Hello once again! Hope everyone is well, and I find myself trapped in my enjoyment of this. I love replaying JSR all the time, but I also love JSRF, well, let us keep going!

A small note, I couldn't find the name of the Love Shockers anywhere!

Chapter 3.- You got Love Shocked.

Some of the GGs were waiting for their guest. And by some, it meant only Beat, Gum and Corn. The rest was already resting. They were not interested in their guest. They simply thought that it was weird they would be lending a couch to someone they didn't know. But Corn had been clear they would not deny a favor to someone, even less when they had gotten the message from Professor K.

The man helped them all the time with his radio, why not help him back when he asked for something so small as a couch for a friend of his. With that being said, everyone went to do their own thing and rest. While they were waiting sitting around the Garage, Corn decided to try to speak a bit to kill the time.

"So, I heard from Combo what happened, how was the lady?"

At this Gum smiled. Remembering the expression of Hari made her smile. She wasn't sure if she was allowed to call her that, but she guessed they could be called friends since they helped her get out of the mess.

"She looked happy about the whole thing, she was… pretty chill you know? Hari is neat for being older than us"

At this Corn chuckled.

"Combo is way older than us, but he is also cool, so yeah I can imagine her being cool too… if I didn't know you sound excited about her"

Gum sighed.

"It was nice to have a girl here, I mean, Yo-Yo, Beat, Combo, and you are my friends, but I need girlfriends too you know?"

At this Beat chuckled before letting himself rest in the floor looking to the open sky. He liked seeing the sky from the Garage. And remembering the expression of Hariku smiling with cheerfulness at the whole thing that happened to her made him feel optimistic. If she didn't mind losing all of her stuff in adult life, why should they feel down of being on the streets making it by?

"Well, whatever the case, the lady does sure had guts, she didn't seem fazed of anything"

Corn nodded at hearing the words of his friends. He was in thought for a moment.

"Well… if you ever see her again, why not get her a pair of skates and ask her to join? Both of you seem to like her if your goof expressions are anything to go by"

Both Beat and Gum eyes shot open at this, though it was hard to know in the case of Beat thanks to the sunglasses he wore the whole time, Corn had become able to read him clearly. Spending so much time with someone really made you able to get them more clearly, at times even without words.

Corn meanwhile was in thought as they were still in surprise. Getting food for five people was hard. They managed to scrape by some money with people who didn't mind hiring rudies to make deliveries. But still, it was a hard thing to get money. Professor K would often give shouts of community places to get a meal. Truly without Jet Set Radio station they would have a harder time making it by.

Beat and Gum were getting out of their surprise. Beat was confused but Gum was cheerful, both spoke at the same time.

"You sure?, maybe we shouldn't trust her so much" "Great let's find Hari!"

Both looked at each other, conflicting thoughts in their faces. But before anything could be said they noticed a flash of red and blue coming by. They thought it was the police until Corn raised a hand to them to stop.

"Is not making any sound even though we see the lights… let's wait"

As they waited they took notice of a figure wearing a rider suit and a helmet with goggles. Corn nodded, the figure fitted the description and the jacket with an H was a clear giveaway.

"Officer H is here, let's go receive him"

As they skated over to the figure they took notice the figure slowed down till a halt. It removed its helmet showing off a mass of short messy brown hair that reached the base of her neck. Gum immediately understood who it was.

"Hari!"

She rushed faster to receive the officer, who turned out to be someone she was hoping to see again. Gum was worried for a moment that maybe like many on the work force and adults in general, her name would have been forgotten quickly. To her surprise she received a wave and a smile.

"Gum! Is nice to see you again!"

Corn and Beat made their way close to her and offered a fist for her to bump. She answered back smiling the whole time as with her other arm she was holding her helmet. She was smiling the whole time as she spoke with cheerfulness in her voice.

"Is nice to see you again Gum, you too Beat, I hope Combo is well, and I also think we haven't met yet, names Hariku, friends call me Hari"

Corn smiled at her and nodded.

"I am Corn, I hope you can guess why"

Hariku let out a small giggle. Judging by the hair and the aspect of her newest associate she could guess why.

