Author's Note: Hello everyone and a Merry Christmas Eve to you all. Sorry this chapter took longer than it should have. I was busy with school stuff. I finished this semester so I at least have a few weeks to myself to finally relax and attempt to write as much as I can. That's the plan anyways. I don't got much else to say so I hope you enjoy this chapter.

GG's Garage

It was beginning to get dark. With help from Soda and Roboy, Corn has a table set up next to the pinball table for the food and drinks to be at.

Corn puts his hands on his side and sighs. "Alright. I think we should be good. All we really needed was a table." He looks to Roboy. "Alright Roboy, you're on security duty for the rest of the night. Look out for any intruders and make sure we don't get too messed up."

"Of course my genius creator. I will obey your orders like the slave I am." Roboy snarks as he skated away

"This same creator can remove that voice chip and reprogram you as a maid bot if you keep sassing me like that." The self styled genius playfully threatened. He turns to Soda. "Thanks for your help Soda."

Soda shrugs and puts his hands in his jacket pocket. "No big deal. Not like I had much to do anyways."

Corn chuckles. "Yeah that's what you always say. That's like your catchphrase." The blonde folds his arms and smiles at the taller male. "You're a cool guy though. At least you do take time to help out your friends. Unlike a certain somebody else!" Corn yells, referring to Clutch who was slouching on the couch.

Clutch groans in annoyance. "What are you complaining about now?! Can't a fella just chillax without another dude yelling at him?!" He whines.

Corn rolls his eyes and skates over to Clutch. "Why didn't you get up off your ass and help?"

"You didn't ask."

"You didn't offer."

"Why offer to help if you didn't bother to ask me?" Clutch shrugs.

"It's called being courteous." Corn sighs and shakes his head. "I question why you even bothered to stick with us."

"Well I didn't really have any place to go." Clutch sits up on the couch. "I flew here from Grind City without much of a plan. Heard all about what's going on with you guys and the Golden Rhinos, thought I was getting myself into some trouble. Then I overheard where those goons were keeping Yoyo captive and I decide to go your Garage and-"

"You decide to scam us by stealing our shit." Corn interrupts.

He still felt miffed about Clutch using Yoyo's location as a bargaining tool, only to steal from them. Especially after they found out that Noise Tank was impersonating Yoyo who they thought had betrayed them. It was up in the air on whether or not the real Yoyo was still alive or not, it was a frightening situation. Clutch practically dangled Yoyo's life in his hands.

Clutch puts his hands up. "Alright. I'll admit that was pretty fucked up of me. Yoyo could've been dead and I just decided to mess with you all. That was definitely not cool of me." He admits. "But hey, I helped y'all save him and the world right? That should say sorry enough right?"

Corn folds his arms. "Yeah. You did help us out, I'll give you that. That doesn't mean everyone here is cool with you. Not everyone here fully trusts you, you'll have to earn that back yourself. You're alright with me, for now."

"Hahahaha. I hear ya. I don't feel too bad about moving over here. Tokyo ain't half bad. Now that all the crazy shit is out of the way, I can finally enjoy all of what this place has to offer. Also great to have some friends watching my back." Clutch smirks.

"Don't push it homie. We ain't buddies. You are still an acquaintance in my eyes. You are part of the GGs though so, we got your back only if you have ours."

Clutch nods his head. "Fo sho. Gotta stick together."

"Guys! We're back!" The gang hear Rhyth scream.

"Arf! Arf!" Pots came running into the Garage and straight into his dog house.

Rhyth and Yoyo skate inside the Garage with Rhyth's arm linked around Yoyo's arm. Rhyth had such a bright and wide smile on her face while Yoyo looked very bashful and shy.

Gum waves over to Yoyo and Rhyth. "Hey you two! Came back at a good time. We were just about to get started with-" Gum stops and sees the two rudies skating up with their arms linked. Seeing Rhyth's elated expression and Yoyo's shyness, she knew something had happened. She smirked. "What happened between you two in Rokkaku Dai?" Gum asks in a teasing tone.

Yoyo scratches the back of his head. "W-Well, y-y-you see yo...Me and Rhyth we uh…"

Rhyth clings to Yoyo's arm, resting her head on his shoulder. "Yoyo and I are dating now! We're boyfriend and girlfriend!" He says happily.

Yoyo's face started to turn red. "Y-Yeah...W-What she said…"

Gum grinned widely. "Look at Yoyo the Casanova over here!" She begins to laugh. "Hey Corn! Come over here!" The rudie calls.

Yoyo's eyes widened. "Hey! Hey! W-W-What are you calling Corn over here for yo?!" He yells.

Corn skates over to Gum. "What's going on?" The leader looks over at Yoyo and Rhyth. He instantly caught on what was going on. "You two are going out?!" He points.

"How did you already come up with that conclusion?!"

Rhyth nods her head. "That's right! I confessed to him and then he confessed to me!" She confirms.

"Awwww look at you Yoyo! Smooth guy!" Corn playfully punches Yoyo in the arm. "All jokes aside, congratulations to you two. I'm happy for you." The leader gives Yoyo and Rhyth a thumbs up.

