He looked around, he was in the hospital? He laid down with his hand on his head, he noticed there was pulse oximetry on his finger. He looked at the clock and saw it was 9:30. He looked to his side and saw his mom, she was sleeping and he sighed. At the cafeteria, he had his gown on and he was eating some soup. Tatsumi looked up and saw the news, some killer has been going around killing fire-users and water-users. The unknown person never left any tracks, no signs of rock, water nor fire have been seen. Tatsumi thought about it, Josuke killed him and explained that he'd be a nuisance to the.. operation? He shook his head, no way Josuke had anything to do with this. He coughed, looking up Tatsumi listened to the news. He was shocked by all of the news he was getting, how long was he out?! He got up and threw away his lunch, having only eaten 1/3 of it, he knew he'd become hungry sometime soon. He walked to his hospital room, but in the corner of his eyes he saw a big muscular figure, the figure was about 6'10" and had dark skin, his eyes were covered with a black rag that only covered his face, his hair was all black and short with little hints of bright yellow at the end, he wore all-black clothing with his neck to his waist showing. He had his arms folded, he also had a container behind him. Tatsumi shook his head, he needed to regain his strength and focus on finding out how long it'll take for him to recover. He met up with his mother and she explained the situation in sign language, he nodded and looked to the bathroom. He smirked, he ran to it and opened the light. He lit up his finger with fire. He ripped off his gown's chest piece and put his finger to the wound, it began to seal. He grunted and bit his lip to prevent noise. Once he felt that it was fully sealed, he pulled away from his finger and fell on his knees. He was huffing, he looked up and rose. Looking at the mirror, he had a plan.. He wanted to get Josuke and learn about this operation. He looked back to the door opening, his mother looked at him and quickly realized that the chest piece was off. She ran to him and grabbed it, "Mom! I'm fine!" He yelled, his mother was mute, he looked at her and showed her his wound. "S-See?! I'm alright, it healed.." He said, looking away his mother's eyes widened. She looked at Tatsumi and he nodded, "Y-yes.. I did, it'll give me a faster recovery.. Can I go rest now?" He asked, his mother sighed in anger and allowed him to rest. Two days later, Tatsumi fully gained his strength again. This was the moment of truth, he'd leave the hospital in a month according to the doctors. Now time to go see who that guy was, Tatsumi walked out of his hospital room and the guy was standing exactly where he was last time. He walked to him and waved his hand, Tatsumi was only 5'8" so this guy was pretty tall compared to him. "Uh.. Hello? I'm Tatsumi, you?" He asked, the guy looked at him and sighed. "I'm Nakashi Hatomoto, age 33 and I'm the protector of this place," He said, giving Tatsumi some unwanted information but whatever. Tatsumi then heard the name Nakashi once again, his eyes widened. "Woah! As in Nakashi from the 3-wise?!" He yelled, he nodded. "Yeah, got a problem with it kiddo?" He said, Tatsumi shook his head no quickly. He looked behind Nakashi and saw the container, it had a katana in it. "Is that a katana?" He asked, Nakashi looked behind him and shook his head no. "No, it's what you call.. a Chokuto," He said, Tatsumi eyes sparkled. "Can I touch it?!" He asked. Nakashi rose an eyebrow, "Can you?" He asked, "Uh.. yes?" Tatsumi said. He went to the Chokuto and as he was about to grab it, Nakashi grabbed his hand. "No, sorry for not making it obvious. You'd have to make me get on at least one knee to allow you to uplift it. And if you want to own it.. You'd have to bring me down" Nakashi said with a serious voice. Tatsumi gulped, Nakashi was known to never hold back. He looked silently at Nakashi. "Wanna bet on that?" He asked, Nakashi was surprised but he smirked. His arm lit up with firey fiery, Tatsumi's arm exploded with fire and he threw it at Nakashi's chest. It hit, but Nakashi didn't move, in fact, he didn't even flinch. And within a blink of an eye, Nakashi was seen swinging his hand, no not in a fist but a flat hand. He slapped Tatsumi, in moments of notice Tatsumi was blown back several meters, everything around him was pushed back to the right or left. He was boomed out of the wall into the ground.
Nakashi blew 1/6 of the hospital with a single slap. And Tatsumi was out, he wasn't even moving. Nakashi walked up to Tatsumi, grabbed him, and walked him back to his bed. His mother was visibly worried but trusted Nakashi. After a few minutes, Tatsumi's eyes began to open. "A-ah.. what.. what happened..?" He said Nakashi was standing next to him. "That was only 2% of my power, I could've blown this building to smithereens if I wanted to." He explained, Tatsumi's eyes widened. "What could happen if you went 100?" He asked sitting up. "At least, I could destroy a mountain the size of Everest," Nakashi said. Tatsumi was shocked, he could barely explode a wall! Nakashi sat next to him and smirked. "Lets talk about how you could get strong enough to even survive out here once more" He said, Tatsumi nodded with excitment. Somewhere far away, in a 5 story building. A shadow was seen entering, the dark night hid him. He made it to the 5th floor and was wearing a hoodie. "Alright, I'm here. Took a couple of days to get here, but I'm here" They said, the female eyes opened slowly. "Josuke, did you kill Tatsumi?" She asked, Josuke nodded. "Good.. As a wind-bender I could've taken out my friends, but I'm going to let them mourn the deaths of their familes first" She said, "Thats a bit harsh ma'am" He said, She chuckled. "Don't make opinions around me Josuke" She said, He nodded and turned. "I'll be going now" He said. "Alright then, see you" She said, Josuke walked to the door to the room and opened it. Walking out he jumped down the middle part and landed, safely. He walked out of the building and sighed. "Next on the list.. huh? Nothing? Maybe it's on the back, launch an attack on the hospital..?" Josuke said quietly, he was shocked. Did she really want that?! He sighed in somewhat sadness and left as the dark mist hid him once again.
