A/N: I hope you like my fanfiction!

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Ryoma only stared at the white ceiling of the ICU. He wondered when he would come out of the ICU and all the machines especially the machine ventilators will be taken away from him. When he heard footsteps near the ICU, he sat up and stared at the small glass windows. He saw all his friends outside and he wanted to get out of that place to cry because of happiness but suddenly, the pain in his chest grew more painful making him scream for help.

The pain slithers in my chest like snakes...

They are limiting my breathing..,

I wanted air to come out of my mouth,

There were ropes in my neck,

I can only scream...

The pain in my chest is just too much...

I can't breathe....

Someone or something is stabbing me,

Someone or something chains my lungs....

My hands are locked in my chest...

The pain is just too unbearable...

I can't even move my body especially my legs...

Liquid flowed from my eyes...

My father and mother appeared before me...

I tried grabbing their hands but I couldn't reach it!

"Oyaji!!! Okaasan!!!" I cried.

His parents stood up from their seats when they heard him calling out for help. Tears fell from their eyes... they know that they can't do anything but wait and pray. Tezuka went closer at the ICU. He was so worried at him already.

"I do wish I was at his position and it wasn't him inside!" he said. Oishi and Coach Ryuzaki went beside him.

"He won't like that, Tezuka," Oishi told him.

Tezuka-senpai looked at me. "Yuden sezu ni ikou!!!" (Don't let your guard down)

The truth is, Tezuka Kunimitsu really spoke that to him as the nurses who quickly responded were getting inside. He knows that it was the only way for Echizen not to give up and endure the pain longer. He'll soon get out of that place and situation anyway.

Suddenly, lights became so bright that I couldn't see clearly...

I clutched my hands to my chest and screamed harder.

Am I dying? Will I die now?

I threw my breather away from me but I felt intense pain more. My heart is beating too fast.

I cannot breathe now.

My vision's cloudy and the only thing that I could see are people wearing white.

They are all around me and they seemed to do their best to help me get out my torment.

But... I can literally feel that my lungs wouldn't hold on.

My vision is going static.

I feel sleepy.

I want to close my eyes but I'm afraid.

What if when I close my eyes, I'm gone?

A female nurse put my breather again with me, held me and afterwards, there was a liquid that made me calm down a bit but still, I can feel too much pain in my chest. I feel like someone keeps stabbing me in my heart and so, I kept screaming for help telling them, "HELP ME!!!" I can't bear the pain anymore.

Ryuzaki Sakuno... Why did I save you??? Why did I save Ryuzaki Sakuno??? This wouldn't happen if I didn't save her! Why did I protect her? Why did I risk my life for a person like her? Is there any reason out there? Do I like her? Does she like me? I screamed her name. I know I have forgotten something but what is it?

An angel went inside the ICU. She smiled at me... the pain in my chest is getting away slowly but... my whole world is getting dark once again...

Miyano Shiho sighed and thanked that she came just in time. "If he stopped screaming without me putting on the antidote, there will be a fifty percent that he'll die. Thank heavens I came just in time before he closes his eyes!"

Doctor Akino Akira went inside and showed her the results of the x ray. She was surprised when she saw it. "They filled his lungs with that poison, isn't it? That's why he has trouble breathing and making his heart double its duty to circulate blood isn't it? Explain to me how that antidote will drain that poison away from him! If only I had seen this later on, I should have drained it myself than waiting for you!"

Miyano Shiho laughed at him and went serious when she stared at the sleeping, young Echizen Ryoma, "You would regret doing that Doctor Akino Akira. You'll definitely kill him if you do that and that's what his assassins want to happen. They would want the police to think that you are only creating the story of Fujiwaka Aioko and be the reason why Irene Lee is missing. her plan is to divert that you are his assassin all along and creating Fukiwaka Aioko as a real person even she's not. Echizen Ryoma could have died without them telling that Fujiwaka Aioko is real. That's the reason why she's hunting him but I know there's more than that. He wasn't just a witness of a crime but they have close contact together before which he can't remember yet."

"How'd you learn all that?" he asked.

"I read Irene Lee's letter to Kudo Shinichi, sensei. He's in hiding because he also helped them to kill him, at least. To answer your question, my antidote will push the poison to the opening of his ears and make it will be a normal earwax for almost a day or so. Tell your nurses to clean it, anyway. I don't want her waking up that his ears are clogged with dirt," she said.

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A/n: I hope you like this fanfiction!