The Third Competition
There were eight tables, each with four chairs. Then there was a small stage set up with eight chairs on it.
The tennis players looked around aimlessly, trying to figure out what kind of crazy thing they were going to be doing.
"Before we start ANYTHING," Ryuuzaki said, coming out of nowhere with the other coaches by her side. "We need each team to choose one person to separate from the group."
"FOR GOOD?" said Team Eight minus Atobe excitedly.
"No…just for the challenge." Said Ryuuzaki.
"Oh…" said Team Eight minus Atobe sadly.
Team One…
"Well…" said Mizuki looking at each teammate one at a time. "I'm thinking…"
"Fuji?" said Taka, Yana and Kirihara.
"Yeah." Said Mizuki.
"Okay." Said the other three.
"No offense, Fuji," said Taka. "But we just want you as far away from us as possible."
"That's okay." Said Fuji with a smile that suggested it wasn't all THAT okay.
Team Two…
"Because of Momo's recent disrespect to all that is sacred in the trust we put into our faithful doubles partners…" Eiji started. "I say we pick HIM to exclude from the team!"
"HERE HERE!" cheered the other bitchy doubles players.
"Guys seriously…" Momo sighed.
"The things you said today…" Choutarou sniffed, getting teary-eyed just thinking about it. "That was blasphemous."
"The best thing for you right now…is to be singles." Marui said.
"Leave the doubles to us, okay?" said Gakuto, putting a hand on his shoulder.
Team Three…
"All right, Tezuka, we're not going to bother hiding it from you anymore." Said Tachibana. "We are trying to sabotage you in this challenge."
"I expected so much." Tezuka admitted.
"Therefore, we have all telepathically decided to isolate you from the rest of us and the challenge to ensure that you won't get the chance to win the individual aspect of it!" Aoi declared.
"And—" David began
"NO!" said everyone else as they slapped him because they recognized the look on his face when he's about to tell a pun.
"Aw man…" said David sadly.
Team Four…
"Hm…" the whole team pondered this very important decision.
"Ryoma, how about it?" said Saeki finally.
"Why me?" said Ryoma.
"Because we don't really like you all that much." Sakurai said.
"Yes." Said Hiyoshi. "We want to isolate you from the team and hopefully we'll all forge friendships with you not around so you'll be even more left out."
"Don't TELL him that!" said Saeki.
"You were all thinking it." Said Hiyoshi, crossing his arms.
"Fine, whatever…" Ryoma shrugged.
Team Five…
"Well, we've all recently bonded since you've been outside today, Sengoku…" said Shishido, referring to himself and all those who were not Sengoku.
"Fine, fine!" said Sengoku. "I know when I'm not wanted!"
"That's right." Said Shishido. "And that time is right now."
"But maybe we'll need you later." Said Oishi, trying to be nice.
"Not likely!" whined Sengoku. "I hope you guys fail at the challenge!"
"Why do you have that attitude?" said Itsuki.
"Cheer us on from the sidelines!" said Kamio, but he just received a cold stare from Sengoku.
Team Six…
"So anyway, Akutsu, that's why we have chosen YOU to be isolated from our team." Oshitari explained rationally as he and the rest of the team stood at least an arms length away from Akutsu. They all had at least one black eye, and Oshitari's glasses were taped together.
"If you all had just WORN your helmets like I had told you then you wouldn't have gotten those head injuries!" said Akutsu. "It's not my fault!"
"You're the one who punched us!" Kaidou yelled as he made a lunge for Akutsu but Atsushi and Ryou held him back.
Team Seven…
"You know what I'm getting sick of?" Sanada said, pointing at Jirou who was sleeping on the ground.
"Yeah, me too." Tetsu agreed.
"The chances of the role of the isolated person being important is fifty-fifty." Renji said.
"We will either be at an advantage by eliminating our deadweight, or at a disadvantage by leaving our deadweight in charge of a very important role." Inui said.
The team mulled this over.
"Oh what the hell." Said Sanada. "Let's just get rid of him. He's starting to snore."
Team Eight…
"Atobe, we pick you." Yuuta said. "Because any time that we get to be away from you is a good time."
"Very well." Said Atobe, putting his hand up in front of his face. "But your reasoning should have been that I don't do anything for the team."
"That too!" said Bane.
"I will gladly depart from this team." Atobe announced.
"And we'll gladly see you go." Shinji said.
"Hopefully it's permanent…" Jackal said.
"OKAY!" said Sakaki. "All the people who have been cast aside by their families, please follow me! The rest of the families please sit down at your assigned tables and wait for further instructions!"
Once the remaining four members of each team were situated at their tables, Banji, Ojii and Ryuuzaki went around with packets, giving each table one packet.
"Please answer these packets as truthfully as possible and as a group!" Banji ordered.
"When you're finished, please let us know." Ojii said.
"There are a hundred questions here!" exclaimed Ryou.
"Just answer them all!" said Banji.
"What are these…?" said Shishido. "On your team, who is the most attractive? Why are you asking these kinds of questions?"
"Just answer the questions!" said Ojii.
After a good while of the teams collaborating, a few fights breaking out and a hundred questions later, eventually all the families finished.
"Now we will bring in your castaways who have all been getting ice cream while you have been filling out these packets!" said Ryuuzaki.
"Why did you have to tell us that…?" Yuuta slapped his forehead as the aforementioned people entered and took their seats in numerical order in the isolated chairs.
"We have chosen eight questions from the lot you all just answered together." Said Sakaki, waving a copy of the packet around. "We will ask the question to the member of the team you all cast aside, and if they answer in the same way you all answered in the packet then you get one point! If they answer wrong, nothing happens."
"Whoever has the most points after eight questions wins!" announced Ryuuzaki.
"Oh no." said everyone who filled out the packets.