Forging a Family

Cast of Characters (in order of appearance/mention): Miyamoto Suna (Xander), Matriarch of the Miyamoto-gumi/Miyamoto Family, a Direct Family of the Amaya-kai, (occasionally Sunao or Nao-kun as Miyamoto's genderfluid)
Akiyama Yoko (Willow), Matriarch of the Akiyama-gumi/Akiyama Family, a Direct Family of the Amaya-kai
Hattori Rinka (Snyder), Matriarch of the Kazami-gumi/Kazami Family, a Direct Family of the Amaya-kai
Amaya-kai, the Amaya Clan, the Yakuza Clan that a lot of them are in
Hisamatsu Ikemoto Akiho (Warren), Former Matriarch of the Hisamatsu-gumi/Hisamatsu Family, a formerly Direct Family of the Amaya-kai, dissolved after their own betrayal (and their subsidiary Families including the Kumai-gumi were likewise promoted or dissolved depending on their role in the betrayal)
Kumai Atae (Jesse), Former Matriarch of the Kumai-gumi/Kumai Family, a Direct Family of the Amaya-kai, replaced after the events of A Cup Overflows and Phoenix Spirit  (in essence, they betrayed the Amaya-kai, or at least the Chairwoman, just like the Hisamatsu)
Author's Notes: In this universe, Japan is run by the women.  Kansai-ben, the "more slangy" version of Japanese compared to Kanto-ben (spoken in Tokyo), makes an appearance again.  And it's fairly heavy in this one.  Seniority in the Yakuza is...highly complicated.  Doctors = real-world, healers = magic equivalent, both have their uses
More author's notes: background notes

Main Points:
Buffy/Yakuza AU (Bloody Petals)
Chapter Summary: Miyamoto has to pull together her Family.
Word Count: 640
Rating: Teen

 

( they're rag-tag but they've got each other )