H2 Volume 1 Chapter 6 Only Baseball Was Different - Page 117 - (Ch. 6) Only Baseball Was Different - Page 118 - - Page 119 - Ump: Batter out! Hiro: That one was high. Batter: Oh, was it? Girls: Kine-kuuuun! Kine: Hello, girls! - Page 120 - Batter: Yow! Noda: Dang... Who's that? - Page 121 - Hikari: This is from fifth grade? Hideo: Yeah, it must have been then because that was right when I joined the Hakusan Angels. Hikari: You were so big. - Page 122 - Hideo: I guess. Hikari: Yup. Cause Hiro was about this tall back then. Whenever we played together, everyone thought he was my little brother. Whatever we did, he couldn't beat me. Races, tree climbing, sumo, I won everything. Hideo: Even baseball? Hikari: Well, only baseball was different. - Page 123 - Hikari: My dad made him play baseball with his amateur team a lot, not to have a full team but because he was so good. Hideo: Yeah? He struck me out on three straight strikes, when I was cleanup for the Hakusan Angels, confident cause everyone wanted me on their team. Hikari: You mean the big inter-team matchup in seventh grade? (Note: As in, all the players on the entire squad split into two teams who play each other.) Hideo: Yeah. This little midget, uniform falling off, huge windup; and what he threw was unbelievable. - Page 124 - Hideo: I was the type who hated practice and preferred to get by with my own talent, but thanks to him, I spent all three years of middle school swinging the bat day and night. Hikari: And that's how you grew up to be the number four slugger at the famed Meiwa High. But didn't your side win that game eventually, Hide-chan? Hideo: No ace pitcher would seriously try to destroy his own team's cleanup hitter. Cause it's usually easier to just get into the zone rather than think too much while you're pitching. Hikari: I doubt Hiro considers that much about it, though. Well, at any rate, we'll never be able to see you two face off against each other again. Sign: Go for the KOKURITSU-KYOGIJO (National Competition Arena) Hiro - Page 125 - Hikari: Hey, who's this person? Hideo: Hm? Hikari: The unhappy-looking one in the background of all these pictures. Hideo: Oh yeah. He was the guy who hit cleanup for the Hakusan Angels before I joined. His name was... Ine, or... Fune... Something like that. - Page 126 - Kine: NGAAH!! Batter: Ah. Kine: Inning over. - Page 127 - Girls: You're so cool, Kine-kuun! I love you! Kine: They're from my fanclub. Hiro: I didn't ask. Kine: I'll have one more fan by summertime. A very special member. Haruka: Let's shut 'em down! Kine: Heh heh. - Page 128 - <