Author's Note: Hello readers! :D
I apologize that I hadn't updated this story in a while. I've just had no will to write for several weeks. This chapter may be a bit short but I'm kind of buliding up to the excitement!
One by one all of the troublemaking Noise Tanks were shattered by the righteous gang. With no sign of the three main team members or Yoyo they kept on going.
"All right! Just like that!" Corn encouraged the GG's.
"We'll get this all cleared up in no time!" Beat enthused.
As Dogenzaka Hill slowly cleared up a steady rain began to fall.
"Oh great, just what we needed." Jazz spoke, "Literal rain on top of our rain."
Boogie was confused, "What do you mean by that Jazz?"
"As we're suffering our own personal rain, the weather has changed to reflect that. What's in our hearts."
"Oh, I get it!" She cheered, and crushed another Noise Tank.
Rhyth was also enthusiastic, "Wow that's creative Jazz!"
Jazz looked toward the now cloudy sky, "It's always crossed my mind, if this city could speak, what kind of poetry would it say?"
"That is a neat way of looking at it." Corn agreed, "So I take it you're a fan of poetry?"
Jazz nodded, "Yes, poetry has helped me get through a lot of shit in my life. With poetry and skating things always seemed tolerable."
The GG's continued to crush more Noise Tanks all the while this conversation was happening. Gradually the Noise Tanks appeared in less numbers until they were all gone. Street lights that were scattered across the area lit up in response to the draping night.
"No matter how dark things get, there will always be light somewhere." Jazz spoke as the lights continued to light up.
Gum glanced around the city up and down, "The buildings aren't even lighting up as much as they did before. I've never seen the streets this dark before, it's kind of spooky."
It truly was a depressing scene, at this point the streets were empty, all of the citizens had taken shelter and the only lights were coming from the soft glow of the street lamps. Rain drops were visible within the golden luminosity. Nothing like it is usually, bright, colorful, and vibrant throughout the dark of the night.
Corn shook his head, "This just goes to show how tense this war is getting… and yes, I said war. It's gotten this far." Anger slipped in his voice, "How dare they do this to our city… It's bad enough we've got that Rokkaku asshole taking our rights away, now this…"
Beat spoke, "We're going to take it back. We've decided already that we aren't going to let those guys have the final word. Regardless of what happens, I'm willing to do anything to stop them."
"That goes for me too." Combo approved, "I've already been run out of a place I called home before. I am not going to let that happen again."
Garam voiced, "That's right! I'm gonna do that too! Fight till the end yeeah! Hahaha!"
"We can save the city!" Rhyth happily cheered.
Boogie smiled proudly, "This is another reason why I wanted to join the GG's. Besides being so cool you guys have a sense of justice and friendship that no other gang here seems to have."
"I agree with everyone." Gum answered, "We'll take this city back as long as we keep fighting. There are a lot of unanswered questions right now but one thing's for sure. I will never be in another gang other than the GG's.
Corn looked at his teammates and paused before saying, "Thanks guys. I… I'm sorry if I hadn't been as confident lately." He sighed, "I'm still just torn up about the whole thing with Yoyo. I've been putting on a brave face for everyone's sake, but I hate that feeling you get when you're betrayed. When you put your trust in someone and they knife you in the back. I've just had this lingering feeling telling me that I'm an utter disgrace as a leader for not seeing this coming. However, you guys have been awesome through this whole thing. I'm ashamed to admit that I was afraid I had lost you guy's respect and trust."
He smiled, "I see otherwise though."
"Corn, I'm sure we'd probably be split by now if it weren't for you." Garam explained, "Whether or not you think yourself one, you are a leader. But you have to remember, that doesn't make you invincible. You are susceptible to the ugly side of life just as much as everyone else."
"Garam is right." Beat affirmed, "It's best to not be so hard on yourself."
Corn chuckled, "I knew you guys were awesome. I hope we all get out of this alive once this is all over. Now, we've got Noise Tanks and a traitor to confront. So let's think of a plan."
"Yeah." Everyone agreed.
Just as the GG's were about to devise a plan there was a shout from down the street, "Hey look! There they are over there! It's the GG's!"
The GG's saw the Rapid 99 trio headed their way.
"Oh geez, it's them again." Gum complained.
Once the team stopped in front of them, Corn addressed bluntly, "What do you girls want?"
Lady 99 answered somewhat nervously, "Well… we couldn't just stand by and watch all this hell go down! We had to do something!"
Her posse responded simultaneously, "That's right!" nodding their heads.
"They were all over Shibuya Bus Terminal! It was totally crazy! Luckily they were easy to get rid of so we took care of them. But that's not what we're here to talk about!"
"So what did you come here to talk about?" Corn questioned.
"That little green-haired shrimp traitor that used to belong to you guys? Well, he was fighting one of those Poison Jam weirdos!"
The GG's were shocked, "What!?" But that quickly turned to suspicion.
Lady 99 took notice, "What are you looking at me like that for!? You should probably go check it out! Especially after what that guy has done to you."
"Oh I don't know. How are we supposed to know this isn't another trap? Hm?" Beat fired back with a hint of sarcasm.
"Seriously, nice try." Gum remarked flippantly, "You seriously think we're supposed to trust you guys after that? Get real! You may have told us the truth about the Love Shockers but need we remind you our leader was almost fish food because of you? You are delusional and I feel really bad for you."
"Ugh! Don't even! I'm not asking for trust! Not from YOU guys!" Lady 99 sassed, "Look, that's water under the bridge already! We sure as hell don't want to find out for ourselves what's up, we hate Poison Jam! THAT'S why we're telling you! Also, we're not the ones that got backstabbed this time!"
"Huh, well I guess… wait." Gum hesitated, "What do you mean by 'this time'?"
Lady 99 realized her verbal slip, "Uh… That's not important! You guys get my point I'm sure." She smiled conceitedly, "After all it must suck to have disloyal minions!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! First of all, we aren't minions we're teammates. You know? Friends? Do you know what that means? Probably not because you're so superficial that it makes you incapable of comprehending anything that requires a good moral mindset."
"Shut it! I'm perfectly capable whatever I want to do!"
The rest of the GG's chuckled, and Gum raised an eyebrow, "That's why you got your asses handed to you by the Love Shockers right?"
"W-Whatever! Also, YOU wouldn't know anything about a good moral mindset Gum, considering what the Love Shockers told everyone! How many STD's have you been tested for by the way?"
"Bitch, at least I can actually get laid if I wanted too."
"Screw you!"
"All right, all right that's enough of that." Corn stopped the girl fight, "So where is Yoyo and this Poison Jam guy?"
Lady 99 calmed down, "They're in the Skyscrapper District. You better hurry because it looked like that little tyke was really giving him a pounding!"
Beat whispered to Corn, "You really think we should check this out?"
Corn whispered back, "We might as well, we've got nothing else to go on."
"All right we're outta here." Lady 99 stated, "I'd wish you guys luck but I'd be lying. So I'll just tell you bye! Rapid 99, let's go!" She and the two other girls skated off into the night. The sounds of their skates faded as they got further away.
Once they disappeared from sight Corn turned to Gum, "You okay Gum?"
She was stretching her arms, feeling content, "Whew, it felt so good to let out all that negative energy that had been building up."
"You sure you're okay?" Beat asked.
Gum assured, "I'm over it now. I'm just hoping this isn't another trap or I'll go back to them for round two."
"We just have to be really careful this time. I'm honestly curious. We can check Shibuya Terminal along the way, just to make sure they weren't lying about that."
"So… we're going to the Skyscrapper District?" Gum inquired.
"That's right. All right GG's, move out!" Corn directed, and everyone followed.
