The school day is over, and ikariya is busy throwing the ball. The coach of the school's boys' team complains that he has nothing to do but watch the boys practice. He says that he can't even play the sport because he doesn't wear a jersey, but he still gets nervous when it comes time for the boys to play. He tells the coach that the black uniforms intimidate him, but that three years ago he quit the team and went to the coach of another team. He asks the coach to find him a coach from the nearby town of Ishigaki, but the coach tells him that the two boys have been playing together since they were younger and that they know how to play each other off each other. He also says that marco is back on his team, and that everyone who has ever played with him has come to resent his talent.