Because it’s already late, they decided to end the meeting. Before i7 left the meeting room, Tenn asked, “Can I stay here? I want to take care of Riku. I’m afraid that he will do something like before.”

“Eh? How about...” Mitsuki couldn’t finish his words.

“Daijobuu. I have talked about this to Gaku, Ryuu and Anesagi-san. They don’t mind with it. Ah, and don’t worry, I’m not telling the truth to them.”

i7 stay quiet. But, not long after, Yamato opened his mouth, “We don’t mind. But, let Sou accompany you since it’s dangerous for you when Angra Mangiu showed up.”

“Huh?” Sogo froze for a while, “HUHH???!!! Why me?!”

Iori sighed, “Isn’t that obvious?”
“You are the most experienced among all of us, Sogo,” said Mitsuki.

Sogo sighed, “Please, at least ask me first...”

“It’s a command from your leader, Sou!”

“Ganbatte, So-chan!”

“Yoroshiku, Osaka-san.”

Cut to Riku’ room.

Riku is sitting on his bed while Tenn is sitting on the ground leaning on Riku’ bed and Sogo is sitting beside the exit door leaning on a wall.

Awkward moment~

Riku laughed awkwardly, “Jaa, I’ll try to get sleep.”

“Oyasumi, Riku,” said Tenn.

“H-How about you, Tenn-ni? Will you go to sleep?”

“I’ll try.”

“O-okay. Oyasumi, Tenn-nii, Sogo-san.”

“Oyasumi, Riku-kun.”

After Riku rurned off the lamp, Riku went to sleep. Tenn and Sogo didn’t start any conversation within 15 minutes. Finally, Tenn opened his mouth, “Nee.”

“Hm?” replied Sogo in dark.

“You don’t go to sleep? We can take turns alternately”

“We don’t need to, Tenn-kun. I’m managed to stay awake without sleep for one week. So, this is nothing. You are the one who should sleep.”

“O-One week?”

“Yeah, with a really heavy training.”

“O-Okay, I’ll leave the ‘bad thing’ to you.”

When Tenn tried to sleep, he hardly can do it since he’s feel really guilty. ‘Is Riku be okay? I don’t want Riku kill people ever again. Can I really leave it to Osaka-san? I don’t want that bad thing happen again to Riku,’ thought Tenn. After 30 minutes, he still can’t manage to sleep. Sogo realize it and feeling bad when he saw it (Yeah, he can see things in the dark clearly as he can see things when the lights on). Sogo decided to read a spell so Tenn can easily go to sleep, “Everything will be fine. Just sleep, forget all of your problems and your struggle. You’ll be find the solution when you awake at the next day. Let me sing it for you, Mother’s Lullaby.” Sogo read it with a faint voice so Tenn didn’t realize it. As Sogo finished his words, Tenn went to sleep.

*timeskip

12:04 PM

Riku slowly sat on his bed. “Riku-kun?” Sogo called Riku’ name. When Riku has sat, he turned his eyes slowly to Sogo and tilt his head just like he confused on something. Sogo widened his eyes and his face turned really pale.

‘What is this tension? It’s like a new creature has born and ready to give nightmares to us, humans. His red eyes shows no sparkle and turned really dark. He stares at me desperately,’ thought Sogo.

Slowly, Riku shows his creepy smile and Sogo can see four fangs showed up—two above and two more below.

‘Tenn-kun didn’t mention anything about this,’ thought Sogo once again.

Not long after, a cracking pattern showed out from Riku’ right forehead and from his neck. Riku smiled even more and start to attack Sogo. Before Riku managed to hold Sogo’ neck, Sogo directly held Riku’ neck and slam him down to the ground hardly. Veins appear around Riku's neck and face. Riku tried to release Sogo’ hold but seems it’s really strong.

Sogo’ POV:

His body’ temperature reached 39°C! He rebelled from my strangulation. I hardly held his neck. Not long after, Riku-kun held my wrist with his both hands and stabbed my wrist with his ten fingers. The tenth fingers go into my flesh. “Kuh,” I held the pain.

