"…uh…" she couldn't understand what was going on herself, she read about him through her mother's journal.
Angel remembered it was mentioned that her Uncle Katsuya was having another baby boy named Kaitou, on the same year she was born. Everything was clearly written.
She just couldn't believe that it was all coming to her so quickly, too quick. All this truth bombs weighing down her shoulders at insane speed of incomprehensibility.
"Yeah…I guess you could say I do. Your father was my godfather, my uncle." She sighed and squatted on the ground "My father, was your uncle. Well we are not related by blood, but our fathers' bonds were beyond the DNA, so you could say we are related."
"…" Kaitou was iced into place, now it was his turn to wrap his head around the discovery, "Um…"
"…so basically, Kaitou-san just found his cousin?" The red head smirked awkwardly, "right?"
"Seem like there is a lot to catch up on, don't you think." Angel groaned before standing up, "Shall we get to it."
"Not here." Kaitou suggested, "My apartment is nearby." He was desperate to understand what was going on.
"Wait wait, I am coming as well!" The red head protested, "can't just leave ME here alone!"
"Uh…." Angel turned chibi, "who even is you." She poked.
"Me? Me- Oh, I am Fujino Uchi! The Mūso Fight club belong to my uncle, and you can say Kaitou is like my elder brother! I have to follow. There is no way I am missing!"
"He's safe, we can have him." Kaitou crossed his arm, "this guy's my family, it'll be fine."
"WAIT hold up- Fujino, as in one of the 7 overseers, The Fujino Clan?" she was once again frozen, "what is going on today…" she muttered jokingly to herself.
"Uhh…thats ancient history." Uichi shook his head, "we're just a simple fight club belonged to the Muteki Group now."
Angel: "So you're saying, the infamous Fujino fight club 8 years ago was rebranded into the Mūso fight club, and then became a faction of the Muteki Group."
Uichi: "Yeah, after the Akiyama Clan was destroyed, thats basically the story."
Angel: "So you do know about The Akiyama group…?"
Uichi: "Uh…not really, I do remembered getting trained to be the next heir of the Fujino clan to serve the Akiyama Group, but that was all history. After the Akiyama Group was destroyed, the Muteki Group took over and things fell into what it is today."
Kaitou sighed cut off their exchange, "so are you both gonna continue chatting here or?"
"Pftt alright big guy. Its cold, lets get going." Angel raised her arms high, stretching her sore muscles out before they marched down the dim streets.
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8 years ago, in a random house in Asakusa Japan.
It was a cold and windy night, and the Kimura family was gathered around the dinner table. Katsuya just came home, he entered the kitchen and took his seat without forgetting to plant a kiss on his wife's cheek first.
"Hi honey, how was your day?" Emi asked her husband with a soft smile on her face.
"It was eventful, to say the least." Katsuya sighed,"You know about the situation in the underworld, don't you?" He started eating, face sheathed in exhaustion.
"The news are all over the streets…" Emi looked down, worried. "All these violence outbreak…where did it even came from seriously, I don't like this. If they keep going at each other like this, who's to say it won't be our turn next…"
Katsuya nodded slowly, "I know, but what can we do? All these are too sudden, we didn't know that the peace initiation to cause such rebellion, kinda weird don't you think?"
He found the situation hard to comprehend, these night creatures were never so aggressive, and the Akiyama group shouldn't be facing as much internal conflict like this.
It never happened before, and it was all too unforeseen.
Emi: "I wish there was a way to settle this without violence…this feels like the beginning of the sin city era all over again, even worse."
Katsuya: "We'll make sure that era stayed history."
They continued to eat, they talked about their plans for the future. Katsuya mentioned that he had been considering moving the family away from Japan, perhaps to one of the neighbouring countries, where it would be safer. Emi agreed, they should move away for the time being, until the Akiyama group settled everything.
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The next several days were like any other, but as Katsuya drove towards his house, a look of horror plastered on his face. The house was engulfed in flames and smoke was billowing out of every window. He saw a group of firefighters surrounding his very home, they were desperately trying to put out the fire, but they couldn't get through the flames.
Katsuya was in a state of panic, he tried to push past the firefighters blocking his way. "Move! Move!" he shouted, struggling to break through their line. "My family's inside!"
The firefighters restrained, "we can't let you go in there, it's too dangerous!" they shouted over the noise of the flames.
