Another edit, I decided to change it to two parts, 'cause it made the story seem to not go as fast
Bear with me until I find something good enough, though I may stick with maybe just keeping all the parts the same
I'm going to do this with the rest of the chapters. post it in small parts, then when I'm done with that chapter, shrink the part numbers down
I don't want to give you my real name, I hate it. But, you can call me Corn, and I'm currently sleeping with the one person I'd never thought I would
This, is my story
It all started a while back, when I was in middle school I think. I woke up and stared at the sky. Cloudy, as usual in the mornings. I hated cloudy mornings because it was always so damn hard to get up. I cursed as I stubbed my toe on one of the many objects on my floor while trying to find my school uniform and put it on as quickly as I could. I was starting to be late, but it's not like my mom would remind me, or my dad. They didn't care, I was just there. I walked into the kitchen, my hair all messed up and grabbed a waffle that was sitting on the counter, extras from his parent's breakfast, and walked out the door.
This is how my days always were, just get up, get dressed, grab something to eat, and go to school, which I hated. Because of my unusually large lips, kids always made fun of me there, and beat me up, and everything else, just because I wasn't normal. I sighed as I walked into the school grounds, knowing that this day wasn't going to be different than the rest
"Hey, fat lip! I wanna talk to you" One of the boys stepped in front of me, blocking my path. I just remained silent and tried to walk past him, but that notion just earned me a punch in the gut. I stepped back, clutching my stomach while still not looking at him
"I said I want to talk to you, or do I have to punch you again?" I could tell the boy was readying another punch, and I could also hear a lot of snickers from the other classmates. This was always what happened, every single day
Until that girl came
"Hey, pick on someone who can actually fight" I looked up and saw a girl I hadn't recognized before standing in front of me. She had a lean figure and short blonde hair, like me.
"Sorry, I don't fight girls" I stood up straight again so I could watch what was happening more clearly. The girl shifted her weight to her other leg and uncrossed her arms
"Too bad" The girl then gave the boy a kiss on the cheek with her fist. He was sent sideways a couple meters, and everyone just starred, trying to comprehend what had just happened, while the girl just spat the gum in her mouth at the boy and turned to me
"Thanks" I mumbled slightly, and she just smiled
"No problem" she turned back around and walked in, just like that, she left. I looked around a little, and then ran in too. I didn't want be caught in an even bigger mess. But, I saw her at lunch again, well, more of she saw me, since she's the one who ran over to me and sat down next to me
"You eat alone at lunch too?" She commented as she started rummaging through the food on the tray to see what she had "Wow, don't you have any friends?"
"No" I shook my head
"Why not?"
"Because I have big lips"
"That's stupid" The girl rolled her eyes "What's your name anyways"
"I don't like saying it. . ."
"Come on, tell me"
"It's stupid"
"I promise I won't laugh"
"Fine. . ." I sighed "Cornelius"
"Wow" The girl blinked, then smiled "How about I just call you Corn"
"I guess. . ."
"Cool. You can call me Gum" she turned back to her lunch "It's the name I'm going to use when I become a Rudie"
"A Rudie?" I turned to her
"Yeah, don't you know what a Rudie is?" Gum turned back to me
"Mmhmm" I nodded "It's just. . ."
"You didn't expect that from me? Well, I hate my orphanage anyways, and it'll give me a chance to live my life instead of being stuck in this dump" Gum shrugged
"But what about the Rokkaku Police?"
"The Rokkaku Police can kiss my ass" Gum turned back to her lunch "Don't you think it's stupid we're not allowed to express?"
I thought about this for a bit. Up until now, I hadn't really paid attention. But now that I really looked at it, she made perfect sense.
"Yeah" I replied, nodding
"Hey, do you know how to roller-skate?"
"Yeah"
"Why don't you become a Rudie too?"
"What?" My eyes widened
"You heard me. No one cares what you look like when you're a Rudie, and there are a lot more uglier people out there than you, like Poison Jam and the Doom Riders"
"Poison Jam? Doom Riders?" I lifted an eyebrow
"Right. . ." Gum sighed and pulled a map out of her pockets "I've been wanting to become a Rudie for a while, and I've done a ton of research" She unfolded it onto the table and pointed to a part on the map that was labeled Tokyo Sewage Facility "Poison Jam's a bunch of freaks that hang out in the Sewage Facility, and control Rokkaku-Dai Heights, Kibogaoka Hill, and Hikage Street. Doom Riders are a bunch of old geezers who control Dogenzaka Hill and Chuo Street, but they're pretty weak"
I nodded, and Gum continued "There's a lot of other rival gangs out there, but I think we could manage if we started out own"
"But. . .I'm not sure" I looked down "My parents. . ." I stopped and remembered. My parents wouldn't care if I got run over by a train. All my life they had just pretended I wasn't there, and usually just used me as an errand boy to get groceries or pick up other stuff. That's the main reason he had learned to roller-skate, so he could do it faster so they wouldn't be so mad when he took long "Never mind, I'll do it"
"Really?" Gum's eyes light up "Thanks!" and she hugged me. I was shocked, because I had never been hugged before, especially not by a girl. I smiled, and hugged her back. I felt as if my life was going to look up from that point
I skated as fast as I could down the street, ignoring all the screeches and screams of people that I almost ran into. I needed to get to Shibuya Terminal as fast as I could. Gum had told me to meet her there so that we could start a new life as Rudies. Of course, I hadn't told my parents, but I had stolen some of their money to buy some spray paint. Spray paint was always necessary if you wanted to be a Rudie, as Gum had said.
