A/N: This chappy is out a few days early as a birthday present to SonicGirl2002! Happy birthday, my awesome reviewer!

The bell rang out, signalling the end of lessons. Tear watched Asch hurrying back towards the main building, and frowned.

'I'll go visit him later,' she decided, heading to her dorm to put her stuff away and change out of her uniform.

She reached her room and headed in, hearing the tap running in the bathroom.

"Hey Natalia!" Tear called, throwing her bag onto her bed and pulling her top off. Then she paused, surprised that Natalia hadn't replied. "Natalia?" she asked, frowning when there was no reply.

She pulled on another top, standing up and heading for the bathroom.

"Natalia?" she murmured, pushing the door open, then blinked before gasping. "Natalia!" she cried, kneeling down beside the unconscious girl. She lay prone on the floor, face flushed and breathing heavily. Tear gently lifted her up, checking her temperature. Carefully, she carried her back into the bedroom, laying her on her bed and removing any unnecessary garments. However, the high fever remained, and Tear bit her lip.

She reached for her phone, pulling it out and dialling a number before waiting. It took a few rings, but it was finally answered.

"Tear? What's the matter?" asked Lorelei.

"Lorelei, Natalia's collapsed!"

"What? What happened?"

"I don't know. I came back in and when I went to check on her, she was unconscious. She has a huge fever and she isn't responding." Tear was near tears, trying to remain calm but failing.

Lorelei was silent for a moment, then gave a grunt. "I'll be over in a minute. Don't do anything," he said, then put the phone down.

Tear waited impatiently, pacing the floor and casting worried glances at Natalia, who still hadn't woken up. Finally she heard a knock on the door and crossed over, throwing it open. Lorelei gave her a brief smile then brushed past her, crossing over to the bed Natalia lay on.

He checked her over, then sighed. "She's got the same thing as Luke..." he murmured.

"Lorelei, what's going on?" Tear asked fearfully.

Lorelei looked at her, then shook his head. "I don't know. I thought it was just Luke, but if Natalia has it as well..." He trailed off, looking thoughtful, then brought himself back to attention. He looked at Tear. "I'm going to move her to the Infirmary. Could you go keep an eye on Luke and Asch while I'm gone?"

"Of course," Tear replied, watching as he reached down and picked Natalia up gently. He headed out, and Tear followed until they got outside, where she hurried off to the rooms Asch and Luke stayed in.

She had barely gotten halfway when someone suddenly cried out.

"Lily!"

Turning, she hurried towards where the voice had come from and found two girls, one of them lying on the floor unconscious. She had a fever, and Tear glanced up at her friend.

"What happened?"

"I-I don't know...We were just talking, and then she just...collapsed!" the girl cried, tears running down her cheeks.

Tear reached for her phone, pulling it out. Quickly she got the number she needed, and barely waited a moment before it was answered.

"Mr Lorelei, someone else just collapsed."

"What?!"

"A girl. Her friend is here with me, says they were talking and then.."

"Understood. I'll tell the Infirmary. Alert me if anyone else.."

Tear heard someone shout and looked up.

"Hold that thought, sir," she said, quickly reassuring the girl before hurrying across the ground. As she approached the scene, she found a group of students standing around another boy.

"Move!" she ordered, pushing through them and bending beside him. He also had a high fever, and she bit her lip before putting her phone to her ear again. "Sir, I have another."

Lorelei gave a growl. "Tell all students who aren't feeling well to immediately come to the Infirmary," he said.

Tear stood up, looking at the group of kids. "Is anyone here not feeling well?" she called.

There was a few mumbles, then several people raised their hands.

"Go immediately to the Infirmary! We do not want any more cases like this!" she ordered.

"Why should we?!" yelled someone, and she felt like pounding her head at the stupidity of these people.

"Because..."

She barely began when a girl at the front, who had had her hand raised, suddenly fell with a sigh. Tear caught her, lowering her to the floor and checking her over.

"Now!" Tear snarled, and the students hurried off with scared glances at the two students. The two students' friends remained, looking worried.

