Scenario 6: An Unexpected Turn Out

"Can't you stand up without complainin' then?" Samatoki made fun of Ichiro of his defences as he rapped before saying so.

"That's my line!" Ichiro yelled back.

"Those are some guts." Samatoki pointed out. "But, this…"

"...is the end!"

Samatoki put as much energy into his rhymes and lyrics to make sure that Ichiro didn't stand for a good amount of time, at least those were Yuuto's thoughts. And when it showed the results, Ichiro fell on his knee and he was close to the ground.

"N-Nii-chan!"/"Ichi-nii!" The 2 brothers yelled out to the oldest in worry.

"Is the match decided this time!?"

"That seemed to hurt…!"

"Ichiro-san…!" Yuuto also yelled out in worry, but it didn't matter cause no one heard it.

"Damn it… Not yet…" Ichiro mumbled. "Not yet…! Gh-!" Samatoki, meanwhile clicked his tongue as a form of frustration.

"I can't fall down in a place… like this…!" Ichiro said as he got louder. "Sama…toki…!"

"It ain't that bad to give up now, Ichiro." Samatoki said. "I'll win against you, even if you stand up."

"Don't shit around." Ichiro retaliated. "You always think I'm some sort of brat…!"

"This time I'll prove you wrong…!" He continued.

He then proved so by putting all of his energy into his rap that it pushed Samatoki back quite a distance.

"Samatoki!" Jyuto yelled out.

"That's it! Nii-chan!" Jiro yelled out.

"Let that feeling sink, Samatoki Aohitsugi…!" Saburo said out loud.

Yuuto wondered about Samatoki's condition. Will he be down, after all of that?

"Stand up, Samatoki! When the leader's down, we can't win!" Jyuto shouted towards the white-haired man. While Rio stays silent.

Ichiro gets back his air for a little bit. "Hey, Samatoki. How long are you gonna sleep? It's not like you to go down like that." He said.

"Hmph."

The said man now stands back on his 2 feet.

"Saying shit like that…" Samatoki said. Clearly in an irritated tone. "Don't even open your damn mouth…!"

"He stood back up… When is he just gonna stay down…" Jiro mumbled. Saburo then noticed something that everyone has forgotten about. Yuuto was saw the face and sort of read his thoughts and realized.

"Jiro, the time…!" Saburo said.

"The time…? Wait-" Jiro was about to say something before the timer rang.

The match was over.

"The first match of the Semi-Finals are over!" DJ ROKURO yelled. "The match is a draw and they will carry over to the "Sudden Death"!" The audience cheered, but the fighters aren't happy, but they didn't look disappointed either.

"A draw… And "Sudden Death"…" Jiro mumbled out loud.

"Yeah, and that's where we're gonna settle this…" Ichiro said.

"The "Sudden Death" happens after all the matches, that means we can catch a breather for a bit…" Saburo mumbled.

"Yeah, you 2 did great." Ichiro gladly said towards his 2 younger brothers.

Meanwhile in the audience…

Matsumo stared for a moment before he was about to walk away before the girl stopped him. "Matsumo~! The "Sudden Death" is gonna get interesting! Did you see this happening?" He then looked back and said "no".

In DJ ROKURO's waiting room…

Yuuto and DJ ROKURO were inside, the former was helping the latter giving refreshments.

"That was rough…" DJ ROKURO mumbled out loud. "Hey, brat. Give me some water." He directed those words to the 15-year old and he did just that.

"My bad…" The older DJ said.

"Uhm… Is there anything I can do?" Yuuto asked.

"Nah, I'm good." DJ ROKURO answered. "I need to take a break before the 2nd match. You…" He looked as his "adopted child". "Can't be here for a moment."

"You can look around the venue. But don't cause trouble, understand?" He said.

"Yes. I understand." Yuuto obediently said.

"Go to the audience seats or back stage before the match starts, understood?" DJ ROKURO added. Yuuto responded by doing a nod.

"Alright. You're free for the moment." DJ ROKURO said. It was a signal that Yuuto is now free to do whatever he likes, well as long he's not gonna get into trouble. He then left the room to give his Master some space to rest.

