Hello, I am swanning up out of the void to give you an update that I should have posted months ago ( o=^•ェ•)o

"Kazemaru." Kidou is as calm as ever. "Which members of Inazuma Japan do you remember?"

"E-Endou… Gouenji… you… Sakuma, Someoka… Tsunami…" Kazemaru trails off, as if trying to remember, curling and uncurling his fingers. "There's more… I know there's more, I can't remember!" He stares at his fists in frustration.

Haizaki storms out of the room, muttering under his breath. Kazemaru looks shaken, and Tatsuya moves as if to go after him, but a hand on his shoulder stops him.

"He'll be fine. It's just a little hard to accept the fact that Kazemaru doesn't recognize him. Even if he doesn't admit it, he looks up to the Raimon team. He was quite excited to be chosen to play with us." Kidou crosses his arms and leans against the wall. "But we do have more pressing issues. Kazemaru, you really don't remember Haizaki?"

Kazemaru brings his hands to his temples, raking his fingers through his loose hair. "No, I don't! I keep telling you!" A headache flares as his frustrated shout hangs in the air between them, and he immediately regrets snapping at his friends like that.

Tatsuya's voice refuses to work. He looks to Kidou for help, but Kidou has somehow managed to sneak out into the hall already, speaking to someone - Hiura, by the voice.

"Hiura-kun, it's good to see you doing better."

"It's nice to be out of bed after a few days stuck into it." Hiura sounds happy. "I finally convinced Mansaku to open a window after my fever went down enough."

"Hiroto, who is that?" Kazemaru turns to Tatsuya.

"Ah, is Kazemaru-san up too? Tatsuya told me his sickness was going away." Hiura pushes open the door before Kidou could stop him, smiling at Kazemaru. "Hey, Kazemaru-san! It's nice to hear that you're feeling better!"

"Uuh, who are you?" Kazemaru stares at him blankly. "Where did you…"

Hiura's eyes widen. "I"m… I'm..." His smile fades when Kazemaru looks to Tatsuya.

"Hiura Kirina." Tatsuya quickly steps in before this conversation can turn into the total trainwreck that it had been before. Kazemaru's staring at Hiura - and then, Tatsuya realizes his gaze is empty.

"Kazemaru? Hey, Kazemaru." Tatsuya shakes him. "Kazemaru. Snap out of it, Kazemaru."

Hiura blinks at him, waving a hand in front of his face. "Is Kazemaru even breathing?"

"Probably." Tatsuya grabs him by the shoulders and shakes him again, harder. There's no resistance whatsoever from Kazemaru, who would normally frown and avoid physical contact. "Hey. Kazemaru. I didn't think it was possible for you to fall asleep with your eyes open."

"Gah!" Kazemaru's eyes clear, suddenly, and he jumps, pushing Tatsuya backwards with surprising strength.

Kidou pushes open the door when he hears the crash. "Is everything-"

"It's fine! It's fine!" It's not. Kazemaru is tangled in the blankets and sheets, effectively immobilizing him, and sprawled on the ground, having fallen off of the bed. Tatsuya had crashed into Hiura, ending up in a tangled heap. Hiura has apparently hit his head on something, because he looks as if he's about to cry. Kazemaru just seems resigned.

"I leave you alone for five minutes," Kidou mutters.

"How did this even happen?" Both Tatsuya and Kazemaru are working at the mess of cloth and blankets.

"I told you you shouldn't have given me so many blankets." Kazemaru crosses his arms and looks away from the cloth for a second to frown at him.

"How was I supposed to know this would happen?"

"How was I supposed to organize yards of comforters?"

Tatsuya frowns at Kazemaru this time. "How come nobody told me you were this sassy? I thought attitude was disapproved upon at Teikoku."

"Don't ask me. " But Kazemaru's voice goes flat at the mention of his school.

The door opens. "I've informed Coach and the team of your apparent memory loss. Coach said we should wait a few days, until we're sure that Kazemaru is recovered." That's unmistakably Kidou's.

"Ah." Tatsuya can't find anything else to say.

"Do you mind if I take Kazemaru down to the team for a little while? I'd like to see how much he remembers."

Kazemaru glances sideways at Tatsuya. "Is it okay if I finish with these blankets first?"

