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The day of the conflict, Kazutora and Fuyu went to check on Kisaki while Kazu and Takemichi went to the location with Chifuyu
The three told the both of them about their plan, of course Baji wasn't involved but the two of them knows Baji already has a clue about it, that's why they went to the location early waiting at the second floor of the church for the others to arrive after making sure Kisaki didn't have any plans on Emma
"He's here.."Chifuyu announced as Hakkai walks inside the church
He doesn't really know of how the encounter happened, so he was not expecting things to go smoothly since them interfering can change the original outcome of the event
He glances at Kazutora who was looking at the entrance of the church, any minute now Taiju will arrive
Chifuyu and Kazutora left the second floor, waiting in the back of the altar until Takemichi and the others arrived
Chifuyu glanced at Takemichi when he arrived talking to Hakkai
"Where's mini me?.."Chifuyu asked confused when he didn't see his past self
Kazutora and him looked at each other before splitting up, the plan's definitely not going according to plan, he went back to the way they came from and began searching for his past self
He looked around the rooms before stumbling upon a door that was leading to the top floor of the church, it was slightly opened
Chifuyu's eyes narrowed and he slowly approached the door
Meanwhile with Kazutora, who's left alone watching the exchange between Taiju and Hakkai
Taiju arrived shortly after Chifuyu left and Hakkai tried to stab him but failed
Kazu's probably outside by himself keeping an eye out on the black dragon members, he's probably gonna prevent them from entering the church, he just hopes Baji's with him and won't plan on entering the church sooner or later, he didn't want Kazu and specially Baji to be involved
He might've saved Baji, but who knows what Kisaki has up his sleeve, he won't stop until he can take control of toman and Mikey
He had done so in the future by killing Taiju to make Hakkai the black dragon's president, killed Emma so the last pillar of hope that Mikey has from succumbing to his dark impulses was no more, imprisoned Draken to prevent him from ever destroying his plans, planned on killing Takemichi which failed since he apparently saved him in the future but in exchange, Chifuyu lost his life
Kazutora clenched his fist when remembering this, if only he didn't succumb to his impulses himself, then he wouldn't have killed Baji and he would still be alive in the future
He knew Kisaki would still find a way to eliminate him if that was the case but as long as he's alive, he'll make sure Kisaki won't succeed
Sadly he knew it was impossible to be hoping it to go that way, he's just glad he could correct his mistakes, to pay for everything toman has done for him in the past
"Stop it!"
Kazutora was brought back to reality when he heard Takemichi's voice
Taiju let's go of Hakkai as he turns to look at Takemichi
"Takemichi Hanagaki. This is the second time you've stuck your nose... In the Shiba's family business!!"
Taiju makes his way towards Takemichi making Kazutora's grip on the altar tighten, Chifuyu and him made a promise to not interfere if the group could handle it themselves but he can't just watch Takemichi get beaten to death by the most tyrannical person to ever rule the Black Dragons
When he heard a thud he grits his teeth seeing Takemichi on the ground a few meters away from his previous position
"I only punched you with thirthy percent of my power before. But since this is the second time, I used fifty percent you know?! Hurts like fuck, don't it?"Taiju asked as he looks at Takemichi, who's on the ground
Kazutora stood up from his position and glared at Taiju who approaches Takemichi, turning his head to look at Hakkai
"What's wrong, Hakkai? You're not gonna save him?!"he asked while Hakkai was looking at him"If you don't he's gonna die!!"he adds with a smirk
Taiju picks up Takemichi by his throat"Takemichi Hanagaki!! Do you know why Hakkai wants to kill me?"he asked
"Because you... Because you've been abusing Yuzuha!!"Takemichi answer while Kazutora looks at Hakkai who's still on the ground watching them
"What's wrong with him?.."Kazutora looks back at Taiju already planning on attacking him but he stops when Taiju laughs and turns his head to face Hakkai
"You hear that, Hakkai? Why don't you reveal your secret?"Taiju then looks at Takemichi, who's still in his hold"He's not the sort of person you think he is"he informs
"Stop it!"
