Kouhais in Distress 2: Ginka's Return

Chapter 8: The Death of Two Knights

"Tezuka!" exclaimed Oishi. "Where's Echizen and the others?"

The three were out of sight, not because they left the stadium. They were lying on the floor, struggling for air. They felt that thousand of needles were puncturing every bit of their flesh up to their bones. It was worse than the electricity, it was like they're experiencing hell. Oh how they wished they to die right now.

Yagyuu, Atobe and Sengoku approached their opponents as they watched them being tormented. The three were screaming because of the pain. They can tell it was unbearable. Ryoma was twisting and turning on the floor, he was almost crying, but Atobe can tell he's holding back his tears so his senpai would not worry so much.

"I-…It hurts!" Momo exclaimed trying to remove the wristwatch. "Dammit!"

"Wa-wait…" said Sengoku. "What do I do?!! What do I do?!!!"

"Calm down," said Yagyuu. "Panicking won't help."

The three's bodies were starting to feel numb. The poison was very strong, it was effecting already.

Ryoma's vision was starting to blur. It was all foggy, his last sight was Tezuka and the other teams were approaching them with worried faces, until he fell into darkness.

"Tezuka!" said Atobe. "We need to get them to the hospital, quick!!"

"Call an ambulance!!" Tezuka commanded to a non Ginka servant, carrying Ryoma to his arms.

"Ha-hai" he replied.

Yagyuu was about to help Kaidoh up with Kawamura and Oishi, until he heard the young viper mumbling something.

"We-…we've won…." said Kaidoh, looking faintly at him. "We…..we… deserve …to..be cham…champion."

Yagyuu's eyes then softened inside his glasses. He looked at his opponent who just beat him and said.

"Yes, you do, you did your best. You all deserve to be champions."

Kaidoh then smirked. He closed his eyes but he's still awake.

Momo did the same after glancing at his rival.

After less than seven minutes, ambulances then came. They all put their kohai to each one quickly, with their hearts pounding like crazy.

"Wait nya!" said Eiji about to ride the ambulance. "How about Inui and Rikkaidai, nya?"

"We will handle them." Said Atobe, heading to the control room. "They'll pay."


"Emergency!" a nurse shouted. "Get out of the way!!!"

The three was then entered to the emergency rooms leaving their rival teams and teammates to the waiting room.

Nurses and doctors were going in and out of the room. It was making the Seigaku regulars nervous.

After ten minutes, a doctor then came out with a very difficult expression in his face seeing the regulars.

"I need at least two representatives inside." He said.

Seigaku regulars then looked to each other, then Oishi and Tezuka stood up, following the doctor to the room where their kohai was waiting.

"How are they doing?" questioned Tezuka.

"I'm afraid the poison was very rare and strong." He said looking at the three. "There's an antidote…but."

"But what?" Oishi questioned.

"It is appropriate for just one person."

"One person."

"What?!!!" Oishi exclaimed.

"There must be more antidotes." Said Tezuka.

"Yes, we already ordered, it will be here in an hour."

"That's a relief." Said Oishi.

"The problem is…." Said the doctor, looking down.

"They have only thirty minutes left."

"Tha-that can't be.." said Oishi, taking few steps backward with his watery eyes wide open.

Tezuka's eyes shown fear, trying to calm Oishi down, he then said.

"So you called us here for…" he said, sounding as calm as possible.

"Yes," said the doctor. "You have to choose."


"Do you think they'll survive, Fuji nya?" asked Eiji.

"Let's think positive," the tensai replied. "They'll make it."

"Yes, they'll make it," said Kirihara. "I still want a match from those three."


"What do you mean choose?!!!" Oishi exclaimed, grabbing the doctor's collar. "If we did that, the other two will die!!!!"

The doctor just looked down despite of Oishi's disrespect.

"I'm very sorry sir." He replied. "There's no other way."

Oishi then released the doctor, looking down.

"It…can't be…" he said. "They were fine minutes ago…."

"Why the hell are they lying on the hospital! They…they'll replace us after graduation!

I hate this! This couldn't be happening! I-I ….those stupid Ginka ! They should be the ones dying, not them!!! This is all a bad dream! This can't be…. This can't be! I won't accept this! It's just…it's just not fair!!!!" he exclaimed.

Tezuka approached Oishi, putting a hand on his shoulder, trying to calm him down.

"No, Oishi," said Tezuka. "This is not a dream. We must learn to accept that."

"Heh…" a voice said. "I never knew…. you're good at shouting Oishi senpai."

"Fssssssssshhhhuuu" said another. "For…once I agree with him."

Those two voices caught their attention. Shifting their gaze to the two, they then approached them kneeling at their side.

Oishi tried to stop his tears, but it just wouldn't budge. His tears were flowing on his face while facing Momo and Kaidoh, together with Tezuka.

"You're awake." Said Tezuka.

"Aa." Said Oishi, wiping his tears away.

"Where's Echizen?" the two questioned.

"He's over there, asleep, at the corner." Said the doctor.

"We heard everything," said Momo. "Everything."

The two third years then looked down upon hearing those words.

"Give it to Echizen." The two rivals said in unison.

"Give what?" asked Oishi with a gentle voice.

"Don't act stupid senpai," said Kaidoh. "Fssshhhuu, the antidote."

"But-…" said Oishi.

Tezuka just stood.

"Give it now!!!"

"Ha-hai." The doctor replied, injecting Ryoma a translucent liquid.

"Five minutes left huh?" said Momo. "I'm not going to die before you, mamushi!"

"Fsshhhuu.." said Kaidoh. "Bring it on."

Then the moment was over. After a few minutes, the two started to tremble slightly, coughing blood to their white blankets, staining it red, the two then started panting heavily. The heart-monitor was accompanying their twist and turns, as they struggle for their life. The poison was making it through their hearts, letting them feel they were being ripped inside out.

Oishi's eyes widened in fear, holding his kohai, he shouted to the doctor.

"Can't you do something?!!!"

"I'm sorry…." Said the doctor. "I'm sorry."

"No…"

The two were coughing violently. They were facing their death in their faces.

After those agonizing moments, their fight has ended. The two then calmed down after a few minutes, and the heart monitor then produced a never ending monotone to Tezuka and Oishi's Ears.

"I'm…..sorry…Hazue," thought Kaidoh in his last minutes. "I broke my promise…"

"I'm sorry….."

"It's a tie…."

End of Chapter.