Rage Against The Machine: Special Edition (Dan & Chloe Book 1)

by Flamank, Nathan L.

  Dan continued in Japanese, ‘I was led to believe by my brother that you were an honourable man, yet you allow your men to insult my wife and I.’

  Katsumoto found his voice and in English said: ‘You are right to be offended Dan, I apologise profusely on their behalf,’ Katsumoto turned to his nephew and nodded. Makati nodded back and ushered the two men from the room. Dan could see the looks of fear on their faces, it wasn’t his problem.

  Katsumoto waited until they were alone. ‘Please, forgive me Dan; I will make sure that they learn by their mistakes.’

  Dan looked at Chloe, ‘I speak and understand Japanese perfectly, my wife however does not, perhaps you should tell her what your men said, or would you prefer I tell her later in privacy?’

  Katsumoto faced Chloe, ‘Later in privacy, I would not wish to repeat what they said.’

  ‘Then later it is.’

  ‘Thank you, I apologise again, they have shamed me.’

  Dan smiled, ‘Sometimes it is good to be shamed, it lets us know we are still only humans after all.’

  Katsumoto nodded and allowed a small smile in return.

  There was a silence which was broken when Makati came back in to the room. He spoke directly to Chloe, ‘Miss, those men will be shown the errors of their ways; I can assure you that no one else will insult you whilst you are a guest in my uncle’s house.’

  Chloe smiled politely, she had no idea what they had said but she could take a guess.

  ‘Please, accept my humble apologies on their behalf.’

  Makati once more took up position near his uncle and Katsumoto sensing that a change in conversation was needed said, ‘I have learnt that Nakatomi is not as rich as he once was.’

  Dan smiled. ‘How unfortunate.’

  Chloe gripped Dan’s hand harder and moved closer to him, she could still sense an air of unease in the room.

  ‘Your brother has told me of your skills with a computer, would the two be connected?’

  ‘Who knows,’ Dan replied.

  Katsumoto laughed, ‘I shall not underestimate you Dan; your brother told me that was a mistake others learned to greatly regret. I shall offer you my assistance in any way I can.’

  ‘Thank you.’

  ‘Nakatomi is not an honourable man, he acts without thought or compassion; he is a man lost to this world.’

  ‘I hear he is a paedophile and is part of an organisation that has recently moved against me.’

  ‘It is true, he took the innocence of my second niece, I have long wanted to deal with him, but a war would be started if I did and many people would die because of it, my conscience would not allow me to.’

  ‘Sometimes you have to forget about your conscience and do what is right.’

  Katsumoto nodded sadly, ‘Dan, you are right, however our ways and customs are different to those of a westerner, and certain lines cannot be crossed without everyone’s consent if you catch my meaning?’

  Dan knew exactly what Katsumoto meant; Yakuza.

  ‘And I have no proof that Nakatomi did what I know was done to my niece, being seen to act out of revenge rather than honour would endanger my whole family, you understand?’

  ‘Yes, I understand.’

  ‘Why do you want Nakatomi? Surely he has not harmed you?’

  ‘He hasn’t but the Brotherhood he belongs to has, and I don’t want him exactly, I want his boss, but for now I will have to make do with those directly beneath him and that means Nakatomi.’

  Katsumoto sighed, ‘I have heard of the Brotherhood, as most men in positions such as mine have, it s very large and very powerful, Nakatomi will not be easy to get at.’

  ‘No, it will be difficult, but with his financial worries it’ll be easier than it would have been.’

  ‘You are playing a very dangerous game of chess.’

  ‘We know that but I will not spend my life in hiding, and I will not spend my life knowing that I allowed them to carry on with their sick games, I won’t be complicit in the deaths and misery of others.’

  Katsumoto was genuinely surprised by Dan’s honesty.

  ‘You are not like many westerners I have known, most of them would sell their souls to the Devil for very little.’

  ‘Yes; they would.’

  Katsumoto looked at Chloe, he saw their hands linked together, their love for each other was obvious to see and he smiled, ‘I believe you have sold yours Dan for something far more valuable; the love of a woman, yes?’

  ‘I would if I had to.’

