Welcome back, loyal readers, to Yu-Gi-Oh GM Book 1: The Rise of El Loco Desperado. In the last chapter of Anime Shenanigans, David and the police learned that the head of the Japanese exhibit at the Portland art museum was searching for a lost book of poetry written by Katsu Nakamura's ancestor. And when David, Sgt. Anderson, and Capt. Moyers tried to interview the assistant of the exhibit head they learned that a familiar priest of Loki had tried to kidnap a certain Japanese art dealer in Portland. Now on the run from the priest of Loki, at Tanya's instructions, she races for the park near the Doubletree Hotel. Meanwhile David, Sgt Anderson, and Captain Moyers are also racing for the park. Will they be able to reach the park in time? Can they save the woman from a hideous fate at the hands of the priest of Loki. And can they even stop the Priest of Loki after David's first encounter? For the answers to these questions get ready as part 5 of Anime shenanigans begins now!

Disclaimer: Kazuki Takahashi owns the rights to all the original Yu-Gi-Oh characters. I'm just borrowing them for a while but will put them away when done. David Cardigan and all original characters are strictly my property.

The police car raced down the streets of Portland siren screaming. David's nerves were on edge. Yes, police cars were fast, they had to be, but still nothing was fast enough for David's taste. Finally the police car raced over the Steele bridge and past the Memorial Coliseum and Rose Quarter. Up the street the car raced the only thing David could see besides the buildings rushing by were the Light rail tracks and trains coming by stopping at the stations. Finally though they arrived at the park and noted the police officers herding anime fans away. The car screeched to a halt across the street from the park. David was instantly out and crossed the street. "MOVE! GET OUT OF THE WAY!" David yelled.

The Squadron 51 members who knew David moved people aside for him to run through. Just then David heard across the street a pair of small feet running his way. David saw the Japanese woman coming his way. Suddenly without warning a pair of arms stretched out and caught the Japanese woman's feet. The woman squealed as she fell down. Then the priest of Loki was on top of her. He pulled a gigantic hatchet from his robes and raised it over his head. The man said, "You ran away! That wasn't very nice! Now I'll have to kill you!"

David had only seconds to act. Then he spotted a large branch that fallen off a tree. He grabbed the branch and flung it at the priest of Loki. The man as eager as he was for the kill never saw the branch until he looked up to see it collide with his face. The priest of Loki let go of the woman as he sailed through the air. She scrambled to her feet. David yelled at the woman, "RUN, GET OUT OF HERE!"

The woman not wasting another moment scrambled out of there. David turned his attention to the priest who was wobbling to his feet. David glared at the supernaturally enhanced priest of the trickster God and snapped, "Now I can deal with you!"

The priest of Loki twirled around. When he stopped he looked like a cowboy. Pushing his hat over his brow he said in a pseudo-John Wayne cowboy voice, "Well what have we got here, partner? A guy who thinks himself a hero, huh?"

The man then extended his arms. They suddenly stretched out farther than was normal. The priest yelled, "GET OVER HERE!"

The priest's inhumanly stretched arms grabbed David. The spell caster however had expected this and he was well prepared. The priest of Loki pulled David towards him. David used the force of the pull to flip over. And just as he was reaching the priest he swung himself so his feet were in position to land an improvised drop kick on the priest. The priest's yelp of surprise turned to a grunt as David's blow struck home. David swung his legs so he landed gracefully. Good thing Master Sabarna has been giving me that extra training in fighting, the wizard thought as he got into a ready stance.

The priest of Loki got to his feet and snapped in his best Homer Simpson voice, "Why you little…" as he lunged at him.

