Chapter 7: The Nogizaka Dragon
Yuuto found himself in a dark clouded realm. He had his dark blue suit on and he is walking around, asking himself "What is this…? Where… am I?"
He continued to walk around for a bit, until… he found a dark figure. He asks, "Who are you?"
The figure did not respond. "Hey! I'm talking to you!" Yuuto cried out again
Then, Yuuto walked on over to where the figure is. Little did he know that the figure is walking towards him as well. Then, he gasped in shock when he saw what the figure is… himself, but he is shirtless. "Is that… me?" he thought
He turned around. So did his 'clone'… to reveal his dragon and cross tattoo that Utabori did a couple days ago. "How can that be?" the real Yuuto asked himself, "I have the same tattoo as… what appears to be me."
Then, his 'clone' grinned… but he gave an evil grin to Yuuto. He turns his head facing the dark clouds again. "Hey." Yuuto began to say, "What is it?"
Then, he turned around to reveal… the fully undressed and naked… Haruka Nogizaka. "Haruka!" Yuuto cried,
The 'evil clone' of Yuuto is holding the body of a long-haired blond girl with brown eyes. She began to cry, "Yuuto-san! Help me! Please save me!"
Yuuto tried to punch his clone, but… his clone gripped Yuuto's right fist. He gripped it so hard that Yuuto began to cry out himself! The clone then pushed Yuuto's fist and his body along with it to the side. Yuuto was left whimpering on the floor.
The clone chuckled evilly and… he gripped Haruka's throat, leaving her to choke to death. Yuuto looked up to see Haruka in danger. "Haruka!" he began to cry,
"Yu… Yuuto-san!" Haruka began to cry as his evil self continued to strangle her.
Yuuto tried to get up, but the harsh grip that he had endured kept him down. The pain he endured was like a guillotine to the head of a dead prisoner. The evil clone of Yuuto then lowered Haruka and he slowly gripped her head. "Yu-Yuuto-san!" Haruka cried, "Please get up! Please! Save me!"
She then gasps at the two hands of her potential killer. And then… SNAP! The evil Yuuto broke her neck. He then shut her eyes, and tossed her lifeless body to the side! He then grinned to his weak real self.
Yuuto then screamed out, "NO!"
He awakened from his hotel room to continue screaming. Shiina also awakened from her bed… to find Yuuto crying. "Yuuto!" she cried, "Yuuto! Are you OK?"
He kept panting and crying. "It's OK, Yuuto." Shiina comforted him as she hugged him, "It's going to be OK. Haruka will be saved…"
His panting and tears were slowly, but surely, deteriorating. "If you need a break…" she continues, "Go take a walk. Just try to calm yourself down."
As soon as Yuuto got outside in his Hakujou Private Academy uniform, his phone rang. It was Gentou. He picked it up. "Hello?" he said
"Yuuto!" Gentou began yelling, "What the hell have you been up to?"
"Still… finding clues on Haruka's disappearance." Yuuto answers, trying hard not to be too stressed out
"You have been slacking off, haven't you?" Gentou yells back, "I bet you were hitting the show pubs and drinking like a fish! I am very disappointed in you, Yuuto! We have only one day left before Haruka dies! And whose fault it'll be? Yours! Either straighten up or come home now!"
"NO!" Yuuto yells, "I'm going to save her, no matter what it takes! I'm going to fight through this and I'm not going to quit until she is safe!" And he hangs up his phone without a second thought.
Yuuto began to be extremely stressed out, but just then, he receives another phone call. This time, it was the tattoo artist, Utabori. "Hello?" he said
"Ah, Ayase-san." Utabori said, "I have the design of your lost love, Haruka Nogizaka, ready. Come by the tattoo parlour whenever you're ready."
"OK, Utabori-san." Yuuto responds, "I'll be right there." And he hangs up the phone.
Yuuto ran east up to Senryo Avenue from Shichifuku Street. He then turned right to head south on Senryo, right up to the alleyway. He went in the alley and right into the Ryuujin Building.
Yuuto walked inside and found Utabori. He quickly bows in respect and said, "Good morning."
"Ah, good morning, Ayase-san." Utabori replies back, "You do not feel too well. What is going on?"
"I'm sorry, Utabori-san." Yuuto answers, "I had a nightmare last night and… I feel extremely stressed. I got angry at someone over the phone."
"Ah. I see." Utabori said, "Would you like to tell me about it while I get your tattoo done?"
"Please." Yuuto said, "I would like you to hear your thoughts on that."
As Utabori drew the figure of Haruka Nogizaka on Yuuto's back, Yuuto explained the nightmare to him. After hearing it, Utabori responded, "I see what you're going through. A raging volcano can make a town burn in flames. A calm volcano can keep the lava flowing inside. When a person is angry, he or she acts like a volcano and can burn down everyone he or she loves. Soon, he or she may burn down everyone in the city with his or her consumed anger. If one is a calm volcano, he can be stronger in the heart."
A few hours later, Yuuto walked out of the Ryuujin Building and took off his shirt for a bit. The tattoo design now had Haruka in what appears to be a wedding dress. Her hair had golden roses. She is positioned in front of the dragon and the Christian cross that Utabori did on Yuuto earlier.
"Wow…" Yuuto thought in admittance, "Utabori handled Haruka's design very nicely. I just hope she is still alive…"
He then decides to take a walk north, heading out of the alleyway right to Taihei Boulevard East. He then slowly walked west right up to Tenkaichi Street. He then walked south up to a host club called Stardust, and then… he noticed a drunkard harassing a school girl in a small alley. He thought, "Hm? What's this?" And he whips out his cellphone.
