𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗦 ⸺ 𝖲𝖺𝗐𝖺𝗆𝗎𝗋𝖺 𝖣𝖺𝗂𝖼𝗁𝗂

⁽ ⁵² ⁾ "𝖣𝗂𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗍 𝖣𝗋𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝖹𝗈𝗇𝖾"

A/N: Hello, readers! Welcome to the last chapter of season three! Karasuno will finally enter the true Zone and Tadahiro will have his joust with Ushijima. Enjoy!

edited on february 21st, 2022 @ 3:19am

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CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO - DIRECT DRIVE ZONE

HINATA SLAMMED THE BALL PAST Kawanishi, but Ushijima was there to catch the ball on time. "Shirabu!" He called out.

"Right!"

"A straight!" Tsukishima warned. "Ready, and..."

Tsukishima and Asahi jumped up to block Ushijima as Hinata received the ball with his face, the impact knocking him back. Tadahiro quickly dived down to save the ball before it hit the court.

"Kage-chan, get the last!" Tadahiro shouted to the first-year setter before turning over towards the orange-haired male. "Hina-chan, are you okay?"

"Yeah." Hinata reassured as Kageyama received the ball.

"It's in!"

Yamagata received the ball back in the air. "Got it!" Shirabu informed. "Ushijima-san!"

Shirabu tossed the ball into the air as Tadahiro watched Ushijima run up. "If I don't stop him now, when will I do it?" He asked himself.

Tadahiro jumped up the same time as Ushijima, locking the two of them into a joust and shocking the audience, Iwaizumi and Oikawa, as well as both Karasuno and Shiratorizawa.

"A joust!"

"It's Kagami versus Ushijima!"

The audience could've sworn they saw two images of a hawk and a crow appearing above Tadahiro and Ushijima as the two battled it out.

"If there's one thing I've learned from volleyball... is that being the stronger one doesn't mean shit if you're fighting alone!" Tadahiro told Ushijima, pushing the volleyball onto Shiratorizawa's side. Yamagata quickly received the ball back over, in which Kageyama was able to save it.

Hinata had looked up and an image of Ushijima towering over him was seen as he slammed both Hinata and Tsukishima to the ground.

Tadahiro was breathing heavily until he finally realized something. "I see... All this time... I've been trying to improve myself... But entering the true Zone wasn't based on my skills in itself..." He thinks to himself.

"...It's about fighting as a team!"

A familiar feeling washed over Taiga. "He finally did it..." He mumbled, causing his basketball teammates to look over in confusion. "Hiro-nii finally opened the door to the true Zone."

The gatekeeper was soon revealed to be Daichi as the second door opened, revealing Tadahiro's teammates who were inside, smiling at him.

"I see now. I should've known it was you... Dai-chan."

A hand reached out to Hinata and Tsukishima as Daichi rushed over to receive the ball as he slowly lifted Ushijima up.

"Asahi, get the last!" He shouted out.

Asahi jumped up as he was the next one to lift Ushijima. He spiked the ball, but ended up getting blocked. Tadahiro was the next to appear as he quickly received the ball into the air.

"Chance ball!" Tadahiro shouted as Kageyama got into setting position.

Daichi, Asahi, and Tadahiro were all lifting Ushijima off of Tsukishima and Hinata. "Their #10 is coming!" Kawanishi called out.