>>10548517>>10532845In any case, Shogun made it to the back, where she was greeted by WWA medical personnel.
“Miss Natsushiro, before you go back…you seemed to be struggling after the match. And now, to be honest. Perhaps we should get you to a hospital?”
>…no. I’m fine.The doctor in questioned balked at the choice. “O-oh, I’m not trying to infer that it’s career-ending, if that’s an issue. We won’t know until we look, so—“
>I’m fine, sir. Girls took worse than me in there and they’re fine.>I carried myself up that ladder several times, I did what I could to spite an enemy of mine, and while I know you weren’t considering this with your concern, the weight of Skelly Skelly’s death is still on my shoulders, but I fought ‘till the end anyway.>I’m FINE.>And I don’t have the time, nor do my friends have the support group, to be anything less. I need to be their backbone.“Miss Natsushiro, if you don’t get that checked, I’m not sure if you’re going to HAVE a backbone.“
>I SAID I’m--!With one blink of her eyes, a rush of images flooded into her head along with another wave of pain. An idealistic vision of Skelly’s body laying on road pavement, removed of blood or any intense injuries. Her face, warm as it always was.
(“Ai-chan…please…”)
>...>...can you just…pencil me in for an examination? Maybe I can sleep it off?“Well, that’s better than nothing. I’m sure Dr. Worm can make the time. Please take care.”
And so, Shogun was dragging herself back to the villa, to do a post-match report with the girls. One out of three wasn’t bad—no, two out of four, by proxy of Mighty Milf’s victory.
Skelly would’ve liked to see that.
