Alo! Well, this probably will be weird in the beginning, I just felt like writing after playing both games, I just love the JSR franchise. Also, have you heard Memories Of Tokyo-To? Is quite neat let me tell you.
Own nothing of JSR franchise except my OC.
Chapter 1. The end of a job, the start of an adventure.
The streets of Tokyo-To are always roaring around with the sounds of vehicles, music, and the kids with their magnetic skates. Is not something out of the ordinary to think about it, in itself is all simply the life.
The mayor of the city was always needing to fill paperwork and make sure his popularity did not go down with the voters. In order to manage his incredibly big work charge, he had an assistant. A young and honest woman. Someone who just had the luck of showing promise to manage administrative work.
A young woman that at a time just wished to be a detective. But life had others plans and she ended up as a mayor assistant.
Pay was good. But she hated the office.
She was dressed in a business suit, her hair barely reached the end of her neck, brown locks styled with gel to keep them at her back. Chestnut eyes hidden behind glasses and she showed the general of air of wishing to be anywhere but there.
Of course, Hariku was many things, martial arts practitioner, detective novels fan, rookie artist. But she wasn't a quitter. She did her job properly and managed to keep things steady. The truth was she was the one managing the work for the mayor. But she didn't minded.
Oh no, because as long as she kept helping the mayor and managing the paperwork, she could avoid stuff from happening.
Permits for stronger enforcement of the law. Permits for tanks in the streets, permits for use of helicopters against the threat of young skaters.
Someone was asking for a lot of stuff. In the eyes of Hariku that was bad. They were just kids being kids, doing their own stuff. They had the right to enjoy the lifestyle they chose. And people wanting to get them killed? That was nuts.
Thank the heavens they had Professor K around giving not only good music but also offering advice on what zones to avoid when the police arrived.
Hariku was a fan of good music. But sadly she couldn't go around sharing her love for the pirate radio of Jet Set Radio, the mayor would go nuts if he knew that his assistant was a fan of it.
She gave a look at her desk and the paperwork that was done for the day. Now all she needed to do was relax for a couple of hours before getting out and going back to her apartment.
That was until she heard a message through her intercom in the office. The voice of the receptionist ringed in it.
"Hari? It's me, Onishima is here, he says he finally got Dj Professor? What was his name? K, right, he says he got it and wants to see the mayor, should I send him to you?"
Hari sighed. She would get visits of Onishima all the time saying he found the infamous dj. She pressed the intercom button to answer back.
"Send him in Jillian, the faster I receive him, the faster we get him out of here"
Hariku knew Jillian was smiling at her. They didn't like Onishima constant visits nor his attitude. But Hariku was happy knowing Onishima was in charge of getting the kids out of the streets. The man just wasn't good for that job, and that's what made him such an easy fool to place on the job. She had made sure no one but Onishima was in charge.
The kids don't need an efficient officer going after them.
"On it"
Soon Hariku heard the footsteps of Onishima. The man came smiling, his smug smile sending shivers to her, she had never liked the guy. But he seemed to think she was crazy for him.
Crazy.
She was about to drone on Onishima about him arresting bystanders thinking they were the professor when she heard the tall man next to Onishima speak.
"No need to go so hard on the cuffs man"
Hariku eyes opened. That voice was undeniable. Anyone with half a brain would know who the man was by his voice alone.
The man really was professor K.
Hariku still knew she could solve it.
"Well Onishima? Arresting an innocent bystander?"
Onishima smug smile didn't go away as he spoke.
"Oh Hariku, such a pleasure to see you again, this time is the real deal!"
Hariku smiled. An obvious business smile as she spoke. She could notice the tall man near Onishima smiling, he took notice of her fake smile.
"Is good to see you too, now, why are you so sure?"
Onishima pointed to the man.
"I placed a trap! I know professor K has a pirate radio, so I knew he wouldn't lose the chance to get some new equipment! So we left some stuff lying around hoping he would fall for it"
Truly. A weird plan, so many people would go for free stuff lying around. It seemed Onishima just had his lucky day.
