Four days have gone by since that Monday and nothing interesting has happened. Getting the antibiotics from the School Nurse was something he did routinely every few days but the antibiotics were starting to cause their own problems. Tucker's left arm was beginning to feel numb and whenever he did try to move it, it felt like his skin had been lit on fire. It didn't help with the fact that the School Nurse hadn't given him a new bandage to help him with his arm, as the bandage was steadily getting dirtier as the days went by.
Hanako had gotten out of her room on Thursday and when she found out about what was going on with Tucker, she tried her best to help him. Other students like Rin also tried but it was clear something was going on that neither of them knew about.
Friday evening had come, and Tucker had a long yet exhausting day. The antibiotics were slowing down the infection and keeping it contained to his arm, but he needed a new bandage. Misha had decided to come visit Tucker as she had some news for him. Tucker was reading the book he had gotten from Shinichi as he was also taking up sketching to help him ignore the pain he had. A steady knock was heard as he got up to see who it was. He opened the door to see who was at the door. It was Misha.
Katawa Shoujo- Nocturne
"Oh Misha, I wasn't expecting you." Tucker greeted her. He was surprised to see that Misha had shown up but she was doing it more often by herself without Shizune. Misha smiled as she laughed to herself. She continued to speak with a smile.
"Oh Tucchan, I wanted to see how you were doing. Hicchan said your arm wasn't doing too well so I decided to visit the School Nurse and told him about it as you were mostly absent this afternoon." Misha explained why she came over to visit Tucker.
"Well it was nice of Hisao to be looking out for me." Tucker told Misha. Misha then got a glass bottle containing some pills.
"The School Nurse gave me a bottle of painkillers so I decided to give the bottle to you." Misha explained to Tucker. Tucker took the bottle and began to read the directions, the bottle described as taking a pill whenever pain was felt, the dosage was enough for half a day. Tucker took the bottle as he would have to take two pills over the course of the day and the directions said to take one pill at a time.
"That's so nice of you Misha. I would like to thank you for it." Tucker told Misha. Misha nodded before she decided to sit down. Tucker wasn't doing much except for reading the book and doing a few sketches. Misha looked around and spotted the two sketches he managed to complete.
"You seem to be into that game huh?" Misha asked. Tucker felt confused by this as he tried his best to think about it.
"Well I can't say that I am more or less happy about it. It makes Rin and Hanako happy so it makes me happy." Tucker told Misha. Misha decided to laugh about it.
Katawa Shoujo- Generic Happy Music
"I'm glad you're enjoying the game as much as I'm enjoying it. It puts me on my toes and makes me relaxed at the same time. It's all about keeping your eyes open." Misha explained to Tucker that the game seemed to make her feel happy. Tucker nodded as well.
"Yeah, I figure." Tucker told Misha. Misha smiled as she reached into her bag and got out a couple of things.
"I actually went shopping before heading to the nurse as I thought you wanted to have a few things along with the medicine. So I decided to get you some cookies for us to share." Misha told Tucker. Tucker nodded as it was a clear sign that Misha wanted to hang out with him for the afternoon and figure out what to do next. Misha unpacked the small container she had as she decided to take one. Tucker did the same and he decided to take a bite into it. The cookie was the soft one he had with Natsume the day he decided to visit the newspaper club room. He enjoyed it as Misha got out some orange juice to wash it down with. "Cookies and Orange Juice are the best, we often give these to those who decided to give some of their blood up."
"Thank you Misha." Tucker told Misha as he was thankful for what Misha had decided to get him. Misha smiled before she turned her head back to Tucker.
"No problem, Tucchan." Misha told Tucker. She poured him a cup of orange juice before pouring herself some. Tucker finished his first cookie before he moved onto his second one. Misha smiled though she was in deep thought, trying to remember something in the filing cabinets that was her brain. Tucker looked on a bit before Misha began speaking again. "Oh, Lilly is coming back tomorrow morning so Hideaki will be going home after his week spent at Yamaku. Ernest wants to see you tomorrow morning as he wants you for something." Misha explained to Tucker what their friend needed them for. "Make sure you're in the student council office tomorrow morning for the meeting."
"I will, thank you." Tucker told Misha that he will be there for the meeting that Ernest needed him for. "What does Ernest need me for?" Tucker asked as he seemed curious about it. Misha tried to think about what her friend needed, after giving it some thought, she began speaking again.
