Big Windup!/ Oofuri/ Ookiku Furikabutte (C) Asa Higuchi. OC's (C) HikariNoTenshi-Crystal
New Story! Hope you enjoy! R&R please!
The sound of a hard ball hitting a metal bat never sounded better than when you knew you were improving. As the Nishiura high school baseball team practiced out in their field, they couldn't be happier! They just won another game in the baseball league! Yet this wasn't what was on most of the guys' minds.
"Hey, have you seen the new transfer student?" Hanai asked curiously.
"She is totally hot!" Sakaeguchi commented with a big smile.
"Really? I haven't seen her!" Tajima said with a pout, hoping he'd seen the new girl.
"Her name is Hikari." Oki told them, flinching as the others pressed him for information. "I just helped her when she got lost." He explained, sighing as the others backed down.
"Hikari," Tajima said rubbing his chin in thought.
"Yeah, Hikari Hijiri." Oki said with a nod of confirmation.
"Hijiri? As in the big company running Japan?" Abe asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I don't think so; she didn't seem like someone who was related to them." Suyama said with a shake of his head.
"How's that?" Abe asked, becoming interested on the new person.
"Well, her looks. The Hijiri corporations leader had black hair and brown eyes right?" Suyama asked, creating a mental picture for them. "Well, she's not like that at all."
"What does she look like?" Tajima asked, becoming more intrigued, yet less perverted.
"That's her there." Oki said, saving Suyama.
Everybody turned their heads and watched as Chiyo walked next to the new girl. Her long golden blonde hair flowing behind her, and her light blue eyes shined in the light as she smiled and laughed with Chiyo. Her skin was slightly tanned, and she had about the same amount of curves as Momoe had, a smaller chest, but still pretty big.
"What if we get Chiyo to introduce her to us?" Hanai said with a smile, the rest of them smiling wickedly from the thought. But all knew it was just a joke.
"Ah!" Tajima shouted, making the others jumped.
"Oh, are you going to ask?" Sakaeguchi asked with a smirk.
Tajima's face broke into a smile as he raised his arm and waved it around wildly. "Hikari!"
The others all flinched away from him, giving him looks as if he were crazy. Hikari turned in confusion as she looked over the baseball team, making them all blush. Some turned on Tajima, trying to make him shut up before she spotted him.
Her face broke out into a wide smile as her eyes glowed in joy. "Yuu-kun!" She shouted, running across the lawn quickly, and into the field, before jumping and launching herself into Tajima's arms.
She wrapped get arms around his neck and hugged him close, making the others stare in confusion at the relationship between the two. Hikari smiled happily at Tajima, pulling back away from him and looking at him with sparkling eyes.
"It's been so long Yuu-kun!" She said dropping her feet back onto the floor. "I thought you went to this school!"
"What are you doing here? I thought you were being home-schooled?" He asked her, circling around her, his eyes stopping on her chest. "You're chest is huge!" He reached his finger out and poked her chest, making the team's eyes widen in horror and yell out.
"Why you!" Hikari shouted, pinching his cheeks and pulling them out either way. She smacked him over the head, letting him crouch on the floor in pain as he grabbed his head. "You're still the little pervert!"
"Tajima! What are you doing to the poor girl?" Momoe said walking up with narrowed eyes.
"You must be the baseball couch," Hikari said with a smile and extended her hand.
"Maria Momoe," She said with a nod of her head, shaking Hikari's hand.
"I asked Chiyo to bring me down here. If it's not too much trouble, I'd like to join the team." Hikari said with a big smile, hoping it will help with becoming a part of Nishiura.
Momoe smiled as she crossed her arms under her chest and looked Hikari in the eye. "What position?" She asked.
Hikari looked around at everyone on the team before shrugging her shoulders. "I can play every position, but I'd rather just help out with the manager. I don't want to take anyone's place."
Hanai let out a curt laugh as he looked at Hikari as if she were imagining things. "Every position? Stop kidding around."
