OSPREY…SWOOOSH
UO: Hey guys how's it going?
Tatsuki: I haven't been able to get any sleep.
UO: Why?
Tatsuki: ICHIGO AND ORIHIME HAVE BEEN GOING AT LIKE RABBITS
UO: Nice.
Andrew: I concur
Tatsuki: (Huffs) Boys.
UO: You do realize that you and Andrew could have a scene like the last chapter right?
Tatsuki: (Blushes furiously) Damn it.
UO: And let's just say what I had for our cute couple is nothing compared to what I have planned for you.
(Ichigo and Orihime showed up. Ichigo had kiss marks and Orihime's hair was in a jumbled mess with her lips swollen. She also had a noticeable limp but was absolutely radiant.)
Andrew: Geez you did a number on her.
Ichigo: Well when you got a beautiful girl that turns into a sexy goddess, why wouldn't I ravish her?
UO: I am not going to be dealing with a pregnant cast member am I?
Orihime: Nope. Though I ran out this morning and will need to get some more. Mou…I don't think I'll be walking straight anymore. Ichigo can we take a break on the sex please? (Her puppy dog eyes are in full force)
Ichigo: Of course Hime. Anything for you.
Andrew: Well damn, Ichigo lightened up. Thanks boss.
UO: (Waves it off) whatever. Just make sure your not pregnant and I'm fine. Can someone do the disclaimer please?
Tatsuki: G UnitedOsprey1991 doesn't own the teams, manufacturers or the drivers or Bleach. He only owns the plot and any driver you would not recognize.
UO: ON WITH THE SHOW
Normal: Dialogue
"Italics and quotations": Radio, track announcer, phone conversation
Underlined and Italics: Lyrics or TV broadcast
'Italics and apostrophe': Thoughts
Bold: Yelling
Bold and Italics: Yelling in head:
Name followed by a colon: In-race TV Announcer
Chapter 27: Machinations unearthed, Puppeteer revealed
Saturday August 6th about 7:30 AM Japan Time
Last time began the month long break for all of the racers. While some used the break for more some more scrupulous business like Aizen attempting to try and seek a deal with Shell. His plans seemingly took a hit when they declined the partnership and Aizen made plans to destroy them. Not all plans were evil as Andrew caught up with his friends and discussed the season with several people on Youtube. On the other side of the Pacific, Ichigo and Orihime spent some quality time together with the Tanabata festival. The magic of the night seemed to bless the couple as they gave their hearts and each other in a night of lovemaking neither of them will forget.
Sunlight streamed in from the curtains in the room. The light gently fell on the sleeping girl on the bed. Orihime moaned reached up with her hands to try to block it. Slowly she started to open her eyes. She looked up and saw a familiar ceiling. She was definitely in Ichigo's room, she recognized the colors. As she gained consciousness, she realized three things. The first was her body was incredibly sore, especially between her legs and her breasts. The second was the only thing that was keeping her modesty was a thin summer blanket that was elevated by her breasts. And third there was a vacant spot next to her when she knew there should be a body there. The memories then came flooding back to her and the smile she sported seemed to permanently etch onto her face. The festival, the declarations of love and the whole experience of giving her virginity to Ichigo, it was everything she could have wished for. Except maybe if it was their wedding night. But she figured what she got was really good.
Her musings were cut short when the door was opened. She beamed as she saw Ichigo came into the room.
A few minutes prior
Ichigo was in the kitchen in his pants and was shirtless as he made breakfast. He had already cut up the fruit and was making some pancakes, some bacon and some eggs to take up to Orihime. He grinned at the memories of last night. To hold Orihime, with nothing between them and then making love to her in the moonlight. It was oddly satisfying. His only regret was he probably rendered Orihime unable to walk today. But something in him decided that he did something great. He hoped Orihime enjoyed last night because he'd like to do that again, though probably without her getting hurt. Looking at the phone he brought down he smiled at the text from Andrew.
"How was the festival?"
Ichigo smirked and typed a response. "Great. Also points are not the only thing I'm ahead of you in. ;)
The response was almost comical and he laughed. "You lucky SOB. Tatsuki says treat Hime right."
"I know. Making breakfast talk to you later."
Putting his phone on the tray he carried the tray up to his room and opened the door. Looking up after he opened the door, he smiled. Orihime was absolutely radiant and her smile couldn't be wider if she tried. Knowing that underneath the blankets she was naked was turn on but he willed it down as he approached the bed.
"Morning Hime."
"Morning Ichigo. Breakfast smells good." Orihime said gently.
He nodded and set the tray down and they started eating. During the meal they took turns feeding each other parts of the breakfast leading to situations were some of them fell on their bodies. They took great pleasure licking the bits off and tasting each other but decided for the moment not to start another round of sex quite yet.
After finishing their breakfast laid together under the blankets for a few minutes, just basking in the glow of last night's activities. Ichigo took a quick whiff of himself and made a face that Orihime giggled at.
"I guess we need a bath." Orihime said knowingly.
"Yeah, come one I'll take you to the bath." Ichigo said climbing out and stripping off his boxers. Orihime wanted to protest but her body felt like jello at the moment and she doubted she could move without limping. Ichigo picked up Orihime gently and carried her bridal style to his bathroom. It was a good thing hat he had his own bathroom as walking naked through the halls would be difficult to explain. Going into the bathroom, Orihime raised her head at the décor. It had a nice sized shower where she and Ichigo normally bathed separately. But their target was the large marble tub. It took up half the room and had Jacuzzi like settings. Ichigo sat Orihime on the edge of the cool surface causing her to shiver as he warmed up the bath. When it was sufficiently warmed up Ichigo place his goddess in the water who instantly moaned at the relief.
Ichigo grabbed some bathing supplies and then slid in behind her wrapping his arms around her stomach. They sighed in bliss at the warm waters and Orihime closed her eyes.
"When we met six months ago, do you think we would be here? Sitting in a bathtub after our first time together." Ichigo asked.