"! Yuuto! Is Doudantsutsuji-san inside?" Ichiro was the first one to notice the DJ's apprentice.

"Yes." Yuuto answered. "Also, we both are on break."

"Oh, you're taking a break? Then sorry for disturbing you." Ichiro apologized. Soon, the other brothers noticed the DJ.

"Hey, Yuuto! You were watching our match. How was it?" Jiro asked.

"You 3 are… really amazing!" Yuuto hesitated before saying what he wanted to say.

"But, it's kinda worth nothin' cause we didn't win…" Jiro mumbled out.

"Well, that's gonna be decided at the "Sudden Death" match." Ichiro said.

"We will win the finals, Ichi-nii." Saburo interjected the conversation.

"Yeah, there's only victory after all." Jiro agreeing with his younger brother. "It doesn't make sense if you can't win the championships, no matter how good the matches are." Ichiro agrees.

"Samatoki will definitely come out in the match up." Ichiro said. "Which is why I'm going in. You 2 have to rest before the finals."

"I understand, Nii-chan." Jiro said.

"I'll get good rest." Saburo said.

"But, we still need to watch the second match. You guys still have that much physical strength?" Ichiro asked.

"Of course!" Jiro said.

"Whoever wins this match will be our opponent, that's why I'm going to analyze them." Saburo said.

Ichiro then looks at Yuuto. "So, we're heading to the audience seats, but Yuuto. You wanna come with us?"

"O-Oh… I could go there, but I could be in the backstage again or the front seats..." Yuuto responded.

Ichiro stared at awe. "So you can be in the backstage area or the front seats? The front seats are the same as ours."

"If that's so, then let's look for seats together." He continued.

"I don't have any problems looking for seats with you, but since that's what Ichi-nii says. You better say "Thank you"." Saburo said looking towards the DJ in question.

"That's right!" Jiro jumped into the conversation. "So when the 2nd match happens, Yuuto can study "Fling Posse" and "Matenrou" too!"

"Hey, hey. Yuuto is studying how to be a DJ." Ichiro clarified the most prominent point of Yuuto's presence here. "Doudantsutsuji-san will change the performance depending on the team that appears."

"I'm sure you learned something from our match." He continued.

"Heh~ Is that so…" Jiro mumbled out loud.

"As expected of Ichi-nii! You really are familiar with DJs!" Saburo said in praise.

"Nah, I'm not really familiar with it. I'm sure you guys knew during the last match." Ichiro said. "Of course, the beat changes depending on the MC, and it felt like I was familiar with it. So the lyrics should've been easy to emphasize."

"Whatever you say…" Jiro responded, with some understanding, but having some of his thoughts full of holes on the supporting details.

"...I see…" Yuuto simply mumbled.

"DJ ROKURO really is amazing…" Saburo said in awe.

"Well, let's continue this later. The 2nd match is gonna start soon." Ichiro said.

But as they were about to leave, Ichiro bumped into a blue-haired boy. That blue-haired boy being Matsumo.

"Oh! Sorry for not seeing you there…" Ichiro apologized. "Wait… Sorry if I may ask, but where are you going?"

Matsumo looked at Ichiro for a good amount of time before responding. "None of your business." He then noticed Yuuto near by Jiro.

"You…" Matsumo looked at him and made Yuuto uncomfortable. "You're that guy that was peeking from backstage…" He mumbled, not being audible to anyone. Well, except for Yuuto.

"E-Eh…? You, saw me… peeking near by the stage…?" Yuuto nervously asked. "A-Anyways… Where are you going…? The 2nd match is going to start-"

"I don't have any interest anymore…" Matsumo said. "If that bastard ain't gonna get beaten, then I would rather battle him myself again…" He mumbled and that brought up a bunch of questions.

""That bastard"? Who are you talking about…?" Yuuto asked. Matsumo glared at him a bit and then looked away. Yuuto flinched at the other's piercing glare.

"*sigh* Whatever… I'm leavin'. "Fling Posse" and "Matenrou" don't interest me anyway." Matsumo said as he went towards the exit.

"Huh… What a weird guy…" Jiro said.

