Chiho "Bats" Takamori

Hiyori Tamura (Schoolmate)

Queen Bee (Baseball Bud)

“Sashima” Majewska (Intervention-ist)

"I staked my life on the bat, my dreams on the pitches. Watch me make the spirit of baseball bloom..."

— Bats, reminiscing on her early days before her arrival on the Grey Zone.

Chiho Takamori, known more as "Bats", is a minor gang leader of the Grey Zone. Her gang took up the mantle as the successors of the "FuGGys" gang that a powerful leader known as Patty lead.

## Gang Background

Even though Bats is the most notable person out of the entire gang, she wasn't the first leader of Second Base. The gang had been around for some time, going outside of the zone for potential recruits. They were a much more violent gang originally, till an incident sprung up which left a lot of members dead and a change of leadership happened.

Their main source of capital is the earnings they make from the indoor batting cage they have as their turf among other things, like robbery, extortion, and the like.

As expected for a Baseball-themed gang, Second Base's primary choice of weaponry would be baseball bats, with more experienced members carrying balls to use as projectiles via tossing it in the air before striking it with their bat.

## Appearance

Bats is a girl of average height (5'9) and a normal build. She is garbed in a beige shirt over a brown undershirt. She also has a backpack on her to carry items. Her hands are wrapped in bandages, though she never seems to take them off. Along with wearing white trousers, she has some inline skates, colored black.

## Backstory

#### The Blue Spring

Early life was relatively simple for one Chiho Takamori despite living with a single mother, being a rowdy child and all that. She took up an early interest in baseball, quickly setting it up as her ambition, wanting nothing more than to make it as a Professional Player.

#### Drop

Due to the financial situation at the time, she was enrolled in a run-down school for Girls. She befriends Hiyori Tamura, a delinquent lost in apathy and dissatisfaction within their situation. They are aware their future offers limited options. Even most teachers have already written them off as a lost cause. Nevertheless, the two persisted, with Chiho bringing the school's team to victory and Hiyori becoming a feared/respected gang leader of the school. However, Hiyori disappeared one day, disillusioned for what's to come should she stay. The girl's state took a nosedive slowly after, not helped by the fact that the school team's been knocked out of a tourney, going on a losing streak. It was this time that a car came by, stopping by the school gates. Turns out there were people looking for students as potential recruits for their own gang. Chiho happened to meet up with the leader of Second Base, where she jumped at the opportunity to join, leaving her jacket to a friend who was 2nd in charge to her, making the girl promise to wear it once she gets drafted to the nationals. From there, it was off to the Gray Zone for the Baseball Player.

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## Personality

Bats is a good person at heart, but maintains a stoic output, being a gang leader after all. She seems content with the situation she's currently in, making the most of what she has.

Nevertheless, occasionally her immaturity comes out, being kept away for so long after being forced to "grow up" quickly due to her environment. She may appear as a bubbly, curious girl who seems to have no place in the lawless city.

## Relationships

### Allies

Aika Yasuda: For Bats, it's usually a treat whenever Aika comes along to see her alongside Sasha. Usually she'd teach the girl in playing Baseball, alongside occasionally dragging her along to see her play (With Sasha's permission, of course!)

Eileen: Having met the girl after getting called up by Hiyori one time, somehow Bats has managed to befriend her rival in the process. Nowadays when the three go out on a whim, she acts as a mediator just in case her two buds start to instigate each other.

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## The Gray Zone's Thoughts on her.

Eileen: Chi-Chan is pretty sweet. She always kicks my ass at Baseball though.

Forte Griffiths: I'M NOT A BIG FAN OF SPORTS, BUT HITTING PEOPLE WITH MY GUITAR LIKE A BASEBALL BAT IS PRETTY RAD!

FN: The leader of a supposed splinter group of the FuGGys.  From the looks of things, it doesn’t seem like she’s cut out for this kind of life, but tries to act like she is. One has to imagine why that is the case.

Hiyori: Aw hell yeah! My old schoolmate! Although I'm angry she threw away her career, I am forever grateful she joined up in gangbanging.

Nyozari: You seem easy to underestimate. Perhaps I think you're so chill to be around because of how detached the gangbanging seems from your interpersonal matters.

Queen Bee: Not many people know this, but baseball is one of my favorite sports to play in my freetime (which honestly doesn’t happen a lot nowadays)! Ahaha, if you ever wanna play a game, buzz on over and hit me up!

Salmonella**:** If you don’t behave with that baseball bat, you will suffer my **justice**.

Shibi: Meh, what's the point in trying to carry on the legacy of a gang that got absolutely wiped by Doghead? nothing, I tell ya!

Shutterbug: I’m more of a rugby kinda guy but i’d go to second base with her haha…

Steeve**: R.I.P. PATTY WAS A REAL ONE KEEP ON ROCKING!!!!!!!**

Tulson: Stop following in the footsteps of a dead man, Mrs. Takamori. You will end up meeting the same fate.

## Gallery

The full pic. (@theKINGhimS3lf)She stronk. (By @GregGear)The Original Contest Drawing (Who thought it was a good idea to draw the text as well? Me.)