'Sup! This is Jiro Tanaka on Fanfiction and this is my 1st ever Saints Row fanfic. This takes place after the Gangstas In Space mission (I saved Shaundi and Viola. Wouldn't it be awesome if that was the real ending all along? I hope they keep that ending just in time for Saints Row 4)
Disclaimers: I don't own the Saints Row series. If I did, it would have an anime series or a live action movie. I will also be using my character. Here are a few details about him
Name: Yoshio Takahashi
Born: 1982
Place of Birth: Croydon, London
Ancestry: Japanese/British (Father's side of the family. He doesn't know who his mother is because she left him when he was only two years old.)There are some occasions that he will mention his father's past.
Hair colour: Blue-ish black
Voice: Male 3
Italics are used for whenever Yoshio is in the middle of a phone conversation.
Fresh Start
Chapter One: Christmas Shopping and Phone Calls
Running through Steelport, Yoshio Takahashi, leader of the 3rd Street Saints was enjoying the life. This included bumping into pedestrians by "accident" especially when he needed money to buy Planet Saints or Rim Jobs. Every day was like payday for Yoshio but because it was 10 days before Christmas, he decided to buy presents for the Saints' "Secret Santa" party at the HQ. "4 down, 4 to go." He muttered under his breath in his Cockney accent. He had gotten a karaoke machine for Kinzie after she told him that she liked hardcore gangsta rap plus a few CDs from Krhyme since S.T.A.G left Steelport, Yoshio had been reading books about techology so he could understand Kinzie's tech lingo. She was like an younger sister to him much to the point where she was often reffered to as "a 2nd Carlos" by Pierce and Shaundi. He gotten a mink coat for Zimos and for a good reason,too. During the Summer, Zimos transfered his pad into a restaurant but during Autumn, customers started to organise their own food fight competition courtesy of Halloween. Yoshio felt sorry for Zimos. If the restaurant was closed down, the hos would be out of a job(They are waitresses. Some of the Saints' younger fans had part time jobs there) and Zimos would be out of business. Yoshio knew that Zimos opened an Xmas buffet so he brought him the mink coat so that the customers would know who was the many.
"Hmm. I hope this hat could deflect missiles." murmured Yoshio. The hat he just looked at was an 'internally' invincible brim cap and a present for Oleg. During the cold weather, pigeons would crap on Oleg's head earning a couple of laughs from Pierce. The one thing that was special about this hat was that it can deflect any kind of missile meaning the pigeons will be hit by their own crap.
Yoshio walked into Planet Saints and started to sit on one of the sofas. Whilst he was sitting down, he started counting notes of money that he withdrawn from the bank. "Angel, you're a credit to the fans." Yoshio said to himself. A month after filiming Gangstas in Space, Yoshio get a phonecall from Angel saying that Killbane has been murdered whilst making a fresh start in Europe. According to Angel, the person who planned out the attack was a cousin of Viola and Kiki's as retribution for the latter's death. Since Killbane was a serial cheater, he didn't bother to pay child support for his one night stands. (A/N: He resorted to cheating during matches didn't he? Let's kick it up a notch shall we?) The money left over after his death has been sent in Angel's name. With the money, Angel had the idea of converting his casino to set up a Masked Wrestling Academy for the Saints' young fans even some of Killbane's former fans who stuck by Angel. Their parents even thought it would be a good way to get them off the street.
Yoshio was brought back to reality by his cellphone ringing. It was Pierce. Although, Yoshio found Pierce's strategies to be boring, he had to admit, they were useful when they needed to be.
"Hey,Boss! You here?" asked Pierce on the other line.
"Yeah, Pierce." replied Yoshio.
"Still coming to the Christmas party at the headquarters?" Pierced asked again.
Yoshio fell silent. Not only would this be his first time celebrating Christmas in Steelport but it would also be his first without Gat.
"Still sad about Gat?" asked Pierce.
"Yeah. If he was alive, the Christmas party would be a blast." Explained Yoshio
"Don't feel bad about yourself. Look on the bright side. There's Oleg, Angel, Viola, Birk, Kinzie and Zimos. Not to mention Shaundi and I." Pierce reassured.
"Thanks for keeping my spirits up, Pierce. You're a true mate." Said Yoshio
Up until the incident with Kia, Pierce was often the runt of the Saints luitentants, courtesy of Shaundi and the late and great Gat but there were times that Yoshio asked himself wheter brains could be used as a survival tool than brawn.
"Thanks, Boss. I appriciate it."
"And Pierce?"
"Yo?"
"When I rescued, Shaundi and Viola. After that confrontation with Temple. I was thinking 'Glad I listened to Pierce' after all, strenght in numbers is important."
Pierce hung up the phone speechless. He knew he wasn't Yoshio's favourite but at certain times, Yoshio considered Pierce like a all those years of ignoring him, he decided to repay the favour by getting him a personalised katana and a plane ticket. "He deserves a holiday." The katana had the word 'Washington' in kanji and was dark purple.
