Unbound

king's reign

"Where do you think you're going, it's rude to just walk off in a middle of a conversation-" Kaori said before noticing Akira had not stopped walking.

"Oh I see, you're heroic, well your reign ends here my friend" Kaori announced before taking out his bat.

Kaori then runs towards Akira and jumps to attempt and bash his skull in, Akira sidesteps and dodges the bat where he then catches and pushes him with it, Akira then puts his guard down before hearing the other man trying to ram him. Akira couldn't react quick enough to dodge so he stabilizes himself, he gets rammed and Is sent back, still standing on his feet he realizes the situation he's in. He spits the cigarette in the air, the tension rises and everyone has their fists clenched ready to battle it out, Akira gets into his iconic battle stance and the cigarette falls to the ground. He swiftly boosts himself forward using his left leg, the men couldn't raise their bats in time and attempt to hit Akira, he goes for Isao on the right and sweeps him off of his feet. The man loses his balance and falls back, Akira doesn't go for him as he noticed Kaori is ready to swing his bat, Akira jumps into the air and gets high enough to kick Kaori with both his legs, his legs make contact and the man falls instantly. Akira's kick was a direct hit and it managed to severely damage the man's ribcage, he goes to finish him off before Isao swings his bat directly into Akira's side, Akira had no choice but to back off and catch his breath.

"You got us good there I'll give you that, we don't need bats anymore we'll break you with what we have, you aren't ready for the southside Brothers are ya?" Kaori said letting go of his bat and cracking his knuckles.

"No one told you to decide that name, it's pretty corny man" Isao muttered.

"okay and? it sounds pretty cool okay."

"I'm higher ranked than you, you don't get to decide stuff"

Both men continued to argue leaving Akira standing there cluelessly.

The duo then go running towards Akira with their fists clenched, Akira has no choice but to block as he has no space and time to dodge, they use their running momentum to punch swiftly, they connect but Akira had already stopped them from damaging him further. He proceeds to change gears and ram Kaori as he had lost his balance after his attack was blocked, Akira pushes with his left leg and dashes quickly but notices Isao is coming from behind him. Akira then decides to use Kaori as a human shield to stop himself from being attacked, but the duo's chemistry managed to outwork Akira and he was then in between the duo, he couldn't block from both sides because he was covered from the front and back, as he's thinking of a way out he gets slammed from both sides with the damage focusing on his chest, his breathing slows down and he rolls back to retreat.

"Alright your end is slowly creeping up on you, you don't have much time left, fighting 2 upper-wards isn't that good of a choice was it? you should consider just giving up" Isao said with confidence and pride. Akira finds himself laughing uncontrollably, his eyes piercing towards the duo, adrenaline rushing by the second. " Ah I see, I guess that's it huh, my fate and destiny in your hands? you make me feel all the butterflies inside of me, and hey you're right...it was a much better choice than I had expected.".

Their eyes lock and no muscle had twitched, Akira staring right into them with no fear in his eyes, the duo trembled and were left shaken with no response, they could hear their hearts beat, "oi what is he saying... is he out of his mind, it's fine as long as Isao's here-." Kaori thought to himself before looking back and finding Isao with his arms down left with no fighting spirit.

Akira gets up and cleans the dust off of his jacket, "Oh come on guys I was just kidding, don't be scared I won't hurt you, I'm not the type of mentor to hurt his students." Akira spoke with a proud smile, he saw right through the enemy.

They take their battle stances and were ready to end their bout, the silence filled the air and they could hear their own breathing, the duo didn't want to waste any time and they head straight towards Akira. Isao jumps up and goes for a dropkick, Akira reads his movements and dodges, he looks to his right and finds Kaori winding up his punch, Akira loses his footing while turning around and can't balance well, he parries Kaori's punch but he takes a small amount of damage. He follows up with a right hook to Kaori's temple, Isao recovers from his fall and gets back up, Akira then continuously punches Kaori giving him no time to block or dodge, Isao goes for a leg sweep and succeeds in doing that, or so he thought when Akira wasn't affected and didn't budge. Akira then steps on Isao's ankle fracturing it, he then goes for an uppercut from under to knockout Kaori, he lands the punch and Kaori falls to the ground bleeding.

"oh give me a break, can't a man go back home without any distractions? there's no need to apologize though don't worry." Akira said sarcastically, degrading the duo once again. Kaori is out cold leaving Isao to complete their goal, he groans in pain and is unable to stand. He pushes back and crawls to get away from Akira, the only thing on his mind is fear of failure... and Akira. He notices he's not being held back and crawls at full speed, he suddenly gets frozen in place, Akira crouches down and grabs him by the end of his pants, Isao struggles but he's unable to break free of Akira's grip. Akira looks him in the eyes and smiles, his smile looked honest and full of emotions, well to Isao that is, he thought he would be spared as Akira gets up.

Unfortunately, he didn't know what he had gotten into, "Hey let's go on a trip, you and me since we're acquainted now, right?" Akira says while pulling Isao with no effort, Akira then takes Kaori too, he pulls them and Isao is clueless about what happens, Akira then pulls them into a small and dark alleyway. He throws them both and stretches, Isao's determination was still there leading him to try and get up with all his leftover strength, he manages to get up and finds a broken pipe with a sharp edge. Akira walks towards him not knowing what was coming, Isao pushes with all the energy he has left, and he stabs Akira right under his chest, they both are standing there frozen. Isao falls due to exhaustion and Akira doesn't move, blood dripping endlessly through his shirt, coughing up blood and losing consciousness, he loses balance and trips into the trash bags left there, he looks down at his hands filled with blood.

"It's over.... hero, all that talk just for you to-." Isao said with a raspy and tired voice, before stopping himself and looking at Akira, their eyes meet and Isao had felt fear on another level. Akira had been stabbed but hasn't lost any of his mental resilience, he laughs with blood spilling from his mouth. Like a vampire thirsty for blood, he gets up slowly and walks toward Isao, he finds a beer bottle which he later picks up and breaks. "Farewell, my friend...you lost the moment you listened to them." Akira muttered proudly, he stabs the broken bottle into Isao's windpipe. Leaving him unable to breathe, he struggles and struggles but no oxygen enters his body, begging for forgiveness and help from Akira with tears dripping from his eyes. Akira walks away slowly, bleeding slowing him down and giving him a hard time walking.

He gets out of the alleyway, struggling and in pain, holding on to his consciousness with all he has. Blood endlessly dripping, skin turning colder, bystanders watching in confusion. Akira covers his face and continues pushing forward, he stumbles coughing up blood in doing so, he gets home and his consciousness is fading away. He gets the key out of his pocket but drops it. He crouches down to get it and falls back, he looks up and stares at the night sky, stars glistening, the clouds moving, he gets back to his senses and picks up the key. He gets up and opens the door, entering the house as swiftly as possible, locking the door and heading straight to his house, he enters his room and searches for his first aid kit, his heavy eyes struggling to stay open, he finds the kit on top of his closet. He goes to pick it up but groans in pain when his wound opens up more, he gives up and falls back, going unconscious his cold body stops struggling to stay up.