Disclaimer: I do not own the prince of tennis

In this chapter I am forced to add my own character so I can add one of the most entertaining ones to the story. Last time it ends with everyone becoming silent because of the mention of leukemia, so now for ch.3  also I read the mangas of PoT over again so I can figure out how to portray this character, so I hope you like it. Also id like to mention that I will give the links to where I got info on leukemia, so feel free to check it out. Oh yeah and this chapter is more of an informant about his condition.

Side Affects

Ch.3

When I walked down the hospital corridor, which was packed, taking my first break in 5 hours. I heard my name being called "Kanna" and turned and ended up looking into a mirror. I noticed I had bags under my eyes from working a double shift the last few weeks. My blue hair that was disheveled in the pig tails, and my eye lids were getting heavy.

As I kept walking drinking coffee which what was keeping me going. Then I heard a yell "Kanna" and I turned and I saw my little brother coming toward me. I recognized his blue hair and called out to Shinji.

He then muttered "mom told me to come ask you if you're going to be home for dinner. I don't know why she made me do it, when she could have called; it's not fair I have to do everything. You should have it harder. (Still muttering)."

My reply was an exaggerated sigh "stop muttering twerp, I have to get back to work. " I could tell my voice my voice was very low since I was exhausted.

When I was about to tell him go home I saw a young boy a bit younger than Shinji. The kid was surrounded by nurses and doctors so I knew it must be serious. So I ran over to help, we got him to a room.

In this room the doctor said "he suffered from Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia which is more common with children. The cause was a combination of viruses a child and exposure to large amount of radiation. He recently had chemotherapy, and just got back from America today." Then after that they gave him some medicine and let him rest.

So when I went outside of the room I saw a group of students with a young woman who looked like she had cried. So I went up to see if they needed something, and found out the young woman was nanako, Ryoma's cousin. I took them to an empty to room to explain what he suffered from.

The explanation was "Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), also known as acute lymphocytic leukemia, is a cancer of the white blood cells, characterized by the overproduction and continuous multiplication of malignant and immature white blood cells in the bone marrow. It is a hematological malignancy. It is fatal if left untreated as ALL spreads into the bloodstream and other vital organs quickly. ALL is most common in childhood with a peak incidence of 4-5 years of age. Now at least 50 of childhood ALL are considered curable. Acute refers to the undifferentiated, immature state of the circulating lymphocytes, and that the disease progresses rapidly. Also symptoms can include unexplained fever."

I found out that the students that accompanied Nanako-san were the ones who saw what happened. Once I saw there reactions to what I had said I remembered I left my brother somewhere.

A moment later there came Shinji who said "why did you leave me? Do you hate me that much, I've been called annoying before, but I didn't think they meant it. Is that why people tell me to shut up….."

He then said "who are they? Don't tell me you prefer hanging out with other kids but not me. What did I ever do to make you hate me?"

He stopped once Nanako-san started to cry and excused himself to go home. Once he left I told them they could see Ryoma, in a few minutes. So I asked what there names were and Nanako said she did not know any of there names. Once the introductions were done (I'm tired of typing), I let them go to his room he was put in.

When we headed down the hall I saw Nanako go in and sit on the chair beside her cousin. The students came in when she made a kind gesture to get them to enter the room. The site I saw was quite endearing, I knew, when the one named Tezuka smiled and disappeared a moment after, his face emotionless again.

The sight that we met was a little boy curled up on his side and mouth opened slightly to breathe. His disheveled hair sticking out everywhere, and the tubes attached to the monitor on his arm hanging off of the bed. Fuji who happened to have his camera snapped pictures which caused something to happen. The little boy named Ryoma stirred and you could see one eye open a little.

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Okay so there is ch.3 and some links, but before I forget if you have any ideas you may want me to include please tell them to me.

Cites where I got my info from:(if they dont show up just check my profile and ill post them there)