Yachi hitoka. A perfect example of someone with almost 0 self confidence. A shiny smart though average high school teenager who was suddenly brought into the world of karsuno’s volleyball because of one reason. The one and only reason!!

Her weakness, that is, good looking people.

Though all too familiar with volleyball because of her tyrant and hypocrite of a dad and a mom who oversees this.

SHE HAS ZERO EXPERIENCE IN MANAGING PEOPLE OR ASSISTING PEOPLE.

Her mom being an epitome of an independent women, her dad trying to make her really strong and independent, it wouldn’t be any less surprising that she does almost everything on her own without any help since she was young.

Hitoka was having her peaceful afternoon break in her classroom having some of her favourite drink and looking out of the window at times and wandering off into her dreamland while doing her sketches side by side, suddenly getting interrupted by a classmate, Akiko , who claims herself to be Hitoka’s best friend.

“What are you thinking about Yacchan?” She asked

“Nothing really” Hitoka replied bluntly.

After a few seconds of silence, it suddenly struck her like a lighting and she turned her head up to look at her friend who was waiting for hitoka’s surprised expression, one of things she was really popular for among her classmates. Akiko, waited patiently for hitoka’s expression when she was dumbfounded and surprised, an expression not many people could come up with these days. Hitoka’s expression was quite amusing to some if not all her classmates.

Hitoka, as soon as her wired expression was wiped off from her face suddenly fell down on the floor, flat, doing a dogeza* suddenly and her chair was moved back making a screech like sound as an impact. This caught the attention of all her classmates even the rowdy ones who were busy with their teasing and pranking.

Akiko was taken aback quite a bit when she saw her most interesting classmate, her self proclaimed friend do this. Her friend’s dogeza made everyone in the class burst into laughter which left Hitoka confused and nothing more nothing less of an expression.

Akiko, caught off-guard by Hitoka’s dogeza and her entire class’s laughter and giggles, in an attempt to stop this, and herself from laughing and embarrassing Hitoka further,started questing her. Rather than a friendly convo between girls, it looked like a interrogation to outsiders who did not know them better because of Hitoka shivering (mainly due to the sudden chill breeze).

“What are you sketching?” Akiko asked/ questioned

“Uh...Ah...I...I was... I was just doing my...” Hitoka continued, “my draft my dad asked me to” she whispered.

Knowing Hitoka’s personality the best, Akiko didn’t dig any deeper and was simply giving a smile at her friend who was trying to finish her sketch by putting in all her efforts and energy. Hitoka, on the other hand was just blinking with her confused expression as to why Akiko kept staring at her.

“Just continue what you were doing. Don’t mind me.” Akiko said just laughing it off, Hitoka’s confused expression that is.

“If you say so.” Hitoka replies and continues her sketch.

Akiko, knowing Hitoka better than almost everyone,knows how much of a hard worker her friend sitting opposite to her is and how she doesn’t take her mind off of anything she fixes on and unknowingly cracks a small, petite and satisfied smile looking at Hitoka with Hitoka’s expressions going wild when she runs out of ideas and when it becomes the exact opposite when she comes up with new ideas to finish her sketch.

A little later a swarm of guys surround a beautiful, mature looking senior girl with a mole in the left side of her bottom lip adding an entirely different look on her but in a good way. Yachi, as soon as she finished her draft, while slurping on her drink noticed this really beautiful girl walking right into her classroom and had a talk with yachi and the next thing Hitoka knew was that she agreed to do something for the 3rd year who was handing out some flyers. Hitoka realised that she has agreed to do something for the senior only when the senior took her hand and started thanking her. Hitoka was already surprised by the senior and was blushing because of how the mature beauty looked but then she literally broke down when the beauty took Hitoka’s hand causing her face to be red as a tomato.

After the 3rd year beauty left, Hitoka was constantly worrying over what she agreed to that led to her being called out to the gym after school. But then again how could she say no to a beauty like her?

“Man... she was soooo... beautiful.” Hitoka muttered.

Akiko suddenly turned her head and started questioning her.

“Huh? Who are you talking about Yacchan?” She asked.

“Huh?” Hitoka answered Akiko who caught her off guard with that question.

