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October 3th
"A beautiful sunny October day here in Miyagi, Japan. Light clouds and cool breezes all week. A perfect time for outdoor activities and events."
Day 1.
Hinata Shouyou rode his bike to the bike shed quickly, already seeing Kageyama Tobio, his partner and enemy, well, when it came to volleyball... and racing.
He locked up his bike and starting sprinting toward the gym. It was 6 am, and even though practice didn't start for another hour, he liked to be there early.
Him and Kageyama were running full speed toward the gym in a head to head battle.
When they reached the gym Kageyama said, out of breath.
"I win"
"No fair Kageyama-kun! You have longer legs than me!" Hinata exclaimed.
"Well grow taller then shorty"
"That's impossible!!"
The two first years continued fighting for a couple minutes, till Hinata broke away from Kageyama, who was grasping his head.
"Let's go Kageyama, I wanna get some spikes in before practice"
Hinata said, walking toward the gym.
"I know that boge" Kageyama grumbled, picking his bag up off the ground. This was a regular occurrence for the first years. They had there good and bad moments but they were friends.
They entered the gym, stretched and warmed up, and started practicing till official morning practice at 7 started.
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"Hinata pay attention"
His English teacher said annoyed.
"Yes! Sorry!"
Hinata was always restless in class, always excited for another day of volleyball practice.
Apologizing to his English teacher was nothing new, considering how often is happend. He just couldn't help himself from being excited about volleyball everyday.
She the bell finally, finally, chimed and indicated school was over,
Hinata bounded out of his seat, and toward the club room. He soon saw Kageyama making his way there also, and he picked up the pace.
"Race ya Bakayama!!" Hinata yelled while passing Kageyama.
"Boge! You got a head start!!"
He yelled back and started running to catch up to Hinata.
When they reach the club room Hinata had won.
"Haha! Take that Bakayama! I win!"
He chanted.
"No way, I got here first!"
He yelled back.
"No I did!"
"No I did!"
"Actually I did!"
They heard someone say from the top of the stairs.
Nishinoya was standing there with his arms crossed and a smirk on his face.
"No fair Nishinoya-senpai" Hinata grumbled.
"Haha! Well I have to keep my Kouhi in check somehow" he replied, and made his way toward the club room, Hinata and Kageyama trailing behind.
When they entered the room they started changing while waiting for everyone else.
"Ok everyone listen up"
Daichi said when he entered.
"Just a little noticed that Coach Ukai has to leave early, and Takeda will be at a teacher meeting during practice, but we have a lot o games coming up so we need lots of practice and will continue to run late into the night. Understood?"
Everyone understood, nodding, and went back to changing.
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"Well, I'm off" Ukai waved from behind, and made his way out of the gym.
Everyone bowed and said thank you, and returned to their practice.
After a little while Kiyoko came up to Daichi to saying that she and Yachi were gonna head home since it was getting late and weren't needed at the time being.
The others continued to practice later and later into the night, taking a few short breaks here and there.
"Alright everyone, gather 'round" Daichi called out at the end of practice.
It was now nearly 10 o'clock and they had been practice nonstop.
Everyone ran toward the benches and formed a circle.
"Since the tournament's are coming up soon and we've been practicing later and later every night, I decided to surprise everyone... with these."
Daichi said, holding up lunchbox full of meat buns.
"I bought them earlier and kept them warm in here for after practice"
He continued.
Everyone got really excited for meat buns, and quickly went to the club room and changed, since they couldn't eat in the gym.
They all gathered on the stairs, thanking Daichi for the kind gesture, and started eating and talking, even Tsukishima.
"Hey Kageyama?"
Hinata asked.
"What?"
"If you weren't playing volleyball, what would you be doing?"
"Yeah Kageyama" Tanaka nudged his arm.
"What would you be doing without volleyball?"
"I don't know" he answered.
"What else do you need to do other then volleyball?" He asked.
"Well what about a job? Or getting married in the future or something like that?" Suga asked.
"Why can't volleyball be my job Suga-San?" He asked dumbfounded.
"Not everyone can get jobs playing volleyball, King" Tsukishima said, unamussed.
"I can!" Hinata said, and pointed to himself. "I'm gonna be the best spiker in history"
"I take that back" Tsukishima said. "I hate to say it, but if was between you and the King, of who would get a job in volleyball, it'd be him."
Kageyama smirked at Hinata.
"What?! No way!! I could play volleyball professionally, just as well as Kageyama." Hinata countered.
"How do you even know the word 'professionally'?" Tsukishima said annoyed, and Yamaguchi laughed.
They continued eating and chattering, when suddenly there was a small rumbled.
