The night before the match Akashi decided to talk tactics with his pup, go over everything one last times. Or a few times.

Both his and Murasakibara's puppies were great at defending. And both also had some new and strange moves to attack with. Akashi had tried to prepare his pup for the purple one's jumps and speed, even inviting Kotarou again to help with his own jumps and speed. The reddish puppy had reacted good to this training.

Akashi's plan towards the other puppy's defense was just speed. The reddish one couldn't out-jump the purple pup so hopefully his speed would help him to fake a shot and then go behind his opponent.

Another thing Akashi took into account was that now the tiring tactic won't work, both puppies had quite a lot of stamina and could run around for hours.

Maybe he could copy a movement from when the puppies lived on the street, ran and fought there. That's why Akashi had gotten back to the street where his puppy's friends still lived. Of course, his reddish pup was with him, he loved to visit his old home.

And so Akashi had observed how his pup had played around with his friends. But was there a move he could use there? He wondered.

He also wondered what was Murasakibara doing. How was he training. Was he even training this close to the match.

Soon enough the wondering ended. It was morning. Akashi and his reddish pup walked out of his house, towards the court where the Tournament started and where it would end.