What’s the endgame?
The city was bustling even during the late hours of the night, city lights illuminated the streets and music from nearby clubs filled the air, people hoping from bar to bar looking to get their fill of alcohol, drugs, and sex to escape the worries from their daily lives. Yakani was most active during the night, not only was the city a major trade hub in the outskirts of Kumo’s borders but it was famed for its entertainment,brothels, and gambling establishments. The city mayor was smart enough to recognize that in order to capitalize on the city’s reputation that it gave incentives to both merchants and foreigners that came frequently to the city to gamble and cheat on their spouses. Akira looked out of the hospital window and down below to watch the streets filled with tourists enjoying their fill of what Yakani had to offer. He frowned in disappointment, It had been a little over 24 hours since the bombing of Gaito’s villa and yet no one seemed to bat an eye or really care. It was because of Gaito that Yakani grew to be a bustling town and why it was one of the top towns in the country excluding the village. Yet everyone was too focused on fucking, getting drunk, and gambling their money away, the world kept turning regardless of who had died and it was a sobering realization to Akira.
After their battle with Freya, the cloud shinobi were brought back to the hospital to be treated for their wounds. Akira was reluctant to let Tetsu receive any medical treatment after what he had done to his mother but other units were on the scene and the situation grew far more complicated then what Akira had anticipated with Freya back in the picture and cloud shinobi involved. Whether he liked it or not Akira knew that his superiors would want the help of the shinobi to help stop Freya and put an end to her criminal organization, Akira walked back to the cloud shinobi’s hospital room to find Kaito and his team recovered from their wounds and looked as if they were about to check themselves out of the hospital. “How are you feeling?” Akira asked as he briefly shot a threatening glance towards Tetsu as he was getting himself ready.
“Good, we thank you for your help Lieutenant, we are grateful you came when you did.” Kaito said in appreciation.
“You are most welcome, although I am a bit surprised to find cloud shinobi in my city. May I ask who you all are and what your doing here.”
Kaito continued to equip his weapons while he was speaking to Akira as if answering the lieutenants questions was not a priority to him, “My name is Kaito, these two are Tetsu and Hisa, we were sent here to deliver an important trade agreement between the village and the land of tea with Gaito being the broker. Luckily, Tetsu was able to deliver the message to Gaito before the explosion….although I do not know if Gaito signed the document in time before the attack.” Kaito explained as he looked over to Tetsu and nodded his head in appreciation for letting him know of what he did while he was fighting Freya. The selfish boy had turned out to be creative and accomplish the mission, despite the overwhelming odds against them, even Kaito wasn’t prepared for facing an enemy of that caliber. The mission was intended to be a C-rank but wound up turning into an A rank, Kaito was honestly surprised that Tetsu and Hisa survived the whole ordeal by themselves, they had proven themselves far above any Genin that he had met.
“Now, that the introductions are out of the way. Who the hell was that Freya woman?” Kaito said as he finished equipping his gear and faced Akira.
“Her name is Freya…. She is a prominent figure of the Yazuka organization in Yakanai.” Akira answered.
“Yazuka!? I didn’t know they expanded into Kumo’s borders…..how long have they been here?” Kaito asked.
“Yakuza? I’ve never heard of them.” Hisa interrupted as she hopped out of the hospital bed.
“The Yakuza are a powerful international criminal organization. They have their hand in nearly every criminal capacity you think of, drug trafficking, human trafficking, black arms sales, and assassinations….although I thought cloud was successful in preventing them from establishing roots in the country.” Kaito quickly answered Hisa’s question yet was still contemplating the bombshell that Akira had laid on him.
“Maybe in Cloud village but here in Yakanai they rooted themselves deep into the city about 3 years ago, they allegedly own a brothel and casino here in town but we don’t exactly know for sure. I have been trying to slam their ass for years. About a year ago we were tipped off about a huge heroin deal that the Yakuza boss, Shirai, orchestrated with other black marketers and we luckily slammed them just in time. Many of my men died during the sting but we managed to win the small skirmish and apprehend Shirai in the process.” Akira took a cigarette out out of his pocket and began to light it before he took a relaxing puff of it. “Freya was new but she quickly rose in leadership before she became one of Shirai’s most effective and feared chiefs. After we apprehended Shirai, we started to become more successful in our stings to the point of us driving the entire gang from the city. We haven’t had a single incident from the Yakuza in over seven months.”
