DJ Professor K stood ready for another broadcast,
"The station that's so smooth. Your ears won't know what hit em? Jet Set Radio!
The GG's have penetrated into the Tokyo Underground Sewage Facillity and crashed Poison Jam's little sewer party. There boss, Cube, got away. But it was obviously Poison Jam that kidnapped the statue! Now why'd they go and do a thing like that?"
"The Golden Rhinos…" Corn whispered to himself, "I hoped I would never hear those words put together like that again…"
The leader of the GG's fell to his bed in frustration, he threw his hat to the side and shook his shoulder-length yellow hair to an unkempt mess.
He kicked his skates off, "Damnit… The Golden Rhinos are an elite police force, meaning Rokkaku could possibly… call them here? No way! He'd better not!"
He switched his table lamp off which darkened the room, "I hope they never come around…"
Rhyth entered her room and locked the door behind her, then she reached under her mattress and pulled out a small box. Inside was a collection of Golden Rhino pins.
She looked at them conflictingly, while she was aware of their poor principles she liked collecting any pins that she would happen to find randomly on the ground. She picked up the newest one she found and gazed at it.
She felt alarmed, "I found this while we were in Rokkaku-Dai Heights, does this mean they're around here?"
Rhyth removed her headset and skates and crawled under her covers, trembling, "I hope they don't find us… they're scary people."
Combo hoped that he would be able to get sleep tonight while keeping the nightmares to a minimum. Since joining the GG's the camaraderie has been helpful to the healing, as well as time; but there are still some terrors to be managed.
Right now his thoughts were on Cube. Where did she go? When did she get here? Is she going to be his foe as opposed to his friend now?
"Cube…" He muttered, "I would never in a million years want you to end up like this… I hope I see you again, I want to set things right…"
From his pocket, he took out a small picture of him, Cube, and Coin during happier times. He sighed, "Fate can be a cruel thing… If I had a chance to change this, I would in a heartbeat."
He placed the picture on the nightstand, and turned his lights off.
Yoyo took off his shades and skates, the usually hyper fourteen year old was feeling collected for once, complete with a forlorn expression. Then again, anyone would after hearing such a tragic backstory involving one of their friends.
"Those Golden Rhinos are terrible!" He spoke, "They terrorize kids like us and show no remorse, and for what?"
He paused, "…Nothin'…" and he began to think.
Garam could hear Yoyo talking to himself since his room was next to his, and a part of the wall was falling apart.
"I have to wonder if the Golden Rhinos got some secrets to hide… well, besides the obvious. Considering they kill people and that fact is only known by a few unlucky enough to cross with their plans… knowingly or not. Like Combo…poor guy."
He sat on his bed, "I'm also curious as to what their motivation is…"
"Whatever it is… it's bad."
Gum stewed in her thoughts after unsuccessfully trying to fall asleep.
"Golden Rhinos… Corn told me about them a while ago. How many lives are these brutes going to ruin?"
She stared at the celling, "Well at least we took care of Poison Jam, but I feel bad for Combo.
Beat has only heard of the Golden Rhino's once, and he's hoped to never hear about them again. He almost thought that they were merely an urban myth. Who would've thought that there was an actual group who's sole mission was to kill rudies?
"All I know is that they aren't like the regular Rokkaku force that we've been dealing with." He recalled, "Those guys are last resort, when the normals just aren't enough. Considering the way things have been going…"
The next morning the GG's rose to the first light of dawn, well, at least that was the plan. Just Yoyo and Garam woke up.
"Hey." Garam greeted, "Looks like it's just you and me for now huh?"
Yoyo shrugged, "I guess, heh. Then again we could do something about it." An impish grin spread to his face.
"We should. I mean if we gonna get back at Rapid 99, better now than later."
Yoyo began to giggle, making Garam ask him, "What?"
"Hang on..." Yoyo rushed back to his room and came back seconds later with a can of shaving cream, Garam knew where this was goin', "Oh no." he chuckled.
"Shaving Cream?" Roboy appeared behind them suddenly, "That's the most worn out trick in the history of pranks..."
"Wanna watch?" Garam offered.
The robot thought about it, "I suppose I will for spectator purposes."
Garam and Yoyo looked at each other, puzzled. Yoyo shrugged it off quickly and stated, "Let's go 'wake up' Beat."
