Chapter 2: A New Day

"Hey you little punks!" Grin plastered on her face, Rhythm gave her friend Spiral a backwards grin. "How many times does that make this week?" she asked, red-brown hair, like her fathers blowing wildly.

"Thirty-two." responded Spiral sighing.

Rhythm threw her arms in the air, and shouted, "ALRIGHT! Ten more and we break our record!"

Spiral turned her head. "And how many was that?"

Rhythm shrugged. "I dunno, more than forty?" she asked.

Spiral sweatdropped. "I really don't get you sometimes." A rubber bullet flew between the two, and Spiral stumbled a bit on her skates before resuming her pace.

"Don't you feel anything when you defy the law!?" asked Rhythm.

Spiral shook her head. "I'm not like you who's willing to do anything," said Spiral, readjusting her wristbands.

"Why didnt you put on some socks or something?" asked Rhythm, looking at Spirals bare legs. "Its cold out."

Spiral smiled and dodged yet another bullet, as it flew by her and hit a car. "I enjoy the wind on my legs, thank you very much!" she said.

"Yah, well that dress it way too short!" said Rhythm, as she turned into an alleyway. Spiral followed her, pulling her purple dress down in the back. A tank crashed into the wall and went rolling down the street. Hoards of policeman started to follow them through the alleyway, only to get stuck in the process. Hayashi was in the back, pounding on the policeman to get out the way.

Rhythm turned around and stuck her tongue out. "NYAH!!" she said, after following Spiral into the alleyway.

"That has to be the most fun I've had in ages." said Rhythm stretching.

Spiral shuddered. "You could've gotten us killed!" she yelled, readjusting the top of her skirt. "You had me skating so long, my whole skirt got twisted and my top along with it," said Spiral, pointing at her full-length body skirt. She blew a piece of black hair up.

"Sorry, Spiral! But I can't miss any time for the cops to chase me! It's soooo much fun! The adrenaline in your veins!"

Spiral snorted. "Show off," she said, before dusting the leaves out of her hair.

"Thats my middle name." said Rhythm and smirked. She stuck out her arm and gave her a dramatic pose.

The two giggled. When they got back to the garage, they saw Metal asleep. Rhythm kneeled by her friend and tapped him on the face. "Wakey wakey!" She said grinning.

Metal snorted and blinked. "Jeez...uh...wha? Oh! Hey...you two back already?"

Spiral sighed. "Did you go get the food like we asked you?" She turned to look at the list that was still on the counter. She waved the list in Metals face. "You said you'd pick the stuff up!" she whined.

Metal rubbed the back of his head, ruffling the blue strands. "I fell asleep...I was tired..."

Rhythm giggled and opened the fridge. "Its okay!" she said. "We can order out tonight. I have a taste for pizza."

Metal grinned. "See Spiral, your getting worked up over nothing!"

Spiral turned her back to the two other rudies and walked off. "Hrmph! Its not my fault Im the only responsible one in this place!"

Rhythm turned to Metal who shrugged. "Let her be. Shes got mental problems."

"I HEARD THAT REI!" shouted Spiral sticking her head back into the main room of the garage. Rhythm simply laughed. "I think Ill go order that pizza now!"

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"AHHHHHHHHHHH!!" Spiral shouted. When she woke up, she saw that she was indeed surrouned by frogs hopping all over the place. She froze in place and then turned to look at Rhythm. "REI!!" she shouted. Rhythm rolled over and groaned.

"Wha...?" Rhythm looked at Spiral and scratched her head. "Whats wrong with you now?"

Spiral screamed again and pointed every which way to the frog's surronding them. "LOOK AT ALL THESE FROGS!" she screamed. Rhythm looked around and blinked. She scratched her cheek and then raised her eyebrows.

"Why are there frogs in the garage?" she asked.

"I DONT KNOW! GET THEM OUT!!" shouted Spiral as she got off, swatting some frogs off of her sheets. One landed on Rhythms head.

"Hm.there not really real...Sakki...there just mechanical..." Rhythm waved the frog in her hand and it gave a small ribbit and hopped off her hand.

Spiral blinked. "Oh..." she sat down on the floor and her eyebrow twitched in annoyance. "And just how can you tell their mechanical?"

Rhythm smiled. "Easy! Theyre not slimy." There was silence. Rhythm continued to smile and Spiral just stared at the floor. Spiral then broke the silence.

"Who do you think did it?" she asked.

Rhythm laid another frog down. "Poison Jam. Without a doubt. You know...they might still be angry about our tags down in the sewer..." She stood up. "You coming?"

"Coming where, Rei-chan?" asked Spiral.

Rhythm grinned. "To get back at poison Jam, where else?"