Michiru arrived home for the holidays and she was gorgeous. She was 6' tall at 20, she could finally morph between human and beastman form. Her human form had pale skin with chocolate eyes and chest length black hair. Her bangs were a bit longer. She had long, sexy legs. She wore a red trench coat over a white shirt with collar, blue Cuffed denim shorts and tight black stockings with Knee-high leather boots with low heel.

Mrs. Kagemori was surprised and let out tears of joy that Michiru was home. Michio was there too. He was 5ft9, and he had pale skin with Waist length black hair. His hair had grays from stress after Michiru left. He had a modified school uniform with a white shirt with popped collar, rigid-two wash blue jeans in the place of School slacks, and knee high leather boots with side zipper. His appearance was soft and feminine, making him look like Michiru and his mom greatly. His eyes were unique, his eyes were a vibrant Reddish-amber.

Michiru exclaimed, "Michi-chan!"

Michio hugged his sister and both of them cried. Michio is turning 18 on New year's eve.

Eshaan Reza knocked on the door. He looked like Nazuna Hiwatashi, but with Brown skin, brown eyes, and shoulder length black hair. He had a rather androgynous appearance and had a mole on his left cheek. He wore a red polo shirt with rinse wash Levi's jeans and rinse wash Levi's trucker jacket. He had his jeans tucked in cowboy boots that had a blue 16" stovepipe shaft with yellow (or gold) stitching, Stockman heel, Leather sole, Double stitch welt, and Wide square toe. He was 17 and will turn 18 on June 24th, 2024. He entered, took off his boots, and hugged Michio tightly. Michiru was disgusted and asked, "Why did you let this brat in here?!"

Mrs. Kagemori said, "Well, that's what I need to talk to you about..." They went to Michiru's old bedroom and sat down.

"Eshaan's parents died in a car crash recently and he's devastated. I need you to set your problems with him aside."

Michiru, grudgingly, decided to do that.

Michio and Eshaan walked through Reiwa Town and talked about Michiru. In the outskirts of town, they saw an abandoned house. Eshaan entered the gate and was knocked down. His head was held down by a foot that wore a motorcycle boot.

The boy was 5ft7 with slicked back black hair that smelled like murray's superior pomade with red streaks, dark skin, overweight, brown eyes, and had a mole on his left cheek. The boy wore a black leather A-2 bomber jacket over a white t-shirt tucked in rinse wash blue jeans held up by a black belt and cuffed over Black engineer boots. He said, "Alright square, hand over your money!"

Michio yelled, "Hey Ryuga Matoi! That's my BFF!"

The boy asked, "BFF? I'm confused. Why are you friends with this dude even though you know he's an ass!

Michio said, "Ryuga, I am friends with him because he had no friends! Sure he's an asshole, but I just want you to spare him! True you're the only beastman in Reiwa Town and you didn't get the chance to escape like Michiru and Nazuna, but that's no reason to try to kill him!"

Ryuga licked his lips, "And who's gonna stop me?"

Michio took off his shirt, revealing his slim, slightly muscular body chest. He didn't feel cold despite the snow. Ryuga was furious, "Why the hell are showing your abs in front of a fatass like me?!"

Michio reverted back into his normal self and held his right shoulder with his left hand, "I'm... so sorry you're this sensitive..."

Michio was about to put his shirt back on, but Eshaan yelled, "Come on! U know you're feeling bad for making fun of Ryuga unintentionally, but it's so the fatass goes on a diet!"

Ryuga stomped on him and yelled, "Can it!"

Michio jumped up and landed a high jump kick. Ryuga morphed. He was a komodo dragon beastman with green and grey scales. He let Eshaan go and punched Michio hard in the chest. Michio took the punch and kicked Ryuga in the balls. He wasn't fazed and did a low sweep. Michio jumped and kicked Ryuga again. Michio jumped and Ryuga prepared for the attack. Ryuga opened his claws, grinded the claws backed up, and slashed the shaft of Michio's boots. He started to bleed. As Michio got up, Ryuga slashed him across the chest. Michio held his bleeding chest and winced.

