Shō Rirī, the Soaring Lily

Ukai (烏養) - Crow Nurture

Timeline?

Keishin Ukai (Setter) is 26 years old at the beginning of the manga, he was a member of the Karasuno Boys Volleyball team 8 years before canon. Coach Ukai (the elder, Ikkei) was still coaching at those time, he is currently 69.

The 'Small Giant' is 21 years old at the start of the series. So five years younger than Keishin, which means he played for Karasuno (and Karasuno was at its peak) 3 years before canon began? Let's assume that for at least the 'SG's second and third year, they were at their peaks, then the SG graduated and Ukai retired…. This doesn't match up with the plotline I thought out below, with Rī-chan being there till Ukai retired and then taking 6 years away for college….. Maybe….I could…. No…..

Fem! Harry

Lastname: [翔 kake-ru, to-bu, shou soar, fly] or [Fly/SoarinEnglish,andShōinJapanese]

1st name: [called Lily in English, or Rirī (Rī-chan), りりい (Hiragana), リリー (Katakana),利利 (kanji)]

Harry x Keishin

Reincarnation fic?

Harry (Rī-chan) goes through HP canon events and eventually dies, of old age or something else? And she is then reincarnated? Or she is pushed through the veil (or goes willingly) and is subsequently de-aged. Either way she ends up in the Haikyuu! Universe. Where she is born (or lands) in Japan, and decides to move to Karasuno (or she grew up there since 'birth'), for sentimentality as she is/was a crow/raven animagus. Somehow she is dragged into the volleyball club, perhaps she even starts in elementary school, plays on the junior high team, and would have continued into senior high, if she didn't end up injured (much like Kiyoshi Kippei from Kuroko no Basket), due to jumping so much and putting strain on her knees/legs. By the time she is recovered enough to return to school her high school career has started (she did get to play for the spring tournament/interhigh [whichever one would have been her last one in her third year of junior high, which I think is the interhigh tournament or its equivalent.] Though it only quickened/worsened her injury, so much so that she collapsed as soon as the match was over and couldn't move.), but she can no longer play without great risk to her health.

So in high school she becomes the manager instead, for both the boys and girls team (who at the time didn't have a manager [let's say the last one graduated], and practiced in the same gymnasium), which worked out pretty well, though when they had matches at the same time, which wasn't always, she went were she was most needed. Eventually (like in her second or third year) the team gains another manager (girls' team?), lightening her load. It is also halfway through her second year that she becomes the assistant coach for Coach Ukai, or at least his apprentice. She continues on in this role for the rest of high school, which is the same amount of time for how much longer Coach Ukai stays before his first retirements.

Rī-chan then goes on to be accepted into a top volleyball school, or at least a school that has a very good team/reputations. Probably overseas somewhere. While in University, she studies to become both a volleyball coach and an English teacher (she also takes classes for sports nutritionists, basic first aid, and other correlating subjects, [probably some business classes thrown in,] so she can be the best of the best). She also manages the boys' volleyball team for further experience, and works/assists the coaches for extra credit and experience. This could potentially all take her 6 years to complete, since she is basically dual majoring and then taking classes on top of those required, she is also still doing some rehabilitation stuff, she doesn't want to be forbidden from playing the rest of her life. And maybe finally in her last two years she gets to play once more, though only on a limited bases, like maybe for only 20 minute intervals so she doesn't relapse. Which for her is better than nothing, what position she plays I am not sure, I imagine her being rather petite/short, so she would fit in as a libero (maybe she is an emergency libero), but a full time wing spiker? That position along with middle blocked requires a lot of jumping so it's one of two possibilities, if I want to give her a specific position and not just make her an all-rounder.

I don't mind if she is younger than Keishin, but I want the timeline to work out, so! I want Rī-chan to have known or met the 'Small Giant'! Think!

The manga was first published in February 2012, the anime on April 6, 2014.

8 years before canon, Keishin is on the volleyball team. (This is probably when he graduated, and either inherited the family store from his mother's side of the family or went to college and later returned.)

About 3 years before canon, Karasuno is at its peak thanks to the 'Small Giant', they go to Nationals and win. Coach Ukai retires.

Karasuno Volleyball club falls into decline.

About a year prior to canon Coach Ukai comes out of retirement, but ends up overworking/injuring himself and is hospitalized. (When he recovers he doesn't return, but instead starts teaching Lil' Tykes).

A year prior to the Interhigh, Hinata faces Kageyama in the first round and his team is crushed, though Hinata impresses both Kageyama and the Karasuno seniors (Daiichi, Sugawara and Tanaka?) with his jumping ability and his convictions to win.

In March (?) Karasuno faces Datekougyou and Asahi is blocked consistently, afterwards he and Nishinoya get into a fight and are suspended for a week and banned from club activities for a month? This was probably during the Spring Tournament.

Canon begins! (Spring, or at the very least after March/April, because Sugawara mentions in when Hinata and Kageyama are trying to get Asahi to rejoin that it was in March or it was a month ago, or something along those lines.)

