Chapter 2: timeskip + joining
[ 6 months later]
Sansai, Nagano
At indoor baseball facility there were very few people present, after all it's the first day of spring vacation people are either with their family or friends enjoying their time
Thoom~
"GOOD PITCH that low and away was nasty"
Said A men in his 20s was crouching behind home plate holding his mitt outside corner with a ball
"Now give me low and inside "
A Man in his 20s throws the ball in front of him in the direction of the mound.
A dark brown haired boy with brown eye catches the ball on mound,and nodded seriously
Catcher's thought "his just 13 or 14 years old but his behaviour, surrounding air around him and even his pitching isn't like middle schooler or even an average High school pitcher"
Boy starts the pitching motion suddenly
straight white light went into catcher's mitt
Thwock! Sound of the ball hitting the mitt echos…
In catcher's mind "his pitching form is peculiar, Control of his pitches is good too and and his fastball tops at 123kph and his just a middle schooler"
Catcher " That was good pitch it's getting late your still a 13 years old teenager it's not good to stay out at night for you let's wrap it up for today sawamura"
boy "Then I will change my clothes after that I will be on my way and thank you for your help again"
Catcher "no its fine I enjoyed catching for you sawamura" said that
Eijun nodded then started walking away seeing there were no more conversations.
Sawamura reached where he had kept his bag. started changing to new clothes, carried the bag on his back and grabbed the bottle of water and started making his way towards the exit.
" brat don't roam around here and there at night okay go directly home" old men with beard shouted
"Yes yes yes than I will go old men"
Sawamura just glanced and said without stopping.
He is the friend of my grandpa. He owns this place, this place is quite far from my house. It takes 20 to 30 minutes to travel from my house to here by bus.
And the way to the bus stop. while walking is more than 5 mins
"My pitching velocity is increasing so slowly,"Sawamura mumbled.
It's been more 6 months now, at first when I started training to increase my velocity it was so hard to balance my flexibility and velocity I even had to do checkups due to forcing my arm I stopped it early or I would have had injuries but after day and night trying new my pitching mechanics for flexibility I somehow balanced it and improvement were I added velocity and with flexibility, this new form is same as sawamura original pitching form but only difference is leg placement and hip development is factory of new form.
My training regiment is developing lower body and upper body without affecting flexibility so its improvements in velocity is slow.
"I might not be able to reach '140 kmph' before High school, '' Sawamura whispered with a troubled face as he reached the bus stop.
"well bus already here I don't have to wait more it's a cold evening after all" he got on the bus he sat beside a window seat looking outside
"This time velocity will not be my weapon but ball control and numbers (numbers are the pitches sawamura can throw with different grips), my ball control is getting better and better but numbers I don't know"
Sawamura thought.
In the past 6 months I tried very much but I can't control them and also it strains my arm so I thought to seal them for now and hone my foundation as a pitcher and baseball player.
Pitching posture, ball handling and physical strength and the most important thing to do right now ball control not to mention this is a huge aim project that requires long-term persistence.
Even if my velocity is more than original with poor ball control really, maybe relying on my moving fastball can gain some advantages at the beginning but as long as I meet those powerhouse lineups with bad ball control how ball changes irregularly, if the opponent batter gets used to it then it's over.
Even my velocity is more than original how much it will be when I go to High school 135 or 138 kmph. But in front of Furuya Amahisa, Narumiya Mei ,Masamune.
my velocity will become a joke
Therefore ball control became my main goal
Wooiss~~~
Finally after 20 mins I reached at my hometown it's almost got dark I should hurry before it get more
Clomp~clomp~
He started running towards his house on the road surrounding with greenery fields
Soon he started to see his house
"I'm home"
Sawamura shouted
"welcome home eijun"
Sawamura's mother said
"Yo eijun!! you smell ugly go and take a bath!."sawamura grandpa said while slapping on his head
"twitch~~ Grandpa why do you always say that and hit me even if I coming home like this almost everyday this past months
"sawamura said while twitching his mouth.
Slaa? Bwaa
"You idiot child if you want to be baseball player than you should endure pain so I will slap you if anythings wrong you do or"
Grandpa said, showing his hand in a hitting position.
Sawamura thought. " It feels like it was wrong idea to tell them my dream but I don't regret telling them, they are supporting me After All it's not a bad feeling"
"Why are you smiling? Did I hit you so hard did it affect your head or something should I hit you again to get you back"grandpa said while glaring at me.
