(A/N: The grind goes on, my guys and gals.)

Cue Opening Theme: Senpai Gone Love It - Oregairu vs. Jay Rock feat. Kendrick Lamar

TWG:R

~Endless Possibilities Arc~

Chapter 18: The Lowdown and the Lowriders

Los Santos

Thursday

0325 South Rockford Drive. Yara awoke in her new apartment for the first time as a Ne-Yo song was playing on her radio alarm clock. She turned off her alarm before going off to shower. In the midst of scrubbing her hair with shampoo…her phone rang. She had reached over to put it on shower.

"Speak." Yara said.

"Yo, it's Naruto. We're coming over with breakfast and to talk shop. Figured we'd give you a bit of a housewarming gift." Naruto said. "I'll leave you to it."

He hung up right as Yara's stomach growled as she could not help but chuckle at the timing. She finished off washing herself before drying herself off to look in the mirror to apply some makeup. Simple eyeshadow and a bit of light red lipstick would do, but she was grateful for the System making it easy for her. She deftly went to her wardrobe to get dressed after getting her underwear on. Before bed, she had perused the internet and had found a few online stores she could shop from. Sloppy Seconds and On The Rag were a decent lifesaver for cheap clothes. Being able to customize before you buy them was also a major plus.

She got on a steel blue and black camo Lycra tank top under an opened black and navy blue denim vest with a logo on the back (the ProLaps Logo in green), a pair of steel blue colored Lycra pants, white socks in black hi-tops, and a steel blue baseball cap with the same logo on her denim vest. She slipped on her fingerless gloves and went out to her living room to get a drink.

Naruto and Isaribi arrived not long after. Naruto was decked out in an orange and black basketball jersey with a red colored number 10 on the front and back, a pair of black track pants, his orange hi-tops, his fingerless gloves, and his orange Broker shades. Isaribi wore a black loose tank top under an opened Double P baseball shirt, a camo colored bandana around her head, black jeans with a denim gradient around the legs, a lavender riveted belt, her old biker boots, and biker gloves.

"I see everyone took advantage of the new shops. Not going to lie, I had more fun shopping at those shops. Felt like the old days of playing Saint's Row." Isaribi said, putting the food on the table. "I passed by that pancake place. Hope you're good for pancakes."

"You clearly have read by mind." Yara said as Naruto's phone rang as they were about to eat.

"Lamar, you better have a good reason to call so early." Naruto said to himself as he answered.

"Yo. I got an opportunity for you and it's name is LD. I already called Fu over so just bring you and your friends over. I need four for this. Meet me at Benny's. Peace, man." Lamar said fast-talking before hanging up.

The 'LD' blipped on all three of their mini-maps.

"That's not going to end well, is it?" Yara asked. "Lamar came up good for assisting, bad for planning."

"Not really. His plans do go wrong…but most of the time, it's just bad luck on his end." Naruto said as they ate. "Let's finish this food up and then get on down there."

~TWG~

4 Goma Street

Goma Street. A street that boarded the canals and the beach of Vespucci while being the territory for a local biker gang…an outlaw one. The Buffalo Girls, an all female biker gang whose motto was 'we ain't need no man'. Although for Ella Beaufoy, she found that now to be total bullshit. She was a young woman who initially had plenty of anger in her younger years. She lost her mother to cancer, her father decided to remarry being blind that his new wife was a gold digging shrew with mob ties, her father up and dead due to her mob ties, and left her with that bitch and his two step-sisters. She basically became Cinderella…further ironic she looked like a dead ringer for the Disney princess. Same height, same slender figure, same beauty, similar voice, and similar features save being a cup size larger. She did not mind the comparison as Ella did take a bit of pride in her appearance, the one thing the former Libertionian woman could enjoy. She did make it a note to never wear her hair up.

Decked out in a pale silvery-blue top that reads "G2G" with artwork of a pumpkin carriage under a silver cropped biker jacket, light denim jeans, black boots, teal tassel scarf, and blue-green contour shades; she rode up on her bike, a silver WMC Nightblade with blue tribal flames…the one her mother owned and lovingly called 'Prince Charming'. She parked before entering the clubhouse seeing members going about their business.

