Waking up to the sound of alarms ringing all around him, the boy noticed that a crowd of people had gathered, he saw what looked like an ambulance and nurses frantically running around. He also noticed that his friends Haruichi and Furuya were standing at the side looking on in horror, Haruichi was desperately trying not to cry. He tried to think of why his friend was crying but his head hurt too much.

"Try to stay awake." He heard someone tell him but the voice sounded distant, almost like a lullaby. Why did they want him to stay awake, he was feeling really tired and really just wanted to go to sleep. "His losing consciousness, quickly get the stretcher." He felt himself being carried towards the ambulance. It slowly sank in, he understood why his friend was crying, he was going to die wasn't he.

Furuya dragged the crying Haruichi and walked up to the ambulance telling them that they were his friends. They hopped onto the ambulance with them "Make sure he stays awake." The tone the nurse used when she said that scared the both of them, it almost sounded like their friend was just moments away from leaving them forever.

Haruichi wiped his tears away and looked at his friend whose eyes were half dead. "Eijun-kun, don't die. Please don't die." He begged, fresh tears falling from his eyes.

"Baka." Furuya just said.

The boy would have liked to tell Haruichi he would be just fine and retort to Furuya's so called encouragement but he didn't even have the energy to talk anymore. He was desperately trying to stay awake, he didn't want to die, he still had so many things to do, he still had to become the ace and lead the team to victory in Koushien.

He felt his eyes getting heavier, he couldn't hold on any longer, he was just too tired. The last thing he heard was Haruichi desperately shouting his name.

…

The dining hall was abuzz with activity; everyone had decided to wake up late as it was one of the rare times that they didn't have practice or school. Everyone was busy making plans about how to spend their free time.

Miyuki walked up to Kuramochi "I don't see the idiot here."

"That baka, left without me noticing. Come to think of it Haruichi and Furuya aren't here either."

"Maybe those three went out somewhere."

"Good riddance."

"Aww, you say that but you must be really worried." Miyuki teased, he knew that despite Kuramochi's words, he really did care for Sawamura.

Kuramochi shouted back at Miyuki, he really had to wonder why he bothered answering Miyuki in the first place. The catcher's personality really irked him.

The bustling of the dining hall stopped as soon as coach and Rei walked in, they had to wonder why both of them were here. They had no practice today so why had they come. What made it worst was that their face looked completely serious.

Coach looked around "Looks like every bodies here. Calm down and listen to what I have to say. I have just received news that Sawamura is in the hospital."

"What!" Kuramochi shouted.

"He got into a car accident."

Chattering could be heard all around, they couldn't believe the news. They had realized that the 3 first years weren't around but they didn't know that they actually left school grounds.

"Miyuki, Kuramochi come with me." Miyuki and Kuramochi followed the coach, they knew where they were headed, so much for their day off. They hopped into the car heading towards the hospital.

"That idiot." Kuramochi clenched his fist while slamming the window. He was angry at his roommate. His roommate just left and then what happens he gets sent to hospital. That idiot really knew how to make him worry.

Miyuki kept silent, he didn't know why but somehow it seemed that Sawamura's condition might be much worse off than what the coach had told them.

…

Haruichi and Furuya were waiting outside the operation room, Haruichi had panicked when Sawamura had closed his eyes but he still had a heart rate, it was really weak but at least he was still alive. They watched as their friend was quickly rushed to the operating room.

"Furuya-kun, how did it become like this?"

Furuya did not answer he too was thinking the same thing. The three of them had decided that they would explore Tokyo and that's why this morning they left the school. So how did a tour of Tokyo end up being an excursion to the hospital?

After Sawamura was rushed to the operation room, some nurses had come up to them to ask them who they were and where they were from. They were told that the nurses had contacted the coach and that he was on the way.

"How's Eijun-kun?" Haruichi had dared asked once when a nurse came out of the operating room but the look on the nurse's face told him more than he wanted to know. Eijun-kun might not make it. He felt a hand on his shoulder and looked up to see that it was Furuya. Haruichi tried for a smile, Furuya may act like he didn't like Sawamura but he knew that Furuya also considered the southpaw pitcher one of his best friends.

