"You know, the twins are going to miss you" Okaa-san smiled, her eyes on the road.

I hummed in response before breaking into a grin.

"Good luck with them" I smiled, my head resting on the seat.

She only laughed at my response.

I'll be free for a week...

I waved to my mum before she drove off, grabbing my bag, seeing the team.

"Yo, Hana" Haruko called, waving at me with tired eyes.

"Hey, Haru" I waved back, walking beside her.

"HARU-CHAN!!! NANA-CHAN!!!" a familiar voice called out.

"It's too damn early for this..." Haruko groaned, recognising the voice.

"Hey, Nina, excited?" I asked, patting Haruko's shoulder.

"YOU BET, I CAN'T WAIT TO PLAY WITH EVERYONE" Nina cheered, arms flailing around.

"Nina, please calm down" Mito-senpai advised as we went onto the bus.

This is going to be a long bus ride...

"We have special guests today, they came from all the way from Hyōgo to train with us so be respectful, they should be arriving soon" the coach advised the boys from Fukurōdani, Nekoma, Shinzen and Ubugawa.

The coaches then walked away to discuss further about the camp, leaving the boys to roam the venue freely.

"I wonder who the guests from Hyōgo are going to be?" a boy with messy bed hair questioned, genuinely having no idea.

"I dunno, but all I know is that I'M GONNA BEAT THEM AND WIN" an overly excited boy with spiky white hair with black streaks exclaimed, fired up.

They were busy discussing the topic of the guests, until a bus pulled up outside of the gym.

The players got off and stretched due to the long hours on the bus.

"I swear yer so damn loud, Nina" Haruko complained while stretching her cramped up legs.

"I'm just excited!!!!" Nina defends, pouting.

They started to bicker until our coach finally had enough.

"Alright girls, let's go inside, they're probably waiting for us" Fujiwara-sensei announced.

She walked inside, the team following while I decided to stay at the back with Haruko and Nina to stop them from their childish argument.

As we walked inside, we earned stares from the confused boys.

"Girls? Are they sure about this?"

"Who are they?"

"Oh aren't they from Inarizaki?"

"I heard that they won Nationals last year without losing a match"

"They're all so pretty, do all the girls in Hyōgo look like that?"

I heard the chatter amongst the boys as our coach walked to the other coaches, introducing herself.

"Oh it's nice to finally meet you, Fujiwara-san" Nekomata said, shaking her hand with a smile.

"It's nice to meet you too, Nekomata-san, thank you for inviting us this year" she thanked, shaking his hand and returning the smile.

The coaches then started to discuss the training camp and the schedule.

"GAH!! I want to start playing already!!!" Nina whined out, earning some attention from the boys.

"Shut up, yer so loud! Haven't you lost some energy when you were on the bus?!" Haruko exclaimed.

"EHHH!! WHY ARE YOU SO MEAN TO ME, HARU-CHAN!! I THOUGHT WE WERE FRIENDS" Nina wailed before looking to me.

"Nana-chan!! Haruko is being a monster again~" Nina childishly accused, hugging my arm as I could only pat her back in comfort.

"It's ok, she probably doesn't mean it" I reasoned.

"...But still she's bein-WAIT PROBABLY?!?!? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?!?!" Nina sputtered.

Oh gosh, now I've done it...

I sweat-dropped as I tried to comfort a distressed Nina as Haruko laughed at us.

"HEY HEY HEY!!! NINNNAAAAAA" a loud booming voice called, catching Nina's, mine and Haruko's attention.

Oh no... we have another Nina...

I sighed as I watched Nina perk up at the voice, turning around.

"OOOIIIIII, KŌTARŌŌŌŌŌŌ" Nina shouted back, almost making my ears bleed before she took off running towards a tall boy with spiky white hair and black streaks, tackling him in a hug as he swung her around.

I rubbed my ears, feeling a hand on my shoulder.

"Another Nina huh..." Haruko said, looking towards the two energy balls excitedly talking to each other.

We both looked at each other before simultaneously saying.

"This is going to be a nightmare"

"Oya? Haru?" a boy with messy bed hair calls out, walking towards us.

"Oh Tetsurō, I haven't seen yer in a while" Haruko said, walking to the boy and giving him a hug.

"Hana, this is my cousin, Kuroo Tetsurō, Tetsu, this is my friend and teammate, Miya Hana" Haruko introduced.

"It's nice to meet you, Kuroo-san" I said, putting my hand forward for him to shake.

"The pleasure is all mine, beautiful" Kuroo smirked, shaking my hand.

A flirt...great...I feel like he's the teasing type too...

His smirk then faded into a look of realisation.

