B-boys Break dance Forever
Note: (Any similarities between real life or fictional [meaning your stories] is totally coincidental. I don't own JGR/JSR or any name brand clothing, restaurants, industries, characters, etc. mentioned in my story unless otherwise noted)
(It might be hard to understand what moves Tab and the other breakers might be pulling off if you don't know what the moves look like. If anything, I suggest that you visit a break dancing website that shows clips of the moves that are in my story in bold letters. Anyway, enjoy!)
Terms to help you with my story
Breaker-Shorter term for break dancer
B-boy/B-girl-Name given in the 80's to guys and girls who break dance. E.g. break dancing boy/ break dancing girl
Chapter 01
Thursday, an arena somewhere outside of Tokyo-to
"Come on!"
Tab was very upset. He has been practicing 5 long months to prepare for the 1 on 1 break dancing tournament entitled "B-boys Break Dance Forever 2002". It's a yearly tournament where all the best break dancers from Japan meet for competition. It was going to be held next Saturday and tryouts were for today. He left to apply at an arena a little bit outside of Tokyo-to, where all the break dancing tournaments are held. In order to participate in this event, you had to perform your moves in front of 3 major break dancing crews from all over Japan. If they liked what you can do, you can participate, if you sucked, well, you could kiss your ass good-bye. Tab was supposed to be next, but apparently, they had just collected the top 20 contestants right when he was next.
"F*** you all, you here me?! F*** you all!" Depressed and with nothing else left to do for the day, Tab left home to the garage where all the GG's awaited to here the good news.
Tab opened the door wishing that no one would ask if he made it or not, but he knew he couldn't escape the inevitable. "So spill the good news Tabby boy, what rank are you in, huh? Who are you going up against first?" Beat asked, eagerly to know.
"No one. They chose all the contestants before I could even perform." Tab put his head down, not wanting to look or talk to anybody at the moment.
"Don't worry, Tab, there's always next year." Mew said trying to cheer him up…even though it didn't work one bit.
"Yeah, don't stress it." At this point, Gum and everyone else were trying there very best but just couldn't even make him crack a smile.
"Don't stress it! Next year! I've been practicing for 5 whole f***ing months and you're saying don't stress it and there's always next year!" Tab had enough, not only was he pissed that he wasn't chosen, but the fact that they kept saying don't worry about it just blew his top.
"I'm going out for a walk. Don't worry about dinner, I'll buy my own." And with that, he parted, leaving his friends back at the garage.
It was quiet until Beat broke the silence. "Ah, nothing to worry about. He'll get over it."
"Yeah but how soon?" Piranha asked.
It was quiet again for a moment in the GG garage, then everyone was going back to doing there own thing.
Shibuya-cho, Park Street, 6 o'clock.
Tab skated slowly, pondering on where he should go eat for dinner.
"Guess I'll stop here." He skated up to the Burger Joint on the corner of Park Street.
"Can I help you, sir?" A beautiful female employee asked, probably the same age as Tab.
Tab was astonished. He had never seen anyone so beautiful in his life before. She was a Japanese girl with long black hair and green eyes. She was about as tall as Tab without the skates. Her face was acne-free, some things that some girls don't have. Tab started to order. "Uh…yeah, I'll have 3 cheeseburgers, a large fry, and a large Coke." He felt his voice starting to choke up.
She smiled, "Okay sir, that will be 560 yen."
He paid her and she handed him his tray of food.
Finishing his food, Tab couldn't stop thinking to himself about the girl so he tried thinking of something else. Finally, something came to mind.
"The break dancing tournament", Tab finally said quietly to himself. 5 months of non-stop training and he wasn't even able to show his moves.
"You know, maybe Mew's right. There's always next year. I mean, if I start practicing now until the next tournament for the following year, I'll be better at breaking than I am now and surely I'll get my chance. Boy, I really have to start thinking to myself more often." Now that he felt better about himself, Tab had started heading out. He walked passed the girl and without wanting to stared right at her. She didn't notice because she was tending to a customer but he turned around quick to make sure she wouldn't.
"Man, what's wrong with me. It's not like I like her…do I?"
Tab needed to get her off his mind again so he decided to go out tagging for the rest of the evening at Benten-cho.
Tab tagged for so long he didn't even see how late it was getting until he took a glance at his watch.
"9:45. Time to go home." As Tab was heading home, he kept cutting through alleys to make it home faster. Heading towards the last alley near the garage, he was stopped by someone.
"Hey kid, got a minute?"
"No, now get the hell out my way."
"Kinda cocky, huh? Trust me, what I have to say is of importance to you."
Tab was trying to make out the dark figure's face but couldn't. He started to get a little interested in what the man had to say, so he tuned in his ears.
"Make it quick, I have no time for anyone's bulls**t."
"You're a breaker, right?"
"What?" Tab felt his heart race. How did he know he was a break dancer? No one knew except for his gang, and even they wouldn't tell anybody.
"I said, you're a-"
"I heard what you said. How do you know?"
"That doesn't matter. I'm here to tell you that the last contestant today who took your spot just broke their arm this evening and that he won't be participating in the tournament next Saturday. There holding tryouts again tomorrow morning. Be there if you want to participate."
Tab couldn't believe what he was hearing. One more opening and he could be in it!
Tab closed his eyes for a second, picturing himself as the winner of the contest. Almost forgetting about the mysterious man, he reopened them wanting to thank him for the information, but he was nowhere to be seen.
"What the? Where'd he go?" At that moment, Tab didn't care anymore. He just wanted to get home to tell his friends the good news.
