Hi everyone! Mewmewlover23 is back and ready to roll! Sorry for the long wait and thank you for waiting for this chapter. Finals were coming up last year, so I was preparing for them. I did well, but then I took a winter class, got all four of my wisdom teeth taken out and the fan broke in my house. I've been just busy, but I'm back!

Oh and for those who don't know, they are making the second season of Haikyuu! Do you guys know how excited I was to hear the news? I was jumping on my bed and running around the house!

But you guys have waited long enough, so let me stop talking and let you read Chapter 10! Enjoy :)

Chapter 10: Embarrassment and Opponents

It was the night before Golden Week, Sora was double-checking her bag to make sure that she had everything for the week, even triple checking due to the excitement she just couldn't contain. Takeda-sensei said that she could stay home since Shimizu-san house was close by, subtly implying his disfavor towards Sora being under the same roof as her male teammates. But, she refused because she wanted to get to everyone a little better, so sleeping under the same roof didn't bother her. Mostly because most of her teammates back home were boys and they were… interesting people.

Sora patted down her extra clothes and shoes, turning around as Minami-sensei walked in.

"Sora-chan, do you have everything pack?"

"Un, it seems like everything is in there. I just have to make sure to put my toothbrush in my bag tomorrow."

"Sokka, it would be your first time away from the orphanage. Please be careful."

Sweat dropped down Sora's head. "Aunty, I'm only gone for week."

"I know, but I going to miss my sweet little girl," Minami hummed, rubbing tears from her eyes.

Sora sighed. She loved her aunt, but sometimes she wondered.

"I'll be fine. If I need anything then I will call. I highly doubt that anything will happen since I'm with my teammates."

"Speaking of them, how is everything?"

"Nothing's changed. The only thing that happened was that someone would be in charge of walking me home from now on," Sora explained annoyed. Minami-sensei chuckled.

"How sweet. Next time you should invite them in. The kids have been asking about them and I would love to chat with them."

The girl laughed nervously. "When you say it like that, it makes me worry," she thought.

That morning, Sora was quietly walking to school. She didn't have to take the kids to school, so she didn't have to rush that morning and decided to put her headphones in her ears and listen to her music. Even though she lived in America, she loved other countries' music, so when she got to Japan, she downloaded whatever was trending at the time. She then felt someone touch her, turned around and it was Nishinoya.

"Nishinoya-senpai, Ohayoo," she greeted.

"Yo! Angel-san!"

"Senpai, do you have to call me 'Angel-san,'" Sora queried wearily.

"Of course! It suits you!"

"Is that really a reason to call me that?" She grinned sheepishly and let out a quiet sigh as they made their way towards school.

Nishinoya hopped and balanced himself on the edge of the walkway. "Are you excited about the practice match?"

"You bet. I'm looking forward to it. It's been a while since I've been to a training camp, so I'm excited."

"Un! That's the spirit! We both have to give it our all! Also…"

Nishinoya kneeled down and bowed his head solemnly, earning a confused look from Sora.

"With you and Kiyoko-san, I have to work twice as hard!"

Sora laughed nervously. "Senpai trains hard already, so I hope to learn from you."

Nishinoya placed both his hands over his heart. "Angel-san!" He cried happily as he jumped towards her, causing Sora to shriek and end up smacking him.

"Don't just jump on someone like that!"

Nishinoya rubbed his cheek and just grinned at her.

When they arrived at school, they departed to their classrooms. Once inside the classroom, she saw Chou running towards her with tears in her eyes as she hid behind the tall girl.

"W-What the heck is going on?"

"Sora-san, tell them I don't want to go," Chou whined.

"What are you talking about?"

Suddenly the other door opened and Daisuke came into the room with Saki walking behind him.

"Chou, you can't run away," Daisuke hollered. Chou screeched as she ran out the door with Daisuke right behind her.

Sora looked at Saki.

"To answer your question, the manager for the basketball club is sick and won't be able to come to practice during their training camp. He wants Chou to come because she can cook and their other manager is like you. Can't cook to save her life."

Sora's right eye began to twitch while her friend only grinned at her. "Do they really have to cause commotion early in the morning though," she groaned as she rubbed the back of her head.

"Just let them be. This always happens and Daisuke always losses."

"Sokka."

"Anyway, are you ready for your training camp?"

"Yeah, a week of playing volleyball is just what I need. Home Economics is driving me up the wall."

Saki giggled. "Well don't forget you have to prepare for the test coming up, so practice."

Sora shrugged as she sat at her desk.