"Oh, you're that Guardian Fox aren't you?" he added as we let go of our hands.

"...Yes... I am..." I admitted, slightly peeved.

You've got to be kidding me...

"Oh wow~Yer so famous, Hana-chan~" Haruko teased, earning a glare from me.

She put her hands up in defence.

"Alright, I'll stop"

I sighed and turned back trying to look for Nina, who somehow went missing.

"Where did Nina go?" I questioned, unable to find the energetic child.

"Where did that overgrown child go now?" Haru groaned loudly, Kuroo only looked at us with confusion clear in his eyes.

"HEY, I'M NOT AN OVERGROWN CHILD, YOU FOUL-MOUTHED PIG" Nina shouted, walking towards us with the spiky haired boy from earlier and another boy with messy black hair.

"What did yer call me, yer shit" Haruko shot back as Nina stopped in front of Haruko, the two boys walked over to where Kuroo and I were standing, avoiding the fight.

I sighed for what felt like the 100th time of the day.

"Aren't you going to stop them?" Kuroo suggested, gesturing towards the bickering girls.

"I do, don't I..." I questioned out loud, Kuroo laughed at me.

I walked toward the girls and slapped the back of there heads harshly.

"Calm down both of ya, what are you? A bunch of children? We're causing a ruckus and we're being disrespectful, have some manners" I scolded.

"But Haruko-chan started it" Nina accused childishly.

"What?!?" Haruko fumed.

They were about to start bickering when I started to emit a dark aura, which shut the girls up instantly.

"W-we're v-very sorry, Hana-chan, p-please don't hurt us" they both begged.

Works every time...

After dealing with the two idiots, I introduced myself to the two new arrivals, the two girls behind me still looking at each other with distaste in their eyes.

"My name is Miya Hana, it's a pleasure to meet you, I apologise for the scene earlier" I said, bowing to the two boys.

"HEY HEY HEY!! MY NAME IS BOKUTO KŌTARŌ, I'M NINA'S COOL COUSIN" the boy with white spiky hair shouted, happily.

"My name is Akaashi Keiji, it's nice to meet you too, Miya-san" the boy with messy black hair replied, bowing in return.

How polite...

"OH AREN'T YOU THE GUARDIAN FOX?!?!" Bokuto shouted excitedly, smiling at me.

He suddenly reminded me of a certain junior of mine.

"Yes, I am, Bokuto-san" I replied, smiling at the energy ball.

"THAT'S SO COOL, CAN I GET YOUR AUTOGRAPH?!" Bokuto asked, bringing out a 'Volleyball Monthly' magazine and a marker, seemingly out of no where.

Where did he even get that...

"U-Uh...sure" I replied, caught off-guard as I was handed the magazine.

The cover had me diving for the ball during the Nationals along with some other pictures from other games this year during small competitions.

I didn't even know that they took pictures during these competitions...

I thought, signing the magazine for the excited owl and handing it back to him.

A sparkly and flowery aura emitted from him as he showed his magazine to Akaashi, to which he nodded in response.

"I-I got her autograph, Akaashi!!!" Bokuto gasped, displaying the magazine in his friend's face.

"Yes, I saw, Bokuto-san" Akaashi replied, indifferently.

I sweat-dropped at the scene, a confused expression taking over my face.

"It's such a shame that, our Hana-chan doesn't know how famous she really is" Haruko teased, nudging my shoulder.

"Oh shut it, its not a big deal" I replied, nudging her shoulder back.

-Inarizaki vs Nekoma-

19-21 - Inarizaki

The ball was thrown into our side, I received and sent it to Nina.

Nina set to Haruko as she was about to spike into their court, getting blocked by Kuroo last second.

"Ugh, Tetsu!!!" she groaned.

"You're going to have to do better than that, Haru" he smirked, teasing her.

Haruko started to fume as Nina backed away from her.

"HUH?!?!?!?!" Haruko raged.

I slapped her shoulder.

"Don't mind, we'll get them next time" I reasoned, attempting to calm down our ace.

Haruko then huffed and starting to curse under her breath.

"Stupid damn cat, I'll show ya, yer scheming prick" Haruko uttered, an angry aura emitting from her.

"I apologise" I looked towards Kuroo.

"Eh it's fine, I haven't seen her this fired up for a while, I'm enjoying this" he replied, looking at his fuming cousin with amusement in his eyes.

Its interesting to watch Haruko get teased when she's the one normally teasing other people...it makes sense that they're related...

I thought, going back to my spot.

-Inarizaki vs Nekoma-

22-23 - Inarizaki

What a troublesome setter they have...

I thought, discreetly watching him talk to his teammates.

The whistle blew, signalling Mito to serve.

