Aire huffed in annoyance as she had to hear Mei's rants all morning. She just finished her drills and went to the main field to gather with the others who finished their drills already. Not a lot of people had done, surprisingly. Yet among them, there were two first years she had familiarized with.

"Oi, Aire. Come here!"

Aire did what Carlos had told her to and sat beside him.

"I see you're not in a good mood." Carlos stated lightly.

Aire huffed before shrugging. "Mei's rants drive me crazy."

"When is he not?" Grumbled Katsuyuki.

Carlos laughed at Katsuyuki's remark while Fumiko silently agreed with the red haired boy.

Soon after, the practice started. It was the usual drill like how Aire had with her previous team. They got individual trainings for their positions and overall game.

"Listen up, you guys." Aire looked at her team, her eyes gleamed coldly, which made Katsuyuki's eyes twitched. "I have a plan and you guys have to do exactly what I tell you."

"Maa, maa, Aire..." Carlos tried to call her out, but she shrugged him off.

One of the upperclassmen stepped forward, looking up to Aire who was a bit taller than him. "And who do you think you are...telling us what to do?"

Aire boardened her shoulders, ready to counter back before Katsuyuki decided to chimmed in. "What, you're scared?"

"What are you talking about?" The upperman snarled.

"Let's just stick to Oikawa's plan." Katsuyuki snorted. "I've never seen her plan failed. If it does fail, we'll bow down to you instead."

The uppermen looked at each other before nodded their head hesistantly. Both Carlos and Aire visibly relaxed befire she told them the plan.

"Hmm." On the other side of the field, Mei was pouting.

"What is it, Narumiya?" Another freshman asked.

"Aire is plotting something."

And true to be told. Even though Mei pitched perfectly against Aire's team, but their team could not steal more points than her team.

A smug smile did not leave Aire's face the whole day, making Carlos sweatdropped at her childishness. Mei did not take it well that he lost from Oikawa Aire, so he threw a tantrum. The group of 4 was now divided into two—Aire and Carlos, and Mei and Katsuyuki.

"You should give Mei a break, you know."

Aire scoffed. "I'm doing him a favor, actually."

"Doing me a favor my ass." Mei, who happened to hear her words, grumbled.

"She did, actually." Katsuyuki bluntly stated. "While you're playing perfectly on your own, Oikawa perfectly made a perfect strategy so all of the players could play flawlessly—"

"—After all, baseball is a team sport." Both Aire and Katsuyuki stated at the same time.