Well, this is the last chapter of this story

Well, this is the last chapter of this story. Hope you liked it. Enjoy.

Rollerball

Episode 5

Taiyo High School Versus Justice High School

Kyosuke walked through the long hallways of the hospital. He stopped at Sakura's room and entered quietly. Hinata and Natsu were already in the room, both sitting next to the sleeping Sakura. Bandages, wires and tubes covered parts of Sakura's body. Kyosuke couldn't believe what he was seeing. He knelt down to his beauty and took her hand and kissed it. A single tear dropped onto Sakura's hand. Hinata and Natsu approached Kyosuke to give him comfort. But suddenly Kyoko entered the room. Kyosuke turned around and began to stare at Kyoko for a few silent seconds.

"Kyosuke…." Said Kyoko.

"How could you……..HOW YOU KILL HER!!!!!!!" Kyosuke sprang up and was about to attack Kyoko, but was stopped as Natsu and Hinata held him.

"Kyosuke, don't! Miss Minazuki helped us save Sakura! " cried Hinata as Kyosuke struggled to break free out of her and Natsu's grip.

"If it weren't for her, Sakura probably could have died now! You gotta believe us!" said Natsu. Kyosuke eventually calmed down and Kyoko gave him a seat.

"She's a real trooper." Said Kyoko, "If I didn't come here sooner, she'd be gone by now. She's very lucky to be alive." Kyosuke feel silent. Kyoko gave a sigh, "I'm sorry, Kyosuke. I'm sorry I hurt the girl you truly and deeply love. I realize how you feel. And I'll make it up to you."

"What do you mean?" said Kyosuke.

"Sakura has to stay in hospital for a few weeks. Someone has to take care of her. And that someone is me." Said Kyoko, "I have to stay here and look after her."

"But, Miss Minazuki, what about the finals next week? You can't miss that." said Natsu.

"To hell with Rollerball! I'd rather take care of Sakura rather than play in that stupid game and witness innocent people getting hurt or even killed." Said Kyoko.

"What about Mr. Shinazu? What will he say when he hears you're not going to play?" said Hinata.

"Don't worry." Said Kyoko, "I've already spoken to him."

*Flashback*

Justice High School……..

"Hideo, I'm not going to play." Said Kyoko sternly.

"WHAT?!?!?! We're just one step away from getting that trophy, Kyoko. This is our biggest chance of fame and fortune! Don't look away now!" said Hideo. Kyoko crossed her arms and gave an angry look at Hideo.

"Is that all you care about, Hideo?! HUH?!?!?!?!? This Rollerball game?! There's a girl in hospital who needs MY help! I started her mess, and I'm going to finish it! No matter what the cost!" said Kyoko. Her eyes began to turn red.

"But Kyoko……" said Hideo.

"I'm sorry, Hideo, but this girl's life is far more important than my pride out in that Rollerball stadium. Please understand. She may die if I leave her. I must protect and take care of her." Said Kyoko softly.

"I…….I can see how you feel, Kyoko." Kyoko began to cry, "You have my sympathies. If you feel that you want to take care of Sakura, then do so. I don't want to force you around."

"Really?" said Kyoko. Hideo smiled and nodded. Tears began to come out of his eyes.

"I don't want to see you sad, Kyoko. I see how much this girls means to you. You know, to be truly honest, I really do care about winning this Rollerball game. But the most inportant thing I care about is not losing you." Said Hideo.

"Oh, Hideo." Kyoko said as she hugged Hideo, wrapping her arms round him. Hideo hugged her back and kissed her on the cheek.

*End of flashback*

Kyosuke kissed Sakura's hair as he put the cherry blossom he gave her weeks ago in her hand and closed it slowly.

"Sleep, my angel. Rest and I'll be back for you." He said.

"Thank you for all your support, Miss Minazuki." Said Kyosuke.

"Sakura will be in good hands, Kyosuke. Good luck and God speed." Said Kyoko as she winked. With that said, Kyosuke, Hinata and Natsu left the room.

One week later…….

"Good evening and welcome to one of tonight's most punishing games! Tonight, there will be NO penalties and absolutely NO substitutions! Folks, if you saw last time's game, you ain't seen nothing yet!" said the game host.

The Rollerball stadium was completely filled with cheering and roaring audience. Not a single seat was empty for tonight's final game. Everyone from Gorin, Pacific, Gedo and Tamagawa High School were there. While high above Hyo sat there in his chair grinning, with his hands tight together.

