(A/N: Five chapters for one Monday! Don't worry, this one won't be Monday for too long.)
Cue Opening Theme: Nas - N.Y. State of Mind
TWG:R
~Endless Possibilities Arc~
Chapter 41: A Break at Last
Los Santos
Monday
The party went on until the afternoon came down to a sunset as everyone split up. Isaribi had handed the keys to her old apartment to Danica, who needed a new place. Isaribi was grateful the System would just instantly move out her stuff. The Blue Banekos were riding back to Paleto, just arriving as the sun was sinking down into the horizon. Most were happy to have their Skull patch, but Nani gained another patch being an upside down FIB badge. A trophy, really.
"I'm glad to see you wanted to join the Banekos, Heather." Isaribi remarked as Heather sighed. "And with a bike of your own."
The chaos from earlier allotted her to get her hands on a silver snakeskin styled Dinka Double T Custom. Heather was grateful to have an exit strategy knowing the Saints' goose was cooked. She had stashed…well stolen some things. She'd deal with that later, she thought. She was grateful to have an apartment outside of the city thanks to Nani's recommendation.
"I got to split." Naruto said. "I need to handle some business…"
"We'll see you later." Isaribi said as Naruto took off.
He arrived at his Paleto home to find the car next to it, a yellow-gold heavily modified Vapid Hotknife. Exactly as Renji detailed in his letter, the car was not exactly valuable to sell…but it had sentimental value to Neenah. He parked the bike in the garage before getting in the car.
~TWG~
Neenah sat terrified in the motel room. She had seen the news…the Saints were finished. Members were getting arrested, kicked out of college, dropping out, fleeing, or a mix of the four. She, herself, was also kicking herself for not getting herself out sooner. She thought she could play the part, but it was clear that people outside the Saints realized she was all bark and no bite. The letter from Renji basically highlighted exactly how fucked she was. In fact, the wait had her trying to figure out now to justify the boss not just killing her and selling the car…along with her organs. Thirty million was nothing to sneeze at. She brainstormed ideas, but then the door opened as Naruto had arrived.
Naruto simply stared at her without a word, thinking of the letter Renji gave him. He had to admit that Renji was a hell of a chessmaster when it came to people. Naruto simply followed Renji's plan and sat at the nearest seat and let her talk first.
"Look, I know you're angry about your lost product…I would offer you some assets, but the feds confiscated nearly everything. I don't even have much money to give…" Neenah said. "I'm sure I could make an arrangement."
"An arrangement?" Naruto said, raising an eyebrow. "Like a live-in maid?"
"Yes!" Neenah said with a fake smile. "I can handle cooking, cleaning, whatever you need."
She requested to have her car returned to her.
"No." Naruto said, firmly as he got it. "Your precious Hotknife is safely stored away…and you'll get it back when I feel you won't try anything stupid. Besides, the cops are looking for it after all. I did have to pay to buy a garage to put it in instead of just allowing the Feds to take it. So just follow my orders, got it?"
"Yes, sir." Neenah said as she followed him out.
The System was basically giving him the rundown of how this would work and how to adjust new settings from his Interaction Menu…and he could only really do that in his safehouses. Naruto had a cab take him and her to Los Santos, specifically to Eclipse Towers. Oh how fitting it was…as they took the elevator up to the top floor with the penthouse suites. Right next to his door was a box and several bags of Neenah's things. Naruto went in first and was taken aback by the view of the southside of the city. The Interaction Menu pinged up to show him what themes he could find for the penthouse…he picked the Aqua theme and saw the place had shades of blue for decor.
Neenah hauled her things in.
"How the hell did you even afford this?" Neenah asked.
Tempted as he was to tell her the truth, he played coy. Neenah simply sighed before being shown a guest bedroom. She'd admit this to herself…hell of a lot nicer than their shared apartment. Naruto found the heist room among over things. Then he found he could order clothes for Neenah to wear…he could just put her in a maid outfit. However, that was too safe. No, she wanted her to squirm a bit…but he decided to call Isaribi for a bit of advice.
