Chapter 14: Shootout at a Funeral!
*Back at the Open Arms Hotel!*
Raizo stood there in complete silence as he held the photograph in his hands; how in the world was Frollo the killer? Raizo took another look at the photograph and gritted his teeth in anger. It was right there, all in the photograph and in this very room. He should have known that it was coming to this. The way Frollo treated him and Roland and the way he acted in general. It was all a sign; Frollo had indeed gone off the deep end...at least in Raizo's mind.
Raizo knew what had to be done now. He was going to find Frollo and kill him. "That motherfucking piece of shit! I'm gonna fucking kill him, I swear to God!" Raizo growled furiously as he tightly clenched his fists and stormed out the room. Reika and Ariel followed them, both of them having similar thoughts and feelings. "Frollo?! Ugh! You think you know a guy and then something like this happens!" Ariel exclaimed in disgust. "I always had a feeling something was wrong with this man, but do you honestly think he's the killer?" Reika wondered out loud. "Of course he fucking is! Just look at this photograph; the proof is all right there!" Raizo shouted as he practically threw the photo at her.
Reika caught it and put it in her pocket, while trying to keep up with Raizo. "But this doesn't make any sense! Why would Frollo do something like this? It's like you said; only a professional killer could have done all this!" Reika argued. "It doesn't matter; I need to find Roland and let him know!" Raizo snapped as he rushed down the stairs.
As he made his way into the lobby, Belle was speaking with Eric and Beast. "So there you have it! Ariel and I just work at the front desk; nothing else!" Belle finished. "Why didn't you tell me sooner, Belle?" Beast demanded. "I didn't want you to freak out, all right?" Belle snapped. "But this isn't the kind of a place you should be working at!" Beast objected. "And where else do you think I should...wait, Raizo? Are you ok? What's wrong?" Belle said as she noticed how upset he was.
Raizo was muttering curses under his breath as he paced around the lobby. "I should have known. I should have fucking known! How could I have not seen this happening?" he muttered angrily. He approached a phone booth and was about to make a call. "What's going on, Raizo?" Beast demanded. "Not now...I'm busy! Come on, you stupid phone...pick up already!" Raizo snapped. "You know, you still owe me an apology after what you did to me!" Beast growled. "Beast? Don't make things any worse!" Belle hissed.
After a full minute, Raizo realized why nobody answered the phone. They were all broken! In a rage, Raizo slammed the phone several times before he kicked the booth and smashed it up. "MOTHERFUCKER!" Raizo roared. "Jesus, Raizo!" Belle exclaimed. "What's your problem now?!" Eric cried. "I've gotta get to Roland now, damn it! He's in trouble!" Raizo shouted furiously. "Whoa! Just calm down, all right? It'll be ok!" Belle said as she held her hands up. "Raizo, I seriously think we...wait, what happened here?" Reika said as she walked in and noticed the smashed up phone booth.
Raizo looked like he was about to rip someone's head off, but luckily Belle defused the situation. "You need to calm down, ok? Just try to remember the last time you saw him. Did he say where he was going?" Belle asked. Raizo took a deep breath and sighed. "No...he didn't." Raizo said wearily. "Wait a minute! You said Roland, right? I could have sworn I heard that name being mentioned before." Eric said out loud. "Wait, what? When? Where?!" Raizo cried as he grabbed hold of his shoulders. "Ah, something about a funeral! I heard Hook talking about a funeral and that Roland was invited. I heard all about it while I was at the Rotten Clam!" Eric nervously explained hoping not to get into another fight.
Ariel was shocked to hear this from Eric. "The Rotten Clam?! Eric, have you been drinking?" Ariel cried angrily. "Where is this funeral? Tell me!" Raizo interrogated. "You know the Empire Bridge? It's underneath there; that's where the funeral is being held!" Eric answered. "Wait, what? Why?" Raizo demanded. "I think it's because Ursula wanted to burn her sister's body; a tradition of some sort! That's all I know, honest!" Eric replied. "For your sake, you better be right!" Raizo growled before he let go of Eric and took off.