That afternoon, classes ended for the day. Sora made her way to the girl's locker room and changed into a long sleeve white athletic shirt, purple shorts, ankle white socks, and her volleyball shoes. She tied her hair up into a ponytail, then walked out the door to go to practice. Once everyone arrived, Ukai-san and Takeda-san called everyone together.

"The practice match against Nekoma is in four days. Inter-High preliminaries will be soon thereafter. We've got no time, but you guys are full of holes. Since that's the case, there's only one way for you to win. Practice. Practice. And practice. Save the ball, even if you have to barf."

"Osu," Hinata shouted.

"He barfed already," Sugawara, Tanaka, Sora, and Kageyama drawled in their heads.

They started practice with receives with each player receiving as many hits as they could. Ukai had Sora stand off to the side with him. The reason being was because Takeda-sensei told him about her analyzing skill and said she would go last after everyone else.

She agreed and took out fifteen notebooks from her bag.

"What are those," Takeda-sensei asked.

"The data I have already collected on everyone since I've been here. During breaks I usually make mental notes on someone's strength or something that needs improvement on. Also, these three books are the data that I have collected on myself, so please take a chance to look at them," she clarified.

Sweat dropped down everyone's head.

"Is she a computer?"

Sora then began to analyze everyone and then put them into categorizes based upon their levels. So far, Sawamura, Kageyama, Sugawara, Tanaka, and Nishinoya were in the strong receives category. Asahi, Tanaka, Ennoshita, Kinoshita, and Narita were in the decent but improving group, and Hinata, Tsukishima, and Yamaguchi were in the weakest receiver group. She then began to make mental notes on the areas of improvement and stances that would benefit them.

"Sora, it's your turn," Ukai called.

"Hai!"

She put her books down and walked onto the court. Ukai then served her a series of hits around the court. Surprisingly, she was able to receive each ball with no problem. He was actually impressed because not many girls could handle powerful hits, so he knew that she must have went through an intense training to be able to receive such difficult shots.

"Good job. All right. Spiking practice next," Ukai announced.

"Osu!"

Sora did the same thing for spiking. As she was watching everyone, she noticed that Sugawara was looking at Ukai because was impressed with Kageyama setting Hinata up with a good kill. She shook it off and went back to observing everyone, until it was her turn.

Since Sugawara got distracted earlier, he was a bit behind, so she got into Kageyama's line. She then began to run towards the net, then jumped high and spiked a powerful spike down towards the line.

To Ukai's surprise, Sora didn't look happy. She turned her attention back towards Kageyama.

"One more," she demanded as she went to take her position again.

"Huh? That was a good hit," Ukai stated.

Sora stopped and turned around to reveal her icy stare that caught the temporary Coach off guard.

"Demo, my start was off, I would have missed it."

Ukai was surprised considering that he couldn't even tell if she was off. He actually thought her start was on point. As Sora spiked the ball again, she looked satisfied and went to the back of the line.

Then the letter that was given to him by Minami-sensei popped into his head. He shook it off and told everyone to serve.

Once practice was over and the light in the sky was dimming, they made their way to the extracurricular activity housing. Hinata didn't even bother waiting for the others to catch up and proceeded to sprint throughout the facilities with unabashed awe.

"Wow! This where we're staying," Hinata cried. He then ran in and began to look inside the bedroom, shower, and bathroom, his smile only widening.

"You need to calm down," Kageyama snipped.

"But this is my first time at a training camp," Hinata answered excitedly.

"Demo, if you get overly excited you'll throw up," Sora rebutted. Tsukishima rolled his eyes as he padded down the hall in his slippers.

"I have to hang all day with this slovenly bunch. What so fun about that?"

Tanaka and Nishinoya whipped around towards the middle blocker.

"Tsukishima, you bastard!"

"Kiyoko-san's within in 500 meter radius of us! How can that be slovenly?" Nishinoya howled.

"How pitiful that you can't understand how refreshing this space is! It's like this well spring in the Ou Mountains."

Sugawara stared bemusedly at the two. "Shimizu's home is nearby, so she not staying here," he announced, causing the two idiots to fall to the ground.

The doors the kitchen opened as Takeda-sensei walked out until he noticed Tanaka and Nishinoya clawing themselves across the ground, pale as zombies.

"What are you guys doing?"

"Take-chan… We can't… go on…" Tanaka proclaimed as he slowly tried to get up. Nishinoya did the same, until they notice Kiyoko-san standing in front of them, an almost ethereal aura surrounding her despite the bleak-colored walls and oil stains on her apron.

The life in their faces was restored.

Sora laughed nervously until Nishinoya and Tanaka got up and sprinted towards her, making her tense up.