Hikari raised an eyebrow at him, giving a small smile. "Test me," Her eyes gleamed playfully.
Momoe shivered in excitement as her hair bent up into the air with her shivers and her smile turned squiggly. "I like the sound of this."
She grabbed a bat suddenly and a ball and started hitting it on the bat repeatedly, sending it in the air like a paddle ball. She watched Hikari with a gleam in her own eyes, her interest peaking for the girl as Hikari smiled back at her.
Hikari grabbed another bat and ball, and copied Momoe exactly, timing her ball with the Coach's and making the same height with every hit.
"No way," Hanai said, watching the girl smile at Momoe as if this was a game.
"Catcher!" Momoe said, hitting the ball up before slamming it into the air like a catchers pop.
Hikari dropped her bat and ball and grabbed a glove, slipping it on and backing up with it above her face, letting the ball drop into it as if it were nothing.
"Everyone! To your positions!" Momoe called out, holding her bat out to Hikari.
Hikari nodded her head, taking the bat from her and handing Abe his mitt back so he could go back to catching. Mihashi took the mound and looked at Hikari with diverting eyes.
"Hey!" She said, making Mihashi jump in surprise. "I heard you were a great pitcher! Don't take it easy on me okay?" She asked, seeing the proud look in his eye as a faint blush crept across his cheeks.
Mihashi lifted his leg up and slammed it down on the ground as he threw the ball towards her. She watched it hit the mitt.
It's slow, She inquired as she looked down at Abe's mitt. Is he holding back? No I heard he pitch's slow to begin with.
She realized the ball had already been thrown back to Mihashi so she looked up from the mitt she was still staring at and saw Abe watching her with fierce eyes. She had been researching about the team when she found out Nishiura had a new baseball team and she would be going to the school. She knew every player, she just didn't think she'd meet her best childhood friend here.
Mihashi slammed his foot down again, throwing the ball through the air. The ball didn't drop as a normal one would, but as Hikari swung she moved her arms up a bit more, slamming the bat in the middle of the ball. She could feel the slight push of the ball on the metal, and the sound of ball against metal before the ball flew through the air and past the outfield and over the fence, giving her a home run.
Momoe shivered with excitement as she looked at Hikari like she was a gift sent from heaven. She rushed over to Hikari and grabbed the girl's hands, her eyes blazing. "Can you pitch?"
"Wha?" Mihashi said his eyes growing wide and watery. "An-n-no-th-th-ther-r-r-r p-p-p-pitcher?!"
Hikari looked at him with wide eyes as she held up her hands. "That's not…"
"She's not taking your place!" Abe yelled suddenly standing up and walking over to Mihashi, making the young pitcher flinch and start to cry as he shook his head in stubbornness.
Hikari walked up and pulled on Abe's arm, making him stop from getting any closer to Mihashi. "Hold up a second." She went around Abe and pushed her hands onto his chest, pushing him back a couple of steps. "You stay here! Breathe, it'll do you good." She told him, pointing a finger at his face as she stared at him. "Mihashi doesn't like to be yelled at, being his catcher, you should know that."
Abe opened his mouth, but couldn't get a word out as she turned on her heel and crouched down to Mihashi who was on his hands and knees crying.
"Hey, listen," She said, touching his shoulder as she spoke softly. "I'm not going to take your place on the mound. You are a great pitcher, and honestly, I don't like being pitcher."
Mihashi looked at her with tears in his eyes as he pleaded with her with those eyes. Hikari gave him a warm smile that made his eyes widen in wonder and confusion.
"I think I know what you need." She told him, making him look up at her in confusion.
She smiled and launched herself at him, wrapping her arms around his neck as he fell backwards on his butt with her hanging onto his side. He sat there stock still as he looked at her with surprise. Finally he relaxed and put a hand on her back. Hikari leaned back and smiled at him, watching as he started and then smiled back at her. Hikari smiled wider as she leaned forward and kissed Mihashi on his cheek, making him blush and stutter in embarrassment.
