𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅...𝑯𝑶𝑾???

Your POV:

We were by a river, Chifuyu was laying on his back and I was next to him. Takemichi was standing up and looking out, most likely thinking about something.

"Whatcha thinking about?" Chifuyu asked him, having the same idea as me.

"Huh?" Takemichi asked, turning to him. "Um. Well..."

"Wonder what's gonna happen from here on out?" Chifuyu asked. "The Black Dragons are under our command. Kisaki and Hanma have left Toman. Right now, the first division's the biggest one in Toman."

"Even if the Black Dragons have an ulterior motive...Taiju didn't die. And Kisaki got thrown outta Toman. You don't have a mission here anymore."

"Yeah, things are good, for now..." I muttered the last part.

"Right, so...you're going back, right? To the future," Chifuyu added.

"...Yeah..." Takemichi answered.

"...Guess this is a goodbye," Chifuyu told him. "Your home is 12 years in the future. Not here."

"With Hina and Atushi (Akkun)... With everyone else, 12 years from now," I told Takemichi.

"I..." Takemichi began tears in his eyes. "I..."

"CHIFUYUUU!! Y/N!! THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING!! I COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN THIS FAR WITHOUT YOU TWO. YOU'RE THE BESTEST FRIENDS I'VE EVER HAD!!"

I smiled at his sudden outburst and said, "See you again in 12 years, Take."

"See you again in 12 years!" Chifuyu repeated and smiled. "'Til then, we'll part ways for just a little while."

Tears were spilling from Takemichi's eyes.

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We all stood in front of Takemichi, waiting for him to say something.

"What's the deal?" Draken asked him. "Why'd you want us all here?"

"Mikey! 'Kisaki is the enemy.' Those were the words Baji said," Takemichi said.

Speaking of Baji, I need to talk to him. Haven't heard his voice since New Years!

"'The third division captain...isn't Kisaki. Pah is. Pah-chin, Mitsuya, Draken, Kazutora, and Mikey. Those guys...are my treasures." Takemichi said, his lip trembling a bit. "Please don't forget what Baji's goal was!! Please, stay strong!! If anyone can create a new age alone, it's you, Mikey-kun!!"

"Takemitchy..." Mikey uttered.

"Quit making me cry, dumbass..." Chifuyu said, coming over to pat Takemichi's shoulder.

After a while, Takemichi scratched the back of his head, a bit of an embarrassed blush covering his face. "Um, could I ask for one more thing?"

"Hm?"

"Mind if I take a group photo, to remember this occasion?" Takemichi asked.

"Omg, yes please!" I said, excited.

"...Huh?" Mikey asked, confused.

"What occasion?" Draken asked.

"Come on guys, let's get into formation!" I said, happily

"Don't wanna." Mikey said.

"When're we getting some food?" Mitsuya asked Hakkai.

"What a pain," Chifuyu complained.

"Stand together, guys!" Takemichi pleaded.

"Come on, guys, let's do this!" I persuaded.

We all got stood together for the picture, I did a few silly poses.

"Ready, guys? Y/n, put that finger down! Mikey?! Look this way!"

Two...

One...

Takemichi jumped in at the right time to be in the picture, and I did a regular peace sign.

Click!

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A funeral...is what I woke up to while taking a nap. Not surprised...but who died this time? I forgot...My eyes adjusted and I saw the picture of the person who died. Oh no...it's Takashi...!!

"Takemichi??" I uttered when I saw him. He spotted me too.

"Y/n!!" Takemichi yelled, running over to me with a somewhat relieved look on his face.

"Takashi..." I put both of my hands on his shoulders, tears in my eyes.

"I know! He's dead!" Takemichi finished my sentence.

Next thing I know, Takemichi grabbed my hand and we were running away from the funeral home. While running, Takemichi searched up Mitsuya's name. All these articles about him dead...Then he searched up Hina's name, and she's dead too!

