A Trick For a Trick (A Haikyuu!! Halloween Special)
Written by me / Art by @skribblz
A/N: TADA!! We've done it again, but this time for Halloween! My good buddy skribblz and I thought it would be fun to collab again over the summer, but life kept happening (on my end at least), so we postponed it to be a Halloween thing instead. We wanted to focus on the girls for this one, and this is the result! LOOK HOW CUTE HER ART IS!! We hope you enjoy! Happy Halloween! ^^
Word Count: 2,448
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“HALLOWEEEEEEN!” Hinata yelled at the top of his lungs, barreling through the doors of the spookily decorated gym dressed as a blue crayon of all things. Just a pace behind him came Kageyama, huffing and puffing and looking very much like he needed a drink, though Yachi thought to herself upon observing his vampire costume that she hoped he didn’t want blood.
“The chaos has arrived,” Kiyoko murmured pleasantly as she finished putting out the paper cups and plates and plastic utensils on the snacks table, all of which were various shades of orange, purple, black, and white to fit the theme of the evening.
Yachi smiled first at the two boys, then at her upperclassman, for whom she’d be taking over as team manager soon. “Things are sure to get pretty lively now that they’re here.”
“Honestly, I’m more surprised that Noya and Tanaka haven’t been hovering around us at all so far. It’s a little suspicious, really.” The taller girl surveyed the table, frowned, and then snapped her fingers. “Oh! We need napkins, especially for a group of teenage boys. There should be a few rolls of paper towels in the supply closet; could you get them, Yachi?”
“Of course,” the blonde replied, happy to be of use. She hurried toward the back of the gym where the supplies were kept, sliding open the door. The light from outside was enough to illuminate the interior while she searched, though for some reason the paper towels seemed to be the only thing she couldn’t find.
Just as her eyes landed on them – on the top shelf, of course – a shadow fell across her from behind and someone grabbed her shoulders, yelling right into her ear.
Yachi screamed and dropped to the ground, whirling around to see Noya standing over her in his samurai costume, looking surprised and amused and even a little guilty all at the same time.
“Sorry, Yachi,” he said with a tiny giggle, offering her a hand. “I just wanted to startle you; I didn’t think I’d scare you so bad.”
“W-Why would you do that?” she asked in a trembling voice, taking his hand and allowing him to pull her back to her feet. “That was so loud!”
Noya rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. “Sorry. I didn’t mean to really scare you. But I mean…you look kinda cute when you’re freaked out, you know?”
Yachi pressed her lips together and punched him before she could even think about it, surprising the both of them. “You’re the worst.”
“I’m sorry!” Noya laughed, rubbing his chest where she’d hit him. “What’re you doing in here, anyway? The party’s outside.”
“Kiyoko and I are still finishing setting up. I came in here for paper towels, but…” She looked up at the top shelf where they sat.
Noya followed her gaze. “You need help reaching them?”
She gave him an odd look. “No offense, Noya, but…you’re not much taller than me.”
“So? I’m a volleyball player. I can jump.” As if to prove his point, the libero leapt into the air, grabbed onto the top shelf, and grunted, “How many do you need?”
“Ah…four?” Yachi replied, then scrambled to catch them as he began to slide them off the shelf at her. When she had four in her arms, Noya landed back on the ground, flushed from exertion but beaming all the same. “T-Thank you, Noya.”
“Anytime. Now come on! Finish setting up so you can join the fun, Yachi!”
~
“I think that about does it,” Kiyoko said twenty minutes later, nodding in satisfaction at the hard work they’d done. The table looked great – very colorful and decorative for Halloween, with cobwebs and little plastic bats and spiders completing the look. There was everything from healthy snack foods to the typical candy one would usually have at this time of year, as well as a few different types of punch bowls.
“I’m surprised the boys haven’t tried getting into anything yet,” Yachi commented, glancing over her shoulder at the Karasuno volleyball club, who were deep in some kind of competition from the looks of things.
Kiyoko watched them, too, a fond gaze settling over her features. “For all of their antics, they do genuinely want to be helpful when they can, even if that means staying away for a while when I ask them to. You’d be surprised to learn how much they respect you already, let alone how much more when I’m gone next year.”
Yachi pressed her lips together. She didn’t want to think about next year, when she’d be all on her own.
All of a sudden she felt a light tickle along her neck, and Tanaka cried, “Look out, Yachi! There’s a spider on you!”
