Neotokyo9: "This chapter is dedicated to the ff.net reviewer known as Emu
for the ideas about Yama and the scientists. Thank you very much!"
Chapter 8- Snow White Flames
Kaneda: "Just what are you going on about Kai, who's coming back?"
" ~~~ K~Kaori, a~and Yama ~~~"
That was the weak little whisper that came from the weakened body in the bed, Tetsuo was starting to wake up but he was still quite feeble. The others looked down at the barely conscious teen that seemed so desperate to talk to them. But it did not last long; in a few short seconds he was asleep once more.
Colonel: "He's getting delusional. How can dead people come back to life?"
Kei: "Hold on now, Kai heard the same thing as Tetsuo didn't you?"
Kai: "Yeah I did. I even saw Yama and Kaori inside my brain and ~~~"
There was a loud knock on the door and Valerie burst in looking like she had a very important message for everyone.
Valerie: "Listen up people Spark's powers and his plan are what's triggering the visions in Kai and Tetsuo ~~~"
Kaneda: "What are you talking about ~~~"
Valerie: "Kaneda I don't want to be as rude as you were just now but just shut the hell up for a minute! Spark is planning to use his powers to resurrect all of the people that were destroyed in Neo-Tokyo a year ago, and to do that he needs us to leave him alone for a while. He has to concentrate his powers and focus all of the lost life energies into physical bodies. He said that he would revive Yama and Kaori first and that they would end up right here when it happened. It will make him lose a great amount of his powers and abilities permanently but it will be worth it."
Kai: "How did you know that me and Tetsuo saw Yama and Kaori?"
Valerie fiddled with the handle of her large knife and allowed a big smile to cross her face.
Valerie: "Duh, I'm psychic after all. And now that I'm done with being a smartass I should also tell you guys that we have to leave him alone while he implements his plan. He told me that it would require a lot of concentration and that he can't be interrupted for any reason. If this works than all of the mistakes of the past will be righted at last."
Colonel: "That may be but what about the memories? Tetsuo will still remember all of the terrible things that he did and so will we."
Valerie's eyes suddenly became cloudy and she remained perfectly still for about a minute before returning to normal once again.
Valerie: "Spark is going to start his plan in twenty minutes. He just told me to tell you guys that he already took the memories of the people into account. While he is reviving everyone he will erase the memories of what happened to them, all except for four people whose memories he deems necessary."
Kei: "And whose memories are those?"
Valerie: "Yama and Kaori of course, plus the scientist that was head of the Akira Project during the so called Tetsuo Incident. Spark tells me that some of the other scientists used to call him Frost behind his back because of how often he froze specimens. And finally, as a way of thanking me personally for what I've done for him he is going to bring Drake here along with Yama and Kaori. But I've just told him that he should take care of everybody else before bringing Drake back to me. I want Tetsuo to see Kaori alive again. I have a feeling she'll forgive him for everything. Yama I am not so sure about."
Kaneda: "Hey c'mon, don't worry about Yama! As soon as he finds out that everyone is alive again he'll probably just kick Tetsuo in the jewels and tell him not to pull any crap ever again or he'll gut him or somethin'."
The Colonel and Kei stood there wide-eyed at the biker's calm and joking statement.
Colonel: "How can you be so accurate about how he'll react to Tetsuo?!"
Kaneda just laughed and told him that Yama had said the exact same thing the time that one time that Tetsuo took Yama's old bike out for a spin and crashed it into a dumpster at the school. Then Kei, Valerie and the Colonel decided to leave the room and head outside and go to the pond just to watch Akira as he prepared for his plan. Then Kaneda, Kai and Tetsuo were the only ones left inside the little cabin-like building. Now even if everyone was to leave Tetsuo all by himself then he would still be okay. As Valerie had been talking to everyone the Colonel had also been taking one last look at Tetsuo and the diagnosis was that he was somehow getting better by the minute and that all he needed now was lots and lots of sleep. Now that it was just the three people in the cabin, Kaneda then knelt down next to Tetsuo's bed and put his hand on his shoulder and then told his old friend that soon everything would be all right. Kai knelt down next to his leader and then he grinned and sighed.
Kai: "I can still hear him faintly you know. He's saying that he doesn't really deserve anyone's forgiveness but he is very grateful for it and that he is also willing to let go of the past just like Valerie is as long as his "wildcat" is willing to forgive him."
