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Chapter 2: Start of Something New

-La Fuente Blanca, Vinewood Hills-

From a safe distance away from the ranch that was situated on a large hill, a Mexican man clad in a bluish business suit with several more men beside him. They were all looking through binoculars down Senora road at the scene where the police and paramedics were currently at investigating the scene where Ken had murdered the men that went after him following his killing of the teneinte Jose and four comrades.

''Who do you think could've done this?'' One of the bodyguards questioned.

''I mean, they phoned us about finding Jose and the others, so them being killed this close means that they had found the guy who killed the others.'' another bodyguard said.

The suited man only shook his head and walked away from the fence as he did not want to see the corpses of his men being loaded into ambulances. The two bodyguards followed him back into the main house of the ranch and they entered the structure. The land around the house they entered look like your average ranch, just minus the several armed men patrolling the land. Back in the main house the suited Mexican man went into an office on the top floor of the building and sat down behind a desk. His appearance was tan skin, graying hair that was gelled neatly and combed slightly to the right and he had a calm look on his face but behind the calmness was the true look of a sociopath.

''José fue mi teniente más confiable, perderlo ha rasgado un enorme agujero en mi corazón.'' (Jose was my most trusted lieutenant, losing him has ripped a massive hole in my heart.)

The two bodyguards looked at their boss with pity, despite being only bodyguards for this man they knew Jose was a close friend to him.

''Qué haremos Martin?'' (What will we do Martin?)

The man, now revealed to be Martin closed his eyes and thought about what they can possibly do to avenge Jose's death.

''We shall find out who the cabron who killed our men is. I will be sending you and several other sicarios to confront the others about this. You two will meet with the Capone crime family while others will meet with the Russian mafia, Arthur Morgan and his Sons, the Lost and Angels of Death. If necessary head out to San Fierro to meet with the Chinese and Irish to see if they had anything to do with this.'' Martin explained.

''We understand Martin, what about the Mayans?'' asked one of the guards.

''The Mayans MC and Vagos won't turn against us, us Mexicans stick together but I will personally ask them myself if they heard anything. If it calls for it I will ask Mr. Escuela and the Vagos to lend us some muscle.''

''It makes sense señor, when do you want us to do this?''

''Do it as soon as you are ready, and if you manage to find out who did this I want you to bring them to me so I can have a talk with them.''

The two bodyguards nodded and Martin motioned for them to leave the room to carry out their missions. With his two personal bodyguards gone he leaned backward in his chair and looked at the ceiling and despite the anger dwelling within him he enjoyed the quiet scenery before closing his eyes for an early morning nap.

''No one fucks with Martin Madrazo and lives.'' The man thought in frustration.

-Shigeru's Apartment-

''Yo Geru dog! Come here look what's on the tv!" CJ called out to his friend as he was watching the news.

CJ waited for a few minutes for his friend to show up and coming from his room was the Japanese man wearing a t-shirt and sweatpants as he had just woken up due to CJ's outburst.

''Huh? What's going on CJ I was sleeping.'' Shigeru said walking over rubbing his eyes. Hearing that the tv was running he opened his eyes to see CJ watching it and decided to see what was getting his friend so riled up.

On the TV was an Arabic woman dressed in a red dress with her long, black hair left untied with a tan skin complexion and brown eyes with slightly thick eyebrows. It was clear she was the news anchor for the local news station.

''At approximately 5:30 am this morning, a local was on their morning jog when they came across this grisly sight, down the hill from Senora road through the guard rail was a Super Diamond that was found crashed in this ditch as you can see here and upon further inspection it was discovered that there were three bodies inside. After reporting to the LSPD the police were able to identify the bodies as members from the notorious Madrazo drug cartel due to the common Santa Muerta tattoo among it's members. The bodies were found with gunshot wounds, the driver having taken one round clean through the skull and the other two shot several times in the chest and there appears to be no sign of a struggle whatsoever according to medical experts and the killer is believed to be the same person. As such authorities have absolutely no clue who the perpetrator is but the officers we have spoken to say that this may be the beginning of a turf war between rival factions. In addition there were five more bodies found under the Del Perro Freeway who were also members of the Madrazo cartel and some law enforcement believe that the ones responsible could be any of the groups such as the local Russian or Italian criminal elements, the Sons of Anarchy, the Lost, Angels of Death MCs or even the Chinese triads and Irish crime groups in neighboring San Fierro. As of right now the LSPD is at a dead end but anyone who sees suspicious individuals or activities are to report to them immediately. This is Sajida Hussein of Weazel News.

After the commercials came on what they had just watched left them somewhat speechless and they just stared at the screen for about a minute or two before they slowly turned their heads to look at each other.

