Chapter 2 — Rewritten

~July 6, 2017~

It's already been two days since I met with Naoto, during this time I've been memorizing all possible information about the Tokyo Manji Gang

Thanks to the fact that Naoto is a detective in the organized crime department, he has access to a lot of information about them.

The most powerful and dangerous criminal organization in Japan, the Tokyo Manji Gang have such influence that the police dare not meddle in their affairs.

An organization that began as a simple motorcycle gang, founded by a group of twelve year old boys, thanks to the incredible strength of its leader, Manjiro Sano, also known as, "The Invincible Mikey", the Tokyo Manji managed to become the most powerful and well-known gang in Tokyo just three years after its founding

At first the gang was just a Bōsōzoku gang, a group of hot-blooded teenagers who drove their noisy motorcycles through the streets of Tokyo and violated traffic regulations, sometimes fighting against other gangs where some were injured.

But after 2005 the gang took another course, clandestine fights, drug sales, prostitution, human trafficking, rape, murder, and many other crimes began to be frequent by the members of said gang.

The biker gang gradually began to become a criminal organization that was comparable to the Yakuza, which after a bloody confrontation also managed to get rid of them, proclaiming themselves as the leaders of the underworld.

I put the document I was reading on the desk and got up from my seat, did some stretches to get rid of the stiffness in my body from having been in the same position for a long time.

I took a beer from Naoto's small refrigerator and uncovered it, the boy had gone out to buy some food, I went to the window to smoke a cigarette and drink my beer

'Time travel through a single handshake... did you ask me if it's really possible?' - I thought with some doubt while appreciating my hand

Yesterday I had argued with Naoto about how he was going to return to the past, he had an assumption that in my opinion was quite stupid

According to his theory my time travel power is activated by shaking his hand, when I heard it the first time I had the same reaction as Takemichi, disbelief

Something as complex as time travel couldn't be activated in such a pathetic way, Naoto also nodded, but according to him, when I made my first time travel and told him about his future, when I shook his hand he felt a little tingling run through his body, then he felt as if I disappeared from my body from the past.

He told me that after that, my past self reacted as if he didn't remember the reason why he was in that place, he ran away and didn't talk to Naoto again on his own, it was as if he didn't remember what they talked about before.

In addition, there are the changes that occurred due to my trip to the past, according to Naoto, he investigated me and practically my life was the same as Takemichi lived before he occupied his body.

I'm not a time travel expert, but I understand that the slightest change could cause a big change in the present, so telling Naoto about the future must have changed a lot more than just saving my life, or so I think

Everything was fucking strange, so I decided to ignore it and wait for that idiot to arrive, for the moment I decided to first collect information about the cause of Hinata's death, and then we will check Naoto's theory

"So Manjiro Sano and Tetta Kisaki, they both have the face of being sons of bitches" — I said while looking at the photo of these two guys

One was a blond man with a tattoo of an oriental dragon on his neck, his face was that of a full-fledged gangster, with just one look I could tell that he is the type with blood on his hands, this was Manjiro Sano, the leader and founder of the Tokyo Manji Gang

The other guy was shaved on the sides and had dyed blonde hair with black streaks, he wears gold glasses that looked fucking expensive and earrings of the same category, this was Tetta Kisaki, the one who in my opinion is the brains behind of the organization

"They are the top 2 of ToMan" - Naoto spoke seriously as he entered the apartment - "I brought the Ramen you wanted" - he added while showing me two large bags

"Great, I'm starving" — I mumbled as he reached over and snatched both bags from him, the pleasant smell of ramen making my stomach growl.

"Have you read all the information yet?" — asked Naoto, I just nodded — "Perfect, it's time to discuss our plan… at first it occurred to me that you would wait twelve years so that later you would skip July 1st and thus prevent my sister from dying, but it is very risky, if we miss that chance we may never be able to save my sister, I won't take that risk!... so we should do what we can right now, so you should go back in time and meet those two boys in their year of high school... And kill them!" — Naoto spoke coldly.

I raised an eyebrow surprised by Naoto's comment, it seemed that he was really serious

["KILL THEM!?... Naoto isn't serious, is he?"] — Takemichi asked, sounding quite surprised

{"He's very serious... but you can't blame him, if you think about it properly, killing those two should drastically change the present, Tokyo Manji shouldn't exist, all his victims would be safe including Hinata, but... What do you think? ... For my part, I wouldn't mind killing those two, and I would do it in such a way that it wouldn't leave any trace that incriminates us"} — I spoke while looking at my reflection in the window

["…I, I don't know…to be honest, I wouldn't want you to kill them, taking the easy way out isn't your style, is it?" ... also it is not good that we solve all our problems simply by killing people, according to your teacher that is only done by scum ... and you are not scum"] —Takemichi replied while he stared

I sighed internally listening to him, the bastard knew my memories of my previous life, he knows very well how important my teacher's words are and I take advantage of that

{"*Sigh*… I already understood… I will not kill anyone unless it is extremely necessary, or I think they deserve it, I promise!… Satisfied?"} — I answered with annoyance

Takemichi smiled and then disappeared from the reflection.

"Takemichi-kun?" - Naoto spoke

"Ah… sorry, I got lost in my thoughts" — I answered while he scratched my head in an embarrassed way, then I became serious while staring at him — "I'm not going to kill them"

Naoto quickly got up from his seat and stood in front of me.

"What the fuck are you saying Takemichi-kun!" Naoto growled.

"That's what I'm asking you, Naoto, do you want me to go back in time and kill two people? Two boys who at 15 years old were already recognized gang members in Tokyo, me, the loser who was a slave to simple normal gang members of the Tokyo Manji... *sigh* leaving the fact that if I manage to do it, I would possibly be ruining my life, of course, if they don't kill me first"- I answered while I continued eating my Ramen

Naoto looked at me surprised and then sat down again, it seemed that my words made him think a little about the absurd request he made to me

"Takemichi-kun, I... I'm sorry, it's just..."

"I understand you, after all, less than a week ago you saw Hinata die in front of you, at this moment you are emotionally unstable... for the moment, the best thing is to check if I can really go back to the past, your handshake theory is ridiculous, but we hope it works" — I spoke to while I finished eating my Ramen

"... you're right, let's check first if you can really come back" - Naoto turned to stand in front of me

I nodded as he picked me up, I looked at him for a moment before shaking his hand.

