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Dear Kazutora,

I beat the shit out of someone yesterday. I don't give a damn who it was and what he was talking about, but he mentioned your name and I did not like his face so I punched it.
The asshole had some guts to fight back and needless to say his 'dogs' had to drag him away after I almost broke his face and bones. He deserved it. Chifuyu and I celebrated it by sharing yakisoba on a bench near some cherry blossom trees. It was nice.
There were two birds jumping around and it reminded me of a time I was with Y/n, the girl I've told you about who is abroad. We were sitting together on the same bench and we saw two birds jumping around that day too and it made me feel nostalgic, if that's the word. She told me that those birds were like us for some reason.
Chifuyu kept asking me why my face was red and he thought I had a fever. I was fine but the idiot wouldn't listen to me. Chifuyu told me I am acting strange at times and I get red and shy out of the blue. Now that I noticed, it does happen at times when I think about Y/n. Strange. Do you think I'm sick? I don't want to see a doctor.
It's tiring writing letters each time. It's boring if you're not here with me and I struggle a lot with stupid orthography. Just get out of stupid juvie already and come back. Burning cars and beating people up is not the same without you. Take care Kazutora and write back to me soon.

Baji Keisuke

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Emma and I stared at the Moebius and Toman members preparing for the fight. Hanma and Mikey were standing in front of their gangs and facing each other.

"I don't like this guy, Y/n." Emma tugged my sleeve and gave a small glare at Hanma. I turned and looked at her. I felt myself frown softly as I stared at Hanma, choosing not to speak and say anything about him. She didn't know anything about us, after all. Maybe that was a good thing. But would it even be easy to hide it forever?

Emma was trembling slightly and she was clearly thinking about a lot more than she showed. I looked at her and rubbed her back. "... Are you cold? Do you want to go home together?" I asked her, wanting to make sure that she would be okay.

"No." Emma replied quietly. She looked at me. "I don't want to leave now. Do you?" We stared at each other, before I looked back at the two teams. ".... I don't want to either."

"A big-ass brawl on the day of the festival..." Draken said and slowly got up and took his place beside his best friend and commander, Mikey. "I can feel the excitement in my blood. Right, Mikey?" Mikey glanced at him before back at Hanma, closing his eyes and smiling. He laughed. "Yeah, Ken-chin."

Upon taking a few steps forward, Mikey yelled out before he started running. "Let's do this shit!"

This was the cue for everyone to begin fighting, as battlecries were heard and everybody started running towards each other. "Kill 'em all!"

For a while, Emma and I stared at the entire scene happening, how everybody was violently attacking each other, people throwing punches and kicks at each other, or even lifting each other and throwing them down. Nobody was holding back and they did not care how fatal their attacks could be. Emma and I could see multiple Toman and Moebius gangsters falling down and getting hit. It was a very intense sight and I lost sight of my brother, Mikey and the others in the crowd.

I bit my lips and held myself back. I felt like I wanted to run there and find Hanma. I felt as if I needed to talk to him. Ask him what the hell was going on. How he ended up like this and even beg him to stop this, although I had trust in Toman regarding victory.

At the same time, it had been years since Hanma and I had talked. I was not even sure whether he was the same as I could remember him. Or maybe the Hanma I knew was just a mask or a face he only showed around me. Either way, I could not guarantee that I could survive running in there without getting punched, kicked or killed, accidentally or purposefully.

I got flashbacks of Hanma smiling at me, calling me his friend and him giving me that gift. I could remember him sitting on my bed and holding me close to him as I cried, promising not to forget about me and telling me that it would all be fine. Even him joking around and being a dumbass in order to cheer me up.

Even when he saw me with Draken, being on the opposite team, he still did not snitch on me, even if he knew it could get me in trouble. He simply commented over me getting cold and being in a dangerous place. Others took is as a way of Hanma mocking Toman and I, but deep in my heart I took it as a different gesture. Even if he seemed to enjoy irritating my brother by showing me attention and blaming him for apparently 'endangering' me.

I shook my head, trying to get my mind out of all this. Hanma was leading a very dangerous and vicious gang. Criminals that used violence, killed and raped a girl and all those things were unforgivable. I barely knew anything about Moebius, the reason it was created or anything about Hanma after I left. I did not know whether Hanma was part of everything that had happened, whether he was the one who commanded all those things, but either way the situation was not good.

