Here’s part 4!! Alright, we’re up to the one-year timeskip. Now, let’s see how this goes!
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A year had passed since you ran off and you couldn’t of been happier. You traveled the world and seen so many beautiful attractions; Paris, India, Italy, China, so many you had to make a book and list every place you’ve been! Of course, these travels did change your personality to something more mature. You were now considered as someone to be taken seriously (and proved it after winning a few bar fights in Dublin, Ireland). You doubted if Eisuke ever saw you again, he would recognize you. Getting out of the shell Eisuke placed around you had to be the best thing you ever went through; you felt more free, happy and you got the chance to express your true self.
On one sunny day, you drove your motorcycle on a non-busy streets, watching the deserts go by. Yes, deserts. You were on your way to Las Vegas, a place you always wanted to visit (mostly because you looked to win big in the casinos). You let your engine rip as you continued on the dusty, paved roads. Cactus rolled by like it was nothing, mountians, tumbleweeds, a few animals or something dead here and there. It scared you a little bit; but still, it fasinated you. As you drove on, something caught in the corner of your eye, a limo was driving near by.
“It must be one of those big shots or a batcholor/batcholorette party heading to Vegas.” You thought to yourself. As you continued to ride on, you began to hear an odd sound, like an engine stalling. The hell? You just checked your bike three hours ago! But no, it wasn’t your bike, but the limo itself.
You couldn’t help but feel bad for the people, you were thirty miles from Vegas, no gas station near by and you highly doubted they knew a thing or two about cars. Being the kind person you were, you stopped the motorcycle in front of the limo, got up, walked over to the driver’s window, watched him roll the window down and pointed to the engine.
“You want to fix it for us?” You nodded “Thank you so much! I have an imporant buisness associate in the back, and he isn’t much of a patient man.” You nodded in understanding, knowing what it was like to deal with an impatient man, ran to your bike, grabbed a bike/car repair kit you bought a while back and began your work. Just as you thought, a few loose screws and an empty radiator. As you began your work, you heard a door slam, and footsteps approaching you. You look up and couldn’t believe your eyes; it was Eisuke.
“Crap!!!” you screamed internally “Of all places! Of all people! Shit, why couldn’t it be a bunch of drunken, slutty bitches on their way to Vegas? Ok, keep silent and don’t remove your helmet. The more he doesn’t see you, the better off you are.”
“You know the problem?” Eisuke suddenly asked, you looked at him and nodded “How long until it’s fixed?” you held up two fingers; two minutes “Have we met before?” You looked at him like you never seen him before (despite your face being obscured by the helmet you wore) and shook your head no “Are you sure? You seem like someone I would know.” “Ok, ignore the cheating asshole.” you said in your head which became today’s mantra. Finally, you finished the limo and began to put your tools away when something surprised you.
“Thanks.” Eisuke said in an uncertian tone. You waved your hands as if to say it was no problem “Mind if you took your helmet off so I could see you?” Well shit. You shook your hands and body and made motions too him as if to tell him you were sick, hopefully he would believe you.
“I see.” Eisuke nodded. He then took out his wallet and pulled out two hundred dollar bills, which you immediately accepted. After taking the money, you shook his hand and left on your bike.
“Crap.” you muttered to yourself when the limo was now out of sight “That was close! Ugh, I can’t believe that he’s here in Vegas! When the hell did that happen?” You suddenly remembered reading in the paper that Eisuke was opening a hotel in Vegas. How could you forget such a major detail? “Ok, looks like I have too keep a low profile while I’m in Vegas. Especially around Tres of Spades Las Vegas.” With this plan in mind, you suddenly began to realize how hungry you were and made a mental note that your first prioirty will be to get food when you reach town.
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You found a small yet nice restaurant in Las Vegas as soon as you arrived. You chained up your bike, pulled off your helmet, revealing to the world your short black bob and walked into the restaurant. You were eventually seated and then ordered your drink and meal. When your meal arrived, the waiter looked at you funny.
“Do I know you?” the waiter asked.
“Doubt it.” you smiled.
“It looks like I’ve seen you before. You got a sister?”
“No.” You took a sip of your drink. It hit the waiter suddenly, what he was trying to remember.
“I know! You look like that girl that Ichinomiya guy was dating!” Your heart dropped for a second.
“I get that alot.” You lied.
“What ever happened to her anyway?” The waiter suddenly asked.
“Who knows,” you replied “she probably wanted out of the limelight.”
“Well, it’s like she disappeared off the face of the Earth, and it’s obvious Ichinomiya wants her back.”
“How so?”
“You didn’t hear did you? About a year ago, Ichinomiya made a reward for anyone who could find her!” Your eyes widened hearing this.
“H-how much, if you don’t mind me asking?” You took a sip of your drink.
“About $100 million dollars.” You spat your drink out.
“W-what?!” you choked.
“Yeah, I was surprised myself. And a lot of people are after the money. I’ve been following the case and so far, no luck. Who knows, maybe I’ll find her.” You looked at the waiter and mustered up a fake smile.
