Tommy took a quick shower, bought small chips from a nearby Burger Shot, and hailed a taxi, asking the driver to take him to Kenji's Casino on Staunton. He wondered how he was going to get a car amongst all of this. As he got out, two guards standing outside approached him.

"You! Gaijin! What business do you have here?" asked one of them.

"I'm Tommy Vercetti, and I'm here to see Ray Machowski," Tommy replied, pulling out an ID card.

The guards showed him in, through several rooms full of loud Japanese music and every sort of gambling equipment imaginable, and into a small side room. There sat Ray, with two Japanese, one female and one male. All three of them got up to greet him.

"Hi, Tommy. This is the man I was talking about. Tommy, the woman's Asuka Kasen, and that's her brother, Kenji." Ray introduced the two people.

Kenji bowed, and Tommy slowly followed suit, muttering a "Dozo Yoroshiku" with the little bit of Japanese he had learnt from a former Japanese cellmate in Liberty ten years ago. The female, Asuka however, gave Tommy a curious stare before asking:

"What business do you have here?"

"I'm from Vice City, and I want to help you take care of the Colombian Cartel, for they have been attacking me as well."

"The Cartel wishes to expand into Vice City?"

"Yes. And also their main operations at the moment are in Carcer City, I heard they have entered Liberty as well. Although I have managed to halt their operations, I need to your help to defeat them."

Asuka looked at Kenji, who nodded. Turning back to Tommy, she said:

"Well, Kenji and I want you to show us your worth. Kenji does believe that anything a gaijin can offer ends with disappointment. There is a group of Forelli Mafia men picking up a package of special spy and tracking technology somewhere at Bedford Point. The Cartel is going to intercept it, so waste everybody there, and bring back the package. If they get out, chase whoever has the package to death squads placed on the Callahan Bridge."

She headed inside a further bit, bringing out a briefcase with a sniper rifle inside and handed it to Tommy, which he took and added to his MP5 in his pocket. Slowly, he turned around and headed outside. He was back in the job business again.

Tommy jumped into a nearby Yakuza Stinger, and quickly sped off to intercept the package. When he arrived at where Bedford Point was, he scanned the place, looking for any men or any Mafia gang cars that were parked nearby. Just as he was about to investigate on foot, he heard gunshots. Speeding off in his Cheetah, he began to follow the sounds of where the action was going on. When the fire was nearby, he opened a window, and peeked out of it with his sniper rifle to look for any signs of fighting. What he saw, were a series of Cartel men charging towards their Cartel Cruisers. Several of them had AK-47s, and three had Uzis, while one was holding the package. They sprinted and got into five Cartel Cruisers and sped off.

"Damn it!" Tommy cursed. It would be difficult to not get blown up by the Cartel with this car.

Quickly thinking, he did the most stupid thing imaginable. He hit the accelerator and sped towards the so far, unsuspecting Cartel.

Tommy's plan was to drive-by and kill the drivers, and then chase the Cartel Cruiser. If he could, he might be able to get the driver out and take the package. In the end, absolutely massive amounts of luck went Tommy's way. Driving like there was no tomorrow, he struck a Cartel Cruiser full-on, somehow sending it lurching forward into another one. Both spun out and crashed into the walls protecting two houses. The other Cartel Cruisers continued speeding on, somehow oblivious to what had just happened. Must be too busy trying to get away, Tommy thought. Managing to control the swerving car, he managed to catch one of the Cruisers napping at the turn, t-boning it into another one, and putting the last two Cruisers temporarily out of commission.