I stopped to a halt when I saw Gum in front of a very large tag
"Gum!" I shouted as I started skating again towards her
"Corn!" She turned around and waved, then turned back to the tag "You like it?"
"Yeah, you did it right?" I asked
"Mmmhmm, this is going to be our turf from now on"
"Really?"
"Yeah" Gum turned back to me, and then her eyes widened and looked past me. I turned around and saw what she saw.
The Rokkaku Police
"Shit" I murmured and started skating away "Come on"
"But, look" she grabbed my arm to keep me from skating any farther and pointed in front of the Rokkaku Police, more of what they were chasing. A kid with short red hair, large headphones, and goggles was skating away from the police, but the police seemed to be catching up pretty quickly
"We should help him" Gum said
"He could probably get out himself" I sighed before starting to skate away, but then she gave me the puppy-dog eyes "Fine. . ." I sighed. I skated as fast as I could towards the group of Police chasing the boy, and pushed them out of the way, knocking them all down. The boy stopped and turned towards me
"I could of handled it myself" He crossed his arms
"That's what I said to her" I pointed at Gum as she skated over
"What about me?" Gum looked back and forth at them as she stopped
"Nothing" I shook my head
"You're newbie Rudies, aren't you?" The boy raised an eyebrow
"Why do you want to know?" Gum crossed her arms, letting her weight rest on one leg
"'Cause I was looking for Rudies to join my gang, but I really don't want newbie rudies"
"You don't have any right to say that, you jerk!" Gum yelled "We just saved your ass!"
"Heh, true" The boy shrugged "Come on, let's go before those Rokkaku Police are awake enough to try to arrest us" He skated off. I turned to Gum, who was looking at me as well, and we both shrugged, then we skated after him. After a while of skating, we came to what looked like what used to be a parking structure
"This, is the GGs Hideout" The boy said as Gum and I caught up to him
"The GGs?"
"Yeah, my gang" The boy nodded "I don't have any members yet, but I guess I could let you join"
"Well. . ." Gum looked at me and I looked at her, and we turned around and started whispering
"I guess, it would mean more man-power" I shrugged
"But he's a jerk" Gum protested
"And you're the one who wanted to help him" I reminded her
"Fine. . ." Gum sighed and we both turned back to the boy "We'll join
"Cool" The boy grinned "The name's Beat"
"I'm Corn" I said, and pointed to Gum "And that's Gum"
"Corn. . .Gum. . .those name's are weird" Beat shrugged "All well. Make yourselves at home" Beat skated away
I had just joined a gang that I didn't even know about. The GGs, I didn't even want to ask what that stood for, but it's not like I actually cared. Beat made a pretty good leader, even though he was an ass a lot. But, I noticed Gum was starting to get more and more attached to Beat, even though she kept saying he was a jerk. Finally, after we had claimed Shibuya Terminal and Dogenzaka Hill, I approached her
"You like Beat, right?" I asked as Gum sat on the only couch that adorned the Garage, as Beat called their hideout
"Are you kidding, he's a total ass!" Gum crossed her arms looked away
"Then why'd you keep looking at him when we were tagging Dogenzaka Hill?" I raised an eyebrow. Gum remained silent, and I knew I had gotten her "It's okay if you like him. Who knows, he might actually be nice"
"Really?" Gum looked up at me
"Hell if I know" I shrugged "But, if you want to go for him, I'm not stopping you"
Gum gave a small smile and murmured "Thanks Corn"
"No problem" I shrugged again and skated away. Suddenly, I had really wished that I hadn't said that, hadn't been so nice. I don't know what happened, but I suddenly really regretted telling her to go after Beat. Did I like her? Nope, she was just a friend, and I had done the right thing
Or had I?
After we kicked the Doom Riders out of Tokyo-to, I had realized that it was stupid to tell her to go after Beat. While I was trying to sleep that night, I heard a soft sobbing. I got up from the couch and went down to the ground level of the Garage, being quiet as I could so I didn't wake up Beat. I saw Gum sitting down, her back leaning against one of the pillars, sobbing. I skated up to her and stared down at her for a little, then squatted down and brushed her arm softly
"Gum?"
She looked up at me with her tear streaked face, hiccupping as she tried to speak "Beat. . .he. . ."