First week, Hinata and Kageyama get in trouble and must learn to cooperate, come the weekend (?) they along with Tanaka, have a match against Tsukishima and Yamaguchi (and the captain, Daiichi).

Karasuno has a practice match against Aobajōsai, and wins.

Takeda-sensei (29) convinces Keishin to at least coach the team for a week (Golden Week), to prepare the team for Nekoma. Keishin calls in the Karasuno Neighborhood Association, four members show up (it is on a weekday). Nishinoya, Sugawara and Asahi (who gets roped in) join the KNA team to fill in positions. Asahi regains his spirit, so he and Nishinoya rejoin the team.

At the end of Golden Week Karasuno travels to Tokyo (they needed to catch the train? In the anime at least, it could have been the other way around in the manga) to face Nekoma, they play 10 sets (?) and don't win any of them.

Keishin finally agrees to become coach, and a month then passes before the Interhigh begins.

The team faces, Tokonami, Datekougyou and win both, they then lose against Aobajōsai (?).

Notsurewhathappensafterthis exactly asIhaven't gotten that far yet in either the manga or the anime.

HP canon events occur, with the adjustment of romantic events that involve Harry/Rī-chan being excluded. (1980-1996/97).

Rī-chan arrives in Japan (either born, which seems more likely, or is found), after she died/went through the veil. Whomever she is living with (her new parents? Older sibling?) Move to Karasuno, if they don't already live there, or at least to a nearby town, so they are in the Miyagi Prefecture.

In elementary school (she would be around 6-12 years old) she starts learning/practicing/playing volleyball, probably through an after school club or a summer camp that her parents/guardians signed her up for. She might have also seen a match in person or on TV and found it fascinating, and possibly thought the players were flying.

In junior high (12-15 years old) she joins her school's girls volleyball team, where she practices and improves diligently, some even think she is a genius at the sport when her team finally appears in a tournament and she gets to play. Her last year of junior high, she becomes captain of the team, (since she doesn't attend school the same time as any of the canon characters, and since most of them are male we don't really need to worry about clashing captainmanship, especially in middle school). It is also during her third year that her knee/leg injury starts to surface and only worsens as the year progresses. Her team makes it into the Interhigh and goes rather far (not sure how far), but Rī-chan pushes herself so much that she eventually collapses at the end of a match, she is hospitalized, and because of her team losing both their captain and 'ace' they lose moral, and don't advance any further.

Rī-chan finds out she can't play volleyball any longer and must go into surgery and then rehab, since she put off having her legs checked by a professional for so long (she wanted to play with her team and get them all the way before she graduated), she is stuck in the hospital all the way up to graduation (though she still graduates and scores well on her exams). [When Rī-chan hears about a town/school named Karasuno (raven/crow) she decides to go to school there, because she is/was a crow/raven animagus and is rather attached to the bird. This is for at least high school, if she didn't grow up in Karasuno.] While she is in the hospital she applies for Karasuno and easily gets in (she is rather smart and doesn't need to hide in in this HPxHaikyuu! universe.), she is finally released during winter break.

Come Spring (14/15), when Rī-chan starts her high school career she has accepted that she most likely will never play volleyball again, but has determined she doesn't want to give it up completely. So she applies as manager for the team(s), and because they at the time share a gymnasium, she manages for both teams. (When the girl's team is first introduced to her they have high hopes that they'll go far these coming years, because Rī-chan built up a good reputation. Well that is till they hear that Rī-chan won't be playing.)

A year goes by it is now Rī-chan's second year, she continues to manage the teams and goes to rehab sessions almost religiously in hopes of playing, but her doctors (and parents) refuse to let her try. Halfway through the year (between the two tournaments maybe?) Rī-chan makes a request of coach Ukai to teach her how to coach. He agrees and she becomes his assistant. It is also around this time that another manager is acquired for the girl's team, and so Rī-chan starts to focus solely on the boy's team. This goes on till she graduates. (Ages 16-18).

Rī-chan goes to a university (possibly overseas) with a top volleyball team/program, where she studies to become an English teacher and volleyball coach. It takes her about 6 years (she stays to get a Master's degree, which occurs mainly during her last 2 years). (Ages 18-24).

During her last two years, while she is earning her master degree, her doctor finally clears her to play again (she gained a new doctor when she went off to college, and continued her rehab), though she can only play for 20 minute intervals. The girls' volleyball team welcome their part-time manager onto the 'field' with open arms (she once more like in high school worked as a manager for both the boys and girls team, she also assisted the coaches for experience and extra credit). She retakes her position as wing-spiker, for matches and during practices she refines her skills as a libero and middle-blocker, as a backup. Because she is just so happy to get to play again, that she doesn't mind that she can only play in a game for a short time (though time varies depending on how intense and stressful the matches are), and she'll play whatever position is available. So it is over these two years especially that she becomes more of an all-rounder type of player (though she couldn't play officially, she still attended practices when she could, though most of the time that was as manager/assistant coach. She would though against her doctor's wishes practice rigorously on her own, which setback her recovery a lot of the time).