"Ernest didn't say anything, though he wishes to see you personally to talk about it. I have to go now." Misha told Tucker that the details weren't known as neither of them knew what Ernest needed them for. After finishing her orange juice, Misha got up and left the room without saying a word. She hoped that she was going to see Tucker tomorrow.
Ernest meanwhile had finished sorting out the papers and he felt exhausted. He was thinking about what Misha had said to Tucker.
"All in a hard day's work. A good rest will serve me for the important meeting tomorrow." Ernest told himself. He left the room and headed off into the sunset. He continued to stroll along as he got to the boys dorm and decided to exhale to himself. "I hope Tucker shows up. Hideaki, Hisao and William will be at the meeting. I need all the strength I can get, especially with William walking around more often." Ernest headed up into his dorm as he was curious to see what it was. Once he got to his dorm, he opened the door and headed inside. He knew he had something for one of the students. "With all of us, there will be no way that Kenji will be able to escape. Ernest pulled the covers as he knew it was going to be a good night for him.
Rin meanwhile was wandering around the school grounds with the lamps on in the dead of night. She was spending her time alone, maybe this new hobby was getting her out to enjoy life more often. However, she was by herself. She didn't know who she was going to run into. Molly meanwhile was heading through the school grounds after a good day to herself though something felt off about the situation. She paused as she heard an unfamiliar sound, something coming from Rin as she was rapidly approaching her.
"Rin Tezuka, why are you running? Is there something you need?" Molly asked as she didn't know what exactly was happening. Rin zipped past Molly as if she had taken up running at night time. Molly had been shaken as Rin had run past her. What was so different about Rin? Molly knew that she didn't need to question her but find out what Rin needed. She followed her back to the Girls dorm but she went straight for her dorm instead of following Rin to hers.
Morning came and Molly woke up. She felt nervous about what she encountered as of last night and she wanted to tell Natsume and Naomi about it. Rin seemed to be different when it was night time. Was this something new for her?
Hanako had arrived at the boy's dorm as she didn't know where she was going. She probably wanted to visit Hisao but she had gotten herself lost. She was strolling around on the second floor as she spotted Ernest, getting himself ready for that meeting.
"Hey Ernest, have you seen Hisao?" Hanako asked him. Ernest stood there as he began to think about it. Hanako was oblivious to the events as of last night involving Rin. Ernest turned his head to Hanako and he began speaking.
"I don't think I've seen him but I will see him in the meeting today. Is there anything you need?" Ernest asked Hanako. He knew he had to hurry up or Hanako was going to stall him and make him late for the meeting.
"There is something I want to tell him about the newspaper club." Hanako began. Ernest turned his head as he was getting ready to walk out the door. He didn't want to be running late. Hanako tried her best to get his attention. "Ernest, the newspaper club meeting, I need Hisao." Hanako pleaded with Ernest to not hold the meeting at this moment. Ernest knew he needed to get going now.
"Sorry Hanako but I have no time for you at this very moment. I will be free this afternoon. I have a very important meeting I have to attend with Shizune and Misha." Ernest told Hanako that he was in a rush and he needed to get out the door. Hanako began speaking again.
"But Ernest." Hanako pleaded to Ernest. Ernest tried his best to be blunt with Hanako as he didn't want to get held up.
"No Hanako, I need to get going if I'm going to be there on time." Ernest told Hanako that he had no time for her and the meeting was much more important. Ernest began to walk away from Hanako as he was now on his way to the meeting. He had left Hanako cold. Ernest takes one last quick glance at Hanako as she had been left behind. He continued down the hallway as he began to speak to himself. "Can't she see that I don't have any time to spare." Ernest told himself after the conversation he had with Hanako regarding Hisao and the newspaper club. Ernest opened the door and left the building. He knew he needed to get someone important to help attend the meeting today.
Molly meanwhile had gathered a couple girls with her as she was trying her best to explain to them about Rin Tezuka and her night time running which had scared her.
"That's right… I saw her go to the Boy's Dorm a few minutes ago." Molly nervously told the others about what she encountered last night. "Come with me, we'll hunt her down." Molly told them. Molly and the two other girls exited the building and headed for the boy's dorm, they were going to go find Rin.
