TECHNICALLY Kotetsu is also fond of Coral and Ruby and Iolite, because those are the teams he has met the most people on and he is fond of pretty much everyone he's met and talked to for any length of time, because he's like that. And he has met all of Emerald. But he also enjoyed himself a lot in the sandcastle game! And he liked Knife too. She told him to keep trying to befriend Emerald because they're introverts, and he was like '-' okay, mission accepted.

How did Itachi's talk with Emerald about their game strategy go over?