Yuko

* Given level 3 enhancement by Bethany Anne who tasks her with waiting on earth for Michael's return
* Carries the moniker "The Diplomat".
* Companion of Akio during the aftermath of WWDE and the "Age of Expansion".

### Summary

#### Sued For Peace

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Yuko is a hacker and Adam’s contact for a group of them that she is the go between for. All of the hackers are helping Adam with cleaning up hacks that will destabilize and topple governments, usually created by other governments.  They eventually reach the point where Adam puts together a team to work directly with him from TBQ’s computers and equipment.  Not all of the Hackers physically move to the new base in Australia, but Yuko is one of them that does.  When she leaves her father doesn’t believe her that she has a job and that they are coming to pick her up, he thinks she is living on the streets.  He is very old fashion and thinks she should be happy making a home for a husband and children.  Yuko wants more out of life.

Arakawa Banri (Yuko’s Father) and his wife are picked up to be taken to where the Prime Minster of Japan and many thousands of other people are waiting to honor Yuko and to meet Bethany Anne.

As Yuko works with Adam she become more despondent over her father’s rejection of everything that she told him.  Adam is concerned about his friend and discusses the situation with Bethany Anne. Bethany Anne comes up with a plan to honor Yuko and show her parents that she is a valid member of TQB Enterprise.

#### My Ride Is A Bitch

Arakawa Yuko has a reunion with her father and mother in front of thousands of people and the prime minster when Bethany Anne appears with her and introduced Yuko as TQB’s representative to Japan.  Later Yuko has a meeting with prominent business men that at first do not believe that a young woman should or could be the representative, but Yuko soon schools them and Akio has her back.

Bethany Anne has given her the title of “Vicereine” (Female Viceroy) to Japan and with Akio and half of the Elite, they will stay with her in Japan and watch for Michael’s return while protecting the people of Japan. Yuko has optioned to stay fully human until her parents have passed away as they would not understand if she didn't age too. Akio has what will be needed when she does make the transition.

(Yuko’s story continues in *Akio Revelations*, *The Second Dark Ages* and in *Life Goes On*.)

In ***Life Goes On*** is a repeat of part of the same scenes/events in Dawn Arrives.

### Akio Revelations

After Yuko’s parents died of natural causes, she took the full treatment to become a Vampire and started training with Akio.

#### Reprisal (Akio Revelations 1)

While confronting the false Emperor with Akio, she fell for his goading and enraged she flew at him, only to fall trough a trap door in the floor, falling into a pit of Nosferatu.  But the false Emperor was someone from Akio’s past and just the tip of the iceberg as a group of Forsaken have plans to conquer Japan and destroy the “Bitch Queen’s” representatives.

#### Retaliation (Akio Revelations 2)

Eve has convinced Yuko that her role isn't to fight along side of Akio and that Akio doesn't really need her help, but if he does, he will ask her. She spends a lot of time helping Eve come up with ways for them to make money and to help the people on Kume Island.

### The Second Dark Ages

#### The Darkest Night

Yuko dons her armor and pistols to help fight the weres that are intent on invading Paris.  She has always looked at her role to be “The Diplomat” not violent or military as that is Akio’s role, but with Michael’s return she feels that everything is changing now and she can take more action as part of her responsibilities now lay in keeping Michael safe and helping him to return to Bethany Anne.

When she returns to Japan with Jacqueline and Mark, there is a message waiting for them from the Japanese police about a meeting between two gang leaders with possible Wechselbalg involvement.  Yuko and Eve immediately think it is a trap for Akio who would normally handle this type of situation, but since he is in Europe with Michael, they decide to handle it themselves.

Yuko visits a police officer that they have determined is honest, Inspector Jijo Hirano and explains the situation to him.  She discovers that his father, also a police officer had started a journal of all of his encounters with the UnknownWorld and the people Bethany Anne left behind in Japan.  Hirano has continued keeping track so he is very excited about meeting her and interested in all of them.

#### Darkest Before The Dawn

Forces are gathering, watching Yuko and Eve to see if they are going to gather the pieces of the remaining Kurtherian ship that the Sacred Clans of China had hid away and attempt to assemble it.  These watchers plan on steeling the ship after it is reassembled.

Yuko explains to Inspector Jijo Hirano what has changed with Michael’s return and they go out on a date, but the date in interrupted by an invasion of the restaurant that Yugo feels was aimed at her.  She calmly shot all of the invaders, but then they left to continue their date elsewhere.

After thinking it over, she decides that she must not see Hirano again as it is just putting his life in danger…

Yuko and gang set out on a quest to retrieve the rest of the pieces of the Kurtherian ship that had been secreted away with the Sacred Clans of China.

#### Dawn Arrives

During the mission to retrieve the old computer files that contain the locations of the hidden crates, hidden away in a nearly impossible to access bunker, they were betrayed by a couple members of their party and Jacqueline, Mark and Sabine are left behind to die.  While Yuko and Eve have to rush off and help Akio safe Michael who had fallen into a trap set by Renaud.  Once they reunite, Yuko, Eve, Jacqueline and Mark retrieve the rest of the Kurtherian ship that the Sacred Clans hid in 16 parts.  While retrieving the parts several times they had to fight off operations to take the crates from them.  Once when they had over 200 incoming, they called in Michael and Akio to help.

Once Bethany Anne and her ships arrive in the Sol System and people come down to Earth, Yuko and Eve take Giles Kurns out to “see” the natives and to drink Sake.  While Giles is distracted, Eve keeps talking to Yuko about Hirano until Yuko finally is convinced that she needs to go and talk to him and see if he wants to come with her to the stars.

When she finally does visit him, she discovers that he had been hoping for that invitation and was very willing to go with her.

## References

1. ↑ *Sued For Peace*, chapter 11.
2. ↑ Anderle, Michael. WE HAVE CONTACT (The Kurtherian Gambit Book 12). Chapter 25. LMBPN Publishing. Kindle Edition.
3. ↑ My Ride is A Bitch, chapter 5
4. ↑ Anderle, Michael. Never Submit (The Kurtherian Gambit Book 15), Chapter 17. Kindle Edition.
5. ↑ Anderle, Michael. The Second Dark Ages Boxed Set: The Complete Series (p. 593). Darkest Before the Dawn, chapter 8. LMBPN Publishing. Kindle Edition.