Hello. I changed it a bit. Hope you like the newer version! R&R!!

Chapter 1: The usual fight

"EEK!! Beat! Get out of my room!" Rhyth stood in the middle of her bedroom half dressed, blushing furiously. She dove behind her bed as Beat covered his eyes and closed the door.

"Sorry! Sorry!" Beat said in panic. Beat's face was even redder that Rhyth's. "I'm such an ass!" Beat (who was wearing a black baggy t shirt and shorts) slid down the wall onto the floor. "Stupid Rhyth..." How was he supposed to tell the difference between her room and the bathroom when he was half-asleep? The 2 rooms were right next to each other. Beat closed his eyes when he heard the sound of footsteps rushing up the stairs. The other GG's had heard Rhyth scream. Beat jumped up and Ran for his room. He dashed in and slammed the door. Panting slightly, He walked over to his bed. He fell onto the mattress and let out a sigh. He reached over and slipped on his goggles and headphones. He listened to the music that was on Jet Set Radio that day.

"This is going to be a hell of a day." Beat growled under his breath. Stupid Rhyth..."

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Corn and Yoyo came to Rhyth's door. Corn's hat was off and his blond hair was showing. Yoyo 's sunglasses were off and his hair was still messed from sleeping on it funny. "Yo! What happened Rhyth?" Corn asked this question even though he had a pretty good idea about what had happened. Beat mistook her room for the bathroom again.

"Go away." Rhyth yelled through the door.

"C'mon, Rhyth." Corn was being persistent. "Just come out." They waited for a second. The doorknob finally started to turn. Rhyth came out in a tank top and pink pajama pants. Her hair was brushed and her feet were bare. She was still blushing from her encounter with Beat. Rhyth kept her head down and walked down the hall past them. Yoyo and Corn could understand why she was upset. It was after all, an accident. They followed her into the kitchen. As soon as Rhyth came in, the GG's turned to greet her but Corn made motions to make them stop by sliding his finger across his throat. Rhyth wasn't happy and she could be hell if she was bugged with her attitude. They simply waved or smiled and let her sit at her usual spot. Jazz and Cube went back to their conversation, as did the others. Rhyth stood up and walked past to the toaster and caught the piece of toast as it popped up. Garam, who sat beside the toaster eating a couple of waffles, was impressed at her reflexes. His bug goggles were off and his black eyes were showing. He raised an eyebrow in question but went back to eating his waffles, not knowing what to say to Rhyth when she was in such a bad mood.

"Why... Why does my life have to be ruined the day before my birthday?" Rhyth screamed in her head. "The gods are against me today, and probably tomorrow too."

Yep. Tomorrow was Rhyth's 15th birthday (She's 14 in my imagination so keep quiet if you know her real age... or tell me and I can fix it) and she hadn't liked one bit of today yet. "I bet the rest of the team doesn't know either." She sat down on the steps and bit into her toast. She suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up at the green haired boy. He sat down beside her.

"Something bothering you?" Yoyo asked.

"Mmm... Yeah." She looked back down at her half-eaten piece of burnt bread. "Tomorrow's my birthday..."

"Really?" A smile spread over Yoyo 's face "Cool! I kinda forgot when my birthday was and so I just chose a few days a year and celebrate them all. I have five." Beat held up his hand. "Lets see... there's January 11th, March 7th, June 14th, August 25th and December 8th." (One of them is my birthday. Can you guess? I'll tell you in the next chapter!) Beat put 1 finger down for each date. "Yep, that's all of them."

Rhyth couldn't help but laugh. Yoyo always cheered her up. One time, Rhyth got into a fight with Beat at 99th street and he fell in the water when she slapped him. He got sick from that and blamed it on her. She felt really bad. Then Yoyo came and made her feel better by imitating Beat with his nose stuffed. Rhyth laughed whenever she thought of that.

"So," Yoyo turned back to Rhyth. "Why are you so upset about having your birthday? Isn't it a good thing?"

