(A/N: Got my hands on a copy of Bully, it's been something I've been wanting for a good while. And by the time this chapter is posted, GTA VI's trailer has already come out. And it looks good…practically looks and breathes modern-day Florida…to an almost scary degree.)

Cue Opening Theme: Da Shootaz - Grand Theft Auto


TWG:R

~Endless Possibilities Arc~

Chapter 74: Several Ways Not to Score


San Andreas

Thursday

Morning came for the four as the quartet all slept over at Yara's place. Suiko, Hongli, and Kidlat would wake up their respective masters. Tomoko would roll out of bed due to the alarm clock before she got up with a stretch. It was a relief that Yara had guest rooms…even if Isaribi and Yara had to share one. The four got up, showered, and got dressed for the day before all convening in the kitchen with the pets for breakfast.

"So, are we all going on the last setup together?" Yara asked.

"Might as well." Naruto said finishing his coffee.

"Agreed." Isaribi said.

"I need a workout." Tomoko remarked. "Speaking of workout, Alex is calling up all the members for a mandatory training session. Just those who are active in the field barring some of them. Komons and under. I approve of it given we should teach a fighting style fit for our group. So most of our underlings are going to be unavailable for a few hours."

"Eh, no big deal." Naruto remarked. "Let's just get this going."

The four finished their breakfast and went downstairs to start the mission.

[Heist Setup - Steal Meth]

~TWG~

Elsa really did not want to go to the gym with Anna, but when Anna offered to buy her the figure set from Neon Genesis Evangelion…she caved. Now in sportier clothes, she was in the midst of the group training session. She was already sweating, staining her sleeveless sweatshirt.

"Not used to this…" Kara said. "Neither am I…I really want to be home watching Sailor Moon."

"Same…but my sister dragged me…" Elsa said.

"My boss dragged me here." Kara said sympathetically.

"Less talking…I'm teaching." Alex affirmed.

Riley wanted to complain, but he kept his mouth shut. If anything from his time fighting Huey, he knew the difference between someone who could fight…and someone who knew how to fight.

~TWG~

The quartet actually managed to sneak into the farm, masks on. They expected meth dealers, but found there was no one outside.

"I figured there'd be people." Tomoko mused.

"Meth use doesn't really allow for you to be an easy riser." Isaribi said sagely. "Let's take advantage. I'll go find a trailer truck to get that trailer hitched. You guys wait outside the farm…probably should jack something to make an escape."

"Probably something to steal around back…" Tomoko said Isaribi split off from the group.

Isaribi had slipped into the house, creeping past sleeping rednecks. A yawn and movement got her to turn on her special ability as she reached for the knob of the back door.

"Man, I hate being one of the few who don't smoke or dri-"

Isaribi was glad to still have a suppressor on her regular pistols as she shot that guy through the head. She was out of the house before his body hit the ground. She found a pair of Jobuilt Phantoms and several Blazers and Biftas.

"This is Light Pool. I found the-"

"Pfft…that's your code name?" Tomoko joked.

Isaribi rolled her eyes.

"Not the time for jokes on comms. Get over to my position, I'm taking the truck!" Isaribi said before hanging up her comlink line.

She got in the truck and started it up. She knew the noise would rouse some of the sleeping hillbillies up, so she hit the gas to move to get it hitch to the tanker trailer of methylamine.

"Hey, someone's stealing our meth juice!"

BOOM! Yara fired a rocket right into the front door, rattling the house. Naruto found two Biftas before jacking the orange one. Tomoko took the nearby Blazer before speeding around front to fire at the dealers as Yara stole a Blazer of her own. Isaribi was already out of the farm and on the open road.

"I'm on the highway…"

Hearing that, the three raced off knowing they'd be chased. Several Sandking XLs gave chase after them.

"Ok, we head them off to that abandoned supermarket and we smoke them all." Naruto said on his comlink.

"Yeah, I got a better idea." Yara said using her Merryweather app.

She called an airstrike on them and she did not even care that it cost her seven grand. The three would across the desert with a trail of explosions behind them. Soon enough, they'd catch up to the Isaribi as Trevor came up on their line clearly haven woken up from sleep.

"At ease, Trevor. We got the meth juice you wanted." Isaribi said. "Ron give us the details already yesterday, so we went on it early. We're on our way to the gas station."

"Oh…um, good job." Trevor said before going on about the business plan.

