Okay I'll be sleeping after this so--ouo Last chapter for tonight (: I'd be offline afterwards (though I don't log-out my account. That's why I look like I'm online xD)

Four familiar figures walked through the streets of a dark narrow neighborhood where Tanaka said, a good ramen shop was located. It was getting dark, and the sunset was already visible, creating 4 unequal shadows mirroring the players’ bodies on the ground. Tanaka was leading the group and turned to an unfamiliar corner where he came across a gang having a blast in drinking sake in a small store.

“Hold on, is this the place you were talking about Ryu?” Nishinoya asked the bald player who was examining the shop they arrived at and didn’t recognize it at all.

“Ah, sorry about that Noya-san. It seems we went to the wrong shop” Tanaka apologized to his teammates while scratching the back of his head sheepishly.

“You’ve got to be kidding me” Kageyama scowled, showing an annoyed expression and exhaled. His type of attitude caught some of the gang members’ attention and gave the four high school students glances.

Tanaka repeatedly apologized to his teammates and suggested that maybe they took the wrong route and go back. Hinata, who was standing right in front of the shop door, was asked by his senpai to move back since they were leaving the place. Clumsily, the ginger obeyed his senpai and went to exit the shop only to bump onto some big muscular grown up man that had just entered the shop. “Whoa, easy there!” Nishinoya and Tanaka assisted Hinata when he stumbled on the ground after bumping onto the man who just entered.

“Ah? Who the hell do you think you are?” the man who was in 40’s roared; clearly angered at the miniscule impact he had with Hinata. Apparently, he was a muscular guy; with big biceps bulging on his arms and a broad chest that Hinata just collided with. A big dragon tattoo painted his left arm and several detailed ones around the other parts of his skin. Several cuts were evident around his face, and you can tell by the burn mark he had on his upper-right eye, that isn’t someone you should mess with. His intimidating glare that didn’t actually quite match his bald hairstyle scared and froze the ginger standing in front of him.

The poor freshman gripped onto his senpai’s polo, afraid of the hot-tempered man they’ve encountered and hid behind Tanaka’s figure.

“Whoa, what’s happening here boss?” one of the man’s apprentice came, interrupting the tension between the two and scanned Tanak from top to bottom.

“Eh? What’s your problem with our boss, you punk?!” growled the apprentice with a roaring voice. It left Kageyama and Hinata trembling and Nishinoya pissed off.

“No-Nothing sir! We were just passing by! We don’t intend to open up a fight with your boss!” Tanaka tried to calm things down but due to Nishinoya’s enraged face, the apprentice didn’t seem to be convinced at all.

“Is that so? Then what’s up with this midget’s glare?” the gangster, grabbed Nishinoya by the collar and lifted him up in the air just to rub it in that Nishinoya is short.

“What did you say you ganguro?! Do you want to fight huh?!” Nishinoya challenged swinging his fist in the air that the man easily dodged.

The gangster lifting up Nishinoya laughed evilly and threw the poor guy on the ground. “You’ve got some big guts eh, midget?” he started stepping on the poor boy’s back continuously.

“Hey! What do you think you’re doing?!” Tanaka tried to help his friend but he was punched by the other members of the gang.

The gang drinking sake in the shop watched the scene and didn’t even bother to help until a certain swordswoman entered the shop carelessly, ignoring the presence of the gang who arrived before her.

“Hey…” the gang leader called her attention but she completely treated him like thin air. Walking pass her, the said swordswoman sat on one of the tables, alone, showing that she was neutral with gangs inside there. Pissed off, the gang leader went after her and placed a hand on her shoulder giving that pedophile smile. “Hey there missy. I don’t think it’s proper to ignore the ones who have power here. You can’t just enter this shop carelessly” he hissed, trying to scare the girl.

The gang who was the first in the shop became weary and stood up from their seats, ready to go at the leader any time. The swordswoman raised her hand to calm them down and tilted her head to send a menacing look at the gang leader who—without her permission—touched her. “Take your filthy hand of me” her voice had poison on it. The gang leader immediately obeyed, removing his hand from the girl and couldn’t believe that she was intimidated by a girl her age.