My vision immediately darkened, and again I felt that electric shock run through my body

*BA-DUMP*

*BA-DUMP*

"Let's do this shit!"

"Don't just stand there!"

"Fight!"

"I invested 1000 yen in you Hanagaki! you better win!"

I abruptly opened my eyes, my environment had completely changed, we were in what seemed to be a park, and a large number of high school boys surrounded us while shouting with excitement, from their shouts I knew that they were about to fight against the brat that was in front of me

["Where is Naoto?"] — Takemichi asked confused

{"Apparently it worked, we went back to the past"} — I replied while smiling

I was surprised that Naoto's hypothesis had worked, we travel through time through a handshake, or friend, if the scientists and researchers who have spent their entire lives investigating time travel found out about this, I bet they would the lung of anger would explode

I quickly took out my cell phone from my pocket and confirmed the date, it was July 6, 2005, I had really jumped in time.

"RAAAAGH!"

The guy in front of me let out a weird yelp as he threw a punch at my face, I clicked my tongue as I jerked my head to the side dodging the pathetic punch, and countered with a right hook straight to the asshole's jaw.

Surprisingly the brat only staggered from the blow, this surprised me a bit, but I remembered that in this world humans have a much higher resistance

I smiled coldly as I did a spin on my own axis and then lifted my right leg and threw it towards the stunned boy, my foot collided with that boy's temple, like a puppet without strings, my opponent's body fell to the ground completely unconscious.

All the spectators began to cheer for my victory, there were some who cursed while they looked at me fiercely, typical of underground fights where the spectators bet on the victory of their favorite fighter

["Wow, how did you do that?"] — Takemichi asked in amazement

{"It's no big deal, Ouch!... I think I need to train new my body, I almost tore a muscle"} — I answered while touching my calf

I had forgotten that the body of our previous version did not have any training, which hurt me when doing a movement that I am not used to doing

{"And why the hell did you try to take control? It was your fault that I almost tore a muscle, also barely and I didn't dodge that blow"} - I asked with an annoyed voice

For a moment I felt how my body tensed, I also felt how it began to tremble, my body was sweating a lot, those were signs of fear, I was afraid to fight with a high school boy, and that made me very angry since it was due Takemichi.

["I don't know, it was unconsciously…sorry") — Takemichi apologized in a low voice.

I sighed when I heard it, I looked up and saw how everyone started to leave it was the last fight, and only the bastards who beat up the crybaby when we went back to the past for the first time remained.

Sitting on the steps of the park steps, there was a tall guy with short black hair, and a scar on his eyebrow, smoking a cigarette while counting some bills, he was the student leader third grader of high school from Shibuya, Masataka Kiyomizu, or also known as Kiyomasa

"Nice hit, damn little shit" — spoke one of Kiyomasa's henchmen

"Well done Hanagaki, you saved yourself from a beating, now, get out of here, then I'll tell you when you fight again" — Kiyomasa ordered as he got up from the stairs

["It was because of them that my life was hell"] — Takemichi growled angrily

{"Then take control and beat them up"} — I spoke while giving him control of our body

Takemichi was silent as he lowered his eyes, without saying a word he gave me control back.

I sighed annoyed when I saw this, what I was feeling at this moment was annoying, fear, an emotion that I thought I had lost in my previous world, but since I came to this world it seemed to come back

But it seemed strange to me, in the present, it was true that there were times that I was afraid, but they were in really terrifying moments, like the time I accidentally broke Akane's lipstick, that day I really felt the true terror.

The most important thing is that, although I felt afraid, it wasn't as much as I was feeling right now, it's as if in the past Takemichi's emotions prevailed over mine

I looked up and saw the backs of those bastards, my body began to tremble uncontrollably, just seeing them terrified me, I gritted my teeth as I ran after them

"Wait" - I yelled as I stopped a few meters from them

"Hey! What do you want Hanagaki? Do you want a beating?" — asked one of Kiyomasa's henchmen while he put on a crazy smile, if I remember correctly they call him Red

["What are you going to do?"] — Takemichi asked panicked

{"We need to meet Sano Manjiro...these idiots could help us, but...they could become aggressive, if that happens we'll have to hit them, although our body is weak, I have enough experience to destroy them, so don't interfere, besides, it's time for you to leave that trauma in the past if we want to save Hinata without killing anyone, we need strength and reputation, only then can we do something"} — I spoke with confidence while looking at Kiyomasa

"Guys, you are part of the Tokyo Manji gang, right? Do you know the leader, Sano-kun? I would like to meet him, I was wondering if you could help me" - said gently while smiling

When everyone heard me, Kiyomasa's expression changed, he dropped his cigarette while looking at me threateningly.

"Bring my bat" — Kiyomasa spoke with anger in his voice

'*Sigh*, so the hard way huh?' I thought as he clenched his fists

One of his henchmen approached while handing a wooden bat to Kiyomasa, his other henchmen smiled mischievously as they looked at me with some pity, although his expressions showed the opposite

Kiyomasa grabbed the wooden bat and then swung it at my head.

'Little shit, do you want to kill me?' - I thought with some anger when I saw the blow approaching - 'How slow... it seems that my senses are just as sharp as in my previous life' - I meditated when I saw Kiyomasa's slow movement, it was as if I was seeing it in slow motion

I jumped back a bit, dodging the blow, and then counterattacked with a kick to that asshole's abdomen, or that was my intention, but...

My body froze as the bat crashed into my head, my vision was blacked out for a moment due to the blow, my head ached and spun, I abruptly fell to the ground as something hot dripped from my head.

Before I could recover my senses a bit, sharp pain in my back made me groan in pain, I gritted my teeth and tried to get up, but… my body did not move, Takemichi had taken control.

{"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING, TAKEMICHI? DO YOU WANT US TO BE KILLED!?"} — I screamed mentally as I tried to regain control of my body, but it was useless, crybaby didn't help me

Another blow fell on my back making me groan in pain, Kiyomasa didn't stop and kept hitting me with his bat repeatedly, my body gave way and I just collapsed on the ground while that bastard kept hitting me.

