The Week before

"Oh good, Jen... there you are!" @Giyu said in a jolly voice, as he approached her in the kitchen. It was 6 am and Jen was barely awake trying to find the coffee. It wasn’t a typical start to the day, Jen did not usually see him so early on. 

Yet, for some strange reason, he was there in the kitchen, not only acting different but looking different too. "Just what are you doing?" Jen started to ask, “Nevermind just that, What are you even wearing?” she continued to ask as her favourite Don began to twirl. “Do you like it?”, Giyu replied, before explaining he was wearing what all the great explorers wear before they go off onto an adventure. 

He had all the gear on, including the hat. He even had a huge rucksack and something he was claiming to be a ramblers stick. It was the opposite end to what he would normally wear with his freshly pressed suit and ties. Jen couldn’t help but smile as she felt herself finally load up for the day. As she took it all in, she found the courage to ask, “But why? How are  you going to attend your meetings and well, look all boss dressed like this?” Jen asked Giyu as he began to explain. “You and Steve can hold the fort, I am off to find myself in the wilderness for a few days and do a spot of camping. Steve and I had a few drinks last night, and he informed me that boars do it for fun!” he said. Jen could not help but to butt in then, “Do what for fun?” she asked Giyu who quickly sniggered like a teenager and shouted “KILL!” in reply as he made a beeline towards the door, “Do not worry I will be back in time for the mission” he shouted as she tried to run off. “Hang on...” Jen shouted after him, but it was too late. He was gone. Jen stood for a moment somewhat confused.

A few moments later, “KILL! WHO KILL!” shouted @Steve, as he came running into the kitchen waving his pistol in the air like some mad man on the loose. “Settle down, Steve!” Jen snapped back at him as she hid, ducked down behind a counter, “This is all your doing!” she continued to rant at him. Steve placed his gun away and calmed down, “Sorry Jen, you know me when I hear the word kill” he carried on saying as he went and picked up Jen’s coffee to drink. Jen was not really sure what she missed the night before but she felt she had woken up in a different place entirely and that both Steve and her boss have hit some early midlife crisis.

Jen explained to Steve that the boss had gone off to find himself, like some student on a gap year, only to the wilderness. “Did anyone go with him?” Steve asked Jen for her to shake her head, “Nope he seemed hell-bent it was to be his spiritual journey or something” she replied. 

They continued to talk it over for a bit before they both agreed that if this is what their Don felt he needed to do before ‘the mission’ then they would, as ever give him their full support. It didn’t matter if it meant it was to be delayed by a few days. They also agreed that the boss should not be wandering off by himself, in the woodlands all by himself. “Were reach out to @Avocato to just follow him discretely...” Steve said as Jen nodded in agreement, for everyone and their dog have heard of Puss in Boots, but no one has ever heard of Avocato and for good reason… he was the sneakiest in the business. “Send a raven”, Jen told Steve, as he nodded and made his way to do just that. Jen then went about her day, preparing for the week ahead...

Avocato had been sitting in his small hut in the outskirts of Bella Vista when he heard some cawing nearby. He began to stalk the bird who sat perched outside of his little abode. The raven cawed and dropped a small scroll.

He began to chase the bird as it flew away but it was out before he could gain distance on it. He decided to view the scroll. It was from Steve, his friend from New York.

“Giyu is going to be camping out in the forest and wants to be alone. We can’t risk him being truly alone, so we’ve sent you a message to watch him from a distance. We know you wouldn’t be spotted and have experience in the area”

Avocato of course couldn’t decline the invitation from his friends in New York. He booked the first flight to New York and landed quickly after an hour. He met up with Jen Barber and she gave him the rundown.

He was given transportation to the forest where Giyu was and began his prowl. He found a large hill overseeing the small valley where Giyu was believed to be staying. After waiting several hours, he saw the smoke signals from beyond the ridge. He began to quietly move towards the signals and saw that of Don Giyu. He was in awe when he saw Giyu meditating while surrounded by a bunch of strange looking men with feathers in their hair and strange leather dusters. They looked like what @Alexei imagined what westerners looked like. Weird guy.