"There's time." Tatsuya hears Kidou lean against the doorframe.

"Thanks. You didn't have to."

He feels Kazemaru shrug, and smiles to himself. It seems like Kazemaru is back to normal. "It's not that big a deal."

Someone else enters, and Kazemaru stiffens next to him. Judging by that reaction… Tatsuya recognizes the footsteps. Fudou. Without asking, he sits on Kazemaru's bed, crossing his arms. Kazemaru gives Fudou his usual serious look, and Fudou glowers back. Tatsuya glances back and forth between them.

"Did you two have a fight or something?"

"No, this is what it's like at Teikoku," Kidou says from the door. Kazemaru continues untangling blankets, ignoring Fudou, who glares at the opposite wall. Tatsuya pulls the last knot loose, aware of the heavy silence in the room.

"Kidou, you wanted me to see something?" Kazemaru stands and only looks slightly shaky this time. Good. Progress. Fudou looks unhappier than ever, but Kidou simply starts walking.

When he sees Kazemaru's reaction upon seeing the entire team, Tatsuya feels all of his stress come rushing back. The defender is frozen like a deer in headlights, a quivering smile on his face, and there is almost no recognition on his face when the team gathers around him. He glances at Tatsuya, his face increasingly panicked.

"Let's not overwhelm Kazemaru right away." Kidou's voice rings out clearly, and Kazemaru escapes to Tatsuya. Tatsuya watches the team dissipate, and then he turns to Kazemaru with a friendly smile. "Hey. Do you want to get some food?"

Kazemaru stares at the air. Tatsuya waves a hand in front of his face. "Kazemaru? Geez, not again…" And yet Kazemaru still doesn't blink. Tatsuya gently pushes him, preparing to catch him if necessary, but Kazemaru quickly regains his balance, his body moving on autopilot.

"Ka - ze - ma - ru." With every syllable, Tatsuya shakes Kazemaru, and Kidou begins to notice that something is off. He gives Tatsuya a quizzical look.

"I don't know. He just spaced out or something, I guess." Tatsuya sighs. Kidou snaps his fingers in front of Kazemaru's face, and then Kazemaru jumps, his gaze focusing all at once, and he sucks in a rapid breath.

"Kidou! H-Hiroto!"

Hiroto looks over. Tatsuya shakes his head, mouthing that it was a mistake, and apparently Hiroto understands, because he resumes his conversation with Hiura and Haizaki, both of whom look rather upset upon noticing Kazemaru.

Tatsuya looks back to find Kazemaru staring at him, and for a split second, he's afraid that Kazemaru's forgotten him - but that can't be. Kazemaru knew him just a second ago. Kazemaru's face is slightly panicked the longer he stares at Tatsuya, and Tatsuya tilts his head, wondering what in the world is going on.

"Hey, Kazemaru, are you…" Kazemaru flinches, and briefly, Tatsuya is terrified that his irrational fear might actually come true.

"Gran, Hiroto, Tatsuya…" And Kazemaru clutches at his temples, wincing at a spike of pain. "You can't have used all three names, but why do I..."

Tatsuya immediately notices that Kazemaru mentions his actual name. There's no way that Kidou didn't notice, as well. "Kazemaru." The defender cringes when Kidou begins to speak, but Kidou's voice is calm and low and Kazemaru relaxes. "You know Tatsuya. Do you recognize Inazuma Japan now?" Tatsuya holds his breath, waiting for Kazemaru's answer.

Kazemaru shakes his head, and Tatsuya slumps. But then Kazemaru tilts his head slightly.

"Well… a bit, maybe." He names select members. Only a few - well, Raimon members, that's obvious. Fudou as well. But Fubuki, he hadn't expected, and Saginuma. Kazemaru's eyes widen when he sees Saginuma - the dark-haired goalkeeper notices and smiles uncertainly at Kazemaru - and in Kazemaru's vision, his eyes are wide and black, and his wide grin is tinged with more than a touch of insanity. His hair spikes up in tufts ( and why is he wearing that weird uniform?) - then, it drifts down and goes back to normal, his eyes are normal now too, and his uniform flickers to black and white, there's a green band on his arm, signifying his status as a captain of an unknown team, and in his thoughts, a voice hisses, Enemy.