"Sora-san, are you staying with Kiyoko-san?!"

"No, I'll be staying here."

They cheered. "Yatta!"

"Maybe I should have stayed with Kiyoko-san," Sora mused as she watched the two boys dance around.

"Oi, if Angel-chan is staying here, then that means…" Nishinoya stated.

"Un, it does…" Tanaka continued. "We will be sleeping in the same—" Before they could finish, Sawamura stood behind them and gave them both well-deserved smacks.

"Sora will not be staying in the same room. She's staying in the room next to Ukai-san and Sensei."

The upperclassman faces went pale, as the perfect image had just shattered.

Once everyone put their things down, the team filed into the dining area where a feast of food was awaiting them.

After giving their thanks, Sora took a bite of her food and immediately her eyes widened. It was good, no… it was like heaven in her mouth.

"Sensei, Kiyoko-san, did you make this," she asked.

"Un, is it good," Takeda-sensei queried.

"Hai, it's delicious!"

"Must be good to actually taste non-burnt food," Tsukishima commented. Sora raked him over with her chopsticks firmly gripped in her hands. Tsukishima didn't look fazed and went on picking at his rice with a smirk subdued on his face, Yamaguchi chuckling, 'Nice, Tsukki,' beside him.

"Are you not good a cooking," Takeda asked.

She nodded as a depressing aura formed around her. "Every time I try to cook, I either burn the food or it's tasteless,"

"Demo, she's really good at deserts, right," Sawamura reassured.

"Demo, you can't survive with sweets all your life," Sora professed sadly.

Takeda smiled. "It's a start, but if you would like to learn, I'm sure Kiyoko-chan would love to help." Sora looked at the female manager.

"Un, I don't mind." Shimizu agreed.

After dinner, everyone disbursed to their rooms. Sora decided that she would study for bit since she would be last to take her shower. While she was study, her phone began to ring. It was a text message from her friend in America, Stephanie.

"Hey! Good luck during your training camp and practice match coming up. We are in the finals for our first tournament, so look forward to hear some good news tomorrow."

Sora's attention was redirected towards the knock at the door. She opened the door and it was Takeda-sensei.

"Sora-chan, it your turn to take a bath."

"Hai."

The next morning, Sora was observing everyone, but this time she began to correct everyone stances and positions. Afterwards, Ukai ordered them to run, resulting in Kageyama and Hinata having an unnecessary competition: from a distance it looked more like they were battling each other in volume than they were in speed. Sawamura tried to say something, but they weren't listening and needless to say, Hinata ended up straying away from the group.

Sawamura then told everyone to go search for the small boy. They all scattered, and went to find their decoy player. Sora went down the street that she thought she saw Hinata run down. As she was searching, she began to hear small animal sounds coming from a small box.

She walked over to it and opened it to see a small orange kitten staring back up at them. Sora blushed.

"K-Kawaii! You're so cute!"

Sora picked up the small cat and began to pet it. The kitten then snuggled into her chest, making himself comfortable.

"You must be lost. I bet your owner is probably worried."

As she scratched the kitten's ear, she heard a familiar voice behind her. Something low and clouded with bemusement. "Sora?"

She turned around and nearly dropped the cat in her arms.

"Kuroo!"

The boy's shocked expression turned into smirk. "It's been a while. You look good."

"Un, you too. How's it going?"

"Kenma. I'm sure he took a wrong turn while he was focusing on his PSP," Kuroo explained.

"Yeah, I figured. Demo, what are you doing here?"

"We are here for a practice match. We're playing a team around here. Speaking of which, what are you doing?"

"Training. My team is playing against our formal rivals this week."

Kuroo's eyebrows rose. "Hooo, so you're playing volleyball again?"

Sora nodded, smiling as she looked down at her feet. Kuroo patted the girl on the head and ruffled her hair. "Oi! Stop it," she shouted angrily.

Kuroo laughed. "Think about it, you never told me what school you got into."

"That's because I had to study to take the entrance exam and you were busy with matches coming up. Remember," Sora said coolly.

"Demo, you could have called. Not hearing from you made lonely," Kuroo hummed. He tilted Sora's chin up, making her have eye contact with him as he gave a sly grin. He let her go and then received a smack on the shoulder. He winced in pain, but he was lucky that it was only a smack.

"Sora," another voiced called.

"Ah, I better get back. It's good to see you Kuroo. Next time we see each other, we'll be opponents," Sora declared confidently.

"Ah, we'll crush you guys."

A flock of white birds flew over them and the kitten that was in Sora's arms jumped and ran passed Kuroo towards a lone cat spotted cat down the alleyway.

