Brilliant Splash! Synchro Girls 1950/Story

* Part 1
* Part 2
* Part 3
* Part 4
* Part 5
* Final Part

"Synchro Girls" Script Reading

 **Masai:**All right then...

 **Masai:**We'll now begin the script reading for the water performance of "Synchro Girls", a special joint production between Shiratori Pool and Seisho Music Academy with an episode from Shiratori Pool's history.

 **Masai:**Let's begin!

***Yes, let's!***

 **Masai:**All right, page 1.

 **Masai:**Act I Scene 1...

 **Masai:**The year is 1950 in a sleepy village. The final competition Of the summer has just ended, and our cast is on their way home.

 **Masai:**Shiratori High School's swimming team put in a good effort, and the captain Ahin Kurosawa and vice captain Minamo Okino are walking down the dusk lit road.

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**...It's over.

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"It sure is."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"You did a great job, Minamo-chan."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"You too, Cpt. Ahiru Kurosawa."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Heh, despite the title I didn't live up to my role."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Don't be silly."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"You were always at the pool before anyone else, working hard at practice, and you always stayed the latest to clean up..."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"You're the hardest worker in the whole village, and you're always keeping us on our toes... And your stamina seems unlimited!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"I'm not sure what stamina has to do with anything."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"It's got plenty! Seeing your stamina and persistence motivated me to work even harder..."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Hibari and Kamomeko are only here because you're our captain."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Minamo-chan..."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"But if I'd done better, Momo-chan never would have..."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"...There's no use worrying about someone who's quit."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"We did all we could. We swam our hardest. Even without her."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"....."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Yeah, you're right."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Our swim team is from a small high school in a small village, and we don't have a pool. We borrowed the village Shiratori Pool, and our team members always just barely got by."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"In three years, we didn't win once... But it doesn't matter. We did it!"

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"There it is. There's that classic Ahiru smile everyone loves."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"I need to keep a smile until the end. That's my job as captain."

***"Heh heh!"***

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"But I guess that job has come to an end... Once I pass on the title Of captain and teach the new captain how to borrow out Shiratori Pool..."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"That's the end of our summer."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"......"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Minamo-chan.„ I loved that pool. Shiratori pool."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Me too, Ahiru."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"It's Old and run-down, and might even be haunted...but it's a happy place where everyone in the village can gather and feel welcome."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"It's seen everything. All Of our triumphs and losses, all of our sweat and tears..."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"It's Old and run-down, and might even be haunted...but it was a good pool. "

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Do you really think that?"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"O-Of course I do!"

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"....."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Heh..."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Ahahahaha! Yeah, it really was Old and run-down, and I wouldn't be surprised if it really was haunted!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Yeah!"

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"But... Yeah, I love Shiratori pool too."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"I hope everyone thinks so."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Our class juniors will feel the same way.

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Yeah... You're right."

 **Masai:**Suddenly, Hibari Hamana and Kamomeko Asayama, their underclassmel in the Shiratori High School swimming team, come running up.

**Kaoruko (Kamomeko Role):**"Senpai, senpai, senpai! Ahiru-senpai! Minamo-senpai!"

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Oh, speak of the devil."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"What's wrong, Hibari-chan? Kamomeko-chan?"

**Hikari (Hibari Role):**"It's big... Big trouble...! Ahiru-senpai! Minamo-senpai!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"What's big trouble?"

***"It's THAT!"***

 **Masai:**Act I Scene Shiratori High School staff room.

 **Masai:**Ahiru and the rest Of the swim team have asked Aikawa-sensei, th advisor for the swim team, to explain the situation.

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Whaaaaaaat?! Shiratori pool is shutting down?!"

**Karen (Aikawa-sensei Role):**"That's right. They'll be tearing it down at the end of this year..."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"But why?! Sure, it's Old and run-down, and might even be haunted...!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"What reason could they possibly have?!

**Karen (Aikawa-sensei Role):**"All the reasons you just said. It's because it's Old and run-down, and might even be haunted!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Whaaaat?!"

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"But our high school doesn't have a pool, so Shiratori pool is the only place our swim team can practice!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"If Shiratori pool shuts down, then the swim team... Hibari-chan and Kamomeko-chan! Where will they practice?!"

**Karen (Aikawa-sensei Role):**"W-Well..."

**Futaba (President Role):**"There's nothin' to worry about!"

 **Masai:**The president Of the company "Hagewashi Enterprises" and his enter.

**Futaba (President Role):**"I'll take that Old run-down pool and make a fancy clean new one! Innat right?"

**Maya (Clerk Role):**"Yes, sir. Precisely, sir."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Who is that...?"

**Karen (Aikawa-sensei Role):**"He's the president Of Hagewashi Enterprises. He's...trying to buy up all the land in this village!"

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"He's trying to buy it all up?!"

**Futaba (President Role):**"Yep, indeed. I want to take this Old village and turn it into a resort town! Condor Paradise, I call it!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Condor Paradise...?!"

***"What a dumb name."***

**Maya (Clerk Role):**"You girls there! Did you just insult the president?!"

***"Eeek! We didn't say anything!"***

**Futaba (President Role):**"Now, now. We just need to explain everything, and I'm sure they'll understand. "

**Maya (Clerk Role):**"Yes, sir. Precisely, sir."

**Maya (Clerk Role):**"Ahem. Now then."

**Maya (Clerk Role):**"Allow me to explain the Condor Paradise resort that Hagewasshi Enterprises intends to build."

 **Masai:**A concept image of "Condor Paradise" is displayed on the back screen.

**Maya (Clerk Role):**"Our country lost much with the war... But once we rebuild, we will grow and thrive again."

**Maya (Clerk Role):**"The people who work toward that purpose need a dream in order stay on course!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"A dream?!"

**Maya (Clerk Role):**"Yes, and Condor Paradise will be that dream!"

**Maya (Clerk Role):**"They decide they might like to come. Once they visit, it's as wonderful as a dream. They'll work hard to try to come again."

**Maya (Clerk Role):**"That kind of dream is exactly what our country needs."

**Karen (Aikawa-sensei Role):**"I-I see!"

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Sensei, you can't just accept this."

**Karen (Aikawa-sensei Role):**"Sorry."

**Futaba (President Role):**"In any case, I just got the rights to that run-down pool from the mayo ofthe village a little while ago."

**Futaba (President Role):**"We'll tear it down, then after we free up the lot..."

**Futaba (President Role):**"We'll make it into a fancy clean new pool. A big one that they'll be able to have an international tournament at some day!"

**Karen (Aikawa-sensei Role):**"With a pool like that, they'd be able to get some great practice in"

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Sensei, what did I say earlier?!"

**Futaba (President Role):**"One catch... You'll have to be a member to go, and I won't make it cheap! Ghahahaha!"

**Maya (Clerk Role):**"Yes, sir. Precisely, sir."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"But then no one will be able to go to the pool!"