“Oh! I was talking about that sempai who just came over.” Hitoka continued. “Just... I don’t know.. you should have looked at her. She was like a goddess who just ascended.” Hitoka said.

“That was shimizu sempai yacchan.” Akiko said.

“Shimizu sempai huh?” Hitoka repeated.

“Why? Are you mesmerised by her Yacchan?” Akiko continued with a pause. “Or perhaps seduced? Cause you are acting like you are right now.” She completed.

Hitoka, deep in her thoughts, didn’t reply but somehow it annoyed Akiko. Akiko has known Hitoka since middle school and Hitoka hasn’t spoken with anyone except for Akiko and was way too shy and nervous to start a conversation with others and her fear of boys and tall people took it to another level since Hitoka was just 4’10 and almost everyone in high were at least 5’2 and their figures just loomed over Hitoka which made her shiver and tremble. Hitoka with her trembling always reminded her overprotective friend Akiko of a cute hamester that needs to be protected.

Akiko couldn’t really digest the fact that Hitoka will be in danger since the volleyball boys club is full of tall if not giants from Hitoka’s point of view. Akiko just sat down silently and started listening to her teacher ‘teaching’ them mathematics which couldn’t get into her head which was filled with Hitoka and her fears that something might really happen to her.

NOTES:

Dogeza- is an element of traditional Japanese etiquette which involves kneeling directly on the ground and bowing to prostrate oneself while touching one's head to the floor.[1][2][3] It is used to show deference to a person of higher status, as a deep apology or to express the desire for a favor from said person.

The period ends with Akiko overthinking about the life threatening dangers that Hitoka will face if she joins the volleyball club or if she even goes near any of the athletes. Akiko, at one point of time was going as far as trying to stop Hitoka from going there or even worse joining it.

The classes ended for the first years soon with Akiko being so much lost in thought that she couldn’t even sense the presence of her hamster skipping happily yet a bit nervously to go meet the beautiful yet sexy 3rd year in front of the gym.

\~TIME SKIP\~

Hitoka reaches downstairs and found the beauty standing and waiting for her. Hitoka soon grabbed her shoes from her locker and rushed to greet the 3rd year

“Umm... were you waiting for me?” She asked

“Huh? Oh you are here! And yes I was waiting for you” she replied ending her sentence with a small yet dashing smile.

Hitoka blushed turning herself into a hamster and a tomato at the same time, but soon she shook of her thoughts and nodded indicating that they could proceed to the gym. They were walking side by side and Hitoka as usual was mesmerised by the beauty and thinking about her sketches for her dad’s work or you could say the work that her dad passed onto her.’how would it look if I made the main FL like..’ she paused her thoughts and looked at the 3rd year. She but her lips before asking the 3rd year a question.

“Umm.. sempai, your name is...?” She blurted out and realised what she said a little too late and covered her mouth with her hands by slapping her hands on her mouth.

“I didn’t tell you my name yet? It’s Shimizu kiyoko” she said

“Then Shimizu sempai it is” Hitoka muttered.

Kiyoko chuckled at the way yachi was expressing her emotions.

‘Her expressions shows literally all her thoughts. It’s like her thoughts are written all over her face. Plus.. she looks really cute and adorable’ she thought

“A hamster” kiyoko said. Yachi was taken aback and brought back to the real world by Kiyoko from her thoughts. They both soon reached the gym with Hitoka still having no idea of she got into or what she had volunteered for.

There was a crowd surrounding Kiyoko and Hitoka couldn’t see anything from behind Kiyoko not were any of the club members were able to Hitoka as Kiyoko was blocking the entire figure of the tiny hamster like creature human being. All the attention of the club members turned towards Hitoka when Hinata pointed out Hitoka or her side single pig tail and the star rubber band she used to secure it. Everyone was looking or at least trying to take a look at who she was but none of them succeeded because of Kiyoko blocking the view of Hitoka from everyone.

‘Hitoka, oh Hitoka, what have you gotten yourself into’ she thought.Then she suddenly slapped her cheeks a little bit and made a tiny imaginary fighting pose.