A part of Trevor was a bit peeved that Ron went ahead of him, but the CEO of TPI would let it go. If anything, it more showed the four's efficiency. Something that Trevor appreciated when he realized he could get to cook meth and have batches of the stuff by noon. He got out of bed and went to get dressed. Today was going to be a good day, he thought. The crew arrived at the drop point as Chef was there to greet them.

"Great, you didn't blow yourself up." Chef said as Isaribi got out.

"So we're good, I can go?" Isaribi asked.

"Yeah, but Trevor says be ready at noon for the deal." Chef said as Isaribi left.

The world went gray for the four of them, noting a job well done…but it didn't net them any money to their mild annoyance.

[Mission Complete! +2000 RP]

"I'll head over to the house and get my car. I'll see you guys later." Isaribi said as they went their separate ways.

~TWG~

"Ugh, finally…it's over." Elsa said.

"Hey blondie, that was just lightwork." Alex said as Jase handed her a towel to wipe the sweat off. "Thanks dear."

"No problem, darling." Alex said, wiping off her face.

"It wasn't that bad." Annastasia remarked.

"You didn't even have to join in because you're pregnant." Ella said annoyed as her stepsister laughed.

Olive took a picture of her and the girls in their sweat-stained workout gear. Olive would have posted it to her social media, but she was learning to limit time on that. GIven her job, that was getting easier…especially after hearing that the Ballas got robbed, supposedly because someone was scoping them out over social media.

"Ok, some of you did great, some ok, and some of you could use some serious work. However, I'm glad that you came early. Don't worry, this will only be twice a week…and the sessions will be in the evening." Alex said to the sounds of sighs of relief. "Aside from that, you're all dismissed."

Daniela came to give Alex a bottle of water.

"Thanks for letting us use your gym." Alex said before drinking from it.

"What are friends for…by the way, how's the munchkin?" Daniela said.

"He got into a fight at the camp." Jase remarked. "Some punk was picking on Sadie Mae, so the little guy uppercutted the bully, hard enough to dislocate his jaw. Even hit him again just to put it back into place."

"You sound proud." Riley teased as everyone else was getting their things to leave.

"Damn right, I taught him." Jase said as Alex gave him a teasing glare.

"The only reason he didn't get in trouble was because the camp counselor saw what happened. Props to the counselor…he stuck up for my boy. So he's just missing one day of camp." Alex mused. "But he's at home playing video games as we speak."

~TWG~

Nine Tailed Tidal Fox Hierarchy

Naruto Uzumaki - Kumicho (Founder)

Isaribi Umi - Oyabun (Founder)

Lillian 'Yara' Levin - Wakagashira (VIP)

Tomoko Kuroki - Shateigashira (VIP)

Shikamaru Nara- Saiko-Komon

Jase DaWae - So-Honbucho

Nora Delrio - Kumicho Hisho

Elio Beaufoy - Kaikei

Nani Pelekai, Maribel Madrigal, Olga Burner*, Ned Markov*, Vanessa Danzi, Tiana Rose Jr., Tricia Miller, Keitaro Urashima, Larry 'Peanut' Romeo, Tiana Rose Jr. - Komons

Jabari Reznikov, Deja Kellgreen, Fuu Cicada, Alexandra Ramirez, Johnny Vincent - Kyodais

Cynthia McPhearson, Riley Freeman, Anna Coldstone, Ruth Langley, Molly Milcher, Choji Akamichi, Catrina Broin*, Jakob Massino*, Maritza Ramos, Marisol "Flaca"Gonzales, Ella Beaufoy, Charlotte La Bouff II, Josephine Sawyer, Jon Auclair, Eric Luv, Krista Prescott, Olive Trapani, Gigi Lupus, Beatrix Zarra, Fia Fallon, Eva Krisa, Heather Tokei, Harleen Quinzel, Gerardo Carozza, Anastasia Carozza, Pinky Vincent, Mitsune Konno, Amara Su, Tursuko Aoyama, Shinobu Maehara, Olivia van der Meer - Kobuns

Danica Turbinado, Jim Jones, Lindsay Mills, Alroy Pupar, Ben Dover, Renee Law, Millie Quinzel, Kara Eklund - Associates

The main four had reconvened at the office to do all have a bit of a meeting, concerning membership on Isaribi's behest given it's been a few weeks. Shikamaru and Elio were at the office, dragged into the meeting. He was beyond happy to not have to go to the gym session, but Elio had wanted to come with only work preventing him.