''The Madrazo cartel just lost eight guys, and they mentioned the lot under the freeway. Geru man, isn't that where Jose and his guys told you to meet them?'' questioned CJ.

''Yeah, that's where my brother managed to find me paying them their money and where he killed all of them, he didn't even break a sweat doing it either. As for the others, I have no idea if Ken had something to do with it or not.'' Shigeru answered, unable to figure out how to feel about the current situation.

''And your bro killed those niggas and saved your life, you don't think they found the bodies and sent some guys to find him do you?''

Shigeru knew that the cartel would swiftly do something if any of their men were killed and while he expected a retaliation, he just didn't expect it to be so soon. To make it even worse, it's possible that Ken killed more sicarios and there was no doubt in his mind that his brother is the perpetrator mentioned on the news but he didn't want to admit to CJ that he was in denial.

''He didn't even bother to hide the bodies after he shot them dead.'' Said the sibling. ''But who knows? Maybe someone else did it.''

CJ smirked slightly but knew the severity of the situation. ''Shit nigga I mean, you think Grove Street or CHS would mess with the cartel? I know the Vagos probably sell shit for them, if you think Ken didn't do it then who nigga?''

''There's the Sons, The Lost, Angels of Death, the Irish gang in San Fierro, the mafia, the Russians and the Triads.'' Shigeru answered with a nervous chuckle.

''Nigga, you know your brother killed more of those cartel guys.''

At that moment, the door to Shigeru's apartment opened and this caused CJ and Shigeru to turn their heads in alert at the visitor and they saw it was Ken entering the apartment and the things they noticed about him was that he was carrying a few firearms, the M4 carbine, the Uzi and the Glock the sicarios were using when they abducted him. The white shirt he wore under his top had some blood spots on them and that alone confirmed their suspicions. They continued to watch him as he made his way further into the apartment making his way into the kitchen and sets the weapons on the counter.

''Uh, hey Ken good morning brother! You look messed up, did you go partying or something?'' Shigeru asked, trying to lighten the mood.

Ken didn't even respond as he grabbed a bowl, a spoon, milk and a box of Cock O Puffs and went to sit down at the table. He poured some cereal into the bowl before following it up with milk and began to casually eat the food as if nothing had happened. He took a few bites before finally looking in the direction of CJ and his sibling with a blank look on his face.

''What?'' Was all Ken said with a slight shrug.

Shigeru shook his head to confirm he wasn't seeing things like the blood on his brother's shirt and decided to try and make another joke to enlighten the awkward mood. ''So nisan, did you go out to drink or something? You look like you had some fun.''

''Yeah dog, with the way you look I bet you went to the Vanilla Unicorn or some shit.'' CJ added.

Coincidentally the tv began playing a rerun of the previous news story about the corpses of the members from the Madrazo cartel and that got the attention of the three men and they all look at the tv. CJ and Shigeru face palmed and when they turned to look at Ken he had a big smile on his face as he was chewing his cereal.

''Looks like me killing those Mexicans is the main story of today's morning news gentleman.'' Ken quipped.

The Yakuza gangster then continued eating his cereal and the three men just stayed there in silence before Shigeru finally said something.

''Hey, nisan..''

''What is it?''

''What happened yesterday? I mean, after we came home.''

''Well, I decided to go browse eyefind for a little bit and about an hour after you fell asleep there was a knock on the door, I open to find three Mexicans pointing guns at my face, the ones I put on the counter and they asked me if I had anything to do with killing that asshole that ordered you to be beaten yesterday.'' Explained Ken. ''They didn't even give me the chance to answer and forced me to step outside before taking me for a ride to meet their boss I believe.''

Shigeru and CJ were listening to the Yakuza mobster intently, CJ looked like he was really into the story but Shigeru on the other hand looked shocked and afraid.

''Wait homie, they took you for a ride, so how the fuck did you escape I mean, they had their guns pointed at you during the car ride right?'' CJ questioned.

''Those Mexicans thought they were going to get away with kidnapping me and I proved them wrong.'' Ken said before looking at his brother, ''They said something about taking me to see their Capo. Explain to me you two, who are these men exactly?''

CJ exhaled loudly because having grown up in the gangbanging life he had knowledge about criminal activity within Los Santos and the surrounding area but even he knew this was a matter the siblings should discuss themselves. So he looked at Shigeru and urged him to start talking to his older brother.

''Dude, he is your brother after all homie, so you explain to him.''

CJ was right, though Shigeru knew his brother liked an honest person and having grown up in Los Santos since he left Japan he thought it wouldn't hurt in the slightest to help his brother gain some information despite only just finding out he was the Butcher of Shibuya.

''Jose, his guys and the ones on the news are, were members of the Madrazo drug cartel and they run cocaine trafficking operations in Los Santos. I don't know where they operate exactly but I know that they primarily deal with like I just said, cocaine and are my supplier of drugs. They're the guys who I sell drugs for and pay tribute to.'' Shigeru began.

