Author's Note: Hi guys! :D

I updated chapter four to this story, so be sure to check out the bits and bobs I've added before pressing on! :p

Otherwise, enjoy!


The sky turned orange as the end of the day drew near, the GG's were back in the garage once again chilling out, playing retro games, and jamming to the music on Jet Set Radio.

In front of the TV, Yoyo nudged Beat, "You're going the wrong way yo."

"I'm not heading to the dungeon." Beat explained, "I'm getting the Magical Sword."

Gum looked over and noticed Beat was passing the same scenery in the game over and over again. She walked over slowly.

"Where's the end to this place!?" Beat vented, confused, "It's the same screen again and again what the hell?"

She recognized where he was, "It's north, west, south, then west again." She directed.

Beat paused the game and glanced at her, "Are you sure?" He gave her a sly smile.

"Try it."

He did, and finally got out of the forest. Yoyo began laughing hysterically. Beat dropped the controller, baffled.

"Thanks Gum, I was getting frustrated." Gum sarcastically said with a mischievous smile, clearly wanting some gratitude. This made Yoyo laugh even more. Beat went pink across his nose and cheeks.

"M-my bad." He muttered, and angrily shouted at Yoyo, "You didn't know either!"

"It's still funny yo!" He continued laughing. Beat was just about to punch Yoyo until Combo, Corn, and Roboy came into the warehouse.

"Hey what's all the noise?" Combo sounded amused.

"Yeah, you all sound like you're having so much fun!" Corn joined in.

"Am I sensing that someone got shown?" Roboy wondered.

"Combo, Corn, Roboy!" Yoyo hopped up, "Beat kept dying in the Lost Woods, Gum had to get him through!" twisting the truth.

"WHAT!? That's not what happened! Yoyo you little-!" Beat stood.

Corn and Combo shared a small chortle and looked at Gum, who had her hand over her mouth laughing.

Roboy remarked, "That has to be the simplest incarnation of the Lost Woods ever. Wow, even I could've gotten past that. So easy!"

Ignoring Roboy, Beat started coming closer to Yoyo, "I'm going to hit you so hard..."

"Yikes! Beat calm down yo!" He raced away, still laughing.

Gum amusingly watched Beat skate to the window, and then go back to the couch. After she brought up, "So Corn… what are we gonna do about Poison Jam. That rumor that Professor K said… do you suppose it's true?"

"That sounds ridiculous if you ask me." Beat argued, "Like some old folklore."

"I wouldn't be so sure about that Beat." Corn objected, "There has been some strange deaths…"

Combo questioned, "You really think that those deaths have something to do with Poison Jam? I mean, that's low. Even for them."

"Who knows?" Gum shrugged, "Can we really say it's impossible?"

Beat thought about it, "I guess not… So what're we gonna do?"

"Here's what we can do." Corn planned, "We can head to Rokkaku Dai Heights and cover ALL of Poison Jam's graffiti, that'll throw them in disarray. Then we can use that opportunity to get some more dirt on 'em. Like the location of their hideout for say?" He led a hint of excitement in his voice.

"Okay…" Gum mulled it over, "How are we going to do that?"

Corn smirked, "Something tells me that Rapid 99 might be willing slip us some info. They hate Poison Jam as much as we do after all."

"They might not give it up easy… They don't exactly like us either."

"Yeah, but they don't hate us."

"All right good point. I guess."

Corn clapped his hands, "So, first things first, let's head on over to Rokkaku Dai Heights and paint that place up."

Yoyo returned, hearing what everyone was talking about, "Yo, speaking of Rokkaku Dai Heights, I heard through the grapevine that there's this weird lookin' girl hanging around there."

"Well I hope she's not gonna be a problem." Gum replied, "It's bad enough dealing with Poison Jam."

"We might have to figure that out." Corn hopped to his feet, "All right GG's let's go!"

Fourtunanly for the GG's, Rokkaku-Dai Heights was a shortcut away from their garage. So the GG's prepared themselves and left quickly.


