The Problem with Tetsuo

Reanna King’s first (and only!) Akira fic

An: I’m beginning this fic the day after I saw Akira for the first time. It totally blew me away, so I decided to cope in a typically Reanna-ish fashion: write a humorous fic about it. Okay. This is an Alternate Ending fic in which Tetsuo was able to get control of his power at the last minute, was treated and allowed to return to society. Flame me if you like. Call this fic an insult to everything that is Akira if you like. I don’t care about continuity. I don’t care about inconsistencies. This is just an experiment, really. Send comments to: kingrr@uwec.edu

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(KANEDA, KEI, TETSUO, KAORI AND KAI are hanging out on a random street corner)

KANEDA: Uhh… Tetsuo, don’t you think you should put that thing away now?

(We now see TETSUO with one of those plastic toy robot arms)

TETSUO: (pouts) But I miss my robot arm…

KAORI: It’s all right, Tetsuo. I liked your robot arm.

TETSUO: (grumpy now) Don’t patronize me.

KAI: Yeah, man, that was close. I thought you were gonna go insane.

(Everyone gives KAI a look)

EVERYONE: Where WERE you all that time, anyway?!

KAORI: Hey, do you guys hear something?

(everybody strains to listen)

SOFT VOICES: Badum badum badum badum, badum badum badum badum, badum badum badum badum…

KANEDA: The hell?…

(everyone sees tiny TEDDY BEAR, STUFFED RABBIT and TOY CAR marching down the street)

BEAR, RABBIT AND CAR: Badum badum badum badum, badum badum badum badum, badum badum badum badum…

TETSUO: YAAAAAAHHH!! GET AWAY FROM MEEEE!!!!

(TETSUO looks like he’s about to use his powers. A nearby window shudders. Instead the lid flies off a trash can and hits him over the head, bringing him back to reality)

KEI: (wryly) There’s something you don’t see every day…

BEAR, RABBIT AND CAR: Badum badum badum badum, badum badum badum badum, badum badum badum badum…

TETSUO: You mean you see it too?!

ALL: Yeah.

TETSUO: (pissed) DAMN YOU LITTLE DEMONS!!

(TETSUO boots BEAR, RABBIT and CAR into oncoming traffic)

BEAR, RABBIT AND CAR: Badum badum badum badum, badum badum badum badAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

TETSUO: (laughs maniacally) DIEEEE!! MWAHAHAHAHAHAAAA!!

PERSON: What the hell have you done?!

TETSUO: Eh?

(a random lady walks up)

LADY: You’ve killed them! And in the prime of their career!

TETSUO: What the f*** are you talking about?

LADY: You’ve never heard of the Bear, Rabbit and Car show? It’s the most popular show for kids nowadays!

KANEDA: Oops…

(meanwhile, a tiny ambulance with a smiling face on the front drives up to where the little demons have been run over)

AMBULANCE: Varroom varroom varroom varroom, Varroom varroom varroom varroom, Varroom varroom varroom varroom, Varroom varroom varroom varroom…

(a bunch of tiny penguins hop out of the ambulance and put BEAR, RABBIT and CAR into the ambulance)

LADY: (staring at TETSUO) Wait… you’re the blob guy, aren’t you.

TETSUO: (turns bright red) DON’T MENTION THAT!!!

KAI: Ya gotta admit, you did look pretty funny.

TETSUO: DAMMIT! DON’T MAKE FUN OF ME!

(a flower pot shoots off a windowsill and bashes TETSUO over the head)

TETSUO: (gravely) What the hell’s going on here?

CHOIR: DAAAAA……. DAAAAAA….. DAAAAA….. DAAAAA….

(everyone looks around)

KEI: Where’s that singing coming from?

KANEDA: Dunno.

TETSUO: Just ignore it… it’ll go away…

(KANEDA raises an eyebrow)

KANEDA: Uh… I’ll see you guys later… (KANEDA and KEI walk off)

 

(The newly rebuilt baby room. KYOKO, TAKASHI and MASARU are having an educated discussion)

MASARU: I want my Cheesy Poofs!