Kaito shook his head in disappointment, “Well we can almost certainly agree that the assassination of Gaito was intended to be a message… although it’s odd for Freya to make such a bold and public move and not just quietly slip back into the city and begin rebuilding the organization.” Kaito said trying to uncover the mystery to Freya’s actions.
“Indeed it is but we will figure it out, but for now my captain would like to have a word with you and your team back at HQ.” Akira said as if his statement was more of a polite command., he shot another glance at Tetsu to let him know that their business wasn’t finished, although it was odd to Tetsu that Akira had not said anything yet about their confrontation beforehand. Kaito nodded his head in agreement and motioned for his team to follow him. They departed the hospital and began to make their way through the bustling city streets, Hisa looked over to Tetsu and shoved him in his shoulder and spoke softly,
“Why the hell did you leave me!? I thought we had a plan and we were going to finish the mission together but I guess you wanted to take all the damn credit huh!?” She said in frustration. Although Tetsu completed the mission she felt he had caused more havoc than necessary,but then suddenly realized that if Tetsu had listened to Hisa’s plan and they made it to Gaito’s villa then they may have been caught up in the explosion as well and had been killed as well. Her mind flashed back to the screams of the samurai when she burned his face off, she could see the half melted face of the man in her mind’s eye then shook her head in a attempt to drive the image from her head.
“On second thought, maybe your selfish plan of action saved us from the explosion…” Hisa said in an attempt to say thank you but couldn’t admit it, “So who is this Freya that everyone is talking about? I saw Kaito sama’s wound and looked as if something pierced through his shoulder. Is she really as strong as what everyone is making her out to be.”
[MFT]
The city was bustling even during the late hours of the night, city lights illuminated the streets and music from nearby clubs filled the air, people hoping from bar to bar looking to get their fill of alcohol, drugs, and sex to escape the worries from their daily lives. Yakani was most active during the night, not only was the city a major trade hub in the outskirts of Kumo’s borders but it was famed for its entertainment,brothels, and gambling establishments. The city mayor was smart enough to recognize that in order to capitalize on the city’s reputation that it gave incentives to both merchants and foreigners that came frequently to the city to gamble and cheat on their spouses. Akira looked out of the hospital window and down below to watch the streets filled with tourists enjoying their fill of what Yakani had to offer. He frowned in disappointment, It had been a little over 24 hours since the bombing of Gaito’s villa and yet no one seemed to bat an eye or really care. It was because of Gaito that Yakani grew to be a bustling town and why it was one of the top towns in the country excluding the village. Yet everyone was too focused on fucking, getting drunk, and gambling their money away, the world kept turning regardless of who had died and it was a sobering realization to Akira.
After their battle with Freya, the cloud shinobi were brought back to the hospital to be treated for their wounds. Akira was reluctant to let Tetsu receive any medical treatment after what he had done to his mother but other units were on the scene and the situation grew far more complicated then what Akira had anticipated with Freya back in the picture and cloud shinobi involved. Whether he liked it or not Akira knew that his superiors would want the help of the shinobi to help stop Freya and put an end to her criminal organization, Akira walked back to the cloud shinobi’s hospital room to find Kaito and his team recovered from their wounds and looked as if they were about to check themselves out of the hospital. “How are you feeling?” Akira asked as he briefly shot a threatening glance towards Tetsu as he was getting himself ready.
“Good, we thank you for your help Lieutenant, we are grateful you came when you did.” Kaito said in appreciation.
“You are most welcome, although I am a bit surprised to find cloud shinobi in my city. May I ask who you all are and what your doing here.”
