Accomplice [Tokyo Revengers]

Chapter IX - Break Up

[One Week Later]

(Y/n) rests her back on the same wall that her bed is pressed up against, staring down at the photograph of her miniature self with Takemichi. Although the two children upon the picture are smiling at her, she wore a frown. There was hardly any emotion in her eyes.

'Even though he doesn't know how to fight...' (Y/n)'s eyes are focused on the Little Takemichi. 'Even when he's in the toughest of times...' Her eyes narrow. 'He pulls through when necessary.' She tosses aside the picture and curls in her legs.

'It was because of him that Draken survived.' She crosses her arms on her knees, since they were now in front of her. 'I didn't do jack shit.'

"You saved Toman, (Y/n)."

She internally rejects Draken's praise. 'All I did was get my ass beat.' She vaguely remembers how Mikey had stepped in to protect her from Hanma. 'Hence the reason why Mikey jumped in to take on Hanma himself.'

'If I can't even handle my own, then where the hell am I going in life?' (Y/n) asks herself. 'With no strength, I'll just get stepped on.'

'So then what do I do now? I don't have a high pain endurance like Takemichi. I can't land nuclear kicks like Mikey. I don't have any bloodlust or adrenaline like Hanma. Nor do I have the strength like Draken.'

'There's...just so many things that I lack.'

'How come it's now, of all times, that I'm realizing that I'm the problem?' (Y/n) wonders. 'I always thought I was strong enough to take of anything; That I was different from everybody else. Because back then, Takemichi would always follow me, always behind, while I ran forward, confident.'

'When it was just Takemichi, I was the leader. The strongest. The teacher.'

'So when the hell was there this huge gap between us? Since the very beginning? I don't get it...it's all too complex for me to understand these new and strange feelings...'

'Maybe if I hadn't met Mikey, or anyone else from Toman...things would have been better for me.'

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Opening - Cry Baby by Official Hige Dandism

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[One Month Later - September]

(Y/n) quietly drinks off the rim of her small cup, secretly relishing the flavor of her favorite beverage as she slouches on the booth among the cafe. She lowers the cup, her eyes kept on her textbook.

'It's been a month since the Battle of August 3rd...and a month since the future Takemichi left...' Her eyes softens. 'From what I can tell, things seem normal. Nothing out of the ordinary so far. Which is good.' She proceeds to read the book. 'More safer for me either way.'

Her attention goes to a cup that placed right in front of her. She blinks, dumbfounded at the sudden appearance of the beverage. "Tea?" She recognizes the content inside, since the top of it wasn't sealed, out in the open.

"Yo, (Y/n)." She follows her gaze at the voice, belonging to the vice commander of Toman, Draken. "It's been a while."

'Why is it that I always encounter HIM in the worst of times?' (Y/n) thought, averting her eyes from the tall male. "Hey..."