On several occasions, I yelled at the crybaby asshole to give me control, but he just stayed silent while he cried, the fear had completely petrified him, it was frustrating, why did I feel how terrified he was

"Hey, shouldn't we stop him?" — a fat boy spoke

"Uhm... I think... yes" — murmured another while he continued to smile like a madman

"HEY KIYOMASA! ... YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR! HE'S GOING TO DIE!" — another yelled as he slowly approached.

Kiyomasa hit me a few more times before stopping, then took out a cigarette and lit it up.

"Hears!" — He said as he kicked Takemichi — "Hanagaki… are you still alive?" — ​​Kiyomasa asked with a mocking tone as he took a drag on his cigarette

"…Uugh!!…" Takemichi growled as he widened his eyes slightly.

Kiyomasa took us by the hair while he lifted us up to his face

"If I ever hear Sano-kun's name come out of your mouth again, do you know what will happen to you...I WILL KILL YOU!" — Kiyomasa threatened as he punched us in the face leaving us on the ground

Kiyomasa and his minions stormed out of the park leaving us on the ground, our bodies aching like hell and our head spinning.

["What the hell is wrong with this guy?! I can't even talk to him, we can't meet Sano, there's no way! Make contact with the bosses of the Manji Tokio gang? a slave like me? That's impossible! I can't do it Naotoooo!"] — mentally yelled tearfully

An attack of great anger began to invade my body, I was extremely angry, I never thought that a brat from high school would hit me, if I had not interfered, I would have kicked his butt without a problem, but his fear of Kiyomasa is so great that it made me our body will petrify just by being close to him, also his strange attitude does not help at all

{"If you hadn't interfered this wouldn't have happened"} — I growled annoyed

["Shut up, it's your fault they hit us, it's impossible for us to make it, it doesn't matter if I go back in time, I'm still a loser, we can't save Tachibana… let's go back to the present… I give up"] — he answered while trying to take the command

When I heard him give up I was shocked, contrary to what I thought, I didn't explode with anger, I just stayed silent as I processed what I had just heard.

He couldn't understand, for some reason, the world went crazy and gave this idiot the power to travel in time, he had the opportunity to save the woman he loves, and in return, he decides to resign just for a little pain if I had even had a chance to save Koyuki I would have gone to hell to do it

{"Do what you want"} — I spoke coldly as he gave her control

He seemed to sense my disappointment towards him, but he just snorted angrily, after waiting for the pain to subside a bit, the asshole got up from the ground and walked towards the water drinker who was in the park.

He washed the blood from his head into the water drinker as he moaned in pain, really that bastard Kiyomasa had been ruthless, again our absurd resistance surprised me, surprisingly he only had a small cut on his head, after staggering a bit he succeeded walking without falling, I also felt the pain begin to subside

I saw how he went to the apartment unit where Hina lived and plunged into sorrow he began to remember his past, the memories of him being a simple slave with Akkun and the boys began to pass in his head

I sighed with resignation, this idiot has a big trauma and it will be fucking hard for him to get over it, and if he doesn't we can never move on, I just hope that when he and I fully merge, it won't affect me

After a long 15 minutes of walking, crybaby arrived at Hina's apartment, just when he was going to ring the bell he began to hesitate a little, I smiled a little, apparently, all was not lost

"Hanagaki-kun?"

A sweet voice of a girl was heard, Takemichi tensed at being called, he turned quickly and saw Hina, she was still wearing her high school uniform and carrying her briefcase in her right hand, possibly she was returning from her extra classes

"Tachibana, why are you here?" Takemichi asked in a surprised voice.

"Why? Because I live here"-he replied with an amused tone as he pointed to his door

"...Oh yeah, that's right" — Takemichi spoke embarrassed as he rubbed his head

"Were you fighting again?" — She asked as she brought her face closer to Takemichi's swollen face, she frowned as she checked the head wound, she looked upset and worried at the same time

"…I'm sorry"

"Wait here, I'll bring something to disinfect the wound" — Hina took out her key and opened the door of her apartment

Takemichi sat on one side of the door and waited for Hina to come out, he again immersed himself in her thoughts, I felt how he began to doubt his decision to return to the present

"Ouch!!" – Takemichi complained when we felt a small burning in the head, he turned and saw how Hina had a bit of felt cotton with what seemed to be wound disinfectant

"Don't complain, it will only hurt a little, don't cry, okay" —Hina spoke while she smiled mischievously

Takemichi blushed a little at Hina's comment, he knew what he was referring to, and he was going to refute it but again groaned in pain when Hina began to disinfect the wound, after finishing he placed a gauze pad over the small cut on his head.

"Ready, I'm glad I took that first aid course, who would have thought that they would help me to cure my troublesome boyfriend" - Hina said with an annoyed tone as she finished placing the gauze

"…Tachibana, I…"

"Why do guys always have to fight? ... If only I were a boy... then I would protect you Hanagaki-kun... I took Karate in the past, so if I were a boy I would really be someone quite strong "—Hina spoke as she made a fighting pose and smiled

When I heard that, a memory from my previous life came to me, I was captivated as I saw Hina's beautiful smile

{'Takemichi is a very lucky bastard, I don't know how he made that angel fall in love with him...although I have no right to talk about it, I also don't know how I got Koyuki to love a vermin like me'} — I thought to myself as I watched the two of them interact.

"... I'll protect you too Hina"-Takemichi said loudly as he extended his fist forward — "ah... I... I'm sorry, I got carried away" - he apologized while he scratched his head

"Yep, Hina, looks fine to me!" — Hina replied with a beautiful smile.

They both laughed for a moment, seeing them decide to leave them alone and cut the connection, during that time I managed to feel several emotions in Takemichi, sadness, love, determination, and then a deep fear, his determination was eclipsed by fear of his bullies

I realized again how serious Takemichi's trauma was, it's not that he is a coward, they made him a coward, years of suffering at the hands of those bastards created a deep trauma, one very difficult to overcome, after all, it was engraved in his soul

I sighed tiredly as I sank into my thoughts, I was already thinking about what to do when we returned to the present, then I felt a great determination invade him, it was overwhelming, I smiled excitedly, and resumed our connection

I saw how he was going towards our house, he had not returned to the future, I smiled satisfied, he had not given up.

