Welcome back, fans and followers. I was so psyched by the news of a recently announced new Yakuza game that this chapter will be based on Yakuza and everybody's favorite Yakuza member will be involved in this chapter. It's going to be the only time you'll see a middle aged Yakuza and an 18 year old (I'm sorry for messing up the age in the last chapter and I had fixed the issue as soon as possible) martial artist join forces. This chapter will also involve Knuckles and the gang, as well as one of the members of the New G.G."s that was formed after Rokkaku's defeat. Prepare for one of the most badass chapters in history.

Ryo swiftly attacks one of the thugs with a few punches and dodged the other criminal's knife swing. The other man appears behind him with his knife ready, but was kicked away by Ryo seconds later. Both men are down easily, but slowly got their feet since they didn't want to feel pathetic for losing to a young boy. At first Ryo has a "Really?" expression, then grew more serious about winning this fight.

"I don't want any trouble from the likes of you two. Just make a like a leaf and leave me alone," Ryo shouted

The taller thug gets up and stares at him saying, "We will leave you alone alright, after we stain you with your own blood!"

He runs Ryo at full speed, this time barehanded since he wanted to beat him the hard way. He dodged every punch that the thug threw at him and flips to avoid the thug's swift kick. The other thug sneaks behind him and manages to grab him from behind. He held a tight grip to make sure that the 18 year old Japanese boy doesn't go anywhere. Ryo groaned and struggled as much as possible despite all efforts being futile. Many of the people were too terrified to call the police or backed away from the area to not alert them since Yakuza are known to carry guns around.

"Let me go, damn it! I'm not the one you should be fighting!" shouted the captured Ryo.

The taller thug walks closer to him while pulling out on of the Yakuza's most dangerous weapons: a gun. He points it at Ryo's sweaty head and gives him the most terrifying glare he's seen since his last few fights. Ryo knew that his life's about to flash before his eyes in this dangerous situation.

"You've messed up real badly for entering our territory, Ryo Hazuki. Now it's time to for kill you off and make our boss proud!" said the sinister thug.

He get's ready to pull the trigger until he was stopped by a rough and intimidating voice.

"Let the kid go or else I'll really get serious!"

Both thugs and Ryo turned to see a middle aged man standing across the street in a gray suit. He had spiky black hair, clenched fists, rough eyebrows, and eyes that could scare any thug easily. He walked slowly towards them with same hardened stare to show how serious he was about what was said earlier. The short thug that was holding Ryo was sweating and terrified, but the taller thug showed no fear and glared back at him while threatening Ryo.

"Stop….or else I'll shoot the kid immediately!" he said sternly.

"You are weak and too afraid to shoot me instead of the boy. I can tell just by looking at your sweaty face!" the mysterious man said.

"I know who you are, Kazuma Kiryu. I'm more focused on taking Ryo's life away first, you prick!" the thug said quickly.

"Like I said earlier, you are too afraid to shoot me. Why focus on a non-dangerous kid like him instead of someone more of a threat like me," Kiryu said while getting even closer to the hostage situation.

"First of all, I am equally as dangerous as you. So don't judge someone by their appearance…"

Ryo was headbutted in the back of his head by the other thug since he was getting tired of holding him and hearing his mouth. He grew even angrier than before and hoped that this situation was over soon after being hit that hard.

"Shut up! This is between Sasuke and Kazuma!" he remarked.

The other thug was still quivering with the gun in his hand and shaking since Kazuma was already a few feet ahead of him and was gaining too much pressure. He slowly held the gun down from Ryo's face and dashed at Kiryu in a fit of rage.

"If you want to die so badly, then let me put you out of your misery!" he shouted angrily.

The gray suit wearing Yakuza member scoffs and replied, "So be it."

Sasuke aims the gun and fires at Kiryu's face. He ducks under the bullet and goes in for a punch to the taller thug's gut. Sasuke gagged for air since he felt the force of the more experienced Yakuza member's fist attack him in one of his most vital areas. Kiryu grabs the tall thug by his lower body, lifts him into the air, and slammed him onto the ground behind him with tremendous force.

"Sasuke! Now you are really going to get the kid killed!" the shorter thug shouted.

Ryo uses this as an opportunity to press his feet onto the ground very hard and use the force of his upper body to slam the thug onto the ground ahead of him. He finished the short thug off with a heavy axe kick to the face, leaving behind a bloody bruise on it. Ryo walks up to his new ally after he had just finished stomping his face. Kiryu still had his cold stare as he looks at the boy's face, wondering what he is planning to say to him.

"Thanks for helping out back there. It could have been the last day I breathe if it weren't for you," said Ryo.