"So you got one of Saint lieutenants….the last one as a live-in maid with a massive debt that keeps her around. How much is the debt?" Isaribi asked before he told her. "$30 mil?! You may as well have her by the tits…the average live-in maid is paid in the 30 to 40k range yearly, officially. She wouldn't be able to ever pay off that debt working as a maid…"
"Exactly, I got a plan. Looking at her history, she might be a poser, but she's a gifted mechanic and driver. Think of it like this…she toils as a maid for a while…and then we dangle more work that's her passion her way after the heat on her dies down…she'll jump. Just have her in her underwear for the first few days since it's just going to be you and her there. It'll keep her vulnerable, and she won't complain when you do let her wear clothes." Isaribi said before hanging up.
Now Naruto could get behind that and he called Neenah.
"Now Neenah, we'll have to discuss what we'll wear while in here…and that'll be just your underwear." Naruto said calmly as she flinched. "Well…you got your orders."
"Of course…" Neenah said, while muttering a few things in Spanish.
She quickly dropped her leather jacket to the floor before rolling up her baggy t-shirt revealing a rather slender frame with a modest bust held back by a black Didier Sachs bra.
"I see you put your money into branded clothes." Naruto said.
"Do you cheap out on your underwear?" She asked him.
"Fair enough. Keep going." Naruto said, leaning back.
Her smooth skin shined in the light as she sighed, tossing the shirt to the ground, grumbling in Spanish. Turning around, she undid her belt slowly rolling down her jeans revealing a pair of matching black Dider Sachs panties that had writing on the rear. Her behind was certainly plump as she got off her shoes and pants.
"Well I'm pleased…but I just have to say. Tuna salad." Naruto said as she looked confused. "No, let me say that again in a language you can understand: Ya que crees que puedes insultarme en otro idioma, tal vez debería tomar un video de mí usando tu Hotknife."
The look on her face was priceless given she went white as a ghost despite her light brown skin.
"San Andreas has a growing Hispanic population, did you really think I wouldn't learn Spanish? Considering the Vagos, the Marabunta Grande, the Madrazo Cartel, and the Madrigal Cartel, why wouldn't I learn some Spanish? But it helps that dumbasses like you think I can't speak it. Now chop chop on the sandwich and beer." Naruto said before slapping Neenah's behind and going to the couch to watch television.
She could not even be mad at him as he…raised a valid point. Once again, she played herself. She simply sighed and got to making that sandwich. Naruto watched the news which was recapping a few past events. Diya's murder, Kevin's arrest…and later murder, the Saints crumbling, and so on. Apparently Myne's death exposed her as the one responsible for a strain of STDs that was spreading around a few men. Somewhere, Elio was snuggling up to Ella glad for the dodged bullet. Neenah brought the tray with the requested sandwich and a can of Logger beer. She came around to see Suiko in his lap.
"You have a cat?" Neenah said. "I…oh god, I left Snickerdoodle with…"
"You named your cat, Snickerdoodle?" Naruto asked dryly.
"What did you name yours?" Neenah snarked.
"Suiko, a cultural reference to the water." Naruto said as Neenah groaned.
"Look, I left Snickerdoodle with a trusted lieutenant. Can you please get her back for me?" Neenah asked.
"What do I get out of helping you?" Naruto asked.
"I'll work naked whenever you ask…with no complaints." Neenah offered.
She already knew her dignity was going to be peeled off of her, but at the most she could try to capitalize it. Naruto decided to accept and humor the request by asking who the cat was left with. When Naruto learned who, he got up and left. Outside, he called Heather.
"The cat? I left her with Lindsay…I'm not exactly a cat person. I can give you her number…" Heather said before telling him.
He hung up and called her to explain everything. Lindsay easily got the cat to him, a cream and orange tabby. He came back upstairs and returned with the cat. Lindsay had a fast car…making him only wait about five minutes.
"Here's Snickerdoodle." Naruto said as Snickerdoodle jumped out of his arms to get on the couch. "And I could have you deliver on your promise now…but I'm not going to. Besides, I'm going out for a bit after I finish my fo-Suiko!"
