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- 𝘓𝘈𝘖 𝘛𝘡𝘜

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𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘣, 𝘸𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯' 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦
𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯' 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵
𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺
(𝘚𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦)
𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺
(𝘚𝘰 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦)

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#𝟎𝟎𝟓 - 𝐅𝐔𝐍 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐓:

𝘐𝘧 𝘌𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯, 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥/𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘴.

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ERIKA KOUME UNIFORM:

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✴︎༄◞ SHE WAS STARLIGHT, A HOPE THAT FOREVER GLIMMERED IN ANOTHER ONE'S HEART FOR VICTORY, FRIENDSHIP AND MANY BLESSINGS THAT CAME FORWARD. 𝘛𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘰 𝘒𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘺𝘢𝘮𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘺𝘰 𝘏𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘰 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵. 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘌𝘳𝘪𝘬𝘢 𝘒𝘰𝘶𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵, 𝘢 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘺𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘛𝘰𝘣𝘪𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺. 𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺?

Erika woke up a little earlier than she wanted too as her body had (unfortunately) gotten used to her former routines of waking up at 5:30am (or sometimes even earlier) to practice volleyball but at the end of the day, the routine itself just exhausted her in the end.

The blonde girl could barely get herself back to sleep but just allowed herself to lay down, stare up at the ceiling in darkness while her kitten Bora was laying next to her on her shoulder and Luna was laying on the chair near her desk.

Eventually as it reached 5:45am, Erika allowed herself to get up slowly and used the bathroom before putting on her school uniform. The blonde girl walked slowly downstairs before coming down, her sisters must still be asleep and Rina must've already been practicing earlier and eventually left for work by now so she just decided to have breakfast for the meantime to get herself a bit more awake by now.

The boys of Karasuno often came to the gym to practice volleyball, so she would at least be on time for that. "Oh fuck", Erika muttered to herself softly and tiredly, remembering what Sugawara told her in how Hinata and Kageyama wanted to sneak into the gymnasium earlier in the morning to practice volleyball as they were banned from their usual practices after the antics from yesterday.

After contemplating her decision, after taking a nibble at her oar and granola breakfast, she knew that those two would need a lot of help on their teamwork and ability to play together. So she finalized her decision in her mind.

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In the car ride with her sisters, Erika was sitting in silence as she was listening to music on her AirPod to wake herself up from her sleepiness while Etsuko was in her seat reading her book and Kameko was playing with her dolls in the car.

Erika noticed the ride that was closer to her school, seeing how she would be dropped off first. "Okay, I'm off. You two, don't do anything stupid today, okay?", the blonde girl turned to her sisters, offering a sweet and playful smile at her teasing words.

"Don't worry, I will not whack off the wig of my vice principal", Kameko saluted in a serious voice, her five year old voice trying to sound sincere but this almost caused the driver in the front seat to hold back his sniggers.

Erika was too tired to even react properly and Etsuko only could hide her silent laughter behind her.

"Kameko. We don't say that kind of stuff in public, yes, we will not let it happen but remember what I taught you, right?", Erika asked her younger sister, having her full attention on her while she grabbed her backpack and her gym bag for school.

"That we don't talk about the wig incident at your school?", Kameko asked curiously, tilting her head.

"Yes, that too but also remember sometimes you cannot say unkind things unless deemed necessary, okay?", Erika finally finished grabbing her backpack and was about to get out of the car.

"And if someone is mean to you, Etsuko or Erika?", she asked again, putting her dolls on her lap.

"Definitely, if it's to defend yourself or others, then you don't have to hold back", Erika gently ruffled the five year old girls hair, "I'll see you two after volleyball practice. Please don't eat my double chocolate chip cookies without asking me", with the last message, Erika got out of the limousine ride with her sisters waving to her and calling out "goodbyes" and in return, the eldest sister waved back to them before she continued walking in the grounds of the Karasuno High School with the morning sky turning into a lighter blue color.

As she walked around a bit, she spotted the gymnasium of the Karasuno Boys Volleyball club had the lights on, at this time? Morning practice didn't even start until like 7am, right? it was only early 6am right now. It took a moment for her tired mind to finally work a bit as she walked curiously to the gymnasium and all she could hear was ball bouncing and talking from the other side with four familiar voices.

'Oh that's right' the realization came to Erika of how Kageyama and Hinata wanted to sneak into the gymnasium to practice secretly for their dual against the third and second year players.

Gently pushing the door, she heard the voice of Koshi Sugawara, the third year was the one was talking to her yesterday about how he suspected Tanaka helping the rambunctious first years perfect their teamwork:

"Come on, something was obviously up. I mean why else would you wanna take the key to the gym when you're always show up to practice at the last minute", as Koshi Sugawara's usually gentle voice now held teasing and playfulness to his observation of his loud and usually reckless and impulsive teammate, the former champion walked into the gymnasium.

