Chapter 41 - 39 : Your Enemy Can Be Your Friend (Flashback )

"I see. Yato, Natsuo, Kurogane. I'm sorry for dragging you all together with the other members of Blue Diamond into this mess. I could have done better as a guild leader and known when to take a step back. I'm sorry." Takehasi said with a tone filled with guilt and regret as he pulled out the dagger from his chest.

"No. Don't take the blame on yourself. It wasn't your fault." Yato comforted.

"Yato's right. It's not your fault. Every guild leader who would have been in your position would take your exact same steps. We just didn't expect that two of our core members would end up being traitors." Natsuo sighed reluctantly.

"Thank you all I really appreciate it." Takehasi smiled.

"Alright enough of the gibberish talks. Hand over the Orb or die." Kara stated after noticing the bored look on Biyo's face.

"Kara, Katsumi. Ever since you have been in Blue Diamond, have you ever seen me taking a step back after being pushed around this much? What I despise most is betrayal and there's no way I can live knowing that I had stepped down for a back-stabbing bastard. Prepare yourselves for you shall see the true strength of Blue Diamond." Takehasi pulled out his sword and took a step forward brimming with pride and honor despite being injured and bleeding.

"I always knew you were a stubborn man and that's why I didn't poison you. Today I will show you the difference between us." Biyo said as he unsheathed his second blade. Being a Thief class player, he usually had at least 3 daggers on him.

"Only if Sato were here then I would be quite confident in our win. Sadly he's being held back." Natsuo sighed.

"Tch. Forget about that bastard. We are on our own now." Yato complained upon hearing Natsuo's remark though he was actually hoping for the same thing.

"Kara, handle Natsuo for me." Katsumi, or rather Biyo, stated as he walked slowly towards the group. "Prepare yourselves, Blue Diamond. Today you shall witness the full strength and glory of Hell-raider Biyo, the 3rd Lord." With that, he rushed into the group and unleashed a barrage of attacks upon them.

The 5 lords of Hell-raiders were actually the 5 strongest players right after the guild leader, Krishva. Each and everyone one of them was strong in a particular field of combat, with some even mastering more. Their number represented the strength and rank with the 1st lord, who is the aged archer from earlier, the Great Sage of hell, ranked the strongest.

As the 3rd lord, Biyo wasn't lacking in strength and expertise easily capable of taking on 3 elite class players without a problem. It was just a matter of time before they fell to him. Initially, Takehasi, Yato and Kurogane were able to hold on against Biyo but slowly and surely, Biyo proved himself to be a true expert player as he eventually got the upper hand, taking advantage of a flaw in their formation and eliminating Kurogane.

With the death of Kurogane, Yato and Takehasi were barely able to keep up. This was because they had both previously learnt martial arts and Yato was quite close to the level of an expert player. Inspite of that, Biyo was still far stronger than them, factored in with Takehasi's injury that held him back, the duo's death was only a matter of time.

On the other side, Natsuo was able to hold back Kara though it seemed more like Kara wasn't taking the battle seriously but was keeping Natsuo in check from escaping or assisting the duo.

"Argh!"

A few seconds later, Takehasi has slipped up and fell at the hands of Biyo. All that remained of him was a one equipment and a golden orb with silver patterns strewn atop it.

"Takehasi…"

"I was initially planning to finish him last but he exposed too many openings it was displeasing to my eyes." Biyo said in an unenthusiastic manner with a little bit of disgust while flicking off the blood from his dagger, as if killing Takehasi was the same as staining his hands with shit.

"Haaaa!" Yelling with a ferocious look on his face, Yato charged towards Biyo, tossing away all form of caution and vigilance towards him.

However, Biyo easily dodged the attack and kicked away Yato's sword from his hand.

"Useless." Biyo stated with an ethereal voice. "Just die."

At that moment Biyo swung his dagger at him, Yato looked to have given up on any idea of resistance as he just stood still waiting to receive his death. But reality happened to have another plan for him.

*clang*

"I hope I'm not late."

