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Day one

In was the final inning there were two outs and a runner on third, if the next batter got a hit the game would be over and they will have lost. Kawagami-Senpai was injured in the last game so he couldn't be brought on to relieve. This caused Eijun to pitch since the fourth inning and he was becoming tired. It didn't help that the next batter happened to be one of the most annoying people he's met Narumiya Mei.

Miyuki could see it from where he was kneeling, Eijun had sweat running down his face, and he looked like Furuya when he was in the sun for an extended period. However they needed this out, this out would guaranty them the game.

"Bring it Sawamura but you know as well as I do if it moves to an easy place he will hit it" Miyuki thought.

Eijun nodded back, he drew his leg up and pitched. It looked like a ball from were Miyuki was so he hoped Mei wouldn't swing and as it look like he was right at the last second Mei went for it. But also at the last second it moved more towards the inside. The klang of the ball hitting the bat was heard but as Miyuki looked to see where the ball was heading horror filled him. The ball was heading straight back to Eijun who didn't look like he had enough energy to dodge.

The last thing Eijun's eyes focused on before the ball hit him was the look Miyuki's face, he looked horrified. The next thing his brain registered was a blinding pain from his left eye and part of his nose. His back connected with the ground but he couldn't focus on that because it caused a shot of white hot pain to shoot through his head. The sky slowly became darker as his eyes closed and before everything completely went black Miyuki's voice penetrated the darkness "Eijun" and all faded to nothing.

Miyuki felt the mask of horror that he couldn't remove from his face. It was like everything was in slow motion, the ball hit Sawamura and he started to fall back. Miyuki was only broken out of his trance and Eijun hit the floor. There was no scream of pain nothing, he just lay there on the floor not moving and before Miyuki realised it he'd discarded his mask and was running towards the mound.

As he ran he heard himself shout Eijun's name but there was still no response from the pitched laying on the mound. He doesn't know how but he reached the mound first but when he sees Eijun's face he stops dead. There is blood running down his face from his nose, tears still streaming from his eyes despite the fact they were closed. Coach pushes past him quickly followed by Chris-Senpai, as they check Eijun over Miyuki realises that everyone else has made it to the mound even the Inashiro players.

The medics came running out carrying a stretcher, a neck brace was placed on Eijun and he was loaded onto it and rushed away. The umpire told us to return to the dugout and that the game would resume in five minutes. We all returned to the dugout and coach started talking.

"We can't let this affect our game" was the first thing he said but everyone could tell from his face that he could tell we were all affected and that he understood because he was to. "But we must try our hardest and fight to the end for Sawamura" everyone gave a shout of agreement.

"Chris I want you to go with Eijun, he's being transferred to the nearest hospital, Rei is going as well" Chris nodded and walked straight out the door without saying a word or looking at anyone.

"Tanba you're going to have to get on the mound" Tanba just nodded and took off towards the bullpen for the remaining two minutes of the time out.

One look around the dugout and you could tell people were in varying degrees of shock about what happened, haurichi looked like he was holding back tears and Kuramochi face was expressionless, you could easily tell he was still trying g to process what just happened.

The time out was over and we had to return to the field, everyone was tense but there was no stopping it. Miyuki called the pitches fork ball, curve to the outside and fastball to the inside, the count was 1-2 this next pitch counted if it was a strike they won, if Mei hit it was all over.

Miyuki called for another fastball to the inside, Tanba nodded and got set to throw. Suddenly it was like Eijun's last pitch again just when Miyuki thought that the ball as going go into his mitt Mei swung the bat. Except this hit didn't go back to the pitcher, this pitch went past the outfield and out of the park. They scored two runs and it was the end of the game but no one was really that focus on the game now that it over.

We line up and thanked the other team, then thanked the crowed. When we returned to the dugout coach informed us that we would be going to the hospital.

"Miyuki, Kuramochi and Kominato you all will be coming with me" coach informed us "Everyone else will be returning to the school" people looked like they wanted to protest but one look from the coach silenced them before they began.

When they arrived at the hospital coach lead the off the bus, Rei met them at the door and she looked pale. This didn't fill anyone full of confidence.

"How is he?" coach asked as soon as they reached her.

Rei shook her head as if try to shake herself out of a bad memory "there was no internal bleeding" she said and then let out a deep breath "but his nose is broken" that didn't sound too bad, but Rei would look this bad if that was it "the only thing is that" she had to take another deep breath "he's in a coma and they don't know when he'll wake up" that last this hit everyone like a ton of bricks, Haruichi burst into tears while Kuramochi wrapped his arms around him and buried his face in Haruichi hair.

"Can we see him?" Miyuki was the only one brave enough to break the silence, only because he couldn't believe it. He had to see it for himself.

Rei just nodded and led the up to room 119 and in that room they saw it, Sawamura laying in a hospital bed hooked up to different machines, the only sound it the room was the beeping of the heart monitor.