Eshaan ran to him and held him. "Gaaay!", Ryuga jeered. A voice said, "Please don't kill him, Nē-chan." A 16 year old boy was walking out of the house. He was 5ft3 and has slightly tousled mid-length dark-blue tinted hair reaching his shoulders with a single left-swept red highlight on her bangs. His blue eyes have peculiar gear-like pupils with eight grooves around the edges. His outfit is a simple white shirt with a red ribbon tie over blue school pants and white canvas hi-tops. He had a rather androgynous appearance. Ryuga asked, "Why?"

Michio breathed heavily "Thank you, Ryusei!"

Ryuga looked at Michio, "Do you remember Sylvasta?"

Michio replied, "Like when he arrived here? To do his extermination drug back in 2021."

Ryuga was angry, "Ryusei got Nyrvasil Syndrome and he was the test subject for the damnable drug! He's a freaking human now and I can't look at him! Our mom and dad were killed by Alan and I only have a HUMAN left!"

Ryusei was shocked by what Ryuga said and started to cry. Ryuga, uncharacteristically, didn't feel sorry and said, "I need you to kill Ryusei If you want to be spared!"

Michio and Eshaan looked at a crying Ryusei. An innocent child like Ryusei doesn't deserve to be a victim of fratricide.

Michio got angry, "Monster! You want to kill Ryusei because he isn't a Beastman anymore! Who does that? My big sis turned into a Beastman and I didn't want to kill her despite the fact that I hate Beastmen. You're the living reason why I hate Beastmen! You just said that you want to harm an innocent child!"

Ryuga scowled, "You don't know what it's like to be poor! I still got love from our mom and dad, but we weren't successful like your "Onē-Chan", we were failures! I never had friends, let alone only made enemies! And the world chose shit on my face by taking away what I loved!"

Eshaan was effected by what he had just said. He had been a terrible person yet he still got what he wanted. He said, "Ryuga... We're so sorry for what everyone did to you..."

Michio put on and redid his shirt. He felt bad for what he did. Ryusei ran up to the two and asked, "Can I come with you?"

Michio said, "Come with us."

Ryusei followed them, and Ryuga yelled, "Fine! Be spoiled! I'm gonna live on my own!" Ryusei walked coldly away. Ryuga sighed and decided to take a walk around town.

Naomi and the Hiwatashi sisters (Akane and Nazuna Herself) were talking to Michiru when they heard a knock on the door. Michio, Eshaan, and Ryusei were there. Due to the cold, Michio's blood dried quickly. Mrs. Kagemori noticed the boy and ran to him. She asked, "Oh my god! What happened to you?"

Ryusei said nothing, he looked down. Mrs. Kagemori asked, "Are you hungry?"

Ryusei replied, "Yes." Ryusei looked at what was in front of him and slammed the food against her face, "I know you poisoned my food, RYUGA!"

Michiru got up, "You little psycho! She's trying to help you and-"

Michio interrupted the situation and explained the whole thing. Mrs. Kagemori understood and asked, "I know his dad, he was in the minor baseball Leagues for the Giants?"

Michio replied, "And his son's a major league bastard!" He then explained how Ryuga ranted about Michiru being successful compared to him and Mrs. Kagemori was shocked, "Oh my god! He's horrible!"

Ryuga was taking a walk around town and looked at every window. All families happy and decorating for Christmas eve which was coming up tomorrow. He remembered about Ryusei and thought, "Ingrate, I tried raising him the best I could and he responds with finding a "Perfect" family to adopt him. I'm gonna get him good!"

Ryuga took a bike chain out if his jacket and said, "This'll get the job done!" Ryuga morphed into his beastman form and called out, "C'mon and fight me like a man, Ryusei!"

