--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: Only warning here is that Tetsuo gets bullied and crap.
Don't worry though; there are NO RELATIONSHIPS in this story other than friendships (and, of course, enemies and that kind of crap).
But I'll just warn those people who hate seeing Tetsuo in a depressed and slightly traumatised manner, he gets harassed and assaulted; battered, bruised and somewhat highly intimidated.

Read on anyway; skip this chapter if you don't like the sound of it but I'll just let you know that there are no details in the 'assault and harassment' parts.

Characters

Tetsuo 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 still has a mild drinking and drug problem, but 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.
Tetsuo suffers from 2 main psychological disorders; Inferiority Complex and Shadow Complex. Both make him seem weak, helpless, submissive and easily taken advantage of.

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'.
Derby suffers from 4 psychological disorders; Superiority Complex, Stand Alone Complex, Homophobia and God Complex (mild case). 2 of these complexes (god and superiority) make him big headed and dominating; whereas the other 2 make him seem paranoid of expressing his emotions and feelings for others, which is why he likes to bully Tetsuo who has no trouble showing his emotions anymore.

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.
She may not speak Japanese, but she can tell what people are feeling or thinking by their body movements and gestures. Which is the only way she is able to communicate with Tetsuo when she has no assistance, they use sign-language.

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.
He likes to call Tetsuo his 'little buddy' and nearly always crushes him whenever he hugs him; Ted is a giant kid and is the only real 'defence' Tetsuo has in the labs against bullies like Derby.
Ted is dyslexic but is in fact a brilliant artist, he just can't make out what he is doing when drawing or painting.

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 5: Clinical Depression

It was 7:00 AM in the CMB, Tetsuo was still sleeping in his room…but once again those 'weird dreams' had returned to him. Only now, they seemed to be of other things. But still they connected to the ones he had yesterday.
It seemed the dreams surrounded a blonde European male, about 18 years old and of a fairly muscular build.
He was also wearing the same 'hospital patient' dress as Tetsuo, only it was more trashed and worn down.
The blonde would approach Tetsuo in an intimidating fashion and tease him, until using his inhuman strength to humiliate and intimidate him even more.
Tetsuo couldn't recognise the blonde since his face was all blurry, but his voice was clear…only Tetsuo didn't recognise that either.
The boy must have either been in his past memories or just a fictional character, made to symbolise Tetsuo's weakness and helplessness towards taller and stronger people than himself.
Perhaps it was really being semiotic of his 'inferiority complex'.

Tetsuo stirred violently in his sleep, almost acting as if he where really being attacked. Swishing his arms around violently whilst kicking and screaming for his 'attacker' to stop and leave him alone.
A loader than usual scream from Tetsuo caused the lights and windows nearby to smash almost instantly, alerting the doctors strolling down the corridor.
Three doctors hurried into Tetsuo's room, stopping at a safe distance away from him.
They had stumbled on him having his 'nightmare' and still screaming in agony, immediately thinking he was having another fit.

"Get Dr.Zenchi, quick!" one of the doctors shouted before sending another outside to fetch Zen.

"Do you think he's having precognition!?" one doctor asked before Zen was hurried into the room, the little 'switch' in his hand again.

"God damn it! You guys are pathetic at your jobs! He's not having a seizure, he's just dreaming." Zenchi laughed before approaching Tetsuo, who's frantic 'dream panic' had settled down.

"Doctor, don't get too close! He might use the power against you!" one doctor said as he hid behind another.
Zenchi rolled his eyes.

"What do you think this little device is for? I told you already; he can't attack us whilst we have the Manipulating Device. Now help me out here." Zenchi explained before instructing the others to examine the damage whilst he studied Tetsuo's behaviour.
Tetsuo's eyes where shut, but it could be made out that he was unsettled or in slight discomfort; his eyes where twitching and he stirred in his sleep.
Zenchi could hear Tetsuo muttering something quietly as he slept.

"Mumble…mumble…hate that son of a…mumble…" he muttered as he grasped the sheet harder.
Zenchi narrowed his eyes as he listened.

"What's going through your head?" he muttered quietly as he rubbed his chin.

"Mumble…stop treating me like…mumble…little kid…" Tetsuo continued to mutter what seemed like senseless dribble in his sleep, but Zenchi was taking great interest in the muttering. Possibly trying to make out what it was he was dreaming about.

"…what are you hearing? What are you seeing?" Zenchi muttered as one of the other doctors stood beside him and listened too.

"…what is it?" he whispered to Zenchi, who had a very serious thinking expression on his face right now.

"He's just dreaming…but don't you think Psychics are amazing people?" Zenchi suddenly answered before the other doctor listened to Tetsuo again.