Daijobuu, I have experienced something worse than this. I can make him back to normal. “Argh!” no way! He sending his blood to me. No, no this is bad. He tried to make me be like him. I spread my left arm and a katana showed from it. I cut my right arm and jumped to behind me. Blood came out from my shoulder. My right arm that I cut, it turned black and slowly disappear into black dust. Why my arm turned into black dust? Is he going to change me into a yokai?

I held my shoulder and I controlled my breath so I manage to stop the bleeding. I want to grow my arm but seems it’s impossible since I need a lot of time to grow it and I don’t know when Riku-kun will attack me. I must prepare my stance.

“Heh...? I never saw something like that. A human cut his own arm? Interesting,” said Riku-kun when he stood up, “Hmm... If I’m not wrong, your name is Osaka Sogo, right? I knew your name from Riku’ memory.”

“Where is Riku-kun?!” asked me in anger.

“Hm? He is sleeping now. When he sleep, I’m awake,” He turned his eyes to behind him, “Whoa, isn’t that Riku’ brother?”

He sat in front of Tenn-kun that sleeping on sitting position—it seems my spell it’s really affected to him. A minute of silence, he just staring at Tenn-kun.

...

....

I grabbed Riku-kun’ wrist right before his long finger nails touched Tenn-kun’ chest. This creature’ movement really fast gladly, I can follow it with my eyes. “I won’t let you touch him,” said me.

“Heh...? Although I’m his little twin brother?”

It’s not, you jerk!

“You’re trying to kill him, right?”

He didn’t answer. He just showed his creepy smile and disappear fastly. I widened my eyes. I looked to around me, he’s not there. And then, I decided to take a look through the window. He’s not there. I came out from Riku-kun’ room. I walked fastly into the eating room.

“Whoa! Sogo! Where is your arm?” asked Mitsuki-san. He spilled his drink because he saw me without my right arm.

“Where’s Riku-kun?”

“W-What do you mean?”

“Angra Mangiu appeared.”

Mitsuki-san widened his eyes.

“Mitsuki-san, please wake the rest of our members. We will stop Angra Mangiu before he kill more people again,” said me fastly and directly I left him.

I came out from the dorm and closed my eyes. I tried to search him by my sense. Angra Mangiu has a unique sense so I can easily find him. Where? Where is he? I strengthen my senses again. Ah! Found him!

I jumped from where I standing before to the rooftop of other building. He hasn’t far yet from here, he’s running intended to exit the headquarter. Seems he can’t easily do a teleportation thanks to this headquarter’ security system. While I’m running and jumping from rooftop to the other, I do a regeneration—I grew my right hand.

A few minutes later, I landed in front of him—I get in his way. “Heh...? Can’t believe you can follow me this fast. Oh, seems you’re growing your fingers now.”

“Gross.”

When my right arm fully grew, I clench my hand and a katana appeared from it. Ri-no... Angra Mangiu sighed, “Yare, yare.”

He prepared his stance, so do I. After a few seconds, we fight against each other.

Actually, I don’t want Riku-kun wounded but it seems I can’t. Sorry, Riku-kun. When I attack him, he defend it with his arm. His arm is as hard as a rock. He face me with bare hands. Angra Mangiu said that Riku-kun is sleeping when he is awake. I must do something so Riku-kun awake. But, what?

Author’ POV:

“Banri-san! Banri-san!” Yamato knocked Banri’ room door hardly.

Banri is living in a unit in the building beside of i7’ dorm so it didn’t need a lot of time to go there.

“Banri-san! This is an urgent! Please, open the door!” said Yamato while still knocking Banri’ room door.

Not long after, a footsteps heard from inside. The owner of the room opened the door. “What’s wrong?” asked Banri still half sleep with long-messy-hair. Banri wearing a blue pajama with Doraemon motif. Yamato face palmed with what Banri wearing.

‘Why do you wear that?’ he thought. Because, this is really urgent, Yamato changed his focus fastly, “Anyway. Banri-san! Angra Mangiu appeared! Riku is in danger!”

“Angra what...?” said Banri with eyes closed.

“Ah, mooo... Please, collect your will to wake up, Banri-san!! We’re in danger!”

Banri slowly opened his eyes, “What danger?”

“Arrrggghhh!!! Excuse me, Banri-san!” Yamato directly get in to Banri’ room.

