XX/XX/20XX
UNKNOWN
UNKONWN
cold, wet, confused, disoriented his body felt heavy, its like being run over by a truck
"e...ake...em...up!"
he can feel the cold water in his face ,he can feel cold steel on his wrist 'what..what happen' 'where am i' is the first thought that come into his mind
"wake up! no dozing off!"
what he see before him is three man clad in black suit, tall with muscular build like a bouncer you meet on hostess club in dotonbori
'where am i?' akira instinctively wriggle his hand try to free from the handcuffs that bound him to the cranky wooden chair
"you still don't get it, do you?"
"give it up!"
Suddenly akira felt sharp pain in his stomach making him hard to breath 'shit what the fuck!' he try to speak but only manage to let out a grunt and a cough grasping for air
"come on, cooperate!"
he felt something heavy on his head halting his struggle
"or what ? you want another shot?"
he try his beat to look for way out, and finally something caught his eye ,a security camera ,his mind begin to race trying to remember something ,he knew that camera is important but he cant remember why
"huh ,what about the camera?"
'shit!' the men has been following his eyes 'giving him another winning chip is the last thing i want to do' his mind begin to race again 'chip' 'casino' 'card' 'joker' 'queen' a random word start poping out of his head
"are you thinking it can be used as video evidence?"
akira didn't hear any of that he's been trying to put all the pieces together when suddenly he felt his head being slammed to the floor
"didn't you hear my question? answer!"
Next thing he felt was another kick land to his stomach bringing him to reality
"obstruction of justice, blackmail, defamation, possession of weapon..."
"manslaughter too yeah? talk about the works...to think all those crime were led by punk like this"
'punk' that word bring the image of certain young man, blond hair with crooked back, he began to remember something
"and you seemed to be enjoying every second of it .. huh?"
'i was... enjoying it ?' everything is hazy but he start to grasp the situation
"...you should know your place"
the man signaling the other to remove the handcuff
"sgin here"
akira look at the clipboard ,it was a confession under his name ,he took the clipboard and start reading as fast as he could , 'terrorist' 'phantom thief' 'ILLECIBRA' 'change of heart' 'mental shutdown' 'mental breakdown' 'hacking' all the word start pouring to his head 'who am i' 'what am i' 'where am i' …he sgin 'AKIRA KURUSU' not for the guy in black suit but for himself 'yes i'm the leader of ILLECIBRA and i'm here to proof our justice'
XX/XX/20XX
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
his mind still hazy even though he remember his reason why he is here he cannot remember the detail, after couple of minute akira can hear a muffled voice outside the room ,it sound like a woman arguing
"...niijima...prosecutor office...suspect...allowed an…..!?"
her voice getting louder 'niijima' 'sae niijima...sae-san!' after a couple minute pass by the door on his room creek open and he see a familiar figure ,a beautiful woman with a silver hair and deep brown eyes so deep it was almost red, she sit on the chair across the table
"i didn't expected to be you of all people"
akira look up to her eyes with a little smile planted of his face
"hi sae-san"
sae face turn to frown when she see needles all around the floor
"those bastard"
she sign and speak to herself 'calm down sae you can do this dont mixed work with your emotion you here to learn the truth like dad'
"i want to hear the truth akira kurusu ,all of it...!"
"huh i thought you never asked sae-san"
XX/XX/20XX
UNKNOWN
UNKNOWN
"you are held captive... a prisoner of fate to a future that has been sealed in advance"
'who are you'
"this is truly an unjust game your chance of winning are almost none...but if my voice is reaching to you, there may yet be a possibility open to you"
'who are you'
"...i beg you. please overcome this game ... and save the world..."
'save the world ? from what ? how ?'
"the key to victory lies within the memories of your bond-the truth that you and your friend grasped"
'my friend ?'
"it began that day ,when the game start half a year ago..."
'half year ago...'
"for the sake of your world's future.. as well as well as your own... you must remember..."
'remember...'
14/02/2008
DOTONBORI
EVENING
"wow look at that giant crab can we eat at that place when you finish mom"
"akira don't just run by yourself you'll get lost unlike at home this is big city"
"cabaret grand...wow what is that place ? a lot of people wearing nice suit go to that place"
"akira nooooo that's cabaret club not a place for a kid"
"hmmmm ? what is cabaret club"
akira make a curious expression to his mom
"ummm its the place for adult when they chat with another adult ummm and and..."
kyouko kurusu face began burning trying to answer his son question
" hahaha im just joking mom i know what cabaret clubs are "
"hey don't tease your mother young boy... wait how do you that ? have you been there ? are you been drinking ? you are ,aren't you ?"
"no mom ,i knew it from dad he told me the story when he staking a yakuza to a cabaret club"
"your father...again ?"
