A/N: Hello, readers! Another chapter is here! Enjoy!

edited on december 16th, 2020 @ 12:05am

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CHAPTER FOURTEEN - THE IRON WALL

"GAUGING FROM THEIR FIRST MATCH, they'll start off with a powerful serve. The serve breaks for formation, then they block your return. Dateko's strategy is to attack those who can't keep up. So, for the first serve, make sure your receive is solid." Ukai informed as the team gathered around him.

"Yeah!"

Ukai smirked and looked over at Kageyama. "You know what to do. Right, Kageyama?" Ukai asked.

"Yes." Kageyama replied, nodding. Rei raised his eyebrow in curiosity.

"All right. Now, go tear down the iron wall!" Ukai announced with pride.

"Yeah!"

Daichi made the team huddle, as they put their heads together. "Karasuno. Fight!" Daichi yelled.

"Yeah!" The rest of the team shouted back.

They all get into positions, Daichi was in the front with Kageyama, Hinata with Asahi, and Nishinoya and Rei in the back.

TWEEEET!

"Bring it on!" Nishinoya yelled.

"Let's do this!" Tanaka shouted from the sidelines.

Rei watched as the guy from Dateko serves. "Kamasaki, nice serve." A teammate of his shouts, as Kamasaki spikes the ball over the net. "Shiro." Nishinoya called out as the ball went over to the black haired male, who saved it.

"Nice receive." Kageyama praised as he gets under the ball to set, Kageyama jumps up as Hinata jumps up to spike. However, Rei widened his eyes when he saw that the team member with no eyebrows notices where Hinata was and went over to block.

Hinata gave the ball a soft hit, as the ball touches the ground on the other side of the court, Karasuno got a point, but just barely.

"All right! Nice spike, Hinata!" Tanaka yelled from the sides, cheering on Hinata. Rei watched as the big guy with no eyebrows walked away from the net as he narrowed his eyes at him.

"He can do a block read... How annoying." Rei thinks to himself.

Soon it was Kageyama's turn to serve, as he spun the ball. "Kageyama, nice serve." Daichi encouraged.

"Nice serve. Let's score." Hinata added. Rei just stared ahead. Kageyama did a jump serve, however, the ball was going to Dateko's libero.

The libero saves it as Rei kept his eyes on the ball, the guy with no eyebrows spikes it down, however, Nishinoya was there to save the ball. "Shiro, sorry. Cover." Nishinoya spoke up as Rei nodded and got ready to cover for him.

"All right." Rei assured as he held his arms out.

"Back!" Asahi announced his way, making him glance over and nod.

"Asahi-san!" Rei called out to him, sending the ball over. Asahi jumps up and spikes down the ball, however, he got blocked, making Rei click his tongue at this.

Dateko had gained a point when the ball dropped to Karasuno's side of the court. "Damn." Nishinoya growled.

"Don't worry about it. Don't worry! Switch it up." Rei heard Ukai yell from the benches.

Nishinoya bowed at Asahi. "I'm sorry, Asahi! I'll save the next one." He promised as Asahi just smiled and pats Nishinoya on the shoulder.

"Yeah. I'm counting on you and Oshiro, but I'll score next time." Asahi stated.

The game continued. It was a tie so far with each team having one point. Kageyama had set the ball over to Daichi, making him eye the ball and jump up to spike, however, two blockers were in front of him, making him hit straight forward and the Dateko blockers win as the ball came back to Karasuno's side of the court.

Rei narrowed his eyes at the blockers, but stopped when he heard the referee blow the whistle at them, and he looked over. The referee indicated that Dateko touched the the net, making the point go to Karasuno instead.

"All right!" Rei's team cheered as he sighed of relief.

"That was a close call... Too close for my liking." Rei thinks to himself. Karasuno stared down Dateko, as they wait for the ball to be served, which it eventually does.

Rei watched as Dateko's setter tosses the ball to a spiker. "Nakano." The setter calls out as Rei noticed his junior high teammate. He jumps up to spike the ball, Daichi tried to block him but was unsuccessful as the ball came hurdling at him. Rei crouched down slightly to save the ball.

"Open!"

"Asahi!"

Rei watched as Daichi saves the ball and the ball made its way to Asahi, who jumps up, but got blocked once more, however the ball got out, making Karasuno gain a point instead. Karasuno cheered a little, but Rei noticed how Asahi curl his fists together.

Rei stared blankly at him but figured it was best not to say something. Dateko serves the ball next as Rei watched from his side, Nakano spikes it, as Hinata jumps up to touch it, Hinata managed to one touch it.

"Nice one touch, Hinata." Tanaka praises from the sides as Hinata raises over to the other end of the court with his speed.

"Chance ball!" Nishinoya called out as he receives it, the ball made it's way to Kageyama who tosses it up and Hinata jumps up to spike it down, Rei sees Hinata look over at an area where there was no blockers so he spikes it that way, however the guy with no eyebrows read Hinata's tactic and moved his arm to block the ball.