For the second time that night Yachi screamed, flailing and swatting at her neck to rid herself of the aforementioned creature. It took her a moment to realize Tanaka was bent over at the waist laughing.
“Ahahaha! Your face!” he teased, standing upright and holding one of the little spider decorations from the table up for her to see. “I was joking; it was just one of these. You’re good.”
“Tanaka,” Kiyoko scolded. “That was uncalled for. Yachi and I worked hard to get this party set up for you all, and this is how you thank her?”
Tanaka suddenly looked genuinely apologetic. Yachi scanned his costume. She vaguely recognized it as being a Marvel character of some kind, but she didn’t know which one exactly. She wasn’t into superheroes.
“I’m sorry,” he said now, drawing her attention back to him. “I was just trying to be funny.”
“What is it with you guys?” Yachi exclaimed, unable to help how her voice wavered a little. “First Noya, then you? I know this is a Halloween party, but I didn’t want to be scared to be here.”
Before anyone else could open his or her mouth, Hinata came barreling toward them, looking ridiculous but also super cute in his crayon costume. “Hey guys! Can we eat yet? Whoa, Yachi, why do you look like you’re about to cry? What’s wrong?”
Kiyoko sighed, adjusting her glasses. “Apparently Tanaka and Noya got it in their heads that it would be fun to scare Yachi. She’s a little shaken up.”
“Hey! That’s mean!” Hinata cried, whirling around to point an accusing finger at Tanaka. “Yachi’s a sensitive soul! You can’t do that to her! Remember how bad Kageyama and I freaked her out when we got into that big fight before?”
Tanaka was looking more and more chagrined as time went on. “I know, I know. I thought it would be funny, but it wasn’t. I’m really sorry, Yachi.”
Yachi hated all of this attention. She wanted it off of her as quickly as possible. So she nodded and said, “It’s okay. I’m fine.”
Kiyoko stepped forward and put an arm around her shoulders, giving the second-year boy a hard stare. “The food is ready for you guys to get into whenever you’d like. I’m going to take Yachi out for a little air. Do not make a mess of this gym.”
“Yes, ma’am,” Tanaka replied quietly while Hinata whooped and hollered, “FOOD’S READY!!”
Before the rest of the Karasuno volleyball club could invade their space, Kiyoko steered Yachi away.
~
“I’m fine, really,” Yachi told her once they were safely sitting on the steps leading into the gym, the loud noises coming from within a comfort now that she wasn’t directly in the middle of it. “I just wasn’t expecting to be a target tonight. Maybe I should have known better.”
“They’d never dare do that to me. They shouldn’t have dared with you, either,” Kiyoko replied, frowning. “And after I’d just gotten done saying they respected you.”
“It’s because I’m not as tough as you are. They probably see me as fresh meat.”
“That’s not it.” The older girl gave her arm a reassuring squeeze. “They like you, and that’s what boys do when they like you. They pick on you. If you want to make sure it doesn’t become a regular thing, you’ll have to put your foot down. But once you do, they’ll back off. They’re good about that – well, most of them are.” She rolled her eyes, thinking of the two boys who had come after her mentee tonight. “But they mean well.”
Yachi worried her bottom lip between her teeth, mind racing. She wasn’t going to be able to put her foot down with these guys – there was no way. She wasn’t strong enough for that, and next year she’d have to do it all by herself, and—
“What do you want to do about it?” Kiyoko asked her.
Yachi blinked back to reality. “Huh?”
“Since the coaches aren’t here, we’re allowed to punish them for acting out if we feel it’s necessary.”
“Oh, no! I don’t want to do that – they’re just having fun, and I just don’t like being scared. I know they didn’t mean it—”
“Punishment doesn’t have to be harsh, you know.” Kiyoko’s smile had become a little playful. “You know how the boys go after each other for stuff, don’t you?”
Yachi’s eyes widened. She blushed. “Y-Yeah, but…I don’t think I can do that, either.”
“It’s whatever you want to do, if you want to do anything at all. Personally I think they deserve a good scolding, but you’re their new manager. You’ll have to decide how you want to handle these situations going forward. There will be plenty of them, trust me.”
The blonde considered this. She knew it was true, and though it only made her worry more, it also lit a fire in her knowing that she’d be the one in charge next year. She’d have to make decisions like this, and she might as well start now, while she still had a little guidance.
“What if…what if we asked the third-years to teach them a lesson?”