''And starting now you won't be paying tribute to those Mexicans anymore, continue please.'' Ken interrupted.

''Jose, the guy you killed first was a high ranking member of the cartel, one of the lieutenants and killing him means you are gonna have big problems with them brother.''

Ken raised an eyebrow in amusement, problems he said?

''What kind of problems? Is the cartel going to try to find out who killed their men? I doubt it'll take them very long since organized crime groups are good at finding someone they want to eliminate. Hell, they can try and get me, I'll just shoot them all dead like I did to the rival gang back in Japan.'' Ken said confidently.

Shigeru saw the look of confidence in Ken's eyes and was worried that attitude of his will get him killed so he had to say something. ''But nisan, the cartel has lots of hitman, how are you going to take them all on when it's just you? You're not going to try and make allies with anyone else are you? I doubt the others would want to get involved with an unnecessary fight like this.'' Shigeru then turned to look at CJ since he was an OG in the Grove Street Families gangs. ''I don't think you'd want to get into a gang war with a drug cartel do you CJ?''

CJ shook his head almost immediately after Shigeru asked the question.

''Hell naw nigga, Grove Street may be a big gang, but there's no fucking way we picking a fight with the cartel, let alone the mafia, other street gangs, fine but those guys is a big fuck no.''

''I wasn't going to ask you or your gang for help, but whatever CJ. Also Shigeru, I'm not alone because my boss told me when we were headed to the airport that he wants me to start my own Yakuza family here as a way to begin spreading Otomo-gumi influence into America. I'll just phone him and...''

Suddenly, a knock on the door interrupted Ken and the volume of the knocking spooked everyone in the room.

''You two, stay put.'' whispered Ken as he slowly made his way toward where the door was and positioned himself next to the hinges.

He reaches for his Beretta in his top and ever so slowly inches closer toward the door and slowly reaches for the handle, he turns the locking mechanism over and slowly opens the door hoping to coerce whoever was knocking to enter. His plan worked and as quickly as he could he swung the pistol and hit the visitor across the back of his head and knocked him down to the floor.

He points his gun at the visitor and was just about to fire when he recognized who it was.

''What the hell? Shirase?''

Shirase, the member of the Otomo family who their boss had wanted to be Ken's adviser in America was the man who was knocking on the door. He was given Shigeru's address from Otomo and had arrived in Los Santos shortly after Ken had landed.

''Ken?''

The two Yakuza mobsters stared at each in complete confusion and sure, they knew each other since they were from the same gang but meeting here and Shirase getting hit by Ken made it awkward, yet they were happy to see each other after so long.

Ken helps Shirase up and dusts his cohort off and the two walk over to the kitchen table completely disregarding that Shigeru and CJ were in the same room.

''Anata wa koko de nani o shite iru no?'' (What are you doing here?) Ken questioned.

''Watashi wa anata o tasukeru tame ni koko ni imasu.'' (I am here to help you) Replied Shirase.

The two men continued to discuss and still they had forgotten that the other two were watching them from the living room and they were both utterly confused and thankfully Shigeru was able to translate for his black friend.

''Uh, who's the other nigga Geru and what are they talkin' about?'' CJ asked curiously.

Shigeru turned slightly so that he can look at CJ. ''That other guy is named Shirase, he's from the same mob family as my brother and they are talking about how Ken was sent here to spread their gang's influence on the West Coast by starting in San Andreas. Shirase said that their family boss wanted him to come here as well to be my brother's adviser in their gang.''

CJ was listening intently to his friend while eyeing Ken and Shirase, was Ken, this cool and relaxed looking dude really some hardcore mobster from Japan with a reputation? He didn't even need to ask the butcher himself because the night before he saw Ken take his shirt off to reveal his tattoos that he had gotten while in prison and that alone was proof that Ken was a mobster he would never ever want to cross.

''Yo Ken dude.''

The butcher turned his head and looked at his sibling with a smile on his face.

''You're right Shigeru, this man here is Hideki Shirase and he is also a member of the Otomo-gumi gang back in Japan and he was one of the first members I interacted with, he was Otomo-san's advisor.'' explained Ken.

''Advisor? So he helped your boss make the decisions for your gang?'' CJ questioned and Ken nodded in response.

''But why is he here? I translated for CJ so I know throughout the conversation he did not mention why he came here to America one bit.'' Shigeru interjected.

''Can you speak English nigga? Bet you can't understand me when I say if we fight I'm gon fuck yo ass up.'' CJ said stepping up to Shirase.

While the African gang member was only kidding with Shirase, the former had an angry look on his face and stood up to size CJ up and no surprise, he was slowly walking into CJ pushing him back with his weight and this frightened the thug.

