Michiru rushed into the hospital. Jeriko had called to say that Haruka had an accident on the racetrack and was in the hospital. Sonoko followed close behind.

They went to the main desk.

"Haruka, Tenou Haruka!" Michiru gasped, "Where is she?"

"She is in the ISU ma'am and you are not allowed..." Michiru and Sonoko were gone before anything furthur could be said.

Down the hallway by the ISU they saw a whole bunch of people. Koruko and an elderly looking woman were standing together. There was also the blue haired girl that Michiru had met at Haruka's house, Ami. Jeriko stood in one corner. Sonoko ran to him.

"How did it happen?"

"She was just driving around for a while and then all of the sudden there was a crash." Jeriko was obviously shaken.

"How is she now?" Michiru asked scared of the answer. Koruko moved forward with the elderly woman.

"I am Haruka's family doctor, Mizuno Hiwasha," Dr. Mizuno said, "Now please sit down first, this is no place to talk." They all went to a waiting room nearby. It was empty. Michiru sat down, on each of her side were Jeriko and Sonoko, all three of them were holding hands. Koruko watched the three tremble, Michiru from worry of Haruka, Sonoko from the worry of Michiru and Jeriko, and Jeriko in shock at witnessing the accident.

"Now she is still alive, but in very critical condition," Dr. Mizuno explained. Koruko sat down next to Ami.

"She had severe head injuries and she is in a coma. There head been swelling in her head and they fixed it, but if she doesn't wake up in 24 hours she will die." Michiru gasped and tears started. Koruko warched in total amazement as the woman who had been pushed away so cruelly cried her heart out for Haruka.

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They were all allowed 10-minute visits every 20 minutes. Michiru got to visit the most since she was in the worst condition. Dr. Mizuno had said Haruka still might be able to hear them, so they must only talk of positive things. Michiru cried by Haruka.

"You are gonna wake up, I know you are," Michiru whispered, "You are so stubborn, god, you will wake up. I love you so much, so you better wake up, you hear?" The only comfort Michiru had was the heartbeat of the blond on the monitor. Each time she walked into the room she found comfort in the monotone beep beep of the machine, indicating that Haruka was still alive.

"Michiru go down and get something to eat," Sonoko urged her.

"No," Michiru watched Haruka through a window, "She might wake up. I want to be here when she wakes up. Even if she doesn't want to see me, I still want to see her one last time."

Sonoko noticed how Michiru kept saying "when" she wakes up and not "if" she wakes up. She knew that if Haruka didn't wake up Michiru would be broken for the third time.

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It had been almost 20 hours. Michiru was in there talking to Haruka.

"20 hours." She said looking at the beeping monitor, "Why are you doing this to me, just wake up!" At her last outburst she saw something she didn't want to see. The heartbeat slowed down.

"No!" she yelled, "Docotor, Sonoko, Jeriko come quick something's wrong!" Suddenly there was rushing as people piled in.

"She's going into arrest!" someone yelled.

And then suddenly the line went straight and the beeping turned into one endless beep. The doctors were barking orders but Michiru didn't hear anything but the endless beep. The heart had stopped. Michiru fell back into Sonoko's arms, feeling as if her own heart had stopped.

"No, Harukaaaaa!!" she yelled in tears of frustration as Sonoko and Jeriko held her back from running to the lifeless blond.

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A/N: Ahem. Tune in for the next chapter when Haruka's ghost haunts Michiru! Just kidding. There is one or maybe two more chapters left and then it's done!