~The next day~

I decided to leave control to Takemichi, and he seemed grateful for this, I saw him go to school, and we went to class, although in the end, we both fell asleep, everything was normal until the break came, there we met with our friends, they congratulated us for yesterday's fight and then they asked us why we were hurt

We gave them a brief narrative of what happened and they just shook their heads trying to cheer us up, they really were good guys.

Then the subject of who was going to fight today came up, everyone frowned at this since it was Takuya's turn, my childhood friend, that made us quite worried since he has a rather weak body and doesn't know how to fight, I felt that Takemichi was quite worried about that, Takuya tried to reassure us saying that there would be no problem

Everyone nodded as we headed towards the place of the fights, in a few minutes the place was filled with high school teenagers, Takuya went down to the center while his opponent was waiting for him, it was a guy a little taller than him, also something strong was seen, Takuya was scared, his body wouldn't stop shaking

Seeing this Takemichi decided to do a stupid thing, but I liked it a lot, he gathered all the guts he could and approached Kiyomasa and challenged him to a fight

"King against slave... Kiyomasa-senpai... fight me, one-on-one" Takemichi said as he smiled and raised his fist in front of Kiyomasa.

I smiled when I heard him challenge to the cause of his trauma, although he was extremely scared he did not run away, and that fills me with pride

Everyone was surprised by what Takemichi said, after all, he was challenging the leader of the group, everyone smiled with disdain and mockery, they were sure that Takemichi was dead

Kiyomasa came down from the stairs where he was sitting and walked towards Takemichi, they were face to face, the guy was a head bigger than us, and he was also somewhat muscular, this scared Takemichi, but still he stood firm

"You're going to regret this" —Kiyomasa spoke as he punched our stomach.

I frowned when Takemichi petrified again, a sharp pain in the abdomen made us moan as we spit out some saliva, the blow was strong enough that it made us get up from the ground for a few moments

"AARGH!" — grunting in pain

Kiyomasa threw another punch to our face, we practically saw it coming in slow motion, but again we were frozen, as much as I tried to take control to help dodge, I can't do anything about it, our body doesn't obey us.

Even though Takemichi had the guts to challenge Kiyomasa's bastard, he still can't get over the fear it causes him.

He punched us in the face, followed by a hook to the ribs, then a hard knee to the stomach that made us spit up some saliva, Kiyomasa grabbed us by the hair and kneed us in the face again, knocking us back a few steps

We were about to lose consciousness, but a strong kick to the face woke us up, blood came out of our nose from the blow, and we also felt that one eye began to close due to swelling... we were like shit

Everyone started shouting excited by the show they were watching, everyone encouraged Kiyomasa to continue the massacre, well except for our friends who asked us to stop, but again Takemichi surprised us all

"T... not yet... this isn't over yet" - Takemichi yelled as he looked up

Hearing this everyone shouted excitedly again, Kiyomasa clicked his tongue and proceeded with the beating, we received strong punches and kicks, we were practically a damn punching bag, on several occasions I tried to take control, but I couldn't, and that bothered me a little , after all, I also feel the pain of the blows, and it is not pleasant at all to be beaten by a pathetic attempt at a fighter

After a few minutes, the boys who were happily supporting Kiyomasa fell silent, they didn't seem to like how the situation was going anymore.

"TAKEMICHI, IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO STOP!" — Takuya yelled from the steps, looking quite concerned.

"THEY'RE GOING TO KILL YOU! GET OUT OF THERE, TAKEMICHI! YOU'VE HAD ENOUGH!" — Akkun shouted with concern when he saw that they hit us

I smiled when listening to our friends, honestly, I was a bit envious of Takemichi, he was surrounded by great people

"I'm not... done yet" —Takemichi murmured as he wiped the blood from his mouth with his forearm, for a moment he remembered Hina, then the news we heard on the TV announcing her death, Takemichi clenched his teeth as he looked up

"I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE!!... I HAVE A GOOD DAMN REASON FOR NOT DOING IT!!... Kiyomasa...If you want to win, you have no choice but to kill me...AND I'M NOT GOING TO LOSE!!" — Takemichi shouted with determination as he looked into his eyes, tears trickled down our faces making us look pathetic, but we didn't care.

Our determination seemed to intimidate Kiyomasa, who took a couple of steps back, he looked a little scared, I can't blame him, there is no person more dangerous than the one who is not afraid of death, and at that moment Takemichi Hanagaki was willing to die if he was necessary.

{"WELL SAID, ME, FINALLY YOU ARE BEHAVING LIKE A MAN"} — I shouted excitedly surprising Takemichi as he had appeared in front of him

It was strange that even I was surprised, we are in a totally dark place, both of us standing face to face separated by a few meters, the most interesting thing was that Takemichi had the appearance of his future, and I had the appearance of my previous world

["Boris?"] — Takemichi asked confused

{"I already told you, Boris died, now I'm Takemichi"} — I answered while I was covered by a light, after a few seconds my appearance had changed, it was my appearance as Takemichi Hanagaki from the future, but a little more muscular

I smiled amused when I saw Takemichi's expression of disbelief, but decided to ignore it, we had important matters to resolve, I extended my fist towards Takemichi who looked at me confused

{"It's time for us to beat up that asshole, we have to move on if we want to save Hina"} — I spoke seriously as he stared at him.

Takemichi smiled as he returned the gesture, at which point I fully regained control.

[{"I'm going to save Hina"}] — we swore at the same time as I got into a fighting pose

Kiyomasa grunted in annoyance as he sneered at us, it seemed Takemichi's determined yell managed to intimidate him a bit.

"B-bring me my bat!" — He yelled at his henchmen who seemed somewhat confused — "I'M GOING TO KILL YOU, Hanagaki!" — He threatened while he put on a shitty smile, this made the viewers more nervous

I clicked my tongue and clenched my fist hard, then threw a straight punch with all my body weight toward Kiyomasa's face, Kiyomasa was surprised and crossed his arms in front of him blocking my fist.

*BAM*

A loud sound was heard when he blocked my blow, he took several steps back while he managed to balance himself, on his face he had a gesture of pain, and a little blood dripped from his nose

All the spectators were shocked by what just happened, especially our friends, we couldn't believe that I managed to hire, I ignored that and tried to get closer to Kiyomasa, but my legs lost strength forcing me to fall on my knees

{"Shit, we're too screwed to continue"} — I grunted with annoyance

["I'm sorry, it's my fault, if only I had given you control earlier…"] — Takemichi apologized.

