The next morning, Misaki rolled out of bed and slammed her hand on her alarm clock to stop the annoying ringing. Her mind was foggy from the sleep and her muscles ached. She groaned in her sleeping daze.
Why am I sore?
As if she was struck by lightning, Misaki shot up. She grinned as she whispered, "Today's the day. I get to see my cousin after three years and play him again."
She got dressed and ran down stairs, yelling to wake up her family. She ignored them as they yelled at her to keep it down. How could she, though? She was going to surprise, test, and play her favorite sport with her team against her cousin.
She had the food ready in a few minutes. Eggs (a little burt from the daydreaming), toast, pancakes, and milk seemed appetizing to the Momoka family as they gobbled down their food. Or with Misaki and her Dad eating furiously while the silver-haired girl scolded them.
"Hurry up!" Misaki shouted to her family as she put on her shoes to go outside. "We have to be there before eleven o'clock. I wanna be there early."
"By two hours?" Crystal asks as she appears next to her sister.
"I need to warm-up." Misaki pouts. "Why can't I go?"
"You'll probably kill Kagami when you see him. I more worried about him than you."
"That's mean, sis."
"It's the truth."
"You know, leaving your ace is rude." Misaki teases her teammates. She frowned at the silence of her boys. She tapped Ayumu's shoulder, making him jump and squeal. She laughed at him, making him frown.
"What is the whole team staring at, little girl." She teased.
"Just the whole muscle-packed team that looks like they are on steroids." Chicken-bu- I mean Minga- commented dryly. Misaki snorted at her team, making them look at her with blank faces. Their ace sure knew how to get on people's nerves. At least she knew hoe to give pep talks, if that's what you can call them.
"Like our team isn't." Crystal muttered. "Why do I have to be the only one who doesn't have any muscles?"
"You have brain muscles, if that counts." Ayumu teased, smirking. Misaki laughed. It attracted attention as it resounded throughout the gym. Heads turned to see a girl rolling on the floor laughing while her teammates (not that Seirin's team knew that) stood around her shaking their heads or rolling their eyes at her over-dramatics.
"Ayumu actually made a good joke. C'mon, guys, this alone needs a celebration." Misaki pouted.
"Hey! I always make good jokes!" Said boy shouted in protest.
"No, you don't! Shut up! You're annoying!" Haru grumbled, annoyed at his teammate.
"Yes, princess Haru."
"Don't call me that."
"Geez, these are the guys that we are going to play against?" Huuga asked his coach, shocked when she nodded. "How do they even play?"
"Gosh, stop fighting! He's your teammate, not your opponent!" The silver-haired girl shouted, tired of the bickering.
"Crystal?" Kagami's voice called out in a surprised tone. It sounded a little weak, surprising his teammates that were used to hear his voice boom throughout the gym.
"Hey, cuz." Crystal replied in English, smiling her death smile. "I haven't seen you since four years ago."