HQ TO ALL UNITS, HQ TO ALL UNITS: WE'VE RECEIVED REPORTS OF RECKLESS SKATERS IN THE VICINITY OF ROKKAKU-DAI HEIGHTS, ALL NEARBY OFFICERS TO THE SCENE.

"They're back...? Already?" Hayashi complained, "And I didn't get to eat breakfast this morning..."

Onishima face palmed, "I thought for sure those tanks would do the job, and you know what they probably would be a great option now but NO! You just had to smash them didn't you!?"

Hayashi glared, "For your information 'Captain'. Tanks that can't stop a few little punks on skates are completely useless! I did everyone a favor."

Onishima groaned in frustration before yanking up the radio, "This is Onishima to all units! Those punks are tearing up Rokkaku-Dai Heights! Get going!"

The Captain reloaded his gun, "Looks like I have to do everything around here..." he muttered, then rushed out the door.

HQ TO ALL UNITS: POLICE DOGS WILL BE USED AS REINFORCEMENTS, PLEASE USE CAUTION.


When the GG's arrived at Rokkaku-Dai Heights, they were slightly taken by what was before them; an abandoned hill that time had forgotten. Poison Jam has nested themselves in the dreary, desolate place.

"What a dump yo."

"Shh…keep your voice down." Corn whispered, "Poison Jam is always prowling around here everyone… Let's bury this place in graffiti and lay the smack down on 'em! Everyone split up, it'll be quicker that way. Remain wary and try to be sneaky, it would be better if they didn't know we're on to them."

"All right let's do this fast and get the hell outta here." Gum said before breaking from the group.

"I agree with that." Beat noted and went a different direction.

"I'll try not to get noticed." Combo agreed with the plan, "But in case I get spotted... just know these animals don't scare me."

"Let's try to avoid that." Corn reminded him while he left.


Once she was sure she was alone, Gum jumped to the top of a roof and looked up at the sunset, her legs were tired so she sat on the edge. The sky was tinted orange in the west and navy blue in the east, She sighed knowing that the blue hour was imminent.

Gum remembered having used to love the blue hour, but that was all changed now.

...Flashback...

With a black leather jacket, worn-out jeans, and skates on her feet; Gum was only fifteen when she hit the streets, a lost soul who was just looking for something better than her broken home. She had a vision, as part of the idea, she had dreamed of having a love interest in her life. The guy and her would share a romantic moment in the glow of the blue hour.

Every single one of those potential 'sweethearts' let her down. Broke her heart, abandoned her, left her to rot. From then on she decided that she would never be the vulnerable one again...

"It's time for me to do some breaking of my own! I'm going to be the baddest hussy anyone has ever seen!"

She replaced her wardrobe, with no money she had to 'borrow' from the local clothing stores until she found her ideal outfit and she did. A short and body-hugging light green dress with an extremely low-cut neckline.

In her old city, several miles away from Tokyo-to, she quickly gained herself a reputation as a real cool lady who left a trail of broken hearts wherever she went. She didn't care, she just reveled in her glory.

One day after dumping a guy, she rolled out into the open and came face-to-face with a group of women.

"What's up?" She asked casually. Noticing that all of them were wearing heart-shaped eye-patches over one eye.

"So you're Gum right?" The lady with a hot pink ponytail asked her.

"That's me."

"We've been hearing tales of your... 'escapades'. Are you by any chance, doing this out of vengeance?"

Gum was puzzled, "Why do you want to know? Who are you?"

"Allow us to introduce ourselves, we're the Love Shockers, a gang that consists entirely of women. We're looking for a new leader to guide us into tearing up the hearts of guys all over."

"Sounds fun." Gum was intrigued.

The woman winked, "It is believe me. So what do you say? Wanna be our leader?"

...End of Flashback...

"I was new to the idea of being involved with a gang. But I agreed anyway." She put her face in her knees, "I never took to them as friends like I do the GG's now but I felt I had no choice... I had a better chance of surviving with them." Gum got to her feet, "If it weren't for Corn I would still be there... miserable. I better get back to tagging." and skated off.

"I have no idea what everyone else would think if they knew I was a Love Shocker in the past... and I don't plan to find out. The only person who knows is Corn, and I hope it stays that way."