Takemichi picked up the pace, but then, he fell over with a loud thud.

"Takemichi!" I yelled in worried. I was able to catch myself so I would fall with him.

Tears was in his eyes and he began to scream, "Damn it!"

"Chifuyu!! Naoto!! Where are you guys?!" Takemichi yelled.

He was silent for a while, but panting. He then turned to me.

"Y/n, do you..."

"I don't know what's happening either...I just got here," I told him.

"So you're...from the past?" He asked me.

"Yeah, I don't know for sure, but I think I can timeleap too..." I said.

Takemichi looked back at the ground. He saw a key on the ground, probably to his place.

"This key...goes to where I lived before I started the timeleaps... My crappy old apartment." He muttered.

"I'm coming with you," I told him.

"You will?" Takemichi asked me.

"Yeah, let's go," I told him.

We walked to his apartment together and he opened the door when we got there. It was small and a little dirty, but I didn't mind. He opened the little window and sat on the window sill.

"...From a high-rise apartment to this place again..." Takemichi muttered. "Were you there, Y/n?"

"Mhm..." I answered, sitting next to him.

He widened his eyes when he spotted something on his little table.

"Ahhh!" He yelled and snatched up the photo.

"What??" I asked.

"Look, this photo..." He said.

I looked at it. It's the one we just took in the past...

"The last group photo I took before I left..." Takemichi muttered.

"...So here you are," A voice said. "I've been looking for you.:

A very handsome man, who was definitely Naoto said, "My memory was over-written...which meant that you came back."

"Naoto!"

"Naoto?!" Takemichi and I said at the same time.

"Takemichi...wait, Y/n?" Naoto asked, looking at me.

"Naoto, it's you!" I said, pointing at him happily.

"What are you doing here?" He asked me.

"I went home with Takemichi after waking up in the future finding out Takashi is dead..." I told him.

"Waking up in the future..." Naoto repeated. "You're...a timeleaper too?"

"I think so...this is maybe my second time waking up in the future," I told him.

"Alright..." Naoto said, he looked like he was about to ask me something else, but Takemichi asked him, "What the hell happened Naoto...?!"

"You've timeleaped into the past multiple time...in your attempts to save my sister. This is the worst future that's happened yet. Of course, Hina wasn't saved, and the chief member of the Tokyo Manji gang...have all been killed," Naoto told us. "Chifuyu Matsuno, shot to death. Hakkai Shiba, burned to death, Takashi Mistuya, straggled. Ken Ryuguji, stabbed. Y/n, if you weren't with us right now...who knows what could have happened to you..."

"Kazutora Hanemiya and Haruki Hayashida too. And all the other gang members. All of them were murdered," Naoto said. "Even Kisaki was killed."

"This can't be..." I said, trembling.

Takemichi eyes widened. "Everyone...is dead?? No...! But why...??"

"The suspect is still at large. We don't even have a clue as to where he might be..." Naoto said.

"Mikey! What about him? Was he murdered too?!" Takemichi asked.

"Brace yourself for what you're about to hear. The criminal want for these serial murders..."

"No...don't say it..." I said, my voice trembling.

"...Is Manjiro Sano!!" Naoto said, holding up a picture of Mikey.

Mikey had long black hair and a dragon tattoo on his neck, like Draken's.

"...Huh? Could you dial down the jokes a notch? There no way he'd...!!" Takemichi's voice trailed off as he looked a Naoto with a tramatized look on his face. "There's no way that Mikey would kill everyone!"

Naoto looked away for a minute. He was DEFINITELY not joking.

"HEY!!" Takmichi raised his voice at him, wanting an answer. I was silent, trying to process this information.

"Takemichi. Y/n. I want to know the truth too. I want to meet Manjiro Sano and talk with him. You two are the only one who can do that," Naoto told us.

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Sorrryyy!!!! I had to cut it short bc I had to go to bed. I'm literally posting this at school 😭😭