Battles for Turf(Braiddan x Disgrace)

[Braiddan]

On a warm June night, south district seemed deathly quiet. The kind of quiet that sent an unsettling feeling down ones spine. The type of quiet that tells you, something big is about to unfold. At the South-side Pub on Bourbon street one man waited in anticipation of whatever the something is. His name was Aaron Flynn , leader of the gang known as the Bean Sidh. Once a nomadic gang of Irish bikers, they finally decided to take up a base of operations in the south district of Sterlingshore. And that was the South-side pub's purpose, a front to launder their money. And for ten years it had been doing well in doing just that.

His gang tended to avoid falling victim to large drug stings,by never having a large amount of drugs in the same place for long. Especially when it came to their secret banshee dust. A product they sell top dollar all across the country. Sales have been doing so well Aaron hoped to open up a few more fronts. But territory was tight there were many rivals, he was lucky to get the pub and the few labs he owned. But tonight things changed. The bloods have been acting to blatently and attracted a lot of police attention. And tonight was the climax, their base of 32nd street soon seemed flooded with red and blue lights, and the wialing of sirens

 

[Star Pupil]

She had finally done it. She had taken down all of the fools from Eastside Gang. Her father would have been proud. Their territory had been small since they were the newest to town, but not the newest to business....It was very convenient that the people who owned the largest territories were idiots and despite their man power they could not protect themselves against a full frontal police/FBI assault. After their leader had been arrested they fell apart and began running all of the place like chickens with their heads cut off. It was enough to make her smile with joy.

Her covert schemes and operations were infamous to the other local crime bosses but none of them had actually seen her. They simply knew her as Tsubaki Sagurai, and she was rumored to have changed her appearance multiple times in order to spy on her rivals. It was true, she had changed her appearance multiple times in order to date the ones she targeted to get information about them before she killed them. However, that time was over. She and the Yakuza were about to make themselves known. She grinned as the police whizzed passed her.

After everything had calmed down, the yakuza were the first to invade the now abandoned territory, placing their emblems all over the graffiti letting the other two gangs know that they were there first and was more than willing to fight for it. Tsubaki had already began making face to face connections with the underground dealers that were scared they'd be out of business. She'd have to set up a new base of operations soon, but that could wait until they made sure the others knew who's territory this belonged to.

 

[Braiddan]

She had finally done it. She had taken down all of the fools from Eastside Gang. Her father would have been proud. Their territory had been small since they were the newest to town, but not the newest to business....It was very convenient that the people who owned the largest territories were idiots and despite their man power they could not protect themselves against a full frontal police/FBI assault. After their leader had been arrested they fell apart and began running all of the place like chickens with their heads cut off. It was enough to make her smile with joy.

Her covert schemes and operations were infamous to the other local crime bosses but none of them had actually seen her. They simply knew her as Tsubaki Sagurai, and she was rumored to have changed her appearance multiple times in order to spy on her rivals. It was true, she had changed her appearance multiple times in order to date the ones she targeted to get information about them before she killed them. However, that time was over. She and the Yakuza were about to make themselves known. She grinned as the police whizzed passed her.

After everything had calmed down, the yakuza were the first to invade the now abandoned territory, placing their emblems all over the graffiti letting the other two gangs know that they were there first and was more than willing to fight for it. Tsubaki had already began making face to face connections with the underground dealers that were scared they'd be out of business. She'd have to set up a new base of operations soon, but that could wait until they made sure the others knew who's territory this belonged to.

Aaron and his comrades on bikes might have gotten there second,but they were not going to be halted by some simple graffiti. The Yakuza weren't the only ones to work through subtlety. The Ban Sidh had their own ways of working things. So a trio of members began to scour each and every bit of Graffiti around the area. Simply blacking out the emblems, not leaving an insignia of their own. They just wanted to leave the simple message that paint does not ensure ownership to someone who cares not about signs.

While the defacing was being done Aaron rode off to perform his bit of business. Probably the least profitable bar in all of the city, every year people are surprised to see it's open sign still flashing. To Aaron's logic, no gang would try to extort a business so far in the gutter, it would be ignored. But Aaron knew he could take the risk, he knew he had the product to save the bar.

