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Gig.3: Deceptions: Fake Bonds Part II

Akane appeared behind Kurogane and saw them standing there with a defeated look on their faces. She knew that something bad had happened.

"Kurogane…" Akane whispered.

Aoi-Aoi turned around and saw Akane standing there, "Guys, Akane is here." The other five turned around to see Akane, who began running towards them. Kurogane stepped forward, "Akane-chan, what are you doing here?" asked Kurogane. Akane stopped running once she was in front of him.

"I saw you running past me when I, Ryuko and Tsubasa were on our way to Crème Vanille to eat," Akane replied, "What happened? Another Scream attack…"

Kurogane sighed, "Yeah… and we have a bit of a problem. Apparently, the Scream monster is making buddies with a young boy."

"Why?" Akane asked.

"Well… it seems that the Drum Scream is trying to corrupt the boy with heavy metal… he's trying to make him join the Scream," Kurogane replied.

Kuro-Kuro growled, "Those bastards! Why do they have to do these horrible things to humans just to get their way! It pisses me the hell off!"

"Calm down," Ki-Ki said, "There's no need to get all feisty, we will catch that Scream and save that Kazuma kid."

"She's right," Aoi-Aoi replied. Kuro-Kuro growled angrily as he continued flapping his wings slightly to keep his momentum in the air, "You know what?! Forget all of you…" With that, Kuro-Kuro flew back into the MusicDriver angrily, leaving everyone silent. Akane began to speak first, "What's up with him?"

"It's something that we'd rather forget about," Aka-Aka replied, "It's a serious thing that happened while we were on our home planet: Musictopia."

Akane understood, "Oh…"

"Miss Inosaki!" shouted a familiar voice. Everyone turned around to see Tsubasa and Ryuko making their way towards Akane, Kurogane and the four musical spirits. Ryuko stopped to take a breather while Tsubasa continued running until he stopped in front of her, "Why did you run away from us?"

"I saw Kurogane," Akane said.

Tsubasa snickered sarcastically, "Well that's a good reason to run off, now isn't it?"

"Gomen," Akane apologized.

Ryuko finally spoke, "I think we should try investigating on the little boy. Maybe we could start by searching for the kid."

"Yeah, but where could this kid be?" asked Tsubasa.

"Well, I think we can help you on that one," Aka-Aka answered, "Since we arrived at Earth, we adapted to it and we can sense any person we want to, even that Kazuma boy."

"Then let's start searching," Kurogane cried.

=== Musician ===

- *cue Opening #1: 200 Miles by Jang Geun Suk* -

=== Red ===

Gig.3: Deceptions: Fake Bonds Part II

=== Yellow ===

Kazuma and Drum Scream had retreated to an unknown, abandoned old warehouse nearby, and were standing in front of the entrance. Kazuma stood there, panting heavily with his hands on his knees.

"I'm… I'm glad that you're okay," Kazuma smiled as he wiped the gleaming sweat from his forehead, "I thought that the red guy back there would have killed you."

Drum Scream cackled, "Of course not, Kazuma! We have the great power of heavy metal on our side!"

Kazuma smiled as he bopped his head to his heavy metal music. Somehow it seemed as if he was actually… giving into the heavy metal music. Drum Scream looked at Kazuma and laughed silently and evilly. He saw that Kazuma's arm was purple… like a Headbanger's body should be. He was giving into the heavy metal and the transformation would be complete in a few more hours. Kazuma noticed this and gave him a look, "What's wrong?"

Drum Scream quickly snapped back into reality, "O-Oh it's nothing! I was just devising a plan for getting in since the entrance is locked! Yep, that's it!"

Drum Scream whipped around and began to twirl his drumsticks into the air for a few moments before grabbing them in midair and slamming them down, destroying the lock and the door completely. He smiled as the two advanced inside.

Kazuma took a seat on an old upside down trash can, "So what are we going to do now?"

Drum Scream answered, "We have to hide. We don't want that Musician showing up and trying to split us up."

Kazuma nodded with a smile, but suddenly it disappeared, replaced with a frown, "But… what about my parents? They're expecting me back an hour ago. My father is going to flip if he finds out that I was out with you."

Drum Scream angrily stomped towards him and shook the boy violently, "Forget about your parents! Didn't you tell me that you never had friends and that your parents were always putting a heavy load on your back!"

Kazuma nodded slowly. Yes, that's exactly what he said…

=== Blue ===

This is frustrating…" Kurogane said as he sat down and took off his blue cap, placing it on his lap, letting the sun bask on his pale skin.

The rest of the gang stopped once they saw Kurogane sit down. Ryuko frowned and stomped towards him, "What are you doing, sitting down and groaning like that for?"

Kurogane sighed before replying, "I'm just trying to think of a way to gain a lead on finding Kazuma or rather something that will at least lead us to something that he is linked with…"

Ryuko hummed, "That's a rather great idea… but what could be linked to the boy?"

Suddenly, the MusicDriver began to shimmer and glow before Aka-Aka, Ki-Ki, Aoi-Aoi and Mo-Mo appeared from the device.

"Maybe the boy was holding something or had something on him that could give us a clue where he could be?" Mo-Mo suggested.

As if on cue, a certain memory of an image flashed in Kurogane's mind. What he could see was the first time he saw Kazuma. He was wearing a white t-shirt that read: 'Jurai Academy.'

Kurogane leapt up from the bench and looked at Akane, "Hey! Akane, do you know a school called Jurai Academy?"

Akane was about to reply, but Tsubasa cut her off, "Jurai Academy is the school that Akane graduated from. Why do you ask, huh?"

POW!

Akane slapped the young butler upside his head angrily, "Are you serious Tsubasa-san?! Do you not trust Kurogane yet?"

Ryuko chuckled, "I'm sure he trusts him but you have to remember that his job is to make sure no one brings harm or discomfort to you."

Kurogane ignored the bickering between Tsubasa and Akane, "So do you know the location of the school?"

"Is there something important about this certain location, Kurogane?" asked Aka-Aka curiously. Kurogane nodded, "The first time I saw Kazuma was when me and Koji were doing job hunting and while he was running… I got a look at his shirt and it had an emblem on it. It read Jurai Academy! That… that is where we can find out who is parents are and where we can find them."

"That's absolutely genius Kurogane!" Ki-Ki smiled while floating towards Kurogane.

Ryuko punched Kurogane in the arm while grinning, "That's amazing thinking Kurogane! I'm kind of surprised that you thought of that… usually you're so simple-minded and naïve."

"Jurai Academy, it's nearby here! It's actually located in the Shinjuku district," Akane cried.

=== Black ===

While Kurogane and the others headed for Jurai Academy, Kazuma and Drum Scream were currently still in the same abandoned warehouse.