Rhyth bows. "Thanks Corn."

Gum chuckled. "Oh man. I can't wait for everyone to hear about this!"

"Yo! Yo! Can we not tell everyone about this?!" Yoyo pleaded.

"Hey! Hey! Hey! We are here to bring the party!" Garam yells as he skates to the Garage with Boogie and Combo beside him.

Corn waves. "There you guys are! Did you get something good?"

Boogie lifts the bag. "Two bottles of Sangria. Got enough water for all of us too."

"Speaking of which, can someone take this goddamn thing for me?! My back is killing me!" Garam complains.

Soda skates over to Garam and takes the case of water. "I got you man." The rudie skates over the table and puts it on the table.

"Thanks homie!" Garam gives Soda a thumbs up.

"So what did we miss while we were gone?" Combo asks.

"Yoyo and Rhyth are dating! Isn't that cute?!" Gum says.

Yoyo covers his face in embarrassment. The color of his face still matches the color of 3D glasses. "Come on yo! You don't need to tell everyone!"

Rhyth turns to Yoyo. "Why are you so embarrassed Yoyo? Wouldn't you want our friends to know we're dating?" She asks

Yoyo uncovers his face and looks at his girlfriend. "I-I don't have an issue with them knowing. I just didn't want it to be such a big deal you know…"

"Wait. Yoyo and Rhyth are dating now?" Combo grinned. "Is that why Yoyo is acting all shy? I see. Rhyth must be his first girlfriend."

"Yoyo is my first boyfriend!" Rhyth says.

"Awwwww! This just makes this even cuter!" Gum clasps her hands together.

Boogie giggled. "Looks like they beat us to it Garam." She says.

"What do you mean by that?" Corn wondered.

"Hehe. Happy you asked." Garam wraps his arm around Boogie's shoulder. "You see, the little lady and I decided to become a couple too!" He answers, grinning and rubbing under his nose.

Gum eyes widened. "What?! You two are dating too?!" She points to the two rudies. "What's going on here? Now that all the bullshit is done, everyone is getting together now?"

Corn shrugs. "I don't have any beef with that. Why not right? We were too busy fighting other gangs, Rokkaku. Now everyone can just get their feelings out and stuff."

Combo nods. "I hear that. Everyone needs a break after saving the world from a deranged corrupt politician."

Beat and Jazz enter inside the Garage. Beat had three pizza boxes in his hand.

"Hey! Somebody ordered some pizzas? It's actually here this time." Jazz jokes.

"Yes!" Corn cheers, raising his fist in the air. He wasted no time skating over to the two rudies and taking the pizza off Beat's hands. "Thank you kindly! Two extra cheeses and one pepperoni right?" He asks.

"Yes sir." Jazz salutes.

"You're a real one. Best pizza delivery man ever." Corn takes the pizza boxes over to the table.

"Hey! Where's my tip?!"

Corn reaches into his pocket and takes out five hundred yen. He skates over to Jazz and gives her the money. "For a job well done."

Jazz giggles. "Thank you." She says, putting the money in her pocket.

"Did we miss anything while we were out?" Beat asks.

"Yoyo and Rhyth are dating. So are Garam and Boogie. Isn't that crazy?" Soda answers.

"That's pretty rad." Jazz looks over to Beat and playfully nudges his arm. "When are you gonna get yourself a girlfriend Beat?" She teases, referring to what she has asked him back in Chuo Street.

Beat blushes lightly pushes Jazz away. "S-Shut up. So, is everyone here? Can we start the party now?"

"Everyone ain't accounted for. Cube is still on 99th Street. Once she's here, we can really get the party started. I'll call her and let her know we're waiting for her." Corn says. He takes out his cell phone and dials Cube's normal.

"It's best to eat the Pizza while its still hot. If we wait any longer, shit is gonna be cold. Nobody likes a cold pizza." Jazz says.

"Well you guys can go ahead and take some if you want."

"You ain't have to tell me twice." Beat says, skating over to the table.


99th Street

The bright shopping center of Benten-Cho was back to being the bustling and crowded part of the city. Citizens everywhere were all over the many stores the district had to offer, buying every single thing they could think of. They finally managed to get some lineworkers to try and fix the blackout that's been plaguing 99th Street for a month now. Slowly but surely, 99th Street was going to be one hundred percent back.

Cube skates out a donut shop with three vanilla frosted donuts in a bag. She feels her phone vibrating in her pocket. She reaches into her pocket and sees that Corn was calling. She answers the call and puts the phone to her ear.

"Talk to me." Cube says.

"Yo Cube, everyone's back in the Garage. We got the Pizzas and the liquor here. All we need now is you." Corn says.

"Why not just start the party without me?"

"No ma'am. It ain't a GGs party without the GGs. That includes you. So we ain't officially starting until you're here and accounted for."

Cube rolls her eyes. "Alright. I'll be heading back in a bit."

"Everything right Cube? Do you need us to come over there?" Corn asks with concern.

Cube groans in annoyance. "Corn, I'm a grown ass woman. I'm fine." She whines.