Sora watched her friend leave before leaving to go back to her teammates. When she arrived at the end of the street, Asahi was waiting for her.

"Senpai, did you guys find Hinata?"

"Iie, but Sugawara said that he would go looking down the last street to search for him. Everyone one else is heading back," Asahi explained.

"Sokka, let's get going,"

The tall male nodded as they began to run in silence for a while until Sora spoke.

"Senpai, do you think you would get chosen for the starting line up?"

"Eh? Well, it's all up to the coach. Why are you asking?"

"… Before we started running, I overheard Ukai-san and Sensei talking about the line-up. He said that he was having a difficult time choosing a setter and the last wing spiker."

Asahi was surprised. "Are you worried?"

"Un, I'm worried about Sugawara-san."

"Really?" Asahi questioned.

Sora looked at her upperclassman with a confused look, causing the boy flinch.

"Iie, I was just surprised that you more concern about Sugawara's position then your own."

She stopped running. "I… want to play my part the best that I can. Even if that means that I can't be a part of the matches. Demo, I won't lose to senpai either."

Asahi looked at the girl and grinned. "Ah, neither will I."

They then started up running again until they got to gym.

…

That night, Sora was making her way to dinner when she saw Ukai-san. She knew that she might not be chosen as a regular, but that was not going to stop her from doing her best. She was about to call his name when she saw Sugawara standing in front of him. She hid behind the corner and listened to the conversation.

"Even if it's out of pity because I'm a third-year, as long as I get another chance to play in a match, that's all that matters," Sugawara expressed confidently.

Sora smiled. She then came from out the corner and spoke.

"I also agree to that."

The two males averted their attention towards the female player.

"I've been a regular since I was in middle school. I've played against people who have outshined me many times. And there were times when my father would sit me out. Demo, he would put me in when he thought was best. Even if I was just a substitute, I would give it my all. I haven't been playing long here, I may not be strong enough, but I'm willing to fight."

Ukai looked at two players, eyebrows sewn high on his head. "You two… I think I've been underestimating you both. To be honest, I'm amazed right now."

"… What?"

"I'm not an experienced coach yet, but… I will do everything in my power so you guys can go on winning."

Sugawara and Sora smiled and grinned at each other. "Thank you!" They both bowed.

During dinner, Sora was sitting between Hinata and Kageyama as they were having an eating contest, causing food to fly around her.

"Where does that appetite come from?" Tsukishima grimaced.

"I don't know where it's coming from, but if they don't start eating with manners, there will be pain in their future," Sora grumbled, causing the two to flinch. Nishinoya hopped up from his seat and slid behind the first years.

"Hey, eat. Eat even if you can't eat any more!"

After eating, everyone one departed to their rooms. Once the first year boys finished their bath, Takeda again knocked on her door to inform Sora that the bathroom was open. She was relieved: she finally able to relax and think about everything that has happened over these couple of weeks. Everything has been going well. She was starting to love volleyball again; she met wonderful friends, and playing for a great team.

As she was enjoying her bath, she heard a strange noise coming from the small window. She got out the bath, put her towel around her body, and walked over to the window. She opened the window and saw a curious little shape, staring up at her with black glassy eyes.

Sora's skin paled as it angled its slimy legs and sprung towards her.

….

The boys were in their room holding conversations with one another and playing a card game when their walls shook with a bloodcurdling scream.

"AHHH!"

"What heck," Tanaka shouted.

"That sound like Sora-chan," Sugawara said worriedly.

Hinata and Kageyama immediately ran out the room, with the others right behind them. When they arrived at the bath room, Hinata and Kageyama opened the door.

"Sora-san, are you ok," Kageyama yelled. Hinata then opened door to the baths and saw Sora on her knees, holding herself. Kageyama came in and looked at the situation.

"Sora-san, what happened?" Hinata asked and got down on his knees to see if Sora was ok.

Sora lifted her head and looked at them with tears in her eyes.

"Hinata… Kageyama… Please help me!" She screamed and jumped onto Hinata. She wrapping her arms around him tightly as they both fell backwards. The others came in, but were in shock to see what was going on.

The two boys turned around to see their teammates staring them down with a myriad of scolding and amused stares.

"T-This isn't what it looks like," Hinata fumbled to explain.

"It doesn't look like that way to us," Tsukishima jeered.

"Damare!"

"Sora-chan, what happened?" Sugawara asked worriedly.

Sora lifted her head and then looked at the group.

"… Uh… fr…"

"Huh, I didn't hear you?"

