Minamoto

Age: 25

Gender: Male

Hair: Black

Eyes: Red (wears black sunglasses)

Minamoto is one of the yakuza members of StormClaw, leader of the mafia leader who Ichiro owes money too. He is a massive pervert, but is one of the toughest henchmen of StormClaw's gang. His likes include violating woman, sunglasses and Comedy TV. His dislikes include kids, books, and vegetables.

Chapter 13: Off to Las Vegas

Ian, Rina, Yui, Foxy, Kaeda, Daisuke, Kimza, and Kana were all gathered around Ichiro as he was tied to a chair. Ian had a Windex bottle filled with thick, clear liquids instead of Windex.

Ian pointed the bottle at Ichiro's face, angry, shouted, "You better start talking, Ichiro! Why were people trying to kill us!"

Ichiro was scared; Ian was a scary looking person when he was angry. A tick of sweat sweated from Ichiro's face as Ian pushed the spraying bottle closer and closer to him. Ichiro pondered, thought rashingly over what he was going to do next, said, " Er, I have no id—"

Ian sprayed the liquids inside Ichiro's mouth. Ichiro spat the liquids out, and then was received another squirt of the bottle but in his eyes. Ian however dropped the bottle on his feet and pushed it aside.

" Gah, what's in that thing, water?!" Ichiro exclaimed.

" You wish it was water! Now why don't you TRUTHFULLY tell us why people were trying to KILL US!"

" I don't think I've ever seen Ian this angry before," Rina thought.

" I always thought he was docile," Yui thought.

Ian savagely yanked Ichiro up to his face and glared into his eyes. Ian believed it was all Ichiro's fault—Ichiro was the one who sold his friends for money. Ian then violently shaked Ichiro's body, squeezed his shoulders, and then kicked him in his scrotum.

" Tell-me-WHERE!"

Ian threw Ichiro's body furiously on the ground. He then picked him up, only to push him back on the ground. " That seems a little…extreme" Daisuke thought. " He keeps that up, there won't be anything of Ichiro left."

Finally, Ian stopped abusing Ichiro, and then yanked him by his hair as he picked him up. Ichiro was bleeding, blood trickled from his head, and the sleeves of his clothes were tattered. " Okay, okay, I've had enough. I-I'll tell you anything."

"Good." Ian said, then kicked Ichiro again in the scrotum. " Tell me everything!"

" I-I'll talk too…" Ichiro gave them all a dazzling smile, trying his best smile of persuasion, but it made all of the residents tick sweat. " The beautiful ladies. Hahahaha!"

BONK!

This time, Sherry bonked Ichiro on his head, she was mad with him. " TALK!"

" Ow!' Ichiro moaned after being hit by Sherry. " That really hurt."

"There's a lot more where that came from!" Sherry exclaimed. "Now start talking!"

" Okay, okay, as you might already now, I like woman." Everyone but Daisuke rolled their eyes; Daisuke was staring in his eyes. " We know you like woman. What's the point?" " Well, I had this friend named Minimato."

" Minimato. The same Minimato that tried to violate me?" Yui grimaced.

"Yeah, he does have some prestigious respect for free love. Anyways, Minimato convinced me we should go to Las Vegas together. At first it was a good idea, we won thousands of dollars together, but that's when things started to collapse. It all happened when we meet…" Daisuke's ears twitched, Ian's ears twitched, and every one of the female residents ears twitched. " Hookers."

"Dah!" Everyone but and Kimza all fell comically down. All that had fallen stood back up, their faces blushing red, shouted, " HOOKERS!"

" Yay. Minimato and I were able to find these hookers. At least, I thought they were hookers, but as it turned out they were really policewoman undercover as hookers."

" Heh, dumbass."

"We ran from those fake hookers, but we knew we couldn't outrun them. That's when we ran into this gang leader. We promised he could save our asses, but we'd have to work with him. Me and Minimato started our employment by selling cocaine to people."

Ian got angry again, smacked him on his head again, shouting, "You idiot! Do you have any idea how low that is; someone like YOU actually did it?"

" Yeah, it was pretty stupid. But I felt so good doing it. Remember that time I visited you? I was going to tell you how good things were looking for me until, well, you know how what happened there. But after that, It turned out the locker I hide my share in was vandalized and stolen by some pickpocket. The bastard took everything from me. Now, I'm down 100,000 yen, and was hoping I could get some help from you, Ian, my old friend."

" Pfffffffft! Like that was ever going to happen."

"But you were always so busy, and it seemed like you never had any time for me. So now I'm groveling on my knees, Ian, and hoping you'll be able to help me. Will you please help me?"

Ian's eyes meet Ichiro's. A small smile spread on Ichiro's face, Ian smiled back at him, said, "No."

"WHAT?!" Everyone but Daisuke shouted.