Hanako meanwhile was stuck in a dilemma of what to do next. She didn't know what she was going to be able to do regarding the day she had missed, she needed someone to try to pull over Ernest.
"I know he wouldn't listen to me." Hanako began. "I have to go find…" She paused as Tucker approached the room where Ernest was, he wanted to make sure they could go together.
"Hey Hanako, I wasn't expecting you in this neck of the dorms, have you seen Ernest?" Tucker asked.
"Yeah about that, I wanted to have him say something regarding Hisao and the newspaper club." Hanako began. Tucker however was trying to tell his side of the conversation.
"I know what you're saying is important Hanako, but I need to find Ernest as we have that meeting we need to attend to." Tucker explained to Hanako that he needed to find him. Hanako decided to spill the beans about Ernest.
"Listen Tucker! Just listen. Ernest left a few minutes ago and what I wanted to say is that I missed the deadline to sign up for the newspaper club. The club probably won't be open for the rest of the semester, we need to pull Ernest over to tell them to give me another chance to sign up." Hanako told Tucker that Ernest had already left them and he was on his way to the meeting. Tucker knew that he was running late and he needed to speak to Ernest about Hanako and the meeting.
"Okay since I'm heading to the meeting, I can try bringing it up to Ernest to give you another chance to sign up. Good call Hanako." Tucker told Hanako. He turned and left the scene. He had to go find Ernest to speak to him about Hanako.
Hideaki was waiting around as Ernest had shown up. He heard a knocking on his door and he went over after he finished dressing himself.
"Coming." Hideaki told whoever was at the door he was going to come for them. He opened the door to reveal Ernest waiting for him.
"Morning Hideaki, Shizune has called you for a meeting, you'll be going home later this afternoon as Lilly arrives back from Scotland." Ernest explained to Hideaki. Hideaki began to think about this for a moment before he began to speak again.
"Okay, I'll attend the meeting, all you need to do is take me to where the Student Council Office is." Hideaki explained to Ernest what his objective was.
"I'm on my way there, you can follow me." Ernest explained to Hideaki that he could just follow him.
"Okay." Hideaki replied. Hideaki closed the door behind him as he began to follow in behind Ernest. Ernest was leading the way as Hideaki trailed behind him.
Hanako was trying to figure out what to do next as both Tucker and Ernest had taken off for the meeting.
"I don't know what I should do now?" Hanako asked herself. A girl turned the corner to reveal her face. It was Rin. She approached Hanako as she didn't know what she wanted to do. "Rin you're here. What should I do regarding the situation? Ernest and Tucker left for the Student Council office and I don't know what to do now." Hanako laid out the situation. Tucker was going to speak to Ernest regarding the situation about her missing the deadline and she would like to apply for the club.
"You can meet me at the Student Council office as I have plans for what I want to do with Tucker this afternoon." Rin explained to Hanako that she wanted to spend time with the one person she liked. However, she didn't notice that Molly and a couple other girls had found her.
"There she is, get her!" Molly called out to her friends. Rin looked at Hanako as she knew she needed to zip her way out of there and take Molly on a wild goose chase.
Within Temptation- The Howling
"I need to get going now. Meet me there." Rin told Hanako. Rin zipped in the other direction as she began running off, nearly colliding with Molly and her friends as she ran.
Tucker was running as fast as he could as he wanted to close the distance between him and Ernest in an effort to pull him over. He didn't know if he was going to succeed or not but he was against the clock and needed to get him to make Hanako's schedule for the club sign up. Ernest was busy escorting Hideaki with him as he was going to be attending this meeting too. Tucker kept his eyes open to see who it was that was up ahead. He spotted Ernest and Hideaki far away as they were turning the corner. He knew he needed to catch up to them.
Rin was running through the school grounds with the others on her tail. Ernest was still escorting Hideaki but he wasn't aware of Tucker being on his tail. Tucker knew time was running out and he needed to catch up. One of the students was walking along as Rin zipped right past him. Tucker was starting to gain ground against Ernest but he was still very far away from him. Rin was running along trying to shake Molly and her friends off of her tail. Tucker was still gaining on Ernest but he didn't know if this was going to be enough. Rin thundered by a female student who was carrying some books.
