--Disclaimer: I don't own AKIRA or its characters/gangs/locations. I only own Kiba and her 'friends'. So don't flame me, or I'll report you.--
AN: Poor Tetsuo goes under research and testing AGAIN in this chapter; when will the military learn to leave him alone!? Ugh. Anyway, the only warning in this is the fact that Tetsuo goes through a LOT of pain and has really WEIRD dreams. Oh, and his bad language of course.
CharactersTetsuo
Shima- The main character, anyone who read/watched Akira should
know him already. It seems the 3 children sent him back to 'take
care' of something and start his life again. Hence the title of the
story being 'Tetsuo Has A Second Chance'.
He has a drinking
and drug problem right now, he also works part-time in Oni's club
when he's not getting into trouble on the streets of Neo-Tokyo.
Right now, he is under testing again and is slowly uncovering his
forgotten past.
Kiba Jouchi
– The main female-character, she's my own character and is
a high-ranking member of the 'Rune-Tooth' punk gang.
She is
one of the only people who trust Tetsuo and want him to be in the
gang, Oni has a crush on her but it seems she in fact isn't
interested in him. She has taken full control of the gang in order to
find and rescue Tetsuo; she is also trying to get Oni off the idea of
starting a gang war with Kaneda's gang.
Oni Kagari – The leader of the 'Rune-Tooth' punk gang, he's my own character and is the only other OC that actually appears often. He is Oki's older brother and is also a co-manager of an illegal club in southern neo-Tokyo. He desperately wants to see some action and keeps annoying Kaneda into starting a gang war, but Kaneda is not interested of course since he 'knows better'.
Donikoto – A mysterious man cloaked in black, he's my own character and only appears in Tetsuo's dreams. His real identity is not known.
Derby Portfellow– He
only appears in certain parts of the story, my own character, and one
of the 3 AKIRA test subjects who are from England. He is the only
member of the trio who has no major Akira powers, but instead has
some bizarre strength-boost. Derby speaks fluent Japanese and his
bite is just as big as his bark, which is why he is the only one of
the trio who Tetsuo is afraid of.
It seems Derby is bisexual since
he says he finds Tetsuo 'strangely attractive'.
Amy
Ellendale– She only appears in certain parts of the
story, my own character, and one of the 3 AKIRA test subjects who are
from England.
Amy's Akira powers are very limited, she can only
see into the future and project images into people heads.
Amy
can't speak Japanese, which is why she always has a doctor with her
to translate everything.
Ted
Anderson– He only appears in certain parts of the story,
my own character, and one of the 3 AKIRA test subjects who are from
England.
Ted is a retard, a complete utter moron. He likes to
'hurt people for peace' and can't even add 1 with 1 to make 2.
This could be because of his overwhelming Akira strength, it is
almost unheard of.
The only reason he is still sane and able to be
controlled so well, is because he is so stupid and doesn't even
know how to use his power.
He was the first subject to be fitted
with the 'power controlling' chip and can only speak a little
Japanese, but he prefers to read peoples thoughts and talk to them
mentally instead of verbally.
Kyūbi
Gamushara– He only appears in the first few
chapters of the story and possibly a little later. He's my own
character, and a high-ranking half man-half fox that is part of the
'Rune-Tooth' punk gang. He possesses ancient kitsune-tribe magic
and powers, making him a valuable ally. Which is one of the many
reasons why no rival gangs dare challenge the entire 'Rune-Tooth'
group, he is exceedingly powerful.
He is currently a 'background
character' in scenes and doesn't talk much now, possibly because
he has other things on his mind.
Shotaro
Kaneda – He appears often, anyone who
read/watched Akira should know him already. His gang now own a bar in
the northern district of Neo-Tokyo. He desperately wants to see some
action but keeps being annoyed by Oni into starting a gang war, but
he is not interested of course since he 'knows better' and would
rather seek some action in disturbing the army and police
force.
Kaneda seems to feel Tetsuo's presence, but doesn't
think he's really alive even after all the stories he has heard
about him. Instead, he chooses to believe that this 'feeling' is
just his soul missing his friend.
Even though he longs to hear
something about Tetsuo, true story or fake, he believes that what
happened in the Olympic Stadium 5 years ago was destiny and tries his
best to forget everything about it.