An amused Roboy and Garam followed Yoyo up the stairs and snuck into Beat's room silently, disregarding the almost inaudible snickers coming from Yoyo and Garam.
"This is gonna be a show." Roboy remarked.
Yoyo crept closer and sprayed some cream in his own hand first, before spreading it on a sleeping Beat's face into a beard. Then he sprayed cream directly above his mouth.
Garam was struggling to keep his building laughter silent. He stepped forward, "Hold on, I got an idea." He grabbed the can and sprayed a TON of shaving cream into Beat's hand.
Roboy couldn't hide his entertainment at this misadventure, "I can't believe I'm watching this."
"You should go stand watch Roboy." Yoyo muttered between giggles.
If Roboy had irises, he would definitely roll them, "Whatever you say." He stated before exiting the room.
After filling his other hand with shaving cream, Yoyo and Garam decided they did enough and left hastily. Once they got down the stairs they nearly buckled their knees laughing.
"Did you see that!?" Garam noted, "He looked like an overgrown Santa Claus!"
"Oh man, what till he wakes up!" Yoyo tried to sound mockingly dreadful.
The two continued laughing until Corn came down the steps, rubbing his eyes, "You guys sure are loud this morning."
Yoyo jolted the can of cream behind his back and tried to look as nonchalant as possible, which was a challenge since he was now trying not to laugh. Corn noticed Yoyo's stiff posture and eyed him suspiciously.
"What are you up to Yoyo?"
The green haired boy shook his head, "Nothing, nothing at all! Isn't that right Garam?"
"That's right." Garam was much better at keeping a calm stance after doing something sneaky.
"Hmm..." Corn hummed, still suspicious.
Then Gum came down the steps, followed by Rhyth.
"Geez, what is all the noise?" Gum sleepily stretched.
Rhyth on the other hand, was perky, "Morning everyone!"
Corn suddenly remembered, "Oh that's right! We were planning to get revenge on Rapid 99 for their trap."
Gum was awake for that despite not being a morning person, "We better get the others then."
Footsteps of someone else coming down the stairs got everyone's attention, it was Beat and he was still half-asleep, Re-sending Yoyo and Garam back into a snickering fit at their work.
"Morning guys." He groggily said, not noticing the shaving cream dripping off his face.
The rest of the GG's, unaware of the plan, stared at Beat in shock. Roboy entered the warehouse again and spoke, "Yoyo and Garam had an interesting idea this morning."
Corn face-palmed, amused, "I thought you two were hiding something."
Beat was confused, "What's goin' on guys?"
Gum pointed it out, "Beat, what is all over your face?"
He hesitated, Yoyo and Garam's laughs increased in volume, then Beat got a face full of shaving cream when he tried to use his hands to wipe at his face.
"WHAT THE HELL!?"
The perpetrators burst out laughing hysterically and took off outside.
"YOYO, GARAM!" He scooped off as much as he could before chasing after the two.
Combo came down the stairs shortly after, "Hey, what's goin' on down here?"
Everyone awkwardly stood around, not quite knowing what to say.
"It's a long story." Roboy answered.
Garam was heard saying, "Keep your sunglasses on I'm comin'."
Beat came back into the room, restraining Yoyo and Garam in his arms.
Combo took note of the shaving cream still on his face, "Uh Beat? You got a little-."
"I know!" Beat answered defensively.
It didn't take Combo long to connect the dots, "Ohh... heheh. Again with the old tricks Yoyo?"
"Haha!" Yoyo responded.
"All right, that's enough of that." Corn settled down, "We gotta do what we gotta do today, and that's to get Rapid 99 to realize that they messed with the wrong gang!"
"Yeah!" Everyone answered.
"Let's get armed and ready, then we'll go to 99th Street."
99th Street appeared so much different in the day than at night. This bright section of Tokyo-to was now dull and seemingly lifeless. The best part for the GG's was that Rapid 99 was nowhere to be seen.
"We'll teach them a lesson they'll never forget." Gum eagerly shook her spray can.
"All right GG's!" Corn announced, "Let's cover this place up!"
The gang skated around the place the same way they did the first time they came here, sliding on the wires after going down the dragon's tail. Then spraying over any wall where the paint would be unmissable.
Beat and Corn sprayed the ground around the center tower, just to really drive the point.
"Rapid 99's gonna get the shock of their lives huh Corn?"
