"Porkchop

Title: Anger over Fear

Summary: Shirako and the rest of the teams go to have a nice relaxing picnic, but at the end of the fun, Mother Nature decides to test them and there friendship. Can Shirako save Porkchop from his own fear, or will the teams lose another one of there friends.

Parings: ShirakoXPorkchop friendship.

Disclaimer: Don't own Acceleracers

Hi there guys, I just want to thank you for all your support and reviews hopefully you all like this chapter. Hopefully you like this chapter as well 4EverFan, even if it is a bit boring. Anyway, tell me what you think.

Oh, just to let me clarify some things.

Karma: 21 Taro: 22 Markie: 19 Nolo: 19

Sydney: 21 Tork: 21 Porkchop: 20 Vert: 19

Shirako: 18 Kurt: 21 Monkey: 19

This is just what I think everyone's age is, and the age in the story. I tried to keep people's age close to each other. If you don't agree, then you can email me, but this is just how I look at them.

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Chapter Five:

Will He Make It?

Karma was panting as she and the others ran to where the bridge had fallen off. As she kept her head up, she noticed some people coming towards her.

"There they are." Vert yelled out, as he ran a bit behind Kurma, Taro was right beside her.

"Taro, Karma, Vert!! Are you guys ok?" The next moment, they were surrounded by both the metal maniacs and the Teku. Kurt and Nolo both ran up to Karma and Vert, and then gave them both a hug.

"Thank God" was all that Nolo said, yet the relief in his voice made it quit clear that he had been scared for their safety.

At the same time Monkey gave Taro a hug, while Markie squeezed his shoulder.

"How did you guys get out of there?" Kurt asked, referring to the river.

"Taro was able to help Karma and Tork saved me." Vert replied.

"I knew that you would make it out of there just fine." Markie said with a smile.

"What about the others?" Nolo asked, the same question that was on everyone else mind.

"Tork made it out ok, but Shirako and Porkchop were still in the river. Tork said that he would go after them and see if he could help. We have to call for help, if one of them is hurt..." Kurma gasped out. She was slowly getting her breath back under control, but it had been a hard swim, and then they had been running for the last 10 minutes.

"Already did that. After we crawled across the bridge, Kurt called the police and ambulance, but they said it will take an extra few minutes to get here, since there is no where for them to drive into the clearing. This means that they will have to walk through the forest before they can get to where we are. . They tolled us to stay here and wait for you guys to come back, so that it will be easier to assist the damage and all that."

Karma heisted but in the end nodded, knowing that even if she did find Shirako and the others, there was nothing that she could do to help them out. The best that she could do was wait for them to return, and hope that the no one was hurt. With that said, they all turned quite and looked to where the river was rushing by, wondering if their friends had survived.

"Porkchop!! Porkchop!!"

Tork yelled out, as he started to run toward Porkchop. Porkchop was lightly jogging, trying not to cause too much movement to Shirako who was in his arms. As he got to Porkchop, Tork began to fear the worst.

"Oh God, is he-" Tork asked with fear in his voice. Shirako was pale and wasn't moving. Porkchop was carrying him bridal style, with Shirako's face leaning against Porkchop's chest. Seeing the smaller man being carried by a giant like Porkchop makes him look so small and delicate, almost like a glass doll.

"No, but he's hurts; his leg has a deep cut and I can't stop the bleeding."

"Thank god, I was afraid that you guys might not have gotten out of the water in time."

"What are you talking about? What's the big deal about getting out of the water?"

"Karma said that there are some rapids down the river, a few kilometers' from here. About another two minutes from here if you were still being carried by the river. Thank God you both made it out of there alive." Tork said, and with that he griped Porkchop's arm, almost as if in thanks that he was still alive.

Porkchop smiled, and then a troubled look came over his face. "Did Shirako know about this? The rapids I mean, and how close they are?"

"Ya, he heard Karma telling Taro about it. He's the one who actually went down the river to try to get you to swim to the shore. Shirako tolled me to go after Vert, and that he would go after you."

"He knew…"

"What's wrong?" Tork asked, Porkchop looked like he had just found out that his dog had died.

Porkchop looked up, "I almost didn't listing to him. He was screaming at me to swim, but I didn't want to listing. I thought that if I just held on to the piece of wood, that the river would slow down and then I could just float to the shore. But Shirako kept up. He wouldn't leave me alone."

Porkchop gave a small chuckle. "He's lucky, I was ready to pound in his face for all the insulted that he threw at me and my family. But, he could have died trying to save me. And he knew it; he knew that we were coming up to the rapids, and that we would have been killed."