''I understood everything you just said blackie.'' Shirase spoke in perfect English, minus the Japanese accent of course.

Shirase then reached for something inside his top and pulled out a pistol, he grabs CJ by the throat and applies some pressure further frightening the younger male.

''Oh shit nigga, my bad Ken man tell him I was playing yo!" CJ pleaded.

A moment of silence befell everyone in the room and Shirase burst out laughing how easily he had frightened CJ. Ken joined in on the laughter too as Shirase released CJ from his clutches.

''I'm just messing with you black man, or as you Americans say it, fucking with you.'' Shirase chuckled.

CJ was instantly relieved that Shirase was only kidding and even though he grew up in the gang banging life he knew that the Japanese mobster would easily kick his ass in a fist fight, same goes for Ken because it already happened. So he let out a loud sigh of relief and went to get a drink of water to try and calm his nerves down.

''Shirase calm down, you're scaring the black kid.'' Ken said with a light chuckle. ''Now back to serious matters ototo, Shirase was sent here by our family boss to help me establish and spread our gang's influence into America, now he wants me to come with him to see where we're going to start our business, it's in the Little Tokto district in the city and he's got a surprise for me.''

''A surprise I think you'll like Ken.'' Said Shirase before turning to face the other two. ''You both can come too if you would like.''

Both CJ and Shigeru seemed a tad bit apprehensive about what they might see if they came along with the mobsters but Ken ensured nothing bad was going to happen, especially CJ for trying to pick a fight earlier.

''Relax you two, we're not going to kill you and dump your body somewhere.'' Ken explained, ''If you really don't want to come along that's fine you can just wait until we get back.''

Ken took his tuxedo top and puts it back on and leaves the apartment with Shirase leaving Shigeru alone with CJ.

''Nigga I think we should go with your brother.'' CJ whispered.

Shigeru sighed nervously, being a drug dealer for the Madrazo cartel was one thing, seeing what his brother might be getting into with Shirase might be even worse and very scary but, it was his brother and since he was told he won't be dealing drugs for the cartel anymore he might as well tag along with his brother.

''Fine, let's go.''

They both then rush out the door and caught up with the Yakuza gangsters who were already in Shirase's car, a black Karin Sultan. They were noticed by Ken and the butcher smiled at the two.

''Changed your mind you two?''

Shigeru and CJ didn't say a word and jumped into the backseat of the car and with everyone in Shirase took off toward the center of town to see what Shirase had in store for Ken.

-Little Tokyo-

After making it through the heavy traffic in Downtown Los Santos the crew had finally managed to make their way into the Little Tokyo district and when they arrived Ken had noticed many Japanese who he assumed to be American born walking about the small shops and stores on the street.

''With a neighborhood like this I'm shocked there hasn't been any Yakuza families trying to make grounds here, I mean look at all the shops here it feels like I'm back in Japan.'' Ken quipped as he got out of the car. ''If that's the case, we'll be the first family to set up shop in the West Coast.''

Shirase, his brother and CJ followed right after and Shirase took the lead.

''Otomo-san had me and some men come here a month ago to get the business started and running so when we meet you can get straight to work Ken, come on it's this way.''

Shirase then led the other men down the street passing several bystanders and stores and as they walked by Ken turned his head to look into the stores he saw something that caught his eyes, he saw several men that stood out from the crowd of shoppers and they weren't shoppers at all he realized. They appeared to be Yakuza gangsters standing around the stores as if they were watching over the place. The gangsters he locked eyes with in one particular gift shop smiled at him. Ken knew that these guys knew who he was.

Smirking at the man was Ken's only response and soon enough Shirase had led them into a restaurant that was currently being worked on by some construction workers and even though it wasn't quite complete yet Ken could tell it was set up nice. Tables scattered neatly across the main dining area and a sushi bar on the opposite end of the building added an extra touch to it. The Japanese decor made Ken feel right at home and he liked it so far.

''So you set this up before I came here Shirase?'' Questioned Ken.

''Hai, we decided to keep it simple for now and have our first front be a Japanese restaurant. I'm sure you noticed that some of the stores on main street had some familiar looking men, because those stores now know that Little Tokyo in Los Santos is going to become a Yakuza hangout much like the Shibuya and Shinjuku districts back home.'' Shirase said.

''But are we sure that any of our enemies in Japan haven't already made grounds in America?'' Ken asked.

''No, Otomo-san has so many lookouts throughout the Kanto region and he can confirm none of our enemies have attempted to come here and they don't know you're here either.'' Shirase answered.

CJ was growing more interested in learning more about Ken and he just had to ask him some questions himself.

''Yo homie, how many enemies do you have back in Japan? I mean, do you have street gangs there?''

