1 Air It Out

"Hey get back here! We aren't doing this shit again!" I yelled and ran after a girl who had just scammed me out of 10,000 yen.

The girl laughed and cut the corner into an alleyway. I followed her and noticed she was cornered. I panted and glared at the girl then walked to her.

"You trifling bitch...You're gonna give me back my 10K or else." I threatened her, sounding intimidating.

"You fell for the scam, again. I just got free money, plain and simple! The money is mine now and that's that!" The girl shrugged.

"No! No! I'm not hearing any of that shit! Give me my money back, or there will be consequences motherfucker. You don't understand how expensive college is, probably because you never went." I said.

"Do you know who you're talking to?" The girl rose an eyebrow.

"I have the slightest clue who you are and frankly I couldn't care less about who you are! So just give me my money back, or I'm gonna show you why we say equal rights and lefts!" I said.

"Ha! I'm Mika Yukiyama and you're seriously going to regret talking to me so carelessly. This is gonna come back to bite you in the ass." Mika smirked and tossed me an envelope. "Your money's in there."

Mika just walked past me and disappeared around the corner. I looked in the envelope then opened it and noticed it was a stack of monopoly money. I gripped the envelope and yelled in frustration. She tricked me again and she was too slick with it!

I decided to take the walk of shame home and walked into my apartment. I decided to get dressed and ready for my night at the bar with my boys. After getting ready, there was a knock at my door. I walked to the door and opened it then noticed my friends at my door then I smiled. I grabbed my keys and walked out of my apartment then walked down the stairs with them. We chatted while heading to the car and we got in. We headed straight to the bar.

After reaching the bar, we got out and headed inside the bar. We sat at the counter and ordered our drinks.

"Yeah, Mrs. Fujita is so fucking fine bro. And she's hella young as well. I wanna try sliding inside of her." One of my friends said.

"You'll never get that chance." My other friend laughed.

I chuckled and noticed someone sit next to me and my eyes widened. It was Mika and she had some of her friends with her. The man to the left of her was an African American male who had black hair styled in dreads, he had gold earrings in both of his ears, icey blue eyes, and a tattoo on the side of his head. He wore a red hoodie with a fur collar and black sweatpants. He wore a black tank top under his hoodie and had on black air forces on his feet.

The girl on the left of the man was a girl with long black hair styled in a ponytail. She wore black glasses and her eyes were a very light green. She wore a white t-shirt, blue ripped jeans, and a black jacket over her shirt. She wore brown timberlands on her feet and had tattoos on her right arm. Her face was buried in a book, but she was still very aware of her surroundings.

"Yo bartender! Lemme get that Lemonade Murder! Three bottles as usual!" Mika said.

"Yep." The bartender said then already had them prepared when he noticed her walking in with her friends.

"You.." I said and Mika looked at me.

"Oh shit! It's you! The hot guy I robbed earlier today!" Mika laughed and leaned against the counter. "Like my surprise?"

"Fuck you and your stupid monopoly money." I said.

"Yo, Mika! You know this fool?" Her friend asked.

"Yeah, we had little run ins here and there. Honestly he is so easy to fool, but I don't blame him. He has a good heart, but nice people don't get rewarded very nicely." Mika smirked.

"You shouldn't spend your time robbing civilians.." Her other friend said.

"Aye, Sozen. These goons giving you trouble?" One of my friends asked.

"Yeah, this skank here stole money from me multiple times and won't give my shit back. I have beef with this girl and I'm about to settle it." I said.

"Come on, you don't wanna step outside against me." Mika said as she poured a glass of alcohol. She slid it to me and I caught the cup. She looked at me and smirked. "Bartender, give this guy a bottle of the Lemonade Murder. Let's put him on!"

"Yep." The bartender said then got a bottle of Lemonade Murder and set it in front of me.

"Let's start over. The name's Mika Yukiyama. Have a drink with me and my buddies, you'll be glad you did." Mika smiled.

I looked at Mika then at the bottle.

"You're not gonna take her up on the offer are you? She's a Yukiyama bro, she's dangerous." My friend warned.

"The fuck you mean she's dangerous. You're scared of a girl who wears her hair in kawaii hairstyles and dresses like your everyday goth?" I asked.

