Homerun: Act I

Not Qualified to be a Pitcher

Hisoka walked into her dorm room making sure to close the door quietly since her roommates were already asleep. She wiped sweat from her forehead before grabbing her clothes and heading towards the showers. Hisoka knew that no one would be in the showers at this time so it was convenient for her since she was trying to keep her true gender a secret. She opened the door to the lockers turning on the lights as she walked to the private shower that she had used the first night she had gotten to the school. Of course, she had to ask for permission and come up for a reason to use it but she eventually got the permission she needed from Takashima.

"From what I heard from the other first years, my brother has no chance at becoming a pitcher any time soon," she muttered setting her stuff down. "I know they wouldn't waste his talent though, they just need him to learn his lesson."

Hisoka finished showering and stepped out drying her hair quickly as she looked at the time on her phone. After getting dressed, Hisoka walked out of the locker room but she stopped when she heard the swinging of a bat. When she followed the sound she found one of her brother's roommates standing beside the building swinging his bat.

"Masuko, right?"

Masuka stopped swinging his bat and looked at the first year who was leaned against the wall. He nodded before getting back into his batting stance. She didn't leave as he started to swing again.

"You're a senior," she said crossing her arms watching him. "And you lost your spot after making an error at the last game. Now you are practicing into the late hours to try to get your spot back."

Masuko glanced at Hisoka and wondered how after only one day, that this little first year knew so much. He stopped swinging. Masuko looked at his bat for a second before holding it out to Hisoka who smirked.

"Sorry, but I'll have to pass," she said holding up her hands. "I just showered and I only use a wood bat. But thank you. Also, I need to get up early so I need to head back to my dorm anyways."

Masuko nodded as he went back to swinging his bat. When he looked back over Hisoka was gone but there were two bottles of water on the ground where she had been standing. He smiled. Seems the other Sawamura wasn't so bad.

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Hisoka woke up early in the morning making sure to be quiet as she moved around the dorm. She didn't want to wake her roommates so she didn't put her shoes on until she left the dorm. When she left the dorm she found her brother by the door.

"I was about to knock," Eijun said giving her a smile. "You ready to go running?"

Hisoka nodded as she zipped up her running jacket because it was early in the morning so it was kinda cold. "The last one to the field has to fill water bottles," Hisoka said quickly before she took off with her brother right behind her. He was smart enough to not yell since everyone else was still asleep.

Hisoka hit the fence as she ran into the field. She looked back at her brother and laughed at the expression on his face.

"You should have known that I would win," Hisoka said smiling. "I always win our races and now you have to fill the water bottles."

Hisoka threw her water bottle to Eijun. He disappeared around the corner as Hisoka started to stretch to make sure that she wouldn't injure her leg. By the time she finished her stretching, Eijun was already back with their water bottles.

"Here you go," Eijun said handing her the purple water bottle. "Ready?"

Hisoka nodded with a smiled. "We should get started before everyone else gets here."

"Hey, you two! What are you doing out here so early?"

Hisoka looked over to see a third year walking over to them. "Going for a run..."

Eijun stepped in front of her with a determined look on his face. "I'm not at a level where I can join practice yet," he said bowing low which made Hisoka roll her eyes. "So please let us come earlier than everyone else to run."

Hisoka crossed her arms as a small smile slipped onto her face. Very well said Ei, she thought glancing at her brother. She started to run without letting the third year say anything and she heard Eijun running after her. Like usual, she and her brother ran in silence. This is what they always did at home, it was their thing they did as siblings.

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Hisoka noticed that practice was about to start but she kept running. She wasn't leaving her brother to run alone all by himself. She didn't need to practice yet, she was already getting bored with the training schedule already even though it was only her second day practicing with the team.

Hisoka stopped as she felt a pain in her leg which in turn made her brother stop because he was worried about her.

"You okay, sis?"

Hisoka waved him off. "You can continue, I think I need to stop even though I don't want to leave you to run alone," she said rubbing the back of her neck. "I am sorry."

Eijun just smiled before he ruffled her hair. "Just go rest," he whispered before he took off running again. Hisoka unzipped her jacket quickly as she walked towards where her water bottle was. She couldn't help but overhear the Coach.

"How exactly can he throw that kind of strange pitch almost 90 meters...? But...a promise is a promise. I won't let him join practice as a pitcher yet. So until the sun sets I'll have him run, run and run some more!"

Hisoka smirked grabbing her water bottle.

"Yet," huh...