(A/N: Hey all. CHAPTER 3!! YAY! Nik, to answer your question, Megabyte Gigabyte Virus is like a Noise Tank version of Paper Rock Scissors. And, in reply to "where's Dreg?", well, just read.....)
I couldn't breathe. It felt as if that painting arm had crushed my windpipe. I was seeing Road Runners and Tweety Birds as I plunged into the water below. Now I was cold and suffocating. I had no energy, just simply let the water sweep me away. The eternal blue before my eyes slowly turned hazy....then faded to black.....
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I awoke to three small children staring down at me. One was poking me with a stick.
"Get out of here!" I yelled weakly at them, but it was enough. They turned and ran back, bolting up the steps. I didn't get up for a long time. Just lay there and watch the forever-fading, yet never-disappearing Kogane sun. Only one gang left. Last I heard they set up shop in Shibuya. Called themselves the GGs. My last chance. It was all I could think of. I got moving when the thought struck me that now both the Noise Tanks and Poison Jam were after me. Climbing slowly to my feet, I began trudging up the steps. This was shaping up to be one hell of a day.....
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Who was I kidding? I couldn't skate off to two different places and challenge two different gangs all in one day. I had to stop. I had to rest. I had to eat....
Finally, I found something I could work with. One of those little food vendors with the pushalong carts. He was screaming something to people passing by. As I got closer, I discovered it was something called a "Hot Dog". I didn't know what it was, but it smelled damn good. I skated up behind another person, a man in a black suit, haggling over the price of one of those hot dog thingies. At long last, the vendor handed over what looked like a small tube of meat on a bun. Oh well, better than nothing. I appproached the cart, looking skeptically at the product. "I'll take one of those Hot things."
"You mean Hot Dog?" he asked.
"Yeah, whatever. Just gimme one."
He shot a look at me, but picked up one of the meat tubes and placed it on the buns, handing it over to me. "400 yen."
"AHHH! Look! It's Poison Jam!" I pointed quickly behind him. "Here they come?"
The man looked at me skeptically, his eyes narrowing. "400 yen."
I sighed, digging around in my pockets, and eventually producing 400 yen in coins, exchanging them for the Hot Dog. I skated away, stuffing it in my mouth and grumbling. That trick usually worked....
Once I had downed the greasy meat, I began searching alleyways. It was starting to get cold and I was damn tired. At last I found a suitable alley, strewn with holey blankets. They smelled funny, but they'd have to do. I slipped off my still soggy skates and pulled my shirt off over my head. I smelled like moldy foot. With that depressing thought on my mind, I laid my head against a folded up blanket and fell into sleep.
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I woke up the next morning, a queasy feeling in the pit of my stomach. Damn Hot thing.
I pulled on my skates groggily, put on my shirt, got up and began skating towards Shibuya.....
I would say that it was nightfall by the time I reached the Shibuya district, but that would've been a lie. I had reached the city of eternal sunlight. The city of my last chance for a gang. Fortunately, finding the GGs didn't take too long. I decided to do a bit of exploring, and found a nice halfpipe. I practiced a few tricks, before noticing that there was more of it. I followed it down, skating until I found another set of stairs and a dead end. I took the only choice, and made my way up the steps. Before I reached the top, I heard a few people....girls....talking. I knew before I saw them that they weren't just normal people. They were rudies. I had heard that the GGs had the most members of any gang in Tokyo. No uniforms either, this gang represented individuality. They could have ruled the whole city had they chosen to. I was suddenly somehow glad that I had failed all those other tests....this was definitely the gang for me. As I reached the apex of the stairs, my face fell.
There was no way these were the GGs. Three girls all wearing pink and black? He would've written it off as just three metalheads until he saw their skates....who were they?
"Well wouldja look at this," one of them called over to me, "a lost rudie. Don't ya know you're on Love Shocker turf?"
I quirked my head at them, confusion setting in. "I thought this was GG turf."
"Well, sorry to disappoint, pig, but the GGs are no match for us!'"
From behind us, a voice rang out. "Ladies ladies ladies! I thought we made it clear that you should go cry about your heartbreaks elsewhere!"
