(A/N: Where they ride out and dealing with problems…with bullets.)

Cue Opening Theme: Senpai Gone Love It - Oregairu vs. Jay Rock feat. Kendrick Lamar


TWG:R

~Endless Possibilities Arc~

Chapter 29: Wheeling and Dealing


Los Santos

Saturday

Naruto was simply humiliated as he walked out the Pillbox Hill Medical Center, good as new. The only reason he was not furious was that he did not lose any money because apparently Kaguya found him hilarious. While he was in and out of consciousness, he could hear her laughing. A text from Lupe that the item was sold and the money was being transferred to his account made him feel a bit better.

"What a way to get wasted…by getting your nuts crunched." Naruto said.

One of the Bellic cabs rolled up with the dark windows rolling down revealing Hieu.

"Naruto, the Boss sent me to pick you up." Hieu said as Naruto got in. "And take you to her….but why were you in the hospital?"

"I don't want to talk about it." Naruto said as his phone rang. "Ugh…"

He answered only to hear rapid fire apologies from Kyanna about what happened and pleading not to fire her cousin offering to cover the medical bills.

"Well, it's 500 dollars." Naruto said simply. "And, I'm not upset…you'll make amends. I really need to relax…so goodbye."

Naruto hung up and sank into the chair just listening to the music. He found himself back at the garage, specifically in front of the way to the office garage where Isaribi and Yara waited for him as he got out.

"You gave us a scare…what happened?" Isaribi asked.

Naruto groaned and begrudgingly took them. For what it was worth, Isaribi was trying not to laugh…which could not be said for Yara who was on the ground laughing.

"Yara, fu-"

He was cut off by a rap song Naruto put for when Lamar was calling, Welcome to Los Santos. Naruto answered with Lamar citing it was time for 'phase two' and to come to Del Perro Pier with a buddy before hanging up.

An 'LD' blipped on their mini-maps.

"He was asking for one person to come with me…but I think I'm going to ignore and bring a full team." Naruto said. "We need to get to the pier."

Yara got off the ground and looked into the street. Some Aztecas were riding in a light blue Albany Emperor and emptied a clip of MAC-10s into it, killing all of them before she threw the dead driver out.

"Well get in!" Yara said as Naruto and Isaribi got to moving.

It was free cash and ammo at least. It wasn't like they were going to be in the car long given it was just to get to the pier. Isaribi had called Deja for help, and they arrived to find Deja came with Choji, Shikamaru, and Vanessa. All seven of them went to the meeting spot.

[Lowriders II - Slow and Low]

[Cues: GTA San Andreas OST - Backing Beat 1]

Lamar pulled up in his Emperor, surprised to see there were seven.

"Goddamn, I only asked you and another." Lamar remarked.

"Insurance policy, my guy." Naruto said. "Besides, I feel like shit for not telling you that I started my own group, an organization that I run alongside Isaribi. We call ourselves Tidal Fox." Naruto said as Lamar looked on in disbelief. "You've already met some of the crew."

"And you only telling me now…man, this some bullshit." Lamar said. "But whatever, I called you here because Vernon got word of me trying to make moves to get up in the Families to take over some shit and he is less than happy about it. But I'm going to prove him wrong by showing some love, homies. Though helping a brotha's legal problems." Lamar said, getting out of his car to sit on the hood of it. "Ok, behind me are those two fine lowriders. Get in them and take them to the meet to be collected before the motherfucking police seize because of some crime Vernon was alleged to be doing or some shit."

The two cars were both heavily customized, a Willard Faction and a Declasse Voodoo.

"So avoid even being seen by the cops." Isaribi said wanting to make sure.

"Hell to the fuck yes, especially GND. Fuckers been poking around lately." Lamar said sourly.

"Anything else we need to be worried about?" Shikamaru asked. "Any other gang would want to interrupt the deal?"

Lamar wanted to say no, but the rational side of mind kicked in.

"I'm not too sure, but the Ballas might be a threat. They were looking to deal with the buyers, but they took our offer instead." Lamar said getting back in his car. "But it'll be fine. A walk in the park you all. I'll get out of their way and holler at you guys through the earpiece…"

Lamar drove off as Isaribi got in the Faction before Naruto turned to Shikamaru.