"Hey, Cinderella…boss wants to see you." One member said as Ella sighed.

She went straight to the office to see her. Tatsumi Amagahara ran the group with an iron fist despite only being seventeen, even if her appearance made her appear older. For a Japanese woman, she was above-average in height (5'10") and in bust (sitting at a J cup). Compared to her members, she dressed semi-professionally with a currant red skirt suit with black stockings and black 1-inch heels. Her long black hair was in a high ponytail with her long nails painted pink. She wore a studded biker jacket with numerous patches in lieu of a suit jacket. Her hazel eyes glared at Ella. Ella thought that constant scowl on the leader's face ruined her looks.

"Ella, I was told that you assisted that worm Fukada." Tatsumi said angrily.

"Yes, I did. You literally left him to a task he could not do alone. He's a mem-"

"He is not a member of this group. He's merely the help." Tatsumi snapped. "That waste of sperm."

Ella could only shake her head internally. Tatsumi was only a part of the reason that she was disillusioned…the other part were her lieutenants.

"Is that the only reason you called?" Ella asked.

"No. Malty needs you on a long-term assignment. She wants you to keep 'babysitting' that piece of shit she's calling. What was that bastard's name? Right….Elio. Malty wants to see if he cheats on her." Tatsumi said as Ella balked at her.

"Tatsumi, Elio is the last person I would expect to cheat. And Malty's cheating on him with several men!" Ella snapped.

"So?" Tatsumi said with a shrug. "He is only useful for a few things and nothing else. Just go and get the job done. Don't forgot women were born to serve."

Ella just gave a blank stare and left. It sucked because Elio was a decent person in this city…and Ella had growing feelings for him. She hated that Malty was using him, lying to him, and how she talked about him behind closed doors given that Ella saw it was all bullshit. She got on her bike and rode off.

~TWG~

Strawberry

Dropped off by one of Roman's taxis, the trio all walked up to Benny's Original Motor Works straight to the glowing marquee to start their mission.

[Community Outreach]

Lamar opened up the garage door for them to come in as Fu walked up in punk wear.

"This is it! This is it! Big dog going to take down some bitches." Lamar said excitedly.

"So what's the plan?" Naruto asked.

"Aw Naruto, I had a whole ass speech. I wanted to show these ladies around…let them meet Benny." Lamar teased. "But shit, all right…we got a lotta Ballas and Vagos OG who care more about their cars than paying respect to me. So here's the lowdown. There's a purple Chino and a yellow Buccaneer out there, you split into two teams. One goes after the Ballas and the other goes after the Vagos. We start a gang war."

"Sounds easy enough." Isaribi said as Fu revealed four hoodies and bandana, two purple…two yellow. "And you were smart enough to get us the needed drip."

"Actually that was my idea." Fu said as Lamar gave her a dry look. "What?"

"Nevermind, hope you got your earpieces ready." Lamar said as the four nodded and left for the cars.

"I'll take on the Vagos." Naruto said, taking the yellow hoodie and bandana. "I refuse to wear purple."

"I'll go with Ruto." Fu said with a wink.

"Yara, you're with me." Isaribi said, getting on the disguise.

The two teams split up as they were given instruction by Lamar on the first spot to get a drop on them.

"You think Lamar's plan is going to work?" Isaribi asked.

"Honestly, it could, but it could easily backfire." Naruto admitted. "All I know is after this…we might have to stay out of the hood for a day or two."

"Considering the fact that the gang's aren't exactly as united as they were in the 1990's." Isaribi said as Naruto pulled up on Covenant Avenue.

"We're here, and there's the Ballas in the Primo." Naruto said, pulling his Micro SMG out before Isaribi stopped. "Wha-"

"Stop the car." Isaribi said as Naruto did so.

She hopped out and crept up to the car from behind to slap on a sticky bomb before getting back in the car telling Naruto to drive past them. Naruto did so having the idea to unpin and toss a grenade right into the Ballas' car window before speeding away. Before the Ballas could escape, they were consumed by the explosion from the sticky bomb to which Naruto glanced at from the rearview mirror.

"Damn purple wearing bastard." Naruto muttered.

"This is…I need a callsign…I got it. This is Scarlet Fever, Rancho Projects has less Vagos now." Yara said over the comm line.

