"Good to You"
Apr 14, 2016 19:35:04 GMT -5
Post by Yun Goeun on Apr 14, 2016 19:35:04 GMT -5
"Are you sure it was him?" Miyoko asks, looking at the photo Yun was showing her. In the picture a younger Yun is posing with an older Japanese man, the man she now knows as Yoshihiro Gotoh.
"I'm pretty fucking sure it was him, Miyoko. He introduced him self and everything, sat down all fancy with his fucking goon squad and seriously, how bad did I fuck up?" Yun says, kind of in a panic.
"Well, so you already figured out he was yakuza, I take it?" Miyoko laughs, deep down she was mortified, but the thought of how far Yun would go to hurt someone who only ever cared for her was so pathetic it made her laugh.
"The GOONSQUAD I referenced gave that away. So I need someone to just sit here and tell me just who this guy is and why he would come after ME to get back at JOE?" Yun is starting to really panic as she speaks.
"Joe never talked about his past with you to basically protect you from people like that, but since you went and made best friends with probably the worst person on the planet, I guess I should talk to you. To be honest someone should have years ago... Sit down."
The two are in Miyoko's office of her day job. When Miyoko was not training Yun and a few others to be wrestlers, she worked as a police officer for the New York Police Department. She had transferred over from Japan years ago to be closer to her students. She was largely just a desk jockey at this point but was still called in on organized crime cases from time to time. Yun finally starting to settle down a bit takes a seat across from Miyoko.
"I guess I should start by telling you that Yoshihiro Gotoh is my husband." Miyoko laughs again, a bit nervous though. "Well, was. I found him with another woman, he shot me, ya know it was a mutual break up..." Miyoko is trying to take a humorous approach to the situation.
"...wait what?" Yun asks.
"Well, at which part?" Miyoko responds.
"All of it? How come you never told me you were married?" Yun looks a bit take back by this news.
"As I said, WAS. We're divorced. I was young, maybe a bit dumb. I don't know, how do those thing happen. I was in love believe it or not. But I was in the dark and over the next few years I began to realize what kind of monster I was married too. Well, one night my opponent canceled on me and I had no match so I came home early... This was back in 2002 maybe? I think I was wrestling for Xtreme Wrestling Federation then... maybe Immortal Wrestling Guild... I don't remember. One or the other. I found him in bed with another woman. I got mad, he got mad. I stormed off, he shot me in the back." Miyoko says to Yun, who is just nodding.
"So that is how you got shot? I always thought it was doing ya know... being a cop." Yun responds, having known Miyoko was shot at one point but never knowing the details.
"No, it was my loving husband. If the slut he was banging at the time didn't freak out when she saw the gun and push him he may have killed me. But yeah, we never really spoke after that. I filed for divorce, he signed the papers... You know, I didn't really want to get involved with him more than I had to so the divorce was quick and simple." Miyoko explains to her.
"I see, where was Joe in all of this? I thought you two were friends? How could he not want to take revenge?" Yun asks.
"That was 2002, I don't know. I would assume Korea already. I doubt even he knows it was Hiro who shot me, and I doubt he would do anything if he knew anyway so it was best to not trouble him so I never tried to find out where he was..." Miyoko says to her, then leans back in her chair, "Besides, their brothers. I don't know if Joe would do something about it."
"You know, he said the same thing to me, only he said Joe would betray him, which is why I asked there. Which actually brings me to a good question, what the fuck is this whole brother thing anyway?" Yun asks Miyoko.
"Well, in Hiro's mind everyone betrays him, I betrayed him by catching him cheating on me. But to answer your question, it is a yakuza hrm, what would be the right word? Ritual? You know, like sworn brothers. Members who rose in the ranks together and decided to under go the rite of brotherhood. A sworn brother will protect and honor the other till the day they die. Well in theory. Joe betrayed him by getting out, they made such plans as kids and apparently at one point it became too much for Joe and he got out. Left the clan, the yakuza and Japan. " Miyoko explains to her, Yun looks more confused then ever before.
"But Joe is..." Yun starts, Miyoko cuts her off and finishes.