Kai
– He appears alongside Kaneda but occasionally is seen either
on his own or with other gang members, now being second in command.
Anyone who read/watched Akira should know him already.
Kai hassles
Kaneda to listen to the stories he has heard on the streets about
Tetsuo, but almost always fails after Kaneda somewhat lectures him
about how it is not possible for him to 'come back'.
Kai is
the only character who actually sees Tetsuo being arrested by the
army, he is also the only person who would dare scream and shout
about it in the middle of a gang conference between the Capsule Gang
and the Rune Tooth Gang.
Other characters that appear: Kei, The Colonel, Oki (Oni's brother) and Lecku, Takashi, Kiyoko and Masaru, Scientists/nurses and military personnel.
Tetsuo Take Ato Niban Kikai
Part 4:
A Psychic's Reminiscence
In a dark room in
the centre of Neo-Tokyo…
"Are you STUPID? There is absolutely no reason as to why we shouldn't do it!" Oni snapped at the Capsule Gang, who where all sat opposite the giant around a high-raised table.
"I already told you, dumb-ass…a gang war isn't what we need right now. Hell, I'm bored too you know. But haven't we always been peaceful to each other, I mean, what's with the random agro!?" Kaneda snapped back at the giant, who was now clenching his fist and shaking it violently at the smaller gang leader.
"There's been talk on the streets that you've
been saying something about us! Either tell us what it is now or we
WILL fight!" Oni shouted, slamming his fist on the table.
Kaneda
rolled his eyes before nudging a nearby member of his gang to laugh
with him, however, that gang member only laughed nervously.
Oni
huffed before sitting back down in his seat, his arms folded.
"Look, both of us are bored…sure we threw about a few stories about one of your members, but you want to know what I have heard from my guys?" Kaneda began as he got out of his seat and leaned on the table, Oni giving the smaller gang leader a 'death-stare'.
"Apparently,
you have been throwing about stories of an old friend of mine who
DIED 5 years ago. That is more hurtful than the ones we did about one
of your guys! Don't you understand how much all of us miss him!?
Hearing these stories brings back painful memories!" Kaneda
continued, getting angrier as he spoke.
Oni shrugged and continued
to listen whilst directing a 'death-stare' at Kaneda.
"We have more of an excuse to start a gang war with you, but you want to know why we don't?? Because we have OTHER ways to channel our boredom, have you ever heard of the POLICE?" Kaneda sat back down and huffed, Oni waved his hand at Kaneda after he finished speaking and laughed.
"Pissing off the police was an old game all young gangs play. We're both adult gangs now, so shouldn't we be playing with fire!?" Oni laughed, Kaneda snorted.
"You're
just asking for it now, if I wasn't in such a good mood I would
flatten your ugly face right now." Kaneda joked, sending his entire
gang into a laughing fit.
Oni on the other hand was steaming, he
was REALLY pissed off.
That was when Kai stormed in, huffing and
panting. He scurried over to the conference and started to wave his
arms about at Kaneda whilst shouting at the top of his lungs, Kaneda
giving the exceedingly hyper Kai a disturbed look.
He sure was
acting weird, as if he just saw something scary.
"Kaneda!! You won't believe who I just saw getting his ass busted by the army!!" Kai yelled, Kaneda just rolled his eyes and looked bored again.
"Let me guess…you saw Tetsuo's ghost again, didn't you?" Kaneda sighed, Oni immediately getting to his feet.
"What do you know about Tetsuo!!?" Oni snapped, Kaneda then jolted towards Oni and got to his feet as well.
"You act as if you know who he is! What do you know about him!!?" Kaneda snapped.
"I asked you first!!" Oni snapped back, Kai then jumped in the centre of the table and screamed to get both their attention.
"LISTEN TO ME!" he shouted, almost breaking the
table as he jumped onto it.
The two gang leaders went silent.
"I
just saw Tetsuo wearing the Rune-Tooth outfit! He was walking around
in the off-limits area of the south district; I was going to go and
approach him…but next thing I know he attacks the army patrolling
the area and gets his ass busted! It was him!! He's ALIVE!" Kai
screamed at Kaneda, who looked entirely confused at the
situation.