"No problem, kid. I had to jump in at this time since I'm planning on overtaking the Tanaka Clan. So your name is Ryo Hazuki based on what one of those punks said earlier. I am Kazuma Kiryu, the head of the Tojo Clan," he replied coldly.

"The Tanaka family?" said the confused Ryo.

"Sorry, I should have known that you are from a different region of Japan. The Tanaka Clan is a rather new Yakuza Family that rose to power in Kamurocho. After a few families were defeated by the Tojo Clan that I serve, they appeared and challenged us by spreading terror and trading in the black market," he responded.

"I see and yes, my name is Ryo Hazuki. What do you plan on doing to stop them?" said the curious teen.

"I have to take out head of the Tanaka family, Yuri Tanaka, and all of his men in the secret hideout somewhere in that alley. He is also in the possession of a few shards of a mysterious gem that he found in the northern part of Kamurocho earlier this week. That alone makes me wonder what power these shards are capable of. I will need your help for this mission since you've proven yourself worthy earlier. Are you in or out?" said the stern Yakuza member.

"I can't believe that I'm siding with one of the most dangerous Yakuza members in this country, but I will gladly help you since I do need to beat more of Tanaka's men as a form of payback," Ryo said while punching his fist together.

Kiryu gives a smile and shakes hands with Ryo to show his admiration for the young fighter's enthusiasm. Then, a woman's yell can be heard that alarmed them. They both looked in that direction with angry looks since they beleiv that the thugs they defeated could have called for a cavalry.

"What the hell was that?" the Yakuza member said.

"I don't know Kazuma, but we have to head down the street in order to find out," Ryo replied.

The two ran down the street in hurry to see what was happening. Soon as they reached a next street, they couldn't believe their eyes. Knuckles was beating the stuffing out of Robo with his fists while laying on him. Mobo was held hostage by Akira and Jacky as they held both of the blue thief's hands. Most of the citizens were shocked and watched everything. Knuckles looked seriously pissed and within each punch Robo's head was shaking violently as if it was going to fall off. Ryo and Kazuma ran even closer to them and watched as the furious echidna punched the red thief's head.

"Now that that's over with, tell me where the Chaos Emerald is!" Knuckles shouted before causing another blow to the head.

"Why should I tell you? You might use it for the wrong desire," Robo said in a strained voice.

"Don't play dumb with me! I am the guardian of all seven Chaos Emeralds and the Master Emerald. You are nothing but a lowlife criminal who's planning to steal it for wrong type of good!" the red echinida responded after giving his victim another punch.

"I never knew you were the guy in charge of guarding these gems. Do me a favor and get off of me!" Robo shouted in an attempt to resolve this misunderstanding.

"Very well, but I still don't trust the likes of you or your friend anyway," Knuckles responded.

The red echidna hopped off Robo's body and gave the thief some time to slowly get back to his feet. He was in bad shape due the beating and Mobo was glad that his partner wasn't dead. Both fighters let the short, blue thief free so that he could hug his partner. Robo knocked his blue partner away in embarrassment and took out his sack to reveal the red Chaos Emerald kept since their fight in Tokyo-To. Kiryu and Ryo stared at the gem and couldn't believe their eyes since they get to see a Chaos Emerald up close. Kiryu walks up to the red echidna since he wanted question his rash act earlier.

"What were you just doing back there? Can't you see that you are disturbing the peace?" he beamed.

"I don't care since it was to the sake of making sure that the Chaos Emerald is safe. Judging by your snazzy outfit, you must be the member of the Yakuza. I ain't afraid of you and I'd love to give you a good beating!" Knuckles barked.

Ryo ran in between the two to make a blocking gesture with an angry expresssion.

"Knuckles, now it's not the time for this!" Ryo remarked.

Kiryu groans and shoved Ryo aside since he's the type of guy who doesn't like being interrupted during a challenge.

"Hold on, Ryo. I've always liked the idea of having a red echidna skin to decorate my room," said Kiryu as he gets into his jujutsu stance.

Akira got from his position with an annoyed look since this childish fight was not about to happen on his watch.

"He's right. We shouldn't be doing this in a public area," said Akira.

Jacky nodded and walked up to the curious crowd with his hands in the air. He tried to make the most serious face possible while trying hard not to laugh about the beating that happened earlier.

"Hey guys, nothing to see here! Just go on with your daily lives and leave the premiss! It's just a misunderstanding between two friends," he shouted.