"Frog…"

"Eh?"

"There's a frog over there!" She screamed as she pointed to the small little frog hoping over to them. Sora face became chalky.

"AHHH! GET IT AWAY FROM ME!" She shrieked, nearly squeezing Hinata to death. The small boy face turned even redder then it already was.

Daichi quickly picked up the small frog, put it out the window, and then closed it.

"See, he's gone now," Sugawara reassured.

Sora looked up at the group with tears still in her eyes and gave them her thanks.

"Yosh, now everyone leave," Daichi ordered, sweeping the lot of them out, "Once she is dressed, everyone is going to give their apologies to her."

"Someone should grab Hinata before he self-implodes," Sugawara offered.

Sora looked down and saw she was hugging Hinata. Realizing why he would possibly, 'self-implode,' she quickly got off him.

"G-Gomen Hinata!" Sora nearly shouted as her face began to turn red.

There was a silence for a minute, until stream emerges from the decoy's head and fainted.

"Hinata!" They all screamed.

The next day during practice, everything went on as usual. Well, almost. Ukai and Takeda-sensei noticed that Sora and Hinata were acting really strange considering that every time Sora and Hinata would make eye contact with each other, their faces would turn bright red. Sora wasn't near Hinata during the whole practice. She was around Shimizu the whole time, which isn't weird, but usually she was talking to Hinata and Kageyama. And, they were having a practice match and every time Hinata or Sora scored, the two would make attempts to congratulate each other, but would stop and blush at one another.

"Did… Something happened," Takeda-sensei questioned.

"Who knows. But it's not affecting their practicing, so I don't think it's something to concern ourselves with," Ukai stated as he watched the group.

The practice match ended, and Sora went to grab a water bottle when she then noticed another hand. She looked up and saw Hinata. They both jumped back and didn't say a word to each other. Sora then felt her heart skipped a beat again.

"Ughhh! Why does this keep happening to me," she mentally groaned.

"What's wrong with me? Why is it every time I look at Sora-san, my face heats up," Hinata inwardly cried.

Unknowing to them, the other crows were watching the two first years, smiling or smirking at them.

"Those two are really something," Daichi said.

"It is kinda of hard to talk to someone when you were in that type of situation," Sugawara defended.

"Un, demo seeing the cute side of Sora was really rare," Tanaka announced as steam blew out of his noise.

"So-So, Sora-chan looked too cute!" Nishinoya nearly yelled.

While the other upperclassmen were talking upon each other, Tsukishima and Yamaguchi were quietly drinking water. Of course, Yamaguchi thought of what happened last night, but Tsukishima was uninterested, until he looked at Kageyama. The male had a sour look on his face as he stared at two first years. If looks could kill, those two would most likely being dead by now.

"What's wrong you, King? Does is bother you that your followers aren't giving you much attention?"

Kageyama didn't say anything. He then made his way towards the two.

"Oi, are you two done," he said angrily.

The two first years looked at him with confused expressions. "What are you talking about?" Hinata asked.

"You two are being a distraction during practice."

"What are you talking about," Sora retorted.

"Che… this is why a girl shouldn't be here."

There was a small silence in to room. Everyone could not believe their ears. Did Kageyama just say that?! They looked at Sora and saw a dark aura forming around her.

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?"

"Hinata already sucks as it is, he doesn't need to be distracted by you."

Sora choked down the overwhelming urge to smack him… no punch him square in the face right now. How could he say that? What is going on in the peanut head of his right now?

"Chotto, Kageyama. Both of them are practicing hard…" Daichi tried to refer.

"What's your problem? What so bad to get distracted once in a while. Volleyball isn't life you know. There are something's that are more important," Sora hollered.

"That's why we will lose if you keep thinking that way," Kageyama replied angrily.

"Oi. Kageyama, Sora-san, stop arguing," Hinata interjected.

"You stay out of this," Kageyama and Sora snapped.

A vein popped onto Hinata's head. "I have every right to say something you know!"

"Shut up dumbass, this has nothing to do with you!"

"This is between me and him," Sora said, pointing to Kageyama.

"I am just a part of this as anyone!"

"Oi, you three!" Ukai roared.

The three stopped arguing and looked at the coach. Shiver went down their spines as they felt the angry aura coming from Ukai-san.

"Stop arguing! All of you get back practice," he ordered.

Everyone began to scatter. The three freshmen gave once last glare at each other and went back to their positions.

