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Suzuki Gunz Crime Family - Chapter 9

Word Count: 1715

Warnings:  Mentions of violence

CHAPTER 9

Six Years Later

February 23, 2003

“Fuck!”  Kanemaru groaned as he rolled his stiff shoulders.  “MiSu I never thought I’d complain about having too much money to count, but we have too much money to count.”  He chuckled grabbing his bottle of whisky and sipping from it as he leaned back in his chair.  The two men were in Minoru’s underground office, stacks upon stacks of yen littering the top of the desk in neat stacks being meticulously counted three times by the men to ensure accuracy.  It had been another overnighter, the third in the past six days.  

Every day seemed to bring greater success and it never ceased to amaze Kanemaru just how successful the Suzuki Gun Crime Family had become.  They now sat as the second ranked crime family in all of Japan behind the Chaos syndicate.  The Suzuki Guns had their hands in everything from legitimate businesses like strip clubs, restaurants, and real estate to the less above board pursuits of drug trafficking, money laundering, sex trafficking and extortion.  They were just beginning to expand into international drug trades, however, the Chaos family was trying to put a stop to that and the Suzuki Guns entirely. 

Up until two years ago the two factions had coexisted rather peaceably.  Chaos conducted their business and Suzuki Gun conducted theirs.  However the kumichō of Chaos had passed away leaving the family in the hands of his son, 28 year old Kazuchika Okada.  Okada was competitive to a fault and was determined to destroy any threat to his family’s business.  At the moment the biggest threat to him was Suzuki Gun.  So he was hell-bent on dismantling it.  

There had been heavy causalities on both sides thus far in the war, and Minoru was cognizant of the fact that he was outgunned in this fight.  It wasn’t one he would have picked, but he wasn’t going to back down from a challenge.  His family had faced greater odds before. 

Minoru leaned back in his own chair, glass of scotch in hand as he yawned his head nodding in agreement with Kanemaru. 

“Cigar?”  Minoru asked spinning his chair around to face the credenza behind his desk and pulling out his mahogany cigar box.   The two men sat in silence puffing on their cigars and letting their minds settle before they locked the money in Minoru’s vault and went their separate ways.  It was their ritual, a way to unwind from another stressful day. 

That ritual was broken when the office door slammed open revealing a blood covered Taichi.

“Call the doctor.”  He shouted before running off down the hall to the underground garage. 

Minoru shot to his feet running after Taichi’s quickly retreating form as Kanemaru pulled out his cell phone and summoned their on-call doctor while running after them. 

“What the fuck happened?” Minoru yelled as he entered the carport pulling up short as a bloody Iizuka was helped from the car, head dropping as Taichi and Desperado put his arms around their shoulders and brought him out.  Minoru was quick to step to action grabbing Iizuka’s feet and helping them carry the unconscious man to the medical room Minoru had in place for just such an emergency.  They placed him on the table and began pulling off his clothes as Minoru again demanded to know what happened.

“We were wrapping up the warehouse job when we were attacked.”  Taichi said breathlessly holding his shirt to the wound on Iizuka’s chest.  “Iizuka got shot.”  The room seemed to come to a halt at that proclamation.  Guns were scarce in Japan, extremely difficult to come by.  If Chaos had guns, that could be the end of Suzuki Gun.  Pushing that thought aside Minoru stood by Iizuka’s head, running his hand soothingly through his hair as Desperado and Kanemaru looked shell-shocked.

“Nobu,” Minoru said softly catching his saiko komon’s attention.  “Call the boys.  I want everyone here.” Kanemaru nodded pulling his phone out once again to start calling the rest of their family.  Hearing the buzz at the front gate of his estate Minoru looked at the security monitors that were present in every room of his underground operation and saw the doctor’s vehicle. 

“Desp go fetch the doctor.   Tell him to make it quick.”  Minoru asked his masked brother.   Desperado nodded and ran to let the doctor into the house as Minoru buzzed open the gate. 

Desperado met Dr. Yamato at the front door, pulling a black hood from the pocket he had stuffed it in and pulling it over his head.  Dr. Yamato had a certain level of trust, but they weren’t going to show him the secret of their underground lair.  As far as the doctor knew he was being taken to a room on one of the many levels of the mansion.   As soon as they were in the room with Iizuka Desperado pulled the hood off and shoved the doctor towards his fallen brother. 

The room slowly filled up as one by one the other members of the family answered Kanemaru’s call, the tension in the air almost suffocating as they watched the doctor digging in their friend’s chest.  It only leveled out once they received assurance that the bullet was free and it hadn’t hit anything major in Iizuka’s chest.  Once he was stitched up Lance and Davey carefully carried him to the elevators followed by Desperado and the doctor who was once again hooded taking Iizuka to one of the guest bedrooms.  Once Dr. Yamato ascertained Iizuka was stable and should be waking up once the anesthetics wore off he was allowed to leave. 