 

[Star Pupil]

The day after Tsubaki heard of their emblems being defaced and she exploded with rage. "What the fucking fuck," Tsubaki shouted at her innocent messenger, who happened to be her right hand man and was very scared of her. "How are we supposed to fucking know who we're dealing with if all they're doing is blacking out our shit!" She took her chair and kicked it across the room. "Hideki! Is it the fucking Irish or the fucking Italian asshats?!"

The man, his face void of any expression despite his fear cleared his throat. "There were sightings of men on bikes doing this...From what our sources tell us. We also have another problem...Its that new drug that they're carrying around with them. Some of our suppliers refuse to deal business with us because they're already aligned with them."

"So it is the fucking Irish...Bean Sidh..." She spat and then sat on her desk. "We're trying to move our HQ to that territory. We need to purge those shitheads out of their before we make that place our strong hold. Start moving more of our men over there. I'm going to find out what mystery drug we're dealing with. Any ideas of where the sources are?' Hideki adjusted his glasses and then took out a peace of paper.

"The name of that run down bar in the southern district keeps popping up. Here is the address. Be careful, Sagurai. Its probably the main place they do their business. That means some of their men might be crawling around. Shall I escort you?"

"No, Senpai...They don't know my face and I won't wear my emblem. I'm going alone." After grabbing her keys and the directions the blonde walked out and then went straight to her Moped. She quickly started up and headed over to the old bar. Ignoring their defaced emblems, she focused on finding any members that belong to Bean Sidh. There were a few of the but they were scattered. She found more of her men. Good. They still had an upper hand. If they could get their hands on the mystery drug, they'd be on even turf. After arriving at the bar, she walked inside and took a seat at the bar. There were more Bean Sidh guys in here than she expected.

 

[Braiddan]

The day after Tsubaki heard of their emblems being defaced and she exploded with rage. "What the fucking fuck," Tsubaki shouted at her innocent messenger, who happened to be her right hand man and was very scared of her. "How are we supposed to fucking know who we're dealing with if all they're doing is blacking out our shit!" She took her chair and kicked it across the room. "Hideki! Is it the fucking Irish or the fucking Italian asshats?!"

The man, his face void of any expression despite his fear cleared his throat. "There were sightings of men on bikes doing this...From what our sources tell us. We also have another problem...Its that new drug that they're carrying around with them. Some of our suppliers refuse to deal business with us because they're already aligned with them."

"So it is the fucking Irish...Bean Sidh..." She spat and then sat on her desk. "We're trying to move our HQ to that territory. We need to purge those shitheads out of their before we make that place our strong hold. Start moving more of our men over there. I'm going to find out what mystery drug we're dealing with. Any ideas of where the sources are?' Hideki adjusted his glasses and then took out a peace of paper.

"The name of that run down bar in the southern district keeps popping up. Here is the address. Be careful, Sagurai. Its probably the main place they do their business. That means some of their men might be crawling around. Shall I escort you?"

"No, Senpai...They don't know my face and I won't wear my emblem. I'm going alone." After grabbing her keys and the directions the blonde walked out and then went straight to her Moped. She quickly started up and headed over to the old bar. Ignoring their defaced emblems, she focused on finding any members that belong to Bean Sidh. There were a few of the but they were scattered. She found more of her men. Good. They still had an upper hand. If they could get their hands on the mystery drug, they'd be on even turf. After arriving at the bar, she walked inside and took a seat at the bar. There were more Bean Sidh guys in here than she expected.

As the days passed, Aaron spent more time at the bar. Thanks to the new line of product, the place actually cleaned up a little bit and began to find much needed new faces. But Aaron was awaiting backlash from the Yakuza. He knew that eventually the connection would be made back to the Bean Sidh and some action would be taken against them. He just hoped by then, that his large dealers will have their product and be on the road before the Yakuza get there.

