# 9 - The Answer is Up in the Sky!
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**[00:22] Mas**
How come you're taking
Asuka-senpai's handouts to her?
**[00:27] Mi**
What does it matter?
**[00:29] Mi**
You don't have practice
because of the rain, right?
**[00:31] Mi**
Come with me, girl.
**[00:34] Mas**
You're asking me to be your girl?
**[00:37] Mi**
Let's get going.
**[00:38] Mas**
Misaki-senpai, my answer is obviously "yes"!
**[00:43] A**
Your answer is surely up in the sky!
**[00:48] Mas**
This voice...
**[00:49] A**
Break through the darkness
and the endless world...
**[00:50] Mi**
Asuka?
**[00:52] Mas**
She's singing.
**[00:55] A**
May your wishes shine eternal,
**[00:59] A**
Master of the Heavens, Zephyrion!
***SIGN*** Episode Nine:
The Answer is Up in the Sky!
**[02:38] Mi**
I feel like I wasted my time.
**[02:39] Mas**
That was the *Zephyrion* theme song.
**[02:42] Mi**
What's *Zephyrion*?
**[02:43] Mas**
A mecha anime that aired when we were kids.
**[02:46] Mas**
The weak, no-good
protagonist—wait for it—
**[02:49] Mi**
What?
**[02:49] Mas**
becomes invincible when he pilots Zephyrion!
**[02:53] Mi**
It's from Asuka.
**[02:54] Mi**
"Thanks for bringing me the handouts.
**[02:57] Mi**
My mother passed them on to me.
**[02:59] Mi**
Sorry for not noticing you came by."
**[03:01] Mas**
Could I borrow that for a second?
**[03:03] Mi**
Why?
**[03:04] Mas**
"You were singing *Zephyrion*'s
theme song just now, weren't you?"
**[03:08] Mas**
Let's Zephyr it sometime.
**[03:13] Mas**
She replied.
**[03:14] Sign**
"Sure! Zeph, zeph!"
**[03:16] Mi**
"Zeph, zeph"? Seriously, what?
**[03:19] Mas**
I think she's saying, "Yes, yes."
**[03:20] Mi**
That's not what I mean. I guess
I had nothing to worry about.
**[03:27] A**
Good morning!
**[03:29] Mad**
Oh, morning.
**[03:30] Mad**
You seem fine. Thank goodness.
**[03:33] A**
I am. Sorry for making you worry.
**[03:36] A**
Misaki-chan, thank you for yesterday.
**[03:39] Mi**
No problem. Morning.
**[03:44] A**
Sorry I couldn't make it to
practice yesterday, New Captain.
**[03:48] Mad**
Don't be. It was rained out, anyway.
**[03:50] Mad**
And could you drop the "new" already?
**[03:53] H**
Morning.
**[03:54] A**
Good morning, Coach.
**[03:56] H**
Are you all right, Asuka?
**[03:58] A**
Yes. Sorry to have worried you.
**[04:01] Mad**
Think you can practice today?
**[04:02] A**
Yeah, I'm totally good.
**[04:03] A**
Bring it on, I say!
**[04:05] Mad**
You don't have to get that worked up.
**[04:05] Mi**
Asuka really is different.
**[04:07] A**
No! Bring it on, I say!
**[04:08] Mi**
Compared to me.
**[04:10] Mad**
You just recovered, so take it easy.
**[04:11] H**
You think?
**[04:12] A**
No, no!
**[04:13] A**
I don't think I'll last five hours without
falling asleep if I don't get worked up!
**[04:16] Mad**
Sounds like you, all right.
**[04:23] Mas**
A-Asuka-senpai?
**[04:28] A**
S-Sorry. I can't fly too well.
**[04:32] H**
*Fix your posture and try to fly straight.*
**[04:35] A**
O-Okay!
**[04:39] H**
Uh, try a high yo-yo next.
**[04:41] A**
Okay!
**[04:47] H**
Try a low yo-yo next, then.
**[04:49] A**
O-Okay!
**[04:55] H**
Asuka?!
**[05:00] Mad**
I wonder what's wrong with her.
**[05:02] H**
Come here, Asuka.
**[05:04] A**
Coming!
