Day 108, 12:00 PM

UA Dorms, courtyard

"Okay, let's get this over with," Bakugou shouts as he dribbles the ball in the middle of the court. "Come on everyone, hustle up!"

The remaining students at the UA dorms quickly get to their spot with some of them practicing dribbling and other basketball techniques. Bakugou stands at the halfcourt and shoots a few hoops, missing only the last one and making a vein pop in his temple.

"Damn it, almost made it!"

Hatsume and Shinsou stay by the sides with Hatsume having a whiteboard and maker in hand with Shinsou having a whistle.

Since there was nothing to do in the dorms all day, the kids decided to head to the basketball court. Well, it wasn't so much a basketball court as it was the courtyard with two basketball hoops set up. The basketball hoops were found in the storage area and despite being action figures, Kodai used her Size quirk to enlarge them so they could play. They would have to thank her when she gets back.

Teams were formed and since there was an uneven number of 1A and 1B students, one 1A student had to be sacrificed to go to the 1B team. And even though Tsuburaba was punished by staying behind, the others decided to show mercy by allowing them to play. Shinsou and Hatsume opted to stay behind and keep score.

UA Basketball Team

A Team: Bakugou, Uraraka, Mina, Sero, Iida

B Team: Tokoyami, Bondo, Manga, Komori, Tsuburaba

"Everybody ready?" Bakugou asks. "You better be before I blast you all the way to hell."

Sero laughs. "Haha, look at that, Bakugou defaulting to using his quirk to win, just like the swimming pool race."

Manga nods. "It's so like Bakugou: he uses his quirk because he knows he can't win on his own."

"Yeah, he cheats at everything with his quirk. He knows he can't play basketball so that's why he's going to use his quirk."

Komori nods. "Yeah."

Bakugou turns toward them. "What did you say?!"

"No quirks," Iida commands, "if anyone uses their quirks, they will be disqualified."

Shinsou nods and stuffs his hands in his pockets. And as the referee, I get to use my quirk to silence these bastards.

"I'll prove I can beat you without any quirks, Tape, just watch!"

The teams huddle in their corner as they begin to plan.

"Alright, since no one is using their quirks, what should we do?" Uraraka asks.

"Who should we be covering?" Mina goes next.

Bakugou thinks for a moment. "Pink cheeks, you cover Mushroom girl."

"Huh, why me?"

"Because you guys are about the same size; all the other kids are a bit bigger than you so they got the advantage there. Racoon Eyes, you get Glue Boy. He's big and strong but you're very fast. I'll be the shooter of the group. Tape, I'm assuming with your quirk, you got good aim so you're going to be the second shooter of the group. We'll alternate but make sure when you see me open, pass the ball to me."

Iida nods. "I guess I'll be watching out for Tsuburaba, right?"

"Four-eyes, you're fast, even without your Engine quirk. You take Bird Brain instead of Air Boy. Tape, you take Air Boy."

"And what about Manga?" Mina asks.

"Don't worry about Comic Book; I'll keep an eye on him."

Shinsou blows the whistle. "Alright, hustle in everyone, let's get this game done and over with."

The teams position themselves at the center of the court.

Manga laughs. "Hey, Shinsou, if you don't toss it our way, you're sleeping on the bus tonight."

Shinsou blows the whistle and tosses it.

Bondo manages to hit the ball in the direction before Mina steals it. Dribbling it, she tosses it to Uraraka, who tosses it in Bakugou's direction, only for Tsubraba to smack it away and almost out of bounds had Iida not caught it.

Iida dribbles while Bondo gangs up on him, blocking his shot and almost making Iida travel before Iida tosses it to Sero. Sero tries to shoot it at the free throw line on the opposite side of the court and misses horribly. This allows Tokoyami to grab the ball, and dribble it, only for Uraraka to step in front. Tokoyami knocks Uraraka down and dunks the ball.

Shinsou blows the whistle. "Charging! A Team's ball."

After a few rounds of aimless dribble and heaving panting, the teams finally looked like they were getting somewhere, even after Tokoyami made the first shot. After Sero tosses to Bakugou, he dunks and cheers.

And then that's when the free throw line shot came into play. The players wait patiently as Bakugou dribbles without looking and growls. Holding the ball, he shoots, he hits the background, and he scores!

Score

A Team: 2 points

B Team: 1 point

~HAHAHAHAH~

"Losers!" Sero and Mina laugh hysterically while pointing at the 1B team.

Sero looks at Tokoyami. "Hey bird boy, you should've stayed on our team; now you're lumped in with the 1B idiots and losing! HAHAHHAHA!"