David however did a double in to out middle block which pushed the priest's hands away. David then landed a front kick to the man's chest. The priest grunted and bent over. David grabbing the Loki worshiper's right arm with his left hand swung himself in to land elbow to the ribs, then pulled away to connect with a knee. David then leaped into the air left leg first. Bending his right leg he swung over the Loki follower then sent a powerful axe kick flying downward to land on the Loki follower's back. The Loki priest grunted and fell to the ground in a heap. David three stepped backwards into a ready stance. Bouncing on his toes he looked at the priest of Loki knowing the man was nowhere near finished. It was well-known priests of Loki were tough, very tough. The priest leaped to his feet before he did another of his whirling transformations. This time when he finished he was wearing a red headband, a matching karate uniform, karate shoes, and a black belt. The priest of Loki said, in a ridiculous impression of badly dubbed Asian martial arts movie, "You think you…can defeat me…your karate is good…but my master's teachings…will defeat you!"

"Are you going to fight or bore me to death with your meaningless yammering?" David retorted angrily.

The man gasped and snapped, "You dare…disrespect me?"

Time slowed down for David as the priest of Loki ran at him and leaped into the air for a flying side kick. David however had expected something like this. So the wizard took off his cowboy hat and somersaulted under the priest to come up behind him. David turned in time to watch the priest's roar of rage turn into a yelp of surprise and terror as his trajectory took him into a collision with a nearby tree. David smirked and quipped, "Watch out for that tree."

The priest of Loki slowly slumped to the ground. David shook his head. David said, "Okay Mr. priest of Loki. I know who and what you are. Time for some answers. Why did you steal Sakura's pendant? Who hired you? Why did you kidnap that woman?"

The priest shook his head and leaped to his feet. He turned to David and gave him a raspberry. "What do you think I am, some kind of comic book villain? You won't get anything out of me except an ass kicking!"

David then heard a whole bunch of guns click into readiness. Sergeant Anderson snapped, "You try and harm so much as a hair on David's head and your ass is mine!"

"That goes double for me, pal!" quipped a very angry sounding Captain Moyers.

David smiled and commented, "Silly rabbit, did you really think I'd not come without backup. I suggest you surrender quietly Mr. priest of Loki. And take off that mask you're wearing."

Before David could do anything the Loki priest did another of his whirling transformations. This time he had black hair, big black bushy eyebrows and a bushy mustache, was wearing glasses, what looked like a tuxedo, and was carrying what looked like a cigar in one hand. Bending over the man strolled off as he waived his bushy eyebrows up and down, wiggled his cigar, and said, "You will excuse me while I slip out of these wet clothes and into a dry martini."
The woman's voice called, "Stop him he has the necklaces!"

The priest Of Loki halted when a gun fired and a bullet hit the spot he was almost upon. Captain Moyers snapped, "Hold it right there you Groucho Marx impersonator!"

The police fired just as the Loki priest twisted to inhuman angles to avoid the bullets. The priest cackled as he turned into a silver wolf and ran off. David turned and rushed to the woman who looked openly frightened. David got to one knee and put an arm around her. "Take it easy ma'am, you're going to be okay now."

The woman looked at David and said, "You're…you're that man that the police woman said would be here at the park aren't you?"

David nodded. "Yeah, I am."
She shivered and said, "That…creature was going to kill me all because of the necklaces I was carrying. But, why?"

David called forth his power and said, "Ma'am, you didn't see any supernatural anything. That man was just a very clever thug."
He sent the mental suggestion to the woman. The effect was instantaneous. She was still badly shaken but not as badly traumatized. There are some things the rest of the world are better off not knowing.

"Mom, mom?" a younger female voice called. A teenaged Japanese girl dressed as Sailor Mercury was running towards them. The woman looked up in surprise, "Rini? Rini is that you?"

The woman was on her feet and embracing the teen girl. "Mom, I heard about what was going on! I was so scared!"

The teary-eyed woman said, "I'm here now, Rini, and I'm okay."

David got to his feet. He felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned to see Captain Moyers looking at him and giving an approving nod. The two approached the woman. "Excuse me, miss…?" Captain Moyers.

The older woman looked at the two and said, "It's Mrs…and my name is, Kyoda Himura."

David asked, "You're the art dealer here in Portland who was going to give those necklaces to the Portland art Museum right?"

She nodded. David said, "I need to check a few more things but I do believe I've just about got this case figured out."

Captain Moyers looked surprised. "You do?"