"Ah, so you were right, Sugawara. Hinata and Kageyama were trying to practice in secret", Erika's soft voice echoed through the halls of the gymnasium and all the boys had turned their attention turning to her, with shock fueling their expressions.

"Whoa! Koume, you're here too?", Shoyo couldn't control the excited smile that graced his energetic energy and enthusiasm to learning how to perfect his skills.

"Hey, we got the beautiful Ms. Nationals helping us too?", Tanaka, barely holding in his excitement as he threw his fist into the air.

Sugawara sighed irritably at Tanaka's behavior as he gently lowered the side of his fist on Tanaka's head. "Enough of that Tanaka, if you continue acting like a buffoon she won't want to even stay in the club", the boy with grey hair and a softer more gentler personality scolded his teammate. "I'm sorry about him again, he can act like a moron sometimes", Sugawara apologized to the first girl who set her stuff down on the floor and pulled a chair for herself.

"It's fine don't worry", she smiled kindly before sitting down, giving her knee sometime to rest after walking from the school parking lot to the gymnasium for the boys volleyball team.

"Um Ms. Nationals! I wanted to ask, um how did you know about our plan?", Kageyama asked the girl with blonde hair, his face turning slightly red while his dark blue hues had shyly went to the floor.

"You guys were a bit obvious and Sugawara came to me, knowing what you guys were up too. But don't worry, I won't tell", illustrating her point, Erika gestured her zipping her lips close and throwing the key away with a charming smile and a wink.

Sugawara chuckled in return as he nodded his head, "and neither will I, your guys secret is safe with me too", he added in response with the currently retired volleyball superstar.

After settling down on a chair to give her knee a break, "I won't be able to help you guys in your little crash course too much physically but I can help out in weak spots. Like Hinata, you're still new to a lot of things in volleyball, right?", Erika asked the short boy with ginger hair.

"Oh um, yes", Shoyo answered honestly, feeling the heat slowly rise to his cheeks as she asked him the question, "I still lack a lot of skills but I promise you that I am willing to learn!", the beginner of the sport that became his passion and his new reason of being bowed politely to her, his declaration loud and proud.

Erika was slightly taken a back by how loud his declaration was at first but she smiled seeing and feeling how hard he was willing to work to become a master at this sport. "Okay, I know you're not taking this lightly and since I am a bit late right now, I need to know what your weaknesses fully are right now", she admitted, needing to assess the situation of his talents and abilities more before she could know how to help and teach him.

Erika turned to the only available option currently, "Kageyama. You've been with him since quite early right, are there any weaknesses?", she asked him, even though he was brash and could come off rude, he knew his sport better than anything it seemed and even had an idea on how to help Hinata as well.

"His receives suck and until he gets better at them, I don't think I'll let him spike my set at all", he replied, bluntly stating on Shoyo Hinata's lack of skill when it comes to receives.

Shoyo quickly turned his attention back to Tobio Kageyama, the volleyball genius that was so adamant on not giving him a chance to spike his receives. "Come on! Kageyama please just give me a chance! I can't keep doing receives this is so boring!", Shoyo argued with the setter, his frustration showing heavily.

"Okay, okay. Well, we can't give you a set until your serves are at least decent Hinata but you can't perfect them overnight, can I see them at least please?", the former volleyball champion politely interjected and requested, and thus their lessons continued on.

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As morning started to become brighter only slightly, the two first year boys who were temporarily suspended from the club continued their different practice with Tanaka, the loud and rambunctious former delinquent second year and Sugawara, the soft and gentle but also responsible and no nonsense third year.

Erika was doing her best to teach the still beginner first year, while Koshi Sugawara was practicing the receives with him.

"Your receives are still weak as you still need practice with them", Erika analyzed from seeing how he was practicing with the third year. "You need to also open your forearms more and bend your knees properly too, that's how you'll get it done right, but it takes time to form this habit as well so just keep trying", she did her best to assist as she gave her advice to the short ginger haired boy.

Shoyo nodded excitedly as his sun y brown hues were focused on the girl trying to teach him, "Yes, I'll do my best!", he answered and thus came more practice with his receives with Koshi Sugawara.

However, time was not a patient factor for most, as Shoyo Hinata continued practicing his receives and trying his best to correct them he just wanted to finally show what he was made of, to show the world his powerful spikes, to finally see the view of the summit.

He could not help but stare slightly in distraction, watching Kageyama's sets as he set the ball for Tanaka. The boisterous second year yelling and cheering on himself victoriously drowned away from his ears and he couldn't get himself to focus on Sugawara's sets.

Yet his concentration broke only slightly as the ball hit the top of his head as Sugawara attempted to toss the ball to him.

"Hey, you're not paying attention", the silver haired third year attempted to call Hinata back to earth but it was futile, he knew where his sights were truly set on.

