Teaching The Lightning Ball To Zia
The next morning at the Kisaragi Girls' High School, Ryo & Zia were running to class due to being tardy.
When Shinsaku suddenly blocked their path.
"What do you need, Coach?" Ryo asked.
"I would like you to teach Anderson how to throw your Lightning Ball, Hayakawa, you never know when she will need to fill in for you as pitcher." Shinsaku answered.
"So, would you like me to teach her after afternoon practice, Coach?" Ryo asked.
"Very perceptive, Hayakawa!" Shinsaku said.
"I'll do it!" Ryo exclaimed.
After school let out for the day, Zia met Ryo on the baseball diamond.
"Why did you want to see me, Ryo?" Zia asked.
"To put it simply, Zia," Ryo said. "Coach wants me to teach you how to do my Lightning Ball, just in case I should need someone more experienced than Nene to fill in for me."
"I'm ready," Zia said to Ryo. "what does it take to learn the Lightning Ball?"
"It takes dedication, focus, determination, and defiance, the same exact things that it takes to learn how to throw my sister's Wave Motion Swing." Ryo explained to Zia.
"Dedication, focus, determination, and defiance," Zia repeated. "got it, Ryo."
At first, Zia couldn't master the Lightning Ball, but by the time of dusk, she did Ryo's special pitch perfectly.
"Nicely done, Zia!" Ryo exclaimed, she was proud.
"Thanks, Ryo." Zia said.
Suddenly, Zia's stomach began to grumble like crazy.
"You hungry, Zia?" Ryo observed.
"I guess I skipped supper again," Zia said to Ryo. "much like I did the day I learned how to perform Koharu's Wave Motion Swing."
"Well," Ryo said. "would you like to order something at my family's restaurant?"
After supper at the oden bar, Zia went back to her house by train.