A/N: Hello, readers! Welcome to another chapter! This is the last chapter of season two! Enjoy!

edited on december 4th, 2021 @ 3:07pm

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CHAPTER FORTY-TWO - DECLARATION OF WAR

KARASUNO HAD DEFEATED AOBA JOHSAI. "I knew they would win." Taiga smirked in pride, happy that his older brother's volleyball team had been victorious.

"The whole match gave me goosebumps. I've never felt that way before..." Hyuga commented.

"All right. Let's do our greetings." Daichi told his team as they agreed.

Tadahiro hummed as he looked over and saw Kyotani holding out his hand. Without saying anything, Tadahiro took his hand and shook it.

Kyotani then bowed to the red head before walking away. "He respects you, you know." Tadahiro turned his gaze towards Iwaizumi who was looking back at him. "I've never seen him done that before aside from me."

"I see."

"I don't blame him. That joust you had with him during our match was shocking." Iwaizumi continued. "You really are a remarkable player, Kagami."

Both teams then lined up and bowed.

"Thank you very much!"

Players from both teams shook each other's hands as Aoba Johsai was listening to what Takeda was saying to them.

"Hey, hurry up!" Daichi called out.

"Yeah!" Nishinoya and Hinata shouted in unison. The two jumped up, knocking the rest of the team down in the process as Nishinoya laughed.

"We fell over!"

"You're way too worked up!"

"Hinata, you dumbass!"

Tadahiro was outside of the stadium with his team, wearing his volleyball jacket as they were packing up for the day.

The red head was following his team out of the building when a voice stopped him. "Kagami." Ushijima spoke up, making Tadahiro stop in his tracks and looking towards the Shiratorizawa ace.

"Ushiwaka."

"It seems we'll be playing against each other tomorrow."

"Yeah, looks like it." Tadahiro hummed. "Don't expect to win this time, Ushiwaka."

"Cockiness doesn't look good on you, Kagami. Don't make the same mistake Oikawa did." Ushijima claimed.

"It's not be being cocky. The difference between you and I is, you may be some super volleyball freak, but you're not passionate enough to access The Zone." Tadahiro countered. "I'll see you tomorrow, Ushiwaka. Don't hold back on me. Not like you will."

"Hey. What the hell are you doing?" Tanaka had called out just as Tadahiro was leaving the building. "Hurry up and load your stuff onto the bus."

"What's the matter, you two?" Yachi asked before finally seeing what they were looking at.

"I'll show you just how much we can grow from the concrete." Hinata stated as him and Kageyama walked away with Yachi following them. Tadahiro looked back at the paper.

Finals.
Shiratorizawa. Vs. Karasuno.

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They soon arrived back at Karasuno. "All right. Get your things and head straight to the gym for a meeting." Ukai announced.

"Right..."

"You totally drooled. Gross." Kageyama told Hinata.

"My drool isn't gross!" Hinata said.

"Oh, they're back."

Tadahiro looked up to see Michimiya running towards them. "Congrats on making it to the finals!" She said.

"Oh, Michimiya." Daichi greeted. "How did you know?"

"They just announced it on the school announcements. That's amazing. The fact that you were able to beat Seijoh and made it to the finals is just... is just... Amazing! It's insane!" Michimiya complimented.

"Your lack of vocabulary is insane."

"Wait, what happened to your face?! That bruise!" Michimiya exclaimed, noticing Daichi's bruise from the WakaNan match.

"Yeah... It happened at the match today..." Daichi explained. "It looks a lot worse than it actually feels."

"I see..." Michimiya said.

"Hey, boys' volleyball team."

A shout from above got everyone's attention as they saw students waving at them out the window.

"That was amazing!"

"Congrats!"

"Hinata! Kageyama! Well done!"

"Sensei!" Hinata exclaimed.

"Thanks!" Kageyama shouted.

"I'm gonna cheer you on tomorrow!"

"You better win!"

"Do your best!"

"You guys all stayed late for us..." Daichi stated.

Michimiya suddenly gasped, getting Daichi's attention. "M-Sta Miyagi is gonna start!" She exclaimed as both Sugawara and Hinata gasped.

All of us were gathered in the teacher's lounge. "Today, the Sendai Municipal Gymnasium in Tomizawa hosted the quarterfinal and semifinals of the Miyagi prefecture qualifiers for the National High School Volleyball Tournament, otherwise known as the Spring Volleyball Tournament." The lady reporter announced.

"In the first match, Karasuno High School defeated the powerhouse school, Aoba Johsai High School, earning them a spot in the finals for the first time in years. Wow, that is certainly surprising. To think that Seijoh would be eliminated."

"Precisely. With Oikawa-kun at the lead, they are an extremely well-balanced team, so it's sad that we won't be seeing them in the finals." A male reporter agreed.

"Come on! Show us a little more!" Tanaka complained with irritation. "We actually won!"

"Yeah! Yeah!" Hinata agreed.

"Stop showing just Seijoh!" Nishinoya added.

"This happens every time." Tsukishima spoke up.