Kiyoko smiled. “You know Noya and Tanaka will be third-years next year.”
“Oh, right.” Yachi reconsidered. The more she thought about it, the more she realized maybe she did want to do something hands-on herself after all. “Then…what if we ask them to just…hold them for us?”
“While we dole out punishment?”
“Y-Yeah.”
Kiyoko looked both proud of her and eager to get started. “I think that can be arranged.”
“Would you…do it with me?”
“Absolutely I would.”
Yachi beamed. “Which one do you want?”
~
The night went on uninterrupted. The boys played games and had a costume contest and ate nearly everything on the table, which made cleanup a lot easier on the girls, so they weren’t complaining. They even put everything in the trash where it belonged. The gym looked as good as could be expected after ten teenage boys had torn through it for four hours.
But as the night wound down to a close and before anyone could go home, Kiyoko got their attention.
“This is the third-years’ last Halloween party,” she said, plowing forward before anyone could start to think too much about it, “which means next year at this time, Yachi will be the one in charge of making sure everything is put together for you. She worked hard tonight, but a couple of you decided to be jerks to her.” Here she made hard eye contact with Tanaka and Noya, who flinched. “We won’t tell the coaches and are willing to let it slide, on one condition that Yachi herself has decided.”
Everyone looked at the younger girl, who flushed under their attention. “I-If a couple of you wouldn’t mind holding them for us, Kiyoko and I would like to, uh…get a little revenge.” She hesitated a moment, then wiggled her fingers to get her point across.
For a moment there was total silence.
Then everyone was rushing to be the ones to grab Tanaka and Noya before they could make a break for it. Yachi was startled by their enthusiasm but also relieved and encouraged by it, and she and Kiyoko shared smiles with each other as the boys fought it out. In the end, Asahi had Noya easily restrained with his much bigger stature, and Kageyama and Daichi held Tanaka.
“W-We’re sorry, Yachi,” Noya said quickly, blushing furiously just knowing he was about to be at either her or Kiyoko’s mercy within seconds. “At least, I am. I wasn’t trying to scare you; I just wanted to make you jump a little.”
Yachi smiled at him as she approached. “I know. That’s why I’m letting Kiyoko have Tanaka. She’ll be meaner than I will.”
Tanaka sputtered apologies as well, but all of it was useless. Soon both he and Noya were laughing and struggling against their captors as the girls took out their tickly revenge on them, sharing secret smiles with each other as they did so.
“Remember,” Kiyoko said over the roar of their hysterics, “this was Yachi’s idea. She’s your manager now, not me. Treat her well and maybe you won’t suffer the same fate!”
“Yes, ma’am!” the rest of the boys chorused, all of them grinning at the scene before them and at the girls.
Yachi – for her part – felt a wave of affection crash over her, both from the boys to her and from her to them. Her fingers danced along Noya’s torso, drawing out screechy giggles from the libero while Tanaka laughed and pleaded for Kiyoko to stop beside her. The blonde let her victim go first, then hugged him when Asahi unhanded him.
“You know we got your back, right?” Noya said through residual giggles, flashing her a genuine smile. “We really like you, Yachi. I hope you know that.”
“I do,” she replied, reaching out to squeeze Kiyoko’s arm as a way to let her know she should probably let Tanaka free as well. She looked back at him and returned his smile. “I like you guys, too.”
Kiyoko stepped up beside her and gave her a little nudge. “Well done handling the situation, team manager.”
Yachi blushed and brushed her hair behind her ear, grinning first at her then at all of the boys. “Well, uh…Happy Halloween, everyone. Make sure you have everything you need before you go home.”
The boys chorused a combination of “yes ma’am” and “Happy Halloween!” back at her, and Yachi felt a rare moment of confidence that maybe she could do this. Maybe she could manage these boys once Kiyoko was gone.
Yes, she decided as she watched them all double-check that they’d cleaned up properly and had their coats and other items as she’d suggested before calling goodnight to her. I’ve got this.
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Karasuno boys as... "Vampire" song lyrics!
(+ Short scenarios)
Info:
-future! Karasuno boys x gn! Reader
-No Tanaka, he's married after all 🤷🏻♀️
-toxic relationship
-cursing
-slight angst (i guess)
Daichi:
"I loved you truly
Gotta laugh at the stupidity"
"I should've known it was strange
You only come out at night"
>> You always found it weird that Daichi would go out around midnight or almost midnight, I'm talking about 10, 11 or 12PM and then come back an hour and a half later. God you hate yourself for falling into his trap when he assures you saying, "It's required for me to patrol around the area" or "you know I'm a police officer, babe" and due to your sincere love for him, you always did understand his responsibilities.