A shame, but she wouldn't let him arrest the man that kept children safe out there.
"Well Onishima… I must say that is impressive… but this man is not Dj Professor K"
Onishima eyes opened up as he heard her speak.
"Everyone knows the Professor K is a man with brown long hair, not short white hair. I am so sorry sir for this problem"
The man in question just chuckled.
"No prob, lady, just tell this sucka to avoid the heavy cuffs next time"
Onishima was about to get angry before Hariku approached him.
"Onishima… this could look bad for you, we don't want the mayor to fire you out of the force… tell you what, go with Jillian, ask to get a coffee and I will make sure to let this guy out so no one knows of this mistake. What do you say? Will you allow good ol Hari to help you?"
She closed her eyes offering a smile. Onishima blushed and nodded sputtering a lot of "yes, of course" and left after releasing the man out of the handcuffs. The man in question got his hands on his wrists rubbing them. Once he seemed to hear Onishima wouldn't hear him, he spoke.
"You are quite the little actress uh?"
She smiled at him.
"And you are the real deal, I guess you were just unlucky if he got you"
The man nodded moving his hair back in place revealing a K tattoo in his forehead.
"Quite the fool, so, what's next miss mayor assistant?"
Hariku pointed to a door at the other side and went to open it.
"We will get out through the fire exit in the mayor office, no one will see you go away, do you need me to get you a cab or something?"
He waved at her.
"Don't worry, I got it covered, fool didn't took my phone"
She nodded and smiled.
"Keep the streets safe for those kids will you?"
He nodded and gave her a thumbs up.
"Will do lady, you know, you don't seem to fit in this place if you ask me. I feel you carry the spirit of the streets, what got you in this office?"
She sighed.
"Casualty, but I do feel the office sapping away my life at times…"
The DJ nodded and took a piece of paper and a pen from her desk. He scribbled in it and gave it to her.
"If you ever need a hand, call that number. I owe you one after all, and professor K always pays his debts"
She smiled and offered a closed fist. K got what she wanted and offered a fist bump.
"Take care lady"
She nodded.
"You too professor K, keep the streets safe"
He made a small pose before going out through the way she had indicated. She sighed. That had been the most exciting thing to ever happen in the office. And probably would be the most exciting thing to ever happen in the office.
The Dj Professor K had been there. And offered a fist bump. She felt in cloud nine.
"Onishima just left, thought you would like to know"
Cloud nine indeed.
She sighed. Time had passed and she was making her way to her apartment. The job had ended, the paperwork was done for the rest of the week. Hariku was efficient, but the office wasn't her place.
She then heard a noise that placed her in alert.
A gunshot.
"What?!"
She ran in the direction of the noise. Anyone else would go away. But she felt she needed to see what was happening. She opened her phone and entered the radio station that might know what was happening.
She had a bad feeling.
"Onishima has gone nuts! He is going with a happy trigger around the station, better run out!"
Hariku wanted to believe it wasn't like that, she made her way there, it wasn't far after all. But she saw him. She saw Onishima aiming at a kid with red hair and a headset seeming to try to run away. She didn't know why. She just did what was right. She went running pushing Onishima away making him fail his shot.
The push had made him fall on the floor and let out a grunt of pain. If Hariku knew that sound well, it seemed Onishima had broken his wrist. When the shot failed the kid with the headset looked behind him one last time, taking on the scene. A girl had come out of nowhere pushing Onishima and making him fail.
He had been saved. And so he went rushing away with his skates.
"Gah! Who was it?!"
He took notice of who was there. And his eyes opened in surprise.
"Hariku?! You helped those rats?!"
A small group of officers started coming around her. She offered no resistance. She knew the law. Attacking an officer like that was going to get her to a cell for the night, and well pretty much make her lose her job.