I turned to see a rudie, about as tall as me, dressed in a blue jumpsuit, a beanie pulled down over his eyes.
The Love Shockers pushed past me and made their way toward him. I saw rage in their eyes. "We're gonna finish you off, GG scum!"
"Now, now, ladies, you should calm down. Or is it that time of month? Anyway, before you try anything, you should probably look behind you." He pointed behind them.
I turned to look, following the Love Shocker's gaze. I saw about five other rudies, all looking in my general direction, and all shaking spray cans.
"I think it's time we broke their hearts for good y'all." A rudie with a green pullover sweater said, "What do ya say?"
The rudies began to close in on the Love Shockers, surrounding them....and me, circling around us, their spray cans clacking in unison.
"What about him?" a girl in a blue dress asked, gesturing to me, "Should we get him too? He doesen't look like a Love Shocker." she giggled, "he isn't a girl, after all...."
"I came to challenge you," I said, "but I got held up," I gestured to the Love Shockers before skating back out of the circle, stopping near a bus. "I can wait."
The girl in the blue dress smirked, gesturing to another girl rudie, with black hair, black lipstick and black clothing. "Yo Cube! You wanna handle the test?"
"Sure thing," she replied, tossing her spray can over to the girl and skating slowly over to me.
The remaining GGs and the Love Shockers seemed to be talking for the next few minutes, which consisted mostly of the helpless Love Shockers shouting insults at the GGs. Finally, the Shockers took off towards the halfpipe, pushing past the guy in the blue jumpsuit. Fortunately, the GGs were right behind him
"So," I said, turning to face the black-clad GG, "what's the test?"
She took a few minutes to look around, before casting a grin at me. "Try this!" and with that, she took off, dashing towards the walkways. She leapt up onto the rail and grinded up it, hitting a left at the top. She hopped over the small gap, and did it once more, now grinding down towards Greenrails. She executed a perfect 360 Method and landed on the Greenrail, then hopped over the small space and grinded to the end, leaping off and pulling a Tailgrab Backflip. She shot a grin down at me.
I looked at the walkway in front of me, as if staring it down. You won't defeat me. I've worked too hard for this. I'm going to seize this opportunity, and you can't stop me. See that girl over there? She's in the GGs. And after this....so am I.
~~
I couldn't breathe. It felt as if that painting arm had crushed my windpipe. I was seeing Road Runners and Tweety Birds as I plunged into the water below. Now I was cold and suffocating. I had no energy, just simply let the water sweep me away. The eternal blue before my eyes slowly turned hazy....then faded to black.....
~~
I awoke to three small children staring down at me. One was poking me with a stick.
"Get out of here!" I yelled weakly at them, but it was enough. They turned and ran back, bolting up the steps. I didn't get up for a long time. Just lay there and watch the forever-fading, yet never-disappearing Kogane sun. Only one gang left. Last I heard they set up shop in Shibuya. Called themselves the GGs. My last chance. It was all I could think of. I got moving when the thought struck me that now both the Noise Tanks and Poison Jam were after me. Climbing slowly to my feet, I began trudging up the steps. This was shaping up to be one hell of a day.....
~~
Who was I kidding? I couldn't skate off to two different places and challenge two different gangs all in one day. I had to stop. I had to rest. I had to eat....
Finally, I found something I could work with. One of those little food vendors with the pushalong carts. He was screaming something to people passing by. As I got closer, I discovered it was something called a "Hot Dog". I didn't know what it was, but it smelled damn good. I skated up behind another person, a man in a black suit, haggling over the price of one of those hot dog thingies. At long last, the vendor handed over what looked like a small tube of meat on a bun. Oh well, better than nothing. I appproached the cart, looking skeptically at the product. "I'll take one of those Hot things."
"You mean Hot Dog?" he asked.
"Yeah, whatever. Just gimme one."
He shot a look at me, but picked up one of the meat tubes and placed it on the buns, handing it over to me. "400 yen."
"AHHH! Look! It's Poison Jam!" I pointed quickly behind him. "Here they come?"
The man looked at me skeptically, his eyes narrowing. "400 yen."
I sighed, digging around in my pockets, and eventually producing 400 yen in coins, exchanging them for the Hot Dog. I skated away, stuffing it in my mouth and grumbling. That trick usually worked....