A huge gust of smoke appeared and it looked as if it was a massive Boar, perhaps it was the spirit animal of Giyu? He saw the strange men walk back as the gust of smoke dispersed and a large boar appeared. The boar charged at Giyu and Avocato was about to spring into action when he realized he didn’t need to. Giyu wrestled with the boar, which was easily several hundred pounds larger than him and began to subdue the beast. As the battle raged on, the strange men began to speak in chants. “Raging Boar. Raging Boar” They begin encircling Giyu as he kills the boar with his bare hands, forever being known as Raging Boar. It was an interesting experience for Avocato. He would soon tell the tale to Jen and Steve, if they would even believe him. 
 

Return of the Don

“Have the farmers been spraying the fields again?” Steve moaned loudly as he wandered into the headquarters only to spot Jen glaring at him, shaking her head from side to side as she quickly walked over to him, “Don’t say a word about the smell!” she whispered into Steve’s ear, as he then spotted that their Don was back from his travels. They could tell he has not seen a shower in a few days. He had bits of twigs sticking out from his hair and he pretty much looked like he had been rolling around in the mud. “Don Giyu, good to see you are home”, Steve said, excitedly, trying hard not to hold his nose. “Thank you and thank you both for keeping things ticking while I was away”, Giyu said to them before cracking on with the order of the day. “Tonight we go on the mission” he went on further to say, as the three of them drew up the plans for the take over of Brooklyn.

A little while later and a cleaner Don, the three of them, made their way to the armoury, to get loaded up and meet up with the Made Men of the family, Murder of Rogues.

They all then piled into the van and headed towards the location...

Arriving at the Godfather's mansion we were met by gunfire.

"Fuck, they have been expecting us" Gunther said as he returned fire.

The van started smoking from all the damage the bullets were doing but somehow The Rogue Crew managed to maneuver it to the front door.

"Everyone storm the mansion!"

Giyu ordered. Everyone bolted out the van firing shots at everything in sight

Inside the mansion the enemy was less ready. They did not expect us to survive the gunfire outside.

Giyu saw the Godfather of Brooklyn scurry up the mansion stairs trying to avoid the gunfire. Giyu shot twice at him but both shots graced him.

"Everyone stay here and handle things, my mission is upstairs!"

Giyu ordered his Made Man and ran up the stairs.

Giyu has challenged the Godfather.

Shots have been reported at the home of the Godfather.

You can see the muzzle flash light up the windows followed by the deafening report of gunfire.

There is a short period of silence, followed by a loud scuffle.

You hear one single shot... and then silence.

Giyu has taken over the position of Godfather.

Roguefather Party

Later on that night,  back at the family headquarters, the family had welcomed guests from all over America to help celebrate the good news. Music was playing from live bands, people were dancing or at least trying to and good food and drinks were being served. Everyone was welcome to come and celebrate. 

During the party, Jen and Steve made their way up to the mic and drew the attention of everyone there to focus on them. Steve began to speak “Ladies and Gentlemen, we thank you for coming here to celebrate this very special night and may we continue to do so. I think it is now time for us to raise your glasses to cheer as loud as you can for our new and wonderful Roguefather to embrace us up here... “ he said as he pointed in the direction of Roguefather Giyu, as he began to make his way up to join them. Everyone began to applaud the arrival of Roguefather Giyu to the stage as Steve then handed him the mic...

Hello, I will keep this short and sweet. Thank you all for coming and congratulating me on this day. It was a long hard road but the journey is still not over. We still have a lot to do here in New York but we have the right people to make this city grow!

Please everyone enjoy the night and thanks again for coming out and showing your support.

Rick listened to the reports of  what happened a look of shock on his face everyone was selling this story? Rick had never heard so much bullshit in his life not only was this fabricated his part in the entire affair had been removed entirely. 

Rick wasnt one who liked to toot his own horn but this could not fly to over look the one person that made this event possible was not on.

Before the breakdown

JenBarber Looking worried Rick i am worried about Giyu ever since you smacked him over the head with that steel chair in the who is the real boss of the Murder of Rogues gang he has not been himself. Rick pretended to care it was after all better to pretend to be concerned then hear about it for months on end after.

I did warn him that i wouldnt hold back besides the ref didnt see that chair shot so it never happened.Jen shot a glare at Rick that said this issue wont be dropped anytime soon. Rick sighed he knew he would have to go and check up on Giyu or hear about this for a month or 2.

