Warm. Rhyth pulled the blanket over her a bit more.

"You know... Gum sent me." she said quietly. Corn said nothing. "She has chosen me to be queen if something happens to her. "

"Why?!" Corn asked sharply. Rhyth supposed he was just surprised.

"I don't know. She must think something is going to happen." Rhyth replied.

"Gouji Rokkaku. He's got something up his sleeve. " Corn stated simply. Rhyth sighed. All this business talk didn't fit.

"You know.... we've really got to stop meeting like this," she said quietly, some attempt at humour. He said nothing. "Why do you think-".

"Sh-h. We're not going to ask anything now. There are too many other problems to be solved for us to question this right now," he replied, cutting her off. She sighed. He was right. This was much more complicated below the surface and they both knew it. She slowly got up and stretched. He reluctantly let her go, and she was able to stand from the cot. She then began the scavenger hunt for her clothes. Once they had found all of their clothes, they got dressed in silence. He sat on the couch, and the springs squeaked. She stared out at the moon in the clear sky. She turned back to him.

"Good night," she said, before hopping out the window and grinding up the pole to the top of the building. He didn't say anything, but she didn't expect anything. Corn would be Corn. She then hopped out into the streets, and headed for a local washroom in the back of a restaurant for employees that had showers. She had found a door that they always forgot to lock and quietly slipped into the showers.

"Hey Vanessa! I haven't seen you for a while. Are they giving you bad shifts?" asked a girl walking out of her own shower. Rhyth's clothes and skates were folded up beside her shower so she stood naked and unidentifiable as a skater.

"Yeah. Grave yard shift sometimes, it really changes every week. But I dropped out of school so it doesn't really matter right?" Rhyth said, stepping into this 'Vanessa' she had become since she had been caught.

"Bummer. Do you want me to talk to the boss for you?" she asked politely, drying her hair.

"No thanks, I'll do it myself. We all have to fight our own battles, right?" she asked, before stepping into her shower.

"Yeah. Good luck Vanessa! I'm off for home now. I just finished my shift," the girl said, and dressed. Rhyth made sure to stay in the shower until she left. She exited the shower quietly and dried off with a towel before dressing quickly and dashing out the back entrance. On the bright side, she was clean. But she was cold. She was still somewhat damp. She then skated to the garage, hoping to find some help in Gum. Gum was luckily still awake and listening to a CD player she was borrowing from Beat.

"Hey Gum," she said, sitting next to her. Gum looked up in surprise. She pulled off the headphones.

"Where were you?" she asked, looking over Rhyth's damp skin.

"Took a shower," she replied. Gum nodded in understanding.

"You could have used that one over there," Gum said, pointing to a shower put together using a diagram they had found on the ground in an alleyway. It had only a thin paper type box for the user to hide behind and even then shadows were cast. Gum didn't have to worry. She thrived on the power she had over the GG's. Rhyth gently shook her head.

"That one is.... too easy to be pranked," she said, smiling lightly.

"Oh, you're still thinking about that? I think Yoyo won't hurt you in whatever thing he's doing right now." Gum replied.

"I don't know, but I'm afraid of whatever he's thinking about right now." Rhyth said.

"I know what he's probably thinking about," Gum said, then stretched on the couch. " You're smart. You know what he would be thinking right about now since he missed our appointment,".

"Oh," Rhyth said, flushed. She couldn't really help it. "I don't think I'll be able to be as great as you,". She looked up at the brightly lit moon.

"Don't worry about it. When the time comes, it will come to you. It's been passed that very way as tradition. I know it seems really hard before the time comes but I know you'll do a good job Rhyth. I picked you for a reason," Gum said, patting Rhyth's shoulder gently. Rhyth looked back at Gum, Gum seemed to know what she was talking about.

"Gum.... who was it that passed it to you?" she asked.