Suiko was eating his sandwich and he just snatched the beer to drink before trashing it.
"I do have other safehouses…so your focus will be this one for now. Do some laundry…I guess." Naruto said before leaving.
Neenah was relieved but realized she had not thanked him for getting her cat back…and not making her keep her word at the moment. She supposed she lucked. She got up to put her discarded clothes away and get on some shorts. Given he was not home, she'd wear something easy to slip on and off.
"May as well do the laundry…" She muttered.
~TWG~
Isaribi and Tomoko were chatting with her 'sisters-in-arms' at the clubhouse having sodas instead of alcohol at the moment.
"So where's Yara?" Eva asked.
"Getting her RV someplace in town." Tomoko remarked. "But Isaribi, I do want to ask about plans for the club?"
"There's the Open Road program to set up fronts and we can do MC work. But not tonight. I'll look into the Open Road, but that's it. Seeing Kara come through, we can chill out and play some video games." Isaribi said.
"I got a Gamecube…and a copy of Melee." Tricia said.
"I'm down." Tomoko said as Isaribi went into the MC Office.
In the comfort of her office, Isaribi kicked back in the door now that she had both a mini-fridge of treats all to herself and a small television when she needed alone time. She got on the computer to go into the Open Road. Was not her first time on the DarkNet…and now it would be a constant as she had her account set up. She was met with a message.
"Greetings New User. The wonders of modern technology have gifted us a small oasis in this desert of our surveillance state, this brief respite from the x-ray gaze of civil servants, spooks and spouses. So, let's use it to make as much moula as we can. - Long John Teabag'
She found she had the option for five business options. She immediately was against counterfeiting cash on principle, and actually despised the notion of doing it. So it left the Cocaine Lockup, Document Forgery Factory, Meth Lab, or a Weed Farm. Meth was a no simply because of Trevor, she had no interest in directly competing with him.
"Always wanted my own weed farm." Isaribi said selecting that option.
She was given four options for buildings to house the weed farm and easily selected the Mount Chiliad option. It was a building a minute away from Paleto Bay and totally worth nearly $800k.
[You now own an 'MC Weed Farm', go over there to start the setup mission.]
She logged off the computer before leaving the office to see the girls were playing Melee.
"Yara show up?" Isaribi asked.
"Yeah, she's in the bathroom. Had a bad burrito or something." Tricia said. "By the way, is Ella going to join the group?"
"Ella wanted time with her husband…she did say she'd be willing to be a part-timer in time. Well, I'm off…" Isaribi said as she left.
Feeling nostalgic, she got on her Hexer Custom and quickly got the color changed from to a white and red to rep her Japanese pride. But she got it emblazoned with a name on the side in kanji…referring to Angus, the only person from the Lost worth remembering.
"You'll be missed." Isaribi said before riding out into the night.
Getting to the building barely took minutes and she found something there waiting for her. Next to the door, a woman was napping. She was young and quite beautiful with waist-length, wavy, golden hair and lips that shame the red rose. She had a tall, slender figure and her skin was fair and flawless…even having a more angular face. She wore a pale pink turtleneck sweatshirt under a blue denim jacket, blue sweatpants, and a pair of black flats. Isaribi woke her up as the woman rose to her full height, yawning.
"Oi, Sleeping Beauty. Mind telling me why you're squatting around my property?" Isaribi asked, pointing to the pin on her overshirt collar.
"Waiting for you. Name's Aurora Rose….I used to be an Invader until your group came and ruined a good thing going for me. Now I'm not mad about it, Kagura's a cunt and had it coming. But I started stalking you online, you left a trail of blood and bullets. Along with some ties to some questionable people…you've been everywhere from the former Faustin Mafiya to the IAA." Aurora said as Isaribi was quick to have a gun to her head. "Whoa! Take it easy…I'm merely saying that I know my shit."
Isaribi put the gun away.
"Ok, what do you want?" Isaribi asked.