…..

"Are you Sawamura's guardian?" A nurse asked the coach as soon as they had arrived and the coach was promptly taken away.

"Ne, something's not right?" Kuramochi whispered to Miyuki. He was no expert in how hospitals worked but he knew from movies that a nurse would normally drag the adult away to discuss the patient's condition if it was bad. Kuramochi could feel it in the pits of his stomach, something terrible had happened to his roommate.

Miyuki nodded. He had felt that this was coming but it wasn't until the nurse had dragged the coach away that he had confirmed his suspicion. Sawamura might not make it. You idiot, you better not die.

They wandered around the hospital while looking out for Furuya and Kominato. They had first gone to the reception but there was still no patient by the name of Sawamura which meant that Sawamura wasn't in any of the hospital rooms.

"It's strange, Sawamura's accident was 2 hours ago right? Then why isn't he in one of the rooms." Kuramochi's voice was full of worry, he had long forgotten that he was angry at his roommate.

"Kuramochi, look." Kuramochi looked at the screen that Miyuki was pointing at and eyes widened in shock. What he saw scared him, Sawamura was covered in lots of injuries and lying in a sea of red. But what scared him the most was how close the car's tires were to pitcher's head. Did the car hit his head?

Kuramochi turned to look at Miyuki, he realized that Miyuki was trembling. If this was a normal situation, he would tease the catcher about it endlessly but he couldn't because this was not normal and well he was trembling too.

"We better find Kominato and Furuya soon. Their bound to be worst off then us."

Miyuki's words reminded him that their 2 first years had been at the scene of the accident. He couldn't imagine the fear the 2 of them faced or were still facing when they saw their friend like that. Just looking at the images made his feel frightened already what more if they had seen it up close. He began to worry for the 2 of them as well but especially for Haruichi. How were they handling it?

Miyuki had not said a word after that, he couldn't say anything. He couldn't believe the image he had seen. The Sawamura he knew was very loud and obnoxious to the point that he was annoying and was very much alive but that image he had seen made it look like the pitcher was almost dead.

"Kuramochi, we're going to the operation room." No one had said anything for quite a while as they were both lost in thought so Miyuki's words woke Kuramochi from his thoughts.

"Why?"

"Sawamura is there."

…

It had already been 2.5 hours since Sawamura had been brought into the hospital but yet there still seemed to be no sign of Sawamura leaving the operation room. Haruichi held some small hope that his friend would come out alive. The doctors and nurses were desperately trying to save him and the Sawamura he knew would not disappoint anyone's expectations of him.

Furuya just kept staring at the sign hoping for the light to switch off. He didn't like waiting like this. He had been waiting for too long already, he wanted to know if his rival was alright. He had been worried ever since he saw the accident happen but he wasn't like Haruichi, he wouldn't cry. In the ambulance he had called the southpaw pitcher a baka, in the hopes that the pitcher would shout at him but he didn't. He wasn't good at encouraging people so that was all he could do.

They were all so lost in thought that they had failed to realize that Miyuki and Kuramochi had arrived and so were startled. "Miyuki-senpai, Kuramochi-senpai." They called.

"Where's coach?" Furuya asked as he looked around.

"The nurse took him away." Miyuki answered.

Kuramochi looked at them "Na, I know you don't want to talk about it but tell us, what happened to Bakamura."

…..

"Eijun-kun wait for us." Haruichi shouted to his excited friend. Furuya was feeling queasy as he wasn't used to the crowd and Sawamura had run on ahead because he couldn't wait for the slowpoke. He could see the Tokyo sky tree from the distance and couldn't wait any longer. He had heard the view from the tenbo deck was absolutely amazing and he was dying to see it.

"Hurry up." He shouted at them but didn't stop to wait for them.

Haruichi sighed, Eijun would never change. "Furuya-kun are you alright?"

