1 :: Stormy Weather
It was a gray, rainy autumn day in Shibuya Terminal. Not many people were hanging around, and those who were, were drenched to the bone and losing hats, umbrellas, and bags to the ever growing wind. Typhoon season was surely reaching its peak on this cooler September day.
This didn't faze an older blond teenager decked out in green - a green old-fashioned pilot hat, a green striped jacket, green gloves, green cutoff jean shorts, and last, but not least, green knee-high skates. These were not just any old skates: they were magnetically driven Netrium battery roller blades. It was this last detail in her outfit that identified her as a rudie. The townspeople stayed far away from her as she worked on covering up a medium-sized red and blue heart themed graffiti with her own - her name, "GUM", written in edgy lettering with a green color theme. She concentrated hard on her piece, not wanting any sign of the graffiti underneath to remain when she was done with it. She was so into her work that she didn't notice another teenager stop to admire it.
The other girl was slightly shorter than the rudie and her dark hair and olive complexion was visible from underneath her light blue rain jacket's hood. The rest of her visible outfit included simple boot cut jeans, white runners and a black backpack.
She hung around for a few more moments before continuing on her way, turning into the first back alleyway she crossed. A little ways in she found and stood in front of another heart-themed graffiti, this one much smaller than the other. She looked at the graffiti, down both ends of the alley, then back at the graffiti before removing her pack. Out of it, she dug out three spray cans - black, white and purple. With the black can in her hand, she faced the wall while visualizing her masterpiece before laying down the first coat.
It took her a good while to finish the small and rather simplistic piece - a side profile black silhouette of a girl with white hair, and a purple butterfly on her right shoulder, which faced the artist. She barely got a moment to look over the finer details her art before the green girl from earlier came tearing down the alleyway.
"Hey you! What are you doing on GG turf?" the rudie girl shouted, coming to a stop only a few feet from the other teen.
The teen took a step back, being a little surprised about the rudie's sudden appearance, but she soon regained her composure and each stared into each other's dark eyes. The rudie broke contact for just a second and saw the graffiti, and turned back with anger flowing through her body.
A group of rudie boys skated down the streets of Shibuya-cho, searching for a member of their gang. Their leader was a nineteen year old blond, who wore a dark gray jacket (zipped up for once), blue jeans with a red flame pattern at the bottom, and blue skates. He was the tallest of the three, but only because of his pointed blue hat.
"Why do we have to go looking for Gum?" the shortest and youngest complained. His lime green hair was drenched, revealing flaming red roots growing in. The red-rimmed sunglasses on his face were keeping rain out of his eyes, but not his vision. The short-sleeved blue hoodie and brown shorts he wore were sticking to his body, and the yellow skates on his feet were not keeping the rain and water out.
"'Cause Prince Charming here doesn't think his girl can handle herself," the last boy interjected. He was about as tall as their leader, and had short dark red hair. Water droplets formed on his dark jacket, skin tight pants and skates, keeping him relatively dry even if he was a little cold. His large blue lenses hid his amused expression as he looked over at his flustered leader, trying to think up ways to deny the redhead's claim.
"N-no, I mean... Yes, to a point! Gum's out by herself. What if the Love Shocker's all decided to go out? Just making sure she isn't in trouble, like a leader should!" Blondie shouted back, emphasizing his last statement just a little too powerfully.
Redhead winced, knowing that the blond still hadn't entirely forgiven red for leaving what was once his own gang and expecting blond to take over the role of leader.
"That was two years ago, Corn." Redhead thought, "Get over it."
Once they reached Shibuya Terminal, they followed a trail of "GUM" tags to an alleyway, where a teenager came rocketing by, barely missing the three boys partially blocking her path. The limehead and redhead almost immediately took off after her, while the blond, Corn, stared dumbfounded. An older blond girl came out of the alley, her face red with anger.
"Why the hell didn't you go after her?" She interrogated. Corn responded with silent pleads for her not to kill him.