{"Apologizing again, you don't learn right"} — I said interrupting what I was about to say — {"It's just a little physical pain, this is nothing, I've received worse beatings than this, although I'm surprised, you have enough resistance, a normal person would already be dead ten times from taking so many hits"} — I said while trying to stand up

"Hey Kiyomasa" - a somewhat serious voice caught everyone's attention, I turned and saw a tall guy approaching us

"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT?" — He asked angrily as he turned around, but he was shocked to see the tall guy

"Hah !, you grew balls to talk to me like that, besides, you're losing the audience, calm down the hell, you're the organizer of all this shit" - the tall guy spoke seriously as he approached Kiyomasa

"That blond hair and the dragon tattoo on his temple... he's the second in command of the Tokyo Manji gang... Ken Ryuguji!, also known as, Draken..." — Akkun spoke, solving everyone's doubt

He was a ridiculously tall boy, about 190 centimeters tall, he was somewhat muscular, the sides of his head were shaved, and on the left side he had a tattoo of an oriental dragon, it was the same one that Manjiro Sano had in the future, the top of his head had long hair that was combed into a braid, he was wearing a white shirt and loose black pants, on top of which he had a black patterned jacket

"Hey Kenchin" — another voice was heard, this one came from behind Draken

"Hah? Don't call me by that nickname, Mikey" — Draken replied as he turned to see the boy

"I'm out of Dorayaki" - spoke the boy named Mikey while he smiled

Instantly all the spectators placed their arms behind his back while bowing 90 degrees.

"GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. PRESIDENT!" - They greeted in unison, they even repeated it a couple more times

["That guy, could it be him?"]

{"Yes, it's Manjiro Sano, the son of a bitch we're looking for"} — I replied while seriously looking at the boy who approached us

Mikey is a slim, somewhat muscular young man of below-average height with piercing black eyes and long blonde hair that is only tied at the top, leaving strands of hair flowing freely on the sides, he wore his high school uniform with the jacket on his shoulders

"The Invincible Mikey, ToMan's Boss!" Akkun muttered in amazement.

"Mi... mi... Sano-kun, I... I travel with the motorcycle gang number 3, my name is Akaishi" - a henchman of Kiyomasa spoke nervously, he seemed the typical geek when he saw his favorite idol

Mikey passed by ignoring the idiot, confused he turned to Draken

"Mikey only talks to those who catch his attention, it will be better if he doesn't bother him" — Draken spoke with a boring voice

"I…I understand, I apologize!" He leaned towards Mikey who again ignored him.

Kiyomasa watches Mikey with a smile as he bows slightly.

"Good afternoon, President" — Kiyomasa murmured, although he was smiling, he looked extremely nervous.

Draken frowned as he walked over to Kiyomasa and without warning kicked him in the abdomen forcing him to double over.

"Kiyomasa, when did you become so haughty and powerful? That's how low you should bow when you greet the president" — Draken spoke with an annoyed tone

"Y…yes sir, Ugh!" Kiyomasa growled as he got down on his knees, a faint killing intent beginning to spread from his body as he glared at Draken.

In that I saw how Mikey approached me, as he was too sore I just let myself fall on my ass, he bent down and looked me straight in the eye

"What's your name?" Mikey asked.

I stared at him for a moment as I wiped the blood dripping from my nose and lips.

"Takemichi Hanagaki" - I replied while looking into his eyes - 'This brat is strong' - I thought when I felt a strong aura from the boy in front of me

"I see...Uhm...Takemicchi"

"Huh? Takemicchi? hehehe, it sounds weird" —I murmured while smiling, but I immediately stopped because my face hurt —"great my mouth hurts, surely Hina will scold me again" —I murmured while rubbing my jaw

Mikey raised an eyebrow, seemed surprised, but then brought his face closer to mine as he stared into my eyes.

{"Hey? Don't tell me he likes sausage?... Oh my god, save me, I can't move"} — I yelled comically in my mind when I saw him get too close, Takemichi just looked at me with pity

"Are you really a high school boy?" — Mikey asked me as he looked at me curiously.

I just nodded as he prayed that the guy in front of me didn't do anything to me.

"From now on, Takemicchi… you will be my colleague! Understood?" - Mikey spoke with a cheerful tone while he smiled

["Huh?"]

I smiled and nodded, while mentally sighing, Mikey also answered me with a warm smile as he broke away much to my relief, that midget didn't know about personal space?

"Are you the one organizing these fights?" Mikey asked as he turned to Kiyomasa

Kiyomasa tensed at Mikey's question, but he still looked up and nodded.

Mikey walked in front of the frightened Kiyomasa and gave him a strong upward kick to his face lifting his head, then grabbed his hair and punched him a few times leaving his face swollen.

{"Hehehe, I like Mikey, besides, he's pretty strong for a dwarf"} — I smiled satisfied seeing Mikey hit the bastard Kiyomasa

["We're short too"] — Takemichi muttered, but I decided to ignore it.

"Underground fights are stupid, come on Kenchin" — Mikey spoke as he turned around and headed towards the park exit

"Don't ruin ToMan's reputation" - Draken spoke as he followed Mikey

They all nodded quickly as they bowed again.

"Takemicchi! See you!" - Mikey stopped and then said goodbye to me with a smile

I nodded while also waving my hand in farewell.

"Stop looking and disperse already idiots" - Draken yelled as he left with Mikey

Everyone nodded and ran from the place, apparently Draken is quite predominant in ToMan, in less than two minutes the whole place was empty, except for me and my friends

They approached me while making ridiculous faces, then they managed to behave like idiots while imitating what had just happened, this made Takemichi and me laugh a lot, he sighed wistfully seeing his friends laugh amused so that later he began to rant because he thought he would now be the slave of ToMan's boss

I ignored him and sat on a bench next to Akkun, we fell silent as we watched the others continue to act like idiots.

