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"That was so cool.." Yamaguchi stated with stars in his eyes.

Kageyama nodded "I agree."

"It's not that amazing. Anyone can do that as long as they have plentiful of spiritual energy to put in the talisman."

"So that means?! Humans can also learn magic?!" Yamaguchi shouted in surprise, then he covered his mouth as he looked around if anyone heard him, then he asked the question again but in a whisper..

"Hum~...There is only one human I know that can use magic because they have plentiful of spiritual energy which is a rare sight since well, he's a human."

"I'm curious...Do normal humans, like us have spiritual energy like that person you were talking about?" Tsukishima wondered.

Shoyo nodded "But only a little bit. All living things have spiritual energy, but it can't compare to spirits."

Tsukishima huffed out from his nose. He wants to ask more, but he'll just have to keep it to himself for the time being..

Kageyama: "Are there spirits like you? That you know...Can disguise as humans??"

"Of course. But some spirits dislikes humans very much and don't want to associate with them. While some others are curious"

"Oh....Do they hurt humans?"

Shoyo went silent for a while....Well, there was one spirit he knows that hates humans very much.

"Only one person that I know of."

"Well...This talk about spirits is very interesting!" Yamaguchi said with a smile.

Shoyo smiled a bit. "I am happy that you guys took it in very well, just like Keishin-san."

"Eh? Coach also knew??" Yamaguchi was surprised, and Tsukishima could already piece everything together.

Kageyama nodded and answered for Shoyo "Yeah, Coach is the sole reason why Hinata-san is here right now." Kageyama changed Shoyo's title to Hinata-san since its more respectable and he doesn't really want to offend the fox spirit...

"Hinata-san huh....It's really weird for me to call a spirit shrimp.." Tsukishima muttered..

"Ah! Then should I not call you Hinata-kun then, but Hinata-san instead??" Yamaguchi sweatdropped..

Shoyo shook his head and then smiled at them "It's fine...I feel like we're closer if you guys call me what you used to."

Tsukishima, Kageyama and Yamaguchi's heart fluttered then they nodded.

"Then I'll still call you Hinata Boke."

"Shrimp it is then."

"I'll still call you Hinata-kun!"

Shoyo nodded, he adjusted his sitting posture and bowed to the ground in an elegant manner and then straightened his back again as he looked at them "My name is Shoyo Hinata, a nine tailed fox spirit who has come to visit your realm. I hope you all don't mind my company."

Kageyama, Yamaguchi and even Tsukishima smiled.

"Nice to meet you as well, Hinata the fox spirit"
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A few days later they're break is finally done and they continued their practice. Shoyo came in the gym and greeted everyone as usual and stood by Kiyoko's side, Kiyoko told Shoyo about her finding an assistant manager to help her manage the club.

Shoyo nodded, he will try helping her find a manager as soon as possible. He excused himself then went to Coach Ukai.

He casually sat beside Keishin then telepathically told him that he's planning on telling the whole team about his identity after practice.

Coach Ukai who was still not used to Shoyo's telepathy flinched a bit then answered in his mind that he understood.

Then Shoyo stood up and walked towards Nishinoya and Tanaka who were calling him to practice with them.

Coach Ukai just sighed inwardly.
Well, atleast he's comfortable.

When practice ended and the team were preparing to clean up the gym. Coach Ukai clapped his hands and asked for everyone to gather around because he has an announcement.

And so everyone did and Shoyo stood beside Coach Ukai with an expressionless look.

Yamaguchi and Kageyama were quite excited to see their team's reactions, even Tsukishima who was silently sipping his water.

"Alright, now that everyone has gathered around, Hinata has something to tell you guys!" Coach Ukai then glanced at Shoyo then stood beside Takeda-sensei and Kiyoko.

Shoyo nodded then stepped forward.

"I have something very important to tell you all."

"What is it Hinata?" Daichi asked.

Asahi felt nervous because of Shoyo's serious expression..

Shoyo looked at everyone one by one to see if they are ready, he then nodded and took a talisman out of nowhere.

Huh?...Is Shoyo gonna let us see some magic tricks?? Nishinoya thought.

He then threw it to the side and casted a barrier around the gym just in case. The team looked at the floating talisman with a blank expression...

Now what is going on..

"Are you all ready to know my secret?" Shoyo asked making some of them nervous..

