"I bet you all can guess what it is. Who is the LEAST attractive person on your team? Fuji! You're first."

"Well, coach," said Fuji, crossing his legs and leaning back. "My personal opinion was that Mizuki was the least attractive, but my team is under the impression that he is the MOST attractive, so that couldn't possibly be right."

"Damn straight!" said Mizuki. "Take THAT, Lucifer!"

It certainly LOOKED like Fuji ignored that comment, but we all know better.

"The least attractive is probably…Yana." Fuji concluded.

"That's correct!" said Ryuuzaki. "That brings your team up to two out of four points so far."

Fuji clapped his hands.

"Momo?" Ryuuzaki said.

Momo gave a heavy sigh and leaned his chin in his palms. "Even though I don't really agree with this, I'm sensing a trend so…" Momo sighed again. "It wouldn't be me, would it?"

"That's right!" said Ryuuzaki as she showed the paper to Momo. "And look, they even drew a sad face next to it."

"Ootori did that because he said he felt bad." Said Gakuto.

"We're sorry, Momo." Said Choutarou.

"It's fine… whatever…" said Momo but he was crying on the inside.

"Next up is Tezuka." Ryuuzaki said. "Who, according to your team is the least attractive?"

Tezuka, once again, gave his team a once over.

"Kabaji." He answered, just as confidently as all his other responses.

"That is also correct." Said Ryuuzaki. "You are all so good at spotting the most unattractive person on your team!"

"Daw…" said all the young people. "You're just SAYING that!"

"Let's just keep moving right along." Ryuuzaki suggested as she did just that. "Ryoma, it's your turn."

Ryoma paused only a second.

"Well," he said. "Considering Hiyoshi wasn't the MOST attractive, I guess I have a twenty-five percent chance of getting it right if I call him out on this one…"

"Yes, data." Said Inui, looking proud.

"I'm just average looking…" Hiyoshi put his head in his hand.

"I'm sorry, the answer was actually Sakurai." Said Ryuuzaki.

"Do you even know any of our names?" Saeki demanded.

Ryoma paused again. Then he bowed his head in shame. "No." he faltered. "I only know Hiyoshi because I played in a match against him."

"Oh." said Saeki, looking ashamed.

"Okay, moving on…" said Ryuuzaki, giving them all a strange look. "You have the stage, Sengoku."

Sengoku chuckled cruelly under his breath for a bit. "This time around, my opinion agrees with that of the team's!" he said.

"How do you know?" said Ryuuzaki.

"Have you LOOKED at Itsuki?" said Sengoku, his cruel chuckling exploding into cruel laughter.

Itsuki frowned depressedly.

"Okay, so I guess that means your answer is Itsuki…." Said Ryuuzaki. "And that is correct."

"You all are going to thank me for this tonight!" said Sengoku. But then he stopped. "Oh wait, that sounded wrong. Never mind!"

"Anyway…" Ryuuzaki said. "Akutsu? Least attractive?"

"Kaidou!" Akutsu said, once again shaking his fist at Kaidou.

"I've had enough of that one!" Kaidou yelled and JUST when he was about to stampede towards Akutsu and make mince meat of him, Olaf came out of nowhere and held him back.

"Thank you, Olaf." Said Ryuuzaki as Olaf plunked Kaidou back in his seat. Olaf grunted in response and then departed. "And, Akutsu, I'm sorry. But the correct response was…"

She stopped and looked at the paper.

"Well…who ever cared about this stuff anyway?" she said with a laugh as she tried to walk past Akutsu to Jirou, but Akutsu stopped her.

"Those pansies put MY name down, didn't they?" he said, his eyes practically glowing with rage.

"Pshhhh… no!" said Ryuuzaki. "Why would you think something like that?"

Akutsu looked at his team. "You all are going to regret this!" he warned.

"In retrospect, I'm thinking that that probably wasn't our best idea…" Ryou admitted to his team.

"Mmm…" they agreed whole-heartedly.

"Anyway, Jirou," said Ryuuzaki. "Who on your team is the least attractive?"

"Well—" Jirou began, but Renji stood up.

"Jirou, may I request that you keep your reasoning in your head and not share it with the rest of the world?" he said.

Jirou mulled it over.

"Oh all right." He said. And then he thought and considered and pondered to himself. Finally he sat up straight. "Sanada!"

"That's right!" said Ryuuzaki.

"See?" said Renji to the rest of the team. "That way, only one person feels bad in the end."

"Brilliant." Inui commented.

"And finally," Ryuuzaki said. "Last and certainly not least! Team Eight's Atobe will tell us who HIS team voted as the least attractive!"

"Let's think…" said Atobe. "It wouldn't be…BANE, now would it?"

"Um…no…" said Ryuuzaki. "Your team put your name here."

Atobe gave a heavy sigh. "I really am trying now." He said. "But my team is making it impossible for us to gain any points whatsoever."

"He's got a point you know." Jackal said to the rest of the team.

"SH!" said Yuuta.

"Well, with half of the competition over, I will now take a moment to hand over the paper to Banji and then we'll keep going!" said Ryuuzaki. "Right after you hear the score. Team Seven is in the lead with four points, having answered all of their questions correctly! Teams Three and Five are right behind them with three points! Teams One and Two both have two points, while Teams Four and Six have one point each purely by chance! Finally, having answered all of their questions WRONG, Team Eight has NO points!"

Then she handed the papers to Banji.

"Thank you." Said Banji. "Let's not pause for even a moment! Team One, who is the best at tennis?"

"Oh, that one's easy." Said Fuji. "Tezuka."

There was a bit of a pause.

"Ho ho ho." Chuckled Banji. "Let me rephrase. Who, out of all the people on your team, is the best at tennis?"

