Polygonum cataimo

Yes, a little surprised.Thought you'd stop me... or something. "

"Oh, am I so hateful in Tetsuya's eyes?"

"No, Akashi-kun... is the most gentle. I like it very much." Heizi smiled slightly, and naturally uttered sweet words of love.

On the contrary, Akashi felt a little surprised, he was stunned for a moment and then said: "Tetsuya...is always beyond my expectations."

"One more thing, I think Akashi-kun will be surprised too."

"what?"

"Maybe... it will bear fruit tomorrow." Heizi touched his own flowers and smiled contentedly.

"I'm looking forward to seeing what it looks like." Akashi covered Kuroko's hand, and the warmth slowly passed between the two.

However, Kuroko never noticed the faint sadness in Akashi's eyes that he hid so well.

The next day, Heizi took Yao to Lvjian Cave Mansion early in the morning.

After seeing Heizi leave, Akashi stood in the open space in front of the cave, closed his eyes and quietly waited for the catastrophe to come.

The surroundings were very quiet, and the scenes since meeting Kuroko automatically appeared in Akashi's mind, no matter which scene it was, it looked very nostalgic.

In fine weather, thunder suddenly broke out, and a fierce lightning bolt fell from the sky, igniting a tree not far in front of Akashi, and the sound of "cracking and crackling" seemed to be a warning to Akashi.

Heizi who was watching Ogiwara intently in the Green Cave, heard the thunder outside, and his heart trembled involuntarily.He turned his head uneasily and looked at the sky outside, just like the sky that day.

Yao, who was sleeping peacefully on the ground, suddenly stood up and ran to the entrance of the cave, screaming in horror towards the sky.Thinking that it was frightened by the thunder, Heizi quickly stood up and comforted Yao, but it was still crying in Heizi's arms, as if calling for something.

"What's wrong with you?" Heizi asked puzzledly, "Did you miss Akashi-kun? But looking at the weather, it seems to be raining heavily..."

Yao didn't pay attention to Heizi's words, and kept screaming, his voice getting more and more miserable.

"Mr. Lujian, do you know what happened to Yao?" The worried Heizi walked aside holding Yao and asked the silent Lujian.

"It..." Midorima frowned, unable to hide the unbearable and sad expression on his face.

The delicate Heizi felt that there was something wrong with Luma, and he asked, "Is there... is there something..."

"Heizi, let me tell you, you listen calmly." Luma hesitated for a while, and finally chose to tell the truth.

"Okay." The uneasiness in his heart was getting bigger and bigger, and Heizi couldn't help but hugged Yao tightly.

The dazzling lightning struck directly at Akashi, Akashi dodged, and before he stopped, another bolt of lightning struck again.He raised his hand and blocked most of Thunder and Lightning's attacks with his demon power, but he was still injured.Bright red blood flowed from the arm that was cut by a knife blade, and stained the white sleeves.

Akashi frowned, and wanted to heal his wound with demon power, but unexpectedly another bolt of lightning struck from above his head!

A howl came from a distant forest.

Hearing this sound, Kuroko, who was rushing towards Akashi at his fastest speed, felt pain when his heart was almost smashed. Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, his face became pale due to nervousness and fear, and his lips were bloodless , but was forced to be bitten by him and showed a little scarlet.

Akashi-kun... Please, don't, don't...!

When Heizi was about to reach Akashi's cave, he suddenly felt a hot pain from the top of his head!

How, how...!At such a time...

Heizi stopped, the flowers above his head began to wither, and he groaned in pain.

"Aka... Akashi-kun..." Heizi clenched his fists tightly, using all his monster power to speed up the withering of the flowers, but it was accompanied by double the pain!He fell to the ground, desperately making himself ignore the pain, and crawled forward slowly.

Akashi-kun...

The flowers on the top of Heizi's head were completely withered, and a green fruit slowly grew from the receptacle.But Kuroko didn't care about this, he crawled towards Akashi with all his heart, his knees, palms, and arms were slowly worn out bloodshot.

Another bolt of lightning strikes!

Heizi arrived at the open space in front of Akashi's cave, and what he saw made his heart ache like a knife.

"Aka... Akashi-kun..." Heizi managed to support his body, and at the same time, he finally bore fruit, and fell to the ground with a "boom".

After the burning pain subsided, Kuroko grabbed the fruit and ran towards Akashi.

Akashi, who had been hit by lightning in several places, was lying on the ground with strength, and heard Kuroko's voice in a daze.He barely opened his eyes, the stinging pain from his body made him break out in cold sweat.

When he saw Heizi lying on his body clearly, his heart was shocked!

"Tetsuya, get away from me!"

