A/N: Hi! So… This is kind of like a side story... It's like a break from the main story. Hope you enjoy it!


MEANWHILE: AWAY FROM THE TENNIS FIELD #33

Hinata was lost at the festival. He remembered that he was with Kageyama and that snake tennis player a while ago, but somehow he ended up wondering around the festival shops. As he was about to go into a festival shop for food, there was a commotion nearby that caught his attention. It wasn't just his attention, a small group of people surrounded this commotion. Hinata was curious and headed towards the group of people gathered. He saw that it was a fight between a black head and a red head. Waitt! Is that who I think it is? He squinted his eyes and searched in his mind where he last saw the red head.Bingo! I know him! It was Kagami Taiga in a heated argument with the other dude.

"Come on! Let me go against her in a high jump contest! I bet I can beat her!" Kagami yelled out. The black haired dude, which Hinata recognized in a sports magazine as the National top track n' field sprinter, Akitsuki Yamato was in front of a short bob raven girl seizing to size up against Kagami. Hinata saw that that girl had long skinny legs. It made him envy her because with those legs, he knew they could jump high.

"No, my girlfriend has to compete later. She needs the rest." Akitsuki said.

"Fine then! What about I take you on?" Kagami declared as he glared into Akitsuki's eyes. Hinata didn't want to get involved in this heated 'discussion'. But somehow, he walked up to Kagami, and tapped on his shoulder. Kagami turned around with a mean look on his face; it almost had Hinata yelp like a pup.

"What do you want?" Kagami asked grumpily.

"I—I don't think this is a good idea."

"What? It's not you who's gonna compete against him." Kagami yelled as he pointed to Akitsuki. Hinata shook his head.

"I still think it's a bad idea. Do you even know who they are?" Hinata pointed to the couple.

"Them? They are just normal athletes. All I know is that I saw that girl jump and it made me want to beat her." Kagami explained. Hinata gasped.

"You don't know who they are? Kagami-kun, have you been living under a rock? They are the BEST in the country: National Champions of Track n' Field. This guy in front of you is Akitsuki Yamato, the #1 sprinter in this nation, and Asahina Suzuka is a prodigy in high jump. Kagami-kun, you dare to take them all?" After Hinata yelled out the couples' identities, he was out of breath.

"My goodness gracious! Yamato, just let me compete with him. I'll be fine. Besides, it seems like our cover has been blown since the start of this argument." Asahina said as the four looked around and saw that the commotion has been filled with paparazzi. Hinata blushed a bit.

"Sorry. I think, I wasn't supposed to yell that loud." Asahina took off as she waved without concern.

"Let's just find a free field and do this."


AT A FREE TRACK N' FIELD LOCATION: WITH THE HIGH JUMP EQUIPMENT, Akitsuki was by the bleachers slumping as he looked out at his girlfriend Asahina facing off two guys on the field. From his perspective, he felt a bit ashamed for not doing anything productive for his girlfriend, but that shame quickly went away as he realized that the two guys on the field are a bit like polar opposites. One is Kagami, red-head, maybe a bit hot-headed; also really tall. Probably a basketball player, and the other guy is super short like 5'3''-ish and always so excited. What is he even doing there?

Asahina crossed her arms as she looked at the two idiots. After a few minutes of stare down, Asahina asked:

"So who am I competing against?"

"ME!" The two guys replied at the same time. They then looked at each other.

"Hinata, I was the first to initiate this." Kagami said.

"Yes! But I settled the score." Hinata declared.

"YOU?" Kagami was darting evil-eyes at Hinata. But then he diffused that anger. "You sure you can jump?" Kagami asked stupidly.

"Sure I can!" And Hinata jumped to the height of Kagami's head. Kagami and Asahina both stared at Hinata in shock.

"Uh, humm..." Asahina coughed as she resumed her pokerface. "I guess he can join this jump contest. So let's begin this silly contest." Asahina was about to go to her position on the high jump, but got stopped by Hinata.

"WAIT! I have an idea. What about we bet on something since this isn't an official match. We can say that the last person that doesn't fail to jump perfectly takes all."

"OK. What are we betting for?" Asahina asked.

"I'm betting for money." Kagami chimed in.

"Seriously?" Hinata asked in disbelief.

"What? I need new shoes." Kagami said in desperation.

"Fine, name your price." Asahina said.

"5000 RMB"

"Seriously?" Hinata said again.

"I wasn't even talking to you." Kagami responded.

"What do you want Hinata?" Asahina asked as she ignored Kagami.

"Um, it's more like a favor than a bet."

"Say it." Asahina was curious.

"Could you guys help me find my teammates? I was left behind." Kagami froze as he blinked at Hinata a few times before laughing.

"You got lost?" Kagami kept laughing.

"No. Just parted ways…"

"That still means you got lost." Hinata gave a stern face at Kagami. Asahina assessed the situation and sighed.

"Fine. Let's just get this little bet-contest over with." Kagami suddenly stopped laughing and asked.

"Wait! What do you want to bet for?" Asahina raised her eyebrows. Clearly, she wasn't interested in betting anything, but whatever...

"Well, my first wish is for you guys to leave me alone, but since we are already doing this, I guess that's out of question."

"Sor—"

"What do you want to bet for?" Kagami asked again as he interrupted Hinata's apology.

"What about if I win, I get to write on both of your foreheads anything I want, and you boys cannot wash it for the rest of the day." Kagami and Hinata looked at each other.

"DEAL!" And this mini unofficial competition begins!