(A/N: Here's the second part. We'll see how well Hinata's team plays. Enjoy.)


Diva, Hinata, and the Ball Game Part2

"Not again," an NPC said as Hinata asked him to let them compete.

"Whoever bets us gets to move to the next match," Hinata said. "Use rock, paper, scissors to determine our opponents."

"You teams keep popping up all over the place," he said annoyed.

"Hey! We're students at the school also," Hinata said, trying to convince him. "We belong here, too." He nudged Yui on the side. "Come on, Yui," he whispered. "A little help here."

"Bring it on! Hiya!" Yui shouted, doing a few fist moves in the air.

"Don't threaten the guy like that," Hinata said, irritated, putting her in a headlock.

"Don't hurt her like that!" Koyomi entered into the headlock and got Hinata into a headlock. It was a trio headlock. I found it amusing.


We were all gathered around the bleachers. Hinata was discussing the plan to everyone.

"We have to play the penalty game, if we lose," he said. "Take the first game seriously." He jabbed his thump over to Otonashi. "Alright, you're up first, dude."

"Who, me?" Otonashi asked.

"And me?" Noda asked, shoving Otonashi.

Hinata held his hand up. "Just a sec, I'll go second, and Shiina's third. You hear me, Shiina? That means you go fourth." He placed his hand on Noda's shoulder. "Now, listen to me You lose if you don't bring everyone home. You got me?"
"Alright. That will be easy enough."

"They'll call when we get seven runs. Let's finish this up before Angel gets here. Come on! Let's go!" He pumped his fist in the air. "Go team!"

Everyone just stared in silence. No reaction. Not even a peep.

"Y-yeah," Otonashi said, hesitatingly.

"Yeah," the NPC girls said, unenthusiastic.

"I kind of think we seriously like team spirit," Hinata said, disappointed.

You think, Hinata?


The ball game started. "Play ball," an NPC shouted. Otonashi was first up.

The pitcher throw the ball which he hit.

"He did! Yeah!" Hinata cheered as Yui cheered with him. "Huh?" he said, realizing Noda on the field.

"Come on!" he said. "Is that the best you got?" He knocked the ball back with his halberd.

"What was that?" Otonashi asked as he swung it back.

"You're not done yet?" They kept hitting it back, and forth.

I was laughing my ass off.

Hinata was getting frustrated. "That's not a sport!" he shouted, angrily. "This is not baseball!"

"They're morons," Yui commented.

Both Hinata and Shiina took their turns, and were able to hit the ball. Next, it was Noda's turn.

"Humph! Ah, geez," he grumbled, dragging the bat behind him. "I had enough playing around."

"You ready?"

"For what?"

"Bring it on!" The pitcher threw the ball. Noda hit with a enough force to score a homerun.

"Homerun!"

Now it was my turn. I got onto home plate.

"Are you ready?"

"Yes," I said, impatiently. "Just throw the ball already."

The pitcher threw the ball. At first glance it looked like I didn't hit it.

"Strike!"

"Diva!" Hinata shouted. "What are you doing? You're supposed to hit the ball!"

"Huh? Where did the ball go?" A NPC said, opening up his gloved hand to find it empty.

"I hit it," I said.

"Huh?"

"I hit the ball," I said simply. I used my Chiropteran strength and speed to hit fasten than a human eye can blink, but now I feel like I might have gone a little overboard.

"If you hit it then where did it go?"

I pointed my finger towards the sky. "Up there."

Everyone looked up. A few minutes later a fireball came crashing down on them, revealing the baseball I hit. It went over homerun.

"Homerun," the NPC said, hesitatingly. Now it was our turn to pitch the ball.

"Wait. Why am I the pitcher?" Otonashi asked.

"Alright, since Noda and Diva both hit a homeruns, you got to make a rebound by not letting the other team score," Hinata said, from second base.

"Wait. Who are we playing against?"

"Come on!" Noda shouted. Otonashi threw a curved ball.

"Strike!" The batter missed it.

Noda got up annoyed. "Ah, come on," he said, annoyed. "You baby." He threw it back at the red-head.

"You little " Otonashi threw it back.

"Put some muscle into it."

"Jackass. Jerk."

I was laughing again at their antics. It was just too funny!

"Don't play by yourselves," Hinata growled.

"Even death can't cure stupid," Yui said.

We won game after game.


Angel's team was facing off against our team on the field.

"Your team wasn't registered in this tournament," she said, monotoned.

"So what?" Hinata said. "We got the right to play if we want to."

"I'm Vice Student Body President, Naoi," the student vice president introducing himself. There was something about him that irked me. "We formed team student body. We should defeat your team fair and square. I'm afraid the score the score won't even be close."

"What? But all of your players are regulars on the baseball team," Hinata complained. "That's not fair." Angel simply nodded her head. "Hehe. There's no way we stand a chance against you."

"Prepare to get your butts cleaned! Ugh!" Yui said, trying to be menacing, by failing miserably.

Hinata got her in an arm lock. "You struck out twice already, so just keep your mouth shut," he said, annoyed. "And it's prepared to get your butts kicked. Wiping your butts a hygiene thing."

