Disclaimer: I do not own Showdown In Little Tokyo or any of its characters. I only own my original character Lexi and anything else that seems out of place.
Outside a warehouse in the heart of Little Tokyo, the voices of men can be heard cheering. On the inside a boxing ring is set up in the middle of the empty floor. Fifty to sixty men are standing on makeshift bleachers surrounding the ring, while two men go to blows inside the ropes.
On the outside of the ring a low life criminal by the name of Tanaka stands by cheering on his fighters. In his hands he holds a fistful of money, he clearly is the manager of the establishment.
Up on the roof a muscular man climbs up the ladder on the outside of the building. He is dressed in a black tank, black leather jacket and loose tan slacks with black dress shoes. After checking that there was no one on the roof, he pulls himself up and crawls cautiously over to the window. Gently pushing it in he looks down on the ring, his eyes immediately finding Tanaka.
Next his gaze moves over the crowd, he finds who he is looking for. A beautiful young blonde woman. She is dressed very nice in a long black strapless dress, a high slit on the right side reveals her long tan leg and black ankle boots. Her waist length blonde hair is braided down the left side of her head so it hangs over her left shoulder.
She is standing on the arm of a well dressed Asian man. She looks up catching the man's eyes, she gives him a nod to let him know she sees him.
Outside a blue convertible Cadillac pulls up and five men get out walking up to the door of the warehouse. The door is opened for them and they walk inside with a small nod to the man holding the door.
The five men split up after orders from their boss, they move to opposite sides of the building.
Suddenly from the roof the big man swings down into the ring on a thick rope, he knocks over the two fighters. Calmly he turns not at all worried about being out numbered.
"Tanaka, haven't I told you this is illegal and it pisses me off? You're under arrest."
Tanaka laughs, "Not tonight, Kenner." He turns his head to both of the fighters. "Karoshi! Kick his ass!"
A man in the crowd beside Tanaka jumps up, a fan of cash in his left hand. "5 grand on the new guy!"
Kenner nods to him, "That's a good bet."
Tanaka immediately takes the man's money and anyone else's bet.
The two fighters move to take out Kenner but his strength and fighting skills outweigh theirs. One fighter punches Kenner in the face only to recoil in pain, shaking his hand to make sure it isn't broken.
Kenner not fazed by the punch at all lands an uppercut to the fighter's jaw and knocks him over the ropes and onto the floor outside the ring.
The woman notices a lot of activity outside of the ring, the five men that walked in now draw guns from under their jackets. One of Tanaka's men rushes to him to warm him of the impending attempt on his life.
The woman shoves the Asian away from her, she turns to the ring yelling over the noise. "Dad! Get down!"
Kenner hears her shout and drops to the canvas rolling out of the ring onto the floor. Gunfire breaks out as both the five men and Tanaka's men unload on each other. Men and women begin screaming and running for the door.
Kenner draws his gun shooting a man to his left. In front of him stands Tanaka firing at the men across the ring.
The woman reaches down to the slit in her dress pulling her gun from its holster around her thigh. Taking a stand behind Tanaka she sends a slug through a man's eye dropping him in a second.
The five men then move for the door, they fire at the electrical panel knocking out the power in the building.
As the lights fail and the building is blanketed in darkness Kenner follows the men out to the street. He sees them jump into the car and after flipping a U-turn they head straight for him as he stands in the middle of the street.
They fire at him as the barrel towards him. Kenner fires back but just as the get close enough, his gun clicks. He's empty. He looks up in time to find the car directly in front of him. Using his legs he pushes himself off the pavement, jumping into the air he leaps over the car landing on the pavement behind them.
The woman rushes out of the building, she finds him on the sidewalk. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, you?"
"I'm fine. I lost Tanaka. Son-of-a-bitch gave me the slip."
Kenner nods, "We'll get him. Come on, let's go home."
The next morning the two head down to the Japanese Village Plaza to their favorite place, Matsuno Sushi. The two have a seat in the back of the restaurant.
A kind elder lady perhaps in her 40's comes over carrying their food. The group exchanges several words in Japanese before the elder woman laughs.
