Part 1: Chapter 2
Today was the first day of training camp and four days away from the fated match against Nekoma, Karasuno's all time rival in volleyball. It has been a week since you started school at Karasuno High and let's just say this past one week had been very interesting when you found out you shared the same class with a certain string bean.
Flashback
Practice was finally over and you were helping to clean up when Hinata asked. "(Name)-san, will you be attending school here at Karasuno?"
Placing the volleyballs in your arms into the trolley, you happily replied. "Yeap, I will be attending school at Karasuno and tomorrow is offically my first day in school. I can't wait!"
Kageyama who was silent until now spoke up. "What class will you be in?"
Turning your attention to him, you answered. "I will be in Class 1-4, the collage preparatory class. How about you Kageyama-kun?"
Before Kageyama could replied you, a certain string bean cut in. "Oh, looks like we will be in the same class as this munchkin Yamaguchi. I'm amazed that she managed to get into that class considering how small her brain is. I mean, with that tiny body of hers, it's not like that is much space for her brain."
Your eye twitched as you glared at the tall blonde in front of you who was smirking down at you while Yamaguchi stood to his side, trying to contain his laughter. Before you could say anything or react, Hinata jumped in to defend you.
"Oi is that how you treat (Name)-san? It's not nice!"
Tsukishima just sneered at Hinata as he replied smartly. "It's not like you're that smart to begin with, Chibi-chan. Be careful munchkin, I heard that idiocy is contagious."
Tsukishima directed his last sentence towards you. Hinata and Kageyama were about to defend you when suddenly, they felt an unanimous aura coming off you. Your face was black as waves of anger rolled off you having the two first years slowly backing away, fearing for their lives. Quite frankly, you reminded them of their captain whenever he was pissed. Meanwhile Yamaguchi gulped as he stared at you and Tsukishima, not sure to flee or stay by his friend side. As for Tsukishima, he was smirking at the look on your face which only caused you to be more angry. Before anyone could said to break the tension, you were flying through the air as you hurled yourself at Tsukishima whose eyes widen at your behavior as he was not expecting that at all.
The rest of the players were cleaning up when they heard a loud screech coming from near the storage room where they kept all their equipment. Turning around they were met with the sight of Kageyama and Hinata trying to pull you off Tsukishima while Yamaguchi who was having a difficult time trying to free his friend. You had a very tight grip on Tsukishima as you tried to claw at his face, leaving the poor boy to defend his face against your nails. Everyone stood frozen at their spots as they were more amazed at the fact that you managed to reach Tsukishima's face when he was clearly a head taller than you rather than you trying to scratch his face off.
"(Name)-san, please let go of Tsukki. I'm sure he didn't mean it." Yamaguchi pleaded, but you were deaf to his words as you tried to make it your mission to claw off the string bean's face. Meanwhile, Daichi and Sugawara as well as the rest of the players who regained their senses tried to pull the two of you apart. Kiyoko who was clearing the water bottle earlier on, rushed to find Ukai and Takeda who were talking outside of the gym. The players were still trying to pull both you and Tsukishima apart when suddenly you felt someone hit you on your head, causing you to release your hold on Tsukishima as you collapsed on to the floor in pain. Grabbing your head and with tears in your (E/C) eyes, you turned to glare at whoever had the nerves to hit you on your head. However, you froze at the sight before you.
It was none other than your brother, Ukai Keishin who looks like he was about to murder you.
Scrambling to your feet, you laughed weakly and not meeting your brother's eyes, you said. "Nii-chan, I was just playing with string bean, I mean Tsukishima only."
Everyone just watched in amusement as you were dragged off by your brother to one corner to reprimand you. Your head were downcast as you sat on your knees before your brother who was scolding you. Deciding that it was best to not let things get worst, Daichi immediately barked at everyone to stop staring and get back to cleaning the gym before heading home.
Meanwhile Kageyama and Hinata stared at their new friend in pity as she faced the wrath of their coach and Tsukishima who was still in shock was let away by Yamaguchi. All that was going through the volleyball players' heads was: never ever make the Ukais angry or you wouldn't see the living day again. Of course, being the sadist that he was, Tsukishima continued to tease you to no end.
The next day...