**[05:08] Mad**
Asuka-chan.
**[05:13] A**
Sorry. I'm no good at all.
**[05:16] Mas**
Seriously. It's like you've
lost your save data.
**[05:21] A**
Yeah...
**[05:24] A**
I wonder why.
**[05:27] H**
Just do some stretches and call it a day.
**[05:29] A**
Coach...
**[05:31] H**
Try doing some image
training once you get home.
**[05:34] H**
Picture yourself flying correctly.
**[05:37] H**
And give it another shot tomorrow.
**[05:41] A**
Got it.
**[05:43] All**
Good-bye!
**[05:48] A**
I'm sorry.
**[05:50] Mad**
Well, they say even the best
athletes go through slumps.
**[06:01] A**
Even when I try to light
a fire and stand up again,
**[06:11] A**
I'm only reminded of my weakness.
**[06:30] (Flashback) H**
Hey.
**[06:34] (Flashback) H**
What are you doing?
**[06:36] (Flashback) A**
Huh?
**[06:38] (Flashback) A**
Zephyrion?
**[06:40] (Flashback) H**
Where are you from? Are you lost?
**[06:43] (Flashback) A**
I'm...
**[06:44] (Flashback) A**
I'm not lost.
**[06:47] (Flashback) H**
Then what?
**[06:48] (Flashback) A**
I'm a crying, sulking, weak, and no-good girl.
**[06:52] (Flashback) H**
Isn't that line from *Zephyrion*?
**[06:56] (Flashback) H**
Let's play together, then.
**[07:00] (Flashback) H**
Come on, let's go.
**[07:02] (Flashback) A**
Right...
**[07:28] (Flashback) H**
You're leaving already?
**[07:29] (Flashback) A**
Yeah.
**[07:30] (Flashback) A**
But we'd just become friends...
**[07:37] (Flashback) H**
You can have this.
**[07:40] (Flashback) A**
But...
**[07:41] (Flashback) H**
Just take it!
**[07:45] (Flashback) A**
Thanks!
**[07:52] (Flashback) H**
Relax. That part was already broken.
**[08:03] Mi**
Whatcha doing?
**[08:09] Mi**
I heard you couldn't fly,
but you got here just fine.
**[08:13] A**
Misaki-chan...
**[08:15] Mi**
Hup.
**[08:16] Mi**
Here, your lunch. You
left it in the classroom.
**[08:19] A**
Th-Thank you.
**[08:22] Mi**
You're welcome.
**[08:29] Mi**
You're not wearing it, huh?
**[08:32] Mi**
That hairpin.
**[08:34] A**
For some reason,
**[08:36] ---**
I felt like I shouldn't.
**[08:39] A**
My wings might not have been my own.
**[08:43] A**
I've wanted to fly ever
since I was a little child.
**[08:47] A**
I wanted to change the weak,
no-good girl that I was.
**[08:49] A**
So when I came to this island and
got to fly for the first time,
**[08:53] ---**
I was really happy.
**[08:56] A**
I picked up FC, practiced with all I had,
**[08:59] A**
and met a lot of amazing people.
**[09:02] A**
I had so much fun.
**[09:06] A**
I found Inui-san's FC incredible, too.
**[09:11] A**
The fact that someone was
capable of doing that
**[09:14] A**
made me feel I could soar even higher.
**[09:21] A**
But I was just getting
carried away, wasn't I?
**[09:26] A**
I couldn't do a thing in
my match against Inui-san.
**[09:31] A**
I hadn't changed at all. I was still
the weak, no good girl I'd always been.
**[09:36] A**
The wings that gave me flight until now,
I'd just borrowed from you and Coach.
**[09:42] A**
So I got scared of my weakness...
**[09:46] Mi**
...and you couldn't fly anymore, huh?
**[09:49] Mi**
I see.
**[09:57] Mas**
Practicing by myself feels so pointless.
**[10:01] Mad**
What can ya do? Asuka-chan said
she wanted to keep image training.
***SIGN*** Notice of Absence Kurashina Asuka
***SIGN*** Mashiro Asuka-senpai is taking time off from the team! (>口<;)
***SIGN*** Mashiro Her mother phoned and said she wasn't home yet!
**[10:25] Mi**
Asuka...
