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[h2][u][color=steelblue]K E N I C H I[/color][/u][/h2]
[h3][b][i]Hospital[/i][/b][/h3]
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As plans got underway for the group to make their trip to the hospital, Kenichi absently rubbed his side. He'd been moving and talking a lot, especially once he got excited about the shared interest in Kamen Rider with Fumika. And the whole game of chuunibyou with Haruka. Now his ribs were starting to throb again. And of course his hand stung where he had split the scabs. 

As Fumika headed for the doors, the bluette watched her go with concern. Maybe it was just him, but it seemed as if the number of times he had seen her show any emotions at all were heavily tilted in the direction of distress. She had hugged him just moments ago, and he had seen her smile here and there. But the hair pulling, the blank face with downcast eyes, and of course the ever indicative ahoge lying flat or drooping low...Had she done more of that than anything else? Kenichi hoped it was just because this whole Hero School thing had turned into one fiasco after another. He hoped she was just responding to stress and a lot of unfortunate occurrences. Because if Motome Fumika was living with some deep sense of sadness all the time...

As the rest of them headed after her, his thoughts were broken by the re-appearances of Kasuke and Asuka, along with a girl he didn't recognize. Was she another new member of the 1-A class? Komei's roster was surprisingly unstable...or maybe, unlike what he'd heard about UA, the departments were highly mobile? Then, as his powerful nose caught a single small strand of something, he held up a hand in warning to the others before turning his head away from everyone.

"AH-CHOOO[i]ooh god my ribs[/i]."

So the cat ears and tail were real, then.

Once the blinding pain shooting through his side had once more dulled to an ever-constant reminder of misery, Kenichi managed to get back on his feet and speak again--though his usual loud voice was now ragged and low.

"So we're all--hack--decided that we're gonna go. Cough. But we still don't know what happened?"

With the group joined by new members, it was as good a time as any for reiteration. Jett did the honors, updating them on what little info he had received as they headed towards the main gate. Kenichi registered the memory that Jett said the text had come from his father. Did that mean Jett's dad worked at the hospital? How else would he be involved in something like this unless...maybe he was a Pro? After all, someone had rescued the students, right?

[i]Rescuing them from what, or who, now that's my next question.[/i] Thought the bluette. [i]So Jett's saying some group attacked them, and then Heroes resolved the matter. But Yukari had been involved in a completely seperate matter...at the same time? Is that really a coincidence?[/i]

As much as he tried not to think about it, he couldn't help comparing it to his own situation. Katchi, Chuck, and Shirou hadn't been real "Villains" per se--they were too small minded and too weak. But their decision to try and go big with a real kidnapping, from what Kenichi had pieced together during his time with them, had been heavily influenced by the League of Villains showing up at UA. Was that the reason? Were Villains all over the place going to start all poking their heads out at once? Were they just that bold, now that the bastion of Herodom, UA, had been proven not-so-invulnerable? Or...maybe this could have been coordinated?

As they boarded the bus Kenichi shook his head. All that thinking wasn't his strong suit. And everyone already seemed so worried...it wouldn't do any good to bring up something like this and make it even worse on them. Massaging his side, he tried to make a little bit of small talk...but it didn't seem like anyone was in the mood. The best he could do, he decided, was to try and snag the seat nearest to Fumika. To be emotionally supportive and stuff. Yeah. That was...that was right, right?

Jett kept them updated as much as possible, and Kenichi decided to use his own phone and check the local news stations. As he scrolled through stories, he happened to pause on one for just a moment.

[i]Kidnapped Student Rescued by Local Hero Decaman! Three Criminals in Custody![/i]

Kenichi's jaw clenched hard enough the people sitting closest to him could probably hear his teeth grind. He quickly flipped to another webpage.

As this motley collection of heroes-to-be flowed out of the bus, Jett told them where to find everyone. Kenichi remembered Reina, and he was starting to piece together that Kaida might have been that girl hanging out with Roy and Jett that first day in the cafeteria, but now he wondered who Michiko was and when she had joined the class. 

”So..who do you guys wanna see first?” asked the taller boy. Kenichi thought to himself that he should probably go see Takeshi and Roy first, since A: he'd be more likely to be let into the boys' room with less trouble, and B: Jett's own info so far said the girls were resting.

"I say we visit them all one by one, starting from one side and working our way down," Mina suggested.

"Or we could split up." Kenichi pointed out. "There's more than a handful of us here, and I bet the nurses would get ticked if we just all crowded out their rooms or the hallways." He looked around to see if anyone else would take him up on that idea. 

Nonetheless, all of the injured students seemed to be on the second floor anyway, so the group would have to stay together for that first leg of the trip. And just as they entered the hallway leading to their friends' rooms, they found the first of the wounded--one whom Kenichi noted hadn't even been mentioned thus far. Donny, who looked relatively uninjured actually save for the fact his behavior made it clear he's on some [i]really good[/i] painkillers. Kasuke immediately confronted him only to be met with a barely coherent response.

"Easy, Kasuke-chan." Kenichi piped up without thinking about who he was actually talking to. "Don-kun ain't gonna heal any faster if ya glare at him like that. Why don't ya help him to a vending machine or--"

Just then, a mousy girl pushed her way through the group with a muttered "Sorry, excuse me..." Kenichi would, of course, not have minded at all to move out of her way. Unfortunately, by the time she had actually said anything, she had already brushed against him.

[i]Zap[/i]. "YEOWW[i]wwhyyy goddammit![/i]" First he jumped, his hair standing on end either due to surprise or electricity--probably the electricity--and then of course due to reflexive tensing of his muscles he immediately doubled over again due to the pain in his ribs. "Who--cough, hack, [i]fffffuuuck meeee[/i]--who brought the cattle prod?!"

He looked up as, moments later, a room's door slammed closed. A glance at the plaque on the wall told him that was Takeshi and Roy's room. Fighting through the pain, Kenichi started towards it. Who had that girl been? Why had she suddenly rushed into the room of two boys? As he thought about that mousy voice, he suddenly made the connection!

Even as he trembled on his feet, one hand clutching his ribs, he reached for the door handle--!

"DON'T DO IT TAKESHI AND ROY, SHE LOOKED LIKE A LOLI--!"

Just then Roy aggressively wheeled himself out of the door, opening it and in the process swinging its doorknob directly into Kenichi's ribs.

[url=https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/110/216/133.png]"GYAAAHAAAGH--"[/url]

As Roy wheeled himself to Kaida's room, still speaking to this cattle-prodding loli, the door slowly swung back to reveal a crumpled, white faced [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2XEM0kgrqI]Kenichi slumped against the wall.[/url]