"Remember everyone! Grind up to the light and tag it out!" Corn announced.

The GG's eventually split up to take on different parts of 99th Street. Fortunately that was easy due to the numerous lines to grind on, plus they could scope out a strategy to take out the spotlights without getting shot.

Gum stopped on a roof to do just that, she watched her target carefully. Readying her spraycan, she hopped on the lift and sprayed out the light. Then returning to the safety of the building, she was like a ninja attacking her victim. She felt a small sense of relief at not getting shot, but there were more.

She took out another one in the same manner, with a small jolt of startle after a small slip. She skated away a safe distance and not seeing another in the immediate area, she took a deep breath. It was quiet where she was at, but she could still hear the bustle of the city in the distance. Plus it was a bit darker, she was in a deserted area so there weren't many lights and it was nighttime.


Rhyth studied the spotlights with a look of resolve, "Okay, time to turn off the lights!" She said quietly to herself. Doing just as Corn instructed and riding the rails, she flipped from one deadly machine to another, tagging out the lights like she was decorating a tree for the holidays.

She reached the end of the tiled path, looking back at the guns she wasn't watching where she was going. Consequently she smacked into Yoyo, who had tagged out some lights as well. The two fell to the ground.

"Owie! That hurt!" She rubbed her head, "Huh? Oh hey, Yoyo!"

Despite that she didn't appear mad at him, he was still flustered, "W-wow! Yo! I… uh… I didn't um…"

"I'm really sorry I wasn't paying attention!" She bowed.

Yoyo put his hands up, "You're all right yo! It was my fault!"

A few seconds of silence passed before Rhyth asked, "So how're you doing? You're not shot yet right?"

"N-no, yo. You?"

"I'm fine! Haha! These guys are like cake!"

Yoyo chuckled, "Heh… yeah they kinda are yo. It would be nice if they weren't trying to kill us."

"That's true."

He stared at her before uttering out, "You're… like… you know… yo…"

The sweet girl giggled, "You're a silly one. Hey I got an idea! Let's go look for the others together!"

"To-together…?" He felt his heart skip a beat.

"Totally! It'll be safety in numbers. Come on let's go!" She secured him in an arm-lock and took off skating, "Wheee!"

"Y-y-yo!" Yoyo's face warmed up at the sudden link. He had to adjust his shades because the sudden takeoff was so intense. Not only that but the wind had their backs. Rhyth closed her eyes to feel like she was flying.

"Yoyo watch ahead of us!" She called cheerfully.

"I'm trying yo! We're outta step!"

"Well get in front!" She grabbed him and pushed him forward, laughing.

"Yo!" He was surprised, "Be sure to keep up yo! Haha!"

"Ha! I sure will!"


"You tired Gum?"

Gum jumped, and put her hand over her heart, "Oh geez Beat, don't sneak up on me like that!"

He chuckled sheepishly, "Heheh… sorry about that. So did you take out any of those spotlights?"

"Yeah, two of them."

"Same here." Beat sighed, "It's hard to believe the Rokkaku Police would go this far huh?"

Gum shrugged, "Nah, they're kinda crazy to begin with. In my view, I'm just waiting to see what they got up their sleeves next."

Beat smiled and humorously rolled his eyes, "Yeah, I guess they are."

Gum leaned against the wall beside her and watched Beat, he was stretching his arms. Something didn't feel normal with her, somehow she felt… somewhat entranced. It was when he caught her stare is when she regained her focus, and she felt heat on her cheeks.

"Something on your mind Gum?" He asked, making her feel a bit more awkward.

"Um…" She muttered, trying to think of something. She did, "So Beat… if you don't mind me asking… How did you end up on the streets?"

"I ran away from home. " He answered calmly, "I didn't exactly have the best home life." He paused, "My mom, she… died when I was little. My dad was too much into his drugs. It was like that for years until he just left me to fend for myself one day."

Gum slowly put her hand over her mouth, "Really…?" She whispered, "That's… I'm so sorry." She couldn't pinpoint on how she was feeling. She had never really felt bad for anyone before, not even herself.