"A gaijin? Yes, he is. Well, to a degree, he is... because I know your Japanese is shit Yun, Western One. He was born and raised in Japan, I doubt he had ever been to America before the age of 20. His parents were in the Air Force and both died when he was young. Went into an on base foster home with plans to send him back to his family in the states but they never did and by 10 he was living on the streets which is where he met Hiro. I don't really know much about this time of his life, he never speaks much about it but by the time Hiro was 16 he was already yakuza, he vouched for Joe and... Well..." Miyoko kind of trails off as she says this. Yun just kind of sits there.
"So... Joe was yakuza?" Yun asks kind of stunned.
"Yeah, for a while..." Miyoko gets cut off by Yun this time...
"Holy shit, that time in Kabukicho... A lot of that makes sense now. He knew who some guy was based on a pin he was wearing and a couple of the people knew who he was and... holy shit how did I not notice that then?" Yun just kinda stares off into space as she says this, remembering the time in Kabukicho clearly. So many people knew him...
"As I said, he choose to get out though. Hiro from what I've been told was planning on hitting a top ranking official of rival clan, he was going to do it against his own clans wishes and he wanted Joe there to support him. Knowing the impact this would have, Joe refused. Hiro felt he had betrayed him and challenged him to a fight. From what I can piece together the two fought and Joe let him win, which he felt betrayed him even MORE... Joe left the clan the next day, told the boss he needed to leave Japan. The boss gave him, his blessing and by the time Hiro had gotten word of this, Joe was already out of Japan." Miyoko finishes explaining to Yun.
"Jesus... Yeah he never spoke of his past, ever. I've asked him about it a lot, his wife, his daughter, any of his past but he would never give me any answers." Yun says.
"Ah, his daughter. You know she would be your age?" Miyoko asks her.
"Yes, I am well aware I was being used as a daughter substitute for him, being a father to me some how would make him feel better about being a shitty father to his own daughter." Yun says, getting a bit angry.
"You really don't know him do you? He really does love you, and it has nothing to do with him trying to make up for being a "shitty father" - He is a shitty father because he has to be, Yun. Do you know how much he would love to see his daughter?" Miyoko asks her.
"I don't know, as I said he never talks about his past... fuck he barely talked about him self period."
"It is one of the worst bourdons of his life, not being able to see his daughter. His wife is a woman named Sachiko Gotoh. His daughter is Mie Gotoh. Sachiko is the younger sister of Yoshihiro Gotoh, who as I've pointed out is now your new best friend. They've known each other, obviously, as long as Joe has known Hiro. They lived out on the streets together. Well they fell in love, Hiro was fully supportive of their marriage. Well, up until he wasn't, of course. You know, feeling his brother betrayed him...
Joe could never go back to see her after he left. Trust me, Hiro would kill his own sister if he knew it would hurt Joe Shamrock, Yun. That is why he has never returned to Japan, that is why he has not seen his daughter in about 15 years and that is why you have no idea what you have gotten into. You have no idea of the extremes he will go to, just to hurt him..." Miyoko explains all of this to Yun, whose face goes a pale color. There is so much she did not know about the man who watched over her for more than a decade.
"I pass massages on to Sachiko every now and again for Joe, presents from him for Mie. He is far from the shitty father you think he is. If he could, he would be with her. He fell in love with you not because he saw you as a replacement for his daughter, but because he saw someone who needed a replacement father. You took your own shit out on a man who did nothing but ever care for you and just look at the lengths you went to... just to hurt him even a little bit. You invited the god damn devil to dinner, Yun." Miyoko says to her.
"I didn't... I mean I knew he was yakuza and had an issue with Joe... but I knew none of this. Jesus, what do I do? Is he going to kill me?" Yun asks, her face deathly pale.
"No, I doubt it. He would have already. I think making Joe see you with him, on TV of all things, punishment in its own way. He knows how much it is going to hurt Joe to know yet another person he loves has the shadow of Yoshihiro Gotoh over them. To Hiro, he has taken not one but two daughters from Joe. That is pain enough. As for what you do..." Miyoko thinks for a second... not wanting to say the first thing that comes to her mind.
"I would love to say you made your bed and you have to sleep in it, but I care about you also Yun, and I care about Joe. I would be hurting him if I told you to just fuck off. But I have no good idea, I'm going to have to talk to Joe... For the time being, pretend you don't know anything and just play along wit him... I'll get in touch with you at a later date, we'll figure out what to do... You may have abandoned Joe, but he won't abandon you..." Miyoko says...knowing full well how much those last words were going to sting inside of Yun.