After Combo had painted over a medium sized tag of graffiti, he used a loose pipe to grind over a small body of water. The liter of the area swept all around as he shot by on his skates.

"Poison Jam you're in for a big surprise." He thought to himself.

As he swept around a corner, his eyes beheld an extra large tag. Messily reading 'Poison Jam' in their signature style.

"Heh... I think those guys are getting to big for their costumes..." He shook his spray can. Rolling along the ground he marked over that purple mess with some brighter paint with a wider variety of colors. Among the painting he faintly heard the sounds of dogs barking repeatedly in the distance.

Combo scowled, "Ugh... I hate dogs..."

He continued working, and slowed to a stop when he realized the barking was increasing in volume.

Suddenly he realized, "Oh... hell no!" He gave the art a messy finish, something he didn't usually do and got himself on higher ground. Down below, he recognized Onishima. He was accompanied by a pack of police dogs.

"No way!" He took off, "This place is abandoned how did they know we were here? No time to think about that now, I gotta find the others!"

He rushed for the end of the narrow path, only to be blocked when Onishima came around the corner.

"Aha! Gotcha!"

Combo attempted to backtrack and was stopped by snarling dogs, "Oh snap, I'm in trouble! No problem, I've fought my way out of trouble before I can do it again!"

Onishima raised his gun, "I hoped you enjoyed your rebel punk, cause it ends here! Take this!"

Combo's mind raced for a way to get out of this, when unexpectedly...

"HIYAAAHH!" A high-pitched voice and a girl pouncing on the unsuspecting Onishima knocked him to the ground, his gun flipped in the air before landing next to him. The dogs froze in their tracks.

The smiling girl was almost completely clad in blue. From her bob cut hair down to her skates that were trimmed with white fur, her dress was sleeveless, backless and she had loose transparent sleeves on her arms. Her stripped socks reached her thighs.

"Hi there!" She greeted Combo, who stood there in shock.

Onishima got to his feet, seething, "Why you little brat! Get them both you mutts!" He ordered the dogs.

"Uh oh!" The girl looked at Combo, "Come on let's get away from here!" She hurried away. Combo did follow her, puzzled.

"This way, this way!" The girl guided, after fleeing a massive distance they ended up on top of a tall brick tower. They stood still for a minute, making sure they lost their animal chasers.

"I think we lost them." Combo observed.

"Whew!" The girl sighed, "That sure was a close one huh? Tee hee!"

Combo looked at her, "Thanks for the help back there. But I gotta say princess, You really surprised me back there."

She was friendly, "You can call me Rhyth. So who are you? Also I don't think I've seen you around here before."

"Combo. But you, what exactly are you doing here? You aren't involved with Poison Jam are you?" He put a hint of threat into his tone.

"No, of course not!" The blue girl denied, "I was hiding from Onishima."

Combo felt some sympathy, "Poor girl. She was hiding here and we drew him here... Damn."

"There's been so many bad things happening ever since that Rokkaku guy passed that silly law. It's like we're living in jail even though we aren't!"

"Believe me I noticed, you see. I'm a member of the GG's."

Her eyes widened, "The GG's! I've heard of you guys! The hottest gang on the streets right now!"

Combo bragged, "Yeah that's us. We ain't taking this lame Rokkaku Law lying down, we're fighting back!"

Rhyth giggled, "Awesome! So where's everybody else?"

"They're around here somewhere." Combo scanned the area, "I hope they're all right. I better go find them."

"Hold on." Rhyth hopped in front of him before he could skate off, "I wanna help you guys! What you guys are doing is really cool and it sounds like a lot of fun!"

Combo looked at her, "You wanna be one of us Rhyth? Heh... I think you'd be all right, you did help me out after all. but you're gonna have to speak with our leader, Corn. He's a cool guy, but he takes his leadership role seriously."

Rhyth bounced in her skates, "Yay! I hope he'll let me join!"


Onishima stumbled back to the area where he first came to Rokkaku-Dai Heights with a radio in hand. He had a headache and was furious.

"This is Onishima requesting aerial cover, send in the choppers! And when you find those kids, Don't waste any time just nab em!"

The GG's were in for it now.


