Disclaimer: I do not own Prince of Tennis and any of the characters. All of the characters belong to Takeshi Konomi Sensei.
Pairings: OT5
A/N: Just want to inform the reader that this story has no whatsoever connection with the manga or anime plotline. So, it is an AU fic. So, there might be very little OOC in some part. Please bear with me. Furthermore, the rating goes up to K+ because of the slight violence in the last chapter. I totally forgot about the rating, as I was too absorbed into typing that scene.
Review reply:
DemonGirl13…I really love you reaction. Makes me want to torture the reader even more.
Suicidal-sinner…wahahaha!! I love leaving it like that. (evil cackle)
tUrNtOfAcEtHiSwAy…I'm always mean. Wakakaka!
TeNsHi No ToIkI…their suffering starts now. Enjoy the torture while you can.
-Hime-of-the-Shadow… (starts building hate proof shelter) XD
To whomever that reviewed, thanks a lot. Here's another chapter dedicated for you all.
To the story then…
Chapter 4
The OT4 turned their head to the bed's direction and saw their youngest lover eyes flutter open. They quickly stood up and race to Ryoma's bedside. Yukimura was already there when they reached him. Meanwhile, Haruto ran outside to inform the doctors about Ryoma's awakening.
"Ryoma", Yukimura called out. Ryoma turned his head to the right where the source of the voice came from. He opened his mouth to speak but no sound came out. His throat felt so dry.
He mouthed the word 'water' and getting the message; Yukimura brought a glass of water for him. Tezuka helped Ryoma up so that he can drink some water. The disagreement was left forgotten.
Ryoma drank the water greedily causing him to choke. "Slow down, Ryoma", Sanada said from where he was standing which was beside Yukimura.
"Domo", croaked Ryoma after he had emptied the glass of water. Yukimura put the empty glass away and sat down on the chair.
"Ryoma, thank god you are awake", Fuji said with tears in his eyes. Ryoma cocked his head to where to sound came from with a questioning look on his face. The next thing he said caused everyone's heart sank.
"Anou…it's so dark in here. Can you please turn on the lights?" Their mind went blank when he uttered the sentence and silence reign the room. Ryoma broke the silence by asking the same question but there were no respond.
"Ryo-Ryoma, the lights are on", said Yukimura finally. The door opened and Haruto came in with the doctors and nurses. One of the nurses asked them out and they obeyed obediently.
After what feel like eternity but it was only a few minutes, the doctors came out and the five of them bombarded them with questions. One of the doctors held up his hands asking them to stop the questions so that he can answer them.
"Why can't he see?" Sanada asked.
"During the accident, some of the glass shards went into his eyes but that wasn't the cause for his blindness. The main cause was the blood clot in his brain", doctor no.1 said.
"Can it be cured?" Tezuka asked carefully.
"Yes". Everyone sighed, relieved. "The only cure was to remove the blood clot that we failed to remove when he was admitted".
"However, the chances of success are very low because the blood clot has been there for 2 years. We don't know how far the blood clot had affected his left brain", doctor no 2 said.
Yukimura took a step back and hit his back on the wall. 'No. It can't be. At this rate, Ryoma would never accept the operation'.
"Why didn't you all removed it last time!?" shouted Atobe as he punched the wall. Sanada walked towards him to calm him down.
"We wanted to but we have no idea what the effect of the operation will do to him if we did it when he was in a comatose state".
There was silence until the first doctor spoke again. "There is something that all of you should be warned". Everyone stared at him hoping that it won't be anymore bad news.
"His emotions are slightly emotional right now because of the loss of his eyesight. We managed to calm him down so he is sleeping right now. Hopefully, he will be alright when he woke up".
"Besides that, there is something that we need to tell you also", said the no 3 doctor
What is it?" asked Atobe.
"He lost some of his memories".
"Wh-what do you mean by some?" Haruto asked bravely.