"If you can dodge the cops, we can look into preventing the Ballas from even getting to you." Shikamaru said.

"Plus, I got VIP perks from SecuroServ, I could call Merryweather for back up." Yara mused.

"After I tricked them with a false flag…Merryweather services probably not going to be available for a while." Isaribi said as Naruto got in the Voodoo. "But are we all good on the plan?"

"Yeah, I'll call the others." Shikamaru said as everyone split up.

For Naruto and Isaribi, Lamar instructed them on where the deal was as their mini-maps altered to show cops in the area. Naruto and Isaribi would split up to tackle it with Naruto going through North LS and Isaribi going through the Southside.

"Ok, Shikamaru filled me in. I got some bad news…it seems the GND got a warrant for Vernon's arrest." Nora said.

Naruto immediately called Franklin and asked if he could pass Vernon's number, and once he had it…he called him. Of course, Vernon was using a burner.

"It's me, V." Naruto said.

"Tell me that Lamar didn't…"

"Lamar's the least of your issues, V. GND got a warrant for you. I don't know who your buyers are, but…we got Ballas on top of us."

"Fuck it. Kill the buyers. You can make it look like the Ballas did it…the cars get damaged…it looks like a deal gone wrong. Make it look like so…even to Lamar. Then bring the case to On the Bone, stash it in the bathroom." Vernon remarked.

"Got it." Naruto said before hanging up.

Activating his earpiece and using the System to go on a direct line between himself, Isaribi, and Yara to let them on the plan.

"I'll let Shikamaru know. I don't like that we're circumventing Lamar…but considering the issue at hand…I'll get over it." Isaribi said before calling Shikamaru.

Naruto and Isaribi would arrive at the meeting point, the old foundry, where the members of the Kkangpae were waiting for them.

"You got the cash?" Naruto said sternly. "I know you want to get out the cars, but we need to see the greens."

"Tens, twenties, and fifties." The buyer said as his lackey revealed the case opening it up. "All used."

Isaribi took the case from the lackey and looked at Naruto before the two turned to leave.

"Not going to stay a bit?" The buyer asked.

"No." Both of them said as the two saw Balla cars rolling up.

It was a hailstorm of bullets, but Naruto and Isaribi dived before the Ballas could see them to which the gangbangers were more focused on the Koreans getting riddled with holes. Bullets pelted the cars, but accidentally blew up a van. Lamar was raving about fighting against Ballas, but the two stayed put with Naruto only managing to sneak a pair of sticky bombs onto two Balla Ballers before donating them. The rest had scattered, fleeing the scene.

"You ok?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah…but shit we need to clear out." Isaribi said before finding some car keys. "And look at that…a Manana. Not my first pick, but fuck it…I'll drive."

The two got in the yellow lowrider as Isaribi drove away from the place as fast as Isaribi could push the car. It was a relief to see the car already had dark windows.

"Where are you guys?" Lamar asked worriedly.

"We're coming up at the Raven Slaughterhouse on Orchardville." Isaribi said.

"Wait there. I'm not far." Lamar asked.

Waiting in the car near the place, Naruto and Isaribi watched Lamar pull up in his car, nervous but a bit pissed.

"Those fucking Ballas. Always wanting to keep a brotha down!" Lamar said frustrated. "Vernon's going to be pissed about those cars. But I'm not mad at you, you did your best. I'll smooth things over with Vernon."

"Hey man, this technically is all your fault." Naruto said. "V could have set the deal in a better place."

"It's cool though, you're not in the ground or in cuff so it's all good." Lamar said. "Later homie."

Lamar drove off

"Ballas came with more than expected. We managed to blow up about eight of them but we had to retreat given our allies." Isaribi said curtly.

"Shit…this is fucked up…but thanks for trying. I'll have to try to smooth things with V. I'll send the payment. Later homies." Lamar said before driving away.

[Lowriders #2 - Mission Complete! - +3500RP, +$12,710]

"Naruto, I assume the job's name." Shikamaru asked.

"Yes, Shika. You and the guys can clear out. Crash at the new office space if you have to." Naruto said as Isaribi got to driving.

"I'll pass by Mirror Fashion for us to buy some clothes to change into. I'll have Yara meet us there." Isaribi said, texting Yara. "Then we can deal with V."

"Considering the mission marker for Lamar is now there…we should deal with that ASAP." Naruto said.

