*** Takemichi's Pov***

" And then he said, " Want a piece of me?" Then I said, " Alright, Let's go!"..." Macey continued on his detailed storytelling. It was honestly enjoyable to listen to him and not even surprised if he passed English as he would always ace them all — ask his twin Maxe. We are at a diner after a long tour with me as their Host, just taking a break.

Yes, Macey's a boy while Maxe's a girl for anyone wondering. Although their personalities are quite different.

Maxe is more of a quiet type, unlike her brother who's one of the fun loudmouths. Despite their differences, they love and care for each other as any sibling should — I suddenly remembered Taiju *cough**cough*, that guy should take lessons from these two or Mitsuya. Oh and Izana too, Not going to forgive him for trusting Kisaki and for killing Emma.

And listen, I know that he's got a dark past, Kaku-chan told me all about it when he asked for help, but that won't excuse his actions for killing other people — not to mention a sibling, by blood or not. Also, Screw that brat Kisaki for poisoning his mind but I'll deal with him later. He was even pain on dealing before my failures timelines, just having another migraine thinking about it.

For Taiju, even though he changed before on some timelines, I won't forgive him for the torture and fear he brought unto Yuzuha and Hakkai. He does love and cares for them but his way of doing so is unreasonable.

" Hey, Maxe..." My sudden call got their attention as they look at me with questioning looks.

" Do you know any siblings, where the eldest would beat or bring fear unto their young siblings...just to make'em stronger? What happened after they become "strong"?" The twins look at each other before looking back at me.

" Why?" She asked while sharing some of her fries with Macey.

" I'm just curious about how do they deal with those situations? Plus, I kinda remembered a neighbour that does those..." Letting out an 'oh', she thought for a moment before opening her mouth to speak.

" Ireland, Vandel Family. Eldest named Seth — 18 years old and 2 twins named Raeya and Theo. Eldest would punish the siblings for their mistakes causing the two to commit suicide by poisoning themselves. Eldest was remorseful then did the same by cutting himself from head to toe. Note Dead parents."  She nonchalantly said while drinking her milkshake.

" Oh..." They did a different approach, felt bad for them.

" Rebecca, Black Family from New Zealand. 5 Siblings went to a mental institution for the pain she cause. Repented by working hard to try and help them again. Parents, Dad a dead drunken jackass and Mother a neglecting idiot." She continued, which were at least 15 cases, though most of them were either the young siblings take suicide while the rest did other different approaches. Although, there was no mention of killing the eldest, meaning Yuzuha was the first with Hakkai taking the blame — as I recalled.

" There from your father's files right? I'm surprised that you've memorized all of them..." She let out a shrug before taking a bite from her burger.

Their father went for overseas which was not surprising, working from the military and part police. I won't even be surprised if he's also taking care of Area 51, joke.

Besides those, Maxe has the habit of reading and memorizing their father's file cases. A little weird but can't blame her since it's interesting.

We finally left the diner and disclosed the sibling abuse topic cause it was getting more disturbing. It's a good thing some are better role models for their younger siblings. As we were walking, I noticed two youngsters — pfft! I sound like a grandma, No hard feelings grandma cause I love you, eyeing a certain shop.

There's no doubt about it. That familiar canine killer smile and that beauty mark, just had to be them.

' Baji-san and Kazutora' and wow do they look different from what I imagined. Baji's hairstyle reminded me of Kaku-chan's Bonten hairstyle while for Kazutora, reminded me of Baji's... Just not that long and slick.

Now that I remembered, Baji did tell a story when he joined Valhalla as a spy. Suddenly, a scene appeared in front of me when I kept eyeing them. Don't tell me, I still have the foreseeing vision when I was at the Deity war?

A scene was played with Baji taking a motorcycle till 'He' appeared.

' He must be The Eldest Sano, I wonder what he looks like as I never met him.'

When he fully appeared, I was mentally shocked. Because damn! He looks like Naoto... Lmfao! Thought I was going to say a compliment and blush like some Highschool girl? Nah, He do be fine though. Then appeared this scene of them having a light conversation when Kazutora appeared with a wrench and to my horror, he was later found dead.

He died in Kazutora's hands.

This must be the roots of Mikey's despair and how Mikey was evident in killing Kazutora during the Bloody Halloween fight. So that's why I time travelled here, to finally cut off those roots. The vision also showed them both getting arrested with Baji apologizing to Mikey and Kazutora who's mumbling about how it's Mikey's fault?

' Kazutora...' My hand unknowingly moves on its own to try and reach out to him, almost closing in.

" OI SAPPHIRE!" The vision disappeared as I found myself on Macey's arms protectively and a Truck passing by.