"Ernest! Hey Ernest! Wait for me!" Tucker called out. Ernest wouldn't hear him from this distance but he was still gaining on him. He wanted to attend the meeting as much as he did. Unaware that he had forgotten what Hanako had said. Ernest continued to plow on ahead as if Rin was running in from another direction. Rin continued down her path along the school grounds, trying to lead Molly and the group as far from Hanako as she could possibly allow them to. Ernest was busy rounding the corner with Hideaki as they were approaching the building, Tucker came from the corner a couple moments later as he needed to speak to Ernest about something. "Ernest! Wait up!" Tucker shouted to Ernest. They were about neck and neck while Rin continued to romp around.
Rin was going in circles to drag Molly and her friends away from her while Tucker ran as he was trying to keep up with Ernest. He really needed to say something to him. Rin meanwhile continued to run around the school grounds, two students were carrying something. Rin skillfully leaped over them as she continued. A few minutes later, a student was carrying his books and Rin nearly had a head on collision with him but she rushed past him.
"Ernest please, you should have waited for me." Tucker told Ernest that he wanted to join the meeting.
"If this is about the Student Council meeting, speak up now." Ernest told Tucker if it was the meeting that they were going to attend, he better say it.
"I ran all the way to try to be on time." Tucker panted as he was out of breath. Hopefully Ernest will be able to listen to him.
"You're running out of path to run on, you better slow down and get behind me." Ernest told Tucker about it. Tucker nodded as he began to slow, once they were clear. Tucker joined up behind them. Now there wasn't a reason to be worried about, everything was fine and clear. They crossed over the bridge as Tucker tried his best to think about it. It was going to have large consequences when he was going to get there.
Two students had been dispatched by Molly to help capture Rin. Rin bumped into them and she began pushing them back, once she had managed to get them out of the way, She continued to zig-zag across the school as if her life depended on it. She knew that Hanako and Tucker were going to make it safely to the office. She knew everything depended on them. Ernest, Hideaki and Tucker was inside the building and making their way to the student council office. They had finished their journey and all that remained was a chat with Shizune and Misha about the plan.
Shizune and Misha were in their office as everything was getting sorted as a knock on the door was heard. Misha got up and walked over to open it. William and Hisao were already there as it was another boys only venture. William was still in his wheelchair as the three of them entered, they took their seats and Shizune walked over and began to sign to the group.
"Well I am surprised to hear that everyone is doing well." Misha began. No one said a word while Hisao was fiddling with a pencil. "Okay I sense that Lilly is going to be coming back this afternoon. So that means Hideaki is going back home. I hope you all had a good week with him. Also we're getting reports of some crazed Feminist conspiracy that is going around the school other than you guessed it Kenji. So we're proposing a plan to get him and figure out what is inside of that head of his." Misha continued to speak about it while Hanako had just arrived outside of the office. Rin showed up a couple minutes later, exhausted but she seemed to have lost them.
"Are they gone?" Hanako asked Rin. Rin needed a minute to catch her breath as she began speaking.
"Yeah… I had to run in circles in order to get them off of my tail." Rin told Hanako with a pant to her voice.
"Good, I bet they get tired after you give them the chance to race off." Hanako tried her best to put it. Rin nodded slightly before looking up. They peered into the window, it was clear something was starting to go wrong.
Tucker was listening to the meeting as Ernest and Hisao wheel out a large cannon like object, it was very heavy and needed two to three people to get the thing around.
"We will be capturing the conspirator with this cannon, it has a net and we need to position ourselves to be able to catch him. I don't know if he'll be as fast as Emi so we need to figure out our strengths and weaknesses." Misha explained that they will be capturing the person with the cannon. Tucker jolted as he felt something hurt him. He looked at his bandage which was feeling surprisingly… warm. He looked over to see a large red spot pooling over the bandage with several others forming nearby. The spots slowly grow like lava coming out of cracks from the earth. Some of it was dripping on the desk.
"Oh no." Tucker muttered, he began to feel himself become light headed as he didn't like the prospect of it. The door opened to see Hanako and Rin pop in. Misha turned her head to the two girls.
"What are you two doing?" Misha asked. Rin seemed to be pointing in the direction of Tucker who looked like he was going to faint.
"Misha." Rin told Misha to look. Tucker fell over with a thud as he was out cold. Hanako and Rin ran up to him as they needed to have him see the nurse right away.
