Chapter 6 — Rewritten

~July 30, 2005~

"I didn't expect this" — I murmured in surprise as I watched my mother say goodbye from the car.

["Me neither..."] — he murmured the original as surprised as me...

After I got back from training I found my mother waiting in the living room with several suitcases, our talk was too short that I'm still processing what she told me

Apparently a year ago she started dating a foreigner she met at work, they have already made plans to get married in her boyfriend's country so she was leaving Japan, her original plan was that she would wait until she finished high school and then tell me about her engagement, but seeing that I'm more responsible, she figured I could manage on my own.

He left me the house and a large amount of money to support me, in addition to telling me that he would continue to provide monetary assistance as long as he decides to go to university, after giving me a hug and a kiss on the forehead, he took his bags and walked towards the door of the house where her boyfriend was waiting

["...it looks like that man is not a bad person"] — Takemichi spoke when the car was no longer visible

"I hope so, or else…"

["Calm down!... you're letting out your bloodlust"] — he spoke original with a nervous voice

"Ah!... whatever, go take a bath, it's almost time for your date with Hina... have fun" — I said before giving control of my body to the original

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{"Well... How did it go?"} — I asked with a smile from our mental space

The original had appeared in front of me, or well, what was left of him, seeing him so transparent scares me a bit, he looked like a ghost

["Thanks... it was fun... although I didn't expect Emma to join us"] —he replied with a big smile —["She gave me a hug as a reward for solving the Mikey and Draken thing, she seemed happy that Draken invited her to the festival, so she took me and Hina shopping, I hope you don't mind that I spent some money"]

{"No problem, I'm glad you had fun, now...give me control, I'm going to see Naoto"} — I spoke with a serious tone, yhe original raised an eyebrow when he noticed my change in voice

["Do you still think that Draken will be stabbed?"]

I nodded while getting out of my head space, I saw that he was already home, so I went and took a piece of paper from my study desk and started to write a letter to future Naoto.

["You're not being too paranoid, ToMan's internal conflict is over, Draken shouldn't die, right?"]

"You're too naive" — I muttered as I finished writing my letter and looked for an envelope to put it in —"Even though those two have reconciled, there are still some members of ToMan who don't accept that decision, Peh is one of those people... and then there's Kiyomasa …that guy has some grudge against Draken…although it's not hard to guess"

["It was because Draken humiliated him in front of everyone that day, right?"] — he interrupted me original

"Bingo…" — I said while sealing the letter —"Normally that idiot wouldn't dare to do something, but…"

["Kisaki"]

"Hum...you finally show some brains" — I muttered with a smile as I texted Naoto — "I suspect Kisaki of manipulating one of those two idiots, if not both, and then orchestrated an attack against Draken where the boy dies... and then all hell breaks loose and the shitty future we know happens... there is also the possibility that some idiot is responsible for the death of Draken, nothing is certain, during a street fight Anything can happen" — I said as I headed towards the garage of my house

["I see...if the first thing is true...Kisaki...it's really scary"] — he muttered the original with some fear

"Yes..." — I murmured as I took my skateboard —"But I've faced worse... it will only cost me a little more since I can't kill... but... that's better..." — I murmured while a cruel smile appeared on my face, this It only grew when I felt how the original trembled from my mental space by guessing my intentions.

I left the house and headed towards the park where I met Naoto for the first time, along the way I was remembering what I wrote in the letter, in it I asked future Naoto to subtly investigate whether "The High Table " existed.

If this organization exists in this world it could get something out of it, having an information provider in the past could be very useful, although it is somewhat risky, after all in my world I ended up being betrayed by one of those underworld lords

I didn't forget to ask him to look for information on Kiyomasa and Peh, since they are my two suspects it would be nice to have information on them and what happened to them in the future might give me some clue if I am correct suspicions

As I wrote him the whole current situation, I asked him not to visit Akkun in the future, not only to avoid his death, I didn't want to draw ToMan's attention so soon, in the last future we already had Kisaki's thugs after us for snooping too much

After a few minutes I arrived at the park, I saw Naoto sitting on the swing where we talked that day.