"He rejected you, didn't he?" I finished her sentence for her, and she nodded before sobbing again "I'm sorry, I shouldn't of told you to go after him" I looked away, but quickly turned back to her as she hugged me
"It's not your fault Corn" She mumbled into my ear "I was just being stupid to even think I could go after him"
Then, she pulled a way a little, enough so her face was right in front of mine. I'm not sure what took over, but I kissed her, I kissed her right on the lips. Looking back at that, I think that was the stupidest thing I had ever done. I had kissed her while she pinned for Beat, in a time of emotional unstableness.
I pulled away quickly and got up "I-I'm sorry" I managed to say before skating away
That was also a stupid mistake. I was just so stupid that night, just so stupid. Everything just went wrong after that
Everything
It was almost a year after that night, almost a year and we still had been avoiding each other. We were having a hard time keeping a hold of our turf, and Beat seemed to get more and more restless. Finally, one day, he just disappeared. We searched and searched for him as the days blurred into weeks, and then into months, and months started blurring into years. He had just disappeared, and it had killed Gum even further. Hell, it had killed me too. Beat was actually pretty cool sometimes and a good leader, but now he was gone, just like that.
We had an even harder time keeping a hold on our turf, since Poison Jam was constantly attacking our territory. And I know every day Gum was pining for Beat, but all I could do was watch. Reality told me Beat had been capture or killed, or both. But something in the back of my head told me that he was still alive. It hoped that he was still alive. I started acting a little more laid back around Gum to try to cheer her up, but nothing was working. We were going down hill.
Until he came
I was sitting on the rail near one of the shortcuts of the Garage that lead to all around Tokyo-to, listening to Jet Set Radio through the headphones that were built into my hat when I saw him coming in. He was pretty short, maybe 14 or 15. He had short green hair, red rimmed sunglasses, a blue hoodie with a high collar, brown baggy kaprees that were rolled up a little, and yellow skates. Under his arm was a small pug painted green and had 3-D glasses and a bandanna on
"Are you the pizza guy or something?" I joked, raising an eyebrow "Because you're waaaaaay late"
"I'm not the pizza guy yo" He protested "You're a GG, right?"
"Yeah, why?"
"I want to join"
"Hmmm" I closed my eyes and pretended to be cool about it, but I was super happy mentally. We finally had a new member, finally. Now we could have someone to keep our mind off of Beat.
Oh, and help us keep our territory too
"Find Gum, she's the one in charge of recruits. She should be over by the pinball machine" I pointed towards where Gum was sitting, and watched him skate away. After I knew he wasn't paying attention, I skated close enough to be able to watch the new kid. He had skills for a kid, and I guess Gum saw that too
"So, what's your name?" I asked as I skated towards him once Gum was done testing him
"Yoyo" Yoyo replied, then pointed to the dog, which had now made a home in that mini storage trailer that we kept mainly for decoration "and that's my dog, Potts"
I gave a small smile to him "Welcome to the GGs"
"Awesome yo!" He grinned
Yoyo, as we learned, was very mischievous. Gum started finding him annoying, but then again, she thought Beat was a jerk, so I knew Gum didn't mind his company. Of course, we had started spending a little more money because of Potts, but we weren't complaining about that either. Gum actually loved playing with Potts, and I guessed it had kept her mind of Beat as well. Life was good again for us, thanks to Yoyo.
Then, we got a broadcast from DJ Professor K. Apparently; some headphone wearing freak that was hanging out in Dogenzaka Hill was spreading some nasty rumors about us. Who would want to spread rumors about a struggling gang? We all went over to Dogenzaka Hill to investigate.
"So, where did DJ Professor K say he was?" Yoyo asked me as we skated up the hill
"Somewhere near the top of the hill" I replied
"Well, I don't see any people wearing headphones" Gum looked around as she followed behind us
"Me nei. . ." I started, but then stopped short as I spotted someone who looked too familiar
"Corn?" Yoyo waved a hand in front of me, and I glanced at him quickly. When I looked back where I thought I saw that person, he was gone
"Come on, I think I saw him" I lied and skated towards where I had seen him. I couldn't tell Gum it was Beat, not yet.
"Great. I can't wait to get my hands on him" Gum smirked, her fists clenching as she skated beside me
"I think we want him alive yo" Yoyo skated a little away from Gum while looking at her weirdly
I stopped again when we reached a part with two paths. One kept to the streets, while the other was a shortcut that you had to get up by grinding one of the pipes up to the roofs. "Gum, you go through the ground streets to see if he's near there. I'll go across the roofs with Yoyo incase he went that way"
"Okay" Gum nodded and skated away. I jumped onto the pipe and grinded up with Yoyo following close behind. When we were both on the roof, my suspicions were cleared as I stared at him, the headphone wearing freak
"I didn't expect you to actually investigate Corn" he grinned
"I didn't expect you to still even be alive, Beat" I replied