However, this time, the Cartel saw what was happening, and opened fire. Tommy managed to dodge several of their streams of bullets, but several more impacted into the Yakuza Stinger's light frame. Luckily, it managed to hold enough. But by now, the Cruiser that contained the package was starting to near Fort Staunton, the Cartel's main turf. Noticing this, Tommy raced forward trying to get close to the Cruiser. Finally, he pulled up right next to it. Temporarily letting go of the steering wheel, he steadied the MP5 and fired through the open window of the Cruiser. It was luck yet again that did the trick. The powerful bullets tore through the driver and the passenger holding the package, and both slumped in a pool of blood. Quickly bailing out, Tommy tore the package from the man's dead fingers and sprinted back to the Stinger. However, the two Cruisers who Tommy had rammed had regained their stead, and began charging towards Tommy and his car. Tommy, facing a wall, was about to get sandwiched. So he did the most obvious thing: reverse. The result was the two Cruisers colliding together and then smashing into a wall. Stifling a laugh at the comedy, Tommy quickly turned around and sped off in direction of Kenji's Casino.

Ray, Asuka and Kenji were outside the casino waiting for him. When Tommy pulled up, his car looking through her ringer, all three of them gave him a big thumbs-up as he got out, and handed the package into Asuka's hands. What a way to start in Liberty City, Tommy thought as he followed Asuka into a room and collapsed into a chair.

Over the next few days, CJ had some hard-earned relaxing time. He mucked around eating every sort of junk food imaginable, watched TV, and basically acted like a couch potato in every way except from the fact that he went to the gym a couple of times, and had a little shoot-out with Sweet at the basketball courts a couple of times. However, the start of a new week was the start of a new Ballas plan that seemed suspicious. Two ground attacks on a couple of the Orange Grove Families' turfs, both unsuccessful, then a three-pronged assault followed by another two-pronged assault that included several Da Nang Boys in it. Hits made on Triad protection stores were made by the Da Nang Boys as well.

A week after a hit on a Triad store that ended up with 500 being stolen, CJ received a phone call from Woozie that their spy inside the Ballas had informed them that the Ballas were gathering up for a massive assault. With this news, CJ and Sweet were preparing themselves for a full-on attack by the Ballas. They both packed dual SMGs, a shotgun in their house with several clips, a Desert Eagle, and an M4 each. Even a rocket launcher was ready just in case. Other gangsters of the Orange Grove Families were preparing their shotguns, Tec-9s, and pistols. Grove Street's allies also prepared themselves for the attack that would probably turn Los Santos into a living hell.

The full-fledged war started when several cars full of Ballas opened up with drive-bys in Orange Grove turf. The men inside fired their Tec-9s, spraying at random as the cars raced along. Several Ballas were blasted by shotgun fire, and several citizens and Orange Grove members were injured in the fire that had just started a battle. The cars soon hit Temple Drive Families turf, but over there, they were blown into oblivion by the gang members waiting for the inevitable with their shotguns. Then came the Ballas and Da Nang foot assault. A series of waves of charging men opened fire. That was when CJ and Sweet got involved. Waxing a series of men with his M4, CJ waited behind a pillar, and then blew the brains out of a passing Da Nang Boy. Pulling out his SMGs, he unloaded on a group of Ballas that had been trying to fire across the street at a few members of the Varrios Los Aztecas, likely to have been sent by Cesar. Blood spurted out as each one of them fell. However, CJ's actions were distracted by a flying helicopter overhead, firing at Grove Street gang members. Quickly, CJ rushed back to his house, and hefted up the rocket launcher.

"Say 'hello' to my little friend…" CJ muttered as he fired a rocket at the circling helicopter.

The rocket struck the helicopter, sending it spinning, and crashing near a group of Ballas charging into action. The explosion sent several of them flying, and CJ could quickly jump out, and back to cover, slowly blowing each one of those Ballas into hell. Once all of them were dead, CJ headed back inside to grab his M4, which he had left there for his rocket launcher. But it wasn't there. However, another figure appeared next to him, gripping his M4. It was Sweet.

"Hey, Sweet. Where's my M4?" asked CJ.

"Sorry bro, I needed more clips. Just check outside and you'll see."

Cursing, CJ grabbed the shotgun and ran outside, finding a pile of bodies he hadn't seen when he headed back inside the house.

"See, bro? Good luck, man, 'cos we're gonna need it."

We sure as hell do, CJ grimly thought as he fired the shotgun at two Ballas in front of him.

End note: Ok, sorry if this was a slight cliffhanger, but I was tired as hell after school, so… Please review thanks!