"Sorry for the delay... did you bring what I asked for?" I asked as I sat on the swing next to he.

"Yes... here" — Naoto answered as he handed me the other letters that I had given him earlier.

I nodded in satisfaction as I received them, took out a lighter, and began to burn them under Naoto's stunned gaze.

"Don't worry, those are no longer useful to us... here, keep this one" — I said as I handed him my other letter

"Eh?...Why do I have to open it a year earlier than the previous ones?" asked a surprised Naoto.

"...I want to try another way to save Hina..." — I spoke seriously

"What are you talking about?" Naoto asked.

"... you'll find out in time... and before you ask, three years ago it was you who broke that window at school, but you blamed that other brat and since you're a nerd the teachers believed you" — I spoke while smiling amused by the expression that Naoto was making

"Uh... how do you know that?" asked a nervous Naoto.

"Your version of the future told me, you've been watching too many time travel movies lately, haven't you? You started to think maybe I was just kidding... I don't blame you though, if someone comes up to me and tells me they're from the future, I would treat him like a madman, but you didn't and thanks to that we have the opportunity to save Hina... Naoto... how much with you" — I said with a serious tone while extending my hand

Naoto looked at me in disbelief, but was immediately replaced with a determined look and imitated my gesture.

"Leave it to me, Takemichi-kun."

I smiled slightly as I shook his hand.

"See you in twelve years…Naoto"

It was the last thing I said before my vision darkened, again I felt that electric discharge go through my body, I was traveling to the future

*Heart beat*

*Heart beat*

Seconds later I recovered my vision a bit, but before seeing where I was, a small pain in my head made me grunt, various memories that were not mine began to enter my head.

"Tachibana!...are you alright?"

I heard the voice of a man a few meters in front of me, I slowly opened my eyes and saw Naoto sitting next to me, he was somewhat pale and was holding his head while grunting in pain.

"What's wrong with Tachibana, Hanagaki?" the man who had spoken before asked again.

I looked forward and saw who it was, it was a young man of about 25 years of age with black hair and cyan eyes

'Chifuyu Matsuno…' — I thought, surprised to see a certain boy I met in the past —'What a look… it seems that nothing good has happened…'

Chifuyu Matsuno, the vice-captain of the first ToMan squad twelve years ago, I only saw him in the meetings I attended, I never spoke to him in the past, but I liked him, especially his eyes, they reminded me of the original before becoming fearful ... but now, Chifuyu has a cold and empty gaze, the gaze of a man who has lost everything, a gaze filled with hatred and a desire for revenge.

According to the memories I just recovered, Chifuyu is a current member of the dying Yakuza, it was thanks to his help that we managed to escape the attack of ToMan's assassins, at this moment we were heading to the Yakuza hideout on orders from their boss

"Okay, it's just a pain that he usually has from being overworked" — I answered calmly as I stared at Chifuyu through the rearview mirror.

"I see... we'll be here soon" — Chifuyu spoke while looking forward

"Great" — I murmured as I turned to Naoto, his pain seemed to have ended.

"You're back...Takemichi-kun" — he muttered in a low voice as he looked at me with a relieved smile.

I nodded while I returned the gesture, I was going to ask him what was happening, but Naoto interrupted me, he handed me his cell phone with the notepad application open, in it there was a large text written, it was a summary where he explained what had happened. past in this future

I thanked him and began to read, although the truth was that I already knew the situation thanks to the memories that I managed to recover... and it was as I imagined... nothing changed, or I could even say that everything got worse due to our current situation

Draken was stabbed to death on August 3 in the parking lot during the fight against Moebius, shortly after that Kisaki joined ToMan, took control of the gang making it the most dangerous criminal organization in Japan that it is today.