“W-What are you doing, Yamato-kun?!”

“You have CCTV in your room, right? Let me show you what’s going on!” said Yamato once he gets in and looked for a CCTV monitor, “Ah, there it is!” Yamato approached the monitor and looked for Sogo and Riku are. Banri approached Yamato. “This!”

Yamato found them. Banri looked into the screen. “Th-That’s…”

Yamato said, “Angra Mangiu. Even our great swordsman... is injured so badly... Doesn’t he can regenerate his wounds fastly?”

Banri stayed quiet for a few seconds with his eyes widened. “S-Sou….ka”

“What?”

“I kinda suspicious with Riku-kun’ other sense when the first time I saw him in this headquarter. President told me the same too. These last five years, we felt that the sense is getting stronger. But, these days the sense is getting weaker. So, me and President let it be,” Banri held his chin, “Maybe, something that you called Angra Mangiu realized that it found out by me and President so it decided to hide his sense…”

“M-Maybe… What are we going to do?”

“Help Sogo-kun to defeat Angra Mangiu I guess…?”

“Mitsu, Nagi and Tama are on their way to help Sou. Ichi is take care of Tenn in the dorm. I’m in charge to find out what are we going to do next. I decided to go here and ask you since you are more experienced than me."

“W-Well… I’m not sure about this…”

“Just tell me something in your mind!”

“Ma, ma… Yamato-kun, you’re really panicking right now… Please, calm down for a bit…”

“My friend is in danger so obviously I’m panic!”

Banri smiled awkwardly, “Panicking isn’t help to solve the problem, Yamato-kun,” he turned serious again, “Well, if you ask my opinion about what will we going to do is… Hold Angra Mangiu until Riku-kun conscious.”

Yamato tilt his head, “Huh?”

“Actually, we’re not in charge to make Riku-kun regain his consciousness. It’s Riku-kun’ fight. We only can support him so he back to his consciousness.”

“You mean it’s a mental fight for Riku, huh?”

“Yes,” Banri nodded.

Yamato lowered his head. Suddenly, he realized something.

“What’s wrong, Yamato-kun?”

Cut to in front of Takanashi Headquarter entrance.

Sogo and Angra Mangiu still fighting against each other. Just like Yamato said, Sogo is badly injured, he has regenerated his wounds thousand times. He must to control his breath to do a regeneration and it cost a lot of energy. He knows that he has reached his limit so he decided to stop the regeneration—he only stop the bleeding each time he wounded.

Angra Mangiu is really fast, much fast than Sogo. Sogo hardly can compete it. Looks Riku’ body is really suitable with Angra Mangiu. There is no useless move from it—it’s a really good fighter.

“Oi, oi, what’s wrong with you? Your katana has broken thousand times, you injured thousand times... And you’re really out of shape right now... I haven’t used all of my power, you know. Ah, boring... Seems I don’t have to show you my darkness power,” said Angra Mangiu when he took a distance about ten meters from Sogo.

‘Darkness?’ thought Sogo while he controlling his breath. Sogo opened his mouth, “What are you?”

“I’m Angra Mangiu.”

“What is Angra Mangiu?”

“Hmm... I don’t know. I forgot what Tsukumo said about me.”

“Seems you are lying.”

“Heh...? You know?”

Sogo’ yandere mode turned on, “Stop messing around.”

“Whoa, so scary~ Hahaha... Okay, okay... Ettoo... If I’m not wrong, I’m a modified yokai... How to put it... Like I’m an AI for the yokais and much stronger than them... Ah, usually Tsukumo’ friends called me a ‘demon’ instead of Angra Mangiu.”

“Ah~ Tsukumo will mad at me... Oh, well... He won’t find out.”

‘A demon?’ thought Sogo.

“Oh, well, let’s continue. Osaka Sogo!”

The demon approaching Sogo in high speed. Sogo directly make the anti-demon katana from his hand and read the spell, “Lightning Movement: cut the target!”

Suddenly, Sogo has already at behind the demon. Riku’ right arm seperated from his body and the right arm slowly disappear into black dust. No one opened their mouth for a minute.
“YARROOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!” the demon shouted in anger.

