A/n: I AM SOO SORRY THAT I DIDN'T UPDATE WHEN I SAID I WAS! I have no excuse really...i was just a bit lazy...lol
I hope this chapter satisfies you. I'm also going (hoping) to post CH 17 later on AFTER i do my HW...hahahaha😂
It was finally that relieving last day of the harsh training camp that the Seidou baseball players have been put through. A double-header match was being played between Inashiro, Seidou, and Shuuhoku. For the first match between Seidou and Inashiro, the second year sidearm pitcher, Kawakami, was up on the mound. Sweat was clearly visible, dripping down the sides of his face. Kawakami pitched, but the batter ended up making it to first base. The next batter from Inashiro stepped up, hitting it past Kawakami.
"Wow! Finally, in the bottom of the 8th inning, Inashiro's bats have woken up!"
"This half-inning has turned the game on its end! Seidou's about ready to take any out."
"With only three innings remaining, it'll be difficult to make a comeback."
"They lost to Kiryu by a large margin yesterday too."
"To have to wonder about the state of Seidou! The summer tournament is just around the corner!"
"Further more, today's opponent is not any practice opponent."
"It's their biggest rival in the region...Inashiro High!"
The spectators continued to talk and foretell the outcome of the game. At the guest dugout of Seidou's field was Inashiro. The coach of Inashiro, Hiroshige Kunitomo, stared intensely at his players spread throughout the field.
On the other hand, in the Seidou dugout, a clear ruckus was being made. "Manager!" A loud voice exclaimed. We could've only guessed who it belonged to. "Kawakami's running on fumes! He's still exhausted from the training camp too! If you send me out there cold, I won't have any problems with it!" Eijun announced with a strong and determined voice.
"This ain't your problem!" Kataoka replied bluntly. "Get outta here!" He shooed Sawamura away.
"Not my problem!?" Eijun replied in shock.
"Isn't this a team?" Masuko asked, trying to reach for Eijun. He grabbed his youngest roommate around the neck and dragged him away. "Sawamura, come with me for a moment." Masuko declared, already dragging off the struggling Sawamura.
"Dumbass!" Kuramochi yelled, glaring at the idiotic twin.
"But they're really good! I need to be on that mound!" Eijun cried, shouting obviously loud toward his roommates.
"Where does that confidence come from?" Masuko asked with a straight face. Eijun blinked.
"Are you really that stupid?" Kuramochi emphasized the word 'that.' "They aren't even using their starters!" Kuramochi lowered his voice a bit. Eijun blinked again, now processing the new information. His head turned, seeing a handful of Inashiro players lounging the bench. "Why the hell would we give their scouts more information about our team in goddamn spring training? We aren't using our starters either!"
"Wow, really?" Eijun questioned stupidly.
"We're just measuring up each other." Kuramochi stated glancing toward the other dugout across the field.
On the field, Miyauchi gave a signal toward Kawakami. The Seidou sidearm pitcher smirked to himself. He drew his arm back, going through the motions. Kawakami's arm whipped out from the side. He had released a pitch to the outside corner. Miyauchi caught the ball perfectly. Hearing the loud smack resonate through the field, non-regular Seidou members began congratulating Kawakami's 'good pitch.'
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