Ken turned his head to face CJ and shook his head. ''No, my enemies in Japan are all rival Yakuza families and the only gangs you'd find there are our version of mafia families and there's a lot of organized crime that goes on there.''

''Damn nigga, how you still alive if you have mob families as enemies? If my gang had those for enemies we'd all be dead in two seconds.'' CJ whistled.

''Let me guess, you're a member of the Grove Street Families gang huh?'' Asked Ken.

This caught CJ by surprise and the African thug turned to face Shigeru who blatantly had a GSF hat on.

''Wait, how'd you know nigga?''

''I learned some things on eyefind, GSF wears green as it's color and has primarily black members, I assume my brother is affiliated with the gang.'' Ken said giving his younger sibling a cold stare.

''Nah homie, your bro is just a friend to us.'' CJ explained in his friend's defense.

Ken laughed at how at indirectly teased his brother causing him to feel embarrassed that he is affiliated with the Grove Street gang and quite possibly a Yakuza family, but the butcher meant no harm for his sibling.

''Relax ototo, I'm just joking around.'' He reassured.

Feeling a sense of relief, Shigeru gave his brother a small nod and smile and the four men continued to walk to their destination, a fair sized restaurant that was called the 'Rising Sun' and Ken was quite impressed with the beauty of the design as it had the place's name written in Japanese characters with the English translation right under it in bright lights.

Shirase leads them through an alleyway that was well hidden from the public view and the other three followed him down it until they came through a side door. Shirase knocks on it three times and a slide on the door opens.

''Kare wa koko ni iru.'' (He is here) Shirase spoke.

The slide closes and the door slowly opens inward and there stood another Japanese man wearing a white dress shirt and black pants. Ken knew this was a fellow member of the Otomo-gumi family and the doorman instantly bowed in respect.

''Butcher of Shibuya, you're here.'' He spoke with a heavy accent.

Ken returned the bow and was led in by the doorman followed by Shirase, Shigeru and CJ and they were taken down the hallway at the back of the restaurant and they walked until they came up to a room that had two more Japanese men wearing suits standing on each side of the door. The two then recognized Ken and much like the doorman, they bowed too knowing the butcher has returned.

''Ken-san, welcome back, we've been waiting for you.'' One of the guards spoke in a heavy accent.

Ken nodded and told the men there was no need to bow since he wanted to lay off the formalities for now until they got down to business. Walking up to the door Shirase takes a key and unlocks it, slightly turning the handle he turns to face his comrade and gives him a smile.

''This will be your office Ken, I've prepared it since we arrived here last week.''

Turning his attention back to the door he then fully turns the knob and opens the door all the way giving Ken, Shigeru and CJ a clear view of the room. The room was was a medium sized typical office looking room that had a design that was reminiscent of Japan. Several vases filled with lavenders placed on a desk on the right side of the room, a table that had couches on either side of it and a 50 inch HD tv hung up on the wall of the room. A large desk was situated at the end of the room opposite the door with a brand new computer on it, several items you'd find in a typical work office and hung on the wall behind the desk was the daimon of the Otomo-gumi family with a map of the state on the wall.

''Holy shit nigga, your bro has a bangin' office.'' CJ whispered to Shigeru.

Ken whistled in amazement at how good the office looked as it looked very much like Otomo-san's office back home.

''It looks really good Shirase I really like it, arigatou.'' said the butcher. ''And how long did you say you've been here in America?''

''We've been here a little over a month now and we received money from Otomo-san in American dollars to get this place up and running and this restaurant will act as our front as we expand our influence in San Andreas.'' Shirase explained before reaching into his pocket pulling out a wallet. ''Otomo-san wanted me to give this to you once I brought you here.''

Taking the wallet from Shirase, Ken opens it and finds a forged ID with a picture of his mugshot when he was in prison as his picture drawing a light chuckle from him. He then pulled out the Maze Bank Foreclosures debit card.

''A debit card?''

''Hai, Otomo-san opened up an account for you and put in eight million dollars for you to start with.'' Shirase said watching Ken going to take a seat behind his new desk. ''Not only have we been setting up grounds here, we've also been doing some intelligence gathering via the internet and have come up with lots of information and I'm sure this black guy here can throw in some of his own, being a member of this Grove Street gang.''

''I was about to ask you if you found anything out Shirase, when I arrived yesterday I was going to look up information on organized crime here and I only managed to find names of other gangs and crime families.'' Ken then looked at CJ and Shigeru. ''You two, I have already seen on the file I found on eyefind but I want to hear it from you. Tell me about any other street gangs that call San Andreas home.''

Shigeru let CJ step up since he was a member of GSF since he was a kid and has been growing up on the streets of LS for years so he had the proper knowledge on the street gangs.