Katsuya shook them off, his anger and grief giving him strength. "FUCK OFF! I SAID MY FAMILY IS INSIDE!" he tore away from their grasp, racing towards the burning house. He violently charge past all into the burning building, the heat almost unbearable.
Katsuya ran up the stairs, his lungs burning with every breath, but he forged on, pushing through the smoke and flames. The sound of the sirens blared, but all Katsuya could hear was a ringing in his ears and pounding of his heavy heart.
As he made his way upstairs, he could feel the heat from the flames growing more intense. When he reached his wife's room, he saw her lying on the floor, motionless. Tears filled his eyes, he reached out to touch her face. "Emi…no…Emi…baby…"
All the strength and will to live was evaporating from his body, his love of the life, his soulmate. His world was shattering.
Suddenly, he heard the sound of a soft cry coming from the room next door. His heart racing, he ran to the door and yanked it open. On the bed lay his son, Kiryu, his eyes closed, chest not rising and falling, "Kiryu," he whispered, his voice trembling. "Kiryu, wake up, please."
There was no pulse, his heart had stopped beating. Everything spun as the realisation hit him
His younger son, little Kaitou, huddled in the corner, arms wrapped around himself, tears streaming down his face. Katsuya's heart caught in his chest, and he ran, pulling his son up into a tight embrace. "It's okay, Kaitou, daddy's here, everything's going to be okay."
Katsuya carried him out of the house. The firefighters were waiting outside, their faces grim. As soon as they saw Katsuya emerge from the house with the child in his arms, they rushed to assist.
Kaitou shook his head, his eyes bathe in fear. "Mommy and Kiryu," his voice breaking. "Where are they, daddy…?"
Katsuya's heart ached, "I don't know, Kaitou...I don't know."
The sirens was louder, the flames grew higher.
The world around him fell into chaos, Katsuya looked down at Kaitou's twisted innocent face, feeling a mix of fear and determination. He had to protect his son, no matter the cost.
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With a heavy heart, Katsuya walked up to the orphanage, Kaitou by his side. The boy looked up at his father, confused. "Why are we here, daddy?"
"This is the best place for you." He said quietly. "You'll be safe here, and I promise I'll come back for you, no matter what."
"But why can't I stay with you, I don't want to be here alone."
Katsuya knelt down, taking Kaitou's hands, "I can't keep you safe. The world is too dangerous for us right now. I have to protect you, and this is the best way I know how."
Kaitou tried to pull away, but his father held him close. "I promise I'll come back for you," his voice lowering, "and I promise I'll make everything right, no matter."
The boy broke down in tears, clinging to his father's shirt, begging him not to leave him there. But Katsuya had no choice. With a bleeding heart, he kissed Kaitou on the forehead
"I love you, remember that. I hope you will forgive this father." He clenched his fists and used all of his willpower to walk away.
As someone who had been abandoned in the orphanage at the young age, Katsuya will never be able to forgive himself for doing this, and to be honest, he doubted in his heart that he will even survive to see his son again.
"...daddy."
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3:39am in the morning:
The dim glow of street lamps providing a fleeting glimmer of light in the otherwise dark and quiet cityscape. Kaitou's apartment was located on the third floor. The only light in the room was coming from a single yellow lamp in the corner, bathing the space in a warm, intimate glow. They settled around the couch, the sound of their clothes rustling against the fabric.
Kaitou's apartment was quiet, with only the gentle hum of the refrigerator and the occasional sound of the sins city filtering in through the windows. They poured themselves cups of tea, there was a sense of anticipation in the air.
"So after that?" Angel asked softly, her gazed fixed onto the steaming tea.
"He didn't come back obviously." Kaitou uttered, voice low and groggy, "I stayed in the orphanage."
"…" a minute of silence, "Then how did you ended up meeting Uichi, and join the fight club?"
Kaitou shrugged, "Life was boring, didn't feel like it was worth living, so I dropped school. I tried to come back to the old house, to look for who knows what...then I came across this." he one rustled his back pocket and pull out a small metallic badge.
'Fujino Fight Club' was engraved around the corner.
"Always saw my father wore it." Kaitou caressed the piece of metal, "don't know, it just sparked something in me, so I went to look for it, wherever this came from."