He continued, "I tried to join several gangs before I came here but they all shunned me. So I became a lone wolf. I ended up in Tokyo-to and, heh, you showed up."

Gum giggled, but quickly stopped herself when Beat looked at her and raised his eyebrows.

"You know Gum, you… look really pretty when you smile."

"This again?" Gum thought to herself, embarrassed, "I'm just not the smiling type! Why don't people get it…?"

She wanted to say that aloud so badly, but she couldn't bring herself to for some reason, so she says, "I… I guess…" Her stomach fluttered when he smiled at her.

"Then again, this does mean that Corn wasn't just hearing himself talk when he said I should smile more often."

"So what about you? What's your backstory?" He broke the silence.

Gum breathed in deep, "Well, I had a terrible home too. My parents just fought all the time about… anything. It was bad when they divorced too… they kinda blamed me for it and...yeah." She felt herself holding back tears all of a sudden, and she felt angry for feeling that way.

"Oh come on now!" She yelled at herself mentally, "Don't get so teary about it! You're a strong girl! Strong girls don't cry!"

She recollected herself to continue, "So when I was fifteen I ran away." Recalling her past life she drifted off into her thoughts again, "Should I tell him that I... NO! I can't! It's in the past I don't associate with them anymore!"

Beat placed his hands on her shoulders, bringing her back to the present, "Gum, you know that what happened in the past wasn't your fault. Right?"

She nodded, "Yeah. Hey listen Beat…I know it's kinda late but… when we first met I'm sorry, for the way I acted." She brought up.

He thought for a moment then realized, "Oh! No problem. To be fair, I wasn't exactly being a cool guy so it's all right!"

Gum fought the urge to giggle and covered her mouth to hide her smile, but Beat was not fooled. He gently took her hand and lowered it, revealing her smile. Her heart felt like it took off in a race.

"Yoooo! What is goin' on right here yo!"

Yoyo appeared out of thin air only a step away from Beat and Gum, startling them both.

"Hahaha! You da man yo!" He playfully punched Beat in the chest, "You got her all figured out don't ya yo?"

"Yoyo you little-!" Gum blushed.

"Hold on now." Beat was trying to remain collected, "We were just talking."

"That's not what it looked like." Corn showed up, grinning. With Rhyth and Combo also making their presence known.

Combo teased, "Ya know, if you two wanted a minute alone all ya had to do was say so."

"Tee hee hee!" Rhyth giggled, "Such a cute looking couple! I'm so jealous!"

A few seconds of silence passed before Gum suddenly blurted out, "You guys have got it all wrong!" It echoed throughout the entirety of 99th Street.

Corn chuckled then casually mentioned, "Relax Gum, you know we're just playin'. Anyway, have all the spotlights been taken out? Has anyone been shot?"

From a distance, the GG's witnessed the vehicles vacating the area.

"It looks that way." Beat answered, "And I'm not shot."

"I'm not either." Everyone else answered simultaneously.

"Good. Awesome work everyone!" Corn applauded, "Let's go back and see Rapid 99! They'll have to tell us where Poison Jam is crashin' now!"

The GG's exchanged high-fives and let out cheers of celebration before heading back to the unfinished highway.


"HQ TO ALL SQUADS. THE YOUTHS ARE STILL IN 99TH STREET. DO NOT LET YOUR GUARD DOWN."

"This is Hayashi! It's those blasted punks again! Why can't anyone arrest them!?" A brief pause went by, "All of your paychecks will be docked if you don't catch them this time!"

When he left the frequency Onishima expressed his own displeasure, "Yeah, that's very good advice coming from someone who can't even shoot straight. Besides, you couldn't catch them either!"

"Excuse me!?" Hayashi argued, "I can shoot perfectly straight! You're the one that needs re-training! And if you fools hadn't gotten in my way they'd be detained by now!"

"Ha!" Onishima scoffed, "I bet we would've gotten them but noooo! Rokkaku Goji just had to send you in!"

"That's because you can't do your job properly! You're lucky that Goji-!"

Their argument was cut off by a radio message, "This is S28 to HQ, we've sighted the youths and are moving to apprehend!"

Onishima adjusted his tie, "Excellent. We'll get 'em this time."