Davey volunteered to sit with Iizuka while the rest of the family went back underground, this time converging on their conference room. 

“Well?” Minoru asked as soon as everyone was sitting.  Taking his cue Taichi launched into a detailed explanation going over every step taken at the warehouse where they were making an exchange for opioids.  The deal had gone done and their suppliers long gone.  Taichi’s crew was loading up their transport vehicle when they were attacked.

“Who?”  Kanemaru asked. 

“That’s what’s weird about this whole damn thing.”  Desperado spoke up.  “I recognized a couple guys.  One is from Taguchi Japan.  The other was a Chaos guy.”

“Taguchi is working with Chaos?”  Lance asked.  “What the hell does Chaos have to gain from that?” 

“If Chaos has guns we’re fucked.”  Taka spoke up.  “Odds are already against us.  Add guns to the mix and it’s a done deal.” 

Minoru sat quietly, thinking through the information he had just obtained lips pursing in anger as he thought of the brother upstairs he had nearly lost. 

“I don’t think Chaos has guns.”  Taichi said after a moment.  “There was only one guy that had a gun.  Everyone else had other weapons.  The one with the gun was from Taguchi’s crew.” 

“Well that makes sense now.”  Lance said. “If Chaos thinks Taguchi has access to guns then they would want to get that contact on their side.” 

The room fell into a heavy silence as they waited for Minoru to speak. 

“The important thing is Iizuka is going to recover.  Everything else is secondary.”  Minoru said with nods of agreement from around the table. “This is not going to go unavenged.  We will get justice for Iizuka just as we have gotten justice for everyone else in this family that has needed it. That is a guarantee.” 

Once again murmurs of agreement filled the air then settled as Minoru raised his hand for silence. 

“The product?”  Minoru asked looking at Desperado.

“Safe.  They’ve reported in.  It’s safe in the bunker.”  Desperado informed him, referring to the hideaway where they stashed the narcotics until it became time to distribute them.

“Our suppliers?”  He double checked looking at Taichi for confirmation. 

“All safe.”  Taichi said, biting his lip as he thought for a moment before continuing.  “I think Chaos purposefully waited until they were gone. Probably hoping to swoop in and make our suppliers theirs when we’ve been eliminated.”   Taichi sneered.  “Pussies.  They know we have better shit than them so they want our guys.  But they also know they are very loyal to our family so the only way they are getting them is if we’re not around.” 

“Let’s talk about the guns.”  Zack chimed in for the first time.   “I agree with Taichi I don’t think they have access to guns or they all would be dead right now.  The TJ guy probably came across a stray somewhere.  Question is who does have access to guns?  Because someone certainly does.” 

Minoru listed to their input, nodding his head as he evaluated the information and their next course of action. 

“Taka,” He said after several moments of silence.  “I want you to do what you do best.  Dig.  Find out anything and everything there is to know about the gun market in Japan.  Find out who has control.  Find out who their supplier is.  I want to know everything.” 

“Yes sir.”  Taka said smirking as Minoru glared at him.  Minoru hated being called sir or boss or anything similar to it.  As far as he was concerned they were family.  Equals. 

“I will kick you out of this family.”  Minoru falsely threatened trying to hide his smile as Taka looked unperturbed.

“You will not.  You love me.”  Taka teased making Minoru smile and wave him off.  He didn’t have to confirm what the boy already knew.

“Once Taka comes back with the information we need we’ll be on better footing to figure out our next step.  Until then I’d prefer you all to stay here.  I’d feel better knowing we’re all in one place.  Every few hours we need to switch out with watching over Iizuka.”  Minoru let out a heavy sigh. “Hopefully he’ll be awake soon and we can see for ourselves that he’s alright.” 

They all stood and began filtering out of the room with Taka heading to the garage eager to start on his task.

“I’ll go sit with Iz.”  Taichi said his tone brooking no arguments.  “Lance you fill Davey in on what we discussed.  Everyone else go get some sleep.”  He turned to look pointedly at Minoru and Kanemaru. “That means you.” 

[solaceoftheangels-blog]

How would you all feel about a gang AU ??

I may or may not have gone a lil over board with this, and to think it all started with a dream. Also I started a Solangelo one-shot based on this idea so that is why Will and Nico’s backgrounds are a bit different. Let me know what you think!