Although you can't help but notice that every time he comes back, he smells and looks.. fresh? Like he had just taken a shower and re-used his clothes.
Maybe he did take a shower with a girl he was giving an after care for. Maybe he was patrolling the area of his girl's apartment. But you can't do anything, you don't have enough evidence.
Sugawara:
"Cause I've made some real big mistakes
But you make the worst one look fine"
"You're so convincing
How do you lie without flinching?"
>> Sugawara gave you an extra key to his class just in case he locks the door and you wanted to visit him. Your relative, who goes to the school that he teaches, called you and told you how amazing his day was, you found it weird that Sugawara isn't home yet. "That's awesome, buddy! But I gotta go, alright? I'll call later on, bye-bye!"
Once you hung up, you drove as fast as you can to the school and came into his classroom without warning.
You saw a woman sitting on Suga's desk, while he has his right arm wrapped around her waist. The woman could only eye you up and down before turning to yell at Suga, "I thought you told them? Gosh Suga! We've been over this for what? A thousand time?!" The said woman jumped out of his grasp, pushed you aside and walked out while slamming the door behind her.
He scoffs at you before opening the door and chasing after the woman.
He left you, huh? Of course he did.
Asahi:
"Bleedin' me dry, like a goddamn vampire"
>> Being an apparel designer and someone who used to get nervous all the time, Asahi gets insecure about the things that he has or had created. He always yearns for your compliment and your opinion both for him and his designs.
And God did it drain you, always saying "you did a great job today, pretty boy" "look at this! One thing missing and after that, it'll be all perfect!" You acted more like his worker rather than his partner, to be honest.
Nishinoya:
"Ooh, what a mesmerizing, paralyzing, fucked-up little thrill
Can't figure out just how you do it, and God knows I never will"
>> Nishinoya takes you with him every time he goes travelling, he winks at you before saying, "It's my treat, love"
After a long day, you both headed onto a nearby hotel before resuming your adventures for tomorrow. The room was spacious, the balcony had the best view and you were busy day dreaming while Noya went into the hotel lobby to fetch you both some food and when he came back, he surprised you with your favorite meal!
You're so easy to distract that you missed the kiss mark on his temple and his neck.
Kageyama:
"The way you sold me for parts
As you sunk your teeth into me, oh
Bloodsucker, famefucker
Bleedin' me dry, like a goddamn vampire"
>> Kageyama kept your relationship very lowkey, he didn't wanna make you overwhelmed by the amount of fans and paparazzi that's on his back, but his team does know you.
When Kageyama is fast asleep, you grab his phone and tries to find one of his teammate's number and luckily, you did!
2:09 AM:
"Hi! Kageyama's girlfriend here, I got your number off of his phone. Can you please help me set up a party for him? Thank you and it's no biggie if you decline."
5:31 AM
"Hey, you have a different number? Gosh [random name] you didn't tell me sooner."
"I'm sorry you must've misunderstood, It's actually Y/n!"
"Oh, Y/n? Aren't you his one night stand? Please stop messaging me, i'm uncomfortable knowing Tobio has a girlfriend and you're trying to earn his attention. Thank you for the efforts of reaching out for me."
He kept you a secret because all they know is you were nothing but a fling to him.
Hinata:
"How's the castle built off people you pretend to care about?"
>> When Hinata got home from practice, he could tell that you were tired and he asked about your day, "Nothing much, just stressful customers always making a scene, you know?" You laugh at your words while Hinata looked into your eyes, "That's sad." He coughs "anyways my day was more stressful than yours, I–"
You spaced out while his rambling started.
Did he even put himself into your shoes?
Tsukishima:
"I used to think I was smart
But you made me look so naive"
"And every girl I ever talked to told me you were bad, bad news
You called them crazy, God, I hate the way I called them crazy too"
>> Tsukishima has you wrapped around his fingers and he knows it. He made you so dependent on him that he knows you can't even go on a day without telling him stories. Gosh he loves the way you're so easy to manipulate! you could've lent in some time for the girls to explain themselves but no, you took his words.
What a fool.
