"Kaz, wake up we're gonna be late!" Goshiki shook me, but I just yawned, giving him a sleepy look.

"What are you doing this early?" I asked, to which he frowned.

"Don't you have practice this morning?" He winked, but I was not awake enough to process what was going on.

"Practice starts at 7, dufus." I muttered, making the future ace all the more confused.

"Uhhh, my practice starts at 6." He rubbed the back of his neck as I gave him an annoyed look. "Sorry, y-you can go back to sleep!"

"Nah, I'm up." I decided, stretching with another yawn. "I'll get dressed, gimme a sec."

"Sure!" Goshiki nodded, still slightly embarrassed that he woke me up even though I didn't have practice until seven.

"Ready to go?" I asked, coming out of the bathroom with my track uniform on, my purple shirt and shorts on underneath it. Goshiki nodded.

"Yes. Are you going to come to our practice then yours or..?"

"I'll warm up with you guys if that's cool." The two of us exited the room, locking the door behind us.

~•~

"Hey guys!" I waved with a grin as Goshiki and I entered the boy's gym.

"Hey Kazzy! Whatcha doing here? Skipping out on your own practice?" Tendou teased. I rolled my eyes.

"Nope! I'm gonna warm up with you guys if that's cool you all." I glanced around at all the boys, who either hummed or nodded in agreement.

"So, how was the game at Karasuno or wherever?" The redhead asked me as I put on my volleyball shoes.

"It was pretty fun, too bad I didn't get to play though."

"Huh? Why were you there if you weren't playing?!"

"I told you, for my brother."

"Oh right, ha. Did he at least win?"

"Yeah, it's was pretty awesome!"

"ENOUGH CHATTING, GET GOING ALREADY!" Coach Washijo yelled in annoyance.

After warming up with the boy's team, I jogged over to the girl's gym. Practice went well, I had to warm up again, then do some serving, more receiving, 6 on 6, hitting lines, and lastly a cool down.

"Nice job today! Let's get at it tomorrow too!" Azusa waved, and everyone yelling in agreement.

I decided to go check on the boys, so I made my way to the opposite side of campus. Arriving, I leaned against the doorframe as I watched the boys playing 6 on 6.

"First year!" The old coach yelled, causing me to jump and look at him.

"Yes sir!" I saluted, making him roll his eyes.

"You just gonna stand there or are you gonna join in?" He demanded, which made me grin.

"I'll join sir! Where do you need me?"

"I need a right side, Ushiwaka left early for family reasons." He explained, so I nodded.

"Alright, which side am I on?"

"Tendō's."

"Yooooooooo! What's up girl, done with practice already or just skipping out again?" Tendou smirked as we high fived.

"I'm not a skipper, practice just got out. Now let's do this." I grinned at him, high fiving the rest of my team until coming to someone I hadn't met yet. "Oh hi! I don't think we've met yet."

"Yeah, I was sick. I hear good things about you, Kaz." The light haired male nodded, "I'm Shirabu Kenjirō, hope you live up to all I've heard."

"Probably will." I snickered.

"Get going already! We only have an hour left of practice!" The coach yelled, so everyone got in their positions.

"If you're ever in a tight spot, I'm good with whatever kind of set you want to do." I muttered to Shirabu, who nodded.

"Good to know." He then went to serve. Switching with Sagae, I kept my eyes on the ball. As soon as it left the setter's hands, I was reacting. Tendou went with me; going up at the same time, we shut Goshiki down.

"Hell yeah!" Tendou and I high ten-ed as Goshiki scowled. Shirabu went back to serve again, but this time the ball came back.

"Chance ball!" Yamagata yelled, "it's mine!" Me and the other two spikers transitioned off the net, our eyes on Shirabu.

He was curious as to what exactly I could do, so he back setted it, yelling my name. I smirked, doing my approach and jumping.

As I jumped, my eyes went to the blockers. I didn't really feel like going full power through them, so I went with the extremely sharp angle. The ball slammed into the ground around the five foot, causing everyone's eyes to widen as I landed.

"Holy shit." The coaches mumbled as my team attacked me with praise. The other side was still in shock at how a girl could do that well against them.

"That's my girl!" Tendou slapped my back, only for me to shove him away with a laugh.

"Come on guys, we still have a game to win!" I cheered, my teammates joining me. We fought out the rest of the match, winning by a landslide.

"Hell yeah, we won!" I grinned as the team did a cool down. Tendou and Shirabu were beside me.

"Yeah, you did amazing out there, yet again!" The redhead wiggled his eyebrows, causing me to laugh.

"I honestly didn't know what to expect, but you surprised me today Kaz." Shirabu complimented, and I smiled at him.

"Your sets were awesome too! That last one was the best though, for me at least."

"Yeah, we noticed by how you practically slam dunked it over the blockers." The three of us snickered together.

"First year!" The coach Washijo roared, scaring me slightly. Immediately standing, I jogged over to where the two coaches were standing. "Well done today, you really surprised us." He told me. "Now, make sure to get the girls a gold metal, will you?"

"Of course, sir." I bowed, then was dismissed. Practice ended fairly quickly after that, and it was already 3 in the afternoon. "Goooood I'm starving!" I complained to Tendou and Goshiki, who had decided to walk me to the cafeteria.

"Me tooooo," Goshiki joined in, the two of them whining about how empty their stomachs feel as Tendou rolled his eyes.