"I have trouble believing that Yoyo."

"It happened that way Gum!" Yoyo insisted, "They took one look at me and ran off wetting their pants yo!"

Gum shot him a look of disbelief.

"It's the truth yo."

Roboy rolled his 'eyes' and did what he did best, being smart-alecky, "Poison Jam? Running away scared from you? Pfft… I assumed those guys were tough and you're telling me they pissed themselves at a little shrimp like you?"

Angered, Yoyo tried to aggress on Roboy, but was held back by Gum, "You did not just call me a shrimp!"

"Yoyo don't, Roboy cut it out!" Gum tried to defuse the situation.

But the robot didn't listen, "Pssh… yeah I did. Are you deaf as well as a liar?"

"Yo okay that's it!"

"Knock it off!" Corn barked, prompting everyone to stop in their tracks, "Let's be civil to each other. We're a team!"

"Roboy started it…" Yoyo relaxed.

"You were the one telling tales." Roboy retorted, "You may have beaten an entire Rokkaku squad single-handedly, but those guys are so incompetent it's understandable."

"Hey Yoyo, come give me a hand with this boss." Beat spoke up from the couch with the controller in hand. Combo was sitting beside him with a soda.

"Sure thing yo!"

Success, Yoyo was distracted. Gum looked at Beat, who smiled at her. She gave a half smile, then scanned the room with her eyes to make sure no one saw. She always liked to keep a serious persona, even when she was little.

"You know, Roboy." She said, "Even you have to admit it was cool what he did back there. Taking on the cops like that."

"I suppose." He nonchalantly admitted, "It still doesn't change that fact that he's a liar. Even a small child could see right through him it's so obvious."

"Hey has anyone seen Potts around?" Corn announced.

Beat answered, "He was outside last I saw him."

"Potts?" Combo inquired.

Yoyo jumped up, "Oh right! Hold on, wait right here yo!" and disappeared from the house.

Getting no clear answer, Combo asked again, "Who's Potts?"

In perfect timing, Yoyo rushed back in with Potts in his arms. Combo had a strange look upon seeing the canine.

"Oh, I… see." He replied.

"This is Potts. You wanna pet him yo?"

"No." Combo hastily reacted, "I'm good, and in fact I'd rather have him kept a distance from me."

"What's the problem?" Beat wondered, "He doesn't bite.

"There's only one thing I hate more than dogs, and that's goldfish."

Combo's response gave everyone that 'sweatdrop' feeling, and not because of his dislike of dogs.

"He hates goldfish? That's not random at all…" Roboy sarcastically thought.

Gum was confused as well, "Wha… goldfish?"

"Yo… why would anyone hate goldfish? Hell, who hates dogs!? Still… yo. I better get Potts outta here." Yoyo held Potts close and took him outside.

"You… hate goldfish?" Corn said aloud.

Combo nodded, "Yeah."

Beat was thinking, "I could understand dogs but… goldfish? Something musta happened."

Combo knew Yoyo was lying about Poison Jam, but he decided to point it out in a subtle way, when Yoyo returned he said to him, "So… Yoyo. I hope I didn't scare you too bad back there."

This piqued everyone's interest.

"What happened?" Beat inquired, his voice laced with amusement.

Combo chuckled, "Here's what happened, I thought Yoyo was the one responsible for all that ugly graffiti that Poison Jam left behind. I was about to bludgeon him! Good thing Poison Jam went by, cause he looked like a ghost he was so freaked out!"

Yoyo felt a surge of abash rise, "I wasn't scared yo!"

Everyone giggled, and Combo mentioned calmly, "Yoyo… you were scared. Plain and simple."

"I was not yo!"

"Man I wish I was there to see it!" Beat remarked, "Hey Combo, you should try scaring him again but make sure I'm around to watch!"

"Screw you yo!" The flustered kid threw a punch at Beat, who caught it. With one arm restrained he tried to strike with the other arm but Beat caught that one too.

"Play nice." Beat teased. Then threw him on the couch.

"Don't break his neck Beat." Gum cautioned playfully.

