Chapter 9 "Basic Instincts"
Music: "Always" by Saliva
The GG's stood around the table where they had sat for an hour each day for the past week. Beat, Yoyo, and Soda stood in the corner, their heads down like everyone else. Gum had tears in her eyes, as did Yoyo. Corn had been their friend, and they seemed to take it the worst, though it had already been a week and a half since he died, they still were distraught. Yoyo was standing up, his head up and he slouched against the wall. There were two holes in the wall that he was on. The first one was made by Soda, who instead of crying just simply hit the wall. The next one was by Yoyo, who had cries and then punched the wall. Gum sat in the corner, her arms cradled her knees, her head buried into her arms. She hadn't tried to think of Corn and the many other problems in her life, but she had eventually cracked up and cried, just like she had everyday for the last week. The garage was impossible to get into, rudies were being shot almost everyday now, and no one could skate anywhere these days without being attacked by the rebels. Beat stood up after 5 minutes, and left the room. He took out his headphones, and opened the door to Shibuya Terminal. Yoyo and Soda looked up, and immediately took off after him. Beat stood by the bus stop, a dozen citizens stood around him, rifles, sticks, and bats in their hands. Beat glared at them, reaching to the back of his pack and grabbing a can of spray paint. He then spoke up. "No longer will I hide from you rebels. What you are doing is stopping us kids from having freedoms, and don't you realize that you are helping Rokkaku? C'mon now, you know that if we can stop Gouji we can go back to the way everything was. We just need you to." he was aying before the first one rushed forward and tried to hit him with the bat he was carrying. Beat stpped to the side with amazing speed and sprayed a quick spray into his face. It was a can of paint, but it was filled with mace. Beat threw the can in the air and punched the guy in the face before the can fell. The rest of the mob started to move forwards. He watched for a minute, then threw the can at the closest person to him. The guy caught it, dropping his rifle, and beat kicked him in the gut, making fall into the wall behind him. Too many rebels urrounded him for him to do any more moves, but then two of the rebels fell forward, a slight trickle of blood coming form the back of their heads. Soda and Yoyo stood ran in the middle and turned, facing back to back to back with Beat. Without a word they all attacked the rebels at once. Beat punched a woman in the face, feeling a pang of guilt that it was a woman, but continued on anyways. Yoyo shoved his head into a guy's nose, hearing a small snap, and the guy fell back words landing on his back. Soda side kicked a guy, making him twirl in the air and fall back down, completely knocked out. They went back to back again. "We need. get out of. here." Said Yoyo, breathing pretty hard. "I don't want to think how many of them we would have to hurt severely if they picked up those rifles." Beat nodded in agreement. He looked around, then yelled "Police!" the civilians all turned eachway, and beat jumped forward to smash is fist agianst a guys head. He turned again. "Let's go!" he yelled, jumping through some alleys, and into a dark street. 99th street was always darker than the rest of the city. Beat sat up on the head of the dragon and watched as Soda and Yoyo grinded up to join him. Soda sat down with a loud thud, and turned to Beat. "Hey man, you can't keep doing this. No matter how bad the streets get into this war, we need to be the smart ones and do as much as we can to keep the peace. Not attack civilians." Yoyo got to the top and sat down as well. "No way am I gonna keep backing you up if you keep on attacking the rebels. I don't like them either but even with all of the gangs together I don't think we could have stopped the rebels." "I know." Beat said, "but these people are acting just like Rokkaku. They take away our freedoms, and then they have the guts to try to stop Corn's funeral. I swear if I get the chance I will kill a few of them. The isntinct to protect my friends is there, inside me, but I cannot control how I feel and what I do when they are in danger. I will never forgive the rebels for stopping the funeral. Never." Beat sat there, his face dark, and his fists clenched. Soda and Yoyo said nothing, just staring up at the darkening sky. "Well you are going to have to get over it eventually." Said the unknown voice. Members of Rapid99 stood there, looking down on them. "For once we will let you slide on the turf rule, but we came here to tell you there is a meeting tonight in the sewers." Said the 99 member. "Let's go then." Said Yoyo, getting to his feet. Beat and Soda folowed suit. "Know what the meeting is about?" asked Beat, stretching his arms and legs. "Yes," said the girl. "Ender is planning a raid on the R. Police," "That's not too surprising but why would we wanna steal all of their weapons?" "And then an attack on the civilian headquarters." At this word Beat's jaw dropped. He looked back down, then motioned for them to follow him down. On his way down he thought 'What the hell? Nobody's going to be able to get I there. How are we going to do it?' Grave watched from a purch on a roof as the rudies left, then jumped down himself and went on his way towards Rokkaku-dai.
