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	 Volume 20
	  Chapter 4 (193)
	   What Were YOU Talking About?

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(Ch. 4) What Were YOU Talking About?

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Hiro: Buy me an oolong tea, too.

Hideo: Money.

Hiro: To celebrate your best friend's first Koshien victory.
	Whoa.

Hideo: Did you see it?

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Hiro: Yeah.

Hideo: What'd you think?

Hiro: What am I supposed to think?
	The world must be a peaceful place if that's supposed to be the most exciting thing out there.

Hideo: Well well,
	you sure sound confident.

Hiro: Don't be stupid.
	It's not that.
	What about you then?

Hideo: Huh?

Hiro: What about Hikari?

Hideo: Hikari?

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Hiro: Even if she knows it's a misunderstanding, she can't be happy about it.

Hideo: Huh?

Hiro: Huh?
	What were YOU talking about?

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Announcer: Two outs!
	An 8-run lead...
	Koshien regulars, Miyagi Prefecture's Kendaikita are simply helpless without any runners.

Scoreboard: Kendaikita
	Ibasho
	Today's Results

Announcer: Due to...

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Announcer: Ibasho's starting pitcher, Tsukigata Kohei.

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Announcer: His sharp, low-hanging curveball has kept the opponents to only two hits.
	No walks or hit batsmen.

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Announcer: 8-0.
	Game over!

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Announcer: The batting hero, #4 Shimizu, with two homers.
	And the two-hit shutout pitcher, Tsukigata.
	A decisive victory for Kochi's representative Iba Shogyo!

Screen: Kendaikita
	Ibasho

Hideo: Ibasho's Shimizu...
	Yeah,
	he was the guy who asked me to sign his bat.

Hiro: When?

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Hideo: You know,
	when me and Haruka-chan got separated from you guys...
	Oh.
	So you were talking about this?
	Sorry for the trouble.
	Apologize to her for me, will you?

Hiro: You don't have anything to apologize for.

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Hideo: ...true.
	Man, I never even noticed.
	There's no rest around those guys.

Hiro: Gosh, you two certainly seem to be having a grand old time.

Hideo: Well, it WAS fun.
	She's a really nice girl.
	No wonder you fell in love with her.

Hiro: I never said I fell in love.

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Hideo: But you've never been very straightforward
	with this kind of stuff.

Hiro: I still don't really know yet.
	I can't be clear about it.

Hideo: But,
	when you saw the photo, you got a little ticked off, didn't you?

Hiro: A little.

Hideo: See?  You do love her.

Hiro: Now wait a second.
	If you say that...

Hideo: If I say that?

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Hiro: Fine,
	think what you want.
	You better not lose tomorrow.

Hideo: Yeah,
	cause it'll be your turn to buy drinks.

Hiro: This is for my FIRST victory.
	You already beat Haruka.

Hideo: Shut up!
	You didn't buy me anything for that!

Hiro: Don't be pathetic.
	It's just one can of oolong tea.

Hideo: Then you can surely buy ME one!

Hiro: Don't be pathetic.
	It's just one can of oolong tea.

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Takaaki: Predictions?
	Well,
	No matter their reputation, you can't deny that Meiwa Ichi is the most popular team.

Hikari: I want your predictions, not everyone else's.

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Takaaki: Iba Shogyo...

Hikari: The team that plays Senkawa in the Second Round?

Takaaki: Yes.
	Clean-up hitter Shimizu and ace Tsukigata.
	Those two brilliant players have been together since middle school.

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Takaaki: They love playing baseball, and they love practicing so much that they'd do it until they dropped, if the coach didn't make them stop.
	And they're not geniuses who won't listen to anyone else,
	they're like dry sponges who will soak up anything anyone cares to give them...
	It's like Hiro-kun and Tachibana-kun are on the same team,
	at Ibasho...

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Takaaki: I predicted that Meiwa Ichi would be in the running to win the spring tournament this year.

Hikari: Oh.

Takaaki: Don't worry, my predictions are famous for not coming true.

Hikari: OK!
	Anyways, next game is Hide-chan's, tomorrow...
	Yah!

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Rock: (plosh)

Takaaki: Congratulations.

Hikari: Huh?

Takaaki: On Hiro-kun's first Koshien victory...

Hikari: Thanks...

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