"To work for you." Aurora said. "As you see, I've been on my own for a while. I only turned 18 two days ago…my aunts kicked me out."
Isaribi asked why.
"Because they're stuck in the past…they think I'm a slacker. They don't understand technology at all…or really the idea of working from home. Sure, I smoked pot, played a lot of video games, and masturbated a bit…ok often…but I worked and made money." Aurora said with a sigh. "I despise the idea of being some wage slave."
"So their idea was to kick you out to the streets on your birthday." Isaribi said, shaking her head. "That's fucked up."
"Eh, at least now I can finger myself without them walking in my room and invading my privacy." Aurora said with a laugh. "Family, am I right?"
"Orphan…actually." Isaribi said as Aurora winced. "It's ok…I'm used to it. Look if you want work…I do need someone for the weed farm. "
"I can help manage it. I can handle hiring workers and such so you can focus on getting supplies and selling the product." Aurora remarked. "I just need you to help me with something…a bit of money. I wanted to get an apartment, but I just need enough to cover rent for a year and replace some equipment my aunts damaged while kicking me out. I'm a bit short."
"Here's 10 grand." Isaribi said, tossing her a roll of bills. "That enough?"
"More than enough." Aurora said, putting the money away.
She followed Isaribi inside the weed farm which they found was mostly empty. Isaribi came up to the laptop on the desk, already connected to The Open Road. With that, she entered her details before confirming she was ready for setup.
[Business Setup - Weed Farm]
Long John Teabag had called her phone basically giving her a bit of a rundown before her objective directed her to go across the bridge to Route 68.
"Aurora, hop on." Isaribi said getting on her bike.
"Coming." Aurora said, coming on the backseat as Isaribi took off. "So what's the plan?"
"We're just getting a van with the supplies we need. You're going to drive it back while I guard you." Isaribi said. "We're probably going to have issues."
Ironically, there was no issue. The van was not even that far as they soon returned back. Isaribi was even pleasantly pleased.
[Setup Complete! Weed production has started.]
Now the inside of the farm looked like a work in progress.
"Can I keep the van? It's better than my shitty used Rhapsody." Aurora asked.
"Sure, cutie. I assume you'll get workers for me." Isaribi said sweetly.
"Uh yeah, sure." Aurora said as Isarbi lifted her chin.
"Don't disappoint." Isaribi said kindly. "You got my number…maybe we can hang sometime."
"Sure." Aurora said with her cheeks a bit red.
Isaribi chuckled, noting that she'll deliver on getting her a Blue Baneko jacket. She got Aurora a jacket and bid her farewell for now.
~TWG~
As Isaribi rode back to the clubhouse, Yara and Tomoko were having a sleepover at Tomoko's place. They were watching a movie marathon, but the two were already fast asleep. Isaribi hit the hay as well…and as for Naruto. He was walking back to Franklin's place with Lamar and Franklin with bags of food.
"Yo, why a cop creepin'?" Lamar said as a cop was walking along.
The cop stopped when a Families member approached him…it was clear they were twin brothers. Lamar pulled his homies back as the two men glared at each other before whipping their guns out and firing at each other. Naruto, Franklin, and Lamar hit the deck as bullets flew…then they looked up to see neither brother was hit…not even scratched.
"They missed every shot. How?" Franklin asked in disbelief. "Everything else is hit except them!"
Another man had a bullet in his leg. Property had bullet holes in them. One went through someone's mailbox and window.
"I should arrest you for that illegal firearm!" Cop Twin growled.
"And violate my 2A right, fuck off!" Gangbanger Twin said as they reloaded their guns only for their phones to go off.
They answered their phones only to each put their guns away.
"You are so lucky my bitch/woman called." The twins said before going their separate ways.
"The fuck just happened?" Naruto said as Lamar sighed.
"That's just the Bak twins fighting again. One became a cop…one joined the Families. Don't let that badge fool you, he's a dirty mothafucka." Lamar said as Naruto got to his Dominator which had marks from bullets.
"Who's not in this town?" Naruto said before driving away.
He decided to call it a night, returning to the penthouse for some much needed sleep.
