Four years later, in the fall of her second year at Seishu Junior High School, Aoba is a pitcher for the baseball team, and still hates Ko for having monopolized her dead sister's time. Starting pitcher Keiichiro Senda, who considers himself popular, asks her out on a date without waiting for a response. When she does not show up, Senda goes to her house but is frightened off by the family cat. When Ko (in his third year at Seishu Junior High) delivers baseballs to the Tsukishima batting cages, he hits four home runs, which annoys Aoba, especially since she cannot match it. In a flashback, she remembers Wakaba telling her about Ko's potential to one day pitch 160 km/h fastballs, which Aoba claimed was her ideal in a man, but that if he does, Aoba cannot take him from her. Meanwhile, inspired by Aoba's pitching, Ko has been obeying Wakaba's order to follow Aoba's workout routine.
中学3年生になった光。中西や赤石、青葉も同じ中学に入っていた。野球部には、女子ながら男子顔負けの実力でエースとして活躍する青葉と、キャプテンとなりチームを引っ張る赤石がいた。そんな中、光と中西は草野球でピッチャーの青葉と対決することに。勝負に勝った青葉ではあるが、光の野球のセンスを認め始めて…。
중학교 3학년이 된 코우. 중등부 야구부에는 여자이지만 남자 뺨치는 실력으로 에이스로서 활약하는 아오바, 캡틴으로서 팀을 이끄는데 힘쓰는 아카이시가 있다. 4년 전, 아오바는 어떤 남자가 좋냐는 와카바의 질문에 '160킬로의 직구를 던지는 남자'라고 대답했다. 와카바는 코우라면 실현 가능할 거라고 하면서 '뺏으면 안 돼'라고 말한다. 같은 시기에 코우와 나카니시는 아마추어 야구팀에서 투수인 아오바와 대결하게 되고, 아카이시는 그 광경을 지켜보게 되는데...
