There, Takemichi thought as he spotted Kiyomasa.
He felt a sense of pride having just found him, but then Takemichi's eyes tracked the blood trail Kiyomasa was leaving.
Please, no.
Kiyomasa held a knife, murmuring the words, "I did it! I did it!" over and over again, with a maniacal grin on his face.
Takemichi's face paled, the color on his face leaving instantly. He swayed in place, slowly turning to look behind me, following the blood trail.
There, in the back of the crowd, among the many fists flying, Draken laid in a puddle of blood.
Panic rushed through Takemichi's veins.
He rocked on his feet.
How?
How?
How, in a place filled with people, did someone just stab Draken?
And Takemichi didn't even find him?
He gasped and rushed over to him. "Draken! Draken! Draken-kun!" Takemichi called out to his lifeless body.
Rain fell over the blood, it running through the wet ground.
"Draken-kun! Draken-kun!" He kneeled over him.
From the intensity of Takemichi's voice, Emma, Mikey, and Y/n all heard him and searched for the direction it was coming from.
It couldn't have been a normal call. Something must have happened.
No. No, this can't be happening, a teary Takemichi thought.
He failed. He failed. Oh, God, he failed him!
Draken was lying, lifeless!
Y/n ran over, having been the closest to him, tripping on thin air as she walked over towards Takemichi and Draken. All she could hear was 'Draken-kun!' and the urgency in his tone killed her.
As soon as she stepped close to his body, she saw the puddle of blood, and dropped to her knees in shock. "Ryu..." Y/n's eyes teared up, her chin wobbling at the sight of her lifeless oldest friend.
Mikey tried peeking towards them, but the punches thrown at him didn't allow him to. In every which way, Moebius attacked him, and he couldn't see Draken. "What's wrong, Takemitchy?!" He shouted out.
Takemichi just stared at the still chest of Draken, his sight getting blurry from all the tears. "Draken.. draken.." Takemichi could not say it, nor believe it. "Draken has been stabbed!"
Mikey's eyes sprung wide open. He looked through the crowd of flying fists and his eyes landed at the wretched, wretched scene. In front of him, Takemichi and Y/n were crying and Draken was on the ground with blood surrounding him.
Instantly, he let go of the person he'd been head locking for the past minute or so. He tried to push through, but no one let him. Everytime, someone new jumped him.
Meanwhile, Takemichi and Y/n sat, trying to make him stop bleeding. Y/n even had to rip part of her kimono to have something to wrap around Draken's torso.
"How did I let this happen? How did I..." Takemichi sobbed, pulling on his hair in anger.
Y/n placed a hand on his shoulder. "Takemichi..." She tried to soothe him, even as tears fell down her face. "Draken won't die. I promise. He just wouldn't."
Takemichi hugged his knees. "How would you know?" He asked her with a sad voice, sniffing.
She hiccuped. "He said that he would never let himself die at the hands of a person. He would either die on his own terms, or he won't die at all." Y/n remembered. "So if anything, this will just make him stronger, okay?"
He wanted to believe her, that everything was fine and Draken wasn't dying as they spoke. But he simply couldn't. At that point, the vice president was staring at nothing, and he wasn't even breathing to begin with.
"Takemitchy!" Mikey shouted as he pushed Hanma away, cutting through the moment.
Before Takemichi could turn his head, Draken coughed up blood.
The two jerked to look at him, a sigh of relief coming out of the both of them.
He's still alive.
Y/n stood up. "I told you." She turned towards the crowd, cupping her mouth with her hands. "Mikey!"
Through the many, many men, and a few of the Sohaya members, Mikey's head popped up.
"He's alive!" She said, her voice trembling as she said it.
Only Y/n—a famous Mikey reader—could tell that he was finally at peace.
Even though he continued to punch Hanma, nevetheless. "Take care of Ken-chin for me!" Mikey ordered.
"Alright!" Y/n replied, but then she sighed. "Takemichi, you need to take care of Draken. Not me."
Hold on, didn't she say she was? Takemichi looked up, frightened. "But—No— Mikey said—." He shook his head.
"To hell with Mikey." She immediately retorted. "Don't tell him I said that. But, I promised Ryy that I would let them win, and I won't let him down." Y/n smiled slightly. "So, take care, Takemichi. I know you can do it."
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EVERLASTING || manjiro sano
Fiksi Penggemar"i've known her all my life, that's why i can't get her away from me" in a time of crisis, mikey gives in and calls y/n to help him with his gang. she's known as his childhood friend, who mikey can't get away from. but everyone knows it's more than...
