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	 Volume 24
	  Chapter 3 (231)
	   While We Can

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(Ch. 3) While We Can

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<<Hideo: Can you tell why the coach was so insistent on having a central pitcher?

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<<Hideo: It keeps the dream going.
	We still have me and Nakai, and our best fielder Tsuji left from summer's championship team...
	We need new, powerful players to replace the missing seniors.
	If we add him to the equation, once he's able to pitch his best on the mound,

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<<Hideo: The dream will keep going.
	The dream of Meiwa Ichi's strongest team yet.

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Koga: Try to weigh down anything that'll get blown away in the wind.

Player: Yessir.

Koga: And go home when you're done.
	This storm's only going to get worse as time goes on.

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Haruka: Hey,
	has anyone seen the paper bag that was here?

Hiro: We took everything that was there to the supply shed.

Haruka: Jeez!
	My father's birthday present is in there!  I have to give it to him tonight.

Hiro: I see, so that's what the foul weather is for.

Wind: (whoosh)

Hiro: Happy birthday.

Haruka: Did you say something?

Hiro: Not a word...

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Noda: Meiwa Ichi's strongest team yet...

Hiro: As if the best team in the nation this summer wasn't good enough.

Noda: Seriously.

Hiro: He was serious, though.
	I suppose we should win best in the spring, while we can.

Noda: Really?

Hiro: Yeah.
	After all, we are without a doubt, Senkawa High's strongest team yet.

Noda: You got that right.

Sign: est. Last Year

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Noda: Hiro,
	go and lock the supply shed.

Hiro: Got it.
	(click)
	C'mon guys,
	let's get outta here before the rain gets any worse.

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Sign: Kunimi

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Mom: When I went by Hikari-chan's house,
	I saw Hide-chan there, helping them move stuff from the rain.

SFX: (splish splish)

Hiro: Ahh.

Mom: I mean,
	he must be such a reassuring guy to have around, for her parents.

Dad: Yep.
	You should make yourself useful and go help Haruka-chan's family or something.
	Y'know, help raise the family stock.
	Particularly mine.

Hiro: If there was a storm that could destroy their house, I would be more worried about ours.

Dad: Ah, yes.
	That makes sense.

Phone: (rrrr)

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Mom: Hello, Kunimi family.
	Yes,
	just a moment.
	Hiro,
	it's from Haruka-chan...
	's brother.

Hiro: Huh?

Hiro: Hello?
	Huh?
	...no.
	...oh.
	...er,
	not at all.
	...yes?
	I understand.
	...OK.
	Goodbye...

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Dad: Are they having trouble?!
	This is your chance to move in on the Kogas!
	First, win the affection of her parents!
	And then I'll get a promotion!
	Go on, sonny!
	Hi-ho, hi-ho, and all that.

Hiro: Nothing's wrong with their mansion.
	Their daughter's just gone missing.

Dad: Daughter?
	Haruka-chan?

Mom: Where did she go?

Hiro: How should I know?

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Hiro: She probably stopped at one of her girlfriends' houses and got stuck there because of the storm.

Rain: (splash splash)

Mom: But then she would call.

Hiro: Maybe the phone line went down.

Dad: Oh dear,
	that's terrible.
	Your friendship with Haruka-chan is the only thing
	holding my future plans together...

Hiro: Jackass!

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<<Haruka: Has anyone seen the paper bag that was here?

<<Hiro: We took everything that was there to the supply shed.

<<Noda: Hiro, go and lock the supply shed.

Hiro: Heh,
	yeah right.

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Stuff: (blub)(blub)

Rain: (fshhhhh)

Haruka: ...if I die this way,
	I wonder if he'll remember for the rest of his life.

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