╭┈─────── ʚ✟⃛ɞ ྀ࿐
╰┈➤ [Chapter 51]
╰┈➤ [Third POV]

"Taiju!" Y/n called out in shock.

The knife clatters onto the ground as Taiju easily and swiftly disarmed Hakkai. Taiju held Hakkai into the air with one hand as the younger brother could do nothing but hold onto his older brother's hands helplessly. Both Takemichi and Y/n were slightly shocked and panicked. Y/n putting his hands out to Taiju and trying to get the other to release Hakkai. Takemichi, however, stared in shock in what was happening.

"All you really do is act tough," Taiju taunted to Hakkai as Hakkai struggled in his hold. "Got my hopes up a little that you'd actually try to kill me. This is so hard for me, Hakkai. You let me down once again...

"If you're serious then don't yell. Sneak up and stab me from behind."

"Taiju!" Y/n called out as he looked up at said male. "Come on, put him down. You'll bruise him!" He didn't have his fake smile anymore. "You promised, Taiju!"

Taiju scoffed and glared at his brother. "And you said that Toman won't attack me."

Y/n flinched and tensed.

"So, by your own words. Our deal is off."

"But then you won't have me as your medic, do you really want that?" Y/n tried to get the upper hand.

"Y-Y/n... No..." Hakkai stuttered out, choked out by Taiju's grip.

Taiju stayed silent for a moment. He threw Hakkai back onto the ground. Hakkai let out a groan as he fell to the floor, holding his arm that he landed on. Y/n, worried, tried to go to Hakkai to make sure he was okay. However, he was unable to. Taiju grabbed onto Y/n's arm and prevented him from doing so. Y/n's eyes widened as he looked up at Taiju. He gently tried to tug his arm away but Taiju's grip only tightened.

"Taiju...?" Y/n whispered in questioning.

"You really think I was going to let you walk away?" Taiju's voice lowered. "You're the Black Dragon's medic. You're my medic. And you're not going anywhere, that's an order."

Y/n's eyes widened. He felt stuck. Everything was falling apart and his plan was failing. With Takemichi and Hakkai here, everything was going wrong. Y/n couldn't help but freeze, this wasn't what he had planned for. And now, he truly felt like he belonged to Taiju, to the Black Dragons because of some trade. Y/n didn't want that. He wanted to go back to Toman.

"Stop it!!" Takemichi's voice run through the room, making everyone pause.

Taiju frowned, he roughly let go of Y/n, making the medic stumbled back slightly. He looked at Takemichi with a glare and a twisted smile. "Takemichi Hanagaki... This is the second time you've stuck your nose in the Shiba family's business!"

Y/n held his wrist as he watched Taiju stepped right in front of Takemichi. Hakkai even went up to Y/n to make sure he was okay, but noticing that Y/n's attention was else where, he too watched the encounter. Takemichi was tiny compared to Taiju, making Taiju tower over him intimidatingly. Takemichi held his ground, however. But damn, was he not shaking in his boots right now, having to crane his neck all the way up to even meet Taiju's eyes.

"Hakkai..." Taiju smirked. "My back is wide open right now!!" He taunted.

Hakkai froze. At first, yes, he did want to kill Taiju, end his suffering and be free of the control of his older brother. Earlier was an adrenaline rush, the pure anger in his veins seeing Taiju's bad boy mood falter at the sight of Y/n, realizing that Taiju can be soft and kind but Hakkai was just never worth it. A medic for a gang deserved more love than Taiju's own family. It had infuriated Hakkai. However, now he has the chance to try again and attempt to kill Taiju once more, he couldn't bring himself to. He was... scared. He felt like a child again.

Taiju threw a punch at Takemichi. A harsh, and fast punch that Takemichi himself couldn't comprehend as his vision blurred on impact. Takemichi tumbled backwards with a thud, a crack, and sliding to a stop as he lay on the floor, stunned. His skin on his cheek already turning red and irritated. Y/n and Hakkai watched with widened eyes at what was happening. Not liking watching his friends get hurt, Y/n covered his eyes with his hands. Only peeking every once in a while because he couldn't help himself. Hakkai stay close to his side, scared, terrified.

"I punched you with 30% of my power before. But since this is the second time, I used 50%!" Taiju claimed with a teasing smirk. "Hurts like fuck, don't it?"

'I can't... move...!' Takemichi thought to himself, his vision dizzy and still objects were moving around him in swirls. 'I've been punched by a lot of people up to this point... but this guy... is on a whole other level! He's going to kill me!'

Taiju approached Takemichi with the smile of the devil. "What's wrong Hakkai?" He questions, his back towards his brother. "You're not gonna save him?!" Hakkai flinched. "If you don't, he's gonna die!"

"Takemichi Hanagaki!" Taiju grabbed the bleached blond boy by the throat and lifted him up with ease. "Do you know why Hakkai wants to kill me??"

