Author's Note:

Oh boy! It's everyone's absolute favorite week! Finals week! Yeah, I'm being sarcastic. lol

This is prefacing to say, because it is the oh so gloriuos finals week; updates may be scarce. I apologize, but hey, that's life! Just gotta keep it up! :D

Anyway, enjoy the chapter!


In the main office of the mighty Rokkaku building, the big boss of it all was throwing a big tantrum.

"This is an abomination! How is it that you idiots are getting outdone by some teenagers over and over again!? They're just kids!" Goji Rokkaku shouted.

Hayashi struggled to keep his voice steady over the transmission, "Rokkaku sir, these kids are unlike any we've dealt with before. They're ridiculous!"

"YOU'RE the ones who are ridiculous! I can't believe this! Hayashi I sent you to get those kids captured and they're dancing all over you!"

"S-sir…"

"If you don't get them soon Hayashi… I will call in the heavy artillery… and then you and Onishima will be DONE! You hear me? DONE!"

"S-SIR!?" Hayashi freaked.

"You know what? Forget this waiting; I'm calling them! I won't fire you two yet… but if you don't get them soon… I WILL!"

Rokkaku slammed the phone down and paged the code for his 'heavy artillery'.

"This is Goji Rokkaku! I need you guys to get over here ASAP! I have a group of kids that are tromping all over my best team! I need those kids to be stopped at all costs! Use any force necessary! Deadly or otherwise! Just get those kids!"

A deep voice responded, "Yes sir."
"Communication center to all Golden Rhinos, the chairman has initiated Plan R. All groups head immediately to the Tokyo area."

"In the meantime… until they get here…" Rokkaku stewed, "I'll put these guys in the streets… heheheh…"

While Hayashi twitched at a slow pace, Onishima stepped away cautiously.

"Heheheheheheh…" Hayashi laughed feverishly, "I should have gotten those brats a long time ago… but they… got away… again, and again, and again… But not for looonng heheheheh…"

Onishima armed himself; while watching his insane collaborator and slowly making his way to the door.

"I'm outta here." Onishima decided, "Before I end up like him, or worse… Rokkaku and the rest of the force can handle these kids themselves now… I'm done." He opened the door, and once he stepped outside he broke into a run. Anger surged through him like the adrenaline in his body, "This isn't the end, no way! Those kids will face my wrath someday…"

The GG's were spending the rest of the day chilling at their garage. The sun was setting and the clouds were pink with the sun reflecting gold on the soft edges.

Yoyo was sitting on the couch playing the NES. He had finally gotten past the level that he was stuck on but died on the next. Deciding that he wasn't in the mood to try again, he put the controller down and turned the system off. He put his skates on and rolled to the window.

"Hey Yoyo." Corn greeted him.

"Yo."

"You headed somewhere?"

"Yeah, I'm just gonna run around real fast around Shibuya Terminal yo. I won't be too long."

Corn rolled his eyes, "Heh… you have an itch to cause some trouble?"

"Yeah, yo. That's right." Yoyo grinned, "How'd you know?"

Corn snorted, "Because it's you, duh. Heh, later Yoyo."

"See ya."
With that, Yoyo jumped out the window. Corn glanced up the stairs once Yoyo was out of sight.

"I wonder if Gum's okay." He worried. Since he noticed Beat coming down the stairs beforehand and assumed that he was talking to her. He hopped out the window and went over to where Beat was hanging out, with Combo in a shaded part of the garage.

"Hey Beat."

"What's up Corn?"

"Did you talk to Gum?"

"Yeah, I did. She's fine, if that's what you're wondering."

Corn nodded, "All right. That's all I wanted to know, later." And he skated away.

Combo looked at Beat, "You and Gum seem to get along really well now."

Beat smiled and shrugged, "Yeah, what can I say? She's pretty cool."

"Heh, she sure is." Combo watched Beat out of the corner of his eye, speculating.

Gum finally summoned the courage to come out of her room and down the stairs. Corn was chilling by the radio, Rhyth and Garam were sitting on the couch playing with the NES.

"Hey Gum!" Rhyth welcomed, "Wanna play Mario with us?"

"Sure." She answered and sat on the couch next to Rhyth, "Oh snap, you're on this level? Good luck you'll need it." She smiled mischievously, Rhyth and Garam laughed.

"Hey, the fact she made it this far says a lot." Garam interjected.

"That's right! But I appreciate the luck wish!" Rhyth perkily expressed.

She was happy that her friends seemed to be acting like they were before they found out about her past affiliation with the Love Shockers, also; she was relieved that Beat was somewhere else… for the moment.