"The lost in the semifinals. What do you expect?" Daichi agreed.

"Next, we have the second round of the semifinals. In this match, the school garnering attention rightfully won, and moved towards the finals."

"Now the headliner arrives." Ukai commented.

"It would be Shiratorizawa Academy, that has won this tournament the last three years, but is led by Ushijima Wakatoshi, who has played for the under-19 national team. Looks like they had no problems winning straight through the semifinals."

"Yes. This year, they've gathered members that might just promise them victory at Nationals. I think we can expect great things from them." The male reporter added.

"It'll be interesting to see how high Karasuno can climb against the powerful Shiratorizawa Academy. You can watch the finals live on this channel, tomorrow at 11 AM. The match will determine the Miyagi Prefecture representative... Be sure not to miss it!"

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It was now dark as everyone was in the gym. "Now, then. We'll be going up against Shiratorizawa tomorrow, but... In the three years since Oikawa joined Aoba Johsai, they have never beaten Shiratorizawa. Not even once." Ukai explained.

"They are undoubtedly the undefeated champions. Of course, there's Ushijima, but there are plenty of others that are top in the prefecture. It's no fluke that they are top in the prefecture. Shiratorizawa is far stronger than you can even imagine. No one actually thinks we're going to win." Ukai continued.

"Huh? What is it, Hinata?"

"That doesn't matter!" Hinata declared as everyone turned to him. "I think..."

"Hey, don't talk to the coach like that!" Daichi warned.

"Oh, uh... I didn't mean it like that..." Hinata defended himself.

"Just say it." Ukai told him.

"R-Right." Hinata said as he stood up. "No one thought that we were going to beat Seijoh, either. That's why it doesn't matter... I think."

"Tomorrow, we're going to be the challengers again. Let's turn the tables on them." Ukai said.

"Right!"

"The fallen powerhouse. The flightless crows. There's no one to call you that anymore. Birds with the wind in their wings are flying across the great blue sky right now. And all of you should be able to make it!" Takeda informed as everyone stood up. "To the highest limit, to the farthest limit! Now, everyone. The time has come! Let's win tomorrow and make it to nationals!"

"Yeah!"

"All right. Now get home and go to bed so you aren't tired tomorrow." Ukai ordered.

"Right."

"All right, dismissed!" Daichi announced.

"Right!"

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Tadahiro and Daichi were walking home together. "I almost had it." Tadahiro spoke up as Daichi looked at him in confusion. "During our match with Aoba Johsai, I mean. I was so damn close to opening that second door to the true Zone."

"Though, it was like Taiga explained. There was a gatekeeper blocking my way." Tadahiro continued. "Damn! That pisses me off!"

"I'm sure it'll come to you in a critical time, Hiro."

"That critical time could cost us our ticket to nationals, Dai-chan!" Tadahiro shouted in frustration. "Who is this gatekeeper anyway? Taiga said that his was Kuroko-chan, but I highly doubt he's mine."

"Perhaps it's someone close to you?" Daichi guessed.

"Yeah, maybe." Tadahiro sighed. "Hey, Dai-chan."

"Hm?"

Tadahiro held a closed fist out to him. "We're going to win tomorrow!" He declared, making Daichi smile.

"Yeah!" Daichi agreed, connecting his fist with the red head's.

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"But man... Who ever thought that Karasuno would make it to the finals?"

"They beat Seijoh, so maybe they're becoming a powerhouse again."

"Hey, speaking of..."

It was the days of the finals as Karasuno had walked up to the gymnasium. Tadahiro looked up when he spotted Ushijima standing in front of the entrance.

"It's Ushiwaka." Sugawara commented.

Kageyama and Hinata stepped forward with confidence with Tadahiro trailing behind the duo.

"H-Hey!" Daichi called out.

"Hinata Shoyo. Kageyama Tobio. Kagami Tadahiro." Ushijima greeted, making Tadahiro narrow his eyes.

"We made it to the finals." Kageyama informed.

"We, who grew from the concrete, will beat you and go to nationals!" Hinata declared.

"Ushiwaka..." Tadahiro spoke up, making Ushijima look at him. "The sky isn't big enough for two Kings. One eventually has to fall. Everyone in that building is expecting us to lose, and I honestly don't blame them. We're going against a school who has gone to nationals for the past three years. But..."

Tadahiro looked back at his team before turning back to Ushijima, sending a challenging smirk.

"I guess we'll just have to burn that tradition, will we?"

Everyone smiled at Tadahiro's statement. "I look forward to it." Ushijima finally answered. "Let's meet on the court."

Ushijima then walked away. "Damn it..." Hinata mumbled as both Kageyama and Tadahiro looked at him. Hinata was shaking in excitement. "I wanna hurry up and fight him!"

"I agree with you there, Hina-chan." Tadahiro agreed.

"All right! We're gonna make it to the spring tournament, no matter what!" Daichi declared.

"Yeah!"

✧ 𝗘𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗙 𝗦𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗪𝗢 ✧

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A/N: And that's a wrap up on season two! Thanks for reading!