While Drum Scream was pacing around the warehouse, looking like he was waiting for something, Kazuma laid on the ground, his head being cushioned with his own jacket, listening to some heavy metal music, specifically 'Salt the Wound' by Exodus.

While he was listening to the vile music, Kazuma didn't realize that his eyes were beginning to dilate slowly and his face was literally half-purple. As he lay comfortably on the ground, he suddenly felt something vibrating in the pocket of his jacket. Noticing this, he took out the ear-plugs and dug into his pocket. He pulled out a black cellular flip-phone. He flipped it open to see that someone was calling him. The caller ID read: 'Tou-san'.

He moved his thumb over to the Answer button to accept the call, but Drum Scream, in his human form, suddenly appeared and grabbed his phone out of his hand. Drum Scream eyed the phone, a hint of murder coming off, "Ah… so this is your father… the one that you despise with all of your heart…

Kazuma didn't reply verbally, but he did clench both of his hands into fists. The Scream monster noticed this and asked him, "If you don't mind… could I talk to him…?"

It took a moment, but Kazuma finally nodded.

Drum Scream grinned as he answered the call. As soon as he clicked the Answer and Speaker button, Kazuma's father, Seijirou started blowing his top, "DAMMIT! NOW YOU ANSWER MY CALL, BOY!"

"I… I… I was busy at tryouts today… remember I-I-I had basketball tryouts and…" Kazuma stuttered until he was rudely interrupted.

"I DON'T WANT TO HEAR THAT! I CALLED THE SCHOOL ALREADY AND THEY SAID YOU LEFT TRYOUTS AFTER YOU FLOPPED!"

Kazuma's voice croaked as he spoke, "I-I'm sorry, Tou-san… I-I-I just…" Again, he was rudely cut off by his father.

"I just, nothing! If you just told us you failed tryouts and you were on your way home early, your good-for-nothing self would have never worried your mother sick!" roared Seijirou in a fit of rage.

Upon hearing his father's harsh, hatred-filled words, Kazuma's skin began to slowly return to its original color. Drum Scream gritted his teeth, steam beginning to run from his black, charcoal snout. Suddenly… he came up with a clever idea. He was going to trick Kazuma's parents into thinking that he despised them, so he can sink into despair and be drawn completely into heavy metal. He gripped the phone tightly and roared loudly, "Hello… mister Watanabe. I'm sorry to inform this, but… your son isn't going to be returning… he hates you and wishes you'd die…"

Before Kazuma's father could reply, Drum Scream crushed the phone in his hands, disconnecting the call and obliterating the phone into hundreds of pieces. Drum Scream looked at the young boy's face. He could see the hurt and despair in his eyes. His skin was now returning to purple and his pupils dilated and his body began to sprout numerous demonic tattoos and tribal marks. His body was close to becoming a Headbanger!

"Yes… yes… this is what I am talking about…" Drum Scream laughed as he walked towards Kazuma, his feet splashing in the water puddles of the warehouse, "The process is nearly complete. I can't believe that you are so deep into despair that you are speeding up the process!"

He grabbed Kazuma's hair violently and brought him up to his feet and plugged the earbuds right back into his ears, forcing the heavy metal onto him. He grinned at Kazuma, who was still dead silent. He could see him giving into the music. His sadness and despair was powering the converting process.

"I see things are going well…" A menacing, yet calm voice said.

Drum Scream turned around to see four very familiar people walking towards him. Out of the four, there were the three members of Metallica, Akashi, Rin and Kyou, all in their normal civilian forms. The last one was none other than Arfione himself. He was also in his civilian form. In his civilian form, he looked to be in his late twenties, specifically twenty-eight. Arfione had black messy hair off to the side and he had emerald coloured eyes. He wore a black coloured trench coat with white flame designs on both of his sleeves, white fur on his collar and silver buttons, going down the jacket. He had a white short-sleeved undershirt. The young man wore black pants with a short silver chain connected to his pants, on his right side of his pants. Also, he had a checked black plaid shirt tied around his waist and the words Metal Rules on the back of his jacket in black chrome letters. He had black sneakers with black designs underneath the sneakers. And lastly, Arfione had a belt with a golden buckle.

The heavy metal manager grinned his toothy grin as he and his band made their way towards Drum Scream and Kazuma.

"So, you managed to find a 'Target', huh?" asked Arfione as he stared at Kazuma, who was still in a dazed and sunken state.

"A Target… what's a target, Manager-san?" asked Kyou out of curiousness.

BAM!

Akashi slapped his fellow band member upside his head, "Are you kidding me? Why would you ask such a dumb question! Obviously a target is a round shield that you throw darts at!"

Kyou growled, head-butting Akashi out of anger, "How would you know? In Junior High, you always failed and skipped class!"

Rin gritted his teeth angrily as he had enough of his friends' bickering. He grabbed both of them and separated them and then punched both of them in their stomachs, making them fall to the ground in pain.

"Iteeeeeeee! Why did you do that for, Rin-san?!" roared Akashi, slowly getting off the dirty floor while gripping his stomach.

"Your arguing was going to upset Manager-san… and me as well…" replied Rin in a calm, yet stern manner.

Arfione chuckled as he looked at Akashi, "Now, now boys. There is no need for that fighting and rough-housing right now. Now, to answer Kyou's question: A Target is basically a human being that can be targeted for their vulnerability and can be converted into a Scream. Whenever they are targeted, a tiny hazard symbol tattoo will appear on the back of their neck. However, there is a time limit to how long it takes for the process to be fully complete. It has to deal with their despair or them falling into heavy metal. The more they succumb to heavy metal, the quicker the process runs. That's what a Target is and how the converting process works."

"That's pretty simple…" Kyou grinned while making his way over to Kazuma, "So this young boy… is a Target..."

Kazuma snapped out of his deep trance when he saw Kyou reaching out touch him. He quickly brushed his hand away from him and frantically stepped back.

"What the hell, kid?" roared Kyou.

"Get away from me!" yelled Kazuma as he tore the plugs out of his ears, "I never meant what I felt! I don't hate my father! I want to see them again! Let me go!"

Drum Scream looked at the frightened, young boy. You could easily tell, he was trying to control his anger, "But… aren't we friends… didn't you promise?"

Kazuma suddenly stopped and became silent. He remembered his promise that he made with the Scream. He was his friend, "Y-Yes… I remember…"

=== Pink ===

"So… this is Jurai Academy?" said Ryuko with astonishment. In front of Kurogane and the others was Akane's former school, Jurai Academy.

"T-T-This school is huge!" Kurogane gawked as he ran through the open gate. It seemed that school was over and students were either leaving or staying behind for after-school or extra-curricular activities.

As the young Rider walked inside the entrance gate, gawking and jumping around, the students stared at him, laughing at his foolishness. Aka-Aka chuckled as she looked at Kurogane, "Don't you guys think he's a little too excited about the school?"