"Hello everybody! My name is Ukai (Name)! Nice to meet you all!" You quickly bowed before giving a huge smile towards your new classmates. Let's just say by the end of your introduction, all the boys in your class were blushing and the girls were squealing at how cute you were.
Your homeroom teacher smiled at the class as she said. "Ukai-san is our new transfer student, so please make her feel welcome. Ukai-san, you can seat at the empty desk next to Yamaguchi-san."
Thanking the teacher, you made your way toward the empty desk that was next to the window. Placing your bag onto the floor, you gave Yamaguchi a smile and he returned it. With that being said, class started. You were focusing on what your teacher was saying when you felt someone kicking at the back of your chair. You turned around with an annoyed look on your face to ask the person to stop when suddenly you were met with the smirking face of none other then Tsukishima Kei. Your eyes widen in horror when you realized that string bean was the one kicking you.
Glaring at Tsukishima, you hissed at him. "Oi! Stop kicking my chair you string bean!."
Not bothering to wait for his reply, you faced the front once more. A few minutes later, you felt someone tugging at your hair. You turned around once more to only be met with the face of Tsukishima whose smirk had widen at the sight of your annoyed face. Glaring once more at him, you put your hair up into a bun to prevent string bean from pulling them. You thought that Tsukishima was done with his childish antics and began to relax when he started kicking your chair again. Before you can shout at him to stop, your teacher spoke up.
"Is something the matter, Ukai-san?"
You forced a sweet smile on to your face and replied. "Nothing sensei. I was just feeling a little warm, that's all."
Your teacher gave a nod before resuming teaching the class. Meanwhile you turned around to glare once more at the salty fries and hissed through your teeth, "Stop disturbing me and pay attention!"
Tsukishima just smirked at you , not saying anything. You narrowed your (E/C) eyes at him before facing the front once more. Little did you know, that was just the beginning of Tsukishima's plan to make your life a hell. Throughout the rest of the day, the middle blocker refused to leave you alone. Even going as far to having lunch with you, preventing you from meeting up with Hinata and Kageyama to eat with them.
By the time it was club activity time, you were ready to kill anyone who so as much as glance at you. Throughout practice, you were feeling more irritated than before. Waves of anger and annoyance were rolling off you to the point where Tanaka and Nishinoya were trembling behind Sugawara who was concerned with your well being. At the end of the day, you were forced to go home early and rest by your brother as you were scaring everyone with that death glare of yours. Scowling at Ukai, you grabbed your things and left, plotting a certain megane's death.
Tsukishima just smiled smugly to himself as he watched you stormed into the night.
Tsukishima: 1. (Name): 0.
End of flashback.
Currently, Ukai was giving a speech to the volleyball players on what to expect for the next few days at training camp.
"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!"
After Hinata's loud "yeah", the boys prepared to get ready for practice when you finally decided to show up. Pushing the gym doors open, you let out a tired "good morning" which was returned with several "(Name)-chan!", "You're finally here." and "good morning". You stumbled towards the direction of your brother who was talking with Takeda-sensei about their match against Nekoma.
Turning his attention onto you, Ukai gave you a smirk. "I see you have finally decided to crawl out of bed, sleeping beauty."
Too tired to fight back, you just gave your brother a glare before trudging towards the benches where you watched the boys do their warm up. But soon enough, you fell asleep considering that you weren't exactly a morning person.
The boys stood in front of Ukai as he gave a final set of instructions before practice starts. "Okay, we are gonna do receives first. So, get into position. (Nickname)-chan, go and get ready as I need your help in assisting me.'
With that the boys got into position and practice began. Well, that's if Ukai could find you. Realizing that a certain (H/C)-haired girl was missing, he scanned the gym to find you. However, he wasn't able to locate you. Curse you and your small size. Before Ukai could asked anyone if they had seen you, Hinata pointed towards the direction of the benches, speaking to Kageyama. "Ne Kageyama-san, isn't that (Name)-san sleeping on the benches?"
Everyone followed the direction to where Hinata was pointing and sure enough there you were, completely dead to the world. Ukai stormed towards your direction, his facial expression blank. Meanwhile the Karasuno boys just stood there as they stared at their pissed off coach, feeling worried for you except Tsukishima who was chuckling at what was about to happen.