"It wasn't passed to me. Well, not exactly. My mother was best friends with the last queen. The last queen was Yoyo's mother's younger sister. She knew about the kindness my mother showed to her sister, and so she said that if something should happen the role would be mine. Nothing happened. I was disappointed when the role was passed to Corn to be leader. So I sought after what I was promised with her help. Just like I'm going to train you to carry out that duty," she said, and Rhyth opened then shut her mouth. She didn't really need the training. She had a little confidence she was next in line in Corn's preferences as well. With the favour of both, she felt powerful.

"Wow. It sounds like there are some great stories about the heritage," Rhyth said, looking back up at the moon. She shivered.

"Rhyth, go spend the night indoors. You'll freeze out here. Why don't you go stay with Corn?" she asked, noticing. Rhyth felt a different shiver cover her.

"I have somewhere I can go," she replied. She stood. "Thanks Gum. Good night," Rhyth said, skating out into the darkness. She snuck into Rokkaku- Dai Heights, and made her way to her old home. Looking at the broken gate in the middle of the little yard, she smiled. This was her home. She opened the door to her old house, and saw everything the way she had left it. She still had the quilt Cube had left for her secretly still on the soft cot that Cube had personally set up in this house for her. This house had been fixed up just so Cube wouldn't have to worry about Rhyth anymore. Although she realised she had missed this place, it was still a lonely home. She decided everything needed to be cleaned up now. She then set about cleaning the light layer of dust that had gathered in the drier parts of the small house.

The bathroom. Rhyth nearly laughed out loud when she walked in and remembered she had a shower in her home. It was still working, Cube had hooked the home up to hydro and power by jacking into the system from the sewage facility. The power that kept her lights on came from the power that ran the sewage facility. All these memories fluttered through her mind as she washed the bathroom mirror and sink. She should have continued living here. She had everything she needed. But... it was a lonely home. Completely quiet. Lonely.

"Rhyth. I'm home," said a voice from the main room. Rhyth nearly lost her footing before peeking out the door. Cube sat on an old lawn chair in the main room and untied her skates. "I knew you would come back here sooner or later,".

"Cube... ?" she said, skating into the room. Cube smiled up at her.

"You know I told you to keep your lights dim in the front because it makes this home very bright across the water. " Cube replied.

"Uh... " Rhyth was unsure of what to say.

"So, you came for a shelter for the night? Good choice. This place is certainly livable," Cube said. Rhyth rubbed her eyes. "So, how many times hm?". Rhyth turned bright red.

"What are you talking about?"she asked, blushing.

"Well, there's only one reason you would come here, and I'm not stupid. I arranged this all to happen. I knew you'd snap and fall apart. And who better than to the leader of the GG's? Now Rhyth, now you have a bright future ahead of you and you are secured in the GG's. " Cube said. Rhyth's jaw dropped.

"I.... why?"she asked. Cube sighed.

"Come sit down. We need to talk, sister to sister," she said simply.

"But... I can't... the rules.. " Rhyth stuttered.

"Poison Jam has disbanded. That tanned woman, she beat the morons at tagger's tag. Now there are no rules. Nothing to keep us from being a family again. But I don't want that anymore." Cube replied. Rhyth skated closer.

"Why don't you want to be a family?!" Rhyth cried. Cube smiled but her eyes were sad.

"You're happy. I won't take it from you," she replied.

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YAY! Finally finished this! Ugggg... ooooh my tummy hurts! It was so hard to keep concentration during this story when my tummy hurts this much. Owwwwww... all the same , I STILL don't own the characters from Jet Set Radio Future. Owwwww.... now for my darling reviewers who love me:

Tallulah- thanks! Hurray! You can be my human spellcheck! Lol, just kidding.Anyway, don't worry, it's my own fault. I went on the internet and had to look it up. Then I realised Boogie wouldn't exist! *laughs nervously* Anyway, it's all fixed now, I hope.

Mai's hamburger- ewwwwww... Maury. *turns on Jenny Jones* BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Mai- I will try to finish this story as fast as possible for poor hamburger. *looks at muffled crazy dog* Anyway, review please! *clings to leg* my tummy hurts soooooo much! If you review it might get better!! (by the way, how did you like my humour in the beginning? I just imagined this kind of scene would be funny)