I just had an extremely difficult time accepting the fact that someone I housed, helped and called a friend back then ended up becoming the enemy of Toman, my friends and brother and being on the side of such criminals.

"PEEEHH!"

Many people stopped fighting and everything went silent the moment Mikey called out to Peh.

Everybody was facing Mikey... Except Peh himself for a moment, who was showing his back to him. Slowly, he glared at Mikey. "Mikey.."

"Hey, it's their leader." A Moebius gangster warned. "Let's get 'im!" "'Invincible Mikey', my ass!" Mikey did not take his eyes off of Peh and he did not react to the comments in the slightest. Three weaponed guys ran straight at Mikey, but with a few kicks and punches, he brought them down. "Peh! Why'd you attack Ken-chin?!"

"You bastard!" Another guy yelled at Mikey and run at him, only for him to fall down with a single punch.

I would have continued watching the scene, if it weren't for something - or perhaps someone strange that caught my attention.

It was a tall Toman member... Simply walking through the chaos, a smile on his face and his small eyes narrowed. I narrowed my eyes at the suspicious looking person and my eyes widened when I noticed that in his hand he was holding a knife that glinted. He was looking around and he paused and he spoke with a Moebius member in the middle of the fight.

".... Hold on, Emma-chan." I told her. "Stay right here." I immediately started making my way towards the Toman member, leaving Emma in the backround. "Y/n wait where are you-" "Something smells fishy here. I'll be okay stay back!" I told Emma and walked a bit closer to the Toman and Moebius member talking together.

What is going on? Why is a Toman member speaking to a Moebius member?

At this point, I was inside the war-zone, but in a space that was not too crowded for me to risk getting bumped against others easily. I noticed everyone around me was too busy fighting to notice me.

The Moebius member pointed somewhere in the back, and the Toman member nodded at him and clenched onto his knife and started walking closer to where the enemy pointed at...

Draken.

It did not take long for me to notice that the armed Toman guy was heading towards Draken.

What? How is this- no-

I felt this strong gut feeling that made me want to act- I felt that something terrible was happening. A traitor was planning on stabbing Draken, and nobody around them seemed to notice.

I felt my chest tighten and I started looking around, breathing hard as I knew I could not just run to that dude and take the knife or warn Draken in time. My eyes then fell as a fallen Moebius member who was holding onto a bat. He was trembling and struggling to get up, groaning.

Wait.. There was my chance!

I swallowed hard and ran to him. "Give me that-" I said and stepped onto his hand tightly, making him groan and let go of the bat. I immediately grabbed it from his reach and held it tightly with both hands.

I glared harshly at the person who was heading towards Draken with the knife. I did not take my eyes off of the target. If nobody else had no idea what was going to happen except me, I had to stop this or even delay this. I clenched tighter onto the bat. The andrenaline was going crazy and I was panting hard from anxiety, as for a moment it felt like the only thing I could see was him, Draken and my bat as I was running closer to the guy walking, his back facing me, having no idea that I was heading towards him with my bat, aiming for him and stop him.

However, my plan sounded a bit too perfect to work in the middle of a battlefield, especially considering how I was not experienced with gang fights, because I gasped the moment I felt a strong arm wrap around my body and another cover my mouth. My eyes widened and I gasped, trying to call for help but failing to do so as my mouth was covered. I could see a white sleeve and I immediately noticed it was a Moebius gang.

Shit!

I panicked and wanted to use my bat in any way to hit the person holding me and make him let go, but another hand grasped onto the wrist that held the weapon, twisting it. I groaned in pain against the hand covering my mouth and my hand immediately let go of the bat, dropping it down to the wet ground.

"This bitch wanted to hit Kiyomaza!" The guy behind me said to the other guy angrily. The guy who twisted my hand glared. "She knows he was trying to ki-"

Within a few seconds, the guy talking was knocked forward by a powerful punch from behind, and I was immediately freed as I felt the guy behind me let go of me and yell in pain, falling backwards.