"I have an idea, did the Professor told you I was coming or I woke you up?"

Corn waved her off before motioning for her to follow him into the Garage.

"Some are sleep already, we decided to wait for you, Professor K didn't tell us you were the same girl this pair helped yesterday"

She smiled nodding.

"Yeah, they were a big help, oh... Gum I am sorry, I left the clothes you gave me in a warehouse. I will get them tomorrow!"

Gum couldn't avoid smiling at the innocence of her words, she was really worried about some old clothes. Still, it was a nice gesture, and it showed her honesty.

"Don't worry Hari, really, they were a bit old, but I appreciate it"

Hariku sighed before answering.

"Still, I will get them from the warehouse, I should be able to enter again"

Beat chuckled before speaking his thoughts.

"So, an officer? You like playing cop?"

Hariku smiled while she thought about it, reflecting on what she had done in the day helping Rapid 99 from Hayashi.

"I like playing the ranger game, you know, just going around doing what is right, and looking cool as I do it, I mean, you all look cool rushing through the streets if you ask me"

Beat didn't know why, but it made him feel weird the fact someone that could be considered an adult, a member of the usual workforce was complimenting the fact they went around tagging walls and rushing through crowds of people.

It seemed Gum was thinking the same as you spoke.

"You don't… mind the tagging we do around?"

Hariku only smiled at her while nodding.

"Is pretty cool what you guys do, I mean, I sure have seen some bad tags, but if you guys are the ones responsible for the station, then I think you guys got some real talent for art there"

The praise made Gum and Corn stand straighter, feeling pride in their chest at someone recognizing their talent. Some people never appreciate what they did only because where they chose to put it. But thing was, they didn't go around randomly tagging like the Poison Jam, or the Noise Tanks, even the Immortals were more a thing of turf than anything. The GGs made art. And their Garage was a proof of how much thought was put into it.

Beat was still not fully trusting Hariku. To him she was just another adult, they said they trusted in you and believed you could do anything, but whenever you say clashed with their thoughts they stopped supporting you. So, he would keep his distance with Hariku.

He would rather avoid feeling betrayed by the adults again.

Gum thoughts were different. She was glad to have someone like Hari around, mostly because even if she was older than her, she moved around with an aura of pure cheer. Hari didn't seem angry or sad at anything, she was only enjoying the whole experience.

Corn simply thought the officer was rather chill. He could see why Gum liked the idea of asking her to join the GGs the lady was simply put nice. Rather simple in the way she moved. Flowing around like the bags of paper in the air. Another member of the streets.

"Well, you can chill on the couch over there, if you feel like getting breakfast with us, I am afraid there is not much we can offer, hope you like frozen food"

At this phrase, Gum seemed to sigh. Beat simply let out a whistling sound. He was used to frozen foods already. They couldn't really get a lot going on. Hariku at that moment wondered if the many gangs all had similar troubles with food.

She would try to get them something… even if she didn't really owe them anything, she felt it was the right thing to do.

"Don't worry, I will be moving early"

At this Gum seemed down for a moment. It happened quick so neither Beat nor Hariku noticed, but Corn who knew her from longer spoke her unasked question.

"Well, if you want, you could stay with our gang. The GGs are never denying entry to someone interested"

Hariku smiled while nodding.

"Thanks… I will think about it"

At this Gum smile came back to normal, Corn smiled to himself knowing he helped his closest friend. Beat meanwhile wasn't so happy at the concept but decided not to voice his thoughts with the cause of his discomfort so close.

Everyone went in their own route of the garage going for the many parts where one could sleep the whole night. Hariku fell and with a sigh dreamland ended up coming fast to her. Sadly, she couldn't really rest the whole night. During a moment in the early morning as the sun started to come up she heard the voice of Professor K shouting from her helmet.

"Yo! Officer! Wakey wakey! An emergency going on in Shibuya-Cho! Poison Jam seems to be making a mess on the station! You might want to make sure they don't cause some bad damage, after all, the more damage, the higher the police presence!"

Hariku quickly stretch and got her helmet on. Once she got the goggles in place she spoke.

"On it Professor! Officer H on the way!"

She was about to go trying to find a route when she heard the voice of Combo.