"…stupid…mumble…moon…"

That was when Zenchi raised an eyebrow; why was Tetsuo dreaming about the moon?

"I don't think they're amazing at all, I just find them creepy." The other doctor said before getting back to work.
Zenchi didn't even listen to the other doctors in the room; he just stood there and listened to Tetsuo, who's 'dreams' where getting weirder by the minute.

"…fucking…kid with white hair…mumble…stupid…mumble…Donikoto…" he muttered.
Zenchi immediately activated the little device as soon as Tetsuo sprung into another random outburst of Psychic 'dream attacks'; the fellow doctors getting as far away from the 20 year old as they could.
Zenchi remained calm and approached the now calmer Tetsuo before tapping him on the shoulder to wake him up, but to no success.

"He's in a meditative trance. How very interesting. It's just like number 43 and the way she has precognition." Zenchi said in a highly amused tone, before slapping a hand to his forehead.

"Damn! I nearly forgot he was going to see them today!!...Rookies!" Zenchi yelled at the other doctors, who where many years younger than him.

"Get this place cleaned up and try to analyse the potential surge of power he had. It would take a certain level of power for him to do certain things. Get to work on it right now; I'll be taking him to the Group Room." He explained before tapping Tetsuo on the shoulder again; the boy simply just groaning and stirred in his sleep as a response.
Zenchi sighed before making a loud clapping sound right next to Tetsuo, causing the psychic to almost instantly leap out of the bed and fall over onto his backside.

"Good morning number 41. Sleep well?" Zenchi chuckled.
Tetsuo just groaned again like a typical teenager would when they're woken up too early.

"You'll have to wipe off that attitude quickly. You're going to meet some more people who are like you today." Zenchi explained.
Tetsuo just waved a tired arm at his doctor before crawling back into bed and groaning again.

"Do you plan on sleeping ALL day? What happened to that young man we brought in kicking and screaming?" Zenchi joked.

"He came to realise just how fucked up his head really is and died in his sleep. That's what." Tetsuo answered tiredly as he rubbed his face with his metal arm, shivering like crazy after realising how cold the damn thing was on his warm skin.
Zenchi opened the curtains, pulled the covers off Tetsuo and clapped next to him again.
When the light hit his face, Tetsuo groaned again in annoyance. The covers being taken away from him didn't make him feel any happier either.
And that clapping was getting on his nerves.

"Look, I'm sorry for the damage and…whatever…wait a minute…what the fuck happened in here!? Why's there glass on the floor!?" Tetsuo yelled after only just realising the room was a total mess.

"Don't worry about that, you where having what we call 'Psychic Dreams'. That's when your powers work as you sleep and act according to your dream. Like if you had a dream about being attacked and defending yourself from the attacker, your powers would act the same way as they would if you used them to defend yourself. It's a complicated theory, but it's very accurate." Zenchi explained as he looked at Tetsuo's chart.
Tetsuo rubbed his head and yawned, still looking tired and slightly confused.

"That made no fucking sense. I'm gonna forget I even asked that damn question." Tetsuo yawned before getting out of bed, stumbling slightly as he rubbed his head again.

"You'll feel like that for a couple of minutes. Number 43 has the same thing happen to her every time she wakes up from a 'Psychic Dream'. Sore head and aching body, I think you'll get along just fine with her." Zenchi chuckled as he aided Tetsuo out of his room.
Zenchi was right though; Tetsuo recovered from the 'sore head and aching body' quickly and was able to walk on his own again, although he was still tired and fairly annoyed at his 'rude awakening'.

They walked for some time to reach the 'Group Room'; Zenchi explaining over and over again to Tetsuo about his powers and how he should learn to control them before they control him, that kind of stuff.

"Here we are number 41; the Group Room. Now I won't be around to help you for very long because I have to check on your room, but there will be plenty of other workers who will help you if you feel a headache coming along." Zenchi explained.
Tetsuo just rolled his eyes as a response before making a 'tusk' sound.
Dr.Zenchi entered the key code and the doors opened, followed by the next set of doors opening.
The security in this room was incredibly tight, nothing could get in or out without that key code.
Not like many of the subjects playing inside would want to leave or anything, but the older subjects like Tetsuo might have second thoughts about staying around.
That's teenagers for you, though.

"What the fuck is with this place, you'd think we where in school or something." Tetsuo complained as he was escorted inside, his hands in his pockets and a slightly tired look still on his face.

"This is where we bring all the others to when we think they deserve some time to play and chat, I think you'll make a few friends here. It only looks like a school because of one thing; all the people here like you are teenagers or kids. There are no adults on our research program." Zenchi explained.
Tetsuo shrugged as a response.