"Yo why do I always find myself in these situations yo!?" Yoyo thought while running away from a pack of police dogs. He spun a corner, jumped over ledges, and avoided several obstacles but the dogs kept on coming.

"My bones are not for chewing yo!"

Beat was atop a roof when he heard all the commotion, he looked down from the edge, "Yoyo!" and followed him. Despite being on a rail the dogs managed to keep up with Yoyo, "Yo, I'm in a predicament!" he vented.

He was grabbed abruptly by the hood and yanked into the air, a second later he was tossed to the ground and rolled over twice.

"What the-!?"

Beat was right there, swinging his arm, "Geez, you're a lot heavier than you look! Hahaha!"

"Seriously yo?"

"Hey, the dogs can't get us up here. You should be thanking me."

"Yeah, but what about the others yo?"

"We'll find them." Beat wiped his hands, "We just have to-"

"CHOPPER!" Yoyo blurted out.

A helicopter with guns attached rose into their sights, the barrels aiming directly at them. "WATCH OUT!" Beat dashed, grabbing Yoyo's arm. The two ran with bullets trailing behind them.

"Yooo! This is worse than the dogs!"

"You're telling me Yoyo! Just keep running!"

They were lucky to be in a place with a ton of buildings, otherwise they might as well have been deer in an open field during hunting season. The two hid under the roof of what used to be an outdoor café and looked to see if the chopper saw them. After a few seconds that felt like hours, the chopper left to patrol around. They could still hear it flying around but at least it wasn't near them anymore.

"Guys!"

"Hey look it's Gum!" Yoyo pointed.

She caught up breathing a sigh of relief, "Geez there you guys are, have you seen Corn and Combo?"

"Not yet." Beat shook his head, "Did you see the chopper?"

"It's kinda hard to not see. The Rokkaku force has never gone this crazy before, I can't believe this!"

Just as she finished that sentence, the building they were hiding next to erupted. Everyone was knocked off guard... and their feet, going airborne for a second. Heavy debris fell all around the teens, they screamed and put their arms over their heads.


Onishima watched with glee as he watched the GG's get buried under the broken bits, "Heheh... Got em!" several Rokkaku cops were behind him.

"All right you guys, let's dig those punks outta there. Then we'll throw them in jail!"

"Yes sir!" The cops answered energetically.

Onishima and the Rokkaku force jumped down from the perch they watched the whole thing from and slowly approached the still mess pile.

"This is my favorite part." Onishima grinned.

The rubble started rustling, which put the cops on guard. Onishima drew his gun while the others got handcuffs ready.

"Don't you punks move another muscle or I'll shoot!"

Just like that the debris stopped moving, Onishima kept aiming, "That's right, just stay still." He turned to his underlings, "Dig em out!" The officers moved forward and started lifting pieces of the wreckage, little by little.

"Heh... Hayashi didn't have to be called here. We had this handled just fine on our own! Excuse me for a second, I have to call in Rokkaku and let them know that we found them!"

The Captain rushed like a secret agent behind a wall and punched in Rokkaku's number. A few rings later the big man answered, "This is Goji Rokkaku, talk!"

"Rokkaku sir we did it! We caught a few of those troublemakers!"

He didn't sound too convinced, "Really now?"

"We did it all on our own too! Without Hayashi helping us, sorry to brag but we had it under control!" Onishima didn't care that he was letting arrogance in his voice. He was just too full of it.

Rokkaku cleared his throat, "Well then. Bring them in, I would like to see these brats for myself."

"Yes sir! I'm on the way!" and he hung up.

"Okay everyone!" Onishima announced, "Grab those punks and let's get outta here! Rokkaku wants to see their sorry faces!"

One of the crew nervously responded, "Uh sir?"

"What is it now?"

"They're not here."

Onishima was sure he was hearing things, "What did you say?"

"They're not here sir. We searched through this entire pile, they're gone."


Beat, Gum, and Yoyo had slipped away out of eyesight and were now catching their breaths near the tallest tower in Rokkaku-Dai Heights. They were bruised and scratched but no serious injury.

"Yo, that was insane! Whose up for round two?"