"Over here!"

She saw him pointing to a road he was taking himself, she took to start going fast with him, once they were skating side by side he spoke.

"Heard your helmet going on, if Poison Jam thinks they can bring a mess in our turf they are getting something else coming to them"

Hariku smiled nodding at Combo. He pointed straight ahead and spoke again.

"I will reach you soon, go up ahead and grind in the stairs at the end, you will reach the station faster that way"

With a nod and a salute Hariku took up speed and busted through the road. Combo instructions had been clear. Plus, she smiled at the idea of having back up, she felt like an officer in action.

It didn't take her long to reach the station and seeing Poison Jam tagging around while breaking some stuff around the station. Hariku placed her hands to her mouth and whistled strongly. The sound was rather strong and bothersome, making the hulking skaters of Poison Jam to look at the source.

When they took on the look of the one standing in front of them they seemed to focus on her. Hariku was impressed with their size. They were looking strong and tall, making her compare them to american football players, she knew that all her training in martial arts was not going to be really useful if the three of them ganged up on her. She would need to play it smart.

"Hey! Is too early to go around making a mess! Plus, this is not your turf! As far as I know you guys belong in the sewers!"

The guys seemed to laugh at her. Their laughing makes her tense. One does not go around laughing like that just because they were caught making a mess.

"The boss was right! If we made a mess you would be coming here... now the boss wants to see you, so you are coming with us officer"

At the end of the phrase the two guys behind their obvious leader took to rush at her. Had she not been expecting them to try something fun she would have been caught. Her paranoia helped her as she threw herself to the side avoiding both hulking skaters.

She was making sure to always have the three of them on her sight.

"Good reflexes lady, but you are obviously barely getting the hang of those skates"

Once again, they rushed after her, Hariku noticed how fast they seemed to go. Whatever they did gave them quite the burst of speed in their skates. Still, if they were faster it didn't matter to her, she just needs to keep being more mobile.

No matter how fast they were. It was useless if they couldn't hold her.

She quickly took to the rails of the stairs in the station, Poison Jam following close to her, she noticed how their burst of speed seemed to be dying down. Whatever they had done didn't seem to last long.

She smiled noticing this and kept going around through the rails. Sadly, a particular part of the rail was broken making her lose the grip of the skates and forcing her to jump. In the end of the jump she was about to get caught by one of the three hulking skaters.

"End of the road for you!"

Hariku was getting ready to try her best to defend from the incoming hit, it ended up being useless.

The member of Poison Jam received a powerful right that sent him skidding over. The voice of Combo made Hariku smile.

"I guess I made it in time"

Hariku nodded and spoke with the same cheer she had been enjoying in the recent days.

"Indeed, you are a great backup"

Combo nodded and saw the other two helping their partner.

"Three on one seems unfair guys, I mean, how can the three of you decide what to do with your lack of brains without your leader?"

The small gang seemingly grunted before starting to go away. Combo didn't look surprised as they left. Hariku let out a breath she was holding.

"Well… that happened"

As they saw the trio going away Hariku let herself relax before she spoke.

"What's up with them?"

Combo offered her a pat in the back that almost send her to the floor. The man was strong.

"They were probably told by that leader of them to get you… you might want to be careful with the Poison Jam"

Hariku sighed before nodding. Combo was right, she would need to keep an eye out for them. She started to move around getting up the few bits of trash she could. She didn't like the way they had left the place. Combo raised an eyebrow at this. She took notice and spoke.

"Well… someone got to clean this place, no one said an officer work was all action… sometimes is just giving back"

Combo chuckled before moving around helping her move stuff back in place like trash cans that they had thrown around.

"You are a weird one, I mean, you know no one is paying you for this right? I mean… why care?"

She kept going on picking the trash and getting the place a bit cleaner. While a mess had been done, it wasn't anything to big. The biggest problem was the graffiti tags they had done in their style.

"Someone has to care Combo. Otherwise, things will never change… think you can get cover the tags they did?"

At this Combo smiled while nodding. He could do better than just covering it up. He could do something way better. He could do art.

