Mihashi was standing on the mound, watching as Abe instructed him to aim at the upper left section of the strike zone, when suddenly, something very odd occurred to him... he didn’t want to listen to Abe! He could be a good pitcher on his own! Without thinking twice, he threw the ball... TO THE LOWER RIGHT.
Abe, immediately after catching the ball, gasped and threw his stupid catcher mask thing to the ground and stomped over to Mihashi. “MIHASHI!!!” he bellowed. “WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT??”
“AHH!” Mihashi fretted. “I… I… I think I can do this… myself!”
“WHAT!!” Abe yelled. “Nonsense! You need ME to draw out your true power! That’s what being a battery is all about!”
“Then maybe…” Mihashi clenched his fists. “Maybe I… don’t want to be in a battery with you anymore! I HATE YOU, ABE!!” Before Abe could react, he stormed off.
After standing there like a fool for a minute, Abe finally shook his head rapidly and snapped out of it. “FINE!” he yelled even though Mihashi was long gone. “I DON’T NEED YOU EITHER! IN FACT, I THINK I’M GOING TO GO BACK TO FORMING A BATTERY WITH MY FAVORITE PITCHER EVER, HARUNA!”
“Did I hear what I think I just heard?” said Haruna who just so happened to stroll by right then.
“Haruna!” Abe gasped. “The truth is, I… well…”
“Say no more, Takaya!” said Haruna dramatically. “I’ve been thinking about you every day since we were separated! I want to form a battery with you again, and you know what, I’ll learn all your signs and throw away my dumb eighty pitches rule entirely!”
“Haruna!” Abe gasped again. “I’d love to! And know what, I won’t whine at you for your out-of-control pitches anymore! In fact, I LOVE your out-of-control pitches! Speed beats control ANY TIME!!”
“CAN I JOIN YOU???” Rio yelled as he came running out of nowhere. “I’m Haruna’s BIGGEST FAN EVER!”
“OF COURSE, RIO!!” yelled Abe and Haruna in unison.
“You know what, Rio, I think I’m going to join your brother’s team after all!” Haruna declared.
“That’s so awesome!” said Rio happily. “It just so happened that my brother just invited ME to join too!”
“CAN I JOIN TOO?” Abe yelled desperately.
“OF COURSE!” Rio yelled right back.
“YAY!!!” all three of them yelled as they skipped off to be a three-way battery and stuff.
Mihashi, meanwhile, kept running and running until he literally crashed into HATAKE!!
“MIHASHI!” Hatake bellowed, grabbing Mihashi’s shoulders and shaking him about. “I’ve been looking all over for you! You know, I just realized that I HATE Kano and love YOU, Mihashi! It’s always been you!”
“OH HATAKE!!! I MISSED YOU!!!” Mihashi yelled as the two of them hugged.
“OH YEAH?” Kano yelled since he just so happened to be there. “I DON’T NEED EITHER OF YOU! I’M GONNA GO PITCH WITH MY NEW BEST FRIEND, KAZUKI!!”
“I knew I did the right thing ditching that moron Junta and teaming up with you, Kano!” said Kazuki happily.
“Oh Akimaru, you’re everything I ever wanted in a catcher!” said Junta giddily.
“And you, Junta, are the best pitcher EVER!” Akimaru exclaimed.
The leftover Nishiura players watched as all the new batteries formed with raised eyebrows.
“I think something very bad is about to happen…” said Hanai seriously. All of them ran off to the closest TV they could find and turned it on.
“THE WORLD IS EXPLODING!!!” screamed the people on TV. “QUICK EVERYONE, DUCK AND COVER!!”
“WE KNEW IT!!” yelled everyone on Nishiura
in unison. “IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD!!!”