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	 Volume 2
	  Chapter 2 (11)
	   But That's Not All

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(Ch. 2) But That's Not All

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Noda: Don't worry.
	I guarantee that all of his pitches have excellent control, except for the forkball.

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Batter: You suppose I swung a little late?

Akagi: Yeah, a little.

Journalist: Hey man,
	sorry for showin' up late.
	Winning 8-5, eh?
	Very nice, very nice.
	Just leave it to me, Akagi.
	I'll print up a nice big article about this and spread it around the whole school.

Akagi: Yeah,
	thanks.

Journalist: Hey, cameraman!  Make sure you get some shots of the baseball club lookin' pathetic.

Cameraman: Right!

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Journalist: You got 8 runs off that pitcher?
	Damn, you soccer guys are good.

Akagi: Don't just stand there, dipshit!  Swing the bat!
	Just hit the ball!
	Look at all the retards they have in the field!

Kine: He'll never hit it.
	Not unless he loves taking practice swings with the bat from sunup to sundown.

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Kine: And the other guy's not throwing at full power, either.

Akagi: But we can't lose!
	I was tellin' those guys on the school newspaper how bad we were gonna kick their asses.

Kine: We'll win.
	We're still up by 3 runs.
	Just to let you know, I'm not throwing at full power either.

Akagi: Whoa.

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Haruka: Who IS he?!

Player: We told you, it's Kunimi Hiro!

Haruka: The son of one of my father's employees, right?

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Players: But that's not all he is!
	Kunimi Hiro!
	If you like baseball, you surely must have heard about him in middle school, right?!

Haruka: I was a high school baseball fan.

Player: Oh,
	okay.

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Player: Two perfect games.
	Five no-hitters.
	If you included just half of the practice games, they'd hold so many records you couldn't count 'em all.
	The Seinan team, with cleanup hitter Tachibana Hideo, and ace pitcher Kunimi Hiro.
	Everyone in the country should know their names.

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Haruka: And the person playing catcher?

Noda: (eheh)

Player: Well...
	he's pretty famous, too.

Noda: (hmph)

Haruka: Wow, that's great!
	With a battery like that, the Koshien won't just be a dream anymore!
	Right?!

Player: Er, well...
	a baseball club can't get into the Koshien...

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Player: And besides...

Haruka: Besides?

Player: Oh,
	just a rumor.
	They said his arm was busted and that he could never play again...

Haruka: Who?

Player: Just a rumor...  though.

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Journalist: How'd you get 8 runs off this guy again?
	Ya gotta tell me about it later, Akagi.

Akagi: Haha.

Teams: Soccer Team
	Baseball Club

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Noda: He's started painting the corners.

Hiro: You can't tell me the baseball club spent all their time looking cool and swinging the bat all lazy like that.
	I mean, even once your eyes get used to it, you can still make a few mistakes.

Noda: How's the elbow?

Hiro: Dunno.

Noda: If you bust it again during such a ridiculous game, Hikari-chan's gonna laugh at you.

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Hiro: Tell me about it.
	When the doctor told me, "If you keep throwing,
	your elbow will give out in three months," what do you think she said?

<<Hikari: Don't tell me you're going to quit baseball, are you?
	If you lose baseball, you'll have nothing left.
	Once men find the road they want to pursue, they have to follow it to the end.
	Don't show them your back on the way!
	When you fail, you fall forward!
	Fix that elbow of yours with your spirit!

Hiro: Sheesh, what a crazy bitch.

Noda: And that's why you quit baseball.

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Noda: If she'd been up front and said she wanted you to quit baseball because she was worried, would you have quit?
	Huh?
	No, you wouldn't have.
	You would have continued playing baseball.
	Until you blew out your elbow.
	Hikari-chan can read you like a book.
	She said that cause she was worried about your health.

Hiro: How's the back?

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Noda: Another two innings'll be nothing.
	That butterfly really is working.

Hiro: Is it fun?  Swimming.

Noda: Yeah.
	All around me, girls in bathing suits as far as the eye can see.
	And I'm talking about the skin-tight racing suits, too.
	It's paradise on campus.
	But that's about it...

Hiro: Was it fourth grade?
	When you and I first became a battery.

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Noda: Yup.
	I was just about to forget how your pitches felt...
	Now I remember why.  This better be the last time.

Hiro: Yeah.
	This one's...

<<Hikari: Don't tell me you're going to quit baseball, are you?
	If you lose baseball, you'll have nothing left.

Hiro: The last time!

 - Chapter 2 Owari -