All eyes were on Keanu as he made his presence very well-known in the club. He marched towards Louis whose eyes widened in shock as the lions gathered around him in a protective circle.
-"What the hell are you doing here!?" Keanu yelled at Louis. He stepped closer towards Louis but was pushed back by one of the lions.
-"Me? What are you doing here!?" Louis snapped back angrily.
-"Damn you look hot in that suit!" Keanu blurted out.
-"What!?" Louis yelled out, thinking he misheard him.
-"I said you aren't supposed to be here!" Keanu yelled yet again. The club went silent. Louis chuckled.
-"Really? Who are you to restrict me from the black market? You think I'm some sensitive rich kid? Think that I can't handle it?" Louis questioned.
-"If you aren't, what's with the half a dozen bodyguards?" Keanu asked.
-"Bodyguards..." Dolph chuckled. The rest of the lions joined him. Keanu stared at each of them at a time.
-"You're looking at the new face of the Shishigumi." Louis declared. Keanu looked him up and down and started laughing.
-"Oh really? The Shishigumi? Being lead by a herbivore?" Keanu provoked. Louis looked at Ibuki and nodded. The lion that he was doing coke with walked up behind him and pressed a gun to the back of his head. Keanu's laugh grew silent.
-"I admire your confidence. Sadly it's going to get you killed." Louis spoke, lighting up a cigarette. Keanu looked at him in disbelief.
-"You know, I'd be careful being the Shishigumi boss. I heard the last one went down like a bitch." Keanu smugly replied.
-"Oh I know. I killed him." Louis responded, puffing smoke into Keanu's face.
-"So what... You catch one body and you think you're some big shot gang banger now?" Keanu growled.
-"I took over a corrupt organization that was rotten to the core and I've brought it up to be one of the most respected in the black market. You know nothing of organized crime, so don't try to lecture me." Louis answered.
-"Oh really? I-" Keanu raised his voice, but he noticed Ibuki staring at him. He stopped himself mid sentence and looked Ibuki in the eyes, seeing him shake his head. Keanu took a deep breath and exhaled. "I don't know anything about organized crime. You're right. But you should not be here, hanging around these people." Keanu bargained.
-"And I'm supposed to take your word for it?" Louis scanned Keanu's face, and saw that his nose was covered in white dust. He then looked at the lion behind Keanu, and saw the same. He sighed. "Of course, that's why you're here. I should've known. Something was off about you since day one. And here I was thinking that a dust junkie had an interesting secret stashed away."
-"This isn't you and you know it." Keanu felt a sharp pain in the back of his head as the lion struck him with the butt of his pistol.
-"Don't act like some all knowing guru! You're just a goddamn junkie. You don't know me, you don't know this gang and you certainly know nothing about how this world works!" Louis exclaimed in frustration. Keanu kept silent. "I realize now that THIS is how I can change the world. No more horns conglomerate, no more politics. I can delve into the true reality of our society."
-"Are you really making a change? Or are you just telling yourself that." Keanu somberly asked. Louis was taken aback a bit.
-"You told me to talk to you when I "Man the fuck up". Well, I did. And all I see in front of me is a shallow, empty husk of a person. You don't deserve my friendship, nor anyone's. Now get out of here. I don't want to see you in here ever again." Louis ordered. Keanu looked him right in the eyes. His gaze pierced through Louis, who was desperately trying to keep a tough facade. Right as he was turning to leave, he had some parting words.
-"You gave me hope once." Keanu spoke, before storming out of the club. Louis' eyes widened, and the group just stood there, watching the doors where Keanu left.
-"Come on boss, we've got more work to do." Ibuki snapped him back to reality. Louis shook his head and walked into the manager's office with the lions.
Keanu walked through the black market slowly, his gaze shifted at his feet with his head down, entranced in thought. The chatter of people sounded like static on a broken TV. As he made his way past a dark slum though, he heard something break through the static.
-"Help! Help me! Please!" A woman screamed. Keanu's head jolted up as he turned to the direction of the sound. It came from a dark alleyway to his right. He walked toward the source, hearing more screaming and crying. Eventually, he could hear a second voice.
-"Nobody's coming. But please, keep fighting, I like a meal that makes me work for it." A high-pitched, gravelly voice cackled.
Keanu kept walking till he saw the scene that was unfolding. He saw a hyena standing over a girl, a herbivore. Wait... It was that stripper girl! Cosmo! The hyena drooled over her while she sat there helplessly, covering her face and awaiting her fate.
-"Oi! Get off her!" Keanu yelled out. The hyena turned around and noticed Keanu.
-"I'm not sharing buddy, get your own!" The hyena snarled viciously.
-"Just run, you'll live to devour some other animal and I won't be around that time." Keanu offered. Cosmo opened her eyes and looked at Keanu.
-"You're not getting the message, looks like I'm gonna mark me a wolf!" The hyena cackled, letting go of Cosmo and lunging at Keanu.
Keanu punched the Hyena in the teeth, knocking it to the ground and knocking out two teeth along with it.
-"Get outta here!" Keanu yelled at Cosmo. She quickly stood up and ran behind Keanu and out to the black market.
The hyena stood up and swung at Keanu, who dodged and hit him in the ribs with his knee. He then grabbed it by the neck and threw it against a wall. The hyena tried to bite Keanu's ankle, but he stomped on his head, knocking it out. Keanu then felt something inside him... And he stomped again. And again. And again. And again. And again. He kept stomping on it's head. It went from a hard surface to feeling like smashed fruit. After a minute or so, he finally stopped. The hyena's head was completely mangled. Keanu walked away and put his hands on his knees, panting from exhaustion. He looked at his shoe and noticed it was completely bloody, along with his pants. He straightened up and walked out of the alleyway.