Keep Fighting

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Nakano clenches her fists as she looks at the mess Manjiro and Draken have made. Not only did they trash the driveway—and she has to clean everything up before her mother gets home and screams at her—but they destroyed precious personal belongings that her twin had sentimental connections to.

"Ah..."

"When did all this happen?"

That's all the two can come up with in response to the twins' rage. They look around, completely clueless of their surroundings.

"I'm sorry, WHAT?!" The black haired twin is on the verge of attacking them both.

But her brother beats her to it, and starts swinging his fists at Manjiro. "Don't fuck with me!!"

The leader of Toman effortlessly dodges every swing, but Takemichi doesn't stop trying to land a hit. However, as he attempts to deliver another punch, he loses his balance and stumbles into a pile of garbage bags.

"Are you alright, Takemitchy?" Manjiro questions with genuine concern.

"SHUT UUUP!!" He lifts his head, covered in slimy food waste, and whatever else their neighbours had to throw away. "You don't give a shit about my memories, do you?!"

"Hey, c'mon chill out-"

"Chill out..?" Nakano seethes, as she steps towards Draken, and aggressively grabs him by the collar. "CHILL OUT!? This is coming from the mother fuckers destroying everything!!"

"Guys! Stop!"

Takemichi's four friends run out of the house. Akkun goes to restrain his friend from trying to attack the two Toman commanders, while Takuya, Yamagishi and Makoto debate whether or not they want to hold back Nakano or get killed by her.

They wisely choose to keep their distance.

Akkun struggles to keep Takemichi from charging. "Do you two have a death wish?!"

"You don't give two shits about the people around you, do you?!" Takemichi begins falling from his adrenaline high, and finally stops fighting against Akkun.

"Dude, sorry! I didn't mean to hurt you or anything."

Nakano clenches her fists tighter at Draken's comment, but before she can say or do anything, she sees her brother fall to his knees. "You're fighting because... You don't care, do you?"

Manjiro and Draken both have a look of solemn realization as the distraught boy delivers his rant. "Do you two have any idea how much trouble you cause for everyone around you when you fight? You don't, do you?!! Everyone who looks up to you starts fighting too!! It's not just your problem!! It's gonna tear Toman apart!!"

She hears her twin sniffing and wiping away tears that just keep slipping out of his blue-grey eyes. "That's way too depressing!! I don't want that. I don't wanna see that!!"

"He's right. You're both being so selfish with your own wants." Nakano's voice is as stoic as her expression. "What if Pah saw you both fighting, and ripping Toman in two over him. I doubt this is what he wanted when he gave himself up."

A wave of guilt washes over her once again. "You shouldn't even be blaming each other. Only the person who started the whole ordeal. Most of what you've been fighting over today was unrelated to the incident. And you both unnecessarily took it out on things that don't belong to you."

"You two are supposed to be cooler than that." Her twin lowers his head, as she goes to pat his back.

Although, when she reaches him, something seems strange. Something smells strange...