I panted and looked at the tall blonde guy in the Toman uniform with the emotionless face cracking his knuckles, staring down at the fallen guys and then looking at me with his narrowed brown eyes. "You alright?" "Uh- Yeah- thank you-" I said in slight panic as I panted. I was about to speak but he interrupted me. "Don't tangle yourself here. Get out of here and find safety." "Oi, Muto, come over here I need help with these bastards!" Another Toman member called 'Muto'. Without giving me another glance, he immediately left before I could tell him the situation.

I clicked my tongue and picked the fallen bat again, ignoring my hurt wrist and started looking around quickly in a panicked way, trying to catch sight of this 'Kiyomaza' guy who wanted to kill Draken.

I ran towards where I last saw Draken standing, bumping against random people and pushing them slightly.

My blood ran cold the moment I finally saw Draken.

He was on the ground, laying down on his stomach. Eyes rolled back, mouth open and dark blood piling down the ground.

I remained there, breathing rapidly and trembling, feeling as if I was close to passing down.

Someone was stabbed - and possibly dying right in front of me.

And I was not there to stop this from happening.

If only those two did not stop me, I KNOW I would have been able to save Draken. I was so close to hitting Kiyomaza, something that would be enough to stop him or at least delay him. But I was stopped before I could do that, because I was careless.

Of course, instead of focusing on these thoughts, I took action and ran to Draken. "DRAKEN!" I yelled out and fell down on the ground next to him, not caring about the blood staining my yukata. "Draken, Draken!" I called out in panic and checked his pulse.

Thankfully, he was alive.

But he was bleeding a lot. And Draken could not move, I could not move him either. "Draken, Draken, please wake up! Stay with me!" I held his face and started looking around, calling for help. "SOMEONE HELP, HE'S BEEN STABBED!"

As I looked around, nobody had heard me. However, I quickly noticed a specific blonde boy staring at Draken and I with a terrified look.

"TAKEMITCHY!" I called for him. He gasped and flinched, being shaken off of the sight and immediately running to us. "Draken!" He called out and fell down next to Draken. "Draken! Draken-kun!" Takemitchy started panicking. "Draken-kun!"

I was panting in pure fear and shock as I felt helpless at the sight of Draken, unconscious and losing tons of blood. It was the most horrifying thing I was experiencing. My mind was fuzzy and filled with the panicked voice of Takemitchy calling Draken's name over and over again in an attempt to wake him up, mixed with the rain and the voices of the deliquents fighting. I felt myself trembling and getting dizzy as I stared at Draken's face. Takemitchy was crying.

"What's wrong, Y/n, Takemitchy?!" I immediately raised my head and looked at Mikey, who was being held back by Moebius. Takemitchy was hyperventilating. "Draken-kun... Draken-kun.... He's been stabbed!" Takemitchy cried out. "Draken- Draken please stay with us-" I whispered to Draken with a trembling voice, tears filling my vision.

Why, why did this happen?

Why would they stab someone? Why would they stab Draken?

Why?

He did not deserve to die! Not like this, not now. Did he not have a family, dreams? A whole life ahead of him to continue, chase his dreams and achieve his goals?

Mikey's face twisted in horror at this as he stared at Draken laying on the ground unconscious and unmoving, Takemitchy and I on the ground next to him.

I could not even focus on Mikey, I kept holding Draken's face and calling for him. "Draken, wake up please please please I'm begging you!" I cried. "You can't die! What will Mikey do? What will Emma do-"

Takemitchy and I flinched the moment Draken all of a sudden coughed blood. I gasped. "Draken!"

"Mikey-kun!" Takemitchy called out at him, who was occupied fighting. "Take care of Ken-chin for me!" Mikey yelled as he kept fighting.

I could not even look at his way, the only thing I could focus on was Draken. Takemitchy blanked out, being lost in his thoughts for a moment, trembling and panting.

"Y/n." He suddenly said. He had a determined look on his face, frowning and his eyes shining. "Help me carry him." I stared at him and immediately nodded.

The two of us struggled a bit, but eventually we managed to wrap each of his arms around our shoulders. One of our hands were holding each of his wrists, while the other hand of ours was wrapped around his waist, raising him from the ground with a lot of difficulty. "We're taking him to the hospital!" Takemitchy said.

We were both panting and holding our breath as we were dragging him with us through a small path, our steps very slow.

We were struggling and I would occasionally stare at his face and injuries, panting and sweating. All of a sudden, he coughed blood again. "Draken-kun?!"

