K-ON!: Shattered Dreams

Chapter 5: Sister, wherefore art thou?

Azusa Nakano was frantic, as she had to take care of two masses of dead weight. How she dragged them both to Yui's house was beyond her belief. She laid them both on different couches just so they don't get at each other in their sleep. She sighed heavily. "Ritsu-senpai... Yui-senpai... I swear the both of you are dumb sometimes." She decided to get a drink for herself, after nearly breaking her back just to drag them both back to the house. She got herself a glass of water and waited for one of them to wake up, clenching her naginata tightly in the very case that it was Ritsu who woke up first, just so she couldn't start anything.

As she predicted, Ritsu was the first to regain her consciousness. Luckily, Azusa had taken the necessary precautions, and by precautions, meaning she pointed her naginata at Ritsu before the drummer could do anything.

"Wow, you sure know how to wake someone up..." She looks over at the still-unconscious Yui. "You mind putting that thing down? I'm not gonna hurt Yui... seriously, I'm not."

"How can I trust your words after what you've done?" Ritsu just sighed. She couldn't bring herself to utter the word 'Sorry' to her.

"Look, I'm not even in any mood to fight... so you mind not giving me this attitude now, Azusa?" Ritsu said, rather dejectedly. Azusa then relented, letting go of her naginata.

"Fine... I'll trust you... for now." The drummer then looked at Yui, who's still knocked out after what she did to her.

"I guess... I got beat, huh...? That sucks." Ritsu said, hanging her head. "Still... how'd you get so much power in that body of yours, Yui... and then... that guitar..."

"It's a mystery to me, too, Ritsu-senpai... I'm not even sure how or when she got that guitar. All I know is, she's still new to using her electricity... and if she doesn't control it, she'll just go berserk with it. That's why I'm here... to help her control her powers."

"Then she knows about this Hour too... right?" Ritsu asked, curiously.

"I'm sure she knows about this Hour." Azusa nodded, sitting back down on her chair. "Ritsu-senpai... here." She passes the drummer a tube of medication. "This'll bring the swelling down."

"Thanks..." She grabs the tube out of Azusa's hands, unscrewing the cap and starts applying it to her swollen eye. As she applied it for the first time, she felt a mighty sting. "Ow!" She groaned, continuing to apply it slowly. She turned her attention back to Yui, who lay solemnly in her state of unconsciousness. "It always worries me every time she has to sleep this long... really. I might almost think she's d-"Before she could continue, Azusa had placed a finger on Ritsu's lip.

"Don't say it, Ritsu-senpai... I wouldn't want to jinx it if I were you."

"Right, sorry... say, could you get me a drink, Azusa? My throat's parched as Hell... no pun intended." She asked, grinning a bit. Azusa just chuckled at the pun, heading back to the kitchen and poured her a glass of water. Ritsu's eyesight did not peer away from her downed leader. "Yui..." She mumbled. Her mind wandered as she replayed what had happened to her days earlier, along with what happened between her and Yui.

She was snapped quickly out of her daydream when she saw Yui's first sign of life since that fight. "Ngh..." She stirred, supporting herself with her elbows. "W-what happened...?"

"Good morning. Or should I say evening, Yui?" Ritsu greeted.

"R-Ricchan...? Where am I...?" She looks around, immediately recognizing her surroundings. "My... house... how'd I get here?"

"I dragged you here, Yui-senpai." Azusa responded, returning with Ritsu's drink. Yui smiled at her, but her smile was quickly erased when Azusa went over to smack Yui in the face, hard at that. "Next time, don't FORGET to take your suppressants ever again! Do you know what would've happened if you lost control of your powers again?" Azusa yelled, though in her harsh words, she had much concern for her senpai than anything. Yui could notice the tears Azusa tried to hold back.