Gathering all of her courage, she made a small peek from behind Kiyoko and took a glance at the team. Everyone were so... something which she couldn’t explain but they all looked scary, well she felt that mostly due to their height. When she took a proper glance at everyone after coming out from behind Kiyoko she found everyone scary except for a certain tangerine head and a blonde bang with brown spikes guy.The were short and were only a couple inches taller than her. She slowly relaxed and took a deep breath.

“Yachi hitok desu. Nice to meet you all. Please take care of me” she said bowing.

Everyone looked at Kiyoko for a second. Kiyoko signed and said “she will be your manager from next year so she is a manager in training right now”

Everyone were moved to tears and a certain baldie and a shortie jumped towards her yelling “kiyoko-san” well she avoided them swiftly as if she has quite some experience in doing this. The pair landed flat on their face outside the gym.

A particularly tall player with blond hair snickered at this and said “what a bunch of hopeless idiots.”

The pair quickly got up from the ground and the baldie yelled “Tsukkishima!! What did you just say?” accompanied by the shortie repeating the last part.

The team’s captain looked at this and said “stop it now. Don’t ruin your image in front of Yachi - san.”

Hitoka was shocked when she heard the young man whose appearance was not so cool but in fact was pretty average though he seemed scary when she looked at him.

“Hai” she yelled.

Daichi, the captain was taken aback at first and so was everyone else. She flushed and turned into a big red tomato.

‘I want to bury myself’ she thought.

The team ended up bursting in laughter. They found it so funny that even Tsukkishima snorted.

“Hello” said a tall quite intimidating guy with his hair tied into a bun and his little messy beard with appeared to be like it was shaved by someone who was not really in a mood to do it or didn’t know how to do it properly.

“Yes sir!” Hitoka blurted.

“Sir?” He asked. He could hear the first and the second years laughing their soul out and Daichi ( the captain) and Suga’s (the vice captain’s) typical ‘my condolences’ type of laughter.

“He is not a sir but a team member. He is Asahi who is in fact the ace of Karasuno Volleyball Team.” Suga said with a helpless smile in his face.

Hitoka shrieked and shouted “ Gomenasai”. But everyone shook it off.

She was introduced to everyone slowly but before Daichi could do that, the baldie- shortie due came running towards her and she ran away from them and hid behind Kiyoko. Kiyoko gave them a warning look and they couldn’t be any more obedient and tried their best controlling their curiosity.

Daichi laughed and introduced Asahi again. “Asahi Azumane, a 3rd year and the ace of the team.” She nodded.

“Off to the next person” he said and continued “this is Sugawara Koushi, the vice captain and one of the 2 setters in the team. Also a 3rd year...” he suddenly paused when he saw Hitoka’s dead inside out expression as she shrieked.

In response to her shriek Suga turned to look behind him in order to find out why she was so scared. He became so mad at the baldie shortie duo that he just pushed them aside by shoving them right in the face.

Daichi was also annoyed by their actions but still continued “the baldie is Tanaka Ryūnosuke and the shortie over there is Nishinoya Yuu”

She was quiet and she just nodded

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The other half of the intro will be in the next chapter

Hearing the captain call them baldie and shortie, a walking human tangerine popped out and shouted

“Captain, you are so cool even when you are annoyed and upset!!”

Daichi frowned and said “what do you want now Hinata? Nothing right now got it?”

The tangerine pouted and said in a low voice “but captain, I don’t want anything why do you come to such a conclusion this fast?”

Daichi then turned around pointing his finger at the tangerine and a creepy yet a cool and handsome looking guy behind him.

“Oh really? Then why is Kagayama looking so pumped up? Why are you suddenly praising me huh? Explain. You have a minute to so so.”

The tangerine was shook and so was the guy behind him.

“Captain you are so.. creepy. Suga- san help us plwase “ Hinata tried his best to act cute and make Suga agree and convince Daichi.

Suga just giggled. “Now now, let’s stop now shall we?”

Hinata stood up straight and shouted “yes sir!” saluting at Suga.

Hitoka who was watching at the not so scary group as they were trying to cute but all in all we’re just being playful was just giving out a small giggle unknowingly.

Daichi then interrupted them and continued what he was doing.