Kazutora watches as Yuzuha appears and stabs Taiju on the back with the same pocket knife Hakkai was gonna use to kill him
"Yuzuha?!"Takemichi blurted out her name surprised
'So that's her name..' Kazutora looks at Yuzuha
His eyes widened when Taiju didn't even hesitate on punching her, making her land on the ground with a thud while Takemichi was on the ground looking at them after Taiju let's him go
"Yuzuha, you bitch!"
Hearing this Kazutora grits his teeth, wanting to just reveal himself and beat Taiju to death
"You really fucked up this time!!"Taiju flips one of the wooden chairs over as he screams
The chair landed close to Yuzuha while the girl covers her head, he saw Hakkai stand up from his position
"Yuzuha... Why?... Why're you here?!"Hakkai asked surprised
"She came to save you, dumbass.."Kazutora muttered, rolling his eyes at Hakkai
Kazutora watch the siblings bicker before Hakkai blamed Takemichi, to which was denied by Yuzuha
"Kisaki told me everything"Yuzuha informs looking at them
"Hah?!.."hearing this Kazutora can't help but exclaimed his disbelief
'Kisaki, you asshole! Once this is over, I'm gonna fucking hunt you down and kill you myself- you fucking-' Kazutora's grip on the altar tightened, he was brought back to the fight when he heard a thud and saw Yuzuha leaning on the altar in front of him
"Yuzuha!!"
Kazutor hid himself behind the altar not wanting to be seen
'Taiju, you bastard!' Kazutora curses
He hopes Chifuyu finds his past self, or he'll really beat Taiju to death, he doesn't even care anymore if he kills him
He turns back to the fight when Yuzuha runs towards Taiju to attack him but she gets punched instead sending her to the ground
"Taiju, stop!!"
Takemichi stands between them with his arms raised on both sides, to prevent him from approaching Yuzuha
Kazutora watches as Takemichi gets punched and another wooden chair gets thrown, the three converse and he became alert when Yuzuha grabs the pocket knife
He didn't want her to commit the same mistake that he did so he immediately stood up, getting ready to interfere when he saw Mitsuya arrive and grip the blade of the knife that Yuzuha was holding
"This isn't something you use to protect others"
"Mitsuya-kun?!!"
"Let go, Yuzuha. You're cutting my hand"Mitsuya looks at her
Kazutora turns behind him when he felt a hand on his shoulder seeing Chifuyu, who smiles at him
"I didn't find me, looks like we have to intervene after all"Chifuyu looks at the battle between Mitsuya and Taiju
"What the hell's Yuzuha doing here?!"he asked surprised to see the woman with Takemichi
"She's apparently the one who killed Taiju but looks like Hakkai took the blame for it in the future"Kazutora informs looking at Mitsuya and Taiju exchanging punches
"So that's the full story.."Chifuyu mutters
"What's our plan?"Kazutora asked just wanting to beat Taiju already
"You're a tough bastard. I'm getting tired... It's time we finish this. Right, Inui?"
Taiju asked while Inui appears behind Mitsuya, to hit him with a metal pipe, but a blur appears and Inui was sent to the ground
Everyone looks surprised at the figure, while Inui looks up at the person in shock
"Aniki?!"Chifuyu, Takemichi and Hakkai exclaimed while Mitsuya was looking at Kazutora's back surprised
"Who the hell?.."Taiju asked confused
"Look who do we have here.."Koko appears looking at the newcomer
"You know who this is, Koko?"Inui asked as he stands up
"He's the famous tiger that's been taking down our members, I'm surprised he's actually here"Koko looks at Kazutora who was glaring at Taiju
They were shocked when Koko was sent to the ground in an instant, Takemichi's eyes widened seeing the culprit
"Koko!"
