Toman's Little Sister

18 | Kisaki

You stood in the funeral home, feeling so out of place in the crowd. Without Takemichi, you wouldn't have known Hina. It felt like you were so... fake.

"So you're awake."

You flinched and looked at the couple behind you. "Hello...?" They looked a bit like Hina... No...

"You were one of Hina's best friends. Almost every time she was leaving to go somewhere that wasn't school, she'd say that she was going to hang out with you."

With me? What about Emma-chan?

"We're so grateful to you for always being in her life." The mother's voice cracked. "Until the end..."

Your hand clenched into a fist. Is this what you do? You hurt innocent people for the sake of your enjoyment? "She was one of the greatest friends anyone could ask for." You bowed. "Your daughter still is the greatest friend anyone could ask for."

Your vision of the floor blurred, tears filling your eyes once again.

"Y/N, right?" You looked up and saw a boy that looked about the same age as you, his eyes a deep blue and his hair dark, a bit like how Hina's parents' looked. "I'm Naoto. Takemichi told me a lot about you."

"Naoto..."

"I'm Hinata Tachibana's brother."

"O-Oh!" You hid your hands behind your back in embarrassment. "Sorry, I didn't even know she had a brother..."

"I don't really come up in conversations much."

Serious eyes, proper posture, but yet, not an intimidating demeanour. You let yourself relax. "I'm a friend that Hina made back in middle school."

"Yeah, Takemichi told me. Assuming what he said is correct, you were the third in command back when Toman was a gang of its own?"

"That's right."

"So you know them well."

"I'm one of the founding members. Of course I do. What are you getting at?"

Naoto put his hand on his chin. "From what I remember, you were the brains behind everything Toman did, yet the youngest in the gang. And..." He paused for a moment. "You can travel back in time."

Your face got serious. "I assume that you are not planning on trying to stop me then?"

"I'm not. I'm planning on helping you."

•••

"So Ken-chan's death wasn't the cause of Toman's fall." You said to yourself, tapping your arms as you crossed them. "If that's the case, then that means that we'll have to find exactly what did."

Takemichi sighed. "This is getting a lot more complicated than it was before."

"That is true. But, there's very few things that could make Toman fall apart like that." You began listing things wit your fingers. "Perhaps, loss of someone that's been gluing our gang together, splitting up our gang into smaller groups, or..." You paused on your middle finger. "Hey... can we go check on someone?"

•••

You fidgeted with your fingers nervously. "Y/N." Naoto put his hand on your shoulder. "If you don't think you're up for this, you don't have to push yourself."

"...No. I'm fine."

"Alright. Good. To be honest, you're probably one of the most important parts."

You gulped and walked into the room where prisoners spoke to their loved ones. You thought that Naoto would say that he didn't know where Draken was, or that he was part of "Toman" like he said about Mikey.