Author's Note: Hey you everyone! What's up?
This is a game that I haven't played in a VERY long time. But I have recently found it again going through some old stuff and decided to play it again!
Sure enough, Jet Set Radio Future is as awesome as I remember! It got me thinking I wanna create a novelization!
There are some things that I would like to point out before we get into the story so here goes...
I've played both games so I want to include bits and bobs from both games, Jet Set Radio Future is a reconstruction, not a sequel, of Jet Set Radio (or Jet Grind Radio). Just to clear that up in case anyone didn't know. :p
This story will however, follow the plot of Jet Set Radio Future.
All right now, sit back and watch the adventure unfold! ^.^
Somewhere in Asia, there is a city that cannot be found on any map called 'Tokyo-to', but everyone just calls it Tokyo.
In this vibrant city the streets are in trouble, and ready to explode.
Who's gonna rise to the call? Remember, the streets don't wait for no one!
"Hey out there! This is Tokyo's very own, number one, pirate power station, Jet Set Radiooo! Over the 'hood, through the streets and right into your brain! We're transmitting our signal straight to you. Y'all got your antennas on or what? Yeah, we're riding high on a smooth stream of supersonic sounds!
And I'm your captain and DJ, Professor K!"
"Tokyo is bein' oppressed by the Rokkaku Group, a mega-enterprise headed by Rokkaku Gouji.
Rokkaku is using his money and influence to mess with everything: industry, society, and even our culture. He's even got his eyes set on City Hall. Lately, Rokkaku's been shaking down the government passin' that 'Rokkaku Law' crap, and even buying off the police department.
This law ain't nothin' but garbage. It's just some selfish little punk's way of trying to show he's a big man. Rokkaku and his gang are tryin' to stomp out our culture left and right. They don't give a rip about our rights; all they care about is profit and some spineless fools have already become flunkies in their diabolical scheme. With the Rokkaku Expo just around the corner, the crackdowns are only getting tighter."
At an abandoned construction site, a small, warehouse-like building stood. The GG's, a gang of three teens, a robot, and a dog idled among the worn-out furniture. They had just listened to the broadcast on Jet Set Radio.
"What a bunch of garbage." Gum stood from the couch.
"Relax Gum." Their leader Corn replied, "That law's just a piece of paper, a killed tree isn't going to stop us. Even so…"
"Unless the tree has poison and wants revenge yo."
Corn and Gum gave a mystified look to their newest protégé, known as Yoyo due to his habit of saying "Yo" when speaking.
"Poison trees…? What's next? Unicorns?" Roboy, their robot friend stated.
Gum retorted, "I doubt the people in charge of that would kill lethal trees for the law to write their rules on. In this case of 'Rokkaku's Law', ugh… I wish."
"Like we would need that to happen anyway yo. Nothing can stop us! Just like Corn said yo!"
"Careful now noob." Corn warned, "I was just about to say we still need to be vigilant."
"Like Professor K said, the crackdowns are getting tighter. Onishima is more determined than ever to have us behind bars." Gum responded.
"Onishima is only part of the problem." Corn added, "Do you remember the statue that's known as 'the Goddess of the Street'? It's gone, someone stole it clean off the pedestal."
"You're kidding!" Gum expressed, "By who?"
"I suspect it was Poison Jam. They always had a thrill for causing this kind of trouble."
"But we're gonna get back at them right yo?"
"We will."
"Oh Potts, not on the couch!" Gum suddenly blurted out.
Potts ran outside with a, "Ruff!" leaving everyone to have an eye-roll reaction.
"As I was saying." Corn continued, "First things first, we need to cover Dogenzaka Hill in Graffiti. We did that before but someone covered it up, and we need to let others know that's our place."
Gum spoke up, "Speaking of Dogenzaka Hill, there's some headphone wearin' freak skating around." Her hands tightened into fists, "If I got my hands on him… I'd show him what's up…"
"Yo, you talkin' about that red-haired dude?" Yoyo mentioned, "I've seen him around before yo. I dunno what that guy's problem is but just tromps all over like he owns the place."
"That's what pisses me off!" Gum snapped.
"Yo, I heard he calls himself Beat."