Once again Corn stepped in, "Everyone calm down. Let's focus on what's been happening now. Chuo Street has been covered in Poison Jam's graffiti, we need to get over there and cover it up before they get too big-headed."

"I think it's a little late for that last part." Gum snorted.

"Even so... If they get any more out of control we're done for."

Combo got to his feet, "So off we go?"

"That's right, GG's, let's go!"

Chuo Street, the heart of Tokyo's entertainment district. Shopping and classic gaming arcades are the life of the party in this part of the city. As usual, the GG's split up to cover different parts of the city.


"Onishima sir?"

"Yes I know, you guys failed to catch them again. I saw Hayashi, he looked awful."

There was a brief pause, "So what now?"

"Those punks will not get away with this! I will have my revenge!" Hayashi ranted from the next room, "How dare they humiliate me like this! Damn it's gonna take me forever to get all this paint off! I'll get them! I'll get them all!"

Sweatdrop…

"He's mad." Onishima declared calmly, "It looks like it's going to take him a while to get back to focus. Next time those kids turn up somewhere, I'll be the one letting the dogs out." His mouth formed an evil smile, "And yes… I mean that quite literally."

HQ TO ALL STATIONS: A GANG HAS BEEN SPOTTED NEAR CHUO STREET. ALL SQUADS INVESTIGATE IMMEDIATELY.

Hayashi stumbled in looking brand new, he grabbed his gun and walked uncoordinated to the desk, "Good thing I have several coats! I'll get those punks now they are SO gonna get it!" He yanked up the communicator, "This is Hayashi to HQ, send in ALL the tanks!"

"Understood, HQ to Armored Division, prepare tanks for emergency deployment."

Another voice chimed in shortly after, "This is Armored Leader to all units, if you see those punks... blast em!"

Onishima grinned, "This'll get em for sure."

"I know." Hayashi smugly replied, "Buuuut just in case I'm going out there." He put fresh lead in his gun and walked out.


The GG's met back up near one of the cafe areas.

"We covered all the graffiti we could find." Gum noted, "We just have to find Poison Jam now."

"Does this mean we'll be headin' for Rokkaku Dai?" Combo asked.

"We probably should." Corn advised, "Unless Poison Jam is still wandering around here..."

The GG's quickly got their answer when the gang suddenly appeared right before them, laughing.

"Poison Jam!" Corn expressed.

Beat took one look at their rivals and snickered, "You guys got a lot of courage showing your ugly faces in broad daylight like this. Please don't feed the animals."

"Har har very funny." Their leader snarled, "You sit on flammable stuff firecrotch?"

Beat certainly saw red after that, "What did you just say!?" Combo grabbed his arm and restrained him, "You think you're funny!? Come at me!" He lashed at the gang.

"Hur hur hur, you wanna get rid of us don't you?" The smart mouth addressed Corn.

Corn frowned at him, "You read my mind."

"Nothing in life is free. You gotta work for it. Let's race, you against the three of us, if you win, we won't mess with you guys anymore."

Corn nodded, "Bring it."

"Three against one? That's crazy yo!" Yoyo protested.

"Hey, I got this." Corn assured.

Poison Jam was entertained by Corn's confidence, "Gahaha! Next thing you know, you'll be crying like a baby!"

Three...

Two...

One...

GO!

Corn vs. Poison Jam, the race had begun.


"Our leader, he sure is awesome for taking on those guys by himself yo."

Once the race was out of sight, Beat turned to Combo, "You can let go of me now."

"Are you calm?" He questioned.

"Perfectly calm."

Although reluctant, Combo released him from the lock he had on him. Beat stretched his arms out of the stiffness that had built up from being restrained. Gum approached him, "You alright?"

"I'm fine, it's just that I got enough of that as a kid." Beat explained.

"Oh, I get it. I don't exactly have a happy past either. I was always the odd one out as a kid, I think it was because I was such a tomboy. No one really liked me because I wasn't a 'typical girl' or some shit like that."

"That sucks... Sorry to hear that."

"I was actually fine with it, I wasn't going to change who I am." Gum replied, "I'm still the same way."