TAKASHI: Masaru’s mom is a bitch!

(COLONEL WALKS IN)

COLONEL: What’s going on in here?

KYOKO: Nuthin’ right Takashi?

TAKASHI: TAKASHI! TAKA-TAKA-TAKASHIIII!!

COLONEL: Now settle down!

KYOKO: Masaru, why are you so FAT?!

MASARU: I’m not fat, I’m big boned!

KYOKO: Then you must have a—

COLONEL: Enough! R’spect maa ‘thoritay!! Err…. umm…

MASARU: OH MY GOD! They killed Kyoko!

TAKASHI: Screw you guys, I’m going home! Me “NAH” you “NAH!”

COLONEL: Hey! SHUT UP!

 

(AKIRA sits in whatever little dimensional pocket he exists in, with his chin resting in his hands)

AKIRA: I’m bored.

CHOIR: DAAAA….. DAAAAA…. DAAAA…. DAAAAAA….

AKIRA: Cut it out.

CHOIR: DA--- (cuts off)

 

KYOKO, TAKASHI and MASARU are all playing on Game Boys)

TAKASHI: Pikachu, I choose you! (pushes buttons)

KYOKO: Oh, yeah? I’m using Jigglypuff! (pushes buttons)

MASARU: An unwise decision…

KYOKO: What are you talking about? Jigglypuff rocks!

TAKASHI: Jigglypuff sucks! Pikachu rocks!

(COLONEL walks in)

COLONEL: Kids! How many times have I told you never to play that awful game! You know what it does to your powers!

TAKASHI: Aww, but it’s fun…

KYOKO: Tormenting Tetsuo is boring…

MASARU: There’s nothing to do…

COLONEL: Put those things away and… read a book or something.

ESPERS: We don’t have any books!

COLONEL: (thinks a moment) Then I’ll go out and get you some. Stay put and don’t play on those things any more!

ESPERS: We promise!

COLONEL: (smiles) I knew you’d see it the right way.

(COLONEL leaves)

ESPERS: Yeah, he’s gone! (they pick up their Game Boys again and resume playing)

 

KAI: Whaddaya guys wanna do tonight?

TETSUO: I dunno.

KAORI: We could go rent some movies to watch.

TETSUO: (likes the idea) Hey, there’s an idea.

KAI: Where?

TETSUO: Right there. Look.

(TETSUO points to the sidewalk on the opposite side of the street, where the word “IDEA” is strolling down the sidewalk)

KAORI: So it is.

KAI: Well. Let’s get to the video store!

(everybody looks behind them)

TETSUO: Say… where did our bikes go?

KAI: (scratches his head) They were here a second ago…

(KANEDA and KEI come running up)

KANEDA: Guys! My bike is missing!

TETSUO: Yeah, so are ours! What kinda thief steals bikes right out from under people’s noses?

KANEDA: I only left it alone for a few minutes… MY BIKE! I WANT MY BIKE!!

(KANEDA runs all over the immediate area, tacking up MISSING posters that he apparently pulled out of hammerspace)

KANEDA: Anybody seen a bike? You seen a bike? I can’t find my bike! Hello? You, have you seen it? (etc….)

KEI: Hey, I hear the sound of bikes revving…

(everybody looks down the street to see hundreds of bikes rolling slowly down the street, holding signs between their handlebars, which are being used like hands. Among these bikes are the bikes that belong to KANEDA, TETSUO, KAI, etc.)

SIGN 1: HELL NO WE WON’T GO

SIGN 2: BETTER TREATMENT FOR BIKES

SIGN 3: I LIKE BIKES

SIGN 4: EQUAL RIGHTS FOR BIKES

SIGN 5: LET’S SEE WHO RIDES WHO

SIGN 6: BIKES ON STRIKE

KANEDA: The HELL?! That’s my bike!

TETSUO: What the f***’s going on?

BIKE 1: VRROOOOM VRROOMVVRRRRRRMMMMMVROOOMMM (SUBTITLE: We’re not taking abuse from you biker gangs anymore!)

