Chapter 32- Sports Festival Starts!

Kageyama POV

It was finally the day, sports festival has is going to start in a few minutes. Students around all year were wearing sports uniform, our class looked excited especially sudo.

Hehe~ this sports festival will be one to remember.

"Yosha! Let's do our best guys!" Sudo shouted with a pumped fist as he smiled, everyone shouted following him in hype.

I was smiling too.

"You seem excited." Ayanokoji said to me as I looked at him.

"Yup I sure am, what about you?" I asked.

"The usual." I sighed as I shook my head.

"Ayanokoji, I put you in few individual events so try to get 3rd or 2nd at the least all right?" I asked him as he looked at me instantly.

"What do you mean? I thought we already discussed about the lineups?" He asked as I chuckled.

"Yeah we did but I changed it last minute." I said to him as he sighed.

"So now I have to work out of my zone?" He asked as I nodded.

"Yup! Well all I'm asking is for you to get second or third position in the individual events and if you do that I'll treat you to some ice cream, I heard there's some tasty tasty caramel vanilla combo up with strawberry sundae ice cream." I said to him as I saw a weird glint of interest in his eyes.

"I see…. So all I have to do is get 2nd or 3rd?" He asked as I nodded.

"Yeah." Not responding to me he walked away, is he thinking about the ice cream?

Well whatever! I shrugged my shoulders and walked to our class tent.

Anyway let's begin shall we…..

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First Year 100-m sprint boys

"Yosh! Let's do this Kageyama!" Sudo shouted as I nodded we both then lined up for the 100 m race, seeing class D's lineups I smirked.

Ryuen messed up big time~

"Ready…."

"Set….."

"Go!"

Hearing the signal, I ran at a fast pace leaving behind everyone and within 8 seconds I finished the race getting first, sudo came in second, third was shibata from class C and class D got both 7th and 8th place.

"Damn, Kageyama, I didn't know you were that fast." Sudo said as he wiped off his sweat.

"Yeah that speed was no joke…." Shibata said with a shock, he must be surprised I mean he's fast too, considering his in the football club they run constantly.

Well he would've have won, if I was just a ordinary guy.

Our class cheered for us, as for the girls horikita grabbed first place easily with onodera coming third.

In total we earned 52 points both girls and boys.

First Year 200-m sprint boys

It was time for another race but this time with ayanokoji.

Both of us walking to the track, I looked at him.

"Don't you dare hold back." I said to him as he looked at me.

"Of course." He said as I nodded.

Hearing the signal, I ran fast again getting first place and keeping his word ayanokoji got second, our class were surprised seeing ayanokoji run fast. The third place this time went to class A along with 8th and class D picking up 4th, 5th places, with class C picking sixth and seventh.

I then looked at the class A student who got 8th.

"Quite a slowpoke aren't you?"

"Hah?" The guy looked at me annoyed.

"You're particularly gonna bring your class down with that performance and with this one race." I said to him as ayanokoji looked at me.

"Hah!? Just because you won twice doesn't mean we're gonna lose! Katsuragi-san will show who's the boss today!" Bingo!

"Eh~ is that so? Well your leaders a baldy with no strategies because he's a loser and will be serving sakayanagi after this exam." I said to him as he showed an angry expression and held my collar.

"Don't you dare badmouth katsuragi-san like that!" He said as I looked at him with a smirk, this guy might be an even hard meat rider than that yahiko guy.

"Or what huh?" I asked as he sweated a bit before letting me go as his friend came and took him away.

"Kageyama-kun you good?" Hirata asked worriedly as me and ayanokoji both made our way back to the class tent.

"Yeah I'm good, he just got angry out of tiredness, isn't that right ayanokoji?" I asked with a smile as ayanokoji nodded.

"That's good." Hirata sighed, what a nice guy! At the amidst of everything, I glance kushida who nodded her head and walked off somewhere at the same time the same guy walked away from class A tent.

I smirked internally.

First phase planted~

For the girls horikita wins it again coming first with onodera coming second this time by a little difference. That would mean 106 points we're currently leading in the first year.

With the same pace we kept getting good positions for the hurdle and obstacles races.

Where for the boys I got first and ayanokoji got second for the hurdle race and in the girls horikita getting first while matsushita got third.

For the obstacle course sudo got first with hirata getting second and for the girls kushida got third while onodera got second.

That's 207 individual contests well if we add that with the points for participants of who I've recommended for the contest then that's 782 points.

Hehe~ slowly but steadily.

Standing at the corner, I saw kushida coming towards me with a smile.

"I did it, I called him up to the special annex building." She said with a smile as I nodded, to others it might look like we're just having a normal conversation if they were near us they would be a bit shocked.

"I see, good job." I said to her as she smiled and nodded.

"Did you tell him to bring other people like I asked?"

"Yeah, around 4 including him right?" She asked as I nodded.

"Yup I did that, he blushed like a loser and agreed instantly." Kushida said with an angelic smile as I chuckled.