***SIGN*** To Asuka Where are you now? Please respond! Misaki
***SIGN*** Tobisawa
**[11:02] A**
Uh...
**[11:04] A**
What am I doing here?
**[11:06] Mi**
What're you talking about?
**[11:07] Mi**
You were the one standing outside my
house with a blank look on your face.
**[11:11] A**
Well...
**[11:13] A**
I wanted to reply to your
message, but my battery ran out.
**[11:17] A**
I didn't know what to do,
and before I realized...
**[11:19] Mas**
It's just like you to show
up to respond in person.
**[11:25] Mi**
Y'know...
**[11:26] Mi**
Why are you even here, Mashiro?
**[11:28] Mas**
That's because you told me
Asuka-senpai was at your place.
**[11:33] Mas**
So I rushed here as soon as I could.
**[11:35] Mas**
I most definitely am not here to
take advantage of the situation
**[11:39] Mas**
to sample your home cooking!
**[11:42] A**
Sorry to have worried you.
**[11:44] Mi**
Let's just eat.
**[11:46] Mas**
Yeah, let's eat!
**[11:48] All**
Let's eat.
**[11:50] Mi**
I tried making gyoza tonight.
**[11:52] Mi**
With flying fish dumplings
and lots of flyer stock.
**[11:56] Mas**
It's great!
**[11:58] Mas**
Your flying fish gyoza made
with love is just divine!
**[12:00] Mi**
There was no love involved.
**[12:01] A**
Th-This is...
**[12:03] J**
...delicious, right?
**[12:07] A**
It's really good.
**[12:11] Mi**
Asuka.
**[12:12] A**
Y-Yes?
**[12:14] Mi**
Stay the night.
**[12:17] Mas**
"S-Stay"...
**[12:20] (Flashback) Mas**
Misaki-senpai...
**[12:23] (Flashback) Mas**
I'll gladly be your personal hug Mashillow.
**[12:29] Mi**
Could you hurry up and eat?
**[12:32] ---**
I need to clean up.
**[12:32] Mas**
Got it!
**[12:36] Mas**
Wait, Senpai!
**[12:38] Mas**
No, you can't!
**[12:40] Mas**
Please...
**[12:44] Mi**
Sheesh.
**[12:46] A**
Listen, I'm sorry.
**[12:48] A**
I ended up causing you trouble.
**[12:51] Mi**
No problem, I guess.
**[12:58] Mi**
Why?
**[13:00] Mi**
Why are you taking time off?
**[13:02] A**
Well...
**[13:05] A**
What about you?
**[13:07] Mi**
Me?
**[13:09] Mi**
I...
**[13:12] Mas**
A total stud, no matter how
many times I look at it!
**[13:17] Mi**
Get lost, Mashiro.
**[13:19] Mas**
What? Am I not welcome here?
**[13:22] Mas**
I feel like an abandoned cat right now.
**[13:26] Mi**
Yeah, I'm abandoning you.
**[13:27] Mas**
Ack!
**[13:29] Mas**
Fine. Since I'm such a bother,
I'll get out of your way now.
**[13:29] Mi**
Shoo, shoo.
**[13:32] Mas**
You two feel free to flirt
to your hearts' content.
**[13:37] Mi**
Where did she even pull
these pictures out from?
**[13:40] A**
I wanna see, too!
**[13:42] Mi**
Hey, wait.
**[13:46] A**
Who is this boy?
**[13:48] Mi**
Me.
**[13:50] A**
I'm sorry.
**[13:52] Mi**
I often got mistaken for
a boy, so I'm used to it.
**[13:56] A**
Grav-Shoes?
**[13:57] Mi**
I got them as a birthday gift.
**[13:59] Mi**
I was so happy, I kept
flying around by myself.
**[14:01] Mi**
After a point, that couldn't
satisfy me anymore,
**[14:03] Mi**
so I challenged random people to matches.
**[14:06] A**
You look like you were having fun.
**[14:08] Mi**
But I get bored easily, you see.
**[14:11] Mi**
Before I knew it, I stopped
caring about Flying Circus.
**[14:16] Mi**
After you showed up, I started
playing again on a whim.