Beat seemed to agree somewhat, "That was one hell of a fight, but I'd rather challenge these guys on foot. That was taking it WAY too far."

"I'll say." Gum gasped, "Where's Corn and Combo!?"

"Oh shit!" Beat realized, "We gotta find them before the Rokkaku fools come back!"

"DAAAAMMMNNNNN!"

Onishima's infuriated voice resonate throughout the environment. Everyone paused for a moment before Gum spoke, "We better go right now!"

The trio started skating with no general direction, other than away from the echo of Onishima.

"Where would they even be at yo?"

"Probably hiding somewhere." Gum reasoned, "I mean, you couldn't have NOT seen those choppers and those big guns they had attached."

Police sirens sounded suddenly, the startled GG's looked and saw Rokkaku police on motorcycles racing their way. They hastily ducked into an alleyway and watched them go by, and reemerged once they were gone.

Gum continued, "As I was saying..."

"Hold it right there!"

The three froze in their tracks, Rokkaku police appeared almost from thin air and had the group surrounded. The GG's stood in a triangle with their backs to each other.

"Yo, where did these guys come from!?"

An officer announced through a megaphone, "If you fail to comply the use of deadly force has been authorized. Get on the ground!"

Looking left and right yielded no way out, cars and cops were everywhere. Nonetheless they were reluctant to comply.

"What now yo?" Yoyo whispered.

"We gotta get out of here somehow..." Beat replied.

"It won't be easy." Gum reminded, "They're all around us."

The officers were not impressed with the teens disobeying them, "This is your last warning punks! Get on the ground right now!" He shouted. Beat, Gum, and Yoyo exchanged glances.

"Yoo hoo! Up here!" A high-pitched voice from above caught everyone's attention. There on the building were Corn and Combo, with someone else!

"Corn and Combo! They're still alive!" Beat rejoiced, "All right!"

"They sure are!" Gum nodded, "But... who's she?"

"I bet that's the girl I heard about yo!"


Corn turned to Rhyth and nodded, "All right Rhyth, show us what you got!"

Rhyth was doing little pumps with her fists, "Leave it all to me, check this out!" She giggled and leapt in an arch into the action, the sun behind her silhouetted her figure mid-air. She bounced on the heads of the cops like a frog traversing across lily pads. She also did cartwheels across their shoulders to spray paint their coats. Beat, Gum, and Yoyo were flabbergasted watching the blue girl springing like a slinky. She might as well have been playing connect the dots.

After hopping off the last standing cop, knocking him to his feet she flipped in the air and landed gracefully on her feet, preforming a spin on her skates to add a little style.

"Hi there!" She greeted the three other GG's. Corn and Combo stepped forward.

"Okay, I would like to say that was super awesome!" Beat complimented, "You looked like Super Mario jumping off the heads of Goombas!"

She laughed, "Oh I love those classic games!"

"For real!? That's cool!"

Corn clapped at a moderate tempo, "That was impressive. Seems like you've been practicing a lot."

Combo agreed, "I knew she was gonna be all right, but that was amazing. And we should probably get outta here before these guys wake up." He pointed at all the grounded police around them.

"Right, we should." Corn replied, "Back to the garage everyone! We got this place covered well enough." When everyone skated ahead, Corn looked at Rhyth, "You too. You did an incredible job, you're in from now on."

Rhyth's eyes sparkled, "Oh yay! Thank you so much! I'll be the best GG ever I promise!"

Corn chuckled, "Let's catch up, we'll get you introduced once we get back."

With Rokkaku-Dai Heights taken over in the GG's graffiti, they left with a spring in their steps. The last rays of sunlight were gracing the horizon now. It would only be a matter of time before Poison Jam would notice, and fall into disorder.


Onishima was not too pleased when he came across his minions scattered across the ground, once again.

"What's this!? They got away again!?" He paused briefly before flailing in frustration, "DAMN! Damn, damn, DAAAMN!"


Author's Note: This was a long chapter o.o

Oh well! I don't mind! :D

Speaking of minding... I hope no one minds the little extra thing I made about Gum. It'll be the cause of some intensity later! :D Later!