"You had given up on love a long time ago Gum. Just stop thinking about it and it'll go away." She thought.

Just then, the broadcasting rhythm took over the music. Indicating that DJ Professor K was about to speak.

"Oh, hey guys!" Corn announced quickly, "A broadcast is about to start, listen up!" He leaned out the window, "Beat! Combo! Professor K is about to air, come on!"

"Where's Yoyo?" Rhyth brought up as everyone gathered.

"He's out somewhere. Probably causing trouble knowing him." Corn acknowledged with a smug look, "Don't worry about him for now, we'll make sure he knows if Professor K says something big."

"The station that's so smooth, your ears won't even know what hit 'em? Jet Set Radio! We've got some breaking news! There's a new team on the scene! They call themselves the Noise Tanks and they have been flexing some serious muscle! Word is that the Noise Tanks are a bunch of cyborgs; they've got mechanical bodies and whatnot. The Immortals, who used to control the Skyscraper District, had to give up their turf after getting their butts handed to them by these Cyborgs. The Noise Tanks are whopping butt all over the city! They're bringing one street team after another under their control, at this rate, they'll be runnin' wild all over the city."

The GG's traded alarmed expressions.

Gum was the first to speak, "Oh boy, sounds like we'd better get ourselves ready for anything real fast. Those Noise Tanks, whoever they are, sound like they mean business."

Combo believed, "I'll say. If they could bring the Immortals down to their knees they've got to be insane."

Beat warned, "You know if they're hell-bent taking control of all sorts of gangs like Professor K said, there's no doubt that we're on their hit list, keep in mind we're the hottest gang on the street right now."

"That's absolutely right." Corn added, "Looks like we're gonna have to step it up. Until we show those guys whose boss we cannot let our guard down for one second."

"This means we're gonna be on high alert for a bit?" Garam asked.

Rhyth felt unsure, "What are we going to do?"

"It looks that way for now Garam. If they come after our territory, we'll take them down. We've fended off several gangs before, we can do it with these guys. Cyborgs or not. Whether it's Poison Jam, the Love Shockers, or these Noise Tanks. They won't get the better of us; I'm determined to not let that happen."

"I won't let it happen either!" Gum announced.

Beat declared, "Neither will I, No robots are gonna walk all over us!"

"All right!" Everyone cheered.

Corn nodded with approval, "That's the spirit everyone! This won't be a problem! Now…"

"What's up Corn?" Gum asked.

"I'm gonna go look for Yoyo." He answered, "I'll be right back."

"I'll go with you. With all that's happening there will be safety in numbers."

Beat stepped forward, "I'll go too. We might have to be prepared to battle with these freaks."

Corn pondered, then nodded, "All right then. Okay the rest of you, stay here! Don't let your guard down and don't let nobody slip by unnoticed!"

"That's not gonna happen." Garam assured, "We got dog and a robot with motion sensors! No one's gonna get the drop on us!"

"Okay then, we're heading out! Beat, Gum, let's go."

Gum was mildly worried about running into the Love Shockers again. As she was thinking about it, she realized it wasn't fear that she was feeling, no; it was disgust.

"Ugh… what if Lolli's here again? Damnit, she needs to leave. Yoyo probably wanted to mess with them too, that reckless kid…"

When the three got to Shibuya Terminal, they immediately got the sense that something was not right.

"Does it seem a little spooky to anyone else, or is that just me?" Beat questioned.

Corn scanned the area, "It does. Where is everyone?"

"Geez, what did Yoyo do?" Beat joked, "You did say he was around here right?"

"That's where he said he was going."

Gum noted, "Yoyo is easy to spot; if he were here we should find him quick."

With a careful raised voice, Beat called, "Yoyo?"

Nothing, there was no response.

"Did he go somewhere else?" Corn wondered.

Gum shrugged, "I wouldn't be surprised. Let's check out Dongenzaka Hill."

"Wait! What's that over there?" Beat announced.

"Beat? What is it?" Gum asked.

The three GG's rolled over to a red object on the ground, upon closer inspection; they were able to identify it as a pair of red shades. The lens were cracked.

"What the…?" Corn muttered, "Those are Yoyo's… where the hell is Yoyo?"

"I don't know."

The trio swapped warning eyes with one another.

"We better get back to the garage and tell the others. After we round everyone up, we search everywhere." Corn directed, "There's just too many crazy things happening at once and I don't like the way this is going."

"Let's go!" Gum agreed, and the three bolted in the direction of the garage.