"Meeting dismissed early, I need to help Tucker to the nurse but I will have to see some volunteers later." Misha told them. She walked over and she helped pick up Tucker whose arm was still dripping and his bandage was soaked with dark red splotches. The others were surprised with how strong Misha could be in terms of her overall strength. They watched the four of them head out the room while Hisao and Ernest decided to clean up the mess.
A couple hours later, in the School Nurse's office. Tucker woke up as he felt a little sore about it and he looked around, trying to figure out where he was. Rin and Hanako were waiting though Misha had left when they dropped him off. Tucker was greeted with a fox-like smile from the School Nurse.
Katawa Shoujo- Ah Eh I Oh You
"Ah you're awake Mr. Kagami." The School Nurse greeted him. Tucker looked around on his bed as he was more confused than scared. He didn't know what exactly happened.
"What happened? Last thing I knew was the fact that I had an important meeting that Misha had set up and I was scared of running late and then next thing I knew that the bandage I had on was starting to grow large red splotches that I knew nothing about. It began to drip from the bandage and I ended up passing out." Tucker asked as he tried his best to explain everything to the School Nurse about today. The School Nurse knew he needed to explain it to Tucker as if he needed to come to terms with what exactly had happened.
"Tucker, this is going to be a lot to take in so allow me to explain." The School Nurse began. Tucker sat up though his left arm felt more sore than ever, almost if he had been put to sleep and he felt pins and needles in his limbs. "So what I have gathered is that you pretty much ran all the way from your dorm to the Student Council office in order to get there on time. This might sound disturbing but I need you to listen in on this. The red splotches in the bandage of yours was your own blood. It's clear you were bleeding from the damaged arm when I saw you. It's probably the antibiotics I'm giving you though the running had caused the arm to pop open. That blood has to stay in the body and I don't want to risk a student bleeding out. And you said from your visit that whenever you are moving your arm, it felt like someone lit it up with a match and it was beginning to burn."
"Yes, that's what I was trying to say." Tucker explained. A part of him wanted to feel like he should lie. Lying wasn't going to get him anywhere
"Okay it was clear your old bandage needed to be discarded when we found out that blood had gotten on it. So I gave you a new one, once I and a couple other nurses had gotten the bleeding under control." The School Nurse explained to Tucker that he had a new bandage on his left arm and he seemed to be feeling better. "However, I'm going to let you off with a warning. Based on your condition, you shouldn't be taking up any sort of running of any kind. It's best for a person like you to arrive a few minutes late. If you show up on the dot, then… it's goodbye to your left arm." The School Nurse explained to Tucker that he should be more careful or otherwise he'll have to see the consequences for his own actions. The words sliced through him as if he was getting penetrated with a knife.
"Will… will my left arm have to be chopped off?" Tucker stuttered nervously. He gulped at the prospect of it. The School Nurse began to think about what Tucker had asked as he knew he had only one answer for that.
"Eventually Tucker, it will have to be chopped off. At the elbow is the best bet, possibly a little below it." The School Nurse explained to Tucker where they were going to bet to cut his arm off. "We're doing our best to preserve the elbow bone."
"I see." Tucker told the School Nurse. Rin was listening in the background as she and Hanako needed to get going. The School Nurse began speaking again.
"I want you to be more careful. While I do admire you for wanting to show up at the meeting on time, you should take better care of yourself and make sure you aren't bleeding. I think I might need to change your dosage to make sure these incidents don't happen as frequently." The School Nurse turned and began to think about what his next move was going to be.
"So what am I going to do for the rest of the day?" Tucker asked the School Nurse if he had any ideas of what he was going to do. The School Nurse began to ponder for a moment as his patient's health was the highest priority.
"Just relax for the rest of the day, I want you to be more careful. It's a good thing the schedule is empty today." The School Nurse told Tucker that it was best if he decided to take some time to himself.
"Okay." Tucker sighed. He looked around to see Rin and Hanako gone.
Where could they have gone off to but more importantly, what did Misha have in mind in that meeting?
[A/N]: Splitting Saturday into two chapters, the next chapter will pick up the events regarding what Misha and the other boys have in mind. Someone is coming back in the next chapter as well. I hope today is going as well as mine is. See you hopefully later.