Ki-Ki giggled at her husband, "But he looks just like you whenever you were getting ready to eat dinner, dear."

Aka-Aka blushed furiously, "Honey…"

A few moments later, Kurogane, Akane, Ryuko, Tsubasa and the spirits walked inside the doors of Jurai Academy. Jurai Academy, formerly known as Jurai High School, had been in operation since roughly two years after the town's initial inception, fifty-five years ago, and had a capacity for schooling over 1000 students. Situated on approximately two hundred and fifty acres of land, the school boasted a multi-purpose field for track, soccer and football, an indoor court for basketball, and several buildings for classrooms, labs, the cafeteria, the library, and the general assembly hall. The school uniform for students were white shirts and black ties, dark black winter long-sleeved shirts and trousers, and white socks and black shoes for the boys, and white blouses with blue collars, red neckerchiefs and black skirts, black knee-length socks and white shoes for the girls. There were many rules, chief among them a prohibition for fighting while on campus or while wearing the school's uniform. And, as with most other schools, Jurai Academy held academic excellence in great esteem, with many students over the decades entering into the wider economic world by virtue of their enviable marks in mathematics, science, and business studies.

The hallway wasn't too littered with students, considering school was in the process of being let out, but there were a couple of students still lingering in the hallways, inside of their lockers, getting their belongings to leave school and go home.

As they continued walking through the hallway, Ki-Ki spoke, "This school is very nice. Very preen if I must say."

Akane smiled at the yellow spirit, "Thank you, Ki-Ki. Yeah, this school is pretty great. I loved every minute here…"

"What was it like here at Jurai?" asked Aka-Aka, curious to find out about Akane's experiences at school. Akane replied, "Well, it was a very enjoyable experience. When I was still going here, I was a generally smart kid. I fondly remember studying and doing my homework in the library a lot. Always stayed there till' it was time for the librarian to close down the library each day, after school."

Suddenly, Kurogane gawked, catching the group's attention. The young boy ran away from the group and stopped at a particular plaque. He pointed at it and looked at the group, specifically Akane. "Hey Akane, isn't that your name there? Wow! You must be really smart!"

The spirits and the gang looked over to see the plaque. It was pertaining to the Student of the Year. Akane's name was printed there in bold. She blushed at Kurogane and rubbed her arm embarrassedly, "Nah… I wouldn't say I'm THAT smart…"

"But Akane, you were valedictorian on your last year," Tsubasa smiled. Before Akane could reply, a voice said, "I'm not supposed to say this, but we haven't had anyone quite like you, Akane."

Akane turned around immediately and what she saw made her gasp. It was the principal, "Principal Hajime!" Akane ran up to the man and embraced him. The man chuckled at her, "It has been awhile since I last saw you. The last time I saw you… you were on the stage receiving your diploma."

Akane smiled, "Yeah. It has been awhile, hasn't it? You still make those astonishing fudge brownies?" The principal laughed, "Of course I do! How could I ever stop making them?"

While the two were chatting and laughing, Kurogane reluctantly interrupted their reunion, "Hello sir."

The principal stopped laughing and looked over to see the young guitarist and smiled, "Hello to… if you don't mind me asking, what's your name? I haven't seen you before."

Kurogane smiled cheekily as he shook the principal's hand, "My name is Kurogane. I'm a new friend of Akane's. Anyways, sorry for the interruption but we came here for some important business. Do you think we could…?" Principal Hajime interrupted Kurogane, "Before you ask, let's go back to my office. Sound good?"

The group nodded in agreement.

=== Blue ===

A few minutes later, the group was in the office. Kurogane, Akane and Ryuko were all sitting on chairs while Tsubasa stood against the office door. Principal Hajime picked up a homemade brownie and bit into before proceeding Kurogane to talk.

Kurogane began to speak, "Okay, well… to start off, there is a student attending this school called Watanabe Kazuma, right?"

The principal grimaced as soon as the name slipped from Kurogane's lips. "Pfft, that kid… yeah… he goes here. He is one of our… problem kids."

"Problem… how is the boy a problem?" asked Ryuko. The principal sighed as he massaged his temples, "That boy… that boy is always in trouble. Always getting into fights, never doing his homework and passing his tests, being disruptive in class and his behavior is absolutely atrocious. I could go on and on about the boy, but… that would waste time."

Kurogane frowned. He remembered when he was fighting Drum Scream and when Kazuma leapt in front of the monster to protect him. His words still burned deep in his mind…

=== Metallica ===

"Guitar Wave! Let's Rock!"

His guitar blasted an energy wave at Drum Scream, blasting him backwards with ease. He then charged towards him, but Kazuma jumped in front of Kurogane with his arms spreaded out in front of him, "I won't let you touch my friend!"

Musician stopped immediately at the sight of Kazuma, "Who are you and please get out of the way, I really need to get that monster or he'll endanger the world!"

"I don't give a damn!" Kazuma roared with his purple eyes flaring up, "He's my only friend and I won't let you hurt him!"

=== Scream ===

He was going to say something but he decided it would be best to not say anything about that at all, "…Whatever about the boy. We just want to know the parent's address."

The principal looked at Kurogane for a second. It felt like an eternity went by as the silence built in the office. Ryuko leaned over to Kurogane and whispered in his ear, "Did you say something wrong?"

"I'm not sure," Kurogane replied.

…

…

…

"BWAHAHAHAHAHA!" Principal Hajime laughed as he clutched his stomach and wiped a tear from his eye. "What's so funny?" asked Tsubasa.

"I have no idea," Aoi-Aoi replied.

It took a few moments for the principal to stop laughing but he stopped, "I can't believe you want me to give you the boy's address. Are you crazy? You shouldn't divulge the details of the boy, due to privacy issues. You can't just do that."

"I know that, Principal Hajime, I do. But this is for a very important. If you don't give us the address information, lives could be a stake…" Akane said. Principal Hajime looked at Akane's eyes. He realized that she really meant every word she was saying, "I-I don't know if I should… but… I know I can trust you if it is something very important…"

Hajime pushed his chair back a bit so he could pull out something from one of the many drawers belonging to his office desk. It was a folder. He opened it up and slid it over to the group, "There. There it is."

Aka-Aka stared at the address and names of Kazuma's parents, "They live in theHarajuku district and the names of his parents are… Seijirou Watanabe and Yoshi Watanabe…"

Kurogane grinned as soon as he saw the information. He leapt up from his chair and bowed to the principal before saying, "Thank you for your help. I really appreciate it!" And with that, Kurogane ran out the door but not before turning around and saying, "And hey… I wasn't going to say anything but I can't keep it in. Kazuma, the boy, he isn't a no-good person. He's just looking to be accepted."