Everyone looked around confused. It was just a little bit of an earthquake, and everyone brushed it off as if it were nothing, all except Hinata, who had his hands over his head and scrunched himself into a small ball, as if hiding himself, trying to disappear.
"Hinata? Are you okay?"
Sugawara asked upon looking over and seeing the state he was in.
He looked up and saw everyone staring at him.
"I... um..." he sat up quickly. "Sorry. It's just a habit whenever I think there's going to be an earthquake and,"
Before he could finish, there was another loud rumble, and the ground starting to shake voilently.
"Everyone to the gym!! Quickly!!" Daichi said, as he comprehended what was going on in only a short amount of time.
They all started running down that stairs toward the gym, all expect Hinata, who was frozen on the stairs.
"Hinata run!" He heard someone yell. But he couldn't move. He couldn't make himself move or stand up or even blink, he was too shocked to move. He knew earthquakes were normal, but he'd never seen anyone in this much of a panic, or such a strong wave of rumbling.
He felt someone grab him around his waist and hoist him up, but his legs went limp. The person grunted and threw Hinata over their shoulder and started running.
"Into the supply closest!" Daichi ordered.
They entered the closest and Hinata still hadn't done anything. He was in shock. Unmoving and saying nothing.
"Tsuki! What happened?! What's wrong?!" Yamaguchi asked.
"Hinata wasn't moving, so I had to carry him here." Tsukishima said.
"Hinata are you okay?" Someone asked and rubbed his face. Hinata wasn't comprehending anything. His vision was blurred and voices sounded so far away.
"Daichi there's something wrong with Hinata!" The same person yelled.
Everything was still shaking and and the piercing sound of the ground cracking and breaking was terrible and the buildings were starting to collapse.
"AAHH!!" Someone else yelled.
Hinata still didn't know what was happening. His vision was fading.
"Everyone take cover!!" Daichi yelled.
They all ran to a corner in the room and huddled together.
Hinata heard faint voices and screams. The ground was still shaking and someone was holding him closely to them. That's the last thing he remembered before everything went black.
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Everyone was huddled together. The gym starting collapsing and the ground was still shaking.
Many of them were crying and shaking, praying for this to be over. Earthquakes were common, but nothing this bad has ever happened before in Miyagi.
Bigger chunks from the ceiling were falling on top of the others.
Kageyama had his hands over his head, shaking in fear, when a peice of the ceiling fell on him and scratched his arms and hands.
Narita was sweating and crying along with Ennoshita.
Tanaka was huddled over Kinoshita and Yamaguchi crying, Kinoshita was panting loudly and Yamaguchi was having a panic attack.
Sugawara was holding Noya under him while he cried, and Nishinoya was was staring at the ground with his own tears running down his face and into the broken floor.
Asahi and Daichi were trying to be strong both physically and mentally, but physically, with the ceiling falling on them, their strength was wearing thin.
Tsukishima, the guy people thought had no emotions or sympathy towards others, was holding Hinata who was passed out, close to his chest, protection him from the broken, falling ceiling.
This only lasted a couple minutes, but it felt like forever, before the shaking finally stopped.
The room was filled with sobs and heavy breathing, and no one had moved from where they were huddled.
"Daichi." Tsukishima said after a minute of silence.
"Huh?" He replied, out of breath and on the brink of shock.
"Hinata's passed out."
Almost everyone snapped back into reality at that.
"How? When?"
Suga asked quickly.
"Before we took shelter. I don't know how, but he was in shock before we left the stairs"
Suga let go of Noya and made his way toward the two. Tsukishima moved his arms and Hinata laid there, motionless.
He took Hinata from Tsukishima and examined his face. He was pale and had multiple scratches and his face and body, and he was covered in sweat and shaking from adrenaline.
"D-does anybody have some water" Suga asked, voice shaking.
"Here" Tanaka said, handing Suga a half full water bottle.
Suga then poured a little on Hinata'scheeks and forehead to cool him down and relax his unconscious body.
Kageyama was leaning over his shoulder anxiously shaking himself.
"Is-is he okay? Suga-San?" He asked.
"I... I think so."
Daichi was checking up on everyone else. There were sniffles and coughs here and there, and everyone was too shaken up to try and stand or say more than a few words.
Asahi was asked to help check on others by Daichi, but wasn't really any help, being frightened and in shock himself.
Yamaguchi was still crying and having trouble breathing, but Tsukishima was helping him through it.
The second years were checking on each other and helping Suga with Hinata.
Kageyama kept asking about Hinata until Ennoshita suggested he step away to calm himself so he didn't panic.
After protesting against it, he finally gave up and left the group around Hinata. He turned and looked around at everyone, all calming down from what happened. He himself was trying to process what was going on.