Orihime opened her eyes slightly. "No. In fact six months ago I was confident in keeping myself apart from you guys. It seems that fate had other plans." Orihime giggled and leaned back into Ichigo's chest. "I went from having only one real friend in Tatsuki to having a wonderful boyfriend, to probably the best night I ever had." At the reminder of last night she moaned. "Mou…I wish you were gentler."
Ichigo chuckled. "You asked for it, but I can work on that." He said as he reached for her shampoo and squeezed a healthy portion of it. Lathering it up he started to massage it into the princess' scalp, making sure to get every part of her hair getting a pleasured moan out of her.
"Ichigo…(Moan) that feels so good."
"Thanks, helping Yuzu and Karin when they were younger kind of helps."
Ichigo spent the next couple of minutes washing her hair getting pants out of the princess. Picking some water he washed her hair out.
"Hime…if you want I can wash the rest of your body as well."
"No…(Pant)…just wash my back I can do my front."
Ichigo said nothing as he was washed the girl's back. Poor Orihime moaned at the touch and she was starting to feel a build-up of lust. Washing of the soap Ichigo smiled at Orihime's expression.
"Just give me a minute to calm down Ichigo-kun." Orihime said calming down.
Ichigo chuckled and laid back closing his eyes.
"Can I return the favor?" She said with a voice that seemed different.
Ichigo paid no attention and just turned around resting his arms against the edge. He snapped his eyes open when he didn't feel the wash cloth but rather Orihime's soft breasts.
"H-Hime?" Ichigo stuttered.
Orihime giggled. "I thought this would work better."
Ichigo growled. "You know that we aren't going to be leaving this room today right?"
Orihime wrapped her arms around his neck. "I kind of figured when you said that last night wasn't going to be the only time we would have sex."
Ichigo turned around and kissed Orihime. "You got that right."
They spent the rest of the day getting themselves dirtier than before the bath. But it didn't matter to them, their love was absolute.
Saturday August 6th, 10:00 US Eastern Time, Newark Airport
Tatsuki yawned as she and Andrew waited in the baggage claim area of the airport. The reason was simple, Andrew was fulfilling a promise he made to his friends at TheRunawayguys and allowing them to record for a week. They also were going to allow him on the stream they had planned tonight and their next recording so Andrew was thrilled to hang out with these guys.
The one issue is that all three of the youtube group were coming from different parts of the continent they were coming from three different airports and three different times and also two different terminals. (Newark Airport has three terminals. Terminal A is for domestic and Air Canada, B is international airlines save for Delta, C is the United, formally Continental, wing)
"It's going to be a long day. Ugh…who's flying in first?" Tatsuki asked from her seat in the baggage claim.
"Chugga is coming from Atlanta, he should be arriving soon. Tim was delayed in Milwaukee due to rain. Jon is in the air coming from Calgary. So just be patient." Andrew said looking through his phone. He came across a news article that made him wince. "Damn."
"What?"
"NASCAR reporter Steve Byrnes dies of cancer. Steve, 56, died after a long battle of cancer, a source close to the family said. NASCAR paid tribute to him at Sunday's race in Indianapolis. Stand Up 2 Cancer raised over $300,000 and his last tweet to fan asking if he saw the tribute was 'I saw it all.' Damn. I have to send condolences." Andrew said as he started sending out his tweet.
Tatsuki whistled. "I take it you knew him?"
"Yeah, first year in the A division he interviewed me at Daytona before the 500. He walked up to me and he could tell I was actually nervous. He had this calming air around him when he covered the pits. I heard he got cancer two years ago and thought he fought it off. (Sigh) Damn…well I hope he went out peacefully."
Tatsuki smiled. "I'm sure he enjoyed to support."
Andrew nodded and then his phone pinged. Looking at the message, he grinned. "Emile landed he's Airtran, Tim just left, he'll be on Southwest. Jon is in Delta in the next terminal over."
A few moments later, Emile appeared with his normal enthusiastic grin. "Hey Andrew!" He walked over and grabbed him in a hug.
"Glad I took Airtran because I feared the train would be late." Andrew groaned. "Emile, you just got here."
"Sorry but at least I didn't use Southwest. Isn't it weird Tim's flying Southwest to go to the Northeast?"
Tatsuki facepalmed. "And we have a week of this?"
Andrew smiled sheepishly as they got Emile's bags. An hour later Tim showed up looking as happy as he claimed Yoshi was. Retrieving his bags, they headed over to the other terminal and waited for Jon to come in. When they saw him after he cleared customs, Emile immediately started with the puns getting everyone to groan.
"Emile. I seriously hope you didn't cause people to want throw you off the plane."
"Jon, give me some credit. I can be mature when I need to."
Andrew was rubbing his head. "Let's get going. I'm hungry and I know a couple of places around here."
They made their way of the airport and towards Andrew's ride, a 2064 Chevy Trailblazer. With Andrew's Mustang in Japan, he had to use his dad's old car. It was fine with him and he was able to put everyone's bags in the trunk.
After leaving the airport they headed to one of Andrew's favorite restaurant chains, Red Robbins, to which everyone else involved had never been. Sitting down and ordering their drinks, they finished catching up after Andrew said he had the whole meal.
"And that's why I will always regret the day I say "Move faster Pokey." No thanks to Mr. Pun Master here." Jon said mock glaring at Emile.
For his part, Emile looked sheepish which was not bought by anyone at the table. Andrew then turned the conversation to their project. "So what games do you think we should play tonight?"
"Well I think definitely a round of Mario Party and a few rounds of Smash Bros, aren't out of the question. I also think we should play a game you want to play, considering its your house." Jon said.
"Alright, and I believe you have the new Mario game to record over the week plus a few others you want to play."
"Yep. We've been advertising you for the stream, hopefully we can break our personal best of 8,000 viewers." Emile said.
"A celebrity would probably do that to anything you guys do." Tatsuki said as their orders came in. "Whatever the case I think it will be fun. Who knows who will show up to your livestreams?"
