"Yamato!" Sora said running up to him. "What happened, where is he?" she said desperately her tears flowing freely down her face.
"Sora, calm down," Yamato said.
"Damn it Yamato don't play games with me!" she said rather loudly then Yamato would of liked he grabbed her by her shoulders.
"Get a grip! Sora there's nothing you can do to help him the doctors are in with him now," he said voice trembling as his own tears threatened to come.
She looked at him then broke down again, "I'm so sorry I…" she started to sob.
"Oh Sora," Anna said as she saw her going over to where her and Yamato where.
Sora pulled away from Yamato, "Mrs. Yagami I'm so sorry it's my entire fault," she said crying.
"No, it isn't honey," Anna said to her crying herself and gave Sora a hug to comfort her.
"Where's Mr. Yagami?" she asked sniffing and wiping her tears away with a Kleenex that Anna has handed her.
"He went to get Hikari," She said.
"Where is he? I just want to see him," Sora asked Anna who in turn pointed to the Emergency doors just a couple feet away. She could see him under a blue insulation blanket and doctors and nurses were around him. Sora covered her mouth with shock and turned back into Anna's arms.
Just then Hikari and Mr. Yagami came; Sora saw Hikari and left Anna's arms and went to hug her Hikari, "Sora, don't worry he'll make it," she said through her own tears.
Mimi suddenly came from the hospital door, "Yamato how is he?" she said.
Yamato turned around to her, "Mimi I don't know I did all I could do," he said.
"I know you did but don't blame yourself," she said and paused decided weather or not she should tell him what she had done, "If there is anyone to blame I am to blame."
"No its not, now come on lets' go I don't want to bother them," he said pointing to the Yagami's and Sora.
"Okay, how about we go and pray at the chapel," she suggested.
Yamato looked at her discouraged, "That's not going to help I'll just be talking to myself if I do that," he said.
"That's not true," Mimi said pulling him with her to the chapel.
Taichi's ER room…
The monitors Taichi was hooked up too start to beep three times then flat lined,"Code Blue!" one of the nurses called.
Anna was watching devastated, "Oh, no, no, no," Anna said as they waited outside the emergency room waiting room.
"Doctor what's going on!" Kevin called.
"He's gone into Cardiac Arrest! Nurse Aki bring the crash cart!" the doctor shouted rushing into Taichi's room.
Sora and Hikari gasped, Anna just began sobbing loudly.
The all watched as they frantically tried to revive him.
This can't be happening I care about him why is the happening? Sora thought. For the moment, she had forgotten about Yamato and the stupid fights with Taichi all she cared for was that Taichi would come out of this all right.
"Oh no," Hikari whispered tears evident in her eyes.
"One, two, three, " the doctor said placing two panels on Taichi's chest causing his body to jump but the line remained flat. "Again, one, two, three, still no response his blood pressure is dropping. One more time," the doctor ordered they set the machine up one more notch of electric power. "One, two, three," the doctor said then applied the paddles on him after they waited and shortly after the heart monitor started to read a heartbeat.
The doctors and nurse in the room were relieved wiping the sweat off their brows. One of the doctors excited the ER room and went to talk with the family, "Your son is fine we managed to stabilize him and we will be put him in a ICU room we need to put him on a ventilator to help him breath for the time being," the doctor said to them.
"But what does he have, I mean what I'm trying to say is what happened to him he was at a party drinking." Kevin asked as Anna, Sora and Hikari watched the doctor waiting for his answer.
"Taichi has suffered from acute alcohol poisoning and with that hypothermia. I assure you that he is stable now and he will still need to be monitored in the ICU room for a couple of days very closely. There is no telling when he will wake up though," he said, "if you excuse me I got to run another errand," the doctor said then leaving them.
Yamato and Mimi exited the chapel, "I don't know about you but I'm going home," Mimi said.
"Yeah, I agree could you give me a ride though?" Yamato asked.
"Oh sure anything for a friend," Mimi said smiling at him.
Outside Taichi's ICU
room...
"Can we go in to see him?" Anna asked the doctor who had returned.
"Yeah but make it brief, not too many in there at once either," he said then left again to go to the nurses station.
Anna and Kevin went in first, Sora just stood outside the room looking in.
"Sora come on," Hikari said gesturing for her to come with her.
Sora shook her head, "I ...I can't," she said not after what she had said about him.
"Sora its okay, come on," Hikari said again.
"You don't understand Hikari I can't go in not now," she said then taking off down the corridor.
Hikari sighed then walked into Taichi's room, "Honey, come on and wake up. Me your dad and sister are here," Anna said to him she held his hand cold pale hand in hers and began to cry,"Oh my god. He feels so dead," Anna said standing up and went to find comfort in her husband's arms.
Hikari went to sit down in the chair beside his bed, "Taichi, you know that you're the best big brother. Mom and Dad are upset you have to wake up. If not for us then do it for Sora she is devastated," Hikari said hoping to get him to wake up it didn't work.
Sora was sitting in one of the chairs in the chapel. She couldn't believe that those words had come from her mouth. She regretted saying them to Sharon at all and now there was Taichi lying in a hospital bed because she said he deserved it. Her eyes were red from crying and then she started up again sobbing quietly.
"Sora?" she heard a voice call her and turn around and Hikari was there. Sora just turned around to face the front of the chapel again.
"Sora, come on you have to go and see Taichi. I know you care about him and he cares about you," Hikari said trying to get Sora to understand her importance to Taichi.
"No...I can't. You know what I said just a few hours ago? I said that he deserved what ever he gets coming to him," Sora said angry with herself.
Hikari sighed, "You can't blame yourself because of this accident you were just mad at him," she said.
"Yes I was but look what happened," she said raising her voice a bit, "I just need more time Hikari, I can't see him. Do you understand?" Sora said begging her now.
"I don't understand Sora but I'll give you the time you need please make up your mind quickly, you're probably the one key that will help him wake up," Hikari said.
To Be Continued...
Fading into scene with Yamato in a classroom
"Hi guys, my name is Yamato Ishida. Many young people drink too fast to get drunk quickly but as you saw in the story if you do it carelessly you can get Acute Alcohol Poisoning and for some people who get this it can be deadly. How do you know when a friend or family member is suffering from alcohol poisoning here are a couple some of signs. Mental confusion, stupor, coma, or person cannot be roused, No response to pinching the skin, Vomiting while sleeping, Seizures, Slow breathing (less than 8 breaths per minute), Irregular breathing (10 seconds or more between breaths), and Hypothermia (low body temperature), bluish skin color, paleness. So please as I said before don't drink too fast and do not take any bets to see who can down the most shots at once and remember alcohol is a drug and can be fatal."
Lilac Kamiya:
For more information on AAP do a goggle search and make sure you eat a good meal before drinking large amounts of alcohol.