Beat looked at her and smiled, "That's strong."

"Maybe..."

He got a confused look from her answer, "What does she mean by maybe?" Beat was not usually the kind to look deeply into these things but he couldn't help but think...

"Yo! I see them!" Yoyo announced, "Let's go Corn knock em dead!"

And he did, figuratively, Corn beat them by a long-shot. But it was to be expected because Poison Jam is all bark and no bite.

"Way to go Corn!" Beat gave him a high-five.

"Heheheh!" Corn chuckled, "Was there any doubt?"

"Now you're gonna have to leave us alone yo!" Yoyo bragged to Poison Jam.

They continued skating, not even slowing down, "Heh heh! That's pathetic man! You thought you could get to us that easy? You wish!"

The GG's watched them roll away, laughing like when they first appeared. It was clear that they were not going to keep their word.

Yoyo threw his arms up, "What the hell yo?"

"Those fish-faced liars... I wish I'd caught them at the bus terminal." Combo muttered.

"Can you believe those guys?" Gum noted, "I guess we should've expected that."

Corn shrugged, "At least we chased them away for now."

"Um... guys?" Beat seemed alert.

"What is it Beat?"

"There's... no one else here."

Everyone glanced around and noticed for themselves. There wasn't a single soul around, and for Chuo Street that absolutely did not happen. Ever. The sounds of the game systems and animated signs were the only noise they heard.

"Yo where did everyone go?"

"Shhh..." Corn hushed him, "Listen, I hear something."

He sure did, faintly in the distance everyone heard the sound of heavy wheels rolling. Almost like a railroad sound, but rougher.

"What is that sound?" Combo inquired.

DJ Professor K gave them their answer via Jet Set Radio, "The streets have turned into a demilitarized zone! I don't think those tanks have to obey traffic signals!"

That eyebrow-raising feeling swept the group.

"Tanks!?" Gum exclaimed.

"Aw man! We gotta get outta here now!" Corn stated.

"Yo! There they are!" Yoyo freaked and pointed.

Away from them, a pack of tanks were approaching the GG's fast. The teens did a startled yelp and ran for their lives.

"Rokkaku's gone mad!" Beat panicked.

"Ya think yo!?"

"Relax, they're just tanks we can outrun them!" Corn tried to calm everyone down.

While the tanks were slow enough, however a certain someone who was along with them was far from that.

"Hey you little punks!" Hayashi shouted at the gang from atop a roof, as usual with his gun.

"Oh hell..." Gum muttered, "It's that guy again..."

"With the gun." Beat pointed out.

The commander charged them, "This is gonna hurt!"

"Run faster!" Corn shouted.

Hayashi chased them anywhere they ran: down the alleyways, around several twists and turns, sharp corners. Firing several shots, one was so close Yoyo had to jump to avoid a bullet. The crazy man may be old but he's fast.

"We should do something, he's gaining on us!" Beat declared.

Corn planned, "All right here's what we'll do, let's go back to the main road and take different routes back to the garage. Everyone got it?

"Yeah!" Everyone answered.

As soon as they returned to the main road, the tanks were waiting for them.

"AAH!"

The head tank took aim and boomed a missile right at the GG's. Everyone vaulted out of the missile path, hitting the ground as it exploded behind them.

"He's insane!" Combo expressed, "Damn it! My boombox better not be broken!

"We gotta get outta here yo!"

Several crashing sounds behind them got their attention, the standing building behind them started to bend and tumble. Not just the one that was immediately behind them, the neighboring buildings at the left, right, and back also started to fall.

"Watch it, watch it!" Corn freaked out as the massacre in a block happened. Rubble and dust circulated all around them, the wave from the impact nearly pushed the teens back down.

The GG's ran for Shibuya Terminal, and Hayashi was not far behind shouting, "Stop you punks! Or I'll shoot!"

Amidst the skating Combo announced, "Guys keep running, I'll take care of Hayashi!"

"Those tanks are on our tails Combo." Corn reminded him, "Hayashi by himself would be fine but this..."

