Hey there, dear readers. It's me, KatsuragiRorensu, back for some more. As I promised, I'll be making the sequel for my first K fanfic - "Love, the Heartless Woman". This multi-chapter story would still focus on the love angle between Izumo Kusanagi, SCEPTER 4 lieutenant Seri Awashima and the Blue King, Reisi Munakata. Oh yeah, "Love, the Heartless Woman" focused on Izumo and Seri's relationship in the past. This time, the pairing would be more of Reisi x Seri, though there're still hints of Izumo x Seri. Well, I hope you enjoy the first chapter. :D

Months have passed since the death of the Red King, Mikoto Suoh. HOMRA dissolved and its clansmen resumed their original lives as normal people, having lost their Auras to pay tribute to their fallen King. Misaki became a famous skateboarder all around Japan and reaching out to the West. Rikio began working out and became a trainer for various sports like boxing and karate. Anna, despite her identity as a Strain, began studying at a local school with Shohei, Eric and Saburota helping in her studies. Lastly, Izumo remained in his bar and tended to his customers every night like the bartender that he really is.

"Ooooi! Kusanagi-san!"

"Eh?", Izumo turned around and finds Misaki standing at the door. He was not alone - Rikio, Anna, Eric, Shohei and Saburota were with him.

"Yo!", Rikio, Eric, Shohei and Saburota bowed down. Izumo did not look pleased, however.

"Do I look like Mikoto to you?"

Rikio stuttered in shock. "Well, no, but-"

"I thought I told you all to go on with your lives. HOMRA is gone.", the bartender reiterated to his former fellow clansmen.

"But that doesn't mean we can't visit and have a drink, right?", Saburota told Izumo. He became speechless.

"...You're right. Well, having a drink won't hurt.", Izumo sighed and gave a smile to them. Anna was delighted.

"I'll have some cherry juice!", the white-haired girl happily requested.

"Kusanagi-san, you have any beer?", Rikio asked.

"I can settle for cola!", Misaki yelled over the counter.

"I know, I know, no need to yell at me.", Izumo chuckled. He turned his attention towards Shohei, Eric and Saburota. "How about you three?"

"We can go for beer, just like Rikio-san!", Shohei answered.

"One cherry juice, one cola and four beers coming right up!", a suddenly-brightened Izumo beamed.

Not long after, the former HOMRA members sat side-by-side with their drinks in front of them. Anna, on the other hand, sat by the couch like she used to back in the day. Before, she often stares at the table with her blood beads rolling around in unison. Now she's just staring at her red-colored beverage with her unusual blank expression.

"...", Izumo stared at Anna. "So, how is Anna doing?"

"Oh, uhh... she's doing very well in school, Kusanagi-san. Rikio's been bringing her there everyday, and the teachers say she is a remarkable student!", Misaki answered. Izumo smiled.

"That's good to hear."

"W-We help in her studies, too!", Shohei quickly answered as well.

"Fascinating.", Izumo said as he continues to wipe some more wine glasses.

"Kusanagi-san, check this out!", Eric smacked Rikio's shoulder. "Kamamoto won a boxing tournament last month! He knocked the hell out of his opponents with ease!"

Izumo smiled again. "That's not surprising to hear. Of course, Kamamoto-san was already fast when he was fat, just look at how he injured Akiyama and Benzai back in Ashinaka. Who knows how fast he is now, since he's thinner and fitter."

"He's also training those karatekas and other fighters in sports.", Saburota added.

"Hey, you guys, you're making me sound so big. I'm just trainer.", Rikio clarified his friends.

"Nawgh, it's the same as those sports jizz! You train those guys who become big in their world, and without those like you, they'd be suckers!", Shohei told him.

"Okay. If that's how it is.", Rikio sighed and took a gulp from his beer.

Izumo continued to watch his friends converse with each other. He didn't mind asking them about themselves... but he did mind them asking him about himself lately.

"Do I have to answer that? Isn't it obvious to you? I'm just here at the bar tending as usual.", Izumo answered with a hint of annoyance in his tone.

"Really?", Misaki asked. Izumo gave him a blank stare as if to scare him. "Okay."

"...", Rikio looked at Izumo, who is still wiping the wine glasses. "...How's Seri-chan?"

Izumo stopped what he was doing when he heard this. The others panicked as the bartender laid a rack of glasses aside and looked at them.

"Dude, did you have to ask him about her?", Shohei yelled.

"What? I'm just asking how Kusanagi-san and Seri-chan are doing. They've been quite clingy back in Ashinaka, y'know? Seri-chan was crying and-"

*WHAM!*

"OGH!", Rikio groaned in pain.

"...I haven't seen her lately. The last time I did was... at the spring festival.", Izumo, with his fists clenched, told his clansmen. "...And she was with that bastard Munakata."

"She's still gaga over that turd?"

"Hey. That turd killed Mikoto. I know it's for our sake, but... if he was the one who killed the Colorless King instead, Mikoto's Weissman level wouldn't have rocketed to oblivion. HOMRA would still be whole today.", Izumo explained.

"The Blue King now has a grip on this city, huh?", Misaki asked.

"Yeah. A damn tight one.", Izumo sighed. "Although he does have that, he offered HOMRA some places in SCEPTER 4. That sleazy prick's trying to get even stronger than before with numbers."

"We were offered that crap, too. We ain't needing some pure cause and crap like that! It has always been 'No Blood! No Bone! No Ash!' Right, guys?!", Misaki yelled.

"Yata-san is right! No Blood! No Bone! No Ash!", Rikio started yelling.

"No Blood! No Bone! No Ash!"

His fellow clansmen were as enthusiastic as ever, as if Mikoto and Totsuka were still with them. Soon enough, they bid farewell to Izumo. The bartender locked up afterwards and prepared to go home.

"...", Izumo blankly looked at the faded "HOMRA" sign near the door. He then looked at the bar doors as he flipped the sign from open to closed.

"...Totsuka...Mikoto... it wouldn't be like this if both of you are still alive.", Izumo thought to himself. "...Munakata.", Izumo gritted his teeth at the thought of the Blue King in his mind. He does not blame him for Totsuka's death, but the Blue King had done so much to Izumo than anyone could imagine. "That bastard... Took my girl... Killed my best friend... Damn you, Munakata."

*BAM!*

"...", Izumo fell silent as he punched the wall. He walked away from the bar, his hand bleeding from the knuckles. After passing by a few streets on the way...

"...Seri-chan...", Izumo thought to himself. "...I won't forgive him if you get hurt like last time."

All of a sudden, a flash of light from above catches Izumo's attention. The bartender looks up, his eyes widening at what he saw. His lips then curled into a smile.

"...Munakataaaaa...!"

He then looked back at the road, smiling with his pupils glowing in a fiery red.

That's about it for Chapter One. I hope it's not too short or something like that, and I hope you enjoyed it. Reviews are free, just don't bash me. :D