Everything was going so smoothly. You three had retrieved Riko—you even had time to stop for a damn beach vacation..but maybe you got too cocky.

When Toji first showed up, you and Suguru knew Satoru could handle it..even if your gut was telling you something different. It seemed like the nightmare was coming to an end when Suguru offered to help Riko live freely..but of course every moment of respite had to be ruined.

The scent of gunpowder and something similar to iron mingled in the air as Riko’s body hit the floor. A clean, crisp shot…

All that effort for nothing.

You barely had time to react as another shot was fired, dropping down and avoiding it as Toji sauntered closer.

Eyes darting over to Suguru, you read the expression on his face. A mixture of pure disgust, rage and hatred.

“Die..” he gritted, summoning his rainbow dragon curse at Toji—

And the fight was on.