The drunkard said as he walked around in an odd fashion, "Hey… Come on, little one… Please take me… to your place…"
The school girl said politely, "Please let me be."
The drunkard then asked, "What kind of cosplay bar do you work at, huh?"
The school girl answers, "I don't work at those places… I'm just going home from school."
The drunkard tries to grab her, but he missed as she moved away. He said, "Hey, hold up…" And then… The drunkard grabbed her… upper private area from behind. The school girl dropped her bag as the drunkard giggled when he grabbed her… melons. And then… the school girl screamed so loud that everyone started to notice. Then, she looked at the drunkard and yelled, "You asshole!"
The drunkard gasped. The girl elbowed the drunkard's face, grabbed his arm, snapped it in half and tossed him right into the pile of garbage bags close to the alley. She panted and heaved. Then, she gasped and cried out, "Oh my!" The school girl picked up the bag and ran off. Yuuto thought as he got the good photos, "That girl… She reversed the drunkard's grapple in a fitting rage!"
Yuuto then thought "I've got it!" Then, he rammed his cellphone buttons like mad like he did with the past instances he did this. Then, he slams down the button to confirm.
In his mind, Yuuto sees himself grappled from behind by an opponent. He elbows him to the face, grabbed his arm, spun around and snapped it in half. Yuuto then lifts up the broken arm and tosses his opponent down to the floor.
Yuuto ran back to the Weapons Van near Beam and bought another Bulletproof Vest for Shiina.
Afterwards, Yuuto decides to walk back to Kamuro Castle to continue his mission.
Yuuto went inside Kamuro Castle and spoke to Ibuki. "Good afternoon." Ibuki said, "What do you need, Yuuto-san?"
"Boss!" someone cried, "Are you all right?" In came a worker from the Straight Life Association, tired from running.
"What is it?" Ibuki asked
"There's someone outside Kamuro Castle." The worker explains, "Apparently, he wants to have a word with you."
"Let's go take a look." Ibuki said and he led Yuuto and the worker outside.
Ibuki, Yuuto and the worker hid in the corner and noticed a man with a brown jacket and wearing sunglasses yelling. "Hey! Come out, Ibuki!" the man cried, "I've got a bone to pick with you!"
"I know that man." Ibuki whispered, "That's the man known as Sentetsu, the Wild Stallion of Kamurocho. He goes around setting fireworks and causing havoc around yakuza territory. I'm a bit surprised he's here. Yuuto-san, you think you can calm him down a bit?"
Yuuto bows and replies, "You got it, Ibuki-san."
Then, Yuuto walked over to Sentetsu and said, "Hey! What's going on here?"
"Huh?" Sentetsu cried, "Who the fuck are you? And where the fuck is Ibuki?"
"I'm nobody special." Yuuto answers, "And Ibuki is rather busy."
"I don't give a rat's ass how busy he is!" Sentetsu yells, "Either you get him to come out here or I smoke your ass!"
"Forget it!" Yuuto cried, "With that attitude, you won't get what you want!"
"Fine!" Sentetsu yells, "It's time I go pyrotechnical on your sorry ass!" He pulls out his sub-machine gun. He quickly fired. The bullets were flash bangs, but Yuuto managed to evade the hail of fireworks. Yuuto grabbed Sentetsu by the collar and bashed him in the face and in the gut before letting go. Sentetsu fired again. This time, the flash bangs hit Yuuto in the midsection, knocking him down.
"Oww…" Yuuto thought as he got up. He quickly grabbed Sentetsu by the collar and while he struggled to throw him down, Yuuto managed to flip him over his shoulder and down on the floor. Yuuto then gave Sentetsu a quick stomp.
"C-Crap!" Sentetsu cried as he got up. Sentetsu fired his sub-machine gun again. The bullets struck Yuuto in the gut and he was knocked down again. "Man!" Yuuto thought, "This is annoying! I'll make him pay for this!"
Yuuto got up and as Sentetsu fired his weapon, he got behind Sentetsu and did his hammer hook combo strike. Sentetsu did not even flinch. "But at least he's taking shots." Yuuto thought
Yuuto kept behind Sentetsu and delivered each punch and each kick on him as the sub-machine gun kept hailing flash bang-type bullets. Then, Yuuto got in front of Sentetsu, sidestepped the sub-machine gun, grabbed Sentetsu's armed hand, slapped him with his right hand and bashed him with his palm.
"C-Crap!" Sentetsu cried as tried firing again; only to get interrupted by a quick kick… and he slouched down.
Yuuto felt the pink aura coming back. He got into a horse stance and screamed. Then, he rose up.
Yuuto ran to Sentetsu and gave him a knee to the face. Sentetsu staggered backwards a bit. Yuuto walked up to Sentetsu, gripped his shoulder and… POW! He smashed Sentetsu with a huge headbutt.
"Oww…" Sentetsu cried as he got up slowly. "W… Who are you?"
"I'm just a plain high-school student…" Yuuto answered,
"Yuuto-san!" Ibuki cried as he ran up
"Oh! Ibuki!" Yuuto cried, "What is it?"
Ibuki said, "Leave the questioning to Sentetsu to me this time. I'll ask him what we need to know."
A few minutes later, inside Kamuro Castle, Ibuki began to speak to Yuuto. "So I spoke to Sentetsu and here's what we know. Sentetsu joined the Hitmen because he did not like it here. I believe it was the direction on how we're treating him is at fault. I'll make sure to correct it. He was hired by the Nogizaka maids for a fireworks display at Haruka's birthday party… but one of his creations was botched up for unknown reasons. Because of this, he was let go. Here's your reward, Yuuto-san."