**Futaba (President Role):**"Huh?"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"The pool that we have now is a place where anyone, young or old, gather for a fun time!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"You can't require people to have a membership... Don't take away our Shiratori Pool!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Shiratori pool is a treasure of our village!

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Ahiru...!"

***"Ahiru-senpai..."***

**Futaba (President Role):**"So... That pool is old and run-down, and might even be haunted, but it's a treasure, you say?"

**Futaba (President Role):**"In that case, prove its value to me."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"...Its value?"

**Futaba (President Role):**"I'm a businessman. If that pool's as valuable as you say, then tearing it down would be a huge loss. And I don't want any loss."

**Futaba (President Role):**"So, girls... Prove to me that it has value. Not a bad idea, huh?"

**Maya (Clerk Role):**"Yes, sir. Precisely, sir."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Shiratori pool's value..."

**Futaba (President Role):**"I'll give you until August 31st. And I won 't accept anything that's even a second late!"

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"August 31st... That's only three weeks!"

**Futaba (President Role):**"Take it or leave it! Whaddaya say?"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"...!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"...We'll do it! We'll show you how much Shiratori pool is worth!"

***"Whaaaaat?!"***

**Futaba (President Role):**"Good, I'm looking forward to it. All right, we're outta here."

**Maya (Clerk Role):**"Yes, sir. Precisely, sir."

 **Masai:**The president of Hagewashi Enterprises and his clerk exit

 **Masai:**Act I Scene "Swan", the only cafe in the village.

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"\*sigh\* How are we going to solve this one?"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"I'm sorry for dragging you into this, Minamo-chan..."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Water under the bridge, Ahiru."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"If Shiratori pool's in trouble, then Shiratori High School's swim team is in trouble."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Yeah... Heh heh."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Wh-What are you laughing at?"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"We're worried about the pool, and you said 'water under the bridge'..."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"I'm leaving."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Oh no, wait, wait! We'll be lost without you, Minamo-chan!"

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Then take this seriously. You're the one who got upset at that compan president to start with."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"I was just so concerned about keeping Shiratori pool and Shiratori High School's swim team safe... "

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"...l can't say I hate it when you act like a team captain."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Huh? Did you say something?"

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Just talking to myself. So... What are we going to do?"

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"How are we going to prove the value Of that run-down pool?"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"It's a place where anyone, young or old, can gather for a fun time..."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"You think that'll satisfy the president and his clerk?"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"...l guess not."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"\*sigh\* We only have three weeks."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"l wonder...what we can do..."

 **Masai:**Excited cheering is heard from the television.

 **Masai:**A sports match is being broadcast on the black and white television.

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"What's that?"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"It's a bunch of people swimming in the pool..."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"They're not swimming! They're dancing!"

**Nana (TV Anchor Role):**"And there it is! A beautiful high lift from the water! Jumping out of the water like that, you'd think it was a dolphin or a mermaid!"

**Nana (TV Anchor Role):**"But no, it is the jump Of Cathy Saito, the half Japanese, half American athlete! Bridging the two in peace! Whata beautiful performance!"

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"I've heard Of this... It's called synchronized swimming!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Sink run eyes...?"

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Synchronized swimming. people perform in the water to music, and they compete to put on the most beautiful performance... I think."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"They're all moving the same way. It's beautiful... I didn't know you could do that in the water."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"They must be doing some pretty tough training..."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"I've never seen anything like this..."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Me neither."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"....."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"....."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"...Ahiru?"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"A performance in the pool...that no one's ever seen..."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"....."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**...This is it."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"This is it, Minamo-chan!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"I'm going now! DO you have enough for the train?!"

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Wait, Ahiru, where are you going?!"

 **Masai:**Act 1, Scene City, international swimming pool, press conference room.

 **Masai:**Team leader Cathy Saito is being interviewed by a Japanese TV station.

**Nana (TV Anchor Role):**"The incredible performance from the American synchronized swimming team had all of Japan mesmerized."

**Nana (TV Anchor Role):**"As team leader, Cathy Saito, can we get a word?"

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"Thank you. I hope more people can learn about synchronized swimming because of this."

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"As a half American and half Japanese, I hope to create a bridge Of peace between--"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"I-I challenge yoooou!"

 **Masai:**Ahiru and Minamo have barged in.

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Ahiru, we're not challenging her to anything!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Oh, r-right! Then, urn... Excuse me, please!"

 **Masai:**The press conference room is all abuzz.

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"And just what are you supposed to be?"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"I am Ahiru Kurosawa, captain Of the swim team at Shiratori High School!"

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"And I'm vice captain, Minamo Okino!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Cathy Saito, we have a favor! Teach us all about synchronized swimming!"

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"Why?"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Oh, um... [Please...teach me. ...synchronized swimming...]"

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"Oh, you don't need to speak English. I asked you why you want my help."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Oh... Well..."

 **Masai:**Act 1, Scene City, international swimming pool, break room.

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"...I see. The pool you love is in trouble."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"That' s right."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"But when I saw your synchronized swimming, Cathy...l thought if we could do that, we might be able to show the value of our pool..."

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"Very naive of you."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Huh...?"

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"Synchronized swimming isn't so simple that it can be learned in only three weeks."

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"I also don't think that company president would understand the value of synchronized swimming."

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"I'm sorry, but you should think Of something else."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**" ...Y-You're right."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"....."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"I thought...this is how it would turn out."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Let's go, Ahiru. We should think Of some other idea..."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"...I'm not being naive."

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"...What?"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"This is all we have. "

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"A swim team from a small village high school that doesn't even have its own pool."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"We've only been able to practice because Of Shiratori pool."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Our team members always just barely got by, and in three years, we didn't win once..."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"But this is all we have to leave to our juniors."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"They love Shiratori pool... I want to keep it safe. Even if I have to risk everything!"

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"...!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"We can't let it end yet! Not like this!"

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Ahiru...!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"\*huff\* ... \*huff\*"

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"Even if you have to risk everything...? That's what I call some nice passion."

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"The feeling of wanting to protect those you love knows no borders. You've hit me right in the heart."

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"...Three weeks. No breaks."

***"...Huh?"***

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"You will Obey my directions exactly. You will complete my directions to the end. Can you do it?"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"We can do it! We'll do it!"

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"No. The response is, 'yes sir'."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Y-Yes, sir!"

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"Good! Cathy Saito places her bet on you. We start practicing today!"

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Ahiru...!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Yeah, Minamo-chan!"

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"Where's your response?!"

***"Yes sir!"***

 **Masai:**The stage goes dark. The suspension light shines on Ahiru."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"And this is how the Shiratori High School swim team, now the Shiratori High School synchronized swimming team, started their effort."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"We have to protect Shiratori pool!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Our summer is only getting started!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"We can't let it end yet!"

"To the Pool!"