"Yeah, I put the message out as well, think Ichigo will be listening in. Don't know if the other racers will tune in, but I'm fine with whoever comes in."
They finished eating with some more barbs traded. After paying they went back to Andrew's place and started setting up.
At 8:00PM the designated time to start, final preparations were made.
"Stream is up, and chat is active. Boy there are a lot of subscriptions to go through." Jon said as he instructed Tatsuki on how to monitor the chat.
"Camera is ready and so are the mics." Tim said giving a thumbs up.
"Connections set, capture card ready, batteries charged, computer for research ready to go." Emile said.
"Snacks and drinks are ready, let's get this started. Tatsuki count us down." Andrew said looking at the screen.
Tatsuki started counting down from ten. At one, the camera was turned on and for a few moments there was silence and then Emile said something."
"Citizens of Emileland. I Emperor Emile have called up to tell you we have made a pit stop at an unknown world. We will persevere and we will conquer."
There was a few moments of silence, during which Andrew facepalmed. "Really we are going that route. Pit stop really."
"Unfortunately this is par for the course for him." Jon said while Tim laughed.
"Welcome everyone to a Runawayguys stream. Of course I am Chuggaconroy to my left…"
"Protonjon, wondering how I'm going to survive a week with him."
"And to my right…"
"Nintendocaprisun. (Burp)"
"Yes you heard that right we are here for a week. We are guests at the home of our guest player, some of you might recognize."
"Yes. Hello Everyone, I am Andrew Michaels, GarnetOsprey91. I opened my home to these gentlemen to record and to hang out. And After six hours with them, I am wondering what I was on when I agreed to do this."
Everyone laughed as the chat blew up. "And we have a fifth potential player with us."
"Yeah well I may not be as good as you guys, but Andrew has been teaching me to play some of these games. Sorry, I'm Tatsuki Arisawa, Andrew's girlfriend.
"And they say girls aren't gamers. Way to prove that wrong Tatsuki." Emile said.
"Enough talk, time to brawl." Andrew said as they booted up the game while Jon read of the recent subscriptions.
An hour later, they had learned three things. One, Emile's puns could get worse. Two, the chat was loving the fights especially when they did the tag matches. Three, Tatsuki was really good at fighting games.
After an hour of playing, they switched the games out. Andrew decided to bring out the new racing simulation game based on the Grand Prix. Andrew explained that it was a 180 from Mario Kart and promised to play that after giving this game a try.
Seeing the game start-up the youtubers were amazed at the detail in the game. Once the title screen was up they immediately went to versus mode.
"Okay is there a competitive balance in this game?" Jon asked.
"Uh…none that I can tell. However if this game is like real life, they would mimic the respective teams and have several regional tiers. The career mode is similar to Gran Turismo save you can choose a real driver or make your own.
They pulled up the driver select screen and Andrew had to explain some of the drivers.
"Montoya, from the Ganassi Racing team. They were in GP3 last year they got promoted at the expense of Lizard 5 Motorsports." He explained to Jon. Emile selected a woman driver. "Jennifer Button, of the McLaren team. They were the team that Kurosaki-Ishida replaced."
They immediately went to the GP1 teams as Andrew explained the drivers as they selected. When they got to the Souske drivers, Andrew grimaced because his opinions could be taken the wrong way.
"Okay, because of our current situation with the team I am going to withhold what I really think of at least two of the drivers.
"Who? Grimmjow and Ulquiorra right?" Jon asked.
"Yeah, more so Grimmjow, though Ulquiorra had his moments. Tier and Gin we have little problem with though I have a very uneasy feeling about Gin, I do not know why." Andrew said.
In the end, Andrew chose himself, Jon chose Robert Johnson, Emile went with Ralph Hamilton and Tim went with Serenity Gordon because in his words, "She was pretty."
When they got to the track selection screen, Emile turned to Andrew. "So are there any easy tracks?"
Andrew chuckled. "There aren't any "easy" tracks so to speak. If you're looking for tracks that aren't that difficult to navigate I think we can find a few. Daytona, the only real issue is the chicane on the back stretch. Hungary is flat and doesn't have a lot of tricky areas. Silverstone is relatively easy, well at least the turns are, you need to learn to use the brakes. What else, we could try Melbourne and Malaysia. If you feel really daring I could use some practice on Spa."
"Why daring?" Jon asked.
"Let's just say the track is really difficult and leave it at that." Andrew said as they went with Daytona to start on the GP configuration.
The games and fun went on for a few more hours and then they called it quits after midnight with several thousand people watching and enjoying their hilarious gameplay.
August 8th about 1:00PM
The group had just finished lunch and were casually lounging around the house taking a break from video gaming. Emile was walking around and happened to enter William's office. He whistled at all the books and computers.
"Got to say, Mr. Michaels has some good tech here." He said his curiosity getting the better of him. He sat down in the chair and pretended to be William.
"Jon go file those papers, Tim get my dry cleaning, Shauntal (Masaneanela) make me a sandwich. Hehe…I crack myself up sometimes." He said. Looking around his desk he spotted something. He reached over and examined it.
"Huh, Japanese Kanji. Shame I can't read it. I should, I mean most video games are Japanese."
"Emile? Emile!?" Andrew called out.
"In here!" He called back.
Andrew walked into the office and had a tic mark growing. "Emile, What the Hell are you doing in here!?"
"Sorry, I got curious."
"Yeah they said that to the cat too." Andrew said. He looked at what was in Emile's hand. "What are you doing messing with my dad's stuff?" Andrew said marching over to him.
"Sorry. I just found it curious that your dad has something with Japanese Kanji on it."
His anger dissipating, Andrew walked up to Emile and examined the drive carefully.
"Tatsuki, can you come in here?"
"Guys what's the hold up?" Jon asked as he and Tim followed Tatsuki into the office.
"Can you read this?" Andrew said holding up the flash drive. "There is kanji on top of the drive."
