Here's chapter 3 of Father Thy Blood. Recap: Yusaku and Takeru get their life back to normal after the Ignis Warfare, although 5 out of 6 Ignis are now gone, but they still having a normal life. The boys, along with Aoi Zaizen, almost got cleaning duty when their upperclassman, Manato Yamaguchi, caught them being late to school and when he learns that Yusaku and Takeru are helping out with Kusanagi's hotdog truck as he is visiting his brother, Jin, at the hospital, but they got lucky when their other upperclassman, Itsuki Asahina, took their place for cleaning duty. We were also introduce to Misaki Tanizaki, a shy and bullied girl who has a major crush on Takeru, and Airi Shimanouchi, a girl who likes dead stuff and communicating with ghosts and sprits, which makes Takeru scared of because he is scared of ghosts. We are later shown of Yusaku and Takeru having a lot of customers at Cafe Nagi and they get to work, but Yusaku bumps into someone and spills someone's order on him and the person he bumps into. That person is Ryoken Kogami himself. So, chapter 3 will be taken place on the same time as chapter 2, but it will be on Ryoken's point of view only. Now onward to the story!

The morning sun shines through Ryoken's eyes and he stir and groans. He opens his eyes and the first thing he saw is his ghostly father, giving him the fatherly smile.

"Good morning, son." He said.

The 18 year old sighed in frustration seeing his ghost father. 'So it wasn't a dream after all. That's just great…' Ryoken thought to himself.

"You thought I was a dream, that's not very nice to your own father." Ryoken's eyebrow raise in confusion when his father said that, even when he didn't say anything.

'You can hear my thoughts now? That's just creepy and it's disrespecting my privacy. Although, it's kind a bit better than talking to you out loud where people would think that I'm crazy.'

Ryoken gets out of bed and walks out of his room and heads out to the kitchen. He pulls out a frying pan, sprays some non-stick cooking spray on it, and turns on the stove. He also pulls out a carton of eggs and some bread. He cuts the bread into two slices and puts them into the toaster and lets it toast for 2 minutes. He then cracks two eggs into the frying pan and stirs them gently.

"Scramble eggs and toast?" His ghost father raises an eyebrow in confusion, "What happened to the pancakes with the smiley face that I make you and Kanata for breakfast?"

'I'm not a kid anymore, I don't do this childish stuff.' Ryoken communicated through his thoughts towards his father.

He finished making his scrambled eggs and puts them on a plate, then after 2 minutes, his toast is finished, so Ryoken puts them on the plate and spreads butter on top of it. Then he sat down and began to eat his breakfast.

"Isn't that what you told Kanata yesterday when she wanted you to call her by her nickname?" He asked. He turns his head around and looks at a photo that is on the desk. It was a photo of Ryoken when he was 8 years old, giving a piggyback ride to a 6 year old girl with light purple hair that is tied up in a bun and is wearing a poofy purple dress and they were both smiling. "I always like it when you two give each other nicknames. Kanashi and Ryomi. It's kind of cute."

'It's just a dumb nickname with just our first and last names combined.'

"But it was still cute."

'Whatever…'

"I still remember you talking about Kanata all the time when you were young."

Ryoken's eye twitch a bit and he stopped eating. 'What does that mean?'

"I remember telling me that you always liked Kanata very much and you hope one day that when you grow up, you can ask Kanata to be your girlfriend."

Ryoken clutches his hand very tight when his ghost father said that and he can feel his blood boil a lot. 'Shut up…'

"You also told me that you would never leave Kanata side no matter what if you two were together."

'Shut up.'

"And then you said that you would marry her one day and that you can still live in this mansion and have lots of kids together and then you can take over my job after I retired or maybe become the King of SOL Tech."

Ryoken gets up, slams his hands on the table, and starts yelling at his ghost father. "SHUT THE FUCK UP ALREADY! I DON'T LOVE FUNAKOSHI-SAN ANYMORE AND I AM NOT A GODDAMN CHILD ANYMORE!"

He then heard something clacker on the floor, which surprised Ryoken a bit. He turns around and sees Spectre standing there with his mouth opened in shocked and he sees the keys to his mansion on the floor, so Spectre must of dropped them. He just made a big mistake.