Rei sweats at this, Dateko scored a point as the ball touched Karasuno's side of the court.

"Nice block."

"Nice, Aone!"

Rei watched as the guy with no eyebrows, named Aone high fives his captain. Karasuno looked at Dateko. "I'm starting to get annoyed." Rei thought as he was getting anxious.

"Damn it." Hinata growled, getting fidgety.

"Don't worry about it. On to the next." Kageyama assured. "We'll definitely score with the next one."

"Kageyama-kun. You better pull a miracle out of your ass." Rei thinks to himself.

"Definitely? Are we doing it?" Hinata beamed as Rei toned out the rest of their conversation, no longer interested in it. He heard someone clear their throat as he looked over and saw a Dateko player smirking at him.

"Hi there. I know this may seem sudden and random, but I wanted to introduce myself." He informed, giving him a smile. "I'm Futakuchi Kenji, second-year."

"Uh... Oshiro Rei, first-year." Rei greeted back, feeling a bit suspicious.

"Ah, you're Nakano's junior high teammate he was telling us about. You know, you're pretty talented. Perhaps you should join Dateko once this is all over. I mean, it must be better than Karasuno, yeah?" Futakuchi offered to him.

Rei blinked at him. "Are you... underestimating my team?" He asked in annoyance. Futakuchi seemed taken aback but chuckled.

"Nah, not really. But I just think you should join the winning team. Doesn't that sound more appealing?" He grins at him.

Rei laughed. "When this is all over, I will be on the winning team. You wanna know why? Because Karasuno will get our revenge. After all, I'm not the only one you have to worry about." He informed.

Futakuchi seemed taken aback once more as Rei turned away and left.

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Rei noticed the coaches from Dateko look at Kageyama. Kageyama also noticed as he stared at them.

Futakuchi serves the ball as the ball came hurdling at Rei. "Shiro." Nishinoya calls out to him.

"All right." Rei assured as he saved the ball with ease using his misdirection, Hinata races forward as Kageyama does their freak quick attack.

They surprised Dateko as they scored a point. Suddenly, the audience cheers and gasps at their quick attack. "All right." Hinata announced happily.

"Good." Kageyama exclaimed. Rei couldn't help but smirk at Dateko.

"What was that you were saying before, Futakuchi? You mentioned something about me joining the winning team? What a joke." Rei teased with a grin as he saw Futakuchi get all flustered. Rei turned to walk off the court.

Karasuno all ruffled and praised Hinata as Rei watched from afar. He was never good at praising someone, so he just stayed silent. Soon Nishinoya leaves the court and Tsukishima comes over. Rei also leaves the court to have Tanaka take his place.

"We're counting on you, Tsukishima." Nishinoya grinned.

"Yeah." Tsukishima assured, walking calmly onto the court.

Rei walked by Tanaka who gave him a slap on his shoulder. "I'll do my best! You don't have to worry about a thing, Shiro!" He exclaims brightly. Rei winced at the contact.

Rei walked over and stood besides Sugawara. "Oh, here you are. You must be thirsty." Sugawara offered a polite smile.

"Thanks." Rei mumbled, as he took the bottle from him and drank it.

Rei watched as Hinata served, however he sighed and shook his head when the ball hits the net, making Dateko gain a point.

"I'm sorry!" Hinata apologises.

"Airhead, Hinata, you lousy airhead!" Kageyama hissed as Rei could tell he wanted to strangle their orange haired teammate.

"Don't worry. Don't worry." Daichi assured, as Hinata walks off the court looking defeated.

"Noya, I'm sorry." Hinata sighed.

"Leave it to me." Nishinoya reassured as he jogs happily onto the court.

Hinata came over to Rei, he was glum and Rei felt as though he should say something. He looked away, not making eye contact. "You did good. Hitting the net happens to everyone." Rei stated, blushing from embarrassment as he was not used to comforting someone.

He heard Hinata sniffle at him. "Osh..." He paused as he suddenly clinged onto Rei's arm. "Oshiro! You do care!" He whines, making Rei panic.

"G-Get off me!" Rei exclaimed.

Aone soon serves, as Nishinoya saves it, Kageyama tosses the ball to Tsukishima who spikes it down, getting Karasuno a point. Rei watched as Aone walks off the court and stares over at Hinata.

"Nice, Tsukishima. One more." Hinata shouts, smiling brightly.

"Tsukki, nice!" Yamaguchi shouts as well. Rei gave Aone a curious look as he glanced at him.

Rei was a bit taken aback when he gave a head nod, like he was respecting him or something, and walk to the sides. "Why would he respect me? I'm only a libero." Rei thought with confusion as he looked away.

Suddenly, a Dateko player yells as he scored a point. "All right. If they score, we score back." The Dateko player announces.