"Huh, huh. Today's the day, Principle. It looks like Taiyo's going to get a massive slaughtering tonight! Er…..no offense to your son, that is." Said Hyo. Raizo sat in his chair silently. He was still concerned about his son Batsu. Indeed, he wanted his team to win, but it could very likely cost his son's life. And even if Batsui did survive and Raizo's school won the game, how would he feel about his son losing? Decisions decisions, "What's wrong, Principle Raizo?" Raizo didn't answer, but Hyo obviously knew what was wrong, "Oh, don't worry about your son. I'm sure he'll be fine out there. He's a strong boy. He can take care himself. He'll survive for sure……… Anyway, look on the other side, we'll be the most famous school in Japan! Think about it!" Raizo remained silent and calm, "Oh, look! They're here!" Hyo sprung from his seat to see the Justice High School Rollerball players come into the ring along with the Taiyo High School Rollerball players. Hyo inhaled the air in the room and smiled, "Ah, yes. The smell of pure victory. Taiyo doesn't have a chance of winning. We…….are……invincible." Hyo began to let out a small laugh, "Look at them. Just look at them. They look beautiful, strong and determined!" said Hyo, "I'm really going to enjoy this game." Hyo made his way back to his seat when Principle Raizo got up to announce the school anthems.

Kyosuke stared at Justice High School. All that went into his mind was anger and rage. He'd never forgive them for what they did to Sakura. Hinata tried to calm him down a little as she was standing next to him. Kyosuke just ignored her.

Ran looked sideways into the crowd and saw Nagare looking at her. The two stared at each other eyes for what seemed like a long while, but actually it only lasted a few seconds. Ran finally smiled at Nagare and winked at him, telling him that she'd be okay. Nagare's worries about Ran soon vanished.

"Go get them, my angel." He said.

Next to Nagare sat Shoma, Natsu and Roberto. Natsu looked atr Hinata and hoped that she'd be okay after this game was finished.

"Well, this is it." Said Shoma. Natsu and Roberto sat on opposite sides of Shoma. His brother Shuichi sat one row above him.

"Do you think Taiyo will win, Natsu?" said Roberto.

"Time will tell, Roberto. Time will tell. Let's just pray that nobody gets hurt." Said Natsu.

In another area of the stadium Roy, Tiffany and Boman sat together, all were concerned of Taiyo school's fate.

"Man, look at Batsu, he looks pretty mean out there." Said Roy, "I hope he doesn't get killed."

"Huh, look at Kyosuke. He looks all fired up to the looks of me." Said Boman.

"Roy." Said Tiffany.

"Yes?" said Roy as he slipped his arm round Tiffany.

"If anything happens, and I mean, if anyone get killed in this game, I want to close my eyes. I just can't stand seeing these things happening." Said Tiffany in a somber tone.

"Don't worry, Tiffany." Said Roy, "If anything bad happens and if you really feel scared, just hold onto me, okay?"

"Alright." Said Tiffany as she gave a smile.

Edge, Akira, Gan and Daigo were sitting opposite to where the Roy, Tiffany and Boman were.

"GO TAIYO!!!!!" shouted Edge.

"Edge, be quiet. They're playing the school anthems." Said Akira.

"Sorry, I just HATE Justice High School." Said Edge, "You must feel the same after what they did to you."

"Well, I guess so." Said Akira.

"Of course you do!" said Gan, "Taiyo better kick their ass!"

"What about you, Daigo?" said Akira.

"God help us." Said Daigo quietly.

Taya and her friends from Tamagawa were there too. Their minds were more focused on Sakura rather than the game. Taya especially. She only hoped that at least her good friends out there would not die.

"Good luck, Kyosuke." Taya said.

Hayato watched his players out in the ring standing still. He too feared that Taiyo would suffer heavy casualties. But nonetheless that didn't stop him from trying to win the Rollerball trophy. Sweat produced all over his head. He kissed his hand and made the sign of the cross.

"You can do it, guys. I know you can." Said Hayato.

"This is the final one, people. Make me proud and don't give up, no matter what the cost." Said Hideo to his players. He felt like he was already victorious. He had picked his most best players in his team, they felt unstoppable. But he always thought of Kyoko as well.

The school anthems stopped and the game was coming to a start.

"Let the game's begin." Said Raizo in a calm tone. The ball was shot and the game commenced.

"Game changes for tonight's game. No penalties. And no substitutions." Said the game host.

