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	 Volume 22
	  Chapter 10 (218)
	   What a Horrific Trial

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(Ch. 10) What a Horrific Trial

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Kine: Meiwa...
	...High?

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Bug: (bzt)

Sign: Meiwa Daiichi Senior High School

Kine: Meiwa...?

Haruka: ...High.

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Haruka: There sure are a lot of cars here, for summer vacation.

Kine: Indeed.

Girls: Waah!  Waah!
	Kyaa!
	Kyaa!

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Camera: (click click)(click)

Photographer: Oh, Tachibana-kun,
	I could really use two or three more shots of you swinging.

Hideo: Sorry,
	I'm not the only person practicing here.

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Coach: Tachibana.
	You know this woman?
	The late-night sports program newcaster, Miyakawa-san.

Miyakawa: I am the gorgeous newscaster, Miyakawa.  Nice to meet you.

Hideo: Hello.

Coach: You handle the rest.

Tachibana: Of what?

Coach: Just let her interview you for a bit.

Miyakawa: I'm the gorgeous newscaster, Miyakawa.
	Nice to meet you.

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Coach: It looks like even Tachibana
	is starting to get sick of them.

Miho: Then you can turn them down.

Coach: It's the fate of a star,
	a trial that must be overcome to proceed.

Miyakawa: Oh Mr. Coach!
	I'll send you the photo of us in the mail!

Miho: I see now.

Board: Gorgeous Newscaster
	(Signature)
	to Coach

Miho: What a horrific trial.

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Miyakawa: Well, Tachibana-kun,
	It's been one week now since your victory at the Koshien...

Hideo: Yeah...

Man: Ah,
	hold on.
	Tachibana-kun, if you could give us a bit more of a smile that would be great.

Miyakawa: You don't have to let my stunning good looks ashame you.

Hideo: Thank you.

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Man: Ah,
	yes, wonderful.
	Good,
	just stay like that.
	Rolling.

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Hideo: You seem pretty much the same.

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Hideo: So what are you doing here today,
	with a guy like Kine no less?

Kine: HEY!
	Was that supposed to be insulting?!
	There's only one reason we're here,
	and that's obvious...
	No, the swimsuits have nothing to do with it!
	We're on a date!
	A date!

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Hideo: Date?

Haruka: Oh,
	uh,
	yes.

Hideo: Did something happen?

Haruka: Umm.

Kine: Does there have to be a reason for me to take her on a date?!

Haruka: Where's Hikari-san?

Miho: She was just a temporary manager.

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Miho: But they still let HER sit on the bench at the Koshien.
	You talk about cheeky, that fits the bill.

Coach: You ought to give it a rest.
	The entire team voted on it.
	Plus, she might have been a temp, but she did her work as well as anyone.

Miho: She's such a suck-up,
	trying to get on everyone's good side.
	Yeah, she knows how to get by.

Manager: Hey, Osanai-san!
	You haven't done any of the record managing at all.

Miho: Arrgh!
	Shut up, I'll do it now!

Manager: What?!
	You can't speak to your senior that way!

Miho: You're not doing anything, are you?
	Help me out.

Kine: What?
	I'm on a date right now!

Miho: Oh no, you can't fool me with that one!
	C'mon!

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Haruka: Is your batting practice over?

Hideo: Yeah.

Haruka: ...oh.
	I missed it.
	...darn.

Hideo: But,
	I wasn't too satisfied with it.

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Hideo: I think I probably ought to do one last bit, to finish out well.
	Yeah.

Batter: What,
	are those cameramen bugging you again?

Hideo: Sorry, I'll be done soon.

Batter: Don't worry.
	Just watching you hit is really helpful to me.

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Hiro: Huh.
	Where's the change?
	Dammit.

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