Grin and Bear It

Ch. 2

Disclaimer: I don't own Jet Set Radio.


It was a warm spring day in Tokyo and Hayashi thought his day could not get any worse than what it already was. Hayashi was forced to adopt the very Rudie brat that made his life a living hell as a son just to keep his job and he had to deal with Taukino laughing at him, so saying that this was the worst day of his life was kind of the understatement of the century. Unfortunately for Hayashi, his day was just going to get worse. Yoyo, who was walking in front of Hayashi and looking around at all of the shops stooped rather suddenly, causing Hayashi to almost run into him. Hayashi turned to look at what it was that Yoyo was so interested in only to see the one thing Hayashi hated almost as much as Rudies and that thing was the Rudie store known as Graffiti Heaven.

Graffiti Heaven was a huge Rudie store that sold everything that a Rudie would need. They sold skates, music that was usually played on Jet Set Radio, cloths that any Rudie would love, and all kinds of other things that Rudies would want. Hayashi hated the store and he really wished that they could close it down, but due to some kind of law that even Goji couldn't change the store was there to stay. Hayashi looked at Yoyo only to see a look of pure fascination. Yoyo finally looked at Hayashi and asked the question that Hayashi had been dreading. "Can we go in there, yo?" Yoyo asked as he pointed at the store of Hayashi's nightmares. Hayashi twitched slightly before asking Yoyo "Do you really need to go in there?"

Yoyo just smiled at him before saying "Yes I need to go in there. So can we go in? Please dad, pretty please with sugar on top?" Hayashi just sighed before saying "Ok fine, you win." Yoyo wasted no time, he ran into the store the second Hayashi said ok. Hayashi blinked slightly and wondered how Yoyo could have all that energy before he shook his head slightly and slowly went into the store. The second Hayashi stepped into the store he was met with the song Sweet Soul Brother blasting away on the stereos set up around the shop. He saw posters hung up around the room that ranged from band posters to posters with very detailed graffiti tags on them. He could also see Yoyo racing all around the store grabbing as many things as he could carry. Hayashi just rolled his eyes at the scene before he made his way to the checkout counter. Once there, he ended up finding out that it was a Rapid 99 girl who was the casher; of course the casher could not be a normal person, it just had to be a Rudie.

The Rapid 99 girl stared at Hayashi for a long time before she pulled out her cell phone and took a picture of him. She immediately started to text on her phone all while shouting "Oh man, the rest of the girls are not going to believe this!" Hayashi really wished he could arrest the girl, but she was not pulling any 'Rudie' acts so he could not really do anything about her…. After a total of about three songs had finished playing and about two more pictures from the Rapid 99 girl, Yoyo finally made his way to the checkout counter. Yoyo placed all of his things on the counter before he turned to look at Hayashi.

"Ok, I'm ready to check out now." Yoyo said. Hayashi looked at the pile of things only to see ten blue hoddies and ten brown shorts. "These look exactly like things that you are wearing now!" Hayashi said as he held up a blue hoddie. "Well, I like how they look and none of the other cloths here are really my style, yo!" Yoyo said as he crosses his arms. "Ok fine, there your cloths not mine." Hayashi said, honestly Hayashi just wanted to get out of this store already. The rest of the things in Yoyo's pile consisted of six white tank tops, a couple pairs of boxers, and some socks. There was also a small boombox, a couple of cds, and poster with a beautiful white wolf on it. Hayashi checked the cds, only to be instantly relived by the fact that the songs were all from different animes and a few from bands whose songs were not usually played on Jet Set Radio. "How do you know if you are going to even like these songs anyway?" Hayashi asked as he looked at one of the cds.

"You can listen to a few of the songs from the cds over there you know." Yoyo said as he pointed to the music section of the store. Hayashi shrugged before he placed the cd on the pile and said "Ok, I would like to buy all of these things." The Rapid 99 blinked a few times before saying "Ok, but may I ask a question? Is that your son?" Hayashi glared at her before he said "Yes he is my son now can I pay for my stuff now?" The girl grinned slightly before asking "Awww, what's wrong Caption Hayashi did you not enjoy your time here at Graffiti Heaven?" Hayashi growled slightly before whispering "If I was on duty right now I would arrest you and throw you into jail faster than you can blink." The girl just continued to grin at him before saying "And that is way I'm enjoying this moment right now."

Yoyo blinked slightly before asking "Is everything ok?" The Rapid 99 girl looked at Yoyo and smiled at him. "Everything's fine, now how about I get you two checked out, ok?" The girl said as he started to scan the price tag on one of the cds. It did not take the girl long to scan all of their things, which was something Hayashi was grateful for. Once Hayashi got the bag full of things, he did not hesitate to grab the bag and get out of the store as fast as he possibly could.

Yoyo gave a quick good-bye to the Rapid 99 girl before he followed his dad out the door. Once the two of them were out the door, the girl started to think about the green haired boy. 'Hayashi's son looked kind of familiar….' She thought as she looked at the door that they had just walked out of (well, more like ran out of). 'Ah well, it's not important.' The girl thought before she went back to texting on her phone.


It did not take long for Hayashi and Yoyo to get from Chou Street to Hayashi's condo all the way over on Dogenzaka Hill, it probably took only thirty minutes or so. Once at Hayashi's condo, Hayashi gave Yoyo his bag of things and led him to his room. "Your bedroom is the one next to mine; it has its own bathroom too. I'll get things for your bathroom tomorrow. I'm going to have to register you at the nearby high school tomorrow too. " Hayashi said as he opened the door to Yoyo's new room.

Yoyo walked into his room and looked around, and he had to say it was a pretty nice room. The bed was against the wall near the window; the blankets on the bed were a dark blue in color and the curtains on the window were also a nice dark blue. A small wooden chest of drawers was pushed into the left corner of the and there was a large desk located next to the chest of drawers. Yoyo could also see the door that led to the bathroom from the corner of his eye. That's when Yoyo noticed that the ceiling was painted in a way to look like a clear night sky with all of the stars out, there was also a giant crescent moon painted on the ceiling as well. "Wow, did you paint this?" Yoyo asked as he stared up at the ceiling.

Hayashi sighed slightly before saying "Yes I painted it, but that was a long time ago. I don't really paint anymore." Yoyo quickly looked over at Hayashi and asked "Why not?! You're really good at it, yo!" Hayashi just scratched the back of his head slightly before saying "I don't really have the time to paint anymore…." Hayashi shook his head slightly and looked at Yoyo.

"Well, if you don't need anything I think I will be going to bed." Hayashi said as he started to close the door. "Good night Dad." Yoyo said as he watched Hayashi close the door. Hayashi froze for a few seconds before giving a grumbled good-night in reply. Once Hayashi had closed the door, he quickly made his way to his room and collapsed onto his bed. Today had been a very long tiring day, and he had a feeling that tomorrow was going to be just as bad.


Ok, so that's chapter two. I should have the next chapter out as soon as I can. Anyway, please review and don't flame.