Understand the Concept of Love
Chap 1
'Oh, man. Do I miss this.' I thought as the wind brushed against my face.
"Yeah." I shouted as I started to perform tricks on the wire I was skating.
My name is Jaune Arc. Currently, I was skating on the power lines of downtown Vale. How you may ask? Well, I was using my rollerblades that had a magnetic function that made grinding easier. Why you may ask? Well, it is because aside from being a huntsman in training. I am also a rudie. Belonging to the gang known as the GG's.
'This should get a rise out of the Rokkaku Police. And hopefully Ironwoods.' I thought as I pulled out a graffiti can. Looking around, I saw a billboard I could grind on. And it just so happened to be one of Ironwoods depicting his 'glory.'
"Perfect." I thought as I easily jumped and grinded my way closer to the billboard. Shaking the can, I readied myself before jumping up and grinding on the billboard while spraying it with graffiti. Leaving behind a symbol of our culture. A symbol of freedom. The symbol of the greatest underground pirate radio station. JET SET RADIO!
"Speaking of the devil." I said as I skated away from the billboard while ignoring the screams from down below. Reaching up to my headphones, I raised the volume up to max.
'Yeah! This is DJ Professor K, baby, the master of mayhem you know what i'm sayin' bringing you another Tokyo underground pirate radio broadcast from Jet Set Radio! I'm gonna bust into your head through your cute lil' ears and blow your minds with my sexy voice and out-of-sight sounds! Those of you prone to nosebleeds should keep those tissues handy, suckas!" The legendary Professor K declared.
"Play it Professor K." I said as I continued to grind the power lines away from the area.
'LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED!' He declared before putting on the next track.
Understand, understand
Understand, understand
Understand, understand the concept of love
Uh!
Understand, understand
Understand, understand
Understand, understand the concept of love
Uh!
Understand, understand
Understand, understand
Understand, understand the concept of, the concept of love
"Understand the concept of love." I sang along while continuing to do tricks.
Looking around, I saw some nice areas to further claim and remind other gang that this was GG's territory. Taking out the graffiti can again, I began to spray those areas with my own tag and the tag that represents the GG's. After a couple minutes, I was done tagging the spots. Satisfied with my work, I began to skate away when I heard a familiar voice shout out to me.
"DON'T LET THAT KID GET AWAY!" The familiar voice of a Rokkaku cop ordered. I simply smiled and continued to skate away as despite technically being a police force, none of them have guns on them.
'Except for- SHIT!' I thought before quickly jumping to another line to avoid the bullet that nearly grazed my face.
"HEY YOU LITTLE PUNK!" A very familiar, and very annoying, voice spoke up.
"Captain Hayashi. Crazy old man." I muttered under my breath as I continued to grind and jump to avoid his attacks. Seeing a pole coming up, I jumped and grinded down the pole to face off against Hayashi. But that's when I noticed the kind of back up, he had.
'Tanks. Damn it.' I thought annoyed as I saw three tanks slowly make their way behind him. At this moment, Professor K spoke up again.
'UH-OH! Looks like down town Vale got turned into a demilitarized zone. Brought to you by Captain Hayashi. Seriously. What's up with this fool!? Seems like all to capture one GG. Any rudies out there care to lend a hand.' Professor K reported as the current song ended. And seamlessly go into the next song.
Stop
Playing games
Till I'm done
Exchanging names
Stop
(Ohh-oh-ohh-oh)
Playing games
(Ohh-oh-ohh-oh)
Till I'm done
(Ohh-oh-ohh-oh)
Exchanging names
(Ohh-oh-ohh-oh)
'Fitting.' I thought as I readied myself as I knew that while I only saw three tanks, there was more just round the corner.
Boost dashing forward, I crashed through Hayashi and a few Rokkaku police goons. Sending them to the ground. Taking out my graffiti can, I tagged Rokkaku police goons taking them out. Seeing the tanks line up their turrets, I quickly looked around and saw a pole nearby. Running towards it, I jumped up and started to grind up the pole before grinding on the wire. The tanks fired but missed their shots. Smirking, I jumped down and landed on top of the tank and started to spray each part of the tank. The operator popped out and aimed an automatic gun at me. Yet, I tagged him before he could actually fire his gun.
'Come on.' I thought when I heard some helicopters approaching. Luckily it was only one. Unfortunately, though, it was already locked on to me. Hearing the tank move behind me, I realized that it was also locked onto me.
'This is going to hurt.' I thought wincing a bit at the immense pain that was about to come. But to my surprise, it did not come as helicopter and tank were both tagged at the same time. The helicopter going down while the operator of the tank popped out but was quickly tagged.
'And who says rudies aren't heroes. Seems like a Love Shocker and a member of Rapid 99 heed the call.' Professor K announced. Looking up, and true to his word, a Love Shocker and Rapid 99 came to help.
"Hey Jaune." The Love Shocker, whose name is Amelia, said with a smirk.
"Need a hand?" The Rapid 99 member whose name is Kat asked smiling.
"Let's give these guys a new paint job." I answered smirking as I took out my graffiti can. With the others doing the same.
"I'm going to get all of you!" Hayashi declared waving his gun around. The few Rokkaku police that were remaining moved away from him in fear.
"We doubt that." I told him. Hayashi growled at this.
