glanced at each other sighed. Apples were chucked into a nearby field and they slowly started meandering towards the group of four men and the cat.
Kageyama spotted them first and groaned. Loudly. (Seriously. More freaking goons. Just great…However…This might actually work…)
"Yo. How's it going?" The slightly shorter one with a pinkish brown hair and beady eyes greeted with a casual wave.
Kageyama frowned. Hinata got into a fighting stance and let out a little growl. Tsukishima looked bored and Yamaguchi hovered next to his side trying valiantly to glare. Fu-Fu, well, Fu-Fu was busy chasing a butterfly.
"It's fine" Kageyama said with mild irritation. "What do you want?"
"To bring you to our great and mighty Captain of course" The tall male with dark messy brown hair and impressively bushy eyebrows responded in a bored voice.
Kageyama shrugged. "Fine. We were heading that way anyways." Hinata glanced at Kageyama with worried eyes.
Hanamaki and Matsukawa glanced at each other again with raised brows. Hanamaki shrugged.
"Well that was easy…" The talh bushy browed man said. "Follow us then."
The two men in their white and turquoise outfits started walking away and Kageyama followed with broody stomps. Hinata next to him still glancing up into his face nervously before mimicking the fierce scowl. Tsukishima gestured Yamaguchi to go first and Yamaguchi blushed lightly and fell into step behind Hinata and Kageyama. Tsukishima a step behind. Fu-Fu ears perked up and the butterfly was forgotten as he chased after his peeps.
"I'm Hanamaki and this is Matsukawa by the way" the shorter male with pink-brown hair, now known as Hanamaki, ventured. "Might as well get to know each other as we travel. What are your names?"
Kageyama groaned as Hinata piped up. Of course it would be Hinata. "Kageyama, Hinata, Yamaguchi, Suckyshima and Fu-Fu" Hinata introduced pointing to everyone in turn.
Tsukishima's eye twitched. "Tsukishima" he responded in an icy little voice.
Matsukawa stared at him silently for a moment. "I think I like Suckyshima better" he deadpanned.
Tsukishima groaned in exasperation as he pinched the bridge of his nose. How he was going to make it through this journey of imbeciles he didn't know. Yamaguchi patted his arm sympathetically and Fu-Fu mewed up at him curiously.
Kageyama decided he was going to ignore all of it. Why these nimrods were still traveling with him was still a mystery. One that he didn't want to think about because then it involved thinking about the three other men with him. Which he didn't want to do. He just wanted to pretend they didn't exist. Something that was hard to do when Hinata was chirping excitedly next to him. (Of course he would make friends with the enemy. Why not?) He sighed in defeat and kept his eyes straight ahead.
