Haikyuu: The Monarch - Chapter 21

Alright…let the first battle between the monster generation begin!” Shou shouted as he let out a monstrous amount of pressure and threw the ball up into the air

“Come at me!” Kazuto shouted

‘That was a good throw…’ Shou thought as did his approach, kicked off the ground, and took flight

‘ah shit already? … ‘ Kazuto thought as he turned to Kiryuu and shouted, “Kiryuu move to the left a bit I’ll cover this entire area!”

Kiryuu nodded as he shuffled to the left a bit while still keeping his eyes on the ball

Shou adjusted to the ball perfectly, twist his body right, pulled his elbow back, and when the ball is in the perfect position, he twisted his body back and slammed his hand right into the ball with all his might

The ball suddenly disappeared and reappear right next to Kazuto

“Geh!” Hinata unconciously shouted out as he watch the ball suddenly disappear and reappear

Kazuto immediately jumped and got behind the ball at high speed, lowered himself and stretched out his arm, the ball flew and hit Kazuto’s arm which made him fall back a bit before bouncing back up perfectly to Atsumu

“Counter! Counter!” Kazuto shouted as he regains his balance

“Bokkun! You better spike a good one!” Atsumu shouted as he set a perfect ball to Bokuto

“Nice toss Tsum-Tsum!” Bokuto shouted with a smile as he he did his approach, kicked off the ground and flew up

Kuroo immediately moved, and shuffled his feet in front of Bokuto and jumped up to block him as he released a pressure that screams: “C’mon you dumbass owl… try and hit a straight, I dare you, I know you can’t….”

‘Urghh such pressure…’ Bokuto thought as he adjust to use his signature super cross

Looking at the scene, Kuroo suddenly gave a sinister smile as separate his left arm and moved his hand to the predicted path of the cross and shouted, “Hahahahah!! You fell for it you horned owl bastard!!”

The ball flew for a millisecond before hitting Kuroo’s hand and bouncing back down to the opponent’s court

But before the ball hit the ground, a hand perfectly slid under it, saving it from touching the ground

“C’mon! one more time let’s go!” Kazuto shouted with a smile as he stood back up

“Alright!” Atsumu shouted as he took a perfect first step and got under the ball before setting the ball to Ushijima

Ushijima ran and did a 3 step approach before kicking off the ground and took flight

Hoshiumi and Oikawa immediately moved and went up for the block

“Ushiwaka bastard you’re so dead now!!” Oikawa shouted with a sinister smile

“Brace yourself..” Ushijima said calmly as he smash the ball towards Oikawa’s arms with all his might

The ball broke through Oikawa arms as it head for the attack line.

“I know I know I forgot damn it!!” Oikawa shouted back

However Nishinoya quickly reacted and dived for it the ball, when it was about to hit the ground, Nishinoya managed to save it by sliding his hand under it

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“Kageyama who are these guys??” Hinata asked excitedly

“They’re the top players of this country..” Kageyama answered

“Eh?? Top Players?!?” Hinata was now even more surprise

“Yeah, every year on the first saturday after the new school year starts, they would gather right here and play for hours..” Kageyama said

Kageyama then pointed at Shou, “Asata Shou of Nekoma, the Top 1 Ace of Japan, he was an U19 representative of Japan for the Youth World Championship, it could be said that he’s already a world class Ace, even Nicollas Romero have to admit that..”

Then to Kazuto, “Hiroshi Kazuto of Fukurodani, Top 1 Libero of Japan, also was an U19 representative of Japan for the Youth World Championship, his defensive capabilities is suffocating and annoying even in International level. he’s also the only one in highschool level that can truly go against Asata Shou”

“Bokuto Koutarou of Fukurodani, the top 3 Ace, energetic and crazy but his skills aren’t a joke”

“Kiryuu Wakatsu of Mujinazaka, the top 5 Ace, he is able to hit any set whether it is bad or not”

“Sakusa Kiyoomi of Itachiyama, the top 5 Ace, he’s annoying to deal with due to the fact that the spin he crates on the ball is real nasty”

“Kuroo Tetsurou of Nekoma, although there is not official ranking for middle blockers, it could be said that he’s one of the best and smartest middle blocker of Japan …”

“Nishinoya Yuu, he’s also an outstanding libero, I believe that he is also in Karasuno but I don’t know what he’s doing”

“There’s also the Miya twins of Inarizaki, Miya Atsumu and Miya Osamu, the strongest twin of Japan”

“Hoshiumi Korai of Kamomedai, he was named ‘The little giant’ by many during his first year in the national, although he’s not a top Ace, his skills are above there with all of the others”

