Kenzumi got home and saw Satoshi watching TV.

"Watching something good?" Kenzumi asked.

"Just a bunch of rhythm based games." Satoshi said. "You already missed the games See-Saw and Air Rally, and you're just in time to see Exhibition Match."

Kenzumi watched the match with Satoshi, which was just a pitcher throwing a ball behind a curtain, and a few seconds later it coming out for the batter to swing. At the end it was revealed to be a monkey who was holding the ball.

Though Kenzumi couldn't help but notice that the pitcher looked the combination of stressed and upset. It especially showed when the batter didn't miss a single hit, and it was time for the last hit. This confused him, as he didn't think the pitcher would act like that.

"Yet another victory by the Big Batting Hero." Said the host of the game show. "Now listen to your phones, as we will be calling, and the first lucky citizen to answer a rhythm question will get a chance at Exhibition Match."

"Like that'll happen." Satoshi said, turning off the TV.

"Do you think that girl was okay?" Kenzumi asked. "She didn't look to happy."

"She was probably just stressed about being on TV. It happens all the time. But if I got on Exhibition Match, I would totally kill the competition!"

"You do know your rhythm."

"I sure do."

The phone suddenly rang. Satoshi got up to go answer it, already expecting to know what the call was about. "Hello?" He said to the caller.

"Sir, have you watched the latest Exhibition Match?" Asked the caller.

"You bet I did, and I'm ready for my question."

"Alright, here's your question. 'How many two player games are on the Rhythm Tengoku arcade machine?'"

"Easy, there are twenty six of them."

"You are correct sir, and you will be on the next show tomorrow. Show up by eight o'clock."

"Thank you sir, see you then." Satoshi hung up the phone.

"You're going to go on the game tomorrow?" Kenzumi asked.

"I sure am. And I'm going to hit every ball that pitcher throws at me!"

Satoshi went back to his room, feeling as confident as ever. Though Keznumi was worried about the pitcher on TV. Would she handle his brother winning well?

The next day, on his way home, Kenzumi walked by the stadium to which the Exhibition Match will take place. He could see the people who handle the games getting ready, from adjusting the See-Saw, and fueling the planes for Air Rally.

He then noticed the pitcher for Exhibition Match. She looked tired and stressed, and seemed to have tears on the corners of her eyes. He also noticed that her name was Pitcha, as seen be her name tag.

"Hey." Kenzumi said to her.

"Hello." Pitcha said. She sounded like a little girl who was in a sad mood.

"Is everything okay?"

"I'm fine, just upset that I can't stand people getting perfect on this game. I just want someone to slip up. And I swear, if the contestant tonight gets a perfect, I'm going to quit being a pitcher! I just want someone to fail, I don't want to feel like a loser!"

Kenzumi could feel his heart slowing down. He knew very well that Satoshi would try his best to get a perfect, and if he did it on her, she'll lose it.

"Well, good luck tonight." Kenzumi said.

Kenzumi then continued his way back home, uncertain of what would happen that night.

Later that night, Kenzumi, Ms. Kohai, Ms. Beatia, and Luis were watching the rhythm based game show. After Kenzumi got home, he tried to tell Satoshi about the girl, but he didn't believe him, and still said he was going to do his best. So Kenzumi could only hope that the the Pitcha was joking.

There was a knock on the door, and Kenzumi went to answer it. When he opened the door, he saw Satoshi's girlfriend, MC Adore.

"Oh hey." Kenzumi said.

"What up?" MC Adore asked.

"Not much. What are you doing here?"

"I wanted to see how my man does in Exhibition Match. So why not do it with his family?"

"Well uh, come in. The game is about to start."

MC Adore came inside and sat on the couch, just in time for the game to start. Pitcha stood to the left, holding the ball and looking upset and nervous, while Satoshi stood at the right, holding the bat and looking confident.

The game started, Pitcha threw the ball behind the curtain, and Satoshi hit it on the fifth beat. The screen zoomed in and out with each ball throw, but Kenzumi knew that was just the camera. He could see that Satoshi was standing on something that would mess with his rhythm. But it didn't stop him from hitting the ball.

After the fifth ball was hit, Pitcha grabbed her hat and threw it on the ground. Kenzumi gat nervous again, as he felt that she was on the verge of a meltdown.

When it was time to hit the tenth ball, the screen zoomed all the way out, so Kenzumi couldn't tell what would be distracting Satoshi. But he hit the ball anyways, and it flew towards the screen, hitting the camera.

The screen zoomed back to see the eleventh hit. This hit would have no music at all, so Kenzumi assumed Satoshi wouldn't be able to hit the ball, as he need music to play the game.

But no, he was able to hit the ball. At this point, Pitcha looked like she was going to start balling her eyes out, but Satoshi didn't notice. Kenzumi knew Satoshi wasn't selfish, if anything Satoshi hated selfish people, like how he hates Queen Rhythmia. He just must be too focused on the game to notice.

The curtain was raised up, revealing the monkey. Pitcha threw the ball at the monkey, Satoshi was ready to swing, the monkey threw the ball.

And Satoshi missed. It was very close, but when Satoshi attempted to hit the last ball, he seemed to only tap it. Satoshi looked furious as he tried to contain his frustration, he always did this when he lost an intense rhythm challenge.

Pitcha, meanwhile, looked more than happy. The moment Satoshi missed the ball, Pitcha seemed to be filled with happiness.

While Ms. Kohai, Ms. Beatia, Luis and MC Adore looked disappointed, Kenzumi felt a sense of relieve. With that missed hit, Pitcha would surely keep her job.

"Sorry about your boyfriend loosing." Kenzumi said to MC Adore.

"That's okay." MC Adore said. "At least he tried. I'll walk him back to cheer him up."

MC Adore got up and left the house. While Satoshi might come home in a bad mood, at least it spared the spirits of one girl.