Ok ok where is he now? Jen informed him that he had headed off into the wilderness to find himself and that they had sent Avocato to keep an eye on him. 

Rick nearly laughed they had sent that clown from Philly to keep an eye on Giyu??They might as well have sent Mr Magoo he thought. 

Rick set off into the wilderness after Giyu he wasnt hard to find Giyu had set up with a bunch of homeless bums under an over pass and had been sharing bottles of hock with them. Giyu had then wanted to impress his new friends by wrestling a half blind rat that had scurried out of a pile of trash.

Rick managed to convince Giyu that he needed to head back to the HQ, Now this is where things get confusing somewhere Giyu managed to convince Gunther that he was the better driver and took over driving the van. And drove through the front gates of the Godfather Chair of Brooklyns Mansion Rick who had been trying to get in a nap knew shit was going to get real real fast and managed to wrestle the wheel off of Giyu and bring the van to a screeching halt in front of the front doors. All the while Giyu was rambling on about how his crew will pay for damaging his favorite Taco van and that he cant wait to tell Jen how he wrestled a wild boar out in the wilderness. She might even let him hold her hand again, Giyu ran upstairs managing to dodge bullets fired at him by the Godfather of Brooklyn Rick hot on heels dispatching members of the Godfathers inner circle. Rick dove to tackle Giyu and get him into safety but Giyu managed to dodge the tackle but in the process tripped over a coffee table and crashed into the Godfather of Brooklyn who intern tripped and fell out of a window and was impaled on a garden fence.

As the word was spreading.. over the streets in New York, Giyu had made it to godfather taking a challenge upon the old one.
New York finally had a new Godfather in Giyu, hard work and dedication had paid off. He and his crew. As Desperado joined the Roguefather party later that night. He raised his glass while Steve was making his speech and listened to him. Giyu​​​​​​​ took the microphone over for the short but powerful speech​​​​​​​.

"Congratulations Roguefather, It is good to see you hold this position and even do more great things for New York as you already have done for us"

Desperado lights up a cigar while he raises his glass, this will be a lovely night he says to himself.
As he enjoys the company of all other New Yorkers who attended the party.

Hearing of news coming out of the east coast, Cinnamon sits behind his desk in Chicago, silently toasting the good news that Giyu had toppled the current Godfather in New York with a glass of fine Scottish Whiskey. Settling into his chair and pulling out some writing materials, he begins constructing a telegram:

"Firstly, let me say congratulations! Godfather Guyi Giyu; it has a nice ring to it. I'm sure you will continue to excel, especially with the inimitable, and extremely lovely JenBarber by your side. Please accept this as a small token of my support and respect. I hope you have a lucrative and successful reign. Love, Cinn."

Sealing the telegram and handing it to one of his minions, Cinnamon turns to the underling and points at a crate in the corner of the room

"Take this telegram with that case of whiskey to Don Giyu in New York. It's very important, so I want you to leave now and travel non-stop until you get there. Pass on my warmest congratulations, don't drop the crate... and remember - no sleep til Brooklyn."

Congratulations on your promotion, Giyu.  There won't be many in our time to ascend to your role quite the way that you did.  I think you deserve a huge amount of credit for accomplishing what you did, and I hope that the prosperity that you and your friends brought to our world continue for a long time!!

Cheers.

It is with utmost honor that I congratulate Godfather Chairman Giyu on his promotion. The man went to hell and back. He did the impossible and saved the day. The man is a modern super-hero.

It was a great pleasure in being selected to aid Jen and Steve in watching you and making sure you won your battle in the forest.

My father, god rest his soul, would have been extremely happy to see this finally happen. There aren't many other words from this strange cat other than congratulations.

Sal heard about the news and quickly told his assistant to prepare the plane. He quickly left everything he was doing and drove to airport. He flew to New York and went to see new Godfather Giyu. 
 

"Congratulations Godfather Giyu, its an honour to see you in that position. I apologise for my late stopping by. You have been a wonderful leader and you deserve this title more than anyone else. So, once more, congrats Godfather."

Sal congratulated the GF Giyu, excused himself and went back to airport. 

NathanExplosion stumbled out into the streets, clearly hungover. He hadn't been out here in about a week, thanks to another one of his signature coke/boooze/beastiality benders. But it was important that he shaped up and got out here today to speak to father Giyu.