Reika looked at the others, who seemed worried and confused. Reika sighed as she shook her head and chased after Raizo. Before they went anywhere, she had to speak her mind to him. "Raizo, wait! Raizo...STOP!" Reika cried as she chased after him. Raizo eventually stopped running and turned to face her, looking very frustrated. "What is it, woman?! We've gotta go!" Raizo demanded. "Just shut up and listen to me for once, will you?! You and I both know that there's more to this; it makes no sense! So before you go rushing off to find Roland, just think about this before you open your mouth!" Reika cried angrily.
Raizo grew more irritated and impatient. "Think about what?!" he growled. "You know how you felt when you saw that picture? If what you said about Roland being divorced is true...then you have no idea how he will react when he sees that photo we found! Just try to remember that, ok? That's all I'm asking!" Reika said trying not to lose her own patience.
Raizo took a deep breath and nodded his head; he knew that what she was saying was right. "Ok, Reika. I'll try to remember that. Now let's get going!" Raizo said as he was about to take off. "Wait! You're going the wrong way; the Empire Bridge is this way!" Reika pointed out. Raizo groaned as he palmed his face, but he followed Reika anyway. "TAXI!" Reika shouted.
*10 minutes later!*
Raizo and Reika finally arrived at their destination; an empty scrapyard underneath the Empire Bridge. In the center laid a large wooden coffin and surrounding that coffin were several toons sitting on folding chairs. Ursula, Hook, Amos Slade, Shan-Yu, Cruella de Vil, and a few hentai toon girls. The person who was speaking on behalf of Morgana was Roland himself. "Friends, we are gathered here tonight to mourn the loss of Morgana. Some of you know her as Ursula's sister, others may have known her at work. But we all knew her as a good friend and tonight we all will take this time to properly say our goodbyes and remember all the good times." Roland announced.
Reika gave Raizo a look, to which he nodded his head. But as he began to walk forward, Reika grabbed his arm. "Remember...be gentle and understanding!" she whispered. "I got it, all right?!" Raizo hissed. But as they got closer, Roland noticed them approaching and shook his head, motioning them to wait. Reika looked over at Raizo, but to her frustration Raizo kept moving forward. Raizo finally arrived and made his announcement, interrupting the funeral. "Roland? I'm sorry, but we've got to go!" Raizo announced loudly and clearly.
Reika grew red and palmed her face in embarrassment, while the others glared at him. "Raizo! What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Roland hissed. Ursula stood up and got in approached Raizo with an angry expression. "You get the fuck out of here right now! You've got no right to be here, after what you did!" Ursula snarled. "Ursula...please stand aside. I need to speak with Roland about something important!" Raizo said trying his best not to lose his cool. "Did you hear what I just said?! I said get out; you are not welcome here! Especially after you threatened to give my sister to the FBI!" Ursula shouted.
Raizo looked at her with shock and confusion on his face. "What the hell are you talking about?" Raizo demanded. "Don't act all innocent! We know that you were trying to dispose of her sister's body until the FBI showed up to try and take her for themselves!" Hook added as he got up and shook his fist angrily. "Wait, what?! Frollo, you lying piece of-" Raizo exclaimed halfway to himself. "Hold on! Raizo is not to blame for that, all right? That was all on Frollo! He's the one who was trying to get rid of Morgana's body. I know this because I've caught him on several occasions, but I've stopped him." Roland insisted. "Don't you dare vouch for him!" Ursula cried. "It's the truth!" Roland said sternly.
The others seemed to calm down a bit, except for Ursula. "It doesn't matter, ok? Roland...we have to talk!" Raizo began. "Whatever it is Raizo, can't it wait until we are finished here?" Roland snapped. "We can't wait because-" Raizo snapped back. "Because what?! What's so important that you have to interrupt my sister's funeral?" Ursula shouted. Raizo took a deep breath before he spoke up again. "I know who the killer is!" Raizo announced.
