Chapter 9: Spider's Kiss, Arachne
Lets do it... Those words echoed in Ichigos mind. Her palms felt sweaty, she got a cold sweat. She could feel herself shaking. Relax... she told herself. This is nothing big, just race Arachne around Dogenzaka Hill...its gonna be okay. Ichigo looked down the hill and gave a grimace.
"Ready..." said Arachne.
"Ready." said Ichigo and nodded. She got into her ready stance.
Yoyoyoyoyo! This is the freakistic D.J. around! D.J. Prof. K! Your host to Jet Set Radioooo! Looks like our little Ichigo gonna race Arachne down Dogenzaka Hill, yall! Will she win? Will she lost, heck I dont know! I just give ya the news! Gotta ryhmmeee baby! Oh oh oh! Countdown! 3...2...1! GOOO!
Arachne and Ichigo took off down the street. Ichigo looked toward Arachne and then ahead. Damn! She's fast…
Ichigo hopped onto a rail and then grinned to herself. This is gonna work, I just know it! She jumped off and landed next to Arachne, only a bit behind her. Push it...push it… They rounded the corner, cutting the edge pretty sharply. Just focus Ichigo…
They were nearing the shopping district pretty fast. While Arachne took the floor route, Ichigo jumped onto the rail on the right and grinded up. She jumped across the three platforms and landed in front of Arachne.
Ichigo jumped onto a rail and grinded down the side of the water main while Arachne took down the water main itself. Ichigo soon realized she was running straight for a dead end and stopped quickly on her skates, nearly falling over. She groaned and sat up. "Oh shit!" Quickly brushing herself off, she regained her senses and took off after Arachne who was standing there with her arms folded.
"Well, looks like I won, so you know what that means, right?" she asked.
Ichigo looked down at the floor and mumbled. "Yah…yah I know. Your part of the GG's now..."
Arachne smiled and said, "Hey, dont look so down. You were a pretty good opponent."
Ichigo looked up, and her eyes regained their usual sparkle. "Really?" she asked.
Arachne smiled at her and nodded. "Mh-hm."
Ichigo gave Arachne a wide smile and jumped up into the air. "Yay!" Give Arachne a victory sign she said, "Welcome to the GG's!"
Arachne winked and said, "Glad to be in it."
Ichigo looked around the garage. Rhythm, Spiral, Metal and Noburo had all gotten back, hence the bags of chips and soda bottles. "Hey...there back!"
Rhythm came out from the girls room stretching. She smiled when she saw Ichigo. "Hey Chi, where ya been? And whos the kid?"
Ichigo ran up to Rhythm and grabbed her hand. "Rei-chan, I want you to meet Arachne...I raced her Dogenzaka Hill and um..."
Arachne smiled slightly. "She raced me and lost. She said that if I raced her I could join the GGs...I presume you are the leader?"
Rhythm smiled and waved a hand. "Yes...but um...you can call me Rei-chan, everyone around here seems to do it alot...and sure she can join if you gave her the necessary tests...er...itd be cool to have another member. So yah! Welcome to the GGs, Arachne!"
Rhythm gave her a big smile and walked away to go get some junk food.
Arachne looked at Ichigo. "She seems nice."
Ichigo sweatdropped. "Nice...and a bit insane." She tugged on Arachnes arm. "Common, Ill introduce you to the rest of the gang!"
Metal gave a lazy yawn as he sat on the couch once again flipping through various channels looking for something to watch. Noburo sat next to him, knee deep in various work.
Metal looked over at Noburo and raised his eyebrows slowly. "So…what are you doing?" he asked.
Noburo gave a sigh and rubbed his temples. "Homework, why?"
Metal gave an innocent whistle and then looked over at the t.v. After a moment of thought he turned to look and Noburo with a cat like grin. "So…you hear about the new girl that joined the other day?"
Noburo gave a sigh. "If you mean Arachne, then yes. I met her the other day."
Metal wiggled his eyebrows. "And…what happened?"
"We talked about various things…" said Noburo sweatdropping when he saw Metal's face.
"Oh…right…beat you were hitting on her like a mad man…" said Metal, wiggling his eyebrows again.
Noburo looked the other way. "I did not. We merely talked about a few things. Besides, I am to old for her."
Metal gave him a wide grin. "What's age got to do with anything?!"
Noburo shook his head. "Nothing. I only like Arachne the way I like Rei and Sakura."
Metal sprawled out on the couch and smirked. "Yah…Rei and Sakura…"
Noburo gave a sigh and went back to doing his work. "You are impossible…"
Metal grinned happily. "Now I have blackmail on you!"
Noburo looked at him and raised an eyebrow slightly. "Blackmail?" he asked.
Metal got off the couch and gave a loud bellow. "HAHAHA! YES! BLACKMAIL!"
Just as he was laughing like a moron, Spiral came around the corner and looked at Noburo was was quite confused and then at Metal. She gave him a cross expression and said, "Looks like someone's having a stupid moment…"
Metal froze and shattered.
Noburo merely smiled and went back to his work while Spiral went to get something to eat. Arachne also came from around the corner and gave a small smile. "Looks like I'm gonna have fun here!"
