"Echizeeennn!"

Momo could only watch helplessly as Ryoma's body collapsed onto the cold hard floor when the Vonkage released his hold. "Gahahaha, the boy is now ours!" the dreaded Vonkage wiped his bloody mouth with his hand and laughed. "You're gonna pay for that!" Momo charged at him without hesitation but wasn't quick enough as the Vonkage vanished before Momo could reach him.

"The name's Therdirus! Come to me when you awake young one!" A distance voice echoed through the surroundings. "Come back and fight! You coward!" Momo turned to different directions hoping to find the source of the voice.

Momo froze when he suddenly apprehended what Therdirus was referring to. He hurriedly ran to Ryoma's side and inspected the area where the Vonkage had bitten him. The bite mark wasn't Momo's concern, but what made him panic was that the skin surrounding the bite mark was steadily turning to a purple shade which could only mean one thing. Therdirus had injected poison into Ryoma's bloodstream which is a bad thing, a very very extremely bad thing.

Without further ado, Momo searched his pockets for his phone. He was so tensed that he almost dropped it with his fumbling fingers. He quickly dialed the number that linked to the person that he can surely count on during a time like this.

"Come on, come on! Pick up!" Momo ranted impatiently. But all that came was the sound of the phone ringing. "Well, so much for counting on you when you don't even pick up the phone"After a few more tries, he gave up and tried calling another person, who picked up in a matter of seconds.

"Fuji-senpai! HELP! Vonkage! Echizen! HepoisonedhimIdon'tknowwhattodo! HELP!" Momo jabbered through the phone.

"Slow down Momo, I don't understand you."

"Echizen! HegotbittenbyaVonakgenamedTherdirus!"

"Momo!"

"Fuji-senpai! Please save him!"

"Momo! Take a deep breath and tell me what happened? What's wrong with Echizen?"

Breathing sounds could be heard at the end of the phone as Fuji waited for a reply.

"We were walking back when a Vonkage appeared. I defeated him but I didn't notice Echizen was taken by another Vonkage. He bit Echizen and his skin is now turning purple! I think he poisoned him! What should I do?!"

"Purple?! This is not good. Bring Echizen to the Underground now! I'll meet you there!" with that Fuji hung up the phone.

"The Underground? That means going back to school! But that's...Hello? Fuji-senpai are you still there?" all he heard was the disconnected sound of the phone. "You can't just hang up like that! You can't!" He sighed and picked up his forgotten bike that lay on the ground and placed the unconscious Ryoma onto it. He pushed the bike and ran full speed towards the direction of the school. "Hang in there Echizen!" Momo prayed and hoped that it was not too late as Ryoma started to groan in pain while showing signs that he was having difficulties in breathing.

After a few minutes with Momo running like a maniac, they reached school and Momo carried him to the Underground. Fuji was already there waiting with Oishi.

"Take him to the infirmary!" Fuji ordered when he saw the two. They rushed to the infirmary which is a different section of the Underground and placed Ryoma softly onto the bed. Fuji swiftly took off Ryoma's shirt to see his condition and it was not good. The purple area was already covering most of the left side of his neck and was starting to spread towards his shoulder. Ryoma was panting and sweating a lot. Seeing the condition, Oishi quickly prepared his stuff and started making something with his spiritual energy.

"Help me support his head while I make him drink this." Oishi ordered as he held a tube containing a strange yellow liquid with a hint of red in it. Fuji did as he was told and they successfully made Ryoma devour all the substance. After a few moments, Ryoma's panting started to slow down a bit and his face regained a bit of color but his condition was still in code red.

"Is that the new antidote?" Momo who was quiet until now suddenly asked

"Yes, but I haven't had the chance to try it out yet." Oishi answered with a worried look

"Then how do we know it will work?! If it doesn't, Echizen will turn into one of them!" Momo cried out desperately

"We will only know when he wakes up" Fuji interjected

"Why can't Oishi-senpai just remove the poison from him? Like what he did to Fuji-senpai! Wouldn't that be faster?!"

"Fuji was different! It's already too late for Echizen. Even if we do that, only about 30% of the poison can be removed. The antidote is our best bet" Oishi said sternly

"But…" Momo looked down and clutched his fist "It's all my fault…I should have protected him" he said shakily, tears threatening to fall from his eyes. Why didn't I notice there was another one? If I didn't take my time playing with that type C, I could have saved Ryoma from being caught! Why am I so useless?! Momo scolded himself over and over again.

"It's nobody's fault Momo. Even if it was me, I'm not that confident that I can win against a type A" Fuji comforted him and patted him on the back. "Now all we can do is to wait and hope for the best" the three turned their gaze towards the youngest in the room. They could only watch as Ryoma breathed through the oxygen mask weakly and listened to the light beeping of the heartbeat monitor.


Hmmm... anyone figured out what is Oishi's power? Or Momo's? XD Will Ryoma survive or will he fall to the other side? Stay tuned to find out~
Reviews/comments are most welcomed! Thanks for reading! =)