Everyone immediately fell silent as he said that. "What? Well, who is it?" Ursula asked with wide eyes. "Uh, Raizo? Don't you think this is something that we should talk about in private?" Roland said as he stood up. "What?! The hell you will! If anyone is going to know who murdered my sister, it's me! I deserve to know! Right here, right now!" Ursula demanded. "It's Frollo!" Raizo announced.
Many shocked gasps and murmurs filled the air. "What?!" Roland exclaimed in disbelief. "I don't believe this!" Amos cried. "Frollo!" Ursula growled with contempt. "Hmph! I should've guessed it would be him!" Hook muttered angrily. Roland approached Raizo, looking both pissed and surprised. "Ok, I'm going to have a little word with Raizo. I'll be right back as soon as I figure out just exactly what the hell is going on here!" Roland announced not taking his eyes off Raizo. "I don't care what you do, but after this, I don't ever want to see you again! You are nothing but trouble!" Ursula snapped as she pointed to Raizo.
Raizo sighed as he lit up another cigarette. "Look, hon. I'm doing the best I can here, all right? I'm sorry about all this, really I am. All I want is to find the killer and bring him to justice!" Raizo said gravely. "The hell you do! I know who you are and what you really want, boy! Just be sure that you do it away from here! We've all suffered quite enough!" Ursula cried angrily. A hentai toon girl by the name of Chisa Sakurai approached her side to comfort her. She was also from the hentai Office Lingerie, the same as Alice Nonoyama. "Come on, Ursula. Why don't you finish saying your goodbyes?" she suggested in a gentle tone. "This is such total fucking bullshit!" Ursula cursed angrily as she was walked away.
As Raizo and Roland walked away to the side, Reika decided to join the two to make sure Raizo didn't do or say anything stupid. As she approached them, Roland couldn't help but stare at them in complete disbelief. "Frollo?" Roland managed to say after a minute of silence. "Yeah!" Raizo answered. "I don't understand. This doesn't make any sense at all! This man...he...he gets a nervous breakdown everytime we try to order food! And now you're telling me that he's responsible for all these murders?! I sure hope that you two have proof of this!" Roland demanded in exasperation.
Reika gave Raizo a look, to which he nodded and sighed. "Roland, I know that this may be difficult for you to understand, but you need to listen to me. I think that there might be a connection with you and Frollo in all of this!" Raizo began carefully. Roland grew wide eyed as he said that. "What?! Oh my God...if this is about the way he treats me at work-" Roland began angrily. "Roland! I think that Frollo is obsessed with your ex wife!" Raizo said trying his best not to get too excited. "What the hell is wrong with you?! Why would you even suggest that? My ex-wife is still living in California! So how in God's name could Frollo have-" Roland cried angrily.
Raizo held up his hand to stop him. "Roland? We found evidence that Frollo had indeed come into contact with your ex-wife." Raizo said being very careful not give away too much information. "What kind of evidence, Raizo? What kind?!" Roland demanded losing his patience. "Photographs! There were photographs, and one of them was of your ex-wife." Raizo said quickly. Roland grew pale as he said that. "You...you don't have any of these photographs on you, do you?" Roland asked nervously. "No! We, uh...left in a hurry! Reika and I, uh...we wanted to let you know as soon as possible. We forgot to bring the photos with us." Raizo lied.
Reika smiled at him as he said that. Roland however looked very upset. "This is...this whole thing is just...it's unbelievable! I don't know what to say!" Roland stuttered as he turned his back on them. Raizo clamped his hand on his shoulder to comfort him. "I'm sorry, Roland. Really, I am! But I swear to you that we will get that piece of shit and make him pay for what he did!" Raizo vowed. "Thanks, Raizo. I appreciate this. Really, I do! But how are we going to handle this?" Roland replied.
