Rhyth woke up as the plane began its descent to Tokyo airport. She opened her mouth and let out a small yawn. That's when she realized someone was leaning against her. She looked over and found the red haired boy who she'd sat across from back in Seattle-Tacoma airport asleep, his head nestled on top of her shoulder. "Hey…" She whispered politely and poked the top of his head, "Time to wake up sleepy-head…"
The boy's green eyes slowly opened and looked up to find Rhyth's smiling face looking down at him. His eyes widened and he recoiled away from Rhyth like Hayashi from coffee-flavored candy. His face was bright red from embarrassment.
"Are you alright?" Rhyth asked the boy, who nodded slowly and sat upright in his seat. His hair hid his face, but Rhyth could see the tinge of red on his cheeks. She leaned toward the boy, trying not to scare him. "What's your name?"
"M-my friends call me Zipper," the boy stammered as he looked into Rhyth's bright blue eyes. "W-what's yours?" He inched away from Rhyth, his face definitely blushing.
"Rhyth," She replied cheerfully and then fell silent.
Unbeknownst to Rhyth and Zipper, Yoyo was watching them from across the aisle from behind the cover of his Playboy. 'That guy is getting attention from her after all the hard work I've done to get her attention!' Yoyo thought, obviously frustrated with the strange kid that Rhyth was trying to coax into conversation with no success. The two just sat there in an awkward silence that continued until the plane touched down at Tokyo's airport.
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"So who was that guy?" Beat asked Rhyth as they got off the plane and headed toward the baggage claim area.
"His name's Zipper," Rhyth replied with a shrug, "But when I tried to talk to him, he clammed up."
"He's just a weirdo yo," Yoyo said offhandedly, "Who cares who he is?"
"Can it Yoyo," Corn snapped at the green haired Rudie, "DJ Professor K's making an announcement."
All five of the GGs turned their radios on and heard K's crazy voice pour into their ears.
"…the Noise Tanks got their butts handed to them by the GGs when they tried to cover Shibuya Terminal in their Matrix-style graffiti. My sources say those tin cans have retreated back to their hideout in Highway Zero. Props to Combo for keeping those punks in check while the GGs leaders are out of town!"
"Told you Combo was the right guy," Beat muttered to Corn, who nodded in agreement and kept listening to Professor K's broadcast.
"In other news, our scumbag Mayor Rokkaku Gouji-"
"What?!" Corn shouted in dismay as Professor K kept speaking, "But we beat Rokkaku! I watched Beat take him down with my own eyes!!"
"Shh," Gum hissed and placed a finger to her lips and pointed toward the non-Rokkaku guards standing on either side of the automatic sliding doors that led to the Baggage Claim. "We're not alone."
"-ent that says the Rokkaku Police have been given control of Tokyo's civilian police, and they've re-hired that hell-on-earth-personified, Hayashi." DJ Professor K continued, "But that's not all! Rokkaku's also hired a teenage chick named Masako to the Rokkaku police force. Rumors are wrapped around this woman like bandages on the Immortals! There's a rumor is that she's a former Rudie who went by acronym S.D.K. Another rumor is that she's the ghost from the Ring, and the way her hair looks I wouldn't surprised! But the rumor that she's the daughter of Hayashi is just stupid. I mean, what babe in their right mind would sleep with that psychopath?
"What's gonna happen to Tokyo now that Rokkaku's back? And where are the leaders of the GGs?" With that, Hideki Naganuma's "Fly Like A Butterfly" began to play.
"I think we'd better grab our bags and get out of here," Beat suggested as they walked into the Baggage Claim, "Those policemen had radios. They're probably calling for backup right now."
"No kidding yo," Yoyo muttered as he stopped in front of the baggage claim's conveyor belt. He turned to Beat. "How the hell is Rokkaku still alive? You took him down yo!"
"No idea Yoyo," Beat said as he looked down the conveyor belt for their luggage. His eyes glanced over to the other side of the conveyor belt behind his sunglasses and saw a girl wearing a dark purple hat with cat ears staring at him. Beat turned his head and looked at her, but she glanced down at the conveyor belt.
Suddenly the sound of police sirens caught Beat's attention. "Shit! The Rokkaku Police are here!" He yelled as the GGs bags slid out onto the conveyor belt. Yoyo jumped up on the conveyor belt, grabbed all five bags, and tossed them to the GGs. They turned to leave when thirty cops burst through the exit.
"Uh…We have a problem yo," Yoyo said as the cops surrounded them. They were in an airport and none of them were carrying spray cans.
"Hey you little punks!" The all-too-familiar voice of the Rokkaku Police's crazy captain shouted. Hayashi stood in the middle of the exit with his pistol aimed at Beat's head.