They would arrive at Mirror Fashion shocked to see Yara driving the same Voodoo. Yara was in the midst of talking to another woman. The other woman handed some cash over before Yara let her take the car. She was trying out the hydraulics before driving away.

"What the hell was that?" Isaribi asked, pulling up.

"I convinced some wannabe gangbanger to buy that lowrider off my hands for twenty grand. I figured if I had to get rid of it, make a profit." Yara said. "Besides Fu took the Faction to get it resprayed and a tracker placed."

"By the way, I noticed a Sultan RS in the garage…" Naruto said as Isaribi lit up. "I'm assuming that it's yours."

"Yes it is…looks like the System gave that back on top of my bike." Isaribi said, relieved. "But come on, let's get changed."

They went in to purchase clothes to change right into before coming out. Naruto came out with a black Uptown Riders logo t-shirt under an russet leather jacket, black roadworn jeans with a brown belt, orange canvas shoes, orange urban ski goggles, and an orange fiber spiked helmet. Did the helmet cost Naruto the pay from the mission? Yes, but he considered it worth it. Isaribi came out with a camo tank top under a closed worn black biker cut, stonewashed roadworn jeans with a black belt, worn black lace-up boots, a pair of spiked gauntlets on her wrists, a light purple tassel scarf, and an Uptown Riders themed black bandana tied around her head. Both her and Naruto retained their fingerless gloves. Yara came out last in a neon green leopard cropped tank top under a leopard print cropped biker jacket, a pair of green fitted jeans with a brown belt, a green bandana around her head, new dark green fingerless gloves, and tan calf boots.

"Do I even want to ask why?" Isaribi asked.

"Why not?" Yara joked as Isaribi playfully rolled her eyes.

Naruto called for a cab, and they arrived at the deli in Davis. They all walked into the mission marquee to start the mission.

[Lowriders #3 - It's a G Thing]

Naruto entered the deli alone with the case, putting it in the bathroom as instructed. He came out as the deli worker gave Naruto a nod to which Naruto returned before leaving. As they left, the trio's earpiece buzzed before Lamar came on the line.

"What's good, my niggas? Cough twice if one time on the line." Lamar said only, getting silence from them. "No? That's good, but they got Gerald…GND is trying airlift him out of state. All 'cause of that thing we did for Vernon. But I know the GND ain't put the legit papers for arresting Gerald...so we can boost him so he can lay low while the heat goes down. Go to Mosley Autos, I left some rides and supplies you'll need before you go to the airport. Good luck homie…"

The three had run on over to the place to find a cache of sticky bombs and two lowriders, a pair of Factions.

"I got an idea." Naruto said, turning to Yara. "Think you can get us a helicopter?"

Before Yara could answer, Isaribi interrupted.

"Let me handle that. I got the most experience flying." Isaribi said as Yara got in the car.

Naruto got in the other one before they raced off for the airport. Isaribi called for a cab to the office. Yara was eager to fight, but Naruto was more worried about Gerald. He decided to call Yugito for answers.

"I haven't heard from you in nearly what…a week." Yugito remarked.

"We were going to deal with you, but things got in the way. Look, I…" Naruto said.

"Don't worry about it, I need your help. GND's illegally arresting a man…while he's probably guilty of something…GND planted drugs at his doorstep to justify arresting him. It's being led by a lieutenant. Lt. Taeshawn. He and his wife, who is also on the force, suspects me." Yugito said.

"And how much am I getting paid? Look, I'm more than happy to waste a pair of corrupt cops, but if I'm doing it for you..." Naruto mused.

"I'll do you one better. Taeshawn has a son, he leads a group of street punks. They stash their goods in an abandoned place in Grapeseed. I was going to look into that further to get those assholes off my back, but…this will be much easier." Yugito said. "Good luck…and try not to die."

She hung up as Naruto rolled his eyes. The airport was coming into his view as the objective was to get Gerald out of custody. Yara looked ahead to see a police escort. She sped up ahead to get past the officer on the motorcycle to throw a sticky bomb right in the cop's face before throwing another on the cop car in front of her. Then she let them both explode, sending them all flying, letting Naruto race ahead to the Prison Riot van to throw a sticky bomb on the doors before blowing them off. Gerald jumped out having to run from bullets from cops from the GND.