David nodded, "My hypothesis is that I believe Mrs. Himura here was the innocent victim of an ancient Japanese family feud."

Captain Moyers asked, "What are you talking…" and then his face paled. "You mean there might be some Matsukumos here who still hold a grudge against the Nakamuras?"

David explained, "It's merely speculation until my remaining thoughts are confirmed."

Captain Moyers retorted, "One thing I've always noted about your speculation, David, is that more often than not it leads at least to reasonable doubt for us."

David nodded, "Thanks for the vote of confidence, captain."
Then David's eyes widened and he slapped his forehead. "Duh, why didn't I try this before?"

David took out his cell phone and dialed a number. A voice answered, "Portland police crime lab."

"Hey Cynthia, how are you?" David asked.

"Hey there, big time celebrity, good to hear from you. I'm fine, just processing everything from the crime scene."

David said, "Cynthia, I need your help, your brother still works in San Francisco, right?"

"Sure does, why?" Cynthia asked genuinely perplexed.
"You think he can find me some information on a Joe Shindo and a Yamitsu Shiro? Tell him what's going on."

"My big brother has a pretty good memory, and I think he could get me something on that. I'll get on it right away."

David smirked and answered, "Thanks, Cynthia, get back to me as soon as you have the details."

"I will, David." Cynthia answered.

David closed his cell phone. Captain Moyers asked, "What are you up to, David?'

The supernatural detective said, "Seeing if a suspicion I have about Mr. Shindo and Mr. Shiro is true. If my hunch is right then all that remains is the why, and I imagine they will probably have the answer."

The teenage girl asked, "Excuse me, but I couldn't help but overhear your conversation. And I may have something on that."

Captain Moyers looked at the teenager and asked, "We're listening, what can you tell us?"

The girl said, "Right before I found out my Mom was in danger I overheard someone on the Cloudcon staff say that a Joe Shindo just quit, packed up his things, and left Cloudcon. Talk about jumping ship when needed. The guy sounded like a real jerk."

David felt a cold shiver race up his spine. My hunch is looking more and more to be true. It appears Mr. Shindo and Shiro may be about to make their move. But I'll need Cynthia to confirm my suspicion. He thought.

David nodded and said, "Thank you, young lady, for giving us this information. You've been a big help."

Captain Moyers said, "Mrs. Himura if you and your daughter will come with us we'll take a statement from you two and see you two home."

The girl hugged her mother, "I'm just glad my Mom is safe. She means a lot to dad and me."

The older woman hugged back and said, "I know, sweetheart, let's go and afterwards let's say we get something from the Restaurant here, preferably something sweet for our nerves."

The teen girl nodded, "Oh yeah."

The two headed off with Captain Moyers. David sighed and muttered to himself. "Better contact Katsu, Sakura, Setsuma, and Gregory I think they'll want to know about recent developments." He then checked his watch. "One hour before the V.I.P. dinner. Good, because I have things to do!"

As David headed for the hotel at that very moment he was unaware of the people that were watching him. "There he be," one of the concealed figures whispered as they watched David through a set of binoculars. "And at an anime convention of all things."

One of the other figures grimaced, "I hates anime conventions I does. Too many accursed ninjas fer' me liking!"

The leader turned and snapped, "Button yer' yip matey! Ye be knowin' why we're here!"

A female voice asked. "Do we be raidin' that convention now?"

"Patience, me bloodthirsty sea maiden. We'll be raidin' that convention soon enough! One thing is certain, once we do, nothin' is goin' to make us leave until we find me tarrrget!" The leader then turned and followed the detective as he headed back into he hotel. "Just ye wait, David Carrdigan, yer' life is about to get a whole lot more complicated!"

The V.I.P. dinner that night was pleasant enough and it helped to take David's mind off his current set of problems. David had always gotten a kick out of signing people's copies of his books. For him it was always a pleasure to sign people's books and answer questions about writing. For David it never got tedious, probably because this was such a change from being the kid who was always picked on in High school. Yet somewhere in the back of his mind he kept racing over recent events. David had a strong suspicion about Joe Shindo and his cousin. But until his suspicions were confirmed he couldn't prove it. And yet…David's wanderings were interrupted by his cell phone ringing. David looked at the people at his table and said politely. "If you'll excuse me one minute."