Hina died in another conflict between criminal organizations where ToMan was once again involved, Akkun was found dead of an overdose days after he pushed me onto the train tracks, and Akane... it turned out that she worked for Kisaki... my suspicions turned out to be true

The first time I met her was in a bar where I went to look for some fun, that night she took the initiative and approached me and what had to happen happened, in the second future according to the memories I recovered, I met Akane at the company where she worked at exactly the same date as the previous future, this made me a bit suspicious since it was too much of a coincidence, but I ended up ignoring it due to Akkun's suicide, in the third future I completely forgot about it since the same day i came back she died

In this future it was the same as the previous one, I met her at work, we became sexual friends and we even started living together, it was days after Akkun's death that Akane confessed to me that the only reason she approached me it was because they were ordered

Now she had received new orders, they wanted me dead, so they subtly ordered her to assassinate me, but she refused, that day she confessed to me that she had begun to feel feelings of love for me and she wanted us to escape from Japan, she wanted to flee and that we were hiding from ToMan to start a new life… but I rejected it

She accepted my decision and told me that she would leave Japan, I asked her to stay with me, but she refused, she had already made her decision and even I couldn't make her change her mind, I reluctantly agreed and after promising to meet again she left but not before warning me that for some reason Kisaki Tetta wanted me dead

Shortly after we suffered an attack while we were in Naoto's apartment where we were almost killed, it was thanks to Chifuyu coming to the rescue that we are still alive, it was a bit surprising to see the smiling and cheerful Chifuyu mercilessly kill those guys

For that reason we were in Chifuyu's car at this time, it seems Naoto managed to connect with someone who hates Kisaki as much as we do, and they turned out to be the dying Yakuza who were recently replaced by ToMan in "The High Table".

"This is real bullshit" - I muttered with annoyance while massaging my temple.

Not only is there the biggest organization in the underworld, but the bastard who killed Hina is one of the most powerful members of it and for some reason he has his sights on me.

'And on top of that I have a damn bullet embedded in my shoulder… it's starting to hurt' — I growled as I felt a bit of pain in my shoulder, the adrenaline had begun to leave my body

"Sorry about that" — Naoto apologized with an embarrassed voice.

"No problem..." — I answered calmly while looking at my wound, fortunately the bullet did not touch bone —"I didn't think everything would go to shit... Chifuyu... What the hell happened?" —

Chifuyu gave me a cold look through the mirror before answering

"What are you talking about"

"...how did ToMan end up like this?" - I asked again

"...it's true... you were friends with Draken and Mikey at that time" — Chifuyu muttered as he kept driving —"The ToMan you knew disappeared a few days after Draken was killed... and only got worse after Kisaki Tetta joined the gang... the rest is history" - the black-haired boy spoke coldly

"Who killed Draken?" - I asked again

"*Sigh*... why do you want to know that... it's not like it matters right now... I only brought you here because Naoto asked me to, so shut your mouth..." — Chifuyu replied with annoyed tone

'Indeed... it has changed too much' — I thought when I listened to the Chifuyu —"I can change this shitty future... but I need information to be able to achieve it" — I spoke with a serious tone

"Takemichi-kun!" — Naoto raised her voice while giving me a nervous look.

"There's nothing wrong with him knowing right now..." — I said calmly as I looked at Chifuyu through the mirror again.

"What do you mean that it can change the future?" Chifuyu asked.

I smiled seeing that I had caught his attention, it is true that it is a bit risky to tell him about my strange power, but I need information about what happened in the past and a ToMan high command from that time like Chifuyu can give me what I need.

"I can travel in time... twelve years to the past to be exact" — I said while staring at Chifuyu — "I can save Baji" — I added to see the boy's reaction

An awkward silence formed in the car, Chifuyu kept looking at me unfriendly through the mirror, her body began to give off a bit of murderous intent the more she looked at me.