"why...i love when dad tell his story "
"its a bad influence"
"okay okay ... why don't we go to a hotel now im getting tired"
it wasn't the first time kyouko kurusu had a business trip but this is the first time that he brought akira along with her, while he's no problem child his curiousity can be rather overwhelming especially this is the first time akira got into a big city
15/02/2008
DOTONBORI
EARLY MORNING
"akira i'll be back at 16:00 pm can you stay put until then i promise we will eat at the giant crab place you want yesterday"
"what ?...what do i supose to do until then?"
"you can order a room service but dont get overboard okay ,please can you listen to your mother just this one time ?"
"okay okay i get it ,you better hurry mom it almost 8."
she give him a last glance to akira seeing her son playfully swinging his leg from top of the bed and give her good bye wave
15/02/2008
DOTONBORI
MORNING
"bored bored bored bored boooooored"
"first time in big city and i stuck in this cramped room"
"i guess ...taking walk couple minutes wouldn't be so bad ... mom doesn't need to know"
akira grab his hoodie and stretch his arm and with a big grin on his face he start wondering where should he go first
15/02/2008
DOTONBORI
AFTERNOON
the city was packed with people ,every one talking at the same time it was loud ,a tourist asking for a guide ,collage student screaming about his date ,street food vendor try to promote their stand even homeless people asking for a spare change
now that he is alone the city looks intimidating he start to regret his decision for not listening to his mother
'better retrace my step back to the hotel' he try to remember where he came but to no avail everybody walking so fast, talking so loud, all the streets looks the same 'shit ...now im lost' 'better ask around for some direction'
"excuse me sir…."
"get lost kid I'm busy"
'rude much ?' every time he try to asked a persona is ether they're busy or try to lure him into a dark alley ,even though he only 9 years old his tall and lean build make him pretty agile and being the only son of police officer has some perk one of which he is capable of defending himself ,though his father always remind him that not to pick a fight ,but having others respect him for his fighting prowess feels pretty good he feels in control and he like that feeling
"wait….where are we going"
He heard a female voice and in the corner of his eyes he see a woman being drag around by some guy with eyepatch he have short hair and wearing snake pattern jacket black jeans and expensive looking shoes 'what the hell'
"shut up yuki-chan"
He continue dragging the woman behind him ,'I have to step in' his father always said if you see someone in trouble don't just stand there especially woman ,be a gentleman treat woman with respect and never ever stray from your own belief ,those are his dad words before his mom left him after he got demoted from police corps and pursuing his own "justice"
"hey oji-san….!"
"what…!"
The man with eyepatch turn to face him now looked pissed because akira's remark
"c-can you get away from that lady!"
Akira stuttering because he looks more menacing when you look him in the eye 'shit he clearly a yakuza' akira can see the flower tattoo on the man's arm because he didn't wear anything underneath his snake pattern jacket
"its none of your business kid get lost!"
'kid' akira hate that word it feels like a magic word for adult to justify their action in front of everyone that they didn't see as an equal ,he is sick of being told to get lost or mind there own business or this has noting to do with you and without thinking akira lunge himself to the man and yell "don't call me a KID!"
"what the fuck ?! what with this kid !"
The man dodge to the side, but akira pursue him with a kick ,this time he block him with a single hand grabing akira's foot in mid air leaving akira with unbalance footing
"the fuck is your problem! "
"majima-san they're getting away!"
"what..? fuck!"
"this is because this brat…what is wrong with you kid you gotta anger problem!"
Majima throw akira's feet making him lose his balance and leaving him stumble to pile of garbage
"hey are you okay, here grab my hand"
The girl who was with majima try to help akira, she was beautiful with short hair slender hips and nice smell ,be up close with a girl beside his mom making blood start pumping to his face no red as tomato he try his best to look cool in front of lady
"n-no problem"
"he's e pervert brat yuki-chan ,he's been looking your chest this entire time"
"what! ….i would never…. I'm a gentlemen"
"suuuure….."
"yuki-chan" only laugh at "majima's" comment
"can you calm down a bit even though he looks like someone you will stab you in the back he actually a gentlemen too y'know"
"hey! I heard that!"
15/02/2008
DOTONBORI
AFTERNOON
They both sit in the bench of the park on dotonbori when yuki try to explain that he and majima actually tailing some bad people that been harassing girls from cabaret while majima buying some drink for both of them
"majima-san, I'm truly sorry for attacking you earlier I was little agitated because I meet buch of unsavory people I'am truly sorry"
"its okay ,no harms done anyway ,here cool off your head first"
Majima give him orange soda to akira while he having a cold beer
"hey where's mine ?"