 **Karen:**"We have to protect Shiratori pool!"

 **Karen:**"Our summer is only getting started!"

 **Karen:**"We can't let it end yet!"... That's just great. It gets me heated up Perfect for summer!

 **Karen:**Mahiru-chan, you're the lead role this time

 **Mahiru:**I-I am... It's a big responsibility, so I'm getting pretty nervous!

 **Hikari:**Do your best as Captain Ahiru. I think it's a perfect role for you, Mahiru.

 **Mahiru:**Oh... Thanks, Hikari-chan.

 **Mahiru:**I love the story and all the characters, so I'll perform it to the best Of my abilities!

 **Futaba:**It's the story of a struggle Of the swim team to save their village pool with synchronized swimming.

 **Kaoruko:**Synchronized swimming is called "artistic swimming" now.

 **Futaba:**Yeah, I heard that too. But this is a story set in 1950, so we don't need to change that.

 **Kaoruko:**In any case...it certainly is an easy story to follow.

 **Futaba:**Sure, it's the kind of story of girls fighting that you see a lot.

 **Kaoruko:**It's so cliched. I knew what was going to happen even before I read it.

 **Futaba:**I like stories that are this easy to follow.

 **Futaba:**The thing that matters is how the performers are able to provide something new to the audience--

 **Kaoruko:**How to make a performance that exceeds the audience's expectations. That's what you mean, right?

 **Futaba:**Yeah, exactly. You understand.

 **Nana:**I never knew that Shiratori pool had such a history behind it.

 **Maya:**It was originally the only pool in the village.

 **Maya:**I'd heard it was an old pool, but to think it's celebrating 100 years since its founding.

 **Claudine:**Seisho Music Academy has been around for 100 years as well. It's just wonderful that we're able to have a special performance at the pool.

 **Junna:**Masai-san and Amemiya-san are apparently the ones who wanted to do the performance at the pool.

 **Junna:**They wanted to do it at the pool so badly because it's a performance about Shiratori pool.

 **Claudine:**A performance at the pool... I've never experienced such a thing.

 **Hikari:**I've never stood on the stage in a swimsuit either.

 **Karen:**I don't think any of us have!

 **Mahiru:**Getting into the pool and showing off the synchronized swimming is the highlight of the play...

 **Mahiru:**We need to be sure to get the last jump all together just right!

 **Junna:**...Y-Yeah, that's true... Doing synchronized swimming in the pool...

 **Nana:**Junna-chan?

 **Junna:**Huh? Oh, uh, we have to focus hard, so I'm starting to get nervous!

 **Nana:**Yeah, I can imagine ♪

 **Nana:**I don't show up until later... But I'm really looking forward to the synchronized swimming scene with you!

 **Junna:**Y-Yeah... Me too.

 **Mahiru:**...?

 **Karen:**Oh! Speaking of which, your role didn't show up yet in the script reading we did earlier, Banana!

 **Karen:**Your role is a third-year swim team member of Shiratori High School, and pretty important.

 **Nana:**Well... Mahiru-chan.

 **Mahiru:**Banana-chan shows up later, but she has a great role, so I think it's something to look forward to.

 **Karen:**Oh, great! I will look forward to it!

 **Claudine:**Reading our lines, practicing synchronized swimming... It's all so new. It must be difficult.

 **Mahiru:**That just makes it that much more fun!

 **Claudine:**Heh heh, with you as the lead, Mahiru, I feel strangely at ease.

 **Futaba:**We'll be sure to play our villain roles to lift up your lead! Right, Tendo?

 **Maya:**Yes, sir. precisely, sir.

 **Kaoruko:**Kagura-han, let's play our junior student roles cutely enough to outshine our senpai.

 **Hikari:**That's the plan.

 **Karen:**But we teacher roles are going to shine at least as bright, aren't we Clau-chan?!

 **Claudine:**Yes, of course!

 **Nana:**Great, you're all excited for the play. I think that's wonderful ♪

 **Mahiru:**Yeah!

 **Mahiru:**It is pretty tough practicing for both the performance and synchronized swimming at the same time...

 **Mahiru:**But Seisho Music Academy is celebrating 100 years, and Shiratori pool is celebratint 100 years, and this is a special collaboration. Let's make it a big success!

***Yeeeah!***

 **Junna:**.....

 **Junna:**.....

 **Junna:**So this is Shiratori pool...

 **Junna:**It's looking a little old in some places...but it's been renovated so many times. It's hard to imagine it's 100 years old.

 **Junna:**This is where we'll be performing...

 **Junna:**I need to figure out what to do before synchronized swimming practice next week...

 **Mahiru:**Oh? Junna-chan?

 **Junna:**Grk!?

 **Mahiru:**I thought that was you, Junna-chan.

 **Junna:**T-Tsuyuzaki-san?! W-What are you doing here?!

 **Mahiru:**Well... This is where our performance will be, so I thought it'd be a good idea to come see it beforehand.

 **Junna:**R-Right!

 **Mahiru:**You too, Junna-chan?

 **Junna:**Huh?! Ah, y-yeah! I came to see it beforehand!

 **Mahiru:**That's so like you, Junna-chan. And you play the vice captain that Ahiru relies on so much.

 **Mahiru:**With you here, Junna-chan, I can rest easy about our performance. If you're worried about anything, feel free to let me know.

 **Junna:**What...?!

 **Mahiru:**I'll help you in any way I can.

 **Junna:**...!

 **Junna:**So... You saw right through me.

 **Mahiru:**Huh?

 **Junna:**...This is the power of the main role... The power of the leader.

 **Mahiru:**Junna-chan?

 **Junna:**You don't need to say anything. I already understand...

 **Junna:**It's incredible... Just by becoming a leader, your view has broadened. ...You can see everything...

 **Mahiru:**Huh? What?

 **Junna:**It's exactly as you see, Tsuyuzaki-san.

 **Junna:**I... I...!

 **Junna:**...l am afraid to put my face in the water!

 **Mahiru:**Eh? Really?

 **Junna:**...Huh?

***.....***

***Huh?***

 **Junna:**Noooooooo!

 **Junna:**Why?! I thought you could see right through me!

 **Mahiru:**Um... No, not at all!

 **Junna:**Aaaarrrrrgh! I just had to go and blabber like that, didn't I?!

 **Junna:**If you hadn't told me to ask if I was worried about anything, Tsuyuzaki-san, this wouldn't have happened!

 **Mahiru:**I-I'm sorry, Junna-chan...

 **Junna:**Oh jeez... But now you know.

 **Junna:**Without my glasses, I can't see a thing in front of me... Swimming is terrifying to me...

 **Junna:**That's why I hate taking off my glasses and putting my face in the water...

 **Mahiru:**So that's it.

 **Mahiru:**Your shoulders did seem a bit stiff ever since you were selected to play the role of Minamo...

 **Mahiru:**I was wondering why.

 **Junna:**So you did notice!

 **Mahiru:**But I had no idea you disliked taking off your glasses and putting your face in the water... Until you said so, that is.

 **Junna:**Arrrgh...

 **Mahiru:**That said... Your worries are yours alone, and I didn't want to be nosy by trying to force it out of you. So I didn't...