She did a jump serve, the ball getting received by the Libero.

It was sent to the setter as he set towards Kuroo, unexpectedly.

He's very difficult to read...

I thought, picking up Kuroo's spike just in time, thanking my fast reflexes.

Nina set to Haruko once again, her spike getting received again.

"Don't mind" Nakamura yelled out.

The ball was sent to the setter once again.

Hm..I don't think he'll set to Kuroo again...a dump maybe?

I thought, until he dumped it in.

I dived for the ball, pancaking it just before it touched the ground.

The ball was set to Haruko again, who spiked it down into Nekoma's side with full force, the ball bouncing off to the side from the force.

"Nice kill!!!" Nina shouted, fist bumping Haruko.

I got up from the floor as I felt a stare on me.

I turned to meet cat-like golden eyes, I nodded my head in acknowledgement and went back to my position.

I walked up to the boy who was staring at me as he was talking to Kuroo.

"Oh Miya" Kuroo acknowledged, waving at me with his usual smirk.

"Hello Kuroo, good game" I replied.

"I could say the same thing, so what can I do for you?" Kuroo tilted his head, looking into my dark grey eyes.

"I just came to compliment yer setter" I announced, looking at the shorter boy who was already looking at me.

Kuroo had a look of surprise as he looked towards his friend.

"I'm Miya Hana, I would like to compliment you on yer strategies and playing style" I introduced myself, bowing in respect.

"Thanks..I'm Kozume Kenma..call me Kenma" he replied with a quiet voice.

"It's nice to meet ya, Kenma, feel free to call me Hana then" I smiled in response.

"Hana!! Lets so and eat I'm starvin" Haruko yelled out.

"Well, I'll see ya around Kenma, Kuroo-san" I waved, walking over to Haruko.

.

.

"How does it feel to be acknowledged by the Guardian Fox, Kenma?"

"Shut up, Kuroo"

"GAH~I'm so wiped out after that" Nina sighed out, sitting down with her food.

Haruko only hummed in agreement as the rest of the members decided that they were going to make some friends with the other players.

It was only Haruko, Nina and I sitting at the table, eating as I listened to Nina and Haruko talk.

"I'm going to take a shower, I'll see you two in a bit" I said, finishing my food.

"See you, Hana-chan~" Nina called out.

Haruko only waved, too tired to say goodbye.

I walked into Inarizaki's room and collected my things and headed to the showers, wanting to get rid of the sweat on my body.

After taking a shower and changing I felt like strolling around the grounds.

I put on my maroon volleyball jacket and headed outside.

As I started to walk around the dimly lit campus until my phone started to ring.

Who could that be...

I wondered, taking out my phone and reading the caller ID.

'Kita Shinsuke :) would like to video chat'

I unknowingly smiled and pressed accept.

The screen then showed Kita's face.

"Hi, Kita~" I greeted, waving.

"Hey, Miya..." he replied, smiling at me.

"How was day one with out me, difficult?" I teased quietly, careful not to be too loud.

"It was boring to say the least" Kita admitted, looking away.

"Aw, miss me already, Kita~" I cooed, feeling an unusual sensation in my stomach.

"Yes, come back soon, the twins are already driving me mad" he voiced, putting his hand underneath his cheek, sighing.

I chuckled, looking at Kita's state.

"Don't worry, just six more days and I'll be back, it'll go by in a flash" I reassured, giving him a thumbs up.

"Six days sounds like a long time away, Miya" Kita raised his brow, not convinced.

"Aw c'mon, it can't be that bad, what did the twins do today?" I asked, curiously.

"They managed to bend one of the poles that hold up the nets" he deadpanned.

"Oh...well"

"Don't yer 'oh well' me, if you were here, you'd be in the exact position I'm in right now" he said, looking into my eyes.

I laughed sheepishly, knowing he was right.

After talking for some time, Kita told me to go to sleep and that he'll call me tomorrow to check up on me.

So cute and caring...

I thought, while smiling and hoping that the dim lighting was enough to conceal my pink cheeks.

"Goodnight, Kita" I waved.

"Goodnight, Miya, I'll see ya tomorrow" he waved back before he hung up.

I put my phone away with a smile still on my face.

"Your boyfriend?" a voice called out.

I turned around startled, meeting hazel eyes and a teasing smirk.

"Oh my gosh...please don't do that again, Kuroo-san" I told him while placing my hand on my heart.

"Sorry, sorry" he replied, laughing at my reaction.

"So he's your boyfriend?"

"Wha-No, he's just a friend"

"Hm, doesn't seem like it from the look in your eyes"

"What are you talking about?"

"You know exactly what I'm talking about"

"Shut yer trap"