"Do you want me to kill you?" Chifuyu asked threateningly as she stopped the car.

'It seems that it worked' — I thought while smiling internally —"Heh!... even if you wanted to, you couldn't" — I answered while also letting out my thirst for blood

The atmosphere became more intense than before and it didn't stop getting worse, Naoto remained silent as he looked at us nervously, I saw that he had subtly directed his hand to where he had his weapon stored.

"Tch!... just this once I'll let it go..." — Chifuyu grunted as he began to accelerate again.

"What I said was not a joke... I can really save Draken... Baji..." — I insisted

This seemed to make Chifuyu angry, who went over to the edge, opened the door and got out to later open the door where I was.

Just when Chifuyu tried to force me down from the car I sent him to the ground with a kick to the stomach, I immediately got out and with a kick to his hand I pushed aside the weapon that Chifuyu unsheathed from his waist

"Give yourself up for dead" — Chifuyu growled as he lunged towards me.

I dodged the right hook with a slight head movement and countered with a right counter that sent Chifuyu to the ground, a little blood started coming out of her nose from the blow.

'It feels good to be 100…' — I thought while cracking my knuckles

Furious, Chifuyu got up and took a knife out of his pocket, I smiled amused as I dared him to attack me.

"Stop Chifuyu-kun! ... or I'll shoot" — Naoto spoke with a serious voice while pointing his gun at Chifuyu

I frowned, I had forgotten that Naoto was with us, the little bastard took away the opportunity to take out all the stress that my version of the future accumulated.

"...I knew I shouldn't trust you, policeman" — Chifuyu growled with hatred in her voice as he turned to where Naoto was.

Seeing him distracted, I approached him and with a kick to his wrist I made Chifuyu drop the knife.

"Calm down a bit friend..." — I muttered as I picked up the pistol from the ground and approached the knife —"Great, my wound started bleeding again... whatever, Chifuyu... I need you to lend me your ear for a moment... I won't take it away for a long time, after all, you're busy with your revenge, right?" - I said with a mocking tone as I kept the gun on my waist

"What the fuck do you want? ..." — Chifuyu growled

"I can travel in time" — I repeated with a serious tone

Chifuyu frowned again in an annoying way when he heard me, I can't blame him, it's hard to believe when someone tells you that they can travel in time

"Takemichi-kun doesn't lie... he really can travel through time" — Naoto spoke with a calm voice as he stopped aiming at Chifuyu

"Hah!, you too Naoto... you two have lost your mind... I can't believe I'm risking my life to save two damn crazy people" — Chifuyu growled as he began to walk towards the car —"I'm leaving... don't call me again never again Naoto, our cooperation ends here."

I took a long breath as I took a cigarette out of my pocket and lit it.

"How did Baji die?" I asked curiously

Chifuyu stopped for a moment and turned towards my direction, her eyes were bloodshot and great killing intent overflowed from her body, he looked like a bloodthirsty beast about to pounce to attack.

'Hatred and the desire for revenge have completely consumed him... I had heard from Draken that the boy idolized Baji, he wasn't lying... his death must have affected him too much'—I thought as I smoked my cigarette.

"Say his name again and he swore I'll kill you" — Chifuyu threatened as she slowly walked towards me.

"Hum!… I see that you blame yourself for his death… I understand the feeling…"

"You fucking know how I feel!" Chifuyu yelled as he grabbed my shirt.

"*Sigh*... ... you're not the only one who knows what it's like to lose someone, Chifuyu" — I said while removing her hands from my shirt, Chifuyu took a couple of steps back while frowning

"Chifuyu-kun...I know it sounds very unreal, but...Takemichi-kun is not lying...I am proof of it" — Naoto intervened

"Huh! ... What do you mean?" asked Chifuyu while narrowing her eyes.

Naoto took out a letter from his sack and handed it to Chifuyu, this was the letter I gave him before traveling to the future.

