nothing really to say. . .so enjoy

A year of so had past, and it seemed Cube was transforming more and more into a different person. A cold an uncaring person, pretty much opposite her old self. Hell, I don't even think she care about anything but getting more turf anymore. And I was stuck manning that stupid inescapable pit in the front of the sewers (if you enter them from Rokkaku-Dai Heights, which had collected 29 different Rudies, all of them I helped out. I couldn't just leave them there to die like Poison Jam probably would, that just wasn't me. Also, I had hear that the GGs had gotten a new member, but that wasn't really important at the moment

But then there was that 30th one

I was sitting at my usual spot near the trap when I heard a conversation between what seemed like two people (it's really easy to overhear in conversations in the sewer, since everything echoes). One sounded like a kid, maybe 13 or 14. The other sounded female, and a couple years older than the kid. But when a shout sounded, and the familiar sounds of skates falling from a pretty high distance, I knew one of them had fallen in. Then I heard 2 or 3 more voices. How many people were there?

I skated over so I was on the other side of the trap from the un-welcomed visitors, and was a bit surprised. There were total 6 different Rudies, including the one that had fallen in the trap, present. And looking closer, I could see that two of them where Corn and Gum. At least, they pretty much matched the description that DJ Professor K had given over Jet Set Radio. And the one that had fallen in the trap was that new member they got that last time Professor K covered them, Yoyo. Yeah, there were definitely the GGs, and they must had gotten a lot more members since they were last covered over Jet Set Radio

Might as well give them a little test, to see if they could take on Poison Jam

"You're the 30th one to fall for that trap" I informed them, and all 6 of the GGs turned to me

"Well, I wouldn't of, if a certain goggle wearing person had warned me earlier that this was there" the Yoyo kid huffed, eyeing the guy with really short red hair

"Well, for the 30th suck anniversary, I'll help you out, if you can do an Invert to LK Back flip"

It felt it should be hard enough. It was a pretty advanced trick, and if the noob knew it, then they were all pretty good.

Yoyo grinned at me. He was full of himself alright, but he was able to pull it off, so I had to give him credit

"Awesome" I could hear the other girl, a cute one with short blue hair, say while smiling

After a couple more comments from the GGs, I nodded "Not bad. Stand back a little, okay?"

I skated away and went over to a lever. IT had taken me a while to design it, but I knew it was worth it. I pulled it down, and I could hear the loud thunk of three steel columns falling from the ceiling. I skated back to the pit edge of the pit, and the entire gang was there to greet me

"Thanks" The Gum girl smiled

"No problem. You guys are GGs, right? Mind if I join you?"

They all turned to the Corn guy, the leader from what Professor K said, and he nodded

"Sure, it's only fair, since you helped us and stuff"

"Thanks, name's Garam" I grinned

"Wait, aren't you a part of Poison Jam or something?" The red-headed guy said, squinting at me

I laughed "Nah, I just crash here" and we all started skating, me leading the pack since I actually knew where the hell we were going

"But why?" the blue-haired chick cocked her head

"Don't really have any other place to stay, so I just stay here" I shrugged

"Poison Jam actually lets you?" Corn asked, and I looked back at him

"Well, they tolerate me. I'm related to The Master"

Incase you were wondering, that was Professor K's nickname for Cube, since he didn't know that Cube was a girl. I mean, I didn't blame him. Most people, when they thought of the leader of Poison Jam, thought of a really tough guy that could easily kill anyone. Of course, they didn't know that Poison Jam was really dumb, but they didn't need to know that.

"The. . .Master?" Gum gulped. Yeah, she was definitely freaked out. I wondered if they would retreat, but I continued on anyways

"Well, as you probably don't know, Poison Jam has a leader"

"Those dumb asses have a leader?" Yoyo blinked

"Must be one tough dude" The guy with the boom box commented. Cube had said Combo carried a boom box wherever he went. Hmm. . .no, it had to be coincidence.

"You'd be surprised" I smiled, then stopped. We were at Cube's lair, so there was no point going farther "We're here"

I could see Cube in her usual spot, up on that balcony on the chair, but I think she was too far away for any of the others to notice her gender

"So you finally betrayed me, haven't you Garam?" She asked as she stood up. I could hear one of two gasps when she spoke. What did they suspect? Poison Jam was nice to girls.

