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	 Volume 23
	  Chapter 6 (224)
	   I'd Believe You

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(Ch. 6) I'd Believe You

Sign: Senkawa Private Senior High School

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Guys: One,
	two!
	One,
	two!
	One,
	two!

Noda: Oh,
	hang on a sec, Hiro.

Hiro: What's up?

Noda: I forgot to flush the toilet.

Hiro: Sick.

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Hiro: Huh..

Miho: Oh,
	hello.

Hiro: You're Meiwa Ichi's manager...

Miho: Osanai Miho, at your service.

Hiro: Why are you here?

Miho: Oh,
	I just had some business with Kine-san.

Hiro: Ohhh.
	I see, I see.
	You two get along pretty well, don't you?
	You and our little Kine.

Miho: No!

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Miho: Why would I be going out with that loser?!
	You've got to be kidding.
	The only guy I'm interested in is Tachibana Hideo!
	And don't you forget it!

Hiro: Oh,
	I see.

Miho: You do your best.
	I'm rooting for you.

Hiro: Huh.

Miho: I'm not talking about baseball.
	You know what I mean.

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Noda: What does Meiwa Ichi's manager want?

Hiro: Who knows.

Noda: Whatever.
	Time for practice.

Hiro: That face...

Noda: What about that face?

<<Girl: Take some pictures of us?

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<<Hiro: Three sisters?

<<Girl: Nope, we actually have another little sister!
	In high school.

Hiro: No way...

Noda: What?

<<Girls: We'll take a picture of you two as well.
	Here you go, closer now.
	You're a couple, aren't you?

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Bird: (tweet...)

Kine: That's our great Senkawa ace!
	Fast on the mound and fast with the girls!

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Kine: A date at the beach with your best friend's girl while he's in America!
	And of all the people it could be,
	it just so happens that it's the girlfriend of the fabled monster, Tachibana Hideo.
	Well well,
	very impressive.
	Just what you like in a teammate.
	Right, Haruka-chan?
	Hey,
	Ohtake, Shima, you seen this photo?

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Haruka: You don't care?
	About what he's saying.

Hiro: Well, he's right, isn't he?

Haruka: No he's not!
	Hikari-san is your old friend.
	It doesn't matter who she's going out with.

Hiro: ...so?

Haruka: Who cares if you met?
	You live close by, and your parents are friends.
	I'd bet there are some things that Hikari-san can only talk to you about.

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Haruka: It doesn't make any sense,
	that she can't see you when Tachibana-kun is out of the country.

Hiro: I see.
	OK,
	if you want to call it that.

Haruka: I want to hear it from YOUR mouth!

Hiro: Oh, buzz off.
	Does me saying it make it the gospel truth?

Haruka: I'd believe you.
	Even if no one else did.

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Hiro: I snuck up on her while she was lonely without Hideo,
	took her to the beach and tried to seduce her into leaving him.
	But,
	I failed.
	How about that?

Haruka: I believe you.

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Hiro: Fine, whatever!
	Listen!  This is a baseball field!
	I'm here right now because I want to play baseball!
	Don't bug me with all this other stuff!
	Noda!

Noda: (arg)

Hiro: What are you doing?!

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Haruka: You want to play baseball, right?
	I'm helping you get rid of the other stuff.

Hiro: Goddamnit!
	Whoa.

Noda: OK.
	Time for pitching!

Kine: Hee hee.

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Sign: Meiwa Daiichi Senior High School

Miho: Amamiya-saaan.

Sign: Archery Club

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Miho: I've got your photo.

Hikari: Photo?

Miho: My sisters spoke most highly of you.

Hikari: YOU'RE the fourth sister?

Miho: It's a small world.
	He comes back tomorrow, right?
	Tachibana-senpai.

Hikari: Huh?
	Oh, yes.

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Miho: I figured he would love such a nice picture of you,
	so I took the trouble to send one to his house.

Hikari: ...how thoughtful.

Miho: You know,
	it really is a nice picture.

Hikari: ...it sure is.

 - Chapter 6 End -