Koyomi got into the action. "What did I say about hurting her, you dumbass!"

I laughed uncontrollably.


"We hereby start the final game." Both teams walked away.

"Man!" the bluenett said. "She's so not cute. The least she could do is try provoking us."

"Play ball!" The last ball started already.

"Homerun," an NPC said when Noda scored it. It went on and on.

"Timeout," Hinata called after awhile. "This stinks," he said as he and I gathered around Otonashi. "There's no way we can stand a chance against regulars from a baseball team. Our outfielders are particular bad with the exception of Shiina and Koyomi."

I shrugged my shoulders. The blue haired male looked back again, and gasped to see Matsushita there, eating a bowl of beef udon. "Ah... Wha... Wha... " He was at lost for words.

"Oh, I had some extra meal tickets," Otonashi said. "So I gave it to him."

"Me too," I piped up. The meal tickets are pointless to me anyway. Since I drink blood in the first place. But no one should know about it.

"You'll did?" Hinata for some reason got Yui in an arm lock. "Excellent! You both did great! Good job, Otonashi and Diva. I'm proud. He never forgets a favor when it comes to food. He's very loyal. Now the outfields great."

And, as you probably already know, Koyomi went into battle once he saw his damsel in distress being attacked. It made me laugh all the time.

Matsushita looked up when he heard a ball getting hit by a bat. He dropped his bowl on the ground, and did somersaults, and caught the ball.

"Good job, Matsushita the Fifth!" Hinata cheered.

"He's more like a three-ring circus," Otonashi commented.

"Out!" a NPC shouted after Matsushita caught another ball. "Three outs. Change."

"Great!" Hinata yelled, happily.

"Change pitchers," Angel said, emotionlessly. The ball game continued on.


"Time!" Otonashi called out, breathlessly. Him and I started walking up to Hinata.

"What's wrong?" I asked him.

"I don't think I can hold them off for much longer," he replied. "You think, that maybe we could change pitch-." He stopped himself as he looked at Hinata. I was confused on why he just stopped, and stared at Hinata, too, only to find him spacing out again.

"What's wrong?" the red-haired boy asked him. "Hey, Hinata." The other male snapped out of his trance.

"Uh ," he said. "Long ago Back when I was still alive, I went through a similar situation. It was a super important game. Probably the most important game I ever played."

"Are you trembling?" Otonashi asked as he and I saw him visibly shake.

"Uh, really?" was his reply. "That's weird."

"What happened to you, Hinata?" I asked with slight concern in my voice. I was starting to get a little worried. This is first time this has ever happened to me before. I didn't know why I felt this way.

"I don't know," Hinata responded. "I can't really remember exactly. I was on a baseball team. We were headed for Nationals. It was deathly hot. All I could taste was the dirt in my mouth. I remembered that perfectly."

Hinata began to tell his tale. "It was the last game for regional. We had two outs with runners on second and third. It was a simple pop fly to second. It was headed right for me, but Did I catch it or drop it? I just can't remember. Something so important how could I forget? Naw, I don't know. I guess I world remember if I caught it or not. Bet I didn't catch it after all."

After an intense silence, Otonashi spoke up. ""Are you going to disappear?"

"Huh?" Hinata said.

"You think you'll disappear, if we win the game," the red-head said slowly.

"Of course not." Hinata laughed it off. "That's just crazy. Obliterated? Over this?"

Otonashi and I stared at him unsure. We resumed the game.

Everyone was staring in anticipation. "Finish the game, Otonashi," Hinata said.

Otonashi threw a fast ball, but the pitcher was still able to hit it. I looked at it as it went straight for Hinata! No way!

"Hinata!" Otonashi yelled, running towards him.

I just stood there. I didn't want to interfere. If Hinata wanted to catch the ball, and find peace let him. But why did my heart hurt? Was it because I'll never get the chance to taste his delicious blood? Or something else? These feelings were completely new and foreign to me.

I only looked at Hinata the whole time as if time went by slow. He raised his arms up to catch the ball. He's going to catch it...

Suddenly, Hinata got knocked out to the side by Yui and put him in a headlock, making him lose the ball.

"You're open," she declared. "That's what you get for all those locks you put me in."

"Why, you little !" Hinata grumbled. "Out of all the times why did you have to go, and snap your lid now?" He easily put her in a headlock.

"I'm sorry. That was a more opportune moment. Stop it. Stop it. Let me go. I mean it. You're hurt-"

And, as you would think, Koyomi rushed over to Hinata to grab him in a headlock and defend Yui.

"I ought to kill you!" Koyomi growled.

To be frank, I was pretty relieved that Hinata didn't catch the ball. I tried to hold in a smile as I continued to look at Hinata, Yui, and Koyomi headlocking each other.

My happiness was on the line.


(A/N: Well, it seems as Diva has grown attached to Hinata. She was afraid of seeing him go. That's pretty sweet of her, don't you think? Well, Hinata didn't disappear so that's a relief. We'll see what happens next.)