( Bruh— Mich almost got run down by Truck-sama)

" Huh?"

" Dude! What's with ya? Ye almost got run down by a truck!"

" Oh... Sorry, There was something on my mind."

" About what? You were reaching out to something or someone important. What is it?" Looking away as to try and not be intimidated by them, especially at how observant and persistent they are.

" I thought I saw my friend cause he looked like him..." My eyes still looking at the two. They followed my gaze when a hand dropped on my shoulder.

" Is he the so-called Kaku-chan you've been mumbling in your sleep~? Hmmm, ~?" Macey teased making my face red with embarrassment.

" I DO NOT! ... Did I?" I look at Maxe for answers till she brought out a voice recorder in her pocket.

" I...l..love... ou... Kaku-chan, Hehe.."

" ..." OH MY GOD! I DID! This is so embarrassing! How did a 12-year-old me fantasize on Kaku-chan?! This ain't no fairytale!

" And ye just had to say 'friend'. What kind of 'friend' are we gon' talk about~?" I didn't answer him, instead just shrugged it off. He continued to laugh and tease that I just wanted to punch him.

" Permission to punch him, Maxe?"

" Permission to send him hell." Macey got a dejected look while I gave off a smirk, cracking my knuckles causing him to sweatdrop.

" Sis, Is this punishment from what I did a week ago?"

" Yes."

" ...Damn..."

And so, I beat up Macey with Maxe recording everything at an abandoned building.

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The three of us waited till nighttime. In the shadows, two figures appeared wearing all black as they broke into the shop. The twins were suspicious on why are we here though I was able to give a reason and believed me, making me relieved. Although, I still feared that they weren't convinced.

Once Baji and Kazutora entered the shop, We followed ahead and hid in the shadows to watch them carefully. Finally, the time has come.

While Baji was taking the motorcycle, I finally stepped in to stop him.

" W-Who?!" He was startled at getting caught.

" You shouldn't steal..." I suddenly spoke in a hoarse voice, trying to sound like a boy.

Before he could say anything, we heard footsteps closing in our direction. In front of us is the literal 'Shinichiro Sano', the Leader and founder of Black Dragons as I recalled from Inui.

" Who's there?" Not gonna lie, That's hot... Yeesh! I swear most of everyone is born hot and drop-dead gorgeous. No pun intended.

Baji was stuttering while I stood frozen, trying reason out till our eyes darted on a running figure holding a wrench.

' SHIT! NO! Not this time!'

" Look out!" I exclaimed then sped off and tackled him to avoid Kazutora's hit. Using my hand as a block, as a broken arm is nothing anyway since I've already experienced it. Thanks for that Mikey.

I waited for the impact but felt nothing, opening my eyes to see the twins restraining Kazutora. Sighing in relief, my gaze went back at Shinichiro who's on the ground in shock. I held out my hand for him to take and asked if he's ok. He nodded his head then took my hand as he stood up. That's when he eyed us one by one till his eyes gazed back at Baji.

" Keisuke and Kazutora?" He called out their names making them flinch.

While they were having a conversation, leading up to something emotional. We continued to watch as Macey brought out a camera and started recording, it's a habit on him. After the confrontation, Shinichiro has his attention on us now making me quite nervous. I wonder what Mikey said is true about his personality, he seemed to be like those cold-type characters. Seriously, he looks like Naoto too... Lmfao, no regrets.

" Thanks for stopping them commit a crime, this would break my little brother. Do you want something in return?" He said in a soothing voice, making me wonder if he has a girlfriend.

( Sorry Michi, Man got rejected 20 times. 🤣🤣)

Truth be told, I was always compared to him especially Mikey. The resemblance is quite uncanny, a little bit on appearance though I dunno about personality — may be the same as me? As I was told.

( Lmao... I was laughing cause people said that Takemichi is like Shinichiro. The only difference was that Michi has a girlfriend 👀)

" Ah...We do— Hmph!"

" This is a motorcycle shop right?" Macey asked cutting me off by covering my mouth.

' This fucking prick!'

" Uh yeah..." Oh no! I already know where this is going.

" Can we have a free charge on fixing our motorcycles the next time we meet?" And there it is, Macey's advantage.

" Hmm... Sure. You can visit anytime and I'll take care of it. Free of charge." No! You're going to be bankrupt sir!

Satisfied, Macey finally removes his hand. I glared at him, who's just laughing awkwardly. Oh, just you wait at home, Damn prick!

" Mind me asking though, How did you know these two were going to steal the bike? Also the name Shinichiro, the owner of the shop," said Shinichiro.

