NoyaHina - Strike 3 {Baseball AU}

Inning 4 {4}

Quick note:

I will write the games, but only the important ones (So the national games) because if I write all of them this is going to be 40 chapters long :)

There will also be a decent amount of time skips to move the plot along.

This is my first time writing an AU so bare with me

Word count: 889

-UNEDITED-
(kinda edited)

Okay..so, we may have lost..miserably. You have to hear me out though, it was our first game as a new team, we still don't know how too..uh, communicate-? Yeah, yeah! communicate.
You wanna know how much we lost by? Uh well, it was 10-0. It wasnt even my fault as a pitcher! It was the fielders faults..

-FlashBack-

"Ball 4." damn it, my ball control is terrible. "Time out." My catcher ran up to the mound. "What do you think your doing? Bases are loaded and we are down by 5, it a only top of the third!?"
He yelled at me. "Uh- I-" "the fielders are doing more work than you, Jesus, how did you get here on a baseball scholarship?" He walked off without even letting me speak.

-End of Flashback-

Okay so it might of been my fault, just a little bit..fine, alot. At this rate, I'm never going to get picked for first string!

"Shoyo! shoyo? Hellooooooooo!?" I was snapped out of my thoughts. "Wha- oh, noya san.." "You good there buddy? You looked like you was on another planet." He tilted his head to the side. "I was thinking." "Thinking isn't a good look on you." He chuckled. "Oi, yuu, you have such a twisted personality." A tall guy slapped his back. "Haha, I know! Probably what makes me a good catcher, I'm so unpredictable!" "So full of yourself like always..oh wait, your that first year pitcher in second string right?" He said acknowledging me. "Y-yes, I'm Hinata sh-" "Oh ryu, that's shoyo!" Noya cut me off. "I can speak for myself, you know?" "Whatever." He shrugged me off.

"So he's the boy you always talk about hm?" My face turned a light shade of red. The guy walked around and inspected me almost. "Hmm, I'm Tanaka." He held out his hand. "Hinata!" I exclaim and shake his. "I like this dude ryu, I have a feeling he can match our energy." He smiled back at the shorter male.
"I know, right!?" "How tall are you hinata?" "5'4." "You are a short one for a first year..then again, yuu was 5'2, my man didnt have his growth spurt till last summer." Tanaka san chuckled as noya san playfully punched him. "I mean, look at me now. I'm 5'6 and growing!"

We walked into the bullpen. "Let's see your throw, if noya always talks about wanting to form a battery with you it must be alright." Tanaka San said. Noya crouched down while Tanaka San stood in the batters box. I threw a pitch and Tanaka stepped back in surprise. "I- woah?" He muttered. "See? Its unique isn't it." Noya threw the ball back to me. "It curves at the plate. It may be less powerful than kageyamas but his pitch is definitely more of a weapon you can develop." Tanaka San explained. "Thats what I told coach and coach was just like: 'NaH pUt hIm iN seCond sTrINg, wE neED twO oF theM aNYwaY'" he mocked.
"Yeah no, your pitch is scary hinata." He looked at me. "Thanks!"

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(Time skip: 3 weeks later)

"Okay, so, the second strings moving up are Yamaguchi Tadashi and Hinata Shoyo." Coach Ukai announced. Wait, I moved up? Ayyy let's go, I moved up! I get to pitch for noya!
"Everyone you are dismissed. First strings, stay behind." Everyone emptied out of the gym and the doors shut behind them.
"As you know, Qualifiers are in 3 weeks, yes?" Everyone nodded. "Meaning we have three weeks to try and help the first year pitchers as much as we can. Starting tomorrow, I want Nishinoya to take Hinata and Sugawara to take kageyama. Train them and help them improve in time for the summer. We have three pitchers, all with different styles, so that would be helpful. You guys are dismissed." Coach Ukai finished. "Yes sir." Everyone bowed before starting to leave.

"Shoyo! Come to my dorm real quick, I want to give you something." I followed Noya out the door and to his dorm. He told me to wait by the door as he opened up one of his drawers. He pulled out a notebook and handed it to me. "In here has the list of things I'm gonna be working on with you, you also can right down any things I tell you to help you improve so you can practice in your own time." He explained. "Ohh, thanks!" Noya nodded. "Now hurry back to your dorm before coach asks why you're still here." I wave him a goodbye and jog upstairs to my dorm.

Narita and ennoshita were already sleeping so I took this as a chance to read through the book.

ᴛʜɪɴɢs ᴡᴇ ᴡɪʟʟ ʙᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴋɪɴɢ ᴏɴ:
ʏᴏᴜʀ ғᴏʀᴍ
ʙᴀʟʟ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟ
Pᴏᴡᴇʀ
Bᴀʟʟ ᴍᴏᴠᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ
Lᴇɢ sᴛʀᴇɴɢᴛʜ
Bᴀʟʟ ʜᴀɴᴅʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ

Surprisingly, noya sans handwriting was pretty neat. I can't wait to start working with noya San.