"Do you think we should untie Jirou now?" asked Oshitari, glancing back at the body sitting in the corner of the ice cream place, still trying to move. "He would probably want to tell Marui how good he thought he was."

Gakuto gulped. "But will he be happy that Hyoutei won the first match, or sad that his beloved Marui-kun lost?"

"...I'm not sure if I want to know the answer to that or not."

The two turned around to glance at Jirou once more. Even though he probably heard the result of the match from Hiyoshi, he didn't show it. Muffled noises such as "Maaawwuiii-knnnn itthh thhooo cooowh!" were still able to hear.

Gakuto cleared his throat awkwardly. "Y-Yuushi, doesn't your head hurt from eating all of that ice cream?"

Oshitari raised an eyebrow. "No, why?"

"Just wondering. How does your head handle stuff that like?"

"Well, I guess it's just because I'm a genius..."

The ice cream man from earlier had walked past Oshitari and frowned slightly when he heard that.

Gakuto smiled. "You're right." Then he started talking a bit louder. "And at LEAST you're not a SELF-PROCLAIMED genius like some CERTAIN people I MAY or may not KNOW!"

Marui heard this and twitched. "Say that AFTER you beat me in a tennis match, idiot..." he muttered. He ended up finding himself trying to block out certain angry squeals coming from the ice cream place's corner.

Hiyoshi sighed. "Can we just start the next match now? The Shishido - Ootori pair vs. the..." He looked at the Rikkaidai lineup which was written on a piece of paper nearby. "...Niou and Yagyuu pair."

Niou rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah."

oOoOoOoOo

"Well, start," said Hiyoshi, impatiently drumming his fingers on his table.

Shishido looked at him. "Say it."

"I refuse."

"...say it."

"No thank you."

"It's a senpai's request, Hiyoshi. If you can't do this, then how the heck will you be able to be Hyoutei's tennis buchou next year?"

Hiyoshi tensed. "Fine. One... bowl... match... both teams to start. Yeah." As soon as both doubles pairs dug in, Hiyoshi muttered, "...gekokujou."

oOoOoOoOo

Jackal gasped. "There it is! Yagyuu's Golf Swing!"

"You sound like those annoying freshman from Seigaku," commented Marui, blowing a bubble.

Jackal glared at him (well, as much as Jackal could glare, anyway), but nevertheless, it was indeed Yagyuu's Golf Swing... ice cream style.

Yanagi opened his eyes a little. "Golf Swing with a spoon..." he muttered, writing in his notebook.

"Uh, what just happened, Yanagi-senpai?" asked Kirihara. "I wasn't looking, but did Yagyuu-senpai really use his Golf Swing for just eating ice cream?"

"You are correct, Akaya," replied Yanagi. "Yagyuu gripped the spoon with both hands and swung it as he would for a normal golf swing, except maybe for with a little less power, due to the fact that if he used his full power in that swing, then he would have tipped over the table and injured the people near him, including Niou. Anyway, he swung the spoon like a he would for a golf club, causing it to pick up an entire scoop of ice cream. This makes the clearing-ice-cream-off-of-the-bowl go by approximately 10.4 times faster."

Kirihara paused for a moment to process everything Yanagi had said before speaking. "So would he eat all of the ice cream on the spoon at once? Would his brain be able to manage that?"

Yanagi watched Yagyuu scoop up his 4rd scoop of ice cream. "It appears that he takes many small bites, actually. Small, fast bites, you can barely notice them. He does not have sensitive teeth, so it wouldn't bother him. As for the brainfreeze... since he takes small bites instead of big ones, his brain should be able to comprehend it."

"Oh." Kirihara watched Yagyuu scoop up another scoop of ice cream and took note of Niou. "It's a good thing that Niou-senpai is eating off to the side of Yagyuu-senpai's golf swing..."

Marui elbowed Kirihara. "So you care for him after all, is that it?" he asked, winking.

"Pfft, of course not." Regardless, Kirihara looked slightly flustered. "I was just saying..."

Sanada leaned closer to Yukimura and asked, "Even though he is slowing down for the sake of the tables and our safety, don't you think Yagyuu is swinging a bit slower than usual for even that?"

Yukimura only smiled, which confused Sanada even more; though of course, he would never show it. "You are right about that, Genichirou," was all Yanagi said to Sanada, because he just HAPPENED to overhear him.

oOoOoOoOo

Well, let's jump over to the Hyoutei side. "I can't believe that those two have already eaten 9 HUGE scoops of ice cream..." said Gakuto in disbelief.

Shishido overheard this while eating and thought, 'It's all because of that guy's swing...'

Ootori could see how tense Shishido was and said, "It's okay, Shishido-san, we'll find a way to beat them!"

Shishido smiled a bit. "Of course, Choutarou." However, even with his favourite kouhai right by his side, he couldn't help but think, '...but we're still 4 HUGE scoops behind them...'

The two continued to eat for another few moments before a light bulb appeared on top of Shishido's head. "That's it!" he exclaimed with his mouthful. He swallowed before continuing. "Choutarou, use your Neo Scud Serve, but position your spoon so that when you do it, the ice cream scoops in line will be flung up!"

Ootori looked slightly uneasy, but then realized that it was Shishido saying it, so he had complete trust in him. "Okay, whatever you say, Shishido-san!"