Annabeth is the boss who plans all their heists and has to deal with everyone in her crew not taking anything serious. She holds them all together and is always surprised when they make it home alive and with bags of money. She is also very deadly with any weapon and there is a rumor she can kill a man by staring them in the eye for too long. Other crews don’t believe a women could run a crew, but she proved them wrong by bringing hers to the top. The most feared crew in the city and the most wanted. She went to school to be an architect but while learning about building structures she realized how easy it was to break into most of them. Using her connections she scored some blueprints and then convinced her friends to help her pull the robberies off. It was all uphill from there. All the places they hit she uses the building as her main weapon. She studies them, finds their weak points and their places of importance. That hole the bank just had put in their basement but was not put on any recent blueprint, yeah that is a secret vault. She sees and knows all.

~The rest of the crew is described under the cut~

Jason is her second in command because sometimes he can come up with a plan and has some common sense. As long as he is not left alone with Percy. The two of them cause the most trouble when left alone. Also because Piper turned down the offer. He is very good with any gun, except long range ones and is pretty good with hand to hand combat. He is very skilled at keeping track of the crews in the area and all their warehouses. He knows who is trying to over throw them and how to tear them apart piece by piece. He can figure out their weaknesses and how to abuse it. Jason wanted to be an accountant but an office job was really never for him. Now he uses his math brain to make each crew member a millionaire and keep them safe. He also watches over all the little people who are not part of the main crew but their off branches. The smugglers, drug dealers and the mercenaries they hire. He keeps things in the dark and running smoothly and make sure there are no weak links.

Piper is their con-artist or grifter (think of the awesome show leverage ;) ) She can talk anyone into doing anything she wants. Her words are deadly. She is sent on every negotiation and gets the crew deals constantly. They get almost all their weapons, vehicles and ammo for free. Her words aren’t the only thing deadly about her, she can shoot people between the eyes but she is more known for stabbing people with poison tipped blades. Piper used to travel the world with her dad and whatever country they went to she learned their language. It helped her learn to speak any language from German to Latin and even some of the dead languages. She can become any one she wants, her acting is flawless. Piper can get anyone to trust her. She once posed as a princess to get access to the mayor’s office. She stole the key to the city, set the town up with fraud and bankruptcy. She has a thousand aliases and the crew is not even sure if Piper is her real name.  

Percy is the crew’s driver. He can drive any vehicle from cars, to helicopters to boats. He is mostly there on time when needed to bail the crew out. When he isn't helping out in the heists or hanging out with the crew he is participating in street races. Sometimes they go to cheer him on other times Annabeth warns him to be careful. A few times they had to break him out of jail. Jason likes to be his copilot on most missions. He is always hoping in the passenger seat to assist or help him fly the planes they steal. On rare occasions Jason even joins in on the races either next to him or against him. Percy is also a good shot and joins them in heists when needed, or cover fires for them. He can also be handy in hand to hand combat but mostly he just likes to run over the competition. His favorite thing to drive though is a speed boat. The rush of being able to go pretty much anywhere at any speed with water splashing him constantly. The cherry on top though is there is no traffic. Unfortunately most heists don’t take place near a body of water, but that won’t stop him from trying to convince Annabeth that they need to drive to the ocean and then ride out into the sunset on a boat with their riches. Sometimes she gives in.

Leo is a world famous hacker. He can break any encryption, firewall or security system. For fun he likes to mix up rich people’s funds and move them around to cause chaos, other times he sends the money to the crew or charities. He has even broken into the pentagon to see what they were up to. Leo makes the crew fake IDs when needed, mostly for Piper when she is on a job. He also messes with their information, like he changed Hazel’s date of birth so it says she is like 80 years old and Percy is a famous figure skater in Germany. There may be magazines with photo shopped pictures of Percy in tights going around the country, he even has his own fan page. When he isn’t using his hands on computers he is using them in the garage where all their vehicles are stashed. He is also the crew’s mechanic and tries to fix all the bullet holes, fender benders and scorched marks. The task isn’t easy but he tries. The only gun he knows how to use is the machine gun strapped to one of their helicopters.

Hazel is their thief. What Leo can’t break into from the home base she is there to break into it. She can crack any safe and avoid any laser detection. At one point in her life she was training to be a gymnast but now her flexibility helps her get into small spaces and bend under the lasers. She started pick-pocking when she was really young and moved up to be the city’s most notorious jewel thief. She joined the crew to help break into bigger and better things but on her days off she still likes to swipe some precious jewels. She may be petite but she is also the best they have in a fist fight. She uses her opponent’s weight against them before slugging them in the face with the shiny brass knuckle she always wears.