Draken remained silent, not muttering a word. My eyes were trembling. "It's-It's gonna be okay Draken, we're here!" I told him in a weak attempt to reassure him. I looked at Takemitchy with a worked expression and he nodded, focusing on the path with a determined look, eyes wide. "You'll be fine! We're gonna get you to the hospital!"

We were panting and we kept dragging him slowly, our knees trembling. Draken was really heavy. "I swear..." Takemitchy panted. "I swear you're going to be okay!"

"Takemitchy-kun! Y/n!"

We turned to look behind us to see Hina and Emma running to us, their facial expressions filled with worry. "Hina! Emma-chan!" Takemitchy called out.

"We called an ambulance! How's Draken?" Hina asked. "Don't worry. He's alive." I told them, my voice trembling as I panted. The moment I said that, Emma whimpered and tears ran down her cheeks.

"Ah... I-" I groaned and almost fell. Takemitchy looked at me. "Let's place him down for now." Takemitchy told me as we both got too tired to keep on dragging him. Plus, we had to find a way to assist with the wound. After all, an ambulance was on its way, too.

We slowly laid him down on the ground. Hina was standing next to Takemitchy, holding her hands together and Emma had knelt down on the ground, laying Draken's head on her lap as he was laid on his back. He was pressing his hand the wound around his stomach.

We were impatiently waiting for the ambulance. Emma was crying softly, holding Draken as I managed to rip a piece from my yukata and wrapped it around his wound, in an attempt to stop it from bleeding for the time being. My hands were covered in his blood, not even the rain could do much. And the metallic smell mixed with petrichor was strong.

"Hina, we're supposed to wait for the ambulance here, right?" Takemitchy asked her. Hina lowered her gaze. "Yeah, but... apparently, it's really crowded because of the festival and rain."

I sighed, looking away for a moment. I squinted my eyes from the distance as I could see a bunch of ... Toman members approaching.

I sighed in relief, "Thank God, they must have came here to help us!" I said and smiled at the girls and Takemitchy... Only for my smile to drop in a confused manner as I saw his terrified face. "... Takemitchy?" I asked.

He really slowly started taking a few steps forward in silence.

Then, I realized and my face twisted in horror and despair.

No, they were not Toman members here to help us.

It was Kiyomaza, the motherfucker who stabbed Draken, along with his other deliquents. "Yo, what the hell?" One of them laughed with a sickening grin. "Draken-chan's not dead yet!" "Hey, what the hell is Trashimichi doing here?" Another called out.

Kiyomaza clicked his tongue and widened his eyes at Takemitchy. "What do you think you're doing, you piece of shit?"

I gritted my teeth and glared daggers at Kiyomaza. "Bastard..." I muttered under my breath while trembling from anger and fear. The motherfucker who did this to Draken. The worst thing was that there was nothing I could do about it other than stand with Draken.

We were cornered. If we wanted to run, we could do that. But why the fuck would we leave Draken behind? The issue was that Draken, the strongest here was down. Takemitchy could barely fight, neither could I fight well either. But even if we could even just a bit, we were nothing against Kiyomaza and his dogs.

Emma and I were on the ground alongside Draken. Hina had gotten up and stood I'm front of us, raising her arm over us protectively, not taking her eyes off of the enemies in front of us.

Kiyomaza turned towards his guys with a mocking grin. "Oi, someone get me some more duct tape!" Everybody bursted out laughing at his terrible joke.

Draken grunted in pain all of a sudden, clenching onto the wound I tied up for him. Emma and I looked at each other in shock and we helped him slowly raise himself. He was in a lot of pain. "Takemitchy..." He whispered in a hoarse voice. "Draken, careful don't move much." I whispered to him, holding his shoulder. He closed his eyes and looked down.

Takemitchy slowly turned backwards to look at Draken, eyes teared up and he was trembling.

Draken was panting and slowly opened his eyes. With trembling hands, he reassuringly placed them over Emma's and my shoulders and held onto us, very gently pushing us just a bit backwards. "Everyone.... thank you. And Takemitchy..." Draken said, his eyes hardened and a small smile appeared on his lips as he looked at the blond guy. "Now take the girls and run. I'll... be fine."

I clenched onto Draken's shoulder just a bit tighter, my eyes narrowing and frowning at his words. I looked at Emma and Hina. It was true that it was not convenient for them-.... us to get hurt. And it was not like we had any chances against those guys.