"I really wouldn't call twenty grown, but you are four years older than me. Can't argue with that." Corn snarks. "I just wanted to make sure you were okay. Alright, I'll see you back in a bit."

"Gotcha." Cube hangs up the call and puts her phone back in her pocket. "Alright, nostalgia trip is over. Back to reality." The goth takes out one of the vanilla frosted donuts out of her bag and starts eating.

"Hey!" A female voice calls.

Cube turns around to see a girl who looked about thirteen. She was wearing a black shirt with a white skull on it, black pants, and black converses. She had short black hair with a blue streak and she also has a black spiked bracelet around her wrist. Cube felt like she was looking at a mirror. The girl reminded her a lot of herself when she was younger.

"You're Cube right?" The girl asks.

"Yeah?" Cube responds. She stuffed the rest of the donut in her mouth. "What do you want?" She asks rudely with her mouth still full.

The girl gasps. "Oh my gosh! It totally is you! The lead singer of Rapid!" She squeals happily. "I just discovered you ladies a few months ago! Your music is really good!"

This was the last thing Cube thought she'd hear ever in her life. There was actually someone out there who was a fan of her ex band's music. She was used to critics just simply trashing their music for either not stacking up or "trying to bite" other musical groups that were around. It bothered her a lot back then, but now she didn't care. It was also a struggle to get their music played on their air since they couldn't break the mainstream and very little streamed their music.

Now here comes this girl saying that she enjoyed their music. Cube wasn't quite sure how to respond. She swallows the rest of her donut.

"Uh...Thanks. I guess." The goth says, averting her eyes away from the girl. "Pretty rare to have a fan come up and say that, considering the fact that we barely had any." She murmurs the last part.

"I think you girls rock! You didn't make a lot of songs, but the songs you have really stuck with me. I heard the group actually lived in Benten-Cho, but they were now a rudie group and called themselves Rapid 99. Like a rebranding kind of thing. I saw three of them, but I didn't see you. How come you weren't with them?" The girl asks.

Cube sighs. "I moved on kid. I'm doing my own thing now. I don't need them anymore." She said, folding her arms.

The girl tilts her head in confusion. She frowned. "Why? I thought you guys were friends."

Cube ears perked up at the mention of the word "friends". She did consider Lola, Poppy, and Candy her friends when they were a band together. They were her only friends. Even when things weren't going well for them in the music business, she did enjoy the times when they were together. Cube shakes off her thoughts. She looks back at the young girl.

"Yeah. We were friends, but not anymore. People change. I changed. The streets are tough, but those girls weren't tough enough. As a rudie gang, they fail to get shit done. I wasn't going to stay there. I had to move on. In the streets, you gotta do everything you can to survive. You understand that don't you?" The goth says.

The young girl lowers her head and nods. "I think so...That's really sad though. You guys are not friends anymore." The girl looks back up at Cube. "Do you have any friends now?"

Cube nods. "Yeah. I do. I'm part of the GGs now. Complicated history. Nothing to really get into." She waves.

The girl gasps. "You're part of the GGs?! Oh man! They're like the hottest gang in Tokyo! Is it true that you guys took out that Rokkaku Gouji guy?" She whispers.

"Yeah. It was. We just don't want to make a big deal about it." Cube then remembers that she had to head back to the Garage. "Listen kid, I have to go back with my gang. It was nice talking to you for a bit." Cube turns around and starts skating away.

"Hey wait!" The girl calls. Cube stops and looks back at the girl. "Y-You guys are so cool! You should let me visit your hideout sometime! I'd love to meet you guys! I wanna be a rudie just like you!" She declares.

"You wanna be rudie? Do you think you can even handle the streets?" Cube raises an eyebrow at the girl. She puts her hand on her hip. "Do you even have a name for yourself?"

The young girl nods. "I do! I've thought about it a few times! My name is Skull Girl!" She puts up a peace sign and winks. "You know? That fighting game people used to play. There's also a skull on my shirt. Pretty good name, huh?" She smiled proudly.

Cube smirked at the girl. She appreciated the girl's enthusiasm. "Yeah. I guess it works. If you ever find our hideout, then you're welcomed to speak to us."

"You think you can teach me how to skate?"

Cube shrugs. "Sure. It wouldn't be a big deal. Anyways, I'll see you later Skull Girl." The goth looks at her donuts and hands them over to the girl. "Enjoy the donuts. I got food waiting for me back at the Garage." The rudie salutes and skates away.

The young girl smiled widely at Cube saying her rudie name. "I'll see you later! I hope we meet again!" Skull Girl waves goodbye. The young girl looks in the bag. "Ohh, vanilla. My favorite."

Cube skates out of the shopping district and grinds up the dragon tail to reach back to the main road. She found it charming speaking to someone who was a fan of hers. It felt weird, but it was also kind of heartwarming. No need to dwell on it too much. She had friends waiting for her and a party to get to.

"You have a lot of nerve showing your face around here again!" Someone yells.

Cube stops in her track at the sound of the voice. She knew exactly whose voice was yelling at her. She sighed. "I was wondering how long you were going to let me skate around freely." She says.