Ibuki gave Yuuto ¥150,000 as a reward for calming down Sentetsu.
Yuuto looked in the folder for another Hitman to find. When he looked inside, he gasped as he found someone with the exact same name as him… The Hitman next on the docket is named "Supernova Avenger Yuuto". He just joined the Hitmen, but has quickly become a rising star from within the group. He was last seen at a park.
"Oh no…" Yuuto thought, starting to cringe at the feeling that he might fight against his 'evil' self. "I just hope that nightmare isn't true…"
"Yuuto?" someone asks from behind, "Are you OK?"
It was Shiina. Yuuto tried to put a straight face, and said, "Yeah… I'll be OK… Umm... Here's something I bought at the Weapons Van." He gave her the Bulletproof Vest he bought at the Weapons Van near Beam.
She looked at it and said, "Thanks, Yuuto! I can certainly use this!" She then put on the vest under her Hakujou Private Academy uniform.
Yuuto then said, "Come with me, Shiina."
"OK." Shiina said, feeling a bit concerned for Yuuto, but she knows that she got a useful item from him. They both headed out to find "Hitman Yuuto".
Yuuto felt a bit queasy upon reading about his bad version of himself. As he and Shiina went around Kamurocho in search of "Hitman Yuuto", he was looking down on the ground, sadly. Shiina looked across and asked "What is it?"
Yuuto sighs sadly and said, "I had a nightmare last night."
"What is it all about?" Shiina asked
"I was looking at someone..." Yuuto said, "When I walked towards him, I discovered... that person... was me."
"Huh?" Shiina said, now interested, "What do you mean by this?"
"He looks like me. He smells like me. We both turned around and I saw the dragon tattoo that Utabori made. I don't think you have seen the tattoo on my back." Yuuto explains, "But unlike me, he has an evil grin on his face. At one point, he gripped the throat of someone... Haruka Nogizaka."
"What?" Shiina cried out,
Yuuto continued, "He put her body in front of me and... when he was still grinning like an insane lunatic, I watched him break her neck!" Those last words made him angry with fury.
He screamed and... then he panted. "Yuuto..." Shiina began, "I know you and Haruka better than anyone. I know you don't have a mean bone in your body."
"I... I don't know." Yuuto sniffled, still panting
"Look." Shiina said, "Why don't we go to a park for a little while? We can calm down for a bit and then we find 'Hitman Yuuto'."
"Yeah..." Yuuto agreed, still feeling the effects of the nightmare. "I can try that."
They were on Shichifuku Street and on that street is the Children's Park. So, they made their way there. Upon arrival, they heard whistling coming from the benches. "Wooooh!" a guy said, taking notice of Shiina's beautiful and slender figure. "You know if I could rearrange the alphabet, I'd put U and I together, babe."
Shiina scoffed at the street punk, "You are so cheesy. Leave me alone."
"Come on, babe!" another street punk called out, "Ditch your man and come with us!"
Yuuto, despite being being in tears, spoke up and said, "She goes with me... you assholes!"
"Huh?" a third street punk cried out
"OK, bitch." the street punk leader called out, "We'll get blood out of your eyes, then!" And he ran to Yuuto, only to meet the palm of Shiina Amamiya.
"Leave Yuuto and me... alone!" she threatened, "But, if you want to fight... I'll make sure you and your friends fall face down so you won't look at me the same again!"
The street punk leader felt turned on as he got up. "Ahh... I love that fire, babe!" he said, "OK, boys! Go easy on the cute one here... and make sure her man never walks again!"
Yuuto struggled to put his emotions aside. But, he went into his fighting stance. He pounded on the third street punk with his 3-punch-2-kick-and-spin-kick combo. He propped the punk up and took him out with his jab-under hook-and-uppercut combo.
Shiina was grabbed from behind by the leader, but Yuuto saw the attempted grab and did a running drop kick on the leader, forcing him to let go. Just then, he was grabbed from behind, but he remembered something.
Yuuto gave the punk an elbow to the face, forcing him to let go, spun around grabbing the punk's arm and snapped it in two! Then, Yuuto raised up the punk's arm and threw him down over his body.
Yuuto and Shiina focused on the leader. Both kids did their combo attacks, which made the leader drop on all fours.
All three punks were indeed face-down on the floor... and could not get up any more. "When I said they'll fall face down," Shiina said, "I didn't mean it literally."
Someone began to laugh. In came a punk that looked exactly like Yuuto... the difference is that instead of wearing Yuuto's Hakujou Private Academy uniform, the punk had on a black puffy jacket and blue jeans. "So, you're the team the school calls, the Hakujou Hitman Hunters, Yuuto Ayase and Shiina Amamiya."
Yuuto gasps and notices his near-twin self. "It's him!" he thought, "He's the guy in my nightmare!"
"I'm the one Kamurocho calls, the Supernova Avenger, Yuuto." the cocky twin cried out
"I hear talk going around these streets that you two are going to risk your lives searching for your classmate, Haruka Nogizaka." the punk Yuuto said
Both the hero Yuuto and Shiina gasped. "I won't waste my time letting you know how's she doing." the punk Yuuto said, "But, here's what I am going to do. I'm going to beat you and your little friend here... and I'm going to go wild on her and your little girlfriend!" He emphasized the last point by pointing at Shiina.
"Ugh! You wish!" Shiina cried, "Come on, Yuuto! Let's teach him a lesson!"
But Yuuto was frozen in fear. He knew it was the exact same person in his nightmare he had a night ago. "Yuuto! Come on!" Shiina cries, "Snap out of it! We gotta take this guy out! I know he looks like you, smells like you and... maybe dresses like you... But he's not you!"