 **Junna:**Tsuyuzaki-san...

 **Junna:**...Heh heh!

 **Junna:**How strange. I haven't even told Nana.

 **Mahiru:**Really?

 **Junna:**It's probably because it's you that I said it.

 **Junna:**I think I understand why Karen and Kagura-san trust you so much.

 **Junna:**Is it "Mamahiru" they call you?

 **Mahiru:**Hikari-chan came up with that on her own! I'm not their mother!

 **Junna:**Heh heh... Ahahaha!

 **Junna:**...Tsuyuzaki-san.

 **Junna:**Tsuyuzaki-san... Are you good at swimming?

 **Mahiru:**54...55... 56...

***\*blub\* \*blub\* \*blub\****

 **Mahiru:**59...60!

 **Junna:**PWAAHHH!

 **Mahiru:**Incredible, Junna-chan! You put your face in for a whole minute!

 **Junna:**\*huff\* ... \*huff\* ...My lung capacity is pretty good... As long as I can put my face in, I should be fine...

 **Junna:**You're really good at teaching, Tsuyuzaki-san. I was scared of even putting my face in the water, but already...

 **Mahiru:**Holding hands can calm you down, even enough to put your face in the water.

 **Mahiru:**My brother couldn't swim, so I taught him too.

 **Junna:**You taught your brother... ? Tsuyuzaki-san, are you good at swimming?

 **Mahiru:**In order to build up stamina for ballet and for using the baton, I went to swimming school.

 **Junna:**Oh... So that's why.

 **Mahiru:**Huh?

 **Junna:**Your upper arms are really toned. I always thought it looked really cool.

 **Mahiru:**Well... The baton has an effect I'm sure, but I helped a lot carrying potatoes back at home.

 **Junna:**Oh, Mahiru Spuds?

 **Mahiru:**Potatoes!

 **Junna:**So that's it.

 **Junna:**You're good at swimming, have stamina, you're great at watching after others... You really are perfect for the role of Captain Ahiru.

 **Junna:**But just look at me. I can't even swim, but I'm supposed to be vice captain of the swim team...

 **Mahiru:**About that...

 **Mahiru:**I think Amemiya-san used you as a model for the role when she wrote the script.

 **Junna:**...Huh?

 **Junna:**...Really... Okay.

 **Junna:**Then I can't let her down.

 **Mahiru:**Yeah!

 **Junna:**I'm glad that it was you who found out my weak point.

 **Mahiru:**Hmm?

 **Junna:**You're like an older sister... Like a Mamahiru

 **Mahiru:**Stop with that! I'm really nervous to be playing the lead!

 **Junna:**...!

 **Junna:**"Then we can't stop now, Ahiru! The pool is calling to us!"

 **Mahiru:**...!

 **Mahiru:**"You're right, Minamo-chan! Coach Cathy will get mad if we dawdle!"

***Heh heh!***

 **Mahiru:**All right, so you can put your face in the water... You'll need to practice treading water for synchronized swimming, so let's do that next!

 **Junna:**Yes, Coach!

"Synchro Girls" Rehearsal Performance

 **Masai:**"Synchro Girls", Act 3, Scene 1...

 **Masai:**The Shiratori High School synchro team welcomes the captain of the American team, Cathy Saito, in an effort to save Shiratori pool.

**Karen (Aikawa-sensei Role):**"The Shiratori High School synchro team appears!"

**Karen (Aikawa-sensei Role):**"Their coach, the famous American team captain, Cathy Saito!"

**Karen (Aikawa-sensei Role):**"The girls put their everything into an effort to save Shiratori pool!"

**Karen (Aikawa-sensei Role):**"Rumors of them spread through the village like wildfire."

**Karen (Aikawa-sensei Role):**"Many supporters offer their help to the Shiratori High School synchro team to save Shiratori pool."

**Karen (Aikawa-sensei Role):**"After rigid auditions, the Shiratori High School synchro team have narrowed their members down to eight..."

**Karen (Aikawa-sensei Role):**"In preparation for the presentation on August 31st, they begin their tough-as-nails training."

***The Shiratori High School synchro team is practicing synchronized swimming at Shiratori pool.***

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"One, two, three! There! Boost!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"\*huff\* ... \*huff\*... yes sir!"

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"Turn your wrists when you're doing your sculling!"

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Ungh... Yes sir!"

**Hikari (Hibari Role):**"Hey, Kamomeko, did you hear about August 31st?"

**Kaoruko (Kamomeko Role):**"I heard Hibari. The TV, and radio, and newspapers are supposed to be there, too."

**Hikari (Hibari Role):**"I know. I wasn't sure where synchronized swimming would get us..."

**Kaoruko (Kamomeko Role):**"But it looks like it's going to get us on TV...!"

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"You there! Shut up! If you don't focus on your practice, I'll toss you out front butt-naked!"

***"W-We're sorry!"***

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"Wrong response!"

***"Yes sir!"***

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"Ahiru! Your jump will finish it! Straighten your back, and fly high!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Y-Yes sir!"

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"Minamo! Without your support, Ahiru won't fly high! Really stand firm under the water, then bring the power, power, and push!"

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Yes sir!"

***\*splaaaash!\****

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"\*huff\* \*huff\*... We didn't get it..."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"It's hard to support the jump with so few people... "

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"This requires teamwork... Why are there so few team members today?!"

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"They'd better not be lazing about! We only have a week left until the show!"

**Hikari (Hibari Role):**"Now that you mention it...it's only the four Of us from the synchro team..."

**Kaoruko (Kamomeko Role):**"The other four volunteers aren't here yet..."

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"God damn! Pathetic slackers, all of them!"

 **Masai:**Aikawa-sensei comes running in.

**Karen (Aikawa-sensei Role):**"Big trouble, big trouble, big trouble!"

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"What is it, Aikawa-teacher?"

**Karen (Aikawa-sensei Role):**"Coach Cathy, this, just arrived in the staff room...!"

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"What is this...?"

**Karen (Aikawa-sensei Role):**"'I was volunteering to help the Shiratori High School synchro team, but I hereby resign due to personal reasons.'"

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"Resign?! What?!"

**Futaba (President Role):**"Oh me, Oh my, you girls seem to be in quite a spot of trouble."

 **Masai:**The president Of the company "Hagewashi Enterprises" and his clerk enter.

**Hikari (Hibari Role):**"Ahh, that's...!"

**Kaoruko (Kamomeko Role):**"Washiwashi, president Of Hagewashi Enterprises!"

**Futaba (President Role):**"Gaaahahaha! Hahaha! What a great nickname! Don't you think so?"

**Maya (Clerk Role):**"Yes, sir. Precisely, sir."

**Karen (Aikawa-sensei Role):**"Wh-What do you want?!"

**Futaba (President Role):**"Nothing at all. I was just worried so I thought I'd come visit."

**Futaba (President Role):**"The soul of synchronized swimming is a big number of performers all performing in unison..."