"I want a hug!" Tajima said, running up and tackling Hikari to the floor.
"Yuu-kun!" She said laughing, but pushed him up and hugged him back, then kissed his cheek also.
"Stop showing off Tajima!" Hanai shouted, as the team gathered around them.
Hikari looked at Tajima and he looked back at her before both of them broke out into smiles and faced the team with mischievous looks.
"I don't like the look of this," Mizutani said as he raised an eyebrow.
Hikari stood up quickly and wrapped her arms around Hanai's back, making him raise his arms quickly and his face to redden.
"What the?" Hanai said looking down at her.
She smirked up at him and leaned up, kissing his cheek quickly before skipping off to Sakaeguchi, Oki, Izumi, Suyama, Mizutani, and Nishihiro; giving them all the same treatment as she had Mihashi and Tajima. The team was flustered, blushing, and incoherent by the time she was done. She turned on her heel with a proud smirk on her face and looked at Abe as he stood there with his hands up.
"You're the last one," She said taking a step towards him.
Abe put his hands up to try and stop her as she continued to walk towards him with her arms up innocently.
"It's just a hug," She said teasingly.
She pushed forward quickly, kicking off the ground as she used her momentum to fly towards him. He was within her reach as she pushed her arms out and wrapped them around his neck, pulling herself close to him. She felt her feet touch the floor as he took a step back to balance her weight.
"See? Just a hug," She giggled, seeing his face redden as he looked away. "I bet you want the rest too,"
She pushed on her tip toes to kiss his cheek, but he took a step back to try to get away from the kiss, and ended up tripping on his own feet. He fell backwards onto the ground and Hikari fell with him with her arms still locked around his neck. Silence fell over the field as they looked at Hikari and Abe in surprise.
Hikari's and Abe's eyes were wide as they stared at one another, not sure what to do. When they had fallen, Abe had turned his head to watch the ground, and his arm automatically wrapped around Hikari to catch her from being hurt. That slight movement brought Hikari to move over slightly, bringing her lips not to his cheek, but directly on his mouth. Their lips were locked together as he sat back on his butt with his arm around her, and she was in between his legs still hanging onto him.
Hikari pulled back slightly from him as she slid her arms from his neck and stared at him. His brown eyes pierced into her with the same surprise as hers were probably to him. She put her fingers to her lips as she sat back on her feet, a blush creeping on her face slowly.
"Hikari!" Tajima said with his jaw dropped.
Hikari snapped back to herself as she stood up and dusted herself off. She pushed a strand of her hair behind her ear shyly. "So y-you wanted me t-t-to pitch?"
She turned around and walked to the mound, picking up a baseball in the process as she started to mess with it to redirect her mind. She grabbed Tajima's hat off his head, ignoring when he shouted at her to give it back. She pulled it down over her eyes, trying to hide with a shadow over her face.
"Okay, snap out of it! Catch for her Abe!" Momoe said clapping her hands.
Hikari waited for Abe to get back up and into his squatting position, putting his glove in front of him as he tried to calm his own nerves down. He looked up with serious eyes, making her heart start at the intensity of them. She looked down at his hand below and tried to read the signs he was giving her.
"Uh, um, upper left curve ball," Mihashi said speaking up with his chick mouth.
She nodded her head, lifting her leg up and stepping forward with it as she threw a curve ball, hitting directly where he told her to. He stared at the ball in his glove with analyzing eyes, before standing up and walking over to his back. He pulled something out and walked over to her.
"Put these on," He said, holding out a pair of his shorts.
Hikari raised an eyebrow at him and looked down at her skirt, before realizing that she had to lift her leg to pitch, and Abe was crouched down over on the other side of the field for catching. Her face light up bright red as she pushed down on her skirt.
"Here," He said, holding it out to her again.