Cube turns around and looks up at the Dragon Tower to see her old band group and gang, Rapid 99. Now being led by Lola, the blue haired girls looked pissed. The ladies jump off the Dragon Tower and land on the main road.

Cube turns to Rapid 99. She keeps a very confident glare at her former teammates. It has been almost four months since her betrayal. Cube didn't feel nervous. She knew that she would run into Rapid 99 eventually. The past was eventually gonna come back to her. If she showed any fear, the girls would easily pick her apart.

Cube smirks. "Lola. Poppy. Candy. Long time no see." She says.

"Why are you here?" Lola growls.

Cube puts her hands in her pockets. "I was just taking a little nostalgia stroll through 99th Street. This used to be my turf after all." She puts a hand on her chin and thinks for a moment. "Actually...it is." She smirked.

"99th Street is not your turf!" Poppy yells.

"You don't belong here anymore Cube." Candy points to the rudie.

Cube looked over at 99th Street. She extends her hand out. "All I see here is GGs graffiti all over this place. I'm part of the GGs now. So, that means this is my turf now." The girl smirked.

"You're with the GGs now?!" Lola's eyes widened. "What happened with those disgusting sewers rats Poison Jam?"

"I left them. They couldn't get the job done when I needed them to take out the GGs. Then after some complicated issues, I joined their gang. I gotta say, it's nice to have teammates who can carry their own weight around." Cube snarks.

"So you're just going from gang to gang huh?" Poppy spoke up.

"I can't tell if you're a rudie or a cheap whore." Candy snarks.

Rapid 99 all started to laugh. Cube blushed in embarrassment at her former gang member's comment. She tightens her fist and growls.

"I honestly thought the GGs would be a little smarter than to allow you to join their gang. Guess they're as gullible as we thought. To be fair, they did fall into that stupid trap Poison Jam. We gave them too much credit I guess." Lola shrugged.

"You talk a lot of shit for a couple of cowards who skipped town when shit was getting dicey. Where were you when the Noise Tanks were around here tearing this entire place apart? Nowhere in sight. The GGs cleaned up the mess for you. You can call me and the GGs whatever you want, but at least they actually have some backbone. Something you bitches clearly lack!" Cube barked.

Rapid 99 fall silent. Cube was right about something. The gang ran away when it was taken over by the Noise Tanks. Even when the Golden Rhinos came in, they didn't come back to fight for their turf. They only just recently came back once Rokkaku Gouji was defeated. Lola didn't want to give Cube the satisfaction of being right.

"Shut up!" Lola yells. "Now that you're here, some payback is in order for what you did to us! Don't think you're getting away from us unscathed Cube!" The Rapid 99 leader snaps her fingers. "Girls. It's time to take care of business."

"Agreed." Poppy and Candy nodded.

The three girls start slowly skating towards Cube. Cube starts to slowly back away into the wall.

"Shit." The goth curses. "Sorry Corn. Looks like I'm going to be a little late." Cube puts her fist up. "I'm not afraid of you. I'll take you all on if I have to. Come on!"


GG Garage

Corn looks at his phone and sees that it has been almost twenty minutes since he last spoke to Cube. He knows Benten wasn't too far from the Garage, so it shouldn't have taken Cube long to get back. The blonde haired boy started to get nervous for his friend.

"Where is she? She didn't run into Rapid 99 did she? But they haven't been in Benten-cho for awhile. It could still be a possibility." Corn says to himself.

Jazz skates up to Corn, seeing the concerned look on his face. "What's going on chief? You're looking a little tense. Something happened?" She asks.

"It's Cube. She's probably in trouble on 99th Street." The leader answers. He looks to Jazz. "You think you can go out there and see what's up?"

Jazz nods. "No problem. If she's really in trouble, then I'll get her out of it." She says.

Corn shakes his head. "I'm not sending you out there on your own. Not that I don't think you can't handle it, but I wanna be sure you have back up." The leader looks over at the rundown red couch by the broken car and sees Clutch sitting down and eating a pepperoni pizza. "Clutch!" He calls.

Clutch over to Corn in confusion. "What?! What did I do wrong this time?!" He whines with his mouth full.

"Nothing. I just need you to go to 99th Street with Jazz to find Cube. She might be in trouble."

Clutch sighs. "Alright. I'm coming." He says. Clutch quickly finishes the crust of the pizza and gets up from the couch.

"Come on, why do you have to pair me up with that guy? I'd rather it be anyone else." Jazz folded her arms. She was not happy that she had to work alongside Clutch.

"I know you don't trust Clutch completely. Trust me, I still don't either. Just keep an eye on him and make sure he helps out. If he does anything suspicious, just let me know." Corn says.

Jazz sighs. "Alright. Come on Clutch! 99th Street!"

"Right behind ya." Clutch replies.

Jazz and Clutch start skating over to the route to get to 99th Street.

"Be careful out there!" Corn yells.

Gum skates up next to Corn. "What's going on?" She asks.

"Its Cube. She might have had a bit of a run in with Rapid 99 and she could be in trouble. I just sent Jazz and Clutch over to Benten-cho to find her." Corn answered.