Still, she felt no regret on what she did. The kid had managed to get away, she didn't know how she would have taken the news of a kid death by an officer shooting him.
As they got her in a cab she thought about it.
Pushing Onishima and helping the kid had to be the greatest thing in her day. And probably in her whole life since she started working in the office of the mayor two years back already. For a moment, she felt she was a true detective, someone helping the people out there and delivering justice.
And now, now the same justice was taking her away to get her in a cell for the night. She was taken in a patrol car that was from the guys working under Onishima. She was thankful of that, she didn't want to hear the man.
This would mean losing her job. This would mean facing charges for helping the kids. But sadly in a lot of more heavy consequences. This meant someone less nice would be taking her position. And maybe they would approve the most aggressive measures to fight the so-called threat in the streets.
She could only sigh as she smiled. She had helped someone. And she saved his life. She would do it again without thinking.
Had she been wearing a headset like the kid she helped. She would have heard the emergency message going on in the pirate radio station.
"Beat from the GGs made it out of the station! Poison Jam managed to get away to their sewers too, but sadly an anonymous hero was caught! That's right, I am speaking of a lady that decided to push Onishima and avoid him of shooting Beat as a swiss cheese!"
Beat was hearing the whole thing in his headset, he was taking out a phone to call for some help. He owed whoever had helped him. The lady had risked herself to make sure he was alive. The least he could do was return the favor.
"There is honor in the streets! So if anyone wants to return the favor! She is being taken away in a patrol car with number 64 in it! Take the main roads!"
And now he had all the info he needed.
"Gum? Can you get Combo? We need to get that patrol car"
He smiled as he heard her speak. They were returning the favor, as Professor K had said, there is honor in the streets.
Meanwhile the guys on the patrol car went silent. Only asking a thing once in a while.
"So… you are Hariku? Onishima is always saying you like him and how you totally fell for him"
She only chuckled. Of course, Onishima would think that.
"Onishima is blind officers, after all, I like my men the way I like my coffee"
This got the officers curious.
"How do you like your coffee mam?"
She chuckled and with a smile she spoke while looking to the outside, enjoying the neon lights on the streets.
"Gentleman, I don't drink coffee, I am more of a tea person if you get my drift"
This managed to make them both laugh. They weren't expecting the answer, both ended up sighing. Still trying to keep the humor they spoke.
"I guess we like tea too, is a shame lady, you don't seem like the type that deserves a cell but.. you know, the law"
She sighed.
"Indeed… that's just the way it is now"
The silence returned to the patrol car. But Hariku was seeing something in the neon lights. Figures, figures that seemed to be rushing through the announcements. She heard the officer speak again.
"You know.. for someone arrested you are rather calm"
She smiled looking at the figures in the night.
"Well, you know, it's no use trying to shout or anything, I mean, I can't get out of here alone"
The officers got curious as to the way she was speaking. Her tone seeming one of teasing.
"What do you mean?"
She chuckled.
"I mean you should focus on the people at the sides of the car"
Both officers looked to their sides immediately, just like she wanted. Neither saw the people appearing just in the front of them. A tall man with a beatbox was coming into the collision course with them. Hariku braced herself for the impact. And she wasn't disappointed. As the car came to a screeching stop when a beatbox crashed in the front window forcing the officer to send the car to a total stop.
As they were surprised the door to her side opened and she was greeted by a lady in white and green who offered her a hand. She took it without question and they rushed to the side of the road. Meanwhile, she could see the boy she had helped before, he was painting the windows of the car making it hard for them to see.
As the officers got out both were taken up and got thrown by the big guy with the beatbox. He looks dejected.
"Next time, you throw something of your stuff, those things are not cheap you know?"
The boy with the headset offered him a pat on the back as he smiled.
"We will get you a new one Combo, now let's go if we want to avoid more cops, so let's go"
As they went away through a set of small roads she had never seen before, the girl was the first to speak to her during their silent trip.
"So, who are you?"