Nishinoya didn’t know what was going on and tried to stand up when the apprentice stepped on him again, pinning him on the ground. “Where do you think you’re going, midget?”

“Noya-san!” Hinata was panicking and wanted to help his senpai. He was about to run over to help him but Kageyama quickly dragged him back, telling him it’s useless. “You’ll get him hurt even more!” he told his teammate who stared pitifully at their libero.

Tanaka who already grew a bruise on his cheek clicked his tongue and cursed inwardly that he couldn’t help Nishinoya being stepped on continuously. Damn it!

“Huh? What’s with that glare, baldy?” the gang leader now ignored the swordswoman and went to mess with Tanaka whom he grabbed by the collar and raised him in the air, like his apprentice did with Nishinoya. The two freshmen watched their two senpais helplessly that led Kageyama in trying to tackle the leader. He ended up getting thrown by the gang leader using Tanaka as the two fell on the ground.

“Kageyama! Tanaka-san!” Hinata cried and was about to run to the two when the gang leader decided to play with him next.

“Toyo’s so annoying” one of the members of the gang who were drinking complained and went to Hinata’s rescue by grabbing the said Toyo’s wrist and gave him a glare.

“Oi, don’t you think messing with shorties like these two is a bit too cowardly, Toyo?” a man in his 20’s gripped onto Toyo’s hand that burned his skin and coolly kicked Toyo’s crotch. Toyo whimpered in pain as his eyes averted from the ground to examine who that guy was. He had had his blue-green dyed hair waxed up messily, with several strands, styled in different directions. A tattoo was painted across his left eye and the scar that was displayed along his bare chest (since he was only wearing a vest) stated that he was one of the famous delinquents in the area. Raiden Ryder.

Hinata who was dropped on the floor crawled away from the two gangsters and secretly helped up Kageyama and Tanaka on the floor.

“Y-You?” Toyo’s eyes widened and backed away when the swordswoman finally stood up from her seat and hold onto her katana from behind. “Wait… then this girl…” the gang leader slowly rotated his head to look at the girl who had her eyes growling like a predator at him like he was meat.

Raiden smirked, crossing his arms proudly. “That’s right. Even though she’s late in our meeting, I’ll give her a proper introduction. This, my friend is-”

Red Ronin.

“Gah! Y-You?!” Toyo’s whole body started trembling after finding out the two’s identity that Raiden revealed himself. Toyo’s apprentice, Isas, already left Nishinoya alone after it was revealed that the famous Raiden Ryder who has beat up several gangs by himself (despite him being skinny) is here, and the famous Red Ronin, who always had her katana at her back has appeared in front of them and his boss had mess with them.

“Gah!” Isas screamed, running away and ditching his own boss in the shop, alongside with the other gang members.

“Hey! Don’t leave me here!” Toyo wanted to go with him but Ronin already kicked his ass that caused him to drop dead on the floor and got her sword pointed at his neck. “P-Please don’t kill me! I-I swear I’d do anything! Just please! Spear me Ronin-sama!” Toyo started pleading to save his big ass which Raiden and Ronin find pathetic.

Ronin hardened her grip on her sword and drew a line on his neck, wounding it with a slight cut. “Next time, choose who you mess with” Raiden placed his palm on Ronin’s shoulder to prevent her from cutting of Toyo’s head. With his touch, Ronin back her sword away and let the gangster run away like a pig.

The Karasuno volleyball club members stared in astonishment and couldn’t believe that were asses were just saved by a girl just as their age and a guy so thin that you could almost trace the bones shaped by his skin. Nishinoya who was the verge of kicking someone’s ass, rose from the ground and whom—if Tanaka didn’t prevented from taking out his anger on things—would be beaten up by Ronin herself.