Oni was fuming again.
"That little runt went
out after curfew!!? THAT'S IT! Get me Kiba!!" Oni yelled at one
of his men, who instantly hurried off to fetch Kiba.
Kaneda poked
Kai's arm and looked bored again.
"It might have been someone else who LOOKED like him." Kaneda yawned.
"No! He used those freaky powers and slaughtered a soldier! It WAS him!" Kai yelled at Kaneda, who still looked bored and continued yawning.
"Kai, I hate to talk about this every week with
you. Tetsuo died 5 years ago…he can not come back." Kaneda yawned
again.
Oni flipped the table over sending Kai hurtling to the
floor before approaching Kaneda and staring him dead in the face, a
very angry expression on his face.
"What do you know about Tetsuo!?" Oni snapped.
"Look, there are a lot of Tetsuo's in Japan. Our Tetsuo was special, yours is probably a different one to ours. Besides, I haven't seen your guy…is he a new recruit?" Kaneda answered, yawning again afterwards. He was getting really bored now; he might doze off at this rate.
"He only joined us yesterday; we found him half-dead in our 'secret base'. The kid has a foul mouth and some weird attitude problems; so doesn't that make our Tetsuo special!?" Oni snapped at Kaneda who opened his eyes a little bit more.
"Foul mouth? An attitude
problem? Sounds like our Tetsuo…maybe all of them have the same
qualities." Kaneda chuckled.
Oni was fuming again but contained
his urge to punch Kaneda; Kai scurried over again after
recovering.
"It was him! He walked just like him and I even heard his voice!" Kai snapped. Kaneda whacked Kai on the head with one of his fists to shut him up.
"Just shut the hell up.
You're making me miss the little twerp again." Kaneda chuckled
before being interrupted by an angry Kiba, who had just stormed in on
them.
Oni immediately got to his feet again and approached Kiba;
both of them looked pissed off.
"I told you to watch him!!" Oni yelled.
"It's not my fault he's a rebellious, drug
taking, chain-smoking, foul-mouthed little shit! You just stormed off
and left me to take care of him, whilst I was half-drunk! Don't you
know how resilient he is!? He healed in less than thirty minutes
after we brought him back half-dead, but he also recovered from that
spring of silence when you left!" Kiba snapped back, Kaneda was by
now half asleep in the chair.
Oni stayed silent and sighed, before
Kai jumped in again.
"Kiba! Oh my god! I haven't seen you
in ages! You know Tetsuo!?" Kai jumped franticly.
Kiba
nodded.
"Tetsuo was my responsibility; but I got drunk and he ran off. I guess it's my duty to get him back then, huh?" Kiba answered, Oni huffed.
"Too damn right it is! Anyway,
Kaneda…where were we?" Oni questioned, almost mockingly.
Kaneda
got up and yawned again before waving to Oni.
"I've had
enough tonight. We can finish discussing this tomorrow…or next
week…or maybe never again." Kaneda joked before waving his gang
outside; Oni snorted and shook an angry fist at Kaneda as he left the
building.
Kai was the last to leave after he stuck around a little
longer to tell Kiba what happened.
"Oni. Give me full-control of the gang." Kiba demanded, Oni turned towards her and laughed.
"YOU!? You're a girl! And why should I give
you the gang anyway!?" Oni laughed, Kiba then kicked him in the
shins before saying the same thing again.
Oni was very stubborn
and asked why again.
"Oni, I need as much help as possible if we're going to break into the Central Military Building (CMB) to rescue Tetsuo. This gang and Kaneda's should be enough." Kiba explained.
"You're kidding me!? Why do you have to control the gang!? I can!" Oni snapped before Kiba slapped him, asking to take the gang again.
"Owwww! Shit, alright…you've made
your point…but don't go getting yourself killed; I personally
don't trust Kaneda and his goons. Watch them carefully." Oni
answered as he rubbed his sore cheek.
---
Elsewhere, in a laboratory in the CMB…
A tall, broad man walked towards a huge metallic door with the symbols 'S-S15' on its surface. A stern and militant look on his face, whatever he was here for was serious.
"Ah, Colonel! This way please!" a man in a white
coat said as the taller man entered the brightly lit room.