Kaneda: "Wildcat?"
Kai: "He's talking about Kaori. He says that that's what he's always called her but not to her face because he was always too embarrassed to say. He called her a wildcat because like a wildcat fears such a simple thing as going into water, Kaori was usually afraid of little things as well. But also like a wildcat, which is brave in facing much bigger animals than itself Kaori was always tough enough to stand by him no matter what. She always cared about him and he always cared about her. Isn't that nice to think about Shotaro?"
Kaneda (Smiling): "Yeah. You're right Kaisuke. Come on. Let's go outside and let him sleep. When he wakes up it may be awhile before he gets another chance to nap."
Far from the peaceful forest were a new chapter in a long story was about to take place there was much unrest in the newly rebuilt Experimental Hospital. The scientists that had led the troops that very morning were presenting their case to the government officials. The lead scientists' name was Kelvin, and he was what one would call a nasty little weasel.
Kelvin: "And when we moved in to apprehend the 41st test subject after he "emerged" we encountered resistance."
Senator #1: "What kind of resistance?"
Kelvin: "Well you see sir, the ground in the alley he was in had a large hatchway, and out of that hatchway came four bikers and a little boy. But that wasn't what made us retreat. One biker, a blue haired woman and the little boy began to emit auras."
Senator #2: "Auras? But that would mean that they controlled the power wouldn't it?"
Kelvin: "And to top it off, as we were leaving our sensors began to detect a third although very weak aura in comparison to the other three being emitted by one of the other bikers, a small teenage boy. And when we came back to the laboratory we analyzed the auras. The aura of the woman and the biker boy are not on record, but the aura of the little boy is."
Senator #1: "Could it be numbers 26 and 27?"
Kelvin: "No sir. It was #28. The great destroyer Akira."
All of the senators in the room had they same reaction. They all responded with shouts of "He's supposed to be dead!!" or "I thought that that was all just a big myth started over thirty years ago!!
Kelvin: "The physical aura that the little boy emitted had the appearance of snow white flames and showed up on our analyzer as a transparent black and green dome. Only Akira's aura ever had those properties. And now everyone in that was in that alley has disappeared and we have no way of detecting were they could have gone."
Senator #2: "What about the two new auras? What is the analysis on them?"
Kelvin: "The physical appearance of the woman's aura had the look of a thick green mist and showed up on our analyzer as a flat disk of rippling green water. We did not have an opportunity to see the physical aura of the small biker but its appearance on the analyzer was similar to that of #25's. It had the appearance of a cloud. Very weak in comparison to the other auras and we have determined that it's not likely to grow very strong. The woman's aura is growing more powerful however. If it does not stop soon it may get as strong as #41's powers once were."
Senator #3: "So Tetsuo Shima's powers have diminished."
Kelvin: "The camera feed set up at the Olympic Stadium during the so- called Second Akira Event showed that #41's powers had amassed themselves as a monstrous physical mutation right before he was absorbed by Akira's "miniature universe. That coupled with the strain of returning to our plain of existence has not only transformed his once again human body, but has cut his powers in half and has left him as weak as a kitten. If we could only figure out were they have gone we could retrieve him and Akira, along with the other two who are emitting auras. I recommend a massive search of the entire city."
Senator #1: "Very well then. If we can find them and somehow control them then we will have power unimaginable. How is the prototype coming along?"
Kelvin lifted a big metal briefcase up onto the conference table and opened it up revealing a golf ball sized device shaped like a five pointed star. Kelvin smiled.
Kelvin: "This is the final design, my very own Psychokinetic Medulla Control Module, or PMCM for short. This device has been in the works since before Akira's first time in any laboratory. Thanks to the data analysis from the blue haired woman's aura we have been able to complete the device. It is launched from a specially designed gun at a subject's head. Once this attaches itself to a person who controls the power, we can control the subject's entire brain. All powers, physical functions and even emotions will be controlled by one of us from a safe distance by remote. And because it can automatically emit a frequency that is opposite to that of the subject's then the subject will be unable to stop it from attaching to their brain using their powers. This gentlemen is the key to the greatest weapons we could ever hope for."
Senator #1: "When you are finally able to locate them then you may use the PMCM on any one of them. Then use your "weapon" to kill the others and retrieve the bodies for immediate testing. We will only need one "weapon". Proceed at your own discretion Dr. Kelvin, but do not fail us. Dismissed."
