Into The Sky

by museicalitea

Summary:

Once upon a time, there was a boy who wanted more than anything to be a hero.

Notes:

I have been wanting to write something like this ever since Chapter 278 came out. I've been cheering in Kinoshita's corner for a couple of years now and I legitimately cried when 278 happened, I'm so proud of my boy who is fighting the good fight and will definitely get his 25 service aces someday...!!! I love this friendship, and I hope there's more of it to come.

And thank you to the Brofest mods for organising this event!! It's been nice dipping my toes back into Haikyuu!! again and I'm so pleased there was an event like this in which to do so. These were hugely fun (and soul-crushing in turn) to write, and playing with this short form has been an exciting challenge in and of itself, and I hope to try some more fic like this soon.

This is canon-compliant, and the fics are largely in chronological order; but, of course, feel free to read them in any order you choose.

Chapter 1

Kinoshita's not that strong—can barely manage ten push-ups on a good day—but he's fast. Faster than that Tanaka Ryuunosuke. Faster than most of the senpai and the other first years.

Not quite as fast as Nishinoya Yuu.

The boy's like lightning; a whirlwind, furious, shining so bright he lights up the whole gym. And he sounds like lightning, too; the pound of his feet, the charge of his breaths, that cry he lets rip so the whole world will hear:

"ROLLING... THUNDER!"

Kinoshita's not such a masochist that he'll go chasing a storm that will eat him alive.