The place looked just like the old 'Babies Room' used to, only now it seemed a lot larger and was divided into three sections; a play area (for children), a communal area (for artists and writers) and a 'chill-out' area consisting of chairs and relatively typical 'teenage' junk (for teenagers.).
The centre-room place was fairly quiet right now, only a few children no older than six where playing around the 'entrance room' and two teenagers where sat watching them under a tree.
There was a large, muscular teenager laughing and clapping his hands nearby as he watched the children play. It made Tetsuo feel a little sick to his stomach, actually.

"Looks like Ted, Amy and Jin are here. You'll have to hang around a little bit longer to meet Derby. Oh! Before I forget! Ted, Amy and Derby are all the way from the United Kingdom. So don't expect them to be too good with Japanese; Derby is the only one who can speak it fluently." Zenchi explained.
That was when, bang on cue, the Colonel appears with a ginger-blonde European teenager by his side.
Tetsuo narrowed his eyes as he looked at the teenager before getting flashes of the nightmare he had last night, but shaking it off as soon as the teenager started giving him some rather 'disturbing' looks.

"What you looking at, fucktard!?" Tetsuo snapped at the teenager, who stuck his tongue out as a response.

"Watch your mouth number 41!" the Colonel snapped before pushing the blonde teenager forwards to go and meet up with the others.
The teenager winked at Tetsuo as he ran by; making Tetsuo shudder instantly.

"Why are you still here, number 41? Go on ahead and talk to the others, I won't be going just yet." Zenchi encouraged Tetsuo to go and join that crazy group, but of course he rebelled as a response.

"That guy gives me the creeps, he looks fucking gay." Tetsuo blurted out, the Colonel once again snarled at Tetsuo and told him to 'watch his language'.
Zenchi sighed and turned Tetsuo around to face the group before pushing him forwards, Tetsuo obviously waving his arms around and shouting in protest.
But before he could turn around and shout at Zenchi he was already right in front of the group of kids.
The little kids stopped playing and looked up at Tetsuo as if he was some sort of alien, where as the large child clapping earlier did the same.
The two teenagers sat under the tree smiled at Tetsuo, with that same blonde kid behind them giving him that weird look again.

"This is Tetsuo, Amy. Tet-su-o." Zenchi said slowly to the girl, who was sat in a wheelchair.
She had her hair tied back in two ponytails and was wearing the same 'hospital patient' attire as everyone else, the young Japanese man sat beside her had purple emo-styled hair.
The three children on the floor had no hair, since they had strange 'white-caps' on their heads. The large child, who was now presumed to be a teenager, had a slightly shaved head.
Tetsuo was looking around nervously as the many eyes stared at him, he wanted to make a snappy insult to combat his inferiority, but the pressure was too much and he stayed silent.

"Tet-su-o. I-am-Amy. Ay-me." The girl said slowly in English, trying her best to pronounce her name in Japanese but failing badly.
The boy sat beside her, who was now identified as Jin, chuckled before heading into the 'chill-out' area.
The large hulking child approached Tetsuo before wrapping his arms around him, hauling him into the air and almost crushing him in a tight bear-hug.

"Tetsuo be my buddy now! Me have many friends!" the larger than normal teen bellowed, still crushing the smaller Tetsuo.
Tetsuo made a high-pitched 'squeak' sound as the sheer strength of the boy started to purify his bones and crush his spirit.
Zenchi tapped the large boy and calmed him down, allowing him to drop the nearly paralysed Tetsuo.

"Ted. Calm down, Tetsuo isn't as big as you are so don't use too much of your power on him." Zenchi said as the large boy chuckled and clapped his hands again, Tetsuo standing up again and clenching his fists after hearing about someone else talk about his height.

"Ted sorry! Me make sure no one hurt my little buddy! Tetsuo buddies with Ted!" Ted bellowed again in a cheerful tone; the kid sure had a deep voice…almost sounded like he bellowed all the time, but he was talking normally!
Okay, from now on, you should know that Ted sounds like a meat-head. That is because, well, he is!
Tetsuo huffed before turning around to leave again, but was blocked by Zenchi and the Colonel.
That and he halted after hearing the VERY posh accent of a certain blonde male behind him.

"Tetsuo, eh? So you're the one the good Colonel was talking about; you're even better in person." The blonde chuckled, Tetsuo getting that same shiver down his spine again like earlier.
He turned around to see the blonde stood right in front of him, staring directly into his face.
Tetsuo almost had a heart attack after being surprised like that; the kid was so damn close to him.