Tokyami narrows his eyes. Since when did Sero's soul begin to emulate that of Monoma's? Basketball is such a cursed sport.

A few minutes later, no one seems to be making any progress. That is until Tsubraba steals the ball from Iida and manages to dribble the ball between his feet. Tsubraba smirks before pretending to toss the ball, tricking Iida into turning his back and making the hoop himself.

"That's another point for us." Tsuburaba thrusts his hands in the air and cheers. "Yeah, take that, bitches!"

With the score tied, tensions begin to run high as the competitive streak within the people begins to grow with each passing second.

Words cannot describe the rest of the game as it would mostly be a repeat of the same thing but what can be described as adrenaline pumping, hands were thrown, both at the hoop and others, mostly on accident, and people fell. A certain someone named Manga fell hard on his comic book face and would've suffered a nosebleed if he had one but other than that, the students were playing the game of their lives. Quirks were being suppressed but it looked like someone would use their quirk to win. The tension of anticipated quirk usage was in the air, boiling up like hot water in a pot was a cover on top but so far, no one had broken the rule. Not even the pomeranian of Class 1A.

One noteworthy incident worth mentioning was this little noteworthy incident mentioning right here.

When Tokoyami caught the incoming basketball, he hit Komori in the nose with his elbow. Komori leans her head back and puts a fingertip to her nostrils, feeling the wet and warm feeling of blood dripping down to her upper lip. Tokoyami was too busy dunking off the backboard and scoring to notice the bleeding mushroom girl.

"Hey, be careful!" Tsuburaba yells. "Don't hit Komori!"

"Sorry," Tokoyami immediately says.

"It's fine," Komori whispers. "It's okay, shroom."

A few hoops and scores later, Sero was standing in front of Bondo, blocking his shot with the glue boy's back to the taping boy. Bondo pivots and takes a single step forward, causing Sero to lose his balance and land on his ass as he shoots and scores.

"What the hell, man?" Sero climbs to his feet. "What the fuck's your problem?"

"Back off, man." Bondo turns to his team.

Uraraka, bleeding from the lip from when the ball accidentally hit her in the face five minutes earlier, watches the exchange with nervous eyes. After all this time, we thought it was zombies that were going to be the death of us. We were wrong; it's basketball.

Uraraka passes the ball to Mina, who makes a run for it. She tosses it to Sero, who watches as Bakugou sprints for it. Iida stands at the free-throw line and hunches over. Sero tosses the ball to Bakugou who runs up Iida's back to fly through the air and dunk the basketball.

"Yeah!" Bakugou shouts, still holding onto the hoop. "That's what I'm talking about!"

The backboard breaks under Bakugou's weight and sends the boy falling. He lands on his back with the hoop falling forward. Seeing what was about to happen, he rolls out of the way as the hoop comes crashing down, causing all the kids to stumble back.

"What the hell?" Bondo exclaims. "Bakugou, why did you do that?!"

"Great, now we can't play anymore," Tsuburaba complains.

"What are you talking about, Air Bud? We still got one hoop left." Bakugou picks himself up and grabs the ball. "Free-throw line, now."

Bakugou stands at the free-ball line with the opposition team on the sides and his team behind him. Bakugou dribbles the ball for a few seconds before bouncing the ball in his hands. He tosses it in the air over his head to catch it with one hand. "Alright you damn extras, watch this and see what a future pro looks like when he's playing basketball."

He throws the basketball at the hoop but accidentally activates his power and shoots the ball at bullet speed at the backboard. Not only does he shatter the backboard, the hoop falls on the ground and breaks apart like a ceramic mug.

Shinsou blows the whistle. "Foul, forbidden usage of quirk."

Bakugou growls. "Damn it." He looks at his clenching hands. "Damn quirk; I didn't mean to activate it!"

The others groan and sigh like runners finishing a marathon.

"Why?" Tsuburaba questions. "Why did this happen? How are we going to play now?"

"Game over," Shinsou concludes. "And with 1A disqualified due to Bakugou's quirk usage, team 1B wins. With a score of..."

Hatsume holds up the board. "12-10, boys and girls."

Bondo chokes. "So we didn't even win?"

(Manga's Speech Bubble: We won by default, no!) "Damn it, why did it have to be like this? No fair, I want to win and beat those 1A losers."

"I refuse to accept this win!" Tsuburaba complains.

Komori holds a hand to her bleeding nose and goes out of bounds to grab some water. She grabs a tissue and holds it to her nose. "Do any of your shrooms need some water?" Before any could answer, she tossed the water bottle to them like an underhanded softball throw.