Hopes looked high at first when the Taiyo player Yuji picked up the ball first. And at that first instant he was immediately killed when he was rammed violently by a Justice motorbike. As a result he flew up high in the air and smashed through the glass window near the crowd. Taiyo: 11 people Justice: 12 people.

Minutes later…….

"HINATA!!!!!!" Natsu cried as Hinata was tripped up and spiked on the arm by a Justice biker. She collapsed to the ground still conscious fortunately. Another Justice biker was approaching her direction, just about to run her over. Hinata, with one last source of energy, rolled sideways and avoided getting crushed. Batsu saw everything and when he saw the paramedics take her away Hinata raised her thumb up and smiled.

"Don't worry, Batsu! I'll be okay!" said Hinata.

Taiyo: 10 Justice: 12

Minutes later…….

Taiyo: 6 Justice: 10

"Keep going, people!" shouted Hideo. Nobody had scored yet. Everyone was starting to freak out.

"Kyosuke! Over here!" cried Ran who was skating to Kyosuke's left. Kyosuke was about to throw the ball to her when suddenly a Justice player spiked her on her shoulder, "AAAAA!!!!!!!" she cried as she fell back. Nagare quickly stood up and saw what happened. He saw that Ran could not play anymore due to the injury. The paramedics took her out of the ring and into the center. Nagare sat back down as Shoma tried to calm him down and tell him that Ran would be fine.

Taiyo: 5 Justice: 10

Minutes later…….

Taiyo: 3 Justice: 8

"Huh, huh, huh, huh, huh. Looks like Taiyo's losing by a long shot!" said Hyo.

"I'm afraid so." Said Raizo.

"What do you mean afraid so?" said Hyo, "Don't you want Justice to win? Hmmm? I hope so, Principle. Because we're going to be famous, like I said!"

No score had been made yet. It remained 0-0.

"C'MON! TAIYO!" cried Shuichi.

"YOU CAN DO IT!" said Mari, the soccer coach of Gorin High School.

"YOU CAN STILL MAKE IT!" shouted Iincho, a good friend of Hinata's in Taiyo High School.

"DO IT FOR ALL OF US!" said Kohtaro, the volleyball coach of Gorin High School.

"KICK THE SHIT OUT OF THEM, TAIYO!" said Kinzan, the wrestling teacher in Pacific High School.

"GO, TAIYO, GO!" said Jayuri, the drama teacher in Taiyo.

"GET THEM, TAIYO!" cried Kozue, the art teacher in Justice High School.

"SHOW THEM WHAT YOU'RE MADE OF!" said Hyoe, the chemistry teacher in Justice High School.

Everyone in the crowd joined in supporting Taiyo.

"Hmmm, what this?" said Hyo, "It looks like everyone's going for Taiyo. Even our fellow Justice teachers and pupils. This is very interesting. But what does it matter? Justice will still win. Isn't that right, Principle Raizo?"

"I guess so." Said Raizo regretfully.

Kyosuke held the ball and was reaching for the goal when five Justice players ganged up at the goal to form a wall.

"GO KYOSUKE!" cried Ran.

"SCORE FOR US!" shouted Hinata.

The entire crowd began to shout Kyosuke's name. Kyosuke rammed right into the five players, already killing three of them by spiking them with his fists. Kyosuke got up and skated for the goal. But the two remaining Justice players got up at the time Kyosuke did and they held his arms. Kyosuke fought back knocking them both in the face with his fists again. The crowd went wild as Justice lost five players in just ten seconds. Hyo gasped when he saw this.

"YOWZA!!!!! Look at him go!" said Edge.

"Oh my God." Said Tiffany.

"Nobody could survive that." Said Boman.

"Go, Kyosuke!" shouted Roy.

"SCORE!!!!!!" shouted Hayato.

"This one's for you, Sakura." Said Kyosuke with one last breath.

"No!" Hyo said. And just about when the wounded Kyosuke was to score, a Justice biker drove up to him from behind and spiked him on his back.

"UUNNNHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!" Kyosuke dropped the ball and collapsed in pain. The entire crowd began to boo and hiss at the Justice biker. Many of them struck on the glass vigorously in complete anger.

"KYOSUKE!" cried Taya. Hinata and Ram were just speechless. All the other injured Taiyo players in the center began to swear at the Justice biker. While the injured Justice players cheered and clapped.

