GG's Lullaby

Chapter 2

Disclaimer: I don't own Jet Set Radio.

Summary: Yoyo changed when he was kidnapped. Instead of the happy-go-lucky, fun loving, silver tongued liar that everyone knows and loves, Yoyo is a quite, almost never smiling kid who seems to be scared of something. Everyone wants to help him, but the only one can really get close to him is Boogie. Will she and the rest of the GG's be able to help him get back to being the loveable boy he was, or is it too little too late?

KilikFanOf2mrow: Don't worry; Rhyth will have a rather big part in this story. She is one of my favorite characters, so of course she is going to try and help Yoyo in my story.

The trip to the GG's Garage was very quiet, but it did not bother Boogie all that much. Yoyo stayed very close to Boogie; to the point that it was almost as if he thought she would disappear if he was not close to her. It was kind of like having a shy little brother, one who was slightly scared of the world and also looked up to you like you were the greatest person in the universe. Boogie could not help but be worried about this. What in the world could the Golden Rhinos have done to the poor kid to cause him to be this way?

At least the boy seemed to trust Boogie, but Boogie had to wonder how Yoyo would react to the other GG's when he sees them. Would Yoyo react the same way as he did when he first met Boogie, or would he be rather calm? Boogie hoped that Yoyo would be ok with seeing them all, but with how Yoyo was acting now Boogie would not be surprised if he was just as scared as them as he was when he first met her. Yoyo knew most of the GG's so hopefully his familiarity with them would help. Boogie was defiantly going to talk to Corn when they got back to the Garage; he was the leader so he should know about how Yoyo had changed rather drastically. Boogie started to go throe a list of people in her head as she and Yoyo got closer and closer to the Garage. There were a few people in the GG's that could most definitely help her get Yoyo out of his shell. Beat could help her, he was Yoyo's best friend and he was the one who knew Yoyo the best. Rhyth was another person who could help get Yoyo out of his shell. Rhyth was a kind and gentle girl and a kind and gentle person who would be just the right person to help Yoyo. Corn and Jazz would be able to help; they were smart people so they would be able to figure out a couple of things that they could use to help Yoyo.

It was going to take them a long time to help Yoyo get back to the way he was, but it would worth it to see the boy happy again. He was a GG and the GG's always help each other out. Boogie stopped skating once she got to the entrance to the Garage. She could hear the music blasting over the speakers and the sound of voices could just barely be heard over the blasting music. Boogie turned around and looked at Yoyo with a smile on her face. Yoyo looked at her gave her a small, week smile. 'Well, at least he is smiling…' Boogie thought before she cleared her throat and started to speak, "You have been gone for a long time, so everyone is going to come over the second they see us and they are going to ask a lot of questions. If it gets to be too much just let me know ok?" Yoyo gave her a small nod to show that he understood and with that Boogie and Yoyo made their way into the Garage. It only took about three minutes for someone to notice that Boogie and Yoyo were in the Garage. Rhyth had happened to look there way, and the second she saw them she immediately let everyone know that Boogie was back and that Yoyo was with her. Everyone dropped what they were doing and quickly made their way over to the two of them. Questions were immediately shouted from all directions, and most of them were aimed toward Yoyo. "Yoyo are you ok?" and "Why did you run off and try to take on the Golden Rhinos on your own?!" where the two most frequently asked questions.

Yoyo was quickly overwhelmed by the sheer amount of questions and people that he did not hesitate to hide behind Boogie. This caused everyone to immediately stop with the questions. Ok, Yoyo had never acted like this before; he was always confident and happy, not shy and scared. Everyone looked at Boogie, obviously hopping that she would know why Yoyo was acting the way he was. Before Boogie could even say anything however, Potts came running over, the small dog came to a screeching halt once he got over to Yoyo. Yoyo gave a small smile at seeing his loveable dog, something that Boogie quickly noticed. "Yoyo, why don't you go and play with Potts over by his cage." Boogie suggested. Yoyo looked at her before he shook his head slowly. "Are you afraid that I will levee if you and play with Potts?" She asked. Yoyo slowly nodded before he looked down at the ground. Boogie gave a small smile before she placed her hand on the top of his head. He looked up at her and she only continued to smile. "Don't worry I'll be right here talking with everyone, I won't levee." She said softly. Yoyo gave her a small nod to show that he understood before he skated over to Potts' cage, Potts came running after him.

Once Yoyo started to play with Potts, Boogie turned and looked at everyone. "Well, if you have any questions now would be a good time to ask them." She said to the confused Rudies. "Why is Yoyo acting like that?" Rhyth asked. Boogie gave a small sigh before she gave her answer, "I don't know why he's acting like that. When I found him he was in a cage at the top floor of the fortified residential zone. He was actually scared of me until I let him know that I wouldn't hurt him." Gum seemed to think about what Boogie said before she asked her question. "Has Yoyo said anything since you rescued him?" Gum asked. "Yoyo hasn't so much as said a word since I rescued him. He has been as quite as a mouse." Boogie answered.

Cube, who had been listening rather intently to the whole conversation and had been watching Yoyo's reactions rather closely finally decided to voice her thoughts out loud. "I think I may know what's wrong with him" Cube said slowly. "Then why don't you go ahead and tell us." Corn said. "Alright, I think that the Golden Rhinos may have hurt him so much to the point that Yoyo became scared of well, people in general" Cube said in a soft tone. "They probably hit and smacked the poor boy until he became the way he is today." Cube said in a semi sad tone of voice.

"Why would they do such a thing like that?" Rhyth asked as she watched Yoyo play with Potts, it was almost too much for the poor girl to imagine. "Why wouldn't they do that is more of the right question to ask. The Golden Rhinos were hired to take all of the Rudies in Tokyo out, so is it really all that surprising to find out that they would do such a thing as physically hurt Yoyo? Gum asked Rhyth. Rhyth just shook her head slowly before asking the one question that was on everyone's mind, "Will Yoyo ever go back to the way he was?" Cube seemed to ponder the question for a few moments before she finally replied. "Yes, I think it will take alot of work. I think once we show Yoyo that we won't hurt him we can get to work on helping Yoyo get over his fear." Cube said before she gave a small smile, "It will take alot of work, but I'm sure we can help Yoyo get back to the way he was." Cube continued. A couple of the GG's looked rather hopeful at being able to get Yoyo back to his good old self again, but some of the GG's looked rather skeptical about the whole thing. They wanted to believe that they would be able to help Yoyo get back to his old self again, but with how scared the kid was of about practically everyone. In the end, would they really be able to help Yoyo, or is that happy-go lucky kid they knew gone for good?

Ok, so that's chapter 2. I will have the next chapter out as soon as I can. Anyway, please review and don't flame.