(Well, that's the end of this chapter. I'll continue it if you like it. R+R)
Note: (Any similarities between real life or fictional [meaning your stories] is totally coincidental. I don't own JGR/JSR or any name brand clothing, restaurants, industries, characters, etc. mentioned in my story unless otherwise noted)
(It might be hard to understand what moves Tab and the other breakers might be pulling off if you don't know what the moves look like. If anything, I suggest that you visit a break dancing website that shows clips of the moves that are in my story in bold letters. Anyway, enjoy!)
Terms to help you with my story
Breaker-Shorter term for break dancer
B-boy/B-girl-Name given in the 80's to guys and girls who break dance. E.g. break dancing boy/ break dancing girl
Chapter 01
Thursday, an arena somewhere outside of Tokyo-to
"Come on!"
Tab was very upset. He has been practicing 5 long months to prepare for the 1 on 1 break dancing tournament entitled "B-boys Break Dance Forever 2002". It's a yearly tournament where all the best break dancers from Japan meet for competition. It was going to be held next Saturday and tryouts were for today. He left to apply at an arena a little bit outside of Tokyo-to, where all the break dancing tournaments are held. In order to participate in this event, you had to perform your moves in front of 3 major break dancing crews from all over Japan. If they liked what you can do, you can participate, if you sucked, well, you could kiss your ass good-bye. Tab was supposed to be next, but apparently, they had just collected the top 20 contestants right when he was next.
"F*** you all, you here me?! F*** you all!" Depressed and with nothing else left to do for the day, Tab left home to the garage where all the GG's awaited to here the good news.
Tab opened the door wishing that no one would ask if he made it or not, but he knew he couldn't escape the inevitable. "So spill the good news Tabby boy, what rank are you in, huh? Who are you going up against first?" Beat asked, eagerly to know.
"No one. They chose all the contestants before I could even perform." Tab put his head down, not wanting to look or talk to anybody at the moment.
"Don't worry, Tab, there's always next year." Mew said trying to cheer him up…even though it didn't work one bit.
"Yeah, don't stress it." At this point, Gum and everyone else were trying there very best but just couldn't even make him crack a smile.
"Don't stress it! Next year! I've been practicing for 5 whole f***ing months and you're saying don't stress it and there's always next year!" Tab had enough, not only was he pissed that he wasn't chosen, but the fact that they kept saying don't worry about it just blew his top.
"I'm going out for a walk. Don't worry about dinner, I'll buy my own." And with that, he parted, leaving his friends back at the garage.
It was quiet until Beat broke the silence. "Ah, nothing to worry about. He'll get over it."
"Yeah but how soon?" Piranha asked.
It was quiet again for a moment in the GG garage, then everyone was going back to doing there own thing.
Shibuya-cho, Park Street, 6 o'clock.
Tab skated slowly, pondering on where he should go eat for dinner.
"Guess I'll stop here." He skated up to the Burger Joint on the corner of Park Street.
"Can I help you, sir?" A beautiful female employee asked, probably the same age as Tab.
Tab was astonished. He had never seen anyone so beautiful in his life before. She was a Japanese girl with long black hair and green eyes. She was about as tall as Tab without the skates. Her face was acne-free, some things that some girls don't have. Tab started to order. "Uh…yeah, I'll have 3 cheeseburgers, a large fry, and a large Coke." He felt his voice starting to choke up.
She smiled, "Okay sir, that will be 560 yen."
He paid her and she handed him his tray of food.
Finishing his food, Tab couldn't stop thinking to himself about the girl so he tried thinking of something else. Finally, something came to mind.
"The break dancing tournament", Tab finally said quietly to himself. 5 months of non-stop training and he wasn't even able to show his moves.
"You know, maybe Mew's right. There's always next year. I mean, if I start practicing now until the next tournament for the following year, I'll be better at breaking than I am now and surely I'll get my chance. Boy, I really have to start thinking to myself more often." Now that he felt better about himself, Tab had started heading out. He walked passed the girl and without wanting to stared right at her. She didn't notice because she was tending to a customer but he turned around quick to make sure she wouldn't.
"Man, what's wrong with me. It's not like I like her…do I?"
Tab needed to get her off his mind again so he decided to go out tagging for the rest of the evening at Benten-cho.
Tab tagged for so long he didn't even see how late it was getting until he took a glance at his watch.
"9:45. Time to go home." As Tab was heading home, he kept cutting through alleys to make it home faster. Heading towards the last alley near the garage, he was stopped by someone.
"Hey kid, got a minute?"
"No, now get the hell out my way."
"Kinda cocky, huh? Trust me, what I have to say is of importance to you."
Tab was trying to make out the dark figure's face but couldn't. He started to get a little interested in what the man had to say, so he tuned in his ears.
"Make it quick, I have no time for anyone's bulls**t."
"You're a breaker, right?"
"What?" Tab felt his heart race. How did he know he was a break dancer? No one knew except for his gang, and even they wouldn't tell anybody.
"I said, you're a-"
"I heard what you said. How do you know?"
"That doesn't matter. I'm here to tell you that the last contestant today who took your spot just broke their arm this evening and that he won't be participating in the tournament next Saturday. There holding tryouts again tomorrow morning. Be there if you want to participate."
Tab couldn't believe what he was hearing. One more opening and he could be in it!
Tab closed his eyes for a second, picturing himself as the winner of the contest. Almost forgetting about the mysterious man, he reopened them wanting to thank him for the information, but he was nowhere to be seen.
"What the? Where'd he go?" At that moment, Tab didn't care anymore. He just wanted to get home to tell his friends the good news.
(Well, that's the end of this chapter. I'll continue it if you like it. R+R)