But before another word could be said, another hentai toon girl approached them. It was Carrera, the hentai succubus from the Hentai Nights strip club Raizo and Revy met earlier. "Mr. Roland? We're about to start the funeral pyre, and Ursula wanted you to say a few last words on her behalf." she said. "Oh, ok! Thanks for letting me know, honey. Just give me a minute, all right?" Roland replied. "We'll wait right here for you, Roland. Take your time!" Reika said kindly. "Uh, not to sound pushy or anything, but we really gotta go!" Raizo objected. "Don't worry, this will only take a couple of minutes." Roland insisted.
Raizo sighed but nodded his head in agreement. "Ok, but make it quick. We don't have much time!" Raizo said with urgency in his voice. Roland nodded his head before Carrera led him away. As Raizo tossed out his now useless cigarette, Reika approached him. "I'm proud of you, Raizo." she said happily. "Why?" Raizo demanded in confusion. "You handled that really well! I know it wasn't easy, but you did the right thing!" Reika said as she touched his face. Raizo couldn't help but blush as she did that, though Reika blushed as well.
Suddenly and without warning, Raizo and Reika were grabbed from behind the shadows. They soon both found themselves held hostage from behind. Reika had a knife held to her throat, while Raizo felt a Thompson submachinegun pointed at the back of his head. A sinister laugh was heard from behind Raizo, and the laughter was quite familiar to Raizo. "Hello there, mate! How's your head?" a man with a British accent sneered. Raizo growled with anger as he recognized the voice. "Jasper! You picked the wrong night to fuck with me!" Raizo growled. "What's he goin' on about, Jasper?" another British man's voice joked. "Oh, I guess he's still a bit upset about our little scrap at the alley, Horace. But that's all water under the bridge now, right Sheriff?" Jasper snickered.
Raizo began to feel his inner demons kick in again. He was not going to allow these fools to escape from him again. "I'd tell you fuckers to run for your lives, but it won't do any good. Because you two are already dead!" Raizo snarled viciously. "Don't take this the wrong way, all right mate? This is nothing more than a friendly little conversation between us, yeah? We'll cut to the chase for old time's sake. Our employer wants you to take a little holiday!" Jasper began. "Why?" Raizo seethed. "Our employer has a particular interest in your old pal Frollo. And with you, well, being yourself...it's going to complicate things. So do us all a favor and relax, will ya? We'll take care of Frollo and you just focus on gettin' yourself a nice tan at the beach, yeah?" Jasper explained.
Reika was struggling to get Horace's hands off him, and Raizo was getting more pissed off by the second. "You've got 3 seconds to fuck off before this goes somewhere you really don't want it to!" Raizo threatened. "Oh, sorry mate! I didn't bring me stop watch with me! Look, it's really quite simple; you leave Frollo alone and we leave you alone. That's fair, wouldn't you say?" Jasper retorted. Reika finally broke free of Horace and punched him in the face, forcing him away. "Get your hands off of me, you bastard!" Reika shouted angrily.
Her shouts were heard from everyone else at the funeral. "What's going on?" Carrera wondered. "I don't know!" Roland replied. Ursula grew furious as she had a good idea. Back with Raizo, he simply turned around and faced Jasper with a dark look. "Do you fucking pricks think that this little act you've got going here is working? Because I can honestly say that it's not, and you should be more afraid of me than whatever bullshit it is you try to throw at me!" Raizo said as he rose his voice.
Jasper was visibly irritated. Here he was trying to be reasonable and Raizo just had to be rude to him. "Always gotta play the hard man, eh? All right, mate! Have it your way!" Jasper sneered as he cocked his submachinegun. Suddenly, Ursula was seen stomping towards them with an enraged look on his face. "Boy! What did I just fucking say to you?! I said that I didn't want anymore trouble from you!" Ursula shouted. "Jasper? What are we gonna do?!" Horace panicked. "Shut up, Horace! Let me handle this!" Jasper hissed.