  Chloe squeezed his hand. During the entire conversation she had kept quiet and listened to all that was said but her eyes were alert to any danger.

  ‘Very well, I will help you in any way I can. Nakatomi has gone in to seclusion at a hotel he owns on the northern outskirts of Tokyo, it is very well guarded, he has received news of what has happened in England, to his friend, this Rufus, and he fears you, he believes you are Satan himself, but he will not be killed easily Dan.’

  ‘It’s never easy,’ Chloe said without thinking and Katsumoto bowed his head at her.

  ‘You speak the truth Mrs Adams; it is never easy to do that which must be done. I can help you with weapons and some men to take control of the hotel; they are guns for hire that cannot be traced back to me, after that I am afraid you are on your own.’

  ‘That’ll be of a great help Katsumoto.’

  ‘It is the least I can do under the circumstances. You will both be my guests here tonight; you have had a long flight and need your rest.’

  ‘Thank you,’ Dan said. ‘That is very gracious of you.’

  ‘Very well then, I shall have you escorted to your quarters, dinner will be at nine, I shall have someone call for you. In the morning I shall help you storm the castle so to speak.’

  ‘Thank you.’

  ‘You are both most welcome.’ Katsumoto stood up and Dan and Chloe did likewise. Katsumoto shook their hands, ‘I must leave you now, I have certain arrangements to attend to. Until dinner, feel free to roam the house at your leisure, you will not be disturbed.’

  Katsumoto and Makati stopped by the door and Katsumoto turned to Chloe. ‘There is a large heated pool at the rear of the house should you wish to use it,’ and with that both Japanese men left the room.

  Chloe turned to Dan. ‘How’d he know that I swim?’

  Dan laughed and kissed her. ‘Relax honey, you don’t get where he is without knowing people, Hell, I bet even knows your cup size.’

  ‘That’s a scary thought.’

  Dan put his hands on her hips and Chloe leant against him, he could feel her bra against his chest and she ran a hand up his thigh and squeezed his ass playfully. ‘You can speak Japanese?’

  ‘Fluently; and Spanish, German and a little Russian when I have to.’

  Chloe was suitably impressed.

  ‘What did those two men say?’

  ‘Nothing worth repeating.’

  The guest room they were shown to was on the second floor and looked out over a beautifully tended Bonsai garden. Chloe stepped to the window and looked out at the well kept hidden paradise.

  ‘That’s a very pretty garden.’

  Dan closed the door and walked up behind Chloe; he reached around her and slid his hand beneath the sheer top she was wearing. His hands grabbed her breasts through the bra.

  ‘Not as pretty as these,’ he said playfully.

  ‘You’ve a one track mind.’

  ‘That’s true,’ he replied and ran his hands down her front and around her hips, he slid his hands down her skirt and caressed her buttocks through her knickers. Chloe stretched her arms high above her head.

  ‘Okay, but make it quick.’

  Not needing to be told twice Dan withdrew his hands and quickly pushed her skirt up to her hips and tugged her knickers down over her suspender belt. With her knickers around her knees Chloe bent forward and braced her hands on the window sill. She pushed her ass up and back towards him. Dan quickly unzipped his trousers and fr
eed his hard cock.

  A knock at the door made him curse and he hastily tidied himself.

  ‘Oh well,’ Chloe said and pulled her knickers up, she smoothed her skirt down and Dan went to answer the door.

  A very attractive young Japanese woman was waiting for him. She was tall and slender in build, her black hair swept back from her face.

  ‘My grandfather asked me to bring these up; they are a gift for your wife, his way of an apology for the incident earlier.’ The young woman was holding two traditional Japanese silk tunic-dresses in her hands.

  Chloe came to the door and said, ‘Katsumoto needn’t have bothered, all is forgiven.’

  The young woman smiled. ‘My grandfather was most insistent, he feels shamed by the actions of his employees, please take them.’

  Dan took them from the young woman.

  ‘Thank you, tell Katsumoto they are beautiful,’ Chloe said as she took them from Dan.

  ‘I am Atsuki, I look forward to seeing you both at dinner, it will be nice to have some female companionship for once at the dinner table.’

  Chloe smiled and stepped back in to the room.

