It was 2 in the morning of the day of the mission. The past two days were crazy, training was non-stop for the team; shooting practicing, and sparring was the motive. Everyone was sound asleep in their bedrooms, but Takemichi was still in the training area.
He has been doing the salmon ladder for the past hour, improving his upper body strength. He was shirtless, showing all of the scars he gained from his Toman days, time leaping, and missions. He had so many on his body, the team doesn't know about his time leaping ability so they were always confused about how he got those scars, but he never gave them an answer.
His muscular body was shining with sweat and he took deep breaths from tiredness. Once he got to the top of the ladder. He instantly let go and fell to the ground feet first, then he collapsed and lay on the ground to catch his breath. He was exhausted, but he had to keep going.
He got up and went over to the MMA ring. His hands were wrapped and he grabbed a punching bag. He went inside the ring and hung the punching bag to a chain that was connecting to the ceiling. He started doing some powerful combos as well as some kicks for the past 2 hours.
With each punch or kick that he threw he was getting more tired. His heart was beating rapidly. Then images of his old friends showed up in his head.
Their smiles and laughter when they were kids, all of the fights he was in to protect them, the shame and embarrassment that was given to him when he was kicked out of Toman, and Kisaki ordering his men to beat him and threw him in the river.
Takemichi was livid, he then tackled the punching bag and it broke off the chain. He then furiously punch and knee-kicked the bag till the filling inside the bag came out and the bag turned into a pancake, but he didn't stop.
Even when the bag lost its filling, Takemichi was still punching it. Blood starts oozing through his knuckles.
Finally, another memory came to his head.
" I. WIN. HERO."
Takemichi did a huge punch and made a hole in the floor. He snapped out of his thoughts and saw the damage that he did.
He screamed at the top of his lungs out of rage and frustration. Then a moment later, tears fell from his eyes and were mixed with his bloody knuckles. Tears turned into streams of water as Takemichi was sobbing uncontrollably. He has held in all of his emotions ever since the start of this mission.
" Dammit." He whimpered.
Tiredness started consuming his brain and his body became sore. He laid on his back and let his body rest. Images of Toman were going through his head, but he realize what he has to do.
" I'm sorry guys, but I have to do this." He said while his eyes were closing.
Little did he know, Madame Carlisle in a hologram was watching at the corner of the room. Concern and sympathy are what she was feeling.
" Oh, Hanagaki."
***
Mikey, Draken, and Kisaki were visiting Kiyomasa in the infirmary building that Bonten owned. Mikey sat at a chair near Kiyomasa, while Draken and Kisaki were standing near his bed.
" How are you feeling Kiyomasa?" Mikey asked but not giving a damn about the guy.
" I'm fine master... I'm doing better." He replied.
" If you say so, then you can tell us what happened that night at the bar. We know that the masked man is involved, so do you recall anything?" Kisaki questioned.
Kiyomasa looked at the white sheets that were covering his legs. A bit of sweat was streaming down his head, not wanting to disappoint his bosses.
" That night, the girl that I captured and became my lady was rescued by the masked man. He is a lot stronger than you expect him to be. Took down me and my men without a sweat. He might be as strong as you boss." Kiyomasa explained.
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" You gotta be kidding me, ain't nobody stronger than Mikey," Draken scoffed.
Mikey remained neutral at the claim, he didn't believe it either, then he said, " On the security footage, the man removed off his mask and showed his face. Do you remember what he looks like?"
Kiyomasa looked down once again, trying to recall the events of the night, then a memory showed up and it hit him.
"This is my repayment to you Kiyomasa."
" Now, I don't have to show any mercy."
" YES YES, I remember his face now." Kiyomasa proclaimed.
Mikey sat up from his seat, his eyes slightly widened, " What does he look like? Who is he?"
Kiyomasa then revealed, " The masked man, is Takemichi Hanagaki."
There was then a moment of silence, Kiyomasa was proud of himself to reveal who the man is, but once he looked up, angry facial expressions were seen on his boss's face.
He looked at Mikey and felt a shiver down his spine and a lump in his throat as Mikey was staring at him with fury.
" You think this a game, are you f*cken kidding me Kiyomasa!! This is not the time for your f*cken jokes, you know this is a sensitive topic!"Draken retorted.
" But I saw him with my own eyes, he rescued the girl and fought my men with no weapons, just his bare hands." Kiyomasa trembled.
" Takemichi died twelve years ago, we went to his funeral, buried him and everything. You still can't accept the fact that he is dead?" Draken said angrily.
" I'm telling you my the truth dammit. Takemichi is still alive!" Kiyomasa shouted.
" Shut up Kiyomasa, unless this room will become your deathbed." Mikey snarled.
" Boss, boss, you have to believe me. He is still alive, he was the one at the auction, he flew away in that car jet, and he is the one that ruined me and my men at the bar, sh*t he's probably the one that hijacked the pla --."
Mikey clenched his fists and went to punch Kiyomasa, but before it hit his face, Draken held Mikey back from doing so.
Kiyomasa's eyes quickly shut and teeth clenched to embrace the impact, but when he opened his eyes, he was met with a fist an inch from his face, and the sharp and dangerous glare of Mikey.
" Don't hurt him, Mikey, he is already injured enough, even if he is a f*cken idiot," Draken stated.
Mikey lowered his fist, but stared straight at Kiyomasa, " If you don't truly tell me who the man is, your death date will come early."
Mikey and Draken stormed out of the room. Kiyomasa was afraid and disappointed that his bosses didn't believe him, but Kisaki remained in the room. He walked closer to the bed.
" Kiyomasa." He said.
Kiyomasa looked up and met eyes. Kiyomasa's face was covered in fear and anger.
" Tell me more about your claim. I think you are right."
***
