A/N: Hello, readers! Welcome to another chapter! You finally get to meet future Miyasato! Also, I know Tenjiku probably wasn't around during the Valhalla arc, but for the sake of the story and the plot, it's going to be.

Enjoy!

edited on january 31st, 2022 @ 12:47pm

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𝓒𝙷𝙰𝙿𝚃𝙴𝚁 𝙴𝙸𝙶𝙷𝚃,
𝓞𝙿𝙴𝙽 𝙵𝙸𝚁𝙴.

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《 𝖳𝖧𝖤 𝖯𝖱𝖤𝖲𝖤𝖭𝖳 》

TAKEMICHI AND NAOTO STOOD IN front of a local coffee shop. 'THE ROASTRY' was labeled on the shop's window. Takemichi thought back to what Draken had told him before both him and Naoto had left.

"Draken-kun, what happened to Keiji-kun?" Takemichi questioned. "I need to know if Keiji-kun's future changed!" He added in his head.

"Keiji? Haven't heard that name in a long time. Sorry, but I don't know." Draken responded. "Though, I'm pretty sure Miya would know where he's located."

"Miya-kun?" Takemichi repeated.

"He works at a coffee shop called The Roastry."

Naoto and Takemichi both entered the coffee shop, the scent of coffee beans hitting their noses. "I'll be right with you." A male with spiky black hair and obsidian colored eyes wearing a black tank top, gray joggers, and white slip-ons told them.

"Are you Miyasato Toru?" Naoto asked.

"That's me." The older Miyasato answered. "Who's asking?"

"Tachibana Naoto and Hanagaki Takemichi."

"Takemichi?" Miyasato repeated before glancing over to Takemichi. "No way, man. I almost didn't recognize you. It's good to see you again."

"You as well, Miya-kun." Takemichi said. "There's no way this guy is Miya-kun from the past! He's much calmer now!" Takemichi added in his head, a picture of a hot-headed middle school Miyasato appeared in his mind.

Miyasato glanced over to Naoto. "Tachibana? Do you know a woman named Hinata, by any chance?" He questioned.

"She's my older sister." Naoto responded as Miyasato nodded in understanding.

"So, what's up, Takemichi? I doubt you came here for a reunion." Miyasato stated. "Draken sent you to me, didn't he?"

"H-How did you—"

Miyasato laughed. "Draken is the only one I kept in contact with after Toman... you know. Became all evil and shit." He interrupted. "I visited him a few times. His fate is really unfortunate."

"Draken-kun said you would know where Keiji-kun is. Is he still around?" Takemichi questioned. At his question, Miyasato almost dropped the coffee he was holding. He quickly pulled himself together and handed the coffee to a nearby customer.

"I'm afraid you're sorely mistaken. I haven't seen that good-for-nothing bastard in years." Miyasato informed, making both Naoto and Takemichi widen their eyes. "When Mikey disappeared, so did he. I can only assume they both know about each other's whereabouts. That is, if they are working together."

"But that's impossible! I told Keiji-kun about my time leaping abilities! His future should've changed!"

"Time leaping abilities? Ah, I remember Kei asking me if I believed in time travel. I didn't think much of it back then, but you must be the reason why he asked such a strange question." Miyasato stated.

"Anyhow, after Bloody Halloween that ended up leaving Kazutora and Baji dead, Kei called a meeting with the rest of the Scorpion Gang."

"Why did you call us here, President?" One of the members asked after everyone had gathered at the abandoned warehouse.

"I'm disbanding the Scorpion Gang." Keiji announced. This shocked everyone, including Miyasato himself.

"What?!"

"You're disbanding us?!"

"Silence!" Keiji's voice echoed throughout the warehouse. "This is my decision, and mine alone. I don't care what you do with your lives. You can join Valhalla or a different gang for all I care. Dismissed."

"Kei... Are you seriously disbanding a gang you worked so hard to form?" Miyasato asked.

"That I am. I'm leaving Tokyo, so I have no use for this gang." Keiji replied. "Don't bother to look for me, Toru."

Miyasato flinched at the red head using his full first name instead of his annoying nickname. He could only watch as his best friend left the warehouse.

"That was the last time I ever saw him." Miyasato concluded. "For a while, I would try my hardest to find Kei. I needed answers as to why he suddenly disbanded a gang that was his pride and joy — something that he said himself — and why he would just leave like that. But I had no luck. Kei is smart in covering his tracks when he doesn't want to be found. Eventually, I gave up and stopped looking."

"Well, are Mikey-kun and Keiji-kun together?" Takemichi asked.

