“...And remember, tomorrow is Bring Your Little Sibling to Practice Day!” Momoe yelled after the Nishiura players as they started making their way home from another hard training session.
“I am just going to conveniently forget to tell the people at home,” Hanai whispered to his teammates.
“AND I’VE ALREADY NOTIFIED YOUR PARENTS, SO NO PRETENDING TO FORGET!!!” Momoe bellowed.
“DANG!!” yelled everyone with little siblings… except maybe Nishihiro since he loves his little sister so very much.
***
Abe got back home only to see his retarded little brother waltz around wearing a shirt that said ‘VOTE FOR ME’ in big bold letters. Their ma was taking a bunch of pictures of him.
“Do I even want to know what’s going on…?” Abe muttered, mostly to himself.
“Oh! Taka!” Mrs. Abe yelled. “Shun-chan is going to run for class president, isn’t that awesome?”
“Not really,” Abe said bluntly.
“WELL!” said Mrs. Abe. “I heard about tomorrow being Bring Your Little Sibling to Practice Day! I have to hurry up and buy Shun-chan a new wardrobe especially for the occasion!”
“But MAAAA!” Abe Jr. whined. “I JUST got a new wardrobe! YESTERDAY! Clothes shopping is BORING!”
“Oh shush, I’m not spoiling you enough!” Mrs. Abe declared. “COME, SHUN-CHAN!” She proceeded to grab Abe Jr. and dart out the door.
“Whatever,” snorted Abe as he went to bed.
***
The next day…
“YAAAAAYYY!! WE GET TO HANG OUT WITH BIG BROTHER ALL DAY!!!” shrieked Hanai’s little sisters, latching onto his arms.
“Somebody shoot me,” said Hanai to the closest person who just so happened to be Izumi. “I don’t think I can take this anymore!”
“I don’t have any younger siblings!” said Izumi as if it was something to be proud of.
Nishihiro entered the scene, holding hands with his little sister. “This is going to be the best day ever!” he exclaimed.
“I DON’T HAVE ANY YOUNGER SIBLINGS!!!” Tajima bellowed as he ran over. “I FEEL SO LEFT OUT!!!”
“I don’t have any either,” said Izumi.
“Neither do I,” said Oki as he walked over.
“Yeah, same here!” Mizutani joined in.
“Me… neither!” said Mihashi.
“You can all have mine,” said Hanai.
“There are way too many people without little siblings here,” said Sakaeguchi as he walked over together with his little brother.
“SORRY!!!” Mihashi screamed.
“No, no, I didn’t mean it that way!” Sakaeguchi assured him.
“Hi guys!” said Suyama as he came strolling over, followed by his little brother.
Hanai sighed. “Can’t you two go play with Nishihiro’s little sister?” he asked his sisters.
“NO!!!” bellowed Asuka and Haruka in unison.
“Sup?” said Abe as he joined the rest of the team. He had instructed Abe Jr. to walk exactly two meters behind him at all times so people wouldn’t think they were together (this is NOT based on any real life experiences WHATSOEVER). Seeing all the people, however, Abe Jr. simply HAD to run up to them.
“Ooh, people!” he said excitedly. “Hey everyone! I’m Abe’s little brother and I’m running for PRESIDENT! You’ll all vote for me, right?”
“Of course!” giggled Asuka and Haruka since they were probably in love with Abe Jr. or something.
“Um… sure,” said everyone else warily.
“He means class president.” Abe rolled his eyes.
“Today, the class,” said Abe Jr. seriously. “Tomorrow, the WORLD!”
“ALL RIGHT, WE’RE ALL HERE!!” bellowed Momoe.
“AAAAHHHHH!!” screamed all the baseball players since they hadn’t seen her coming. “Oh. Good morning!”
“Is that your girlfriend, big brother?” asked Asuka as she and Haruka went into another fit of giggles.
“NO, YOU FOOLS, SHE’S THE COACH!” Hanai yelled.
