Takemichi's POV

Everything is black, silent and my body hurts.

Right, Mikey-kun shot me.

Wait he was falling right?

I couldn't even save him. He suffered alone to protect others and have a good future.

I'm sorry Hina, I can't even attend our wedding.

"Bring me my bat!" Someone shouted

Huh? Bat?

"Fine by me."

This voice? Sounds familiar.

I see a blurry vision of a person. Soon it became clear.

That scar. Kiyomasa?

"I will kill you." He said

Huh? What's going on? I thought I died.

"Hurry up and bring me my bat, you shits." he shouted.

Isn't this the time I met Mikey-kun? Am I dreaming? I feel the pain though.

"Oh, scary~" a familiar voice said.

"A tiger tattoo, dual-colored hair. A single earing on one ear. Tokyo Manji Gang's fourth division's captain. Also known as 'golden tiger', Hanemiya Kazutora." Yamagishi said.

Kazutora-kun? But he-

"Yare yare, so Jiro was right." A female voice said.

Who's that? She seems familiar but I can't put a finger on it.

People looked at the female and went stiff. She has h/l h/c, wearing a black hakama with a white belt and wooden slippers. A wooden katana on her side can be seen.

(This is your gang uniform when your not having an official fight with other gangs. Just imagine it has the gang embroideries.)

"That black hakama version of the gang uniform. A wooden sword on the side. Tokyo Manji Gang's second commander. Also known as Toman's first lady, L/n Y/n" someone said.

"Good day, ma'am!" all the people present bowed except the others that don't know and Kiyomasa.

Huh? The second commander? I don't remember Toman having a second commander.

She started walking near me.

"Y-, L/n-chan, I'm Akaishi from the third special unit." Akaishi said but she just walk past him.

"Forgive her if she's a little bit snobby today. She just has something important to do." Kazutora said.

"Good day, ma'am." Kiyomasa said in a shallow bow and Kazutora punched his stomach making him bow lower.

"There you go. If you bow that shallow our dear leader will kill you. So be thankful I saved your life~" he said

"I- I understand. Thank you very much." Kiyomasa replied.

The girl went so close in front of me that I fell.

Deja vu?

"Are you Hanagaki Takemicchi?" she said softly.

"huh? Takemicchi?" I said

"Are, am I wrong?" she asked and tilt her head slightly sideways.

"But he said that his name was Takemicchi." Kazutora said.

He?

"Are you Takemicchi?" she asked me again.

"y-yes" I said.

She pointer her wooden sword at me and used it to lift my chin upwards.

"You, are you really a middle schooler?" she said and my eyes widened.

"Takemicchi, my darling said you're now his bitch♡︎." she said with a smile.

"eh?" I said.

She stood up and walked towards Kiyomasa.

"Are you the host?" she asked

"y-yes." Kiyomasa replied

She smiled and walked past him.

"Let's go Tora-kun, we still have to buy dorayaki for Jiro. These types of fights are boring." She said happily

"Don't do things that ruin the name of Toman. This isn't even underground. Lame~" Kazutora-kun said as he followed the girl.

"Takemicchi" she called

"h-huh?"

"He'll pick you up like last time he said. See you later." she said and walked away.

"You guys should go home too. The show's already over." Kazutora said to the crowd.

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Am I still dreaming? I'm dead right?

"You were awesome, Takemichi!" Yamagishi said

"I was deeply moved!" Makoto said.

"eh?"

"You got Toman's first lady to talk to you!"

"You're amazing, Takemichi!"

As I thought...

I'm just dreaming.

No girl other than Hina would approach me. Not to mention she was a real beauty.

Is this really true? Is this what's happening once you're dead?

Someone tapped my shoulder.

"To be able to talk to someone like her is like a blessing."

"I'm so jealous."

They sure are still idiots even in my dreams.

"They're idiots, aren't they?" Akkun said

"Yeah"

"Takemichi, I actually tried to stab Kiyomasa-kun."

I remember this scene. It's exactly how it happened before.

"But Takemichi.." he said

"When did you know Toman's first president?"

"Huh?"

"L/n said that your now her darling's bi- buddy."

"Who's her darling?" I askes

"You don't really know?" He asked and I nodded.

"He's known as the 'Invincible Mikey', Sano Manjiro." He said

Huh?

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I'm currently at school because I don't really know what to do.

It's like I'm reliving my memories.

The school still is boring as always. I've never thought I'll go to school even if I'm dead.

*fwoosh*

"Oh, he's here. Let's play, Takemicchi."

"M-Mikey-kun?"

Like last time, the third years are on the floor all beaten up and became stepping stones.

This brings me back.

"You feelin' good?" Draken-kun asked

"You're free today, right?" Mikey-kun said

"W-well.." I said

"Let's go out for a bit." He said

"There's no need to be tense. We're friends right?" he said

I feel like I'm forgetting something.

"Then let's go."

"Hold it right there!" A voice called.

Hina?

"Who?" Draken asked

"Sorry, I have to do something today." I said

She raised a hand, ready to slap Mikey.

W-wait, don't.

I waited for the sound of the impact but it didn't come.

Mikey-kun stopped her hand.

"No need to worry about Takemicchi. We're not going to beat him up. We'll just talk, that's all." Mikey said with his signature smile.

"I'm sorry, I've misread the situation." Hina apologized and Mikey just shrugged it off.

He lectured Hina like last time.

"Bye-bye, don't just hit anyone okay?" Mikey said

We rode the bike as we did back then. It was still fun.

This dream is really weird.

We talked about the things like last time. He compared me with his older brother but in this dream, he didn't say he was dead.

"Ken-chin, you can go ahead first. I'll just talk with Takemicchi." he said and Draken-kun went first.

"Ne, Takemicchi, I used to dream of creating a new era for delinquents."

Used to?

"It's still my dream but I have an objective."

"Huh?"

"My goal is to save and protect what I lost in the past." he said in a serious voice

What's he saying? Past?

"Takemicchi, do you remember when we last met?"

Huh? what does he mean? In this timeline, this is supposed to be the first time I met him.

"Uh-"

"I shot you right?" he said in a cold voice

My eyes widened and I felt weak. I started to sweat.

This is just a dream, right?

"You're not dreaming, Takemicchi."

I looked at him with a surprised and scared expression.

"Mikey-kun, you also time leaped?" I said in a shaky voice.

"That's right, I went back to 2003 when I died in that future. I guess you just came recently. To the time where we met." he said

"I changed the past where it all started. But I can't go back to the future. So, Takemicchi, can you still go back there?" he asked in a serious tone.

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