Draken cared about us and he knew that. He wanted everyone to be safe. He wanted us to get away so we would not get hurt.

But none of us were willing to leave him behind.

".... Run?" Takemitchy asked. He slowly looked down on the ground and got lost in his own thoughts. Draken glared at him softly. "Get moving, Takemitchy." I stared at Draken in the eyes, who had his eyes locked onto Takemitchy. Emma was crying. "We can't just leave you like this... Stop saying that!" Draken gave her a soft smile, trying to reassure her... But there was nothing he could say to her.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!"

Everybody flinched and looked at Takemitchy with wide eyes, who started yelling loudly with tightened fists up at the sky in pure frustration. Even Kiyomaza was flabbergasted. Hina blinked at him. "Takemitchy-kun?"

"God, I'm pathetic!" Takemitchy wiped his tears. "What the hell did I even come here for?!" He went silent for a moment, raising an arm in front of Hina protectively. "Hina, step back." "Huh?"

What the hell was he saying?

"I'm sorry, Draken-kun." Takemitchy said. "Thanks for the courage." Draken was just as confused, until he realized that Takemitchy was about to do something dumb. "... Takemitchy?"

Indeed, the idiot started taking steps towards the so called 'Toman members' slowly.

Shit, this idiot-!

I instinctively got up and ran towards Takemitchy, before Draken or Emma could stop me. "Y/n!"

I ignored them and ran at Takemitchy, grabbing him by his arm and stopping him. I immediately stepped right in front of Takemitchy in order to stop him, and now... I was in the center of attention. The guys were staring at me.

I was glaring at them slightly, standing still and trying to appear relaxed, although my shoulders were tend and my feet stuck on the ground. This was bad. I did not want this to happen in any way. Being targeted was not a smart thing in any way, but I needed to stop Takemitchy from doing anything stupid and get his ass killed.

I stared right in front of me at Kiyomaza and the rest of the guys behind him in pure silence. The only thing I wanted to happen was to beat the shit out of them all. I wanted to have them suffer and pay for the consequences, but considering our situation -in which they clearly had the upper hand and we were in a lot of disadvantages-, I knew better than to do anything that would infuriate or trigger them. The last thing we needed was for anyone else to get hurt, killed or enraged everyone and Draken. We could not bear to worsen our already difficult position.

So, I took a deep breath and decided to play the smart ass here.

I closed my eyes, exhaled and after taking a few seconds, I looked at them. ".... There's no need for all this."

Wow. Slay queen. The most inspirational quote by Y/n, the peace maker. Now everything would go back to normal with the power of love and friendship.

They all stared at me like I had grown a horn. I swallowed hard and averted my gaze for a few seconds, obviously embarassed and scared. "L-Listen-" I stuttered, "I- I really don't understand what is going on- But... Is it really worth it?" I asked in my poor excuses of communication skills. However, considering the situation we were in, this was one of the very few solutions that had even the slightest possibility of getting us spared. Another option was begging.

"Did Draken even do anything to deserve all this? And Takemitchy, too-" I asked and pointed at him. "He's just- He's just a dude? He's just- I don't know, a silly guy who is not even harming anyone? And Draken is a great person. He is a great friend!" I asked, just forcing whatever words I could think of at that moment because I was desperate. I could not even look behind me to see the looks I was given by my friends. The confused looks I was getting from the men in front of me was enough to make me feel ridiculated in a way. However, the ambulance was on it's way. Even though it would be delayed, I had to find a way to save time until the ambulance would arrive safe and sound, without us getting hurt further. "Why is there even a need for all this? There's no reason to kill someone over a stupid gang fight, I'm sure! Whatever is the reason anyway- money, power? Is it really that important?" I asked, sweating at this point. I looked back at Draken who was trembling on the ground. Emma was holding onto him, her eyes widened at me and all teary, while Draken kept his eyes on me. I looked down at his wound that was bleeding more and more.

My heart clutched in pain at this. "..." I did not look back at the guys, as my eyes were getting more and more teary as I was watching Draken become so pale and suffer. "... He is losing a lot of blood." My voice trembled and went quiet. "He's gonna die if he doesn't get help." It was clear to everyone that I was holding back from sobbing. "I don't want him to die."

