Shenmue: An Alternative Story
Chapter 11: Looking For Charlie
Hazuki residence
December 7th 1987
10:25 pm
Ryo arrives home with his newly found information.
" Ryo your home." Fuku-san said
" Yeah, well who'd you expect?"
" Err. You. So did you go back to heart beats?"
" Yep, now I gotta find a guy named Charlie."
" Charlie Brown?"
" That's what I said, but no."
" Oh."
" Well im gonna ask at the bike shop tomorrow. They might have some info on him."
Hazuki Residence
December 8th 8:25am
" Now what was I doing?" Ryo thought to himself, then looked at his brown notebook.
" Oh yea, find Charlie."
Doubita 9:00am
Ryo had now just entered Doubita, and was now passing the soda machine when he was called.
" Hi tiao-san ( I think that was his name)
" Hello."
" Is something wrong?"
" Yes, I want a drink, but I have no change."
" Isn't your shop about a minute away."
" So thirsty."
" I'll buy you one." Ryo puts in the money and selects a cola
" Thank you." Tiao- san drink the cola.
" Is business going well."
" Oh im so thirsty."
" You just had a drink."
" So thirsty."
" I'll get you one." An evil grin appears on Ryo as he selects coffee
" Thank you." Tiao san then takes a huge gulp. " aaaggggggggggggggggghhhhhh"
Ryo falls over laughing.
20 mins later
" Oh man that was so funny." Ryo gets up, not noticing the people giving him strange looks and wals on."
A little later. Ryo is now at the motorbike shop.
"Excuse me, do you know Charlie?"
" Yeah, he comes by sometimes, thinks riding a hawg makes him look cool, but it dont't"
" I dunno, I think riding a dog would be cool."
" His hawg you idiot."
" I see, you know where he lives."
" Why would I know?"
" I dunno, it's in the script"
" The what?"
" Nevermind, about Charlie though."
" I here he vists the jacket shop sometimes"
" Really"
" Yes"
" I see, well thanks."
Ryo then makes the short trip to the jacket shop.
" Hi Tsuruoka-san."
" Hi"
" Do you know a guy named Charlie?"
" That guy is so full of crap, always complaing that my jackets are dogey."
Ryo looks at a jacket, it says made in USA. " Yeah what does he know." Ryo replies rather sarcasticly.
" Yeah, and he's always showing his tattoo."
Ryo remebers being told about the tattoo on his butt and shudders
" He came by a few days ago around 7ish."
" Ok"
Later, around 7ish
Ryo had now been wandring around for hours waiting for the time to reach seven o'clock, he was now on his way to the arcade, hoping to relive some stress when he was approched by a black guy in a purple top.
" Hey man, your a great fighter."
" I remember you," Ryo said, getting into his fightinh stance.
" No man, i don't want no trouble."
" You know a guy named Charlie?"
" Yeah, I know him, I'll take ya to meet him."
So Ryo follows this guy to a parking lot a few feet away, noticing no one is there Ryo sences a trap.
" HAHAHAHAHA we got you."
" Lets see how tought you are now."
Ryo quickly disposes of the five guys and grabs one of the guys.
" So where's Charlie."
" I don't know."
" Where you get the tatoo."
" Okayama Heights."
" You lying?"
" No, no."
Ryo releses the guy and he runs off
" Hmm, Okayama Heights, guess I'll go there tomorrow."
So our hero escapes unhurt again, but what awaits him at the tattoo parlor? Is Charlie there? Will he be any help?
Find out next time...maybe
Posted 5th February