Chapter 21: Frozen in Time
Slumped over the counter, sighing every five minutes and couldnt come up with a distinct plan to catch Rokkaku off guard. Sure there was barge in, maybe get captured, but they needed a plan. There she was, Rhythm. Alone, trying to come up with a plan. It was 3:23 am at night and she was the only one up. Her eyes were red, and she was getting tired. On a piece of white paper, she had scribbled down some ideas that wouldnt work. Just as she was about to give up and go along with any plan her friends had, her eye caught site of a tape on the floor. It was lying next to a box that had been sealed with tape. She walked over to it and broke the seal.
In the box were 5 miniskirts, 5 tops that were made of leather and a cosmetic bag. At the bottom were 5 pairs of different shoes, some ties and hair spray. It took Rhythm a moment to realize that she had just found the plan. Her eyes glittered. "We can seduce him and then ask him what he plans to do to the rudies!" she yelled happily. Rhythm walked over to the light, turned it on dim, and began pulling the box into the girls room. Before turning the light off completely, Rhythm opened up a drawer by the faucet in the kitchen and pulled out a pair of scissors. "But first..."
In the morning...
"Ahh...oo...Blaze...ahahahaha! Oooo...yah...oo!" Spiral woke up, drool staining her pillow. She giggled a bit and wiped her mouth. "Mmm...what a good dream, me and my yummy honey, Blaze!" She looked around. "Now wheres Rei-chan?"
Rhythm came in. She looked up at Spiral, who looked back at Rhythm and gasped, sending Rhythm into a fit of giggles. "Rei-chan! That wasnt funny!" Spiral scowled at her. "And what happened to your hair?"
Rhythm finally stopped laughing and tugged on her chin length hair. "I cut it, silly." Rhythm gave her a dramatic pose. "Like it?" she asked and stuck out her hand, running a hand down it to smooth out any stray hairs. Her once long, waist length hair was now up to her neck, cut straight across her whole neck. She had a small ponytail pulled off to the left side of her head. "Well?"
Spiral blinked and sat up. She stood up, and fixed her shorts. "Well...its a bit short..." Spiral smiled and shrugged. "But what the hell, I love it!" She hugged Rhythm and said. "So? Where is everyone else?"
Rhythm put a finger up and shook it slightly. "Come!" She grabbed Spirals hand and dragged her into the living room where everyone sat. Rhythm turned toward the group. "Has anyone seen Zero?" she asked, looking from side to side in her usual way. "Well?"
The GGs looked up. "Nope." said Arrow .
"Might be on the roof." said Metal flipping through channels.
Rhythm sighed and turned to Spiral. "Ill go find him, just go sit on the couch, and do whatever." Rhythm pulled down the ladder and hopped onto it as she climbed up and unlocked the hatch toward the roof. She pushed it open and there was Zero.
"How do I?" He looked out on the hoirzon that could be seen from the roof. "How do I tell her...I love you?"
Just as Rhythm was about to speak, her watch beeped, and Zero spun around. "DAMMIT RHYTHM!" he shouted. "You nearly gave me a heart attack, dont sneak up on me like that!" He was blushing as Rhythm glanced down at her watch. A faint blush crossed her nose and cheeks also. "Um...well, I just about to call you cause...well...theres a--" Her watch bleeped again, this time more loudly, and Jet Set Radio came on.
YOO!! Jet Set Radio! This is D.J Professor K, here to update you on whats going down on the streets. The GGs are on top once again, but it seems like they need some type of whacked out plan to catch Rokkaku off guard! Can they do it, and bring peace to Tokyo-tos people along with the rudies? We just gotta wait and see yall!
Just as the broadcast ended, Rhythm finished what she was going to say. "Um...theres a meeting downstairs...I have a plan." She looked off at the ground and said, "Okay?"
Zero held his head and shook it. "Alright." Zero climbed down the ladder first, followed by Rhythm who smiled slightly. When they landed, the GGs all looked up and stopped what they were doing. "Alright people, I was up til 3 am last night, when I finally discovered our plan!"
Ichigo popped up and giggled. "What is it!" she asked.
"Well..." began Rhythm. "I was thinking...the girls dress up in barely any clothing and--"
"WAIT A SECOND!" Shouted Arachne, hands on hips. "There is NO way Im going to parade around the streets with barely anything on!"
"Im with Arachne! Whats the whole point of going to Rokkaku with nothing on!?" shouted Arrow.
Rhythm glared at the two. "I never said we werent going to have nothing on!" she shouted. "I just said we were going to be half naked! Like...wearing a bathing suit with more flounce to it!"
Spiral blinked and whispered to Ichigo. "Did she use that word right?" she asked.
"I dont think she did...Rhythm knows lots of words but she doesnt use them right..." Ichigo snickered as did Spiral.
"Well...maybe...hrmph...AHH! Yes! This is what well do! Ill dress up like a hooker! THEN! Ill get Rokkaku to open up and tell me all of his secret plans!" Rhythm threw her hands up in the air like a mad scientist and started laughing a bit to loudly for everyone.
"Shes lost it..." said Sketch shaking his head.
Metal nodded, as everyone had a sweatdrop on there head.
"Well here we are...everyone ready?" asked Rhythm. She wore a leather bra and a short leather mini skirt that barely went past her upper thighs. Her black leather boots went up past her knees and almost to her thighs. She wore a pair of elbow-length gloves and put a choker around her neck. She had on fake hair that went up to her butt, and blood red lipstick with green and light green eyeshadow. She wore a chocolate-scented perfume and fake eyelashes. "You really do look like a whore." said Spiral.
"Um...thats the point, now! INWARD WE GO!" Rhythm marched forward.
"Is that a real word?" asked Spiral.
"I think so..." said Ichigo.
Once inside the building, the police couldnt help but gawk at Rhythm when they saw her. Rhythm pursed her lips and said her her sexiest voice. "Hello fine gentlemen..." she began, "I want to see a Mr. Gouji Rokkaku..." she put on a pouty face. "Its a...special delievery..."
The police man buzzed her in, when the GGs burst in and took them out. "Okay, lets go you guys!" Rhythm shouted looking behind her.
They took the elevator back to Rokkakus office. This is it... Thought Rhythm. She paused as she looked out into the night sky of Tokyo-to. Everything weve worked so hard for...its here, were finally going to give another age of freedom to the people of Tokyo-to... She recalled back to all the times she had with her gang and smiled. Spiral, Sketch, Zero, Arachne, Arrow, Blaze, Ichigo...Arrow...Night...this is it...lets show Rokkaku...
Just then, the elevator door chimed, and they got off. "Lets see...guys...where is he?" asked Rhythm. She looked back and forth and walked over to the glass windows that surronded the office. "Hey guys, whats going on in the sky!?" asked Spiral, pressing her face against the glass.
The sky went from a dark blue to purple to red to pink, it kept changing color after color after color. Then a light came down from a swirl of clouds and a rainbow wave went over Tokyo-to.
All of the GGs gasp as Metal shouted. "GUYS! Look down..." All of the GGs looked down at the streets of Tokyo-to. "Tokyo-to! Its...its...its frozen in time!" shouted Ichigo, hands over her mouth.
