Sanctuary (Karma Akabane x OC)

Battle of Baseball

"I just need an opening..." Katsuna narrowed her eyes, shifting her focus to the opposing team who were closing in on her fast, each of them built like skyscrapers.

She vigilantly dribbled the ball, attempting to confuse the team long enough to figure out a plan.

Shit

I'm surrounded.

And I can't see any of my other teammates.

"There's no way I can shoot from here, but... it's my only choice."

The raven-haired girl sprung into the air, throwing the basketball over her head in the direction of the hoop. However, there just wasn't enough force placed on the ball and the opposing team slammed it out the way with ease.

With the whistle blown, the score was 2-8, resulting in a tragic loss for E-Class.

The girls huddled together; the same disappointed smile mirrored on each of their lips.

"Well, we did our best guys!" Kataoka chuckled softly, lifting the mood a bit, "At least we got some points in."

"Those girls were playing dirty and we all know it," Yada huffed, grabbing her water bottle, "The referee was totally picking sides too."

"It's not like we stood a chance anyway," Kaede exhaled, side eyeing the gorilla-like basketball team, "I hope the boys will do better in their exhibition game."

"Ahh yes, I nearly forgot about that," Kataoka burst, shoving the girls along towards the changing rooms, "Come on, Koro-sensei's coaching them, I wanna see this with my own eyes!"

"Aren't they going against the baseball team?" Katsuna wondered, following the rest of the girls, "Man I could really do with watching Karma get hit in the face with the ball."

"Great, let's use that as your motivation to hurry along!" Kataoka chirped, "Let's go!"

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"Welcome to the Exhibition Game, E Class vs the Kunugigaoka Baseball team!"

The voice on the loud speaker boomed through the courtyard followed by an eruption of crowd cheering.

"It's starting!" Kataoka chortled, scanning the area.

The boys from their class and the baseball club were stood in a line, facing each other. The difference in physical stature had already demonstrated a sense of dominance over the playing field.

It was as if Class E had trespassed into a domain anyone could see they didn't belong in.

"I don't see Koro-sensei," Rio noted, the court free from any over-sized yellow octopus.

"I heard that he was going to disguise himself as a baseball due to him being a state secret and all," Fuwa answered.

"He's the one in the corner, the idiot's wearing a miniature baseball hat."

"How'd he supposed to coach in that form?" Yada questioned, "What's he gonna do, like bounce up and down or something?"

As if Koro-sensei could hear the student's query, he began subtly changing the colour of his face from green, to blue, to orange.

"Someone has to notice a baseball changing colour in the middle of a playing field..." Katsuna deadpanned, the other girl's nodding disappointingly in agreement.

"Hey look, Masayoshi's up," Yada pointed to the boy raising his bat.

"Here we go folks, let's see how the first batter will fare!"