David got up and left the V.I.P. Dining room. Outside he opened his phone. "Hello?"

"Hey David, it's Cynthia." The voice of the red-headed crime lab woman answered.

David smiled and replied, "Ah, Cynthia, what's up?"

"I have that information you were looking for. Once I told my brother what was going on he was very eager to cooperate."

"So, was I right?" David asked.

"You sure were, Yamitsu Shiro and Joe Shindo didn't appear until 5 years ago. According to what my brother told me both men's original last name…was Matsukumo."

David felt a chill rush up his spine. It was just as he suspected. "So, the name change was legal?" he asked.

"Authorized by the city of San Francisco and the state of California." Cynthia answered.

David took long breaths to clam himself. "David, is everything all right?" She asked.

David explained, "In a way yes, and in a way no! Yes, it's all right because you just confirmed something I've suspected for some time. And no because if those two are up to what I think they're up to, then tonight something tells me things are going to get nasty."

Cynthia asked, "Lieutenant Graham is still here. He and Captain Moyers figured something was going to happen soon."

David smiled. Leave it to captain Moyers and lieutenant Graham to anticipate something happening with me, the wizard thought.

David said, "Thanks, Cynthia, I appreciate that. You've done your part, go home and leave the rest up to me and the others."

Cynthia sighed and said, "It has been a long few days. Take care David." "You too, Cynthia." With a final goodbye David hung up.

David knew that captain Moyers and sergeant Anderson were still here and it was a good thing too. David quickly found the two in the lobby going over the information from recent events with Katsu Nakamura. David ran over to them. After catching his breath David said, "I'm glad I found the three of you. Cynthia gave me some important information. Katsu, the Matsukumo family line is not dead!"

Katsu Nakamura's face paled in shock. "The Matsukumo family is alive, but…how? According to official history their family got wiped out by the Japanese Government."

David said, "From what I've figured out, at least one portion of the Matsukumo family slipped through the Japanese Government's fingers and hopped a ship for America just as your family did. According to what Cynthia told me, Yamitsu Shiro and Joe Shindo legally changed their names from Matsukumo while living in San Francisco. And based on what I've seen from Joe Shindo I'd bet any amount of money they've been nursing a grievance and a plan for revenge on your family for years."

Katsu shook himself out of his shocked state and said, "Captain Moyers, if you mean to confront them I insist on accompanying you. I wish to confront them too! This feud between my family and the Matsukumos must end! There's been too much bitterness and anger on both sides as is. I think my own family would rest easier knowing that the old grudge has finally been laid to rest."

David said, "We'll have to be careful, Katsu. You have to remember they have that screwball with them!"

"I'm well aware, but for the honor of my family, this long-standing feud must be brought to it's long overdue end!" Katsu retorted a look of determination burning in the older Japanese man's eyes.

David explained, "You might want to bring your partner, your daughter, and son-in-law along. You see, Captain Moyers, sergeant Anderson and I believe we've found the secret hiding place of the last of the Nakamura family fortune."

Katsu's eyes widened. "You've…you've found it? The lost fortune my family has searched for since my father? If…if this is true, then yes…yes they should come along. I'll go get them and meet you here."

As soon as the Japanese man was gone Sergeant Anderson added, "You do realize that priest of Loki will probably be out for blood."

David nodded and simply answered, "Yup."

Captain Moyers said, "Just watch your back with that creep."

David said, "Believe me, Captain, I know better than to turn my back on a priest of the Aesir's infamous trickster."

Well there you have it folks. Part 5 is in the books. I hope you've been enjoying Anime shenanigans. In the next chapter the fateful confrontation with the Matsukumos and the priest of Loki occurs and the end of the convention is at hand. But what about those mysterious figures that were watching David? Will they put in an appearance, and who are the mysterious individuals watching David? For the answers to these questions come back next time for part 6 of Anime Shenanigans. Until them read and review and have a nice day.