CHAPTER 18

𝘪'𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘰
𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰, 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘣𝘺 𝘱𝘩𝘶𝘮 𝘷𝘪𝘱𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵

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"GO GO LET'S GO, LET'S GO DATEKO!"

Yuji's ears perked as he heard the cheers of the opposing team. He has to admit, it was hella catchy. He began humming along with the cheer since as it was now stuck in his head. Daichi smacked the back of his head for the nth time today. "Hey, if you're gonna cheer for someone, cheer for your own team."

"I did, but nerdy here told me off." he gestured to Tsukishima. "It's because you're embarrassing as hell." Tsukishima retorted. The two started fighting again, Yuji reaching to steal his glasses, and Daichi yelling at them once again.

Both teams started warming up. Coach Ukai spiked the ball while the members received it.

"RoLLinGeu SANDA!" Noya yelled as he did his rolling receive. Yuji and Tanaka cackled at the ridiculous yell and started mocking the libero while the other team looked at him with a shocked face. "Watch me, Tanaka-san." Yuji whispered to his friend. As Ukai spiked the ball to Yuji, he did the libero's stunt "rOLLiNgEuu THANDA"

"DOUBLE!"

He rolled twice and knocked Tsukishima over, making the middle blocker fall. The rest of the team, along with some Dateko players and the crowd laughed at this. "YUJI! HOW DARE YOU MOCK ME HUH? YOU'RE GONNA REGRET THIS!" Noya yelled as he marched to the model.

After the chaos, the two teams lined up and bowed. "Let us play!"

Yuji made his way to the bench and watched the match. "GO! GO! LET'S GO! LET'S GO DATEKO!"

Yuji fidgeted in his seat as he silently hummed the opponent's cheer. The players got in their positions. Kamasaki served the ball and Daichi received it to Kageyama, who set it for Hinata. The opposing team managed to block the ball. However, Hinata hit it down and it managed to go between the net and the block.

"Nice one, Hinata!" Yuji cheered. "I thought their block was a bit late." Takeda said as he looked at Aone. "Other teams predict the ball and jump. However" Ukai looked at the opponent. "What they do is read blocking. Dateko's lead blocker jumps after the ball as been tossed. He isn't gonna be fooled by some decoy."

Kageyama served the ball with a jump serve. 'Damn it, it went to the libero.' he thought. Their libero delivered it to their setter and Kamasaki spiked it. Nishinoya received it rather sloppily. "Tanaka, cover!"

"Back!" Asahi called. Tanaka set it for Asahi, but the ace was blocked. "Don't mind!" Yuji yelled, getting a nod in reponse from the team. "Loud as ever." Tsukishima mocked. "Like when in bed." Yuji winked, earning a disgusted look from the blonde megane.

As the set carried on, Karasuno was leading score-wise, however it was hard for them to do so. The team then pulled their trump card. Hinata and Kageyama's quick.

"YEAH! WOO! NICE ONE!" Yuji cheered. "You're so loud and embarrassing." Suga scolded. Yuji deflated and pouted.

In the end of the first set, Karasuno managed to win. The second set came quickly and Yuji had been subbed in for libero. He had already changed into the orange uniform he was provided with. "Woah! Yuji-san, you look so cool in orange! You and Nishinoya-senpai look like the stars of the show!" Hinata complimented as his eyes twinkled in excitement.

"Like Nishinoya, I'll also be guarding your backs!"
"WOOH!"

"Yuji! You better not steal my throne!" Noya told his friend as he looked at Yuji proudly. Meanwhile, the observers were wondering why one of Japan's top wing spiker was dressed in the libero's attire. "Why's Matsumoto playing libero? He would've made a greater wing spiker, better than their ace." Hanamaki judged from Aoba Johsai's side of the court.

Oikawa and Iwaizumi's eyes gleamed in excitement. "He's great in everything, Hanamaki. That's why his official position is an all-rounder." Iwaizumi explained proudly. "I prefer him than that trashy Ushiwaka." Oikawa huffed. "You're trashier. That's why you're Trashykawa." Matsukawa insulted. "Hey!"