"Bro...her dad is Genji Yukiyama. He's a damn Yakuza Boss..!" My friend said.

I looked at Mika then smirked. "Really. This girl. Daughter of a gang boss? Yeah right."

Mika lifted her skirt and exposed her custom made pistol and I looked at it then my eyes widened. She chugged down her fourth glass of alcohol and grinned. "Believe now?"

"What the fuck..?" I quickly turned to my friends and was sweating. "She's really the daughter of a gang boss..!"

"Mika. I got a text from the Boss, she said we better duck and cover." The male friend said.

"Hm? Why?" Mika asked.

"Some gang members know we're here and they are about to air this bitch out." The male friend said.

Some people screamed as they heard the sound of gun shots. Mika's fried vaulted over the counter and Mika grabbed my arm then vaulted as well. I groaned as I hit the ground.

"Mika! Who did you bring into my fucking bar THIS time?! I just got this shit renovated!" The bartender yelled as he prepared his shot gun and sat on the floor.

Mika finished chugging her glass and tossed it over the counter and raised her skirt and unholstered her gun. She cocked the slide and looked at the bartender. "Hey, it ain't even my fault! But I know these bodies are about to be dropping!"

I grabbed her arm and looked at her. "Are you crazy! It sounds like there are at least 15 of them out there!"

"Pfft. Just watch." Mika said then got up and vaulted over the counter, firing bullets and hit her targets.

"There she is! Kill her ass!" A man said then began spraying bullets at Mika.

I peeked over the counter and noticed Mika outrunning the line of fire then she flipped a table on its side and used the table as a shield. She unholstered her second gun and cocked it. She blindly fired bullets and forced the enemy gang members to take cover.

"Aye bro. You might wanna get down." Mika's male friend said.

I looked at the guy then got down and sat beside him and watched him prepare his semi automatic. "Who are you and the other chick?"

"Name's Leonel Andres. The chick next to me is named Faith Rose. We are kinda your saviors in this situation, but since you know of us, we kinda have to kill you after this." Leonel said.

He sprung up and vaulted over the counter, letting off shells. Faith finished setting up her sniper and took aim then sniped the gang members. Mika got out of her cover and fired at the gang members as well.

"I can't believe this is happening..! What the fuck..?! What the hell is this! It's gotta be a bad dream!" I said then felt an object hit my foot. I looked at what hit me and noticed it was a gun.

"You're gonna have to fight as well. I can tell you have no gun experience, but you're gonna have to help fight these shitheads." The bartender said and stood up and began to fire slugs at the gang members.

I picked up the gun and gulped. I felt nervous, but decided to get up and took aim. I heard Mika grunt as she was snuck with a sucker punch. I took aim at the gang member and shot his arm. Mika looked back at me then smiled and kicked the guy back and put a bullet through his head.

"Let's retreat back home!" Mika said.

"What about this guy?" Leonel asked.

"Fuck it, I'll deal with him! Let's go before the cops come and get us all!" Mika said then ran out the bar.

Leonel and Faith rushed after her. I decided to follow and looked back. I couldn't see my friends but I had to leave. We got in Leonel's car and he drove off.

I panted and looked at the ceiling. "What the fuck man..! How did my life go down this route so damn quick?"

"Are they still following us?" Leonel asked.

"Nah, you're good." Mika said and sat back in her seat. She looked at me and smiled. "Saved my life back there, uhm.."

"Sozen...Sozen Nakashima." I said and closed my eyes.

"I'm sure, my parents would be glad to meet you. My father specifically since right now I'm working for my mom's organization. Leonel is gonna drop us off at my dad's spot." Mika said.

"Fuck that. I'm gonna tuck and roll if I have to." I said then felt the barrel of Mika's pistol against my head. I raised my hands then closed my eyes.

"Mm-mmm. There's no getting out of this shit now. You know who I am. You know who we are now and we can't allow you to leave. You're associated with the Yakuza now..." Mika said.

"Why..? You all dragged ME into this shit!" I said.

"Yeah, but take this as a learning experience. Maybe you'll step cautiously next time. Now you're with me and there's nothing you can do to get out of this." Mika said.

I gave up and closed my eyes. My stomach turned as I knew this was my new life. Mika lowered her pistol and I opened my eyes. I looked out the window.