"HATE YOU"
Mar 17, 2016 19:36:47 GMT -5
Post by Yun Goeun on Mar 17, 2016 19:36:47 GMT -5
Seoul, South Korea
March 13th, 2016
"Just coffee today please, I am working on a nasty hangover." Yun says to the waiter who approaches her table. Yun was seated at a fairly upscale cafe in the Gangnam district of Seoul, she had been coming here daily for the last few weeks now. Sometimes multiple times per day. It allowed her time to think, as the prices on the menu tended to keep the scarier fans away from her.
Yun had been back in Seoul for the last few months now, very rarely leaving to return to America for FGA. They had not been booking her since the Joker's Wild Tournament so she had seen no point in going to any of the events just to be a good employee. She didn't care who won what match, who hates who, or stabbed who in the back. But she was going to have to go back now by the end of the week, to face Cindy Parker no less. Apparently while Yun had been gone Cyncity had finally won the World Title and as much as Yun would hate to admit it aloud, she was proud of Cindy.
As Yun was tossing around a game plan to face Cyncity in her head, a man sat down at the table with her and snapped Yun back into the moment. The man seemed to Yun to be somewhere in his middle 40s, but with graying back hair, he was dressed in a sharp black suit which really struck Yun. It was not a cheap suit at all. Just as she was about to say something she noticed three similar dressed men approach her booth. One took a seat at the booth behind her, and one took a seat at the booth behind the man. The third took a seat at the bar and seemed to keep his focus on the door. Yun watched all three guys before turning to look at the man sitting with her.
"I am sorry to disturb your breakfast." the man said, he spoke in perfect Korean but Yun could tell from his accent he was Japanese. Yun was about to say something but the man continued to speak. "My name is Yoshihiro Gotoh, and I would like to offer my services to you." he says with a smile.
The moment he smiled Yun had the greatest feeling of deja vu, like she had seen this man somewhere before but just could not place it. While she was trying to figure out why he looked familiar, she finally decided to respond. "Um... thank you? But I am not looking for any services...?" Yun says, a bit of a puzzled tone to her voice, unsure really what this guy was trying to solicit.
"I hear through the grape vine that you may be in the market for a new bodyguard." he says to her, Yun is shocked to hear that. She was not a major player in the entertainment industry anymore and had no need for a bodyguard, she kept Joe Shamrock around due to their nearing on father/daughter relationship... Besides, since her wrestling training very few fans tried to get handsie with her.
"What do you mean?" Yun asks.
"Well, it just so happens I hear that Joe has moved on, so I figure you would be looking for a new bodyguard." he says, the fact that his face remains completely expressionless when he talks kind of freaks Yun out a bit.
"How did you...wait, what?" Yun says, taken a bit a back.
"You didn't hear? He took the job as the bodyguard to some rookie idol in Japan. When it was known his services were up for the taking, there were a lot of people interested. Though I am kind of shocked he choose to go back to Japan, if I am being honest. " the man says, a slight smile breaks his emotionless expression for half a second.
"Oh, well good for him." she says, a pang of jealousy hitting her hard. But it was for the best, she is after all the one who drove him away.
"So, let me cut to the chase Miss Yun. There is nothing Joe Shamrock could provide you, that I could not... and do it not only better but in the end I won't stab you in the back." he says, as emotionless as he has been though Yun could tell there was a bit of anger in his voice on the last part.
"You know him?" Yun finally asks.
"We are brothers, Miss Yun." the man responds very short.
"...brothers? I don't see the resemblance." Yun says, snide, almost at once rethinking that she said it though.
"Not in the sense that you are thinking of no. We did however, grow up together. I don't know how much you know of the man Joe Shamrock, but he was born in Japan and where he lived for most of his life. I met him when we were both 8. If he has not shared these details with you, that is on him. My brother may not respect or honor me anymore, but I still will honor him. So if he has not shared his past with you, neither will I." The man says, staring a whole through Yun as he talks.
