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Endless. The endless was ending as too much of Takemichi's joy.
He saved Shinichiro from being brutally (and accidentally) murdered by Kazutora in his shop. August 14 of 2003, the hero prevented a tragic death that broke Mikey's heart in the past.
Now, Shinichiro was there for his younger sibling.
All done, right?
Or so he thought.
He knows he should go back into the present to rearrange certain events in Kazutora and Chifuyu's memory to inform the success of the mission.
But, how about Kisaki and Hinata?
He can't prevent them from meeting, it was all too of the past. At this time as well, he already met Hina (or saved her which resulting him getting hurt more than the young girl). And it'll probably be impossible to not make her fall in love with him if his actions in the past made her do so. He can reject her confession, but he scraps that idea away, he doesn't want to hurt Hina's feelings.
He should go back. He probably should.
Though he thinks it's better to stay for a while and watch over Shinichiro and Mikey a bit.
Also Kisaki. But he should be out of the story, right?
He can have Hina all he wants. But Takemichi's pride and love doesn't want his girl to be in the hands of a devil.
So what now?
He made a decision.
He'll go back with Kazutora and Chifuyu and discuss the situation a bit. Maybe he's with Hina in the future. They'll tell him. If he stayed, Kazutora may worry that he isn't back in years.
In two years prior, Hina will be his girlfriend.
He just has to shake hands with the said trigger.
Which was easy, he was always with Baji, who was always with Mikey, and the said boy was too attached to Takemichi after saving his older brother's life.
So this was easy.
he shook hands and boom, he was back in the year 2017.
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The moment he came back, Kazutora hugged him with such force that made him back a few steps back. He felt the huge grin on the older's face.
"Kazutora-kun?" Takemichi pats his back. It made Kazutora hug him tighter.
"You did it, You saved Shinichiro-kun!" He jumped whilst holding the blue-eyed man. Takemichi smiled and returned his hug. He let go of the other and held his shoulders. Out of nowhere, Kazutora left a peck on Takemichi's cheek.
"E-eh?!" Takemichi's cheeks suddenly turned red, eyes roaming around in shock.
Kazutora's grin grew larger, "You did it. Great job, Mitchy."
The raven-haired smiled. Glad Kazutora was happy and out of the mess and trauma it gave when he murdered Shinichiro.
a few hours later...
They were in the pet shop Baji, Kazutora, and Chifuyu owned, and the youngest turned the sign to 'closed' for a while to have a talk with Takemichi and Kazutora. Baji was out to buy some groceries as punishment for not cooking the rice when Chifuyu asked to when he came home.
The long-haired man with blonde highlights was seated by the countertop, leaning forward as his elbows rested on his thighs. The man with a cerulean pair of orbs was seated beside Kazutora, mid drifting somewhere as he stared by the random wall in the shop. Chifuyu approached the two after closing up the shop, taking the seat under the counter and dragging it in front of the two. A black cat then hopped on his lap and slept.
"Takemitchy saved Shinichiro-san. Check," Chifuyu elaborated. "Now about Kisaki."
"In that time before Shinichiro died, Toman was already formed, am I correct?" Takemichi said. Kazutora answered with a nod. "Then the rest of the story continues."
"We all know the first reason he does this," Kazutora raised a finger. "Because he wanted Hinata-chan."
"And we know the rest of that," Chifuyu added.
"Mikey's dark impulse wouldn't be triggered much for Shinichiro, Keisuke, Izana, and Emma are alive. And we know three out of four of them died because of Kisaki- wait."
Kazutora then stopped.
"What-oh," Chifuyu realized.
"Huh, what?"
"Keisuke, Izana, and Emma died because of Kisaki. And they're alive today," Chifuyu held his chin. "Nothing's happening else and Hinata isn't harmed-"
"Where's Hinata though?" Kazutora butted in.
Takemichi and Chifuyu's eyes widen in shock.
"Oh," Chifuyu muttered.
"Is Hina missing?" Takemichi questioned.
"Yeah, and Naoto-kun knows absolutely nothing about her whereabouts," Kazutora replied.
"Kisaki's behind all of this," Chifuyu said.
"I don't know what happened, help."
Kazutora looked at Chifuyu, in which the latter nodded in approval. The eldest sighed and then looked at Takemichi, "She was just gone after high school. You never knew she disappeared entirely without a single trace because you studied in Manila with the younger children of the Sano Family under Shinichiro's care."
"I was...what?"
"Shinichiro gave you an opportunity to study with the rest in Manila, he knows you have no parents to care about your future, at least, he became your standing guardian when you stayed in Manila with the rest."
"Ah, yeah. Now I remember. But Izana?"
"As he said, the whole Sano family was in Manila," Chifuyu added. "You were there for a few years, as I remember. You came back when you were 24 years old. And when Emma came back, she and Draken got married. And after years, Wakasa quoted, he finally build up his confidence to confess to Shinichiro about his feelings."
"Yes, I understand," He answered, then, something popped into his mind. "I didn't have any contact with Hina? Impossible."
"Everyone was cut off," Kazutora said. "Even her family doesn't know where she was."
"Emma tried to contact her multiple times, even Shinichiro, with his power as the leader of the Black Dragons, but no answer from her," Chifuyu said. "Even we tried, but no luck."
"Speculations are that she isn't in Japan," Kazutora said. "Probably far away. Nobody knows where she is."
"Strange," Takemichi said.
"Rumours are that she's with Kisaki because he was just gone as well," Baji, who just arrived, said.
"Baji-san, did you buy everything I asked you to buy," Chifuyu glared at him.
"Of course!" Cold sweat dripped from Baji's forehead.
"You better," Chifuyu then turned to Takemichi. "Probably yeah."
"Should I go back to the past then?"
"If you go back, you'll still be in the year 2003," Kazutora said. "I think it may be better if we investigate in the present."
"Kazutora's right," Baji sat down on the floor cross-legged beside Chifuyu. "I mean, we can't wait for you in years."
"It's easier if we start here in this year," Chifuyu added. "But it might be tricky."
"Wait, where's Mikey?"
Everyone turned silent.
"What's going on-Ah. Chifuyu..."
"Hm?"
"What's the criminal gang active as of the moment? Like Toman in the first timeline?"
"Right now, Bonten," Chifuyu said.
"Bonten's back?!" Takemichi shouted in shock. "Bonten was-"
"Don't be surprised with what I'll say, Takemitchy," Baji said. "But the leader of Bonten isn't Mikey. He's second-in-command, but still."
"Who though?"
The three looked at each other and then said in unison;
"Sano Shinichiro."
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"WHAT?!"
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"Looks like Takemitchy's back," A man with white hair and black eyes whispered, leaning back on the chair. He then looked at the one seated by the desk in the middle of the room, holding a cigarette.
A man with unruly black hair and a pair of orbs similar to his hair colour smirked, a tattoo in his collarbone, "I can sense that myself, Manjiro."
chapter 1! I wrote this actually last night and I want to write this immediately after drawing shinichiro was an executive of bonten hehe. this story was scheduled to be published after the release of chapter 35 of two worlds but I think I can handle updating. Expect slow updates, I have three more wips to handle ^^ this story will be later published on quotev and fanfiction, and a preview of chapter 1 will be posted on tumblr.
no notes for now, and remember, this is my au, and i have no entire explanation as to why Takemichi's trigger to the past is Kazutora so yeah, maybe in the next chapters, I'll explain.
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I hope this story goes as planned because I always drift away while writing... haha
see you in chapter 2!
-seiji