A Note from the Author
Hello ladies and gentleman. I am here to post an apology to you readers, to those who have been waiting for this story to be completed. I apologize for the fact that for a long time, I have never had as much drive or initiative to complete the story of "Kill Bill: Love and Loss." At first, the reason why was due to the lack of available time because of my classes at University (which I began back in the summer of 2005). Eventually, it widdled it's way down to the point where I lost my interest to sit down long enough to punch out the remaining chapters for the story. I know quite a lot of people were hoping that I complete the tale, but in the current incarnation of text, it is pretty much dead in the water.
Of course, I feel that seeing that I don't want to leave this story unfinished and the readers unsatisfied, below is a summary for not just "Kill Bill: Love and Loss", but for a followup story to the fic called "Kill Bill: Love and Honor." If you wish to satisfy your curiousity as to what was suppose to happen, you're more than welcome to read further. Needless to say, I thank you all very much for your time and I apologize for not being able to complete this story as I had hoped. Thank you all.
Sinecerely,
Code Breaker
------What was to happen in "Kill Bill: Love and Loss"------
Chapter 8 was to follow Greg on his return to back to the United States, after scattering O-Ren's ashes. He flips through the photo album, looking at all the pictures of O-Ren throughout her life. He notices that one picture is missing from the album. Greg picks up one of her journals. There is a small message written by O-Ren in one of the journal covers that says, "Hey Greg, Don't make it bad. Love always, O-Ren." He can't place where he heard those words before. After touching down in San Francisco, Greg's brother Lucas picks him up from the airport and they begin to drive out to the Lowndes family farm. Greg would fall asleep and have a dream memory of the time that he introduced O-Ren to his family (which happened to be the day time that Beatrix finds out she's pregnant during the Emily Wong hit, the hit that O-Ren was suppose to have been on). The meeting goes off rather smooth, O-Ren making an excellent impression on Greg's mother and even discovered Greg and Lucas' talent for gunslinging. Just as everyone turns in for the night, O-Ren and Greg slow dance to "Nights in White Satin" by The Moody Blues from his LP Collection. Of course, Greg is awaken and goes into the house. Greg asks his father if he knew of any way he could help in setting up an organization to help children who were orphaned by crime-related incidents, much like what happened with O-Ren. Greg also begins to try to find where Beatrix is, so he could deliver her the envelope.
Chapter 9 would have picked up right after O-Ren kills Boss Tanaka (which would have reitterated the fact that she sees people who insult her geneology as an attack on her family, much like how Elle did in Chapter 7, and would have suggested that most of Boss Tanaka's hostility toward her may have stimmed from "his brother being busted for conspiracy in L.A. by three private detectives" {yes, that would have been a "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" reference, in which there is a "Tanaka gang" that tries to buy the HALO rings}). She would have changed her kimono and decide to head back to her apartment. She, of course, is wondering about how Greg knew the truth about what she did and why he left, sending Gogo and some of the Crazy-88 to pick him up. He is brought to her against his will and they are left alone in her study. She uses Bill's infamous cocktail, "The Undisputed Truth" on him, asking why he ran. It turns out, that the reason why he left wasn't the same reason why she thought he left. While he was cleaning the apartment, he accidentally discovered one of her journals and began reading it, discovering the turth about her. He ran because he hated her for lying to him about who she was, saying, "You're not the O-Ren Ishii I fell in love with," and that he fell in love with the idea of what she presented herself to be (and he was the one who ransacked their apartment in a fit of rage). She lets him leave, unsure if he'll ever forgive her. She lets him know that she left his car and some of his stuff with his family before leaving to come to Japan.
Chapter 10 would have taken place hours after Chapter 7, where O-Ren comes home to find the apartment completely ransacked. Fearing that some sort of competition may have done it and hurt Greg in the process, she calls the hospital to see if he is there. She is informed that Greg has agreed to sign up with the World Work Exchange program for the World Health Organization and the plane was scheduled to leave in 45 minutes. She doesn't understand why he would leave, until she notices that the pill bottle she hid underneath the sink is sitting on the floor in the bathroom, and she assumes Greg knows about what she did because of the medication. O-Ren would have jumped on her motorcycle and taken off, hightailing it through the city in an attempt to get to the airport. She gets there, but a couple of minutes too late (just in time to see the plane take off). She goes back to her apartment, where in a fit of hurtful rage, she smashes several items that belonged to both her and Greg that wasn't destroyed by Greg. A couple of days later, Sofie Fatale comes to visit her, finding O-Ren under the bed (yes, that would be the third time in the whole KB saga). She tells Sofie why, or at least what she thinks is why, Greg left: she had become pregnant, due to that one moment where she asked Greg to make love to her to replace the sorrow she felt for having been told Beatrix was dead. She had went to a private "doctor" and got an abortion just while Greg was pulling a 24-hour shift (at 4:23 a.m.). Sofie tries to console her, O-Ren telling Sofie that she has no idea about what she is going through. Sofie tells her she does, and explains that the reason why Bill had brought Sofie with him to El Paso was because he had walked in on her during her attempting to kill herself (mainly due to the pain she felt for losing Pretty Riki). Towards the end of the Chapter, O-Ren decides to return to Japan after a couple of months since Greg left her, with her dropping off his car and some of his stuff at his parent's place.