"Hmph. You're a little bit smaller than I thought you'd be; I was expecting a giant, hulking guy like Ted…but I do say; you are much better than I expected." He chuckled.
Zenchi made the gap between Tetsuo and the blonde that more…comfortable…before patting Tetsuo on the shoulder.

"Tetsuo, this is Derby. Also known as number 42." Zenchi announced.

"I must have said something to offend him, he's shivering all over." Derby said as he raised an eyebrow at Tetsuo, who WAS trembling and giving off a cold sweat again.
Zenchi knew what to do, just press the switch again to stop him having another fit.

"Little blighter can't keep his emotions under control, how adorable." Derby joked before the Colonel coughed and gave Zenchi the gesture that they should leave now.

"Tetsuo, I have to go now. I'll be back in about two or three hours, if you need some medical assistance just contact one of the other staff members, alright? Be good now, all of you." Zenchi said as he and the Colonel wandered out of the room, Tetsuo hurrying towards the doors before they could shut on him but to no avail.
The doors had closed before he could get out.

"Look at the little fellow, all weak and helpless. I bet he was an orphan and found on the streets, most of the time kids like that end up socially insecure." Derby laughed.

"Tetsuo need muscle, he talk to Ted!" Ted clapped again before joining in on the three children playing again; Jin returned from the room next door and sat down next to Amy again.
Tetsuo sighed heavily before sitting down on the floor nearby the tree, but still at a distance away.
Amy approached with Jin by her side, who basically translated everything Amy said.

"Tetsuo…why do you look so sad?" She asked; the 20 year old just put his head in his hands and sighed.

"Leave me alone." He answered, before Derby approached from behind and spooked him.

"Oh…you're a jumpy one too aren't you?" Derby chuckled before sitting down next to Tetsuo.

"What the fuck do you want!?" Tetsuo snapped at the blonde, who just chuckled again afterwards.

"You've got quite a temper. How's your physical strength? Does it equal to your temper?" Derby joked.

"Just shut up and leave me alone!" Tetsuo snapped before getting up and sitting somewhere else.

"He's a stubborn little creature; but a strangely attractive one nonetheless." Derby shrugged before sitting by Ted, who instantly tried to bear-hug him too.
Amy and Jin followed Tetsuo and began talking to him…in less of a 'taunting' and 'bullying' manner and more of a friendly approach.

"Derby is a little…crazy…ignore him." Amy said.

"Heh. I figured that out." Tetsuo laughed sarcastically before rubbing his head, Amy nodding before stroking one of her ponytails.

"You're a special one; I sensed it the minute you walked through the door. Don't let anyone make you think anything else." Amy said.
Tetsuo glanced at her and snorted before putting his head in his hands.

"I don't want to be here or talk to any of you. So leave me alone." Tetsuo complained as he brushed his hands across his face, rubbing his still tired eyes.

"Well, if you ever change your mind just come see me. I'm always an open ear. Especially those who need someone to talk to." Amy answered before wheeling herself into the Communal Room; Tetsuo remaining sat with his head in his hands away from the others.
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"Doctor; number 43 told me about a dream she had last night. I think you should hear about it now." The Colonel said as they left the Group Room.

"How strange; I was just going to tell you about number 41's odd behaviour." Zenchi said in a surprised tone; the Colonel turning around quickly upon hearing 'odd behaviour' and 'number 41' being said in the same sentence.

"What about his behaviour!? I warned you already! If he falls out of line and is beyond discipline you are to terminate him!" the Colonel snapped before Zenchi started to cower under the sheer wrath of the taller man.

"It's nothing to do with conscious behaviour; it's just dreams he's been having and how he is reacting to them!" Zenchi answered.
The Colonel returned to his stern and calmer composure after hearing that it wasn't anything conscious that was causing the trouble.

"Has he been tested for the c-11 ability? If not, then ensure he is tested before the end of the week. His dreams may in fact be like Number 43's; we already know she's a c-11, but the dreams she had…" the Colonel explained as they walked down the corridors of the labs, Zenchi rubbing his chin slightly as they walked as if in deep thought.

"Come to think of it, he hasn't been tested for many abilities yet. All we know is that he can make things levitate and explode, but that's about it." Zenchi answered "What were number 43's dreams like then, Colonel?" He asked afterwards.

"She told me that they where set around one person in particular…Number 41; Tetsuo Shima." The Colonel answered before the two stopped walking, the corridor around here was bustling with doctors and nurses and they had to wait for it to settle down.
The cause of this chaos was the fact that all these doctors where investigating Tetsuo's room, the nurses just helping to clean most of the mess up.

