Chapter 8: The Ricci and Verde hits!

We were eight days and seven nights away from the assault on Anthony Valletta. And Lady Inuzuka told us about how she, Fugaku, Mikoto, and my uncle Jeff all had hits on the Ricci and Verde families. Her story began when she and my uncle went to confession together. It was 1996 and they were in Hells Falls, New York. My uncle didn't like going to church let alone confession. "Forgive me my father for I have sinned." The bearded man said, and the priest asked when his last confession was, "Actually, this is my first confession."

He told the priest, "Please confess." The priest told him, "Very well, I have killed many bad men who pray on the innocent. And I usually want to protect people even my nieces and nephews." The priest asked the man, "How can you live with yourself in this time? Do you feel anything when you kill a person?" The man was fed up with the priest asking him things, "Enough with the questions! What's my contrition?" The priest sighed and said, "Ten Hail Mary's and Ten Our Fathers." The aged Inuzuka asked him, "Why do you hate going to confession?" She asked, "I hate going to confession because they make you say so many stupid Hail Mary's and Our Fathers." Fugaku appears and tells the two about a man named Charles Ricci and his so called family. Ricci was a two bit low life and the bottom of the food chain It was easy pickings for them and the don approved the hit. The four of them went to his last known location, and this was going to make my uncle's demons enlightened.

One guy worked for Ricci and was a solder. My uncle grabbed him by the throat and put his pistol into the mouth of the solder. "Where is Charles Ricci?" The solder refused to tell him, the bearded man cocked the pistol. "Let me rephrase the question, Where the fuck is Charles Ricci?!" The Solder pointed to the building and he shot the solder. the blood splatter went on his face. Lady Inuzuka handed him a handkerchief so he can remove the blood. some of the blood smeared all over his face and she helped him clean his face off. "Thanks, I needed that." He told her as they continued on. Anthony had no idea of what lady Inuzuka's plans were, but the word of the Ricci hit was starting to spread like wildfire. Anthony then writes in his journal in Italian, [The hit has finally begun. I do not know about her true intentions, but I will help her out any way I can. God has abandoned all of us. I fear that Tsume will not the same person I knew or grew up with. I pray for her safe and successful return.]

They killed the consigliore of Charles Ricci, all that was left was Ricci himself. They found him in an adjacent room where he stood silently. "Please, no! I don't wish to die!" Ricci begged. But my uncle and lady Inuzuka refused his pleas. They place Ricci on his knees and they both said, "From the dust you are created, and into the dust you shall return, lies, murder and deception will lead you straight down hells path and there you will burn." Lady Inuzuka then said, "May God or Satan..." Then my uncle added, "Have pity on your soul." They both cock their pistol and they both said together, "Rest in peace." the guns fire off at the same time. After they were done, they placed pennies over the dead men's eyes and had their hands crossed over their chest. Ricci was different he had a blindfold placed over his eyes, a dollar placed in his mouth and he was placed in the crucifix position.

Back in present time, I lit a cigarette as I continued listening. "Naruto always told us that Ricci hit, Ma." Kiba said as he liked the story, I took a drag from the cigarette and I said, "You guys must've been some real bad asses taking down somebody like Ricci of course." Then Lady Inuzuka told me. "That was just mere stroke of the brush, the real art was taking down the entire Verde family." I was just amazed that she and my uncle took down the whole Verde Family. But they weren't alone, both Fugaku and Mikoto joined them. This happened shortly after my uncle Jeff was released from jail.

"Oh Jeff, I'm so happy that you're safe." The young and beautiful Mikoto said as she hugged him. "I missed you too." He replied as he hugged her back. "Well, I hope you didn't get into any funny business while you were in the can." Fugaku said as he was being a smart ass. "No I didn't get fucked in the shower, asshole!" There was a dispute between Jeff and Fugaku. Sparks were emitting between the two of them. "Oh, Please! Would you stop it? You're acting like children." Lady Inuzuka said as she separated them. She then handed Jeff his guns and the vest to holster them. He then places the guns in the holsters of the vest and slipped the vest on. Then the four of them all went off to kill off the Verde's.