So at 23-25 years old (depends on her birthday really, and how many classes she took at a time), Rī-chan graduates from college as a full-fledged volleyball coach and English teacher. She moves back to Japan (Karasuno).

She returns to Karasuno looking for Coach Ukai to tell him the good news, and finds out that he has retired. She does though find out where he currently is (either in hospital or teaching the Lil' Tykes class) and informs him that she accomplished what she set out to do when she left, and that she was finally able to play again after 7 years (3 for high school, and then 4 during college) [though I know that seems a little extreme, in a way].

She applies for a teaching position at Karasuno Senior High, and gets accepted (let's say that whoever was teaching retired), Takeda-sensei hears about her through the grapevine, like he hears the words 'volleyball club alumni comes to teach' or something and goes looking in hopes of getting her to help out the club, he has no idea at first that she's a female. (This could be slightly before canon?)

Ukai retires 3 years before. Rī-chan graduates at least 6 years before. So she was there for Keishin's second and/or last year (since he graduated 8 years before). Rī-chan was probably/possibly there when the 'Small Giant' started at Karasuno. Coach Ukai retired halfway through Rī-chan college career. So yeah by the time she returns, canon would have started! (If my math is right!)

Before Takeda-sensei can recruit her, the girls' volleyball club figure out who she is/was and ask her to coach/teach/help them, she complies. So when Takeda-sensei finally meets her, she is already helping out the girl's team. Though she does mention to him that if he can't find a coach or if he can't convince Keishin (who she kind of knows, but not really well, but better than simple acquaintances) to coach the boys team, that she'll help out however she can. This happens around March maybe? Like right before canon starts, like Rī-chan starts out at the end of the school year learning the ropes from the teacher she'll be replacing, and then she officially takes on the role during the new term in spring when canon starts. But it is during this trial period that the girl's team approaches her in hopes of some training for the Spring Tournament. Because who doesn't want a referred alumni helping them out (let's say they actually already have a coach for the girls team, but it is like the girls captain said about the dedication the members have, and how they skip practice).

Canon Begins! The first month goes by, Ukai Keishin agrees to coach in preparation of the Nekoma match, finds out that Rī-chan teaches at the school, and recruited her for the KNA match (cause he doesn't really care for gender, and needs another player). Though he does recall that she wasn't allowed to play last he saw her, and makes sure to ask if she can actually play or not, cause if she couldn't play then she could at least help him judge the teams skill level, some he remembers her always helping out his granddad. She says she can play again, though not for a full match, and follows him to the gym. The boys are all awed by her appearance (because here is a beautiful lady in their midst, and she plays volleyball), especially Nishinoya and Tanaka. And when Keishin introduces her, because he kind of forgot to introduce her to the students (some of the KNA members recognize her, and Takeda-sensei has already met her), until one of them (Tanaka maybe?) asks who she is. He's all like "ah… this is Shō Rirī, though most just call her Rī-chan, she was the manager for the volleyball team and assistant coach while she attended Karasuno" and they all scream assistant coach? Because how was she assistant coach as a student? When they ask her, she just smiles mysteriously (covers her mouth and giggles/chuckles), and says it's a secret. She then turns to Keishin, "Keishin-sempai, where do you want me? Should I observe or play for a bit?" it is at this point that Hinata yells out "it's Asahi-san!", which means that the teams are now filled out, so Keishin just tells her to help me figure out what the team should work on, she happily says "Hai!" which kind of distracts the boys (and some of the adults), and asks for a clipboard. She then spends the rest of the match walking around the gym to watch from various angles the team's performance, all the while jotting down notes.

Somehow after the match, when both Keishin, Takeda-sensei and Sugawara see her notes, they are impressed and surprised (greatly), and Takeda-sensei then tries to get her to stay around and help, to coach hopefully alongside Ukai. She agrees, but does mention that she has also agreed to help out the girl's team when they ask. (Maybe I'll change that she earlier denied Takeda, because she was settling in? Or maybe he didn't even know about her being a volleyball player till Keishin drags her along to the practice match. Perhaps Takeda was so focused on getting Ukai that her didn't hear anything about Rī-chan, that and hounding other schools for a match.)

So mainly, Rī-chan pops into practices every now and then when she is free, she helps develop strategies and helps the team fix their weaknesses, mainly by assigning them tasks to do individually. (Maybe they're really weird tasks that don't make sense or seem irrelevant at first, but the team does them anyway, and eventually they notice an improvement.). And especially once the tournament starts up she is there for the games, (though the first one she is with the girls team, since they are her main priority, cause they asked her for help first.), and after the Interning, she is present for the training camps (she makes sure that all their meals are nutritional and high in calories).

More in depth timeline will be established when I catch up with the manga/anime