"That is? ..." he muttered as he read the contents of the letter

"A letter I wrote in the past just before going back to the future" — I said as I walked towards the car — "We're getting out of here, those bastards won't take long to find us, we'll continue our talk on the way" — I added while pointing to the security cameras that they were in a clothing store, Chifuyu and Naoto nodded before heading to the car

I took the keys that Chifuyu threw me and started the car, an awkward silence fell while Chifuyu was still reading the letter, Naoto gave me questioning glances from the back but I just ignored him as he kept driving.

"You... aren't you really lying to me?" — Chifuyu asked breaking the silence.

"What do we gain with that?" - I asked in a bored voice as I lit another cigarette - "Normally I wouldn't have told you anything, I don't give a shit about Baji's death, but you saved us from ToMan's thugs, I owe you one and I hate having debts, so now Baji goes into my list of people to save, with that we'll be even, what do you think?" I asked as I turned to the passenger seat.

Chifuyu opened his eyes in surprise when he heard me and then remained silent for a couple of minutes, immersed in his thoughts, he did not notice that the route marked on the GPS had changed.

'Only an idiot would go to the Yakuza's lair while they are at war, most likely at this moment they are being massacred by ToMan, with how meticulous Kisaki is it is more than obvious that he will not let the Yakuza recover, that only threatened his position in The High Table' — I thought as I drove towards the center of Tokyo — '*Sigh*…I didn't think this would be so complicated…a gang that in just twelve years managed to take over the position from the Yakuza who has held the position for about 300 years…how the hell did that bastard manages to pull it off? ...the Supreme Order just ignored this...this is very strange'

"I'll help you" — Chifuyu spoke, breaking the awkward silence that had formed in the car.

I looked sideways at Chifuyu who was still reading the letter, Naoto had smiled a little when he heard that the black-haired man had finally decided to help us.

"That would be great Chifuyu-kun, with your help it is possible that Takemichi-kun knows that he must change in the past so that my sister and Baji-kun continue to live" — Naoto spoke excitedly

"I hope this isn't a damn joke or I'll kill you both" — Chifuyu said as she stared at me.

"*Sigh*... let's not waste time and tell me what I need... they will come for us"

"I understand… What do you want to know?" Chifuyu asked.

"...let's start with something simple... who killed Draken?"

Chifuyu was silent for another couple of minutes, I guess she was remembering everything possible about that day

"I don't know for sure if it was really him who killed Draken" — replied Chifuyu

"What do you mean?" Naoto asked.

"…Kisaki was the one who told us the name of the presumed assassin of Draken"

"Tell me the name" - I spoke coldly

"*Sigh*... I don't remember... he was a nobody, a member of Moebius that not even his classmates knew about him" — Chifuyu replied

I frowned upon hearing it, this was the key information to prevent Draken's death, but apparently things won't be as easy as I imagined.

"So he was just a scapegoat" — Naoto muttered.

"Yes... later I found out that the boy was just one more victim of Kisaki... in the end he achieved what he wanted... that day ToMan changed forever... Mikey went crazy and beat the alleged murderer to death and then hunted down the other members of Moebius…"

"The Dragon's Requiem" — Naoto murmured again

"Yes... ToMan massacred Moebius as revenge for Draken's death... that day ToMan changed completely, from a gang of rebellious children who rode noisy motorcycles and got into fights, we became a gang of assassins" — Chifuyu spoke wistfully as he leaned back in the car seat

"I understand…change the question…what exactly happened on August 3rd?" - I asked again

"*Sigh*... that day Baji-san suddenly called me, he told me that we would have our fight against Moebius so I gathered the boys from the first squad and we headed towards the Mushashi temple, when we arrived we found Mikey, Draken and Mitsuya surrounded all over Moebius… the war broke out, it was a hard battle that we managed to win with work, but… there was one casualty… due to the rain and all the commotion no one noticed that Draken had been stabbed… he ended up bleeding to death while we were all fighting… he died right there " — Chifuyu said while looking down.