"He had face marks. And who was he talking about?" Saburo wondered.

"..." Yuuto stayed silent.

"Hey, don't let it get into you. Let's go." Ichiro said. "Wasn't the way to the audience right here?" He pointed out.

"That's right. Just go down through here." Saburo said. As he was holding the map from earlier.

"Don't get us lost this time, Saburo." Jiro teased.

"Wh-! You're not any better! You couldn't even get the map!" Saburo retaliated.

"That ain't true!" Jiro stated.

"Saburo, that's enough." Ichiro stepped in. "The match will start soon."

"M-My bad… Ichi-nii…" Saburo apologized. Yuuto decided to volunteer. "How about… I look at that?"

"Fine… But, I do most of the guiding, alright?" Saburo said. Yuuto simply agreed.

"Hmph!" Jiro meanwhile looked away. His face was like an annoyed man who couldn't get a simple rest day.

"Jiro… You're a big brother too. Don't go acting sharp like that." Ichiro said towards his other younger brother.

"...But, Saburo's always like that too…" Jiro said.

"That's what a Middle Schooler does. Come on, let's go." Ichiro tries to make him feel better.

"Yeah…" Jiro said in a low volume.

And then a new voice popped in.

"Ichiro~!"

Yuuto immediately recognized the voice, but he didn't know where it was coming from. Meanwhile Ichiro was looking around for who called him out.

"Here~!"

Then a pink blur passed by Yuuto's sight (again) as he hoped and not hoped at the same time. And it reappeared nearby Ichiro.

"Woah!"

Ramuda was now hugging Ichiro like he was holding a teddy bear.

"Hihi~! It's so strange to meet in a place like this " Ramuda said.

"Geez, don't hug me like that! Come on, get off." Ichiro politely asks. Yuuto meanwhile, experiencing déjà vu in the corner of Ichiro's eyes.

Jiro then grabbed on to the smaller man and tried to pull him away from Ichiro.

"That's right! You… stay away from Nii-chan!" Jiro said as he attempted to pull the pink man away. Then the youngest one joined in the attempt.

"Don't go touching Ichi-nii like that!" Saburo yelled out loud. Meanwhile, the young DJ was watching, well… Whatever was happening in front of him.

After a little while (which wasn't that much), Ramuda let go of Ichiro. "Ahaha ! Your little bros are looking fine!"

"...Uhm…" Ramuda said more. "What are your names again~?"

"It's Jiro!"/"Saburo!" Both yelled their respective names at him.

Ichiro then had to ask something important, since Ramuda is here it could only mean…

"Uh- Ramuda?" Ichiro called out to the man. "It might be strange to ask you, but… aren't you in the next match?"

"We're going to watch, so aren't you going up next?" He continued his question.

"Oh right~!" Ramuda simply responded. And in the distance, Yuuto could hear footsteps. It came from Ramuda's other teammates.

"Hey, Ramuda! What are you doing?!" Dice yells as he moved closer to his leader.

"It's not just "Oh right~!". Jeez. We're contestants, so if we have to go to the stage instead." Gentaro explained.

"Huuuuh?" Ramuda wondered a random thought. "Then why did Gentaro come here too?"

"That's because I'm following you…" The author pointed out the obvious.

"Okay okay~!" Ramuda said. After he said so, he noticed Yuuto standing by the 2 younger brothers and was intrigued at his presence.

"...? That reminds me… who's this person~?" Ramuda asks. Yuuto was so surprised at Ramuda's sudden question that when he asked, he jolted a bit.

"Wah…! Uh… Nice to meet you… U-Uhh…" Yuuto stuttered.

"What what~?" Ramuda asked more.

"U-Uh… I'm DJ ROKURO's apprentice…" Yuuto mumbled to a volume that could be heard by Ramuda.

"Rokuro's "apprentice"? Weh…" Ramuda said in awe. Out-of place awe, probably. "I didn't know about something like that~"

"He's here to study on how to be a DJ." Ichiro explained for Yuuto. "I'm looking forward to the next match."

"Heh~! Then I'll show you something cool " Ramuda said.