Ryuko and Tsubasa ran after Kurogane, the spirits following behind them with haste. Akane turned around and looked at her former principal one last time, "I'm so sorry about disturbing your time. We'll be off now! See ya and enjoy your brownies!"

=== Musician ===

"So this… is the house right?" asked Aoi-Aoi.

"Pretty sure it is. This is the only house on the street that looks the best on this street," Tsubasa replied, "But I'm just going off on my knowledge that Seijirou was once a famous basketball player."

Ryuko laughed, "You were a fan of basketball?"

"As a kid really, but I have different interests now…" Tsubasa replied while crossing his arms. Kurogane suddenly patted the young butler on his shoulders before walking ahead of him, "That's nice to know but enough chitchat." Kurogane walked up to the gate of the house and opened it and walked towards the door to the house and rang the doorbell.

There was some noise going on inside the house. The group could hear a faint woman's voice saying "Is that Kazuma?"

After a few seconds, there was shifting of the locks on the door. The door was opened, revealing a man that was smoking a cigarette. He appeared to be a middle-aged man with black, slightly curly hair that reached to his lower neck and is parted on the left side. He was currently wearing his formal outfit which was a striped shirt and a red tie. Once he saw Kurogane and the group, he sighed, "Dammit. You're not Kazuma…"

Ryuko stepped up close to the door and looked at the man, "We are sorry to disturb your peace, but we are here to talk to you about your son. We believe he is in trouble."

Upon hearing that, Seijirou looked like he had seen a ghost, "C-C-Come in then."

=== Yellow ===

As soon as the gang stepped inside of the house, they gasped at its beauty. Even though Akane's mansion was obviously better, it was still pretty great for a retired basketball player. The entire house was medium-sized but given its luxurious design, its resident had shown to be pretty wealthy. Once Kurogane stepped inside the door, he looked to his left to see a woman coming out of the kitchen. She was wearing a bathrobe and had black hair. She was currently wearing slippers on her feet as well. Her hair was pretty long and went all the way down to her back.

Kurogane turned red upon seeing her, "Uh… h-hello there, Miss," Kurogane stuttered. Tsubasa couldn't help but stare either. She was gorgeous!

Seijirou growled once he saw the boys were staring at his wife, "I hope you boys know that I will tolerate you staring at my wife like that…"

"Hello there," The woman known as Yoshi spoke, ignoring her husband's comment. She had a hint of sadness in her voice and a look of fear and anxiety in her face. She turned to look at her husband, who was standing beside Kurogane now, "Anything on Kazuma?"

Her husband shook his head, "No, not yet. But… this group of kids says that he is in danger. Think we should trust…" Yoshi interrupted Seijirou, "Kazuma… is he really in trouble?"

Akane nodded, "Yes. I am afraid so."

Yoshi turned her head around slowly and made her way into the living room and sat on the couch. She motioned for all of them to sit down. Once they all sat down, Yoshi began to speak, "What's going on here? Why is Kazuma in… danger?"

Kurogane sighed, "Well… Kazuma has become friends with a Scream monster." Yoshi interrupted the boy, "What's a Scream?"

Seijirou replied, "Remember that attack that happened three days that resulted in a couple of casualties? That attack was caused by some new evil force called Scream. Apparently, they want to rule the world with heavy metal. I'm pretty sure they'd do malicious, evil things to complete their goal."

Upon hearing what the Scream were, she covered her mouth, "Why would my precious Kazuma be friends with something like a Scream monster? That's just so absurd…" Kurogane sighed, "Yes… it is absurd, but… I think he was just being misguided or tricked into it. Do you realize how your son feels?"

Seijirou tightened his fists, "What do you mean by my son's feelings?"

"I mean, do you realize that he doesn't have any friends and he feels so lonely that he had to become "friends" with a Scream, who is just going to use him for evil!" Kurogane shouted. Seijirou jumped up from his chair and grabbed Kurogane by the collar and got close to his face and shouted, "Shut up, you don't know what you're saying! What would you know about him?!"

Kurogane grabbed the man's arm and tightened his grip on them. The rest of the group saw where this was going and immediately separated the two, "Why do you not know that your son…" Kurogane stopped as soon as he looked into the man's eyes. He could see the tears building up. The tears filled with such anger and grief.

After moments, that felt like hours, went by, Seijirou eventually calmed down and started to speak, "My son… ever since he was young, he'd come to all of my basketball games with his mother. After each game, we'd go out for ice cream and after that, we'd go to the park and I'd coach him in basketball. One day while we were at the park, Kazuma vowed that he would be a great basketball player just like and he'd do anything to accomplish it. That's when our relationship took a huge dive…"

"That's terrible. What happened…?" asked Ryuko.

Seijirou's voice began to crack, "Well… it all was because of me… that we fell out."

=== Pink ===

Kazuma couldn't take it. Every minute he listened to heavy metal, the more his brain would go out of whack. His body didn't even allow him to take off the headphones. And he could feel his depression about to hit its peak. He decided to go talk to Drum Scream, who was hanging out with the members of Metallica.

He got up from the ground and walked over to Drum Scream, who was practicing some chords with the heavy metal band. "Death is upon us all! The flames are coming! Blood splattering and massacres occurring! DEATH IS UPON US…" The music dyed down. It had seemed the band stopped upon seeing the boy.

Arfione, who was sitting on a pile of trash, hopped up and walked towards the boy, "Look who finally came to join us. What do you want?"

Kazuma clenched his fists, "I… I… I want to see my parents! I want to leave! Why can't I leave? Why do you need me here?" Kyou growled angrily and threw his drumsticks. He got up from his seat and transformed into Shocksounder. He stopped in front of Kazuma and grabbed him by the throat and pulled him into the air.

Kazuma gasped for air immediately, "W-What… are… you (gag)… doing?"

Shocksounder growled, "You really are a nosy kid…"

Rin saw Kyou/Shocksounder's anger coming out and quickly ran to stop him. He transformed into Red Wrecker and pushed Shocksounder, making him lose his grip on the boy, letting him drop to the ground.

"What the heck do you think you are doing?" asked Red Wrecker, a hint of anger sizzling from his voice. Shocksounder growled, "That kid's annoying me! With all of his bullcrap questions…"

Arfione laughed an evil laugh while making his way over to Kazuma and bending down to look at him, "So you want to know all of the answers, huh? Well I guess I could give them to you…" Arfione grinned before telling him, "You see boy… you are going to basically become a person of our army. Our army of heavy metal that is going to make everyone in the world bow down to it and make them recognize that heavy metal… is the superior genre. And you are going to be a contribution in it all." Kazuma's eyes shifted to Drum Scream, who was now in his monster form.

