National Treasure

Chapter 15

"MIYUKI KAZUYA!!" sawamura shouted from across the field, here it comes.

The pitcher ran towards him looking somewhat angry, he crossed his arms and puffed his cheeks "you said you would catch for me!!" he exclaimed

Miyuki rolled his eyes "too bad, the coach asked me to work with furuya today, i'm sure chris-senpai is free" he replied

and with that the first year went off to find his mentor with sparkling eyes, the second year was glad that sawamura was a simple minded idiot.

During lunch time sawamura approached him and chris, looking awfully stupid and was clearly twitching from excitement, he was so sure that this was another one of kuramochi's dare or pranks.

as he was catching pitches in the bullpen he could see sawamura glance at his direction everytime he threw a pitch at chris, like a puppy begging for attention from it's owner.

"oi! what the hell is this?!"

hold on he knows that voice-

everyone immediately halted, they turned to the source and their suspicions were proven to be correct when they see Azuma fuming, he's wearing normal civilian clothes and was looking directly at sawamura

the brunette squinted his eyes then immediately realized "hey it's chubby senpai!!" he exclaimed

"wha-" Azuma charged towards sawamura holding him by his shirt "chubby?? what the hell is this brat doing here??"

sawamura smirked "why wouldn't i be here? after striking you out so easily of course they would want me" he then stuck out his tongue making Azuma redder

"that's it! you and me right now!!" azuma declared

"hey it's a compliment when you think about it" sawamura snickered

miyuki should really teach this idiot when to shut up, Azuma geared up and got a spare bat, he looked ready to crush sawamura no questions asked, sawamura looks calm as usual, he might have beaten the large male before but Azuma has experience from the pro leagues now.

then he makes eye contact with sawamura, the pitcher then had a funny look on his face, it was like he was forcing himself to not show any emotion but is failing horribly, he can obviously see that the first year is pissed at him.

"i'll bite, what's wrong now? if it's because of this morning then it's not like i could have done something about it" miyuki said

the first year shook his head "thats not it!" he said

miyuki sighed "just say it you idiot"

"you almost never call for any breaking balls" sawamura commented

the second year was surprised, he never would have guessed sawamura was thinking about that

"the only time you asked for one was during the yakushi game" he added

Chris hummed "what about trying some now? if they're effective against Azuma-san then maybe miyuki can consider using them in the game against inashiro" he said

miyuki sighed, he can't really argue with that.

"really?! then i wanna try throwing my cutter!" sawamura said

"your cutter? i thought you want to try out your other breaking balls? i called for that in the yakushi game didn't i?" miyuki asked"

sawamura nodded "yeah! but i did some testing and made some changes, i wanted you and chris senpai to check it out to see if it's usable" he said

since when did he have time to do that? he never fails to surprise me.

they also managed to gather up a crowd of alumni nearby to watch, once they were in position miyuki decided to test out sawamura and called for this so called improved cutter he's so proud of, of course sawamura was smiling like an idiot as expected from the call.

once the ball was thrown miyuki's eyes widened, the break was so much sharper and if it weren't for the pitch hitting azuma right in the chubs then he probably wouldn't have caught it.

"are you okay azuma?!"

"right in the fats!"

"the guards were useless!"

miyuki looked at sawamura, the first year's smirk was wider than ever, the catcher couldn't imagine what kind of monster sawamura will grow up to be in a few years time.

chris looked just as shocked as he was, as catchers they both knew that sawamura is on a completely different level, maybe just maybe he's the key to koshien this year.

"i wanna polish my fastballs next!!" sawamura exclaimed

azuma held his stomach in pain while looking angrily at sawamura "you brat!! shouldn't you apologize??" he yelled

that night miyuki went looking for sawamura, the idiot disappeared after their meeting and was nowhere to be seen, he needed to talk to him about his condition before their game tomorrow, perhaps the announcement from the coach earlier was a little harsh, to think coach kataoka would be willing to go into the grand finals without sawamura if possible, he understood that the pitcher needed rest especially after the last few games he played but he felt like sawamura is a vital component to their victory, especially when he's one of the few who could stand on the same grounds as narumiya.

the catcher then caught a glimpse of the said brunette rounding the corner of the indoor training grounds, looking secretive and highly suspicious.

once he himself rounded the corner he found sawamura on the phone, the first year didn't seem to notice him yet.

sawamura sighed as he removed the phone from his ear, that's when he noticed miyuki staring at him and shrieked "M-MIYUKI KAZUYA!! WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING??" he said

miyuki covered his ears "calm down idiot, you were looking really suspicious so i followed you, what's wrong? did wakana leave you on read again?" he asked

"what? no!! i was hoping to talk with me-narumiya before the game, not to make him pity me about my injury! but i was hoping i could apologize, this whole thing was been on my mind and it just feels so heavy" sawamura said "i don't know how to explain it"

"it's because the coach said you might not play huh?" miyuki asked

sawamura nodded "what am i supposed to do now?"

miyuki smiled "hey you might not know what's gonna happen, maybe you won't get to play or maybe you could be the shining hero saving us from tragedy" he said

"it's feels weird coming from you" sawamura said "but yeah i guess you're right, nothing is set in stone"

the catcher nodded "just hope for the best, i also wanted to ask about your condition" he asked

the first year held his injured arm "there are times when there's a tingling sensation but it doesn't really affect me much, don't worry about me though! i'm tougher than i look!!"

miyuki sighed as he stared at the ceiling of his wall, that uncomfortable feeling in his stomach still lingered.

Note:

Am back! took a nice break and really had time to relax, at this point i'm not sure of the timeline of things so please feel free to tell me anything i might have missed, as i was editing this i completely forgot about the masuko hair incident and as much as i want to include it in this or the next chapter i can't seem to make it fit ;-;