Uichi: "My uncle was so excited when he found out about Kaitou. It was exciting to find another member of the family, not to say THE son of Katsuya himself. Our Fujino clan was under Katsuya-san's care…he was like, a mentor for the clan. Or at least thats what my uncle said."
"I see…" Angel nodded slowly.
Another brief moment of quietness.
"Wait, so you said, my father and your father were brothers…" A sudden realisation hit Kaitou.
Uichi understood what Kaitou meant, "Um…little girl, you are…?"
"little girl my ass, I'll send you to Jesus. I am at least a year old."
"Oh? But you look so small :D"
Angel rolled her eyes, "Let me introduce myself." She crossed her arms, "I am Akiyama Ayumi, 18 years old, and I go by Angel now."
Uichi: "Wait wait- Akiyama…as in THAT Akiyama…or just Akiyama?"
Angel: "no no I am just a random Akiyama you can pick up in a market! ^_^"
Uichi: "Wait really? then how did you-"
Kaitou knocked on his junior's dense head, "do you not know sarcasm?"
Angel : "For someone to be so stupid, must be a miracle."
Uichi: "Hey-"
Kaitou: "So...Ayumi, which portal did you magically came back to life from."
Angel: "It's Angel. I was suppose to be the next heir to the Akiyama Group, when chaos broke out, my parents threw me on a plane and shove me to my Aunt, Alice, in America. I was only back recently."
Uichi: "I am so shocked I can't speak."
The descendants of the real Akiyama was the last person he'd be expecting to speak to for as long as he lives.
Angel smiled sweetly : "Then don't speak"
Kaitou: "My father never mentioned any of this…anything at all."
Angel: "yeah, tsuya-papa was a careful man. He hid his family from everything, to keep you guys safe."
Kaitou: "Safe? I am the only one alive, don't seem safe to me."
Angel : "Was quite safe actually…but I am sure everyone in the Akiyama group knew that he had a family…and that includes that Shino bastard…" she clenched her fist, "everyone died because of that mother-fucker…our parents did beyond their best…"
Kaitou: "what do you mean? didn't our parents just got killed during the violence outbreak?"
Uichi: "Shino? Senpai, you're talking bout Shirashi Shino, Muteki's no.1?"
Kaitou: "are you saying we've been lied to this whole time?"
Angel : "calm down with the questions, why does it seem like I am the only one here who knows whats going on. I don't know for sure but my guess is that the violence outbreak must be some sort of scheme plotted by Shirashi Shino to take down the Akiyama Group. So no, there death was no mere coincidence, I thought you guys must have known that much."
Kaitou : "what the hell..."
Uichi : "Um...none of their bodies were found Senpai, we can only believe the rumours to be truth. Nothing about the Akiyama Group was revealed, and everything was blurry after Muteki took over."
Angel: "none of you thought that Muteki was suspicious?"
Kaitou : "It's natural for a new group to climb to rank after one fell down no?"
Uichi : "Peace returned after Muteki Group rose to throne, nobody wanted to make things more troublesome by evaluating any further, Senpai. Especially after all that. Everyone just accepted it."
Angel: "According to my mother's journal, everything about the approaching doom and that whole violence outbreak was weird. It's definitely not right."
Kaitou: "Your mother's journal? what do you mean?"
Angel: "My mother was a writer, she wrote down everything that happened in her life and around her in descriptive detail like an autobiography. She left it with me…probably because she knew she was going to die."
Kaitou sighed: "So what's in it? Mind sharing?"
Angel: "Its not here now, I left it in the hotel, but it was filled with information about the past, just before the violence outbreak began, before I was thrown off to America."
Uichi: "Then we can consider it like some sort of documentary history book?"
"Yeah." She crossed her arm and let out an exhale. "Somewhat."
Kaitou: "So now, whats the plan?"
Angel: "Revenge."
Uichi: "uh..."
Angel: "I am going to rebuild the Akiyama group and seek justice for my parents."
Kaitou: "So like I asked, what are we doing. The first step."
Angel: "What do you mean WE..."
Kaitou: "???"
Uichi: "Senpai, you didn't mean to do it all alone did you."
"..."
Kaitou: "I am not asking you to accept our help, I am saying, I will take back what belong to my father too."
"..."
Angel smirked, " pft- I guess we're on the same track then."
The first rays of the sun peeked through the window, bathing the room in a soft, warm light. It seem as if the morning had came, and they had formed an alliance.