A/N: Hello, readers! Welcome to another chapter! Enjoy!

edited on december 14th, 2021 @ 2:50pm

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𝓒𝙷𝙰𝙿𝚃𝙴𝚁 𝚃𝚆𝙾,
𝓡𝙴𝙻𝙴𝙰𝙿.

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"YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS!" A member exclaimed out once Keiji had announced their recent alliance with the Tokyo Manji Gang.

"Hey, you! Are you questioning Kei's motives?" Miyasato asked angrily.

"Of course not! I didn't join just to be Sano's—"

"Sunada." Keiji interrupted one of his captains as he took the lollipop out of his mouth. The male, Sunada Raiden, gulped a bit. "I'm a bit confused. When did I mention I was merging the Scorpion Gang with Manjiro's crew?"

"N-Nowhere, President."

"Exactly. So I don't know where the hell you're getting that information from." Keiji told the ginger haired male. "I made it clear with Manjiro that I only wanted to be partners with him. If Toman needs us, we'll aide them in whatever they need. I am, and will always be, your President. No one is controlling my gang but me. Understood?"

"Y-Yes, sir." Sunada squeaked out.

"Toman will be having a meeting shortly as Manjiro informed me of introducing us to his crew as their alley. Dismissed." Keiji finished, putting the lollipop back in his mouth.

"Yes, sir!"

The members of the Scorpion Gang slowly began leaving the abandoned warehouse, which is where they held their meetings.

"Say, Kei. There's some firework show going on tonight. Want to go watch it?" Miyasato suggested.

"We can't, To-chan. We got shit to do." Keiji replied.

Miyasato sighed. "You know, kids our age are usually out having fun. Despite the circumstances." He informed.

"Yeah, well, I'm not a normal kid, To-chan. I had to take care of myself the moment my parents were killed." Keiji reminded him. "A good leader is never caught off guard. I don't have time to do a thing such as watching some stupid fireworks."

"Kei..." Miyasato frowned before quickly following after him.

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- IN THE FUTURE -

"There's something else, Naoto. In the past, I met someone named Koyanagi Keiji." Takemichi spoke up.

"Koyanagi... Keiji? That name seems familiar." Naoto mumbled before typing on his laptop and widening his eyes. "Takemichi..."

Takemichi yelped when Naoto grabbed him on his shoulders.

"Whatever you do, you must keep Koyanagi Keiji from meeting Kurokawa Izana!"

"Huh?"

Naoto sighed. "Koyanagi Keiji. Age 27. He's a drug lord and on Japan's most wanted list." He explained before clicking on a video, pressing play.

"Is this shit on? Yeah, I think it is." A deep voice from the video came through. The owner of the voice backed up a bit and Takemichi widened his eyes.

The male stood at 193 cm and had red hair and matching red eyes. He wore a black button up shirt with the sleeves rolled up and the hem of his shirt tucked in his black jeans along with platform boots with a black trench coat over his shoulders. He also had a scar across his right eye and on the right side of his neck. His right eye was also fully white, showing that he had lost his eyesight in that eye.

Takemichi couldn't believe this was the same male who he had met just days ago.

"Greetings to whom it may concern. Most likely the police." The older Keiji began. "I have a pest here with me. Could he be one of yours?"

"L-Let me go!"

"Blah, blah, blah. That's all I'm hearing from you." Keiji taunted before turning back towards the camera. "You pests thought you could send someone undercover to stop me? I know everything."

Keiji then placed on black gloves. "Say, Officer Sakuma, was it? Do you have a family?" He questioned.

"I-I have a wife and two kids."

"Oh, how nice. I'm engaged to someone you might be familiar with. Does Sano Manjiro ring any bells?" Keiji asked.

"Keiji-kun gets engaged to Mikey-kun?" Takemichi asked himself.

"I met him in my younger years. I was President of this little gang I created. Well, it's disbanded now. All the members are either dead or they moved out of Japan." Keiji ranted on.

