Go on, show off!

Odysseus, Yoruichi, Hotaru, and Hoshika sat on the dirty ground of Simon Middle. Hotaru wasn't in her usual mood, Happy-go-lucky, and wished to leave this scary school. It was a fucking graveyard with the ghosts of the students who had died here a couple years back, or so Yoruichi says. "Where is Boss? We need to get out of here. This place is far too dangerous for any of us, minus Hoshika. We need to regroup and think of a better strategy than just walking in." Odysseus told his companions and Hotaru agreed with him. She nodded and waved a hand at Yoruichi, who had been calling Soichiro's phone for what seemed to be 15 minutes. BEEP! "His phone must be dead or something! We have to find him before Bakura gets him!", Yoruichi yelled to his friends as he placed a hand over his heart.

Yoruichi felt as if he could hear Soichiro calling out to them but they had been ignoring it and thinking of their own safety. Hoshika rubbed her head as Yoruichi and Hotaru were about to run deeper into Shimon Middle in search of Soichiro. "Listen, we'll find him. We aren't splitting up like last time." Hoshika informed the teenagers and they agreed. It was far too risky to fight with just two people; The people hidden inside this building wasn't any laughing matter. They were serious on killing the Giove Famiglia, the 12th generation, literal children at that. And what was to happen if they did succeed in beating Bakura? Will his goons stop attacking them since they would have no leader to follow? Those questions were ones that Hotaru wanted to be answered.

Suddenly, a feminine voice could be heard above them. A woman, one that appeared to be a samurai, stood on the ceiling of the entrance of Shimon Middle. "Don't bother fighting back against Bakura. You'd be wise to retreat and leave your 'boss' here with me." The woman said as an indigo box was in her left hand that made Hoshika stop breathing for a couple of seconds. "Is that really... what I think it is?", Hoshika thought to herself as a bright indigo light shot out of the box. It hit the 12th family, knocking all except Hoshika to the ground. Hoshika had remained calm, not phased in the slightest once the light hit them all. Hoshika turned around to see that the area they previously had been was no longer there, only a forest.

"What the hell is going on?", Odysseus asked as he took notice of their surroundings. He couldn't believe that this lady was able to cause a location to change into something else. Just what the hell were they witnessing? Only Hoshika knew that answer. Odysseus could tell by her uneasy breathing that this was an even more dangerous situation. "Where did you get that box weapon?", Hoshika asked the mysterious woman and she only replied with a laugh. A sword in hand, she rushed towards Hoshika and went for a vertical slice aimed at Hoshika's neck.

Hoshika countered this by leaning her head back, watching the sharp blade miss it's target. Hotaru, Odysseus, and Yoruichi backed away from the two women to watch Hoshika in action. They could've joined in and made it a 4 v 1 but that was just wrong. "I have no qualms against you, Giove. I'm merely doing this for the money that silver haired kid is giving me. Misuri, by the way." Misuri said as Hoshika jumped a few meters back from her opponent and sighed heavily. "Another D-class assassin. I doubt he only picked you because of your skills; To Bakura, you're expendable. Give up and I'll make sure your corpse isn't next to his." Hoshika, determined to make good on that threat, revealed two sai in her hand and tapped them together.

She then dashed at Misuri and threw the left Sai forward, it's target had been Misuri's heart. However, Misuri simply threw a kunai at it and the two weapons clashed, only for them to deflect each other into opposite directions. Misuri watched Hoshika slide on the ground, her right foot high enough to make contact with Misuri's left leg. Just right before they made contact, Misuri performed a front flip and evaded Hoshika's "cowardly" attack. Once her back faced Hoshika, the Giove assassin quickly turned around and held out her hand towards Misuri before rushing at her once again.

"Attacking someone behind their back... is such a weak tactic, even for someone like you!", the voice of Misuri said in Hoshika's ear and the Giove assassin's mouth was agape before she was punched in the jaw. Hoshika's feet left the ground as Odysseus was about to intervene but Hotaru stopped him from leaving her side. Hotaru shook her head as Hoshika grinned after she returned back to the earth.