Click click click..
I just walked directly to the bathroom. I like being loved by my parents and grandpa but I don't want this type of hitting showing affectionate moments.
"I will keep the towel outside the door"
Mother said
"Okay"
Timeskip~ 2 years later.
It's the season of cherry blossoms.
In March it is day of spring High school students all over the Japan
Nagano railway station, it's time to leave
"Eijun don't mix up with bad boys in Tokyo okay"
Sawamura eijun was carrying his luggage,
Beside him his parents and grandpa had gathered here
Sawamura looked at his family in front of him. It must be false to say that he has no feelings for his family even he has experience of his past life still his sawamura eijun they raised him they are his father , mother and grandfather, In past life he hasn't experienced this type feeling
"hey, eijun if you ever start to lose faith in yourself, you can always gimme a call!
I will send some of my power to help you out."gradapa said
Sawamura "huh"
" you know eijun if it doesn't work out than you can always just come back home after all we are not just going to laugh someone who tried his best and didn't make it"
Eijun father said
"yes what's your father said is right but I know my son is smart you can always start anew but we will support you always whatever you do"
Eijun mother while hugging him
the only sound came out of his mouth " I, hmm"
[ Customers departing on the 2.05 train to Tokyo….. the train is arriving on on track 2]
" Go idiot child, we are waiting to see you on koshien"
Sawamura grandpa said
"and, also become the ace of seidou"
Eijun looked at them solemnly, tried his best to suppress his sadness of parting in his heart and showed that hearty smile as possible.
"Ah I will, will definitely become the ace"
That resolute tone made his family smile.
[Tokyo, Tokyo the train to Tokyo is about to leave, the train to Tokyo is about to leave…..]
"So goodbye everyone"
"Goodbye eijun/ idiot child!!!"
Ohhh ohhh ohhh!!
The loud sound of the train starting, the slowly closing door.
Train started appearing smaller and smaller in distance but sawamura parents and grandpa were still looking at the distining train
" Hmph guess my house going to be pretty quiet from now on" grandpa said while looking at the train
Clatter clatter clatter~
Sound of trains movement.
Inside the train a 5 feet 10 inches tall brown haired teenager was reading a book.
But his attention was somewhere else he was thinking about his soon going to be high school and baseball.
He clicked his tongue and kept the book aside.
"ahh I have improved a lot compared to manga and without having too much velocity I can compete with Furuya for ace number but still I m disappointed"
My goal was to hit 140 kmph fastball before joining High school with the way I trained and with the gift system ahhh well let's look at the bright side.
Now I have ball control even better than when original Sawamura became the ace,
And but velocity is same as original when he became ace, 136 to 137 kmph fastball
(Original sawamura reached 140 during semi finals vs ichidaisan High school but when he just became an ace he was at 137 kmph).
With only this stats I can't compete with Furuya but I have my strikeout pitch my improved forkball, I got it from gift system in 2nd year of middle school what I had got was normal forkball but I don't need to master it like others due to system I got experience of different pitchers who had forkball in their arsenal how they used how they release, grip etc
Like the first system gift I got a posey buster experience which got stimulated in me the same way forkball stimulated in me.
I wanted to customise the forkball further. I wanted it to disappear in the strike zone with sinking motion like an improved cutter which breaks horizontal.
After many failures I finally customised my forkball, this improved forkball it has same velocity as normal forkball ,but it breaks downward at the strike zone like splitter and it has characteristics of traditional forkball
But weakness is same as improved cutter
Or other numbers, I guess with new grip it counts as numbers?. Whatever with improved forkball I can have more advantages for the mean while and when I can control the numbers using it will be a sight to see.
Sawamura.
" I'm becoming more of a ball control pitcher, ah it's not bad I will use every weapon I can obtain but first of all to take care of my body is the main factor if injuries take place then it will affect the future…"
I m excited, I want to meet more and more powerful opponents, I want to be dominant them and without doubt I want that ace number It will be no easy task but challenges are what makes life better.
Clatter~ clatter~...
*Kokubunji, in west Tokyo
*Seido private senior high school
In the evening, The afterglow of the setting sun poured on the earth, and the golden aftertaste seemed so dazzling
Sawamura Eijun came to seido for the first time alone, in the manga he had followed takashima rei so going to registration procedures was easily done by her but now he is alone and he doesn't know much about the interior of this school.