"Nice, Kamasaki!" Another player from Dateko praises.

"We'll score back!" Tanaka yells in determination.

"All right." Nishinoya added.

Rei watched as Karasuno scored another point from Asahi, but then Dateko got a point. It was nerve-wracking to watch. Karasuno then got another point when the ball was out of bounds after Dateko served it.

Soon Hinata went back onto the court, Rei stayed on the sidelines, which he was fine with as he needed to relax a bit. He watched as Futakuchi jumps up to spike, as Kageyama and Hinata jump up to block, but was unsuccessful as Dateko scored a point.

The game goes on as Kamasaki from Dateko did a jump serve, the ball hits the top of the net as it rolled down onto Karasuno's side. Nishinoya quickly dives down and receives it. Kageyama ran over to the ball and jumps up to set it from afar.

Hinata was already up in the air and he spikes it down with ease. Rei grinned. Dateko was surprised once more when Karasuno scored a point.

"All right." Kageyama cheered to himself.

TWEEEET!

Dateko calls for a timeout, as they all got off the court to relax a bit. Rei handed some of his teammates their water bottles, Hinata gulps down his drink.

TWEEET!

Soon the teams get back onto the court, Rei still wasn't playing, letting Tanaka have all the spotlight. Rei could tell that everyone was starting at Hinata, but it's like Ukai said, "That little #10" gets a big reaction.

"Bring it!" Hinata shouted, challenging the other team. Rei watched as Kageyama tossed the ball and Hinata spikes it down, getting Karasuno a point.

"Good job, Hinata. Way to go. Give us another one!" Sugawara called out.

"Nice serve. One more!"

Soon the ball goes up as it came towards Nishinoya. "Nishinoya." Daichi yells, as Nishinoya saves it as Rei sees Tanaka and Hinata rush forward.

"B!" Tanaka shouts out.

"Send me the toss!" Hinata exclaims as well.

Rei watched as Hinata runs forward to spike, the blockers of Dateko jump up to block, however, Hinata didn't jump right away, he did a delay jump. Rei recalled that move from the match with Nekoma. Hinata then jumps up to spike the ball, and got Karasuno a point.

The game goes on after Karasuno cheered at their point, as the ball went to their side. Kageyama gets ready to toss as Hinata once more gets ready to jump, however like last time he didn't jump but instead runs to the other side of the court to get the ball.

However, Aone saw this and follows Hinata as he jumped up to block. Rei gritted his teeth at this. "Shoot. They're getting used to Hinata-kun's surprises." Rei thought. Dateko gets a point as Aone gave a small shout to cheer.

"Stay calm!" Yamaguchi calls out.

"One more!" Sugawara exclaimed.

Nakano serves the ball as the volleyball made it's way over to the court. Daichi was quick on his feet as he saves it. "Sorry! Cover!" Daichi exclaims.

"Ryu!" Nishinoya shouts at Tanaka.

"All right!" Tanaka replies back as he gets ready to receive it.

"Centre!" Hinata shouted as Tanaka nodded.

"Hinata." Tanaka shouts as he sends the ball toward their orange haired teammate.

"Yes." Hinata shouted as he runs forward towards the net and jumps up to spike, however, he got blocked, but lucky for Karasuno, Nishinoya was already there to save the ball.

"All right." Nishinoya cheered as Rei saw Sugawara smile brightly.

"Nishinoya!" Sugawara calls out with pride.

"Nice one, Noya!"

"Kageyama." Nishinoya yelled for Kageyama who gets under the ball to toss it.

"Yes." Kageyama replied back, keeping his eyes on the ball. Rei saw Daichi, Tanaka, and Hinata run forward. He could tell Dateko is trying to pinpoint who will spike the toss.

"Bring it!"

Hinata had yelled and jumped up to hit the ball, Aone however followed Hinata's moves and jumped up to block.

"#10!" Aone had exclaimed.

Rei chuckled to himself, causing Sugawara to raise an eyebrow and Yamaguchi to back away from him. "Fools. Thinking that Hinata-kun was only used for quick attacks was your biggest mistake." Rei muttered to himself.

Unknown to Dateko, Hinata was only a decoy as Asahi had jumped up from behind Hinata, as Kageyama had tossed the volleyball over to their ace, who kept his eyes on the ball and spikes it down with a powerful hit.

The volleyball hits the ground as Karasuno gets a point.

"All right!" Ukai yelled in happiness, the whole gym who witnessed this also cheered for them. Tanaka, Daichi and Nishinoya all run over to praise their ace. Rei grinned, happy that Asahi got them a point.

"Yes!" Sugawara cheers to himself.

"All our secret weapons are out in the open." Ukai mumbled. Rei couldn't help but smirk to himself.

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A/N: Another chapter done!  Hope you enjoyed!

Word Count: 2562 words.