Jaden tosses the ball at the whistle. Sprinting forward and jumping, smashing the ball over the net. Kyle reached forward and brought it up. Emelio and Kurai watch the net closely. Watching Sean run up to the net as Daniel sets. Kurai and Emelio rushing to the left of the net, jumping for a giant block.
Sean's eyes glow as he pins the tips of Emelio's fingers. 'Bound it off his finger tips…!' Sean swings his arm, smashing the ball towards the block. Emelio moving his hand out of the way at the last second. The ball bouncing out of bounds. The three of them land silently.
Team Kurai 6-5 Team Sean.
Sean grits his teeth.
"You guys are SO unfair!" Kurai chuckles as Emelio smiles brightly. 'Emelio Alvaro… back in my senior year of Highschool… me, Dougal, Ajax, and Kaneko taught him everything we knew… and that turned him into a monster that could do basically everything with innate skill of a high caliber' Kurai turns.
"Nice serve!" Jaden nods, tossing the ball and jumping. Serving it over the net with an exhale. The ball hitting the court between Sean and Kyle.
Team Kurai 7-5 Team Sean.
Jaden grins as Kurai exhales. 'Jaden on the other hand was always talented… but he had a mental block… when I tore that down, he became a very reliable Opposite with a strong right handed cannon on him and a solid foundation of the basics.' Jaden high fives Kurai as they turn to look at Sean, Kyle, and Daniel.
Jaden tosses the ball, exhaling as he plows forward, jumping high and slamming the ball over the net. Kyle jumped forward and brought it up. Daniel jumps, setting the ball to Sean who jumps at the net. Smirking and swinging his hand into the ball, warping it and smashing the ball through Kurai and Emelio's block. Jaden softly brings the ball up, Sean clicking his teeth.
"Monsters! All of you!" Emelio lands, turning around and looking up at the ball floating midair. Jumping and twisting midair, smashing the ball over the net with an improper spike from the 3 meter line. Kyle catches the ball as it bounces out of bounds.
Team Kurai 8-5 Team Sean.
Kurai smirks as he steps up to serve. Tossing the ball and blitzing forward. Throwing his penultimate down, then slamming down his block step. Flying into the air like a bird. Swinging his upper body into his arm, then into the ball. Warping it as it appears on the far back right corner of the court, bouncing into the ceiling. Sean grits his teeth, Daniel relaxing.
"I am so glad Kurai's our teammate," Kyle shivers.
"Yeah… something about his serve form is… lowkey frightening" Kyle takes a deep breath. Leaning forward, eyes beginning to glow as he exhales.
Kurai tosses the ball, running forward and jumping, slamming the ball over the net. Kyle jumped forward, planting his feet and stretching out his arms to make his platform. The ball appeared on his arm. 'So much… power!' The ball recoils into the air over the net. Kyle hitting the court with a thud.
Emelio sprints forward, swinging his arms back as he flies in front of the net, reeling his arm back for a spike. Seean grits his teeth, rushing along the front of the net for a block. Kyle pushed himself to stand. Daniel rushed to the net. Emelio grinning, reeling his hand back further. 'Reel them in… then…' In a split second, Emelio twists midair, swinging both arms up into the air, quickly setting to the right side of the net. Sean and Daniel turn to follow.
Jaden jumps forward, flying in front of the net, spiking past the forming wall of Sean and Daniel, onto the court. Kyle barely missed the rolling receive.
Jaden lands as Sean glances up at Emelio who sports a wide grin and Kurai who exhales softly.
"...The Monster Generation is something else…!"
Team Kurai 10-5 Team Sean
Kurai tosses the ball once again with an exhale.
Coach Copley grins, watching the ball bounce across the court.
"Kurai Vlast… or central tower setter… paired with another reliable hitter and fellow Monster Generation Member Emelio Alvaro… I can't wait to see where this team takes us" the assistant coach turns.
"What do you mean?" Copley looks down at him.
"Kurai's a very do it himself kind of person… and with the old starters, he did just that… controlled the court… but now we put him on the same court with more opportunities and a fellow player with the same level of sudden decision making, maybe we can take some of the strain of the kid's shoulders" the assistant nods.
"I think I see where you're coming from… our first opponent is Poland though… that's a bad first match of a red robin-" Copley nos.
"Yeah, but we also have to face Brazil, France, then Russia… whether or not Poland is our first match isn't much of the problem"