"Huh… I'd like to 'beat' him. If I ever see him…"
Corn put a cautioning hand up before she could finish her sentence, "Gum… relax, we need to focus on spray-painting Dogenzaka Hill. If we see him, we'll take care of him. But for now, save that aggression for Poison Jam. If they really are the ones behind all this, we'll need it."
"All right, fine."
"Good." Corn raised his voice, "All right GG's! Gum, Yoyo, let's roll out!"
One by one the three leapt out the warehouse window and skated off, destination: Dogenzaka Hill.
...Flashback...
"Yo! Is anyone here?"
Yoyo skated casually into the deserted construction area where the GG's call their base. He removed the hood on his aqua blue hoodie, revealing his lime green hair.
"This is the GG's garage!" Someone finally answered. The voice came from a tall young man wearing a long teal hat covering his eyes. It was Corn, the leader of the GG's. He jumped on a rail and grinded right to Yoyo.
He had a real casual look to him, with an unzipped gray jacket covering a yellow shirt. His pants were teal with red flames on the bottoms of the legs.
"Hey where's our pizza?" He asked.
"I'm… not the pizza guy yo. I'm here to join you guys."
"You want to join the GG's eh?" He paused for a moment, "Tell you what, go find Gum. She'll tell you everything you need to know. She's hangin' in the warehouse, just go right ahead and-"
"Hey Corn!"
A girl wearing a short cream colored dress over a long sleeved striped green top came skating out of the mentioned warehouse, she hopped on the same rail and grinded over. Her blonde hair was restrained by an aviator style helmet.
"Corn, can you explain to Roboy that… who's this?"
"Ah Gum good timing! This kid wants to join the GG's."
She looked at Yoyo, "Is that so? Well in that case I gotta teach you a few things, come on."
Gum led Yoyo to an open skating area where the GG's practice their moves, meanwhile Corn wheeled back to the warehouse and jumped in through the window. He had to, the building doesn't have any doors.
Roboy was sitting on the couch playing the old-school Nintendo Entertainment System on an older TV.
"All right Roboy, what's going on? Why's Gum mad at you?"
The robot nonchalantly turned to Corn, "All I did was make an observation at how abysmal she is at this game, poor Mario… I bet Potts could do this."
Potts the dog, who had been napping near his kennel, perked his head up.
Corn stood still for a second before an amused snort slipped out, "Well you aren't too good at this game either Roboy."
"Excuse me? I can make it through these whole two levels without dying ONCE! I'm not terrible."
"Heh…Whatever you say. Don't pop a circuit now I just repaired you three days ago, and I don't want you leaking static all over the place."
"Yeah, yeah…"
Outside, Yoyo had just finished passing a few series of simple tests.
"Not too shabby kid. But listen up, I don't know where you're from but the streets are tough. Real tough, they don't go easy on anyone."
"I got it yo. I've been on the streets for about three months now. No skin off my nose yo." He adjusted his narrow, red sunglasses. In reality, he had only been on the streets for three weeks. But this guy loves to tell a lie more than anything else.
Gum gave him a look like she didn't believe him, "You're confident, that's good. But you need a lot more than that. With all the crap that's been happening you better be ready for anything. And don't let the fact that you've survived so far get to your head, keep wary." She might as well have blindly called his bluff.
"No worries yo! I can handle anything!"
"Now if you ever need a review, just go talk to Roboy. He's a real pain sometimes… actually, he's a real pain ALL the time. But he's helpful."
"Gotcha, I'm gonna go talk to him right now yo!"
…
"Gum said WHAT about me!?"
Yoyo laughed, amused at Roboy's reaction, "Nothing yo! Just chill out yo!
"Do you say that a lot? Yo?"
He paused, "Um, yeah. What's wrong with yo, yo?"
"Heh… That's a good one. We should call you Yoyo."
"Yoyo?"
Roboy took on an accent and very sarcastically so, "From this day forth, thou shalt be known as Yoyo."
"Yoyo! Awesome! I'm gonna take that name and wear it so proud you'll go BLIND yo!"
...End of Flashback...
This ain't the time to be sitting around sipping afternoon tea! The adventure's gonna start soon, stay tuned!
Author's Note: I think this started out all right. :)
See yaz! ^o^