"U-Uhm...Hinata-kun..Wh-What are you doing??.." Asahi asked nervously..

"Whats your secret?" Ennoshita asked with a sweatdrop..

Narita could guess what was happening...."Could it be..."

"Ukai-san...What is happening right now.." Takeda-sensei asked nervously.

Keishin simply replied. "You'll see."

Shoyo was then surrounded by smoke and everyone closed their eyes and coughed as they waved the smoke away from them.

And then as they opened their eyes....

"WHAAAAAAAA!?" Kinoshita who was the first to see Shoyo and then he screamed in shock.

And then it was everyone's turn to see Shoyo with Fox like ears and a nine tails attached to his back...

"HAAAAA?!" Nishinoya and Tanaka couldn't believe their eyes.

Narita was speechless, his heart has been beating so fast when Shoyo wanted to tell them something...

Takeda-sensei's glasses broke and Kiyoko dropped her notebook and pen to the ground..

Sugawara who was just drinking his water earlier spit it out as his eyes bulged..

Daichi was dumbfounded and Asahi was surprisingly, not that shocked....Only a little bit...

He felt that he has seen Shoyo like this before...
And then it clicked him! He did! Its when they first met!

Ennoshita was silent as he was trying to process what was happening right now...

Am I alive?

Am I dead?

Am I seeing things??

He then checked everyone's reaction and he was sure...He wasn't the only person who saw Shoyo like that...

But Keishin, Kageyama, Tsukishima, and Yamaguchi were much more calmer. They were just enjoying their teammate's reaction.

Narita looked at Shoyo up and down "You....You're a Fox! I've read about this in a mythology book...A fox spirit is an intelligent creature that possesses paranormal abilities that increases as they get older and wiser!"

He then looks at Shoyo's nine tails "The more tail a fox can have the more intelligent and powerful they are!"

"You know a lot" Shoyo said in amusement.

Narita rubbed his nape nervously "Yeah...I like studying mythical creatures because they are just so interesting."

"Their dumbfounded expressions is really funny." Kageyama said.

Yamaguchi nodded and snorted while Tsukishima snickered. They were also the same as their teammates not too long ago.

Keishin slightly snorted in amusement.

"But still...Woahh....Shoyo is that you??" Nishinoya asks as he took baby steps towards Shoyo.

Shoyo nodded in response.

Kiyoko pushed her glasses and said "This is very shocking..."

"Indeed.." Takeda agreed.

Nishinoya and Tanaka circled around Shoyo.

"Wow~...You're tail looks so soft...Can I touch it??" Tanaka asked anticipatingly.

Nishinoya raised his hand "Me too me too! I wanna touch!"

"Hey! The tail is the sensitive part of an animal, but animal's don't compare to animal spirits.... If you just casually touch a spirits tail..." Narita explained but Coach Ukai interrupted.

"Its fine. Hinata doesn't really mind" said Coach Ukai as he patted Shoyo's tail to let them see.

Shoyo nodded in agreement. In fact, he really likes it when someone touches his tail because of his habit of combing it with his hands. Its a really nice feeling.

"Ohh!! Then don't mind if I do!" Nishinoya hugged Shoyo's tail and he was in heaven.

"Waaaaaah~ so soft...So fluffy...So nice...." Nishinoya burried his face on his tail making his voice muffled.

Shoyo raised his tail and carried Nishinoya.

"Woohh! That looks fun! Me too!" Tanaka also hugged his tail and Shoyo raised it. Now the two second years were being carried by Shoyo's tail as they hugged it.

"They look like they are having fun.." Daichi said with a sweatdrop..

"Are they heavy?" Sugawara asked in concern.

Shoyo shook his head "No, they are not. My tail can carry mutltiple people and my tail has also destroyed multiple villages a long time ago."

"Ehhhhh??" Asahi was surprised.

"You're tail is...Very powerful.." Takeda-sensei stated nervously.

Shoyo nodded with pride.

"Now that everyone knows Hinata's secret...I hope everyone could keep it to themselves as well." Coach Ukai said to them seriously because if someone from the outside know of Shoyo's identity...Then he will get experimented on!

Everyone nodded in understanding.

"Don't worry coach, we will keep it to ourselves." Daichi said reassuringly.

The two second years zipped their mouths and nodded.