"What are you talking about? Mikey and Kei never got together from the start." Miyasato responded.

"Huh?"

"I mean, I knew Kei had some sort of feelings for him, but he never acted out on them." Miyasato answered.

"So in this timeline, not only is Draken-kun on death row, but Keiji-kun and Mikey-kun never got together." Takemichi thinks to himself.

"That's about all the information I can give you." Miyasato informed.

"I see. Thank you for your help." Naoto told him.

"Glad I can be of service." Miyasato replied before glancing over at Takemichi. "Takemichi... Please, do everything you can to keep the Scorpion Gang from disbanding. The only way you can do that is to make sure Toman wins the fight against Valhalla."

"I'll do my best, Miya-kun."

"Thank you."

As Naoto and Takemichi were leaving the coffee shop, Takemichi stopped in his tracks when he heard Miyasato mumble.

"Please... Keep Kei from meeting him." Miyasato muttered.

"Him?" Takemichi thought before following Naoto.

A few minutes after Naoto and Takemichi left, Miyasato heard slow clapping from the back of the coffee shop, making him flinch in surprise.

"I'm impressed." A deep voice mocked. "You really should've become an actor, Toru."

"Kei..." Miyasato mumbled.

Miyasato turned face-to-face with his former best friend. Keiji was still much taller in height and had scar across his right eye and on the right side of his neck where his scorpion tattoo used to be as well as seeing that he had lost his eyesight in his right eye.

Except this time, Keiji wore a long red outer coat with a signature yin and yang emblem printed on the backside. Above the gang emblem was Keiji's rank in the gang while underneath was the kanji for Yokohama.

Tenjiku Executive.
Koyanagi Keiji.

"I didn't tell Takemichi or the cop he was with about Tenjiku, if that's what you're so worried about." Miyasato told him.

"Yes, I heard. But that won't stop them coming back for more information, and he can't afford to have information be released about Tenjiku. At least, not yet anyway." Keiji stated as Miyasato clenched his fist in anger at the mention of the man who took his best friend away.

Keiji brought out a gun, pressing the barrel to Miyasato's forehead at the customers around them screamed.

"I just have one question for you before you kill me."

"I'm all ears."

"If the events of Bloody Halloween never happened." Miyasato paused. "Would you have gotten together with Mikey?"

"Hm? Hard to say. Perhaps I would've acted out my feelings and asked Manjiro out. Then again, we probably wouldn't have made a good match in the first place." Keiji answered.

"Well, it was nice knowing you, Toru."

In a flash, a gunshot rang out as Miyasato's body was flung back from the force of the impact and his body dropped to the ground, blood seeping from the bullet wound from his head. The customers in the coffee shop screamed as Keiji released a breath on the barrel of the gun, making the smoke from the shot disappear.

Keiji was humming as he left the coffee shop as he decided to make a quick call. "The mission is complete." He informed.

"I'm amazed you managed to go through with it."

"You really need to give me more credit." Keiji said to the person on the other line. "Anyhow, I'm heading back to Yokohama now."

With that, Keiji hang up as he continued make his way back to Yokohama.

Later, Takemichi found himself back at the same coffee shop as paramedics were placing a cover on Miyasato's now lifeless body. "Thank you." He heard Naoto say to one of the police officers before walking over to Takemichi.

"Witnesses say that a tall male with red hair and a scar across his right eye as well as the right side of his neck came in and shot him. Also said it looked like he lost his sight in the eye where the scar was." Naoto told Takemichi.

"It's got to be Keiji-kun, right?" Takemichi asked.

"The description fits him."

"Why would he shoot Miya-kun though?"

"Remember how he told us that was all the information he could give us when we asked about Bloody Halloween?" Naoto questioned as Takemichi nodded, remembering. "I think Miyasato knew more than he led on, and Koyanagi shot him to keep him silent."

"Miya-kun..." Takemichi thinks to himself, watching as paramedics removed Miyasato's lifeless body from the scene. "Even after knowing my time leaping abilities, Keiji-kun's future didn't change."

"Which means I have to prevent him from meeting whoever Miya-kun was talking about."

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《 𝖮𝖢𝖳𝖮𝖡𝖤𝖱 𝟥𝟢𝖳𝖧, 𝟤𝟢𝟢𝟧 》

Keiji was currently walking with Chifuyu and Takemichi. "Michi... I can feel your eyes staring at me, what is it?" Keiji asked without looking at Takemichi.

"Huh? Sorry, was lost in thought." Takemichi apologized. "So tomorrow's the day." He then added on.