Ryuga saw a glimpse of Michio through a window and figured out his house. He hid the chain in his jacket and knocked the door. Mrs. Kagemori answered the door, "Ye... Oh my god! Oh God no!"

She was about to slam the door when Ryuga stopped her by holding her arm.

Mrs. Kagemori said, "I don't know why you want to be here! I don't know if I should let you in. Your brother hurt me physically. When I heard the words that came out of his mouth, I knew you messed him up!"

Ryuga said, "Let me In!" Ryusei popped out and Ryuga knew his was in deep shit. He ran to the outskirts of town and Ryusei tackled him.

Ryusei landed a series of punches and while beating him, he ranted, "I'm sick of you! I loved you and you said you want me dead! I still loved you and you hate because I turned into a human? You're gonna die!"

Ryuga got him off and a voice yelled, "Ryusei!"

Michiru pulled Ryusei towards you. She wrapped her arms around him, "It's okay, he won't hurt you anymore..."

Ryusei sobbed and Ryuga became furious. He stomped and fumed with rage. He went to his house and stomped on everything in his house until he stopped at a baseball bat. It was his dad's bat before he was killed. Ryuga looked at the bat and remembered his dad saying to mom when he was only 1, "Listen to me, even if I die or if we argue more often when you get older, just remember, I'll always love you." He remembered his mom tell him, "And the next baby we have will too."

Ryuga started to cry and dropped the bat. He looked at himself in the reflection of his dad's wooden bat and in front of him was a demon.

Ryuga locked the door and hurdled himself into a ball. He started to to weep and tears fell on the floor. He cried for an hour when he heard a knock on the door. An old Egyptian Christian priest with a long grey Beard stood in front of him. He had a kind look in his blue eyes. He asked, "I hear you're troubled, child."

Ryuga wiped the tears away, "Yes... I am... I screwed up a loved one."

Ryuga explained the whole thing and man was surprised, "It's okay, my child. I'm so sorry for your pain. I had a life as bad as yours. I became a priest so I could feel at peace again. How old are you?"

"17."

The priest left and Ryuga was surprised he had someone to talk to.

Ryuga walked around town and saw Mrs. Kagemori and Eshaan at the intersection of TokuMARiA. Eshaan and Mrs. Kagemori were going to church for donating. Ryuga walked to them and asked, "Can I talk to you two?" Eshaan jumped and Mrs. Kagemori asked, "What do you want?", thinking that he is planning to kill them.

Ryuga asked, "Is Ryusei okay?"

Eshaan answered, "He is. Why do you care now?"

Ryuga said, "I was angry because Ryusei stood up to me and I was throwing a tantrum in my house until I nearly destroyed my old man's baseball bat. I looked at it and remembered my mom and dad saying that they would love me no matter what and they said Ryusei might too. Despite being a poverty-stricken family, we stuck together. I felt Ryusei and me breaking apart and we finally did today, just before Christmas Eve. I took my anger out on everyone who comes into my house because they had the opportunities I never had. I wasn't great at venting out my problems. Ryusei chose the right family to stay in."

Mrs. Kagemori understood everything and said, "You can come with us if you want..."

Ryuga thought for a moment, "No."

Eshaan after donating, said to the priest, "Thanks for helping me with Ryuga's problem, father."

The priest smiled, "No problem, my child."

Michiru and Michio were lying down with Ryusei. The boy was finally calm. He didn't do any major damage. Ryusei then remembered the good times he had with Ryuga before their parents died. Ryusei woke up, "Why do I feel empty without Ryuga?"

Michiru said, "Because he's a complete psycho!"

Ryusei replied, "Yes, but he became like this because Alan Sylvasta turned me into a human and killed mom and dad. I wished for Ryuga to come back. He said those words because he hated how humans vandalized our house. He's not a bad person in truth. I wish there was someone who loved him."