Yuuto's mind is racing on the of the punk Yuuto and the Yuuto in his nightmare, who snapped Haruka's neck, leaving her to die. Then... he roared... like a dragon.
And he did a running drop kick on the punk Yuuto! "I hope Yuuto's going to be OK..." Shiina thought as she got into her fighting stance.
The hero Yuuto grabbed the punk Yuuto, gripped him up in the air and... POW! He slammed his face to the ground.
"Ugh..." the punk Yuuto cried as he got up. He quickly took out his gun and shot Yuuto in the shoulder. The hero Yuuto did a quick jab, only to miss the punk Yuuto. He dodged backwards, but he did not see Shiina behind him. She did a jumping elbow and knee strike, hitting the punk Yuuto. The hero Yuuto rushed to his punk self and hit him with his 3-punch-and-hammer-hook combo.
"You pricks..." the punk Yuuto cried, "I'm the real Yuuto around here! Try some of this!" He rapidly shot his gun at Yuuto and Shiina, knocking them down.
Shiina thought, "Yuuto was right to give me that Bulletproof Vest. I could have been shot dead!"
Shiina got up while Yuuto did a quick down reversal kick on the punk Yuuto before getting up.
The punk Yuuto took the jab from the hero Yuuto, but blocked the rest of his strikes. The punk did a spinning kick on Yuuto's gut and shot him in the chest. Shiina hit the punk Yuuto with a punch, palm and then she grabbed his head and smashed him with a jumping knee strike.
While the hero Yuuto stomped on the punk Yuuto, Shiina taunted, "I'll never go out with you!"
"You... bitch!" The punk Yuuto cried as he got up. He delivered two gun bashes on Shiina and as the hero Yuuto began striking at the punk Yuuto, he missed and got dizzy from a bash from his pistol.
The punk Yuuto grabbed Shiina's midsection. The hero Yuuto quickly recovered and forced the punk Yuuto to let go with a swift roundhouse kick.
"You're annoying me, Yuuto!" the punk Yuuto cried out and bashed the hero Yuuto with a pistol whip that... made his nose bleed. Then, the punk Yuuto rapidly shot Shiina and the hero Yuuto.
The hero Yuuto found himself bleeding from his nose and face, after a bullet nearly grazed his face, as he got up. The hero Yuuto grabbed the punk Yuuto and threw him over his shoulder. Shiina did a spinning flip that put her left heel on the punk Yuuto's midsection.
"Ugh..." the punk Yuuto cried as he got up, then the hero Yuuto punched the punk and he began to kneel down.
The heavenly pink energy came back to the hero Yuuto. He got into a horse stance and screamed. And then he rose up.
The hero Yuuto picked up the punk Yuuto and tossed him up in mid-air. Then, the hero Yuuto jumped up and... POW! He delivered a drop kick that caused the punk Yuuto to fly and drop down.
The punk Yuuto growled as he got up. "I'm still standing, you punk ass bitch!" He tried to deliver a pistol whip, but... POW! It was reversed by the hero Yuuto's Toraotoshi! Then, the hero Yuuto ran up to the downed punk Yuuto and savagely punched his face.
The punk Yuuto could not get up anymore. The hero Yuuto began to pant... and he was about to deliver the finishing blow until...
"Yuuto! That's enough!" Shiina shouted at him, getting in his way.
The hero Yuuto began to cry. Shiina was really concerned about her good friend. "It's going to be fine, Yuuto. I know how you feel... but, listen to me. What he said about Haruka is not true. It's going to be OK." And she hugged Yuuto tightly.
"Your..." the punk Yuuto cried, "Your bitch is... still alive! Our boss won't kill her until... he gets money's worth. I hooked up thinking I can ride with the cool boys... who hate yakuza. When I got the info on your girl, Haruka... I was excited to... bring her to the boss... Funny how... She is good friends with you two. I should let the boss know... who is rescuing your girl..."
"No, you are not." Shina said, letting go of the emotionally-hurt Yuuto for a bit. "We're taking you in right away. We're gonna find more of you guys and get Haruka to safety... and there's not a thing you can do about it." And she pulls out her cell to call Ibuki...
A few minutes later, the punk Yuuto was taken to Kamuro Castle. A worker from the Straight Life Association said, "Thank you for bringing in Hitman Yuuto. Ibuki would like to see you both back at Kamuro Castle."
Back at Kamuro Castle, Ibuki began to speak to both Yuuto and Shiina. "Thank you for bringing in Hitman Yuuto. I think now you can let go of your nightmare, Yuuto-san. Your twin will probably do someting non-lethal for your school. Shiina Here's your reward, Yuuto-san and Shiina-san."
Ibuki gave Yuuto and Shiina ¥180,000 for capturing the Hitman Yuuto. Yuuto began to breathe in. Then, he looked at Shiina and said, "Thanks, Shiina. I'm glad to hear that Haruka will be OK. Let's keep it going, yes?"
"Oh, yes!" Shiina said happily, "I'm glad you feel much better, Yuuto."
Then, he looked in the folder for another Hitman to find and bring in. Next on the docket is an elite Hitman named "Executive Avenger Gohren". He's an executive director of an unknown firm, but there are rumours circulating that he may have hired a large number of grunts. The file also says that he might have a vendetta against other families in the Tojo Clan. He is currently hiding in an office somewhere in Kamurocho.
"Ready, Shiina?" Yuuto asks
"Oh, yes!" Shiina said with confidence and they both left Kamuro Castle to hunt down Gohren.
Yuuto and Shiina ran out of the alleyway and went north on Pink Street. He stopped and said, "I need to go to the Weapons Van. I need some weapons."