With that being said, the Japanese citizens left the scene and followed exactly what the blonde fighter said. Ryo was covering Knuckles's mouth since the stubborn echidna didn't like being referred to as Robo's friend. Robo puts the emerald back in his sack and fixed his shades since he didn't want the crowd to get any ideas. Kiryu groans as he waited to get some real answers from these "visitors."

"Let's just say that Knuckles sensed these guys possessing a Chaos Emerald and we wanted to ask them a few questions. Though, Knux sort of went overboard with one of the Bonanza Bros," Jacky said before laughing nervously.

Kiryu closes his eyes and sighs deeply after hearing the answer that he really wanted.

"Since that's over with, we need your help to get several for the Master Emerald shards in this area," Akira responded.

"Yuri Tanaka has a few of these shards you've mentioned with him and he's currently in his hideout at the moment. You can follow me into the alley so that we can infiltrate his hideout and defeat his henchmen. I'll be heading there first since I known where it is," said the Yakuza member before he left the entire group standing.

Knuckles and the gang stood speechless at the scene and watched Kiryu run down the street.

"What's his problem? I'm starting to not trust this guy at all," Knuckles said.

"He's just little too serious about his goals. Now we have to follow him immediately like he said," Ryo responded.

Knuckles nodded and runs by Ryo's side to catch up with their Yakuza ally. Akira and Jacky looked at each other and nodded before leaving the area to catch up. The Bonanza Bros. thought about all the valuable loot they could steal from a Yazuka family and did their trademark laugh. Then, they ran off in a cartoony matter to catch up with the group as fast as they could. A group of spherical purple ninjas arrived onto scene and watches the gang as they ran up the hill to reach the alley. A large blue penguin wearing a red coat appears to be their leader and held his wooden mallet in the air. The gang enters the darkest part of the alley and notices a large door being guarded by a few Yakuza thugs. These guys wore the same outfits as the ones Ryo and Kiryu beat earlier and were armed with pistols in their hands.

"There it is, the main entrance to Yuri Tanaka's hideout. I just need someone to take them out from afar before we storm the hideout. I need you two to shoot the guards since you do have guns," Kiryu said while he's referring to the Bonanza Bros.

"Leave that to us since we do want to steal the loot … er help you guys get the Master Emerald shards," said Mobo as Robo hits him in the head for revealing their real plan.

Both of the color coded thieves aimed their cartoony guns and shot the guards in their chest to stun them momentarily.

"Good job, Mobo and Robo. Now it's our turn to crash this party!" Jacky said before the entire group heads for the entrance.

The guards were quivering in pain and still alive since these were stun guns as opposed to real guns that the Bonanza Bros. owned. Jacky, Akira, Knuklces, Mobo, Robo, Ryo, and Kazuma ran past them and burst through the large door. They ran down the corridors of this well designed hallway and made a left since they wanted to avoid as much crowds as possible. They managed to reach a large well lit lobby with stairs that would eventually lead to the boss of this clan. Though, a few thugs were alert and aimed their pistols at the group.

"Stay down and drop your weapons, assholes!" said one of them.

"You want my weapons down, you got it!" Knuckles shouted.

He slams both fists onto the ground to cause a minor tremor to shake the area. The thugs lost their balance and dropped their weapons due to the shock. Kiryu, Akira, Jacky, and Ryo knocked down the thugs on the lobby's floor with a few strikes. The Bonanza Bros. stunned the thugs on the stairs with a few shots, prompting them to fall from them due to the paralysis. The gang reunited and ran up the stairs on the right to reach the door that would lead to the boss. They ran down the red hallway since they were desperate to reach their goal. Knuckles grinned since the tracking device blinked even faster, which is a good sign that both shards are dead of ahead of him. Ryo and Kiryu ran by his side they both can tell that they are reaching their destination.

The entire group entered what appears to be a large red room with a long wooden table. A large row of Yakuza thugs sat around the table with an intimidating man wearing a gray suit sat at the furthest end of the table. He wore 5 golden rings and had a few green shards next to his left hand. This was good sign that the man is none other than Yuri Tanaka himself. The tracking device beeped faster than usual and Knuckles turns it off since he can see the Master Emerald shards clearly. Akira and Jacky got into their trademark poses since they knew what they were up against. Ryo and Kiryu did the same thing since they were waiting for their next moves. Tanaka stands up and snaps his fingers to let his men know that it's time to kill. They jumped up and headed for the gang as they headed for them as well for a table brawl. Akira knocks out a few thugs with his famous Chouzan Housui technique as his partner stands by his side to knock out the thugs heading for him. The Bonanza Bros. stuns few of the men so that Ryo and Kazuma beat them into submission.

"You are going to surrender those shards immediately, Tanaka!" Knuckles yells while jumping at him.