  ‘Tell Katsumoto that we look forward to dinner Atsuki.’

  ‘Hai, thank you, I will see you both later.’ Atsuki smiled and walked away down the corridor. Dan closed the door and turned back to Chloe. Chloe was back in the window, bent over, skirt up, knickers around her knees. She grinned at Dan over her shoulder.

  ‘Be quick.’

  Dan let the hot water cascade down his tired body; his muscles began to loosen up. Jet lag was creeping in and the shower helped to revive him a little. Chloe had already showered.

  He finished in the en-suite and walked back in to the bedroom. Chloe was wearing one of the dresses that Katsumoto had given her. It was black silk, with red cherry blossoms stitched up the sides. It was cut to the knee, a three inch slit in the middle. Tiny buttons ran the entire length up to the collar. Chloe had left the top two buttons open, just enough to tantalise, not enough to offend. It fit her perfectly and she looked radiant. Chloe had one foot up on the bed as she fastened the suspender strap to a black stocking.

  ‘You’ll be pleased to know I’m wearing lingerie.’

  Dan smiled, ‘Heaven forbid that a western woman should cause offense.’

  Chloe finished and smoothed the dress down.

  ‘You look scrumptious.’

  Chloe slipped on the same pair of black stilettos she had worn earlier and sat at a dressing table to do her make-up. Her hair was tied back in a loose ponytail.

  Dan dressed quickly in the only suit they had packed and Chloe said, ‘Just like James Bond.’

  ‘Which one?’

  ‘Daniel Craig of course; my favourite.’

  ‘Tch, there’s only one Bond and everyone knows that Connery.’

  ‘Who?’

  ‘Man, I’m definitely getting old, never mind.’

  Most of the guests were already seated when Chloe and Dan entered the dining room. They were seated together, Atsuki was next to Chloe and she whispered to Chloe that she had made sure they were sat together. ‘It will be so nice to talk to someone about something other than business.’

  Chloe smiled.

  ‘You look beautiful Chloe.’

  ‘Thank you, as do you.’

  Atsuki bowed her head. ‘Thank you.’

  A man in his sixties was sat to Dan’s right and he introduced himself as Tanaka. ‘I am the family’s accountant.’

  Dan shook the man’s proffered hand, ‘Dan; pleased to meet you.’

  ‘Likewise, did you have a good flight?’

  ‘We’re both feeling it a bit now; I think it’ll be an early night.’

  ‘I so hate long haul flights, I rarely leave Japan unless I absolutely have to.’

  The table seated twenty and there were only two spaces left to be filled; at the top and bottom of the table. The door opened and Makati entered followed by Katsumoto, conversation fell silent and all the guests got to their feet. Chloe went to stand but Dan put a restraining hand on her thigh and shook his head no. Chloe looked questioningly at him but kept her seat.

  Makati seated his uncle at the head of the table and then walked to the other end where he sat down and all the guests sat down too.

  Opposite Dan, a Japanese man; once muscular but now gone to fat, pointed a finger at Dan. ‘English, you disrespect Katsumoto in his own house,’ he spat bitterly.

  The silence in the room was all encompassing. Katsumoto started to talk to the man in Japanese but Dan waved Katsumoto’s words away.

  ‘Why would I stand before any man when I am an invited guest in their house, we have already spoken at length, Katsumoto knows what sort of man I am, how does my standing up serve to strengthen his opinions of me?’

  The man’s face went red with rage, ‘You are a westerner, your people lack discipline, and you lack respect.’

  Katsumoto looked at Dan; Dan ignored Katsumoto and smiled at the fat man across from him.

  ‘I may be a westerner but I understand your customs, I believe it is deemed incredibly rude in Japanese society not to introduce yourself when you first speak to someone, is that not so?’

  The man’s anger grew but he knew that Dan spoke correctly, Japanese tradition stated it. The man said, ‘I am Hantaki, and I find you most disagreeable.’

  In Japanese Dan said, ‘I am Daniel and I find you to be rude, as a guest in Katsumoto’s house do you not do him a disservice by talking to his guests in such a way, should you not have bit your tongue and acted superior to an ignorant westerner?’ Dan smiled.