Kuroko raised his head and looked at Akashi with a gentle smile. He held up the fruit in front of Akashi and said, "Akashi-kun, look, this is the fruit I produced... because it's my first time, so it's a little small... ..."

"Shut up!" Akashi grabbed Kuroko's hand, seeing that another lightning bolt was about to strike, Akashi hugged him and rolled to the side.

Kuroko grabbed Akashi's clothes tightly, and suddenly found that Akashi's left eye turned golden again, and for the first time, that golden eye showed a gentle look to him,

"Akashi-kun..."

"Tetsuya, don't move." Akashi said softly, but the two cat tails behind him were frantically sweeping, creating a strong air current.

"Akashi-kun, what are you doing..."

"Of course it's protecting you." Akashi raised his right hand, gathered all the monster power on his finger, and then slashed fiercely towards a certain place in the sky.

The thunder stopped temporarily.

Akashi, who thought the catastrophe was over, lay in Kuroko's arms, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

The blow just now exhausted all his monster power, if...

The weather is not beautiful, and the last thing you want to happen still happens.Akashi, who was leaning on Kuroko's shoulder, suddenly saw another lightning strike from behind Kuroko!

He quickly hugged Heizi tightly, and exchanged places with him without hesitation.

"Uh——!" Akashi, who was struck by lightning in the back, lost consciousness in an instant.

The catastrophe finally stopped, but...

"Akashi-kun, Akashi-kun!" Heizi put Akashi flat on the ground and shook vigorously, but there was no sign of him waking up.

With trembling hands, Kuroko held Akashi's wrist, and there was a faint beating from his fingers, like a lonely lamp in the deep winter, which was in danger of being extinguished at any moment.

"W-how could it be..." Kuroko looked at Akashi who had his eyes closed tightly with a pale face, not knowing what to do for a moment.

"Akashi!" Midorima's voice came from behind, "Kuroko, Akashi...quick! Help him into the cave with me!"

The two worked together to put the unconscious Akashi on the bed.

"Midorima-kun, please... please save Akashi-kun..." Kuroko looked at the scars on Akashi's body, and the tears in his eyes seemed to be about to fall.

"Only by myself, I can't save Akashi. I already got Kise and the others to come here, but I don't know if I can..." Midorima felt unsure.

After pondering for a while, Heizi suddenly said: "Mr. Lujian, can I trouble you to go and see if Mr. Huangse and the others have come?"

"...Okay. You keep an eye on Akashi for now, and let me know if there is any situation."

"En." Heizi suddenly became very calm, and he just nodded indifferently.

After Midorima left, Kuroko held Akashi's hand tightly, and said slowly, "Akashi-kun... I remember something my elders told me..."

He let go of Akashi's hand and began to unbutton his clothes, slowly revealing his fair skin.

"The newly fruited Polygonum mutianensis has a miraculous healing effect on any wound."

Kuroko, who was naked from the upper body, climbed onto the bed, lay on Akashi's body and hugged him tightly, catching the heartbeat from Akashi's chest with his heart.

"This is also a kind of compensation...to make up for the mistakes I made. If I hadn't taken the elixir, Akashi-kun would definitely not have become what he is now."

"...Akashi-kun, farewell."

After finishing speaking, Heizi closed his eyes and used up the last of his demon power to transform himself back to his original form.

After a while, Polygonum Kiten lying on Akashi's chest exuded a white and dazzling light, and the light slowly sank, as if it was merging into Akashi's body.

"Akashi, Akashi!"

"Little Akashi, wake up, don't die, little Akashi..."

"Chizi, if you don't get up again, I'll eat everything you have here..."

"Akashi, Kuroko... is gone..."

As if hearing a certain word, Akashi slowly opened his eyes.

"Little Akashi is awake!" Kise exclaimed excitedly.

Hearing Kise's noisy voice, Akashi felt very headache. After thinking of something, he sat up and asked, "Where's Tetsuya?"

"Kuroko..." Midorima looked at Akashi hesitantly.

"Say it."

"Heizi seems to... died in order to save you."

"Dead...died?" Akashi opened his eyes wide, chaotic memories collided in his mind, giving him a headache,

He remembered that Heizi blocked the last blow of Heavenly Tribulation, he should be fine, how could it be...

Suddenly, he recalled that when he was in a coma, he seemed to hear what Heizi said in his ear, and he remembered it as if...

"The newly fruited Polygonum mutianensis has a miraculous healing effect on any wound."

"This is also a kind of compensation...to make up for the mistakes I made. If I hadn't taken the elixir, Akashi-kun would definitely not have become what he is now."

"...Akashi-kun, farewell."

"How long have I been in a coma?"

"Ten days." Kise said, "Little Akashi is in a coma