Who says you can't change everything with your dreams?

23 chapter

"Fuck, my head's pounding. What happened? Oh, I got hit in the head with a bat, and then what happened? Then what happened, I don't remember. It's all a blur. The battle... The battle with Celestia, I... have to stop it!" - Dima thought and tried to open his eyes.

When he opened them, Dima saw a white ceiling. When he sat up, he realized that he was in a hospital, namely a morgue.

"Did my heart stop? Did they think I was dead? Okay, later, it's a good thing I wasn't stripped. The important thing now is to get to the fight!" - thought Red and wanted to get to his feet, but as soon as he took a step, he fell.

"Fuck, that sucks."

Trying again, he barely got to his feet and began to take steps, gradually speeding up, switching to running. Dima couldn't feel his legs, but he ran to his house to ride his bike.

The run took a few minutes. Once in the garage, he started the bike, got on it, and rode to Yokohama Pier 7.

***

- I'll ask you one question: why did you kill Red? - Mikey asked, looking into Izana's eyes.

- Mikey, I'll tell you a secret. Red shouldn't have died, it should have been Emma," said Izana, watching Mikey's eyes get bigger. - Yeah, you had everything and I had nothing. Now the two of us can't be contained. Shinichiro was my only but not perfect brother, but still, he gave you more attention than he gave me. Red on the other hand, he was perfect, I wanted him on my side, even though he wasn't even on your side," Izana said.

- Is that why you killed him? - Mikey asked again, but Izana kicked him with a U-turn and he fell.

- You stole everything from me, Manjiro. Even Reda," said Izana, and then added in a whisper: - whom I love," Miki heard this phrase clearly.

They started fighting again, hardly paying attention to their surroundings.

- Hey! Mikey! Are you kidding me? Is this all your strength? - Izana shouted.

- 'Fuck the others, then,' Mikey said and spat blood, landing a punch that Izana blocked. - What about your comrades who fight for you?

- Fighting for me? Haha, they fight because they are afraid. I will not coddle Swaston's children! Fear and interest rule the underworld! Trust and friendship are fairy tales for children! - Izana said, throwing punches, but then he stopped in front of Mikey.

- How much longer are you going to isolate yourself? Shinichiro is alive, so is Emma. They wouldn't want you to do that.

- They are alive, but Red is dead! Isn't he? - Izana said and brought his leg up for a punch, but Mikey accepted and held back.

- Izana, Red wouldn't want you to be like that. Though I don't know everything that went on between you two, but he wouldn't have wanted it. He... he wanted to save you just as much as I want to save you and Emma and Shinichiro," Mikey said, looking at Izana.

***

"Fuck, if I don't hurry now, it's going to be fucked up! Gotta make it!" - thought Dima as he turned up the gas.

He almost arrived at his destination, making a sharp turn without slowing down, he began to drive up the stairs, almost arriving.

The bike's engine was heard by everyone in the battle, and when they turned around, they saw Red's bike and himself on it.

Dima braked sharply, turning sideways, and looked at the shocked faces of Mikey and Izana, who was pointing a gun at Mikey.

- Well, hello, guys. You have fun here," said Dima and got off the bike, stepping on the step and getting closer to Mikey and Izana.

Tears started to come to Mikey's eyes, and he was the first to come to his senses, ran up to Dima and hugged him, resting his head on his right shoulder.

"Red, he's alive, but... how is that possible?" - Takemichi thought, tears welling up in his eyes as well.

- Izana, it pains me to watch you two fight. Let's go home with us," Dima said with a smile on his face as he looked at Izana, whose tears were flowing.

He threw his gun out and hugged Mikey and Red, tucking his left shoulder.

- Yep, two of my strongest and dearest people crying into my shoulders. I'm glad," Dmitri said in a whisper, his eyes slightly closed.

But then Dima saw Kisaki raise his gun and point it at them. Red looked into Kisaki's eyes, and in them he saw a storm of emotions, and the strongest were anger and fear.

Kisaki met his gaze with Dima's calm eyes, which looked at him without a single emotion. In those eyes, Kisaki saw a real monster.

Before Mikey and Izana knew it, Dima was out of their grasp and blocking them with his body.

Three shots rang out.

Two in the chest and one in the liver area.

The body fell, and blood started gushing out of the three wounds, forming a bloody puddle.

- Red! - Mikey and Izana shouted at the same time as they ran over to the body and sat down beside it. Mikey lifted Dmitri up, and Izana began trying to stop the bleeding.

- Hey! Somebody call an ambulance! - Mikey yelled out and took Red's hand.

- Red, hold on, the ambulance will be here soon! - Izana said and took Dima's free hand, too.

Emma and Shinichiro ran up to them. Emma, seeing Dima in such a state, began to cry. Shinichiro also couldn't hold back tears, and Emma clung to him, hugging him, and began to cry even harder.

- Ha, I didn't think it would be like this. I've lived a good life," Dima said and coughed up blood.

- Red, don't say that! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, me! Red... Я... Я... I love you, Red! Please, just live," Izana said, tears streaming down his cheeks.

- I don't think I'm going to make it, not with that iron bat I barely survived. And with three bullet wounds... I don't think... - said Dima, and his eyes gradually dimmed and closed.

- Don't say that! It's not over, you can do it, just... just live, Red! - shouted Mikey, squeezing his hand harder, and the tears kept coming.

There was no reply, but it snowed. There was a smile on Red's face. He wanted to live, and he still does.

"I hope everything will be all right with them..." - that was the last thing on Dima's mind and he fell into the long-awaited darkness and silence.

To be continued...