Yamaguchi:
"Went for me, and not her
'Cause girls your age know better"
>> Yamaguchi likes someone from his class, but when you confessed to him, he can't help but accept it out of pity. And Yamaguchi successfully shaped you into his crush. Making you trim your hair, dress in a different aesthetic and even changing the way you talk, just for him. And gosh when you saw the way he looked at the person he liked, you noticed something similar about them.
Everything. You're like that person's mirror.
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Theory: Saito found out how to give demons a body
and also how Saito is connected to the other characters of the PLAN
There is one thing in the seraph of the end universe that had been bothering ever since Saito was first introduced.
He has very special powers, he can transform his body into smoke and chains. And yet he seems to have a physically body. It's explained with magical experiments. But I don't buy that.
We learn during the light novels that Saito used to be a vampire. But he doesn't have vampire ears anymore. Ok, he said he did surgeries. But most of all, he doesn't have a thirst of blood anymore. Because his body isn't as physical as a vampire.
So, if we consider that it's an in world rule that alle vampires turn to demons when the loose all their blood. Doesn't it make sense that Saito at one point turned a demon? Demons usually don't have physical forms to begin with. This would explain why he doesn't have a real body anymore. And that would explain that he lost his thirst for blood.
But let's get over the hints that match up with this theory. And one of the key elements here is:
Mahiru
We know that Mahiru willingly became first a vampire and then a demon. To get a vampire she had to get to the vampire city to get the blood from a noble. As she lays meets up with Saito after she became a vampire it's valid to assume Saito tons her how to get there in the first place. But how did she know how to bargain with krul? Mahiru must have known about Kruls connection to Asuramaru and about Yuu and Mika. She could not have known this from Asuramaru as he had lot his memory at that point. So the other possibility is that Saito told her. He helped her get to the vampire city and on top told her how to make the deal with Krul.
Speaking of Asuramaru, if there wasn't a way to turn demons back human or give them at least a physical form, her whole deal with Krul would be meaningless we Asuramaru is already a demon. Assuming that Saito is not the kind to make false promises, he might know a way.
The other factor is that Mahiru did all this because she knew she could become the demon inside Guren's sword. And as she now came out of the sword and on top now seems to have a physical body. It is possible that she only did it because she already knew back then that she would be able to "come back" at least to get back a body.
The other key element is
Shikama Doji
His whole deal of possessing the Hiragi family and especially possessing Shinoa was to find a suitable vessel because he didn't have a body for a very long time. And it was said that he would need a vessel to materialize himself.
And then now, he gets captured by Saito and poof he's got a physical body. That's kind of odd isn't it? If Saito knew how to give demons a body, then this would make a lot more sense.
Because wasn't this the whole idea that Shikama doesn't have a body? And now he's perfectly pinned down with sinful keys in the real world and even drove by car.
The sinful keys
Maybe the sinful keys have something to do with it. Saito stored one in Mahiru in resurrection at nineteen. And she is the only demon that obtained a human body until now.
But apart from that we have only seen sinful keys being used to destroy bodys. As Guren, Mahiru and Noya did to Saitos body. And how they threatened to do something similar to Shinoa as Shikama's vessel.
Saito at least had enough keys to have been able to use them earlier to create himself a body. But that's just speculation.
Also the sinful keys are necessary for the resurrection. Is it because they can create bodies? That raises the question: why can the keys create bodies or at least repair bodies for all human kind but only manages to create one Mika? Where's the balance here?
Speaking of
Mika...
Mika seemed to have obtained a physical form by now. How that happened isn't explained or even mentoined. It seems like he's similar to Mahiru. In the end, Yuu seem to have to power to give Mika a physical form after they formed a contract. But strangely Yuu doesn't have a sinful key. Though he has some seraph powers that were established in the story. Did these powers help to give Mika a body? Or was Saito involved as well as he pulled Shikama from that realm about the same time?
What does this all have to do with the PLAN?
Saito is without doubt one of the main string pullers. He had been the reason Guren and Mahiru met in the first place, he arranged everything so that the catastrophe could happen exactly like it did. And he had been trying to surpass Shikama for thousands of years. By changing small details in Shikama's plans, he made thing going his way.
Yet Saito admits that his "creations" have surpassed him. It's fair to assume he's referring to Ferid and Guren who made their own deal. It's strange how Saito didn't notice or maybe he let both of them pass because it would come in handy for him against Shikama?
Nevertheless, most of his connections are only able to be explainable if he promised them something that some other characters can't give them. And for me it's the way if turning demons back.
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