“And lastly my senior, Oikawa Tooru of Aoba Johsai, in my opinion he’s the best setter I’ve ever known, his sets are so perfect they can match any types of spikers, I get goosebump even till now thinking about it…”

“T-t-top players?!?!?! ” Hinata shouted

“Aren’t you scared of them?!?” Hinata asked

“Yeah I am….. these guys are monsters among monsters, how can I not be scared..” Kageyama said as a smile slowly formed on his face, “we have to train harder… Or else we won’t be able to keep up with them… ”

“….” Hinata nodded as he calmed himself down, but then suddenly Hinata remembered something, “Wait… That guy the Top 1 Ace I feel like I’ve met him before”

“You probably saw him on TV or something, he’s pretty well-known” Kageyama shrugged

“Maybe..”

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“Oika-san!!!” Hoshiumi shouted

“Alright I get it!! Go do your thing. Korai-chan!!” Oikawa shouted as he set a perfect ball to Hoshiumi

‘Beautiful…’ Hoshiumi thought as he ran and did his approach, kicked off the ground and flew up

“That vert is way higher than mine…” Hinata said as his competitive spirit began to rise

“Don’t be surprise… He’s the disciple of that Asata Shou..” Kageyama commented

“woah.. Disciple of the top 1 Ace…. That’s so cool…” Hinata said with stars in his eyes

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Hoshiumi flew up and met with Ushijima and Atsumu trying to block him

Hoshiumi carefully analyzed the situation before swing his arms and slammed the ball towards the side of Atsumu’s

“Shit… Kazu-san!” Atsumu shouted as he watched the ball fly away from the court

“I got I got it!!” Kazuto shouted as he dived for it and hit it back to the court perfectly to Atsumu

“Bokkun!!” Atsumu called out as he set the ball to Bokuto

“Grr…. God. Damn it…” Bokuto said as he hit the ball softly towards Kuroo’s hand,

the ball bounced off Kuroo’s hand and rebounded back to Bokuto

“Tsum-Tsum one more time!!” Bokuto shouted ad he volley the ball back to Atsumu

“God damn it this is the third time!! you better score this shit!!” Atsumu shouted back in annoyance as he set the ball back to Bokuto again

Bokuto did his approach, with his full power he kicked off the ground and flew high up

Kuroo also jumped up and stretched his arms over the net

‘…..’ Bokuto stared at the block in full concentration as he brought his hand up and slammed it right into the ball, going for his signature straight

The ball completely ignored Kuroo’s hand before heading towards the line, however, before the ball make contact with the ground, a hand slid under it saving it

“Oika high, a bit away from the net!” Shou shouted as he stood back up and got ready

“Yes yes Asata-san!” Oikawa said jokingly as he moved under the ball and tossed the ball like Shou demanded

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“Oh… The Top 1 Ace guy is going into action!!” Hinata said excitedly

“…” Kageyama on the other hand stayed quiet as he continued to watch the match

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“Oh? A perfect set?…” Shou thought with a smile as he did his approach, before using his full power, kicked off the ground before the attack line and soar high up

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“Geh! What the hell his stomach almost is reaching over the net!” Hinata shouted

“I believe his max spiking reach is over 4 meter…” Kageyama mentioned

“f-fourrr meter?!?!?” Hinata screamed

“But he’s not just all about the vert, his spiking technique I would say it’s perfect…”

[A/n: I know it ain’t realistic but it’s anime, so fuċk it!]

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Shou flew up and met with a three man block consisting of Bokuto, Atsumu and Ushijima

Shou twisted his body back, pulled his elbow back, and as the ball got into the perfect position, he instantly twisted his body and swung his arms and slammed his hand into the ball, and snapped his wrist before it left his hand

And with the momentum and strength generated by Shou, the ball suddenly disappeared and reappeared next to Kazuto and Kiryuu

“Grr!!” Kazuto gritted his teeth as he took a step and stretched and got his arms under the ball

The ball made contact with Kazuto arms which made him fall back before the ball was sent flying high up and back to the opponent’s court

“Shit! Sorry!” Kazuto shouted as he held his arms that is in pain due to the ball

Shou moved to the ball and got ready to receive it, but then suddenly a smile formed on his face

“Chance b- YOO WHAT ARE YOU DOIN!!” Kuroo shouted as he watch Shou hit the ball high, high up back to the opponent’s court

“Kazu… Let’s spice things up a bit!” Shou shouted as his smile got wider as he closed his eyes