"....." There was silence among everyone for a while as I tightened my fists and kept my eyes locked on Draken. It was not like I knew Draken for a long time or had any bond with him for me to feel so attached. But that didn't matter. Someone was close to dying right in front of me at this point. A very important person to my friends.

A man behind Kiyomaza snorted. Then, one or two more did, too. "... Man. I feel a bit bad now." Kiyomaza said, scratching the inside of his ear with his pinky. He smirked and looked at his friends. "I think she's gonna cry now what a shame." The guy calling Takemitchy grinned and tilted his head at me. "What do you think, Kiyomaza? Should we all just become friends now and make her feel better?" The others laughed and Kiyomaza grinned, looking at me and inspecting me up and down. "Hmm, although it's hard to say no to this cutie... I'm not feeling particularly good today." He clicked his tongue. "We have a mission, men. Nothing and nobody is stopping us. She came come to us for comfort all she wants later." He said and everybody laughed.

My eyebrow twitched and I tightened my fists. I felt Takemitchy place his hand on my shoulder. I looked at him, and he was staring at Kiyomaza with a blank look. "It's going to be okay." He told me, although I had a feeling that it was mostly him trying to convince himself more.

He took his hand away from my shoulder and with a lowered gaze, Takemitchy approached Kiyomaza. I did not stop him this time. "The hell?" The guy asked. "You wanna die, too?" "You sure you don't need to run away, Trashymichi?" The annoying guy from before smirked, earning some laughs from the backround.

"I'm not running away." The blonde guy spoke. He flexed his fingers and tightened his fist. "I'm not running away this time. "I'm finally going to take...." He slowly raised his head and gave a determined smirk up at the enemy. "-revenge on my life!"

Everybody was silent. The men had stopped laughing and they focused on him. "Kiyomaza." He spoke again. "I guess we hadn't settled things yet." Kiyomaza was silent and he kept his eyes locked with Takemitchy's big blue ones. "From our one-on-one at the fight club!"

"Wha?" Kiyomaza asked. His buddy appeared next to him with a smile. "The hell're you talkin' about? Everyone there clearly saw you lose!"

I stared at the three talking. I had wiped my tears and narrowed my eyes. What were they taking about? Takemitchy and Kiyomaza already knew each other? And they had fought before?

"But I didn't lose." Takemitchy argued. A vein appeared on the side of Kiyomaza's face. "Huh. In that case..."

Suddenly, Draken's voice was heard from my back. He had a grin on his face. "I'm bettin' a hundred mil on Takemitchy." I stared at him in shock, before looking at the difference between him and Kiyomaza. I found it impossible for him to win.

"Huh?" Even Takemitchy was just as shocked as he looked at Draken. Draken's smile did not falter. "This is stupid as shit, but I'll go along with it."

"Me too!" Hina spoke up, backing up Draken. Emma and I looked at her. Hina had placed her hand where her heart was. Her eyes were shining. "I'm putting a hundred million on Takemitchy-kun!"

"I'm betting 300 million!" Emma supported, her eyes tearing up, staring at him in determination.

"HUH?!?!" Takemitchy exclaimed in shock. "Hina?! Emma-chan?!" He said in shock.

I stared at them, before I sighed, looking down and then at Takemitchy. I gave him a weak smile. ".... I believe in you, Takemitchy." Well, in comparison to the others, maybe this was the less convincing one, but either way, I was willing to support him.

Kiyomaza laughed and pointed at his head, making a circle around it with his pointy finger and looked at his guys. "Looks like they finally lost their damn minds!" Everybody laughed like they hyenas they were.

"Nah." Draken denied. "Takemitchy's gonna win." Draken promised. We all stared at Takemitchy.

Kiyomaza's smile dropped as he looked at that. Takemitchy inhaled and exhaled. "... Thanks, everyone." He then started heading towards him. "Let's do this, Kiyomaza! We're finishing this!" He threw a punch at him...

And the next thing we see is Kiyomaza piercing a knife right through Takemitchy's hand. Takemitchy stood there in pure shock, fear and pain for a moment.

Hina gasped and covered her mouth, I held my mouth as well, my eyes widening as I witnessed this disturbing sight in from if me.