"What idiots, right? Although I haven't seen them behave like this in a long time...Takemichi, I was honestly thinking of getting a weapon...and going after Kiyomasa-kun on my own...otherwise, we were going to be his slaves forever, right?" I would have had no choice but to kill him you know?" — Akkun spoke as he intertwined his fingers and looked toward the ground, I also noticed that he was trembling

["Akkun…"] — Takemichi muttered upon seeing his friend

{"That explains why he was arrested when he was in high school"} — I informed Takemichi, who reacted surprised —{"Tch!, bastard, were you even awake when I read all that information?"} — he asked annoyed, Seeing Takemichi's nervous face made me angry that I kicked him —{"Shit!, it hurt me too"}

It was strange, but I could enter that dark space whenever I wanted, it was like my mental space, where time seemed to pass much slower than in reality

I frowned when I saw Takemichi's body, it was somewhat transparent compared to mine, I assumed it was because of the union we are suffering, little by little Takemichi became part of me

"Thanks Takemichi, thanks to the fact that you were able to stand your ground against Kiyomasa-kun, we were freed from bondage, that was pretty cool of you, much more than that powerful punch you threw, you looked cool" — Akkun spoke while smiling and imitating a punch

"Hehehe, enough, you'll make me blush" - we both answered at the same time, we looked at each other surprised by the coordination and then we laughed again

We stayed in the park for a long time while we continued talking, the boys continued to imitate what had just happened, they looked like idiots, but happy and free idiots

After an hour each one went to his house, as I could I moved my aching body and reached my room, then I fell on the bed and was caught in the arms of Morpheus

~The next day~

I got up early and took a shower with cold water, my body still hurt a lot from the blows received yesterday, although I could tell that I had already healed a little, I was surprised how quickly we recovered

I figured he had transmigrated to some parallel world where humans are stronger, I wouldn't be surprised if tomorrow I see some guy flying through the skies, damn that would be great

I made myself a bento for school, after all, food is important, and eating fried bread is not healthy at all

After I recover I'll start training my body, I don't like having such a weak body, from what I could see all the youngsters in this world are abnormally stronger than they need to be, so if I don't want to get my ass kicked butt, I need to get stronger

Although I was surprised by the strength I have right now, I managed to push back a guy taller than me in one blow, in my previous world I would never have achieved that feat with the body I have.

Imagine the strength I'll have after going through the special training that old shit taught me, hehe, those little gangster shits are going to meet the devil.

With annoyance I went to school, although I already have the necessary knowledge to finish university, that was in my world, I just hope that the knowledge does not differ too much, I hate studying

On the way I met Hina, which made my morning, besides that, I praise myself for being a responsible boy who attends his classes, I guess going to school is not so bad after all

After arriving at school we separated since we were in different classrooms, we agreed that at the end of school we would have a date

I went to class and everything was normal I was making an abysmal effort not to fall asleep, the teacher noticed it and wanted to reprimand me, but I answered correctly what he had asked me so he let it go

{"Uhm..., by pure chance we met Manjiro Sano, and he liked us, that could be good for us, if we see that the boy is a heartless bastard like in the future, I will not hesitate to kill him, and I'm not asking you, Takemichi"} — I thought as I entered my mental space

I saw Takemichi lying on the ground, his body was a little more transparent than yesterday.

{"Hey, are you alright?"} — I crouched down close to Takemichi while moving him around a bit.

Takemichi opened his eyes with some difficulty, he looked quite exhausted, since yesterday I felt how the union between us was accelerating, I realized that the control over my body increased a lot, I no longer felt as uncomfortable as before, that just wants to say that we are about to become a single being

I honestly would not like that to happen, I like Takemichi's personality, indeed, he is currently a pathetic scared loser, but in the past, it was not like that, although he was already a crybaby, he was a crybaby with guts, only that the horrible experience suffered at the hands of Kiyomasa made him lose all his confidence in himself

["It seems my time is running out much faster than expected, although it probably doesn't matter, after all, we are one person"] — a weakened Takemichi spoke

{"Oh, until you finally understand, that's right, you won't disappear, you'll join me, I just hope I don't turn into a fag when we merge"} —I replied as he sat me down next to him

["Hehehe, I hope not… although if that happened I would like to see it"} — Takemichi joked as he laughed — ["hey… what would you have done if I gave up?"]

{"Going back to the future I would have stabbed my stomach"}

My answer startled Takemichi, he could feel my seriousness when I answered him, he lowered his eyes and started to cry, I felt how embarrassed he was, between us we didn't need words to know how the other felt, I patted him on the shoulder and left out of my mind space, Takemichi needed time alone

I sighed in annoyance at the clock on the wall, wondering why the hell that thing runs so slow when I'm at school.

"Aaarrgh!!"

A scream was heard in the corridor, the sound of a fight began to be heard in the corridors, I looked up lazily as I looked towards the door, several classmates had gotten up to see what was going on, even the teacher got up from his desk and he left the room

"HEY, YOU! YOU MAY NOT ENTER THIS SCHOOL WITHOUT PERMISSION! WHAT HIGH SCHOOL DO YOU COME FROM?" — my teacher yelled, I could see how he began to lose confidence as the noises approached our classroom

In that a blond-haired boy appeared at the door of my classroom, I blinked a couple of times to see who it was

"Oh!, here you were, go out and play, Takemicchi" — spoke a smiling Mikey, next to him was Draken who had to bend down to be able to enter the room without hitting his head

I smiled as I got up from my seat, finally, the perfect excuse to leave the classroom arrived, I took out the few coins that I had in my backpack and I approached the guys

"Sorry teacher, I have to go, can I hand in my homework later?" - I asked the scared teacher who kept looking at Draken

I can't blame him if he compares him to the professor, who's about the same height as me, Draken was a fucking giant, and if you add that intimidating face he has, any person would be scared to be near him

"Eh ?, ah... no problem Hanagaki-kun" - answered the teacher while he nodded frantically

"Great, see you tomorrow" — I replied with a smile, I had finally gotten rid of school for today

I went out to the corridor with Mikey and Draken only to find a very interesting scene.

All the third-year delinquents in my school were lying on the ground while crying in pain, some were in their underwear, they looked pathetic.

Draken ordered them to lie down on the ground in a row, the poor bastards had no choice but to obey the two ToMan boys.

After that, both Mikey and Draken started jumping on the thugs' backs like they were a rug.

