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When Kageyama says he was angry, he really was. He just does not take bullshit from anyone, especially from people who hurt his friends, and this person made Yachi cry, so no he was not going to back down. No one makes Yachi sad.
He knew that everyone thought that he was physically aggressive type, and he knew that he was but when things become too much but this, this was a totally different angry. People can talk shit about him all they want but no one should ever drag his friends into it, and he is going to make sure that everyone knows that.
Kageyama’s POV
It was during the break of practice when Yachi went to the washroom. Nothing much of a thing but it was when she came back. She was crying. Not the normal scared cry that she would have when she was just scared of something but the cry, that was raw and of unadulterated terror. Someone intentionally said or did something to her.
Kiyoko was the first to notice, she always noticed when something was wrong, she did now too.
“Yachi, are you okay? Why are you crying?”
Yachi didn’t say anything, she just kept crying. By this time everyone had surrounded her. She flinched when Takeda-san tried to comfort her by patting her back. Everyone noticed it, but stayed quiet…for now.
“Yachi, take deep breaths. Just like I am.”
Kiyoko was the only one who could calm Yachi down right now. She signaled us to give her some space because there was clearly something wrong. Yachi finally crying but there were sobs.
“Yachi, will you please tell us what happened? If you feel okay, only then. No one is going to force to say anything.”
Yachi only responded with a slight nod. It was only after a bit she said, “there were these boys outside the restroom. They cornered me and said that since I am always with boys, I must have slept with too, so it would not be a big thing for to sleep with as well. I was terrified. I pushed one of them away and ran here. I swear Kiyoka-san, I have never. Please believe me.”
She was crying again. Kiyoka-san kept telling her that she believes her and that those boys were disgusting to say things like that to her, that it was disgusting that they would even think of something like that.
Others were shocked to hear that. They wanted to who those boys were. Tanaka-san and nishinoya-san were already planning to beat those guys, Daichi-san listened but didn’t say anything to stop them, and everyone knew that he would cover for them if needed. But one thing that was in everyone’s mind was, ‘who were these boys?’, but not mine. I have seen those boys, I knew who they were but I needed to know if I was right.
I went towards Yachi, I lowered my head to looked at her and asked one thing, “those?”. Yachi lifted her head to look at me. She was still scared but still answered me, “those.”. One word and that was enough for me. I knew what to do and how to do it and no one, absolutely no one was going to stop me.
Others looked at me with both surprise and suspicion, but I ignored them all and walked out of the gym. I could care less about them right now, for me the thing was to make those guys pay for what they did. Hinata, Tanaka-san, Tsukishima and Nishinoya-san came after me while others stayed in the gym to comfort Yachi. They kept asking me questions about the what the hell was that in the gym.
Then, Tsukishima inquired me, “how do you know about those guys more like animals, Kageyama?”
That question made my mind go back to my conversation with Yachi two days ago.
“Yachi don’t you think that those guys over there are looking weirdly at you?”
“Don’t worry about those jerks, they try to flirt with literally every girl in the school. But no one complained about them yet.”
“But that’s not right. They should have had maybe then they would know their place. It’s not like they are some super rich kid or something.”
“They are not but they are in a gang, so most of us our just a little afraid of what will happen not in school because there will be teachers there but outside of the school because we girls at some point have had a bad experience with men.”
“Men not boys… Yachi, did it happen to you too?”
“Not to me but my friend from middle school. Our teacher tried to, but fortunately I got there with a female teacher on time. So, yeah. It’s not good, it’s not right but it still happens.”
“Yachi, I am so sorry that it happened to you but I promise that I will always be there for you.”
“Thanks, Tobio.”
“But really, I could scare them of if you want me to, if that is okay to you.”
“No, it’s fine. Don’t worry about.”
I realized that I had spaced out. I told them what happened two days ago. It would be wrong to say that they were angry, they were furious. But at this point I don’t about them, so I just told them one thing, “Don’t mess up and stay quiet. You will get your time to take the anger out.”