Tatsuki took and looked at. She gasped.
(Bleach OST: Treachery)
"Don't leave us in suspense. What does it say?" Emile said.
"K-K-Kyoka Suigetsu." Tatsuki said with wide eyes. Andrew growled and grabbed his head. "You've got to be kidding me."
"What's so special about that Kanji? I mean it can mean anything?" Tim said.
"Not these words. They represent the last person I would think Dad would get involved with. Souske Limited."
Jon crossed his arms. "What I don't get is why?"
"One way to find out, let's crack this baby open." Emile said.
Andre nodded and inserted it into the computer. Pulling out the files, they all widened their eyes as financial numbers came up.
"What the hell? These are financial records." Jon asked.
Emile looked at the numbers. "There are two sets of numbers. This slide here says public numbers." He took the mouse and pulled up another file that said real numbers. "These say real numbers."
"Souske has been saying they've been making increased profits. But this is telling us that they are in massive debt. They may not make the year end." Andrew said.
Tatsuki noticed something else. "Payments." Emile clicked on it and she covered her mouth in shock. "That bastard has been funding terrorist organizations and political machines. He already has eight countries in his back pocket."
"Not just countries, he has enough power in several countries that could potentially give him control of worldwide hydrogen production." Andrew said. He looked at the payments dates and swore. "That son of a bitch! Look Tatsuki after Easter and early May." Tatsuki looked at it and gasped. "April 7th. We were in Tokyo and some Yakuza punks tried to jump us. May 11th that was in Austria where they stole the Baumgartner suit. May 16th, payments for Mechon units with specification to eat 27th, payment to rob Monte Carlo casino. We were there. At the Tokyo and Monaco incidents we recovered cards with the same Kanji. God damn it I knew I wasn't paranoid." Andrew said.
"Wow. This sounds like a Tom Clancy thriller." Tim said.
Emile looked and saw one more file that said, 'Journal.' Clicking on it, they discovered they need a password. Emile typed in Kyoka Suigetsu and got denied with a note that said nine more tries before it was deleted.
"We need to be careful. Do any of you know any hacking skills?" Andrew asked.
"I can try but it might take a while." Jon said.
"Try. You do realize none of this leaves the room except to my father right?"
The three nodded and Jon took over and began to meticulously sort through the code. It was a tense few moments as Jon had activated a security protocol that would have sent a signal out to owner had it not been defeated in due time. After a couple more minutes, Jon smiled.
"We're in." Jon said. They pulled open the file and what was in it confirmed their worst fears and then some.
Andrew had to sit down. "God. This man is a monster. I'm glad I didn't go to him"
Tim was rubbing his chin. "So we have all the records here but it doesn't answer who gave it to your dad."
Andrew sighed. "Aizen would not want this getting out, so someone else must have passed the information along. However, getting it to my dad is a different story."
"It would have to be someone with a lot of connections and a grudge against Souske." Jon mused.
"I got it. Its either Kurosaki or Kuchiki." Emile said. Andrew and Tatsuki looked at each other wide eyed.
"It makes the most sense. They have the most to gain if Souske lost or lose if Souske beat them. But to get it to your father." Tatsuki said.
"Would more than likely need both of them. One to infiltrate Souske and pass to Isshin and Isshin would then pass it to my dad." Andrew said.
"It would probably be one of the drivers. Either Tier or Gin." Tim said.
"It's Gin. He used to race for Kuchiki. What if he is still employed by them?" Andrew said. He looked at the three youtubers. "Do you guys have spare flash drives?"
The three of them nodded and went to get them. They came back and Andrew made copies of the data and transferred it to the drives.
"Aizen is going to find out sooner or later. If something happens to this data or us, you are the only ones who can bring him to justice. You three are going to be the least likely suspects. However, he might figure out when you guys were here and could have found this data. I am not going to force you to do anything."
The three guys looked at each other and debated shortly and one by one, they took their drives back.
"We won't let you down." Emile said.
"You can count on us." Tim said happily.
"They won't get the data as long as we are alive." Jon said.
Andrew nodded. "If it becomes too much, let me know and destroy the data. Aizen cannot know you are involved. If he does he will trace it back to me and I will be done. I thank you for your sacrifice."
The gloomy mood disappeared as they made it look like it was never accessed and went back to playing their games.
Later that night after calling it quits on the games for the day, the three youtubers started watching a movie, partly to do something, partly to educate Emile on the films.
Meanwhile, Andrew and Tatsuki were up in their room and calling their friends in Japan. Considering the time difference, they would probably be waking them up.
A few moments of waiting and the call connected revealing a shirtless and very grumpy Ichigo.
"You know how early it is over here?" Ichigo asked as he sat down on the bed.
"Sorry for interrupting your sex time." Andrew asked chuckling.
Ichigo growled but then calmed down as Orihime's arms wrapped around him. Her head popped up on his shoulder and was wearing what looked to be one of Ichigo's shirts.
Tatsuki was a bit more curious. "Hey there Hime. You feel alright?"
Orihime giggled. "I haven't felt this good ever. You'll see what I mean if you ever do that with Andrew."
Tatsuki blushed and looked away. Andrew though looked serious. "Sorry for waking you guys but this is kind of serious. Are your dad and your sister's home?"
Ichigo frowned. "No, dads at work, the twins are at school. Why?"
Andrew nodded. "I am about to send you something that will prove my suspicions and might make you upset at our boss." Andrew plugged in the flash drive and then sat the data to Ichigo. A few moments later, Ichigo swore. "How the heck did you get this?"
"My dad had this on a flash drive. You have one of the seven copies I made. My friends have three of them, you have the fourth, me and Tatsuki have five and six, and I am going to send the seventh to a highly trusted friend."
"How do you know this will be safe?"
"All four of my friends are on different sides of the continent. If Aizen tries to move, they call me I can get the other three to go to the police. The reason I made an additional copy is because I know Aizen will try to trace where the breach came from. My fourth person was not here when the breach occurred." Andrew said.
