"...Hello there..."

"...Ta-ku-mi-San!"

The young man followed up, grinning...

Everyone turned to Takumi, they all were in shock.

Takumi was looking down. As this, almost intimidating, grin showed up on his face.

"What do you want… Kirakuma..." Takumi asked.

The other young man looked at him, as he took a huge puff out of his cigarette.

"You should exactly know why… Family of Tokyo's most dangerous gang, I-shi-do-San..." The man followed up, grinning.

Everyone's eyes widened up. Ukato remembered the discussion they had when Nokado was still laying in the bed…

- - * - -

"If you are hiding something, tell it now." Ukato followed up.

Kuruka looked feared to the both of them. "G- Guys- !"

Kuruka got interrupted by the both, as they walked to each other.

"Is this rumor so bad that you have to hide it?" Ukato asked frustrated.

"Yes, it is… I have the right to not tell you." Takumi followed up.

- - * - -

"So that is why everyone was keeping their distance from you… And us..." Ukato mumbled.

Nirnasha looked at Takumi, then at the rest.

"You know… At least tell them?" Kirakuma said, grinning.

"...If you have nothing to say… Then leave!" Takumi shouted, still looking down.

"Oh but I have something to tell you… " Kirakuma explained.

"... But it is about your father, so-" "Spit it out!" Takumi interrupted Kirakuma.

"Sure, Sure… Calm it down… " Kurakuma said, trying to laugh it off.

"You owe me money, I understand if you have forgotten it… " Kirakuma explained, grinning.

"...How much do I owe you?" Takumi asked.

"Ohh… Just a small loan of..." Kurakuma said. His smile was so big, the unimaginable amount of yen he asked was-

"... Ten Million Yen."

"T- Ten Million?" Takumi mumbled.

Takumi's eyes widened up,

he suddenly remembered...

He was serious about that promise?

Kirakuma slowly walked up to him, as he grabbed him by his cheeks, pulling Takumi's face in front of his own.

"Hehehe… You should know exactly what happens when you don't pay that-"

Takumi swung his fist, slamming Kirakuma out of the dining hall. Takumi walked up to him, but the others held him off.

"ARE YOU MOCKING ME?!" Takumi shouted, in anger.

Kirakuma laid his hand on his cheek, which was turning red. Kirakuma slowly stood up.

"You think… I am never, ever gonna fall in the path you started!" Takumi shouted loudly.

Kirakuma wiped the dust off his suit, as he looked him in the eye.

"We'll see about that… " Kirakuma said, grinning. As he walked to the door.

"... I'll be back, tomorrow… " Kirakuma followed up.

"... We'll see if you still want to pay us or not." Kirakuma mumbled, as he walked out and slammed the door close.

"That little-..." Takumi still mumbled, as he finally calmed down.

Ukato then suddenly walked up to Takumi and grabbed him by his jacket.

"You idiot! Why didn't you tell me!" Ukato shouted.

Takumi grabbed Ukato's arms.

"You wouldn't have cared, anyway!" Takumi shouted back.

"We are friends, no… We are brothers! We can help you with these kind of things- ?!" As Ukato was explaining, he stopped.

Takumi was tearing up, trying hard to show a grin.

"H… How would you know how I feel!" Takumi shouted.

Ukato let go of Takumi, Takumi did the same.

"You guys know nothing… The feeling… The feeling of trusting no one!" Takumi shouted, again.

Takumi fell on his knees, as he laid his hands on his face.

"...Trusting no one… " Takumi mumbled.

- - - - -

"Takumi!" A woman shouted.

"Coming!!" Takumi shouted back, as he walked downstairs.

"Mom and Dad are leaving the house, your brother will be home soon any moment." The woman said, patting him on his head.

They both wanted to walk out, but Takumi tugged on his mothers shirt.

"W… What is brother doing?" Takumi asked.

His father walked up to him, kneeling down. Takumi turned to his father.

"Your brother is… Going for his future-job… " His father explained.

"R- Really?" Takumi asked, as his eyes lightened up.

"Then I wish him many luck!" Takumi followed up.

His father stood back up. As he smirked.

"...Yeah." His father mumbled, as he and Takumi's mother walked out the house.

Takumi walked back to the living room, until suddenly-

-Pang!-

Takumi's eyes widened up-

He quickly ran back to the front door, slamming it open. His eyes widened up as he saw his father with a gun, pointed at the other side of the street. Takumi noticed someone laying on the ground…

blood was dripping from out his father's arm...

and from his mother's chest...

- - - - -

"You would never understand… Even your closest friend can be your greatest enemy..."

- - - - -

"Who could do something like that..." Takumi mumbled.

His father slammed his fist onto the table. Takumi's eyes widened up.

"I-... Don't know… But I will make him pay, he won't take more lives of the Ishido family… " His father explained.

The front door opened up. Takumi's father turned to the door.

"You're late..." Takumi's father said.

"...Akurai." Takumi's father followed up, looking at this huge man, with stitches around his entire face.

"Excuses… I saw your son at the front of your door." Akurai said.

"...If you know something, spit it out." Takumi's father said.

"He was one of the Ishido Subordinates..." Akurai mumbled, looking to the window.

"W- What? I… Impossible!" Takumi's father said, as his eyes widened up.

"He had the tattoo on his back… And his eyes were red." Akurai replied.

"Those subordinates… Stinging me by my back, like a scorpion..." Takumi's father mumbled…

"From now on, keep your guard up..." Akurai said, walking off.

"Where are you going?" Takumi's father asked.

"... I have business to attend." Akurai explained, leaving from the front door…

- - - - -

"His own workers… Who are supposed to be the most loyal… Killed his wife, and they were aiming for his head… " Takumi mumbled, starting to sob.

Everyone was shocked of the story.

"I get what you mean..." Ukato mumbled.

"...But you taught us to stay strong, no matter what..." Ukato continued, Takumi looked up.

"...When I didn't want to attend the school, you made sure I did." Ukato explained.

"True, when I got put down… You stood up for me, without even knowing who I was." Kuruka followed up.

"When I said bad things, you made sure I would never do it again." Nokado said.

"I even tried to kill you… Yet you stood up for me, and Tado." Rikishi said, patting Tado.

Tado took off his surgical mask. Tado's mouth was surrounded with holes.

"...You gave me the courage to walk over my past." Tado said, smiling.

"We trusted our future in your hands… So you should do the same." Ukato said, reaching out his hand to him.

"Now come, stand up. Because he said he would come back tomorrow... We'll show him just who we are." Ukato followed up, smiling.

Takumi's eyes lightened up, as he then nodded.

"Okay..." Takumi mumbled, grabbing his hand tight...

"Let's show them, that they can't mess with a brother's bond… Especially not ours." Takumi said, smirking...

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