Tokoyami catches it and quenches his thirst. "Such a disappointing loss." He passes the water around to his sweating teammates before heading back inside.

After everyone quickly quenches their thirsting feelings, they go back inside where they decide to take a break on the couch.

1:00 PM

Courtyard

Still taking their break and not having much to do since both basketball hoops were destroyed, most of the twelve students remaining decided just to hang out. Some were outside in the courtyard when Uraraka decided to give the students some lessons.

"I took martial arts lessons from the pro hero Gunhead." She thrusts her fists out. "It was very enlightening what I learned so I figured I could teach you guys as well."

The only ones who were not in attendance were Hatsume, Bakugou, Iida, Tsuburaba, and Shinsou. So that left Uraraka to train Tokoyami, Mina, Manga, Sero, Bondo, and Komori. The students stand side-by-side with each other as they begin punching their fists out, copying Uraraka's moves.

"Don't just throw your fist out; follow through. Put your whole body and weight behind the punch."

The others follow her example and after a few basic techniques, that's Uraraka began to teach them some serious moves. When given an order, Tokoyami went into the kitchen to retrieve a kitchen knife and bring it back to Uraraka.

"Okay, since we're going to be fighting zombies, I think we should focus more on zombie killing skills like the other students so... I'll show you some moves with the knife."

"Did Gunhead teach you to kill?" Manga asks.

"No, he didn't teach me to kill. He taught me how to disarm a knife but no, not to kill. But if we work in reverse, I'm sure we can figure things out. So, who wants to go first with the knife?"

"I do," Sero says a little too eagerly. "Those zombies aren't going to get one up on me anytime soon now so... me first."

1:10 PM

With Tsuburaba and Shinsou

With the two boys still on timeout as ordered by the class 1A rep, Iida, both boys decide to sit in the two rocking chairs in the corner of the room and say nothing to each other. They were sipping bottles of water rather than gulping them to save up on their water. Now that Tsuburaba was sweating, he was starting to regret playing basketball because it used up a lot of his stamina and they needed to keep as much water as possible if they wanted to survive.

"Hey," Shinsou begins but keeps his gaze forward. "Are you still mad at me from earlier?"

Tsuburaba looks at him. "Oh yeah, I'm pissed. I'm still fucking pissed about what you said."

"I figured you would be. Honestly, I never subscribed to the fact that we were friends back when everything was normal. After all, we came to UA to become heroes so I never bothered trying to make friends. And all of my 'friends' in middle school would treat me like a villain because of my quirk. I never thought that we were friends even now as we struggle to survive. Honestly, I'm just trying to stay alive, no different than you, so there was no need to be friends with each other. But honestly, after today, I owe you an apology."

"Yeah, you owe me an apology."

Earlier that Day

Sitting outside, boiling water in the pot to kill any potential bacteria or other pathogens, Shinsou walks over to Tsuburaba to give him a hand. After they finish boiling about five bottles of water, Shinsou gathers the five water bottles and takes them inside. When he comes outside, he sees that Aoyama and Koji Koda were successful in boiling eight bottles of water.

Shinsou returns to Tsuburaba's side, who sees the boy grumbling.

"Damn it, what am I doing wrong?" the air boy mutters. "How did Class 1A manage to boil eight bottles of water while I only got five?"

Seeing a chance and not wanting to miss it, Shinsou smiles. "Well, if there's one thing I remember from the sports festival, it's that Class 1B is a bunch of B-list idiots and losers."

Tsuburaba looks at him. "Shut up, we're not a bunch of losers."

"Oh really, then why is Rin dead?"

The air boy's eyes widen. "Don't you fucking talk about Rin that way!" He stands to his feet and clenches his fists.

"Ooh, are you angry?"

Tsuburaba advances on him. "I'm fucking pissed you bitch!"

Tsuburaba pauses, his eyes cloudy white and his body frozen in place. Shinsou laughs but when Kamakiri walks by, accidentally bumping into Tsuburaba's shoulder, the air boy punches Shinsou across the face. And that's when the fight breaks out.

Present

"I'm sorry, Tsuburaba, for what I said about Rin."

"Why did you say it in the first place?"

"Because I'm a bastard. I'm a bastard who deserves to get his ass kicked. I'm a bastard... who doesn't deserve to be a pro if I'm insulting people, especially grieving people, when there's no reason to."

Tsuburaba sighs and looks ahead. "There's some blame on my part too. Honestly, I shouldn't have resorted to punching you. I should've just ignored you or..."