Yoshio was unsure whether to buy Josh a present. He had his reasons, though. It was his fault that Gat got shanked by Loren in the first place but he had to keep him what with his 'strength in number' philosophy. Yoshio knew that Josh was the only Saint not to wear purple but he had to know wh he was siding some reason, Yoshio didn't want to buy Josh a poster of Shaundi naked. He had other reasons. Instead, he got a white/purple fedora just to let Josh's fangirls that he is a Saint 4 Life, which he engraved after buying it.
Despite the fact that she claimed she had nothing to do with Gat's death, Yoshio had to spare a thought for Viola when her sister died. Whenever it came to managing finances, the two of them where at each other's throats. In contrast to Viola, who was finance savvy, Yoshi would spend his money buying properties so his payroll will increase. Besides English, Yoshio also spoke Japanese which caused confusion amonst the liutenants except for wasn't his fault. His father was half Japanese half British. Anytime Yoshio muttered somethig in Japanese, Viola was the only one who understood due to the fact that she herself was half Japanese(A/N:I know. I'll explain in another chapter.) Even thought they had different opinions when it came to finances, Yoshio was glad that he could talk to someone in Japanese.
He remembered that he had friends back in Stilwater who could be struggling thanks to rival business. His Stilwater friends included Legal Lee, Chicken Ned, Samantha, Raymond, Tera, Samson, Marvin, Reno, Laura, Tobias, Benjamin King, Chris, Lindsay, Will, Wheel Woman, Mr Wong, Troy, Chuck Mueller, Javier, Dennis, Vicki,Anna, Marcel, Archibald Nice, Rico, Madame Wu, Helmers, Mike, Phil, Ralph and every single one of Shaundi's ex boyfriends including Ritchie and Blake.(A/N:Damn! That's such a long list.) Yoshio had all their names, numbers and e-mail addresses in his address book. He wasn't savvy when it came to managing finances faster than rival businesses which his why he decided to give Viola his old Stilwater address book incase they needed advice.
Yoshio wanted to meet up with the gang at the headquarters tomorrow so he bo duked in his dark purple bootlegger. (A/N: boss' house in Steelport is the had his casino, Oleg stayed at the power plant,Viola has Safeword, Zimos has his pad, Kizie has her "inner sanctum", Shaundi had her ex-boyfriend's house, Pierce had the Three Count Casino and as for Birk, he often slept outside Shaundi's ex boyfriend's house much to her dismay)
Don't Panik by Medine was on the radio but Yoshio wasn't listening to KRhyme FM because he already added the song on his playlist. It was Yoshio's favourite song he even sang along to it even though he didn't know the lyrics but after listening to it about 500 times, he rapped as if he knew the song off by heart. Sometimes he would listen to The Mix but he would only listen to 'I Need A Hero' and 'Return of the Mack'.
As soon as Yoshio entered the HQ, his cell started to ring. He was hoping it would be Kinzie or Pierce but he was especially happy when it turned out that Shaundi was ringing him. Yoshio quickly answered the phone since he wanted to tell her something important.A week after Gangster's in Space finished filming, Shaundi decided to do one more season of her dating show. Yoshio didn't blame her. After all, she was pining for Gat.
"Hey, Shaundi. What's up?"Asked Yoshio
"I'm fine, Boss. Thanks for asking." Replied Shaundi
"It's good to know that you're fine, Shaundi. Especially with Gat's death, you getting kidnapped. It's been a hectic year for you."
"Now that you mention it, it has been a hectic year. A bank heist failed, Gat got shanked, got my phone tapped, got harassed by Birk, got kidnapped by S.T.A.G, almost killed an enemy and got kidnapped by S.T.A.G yet again. It's a good job my dating show days are about and early retirement."
"That's a long list and a story of your life. You should write a book about it and if you do, I'll be the first to buy it."
"That would be possible if you could pick me up from the airport tomorrow."
"I'll put that in my schedule. What time shall I pick you up tomorrow, then?"
"Around 6 o clock in the morning."
"What? That early?"
"If it makes you feel better, I suggest that you wake up around in the early hours and depending how you get there let's say motorcycle, you'll be at the airport by 5.30."
"Ok, Shaundi. I promise I'll pick you up at six. Later. "
Yoshio sighed as if he survived a zombie takeover. Out of the Saints, he could say that Shaundi was his favourite.
Even though most of the males Saints(Except Oleg and Angel) often made bets and wondered if he would be caught in a love triangle with Kinzie and Viola, Yoshio would say he's not interested. To him, Kinzie was like the cute adorable little sister who can hack into enemy computers and Viola was like the cool, stoic and exotic secretary who would be described as a best friend in the workplace.
However, when it came to describing Shaundi, Yoshio would go on for miles as if he was writing lyrics for a song. In his words, she was the badass party animal who wasn't short on fanservice.
Ever since Gat's death, Yoshio didn't want Shaundi to go through the same fate as he did. Of all the reasons he rescued her, he picked out one which he didn't want any of his fellow Saints to hear yet: He had fallen in love with her.
A/N: This is my first time writing a Saints Row fanfic. I'm kind of a Boss/Shaundi fanboy but there are time where I will supoort the occasionaly Boss/Kinzie, Boss/Viola shipping. Up until late last year I was a Gat/Shaundi fanboy but I'll make sure his memory lives on. I'm gonna go on a break so please review. I'm thinking about making a series out of this fanfic.
P.S: Rest In Peace, Gat!