Tork looked at Porkchop's troubled face, and realize that Porkchop was blaming himself for what had happened.

"Stop that right now. It's not your fault. The bridge fell apart; none of us could have predicted that. And you had no idea that there were rapids coming up. Shirako saved you because you are his friend. Just as Shirako is your friend. Annoying friend, but still your friend. And don't forget that you went back for him when he got hit by the drone and his car flipped. (Third movie, when they were saving Markie) Look, the best that we can do for him right now, is to get him some medical help. Other then that, all we can do is be by his side."

Porkchop looked at Tork, and nodded. "What about the others, are they all ok?"

"They're all alright. I got Vert out of the water, and Taro got Karma. Karma's the one who tolled me about the rapids. I tolled them to find everyone else, and make sure they call for some help. Hopefully, there will be some help when we get to them."

With that said, they both just concentrated on getting back to the others, and praying that Shirako would be ok.

Karma was sitting down and waiting, her eyes towards the river. She was cold and wet, even with the blanket the medics had given her. They had finally shown up about a minute ago. They were still checking that the others were alright. They had tried to get her to go back to where the ambulances where parked, "Just to make sure that there is nothing wrong", but she had basically tolled them that she was not moving until her friends came back. After that, they had given up and moved to the next person. There were two police officers that came as well, and where getting the story of what happened from Kurt. Markie had stayed back, not wanting to attract any unnecessary attention to himself. Vert also had a heating blanket on as well; the medicals had brought a lot when they heard what had happened. Unfortunately the weather was chilly, and being washed away in the cold river, did not help her body heat. She had a feeling that she and the others were going to wake up tomorrow to find they have a nasty cold. Yet even with these thoughts, she did not move a singe bit. Taro was beside her, and she felt thankful for his silence, not in the mood to really have a conversation. The other seems to be able to sense her need to do this, and left her alone. As she sat there, she let her mind rounder, not really thinking about the fear that someone might have drowned. She felt numb; her body tired from its fight with the river, and just watched ahead as if nothing else mattered then this self appointed job. As she sat there, she saw two people running towards her, for a moment her foggy mind did not register this fact, but as she watched for a bit longer, she finally realized that it was Porkchop and Tork. And, Oh God No, Please she thought with fear as she saw that Porkchop was carrying Shirako's limp form.

She jumped up and began to run a bit ahead. As she stood there, she ignored the other's shouts of recognition then horror as they realized what they were seeing, and what it might mean. Finally, after what felt like years, Tork and Porkchop were only a few feet away. As she ran up to them, all she could look at was Shirako's pale face.

"Please God, please don't-" Karma begged, almost as thinking that if she prayed hard enough, then it would turn out alright. As she looked up at Porkchop and Tork, she could only stare helplessly, begging them to not tell her what she feared the most.

"No, he's still alive, but he has a bad cut on his leg, and because of this lost a lot of blood. He needs help right away." Tork gasped out, as they were jogging back to where the others and the medics where.

Karma didn't say anything, only felt relief that Shirako was still with them. Yet at the same time, felt fear come with that relief, wondering if Shirako would make it. As they made it to the clearing, where everyone was waiting, the medics took no time to whisk Shirako out of Porkchop's arms, and into blankets. They were about to put him on a stretcher, but Porkchop took Shirako back into his arms, and started to walk through the forest. "It's faster this way then having him on a stretcher" he mumbled. While this was going on, everyone was silent, fearing the worst.

"He's still alive, but he has a deep cut on his leg. He lost a look of blood, and we couldn't stop the bleed. Due to the simple fact that everything we had was wet." Tork explained to the others. Everyone had on grim faces, but nodded. They followed Porkchop's lead through the forest, almost as if everyone was in a trance. The silence was thick, almost like a blanket that had covered everyone. Yet at the same time no one said a word, almost afraid that if they were to break the spell, then it would mean something bad would happen.

So after what felt like a thousand years, and at the same time only a few seconds, they were outside, and the medics where moving towards Shirako, Shirako who had yet to move, and bring him towards one of the ambles. There where three of them parked outside. The vans where actual on the glass, haven driven right up to the path that went into the forest. At this Karma moved towards one of the medics.

"I'm coming with you." She said to a young and thin looking man with brown hair.

None of the other's seemed surprise at her statement. Most of them understand that Karma and Shirako had a close relationship.