"Well, every year, the day before my birthday, something bad always happens. This has got to be the most embarrassing day of my life." Rhyth started to blush again. She suddenly looked up into the clear sky. Yoyo followed Rhyth's gaze and smiled slightly.

"Well then, I guess I'll just have to help you have a good day today. Nobody likes their life to be ruined the day before something special happens."

The blue haired turned to her friend. "Promise?" She asked, holding out her hand.

"Promise." He replied, taking it. Rhyth smiled.

"Thanks, Yoyo. I really needed that." Before Yoyo could say anything, Rhyth hugged him. She then stood up and headed for her room. Yoyo grinned as Corn walked over to him.

"Dude, you just made Rhyth feel better." Corn looked at him in disbelief. "You're good."

"Ya think?" The two boys watched as Rhyth walked up the stairs.

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"Beat?" A deep booming voice rang through the door.

"Mmph...What?"

"Are you coming?"

"Where?"

"99th Street. Some rudie tagged over our graffiti yesterday."

"WHAT?!" Beat jumped out of his bed. "I'm coming!" Beat found his yellow shirt and black jeans. He quickly changed, slipped on his skates and dashed out the door to be greeted by Combo.

"'Sup?" Combo asked.

Beat grunted and skated by.

"Yo, man, wait up!" Combo chased after the boy.

"What now?!" Beat turned around to Combo, his eyes flashed behind his goggles.

"I'm not goin' man." Combo explained quietly. "The team had decided that you and Rhyth were going yesterday."

Beat stared at the tall black man before him, a look in his eyes hoping that this was some sick joke that the GG's were playing on him for fun. Beat saw no lies

"DAMNIT!" Beat's voice rang through the garage. All of the GG's turned in their direction. The only person that didn't seem to hear it was Rhyth, who was in her own little dreamland away from Beat. "Why 's she have to come?" Beat asked bitterly.

Combo's eyes narrowed. "You mistook Rhyth's room for the bathroom again, didn't you?" Beat didn't answer, which was a good enough answer for him. "It's your fault that you guys are in this mess. You should knock before you enter for once." Combo's low voice rang through his headphones. Combo smirked at Beat, then turned and left him to explode.

Beat stormed over to Rhyth's room. He knocked on the door quietly and waited for an answer. Nothing. Beat knocked louder this time. Still no answer. This time when he knocked he called her name.

"Rhyth? C'mon out." Nobody answered. Beat opened the door and looked inside. Rhyth was nowhere to be seen. "Yes! Nobody home." Beat exclaimed as he closed the door and strode away from the room. "I guess I'll just go alone."

Beat skated by the other GG's who were still a little groggy. Gum waved at Beat playfully with one of those cute, girly smiles on her face. Beat ignored her. Corn didn't seem to notice what Gum was doing. If he had... let's just say that things would take a turn for the worse.

The boy skated by Pots, who had given up trying to become friends with Beat, just watched him go by. He jumped on the rail and grinded (yes. Grinded is correct in extreme ports) up the stairs and off into 99th Street.

Beat jumped down onto the tower and looked down at the graffiti. The smirk slid off his face when he saw that it was GG graffiti. He looked around at some other places to find the same art. As he turned a corner, he noticed one was different. He jumped on a pole, grinded, did a wall ride and grinded on the wire above. He stretched his arm out, ready to hit his target, when he hit something else.

"Ow!" The girl collided with Beat. The two figures fell from the wire onto the ground below. Beat glared at the rudie and his face went pale. "...Rhyth...?"

The small girl looked at him and her cheeks turned a light shade of pink.

"I... I'm sorry about this morning." Beat said quietly, looking away.

"It's okay..." Rhyth's voice trailed off. Her face turned a darker shade of pink. Beat had to admit, he found that kind of cute on her. Then they heard it. The familiar, annoying sound on their headphones. "HQ to all squads! The youths have invaded 99th Street again."

"To be continued." Beat mumbled. The two of them skated off to the tower.

Yeah... there's chapter 1... pretty much the same, I know, but it will get better. I'm just in a bit of a rush at the moment. Review pleeze!