The man
in the white coat led the Colonel towards another door, where he
entered a key code to gain access to another room which was swarming
with doctors and nurses.
"How is he, doctor? Is everything under control?" the Colonel asked as they approached the centre of all the chaos.
"He's
a wonderful subject, far greater than previously speculated!"
the doctor answered as they approached a raised operating table, the
Colonel looking at the boy laying across it in slight disgust.
Tetsuo
was unconscious but was still twitching slightly, possibly dreaming.
Still in a state of shock after the massive seizure he had earlier
from using his powers, luckily he was left alive by the Colonel.
When
Tetsuo woke up a few hours ago the Colonel started to question him
and threaten him; but it was his amnesia that separated him from
being on this table and being shot right in the Colonel's
office.
Before the Colonel could question him anymore, Tetsuo had
a massive seizure again and passed out. The doctors said that this is
a result of his powers clashing with his lack of self-control; he
doesn't know how to control himself, therefore, the powers try to
stop him from doing something dangerous to himself.
A matter of
'self-protection' you might say.
Tetsuo stirred slightly in
his sleep, causing many of the doctors surrounding him to back away
and gasp. But once discovering he was just dreaming they resumed
work.
The Colonel narrowed his eyes as he maintained his focus on
the sleeping psychic.
"Once we fit this chip into his skull we can manipulate his powers freely, it's going to be a breakthrough!" The doctor laughed, the Colonel still looking very stern and uptight about the situation. He knew better than to keep his guard down around Tetsuo, even if the kid had lost his memories he was still dangerous. "That's not what I wanted to hear. Can we control him with it!? I don't want him running loose again; I only spared his life because he has amnesia. If his memories return and we loose control over him, I want him shot dead on the spot. NO EXCUSES!" the Colonel snapped at the doctor who was now examining a chart a nurse handed to him a few seconds ago.
"But sir! This is the wonderful part! If the chip works as we have calculated it to, we can 'tame him' even if his memories come back to him! If he gets out of hand, we just 'switch off' his power and give him a little zap. It's a classical training method used in many other countries." The doctor answered as he received another chart, approaching the Colonel with them both.
"Yes…a classical method of training animals. Not human beings!" the Colonel snapped.
"Sir, please take
a look at these test results! They may ease your concerns." The
doctor suggested as he handed the Colonel the charts.
Both charts
showed three individual lines, a blue line, a red line and a green
line.
On one chart, the blue line was extremely deformed and the
green line was highly peaked. The red line on both charts was normal,
indicating that this was a 'heart-beat' monitor line.
The
Colonel looked at the other chart which showed the blue line to be
slightly deformed and the green line to have smooth and low
peaks.
"As you can see sir, the boys energy levels have gone below the half-way point of how they where 5 years ago. And his power level has gone from one hundred and ten to sixty-five! It's as if in order to return he had to compensate more than half of his power!" the doctor explained.
"…and more than half of his memory
as well, it seems." The Colonel muttered before looking at the
unconscious Tetsuo once again.
The doctor showed the Colonel the
chip that was going to be fitted into Tetsuo's skull before
explaining everything again.
"We have already tested the chips power on number 44. It has proven to be a great success. Number 43 has responded well to the same device and number 42 has been greatly tamed by the 'shock' treatment I explained earlier." The doctor explained, the Colonel examined the chip and handed it back to the doctor.
"When will he be meeting the others? I want to know so preparations can be made." The Colonel asked, the doctor handed the charts back to a nurse and placed the chip back on the operating table.
"Possibly in four days; less if he recovers as quickly as we expect him to. I'll call you when we are ready." The doctor answered.
"Very good. Keep up the work and remember if he gets out of hand and the 'taming method' doesn't work, kill him." The Colonel said as he left.
"Y-yes sir." The doctor answered before turning his attention back to his staff, getting them ready for the operation.
"Even
without his memories, he may still know how to use the power…it
could be innate…if that is the case, we should probably start
taming him as soon as he wakes up before he starts to use that power
for his own selfish reasons again." The
Colonel thought as he headed down the corridor to the old 'babies
room', which was now converted into a 'social gathering' room
for all the test subjects.
He approached the door and entered the
key code before entering the room with a nearby doctor and
guard.