"Was that an offer?" Kenner jokes.
The woman laughs, "I'm too much woman for you, Kenner-san. You better start with something easier."
The group laughs as she steps back behind the counter. Kenner looks over at his companion, the look on her face is pure amusement.
"What's so funny Lex?"
"You just got told." She laughs.
The two of them look up as a group of men enter the restaurant. The elder woman steps up from behind the counter.
One of the men bows to her. "Morning Mama-san. We are from New Merchants Association. You are highly thought of in the community. We are looking for a donation."
"I give each year to fund the lights and the parade."
"We were thinking more of a percentage in your gross profits."
Everyone had since cleared out of the restaurant minus Kenner and Lex.
"From now on, deliveries will be kept on time. The bad element will stay away. You…"
The man pulls a butterfly knife from out of his pocket opening it and showing it to Mama-san earning a gasp from her.
"You keep from getting hurt. Things are changing around here. The Yakuza will take care of any problems you may have."
"The Yakuza? Here?"
Kenner and Lex by now have stood up and moved over to the group, Kenner holding his tea cup in his right hand.
"This is not Tokyo, this is America! I'm only a small businesswoman, please!"
The group notices the two new additions and the man with the knife turns to face then.
"You got a problem, fucker?" The man holds the knife up.
"No. No problem at all."
The man charges Kenner trying to stab him but Kenner grabs the knife with his free hand twisting it around and taking the knife from the guy's hand. He flips the knife closed, while Lex urges Mama-san into the back room.
Another guy pulls a gun on Kenner, he smacks the gun out of the man's hand, then grabs the man's arm jerking him forward and into another man standing before him.
Another thug punches out at Kenner and he grabs the man's hand and twists it around behind the man holding him there, the man grimaces in pain.
"Come on, guys. Don't do this. If I don't get breakfast, I get real grumpy. I don't think you'll like me grumpy."
Kenner lifts the cup up and takes a drink from it as he eyes the five men. The one that had the knife stands up charging Kenner as the two behind do the same. Kenner kicks his leg back and throws him arm out hitting the three of them at the same time and knocking them down.
Another charges Kenner and Lex moves forward kicking the man in the stomach. He doubles over and Kenner picks him up and tosses him over the counter, he slams into the wall knocking down a rack of dishes.
"Dad! Behind you!"
Kenner sees the man moves and kicks him with a powerful leg in the chest sending him flying backwards out of the window and onto the sidewalk.
The man behind the counter stands up and tries to jump back over the counter, but he is deterred by Lex's foot as she kicks him in the face sending him back behind the counter.
The last man pulls a small sword, he thrusts out at Kenner who grabs his hand holding the sword. The man pulls Kenner's arm down over his shoulder trying to break it, but Kenner saves himself with a punch to the man's stomach. He shoves the man away and kicks him twice in the face sending him staggering back into the corner.
Kenner leans down picking up the sword from off of the floor. He steps towards the thug when an Asian man, a good looking one in Lex's opinion steps in between the two men.
"Put it down… Now!"
Lex stands back knowing her Dad has this handled. Kenner holds up the knife basically saying to the man 'let's go.'
The man holds up his hands. "Hey, Champ. Come on."
The man grabs Kenner's right hand that is holding the knife trying to flip Kenner onto his back. Kenner reverses the hold and spins him around, flipping him onto his back. The man rolls up and turns around, jumping up he kicks the knife from Kenner's hand.
They both face one another, the man backflips kicking Kenner in the face knocking him back a few steps. He kicks out with his left foot, Kenner catches it, so the man jumps up and kicks Kenner with his right foot.
Kenner them catches the man in a headlock. Lex looks towards the window where the men have gathered outside on the sidewalk. She sees them pull guns and yells to the two still fighting.
"Get down!"
Lex ducks behind the far side of the counter, the Asian man flips over the counter landing behind it as Kenner flips over a table shielding himself with it. The thugs unload on the building, dishes and glass shattering and wood bits flying everywhere. They peel off in their car moments later.
Lex, Kenner and the man look up from their hiding places. In an instant they all have their guns pulled on one another and their badges shining in their hands.