"Domn, you guys done? You guys are cold! The other eses on Jamestown Street, make sure you take out the Mateo Brothers. As for the Ballas, there's a group of them on Forum Drive." Lamar boasted. "Wreck them niggas!"

Naruto hit the gas really not liking that he was on Forum Drive in Vagos colors, but followed the mini-map to a gathering of Vagos near G's apartment building. This time Naruto took action first by drifting to a stop to get out and opened fire with his MG.

"What the fu-GAH!" A Ballas said before being shot through the stomach.

"Carlos says, buenas noches pendejos." Isaribi said with a Latina falsetto before shooting them with her Machine Pistol.

"I thought we were cool!" A Ballas gangbanger said as he was trying to limp away.

"Fuck you." Naruto said, blowing the gangster's head off with his shotgun before cocking it.

"Ay yo, Nar and Isa, regroup with your homies at the parking lot by the airport. We got a situation."

The two got in the car before driving away as Yara and Fu were heading in the same direction. Fu was in a rather good mood having killed enough Vagos to collect rent money three times over. The two pairs would arrive at the spot where Lamar called them once again.

"So, we got an issue. Instead of beefing, those motherfuckers are having a sit down instead of beefing and shit."

"You do realize that because the Ballas and Vagos are segmented into different sets, they have a sit down to ask who did this. The moment they found out none of the sets arranged this…they're going to realize there's imposters." Isaribi remarked.

"Fuck! This ain't good for us or my leadership skills. Go to the meet and take them bitches all out! L, out homie!"

"Look at the bright side, we put a dent in both sides." Naruto said, trying to be positive as Isaribi groaned.

They found the much larger parking lot where the Ballas and Vagos were talking. The three protags moved in slowly while Fu hanged out citing she had something in the trunk.

"Someone's setting us up to fight each other." A Balla said. "Who you think it is?"

"We don't have descriptions. The imposters could be any gang in this city." A Vagos member said. "Or dios mios, independent."

Naruto, Yara, and Isaribi were readying to open fire on them only to hear buzzing. Very loud buzzing. They looked up at a swarm of drones flying with them armed with small miniguns prompting the three to fall back as the drones opened fire on the Ballas and Vagos mowing them down.

"It's the Invaders!" They screamed.

Naruto, Yara, and Isaribi could only watch with horror and fascination as the flying meanaces slaughtered them all. With the lot dead, they were circling around the parking lot to which the three saw a sign to leave. Got in the cars and just started speeding off for Benny's. Even Fu was slack jawed at the massacre.

"Ay, what's good? How'd it go?" Lamar asked.

"Well, they're all dead…and your plan worked out for you. We were about to jump them, but another gang rolled up and wasted them all. Hell, the Ballas and Vagos now think it's them who did it." Isaribi said in disbelief.

"Ha, and you doubted me. Told you I'm a gen-"

"Lamar, no. You don't get to take credit for that…because did you even know they were coming?" Naruto asked Lamar.

"It still worked out, though." Lamar boasted.

Naruto chuckled as Fu was salty over not getting beaten to the punch claiming to have gotten a minigun. Isaribi was concerned as the thoughts of those drones were at the front of her mind. Once they arrived back at Benny's, Lamar had congratulated them.

"Frank and G going to be laughing like a motherfucker when they find out about this gangsta shit." Lamar boasted.

"Considering drones killed those bangers…they are going to get the credit." Isaribi said as Lamar groaned.

"Man, why you gotta be hatin'?" Lamar whined.

"Not hatin', but this is a good thing. You had a plan that wanted the Ballas and Vagos busy fighting, right? Well, whoever led that attack is going to get the blame. They called them the Invaders…but what I want to know is…were they watching us executing your plan or listening in on our comm line." Isaribi said as Fu tagged on her collar.

"Ruin the mood much, Miss Paranoid? We wiped some bastards out!" Fu said high-fiving Lamar.

Naruto would have sided with Fu, but he could not deny that Isaribi had a valid point.

"But we're still getting paid?" Yara asked.

"Yeah, yeah, you are. Fu, your cut is in the garage. I'll be seeing you all later, homies. I'll have the next step ready for you soon." Lamar said, going to his car before driving away.