Hayashi was walking away, "Well I'm going to take a look at that experimental weapon you all have built..."

"What did you just say!?" Onishima turned to Hayashi but he was gone, with some punks to catch he dismissed it, "Eh, I'm probably just going crazy. Even he wouldn't touch that thing, it's still being built." and walked out the door.


The GG's rode up the dragon's tail surrounding the tower, it was the only way back to the abandoned highway. One by one they hopped off the tail and landed on the freeway.

"So where are they yo?" Yoyo asked, looking around.

Corn had this odd feeling that something was not right, the spotlight armed vehicles had left the area after being foiled. But it was way too easy, those machines were automatic, there wasn't anyone manning them. It didn't seem like the next move that either Onishima or Hayashi would do. Plus Rapid 99 was nowhere to be seen. While everyone stood around idle, Yoyo was rolling around in a hyper manner, grinding down the rails that were there.

"Yoyo, get back here!" Corn called.

Gum detected the tension in his voice, "What's the matter Corn?"

"It's quiet... too quiet..."

Suddenly a sharp, electric spark startled the gang. The GG's didn't know what it was until Yoyo, who had been returning to the group as asked, took a tumble and fell right in front of them, twitching violently.

"Yoyo!?" Gum freaked.

"Yoyo!" Beat rushed to him, "Yoyo what's wrong!?" He grabbed him by the shoulders only to jump back from feeling a shock, "Ouch!"

Corn skid to a stop beside him and searched around him quickly. He found the problem punctured in Yoyo's leg, in the form of two electrifying barbs, "Aw man! Tasers!"

Combo looked up to noticed they were surrounded by Rokkaku Police, "Watch out everyone, the cops are here!" He let everyone know. Shots were fired around the GG's feet, scattering them as they avoided the bullets.

"Watch out!" Gum yelled, jumping to the left.

"All right you fools let's-whoa!" Beat barely missed a shot.

"We gotcha now you little brats!" A familiar, yet unpleasant voice rang.

Rhyth put her palms over her mouth, "It's Onishima! Eeek!" She had to duck to avoid a bullet.

"This guy again?" Beat remarked.

The irate man stood with a taser in hand, ""That's right you punks! Look who's got the upper hand now!" He bragged, "As tough as you guys are to take down the tanks and survive the choppers, you can't overpower the wrath of electricity! Now, let's see how your friend handles 75 milliamps!"

"No!"

"Let's not!" Combo dropped his boom box and jumped forward, grabbing the wire connecting Yoyo and the taser and broke it with his bare hands. Onishima dropped the taser, "What the-!?" He didn't have time to contemplate before he was knocked several feet away by Combo. Onishima's goons rushed to their captain's side, giving the GG's time to check on Yoyo.

"Yoyo, are you all right man?" Beat asked.

Yoyo was dazed, "Yeah... yo."

"Just wait a second. These cops are gonna get it now..." Corn sounded angry.

"Let's go!" Combo rallied.

"Get ready for some colors you jerks!" Rhyth shook her spraycan and rushed into the officers, spraying all over them. Everyone else armed themselves with spraycans and joined the fray of dashing into the cops and spraying. The deserted highway turned into battle of the arts. Eventually Onishima reached his gun and fired a shot, separating the two groups.

After a minute of tense breathe-catching Onishima declared, "You punks wanna party? All right then! Let's party!"

Suddenly, his gun was ripped from his hand from someone behind him. All of the officers left and right were knocked over. It was Rapid 99.

The leader waved Onishima's gun tauntingly, "I bet you fun wreckers thought'd this would be simple. Think again!" and she smashed the steel weapon into the concrete, breaking it in two. The captain's eyes went wide with horror.

"Damn it all!" He shouted, "Retreat! Fall back!" and the Rokkaku force ran outta sight with their tails between their legs. After they were gone the agitation stayed with the GG's for a few moments before they slowly started to relax.

Combo brushed himself off, "That was a close call, hey Yoyo, you still good?"

Yoyo slowly got to his feet, "Yo, that was insanity! Since when did they had those stun guns! That's so uncool yo!"

Corn addressed Rapid 99, "Thanks for the save, now I believe you owe us some info about a certain gang."