"Are they okay?" asked one of the boys.

"I don't know. Get them to the Infirmary, Mr Lorelei should be there and he'll tell you what to do," she ordered. The students nodded, picking up the collapsed students carefully then hurrying to the Infirmary.

Tear looked around, frowning. What the hell was going on?!

She eventually got to Luke and Asch's rooms, finding the two boys sitting in Luke's room. Asch was sitting on the floor, reading, while Luke lay on his stomach on his bed, plaiting Asch's hair. His own hair was tied back, and his face a little flushed.

They looked up as Tear entered, and Luke gave a tired grin.

"Tear. What are you doing here?" he asked.

"Lorelei asked me to keep you guys company while he deals with some stuff," Tear replied with a smile, sitting beside them. She gazed at Luke hard, and he drew back slightly under her intense stare.

"Um, Tear? Are you okay?" he asked.

"How come you're awake? You don't seem too bad."

Luke shrugged. "Probably because I'm a Seventh Fonist."

"But Natalia's a Seventh Fonist too, and she collapsed," Tear said without thinking, then clamped a hand on her mouth. Asch stiffened, then grabbed her arm.

"What happened to Natalia?" he growled.

"I don't know! Loads of students have just been collapsing. Lorelei said that Natalia has the same thing as Luke, so I guess all the other students do too, but Luke's the only one awake."

Asch looked worried, and stood up. "I'm going to go check on Natalia," he said, before hurrying out, the plait still in his hair. Tear watched him go, then turned to Luke.

"How are you feeling?" she asked finally.

"Tired," Luke admitted.

"Should you even be up? Surely you should be trying to sleep it off.."

"I don't want to. Especially not if all the other students have just been collapsing. I'd probably scare Dad and Asch silly."

Tear nodded, seeing the point in that. "I still don't understand why you're so much better."

"I don't understand why you aren't ill. You've been hanging around with Natalia and me, and yet you don't look like you're ill at all!" Luke pointed out.

Tear considered this. It was a valid point; apart from the little cold that had been creeping up on her a few days ago, she'd been completely fine...

Suddenly she realised.

"That's it!" she cried, leaping up.

"What's it?" Luke asked.

"Luke, I want to try something on you," she said.

"Um..it's not going to knock me out again, is it?" he asked hesitantly.

"No, this is a different one. Hopefully, it'll cure your illness."

"Oh. Okay then, go ahead."

Tear took a deep breath, then opened her mouth.

"Va Rei Zue Toue Neu Toue Ryuo Toue Kuroa.."

As she opened her eyes, she thought she saw a brief gold glow around him before it vanished, and she wondered if it was really there.

Luke sat there for a moment, blinking, then grinned. "Hey - I don't feel tired anymore!" he said happily, leaping up.

Tear breathed in relief. "That's great...I was worried it wouldn't work," she said.

"Well it did. You're amazing, Tear!" Luke said with a grin. Something occurred to him, and he went serious. "Would you be able to do it for everyone else?" he asked.

Tear considered. "Probably, yes. But if I have to do it over and over, I'll get too tired. If we can get everyone together, then we can get rid of it before it can really take effect, too."

Luke nodded. "I'll tell Dad. If we get everyone on campus to go to the Infirmary, you should be able to heal them, right?"

"In theory, yes. It just depends on whether I have enough energy."

Luke frowned. "Well, don't push yourself too hard. We need you."

Tear nodded, and Luke reached for his phone. He quickly called Lorelei, explaining the situation and what they'd figured out.

"So, do you think you could get everyone to the Infirmary?"

"Yes, I should be able to. Come on over, we've had various other students collapse already, and apparently all throughout the day. Whatever is going has started today."

"We'll be there in a minute."

"Be careful."

"We will."

Luke hung up, slipping the phone into his pocket. "Alright, let's get going," he said, running out of the room with Tear behind him.

A/N: Gasp! Shock! Horror! What's going on? Why are all the students magically fainting?! Why is Luke still awake!?

All answers shall be provided next chapter!...except the Luke one :3

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