H2
	 Volume 14
	  Chapter 1 (130)
	   Is It a Cold?

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(Ch. 1) Is It a Cold?

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Ump: Ball!

Announcers: The leadoff batter Yanagi works the count up to nine pitches,
	before drawing a walk and going to first.

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Koga: Noda!
	Get in the on-deck circle!

Noda: Oh,
	right.

Sign: Kunimi

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Koga: Did Kunimi always have such an open batting stance?

Shima: He can't see the ball unless he faces straight forward.
	His senses can't be so good that he could hit the ball that way.

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Hiro: Crap.

Ump: Out!

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Koga: I never gave the sign to bunt.

Hiro: It was a good bit of unpredictability, right?

Kine: Hot.
	Hot.

Noda: We're going to need some runs.

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Noda: Thank you for reminding me,
	I'm not Hideo...

Teams: Mitakako
	Senkawa

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Noda: Kine!

Kine: Shut up.

Noda: Is it a cold?

Kine: Heh.
	Real men don't make excuses.

Noda: Of course not.
	It was your fault for sleeping out in the hallway without a shirt on.

Kine: What the hell?  It was hot last night!

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Kine: Take a feel.
	I've got a pretty bad fever.

Noda: Don't you remember?!
	You get to keep pitching if we're not losing by more than 3 runs by the sixth inning!
	If you want to catch a break, let them score 4 or more.

Kine: All right then.

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Sign: Meiwa Daiichi Senior High School

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Bug: (bz)(bz)(bz)
	(bz)(bz)

Boy: Ah.
	It got away.

Girl: You ditz!
	You're not a master cicada-catcher.
	Come on!
	Take my bags to the pool with me.

Boy: Uh,
	okay.

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Girl: What are you doing?  Hurry up!

Boy: I can't get down.

Girl: Fine!
	I'm going by myself.

Boy: Waaah!

Hikari: Hey now,
	don't pick on your little brother.

Girl: He's not my brother.
	He's my classmate.

Hikari: Oh.
	Here.

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Girl: Pathetic.
	Weenie.
	Crybaby.
	Take this!

Hikari: You should be nicer to him.
	In another ten years, he might grow up to be a very tall and handsome young man.

Girl: Kyahaha!
	No way.  Not him.

Boy: (hehe)

Girl: Let's go,
	 Chibiyama.

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Bugs: (bz)(bz)

Hikari: You saved me the money for a phone call.
	What's the score?

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Hideo: 7-5.
	Mitakako is batting in the top of the fifth, leading by two.

Hikari: What?

Teams: Mitakako
	Senkawa

Kine: Down by two,
	two outs, runners on second and third...

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Kine: If I want to catch a break,
	let them score four or more, right, Noda?  (zeh)
	Hiyah!

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Ump: Out!

Kine: (zeh)(zeh)

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Hiro: What's wrong with Kine?

Noda: Uh-

Hiro: I didn't think he was bad enough to let up runs this easily.

Kine: Be quiet, Noda.
	You're talking about a man among men, prevented from throwing his killer curve because of a fever,
	looking pathetic in front of a packed crowd,
	who still continues to pitch without giving any excuses.

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