Current Stats
Naruto - $7,679,067 - Current Weapons: Fist, Switchblade, Katana, Pistol (Suppressor), Dual AP Pistols (Platinum Tint/Extended Clip/Glided), Pistol .50, Pump Shotgun, Sawed-Off Shotgun, Dual Micro SMG (Extended Clip), MG, Combat MG, SMG, Compact Rifle (Platinum/Drum Magazine), Assault Rifle (Drum Magazine/Grip/Scope/Flashlight), Special Carbine (Drum Magazine/Scope/Grip), Sniper Rifle, Grenades, Sticky Bombs, Rocket Launcher
[PV: Dominator, Mesa (Merryweather), Infernus; PB: Hexer Custom, Shotaro, Bati 801; PW: Seashark, Jetmax]
(Current Tattoos: None)
Owned Businesses: Mirror Park Tavern ($2000/day), Hotel Wisdahl ($15000/day), La Mesa LSC ($2000/day)
Garages: 120 Murrieta Heights, 870 Route 68 Approach, 1200 Route 68
Isaribi - $5,810,828 - Current Weapons: Brass Knuckles, Antique Cavalry Dagger, Katana, Pistol (Suppressor), Dual AP Pistols (Platinum Tint/Extended Clip/Glided), Sweeper Shotgun, Machine Pistol, SMG (Drum Magazine), Combat MG, Compact Rifle (Platinum/Drum Magazine), Carbine Rifle (Box Clip/Grip/Flashlight/Scope/Yusuf Amir Luxury Finish), Marksman Rifle , Grenades, Sticky Bombs, Rocket Launcher
[PV: FMJ, Sultan RS; PB: Hellfury Custom, Shotaro; PW: Toro, Seashark, Jetmax]
(Current Tattoos: None)
Owned Businesses: Mirror Fashion ($2000/day), Bellic Enterprises West ($10000/day), Hookah Palace ($13000/day), MC Weed Farm
Garages: Unit 2 Popular Street
Yara - $7,529,217 - Current Weapons: Brass Knuckles, Switchblade, Baseball Bat, Machete, Dual Pistols, Dual AP Pistols (Platinum Tint/Extended Clip/Glided), Pump Shotgun, Dual Micro-SMG, SMG, Compact Rifle (Platinum/Drum Magazine), Assault Rifle, Carbine Rifle, Sniper Rifle, Rocket Launcher, Molotov Cocktails, Sticky Bombs
[PV: Buccaneer Custom, Turismo R; PB: Bati 801RR/Custom, Shotaro; PW: Seashark, Jetmax]
(Current Tattoos: Custom (Upper Back))
Owned Businesses: Reflex Nails ($2000/day), On Thin Ice ($5000/day), Squeeze One Out ($2000/day)
Garages: 1337 Exceptionalists Way
Tomoko - $7,857,347 - Current Weapons: Fist, Baseball Bat, Switchblade, Katana, Dual Pistol .50s (Yusuf Amir Luxury Finish/Extended Clip), SNS Pistol, Pump Shotgun, Combat Shotgun, Dual Micro SMGs, Dual Mini SMGs, SMG, Compact Rifle (Platinum/Drum Magazine), Assault Rifle, Carbine Rifle (Platinum Tint/Box Clip/Grip/Flashlight/Scope/Yusuf Amir Luxury Finish), Grenade Launcher (Army Tint/Grip), Minigun (Gold)
[PV: Turismo R; PB: Hexer, PCJ-600, Shotaro; PW: Seashark, Jetmax]
(Current Tattoos: None)
Owned Businesses: DigitalDen (Mirror Park) ($5000/day), Chico's Hypermarket ($2000/day)
Garages: 331 Supply Street
(A/N: Another Disney Princess has appeared at last. Originally, she was going to appear in the Invaders storyline but that didn't pan out. Fun fact though, apparently officially both Elsa and Anna are NOT a part of the Disney Princess line (but Mulan still is). Moving on, the next chapter is going to focus a bit on the businesses and setup for the second heist.)