Furuya nodded though he still looked a little pale. He had never expected the trains in Tokyo to be so crowded. He wasn't used to it and it was taking some time to get back on his feet. The idiots excited shout as soon as they arrived at the station did not help either.

Sawamura was excitedly running towards the sky tree when suddenly a car just swerved towards the pavement. The driver was lucky enough to get out with minor injuries. but Sawamura who had no time to dodge it was hit by the car. Sawamura who was propelled towards a brick wall was lying in a pool of blood, his head hitting the hard ground.

…..

Haruichi trembled as he recalled the event, the screeching of the car as it went off course, the loud bang as the car hit his friend. Sawamura didn't even have a chance to shout. He felt a hand on his shoulder, this time it wasn't Furuya's but Kuramochi's. "Thank you for telling us and sorry to make you remember that." Fresh tears were flowing from his eyes again.

"Thanks for telling us." Miyuki also said it, he knew just how hard it was for them to speak about it. When he saw the images he was horrified what more when they actually saw it happen in person.

Kono baka, you better not die, you're going to be the ace right? You want me to catch for you right?

"Miyuki-senpai." Miyuki turned towards Furuya wondering what he had to say but Furuya did not say a thing. Miyuki found it strange Furuya normally didn't show much emotion but he was very clearly worried. He turned to look at Kominato as well. He had to do something to help calm them down.

"Oi oi, why are you guys so worried? That baka never gives up, he'll be just fine." That's right he won't die.

…..

As soon as Kuramochi and Miyuki left with the coach the team began discussing about Sawamura's accident.

"Oo Oo Oo, what's happening?"

Everyone in the dining hall turned and to their surprise found that the retired 3rd years had come to visit them.

"Jun-san, why are you here?" Maezono asked

"I asked a question first."

Ryosuke looked around the dining hall "Where's Haruichi?"

"I don't see Sawamura or Furuya either."

"Miyuki and Kuramochi are missing as well."

The team could tell that the 3rd years were getting suspicious but none of them dared to speak. It was not like they actually knew what was happening with the five of them.

Maezono felt the pressure as the team and the 3rd years looked at him waiting for an answer. He now wished that he was not the vice-captain. He knew that the 3rd years cared about Sawamura and he didn't want to be the one to break the news to them especially after the entire team had agreed that the coach was acting strange but it looked like he had no choice.

"They're at the hospital." Yuki had to stop Jun and Ryousuke from saying or shouting anything, he could tell that Maezono was having a hard time trying to formulate the next sentence. "Sawamura got into an accident."

"Sawamura what!" Jun bellowed

"And Haruichi was with him?" Ryousuke watched as the entire team nodded. "I see." He quickly called his brother.

"Aniki"

"Are you alright? How's Sawamura?"

"I'm fine but Eijun-kun is still in surgery." Ryosuke could hear his brother sobbing as he tried to answer him.

"How long has it been?"

"3 hours." Ryosuke's eyes widened, he couldn't believe that his kouhai was that badly injured.

"And coach?"

"His talking to the doctor."

"Haruichi, keep me updated." Ryousuke quickly said and put down the phone. The news was too much, the fact that Sawamura was having an operation was bad enough but it had been 3 hours and it was still not done, he could only imagine how badly injured his kouhai was and what was worst was that Haruichi had seen it happen. He was sure that it would traumatise his brother.

It took Ryousuke a few seconds before he realized that everyone was looking at him "Ryosuke, what happened?" Yuki asked.

He turned to the team and told the team what Haruichi had told him. The air in the dining hall grew heavy, no one made a sound. They couldn't believe what they had just heard. Their loud obnoxious pitcher was fighting for his life and all they could do was pray that the pitcher would be fine.

A/N: I was asking myself what i was writing when i wrote this. Guess my imagination is up for such a story as i have a plot forming in my head already. Please tell me what you think and any suggestions are appreciated as i am relying on my imagination for this story. Currently, i have no pairings in mind.

On a brighter note, the view from the Tokyo sky tree is absolutely amazing. Sadly Eijun didn't get to see it.