"Yeah." Chifuyu agreed as he turned around to face him. "But first, come with me for a bit, Takemitchy, Keiji."

"Huh? To where?"

They finally arrived at the destination where they saw Baji leaning against a railing with his hair blowing in the wind.

"I'm sorry for calling you here out of the blue." Chifuyu spoke up as Baji turned to look over at them.

"Chifuyu... You want to get your ass beat again?" Baji asked.

"Sheesh, what crawled up your ass?" Keiji questioned.

"Baji-kun?!" Takemichi exclaimed.

"Were you able to get anything on Kisaki?" Chifuyu asked.

Baji seemed surprised. "Huh?" He said in confusion.

"You're acting as a spy for Toman, right?" Chifuyu questioned. "I did my own research and figured out Kisaki's bad news. So you don't need to stay in Valhalla anymore."

"What the hell are you talking about?" Baji asked.

"Tomorrow, when the battle starts, you're really going to end up becoming Toman's enemy, Baji-san!" Chifuyu exclaimed.

It was silent for a few moments as Baji leaned over the railing. "Chifuyu... How many times do I have to drill it into your head?" He countered before turning over to face them. "Don't trust anyone who's not your friend."

"I'm with Valhalla. And tomorrow, we're crushing Toman."

"Chifuyu, Keiji-kun, do you two mind if I talk to Baji-kun alone for a sec?" Takemichi suddenly spoke up.

Keiji and Chifuyu waited while Takemichi talked with Baji. After a while, they saw Baji walk away, making Keiji sigh.

Keiji and Takemichi were walking alone. "Keiji-kun..." Takemichi began, making Keiji hum. "Whatever happens during this fight, please don't disband your gang."

"The hell are you talking about? The Scorpion Gang is my pride and joy." Keiji informed. "Michi, did something happen in the future?"

"Not much, actually. I found out Toman lost because of Mikey-kun when I visited Draken-kun on death row. And... I also met Miya-kun's future self."

"No way. You met To-chan?" Keiji chuckled. "What did he end up doing as a future job?"

"He's a barista at a local coffee shop." Takemichi replied.

"Huh... I'll be honest, I didn't expect that. Thought he would've become this world famous actor or some shit."

Takemichi stopped walking, making Keiji turn to look at him. "Keiji-kun... What do you want to do in the future?" He then asked.

"Well, ever since you told me what I become I never gave it much thought. But... When Shinichiro-san was still alive I always dreamed of owning a bike shop like him." Keiji answered.

"Then do just that!" Takemichi exclaimed, making Keiji get taken aback. "No matter what happens, don't let anyone get in the way of that goal."

"Gee, you're a weird one, Michi. Then again, I should expect it. You are mentally a 26 year old virgin."

"H-Hey!"

"I'm just stating the truth! You look like someone who never got laid in the future."

"I have a feeling you're making fun of me."

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It was finally night as Toman had gathered at the shrine for the meeting. Everyone was silent as Mikey and Draken walked forward.

"We will now begin the meeting to prepare for our battle against Valhalla!" Draken announced.

"Thank you all for gathering here today. We're going to clash with Valhalla tomorrow. They brought this fight to us. We've got nothing to gain from this." Mikey spoke up. "And Baji is with the enemy now. We show no mercy to traitors! That's how Toman handles things!"

It was silent for a few moments. "I'm gonna get real childish for a sec." Mikey continued as everyone made a noise of confusion as Mikey sat down.

"I can't fight my friend." Mikey started to say, leaving everyone in shock. Draken and Mitsuya smirked. Mikey then stood back up again.

"Well, that's my answer! I need you guys to help me out. Tomorrow, we're going to crush Valhalla and bring Baji back to Toman! That's how this battle's gonna go down!"

Everyone cheered in response, raising their fists while repeating "Toman!" over and over again.

"Sorry, Ken-chin. Do I fail as a commander?" Mikey asked.

"What do these cheers tell you?" Draken questioned as everyone kept cheering.

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《 𝖮𝖢𝖳𝖮𝖡𝖤𝖱 𝟥𝟣𝖲𝖳, 𝟤𝟢𝟢𝟧 — 𝖣𝖠𝖸 𝖮𝖥 𝖳𝖧𝖤 𝖡𝖠𝖳𝖳𝖫𝖤 》

Chifuyu and Takemichi were in a car junkyard where the battle would be taking place. Miyasato was standing right next to them.

"Wait, who are all these people?" Takemichi asked.