"Police! Drop it!"
Now they all look curiously at one another. They lower their weapons standing up, Lex steps over by her father as he sighs looking to the man.
"All right, say it."
"Asian Task Force. You're the Kenner's?"
"Mmm-hmm."
"Nelson sent me. I'm your new partner." He puts his gun back in his holster.
"Oh, really? Well, looks like they all got away. Good job, Officer." Kenner smirks as he puts his gun back in the holster inside his jacket.
"You know all that upper-body strength that really slows you down."
"I'm not slow."
"You didn't hit me."
"Well if I did, you wouldn't be here." Kenner tells him matter-of-factly.
The man holds up his hands. "I'm not arguing." He looks down with a smile. "But you didn't."
Mama-san walks out of the back. "Children. Children."
"Hey, here's one." The man reaches down behind the counter and picks up one of the men hauling him to his feet. "Come on." He lays him halfway on the counter. "Should I read him his rights?"
Kenner is holding Mama-san, he smirks. "Sure, if it makes you feel better. But I don't think he's conscious."
The man grasps his hair and pulls the guy's head up, he's knocked out. "I think you're right."
After the proper introductions, they find out that this is Johnny Murata, their new partner. He finds out that this is the father-daughter team of Alexandria and Jack Kenner that no one wants to work with, but they can't behave together so someone has to be their partner.
They make it down to the station, the man has finally gained consciousness. Kenner opens the door to the squad room, he points Detective Murata towards the back where the interrogation rooms are.
"All right. Down there."
As Murata guides the man towards the back, several officers approach him.
"Good luck. Sorry."
"Good luck."
"Too bad. Good luck."
Kenner follows snacking on his peanuts, while Lexi smirks, Murata had no idea what he had got himself into.
"These are our ex-partners." Lex explains with a grin, Murata gives her a raised eyebrow in return.
They guide the man into the room and sit him down. Murata sits on the other side of the table, while Lexi and Kenner now in a black tank top stand behind him.
"You got a name? How long you been in LA?"
The man doesn't answer so he stands up. "I don't think Bozohead speaks English."
Kenner addresses the man in Japanese. "Who is your boss?"
The man doesn't answer so Kenner rounds the table grabbing the front of the man's shirt and tearing it open. Both Kenner and Lexi are stunned by what they see. The man's entire torso is tattooed, but the captivating feature is a dragon on his stomach with an iron claw.
Kenner leans on the table before he collapses into a chair behind him. He flashes back to his childhood.
"Mommy? Stop it! Daddy!" He watches as a man with the same tattoo murders his parents before his eyes with a katana.
Murata notices Lexi's breath coming in short gasps. Something about this tattoo has her scared. He wants to ask but something tells him that he doesn't want to know just yet.
Kenner suddenly reaches over the table and grabs the man by his throat, yanking him towards him as he sits back down.
"Tell me what I want to know."
The man gasps in Kenner grip but doesn't say anything. Kenner repeats himself, still nothing.
Murata meanwhile is looking out the window for someone to see what Kenner is doing and busting their ass.
Kenner shoves the man back into his chair. The three of them leave the interrogation room, they enter a room just on the other side of the glass.
"You want to tell me what's going on?" Murata says as he lays his jacket down on the desk.
Kenner hangs his up on a hook by the window. "Yeah. He works for a group called Tetsu No Tsume. It's the Iron Claw. He's Yakuza- It's a perversion of the warrior class that dates back to the 12th century."
"So these guys have been pissing you off for a long time?" Murata says sarcastically.
Kenner sighs, "This is not gonna work out. I'm gonna tell Nelson to send you back to wherever he found you."
Kenner opens the door, but pauses at Murata's voice.
"Don't do that. They don't really want me back. I have a problem keeping partners, too."
"Well, I'm not surprised. I hate you already."
Murata smiles, he glances over at Lexi, his expression clearly asking her opinion.
She holds up her hands. "Jury's still out."
He laughs giving her a nod.
Kenner smirks, he gives a sigh that says he's given in. "Ok, I want to find out the name of his boss, his "oyabun."
