Chapter 5

Chapter 5: Swim Club

With the snow melting across the town, Spring was now approaching around the corner. At the swim club, the Nanese emerged from the water, sighing of relief. In front of her, the timer stopped and someone had offered her a hand.

" You're always getting the best time," Yuki said, pulling her up. " I guess it's in your genes to do the same as Uncle Haru."

Amaya pulled back some of her wet hair and sighed, " No, that's not it. I guess it just happened. Hikaru would eventually have the same thing."

" But he doesn't have the desire to swim," Yuki replied. She shrugged and looked at her time watch, " I guess you're right about that. Then, would you want to start your own swim club when we get in high school?"

" At Iwatobi?"

Yuki nodded, " Yeah, I mean our parents had done the same thing. Isn't it our job to carry that out?"

Amaya sighed as she dried her hair with the towel, " Too much work," she assumed.

Yuki showed Amaya the stop watch, to see her time, " 3:05, that's your personal best, and you say that we can't walk in their footsteps."

The Nanese girl walked off with an annoyed look on her face. Everyone who was taught how to swim, always admired how fast Amaya was. Though, it was all words to her.

In the locker room, Amaya was hugged behind by a bubbly girl with curly blond hair. " Amaya, you're awesome!" she cheered. " Yuki told me about your time today. That's your personal best, right?"

" Yeah."

" Yuki also told me about what we should do at Iwatobi!" Jasmine smiled brightly. " That's what I want to do as well! Do you think we can?"

Irritated, Amaya slammed her locker shut and walked past Jasmine. As she watched her walk off, Yuki walked over to Jasmine and put a hand on her shoulder.

" Don't worry Jasmine. Amaya will come around eventually."

" But...Amaya isn't happy right now. When will she talk to us again?"

The olive haired girl put her hand on her chin, deep in thought. " I have no idea," she admitted. " Amaya takes a while to open up to people. Honestly, I thought she was weird when I first met her."

Jasmine looked up with wide eyes, " But...can we really do what our dads did? Swim like them and go into a race with other swimmers? You saw their picture in the main hall. It looked like they tried their best to get it up there."

" Of course, I believe that we can do something like that someday, but now is not the time." Yuki lightly pushed her. " Get dressed and we can probably talk about it."

" I thought you said that we race against the other kids," Eri said. He sat down on the sidewalk as Yoshi hopped onto the wall.

Yoshi chuckled as he put his hands behind his head. " I didn't say that we would actually do something like that. Amaya is crazy fast you know."

" Yeah, Kaiya wants to race against her, but that takes practice." He looked up at his friend. " How about you? Your dad was similar when he was younger, and I'm not surprised if some of his genes got into you."

" Please, I look like Dad no matter what." He opened his mouth wide to show his shark teeth.

" As long as you have that. It's simple."

" Anyway, shouldn't your twin be on her way right about now? Mom hates it when I'm late."
Eri looked down the road to see other children walk down the street. Kaiya had a different class from the boys, being across the school.

" I'm sure she will be here. Kaiya wouldn't miss something that has something to deal with Amaya." Eri put his hand on his cheek. " Besides, that Yuki Tachibana girl would be there as well. Now, that would be even more interesting."

" Alright, what's this about starting a swim club when we get in high school?" Jun asked, once he found Jasmine and Yuki sitting on the steps of the building. Jasmine immediately jumped off the steps and grabbed Sora's hands.

" You hear that Sora! We might be able to start a swim club once we get in high school!"

" That's exciting...but the problem is that when Jun and Yuki are in high school, we're in middle school."

Jasmine released his hands, with a pout," Now that's disappointing."

" Disappointing indeed," Sora replied, pushing up his glasses.

" You didn't have to bring that up," Yuki told him.

Jun put his hands in his pockets, " Really disappointing. Thanks for bringing that up Sora." He turned to his twin sister. " Now, answer the question. What about creating a swim club?"

" I said that we should make a swim club when we get to Iwatobi. We don't have long left at middle school and our first year would be boring without a club."

" That's true, but it would be a lot of work as well." Jun then listed the reasons on his fingers, "With getting some club members, a manger, and setting up everyone's time and put them in order when we're doing a relay. Our parents had Jasmine's mother, and Dad was the leader at some point. How the hell are we suppose to make that happen?"

" You would be the leader," she answered.

" Me? Leader? Please, I can't even clean my own room without someone telling me. What makes you think that I can be leader?"

" For one thing: you're always enthusiastic about certain things. That usually brings up everyone's mood."

" Thanks for the comments, but I don't think I would be a good leader. Wouldn't Amaya be a better option? Hell, even Hikaru is a better choice than me."

" Hikaru is in elementary school," she pointed out.

" Still, the kid is reliable." Jun shook his head. " No, I don't like this idea at all. Find someone else to bring up that swim club."

" Wait!"

Before she could talk anymore, Jun walked away, but his form was sluggish. His shoulders dropped as he walked. Jasmine pouted.

" Then what should we do now? Our two best swimmers just bailed on us."

" Don't worry about it. I'll convince him somehow."

" Jun is quite stubborn, isn't he?" Sora asked. " I wouldn't imagine him joining without hesitation."

Yuki sighed and shrugged, " Yeah, you're right. But, there's a reason why I'm the smarter one. I have my own way of persuading people."

" Sounds tricky," Jasmine said. A smirk appeared on her face." I like it."

" Join a swim club?" Kaiya repeated. " Sounds like a lot of trouble."

" It's not a lot of trouble. We would already have a leader and just follow the rules," Yoshi told her.

" But someone to boss us around," Kaiya pointed out. " I don't anyone to be the boss of me if they're a jerk. Besides, I know you're stubborn about following orders."

Yoshi sighed and turned to Eri. " Convince your twin otherwise," he told him.

" She's like you..stubborn."

" Think about it," Yoshi continued. " You can race against Yuki and Amaya once again. Don't you think that's a good idea?"

Kaiya shook her head. " Considering what happened the last time. Do you really think that's a good idea?"

Yoshi and Eri shared a glance before shaking their heads. They two remember the fight they had when they were younger, causing the two of them to stop talking to each other. Kaiya scoffed and walked ahead of the boys.

" Great,we don't have a team," Yoshi said.

" What made you think of this anyway?" Eri asked. " We mentioned this once before, but were were strict on no."

Yoshi shrugged, " I guess it's because we're heading to high school now and I wanted to make a team. Though, since Kaiya is a girl we might have to find someone else to take her place."

" Because we're heading to an all boys' school?" Eri asked.

The red head nodded and continued walking.