"OK." Shiina said and followed him to the van near Beam on Pink Street.
Yuuto went inside and said to the dealer, "I would like a pair of Brass Knuckles and an Evergreen Kodachi."
"Sure, kid." the dealer said, "That'll be ¥8,400."
Yuuto paid the dealer and he was given the Brass Knuckles and the Evergreen Kodachi. He then left the Weapons Van.
Once he made it outside, Yuuto said, "I have to go to Beam for a second. Please wait here, Shiina."
"OK." Shiina said as he went inside.
Yuuto went to the counter and asked the shopkeeper, "I would like... "All Japan Taiko Tour", "Dragon – Explosive Touch" and... "Hangers for Beginners."
"Sure, kid." the shopkeeper said, "That'll be ¥11,400."
Yuuto paid the shopkeeper and received the three DVD's. He immediately left Beam afterwards.
Once he got outside, Yuuto said, "I know a spot where our weapons can be repaired."
"OK. Let's head there, then." Shiina agreed and followed Yuuto. He led her to a shop his sister, Ruko, called him about before. It is Works Kamiyama.
They both went inside. Yuuto bowed and said, "Good evening, Kamiyama-san."
"Ah!" Renji cried, "G-Good evening, Yuuto-san! W-What do you need?"
"Can you repair a weapon for me?" Yuuto asked and gave him the Fine Steel Dachi.
"S-Sure, Yuuto-san." Renji replied, "¥70,000, please."
"OK." Yuuto said and paid the money. He then asked, "Can we look around for a bit?"
"S-Sure." Renji said, "Look all y-you want. I'll be here w-when you need anything." He then got to work on Yuuto's Dachi.
Yuuto and Shiina looked around for a while. Then, they noticed a set of brass knuckles called "Ogre Knuckles". It is said that this set of brass knuckles are more powerful than the conventional set of brass knuckles. "That is nice, don't you think?" Shiina said
"Oh yes." Yuuto agreed, "Do you want a pair?"
"Sure!" Shiina said happily
Yuuto didn't want to bother Renji just yet. He needed to finish repairing his weapon, so he decided to wait.
A few minutes have passed. Renji said, "All done, Y-Yuuto-san." He gave the fully repaired Fine Steel Dachi back to Yuuto.
"Thank you very much, Kamiyama-san." Yuuto replied politely, then he asked, "Can I have a pair of Ogre Knuckles, a Black Book and maybe... a White Book?"
"S-Sure!" Renji replied, "¥131,200 please."
"OK." Yuuto said and paid for the weapons and books.
"T-Thank you very much." Renji said and gave the materials to Yuuto. Yuuto gave one pair of Ogre Knuckles to Shiina. He looked at the books.
"Ooh!" Yuuto thought, "When I wield a sword, I can counter an attempted slash and slash back at the opponent multiple times."
Yuuto looked further. He thought, "I can put my sword, focus and then make a huge slash to my opponent from far away."
Yuuto looked further. He thought, "With a dagger, I can cut down four opponents while running. Pretty useful."
Then, he and Shiina left Renji to his business.
When the two went outside, they ran out of the alley and ran south on Senryo Avenue. Then, right when they got close to a singing parlour called Karaoke Kan, they noticed two grey-suited men. Yuuto walked up to one and said, "Excuse me, but have you seen someone named Gohren?"
"Huh?" one of the grey-suited men said, "Who the hell are you two?"
"We're here to ask him something." Shiina said
"We'll decide if it's OK to let you talk to our boss." the other grey-suited man said, "Now, shove off before I beat your ass."
"We did not want to do this, but you leave us no choice." Yuuto said and both he and Shiina got into their fighting poses.
"OK, then..." the first grey-suited man said, "You asked for it! Time to die, kiddies!"
Yuuto rushed at the first grey-suited man with a Sabakiuchi-style headbutt. He then did his 2-punch-body-and-knee combo attack. Shiina hit the second grey-suited man with a charging palm.
Yuuto propped his man up while Shiina grabbed hers by the collar. Yuuto then grabbed his grey-suited man by the collar. Shiina pulled her target forward and Yuuto pulled his via headlock and... POW! Both men collided with each other, falling to the floor. "Get out!" Yuuto and Shiina both cried out
The first grey-suited man said, weakly, "Gohren's... inside. You... have our permission... to go."
Yuuto and Shiina nodded and went inside.
Upon entry in an office, which has two desks on the side wall and varying calendars posted on the wall, they found a man dressed in a black suit with a grey shirt underneath. His hair was nicely gelled and brown like chocolate.
"Good evening. My name is Gohren." He spoke, "How are you this evening?"
"We want to ask you some questions about a few things." Shiina answers
"About what?" Gohren asks
"We heard that you may be involved in a crime-related spree involving yakuza." Yuuto said,
"Why would you want to know that?" Gohren asked
"We just wanted to make sure you are not doing anything fishy like..." Yuuto said, "...starting a family of ex-yakuza gangsters."
"And going after yakuza families within big groups like the Tojo Clan." Shiina said
"Hmm..." Gohren said, "I see your point." And then he pushed a button. "I'll explain everything in detail..."
Just then, 6 men rushed into the office at Gohren's side. Then, Gohren yelled, "...after you take a long nap in Tokyo Bay!"
Yuuto went after the fat purple suit man and hit him with his 3-punch-2-kick-and-spin-kick combo. The fat man hit a wall and dropped to the floor. Then... Yuuto stepped on his face and jumped on it!
Yuuto then grabbed a red suit man and threw him over his shoulder, hitting a grey suit man. Shiina was grabbed from behind by a yellow suit man and took shots from a red suit man in a boxing stance. Yuuto rushed over, grabbed the boxing-stanced man by the collar and slammed and bashed his head on a desk!