You were dreaming about a certain string bean kneeling before you while you cackled at the victory of making the proud Tsukishima Kei kneel before you when you were awoken by an ear-splitting shout.
"BAKA! WAKE UP! THIS ISN'T YOUR HOME FOR GOODNESS SAKE!"
Ukai shouted at you as you immediately wake up, staring in confusion and still half-asleep. When you realized it was none other then your older brother who was glaring at you, you became alert, fully awake now. Ukai continued to reprimand at you as you trembled in fear before him. "First you turn up late and now you are sleeping when you're suppose to be helping me. Go and get change before I skinned you alive myself. As punishment, you'll be joining the boys in training whether you like it or not."
Not wanting to incur your brother's wrath, you let out a fearful "yes" before rushing off to change and get ready. The volleyball players sweat dropped at the sight of the two Ukais before them, one thought going through their minds: Like brother, like sister.
***
"Front! Front!"
Ukai shouted as he began to hit ball after ball to the boys for them to receive. After changing, you joined the team for practice. Currently it was Yamaguchi's turn to do receiving. Ukai send a ball towards his way, only for Yamaguchi to fail in receiving the ball properly. Feeling annoyed that this was the third time Yamaguchi failed in receiving the ball properly, he shouted at him.
"Hey, how many does it take for you to get it right?"
The green-haired just stood there in frustration as he stared at the floor, his hands clenching by his sides. Feeling sorry for Yamaguchi who was on the receiving end of your brother's anger, you approached him and got into the receiving stance.
"Here Yamaguchi. Let me show you how it's done. Place both your arms together like this and bend your knees. Keep your eyes on the ball at all time. When the ball is heading towards you, hit the ball upwards with your arms and not to the front. Nii-chan, send a ball my way.'
With that being said, Ukai send a ball towards you while you remained in position. Your (e/c) eyes sharpened as it focused on the ball, analyzing where it will go. Everyone watched with bated breathe as it was their first time seeing you playing volleyball. To their horror, the ball was heading towards the right side of the court, far from you. However instead of hearing the sound of the ball hitting the ground, in a flash, you managed to receive the ball and send it towards where the setter would be. Where you originally stood was now empty as you managed to receive the ball flawlessly.
Straightening yourself, you glared at you brother who innocently looked away. "I know you did that on purpose Nii-chan. There was no way anyone could have received the ball, you idiot."
"But you managed to receive it perfectly." Ukai smugly replied, ignoring your glare.
Before you could reply, you were tackled onto the floor by a very enthusiastic libero.
"THAT WAS AMAZING (Name)-CHAN! TEACH ME HOW TO DO THAT TOO!"
Meanwhile Kageyama stared at you with stars in his eyes, mumbling something about how perfect that receive was. Hinata just jumped around you and Nishinoya who had still yet to release you, going on about how awesome that was.
"C-can't b-breathe."
You struggled to speak as the air was squeezed out of you. Luckily, Ennoshita came to your rescue and pried the over-excited second year off you. You let out a cough as you tried to regain control of your breathing. You straightened your outfit as you turned to face the boys who were looking you at with awed expression. Smiling shyly, you spoke. "And that's how you do a receive. Well at least I think so.'
After seeing how you received that ball, the Karasuno boys became pumped up in wanting to do better. Laughing to yourself, you turned to encourage Yamaguchi once more. "Here, you try it again. I'm sure you can do it as long as you do as I say. Go on."
Nodding his head at you, Yamaguchi faced his coach once more with a determined look on his face, letting out a "once more".
This time round when Ukai send a ball towards Yamaguchi, he received it perfectly.
***
It was time for spiking and this time round you were forced to join the boys despite your protest.
"I'm a libero, nii-chan. Spiking isn't exactly my thing." You whined as you tried once more to not practice, but failing miserably.
Ukai looked at you with a glare and said. "If you don't get in line, I'm gonna confiscate your laptop for one month."
Appalled at the idea of your laptop being taken away, you rushed to line up behind Tsukishima which was a huge mistake. You groaned in annoyance when you realized that you were in the same line as Mr. Salty Fries. Tsukishima smirked when he saw the miserable look on your face, teasing you.
