These are thoughts

~~~

Mizuki pov.
We keep playing, match after match. We eventually go against every team, and then we play against them twice or three times.

Our team had won about a third of the matches we played.

We play Shinzen, but we end up loosing. Again.

"One lap of diving drills!"

We do the drill around the court and we move to the side once were finished.

I jog across the gym and to the door. I step outside to get a bit of fresh air.

Ahhhhhh. That feels better.

I walk back to the others.

"Zuki!" Someone yells my name.

I glance to the side and see a volleyball coming to me.

I quickly step back and block it with my arms. It bounces off of them and to somwhere else.

Ow.

I shake my arms, kinda making them feel a bit better. I start to walk over to the others.

"Hey are you okay?" I turn and see Nekoma and Fukurodani looking at me.

"I'm fine, don't worry!" I smile and scratch the back of my head. "That was my fault, I shouldn't have walked by during your match, sorry! I'll go now."

I jog to my team and stand with them.

"You okay, Mizuki?" Daichi asks me.

"Didn't you hear me?" I put my hands on my hips. "I said I was fine!"

Daichi chuckles and nods. I go to Keishin.

"Hey Keishi-nii, this is a training camp, right?" I ask him.

He looks at me confused. "Uh, ya?"

"So it would be okay if we tried something new right?"

"Ya, I guess. We're here to get better after all."

"Okay." I smile.

"And what are you doing...?" Keishin asks me this time.

"You'll see."

Before he says anything I jog to the side. I grab a volleyball and spin it in my hand.

Well, there are a bunch of things I wanna improve. First, maybe do a higher spike. Maybe jump so that my waist is over the net? Ya that.

Second, I can try a new serve. I'll have to check how to do different ones, but I've seen some cool ones, and powerfull ones. Or maybe I should just make the ones I know even better...?

Three, I should probably practice some more on receiving and blocking. And setting, even though I won't really be able to set to anyone during a game...

Someone taps my shoulder, and I look to see who it is.

A boy with gray and white hair and big golden eyes, and a boy with wavy black hair and blue eyes.

The boy with the wavy hair tilts his head to the side, as if to tell the other boy to do something.

"Sorry I kinda hit you with my spike" The boy with the golden eyes apologizes.

"I told you, it's fine!" I smile and wave my hands infront of me. "Don't worry about it. That was an amazing spike though!"

The boy chuckles and smiles confidently. "Wasn't it?"

I giggle. "Yup! You're one of the top five aces, right?"

He nods. "I'm Bokuto Kotaro! This is Akaashi!" He gestures to the boy beside him.

"My name is Akaashi Keiji. Nice to meet you...?"

"Ukai Mizuki. But you can call me Mizuki! Nice to meet you too."

Akaashi nods.

"Those were some really cool spikes you did during the matches!" Bokuto compliments me.

"Ya. You jumped pretty high up." Akaashi adds me.

"Thanks!" I smile. "You guys are also pretty amazing too, you know. I wanna play against you again!"

"Yeah!" Bokuto yells. Akaashi smiles a little bit and nods.

"Zuki! Get your ass over here, our match is about to start!" Keishin yells at me.

"I'm coming, calm yourself!" I yell back.

I sigh and turn back to the two boys. "Gotta go. I'll talk to you later!"

"Okay!"

I jog to the team and we go on the court. Our match is against Ubugawa.

They start the set with a powerful serve.

I try to receive it, but it bounces from my arms to out.

"Ack! Sorry!" I apologize to the team.

"Its okay, we'll get the next."

Ubugawa serves to me again, but this time I receive it.

Suga sets it to Asahi, who gets us a point.

"Yeah!" We cheer.

We keep playing for a bit. Each team gets some points, and keeps the ball in play.

We serve, and Ubugawa receives it. They spike it over the net, to our side and Daichi receives it.

"High!" I call the set, and Suga sets the ball high up.

I jump to get it, as usual. Again, Ubugawa tries to block me, but most of my upper body is above the net.

I spike it straight down, right behind the blockers, and we get a point.

16-18, Ubugawa

"Nice, Zuki!" Suga pats my head, and I nod.

I look at the top of the net.

Suga follows my gaze, and chuckles. "You want a higher set?"

I nod, determined. "Yes please!"

We go back to our spots, and I see some of the other teams looking at me in awe, probably because they heard Suga and I talking about a higher set.

We serve again, and of course Ubugawa sends the ball back to us.

