"Yo! You're late, Icchi!" Kuko calls before pausing, staring.

Other than his usual outfit, Ichiro was wearing a red bandana on his arm, and red earrings replaced his black ones.

"Kuko…" Ichiro politely smiles, "Nice to see you again."

"No need to be polite with your best friend dude!" Kuko replies cheerfully, trying to ignore his thumping heart.

"Ah..." Ichiro stares at the other two by Kuko's side.

"Ah-!" Hitoya and Jyushi are surprised to see the good guy that helped them here, of all places.

"You guys already know each other?" Kuko asks, not connecting the dots just yet.

"Y-yeah. Remember? He's the good guy who saved me from those bullies," Jyushi nods.

"This is the guy that saved me from getting stabbed," Hitoya explains.

Everyone who knows Ichiro sighs, face-palming, 'Of course he did!'

"He's the same guy?!" Kuko's shocked.

"Looks like it," Hitoya replies.

"Fuck!" Kuko curses, shaking Jyushi, "Why the fuck didn't you tell me earlier?!"

Ichiro and Hitoya exchange business cards as Kuko freaks out, cursing up a storm as per usual.

Then, after Kuko stops shaking Jyushi, who had swirls in his eyes and was a bit dizzy.

Kuko growls, "You…are still taller than me! Stop growing, dammit! Stunt your growth!"

Ichiro has no idea what to say to that, sweat-dropping. It's not like he can control it!


When Ichiro sees Dotsuitare Hompo though… his eyes change instantly.

Samatoki flinches as he sees Ichiro like this. Sees the fire in his eyes, which he's all too familiar with.

"Samatoki?" Jyuto notices his leader's unusual behavior.

"Damn... Ichiro looks like he's going to go on a rampage any second..." Samatoki sweats, "He's barely holding himself back."

'Rampage...?' Jyuto and Rio stare at Ichiro, a bit worried.

"Uh oh~" Ramuda sees this, and warns his teammates, "When Ichiro gets like this, you better watch out~! He can be as scarwy as Samatoki-sama if he wants~."

Dice sweat-drops as Gentaro gets his notebook out, ready to take notes.

"It's rare to see Ichiro-kun get this angry," Jakurai sweat-drops but at the same time, a bit excited to see what happens next.

'At least it's not directed at me!' Doppo's mentally relieved…but hides behind Hifumi just in case.


At first, Sasara does an ichi-nii-san joke to break this weird tension, which the bros don't laugh at. At all.

"Sasara, Rosho-san... I don't have anything against you personally," Ichiro addresses, a polite smile on his face, "We just have business with HIM is all," as he points to Rei.

Rosho and Sasara sweat-drop as that smile of Ichiro's is...somehow very threatening. Honestly, they're just bystanders at this point, 'Rei...just WHAT did you do?!'

"You barged into our house and caused trouble while I was away on business…you need to pay for that," Ichiro states.

"I just visited…" Rei shrugs, "Shouldn't you be more respectful towards your elders?"

"Hah-? Why should I if they don't respect us back?" Ichiro growls, "Especially my bastard of a father who abandoned his own kids, and created hypnosis mics in the first place."

"HUH?!" Everyone's jaws drop, except Ramuda. He was calm but internally… 'Why is the bastard doing this now?!'

'Father…he's their father?!' is everyone else's reaction.

'He's the one who created hypnosis mics?!' Jakurai, Jyuto, and Rio are a bit more concerned about that bit of info.

"How long-?" Rosho asks before being interrupted, 'How long has he been gone for you?'

"Ten years, give or take," Ichiro replies.

'Ten years?! He left them alone for ten years?!'

"As your father, shouldn't you listen to me…you damn brat?" Rei replies.

"Ha!" Ichiro laughs sarcastically, "You're not my father. You lost that privilege the moment you walked out on us. You're dead to me."

"I raised you-"

Ichiro immediately interrupts him, "You didn't. MCD and TDD raised me...not you. They're MY family. They have been there for me and gave me more than you ever did."

Staring to walk away from him, "Besides… Jakurai-san's more of a father to me than you."

Rei's speechless, standing there as Ichiro walks away.

Jiro clenches his fist as Saburo pulls out a tazer from somewhere, preparing an attack.

"Jiro, put your fist away. Saburo, you too. Put the tazer away...for now."

"But…"

"Honestly, I want to crush him, rip him to shreds, and destroy him," Ichiro smiles, a red murderous aura around him, "But save it for the rap battle."