**[14:24] Mi**
But this time,
**[14:26] Mi**
I ran away.
**[14:29] Mi**
I thought I'd put up a good
fight against Shindo-san,
**[14:32] Mi**
but I really hadn't.
**[14:34] Mi**
He got serious against you, though.
**[14:38] Mi**
I was so upset.
**[14:39] Mi**
I couldn't understand why.
**[14:42] Mi**
And then he lost the match against Inui-san.
**[14:45] Mi**
I didn't want to believe it.
**[14:48] Mi**
"What does that make me?" I wondered.
And I got scared.
**[14:53] Mi**
But you...
**[14:56] Mi**
You said it was incredible.
**[15:00] Mi**
I couldn't understand you.
**[15:02] Mi**
I felt like you were out of my league.
**[15:06] Mi**
And even after losing so badly, Shindo-san
hadn't let it get to him at all.
**[15:11] Mi**
In fact, it'd only made him more motivated.
**[15:13] (Flashback) Kaz**
Because the fear of losing something
shows that you enjoy it.
**[15:17] Mi**
I can't enjoy that sort of thing.
**[15:20] Mi**
That's why
**[15:22] ---**
I decided to quit.
**[15:24] A**
Misaki-chan...
**[15:29] Mi**
What can you even say?
**[15:32] Mi**
I'm so pathetic.
**[15:34] A**
That's not true!
**[15:36] A**
You're awesome!
**[15:40] A**
Sorry.
**[15:42] Mi**
Asuka?
**[15:43] A**
I mean,
**[15:45] ---**
you're the one who took me
to the world in the sky.
**[15:50] A**
Looking at your pretty flying form made
me wish I could fly like that, too.
**[15:57] Mi**
Th-Thanks.
**[15:59] A**
Oh, no need.
**[16:04] Mi**
You'll be fine.
**[16:05] Mi**
I know you're flying with your own wings.
**[16:08] Mi**
Not that I have proof, though.
**[16:09] A**
You don't?
**[16:15] Mi**
Wow, it's really late.
**[16:16] Mi**
Shall we turn in?
**[16:18] A**
Yes.
**[16:20] Mas**
I'm Mashiro, the abandoned cat.
**[16:22] Mas**
I guess they're not coming to pick me up.
**[16:25] Mas**
Jeez.
**[16:27] Mas**
Not that I blame them.
**[16:33] (Flashback) Mas**
Fly across the starry sky
with your unrivaled wings.
**[16:40] (Flashback) Mas**
Your answer is surely up in the sky.
**[16:47] (Flashback) Mas**
Break through the darkness
and the endless world.
**[16:54] (Flashback) Mas**
May your wishes shine eternal,
Master of the Heavens, Zephyrion!
**[17:08] Mas**
You two forgot about my
existence, didn't you?
**[17:11] Mas**
Oh, is that so?
**[17:12] Mas**
You were in your own little world, huh?
**[17:14] Mas**
Gee, sorry for being the fifth
wheel—Are you even listening to me?
**[17:17] A**
Sorry, Mashiro-chan.
**[17:20] Mas**
Well, it's fine.
**[17:39] Mas**
Step on it, or we'll be late!
**[17:42] Mi**
I know!
**[17:43] A**
H-Hey!
**[17:44] Mas**
What is it? Less talking, more sprinting!
**[17:46] A**
Misaki-chan!
**[17:48] Mi**
Wh-What?
**[17:50] A**
Take me on...
**[17:53] A**
in a match!
**[17:56] Mas**
Asuka-senpai?
**[17:59] A**
The answer is up in the sky!
**[18:07] Mas**
Wait, that was just a leave letter?
**[18:10] A**
Yes. I wanted to take a day off.
**[18:17] H**
And you, Misaki?
**[18:18] Mi**
I'm gonna play Asuka in a match now.
**[18:21] Mi**
If I lose, I'll come back.
**[18:25] Mi**
"The answer is up in the sky"?
You're too naïve, Asuka.
**[18:28] Mi**
The only things that are up
there are victory and defeat.
**[18:31] Mi**
And I'm gonna win, no matter what.
**[18:33] A**
I'll give it all I've got.