"They're here to see this go down. Toman versus Valhalla. The winner of today's conflict will be one step closer to running Tokyo. All the delinquent bosses around Tokyo are gonna be watching this." Chifuyu explained.

"Yeah, there are a lot of dangerous-looking guys here." Takemichi agreed.

"For example, those two over there— " Chifuyu began as Takemichi looked over. Chifuyu was interrupted by Miyasato.

"They're the Haitani Brothers. Charismatic brothers from Roppongi who can gather over a hundred guys with a single call." Miyasato finished.

"A hundred?!" Takemichi exclaimed.

"You know them?" Chifuyu questioned.

"Of course! They're good friends of mine and Kei's! Before we allied up with Toman, Kei and I were in Roppongi and ran into them. They're totally cool." Miyasato explained. "Ta ta! I'm going to go say hi to them before the fight."

Miyasato hopped onto the car the Haitani Brothers were sitting on. "Yahoo! Rindou! Ran! How's my favorite sibling duo doing?" He asked coming in between them.

"Sato. Didn't expect to see you here." Ran spoke up. "You and Koya watching this fight too?"

"Nope! The Scorpion Gang is actually aiding Toman." Both Rindou and Ran seemed shocked by this news. "Kei holds a grudge against that Kazutora dude as well as Hanma. Actually, he hates Valhalla in general."

"That's interesting. It's been a while since we've seen Keiji fight." Rindou stated.

Miyasato chuckled. "Well, you two did give him the nickname Red Riot, after all." He reminded him. "When he finds out you two are watching, he might show off a bit."

Suddenly, laughter was heard. "Looks like it's party time. Toman and Valhalla ain't shit." The newcomer said.

"Good day, sir!"

"I'll be the one overseeing today's fight. The name's Hansen, and I'm from the Ikebukuro Criminal Black Members."

"He's one of the big guys from the 1988 group." Chifuyu commented. "He's overseeing the fight today."

"Overseeing?" Takemichi repeated.

"He's basically like a referee. Hansen, the Haitani Brothers, and Leanman are all gonna keep cool and watch today. But usually, they're crazy guys who're always butting heads with Toman." Chifuyu explained.

"You guys ready?! Let's bring out the stars for today!" Hansen shouted as the doors opened, revealing Toman along with the Scorpion Gang.

"Tokyo Manji Gang!" Hansen announced as the other side opened. "Valhalla!"

"Let's go, Takemitchy." Chifuyu said.

"Yeah." Takemichi nodded as Mikey stepped forward.

"It's Mikey."

"The Invincible Mikey!"

"Well, that's my cue to leave! It was nice seeing you both again, Rindou, Ran." Miyasato bid farewell to the two brothers before jumping off of the car they were sitting on and walking over to Keiji's side.

"Rindou and Ran are here." Miyasato whispered to the red head.

"Rin-chan and Ran-chan, huh?" Keiji hummed. "Seems I need to put on my best performance, then!"

"Hansen-kun. Thanks for agreeing to oversee this today." Mikey told him.

"If this fight sucks, I'm taking you both down." Hansen informed.

"Representatives from both gangs, step forward!"

Both Kazutora and Draken stepped forward as the two of them stared at each other.

"A five-on-five with your best guys... Or an all-out melee with everyone. What do you guys wanna do?" Hansen asked.

"Valhalla brought this fight to us. You guys decide, Kazutora." Draken replied.

"Huh?"

"We only have one condition: Baji Keisuke's return. If Toman wins this battle, we'll be taking Baji back. That's all." Draken informed.

"Huh? Baji came to us on his own." Kazutora informed. "There's nothing to return."

"We'll be taking Baji back. That's all." Draken repeated.

Kazutora widened his eyes. "You jackass... Bring it on." He said as he clenched his fist.

"Hey, you guys gonna fight he—"

Hansen didn't get to finish his sentence as Kazutora started punching him before he finally fell to the ground.

"Give me a break. Overseeing the fight? Conditions? You guys come here to play house or some shit?" Kazutora then turned around, revealing Valhalla. "We came here to beat the shit outta you until you're dead!"

"Wanna get shit started already, Mikey?" Hanma asked.

Mikey then looked enraged. "Let's go, Toman!" He shouted.

"Yeah!"

Keiji smirked in excitement. "I finally get the chance to beat the shit out of these assholes!" He exclaimed.

Toman, along with the Scorpion Gang, started running forwards with Valhalla doing the same.

"Kill 'em all!"

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A/N: This chapter only has one episode instead of two this time, because it was getting long. Also, surprise! Keiji knows the Haitani Brothers. Thanks for reading!

Word Count: 3049 words.