Michiru finally understood that Ryuga had a heart of a child before Sylvasta was involved. Michiru was about to say something when her mom and Eshaan walked in.

Eshaan hung his jacket and took off his boots. Mrs. Kagemori sat down on the couch.

Ryusei walked out and saw Ryuga lying on the bench at the park. He was crying and didn't want to talk about his problems more. Ryusei decided to let go of his hate and comforted Ryuga.

"Onee-chan? I'm here."

Ryuga stopped, "Ryusei?"

Ryusei grabbed onto his big brother and felt close to him again. Michio and his mom finally caught up to Ryusei. Mrs. Kagemori fretted, "Ryusei-chan! We were so scared!"

Michiru also arrived and saw what was happening in front of her, "Am I going crazy?"

The reunion was interrupted when a gang of bikers on Indian scout and scout bobbers stopped right if front of them. The glowing headlights were ominous in the snowy night. The bikers held Ryuga to the ground. The bikers were greasers with slicked back hair, Brando caps, leather jackets, jeans, and engineer boots. One of them said, "Well well well, we smelled a Beastman here! I finally found someone to turn into a jacket we could sell for 5,000,000¥!" One of the greasers took out a gun. Ryuga thought, "I can't believe In dying this Christmas.", and started to cry.

Mrs. Kagemori yelled, "Don't! He has the heart of a child!"

The greasers laughed. Michiru punched the gunman and they had a rumble! One of the greasers fought Michio and Michiru punched the greaser. It was a battle between the Kagemoris and greasers. Ryusei strangled the gunman and took the bike chain out of a cowering Ryuga's jacket. Ryusei whipped every greaser and yelled, "GET THE F*CK out of here!"

The greasers fled and Michiru dragged Ryuga to home, "Be grateful that Ryusei didn't do to you what he did to those greaseballs."

Ryuga had dinner with them and nearly cried at receiving family love. He washed his hands and face. Eshaan said, "Hey Ryuga, can I talk to you for a second?"

Ryuga walked out the front with Eshaan and both of them smoked. Eshaan exhaled some smoke, "I recently lost my parents last month in a car crash, I already felt your pain."

Ryuga said, "Sorry I attacked you."

Eshaan smiled, "It's okay."

Michiru and Mrs. Kagemori went to the front door and the latter shouted, "Boys! Come back in, you'll get sick!"

As they went back in, Mrs. Kagemori put her hands over Ryuga's shoulders, "Please, tell me what happens to you."

Ryuga told everyone the whole thing about how Ryusei had become a human and what happened to his mom and dad. Michiru exclaimed, "Alan went for HERE first?!"

Ryuga sighed, "Ryusei was Alan's guinea pig."

Mrs. Kagemori asked, "Is it okay for you to stay here?"

Ryuga started to cry, "N-no thanks! Ryusei can stay with you..."

Ryuga put on his jacket and boots land left. He arrived home and lied down on the couch. He heard a knock at the door. He saw a bag at his front door and opened it. It was a baseball. He started to let out tears of joy.

Christmas day family love flourished, blooming and not lavished. Ryuga's sanity was no longer rancid, and it was a Christmas truly splendid. Ryuga finally let go of his pain, such inner peace had stopped the rain. Christmas day however, went away like a dart, to fill the emptiness in his empty heart. July 2024 when he moved to Anima-city metaphorically wasn't filled with destruction, it will be the story's next generation. Ryuga was a stranger, but he also sensed danger. While his newfound heroic nature stood up like a tower, he might discover a newfound power.

March 1st, 2024

Thee Kagemoris, and the Hiwatashis arrived at Anima-city via air. Ryuga arrived with his newly Indian scout bobber sixty modified With a springer seat and leather saddlebags. The bike came with A.B.S brakes. He was waiting at central park when Michio came out of nowhere, ran to him, and bearhugged him tightly. Ryuga's eyes nearly popped out, "I can't breathe!" Michio let go, "Whoops, sorry about that..."