"Long time no see, Colonel." said a voice from within the room as the doors closed behind him.
---
Darkness.
The
chanting of children singing 'Memori, Akira' can be heard in the
background along with the sound of wind blowing.
Suddenly, a
blurred image of Kaneda appears. The image is slightly static, much
like a poor reception on a television screen.
"Tetsuo, it's me!""W-what? Who are you?" Tetsuo cried out; the static image jerked for a second before clearing up again.
"What? You don't remember your childhood friend? That's sad.""Childhood…friend?" Tetsuo muttered before the image blacked out and changed to another static image of a blonde European male, who was shirtless and was in a 'wrestling' grapple on someone.
"I'm surprised nobody has come to help you; you're making quite a noise…anyone would think I was KILLING you right now.""What the hell is wrong with me!?" Tetsuo yelled before the image fuzzed out in static and changed to yet another one; it was of Kiba but she seemed to be bleeding rather badly, shouting at the top of her lungs directly upwards.
"Tetsuo, don't touch his tail!! NO! Watch out!!""What the fuck!? Kiba!?" he shouted again, the image flashed for a second to get a closer view of Kiba's face. 'Dolls Polyphone' was now playing in the background along with further chanting of the same children heard earlier.
"Use your powers Tetsuo! Forget about what happened earlier! USE YOUR POWERS!""What the fuck is going on!!?" Tetsuo cried out. The image fuzzed again to show a metallic creature, but the image was VERY poor and difficult to make out. The creature stood motionless and was looking directly downwards.
Foolish child."Who the hell!?" Tetsuo yelled, the image quickly changing to another shot of the same creature but at a slightly different angle.
My real name is of no importance to you; all you need to know is that the end is near. And there is nothing you can do to stop me!"Who are you!? Where the hell am I!!?" Tetsuo demanded, sounding more worried and frustrated. The image fuzzed into another one of a young man with shimmering white hair, stood in a strong attacking stance. Several battered and bruised bodies surrounding him. But once again, the image was poor and difficult to make out.
"I'll crush you! I don't need to know your stinking name!! I'll make you pay for what you've done to Kaneda!!""Who the hell is Kaneda?" Tetsuo questioned as the image returned to the metallic creature and the white-haired boy. The music in the background now playing Tetsuo's theme, the children's singing stopped. The image blurred even more and the sound started to jerk. It was as if the quality of the image was getting worse by the second.
Now
you're going to give me the pleasure of ripping you limb from limb
right in front of all your friends. Ensuring that they will suffer as
well. "Screw you, Donikoto! You're right about me not
needing to know you're name, that's because I won't give you
the chance to say it!"
"I am Tetsuo Shima! And I will
fucking KILL you for what you've done to my friends! This is for
what happened 5 years ago!!""Ghg!! My---my head!!!"
Tetsuo screamed before everything faded to black.
---
A
rush of pain swelled to his head, causing him to sit upright
instantly and clasp both sides of his head with his hands.
Screaming
in total agony, he flung himself back on to the pillow and rolled
over onto his side, still clasping his head with his human hand.
It
was then that he noticed something off about his metal arm; most of
it was wrapped up in fabric and the 'palm' of his metal hand had
the number 41 sprayed onto it.
"41…what the hell does that
mean?" he muttered as he examined it closer.
That was when he
realised that his headache suddenly vanished, almost as if it was
never there.
"Something is really fucked up around here…"
he muttered as he got out of bed, stumbling towards the nearby door
and opening it to reveal a dark and empty corridor.
He stepped out
of the door and leant on the nearby railing for support, almost
entirely out of breath.
What just happened to him?
"That
was no damn dream I just had…" he cursed under his breath as he
limped down the corridor, stopping every now and then to rub his
head.
The headaches had gone, but it still felt a little
sore.
"Number 41! You shouldn't be out of your room!" the doctor from earlier said as he approached Tetsuo and aided him in standing upright.
"Ugh…who the fuck are you??" Tetsuo asked before cursing under his breath.
"I should have known you'd be in a bad mood; I bet you've been getting those headaches again haven't you? Anyway, to answer your question…I am your personal doctor; Dr.Zenchi. But you can just call me Zen." the doctor acted towards Tetsuo as if he was some little kid, which obviously didn't make Tetsuo feel any better.
