Let’s Start our Story from the Top (V2) Ch8

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Chapter 8 (V2) What is your Value?

Laoban means boss in Chinese

{…}means they are speaking in English

[…] means they are speaking in Shanghainese

Everything belongs to Ayano Yamane (except a few characters I made up :P)

Please excuse any spelling/grammar errors.

Sitting by the pool, under the sun, drinking cocktails…This should be great but why do I feel like something is out of place? This was Akihito’s third day of his force vacation, and he wasn’t enjoying it nearly as much as he had hoped. He wanted the older man with him.

Sure Asami was annoying as heck, but at least he wouldn’t be all alone. Vacationing was supposed to be fun with friends or lover or families. But he was all alone in Cabo, and the stiff men in suits didn’t count. Akihito had tried to talk them into going swimming with him but they just told him they are only here to serve him and protect him.

Akihito still remembered his last vacation with his parents. He was fourteen years old and they had taken him to Shanghai.

Flashback****

“Akihito look, we’re here!”

“How is this any different from Japan?” the young boy with the hazel eyes asked. When his parents told him they were going on vacation and that they were going to take him somewhere awesome, Akihito had expected to see foreigners, people with REAL blonde hair, over all, he was expecting to go somewhere overseas.

“You don’t like baby?” the beautiful woman asked as she gently gazed down at her son.

“It’s ok I guess…So when is the action gonna start?”

“Right after we check into our hotel” the man beside Akihito said.

“Cool, where we goin’?” Akihito asked.

“Sightseeing, I even bought a new camera!” the woman responded.

“Nooooo…that’s boring! And why do you have to take pictures of everything?”

“Son, when you’re older, you want to preserve every precious moment, and only a camera can do the job.” The man said.

“A camera is very special, it captures the truth.” The woman said.

“I don’t understand? What truth? Won’t we just remember this? Like won’t our memories ‘preserve’ this moment?”

“You’re still young son. Sure a memory is great, it is everlasting, but details can fade away over time, but with a picture, we can bring back the memories that begin to disappear into the back of our minds.”

“This is deep stuff dad…” Akihito said.

“It is baby, you’ll understand when you’re older, but you don’t need to grow up.” The woman said as she bent down and hugged her special boy.

After several moments, Akihito noticed a man in a Cheongsam staring at them from across the street. “Mama…that man other there is staring at us funny…” Akihito said after his mother pulled away.

Both parents turned around and looked at the man that was across from them and paled.

“Aki-chan…just ignore him. He’s a stranger and strangers are bad.” And the family of three quickly walked away.

Akihito was mischief and clumsy, but he was a sharp child, he realized that the stranger had some relationship with his parents and he realized that whatever the bond between them was, it wasn’t a good one.

End****

That man…Akihito thought, but his thoughts were interrupted when a Latin girl in bikini stopped in front of him.

“{Hey cutie, wanna play?}”

“Um….I don’t speak English….”Akihito said, but the girl dragged him towards the pool anyways.

The girl splashed water on him, and Akihito returned the favor, before he knew it, he was actually having fun.

******Back in Japan*****

“[Laoban, our man got caught, it was Gargiullo’s men.]”

“[Gargiullo eh? So he finally appears…]”Chang said, with a furrow near his brow, which usually was never there.

Samuel Gargiullo, the head of the New York mafia, he finally caught wind eh? This isn’t good.

“[Yes sir, he had one of his men sent over here to Japan after he heard you have come over. We have the man.]”

“[Where is Asami’s men? Are they outside?]” Chang asked.

“[Yes, they are still keeping watch.]”

“[Good, I need to speak to their boss. Bring me to them.]” Chang ordered and the man swiftly carried out his order.

Chang stepped out of the brothel and walked into Shinjuku’s night. He crossed the street and greeted the three men with a ‘good evening’.

“I need to meet up with Asami-kun if you three would be so kind.” Chang said with his usual ineligible smile.

One of the pulled out his phone and dialed a number. After a few yeses and sirs’, he hung up and told the others to bring the car around.

******

“Can I help you Chang?” Asami said as he sat behind his large mahogany desk.

“I suggest you send your boy back to Japan…I’m afraid he is in danger staying in Mexico.” Chang started.

Asami narrowed his eyes dangerously at what Chang just said. “How do you know Akihito isn’t in Japan?” He asked carefully.

“You are too predictable my boy. Any who, I would listen to what I just said…”

“What do you want with Akihito? He is safe I assure you.” Asami asked.

“That boy interests me, that’s all, but not in the way you think. I just want to meet him before he gets himself killed for getting involved with us.” Chang said cheerfully.

“You come tell me that Akihito is in danger, and you want him back here for his safety so he could live long enough to meet you?”

“Precisely” Chang said.

“I am no fool Chang. What is going on? What do you mean Akihito is in danger?”

“I hate telling stories Asami-kun, but I have to say, this is something that doesn’t involve you.”

“If Akihito is in danger, then I have every right to know what is going on.” Asami growled out. He was losing patients. The thought of his Akihito being in danger had his blood pressure shooting of the charts. He needed to know why, and why is Chang taking such an interest in the boy.

“Asami-kun…Aki-kun has more value in our world than you could think…”

******

“{Is that him?}” Gargiullo asked.

“{Yes, no mistake, it’s too similar, he hasn’t changed much from nine years ago}.” Gargiullo’s man responded.

“{Take out the guards and grab him.}” The man ordered.

“{Yes sir.}”

Akihito was hanging out with the Latin girl he met last time when suddenly men from nowhere came with guns held up high. Screams filled the air, and the three guards rushed to Akihito pulling out their own guns. As quickly as they pulled out their guns, as quickly they dropped them, and as their guns hit the ground, so did the three bodyguards, dead.

Akihito stared at the three bodies in front of him. He turned around to see the Latin girl holding a gun, still fresh with smoke, pointing at where the three men were standing before.

“Wha…” Akihito stared in fear.

Suddenly, the girl pointed the gun at Akihito and spoke in Japanese.

“Akihito-kun, I don’t want to hurt you, so come with me quietly.” She said and made to grab Akihito.

“No! What have you done!?” Akihito tried to fight, but the girl was no amateur. She caught Akihito’s arm and twisted it and Akihito let out a pained scream. Suddenly, Akihito felt something hard hit his head. It was the end of the gun; the girl had knocked him out.

“{Boss, I got him…}” the girl reported. 

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