"When you see him... please... tell him I am so sorry..." Yun says, just staring into space trying not to cry but fully aware she did bring all of this down on herself.
"I'm pretty fucking sure it was him, Miyoko. He introduced him self and everything, sat down all fancy with his fucking goon squad and seriously, how bad did I fuck up?" Yun says, kind of in a panic.
"Well, so you already figured out he was yakuza, I take it?" Miyoko laughs, deep down she was mortified, but the thought of how far Yun would go to hurt someone who only ever cared for her was so pathetic it made her laugh.
"The GOONSQUAD I referenced gave that away. So I need someone to just sit here and tell me just who this guy is and why he would come after ME to get back at JOE?" Yun is starting to really panic as she speaks.
"Joe never talked about his past with you to basically protect you from people like that, but since you went and made best friends with probably the worst person on the planet, I guess I should talk to you. To be honest someone should have years ago... Sit down."
The two are in Miyoko's office of her day job. When Miyoko was not training Yun and a few others to be wrestlers, she worked as a police officer for the New York Police Department. She had transferred over from Japan years ago to be closer to her students. She was largely just a desk jockey at this point but was still called in on organized crime cases from time to time. Yun finally starting to settle down a bit takes a seat across from Miyoko.
"I guess I should start by telling you that Yoshihiro Gotoh is my husband." Miyoko laughs again, a bit nervous though. "Well, was. I found him with another woman, he shot me, ya know it was a mutual break up..." Miyoko is trying to take a humorous approach to the situation.
"...wait what?" Yun asks.
"Well, at which part?" Miyoko responds.
"All of it? How come you never told me you were married?" Yun looks a bit take back by this news.
"As I said, WAS. We're divorced. I was young, maybe a bit dumb. I don't know, how do those thing happen. I was in love believe it or not. But I was in the dark and over the next few years I began to realize what kind of monster I was married too. Well, one night my opponent canceled on me and I had no match so I came home early... This was back in 2002 maybe? I think I was wrestling for Xtreme Wrestling Federation then... maybe Immortal Wrestling Guild... I don't remember. One or the other. I found him in bed with another woman. I got mad, he got mad. I stormed off, he shot me in the back." Miyoko says to Yun, who is just nodding.
"So that is how you got shot? I always thought it was doing ya know... being a cop." Yun responds, having known Miyoko was shot at one point but never knowing the details.
"No, it was my loving husband. If the slut he was banging at the time didn't freak out when she saw the gun and push him he may have killed me. But yeah, we never really spoke after that. I filed for divorce, he signed the papers... You know, I didn't really want to get involved with him more than I had to so the divorce was quick and simple." Miyoko explains to her.
"I see, where was Joe in all of this? I thought you two were friends? How could he not want to take revenge?" Yun asks.
"That was 2002, I don't know. I would assume Korea already. I doubt even he knows it was Hiro who shot me, and I doubt he would do anything if he knew anyway so it was best to not trouble him so I never tried to find out where he was..." Miyoko says to her, then leans back in her chair, "Besides, their brothers. I don't know if Joe would do something about it."
"You know, he said the same thing to me, only he said Joe would betray him, which is why I asked there. Which actually brings me to a good question, what the fuck is this whole brother thing anyway?" Yun asks Miyoko.
"Well, in Hiro's mind everyone betrays him, I betrayed him by catching him cheating on me. But to answer your question, it is a yakuza hrm, what would be the right word? Ritual? You know, like sworn brothers. Members who rose in the ranks together and decided to under go the rite of brotherhood. A sworn brother will protect and honor the other till the day they die. Well in theory. Joe betrayed him by getting out, they made such plans as kids and apparently at one point it became too much for Joe and he got out. Left the clan, the yakuza and Japan. " Miyoko explains to her, Yun looks more confused then ever before.
"But Joe is..." Yun starts, Miyoko cuts her off and finishes.
"A gaijin? Yes, he is. Well, to a degree, he is... because I know your Japanese is shit Yun, Western One. He was born and raised in Japan, I doubt he had ever been to America before the age of 20. His parents were in the Air Force and both died when he was young. Went into an on base foster home with plans to send him back to his family in the states but they never did and by 10 he was living on the streets which is where he met Hiro. I don't really know much about this time of his life, he never speaks much about it but by the time Hiro was 16 he was already yakuza, he vouched for Joe and... Well..." Miyoko kind of trails off as she says this. Yun just kind of sits there.
