This was stupid. He was stupid... Mikey shouldn't have put all those fuckin' stupid hopes and dreams of his in your head like that. You were oh, so, so weak too... But he did. Meh... You would bounce back. You always did, just 'nother reason you grinded his gears so much. Playin' all goody-two-shoes with these bastards who would kill you without a second glance, all in the name sake of getting back him... Yeah. Mikey admits, he has made his fair share of enemies throughout the time he was actually doing somethin' productive with his life, like leadin' Toman! But those days of runnin' around n' goofing off were far past the latter as well. It was pitiful honestly... How he'd so easily been molded into and, not very surprising to anyone that knew the boy personally, became the one thing he hated the most; just 'bout weaker than you. Huh. Wasn't that so fuckin' humbling for the Manjiro Sano himself to hear? That at the end of the day... No matter how many times he beat your ass over, n' over, n' over again you would still bounce right back n' follow him 'round.

So fuckin' helpless... Mikey would go as far as to bet his life that you would follow him to the ends of the earth if he had asked you to do so, as you were no better than a lil' stray puppy beggin' n' cryin' for help, fortunately, Mikey liked puppies, kitties, and all things cute n' needy like you too. If not for that fact, no doubt, he would've dealt with you a long, long time ago. 'Cause you were also like a mosquito buzzin' in his ears and slowly, but steadily draining him for all that he was for. Or maybe you were the angel on his shoulder. Whisperin' n' pleadin' for him to stop this madness that was all for the sake of showin' Tokyo- no. Showing all of Japan that they're not playin' 'round at all, that they wouldn't just be able to lock em' up n' throw away the key like they'd done all those times before.

Shinichiro... Would he be proud? Would he be happy? Angry? Sad? Maybe... Even disgusted at what Mikey had become? Welp. He was long dead now anyway.