"We are playing a dangerous game here."
"So is our dad's and more than likely Byakuya. They think they are the only ones playing this game, what they don't realize, is if they bring Aizen down, they are going to be brought down as well."
"What?"
"Not now, we will confront our dad's sometime this week. I am going to have my friends as well."
Ichigo nodded. He looked to Orihime and saw her scared expression. "It will be okay Hime. We will get through this. Your not going to get hurt."
"It will be a cold day in hell before Orihime or Tatsuki get hurt." Andrew said as they discussed plans on the encounter.
Four days later August 12th about 10:00 AM
Waking up early was hard for the driver and the gamers, but with their mission at hand they had to be ready for just about anything.
Walking in and saying hello to all of the staff and introducing Jon, Emile and Tim, they walked up to William's office and knocked.
William looked up and saw Andrew. "Hey sport. I see you brought your friends. You think about introducing them to a real job."
This got them to laugh and got the group on a tour. When they went to the conference room, Andrew discreetly nodded to Tatsuki who closed the door.
"So you guys have any questions?" William asked.
"Yeah, actually I have a question. Are you going to be expanding internationally?" Emile asked.
"Uh no, we don't have the resources." William said and if they were paying attention, they would have noticed a slight edge to his questioning.
"Really because I've heard of a great company that could help you out." Tim asked.
"I don't think a company that sponsors video gamers would want anything to do with me." William said getting nervous.
"No I think you've heard of them. Something like Sasuke Limited." Jon said hoping William would take the bait.
"Souske Limited, I'm sorry we aren't doing business with them." William said.
"So this flashdrive with Souske's Kanji on it says you have not been dealing with them?" Andrew asked.
William stood up. "Where did you get that?"
"You can thank Emile here, he found it on your desk. Saw some interesting numbers on this." Andrew said as he motioned everyone to sit. "What I want to know is why you kept this from me?"
William chuckled. "I thought you were going to ask how I got it?" The silence told William they were smarter than they looked. "Unless…."
"We already figured how you got it, yes. And let's just say I am not the only son with a gripe."
At this the video call started ringing. William looked at the screen and saw it was a call from Isshin and another number.
"I suggest you answer that dad." Andrew said crossing his arms.
William hesitantly picked up the call. On the screen was Isshin in his office and Ichigo and Orihime in the background. On the second screen, Byakuya Kuchiki was on the screen.
"William I thought I told you we had a gag order on this, how the hell Andrew got it?"
"So you weren't planning on telling us until when? When Souske took over the world? I saw the numbers." Ichigo said.
"It matters not, we cannot use the financial data unless we have access to the journal and that's password protected."
"April 9th, ordered Yakuza group to harass Kurosaki drivers, they got caught when they mistimed their target. May 11th, Baumgartner suit in our possession, we have the race in Austria in the bag. May 28th, the gang I hired to rob the casinos got stopped by the Kurosaki drivers who were there." Andrew said. "That journal you're looking for kind of confirmed our suspicions they were after us.
The two CEO's looked passive, but you could read them, they were astonished.
"Yeah, it was pretty tough to crack it and we nearly lost the data but we got around it. What I want to know is why it took you so long to act on this information."
"Because without that journal, Souske would have called us out for tampering. It took a lot just to insert someone close to him." Byakuya said.
"Gin Ichimaru, right?" Andrew asked. The silence confirmed it. Andrew rubbed his eyes. "Before you asked I saw you talking to him before the Austrian Race."
Byakuya just about lost it. "You are a rookie driver! What would you have done! That monster killed one of my drivers! You are a video gamer and a driver not a business person."
"I know enough that if you go forward now, all three companies will fall!" Andrew asked. This actually got Byakuya to back off.
"What are you talking about?" Isshin asked.
"I mean with how much all three companies own especially in the energy markets, if he falls, you guys fall. It will be a depression not seen since the 2008 financial crisis." Andrew said. "This big crashes happen in cycles. 2001 the dot com bust, 2008, housing bubble, 2015 the Cold War, 2022, 2029, 2035, 2042, 2049, a delayed one because of the war but there was one in 2055, then 2063-64 now it looks like Souske is about to cause this one." He widened his eyes and all three business men realized the same thing shortly after he said it. "It's already starting to happen, the energy prices have taken a hit because of excess supply.
"If he fails in his plans, he's going to intentionally trigger a crash and then buy up all the failed companies under the Kuchiki and Kurosaki umbrella. He could also potentially take over the countries he has invested in." Isshin said with some trepidation.
"His plans are simple, he is going to buy up enough infrastructure to have majority control of all the process of hydrogen production. He's been trying to get it through us losing stock prices by making us fail. Me and Andrew have actually increased the price of our stock." Ichigo said with a smile.
"By contrast, we have taken a hit." Byakuya mused. "Mainly through our performance and through a transition we are undergoing.
"Speaking of on track, I haven't received an apology from Soi Fong on her comments but that's beside the point. I want to know, why keep it from us?"
The silence was all the answer they needed. "I can understand Isshin, but Dad, what the hell? We trusted each other, we were the only thing we had. You could have told me, we could have figured this out!" Andrew was screaming at this point. "Now because of your mistrust, everything I worked for, everything we worked for, will disappear because of the mess you made. You put the company ahead of me, something you swore never to do?" Andrew screamed. He walked to the door with Tatsuki and the other boys walking behind them. "I'm going up to Rhode Island till we have to fly to Belgium. I just don't want to talk to you right now, Father." Andrew slammed the door behind them.
"Great job dad, Andrew was probably the toughest person I know, to see him that close to crying, you probably just severed a bond that was more than father-son and you are pretty close to losing ours." Ichigo said walking away.
William looked absolutely shattered as he hung up with both CEO's. He walked back to his office and knocked on the door to his HR person. "Heather, cancel all my appointments and direct all calls to Javi."
"Okay."
