Chapter 4: Playing 6
A few days have passed since Kenshin has started going to Karasuno High School. Few things have happened in these few days. Previously Kenshin had thought that with him joining Karasuno, the team might become weaker than the manga counterpart due to overdependence on him.
But what happened is completely the opposite as others are fired up and Tanaka and Daichi are the ones who have shown the most growth in these few days as Daichi is able to handle Kenshin's ball a little bit better and Tanaka trying to find ways to bypass Kenshin's block.
Kenshin's aim for this year is to have perfect accuracy and power with his Jump Serves as well as Jump Float Serve. Yes, Kenshin can do Jump Floaters but its accuracy is not perfect as he started learning it after National Athletic meet.
Like in the manga Kinoshita took a liking towards Jump Floater and asked Kenshin to teach him. Sugawara also asked Kenshin to teach Jump Floater saying, "Kageyama is also a setter but he can do Jump Serve. I as a setter cannot lose to him".
Today is Friday and the day Yamaguchi and Tsukishima would join. As other volleyball members were doing stretching and warm-up, Tsukishima and Yamaguchi showed up.
Soon they also joined the team practice. Tsukishima was being smartass and giving snarky remarks but he toned down a bit after seeing Kenshin being better than him in everything including blocking.
Yamaguchi was also interested in Jump Floater, so Kenshin became Serve Coach of the team. The rest of the practice went well with everyone waiting for tomorrow's match.
Saturday
It was the day that will decide Kageyama's fate as to whether he will remain as a setter or not.
Kenshin has seen Hinata's growth in these few days. He has just one way to describe it "Protagonist Power".
"Alright, let's get started. I will be joining Tsukishima's team", Daichi said after getting everyone's attention.
"Ehhh? But you are the captain", asked Hinata while stuttering.
"Don't worry, Tanaka has more firepower than me so it's all right", Daichi assured.
After that Tsukishima annoyed the hell out of the other team making Tanaka, Kageyama, and Hinata mad.
The match continued like in the series with Hinata's team getting points through Tanaka's side but Hinata being blocked by Tsukishima. Tsukishima didn't forget to rile the other team with his snarky remarks.
Kageyama tried to get points with his serves but Daichi got it easily. Their team started losing. Kageyama admitted that Junior High's mistakes scared him but Hinata sort of cheered him with his baseless confidence.
But Hinata's baseless confidence angered Tsukishima who changed from being snarky to serious.
"Hey, Kenshin. You were previously in a powerhouse school right? What do you think of our Volleyball club", Ennoshita asked Kenshin who was standing near the scoreboard.
" Hmmm, skill-wise club members are above average. But from what I see there is room for growth. And with me, Kageyama and other 1st years. Karaasuno will grow into a powerhouse", Kenshin said.
"Pretty cheeky for a 1st year", Ennoshita said with a laugh.
For the next point, Hinata jumped to the far corner before ven Kageyama tossed him and Kageyama somehow managed to send the ball to him scoring.
This point amazed everyone. Kenshin was amazed and started thinking about possible ways to counter it.
"What do you think about this weird quick attack", Ennoshita asked. Kinoshita and Narita were also standing near him.
"I think it's a good attack. If they can develop it more we would have a great decoy", Kenshin said with a laugh.
"That's true but Hinata won't like being a decoy", said Kinoshita and others started laughing.
Hinata and Kageyama tried to do their Minus Tempo attack but they weren't syncing but quick advice from Sugawara san made Minus Tempo attack possible.
With Hinata's insane reflexes and Kageyama's genius setting, they started to rake points in and eventually defeating the team.
After the match finished, all the first year got their Karaasuno Jersy. Kenshin with his short black hair and handsome face was looking especially dashing.
"Cool", Hinata shouted looking at Kenshin.
"It's nothing. You all also look good", said Kenshin with a slight smile.
As everyone was taking a break from their practice, Takdeda Ittetsu, Volleyball Club faculty advisor came rushing in.
"A practice match. The opponent is the prefecture's top 4, Aoba Joshai", Takeda said while huffing and puffing.
Everyone was pretty much amazed, excited, and surprised.
"How did they manage to do that", Tsukishima asked.
"I don't know. A practice match with Seijo is amazing", Sugawara replied.
Kenshin is excited but not that much as Karasuno's basic plays are not that good and Oikawa Tooru is not playing the full match.
"So, you two are the problematic duo Hinata kun and Kageyama kun", Takeda while looking at Hinata and Kageyama.
"Osu", replied the duo with a depressed voice.
"Seijou is a really strong school. Sensei how did you manage to set this match up", Sugawara asked.
"Sensei, you didn't kowtow again?", asked Daichi.
"No, no, I didn't do that. Though kowtow is my strong point. It's just that there is a condition that Kageyama kun should play the game as setter", Takeda replied.
As usual, Tanaka san got angry at Seijou's behavior but Sugawara said, "It's okay, I want to see how far the will team go with Wierd Combo and Kenshin".
Other senior players were silent. Kenshin just looked at Sugawara for some time then nodded.
After some rest, the team continues to practice diligently. Kenshin practiced his serves as well as receives. Kenshin got used to Kageyama's setting.
"How is the toss", asked Kageyama with a serious and angry face.
"It was okay but it would be better if it's a high toss slightly away from the net", said Kenshin.
Kageyama thought for a while and nodded. After that Kenshin went to Sugawara and asked, "Sugawara san, there is a spike that I want to try. Can you please help me".
"Yes, what kind of spike", Sugawara asked.
"I can hit higher than I am doing now. So, I want to do some sort of aerial time delayed attack", Kenshin said. He got the idea from watching Asahi's spike against Inarizaki.
After that Kenshin practiced with Sugawara until it was time to close the gym. After that everyone went to the Hillside store to eat some snacks.
The next day, during a break, Daichi gathered everyone around and said, " I have decided on the Playing 6 against Aoba Johsai.
Wing Spiker, Sawamura Daichi, 3rd Year
Middle Blocker, Hinata Kageyama, 1st Year
Wing Spiker, Tanaka Ryunosuke, 2nd Year
Setter, Kageyama Tobio, 1st Year
Middle Blocker, Tsukishima Kei, 1st Year
Opposite Hitter, Sakamoto Kenshin, 1st Year
I want to use Hinata and Kageyama's weird quick attack to act as a decoy to attract blockers and giving room to our spikers. I want you, Kenshin to do blocks as well.
After that everyone started to discuss strategies to defeat Aoba Johsai. Kenshin went to Kageyama and said, "I am practicing something new with Sugawara san. I will do the same with you at the end of everyday practice to sync with you".
"Okay", said Kageyama.
After that, they went to practice diligently for their match against Aoba Johsai.
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