Once I had downed the greasy meat, I began searching alleyways. It was starting to get cold and I was damn tired. At last I found a suitable alley, strewn with holey blankets. They smelled funny, but they'd have to do. I slipped off my still soggy skates and pulled my shirt off over my head. I smelled like moldy foot. With that depressing thought on my mind, I laid my head against a folded up blanket and fell into sleep.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I woke up the next morning, a queasy feeling in the pit of my stomach. Damn Hot thing.
I pulled on my skates groggily, put on my shirt, got up and began skating towards Shibuya.....
I would say that it was nightfall by the time I reached the Shibuya district, but that would've been a lie. I had reached the city of eternal sunlight. The city of my last chance for a gang. Fortunately, finding the GGs didn't take too long. I decided to do a bit of exploring, and found a nice halfpipe. I practiced a few tricks, before noticing that there was more of it. I followed it down, skating until I found another set of stairs and a dead end. I took the only choice, and made my way up the steps. Before I reached the top, I heard a few people....girls....talking. I knew before I saw them that they weren't just normal people. They were rudies. I had heard that the GGs had the most members of any gang in Tokyo. No uniforms either, this gang represented individuality. They could have ruled the whole city had they chosen to. I was suddenly somehow glad that I had failed all those other tests....this was definitely the gang for me. As I reached the apex of the stairs, my face fell.
There was no way these were the GGs. Three girls all wearing pink and black? He would've written it off as just three metalheads until he saw their skates....who were they?
"Well wouldja look at this," one of them called over to me, "a lost rudie. Don't ya know you're on Love Shocker turf?"
I quirked my head at them, confusion setting in. "I thought this was GG turf."
"Well, sorry to disappoint, pig, but the GGs are no match for us!'"
From behind us, a voice rang out. "Ladies ladies ladies! I thought we made it clear that you should go cry about your heartbreaks elsewhere!"
I turned to see a rudie, about as tall as me, dressed in a blue jumpsuit, a beanie pulled down over his eyes.
The Love Shockers pushed past me and made their way toward him. I saw rage in their eyes. "We're gonna finish you off, GG scum!"
"Now, now, ladies, you should calm down. Or is it that time of month? Anyway, before you try anything, you should probably look behind you." He pointed behind them.
I turned to look, following the Love Shocker's gaze. I saw about five other rudies, all looking in my general direction, and all shaking spray cans.
"I think it's time we broke their hearts for good y'all." A rudie with a green pullover sweater said, "What do ya say?"
The rudies began to close in on the Love Shockers, surrounding them....and me, circling around us, their spray cans clacking in unison.
"What about him?" a girl in a blue dress asked, gesturing to me, "Should we get him too? He doesen't look like a Love Shocker." she giggled, "he isn't a girl, after all...."
"I came to challenge you," I said, "but I got held up," I gestured to the Love Shockers before skating back out of the circle, stopping near a bus. "I can wait."
The girl in the blue dress smirked, gesturing to another girl rudie, with black hair, black lipstick and black clothing. "Yo Cube! You wanna handle the test?"
"Sure thing," she replied, tossing her spray can over to the girl and skating slowly over to me.
The remaining GGs and the Love Shockers seemed to be talking for the next few minutes, which consisted mostly of the helpless Love Shockers shouting insults at the GGs. Finally, the Shockers took off towards the halfpipe, pushing past the guy in the blue jumpsuit. Fortunately, the GGs were right behind him
"So," I said, turning to face the black-clad GG, "what's the test?"
She took a few minutes to look around, before casting a grin at me. "Try this!" and with that, she took off, dashing towards the walkways. She leapt up onto the rail and grinded up it, hitting a left at the top. She hopped over the small gap, and did it once more, now grinding down towards Greenrails. She executed a perfect 360 Method and landed on the Greenrail, then hopped over the small space and grinded to the end, leaping off and pulling a Tailgrab Backflip. She shot a grin down at me.
I looked at the walkway in front of me, as if staring it down. You won't defeat me. I've worked too hard for this. I'm going to seize this opportunity, and you can't stop me. See that girl over there? She's in the GGs. And after this....so am I.
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