Arigatou, Sakuno

After arriving at the hospital, Ryoma rushes up to find Sakuno. Standing outside the room are the regulars and Sumire, who was sitting on the chairs, hanging her head down. Seeing Ryoma standing in front of them, Fuji moves to him and places his hand on his shoulder. Ryoma look up at him.

Ryoma: Wh..What happened? Fuji-senpai? Minna? Ryuusaki-sensei?

None of them answer him. Ryoma starts to get frustrated.

Ryoma: TELL ME!!

Eiji walks towards him and pats his shoulder.

Eiji: At first, Oishi accompanied Ryuusaki-sensei to visit Ryuusaki-chan. When they came into the room, they noticed that her heartbeat has stopped. They call for the doctor and all of us to come, the doctor told us that we...we must prepare for the worst...

Momoshiro: Until now, the doctor was still inside the room...

Ryoma suddenly went weak on his legs but Fuiji and Eiji, who were beside him, manage to grab hold of him before he fell hard on his knees.

Fuji: Echizen!

Eiji: Oi, Ochibi!!

Ryoma: W..Why? Yesterday, she was still the same as usual...but now...

Momoshiro: Echizen...

Ryoma: Doushite...Doushite...??

???: Doushita no, minna? Something happened?

All of them turned around when they heard the familiar voice, it was Tezuka.

Chapter 6: The Talk with Aya

Oishi: Tezuka! I thought that your plane arrived in the afternoon?

Tezuka: I took another plane which will arrive here earlier. What had happened?

All of them went silence. Tezuka look from Oishi to the others and last to Ryoma, who was still shock at the news. Fuji moves towards Tezuka, as the both of them went to a corridor and talk. Fuji tells him what happened. After they have done their talk, they heard the doctor coming out from the room. Sumire and Ryoma quickly move near to the doctor.

Doctor: I have done my best to bring her back. Now all we can do is to wait. If she cannot manage to wake up at 10pm at night, sigh, we could not help her anymore...

Sumire: Arigatou, Sensei...

Ryoma: Can we go in and look at her?

Doctor: Yes, you may. But try to lower your volume.

Ryoma: Hai...

All of them went in and Ryoma sits at the chair besides Sakuno and holds her hand. Her heartbeat was back to normal but slightly slower.

Ryoma: Sakuno...

Tezuka: Echizen, we will leave you here alone with Ryuusaki-san. If there was anything, calls for us, we will be at the café at the first floor.

Ryoma nods his head and the others went out. All of them went to the café on the first floor.

Eiji: Ochibi must be terrified now after hearing what the doctor said.

Oishi: We cannot do anything for him, just can give him our support.

Fuji: By the way, Tezuka. Why are you along? I thought you brought a friend over?

Tezuka: Ah, souda! She was...

???: Tezuka!

All of them turn around and saw the girl, whose name was Aya running towards them. She was blue shirt with long sleeve and a black skirt till her knee cap. She was carrying a tennis bag and a luggage with another hand.

Tezuka: Aya! Where have you been?

Aya: I went to explore the area around the hospital. Ara? Are these your teammates? The Seigaku regulars?

Tezuka: Guys, let me introduce her. Her name is Minashiro Aya. I met her when I was having my treatment in Germany.

Aya; Yoroshiku, minna!

Tezuka: Aya, he is Oishi Syuichiro, the vice captain of Seigaku tennis club. Now he is was my replacement as a captain.

Oishi: Oishi des, nice to meet you, Aya-san.

Aya: I heard from Tezuka that you are the mother of the Seigaku team, you do look like one.

Oishi: Haha..mane... "Tezuka, I gonna kill you later!