"So… so… you just tricked me. I was being used this whole entire time?" asked Kazuma. Drum Scream replied, "Don't take it personal Kazuma. We need you even if you like it or not. But hey, at least you want being your father anytime soon."

Kazuma couldn't believe it. His only friend… the friend that he had put all of his trust in to… was actually betraying him. No… he had tricked and deceived him. Kazuma tried to feel like it didn't matter, but Drum Scream's betrayal was opening up old wounds from the past. It was too much. He felt like crap knowing that he was actually a pawn in such a heinous plan.

Kazuma grabbed his hair and started screaming, "I can't take it anymore! I hate my life! I despise this insignificant world!" Kazuma's body quickly transformed. Like an ordinary Headbanger, Kazuma wore black rocker jacket. His bodies were purple and had demonic tattoos and tribal markings all over them. He had gleaming dilated purple eyes and red jagged teeth. However, he still had his normal hair. But right after Kazuma neared closer to becoming a Headbanger; his body began to give off purple smoke. "I WANT EVERYONE TO JUST DIE!"

An enraged HB-Kazuma swung a devastating, bone-crushing punch into Arfione's stomach and in a flash, disappearing towards the city. Drum Scream and Metallica surrounded Arfione. They all had worried looks on their faces.

"MANAGER!" the members of Metallica cried out, surrounding their manager.

"Master Arfione! Are you alright?" Drum Scream cried as he tried to help Arfione up. However, he met with a punch to the face by Arfione, throwing him back. Arfione looked over at Drum Scream, his fiery eyes piercing through Drum Scream's body, "Go retrieve that boy… he is extremely valuable to our cause!"

He looked at Shocksounder, Red Wrecker and Electrod, "You three follow him as well! GO!"

They all nodded and fled after the rampaging boy. They had to obtain the boy. And fast.

=== Black ===

"I always seemed to always push him, even when he was tired. I was always hard on him. Whenever he made a mistake, I'd always give him sort of punishment. He always tried so hard to make me happy… he even tried to try out for his school's basketball club… but he always seemed to fail. Soon enough he started to change. I and my wife started to notice a shift in his behavior and his overall actions. His grades were dropping like flies and he always seemed to shut us out. Nowadays, he doesn't even come home until late…" Seijirou finished explaining.

"That's terrible…" Ki-Ki said sadly.

Tsubasa growled upon hearing Seijirou's words, "I can't believe this… you are a terrible parent…" Akane clenched her fists as she looked at her butler, "Tsubasa!"

"What?" Tsubasa replied coldly, "It's true! And you know!"

"Maybe it's true but you shouldn't have said such a terrible thing!" Ryuko said sternly. Seijirou whimpered. Akane, Ryuko, Tsubasa and the spirits looked at Seijirou. There were tears dropping from his face, onto his trousers. He held his head in shame, "No… he's right. I am a terrible parent. Putting pressure on my son… punishing him… it's my entire damn fault that he turned out the way he is now!"

"Hello and welcome to Tokyo Broadcasting System at 9:42. We have some breaking news! This just in, down in the Kyoto district, another monster attack is happening. Live at the scene is Taka Inui. Inui?"

Everyone turned their heads and caught attention to a breaking news report on the television.

"Thank you Tomoya. At this very moment, another monster has risen and has begun to rampage through the streets, harming citizens and destroying anything in its path!"

The camera shifted to the left where the monster was attacking. It was running around rapidly, killing people rapidly and shouting out heavy metal lyrics. People ran in fear as the monster screeched, "AHHH!"

Kurogane gasped as soon as he saw the monster's face. "That's… that's Kazuma!" When Yoshi saw her son's treacherous appearance, she gasped. Tears began to form in her eyes, "That… that can't be my Kazuma… I… I won't believe it!" She just wanted to believe that her son wasn't… that monster on the screen, but his face and eyes. She easily could recognize her son. She began to panic, her breathing becoming heavier. Suddenly, a hand touched her shoulder. She looked up to see Kurogane.

"Miss… please don't crying. I'll make sure to bring your son back…" Kurogane said. He leapt up from his seat and ran towards the door to open it, but Seijirou stopped him, "What do you think you are going to do? You are just an ordinary person!"

Kurogane smirked, "No… I am something musical that will save humanity's precious lives!" With that, he left the house. Akane and the others quickly followed behind him, leaving the two saddened parents to themselves…

=== Blue ===

The city of Tokyo was in mass destruction thanks to HB-Kazuma. Everyone was in panic as he kept slaughtering people.

"Haha," laughed the monster who was roaming the vacant streets. "Humans… they are all weaklings. Insignificant..."

He then suddenly heard crying, and it was nearby him too. "Oh, what could that cry be?" asked HB-Kazuma who had a killer intent.

It scanned his surroundings and he quickly found the source of it. It was a child that was injured under a pile of small debris.

HB-Kazuma cackled maliciously. "Oh, another human to slaughter…" He destroyed the pile of debris with a quick, but powerful slash of his hand. "Hehe, you're so cute I want to kill ya!"

Suddenly, a familiar RV appeared and stopped behind HB-Kazuma. The door swung open and Kurogane jumped out.

"Back off!" Kurogane yelled. The monster instantly turned to see a man. "And who might you be…? Wait… you're… you're that guy that I met earlier…"

"Yeah, that's me," Kurogane replied, "Kazuma… I know I don't know much about you, but I can tell that you… you feel lonely… having so much pressure on you to be like your father…"

HB-Kazuma stared at Kurogane, his eyes twitching crazily, "You don't know anything! You're just an insignificant as my father! Like everyone else on this damned planet! Bullies… pressure… punishment… depression… I hate it all!" HB-Kazuma gave off an ominous aura. Heavy metal music began to play heavily, causing Kurogane to cover his ears.

"AHHHHH!" Kurogane cried as he dropped to the floor. HB-Kazuma began slowly making his way towards the helpless Rider. Inside of the RV, Akane, Ryuko and Tsubasa could see what was going on. "Shit! We have to help him before the boy ends up killing him… and us!" Tsubasa cried as he held his ears as well. Tsubasa quickly opened the front door and made his way past Kurogane towards HB-Kazuma.

"Tsubasa, what do you think you're doing?!" Ryuko cried over the deafening sound of heavy metal. Tsubasa ignored Ryuko and went to deck Kazuma, but failed as Kazuma dodged it, then kicked him in the stomach, throwing him to the ground. HB-Kazuma cackled, "Another weakling human…" Kazuma had turned his attention to Tsubasa now. Kurogane started to move towards HB-Kazuma, but the heavy metal was so sickening, it was making his body not respond exactly. That's when the spirits attacked.