"Spectre? H-how long have you been standing there?" He asked his friend when he finally calmed down for a few seconds.

"Not long enough…" Spectre finally answered, kind of feeling scared of Ryoken when he outburst for no reason at all.

Ryoken takes a big sigh and sat back down and covers his face with his hands. He shouldn't have yelled like that to his ghostly father if he knew Spectre would come over.

"Um… Ryoken-sama, who is this Funakoshi-san you mentioned to… uh… your invisible dead father…?" He asked, kind of doubting Ryoken if his father really is back or if he's just losing it.

"No one. She's just this person I once knew during my childhood before I met you," he replied in a toneless voice.

"Lying about Kanata? That's not like you at all." His father said in a disappointing tone.

'Stay out of it.'

"Oh. I see." He said quietly, bends down to pick up his key, and goes over to the kitchen to make himself some coffee.

Ryoken went back to eating his breakfast and the two boys didn't say a word at all and his ghost father kept quiet for a little while.

After finishing his breakfast, Ryoken got up from the table, "I'm going to take a walk for a bit," and after he said that, he went to his room to take a shower, and after a couple minutes of taking a shower, he brushed his teeth and got dressed into his usually pink shirt with his gray short jacket over it, some black Capri pants, and slip-on shoes, and then he headed out.

Spectre watched the whole thing from Ryoken finishing his breakfast to him leaving the house. He then makes a concern face as he wonders why his friend is acting like this all of the sudden.

Ryoken walks around Den City, trying to clear his mind off for a bit. He can't believe he just yelled in anger at his father right in front of Spectre. Now he might think he has gone crazy.

"Don't feel bad, son," his ghost father try to cheer him up, "I'm sure Spectre will understand."

'You're the one who made me pissed off when you keep talking about Funakoshi-san a lot and keep thinking that I still have a crush on her.' He communicated angrily through his thoughts.

"Speaking of which, I believe I see her over there."

"Huh?"

Ryoken looks up and his ghost father was right. He does see Kanata kind of far from here. She seems to be playing with a street dog. She always have a soft spot for animals.

Ryoken smiles a bit when Kanata is playing with the dog. She hasn't changed one bit and he's glad.

"Why don't you go talk to her for a bit?" His ghost father asked, which made Ryoken's smile fade away.

'I can't… You'll just piss me off again and I'll yell at you and she'll think that I'm crazy because I'm talking to myself,' he keeps on looking at his old childhood friend as she picks up the stray dog and cuddles with it, 'besides, I don't want Funakoshi-san to be involved into something bad that might get her hurt, just like what happened with Playmaker and his friends.'

And Ryoken meant it. He formed an temporary alliance with Playmaker and his friends to stop Lightning and end the war, but that caused half of the team to be killed, including himself, but Playmaker managed to save everyone, and due to that, Soulburner, Blue Maiden, and Ghost Girl blamed him for almost getting them nearly killed by Lighting and Bowman, Ryoken doesn't know how Playmaker feels about him, but he knows that Spectre doesn't blame him for what happened, so he feels that if anything bad happens to Kanata, then she might blame him too, and that's his worst fear.

So, Ryoken turns to the right side and continues on walking, but not before he caught of glimpse of Kanata's big goofy smile, the same one that she still has when she was just a kid.

It's already the afternoon, and Ryoken hasn't eaten anything since breakfast. He is now at Den City's Main Square.

He sees a lot of people around, and he also sees a hotdog truck too. He assumes that Shoichi Kusanagi have open business again since the Ignis Warfare is over. He doesn't mind having a hot dog for lunch. He walks through the whole crowd towards the hotdog truck.

"Do you come here often, Ryoken?" His ghost father asked.

Ryoken turns his head and looks at his father for a moment. 'I've been a regular for a while. The food is pretty good, but that's not why I've come here.' He only comes to Cafe Nagi to spy on Playmaker back since they were enemies, but now he hasn't come here at all unless it's something important to tell Playmaker about.

"You should pay attention to where you are walking. Otherwise you will bump-"

BLAM!

Ryoken falls to the ground on his butt and a hot dog landed on his head.

"into someone." His ghost father finally finished the words.

