It happened so quickly that Kotetsu succeeded in catching Barnaby off guard -- and shoving a fistful of snow up his shirt.

Oh. Oh, that was cold. Barnaby had never been in a show ball fight before, but he didn't need the experience to know that he hated feeling like someone had just dropped ice onto his stomach.

"Ah--! S-stop that!" he shouted, abruptly curling in on himself so he could clean out his clothes.