Author's Note: Hiya! I might as well update since there's nothing to do...well anyways, here's chapter 9.

The Attack pt. 1

A few weeks later, Gum was released from the hospital. She had changed her Yakuza outfit into a black skirt, black boots, a white button down shirt cut off in midriff, with a black tie. Gum then got into Beat's car and they drove off to Beat's house to lay low, just for a little while. They barely noticed the black car that was parked on the corner, following and watching their every movement.

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Shifting around in her seat, Gum looked out the window making sure that no one was following. Every so often, she'd glance down, thinking why did she have to live through hell everyday, after becoming a yakuza. Beat saw this and could only think about what she was thinking about.

"I guess she's still upset about that day..." Beat sighed and began to remember the memory that was as clear, as if it happend yesterday...

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It was the after Rokkaku Gouji's demise in Shibuya Terminal. Parts of Gouji's Tower were being hauled out of the terminal and then being shifted to the scrap yard in Kagone-cho, near Rokkaku-Dai Heights. Through out the streets, people still celebrated Gouji's death, clearly happy from being freed from the rokkaku group's harsh rule. In the garage, it was no different than in the streets. The GGs were still partying over their win the day before. Everyone was still either drinking soda or dancing to the beat of the music. Gum and Beat were sitting, holding eachother, on the steps to the 99th Street enterence, watching the others dance or just sitting and chilling out. They seemed lost in a slight moment of bliss, when...

Out from the corner of his eye, Beat saw about 20 men, wearing black suits, sun glasses, the typical Yakuza attire come into the garage. To his horror, they all held 9 mm pistols and began to fire at the un-suspecting group of teens. Beat watched in shock as he saw his gang mates fall to the floor, caught in a shower of bullets. Before Beat could do anything, one of the men in black grabbed him.

"Let go of me you Bastard!"

Beat swung at the man but missed. Instead, he felt a fist connect with his gut and felt the wind knocked out of him. Before darkness consumed him while being drug out of the garage through the Shibuya enterence, he took one last look at his fallen friends, then he noticed another group of Yakuza. This time, he saw them throw Gum into a car and speed off. It then became dark in the eyes of Beat.

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Later on, Beat learned that the reason that his father and Gum's father needed them was because of the issues that Yakuza's faced. In order for them to rule the whole economic world, they'd need to kill every last family member. Of course, Beat thought that it was all bull shit, but he knew that his fate was now intertwined in this complicated buisiness.

Gum looked over to Beat, seeing his blank stare as he drove.

"Yo-your still troubled too, huh?..."

Beat gave Gum a slight nod.

"Yeah...it's hard to forget...I wish I could've forgotten my life before becoming a rudie..when I was a rudie, I thought I could finally escape that hell of a life I had...but the harsh reality was that I could never escape my past..."

"I know...same here.."

Using one hand to drive, Beat used his other hand to hold Gum close. Gum held onto Beat the rest of their way to his house.

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Beat opened the door to the house and peered in, making no one was home. He turned around and motioned for Gum to enter. Gum quickly obayed and entered the house, along with Beat. Beat then shut the door behind him. A black car then pulled up and five men stepped out.

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"Beat, I'm gonna take a bath, okay?"

Beat loaded up his gun incase of a possible attack. He turned and saw Gum, wearing nothing but a towel. He slightly blushed as the cloth hugged her slender figure. Looking away quickly he replied, "Ok...okay Gum, I'll be here if you need me..." Gum gave a small amused snicker as she strode to the bath room. Beat leaned against his window, holding his gun close by. He looked out to the drive way when he noticed something.

"A black car?...What the he-"

A scream then broke Beat's thoughts as he snapped back to reality.

"GUM!"

Beat then raced to the bathroom and kicked the door open. He held his gun infront of him when he saw Gum, being pined against the wall by one of the Aka Tatsu. He held a gun to Gum's head, threatening to kill her if she didn't do what he said. He tried to feel her up, but she kept slapping his hands off, he growled then pushed his weight harder against her. She cried in pain as he tried to wrestle his pants off. Gum was about to scream again until she heard a shot and then something warm and liquid like on her cheek. She turned and then looked shocked as she saw the guy on his stomach, with a bullet hole in the back of his head, dead. She looked up to see that Beat still had his gun pointed the way it was when he fired it.

"Beat..I..."

Beat held her close, making sure she was alright.

"It's alright Gum, I'm here..."

Beat then handed Gum her clothes and told her to change quickly before reinforcements came. Gum nodded and did as she was told. After getting dressed, Beat handed her two pistols and extra gun shells, just incase. Gum loaded up and followed Beat outside.

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The couple carefully crept around the house making sure the coast was clear.

"There they are! Get them!"

A shot rang out and it narrowly missed Beat's face and hit the side of the house instead. Beat then looked up to see about four Yakuzas firing at them. Beat pulled Gum behind a corner of the house and began to fire back. Gum then looked around and saw more coming from the other side of the house and she began to shoot them. Beat turned back around from the corner and reloaded his gun.

"My fuckin' dad must've found out about us!" Beat growled, while turning back to shooting.

"Damnit!" Gum fired back at the men, then she watched as the people she killed, fall to the ground, causing small pools of crimson red blood.

"Ugh..."

Beat heard the last Aka Tatsu that he was having a stand off with, fall onto the cold pavement.

"Come on, let's go Gum!"

Beat grabbed Gum's hand and jumped once again into his car. Beat jammed the key into the ignition, backed out of the drive-way and speed down the street. Gum gave a small sigh of relief as she tried to bring her breathing under control. Beat was breathing slightly hard as well, then he cursed when he saw something in his rear view mirror...

Author's Note: DUN DUN DUUUUUUUUUNNNNNN! XD lol. Hiya again! it's me, Tsukihime! - I hope u enjoyed this chapter, as much as I enjoyed writing it! I'm really evil, aren't I? oh my poor Beat chan ( I'LL SAVE U! XD R&R plz.)