Chapter 20: Memories

Two days later Spiral and Gum went to get Rei from the hospital. After much welcome back, the GGs and some of the PGGs slept after much needed rest. It was around 2 am when Spiral, Rhythm, Zero, Arachne and Metal sat around the counter trying to think of a plan.

"Well...Sakki told me that your plan was a complete flop." said Rhythm tapping her feet on the chair.

Arachne blew a peice of purple hair out of her eye. "Hey! Its not like we had a choice okay? You were in the hospital and if we went back to the garage wed be bored out of our minds!"

Rhythm blinked. "So you guys decided to go take on Rokkaku without me, I feel so insulted." She giggled. "Hey dad!"

Beat looked up from the game of monopoly he was playing with Gum, Cube, Yoyo and Rhyth. "Yes honey?"

Rhythm turned around in her chair and walked over to her father. "Dad, how did you beat Rokkaku?" she asked.

"Which time?" asked Beat. Rhythm rolled her eyes. "Both times."

Beat scratched his head. "Now I really dont remember, honey, you remember?"

Gum sighed. "Your father cant even remember when we beat Rokkaku, let alone HOW we beat him! AND HE WAS THE LEADER OF THE GANG!" she rubbed her head.

"Now I know where Rei-chan gets her loud mouth from!" teased Spiral from her seat, making Rhythm throw her sock at her. Gum shook her head at the two. "Im not sure but we might have tapes of it in the attic."

Rhythm raised an eyebrow. "We have an attic?"

Gum blinked. "You mean, you never saw the attic?" she asked.

Rhythm sighed. Just how many more secrets did this garage have that she didnt know. Probably a lot based on the way Gum was talking about attics and things. Tapes that she had never seen. Let alone boxes that she had never heard of. One of these days, she and Spiral were going to explore this place and see how many things they could find that they didnt know about it. "No I havent." said Rhythm as she shook her head. "I never knew we even had this attic as you claim, mom."

"Well its between the roof and the ground floor, how couldnt you have seen it?" asked Gum.

"I DONT KNOW!" shouted Rhythm, throwing her arms in the air.

"Okay okay, Yoyo, go help Rei with the boxes." Gum turned her head toward Yoyo who scratched his head. "Why me, yo?"

"BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHERE THE FREAKIN TAPES ARE, NOW GO!" Gum pointed a finger at him and Yoyo winced. Before he left Yoyo whispered to Beat, "I feel so sorry for you man, hearing the shouts of two woman all the time."

Beat rolled his eyes and Rhythm followed Yoyo up the ladder and into the attic. "Now where is it?" asked Yoyo. He pulled a box over to the light and saw it was labeled. Rokkaku Tapes. "This is it, yo!" said Yoyo pulling it over to the ladder. "Be careful." he said as Rhythm took the front and he heaved the back down the stairs. "AHHH!" shouted Yoyo as he tripped, sending the tapes flying out of Rhythms hands rolling down the stairs with a load of tapes tumbling into the air.

"Dammit Yoyo!" shouted Gum, as one of the tapes hit her drink and spilled coke all over her white pants.

Yoyo grinned. "Sorry, yo!"

Rhythm sighed and banged on the t.v. a few times before it finally turned to VCR. She popped in a tape.

The picture faded on. "Beat! Cut the camera off!" shouted a 17-year-old Gum. She was blushing.

Beat postioned the camera on the table. "Common Gum! Smile for the camera!"

Gum tried to smile but ended up laughing. "Common Beat, cut the camera off, this is stupid." Beat patted Gums flat stomach. "But you pregnant!" he shouted happily.

Gum couldnt help but laugh at Beats cheerfulness. "Yes, I know that." she said and smiled.

Beat grabbed Gums hands. "Your pregnant! Your pregnant!" He smiled at her. Gum walked over to the camera and shut it off.

The picture faded back open to Rhyth and Yoyo. "So were supose to say what we want the new babies name to be, yo? Well, we already have Jun and Nuburo, so how about Rei?" asked Yoyo. Rhyth giggled.

"Yoyo, cant you think of another name? What about...Ami? Or Hitomi?"

Yoyo shrugged. "I dont know, I always liked Rei." Rhyth shrugged and cut the camera off. The next shot was of two toddlers. One with shoulder length brown-red hair, the other with black hair. The red haired one was giggling and saying, "Sakki! Sakki go home? Sakki home!"

The black haired one giggled and said, "Rei-chan funnnnyyy." Then the video blacked out and it opened up to Rei and Sakuras 3rd birthday where she and Sakura were sitting on two chairs singing happy birthday too one another. "Were 3 years oldddd!" They shouted at the camera.

"What is this!?" shouted Rhythm, blushing madly as she recieved various snorts and snickers from Arachne and Zero. "Id say its a video of Gums pregnancy with you." said Metal. "I CAN SEE THAT, DAMMIT!" Rhythm quickly pressed stop took out the tape and put in another one.

The picture opened up to Yoyo grinning madly. "Alright, yo, this is a video about all the pretty onnas I see on the street that my camera can get."

"And here comes one now..." Yoyo moved the camera down the street, following the girl. "Ooo...shake it mama, shake it!"

He zoomed in on the girl, when the camera started shaking and the scream of "YOYO!" from Gum.

"Hey, yo! Thats my camera, yo!"

"I DONT CARE, PERVERT!" The camera switched over to Gum who was looking very angry indeed. "Dammit, you pervert! Isnt your mind on anything but girls!?" she yelled. Yoyo grinned and shut the camera off while saying, "Im a teenager! Of course not, Gum!"

Rhythm blushed even redder and quickly changed the tapes again. This time she got it right. "Well here we are..." said Beat. "Here to defeat Rokkaku once again!" The camera quickly changed to a solem group of skating/walking GGs. "Oh common people, why the long faces?"

"If you havent noticed Beat, only a few of us are happy about doing this...I mean...were getting ready too do something pretty big." Gum snapped folding her arms.

"But think about it! When we have children and they have children, we can say! "Yup...when we were teenagers, we killed this big business man named Gouji Rokkaku." and then say will stare in awe!" Beat said happily.

"Who ever said were going to have children?" asked Boogie.

"You dont want little versions of yourself running around calling you?" asked Beat sadly.

The GGs shook all of there heads. "Hmprh...well maybe after we beat Rokkaku, your opinion will change."

The screen blacked out and onto the GGs chasing Zero Beats. "Well...there we are...skating..." The camera turned to a close up of Beat. He was grinning. "Were going to kick some Rokkaku ass, and destroy that tower!" He winked and the camera shut off.

That was the last picture on the film. "Well that didnt help much!" whined Rhythm. "All I saw was how perverted Yoyo was, me and Sakki as kids and then this...werid film."

"Well, back to square 1!" said Arachne as she threw a paper she had been writing on out.

"Dammit..." said Rhythm as she went back to her chair and started to scribble ideas again.