"It is 1-1 in the final Set of this Volleyball Matchup of Wangbeol High vs Cheongni Academy. Currently the score is 17-20, and Cheongni Academy is match point, However Wangbeol Wing Spiker, Yūto Asuka is up to serve. Will he be the spark that this Wangbeol team needs?"
I hear the crowd chanting, "CHE-ONG-NI" They're louder than us. The game is over. I can't think. The Game is over. Our two geniuses aren't playing well. The Game… It's over. The team isn't gluing together… We need someone to step up… I would start smirking 'Why not me?' I think to myself.
I would take 7 Steps back and start bouncing the volleyball 3 times before holding it out in front of me with my right hand. The whistle blows. I throw the ball up with one hand and our crowd chants "OOOOOOOOOO" as the ball is in the air, I take five steps back up and jump up in the air, and as soon as I hit the top of my jump, the ball would fall into place. Perfect Timing. I would swing at the ball, and it would zip through the air like lightning, hitting the back out of bounds lines. Cheongni's Energy would be sucked out of the arena, just by the serve. This is the moment you get Hooked on volleyball.
"LEYYYYYYYYYY!" Our crowd chants in excitement. "What a serve from the First Year, Yūto Asuka! That serve alone DEVOURED the energy in Cheongni's Section! Lets see what his next serve does!" The TV Announcer, Eun-Ji would state as he awaited my next serve, the same confidence would remain as I took another 7 steps back and once again bounced the ball three times and held the ball out in my right hand and got ready to throw it up in the air. The whistle once again blows and I tossed the ball up in the air and I took my 5 step approach and would jump up in the air, and as i hit my jump peak, once again… The ball fell into place. I would hit it with all my might and their libero would receive it, but the ball would go back into our court.
"FREE BALL!" I yell, as I would pass it to the setter, Hyun Hye, and he would jump up into the air. 'The Best Route here would be an A Pas-' Hyun's thought process would be interrupted by the pressure I would give off, my aura would be devouring his, and I began jumping up for a back row attack. My aura would practically say 'Toss me, or you won't be able to play volleyball anymore' and he obliged. He set me a back row attack and I would destroy the ball, which would practically teleport behind the middle blocker and land in bounds. As I landed the crowd would once again cheer, and I cracked my neck as I got the ball back.
As I began doing my routine, I would hear the whistle. Coach had subbed in the pinch server in order to get the deuce points. A Tactical Decision that would make sense for any other situation, than this. It would kill our momentum and as the Pinch Server hit his jump float serve, the Opposing Libero would have got the easy receive and would pass it to the setter, who would pass to their Star Wing Spiker, Eun-Young. Who would spike all over our defense and the comeback was dead. A Heartbreaking loss against the top ranked team in Daeju Prefecture.
Our teams would shake hands and take the bows. We were going home losers, and they were going to Nationals in order for a chance to win the Championship. All I was thinking to myself, what would've happened if I stayed in the game for longer, if coach had let me eat for longer… Had I not looked like I was starting to enjoy the food? This day, had created a monster… A monster that would lay dormant until a specific tournament… The TruAce Tournament.