"Oyabun? Yeah." Murata turns around watching the man through the glass. "Well, if he tells you, the boss man isn't gonna be happy."
"His choice."
Neither Kenner nor Lexi were watching what the man was doing, if they had been maybe they could've stopped what was about to happen.
"What's he doing?"
Both father and daughter turn to find the man on his knees before the table, doing a ritual.
"Shit!"
"Motherfucker!" Kenner says before he takes off into the room, just as the guy snaps his own neck.
"That was nuts!" Murata kneels down next to the guy checking for a pulse but of course there isn't one.
"Shit!" Kenner runs a hand through his hair.
Murata looks up from the body before standing up. "What the fuck did he do?"
"He made his choice. In his world, that was the honorable way to die."
"What world is that?"
Just then the door opens and their Chief walks in, his head down looking over several papers on a clipboard. "Let me get this straight Kenner. You lost all your suspects because you two were too busy whacking on each other, right?"
"Yeah. Except one. He just broke his own neck." Kenner points down at the body on the floor.
The Chief rounds the table by Murata who nods assuring him that Kenner was telling the truth.
The Chief sighs, "You arrest the nicest people."
Meanwhile at a junkyard, Tanaka is handcuffed to the steering wheel inside of a car, it sits inside of a giant car crusher. A group of men in suits stands next to the crusher laughing.
"Mr. Yoshida, you can have the Bonsai Club. Take the girl! I'll work for you! Please! I'll give you anything! No. No. No, come on, please! I'm pleading! I'll do anything you want! Get me out of here!"
The crusher starts, Tanaka can be heard yelling as the car compacts under the pressure of the steel plates. He tries to crouch down still reasoning for his release but it is to no avail. His last thoughts are ceased as his body explodes.
Sato, Yoshida's right hand man looks to his boss. "Mr. Tanaka should have retired when we gave him the chance."
"One must submit to the inevitable. Hate to see him die that way. It crushes me." The other laugh at his joke.
That night during a huge crowded party at a house on a hill, a beautiful Asian woman walks up to a young blonde girl.
"How you doing?" She sees the girl holding a crack pipe in her hand as she blows smoke out of her mouth. "I thought you quit that stuff."
"I heard something."
"It's the sound of your brain frying."
"They sent guys to kill Tanaka."
"What are you talking about?"
"These guys scare the shit out of me."
Then why do you still hang around them?"
Sato walks up at that point, he motions to the blonde girl. "Come with me. Mr. Yoshida want to see you."
She hands her pipe to one of the men as she leaves with them. Inside Mr. Yoshida's office he plays a tape of her on the phone to Tanaka.
"Tanaka, listen to me. These guys are bad news. Who told you they owned a beer factory? They're talking about taking over your Bonsai Club, and everything else. No, I'm not kidding. They'll kill you if you don't do what they say."
"That was foolish. You're our guest. Loyalty is an admirable trait. But Mr. Tanaka is retiring."
"I don't believe you."
Yoshida stands up and walks around the desk in front of her. "He didn't either."
"So, you'll be looking for employment, yes? Angel, what am I gonna do with you?"
She drops her purse and gives him a sultry look. "I could do you. Even in front of these guys."
She takes off his jacket and undoes the buttons on his shirt, sliding it off his shoulders. She leans down licking his torso and dropping to her knees.
Yoshida grabs her by the shoulders and stands her back up. "I think I'll do you."
He turns her around facing his desk, nodding to one of his men that steps over and places several rocks of meth into the pipe. He hands it to Angel and she smokes it.
Yoshida turns on a camera in the corner, recording what he is about to do. He massages Angel's shoulders, running a dagger up her arm he slides it into the back of her blouse and in one motion cuts the blouse down the back. He removes it from her as he continues kissing the back of her neck.
Then he removes her bra, kneading her breasts with his hand he slips the knife into the back of her skirt cutting it away from her body.
He runs his hands over her body as he kisses her neck. He holds out his right hand, Sato grabs a katana off the stand beside him. He brings it over to Yoshida who takes hold of the hilt and slides it from the sheath.
In one motion he severs Angel's head from her shoulders.