"He has no idea who the four of you were. The people he remembered was Yukimura-san, Haruto-san and of course his family. We deduced that it might the way his mind to seal off the memories that might hurt him. The memory loss might be temporary or it might be permanent".
The four of them felt a stabbed in their heart. Now they know how it felt to be betrayed by their love ones. When they got together, they had made a promise to each other and that was not to forget each other.
"Se-seal o-off. N-no", Fuji said before fainting.
"Syuu!" Tezuka called out before catching him before he hits the floor. The news was too much for him since among the five of them, he was the one that had spent the most time with Ryoma. Between the five of them, Fuji and Ryoma has the longest relationship since they are the one that got the other 3 to join in with them making it into an OT5.
The first doctor quickly went to Fuji's side to check him. He instructed the passing nurse to bring him to the available room. Tezuka carried him bridal style and followed the nurse leaving Atobe and Sanada.
"A-arigatou", Haruto said. The doctors and nurses just nodded in acknowledgement before leaving the four of them. Yukimura opened the door and walked into Ryoma's room.
Ryoma was sleeping peacefully. For the first time in 2 years, Yukimura saw Ryoma sleeping without all the machines and he was relieved. The removal of all the machines indicates that his friend is truly back. He put his hand in his pockets and walked casually and quietly towards his friend. He finally had his smile back in his face.
Seeing the smile on Yukimura's face, Haruto smiled also. That smile was lost two years ago when Master Ryoma was involved in the accident. For two whole years, he had never seen Yukimura so happy. He had gone back to his old self.
Yukimura doesn't care whether Ryoma is blind or not. He doesn't care either Ryoma will accept the operation or not. Inside, he was really glad that his friend is back and no matter what happen in the future, he promised himself that he would always be there for his friend.
When Atobe and Sanada saw Ryoma from the doorway, they can feel their happiness, sadness, guilty and anger fighting inside them. They were happy that Ryoma was finally awake and yet sad because Ryoma cannot remember them. They feel guilty because it was they that had caused Ryoma to be blind and anger for the person responsible for getting Ryoma into an accident.
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Tezuka was sitting beside Fuji in another ward waiting for him to wake up. He was holding his right hand with his left hand while the other hand was brushing Fuji's hair subconsciously.
He really had no idea what to do if Ryoma had forgotten about them. He blamed himself for not subduing his anger 2 years ago when he found the photos. All this had happened because it was he that found the photos. He was starting to blame himself when he felt Fuji stirred.
"Syuu", Tezuka called out softly to him. Fuji opened his eyes and saw Tezuka's worried eyes.
"Mitsu. I-is it true that Ryo-chan forgot about us?" Fuji asked carefully. He was really afraid of the truth and inside him; he was wishing that all of this were just a dream.
Seeing his scared expression, Tezuka really doesn't have the heart to tell Fuji that it was true that Ryoma had forgotten about them. But inside him, he knew that he can't hide it from Fuji as the secret would be out if he met Ryoma. Not trusting himself to speak, he nodded.
Tezuka's confirmation caused Fuji to break down. Tezuka stood up and sat the bedside. He pulled Fuji up and let him cry into his chest. Inside, he knew how much Fuji cherished the memories they made together as a five some.
When Ryoma leaved them, Fuji was the one who took the longest time to recover from the depression. He was the one who will always called out Ryoma's name in the sleep and constantly had nightmares about seeing Ryoma covered in blood. It took almost a year to bring him back and also to stop the nightmares.
After a few minutes, Tezuka heard the door opened. He heard two people walking in and he knew that it was Atobe and Sanada. Both of them walked towards them and the four of them huddled together.
"Shh…it's okay, Syuu", Sanada whispered to Fuji's ears.
"Yea, it's okay. If Ryoma cannot remember us, then we just have to make him remember", Atobe said.
"The doctor said that it won't be permanent. We can bring him to where we make out happy memories. He would surely remember them".
"What if he still cannot remember?" Fuji asked.