Takemitchy grabbed his wrist, raising his arm up as he let out a loud, trembling cry. The knife still pierced through his palm.

"Well, look at you." Kiyomaza grinned maliciously, looking down at him while everybody stared at Takemitchy like he was an animal performing in a circus. "I thought I killed you already, but you're livelier than I thought."

"TAKEMITCHY-KUN!" Hina yelled and tried to run to her boyfriend, but Emma held her back by her wrist. "Hina! Don't! It's dangerous!" "Let go!" Hina cried. "Takemitchy-kun is-!"

Takemitchy was panting, holding his pierced and bleeding hand down. "This ain't no one-on-one." Kiyomaza told Takemitchy and took a few steps towards him. He looked at him with the most evil grin. "It's an execution."

"You frickin' rule, Kiyomaza!" One dude said as they all laughed and took a step closer to him to witness the scene.

"I'll kill you, Hanagaki." Kiyomaza decided.

Takemitchy's face hardened. He grabbed the knife still pierced through his hand... And he started pulling it, the knife against his flesh and blood making a disgusting noise as he started yelling out of pain.

Blood started falling down his hand and he threw the knife back on the ground, landing just a very few meters away from my feet. My eyes stared at the bloody knife on the wet ground.

Takemitchy let out a battle cry and attempted to punch Kiyomaza with his non-injured hand... Only to be hit and land backwards on his back. "What's wrong, Hanagaki?" Kiyomaza mocked. "You haven't even hit me once!"

As Kiyomaza kept making fun of Takemitchy, who was suffering, I picked up the knife.

I gritted my teeth, a vein appearing on my forehead as I grabbed it tightly and started running at Kiyomaza. Everybody's attention was on me as I ran at him. "I'm gonna kill you, asshole!" I yelled, gripping the bloody knife tightly, which was already warm by Kiyomaza's and Takemitchy's grip on it previously. I got close and attempted to stab him, only for him to quickly dodge it. I tried to slash him again quickly, holding the knife tightly.

However, he gave me a strong punch on my gut, making me yell out in pain and bend. "Y/N!" I heard my friends call out to me, but I did not look at them. I felt a lot of pain, but still did not let go of the knife. I felt my throat being grabbed tightly. I gagged as I was raised in the air. I attempted to stab his arm, but he grabbed my wrist with the other free hand of his. But not before I could slash his arm a bit, making the clothe of his sleeve tear and his arm bleed a bit. Kiyomaza scoffed as he held me in the air by my neck as I gagged, struggling to breathe as I kicked my feet around. He had my armed hand locked and with my free one I held his arm, trying to make him set me free. "Tsk, you have a lot of fight in you girlie. I like that. I like my girls a bit stupid and reckless." Kiyomaza grinned.

"You bastard-!" Draken called out, his eyes widening in pure anger as he spat as her yelled. However, he could not get up. Hina and Emma were terrified. "LET GO OF HER!"

"You're too rough on her, Kiyomaza!" His gang laughed.

The pain on my throat was a lot, and I had a feeling he was not even trying to hurt me much. I kept scratching at his arm but to no avail. I wanted him dead. I wanted to stab him like no tomorrow and make him suffer.

Takemitchy gritted his teeth and he started yelling and ran straight at Kiyomaza, his rapid footsteps spilling raindrops around him. He jumped straight at him, grabbing him by his waist and pushing him. Kiyomaza grunted and gritted his teeth, almost knocking him down. He clicked his tongue and glared down at the blonde boy who had his arms wrapped around him tightly, not letting go. He looked at me and attempted to steal the knife from my reach. However, before he could manage to take it from me and use it, I threw the knife away somewhere, not even I knew where it landed. "Bitch-" Kiyomaza glared and he threw me away. I fell down, grunting in pain loudly. I remained on the ground, panting rapidly once my throat was freed. I held my neck and started breathing again. "Y/n!" Hina ran to me and gently helped me up. "Are you okay?" She asked in great worry. "... ah... I'm okay Hina-chan." I coughed out and accepted her support. But I was okay.

Takemitchy cried in pain as he started receiving kicks on his stomach. Hina then turned to Takemitchy and cried out his name. "Hanagaki!" One of the enemies yelled with a laugh. "Yer disappointing yer girl! You're as weak as a friggin' fly!" "All you can do is hang on? Talk about a loser!"