"Why would she have a dream about number 41?" Zenchi questioned before rubbing his chin again.

"All she said to me was that he is 'not fully awake' yet and that 'his past will be remembered'. The girl really is a strange one…she's just like Kiyoko who used to speak in riddles all the time." The Colonel answered before they finally stepped inside the room, the damage now easier to see.
The Colonel narrowed his eyes and snarled, the destruction really was odd…usually a Psychic would just smash the glass and bend some pieces of metal and plastic…but the entire room was covered in cracks with shards of glass stuck in the walls.

"I think I know what Amy meant by Tetsuo not being 'fully awake' now; his power is only low because he hasn't discovered it all yet!" The Colonel growled before turning to leave the room again, Zenchi scurrying by his side.

"We're going to take a look at the CCTV footage; I need to know just how much power he still has in his unconscious!" The Colonel snapped before walking down the corridor with Zenchi.
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Meanwhile, back over in the Group Room…
Tetsuo had found a nice space under the tree now that Jin and Amy had gone off elsewhere, taking a little time to think without any distractions.
Ted and the three children where playing with a Frisbee nearby, but they where surprisingly quiet.
Derby was sat on a chair opposite Tetsuo that seemed quite a distance away, but was in fact fairly close.
The 'centre room' only looked big because of the tree.
Derby was giving Tetsuo some long and painfully intimidating stares, he didn't say anything or even move. He just sat there and looked at him.
Tetsuo tried his best to focus his vision on something else, but he constantly felt Derby's gaze on him.

"What's wrong Tetsuo? Got nobody to lean on?" Derby laughed as he got out of his seat at last, finally breaking that awkward silence.
Tetsuo clenched his fists and looked away, snarling and making small growling sounds under his breath.
This was getting ridiculously annoying.

"Come now, don't be mad. I'm just trying to have a joke!" Derby said in a serious tone before sitting right next to Tetsuo, who instantly shuffled up a little bit to get further away from Derby.

"Don't like me invading your 'aura barricade' I see…" Derby huffed.

"I'm not interested in scum like you. Fuck off." Tetsuo growled.

"Well, I guess you wouldn't be interested in finding a way out of here then would you? I know a way out of here and it works. I only stayed here because those jerks have my meds; I helped many other people get away though." Derby explained before giving a slightly sinister smirk, Tetsuo now took slight interest in what he was hearing. He quickly shook that idea off though.

"I know what you're trying to fucking do! Get lost; I don't need any friends in this hell-hole!" Tetsuo growled again.
Derby shrugged before sighing.

"Your loss." Derby chuckled.

"Shut the fuck up; you're a pain in the ass." Tetsuo growled.

"Am I now? What makes you think that about me?" Derby began before messing up Tetsuo's hair, the 20 year old lashing out at him to make sure he knew to back off.
But, of course, Tetsuo was too small to make a decent swing at Derby. Instantly getting his wrist grabbed by the taller boy.

"That foul temper won't get rid of me you know…" Derby teased as he took advantage of Tetsuo's size and hauled him off the ground, now holding his other wrist.

"Put me down you fucktard!! I'm not a little kid for you to pester!!" Tetsuo hissed as he kicked his legs around but was still too small to hit Derby, who was almost double his size.

"Alright…I'll let you go…once I've had enough of you. Which won't be too soon!" Derby chuckled as he started to toy with Tetsuo even more; the 20 year old struggling with all his might but to no avail. Derby was unnaturally strong, his build was average but the strength he had sure did deceive many people.

"H-how are you this…strong!?" Tetsuo cringed as his entire body started to feel sore; he wasn't used to being hauled off the ground by just his wrists…hell it was fucking painful.

"My powers are different from yours. I don't have good psychic abilities; I just have a huge amount of brute strength! It's the one ability, next to Amy's precognition ability, that the 'power-controlling chip' can't turn off!" Derby answered, getting a lot of enjoyment at seeing the helplessness of Tetsuo as he exploited his weakness even more.

"Now you know why I'm the boss around here…they can switch off your powers, but they can't switch off mine." Derby whispered to Tetsuo, who he'd now placed onto his knees after he'd finally gotten tired of struggling.
Tetsuo was dizzy and humiliated, not even Oni treated him like this.

"How about I enforce my authority further by beating your stubborn little backside? Or will you submit now?" Derby chuckled before Ted screamed for him to come and 'play with the dinner plate'. Tetsuo sighing with relief after Derby made a slight groaning sound before shouting in English to Ted that he'd be there in a minute.