Yato heard the voice of a man he despised for very few reasons, one he never expected to arrive.

"Sato…?"

"Giving up so soon? This isn't the Yato I knew."

"Why are you here?"

"What do you mean why? I'm a member of Blue Diamond and also your friend. So why can't I be here?"

. . . . .

2 years and 8 months ago

In a secluded alleyway in a street in Shinjuku city, 4 men had ganged up on your young man, dishing out various attacks on him. The weird fact was that the young man didn't try to resist, only shielding his face from the attacks with his arms.

*smack* *slap*

"You bastard!"

*pound* *pound* *smack*

"You think you could run away from us after your dad borrowed money from us?"

"Shit. Shit. Shit."

*bang* *thump* *thump* *punch*

"You bastard, you think you can hide eh?"

"Alright, that's enough brothers. Pick him up." The leader who was 3 steps behind them said as he lit a cigarette and sucked on it.

The remaining 3 gangsters lifted the young man up. Despite the various bleeding injuries on him, he's facial features could be made out a bit with the moonlight sprinkling from above. The young man looked to be quite handsome and had brown hair.

Grabbing the young man's brown hair, the leader shook his head and said "Yato, you shitty bastard. First your old man killed himself to escape his debt but he left you behind to handle it. Then you think you could just change city and escape us eh? Haha. Who do you think you're messing with? You don't just do that with us now, no."

The leader then used his free arm and sucker-punched him letting him collide with the walls.

*bang*

"Well, I doubt you can pay for the debts anyway so let me give you peace. Who knows, you might find your dad and then you can get your revenge. Itwas nice knowing you kid." Pulling an electromagnetic handgun from underneath his shirt, the leader pointed it at Yato.

Even though murder is highly prohibited and very heavily punished, some red organisations still do such. This doesn't mean that they aren't afraid of the government but rather they have their ways to make sure that such an event isn't discovered and even if it does come into the open, most of this organisations have big figures supporting them. As long as the victim isn't of descent from a rich family nor do they have any power or importance, the government may shun the act as long as necessary fees and apologies are made in relation to it.

"I don't think you would want to that."

"Hmm?" Turning around, the gangster leader noticed a black haired young man who happened to have just appeared quite close to him without him noticing, moving his handgun over to another direction.

"Who are you?" The leader furrowed his brows while he raised his guard up and signaled for his minions. For someone to have appeared so close to him without him noticing, easily goes to show how dangerous such a character is.

"I'm just a gamer who's trying to make money." The young man smiled. "Don't worry, I won't bite. I'm just hoping that you would let my friend go."

"...You do realise that he owes us a lot of money and we can't just let him go?" the leader said carefully after realising the newcomer wasn't planning on attacking them.

"Oh? Ok. Let's do this then. Send me your account details and I will pay you a part of the fees. As for the rest, give my friend here 2 months at least. If he doesn't pay you back, you are free to do as you please."

After hesitating for awhile, the leader said "...my details are 9X78IUO79, West Shinzu services."

"West Shizu services, Got it. Thank you." The young man let go of the leader's arm.

After the gangsters had gone a few metres away, one of them asked their leader "Boss, why didn't we just finish them both. Even if he was a martial artist we had weapons, he wouldn't have stood a chance."

*slap*

"Shut up you dirty bastard! Do you take me for a fool? Did you think I didn't consider that?." Taking a deep breath, he continued "It's quite possible that that kid is from some influential force or something. Even if he isn't, to have been a be to sneak up o me that easily shows he isn't a simple fellow. It's best just to do as he says. It just 2 more months nothing much. Migos, when w get back to HQ, investigate that kid, both of them. "

"Yes boss."

Back at the alleyway...

"You alright?" The black haired guy asked.

"Why did you help me when I didn't ask for it?" Yato asked while staring at the guy strangely.

"Despite your stupid and mischievous behaviors, I know there's good in you." The black haired man said casually as he walked away from view. "I really don't know why you hate me but I value everyone in our group as friends and that includes you."

"....a friend huh?"