The Demon Sixth Man (KNB)

Episode 8

Kaijo takes the lead early on in the practice match, but Kamiko and Kagami working together have the potential to turn the game in Seirin's favor.

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The score currently stands at 34-39, with Kaijo being in the lead and Kaijo is still sticking to man-to-man defense, thus making it difficult for the Seirin players to go on the offense.

Izuki, who had received the ball from Hyuuga, was immediately guarded by a Kaijo player, and quickly passed the ball over to Kamiko who was standing nearby, but was also currently guarding by Kise himself.

"Oh, Mikocchi, I never dreamed that we'd play like this," he said, grinning.

Kamiko neither smiled nor frowned, as she dribbled the ball. "Neither did I, Ryota." To that, she bent her knees low, her eyes focused on him, as she dribbled the ball in accordance with a certain carrot head's play, catching Kise completely off-guard at the unusual yet familiar rhythm of the dribbling.

Kamiko, then finding a small opening at his stance, proceeded with a far distant one step back, positioned to jump and shoot the ball for a good 3 points when Kise managed then to keep up with her, noticing that as he tried to stop the ball on air.

He realized that it wasn't really there but still in Kamiko's hands as she passed it to Kagami who was just behind the blonde was quick to take advantage of Kise's shock to perform a two-pointer shot which immediately went in, making the score 36-39, with Kaijo still on the lead.

"Nice shot!" Fukuda Hiroshi cheered from Seirin's bench.

Back on the court, Kise was panting, since it was taking him a lot to just deal with Kamiko's sudden change of play, now that Kagami was in the picture, coordinating with her play rather flawlessly with their other teammates, and the play of the entire Kaijo team is slowly getting messed up because of the confusion with Seirin's sudden change of play.

'What the hell, Mikocchi? I know you're capable to take the shot yourself!'

To that, Kise glared as Kamiko was still standing in front of him, wordlessly looking at him carefully. "You really have changed, Mikocchi." He said, "But you still can't stop me. I will be the winner."

"Ryota, haven't you learned anything?" Kamiko said, making the blonde frown at her words.

Actions speak louder than words, remember that.

Kise moved to receive the ball that his teammate had passed to him and Kagami grinned. "Not so fast," he said, and Kise stopped in his tracks as Kamiko moved instantly to guard him.

The blonde grinned as Kamiko positioned herself as a defense. "I should thank you for being my former one-on-one practice buddy, Mikocchi. It's been fun."

Kamiko didn't move from her spot as she looked at the blonde with a faint smirk playing on her lips. "You're making it sound like it's your last goodbye. Gross." To which, Kise chuckled lightly.

"I don't know what you're up to, but you can't stop me, Mikocchi!" Kise told Kamiko as he made it past her easily. Kagami then immediately moved to block Kise as the blonde made it past the sky-bluenette.

"Wrong, we're not going to stop you." Kagami grinned.

"We're taking it!"

Kamiko took advantage of his distraction, and stole the ball from behind him, immediately passing it to Izuki, who took off down the court with the ball.

"It doesn't matter how amazing your play is against us," Kagami stated. "Since our objective here is letting you through!"

Izuki scored the ball into the basket, and the Seirin side cheered.