Tokyo | Manjiro Sano | west side story

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꧁ Toman ꧂

"ALL RIGHT! ALL OF YOU CUT IT!"
The nagging commands of officer Naoto brought the brawl to a sudden halt. "You're driving me to my grave you pack of delinquents," he groaned, shoving one of the many boys back to their 'side' by the chest.

"Watch yourself Naoto, you're gonna inflame your asthma shouting like that." A tall blonde boy -Draken - humoured, taking out his lighter to ignite the cigarette resting between his lips.

"Why don't you leave Valhalla alone, Ryuguji?" The police man had ignored his remark, turning towards the other group of violent teenagers known as Valhalla. "And you lot, you're in Tokyo. You gotta problem? You call the cops! You can't play at being cops yourselves."

Hanma Shuji scoffed to himself.
"If we called the cops you'd show up and arrest us. You're never around when these punks are around messing up our turf," he spat, pointing a finger straight towards Draken, who had been sending enraged looks his way.

A dark haired boy laughed, crossing his arms and taking a daring step forward."You see I get confused when you say 'our turf' seeing as it clearly belongs to Toman."

"BAJI!"

Hanma lunged towards the boy with an outstretched fist, the rest of Valhalla quickly restraining him by the arms and pulling him back towards them as the other group yelled.

"THATS ENOUGH! THATS ENOUGH!" Naoto boomed, blowing on his whistle and pushing the boys away from him.

The air lay quiet for a moment, the wind whistling slightly as it ran through the desolated streets around them.

"Takemichi," Natoto started, turning his attention to the boy who had somehow ended up with a nail through his ear, "who did that to you?"

Takemichi looked up frantically, making brief eye contact with Chonbo, one of the Valhalla captains, before stuttering out an answer.
"I-I can't remember..."

Naoto scoffed, "I realise if any of you might help me out you might spoil your chance to murder each other over control of this earthly paradise-"

"Toman controls it and you know it," Draken interrupted with a smirk.

"Right," Naoto continued "but maybe not to the Shibuya council." He smiled, quickly pulling out the nail from Takemichi's ear, whistling at the size and bloodiness of it as he examined it between his fingertips. Takemichi grabbed his ear in agony, falling into the side of Mitsuya.
"So, any day now all of you are going to be evicted..."

"We're not relocating!" Hanma roared, stomping towards the police officer with gritted teeth.

"Back down Hanma, don't be stupid,"      Naoto warned him.
"Evict yourself off my crime scene."

Valhalla took that as their sign to leave. One of the captains approached Hanma, grabbing his shoulder and forcing him to retreat with them as Toman taunted from behind.

Naoto sighed after their exit, turning towards the remaining group.
"Tell me which one of them nailed Takemichi's ear and I'll put him out of circulation." When Naoto received no answer he groaned, latching his palms to his head. "Work with me fellas! Unless you want them driving you off your turf?"

Smiley looked at him with his usual grin, "You said it would be the Tokyo Government driving us off!-"

"-You gotta get your story straight Officer Naoto. We're very impressionable," Angry (his twin brother) finished.

"What's a gang without its terrain? You're a moment or two away from finding out. And in this uncertain world, the only thing you can count on is me. After all, I'm here to keep the civil peace until the last building falls." The officer took one step closer to Draken.
"And if you boys make trouble on my turf? Hand on heart Ryuguji you will be headed to a prison cell for a very long time."

This comment caused the boys to become momentarily silent. The thought of cold, lonely jail cells was certainly enough to make them rethink.

Naoto scoffed, beginning to walk away.
"Long as I've know you lot, you ain't had the sense god gave a pigeon..."

Once the police officer was out of sight, Draken marched over to Takemichi, pulling his face to the side to examine his ear. The rest of Toman followed behind.
The tall boy sighed at the sight of the wound, patting his cheek in 'comfort'.

"Well, that's gonna scar buddy boy."
"You think?"

The boys laughed, some shoving eachother lightly as others took a seat on the ground.

Draken peered over at his friends, pausing once his eyes landed on Pah-chin. "What you thinkin' Pah?"

The boy looked up at Draken, lifting himself off the ground- with the help of Peh-yan- and landing his hands on his hips. " I think it's past time for a brawl."

This caught the attention of the others.

He continued, " For an all out, once-and-for-all, winner-takes-all RUMBLE!" Cheers erupted from his fellow gang members, Baji excitedly punching his shoulder.

"YEAH"
"ABOUT TIME!!"

Draken smiled, "All right, so Mikey and me will sit down with-"

"Mikey?"

Draken paused turning around to the members behind him.

"He's not stood with us for decades man!"
"Who's to say he won't let us down?"

"Oi!" The vice captain silenced them, "He's on house arrest! He's gotta be careful-"

"Face it Draken, Mikey's done with Toman." Chifuyu sighed, placing a hand in his shoulder which Draken immediately shrugged off.

"He ain't done with Toman! Like that's even a thing! You cannot be done with this family!"

"Maybe it wasn't a thing before but now?Naoto's right. What is the Tokyo Manji Gang if we got no territory? No musashi shrine?" Mitsuya explained calmly, causing the crowd to turn his way.

Draken scoffed, stomping out his cigarette on the concrete ground below him. "Naoto doesn't know the difference between his ass and his elbow. Mikey, practically started this gang. None of us would even be here without him! And all of you know it!" He pulled up the sides of his jacket, "so meet me and Mikey at the Dog Days Dance at the gym tonight."

Takemichi finished wrapping his ear in bandage and turned towards the rest of the group. He sighed, not wanting to argue with them but alas, he knew he was right.
"We cant fight at the gym guys, it won't go done well with the cops!"

Draken and Baji laughed together, the latter approaching the crybaby and hooking an arm around his shoulder.
"Relax Takemitchy! It's a social mixer! And so we'll mix... until the times right to fix the brawl for tomorrow night!"

Draken laughed, as did the rest of the members. "Be there 10:00 pm sharp, dressed to kill! Walking tall!"

"We always walk tall, we're Toman." Sanzu scoffed.