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It wasn’t unusable for the karasuno volleyball team to be practicing in the mountains. It was their usual routine, splitting into pairs and run laps up the slope. Hinata and Kageyama ended up pairing together, but they were used to that. So they just ran with it.
“ Okay! Everyone, listen up!” Daichi booming voice echo along with the trees; gaining everything attention, “ both coach Ukai and Takeda-Sensei aren’t here today so I’ve decided today’s activities, If you cause trouble then I’ll show no mercy.”
The certain few trouble-makers sweated as they look away from Daichi wrath. And Daichi only stepped down when he thought his team was behaving themselves, already making his way to his partner which was Sugawara.
“ Hey, Kageyama! I’m going to beat you!” Hinata exclaims excitedly, already started stretching his muscles before the run. Kageyama rolled his eyes but ended up getting the fire up with determination to win. The two beside them were Tsukishima and Yamaguchi; both also rolled their eyes at the excitable redhead. “ Is everyone ready!” Daichi shouts as he finishes his light stretching.
The team all shouted their response. They ran deeper in the woods until Daichi called for a break.
They rested near a cliff and everything was quiet until Hinata, Nishinoya, and Tanaka started shouting nonsense; while Asahi and ennoshita try to calm them down. Tsukishima was being his salty self, with Yamaguchi snickering behind him. Narita and Kinoshita stood on the sideline: both sharing an amused look. Daichi was ready to murder everyone and was only stopped by Sugawara. And lastly, there was the king; Kageyama didn’t know how to join the group so he kept to himself.
“ Why are you all by yourself?” Hinata shows up beside him, already finishing his fun with his best upperclassmen. Kageyama gapes at Hinata before looking away “ It’s just hard for me to join in.”
“ Is it? You just have to go with the flow.”
Kageyama rolled his eyes again, leave it to Hinata for never making sense. “ Let’s just ru- wha!”
Hinata tilts his head in confusion at Kageyama's sudden squeak, “ what's the matter?” The boy asked before noticing the setter was staring wide-eyed at something in the distance. Taking a glimpse, Hinata notice three ghastly figures below the mountain, and squinting his eyes: Hinata saw four dogs. Each one was growling and looked ready to attack them.
“ Sawamura-san! Sugawara-san!” Both boys shrieked in fear.
Daichi and Sugawara jolts in surprise, both glance over to the boys, “ what’s the matter?” Daichi asked while the rest of karasuno shared a look.
“ Over there!” They then pointed to the direction where the vicious dogs were. Many volleyball players gasps while Daichi curse under his breath.
“ Everyone! Get together and stay close!” And that what they did. Both Hinata and Kageyama quickly went for the other first-years; while Asahi stood in front of the second years. This leaves Daichi and Sugawara in the front lines; they’re just lucky that Kiyoko and Yachi weren’t here.
The four dogs finally neared, and slowly stalked around the group from all sides, trying to trap the boys.
“ What are they doing!?” Hinata asked behind Tsukishima; “ they’re trapping us and trying to find an easy prey” the middle blocker explains before he reaches for Yamaguchi.
Hinata felt lucky to be surrounded by his friends, but he also wished that he could fight alongside them. He stood beside Kageyama, and Tsukishima was on Hinata another side, with Yamaguchi clinging to his arm. While Nishinoya was tucked in Tanaka’s arm and ennoshita held his two best friends.
The dogs continue to surround them, leaning close but then back away. Hinata took noticed of the terrified expression on those who he thought were strong. He was also scared; he could tell that Kageyama was scared too since the setter wouldn’t let go of his sleeve. But that was fine; this felt safe.
Then the dogs stilled; staring at the group.
Until the first dog finally went in to attack, it’s target, Kageyama. The dog tried to snap its jaws into the setter’s arm. It was to fast for anyone to react. Kageyama, himself, could only raise his hands. He closes his eyes, waiting for the pain. However, the painful bite never occurred. Just before the dog could harm him, Kageyama felt hands grabbing at his sides, pulling him away from the dog. “ Kageyama!? Are you alright!?” Kageyama turned to face Hinata and realizes that his redheaded friend saved him.
“ Thanks.”
Hinata gave him a small smile before glaring at the dog that nearly hurt his friend.