“Tch I was gonna say the same thing!” Kazuto shouted back as his expression suddenly morphed into a vicious smile and shut close his eyes

*Crackle Crackle*

It was then that the noise of lightning crackling sounded out, the suffocating pressure and aura of the Monarch and Guardian exploded out and began to clash with each other

As Shou opened his eyes, the majestic silver and golden electricity that is shinning even brighter than before began to leak out of his eye

On the other hand, Jet black electricity that is as deep as the night began to ooze out as Kazuto open his eyes

—-

W-what…. The hell is this…. It’s

.. Suffocating.. … ” Hinata said as his eyes widened to the limit

“They’re about to go all out….” Kageyama said in excitement as he try to resist the pressure

“I’m going to get closer!” Hinata said as he jumped up from his seat and ran closer to the court

“Oi! You dumbass wait!!” Kageyama shouted as followed Hinata from behind

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“Oh c’mon!! You two motherfuckers know we can’t open that damn gate as we wished!!” Bokuto and Kuroo shouted in jealousy as they watch the two enter the zone

‘I have to increase my pace or else I won’t be able to catch up to them…’ Oikawa and Atsumu both thought as they went into full concentration

“Sensei is getting serious now…” Nishinoya and Hoshiumi muttered with an exciting smile

‘Tch…. . I still can’t open it as I wish yet…’ Ushijima thought as he attemped to open the huge metalic gate of the Zone that didn’t even budge

“Alrighttt….” Kazuto said as he looked at the ball in the air that is approaching, “Let’s go!!”, he shouted as he received the ball

Atsumu immediately moved under the ball, looked deep into Osamu’s eyes before getting ready to jump up

Osamu, realizing his intention, immediately began to run and accelerate his speed up to the max to do a quick approach before kicking off the ground, flew up and swung his arm

‘この位置 (This Position..) … このタイミング(This Timing.. ) …..この角度 (This Angle..) ….ドンピシャ(Dead on… )…..’ Atsumu thought with a vicious smile as he absorbed the ball and tossed it straight towards Osamu’s hand

The ball immediately appeared in front Osamu’s hand before he swung his arm and slammed his hand into the ball

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“Huh?!?!??…. T-that’s…. ” Kageyama muttered in shock

“T-that’s….. Our…. Weirdo… quick…” Hinata said in disbelief

‘No… It’s faster…..’ Kageyama thought as his eyes began widening to the limit

—-

Osamu smashed the ball with all his might, the ball immediately flew to the direction of the right corner

But it was at that moment, when the ball was about to cross the net, a hand suddenly appeared and shut down the ball

—

‘H-he…. Blocked it…..’ Hinata thought in amazement

“No way….” Kageyama muttered with his eyes still widen to the limit

“We have to go against these guys in the future?!? He just shut down that quick like it was nothing! ” Hinata suddenly shouted

“Shut up dumbass that’s why I said that we need to train!!” Kageyama shouted back

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“Ehh?.. I was wondering why you guys were looking at each other like that, so that’s why…” Kuroo said with sly smile as he was landing back down

“Geh! Kuro-san! That was perfect can’t yer let it go for once?!?” Atsumu complained

“Nyahaha I just jumped on instinct” Kuroo said with a smile

The ball was about to drop when Kazuto hand slid under it, saving it once again

And it was then that, all of the monsters realized that the first battle hasn’t ended yet and got back to full concentration

Atsumu immediately took his first step and got under the ball before setting it to Bokuto

“Kurooooo come up here damn it!!” Bokuto shouted as he did his approach and flew up

“You’re so lucky I was distracted for a moment!” Kuroo shouted as he jumped up and used the soft block technique

The ball hit Kuroo’s hand before bouncing back to the sky and went in the direction of Shou

Shou silently raised his thumbs above and behind his index finger, pushed it down and cracked his index finger as he looked at the incoming ball

“….” Oikawa looked at his spiker with an excited smile as he muttered, “He’s completely immersed in the Zone already.. ”

Shou raised his hands up and volley the ball over to Oikawa perfectly. Oikawa looked at the ball, smiled, jumped up and tossed a perfect ball back to Shou

Shou ran and did his approach, with every step accompanied by the sound of lightning crackling, as Shou completed his last step the sound of thunder roaring resounded out as he kicked off the ground and flew up

The monarch flew up and met with a three man block who are determine to block his path to the Guardian

Shou inhaled and held his breath as he twisted and his body to the right and pulled his elbow back ready for a massive swing

When the ball is in the perfect position, Shou twisted his body back and swung his arm and slammed the ball with all his might

