This is about a lazy baseball player, Tarou, and a serious baseball player, Takami who wants to make it to the top. They cross paths on a bus that crashes. Takami dies, but Tarou lives on. Tarou visits Takami's grave and sees his ghost who tells Tarou to take him to the Koshien and fulfill his dream. (Source: MU) Included one-shots: Volume 1: Usagi to Kame to Strike Volume 2: Cross Beat Volume 3: Live Alive: Hajimari no Uta (Live Alive: Song to Begin)