All of a sudden, Takemitchy opened his mouth, letting out a loud yell before he bit Kiyomaza's side. "OW!

"He just bit him!" Someone commented, everybody staring at Takemitchy in shock. "Quit bein' so friggin' lame, Trashymichi! Friggin' five year old!"

"Let go, asshole!" Kiyomaza yelled at Takemitchy and he started punching him in order to make him let go of him. But Takemitchy was not backing down, and only bit harder, making Kiyomaza cry out. He was about to punch him in his face, but Takemitchy finally let go of him. He shortly avoided all the attacks and climbed on Kiyomaza's back. He wrapped his legs around his waist and he held his head and neck in a headlock from the back.

My eyes widened and I gasped. "Hina..." I whispered to her, who was just as shocked as I was, along with Emma and Draken. "Your boyfriend is a fucking beast." I told her, not taking my eyes off of the scene.

"I don't care if I can't be like Mikey-kun... I'm.... Hanagaki Takemitchy!!!" He yelled and kept applying pressure to his neck.

Tears started falling down Hina's eyes as she witnessed that. Kiyomaza had a crazed look on his face as he held onto Takemitchy's arm. "Let go of me, you piece of shit!"

"Don't you dare let go, Takemitchy!" Draken yelled back, gritting his teeth and encouraging him. This only caused Takemitchy to apply more pressure. "You asshole!" Kiyomaza was struggling at this point.

"Keep going, Takemitchy!" I yelled out, coughing a bit. He let out a loud battle cry, and as Kiyomaza was yelling, his eyes slowly rolled back and slowly, he fell on his knees with Takemitchy on his back. Then, he fell backwards, passed out with his mouth opened. Takemitchy was still not letting go of him. He was panting hard, non stop.

A few seconds later, he finally let go of Kiyomaza and remained on the ground, panting and laughing quietly with a tired yet proud smile. "I got..." His arms were spread and he do not even care about Kiyomaza's weight on him. "... my revenge."

Hina left my side and started running at Takemitchy. "Takemitchy-kun!" "Stay back, Hina!" Takemitchy told her, making her stop. He slowly pushed Kiyomaza off of him with his foot. He stared down at his injured hand with a huge grin on his face... Yet his eyes were narrowed and tired. He looked up at the enemy gang. They were not looking phased in the slightest. In fact, one of them was playing with another knife on his hands, staring down at him. "You done?" "Friggin' lame, Kiyomaza!" "Got something to take with you to hell now."

Takemitchy slowly fought to stand up. His body was swaying. "Hina..." He wanted. "Take Emma-chan and Y/n with you and run." He gave her a smile from the side. "We'll figure this out."

"But..." Hina spoke, but Takemitchy interrupted her with a warm smile. "It's okay." Hina kept staring at him. "I promise it's okay. Please."

Hina gave him a small, sad smile. She nodded and hummed. "Okay."

Hina looked over Draken. She gave him a nod, and then a wink at me and Emma. She noticed the reluctance we had in this situation. "Girls, let's go. It's gonna be fine. I promise." She said, emphasizing the word 'promise'. I stared at her and then at Takemitchy and Draken. I gave Draken's shoulder a squeeze as I walked at him. "Stay strong, Draken." I told him. He panted and gave me a small nod. I looked over at Takemitchy. "Hanagaki!" I called out. He looked at me with a tired look. I held back my tears and worry. I needed to look brave for them. "You can do this."

With that, I took off running with Emma and Hina. We were panting and I looked at the girls. "We need to call for help immediately! These idiots will have a hard time by themselves!" I said in pure worry, not wanting to say the worst that could happen to them. Hina looked at me. "Help is on the way! I already informed Takemitchy's friends and the police is on their way!" She told me. I looked at her in shock. "When- When did you?" Hina gave me a knowing grin. "Everything will be okay. Backup is coming. Takemitchy and Draken are going to be okay."

"Hina-chan... Good job." I told her. "You're amazing."

Emma looked at Hina with a relieved smile, a few tears running down her face.

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Sigh. What's with me publishing my chapters one day earlier almost each time? 😪 well it's not a bad thing I guess I just get kinda impatient ig 😌 Hope you guys enjoyed and each single comment is appreciated more than you think 🥹

NEXT UPDATE: June 30