“Damn gangsters! Who do they think they are, huh?! Messing around with me just because I’m short!” Nishinoya’s burst out attacked a nerve on Ronin’s head, who clutched her sword in both of her hands and made her way in front of Nishinoya. The guardian deity of Karasuno calmed down when he saw the maiden right in front of him that struck is heart for the second time. (First was Kiyoko)

“I hate noisy people” Ronin raised her sword. “Like you” the swordswoman hit Nishinoya’s nape using the tip of her sword, sending him back on the ground.

“N-Noya-san!” Tanaka reacted at the fallen tribute—I mean; teammate of his. That hit didn’t seem to work at him at all since Nishinoya resurrected from the ground and had his eyes lit once again. And there he saw Ronin’s pissed off face at him. Though it was unexplained why his reaction was that afterwards.

"A-A goddess!" Nishinoya's jaw dropped upon seeing the beautiful red velvet haired girl standing in front of him, with her katana resting on her shoulders and few visible cuts displayed on her face. He thought he was dreaming but he wasn’t.

Raiden predicted that he’ll have a nightmare whenever Ronin was around. “Tomoe stop-” he was about to stop the swordswoman from killing the little boy but she already omitted his presence.

"Huh? What did you say, shrimp?" Shina Tomoe, the leader of the gang who just saved their ass, gave a nasty glare at the collapsed guardian deity of Karasuno. "You picking a fight or something?" she slammed her sword against the solid ground and drew a line with it by walking closer to the beaten up shrimp of the volleyball club.

He's toast' Nishinoya's teammates, Tanaka, Kageyama and Hinata watched as the poor midget was lifted from the ground at ease by the gang leader, and brought his face closer to hers.

She was about to sneer at him again when Nishinoya grabbed her wrist using both of his hands and stared intently at the girl. For a moment there, Tanaka and the others thought that he'll fight back since that's the way he is, but was utterly shocked at the sudden outburst their teammate made. Like literally shocked.

Eyes widened and jaws dropped (almost hitting the floor) shock.

Nishinoya just comically proposed to the girl he just saw that day. "Marry me my goddess!" it was love at first sight.

Shina dropped the high school student on the ground and let out a disgusted look. "What the actual fuck?"

Nishinoya got back on his feet and dusted himself. He opened his mouth to talk to Shina again but she already brushed him off, walking passes him. “Never come back here ever again” were her cold words at him before leaving off on her motorcycle.

“Ah, well” Raiden scratched the back of his neck with a sly smile. “Sorry about that little guy” he went to apologize to Nishinoya only to be found annoying.

“It’s Nishinoya damn it!” cursed the shortest player among them. Tanaka, Kageyama and Hinata soon regrouped with Nishinoya and listened to Raiden talk.

“Sorry about the girl. She’s always like that” Raiden says with a friendly tone before it became ominous. “But I must agree with her unfortunately. If you continue to hang around in these parts, you’re risking your lives, sonnies” he patted each head in front of his. But of course the most offended one is Nishinoya.

“Don’t pat me like that!” Nishinoya slapped Raiden’s hand away in anger.

Raiden smirk at his wildness and offered a ride home. “It’s dangerous to walk back home since it’s getting dark. Let me and my gang ride you home” the gangster pointed outside where several bikes were aligned and three of his members already stood up from their seats.

Nishinoya glanced at them before walking off with an arrogant attitude that says “Not-a-fucking-chance” way. Tanaka sighed and declined their offer with a thank you and an apology. Kageyama and Hinata did the same before walking after Nishinoya who was marching his way home in a jolly manner since he was elated by what he saw that day.

A goddess! He smiled happily and turned to his teammates and asked. “Hey Ryu, do you think it’s okay if I visit her again tomorrow?”

“What?! Didn’t you hear what they just said!?” Tanaka looked at his close friend in disbelief. Nishinoya ignored his words and asked Kageyama.

“Ne, she’s so cute, right?”

“Beats me…”

Kageyama obviously wasn’t attracted by the scary looking girl a while ago. He just met her though.

“So her name’s Ronin huh? That name so suits her!” Nishinoya skipped back home happily while his teammates stared at his distance figure and were slightly worried about him.

Please don’t tell me he plans to go back here.