“Who knows, stranger things have happened.” The waiter smiled, returned to his work now that you gave him the confidence boost he needed and let you finish your meal.
When you finished, you quickly payed your meal and left the restaurant on your bike in quite a hurry. Crap, a bounty’s on your head! And a large one! And now knowing that the Ichinomiya group is in town for the Grand Opening of the Tres of Spades Las Vegas, you knew more people were going to try to cash in that bounty on your head. Ok, this is a big change of plans. The first priority now was to head to your hotel, tell them that you have to stay only tonight due to a family emergency, stay in your hotel room for the rest of the night and leave as soon as the sun rises tomorrow. So much for getting brick-faced and winning it big in Vegas.
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You arrived at your hotel and checked in for just tonight only. As soon as you got into your room, you shut all your windows, closed the curtains, locked the multiple locks on the door and even propped a chair under the doorknob. You sighed a sigh of relief, you were safe for now.
“This is not how I want to spend my week in Vegas.” you grumble “I need a bath.” You grabbed some pyjamas, walked into the bathroom and slammed the door shut.
As the night rolled on, it was obvious it wasn’t going to be a pleasant one. For starters, the cable was complete crap, TV’s volume wasn’t so good the bed was kind of annoying to the back and it was obvious that the walls were thin. How so? You overheard a drug deal going on in the next room between a gang and one man. Getting really annoyed at the fact you couldn’t hear your show, and mostly out of the fact you didn’t get the night you wanted, you made your way to the bathroom but not before shouting to the neighbors in the next room “He’s wearing a wire!” and soon heard gunfire (even returned to your room and found bullet holes in the wall).
9pm rolled around and you finally decided to get some sleep. After all, you had to get up early tomorrow. You shut the TV down and went to bed immediately, still a little annoyed over the entire Ichinomiya thing. Around 9:10, you couldn’t help but feel you were being watched. Like, someone-else was in the room with you. Probably paranoia was setting in, you were about to fall asleep when you heard a voice:
“Hello ______________________, it’s been too long.” Your eyes almost bulged out of your skull, you turned around and witnessed the light turn on. There, standing in all seriousness was Soryu, Koichi and Ryosuke, they were standing over you, looking at you with a glare and guilt, all three were pointing guns at you.
“Ice Dragons huh?” you smirked “Been a while since I dealt with you guys.”
“____________________, we’re asking you kindly to come with us. We’re here on business.”
“Oh but of course. I take it Eisuke sent you all for me.” You get up from the bed and just as they let their guards down, you give a few quick jabs to each man and watch as they tumbled to the floor, unable to move (Something you learned from a group of monks when you stayed in China). Immediately, you grabbed your bag and ran to the bathroom to change.
“I’m sorry boys.” you say as you walk out of the bathroom “Nothing personal, but you all left me no choice. I don’t want too see Eisuke ever again. After cheating on me, I don’t feel he has the right to even look my way. I hope you all can forgive me for this, it was nice seeing you guys again though. Oh, and you’ll be paralyzed for the next thirty minutes.” You then left them in the room and proceeded to the front desk. As soon as you arrived, you couldn’t believe your eyes; at the front desk was Baba.
“Checking out pretty lady?” Baba smirked. You began to walk away when two guards blocked your way “Sorry ____________________, Boss’s orders.” Not wanting to put up with this, you pulled out a taser, tased one of the men in his baby makers, kicked the other one in the same area and looked at Baba with all the anger you could muster. Baba put his hands up in a scared manner, showing he wasn’t going o mess with you and let you leave the hotel.
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You manage to get your bike out of the parking lot and began to ride out of town. Ok, forget Vegas and forget staying the night, you needed to get out NOW! As you hit a red light, something caught your eye in the rear view mirror. You look and notice behind you a car, and inside was Ota, Mamoru and some Ice Dragons.
“Shit!” you scream. The light turned green and you sped off faster than you ever have.
“After her!” you could hear Ota scream all the way in the back. The car sped up and began to chase after you. You turned and sped past many pedestrians, trying your best to get away. Before long, you saw the window roll down and a man’s arm which was holding a gun begin to shoot at you. You managed to dodge every bullet with ease and even managed to show off a little bit. But then, as you were about to one-wheel your way out of Vegas for good and into the desert, a bullet hit your tire, causing it to go out of control, hit a car, sending you flying and hitting a brick wall. You were thankful you had a helmet on.
You fell on the ground, body aching everywhere, your helmet and bike were both damaged. You then spot with whatever vision you had left, Ota, Mamarou and members of the Ice Dragons raced over to you.
“Crap!” Mamarou screamed “You idiot Ice Dragons had to shoot at the kid?!”
“We had no choice!” an Ice Dragon said “She was getting away!”
“She could’ve died because of you!” Ota screamed at the unknown Ice Dragon. Your vision began to waver as sirens screamed through the air and only one thought was on your mind before losing consciousness; F***.