"Of course he is, we wouldn't be late to a party"Fuyu appeared surprising the others
"Fuyu-kun?!"Takemichi blurted out surprised
"Now, shall we finish this.."Chifuyu turns to Taiju who was glaring at them
"Take her to the hospital.. We'll take care of this"Kazutora looks at the group before standing beside Fuyu
"Taiju, you son of a bitch! You shouldn't have done that!"he shouted glaring at him
Takemichi and Chifuyu looked at each other before nodding
"But-"Hakkai was cut off by Taiju, who laughed before smirking
"Hah?! Bring it on, Toman!"Taiju grins looking at Fuyu and Kazutora as Inui and Koko stood beside him
Mitsuya, Fuyu and Kazutora charges towards Taiju while Hakkai stood still, Kazutora raises a brow when he saw how Hakkai didn't move, he's been wanting to punch Taiju ever since he laid a hand on Takemichi and Yuzuha so he won't waste this opportunity
Chifuyu meanwhile charges at Inui, while Takemichi tries to land a punch on Koko
Kazutora lands close to Yuzuha after getting punched by Taiju, he glared at him, while Fuyu landed beside him
"I'm sorry, Taka-chan"Hakkai lowers his head
"Mitsuya, what were you expecting from Hakkai?"Taiju asked before punching him
"Mitsuya-kun!!"
Kazutora and Fuyu pauses from attacking Taiju and looks towards the three to find them on the ground
"Taiju!!"Hakkai shouts with the pocket knife in his hands making Kazutora stood up from his position
Fuyu grabs ahold of his arm to prevent him from running to Hakkai
"But-"he stopped when he saw Takemichi prevent Hakkai from approaching Taiju any longer
"Outta my way, Takemichi!"
"He's got it handled"Fuyu smiles at him and he watches Takemichi take on Taiju by himself
"Let's go, Taiju!"
"Takemichy!"
"Come on, we gotta take them to the hospital"Fuyu stood up to approach his past self
Kazutora looks at the others before at Takemichi taking on Taiju and nodding
Kazutora tries to ignore the ongoing battle as he approaches Mitsuya, keeping an eye on Inui and Koko who seems to be observing him
"Aniki.."
"We're taking you guys to the hospital"Kazutora puts Mitsuya's arm around him before lifting him slowly
"You've done enough, Takemichi!! You're gonna fucking die!!"
"Shut up.."Fuyu looks at Chifuyu as he helps him up
Fuyu and Kazutora smirked when Takemichi managed to land a hit on Taiju, making him kneel on the ground
"What's wrong, boss?"
"You kiddin' me?"
"He made the boss take a knee!"
Inui and Koko asked Taiju who was confused as he stood up
"Your wrong, Takemichi"hearing this Fuyu and Kazutora stopped in their tracks and looks at each other
"My... Face doesn't have a single bruise on it, right?"
Kazutora who seems to have caught on glared at Taiju, while Fuyu looks towards Hakkai
"Even though Yuzuha... Yuzuha's beaten and bloody"
Fuyu who understood clenched his fist while Kazutora takes a deep breath to stop himself from charging at Taiju
"I wanted to protect them. I wanted to... protect Yuzuha. But... I didn't have the guts... To stand up to Taiju"
This made the others stiff and surprised, while Kazutora grits his teeth and clenched his fists, trying to clear his thoughts and preventing himself from charging at Taiju
"Instead... I've been protected this whole time"Hakkai spoke as tears fell from his eyes"I.. I lied to you"he adds
"The one who protected me...My family... Was Yuzuha this whole time"
"I... Told you what Yuzuha had done for me, but made it sound like I've been doing it for her"Hakkai confessed
"That's... Really shitty of you"Chifuyu and Fuyu both said at the same time while looking at Hakkai
"Lame"
"That's enough, Hakkai!"