"Whatever…ugh…where
the fuck am I!?" Tetsuo complained as he was escorted back to his
room.
Zenchi sat him back in bed.
"You're in the
Central Military Building. You had an almost fatal seizure in the
streets and it seems you have nowhere to go, so the Colonel decided
it was best if you stayed here for awhile." Zenchi answered before
patting Tetsuo on the shoulder, who instantly retaliated and started
to tremble again.
The cold rush began again throughout Tetsuo's
body; it was as if he was lying in ice-cold water without any clothes
on.
Zenchi felt Tetsuo's pulse, it was incredibly fast. If he
kept feeling this worked up and stressed he'd have another seizure.
Then Zenchi would have to declare a code blue.
He reached into his
pocket just as Tetsuo started to hold his head gently and start to
doze off, drool and sway around as if dizzy.
Zenchi then revealed
a small remote with the number 41 above a switch which he flipped to
turn 'on' something.
Tetsuo recovered almost instantly from
the oncoming seizure and relaxed again, before shaking his head and
looking slightly annoyed.
"That's the third time this has
happened! What the fuck is going on!?" Tetsuo cursed before Zenchi
patted his shoulder again, sitting down next to Tetsuo on the bed.
He
wasn't an old doctor; he looked like he was in his mid thirties or
early forties. But he was still taller than Tetsuo.
"Number 41…I mean…Tetsuo…you have a gift, a very special and rare gift. But the problem is…your body can't seem to handle it right now; it wants to break free but for some reason your body is denying it from doing so. That's why you keep having seizures." Zenchi began before Tetsuo raised an eyebrow as he wiped the saliva from his mouth.
"So we had to put a device in your skull to stop your
powers from breaking out and causing your body to enter shock; this
will tame your powers so that we need not use the device ever again
in the future. I expect a good 3 years with the device will fully
tame your powers." Zenchi explained.
Tetsuo just looked at him
as if confused, still in mid-wipe of his mouth.
"Anyway, you should get some sleep. If you need anything at all just press the 'alert' button by your bed. I'll be here as fast as I can." Zenchi said before heading towards the door.
"Hold on a second…is there any side effects to this power thing other than those god damn seizures? You know…like…weird dreams?" Tetsuo asked, Zenchi turned around and gave Tetsuo a rather surprised look.
"Have you been having some strange dreams? What where
they about?" he asked.
Tetsuo opened his mouth to explain, but
quickly retreated from the idea of telling him. Instead he just waved
his arm and said 'forget it' and went back to sleep.
Zenchi
shrugged and closed the door after leaving, before being greeted by
the Colonel.
"What was that all about?" the Colonel asked, Zenchi bowed and chuckled.
"Nothing, he just wanted to know what was causing his headaches. I gave him a quick briefing to make sure he didn't get all worked up over it." Zenchi answered.
"How did he take it? What was his response!?" the Colonel demanded.
"Number 41 took it fairly well, he cursed quite a
bit. But that is only normal for someone who's been through a
fairly shocking experience." Zenchi answered.
The Colonel
strolled past with his hands in his pockets, the same stern look on
his face.
"Number 43 told me about a dream she had. It was quite interesting and I think you should hear about it, so go to the lab tomorrow morning for a briefing. I think we should try to introduce Tetsuo to the others tomorrow if possible, it seems Number 42 is highly interested in meeting him." The Colonel explained before heading back down the corridor.
"Yes sir!" Zenchi bowed before heading back around the corner to work.
END
OF CHAPTER 4. AN: Please review! I know I should stop asking,
but I like to know if anyone is really reading this! I also like
feedback but not flames, so please keep criticism mild. I hope the
characters are OK, because I thought I made Tetsuo a b
"Oh,
I'm so sorry Amy. I didn't know you felt sorry for the little
punk, what about you Ted?""Tetsuo
my little buddy! Don't hurt him anymore!" "You think I
have been HURTING him? What makes you think that?"
"That screaming earlier, that's what. You better explain yourself now Derby, just look at him…cowering in that corner. I've never seen him look so weak and helpless…what did you DO to him!?"