"I'm sorry, but unless you are direct family-" He started to say

"Let her come. It's not goanna hurt anyone, plus she might help us out if we need to know anything." This came from an older woman who looked to be in her 40's, with kind eyes that at the same time held a bit of wisdom in them. She was a bit plump with brown hair just starting to turn to silver. With this said, they both moved to the ambulance, and started to get in. They laid Shirako down on the bed and Karma mover so that she was standing right beside the bed. She took her hand, and slowly started to weave it across his hair. It was something that she and Shirako's sister use to do when he was smaller. She and his sister had been best friends since grade one. Later, Karma found out that Sydney had a little brother, who did not have any friends since they made fun of his accent. After that both her and Sydney began to included him in their games on the play ground during recess. Not that Karma minded, Shirako was actually really nice to them and she found him to be cute. Karma had two older brothers, she had been a bit of a mistake on her parents part, and was about 7 years younger then her brothers. Because of this, they tended to not have enough time to play with her as a child. So Karma had found it nice to have a younger like brother to play with. They became even closer when Karma found out Shirako's love for cars, and they spent more time together as friends.

"I'll meet you guys at the hospital" Karma yelled out to the others, just as the ambulance doors began to shut.

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Kurt looked around, at the moment; everyone was in the waiting room, due to the fact that the doctors were looking after Shirako. The cut on his leg was very deep, and he lost a lot of blood. They had to have the cut clean so it wouldn't get infected and were sowing it up. The doctor's had tolled them that Shirako was going to be fine, though he had to stay at the hospital for a few days just to make sure that he was alright. Everyone had relaxed after that, and were now just waiting until they could go and see him. Porkchop looked really nerves, of course being saved by someone who got hurt doing this could be the reason. Porkchop had tolled them the full story a few minutes ago to pass the time as they waited.

"I got here as fast as I could. Fucking partner kept asking me what was going on." A young woman walked in wearing a police uniform. She looked to be about 20 or 21. The nurse at the desk gave her a look at her choice of language, but the women ignored it. At the moment she was walking toward Karma, and looking at her, Kurt knew that she had to be Shirako's sister. She sat down beside Karma and Karma began to tell her everything that had happen. During this time, Kurt took the time to look her over. She was of average height, thin, with pale skin. She had long black hair that ran to the middle of her back. She had a narrow face, with full lips and high cheekbones. But it was her eyes that really gave it away that she was Shirako's sister. They both had the exact same bright crystal blue eyes.

"Jesus Christ, of course he's the only one who get's hurt." She said in annoyance.

At this point, Monkey piped up. "Those cupcakes that you made for the picnic were really good. Shirako said that he would tell you, but well since you're here at the moment." During the whole time that he said this, he had kept his gaze on the floor, only looking up at the end.

The women, Sydney, Kurt believed that was what Karma had called her, looked confused for a moment. Yet as the others said added their thank you's and complements for her cooking, she gave everyone a look, and then burst out laughing. Everyone gave her confused looks, not really understanding what she found to be so funny. Even Karma was quietly laughing.

"I'm sorry; I'm not really laughing at you. It's just every single one of you has been duped. I can't cook to save my life; every time I even try I always end up with a fire in the kitchen. "

"But, Shirako said-" Vert stuttered, not understanding

Sydney smiled "Shirako baked those cupcakes for you. We basically live on our own, so he does all the cooking at home. He's a really good cook, but he was afraid that if you guys knew that it was him that made those cupcakes, then you would probably make a big deal out of it. You know, it being uncool that a guy bakes cakes on his free time."

Kurt smirked, "I'll have to mention this to him later."

"Don't make to much fun of him, ok?"

If you don't mind me asking, where are your parents at the moment?" Taro asked

Sydney tensed for a second, and then looked away. "My parents are divorced; my dad is so wrapped up in his new perfect family, that he wouldn't give it a second thought if he found out that Shirako was hurt. My mom, will unless she is trying to impress someone, she wouldn't care." All of this was said very bitterly.

"But surly if she knew that Shirako almost died-" This coming form Nolo

"Ha! My mom would only scream at him for interrupting an important meeting that she was having. The last time Shirako was in a hospital was when he was 9. He fell from a tree and broke his ankle. My mom gave in, and then slapped him, because she said that he interrupted this important meeting that she was having. And how it took months to plan this meeting out, and now it was all wasted. Of course, the minute the doctor came in; she was hugging him and telling him how worried she was. Like I said, my mom really wouldn't care. Not that it matters anymore, we just make sure that we're there for each other to make up for it."

It was at that moment, that a nurse came into the room

"If you all want, you can go and see him, but try to be quite, he's still sleeping, due to the fact that we had to put him under for a while.

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Well, I think that's it for this chapter. Anyway, I have about one more chapter I think, and then this story will be done. Hopefully you like it. :P