"Then we can make new memories then. I know that some memories cannot just be replaced like that, but just this, we can make Ryoma forget about all the pain we had caused him as some memories were better not to be remembered".
"But…but…the memories that we made together were too precious to be forgotten".
"Shh…Syuu, we know that but we can't change that. If we want Ryoma to remember all the memories, then he will remember the memories where we broke our promise. I know this was a selfish act, but I really don't want Ryoma to see those betrayed eyes in Ryoma ever again", Tezuka said.
"It hurts, Mitsu. Now I know how Ryoma felt when we broke the promise. Now it was his turn to break the promise. It hurts".
"D-did we really let Ryoma felt this feeling…" Sanada whispered.
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When Ryoma woke up, his brain was processing very slow. He tried to open his eyes but his eyelids were really heavy. His body also felt heavy. He tried to move his body but it refused his command. It seems like nothing was sent to his limb even though his brain was giving command. He heard someone calling him and wished that that person would shut up and let him sleep.
He tried to go to sleep but failed. In the end, he gave up and opened his eyes. What greeted him was complete darkness. He blinked a few time and whenever he opened his eyes, only darkness will greet him.
"Ryoma, you are finally awake". Yukimura placed his book aside. Then he stood up to help Ryoma to sit up on the bed.
"Seiichi, is that you?"
"Aa".
"Can you please switch on the lights? It's so dark".
"…Ryoma…"
"Hmm?"
"…you…you are blind".
"Blind? What you mean by blind!? Just switch on the lights!" Ryoma felt his anger rising.
"…The lights are on, Ryoma. You…you are blind".
"Stop playing Seiichi! It is not funny", he hissed. He really hated this game that Yukimura was playing. His body doesn't felt tired anymore. For unknown reason, he felt his body starting to act under his command.
"…I…I'm not…not lying". Ryoma was totally shocked. He can't accept it. He grabbed the nearest thing which was the cup at the bedside table and threw it at where he thought Yukimura was standing.
Luckily, Yukimura reacted quickly enough and managed to duck it. The glass hit the wall and breaks into pieces. Ryoma then grabbed a book and threw it at the same direction but he didn't knew that Yukimura had already by his side. After he had thrown the book he held on to Ryoma's hands together.
"Calm down Ryoma". Ryoma kicked around and finally made contact with Yukimura's stomach.
Yukimura cried out in pain clutching his stomach. Ryoma finally got his hands release and grabbed the nearest available stuff to throw. He grabbed what felt like a long thing. The place he was holding was made by wood and it was quite light. When he held it, he heard a gasp.
The next thing he knew was he was fighting with Yukimura for the particular object. He heard the door opened and realised that Yukimura got distracted. He heard the person who entered the room called out Yukimura and grabbing the chance, Ryoma pull back the thing and the next thing he knew, he heard Yukimura shouted in pain. Realising that the object he was holding was a knife, he gasped.
"Yukimura-kun!!" Haruto called out when he saw Ryoma cutting him. He quickly ran to the bed and snatched the knife away. He put the knife far away from Ryoma reached.
"Oh god! No! Seiichi", Ryoma said and he felt for Yukimura's hand. When he managed touched Yukimura, he also felt not only flesh but also something that felt like liquid. He realised that it was blood since the he can smell the coppery smell of blood.
Haruto grabbed the blanket that was on the sofa and ran towards the bed. Using the blanket, he wrapped around the wound.
"Master Ryoma please pressed it here. I'll go call a doctor", Haruto said as he guided Ryoma's hand to the wound. Ryoma followed Haruto's instruction as he pressed on the wound. He heard Yukimura gasped out in pain. Haruto quickly ran out and called out for doctor's help.
To be continued…
A/N: Satisfied with the punishment I gave them. I'm evil, aren't I? Who had started to feel pity for the OT4 already? Please tell me XD okay, now the question is; where did Ryoma cut Yukimura? Fufufufu!! I'm so EVIL. See you all next time.
-Yuujirou-