(A/N: Chapter 2 is here. Yay! This chapter will be longer and more in-depth....I think. Oh well, you judge for yourself. On with the chapter.)
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Garam was only the first to die. But there were more. Many more.....
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"We are gathered here today to put to rest both the body and the soul of James Kento a.k.a. Garam." It was a sad day at the Kogane-Cho junkyard/construction site. Yo-Yo, Garam's best friend, told the other GGs that Garam had always said he wanted his ashes spread at his favorite skating spot. Combo was standing before his fellow rudies, a small urn cradled in one hand, and a small piece of paper in the other. "He was more than a fellow GG. He was our friend. The party guy. The Fly. Trickmaster G. All of these things and more. He will remain in our hearts and in our minds now and forever. Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust. Goodbye." With that, he opened the urn, letting the ashes blow into the wind....
".....We...we should get back." Beat lifted his glasses momentarily, giving his teary eyes a quick swipe. "It's getting late."
"You guys go ahead, yo." Yo-Yo stood staring straight ahead, his face expressionless, "I'ma stay here a little while longer..."
Mew approached him, putting a hand on his shoulder. "Are...are you sure that's safe, Yo-Yo? I mean, with that psycho still on the loose..."
Yo-Yo pulled away, his voice beginning to falter, "I'm fine, yo. You guys just get out of here, a'right? I gotta think...."
"Alright, Yo-Yo. Take your time. GGs, let's go." Beat skated off back towards the GG garage, followed closely by the rest of the gang.
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After the remaining eight GGs had left Yo-Yo to "think", they had decided to keep Garam's memory alive by tagging up the three districts with graffiti commemorating their fallen friend. Their plan was to meet back at the garage in two hours. Tab, Mew and Piranha took Shibuya; Slate, Beat and Gum took Benten; Combo and Cube took Kogane.
There was only fifteen minutes remaining of the two-hour deadline. Tab was finishing up a huge tag that covered the entire face of the Shibuya City Hall. It was to show a tombstone with Garam's name on it, and the words "Gone, but never forgotten" written above it. He was on the final word when he heard a scream cut through all of the other noise that echoed through the Shibuya streets. He couldn't distinguish whom it was, but he was almost positive he knew where it was coming from.
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It had been almost two hours since the other GGs had left. Nearly two hours that Yo-Yo had spent simply staring off into space. Almost two hours of complete silence. Sure, the place was usually quiet, but even here you could hear the random car horn, police siren, or jet flying by. But now, nothing. It was as if the world had stopped to mourn with Yo-Yo. Grieve with him. "They don't know, yo. None of 'em. Me an' you, we go way back. You..." he paused, blinking back a wave of tears that threatened to surface. "You were my best friend. Shoot, what am I sayin' was? Ain't never gonna be anyone like you. And I'll keep you alive....." Yo-Yo put his balled fist up to his heart, "right here. You ain't never gonna die. Not in here. Heh. Well, I gotta go, yo. The others is prolly gettin' worried about me. But I promise to visit you every day. A'right? A'right. See ya."
A slight smile flashed across his face, before he turned and skated off into the distance....
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"Hello?!?" Tab was frantic. He had skated as fast as he could all the way back to the garage, and now that he was here, he found that it was locked up tight. Only one thing to do. He took a few steps back and rammed the door with his shoulder, grunting at the impact, though the shoddy door crumpled under his force. Inside he saw a shadowed figure on the ground, clutching an ankle. "Who's that?"
"Tab? Tab is that you?" the voice called.
"Yeah, yeah it's me." He now recognized the voice as that of one of his fellow GGs. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah. I'm OK. Someone was chasing me and I twisted my ankle. I think you scared whoever it was off. Thanks."
"Hey, no problem. Here, let's get you up. Maybe look around for some bandages while we wait for the others to get back." He hoisted his hurt friend up, looping an arm around his neck.
The voice suddenly began to sing mockingly in his ear, "Ten little GGs, but one is no more. Now another GG's blood shall stain the floor."
"What the-?" Tab whirled around, pulling away from his fellow rudie. He caught sight of an object glinting in the person's hand, before he felt a sharp pain, like someone stabbing a red hot poker through his neck. He tried to yell out, but the object had ripped through his vocal chords, shattering the bones in his neck. He heard mocking laughter as he sank down to the floor, his vision getting blurry. As he lay on the ground, his lifeblood pooling around him, he thought he heard distant guitar riffs, and someone singing. Then he was no more......
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Yo-Yo sighed inwardly. He was lost in his thoughts as he neared the GG garage. He faintly heard some sort of rock song playing. Maybe there was a party. Looking up, he saw the remains of the front door. Instantly snapping out of his depression, he rushed toward the garage. The song began to get louder, and he recognized it as the tune that was playing when they discovered Garam's body. He didn't want to believe it, but he already knew what had happened. All that was left was to see who it was....