Chapter 8- Snow White Flames
Kaneda: "Just what are you going on about Kai, who's coming back?"
" ~~~ K~Kaori, a~and Yama ~~~"
That was the weak little whisper that came from the weakened body in the bed, Tetsuo was starting to wake up but he was still quite feeble. The others looked down at the barely conscious teen that seemed so desperate to talk to them. But it did not last long; in a few short seconds he was asleep once more.
Colonel: "He's getting delusional. How can dead people come back to life?"
Kei: "Hold on now, Kai heard the same thing as Tetsuo didn't you?"
Kai: "Yeah I did. I even saw Yama and Kaori inside my brain and ~~~"
There was a loud knock on the door and Valerie burst in looking like she had a very important message for everyone.
Valerie: "Listen up people Spark's powers and his plan are what's triggering the visions in Kai and Tetsuo ~~~"
Kaneda: "What are you talking about ~~~"
Valerie: "Kaneda I don't want to be as rude as you were just now but just shut the hell up for a minute! Spark is planning to use his powers to resurrect all of the people that were destroyed in Neo-Tokyo a year ago, and to do that he needs us to leave him alone for a while. He has to concentrate his powers and focus all of the lost life energies into physical bodies. He said that he would revive Yama and Kaori first and that they would end up right here when it happened. It will make him lose a great amount of his powers and abilities permanently but it will be worth it."
Kai: "How did you know that me and Tetsuo saw Yama and Kaori?"
Valerie fiddled with the handle of her large knife and allowed a big smile to cross her face.
Valerie: "Duh, I'm psychic after all. And now that I'm done with being a smartass I should also tell you guys that we have to leave him alone while he implements his plan. He told me that it would require a lot of concentration and that he can't be interrupted for any reason. If this works than all of the mistakes of the past will be righted at last."
Colonel: "That may be but what about the memories? Tetsuo will still remember all of the terrible things that he did and so will we."
Valerie's eyes suddenly became cloudy and she remained perfectly still for about a minute before returning to normal once again.
Valerie: "Spark is going to start his plan in twenty minutes. He just told me to tell you guys that he already took the memories of the people into account. While he is reviving everyone he will erase the memories of what happened to them, all except for four people whose memories he deems necessary."
Kei: "And whose memories are those?"
Valerie: "Yama and Kaori of course, plus the scientist that was head of the Akira Project during the so called Tetsuo Incident. Spark tells me that some of the other scientists used to call him Frost behind his back because of how often he froze specimens. And finally, as a way of thanking me personally for what I've done for him he is going to bring Drake here along with Yama and Kaori. But I've just told him that he should take care of everybody else before bringing Drake back to me. I want Tetsuo to see Kaori alive again. I have a feeling she'll forgive him for everything. Yama I am not so sure about."
Kaneda: "Hey c'mon, don't worry about Yama! As soon as he finds out that everyone is alive again he'll probably just kick Tetsuo in the jewels and tell him not to pull any crap ever again or he'll gut him or somethin'."
The Colonel and Kei stood there wide-eyed at the biker's calm and joking statement.
Colonel: "How can you be so accurate about how he'll react to Tetsuo?!"
Kaneda just laughed and told him that Yama had said the exact same thing the time that one time that Tetsuo took Yama's old bike out for a spin and crashed it into a dumpster at the school. Then Kei, Valerie and the Colonel decided to leave the room and head outside and go to the pond just to watch Akira as he prepared for his plan. Then Kaneda, Kai and Tetsuo were the only ones left inside the little cabin-like building. Now even if everyone was to leave Tetsuo all by himself then he would still be okay. As Valerie had been talking to everyone the Colonel had also been taking one last look at Tetsuo and the diagnosis was that he was somehow getting better by the minute and that all he needed now was lots and lots of sleep. Now that it was just the three people in the cabin, Kaneda then knelt down next to Tetsuo's bed and put his hand on his shoulder and then told his old friend that soon everything would be all right. Kai knelt down next to his leader and then he grinned and sighed.
Kai: "I can still hear him faintly you know. He's saying that he doesn't really deserve anyone's forgiveness but he is very grateful for it and that he is also willing to let go of the past just like Valerie is as long as his "wildcat" is willing to forgive him."
Kaneda: "Wildcat?"
