It Progresses...

'Don't worry Meiling we're almost there. Wow, even unconscious, she is still pretty cute,' Saluya thought to herself as she approached Eientei.

When she reached her destination, she dashed through the front doors. Inside, there was some kind of a waiting room, complete with magazines, chairs, and a receptionist's desk. Reisen Udongein Inaba is the local lunar rabbit and standing receptionist of Eientei.

"Oh my, what happened Sakuya?" Reisen asked the distressed maid.

"Well, things happened and now Meiling is unconscious," Sakuya replied.

"Eirin should be just about done with her current patient," Reisen told the worried maid.

"Okay..."

Eirin Yagokoro is the local doctor and medical specialist of Gensokyo. Just then Alice Margatroid, Gensokyo's mage and doll expert, walked out of Eirin's office with a distraught look on her face and a bottle of pills in her hand. This bothered Sakuya for a moment as she stared briefly at Alice's fleeting form as she exited the waiting room without a word.

"Udonge! Send in the next patient please," Eirin called out from her place in the office.

"Yes! Right away Miss Eirin," replied as she gestured for Sakuya to enter the next room.

"Excuse me," Sakuya said as she entered the examination room with Meiling tightly held.

"Ah Sakuya, what brings you here at this time of day?" Eirin greeted from her position behind her desk.

"Well, Meiling's hurt and needs medical attention," Sakuya replied.

"Oh, that looks quite serious. Lay her on the examination bed right there, if you will," Eirin suggested. 'Wait, did she just call her Meiling? I didn't even think she even knew her name, with all the times she called her China. Meh must be my imagination,' Eirin thought for a moment as she prepared to examine the patient.

"Yes," Sakuya complied and placed Meiling on the bed.

"Hmm, what kind of injury is it?" Eirin asked.

"Um its a... stab wound, Sakuya reluctantly answered.

"Again?"

"Yes, but it was different this time. She wouldn't usually black out from something like that."

"I see, I'll need take some x-rays to assess the injury. She doesn't look too bad, at least she's still breathing," Eirin concurred.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" Sakuya asked hopefully.

"No, it should be fine. You may return to the mansion. I will give you a call if there are any developments," Eirin told the frantically worried Sakuya.

"Okay, well, I'll be going then," Sakuya replied uneasily.

"I'll be waiting for your return," Eirin said with a reassuring smile on her face as Sakuya left the room.

'She looked worried. It is quite an anomaly for someone like Hong Meiling to collapse like this. Could it be stress? No, She's too carefree to be stressed. What could it be?' Eirin thought as she proceeded to examine the unresponsive form of Hong Meiling.


A/N : 3rd chapter. Sakuya arrived at Eientei. Eirin is puzzled by this phenomenon. The story becomes more of a mystery. Side note : will update at least once a week with classes and such