He jumped through the shattered remnants of the door, looking around, finally seeing someone laying on the floor. Skating forward, he recognized it as Tab, impaled through the throat with a rust-colored metal rod. Blood was everywhere. Dazed, Yo-Yo reached down and shook the deceased Tab's shoulders heedless of the thick red liquid that stained his hands in doing so, as if expecting him to wake up. No. It couldn't be. Not Tab too. Two of his best friends in two days. He began to shake him more frantically. "No. No. Tab, get up. Wake up, man. You're okay. You're okay. Wake up. Please....Tabster, wake up bro. Wake up.."
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"Whew! That was great!" Cube high-fived Combo as they finished a new tag that they were perfecting. It portrayed several skulls floating around a boombox. They loved tagging, and welcomed the distraction that it gave them.
"Alright, time to get back. Time's almost up." Combo took a head start, skating past the double and triple-decker apartments that adorned the Kogane Res-District.
"Hey, wait up!" Cube dashed after him, discarding a now-empty can of spray-paint into an open window.
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"I win!" Cube raised her arms in triumph as she stood smiling at the gasping Combo. "Boy, you're out of shape. Let's get going. I can see the garage from here. Hm. No lights on. We must be the first ones home. Sweet!" She skated towards the garage at a medium pace, her winded companion following close behind.
As she neared, she could tell something was wrong. The door was in pieces, and she could hear that song again. The same one that echoed through the garage when they....oh god, what had happened now? She skated as fast as she could, hopping through the doorway. Immediately she could see something. A short, shaking rudie standing over a someone else.
"Oh, god," she whispered, afraid despite the fact that Combo was right behind her, "W...who is that?"
The figure turned to face her. Yo-Yo looked to the two, tears flowing down his face, mingling with the dots of blood there as well. He held up his hands as they skated cautiously toward him. His hands....they were soaked with blood.
Cube looked down at the fallen figure. It was Tab, some sort of steel rod through his throat. Her stomach wretched, and she put a hand up to block what was about to come out. "Oh, god," she repeated, crouching down beside Tab's bloody corpse. She didn't even notice as the other GGs piled in, all crowding around the body. Then one by one, they all looked up at Yo-Yo, his bloodstained clothes and hands seeming to suggest who had committed this horrible act. Finally, Cube looked up at him, her teary eyes narrowing. "You....you killed Tab."
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Garam was only the first to die. But there were more. Many more.....
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"We are gathered here today to put to rest both the body and the soul of James Kento a.k.a. Garam." It was a sad day at the Kogane-Cho junkyard/construction site. Yo-Yo, Garam's best friend, told the other GGs that Garam had always said he wanted his ashes spread at his favorite skating spot. Combo was standing before his fellow rudies, a small urn cradled in one hand, and a small piece of paper in the other. "He was more than a fellow GG. He was our friend. The party guy. The Fly. Trickmaster G. All of these things and more. He will remain in our hearts and in our minds now and forever. Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust. Goodbye." With that, he opened the urn, letting the ashes blow into the wind....
".....We...we should get back." Beat lifted his glasses momentarily, giving his teary eyes a quick swipe. "It's getting late."
"You guys go ahead, yo." Yo-Yo stood staring straight ahead, his face expressionless, "I'ma stay here a little while longer..."
Mew approached him, putting a hand on his shoulder. "Are...are you sure that's safe, Yo-Yo? I mean, with that psycho still on the loose..."
Yo-Yo pulled away, his voice beginning to falter, "I'm fine, yo. You guys just get out of here, a'right? I gotta think...."
"Alright, Yo-Yo. Take your time. GGs, let's go." Beat skated off back towards the GG garage, followed closely by the rest of the gang.
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After the remaining eight GGs had left Yo-Yo to "think", they had decided to keep Garam's memory alive by tagging up the three districts with graffiti commemorating their fallen friend. Their plan was to meet back at the garage in two hours. Tab, Mew and Piranha took Shibuya; Slate, Beat and Gum took Benten; Combo and Cube took Kogane.
There was only fifteen minutes remaining of the two-hour deadline. Tab was finishing up a huge tag that covered the entire face of the Shibuya City Hall. It was to show a tombstone with Garam's name on it, and the words "Gone, but never forgotten" written above it. He was on the final word when he heard a scream cut through all of the other noise that echoed through the Shibuya streets. He couldn't distinguish whom it was, but he was almost positive he knew where it was coming from.