"Yeesh. She could be getting jumped right now. Jazz and Clutch should be able to handle it. Rapid 99 ain't tough. They weren't even around when we were busy cleaning up Benten of Noise Tanks. No surprise they'd show their faces after we clean shit up." Gum rolled her eyes.

"Also using this time of peace of jump Cube. I can't say this wasn't expected, but it still sucks. I just hope she's okay." Corn says with a look of concern on his face.


99th Street

Jazz and Clutch make it to Benten-cho skating side by side. Clutch was intrigued about what kind of trouble Cube might have gotten herself into.

"So, what do you think might have happened to Cube?" Clutch asks Jazz.

"No idea. Corn didn't really clarify on what the problem was. Let's just make sure we find her quick. I don't really want to stay in Benten for too long. Especially after all that shit with Noise Tank." Jazz shuddered. She hated remembering how the Noise Tanks practically kidnapped her. The only good coming out of that situation was that she met the GGs.

Clutch ears perk up when he hears the sounds of women grunting. "Yo, sounds like a fight going on."

"Then let's get going!"

Jazz and Clutch began to pick up the pace. Rapid 99 had Cube in a favorable position for them. Poppy and Candy were holding on to Cube's arms while Lola was punching the rudie in the stomach. Cube already had some bruises on her face with a bloody lip and a black eye.

Lola punches Cube in the stomach again, causing the girl to cough in pain. "You bitch!" The Rapid 99 leader grabs Cube's by her cheeks. "We trusted you! You were supposed to be our friend!" Lola screamed. She then slaps Cube across the face. "You get what you deserve!"

"Tell her girl!" Poppy cheered.

"Let her have it!" Candy cheered.

Lola hits Cube in the face with a right hook. Blood started to drip from Cube's mouth. She may have been at a disadvantage, but Cube still wasn't afraid of her former gang. Cube looked back at Lola and spits blood at Lola's face, causing the girl to scream and stumble back.

"Ahhhh! Disgusting!" Lola yelled, trying to wipe the blood off from her face.

Cube uses this opportunity to use the back of her head to headbutt Poppy in the nose, making her let go of her arm and hold her nose in pain. Cube then turns around and punches Candy in the face to make her let go of her.

The goth was now free. She quickly tackles Lola to the ground and wraps a hand around her neck. "You are nothing to me!" Cube began repeatedly punching Lola in the face.

Poppy and Candy quickly skate over and pull Cube off of Lola. The two Rapid 99 members throw Cube to the ground and start kicking her.

"Hey! Get off of her!" Jazz yelled as she skated in and pushed Candy down to the ground. She then pushes Poppy away from Cube.

Clutch then comes in and helps Cube up from off the ground. Jazz skates over to Cube. "You alright girl?" She asks with concern.

Cube coughed. She wipes her mouth. "I'm...fine…" She pants.

Clutch looks over to Rapid 99 who were helping their leader off the ground. Lola now had a busted lip and damaged nose.

"Who are these broads?" The red haired rudie wondered.

"Who the hell are you?!" Lola asks.

"We're part of the GGs. Listen, I don't know who the heck you girls think you are, but you mess with our friend then you deal with all of us!" Jazz declared.

"Shit. We didn't know there were more of them. Lola, let's get out of here." Candy suggested.

Lola growled at the suggestion, but she nods in agreement of her teammates. She glares at Cube. "This isn't over Cube! It's not over! If we see you around here again, we'll do something even worse to you!"

Rapid 99 jumps the main road and grinds down the dragon tail. Jazz and Clutch put Cube's arms over their shoulders and began skating their way back to the Garage.

Clutch sees the nasty bruises on Cube's face and shudders. "Damn, they fucked yo shit up." He comments.

"Shut up idiot." Cube growls.

"Who were those girls anyways? I don't think I've ever seen them around." Jazz asks.

"Rapid 99. Old acquaintances of mine. Complicated history that I don't feel like getting into. Just take me back to the Garage."

The rest of the skate back to the Garage was silent. Jazz and Clutch were a little curious about Rapid 99, but Cube was not in the mood to talk.


GG's Garage

Boogie is at the table where all the food and drinks are. She takes out twelve red plastic cups and starts pouring Sangria in the cups. Roboy skates up to the rudie with a red exclamation point flashing on his chest.

"What do you believe you're doing lady?!" Roboy questions.

"I'm pouring some Sangria for everyone. What does it look like?" Boogie responds.

"Well, madam. Corn has told me to be on the watch of the rudies who aren't of the drinking age. While you are off the hook, there are others who aren't."

"Well Roboy. Corn told me that everyone can have at least ONE drink!" Boogie says, raising her index finger. "He thought it would be okay for everyone to have at least one drink. I mean, why not right? We saved the world after all. We could all use a drink after the stuff we went through. One drink isn't gonna hurt."

Roboy sighs and shakes his body (since he can't individually move his head). "You humans and your fickle minds. If that is what Corn is, then I will allow it. Just don't come crying to me when something happens."

Boogie rolls her eyes at the robot. "Whatever you say, tincan." The rudie finishes pouring the Sangria in the twelve cups. "Perfect. A cup for everyone."

"Oh my goodness! Cube, what happened?!" Rhyth was heard yelling.