The GG's stood around the table where they had sat for an hour each day for the past week. Beat, Yoyo, and Soda stood in the corner, their heads down like everyone else. Gum had tears in her eyes, as did Yoyo. Corn had been their friend, and they seemed to take it the worst, though it had already been a week and a half since he died, they still were distraught. Yoyo was standing up, his head up and he slouched against the wall. There were two holes in the wall that he was on. The first one was made by Soda, who instead of crying just simply hit the wall. The next one was by Yoyo, who had cries and then punched the wall. Gum sat in the corner, her arms cradled her knees, her head buried into her arms. She hadn't tried to think of Corn and the many other problems in her life, but she had eventually cracked up and cried, just like she had everyday for the last week. The garage was impossible to get into, rudies were being shot almost everyday now, and no one could skate anywhere these days without being attacked by the rebels. Beat stood up after 5 minutes, and left the room. He took out his headphones, and opened the door to Shibuya Terminal. Yoyo and Soda looked up, and immediately took off after him. Beat stood by the bus stop, a dozen citizens stood around him, rifles, sticks, and bats in their hands. Beat glared at them, reaching to the back of his pack and grabbing a can of spray paint. He then spoke up. "No longer will I hide from you rebels. What you are doing is stopping us kids from having freedoms, and don't you realize that you are helping Rokkaku? C'mon now, you know that if we can stop Gouji we can go back to the way everything was. We just need you to." he was aying before the first one rushed forward and tried to hit him with the bat he was carrying. Beat stpped to the side with amazing speed and sprayed a quick spray into his face. It was a can of paint, but it was filled with mace. Beat threw the can in the air and punched the guy in the face before the can fell. The rest of the mob started to move forwards. He watched for a minute, then threw the can at the closest person to him. The guy caught it, dropping his rifle, and beat kicked him in the gut, making fall into the wall behind him. Too many rebels urrounded him for him to do any more moves, but then two of the rebels fell forward, a slight trickle of blood coming form the back of their heads. Soda and Yoyo stood ran in the middle and turned, facing back to back to back with Beat. Without a word they all attacked the rebels at once. Beat punched a woman in the face, feeling a pang of guilt that it was a woman, but continued on anyways. Yoyo shoved his head into a guy's nose, hearing a small snap, and the guy fell back words landing on his back. Soda side kicked a guy, making him twirl in the air and fall back down, completely knocked out. They went back to back again. "We need. get out of. here." Said Yoyo, breathing pretty hard. "I don't want to think how many of them we would have to hurt severely if they picked up those rifles." Beat nodded in agreement. He looked around, then yelled "Police!" the civilians all turned eachway, and beat jumped forward to smash is fist agianst a guys head. He turned again. "Let's go!" he yelled, jumping through some alleys, and into a dark street. 99th street was always darker than the rest of the city. Beat sat up on the head of the dragon and watched as Soda and Yoyo grinded up to join him. Soda sat down with a loud thud, and turned to Beat. "Hey man, you can't keep doing this. No matter how bad the streets get into this war, we need to be the smart ones and do as much as we can to keep the peace. Not attack civilians." Yoyo got to the top and sat down as well. "No way am I gonna keep backing you up if you keep on attacking the rebels. I don't like them either but even with all of the gangs together I don't think we could have stopped the rebels." "I know." Beat said, "but these people are acting just like Rokkaku. They take away our freedoms, and then they have the guts to try to stop Corn's funeral. I swear if I get the chance I will kill a few of them. The isntinct to protect my friends is there, inside me, but I cannot control how I feel and what I do when they are in danger. I will never forgive the rebels for stopping the funeral. Never." Beat sat there, his face dark, and his fists clenched. Soda and Yoyo said nothing, just staring up at the darkening sky. "Well you are going to have to get over it eventually." Said the unknown voice. Members of Rapid99 stood there, looking down on them. "For once we will let you slide on the turf rule, but we came here to tell you there is a meeting tonight in the sewers." Said the 99 member. "Let's go then." Said Yoyo, getting to his feet. Beat and Soda folowed suit. "Know what the meeting is about?" asked Beat, stretching his arms and legs. "Yes," said the girl. "Ender is planning a raid on the R. Police," "That's not too surprising but why would we wanna steal all of their weapons?" "And then an attack on the civilian headquarters." At this word Beat's jaw dropped. He looked back down, then motioned for them to follow him down. On his way down he thought 'What the hell? Nobody's going to be able to get I there. How are we going to do it?' Grave watched from a purch on a roof as the rudies left, then jumped down himself and went on his way towards Rokkaku-dai.