"Alright Tet, I'm going to let you go this time. But use your temper like that again on me and I'll do worse than beat your ass…much worse." He warned as he released his grasp from Tetsuo, before going to Ted and the others and teasing them with the Frisbee.
Tetsuo huffed and walked into the 'Chill-out' area as he rubbed his human wrist, closing the door behind him and kicking out the only other kid in there, who scurried over to join Ted and the three children.
Derby saw Tetsuo enter the room alone and tapped Ted in the chest, still holding the Frisbee in one hand.

"Ted…if you and your little friends stay out of the big-kids room for the rest of the day I'll never steal your Frisbee for…well…the rest of the day!" Derby tried to bargain with the giant, who was still foolish like before and agreed anyway.

"Ted and little buddies stay here and play with flying dinner plate!" Ted clapped as Derby handed the Frisbee back to them.

"Good…now, no matter what you hear going on in there you have to stay out. Understand?" Derby asked just to make sure the giant child understood perfectly well.
Ted clapped and laughed before nodding, the three other children also nodded as did the young child who just joined them.
Derby chuckled before waving a hand casually at them as he headed towards the room Tetsuo just entered.

"Hello again, Tet…did you miss me?" He laughed as he slammed the door shut behind him.
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"Rewind the tape!" a doctor yelled.

"No, I think this was when it happened!" another snapped.

"Are you two blind!? It clearly happened ten seconds before then!" one more yelled.

There where five doctors sat around a monitor, with the Colonel and Zenchi sat at the back of the room in deep thought.
The doctors where all watching the CCTV footage of when Tetsuo had the random outburst in the Colonel's office, the seizure and also some footage recently taken from Tetsuo's room of when he had the 'Psychic Dream'.
They where all searching for something…a potential clue as to how far forward his powers really are, how much he can control and how much it takes for him to have a fit and pass out.
The Colonel was still standing firm about the idea of Tetsuo hiding the true depth of his power from the scientists. But Zenchi disagreed with the Colonel's idea over the power of Akira being innate.
He believes Tetsuo's powers are low and are no real threat, that and the loss of memory ensures the powers can not be fully used to their potential on his own.

"Rewind the tape, dammit!" the first doctor demanded as he tried desperately to grab the remote control.

"No! This is when it happened! If you rewind the tape we'll loose it!" the second doctor snapped, tugging back at the controller with the third doctor also joining in.

They where all young men compared to the VERY old man sat in the room with them; he was most likely a professional. And those young doctors where probably his students.
The last doctor looked like one of the average members of staff, and he was the only one trying to stop the fighting.
The Colonel examined the scene which was paused on screen; it was of Tetsuo grasping his head in his sleep and screaming in pain.
It showed that in his room the glass in the windows was starting to crack, that and he was glowing a rather odd colour.

"You see that, Professor?" The Colonel asked the elderly man, who was in a heavy thinking position…most likely because he was in deep thought.

"Yes…he is emitting a white glow…it is most peculiar…" the professor answered as he adjusted his glasses and began fiddling with his moustache.

"Do you have any explanation as to why he is glowing like that?" The Colonel asked, the fighting between the three youngsters still taking place in the background.
Zenchi and the other doctor where having a discussion with one another as well, whilst the Colonel sat beside the professor.

"I only heard stories about subjects who emit glows…most of the time it is just about subjects who have 'sleeping powers' that are triggered by a certain mood or event, mainly those who emit 'silver' glows. But the white glow is a representation in the stories of subjects having beyond the normal standard of the 'Akira' powers." The professor explained; the Colonel getting more and more anxious as the professor continued to explain a 'theory' and 'stories he has heard'.

"In an old 'Akira Godhood Theory' practiced in Northern Japan twenty seven years ago; it explained of a test subject who glowed white whilst fully awake. The researcher went into full detail about the subject's appearance and their characteristics, describing them to appear 'god-like'. Hence the title being 'Godhood Theory'." The professor began, the Colonel still looking slightly anxious.

"And I quote: 'The subject shimmered in an almost blinding white light. A few faint patterns where indicated on the upper torso and face, with stronger-coloured patterns on the arms and fully down the back. A flock of silver 'tendrils' emitting from the subjects back waved around in the mysterious air surrounding their feet; 'cloud-like' shoulder, wrist and ankle blades seemed to just grow from the subjects whitened body. However, the subject lacked any emotion after the stunning transformation and could not control their powers. They had to be terminated instantly.' … I was stunned when I first read about it, but after seeing peoples paintings of what they believe the subject looked like have made me take a great interest in finding one myself." The professor explained.
The Colonel was speechless, this was the first time he'd heard about such a theory and research to back it up. Good thing this professor was from Northern Japan, otherwise they would never have learnt about it.