“But what are you going to do exactly?”
It was Tanaka-san who questioned me this time. My answer was quite simple, “Nothing much.”
It was going to be so much more, I knew that but they don’t need to, not right now. They can after this was finished.
I knew the perfect person, who could help me with this. It was a girl from my class, Katsumi, she was the only girl in school to have won two aikido championship in a row. She had two boys suspended before for causing her trouble. And I knew she would somehow be able to get these boys not only be suspended but do so much more than that.
Katsumi and I don’t know each other much but I think that we can be considered friends. We talk to each other, we respect each other’s boundaries, we can at least be considered acquaintances.
It was going to be difficult, I know that but I was going to make those idiots pay at any cost.
I went straight to the practice area for marital arts club students. It was a good thing that Katsumi was still there. Looks like she just defeated someone during the practice, Nice. I called out for her “Katsumi!”
Everyone was now looking at me weirdly, even my own team mates. But at least Katsumi had some brain and knew that if I to her during her practice while also leaving my own practice, then it is going to be serious.
“what is it, Kageyama?”
“I need to talk about something important to you. It’s urgent, very urgent. And private. So, if you could come with me for a bit, that would be great.”
“No problem, I will be coming right up.”
We went outside of the dojo and the first she ask’s is, “what is wrong?
“I need your help, some boys of that gang that no one complains about tried to harass my friend. And I just want to make them pay.”
“Well that is horrible. Shouldn’t you be with her now, comforting her? I am sure she needs to be comforted.”
“My other friends are there for her, right now.”
“Well, then what do want me do?”
“I want your help in making them pay back.”
“You do know that they are in gang, right? At some point even, I would be in danger because of that.”
“I know but I don’t want this to happen to some else, some one who might not have some to comfort them. I am going to end this and I want you to help me in doing so.”
“Fine, I will help you but what exactly is your plan.”
“I want you to act a little, just like you did with those jerks from our class but make it even worse. That is the plan.”
“Nice plan you have there. I like it.”
I saw her looking behind me, so I turned to look and saw those three idiots who followed me looking like they have seen some kind of ghost.
“what?”
“Are you the same Kageyama we know?”,
“Where is the Kageyama who would have beaten the shit out of them?”,
“Why is it looking like you are going to do something big and not get in trouble for it?”
“No, it is not same. And no, I am not going to get in trouble even I get caught.”
“How are you so sure?”
“I don’t think that school would want to lose their two biggest nationals’ tickets. Right, Katsumi?”
“That is not even a question there.”
“Excuse me, mam. May I come in?”
“Yes, of course dear. Should you not be at practice right now.”
“I should be but there is something I need to tell you. I just could not get it out of my head.”
“you can tell me whatever you want, Katsumi. What exactly is bothering you?”
“It is about some boys. They have not said anything to me but, I heard them talking about me. It very disgusting.”
“What were they talking about in particular? If it makes you uncomfortable then you don’t have to tell me.”
“No, it is fine, it needs to be said because it was not only about me but some other girls too. They were talking about how I would be looking in bikinis, and without any clothes. They were ranking girls based on how pretty they are, they were making so many…. sexual jokes about the girls from my dojo and girls of volleyball team and the mangers, like how we…… must slept with our team mates. It just… so gross. And I …”
Her voice was cracking, she truly was crying. We heard it all from outside. At first, we thought she was just acting but that crying was real. She was trying to control her breathing but it only got louder.
“You don’t have to continue anymore Katsumi, I will make sure that this will never happen again to you, to those girls or to any one in this school. I promise you.”
Mrs. Nakamura was the oldest teacher in our school and even though she should have had retired by now, she was still working as a counselor. Being so old their own perks, the school was not her but the teachers respected as if she did own it, hell even the principle had many listened to her. If she was on our side, we had already won.
I saw Katsumi exiting her room, and asked the only thing in my mind,
“Was it true?”
“What was true?”
“What you said there inside to Mrs. Nakamura?”