"It's about to be a month...and well I kinda want to get a progress report." Isaribi remarked.

"Well, on heisting, you're going pretty well. You still haven't started anything with your vehicle garage, Naruto." Shikamaru said thoughtfully. "And the weed farm is full of products ready to be sold…you can choose where you want to sell your product. And may I remind you that if you sell in Los Santos given your farm is outside it…you'll get a 50% extra on its value." Shikamaru said.

"In terms of value, weed would sell locally around Blaine County for $2,100 locally and outside the county for $3,150. That's per package." Elio remarked.

"On that note, Renji called with a business proposition last night. He's interested in buying some weed. He's willing to pay $6000 for just two packages. He wants to sample the quality first."

"Call him. After you call Aurora to get those two packages ready. How are we sending it?" Naruto asked.

"Seeing that it's just two packages, whoever's delivering them just uses their bikes to the drop point at Cape Catfish. One of Renji's people will be there by boat once they get there." Shikamaru said.

"Have it arranged. Have Maritza and Marsiol on it." Naruto said as Shikamaru excused himself. "Anything else to report, Elio?"

"No. Aside from the fact that the month is coming to an end…you have the general bills for upkeep for the office. Power, water, amenities. Staff's already paid by the year…so your bill is 4,500 each for you and Isaribi. Do you want to pay it out or…"

"Now's good." Isaribi said as she and Naruto sent the money over.

"Good, now about our taxation situation. I'm working on it, given that tax evasion is now a pointless endeavor given you have legal assets. Already calculated a formula on how much you'll pay and I've already got it approved by Jase and Shikamaru to have an account each set with the money going to pay the taxman." Elio explained. "So no issue with the IRS."

"The real crooks. Never tell you how much to pay but will berate you if you do it wrong." Isaribi said annoyed.

"It's wild to remember that I have dual citizenship now." Naruto mused.

"Aside from that, you're good." Elio said before getting up. "Now if you excuse me…I believe I need to attend to my family matters."

Elio left as Shikamaru returned.

"Ok, it's being handled. And seeing that the Ballas were robbed for weed, I'd suggest selling in LS for the next week given the circumstances…you being able to sell it for double the price." Shikamaru mused.

"Thank you, Shika. Now we can attend to our members…" Naruto said, looking up at the chart.

"Almost forgot…" Shikamaru said. "Your 'branch' in the Las Venturas wanted to let you know that things are fine…and also that Ned and Jok are planning a double wedding in the future."

"Oh, that's nice." Naruto said before looking back at the chart. "Ok, I wanted to say this…but I'm considering Olive to be promoted. She has taken the lead in several missions and it would be good to have another captain to lead on jobs outside of the one that have us directly involved."

"I also have a nominee. Tursuko Aoyama for Kyodai." Isaribi mused.

"Ok, I understand Tursuko. She has experience in leading and she can probably teach skills like Alex can. Actually, now that I think about it…why didn't you make a captain?" Naruto asked.

"To be fair, it slipped my mind." Isaribi said with a shrug. "But if it helps the vote, I'll accept Olive being promoted."

The four came to a vote and with a decision made…both women were promoted to Kyodai.

~TWG~

Most of the crew were all at a nearby restaurant all having something to eat where word got to them via their phones.

"I've been promoted?" Olive asked.

"Holy shit, girl…you're a Captain now!" Krista said. "Calling you a girlbo-"

"Please don't use that word…too many people ruined it." Gigi said. "But congrats Olive."

On another table, Keitaro was congratulating Tursuko for her promotion. However, Tursuko's mind was a bit in thought over a few things. Mitsune was just glad she wasn't promoted herself.


(A/N: And we stop here for now, the next chapter covers the finale to the Series A. It's funny that all these chapters, and in-universe, it's about to be a month passing. Well they are certainly busy, busy, busy. I will do what I can to cover all the 'canon events' that are supposed to happen before GTA V's main story begins. And considering the 'retcon' that Vice City is now in the State of Leonida, it's not too big a deal as it's been implied that the actual 50 states and territories do exist alongside the added ones in both the 3D and HD universes. If anything, this is a massive relief as I can simply have 3D Vice City exist on it's as 'Old Vice City' leaving the new one to consider 'New Vice City'. Ironically, the Florida Man meme started in 2013, let that sink in, and here's to the State of Leonida!)