Floor Four: Yukimura and Shishido

The hospital had always been a place Shishido had hated. After the incident with Atobe and Tezuka, Shishido decided he hated the hospital even more. However, a visit there was inevitable, for his brother had twisted his ankle doing who knows what, and Shishido had been quite literally 'forced' to visit him. Honestly, he'd rather attend tennis practice first and visit later. What difference did it make?

DING!

Shishido gave a sigh as the elevator door opened and in he went. He was about to press the button for the seventh floor when he noticed that it was already pressed. He blinked. Shishido hadn't notice that there was someone else in there besides him.

"You look familiar, have we met before?"

Shishido turned towards the source of the melodic voice, and was surprised to see who was in the elevator with him. He had known that Rikkai's Yukimura had been hospitalized, but he never suspected that it was this hospital.

"Shishido Ryou. I'm a regular on Hyoutei's tennis club," Shishido replied. Yukimura seemed to light up at that.

"Ah… you're from Atobe," he said with a smile. "Sanada gave me a long ranting about him more than once befor."

"Oh…" Shishido managed to say. Actually, he wanted to retort for he didn't like being placed under Atobe, but Yukimura seemed too nice and… fragile to be retorting to. Besides, Shishido knew he had quite the reputation on court, and there was just apart of him that couldn't help but admire and respect the mild-mannered boy.

"So what brings you here?" Yukimura went on more gravely. "Did something hap-"

And of course, with a shrieking so loud that even Aoi Kentarou's voice would be drowned in, the elevator came to a halt with a jolt so sudden that it sent Yukimura tumbling out of his wheelchair (see episode 164) and Shishido landing on his back. Ouch…

"S-Sorry for the trouble…" Yukimura spurted out his famous line as his spine ached for release of the unwelcome weight. Shishido, however, seemed to have knocked his head on the arm of Yukimura's wheelchair and is now knocked out until further notice. Oh the woe that was bestowed on Rikkai's captain! Now he might have to have spine surgery as well! How pitiful…

"Y-Yukimura!" Sanada clutched his heart in fear of a heart attack as he witnessed the scene before him. Somehow, the sight of Shishido laying limp over a now unconscious and pale Yukimura wasn't the most pleasant of things to see after an hour of worrying over his captain and searching for him.

"Really, Sanada, keep better tabs on your captain," Atobe sneered. "Kabaji, get Shishido and lets go."

"Usu."

"Oh, and Sanada," Atobe went on, "Make sure your captain doesn't die. I was hoping to play him one day once he gets better."

Piece of advice: never mention 'Yukimura' and 'die' in the say sentence in front of Sanada, else he might just faint like he has now. Well, at least Yukimura had company in his unconscious state. You could say it wasn't the best of things to wake up to a throbbing back and Marui's green bubble a couple of centimeters before you nose, but that's another story for all's not well ends, well, not well!