Soon, all the other toons began approaching them. "Good evening, ladies and gents! How are ya? Oi! Miss de Vil, you're looking well! Have you lost some weight?" Jasper announced in a playful tone. "What the hell do you idiots think you're doing here?!" Cruella demanded angrily. "Funny you should ask that, mum. Horace and I were just discussing some business here with the Sheriff. But we're unhappy to report that it did not work out as we had hoped and planned!" Jasper replied with a sneer. "The hell is he talking about?!" Amos demanded. "Raizo? What's going on here?!" Roland added angrily.
Raizo finally had enough. He walked towards the others and stood in front of them, while taking out a 9mm pistol he hid in his jacket. "You two get the hell out of here, right fucking now!" Raizo warned as he cocked his gun. "Raizo, wait a second!" Reika exclaimed. "Yeah, why all this fuss?" Jasper joked. "Shut up! You've got no right to disrespect me and my sister! Now get out or suffer the consequences!" Ursula thundered. "Oh, so that's what this is all about? (laughs) Why bother with all this fuss? It's just a dead whore, and an ugly one at that!" Jasper cruelly mocked.
Ursula roared with rage as he said that. "I'LL KILL YOU!" she screamed as she charged towards them. Jasper cackled maniacally as he began to fire his submachinegun. Ursula cried out as she was hit by a couple of bullets, but she was able to swipe one of her tentacles at Jasper and knocked him off his feet. As Ursula back and held her bleeding shoulder, Hook became enraged. "You bastards! You'll pay for hurting her, I swear it!" Hook roared as he pulled out a pirate pistol. "Hang on a second!" Roland cried as he pulled out a 9mm pistol of his own. "Try me, why don't ya?" Jasper mocked as he got back up.
As Raizo, Roland, and Hook fired their pistols, Jasper and Horace took cover behind a dumpsters. "What do we do now, Jasper?!" Horace exclaimed. "Just shut up and run towards the truck! I'll cover you, all right?" Jasper cried. He counted down from 3 to 1 before he stood up and began blasting away with his submachinegun, allowing Horace to run away towards a dirty old pickup truck.
Raizo, Roland, and Hook eventually ran out of ammo, allowing Jasper to make his next move. "All right, guv! It's my turn now!" Jasper snickered as he aimed his submachinegun at them. "Shit! Get to cover, all of you!" Raizo shouted as he bolted towards a crate. "URSULA!" Hook cried as he ran towards his lover to protect her. "Get down, now!" Roland shouted as he leapt towards the others behind a brick wall. Jasper cackled like a maniac as he tore up everything in his sights with his submachinegun, including the wooden coffin that Morgana's body was in!
This enraged Raizo greatly; how dare these assholes disrespect a funeral like this! "You fucking animals! You're going to pay for this, you mark my words!" Raizo shouted as he reloaded behind cover. He took a deep breath before he jumped out from cover, firing his pistol at Jasper. Jasper cried out in pain as Raizo shot him on the side, causing him to flail about misfiring his submachinegun. Raizo then quickly got back up to his feet and rushed towards Jasper before he punched him in the face, forcing him onto his back.
Raizo grabbed hold of Jasper by the collar and began to beat him with his fist. "You piece of shit! Coming here and disrespecting these people like that! I swear to God I'll fucking kill you!" Raizo roared as he continued to beat Jasper within an inch of his life. "Oi! Mate, it ain't personal! It's just business!" Jasper cried out in pain. "You just made this personal, you asshole! Now get up!" Raizo snarled as he forced him up on his feet. But before he could do anything else, Horace came crashing through a fenced gate with his pickup truck.
Horace came rushing towards Raizo in an attempt to run him over, forcing Raizo to let go of Jasper and jump away to safety. Raizo landed in a pile of black trash bags, and the last thing he saw was Jasper climbing into the passenger's side of the truck before they took off. "Floor it, you idiot! Get us outta here!" Jasper cried. "Sure thing, Jasper! Hold on!" Horace said as he rammed through some trashcans and took off into the streets. "Motherfuckers!" Raizo swore as he jumped out of the trash and threw a beer bottle at their direction.