"So... Joe was yakuza?" Yun asks kind of stunned.
"Yeah, for a while..." Miyoko gets cut off by Yun this time...
"Holy shit, that time in Kabukicho... A lot of that makes sense now. He knew who some guy was based on a pin he was wearing and a couple of the people knew who he was and... holy shit how did I not notice that then?" Yun just kinda stares off into space as she says this, remembering the time in Kabukicho clearly. So many people knew him...
"As I said, he choose to get out though. Hiro from what I've been told was planning on hitting a top ranking official of rival clan, he was going to do it against his own clans wishes and he wanted Joe there to support him. Knowing the impact this would have, Joe refused. Hiro felt he had betrayed him and challenged him to a fight. From what I can piece together the two fought and Joe let him win, which he felt betrayed him even MORE... Joe left the clan the next day, told the boss he needed to leave Japan. The boss gave him, his blessing and by the time Hiro had gotten word of this, Joe was already out of Japan." Miyoko finishes explaining to Yun.
"Jesus... Yeah he never spoke of his past, ever. I've asked him about it a lot, his wife, his daughter, any of his past but he would never give me any answers." Yun says.
"Ah, his daughter. You know she would be your age?" Miyoko asks her.
"Yes, I am well aware I was being used as a daughter substitute for him, being a father to me some how would make him feel better about being a shitty father to his own daughter." Yun says, getting a bit angry.
"You really don't know him do you? He really does love you, and it has nothing to do with him trying to make up for being a "shitty father" - He is a shitty father because he has to be, Yun. Do you know how much he would love to see his daughter?" Miyoko asks her.
"I don't know, as I said he never talks about his past... fuck he barely talked about him self period."
"It is one of the worst bourdons of his life, not being able to see his daughter. His wife is a woman named Sachiko Gotoh. His daughter is Mie Gotoh. Sachiko is the younger sister of Yoshihiro Gotoh, who as I've pointed out is now your new best friend. They've known each other, obviously, as long as Joe has known Hiro. They lived out on the streets together. Well they fell in love, Hiro was fully supportive of their marriage. Well, up until he wasn't, of course. You know, feeling his brother betrayed him...
Joe could never go back to see her after he left. Trust me, Hiro would kill his own sister if he knew it would hurt Joe Shamrock, Yun. That is why he has never returned to Japan, that is why he has not seen his daughter in about 15 years and that is why you have no idea what you have gotten into. You have no idea of the extremes he will go to, just to hurt him..." Miyoko explains all of this to Yun, whose face goes a pale color. There is so much she did not know about the man who watched over her for more than a decade.
"I pass massages on to Sachiko every now and again for Joe, presents from him for Mie. He is far from the shitty father you think he is. If he could, he would be with her. He fell in love with you not because he saw you as a replacement for his daughter, but because he saw someone who needed a replacement father. You took your own shit out on a man who did nothing but ever care for you and just look at the lengths you went to... just to hurt him even a little bit. You invited the god damn devil to dinner, Yun." Miyoko says to her.
"I didn't... I mean I knew he was yakuza and had an issue with Joe... but I knew none of this. Jesus, what do I do? Is he going to kill me?" Yun asks, her face deathly pale.
"No, I doubt it. He would have already. I think making Joe see you with him, on TV of all things, punishment in its own way. He knows how much it is going to hurt Joe to know yet another person he loves has the shadow of Yoshihiro Gotoh over them. To Hiro, he has taken not one but two daughters from Joe. That is pain enough. As for what you do..." Miyoko thinks for a second... not wanting to say the first thing that comes to her mind.
"I would love to say you made your bed and you have to sleep in it, but I care about you also Yun, and I care about Joe. I would be hurting him if I told you to just fuck off. But I have no good idea, I'm going to have to talk to Joe... For the time being, pretend you don't know anything and just play along wit him... I'll get in touch with you at a later date, we'll figure out what to do... You may have abandoned Joe, but he won't abandon you..." Miyoko says...knowing full well how much those last words were going to sting inside of Yun.
"When you see him... please... tell him I am so sorry..." Yun says, just staring into space trying not to cry but fully aware she did bring all of this down on herself.
