ProlongBy:

Prolong
By: Kohan

Usagi Tsukino, age 16, blonde hair, blue eyes, sat in the Tokyo Physical Hospital and waited for her doctor, Dr. Joushi. She had been sitting there for the last 30 minutes, waiting, holding her mother's hand. When she'd gotten the call, she immediately thought it was something silly, like she had the flu, but they could just tell her that over the phone, couldn't they? The door to the office opened, and Dr. Joushi came in. He was a young doctor, his brown hair was always in a nice part, and he kept his face clean shaven. His face, usually always in a smile, was now sad, and it looked grayer somehow. He sat down and put down the file on his desk, he took his glasses off and ran his hands over his face.
"I have some bad news," He said to Usagi and her parents.
"What is it, doctor?" Usagi's mother asked, she sits forward on her seat, still holding her daughters hand.
"We found something, in Usagi's blood...we think it might be cancer,"
"Cancer?" Usagi's father said, "What kind of cancer?" He looked at Usagi, her face was unreadable. She had cancer? How could this of happened.
"Leukemia, we've sent her blood tests to the other hospital here in Tokyo, for a second opinion."
"But...I can't have cancer..." Usagi squeaked out, "I can't..."
"There are other signs, of course. Flu-like symptoms, bleeding for a long time, not being able to make the blood clot...have you had those? I know when you came in here, you thought you had the flu,"
"Yes...when I brush my teeth, my gums bleed for no reason, and I have bruises on my legs...I don't usually get bruises."
"We should be getting the results back from the other hospital any time now, if you would like to wait in the waiting room, we will give you them when they arrive."
"What if they are positive?"
"Then we need to start you on radiation immediately, and send out an application for a bone marrow donor." Dr. Joushi said, and started to get up, Usagi grabbed his hand, and looked into his eyes.
"What if the radiation doesn't work? How long will I have to live."
"If we would have caught it sooner, you might have had a better chance--"
"How long Doctor?"
"Three months." He walked out, Usagi sat back down. Three months? That was barely enough time to do anything...she was going to die in three months? Her mother was crying now, and her father was rubbing her back. Usagi got up quickly, she wasn't going to let this rule her life, she was going to pull through this...she was.

Usagi and her parents had sat in the waiting room for one hour until the results from the other hospital had come back, they were positive, she had leukemia. Dr. Joushi suggested that they move her to the cancer research center right away. She agreed, and they left, walking home so she could call her friends and pack her things. They walked home in silence, her mother softly crying to herself. Usagi bumped into someone, causing her to back up in shock. She was looking at a teenage Chinese boy. He scowled at her and stood there for a few moments, taking her in. He looked at her mother and father who had stopped, and took them in. Realizing where they had come from, his scowl softened a bit and he bent down to pick up Usagi's report which she had dropped.
"Gomen, I wasn't watching where I was walking." He handed her the report.
"Arigato, my name is Usagi Tsukino...it's a pleasure to meet you."
"Wufei Chang." The boy said, then: "Sayonara," And walked off.