[Mission Complete! +$15,020 +RP]

They looked to their HUD at the amount of money they now had before going into the garage to get rid of the disguises. Yara looked at the damaged Buccaneer Custom and decided to take the car to get it customized and a tracker put in it…to claim it as her own. Before Naruto could ask Isaribi what was on her mind, their phone rang with a group call from an unknown number. Naruto and Isaribi answered.

"Mr. Uzumaki, Ms. Isaribi, how good it is to be in contact."

"Who is this?" Isaribi said hesitantly. "A co-"

"No, I work with SecuroServ. I'm the one who arranged for Nora to be in your employ. You're welcome. Protagonists like us have to stick together."

"You're a protag?" Naruto asked.

"Yes, call me MC. We need to have a meeting, I got a business proposition you'll be interested in…let's just say it'll be a nice string of missions with their own rewards. Apart of your DLC package."

"Ok, when and where?" Isaribi asked.

"Head to your office. There should be a mission marker there, and I suggest you and Naruto get there preferably now. If you haven't eaten, I'll order pizza and have Nora pick it up."

"Sounds good to me." Naruto said.

"Good, be seeing you."

MC hung up as Naruto and Isaribi nodded as it blipped on their mini-maps.

"What do you guys think?" Yara said, wheeling her customized ride.

The color was now onyx black with a livery of 'Retro Flames' with a few upgrades here and there costing well over 20,000. Thankfully, the car already had upgrades in some areas.

"A true classic, but we need to go to our office. Team meeting." Isaribi said getting in the car with Yara.

"Can I come?" Fu asked.

"It's for CEOs only. Sorry, girl." Naruto said realizing he had to call a cab. "Shit…"

[~tWG~]

[?]

Mark put down his cellphone and turned to look at the person sitting next to him on his couch.

"All right, Kaguya. I did what you asked." Mark said as the deity trailed a finger on his chest only for him to grab her waist. "Married now."

"A shame, your wife is a lucky woman. Just make sure you finish the job." Kaguya said before vanishing into thin air.

Mark sighed.

"Wow. What a tosser." Ashley said, shaking her head. "Though I guess if I was a goddess, I'd be acting like a major arse myself. But it does stroke my ego knowing I have a husband even goddesses want their hands on."

"I have something I'd like stroked." Mark said suggestively. "But later, there's work to be done. Where's Momo?"

Current Stats

Naruto - $246,946 - Current Weapons: Fist, Switchblade, Katana, Dual AP Pistol (Platinum/Extended Clip/Glided), Pistol .50, Pump Shotgun, Sawed-Off Shotgun, Micro SMG, MG, SMG, Special Carbine, Sniper Rifle, Grenades, Rocket Launcher

[PV: Dominator]

(Current Tattoos: None)

Isaribi - $566,975 - Current Weapons: Brass Knuckles, Antique Calvary Dagger, Katana, Dual AP Pistol (Platinum/Extended Clip/Glided), Sweeper Shotgun, Machine Pistol, Combat MG, Carbine Rifle (Extended Clip/Grip/Flashlight), Marksman Rifle , Grenades, Sticky Bombs, Rocket Launcher

[PV: FMJ, PB: Hellfury]

(Current Tattoos: None)

Yara - $104,960 - Current Weapons: Brass Knuckles, Switchblade, Baseball Bat, Dual AP Pistol (Platinum/Extended Clip/Glided), Pump Shotgun, Micro-SMG, SMG, Assault Rifle, Carbine Rifle, Sniper Rifle, Minigun, Molotov Cocktails

[PV: Buccaneer Custom, PB: Bati 801RR/Custom]

(Current Tattoos: Custom (Upper Back))

(A/N: The start of the Lowrider 'story arc' which is being changed slightly from the canon version, in part in doing so to introduce the third minor gang Tidal Fox will be facing, The Invaders which are inspired by the Deckers in Saints Row 3. Moving onward, we got Yara getting her personal car at last and the return of Mark into the story. For those curious, he's not living in LS or LC. I left it vague to debate whether he could be back in his hometown of Glennberry or elsewhere. But now it's time, I've built up the gangs and it's time to really get it started!)