'Thanks for the reminder…' Ryoken communicate bitterly through his thoughts.

"I am so sorry about, I didn't see you th-" The person who Ryoken bumped into spoke, but then stops for a moment. Ryoken looks up and looks at the person and he is surprised who he bumped into.

The person has blue and pink spiky hair and has emerald eyes, wears a black shirt and jeans and some sneakers and is also wearing a Cafe Nagi apron, and his left wrist is equipped with a old fashion duel disk, he's also covered in soda. He recognize him as Playmaker's real life persona, Yusaku Fujiki.

"Revolver." Playmaker said quietly as he stares at him for a moment. Of all the people he barely knows, he just had to bump into Playmaker.

"…Hello Playmaker." He greeted like he is a normal person.

"Revolver-chan! Long time no see buddy! How are you doing today?" The Dark Ignis greeted to Ryoken like an idiot he is.

Ryoken doesn't know why it's acting like that, but it's annoying. He tiredly sighs a bit. "Hello, Dark Ignis…"

"H-hey! Why aren't you calling by my name anymore?!" The Dark Ignis whined, which annoys Ryoken even more.

"I honestly have no idea what you are talking about…" He stopped looking at the Dark Ignis and looks at Playmaker. "What happened to Shoichi Kusanagi?"

"He's at the hospital visiting his brother, so me and Takeru are running the hotdog truck until he's back."

So Soulburner is here too. It might be best if he didn't come here. Oh, who is he kidding, Soulburner doesn't know what Ryoken really looks like in real life, he only said his real name.

"Are you…here to buy a hot dog?" Playmaker asked kind of awkward that Ryoken is here.

"I'm kind of hungry, so I guess so." Ryoken said.

"What kind of hot dog and drink would you like then?"

"Just a cheese hot dog and a diet cola."

"Okay. I'll have that order in… probably a few minutes."

"Speaking of cola, Playmaker-sama, you might want to wipe yourself off of the spilled one. Also the cup on your head is a good hat for you." The Dark Ignis commented. Playmaker knocks the cup out of his head and heads over to the hotdog truck.

So Ryoken waited patiently for his lunch to be ready. "So that boy that you brought home and became my subject for the Hanoi Project 10 years ago is actually Playmaker, huh," his ghost father said in amusement, "so not only did you call the police on me, but you also lie to me about Playmaker's identity."

Ryoken ignores what his ghost father said. He really is a bad person, is he?

"Well, well, well, if it isn't Ryoken Kogami." Ryoken's eyes widen in surprise as he recognize that voice. He turns around and sees a boy with dirty blonde hair and blue eyes and is wearing the same boy's school uniform as Playmaker and Soulburner and he is around the same age as Ryoken.

"Manato Yamaguchi."

"I never thought I would see you again after you got expelled at Den City High School." Manato crosses his arms as he said that.

"What are you doing here?" Ryoken asked his former classmate.

"I just want to see some underclassman of mine if they are really "helping" their "friend's" job, even though working is against school rules," Manato explained to his former classmate, "what brings you here in a dump like this?"

Ryoken gives Manato a glare, "I'm a regular here."

"Really?" He gives Ryoken a glare too. "Do you know what's in this… food you are about to eat? It's basically not healthy for you."

Ryoken's eyebrows knot in annoyance. Manato always have been horrible towards Ryoken since he began high school. He is so glad he's not in high school anymore. "So? It doesn't matter if the hot dogs aren't healthy, it's still good."

"Hmph, still as stubborn as usually, Ryoken Kogami. I'm not surprised."

Ryoken wishes he could punch Manato in the face, but he can't because there are people here and he didn't want to cause trouble, so he just let that slide.

"Yamaguchi-senpai?" Ryoken turns around and sees Playmaker getting his lunch, which is in a bag, and he looks at Manato. He knows him?

"Hello, Fujiki-kun. I just came here to see you and Homura-san working this dump." Manato commented.

"Well, it's not a dump, business is booming, a lot, so we are working really hard for Kusanagi-san."

"I can see that."

This is making Ryoken confused a lot. "How do you two know each other?" He asked, not caring which one would answer, because he dislikes both of them.