**Futaba (President Role):**"And you have... One, two, three, four! Four performers won't make for much of a performance, will it?"

**Maya (Clerk Role):**"Yes, sir. Precisely, sir."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Uh... Just what are you trying to say?!"

**Futaba (President Role):**"Just that it's a shame to see you wasting your youth on this fruitless effort. "

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"...!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"We're not wasting...anything!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"We'll regret this forever if we don't do this! That's why we're putting our all into synchronized swimming!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Even if it is fruitless...we'll never give up!"

**Futaba (President Role):**"...!"

**Futaba (President Role):**"Hmph... You've got some will, Captain."

**Futaba (President Role):**"So be it. I look forward to seeing your performance on August 31st. Haaahahahaha!"

**Karen (Aikawa-sensei Role):**"What an unpleasant couple those two are!"

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"They made the volunteers quit."

**Karen (Aikawa-sensei Role):**"!?"

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"He threatened them or bribed them... It's what the mafia does."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Coach, Sensei... Isn't there anything we can do... ? How are we going to perform with only the four of us...?"

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"I hate to say it, but he's right. Four people won't get us anywhere.

**Karen (Aikawa-sensei Role):**"Th-Then I'll join!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"You can't! We have to solve this on our own!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"You and Coach Cathy are supporting us enough as it is. We need to do the performance on our own!"

**Karen (Aikawa-sensei Role):**"Kurosawa-san...!"

**Karen (Aikawa-sensei Role):**"Why don't we ask some Of the others who came to the audition?!"

**Kaoruko (Kamomeko Role):**"Why don't we ask some Of the others who came to the audition?!"

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"Washiwashi would see to it that they wouldn't join us."

**Kaoruko (Kamomeko Role):**"Darn..."

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"If we had only one more... Just one more..."

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"Someone who can swim, and that Washiwashi hasn't noticed. If we had only one more person like that..."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"....."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"...I know. Coach, I know the perfect person!"

**Claudine (Cathy Role):**"Really?! Who?!"

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Ahiru, you can't mean...!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Oh, I do."

 **Masai:**"Synchro Girls" Act 3, Scene 2...

 **Masai:**A causeway not far from Shiratori High School. Ahiru and Minamo await the arrival of a certain someone.

 **Masai:**Stomp, stomp... Momo Amami, former ace of the swim team,

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"...We were waiting for you, Momo-chan."

**Nana (Momo Role):**"Ahiru...and Minamo. What do you want from me?"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"....."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Momo-chan, have you heard that Shiratori pool is going to get torn down?"

**Nana (Momo Role):**"Huh? Oh... I may have heard some of the geezers in the village talking about it."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"To try to protect the pool, we made a synchronized swimming team."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"We can't let the president of Hagewashi Enterprises tear down Shiratori Pool. We need to prove that it has value."

**Nana (Momo Role):**"Ya don't say.

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"But that Washiwashi is trying to stop us, and made some of the volunteers who were helping the team quit!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Please, Momo-chan! Do synchronized swimming with us!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"You were called the mermaid of Shiratori Village. Momo-chan, I'm you can—"

**Nana (Momo Role):**"Oh no, you're not putting 'chan' on the end of my name!"

***"!!"***

**Nana (Momo Role):**"I hate that soft sissy name!"

**Nana (Momo Role):**"From now on, call me 'MM'."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Emem?"

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Oh... 'MM' as in 'MoMo'?"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Oh, you're the age where you're trying to make your name sound different. That's adorable, Momo-chan!"

**Nana (Momo Role):**"Shut up! Next time you put 'chan' on my name--"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Momo-chan, you'll help us with our synchronized swimming, won't you?!"

**Nana (Momo Role):**"Listen to me! Geez, this is how you've always been..."

**Nana (Momo Role):**"Synchronized swimming? Are you joking? I gave up swimming."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"It's not just swimming! It's synchronized swimming!"

**Nana (Momo Role):**"They're both the same to me!"

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"After the summer tournament last year ...you quit the swim tean without even saying anything."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"What happened to you?!"

**Nana (Momo Role):**"Pff... Like it has anything to do with you, Minamo."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"I'm sure Momo-chan has her reasons... That's why I didn't stop her.

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"But it's different now. We need you... Not just us, Shiratori pool need! you, Momo-chan!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Please! I'm begging you!"

**Nana (Momo Role):**"As if. That run-down pool? I couldn't care less what happens to it."

**Nana (Momo Role):**"My swimming days are long gone!"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Then--"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"...Are you afraid of losing?"

**Nana (Momo Role):**"Hngh?! N-No way! W-Why would I...!"

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"So that's it... You're so easy to read, Momo."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"In the year since you left, Minamo-chan and I have gotten a lot faster."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"So...why don't we have a match?"

**Nana (Momo Role):**"A match?"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Yeah, you were good at the 50 meter freestyle, so we'll do that."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"If you win, Momo-chan, I'll give up on you. But if I win, you'll join the synchro team. "

**Nana (Momo Role):**"I told you, my swimming days are long gone..."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"So you're afraid? Of losing, I mean."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"I guess I can't blame you... The mermaid of Shiratori is said to be unmatched in the water. It would be embarrassing if you lost to little old Ahiru."

**Nana (Momo Role):**"...!"

**Nana (Momo Role):**"Haha... You know how to get a person riled up, Ahiru."

**Nana (Momo Role):**"All right, let's do it!"

**Nana (Momo Role):**"Do you really think you can beat a mermaid?"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"I won't know until I try."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"The captain understood how much Momo hates losing. It's impressive...!"

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Momo lost her cool... She said she doesn't swim anymore, but she still accepted the challenge..."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"That simplemindedness is one of her good points."

**Nana (Momo Role):**"I can hear you, Minamo! And I told you to call me MM!"

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Sure, sure. Emem. Emem."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"All right, Momo-chan. We'll be waiting for you at Shiratori Pool tomorrow!"

**Nana (Momo Role):**"There you go deciding everything on your own... You've always been this way, Ahiru..."

 **Masai:**The next day at Shiratori pool. With Momo's entry into the club as the prize, Ahiru is about to do a 50 meter freestyle.

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"All right, you ready?"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Any time!"

**Nana (Momo Role):**"Tsk... This is such a pain."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"All right... Ready...GO!"

***\*splaaaash!\****

**Hikari (Hibari Role):**"Momo-senpai is so fast!"

**Kaoruko (Kamomeko Role):**"This is the famous mermaid Of Shiratori Village!"

 **Masai:**Momo reaches the goal with an overwhelming lead.

**Nana (Momo Role):**"\*huff\* ... \*huff\* ... How about that, Ahiru! You just faced a mermaid!

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"\*huff\* ... \*huff\* ... \*huff\* ... You really are fast, Momo-chan."

**Nana (Momo Role):**"All right, victory is--"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Let's start round 2!"

**Nana (Momo Role):**"—mine--wait, what?"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"I never said it was only one round. Let's get started on the next one!"