["The bosses of the Tokyo Manji gang are insane, tormenting people is as easy as washing their faces"] — Takemichi spoke with a frightened tone

{"Uhm…those guys are gang members too, so there's nothing wrong, let's just say they were just unlucky enough to run into a bigger tiger, anyway…it's a good chance to get to know Manjiro better, I want to see how it behaves currently..."} — I replied while following the two guys

"Takemicchi, how has he been?" Draken asked as he hugged me around the neck.

"A little sore, I got a beating yesterday" - I answered somewhat embarrassed

"You're free today, right?" Mikey asked as he smiled.

"Well, I had classes, but I'm bored so let's go"

"Hehehe, well said, Takemichi" - Draken spoke with a smile

We were chatting as we walked slowly towards the exit of the school, I saw several boys from other classes snooping, from what I could hear from the whispers of the snoopers, this pair was quite well known, although it was to be expected since the ToMan already had enough reputation

"STOP THERE!"

A girl's voice was heard behind us, I instantly recognized that voice, it was Hina, and with a serious face she approached us, Mikey and Draken turned around curiously

"Hey? Who the hell are you? Draken asked.

I was about to tell them that she was my girlfriend, but then something incredible happened, little Hina walked up to Mikey and slapped him without warning.

["But…what are you doing Hina-san!?"] — shouted a terrified Takemichi

We were all shocked at what had just happened, Mikey had a puzzled look at what had just happened, and Draken put on a furious expression as he glared at Hina.

Before I could snap out of my shock I felt Hina grab my hand and pull me as she walked back to school, her hand was visibly shaking.

"Takemichi-kun, come on! You just can't let these guys intimidate you... I'll protect you" — a determined Hina spoke as she continued walking

But we were stopped by Draken, who grabbed Hina by the wrist

"Hey! Give yourself up for dead, brat, do you think you can punch someone and just walk away? Stop fucking bitch" — Draken said with a threatening tone.

"Do you think I'm the one who's screwing around? friends don't casually walk into another school and drag someone out without their consent… Takemichi-kun has been hurt lately, if that's your fault… I'll make you pay"— Hina replied as she faced Draken

Her words reached the bottom of my heart, this little girl was facing the second in command of a gang for our welfare, even though she was afraid she did not hesitate to stand in front of me with the intention of protecting me

I smiled happily, who would say that I would be blessed again with another incredible woman, Hinata Tachibana, I had completely fallen in love with her at this point

"Draken, let go of my Hina, now!" - I spoke coldly while I took him by the shoulder

"Oh! You little shit, who the hell do you think you're talking to?" — Draken growled as he approached me with an intimidating face.

"If you don't... I WILL KILL YOU!" — I spoke with the same tone of voice as he looked into his eyes, I increased the strength in my grip and let out my thirst for blood

I wasn't kidding, if I didn't let go of Hina or hurt her, I wouldn't give a shit about the promise I made to Takemichi and kill Draken.

Draken seemed to have sensed my murderous intent, as his face paled immediately, I could see his body begin to tremble as he looked into my eyes, he quickly let go of Hina and jumped away from us.

"Kenchin?" - asked a confused Mikey

Draken didn't answer him, he kept staring at me while his body trembled slightly, I must admit that the boy has good instincts, that's good to survive in the streets

"It's a misunderstanding Hina, they have nothing to do with my injuries, on the contrary, they were the ones who helped us out of that problem, I also agreed to go with them" — I said while smiling warmly at Hina — "wait for me here, I'm going to apologize for the misunderstanding, don't interfere in what may happen, okay?"

Hina hesitated for a moment, but in the end, she accepted, I smiled at her before to address the boys

Draken stood between Mikey and me, it seemed that he had already calmed down, he stared at me while frowning

"I'm sorry about that, it seems that Hina misunderstood everything"

"Oh never mind, and I thought we could be friends, what a pity... alright... how do you want to die?" -Mikey spoke as his smile disappeared, a bit of killing intent began to detach from his body

Mikey surprised me a bit, the ability to manifest your desire to kill someone is only achieved after you have blood on your hands or if you are someone who has a monster inside

I narrowed my eyes as I looked at the boy in front of me, for his sake I hope it was the second option because if it's the first, there's no need to show mercy.

Despite his small stature, the boy gave off more pressure than Draken, it was obvious that he was fucking strong, with my current body I don't think he can beat him in a fight, but I do want him dead...

["Takemichi!!..."]

{"Tch!...you're annoying"}

"Kill me huh? ... Do what you want, as long as you don't lay a finger on Hina "—I said as I stood in front of him.

"Hah! As if I care" — Mikey growled as he threw a quick punch at my face.

It was quite fast, and en if I wanted to dodge it I don't think I could, I clenched my teeth waiting for the blow, but it stopped right in front of my nose, I felt a little wind move my hair showing me how strong the blow was

"Wow, you didn't even blink, you do have guts, besides...Takemicchi, silly, I would never hit a girl" - Mikey said while smiling

"Hey! Takemicchi, you threatened me, didn't you?" Draken asked as he hugged me around the neck again.

"hehehe, sorry" — I replied embarrassed

"It's okay «Let go of my Hina», no guy would say something like that to a woman these days, you're a cheesy and old-fashioned romantic, you surprised me" - Draken spoke as he approached Mikey

"Hahaha, I guess I am"

"Explain to your girl, we'll wait for you" — Mikey spoke as he left the school

I nodded as I walked back to Hina, I gave her a quick explanation of the situation, it was nice to see Hina embarrassed, we both went out to the place where ToMan's strongest pair was currently waiting, the two of them were waiting with a pair of bicycles

"I'm really sorry! I made a huge mistake" — Hina said as she leaned nervously

"It's fine, although that was a devilish slap" - Mikey replied as he touched his cheek where Hina hit him

"I am sorry!"

"It's okay that you defended your boyfriend, but don't exaggerate, okay? Things would have gotten ugly if I had been someone dangerous" - repeated Mikey while he made a funny face

'And you are' - I thought coldly

["Is he really the leader of ToMan? He doesn't look anything like Manjiro Sano from the future"] — Takemichi muttered weakly.

{"People change over time, besides... Mikey is more troublesome than he thinks, we'd better investigate him here in the past a little more"} — Takemichi only felt approval

"I understand... well I have to go" —Hina said as she walked towards the school entrance

"Huh, what about our date?" - I asked confused

"We'll go another time after all your friends showed to see you, you can't just ignore them" - Hina replied with a beautiful smile

I mentally replied that I didn't give a fuck about this pair

"Bye...don't hit me next time, okay?" Mikey said with a rather childish face as he waved goodbye.