After asking here and there for sometime he finally reached the office, after going through corresponding registration procedures and briefly introducing some that Venues of seido high school needs to be familiar
Sawamura "thank you"
After thanking a lady in office for directions of dormitory of seido high school he started walking towards the dorm with his luggage
Well I finally reached here, 'blue heart dorm' ahh.
Now I'm a regular member of the Seido baseball club. It's still spring vacation and there won't be any other students. The ones who are here are from the baseball club. The training will be hard. Even I have trained and have better stamina but it's only little bit better than manga
Sawamura took a big breath and thought
"This is where my baseball starts.." and stepped inside the dorm
Sawamura "ugh… is this underwear!?"
Said with doubtful face
"Is this really a dorm? It looks like a regular apartment." said while observing around.
Sawamura stopped in front of a door.
" ah… here it is" said while looking at his name with other seniors.
" Room no 5 ah same as manga I think nothing much will change other than my personality and pitching,batting."
Sawamura thought mindfully.
" First, Masuko-senpai and kuramochi-senpai
Isn't there a tradition of room 5?"
Sawamura murmured in a low voice and recalled two in the manga, as well as the scene of first meeting in his mind.
"Hmm what should I do.."
Sawamura said with an interested face, then there was a grin on his face.
Sawamura's left hand stretched out slightly, helt it on the doorknob and turned slightly
There was a "click".
With a little force from sawamura, the door was slowly pushed open, and the place where his vision was as expected filled with darkness
Sawamura made a curious face to make fish hook up, he knew what was coming while still acting was needed.
The second He stepped into dorm room
"Snapped"
Suddenly a faint blue light flashed and sawamura acted as shocked in his steps
A pale bloody face suddenly appeared in front of Sawamura and sawamura turned his expression petrified at that second, and then….
"ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh."
He howled and there was a different light in his eyes at the same time his hand moved towards Kuromochi's face and punched.
A shrill howl and a punching sound resounded in the seido dorm, the whole dormitory would hear the scream and hitting sound.
"Snapped"
Immediately heavy object was thrown out and loud applause sounded
"Damn it's hurts it's hurts"
Kuramochi-senpai said with Fierce look of pain.
All the senpai had nostalgic look on there faces and freshmans in first year were puzzled, second and third year's shifted there eye to the direction of room 5 in unison
"It's here again, tradition of room 5"
"Yes.. it's never get old"
"Haha it's an annual practice"
These senpais are basically experienced people when first years were confused these senpais already exactly knew what happened.
In room 5.
Masuko-senpai and kuramochi-senpai, two figures appeared at the door of the dormitory
One had honest and simple expression other had a fierce expression, sawamura stood at the door with casual expression as if nothing happened
Kuramochi yoichi's red nose was visible.
" Fuck boy, your hand are strong
You got me a nosebleed."
Kuramochi looked at sawamura in front of him with fierce expression and said in vicious voice
"Hehehe"sawamura
Smiled awkwardly scratched the back of his head and muttered in his heart
I better show it as an accident or I might be in trouble after all his character is…. I better not mess with him
Sawamura wisely didn't speak a word, just showed a apologetic simile
"It's your fault kuramochi"
Masuko on the other hand still had a simple and honest expression and quickly took out the note with these three words written on it.
"Hey Masuko-senpai, how can this be fair?
Last year I was scared badly too , this is our tradition of room 5"
Kuramochi said immediately.
Is this fair? How can it be said that I suffered on my own accord no right than I will make my juniors suffer too hehehe!
But if Masuko-senpai says it then I can't do anything about it.
Kuramochi scratched the back of his head with a somewhat unhappy expression but he quickly suppressed it.
"Okay, okay I will let it go this time,
First year, welcome to seidou High school and I'm yoichi kuramochi in second year and this is Masuko-senpai, a third year student. Let's live a friendly life together in this dorm!!"
Kuramochi smiled and stretched out his right hand to sawamura sand loudly.
Looking at kuramochi who changed his expression so quickly
Sawamura swallowed a mouthful of saliva, with a feeling of sympathy for himself that he might become this senpai's beating puppet in future he stretched out his left hand and held kuramochi's hand.
"well. Kuramochi-senpai, please take care of me from now on."
From now on we are going to be teammates and also they will defend behind me with trust and I have to give my everything not to break that trust as a pitcher.
The bright and challenging road to ace isn't going to be easy.
But sawamura felt that at this moment that life in seido is going to be quite exciting….
Weekly Power Status
-- Power
Ranking 
-- Power
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