"Officer Sakuma, there are many things I'm known for that's not in relation to drugs. Once I kill you, I'll be going after them." Keiji continued as Sakuma widened his eyes.

"No, please! Anyone but them!"

Keiji raised his gun as a gunshot went off, instantly killing Sakuma. He then turned around to face the camera.

"You police pests make this shit too easy. Keep sending your officers and I'll keep killing them." Keiji warned before the video cut off.

"Koyanagi becomes that when Miyasato Toru dies trying to save Ryuguji Ken. Not to mention his meeting with Kurokawa Izana is what did it completely." Naoto explained.

"I'm counting on you to save Ryuguji Ken and Miyasato Toru."

"Right." Takemichi said before extending his hand. Naoto grabbed it. Once their palms touched, lightning flashed and Takemichi was back in the past.

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Takemichi and Hinata stood at the front of the shrine as the sound of motorcycles could be heard.

"They look really scary." Hinata commented.

"D-Don't worry. I'm here." Takemichi said. "Just don't stare at them."

"Who wears biker gang outfits nowadays? And there are so many of them..." Takemichi then mumbled.

"Hey! Who the hell d' you think yer starin' at, huh?! Scram!"

Takemichi had a scared look on his face.

"What the hell's yer problem?!"

"I'll murder you!"

"E-Er, I was just invited here, and—" Takemichi began.

"What?! You got any idea where you are, punk?!"

"M-Musashi Shrine..." Takemichi stuttered out.

"Who the hell would invite a pissant like you to a Toman gathering, huh?!"

"Violence is wrong!" Hinata exclaimed.

A young man with droopy lavender eyes and short silver-lilac hair who was wearing a Toman uniform looked over at the commotion.

2nd Division Captain.
Mitsuya Takashi.

"Hang on, are you Takemitchy?" Mitsuya asked.

"Y-Yes..." Takemichi responded.

Mitsuya pushed aside the guys who had given him and Hinata a hard time. "What're you scarin' the commander's guest for?" He questioned.

"T-Terribly sorry, sir!"

Takemichi held his throat while coughing. "Are you okay, Takemichi-kun?" Hinata asked.

"Yeah."

"Come with me." Mitsuya told them.

"Huh? Uh, sure..." Takemichi said with uncertainty.

Soon enough, Takemichi recognized the five people in front of him. Keiji was in his usual gang jacket as he was next to Mikey on his motorcycle.

"Heya, Takemitchy." Mikey greeted. "Sorry for inviting you here out of the blue."

"Why'd you bring your wifey here?" Draken asked.

"Sorry. I had no idea it'd be like this." Takemichi answered, rubbing the back of his head.

"Hina-chan... Sorry for scaring you the other day." Draken apologized.

"Oh, it's fine. Don't worry about it." Hinata reassured him. "Also, I'm sorry, too." She added, turning to Mikey.

"Hey, Emma!" Draken called out.

"Yeah?"

"This is Takemitchy's wifey, so make sure you protect her." Draken said.

"Roger." Emma responded but then looked over at Takemichi who had a scared look on his face. Emma raised her hand in the air.

"Heya, wussy boy." She greeted.

"Why is she calling you "wussy boy"?" Hinata questioned with a smile on her face.

"What? You know Emma?" Draken asked.

Hinata had an irked expression as Takemichi turned to her. "Y-You've got the wrong idea, Hina!" He exclaimed before turning to Draken. "Draken-kun, I don't remember a thing that happened!"

"You managed to get me into my underwear, then ran away." Emma said, exposing him.

"Oh, really? So that happened?" Hinata asked, now enraged.

"You know, I'm not sure. I really don't remember!" Takemichi answered. Hinata then cracked her fingers. "Huh? Hina-san?!"

After a while, Takemichi was on his knees, beaten up. "I'm so sorry." He apologized.

"Jerk!" Hinata said, walking away.

