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Tokyo Detention Center

Takemitchi's attempt to go back in the future can only be described in one word----

Horrible. 

He watched Hinata, the girl he love die in front of him. He didn't change a thing. He couldn't change anything. 

Hina's funeral has finished and the two--- Takemitchi and Naoto will resume saving Hinata from dying.

"Sorry for the wait."

"I haven't heard you in a while so I was worried."

"Sorry."

"Anyways, what are we here for?" Takemitchi asked why they are in front of the Tokyo Detention Center.

"When I did my research, I discovered that Ryuguji Ken is not part of Toman in the present. That said, there is no record of his death. No wonder I can't find him anywhere I look..." the door opened and Takemitchi looked at the person who entered, "Ryuguji Ken... is on death row."

What Naoto had said made Takemitchi's brain stop functioning. Ryuguji Ken, the very same kind and big brother type Ryugiji Ken on death row? He refuses to accept this.

"It's been a while, Takemicchi. I'm glad you're okay." the cobalt-blue-eyed teared up seeing his old friend, "Draken-kun!" He fixed himself first before they continue, "Draken-kun... are you doing well?"

"Kind of," he answered. Naoto walks forward, "Nice to meet you. I am Tachibana Naoto."

"Ah, it's thanks to this guy that I can visit you today." Draken simply glared at the guy causes Naoto to slightly sweat, "I see. So what do you want?"

"I didn't know. That you're on death row. What happened?! Why did you commit murder? What happened to Toman?" Takemicchi continually asked the former Vice-President who called his name.

"Takemicchi, I don't regret what I did. And being in here is just what I deserved. It's my fault that Toman became what it is now. Because I couldn't stop him." he said.

"Him?"

His gaze turned soft, "Toman, huh... It was great when we were kids. All we did was run around, trying to make the gang bigger. We brawled like crazy and every day felt like a festival," he started to reminisce, "Toman was everything to me. Even if I redo my life, I'd choose to live the same way. I have no regret." he said making Takemicchi smile As I thought, Draken-kun is still Draken-kun! He hasn't changed!

"But..."

"But?"

"If I can really redo my life one more time... There is one thing I'd do no matter what." he tightly closed his palms and his teeth clenching, "I'd kill Kisaki!"

The two boys gasp and flinch after he changed his demeanor.

"Kisaki Tetta?..." Takemicchi slammed his hands, "You mean that Kisaki?!" an alarm rang indicating that the visiting time is over. Draken stand up and started making his way out of the room, "Draken-kun!" his old friend Takemicchi called and he stop.

"Takemitchi," he called his name dropping the nickname he used, "Get out of Tokyo." he told him, "You nearly got killed, didn't you? That's why you came here. To Kisaki, killing people is no different from squashing bugs."

"Please wait! Why?! Why would anyone want to kill me?! Draken-kun!" he stopped from his tracks.

"Kisaki adored Mikey. But we knew it, that changed into hatred. Kisaki..." he turns his head to him, "He wants to take away everything Mikey holds dear."

Draken left and the two were engulfed with silence and shock.

"Naoto, just what kind of guy is Kisaki?" he asked and Naoto read out loud the information that he collected, "Kisaki Tetta. In the current Tokyo Manji Gang, he holds one of the most important positions as acting president. He's likely the one responsible for my sister's death. The police are pouring all their effort into the investigation, but we can't find any lead."

"I haven't met him in the past. Even if I want to go beat him, we don't know where he is. Naoto, as I have thought there is only one way." he lifted his gaze and showed a determined look, "I will become a top member in Toman!"

"You were serious?!"

"Yes! I'm really serious about this! If I become the top member in Toman, I can stop Kisaki. I can also protect everyone including Draken, Mikey, and Hina. Our old days were not enough. We must go to the root. I've thought about it over. First, I'll become a captain. Now that Pah-chin is gone, the spot for the 3rd Division is open. I'll aim for that."

Naoto thought, "That's an extremely reckless idea." he commented.

"But Naoto... I don't think there is anything we can do," he said mournfully.

"I understand,"

"All things considered, you've somehow succeeded in the mission thus far. I trust you." he extended his hand, offering a handshake.

Takemitchi, with a new mission, is now heading back to the past.

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In a cold and darkroom, its location is unknown. A man with a blank look on his face stared at the pictures he is holding. His eyes are dead. And he is waiting for his turn. 

"Boss, we have sent the transmission." a cherry-blossom-haired man with scars on the sides of his lips entered the room. The man whom he called 'Boss' did not bother to respond. He remained silent, he has no care in the world.