"Do you think number 41 has potential to be like that?" the Colonel finally asked.
The professor rubbed his chin and glanced at the screen again.

"It all depends. The theory claims that only an extremely rare few…possibly one in a million test subjects…could possess such power. Not even number 28 came close to the subject in the research." The professor explained, the Colonel instantly getting out of his seat after hearing about number 28; Akira, not being anywhere near as strong.

"How is it possible for anything to possess that much power without dire consequences?!" the Colonel snapped.

"As the theory suggests, the subject 'looses all emotion, memory and everything else that makes them human' to compensate for the 'God-like' powers they possess." The professor answered before getting out of his seat and bowing slightly to the Colonel.

"I don't wish to upset you sir, but I have to go and collect number 43 now. She needs to fully explain her dream to me." The professor said before the Colonel nodded, allowing him to leave.
Zenchi approached the three fighting rookies and forced them to go outside and follow the professor whilst he and the other doctor continued to discuss issues about number 42; Derby.

"Number 42 seems to have started acting a little…odd…ever since number 41 came into the building." The doctor explained as the Colonel took a seat again, turning off the CCTV footage.

"He was probably excited about meeting a 'famous' subject after all, almost everyone knows who Tetsuo is in this place. Derby always goes crazy whenever he hears about someone popular coming for a visit, that's why he likes meeting the Colonel and the Professor." Zenchi answered as he flicked through some of Tetsuo's health charts.

"I think Derby is gradually getting more rebellious again; he has recently tried to stop taking his medication and refused to be tested yesterday. I think it's the presence he felt of number 41, I know Derby likes popular people but I am sure you also know he likes powerful people." The doctor added.
Zenchi instantly stopped looking through the health charts and was almost gawking at them, the Colonel looking towards him now with his eyes narrowed. Almost as if he was suspecting something.

"What is it, Doctor?" The Colonel asked. Zenchi shook his head and looked at the chart again before gawking at it once more, the other doctor nearby leaned over his shoulder and took a peek at it…before showing a similar expression on his own face.

"What is the problem!?" The Colonel snapped at them, regaining their attention once more.

"Its—its Tetsuo…number 41….his…his health chart…" Zenchi began, before the other doctor joined in.

"It says that when he had the 'Psychic Dream' last night…his power level skyrocketed…from sixty-five to…two hundred and eighty seven."
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"Stop calling me 'Tet' you fucker!" Tetsuo snapped at Derby, who had locked the door and was now circling Tetsuo…cracking his knuckles.

"Like I warned you before…use that temper on me again and I'll do worse than beat your ass…" Derby teased.

"You're just all bark, no bite. Sure you humiliated the fuck out of me outside, but hell, are you going to pay! You can only back up your talk with bullying!" Tetsuo growled, before Derby stood right in front of Tetsuo and smirked…raising his eyebrows quickly in a teasing manner before winking.
Tetsuo had had enough of being the small one; he did what he could to contain his anger but instead lashed out at Derby again.
He didn't seem to learn from the event earlier, because Derby just grabbed his wrist again…only this time, a lot harder.
Derby then used his strength to his advantage and began forcing Tetsuo to fall to his knees, screaming in pain from the overwhelming amount of power being used on his human wrist.

"Now Tet, am I still all bark and no bite?" Derby teased before using his other hand to grasp Tetsuo by the back of his shirt.
He released his wrist but was now hauling him off the ground by the shirt.
Next thing Tetsuo knows is he's pinned against a nearby wall and the lights go out.
Great, now it's dark.

"Come on Tet, why are you not putting up a fight?" Derby laughed as he launched a fist into Tetsuo's gut, the 20 year old gagging upon the impact.
Imagine solid concrete, coated in metal, being rammed into your stomach at 60 miles per hour. Ouch!

"You said I was all bark and no bite…you're definitely fitting of that comment, right now I think you're the one who should be thinking about keeping your mouth shut. Not me." Derby hissed before throwing Tetsuo onto the floor, who just laid there and twitched in pain with his eyes firmly shut.
He was so sore and mentally weak that he just gave up fighting back; even though he knew what was coming next.
Derby wrapped one arm around Tetsuo's neck and used the other to wrap around his torso, before increasing power to 'grapple' the 20 year old in a tight lock.
Tetsuo let out a sharp scream of pain as Derby's strength began to take its toll on his smaller and more fragile body, he could feel himself being crushed alive in that grapple alone.

"I'm surprised nobody has come to help you; you're making quite a noise…anyone would think I was KILLING you right now." Derby laughed.
Tetsuo suddenly stopped screaming and opened his eyes, that voice…that familiar quote…it was just like in his dream last night.
Derby let Tetsuo slip from his grapple before finally kicking him in the side.