**Nana (Momo Role):**"H-Hey, I never agreed--!"

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"All right, round Ready...GO!"

**Nana (Momo Role):**"L-Listen to meeee!"

 **Masai:**Dusk. It's the 49th round Of the 50 meter freestyle contest.

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Ahh, I lost again. You're so fast, Momo-chan."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Okay, next!"

**Nana (Momo Role):**"\*huff\* ... \*huff\* \*huff\* ... No more.."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Huh?"

**Nana (Momo Role):**"I remember... Your infinite stamina and infinite tenaciousness... That's what made you captain of the Shiratori High School swim team!"

**Nana (Momo Role):**"I get it, get it... I lose..."

 **Masai:**Momo Amami decides to join the Shiratori High School synchro team They begin to walk home.

**Nana (Momo Role):**"Being known as the mermaid of Shiratori Village gave me a big head..."

**Nana (Momo Role):**"At regionals last summer...everyone else was so fast. I lost miserably..."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"I guess so."

**Nana (Momo Role):**"Because of that...l was embarrassed to swim."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"...There's nothing to be embarrassed about."

**Nana (Momo Role):**"Huh?"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"There's nothing to be embarrassed about. Even if you lost..."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"That doesn't change that Momo Amami is, to us, the fastest and most beautiful mermaid of Shiratori Village."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Yeah... Seeing you swim today, Momo...I remembered how amazing you are."

**Nana (Momo Role):**"Ahiru... Minamo...

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Come back to us, Momo-chan. We want you to do synchronized swimming with us."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Please, Momo."

**Nana (Momo Role):**"....."

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"I'll do as many 50 meter freestyles as it takes for you to join us."

**Nana (Momo Role):**"Fine, I get it already! I'll do it!"

***"You will?!"***

**Nana (Momo Role):**"Yeah... I'd...hate if...that pool was shut down."

**Nana (Momo Role):**"But do you really think I can do synchronized swimming?"

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Of course. We only just started too."

**Junna (Minamo Role):**"Let's just do it together, Momo. Oh... MM, was it?"

**Nana (Momo Role):**"Y-You don't have to call me that!"

***"Heh heh...!"***

**Mahiru (Ahiru Role):**"Welcome back, Momo-chan!"

 **Mahiru:**Great work, everyone!

 **Karen:**Oh yeah, this is looking good!

 **Hikari:**We're all getting into our roles. It's coming together... It's looking good.

 **Futaba:**Banana's delinquent girl role is really something.

 **Kaoruko:**She doesn't show up until part way through the story, so I was wondering how it would turn out.

 **Junna:**It feels like I've seen a new side to Nana. I think "Momo Amami" is really great role.

 **Nana:**...Hehe, that makes me happy to hear ♪

 **Nana:**I based some of my mannerisms on Futaba-chan, and it looks like that paid off big time ♪

 **Futaba:**Wuh, you based it Off me?! I'm not a delinquent!

 **Maya:**That's true, Daiba-san.

 **Maya:**Isurugi-san is a kinder, more considerate and more girlish Stage Girl that anyone else. She is hardly anything like a delinquent...

 **Futaba:**...Stop, Tendo. You're making my face red...

 **Claudine:**Heh, it's almost time for the big show, Mahiru, our leader.

 **Mahiru:**Yeah! Let's make it awesome!

***Yeah!***

"Working as One...?"

 **Mahiru:**\*huff\*... \*huff\*... Here we go!

 **Junna:**\*huff\*... \*huff\*... Okay!

 **Nana:**Three... Two... One, go!

 **Mahiru:**Ah!

***\*splooosh!\****

 **Mahiru:**Pwah...! \*huff\* ... \*huff\* ... We messed up the jump again...

 **Junna:**Sorry, Tsuyuzaki-san.

 **Junna:**I wasn't able to support you well enough... I just can't tread water well enough--

 **Mahiru:**No, my timing was off too...

 **Nana:**Junna-chan, Mahiru-chan, why don't you take a break? You've been in the pool for so long...

 **Junna:**No, the performance is tomorrow. We don't have time for breaks.

 **Mahiru:**Yeah, we need to get as much down as we possibly can.

 **Junna:**All right, once more from the top!

 **Nana:**.....

 **Mahiru:**Ahh, that was a nice soak.

 **Nana:**Oh, there you are, Mahiru-chan.

 **Mahiru:**Yeah, I just got out of the bath. Were you looking for me?

 **Nana:**Um... Actually, yes.

 **Mahiru:**What's up? Oh... Is it about "Synchro Girls"?

 **Nana:**Yeah... As you're the leader, Mahiru-chan, I have something I want to talk to you about...

 **Mahiru:**What is it?! Ask me anything! If there's anything I can do, I will!

 **Nana:**Well... It's about Junna-chan...

 **Mahiru:**Junna-chan?

 **Nana:**Yeah. Actually...

 **Nana:**The big jump in the synchronized swimming scene at the end of the program is the most important part, right?

 **Mahiru:**Yeah, that's why we're all practicing so hard.

 **Nana:**But...you haven't gotten it right once, have you?

 **Mahiru:**Uh... That, uh...

 **Nana:**.....

 **Nana:**I know.

 **Nana:**I know that Junna-chan isn't so great at swimming...

 **Mahiru:**Ah...

 **Nana:**She uses all her energy before the last scene...so she's not able to support the last jump.

 **Mahiru:**.....

 **Nana:**So, well...

 **Nana:**I thought it might be better to reduce some of Junna-chan's appearances so she doesn't tire herself out so much.

 **Mahiru:**Banana-chan...

 **Nana:**If you agree, Mahiru-chan, I'll ask Masai-san and Amemiya-san to—

 **Junna:**I don't agree with that at all.

***Junna-chan!***

 **Junna:**Nana... What do you think you're saying, when I'm not even here?

 **Nana:**Junna-chan, I...!

 **Junna:**Are you saying I don't have the stamina to do the performance until the end?

 **Nana:**...!

 **Junna:**What are you... What are you even thinking?!

 **Junna:**Do you think I'd be happy about that?!

 **Junna:**Junna Hoshimi is a Stage Girl! I need to fulfill the role I'm given to the end!

 **Junna:**So...Nana...you...!

 **Junna:**What you're trying to do isn't kindness at all! It's an insult the Stage Girl Junna Hoshimi!

 **Nana:**...!

 **Junna:**Even if I'm not good at swimming and use up all my energy...l'll do it.

 **Junna:**Don't you dare do something like this again!

 **Nana:**Ah... Junna-chan! Wait!

 **Mahiru:**.....

 **Mahiru:**W-What should I do... The performance is soon, but the two supporting actors...

 **Mahiru:**Will "Synchro Girls" be all right... ?!

Day of the "Synchro Girls" performance

**Hibari:**"August 31st is finally here!"

**Kamomeko:**"It's finally the day of our presentation!"

**Cathy:**"Today is the grand unveiling of Shiratori High School's synchro team... It's a day to be celebrated in the world of Japanese synchronized swimming!"