"Back away!" Aka-Aka cried as he slashed HB-Kazuma across the chest, knocking him down the ground, stopping the sickening heavy metal and released Kurogane from his restriction. Kurogane immediately took opportunity of the situation and pulled out his belt but before he could place it on his waist…

"Devilish Discord!" Kurogane whipped around and jumped away just in time before Red Wrecker's attack impacted with him. Kurogane grimaced at Red Wrecker, "Rin!" Drum Scream, Shocksounder/Akashi and Electrod/Kyou appeared behind him.

Red Wrecker grinned at the sight of Kurogane, "Well if it isn't our old band member. Here to get in our way?"

Kurogane smirked, "You know it!" Before Kurogane could slap the Driver on his waist, HB-Kazuma ran past Kurogane and pounced towards Drum Scream and began attacking him. Red Wrecker looked at Electrod and Shocksounder, "Go help Drum Scream contain that boy. I'll fight Kurogane!"

The two members nodded and ran towards Drum Scream. Red Wrecker turned around to see Kurogane. He unsheathed his twin swords and got into a fighting stance. Kurogane groaned, "Well if everyone's tired of interrupting me now…" Kurogane finally placed the MusicDriver on his waist and took out the red guitarpick and strummed it against the MusicDriver's guitar strings. Aka-Aka's red treble clef notes engulfed Kurogane's body, and dispersed once his armor appeared.

"It's time to rock out, wouldn't you say?" Musician said his catchphrase as he swung his guitar over onto his shoulder. Musician charged in quickly. He had to quickly get to Drum Scream and the others before they contained Kazuma. He quickly swung his axe, but Red Wrecker blocked it with his first sword and used the other one to slash him across the chest. Upon impact, he stumbled back. Red Wrecker swung his swords around, "That all you got?" He charged towards Musician and tried to aim for his abdomen, but Musician dodged every attack before kicking him in the stomach and throwing a punch at him.

"Rin, get out of my way!" Kurogane/Musician roared. Red Wrecker/Rin grinned, "How about you just die?!" Red Wrecker slashed Musician across the chest three times, making him fall to the ground. He then spun his swords around as blood red energy began to engulf the blades, "Taste this! Death Glissando!" He slashed his swords towards Musician, releasing a gliding energy slash. Explosion occurred behind Musician as he fell to the ground, screaming. Once he hit the ground, smoke started to rise from his body.

Musician slowly began to move up from the ground, but kept falling back down. Red Wrecker laughed as he saw the pitiful state Musician was in, "Time for you to die…"

Red Wrecker suddenly dodged an incoming Aoi-Aoi and slashed his back, sending him to the ground. He looked to see that the remaining spirits were attempting to protect their master. He smirked. "Your attempt was foolish! Devilish Discord!" Just with one blow, the spirits were knocked down with ease. Musician looked to see his wounded friends. It hurt him immensely that he couldn't help them. He tried to get up, but it was futile.

"Don't give up!" roared a familiar voice roared, "Back off, bastard!" Red Wrecker's eyes widened as he saw Kuro-Kuro come out of the MusicDriver. Kuro-Kuro quickly slashed Red Wrecker in the face with his wing and proceeded to scratch at his armored chest with his claws until he fell to the ground. Kuro-Kuro flew towards Musician.

"Kuro-Kuro…" Aka-Aka said as the dragon lifted himself and his wife up off the ground. Kuro-Kuro held his head in shame, "I'm sorry for disappearing like that… it's just that… back on Musictopia… when I was born, I was converted into a Scream…"

Musician's eyes widened, "What?"

Kuro-Kuro flapped lower, "The day I was born… I was kidnapped by Arfione. He then converted me into one of his loyal servants and brainwashed me with heavy metal. From then on, I was being used as a loyal member of the Scream, but… one day… when the Scream first waged war upon Musictopia, I was wounded during battle… that's when I met and saved by Musician. After that, he somehow managed to convert me into a Musical Spirit and began to serve him alongside my new brothers and sisters… that's why I was so upset about them doing such a terrible thing to Kazuma…" Kuro-Kuro turned around to see Red Wrecker, "But that ends now!"

On cue, the black guitarpick began glowing. Musician grabbed it and looked at it. Kuro-Kuro smirked, "Let's teach Red Wrecker a lesson… Kurogane!" Musician nodded as he strummed the black guitarpick on the MusicDriver's strings and drew it forward and backward again.

BGM Begins Playing: (*cue Henshin/Battle Theme: Juvenile by ONE OK ROCK*)

DRUM FORM!

Kuro-Kuro's black eighth notes began to cover over the Guitar Form's red armor. In a matter of seconds, the red armor was replaced with black armor. His armor was now completely black. His helmet visor had green bug-like eyes with a musical note on it, which was based on an eighth note. He had black boots with golden stripes and black gloves with golden rims. On the top of his helmet laid a silver, sleek X.

Musician jumped up after transforming. He felt this new power coursing through his entire body and veins. He felt anew, like he could take on any challenge that came his way, "Whoa! This looks and feels so awesome!" Mo-Mo smiled, "Kuro-Kuro… Kurogane…"

"Don't think just because you got a new form that you'll beat me!" Red Wrecker spoke as he picked up his twin swords. Musician smirked as he looked at his former bandmate, "If you think that, you're in for a big surprise!" He took the other black guitarpick that was on the left side of the Driver and strummed it on the MusicDriver's strings.

BANGA BANGA DRUMSTICKS!

Two black drumstick like batons with curved up spikes on either end of them, one with silver highlights by the ends and the other gold, materialized in the air and landed into Musician's hands. He raised both sticks up above his head and taped them together before charging right towards Red Wrecker. Ryuko, who was watching from inside the RV with Akane, gawked, "Whoa… cool drumsticks…"

Musician dealed the first blow, hitting Red Wrecker in the hand and slashing him in the chest, sparks flying in the process. He then jumped into the air and came down and drummed on his head, throwing him to the ground. He then twirled the drumsticks again and banged them together, making them give off black mist.

"Bangarang Mash!" As he continued to bang his drumsticks, the black mist evolved into black waves and blasted towards Red Wrecker, knocking him back from the attack. Seeing an opportunity to attack, Musician charged towards Red Wrecker and flipped over him stylishly and smacked him across the face with one of his drumsticks, sparks exploding as soon as he landed the attack. Red Wrecker screamed in agony as he held his face. "Dammit!"

"Yeah! Teach him who's boss Kurogane!" Akane cried, cheering Musician on. Red Wrecker growled angrily as he looked at Musician cockily spinning his drumsticks. He knew he couldn't win this one. "Dammit! I'll win next time… until then…" Red Wrecker disappears in a red haze. "Well since that is over with…" He turned to see the battle between HB-Kazuma, Shocksounder and Electrod still taking place.

BGM: (*cue Henshin/Battle Theme: Juvenile by ONE OK ROCK*) Ends.