"Yeah, no. Why should I help him? He's done nothing but make me twinge, elude, and torture me! He doesn't deserve our help! He has to deal with his own shit!"

Ian turned away from Ichiro and walked away. He sauntered as he walked away—he was thinking about all the stuff Ichiro did—Ian was smiling as he shunned Ichiro's pleas. Ian felt crummy about himself, he went against everything his mother had taught him, but he couldn't stop thinking about how gratifying it was. "Hold on a moment." Daisuke ran up to Ian and gripped him by his shirt collar. "You may not want to get involved, but I am intrigued."

Daisuke pulled Ian back to Ichiro and set him back by Ichiro. Both Ian and Ichiro had a staring moment, Ichiro weeping his eyes, Ian glaring while scrunching his nose. Daisuke then pushed Ian aside and stared at Ichiro closely. " You say this gang is in Las Vegas, eh? I'll see to it my team of co-workers investigate and unravel this predicament."

" Really?" Ichiro said as fake tears dripped from his eyes. " Oh, thank you for your generosity, Daisuke. You're so much cooler than your cousin Ian. So you'll—"

Daisuke kicked Ichiro in his face, and Ichiro fainted on contact. Daisuke then gripped him by the back of his collar and lifted his body up. "I hate people like you." Daisuke tossed Ichiro's unconscious body to the ground and turned away from him. "The people who plead for others to help them? They're truly pathetic. I've never had any succor in my life, so why do others get the luxuries?"

Everybody stayed clear of Daisuke. Kimza was the only one who joined Daisuke—she was the only one who shared common ground with him. Kimza held Daisuke's right hand as they both walked towards the next room and seemed to be drawing the attention of all residents.

" Daisuke and Kimza sure seem to get along with each other," Rina mused. Rina seemed to be pondering as she rubbed her chin.

" Do you think Daisuke's a lolicon?" Yui mused. Yui also seemed to be pondering as she rubbed her chin.

" That Daisuke friend of yours is pretty scary," Kana said as he shuddered watching Daisuke walk away.

Ian also pondered, rubbed his chin while staring at Daisuke. "Daisuke…what are you planning?"

###

Ian was standing by the rocks. He had a cellphone out and had it placed it on his right ear. `` Aimi, are you there?"

" Ian?" Aimi said. " Is it really you?"

" Yes, it is me, Aimi. I'm calling to tell you I'd like to go with you on our date tonight, but something came up and I'm afraid I'll have to cancel tonight. But I promise we can go somewhere some other time."

" Y-you don't want to go with me? Is it because I'm unattractive? Waaaaaah!"

" No, no, I really have an errand I need to do. Besides, I think you're the most beautiful girl I've ever meet; I'm not just saying that."

" Y-you think I'm beautiful?"

" Yeah. I'll talk to you later. Bye."

###

Meanwhile, in the StormClaw base in Las Vegas, Minamoto was groveling by his boss's throne. Minamoto couldn't see the boss's face hidden in the darkness, but he remembered too well the discriminating appearance – the appearance that made people's blood run cold.

" P-please have m-mercy on me!" Minamota moaned in a hoarse tone. " I…I was just caught off guard for a second. If you give me another chance…I'm sure I can get you Ichiro?"

" A second chance?" An elder voice said placidly. " There are no second chances in our group, Minamota, and you know it. I'm afraid your services in our organization is no longer required." Minamota felt the tip of cold metal press up behind his neck as blood trickled out. " Now there's only time for me to say…" With one foul slash, the assassin behind Minamota swung his sword and decapitated Minamota's head. "… Farewell."

The assassin looked at Minamota's body oozing blood in disgust and pushed him away with his feet. The assassin then showed himself in the light. He wore a traditional white han'nya mask. His arms were painted with horizontal red and black stripes. He was wearing a sleeveless blue shinobi outfit with a skin tight black hooded shirt underneath and gloves. His mask also had a red tongue and yellow teeth and horns. He appeared to have no pupils.

" Shik, excellent work as always. I trust you share no interest of having to assassinate Ichiro?"

" That weakling isn't even worth my time," Shik the man wearing a mask said. " But I understand they have a swordswoman named Kaeda. I also hear she's the daughter of the infamous swordswoman Motoko Aoyama. I think carving out her heart will be payment enough for what her mouth did to me."

" I also hear they've got a girl with master skills in shooting," A male said. Shik turned around and saw another one of his bosses followers walk towards him. The man appeared to be expressionless, like a mask; no one could fathom his thoughts or feelings. He has jet black hair that is very long and combed back behind his head, and very dark eyes. He wore a long sleeveless brown shirt with needles pinned inside of them. " She may not have a mother like Motoko Aoyama, but she's considered a very talented gunslinger all the same."