  Makati stifled a laugh and others too covered their mouths.

  Hantaki frowned. ‘You speak our language?’ he asked in English

  ‘Very well, and I have studied your history, right back to the times of the Samurai when a man was truly noble and disciplined. It is a shame that too many have forgotten what that means.’

  Katsumoto spoke, breaking the spell. ‘It is true Dan, we live in a world where the old ways are long forgotten, where greed rules.’

  Dan smiled. ‘It is the same in the west, money is all people think or care about.’

  Conversations quickly started up and Hantaki sat there silently watching Dan. People could feel the anger rising from the fat man but they all tried to dismiss it. Katsumoto turned to another guest and started a conversation.

  Chloe turned to Dan and whispered, ‘Christ Dan, you certainly know how to kill a dinner party.’ She was smiling and Dan smiled back at her. ‘We’re subservient to nobody Chloe; don’t ever forget that, all this is for show, these people kissing his ass, Katsumoto is not very different to my brother; he just dresses better and has better manners but don’t forget he’s a gangster, just like the rest of them.’

  Tanaka tapped Dan gently on the shoulder and Dan turned to the accountant. The man was smiling.

  ‘You have balls my friend, the fat man is Katsumoto’s brother. I don’t think I’ve enjoyed a dinner party this much in years.’

  ‘Was it Hantaki’s daughter that Nakatomi raped?’ Dan asked quietly.

  Tanaka hid his shock at the direct question but nodded his head, ‘Hai.’

  ‘And he did nothing?’

  ‘Hantaki is a coward; he is nothing like his brother.’

  ‘Then I dislike him even more.’

  Dinner was served and Dan joined in on many conversations but he kept a watchful eye on the fat man throughout the evening’s proceedings.

  After dinner the guests moved to a large reception room. Dan and Chloe were talking to Atsuki when Katsumoto ushered Dan away from them.

  ‘I apologise for my brother’s outburst earlier, he has always been an embarrassment to me. I have carried him his whole life but that is my duty, it s the way of things.’

  ‘Makati is his son?’

  ‘Yes, but they could not be more different, Makati is an honourable man.’

  ‘You wish he was your son; yes?’

 
; ‘Are my desires that easy to see?’ Katsumoto asked.

  ‘Only to an outsider; you hide your feelings well from your family.’

  ‘I have had years to practise,’ Katsumoto said, ‘I had sons once but they are no longer with us.’

  ‘I am sorry for your loss. Atsuki seems very fond of you.’

  ‘Hai, I am a doting grandfather, I fear for her though, no man in her life, it is not good for a woman to be single.’

  ‘I’m sure she’ll be fine.’

  Makati joined them. ‘Dan I have spoken to my uncle already, tomorrow I will help you and Chloe.’

  ‘Are you sure?’ Dan asked, surprised at the man’s offer to help directly.

  ‘Yes, for my sister, it is the only right thing to do.’

  ‘And you are okay with this Katsumoto?’ Dan asked the older man.

  Katsumoto nodded his head, ‘Makati has made his decision; it is not mine to make for him.’

  ‘Thank you Makati.’

  Makati shook Dan’s hand. ‘No; thank you.’

  Chloe was asleep, her naked ass pressed back in to Dan’s groin and he ran his fingers lightly across her breasts. Sunlight pierced through the blinds covering the windows. He kissed her bare shoulder and she mumbled sleepily at him. Dan worked his hand down her ribs and on to her hip before moving on to her buttocks. His cock was hard against her ass and Chloe said groggily, ‘I’m sleeping.’

  Dan continued to touch her, his fingers working between her legs and teasing her clitoris. Chloe opened her legs for him and said, ‘I said I was sleeping.’

  Dan worked his fingers against her and she began to get wet. He slipped one up inside her and he said in to her ear, ‘I can fuck you just as easily as you sleep.’

  ‘Pervert!’ Chloe chuckled in to her pillow.

  Dan spread her buttocks with his hand and the tip of his erection nudged against her puckered anus as two fingers slid in to her cunt. He pushed forward gently and Chloe pushed back until his cock was deep inside her ass.

  ‘God, what a way to wake me up,’ Chloe moaned.