"Hey! I wanna hit too!", the usually energetic and always eager orange haired boy called out to the prodigy setter, eagerly awaiting the chance to finally take a chance to spike one of his arch nemesis's sets. "Throw me a ball here, Kageyama!", he called out eagerly, itching to be given a chance.

Erika sat on the edge of the gymnasium's stage, her legs dangling a bit on the edge as she wasn't too tall but she wasn't as short as Shoyo Hinata. She tried her best to stifle a yawn she was watching how Shoyo was trying to convince the grumpy and stubborn Kageyama to throw him a set.

The setter threw him a distasteful glare that sharpened his dark blue hues as he watched how the optimistic yet naive new and beginner player was trying to convince him to throw him a set.

"You're all about your sets aren't you? Go ahead! Send one over this way!", Shoyo raised his hands in the air, an excited and determined glee sparkling all around him as he wanted to be thrown a set by the talented player.

The setter however stayed silent, there was no point in convincing him, especially when Hinata attempted to talk to him. "Come on, just one for practice. Please", as Shoyo continued asking, Sugawara and Tanaka could tell that the younger setter would not give in.

"No", Kageyama turned his head, outright refusing the request from the inexperienced player whose confidence had no backup to it. This response caused shock to not only Shoyo but also Tanaka and Sugawara.

The blonde girl frowned slightly at this as she managed to move herself to the side of the stage, slide off and land on her leg where the knee was not injured. "Come on Kageyama, I know you want him to improve his receives first but at least try to see things from his perspective", Erika tried to reason with the setter.

Despite staying silent, the dark haired setter took the blonde girls words into account. Even when the ginger haired newbie called him and even the buzz cut second year encouraged him. This caused him to take action immediately, throwing the ball in the air before giving the ball a firm smack and allowing to go to Shoyo's direction.

The boy shorter than all of his teammates attempted to save the ball that came his way for a receive but his weak skills caused the ball to go lob-sided instead of in the air.

'Okay, yeah. His skills in receive need a lot of work' Erika knew the obvious but she felt for Shoyo, she knew what it was like to be a newbie and wanting to do more, but as she got older the practicing of skills became harder.

The gymnasium was silent as Kageyama sourly watched the ball go into a completely different direction before putting his attention on Shoyo again. "I sent that one head on. You receive to make a set and attack. Don't run your mouth if you can't follow through", the setter reminded firmly before walking away to pick up the ball that his so-called "arch nemesis" failed to receive.

"I'll be sending all the sets to Tanaka during the match on Saturday. Leave all the attacking to him, you just do your best not get in my way", Kageyama affirmed his decision.

Erika frowned at his attitude, yet understood that Shoyo's lack of skills in his receives would also be a weak point that needed to be improved during the trial before Saturday.

"Hey, his receives are not perfect but you don't need to use that attitude with him or anyone in general", Erika sighed, speaking with firmness, anger and distaste for the arrogance that would be his downfall if it got any worse.

Tobio stayed silent, feeling a bit ashamed of himself at how a person he genuinely admired had a distaste for his attitude but he absolutely hated how this short orange haired freak with such amazing athletic skills was not using the best of his abilities, he wanted to get better yet he was not going all beyond. It irritated him dearly.

Shoyo gritted his teeth in frustration yet the tension in him eased slightly as he heard how Erika was defending him, don't get him wrong he was capable of defending himself, but he did appreciate someone having his back in this case.

Sensing the tension, Erika sighed as she tried to think of how to deescalate any further conflict but she knows there was steam building and had to be blown up, yet her eyes had reached the clock of the gymnasium and saw how close it was to 7am.

"Um guys, it's close to seven now", Erika alerted the boys, the shock coming to her as it also came to Tanaka, Sugawara and Kageyama as well while Shoto stood in a silent anger.

The gymnasium quickly cleaned up while Erika did her best to help (despite her injured knee) and Shoyo and Tobio exited the gymnasium quickly. The day had just started and there was a lot that needed to be done for Tobio Kageyama and Shoyo Hinata's teamwork to improve, Erika really had work cut out for her.

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QUESTION FOR CHAPTER:

WAS THIS CHAPTER ENOUGH JUSTICE?

WOULD YOU LIKE A BIT OF ERIKA X DAICHI IN THE NEXT CHAPTER?

EXTRA NOTES ON THE CHAPTER (ANA RANTS):

Hey guys, I'm sorry this chapter is quite short.

I intended to be a Daichi X Erika chapter lowkey cuz it's Daichi's birthday today but I became hella exhausted and I became sick too (luckily I feel better though) but I'm still exhausted though.

Once I get my energy back up and when I start writing again I'll definitely write the next chapter as a little Erika X Daichi interaction cuz yes, we need more interactions with them.❤️

My energy is very low rn but I still love you guys! See you all in the next chapter! Bye for now! Mwah mwah!❤️💋

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