They Arrived at the Verde mansion, Men were swarming the place and were enjoying the wine that they made. One guy was sitting on a barrel and minding his own business. Jeff snuck up on him and ripped his throat open with a knife. He then dragged the corpse behind the building to prevent awareness. A small group of eight men went into the cellar, Jeff and Fugaku put their differences aside and both tossed in two hand grenades. Jeff then placed his foot on the cellar door, and the grenades killed all the men. Just then, Lady Inuzuka picked the lock on the door and kicked it in. This is where things get interesting...They all pull out their guns and Verde's were all around. The men all pull out their guns too.

This turned into a good old fashioned shoot 'em up. The men of the Verde Family dropped like flies while the four sinners didn't have a scratch. The four then split up, the women went upstairs, while the men stayed downstairs. Jeff entered the kitchen, saw one guy getting a Budweiser out of the refrigerator, he then pointed the gun at him and said, "I'll take that." Jeff shot the thug in the head and picked up the beer. After that he opened it and took a swig, in that moment, the head of the Verde family, Marcus Verde was going out the run from the four. "Guys, We got a runner!" Lady Inuzuka Shouted as she was the one who found him. Jeff opened the window and climbed out, then he ran after Marcus. Marcus shot the one chasing him and it clipped him in the chest. Luckily it missed his heart. Jeff kept chasing after Marcus with his hand covering his wound. The other the joined up for the chase, Jeff fired a shot and nailed Verde in the leg, "Fuck!" Verde shouted as he limped into the subway station. The four then followed Verde into the station, my uncle Jeff very pissed off, grabs Verde by his shirt with his free hand and makes him lean over the edge of the platform. Lady Inuzuka grabs a hold of him too.

They both said the prayer, "From the dust you are created, and into the dust you shall return, lies, murder, and deception will lead you straight down hells path, and there you will burn." Lady Inuzuka then said, "May God or Satan..." Then Jeff added, "...Have pity on your soul." They both said "Rest in peace." They both release Marcus from their grasps and he fell onto the subway rail and an oncoming subway ran him over splitting the guy in two. Marcus Verde soon died of blood loss.

Mikoto then realized that my uncle was wounded. "Jeff, you're hurt. Let me take a look." She said as she took off my uncle's vest lifted his shirt and saw a bullet wound in his chest. "It's just a flesh wound." He said and lady Inuzuka snapped, "Bullshit! You're hurt, we need to get you to a hospital." Fugaku then said, "No, we need to take him over to Sheamus' he'll fix him up." They all went to see the Irish doctor Sheamus.

Lady Inuzuka knocked on the door and an Irish guy wearing rectangular glasses opened the door, "This better be good." Sheamus said, then he looked at the wounded man slung around the other guy, "Can you fix him up?" Sheamus looked at the wounded man. "Good heavens, what happened to him?" Sheamus looked at him, "You didn't answer my question, can you fix him." Sheamus nodded, "Aye, but he going to need to rest here for a while." Everybody went inside, and Sheamus worked on Jeff the best he could. After a few days of rest, he's back on his feet with a clean bill of health.

During that time, the police were surveying the crime scenes. A total of 39 victims were placed in body bags. The entire Verde family was eliminated. A man then writes in his diary in Italian, [I knew that this day would happen. The words of the Ricci and Verde Families blanketed the city like a silent falling snow. If anything else should happen to them, then we'll be in a grave we can't get out of.] The man then closed his diary and set it into the desk drawer for any further use. He then pulled out a picture of him with Tsume Inuzuka when they were younger. The man then said in English, "Tsumi, my friend. I hope you make the right decisions in this life. And when it is time for the two of us to meet once more, My life will come to an end." He then placed the picture in a photo album that also contain newspaper clippings and photos of memories past.