The ball immediately break through Osamu’s arms with a bang before disappearing and reappeared in front of Kazuto

‘Grr this guy Saitama or something? FUCK! IT HURTS!’ Osamu thought as watched his hand twitching from the pain

Kazuto lowered himself anf position his arms behind the ball and brace himself for the impact

“Grr” He bit his lip as the ball hit his arm causing him to fall back and the ball to bounce high back to the opponents court

“Chance b- What the fuċk!!” Kuroo suddenly shouted as he was about to receive the ball when Shou suddenly did his approach and jumped over Kuroo and slammed his hand against the ball causing it to fly back at the Kazuto who is still on the ground

“Motherfucker! Give me a break!!” Kazuto shouted as he quickly adjusted himself on the ground and manage to somehow awkwardly receive the ball, but it flew to the back and away from the court

“Sensei that was so cool!! ” Nishinoya shouted with stars in his eyes

“I won’t give them an easy ball!” Kiryuu muttered in determination ad he chased the ball, and when he got close enough he jumped, twist and spin his body back and smashed the ball with all his might

The ball flew over the net and into the left corner of Shou’s court, but Sakusa was there to cover

“Heheheheh I finally was able to touch the ball today…” Sakusa muttered with a kind of crazed expression as he volley the ball with difficultly to Oikawa

Oikawa moved under the ball and was about to set to Sakusa for a back attack from the left, but it was then that he felt a pressure that sent chills down his spine

Oikawa looked at the direction and there he sees Shou smiling viciously due to the intensity as he cracked another one of his finger

“Tch Monarch?… He’s more like an Asura than a Monarch…” Oikawa muttered with a smile as he once again set the ball to Shou

Shou ran and accelerate, did a quick approach, before kicking the off the ground and soar up

‘He increased his speed!!’ Atsumu thought as he quickly tried and jump for the block

Shou twisted his torso to the right, pulled his elbow back,

“百パーセント(100 percent..)….” Shou muttered with a vicious smile as he twisted his torso back and swung his arm at high speed and slammed his hand into the ball

And with a thunderous boom the ball immediately vanish and appeared in front of Kazuto once again

“Huh?” Nishinoya unconsciously muttered in shock as witness the speed of the ball

Kazuto, despite being surprise for a second, lowered himself a bit and stretched his arms out in a quick motion

“Eh?” Kazuto said in confusion as he watch the ball made contact with his arm with a loud bang, but it didn’t bounce away, instead in stayed there

Everyone immediately fell back when they saw that the ball stopped moving due to the intensity of the rally

” What happened?” Kuroo asked

“The ball got deflated..” Kazuto said as he took the deflated ball from his arm and showed it to everyone

“I think it’s already a bit worned out already and Shuu did the final blow..” Bokuto sighed

“Ay don’t worry I got another ball” Oikawa said as he took one from his bag

“Alright let’s go again!! My adrenaline is already pumping” Atsumu shouted with a smile as he stood back up

Although everyone was already tired, they were still smiling viciously

‘Now matter how tired I might be, I can’t stop, I have to continue to be able to catch up with these monsters around me…’ They all thought as they stood up and got ready for another battle

The gathering continued with the same intensity, Kageyama and Hinata was getting more amazed by the second

In the middle of the gathering Kuroo, Bokuto, and Ushijima finally opened the gate and entered the zone

And to ended all off they did a match of Kazuto and Shou vs all, this time the monster managed to corner Shou and Kazuto a bit more but still was ultimately defeated by the two

“Ugh… I’m pooped…” Oikawa sighed as he collapse on the court after the match ended

“Oika-san yer set was beautiful today hahah!” Atsumu chuckled as he sat down next to Oikawa

“You too Tsum-chan with that weird super quick, I won’t lose to you if we ever was opponent in a real game” Oikawa said with a smile

“Tche as if I would lose to ya” Atsumu retaliated

“Tsumu we gotta train that quick more..” Osamu said as he also sat down mext to Atsumu

“I know… My set are still not that accurate…” Atsumus said as he looked at his hand

In another area Ushijima and Kiryuu was doing their stretches together

“Kiryuu Wakatsu, that last spike was good..” Ushijima suddenly said

“That block out was nice as well..” Kiryuu said

“But, we still are no match against him, he’s too good…”

“I know…. But that’s no reason me to stop training… I have to get stronger..”