Veins showed up on the demon' forehead, arms and legs. The demon strengthened his attack powe and then, he disappeared from where he stood before and appeared behind Sogo. The demon wants to stab Sogo’ heart from behind with his long nails.  Sogo realized it gladly he can dodge it—he jumped from where he stood and did a back flip, he is on the top of the demon (in the air). He pointing his katana to it and intended to stab Riku’ head.

When his katana is right in front of Riku’ face, Sogo widened his eyes. The demon realized that Sogo can’t kill him since he is one with Riku now. The demon directly stab Sogo’ left eye with his one long nail.

“AAAARRGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!” Sogo shouted really loud.

“The most hard part to do a regeneration beside human’ heart, is their eyes, right? Jaa, let me make you blind, right now,” the demon smiled.

Suddenly, someone from behind the demon kicked the demon’ head hardly. The demon thrown some distance from where he was before.

“STAY AWAY FROM SOGO, MONSTER!!!” Mitsuki mad at the demon.

The demon tried to stand up and wiped his wound on his face (the wound directly disappeared once he wiped his face), “What the hack...”

Tamaki and Nagi followed Mitsuki from behind. “So-chan!” “Sogo!”

Sogo held his left eye. His left eye bleeding a lot. The hurt makes his right eye tears out. “It much hurt than I lost my other part of body... I never stab directly on my eye...” said Sogo.

“Stop the bleeding, So-chan!”

“I’m trying! It’s hard to stop it!”

“Tamaki, please, take care of Sogo. I’ll go help Mitsuki,” Nagi approached Mitsuki after he finished his words.

When Nagi has arrived at beside of Mitsuki, they prepared their stance.

“You guys are my next victims, huh?” the demon looked down on them.

“Get off from Riku’ body, you bastard!” said Mitsuki.

“Hm! As if,” the demon ran quickly and start to attack Mistuki and Nagi.

Mitsuki and Nagi worked together when fighting against the demon. Sometimes, when Mitsuki and Nagi did a mistake on attacking the demon, Tamaki support them while taking care of Sogo’ wounds—he helped Sogo to close his wounds. Sogo support them too although Tamaki forbid it and ask him to focus on healing the wound.

After 30 minutes of fighting, the demon getting cornered since he must face four people all by himself. He seems pissed so, he shouted, “KUSOOOOO GAAAAA!!!!!!!!” And the demon began to use his power.

“Oh no, he began to use his power!”
“We have to do something!”

“Stop him with your anti-demon weapon, it affected on him!”

Mitsuki and Nagi nodded after they heard what Sogo said. “Yosh, we ca—“

...

...

Blood came out from Mitsuki and Nagi’ mouths. Also their stomachs. The demon stabbed them with his shadow power. Sogo and Tamaki’ face getting pale and their eyes widened.
‘T-Too fast,’ thought them.

Mitsuki and Nagi tried to close their wounds but seems hard for them. The demon was surrounded by black shadow. Tamaki gets mad and start to approach the demon but something stopped him. He can’t move even an inch on where he standing is. The demon’ hand pointing on Tamaki, “Heh... How weak... You can't move anymore even though I only stopped you with my aura."

Tamaki still struggling at where he standing is, he tried to move but he can’t.

The demon shows his smirk to them, “Bye bye.” The demon stabbed Nagi, Tamaki and Mitsuki’ neck and began to cut their head.

.

.

.

“Wake up!”

“Wake up!”

“Riku, wake up!”

Riku opened his eyes.

Riku’ POV:

A ceiling?

I woke up from my bed and look at around me. I widened my eyes. I-I’m in my house?! Hasn't it already burnt?Then, I looked to my body. I’m wearing a red yukatta! It’s the same as what I usually wear when I was little.

Someone opened my room’ door. I widened my eyes.
“T-Tenn-nii?!”

He wearing a peach pink yukatta—it’s the same as he usually wear when we were little. “What? What are you shocked about?” said Tenn-nii with his cold face.

Well, at least his attitude is still the same. I laughed awkwardly, “N-Nothing.”

Tenn-nii sighed, “Sou? Jaa, I’ll go pick up some wheat. You stay here.”

“L-Let me help you, Tenn-nii!”

“Huh? As if you can.”

