"Dad! I'm home!" Misaki called through the house.
"In the kitchen!" Was her father's reply.
"Where's Crystal?"
"She's getting Kagami. She's late, though. Could you go get her?" He asked.
"Geez, old man, make up your mind. Do you want me here or out? It's so confusing." Misaki muttered. "I'll go get Crys."
"They have such a good relationship." John muttered as he smiled. He heard the door slam shut, and his smile grew into a grin. "But Crystal is the most honest one."
When Misaki saw the sign for Seirin, let out a sigh of relief. She was sprinting the whole way; it was about three kilometers from her house. Honestly, Misaki wasn't sighing because she was tired. She was worried about her sister.
But I'm sure you already knew that.
Crystal Momoka is exactly how her name sounds: pretty and can be hard to find, but fragile. She has waist-length white hair and silver eyes. Her skin is pale, but it goes along well with her features. She's really sweet, and she has a hard saying no. That's where Misaki comes in. To her, Crystal is the moon princess and she is the knight that saves her from anything. It seemed to strengthen and grow to the point of Misaki being anyone's knight in shining armor.
When she arrived at the building that she assumed was the gym, she saw a light on. She slipped in to see her sister trying to do a three pointer. She frowned.
"Crys," she said, making Crystal scream, "your forms wrong. Spread your feet, bend those knees, and elbows out. When you jump, you need to throw your arms up, loose your grip, push arms and feet at the same time, and aim for the center of the net. Try it. You can do it."
Crystal smiled at her sister and did exactly what her sister told her to do. She got her form, but not enough power. It hit the net, but it didn't go through.
"A little more power, Imoto."
"I'm trying! I can't do it!" Crystal cried. A second later and she was holding a red spot on her cheek. Her sister was glaring at her.
"Don't you ever say that! This can help you when you are fighting someone when I'm not around! Finding your muscle power can help you punch and kick." Misaki sighed and her expression softened. "I'm sorry that I slapped you. You can train me as hard as you want to if make this shot, though. That has to be enough motavation."
"Yeah!" She smirked. "You have to walk around the gym on your hands three times and sprint at steady pace ten times."
Oh God. I'm going to die. I forgot that she was a spartan when training me.
Crystal moved into the right form, jumped, and put the right power in. The swoosh! sounded throughout the gym. Crystal turned and smiled evilly.
"Get to it Misaki." Said girl groaned, and went on her hands. She straightened her legs. One arm moved, then the other. Soon enough, she was moving around the gym. On her third lap, she was starting to let her legs droop.
"Keep your legs up!" Crystal said. "You'll get an ice cream if you do."
Banana Splits. Yum.
"I'll get a Banana Split tomorrow, Misa-chan. You've done your laps." Crystal said in a monotone voice. "Get up and start sprinting."
"Hai."
"Oh, I forgot to mention. I'm timing every lap. You should be faster every time."
"Hai, Miss Slave Driver."
"Go." Misaki started sprinting.
"Misaki, go faster! Running will strengthen your legs to get faster and jump higher!" Crystal yelled. "You only have one more lap to go, so make it your best time!"
"Fine, you annoying person! I better get a reward for this!" Misaki yelled as she pushed herself to go faster. Her legs were screaming to go slower, but she pushed on.
Faster! I promised that I would beat him! He moves too fast for me right now. I'll just have to go, go, go!
By now, Misaki was just a blur. She still thought that she wasn't going fast enough. She pushed even harder, and seemed to pass a limit that she thought was lower in a matter of seconds. You couldn't even see her now.
"Misaki, you're done. Good job, though. That was your fastest time yet." Crystal smiled at her sister. "Twenty-five meters in twenty-three seconds."
"Sweet! New speed! Along with that trick that I learned a few days ago!" Misaki jumped up and down, fist bumping the air. "Baseball rocks!"
"Wait, you learned a trick in a few days?" Crystal asked. "How is that possible?"
"Well, I actually thought about it when I was playing baseball. I thought that if I could throw from the fence to Home plate, then I might be able to throw a basketball from one side of the court to the other." Misaki explained. "I'll show it to you."
Misaki switched the water bottle with a basketball, and walked to the other side of the court. She set up the position of a baseball throw. She aimed, took a step, and threw.
The ball flew through the net.
Outside of the gym was Aida Riko, standing stunned at the sight of a girl throwing a basketball like a baseball, and the basketball going through the hoop.
Seirin's basketball team was wondering why the practice was more than usual the next day.