"Okay, okay." She sighed, "Poison Jam's hideout is in the Tokyo Underground Sewage Facility. The entrance is in Rokkaku-Dai Heights, it's a pretty distinct opening so you can't miss it. You know, since it's a sewer and all..."

"Gotcha, thanks for the info." Corn turned around, "GG's! Move out!"

Once they were out of sight, she grinned wickedly, "Of course Poison Jam doesn't take to kindly to intruders, that trap'll be waiting for them."

"You sure the trap will work ma'am?"

"Of course it will. We've got our territory back!" She gave a high-five to her crew, "Yippee!" The women giggled as they left.


"So Corn, Rokkaku-Dai Heights next?" Beat asked.

"That's right, but first... we need to get cleaned up. We're covered in paint."

Beat looked over himself, as did the others. Just then did they noticed how colorful they were.

"Check it out!" Rhyth was pointing behind them, "We're leaving a trail of colors! We're like fairies! Tee hee!"

Everyone looked at her nonchalantly, she replied, "I'm just saying."

"Anyway, we'll clean up at the garage and head over to Rokkaku-Dai Heights. Poison Jam might have noticed our paint job around, or not. Nonetheless, if we infiltrate their base. They'll be sure to not mess around with us anymore."

"That would be great." Gum stated.

"Yeah it would." Combo agreed, "Those guys are so annoying."

"Yo! Before anyone forgets..." Yoyo announced, "How are we gonna get these things outta my leg? I'm starting to feel them yo."

Corn noticed the small blood streams trickling down his leg and gained a sense of urgency, "Right! We'll take care of that! Let's go!"


DJ Professor K chilled in his studio, ready for another Jet Set Radio broadcast.

When he appeared on-air he began talking,

"Adding new dimension to your life every day in a stylish and funky way - Jet Set Radiooo! The GG's chased the Rokkaku Police out of 99th Street, and forced Rapid 99 to fess up about the whereabouts of Poison Jam's hideout. And wouldn't you know it, it's in the Tokyo Underground Sewage Facility. The entrance is in Rokkaku-Dai Heights. The sewers are as tricky and twisted as my ex-girlfriend, and twice as smelly." He chuckled at the reference, "Who's funky ya'll? Careful not to lose track of the exit or you'll be lunch for the Master! Looks like the GG's will be meeting him soon, whether they like it or not."


The GG's were back in their garage, having just heard the broadcast.

"Poison Jam's got a boss!?" Beat sounded dumbfounded.

"They sure do." Corn confirmed.

"But's it's hard to believe huh?" Gum added.

"I'll say, whoever can take charge of those guys has got to be one mean dude." Beat said, "We're probably going to run into him while we're in the sewers."

"Undoubtedly." Corn stated, "We gotta be ready for anything, those sewers aren't like what's up here."

"I can support that." Gum mentioned, "I got lost down there once, but as long as you keep heading up then you'll be fine. So I'm sure we'll be all right."

"Hopefully we won't have to be down there too long." Combo said, "There's a lot more than Poison Jam down there and I'd rather not say."

Rhyth entered the conversation, "Poison Jam are... kinda cute! Tee hee!"

All eyes went to her, and Corn said to her, "I think you should get showered first, the paint is going to your head."

"Okay!" She hopped up and trotted upstairs.

Combo rested his head in his hand, "She's an odd kid..."

"Yeah, but she's not helpless." Gum said.

"OWWW!"

Yoyo's sudden yell scared the GG's, they rushed outside to find Yoyo with his hands against the wall.

"If you would hold still this wouldn't hurt so bad!" Roboy snapped, he had one of the taser bars in his hand, "Now let me get the other one!"

"I'll get you for this yo!"

"Sure you will. Stop moving."

The GG's slowly went back into the warehouse Gum rolled her eyes, Corn, Beat, and Combo were trying not to laugh out loud.


Author's Note: Hi what's up! :D

So I wanted to bring something up real quick. Just a little ahead of time.

Because of simplicity purposes, I might be leaving some characters out. Not too many though.

I hope everyone understands :D

That's all! Later! ^.^