Hina bowed again embarrassed, then she entered the school, I stayed a moment watching her silhouette disappear

"What a sweet girl, you don't find many like her nowadays... you better treat her well" - Mikey said strongly while he looked me in the eye

"I know, I wouldn't hesitate to give my life for her" — I answered with a sincere smile

"Hahaha, just listen to yourself, all corny" - Draken spoke amused as he hugged me by the neck again

We joked for a while about what had just happened after that Mikey told me we were going to take a ride, I agreed and started pedaling the bike, he just got on the seat behind

Mikey told me a little about the reason why he made me his friend, apparently he reminded him a little of his brother who died a few years ago, although he told me that I was a little better since at least he had a girlfriend

After going to an arcade to hang out and accompany them to some places, where the two of them beat up some groups of criminals, we stopped near the river to rest for a while.

"Nobody thinks delinquents are cool these days right?" - Mikey spoke breaking the silence that had formed

"…they have their reasons"

"…in my older brother's time, there were loads of biker gangs around here, they rampaged through the city on their super loud motorcycles…they were bold as hell, they fought all the time, but they took on their problems… What's pathetic about that? ..." - Mikey spoke again

"…if I heard of that, there was a super cool gang that e follow those principles, Black Dragons, don't they?" - I replied lazily

"Do you know them?" Draken asked.

"I read a little about them, those guys were great, only the first generations, I heard that the other generations changed the course of that legendary gang" - I answered sincerely as I sat down

In the documents that Naoto had collected, there was some information about them, Black Dragons, a motorcycle gang created and led by Sano Shinichiro, a legend in the world of crime, the interesting thing is that Shinichiro is…

"Yes... things changed since the eighth generation, that's why ToMan crushed the ninth generation right here" — Draken spoke as he pointed to the place below us

"Oh!..."

"That was our first battle and victory" - Mikey spoke with a fierce smile

"Oh!... so that's what happened..." - I mumbled quite surprised

I watched as both boys smiled wistfully as they looked around the place, it looks like they appreciated this place.

"I... I want to create a new era for gangsters" - Mikey spoke as he turned to see me - "for that reason I want you to join me, I like you very much Takemichi Hanagaki" - he said as he turned around and started walking

"You can find guys who are good at fighting everywhere, but... a guy who fights anyone to protect an important person, there aren't many guys like you at all... think about it Takemicchi" —Draken spoke as he followed Mikey

I saw them leave the place, both boys surprised me a lot, Manjiro Sano, the boy does not behave like the ruthless bastard that he is in the future, and Draken, well, the only thing I know about him is that he will die in a few months

["I wonder what happened to make Mikey change?"] — Takemichi asked breaking me out of my thoughts

{"Possibly the death of Draken... you know, something like that happened to me when Koyuki was killed, at that moment I didn't give a shit what was going on around me, I felt a great emptiness inside me, which led me to do many things stupid things, if it wasn't for the old man, I would possibly have turned into a despicable being who only killed for pleasure... just like Manjiro from the future"} — I said while remembering that dark time

["DRAKEN IS GOING TO DIE!!"] — shouted Takemichi

{"You really didn't read a shit about Naoto's documents, did you?"} — I asked as I started to walk towards our house

["Uh… me"]

{"It doesn't matter, we inadvertently managed to relate to Manjiro and he seems to like us, all thanks to you, well-done friend"}

["Hehehe, you'll make me blush"] — muttered an embarrassed Takemichi

{"Cut that shit, it's creepy… anyway, now we only need to meet this Kisaki Tetta, from what I read he was second in command after Draken's death, compared to any member of the ToMan of the future, it's the only one with clean hands…something tells me he's the typical manipulative brainy bastard who doesn't like getting his hands dirty…"}

I kept walking calmly with my eyes on the ground thinking of a way to meet the other bastard, but in that, I feel a look, I looked up and saw that three boys with delinquent appearances were walking in my direction

I took a quick look at them, one was wearing a black mask, the other was a stocky guy with an idiotic face, and the last one...

'Kisaki...' — I thought coldly as I looked at the boy who was in the middle of the group of three

He was a guy a little shorter than me, he had short dyed blonde hair, he had a weird design etched on the right side of his temple, he wears glasses and he has an earring in his right ear.

He walked like a real asshole while a cocksucking smile adorned his face, he strutted around like he was very cool, but you could tell he was shit when it came to fighting, like Takemichi but more of an asshole

["That was cruel… is it really him?"] — Takemichi asked confused

{"Yes, there is no doubt, he has the same shitty smile as in the future"} — I replied as he passed by the three criminals

I walked a couple of steps and stopped as he turned in his direction, Kisaki had also stopped, and we stared at each other for a few seconds, his companions remained silent as they watched me curiously

'If he killed him now, Hina shouldn't die in the future' — I thought as I watched him walk away

I took a quick look at my surroundings, there was no person nearby besides his companions, we were on the banks of the river and a few meters away there was a bridge

I could make them follow me under the bridge since they are criminals, and I'm sure they will, Kisaki would be the first, he's easy to hunt, it would be as easy as breaking a chicken's neck.

Dealing with the big guy with my body still weakened will be a bit tricky but not impossible, the river would wash my tracks away and there's no camera nearby, a perfect spot for a triple kill.

With my plans already made, I started to move toward the delinquent trio yes, but suddenly my body froze

{"... Why are you stopping me? If that bastard dies, Hina won't die in the future, so I repeat, why are you stopping me?"} — She asked quietly as she appeared in front of him

["I know what you mean, but is it necessary to kill him? Can't we solve this without blood on our hands?... What will Hina think if she finds out that we took other people's lives just to save hers? ...she'll hate us for it, and end up blaming herself, plus you promised me you wouldn't kill anyone, right? Are you someone who doesn't keep your promises?"] Takemichi yelled as he stared at me.

I looked Takemichi in the eyes, and after a few seconds I sighed resignedly, it was impossible to make us change our minds when he looked for something, I took one last look at Kisaki and his companions, they had already moved away quite a bit

'*Sigh*…something tells me we will regret this' — I thought coldly as I continued on my way home

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