Fuji nodded. "Tezuka." He repeated.

"In the family, Fuji." Said Taka.

"What about it?" he asked.

"Who, out of the five people who are in your family, is the best at tennis?" Banji said clearly and concisely.

"Oh." said Fuji. "Well, my parents don't really play tennis that much, and Yuuta's getting better and better every day—"

"Not your REAL family!" said Banji. "Your fake family! As in you, Taka, Yana, Kirihara and Mizuki."

"Ohh…" Fuji said. "You mean, who is the best at tennis out of me, Taka, Yana, Kirihara and Mizuki?"

"Yes." Said Banji.

Fuji put uncrossed his legs and then crossed them the other way.

"Well…" he actually looked perplexed.

Everyone else's mouths were hanging open.

"Fuji, keep in mind that you have defeated me, Mizuki AND Kirihara," Taka pointed out. "And do you really have to defeat Yana to know that you're better than him?"

"Hey, no hints!" said Banji.

"Well, I know what I think, but I wonder if my team would think differently." Fuji said.

"WE DON'T." said his whole team.

"Okay, fine." Fuji shrugged. "Me, then."

"That is correct." Said Banji. "Team One gets another point! How about you, Momo? Who is the best tennis player on YOUR team?"

"Well this is hard," said Momo. "Because my team is compiled of primarily DOUBLES players…"

"If you had top pick just one." Said Banji.

"Obviously." Said Momo. "I've played against all of them except Ootori…"

"Oh, I'm DEFINITELY not the best!" said Choutarou, standing up.

"You're a great tennis player, Choutarou!" said Shishido, standing up as well.

"Thanks so much, Shishido!" said Choutarou. "I hope everything works out for you and you make your own style of tennis!"

"You've helped me train so much…I hope to someday return the favor!" said Shishido, giving him the thumbs up.

Banji cleared his throat, and Shishido and Choutarou promptly sat down and covered their faces. "Momo?" Banji led.

"I don't know…Eiji?" he shrugged.

"I'm sorry, your team actually said that you were the best." Banji said.

"What?" said Momo. "Me?" He looked at his team. "Really, guys?"

They were all nodding like a sappy infomercial.

"I'm flattered!" Momo said, sitting down and trying to hold back his tears of joy.

"Next up is Tezuka." Said Banji. "Tezuka, who is the best at—"

"Obviously it is me." Said Tezuka.

"…Okay." Said Banji. "That's right."

"It killed me to agree with that." Tachibana glared.

"Ryoma?" said Banji. "Who is the best at tennis on your team?"

"If you say Hiyoshi then so help me!" said Saeki.

"What if he legitimately thinks I'm the best at tennis?" said Hiyoshi.

"Don't make me smack you." Said Saeki. "I'm not in the joking mood."

"That wasn't a joke." Said Hiyoshi.

"That's right!" said Banji. "That IS what your team wrote! You, Echizen Ryoma, are the Prince of Tennis."

"Oh yes I am." agreed Ryoma.

"Next up is Sengoku." Said Banji.

"You know something I've noticed?" said Sengoku. "So far, everyone who has received the best at tennis award has been people who are sitting up here. Do you think that means that our teams excommunicate us simply because they are secretly jealous of us?"

"When you say 'us', are you answering the question with yourself?" Banji asked.

"Why yes, I am." Sengoku nodded.

"And you're right." Said Banji. "Your team voted you as the best at tennis on your team!"

"Even though you're lame." Shishido said under his breath, crossing his arms.

"We're certainly on a roll with this one." Said Banji. "You're all getting quite good at this! Akutsu?"

"I don't pretend to think I'm good at tennis, because I don't care!" said Akutsu. "So I won't even bother!" Akutsu clenched both his fists. "But I also don't know anything about any of you because I never played against any of you!"

"Well…try to work your way through it." Suggested Banji.

"I don't know!" said Akutsu. "That one with the bandana. Whatever your name is."

"Me?" Ryou tried.

"Yeah, cause he knows my name." Kaidou said, looking away because he was way too cool.

"Well, both guesses are wrong anyway." Said Banji. "Oshitari would have been the correct answer."

"I am… A GENIUS." Said Oshitari, pushing his glasses further up his face.

"Oh are you?" said Fuji, leaning forward.

"So they call me." Oshitari answered.

"We should play a match sometime." Fuji suggested, going into Scary Mode.

"Hey, hey, hey!" said Banji. "I knew it was a bad idea to include questions that involve tennis! Now they're talking about tennis again!"

"Just move on and maybe they'll forget all about it." Said Ryuuzaki.

"Jirou!" said Banji. "Best at tennis on your team?"

"Remember, keep it in your head until you have the final answer." Renji called.

"Ah yes." Said Jirou with a nod. After a moment's pause, he pointed. "Sanada!" he announced.

"That is correct also." Said Banji. "This team hasn't gotten a single question wrong yet!"

"YES!" said Jirou as he jumped up on his seat and started doing The Monkey. When no one joined him (not even his own team! For shame!), he finally decided to stop and calmly sat back down.

"Finally, let's see if Team Eight can get out of their slum." Said Banji. "Because you know, if you get this question wrong then you're out of the competition because it'll be impossible for you to catch up with Team Seven even if they get all the remaining questions wrong."

"I am ready." Said Atobe.

"Who is the best at tennis on your team?" Banji asked.

"Why," said Atobe. "That would be me." Then he looked at his team. "Right?"

"Right!" said Banji.

Atobe then did some celebratory pointing.

"We may HATE you, but we're not STUPID." Said Bane.

"Could have fooled me, after that least attractive vote." Atobe said.

"Okay, okay, that was towards the beginning of the test while we were still spiteful." Jackal admitted.

"Let's keep going." Said Banji.