“Half of it was, I mean expect the part where I heard them talking about me, other was all true.”
“So, what are we going to do now?”
Tsukishima asked me and Katsumi. We both said in unison, “wait till tomorrow and the work will be done.”
“How are you so sure that this plan will work?”
“I don’t know if this plan will work or not but we will always have the 2nd option of beating the shit out of them.”
“Nice. So, let’s wait. And also, I just got a text that everyone else has already left, so we should just go home too.”
That was it for today, if the plan did not go well then, I can always just break of their bones or limbs, it would not be a big thing.
Hinata’s POV
I was on my way to the school myself today, Kageyama messaged me this morning that he would come to school with Yachi today. I was clearly surprised because I did not knew that both of them were this close to each other, but it felt good to know that Yachi had someone with her right now, it was probably for the best.
Kageyama was so different yesterday, he was just quiet. I mean he is quiet but this time it was a different type of quiet and it was not the good kind. After what happen to Yachi, we saw a whole different side of Kageyama. He was angry, we all were, but he was different.
We all had thought that if Kageyama was ever angry, then he would be the physical aggressive type but no, he was that person who plot a whole revenge. One thing I learned was that a quiet Kageyama was worse than a yelling Kageyama.
Something that shocked not only me, Tanaka-san and Nishinoya-san but even Tsukishima was how Kageyama knew that and it seemed like they were close. That girl, I know Kageyama said her name yesterday but I don’t remember it, so, that girl it is, but what I do know is this that she is very strong to go to the counselor and talk to her against those boys.
I realized that I had already reached the school, I saw others outside of the gym. Looks like they were waiting for something or someone. I got to them,
“Hey everyone, good morning. Are you guys waiting for someone?”
It was Ennoshita-san who answered me, “Yes Hinata, we saw Yachi and Kageyama going with the counselor along with that aikido girl.”
“So, we were waiting for them here.” Suga-san reasoned.
“Guys! look they are coming back.” Yamaguchi told us all.
We looked at Kageyama who was coming towards as with Yachi and beside her was that girl. “We won.”
“What is that supposed to mean?” “What did we win?” “What did exactly happen?” “What about those jerks?”
Everyone was asking at the same time, so when Kageyama actually tried to talk no one was able to listen to him or what he was saying. Everything happened so fast that Yachi was getting flustered and hyper and awkward.
Kageyama’s POV
I noticed that Yachi was doing her thing again, I think Daichi-san noticed it as well and got everyone to shut up. I was thankful to him for doing that because it truly was getting annoying.
“We all should go inside and then one of you will tell us what exactly happened.” Daichi-san told everyone and no one wanted to get scolded by him in morning, so everyone just listened to him. Right after that I heard Katsumi telling me,
“Well, I think my work here is done and I also need to go somewhere. So, I will take my leave from here, you can handle everything from here alone, Kageyama. Bye.”
“Bye and take care Katsumi.”
I saw her back leaving from there and turned around to noticed that everyone had already went inside the gym, so I went too. There were going to be so many questions from them. God, I hate explaining, but I will have to do that any ways.
As soon as I went inside, I saw Daichi-san looking at me like I just did something bad.
"So, yeah, nothing much happened. i just got those boys resticated from this school, got a behavioral issue letter written that will make sure that those idiots do not get into any school."
I was expecting some kind of scolding or at least for them tell me that it was not right to do. But I felt Suga-san's hand on shoulder, I looked up to see him smiling at me. Then my eyes shifted towards Daichi-san who was already looking at me.
"You did a good job, Kageyama." He said to me smilingly. I looked at everyone else to see that they all were smiling at me. They all were happy with what i did. I looked at Yachi who mouthed a silent thank you to me, I smiled, a genuine but small smile.
"But really, it was terrifying. How could you come up with that so quickly?"
"Well, it seems like the king can put his mind to some other use than volleyball."
"Oh shut up. I don't want to talk about it anymore."
after this I heard Tanaka-san and Nishinoya-san laughing in the background.