" We noticed those two eyeing your shop which was quite suspicious so we decided to watch them and nice to meet you two Shinichiro-san," Macey spoke.

" Hahaha, please Drop the san cause I'm only 18."

"It is still old." Shinichiro had a shocking face, same as me cause I wasn't expecting Maxe to speak, let alone be blunt.

" H-Hey! I'm still a teen."

" Older than us."

" Ok, You can stop now..." I said while patting her on the shoulder. Finally, she stopped as I made her apologize.

"It's fine, Reminds me of how my little siblings roasted me." I get that, it is fine for the siblings but not for a stranger. I'm going to have a conversation with her about this.

" Anyways, May I know the names of my little saviours?" We were about to say something when someone's phone rang and it belonged to Macey. He told us to hold for a moment, answering the calls before shortly hanging up.

" Sorry, Shinichiro-san but we'll be on our way. Father is calling for us, Next time...when we meet. Goodbye!" Macey announced while dragging both of us out of the shop, leaving him dumbfounded.

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***3rd person Pov***

" Ah! Wait! And they're gone..." The eldest teen said before diverting his attention on two of his little brother's friends as they were silent the whole time. He sighed when he noticed them all shaken up with fear and regret, he felt bad for them especially Kazutora. He knows about his past, so it was no surprise that the kid's mentally unstable.

" Hey Keisuke, Kazu..." The two flinched at the sudden call of the teen, slowly facing towards him.

Shinichiro leaned down to face them and with a smile while giving both a pat on the head.

" How about this, We fix Manjiro's bike together. We could gift it as a surprising on his birthday?" His suggestion made them look at each other before nodding their heads in agreement.

" Awesome, Come on now. Let's get it started." He then stood up to turn on the lights of the shop and grab his tool kits. Shinichiro then called out the two to participate, giving out orders to help him repair the bike faster. He also started some conversations while working, just to live out the mood of the two youngsters.

" Hey Shin..."

" Hmmm? Yes, Keisuke?"

" Are we going to meet those boys again?"

" Maybe someday... Wait... Did you just call them boys?"

" Aren't they?" Shinichiro gave a blank look at Baji.

" Keisuke... I know people can be stupid at times but you can't be that stupid like my brother."

" Huh?! What?! What do you mean?!" He pinches the bridge of his nose, wanting to smoke.

" One of them is a girl..." Kauztora spoke while passing the wrench to Shinichiro who smiled at him.

" See, Even Kazu ain't that stupid. Good job Kazu." The young boy only gave a nod, appreciating the compliment he gave.

" H-HEY!"

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***Takemichi's Pov***

" We're home~!" Macey exclaimed while skipping inside the house.

" Welcome home and what took you three so long?" A lady, who's in her 30's spoke out in worry, popping out of the kitchen.

" I'll tell the story later, so what's for "dinnéar"?" said Macey as he excitedly sat down on a chair at the kitchen with us following behind.

( Dinnéar is an Irish way of saying Dinner, I just googled it)

" We have the leftover lasagna. And Macey, I'm not Irish." The lady, who is their babysitter, said while handing out our food. We started to dig in and Macey being a chatterbox, proceeded on his storytelling.

" And that's where the story ends. Just three gorgeous youngsters finally eating dinner, with me storytelling again to our lovely babysitter." He gave off a wink at the last part.

" I'm married and older than you naughty child." She gave a hard flick on his forehead, making him hiss.

" Boo~ You're no fun."

" Don't make me take away your camera again."

Macey went silent as he hugged his beloved camera.

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After dinner, we decided to sleep in a pillow fort in the living room. All four of us were bundled in pillows and blankets, we said our goodbyes to fall asleep.

" So when are you going to tell us the truth and the reasoning of dressing up as a boy?" said Maxe beside me, still fully awake and so am I.

" When I'm ready, there are some things that I needed to take care of. I might also need some help if you mind."

" Yeah sure, Goodnight Sapphire." I greeted the same her as were about to fall asleep.

" Hey, Sapphire..."

" Hmmm?"

" Don't mumble that guy Kaku-chan's name again. It's creepy and gives off deja vu." Annoyed, I took a small pillow close to me then smacked her right in the face.

" Ow...?"

" Serves you right."

" Ouch...?"

*** End Of Chapter***

Lmao... Shinichiro. 🤣

Yer kinda wrong there, There are 2 girls and 1 boy.

When Kazu said that one of them is a girl, they're talking about Maxe. Takemichi is still dressing up as a boy.

I also lowered the age gap, so I could probably ship Michi with Shinichiro and Braham — *cough**cough* Wakasa.