Hitomi had just started to walk away when Kou approached the group and spoke up. "Well, I can't stop Youko and Natsuko when they get like this," she admitted with a resigned shrug of her shoulders. "You're... Oubai-san, right? Masami's classmate?" She spared a glance back at her two teammates, who were ignoring both Kou and herself and chatting excitedly about how cool it would be if Masami managed to win the contest.
"You're welcome to try to talk to them... but I don't think it'd do much good. Not when they're as excited as they are. Sorry to be brief, but I have to go. The team needs the captain to be on time at least," she added with a quick courtesy bow before she turned and stalked off in the direction of the gym.