The next morning, Misaki was walking with Crystal to school. Misaki had a smirk on her face, and Crystal had a small smile. They had both talked about the training yesterday. John agreed immediately to the suggestion, because he wanted his team to get stronger, as all coaches do. Plus, he could use the time to build up his immune system with good and healthy food, not the food that he has to eat from restaurants everyday because his daughters have their own activities.
He was also hoping for some quality time with his family.
He might just get what he wants, because both girls seem to miss their father. Training doesn't just mean hard work, even though that's the main reason. Having fun is the second priority with building up relationships with your teammates.
Honestly, one of Naruto's lessons was about teammates saving your life. This life isn't that extreme, but it's still important. Misaki, who is a actual closet otaku, had watched all of the episodes and had learned about friendship at the age of nine during the first twenty episodes. She's watched Fairy Tail, too. And Kaichou wa maid-sama (that was the first, because the main character had the same name as her), Ouran High School Host Club, and Problem Children Are Coming From Another World, Aren't They?
She said that it was to keep up with her Japanese when she was in America until her family moved back when she was thirteen. Her family knew better than to believe that, but they pretended that they did.
Back on topic.
The way that they are going to do build up friendships was play in the water and do general fun things. After the training, of course. It was actually their decision if they were going to have fun or go rest afterwards. They would have to go in groups. Hopefully, they would talk on the way with people that they don't usually hang out with.
Being friends with someone usually increases your chances of working together by about sixty percent.
Misaki's smirk turned into a grin at the thought. The first day, most of the boys will want to go to sleep. She was sure of it.
After school, during basketball practice, Misaki showed up. This surprised the team, because she said the Friday before that she had to assist the tennis team with some tips on how to do a really fast serve. They had assumed that she would be gone all practice.
"Hi, Misa-chan!" Aiko, a cheerful first-year, shouted. All of the team looked up, surprised enough to drop the basketballs that they held. A series of 'Misaki! Why are you here?' and 'Hey, Misaki! Did you finish tennis practice early?' rang throughout the gym.
"What? Do you not want me here? 'Cause I can leave." Misaki grinned as her boys (She had thought that when Sakura called her teammates her boys in the fanfictions, it was very original. She made it hers after that thought) yelled that they didn't mean it that way. "I'm kidding! You couldn't drive me away with a metal pole if you wanted to."
"How was teaching, Misaki?" Ayumu, one of Misaki's senpais, asked.
"The usual. It took less time than usual, because most of the team that were fast learners taught the people that were having a hard time. Which brings me to my next subject." She grinned the grin that she had on this morning, making her teammates shiver. "We're going to train." The team groaned at this, making the Momoka family laugh.
"Where are we going to train?" Asked Daisuke, another first-year.
"At the beach," a round of cheers came from the team, "and with the baseball club. We have to do baseball now, because we still have school, but we can go to the indoor swimming pool until summer comes around."
"Yay." The team groaned. The basketball team and the baseball team got along, but most of the baseball team had a crush on Misaki. Of course, Misaki was oblivious, but the basketball team would rather not see boys blush whenever Misaki was on the diamond.
Yet, they had never seen Misaki practice with the baseball team, so they might be surprised when they train.