Saints Row: Bullet to the Heart

Chapter 43

~*Kyouki's room at Aisha's.*~

The Stilwater Gazette was vigilant, as ever. The morning paper was being read to Kyouki as she sat in the spare bedroom.

~*Saints leader in drug fueled orgy of violence*~

A reported meeting between gang leaders has ended in violence as the feud between the Third Street Saints and the Sons of Samedi continues to escalate. Witnesses report seeing the Saints' leader fired off a hail of bullets before stumbling across town to the nightclub Purgatory. What followed was chaos of the highest magnitude as Saints and Samedi traded gunfire, leaving numerous dead at the scene.

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"Welp, now they know we are there. This is what hell I was trying to avoid." Kyouki whined.

Aisha put the paper down. "It was bound to happen one day. And they still don't know you are leading them." Folding the paper, she looked Kyouki over. How's your vision?"

"A bit better thanks. The doc said it was temporary. So no biggie." Kyouki nodded. Though what happened in the car last night, she knew they knew who she was. How she wasn't so sure. Maybe V.C told them before he died. That was the only other option. "Can you have Gat call Shaundi for me and find out what happened there, please?" Kyouki would have done it herself, but she had no phone still.

"Yeah, lay down, get some more rest. Johnny isn't here. He went to the store." Aisha went to find Gat.

"Oh. Thank you." Kyouki just laid down and tried her best to rest comfortably. With them knowing, it would be a matter of time before they came after her again. With a sigh, she stared at the ceiling.

~*Purgatory.*~

Kyouki spent the next few days getting better. Once Doctor Johnathan cleared her, that was. Kyouki headed straight to Purgatory. Surveying the damage done, they cleaned up well. She still cursed. She was going to have to hit those muthafuckers hard.
They left several of her crew with severe injuries. While they were all glad to see her, it wasn't joyous on her end. Fed up, she needed to find out where their base was. Pierce, seeing her in the office, was more than glad to see her.

"Boss! You good? What happened?" He smiled in greeting.

"Yeah. Nothing, I just took a mini vacation for ya'll." Ky smirked.

Pierce chuckled. "Yeah. About that. I can't take all this sittin' around when you gonna let me come out and do some dirt with you? Cause if you had me, that shit wouldn't have went down."

"Wow." Kyouki looked up at him. She would have to admit if she didn't go out alone, then that might not have happened, or maybe whoever was with her would have ended up dead.
Thinking better on it, she had to admit the truth. "I'll let you in on a little secret. Don't take it the wrong way, Pierce; I'm just used to dealing with shit myself. I was doing this for years. The only reason Gat gets bent outta shape is cause he is my best friend." They were heading out of the office and down to the bar. Shaundi and a few others were playing a game of hacky sack.

Shaundi kicked around the sack, kicking it to Ky, who kicked it back. "Heads up, Pierce!" Shaundi called out.

Pierce knocks the Hacky Sack out the way with a look of disgust written all over his face. Pierce shook his head. "Sorry girl, no self-respecting brotha plays hacky-sack. Why you got the cheerleader callin' the shots and not me?"

Shaundi gasped. "Aww, come on!" one of the Saints retrieved it and started the game again. Shaundi stood behind Pierce, her game forgotten. She was offended. "Right here..."

Kyouki looked at the girl and shrugged, waving a hand to dismiss her to do something else. Turned back to Pierce, wondering where this all was coming from. "I'm the Boss? Pierce, I know I put you in charge of the Ronin. What more do you want? Are they making moves?" Seeing Pierce shake his head no, she poured a glass of ice water.