Canon to Fanon

Chapter 17

"Bring me back."

The moment he said that, a blinding stray of blue light ate his consciousness.

"Shoyo...? Are you awake? We have morning practice. Coach is asking if you're in the mood to attend?" a faint voice of a familiar male came from Hinata's side.

Hinata opened his eyes. The room is dim, yet you can see the sun rising from the curtained window. He frown. The memories of what happened before he fainted is... Clear!

Hinata quickly sat up, alarmed. "Syrein!"

Where is Syrein? Is that thing not a dream? No... It's real. The mission. What is the mission? Syrein didn't even bother to tell him whatever the mission is. How will he be able to save himself and Kenma then?

"Syrein...? Shoyo?" Nishinoya's eyebrow furrowed.

Hinata flinched. Nishinoya is standing at the side of the bed. Shit. This isn't good.

Nishinoya's mood is not good. This morning, a rumor is going around. It started from Atsumu Miya. That bastard. He really want to beat him up.

They tried their best to stop the rumor, but who would listen to them? The rumor came from Kenma Kozume himself.

They are mere bug for that powerful guy. Comparing their sizes in power, Kenma can delete their existence just by a snap of his finger.

That's why, when they heard the news, they are scared, shock, disturbed and many more incomprehensible feelings lingered within their core.

Hinata have a girlfriend. They are having sex. Kenma personally witnessed it.

Those... How could anyone be able to take that to heart?

They have many questions. Such as, is Hinata straight? Who is the girl? How did they met? They never get an answer, because Kenma said he know nothing further than the fact that they are in a relationship.

Nishinoya's voice became firm. "Shoyo, who's Syrein?"

That's a girl's name! — Nishinoya wants to scream. But he's scared of upsetting the other.

Hinata is in deep thought. That girl, Syrein is messing with his life. That means that he can mess with her, right?

Beneath his lowered head, eyes are glistening in sinister scheme. "She... She's a friend."

He raised his head to meat the 2nd year's brown eyes.

Nishinoya's hand turn into fist. The hesitation of the latter didn't go unseen. "Oh.. Ok."

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After the morning practice, Hinata was left alone in the locker room. He told them to leave him because he still have things to do, thankfully, they didn't seem to be as nosy as before and didn't insist any further.

When Hinata made sure that no one is around, he closed the door.

"Alright..." he whispered.

He stood up straight and took a deep breath. "I hope this will work..."

He took a deep breath again. "System?"

Suddenly, system- modern like thing appeared in front of him. It's a faint blue board floating in front of him. Just like those fantasy transmigration.

He felt shock and excited. This is so cool!

He feels like some type of protagonists in action fantasy mangas.

[Player Name: Hinata Shoyo]

[Status: Soul Fragment]

[Current Setting: Arc 3828]

[Mission: Avenge Hinata Shoyo (Fanon) and die in the hands of the target]

[Target: ...]

"No... Wait— Is this a bug?" He tried slapping the system away but it's only going through his hands. He can't touch it.

His eyes redden. The moment he read the name of the target, his heart started to beat faster than normal.

"No way... Why... Why him..?" he pull his hair in frustration.

He bit his lip that it almost bleed. Maybe he will wake up from this dream?

Completely ignoring the fact that he have to die. He cannot think straight. He's slowly losing rationality.

"Hinata?" Tsukishima called from the outside. Hinata had been taking too long inside. He don't wanna admit it but he's getting worried.

No one answered.

He knitted his eyebrow. It's silent inside. Maybe Hinata is out already?

"Hinata?" he called once again, but still got none. In the end, he opened the door.

When he saw the latter standing in the edge, leaning against the locker, pulling his own hair and biting his lips that is already bleeding, his body stiffen and soon rush towards the orange head teen.

"Hinata!?" he grope Hinata's hands away from his hair and hold his jaw to stop him from biting himself. "What the heck are you doing!?"

Hinata's eyes widen. "I... I..."

Tsukishima didn't give him a chance to speak when he felt a soft handkerchief in his lips.

Tsukishima looks worried.

"Why did you bite it so hard? It's bleeding. What if you get infection?" his voice is soft.

"Sorry..."

Tsukishima stopped. He glance at Hinata who looks tired and almost lifeless. "What's wrong? Are you hurt somewhere?"

Being in an extremely tight situation, Hinata cannot recollect his rationality for the meantime. "I'm tired... I wanna go home." his voice is raspy. His eyes became teary and his lips quiver.

Suddenly, the system changed.

[Player can solve this by death. If you want to get out of this world, you can just kill yourself.  But without doing the mission, the player will not be able to complete the ten soul collecting and worse... You'll not be able to save your poor friend.]

That only worsen his mood. As if it became trigger to his already vulnerable emotion, Hinata started to cry even harder, sobbing and shaking uncontrollably.

That shock and flustered Tsukishima at the same time. Why is Hinata crying so much? He never seen this happened before, after all, the latter is a ball of sunshine, he's always jumping stupidly with full of happiness. He's the one bringing color with the people around.

That's why...

"Hey? Why? What's wrong? Are you feeling ill somewhere?" he carefully hugged Hinata, consoling him by tapping his back gently.

But Hinata didn't seem to hear him at all. He continued to cry and repeatedly say : "I wanna go home..."

To be continued...