Emma stood next to Takemichi. "Yikes... I'm surprised you went along with me when you've got a girl like that. Don't get the wrong idea, though. I don't like you or anything." She informed.

"Huh?"

"I just wanted to grow up faster, that's all." Emma said. "He won't even look at me. All he ever cares about is Mikey, bikes, and fighting. I thought he'd at least get a little angry."

Takemichi could only watch as Emma walked away. Keiji was with Miyasato.

"Takemitchy!" Draken shouted, getting their attention. "You done?"

"Sorry to keep you waiting!" Takemichi said.

"All right, gather 'round, everyone! We're startin' our meeting!" Draken called out.

At the sound of his voice, everyone stood up and bowed. Keiji and Miyasato were walking behind Mikey and Draken.

"Good evening, Commander!"

Mikey stood in front of everyone. "Whoa... The whole mood changed when Mikey-kun stood in front of them. So this is the commander of Toman?" Takemichi wondered.

"We're gathered here today to talk about Moebius. If they go against us, it'll turn into a huge conflict." Mikey announced.

"Moebius? What's this about a conflict? No one told me about this." Takemichi thinks to himself.

"So... tell me what you all think." Mikey finished.

Takemichi suddenly got kicked to the ground. "Ow! What's the big—" He began but looked up when he saw two members.

"You got a problem?"

"You're Hanagaki, aren't you?"

3rd Division Vice Captain.
Peh-yan.

"Heard you took real good care of our Kiyomasa." Peh-yan said.

3rd Division Captain.
Pah-chin.

"How're you gonna pay for that, huh?" Pah-chin asked.

"P-Pay for it?" Takemichi questioned.

"Knock it off, Pah. We're supposed to drop the whole thing about Kiyomasa using Toman's name to hold his own little fight club." Mitsuya said.

"Huh?! I'm stupid, so I don't really get what that means." Pah-chin stated.

"Pah-chin has the brain of a water flea!" Peh-yan added on.

"If you don't get it, then keep your mouth shut, dipshit!" Mitsuya shouted.

"Hey, Pah." Draken spoke up, turning around to face him. "Keep your mouth shut."

"Sorry, Draken!"

"Don't hold it against him, Takemitchy." Draken said. "Pah's pretty pissed off right now."

"He's sorta out of control, huh?" Takemichi asked.

"His bud got into it with Moebius. That's what ignited this conflict." Mitsuya responded.

"Huh? What happened?" Natsu questioned.

"Moebius's leader, a guy named Osanai, got into it with his friend over something stupid. Pah's bud got the shit beat out of him, then they raped his girlfriend right in front of him." Mitsuya explained. "To top it off, they took all his money and beat up his parents and siblings later."

"That's awful..." Takemichi commented.

"That's just how Moebius runs shit. They're two generations above our gang, and they run Shinjuku." Mitsuya said.

"Huh? You mean Toman's not running the area?" Takemichi asked.

"Toman runs Shibuya. Shinjuku is separate. And our gang is still pretty new." Mitsuya answered.

"So what do you want to do, Pah?" Mikey asked. "We gonna fight?"

"They're two generations above our gang. Toman's not gonna walk away unscathed. I'd end up making trouble for all of you guys. But I'm so pissed off, Mikey..." Pah answered.

"That's not what I asked. Are we gonna fight, or what?" Mikey repeated.

"I wanna fight! I wanna murder all those sons of bitches!" Pah exclaimed.

"Yeah, I figured." Mikey said.

Mikey then stood up. "Anyone here think that Pah's bud getting his ass kicked is too much trouble to deal with? Anyone scared because Pah's bud got beat up?" He didn't receive a response.

"Oi, what about my crew?" Keiji turned to look at his gang members, who were mixed with Toman. "Any objections?"

"If you have one, you and I need to have a chat privately." Miyasato added on, cracking his knuckles. No one from Keiji's gang gave a reply either.

"See? There's no one!" Mikey exclaimed. "We're gonna crush Moebius!"

"Yeah!" Everyone exclaimed, raising their fists.