''Well dude, first you gotta promise me that you and yo crew ain't gon kill us.''

Ken had to laugh, what reason did he have to annihilate Grove Street?

''CJ, relax, if my brother is a friend of your gang, then that makes you and your gang my friends and allies.''

CJ sighed in relief.

''Shit nigga...aight, since you said that I guess I can help out a bit. There are four big street gangs in this city alone, there's Grove Street Families, the Asian street gang called the Cambodian Hit Squad or CHS for short, sometimes they call themselves Khmer Boyz too but we cool with them and they rep the blue rag. Then you have the fucking East Side Vagos niggas and we hate those yellow wearing bustas. GSF and CHS have been beefing with them since the 80s. Then the other street gang is the One-Niners and them niggas are pussies too, fuck them purple wearing niggas.''

''Cambodians huh? I remember reading about Cambodian refugees coming to America after the Vietnam war and why are you enemies with these East Side Vagos?'' Ken questioned.

''When the Cambodians came here from their country, the Mexicans picked on them a lot, called them names, beat them up at school and I guess they thought 'to hell with this' and started CHS to protect themselves.'' Shigeru added, ''I mean you see them a lot in the Vespucci Beach area.''

''Yeah, I think that's what the reason was, Vagos did the same thing to us blacks and that's how GSF started, the RCB decided to team up with GSF since we both were being picked on by the Vagos and we've been fighting them ever since.'' CJ finished.

Ken nodded in understanding. ''I see, what about these One-Niners you mentioned?''

''Ah fuck them bustas, they don't beef with the Vagos, we've had some fights with them before but they doin' they own thing.''

''So they're neutral?'' Ken asked.

''Yeah, I guess.''

''Being neutral doesn't mean they aren't enemies. So where can I find the territory of each gang?''

''Grove Street hoods are in South Los Santos, CHS claims the hoods in near Vespucci beach, where the Cambodia Town is, Vagos claim everything in East Los Santos and the Niner hoods are in La Puerta near the airport.''

Ken looked at Shirase and ordered him to grab a pen and marked the areas CJ was bringing up onto the map on the wall. After the adviser had done so Ken now wanted to know what kind of information he had found out since he's been here.

''Okay CJ, Shigeru, thanks for telling me all this.'' Ken thanked before turning to face Shirase. ''Now it's your turn.''

''Hai.'' Shirase reached into his pocket and pulled out a small notebook and opened it. ''Since I've been here, I've taken the chance to look up information on organized crime in San Andreas that I found off the Los Santos Police website, since we're in Los Santos I will focus on this city. There's a local Russian mafia family called the Kruschevskeya Bratva and they are known for prostitution rings, owning the biggest night club and selling guns to the One-Niners street gang that CJ mentioned. Then there's a local Mexican drug cartel that handles the cocaine trade and owns two cocaine manufacturing plants within the city but LSPD is unsure of the locations. The cartel is called simply the Madrazo cartel and they are believed to use this Vagos gang to sell cocaine and a Mexican motorcycle club called the Mayans who are believed to be in league with the cartel.''

''Those are the bakas that tried to kidnap me.'' Ken interjected.

Shirase looked up from his notebook at Ken. ''Who? The cartel? So you're the one who killed the cartel members we saw on the news earlier?''

''Hai, but let's save that for another time, please continue.'' Ken ordered.

''Yes, aside from the Russian mafia and the cartel, there's also a motorcycle gang called the Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Club and a group of them here is called SAMLOS that likes to run tattoo parlors and car repair shops. Then there's an Italian mafia family that is more powerful than either the Russians or cartel. They're called the Capone crime family and they control numerous rackets in Los Santos, Chumash, Banham Canyon and the Tongva Valley, a strip club called the Vanilla Unicorn. They also run large restaurants throughout the areas I mentioned and are a major criminal force in Los Santos and I don't think they would want to be friends if we met them.'' Shirase explained.

''Italians? I've read that the Italians have always been the top group in America, but maybe that'll change if they try to mess with us as we grow stronger. Okay Shirase, what about those other cities right there? Santa Ladrones, San Fierro and the surrounding areas?''

''Okay, I will start off with Blaine county, local police believes there to be a major heroine operation owned by a motorcycle gang called The Lost, and weed distribution that is being fought for control over by two Hispanic gangs, one is called Marabunta Grande 13 and Association Zetas? I think that's how it's pronounced and these two gangs aren't Mexican, the 13 one is Salvadorean and the Zetas is Puerto Rican. In Santa Ladrones there is another motorcycle gang called the Angels of Death that is at war with a racist white supremacist group called the Ku Klux Klan who murder anyone who isn't white. Then there's San Fierro and the main groups here are the Hong Kong Triads, specifically the 18K Triads and an Irish crew that San Fierro police thinks is getting guns from some group back in Ireland called the Irish Republican Army. Other than that, that is the information I could dig up on the website and police wants those with information to report to them immediately.''

