Chihiro Hanagaki

Chapter 21

October 31st, 2005, the day of the battle. Many people had already gathered at the Junkyard. Hibiki showed up before Toman got there. She sat on top of the backhoe so she could observe everything. A woman in her early twenties notices her. "Ikki?" she mutters, narrowing her eyes. When she confirmed that the person she saw was indeed Hibiki she walked over.

"Ikki, what are you doing here?" she called up to the pinkette. Hibiki's body tensed seeing the woman, "Chika." Chika gave her a small smile, "Don't look too happy to see me." She climbed up the backhoe and sat beside her. "Go away," she hissed. Chika leaned her arms back, "Ikki, why are you here?" Hibiki iced her out, "I don't have to explain myself to you." Chika seemed to be expecting the animosity from her.

"That's a scary look Ikki," she commented. Hibiki tried to punch her, but Chika caught her fist, "Stop calling me that!" Chika pushed her fist away and flipped her short brown hair out of her face. "I'm not trying to start a fight," Chika clarified. Hibiki dryly laughed, "Yeah right." Chika turned her gaze back to the people around them, "I thought you gave up any gang-related activity." Hibiki rolled her eyes, leaning over her lap, "I did."

"Then I ask again, why are you here?" she pressed. Hibiki stared hard into the distance as she saw Toman approaching, "Chichi is in the gang fighting against Valhalla today." The color faded from Chika's face at the mention of Chihiro. Something akin to fear filled her grey eyes. "W-why is she in a gang now?!" she stammered. Hibiki snapped, "It's none of your business." Hibiki refused to answer any more questions as Toman finally arrived.

Chihiro entered beside her brother and Chifuyu. She was dressed in her middle school uniform, but she had obvious shorts underneath her skirt. Her hair was braided in her typical Dutch braids. Hibiki wondered why she didn't choose to wear her gi. "Hey, who are all these people?" Takemichi asked. Chifuyu eyed the group, "They're here to see it go down. Toman versus Valhalla. The winner of today's fight will be one step closer to running all of Tokyo. So all the delinquent bosses around Tokyo are gonna be watching this closely." Chihiro scanned the area, trying to pinpoint where Hibiki was.

She eventually spotted her on the backhoe but was prepared to see the person beside her, 'Why is she here?!' As Chihiro tried to wrack her brain as to why Chika was there she didn't notice someone eyeing her. "Hey, Ran look," Rindou said, gesturing to Chihiro. Ran smirked, his eyes alight with interest, "Kakucho's girl~ She's in Toman. This could be interesting." Chihiro's focus soon went to the asshat in the white jumpsuit. "Haha, Looks like it's party time. Time to find out Toman and Valhalla ain't shit." he cackled as he took his place in the middle of the Junkyard.

"Alright, you shits. I'm the one who's gonna be overseeing today's fight. The name's Hansen, and I'm from Ikebukuro's criminal black members." Chifuyu mentions that he's a boss from the 88 group. "So the asshat's a glorified referee," Chihiro quipped. Chifuyu nodded, "Yeah. Him, The Haitani Brothers, and Leanman are all gonna keep cool and watch today. Usually, they're lunatics who are always butting heads with Toman." Chihiro hoped that Hibiki could keep her cool during this fight. She hopes she can possibly prevent Baji's death, but it remains unseen.

The blips of memories from the fight originally don't give her much hope. It wasn't enough to tell her exactly how she acted during the fight. "Well, that's enough chit-chat. Let's bring out today's stars! Alright, on this side! Tokyo Manji Gang!" The gates behind them opened and the rest of Toman entered. The other gate opened to reveal Valhalla, "And Valhalla!" Chifuyu muttered to them, "It's time to go Takemichy, Chi." Chihiro could start to hear everyone whispering as the rest of Toman got further inside the Junkyard.

"Hey, Hansen. I'm glad it'll be you overseeing this fight today. Thank you for that," Mikey told him. Hansen half laughed, "Ha, if this fight sucks I'm taking you both down." Another member who was with Hansen required a single member from each gang to come forward. Draken and Kazutora met in the middle where Hansen stood. "You can have a five-on-five with your five best guys or go for an all-out brawl with everyone. How do you guys wanna roll?" Hansen asked the two. "Valhalla brought this whole thing to us. So you guys can decide that, Kazutora." Draken offered.