The Yakuza (2)

Rena and I made it to the location and stood in front of the building. The Yakuza looked at us and I noticed Nightmare standing amongst the group. He looked at us with a wide grin and pointed at us then walked away. The Yakuza goons charged at us.

"Go." Rena said and ran towards the mob of Yakuza Goons.

I ran off to find a car.

Rena began fighting the Yakuza alone and began taking them down one by one. Some of the Yakuza members managed to get some good hits in on her. Rena sliced one of the guy's throats and used him as a meat shield and took his gun then began to shoot multiple targets and they all groaned as they went down.

"Boss! She's taking us down like it's nothing! Who are you having us fight?!" One of the goons asked in fear.

"You are fighting the vengeful Rena Kudo. Where is her partner?" Raidon asked.

"He's-"

I ran over the Yakuza goons and jumped out of the car and it crashed into the building. I stood up and glared at the goons then dodged one of their attack and grabbed their arm and fired a bullet through his head. Rena and I began to fight them all together. Within twenty minutes of fighting, we finished off all the Yakuza guards who guarded the hideout.

I panted and fell onto one knee. I sustained cuts and gun wounds on my arms and legs. "Rena...are you okay?"

Rena nodded and panted as well. She had blood coming from her head. "Yeah..."

We stood up after resting and walked towards the hideout together. Nightmare watched us and chuckled. We looked at him and Rena wanted me to go on inside. Nightmare watched as I walked past him then looked back at Rena.

"Rena Kudo. The Yakuza Slayer. You've been fighting us for years and now it's time we end things...right? It is only life or death here!" Nightmare laughed and unholstered his pistols. He pointed them at Rena.

Rena walked to Nightmare and moved out of the way a split second before Nightmare fired the first shot. She ran to him and threw her tanto at him. He dodged it and looked back then looked at Rena. She punched his mask and he grunted loudly. She knocked him to the ground and immediately went for the kill. Nightmare fired a bullet and she luckily got out of the way before he shot it.

Nightmare stood up and swept her feet from beneath her with a kick. Rena fell to the ground and rolled out of the way of his attacks then stood up and stood up. She moved out of the way a split second before he fired his bullet again then walked to the side and smirked.

"I'm trained for shit like this. Ever since my sister was killed by you all...my mom nonstop trained me to fight bastards like you!" Rena said and ran to Nightmare again.

Nightmare rapidly fired bullets and most of the bullets missed her and the other bullets she deflected and sliced down at him. Nightmare barely got out of the way, but his mask was sliced in half. His mask fell to the ground and Rena looked at the man.

"You're the guy who drove Sato and Nagina here. You're Satoshi Emina! Now you have no mask to hide behind!" Rena smirked and Satoshi felt that same terrifying energy around her that Raidon felt when she encountered him beating me up the first time.

Satoshi aimed his guns at Rena and tried to fire his shot but there were no bullets in the clip. He panicked and tried to quickly reload his gun but she sliced his hand of his body then slit his throat with her katana. Satoshi fell to his knees and fell to the ground. Rena walked to Satoshi and looked down on him. She picked up one of his pistols and began to search the other dead members for bullets and found some then reloaded her pistol.

I wandered into different rooms and found nothing but women in the rooms. They all offered me sex but I declined each one. I smelled some form of gas in each room and with each room, the gas was much stronger until I entered one room. I noticed a woman sitting in a room alone and had a katana resting on her lap.

"You found me. You have a good sense of smell. Most men usually don't find me. I don't get visited often. I am grateful that you found me...now I can finally leave this curse." The woman said and stood up. She looked at me and held her katana out to me. "The man you will soon face is named Hazuken Kiryu. His armor can not be pierced by bullets. It is impossible. Take my blade. Save your girlfriend."

I looked at the woman and grabbed the katana then felt woozy and fell onto my knees, passing out. A few minutes go by and I awaken with my head on someone's lap. I looked up and noticed Rena, wearing a gas mask. She smiled at me and I sat up.

"Have a good rest?" Rena asked.

I looked at the katana in my hand. I noticed the woman who was here before was now gone as if she was a ghost or a figment of my imagination. "I think so.." I answered and stood up.

"I found you on the ground and decided to rest with you. The only members left are Hazuken Kiryu...and Raidon. I will go find Nagina and Sato. They will not leave here alive." Rena said.

"Alright. I have to go face Hazuken...hopefully there's enough environment I can use to get me through the fight." I said.

"You'll be fine..~ After all I will never let you die..." Rena said and stood up. She caressed my cheek and walked off.

I looked at the door ahead and walked toward it then opened the door. I walked into another room and it was a large dojo room. I noticed a man sitting on the ground. He wore no armor and just carried a single katana.

"You met the Ghost of Juchinyu, haven't you. Japan is no mystery to spirits and ghosts. It's not considered magic, it's just what happens." The man said.

"Did she die here or something?" I asked.

"Yes. She was killed by the First Chairman of this Yakuza Branch...The Perfection. The Fourth Chairman wanted to have a child with her because she was seemingly perfect, but she refused and because of that she died. She was killed and her body was taken advantage of. He then hid her away deep in the hideout. Directly next to where my dojo is located." The man said.

There was a moment of silence and I walked to the man then stopped behind him. I unsheathed my katana.

