Viper (Tokyo Rvengers Story)

Hideki's POV

"Hey, you're wanting to form a gang, right?"

That was the day that unknowingly changed the rest of my life.

I was around thirteen at the time, and like most kids my age (at least the ones that I knew), I wanted to be a delinquent. The problem was, I was too dumb and too scared to do it myself. Sure, I had strength, but even back then, I knew that wasn't enough.

One day, after I had beat up a group of guys for probably something stupid, a short kid came up to me. With no fear or even the slightest bit of hesitation, he asked "Hey, you're wanting to form a gang right?"

At first I laughed it off, thinking some crazy homeless kid was just wanting to bother me, but every day I would run into him and he'd ask the same damned question. It wasn't until he came to my school that I finally listened to him.

He said that he used to work with the Black Dragons, working hand in hand with Izana. I almost didn't believe him, but the look in his eyes told me differently.

It was so strange. I had never seen heterochromatic eyes before then, and they were almost hypnotizing. His face was caked in dirt, his hair was short and looked like he cut it himself, but his eyes made me overlook all of that.

Soon, I began actually listening to the brat, following everything that he told me, and soon, I had the beginnings of a gang. With the Haitani brothers out of jail, he recommended that we keep to the shadows.

Surprisingly, that seemed to work. Over a year, me and the kid formed a large gang that ruled the shadows of Roppongi.

Throughout that year, I felt like I had gotten quite close to him. He told me his name once, but I slowly forgot it. He only ever wanted to be called 'Viper', said it was more professional that way. I didn't want to push him, too afraid of him leaving. Because, despite me denying it constantly, I had grown attached to him.

Around the time that Viper got us the supermarket, my VP, Rokuda Tomoyasu, started to convince me to fire him. While it was true, Viper had gotten a lot more clients after us, he was still a huge help. One day, Tomo snapped when Viper said something and punched him.

I had never seen someone as mad as Viper was that day. We had to bring Tomo to the hospital after what Viper did because no one dared to stop him. Viper stopped showing up as often after that, always going up to Shibuya.

With only me running the group, it soon got out of hand, making us finally on Haitani's radar. I started getting desperate as more and more of my guys kept going to the hospital and finally called up Viper. He happily came back, and foolishly, I thought everything would go back to normal... But I had fucked up too much for that.

The Haitani's kept getting closer and closer to the hideout. That was the day I snapped at Viper myself. That was the day that I realized how much of a coward I really was.

When the Haitani's came that night, I ran away. Hell, I didn't even know that the new guy had died until weeks later when I went to check on him. The rest of the gang split up, many following Tomo, and I was left alone once again.

I don't know why, but something told me to look for Viper. Maybe I wanted to see if he could help me again, maybe I wanted revenge, or maybe, just maybe, I wanted to be near him again. My life was the easiest when he was around, so it was the only reasonable thing to think of.

And so I followed him, almost everywhere he went, I followed. I took note of every small thing that he did. He had a very loose schedule, but almost every day went the same.

Wake up at either one of his own hideouts, under a bridge, a random gang's hideout, or a friend's house. Go to two to three appointments throughout the day. Have at least one meal with a friend or client. And do the same thing all over again.

I didn't trust the people Viper hung around with. The short one with glasses always seemed to be planning something or looking at Viper way too long for comfort. The Reaper, who just seems like an annoying prick, I have no clue how Viper can stand his loud ass. Kazutora, I'm not at all worried about him, I'm guessing Viper's just using him for one of his plans. But then there's Draken... I still don't know about their relationship. They barely hang out, yet Viper seems the closest to him, I wonder why??

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Ok, so I just joined Toman. I was found out by Viper and he told me the only way I could work with him is if I joined. How could I say no to this?!

After I joined, he told me to start befriending some of the people there, so I sadly have to do it. Most of the vice captains are OK, but I'd much rather work directly under Viper.

He told me not to mess with the third division, which confused me at first, but I soon found out that that one friend of his is now a captain... I still don't trust him, he's way too close to Viper, same with that tall ass from Valhalla.

I followed him one day when he was with Kisaki, and there was a tight feeling in my chest when I saw them together. It only got worse when he went into Hanma's house when Hanma was barely fucking dressed...

Whatever, I'm just following Viper's orders so I should probably try and be more friendly to Toman. The only ones that don't piss me off as much are Sanzu, Mucho, and Angry. Chifuyu is way too much of a wimp to even be in a gang and Hakkai is way too devoted to Mitsuya. And the others just don't interest me in any way.

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It's getting closer to the fight with Valhalla. I still don't know much that Viper has planned, but I do know that Mikey will do something to go to jail.

Viper wants to make Tomo go to jail for him, I was about to volunteer another person when it came out that he tried to kill Viper!! Not once, but twice! That bitch would've been dead right then and there if it wasn't for Viper needing him.

Rokuda used to be an amazing partner but now... now I wouldn't even fucking care if he died. After all that Viper has done for us, he goes and tries to fucking kill him!! I'm hoping he doesn't have to go to jail so I can beat the ever-living shit out of him myself.

On a lighter note, Viper finally gave me a nickname. Ki. God, just thinking about it is amazing. After three years of knowing him, he finally gives me one! Does this mean we're getting closer??

Anyway, I just hope that after all of this mess with Valhalla and Toman, Viper still has some use for me. Even if it's with Hanma and Kisaki, I'll do anything... I just don't want to be thrown away by him again...

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