As Raizo brushed himself off, most of the others came out of cover. They were both frightened and angry at what had just happened. "Look at what those fools have done! They ruined everything!" Cruella exclaimed angrily. "How could they do something like this?!" Carrera cried. "It's what they do!" Amos said gruffly. Hook was seen crying as he held Ursula in his arms. The poor old sea witch had passed out from a loss of blood. "Oh, my precious little sea star. What have those fiends done to you? I swear I will skin them alive for this, if it's the last thing I do!" Hook wailed.
Roland and Reika approached Raizo with grave expressions on their faces. "Raizo, I owe you an apology." Roland began after a moment of silence. "What the hell for?" Raizo demanded. "You were right; this is even bigger than I thought. For them to do something like this...it's unforgivable!" Roland said bitterly. "What are we going to do now?" Reika wondered. "I know exactly what we're going to do. We're gonna find those cocksuckers and we're going to get them to tell us everything. And then when I find Frollo, I'm gonna fucking kill him!" Raizo growled as he clenched his fist. "Kill those hitmen if you have to, Raizo. But leave Frollo alive! He has to answer for what he's done!" Roland objected.
But before Raizo could object, a furious Amos approached them. "This is the last straw, sheriff!" Amos shouted as he punched Raizo in the face, knocking him out cold. "HEY!" Reika exclaimed as she ran to Raizo. "Just what do you think you're doing?!" Roland demanded angrily as he shoved Amos away. "I'll tell you exactly what I'm doing, punk! I'm not going to allow any of this crap to happen anymore, that's what I'm doing! None of this would've happened in the first place if you had done your damn job and arrested the right criminals!" Amos shouted as he got in Roland's face.
Roland grimaced as he said that. "We didn't know at the time, all right? So don't you dare blame us for-" Roland began. "I don't care who you assholes think you are! Cops or not, you ever show your faces around these parts again, there'll be hell to pay! Ya hear me?!" Amos snarled as he pulled out a sawed off shotgun. "Are you threatening me?" Roland seethed as his fists clenched. "I'll blast you and your little psycho friend to kingdom come, and next time I won't miss!" Amos warned as he cocked his shotgun.
Roland and Amos glared each other down for a solid minute, filling the air with much more unneeded tension. But finally, Raizo came back to his senses and broke the two apart. "Consider yourself lucky that I don't kill you on the spot for this act of yours, Amos Slade! I promise you that we will find and deal with these assholes, but you and your friends better stay clear of our way if you know what's good for you. Oh and one more thing: You ever threaten me or my friends again and I'll take that shotgun of yours and shove it up your ass and pull the fucking trigger till it's empty! Got it?!" Raizo threatened as his eyes began to glow green again.
Amos knew better than to challenge Raizo, for now anyways. He lowered his gun and walked away, cursing under his breath. "You all right, Roland?" Raizo asked more calmly as his eyes returned to normal. "I'm fine, thank you. Let me call the doctor and see if he can help these folks. Then we're heading back to HQ!" Roland replied. But just as he pulled out his cellphone, it rang. "Huh? Hello, this is Roland. Goofy, what's going on? Wait...he WHAT?!" Roland exclaimed. Raizo and Reika did not like the sound of that. "Ok, send over Dr. Light and Professor Oak right away. Because several people underneath the Empire Bridge have been shot! Yes, our people! And don't touch anything until we arrive, all right?! We'll be there as soon as we can!" Roland said angrily before he hung up.
Raizo and Reika approached him, wondering what was going on. "What's wrong now, Roland?" Raizo demanded. "It's Frollo! He's smashed up the Magic Mirror and disappeared!" Roland answered. This infuriated Raizo as he heard it. "I will fucking kill that piece of shit once I find him, I swear to God!" Raizo growled. "No, Raizo...not yet!" Roland stated just as angry. "Ok, then. I'll call us a cab!" Reika announced after an awkward moment of silence.