"I understand you have someone you want to save and protect. Aki Karasu wasn't it..? I understand your motives of killing me, but understand this. I also have a family I have to protect. I have two daughters, Nozumi and Riko. One of them is one years old and the other is three. My family is in a huge debt and this is the only way I can pay it off. My name is Hazuken Kiryu if you wanted to know." He said and grunted as he stood up.

I stepped back and looked at the man. He was rather tall and more muscular than I was. I was taken aback by his physique.

"I can tell you don't have experience with the blade or much experience fighting but you survived this long. Your potential must be very great." Hazuken said.

"Honestly...I was carried by a woman named Rena. She has more fighting experience than I do, but my lack of experience will not stop me!" I said and got in my battle stance.

Hazuken smiled and turned around to face me. "I can feel that fire in your soul. That fire...that burns so passionately. A fire I long lost after being roped into this mess because of a woman who was secretly a part of this Yakuza, but I must play my part."

We stared at each other. A light flickered and the flames in the lanters burned brightly. I took the initiative and ran towards him. I swung my katana, but he parriex me and kicked me backwards. I groaned and fell to the ground. I got up and ran to him again. I went for a kick and he caught my leg. He bellowed and threw me at a wall and I crashed through it then groaned. He was stronger than I was. Stronger than Raidon.

Hazuken watched as I stood up and walked towards me. He unsheathed his katana then tossed the scabbard aside. "The son of the First Chairman...he got me into this mess when the woman I had relations with lied on me. As revenge I killed her and planned to kill him as well, but the First Chairman was stronger than me. Now Raidon holds more power over me. I honor my Samurai Code. A Warriors Will. As much as I don't want to fight you, I have to."

I ran to him and sliced at his legs, but he moved out of the way and kicked my stomach. I groaned and coughed a bit. He went for a slice at my neck, but I managed to block his attack with my katana. "One thing about me...is I learn as I fight. I adapt to my opponent as my father taught me to do. My father was all about adapting to my opponent...my mother on the other hand, is all about her environments!"

I yelled and slashed at the lantern and the candle fell to the ground, setting the room ablaze. I ran off and began breaking all the lanters. "The flames won't reach to the top floor! So I'll just trap you here and kill you like this!"

Hazuken ran to me and struck me with a powerful lariat strike and we crashed through the wall. I coughed blood and was flung through another. I rolled across a table and heard the screams of women. I stood up slowly and held my neck coughing. I noticed Hazuken walking towards me as the flames spread along the area. I picked up a pot and threw it at him. He knocked it away and kept looking at me. I could see the sympathetic look in his eyes as I struggled against this man.

"Just lay down your weapon and surrender peacefully, you aren't beating me. You may can adapt but that's not going to be enough to stop me." Hazuken said.

I hatched a quick idea and dashed to him. I used the table to leap towards him. I slashed at him and he blocked it. I yelled and took a knife out of my back pocket and sliced his eye. He groaned loudly in pain and stumbled backwards. He yelled in agony as his left eye was sliced.

I landed on the ground and smirked. "Now you have a blind side!"

I ran to him and cut his leg then he groaned as I cut him. He quickly turned around and caught me by surprise then kicked me across the hall. I groaned and rolled backwards then rebounded on one knee. I looked at him and noticed a fire burning in him.

I ran to him and he ran to me as well. I slashed at him and he slashed as well. We entered a blade lock as we clashed. He pushed me back and I dodged his next attack then ran past him and used the wall to spring in the air and slice his back. He groaned and fell to one knee. I sliced his back rapidly and he groaned then let out a roar then swung his arm back, hitting me and knocking me away. I stood up and noticed him then he tackled me and we crashed through multiple walls and I groaned loudly in pain. He grabbed me and jumped up then suplexed me through the wooden floor and we landed on a lower floor of the hideout.

He let me go and began stomping on my stomach. I groaned and growled then stabbed his leg with my knife. He groaned and I kicked him away from me and I stood up and slashed at his stomach then managed to cut him. His movements began to grow a lot slower with the knife in his leg. I yelled and ran to him, dragging my blade across the ground. I managed to pick up sparks and it heated up my blade then I slashed at him then he grunted and tried to block my attack but a spark flew into his eye as I had planned. He groaned and held his right eye. I stabbed his other leg and he fell to his knees. I grabbed his hair and kneed his face then he groaned loudly and sustained a bloody nose. I noticed how weakened he'd become.

I looked at him and prepared a finishing blow, but hesitated. I looked at Hazuken then lowered my katana. I dropped and Hazuken looked surprised. "I can't do that to your daughters..."

Hazuken looked up at the sound of my voice. He was now blinded and even though I couldn't see his eyes, he looked surprised at the fact I didn't kill him. "Why..?"

"I wouldn't want your children to go without a father...I wouldn't want that for my child." I said then helped him up. "I'm helping you escape this madness. I will kill Raidon and end the Yakuza. Once and for all.."

Hazuken was moved by my actions and allowed me to help him. We made our way out of the building by traversing to the upper level and leaving through a door.

"I know where I am. I will call my brother to come get me...Thank you...Archer Gray." Hazuken said. "Raidon will be waiting for you on the roof where Aki is being held. Good luck."

I nodded and walked back in the building and found a staircase that lead up. This was it...It was going to be me against Raidon and this time...I will not lose.