"Their libero is rather tall. He could've played wing spiker." Obara thought loudly. "He plays everything and he's really strategic and smart. I guess Karasuno needed another defensive specialist." Dateko's coach responded as he looked at Yuji, who was sitting down and slipping his compression sleeves up his legs and mistakenly let it go, smacking his own face in the process.

"HAHAHA BAKA!" Tsukishima laughed along with Tanaka. Some Dateko players stifled their laughs as they saw the idiotic act.

"Be careful of that number thirteen. He's a real threat." the opposing team's coach warned. "HAI!"

The second set started. Tanaka served the ball to the other side and Futakuchi received it to Moniwa, who set it for Obara. Obara spiked the ball as Kageyama and Tsukishima attempted to block the spike. Yuji knew better and positioned himself behind the two. To the others, the spike was fast and would reach the floor in the blink of an eye, but Yuji saw everything in slow motion. He received it perfectly to Kageyama and Hinata spiked it, scoring Karasuno a point.

"Sugoi! His reflexes are so fast." Shimada commented from the crowd. "As expected from a professional." Takinoue added.

As time passed, the scores were now 14-11 in favour of Karasuno. Yuji switched back with Tsukishima since it was his turn at the back line. "Bring it!" Yuji challenged to Kamasaki, who served the ball strongly. Yuji received it with no struggle, surprising the other players since the serve alone would probably knock them down when received.

He brought the ball to Kageyama and the setter tossed it for Tanaka. Tanaka spiked the ball, but was blocked by Aone. Daichi managed to receive it by diving for the ball. Kageyama set it once again, but this time it went to Asahi. Asahi spiked the ball but was blocked once again by the iron wall.

"Sorry"
"Don't mind!"

17-16 in favour of Karasuno

'They're catching up, I need to exert more energy.' Yuji thought to himself. Sasaya served the ball and Daichi received it. Kageyama set it for Asahi, who hit it against the block. The ball flew high but Yuji knew that it would land on their own court.

"Out!" Tanaka called. 'It's gonna land' Yuji thought as he sprinted to receive the ball. As Tanaka was about to apologize for the wrong call, a flash was seen before he saw Yuji, who chased the ball and delivered it to the other court where there was no one guarding. The ball landed on the other side, earning Karasuno a point. "Nice one, Yuji!" Daichi cheered.

His face fell as soon as he saw Yuji clutching his leg, face showing an expression of being in severe pain. "Time out!" Ukai called as he quickly approached Yuji.

The other teams in the court, including Aoba Johsai looked at the commotion in their court. Oikawa and Iwaizumi's face fell as they saw their friend on the floor clutching his leg with a pained expression.

"Shit." Oikawa cussed as he attempted to run to the other court. "Oikawa, we have a match here. Focus." Coach Irihata scolded.

Yuji was helped up by Takeda and Ukai. "We'll take him to the infirmary." Ukai announced.

Yuji took a deep breath and calmed down. He shrugged Takeda and Ukai's arms off and gave them a smile. "I'm fine. Noya, it's you're time. Guard their backs like the guardian diety you are." he said as he limped to the other libero and patted his back.

"nOoO YuJI!" Hinata yelled as he reached his arm put dramatically to the model. "Boke, stop being clingy." Kageyama said as he pulled Hinata away . "I'll go to the infrimary. Sensei, coach, stay here. I'll be fine." He waved and limped out the door, revealing his pained expression once he turned his back against his team.

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a/n: So i don't really know if being an all rounder is an official position, it's probably not, but pretend it is if ever it isn't. I'm not really that familliar with volleyball rules since I only played in some school events and my dumbass really refused when I was scouted for the volleyball team. Yes I'm a clown.

I'll try my best to learn and research for this story hihi.

Thank you for supporting and reading Ludic 💕