“That’s true…”

In another area Hoshiumi and Nishinoya was lying there with a tired expression

“Ughh…. I want to eat something…” Nishinoya yawned

“You up for some dumplings?” Hoshiumi asked

“Yeah sure, why not”

“Hey, Hey did I hear something about dumplings??” Bokuto asked excitedly as he buŧŧ in the conversation

“Hey…. Give me some dumplings..” Sakusa said as he went up along with Bokuto

“Keuh Omi-kun you sound like a bully in those animes..” Bokuto commented

“I don’t care nobody gets in between me and my dumplings” Sakusa said

“Looks like someone is having a bad day..” Nishinoya joked

“Yeh I am now give me my dumplings” Sakusa demanded

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“Kageyama…. we have to get stronger…” Hinata said as he looked at white haired player that is known as the Monarch of the Court

“Yeh I told you these guys are monsters among monsters…” Kageyama said as he looked at Oikawa and Atsumu

“Let’s go train…” Hinata said as he walked away with adrenaline still pumping inside of him

“Yeah…”

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In the bench area Shou and Kazuto was drinking some water while looking at the scene

“They definitely got better… Huh?” Kazuto commented

“Yeh, I think we somehow fuċkėd up the story a bit but, now it might be more interesting…” Shou said with a smile

“Let’s asked the coach to include Karasuno in the training camp more early that might help them…” Kazuto suggested

“Yeah was gonna do that after they have their practice match with Aoba Johsai…”

“Hey hey guys watch this…” Kyoko suddenly went behind Shou and Kazuto and pointed at the Atsoko who is slowly walking up to Kuroo

“Oh? It worked?” Shou asked

“Yeah it did, now we just watch the magic happen..” Kyoko said with a smirk as she went and sat next to Shou

In another area Kuroo was stretching alone as he did his self reflection, when he suddenly heard a voice from behind

“Tetsu…” Atsoko said as she sat down next to Kuroo

“Oh Atso-chan what’s wrong?” Kuroo asked as he felt something different in her voice

“Umm uhh a-anoo uhh…” Atsoko’s heartbeat got faster, and her face was turning flush red as time went on

“Eh? Atso-chan?? You okay?” Kuroo hurriedly said as he didn’t know what to do

“Tetsu…. d-do… y-you… want to go on a… d-date with me?….” Atsoko asked as she covered her face

“Eh?…” Kuroo was confused but he still heard what she said which caused his face to turn bright red as well

Kuroo, after a while, regained his composure and slowly stretched out his hand and grabbed Atsoko’s hand and gently pulled it away from her face

“Atso-chan do you perhaps like m-me?” Kuroo carefully asked

“..um” after a while Atsoko nodded

“Ehhh?? Really??” Kuroo asked in surprised

“Tetsu…. You haven’t a-answer my question…” Atsoko said softly

“Ah yeah, I w-wanna go on a date with you…” Kuroo answered

“Really?” Atsoko asked in which she got a nod back in return

“Man c’mon what is this…” Shou said as he walked to Kuroo and Atsoko and sat down

“Don’t you guys know each other for like 5-6 years already, why are you guys so awkward?” Kyoko asked

“Yeh and you got a problem about it?” Kuroo asked

“Yup, now let me just tell you guys about it..” Shou smiled then proceed to tell them about how they have been hiding their feelings from one another the whole time

“Ahh no stop it Sho its embarrassing!! Grr if you don’t stop I’m gonna make your life a living hell!! ” Atsoko threatened as she covered her ears

“Motherfucker I told you not to tell that story!!” Kuroo shouted as he chased Shou around

After a while they stopped as Kuroo was tired to take another step, Shou and Kazuto offered to treat everyone ramen and they all went to Ramen Ichiraku and had a blast (and some food ȯrġȧsm) before parting ways

The monsters all went home, but none of them slept, they all started to train and train again and again until they can’t move anymore

after today they finally realized that the gap between them and the Guardian and Monarch has definitely decreased a bit, but the gap is still huge.

“I’ll stand next to them one day…” They all held up the volleyball as they declared in their mind

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[A/n: Hey guys it’s author-sama here finally finish grinding this chapter, whatchu think if the chapter? , also I tried to include some japanese in there to get some cool effect out of it, how is it? I know this might cause my ff to lose the ability to be voted but meh Idc Im just writing this for fun anyways :/

Btw I’ve seen other ff (Like “Rotten Purity: A MHA Fanfic [Japanese symbol in Chapter 16]” it’s pretty good u should check it out) with Japanese symbol in them but I can still vote powerstone on to them, how is that possible? Can anyone explain?

But yeh that’s it I’m not feelin well today so Ima just go back to sleep

Goodnight ❤️]