"No, he would never tell me about his past... always the less I knew the better." she says.
"He was right. But yes, we are brothers. Not from any family sense that you would be used to, but brothers none the less. We are supposed to look out for each other, protect each other, and above all honor each other... So as such, since he no longer is seen fit to be your bodyguard. I would like to offer my service." he says, again smiling a bit. Like he is trying to make himself look friendly, but failing very hard.
Yun had always had questions about Joe's past, but she never really gave them much thought. But in this moment, a lot of things are starting to make sense. She was not as naive about the world as some people liked to think, and was well aware this man before her was yakuza. In fact it was obvious to everyone in the cafe who had cleared a good 20 feet of buffer room from them.
"So wait... Joe Shamrock... MY Joe Shamrock... was... yak..." before she can finish that sentence Yoshihiro cleared his throat and Yun stopped speaking right away. "That he has such caring family..."
"Listen, I know Joe was always into your business, well I assume he was. Caring was always one of his biggest problems. The fact is I would not care anything about you, other than keeping you safe. I will not pry if you make bad life choices, which I assume you are in the middle of..." Yun shot him a dirty look, "What I will do is keep you safe, destroy anyone who gets in your way and you would not have to pay me anything." he says, a smile that gave Yun the creeps crossed his lips now.
"Why, why would you do anything for free? Isn't money..." again, before Yun could finish speaking she was cut off by him clearing his throat.
"You seem to have an understanding who I am, but not a solid understanding. Yes, money is important. But protecting you will get me something I seek even more than money. Revenge. Oh, Miss Yun, I honor my brother, I respect my brother, and I would never hurt my brother... in a physical sense of the word. But to know how much pain it would cause him, to know the one person he cares about in this world above all else, was in MY care... Oh now that... that is worth more than any amount of money."
"What the hell did he do to you, anyway" Yun asks, with out thinking.
"Nothing you need to worry about, just know no harm will come to you from me, my men or any other person on this planet. I am not using you as bait, I have no plans to hurt you to hurt him. Trust me... Just me being in your life is going to hurt him enough." he says
Still working on the hangover, and possibly making more bad life choices she would eventually regret sometime down the road, like firing Joe to begin with...
"You know what? I think this will work out fine, especially if it is going to hurt him as much as you say it is." Yun said, with out giving a single thought to the words coming out of her mouth. She was still lost in the moment of being mad at him at not thinking rationally to even begin to realize how big of a mistake she was making.
"Very well, I will stop by your apartment later today to work out the details then? Don't worry, I already know where you live." he laughs a bit, "And unlike right now when I show up I will not have... well my own bodyguards. Will just be me. I look forward to working with you." he says as he gets up and bows to her.
The guy then barks something in Japan and the three men get up and quickly leave the cafe. Before Yoshihiro him self goes to leave the cafe though, he turns back to Yun one last time, "Do me a favor though? When you call Miyoko later today to discuss your game plan for your match later in the week, tell her Yoshihiro Gotoh says hello." he bows again and then leaves...
Yun just sat there for a moment, then started reeling a mile a minute with questions. How did he know this much about her? How long has he been keeping tabs on her? But then the thought of hurting Shamrock came back into her mind and made her smile a bit...
Just then though, when she got to the question, "How does he know Miyoko?" that the deja vu went way and memories started slamming back into her head. About 10 years ago at a autograph session, this was the creepy Japanese man that approached her for a photo while Shamrock escorted a rowdy fan out of the building, the same guy she saw a few years ago at a PDW event . In fact he even left the photo from the autograph session.. Joe got into a argument with Miyoko over when SHE saw the photo...
Her memory was suddenly racing with times she has seen this guy now and for the first time she realized she may have made a worse mistake than he realized... Yun right away got out her phone... she thought about dialing Joe but... his number had been disconnected a few weeks ago. Instead Yun called the only other person she could think of, her trainer Miyoko Kawashima...
