Inspiration struck when I was getting ready to app a new RP comm with Oishi being in a gang. The series of fics that came from this inspiration have been affectionately dubbed the "Gangster!Oishi Series."

This is completely and utterly AU. Oishi has never even been to Japan, having been raised in Korea. He usually goes by the name "Shin." At the age of 12 he moves to America with his family. That's where this series picks up.

Title: Sheltered
Characters: Oishi "Shin" Shuichiro
Rating: PG
Summary: Oishi goes for a walk in his new neighborhood and gets some unsettling information.


Oishi never realized how sheltered a life he had led in Seoul until the first day he went for a walk in his new city. The blatant violence, the drug use, everything was just on display as he walked down the street. He heard snipets of conversations in different languages. Some were English, most were Korean. He noticed the looks he was getting, people sizing him up. Just as he was giving up and heading back to his new home - he hoped he remembered which one it was - someone walked up and rested a hand on his shoulder.

"What's a Japanese doing in this neighborhood?" he demanded. It was Korean so Oishi wasn't sure how he expected a normal Japanese to understand him.

"My family just moved from Seoul. Does it matter that I'm not Korean by blood?" Oishi asked, using his native tongue as easily as the man in front of him. He was scared, but he was doing his best to hide it.

"You should be careful, kid. The Japanese gang and Korean gang don't get along. You'll need protection before long if you're going to survive the war." Oishi blinked as the man walked away. He hurried home, slipping into the house and locking the door. The idea of getting wrapped up in a gang war brought movie images to his head with lots of blood and death. He was better off burying himself in his English books and staying there for a very long time. Violence sickened him. He wanted to go back to his sheltered life in Seoul.