"Leave it to me, I will be fixing this soon"

Combo went away, he would need some cans to work around. Hariku found herself smiling noticing how Combo seemed to change totally in his mood when she asked him if he could fix the tags. It was obvious he loved doing graffiti in his own way. She took to skate around the station seeing if there was anything that would need her attention.

She kept thinking. The bunch of teens had been marked as vandals and threats to the public safety. Mostly because they moved around in gangs and would put graffiti out there. But they didn't really hurt anyone. Sure, there were guys like Poison Jam who made damage around, but people like the GGs didn't do anything like that.

The sense of justice, what was right or wrong, and who was a danger to the safety was truly misplaced. People like Onishima and Hayashi were public dangers, but they weren't perceived as such thanks to the protection that came with their badge and position. But they were truly dangerous.

In her eyes, an officer who was such a trigger-happy wasn't a good officer.

But if the permits that she read back then in the mayor office were anything to go by… maybe things would get worse. She would pray for the best.

"Nothing else to do but keep moving forward"

Hariku skated along the way, she decided it would do good to know more of the Shibuya-Cho area, who knew if she would need to get a shortcut or run away, plus she needed more practice with the skates.

She moved with ease around, it was still rather early and she took notice of the many people going around their daily routine. She saw a group of students walking to the station, businessmen going to their work, people driving to other districts. Daily life in itself.

Hariku waved back at a kid that waved at her. She took notice of how some people, mainly adults looked at her with mixes of disdain and curiosity. They were not sure of what she was. Was she a real officer? Or just another skater with a different gear. This made her let out a chuckle, people loved to judge through appearances.

As she made her way suddenly she heard people shouting at someone.

"Hey! Watch out punks!"

Hariku took a look at the direction and got to see a girl in an outfit half red and half green, the most interesting thing she took on was the heart-shaped eye patch with a design in the middle as if it was broken. She was carrying a can of spray paint with her.

"What?"

She saw the girl rushing by between the crowd of people. She seemed to be looking behind Hariku. She took a quick look and saw what the girl was seeing. A tag, one of the GGs tags was in a wall far behind her.

So she was coming to try to get turf it seemed. Honestly, Hariku didn't know much about the gangs of the streets or why they did what they did. She knew one thing clear though, placing something over the graffiti of a gang was pretty much challenging their turf. Maybe it wouldn't be such a big thing to others, but for the gangs, it was their pride.

Maybe it wasn't the same as helping Rapid 99, but she felt the right thing to do was stop the girl from tagging.

She took notice of the girl making her way over. She thought of the many possibilities. But went with the easiest one.

Tripping her.

She quickly stretched her leg making the girl trip at the fact she never saw it coming. Literally, her eyepatch forced her to focus on her goal and not her general sides.

The girl tripped but managed to keep balance, what she did not manage to keep was her can of spray paint that was in the floor for a second before someone kicked the can upwards catching it.

"Sorry lady, I am confiscating this from you"

Mei was a lot of things. An agile skater, a beautiful woman and she was proud of it, and she was also rather angry with everyone since her heartbreak. So it wasn't really hard to get why she was angry at times. And it was even more understandable to get why she would feel rather angry at the officer who tripped her.

"Give me that back… I got nothing against you yet…"

Hariku let out a nervous chuckle, the girl was carrying a lot of venom in her voice. This made her remember Carol on a particular day when they were working. She offered a smile at the girl before speaking.

"Let me guess… recent heartbreak?"

Mei kept her gaze focused on her she kept looking at the can of paint. The smile on the face of the officer making her feel angrier.

"You don't know anything, nor you are really interested, so don't ask"

At this Hariku smile went down a bit. She was interested. Back then all that Carol needed was someone to shout at her pain and all she was bottling inside. So she didn't saw a reason to deny the girl that. She took her helmet and the goggles off so the girl could see her face.

"I think we are starting on the wrong foot… my name is Hariku, but my friends call me Hari… so who are you?"

Mei noticed that the officer was a woman, and she took on how she seemed to be showing care. But she would not let her guard go down. Not now, nor ever.

"Mei, can I get my can back Hariku?"

Hariku took notice of how angry she still seemed. But she couldn't just let her go. She offered her a smile as she motioned her denial.

