Shiro ducked under another punch before kicking the thug between the legs. Seishu called out her name and she dodged the stuff aimed at her head.

"How're you holding up?" she asked her vice.

"I'm alright. We have the numbers this time. How 'bout you?"

"Don't worry about me. Go help Koko; god knows he whines every time you leave him alone."

The blonde snickered before taking off, taking down enemies as he went by. Shiro looked after him until another Valhalla member took her attention away.

Mikey was battling many guys at once and Draken was against Hanma.

'Perfect match.' Thought Shiro before heading towards the two tall delinquents. She would seem like she was fighting alongside Draken while she was actually fighting for the future.

"Why did you come?"

"Because that's my revenge."

The white haired male smiled as he stepped down from the edge he was sitting. He walked towards the younger male with his hand in his pockets.

"It's surprising… for someone like you to be outmatched by some random girl like that."

"She's a witch, I tell you." The tall male beside him grumbled.

Kisaki further narrowed his eyes. His distaste was visible for everyone to feel. After a second of hesitation, he took out a piece of paper and reached it towards Izana. The boy raised an eyebrow before taking the crumbled piece of paper and reading it.

'How many times are you going to use Sano Shinchiro's siblings for your plots? You're getting predictable.

-H.S.'

Shiro was a little shit. Kisaki wasn't getting predictable at all. It was just that she knew what exactly he would do before he even thought of it. And while anything could change the future, it was easy to guess how things could go south. No, Kisaki wasn't getting predictable, but he already was predictable to begin with.

He had met Izana a while ago. His plans were not made in a day. That was the reason why they were very tough. It was also the reason why they were delicate. Put a grain of salt at the side and the scale was tilted.

Shiro didn't like Kurokawa Izana. He was obsessive, possessive and a total loser. In her current life and past life alike, she hated blood relations. Her past blood relatives were stuck up bitches while she didn't even knew her current ones. In her both lives she had friends whom she saw as brothers more than her actual brothers-

The girl stopped at her thoughts. Those were dangerous; she didn't mean to get attached like that. The time she refused the boy as her friend was still fresh in her mind and she knew she could never be seen as a sister by him-

His sister was dead after all.

The voice of thunder caused her to jump at her seat. She sighed and got up from her place at her bed. She went to the kitchen to make herself some noodles she had been craving for a few minutes now.

After she was done and cleaning up, Takemichi entered the house with swollen fists and she felt like she would throw up everything she ate just before.

"…There is only one week for you to become the top guy in Toman. That said we don't even have a plan yet…"

"What about being the top guy in Toman?"

The first division vice-captain of Toman shrieked like a kid caught by his mother.

"Hanagaki-san! We- uh-"

"Nee-san! What are you doing here?"

"Listening to your secrets."

The two boys looked at her like he was mad.

"…I also brought sweets."

Takemichi chuckled and thanked her. Chifuyu followed his friend and took a plate.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome. So… when did you become friends?"

Chifuyu eyed his plate as he answered.

"After I heard you were friends with Baji-san and helped him, I decided to make a research about you two. Mikey approved so he took Takemichi from the second division and put him in our division. Then me and Baji-san used him as a goffer for one day and decided he was an alright guy. And then he went and told me he was a time-leaper like an idiot and-"

He was cut off by Takemichi's horrified scream.

The two bickered for a moment before a loud roar of laughter filled the room. Both teenagers turned towards the older female who was closing her mouth with one hand and hugging herself with the other. She was doubled up from the strength of her own laughter and seemed breathless.

"Man… hahaha- what a- what a way for the secret to come out- hahahahahahaha-"

The girl fell down on her knees and kept laughing straight for another few minutes. The two boys could only watch her from a distance with equally awestruck expressions.

"Nee-san…" Takemichi whispered after she was looking calmer, "Did you… Did you know about the- the secret?"

The girl met the boy's eyes and smiled a little too sharply.

"Dear brother. How stupid you must be to think you would be the only one to live through something supernatural."

"We don't have time now; your friends are in danger. Head towards the Shibuya Station. We will be talking later."

And as Takemichi's sister had said, their friends were in danger. After Yamagishi and Makoto reached them, Chifuyu and Takemichi went to save Atsushi and Takuya. They barely managed to escape before another wave of red coated thugs punched them down.

'This shouldn't have happened in the past. Nee-san, is this your doing?'

"You don't understand what's going on, do you?" a voice he knew asked Takemichi. A voice he knew but didn't like.

"Kisaki!" He spitted out.

"Yo, hero…"

An image of future events flashed before his eyes and Takemichi came to a terrible conclusion.

Kawata twins came to their rescue before they were further beaten up. It was hard for Takemichi to understand what anyone was saying at all.

"Takemitchy. Hey!"

"Chifuyu." Takemichi breathed out.

