Chapter Five

This didn't take that long... right?

Here's the fifth. Enjoyy!

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FUTURE

** Tenma's POV **

I swing open the door to see both familiar and unfamiliar figures, the first to catch my eyes was Fei, as she was the one sat by the right side of the expensive chair in front of me- which probably sat on SARU- next was Giris by the left with Meia just beside him, both giving me an emotionless glare that kinda crept me, if not for the fact that SARU always uses that same glare, I would have already jumped from the tension that could have built up inside of me. There were five more people that were situated farther down the table, but those weren't my concern.

The one that got to me though is the person left Fei, he was the one giving me the eerie feeling. He was staring right at me with pure black eyes with dark-orange sclera. Considering the laughable color scheme of his eyes and hair, which were pure white with some orange highlights, his facial structure really was scary, and considering how the other member beside him was sweating, I guess maybe I'm not the only one who's intimidated.

Other than those who I were already familiar with. I saw an empty chair beside Giris and took a seat there, ignoring all the looks being thrown at me, either good or bad.

" Well, since you've all seen Matsukaze in the flesh, and everyone seems to be all here, then we can get to the main purpose of this meeting." SARU said, tone changed from calm, to stern, implying that the situation is a grave matter.

"Due to some... incidents in the past." he said, almost all of the occupants of the room shifted their attention to me for a split-second, except for that creepy guy earlier. Then the attention came back to SARU. "We, Meia and I" he points to Meia " have gotten Matsukaze Tenma back from the past, because if something happens to him, well. We all know the implications of that."

"But wouldn't that caus-"

I zone out after someone I was too lazy to care about spoke up, I was more worried about what complications would my accident cause to this future that they had to intervene. Was it really that important? I wonder...

"Matsukaze!"

I jolted upward as I was called, apparently, my head was drooping downward already after just some thoughts and everyone thought that I was sleepy, but I shook my head to answer their question, which were not asked in a kind tone.

"Very well, as for the next matter. Me, and the high council consisting of Fei, Meia, Giris, and Garo have decided through voting that Matsukaze Tenma shall stay at Feida HQ for the time being, the length is still to be discussed, but it shall be longer that a year and shall not exceed more than two years, the reasons are plenty but the main one is the recovery period of his injury, his ribs will heal in due time, probably around two months or so as the extent of the damage was severe, other reasons shall be discussed with Matsukaze only." he said, clearly putting the emphasis on the last word. "Now, if anyone is against the decision then you may speak."

Silence was the only thing that emanated from the room for a few seconds.

"Very well, if anything else is to be discussed, it will have to wait until further announcement of another meeting, we still have... very important matters to attend to. "

"Uhm. If I may-"

"Dismissed, except for Meia, Giris, and Matsukaze."

Everyone filed out of the room, including the council member who was ignored by SARU, except for of course, Meia, Giris, and me. I did see SARU nod slightly towards Fei's direction, whatever that meant, I'm sure I'm included. Now, all that's left is to find out what SARU wants with me.

"What I want from you Tenma is-" SARU stopped as I yelped slightly, still uncomfortable about his whole mind reading thing.

"You haven't taught him how to block minds yet, did you SARU?" Meia said in a cheerful, yet kinda mocking tone.

"He's only been awake for a few days, I'll teach him about it should I see him good enough to do physical training without getting exhausted for at least an hour or so, as mental training is also as draining as physical training. " SARU said in his usual, monotonic-like voice.

"As why I've asked you three to remain, the reason for that would be of your condition, Tenma." he turned his attention to me.

"What about it?" I asked him.

"Let's see, I think you were hit with a massive chunk of a metal of some sort directly at your chest, you did have several broken ribs but it healed almost immediately after we treated you here, of course your guardians- I believe they are Kino Aki and Ichinose Kazuya- also helped by bandaging and cleaning the wound." he finished. Well I thought that was it until he straightened his posture and leaned closer to the table.

"However, there are some... complications though. Giris will explain the rest." he looked at Giris who seemed to jump slightly with SARU looking at him, but he regained composure almost immediately.

"Right, well the good news, as SARU already said, is that your ribs healed, but..." he paused for a moment before he continued "Your lungs, well... they aren't bad but they aren't good either. "

I was about to speak up but Giris, well, read my mind. I'm starting to hate mind-reading even more, yet at the same time, wanting to learn it too.

"Before you say anything, let me elaborate, the debris managed to slightly puncture both of your lungs, causing some internal and external bleeding. We managed to fix the external part, but the internal, well be found a way, but you will have irregular oxygen intakes and some... episodes, would be a proper term I guess?"