“Mo, Tenn-nii stop underestimate! I’ve solved a lot of problems in Takanashi Headquarter! Even I have defeated yokais!”

“Huh?” He showed his confused face, “Stop hallucinating. It’s still morning,” he sighed again, “Oh well, bye bye, Riku. I’ll be back later.”

“Ma—“ He has left me before I finished my words. I sighed. What’s going on?

I decided to get out from my room. I toured my house while feeling a little nostalgic about my family. After 15 minutes, I went out from my house.
And suddenly, the view turned into a garden full of cherry trees. The sakura falling in the wind.

What’s the meaning of this?

I start to walk. After a few minutes of walking, suddenly I heard a beautiful piano melody. It’s really calms my heart. I walked to the sound source.

“Wow...” I said it in awe.

A man is playing the piano gently surrounded by falling cherry trees. What a beautiful view. The song is really beautiful... It feels like I want to stay here forever and listening the melody...

After I enjoyed the song for few minutes, the man stopped although I think the song hasn’t finished yet. The man tilt his head to me and smiled at me. I smiled back.

“Finally you came, Nanase Riku,” said the man. I tilt my head.

“Have we met before?” asked me.

The man laughed, “Yeah, but in different form.”

“What do you mean?”

The man stayed quiet for a while. A few seconds later, he opened his mouth, “You have met me with my evil form.”

I widened my eyes, “J-Jaa...”

The man nodded, “Yes. I’m Angra Mangiu.”

I froze.

The man sighed, “It can’t be help. Tsukumo has turned me like this. It’s already my fate.”

Tears came out from my eyes.

“What are you crying about? I’m the one who experience that... You mustn’t cry...”

“B-But...” I sobbed, “A man like you that played a beautiful song... and the song has love and kindness in it... has an evil side... I bet it's not your own will. It’s...tragic...”

“I have told you, it can’t be help. Crying won’t solve anything.”

I continue crying. After a few minutes without conversation the man said, “Crying for someone’ sadness, huh? How kind of you, Nanase Riku...”

I shook my head, “No... I’m not kind...”

He giggled, “You don’t have to humble yourself, Riku.”

The man looked up to the sky, “Tsukumo turned me into Angra Mangiu so he can reach his dream.”

I wiped my tears. I kinda a lil bit curious about the topic, “What... What is Angra Mangiu actually? And what is Tsukumo’ dream?”

The man tilt his head to me, “I don’t know anything about Tsukumo’ dream. Angra Mangiu is a human that became a yokai without must go through death. So, yeah... When the experiment done, I end up have two different personalities. One is the usual me and one is the evil me. I don’t know how he can do that and about how strong am I as a yokai.”

“It has been five years since Angra Mangiu gets into your body. Me and the other me have watched your growth in these last five years. I don’t know what the other me is thinking but... Although I don’t know why Tsukumo decided to make me got into your body or make me possessed a kind kid like you but I want to help you, Nanase Riku.”

The man began to play the piano again—he plays the same song as I heard before, “If you don't experience bad things like you experienced 5 years ago, I think you will definitely become an idol like your brother with your friends as IDOLiSH7."

“Takanashi-san found the songs I left at the orphanage I made with my two other friends and took it after it was taken by Tsukumo and I was very happy when my song was sung by the seven of you. I hope that your songs and your songs will reach the hearts of many people even all creatures on this earth."

“An orphanage... The composer...” I widened my eyes, “Y-You are...”

The man laughed, “Seems I’m being found out. Yeah, hajimemashite. Sakura Haruki desu.”

I froze again and speechless.

“By the way, I think you and your unit will sing this song soon. ‘Sakura Message’ Well, although the lyrics has been modified by other composer. But well, I’m glad that the lyrics’ main meanings still the same.”

A few minutes without conversation, there was only Sakura-san's piano playing that intoning Sakura Message song. When the song has finished, he looked up to the sky once again, “You have a good twin brother, Riku. Take care of him. Don’t make him fall into the same hole.”

Huh?

The view that I saw just now slowly disappear.

"What do you mean?!"

The view it's getting darker.

"Matte, Sakura-san!!!"

After that, everything is pitch black.

~to be continued...

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