"If you want to show that "cool" thing, do it at the match." Gentaro stopped Ramuda from doing anything unnecessary. "Let's go, it's almost time."

"Right!" Dice agreed.

"Well, bye~! I'm looking forward to see Ichiro and the others in the finals " Ramuda said. Ichiro responded with a simple "Yeah."

"What a guy…" Saburo mumbled.
"How is that team still fine?" Jiro also mumbled. "Their leader is the worst, isn't it?"

"Nope." Ichiro answered. "Ramuda is amazing… in many ways… You'll see it by watching the match."

"I knew that they had to be decent if they made it this far." Saburo said.

"Well, there's no doubt that Ramuda has changed. But his raps are the real deal." Ichiro said.

"We have to be alert." Jiro said.

"That's how it is." Ichiro said. "Well then, let's go. We'll be late too."

In Shibuya…

Akito sort of lied to his friend in a way. He was going home, but he had a bunch of chores to run there anyways. His house was quite a spacious, it had 2 guest rooms, 1 bedroom and 1 master bedroom for his parents who aren't always home. He was alone and went up to his bedroom located at the 2nd floor.

His room was plain and simple. He had a TV attached to the wall parallel to the wall his bed was near to. His closet was next to the door with an amp nearby his desk for the instrument he carries around. He sighed as he placed his case nearby his bed and opened his phone. He looked for the livestream that was showing the Alternative Rap Battles. It displayed that it was on stand-by for the 2nd match.

Akito sat on his bed and now watched the livestream. 'I wonder… How will you fair…?'

Back in the Colosseum…

"1, 2- Ramuda-chan!"

"Ramuda-chan! Hurry up and come here~!"

"Hifumin!"

The audience was cheering so much for the 2 teams, meanwhile Ichiro stood at awe.

"...It's amazing." Ichiro said out loud.

"Y-Yeah." Jiro agreed. "Our match had a completely different atmosphere…"

"It's because of Ramuda Amemura and Hifumi Izanami. Both seem to be popular around the women." Saburo explained.

"Heh… I'm surprised that you knew Saburo!" Ichiro said. Then Saburo smiled.

"Of course! I've already researched about the guys who will fight next." Saburo explained.

"Why is being popular with the girls part of the information?" Jiro asked.
"Apart from that, I didn't look into that alone!" Saburo yelled angrily at his older brother. "I've also seen how they fight. For example; Amemura's rap."

Ichiro nodded at that statement. "That's right. When you listen to his rap, you get hit with hallucinations. Be careful."

"I'll prevent it!" Saburo said. Yuuto meanwhile took whatever they were talking about as a mental note. He couldn't help but wonder about Saburo's ability. 'Sure, you can… But... Can you prevent a lot of it…?'

"Then "Matenrou"'s host man? What's he like?" Jiro asks.

"Don't ask about it so willy nilly Jiro. However, I'll tell you since it's necessary information needed in order to win the finals." Saburo said. And then started explaining. "He's plain, but he's too alert. When the tag comes off, he gives out dangerous lyrics."

"I see…" Ichiro mumbled out loud. "Then it's better to hit him before that happens."

"I think so." Saburo agreeing to Ichiro's plan. Yuuto simply stood there, he remembered that when being a DJ, he had to be a little non-biased on whoever is going to win or lose. So as much as he wants to give advice, he can't cause he thinks it would be cheating.

"Ah! Nii-chan, the seats are right here." Jiro pointed at the seats, looks like they made it in time.

"Is Yuuto's around here?" Ichiro asked. Yuuto looked around and found his seat. It was to the left of the group.

"It looks like it next to everyone's left." Yuuto said.

"Then Jiro." Saburo addressed Jiro's attention. "You sit next to him. While I sit next to Ichi-nii!"

"Why can't he sit next to me?" Ichiro asks.

"You have to focus on the match, of course." Saburo explained briefly.

"Since Yuuto probably doesn't know too much about Rap Battles, it'll be a pain in the ass if you keep asking during the match." Jiro explained the reason in full.

"That's right So, Jiro will answer all the questions." Saburo nonchalantly said.

"Even if you didn't tell me, I meant to do that!" Jiro said. "It's natural to take care of him because he's the apprentice of the person he respects!"