"oh you thirsty to yuki-chan ,I forgot"
"how can you forgot about me and remember this kid while you only meet him second ago"
"ummmmm majima san" akira cutting yuki's rant
"can I help with your problem ,yuki-san already told me you after some bad guys that been harassing the girl working here"
Majima looks at akira eye that's when he see determination, anger, and fighting spirit he has the same eye as his rival kiryu the dragon of dojima ,he is diamond in the rough and when he remember how he lunge at him at the first time he can see that akira know how o fight ,he's un experience ,reckless ,unrefined but has a potential
"hehe I like your gut kid ,why not"
"what … its to dangerous if anything happ-"
"calm down yuki chan ,im gonna be the one who take care of the trash if worse come to worse"
"but-"
"no but ! this kid owe me to for making us lose the track of our target"
"thank you majima san"
"I may not looked like it but I actually used to tracking people down ,can you give me the description what kinda person we looking for when and where the first attack occurred"
Another perk for having police officer as father akira used to hear buch of cases form his dad so his deductive skill is above average person, after yuki describe the person to akira and they pay a visit to the "crime scene" akira found out that they only harassing the girl that work from sunshine and male costumer that spend big money on sunshine making the neighborhood around sunshine feels unsafe
"I assume it's the work you another cabaret club ,they didn't attack sunshine directly instead they make everyone who visit this neighborhood feel uncomfortable"
"what how the fuck did they do that !?"
"the homeless that I asked around here claim that its there first time hang around here ,some didn't even know the public toilet some even refuse to answer my question I assume the one who didn't answer my question are being paid to hang around here"
"that's horrible"
"fuck! we don't have evidence that they're being paid and I cant just punch a random homeless people, that gonna make sunshine looks worse"
"what do we do now ?"
"what your take on this kid?"
Akira begin twisting his hair
"I got an idea but its little extreme"
"spill it kid we didn't have much time its gonna get dark soon!"
"yuki san do you have used jacket im gonna dressed up like homeless guy try to make him spill the bean"
"not bad kid hey yuki chan get that ugly jacket that youda chan always ware"
"on it"
After couple minute yuki back with jacket in hand, a beanie surgical mask and sunglass
"okay this will do"
Akira start wearing the jacket surgical mask and sunglass now looking like a homeless man he start walking toward one of the man that didn't answer his question and start talking to the homeless man ,the first try the homeless ignore him ,the second laugh at him ,the third one just rambling nonstop about how he get laid off because he late at work but the last one
"hey are you the new guy"
Akira just nod
"the boss said meet him on dotonbori west footpath near bishamon bridge to collect our pay"
Akira nod again
"well I'm off"
'got him' after akira no longer see the homeless be signaling majima and yuki to come out from hiding
"well how is it ?"
"west footpath near bishamon bridge"
"nice kid now is my turn!"
the three of them heading to bishamon bridge
"that must be the guy we're looking for"
Akira pointing the guy wearing suit being surrounded by homeless man
"stay here kid you in charge of protecting yuki chan while I whoope they're ass"
"wait majima san! there is like 20 of them I think is better to call the cop"
"hey kid look at that man, that pin oh his suit….. that mean he's yakuza I never seen that pin before that mean they're probably green horn ,if you call the cop now its gonna complicate thing, you stay here with yuki chan im gonna make small talk with him"
"but-"
"no but kid ,stay put!"
Majima began walking toward they're target nad began to talk ,suddenly all the homeless around that man began surrounding majima ,akira guts tell him to step in but he know he probably just gonna be a burden ,even though akira wanted to help he know his limit and that's the most frustrating feeling he ever had, akira see one of the guy picking a baseball bat behind majima ,akira scream to warn majima of the incoming attack
"majima san watch-"
before akira finish his sentence the guy holding baseball bat was sent flying to the river by maijma swift kick, and the fight broke, 19 vs 1 it was beyond unjust but even with that odds akira didn't sense a single dread from majima ,he gracefully dodge all the incoming attack taking out one person at the time before he change his stance ,now he was dancing around the field kicking every one around him not giving his opponent chance to counter his move ,one of the who almost twice bigger than majima swing his arm punching majima head on breaking his guard but instead of panicking he used that momentum to counter the guy ,grabing the baseball bat and began swinging the bat like it was nunchaku ,the guy in suit get pissed seeing his minion getting taken out one by one and start pulling something from his chest pocket ,it was a gun as he ponting his gun toward majima ,but even that didn't make majima flinch instead majiam pulling his dagger, majima movement is unreadable it was like watching a mad man it was unpredictable but refined and grace full and with that he finish the fight by knocking the man with the back of his dagger after that ,majima began talking to him and after a few words his face began turn to pale and start groveling in the ground ,akira just watch with
"its done he's not gonna bother you again yuki chan"
"thank you majima san"
"now lets get this kid to his ma its getting dark your mother must be worried sick"
'oh yeah mother, shit im gonna get yelled at'
"ummmm majima san can I ask what's your name"
"huh oh ya its majima, goro majima what's your name kid"
"Kurusu ,Akira Kurusu …..umm can I ask you for another favor majima san"
"spill it kid!"
"can you teach me how to fight"