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	 Volume 28
	  Chapter 2 (270)
	   She Came

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(Ch. 2) She Came

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Ump: Strike!

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Ump: Out!

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Scoreboard: Kiyoshima Sho
	Senkawa

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Ball: (roll)

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Announcer: Game over!
	Senkawa High advances to the final by a score of 4-0!

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Hiro: They played their own brand of baseball until the very end.

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Noda: Yep.
	They deserved to reach the Final Four.

Hiro: Now I feel like I just pitched two games.

Noda: Don't complain.
	You'd be twice as tired if we lost.

Hiro: True...
	She came.

Noda: Huh?

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Parents: Cheers!
	Ears!

Door: (knock)(knock)

Hiro: Could you pipe down just a bit?
	You're bothering the other guests.

Dad: Oh!
	Ohhh!

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Mom: The hero arrives!

Mr. Amamiya: Come,
	come on in!

Mrs. Amamiya: How nice.  You came to tell your parents about your victory?

Hiro: Hardly.
	Money.
	Now.
	I used up my extra money because of the rain delays.
	Now I don't have any to buy myself souvenirs.

Dad: How much?

Hiro: 3,000 yen.

Dad: Come on.
	A future baseball star doesn't settle on paltry sums like that.
	You should at LEAST ask for 3,500.

Hiro: 3,500 yen, then.

Dad: I think 3,000 will do it.

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Mrs. Amamiya: Well then,
	would you like some oolong tea?

Hiro: I'm fine,
	we're having fun at our place already.
	Where's Hikari?

Mrs. Amamiya: Reading in our room,
	403 next door.

Hiro: OK.
	Bye.

Dad: We'll be rootin' for you again tomorrow!
	Good luck sonny boy!
	Cheers!

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Door: (knock)(knock)

Hikari: Oh.
	You stopped next door?

Hiro: Yeah, to get some more money.
	I didn't think I'd be here this long.

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Hikari: You thought you were going to lose along the way?

Hiro: I'm not saying that...
	But I wasn't feeling too well before the tournament.

Hikari: But you made it to the final.

Hiro: Yep...
	On skill.

Hikari: Sheesh.
	You crazy kid.

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Parents: Cheers!
	Ears!

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