[To Be Continued...]
March 13th, 2016
"Just coffee today please, I am working on a nasty hangover." Yun says to the waiter who approaches her table. Yun was seated at a fairly upscale cafe in the Gangnam district of Seoul, she had been coming here daily for the last few weeks now. Sometimes multiple times per day. It allowed her time to think, as the prices on the menu tended to keep the scarier fans away from her.
Yun had been back in Seoul for the last few months now, very rarely leaving to return to America for FGA. They had not been booking her since the Joker's Wild Tournament so she had seen no point in going to any of the events just to be a good employee. She didn't care who won what match, who hates who, or stabbed who in the back. But she was going to have to go back now by the end of the week, to face Cindy Parker no less. Apparently while Yun had been gone Cyncity had finally won the World Title and as much as Yun would hate to admit it aloud, she was proud of Cindy.
As Yun was tossing around a game plan to face Cyncity in her head, a man sat down at the table with her and snapped Yun back into the moment. The man seemed to Yun to be somewhere in his middle 40s, but with graying back hair, he was dressed in a sharp black suit which really struck Yun. It was not a cheap suit at all. Just as she was about to say something she noticed three similar dressed men approach her booth. One took a seat at the booth behind her, and one took a seat at the booth behind the man. The third took a seat at the bar and seemed to keep his focus on the door. Yun watched all three guys before turning to look at the man sitting with her.
"I am sorry to disturb your breakfast." the man said, he spoke in perfect Korean but Yun could tell from his accent he was Japanese. Yun was about to say something but the man continued to speak. "My name is Yoshihiro Gotoh, and I would like to offer my services to you." he says with a smile.
The moment he smiled Yun had the greatest feeling of deja vu, like she had seen this man somewhere before but just could not place it. While she was trying to figure out why he looked familiar, she finally decided to respond. "Um... thank you? But I am not looking for any services...?" Yun says, a bit of a puzzled tone to her voice, unsure really what this guy was trying to solicit.
"I hear through the grape vine that you may be in the market for a new bodyguard." he says to her, Yun is shocked to hear that. She was not a major player in the entertainment industry anymore and had no need for a bodyguard, she kept Joe Shamrock around due to their nearing on father/daughter relationship... Besides, since her wrestling training very few fans tried to get handsie with her.
"What do you mean?" Yun asks.
"Well, it just so happens I hear that Joe has moved on, so I figure you would be looking for a new bodyguard." he says, the fact that his face remains completely expressionless when he talks kind of freaks Yun out a bit.
"How did you...wait, what?" Yun says, taken a bit a back.
"You didn't hear? He took the job as the bodyguard to some rookie idol in Japan. When it was known his services were up for the taking, there were a lot of people interested. Though I am kind of shocked he choose to go back to Japan, if I am being honest. " the man says, a slight smile breaks his emotionless expression for half a second.
"Oh, well good for him." she says, a pang of jealousy hitting her hard. But it was for the best, she is after all the one who drove him away.
"So, let me cut to the chase Miss Yun. There is nothing Joe Shamrock could provide you, that I could not... and do it not only better but in the end I won't stab you in the back." he says, as emotionless as he has been though Yun could tell there was a bit of anger in his voice on the last part.
"You know him?" Yun finally asks.
"We are brothers, Miss Yun." the man responds very short.
"...brothers? I don't see the resemblance." Yun says, snide, almost at once rethinking that she said it though.
"Not in the sense that you are thinking of no. We did however, grow up together. I don't know how much you know of the man Joe Shamrock, but he was born in Japan and where he lived for most of his life. I met him when we were both 8. If he has not shared these details with you, that is on him. My brother may not respect or honor me anymore, but I still will honor him. So if he has not shared his past with you, neither will I." The man says, staring a whole through Yun as he talks.
"No, he would never tell me about his past... always the less I knew the better." she says.