'JET SET. JET SET. JET SET RADIO!' Professor K shouted into our ears as he played another song.
You gotta make a statement of intent!
You gotta make a statement of intent!
You gotta make a statement of intent!
You gotta make a statement of intent!
If we're careless children
The monuments you're building
Are subject to reclaim
And are ours to disclaim
Making discos of your castles
We are tearing up your plans
We won't be xeroxed for the future
Filed by bureaucratic man
Dashing forward, we crashed through the police forcing them to the ground. We then began tagging them afterwards. Seeing a few tanks coming, we dodge their fire before disabling them by tagging them followed by the operators right after. Hearing more helicopters come, we quickly grinded up some poles just as they came into view. The pilots tried to aim at us but we tagged their windows so they could no longer see. We then tagged the propellers which caused them to stop which caused the helicopters to go down and crash. Landing back on the ground, we saw all that was left were some Rokkaku foot police along with Hayashi. Boost dashing, we crashed through all of them and tagged them very quickly. Their clean white suits now covered in graffiti.
"Your turn Hayashi." I said as we turned to him.
He raised his gun and started to run towards us. We simply boost dashed at him. Hitting him and forcing him to the ground before he could fire off a shot. I tagged him a bit before he could get up. But after a moment, he managed to did so. Yet as soon as he got up, he was sent back down to the ground from Amelia dashing into him and tagging him. He tried to get up but this time Kat dashed into him and tagged him. The process repeated a few more times as despite his age, Hayashi was pretty durable. But that could be just because he is stubborn and insane. Taking a step back, Hayashi got back up along with a few other Rokkaku police. But instead of raising his gun, he and the police turned around and began to run away.
"Oh. My sore back." We heard Hayashi complain as he and the police quickly got out of sight.
"He sure is one stubborn and insane man." Kat said smiling.
"I wonder if he will ever give up?" Amelia asked.
"I doubt it. Either way, thanks for the help." I said turning to them.
"No problem. Anything to help out a fellow rudie against the Rokkaku." Kat said smirking. Despite rivalries, each gang is will to help another when it comes to pissing off or fending off against the Rokkaku.
"Don't forget Jaune. A tournament is coming soon." Amelia reminded.
"I won't. Well, see you both later." I told them.
"See ya later cutie." Amelia said while blowing me a kiss while Kat merely shook her head. Despite the Love Shockers being out for revenge on the guy who broke their hearts, they were quite flirty with me and Beat. Though, they did stop when Gum went into a frenzy when she saw them flirting with him. But that just made them shift their attempts from him to me.
"Bye Jaune." Kat said as they both went off their own ways.
I shook my head at them before turning around to the nearest pole. Grinding up the pole, I jumped off at the top to land on the building next to me. I then began to skate away from the place using the roof tops as the sound of ambulance and Vale police quickly approaching the area greeted my ears. After about ten minutes, I felt like I was far enough and stopped.
"I still got time." I said as I took out my scroll and saw that it was only eleven at night.
Turning to my right, I jumped off the building and onto the powerline that would take me to the center of downtown Vale. After about ten minutes, I reached my destination which was an unfinished building that still had ways to go before it was completed. Using the metal beams to my advantage, I grinded on them and quickly made my way to the top. All the while performing tricks that would make anyone else scared and impressed. Unless that person is Weiss as even if she saw us doing it, she would call it fake. Either way, after a few seconds of grinding and tricks, I was on top of the building.
"Beautiful." I said admiring the sight.
I could not stress enough how beautiful this view and pass time was to me. Having a beautiful sight that was only available to rudies along with having Dj Professor K play his amazing tracks is as close to a perfect moment as you could get. Looking down, I could make out the Garage the GG's claimed as our home turf. If you squint hard enough, you could even make out the blurry forms of other rudies going about their daily lives and either fighting against each other or the Rokkaku police. Some even hanging out and just performing tricks. We may be rivals, but that did not mean we wanted other rudies dead.
"Oh, shit." I said as I took out my scroll and saw that it was already one in the morning. Sighing, I got up and put away my scroll. Time always did fly when I came here to admire the sights.
"Hopefully the rest of my team are asleep." I said hoping they were as otherwise they would chew my ass out. Well, Pyrrha and Ren would as Nora would just want to know where I was and ask if she could come. And then make up crazy theories about what I was doing. Shaking my head, I immediately jumped down onto a metal beam and began to make my down to the ground. As since I was in downtown Vale, it would be at least forty minutes before I get back to Beacon.
'Least I don't require that much sleep.' I thought as I raced through downtown Vale back to Beacon.
Half an Hour Later
'Good thing they're heavy sleepers.' I thought as I tiptoed into the dorm and over to my bed.
Getting there, I took out a case from under my bed and put my skates, headphones and graffiti can in there. Closing it, I put the case back under my bed before getting into the bed myself. Pulling the covers over me, I started to fall asleep. But a thought came to mind.
'I wonder what will this tournament's main event will be?' I wondered as every tournament's main event was Death Ball but with either a slight twist or modifiers thrown in. Either way, it will be fun to meet up with the rest of the GG's again.
'That is, if I could escape my teammates.' I thought when the lights turned on courtesy of Nora who was fake sleeping this whole time. With Pyrrha and Ren getting up a moment later annoyed.