William walked into the office, locking the door and sat down at his desk, and perhaps for the first time in years started to cry, wondering where it all went wrong. He gambled on helping Isshin bringing down Aizen and it potentially severed his son's relationship with him. God he was an idiot, this expansion may have been good for the company, but at what true cost.
A couple of hours of pitying himself and praying later, he realized he needed to fix this fast. Taking his keys, he rushed home. If his timing was right, he might get home before Andrew left.
At the Michael's house.
They had dropped Jon, Emile and Tim with the intention of staying in touch. They were now packing up for their vacation up to Rhode Island. But it was clear to Tatsuki that Andrew was distracted.
"Andrew, weren't you being harsh to your father?" Tatsuki asked.
"He kept a damn secret that could probably ruin our lives, I have freaking right to be upset at him." Andrew said as he put some clothes in a suitcase. He didn't have to pack much, but Tatsuki had to pack her gear and her clothes.
"Did you see him? He was looked like a broken man when you screamed at him."
Andrew looked scoffed. "Yeah, well when your own son figures out that his dad is trying to protect the world by putting his company ahead of his son, he should have figured he would get that reaction."
Tatsuki sighed. Andrew was as stubborn as Ichigo. This would probably take a while. Before they could continue, there was a knock on the door. Andrew walked up and saw William. He scowled. "Yes Mr. Michaels?"
William flinched. "Okay…I deserved that. Look son…I'm sorry okay. It was an absolutely stupid move. I should have told you the moment I found out. But, something prevented me and it was not the gag order from Isshin."
Andrew stepped out of the room. "What was it?"
"It was to protect you. Isshin said it was to protect our children. But it nearly cost me my son. In some ways I think I have. Enjoy your trip." William turned to walk down stairs.
"Dad wait." William turned and Andrew hugged him tight. William was surprised by the hug.
"I'm sorry I yelled at you. I know you were protecting me. Just don't keep secrets from me again, alright?"
William started sniffling. "Don't cry, dad, you're a stronger person than I am." Andrew said. "I was out of line there."
William smiled and wiped his eyes. "I guess I should have realized that you were old enough to handle more responsibilities. I enjoyed the time we had this past couple of weeks. Guess it's getting hard to have an influence in your life."
"Dad, you have no idea how much influence you still have on me." Andrew said. He looked at his watch. "We better get going if we aren't going to get any traffic." Andrew said as he went back to his room and started grabbing their bags.
"Before you leave, I have something I want to give you." William said as he went downstairs.
Andrew and Tatsuki packed their gear into the truck. As Andrew turned to say goodbye, Dad had something in his hand.
"I've had control over your accounts since you were seven years old. At 18 I gave you control of your winnings. All I need is your signature and all of the sponsor money, the royalties all the money we earned over the years in racing and even the stocks we have invested in are yours. Look at the numbers.
Andrew looked at the number and gasped. "T-twenty million dollars in my c-checking account? Fift ymillion in my savings account?
"This is all the sponsorship, race winnings and the salary you got from being an employee at Allied and at Kurosaki-Ishida that you have earned in the last ten years. You've only splurged really twice, for your game system and your Mustang so that money has only increased. It's all yours. Guess you'll be looking for a new house soon." He said depressed.
Andrew handed the checkbook to Tatsuki and hugged his dad. "I do have a home, well actually I have two homes now. But I'll always be your son."
Andrew released the hug and got into the car, Tatsuki already in it to give them some space. Waving good bye they pulled out of the driveway with William watching them depart.
"That boy of mine…I knew when he was born, he was going to do great things." He looked up at the sky. "God…please watch over him, he may not be as religious as me, but he is my son and I believe that before this season is out, he will be put in mortal danger."
Bridgeport, Connecticut about 5:30PM
They had stopped at a rest area near Bridgeport and Tatsuki took some pictures of the new coast line. One of the areas that benefited from the global ice meltdown was Bridgeport. Because of its protected harbor, Bridgeport was saved from the economic destruction that befell cities like Miami, London and very nearly Barcelona and Monaco. In fact two of the tracks that were once part of the F1 schedule, Singapore and Baku were sunk when the oceans rose and swallowed the cities. Other tracks like Malaysia and Belgium barely managed to protect the cities and the tracks and as a result environmental protection became to forefront of a lot of countries economic policy. This was part of the reason why hydrogen fuel took off like it did. It was seen as a cleaner alternative and a way to use all the excess water.
Tatsuki sighed as she put down the camera. "It's funny." Andrew walked up next to her. "Forty years ago, our civilization was on the brink of collapse. Now we are going to space and our world though still incredibly damaged, is on its way to recovery." Andrew watched over the coast. "I think we're the first generation with hope for the future since our great-grandparents time. And it's because we survived and we have a more sustainable population. And now someone is about to destabilize it."
Tatsuki said nothing and wrapped her arms around Andrew's arms. "I'm glad I met you, your probably the first guy that I can show my more vulnerable side. It's…soothing to let my walls down."
Andrew smiled and leaned into kiss her. They walked back to the truck and drove towards Rhode Island.
Two hours later (Lemon warning ahead)
They had arrived at Andrew's house in Rhode Island. In contrast to the mansion that he lived in New Jersey, this was a much smaller home but it very cozy. It was one story house in a relatively new complex of houses. It had a mostly wooden floor with some stone walls and had three bedrooms. Settling their bags in Andrew's room, the powered up the house. Andrew went searching through the cabinets and found an unopened bottle of wine. Going to the music player he plugged his player and scrolled through his playlist.
"You found some wine?" Tatsuki asked.
"Yep, can you get a couple of wine glasses?" Andrew said as he turned on the T.V.
Tatsuki brought the glasses over and Andrew pour the glasses.
"To the rest of the season." Andrew raised his glass.
"To our health." Tatsuki said as clinked the glasses.
Two hours later, they had drank half the bottle and were definitely drunk. In their inebriated states, they figured out a few of things. One, Tatsuki when drunk was as bubbly as Orihime. Two, Andrew was more assertive and could hold his alcohol. Three, Tatsuki was a closet exhibitionist as she casually unbuttoned her shirt and revealed her bra.
