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He picked up the gun laying in your blood and pointed it at Sanzu. "M-Mikey!" Sanzu pleaded.

"My Cupcake......isn't here anymore...." Mikey muttered. His fingers started tightening around the trigger. Sanzu wanted to run but his legs were limp. Just when he thought Mikey would shoot him, the blonde mafia boss pointed the muzzle to his own head, and pulled the trigger.

BANG!

"MIKEEEEEEYYYYY!"

"Hah!" You gasped as your eyes burst open. You felt something warm and wet slide down the edges of your eyes. "Huh?" The sky was blue, and the air felt hot. The sound of cicadas chirping echoed in your surroundings. The leaves on the trees above you waved back and forth gently in the light breeze. Where am I?

"Hey Cupcake! You awake?" A familiar voice chirped as a the face in your memories suddenly popped into your vision. It was Mikey, the exact same Mikey you remembered. Shoulder length blonde hair, with bangs tied back, out of his eyes. He had the same cheeky grin on his face.

"M-....Mikey?" you couldn't believe your eyes, because Mikey was wearing his middle school uniform. Baggy black pants, a white button up shirt and the black gakuran draped over his shoulders.

"Uwah, are you crying? Did you have a bad dream or something?" Your eyes widened as you shot up from where you laid, turning your head to the source of that voice. Tears poured out of your eyes when you saw the boy standing behind you.

"Keisuke....."

"Wait! Are you seriously crying!?" Baji gasped.

"Ahhh! Baji you made Cupcake cry!" Mikey shouted.

"I didn't do anything!" Baji and Mikey immediately started bickering, and soon they got all handsy, pulling each other's hair and tugging each other's cheeks as they argued over who made you cry. You stood up, eyes panning around, taking in your surroundings. The Musashi Temple. The Tokyo Manji Gang often gathered here back in middle school. But why were you here?

"What am I doing here?" you muttered.

"Hah? What are you talking about? You fell asleep on the bench here remember?" Baji retorted.

"I...fell asleep?"

"Yeah, you were tossing and turning in your sleep. Did you have a bad dream or something?" Mikey asked.

"A dream?" Was that all...a dream? No. It was too long, too real to be a dream. Perhaps this right here, this is the dream. Is this the after life?

Sounds of footsteps interrupted your thoughts. "Oh, Mikey you're here early for once!" You turned to your right, and there they were.

"Ken-chan....Mitsuya.....Pah-chin....Peh-yan....." Your lips quivered as your voice trembled.

You suddenly slapped yourself across the face with the force of a whiplash. Everyone gasped.

"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING?!" Mitsuya demanded.

"Are you fucking out of your mind?" Draken ran up to you to examine your face.

"Cupcake what did you do that for?!"

"Oh my god!" Peh-yan clasped his hands over his mouth.

"What the crap, why'd you just slap yourself?!" asked Pah-chin.

"Did you fry your brain in the summer heat?" Baji asked.

"It hurts....." you muttered.

"Well no shit your face is all red!" Draken shouted. "Why'd you hit yourself so hard? Don't you know you have monster strength? Hey Mitsuya, can you go to the convenience store to get some ice? I think this might swell."

"Yeah I'll go right now-"

"Haha.....It hurts...." you started chuckling. It's not a dream!

Mitsuya stopped in his tracks, eyes widened with horror and confusion. Why were you laughing?

"Hey I think they finally lost their mind," Baji said as he twirled his index finger around his temple.

"....Haha...Hahaha..... It hurts!" Tears of joy started streaming down your cheeks. This isn't a dream! They're real. This is real! Everyone here....is alive!

"Cupcake, are you okay?" Mikey asked worriedly, brows knitted. You threw you arms around him, laughing and crying at the same time.

"O-Oi, they're starting to scare me," Pah-chin muttered.

"Hahahaha! Hahahahaha!" You laughed loudly. You let go of Mikey, and scanned everyone around you. They're here. All of them. Your best friends. You can start over. This time you won't make the same mistakes again. God gave you a chance to set everything right. "I'm going to protect all of you! I promise!"

They were all shocked and confused, worried about your strange behavior, but there was a warmth that spread in their chest when they heard your words, for they could tell, you were sincere. "W-What are you saying idiot?" Baji demanded. "Who's protecting who?"

You ignored his remark, and turned to Mikey. You grabbed Mikey's hands in yours, your eyes softening at his confused expression. "I'll never leave your side Mikey. I'll always be with you!"

"O-Oh...." Pink dusted his cheeks and sweat built in his hands. Mikey's heart skipped a few beats at the sight of your cute smile.

"Ugh, disgusting. Why are you getting all sappy all of a sudden?" Baji asked.

"That's because I love you guys. So so much!"

All of them blushed. As adolescents, none of them were very verbal with their feelings, so it was rare for them to hear words like this, but it undeniably made them happy and touched on the inside.

This time, you'll make sure that nobody dies. You'll set Tokyo Manji Gang on the right path.