“ We need to do something; it won’t be long until one of us are hurt!” Sugawara told Daichi as they eyed the dogs. Neither of them had made any moves, but Sugawara knows that they shouldn’t keep their guard down. Daichi took a glance behind him; noticing how uneasy everyone was, “ We probably need to run for it but they could catch up. Maybe climbing a tree until they leave?”
They all agreed to climb a tree. So everyone moved slowly while picking up sturdy sticks along the way. Thankfully, it wasn’t that long for the boys to find a tree to climb. The dogs followed but stood wary of the human's unknown actions.
But when Hinata, Kageyama, Yamaguchi, and Tsukishima began climbing; the dogs barked and went in to attack.
Daichi, Asahi, and Tanaka interrupt three dogs by whacking them but one passed by.
That dog headed straight for Yamaguchi who was busy climbing. “ Oh no, you don’t!” Just before the dog could get Yamaguchi, Someone tackles the dog down, that someone was Sugawara. The first-years eyes widen as Sugawara went down to protect Yamaguchi. And they nearly fainted when Yamaguchi quickly jump off the tree when the dog was ready to pounce his vice-captain.
“ Yamaguchi! What are you doing!?” Hinata shouted when Yamaguchi ran off, “ that dumbass!” Tsukishima soon followed his friend down the tree. Shocking Hinata even more.
“ Let’s go help everyone up!” Kageyama spoke out before lending a hand to Kinoshita and Narita. But Hinata was hesitant, he wanted to go down and protect his friends, but in the end, he went to help nishinoya. While pulling his upperclassmen up, Hinata spotted Yamaguchi helping Sugawara while tsukishima kept the dog busy. They were already making their way to the tree until something else began to happen. At first, Hinata didn’t realize what’s going on; only the four dogs knew since they started whining and ran away. Everyone confusion easily transforms into a panic when they felt the ground beneath started to shake.
Hinata leaped forward; wrapping his limbs around the tree as it began to shake violently. Nishinoya nearly fell off but quickly held onto Kinoshita and Narita for support. Kageyama who was the farthest above them held onto the base of the tree: too scared to do anything else.
Everyone on the ground couldn’t even stand, and went tumbling down.
“ Everyone on the tree! Get down!” Everyone hears Daichi voice but didn’t move. They're scared, even nishinoya who couldn’t let go of his friends. Hinata kept his limbs attached to the tree, but he looked down and saw Asahi making his way to them; “ I’ll help you down!”
So everyone on the tree watched as Asahi climbs after them, trying his best not to fall. Fortunately, Nishinoya and the others didn’t climb that far, and could easily be taken down.
This made Hinata sigh in relief; everyone will be alright.
Just as Asahi reaches out for nishinoya, something even more dangerous happens. It started a loud blasting noise; which echoes all around them. It came from above, where the highest mountain lies. Hinata chest tightens once he saw the beautiful landscape tumbling down, turning into a landslide. And everyone stood there, frozen in fear as the landslide made its way toward them. None could move a muscle when all the trees were crumbling.
“ Move!” Ennoshita was the first to do something, yanking onto Daichi and Tanaka to hide behind a boulder. Tsukishima had finally moved too. He pushes Yamaguchi and Sugawara behind another boulder near a cliff.
Unfortunately, no one in the tree could do anything; all they could do was embrace for impact. Just as the landslide hits their area, the tree that had 6 members on it, finally had enough and went downhill. Hinata screamed when the tree was pushed near the edge of the steep hill. Staring widely at the scenery below, he was too far up to see anything else but green.
He also couldn’t see what happen to everyone on the ground; it happens to fast for him to see; he only hopes that everyone was okay.
“ Hinata!” Asahi caught his attention and he finally looked behind him, since the tree was now flatted down. Asahi was with the other three second years; beckoning him towards them. But he couldn’t move. Not because he was scared— he was though— but because Kageyama was somewhere in front of him, probably as scared as he was.
So he went forward instead, determined to find Kageyama until the tree began to shake again.
And for the second time, Hinata wrapped his limbs around the tree. He started screaming when the tree slowly leans downward, into the abyss. He could also hear other screams too. His screams gotten mixed with the four behind him. Hinata was slightly worried that he couldn’t hear Kageyama but ended up worrying more about the tree falling.
Hinata squeezes his eyes tight and waited for death.
But all he could hear was a loud crash and more screams before he blacked out.