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Chapter 27 - The climax of a match

Richmond slams the ball past the block.

 "Yes!" Kurai gives him a thumbs up.

 "Nice spike…" Richmond nods.

 "Thanks" The Ref blows his whistle nearing the end of the second set. BCHS 15-20 LWTHS. Brakens setter sighs.

 "How are we supposed to get past them?" The captain looks at LakeWood Tech.

 "If we can't win off offense alone… Then we'll focus on defense… strengthen that wall Ika, Yuma" Ika and Yuma. Middle Blocker and Wing spiker respectivly agree. Lucas tossing the ball and jump serving it. The Libero receives it.

 "High!" The setter jumps up and dumps the ball over the net. Kurai stretching his long arms and bringing the ball up.

 "Lucas!" Lucas runs forward and setting the ball to richmond.

 "Richmond!" The blockers appear in front of him as he jumps. 'I can't loose here!' He pauses mid-air as he keeps going higher but the blockers start going down. 'How is he still going higher!?' Richmond hits the ball on the blockers fingertips. The whistle blows. BCHS 15-21 LWTHS. Lucas smirking. 'That was pure luck Richmond!' Lucas tosses the ball high and jump serving it. The Libero receives it as the setter sets it to the right. The Wing spiker jumping up and twisting to dodge the block. Ajax bringing it up easily.

 "kurai!" Kurai runs over to the ball. 'Have at it again… Ace!' Kurai sets the ball to the left. Richmond jumping up and spiking as the ball lands behind him.

 "Wha-" the whistle blows. BCHS 16-21 LWTHS. Kurai looks over.

 "Richmond… is everything okay?" Richmond looks over at Russ who's not paying attention and thinking to himself. Kurai turning to Russ and sighing. 'is this what causes this teams downfall?... Our coach not focusing!?' Kurai grits his teeth and goes to walks over. Lucas stopping him.

 "Hey… let him be… we can win this on our own…" Kurai angrily turns away. Braken's wing spiker overhand serving the ball. 'you won't stop me!' Ajax easily receives the ball

 "Kurai!" Kurai runs forward.

 "On it!" He prepares to set it to Richmond but stops when blockers appear. 'Sorry Richmond' Kurai sets the ball to the right where Xavier spikes the ball with no blockers. The whistle blows. BCHS 16-22 LWTHS. Kurai looks over at Richmond. Richmond in shock. 'i-im the Ace… he should have set to me' Richmond glares at Kurai who smirks. 'yes… use that rage to grow at an unprecedented speed… become a true monster!' Kurai walks forward to serve.

 "Good serve" he tosses the ball high and slamming it into the court as a whistle blows. Lucas was shocked with wide eyes. 'even this late in the game, his serve is still overpowering!' BCHS 16-23 LWTHS. The ref rotates his hands signaling a substitution for LWTHS.

 "Substitution… Richmond Walker #4 in for Kaneko Vlast' #3" Richmond is shocked as he walks off the court. Kaneko walking on to the court and instantly locked eyes with Kurai.

 "Let's finish this Brother" Kurai relaxes his shoulders and taking a deep breath.

 "Yeah" the ref blows his whistle. Kurai tosses the ball and power serving it. The Libero barely received it. But falling backwards.

 "High!" Their setter jumps up to set Kaneko jumping up and blocking the power dump. The ball bouncing off the court. The whistle blows. BCHS 16-24 LWTHS - MATCH POINT.