Izana's Precious Twin

Draken And The Future Mikey

Takemichi followed Draken back to his place at the brothel. 

"You're still living here?! Nostalgic!"

"Yep. The bike shop isn't turning over enough yet for me to live on my own."

Takemichi pressed the button #4. Draken commented on him still remembering what floor he lived on. When his finger touched the button, that tingle went down his finger and he was seeing another weird scene. His hand was covered in a slightly viscous and red fluid.

"Blood?!"

Freaking out he saw the same large stain on his t shirt. Grabbing the shirt the stain was gone. Draken looked concerned at him. Takemichi was acting a bit odd. First staring at his hand and then grabbing his shirt frantically.

"Takemichi, this is Masaway. He's the one that basically raised me."

"Nice to meet you sir!"

The old man grunted in response as he continued reading the newspaper. Walking past the rooms he noticed they weren't the same girls he saw last time. Draken told him that all of them had left.

It was nice that he got a bigger room though. An old storage room that was being unused. The walls were filled with lots more pictures. Of Toman. Him and Mikey. A ton with Emma and some with him and her together.

And a few of Emma and Izumi from their photoshoots. Draken sat down with a solemn look. Emma had a close call with death if not for Izumi taking the hit. He wasn't even able to beat the culprits up because they had never been found.

He knew it sounded cruel but Draken was glad that Emma wasn't serious injured. He was glad that Izumi was hit because it meant Emma was safe and he wasn't the intended target either.

He suspected Kisaki because he would mastermind a kind of "accident" like that. Why? Who knows. Of course there is no definitive proof it's Kisaki, just a hunch. Draken thought about Mikey and everything that happened. 

Pah's arrestment. Baji's supposed betrayal. Kazutora. Shinichiro had forgiven Baji and Kazutora for hitting him in what could have ended in tragedy. Mikey forgave them as well but things always had an unmentioned tension or stiffness now when they all hung out.

"Takemitchy. Tell me about Mikey in the future. I can't abandon him."

Takemichi turned around to look at some more pictures he pinned up.

"He was....thin and had some pretty serious eyebags too. He's leading a criminal organization called Bonten and he couldn't control his dark impulses."

"Dark impulses??"

"In that future Hina is safe. Emma and everyone else too. Pah got married and the other guys are fulfilling their dreams. You and Emma were engaged. Everyone but Mikey. He promised me 2 years ago that he'd protect Toman and Hina in the future."

Draken listened carefully. He was glad to hear that Emma was alright and that they were going to get married too.

"That future came true but he's still suffering. And.....Izana and Izumi were kidnapped by a cult."

"Dark impulses and cults huh."

To think Mikey was looking that far ahead for his friends for so long. He pushed them all away. No, he made them despise him. Draken remembered Mikey's sadistic grin as he, Mitsuya, and Chifuyu tried to beat him.

Peh was knocked out on the ground and all four boys had blood coming out their faces and hands. 

"I don't know about these so called dark impulses but I do know that once we all separated from him, we started to become better people. His anger and resentment. Maybe it's his way of sacrificing his own happiness for your promise."

"My promise?"

"What a moron. He must have been really convinced you were doing the right thing, Takemitchy."

"I guess."

Walking down the hallway one of the girls bumped into Takemichi and spilled her drink. He reacted to the spill and saw that her drink, tomato juice had gotten onto his shirt. It looked a lot like blood. It was the vision from earlier.

Senju and Takeomi were working out a deal with a slimy business man across them at his desk. It seemed that companies and businesses started working with or paying gangs for their services. He sought out Brahman and was eager to start working with them.

She groaned looking up at the gaudy ceiling that tried to look expensive or something. He clasped his hands and thanked them repeatedly for agreeing. However before leaving she made sure to give him a warning.

"Takeomi let's get ice cream. I want mint chocolate chip."

"What?"

"You're paying!"

"Huh?!"

Roppongi-

The brothers and Izumi also went shopping but went about it in a smarter way than Takemichi did. At each store one of them would ask for them items to be delivered to Izumi's instead of theirs. The brothers frequented the more high end shops from time to time and the cashiers would have their address ready to go.

"Thanks for today Ran! Rin!"

Izumi thanked them but then coughed lightly causing slight concern and panic. He quickly reassured them he was fine. Probably overusing his voice more often like today. Ran saw a boba shop and bought him a peach and mint black tea with lychee jelly.

They saw him off at the subway station since he needed to get back home. 

"I think we should get a kotatsu for his room too." Ran

"Not a bad idea." Rin

Takemichi followed Draken down an inconspicuous building and flight of stairs. Nothing out of the ordinary. It looked quite normal for a gang meeting. However nearing the door he spotted a security camera in the upper corner and the door had a thick numeric code on top.

He expected to see a meeting room or lounge, but not a mini arena where two guys were boxing down there in the open space. Inside it was filled with raucous yelling and cheering at the two down below.

"This is B1, Brahman's underground ring."

"What about the meeting?"

"There's matches every night. Rich guys watch through cameras and make bets. That's how the fighters make a living and Brahman gets some money too. Known as a strong militant combat gang, Brahman."

Quite the title for a gang but then again he did say that Brahman was a yakuza style run by adults and not kids. 

"Enough! Turn the cameras off, the match is over!"

"And leading this powerful gang is their leader, Kawaragi Senju."

"Senju! Senju! Senju! Senju! Senju! Senju!"

The guys stood up and raised their fists cheering as their leader confidently walked down the steps to begin the meeting.