"I love fighting people like you, Misuri. You always know how to piss me off!", Hoshika said as she began to take off the red scarf around her neck and threw it to Yoruichi. He caught it and took a whiff of it, then noticed the disgusted look of Odysseus. "What, I'm just making sure its clean. Damn." Yoruichi quickly explained and focused back on the fight between Misuri and Hoshika. Misuri's eyes widened as Hoshika's eyes slightly became similar to that of a bull's; Red and very angry. The teenagers watching had hardly recognized the rage in Hoshika's eyes, they even began to take steps back in fear that she may hurt them. "READY OR NOT, HERE I COME!!", Hoshika angrily yelled as she dashed off at Misuri with unremarkable speed. Dust was kicked up as she raced towards her target, her speed shocked Misuri as she was never estimated to have such hidden potential.

"Did I not do the calculations correctly?! She wasn't supposed to be this fast." Misuri thought to herself as a fist connected to her skull. Misuri let out a pained yell as another fist was rammed into her stomach, causing her to cough out blood. She opened her eyes to see Hoshika– No, that couldn't be this woman's name. She was not the same woman as before, there must have been something to cause such a change in power. Misuri stood up as doubles of her began to circle around Hoshika to cause confusion for the Giove assassin. She was far too dangerous to fight head-on now. However, that didn't stop Hoshika. Her nails began to get sharper and more durable, somehow being able to resemble claws. It didn't matter how many people Misuri brings to kill Hoshika, she'll just keep slicing until no one's left!

After her brief "transformation", Hoshika immediately launched on one of Misuri's doubles and dug her claws into its heart. She repeated this action in rapid succession, blood had been covered her hands as she got to the last one. The real Misuri watched in terror as Hoshika began to smile at her prey. "Illusions... a pain... in the ass... for Hoshika...", Hoshika said in third person as her "claws" returned to their normal state and she wrapped her hand around Misuri's throat. Misuri didn't plan to fight back, she was too weak to hold her own against Hoshika.

"Spare me!", Misuri squeaked as Hoshika began to tighten her grip on the assassin's throat. "This must be...", Misuri thought before Hoshika punched her in the face. The assassin then fell unconscious. "Toro Scatenato. Wildflower is just a simple nickname Renovatio gave me. That's my real title." Hoshika said before noticing the frightened looks on her friends faces. She ignored that as she reached for the indigo box in Misuri's pocket and stomped on it, crushing it into fifty pieces. Once that had been done, Hoshika witnessed the area around them disappear into nothing and they had been right back at where they started.

The entrance of Shimon Middle. Before any could ask, Hoshika answered their question. "This box contained the power of illusions. These illusions are usually VERY hard to break so we got lucky on this one. And Misuri, I'm still questioning whether or not I should kill you." She said to the ninja and grabbed her by the ankle without any difficulty, she then threw her upwards into the ceiling.

"Thank me later. Anyway, you guys ready to go save our boss? If so, I think I know where to find him. With Lady Luck on his side, I think he's with Renovatio." Hoshika informed the three teenagers and the two boys celebrated quickly. Hotaru, on the other hand, hadn't found any of this amusing and was finding it hard to not run out of the school. Hoshika stood next to Hotaru and smiled, "We'll get out of here with everyone else. I promise."

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Meanwhile, Renovatio had been holding Kaname on his shoulder as he and Bakura fought. Renovatio fired multiple rounds at Bakura, one's that Bakura sliced in half with ease. It felt like he did this everyday with how quickly Bakura moves. Renovatio watched Bakura sit on his throne and taunt him, "IS THIS REALLY WHAT THE #1 HITMAN CAN DO?", Bakura shouted as he launched himself at Renovatio and held one of his daggers in hand. The dagger had been thrown at Renovatio's chest, clear as day that Renovatio wouldn't be able to dodge it. Soichiro screamed for Bakura to stop but it was no use, the dagger had already reached it's target. Or... that's what it seemed to everyone else. Renovatio saw the dagger move towards him that it made him laugh as he let it close in on him.