Chapter 11 would have taken a couple of months after Beatrix killed Bill. Greg finds her owning a record store in Tallahassee, Florida. She almost comes close to killing him, thinking he was there to kill her for revenge for O-Ren's death. Greg tells her that he was there just to deliver something to her. He gives her the envelope and leaves. When she opens it, she finds a picture of the Vipers at the barbeque that was seen earlier in the story. On the back of the picture, there is a message: "I'm sorry, sister. Love, O-Ren." While Greg drives, The Beatle's song, "Hey Jude" comes on the radio. He recognizes the lyrics, the same ones O-Ren used as a message to him.
Chapter 12, which would have been titled "The Final Minutes of O-Ren Ishii". It would have picked up right at the moment where O-Ren closes the door behind her during the Bride's fight with the Crazy-88. We would have seen that she had a cellphone in a hidden pocket inside her kimono. She calls Bill, but only gets his voice mail. After leaving a message informing Bill that Beatrix was back, she decides to call the hospital and talk to Greg. She asks him if he would ever forgive him for not telling him the truth, him being honest by saying he wasn't sure. She tells him that she still loves him and that she was sorry to have lied to him about everything. She tells him that she'll talk with him later before hanging up and setting it down. She begins to refocus herself, feeling confident that Beatrix would be the one to go down. After that, the rest is an adaptation of the O-Ren/Beatrix snow garden fight seen in the film, primarily told from O-Ren's point of view (including her disbelief that the sword that Beatrix had was a Hanzo sword and that she may have been lying because of the fact that Beatrix knew she feared Hanzo swords). After the moment where Beatrix cut's the top of O-Ren's head off, O-Ren finds herself inside her library of the mind. When she says, "That really was a Hatori Hanzo sword," it was meant to be internal dialogue but came out as external dialogue. The library begins to fall apart, forcing O-Ren to run into the audio/visual portion of the library. When in there, the record player comes to life, playing "Nights in White Satin" by the Moody Blues. A book falls off the shelf next to her, showing her the dream she had about the house, the normal 9-to-5 job, with her and Greg and a little girl. She holds onto that one thought of Greg as the lights finally go out in the A/V room (signifying the neural activity of O-Ren's brain ceasing). The story would have ended right where it began, at O-Ren's death.
--------How "Kill Bill: Love and Honor" Would have Played out-----------
Taking place a year after the last story, we would have seen that the Ishii Foundation would have been flourishing with different chapters in seven different states, keeping children who were victims of violence the same way as O-Ren had been, from going down the same path as she did. Greg would have been running the main HQ for the foundation in San Francisco. Greg has also taken up a hobby, learning how to sword fight with the sword left behind by O-Ren. One day, without warning, Beatrix and B.B. show up and asks Greg for help. It turns out that Asimi (modeled after actress Zhang Ziyi) and Yuki Yubari have come to America with the intent on killing Beatrix for the death of Gogo (for Asimi, it is really for both O-Ren, for whom she had both professional and very personal relations with, and Gogo). But they aren't alone. They've also hired a spare hand, a blind swordsman named Zatoichi, whose sword skill makes Beatrix's look like child play in comparison. In order to keep B.B. safe, Greg leaves her with one of his trusted workers at the foundation.
While in San Francisco, Beatrix, Greg and Lucas (whom Greg asks for help from) go see an old friend of Beatrix's (who would have been modeled after Pam Grier), looking to find an extra hand in order to give them a bit of an advantage. Though there are no 100% professional assassins available, Beatrix's friend recommends a "middleweight" (an assassin that does not kill women and children, where as a "professional" kills all sorts of targets, on matter age or gender). The "middleweight"'s name is Julia Wen, and Beatrix's friend calls her on the cell to get her down. While heading out, Asimi, Yuki and Zatoichi show up and a brief fight ensues. Just when Asimi, Yuki and Zatoichi think that the fight is in their favor, a masked woman shows up out of nowhere, joining in on Beatrix, Greg and Lucas' side, barely getting them out of there. It turns out the masked woman is Julia Wen... And she not only looks exactly like O-Ren Ishii, but apparently retains some memories that could only belong to O-Ren.