"Hey, young master. It's bad enough a girl took hits for ya. But lying about protecting her? That's low"Koko said while he grins looking at him
"It's none of your business!! It's something I decided. None of this was Hakkai's fault!!"Yuzuha looks at Koko
"Forgive me, Takemichy. This all happened because of me. You all got dragged into this because I lied about it. When I was actually just so scared of Taiju that stabbing him was all I could do. All so I could run from my own weakness"Hakkai lowers his head low in shame
"Hakkai. You suck!!"Takemichi shouted as he turns his back on him to face Taiju surprising the others"But don't think you're... The only one who sucks. I suck even more"he adds
"Yup... You really suck, Hakkai"Mitsuya gets off Kazutora's hold and looks at him"I told you not to hate the situation we're born into, like a show off. But in reality, I really hated mine"Mitsuya puts a hand in his pocket as he looks up
"Once, when I couldn't stand any of it anymore, I left my two little sisters and ran away from home. When I came back the next morning, mom slapped me real good. Pretty lame, right?"he asked
"Then mom gave me a hug. She cried and said, 'I'm sorry you have to put up with this'"he turns to Hakkai and crouches
"Hakkai, you're not the only one who wants to run away"
Hearing this Kazutora looks away while Fuyu looks at him sadly
"We're all weak. That's why... We've got family"he finished looking at him
"We won't abandon you... Over a lie like that"Takemichi stood straight and faced Taiju followed by Chifuyu and Mitsuya
"That's what's Toman about!!!"Takemichi shouted
Hakkai shouted and removed the top of the uniform making him topless
"Stand back, guys. Taka-chan, Chifuyu, Takemichi. You're all beat to shit. Thank you. I'm not afraid anymore"
Hakkai slowly approached Taiju"I'm never putting on the black dragon uniform ever again!!"
Kazutora's attention was taken by something else when he saw Black Dragon members outside but he went closer to the window to see Kazu and Baji beating the shit out of the others
"You bastards have to die here, too. And don't think you can run! I've got a hundred of my most powerful men surrounding this church"
"You mean the men that's getting beaten by Valhalla's number three, Kazutora and Toman's former first division captain, Baji? Yeah, goodluck with that one"Fuyu smirks looking at Taiju with his arms crossed in front of his chest
"What?!"
"Kazu-nii?!"
"Baji-san?!"
Mitsuya, Chifuyu and Takemichi went towards the window to see the two, confirming Fuyu's statement making the trio smile
"What... Are you all smiling about? This is no joke!! You could actually die here!!"
"Sorry"
"Huh?"
""Your expectations could make other people suffer" my expectations made Hakkai suffer. I've got no right to be a big bro"
"Mitsuya..."
"You've been protecting Hakkai all by yourself... Yuzuha. I majorly respect you"
Mitsuya's words brought Yuzuha to tears, he smiles and pats her head
"Now it's our turn"Mitsuya declares
"We've gotta save Hakkai!!!"
"Yeah!!!"
"I'm gonna protect Yuzuha if it's the last thing I do!!"
Kazutora kneels beside Yuzuha along with Fuyu, placing a hand behind her back as a bike was heard in the distance
The doors to the church opened and Mikey steps in
"Merry christmas. What are you guys doing... On a place like this?"he smiles"The black dragons?"he mutters seeing Taiju, Inui and Koko
"Mikey, I'm sorry. this is all my fault"Mitsuya bows towards Mikey"I broke the peace agreement I'd made... With my own responsibility. We're fighting them now. As you see"he explains
"My big bro recognized... The sound of your impulse"
Mikey looks up while Kazutora flinched, Fuyu places a hand on his shoulder to comfort him
"He lead me here"
"Mikey?... What are you saying?..."
Mikey starts making his way towards Taiju
"You're fighting these three guys, right?"he asked
"So you're the 'Invincible Mikey' huh?!"
"Why are you standing in my way?"
"Huh?"
"I just wanna ride with the boys again. If Mitsuya dies... Then big bro will be sad"
Hearing this Takemichi remembers what Kazutora told him before
"Mikey has... Changed beyond recognition. Toman changed... Because Mikey changed. He doesn't even trust his friends anymore. He's no longer a delinquent"
Kazutora looks away while Fuyu holds his hand, they watched as Mikey gets taken down by Taiju
"Even the bell chimes to bless my victory on this holy night!!"Taiju exclaims"I've defeated the invincible Mikey!!"
"Taiju, you fucker!! You're dead!!"Mitsuya runs towards him in rage
"You-"Kazutora didn't finish his sentence when he saw Mikey stand up
"Prayer time's over"
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Hey~ sorry for not updating for a few weeks
I was busy with my other books and had another crazy idea for a crossover, that I just had to write at least two to three chapters of it before going back to my other books to update it
I will be updating the others, I just don't know when since I still need to reread a few of them to remind myself how the plot goes on each book and if it connects to the other chapters that I've already wrote previously
I hope you guys understand :)
As always, thanks for reading ♡