A/N: From here on forward, I will be writing into the manga. If you're an anime-only, I suggest you stop here if you don't want to get spoiled. I have placed warnings three times, so don't say I didn't warn you ahead of time.

If you want to read the manga, start at chapter 74. That's where the anime left off. I also might be placing two manga chapters into one. Once season two comes out, I'll adjust my chapters to match the anime.

Enjoy!

edited on march 12th, 2022 @ 3:12pm

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𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐅𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐄𝐍,
𝖫𝖾𝗍 𝖮𝗇𝖾 𝖣𝗈𝗐𝗇.

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A GUNSHOT RANG OUT AS the lights soon followed, confusing the guards that were in the room.

"What the hell?!"

"Get the lights!"

"Who the fuck?!"

"I'm gonna carry you. Keep quiet." An unfamiliar voice told Takemichi.

"Huh?"

Miyasato felt himself being untied before being pulled by the arm.

The three adults were in a warehouse. Takemichi had blacked out from the pain as Miyasato was wrapping his injured shoulder in order to keep it from getting infected.

"You good, Miya?"

"Mmm, fine." Miyasato replied. "You have impeccable timing. Wish you were faster, however. Chifuyu's dead."

"Yeah, I know."

Takemichi was beginning to stir. "Where is this?!" Takemichi wondered.

"Ow, fuck!" Takemichi exclaimed in pain as he looked at his now bandaged leg. "That's right. I blacked out from the pain..."

"I gave you some first-aid."

Takemichi looked over, seeing an unknown figure who had his back to him. "Baji-kun?" Takemichi questioned. But stopped when he saw a clear view of the person's face. "No."

"Kazutora-kun?" Takemichi corrected himself as an older Kazutora stared at him.

"Oh, yeah... twelve years have passed... so he got released." Takemichi realized. "It's been a long time—"

His sentence ended up getting cut off as Kazutora sent a punch to his face.

"Kazutora-ku—"

Kazutora continued beating up Takemichi until he finally stopped.

"Recently, I saw some guys beating a woman on the street, just like this. When I jumped in to stop them... the guys beating her... were members of Toman." Kazutora looked at Takemichi. "When did Toman become a woman-beating organization?"

"I don't... give a shit about you." Kazutora began to tear up. "I wanted..."

"To save Chifuyu."

Kazutora had stepped out of the jail, hearing a car honk as a familiar person was inside of it. "You're..." Kazutora trailed off, seeing Chifuyu.

"Long time, no see." Chifuyu greeted. "Kazutora-kun."

"Need a ride?"

"Toman's starting to go bad. They've become a criminal group... that not even the police can touch." Chifuyu was explaining. "Let's get Toman... back to the way... it used to be."

"He fought alone for all those years." Kazutora glanced over at Takemichi. "And you... what the hell... were you even doing?!"

"I see now... in this timeline... I ended up so bad... that Chifuyu couldn't rely on me..." Takemichi realized.

"Toman got bigger and went all wrong. Still, you jumped to serve Kisaki like one of his maids." Kazutora continued on. "The only hope was Draken, but he ended up on death row. And nobody knows where Mikey went."

Kazutora paused for a moment. "Hey, Takemichi. Where... is Toman going?" He questioned. "A long time ago, Mikey said... he'd create a new age of delinquents, right?" Takemichi stayed silent along with Kazuhiro. He remembered those were Mikey's exact words. "Just like he said... Toman became a huge gang."

"Drugs... prostitution... illegal casinos and underground money lending. Toman committed every crime imaginable... to grow so large. But... but this... is this... the new age Mikey wanted to create?! Is this the Toman Baji wanted to protect?!"

Miyasato suddenly remembered Mikey's words from when he first met him, along with Keiji.

"I'm gonna... make a new age of delinquents."

"Back then, they didn't want Toman... to end like this." Kazutora turns over to look at Takemichi. "Right, Takemichi?"

"Yeah... this is all wrong..."

"The Toman I loved... wasn't like this at all! It was... always shining." Takemichi stated.

"Yeah." Kazutora agreed. "Let's take our Toman back."

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Miyasato was sitting in the back of the car while Takemichi was up front. "Kazutora-kun... my memory's fuzzy... so I might ask you some weird stuff." Takemichi began. "Why did Toman end up this way?"

Kazutora stayed silent. "It was Mikey." He finally responded as Takemichi looked at him in shock. "Mikey... has completely changed. Toman changed... because Mikey changed."

"That can't be..." Takemichi looked over at Kazutora. "Someone else must've been behind it! Wasn't it just Kisaki pulling the strings?!"

"While Kisaki was holding you and Miya captive... Pah-chin and Peh-yan were killed. Mikey ordered it, of course. Mitsuya went missing several months ago..." Kazutora explained. "Mikey has started purging the old members of Toman. He doesn't even trust his friends anymore. He's not a delinquent anymore. Mikey's gone... completely evil!"

"I'm one of the people who made him change..." Kazutora stated.