So Playmaker answered first, "Yamaguchi-senpai is my upperclassman in school, but Re-" Playmaker stopped for a moment because he was about to say his Link VRAINS name, but he clears his throat and continues speaking, "Kogami-san, how do you know Yamaguchi-senpai."

Ryoken stayed quiet. He really doesn't want to talk about it, but Manato only answer it for him and he didn't even tell him to do that. "Ryoken Kogami used to go to Den City High as well, but got expelled on his 3rd and final year because of him being involved in a fighting, in school."

"Fighting in school? Ryoken, that's not like you at all." His ghost father said in a disappointing tone.

'This is none of your concern, father.'

"Oh. I see. I guess you could of been my upperclassman as well, Kogami-san." Playmaker said.

"Now it's my turn to ask a question," Manato said, "Fujiki-kun, how one Earth do you know Ryoken Kogami?"

There is no way Playmaker is going to say that he saved him from his father's experiment 10 years ago or that he is a cyber terrorist in Link VRAINS. Manato will just call him a freak, so Ryoken answered the question for Playmaker. "Like I said before, I'm a regular at Cafe Nagi, and I sometimes see Play-" he makes a fake cough really loud. As much as Ryoken doesn't like Playmaker and his Dark Ignis, he can't reveal his identity as the hero of Link VRAINS, "I mean, Fujiki, all the time at the table with his table doing school work. That's all."

"Yeah. What he said."

Manato looks at Playmaker for a moment, then at Ryoken, and then Playmaker again. "Very well then. I'll leave you two alone, for now." And with that, Manato leaves.

Playmaker sets down Ryoken's lunch down and sits down at the table. "What was that for, Revolver?" He asked in a whisper tone." You almost reveal my identity as Playmaker."

"And you almost reveal my identity as Revolver," Ryoken replied in a whisper tone as well, "if Link VRAINS wasn't closed, then I wouldn't have dueled you in a second."

"And maybe you would actually beat Playmaker in the duel and kill the Ignis." His ghost father told him.

'Right. That too.'

"So, about you and Yamaguchi-senpai," Playmaker began to say, "he said that you two know each other at Den City High School before you were expelled. Were you guys friends?"

Ryoken made a disgusted face when Playmaker asked that, "No way. I wouldn't be friends with a guy like that if he were the last person on Earth," he said, "and I would rather be friends with the Dark Ignis."

The Dark Ignis' eye glitters when Ryoken said that. "Really?"

"No."

"Boo!"

Ryoken grabs the bag with his lunch in it and gets up from the table. "Anyway, thanks ordering this. I doubt we'll see each other again." And so Ryoken leaves Cafe Nagi and headed home.

When Ryoken got home, and after he finished his late lunch/early dinner, he went to his room and laid on his bed in thought.

He has the ghost of his dead father inside his head and nobody except him can see him, he meets his old childhood friend, Kanata Funakoshi, and his former classmate, Manato Yamaguchi, just by coincidence, and now he met Playmaker and the Dark Ignis, again, and he didn't even duel them.

Soon it was nighttime, and Stardust Road began to glow. Ryoken turns his head around and looks at the beautiful ocean through his window.

"Such a beautiful sight," his ghost father said with a smile, "the one thing that I'm not disappointed at is watching with you."

Ryoken didn't say anything. It was true. The only good thing with his father is watching Stardust Road with him when he was a kid. He just wish this didn't turn out like this…

After what it seems to be like an hour or two, Ryoken fell asleep.

And that concludes the 3rd chapter of Father Thy Blood. And in case anyone is confuse, I will pin down the names on both Yusaku and Ryoken's POVs in the story. For Yusaku's POV, he will call Ryoken as Revolver, Ai as Ai, Takeru as Takeru, and Manato Yamaguchi as Yamaguchi, while in Ryoken's POV, he will call Yusaku as Playmaker, Ai as The Dark Ignis, Takeru as Soulburner, and Manato Yamaguchi as Manato. I don't know about Itsuki, Misaki, Airi, and Kanata, for all I know, Itsuki, Misaki, and Airi are part of Yusaku's POV of the story while Kanata, along with some new characters for this story, will be in Ryoken's POV. That's all I'm gonna say for now. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the chapter! Comment on what you guys think of it!