Boogie turns around to see the GGs grouped around Cube by the red couch near the broken car. They all had a concerned look on their face. Boogie skates over to the group and sees the black eye, bruises, and bloody lip on Cube. She winces. "Sheesh, what happened out there girl?"

"She was getting two pieced by them Rapid 99 chicks." Clutch explains.

"We got there in time before things got worse. Those girls were really pissed off with Cube." Jazz says.

Corn examines Cube's face. "They gave ya a nasty shiner. We should get you an ice pack to heal that up." He says.

Cube puts her hand up. "Forget it! I've taken worse beatdowns. This is nothing. I didn't come here for you guys to play doctors and nurses on me. This is a celebration right? So, how about we just worry about this shit later?" The goth groans. "Just get me a fucking drink."

"Well lucky for you, I got all the drinks set up at the table already. How about we drink now so we can get this party started?" Boogie says.

"I'm with that. Bring in the good vibes and push away the bad vibes." Soda shrugs.

The GGs go over to the table to get their own cup. Corn and Gum stayed back with Cube to talk to her.

"So they jumped you huh? You should've let me come with you. We would've dealt with the three of them easily if we were together." Gum remarks, folding her arms.

"I told you before, it's my business alone. Their issue is with me, so it should only be between me and them." Cube says.

"You're our friend Cube. If people got beef with you, then they got beef with the rest of us. Besides, we not gonna leave you out there to fight a handicap match. That's wack. We'll deal with them together the next time we see them, but for now." Corn puts his hand on Cube's shoulder. "Let's try and have a good time. Perk up." He grinned.

Cube grins back at Corn, shaking her head. While she wasn't fully happy with the idea of the other GGs getting into her personal issues, it made her feel relieved that she had people who had her back. "Your reassurance is appreciated Corn." She says.

The rest of the GGs come back with their cups with Yoyo, Beat, and Combo giving Corn, Gum, and Cube their cups of Sangria. Pots comes out of his dog house and runs over to the group with Roboy skating behind him.

"You gonna give us a speech leader man?" Garam nudges Corn with a grin on his face.

"Yeah! Talk your stuff yo!" Yoyo cheers.

"Yeah! Celebratory speech!" Rhyth cheers along.

"Hehe. Alright, I got y'all." Corn agrees. He goes to sit up on the top step of the upper level of the Garage. The GGs turned their attention to their leader. "Damn, I don't know where to begin." Corn scratches his head. "I guess I can just start with thanking you guys. Y'all some of the coolest people I've ever had the pleasure to meet. We may have had our differences, but I thank y'all. If it wasn't for all of us working together, Tokyo would've gone because of some bald asshole. The GGs started off with just me and Gum, now we're even bigger and stronger than ever."

"That's right!" Boogie cheers.

"You said it!" Combo cheers.

Corn starts to chuckle. "Y'all are something else." He looks over to Gum. "Gum, you are one of the toughest chicks I know. You're very loyal and I'm glad you're my best friend."

Gum smiles at Corn and raises her cup. "You flatter me Corn, but thank you. You're my best friend too."

Corn turns to Yoyo and Rhyth. "Yoyo, you are the biggest liar on the planet. You can be pretty annoying sometimes you little gremlin, but I'm happy to have you. You bring laughter to us all. Rhyth, you're a sweet girl. Your cheery and quirky attitude keeps our heads up. Never stop being you."

Rhyth smiled brightly at Corn. "Thank you Corn! Thank you for letting me join!"

Yoyo puts his hands up. "Come on, I ain't THAT much of a liar." The other GGs just glared at the green haired rudie. Yoyo sighs. "Okay...maybe I do lie just a tad, but y'all love me yo." He grins while doing the finger gun motion.

Rhyth links her arm around Yoyo and leans her head on his arm. "I certainly love you the most!" She says.

This causes Yoyo to blush and scratch the side of the face. "Heh...Yeah…" He bashfully replied.

Corn then turns to Beat and Combo. "Beat, you just a cool ass dude. You may be a little too snarky, but you're smart and you're great at taking charge. Combo, you're a big dude with a big heart. I don't know how you be doing all the shit you do while carrying your boombox all the time, but you make it work."

"The snark is part of my charm. I appreciate you calling me smart too." Beat raises his cup and smiles.

"The boombox doesn't go anywhere without me. The music keeps me moving and I'm always going to be moving with the music." Combo says.

"I hear that brother." Corn turns to Garam and Boogie. "Garam, you're loud and obnoxious. Sometimes I just wanna drop kick you in your chest, but I can't bring myself to do it. You're a troublemaker, but you're a chill and funny dude. Boogie, you're a really stylish girl. You also just have this relaxing vibe about you, so you're easy to talk to. I like that. So you're cool."

Boogie smiles and raises her cup. "Thank you Corn."

Garam wraps his arm around Boogie's shoulder. "That's right! You better talk good about my little lady! Talk shit about me all you want, but Boogie is a chill girl." The rudie turns to his girlfriend and grins. "Ain't that right babe?" He kisses Boogie on the cheek.

Boogie giggles at her boyfriend. "Love you too babe."

