The Revenge of Dark Red Chapter 11:
The End
Emiko went back to her and Kisshu's room after talking to the others. By this time, Kisshu had gotten up and was exercising his now-healed shoulder. He looked up as Emiko teleported in. "Lettuce really did a great job, I feel great!" he said. "Is she okay?"
"Yes, she'll be fine once she wakes up," Emiko said. "I'm sorry."
Startled, Kisshu asked, "Why?"
"I should have realized there was more poison in your system and gotten out on the day you were injured. Then you wouldn't have had to go through this!" Emiko said.
Kisshu came over and hugged her. "I don't blame you in the least, Emiko-chan. You were tired after the battle, so it couldn't be helped. And besides, now we have another healer in our group, so if something happens, you'll have more help. In a way, my injury did us all a favor. I do have a question, though. The Mews gain new powers due to deep emotion. What happened to make Lettuce feel that kind of emotion?"
Emiko looked down, embarrassed. "She was already very worried about you; in fact before you woke up the first time, she was refusing to eat or sleep. She insisted on watching over you, and nothing any of us said would shake her. Even Pai couldn't get her out of here. When you developed a fever and that cough today, she was the one who suggested that maybe I had missed some poison. That proved to be true, but I didn't know how to counteract the poison; I'd never seen anything like it. None of us knew what to do, and your fever was really high. I think Lettuce realized the situation was beyond serious when I started crying. That is probably what caused her to transform and use a new power, because she knows I almost never cry."
"You were crying?" Kisshu asked.
"Yeah, I was worried sick, and I felt helpless, because I didn't know how to counteract the poison," Emiko said. "Given some time in a lab, I probably could have found a cure, but I was worried you wouldn't survive the time it would take to find a way to counteract a completely new poison."
"The fever was that bad?" Kisshu asked.
"Your temperature was five degrees above normal, and that's life threatening. If Lettuce hadn't done what she did, you might have died," Emiko said seriously, her eyes starting to tear up.
Seeing this, Kisshu held Emiko close and said softly, "Shh… I'm here, and I feel better than ever. You don't need to worry anymore."
Emiko hugged him back, and they stayed like that for a while. Finally they broke apart, and Kisshu said, "Let's go see the others. It's been almost a week, and I'd like to see everyone."
"Okay," Emiko said with a smile, and the two of them went out of their room to go see the rest of their friends and family.
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