'Mushashi Temple, huh?... it's where we'd go to the festival' — I thought as I took a last drag on my cigarette —"I… wasn't I in that fight?"

"…no" — Chifuyu answered as she took out a cigarette from her jacket and lit it — "Don't you remember anything?" - He spoke as he offered me one which I gladly accepted, I needed the effects of tobacco to relax a bit

"No... when I travel so much to the past or future, I don't recover any memories... only Naoto can do that" — I answered while looking at the rearview mirror of the car —"We have company" — I spoke seriously when I noticed several black cars approaching at a good speed

"Tch!... It's ToMan..." — Chifuyu growled

"Takemichi-kun" — Naoto spoke as he passed me a revolver.

I took it while rolling down the car window and looking at Chifuyu

"Chifuyu, take the wheel for a moment"

"Hey? What are you doing?"

"Make time" - I murmured as I stuck out my arm and poked my head out a bit, with some difficulty I aimed at the tires of the cars of our pursuers

*Bang* *Bang*

*Bang* *Bang

*Bang* *Bang*

*Bang* *Bang*

I emptied the drum of the revolver, achieving my goal of screwing up the tires, a small accident happened because those assholes lost control and collided with the other cars, I sighed with relief to see that my ability to shoot did not rust too much

I frowned as I saw several motorcyclists come off another street and start following us.

'Huh?...Katanas?' — I thought when I saw how the motorcyclists wielded a Katana — "Those guys didn't work for the Yakuza?" - I asked as I gave the revolver to Naoto

Chifuyu nodded as she received the gun that had been taken from her earlier and lowered the mirror.

"Yes... Kisaki managed to get them on his side, they are the main reason why the Yakuza fell"

"I understand… do you have Continental's phone number?" I asked as the speed of the car increased.

"Eh?... no... I'm sorry" — answered Chifuyu

"Tch!... and you Naoto?"

"I couldn't get it... only people with memberships can get it" — Naoto replied as he returned the already loaded revolver to me.

"Fuck… at least they know where the hell the hotel is, right?"

"The Tokio Station Hotel" — both answered at the same time

"Well down!" I yelled as I saw two motorcyclists pointing guns at us as they pulled up next to us.

*Bang* * Bang* *Bang*

Both guys started shooting at us, the windows were destroyed by the shots, I quickly opened the door hitting the thug causing him to lose control and fall to the ground, then I swerved to the right hitting the other

"Keep talking, omit details, we don't have much time... Naoto stay down, if you die I won't be able to return" — I said while shooting the motorcyclist who was approaching next to me

"After Draken's death, Kisaki joined the ToMan, somehow managed to cover the captains about the massacre gaining their trust except for one, Baji-san... I don't know what he found out, since he never wanted to tell me, whatever he found out made Kisaki feel threatened...so he manipulated a former ToMan founder...Hane..."

Before I could finish speaking we were hit by a van that left a street on the Chifuyu side.

"Shit" - I growled while looking to my side.

" Argh !... Takemichi-kun..." — Naoto growled as he extended his hand towards me.

"Dammit!" - I said with a cold tone while gritting my teeth in anger and also extending my hand

Before I returned to the past, I turned my head and looked at the person responsible for Chifuyu's death, a young man with brown skin and dreadlocks got out of the truck that rammed us while holding a gun, when he saw me he smiled disdainfully and then pointed at me.

We looked at each other as I felt the strange electricity run through my body, I heard the sound of a weapon being activated and then…darkness.

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End

Hello people, how have you been?

I hope you are good

Anyway, I'll leave you a short chapter, why?... I had an accident where I broke my damn arm, can you believe it? I spent christmas and new years in the fucking hospital...it was horrible

Well, I don't know when I will upload another chapter or if I will continue the story, only time will tell.

Well, before I go I wish you a good year.