[Ako POV]

Morning comes, and the glare of the sun hits my face. I get to my feet and I wake up my friends. Once we collect ourselves, we look around for Kumamoto.

"They took her..." says Kai.

"Whoever it was, they used Magic from the Hidden Lotus scrolls." says Yashin. I look at the sky, and I think about what to do next.

"We need to get out of here." I say to the others. We escape to a abandoned club, apparently, it was owned by the Yakuza once.

"Now that the Yakuza has Kumamoto, they won't hesitate to kill her." says Kai.

"I know, but if she wanted her dead, she would be gone already." says Pai.

"Not if she wanted to do it herself." I say.

"She wants to kill her own mother, the only thing standing in her way." I say.

"But, she only wanted her mother, how did she know we were with her?" asks Yashin.

"I don't know." I say.

[Kumamoto POV]

I wake up on the roof of the Yakuza crime syndicate building, and I see my daughter standing in front of me.

"Hello mother." says Zenji.

"Why didn't you just... have me killed?" I ask her.

"Just ordering you killed would be too easy, I want the pleasure of killing you myself." says Zenji.

"Then why don't you do it now?" I ask her.

"At ease mother, I'm just savoring the moment." Zenji then laughs and says, "You think I want to kill you first, great analogy. But I want to kill the person, that you favored over me." says Zenji.

"Ako..." I say.

"Yes, that Rising Sun piece of shit, that was given my birthright!" says Zenji.

"As I said, you can never understand the importance of being the Shogun, I could never place that responsibility in your hands." I say to her.

"You broke my heart! You chose a peasant like ninja, over your own flesh and blood!" Zenji snarls.

"I loved you! You were the most important thing in my life, but your heart was filled with darkness, a darkness that I could not purge!" I cried out.

"And this is what you call love? Neglecting your only daughter? You are a sorry excuse for a mother!" says Zenji.

"You're right! I have failed you, and I am sorry." I say.

"I don't want your sympathy, I want you to die! But first I will make you watch, as I destroy your precious Ako!" says Zenji. Her ninjas take me inside the building.

[Kai POV]

I stand outside of the abandoned club, wondering what is happening to my friend. Have they killed her? Or are they torturing her?

"We will find her." says Ako.

"Of that, I am certain, but it's clearly you she wants." I say to her.

"On top of that, our cover is blown and our plan is busted. We can't just hide anymore." says Ako.

"Indeed, it may be suicide, but it's our only option." I say.

"I agree, but we're in this for the long run." says Yayan.

"So now what?" asks Yashin.

"We hunt down Zenji's thugs, and then we go for Zenji herself." Ako says.

"They are practically all over Tokyo, they could find us at any second." says Pai.

"Such is my plan..." says Ako. Five hours later, we go into the slums of Tokyo. The dark, murky alleys, scream dread and blackness.

"I don't get it, why are we hiding out here?" asks Yashin.

"The Yakuza crime syndicate loves to hit the nightlife, they are not a crime syndicate for nothing." I say.

"So, what's the plan?" asks Pai.

"We go in, and we take them out, silently." says Ako.

"And if this plan fails?" asks Yayan.

"We kill them." says Ako. We sneak into the nightclub, by entering through the roof. As we sneak around the top of the club, we split up and go to different sections of the club. I go into a VIP lounge and I hide inside a ventilation shaft. I see five Yakuza thugs, standing around conversing with one another.

"All of the pieces are falling into place, once we kill these next targets, we will have unrivaled power in Japan." one of the thugs says.

"Once that happens, the legacy of the Hidden Lotus clan, will live on forever." another thug says. I quietly open the vent door, as the lights in the VIP lounge go off, because of a DJ that is performing live.

I take the opportunity to silently kill the thugs. I kill the first one, near the window by snapping his neck. The noise of the club, managed to conceal the screams of death. I finally kill the other thug, that is by the coffee table, by slitting his throat with my small blade. Finally, I hang from the room and I break his neck with my legs. I leave the lounge, through the vent, hoping to get away from prying eyes.

[Pai POV]

I go into another section of the club, and I see that Yakuza thugs are cornering every corner. I managed to stay hidden, but I need a disguise. I look at the thug to my right and I quietly put him to sleep. I then take him into a bathroom and I steal his suit. I come out and I kill the two Yakuza's at the door, by placing my hand on their shoulders and crushing their windpipe, by choking them.

As I sneak into an area of the club, where there are neon lights, Two Yakuza thugs appear in front of me.

"What do you want?" I ask.

"Are you new here?" one of the thugs asks me.

"Yes, I have joined your ranks." I say to them.

"So, how did you come here?" asks one of the thugs.

"The same as you." I reply.

"Okay..." says one of the thugs. As soon as they turn their backs, I throw two knives into their backs, killing them. I escape the room by going through an air vent.

[Yashin POV]

I sneak into a room full of Yakuza's, having a meeting about Zenji.

"So what do you think Zenji has planned for Japan?" asks one of the thugs.

"She said she wants to build her own empire." says another thug.

"I don't care, as long as we run the streets of Japan, we will be unstoppable!" says another thug. I toss a Kunai at the lights, and the room goes dark.

I  silently kill the Yakuza thugs with my Machete. First, I stab my Machete through the back of a Yakuza thugs, standing near a sofa couch. Then I decapitate the two thugs, stationed at the door. Finally, I break the last thugs neck, by trapping him in a Standing dragon sleeper hold. I hear an alarm being tripped and I quickly escape the room.

[Ako POV]

I hear the alarm being tripped and I see an army of Yakuza thugs, with Katana's in their hands. They all attack me at once, but I quickly slaughter them.

"More!" I say in my head. More Yakuza show up, lined up on both the right and left sides. I take my sword and I run down towards the door, slashing each of their heads, off of their bodies. Once I exit the door, Zenji appears before me.

"I knew you would be here, you just can't leave well enough alone." says Zenji.

"Maybe you should have thought about that, when you killed my family!" I say.

"I killed your family, because you have disgraced mine, my mother gave the title of Shogun to you... YOU! So as a payback to her, I will execute The Shogun in two days time." says Zenji.

"You bitch, you are a sorry excuse for a daughter!" I say.

"There is a way that you can stop it, surrender to me, and I will set her free. You have one day to think about that!" Zenji blasts me, with a ball of fire, that sends me flying into a car. As I get to my feet, I look around for Zenji, but she is nowhere to be found. The others regroup with me, and we escape into the night.

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