Akane, Be Okay! Ch.2
It was already after school hours. Akane sat on the infirmary bed, looking sickly out the open window. Ranma sat across from her, yelling.
"What is with you!? Why wouldn't you tell me you weren't feeling good!"
"Why should I have told you?! You wouldn't care anyway."
Ranma was tooken aback by Akanes cold comment. He looked at her, bewildered. Ranma went around the bed to face Akane. He placed both his hands down on the bed with force and, Akane, in fear edged away from Ranma.
"Who do you think brought you here? Huh!?"
Ranma jumped out the open window. Akane shakily got up to her feet, and saw Ranma running away torwards the school gate.
"Wait, Ranma..."
Akane sighed, and slumped back onto her bed. I say the worst things at the worst moments... don't I Akane?
At that moment the nurse opened Akane's separative curtain.
"Unfortunately, Akane, we're going to have to transfer you to the hospital.
Akanes heart stopped.
"The, h-hospital!?"
"Yes. We can't diagnose your sickness, so we are required to send you there. Don't be worried Akane, we will figure this out."
Akane stared at the nurse blankly, trying to reason different options.
"Can't I see Dr. Tofu? In fact, I want to see him!"
The nurse sighed, and gave a weary response.
"He is a town doctor, we are required by law to send you to the hospital. We have already contacted your father, and an ambulance will be downstairs for you, so please get ready, okay?"
Akane had no words. An ambulance? How serious is this?
She numbly nodded her head in acceptance, stood up, and began to walk to the stairs. Many classmates came out to wish her health, but all she could think of was what was wrong with her.
She opened the front door, and outside was a stretcher and a clean white ambulance. A crowd had gathered to see what was the commotion. The moment Akane stepped into view, the crowd murmured, and a few heads went down in sympathy. I'm fine was what Akane wanted to say, but when she was told to get into the stretcher and a fluid feed and air mask was put onto her, panic began to rise.
"What is this?" Akane demanded. A woman paramedic answered her.
"We're afraid you have a, um, quite strange sickness. Just trust us, you will be fine as long as you cooperate with us."
"WHAT?!" Akane yelled.
The nurse was outside the ambulance, looking sympathetically at her. She lied to me... Akane thought. The ambulance started, and the sirens wailed sharply.
All of a sudden Akane's eye lids became very heavy, and everything became slow motion. She was screaming inside but nothing came out. All she saw were paramedics frantically yelling and attaching more wires to her arms. Then everything went blurry, then black.
Ranma sat in the living room of the Tendo house watching T.V, loudly snacking on some chips. He was disturbed by a frantic Mr. Tendo and , and a distraught Nabiki and Kasumi.
"What now," Ranma said, rolling his eyes.
"Akanes in the hospital!" Mr. Saotome said.
"My baby girl!" Mr. Tendo exclaimed, pointing at himself. Tears streamed down his face.
Ranma froze. Akane... in the h-hospital?
"Are you sure?" Ranma said. He didn't want to believe it.
"I'm more than sure boy!" Mr. Saotome yelled. He was opening the door for the others.
Ranma jumped to his feet. He dashed out the door after the others. He soon caught up to them, and passed them. He ran faster than ever before. No... Akane you better be joking you stupid baka...
Ranma skidded into the hospital waiting room, and went straight to the desk clerk.
"I, I need..." Ranma took a deep breath; he was panting from running so hard with no break, "I need Akane."
The clerk directed him to a room in the special care unit, room 125 to be exact. Ranma felt tears welling up in his eyes. She's in the special care unit? He ran through the hospital franticly.
Ranma reached room 125, and carefully opened the door. He was scared to see what was behind it. Was Akane disfigured? Did she get her arm amputated? No. He was surprised (and relieved)-Akane was lying in a bed, motionless. Her face was placid, and tired.
A doctor appeared from a small entrance on the side of the room, and greeted Ranma. The doctor was most likely a French man. His hair was a dirty blond, and his voice had a faint accent.
"Hello, I'm Dr. Baudoin, nice to meet you. I presume your Ranma?"
Ranma looked at him in surprise.
"How did you know my name?"
Dr. Baudoin chuckled.
"Akane was saying your name. I'm guessing you're her lover, no?"
Ranma blushed.
"W-what!? N-no we're not lovers uh-uh no way," Ranma said urgently. Dr. Baudoin simply chuckled.
"So, um when will she wake-up?" Ranma asked.
Dr. Baudoin looked at him, then at Akane.
"Well, she is in a coma, so I am not sure."
Ranma's heart skipped a beat.
"A-a coma?" To Be Continued!