She smiled kindly at her, she was thankful for their help.
"Names Hariku, but my friends call me Hari, I am… well more like used to be the mayor assistant."
The girl nodded offering her hand.
"I am Gum, the big guy is Combo and Beat is the one with the headset"
The other two nodded. She took Gum hand and shook it.
"Well, thanks for the help, I thought I would be going to the cell tonight"
They all smiled, Beat decided to approach her and offer his hand too.
"Well, I did owe you one, Onishima was going to manage that shot before you threw him down"
She took his hand and shook it.
"No problem, it was the right thing to do"
Combo nodded at her words and spoke to her.
"Yeah, but what's your plan girl? I mean you are now going to be a target right?"
She sighed. She knew Onishima wasn't going to just let her go. Whatever the officer felt for her was not going to be enough to make her avoid the jail. But she thought on something. A particular piece of paper with a phone number.
"I might be able to ask for help, and who knows, I could use a new job..."
The rest of the group was unaware of what she meant. Beat couldn't avoid asking though.
"How old are you really?"
She snorted at the out of nowhere question.
"I am probably... I am guessing you are seventeen, I am your elder by three years, so show a bit of respect"
Beat was about to retort when Combo placed a hand on his back.
"Do respect a lady, especially seeing as you asked her age"
Combo went to look at her.
"So, whats your plan?"
She smiled seeing the piece of paper.
"I am making a call to a friend, and from then on, who knows"
Combo chuckled.
"That's not a plan"
She found herself laughing and making everyone get a bit uncomfortable with her laughing coming seemingly out of nowhere.
"I know! That's the best part, the feeling of the unknown is better than anything I had in the office, who knows, maybe I will be a detective this time"
The group went ahead pointing her to their place.
"Well, you can stick with us tonight, tomorrow you will have to find your own place though, we are quite packed with people"
She chuckled.
"Don't worry kids, I will be out of your hair by tomorrow"
Needless to say, she felt a bit old looking at the bunch of teenagers seemingly messing around some couches and some pinball machines in random places in what looked more like a skating park than a home. Gum spoke to her.
"Well, this is our base, you can rest over one of the couches, wherever you are comfortable"
She nodded and felt the gel on her hair letting it all greasy before she could ask Gum answered her doubts.
"There is a shower over there, but if you got nothing to wear I can lend you something"
She nodded in thanks before proceeding to take her phone and make a call that would hopefully offer a new path. The phone ringed as she was alone in the couch, she thought no one would pick it up before she heard the voice of the Professor K.
"Well! I surely wasn't expecting your call so fast, I did found out the GGs took you out of the patrol car, quite the hero you are, helping two people today"
She found herself chuckling at him.
"Someone needs to help the kids in the street, and I sure wasn't going to let Onishima shoot Beat"
"Ah, so you already know his name, I am guessing you are calling because you will be needing a new job?"
She found herself smiling.
"You got something that could suit me?"
She heard the DJ laughing in the other side before seemingly regaining control of his laugh.
"Maybe, just maybe I have something for you, tell me... how good are you with roller skates?"
She found herself thinking about what he might be offering.
"I got a good balance, sure I might be a bit rusty, but I can totally tell you I am a fast learner"
She heard the humming of approval from the DJ again.
"Then I got a job for you... I can help through the radio, but I was thinking I could use some land support... how would you feel on wearing something in white and blue?"
She got the message clearly.
"I would feel great, just get me a helmet and some rider googles"
She heard the clear laugh on the other side.
"Consider it done lady, or should I call you officer? Whatever the case, I will be sending you an address so you can pick your uniform"
Both laughed over the phone.
No one knew it right then, but the streets of Tokyo-To had just gotten a new officer. One who would be bringing some needed justice in skates.
The mayor of the city had lost its best assistant, but the streets had gotten an officer.
CUT! Well, this was fun! Hopefully, we will all be seeing more of each other! Till next chapter!
Chapter 2.- The blue and white rider.