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2011. That was when earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, changing thousands of lives. 

And Kobayashi Yuki is just one of them.

A month ago, he was just a normal boy, graduating from a small middle school in Fukushima and was excited to go to the high school. However, the disaster changed his life. He lost both parents, not because they died, but because they were still missing until now. 

He lost his home. He lost his friends. He lost his school. He lost everything.

Having no choice, he moved to Tokyo, to a small, new orphanage to accommodate victims of the disaster who didn't have any home or wanted to change their lives in the biggest city in Japan. In his mind, all he wanted to do was enter a normal high school, do a part-time job, make some money to help the orphanage, and maybe if he were lucky enough he could be admitted into a good university with a scholarship.

However, one challenge from the volleyball team and one half-Italian blonde boy turned everything upside down. Now, he was trapped inside the crazy team, being dragged into the mess.

Inter-High.

National Tournament.

Volleyball.

Those three words kept spinning around his life as he entered a crazy high school life. Can he strive in the place where he was unfamiliar with? Would he be a good volleyball player? And what does the future hold for him?

The Birth of A Volleyball Legend

The second set had already run for about fifteen minutes and added to how the first set went, honestly, this was the best performance Akira had seen from his players this year. Everyone did their role perfectly, only making a few small mistakes like Riku's reckless tendency to show off or Koji who seemed to forget he could avoid the opponent's blockers rather than trying to break through them with a brute force several times that could be ignored in the grand scheme at the end of the day.

Akira nodded satisfactorily as once again, Kaede was able to save the opponent's attack. Kaede might not participate in the offense as much as Akira's liking, but the boy knew full well how to do his role as Tsunemori's gatekeeper. The boy's stability on the back side was probably what made Akira feel assured the most.

"Asa, cover it up for me!" Riku asked when he saw the ball was far from his direction.

Domination!