I Am A Shadow (DnA Fanfic)

6. Let Us Begin!

After the game, spectators began leaving quite satisfied. They were pleased with Seidou's new members and we're definitely going to support them further. The all happily discussed the outcome.

"Seidou's lineup was amazing like I expected!"

"Even though the third and second years flattened the first years in the end."

"But that kid called Furuya is amazing, isn't he? Even though he only threw one pitch, he caused quite a bit of impact!"

"He may just become the saviour of Seidou, since they have such a weakness in pitching."

"But that pitcher called Sawamura.. Even though he let it a lot of runs, he still pitched until the very end."

"Isn't that girl on the team his sister?"

"Yeah! She was amazing too! She scored three times for the freshman!"

"Her defense was pretty solid too. Her position as center field suites her well!"

The score ended up being 5-29, in favor of the upperclassmen. It wasn't all that bad. Many of the freshman put in a good fight and played full out until the very end.

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Later on that night, all members of the team were either at home or in their dorm room. That included Esumi. She sat in her room, with the tv off. The lights were off except for her desk lamp. The small female player stood and sat at her desk. Her brown hair dripping wet from just getting out of the shower. She pulled out her black notebook labeled 'Seidou 2' from her desk drawer. She opened it and began taking notes of all the non regular members that she'd seen play that day.

Her pencil scribbled back and forth along the thin pieces of paper. In her head, she replayed the entire game and thought back to every single detail. She added to her data, and started new data files on people that she's never seen play before. It took her a while to finish all of this.

'Now for mine..' She thought. Esumi put away the black notebook and took out a dark purple one. This one had her name sprawled across the front. Esumi flipped it open to the page where she left off. The girl wrote down the date and began writing all her flaws. None may have seen it, but Esumi was well aware of every single action. She knew she made mistakes, and needed to work on fixing them.

Esumi then went to list all of her achievements. There weren't as many as flaws, but she wrote them all down very honestly. After coming up with both lists, workouts circled in her head. A new regimen that she was going to create for herself. Without realising that she was even writing, Esumi began to scribble down her new workout menu. Esumi blinked, reading what she had written.

"This'll suffice for now." Esumi nodded, closing the notebook and stashing her valuable data away. She stretched and gave a small yawn. Esumi reached forward and flicked the light off, then retreating through darkness to her bed.

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"Coach Kataoka, so you were here!" Ochiai Hiromitsu, the assistant coach, walked into the office. Takashima followed in as well. Kataoka sat in his chair thinking about today's game. "How do you think today's game was? Well even though there was an overwhelming loss, but wasn't there a good result in the end?" He began. Kataoka didn't reply, so he continued to speak. "The small one up second... He's third year Kominato's little brother, isn't he? No wonder their plays were so alike. And Furuya Satoru, who silence the crowd with one pitch."

"And don't forget Sawamura Esumi-chan. She gave everyone quite the shock as well, with her two home runs and her nearly stopping Masuko-san's home run." Takashima added on. Ochiai nodded in agreement.