Naruto's radar showed them where the Taeshawns were to which he got out of the car which was already eating bullets.

"Naruto, of course Lamar sent your ass." Gerald lamented. "I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for his ass."

"Dude, save the bitching for when we're not getting shot at!" Naruto said before switching to his Rocket Launcher. "Oi, Taeshawn. This one's on courtesy!"

He fired blowing up the cop car that Mr. Taeshawn was near to which the burning car crushed him. Ms. Taeshawn tried to flee only for Yara to tear through the cops with her minigun all while screaming, "Say hello to my little friends!"

Gerald could only watch the absolute carnage before having to get out of the way with Naruto. Yara stopped…not wanting to run out of ammunition before realizing they both had four stars.

"Well shit. We need to get out of here." Yara said.

"No shit!" Gerald said. "But your little shit shot the cars."

Naruto looked at his phone to see a text and smirked.

"Not going to be a problem. Look!" Naruto said as a black Buckingham SuperVolito came down from the sky. "Our ride is here."

"Well shit." Gerald said as he and Naruto began to board

Yara left several sticky bombs behind before joining the others as in the helicopter. Isaribi flew it up to let Yara detonate the charges.

"Welcome to Air Umi." Isaribi said with a grin. "Help yourself to the champagne."

"Don't mind if I do." Gerald said, pouring himself a glass from the back.

"You guys good?" Lamar asked.

"We are, Lamar. We got him." Isaribi said.

"All right, his ride is waiting for him near the Del Perro Freeway!" Lamar said before coming off the line.

"That Lamar? That lanky motherfucker is lucky he ain't here or I would want to chrome his ass." Gerald said before going into a bit of a rant of how angry he was at Lamar.

Frankly, Naruto was a bit sympathetic as Isaribi was flying them for Del Perro.

"If Lamar thinks I'm pissed, he should see Vernon. He's angry, but really calm about it. Like he's saving his anger for when Lamar faces him." Gerald mused.

Given Vernon was not arrested and he had the money from the deal, Naruto had a feeling Vernon was not as mad at Lamar as he could have been. Isaribi brought the chopper down right at the beach near his ride.

"You might have got me out, but you got me in." Gerald said only for all three to give him a dry look. "But I'll just say thank you for saving me."

"So what's your plan?" Yara said.

"I got an associate waiting for me. I'll pick up what he got for it and head out north up past LS County and Blaine County to go over to Flint County." Gerald said before getting out. "I'll see you fools in a week. I'm keeping the champagne."

Gerald got his lowrider and drove away.

"Job's done, Lamar." Naruto said.

"That's great. We straight, we all out of trouble. Now let's get back to taking over the world. I'll holla at you later." Lamar said.

[Lowriders #3 - Mission Complete! +$12,710 +3600 RP]

"I barely made a profit, this thing cost me 10k." Isaribi said.

"Nah, it ain't over yet. We need to go to Grapeseed…and fast!" Naruto said as Isaribi took off. "Our IAD friend gave us a tip. Among those dirty cops, one of them has a son. Leads a crew and they got a stash in Grapeseed near some abandoned supermarket."

"Well then, let's get our bonus." Yara said.

The sky was slowly bleeding into night as they flew over the horizon.

~TWG:R~

Vanessa came home to the apartment to see a shitshow. Mandy and Fia were arguing while Tomoko simply looked done with life in general.

"What are they arguing about now?" Vanessa asked.

"Strap-ons or something." Tomoko said as Fia turned to them. "What?"

"Look, it's not hypocritical for a woman to use a strap-on." Fia stated.

"Actually, it is. It's literally designed to intimate a phallus. You say you don't need dick, but you'll use a plastic one." Vanessa said, annoyed. "Look, I have to study for my classes, and I would like it if you argued over something meaningful."

"College is a waste of money." Fia said, rolling her eyes.

"And what exactly are you doing that's so productive?" Tomoko asked as Mandy snickered. "I wouldn't laugh if I were you…"

"You're a real asshole." Mandy sniped.

Vanessa just went to her room and closed the door. Tomoko got a single bottle of juice out of the fridge.

"You have the guts to say this, but look at you. I do hear your conversations you have with your friends. You simp for one of them, you play second fiddle to another, and you treat the last one poorly. One day you're going to get all that's coming to you." Tomoko said before opening the drink to take a swig.