The crafty Yakuza leader pulls out his gun to shoot the echidna. Knuckles ignites his head and did a flaming headbutt to not only burn the bullets, but tackle the boss. Tanaka was knocked against the wall by that attack and his suit caught on fire. He panicked at first, then thought of another plan to save himself. He throws the coat off before any major damage was done to his body and tried to fire his gun again. Knuckles sighed in disbelief since he's aware of the flaming gun in Tanaka's hand as well. He had realized this based on Knuckles's reaction and he threw it against the ground before charging at Knuckles in desperation.

"Time to put you to sleep, Tanaka!" said Knuckles before he deals a heavy punch to the boss's chest.

This causes him to be flung against the same crater on the wall and bleed severely. He drops onto the ground face first and looks up to see the most terrifying thing he's ever seen. The infamous Kazuma Kiryu stood above him, giving him the stare of death and watching the quivering and weak Yakuza boss.

"Looks like your pathetic family was no match for my new group. Now make sure that you don't show your ugly face here again," said Kiryu as he starts to stomp on the man's back repeatedly.

Knuckles retrieves the Master Emerald shards and gives his new friends a high five. The Bonanza Bros. weren't there since they are too busy inspecting the unconscious men's bodies to check for some loot to steal.

"Six down, eighteen more to go. Thanks for the help guys," said the grinning echidna.

"You're welcome, Knuckles. It was pretty fun having a gold old fashioned fight, right Akira?" said the excited Jacky.

"Sure it was. It's good to fight evil instead of being in a fighting tournament for once," Akira said silently.

"I'm glad that we helped you anyway, Knuckles. What should we do next?" Ryo asked.

"I think we should ask our buddy Tanaka to find out," said Akira while Kiryu held the beaten body of Tanaka into the air.

The man was severely mauled due to the beating that he had endured from Kiryu and his voice felt as weak as a broken record. Kiryu still glared at him since he's still got a few questions for this pathetic boss.

"Tell me how did you find the shards or else I'll really kill you!" said the angered Yakuza member.

"I found ... it near the ... Maneki District on ... the northside ... of ... Ka... ka .. ka..murocho. There was ... some beautiful girl ... that usually hosted ... events in a ...stunning outfit," he answered in his weak voice.

He passed out due to fatigue and his eventually body dropped to the ground after Kiryu had released him. The rest of the group gathered around since they were feeling the same way Kiryu did after that final answer.

"A beautiful girl?" said the confused Kiryu while Tanaka fainted in his arm.

"I think I know exactly who he's talking about," said Jacky in a sly voiced before grinning.

Off in the Maneki District, many people wear gathering around in a festive section of the area where a teenage girl stood on her pedestal. She wore a wild red outfit with an angel motif, red high heels, black stockings, and had a twin ponytail hairstyle. She was announcing several things for a special event that was going to occur as the men were gazing at her figure. She smiled and waved back since this is her usual reaction to such a wild crowd that appreciates her hard work.

"This is Honey here giving you some details on the upcoming Beauty Contest coming soon. Many of Kamurocho's most beautiful women will compete in a contest that judges who is the most beautiful Japanese woman. All you have to do is sign these papers to go to the contest and prepare for one of the biggest events for the year!" said the excited popstar.

Many of the men were lining up to take the papers that she is passing out, signing with looks of bliss on their face.

"That Honey is one of the beautiful girls in the world! I wonder why she could never join a contest?" said a middle aged man.

"Because it's her job. She only hosts the event and she would win easily if she were to be participating," said a taller man.

All was doing good until a mysterious kunoichi in a blue outfit appears out of nowhere and leaps in front of Honey. She stood and gave her a cold look that made her feel intimidated. She eventually gets into her fighting pose and prompts the younger teenage girl to fight her, making Honey herself feel very uneasy.

"Why don't you show your true intention, Honey!" said the young kunoichi.

As you can see, Kazuma and the others found one of the new Yakuza clans in Kamurocho (which I made up) and they found another few shards of the Master Emerald after their defeat. Knuckles and the gang recruited Kazuma and Ryo to join the group since they were the right guys that they were looking for. There are more members to recruit as seen by the attack of a mysterious kunoichi. She is from a certain fighting game that rivaled Virtua Fighter for many years and is challenging one the most popular heroine from Fighting Vipers to fight in the Maneki District. As for why the Bonanza Bros. are there, let's just say Beat and the rest of the G.G.'s split up. All will be future explained in the next chapter and things will get truly exciting since we will kick things off with a good old catfight. See you next chapter and make sure to rate, follow, or leave a review! Ja-ne!