HB-Kazuma was easily dominating Shocksounder and Electrod, tossing them around as if they were trash. Electrod and Shocksounder both fell to the ground. Electrod held his chest in pain as smoke started to rise from his monstrous body. Shocksounder crawled over to his injured friend, "Dammit. You got hurt... we'll have to retreat and let Drum Scream handle this…"

"But Arfi..." Shocksounder interrupted him, "Shut up. Your safety comes first dude…" And with that, the other two members of Metallica disappeared in a green and black haze. HB-Kazuma grinned maliciously, "Now that I have took care of you two… it's time to deal with the real scum…"

He turned his head to see Drum Scream, who was running towards HB-Kazuma with the intent of restraining him, "I will obtain you for Arfione!" HB-Kazuma looked at him with a death glare, "You're… dead!" HB-Kazuma ducked, dodging the incoming attack. He then turned around and headbutted the Scream in the face and delivered three punches to his chest, making the monster stagger backwards. Drum Scream dropped to one knee as he groaned in pain. HB-Kazuma grinned as he looked at his "friend's" weak state, "I'm… I'm going to make you pay for deceiving me… and once I am finished with you, I'll kill everyone that has wronged me!"

"I won't let you!" Musician flipped in between Drum Scream and HB-Kazuma. HB-Kazuma tilted his head as he looked Musician. He had a crazed look in his eye, "What the fuck do you think you think you're doing?"

"Stopping you from yourself!" Musician replied, pointing one of his drumsticks at HB-Kazuma. "I WON'T LET YOU GET IN MY WAY!" HB-Kazuma screeched as he ran towards Musician. "I won't let you succumb to it!" Musician, after tapping both of drumsticks together, flipped towards the boy, kicking him in the chest, throwing him back a little. He then spinned around and came around full circle, striking Kazuma in the chest, sparks jumping from his body. "AHH!" roared HB-Kazuma as he fell to the ground. Musician then jumped on top of HB-Kazuma, restraining him, "Kazuma! You have to stop it! You're creating chaos and endangering everyone's lives! I know you're angry… sad….and so deep in depression, with heavy metal comforting you… but you have to stop. Your parents… they miss you!" HB-Kazuma suddenly stopped struggling after our hero mentioned his parents. Kazuma's eyes began to return to normal and half of his face reverted back to its original color. "M-M-My parents…? They need me?"

"Yes… yes, they need you! They love you! They miss you!" Musician cried, trying to get through to HB-Kazuma. The boy was beginning to revert back to his human state, "My parents… my father actually… misses me?" Musician nodded his head, "Yes… yes they…"

"Nocturne Crescendo!"

WHAM!

A black, murky wave, made of beats, hit Musician. Upon coming in contact with the armor, it shattered, releasing a loud burst of discorded music, throwing Kurogane into a wall. He landed with a hard thud. "Kurogane!" Akane cried as she saw her friend hit the ground. Drum Scream stepped towards Kazuma, "Don't believe a word he says… your parents don't miss you. They hate you… they wish you'd just perish…" As much as Drum Scream didn't want Kazuma to go on a crazed rampage, he had to succeed in his mission in converting the boy into a Headbanger. Kazuma looked up at Drum Scream, "Why… why should I trust you?"

Drum Scream dropped to his knee and grabbed Kazuma's shoulders and shook him, "Because… think about… has your father ever treated you right lately? Has he shown you any love or compassion lately?!" Kazuma started flashing back to all of the terrible moments he shared with his father. He remembered the many nights he fell asleep crying after his father slapped and yelled at him, calling him despicable. While this was happening, Kazuma's skin was reverting back to purple and his hair began shifting into the form of a Mohawk. The heavy metal music that was continuously playing in his mind was beginning to comfort his emotions.

Drum Scream smiled evilly. "Yes… yes! It's working… the process is almost complete!"

HB-Kazuma rose up slowly from the ground. That's when it happened. HB-Kazuma started to float into the air as a purple bubble formed around him. Once the bubble bursted, Kazuma floated down and landed gracefully on his feet. Musician couldn't believe it. Kazuma… had turned into a Headbanger. The process was finally complete. HB-Kazuma, after landing, looked at Drum Scream, "…I… now serve under heavy metal and Arfione. Heavy metal music surpasses all others…" Drum Scream grinned as he patted the boy-turned-monster's head, "Yes… I have finally succeeded! Now… go end the life of… Musician!"

HB-Kazuma turned his head to the right to see a weak Musician, lying on the ground. Kurogane was in complete shock. He wasn't able to stop Drum Scream from turning Kazuma into a Headbanger… "Kazuma… no… I… I don't believe this!" He pounded his fist against the ground. HB-Kazuma began to make his way towards Musician, obeying Drum Scream's command.

Musician tried to get up but Drum Scream's "Nocturne Cresando" attack really dealed a number on him. Every step he took, the more Musician struggled to get up. "WE WON'T LET YOU!" Aka-Aka, Ki-Ki, Aoi-Aoi and Mo-Mo rushed in between Kurogane and attached themselves to HB-Kazuma, trying to restrain him. "We won't…!" roared Aka-Aka, who was holding onto the boy's right leg. "let you…!" roared Mo-Mo, while holding onto the boy's other leg.

"LET YOU LAY A FINGER ON KUROGANE!" The musical spirits shouted in unison. All Musician could do was look in awe at his friends trying to protect him.

"You guys…" Musician said.

HB-Kazuma growled, "GET. OFF. ME!" With a single movement, he threw the spirits aside like trash and continued on his path. Musician attempted to stand up but kept falling to the ground, "Kazuma… come on. Don't… don't listen to what that Scream monster is saying. Him and Arfione… they're just using you! I know you are still in there somewhere! Don't let your emotions and the heavy metal pull you in!"

Unfortunately, his words weren't getting through to Kurogane. All seemed lost as the boy stopped in front of Musician and stepped on his hand, smashing it down. Cracking and crunching noises could be heard as HB-Kazuma began to stomp on his hand. He cried out in pain, "AHHH!"

Akane couldn't take it. She couldn't stand seeing her friend getting hurt like this. She was just about to exit the RV, but the loud honk of a car stopped her. Tsubasa, Ryuko, Akane, Musician, the musical spirits, HB-Kazuma and Drum Scream all looked to see a vintage Toyota Sprinter Trueno. HB-Kazuma tilted his head as he looked at the car.

"Isn't that… Father's… car?" thought HB-Kazuma. Drum Scream growled as he saw Seijirou, Kazuma's father, hop out of the car. The boy-turned-monster now turned his attention to his "father." Seijirou balled his hands into fists and shouted, "Kazuma… are… are you still there?" HB-Kazuma began to advance towards his father, not listening to a word he was saying. Musician struggled to his feet after seeing Seijirou arrive, "Sei…Seijirou! What are you doing here?! It's too dangerous!"