"Another reason for his change might've been Kei's death." Miyasato added from the back of the car as Takemichi looked back at him in surprise.

"Keiji-kun's dead in this timeline?" Takemichi asked himself.

"Keiji-kun is dead?" Takemichi asked in disbelief.

"Yeah." Miyasato responded. "The Black Dragons leader at the time killed him. Shiba Taiju I think his name was. Kei went against him and got stabbed. He died from blood loss before he reached the hospital."

"I see..." Takemichi muttered.

"Anyway, Mikey right now... is a real dangerous guy. I want to talk to him face-to-face. Tell him he's gotta get away from those guys." Kazutora informed.

"Which guys?" Takemichi questioned.

"Kisaki's violence. Money from the Black Dragons. If nothing is done about those two things... Mikey will never regain himself." Kazutora responded. "Help me out, Takemichi. You too, Miya. This time, I want to help Mikey... I wanna save Sano Manjiro."

Kazutora continued speaking. "Mikey's left arm... the ex-Black Dragons. My connection with them... goes way back." He said.

"Connection?" Takemichi and Miyasato repeated in confusion.

"The ex-Black Dragons are based on the 11th generation of the Black Dragons. They're the biker gang I fought with before Toman was formed." Kazutora explained. "They do shake-downs... and murders. They'll do anything for money. The vast amounts of wealth they produced... was one of the things that sent Mikey off the deep end. I was able to find their hidden bank account thanks to my connections. I'll cut off the cash flow and put an end to all."

"And, the one who was supposed to handle Kisaki, Mikey's right arm... was Chifuyu." Kazutora said as Takemichi's heart thumped loudly. "Chifuyu was killed... because he backed Kisaki into a corner."

"Huh?!"

"How the hell... did he corner a guy like Kisaki?" Takemichi questioned.

"One day, a detective came to us, saying he was the younger brother... of a woman Kisaki had killed." Kazutora replied.

Miyasato strummed his fingers on his cheek as he remembered the detective's exact words.

"I want revenge."

"Naoto!" Takemichi exclaimed, realizing who Kazutora was talking about.

"Huh?! Chifuyu and... that detective were connected?" Takemichi questioned.

"Yeah. The killing of Tachibana Hinata was done on Kisaki's orders. You remember that, don't you?" Kazutora asked.

"A Toman member, Sendo Atsushi... crashed his car into the one Tachibana Hinata was inside of. They both died... in the huge fire that resulted."

"It was burned into my eyes." Takemichi thinks to himself.

"Kisaki had an alibi. That day, Kisaki was... in a meeting with you admins." Kazutora stated.

"Huh? A meeting with us?!" Takemichi thought. "That means, in this timeline... I wasn't there when Hina and Akkun died?!"

"But Chifuyu found proof. Proof that Kisaki had given the order! Chifuyu was just one step away... from getting Kisaki where he wanted him. He was so close, but it was Chifuyu's fault... that Kisaki got away." Kazutora stated.

"For some reason, he kept that proof hidden... to his dying moment." Kazutora finished as the car came to a stop. "Get out, Takemitchy."

"Huh?"

"Someone in this alley wants to meet with you." Kazutora explained.

"With me?" Takemichi repeated as he got out of the car, Kazutora and Miyasato following him soon after.

"I've been waiting for you. Takemichi-kun." Naoto spoke as hand cuffs were placed onto Takemichi's hands.

"Huh?"

"Hanagaki Takemichi. As of 7:38 A.M... you're under arrest!" Naoto announced. "I'm sorry. Hanemiya-kun, Miyasato-kun."

"You bastard." Kazutora said.

"Piece of shit." Miyasato spat at him.

"Arrest?" Takemichi repeated, as if he couldn't believe it.

"Too bad for you... Takemichi-kun." Naoto said.

"Naoto... why?" Takemichi questioned.

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Miyasato was staring at a familiar gravestone of his best friend with his hands in his pockets, Kazutora was standing right next to him.

"So, Keiji's dead, huh?" Kazutora spoke.

"Yeah." Miyasato replied. "I really think he could've saved everyone. Kei was always a genius when it came to figuring things out, but he died before he had the chance to."

"I still remember that awful nickname he gave me."

"Kazu-chan?" Miyasato teased as Kazutora shot daggers at him. Miyasato let out a laugh. "It's how Kei shows his friendship towards people he thinks of as friends. If I remember correctly, he finally gave Mikey the nickname 'Jiro-chan.' Never saw Mikey's eyes sparkle with excitement before."

Kazutora stayed silent as the two looked at the gravestone while Miyasato clenched his fist tightly.

"Kei... I'm sorry I wasn't strong enough to save you. It's my fault that you're gone... perhaps if you were here, you could've saved Mikey..."

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A/N: Were you surprised that Keiji was dead in this timeline and who killed him? I'm going to be honest, it wasn't my original plan, but I figured why not?

We're heading into the Black Dragons arc! (One of my favorites). What characters are you looking forward to Keiji meeting?

Thanks for reading!

Word Count: 1657 words.