**Cathy:**"Be sure to give it all you've got. You can make Shiratori pool..."

**Cathy:**"Into a sacred ground for Japanese synchronized swimming!"

***"Yes sir!"***

**Ahiru:**"The day's finally come... Time flew by so fast."

**Minamo:**"Yeah... This all started from what you said on that day."

**Aikawa Sensei:**"I haven't forgotten the words you said to the president of Hagewashi Enterprises."

**Aikawa Sensei:**"'We'll do it! We'll show you how much Shiratori pool is worth!'"

**Aikawa Sensei:**"Your passion even moved Coach Cathy, giving birth to the synchro team, and you called back an old friend to help."

**Momo:**"Maybe, but I'm never joining a race like that again!"

***"Hahahahaha!"***

**Ahiru:**"Coach Cathy Saito..."

**Cathy:**"What's this all of a sudden?"

**Ahiru:**"If you weren't here with us, Coach, we wouldn't be standing here today. "

**Ahiru:**"I want to thank you for guiding the Shiratori High School synchro team."

**Cathy:**"Ahiru..."

**Ahiru:**"And Aikawa-sensei, without your support, I don't think we would have been able to see this through to the end. Thank you so much."

**Aikawa Sensei:**"Kurosawa-san..."

**Ahiru:**"Hibari, Kamomeko... Even though we changed into the synchro team all of a sudden, you stuck with us in our difficult practices. Thank you."

**Hibari:**"Ahiru-senpai...!"

**Kamomeko:**"With you as our captain, Ahiru-senpai, it wasn't hard to do!"

**Ahiru:**"Momo-chan... Thank you for swimming with us again."

**Momo:**"Hmph... Thank me once we're done."

**Ahiru:**"Minamo... It's thanks to you being by my side that I've been able to swim without giving up."

**Ahiru:**"Let's swim...to the end."

***Minamo***

**Ahiru:**Yeah...!

**Cathy:**"Ahiru... And everyone else of the Shiratori High School synchro team. I'm proud I was able to be your coach."

**Cathy:**"But...today is only the beginning of the history and legacy of Shiratori High School's synchro team!"

**Cathy:**"Show 'em what you got! Show 'em the brilliance of your youth...and splashes of passion!"

**Cathy:**"Let's go, synchro girls!"

***"Yes sir!"***

**Aikawa Sensei:**"Today is a very special performance at Shiratori pool. Would the members of the Shiratori High School synchro team please rise!"

**Aikawa Sensei:**"Let the performance by the Shiratori High School synchro team--"

**Aikawa Sensei:**"Wait, whaaaaat!?"

**Ahiru:**"A-Aikawa-sensei?! What's wrong?!"

**Aikawa Sensei:**"L-Look! The pool..."

**Aikawa Sensei:**"There's no water in the pool!"

***"Whaaaaat!?"***

**President:**"Heh heh heh... What a shame the pump broke down on the day of your performance..."

**President:**"l was looking forward to it so much... The Shiratori High School synchro team's really unlucky, aren't they?"

**Clerk:**"Yes, sir. precisely, sir."

**Hibari:**"No...! We were about to do our synchronized swimming..."

**Kamomeko:**"How could there be no water in the pool!"

**Cathy:**"God damn! This must be the work of that Washiwashi!"

**Aikawa Sensei:**"I-I... I've reached the limit of my patience and understanding!"

**Momo:**"All right, Sensei! Let's go sock that jerk good!"

**Ahiru:**"Wait! So many people have come to see our performance. Our synchronized swimming comes first!"

**Kamomeko:**"The TV, and radio, and newspapers are here...! We can't let it end like this...!"

**Momo:**"Ahiru!"

**Minamo:**"Ahiru...!"

**Ahiru:**"...What should we do...?"

**Ahiru:**"As captain of the synchro team, what can I do...?!"

Shortly before the "Synchro Girls" performance

 **Mahiru:**The special water performance of "Synchro Girls", celebrating 100 years since the founding Of both Shiratori Pool and Seisho Music Academy, will now—

 **Karen:**Whaaaaaat?!

 **Mahiru:**What is it, Karen-chan?

 **Karen:**Trouble, trouble, big trouble, Mahiru-chan!

 **Karen:**The pump's broken down, and there's no water in Shiratori pool!

 **Hikari:**We were just about to do our synchronized swimming...

 **Kaoruko:**How could there be no water in the pool?! What can we do?!

 **Mahiru:**(Oh no... So many people have come to see our performance...)

 **Mahiru:**(Junna-chan and Banana-chan haven't spoken since that day...)

 **Mahiru:**(And there's no water in the pool...)

 **Mahiru:**(...What should we do...?)

 **Mahiru:**(As leader of the "Synchro Girls" performance, what can I do...?!"

"Synchro Girls"

 **Karen:**What do we do? What do we do!?

 **Karen:**Without any water in the pool "Synchro Girls" can't go ahead!

 **Junna:**No way... You've got to be kidding!!

 **Nana:**I can't believe the same thing is happening that happened in the story of "Synchro Girls"...!

 **Futaba:**I-lt wasn't me that did this!

 **Maya:**We know it wasn't you, Isurugi-san.

 **Kaoruko:**That's true. Futaba-han doesn't have the guts to do something this outrageous!

 **Futaba:**Guts doesn't come into the equation! Even if I was bold enough to do something like this, I wouldn't!

 **Mahiru:**(Oh no... so many people have come to see our performance...)

 **Mahiru:**(And there's no water in the pool...)

 **Mahiru:**(...What should we do...?)

 **Mahiru:**(As leader Of the "Synchro Girls" performance, what can I do...?!)

 **Mahiru:**—There's nothing else we can do but...!

 **Nana:**M-Mahiru-chan!?

 **Junna:**What do you intend to do with a pool with no water in it!?

 **Mahiru:**...!

**Ahiru:**"It's summer in the 1950's."

**Ahiru:**"l, Ahiru Kurosawa, captain of the swim team at Shiratori High School, finished the final tournament and am heading back to the village."

**Ahiru:**"Phew... It's over."

**Ahiru:**"Our swim team is from a small high school in a small village, and we don't have a pool. We borrowed the village Shiratori Pool, and our team members always just barely got by."

**Ahiru:**"In three years, we didn't win once... But it doesn't matter. We did it!"

 **Karen:**Mahiru-chan! Isn't this...?

 **Hikari:**Act 1 Of Synchro Girls!

 **Maya:**An impromptu rendition...!

 **Claudine:**The waterless pool is like a stage with Mahiru alone in the center...!

 **Junna:**...!

**President:**"Mwahahahaha!"

**President:**"Look at that girl! She's dancing in a pool with no water!"

**Clerk:**"....."

**President:**"Dancing in a pool with no water... Talk about comedy... Better still, a rendition of the 'The Ugly Duckling'!"