"What'd you expect Cube? You knew I was looking for a gang to join" I shrugged. I heard someone whisper Cube's name, but I couldn't identify who.

"Never mind" Cube sighed "Boys, dinnertime"

Crap, Poison Jam was heading straight for us.. There was no way we could beat them straight on even if it was 7 to 3.

Of course, even these guys were smart enough to know that, so we high-tailed it out of there.

After we lost then, the Gum chick came up with a pretty good idea. We wait for them to pass us, then DeRudie them, a term for making a full tag on their back.

We soon found them after that and chased after them, but they split up. All well, at least they'd be easier to tag separately.

"Gum and Combo, take the middle one. Beat and I will take the right, and the rest of you take the left

Wow. . .rest of you. . .I felt so special. Joking, but wait. . .that boom box carrying guy's name was Combo. Now this was really starting to seem like he was the one Cube always talked about.

Anyways, back to chasing creepy sewer fish. Apparently, the rest of 'rest of you' was Yoyo and the blue-haired chick. Great, I was stuck with the kids. All well, they didn't seem too bad, especially the girl.

"Hey, since I doubt you guys are called 'rest of you', what are your guy's names?" I asked as we skated after the Poison Jam member.

The blue-haired chick giggled "You're right, my name's Rhyth"

"I'm Yoyo" Yoyo grinned

"Good, now I know all of your guy's names" I smiled "But. . .do you guys know anything about Combo besides his name and other things like that?"

"Nope, he joined like. . .3 days ago" Yoyo shrugged

"I only joined 3 days ago" Rhyth sighed "Why?"

"Just wondering" I shrugged

"Come on, you can tell us. We're responsible" Yoyo grinned again

"Yeah, you and your silver tongue are so responsible" Rhyth rolled her eyes

"Shut up" Yoyo glared at Rhyth

"Okay, I'll tell you. Cube used to know a person named Combo, and from what I heard from her, your guy's Combo and her Combo are way too similar for it to be a coincidence"

"What's so bad about that?" Rhyth asked

"Combo had supposedly died 3 years ago"

"You're kidding right?" Yoyo gasped "How is he still alive then?"

"My question exactly" The conversation kind of ended there as we finally caught up wit the Poison Jam dude. He was pretty easy (mostly because Yoyo and Rhyth were really fast sprayers), and we met up with the others, were a pretty hilarious scene ensured

When we reached them, we found Gum sitting on the floor. But when we looked closer, we saw she was sitting on a very annoyed Beat, who was sprawled out on the floor. Close to them was Corn, who was cracking up uncontrollably.

"Did we miss something?" Yoyo blinked, but Rhyth just giggled and skated to Gum

"Is it comfy?"

"Totally" Gum smiled, and Rhyth sat down next to Gum. That was a pretty funny sight, and I couldn't help but laugh

"You're all dead meat once they get off" Beat grumbled

After a couple minutes of teasing Beat, we left. I was hoping to get Cube to join us, since we beat all of her members, but I didn't think they'd let her.

When we got back to the Garage, their hideout, I was pretty surprised by how big it was, almost the size of my dad's house, and that was huge. Except it was almost all outside and had speakers larger than I could imagine

"How'd you afford all this shit" I blinked behind my orange-tinted glasses

"Resources" Corn grinned and skated off. It was pretty boring after that. Yoyo went back to Rokkaku-Dai Heights, and Rhyth soon followed him. Gum pretty much fell asleep as soon as we came back, and Corn and Beat both went off somewhere, not sure where though. So, the only ones left in the Garage that were actually conscious were me and Combo

I guessed it would be a good time to ask

"Hey Combo?" I asked as I skated up to him

"Yes?" Combo turned to me

"You know Cube, don't you?"

"Yeah, we used to have our own gang back in Grind Square"

"So you really are him" I smiled "She always talked about you"

"Really?" Combo turned back forward "That sounds like her" Combo then turned back to me "But, it looked like she didn't notice me at all"

"Well, she's a lot different from before. . .colder" I sighed "And she thinks you're dead"

Combo looked away once again "I'm supposed to be dead"