Yuuto made the yellow suit man let go after hitting him with a 3-punch-and-hammer-hook combo attack. The yellow suit man charged up for a Haymaker punch, but... POW! Yuuto reversed it with a Muay Thai-like Ukenageshi reversal, which took the man out. Shiina hit the green suit man with a palm, an elbow and a spin kick. Yuuto came to her aid and finished him with a Sabakiuchi-style punch.
"Hey!" Shiina giggled, "He was mine! But thanks, anyway."
"Well, that's one less gangster to worry about." Yuuto laughs
Then, Yuuto grabbed the blue suit man by the collar, rammed his face to the wall, which made him kneel and... POW! Yuuto bashed the man's head with his knee driving the face to the wall... and he was knocked out.
The grey suit man grew scared of both Yuuto and Shiina. Yuuto rushed over and gave him a drop kick. Yuuto got up and stomped on the grey suit man. The grey suit man got up only to be grabbed by Yuuto by the collar and be punched in the face, in the gut and in the face once more. He was down and out.
Gohren began to be a bit scared. "Please... spare me! I'll talk! I'll talk!" he cried out
"OK." Yuuto said as he and Shiina faced him. "Tell us how you are an executive Hitman."
"You see..." Gohren started but before Yuuto and Shiina could hear anything coming from Gohren's mouth... they were knocked out by a big henchman! Gohren chuckled evilly.
Yuuto awakened... to find himself at the top of the Millennium Tower. Shiina was still knocked out. Yuuto said, "Shiina! Get up!"
Shiina slowly awakened. "Where... are we?" she asked weakly
"We're on top of the Millennium Tower." Yuuto answered
"Why is that?" Shiina asked
Someone chuckled. Yuuto turned to face Gohren, but he was not alone. Behind Gohren are 65 of his best ex-yakuza gangsters.
"You see," Gohren said, "It's true. I quickly rose to executive status because I hit yakuza families hard. I hit them hard enough to force them to leave the business forever. As a result, I did want to start a family. But, this family was to terrorize various families within the Tojo Clan."
Shiina slowly got up... and she was awed by the 65 ex-yakuza gangsters. "We're going to come at them, demanding money... power... and respect."
"But why?" Shiina asked
"Because we have been disenfranchised by the Tojo for so long," Gohren continued, "That it's time we strike back at them... And you two are in a stroke of luck."
"Huh?" Yuuto and Shiina said
"Let me show you how powerful my family can be." Gohren said and waved his arm forward at the two students. All 65 men crowded around Yuuto and Shiina.
"Looks like the odds are stacked against us." Yuuto said,
"It's perfect!" Shiina cried, brimming with confidence, "We can do it, Yuuto!"
Yuuto nods then yells, "Do you all want to die tonight?"
Shiina cries, "Don't you hold back on us!"
Then, they both yelled, "BRING IT ON!"
The first ten men circled around Yuuto and Shiina. Yuuto took out three men with his 3-punch-and-2-kick-and-spin-kick combo strike. In came three more men: a fat one, one carrying a knife and one in a boxing stance. Shiina already took one of her men out with her elbow, palm and a jumping knee after grabbing him.
"Don't just stand there!" Gohren yells, "Kill them!"
The knife-wielding gangster thrusted his piece at Yuuto... only to be reversed by the Ukenageshi. Then, Yuuto focused his heavenly energy on his right leg, did a spin jump and... knocked the gangster out with his leg!
Another gangster jumped in the fray: a yellow suit man. Shiina did a jumping elbow and knee strike to a gangster, and finished him off with an upper-and-sky-kick combo strike. A stun gun-wielding gangster came in... and shocked Shiina with his stun gun.
After Yuuto threw the boxing-stanced gangster over his shoulder, he saw Shiina get shocked. He ran over, quickly arming himself with the Evergreen Kodachi and swiftly sliced four gangsters that were in his path!
Four new men jumped in the fray: one with a pistol in his hand, one in a kickboxing stance, a fat one holding a sledgehammer and one holding a katana. Yuuto quickly sliced down the stun gun-toting gangster
"Thanks, Yuuto." Shiina said as she got up. Yuuto saw a flying knee at his direction and... he quickly reversed it with a Toraotoshi, sending the kickboxing gangster flying at his allies, knocking them down for a bit.
Both Yuuto and Shiina nodded and armed themselves with their signature weapons: Yuuto had his Fine Steel Dachi while Shiina had her Dragon Naginata Spear. Yuuto sheathed his Dachi and focused. He shut his eyes... and opened them. He rushed to the fat sledgehammer-wielding gangster, slowly unsheathing his Dachi and... SLASH! While the sledgehammer was up, the fat gangster could not defend himself from Yuuto's attack and laid down, face-down while Yuuto wiped his Dachi, cleaning the blood out.
Another fat gangster took his place. Shiina smacked the katana-wielding gangster in the head, poked him on the underside and flipped the Naginata Spear, flipping him down and out.
Another katana-wielding gangster jumped in. Yuuto hacked away at two other gangsters. He evaded a shot from a pistol-toting gangster and took him out with three more slashes.
A gangster with a boxing stance came in and missed a jab, but hit Yuuto with an uppercut, sending him up, but Yuuto quickly regained his footing. He saw the kickboxing gangster he reversed his attack earlier and hacked away at him, laying him down.
Shiina spun her Naginata Spear over the heads of three gangsters making them dizzy. She finished off two of three of them with her low sweep of her spear and the blade hitting hard on the third gangster.