As they laughed at another story, Tatsuki blundered and spilled some of her wine on Andrew's shirt."
"Damn it, ugh, I'm going to go change my shirt." Andrew said but Tatsuki held him down.
"Don't. Here." Tatsuki shucked her shirt off. "You can toss your shirt as well."
Andrew shrugged and tossed his shirt. "I only think turnabout is fair play." Andrew said. Tatsuki giggled and pointed to her stomach. "I don't want your wine to go to waste."
Andrew chuckled. "If you say so." He dribbled some of the liquid onto her stomach. Then he took a hesitant lick of her stomach which got her to giggle and then moaned when he put more effort.
"Sorry. It tickles." Andrew dribbled some more on her stomach and kept doing that. After the drink was gone he crawled up to face. The flushed expression indicated her inebriated state but she was definitely sober enough to smile at him.
"I guess I should explain. I always had this fantasy of being exhibited with food all over my body. Nyotiamori or female body presentation, its where woman are presented naked and covered with all sorts of food. I saw it once and I wanted to do that. But my womanly pride kept me from doing that."
Andrew chuckled. "Well definitely not the weirdest fetish I've heard. We can try that sometime."
Play Only Time by Enya
Andrew looked at his player. "I forgot I had this song on my player. I think dad put it on when he borrowed it." He said gently.
Andrew looked at Tatsuki who wrapped around her arms around him. "I remember this song. I think it's the lyrics that spurned Orihime on. All I know is that, prior to this year I had no intention of falling in love. Now I don't want to fall out of it."
"Neither do I." Andrew said as he leaned down to kiss Tatsuki as the atmosphere set the mood for what was about to happen.
Start lemon (have the instrumental of the song on repeat in the background)
Releasing their kiss, Andrew lifted Tatsuki into his arms and turned off the lights and the song. The song seemed to surround the couple as they went into their room. Placing Tatsuki gently on the bed, they resuming their kissing session with their tongues getting into it. Releasing for breath, Andrew attacked her throat getting a contented purr out of the girl underneath him. Not satisfied at being on the bottom, she rolled so she was straddling him. She went after his chest leaving kisses that left increasingly heated kiss marks and then kissed him again. This one was shorter and more tender before Tatsuki sat up and reached behind her.
"No, let me do it." Andrew said. Tatsuki lowered her arms as Andrew reached up to the bra-strap and unhooked it with some difficulty. He lowered the straps and tossed it off the bed. Tatsuki then removed her skirt and panties and Andrew drunk in the sight of Tatsuki's naked form. Strong muscles from her karate training were evident up and down her body. Despite the intense training, her skin looked incredibly soft. Looking up at her chest, Tatsuki wanted to cover her chest. A look from Andrew kept her arms to the side. Her chest, while not as big as Orihime, seemingly fit her form. If he had to guess, it was about a C-cup. He didn't see the big deal with a big chest, he was more personality then physical attributes. Between her breasts was her cross, the only thing she was wearing at the moment and it shined in the darkness. Looking up at her face, he noticed that her hair had been out of her ponytail and it fell to her mid back. Her face though got his attention. Her cheeks were red more so out of embarrassment at Andrew looking at her intimately.
"Why the blush?" Andrew asked.
"It's the damn alcohol." Tatsuki said.
"Liar. You are embarrassed to be seen vulnerable like this." Andrew chuckled.
Tatsuki pouted. "You got me."
"Would it feel better if I told you are the most beautiful woman I've ever seen?"
Tatsuki's frown disappeared. "You know how to butter me up."
Andrew shook his head. "It's the truth."
Tatsuki giggled, whatever alcohol that was in her system spurring her on. Andrew moaned as she grinded against his member, wishing for some release as it hardened in his pants.
As if sensing his distress, Tatsuki reached for the button and belt. Unhooking both she pulled off the pants which he helped by kicking it off him. Now seeing his bare torso, she suddenly gained an appreciation for all the workouts they did. His six pack defied the fact he was a racer and his arms looked powerful obviously to keep up with the g-forces of the cars. Those arms reached up and pulled her down for another kiss. She went willingly and stretched her lithe body to completely entangle with Andrew.
Releasing her kiss, she moved down to his waist and stared at his member. It was slightly larger than the ones she had seen in text books but the fact she got it going was what drove her at the moment. Taking a small lick she watched as Andrew bucked up. Squeezing it, Andrew groaned.
"Damn it, Tatsuki, your killing me."
Tatsuki smiled and then opened up her mouth and took it in
Andrew groaned but smiled. He reached over and started to bet Tatsuki's hair. She purred which sent vibrations onto his cock.
"God damn it." Andrew yelled.
Tatsuki continued to slurp, feeling her own core heat up at Andrew's moans. A few minutes of this later, Andrew was ready to blow.
"Tatsuki…I'm getting close."
Tatsuki increased her suction and with one last pull, Andrew blew. Tatsuki tried her hardest to not to choke and was able to take most of it, the rest dribbling down her chin.
"You alright?" Andrew asked.
Tatsuki swallowed. "Yeah. Damn you taste good. Never thought I would enjoy that."
Andrew smiled and then rolled over and put Tatsuki under him.
"My turn." He said gently. He reached down and took a nipple into his mouth. Reaching with his right he massaged its twin and Tatsuki moaned at the contact. Andrew began sucking on her breast which cause her pleasure level to spike. He switched up which breast he sucked and played with which got Tatsuki to slowly unravel. Taking his free hand he reached between her legs and started to feel her core begin to get went. Releasing her breasts he kissed her and then started inserting her fingers.
Tatsuki couldn't help it she squealed into the kiss and then moaned louder as another finger started pumping in and out of her. Andrew started sprinkling more kisses around her body getting her to start shaking as the pleasure began to overload her. One more pump and she cursed out Andrew's name and came onto his hand.