" But let's not forget about brains," One more man said. Another man walked out of the shadows and looked at Shik. The man had long black hair with bangs, and he was wearing a crown with a blue jewel. In addition to the crown, the man was wearing a golden necklace, boots, wristbands, and a belt, along with golden bands on his upper arms. The rest of his attire consisted of white pants and a red sash. "I hear one of the smartest people in the world is with them, Daisuke Urashima. I hear he can create a well-constructed bridge out of take-out boxes, types on his computer like it's a piano, and never makes any mistakes. The only problem is I'm the smartest man in this world, and I won't let some quack take that away from me."

" It seems we all have an understanding of the Hinata House residents," Shik said, and then he turned to his boss. " Do you have any quarrel with any of the house residents, sir?" The boss stayed quiet around his three well-trained henchman, and It was disquieting for them, but the boss soon smiled and licked his lips. " Let's just say very soon…I'll be reunited with my daughter."

###

The group were packing for Las Vegas. Ian, Rina, Yui, and Kaeda had already finished packing their bags. Ian had a green turquoise duffel bag with all his sundries: toothpaste, toothbrush, rice cookies for a snack, blindfold for when he was sleeping, and his library book Daughter of the Empire.

Rina also had a duffel bag. Her duffel bag however was crimson red instead of turquoise green. And Rina had all that she needed: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Mystery, and Angst manga.

Yui decided to only bring her frying pan and a cookbook.

Kaeda decided to bring her two katana's and three sets of kimono in case she needed to *change*

" I wonder what's taking Daisuke so long?" Ian thought outloud. " He's usually the first one to finish with packing and tests."

" I don't know," Rina said rather coldly towards Ian. " Maybe he's mad because he had to touch your stinky cloths."

" Hey, I don't want to hear that from you, Rina, you—"

BONK!

Yui took out her frying pan and whacked Ian on the head before he could finish his sentence. Ian then collapsed on the ground as he was unconscious. "You were speaking too loud," Yui said nonchalantly. "It's disturbing."

Daisuke then walked into the room Ian, Rina, Yui, and Kaeda were in. Daisuke carried a black duffel bag in his left hand while Kimza clinged onto his right hand. Daisuke's bag were filled with inscrutable machine parts: CPU, Rely (moving part), Batteries, Hard drive, Memory/RAM, and some undistinguishable machine parts.

" Are we ready to go yet?" Daisuke asked, then noticed Ian lying on the ground. " I guess we'll have to wait a little bit longer since Ian decided to take a nap."

Rina and Yui rubbed their heads sheepishly and laughed hoarsely. " Hehehehehe. Guess he must have tired himself out."

Rina stopped laughing and blinked her eyes; she was looking at Kimza. " By the way, Daisuke, is Kimza coming with us?"

" Yeah."

" Well, don't you think it'll be a little dangerous where we're going? Maybe we should get a babysitter for Kimza."

" Not necessary. Kimza doesn't do well with babysitters. There was this one time she was overly friendly with her first babysitter…"

Flashback:

Kimza's babysitter had a gag mouth in her mouth with a rubber band pulled behind her head and her arms were tied behind her back.

Kimza took out a tazer and turned it on as short sparks of blue electricity came out. However, before Kimza could stun the babysitter with the tazer, Daisuke rammed into her and pushed her to the ground.

`` Kimza!``

Flashback End:

" Then there was that time I hired a tutor for her…"

Flashback:

Kimza's babysitter's legs were tied together by rope and she hung upside down. A bullet was fired at the babysitter and narrowly missed her head. Kimza then took out a bin of bullets for ammunition, but was pushed to the ground by Daisuke.

`` Kimza, again!``

Flashback End:

`` And then there was the first time I brought a girl over and Kimza got a little jealous.``

Flashback:

Lola awakened from her sleep. Daisuke`s short purple haired girlfriend was in a bathtub filled with ice and her hands were tied up behind her back. Above her was the young girl Kimza holding an army knife.

`` Lola…``

However, Daisuke for the third time ran up to Kimza, rammed into her and pushed her to the ground.

`` That's it! You`re grounded!``

Flashback End:

`` It`s needless to say she dumped me, but she also filed for a restraining order. Thank goodness she lost.``

`` How did she lose?"

" Let's just say I can be very persuasive."

Flashback:

The judge of the courthouse was under Daisuke`s control. A small metal device was placed on his head and beeped loudly.

`` I command you: You will not allow Lola`s restraining order to work. Understand?"

" Yes…master Daisuke."

Flashback:

" So there you have it. Kimza has to come with us no matter what."

Rina and Yui stared at Kimza. Both were surprised by her, her dark demeanor, and how her cold eyes seemed to be staring coldly into their eyes."

" Kimza is a little scary looking," Rina thought with a feign smile on her face.

" I would hate to get her angry," Yui thought. Yui then noticed Ian was no longer lying on the ground.

