Haikyuu - I Am A Different Hinata!

"What are these bottles for?", Asked Sekimukai

"They're for Izumi's training"

"And how exactly is this going to work?", Asked Izumi.

"I'm going to place these three bottles, one on each part of this wall, imagining it's a net, you should practice your passes to hit each of these bottles"

"Got it", Said Izumi, who started trying to hit the bottles, but not having much success most of the time.

"You need to adjust your hand so they're not too far from the ball and form a triangle with your thumbs and index fingers. For shorter passes, you should use more wrist movement and extend your elbows less, and for longer passes, you should extend your elbows and use the strength of your legs. Lastly, when finishing the pass, you must keep your body position always facing the direction you want to launch the ball", Explained the Boy.

"I'll keep trying", Said Izumi with determination while continuing to attempt hitting the bottles.

"And what about me? Aren't you going to help me?", Said Sekimukai accusatorily

"I'm going to help you"

"So tell me what I have to train!!", Said Sekimukai Angrily

"You will train..."

"RECEIVES!!!", Said the boy striking a Jojo pose while looking at Sekimukai.

"What the hell is this? I want to train attacks!", Confronted Sekimukai.

"Well, despite what you wanted, Izumi is focused on his own training, so all that's left for you is to train your receives, and as a wing spiker, you usually have to have a good receive, unless you want to be an incomplete player...", Said the boy provocatively.

"Fine, let's train this damn thing already", Said Sekimukai sighing.

"Okay, I'll do some serves for you to receive, but first, I'll show you the correct posture to perform receives properly"

"You must overlap one hand on top of the other and join the thumbs and align the fingers, and when the ball is coming, you stretch your arms and let it hit above the wrist... Like this", showing the step-by-step to Sekimukai

"Okay, I think I got it", Said Sekimukai while trying to replicate the form.

"So, I'll go to the other side of the court and serve. Get ready"

Thus he moved away, taking the ball with him, holding it with both hands at neck height, taking a deep breath and lifting it as high as he could. When the ball was descending, the boy took an incredible jump and hit it with all his strength, making it fly towards the other side of the court but ended up going in the wrong direction and hitting Izumi while he was training.

"Why did you do that, you idiot", Said Izumi irritated

"Well, I thought we were training receives, not playing dodgeball, HAHA", Said Sekimukai while laughing at Izumi's face

"My bad, I wanted to test my serve but got carried away. Next time I'll serve softer but in the right direction", Said the boy scratching the back of his neck with a smile on his face.

"Looks like serving like professionals won't be an easy task, I'll need to train a lot in the future", He thought.

After three days of training, classes had resumed and it was time for the next step of the plan: recruiting new members.

During break time, the three boys began their search for members. First, they put up a poster on the sports club board explaining their intentions to recruit, and then they asked some random students if they'd like to join the team, but without success. A few days later, three first-year students and one second-year student tried to join. They were: Saiya Suzuki, Yūki Kawashima, Yūki Kawashima, and Daisuke Narumi.

"Hey, now that we have enough members, there's something we can do", Said Sekimukai

"What?", Asked Izumi

"We can claim our volleyball court time, since we didn't have a team before, the girls could use it whenever they wanted", Said Sekimukai feeling very smart and with a conceited face.

So, the three went to the supervisor's room, who was responsible for the school's sports matters. The man was sitting in his chair drinking tea when he noticed them.

"What can I help you with?", Said the man while looking at them.

"Well, there's now officially a male volleyball team at Yukigaoka Junior High", Said Sekimukai excitedly

"So, you've reached the necessary number of members... that's good, but we only have one volleyball court, so you'll have to share with the girls' team"

"No problem", Said Izumi

"In that case, which team would be using the court today?", Asked Daniel

"I believe it would be yours", Replied the man

"So that's it, everyone. Tell those three new guys that we'll have the first official team practice. It's the beginning of the NEW ERA!!"

"LET'S GO!", Said Sekimukai also excitedly

"What's this? I thought you didn't like volleyball that much...", Said Izumi

"Oh, it's that with Hinata's teachings, I'm starting to think I can get good at this sport", Said Sekimukai embarrassed

"THAT'S THE SPIRIT, NOW YOU'RE UNDERSTANDING"

After class, the seven boys went straight to the gymnasium where they began training:

"Okay, before anything else, we need to define the positions of the new players", Said the orange-haired boy

"You! What's your name?"

"I'm Saiya Suzuki", Responded a skinny boy.

"Do you have a position?"

"No", Said the boy shaking his head shyly

"But is there anything in volleyball you like to do?"

"Well, I kind of like doing receives", Said Suzuki

"Perfect, you'll be our libero"

Observing the other boys, he could notice that one boy was taller than the rest, so he went up to him.

"Hey, what's your name?"

"Daisuke Narumi"

"Second year, right? How tall are you?"

"Yes, I'm 182cm (6' 0")"

"Are you new to playing volleyball?"

"Actually, no, I've been playing for a few years", Responded the boy with short black hair but with bangs covering his entire eyes

OS: Looks a bit like Niko from the Blue Lock anime.

"Since we already have a setter and two wing spikers, I'd like you to play as a central blocker, especially given your height"

"Fine by me", Said the boy with an indifferent tone

"Okay, now you two, who thinks they're better at attacking?"

Yūki Kawashima and Tatsuya Mori looked at each other without much confidence until one said:

"I'm not very athletic... so I don't think it's me", Said Tatsuya Mori

"Okay then, you'll also be a central blocker, and you", pointing at Yūki Kawashima, "will be our opposite"

"Now that the team is formed and everyone knows their positions, it's time to start our training. The newcomers will join the other three veterans in fundamental training. Let's break it down!"

"Yes, Captain!", The team shouted in unison.