You're in a gang with Kaneda, Yamagata, and some others. You and the gang, The Capsules, were chasing a rival gang through the streets of NeoTokyo on your motorcycles. Tetsuo, one of your gang members, crashed his bike into a random, mysterious kid on the street. Suddenly, the military and police surrounded you and the rest of The Capsules. They took Tetsuo to an unknown location, and you and the rest of the gang to the police station and Kaneda fakes a story, and the police let you go