She took it quickly and slid them on under her skirt, letting her skirt drop to the floor instead. "Yuu, can you hold this?" She asked, tossing her skirt to him. "If you do anything perverted to it, I'm going to kill you,"
She shook her head, looking at Abe as he gave her another sign.
"Lower right, forkball," Mihashi read for her, fidgeting in his spot.
She lifted her leg again this time and slammed it down, throwing a forkball where his glove was. He repeated the action, making her throw a sinker, screwball, slurve, splitter, change up, and a cutter. He tossed it back one more time, and gave her one last sign.
"Straight through the middle, fast ball, let it loose," Mihashi said with a gasp. Momoe walked out with a speed radar, fixing it at the batter's spot.
"Alright," She said, fixing the hat on her head.
She lifted her leg, stepping forward quickly as she slung her arm as hard as she could, throwing the ball with her best speed. The ball flies through the air and smacks into the glove with a thump, leaving Abe squatting there silently.
He stood up quickly and walked quickly over to her, taking his gloves off and grabbing her hands in his own. "You're accuracy is just as great as Mihashi's, and you can throw every type of ball!"
Momoe came up and joined him in grabbing one of her hands. "95 MPH!"
Hikari looked to the side and saw Mihashi panicking over what they were saying, and saw the nervous looks on the rest of the team's faces.
"I don't really want to play, I'd rather help," She told them, tugging her hands.
She winced suddenly as a zap of pain lanced through her arm. Abe looked at her worriedly as he let go of her hand and gently touched her arm.
Tajima walked up and stepped in front of Momoe, taking her right arm and looking closely at it. He looked up at Momoe with an intense stare. "Momo-kan, Hikari can't play baseball because of her arm. She can only pitch for a couple plays and then her arm is shot. She can bat and catch, but she has to be careful with how much she strains her arm."
"Is it a baseball injury?" Momoe asked, looking at her arm carefully.
"No," Tajima said shaking his head. "It was from her…"
Hikari suddenly smacked her hand into his mouth, giving him a strict look, making him shut his mouth and sigh.
"It was just an accident." She told them with a smile.
"You need to get it checked out," Abe said, letting the conversation change.
Tajima ushered her over to Shiga-sensei, setting her down on the bench as he sat behind her. She slid her jacket off to help Shiga-sensei take a look at her shoulder.
"There was some pretty bad damage done to it in the past." He said, pushing on the muscle around her shoulder blade and watching her wince. "What exactly happened to it?"
"Oh, just an accident with my arm getting caught in something," She said, blowing it off quickly before he pressed into it.
Abe looked at her curiously, trying to figure out what the real story could be. Hikari used the same tone of voice his brother did when he was lying. He looked at Tajima and knew he could probably get the story out of him if he pressed enough into it.
"Well, welcome to the team!" Momoe said, standing before Hikari with a huge smile on her face. "You can help Chiyo out with all the managing, and I'll only have you step in if we really need it."
Hikari smiled and gave a relieved laugh. "That's sounds great to me!"
"I'm sure you know everyone?" Momoe said. "I'm the coach, there's Mihashi the pitcher, Abe the catcher, Tajima the third baseman and first base coach, Hanai our team Captain and right fielder, Sakaeguchi the second baseman, Izumi in the center field, Suyama as short stop, Mizutani as left fielder, Oki as the first baseman, and Nishihiro as our reserve player. There's Chiyo our manager, and Shiga-sensei as our teacher advisor."
The team lined up before her and took off their hats, bowing before her. "Nice to meet you!"
"Who are we meeting?" Hamada said, popping up from nowhere next to Hikari. He looked down at Hikari and smiled. "Hey! It's you! Are you helping the team?"
"It's good to see you again too Hamada," She said, standing up and giving him a hug and kiss on the cheek.
"Uh, Hikari," Chiyo said, stepping forward. "Maybe you should stop greeting people like that."
"Yeah! You can only greet specific people like that!" Tajima said with a pout. "Meaning me!"