Three more gangsters jumped in: a normal one, a pistol-toting one and a fat one. "Yuuto! Watch out!" Shiina cried as she saw the katana-wielding gangster approach Yuuto, ready to slash him.
Yuuto reacted fast and locked swords with his, quickly disarming the gangster and hitting him with 5 stylized slashes, including a jumping slash which took him out.
Yuuto quickly took out two more gangsters with his hacking and slashing, before three more men jumped in. "Thanks, Shiina." he replied
Gohren was angry. "Come on, men! Destroy them both! They're a couple of puny students!" he yells
Yuuto signalled Shiina to disarm their weapons and… arm themselves… with nothing. Yuuto quickly took out three gangsters with his 3-punch-2-kick-and-spin-kick combo. Five men crowded around Yuuto and tried to strike Yuuto with their punches and kicks… only to be reversed by the Hajikigaeshi, after blocking the flurry of attacks.
Shiina blocked all the boxing and kickboxing attacks with her leg kneeled up. A stun gun-toting gangster ran up… and shocked Yuuto! Yuuto laid down face-down… only to play possum and kick the stun gun-armed gangster's legs! Yuuto grabbed his arm, rolled him down and popped him one in the face! He then let go of the fallen gangster's leg.
A big gangster ran and shoulder-rushed Shiina from behind! The kickboxing gangster did a low kick on the fallen Shiina. Yuuto grabbed the kickboxing gangster from behind and threw him over his shoulder, hitting the other two gangsters. A fat gangster came up to Yuuto and tried to strike from behind… only to be met by Yuuto's palm as he quickly turned around.
Shiina got up to face the same gangster which shoulder-rushed her before. Then, she saw two more gangsters slowly approach her. She blocked most of their attacks, but got her guard broken by a shoulder strike from a big gangster.
Yuuto reacted quickly and took the flying knee intended for Shiina that sent him up, but he quickly regained his footing and bashed the three gangsters around Shiina. The big gangster tried punching Yuuto… only to be punched in the gut and thrown down by Yuuto.
"Thanks, Yuuto." Shiina said while Yuuto threw the kickboxing gangster over his shoulder
"You're welcome." Yuuto replied. A stun gun-armed and a knife-wielding gangster jumped in. Yuuto reversed the stun gun strike with the Ukenageshi. Yuuto threw the stun gun user over his shoulder, hitting the knife-wielding gangster and a fat sledgehammer-armed gangster.
The fat gangster swung the sledgehammer at Yuuto, hitting him causing him to fall, but he regained his balance and bashed the fat man.
He saw Shiina getting cornered by two boxing-stanced gangsters and a kickboxing-stanced gangster. She struck down a boxer with her palm-elbow-and-spin-kick combo strike. He ran only to be grabbed by a gangster on the waist… But he reversed the grapple by breaking the gangster's head and throwing him down!
Shiina took out the other boxer with her jumping clinching knee after hitting him with her elbow and palm. She did not see a spinning kick by the kickboxer and took a shot which made her dizzy. Yuuto quickly took out the sledgehammer-armed gangster with his 2-punch-body-and-knee combo strike, before coming to her aid. He struck down the kickboxer by striking him with his 3-punch-and-hammer-hook combo. Shiina finished him with her spinning heel.
Five more gangsters came out. A big one was about to punch Yuuto until… he zipped behind him and… POW! He struck him from behind. Yuuto zipped to a fat gangster and slapped him twice which brought him down. He zipped to the boxing-stanced gangster and bashed him one in the face! Then, Yuuto zipped to the kickboxing-stanced gangster, grabbed his hand, slapped him down and slapped him in the face which sent him flying! All four men could not get up anymore.
Gohren was in awe and shock. "What… What are they?" He thought
Yuuto nodded at Shiina and they armed themselves… with the Ogre Knuckles Yuuto bought at Works Kamiyama!
Yuuto bashed out a gangster with a flurry of punches. Shiina gracefully swung her legs side-to-side, kicking the fat gangster and finished the strike hitting him in the gut.
Yuuto saw a pistol-toting gangster aiming at Shiina and ran towards him. He rolled forward… smashed the gangster's midsection with his head and finished the attack by getting up and did the overhead kick to the gunman's head, taking him out.
Shiina was crowded by three more gangsters, but she took them out by spinning her arms, with her Ogre Knuckles hitting her opponents' skulls. Yuuto quickly dispatched two more gangsters with his harsh punches.
More gangsters crowded around Yuuto and Shiina. Shiina put her fists to the floor, rolled up her body and smashed a gangster with her fists, taking him down and out. A gangster tried to punch Yuuto… only to be reversed by the Toraotoshi… and be taken out.
A big gangster with brass knuckles came out. After Shiina swung her arms down to take out a gangster, she noticed the brass knuckles-armed gangster. He bashed Shiina, breaking her guard on the first punch and smashing her on the second, which knocked her down.
Yuuto defeated a fat gangster and noticed Shiina ganged up by the brass knuckles-armed gangster, a boxing-stanced gangster and a kickboxing-stanced gangster. He ran to aid his friend and rapid-punched the brass knuckles-armed thug.
Shiina got up, but slowly… to see Yuuto beating down the brass knuckles-armed gangster. Shiina did a side-sweeping kick on the boxing-stanced gangster. The brass knuckles-armed thug tried a punch, but… POW! With a Toraotoshi reversal from Yuuto, he was flown right to the boxing-stanced thug, which took him out.
Shiina looked at the kickboxing-stanced gangster. She did a waving kick to the body and she broke his skull with a one-two punch. Yuuto ran to the brass knuckles-armed thug who was down and… stepped on his face, jumped on it and elbow-dropped on it!