"The intel confirmed that they received the message. We don't know if they will send a response or raise their guard up. Either way, they will surely not turn their eyes from this since we mentioned—" the man couldn't finish his report when a shattering sound of glass coming from his boss was heard in the room.

"We will be waiting for your next orders." He sensed that his boss is not in a great mood and decided to leave him for a moment. Not wanting to bother his superior and receive his wrath. Once the presence is gone. His gaze lifted from the photograph, "Damn life." he muttered under his breath. He looked at the ceiling, not knowing what should he do next. 

He lost his path. He wanders into the abyss of darkness. He has no one to guide him--- they all left him. He felt something warm trailing from his eyes. He cups his face with his palms as memories flow right through his mind. Then he slowly reaches the metal necklace inside of his clothes hanging on his neck. He traced the lines and remembered the person who holds the other half of it. 

"What a brave one. Do you know me?"

"Mikey. Leader of Toman."

"Hmm. So you know me, you still want to get close to me?"

"Who said I'm befriending you?"

"Isn't this an act of befriending someone?"

"This is an act of comfort."

"Much deeper than befriending then."

"I miss you..." 

"You don't have to. I can go home by myself."

"Do you think I'll let you go alone after what happened?"

"That's a promise."

"It's a promise."

"Look, when the two crescents are together. They make a full moon." 

Droplets of water fall down from his eyes as he started silently sobbing from the memory. Kissing the crescent moon necklace that he took off from his neck he longingly muttered the name---

"Kiricchi..." 

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𝙃𝙀𝙍𝙀 𝙄𝙎 𝘼 𝙂𝙇𝙄𝙈𝙋𝙎𝙀 𝙊𝙁 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙁𝙐𝙏𝙐𝙍𝙀! 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙆𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙠𝙤? 𝘿𝙞𝙙 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙮? 

𝙄 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨! 𝙄𝙩 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙢𝙚 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠! 𝙃𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙟𝙤𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣. 𝙄 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨. 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙖 𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙚. 𝙄 𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙍 𝙛𝙖𝙣𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 (𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙈𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙮 𝙭 𝙊𝘾 𝙤𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙛𝙛) 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚/𝙩𝙮𝙥𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮.

𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙨𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙛 𝙈𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙆𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙠𝙤'𝙨 𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥. 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙄 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙈𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙮 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙩𝙤 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙆𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙠𝙤. 𝘼𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚, 𝙨𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙏𝙊𝙊 𝙇𝘼𝙕𝙔 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚... 𝙡𝙚𝙩'𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙀𝙢𝙢𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙃𝙞𝙣𝙖 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 '𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚' 𝙞𝙨.

𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙖 𝙙𝙪𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮 𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙖 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮, 𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙞𝙛 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙄 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙣'𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙚 (𝙙𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙮, 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙢𝙮 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙨). 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙘𝙨 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙢𝙚, 𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙚𝙗𝙞𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙖 𝙖𝙧𝙘 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙨𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙏𝙍'𝙨 𝙥𝙡𝙤𝙩.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙖 𝙖𝙧𝙘. 𝙄 𝙖𝙢 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙞𝙛 𝙄 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙖 𝙤𝙧 𝙣𝙤𝙩. 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙝𝙖𝙝𝙖𝙝𝙖!

𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙉𝙆 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙎𝙊 𝙈𝙐𝘾𝙃 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙏𝙃𝙊𝙎𝙀 𝙒𝙃𝙊 𝘼𝘿𝘿 𝙏𝙃𝙄𝙎 𝙎𝙏𝙊𝙍𝙔 𝙊𝙉 𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙄𝙍 𝙍𝙀𝘼𝘿𝙄𝙉𝙂 𝙇𝙄𝙎𝙏𝙎 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙋𝙍𝙄𝙑𝘼𝙏𝙀 𝙇𝙄𝘽𝙍𝘼𝙍𝙔. 𝙄𝙏 𝙈𝙀𝘼𝙉𝙎 𝙎𝙊 𝙈𝙐𝘾𝙃 𝙏𝙊 𝙈𝙀. 𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙉𝙆 𝙔𝙊𝙐 𝙎𝙊 𝙈𝙐𝘾𝙃! 𝙄𝙏 𝙊𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙅𝙊𝙔𝙎 𝙈𝙀 𝙏𝙊 𝙍𝙀𝘾𝙀𝙄𝙑𝙀 𝘼 𝙉𝙊𝙏𝙄𝙁𝙄𝘾𝘼𝙏𝙄𝙊𝙉 𝘼𝘽𝙊𝙐𝙏 𝘾𝙍𝙀𝙎𝘾𝙀𝙉𝙏. 𝙏𝙃𝘼𝙉𝙆 𝙔𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙊𝙐𝙐𝙐𝙐𝙐~~~