Kai: "He's talking about Kaori. He says that that's what he's always called her but not to her face because he was always too embarrassed to say. He called her a wildcat because like a wildcat fears such a simple thing as going into water, Kaori was usually afraid of little things as well. But also like a wildcat, which is brave in facing much bigger animals than itself Kaori was always tough enough to stand by him no matter what. She always cared about him and he always cared about her. Isn't that nice to think about Shotaro?"
Kaneda (Smiling): "Yeah. You're right Kaisuke. Come on. Let's go outside and let him sleep. When he wakes up it may be awhile before he gets another chance to nap."
Far from the peaceful forest were a new chapter in a long story was about to take place there was much unrest in the newly rebuilt Experimental Hospital. The scientists that had led the troops that very morning were presenting their case to the government officials. The lead scientists' name was Kelvin, and he was what one would call a nasty little weasel.
Kelvin: "And when we moved in to apprehend the 41st test subject after he "emerged" we encountered resistance."
Senator #1: "What kind of resistance?"
Kelvin: "Well you see sir, the ground in the alley he was in had a large hatchway, and out of that hatchway came four bikers and a little boy. But that wasn't what made us retreat. One biker, a blue haired woman and the little boy began to emit auras."
Senator #2: "Auras? But that would mean that they controlled the power wouldn't it?"
Kelvin: "And to top it off, as we were leaving our sensors began to detect a third although very weak aura in comparison to the other three being emitted by one of the other bikers, a small teenage boy. And when we came back to the laboratory we analyzed the auras. The aura of the woman and the biker boy are not on record, but the aura of the little boy is."
Senator #1: "Could it be numbers 26 and 27?"
Kelvin: "No sir. It was #28. The great destroyer Akira."
All of the senators in the room had they same reaction. They all responded with shouts of "He's supposed to be dead!!" or "I thought that that was all just a big myth started over thirty years ago!!
Kelvin: "The physical aura that the little boy emitted had the appearance of snow white flames and showed up on our analyzer as a transparent black and green dome. Only Akira's aura ever had those properties. And now everyone in that was in that alley has disappeared and we have no way of detecting were they could have gone."
Senator #2: "What about the two new auras? What is the analysis on them?"
Kelvin: "The physical appearance of the woman's aura had the look of a thick green mist and showed up on our analyzer as a flat disk of rippling green water. We did not have an opportunity to see the physical aura of the small biker but its appearance on the analyzer was similar to that of #25's. It had the appearance of a cloud. Very weak in comparison to the other auras and we have determined that it's not likely to grow very strong. The woman's aura is growing more powerful however. If it does not stop soon it may get as strong as #41's powers once were."
Senator #3: "So Tetsuo Shima's powers have diminished."
Kelvin: "The camera feed set up at the Olympic Stadium during the so- called Second Akira Event showed that #41's powers had amassed themselves as a monstrous physical mutation right before he was absorbed by Akira's "miniature universe. That coupled with the strain of returning to our plain of existence has not only transformed his once again human body, but has cut his powers in half and has left him as weak as a kitten. If we could only figure out were they have gone we could retrieve him and Akira, along with the other two who are emitting auras. I recommend a massive search of the entire city."
Senator #1: "Very well then. If we can find them and somehow control them then we will have power unimaginable. How is the prototype coming along?"
Kelvin lifted a big metal briefcase up onto the conference table and opened it up revealing a golf ball sized device shaped like a five pointed star. Kelvin smiled.
Kelvin: "This is the final design, my very own Psychokinetic Medulla Control Module, or PMCM for short. This device has been in the works since before Akira's first time in any laboratory. Thanks to the data analysis from the blue haired woman's aura we have been able to complete the device. It is launched from a specially designed gun at a subject's head. Once this attaches itself to a person who controls the power, we can control the subject's entire brain. All powers, physical functions and even emotions will be controlled by one of us from a safe distance by remote. And because it can automatically emit a frequency that is opposite to that of the subject's then the subject will be unable to stop it from attaching to their brain using their powers. This gentlemen is the key to the greatest weapons we could ever hope for."
Senator #1: "When you are finally able to locate them then you may use the PMCM on any one of them. Then use your "weapon" to kill the others and retrieve the bodies for immediate testing. We will only need one "weapon". Proceed at your own discretion Dr. Kelvin, but do not fail us. Dismissed."