"I'm sorry," Shinsou repeats, "and I won't do it again."

"And I'm sorry for giving into my worst impulse and punching you."

"Even though I deserved it?"

"Aspiring heroes shouldn't resort to violence just because it's their first impulse they get." He pauses. "Even if the world is dead, the word 'hero' should still have some meaning behind it."

"But, can we be heroes?" Shinsou suddenly asks. "I mean, the only rule is to survive by any means necessary so can we still be heroes?"

"This is not the end of the world. There is someone else out there. Who knows, maybe this will blow over in just one more month or two."

"Or three months?"

"Sounds realistic."

"Not four months?"

Tsuburaba considers it. "Four months sounds like a realistic timeline."

"Because six or seven months doesn't sound too realistic."

The air boy shakes his head. "Nah, six or seven months could happen."

Shinsou smiles and rests his elbows on his knees. "Wait,t think about this real hard, Kosei, one year."

The boy narrows his eyes. "Huh, one year? Yeah, this could be over in one year."

~A few minutes later~

"Thirty-five to thirty-six months," Shinsou gives out. "I mean, because thirty-nine months might be a little far-fetched."

"No, the apocalypse could end in those times. Thirty-five to thirty-six months, hell, even thirty-nine months."

"If you say so. Because, do you think the apocalypse will end in 452 months?"

"I don't think any of us will be alive after 452 months."

"Come on, man, believe in something," Shinsou laughs.

Tsuburaba laughs with him.

1:20 PM

With Bakugou and Iida

"Hey, Bakugou, I've been meaning to say, good game out there. You played like a true player."

"Whatever four-eyes." Bakugou sinks into the couch. "It's just a game and it wasn't over because we didn't finish."

"But still, we were winning because of you so you're the MVP."

"I'm always the MVP, four-eyes."

Iida thinks back to something. "Remember when we fought against Midoriya and Uraraka in the practice battle? Where we had to defend the nuke from the heroes?"

"Yeah, I remember. And I don't want to think about it."

"I was called the MVP. And... it was truly an honor."

Bakugou glares at him. "What are you trying to do? Rub it in my face that I lose to that damn nerd?"

"Honestly, it surprises me. If you and Midoriya were friends growing up, then how were you unaware of his quirk? I figured a smart boy such as yourself would find a way around his quirk, especially since you two grew up with it."

Bakugou opens his mouth. "Huh, what are you talking about? Deku is a damn quirkless nerd; his quirk appeared out of nowhere."

"I find that hard to believe, considering he was using his quirk in the entrance exams. He didn't score any combat points but he did score the most rescue points when he saved Uraraka."

"Deku has been quirkless ever since he was a little brat; his quirk literally showed up out of nowhere."

"Then perhaps he's a late bloomer; I've heard stories that there are some people who believe that their power is one thing during elementary school before realizing it's another come high school age."

"But he registered as quirkless, four-eyes, Deku is fucking quirkless. I don't know where his fucking quirk came from but he's fucking quirkless."

"He clearly has a quirk, Bakugou."

Bakugou looks away. Deku IS a quirkless bastard. If he isn't quirkless, then that means he's been hiding his quirk from me this entire time. I REFUSE to believe Deku would do something like that. I'm the best there is, not him.

CRASH!

Bakugou and Iida jump to their feet. "What?" they both mutter.

They ran out the front and quickly opened the gates after seeing it was clear.

Kaminari and Jirou were before them, sitting on the electric boy's dirtbike while the school bus crashed into a tree in reverse.

"Stop crashing the bus, goddamn it!" Bakugou yells.

Deku climbs off the bus, looking dazed from the bus crash. Nothing seems to be permanent aside from dented metal and no signs that the bus lost its function.

"Deku, you were driving the bus?" Bakugou yells.

Deku hesistates. "Uhh..."

"Deku, are you aware of that age-old stereotype about Asians? You know, the one that says Asians are bad drivers? Are you aware of that stereotype against us?"

"Uhh... yeah."

"Do you agree with this stereotype? Do you believe it's true?"

"Uhh... no."

"THEN WHY DOES EVERYONE KEEP CRASHING THE BUS!"

Deku holds his hands up. "Sorry, we had to get back here quick; we got wounded."

The rest of the students come out of the UA dorms and find Monoma, Kuroiro, and Yanagi escorted off the bus. The students panic and run to assist their classmates. Iida quickly gets in the bus and reverses it through the gates before Kaminari closes the doors.

"What the hell happened?" Bakugou yells.