"Yes, hey! You're spacing off again."

"Chifuyu. I just saw Kisaki back there. He is a part of Tenjiku."

"What?! No way! Why would he-"

"Chifuyu! I've been thinking about it. Even though I keep coming back to the past, how does Kisaki manage to take over Toman? How does Hina die every time? Why is my sister lost in all the futures?"

"What are you saying Takemitchy?"

"Chifuyu, what if my sister was talking about another time leaper? What if… Kisaki was the time leaper and she was the trigger?!"

The boy gasped.

"What the fuck?! That's fucked up. How could that have happened?!"

"Think about it! She suddenly changed around the time Kisaki first joined the gang life! Maybe- Maybe he found her in the past and told her all about the future. Or worse! He lied and started using her in the past to control everything that happened while he is in the future. Shiro has always been the smart child. She always passed her test even as a child. For a short while she was even called genius by her peer till her incident! And she's my sister! If Kisaki's using her then- Then I have to kill Kisaki and save her too!"

"Hey Taiyaki-kun. How did that end again?"

"I don't know. Who're you?"

The dark skinned man sitting beside Mikey shrugged and nodded towards the bike.

"Nice bike." He commented, "I'm Kurokawa Izana." He answered the previous question.

"Tenjiku's leader." A female voice added from behind them. Mikey recognized the Black Dragon's Captain and turned his head to the older gang leader. Kurokawa did the same and looked at the female with a biting smile.

"You're no fun, whoever you are."

"I am the other player." Shiro answered, "You damn pawn." She mockingly added.

The insult caused Izana to narrow his eyes before recognition lit them.

"Hanagaki Shiro, huh? I heard many things about you."

"From those two? I'm sure there is nothing good."

The man laughed, it was ugly and distasteful. Shiro's eyes watched him like a hawk. This man was strong, crazy and dangerous. This man had to get out of the picture as soon as possible.

Shiro bit her lower lip in anxiety. Things were easier when there weren't any foes that brought promised terrible futures with them. Now Shiro couldn't even breathe easy.

Izana smiled like a predator that smelled blood.

"Oh? Is the so called witch scared of me?" he chuckled, "I'm honored."

"It's not you actually. I just don't know how to break down the news to the boy."

Mikey got up from his place, uneaten taiyaki forgotten at the ground, he asked: "What news?"

"It's no news truly but we're brothers."

Then all three of them fall silent, Izana and Shiro observing and Mikey at a loss. It was a three way checkmate, the next move could change the future of all three.

And so the move came from Izana's team.

"Shiro!" Taiju saw the girl in front of their warehouse and immediately ran to support her. There were only two other executives inside the hangout because the girl had informed them the previous day about an executive-only meeting. She had said it had to be as secretive as possible and to send all the members home early. And even though the thoroughly made plan of theirs, she was running late and the executives were on high alert; especially with the information of the new gang that appeared in Shibuya that exact day. She was finally there now and Taiju was relieved. He heard Koko and Inupi run after him as he reached Shiro.

"Shiro, hey." Koko called softly from beside the battered form of their girl. She looked shaken unlike anytime they have ever seen her.

"What happened?!" Seishu asked worriedly to the girl who was clinging to all three of them at the same time with a surprising strength.

"…It was a trap." She gasped, "They have him." she closed her eyes as if they would fall off if she didn't. The three males looked at each other and slowly crouched around the girl. It seemed like she was trying to hide it but her arms and hands were shaking like leaves. Inupi took off his jacket and put it on her as Koko held her hands in his, they were cold like ice.

"Let's go inside." He offered but the girl didn't seem like she would –or could- stand. With a look from Inupi, Taiju slowly raised the girl in air and started walking towards their office.

When they reached the closed area, Koko poured a cup of water for the girl and Taiju set her down on the couch. She was holding onto her head like mad. The shorter male held out the plastic cup for the girl to take. She sighed before letting go of her head and took the water gratefully. After drowning out most of the cup she finally raised her head and met the eyes of the boys.

"What happened?" While his question sounded uncaring and cold, Seishu was crouched down before Shiro and his hands were massaging her knees, their warmth helping the girl calm down.

"I… underestimated what Kisaki could do. That bastard- I should've just killed him off."

The three guys in the room widened their eyes on that, while Shiro wasn't the gentlest person around, they never heard her wanting to kill anyone-

Shit. There was one and only one person she would kill and that person was in another league from a middle school boy.

"What has he done?" Taiju asked.

"…They have him, the one who raped me, on their side"

As the 16-year-olds inside the room gasped and widened their eyes, Shiro only looked forward.

"Are you…" she asked, "Still willing to kill him?"

A second passed, two seconds passed and the resolve on the three boys' eyes settled. Their looks were almost saying: 'Do you really need to ask?'