**[18:40] Mi**
* To be honest, I'm a bit*
* scared of taking Asuka on.*
**[18:44] A**
* If I win, Misaki-chan will*
* come back to the team.*
**[18:47] A**
*I can't lose here.*
**[18:49] Mas**
On your marks...
**[18:50] Mas**
Set!
**[18:56] Mad**
She can fly again!
**[18:58] H**
She must've remembered her way of flying.
**[19:02] Mas**
Point to Asuka-senpai!
**[19:07] A**
Here I go!
**[19:11] Mi**
You're not getting past me!
**[19:13] Mi**
What?!
**[19:15] A**
Let's zipzap, Misaki-chan!
**[19:17] Mi**
Asuka, that's my catchphrase!
**[19:23] Mas**
Point to Misaki-senpai 1—
**[19:26] Mas**
1-2!
**[19:35] Mi**
That won't get it done!
**[19:37] Mas**
Point to Misaki-senpai. 1-3.
**[19:41] A**
Misaki-chan really is amazing.
**[19:43] A**
But I won't be
**[19:46] ---**
outdone!
**[19:48] Mas**
Point to Asuka-senpai!
**[19:51] Mi**
Let's roll, Asuka!
**[19:54] A**
Okay!
**[20:03] Mad**
They're so high up.
**[20:13] H**
Is that Delta Force?!
**[20:16] H**
Did Asuka use it on the spur of the moment?!
**[20:34] Mi**
You know, I've realized something.
**[20:37] Mi**
I was scared because I'd found
something to take seriously—
**[20:41] Mi**
something to dedicate myself
to—for the first time.
**[20:45] Mi**
And I think I'm still a little scared.
**[20:49] Mi**
You?
**[20:49] A**
The only thing on my mind...
**[20:53] A**
is to look up and fly.
**[20:56] A**
I really do think the
answer is up in the sky.
**[21:00] Mi**
It may well be.
**[21:03] Mas**
Misaki-senpai...
**[21:05] Mas**
You won. What are you going to do with this?
***SIGN*** Notice of Withdrawal
**[21:09] Mi**
Got a pen?
**[21:10] Mad**
Here.
**[21:11] Mi**
Thanks.
**[21:14] Mi**
That should do it.
***SIGN*** Notice of Withdrawal
Registration
**[21:18] Mi**
I'm not "coming back."
I'm rejoining.
**[21:21] Mad**
Ah.
**[21:23] Mas**
So you're our newest member!
**[21:25] Mi**
Oh, I guess.
**[21:26] Mas**
Call me "Mashiro-senpai" from now on.
**[21:28] Mi**
In your dreams.
**[21:31] Phone**
* Fly across the starry sky*
* with your unrivaled wings*
**[21:36] Mi**
Oh, so this is *Jephyrion*?
**[21:38] Phone**
*Your answer is surely up in the sky*
**[21:38] Mas**
You're not pronouncing it right,
Senpai. You can't Zephyr like that.
**[21:43] Mi**
So that wing of yours was Jephyrion's, Asuka?
**[21:44] Phone**
* Break through the darkness*
* and the endless world*
**[21:46] Mas**
You're still not pronouncing it right.
**[21:48] A**
A boy from this island gave
it to me when I was a child.
**[21:50] Phone**
* May your wishes shine eternal,*
* Master of the Heavens, Zephyrion!*
**[21:51] Mi**
A boy from this island?
**[21:52] Mas**
Who could it be?
**[21:54] A**
Like a female version of Coach.
**[21:57] Mi**
Gross!
**[21:58] Mas**
Well, it was a long time ago.
**[22:01] Mi**
Wait, I think I once played a
similar kid in an FC match.
**[22:06] Mas**
Maybe it was the same person?
**[22:10] A**
Who knows?
**[22:11] [SONG] Sign**
To Be Continued
**[22:12] Mi**
And who cares?
***SIGN*** Preview
**[23:46] Ir**
Our FC is beautiful.
**[23:48] Mi**
6 AM? Seriously?
**[23:50] A**
Coach?!
**[23:51] Mi**
Is that for FC, too?
***SIGN*** Episode Ten: Is That For FC, Too?