"Alright, well I'll start phase 2 in break, good job till now." I said to her as I patted her head, she blushed before nodding.

Walking away from I got watched the other competitions, Manabu-senpai was completely destroying the others.

As expected of him.

In the original series nobody won in the first year getting deductions in the class points and if it happens the same for us, if team white doesn't win then my bet with sakayanagi, she'll win that is if we don't reach class A.

Yeah expelling four people from class A and getting their class points deducted will be satisfying.

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Pole Toppling

The only male event between every separate years.

"Well take the defence." Kanzaki said as I nodded, this was the only event where all class B boys got involved of course excluding koenji that guy dropped out.

"Well, let's do this guys!" Sudo shouted as everyone followed his lead.

Class A were defending while class D was attacking.

Hearing the signal, we started running as sudo the took the as expected class D targeted sudo who smirked.

"I knew this would happen but this was just the plan." He said as I smirked as class B boys surrounded the class D boys who surrounded sudo as Albert the big giant tried to get ants out while I moved forward.

"Kukuku, where do you think you're going?" Ryuen said as he got hold of my shoulders but that useless as I pushed him he flew away back to his few class A boys knocking them out.

"Yo Mr. 8th position." I said to guy who got pissed again as he came towards him, I ran towards and side stepped not before tripping him looking behind everyone was trying to stop Albert.

Finally catching up their pole, I started pushing it down as a lot of class A guys tried to pull me away but it was futile I was much stronger than these sissy boys.

Soon after I finally pushed the wooden log down.

Hearing the whistle everyone stopped.

"Victory goes to Team White of the first years!"

"Yosha!" Everyone on the white team shouted as I walked past ryuen.

"You're class is looking quite bad." I said to him as he side glanced at me.

"You should worry about your leader." He said before walking away.

Till now horikita didn't have any involvement with any class D students, could we still go to ryuen blackmailing horikita and ayanokoji saving her.

I guess some things can't be avoided huh?

Up next was the first year girls piggyback joust.

Looking at the field there's was various groups from each class 4 groups but the main one that I am sure of winning is the same team I chose.

This is different than cavalry fight instead of taking away the headband you push off the person who's on top.

In the end Team White won but something weird happened during the event kinoshita was knocked off by horikita but someone from class D was deliberately kicking horikita's right leg using the dirty trick she then pushed off horikita and 'accidentally' the class D girls of group stepped on horikita right ankle hardly, it may have been considered as an accident but it was quite clearly obvious to me, nothings changed in the end ayanokoji would save horikita.

Sitting on the bench alone horikita was looking down on the ground, I walked towards her.

"How's your ankle?" I asked her.

"I'll be fine there's nothing to worry about." She said as I nodded.

"Will you be able to go for the three legged race?" I asked.

"I told you I'll be fine!" She said as she looked down.

"You know, you don't really need to try getting his acknowledgment." I said to her as she looked at me shocked.

"What do you mean? No you don't even know anything." She said as I chuckled.

"I think I know a lot. Your brother told me a lot." I said to her as she looked at me wide eyes.

"Brother…did…?" She asked as I nodded.

"Do you know your brother lied when he said long hair would suit you? He actually wanted to see if you would really keep your hair long and it turned out to be right as he expected." I said to her as her eyes widened.

"You copied the way he was and how he did things. What he wanted was for you to be yourself! Not follow him till the ends. What he wants is for you to be yourself!" I said to her as her eyes widened.

"He wants you to grow for yourself and for him."

Is this called emotional manipulation chat? Hehe~

"So I'll ask you again horikita will you be okay for the three legged race?" I asked as she looked down before looking at me.

"…." She stayed quiet as I sighed.

"Sorry Kageyama-kun, I don't think I can compete anymore." She said as I widen my eyes in surprise before smiling.

"It's okay you should rest, I'll ask someone to fill in up for you." I said to her as she nodded her head, well she'll probably go and talk to manubu-senpai during the break.

"And horikita I think you would look good in short hair." I said to her and walked away, short horikita was different in the light novel that's when I started liking her character more.

"Well who won?" I asked hirata.

"Well Team Red won the Tamaire event." He said the only girls event was won by team red huh? Well too bad too sad.

Next was us boys turn for the piggyback joust, we won easily more like I pushed off everyone.

Finally it was break time, I could see the Mr. 8th place looking at kushida with lusty eyes before he and three other guys walked off somewhere.

With kushida following them silently.

Smirking to myself I started walking off somewhere too.

Time to start.....

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Ayanokoji POV

Looking at the score board we were leading by one point for now.

Team White: 7385

Team Red: 7384

"Aren't we doing good Kiyotaka?" Turning to my side Karuizawa said as I nodded.

"Yeah but why are you using my given name?" I asked as she chuckled.

"What's wrong with that? That's what friends do." She said as I nodded.

"Yeah I guess so."

"Hah?" As Karuizawa started talking to me I saw kushida walk off somewhere, with Kageyama doing the same and horikita walking off somewhere too.

Where are they going?