"Sorry Mei, but I can't let you go around making a mess on a turf that is not yours… so what you say we both go away"

Mei didn't let her go on as she rushed for the can, forcing her to move to her blind side.

"You know Mei, that eyepatch is actually dangerous if you don't need it"

Before Hariku could speak more she had to move back to avoid the stretched hand from her. It seemed to trip her had been a lucky thing as it seemed the eyepatch did not impede her vision at all.

"Just give me that before I actually feel like hurting you"

At this Hariku nodded. She gave a spin and left rushing out of the way as she got her helmet back in place, never losing the smile on her face.

"Only if you catch me!"

Mei was positively angry now. She went ahead rushing behind the girl dressed as an officer.

"Heard the news?! Of course not, cause the news is born here in Jet Set Radio! The best radio station out there sending information straight to your brains!"

Professor K laughed as the music went on and he spoke the most recent news.

"In the Shibuya station, the Poison Jam went ahead to cause some trouble! But thanks to the GGs Combo and Officer H all went well, little damage to the station, and there is now an incredible tag made by Combo in the area"

The music kept going as the news kept coming.

"Whats this?! It seems the leader of the Love Shockers was in GGs turf, but it seems she didn't get much chance to do anything, my, our officer H seems to be quite active today, stay tuned fools! Because we will have more news and music here in Jet Set Radio!"

Corn was surprised in the garage hearing the radio station they had all come to depend on for news.

"Well, did you hear that? Seems your friend is quite busy Gum"

Gum nodded while smiling. They had noticed that in the morning Combo and Hariku were out, while Combo had come back later for some cans of paint to fix the mess Poison Jam did, Hariku never came back after him. And now they knew what was going on.

"Well, is good to hear she is well, probably she is still with the Love Shockers"

Corn nodded while in thought and looked at Beat.

"Yo, you don't have work today right?"

Beat was with his headphones seemingly relaxing as he heard Corn, he nodded in response to his question.

"Good, you don't mind keeping an eye with Hari right? I am a bit worried why that gang was coming to our turf"

Beat was about to retort his negative before Corn spoke.

"You got no work today, plus you can't stay here in the garage doing nothing, everyone is doing their best to help us get money to keep going, so if you got no work, help the officer"

Corn statement left no space to try to retort. Beat sighed and got on the way as he heard Gum speak.

"Send my salutes to her!"

Beat nodded and took on the road to Shibuya-Cho station, he couldn't avoid feeling awkward at the idea of spending time with the officer. Mostly because she was an adult. And so far adults had pretty much failed him in anything they did.

Who offered a guarantee that Hariku wouldn't be like the others? Sure, Professor K seemed to trust her enough as to give her a set of skates and a uniform to go around helping. But still, he wouldn't just trust her.

When Beat made his way to the station he was surprised when he heard the voice of the officer.

"Beat! Catch and run!"

Beat was surprised at seeing the can of paint coming to him. He managed to catch it before almost failing to do it. When he noticed this he also saw Hariku rushing by motioning for him to go forward too. He started to skate backwards keeping a faster rhythm than Hariku thought was possible, it pretty much showed Beat practice with the skates.

Beat saw a girl in a red and green and understood. He frowned behind his sunglasses.

"Love Shockers? This isn't their turf and they know it"

Hariku kept speeding up reaching Beat who seemed to have no troubles keeping his pace and focus on the girl behind them.

"Mei seems to be having a tough day"

At this Beat raised an eyebrow.

"Mei?"

Hariku nodded before answering.

"Yeah, that's her name"

Beat ended up laughing. No one in the streets knew the name of the others, he was Beat, Corn was Corn, Gum was Gum. No one had a name in the streets, even Hariku would end up being called Hari or Officer the rest of the time is she stayed on the streets. The streets had a way of taking away your name and giving you a new identity as long as you stayed in it.

It was the mysticism of the streets, you got something as you lose something.

Beat spun around and kept rushing.

"Well, only thing to do now is losing her, so let us rush before she gets angrier"

Hariku sighed.

"Nothing is easy here is it?"

Beat chuckled.

"Nope"

CUT!

Ah, is rather fun writing this I must say. See ya soon!