"Combo yo! That guy is insane!"

"We gotta lose him somehow! Just keep going, those tanks are far enough behind! Besides Yoyo, if you can take him on and be fine, I can too!"Combo skidded to a stop, whirling around in the process. The rest of the GG's stopped as well.

Hayashi stopped in his tracks, amused, "Well at least one of you is gonna face the music! This is gonna hurt!"

He eyed his opponent fiercely, "I hope you know a good doctor you crazy commander..." and charged him.

As the two began fighting, Corn decided, "We can't just leave Combo here! Let's do something about those tanks!"

"How are we going to take down 84 tons of army-ready metal?" Beat wondered, "Those things could blow us to pieces!"

Corn smiled impishly, "I have an idea."

The GG's took an alternative route back to Chuo Street, this got them at an advantage behind the tanks. With spray cans in hand Corn whispered, "All right everyone ready? Does anyone have any questions?"

Everyone shook their heads no.

"Okay good, now just like we planned, if we spray the paint right underneath and between the wheels it should disable them."

"I've got a question now." Beat spoke, "How do you know that'll work?"

"Rokkaku uses his own customized kind of tanks. They're a lot more powerful than normal tanks, but also much more flawed. Seeing as it only takes paint to disable them." Corn chuckled, "Let's do this!"

Quickly and quietly the GG's crept up to different tanks, reached with the spay cans between the wheels and sprayed. Making sure to get the machinery all good and painted. Finishing off with painting a little on the back just for a taunt.


Hayashi aimed his gun to shoot but wasn't fast enough, Combo was much muscular than he was and knocked him over like a sand castle. When he was down, he spraypainted his coat.

"Combo!"

Combo looked up to see his fellow GG's skating by, "What's up?" He called to them.

Yoyo answered, "We broke those tanks like they were sticks yo! Come on we're goin' back to the garage!"

"All right I'll be right there!" He looked at Hayashi, "Heh... tell your friends." He taunted and skated off to catch up with the others.

Hayashi came to a moment later, and immediately noticed his coat, "Oh no not again!"

"Commander!"

Hayashi saw the tank men rushing to him, "What are you guys doing? You're supposed to be in those tanks blasting those punks!"

"Sir the tanks are broken." One man nervously told him.

"WHAT? All six of them!?"

"Yes sir."

Rage flashed over Hayashi's insane eyes, "GAAH! Those useless things!" He rushed to where the tanks were, the men watched him go.

"I'm not gonna stop him."

"I'm not either."

Loud explosions echoed through the area moments later, scaring them.

"What was that!?"

"Commander!?"

When they rushed to the scene, their eyes came upon now six, demolished tanks. Hayashi standing among them, unaffected.

"Heh... now they're garbage... Pieces of junk, we never should've used them..." He walked past, "Let's get back to base. Heheheheh..."

The tank men hesitantly followed him, from a safe distance. With their guards up.


The GG's did not stop running until they got to their garage and dived into the warehouse via the window. Everyone was panting with exhaustion and shock.

Between breaths Yoyo said, "Yo, what the hell is his problem yo? Tanks!?"

"He's mad that's what he is." Gum stated, "That guy is a demon."

"Well I gave him a lesson in art." Combo joked, allowing everyone to have a laugh.

"What about Poison Jam?" Gum remembered, "They got away."

Corn sighed, "We're gonna have to follow them, but for now we need a break."

"I'll take that now." Beat stumbled to the couch and fell on it. Falling asleep almost immediately.

Seconds later, Roboy entered the warehouse, "Whoa, wow. You guys look awful."

"That's because we were running from tanks today." Gum half-snapped at him.

"Tanks? Has this place suddenly become a military base now?"

"Pretty much." Corn admitted, "Hey Combo, how's your boombox?"

Combo checked it out, smiling when it played the song 'Aisle 10', "It's fine. Good thing, I would've gone back to hurt him some more if it was broke."

"Woulda sucked for him yo!" Yoyo declared, making everyone laugh.


Author's Note: Whew! Yup, still going at it.

Keep at it everyone! :D