They go to the Lowndes Family Home, where Greg and Lucas pick up their guns and patch up Beatrix who had taken a shot to her left arm. Beatrix has some hostility towards Julia, primarily because she looks like O-Ren. Greg is still confused, not sure what to think of Julia. After some discussion, it is decided that they need to get as far away from San Francisco. Greg knows of a place that he had looked at originally while trying to look at places for a potential weekend retreat for the kids of the Foundation. Greg asks his father to come along, since there is the possibility that the Yubari Sisters and Zatoichi would track them there. His father refuses to leave, choosing to "hold the fort" after they leave. Needless to say, Greg is right, the Yubari Sisters and Zatoichi show up, and Greg's father is tortured before he is killed, not giving them any information in the process.
The story after that moment becomes sort of a temporary "road movie"-like story. As the group travels, it becomes apparent that Julia has memories that could only belong to O-Ren. Lucas points out how eerie the situation with Julia is, reminding him of Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo". Greg begins to wonder if, as impossible as it sounds, if Julia is somehow a reincarnation of O-Ren. The group stops at a hotel real briefly, Greg and Julia sharing a room, and Lucas and Beatrix sharing another. Greg and Julia inadvertently make love after Greg has a dream about his and O-Ren's first date, which had also lead rather quickly to their first time making love. Lucas and Beatrix, however, talk a bit about movies and a bit about what happened in "Kill Bill", Lucas pointing out the odd similarities to Beatrix's story "Lady Snowblood" and "Sugar-Howling of Angel". Lucas also reveals to her how he wanted to be a filmmaker, but just "never had a good idea" to use. Beatrix actually takes a liking to Lucas, almost picturing him as being a good father figure to B.B. We jump to Asimi, Yuki and Zatoichi who are ransacking the office at the Ishii Foundation HQ, trying to find any possible leads as to where their targets are heading. Asimi recalls how she and O-Ren met. There is even a flashback that takes place with Asimi and O-Ren in bed, talking about what they want out of life. Yuki comes across a list of potential lots that had been considered for expansion by Greg, a list so short that the first two locations are in San Francisco, and the third being out of town.
The group arrives at an old-style Mission that is no longer in use. They decide to set up a means of being altered whenever Asimi, Yuki and Zatoichi, agreeing on standing watch in the belltower that overlooked the mission. Beatrix begins to call into question about Julia's trustworthiness, finding it odd that she showed up just when Asimi and co. were trying to kill them. Greg defends Julia, Beatrix pretty much cutting him down verbally by saying that he's only doing so because of the fact he screwed up with O-Ren. (Note: I never really locked down the details about what happens within the Mission before Asimi and her crew show up.
Asimi and her crew show up, which basically is the "third act" of the story. Asimi is caught off guard a bit when she sees Julia and how she looks a lot like O-Ren, but not enough during a shootout. Greg and Lucas prove themselves to be good at the old-style guns they picked up. In another part of the mission, Beatrix and Zatoichi end up sword fighting, with Zatoichi getting the upper hand. Greg breaks from the gunfight to check on Beatrix, finding that Zatoichi getting the upperhand. Greg takes O-Ren's sword and tries to get Zatoichi off guard, but he moves out of the way, and causing Greg to get the blade of the sword embedded into a nearby support beam. Beatrix tells Greg to get back to the gunfight, to which he does. Beatrix continues the fight. Zatoichi delivers a death blow from above, his blade making contact with another, and gets another blade right into his chest. Basically, Beatrix ducked down and managed to use her Hanzo sword to kill Zatoichi, while O-Ren's sword blocked the blade of Zatoichi's sword, three inches above Beatrix's head (this bit of the scene was modeled after the scene from the anime "Ninja Scroll", in which the same thing happens.
Greg gets back, only to find Lucas having to get hit in the arm. Julia had went after Asimi, but apparently got caught off guard. Now, you remember the dream O-Ren had in Chapter 7? Where after the part with the fight in the Snow Garden, where O-Ren found herself with a noose around her neck and she is hanged with Greg, Beatrix and Lucas in front of her and a "mysterious woman" next to her? Well, that's pretty much what happens. Yuki gets killed, followed by Asimi, but the gunfight takes too long and Julia ends up on the verge of death. Greg, Lucas and Beatrix manage to get Julia down, Greg performing CPR on her until she breathes on her own again. They bury the bodies of Asimi, Yuki and Zatoichi 8 foot deep hole, so that they couldn't be found. The group begins to head back, Greg and Julia deciding to stay together. Lucas, with a patched up arm, asks Beatrix if he could turn her story into a script and conveys that it'd be "the best revenge movie since 'Death Wish'." Beatrix agrees to, thinking it'd be a fair thing since he volunteered to help out. She even offers to put up the money for his first feature film, which deals with a group of bank robbers in a warehouse.
The final chapter is a loose adaptation of the first dream O-Ren has in Chapter 7, with Julia hesitating for a moment before opening the front door, only to find everything outside the same was it was before. Greg and Julia are married, and they have a little girl they've named O-Ren. There's also a little note at the end about Lucas' first film, and it being a success at the Sundance Film Festival, with plans in the works on a 3-hour revenge movie called "Kill Bill," with Beatrix being both a producer, co-writer and technical consultant.