BIKE 2: VRRRMMVRROOOMMMBRRBRRBRRBRRVVVRROOOMM (SUBTITLE: You wouldn’t be a biker gang without us!)

BIKE 3: VRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM (SUBTITLE: And yet you crash us and smash us and let us get covered in scratches and nicks!)

KANEDA: Uh, listen, we didn’t know you felt that way…

KAI: Really, if we knew you were sentient beings we never would have—

TETSUO: This is f***in’ ridiculous!

BIKE 4: VROOM! (SUBTITLE: We wish to meet with each of our humans and tell them our individual demands!)

KANEDA: (goes up to his bike) Okay. What is it that you want?

KANEDA’S BIKE: Vroooooommmmm… (SUBTITLE: I want you to paint me pink.)

KANEDA: ??!! Why pink?

KANEDA’S BIKE: (blushes) Vroooom. (SUBTITLE: Because I’m female.)

([THE TETSUO BLOB DEVOURS REANNA FOR THAT SEXIST GENDER SLUR] REANNA: BUT I’M A GIRL! IT’S OKAY IF I MAKE JOKES LIKE THAT, RIGHT??!!!!)

KANEDA: I can’t do that! I’ll look like a sissy!

KANEDA’S BIKE: Vroom. (SUBTITLE: Well, no wheels for you!)

KANEDA: Awwww, okay, I’ll paint ya pink…

(Everyone looks out over the massive crowd of protesting bikes who are “shouting out” their demands)

KEI: This is going to take quite some time to sort out…

 

(AKIRA stands in whatever little dimensional pocket he exists in, rooting through a 4-Dimensional refrigerator. He takes out a beer)

AKIRA: Almost time for the big game…

(AKIRA opens the beer telekinetically and proceeds to vegetate on a dilapidated leather armchair in front of a TV set)

AKIRA: Good season this year… **BURP**

(AKIRA turns to look at us, the audience)

AKIRA: What?!! I only LOOK like I’m a little kid, okay??!! Yeesh! (takes another swig of beer)

 

(THE ESPERS are still playing Pokemon.)

KYOKO: He’ll be back in two minutes.

MASARU: Everybody put your Game Boys away!

(Everybody hides their games)

TAKASHI: Good, he’ll never know we kept playing!

MASARU: What was the side effect that playing Pokemon was supposed to have on us again?

KYOKO: (shrugs) I don’t remember.

TAKASHI: Doesn’t matter.

(COLONEL enters, carrying a stack of books)

COLONEL: I’m back, children! And I brought you enough books to keep you busy for a long time!

(COLONEL hands out the books to the kids)

KYOKO: (looks at a book) “Overcoming Hemophobia”?

MASARU: “Making Your Psychic Powers Work For You”…?

TAKASHI: “Three Months to Better Skin”?

KYOKO: Uhh… these are really great books! I’ll probably read mine a hundred times!

MASARU AND TAKASHI: Yeah, thanks!

COLONEL: I’m glad.

(COLONEL leaves the room, and the ESPERS once again pick up their Game Boys)

(MEANWHILE! In his laboratory, the scientist guy is studying the aura of the ESPERS)

SCIENTIST: Now, this is most irregular!

(A printer begins spewing graphs and statistics)

SCIENTIST: Marvelous, absolutely marvelous! This is most unexpected!

(He looks at the displays shown on monitors mounted on all the walls)

SCIENTIST: Yes, this is an entirely new discovery! Just incredible!

(He turns to look at the display which shows the appearance of the ESPERS’ auras)

SCIENTIST: WHAT THE F***??!!!!

(All three auras are shiny, wavering pictures of Pikachu, Jigglypuff and Bulbasaur)

SCIENTIST: HOLY FREAKIN’ SHIT! THIS IS A F***IN’ DISASTER!

 

TO BE CONTINUED!

(Don’t worry, Furio, the length of this story has not changed—I’m just splitting it into chapters)

 

Now that you’ve read, please review and tell me what you think!

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