When the kickboxing-stanced thug fell down, much of the remaining gangsters became extremely scared and cried out, "Aah! They're monsters! Let's get out of here, boys!" And ten of them ran away like ants.
Gohren cried, "You cowards! Come back here and fight like men!" Then he yelled at Yuuto and Shiina, "You will die here tonight, even if I have to kill you myself!"
Yuuto turned to Shiina and said, "I'll go after Gohren. Try to take out the thugs!"
"OK!" Shiina acknowledged
Yuuto and Shiina disarmed their own sets of Ogre Knuckles. Gohren pulled out his large axe. He took a big swing, but he missed Yuuto by a mile as he dodged the swing of his axe. Yuuto hammered Gohren with his 3-punch-2-kick-and-spin-kick combo. Yuuto armed himself with the Ogre Knuckles and… POW! He punched Gohren, square in the face!
Yuuto disarmed his brass knuckles as Gohren got up. Gohren tried kicking Yuuto, but Yuuto blocked the kicks and reversed one with the Hajikigaeshi leaving Gohren open. Yuuto grabbed Gohren by the collar, threw him over his shoulder and stomped on him.
Gohren got up and screamed as he took a wild swing at Yuuto, only to miss as Yuuto dodged it. Gohren tried swinging the axe again, but Yuuto dodged to the left and gave him a Sabakiuchi-style punch.
Shiina took care of two gangsters as Yuuto fought Gohren. Yuuto saw Gohren spin near his gangsters. Gohren swung the axe with force, but Yuuto dodged left. Yuuto signalled to Shiina to attack from behind.
Shiina did a spinning dodge as Gohren did a combo-like swing of his axe, missing Yuuto as he rolled. As Gohren swung his axe, Shiina attacked him with an upper-and-sky-kick combo strike. Gohren angrily reloaded his weapon. As the gangsters crowded around the students, Yuuto and Shiina used their combo attacks on him.
Gohren got up… only to slouch down. Yuuto felt the heavenly energy coming back to him. He got into a horse stance and screamed. He then rose up.
Yuuto grabbed Gohren and tossed him up in the air. Yuuto jumped up, and… POW! He drop kicked Gohren, sending him right to the three surviving gangsters and on the floor. All the men were laid out.
Gohren looked up at Yuuto and Shiina and said, "Wha… What are… high-school students… like you… doing here… in Kamurocho?" He then fainted
Yuuto and Shiina were panting, knowing they both been through a harsh fight. Despite all odds, they soundly defeated Gohren and his 65 gangsters.
"Should we call?" Shiina asked, still a bit tired
"Sure." Yuuto said, also tired. He then called Ibuki.
After the mess of downed bodies was cleaned up, Yuuto and Shiina leaned on the gate overlooking Tokyo. Yuuto was sucking on a lollipop.
"It's a beautiful sight, isn't it?" Shiina asked
"Yes. It is." Yuuto replied, then sighed "It would have been better with Haruka. She would love this."
"Oh." Shiina said, somewhat sadly
Then, Yuuto began to speak. "Shiina… Do you think I did the right thing?"
"What do you mean?" Shiina asked
"Coming here to Kamurocho…" Yuuto said, "Doing my task of finding Haruka Nogizaka…"
"I think you're doing the right thing, Yuuto." Shiina said, "I also think you've come a long way since I first met you."
"What do you mean?" Yuuto asked
"You're growing strong, Yuuto." Shiina said, "You're growing a strong mind, a strong body… and a strong heart. All this time, neither Haruka nor I have seen this growth in you. You may not be a popular guy at our school, but I know that when you do save Haruka Nogizaka, everyone will be talking about it for the rest of their lives. You are your own person, Yuuto… Never forget your roots nor do you forget how kind you are."
After hearing all this, Yuuto stood up and looked at Shiina. "Shiina," he said smiling, "Thank you for those kind words. I honestly do not know what lies in store, but come hell or high water, Haruka's life will be spared."
After a brief moment of silence, Shiina said, "Yuuto. I have decided something."
"What is it?" Yuuto asked,
"I have decided to open an office to sell a bunch of items." Shiina said, "I can picture it now. I'll be right across the street from the host club, Stardust, selling Naginata Spears, costumes for cosplay and a lot of pianos."
"That's awesome." Yuuto complimented, "Have you figured out a name for it yet?"
"Ooh. I don't know yet." Shiina answers, "But, I'm hoping to have it open in the next few months."
"All right." Yuuto said, "Maybe if I am a head of a yakuza family, I can try to make it happen. Or even ask Haruka's family to have it open."
Shiina nods. Just then, Yuuto's phone rang. He answered it. "Hello?" He began, "Huh? I'm at the top of the Millennium Tower… Oh. OK. I see. I'll be on my way then." He then hung up.
"Ready to head back to Kamuro Castle?" Yuuto asks
"Yes," Shiina said and they both left to go back to ground level. But little do they know, that they heard soft moaning...
Back at Kamuro Castle, Ibuki told Yuuto and Shiina, "I've received intelligence that some Hitmen from Okinawa may have been involved with the kidnapping of Haruka Nogizaka. I have a sub-ordinate in Ryukyugai who can aid you. Before you leave, I have to give you your reward for capturing Gohren."
Yuuto and Shiina received ¥200,000 each for capturing Gohren. Yuuto did not want to let the Nogizaka Family know that he and Shiina are off to Okinawa. "I'm going to pack up. I want to try to head to Okinawa as soon as possible." Yuuto said
"OK." Shiina said and they left Kamuro Castle to check out of the hotel room and head off to Okinawa to go after more Hitmen.