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The new year had begun, schools everywhere welcomed their new first years. Atsumu realised that he would have to redo his first year again, Kageyama and Akaashi groaned as they had yet another year of the year above. Oikawa punched a wall at the realisation that he had to toss for Ushijima for even longer. Kozume and Shirabu just mentally shrugged as they went along with their new lives. "Shirabu, you know this Oikawa guy, right?" Kuroo asked as the two went to Nekoma"s gym one day, the two hadn"t brought up the subject of the body swap since January.
"I don"t know him personally, but I do know who he is," Shirabu answered, "He"s a good setter so it"s not like he will be letting Shiratorizawa down. I feel for Atsumu though, he has to study for the year above since Oikawa is the same age as you,"
"He"s from Miyagi, right?" Kuroo asked.
"Yeah," Shirabu answered.
"Great," Kuroo smirked, "We have a training camp in Miyagi next week, we"re playing some old rivals,"
"Who?" Shirabu asked.
"Karasuno," Kuroo answered.
"Them? They"re pretty shit, not gonna lie," Shirabu replied, "But I suppose we can use this time to find Atsumu and Oikawa and talk to them. But ultimately without Kenma there, I doubt that we"ll achieve anything,"
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"Morning Akaashi," Kindaichi said to Akaashi as the two were the first at practise, "Do you think Atsumu will be okay?"
"We can only hope so," Akaashi replied, "And you should get used to calling me Oikawa, we can"t afford any slip ups,"
"I know," Kindaichi replied, "You know Oikawa holds a petty grudge against Kageyama, since he"s in Karasuno Oikawa would totally arrange a practise match. I think we should do the same to touch base with Atsumu,"
"Good idea," Akaashi nodded in reply.
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Oikawa slumped down on the chair next to Semi, "Another year of tossing to stupid Ushiwaka!"
"Hey at least you got to go to nationals," Semi pointed out.
"Yeah, but some first year loser gets to toss for Iwa-chan - the person I was meant to go to nationals with whilst I"m here breaking promises with Ushiwaka!" Oikawa pouted.
"When you put it like that, it sounds like something"s been going on behind closed door," Semi joked.
"I hate you!" Oikawa gave Semi the finger before walking out the room.
"Just like Shirabu," Semi said to himself.
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Kageyama sighed as he tried to cram everything into his brain again, keeping up with Akaashi"s education had been hard, not to mention that dealing with Bokuto was too much for any normal person, Kageyama would have to ask Akaashi how he did it when he next sees him. Honestly, in Kageyama"s opinion, the man deserved a medal or something, Kageyama had to restrain himself multiple times a day from punching Bokuto in the face for his annoyance.
"Hey hey hey Agaaaashi!" Bokuto greeted him yet again, "What"s up? You"re scowling again,"
"Nothing," Kageyama replied, Akaashi really was a saint, "We have classes in a few minutes Bokuto"
"I know!" Bokuto pouted, "You exited to go up against Itachiyama again this year?"
"Yes," Kageyama replied, at least he got to pay at incredibly high standards at Fukurodani, something that he couldn"t get with his middle school team, however he did hope that Atsumu wasn"t totally failing him.
"You look like you"re thinking about something," Bokuto pointed out.
"How Akaashi has the patience to put up with you," Kageyama grumbled.
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"Wow Kenma, you"ve gotten even better than last year," Kita said in Inarizaki"s first practise of the year.
"Thanks," Kozume mumbled.
"Can we keep him instead of Atsumu," Suna joked.
"How are we going to explain this to the new first years?" Osamu asked, seeming to be the only one concerned by this, "Even better, when will things go back to normal?"
"Yeah," Kozume nodded, "I miss my old life,"
"Maybe it"s time to accept that this could be irreversible," Kita suggested, "No logic says that you can revert back to bodies,"
"Yeah, but there"s no logic to say that you can switch bodies in the first place if we"re going with logic here Kita," Suna said, "Anything could happen. Maybe we just need to chuck a volleyball at Kenma or something,"
"No," Ojiroo said sternly.
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"I"m totally gonna beat that Kageyama guy here-," Hinata said as he walked to the gym, "-Oh," Atsumu stared blankly at Hinata, was he supposed to know him? "You go here?"
"Yeah?" Atsumu replied, "Yeah. Yeah! Of course I go here!"
"Well I"m still going to beat you!" Hinata declared.
"Okay," Atsumu shrugged, "But aren"t we like teammates now?"
"That doesn"t matter. One day I will beat you. Hmm, you"re different than I remember," Hinata said.
"I need to pee," Atsumu said as he tried to get out of the situation. Once he was far enough away he got on his phone and panic called Kindaichi, "There"s an orange haired kid who knows who I am and says that he"s going to beat me, who is he? What am I going to do? Is he like Kageyama"s rival or something?"