"August 3rd! The Musashi Festival is where it's all gonna go down!" Mikey informed.

Everyone got on their bikes as they left the shrine.

"August 3rd..." Takemichi thinks to himself, wondering why that date is so important before he remembered something.

"I'm counting on you to save Ryuguji Ken and Miyasato Toru."

"That's the day Miya-kun and Draken-kun die!"

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"Huh? My bodyguard? I'll pass." Miyasato told Takemichi the next day.

"Thank yo— Huh?"

"The hell would I need a bodyguard for?" Miyasato questioned. "That honestly sounds like a pain. Well, I have to go see Kei. We're meeting up with Mikey and Draken later."

Keiji and Miyasato were at the hospital, waiting for Mikey and Draken to show up, as Keiji was looking at the unconscious girl through the glass.

"I wonder..." Keiji began as Miyasato looked over towards his best friend. "What when through those disgusting pigs heads when they raped this innocent girl."

Miyasato frowned as he watched Keiji's fist clench on the glass. "If there's one thing I hate, it's bastards like Moebius who get innocent people involved in our world." He finished.

"Oi, Miya, Keiji."

The two glanced over to find that Mikey and Draken had arrived. "Sorry it took us so long." Draken stated.

"It's fine, Draken. We got here just a few moments ago ourselves." Miyasato told him.

"Who's that?" Mikey questioned.

"Pah's buddy's girlfriend." Draken replied. "She's been unconscious for five days."

"What the hell are you doing here?!"

The five looked over as Keiji saw a man point at them. "How dare you show up here?! Leave, now!" He ordered.

"Dear..."

Keiji immediately bowed to them, followed by Draken and then Miyasato.

"What do you think you're doing? Our daughter almost died because of trash like you!"

"Don't bow to him, Kei, Ken-chin, Sato-chin. We didn't do anything wrong." Mikey informed. "Why's this old guy trying to take it out on us, anyway?"

"You vermin! You're nothing but trash! Causing a ruckus every single night!"

"Please stop, dear."

"What?"

"You cause so much trouble for others and hurt them, then think you can get away with it as adults because you were just kids then?! Like hell, you punks!"

"Who the hell do you think you're talking to?" Mikey challenged.

Without looking up, Keiji grabbed onto Mikey's wrist while Draken grabbed onto the back of Mikey's head in a forced bow.

"Hey, what're you doing?!"

"This is completely our responsibility." Draken spoke up.

"Like four pieces of shit bowing is going to make my daughter better?!"

"What?"

"Shut your mouth, Mikey!" Draken told him.

"My daughter's been in a coma ever since. Her face... and her body... have been battered and bruised. Why... What did she ever do to you?!"

Both of the girl's parents were sobbing as Keiji's fist tightened from behind his back.

"My sweet, beautiful daughter... has been disfigured." The man said, turning to his wife. "Please leave. We never want to see you again."

The two walked away. "We're going to fight Moebius soon. We'll deal with our own problems in our own world. All of our crew have families and people important to them. We can't let innocent people get dragged into this. We can't make their friends and family cry." Draken spoke up.

"You don't have to bow your head. Just have a heart that cares for others." Draken finished.

"You're so nice, Ken-chin." Mikey finally said. "I'm sorry, Ken-chin. I'm... glad to have you by my side."

"Sorry that we're dragging your own crew into this, Keiji." Draken apologized.

Keiji chuckled a bit as he was the first to stand up. "I was the one who wanted to become allies with Toman didn't I?" He questioned before glancing over at the girl once more. "Besides, it's not like we can let Moebius get away with this kind of shit."

"I agree with you there." Draken agreed.

"Man, I'm kinda hungry." Mikey stated.

"What? You just ate." Draken said.

"I always get hungry after a nap."

"How does that even work?"

"Does this sort of thing happen to you a lot?"

"More times than I can count."

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A/N: Another chapter is done! Thanks for reading!

Word Count: 2654 words.