'We were eating on the stairs to the club room, when there was an earthquake and we evacuated to the supply closet. Now we're waiting... waiting... for what? Are we waiting for Hinata to wake up so we can go home? Home? Home!'
Kageyama thought.
He looked around and saw rubble and dabris blocking the path from where they entered. He panicked. He started frantically looking around for another way out, but there was nothing. The only source of light was a small emergency lightbulb, so it was difficult to see. He tried to think if there was a window. When he remembered there wasn't, he fell to his knees in defeat.
Tanaka came up behind Kageyama and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Are you okay Kageyama?" He asked.
Kageyama slowly shook his head.
"We can't get out"
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"W-what do you mean?" Tanaka asked.
"We... we can still get out. It's okay Kageyama." he said, placing a hand on Kageyamas shoulder.
"It'll be alright"
Kageyama didn't say anything, his gaze fixed on the cracked and dusty floor.
"Dai-San, we need to move all of this to get out of here" Tanaka said, motioning to the blocked entrance.
Daichi was in just as much of a panic as the others, but had to stay strong, and be the supportive captian he was.
"Alright. Let's move everything quickly before it starts getting stuffier in here" He said, making his way toward the door.
"Asahi, Narita, Tsukishima, can you lend a hand?"
Asahi and Narita stood up, Kinoshita and Noya also got up to help Tanaka and Daichi, but Tsukishima didn't move. He was to preoccupied with calming down Yamaguchi and didn't want to leave him.
Daichi noticed and acknowledge Tsukishima, glad that he was helping support Yamaguchi through his panic attack.
Kageyama was still staring at the floor, when someone placed a hand on his shoulder and asked if he'd be willing to help. He nodded and stood up, making his way toward the blocked entry way.
They all started moving everything out of the way, when Kageyama felt pain shoot straight toward his hands. He grunted in discomfort and looked down. He had forgotten about his hands getting scratched up, with being worried about Hinata and getting out of the storage closes, that they were now in excruciating pain.
When he grunted, everyone turned to look at him.
He had his hands held out in front of him and saw blood trickling down toward his arms.
"Kageyama! Are you okay?"
Daichi asked worried.
He shook his head slightly, still not opening his eyes or moving.
"Countinue trying to move everything, just be careful" Daichi told the others, and led Kageyama toward Suga and Ennoshita.
Kageyama was now kneeling, and felt cool water run down his hands. He peeked open an eye, and saw Ennoshita pouring some water onto his hands. He watched the blood from the scrapes and scratches, run down off his hands and onto the floor. He winced in pain. It stung and made his hands ache and sore.
"Sorry Kageyama." Ennoshita said, and continued pouring water on his hands.
"We got it!" Kageyama heard someone yell.
He turned and saw that the entrance was now clear.
Everyone started getting up and walking out.
Tsukishima had Yamaguchi's arm wrapped around his shoulder, and were making their way out.
Suga, was carrying Hinata, and Ennoshita was offering Kageyama help.
"Let's go find a first aid kit and then we'll-" Ennoshita didn't finish his sentence, as when they saw the gym they froze.
The whole ceiling caved in and the most of the walls were just barely standing peices of rubble now.
Everyone stared in horror at the distruction.
A couple people starting crying, while others were in shock, everything was destroyed.
After a couple minutes of silence, Daichi cleared his throat.
"Come on. He need to find a first aid kit and we'll go from there"
He said.
"There's one in the club room"
Kinoshita said.
"Okay. Everyone stay in the closest for now, until we check on how everything is outside. Tanaka, Asahi, you guys come with me. Ennoshita, can you make sure everyone is okay?"
Ennoshita nodded and led the others back into the closet to wait.
Suga sat down with Hinata still in his lap. Tsukishima sat on the left side of Suga, with Yamaguchi leaning on his shoulder. He was still calming down from his panic attack, but now he was only slightly shaking.
Ennoshita led Kageyama, Narita, Kinoshita, and Noya, to sit around Tsukishima and Suga.
They waited about 10 minutes, talking a little and asking each other if they were okay, before they returned.
"We have the first aid" Tanaka said, and held it up.
"But-"
Daichi sighed.
"Everything's destroyed. The whole school, the club rooms, even most of town. From the looks of it, everyone evacuated some how.
We don't have anywhere to go right now, so we'll have to stay here tonight, and figure out a plan for tomorrow."
Everyone couldn't believe what they'd just heard.
'Everything destroyed? Everyone evacuated? They had to stay the night in a dusty, debris covered, cramped closest?'
"I know it's a lot a take in, but there isn't much we can do but sleep here tonight and plan for tomorrow" Daichi said.
Everyone nodded.
Tanaka then made his way over to everyone sitting against the wall and handed the first aid kit to Ennoshita.
