Diary Of A Rudie

By Jet Set Yoyo

Summary: The GG's have disbanded, Rokkaku has taken over and no one can skate anymore. Four young kids who looked up to the GG's have the guts to put on their skates and tear up the streets. When Rokkaku arrives and starts taking them down who's going to step in and put Rokkaku back in their place.

Disclaimer: I do not own JSRF or the characters, they're owned by Sega and Smilebit. I only own my own characters.

More minor edits.

November 11th, 2013

We still haven't found him. Our moral has hit rock bottom and is digging holes in the concrete. We haven't been out tagging much either. Most of the tags have been painted over or cleaned off since Cael was taken. Poor kid, I can't even imagine what they've done to him. I don't think I even want to know. Hayashi is pretty tapped in the head. And Yo-yo, what's he going to do when he finds out Rokkaku's got his bro? I'm sure that's what they want. So he'll come out of hiding and they'll take him and anyone else he brings with him in. Down with all the Rudies I suppose right?

I still don't get what's the big deal with being a Rudie? It's not like anyone's getting hurt. Whatever, they're fucking jealous. I don't even care. Least people remember us.

We've been sitting around pretty much since he's been gone, nothing to do. We've tried looking for him but obviously to no avail. I think Tag's taking it the worst, not one cocky comment out of his mouth since Cael's gone. Not one. In fact, he hasn't spoken at all. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zero. Whatever I'm kinda just wasting space and time now.

Today though, I was dead set on getting everyone up and out of this place; 'course no one's going to listen to me. Not with the kid gone. But I mean, we're losing it here. If we're going to stay Rudies we've gotta tag, we've gotta get out and do shit you know?

"C'mon guys, we all need this; some fresh air and a bit of skating, something to get us going again. That's what we need right now." I said in the best mock-cheerful tone I could muster, walking over towards the couch where Kei and Tag were moping about. I received a blank stare from Tag, it's like he's not even there anymore. Keiraan glared at me; didn't expect that one. Maybe I should have.

"What we need is Cael back," she spat. Cliché line but if looks could kill I'd be dead ten times over. This isn't helping any.

"I've got a plan guys. Trust me. We just need to get out some. We're not acting like Rudies anymore let's go alright?" I held up both hands as I tried to reason with them. It's like trying to talk hungry lions out of eating you alive. They really were pissed at me for suggesting such a thing. I'm not asking them to commit murder jeez. After about ten minutes of trying to reason with the both of them they finally decided a bit of out time would be good for all of us and then searching some more for Cael would come after we all relaxed a little bit. Rescuing Cael would be stressful enough and if we didn't unwind first a little I'm positive we'd all be brought down in an instant and all of this would be for nothing.

So finally everyone's up off their ass's and ready to go. I was thinking the Fortified Residential Zone would be a good place to go for now. Despite the extra security in the manner of random electrical fences it wasn't all that fortified if you were determined enough; or knew your way around. No one had any objections so we skated off out of the Garage and into Rokkaku-Dai Heights which around this time of day was swarming with people. I can't stand people, I really can't. They look at us as we go by on our skates with disgust like we're the filth of the universe and I can't help but feel even more ticked off. I purposefully almost hit a few as I skated by making them to screech and jump out of the way.

We grinded up a couple telephone wires and across a few billboards to get to the entrance of the Tokyo Underground Sewage Facility which was the easiest way to get to the Fortified Residential Zone. That place stunk horribly, I still don't have a clue how Poison Jam could've stayed down there; I wanted to puke my brains out every time I went anywhere near there. So we skated through that shithole and I'm gagged the whole way through, I'm sure everyone else did too. We got to the Fortified Residential Zone after what seemed like forever. God I probably smell like sewer still. UGH.

Honestly, that place really sucked I don't know anyone in their right mind who would want to live there. The ground wasn't actually a ground. It was metal and there were pipes and wires and whatnot snaked all over the place. Up a set of stairs were crappy apartments all build alike and stacked like cages. Wire and fences separated the uppermost floor from the ground, guess so no one would fall to their death or something. We split up and tagged, a little half-heartedly but after an hour or so we had the place covered in graffiti.

As I finished up my last tag for the day behind a couple of apartments in the maze of housing I turned to meet up with the rest of the gang when I see Beat waltzing out of one of the apartments. I couldn't believe my eyes you know? He looked a bit different, not on skates and such and his hair had grown out more too. He stopped wearing his headphones; that was a bummer. But since Professor DJ K is nowhere to be found I guess trying to listen for Jet Set Radio all the time was just depressing.