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It had been almost two hours since the other GGs had left. Nearly two hours that Yo-Yo had spent simply staring off into space. Almost two hours of complete silence. Sure, the place was usually quiet, but even here you could hear the random car horn, police siren, or jet flying by. But now, nothing. It was as if the world had stopped to mourn with Yo-Yo. Grieve with him. "They don't know, yo. None of 'em. Me an' you, we go way back. You..." he paused, blinking back a wave of tears that threatened to surface. "You were my best friend. Shoot, what am I sayin' was? Ain't never gonna be anyone like you. And I'll keep you alive....." Yo-Yo put his balled fist up to his heart, "right here. You ain't never gonna die. Not in here. Heh. Well, I gotta go, yo. The others is prolly gettin' worried about me. But I promise to visit you every day. A'right? A'right. See ya."
A slight smile flashed across his face, before he turned and skated off into the distance....
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"Hello?!?" Tab was frantic. He had skated as fast as he could all the way back to the garage, and now that he was here, he found that it was locked up tight. Only one thing to do. He took a few steps back and rammed the door with his shoulder, grunting at the impact, though the shoddy door crumpled under his force. Inside he saw a shadowed figure on the ground, clutching an ankle. "Who's that?"
"Tab? Tab is that you?" the voice called.
"Yeah, yeah it's me." He now recognized the voice as that of one of his fellow GGs. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah. I'm OK. Someone was chasing me and I twisted my ankle. I think you scared whoever it was off. Thanks."
"Hey, no problem. Here, let's get you up. Maybe look around for some bandages while we wait for the others to get back." He hoisted his hurt friend up, looping an arm around his neck.
The voice suddenly began to sing mockingly in his ear, "Ten little GGs, but one is no more. Now another GG's blood shall stain the floor."
"What the-?" Tab whirled around, pulling away from his fellow rudie. He caught sight of an object glinting in the person's hand, before he felt a sharp pain, like someone stabbing a red hot poker through his neck. He tried to yell out, but the object had ripped through his vocal chords, shattering the bones in his neck. He heard mocking laughter as he sank down to the floor, his vision getting blurry. As he lay on the ground, his lifeblood pooling around him, he thought he heard distant guitar riffs, and someone singing. Then he was no more......
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Yo-Yo sighed inwardly. He was lost in his thoughts as he neared the GG garage. He faintly heard some sort of rock song playing. Maybe there was a party. Looking up, he saw the remains of the front door. Instantly snapping out of his depression, he rushed toward the garage. The song began to get louder, and he recognized it as the tune that was playing when they discovered Garam's body. He didn't want to believe it, but he already knew what had happened. All that was left was to see who it was....
He jumped through the shattered remnants of the door, looking around, finally seeing someone laying on the floor. Skating forward, he recognized it as Tab, impaled through the throat with a rust-colored metal rod. Blood was everywhere. Dazed, Yo-Yo reached down and shook the deceased Tab's shoulders heedless of the thick red liquid that stained his hands in doing so, as if expecting him to wake up. No. It couldn't be. Not Tab too. Two of his best friends in two days. He began to shake him more frantically. "No. No. Tab, get up. Wake up, man. You're okay. You're okay. Wake up. Please....Tabster, wake up bro. Wake up.."
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"Whew! That was great!" Cube high-fived Combo as they finished a new tag that they were perfecting. It portrayed several skulls floating around a boombox. They loved tagging, and welcomed the distraction that it gave them.
"Alright, time to get back. Time's almost up." Combo took a head start, skating past the double and triple-decker apartments that adorned the Kogane Res-District.
"Hey, wait up!" Cube dashed after him, discarding a now-empty can of spray-paint into an open window.
§FAST-FORWARD§
"I win!" Cube raised her arms in triumph as she stood smiling at the gasping Combo. "Boy, you're out of shape. Let's get going. I can see the garage from here. Hm. No lights on. We must be the first ones home. Sweet!" She skated towards the garage at a medium pace, her winded companion following close behind.
As she neared, she could tell something was wrong. The door was in pieces, and she could hear that song again. The same one that echoed through the garage when they....oh god, what had happened now? She skated as fast as she could, hopping through the doorway. Immediately she could see something. A short, shaking rudie standing over a someone else.
"Oh, god," she whispered, afraid despite the fact that Combo was right behind her, "W...who is that?"
The figure turned to face her. Yo-Yo looked to the two, tears flowing down his face, mingling with the dots of blood there as well. He held up his hands as they skated cautiously toward him. His hands....they were soaked with blood.
Cube looked down at the fallen figure. It was Tab, some sort of steel rod through his throat. Her stomach wretched, and she put a hand up to block what was about to come out. "Oh, god," she repeated, crouching down beside Tab's bloody corpse. She didn't even notice as the other GGs piled in, all crowding around the body. Then one by one, they all looked up at Yo-Yo, his bloodstained clothes and hands seeming to suggest who had committed this horrible act. Finally, Cube looked up at him, her teary eyes narrowing. "You....you killed Tab."