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	 Volume 19
	  Chapter 2 (181)
	   He'll Be Here Soon

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(Ch. 2) He'll Be Here Soon

Sign: South Tokyo Representative
	Meiwa Daiichi High School
	Baseball Team

Sign: North Tokyo Representative
	[Sen]kawa High School
	Baseball Team

(Editor Note: Sen is inside the pasted square.)

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Kine: H-
	hey,
	Wake up!
	Are you all right?!
	Don't die!

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Miho: Kyaaa!
	Pervert!

Kine: Wh,

Miho: Freak!

Kine: Whoa, whoa!

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Kine: I'm not a bad guy!
	I'm Kine Ryutaro, Senkawa's centerfielder and leadoff hitter.
	The genius with incredible speed, strength, reflexes and looks...

Miho: Ohh,
	You're the...

Kine: Yes!
	The...

Miho: Lying scumbag who never returns the money he borrows Kine.
	That sounds bad enough to me!

Kine: Huh?
	Look, all the loud noises I made wouldn't wake you up,
	I was just making sure you weren't dead or anything..

Miho: None of your beeswax!
	As it happens, I was wearing earplugs because I figured Senkawa would be so noisy when they got back from practice, they'd wake me from my nap.

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Kine: Why are you sleeping here alone?
	Didn't everyone from Meiwa go to practice at Koshien Stadium?

Miho: Hmph!
	I stayed behind because I was sick.

Kine: Oh, you feel bad?

Miho: Absolutely,
	I'm in a terrible mood.

Kine: Mood?

Miho: Wouldn't you be?
	Have you heard?
	Starting this year, female managers can sit on the benches at the Koshien.

Kine: Yeah.
	We're putting our manager on the bench.
	Do you know her?
	Koga Haruka, what a cutie...

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Miho: Why does it have to be Amamiya Hikari?!

Kine: Umm.

Miho: She just became a manager in the middle of the summer regionals!
	If you want brains and good looks, I'm the obvious choice, right?
	Right?!

Kine: Uh, whatever you say.
	What was your name again?

Miho: Meiwa Ichi High's No. 1 manager, Osanai Miho!

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Hiro: What the heck's going on?  This was his idea.
	Stupid Hideo...

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Hikari: He'll be here soon.

Hiro: Why can't he turn down an interview
	if they don't schedule it first?

Hikari: He can't help it.
	He's the most popular player this year.

Hiro: And we're only Tenkawa High School.

Hikari: Oh, stop sulking.
	They fixed the sign already.

Noda: This seems about par for the course for her.

Hiro: Who?

Noda: Haruka-chan.

Hiro: Oh, right.

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Bugs: (bzzz)(bzz)
	(bzz)(bzz)

Haruka: (huff)

Bugs: (bzzt)(bzzz)

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Haruka: May we get through the first round.
	One victory in the Koshien.
	Please.
	Oops,
	I forgot.

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Miho: Senpai!
	Is your interview over?
	Would you like some tea?
	I found a place with some great pastries, too.

Hideo: Weren't you supposed to be sick or something?

Miho: I'm perfectly fine.

Hideo: Sorry, I have a meeting with Hiro and the others.

Miho: Hiro and...
	the others?

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Miho: Might that include Amamiya-san?

Hideo: Yeah.
	Huh?
	What's wrong?

Haruka: Oh,
	I forgot my purse.

Kine: Hey,
	Found ya, Koga-chan.
	Let's get some tea.
	I found a place that makes great okonomiyaki.

Haruka: Sorry, Kunimi-kun and the others are waiting.
	I only came back to get something I forgot.

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Hideo: You didn't forget anything this time, right?

Haruka: No,
	thank goodness.
	Your interview's over?
	That must have been quick.

Hideo: Yeah,
	I put on a killer scowl the whole time.
	It's their fault.

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Hideo: Did you want Eikyo to win?
	Did you want to face off against Hirota?
	Is Senkawa just lucky?
	Was Hiro's pitching a fluke?
	Yep,
	that's the face, exactly.

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Noda: Sigh.
	Why did we do that?

Hiro: That's what I want to know!
	You were the one who said a kid was drowning...

Noda: Come on,
	could you tell it was a dog wearing a hat playing in the water, from that distance?

Woman: Coolbaugh!

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Hiro: Let's hope she doesn't have to change his name next year.
	ACHOO!

(Note: Coolbaugh is named after Scott Coolbaugh, a Major League free agent who signed with the Hanshin Tigers in 1995 and was released at the end of his first season for his poor results.)

Hikari: Looks like we need to go back and get changed.

Hiro: Aaargh,
	this is all Hideo's fault!

Hikari: Don't take it out on him.
	Poor guy.

Noda: We might meet him on the way back.

Hikari: I'm not sure.
	I can't speak for Koga-san, but Hide-chan might take a bit longer.

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Sign: Susano Shrine

Haruka: Oh,
	wait a minute.

Hideo: What's wrong?

Haruka: I have to give my offering.
	I was praying here when I realized I forgot my purse.

Hideo: You're as clumsy as they say.

Haruka: Aack!
	That was a 500 yen coin!

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Haruka: That was too much.  I guess I can afford another wish now.

Feet: (splat)(splat)
	(splat)(splat)
	(splat)(splat)
	(splat)

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