SOBA

Todoroki made himself a bowl of chilled soba noodles. Iida and Yaoyorozu unfurled a roll of caution tape and wrapped it around his seat.

Iida pulled out a massive checklist. "Ojiro, tail?"

He tied it like a fuzzy belt. "Secured!"

"Ochako, gloves?"

She held up a pair of oven mitts. "I'm clear!"

"Kaminari, brain working?"

Kaminari gave him a thumbs up. "Yep!"

Jiro snorted. "Debatable."

"Hey!"

"Mineta, all spheres accounted for?"

Mineta jammed them down the toilet. "Yessir!"

"Mina, any acid?"

Mina went through with a mop. "Almost done!"

"Right! And that leaves Bakugo. Who has watch duty?"

Silence filled the room. Iida flipped through his checklist. "Shoji, it's your turn today."

"I traded it to Tokoyami."

When Iida's stare panned over to him, Tokoyami said, "I had Dark Shadow do it!"

The Quirk held up his hands. "Hagakure volunteered after I gave her the pictures!"

Tokoyami strangled him. "Pictures of what?"

"Anyone know where Hagakure is?"

Everyone called out, and Sato threw flour around, but there was no sign of her.

"Alright, we need to find Bakugo, before-"

The wall flew apart as Izuku went flying through it. Bakugo charged after him, explosions flying from his hands, shouting, "Get back here!"

Izuku went flying towards Todoroki's soba. Iida sped forward and snatched the cup just as Izuku smashed into the table. As Todoroki's chopsticks descended again, Yaoyorozu made a table and Iida set the bowl back in place.

Izuku and Bakugo stared at each other from opposite ends of the new table. Bakugo darted one way, and Izuku juked the other. Bakugo snarled and prepared to leap over.

Kirishima grabbed his arms. "Dude, you can't! You know what Todoroki will do!"

Bakugo grinned. "You're right. I do know."

Kirishima relaxed, and his grasp slipped. Bakugo lunged for the soba. Kirishima grabbed his ankle, stopping him just short. A blast knocked him backwards. Bakugo kicked out a table leg. As the table tipped, Mineta threw a sphere, sticking the table in place. Bakugo kicked the underside of the table. The soba went flying in the air. Tsuyu snagged the bowl with her tongue and deftly swung it under the falling noodles.

Bakugo blasted the chopsticks from Shoto's hands. Mina grabbed another set from the kitchen and hurled them to Jiro. She caught them with the finesse of a professional drummer and jammed them into Shoto's fingers as he went for another bite.

Bakugo shoved the sofa. Sero leapt to the floor, making his back a new table. As Shoto raised the last morsel of soba to his lips, Bakugo slammed his fist on the ground in defeat.

"Guys!" Hagarkure shouted. "Bakugo's coming, hurry, we gotta-"

She yelped as she tripped on the broken table leg. She stumbled over Sero, and a flailing hand knocked the soba from Todoroki's chopsticks.

Todoroki bit down. Stopped. Looked at his empty chopsticks. At the empty bowl. Then at the noodles lying on the floor.

Iida shouted, "Run!"

He didn't make it. No one did.

500

Some say the world will end in fire. Some say it will end in ice. Todoroki ends it in both.