He was moving far quicker than their eyes could ever perceive! When Bakura thought he had gotten Renovatio, he could feel the cold steel against the back of his head. Bakura slowly turned his head around to see Renovatio, with a lit cigarette in his mouth, and the man fired a bullet at Bakura's head. It pierced his skull and Bakura's corpse fell to the ground with a loud thud. Soichiro almost threw up in disgust at the sight of a dead body. Renovatio sighed as he looked at his magnum and realized he fired the wrong bullet. Bakura's body had been filled with color as he slowly got up and looked at Soichiro as an indigo flame appeared on his forehead.

"DYING WILL MODE!!?", Soichiro screeched as Bakura looked down at his hands. He made a fist with them as he lifted one of his daggers in his right hand and silently stepped towards Soichiro. Ignoring Renovatio, Soichiro had now become Bakura's primary target. "No, No, No, NO!" Soichiro shouted as he waved for Renovatio's help but the hitman had been too busy making Kaname go back to sleep. WOW! The shade is unreal. Soichiro ran around the stage with tears clouding his vision, he was far too scared of Bakura. He doesn't stand a chance against him now.

Bakura, tired of Soichiro's antics, appeared behind him and placed his hand on the boy's head. Bakura shoved Soichiro's head through a wall and laughed before kicking him in his spine. Soichiro's cry of pain could be heard throughout the school and he began crying hysterically as Bakura kicked him through the wall. He was thrown in to a large room, probably another classroom or something. His body was sent flying across a desk and he quickly got under it, despite the pain his body had been enduring. He watched the hole in the wall and saw that Bakura was getting inside the room they were in. Bakura searched a few desks, looking for Soichiro as they were the only places he could hide under. Soichiro began to breathe in dust from the desk he was hiding under, figures since it has been YEARS before anyone cleaned this place. He inhaled too much dust and sneezed uncontrollably, his eyes widened in fear because Bakura must've heard him. Fortunately, Bakura had also been sneezing and rushed out of the room. Dust had been everywhere and it was causing Bakura to sneeze far too much.

Soichiro waited a few minutes before leaving the classroom. It was stupid to just rush out once Bakura left! He returned to the stage area and rushed over to Renovatio, who was still carrying a sleeping Kaname, then felt a hand wrap itself around his neck. Bakura wasn't done with Soichiro just yet. He was gohng to continue having fun with this little boy until he dies. Soichiro's eyes pleaded for Renovatio's help but the hitman refused. "Giove XI ordered me to not intervene unless everyone else is risk." Renovatio sadly informed his student before a twisted smile appeared on his face.

He threw Kaname at Soichiro and the disciplinary committee leader's eyes shot wide open. Bakura jumped back and saw Kaname standing on his feet with Soichiro behind him. Batons in hand, Kaname manifested an intense dark purple aura that made Soichiro scared. "How is my rival cowering at a time like this? Fight with me, Soichiro, not against me." Kaname said as he looked at Soichiro with an angry facial expression and Soichiro nodded in fear. He stood next to Kaname with a loud sigh before his face turned serious, "Yeah... Just this once." Soichiro said as Kaname took the lead. Kaname rushed at Bakura with his left baton lowered to Bakura's right leg and his right baton held in reversed grip. Bakura watched in amazement as the left baton hit his leg, managing to leave a sting, and the right baton was held in a stupid way. Soichiro dashed to Bakura and punched him in the chest with his right fist. He pulled his fist back as he felt sharp pain coarse through his right arm, Jesus! Bakura was incredibly durable in this state. This couldn't just be regular dying will mode.

"Human limiters are removed in Dying Will Mode, but even then I still feel pain. Is this form Bakura is in... the next step of Dying Will Mode? What the actual hell!!", Soichiro angrily thought as he charged at Bakura once more. Kaname threw his left baton at Soichiro and he caught it with his left hand. He quickly switched it over to his right hand and gripped the baton with both hands before swinging it into the right side of Bakura's body. Bakura let out a pained sigh as he jumped back once more, the dying will flame he had possessed burned even brighter. That must mean he was enjoying this battle, merely toying with the boys. Bakura leaped into the air as his daggers appeared in both hands and he threw them at Soichiro.