"Hinata is our precious teammate as well, and we don't want to do anything that makes him uncomfortable.." Asahi smiled slightly..

Shoyo seemed touched "Thank you all for understanding and keeping my secret."

"Its no problem! We're always here to support you kouhai!" Nishinoya exclaimed from Shoyo's tail.

"You shouldn't be calling Hinata kouhai from now on, since he's much older than you guys, even me." Coach Ukai said with a slight grin.

"Eh?? How old are you Hinata-kun?" Yamaguchi asks..

If he's not the same age as them...And also not the same age as his senpai's and Coach....

Then how old even is Shoyo??

"I am a thousand years old." After Shoyo said that everyone shouted in surprise again. Even Tsukishima.

"Yep...He's much more older than us..." Kinoshita sweatdropped.

"No wonder.." Ennoshita sighed.

"Thats fine! I still love my kouhai— I mean Shoyo!" Nishinoya stated seriously.

Shoyo's ears twitches and then Shoyo coughed unnaturally to cover his slightly red cheeks..

"..Thank you for liking me..."

"Uwahhh!! That reaction is so cute Hinata!" Tanaka squealed.

Nishinoya: "Yeah yeah! Let us see again!"

"Ehehehe" Sugawara chuckled.
"I also like Hinata"

Daichi nodded in agreement with a smile. "Me too."

Asahi raised his hand shyly "I as well..."

"Ah! I-I also like Hinata-kun! Hinata-kun is very nice" Yamaguchi stated with a blushing face.

Kageyama blushed slightly then turned away "Well...I guess I like him as well...."

"Well...The shrimp is a very kind person, theres no way anyone would dislike him.." Tsukishima said as he pushed his glasses to hide his pink cheeks..

—GASP!

Tsukishima just admitted that he doesn't dislike Shoyo! Everyone made a shocked expression.

Tsukishima clicked his tongue and turned away.

"Fufufu, I agree with Tsukishima-kun. There is no way that everyone would dislike Hinata, everyone will definitely like him on the first meeting." Takeda said with a smile.

Kiyoko nodded "I really like Hinata."

"Gasp! Even the goddess!" Tanaka exclaimed.

"Yeah, if anyone dislikes Hinata-kun then they must have something wrong with their brains" Kinoshita humphed.

Narita nodded "Uh-huh!"

"Even if someone dislikes Hinata-san. There is still people that loves him sincerely." Ennoshita smiled.

"Yeah, the shrimp probably wouldn't care about those people." Coach Ukai commented as he patted Shoyo's shoulder.

Shoyo was silent for awhile then his face went red from embarrassment....He has never experienced such things after his two disciples left the forest...And now he has to experience such sweet and kind words again...

Shoyo shook his tail causing Nishinoya and Tanaka to fly away. He gets back to his human form and then returned the talisman to his pocket.

He strides out of the gym after he exclaimed one word.

"Shameless!" And then he left with a red face.

Everyone was silent and then some bursted out laughing.

"Shameless?? Whose shameless here" Tsukishima snickered.

"Wow...I never expected Hinata to have such a reaction.." Asahi said in daze.

"I agree. Hinata is usually expressionless but now...I think the way I look at him changes now." Sugawara stated while chuckling.

Coach Ukai shook his head and laughed heartedly. Now that everyone knew of Shoyo's identity, they became even more closer to Shoyo.
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Tendou looks up at the familliar forest and then he went inside with a flashlight since its night time now.

He has been visiting this forest for the past few weeks now, but it seems Shoyo hasn't appeared in front of him again..

Its like he didn't even exist..

But of course Tendou believes! Shoyo must be busy doing his guiding the spirits job thing again!

—Tweet! Tweet!

"Hn?"

Tendou saw a familliar looking bird flying towards him and then it landed on his head.

"Oh~ aren't you the birdie that showed us the way out of this forest?~"

—Tweet!~ Tweet!~

"I must be right!~ do you know where Shoyo-chan is little birdie?"

—Tweet!

The bird flapped its wings infront of Tendou and then it flew towards Tendou and went inside his body.

Tendou was surprised and then now he understood.

Tendou sat on a rock in disappointment..

"So Shoyo-chan isn't here huh~...Hummm~....Where could he have gone??"

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To Be Continued!!

Thank y'all for reading today's slightly long chap!

Have a great day/evening!!~♡♡♡♡