Ken closed his eyes so he could focus on taking all this information in and some pieces of it were really getting his interest.

''So, the 18K Triad call San Fierro home? I believe the Otomo-gumi has deals with them in South Korea and they could prove to be strong allies with us if they want to be. This motorcycle gang, the Sons of Anarchy, I saw a few members in Downtown LS when Shigeru was driving me to his house, could be potential allies as well, depending on who they call their enemies. The Italians and Russians will be neutral to me for now since the cartel tried to kidnap me, they're the enemy here Shirase.''

''I understand that Ken, what is your plan of action?'' Shirase asked.

''How many men do we have? Guns?''

''We currently have about one-hundred men in Little Tokyo and we have weapons Otomo-san smuggled into the United States as we were coming over here. Howa rifles, Beretta pistols and Uzis he had stolen off the police, defense forces and even the American forces in Japan. I'm keeping them locked up in the basement of the restaurant.'' Shirase answered. ''We are well armed, but Otomo-san told us that this is what he can do for the time being and that we have to get our own supplies here.''

Ken nodded.

''That's understandable, we'll have to make allies then and those who make themselves our enemy will be exterminated, I'm going to wait to see what the cartel does in response.'' He then turned to CJ. ''I believe CJ here can let his gang know that Grove Street has a new ally in the Otomo..no, the Morimitsu-kai.''

CJ was taken by surprised. ''Oh shit nigga, you serious?!''

''I am, my brother is friends with you and the gang so I see no reason for your gang to be my enemy.''

''That shit's tight dog, I thought we'd never get an ally with some mob.'' CJ said with a grin. ''So what's them benefits of this homie?''

''Protection, bar none.'' Ken answered. ''You guy get attacked by say, these One-Niners, we either give you the guns to fight them, or if you want us to we'll kill off the entire gang.''

''My nigga, you don't play around.''

''You learn something new every day CJ, this is the Yakuza Ken is apart of, the Japanese mafia.'' Shigeru interjected.

''Nigga I know that.'' CJ scoffed. ''Anything else you need to know dog?''

''That's it CJ, you and my brother can head on home, I have things to discuss with Shirase.''

CJ and Shigeru took their leave without questioning Ken and left him alone with Shirase.

''Ken, are you sure you want to wait for the cartel's response? Cartels are known for brutal retaliation against anyone who fights them such as indiscriminate bombings, beheading people and mass slaughter. You really think you can deal with someone that merciless?'' Shirase questioned.

''Would you rather wait for their response or kill more of their men? You may say I started this fight, hai, I did but I was kidnapped by some of their men and I handled myself that night. We're going to ask around about where their cocaine centers are because those will be ours to take if this fight gets worse. I think it would be safe to wait for their response to see if they want to be diplomatic about this but at the same time, we'll find out where their fronts are and who their boss is.'' Ken explained.

''It's possible the cartel has that Mayans motorcycle gang and these Vagos with them so I'm sure that gives them a numerical advantage Ken so we'll need allies for this aside from Grove Street. What about the Sons of Anarchy?''

''Only if they want to and if they are on bad terms with the cartel Shirase. If they can help with information as well then I accept them as allies, but then again, only if their leader wants to.'' Said Ken.

''I understand Ken, I will alert our men to keep their eyes out for suspicious individuals.''

The two men continued to discuss plans to prepare for any retaliation from the Madrazo cartel, plans ranging from locating any potential areas the cartel might store guns to reaching out to the Sons of Anarchy. They knew they were at a numerical disadvantage, but the guns they were currently given by Otomo-san was enough to even the playing field as well as Ken being a hardened criminal with experience in mob wars at such a young age.

After discussing their plans Shirase led Ken to the gun locker in the basement to show him their current arsenal and Ken was impressed with what they had. Howa rifles that were standard issue of the Japanese Ground Defense Forces, several MP5s of different variants, multiple pistols ranging from Berettas to Glocks to revolvers and several AK-47s. It was a simple arsenal but Ken was satisfied

''If the Russians and Irish end up as enemies, I wouldn't mind taking their guns, especially since the Irish have a terrorist organization giving them weapons and the Russiam mafia is infamous for smuggling high-powered Soviet weaponry into this country. If we can take those we'll be quite a force in the underworld.'' Ken thought with a smile.

-Palomino Highlands-

In the secluded area within the highlands outside of Los Santos stood four men dressed in biker attire. The cuts they had on had 'Sons of Anarchy'. 'MC', and 'Los Santos' on the back. The leader of the group was a Caucasian man in his 30's with a thick brown hair and facial hair, a muscular build and had a 'President' patch on the right side of his chest. This man was Arthur Morgan, the President of the Sons of Anarchy MC Los Santos chapter, or SAMLOS for short. The four motorcycles they had ridden were a Western Daemon, a Zombie Bobber, a Zombie Chopper and an LCC Hexer.