Frank is the main sniper and the crew’s biggest mystery. One day they were on a heist when the cops who had them surrounded suddenly fell down dead with bullets in their brains. When they got back to their base and settled down counting their money a knock on their spooked them all. Annabeth opened it to reveal a tall, broad shoulder man with a bear mask covering his face and holding a sniper rifle. He held up a note saying he wanted to join the crew. After some trial heists he was accepted. He was an amazing sniper and they didn’t realize they needed one until he showed up. They stopped questioning why he never spoke and why he was constantly wearing animal masks. No one knew what his face looked like, but to each their own. Piper and Hazel learned sign language to communicate with him, while everyone else stuck to talking through a notebook. They also learned to trust he was listening to them during heists as he was always where he needed to be and did his job well. What the crew didn’t know was that Frank hid himself because he had a normal life outside of the crew where he liked to work at a nearby animal shelter. He liked his secrecy and being able to go out shopping and to movies without being arrested.

Calypso is their spy. The whole crew lives together in a penthouse that overlooks the city. How they don’t kill each other is mystery itself. Besides sleeping there they spend time eating and playing games together almost like a family. A big giant murderous family. They also do all of their heists planning there and store all their vehicles in the basement of the complex. They own the whole building. To keep hidden the rest of the building is someone insurance business that turns a blind eye to what goes on at the top of the building. When they are not at the penthouse they are at a bar they own called Ogygia. The bar is run by Calypso. She is their eyes and ears. She listens to the gossip people of other crews talk about and starts some gossip of her own to throw them off her crew’s tracks. When someone wants to talk the crew or ask them for help they have to go through her. She deems them worthy or not and then sets up meetings with Annabeth. She also takes in strays and gives them jobs; either with the crew or the bar. She sets them up as dealers or directs them to Jason who figures out where to put them. Her and Jason work a lot together to keep things in order. Other times it is her job to infiltrate a crew. She will work her way through their ranks and dismantle them from the inside out without them knowing it was her doing all along. Her favorite is turning a crew against them self and watching as they blow each other brains out and then walking out as the only survivor. When the crew is secretly hanging out at the bar enjoying some drinks and dancing she watches over them to make sure they don’t do anything stupid.

Will is their doctor and when needed their back up sniper. Joining an infamous crew was not where Will saw his life going. Originally he was going to school to save people that where hurt from gang violence. Ironic right? However as much as he studied and worked hard in med school it wound up kicking his butt. He never got to walk down the aisle and wound up having to drop out. The loans he had where so high and no job would take him. Being from Texas his dad taught him how to hunt and for laughs taught him how to with a sniper rifle. He wasn’t the best but he always got the deer in the end. Using that talent he went against his moral code and became a sniper for hire. He became known as the Sunspot. Not the greatest crime name but he was proud of it eventually. He got the name because his golden sniper shined like the sun as did his hair. He also usually wore a bright orange hoodie that added on to his trademark. Snipers shouldn’t want to be shiny but Will embraced it because he made sure to always position himself in front of the sun when he made his shot, blinding anyone who tried to look at him. They only knew what he looked like from the glances they got of him running away. At night he was an underground doctor for crooks and worked out of abandoned buildings, not the most sterile places but the crooks never minded. He hid himself behind a doctor coat, a surgical mask, and different colored beanies so they wouldn’t recognize him. When Annabeth pushed an injured Percy on his work table one night she instantly saw his talent. She gave him an offer to be the crew’s official doctor he instantly jumped on board. When they later found out he was also the Sunspot, it was an added bonus. Some heists he stayed back with Leo and waited to stitch them back up or he went out to assist Frank with sniping. In his down time he still sometimes took sniping missions as the Sunspot, with Annabeth’s permission of course.

Nico is a mercenary. He is known as the Ghost King and is the most wanted man in the whole world. He takes contracts from everywhere and has never failed a single one. It is said he once took out a fully armed crew all by himself. The name, Ghost King, came from the fact that anyone he meets he can turn them into a ghost if he wanted to. He also lurks in the shadows and is such a mystery most people think he himself is a ghost. No one knows when he is there until he strikes. Nico’s hands are quick as he throws his daggers into people’s heads and guts. The most interesting weapon he uses that is not typical is a black sword he always has strapped to his hip. Anyone who is too far away or is running away he whips out his twin black pistols and stops them dead. People who do get a good look at him always nearly piss their pants. He is always dressed in dark jeans and shirt with a black leather jacket on, but what scares people is his face. It is always painted to look like a skull and his glare is so intense it nearly stops people’s hearts. Never look him in the eyes. Under his shirt his skin is lined with scars and tattoos. Across his knuckles it even reads Ghost King, the G and H share his pinky, so that when he punches them they know for sure who it is. The greatest piece is on his back of a grim reaper the scythe stretching his whole back and dripping blood. On either side of the reaper is a pair of beautiful black angel wings, making him look like the angel of death himself.

Nico was giving a mission to take out the Sunspot.