He usually ran a pretty tight ship on the distribution of his product. Only two people could buy it directly from the bar street dealers they know, and then the suppliers who smuggle a few pounds of it across state lines.
He never liked a huge amount sitting in one place, technically it wasn't illegal yet...but it had a few ingrediants that were. It was an all natural compound ground into a powder. Some herbs and fungus that caused psychotropic effects that last for hours. And with the natural narcotic it was a hard habit to kick. Aaron once found himself hooked on the stuff

 

[Star Pupil]

Tsubaki managed to get her hands in the new drug. They were royally screwed if they could not find a way to combatant this new drug. She couldn't sick the police on them, they were smarter than the other gang that went under a few days ago. She paced back and forth in her room. She was so fucking tired of being here. She needed that territory and extra income so she could give a better life to her goons and to honor the memory of her father. Hideki stood at the door and watched her pace. He remained quiet as he never spoke unless he was asked his opinion. "We need to move. I didn't see any signs of the Mafia, but they don't have the numbers for this fight. We're going to have to crush them and figure out the source of wherever their getting this drug. Or at least the ingredients. That stupid bar is where most of them hang out. Signal our idle men to meet at the bar with their emblems. I'm tired of fucking dancing around."

Hideki's eye brows raised before he left the room obediently. He knew better not to question anything she said. She was very smart and calculating. In just a few days she managed to map out every source of this drug and who to hit if they needed to. An hour and a half later, exactly at midnight, Tsubaki and twelve of her men including Hideki were at the bars entrance. They all walked in, and attention was all immediately at them. They went to the very corner, pushing all innocent bystanders out there way before taking a seat. "My my, this place isn't the rat hole it was a few days ago. However did they get the money for reservations?" Tsubaki said aloud.

 

[Braiddan]

Aaron paced the floor himself, most gangs would have struck by now. What was causing the Yakuza to delay? His right hand woman and man squeeze Breda seemed rather annoyed with the waiting game herself she finally looked up to Aaron. "Can' w'just shoot them? Seems a lot more effective than all this waitin' around" As she said this she was loading a clip to a .45. Aaron was usually the thinker and Breda the doer. That was the way it always was, even in their home country when they were in the I.R.A. Aaron shook his head "They haven't struck yet, that must mean they are gathering intel"

Breda looked along the barrell, boy did she love guns " Ooo spies? C'n ah shoot them?" She asked with excitement, she hasn't been able to shoot a lot since they got all business like " No, gather the guys, tell them to patrol the dust labs. And someone needs to guard smitty. You and two others are at the bar with me." Breda frowned at that, they would be stretched pretty thin but she didn't defy his orders. The aformentioned Smitty was nameed Arnold Smith a fired university professor who invented the dust.

The day finally came, Aaron seemed not surprised when Tsubaki and her entourage came in. In fact he waved them over to his private booth. "I've been expecting you. Come, I assume you wish to have a talk with me" He laid his semi-auto .40 on the table.

 

[Star Pupil]

Since there were limited seats, Tsubaki only bothered to bring Hideki with her. The others kept their eyes on their rivals and their hands in their pockets. Other people began to leave the bar, but that was just fine. They knew the possibilities of what could happen with two major gangs in one bar. Hideki took off Tsubaki's jacket and hung it across her chair, then pulled it out for her. After she took a seat, he sat down next to her. "Of course I want to talk to you," Tsubaki said with a sweet smile. The same smile she used to seduce so many men and squeeze information out of them. She took her 9mm and placed it next to his, and then looked at Hideki. He let out a sigh and then placed his semi-automatic down in front of them too.

Tsubaki bowed slightly. "My name is Tsubaki Sagurai. Obviously I'm head of the Yakuza. You're the first person that I've revealed my identity too, at least my real one." She looked into his eyes. "Don't let my appearance fool you. I inherited my looks from my American whore of a mother. All my brains however came from my father...I've been watching you expand over my territory for the past few days, and I'd like to make an offer. I'll allow you to sell that new drug here, but I'd like to have a sixty five percent profit and also the recipe for it." She leaned over so that she was closer to his face. "I'm sure a thirty five percent profit is a lot more generous than most people would get. However, I'm feeling like a generous person today. Take the offer. Pull some of your men back so they aren't butting heads with mine." She whispered threateningly.