…

That night, Sora was trying to do homework, but couldn't. She was thinking about what happened this afternoon. As she thought about it, maybe she was being a distraction. But if she were, she wouldn't have allowed that to affect her. She finally decided to get up and go for a run. Luckily, it wasn't light out yet, so she wouldn't get in trouble for leaving and not telling anyone as long as no one knew, but still left a note to indicate where she went. As she was running, all her stressful thoughts had blown away. But she then thought about Hinata and started to run faster.

"What's wrong with me? Why can't I stop thinking about him?"

She finally stopped running to catch her breath. She then looked at her surrounding and realized… She was lost. She looked in her pockets and realized she didn't bring her cellphone.

"Why is this happening to me?!"

Meanwhile, Hinata was making his way towards Sora's room. Even though he had no idea what was going on or why Kageyama would say something like that, but he couldn't let things get worse. When he turned the corner, the small boy saw Kageyama standing in front of Sora's door.

"Kageyama," Hinata spoke, making the setter flinch.

"Hinata, what are you doing here?"

"I should be asking you that."

Kageyama looked at the other direction before he spoke.

"I came to… apologize to Sora-san."

Hinata's eyes grew big. "You're apologizing?"

"Shut up, you idiot… I shouldn't have said what I said today. She isn't the type to cause trouble for people, so…"

"If you thought that, then why did you say she was being a distraction?"

Kageyama honestly couldn't place why he said what he did. As he kept playing it over in his head, he still couldn't figure out why he acted that way.

"You sure are strange," Hinata stated.

Kageyama grabbed Hinata by the head and began to squeeze.

"Like I should hear that from you."

"Itai!"

Kageyama finally let go of him. "I just couldn't get this bad taste out of my mouth, that's why," Kageyama explained.

"Let's just tell her together."

Kageyama nodded and knocked on the door. There was no answer. He knocked again and there was still no answer. They decided to open the door and saw an empty room.

"She's not here," Kageyama said.

"Demo, her phone is here," Hinata stated.

"So? She could be in the bathroom."

"Your right, but…"

"Hmm? What's wrong?"

Hinata looked around the room, and saw a note on a near Sora's bag. He read through it and then his face went pale.

"What's wrong?"

"She went out for a run," Hinata answered.

"Sokka, we'll just come back."

"But it's dark outside! Something could happen to her!"

The two then raced back to the room they were staying in, grabbed their shoes, and then rushed outside. They began to look around the area, wondering which way the female player went. 30 minutes later and they still couldn't find her.

"Damn it, where the hell did she go?" Kageyama cursed stepping over a branch.

"She's got to be around here somewhere. But where?"

As they kept looking, the stumbled upon a nearby playground and then saw a certain someone swinging on a swing.

"Sora-san!" Hinata shouted.

Sora stopped swinging and looked to see who called her.

"Hinata, Kageyama?" They both ran up to her.

"Have you've been here this whole time?"

"H-Hai. I got lost, but I remembered that there was a playground that wasn't too far from where we were staying, so I searched for it and I've been here this whole time. Did senpai send you to search for me?"

"Iie, we came to your room and I found your note. We rushed out without telling senpai where we were going," Hinata exclaimed.

"They're probably wondering what's going on. I'll go back first and tell them what happened," Kageyama said before turning back.

"Chotto matte Kageyama," Sora voiced. "About today… I'm…"

"You… Don't have to apologize. I was wrong," he mumbled awkwardly.

Sora blinked a few times.

"Wait, did you just say you were wrong?"

"Why is it so surprising to you both that I'm apologizing?!"

"Because you always think your right," Sora and Hinata answered in unison.

A vein appeared on Kageyama's head, his words coming out gritty as he tried to remain calm. "I shouldn't have said you were a big distraction."

Sora looked at him and then chuckled. "You're a really dense person."

"What?!"

"But, I really appreciate it. I'm also sorry for yelling at you and Hinata."

Kageyama just looked at her. "I'm going ahead," he stated as he turned around and walked away.

"Geez, he's such an easy person to read," Sora thought.

…

While on the way back, Sora was looking up at the sky. The moon was is full tonight, shining beautifully in the night sky. Hinata looked more tentative then usual and she wondered why. There was then a sudden noise and Hinata stopped Sora from walking and prepared to take action, when a cat walked out in front of them. It meowed, and then walked away.

"Ummm, what were you trying to do?"

Hinata flinched. "I-I thought it a bad guy, so I wanted to protect you."

Sora desperately tried to hold back her laughter, but couldn't. Hinata began to blush as he watched her laugh her lungs out.

"It's not funny!"

"G-Gomen. I just found that line really corny. I never had someone say that to me, so I really appreciate it." She smiled.

"I-It's nothing," Hinata mumbled.