I glance at Suga and he sets it higher up than the last.

I run up to the ball and I jump as high as I can.

I just barely touched the ball, but I tap it over. It lands behind right the blockers again, and we get another point.

"Was that too high?" Suga asks me.

I shake my head. "No that was good. I just need to jump higher."

For the third time we serve, and for the third time Ubugawa spiles it back.

Suga sets the ball to me again, the same height as before.

I run a little faster, and I jump a little higher.

Then, once I'm in the air, it was like everything happened in slow motion.

I look down to the opposite side of the court, and I see the opponents block below me. I look at the empty space where no one was standing, and I aim.

My hand hits the ball, and I spike it across the court. It slams on the ground, and bounces to who knows where.

When I land, I stumble a little, but I manage to stay standing.

The whole gym was quiet.

"That was awesome Zuki!" Noya yells and runs to me.

"Nice kill!" Suga ruffles my hair as I highfive Noya.

"You jumped even higher than before..." Asahi mumbles.

I tilt my head. "How much higher?"

"The net was a little below your waist." Daichi says.

I stand still, shocked, but then I smile and cheer. "YESSSSS!"

The team laughs, and I laugh along with them.

We continue the set, and I manage to do two more high spikes, the one that was higher than before.

25-23, Karasuno

We finally manage to win another match. I go to the bench and sit beside Keishin. I get a water bottle and I drink.

"That was awsome, Zuki!" Keishin slaps my back, making me spill some water and choke.

"Hey! But thanks." I say between coughs. "You didn't have to do that though..."

The door of the gym opens, and I see a familiar face.

Isn't that...

"Oh, hey they're still playing." Saeko says. "We totally made it. Not bad."

"Saeko!" I stand up and wave to her.

She smiles and waves back. Then, Saeko steps out of the way, and Kageyama and Hinata stand that the entrance.

I run up to them.

"Finally! C'mon, our next match is staring soon." I take their hands and I drag them to the team.

I'm sure they tried to hide it, but I see them blushing.

Awwww they're blushing! Oh wait they're blushing.

They put their things away, and we start our next match against Shinzen.

The same people go on the court, but Hinata and Kageyama take Suga's and Narita's place.

"Hey Kageyama?" I hear Suga call him.

He tells him about how I can do a higher set, and I smile on the court.

"Woah! You can jump even higher than before, Zuki?" Hinata hears and asks me.

I nod. "Ya. But I'm planning to go even higher!"

"Well, I'm gonna beat you!" He yells at me.

"Bring it on!" I yell back, and we end up laughing.

The set starts, and Kageyama and Hinata start doing their freak quicks. Kageyama also sets the ball higher for the high sets, and we get points from that too.

21-25, Karasuno

We win that match, and the team goes on the side to cool off a little.

"Nice kills, Kags, Sho!" I compliment them.

"Those high spikes were awesome to, Zuki!" Hinata says to me, and I giggle.

"It's Nekoma against Ubugawa over there." Tanaka says. "It might be the last match today, since its this late."

I watch the match from the side.

Their new boy number 11, was playing instead of Inuoka.

Kenma sets the ball to him. He swings his arm and spikes the ball over.

His arm was like a whip... holy shit wait. He might be like, 6 feet tall!

Their match ends, with Nekoma beating Ubugawa.

I jog over to Nekoma.

"That was awesome!" I say to them, smiling.

"Hey kitten." Kuroo ruffles my hair.

I talk to them for a bit, and then the new boy comes up to me.

"Hello!" I wave to him.

"You must be Mizuki, right?" He asks me.

I nod slowly. "Yup. And you know that how?"

"The team told me about you." He smiles and explains. "They kinda talk about you a lot-"

"SHUT UP LEV!" Kuroo yells.

"So you're name is L-lev?" I ask him, struggling with his name a little. He nods.

"My name is Haiba Lev, but you can call me Lev!" He introduces himself. "I'm half Japanese and half Russain."

"Cool! Nice to meet you, Lev. Ukai Mizuki, but Mizuki's fine."

I stay with them a little bit longer, until I had to go with my team.

I go with Kiyoko and Yachi to the washroom, and we take a shower.

"I'm gonna walk around a little." I say to Kiyoko and Yachi.

"Okay. Don't get lost, alright?" Kiyoko says, and I nod.

"You're staying with us managers?" Yachi asks.

"Yup." I nod again.

"We'll see you later then." They wave and walk away.

I turn and start exploring.

~~~