" Hey, where Ian?"

###

Ian was getting changed. Ian was getting ready for a hot spring, his bones were stiff and aching, so Ian needed the relaxing feel of the hot springs too cool him. " Geez, Yui, did you have to be so rough? Well, nothing feels better than a hot bath after a long day. I just hope I have enough time."

Ian took off all his clothes (censored only seeing his butt) and prepared to enter the hot spring, but he shuddered at the sound of footsteps aching behind him. Ian turned around and flinched at the sight of Chazona standing behind him. " We're leaving in ten minutes. Make sure to gather all your things."

Chazona turned around and left the hot spring. Ian stood perfectly still and grimaced after *witnessing* Chazona *see* him naked. " She…she saw my butt naked."

###

Daisuke and Kimza were both staring at the machine that would transport them to Las Vegas; the one he built yesterday. He made it yesterday, a giant mechanical replica of a green turtle, half the size of a real airplane, and the eyes were replaced with red lens.

" This is our latest model we've made together, eh, Kimza?" Daisuke reminisced while staring at the plane. " I made it last week, but just looking at it makes it seem like its brand new. It truly is one of my greatest creations."

Kimza was too busy clinging onto Daisuke's arm to care what he was saying. Kimza then nudged her silk silver hair against Daisuke's arm. The sound of footsteps was soon heard, and Kimza reacted by pushing herself away from Daisuke; she would be embarrassed if someone saw her so attached. " Daisuke."

Ian was the one who entered the room first, and he had Chazona by his side. Ian ran up to Daisuke and tapped his right shoulder. " Daisuke, could you tell me why Chazona is out of her room? She told me if she left her room…the entire world would end. Oh god, Daisuke…IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD!"

" Relax, moron," Daisuke said nonchalantly. " Chazona is allowed to pick one day a month where she's allowed to leave her room. And thankful for us she chose today. I've asked her to accompany us on our trip."

" W-what? Why would you do that? Chazona must be frail after staying in one place for so long, so she'll just be sluggish." " Actually, no, she's used to it, and we'll need her psychic abilities to see the location of this yakuza gang."

Ian shuddered feeling Chazona rub his head. Chazona strolled towards Daisuke's ship, but stopped midway too it. " Ian, I know you're worried about me, but I know as long as you're willing to protect me…nothing bad will happen."

" Chazona…"

BONK!

Ian fell on the ground again after being hit on the head for a second time. Yui stood behind Ian's still body with a frying pan in her arms. Yui then nudged her frying pan against Ian's back." Wake up, lover boy." Rina, Kaeda, Kana and Ichiro who was tied up by rope and being dragged by Kana walked up to the plane.

" C'mon. Is tying me up really necessary?" Ichiro groaned.

" Yes," All of them said in unison.

" We cannot trust you. If it were up to you: you'd sell us to this boss to pay back the money you lost or something," Kana said.

" Besides, this is a whole better look on you, Ichiro."

" Harhar, forgive me if I don't laugh," Ichiro said sarcastically. " I hate all of you."

### All members of the Hinata House besides Toru and Tama. "This is Daisuke the captain of this plane," Daisuke said in the microphone. "We'll be departing the Hinata House. Please buckle your seatbelts as we prepare to take off." The back engine of the machine erupted with flames as the ceiling above the house opened and the sky was open.

" This is awesome!" Rina and Ian shouted together in excitement.

" Who made these Doritos?" Yui asked. " It's good, but I can't stand eating food that's better than mine."

" I wonder if I can finish that manga I bought before we reach Las Vegas."

" Our future speed will be 300 miles per hour," Chazona said, predicted.

" Did I ever tell you I'm afraid of height?" Ichiro asked.

" We'll be taking off right…NOW!"

Daisuke's plane few into the sky and disappeared in the sky. The last thing heard was all the residents shouting as loud as they could.

###

In Las Vegas, in the bosses base, two yakuza members were looking at the pictures of all the house residents: Ian, Rina, Yui, Kaeda, Kimza, Foxy, Daisuke, and Ichiro.

" Which one would you like to have as a sex slave?" One of the yakuza members said.

" I like the kid?" The other member said. " I like 'em young."

" You lolicon. Well, I'd like the gorilla girl. She'll satify me go—"

Both members were smacked on the head by a hammer hidden in the shadows. A young woman walked out of the shadows. Short cut hair at the back, with long at the front framing her hair. Freckles cover her whole face. Eyes are the colour of the ocean. Ragged NewYork style jeans, dark green and white button down three-quarter sleeve, with over-sized greasy coach coat and tennis shoes. She took the picture of Ian, raised it up to her lips and kissed it. " Soon…I call make you mine."

Days until Ian finds his true love: 80.5 (half a day is gone)

End of Volume 2