'Inaasahan namin kayo, Shiratorizawa'
'We got this far Karasuno, Let's win this damn finals!'


"We will now begin the Japanese National High School Volleyball tournament. Miyagi Prefecture Qualifiers. Boy's Finals. The match will be Miyagi prefectural Karasuno High School vs. Shiratorizawa Academy." Sambit ng emcee. Pumalakpak naman kami dahil 'dun.


'It's finally starting'


Tinawag naman sina Daichi at Ushijima para makipagkamay sa isa't-isa bilang captains. 'Wooo tense'


"We will now introduce the Karasuno high School starting lineup"


Pinangunahan ito ni #1 Sawamura Daichi at saka naglakad papunta kung saan nakatayo sina Coach, Sir at Shimizu para makipagapir bago pumunta sa court. Ganun din ang ginawa nung mga sumunod sa kaniya. #3 Azumane Asahi, #5 Tanaka Ryuunoske,  #9 Kageyama Tobio, #10 Hinata Shouyo, #11 Tsukishima Kei at ng Libero #4 Nishinoya Yu. Binati rin si Sir Takeda Ittetsu. Pinalakpakan naman namin sila saka kami nagcheer ng malakas!


"Next, we will introduce the Shiratorizawa Academy starting lineup"


Woah, woah! 'Yan na! Pinangunahan ni #1 Ushijima Wakatoshi. Gumawi din ito kung nasaan ang coach nila at nakipagkamay bago pumuntang court. Sumunod sa kaniya si #4 Oohira Leon, #5 Tendou Satori, #8 Goshiki Tsutomi, #10 Shirabu Kenjiro, #12 Kawanishi Taichi at Libero #14 Yamagata Hayato at ang Coach nila na si Mr. Washijo Tanji.


"Ladies and gentlemen, please cheer on both teams and wish them good luck!" Sambit ulit ng emcee saka kami nagsipagpalakpakan.

Nagsalita naman sa gilid ko si Saeko-neesan. "I'm starting to feel their nerves" saka kami tumangong tatlo nina Sir Takinoue at Sir Shimada.

'Same tayo ng wavelength char!'

"Akala ko magiging okay na sila after mag spike ni Hinata kaninang warm-up" Dagdag pa ni Sir Shimada.

"Well, this is a path Shiratorizawa has gone down many times" sambit ni Sir Takinou sa kaniya "On the other hand, Karasuno is in the finals and playing center court for the first time"

Oo, tama. Kaya hindi natin sila masisisi kung kabahan sila ng sobra.

Katabi rin pala namin 'yung kuya ni Tsukishima na nahuli ni Saeko-neesan at pinagkamalang spy ng Shiratorizawa.

"Edi kung ito 'yung first time nila? Have they never played a best of 5 before?" Tanong nito. Maalala ko, best of 5 pala ang finals na'to parang play ng mga pro sa TV. Up until now they played best of 3's and the first 2 sets won pero sa finals first 3 sets wins, Champ kana.

Nagulat naman dun si Saeko-neesa saka nagsalita. "That's gonna be super tiring! asar!"

"Yeah, I'm worried about their stamina." Malungkot na sabi ni Sir Shimada, nadala naman sa lungkot si Sir Takinoue kaya dalawa na silang parang depress na nakayuko.

Napick-up naman nila ang sarili nila nung pagalitan sila ni Saeko-neesan.

"We can't be the ones who are gloomy!"

Bumalik na ang tingin namin sa court. Mukhang nagtataka sina Sir Shimada sa rotation ng Karasuno. Usually kasi kapag sila ang service palaging inuuna nila sina Azumane at Kageyma na may powerful service o kaya si Hinata na nasa harap bilang scoring machine.

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