Saburo looked like he made a mistake in the first place and really needed to fix it.

"I-I'm not like that Jiro!" Saburo quickly retaliated. "Then the seats will be in the order of Ichi-nii, Jiro then me!"

Jiro then made a questionable look. "Hah?! Why so?!"

"Even I can take care of that!" Saburo yelled back.

Before Yuuto could even attempt on stopping the bickering, Ichiro did so with a simple statement, although he sounded angry.

"You guys. It's okay to sit quietly!"

"Order is Saburo, me and Jiro. Then Jiro takes care of Yuuto." Ichiro explained the seating order.

Jiro nodded in agreement of the order. "Leave it to me!"

Saburo meanwhile, stood there in silence.

"Well, Saburo. You're going to analyze the match with me." Ichiro said. "It's better for Jiro to catch things with sense, so it's better to watch rather than making a fuss about Yuuto." Saburo then looked at Ichiro while the latter was still explaining.

"You're not good at that, but you're better at scrutinizing things and analyzing them, right? So I want you to analyze the match with me."

"Ichi-nii…" Saburo mumbled softly.

"I know you can do anything. I'm counting on you, Saburo." Ichiro said. And then all of a sudden, Saburo had a huge smile on his face.

"Yes sir!" He said.

They all then sat down on their respective seats.

"Now that that's decided-ah. The match is gonna start."

"Hey you all! Sorry for the wait!" DJ ROKURO yelled by the stage. "The 2nd round now starts! The competitors for this match are-"

""Fling Posse" VS. "Matenrou"!"

"Fling Posse" then dashed out of 1 side of the stage while "Matenrou" simply walked out of the stage.

"Wah~ Are we late?" Ramuda panted as he said so.

"Gah… Barely made it…" Dice mumbled out loud.

"It appears they went somewhere else before coming here…" Hifumi said as he saw his opponents run out of the other exit.

"Bleh~ At least we can fight, riiight?" Ramuda said.

"At least, but now, our worries are wining this match." Gentaro said.

"Hehe~ And then I can show the old man something he won't forget " Ramuda said.

Said "old man" overheard.

"Amemura-kun, you know that that won't irritate me." Jakurai said.

"Well, it's cause of your face~ I can't help it~" Ramuda said.

"Hey, you 2/ We don't want another throw down like the 1st match." DJ ROKURO said as he faced the 2 leaders.

"Ah. My apologies, DJ ROKURO."

"Oopsie~"

"Alright! Now that everyone's here, here are the fighters!" DJ ROKURO continued.

""Fling Posse"'s easyR: Ramuda Amemura!"

"Phantom: Gentaro Yumeno!"

"Dead or Alive: Dice Arisugawa!"

"And with "Matenrou": ill-DOC: Jakurai Jinguji!"

"GIGOLO: Hifumi Izanami!"

"DOPPO: Doppo Kannonzaka!"

"Now then, I've already explained the rules in the first match, you got any questions?" DJ ROKURO asked. Everyone said that they don't have any questions and thus the match started.

Apparently, the first ones to step forward were Gentaro and Doppo. Which kinda stunned everyone with the fact that they started "trash talking" to each other. That was explained with Yuuto.

"What are they sayin'…?" Jiro mumbled out loud.

"I think that Gentaro-san said something about Doppo-san's job… But I could only hear "salary"…" Yuuto said.

"Oh, maybe he meant "salaryman". Which reminds me, he is one from looks." Jiro said.

"Doppo Kannonzaka may be an average salaryman, but don't let that distract any of you from his raps." Saburo's voice boomed.

Jiro looked at Saburo before looking back at the stage. They could hear the start of a rap and the first attack was going to be launched by none other than DOPPO. And in that instant, Jiro and Yuuto saw the rap. Jiro focused more on the rap, while Yuuto noticed the change in style of beats compared to the 1st match.

Meanwhile with Gentaro and Doppo, the former was launched quite a distance before shortly falling. He quickly stood up and got support from Dice.

"You okay?"Dice asked.

"Quite fine actually." Gentaro responded. He got of Dice's support and held his mic.