"I must have really scared you both."

"Of course you did. If something were to happen to you, everyone would be sad. I'd be sad."

"Eh?"

"Sora-san, you've been hurt so much. But you're really strong and you're always sticking up for others… I think you should rely on us more. Everyone really cares about you. We want to protect you no matter what, so please don't scare me like that!"

"You?"

Hinata then realized what he had said and blushed.

"Ok, I'll be more careful. Thanks for worrying about me," she said, face just as red.

As the two made their way inside the extracurricular facilities, Ukai and the rest of the team was waiting for them. Sora then endured a heated lecture by Ukai-san, Takeda-sensei, and Daichi for a while and then was sent to her room.

The next day, Ukai-san announced the starting line-up for the practice match. Hinata and Tsukishima were given the middle blocker positions, Kageyama would be setter, Nishinoya would be the libero, and Daichi, Asahi, and Tanaka was given the wind spiker positions. Sora, along with Sugawara, Yamaguchi and the other players were not chosen.

Sora looked at Sugawara, who had a serious expression on his face. Sora sighed and then nudged at her upperclassman. He looked at her and she gave him a smile, indicating that the battle wasn't over yet. He smiled and gave her nod. They then returned they then returned they're attention back to Ukai-san. Once the coach was done, than prepare to set up for today's practice. Sora was rolling the cart of balls when she noticed Tanaka motioning her over towards him.

"Sora-chan, let's train together so you can learn your senpai's awesome skills!"

Sugawara tilted his head, eyebrows already drawn in an amused manner.

"Tanaka, aren't you only a couple months older than her?"

"That's right," Daichi mused; crossing his arms sagely, "You're only five months older than Hinata."

Tanaka, although visually chastised, immediately jumped to defend himself; he couldn't just let his reputation as an older, wiser, and undoubtedly cool upperclassman just get stomped on by his own elders.

"E-Eeh?! I'm still a senpai!"

"Senpai! Senpai," Nishinoya echoed, high fiving his fellow second year.

Sora's chuckles were a bit strained as she scratched the back of her head, a light flush resting on her cheeks.

"W-well, I'm not going to lose to you, Tanaka-senpai," she goaded, gaining a bit more confidence near the end of her proclamation. "I definitely won't lose to you!"

Nishinoya and Tanaka went momentary jelly-legged as Sora stomped her foot and puffed out her chest proudly before springing back up to straighten their jackets and puff out their own chests. They would teach a thing or two to their little kouhai.

"Alright, Sora-chan! Do as we do, scrunch up your face like this and you'll scare any guy you don't want talking to you," Tanaka barked, pursing his lips into a dark sneer while Nishinoya nodded vigorously.

"Yeah, and then just tilt your head like this." Nishinoya lifted his chin up in an arrogant manner, emphasizing the shadows on his face. "If that doesn't work, then just call your two senpai's here!"

"Please don't teach her such irresponsible things," Sugawara hummed, hiding obvious distaste in his teasing tone.

"I appreciate the concern, but I think I'll be just fine. But if I need you, I promise to call," She mused.

That night, Sora was looking outside at the moon. She then opened her hand and looked at a hair accessory with two wings on it. She smiled down at it and closed her hand.

"I'll definitely get stronger."

Then, her phone began to vibrate. She walked over to it and it was a text message from Kuroo.

"Come and see us play. Karasuno Sougou Sports Park at 8:50."

Sora began to text back.

"I'm playing at that time to. So I guess I'll see you there."

A few seconds later, she received another text.

"Cool. See you then."

Sora could help but smile. There was then a knock at the door. Sora closed the window and walked over to the door. When she opened it, it was Sugawara.

"Suga-senpai, what's up?"

"It's nothing, I just wanted to get your opinion on these," Sugawara said as he handed her a piece of paper.

Sora opened it and saw that it was signals. She began to analyze them and she was impressed.

"These signals are amazing. It makes it easier for the setter to set up the wind spiker and for Hinata and Kageyama's attack to work effectively."

"Un, I wanted to get your opinion on them."

"Iie, I mean, I've come up with some signals, but these are far better than mine. I think these will work."

Sugawara chuckled. "Arigato. I really need to hear some encouragement."

Sora looked at her upperclassmen.

"Our time will come."

"Eh?"

"This is my first time not ever being picked as a regular. I'm actually really frustrated, but I have to do my part, so that the team can be successful. You're doing the same thing. So, let show our abilities together."

Sugawara's eyes widened. He then smiled and patted Sora on the head.

"Un, let's do it together."

"Hai!"