"What do you mean by that?" I asked curiously.

"It means that you'll be experiencing great waves of pain on various occasions, that's why we gave you the morphine pills so it'll alleviate the pain." Meia added.

"Ohh, so that explains what happened earlier, I thought they were just from stress and such" I said, all the while I had something else in mind 'Will I still be able to play soccer while healing?'

"Right, well, until we tell you if it's safe to play soccer, you will not. Am I understood?" SARU said seriously, I nodded in fear he might eat me alive, although I knew he wouldn't do that right?

"You can practice a little though" he continued "But you have to be monitored by either Meia, Giris, or Fei as they know most of your condition, you can ask them if they can practice with you. They are great soccer players. " as he said that, I did see the two beam with pride, probably because of the praise SARU just gave.

"Although, Fei will be a bit busy with... certain matters that need to be dealt with immediately, you might not see him for a while. So, it's up to Meia and Giris to look out for you. "

A flashback of SARU nodding to Fei from earlier crosses my mind. 'So that might be one of the reasons he gestured to Fei' I thought to myself.

"I will play my part as soon as you are in better condition, as I promised. I will help you in training and taming your powers. " he said, again with his trademark tone.

"If there are no more questions, Tenma, you may go back to your quarters, just go straight down the hallway, take two lefts then a right and then follow the carpeted part of the halls, not the tiled ones. Just so you know, tiles lead to facilities, carpets lead to the living quarters. "

I only nodded as response, slightly waved and slightly smiled and both Meia and Giris, and left them for god-knows-what they'll do.

*Normal POV*

*Council Room* (a few minutes after Tenma left)

Meia decided to break the silence that started after Tenma left the room. "Why didn't you tell him about Fei's mission, I know that he came here willingly but, why didn't you tell him that Fei was going back to the past to help Raimon?"

"Simple, really, he came here only because I told him that I'll help him control his powers, so I wouldn't expect him to stay put if we told him that we are helping his team from the past." SARU explained "and besides, we need him to side with us first before we send him back" he continued in a hushed tone.

"But when are we going to tell about who attacked him?" Giris asked SARU.

"The time he is strong enough to play and use his powers without straining his body so much. That will probably top around six months or so, until then. Train with him, show him how to utilize the basics of our physical powers, if you see him ready, do practice matches, make him feel comfortable. We need to make sure his health is passable by the time we send him back." he said, standing up, and walked down towards the door.

"I'll personally handle the rest."

The way SARU said the last part definitely gave them a chill, they were clearly thinking of the same thing.

'Never have I ever seen SARU 'personally handle' something. '

*Tenma's POV*

*Hallway, Feida Main HQ*

Surprisingly, their headquarters is easy to navigate. I thought to myself as I followed the carpeted tiles towards the living quarters of the place.

"Well, so far so good. Almost everyone here seems to be nice, while some aren't that kind to me, at least they're not all mean-" I stopped mid-sentence as I accidentally bumped onto someone.

"I'm so sorry!" I say immediately, forgetting to even look at the man before me, when I managed to see him. A slight wave of fear coursed through me. It was the guy that creeped me out earlier because of his expressions and glares. I unconsciously backed up a little bit from him, just in case.

"Hmm..." he said monotonously. "I don't know what he sees in you, you're just a twit in my perspective." he concluded.

I'll admit, that comment irritated me more that it scared me, he's already judged me without even testing my skills or anything, but, I managed to hide my emotions well and just kept my scared-to-shit face.

"Try to not get yourself killed." he said, chuckling slightly as he purposely bumps onto me hard, pushing me back a couple feet.

"Oops, sorry... that you're weak." he chuckled as he walked on like nothing happened, adding up to my building anger for him.

"Great, just when I thought they're warming up to me, this guy tells me I'm no good." I mumbled to myself quite angrily as I finally got to my room.

I opened the door quietly, not even sure why, came in, closed it, took out my morphine pills out of my pocket as I immediately felt a slight wave of pain course through me again just now, chugged two pills, then went straight to the bed, even though it was just 4 in the afternoon.

"I'll show that arrogant prick, I'll get better in no time, then I'll practice hard again and again until I best him and all the others here, and maybe, just maybe, I'll be able to control my powers and get back home. " I silently wished the last part as I drifted of to a sweet slumber.

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Well, that's Chapter Five.

I feel like Tenma's a bit OOC in the end, but anyway, please review!

Till next time. :D