"Hai~ Nii-chan/Ichi-nii," Jiro and Saburo pout as they put away their chosen weapons.

However, Rei just had to get the last word in…

"If your mother were here, she'd be disappointed in you."

That was the last straw. How dare the bastard talk about mom like that!

"That's it!" Ichiro runs to punch him in the face but is quickly stopped by strong arms, struggling to break free.

Samatoki holds Ichiro back, his arms physically restraining Ichiro.

Eventually, Ichiro stops struggling, turning his head slightly to glare at him, but Samatoki just sighs, "Calm down, Icchi." He pats Ichiro's head before petting him, ruffling his hair, "You'll have a chance to destroy him later."

Slightly blushing at the attention he hasn't gotten in a while, his ears turning red, highlighting his red earrings, Ichiro pouts, "...fine, Samatoki-san."

Samatoki's turn to slightly blush as it's been a long time since Ichiro's called him that.

After letting go, Ichiro sees Rosho-san use Sasara's fan to hit Rei in the face, causing the Bros to smile. Rosho-san yelling at Rei, defending them is weird…but cool.


"Mm..." Ichiro gestures for Samatoki to come close.

"Mm?" Samatoki obeys, if only because he's curious about what Ichiro has to say to him.

"MCD has to talk later, OK? Privately."

"I got it!/OK!" Sasara and Kuko immediately reply as they either watch the chaos or try to get involved in it.

"Hah-?! Don't tell me what to do you-" Samatoki tries to retort...only for Ichiro to pull on Samatoki's shirt, pulling him close as a pair of lips block his, "Mm?!"

Ichiro's kissing him!

"Aahhh-!" is everyone else's reaction, Jyuto and Rio covering Jiro and Saburo's eyes.

'He actually did it!' Sasara and Kuko's jaws drop.

Afterwards, Ichiro pulls away, slightly blushing.

"Samatoki?!" Jyuto yells.

Samatoki's unresponsive, blushing and very much in shock. Then he starts muttering, "I knew Ichiro had a crush on me but..."

"Uh..." Kuko utters.

"I wanted him to shut up," Ichiro replies, shrugging before shyly smiling, "Besides...I always wanted to do that."

"I knew it~! Ichiwo still likes Samatoki-sama~!" Ramuda cheers before... Bang! being hit in the head by Ichiro.

A lump on his head, Ramuda whines, holding his head, "So~ me~an~ Ichiro!"

Ichiro's just silent as he walks forward, his brothers following behind like ducklings, albeit on auto-pilot…and still in shock.


In a private room, MCD's reunion…

"Sasara, Kuko...just one question."

"Hm?"

"Do you still hate me and Samatoki?" Ichiro asks.

"Huh? Why would you ask that? Of course I-argh!" Sasara and Kuko both get a headache, voices in their heads, "Of course I still hate you!"

After saying that, they hold a hand to their heads, panting in pain.

"I...have no idea why I just said that..." Kuko frowns.

"Me neither..." Sasara shakes his head.

"Looking back on it...it's kind of weird," Ichiro taps his chin, "That the both of you said you hated us, and broke up MCD at the same time."

"You two were probably hit by a mic...that's why you hate us, and your memories are messed up."

After thinking about it for a bit, they both nod, "That...makes sense. But why..."

Ichiro sighs, "It was probably Ramuda. He was so insistent that Samatoki and I join him, after all."

'Dammit, Ramuda! You messed with them too?!' Samatoki's furious, clenching his fists.

"How do we fix this then?"

"Ask Ramuda...or Jakurai-san could use his mic on you if want," Ichiro states their options, "It's your choice."

Sasara chose the Doc, dragging Kuko as well since he would just fight Ramuda otherwise. Closing the door behind them, they left Samatoki and Ichiro alone.


"You still had them?" Samatoki asks, referring to the earrings.

"…yeah," Ichiro sighs, slightly blushing, "You gave them to me, after all."

"About your old man… I…" Samatoki can't find the words, but Ichiro understands somehow.

Sighing, Ichiro just shakes his head, "It's alright."

"Just…do you hate me?" Ichiro just outright asks.

"No…I don't know," Samatoki shakes his head.

"I don't know if I hate you either," Ichiro smiles.

"Can we start over?" they say at the same time. They blink before smiling at each other.

Samatoki and Ichiro hug for the first time in a long while before the 2nd DRB finally started.