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finals of tokyo tournament

Morning came and we went to stadium early. We saw a huge crowd in the stands and seats were still being filled by spectators.  Today's match was going to be broadcasted live on local channels.  I was so much excited that instead the excitement made me calm. I could hear loud shouts of eijun and low ones from kanemaru.  I had my visitors sit with eijun and kanemaru in the stands because I could trust them with those old peoples care . Many brought their grandchildren to watch me play .

After the start It was decided that we would field first.  I went towards the stands and shouted with a loud voice .

EIJUN , TODAY I WILL SHOW GUYS REAL PITCHING SO CHEER ME OUR TEAM WITH FULLY POWERED VOICE BAKAYARO ..

After that I ignored the reactions of my teammates and listened to the voices from the riled up crowd . I was too excited because I saw mr nakamura and all the uncles and aunties after a long time.  I realised from children sparkling eyes that our job was to give them dreams . I thought so this was what those pro baseball players  showed me in my past life.  I dediced to do the same for the children and old people and all the crowd that came leaving their work on Saturday to watch us play. 

I went to the mound and with a big wind up threw my most powerful fastball straight in the middle of stike zone and shout of the umpire was heard STRIKE .. I only pitched my most powerful fastballs 9 times straight in the middle where miyuki senpai Mitt was placed. I shouted Yeah...and went to our bench . Nobody blamed me only pitching straight down the middle as all the batters couldn't even swing their bats .

Then it was taiyo s turn and just a I expected,  he allowed them to hit and  got 3 outs with only pitching at difficult low courses beautifully. 

The next inning I followed the same routine as 1st and pitched all my ballas straight in middle which caused the crowd to boil.  I saw the sparkle growing in the children eyes with my every single pitch .

Then our turn to bat came. Yuki senpai hit the ball but it went straight into the pitchers glove . Masuko senpai was forced to hit a grounder and was out .

Mu turn came and our stands were singing some hit hit rhymes.  I went to the batter box  and talked to inui in a low voice .

Ken - you know , taiyo is a great pitcher and you are great catcher that can cause the call the balls as strikes by your skills with the Mitt.  But it's not enough.  I will show you know .

After saying my piece I ignored inui and stood in a bating stance extremely near the fence with aura leaking from my body . Just I had expected , they thought to pitch a in high fastball . It seemed to be moving in slow motion in my eyes . When I confirmed the trajectory , I stepped backward quickly and changed the grip of my bat to short while in the motion . I took a heavy step forward and swung my bat with full force .the Crowd was quiet watching the ball rising in the air and going far away in the distance while I stared circling the bases leisurely .

After the ball was out I heard the loud cheering of eijun and did a full guts pose and touched the home plate with my feet.  ..

After that coach got the idea behind my swing and decided to implement it immediately which was a huge success.  Miyuki senpai hit a 2 base and shirasu senpai hit the ball over the head of the shortstop and sent miyuki senpai home and himself went to try 3rd base . Also senpai succed in our hit and run strategy and sent shirasu senpai home. 

After that , the game continued and I was walked at every at bat but to no avail as my teammates scored hits occasionally and we succeeded in stealing more runs from taiyo .from the third inning,  I stared to throw fastballs according to miyuki senpais aggressive lead with some forkball mixed . At the end taiyo couldn't handle the pressure and broke down.

We won the game and the final score was 9 to 0 .

My achievements were a no hit no run for a full game and 1 home run .

We went to thank the crowd for cheering and I saw small tears in the eyes of mr nakamura and adults watching me . I also was very emotional but held my emotions inside and lightly waved at the kids.  The crowd went wild with praises and shouts from a single gesture of mine. 

After that I went and greeted the opponent teams coach surprising everyone and left after a giving a single bow . I liked the man very much as he was over 60 years old and still continued to provide dreams of  baseball to everybody. 

I then asked my coach for permission and went towards my visitors. 

Meanwhile at the opponents bench. 

Coach- bakayaro domo , did you see that young pitcher,  the fire in his heart . I want you all enjoy baseball like him fully and realise your dreams . That's why I will continue to light fire in your hearts. 

After that I met the old people from my neighborhood and thanked them for coming all the way.  I also gave my  sign to the kids as I could not refuse those sparkling eyes filled with dreams . I escorted all of the them to their bus in which they all came and sent them on the way home waving my hand.