“That guy is Hinata and the guy behind him is Kagayama” he said continuing “the tall blonde over there is Tsukkishima Kei and the guy beside him is Yamaguchi Tadashi”

All the 4 first years bowed and greeted her. She was a bit overwhelmed but she greeted them back by bowing.

He then started introducing the substitute players one by one.

“This is Ennoshita Chikara and the other one is Kazuhiro Narita....” he paused for a second searching for someone.

“Ah! Found him! This is Kinnoshita”

They all smiled and greeted her politely. She did the same.

‘The last 3 guys were neither too intimidating nor too..um... not so intimidating... just like Suga sempai’ Hitoka thought.

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Time skip\~

Hitoka helped out with the practice by collecting balls and refilling the water bottles and handing out the towels for half an hour or so. Since she didn’t tell her neighbors about the club she had to rush home since her phone was also out of charge and she doesn’t know her neighbors numbers by heart.

She went to Kiyoko and excused herself to go home. While walking she was wandering some stuffs and suddenly stopped.

“I stood next to Kiyoko sempai for a long time! I would have looked like some kind of ugly thing next to her right?” She stopped breaking down into cold sweat.

“I won’t be killed by her fans right?” She shrieked internally then suddenly started walking consciously like a thief trying not to get caught.

“What are you doing?” A voice coming from behind her asked her. She slowly turned her head and started sweating profusely and she srieked a bit with her voice not coming out.

‘He’s a fan of Kiyoko-sempai! He must be here to kill me!,!’

“Please don’t kill me!!!” She yelled while running away.

The yankee- like blonde was left confused. “Why would I kill you?” He mumbled

“Ah coach you are here” came a voice from behind the yankee- like blonde. It was Yamaguchi. “Oi Yamaguchi, what are you doing instead of practising huh?” He yelled. Yamaguchi flinched and answered slowly but steadily and said “the captain paused the practice for a bit to introduce our manager in training and our potential manager next year.”

“That smol girl is ur potential manager next year?” He asked by using quite a bit of a delinquent sort of speech.

“Ah it seems that you have already met her! That small girl with blonde hair and big (well not so big) round brown eyes is Yachi Hitoka! She’s a first year and will be joining the practice from tomorrow onwards” he wrapped up excitedly.

The coach was a bit spooked out by the way Yamaguchi was talking. He thought

‘she did not have any big round eyes, if anything those eyes added to her manly aura. If she cross dresses, people would believe that she’s a guy for sure. But the thing is... it looks like she already made a guy have a crush on her with just meeting with her for a couple of minutes! God! Save Yamaguchi! Don’t let this end as an unrequited love. He better not get distracted tho cuz if he does, I am gonna kick him real bad.’ with a serious expression on his face.

He sighed a bit before muttering “ young, teen love. Hope it succeeds “

Yamaguchi blushed a little on hearing this.

They went inside to continue the practice and before they could the coach, the captain and vice captain had a lot of work to do. Such as separating the human tangerine, Hinata, from the setter Kagayama and separating the short hot stuffs, Nishinoya from clinging onto Tsukkishima and hitting him.

After the practice ended the teacher came inside to have a little meeting regarding the Tokyo camp with other schools (Fukurōdani Academy, Nekoma High, Shinzen High, and Ubugawa High).

“ we will be having our training camp with other schools this time. You all should be thankful that coach Nekomata (Nekoma’s coach) spoke with other coaches to let us join them. It would be a very helpful one” he paused a bit and continued on “you guys have training camp but before that is your annual exams. If you don’t pass in that, you will have to take supplementary classes and you won’t be able to attend the trading camp. You know that, don’t you?”

The background inspirational music, the imagination of the players suddenly stopped when the teacher looked at a certain 4-person group. She all froze by the mention of the annual exam.

“You know that don’t you?” He again said staring at Hinata, Kagayama, Tanaka and Nishinoya. The coach, who was sitting beside the teacher also froze, just like the group of 4.

NOTE:

The teacher’s name is Takeda. If you still can’t understand the name stuffs please visit Wikipedia and search for haikyuu karasuno characters and members to get a clarification on the names. Yachi’s friend is an extra that I added