"Phew!" said Hyo wiping the sweat off his face and forehead, "That was too close." Hyo's smile dimmed when he saw the chart showing the remaining players in the ring:

Taiyo: 2 Justice: 3

Kyosuke was found to be alive and okay when he was taken to the center of the ring. Hayato, Hinata, Ran and the other surviving Taiyo players congratulated Kyosuke in his most courageous attempt to score.

The score was 0-0.

Minutes later…….

Rika possessed the ball as a Justice biker drove opposite by her. They drove a few laps round the ring struggling until the Justice biker drove off as another Justice biker was driving in their direction and accidentally crashed with Rika.

BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The bikes exploded into large flames as the two bikers fell to the ground with a crash. And it was obvious that they were now dead.

Taiyo: 1 Justice: 2

The score was 0-0.

The crowd was completely silent. All the shouting and cheering and booing and hissing had all vanished. It was all quiet. Even Hyo sat silently. There was Hideo and a Justice biker with him. And on Taiyo's team there only remained the captain: Batsu Ichimonji.

Batsu went to the goal to prevent the Justice biker to reach the goal because he was the one who had the ball. Hideo stuck with him. The two stopped when they were opposite Batsu. For a few seconds they whispered silently to each other. Then all of a sudden the biker accelerated to its maximum speed and drove right for the goal and right at Batsu.

"BATSU!!!" Hinata cried. Batsu jumped in the air as the biker was just a few inches away from him and literally grabbed onto him, making the biker fall off his motorbike. Batsu violently and brutally spiked the biker in the eyes and head, killing him instantly. Batsu got up and paused for a few silent seconds as the crowd watched him speechlessly. Batsu came back to his sense and picked up the ball from the dead biker's hand. But as he got up Hideo skated right up behind him roaring loudly as he lunged onto Batsu. The two fell to the ground and a struggle occurred. Hyo watched in shock. The others were even more shocked, especially Raizo. Batsu's life was hanging by a thread. He looked very injured but also looked very determined to win. The struggle ended when Batsu spiked Hideo on his right arm.

"Ghn….." Hideo fell to the ground. Batsu knelt down to him and was about strike him in the face with the ball in extreme anger and rage. But something in the center of the ring told him that this was not the answer. Batsu looked Hinata and saw her sad face. Batsu put down his arm stared at Hideo's feared face. Batsu truly did not want to do this. Batsu got up and slowly limped to the goal as Hideo watched helplessly on the ground.

Hyo was now in complete shock and fear. He got up from his chair and glued himself onto the glass window to see Batsu slowly heading for the goal.

"Don't do it, Batsu." Said Hyo.

Batsu leaned onto the goal when he reached it the goal and threw the ball into the hole, making the final score of the game 1-0. Still there was silence in the stadium. Hyo was now speechless as his face turned pale. Batsu took off his helmet and threw it to the ground and stared at the entire crowd. He then took off and skated around the ring.

"Batsu. Batsu. Batsu. Batsu. Batsu." Roy started saying his name with increasing volume. It wasn't long before everyone in the stadium joined him. First Boman, Tiffany and all of Pacific joined in, then Edge, Akira, Gan and Daigo and all of Gedo, then Shoma, Natsu, Roberto, Nagare and all of Gorin, then Taya and all of Tamagawa, then even all of Justice, then Hayato and finally Hinata, Ran, Kyosuke and all of Taiyo. Soon everyone was shouting Batsu's name with all their might as Batsu continuously skated round the ring.

"NO!!!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!! DON'T SHOUT FOR HIM!!!!!!!" cried Hyo, "PRINCIPLE!"

"BATSU! BATSU BATSU!" Raizo sprung from his chair flipping it over and shouting out his son's name as loudly as he could in triumph and happiness.

"BATSU! BATSU! BATSU!" shouted Gorin.

"BATSU! BATSU! BATSU!" shouted Pacific.

"BATSU! BATSU! BATSU!" shouted Gedo.

"BATSU! BATSU! BATSU!" shouted Tamagawa.

"BATSU! BATSU! BATSU!" shouted Justice.

"BATSU! BATSU! BATSU!" shouted Taiyo.

"BATSU! BATSU BATSU!" shouted the rest of the crowd.

Hinata took off her helmet and skated out into the ring. She skated up to Batsu and the two of them hugged as hard as they could with smiling faces and in extreme joy and victory. Batsu then swung Hinata round and round and the two laughed as the crowd went wilder.

Taiyo High School indeed were the Rollerball Champions.

THE END

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I may do the sequel on this (once I see the remake of Rollerball).