Kaname stepped in front of him and blocked them both as Soichiro jumped on his back and leaped towards Bakura. Bakura was taken by surprise as a fist connected with the left side of his face. Soichiro then kneed Bakura in the gut and grinned as he finally landed a few blows on him. Bakura laughed in amusement before he appeared right behind Soichiro and kicked him into another wall. Kaname sighed as Soichiro fell off the wall and landed on the groan with a bloody nose. Hell, it was probably broken by now. Bakura met the ground with grace and stepped towards Kaname. "Renovatio... Shoot Kaname... with a dying will... bullet...", Soichiro weakly said to his tutor and Renovatio clicked his tongue. Kaname tilted his head to look at Renovatio with an uneasy face before a bullet had been fired in his noggin.

Kaname fell onto his back and any signs of life immediately left his body. Color filled his body once more as he jumped up with his clothes being torn to pieces to reveal his boxers. A purple flame had appeared on Kaname's forehead, proof that he has entered Dying Will Mode. Without further ado, Kaname rushed at Bakura with his left baton in front of him. Bakura copied Kaname's action by holding out a dagger in front of him as they ran at each other. From what Soichiro could see, Kaname and Bakura each had their backs turned from one another as their weapons had been held outwards. Bakura coughed up some blood with a satisfied smile, only for Kaname to have a long cut against his chest.

Blood shot out of his chest and he held back any cries of pain. "Amazing, Kaname-san. You hardly know much about your own family, do you? Just that silly story about a dumb fish. What if I told you that there was more to it than just that?", Bakura said to his opponent and turned around to see Soichiro holding Kaname's batons. Bakura scoffed and sighed, "He really is determined to die painfully. I did plan on it being just a quick death but he's really something else." Bakura thought as Soichiro watched Kaname stand up with ragged breathing. Even he was beginning to reach his limit with Bakura and Bakura was just playing around with them. Kaname had his brass knuckle on his left hand as the purple flame on his forehead began to diminish slowly. "Where... Is Arisa, Bakura! What does she have to do with any of this?", Kaname asked with a ice-cold tone and Bakura clicked his tongue before answering his question.

"I thought she'd make a lovely wife after this." Bakura said as he swiftly appeared behind Kaname and raised his dagger high in the air. Bakura's laughter made the following scene even more sickening as he slammed the dagger down on Kaname's head. It easily cut the boy in two halves, his organs falling to the ground. Soichiro did the best he could but it was no use, he threw up. Bakura took a picture of Half-ame before moving on to his next target. Bakura stepped towards Soichiro once more, his opponent had the lost the will to fight as he looked over at his comrade's corpse. Or what was half of it.

Bakura got down onto his knees and held his dagger above Soichiro's head, a sadistic smile forming on his face. "Sorry, I'll have to make this short. I have more important matters to attend to." Bakura informed a broken Soichiro as he dug his dagger into the boy's skull. Renovatio watched and was disappointed in Soichiro. He had such high hopes for the boy. "He could have never been the Giove Boss." Renovatio said before walking away, his gun in hand. He was going to kill Soichiro's friends to get rid of any evidence that could put the Giove in jail.

Soichiro had witnessed an alternate outcome of this fight with Bakura. Wasting no time, he shot up and rushed over to Kaname then forcefully shoved him to the ground. Bakura's slice had missed and the two boys stopped a fucked future from occurring. Bakura was surprised that Soichiro had known where he was going to strike. He hadn't displayed any signs of predicting attacks, if he had he could've beaten Bakura a long time ago. "I should get serious. This fight has being dragged on for long enough." Bakura said before walking away from the two and Soichiro helped Kaname up a second later. The Giove Duo had enough of Bakura's games; It was getting annoying. Bakura created a distance between them, 10 meters ahead of them with a smile on his face. Soichiro stepped forward and Kaname was about to team up with Soichiro once again but he stopped Kaname from doing that.

He shook his head and stared ahead at Bakura, "This is my fight. Arisa and the others were dragged into because you guys had connections to me. I'll be the one that ends this." Soichiro informed Kaname with a serious facial expression and Kaname respected his choice. The disciplinary committee leader stood next to Renovatio, who was doing his best not to laugh about Kaname's boxers, and watched Soichiro VS. Bakura. Renovatio smiled in excitement as Soichiro walked to Bakura without bothering to say any hero catchphrases or some anime bullshit.