Andrew chuckled as Tatsuki calmed down from her high. "Good lord Tatsuki you've got some lungs.
"Shut…it…what just happened almost fried my brain." Tatsuki said after catching her breath.
Andrew shook his head. "That wasn't even the main event. Top or bottom?"
There was a conflict in Tatsuki's eyes. She wanted to say top, but her girl side, the one side that she longed to suppress was trying to break through and it succeeded.
"Tatsuki?"
She looked up and smiled shyly as she spread her legs. "Be gentle, I know it's going to hurt." She said without any of her pride.
Andrew was surprised. Outside the bedroom, Tatsuki would probably kill someone before she submitted. Now looking at her he could see what she was trying to hide. With all of that tough girl act, she was trying to hide the fact she wanted to be treated like a girl after so long.
"Tatsuki…I want you to know, behind these doors, it's okay to act like this. Out there we wear our emotions on our sleeves, in here you can be anyone you want. We're the only ones that will know."
Tatsuki regained some of her previous vigor and leaned up to kiss him. She laid back down. "I've been on the pill for eight years. Just don't hold back. I can take it."
"As you wish, Tatsuki-chan." Andrew said with a deep voice. Leaning in one more time to kiss her, he lined up with her entrance and slowly inserted his member into her waiting entrance. He came across her barrier. One more look at each other and Andrew thrust through.
Tatsuki had experienced pain before, she was a karate black belt after all. She had pulled muscles, dislocated shoulders, broken ribs and even a concussion. Pain was nothing to her, she took the adage no pain, no gain to heart. But her hymen breaking was probably the most painful thing she experienced in her life. Perhaps because it was inside her and could do nothing to prevent it. Whatever it was, she screamed loudly Andrew stopped as he fully sheathed himself in and quickly kissed her to muffle her sounds. She was breathing heavily and tried to calm her down as best he could. Releasing the kiss, Andrew saw tears in Tatsuki's eyes.
"I'm sorry. I know it hurts." Andrew said leaning down to kiss the tears on her face. "I don't think I've ever seen you cry, and I hate that I brought it out."
Tatsuki started to calm down. "It's…fine. I knew it was going to hurt. But God Damn It, it hurts!"
Andrew patiently waited watching Tatsuki's pained expression fade. Then it changed from pain to pleasure as she started to moan.
"Go ahead, and don't go easy. I don't know what it is, but I want you to fuck me until I can't walk straight."
"Are you sure?" He asked.
"Damn it…JUST FUCK ME!" Tatsuki shouted.
This seemed to ignite something in Andrew as he leaned back and started thrusting into Tatsuki. The big thrusts caught Tatsuki off guard but before she could respond, Andrew pulled back and thrust again getting her to moan. Andrew started increasing his pace and Tatsuki couldn't even keep up. And for some reason she enjoyed it. She, the girl that could knock someone's head off, was enjoying being dominated so thoroughly. She didn't even hold in the moaning and panting as Andrew drove into her.
Andrew for his part was going on instinct as he drove it. He leaned down to kiss her and absorbed some of Tatsuki's moans. A couple more thrusts and Andrew thrust into a particular spot. Tatsuki's widened her eyes and screamed.
"GOD DAMN IT RIGHT THERE!"
Andrew complied and soon something in Tatsuki was winding up.
"Andrew, I'm Close! Don't let up!"
"I'm close too. Just hold on!"
A couple more thrusts and whatever Tatsuki was feeling snapped loose.
"ANDREW!
"TATSUKI!"
(End song)
Andrew fired his load deep into the karate master. Tatsuki's at the moment of climax rolled into the back of her head as the pleasure overloaded her brain. Their juices mingled and fell to the bed sheets below.
Andrew groaned and collapsed to the side to catch his breath. He watched Tatsuki completely out of it and a smile plastered to her face. Picking himself up, he walked to the closet and pick up a wash cloth. He walked over and started to clean his girlfriend up. She did not wake up at the cold cloth which got him to chuckle and give himself a high five as he was able to fuck his girlfriend unconscious. He laid observing his girlfriend recover from nirvana.
A few moments later and Tatsuki groaned as she recovered.
"Whoa…what happened?" She asked trying to lift her hand and finding that her body could not move without causing her to moan.
"I fucked you unconscious that was what happened. You alright?" Andrew said pulling her close.
The black haired girl looked up from the position she was in and giggled. "I don't think I've ever had an experience like that. My body feels like jello at the moment." She said as the sheets were pulled over them. Her body subconsciously wrapped her legs around his.
"Well when your girlfriend begs you to not hold back, who am I to say no?" He said chuckling. He noticed Tatsuki turned shy and look away. "What's wrong?"
"I…I've never felt like I was a submissive person. I'm strong woman, yet I submitted to you like I was an innocent school girl. And what scares me, is I like it. I liked it. I liked being under you. I liked being sent into nirvana. I...just wanted to be the vulnerable one for a change. There I said it." She said closing her eyes.
Andrew chuckled. "Tatsuki…I would never see you any different. So what if you are a submissive, big deal. You told me one of your fetishes, quite honestly that sounds fun. But as far as you being like this? You are still the girl I love, nothing's changed. The only thing I won't do to you is BDSM, I am not going to hurt you like that.
Tatsuki looked up at Andrew and sniffled. "Thank you. If…it's not too much…could you do that to me every time?"
Andrew shook his head. "I'll try but you're not going to be bottoming all the time alright? You deserve to be in control sometimes."
Tatsuki nodded and yawned and nuzzled into his chest. Andrew brought his hand to her hair and started to pet her hair and fell asleep dreaming of their future.
While lovers sleep, tyrants plan. And the next race is not going to be easy and it is not because of a certain team going after another. On a track where it's turns are notorious, anything can happen on the Grand Prix.
END OF CHAPTER
UO: Wanted this out Sunday. I hope you like the lemon. Sorry if Tatsuki was OOC but I think she is just scared of not being taken seriously if she acts like a girl. But I digress.
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