I opened my mouth to call out to him and stumbled forward but he just smiled and walked away, like he knew something I didn't know. Or maybe just 'cause he knew what I had been up to. Funny because I was on skates, you'd think I'd be fast enough to catch him but when I turned the corner he wasn't there anymore. He probably was just going to another house or something but damn. I was so bummed I couldn't talk to him. That is until I turned around and nearly bumped smack into Yoyo. He looked awfully different, but Cael had already told us he'd dyed his hair back to red to hide from Rokkaku. Oh shit, Cael. If I didn't have the burden of losing him on my mind already I would've been ecstatic.

"Cael…" I started, gasping for air even though I wasn't out of breath, and Yoyo's face was immediately showing alarm. "They've got him."

"When?"

"Last month."

"Fuck." He growled. "Come here, yo."

I followed him into what I'm assuming was his apartment. We climbed the rundown stairs to the second floor. The door was chipped and discolored but Yoyo didn't seem to notice or care, he walked through it with urgency. The apartment looked horrible, the wallpaper was yellowed and peeling and the carpet was stained from years of wear. Yoyo stumbles over to a chest in the corner of the room and throws the top open. Out he pulls some skates and his old sunglasses. When he got them on and made it back outside I had a hard time keeping up, I hadn't the slightest clue how good the GG's really were. There was no way the Neo-G's could compare right now. Either way, I followed him because he seemed to know where he was going and soon we passed Keiraan and Tag who said nothing just followed us in a sort of awe-struck daze. I guess I kind of was too now that I think about it.

"Wait here yo, I'll be right back." He commanded in a serious voice before disappearing into another apartment. It wasn't too long before he popped back out of it accompanied by Corn, Beat, Garam and Cube. I didn't know this was where they all were hiding. I thought they seriously had gone their separate ways. Then again, what did I really know?

"Alright kiddies, where is the last place you saw the tyke?" Corn asked stepping forward. I felt a bit intimidated by my heroes standing right in front of me so I looked down at my feet briefly. Tag ended up answering before me.

"He was in the Garage with us. The Rokkaku fags must've seen one of us come back in after they attacked us. He wouldn't have gone out in the middle of the night so they snatched him in his sleep right under our goddamn noses." He seethed, thinking about Rokkaku stepping foot anywhere near the Garage and Cael. Keiraan and I nodded our heads in agreement.

"So they know where the Garage is?" Beat chimed in.

"We all made sure, Cael too, to lose them before coming back; I'm not entirely sure how they figured it out." I explained, my shyness suddenly gone. There wasn't any time to be shy, Cael could be in danger or worse; he could be dead. But damn it was great to be working with the GG's. If we hadn't been brought together by such a dire situation I'd have been beaming with excitement. Really, I would have.

"I think I know where they took him." Garam said and all of us turned to him, "Relax Yoyo we're gonna get your brother and these kids their teammate back."

"Yo, where is he then Garam?" Yoyo was getting a bit impatient; I couldn't blame him, I was too. The clock was ticking; in fact it had been since last month.

"Rokkaku police station obviously. Where else would they take a Rudie?"

We all shrugged, after all none of us were captured now were we so how could we possibly know? Immediately we left for Rokkaku Police Station. It was on the other side of Dogenzaka Hill, not too far from the Garage. By the time we'd gone back through the Underground Sewage Facility and Rokkaku-Dai Heights it was getting dark out. Never mind, it was easier to get into the Police Station in the dark rather than trying to skate in, in broad daylight.

We spread out and looked for a way to get inside unnoticed. Cube and Garam agreed to stay as lookouts taking up positions on either side of the building; well hidden but still able to see everything. Beat would be a decoy if needed, he volunteered to. He must've been bored or something. Keiraan offered to stay outside and be another lookout just in case. Tag, Yoyo, and I were definitely going inside to get Cael. Hopefully he really was there and this wasn't a huge trap. Who knew what Rokkaku had up their sleeves this time? The grunts were pretty stupid but Hayashi could be one cunning bastard. There wasn't much of a choice; the longer we waited, the more danger Cael was in if he was even still alive but we tried to avoid thinking about that.

Corn was going to scout for us. He went on ahead and got inside the side entrance, the idiots probably didn't even lock it right but it still gave me a bad feeling. After a few minutes he came back out and waved us inside. We knew this was going to be dangerous as soon as we walked through that door. But for Cael, it was worth it.

Constructive Criticism appreciated.