"You got it Beat, lemme tell ya I almost drowned in that nasty sewer water!" Corn expressed, "Poison Jam fished me out and I was coughin' up a lot of water. They locked me up pretty quick."
"So that's what happened?" Beat inquired.
Corn nodded, "Yup."
"I take it that's what happened to Yoyo then?"
"Pretty much, I was surprised to see him washed up. I worried about you guys, but I trusted Gum would've kept everyone focused. I gotta say it was great the way you tricked them into letting their guard down by just you two showing up at first! That was brilliant."
Beat remembered what happened, "Yeah she did." he didn't mention that she and him got separated from the group, "Hey, Corn."
"Hm? What's up?"
"You and Gum seem pretty close, you mentioned that you two were the ones who founded the GG's right?"
"We did." Corn explained, "It was my idea but she was the first member, we were in a different city at the time and I invited her to join."
"That's cool, heh." Beat slipped a chuckle.
"What's so funny?"
Beat admitted, "I'll be honest, when I first met you guys I thought the two of you were dating or somethin'."
"Me and Gum?" Corn coolly replied, "Heh, we just aren't interested in each other like that."
"I know that, see ya at the dragon's tail." Beat skated down a different street and began tagging it up, "Heh, these fools won't know what hit them."
Gum skated back to the dragon's tail after tagging up an alleyway; she decided to tag up more of the area around the tower.
"Rapid 99 should've known better than to screw with us." She made a small smile, "This is what they deserve."
She took a seat on a bench; the mist of the man-made waterfall coming from the top of the tower fanned her. Tiny dew drops slowly appeared on her hair. She had something on her mind but she couldn't pinpoint what it was. She leaned backward on the bench until her back popped; then she stood and continued skating around.
"What's going on?" She asked herself.
Turning a corner she accidentally bumped into Corn.
"Oh hey Corn, have you seen Rapid 99 yet?" She casually questioned.
He shook his head and answered nonchalantly, "No, not yet. We'll be ready for them if they decide to show up."
"Corn! Gum!" The two heard Beat's voice, and saw him and Combo rushing to them.
"What's up guys?" Corn asked.
"Rapid 99 is on the way!" Combo informed.
Corn grew a look of amusement, "Heh, awesome. I bet they'll be impressed with our work."
"Something's not right though, they looked pretty frantic." Combo noted.
"Ah never mind that." Beat dismissed, "This place is ours now."
Yoyo and Garam appeared and saw everyone gathered.
"Yo! What's goin' on?"
Combo explained, "Rapid 99 will be here any minute, where's Rhyth?"
"Up here!" Her perky voice startled everyone.
She was sitting near a large neon sign about ten feet above the gang, once they saw her she jumped down, "I heard the whole thing. So what do we do now?"
"Let's go confront them!" Corn ordered, and the gang skated off.
The GG's skated up the dragon's tail and down the highway to meet their rival gang. Fortunately they didn't have to wait long, the bright blue haired ladies skated in sight within a few minutes. Their physical state raised alarm for Corn, the women appeared to have been involved in a physical tussle. The scratches on their faces and the mussed up hairdos were a dead giveaway. He didn't pay any mind to it though.
Once they saw the GG's, they were most definitely beside themselves. The leading lady furiously skated forward, "What the hell are you guys doing here!?" There was hysteria in her voice.
"Oh nothing." Corn replied sarcastically, "Just thought we would teach you a lesson for nearly having me killed!"
She didn't respond, she just glared.
"You thought you could trick us like that and get away with it huh?" Beat taunted, "Well the joke's on you, we tagged up this entire place from top to bottom!"
She scoffed and rushed to the open view of the city, "Are you serious!?"
"Yeah we are." Corn answered flippantly.
Gum added, "Yeah, I bet next time you'll think twice before you try to fool us again."
Lady 99 faced the gang again, "Oh yeah? Laugh it up all you want because the joke's gonna be back on you! There's this crazy gang of pink haired bitches tagging up Shibuya Terminal!"
"Pink haired...?" Gum tried to ignore the small dreaded feeling, "This better not be another joke."
"Why don't you go see for yourself then!? It's YOUR area after all!"
Corn didn't have much time to think so he decided, "GG's! Let's go to Shibuya Terminal!" He looked at the leading lady right in the eyes, "If you're lying, we'll come for you."
They hurried to Shibuya Terminal, Gum was hoping that the nagging feeling of dread was wrong.
"It can't be them... No... I really hope it's not them."