Hakkai froze, silently begging to Takemichi to not say anything, worried for his friend's safety. Y/n flinched away as he covered his eyes to pretend that the violence wasn't happening before him.

"Because you...!" Takemichi managed out as he glared bravely down at Taiju. "Because you've been abusing Yuzuha!"

Y/n froze for a moment as he looked up from his hands. "Yuzuha...?" He whispered to himself and glanced at Hakkai. "What...?"

Before Y/n could question Hakkai, Taiju let out a roaring laughter. "You hear that, Hakkai?!" He glanced back at his brother who was looking down in shame and panic. "Why don't I reveal your secret?" He looked at Takemichi with a splitting smile. "He's not the sort of person you think he is. He's-"

"Stop it!" Hakkai cried out in horror.

However, in the midst of the yell and the beating, Takemichi noticed a certain figure coming up behind Taiju. His eyes widened as he realized it was Yuzuha... and she had a knife. Seeing the horror in Takemichi's eyes, Y/n followed where he was looking. His eyes widened when he saw Yuzuha with a knife. Suddenly, memories of Baji and Draken came to view for Y/n.

'Not again...' Y/n thought.

'I can't have that happen again...' Y/n stood up. The world blurred for him.

"Yuzuha?!" Takemichi cried out.

Before anyone could react, Yuzuha suddenly let out a small yelp. The knife clattered onto the floor and she looked up in shock. Even Taiju's eyes widened.

"Y/n??" Takemichi called out.

Y/n held onto Yuzuha's wrist into the air. He looked at Yuzuha with a frown and a glare. His eyes don't seem like he was there with them, but rather in his own world. The knife that clattered to the floor, disarmed because of Y/n. Not a single drop of blood in sight, and no one was stabbed. Y/n stood like a tower between Yuzuha and Taiju.

"Y/n..." Yuzuha breathed out in shock.

"You're an idiot... Yuzuha..." Y/n whispered, clutching down on her wrist. "Did you really think that would make everything better...?!"

Yuzuha's eyes watered for a moment but no tears fell. "Y/n... I'm sorry... I had to..."

A thud was heard and Takemichi groaned on impact. Both Yuzuha and Y/n turned to Taiju with widened eyes, his grip on her loosened seeing the angered Taiju. Y/n was shoved out of the way harshly by Taiju as he stood before Yuzuha with such rage a volcano would be jealous. He raised his hand and brought down to Yuzuha who was frozen in fear.

"Taiju no!" Y/n called out as he rushed to get in between Yuzuha and Taiju.

Bam!

Y/n was knocked away, letting out a groan in pain as he held onto his head. He stumbled back and took a knee. Everyone's eyes widened seeing Y/n take the hit instead of Yuzuha. Hell, even Taiju was shocked that he hit him. Immediately, Yuzuha was right by Y/n's side, eyes wide, mouth agape. She wanted to say something, anything, but her voice was stuck in her throat.

"Y/n...! Are you... are you okay?" Yuzuha stuttered over her worlds as her hands hovered over Y/n's body shakily.

"It's okay... I'm okay..." Y/n muttered as he looked at Yuzuha, a deep purple bruise already forming on his cheek. "I'm alright."

Yuzuha's widened at the bruise as her fingers hovered over it in worry. "But, you-"

"Yuzuha, you bitch! You really fucked up this time!!" Taiju's voice echoed throughout the room and his booming statue stepped closer to Y/n and Yuzuha. "First you tried to stab me, and now you made me hit my medic! How fucking dare you!"

"Taiju, wait- ah!" Y/n tried to speak but was pushed to the side once again, his back hitting the benches of the church. His spine hitting right on the edge of the bench, making him hiss in pain. "Fucking... shit..."

"Y/n!" Yuzuha called out, but before she could even do anything, she was hit by Taiju. She was thrown to the side, her skin already red from irritation and the hit.

Taiju no longer looked cocky, he was now genuinely pissed the fuck off. He never wanted to hurt Y/n, he never did, but now Yuzuha is in the picture and got in the way, there was no way he was going to forgive his sister that easily. She needed to be punished. She needed to be put in her place. Y/n did not deserve to get hit, Yuzuha did, in Taiju's eyes.

"Yuzuha..." Hakkai breathed out. "Why...? Why're you here...?" His eyes widened in horror seeing two people he looked up to and loved getting hit by the very person he hated the most.

Yuzuha wiped her cheek as her brows furrowed with determination. "I came to save you. I'm gonna end all of this..."

Hakkai trembled, he felt like he was going to cry. "But why...? Why'd you come here...?" He gritted his teeth and looked at Takemichi. "Takemichi... you bastard! You told Yuzuha, didn't you?!!"

Takemichi blinked for a moment. "Huh!?"

╭┈─────── ʚ✟⃛ɞ ྀ࿐
╰┈➤ [Chapter 51]
╰┈➤ [A/N: this whole chapter was completely unplanned so sorry if it doesn't make a whole lot of sense TT^TT ]
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