One Last Chance [Alltake]

Takemichi Hanagaki was always overlooked.

Even after everything-saving Mikey from the brink, helping Izana find peace, bringing together fractured gangs-no one truly stopped to thank him. His sacrifices were buried beneath louder victories, more celebrated names, and more visible power. Tenjiku didn't care. Toman didn't care. Not even the Black Dragons. Or so he believed.

Takemichi thought their silence meant his efforts didn't matter. That his tears, his wounds, his relentless faith in everyone were simply brushed aside. No gratitude. No recognition. Just a quiet erasure.

So when the news of his untimely death broke-Takemichi Hanagaki, gone at 26-it was like a shockwave. Only then did they begin to realize what they'd lost. The boy who had always stood beside them, fragile and stubborn, had been their guiding light all along. The warmth they ignored had vanished, and with it, something essential.

He had carried them through darkness, even when they mocked him for crying in the middle of chaos. He was the sun they assumed would never burn out.

And when that sun disappeared, they couldn't function. They fell apart, clinging to guilt, whispering his name, begging for a way to fix what they had broken.

Then-like a miracle-a shooting star sliced across the night sky, and time rewound.

Now, back in the past, they've been given a second chance. A chance to change. A chance to see Takemichi clearly this time-not as the crybaby, but as the hero he always was.

Will they finally show him the gratitude and love he never received? Or will history repeat itself once more?