"My my what do we have here? If it isn't the munchkin. Are you sure you can spike the ball with that height of yours?"
Your eyes twitched as you glared at Tsukishima. "Stop calling me that string bean. And I'll have you know that despite my height, I can jump quite high."
Tsukishima just snorted your comment as he sneered at you. "Tch as if you could jump that high. You're even shorter than Nishinoya-san."
You tried to punch Tsukishima in the face who easily dodged it. Instead you just angrily replied, "I will prove you wrong, you overgrown size megane!"
Tsukishima just petted you on your head as he cooed teasingly. "How cute Munchkin."
"Stop calling me that!" You shouted as you swatted his hand away, storming off towards the other line where Tanaka and Nishinoya were glaring at Tsukishima for provoking their precious little crow.
Tsukishima let out a "tch" as he faced the front, Ukai shouting for them to get ready.
When it was your turn, you ran to where the ball was and bending your knees, you jumped as high you could, spiking the ball perfectly over the net. Landing on your feet, you thanked Suga before facing Tsukishima who had a look of surprise in his eyes with a smirk. Realizing that you were staring at him quite smugly, he quickly turned his face away from you, letting out an annoyed "tch". He was clearly not expecting you to be able to spike a ball. You smirked to yourself as Hinata, Tanaka and Nishinoya continued to praise you on your spiking.
You might be short, but you sure can fly like the crow that you were.
(Name): 1, String bean: 0.
***
You were all heading towards the direction of where the team would be staying during the training camp after practice when you realized that Suga was lacking behind everyone. With a worried expression your face, you slowed down your speed to match Suga's speed.
"Suga-chan, Earth to Suga-chan."
You waved your hand in front of Suga's face, trying to get his attention. Upon hearing you calling his name, Suga snapped out of his thoughts as he gave you a smile or at least he tried too.
"Hey (Nickname)-chan, what's up?'
Smiling softly at him, you answered Suga. "Nothing. Just wondering if you were okay. You have been out of it ever since practice."
Suga's eyes widen at the fact you managed to notice that there was something wrong with him while everyone just assumed that he was tired from practice.
"How did you know that I wasn't myself?"
Laughing, you replied. "Don't forget that I can read people like an open book no matter how closed off they are."
Suga let out a chuckle as he remembered that you surprised him when you managed to know what his volleyball position off at first glance. Staring at the front towards his team mates where Tsukishima was teasing Kageyama, Hinata, Tanaka and Nishinoya while Daichi and Ennoshita tried to stop them, Suga answered (Name).
"It's just that I have a feeling that Ukai-san might choose Kageyama as Karasuno's official setter not because of him being just a genius setter, but as well at the fact with both Hinata and Kageyama freak toss-and-spike, it will bring our team to greater height. I know that it's gonna happen and I was even ready to accept it. But something in me doesn't feel right."
"You know Suga-chan, I have known you for many years and you're an amazing setter. It's true that Kageyama-kun is a better setter than you and what with Hinata-kun being able to spike his tosses, Karasuno would soar to even greater heights. I know that you're ready to accept it if it means that it will bring Karasuno to national level. But Suga-chan, you're a third year which means this is your last year being in the volleyball team and is this what you want? I'm not saying that you should try to convince nii-chan to let you be Karasuno's official setter because I know that he will choose Kageyama over you. What I'm saying is, you should believe in yourself more and fight for what you want. That's all I have to say, the rest is up to you."
With that being said, you gave Suga a huge smile before running to catch up with Hinata and Kageyama. Meanwhile Suga stared at you in surprise, letting your words sink in before a smile settled on his face. Thanks to you, Suga knows what he must do.
Meanwhile...
"Give me back my headphones you four-eyed string bean!"
"Why are you being so selfish? I'm just interested in knowing what music you listen too."
"You could have just ask instead of snatching my headphones away from me!"
"I'll give it back to you if you can reach it in the first place."
"YOU ASSHOLE STRING BEAN! GIVE ME BACK MY HEADPHONES!"
And that my friends, was the wonderful start to the week-long training camp that you were so looking forward too. Only if a certain megane wasn't there to ruin it for you.