"He was right. But yes, we are brothers. Not from any family sense that you would be used to, but brothers none the less. We are supposed to look out for each other, protect each other, and above all honor each other... So as such, since he no longer is seen fit to be your bodyguard. I would like to offer my service." he says, again smiling a bit. Like he is trying to make himself look friendly, but failing very hard.
Yun had always had questions about Joe's past, but she never really gave them much thought. But in this moment, a lot of things are starting to make sense. She was not as naive about the world as some people liked to think, and was well aware this man before her was yakuza. In fact it was obvious to everyone in the cafe who had cleared a good 20 feet of buffer room from them.
"So wait... Joe Shamrock... MY Joe Shamrock... was... yak..." before she can finish that sentence Yoshihiro cleared his throat and Yun stopped speaking right away. "That he has such caring family..."
"Listen, I know Joe was always into your business, well I assume he was. Caring was always one of his biggest problems. The fact is I would not care anything about you, other than keeping you safe. I will not pry if you make bad life choices, which I assume you are in the middle of..." Yun shot him a dirty look, "What I will do is keep you safe, destroy anyone who gets in your way and you would not have to pay me anything." he says, a smile that gave Yun the creeps crossed his lips now.
"Why, why would you do anything for free? Isn't money..." again, before Yun could finish speaking she was cut off by him clearing his throat.
"You seem to have an understanding who I am, but not a solid understanding. Yes, money is important. But protecting you will get me something I seek even more than money. Revenge. Oh, Miss Yun, I honor my brother, I respect my brother, and I would never hurt my brother... in a physical sense of the word. But to know how much pain it would cause him, to know the one person he cares about in this world above all else, was in MY care... Oh now that... that is worth more than any amount of money."
"What the hell did he do to you, anyway" Yun asks, with out thinking.
"Nothing you need to worry about, just know no harm will come to you from me, my men or any other person on this planet. I am not using you as bait, I have no plans to hurt you to hurt him. Trust me... Just me being in your life is going to hurt him enough." he says
Still working on the hangover, and possibly making more bad life choices she would eventually regret sometime down the road, like firing Joe to begin with...
"You know what? I think this will work out fine, especially if it is going to hurt him as much as you say it is." Yun said, with out giving a single thought to the words coming out of her mouth. She was still lost in the moment of being mad at him at not thinking rationally to even begin to realize how big of a mistake she was making.
"Very well, I will stop by your apartment later today to work out the details then? Don't worry, I already know where you live." he laughs a bit, "And unlike right now when I show up I will not have... well my own bodyguards. Will just be me. I look forward to working with you." he says as he gets up and bows to her.
The guy then barks something in Japan and the three men get up and quickly leave the cafe. Before Yoshihiro him self goes to leave the cafe though, he turns back to Yun one last time, "Do me a favor though? When you call Miyoko later today to discuss your game plan for your match later in the week, tell her Yoshihiro Gotoh says hello." he bows again and then leaves...
Yun just sat there for a moment, then started reeling a mile a minute with questions. How did he know this much about her? How long has he been keeping tabs on her? But then the thought of hurting Shamrock came back into her mind and made her smile a bit...
Just then though, when she got to the question, "How does he know Miyoko?" that the deja vu went way and memories started slamming back into her head. About 10 years ago at a autograph session, this was the creepy Japanese man that approached her for a photo while Shamrock escorted a rowdy fan out of the building, the same guy she saw a few years ago at a PDW event . In fact he even left the photo from the autograph session.. Joe got into a argument with Miyoko over when SHE saw the photo...
Her memory was suddenly racing with times she has seen this guy now and for the first time she realized she may have made a worse mistake than he realized... Yun right away got out her phone... she thought about dialing Joe but... his number had been disconnected a few weeks ago. Instead Yun called the only other person she could think of, her trainer Miyoko Kawashima...
[To Be Continued...]
