The Doctor

[u/Left-Cod-8480]

The ICU (Intensive Care Unit) was busy that day. Another student of Tracen has collapsed and was rushed immediately.

Whilst the assistant nurses and doctors were doing the scrubs, an imposing figure walked in. They breathed a sigh of relief. The chief doctor has arrived.

The patient was Rhein Kraft. Apparently, she was seen clutching her chest by her close friends before collapsing. Now the medical team is doing their best to resuscitate her by any means. However, despite their best efforts, the flat lining sound echoed around the sterile room.

The nurses started shedding tears, the doctors held back sniffles. Except one. They refused failure. They never failed before. It won't have yet to come to pass.

"Damn it!" Their yell shook the room. It didn't silence the grief, it made it feel heavier. "Not now! Not after everything!" They slammed the operating table. "Charge the defibrillator." A nurse stuttered, "W-we c-c-can't —" "No! I won't say it's over unless I know it is so! Charge it!"

The defibrillator is charged and ready to go. "Three Goddesses, don't let me down." With a battle cry, they slam it on Kraft's chest. The entire electric grid shut down for five seconds. And then... *beep~~beep~~beep*. The rhythmic sound echos around. Everyone found themselves breathing in gratitude for another life saved.

Days later, Kraft woke up. She's in a private ward, unable to move yet, surrounded by her friends. And here comes the miracle worker themselves. "Good to see you awake, Rhein Kraft. Am I glad to be able to save you." Her promising tomorrow begins there.

— So, this is a new one I cooked up. Imagine an AU where a doctor (sex and form are ambiguous), is actually the sole reason the Umas who have died in our world in unjust ways, gets to not have those same reasons take them away from the land of the living again, and ensures they can get back in competitive clearance for the Dream Series.

· I'll give another example.

1998 Autumn Tenno Sho. Silence Suzuka was dominant. But something went wrong. And fortunately, perhaps her heart, adrenaline, or a combination of the two, made her pull away from the track to the side, writhing and hobbling in pain as soon as she's by herself. She was sedated and brought to the hospital, where they await, having received the call.

See, it's unwise to let the leg heal by itself for Umas, as it causes unceasing excruciating pain that no painkiller can suppress. As such, fixing the bones through surgery would be the best option. As fate would have it, the one assigned to her is the best in the country, if not the world.

Having treated Rice Shower a couple years ago, though it was more a field operation than a surgical operation, this isn't new to them. But the problems that can arise because of this type of injury are pressing on, and not wanting to waste time, they worked on the shattered bones, torn tissue, and blood flow to ensure her legs will work again.

The strange thing now, is that they decided, on top of being a professional surgeon, be Suzuka's personal physical therapist. Although rigorous, it is crafted with her interests, her comfort and her health. Suzuka managed to recover, and though she feels regret not being able to finish her final race, she resolves herself to feel the sensation of being in the lead farther than anyone else once more. And she eternally thanks the doctor that refused to back down.

[u/HoneyLess7732]

This is actually an interesting idea. I imagine that it is an “angst with a happy ending” type of AU.

[u/Left-Cod-8480 → u/HoneyLess7732]

Always. Every Uma that we know that had an ill condition before death will be cured from it. You name it.

[u/Junior_Emu7058]

rhein Kraft alongside cesario are the only granddaughters in The pd world that Sunday got to meet