"Don't think I'm done with you just yet; like I said…I'll do worse than beat your ass, and that was the beating. You don't even want to know what I'm about to do to you!" Derby laughed before approaching Tetsuo again and hauled him off the ground.

"Ghg…fuck you…" Tetsuo huffed as Derby stared him dead in the face again, before laughing once more.

"You never learn, Tet." Derby laughed.
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A little later, the professor enters the Group Room followed by the Colonel and Zenchi.

"Amy…where is Derby?" the professor asked, Amy just pointed towards the 'Chill-out' room where Derby soon exits, only to be greeted by an angry Amy and a very upset Ted.

"There you are number 42, where have you been? My colleagues tell me you wandered off somewhere with number 41, oh, by the way…where is he?" the professor asked.
Derby shrugged.

"I don't know." Derby answered; quickly getting a death stare from Amy.

"Well anyway…I'll let you all say goodbye and then we're going to have to head back to the labs for testing and the like. It seems something new has come to our attention." The professor said before turning to the Colonel and Zenchi, obviously to talk again.
That was when Tetsuo crawled out of the 'chill-out' room all battered and bruised, but he was already healing…by the time he gets called over to go back to his room the bruises would be gone.
Well, the ones that where on his face, that is.
Ted hurried over to him with open arms as if seeking a hug, but as a response Tetsuo cowered and hurried over into a corner.

"You're a coward, Shima." Derby mocked, Amy then wheeling herself in front of Derby to prevent him upsetting the already terrified Tetsuo anymore.

"Stop being a prat, Derby. Leave him alone." Amy huffed.

"Oh, I'm so sorry Amy. I didn't know you felt sorry for the little punk, what about you Ted?" Derby said sarcastically towards the disabled girl before turning to face the grumpy looking Ted.

"Tetsuo my little buddy! Don't hurt him anymore!" Ted growled before banging his chest with his bare fists, Derby shrugged and put on an 'innocent' face.

"You think I have been HURTING him? What makes you think that?" Derby chuckled.

"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!?" Amy huffed.

"We only just met him today! How do you know…?" Derby began.

"Are you moronic!? I have the ability to read peoples minds and scan through their memories; the kids past may be cloudy but from what I saw he was never this terrified. Now explain yourself!" Amy interrupted, Ted now stood besides her cracking his knuckles.

"All I did was start enforcing my position as the best; he was just stubborn and didn't learn until I actually hit him." Derby answered back, folding his arms.
That was when the professor and the Colonel came back to them.

"We have to get a move on; the schedule is pretty tight today. Come along now Ted, and you too Amy." The professor waved at the two, who gave Derby another piercing stare before leaving the room.
The Colonel approached Derby, who was acting all smug again.

"You're coming with me number 42; your doctor is too busy to pick you up in person. Come." The Colonel instructed to Derby, who just rolled his eyes as a response before following the Colonel out of the room.
Derby gave Tetsuo, who was still cowering in the corner, a sinister smirk before brushing a hand through his golden hair and leaving.

"Tetsuo, are you alright? You're trembling again." Zenchi asked as he crouched beside the 20 year old, who was 'holding himself' and shaking all over.

"Tetsuo?" Zenchi asked as he placed a hand on Tetsuo's shoulder and shook him slightly.
He got no response other than the same 'trembling' jitter from the terrified young adult.
Zenchi then ordered for three more doctors to come into the room and help Tetsuo 'wake up' and get him to the testing lab quickly; before something unpredictable happened.

END OF CHAPTER 5.

AN: Wow! That's a long one! No Kaneda or Kiba in this one, thank goodness! Anyway…You know what I am going to say…Please review!! Derby is such a little shit! Why did I make such a mean character? Well, I hate to admit it. But I like it when Tetsuo is weak and helpless.
But I also like it when he gets revenge. Mwuhahaha!

That you 'Evil Riggs' for that review; but unfortunately I don't have anything that can sort out the formatting, as for the word choices…well, I'm trying to use my own grammatical skills I have learn in Psychology. Plus it has been some time since I have tried to write a 'serious' story and not a comedy based one.
PS. Microsoft Word sucks!

Teaser for next chapter

"Tetsuo, why don't you just tell me what happened?"

"It'll make no fucking difference!! Leave me alone!"

"No need to get upset, just tell me what happened and I'll be able to help you."

"Why should I!? I hate being the weak one, the little weak fucking kid…you make me feel helpless by saying that to me! Damn it, how could I let Derby take advantage of me!?"

"Wait a minute…what about Derby!? What was it he did do to you!?"