Bakura did the same before rushing at him with his hand being held out to Soichiro's head. Soichiro did the same and moved his head out of the way as Bakura's hand flew past him before his fist connected to his jaw, resulting in a uppercut. Bakura's body was levitating in the air for a few moments but returned to the floor. He smiled as Soichiro was growing some back bone, all thanks to him! It was truly marvelous. Soichiro squinted his eyes as Bakura's dagger shined brightly in his field of vision. What a dirty trick! Bakura threw the dagger at Soichiro, nearly blinding the boy, as a distraction and leaped to Soichiro. He was high in the air with a deranged smile on his face before his hand wrapped around Soichiro's throat. Thanks to his weight, Soichiro toppled over and Bakura sat on his stomach while squeezing the living hell out of his throat. Strangled to death isn't the way I wanna go out, no way José. Soichiro tried to pry Bakura's hand off his throat but it hadn't been much help.

He was already losing consciousness and it wasn't even 10 minutes yet in this fight. Kaname was about to step in but Renovatio forced him to stay in his place and watch the events happening. "Someone, anyone, please help me! I can't hold on much longer...!", Soichiro thought as his vision slowly faded to black and Bakura cackled with pride in his voice. Bakura enjoyed squeezing the life out of his prey, he loved seeing their eyes plead for help that they could never get. Renovatio cleared his throat and fired a bullet upwards to get Soichiro's attention. "What is it that you want, Soichiro? More power?", He asked his student and Soichiro was tempted to cuss him out. But the young mafioso began to think on the question as he was being strangled.

"What is it that I want? I want more power! Not to protect myself... TO PROTECT MY FRIENDS FROM THIS PIECE OF SHIT!!! THAT'S WHAT I WANT.", Soichiro angrily thought before Renovatio smiled and disappeared. Bakura felt a hand on his collar and was flung into the air by Renovatio. A magnum had been aimed at Soichiro's head and the smile of the world's greatest hitman pissed him off even more. "Die for me, Soichiro Tsukuba!" Renovatio said Soichiro's full government name as a a black bullet pierced Soichiro's skull.

The theater began to shake uncontrollably as Soichiro's body began to stand. His entire body was completely soaked in orange-like energy. Kaname opened his mouth to speak but no words came out. He was amazed by how much power Soichiro had been holding back. Renovatio smiled and tipped his hat at Soichiro before walking away to let Soichiro continue his battle with Bakura. It was a destined fight that needed to happen, so any interruptions were not to be tolerated by Renovatio. "My mind... is as clear as the blue sky now." Soichiro said as an orange flame appeared on his forehead, though a little darker than it was a few days back. Bakura sneaked behind Soichiro and attempted to stab him in the back, only Soichiro calmly turned to Bakura with a clenched fist.

Bakura was moving incredibly slow to Soichiro that he was comparable to that of a snail. Soichiro raised his fist and rammed it into Bakura's stomach, causing the mafioso to throw up blood on his shoes. Soichiro held back his disgust and placed his hand on Bakura's skull, squeezing it as he looked down on Bakura. "I see your moves now. Back down and I won't turn your skull into dust." Soichiro warned his opponent and Bakura smiled at this. He hadn't been afraid of death for years of his life, he wasn't going to start now. "You are trash, Giove XII. Trash that needs to be exterminated." Bakura said as Soichiro let go of him and kicked the silver haired bastard in his face.

"Even trash can beat the strongest." Soichiro said before Bakura scoffed at him. Such a typical response of a little boy. Renovatio smiled as Soichiro held out his hand to Bakura, offering a sign of peace. "One last time, stop this and I won't kill you." Soichiro said before Bakura laughed at Soichiro and spat in his face. Soichiro casually wiped the spit off his face and sighed as Bakura got up with daggers in hand. They rushed at each other and their forearms collided, "I'll show you the power of Hyper Dying Will Mode!" Soichiro yelled at his opponent. The battle ends here!

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And that's it for chapter 17/18. Stuff is really going down at this point. And I'll keep it a buck 50 with yall guys... I didn't even give Soichiro a last name until now.

Soichiro: ...

Hotaru: LMAOOOOOOOO

Arisa: So nobody misses me? Fuck y'all.

Kaname: I- Wow.

Hoshika: Until Zenin dies, we'll see you guys soon.