"What? So I can't greet the team like that?" She asked with a tilt of her head.
"Well, maybe Mihashi, it seems to make him feel better." Tajima said, seeing Mihashi perk up with a smile. "And Abe, well, you already kissed him on the mouth, so I don't see that it matters with him anymore."
"What? You kissed Abe?" Hamada shouted, making Hikari smack his mouth and quiet him quickly.
"It was an accident!" She said, bright red again.
Momoe was laughing as she quieted down Hamada and the argument going on. "Alright, alright. Well, we need to be on our best behavior now. As you all know, a baseball team usually has a sponsor that helps them with money." She sighed, "It took me awhile, but we finally got ourselves one."
The team cheered happily as they realize all they could do now that a sponsor was helping them with the money situation.
"Who is it?" Hanai asked her with a smile.
"I don't know why they're helping and sponsoring us, but the Hijiri Corporation is our sponsor." Momoe said with a bright, beaming smile.
"No way!" Oki said with wide eyes.
"Why would they sponsor us?" Suyama asked happy, yet confused.
"I don't know, I just know the new leader of the Corporation is coming today to watch us." Momoe told them seriously. "So I want you to show him what we can do and that it was a good decision to sponsor us."
"I heard this new leader was the sole heir to the one who made the whole Corporation." Shiga-sensei pointed out. "The heir had to wait until he was in high school to take over the Corporation."
"So he's our age? Cool!" Nishihiro said with a wide smile. "I'd like to see how great the leader is! To be our age and in charge of the whole Hijiri Corporation!"
A man in a black suit with dark maroon hair and greenish-yellow eyes walked up and looked at the team, coughing into his hand to catch their attention.
"Oh! What do you need?" Momoe asked, walking up to him, before looking him up and down and smiling brightly as her eyes shined. "You must be the new leader of the Hijiri Corporation! I can just tell!"
The man stared wide-eyed at her as she shook his hand, almost breaking it in her excitement and throwing him around she was shaking so hard. He took his hand away and looked at her with a guilty smile.
"Actually, I'm not," He told her, "I'm just the body guard."
"So he's already here?" She asked, looking around quickly for the spectator.
"Do you know how long it took me to find you when you walked off?" The man asked, looking straight past her.
Momoe raised an eyebrow and looked behind her, watching as Hikari rubbed her head in guilt and let out an innocent laugh.
"I wanted to see the team. But I'm part of the team now!" She said excitedly, walking over to the man. "Come on Boris! I want to play baseball again!"
"It's too dangerous mistress! You are the new leader of the Hijiri Corporation! You mustn't be wandering around!" He scolded her with a pointed look.
"It's not anyone's going to come after me," She sighed, "Besides, they didn't even know I was the leader until you just told them now,"
She looked behind her and saw the team drop their jaws in surprise at the new revelation. Momoe dropped her arms and kneeled before Hikari as she repeatedly apologized for her actions.
Hikari squatted down before Momoe and smiled, poking her shoulder and holding out her hand. "You're the one in charge Coach!" Momoe almost cried as she looked at Hikari with thanks. Hikari stood back up and looked at the team who were still dumbfounded. "I hope this doesn't change anything. I really do want to play baseball again. I only wanted to be a normal high school girl and play a sport. Please don't treat me any differently than you treat one another." She bowed to them, making them flustered and frozen.
"You're still Hikari!" Tajima said with a laugh, launching himself at her as he hugged her tightly.
Boris lifted him up in the air and gave him a raised eyebrow before Hikari hit Boris in the stomach to drop Tajima.
"While I'm at school you are not allowed to do anything! They're all friends! Besides you know Yuu!" She whined, scolding him in turn for his actions.
"As long as she doesn't get in the way," Abe sighed, patting her on the head.
Hikari looked at him surprised this time, not expecting them to recover so fast. She smiled and hugged him around his stomach.
"I think I'm going to like him," Hikari said, making Tajima cry dramatically.