''Just what in the hell do these cartel boys want with us?'' Arthur asked.

Another man, with a Vice President patch on his chest appeared more apprehensive about the situation. This was John Marston, the club's Vice President.

''I don't know Arthur but I got a bad feeling about this.'' John said.

The other two men were Mitch Baker or Big Mitch, the Sergeant at arms and Jack Teller, the Road Captain of the club and much like Marston they appeared wary of the cartel's intentions.

''I don't like this, meeting us in some empty shithole, what do these fuckers want?'' said Mitch.

''We'll have to wait and find out man.'' Teller added.

Arthur turned around to quiet his men down.

''Relax boys, I'm only doing this to keep diplomacy on the table since I don't feel like getting into a war with the cartel. If we do then that'll probably get the Mayans involved.''

Their conversation came to an abrupt end with lights appeared nearby and looking down the road, they saw a brown Primo approaching them and they knew they had arrived. The Sons stood ready for the cartel and when the car came to a halt four sicarios armed with pistols came out the cars and walked toward them.

''Just play it cool boys and let me do the talking.'' Arthur ordered.

''You actually showed up Arthur Morgan, now you're probably wondering why we asked you to come here.'' Said the lead sicario.

''Yeah yeah, I bet you're gonna ask if me and my boys had anything to do with killing your guys, well the answer is no if that's what this is about.'' Said Arthur.

The sicarios laughed lightly as Arthur answering the question before they could even ask it.

''Ding ding ding! Right on point gringo, we've already asked the Russians, Irish, Italians, the Chinese and the other MCs and they denied involvement which leaves you guys as our prime suspects.'' A sicario said.

''So you're just gonna assume the Sons are the ones who did it? I tell ya boy, we had nothing to do with it and I'm telling the truth.'' Arthur said, getting irritated.

Hearing the tone of Arthur's voice, Marston, Mitch and Teller slowly reached for their pistols in case things went south.

''You know, we would've asked the Mayans to shoot up your clubhouse but we wanted to talk first, I'm thinking yes, you didn't have anything to do with it, but you may know something about it. Tell us, what do you know?'' Another sicario said as they all step closer to Arthur.

''I don't know anything, my club and I had nothing to do with it so back up now.'' Arthur growled. ''You boys just love to assume things don't you?''

''I think you're lying.'' The lead sicario said. ''You know what Mister Madrazo does to liars amigo.''

The lead sicario gave Arthur a light shove and this made the other three bikers pull their pistols out and pointed at the sicarios, Arthur drawing his Colt Python in defense.

''Woah! Watch who you're shoving moron!'' Marston shouted.

''Look at that, the Vice Presidente stepping up. Alright then, since you're so insistent on not having anything to do with killing our guys, we'll let this slide..for now. Mark my words though, if we find out you had something to do or know anything about this, we'll shoot your clubhouse up.'' The sicario said with a smirk.

''We'd like to see you try.'' Marston spat.

The sicarios got into their car and drove away leaving the Sons alone. Now calmed down, Arthur motioned for his men to hop on their bikes to head back to the clubhouse to carry on their business.

''That kid is a punk, if we end up fighting the cartel I hope I get to kill him. '' Said Big Mitch.

''We should've just shot them on the spot.'' Teller added.

''If I had anything to say, I think the President should kill him.'' Marston quipped as he started his Hexer.

Arthur started his Zombie Bobber and chuckled at Marston's suggestion as he put on his helmet. ''Marston boy, maybe it should be you. I honestly think there's someone else involved in this. We've never really got along with the Los Sonora but whoever did this, I'll personally find out who it is and reach out to them. For now, let's just forget this meeting happened and just focus on the club, our business and our money.''

The four men revved up their bikes and took off into the night.

-Little Tokyo-

Several days later the same brown Primo driven by the sicarios was seen driving around the Little Tokyo district of Los Santos and the four of them noticed the increase in activity in the area. However, they had noticed that Ken's restaurant was up and opening and they knew that restaurant was not there before as it was open to renovations so the lead sicario from earlier wanted to check it out.

"No recuerdo este lugar.'' (I don't remember this place) The lead sicario said.

''Podría ser solo un restaurante regular, echémosle un vistazo.'' (It could just be a regular restaurant, let's have a look) Said another.

They drove into the restaurant's parking lot and entered the establishment, though they were only just checking they still walked in with their pistols tucked in their pants in case they encountered someone, and that someone was sitting in the back of the room and ready for the cartel if they tried.