Kingdom of Science - Dr. Stone Fanfic!

Chapter Ten: Stone Road!

[Meanwhile - In The Village]

Ginro spreads the news about Senku and Hikari. The village was abuzz about the two new outsiders. It makes it to the Chief/Priestess hut and to the current Chief that was Kohaku's father.

"So somebody tried to bring in two outsiders. Surely that wouldn't have been Kohaku, would it?" Kohaku's father, the current chief asks.

"We're not quite sure yet." A male standing before him says.

"No, it was definitely her. Your hunch is correct." The female guard states, "Now, Jasper, you heard that Ginro told us earlier. There's no need to like to save her skin." The Chief gets furious.

"Why must my daughter be so foolish?! Is she trying to be disowned now? She can't keep breaking the rules! Ugh! Damn it!" He growls before the Priestess, Ruri begins a coughing fit, specifically to calm everyone down.

"Ruri!" Kokuyo cries out.

[Meanwhile - Chrome's Materials Hut]

They sat up talking most of the night before getting some sleep. Hikari curled up against Senku and slept soundly for the first time in a while. Before Hikari knew it, it was morning. Chrome found them having breakfast. Cinder followed closely behind him as per usual. Hikari smiles as she wonders if Cinder went everywhere with Chrome.

"Okay, Senku! What do we need to do to make that medicine?! We gotta help Ruri kick her sickness!" Chrome exclaims.

"If we can help my sister feel better, I'm ready to do whatever it takes!" Kohaku exclaims.

"Hikari's the medicine person. I'm just the science behind it." Senku explains.

"That's the thing... Without seeing the patient, I don't know what I'm making." Hikari says and she looks at Senku, "Why are you making that expression?"

"No reason." Senku responds, "The first project of the Kingdom of Science is making an antibiotic."

"Antibiotic? What's that?" Cinder asks.

"It's a wonder drug that'll kill the hostile bacteria infecting the patient. Since its discovery in the early 20th Century, it's saved hundreds of millions of lives." Hikari explains.

"You know so much about medicine..." Chrome explains.

"Hikari was studying to be a doctor. I was going to help her create a stronger drug than that, but we'll get to that." Senku explains.

"Yeah. We can't do any blood tests, and we actually have no idea what she's actually suffering from, but I'm sure it's still worth trying anyway." Hikari explains.

"Let's get to work then!" Chrome exclaims.

"I want to help! And Flinty will help too, right Flinty?" Cinder asks.

"Of course, anything to help Ruri get better." Flint agrees.

"What do we need?" Kohaku asks.

"Well, we're missing basically everything." Senku explains, "Kari, do you remember the formula for antibiotics? I can help if you need me to."

"I'm also going to need other tools." Hikari explains.

"I'll make them, just let's tell them what we need." Senku says and Hikari nods, "There are two routes to making antibiotics. The biological route: creating penicillin from living things. Or the stone route: creating 'sulfa drugs' from rocks."

"Wait just a minute. Living things? Rocks?" Kohaku asks, "How could you cure somebody with those?"

"Penicillin, which is made from green mold, is more well known. But now, in the stone world, I think that would mean we'd have to play a crazy game of chance. We'd just be like whoo-hoo when we just happen to find the crazy-strong mold that in Senku's words 'ten billion times more powerful than the normal stuff'." Hikari explains.