**President:**"You, why aren't you laughing too? Gahahaha!"

**Clerk:**"....."

**President:**"...Huh? You don't find it funny? Am I missing something here?"

**Clerk:**"Yes, sir. Precisely, sir."

**Clerk:**"Sir, take a closer look at that girl's performance, sir."

**President:**"Huh? Performance? She's dancing alone in a pool with no water. That's ridiculous..."

**President:**"...? No one's laughing..."

***\*splaaaash!\****

**President:**"Are my ears deceiving me? Was that the sound Of water...!?"

**President:**"....."

**President:**"That makes no sense... There's no water in the pool..."

**President:**"Sounds of water, splashes, echoes from the ripples..."

**President:**"She actually looks as if she's dancing and jumping in the water..."

**President:**"....."

**President:**"You there!"

**Clerk:**"Yes sir?"

**President:**"Open the valve in the pump room."

**Clerk:**"Sir...?"

**President:**"I want to see that pitiful ugly duckling's dance in real water."

**President:**"You do as well, I'm sure."

**Clerk:**"....."

**Clerk:**"Yes, sir. Precisely, sir!"

***\*gush\****

***!!***

 **Karen:**It's fixed! Everyone, the pump looks like it's working again!

 **Mahiru:**...!!

**Ahiru:**"It may be old and run-down, and might even be haunted...but I love Shiratori Pool!"

**Minamo:**"Me too, Ahiru."

***\*splaaaash!\****

**Minamo:**"It's old and run-down, and might even be haunted..."

**Minamo:**"But...I love Shiratori Pool too."

 **Mahiru:**Jun... I mean, "Minamo-chan!"

**Minamo:**"Hehe!"

**Ahiru:**"I hope everyone thinks so."

**Minamo:**"Our class juniors will feel the same way."

**Ahiru:**"Yeah... You're right."

 **Kaoruko:**The improvisation in a pool with no water... That's leader Mahiru's "Synchro Girls".

 **Hikari:**The pool is full again... Mahiru's waiting.

 **Kaoruko:**I'm on my way!!

 **Hikari:**Okay!

***\*splaaaash!\****

**Kamomeko:**"Senpai, senpai, senpai! Ahiru-senpai! Minamo-senpai!"

**Minamo:**"Oh, speak of the devil."

**Ahiru:**"What's wrong, Hibari-chan? Kamomeko-chan?"

**hibari:**"It's big... Big trouble...! Ahiru-senpai! Minamo-senpai!"

**Ahiru:**"What's big trouble?"

***"It's THAT!"***

**Ahiru:**"Whaaaaaaat?! Shiratori pool is shutting down?!"

**President:**"So, girls... Prove to me that it has value. Not a bad idea, huh?"

**Ahiru:**"Synchronized swimming... This is it, Minamo-chan!"

**Cathy:**"You will Obey my directions exactly. You will complete my directions to the end. Can you do it?"

**Ahiru:**"We can do it! We'll do it!"

**Cathy:**"NO. The response is, 'yes sir'."

**Spectator A:**Wow... They're performing a play while they're doing synchronized swimming!

**Spectator B:**It's amazing this pool has such a history...!

**Spectator C:**Go Shiratori High School synchro team! You can do it!

**Ahiru:**"Our synchronized swimming is going to save Shiratori pool!

**Ahiru:**"We're gonna make a Shiratori pool that everyone loves and last forever!"

**Cathy:**"Okay, it's time for the finisher, Ahiru!"

 **Mahiru:**Is everyone ready?

 **Junna:**\*huff\*... \*huff\*... Yes!!

 **Nana:**Y-Yes!

 **Mahiru:**.....

 **Mahiru:**Junna-chan, push me up with all your might! I believe in you, Junna-chan!

**Ahiru:**"I believe in you, Minamo-chan!"

 **Junna:**Tsuyuzaki-san!

**Minamo:**"Who do you think I am!? You're talking to Minamo Okino the vice captain of Shiratori High School synchro team!"

**Minamo:**"Believe in me, Ahiru!"

**Ahiru:**"I believe in you!"

**Ahiru:**"Momo-chan, support Minamo-chan!"

 **Nana:**...!

**Ahiru:**"If we don't all pull together, we're not going to make this jump perfect!"

**Momo:**"...."

**Momo:**"We know!"

**Momo:**"Believe in the mermaid Of Shiratori village!"

**Ahiru:**"OKAY!"

**Ahiru:**"Here goes! Three, two, one...!"

***Arrrgggghhh!***

***Yaaaaaaay!***

**Aikawa Sensei:**"Yes... We did it, coach! We pulled off the big finale!!"

**Cathy:**"Your perseverance and seamlessly infinite stamina paid off..."

**Cathy:**"Ahiru Kurosawa... Who said anything about an ugly duckling?"

**Cathy:**"She's got everything it takes to be a synchronized swimmer... The perfect captain!"

**Cathy:**"Wonderful, Ahiru! Marvelous, Synchro Girls!"

***Yaaaaaaay!***

**Narrator:**"And so...the special performance at Shiratori pool... The presentation from the Shiratori High School synchro team was a complete success."

**Narrator:**"The president of Hagewashi Enterprises realized the beauty and splendor of synchronized swimming and promised to preserve Shiratori Pool."

**Narrator:**"As the village grew into a town and eventually into a city... Shiratori Pool began to be referred to as the sacred ground of student synchronized swimming..."

**Narrator:**"100 years after its establishment, Shiratori pool...will surely continue to make its mark on history."

**Narrator:**"It may be old and run-down, and might even be haunted...but as long as you love it and swim at this pool, it will continue to thrive..."

 **Mahiru:**Today, we did a special performance from "Shiratori Public pool" and "Seisho Music Academy" to celebrate the 100-year anniversary of both...

 **Mahiru:**We thank you for attending this performance Of "Synchro Girls"!

***Thank you!***

 **Mahiru:**We ask for your continued support Of Shiratori Pool!

***Once again, thank you very much!***

 **Nana:**Junna-chan, I'm so sorry.

 **Junna:**Forget it, Nana. The performance was a success. That's all that matters.

 **Nana:**Yeah, you're right...

 **Junna:**But know what?

 **Junna:**It was Tsuyuzaki-san that saved the day.

 **Mahiru:**Huh?

 **Mahiru:**Me... I-I just...

 **Mahiru:**We are Stage Girls... If we're going to save anything, it's going to be on the stage...

 **Mahiru:**That's all that ever entered my mind.

 **Junna:**Tsuyuzaki-san...

 **Junna:**You were truly the leader in "Synchro Girls"... The captain Of the syncho team...

 **Junna:**Thank you, Tsuyuzaki-san. We're lucky to have had you as the leader...

 **Mahiru:**Junna-chan...

***Heh heh...***

 **Junna:**"That's the end Of our summer."

 **Mahiru:**"Y-Yes!"

 **Mahiru:**"Our time on stage has just begun!"