A stare off was between the 3-point clutcher and the Iron Heart. It felt like the stare-off lasted five minutes, but the referee interfered without complicating the fight further.

"Time out for 10 minutes." The two heated-heads marched away from each other and went around the court but ended up sitting on the same bench. The captain drank his water bottle in silence as the giant wiped away his sweat on a towel. One of the 1st years asked:

"Are they okay? They suddenly became super quiet." Izuki Shuun giggled as he thought of a way to provoke them: He walked near the bench and leaned over.

"So, are you guys gonna just stay quiet at each other or become quiet statues."

"IZUKI!" Hyuuga punched the Eagle-eyed guy's cheek. The 3rd years all laughed. As Izuki got up, he murmured:

"Haha, mission accomplished."

"Say that again Izuki! And I will punch you again." Hyuuga warned. The rest were laughing. Kagami explained to the first years as if he was a wise man.

"Basically, if you see those two" He pointed to Hyuuga and Kiyoshi.

"—arguing, it's normal… Wait! What did Izuki said before?

'They say the more you argue, the closer the friendship.'" He said as the rest of the group was staring at Kagami. Kuroko sighed as he commented what was on the minds of everyone who listened.

"Kagami-kun, I thought your wise words were just a fluke the last time. I never knew you could be this thoughtful to your seniors and juniors."

"What? No, I used Izuki's words—"

"—Oh my, didn't know you were so modest too!" Tsuchida Satoshi commented.

"What! No Tsuchi-"

"I mean, I thought the last time he said… What did he say Furihata?" Fukuda Hiroshi added and he directed the attention to Furihata Koki.

'We create our OWN drama!' Furihata said it as if he was Kagami.

"Furiiihata!" Kagami was trying to intimidate Furihata, but Furihata just chuckled off. Kagami was trying to stop this teasing when Kuroko called him.

"Kagami-kun?" Kagami was about to reply back with a big voice, but Kuroko sighed and continued before Kagami spoke.

"You blow our minds once again!" Everyone on the team chuckled.

"Errrrrrr…. KUROKOOOO!"


After 10 minutes, the referee called out:

"Time out ended. Switch sides!" As the two duos switched places, Kikumaru was about to make a sly comment, but Oishi stopped him.

"Don't provoke them… they seem like they'll be off their game. So we'll strike then." Oishi whispered to Kikumaru. Kikumaru nodded. They had a plan and knew that it was time for a strike. The referee blew the whistle to signal the start of the second half of the game. This time, Kikumaru had to serve the tennis ball. He served it upper-handly; the ball flew near the net but Hyuuga who was in the front net swung his racket really hard and with a PANG! The ball flew back towards Kikumaru.

"Kikumaru!" Oishi called out. Kikumaru stared at the ball and knew that the sound of the hit was going to disappear. He closed his eyes and hit his racket in mid-air. With another PANG! The ball flew back towards Hyuuga's side.

"Hmph!" Hyuuga swung his racket and the same sound happened. This rally was going for a long time, with the swing harder and the curve of the ball grew wider and wider; until Kiyoshi thought that the ball was towards him.

"KIYOSHI!" Riko from the bench called out. And Kiyoshi stopped his swing for Hyuuga who was front of him to hit it. Kikumaru was surprised. He forgot the female coach's impact to his opponent. Shoot!

"15, love." Hyuuga and Kiyoshi didn't celebrate they were in their positions and waited for the ball to play in.


During the second half of the game, Kageyama asked Hinata.

"Hey! I thought you were going to watch the tennis matches."

"Yeah I did. Now I wanna practice." Kageyama was perplexed, but then just shrugged it off.

"Ok. Let's find a wall then." The duo left the tennis court and found a grey metal wall nearby. However, there was already somebody using the wall as a practice opponent. It was the Viper, practicing his racket strokes on that wall as they walked in.

"shuuuu…. What do you want?" Hinata was shaking because he remembered this guy at the bathroom scene and that Kaido's expression is scary as ever. He quickly diverted his attention the opposite direction:

"Let's find another wall." Kageyama was just behind Hinata and reacted.

"What? No. We aren't going anywhere, this wall is perfect for our opponent." Kageyama said it like it was nothing. As he walked to the Viper, the Viper's face scrunched. Hinata thought: Oh dear! He's gonna kill us. Kageyama introduced himself.

"Hi, I'm Kageyama, could I practice beside you?"

"Shuuu... rre." Kaido Kaoru answered, as he clearly didn't slur his words. Kageyama just placed himself next to Kaido and started volleying the volleyball. Hinata was a bit irritated at Kageyama: the least he can do is invite me no?


Author's Note: What do you think will happen now? Will Hyuuga and Kiyoshi duo win? or Kikumaru and Oishi duo win? And wanna see more of Hinata and Kageyama? :D Stay tune for more!