Seijirou tightened his fist, "I… I don't care! I came here to get my son back!"

Drum Scream grinned like a mad-man at the man's comment, "Bwahahaha! If that's the reason you came, then you're too late. Your precious Kazuma is now the slave of Master Arfione!" Seijirou gasped as he looked towards his son, a look of sadness in his eyes, "No… I can't be too late… I… I just can't…"

Drop.

A tear fell from Seijirou's eye and landed on the pavement. HB-Kazuma stopped in his tracks once he saw the tear drop from his father's eye. Seijirou looked up from the ground and into his son's eyes, "…Son… can… can you hear me?"

HB-Kazuma didn't reply.

"If… if you can hear me… just know that I am so, so, so sorry for how I have treated you. Can you forgive me and come back to me and your mother…? She's… we're worried sick about you…" Once again, HB-Kazuma didn't reply.

"If… if you can hear me… just know that I am so, so, so sorry for how I have treated you. Can you forgive me and come back to me and your mother…? She's… we're worried sick about you…" Once again, HB-Kazuma didn't reply. Seijirou looked at his son before dropping to the ground, tears streaming from his now-red face.

...

...

...

"Father…" Seijirou looked up to see HB-Kazuma, staring at him, "Father… I… forgive…" Kazuma started to twist and turn, holding his head as his body began to glow purple. That's when he started screaming.

Everyone stared at Kazuma as he started screaming and flailing around crazily. Aka-Aka spoke finally, "Kazuma… he's trying to break through…"

"F-F-Father…! M-M-Mother!" HB-Kazuma roared. Suddenly, his eyes started to appear normal again and the purple skin color was now disappearing. He was reverting back to normal. Drum Scream growled as he saw Kazuma reverting back to his human state. He couldn't believe it. He had driven Kazuma into despair and made him fall into heavy metal, but he still had enough mental strength to revert back. He couldn't let this happen. Not if he didn't want to be tortured and killed by Arfione.

Drum Scream huffed smoke out of his black snout and gripped his drumstick and threw it at Kazuma, it striking the boy's back and throwing him to the ground. Sparks and smoke rose from the boy's back as he fell to the ground. The purple aura surrounding the boy immediately dispersed. Seijirou's jaw dropped as he saw his son drop to the ground, "K-K-Kaz-zuma… Kazuma!" Seijirou dropped to his son's side and felt his pulse. His pulse was fading by the minute.

Drum Scream growled as he walked towards the two, "Dammit… I hit the boy too hard. Oh well… I'll just take him back to HQ and get Arfione to heal him."

Seijirou whipped around, tears streaming down his face, "I… I won't let you touch my son!"

The monster laughed in the man's face, "Shut up you piece of…"

Out of nowhere, the spirits attached onto Drum Scream, holding him back so he couldn't attack and kill Seijirou and capture Kazuma. Drum Scream cackled, "Don't you spirits ever learn? You didn't win last time! What makes you think you can win this time?!"

Mo-Mo grinned, "Kurogane! Hurry up!"

Musician suddenly flipped over Drum Scream and slashed Drum Scream across the chest while in the midair, sending him to the floor. Musician then turned to look at Seijirou and HB-Kazuma, "Is Kazuma oka…?"

Tsubasa interrupted him, "Focus on the battle. I'll help out the kid and his father."

Musician nodded, "Thanks."

"LOOK OUT!" Tsubasa shouted as he pointed in front of them. Musician snapped around and barely dodged an attack from Drum Scream and blocked it with a fist. He then kicked him in the chest, making him stumble back a little. "Alright, it's time to finish this battle!"

Musician ran towards Drum Scream and delivered a successful roundhouse kick to his face and banged on his head with his drumsticks and lastly slashed him across the chest. He then flipped around, catching him off guard, and delivered a strong kick to the monster's leg, flipping him around.

Musician then grabbed his golden guitarpick from the right side and he strummed it across on the MusicDriver. He began to spin into the air, until he stopped at a certain point. He then extended his leg and held his hand out as he prepared to launch the kick right into the two.

"Let's rock!" Musician flew down with grace and swiftness and crashed through the door to their room, going right it and sticking the landing. A huge explosion occurred he smashed a hole through Drum Scream as he said his victorious words, "Game Over!"

=== Red ===

Kazuma started opening his eyes to the environment he was now in. After rubbing his eyes for a couple of times, they came into focus. That's when he realized he was at a hospital. He noticed that he had been lying on a medical bed with bandages around some parts of his body and face, mostly on his arms, face and legs. There was an IV needle inserted into his right arm and a few wires attached to his upper chest area where his heart and lungs were monitoring his vitals. He turned and found Seijirou sitting and sleeping at a table next to his recovery bed on the right side of him. From the looks of it, he saw that his father had gotten a little rest in while he was unconscious. He was about to wake him up when he heard Seijirou groan as he gradually opened his eyes to see Kazuma, who was now fully awake.

"Kazuma," Seijirou exclaimed happily as he embraced him tightly, "I'm so happy that you're alright."

"Yes… father…" Kazuma chocked, "I'm… fine… but you're crushing… me…."

Embarrassed, Seijirou released Kazuma who gasped for breath. The air grew silent and intense as the father and son stopped talking. Seijirou decided to break the silence.

"K-Kazuma… I-I… I want to say some things to you…" Seijirou began as he looked up towards his son's face and kneeled down on his knee. "I-I am so… so… so sorry for how I treated you. I was so harsh on you that you started to affect you socially and academically. I'm sorry for all the times that I was hard on you when we were practicing basketball and pressuring you to be the best." Seijirou started to tear up, "I…I…I know that these words are coming way too late and you might not want to hear this… but I love you son."

Tears fell from Seijirou's eyes as he looked into his son's eyes. Unexpectedly, Kazuma wrapped his arms around his father's neck, "F-Father… I love you! I'm so sorry for saying those hateful things to you on the phone. I didn't mean it! That's not how I feel. I really love you Father. I really do…" Seijirou sniffled as he looked at his son, who was now shedding tears.

Seijirou whipped his now puffy eyes before placing both of his hands on his son's shoulders, "Hey Kazuma… what do you think about us going… to a basketball game tomorrow night? Me, you and your mother. Sound fun?"

Kazuma's face developed a smile, "Yeah! I'd love that!"

"Good…" The father and son, once again, embraced each other tightly. Kazuma, while hugging his father, looked up to see Kurogane, Akane, Ryuko, Tsubasa and the spirits all standing at the door, watching the heartwarming and touching moment that the father and son had shared.

Kazuma smiled at Kurogane. Thank you… Musician...

=== Musician ===

- *cue Ending #1: 7 Seven by Flow x Granrodeo -