Corn points to Soda and Jazz. "Soda, I love your laid back attitude despite how lazy you can be. You're a good dude. Jazz, I like your spark. You gotta a fire about you and you're also a really great person to talk to. Sorry our situation was weird when we all first met, but I'm glad to have you around."

Soda raises his cup. "I'm glad I stuck around with you guys. I'd be pretty bored if I was back on my own again."

Jazz points to Corn and winks at him. "Happy to be part of the team, Chief."

Corn looks over to Cube and Clutch. "Cube, you literally tried to murder us. Drop us into a cauldron and feed us to Poison Jam."

Cube shrugs. "Can't argue with facts." She admits.

"However, despite that. After we set aside our differences, you're an alright girl. I know you got a bit of a cold exterior to you, and I think you could open up a bit more. Besides that though, I'm happy to have you here." Corn smiles.

Cube smiles back at Corn and raises her cup. "I appreciate it. Really."

"Clutch. Uh...Uh…" Corn scratches his chin to try and figure out what he could say to Clutch. However, that was proving to be a difficult task. "Damn...I don't know. You're just an asshole I guess. That's all."

The rest of the GGs started to laugh. Clutch squints his eyes and pouts. He then shrugs his arms. "I guess I should've expected that. Understandable."

Corn puts his hand up. "Besides that, you're okay. For now. The point is, I'm happy to have you all as part of the GGs. We may have stopped Rokkaku and saved the world, but that doesn't mean we're done. We still got some unfinished business to take care of. We gotta tag up the rest of the Golden Rhinos remaining markings all over Tokyo. We'll make a mark towards the future of Tokyo! Aww yeah!" The GG leader pumps his fist in the air.

"Yeah!" The other GGs cheered.

"And with that, let's get his party started! GGs style!" Corn raises his cup in the air.

"GGs style!" The rest of the gang cheered while raising their cups.

The gang all take a drink of the cup of Sangria. Yoyo and Rhtyh began coughing.

"What the fuck?!" Yoyo screamed. "This is what grown ups are drinking?! Bleh!" The boy sticks out his tongue in disgusts.

Rhyth shakes her head, her face churning in disgust. "That didn't taste good at all!"

Jazz shrugs. "It's alright. I'd like something just a little sweeter, but I think its good."

"This is the kind of drink I need, so good choice Boogie." Cube says.

Boogie nods to Cube. "No problem."

Corn turns to Roboy. "Yo Roboy! Get up here and start blasting some tunes! It's time to party!"

Roboy walks up the stairs of the upper floor and skates behind the DJ turntable. "The great Roboy provides nothing but bangers!" The robot picks up two vinyls and spins them around before putting them on the turntable.

Roboy turns up the giant stereos around the Garage to max volume. It was finally time for the party to start getting crazy. Roboy was laying down some crazy tunes with J-pop, rock music, and rap music. The citizens of Tokyo-To would probably complain about all the noise, but the gang didn't care. They were too busy having the time of their lives.

Most of the pizza had been eaten, leaving only three extra cheese pizzas left in the last box. Clutch was standing on the top of one of the stereos dancing with his gold chain around his neck and a half bottle of Sangria in his hand. It was clear that the rudie was a little tipsy.

"We saved Tokyo baby!" Clutch yelled, raising the Sangria bottle in the air. "Can I get a YERRRRRRRRRRRRR?!"

"YERRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!" Combo and Soda cheered from below. The two rudies share a laugh together.

"Dude sure knows how to party man." Soda says.

"Probably should've stopped him from doing all the drinking. We'll all have to be careful and make sure he doesn't do anything too crazy." Combo states.

"Wasn't that supposed to be Roboy's job?" Soda asks. He then shrugs. "Ahh well. We'll make sure he doesn't cause trouble."

Garam and Boogie are together with Garam sitting down on the couch watching Boogie dancing for him in a very sensual way. Garam was mesmerized by Boogie's movements as she swayed her hips side to side and bended down in front of him.

"Little lady, you are one beautiful chick. You know that?" Garam smiled.

Boogie looks back at Garam and smiles at him. "Thank you. Are you enjoying the show hun?"

Garam nods his head. "I sure am. Although…" The rudie grabs Boogie's hand and pulls her over to him. Boogie was now facing Garam, sitting on his lap. "I think I'd like it better if my girl was next to me." He said with a smirk.

Boogie giggled at Garam. She traces her finger down Garam's chest. "Such a charmer. You sure it's not the drinks that's got you all worked up Garam?" She asks teasingly.

"I could ask the same thing about you little lady."

Garam places his hands on Boogie's hips as Boogie wraps her arms around Garam's neck. The two start getting into a very heated and heavy make out session.

Cube, Jazz, and Rhyth who are sitting on top of the stereos next to half pipe were watching Boogie and Garam in amusement. Jazz had her smartphone and started recording the two rudies with a smirk on her face. Cube takes a sip of her cup of Sangria as she continues to watch.

"Those two are gonna be so embarrassed when they see how they look right now. This is definitely going to be a night to remember for everyone." Jazz says.

"Man...they're really into it." Rhyth comments.

