Momoshiro's teeth clenched tightly together, the same with his fists as he ran through the dark forest, pushing out everything that got in his way.

"Echizen!" Momoshiro screamed, frantically turning his body around to look in all directions before bolting forwards once again.

He rushed through all the nature, jumping over fallen tree limbs and turning on each sharp turn that he had to take, until he found him. He sat there on a lone tree stump. A golden light poured in on him from the opening of trees.

"Echizen!" Momoshiro called, quickly walking over to him. Before the other could even spare a glance to him, he was furiously slapped, sending him off the stump and onto the cold ground.

Echizen then looked up to him with hurt eyes. Momoshiro frowned and bent down, pulling him into his chest.

"There's always next time… you'll just get stronger, you know?" A muffled sniff came from the shorter one which Momoshiro ignored, not wanting to make the younger even more upset than he already was.

A few minutes passed before Echizen looked up, his shining gold eyes, which the light reflected off, staring straight into Momoshiro's, a fiery passion lit and burning in them.

"Let's go practice." He spoke, pulling away from his upperclassman. Momoshiro smirked.

"Now that's more like it!" Momoshiro yelled, wrapping an arm around the other's shoulders.

Before the two left however, Echizen turned and punched the other right in the stomach, causing Momo to grunt loudly.

"Don't hit me again, idiot." Echizen spoke, smirking.

"Got it."

The two then walked back to the courts.