Sonnet
After 10 weeks
Sakuno was going to the tennis courts again. She was supposed to meet with her friends there, but surprisingly she was the first one to arrive. She was looking forward to playing a match against Kana, who in the last weeks learned how to play the game. You could even call her a genius for her progress.
Bored Sakuno looked around. The courts were empty except for a lady who was crying on a bench. Curios Sakuno approached her and asked:
"Are you all right? Do you need help?"
The brunette woman looked up, tears in her eyes.
"My brother... He dares to say... such thing... I am good at somethings... I'm not a disaster... my ideas are brilliant... What does he know? What does he know?" she asked Sakuno like she should know the answer.
"Nothing, nothing at all." she provided the answer to her own question. Suddenly she saw a ray of light falling on Sakuno, an idea forming in her head. "I will show him, I will and you will help me, you need to help me." The woman was now hugging Sakuno like her life depended on it.
Sakuno did not know what to do. Never in this and on the other life did she encounter such person as this woman. This situation was clearly unique. Out of nowhere a ball came flying towards the woman and hit her in the head. In a blink of an eye Misaki was in front of the woman with her racket out, Kana was hugging Sakuno protectively and Aoko was glaring daggers at the woman. The woman seeing the threat raised her hands up.
"I'm not a suspicious person." said the woman in her defense.
"You know this makes you even more suspicious." said Aoko with a polite tone, but still glaring.
"Who are you? What do you want with Sakuno?" asked Misaki with the racket still pointing at the woman. She was ready to hit the woman if it was necessary.
"My name is Kurobe Lya. I am a tennis coach. My dream is to train a girls tennis team who will one day represent Japan to international competition. I like Japanese traditional food, tennis and my niece. I don't like my brother. My hobbies are people watching and gambling. My three measurements are... "
"OKEY! OKEY! I understand. There is no need for unnecessary information." Misaki interrupted her. She didn't get the answers she was looking for and she didn't like it.
"Giving away information about your life like that is impressive. You are an open person, it's really rare to find such people." said Kana clearly admiring Lya for her sincerity.
Aoko sighed she needed to do something before Misaki would blow up and Kana wasn't helping with her comment. She looked at Sakuno. She was confused, but alright so the lady didn't hurt her so ther was no need to be hostile.
"Kurobe-san, you still didn't tell us what all this has to do whit Saku-chan." said Aoko with a polite smile. Smiles were always a way to get your answers and answers were necessary to clear this specific situation.
"Well I would like her to join the team I am forming to become the next generation of female professional tennis players and now I want to extend my invitation to all of you." she said only to mutter under her breath "And to prove that brother of mine I can do this."
The girls where skeptic about this. Seeing this, the woman realized she had to to do something to convince them so she took some papers from her bag and gave them to Misaki.
"This is my CV. I hope it will help you decide. Of course I will talk with your parents after this if you are going to agree."
Misaki took the papers, sat down, took her phone out and began talking on the phone for half an hour, nodding from time to time. Others looked at her curious. After she ended her call she turned to Lya.
"Kurobe-san, I would to ask you some questions before I make my decision, if that is alright with you."
Under Misaki's onyx eyes Lya felt like she was at the most important interview in her life and nodded.
"Let's start with the first question. What do you want to accomplish by forming a tennis team."
"I would like to coach a team that will play at national level, but tennis is a sport were is important to start at an early age so you could unlock your potential so I want to work with it from the start to the end. Also by doing this I will show my brother women tennis is important." she answered seriously and sincerely. Misaki's ton demanded that.
"But your CV said you were a good tennis player, one that could play in the US Open. Why did you stopped playing and decided to coach instead?"
"You see, I injured my feet and I could no longer play, but I couldn't give up on my dream just like that so I became a coach instead."
"I see. Then why do you chose us?"
"Like I said before I like to watch people, one of the reasons why I like that is because I can see their hidden potential and what can I say you for show so much promise. I would be happy if you would accept."
"Hmm... Do yo really believe you can fulfill this dream of yours?"
"Hai." answered Lya. The single word caring her belief and determination.
"Well Kurobe-san you have me convinced, but I don't know about the others." The woman tuned to the other girls she has to convince now with her pleading eyes. They all listen to the discussion between the two and had time to think about her offer.
"Okay." said Sakuno with a smile. She was impressed by the fact Lya didn't fall into depression after being injured, something she had done before. 'No point in thinking about that now. You have another chance don't waste it.'
"It will be a pleasure." said Kana, her blue eyes sparkling.
"You have a deal, Kurobe-san." said Aoko.
Lya jumped in joy when she heard that all the girls agreed.
"I'm so happy you agreed, now I want to show you something very nice."
Then she took them to the private area next to the courts. There after you pass the no trespassing sign you could see a luxury tennis facility with nice tennis courts and a big administration building which could be considered a hotel. It was said this facility was owned by a rich guy.
"Is it yours?" asked Sakuno clearly amazed by what she was seeing.
"Yes, it is. I won it at a game of poker from some fat guy when I went to a party, it was a fantastic party if I may ad. That night I had won a bus, lots of money and a traditional Japanese tea house in the center of Tokyo."
The girls could only blink at the woman's confession. She mus have the devil's luck to be able to win all those things in a single night.
"This will be our team base, the place were we train and discus important stuff, like a club house." said Lya. She was planing to use the facility any way and now she found a reason for it.
"Well, coach Kurobe, may our partnership bring the best for all of us." said Misaki using her business
voice (or so Lya calls it in her mind).
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And see the brave day sunk