Cube puts down and looks over to Rhyth. "Soon you and Yoyo are going to be kissing like that. You two are dating now after all right?" She teases.

Rhyth began to blush at the thought. "N-Now hold on! It was already really nerve-racking trying to kiss him the first time! I don't think I'd be able to handle kissing like Garam and Boogie! What if…Ahhhh!" The blue haired rudie covers her face in embarrassment.

Cube chuckles and pats Rhyth on the back. "You'll get over it soon."

Jazz puts her smartphone back in her pocket and looks over to Cube. "Nice to see you're smiling again. I was afraid your mood would be down the whole night because of what happened."

"I told you it wasn't a big deal."

Rhyth uncovers her face. "What are you going to do about Rapid 99?" She asks Cube. "Aren't you afraid that they're gonna beat you up again? I know we might run into them again when we start cleaning up the Golden Rhinos' stuff. I'm a little worried."

"Don't be. They can throw out their empty threats all they want, but it's futile. I'm not letting that incident stop me from doing what I want. Just because they're getting their revenge on me, doesn't mean I'm just gonna sit and let it happen. I'm fighting back." Cube says.

"I don't know what you may have done, but clearly karma finally came to bite ya in the ass. Poetic Justice as they say." Jazz shrugs. "But if they wanna fight with us, then we'll give them one." The white haired rudie puts her fist in her hand.

"Yeah, but let's not focus on such irrelevant things." Cube snarks. "For now, let's just enjoy ourselves."

"Yeah! This is a night of fun! So we should all be happy!" Rhyth beamed, pumping her fist in the air. She got up on her feet and started dancing to the music.

Cube and Jazz smiled at the young girl. They too got up to their feet and joined in to dance with her.

Yoyo, Corn, and Beat skate up to the table to get the last of the extra cheese pizzas.

"Don't mind if I do. Come to me you sweet delicious cheesy triangle." Yoyo says as he took one big bite of his pizza.

"This has been great. I'm happy to see everyone enjoying themselves. Music is bumpin too." Corn smiled.

"You think we might get noise complaints yo? Peeps are probably tryna relax and we're ruining everything for them." Yoyo snickers.

"Ahh, we'll deal with the complaints later." Corn waves off. "Besides, I think we deserve to party and be as loud as we want after everything we did. Right Beat?" He asks the auburn haired boy.

Beat didn't really hear what Corn was saying. He has his eyes fixated on Gum who was sitting down with Pots scratching the dog's back. Corn snaps his finger in front of Beat to get his attention.

Beat loses his train of thought and looks back at Corn and Yoyo. "Huh? You guys said something?" He asks confused.

"Damn Beat, Gum really got your star struck huh?" Yoyo grinned.

Beat looks away and scratches his head in embarrassment. "M-My bad."

Corn shakes his head. "Nothing to apologize for homie. If you like Gum in that way, why not just asks her out? I actually encourage it. I think she'd like you."

Beat turns to Corn and raises his eyebrow at him. "How would you know?"

"I don't. Just making the assumption. But you'll never know if you give it a shot. That's what I'm saying."

"I guess you're right." Beat looks back over to Gum. "Alright. I'm gonna do it tonight."

Yoyo raises his hand. "Ayo, before you go. You gonna eat that pizza?" He pointed to the pizza in Beat's hand.

Beat hands the pizza to Yoyo. "Help yourself."

"You absolutely LOVE to see it!" Yoyo cheered. The green haired rudie took a bite of the pizza.

Beat slowly skated over to Gum. He couldn't help but feel nervous. As overconfident and snarky as he liked to play himself out to be, asking a girl out was something he had never achieved. He didn't particularly know how to approach it, especially with someone as tough as Gum. He could feel his heart pounding the closer he got to the rudie.

"Hey...Gum. What's up?" Beat waved.

Gum looks up to Beat and smiles. "Oh hey Beat. Just chilling with Pots. The little guy just wanted some attention. You needed something?" She asks.

"You got it man! You can do it!" Beat said to himself. He swallowed. "W-Well. I was thinking like...you wanna skate around Shibuya-cho or something? Just the two of us?"

Gum was intrigued by this request. "Why just the two of us?"

Beat puts his hand behind his head. "Well uh...I just...want to get to know you better really."

"Are you asking me on a date Beat?"

"N-Not like a date persay. More like just us skating together or whatever. But I do seriously wanna get to know you better. I mean, if you don't want to I completely get it. I just thought that-"

"Alright." Gum answers.

Beat's eyes widened in shock. "Wait seriously?"

Gum nods. "Yeah." She stands up. "We can go over to Dogenzaka Hill and just skate around Shibuya til we feel like coming back to the Garage." The blonde folds her arms. "I hope you have a lot to talk about since you wanna know so much about me as well." She grins.

"U-Uh, yeah. Cool. Let's go."

Beat and Gum began skating out of the Garage and making their way to Dogenzaka Hill.

Author's Note: I'm not sure what music will sound like in 2024 (the year this game takes place), but I'd imagine it would still sound like some stuff we're hearing now. I was listening to Playboi Carti while writing, so I could probably envision them bumping that if they just wanted some music to vibe to.