“I brought my little sister too!” said Shinooka happily as she arrived on the scene.
“What’s the point of us being here anyway?” asked Suyama Jr., looking so very confused.
“Yeah, won’t we just get in the way of our big brothers?” said Sakaeguchi Jr. sadly.
“It’ll be fine!” Sakaeguchi assured him.
“ACTUALLY…” began Shiga as he popped out of nowhere.
“AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!” all the little siblings yelled and hid behind their brothers as Shiga terrified them so.
“…All you little siblings can come with me, and I’ll teach you how to relax,” Shiga continued.
“We don’t WANNA,” whined all the little siblings.
“So it’s decided then!” Momoe clapped her hands together. “Younger siblings, go with Shiga! Older siblings, come with me!”
“NOOOOOOOOOO!!” yelled all the little siblings.
Abe Jr. was the first to join Shiga’s side as he didn’t really care all that much about hanging out with his brother anyway, and he wanted to look cool and brave in front of the other kids. Asuka, Haruka and Shinooka Jr. immediately followed since they were probably all in love with Abe Jr., and eventually, Suyama Jr. and Sakaeguchi Jr. shrugged and joined in as well.
“I’ll miss you, big brother!” sniffed Nishihiro Jr. as she gave her brother a big dramatic hug.
“I’ll miss you too!” said Nishihiro. “But don’t worry, we’ll see each other again real soon!”
“You’ll probably be able to see each other the whole time during practice,” said Hanai, tapping his foot.
“Oh. Well, run along then!” said Nishihiro.
“Bye!” said Nishihiro Jr.
Shiga’s group then walked a few meters before settling down in a nice quiet area.
“RIGHT!” said Shiga. “To start, did you know that relaxing and concentrating are one and the same?”
“IT IS??” gasped the kids.
“I already knew it because my brother told me!” said Nishihiro Jr.
“OUR brother doesn’t tell us ANYTHING!” said Asuka and Haruka, crossing their arms.
“Now, you all play baseball, right?” Shiga asked.
“OF COURSE!!!” yelled all the little siblings.
“Of course,” Shiga repeated with a chuckle. “Now, the key to relaxing while playing baseball is… the third runner.”
“COOL!!!” said the kids.
“Let’s all form a circle, join hands and start meditating!” said Shiga as the group did just that.
After about ten seconds, Abe Jr. grew bored. “Hey,” he whispered to one of the people next to him, Suyama Jr. “What do you say we run off while he’s distracted?”
“Are you sure that’s okay?” gasped Sakaeguchi Jr. from the other side of Suyama Jr.
“I’m the future president of the world, and if I say it’s okay, it’s okay!” Abe Jr. declared.
“Let’s go!” whispered Asuka and Haruka from the other side of Abe Jr.
“Yes!” the remaining siblings agreed.
So all of the kids quietly snuck off! How they managed to do it without Shiga noticing remains a mystery. Maybe he DID notice but didn’t bother to do anything about it.
“We did it! I can’t believe we did it!” Sakaeguchi Jr. exclaimed the moment they rounded a corner.
“Let’s go see our brothers!” said Nishihiro Jr. excitedly.
“And get sent back to the teacher?” Abe Jr. scoffed.
“I have an idea!” said Suyama Jr. “Why don’t we visit one of our brothers’ rival teams and tell them a bunch of secrets about our brothers and stuff?”
“GOOD IDEA!!!” yelled everyone.
“Does anyone know any team names?” Sakaeguchi Jr. pondered.
“I know all of them!” said Shinooka Jr. “After all, I’m going to be a manager sometime in the future!”
“YAY!” said the others.
“So um, I think we should visit TOSEI!” said Shinooka Jr. “It’s the team Nishiura just defeated!”
“LET’S GO!!!” yelled all the kids.
***
As it just so happened, it was the official Tosei Bring your OLDER Sibling to Practice Day! As the older siblings were older and more mature, they basically just sat around watching their little brothers while throwing snide remarks at them every now and then.