I Am A Shadow (DnA Fanfic)

13. Hell Continues!! Part 2

It was finally the fourth day of the training that came from hell. The week long training camp was nearly at its end. Today, under the hot sun, the focus went to a certainly scary side arm pitcher. He was 'quiet-for-the-most-part' kind of guy. This side armed pitcher was a second year with dark brown hair and eyes. Not to mention, he was one of the four potential pitchers in Seidou. On the current varsity team that is. This second year was given the name, Kawakami Norifumi.

At the moment, Kawakam was inside the bullpen with another varsity member catching fro him. And what better person to do so than the arrogant second year, Miyuki Kazuya. Kawakami went through the motions of his crazy side arm pitch. His left leg stomped forward in a lunge. But instead of throwing his right arm down, he threw it out to the side. His right arm came around in a catapult like motion, swing toward where Miyuki was crouched. Kawakami released the ball, hearing the loud smack of it making contact with a brown leather mitt.

"Ok! Nice pitch." Miyuki smirked at the pitcher. He, too, was pleased by the loud impact the ball had made.

From the smaller mound, Kawakami grinned at the catcher. "Even though I've just been praised by you, it feels weird." He laughed with a smirk making itself noticeable on Kawakami's features. "You must be plotting something." He accused afterward.

Miyuki stood up, getting ready to throw the small white ball back. "Not really....The ball you pitched just now, it would be hard for the batter to swing at it." Miyuki responded to Kawakami's accusation. "Since you're a pitcher with a sidearm delivery, we need to make use of the ball placement." The catcher spoke, giving back his feed. "With such good control, you should have more confidence in your pitching." Miyuki smirked. Kawakami never responded, only going to pitch some more.

Beside the pair was another. This other pair consisted of Miyauchi and the still recovering Tanba. Tanba inhaled deeply and lifted his left leg. His hands floated above his head. Tanba's leg came down, and his upper body twisting after it. His right arms slammed down with extreme power. Tanba exhaled, watching the ball fly from his hands and curve into Miyauchi's mitt. The catcher didn't even flinch from the potential ace's power.

Miyuki smirked, not even glancing toward the other catcher to his right. Miyauchi didn't look back either. "His pitching is also quite good today." Miyuki spoke, receiving another pitch from Kawakami. That's when Miyauchi glanced Miyuki's way. He stood up to return the ball to Tanba.

"Hmph..." He breathed out. "He's already tired...so the ball just now was probably so-so." Miyauchi took a pause, just as the ball flew back into the future ace's mitt. "However...I can feel the spirit behind each ball he pitches. We have no more alternatives. In fact, I'll be pulling you down from your starting position soon." Miyauchi challenged with heated determination.

"Yeah. I'm looking forward to your brilliant performance.." Miyuki could only reply with an amused smirk.

On the other hand, the two first year pitchers were doing nothing related to their desired positions. Instead, they were practicing fielding again. Time and time again, the two stubborn pitchers ran through fielding drills.

Currently, Eijun and Furuya were standing around on the field. Both tried to get what little air they could, into their bodies. One of the second string batters called out to the two first years. "Hey! Don't glance around! Concentrate!" He yelled, hitting another baseball to them. Eijun clenched his jaws together, and ran for the white ball.

"Quick! Pass to second! You can still make it." Another catcher ordered Eijun. The ball landed in the leather mitt. With a loud grunt, Eijun jerked the ball to second base. The runner slid, in a last minute to race the ball to base. But the ball had won and was caught by the second baseman, who tagged their designated base. The players that were around all had expressions of shock, as they stared at the older Sawamura twin.