Ennoshita took out some disinfected and bandages for Kageyamas hands and started wrapped them. Daichi grabbed medical masks and handed them out to everyone, telling them it'd keep them from breathing in all the dust flying around and avoid getting sick.
Daichi handed two to Suga, one for him and one for Hinata.
"Um Daichi... what should we do about Hinata?"
Suga asked, looking down at Hinata, who was still passed out in his arms.
Daichi rested his hand on Hinata's forehead.
"The only thing I can think of is keep him propped up and take turns watching him throughout the night. Also," he said zipping up Hinata's jacket.
"Make sure he's warm, so he doesn't get sick."
Suga nodded.
"I'll watch him first" he said.
"Alright. Wake me when you feel tired and then I'll watch him."
Daichi said.
"I-I can help watch him too!"
Kageyama piped up.
"No, no" Ennoshita said.
"You need rest as well. I'll watch him after Daichi. Don't worry, he won't be alone"
Kageyama wanted to be there for Hinata, but knew he shouldn't try arguing with Ennoshita again.
He nodded sadly, and hesitantly made his way over to the others, who were gathering together to go to sleep.
Before he got there someone grabbed his arm.
"You should still sleep near Hinata" Daichi said, with a warm smile on his face.
Kageyama nodded. He was happy that he could be near Hinata, but didn't show it as he made his way next to Suga.
"I'm gonna try and sleep a little" Daichi said to Suga.
"Don't hesitate to wake me if you're tired"
Suga nodded, then looked to Kageyama.
"You can rest your head on my shoulder"
Kageyama thought for a minute, but then decided to take him up on his offer, and laid his head down.
At first he couldn't get comfortable, but after a couple minutes, he was indulged in sleep.
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Hinata slowly blinked open his eyes, to be face to face with darkness.
His muscles ached and he was sweating but cold. He had a headache and was started to panic when he didn't know where he was.
He was breathing heavily and noticed he was wearing a medical mask.
He quickly yanked it off his face so he could breathe better.
He sat up trying to find any source of light or something to firgure out where he was.
He wasn't in his room or even at home. Whatever he was laying on wasn't his bed. What was he laying on?
He turned around and saw Sugawara. His eyes closed and head falling to the side.
'Is he dead?!?!'
Hinata thought, and started to panic more are scrambled away.
He was panting and sweating more. His muscles barely working enough to move.
He was scooting himself backwards, when he felt a hand on his shoulder and his name being called.
"Hinata?" They asked.
Hinata didn't know who it was and started freaking out, screaming and crying, trying to get away from whoever was calling him.
"Hinata. Hinata! It's okay! It's just me. Daichi." The person said calmly.
Hinata opened his eyes that he had squinted shut, and saw Daichi looking at him worried.
"It's okay Hinata. You're okay."
He said, rubbing his back.
"Dai..." he sniffled,
"Dai-San. Where are we? What happened to Suga-san?"
"Shh, it's okay Hinata. Suga's okay. He's just sleeping. We're in the gym supply closet. There was an earthquake and you passed out."
He informed.
"We...what? Why are we still here? Is everyone okay?"
Hinata asked.
"The earthquake destroyed the school and gym. We're lucky it didn't destroy the closet too."
Hinata gasped.
'Everything? Destroyed?'
He thought
"What about town? Or Miyagi?"
"We don't know yet. Everything around the school was destroyed."
Daichi knew he shouldn't have told Hinata, but lying would be worse.
Hinata looked down, and starting crying again. He sobbed quietly while staring at the ground.
Daichi sat next to Hinata and pulled him into his lap, shushing and comforting him.
"It's okay Hinata. We'll get through this" Daichi said softly, running his hand though Hinata's hair.
"B-but" he sniffled.
"What i-if... what about all those people. Our family's. Do you think they're okay?"
Daichi was silent. He hadn't thought about his parents, being preoccupied with helping his team mates that he suddenly become really worried.
"Dai-San?"
Hinata called.
Daichi snapped out of his thoughts. As much as he was worried about his family, he had to be strong for the others.
He was about to say something, when Hinata sneezed and grabbed his head.
He made a sound of discomfort as he sneezed again, followed by coughing.
Daichi held him closer.
"Are you cold Hinata?"
He asked
Hinata nodded his head.
"My whole body hurts too"
He quietly said.
Daichi hoped this wouldn't happen, but it did. Hinata was sick. Sick and there was nothing Daichi could do for him or give him.
Daichi rubbed Hinata's back.
"Well try and sleep for now, and we'll find something tomorrow. And don't worry. I'm sure everyone is fine"
Hinata knew Daichi.
Daichi was his captain.
His captain is trust worthy, loyal, strong, and kind.
Hinata trusted Daichi's words, and decided to let them comfort him as he fell asleep in his lap.