How to fly with clipped wings (English ver.) HAIKYUU!! FAN FICTION

Chapter 30: The Head Injury

"Alright Mikaela, what've you got on Wakunan?"

Mikaela grinned wickedly at the opportunity to talk about their next opponent. "I think the better question is, what don't I have on Wakunan?"

Ukai rolled his eyes. "Okay, what don't you have?"

"Nothing," she said proudly, holding out her notebook. "Next to nothing."

The boys were warming up on the court, and the tension was high. The coach had point-blank stated that Wakunan was a bad match-up for them, so the tension was understandable. Based off of her information, Mikaela agreed with him.

"Wakunan overall is very similar to Nekoma," she started, shrugging, "they're great at defense and solid on offense. Their biggest stand-out player on offense is Nakashima Takeru- he's the one with the family fan club- and he's great at tooling blocks. Fans have started calling him the next Little Giant."

Ukai grunted. "Hinata will have fun going up against him."

Mikaela frowned. "I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic or not. Anyways, they're pretty average on offense with the exception of this dude. Are you sure you don't want any more information? Birthday, that family of his, their birthdays and personal issues, his friends, his-"

"No!" Daichi and Ukai interrupted in unison.

She pouted. "Not even his favourite food?"

Takeda looked up from his statistics sheets. "You know his favourite food?"

"Zunda mochi," Mikaela replied with a proud grin.

Ukai shook his head. "My god."

Daichi sighed and shook his head. "Thanks, Mikaela. We're about to start. You gonna head up to the stands?"

"Yes, captain," she replied, waving to the rest of the team before heading back to the stands. The Wakunan game was bound to be a tough one, especially if the team was as tenacious as the multiple online videos had shown. They were a tough team for anyone, but for wild and crazy Karasuno? This was going to be a nightmare.

"Hey, Miss Manager."

Mikaela raised an eyebrow. "I have a name, you know."

"Sorry," Shimada apologized, rubbing the back of his head sheepishly. "Takinoue asked you yesterday, and I didn't quite hear it, and unfortunately he isn't around today to remind me. He has to work."

"Mikaela," she said shortly, turning to the rail. She crossed her arms and leaned forward as Daichi shook hands with Nakashima.

He muttered another apology and they both were about to turn back to the game when someone else piped up. "Oh, this is so exciting!" a female voice said loudly, and Mikaela turned to see a vaguely familiar girl in a leather jacket with short blonde hair walking towards them. "Even just watching this kinda gets the blood pumping, you know?"

Mikaela frowned. "Hi?"

The woman turned towards the court and grinned. "Ryu! Hey, Ryu-chan!"

Tanaka turned towards her and then flinched away. "Geh!"

Nishinoya, on the other hand, looked thrilled. "Bis sis Saeko! Hey!"

"Ah," Mikaela said knowingly, nodding. "You're Tanaka's older sister."

"Yep!" Saeko said with a cheerful grin. "He's the best, ain't he?"

Mikaela sighed to herself, slumping onto the railing as she waited for the match to begin. Wakunan had the first serve, which Daichi effortlessly received. Kageyama used the opportunity to jump straight into the freak quick, and Hinata easily secured the team's first point. Mikaela was really enjoying the surprised noises coming from Nakashima's cheer squad, and apparently so was Shimada, because he was cackling to himself.