On his way down he stopped and bought a glass of water and some aspirin to dull the ache in the back of his head. Feeling much clearer, he arrived and said his part.

"Congratulations, godfather Giyu. A big reason that Chicago is what it is today stems from your ascension and victories. Please accept our cordial congratulations and good vibes to you and yours on this, the most wonderous of occasions."

Nola had patiently waited for this day for quite some time now, actually ever since she took her first steps inside the Murder of Rogues headquarter. Well perhaps not since the first day but definitely shortly after... The chatter of this day within the family ranks had hyped this day up like no other and here it finally was.

She wanted to be one of the first to congratulate Giyu on his tremendous achievement but that was not the case. In fact seems she was one of the last. Fashionably late wasn't usually her style but here she was showing up to the party, not on time. Now it was just a matter of finding him, surely he would be easy to find... Just need to locate the ball of people that would be engulfing him.

In order to do that Nola needed a better vantage point, a wobbly chair seemed rather appropriate... Without much hesitation, Nola climbed up and stood tiptoe on the chair. She shifted her weight ever so slightly and with that she slipped right off the chair. Right into the grasp of Rick_Rude.

"Right place, right time... thanks Rick! You can put me down though..."

With a cheesy smile, he placed her down.

"You're a live saver, you know this?" Rick nodded... he knew... "Giyu, where is he at." Rick pointed over her shoulder, causing her to twist about. The moment she turned about, her eyes locked onto the Godfather. "Ah... thanks. Got to go congratulate the man, I'll be back shortly."

With that, Nola made a bee line towards him. Pushing a few people out of the way in the process. JenBarber whom was standing next to the man of the hour gave Nola a glare. A glare that Nola reciprocated with a smile as Nola mouthed a "I'm sorry to her."

The smile stayed upon her face as she directed her gaze onto Giyu.

"Giyu... I mean Godfather Giyu. Sounds so fancy, I like it!" She walked up to him, gave him an embrace then kissed him on both sides of the cheeks. "Congratulations on taking over the throne in Brooklyn, definitely well deserved. I'm excited for the future, cause New York has a rather bright one. I won't take up too much of your time, I know you're a busy guy. So enjoy your evening, cause I know I'm going to."

She gave him a smile and turned about, taking a step before turning back about.

"Oh... I had a look into the building you wanted me to check out. I will fill you in on the detail tomorrow."

With that she turned back around. "Now to go find LuBu and Quint, hopefully they are here somewhere..."

Alexei was late to the street announcement commencing the new title for his comrade, Giyu. He was extremely proud of this moment. His comrade was instrumental in the removal of the previous regime. The title of Godfather Chairman could not go to a more deserving and qualified comrade. Alexei wanted to make sure he paid his respects.

"Congratulations comrade. Truly a remarkable time to see this happen. Its been great to be working along side you in New York and I am looking for what the future brings."

Alexei left the streets to attend to his rhubarb garden. The garden should be opening soon to everyone... he hopes. 

_{After being out on journey he had heard the news about this new GF in his birthday-town he first so light and were very happy over seeing  this new GF Giyu and were very glad over walking up the stairs to the GF-office, after talking to the BG.s standing outside which knew him well they let him walk into the office after they hold his gun while he were in there and promisd to give it back cleaned and perfectly after their chief and he had spoken a bit.}

_{"Hey, I just want to pay my respect to this gladly appointment I heard coming you way Giyu"}

_{"really great thing to see New York getting even stronger and better since I left town"}

_{After the small talk he gets out to the big boys and gets his gun back, cleaned and really in good shape again, he thanks them for their good job with his dirty gun.}

Gunther was fashionably late as ever to the celebrations. Though he had done his part in storming the previous God Father's estate, aiding Chairman Giyu in ascending to the throne. The party was well underway before Gunther was able to catch back up to his glorious leader. Gunther spotted the young man in the crowd and approached him. Gunther placed a hand on the young man's shoulder and smiled.

"Congratulations Godfather Chairman Giyu! I may be coming on in my years, but I must say, you wear it well!"

He laughed as he shook Giyu's hand.

"Very well deserved, and certainly a title very well earned. Congratulations again friend."