Kaito continued to equip his weapons while he was speaking to Akira as if answering the lieutenants questions was not a priority to him, “My name is Kaito, these two are Tetsu and Hisa, we were sent here to deliver an important trade agreement between the village and the land of tea with Gaito being the broker. Luckily, Tetsu was able to deliver the message to Gaito before the explosion….although I do not know if Gaito signed the document in time before the attack.” Kaito explained as he looked over to Tetsu and nodded his head in appreciation for letting him know of what he did while he was fighting Freya. The selfish boy had turned out to be creative and accomplish the mission, despite the overwhelming odds against them, even Kaito wasn’t prepared for facing an enemy of that caliber. The mission was intended to be a C-rank but wound up turning into an A rank, Kaito was honestly surprised that Tetsu and Hisa survived the whole ordeal by themselves, they had proven themselves far above any Genin that he had met.
“Now, that the introductions are out of the way. Who the hell was that Freya woman?” Kaito said as he finished equipping his gear and faced Akira.
“Her name is Freya…. She is a prominent figure of the Yazuka organization in Yakanai.” Akira answered.
“Yazuka!? I didn’t know they expanded into Kumo’s borders…..how long have they been here?” Kaito asked.
“Yakuza? I’ve never heard of them.” Hisa interrupted as she hopped out of the hospital bed.
“The Yakuza are a powerful international criminal organization. They have their hand in nearly every criminal capacity you think of, drug trafficking, human trafficking, black arms sales, and assassinations….although I thought cloud was successful in preventing them from establishing roots in the country.” Kaito quickly answered Hisa’s question yet was still contemplating the bombshell that Akira had laid on him.
“Maybe in Cloud village but here in Yakanai they rooted themselves deep into the city about 3 years ago, they allegedly own a brothel and casino here in town but we don’t exactly know for sure. I have been trying to slam their ass for years. About a year ago we were tipped off about a huge heroin deal that the Yakuza boss, Shirai, orchestrated with other black marketers and we luckily slammed them just in time. Many of my men died during the sting but we managed to win the small skirmish and apprehend Shirai in the process.” Akira took a cigarette out out of his pocket and began to light it before he took a relaxing puff of it. “Freya was new but she quickly rose in leadership before she became one of Shirai’s most effective and feared chiefs. After we apprehended Shirai, we started to become more successful in our stings to the point of us driving the entire gang from the city. We haven’t had a single incident from the Yakuza in over seven months.”
Kaito shook his head in disappointment, “Well we can almost certainly agree that the assassination of Gaito was intended to be a message… although it’s odd for Freya to make such a bold and public move and not just quietly slip back into the city and begin rebuilding the organization.” Kaito said trying to uncover the mystery to Freya’s actions.
“Indeed it is but we will figure it out, but for now my captain would like to have a word with you and your team back at HQ.” Akira said as if his statement was more of a polite command., he shot another glance at Tetsu to let him know that their business wasn’t finished, although it was odd to Tetsu that Akira had not said anything yet about their confrontation beforehand. Kaito nodded his head in agreement and motioned for his team to follow him. They departed the hospital and began to make their way through the bustling city streets, Hisa looked over to Tetsu and shoved him in his shoulder and spoke softly,
“Why the hell did you leave me!? I thought we had a plan and we were going to finish the mission together but I guess you wanted to take all the damn credit huh!?” She said in frustration. Although Tetsu completed the mission she felt he had caused more havoc than necessary,but then suddenly realized that if Tetsu had listened to Hisa’s plan and they made it to Gaito’s villa then they may have been caught up in the explosion as well and had been killed as well. Her mind flashed back to the screams of the samurai when she burned his face off, she could see the half melted face of the man in her mind’s eye then shook her head in a attempt to drive the image from her head.
“On second thought, maybe your selfish plan of action saved us from the explosion…” Hisa said in an attempt to say thank you but couldn’t admit it, “So who is this Freya that everyone is talking about? I saw Kaito sama’s wound and looked as if something pierced through his shoulder. Is she really as strong as what everyone is making her out to be.”
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