…

It was the last day for practice and then tomorrow was the match. Sora was watching everyone practice serves, making corrections here and there for everyone. After that was done, Takeda-sensei called everyone over and began to pass out uniforms.

"Wow… It's the one I saw on TV," Hinata said excitedly as held up his uniform. He then noticed that Nishinoya had his uniform on already.

"But only Noya-san's is orange. You stand out."

"Of course. After all, I have the lead role," Nishinoya boasted.

Hinata tilted his head. "Leading role?"

"The libero goes on and off the court frequently during a match. He's the only that needs to be noticeable. Baka," Kageyama retorted.

"I know that. I totally know that!"

"You wouldn't have asked, if you didn't know," Sora stated.

Hinata huffed and looked down at his jersey; instantly his pout dropped into a disheartened frown.

"Kageyama is one notch higher than me…"

"I knew he was going to say that," Tanaka and Tsukishima said in unison with a smirk.

"Ah, Sora-san, where is your uniform," Hinata asked.

The team stopped and the looked at their female regular. Sora let out a sigh and then spoke.

"There weren't enough, so I have to wait till Takeda-sensei orders more," Sora smiled sadly.

"G-Gomen! I didn't…"

"Don't worry about. I'll be fine without a uniform for a while."

"Actually Sora-chan, this one is yours," Shimizu said as she handed Sora a bag.

"But I thought…"

"It came earlier than expected. You should go try it on."

Sora smiled. "Hai!" She voiced excitedly. She ran out the gym and went to the girl's locker room to change. Once she was done, ran back to the gym so that everyone could see.

"A-Ano. How do I look?"

Everyone eyes widened when they saw her re-enter the gym with her uniform. Instead of it being a collared shirt, it was a black tank to with the orange and white stripes down the side and black shorts with the number thirteen on it.

"Kawaii!" Tanaka and Nishinoya yelled excitedly.

"You look great Sora-chan," Sugawara assured as Sawamura nodding his head in agreement.

"It looks just like ours, but the girl version. Since Sora-chan is the only female on our team, I thought it would be best to change the uniform for her. Do you like?" Takeda-sensei asked.

"Hai, it fits great!"

"Sora-san, you look really cool," Hinata expressed.

"Hontoni?"

"Un!"

Sora giggled. Her eyes then inverted towards Kageyama. He flinched, knowing that the girl was waiting for a compliment, but he couldn't find the right words to say.

"Oh, what wrong your majesty? Did you get tongue tied," Tsukishima taunted.

"Shut up! You haven't say anything either!" Kageyama yelled.

"She looks just like she usually does. It's no point in saying anything."

Suddenly, Tanaka and Nishinoya came up behind the tall male.

"How can you that?" Tanaka roared.

"Angel-chan looks cuter then she usually does!" Nishinoya protested.

"Then all the king has to say that "she look cute" right?"

"What about you?"

"I already gave my opinion."

Kageyama couldn't say anything. He then looked at Sora and spoke.

"Y-Y-You look nice," he grumbled.

Sora was desperately trying to hold back her laughter, but couldn't. She bent over her knees and let out a hearty, "Bwhahaha!"

"What are you laughing about?!"

"Because you're way too nervous. It's hilarious," Sora choked as she continued to laugh.

Ukai and Takeda-sensei chuckled as they watched the group.

"All right, let get back to practice!"

"Hai!"

Nekoma vs. Karasuno Practice Match

When they arrived at the sports complex, their opponents were making their way towards them. The group stopped and lined-up in front of the team. Sora had her eyes closed. She was thinking of all the hard work she and her teammates put in these last few days. They were ready to face this team and even though she wasn't playing, she will do her part to make sure they are successful. When she opened her eyes, Sora's face dropped when she noticed two familiar faces out of the opponents.

"Kuroo… Kenma… W-What the heck is going on?!"

Then came an unlikely reunion, in which old friends now become foes.

Yay! I was too excited when I saw this episode, so I'm really going to enjoy writing this chapter. Also, you guys are probably wondering how Sora knows Kenma and Kuroo. I can't tell you, but their is a juice scene between Kuroo and Sora, so be prepared to laugh! But I hope you all like this chapter. Oh, I also want to do a contest where a fan can help me write the next chapter, but I have to talk it over with my awesome partner Bergliot! Also, if you haven't checked out her story that I mentioned in Chapter 6, you might want to. She is such a talented writer and I am grateful that she is helping me out!

Also, I am think about creating a talk show story with everyone from Haikyuu and Sora, so let me know what you guys think about it. Thanks for reading and please leave a review!

Ideas are welcomed!

Bye!