"We got ambushed by zombies," Deku answers. "They just came at us out of nowhere. I couldn't believe it."

Bakugou faces Jirou. "I thought you said the surrounding area was clear of zombies!"

"It was but these zombies snuck up on us after we exhausted ourselves."

"I get stabbed," Kuroiro groans. He falls to his knees, holding the vines acting as stitches to his wound. The vines were doing their job because not a single drop of blood escaped Kuroiro's wound and all the blood on his clothing dried up, indicating he hadn't been bleeding in the last twenty or thirty minutes.

"Shroom?" Komori comes out. "Are you okay?"

Kuroiro notices the dried spot of blood under her nose. "What happened to you; you're bleeding?"

"Tokoyami hit me. Are you okay?"

Kuorio nods. "Yeah, I'm okay." He picks himself up.

"What happened to you three?" She addresses Monoma, Yanagi, and Shishida.

"Broken leg and dislocated knee," Kendo answers, still leaking some zombie guts from her shirt. She carries Monoma and Yanagi inside.

Shishida gives a sad look. "Deku attacked me with the bus."

"What?!" Deku exclaims. "Wai, no I didn't, I swear I-"

"Midoriya," Tsuburaba and Manga yell. They charge for him and grab his collar and hair.

"What the fuck is it with you guys disrespecting our classmates?" Tsuburaba scolds.

(Bastard!) "Do you like using our teammates for target practice!?" Manga yells.

"Calm down, guys," Kuroiro tells them, "it was an accident." He manages to stand up. "Now where's my brother in darkness?"

"Right here." Tokoyami walks forward. "How are you feeling?"

Kuroiro smiles. "You hit Komori?" He punches Tokyoami, knocking spit out of him, and causing him to fold over and clutch his wound. "You're fucking dead."

"No," Komori yells suddenly, "Kuroiro, it was an accident! We were playing basketball and he elbowed me; it was an accident and he apologized."

Kuroiro keeps his eyes on Tokoyami like a predator. "Is this true?"

The bird boy rubs his chin. "Yes, this unfortunate accident was my fault."

"Okay." Kuroiro manages to find the strength to stiffen his back and hold his hand out. "I feel a little too deep into that black abyss, brother. I'm sorry."

"You were concerned for your fellow classmate; I admire it." Tokoyami shakes his hand.

Komori grabs the shadow merger's arm. "Come on, shroom, let's get you inside and clean up your wound."

She's holding my arm. Oh man, this is the happiest day of my life!

As the rest of the students go inside, Kaminari and Jirou stay behind and sit with their backs against the gate. They sigh heavily before Kaminari takes off his blue sunglasses. He groans at the sight of the zombie blood stain on his glasses before closing them.

"It feels good to be home," Jirou sighs heavily, catching her breath. "I can't wait to sleep in my bed tonight."

"Yeah, me too, Jirou."

She takes out her phone and turns it on. "Hey, Jamming-Yay, is there any chance you can charge my phone for me?"

He laughs. "What's in it for me?"

"We can listen to tunes together."

Kaminari takes her phone. "Sure. I hope you like rock and roll because ever since we got back, I've been craving to listen to Chop Suey."

"Good to know."

"You think the others will be fine?"

Jirou looks forward and sees that the front door is still open. The first aid kits were out and the injured and wounded students were getting the care they needed.

"They'll be okay," she finally answers. "I trust everybody. We may not have Recovery Girl but no one is too badly injured. They'll make a full recovery."

"Even Kuroiro?"

"Kuroiro is the luckiest boy in the world because his best friend has a mushroom quirk; she can easily whip up whatever medical mushrooms he needs to help him. Kuroiro's in the most capable hands with Komori."

"Aww, and here I was thinking that I was Kurorio's best friend. So, if I'm ever wounded, then who will be my best friend to heal me?"

"Komori."

"Well, I do consider Komori to be a close friend, I wouldn't say she's my best friend. If you're ever wounded, I'll be your best friend to heal you."

"Oh yeah, and how is your quirk going to heal anybody?"

Kaminari's brain shuts down for a split second before he comes up with an answer. "If you ever get electrocuted and your heart stops, I can use electricity to perform CPR on you."

She laughs. "So, a human defibrillator?"

"Yeah."

"Oh, Kaminari, because getting electrocuted in a world where there's no electricity is the one thing I'm concerned about."

"I'm your best friend for another reason then, Jirou; because we live in a world without electricity, then I'm your human charger."

Note: there was electricity in the UA dorms. Even when the world was still alive, there was electricity in the dorms and they STILL used me as a human phone charger on the regular.