"Who?" Kindaichi asked, "I don"t really know who you"re talking about. I"ll ask Kunimi, but I doubt he"ll know either,"
"There was another person here - Kageyama - but he needed to go to the toilet," Hinata explained as Daichi, Sugawara and Tanaka greeted him, soon Atsumu returned and practise began. Atsumu could do this. He could play volleyball, and when he was playing, he didn"t need to think about how he was acting on the court.
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Soon it was the practise match between Karasuno and Aoba Johsai, "Atsumu, how are you coping?" Akaashi asked Atsumu.
"Just great," Atsumu replied sarcastically, "Why does everyone keep calling me King? I mean sure, it"s cool and all, but... Tsukishima"s a jerk, he"s clearly not saying it out of respect,"
"King of the court," Iwaizumi began to explain, "The actual Kageyama was more like a dictator on the court according to his teammates. He was uncooperative and kept trying to do a freak quick that no-one could get, in one of his matches his team got him benched,"
"Oh," Atsumu said in reaction, "That makes sense,"
"But there have been rumours that Kageyama has grown into a new setter near the end of his junior high career, little does everyone know, it"s a completely different setter," Iwaizumi added.
"There you are King," Tsukishima snickered.
"Help!" Atsumu mouthed, Akaashi mouthed an apology.
"Ooh is this one of Tobio-chan"s new loyal servants?" Akaashi acted.
"Cut it out Shittykawa," Iwaizumi grumbled, "We"ll see you two on the court,"
"Yeah," Atsumu replied. The match ended with Karasuno winning and Hinata and Atsumu discovering the freak quick.
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Soon Nekmoa had arrived in Miyagi, preparing to play Karasuno. The team were running around, and Shirabu used it as an excuse to sneak off to Shiratorizawa. Little did he know, he"d get stopped by a certain member of Karasuno whilst he was taking a break, "Huh, are those volleyball shoes?" Hinata asked.
"Yeah," Shirabu replied.
"Whoa! Cool! I play volleyball too! What position are you? I"m a spiker!" Hinata replied.
"Setter," Shirabu replied, trying his best to hide his irritation, he just wanted to go to Shiratorizawa and confront talk to Oikawa.
"Really? You"re different to our setter, he"s intense but also goofy. But really intense, he has ridiculously high standards at times," Hinata said.
"Okay, cool," Shirabu shrugged, "I need to go,"
"Really? Wait! before you go," Hinata said, "I"m Hinata Shouyou,"
"Kozume Kenma," Shirabu replied, "But Kenma"s fine,"
"Okay, then you can call me Shouyou," Hinata smiled at Shirabu, "See you around Kenma!"
"Yeah, see you around," Shirabu muttered, he then continued his way to Shiratorizawa.
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"There"s a small person looking for you Shirabu," Ushijima said, Oikawa furrowed his brows at him.
"Who?" Oikawa spat.
"Short, shoulder length hair, dyed blonde," Ushijma began to describe Shirabu"s appearance.
"I meant, a name," Oikawa rolled his eyes.
"I did not ask them for one," Ushijima explained, Oikawa let out a sigh and left.
"Oh, it"s you," Oikawa let out a disappointed sigh when he saw that Shirabu was waiting for him.
"..." Shirabu glared at Oikawa, "Did you seriously cut my fringe?"
"It was ugly!" Oikawa protested.
"It"s my body!" Shirabu shouted.
"Well I"m in it!" Oikawa shouted back.
"Calm it down you two," Semi laughed as he joined the two, "What"re you doing in Miyagi brat?"
"I have a practise match against Karasuno," Shirabu explained.
"A, they"re shit," Oikawa said, "B, they"re nowhere near here,"
"Well we don"t have the match today," Shirabu explained, "But we have a camp here as well. And Kuroo said that I might as well find you and Atsumu, who"ll be at Seijoh,"
"Shirabu, it"ll be more worth your time talking to Atsumu," Semi suggested, "Since you never got to speak to him in January. We"ve not been able to speak to him either, he"s probably confused about everything that"s been going on. It"ll be useful for him to be aware of our progress, and a relief for him to find out that his brother is trying hard to find a solution,"
"I suppose," Shirabu let out a sigh, "Oh shit, I should get back to Nekoma,"
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"Those Karasuno first years have a freak quick, don"t they," Kuroo said to Shirabu.
"Yeah," Shirabu nodded.
"Dayum," Kuroo said.
"Can we go to Seijoh yet?" Shirabu muttered, "I don"t want to waste my time playing some team I don"t give two shits about,"
"Think of it as a time to improve, you want to go to nationals, don"t you?" Kuroo nudged Shirabu in the direction of the court, "Then you need to practise, and practise with the team,"
"Hopefully I"ll be back in my own body by then," Shirabu said.
"And how are you gonna do that?" Kuroo asked.
"I don"t know!" Shirabu shouted.
"Exactly, so settle down with the team for a bit," Kuroo said, Shirabu sighed, in the end he never got to go to Seijoh to talk to anyone there.