"I would take those words back. Only…" He then stared at Doppo. "…if you can handle my next rap."

Gentaro's rap was quite the wordful one. It had complex words, but it gave quite the impact. As shown as the attack hit Doppo.

"Gah…!" Doppo fell onto the ground, and was unable to stand.

"DOPPO is down! 1, 2-" DJ ROKURO yelled as he saw the business man fall.

"Doppo-kun!"

Gladly for "Matenrou" and unfortunately for "Fling Posse", Doppo stood up before the half-way mark of DJ ROKURO's counting.

After a while of those 2, they switched for Dice and Hifumi respectively. Yuuto asked why and Jiro answered so that the other guys can "catch his breath". In fact, Yuuto can over hear what Dice said while Gentaro and Doppo where battling. Apparently, Dice wanted to battle the Shinjuku host out of spite and the latter simply accepted.

Yuuto noticed the changes in his Master's beats when the the author and business man left the spotlight and the gambler and host came in. It felt a bit more aggressive, maybe that's due to the atmosphere around them at the moment.

Somehow, the 2 tolerated each other and neither of them were unable to fall. Until all the leaders themselves decided to take a turn in battling each other.

"Yay~! I finally can battle Jakurai and beat his ass " Ramuda happily said.

"You are doubting my skills, Amemura-kun." Jakurai calmly said. "If you are, you have no chance of wining against me."

"Hehe. Just wait, old man~ I'll show you some cool stuff that can knock you out~!" Ramuda responded.

The beats started lining up with Ramuda's raps and once he finished, the audience looked like they themselves were in a trance. Yuuto noticed how "unreal"(?) and couldn't explain the fact he felt like he was being hypnotized for a moment. Jiro noticed him shaking his head then but Yuuto told him to not mind it.

"That was…"

Jakurai, meanwhile, was shaking in place from the rap. Then the beats changed from a bubbly style to a darker style to match Jakurai's upcoming attack. Or so everyone thought.

When it was Jakurai's turn, he rapped but healed himself. Ramuda clicked his tongue. This repeated a few more times, with the doctor mixing up his healing with hitting the Shibuya leader, with some added insults here and there. Needless to say, no side was wining.

"...I can't settle at all." Saburo said under his breath.

"Yeah…" Ichiro agreed. "This is…"

Yuuto was trying to study more about his Master's technique, but almost wondered to another thought. 'Is the same thing going to happen again?'

He shook off the thought and looked back at DJ ROKURO in order to study. While "Buster Bros!" continued to look at the match, with now the leaders' subordinates fighting each other.

"Jakurai-sensei~! Do your best!"

"Yumeno-sensei, just hold it out a little longer~!"

The audience was cheering for both sides with high intensity and Yuuto couldn't focus as much as he thought he could with the that being the main cause.

"No one has been disqualified, Nii-chan! Maybe…!" Jiro told Ichiro meanwhile.

"There's still 5 minutes left in the match!" DJ ROKURO reminded the contestants.

"This match might end in a "Sudden Death"…!" Ichiro mumbled out loud.

"If so… It might be an advantage to us." Saburo said.

"Somewhat." Ichiro responded. "After our "Sudden Death" match, it's "Fling Posse" and "Matenrou"'s, then it's the finals. You'll have time to rest before that."

"If there's a difference, it's pretty huge." Jiro added. "Well, Nii-chan won't lose to them. With or without a break."

"No Jiro. For every game, luck is also important. If something good were to happen, I'll be grateful for it."

Yuuto noticed the timer display, it was close to ending.

"Ah, the match is gonna end-"

All of a sudden, a noise fired all through out the stadium. But wasn't the timer, it was a siren.

"This is an emergency. The Alternative Rap Battle will be canceled."

"Wh-" Saburo was cut off from his own surprise.

"Why? What came up?" Jiro wondered himself.

In Shibuya, Akito's house…

Akito's phone was blasting the noise for the past few minutes from the Alternative Rap Battle playing, but the stream that was playing the noise stopped all of a sudden. Akito wasn't surprised.

'I knew that.'

He then got up from his bed and looked at his case again. "You'll be fine… You and your team…"