~TWG:R~

The abandoned supermarket in Grapeseed was rather desolate but bizarrely the vending machines inside it worked. Dealing with the son and his friends was nothing too hard when those punks had nothing but pistols. Aside from the cash, they found a Declasse Police Transporter.

"Ok, looks like they ripped off someone major. There's a lot of cash in here." Isaribi said, looking inside. "Or ripped the GND off."

"I found something." Yara said, coming across a gray Brute Stockade. "A big ol' truck…with three crates of electronics."

"Ok, let's divide the cash up." Naruto said. "How much is it?"

"750k. I don't think your buddy knows…" Isaribi said as Naruto looked at one of the dead guy's phones.

"I don't think they knew what was in this…looks like they were by that piece of shit's old man to steal it and stash it." Naruto said as they all took their cut. "Either way…let's go. We can leave this mess for Nii to deal with. I'll drive the Stockade. I'll meet you ladies at La Mesa."

Naruto got the armored van before driving as Isaribi and Yara returned to the helicopter. Isaribi had put a reminder on her phone to use that coupon from LSC to get a tracker in her Sultan RS. First her old bike…and now her old car. Being a 'protagonist' had it's boons.

~TWG:R~

Pillbox Hill

[Cues: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas OST - C.R.A.S.H. Theme]

To say Akahoshi was pissed was an understatement. The plan to get the Families under his thumb went tits up. And now Detective Nii exposed to him that the Taeshawns had backstabbed him. Yugito had manipulated the truth, but Akahoshi was none the wiser to which Yugito got another promotion.

"We're going to have to redirect our plans. The Families won't really be all too active after this stunt. We need an easy scapegoat while working to keep the media off our backs." Akahoshi said firmly.

One of the lieutenants suggested blaming terrorists for it and Akahoshi agreed much to Yugito's disgust. She knew it was only a matter of time.


Current Stats

Naruto - $995,149 - Current Weapons: Fist, Switchblade, Katana, Dual AP Pistol (Platinum/Extended Clip/Glided), Pistol .50, Pump Shotgun, Sawed-Off Shotgun, Micro SMG, MG, Combat MG, SMG, Assault Rifle, Special Carbine, Sniper Rifle, Grenades, Sticky Bombs, Rocket Launcher

[PV: Dominator, Mesa (Merryweather)]

(Current Tattoos: None)

Owned Businesses: Mirror Park Tavern ($2000/day)

Isaribi - $1,499,128 - Current Weapons: Brass Knuckles, Antique Cavalry Dagger, Katana, Dual AP Pistol (Platinum/Extended Clip/Glided), Sweeper Shotgun, Machine Pistol, Combat MG, Carbine Rifle (Extended Clip/Grip/Flashlight), Marksman Rifle , Grenades, Sticky Bombs, Rocket Launcher

[PV: FMJ, Sultan RS; PB: Hellfury Custom]

(Current Tattoos: None)

Owned Businesses: Mirror Fashion ($2000/day), Bellic Enterprises West ($10000/day)

Yara - $771,719 - Current Weapons: Brass Knuckles, Switchblade, Baseball Bat, Dual Pistol, Dual AP Pistol (Platinum/Extended Clip/Glided), Pump Shotgun, Dual Micro-SMG, SMG, Assault Rifle, Carbine Rifle, Sniper Rifle, Rocket Launcher, Minigun, Molotov Cocktails, Sticky Bombs

[PV: Buccaneer Custom; PB: Bati 801RR/Custom]

(Current Tattoos: Custom (Upper Back))

Owned Businesses: Reflex Nails ($2000/day), On Thin Ice ($5000/day)

(A/N: And the day ends with Naruto and company making some good gains despite the chaos. So that's three missions down in the Lowriders storyline with a few more to go. With the changes I made, Vernon isn't exactly going to be as mad at Lamar as in canon, but that's not going to be the only change…so watch out. So we're about to be there, the 30th chapter in this madcap series. Side note, I decided to slowly give Isaribi back all her vehicles that were 'hers' in LC. (So far, aside from Isaribi's Hellfury and Sultan RS, she'd be getting back Jason's Diablous along with a few other vehicles that you'll find out about in the flashbacks.)