Ootori did what Shishido had directed him to do and sent scoops of ice cream flying in the air. The two looked up, and caught the scoops in their mouths. Unfortunately for Shishido, he had caught the extra scoop of ice cream, causing him to have two HUGE scoops of ice cream in his mouth. Atobe noticed Shishido's pained expression and said, "Such a pity, Shishido must have been trying to look smart in front of his wife, na, Kabaji?"

"Usu."

Between mouthfuls, Shishido said, "I can hear you, Atobe."

Atobe smirked. "Hurry up and keep eating, Shishido. I don't want you suffering another loss. It won't be good for our school's reputation."

Shishido sighed inwardly. 'He does have a point...' He started eating faster like there was no tomorrow.

Niou noticed this. "Hey Yagyuu, do you suppose we should become serious as well?"

Yagyuu smiled. "Of course, Niou-kun."

Niou changed the grip of his spoon. From there he hit...

...a perfect Laser Beam.

Shishido gaped, which caused some ice cream to fall out of his mouth. "Shishido-san," said Ootori slowly. "You should close your mouth. It's not very good if you leave your mouth hanging open for food to fall out. It also wouldn't be very good to have your saliva all over our ice cream."

"O-Oh, sorry, Choutarou." Shishido was still awed by the fact that NIOU's Laser Beam picked up 4 ice cream scoops in a row, and ate them just as fast as he picked them up. 'Isn't Laser Beam that Yagyuu guy's move?'

Niou noted Shishido's surprised expression and said, "Have you forgotten who we are, Shishido-kun?"

Shishido paused for a moment as he was trying to process how 'Niou' was talking politely. Then a light bulb appeared on top of Shishido's head once again. He gasped. "You two are the Platinum Pair!"

'Yagyuu' twitched. "Stupid, you've been reading too much fanfiction!"

"Oh." The lightbulb on Shishido's head shattered, causing the shattered pieces to fall. "Ow my eye!" he said, as a few of the pieces fell in said place. Then he realized that he must have looked crazy, so he stopped. He was still trying to process the fact that 'Yagyuu' had swore. "Wait... Niou's a trickster, right?"

'Yagyuu' rolled his eyes. "You bet I am. Go, Yagyuu!"

Jackal gasped. "Niou and Yagyuu have..."

"...SWITCHED!" said Marui, ending Jackal's sentence for him. Then he frowned. "We really do sound like those Seigaku freshmen..."

"It's very disgusting, Marui," commented Sanada. "40 laps around the courts for both of you when we get back."

Marui blew a bubble. "He sounds like Tezuka..." he muttered.

Sanada visibly twitched when he heard this. "50 laps!" he barked.

Marui sighed. "Assigning more laps for me makes you sound even more like Tezuka, you know."

An ice cream man (different than the one that was serving ice cream to them earlier) passed by and happened to hear this. He coughed lightly in response to it, before moving on.

Sanada was about to retort, but then Yukimura put a hand on his shoulder and said, "He's right, Genichirou."

Sanada sighed as he took in his defeat. Then he turned back to the ice cream-eating match. 'At least, it's a good thing that Niou and Yagyuu have already eaten 13 scoops of ice cream.'

Shishido and Ootori were desperately trying to catch up to them, but they just couldn't get away from the distraction beside them. 'Not another Laser Beam...' thought Shishido in annoyance.

Sure enough, 'Niou', who was actually the real Yagyuu, had his spoon gripped, ready for another Laser Beam. He swung at the ice cream bowl, and picked up the last four scoops of ice cream. "Come, Niou-kun," said the real Yagyuu. "You'll have to help me with this spoonful."

Shishido couldn't take it anymore. "CHOUTAROU! USE YOUR NEO SCUD SERVE AGAIN!" he yelled, even though Ootori was right beside him.

Ootori gulped. "B-But Shishido-san, your brainfreeze-"

"JUST DO IT!" he yelled in response, maybe a bit too overdramatically.

Ootori slowly tightened his grip on his spoon, before sending another three scoops of ice cream up in the air. As he caught one scoop in his mouth, he looked to Shishido. 'Shishido-saaaan!' his mind yelled, due to the fact that he couldn't actually yell because food would (disgustingly) fall out of his mouth.

As if it was a replay of the yakiniku-eating contest, Shishido thought, 'Goodbye, Choutarou.' With that, he gulped down the two scoops of ice cream, then passed out due to brainfreeze overload.

Once Ootori was done with his scoop, he decided to yell it out loud. "SHISHIDO-SAAAAN!" Then he turned to his (and Shishido's) ice cream bowl and began eating with greater motivation. With tears in his eyes, he thought, 'I will win for you, Shishido-san!'

The Rikkaidai side looked at the two and all thought, 'They're being too dramatic for ice cream-eating...'

That's when they all heard Niou and Yagyuu say "Done" in unison.

Hiyoshi sighed. "Game and match... Platinum Pair... 0 scoops to 9." Then he thought, 'Stupid senpai... being overly dramatic... gekokujou.'

"Their names are Niou and Yagyuu," said Yanagi. Then he jotted a few things in his notebook, mumbling, "Hyoutei... reads fanfiction very often..."

"I hate to say it," started the real Yagyuu. "But that was quite, ah, 'lame', was it?"

The real Niou smirked. "Yeah. I agree." He turned to Yanagi. "It's your turn, isn't it?"

Yanagi smiled. "You are 100% correct." Then he looked to the Hyoutei side.

"Go, Kabaji!" ordered Atobe.

"Usu."