Saints Row: Bullet to the Heart

Untitled Part 105

~*Downtown Loft.*~

On the way to the loft, Kyouki said nothing. In disbelief that she watched her family, the two men she knew since she was young died as well. All the anger, the frustration, evaporated and left nothing but a void. Much like the water that has been trying to claim her, her whole life. Numb, nothing was filtering through. Her phone ringing and chiming, Johnny talking to her. She heard nothing. They had pulled into the garage and still she noticed nothing.

Kyouki had more tears to cry. "I just don't believe it. They're dead." She whispered. "Dead for real."

"Who?"

"Shogo and Uncle Kazuo." Ky bit her lower lip so hard it bled a little. Unknowing tears rolled down her cheeks. "Like..." she threw her hands up in defeat.

"Aw, shit..." Johnny pulled her into a hug.

After a hot shower and a change of clothes, both Johnny and Ky headed to the hospital. She needed to be checked out and speak with Jyunichi. Jyunichi knew ahead of time what needed to be done. He then went to call overseas and inform them to make preparations.

"[Ane-san, will you be alright?]"

"[I have a choice? Get better, when I finish looking into something we can go.]" Ky said goodnight, then left, her mind prepping for what comes next.

Johnny talked to Kyouki about what happened on the boat. She told him everything that went down.

"We just buried Ish... now my uncle... Why me? Is it me?" Her head in her hands, she sat. "What did I do to deserve this? Was I a real shitty person in my last life or something?"

Johnny didn't know what to say. Yeah, Shogo was one thing, but the Oyabun. Not only does this elevate her to family head. This means she has to leave. "Shit happens. Not much that you can do about it."

Ky sighed, then got up and walked to the balcony. "This isn't a 'shit happens' This is just a fucking nightmare I can't wake up from." With a very audible sigh of disgust, she paced the length of the balcony. "When I asked what I will lose now, I DIDN'T MEAN REALLY SHOW ME!!!" Ky screamed to the night sky. She leaned on the railing, laying on her arms.

Johnny watched her. Yeah, it's some pretty fucked up shit.

"Johnny?"

"Yeah?"

"It's official." Ky felt Johnny rub her back. "Remember when I said we have to do things we don't want?" She could feel his arms around her. His face in her neck. "I have to meet with Dane..."

"Meaning?"

"I am the Ronin now. Any deals made to go through me directly."

Johnny stopped, his brows knitted. "The fuck?" Standing a now pouty Kyouki to face him. "You said you didn't have..."

"Remember, Dane is after my property." Not a question, a pointed statement.

"After what that fuckhead did, you still going through with it?"

"I don't have a choice. It's protecting Stilwater, and the remaining members of my family."

~*Supremacy Condominium.*~

Moving day. If the Saints could move as quick and orderly as the people who worked for her uncle. No one would have died on her watch. She tried, really, to get the Saints to organize and operate smoothly.

The time it took for Jyunichi to make the call, two days later they all arrived on American soil, was world record-breaking.

Kyouki is normally a raised and bright person. Though now, her nights are sleepless. Johnny having rushing to her room because she's screaming in cold sweats. Her dreams facing the reality her Akuji family has met the ancestors, Kyouki couldn't close her eyes without seeing the past and present meld together. There would be no grand comeback for Kazuo Akuji. The more Kyouki thought about how she escaped death, the more she thought she was cursed. "There's always a catch." Kyouki thought bitterly. "Damn." Ky shook her head. "Let's get this shit over with." At least Ky has a marvelous view of the ocean.