Hi!! I know that people have been waiting a really, really, really, really, really long time for this, but had a real bad case of writers block and a horrible grounding. Haven't you wondered why I haven't updated anything yet? I was grounded from the internet! Yeah… like that would ever stop me! I sneak onto my mom's computer in the office. She still has it. muahahahaha!!!

Well, chapter eleven is strange… very strange indeed. God, I don't seem to be going anywhere with this! Well, either way, I hope you like it!

Disclaimer: Is there even a point in saying it?

Chapter 11: The Pearl Attacks

"Come on! Tell me!"

Rhyth continued to prod Beat, who in return, continued to stay silent.

"I told you! I'm not sayin' anything!" He snapped. Rhyth smiled.

"Please?" She asked, her shiny blue eyes getting even bigger. Beat scowled at the girl.

"No." He replied coldly. Rhyth frowned.

"You know… as soon as we wake up, I'm gonna pick on you until you tell me!" She twirled a lock of hair around her finger. "And you know what else?" A smirk tugged at the corners of her mouth. "It will prove that we were in the same dream together."

Beat's eyes widened in fear. He could see it now… Rhyth following Beat's every move, prodding him to fess up until he snapped. Oh the horror!

"Okay… I'll give you one hint… but that's it!" Rhyth's face lit up.

"It better be a good hint." She said, poking him in the chest. Beat grinned.

"Oh, it does." He replied. "Are you ready for it?" Rhyth nodded, a look of excitement in her eyes. "She's a GG."

Rhyth gaped. "A GG?" She repeated. Beat nodded with a grin. Rhyth scowled. "Oh, that really narrows it down!" She snapped, rolling her eyes. Beat continued to grin.

"Well, when you look at it, I've narrowed it down to four girls. Either Gum, Cube, Boogie or Jazz." At first, he noticed a slight hint of sadness in Rhyth's eyes, which she immediately changed to a mischievous look. Was she jealous? Did she have feelings for him? He wasn't completely sure.

"Well, then." Rhyth started, crossing her arms. "Let the prodding begin!"

& & & & &

"WHAT?!" Hayashi gaped at the rudie in front of him. "Let me get this straight. You are expecting to leave me on a tiny island with nothing but a name and watch as you sail away on my ship?"

"Oh, hell no!" Yoyo replied with a smirk. "I expect to leave you on a tiny island while sailing away in my ship and I'll call the name back to you."

"You're not a very fair pirate." Hayashi growled, crossing his arms over his chest. Yoyo smirked.

"Yo. The keyword in there is pirate." He replied. Hayashi simply glared. "Not to mention the ship was mine originally." The rudie picked up an apple and cleaned it with the sleeve of his shirt. "And I must say, you've done a bad job taking care of it." He finished his sentence by biting a chunk out of the fruit in his palm. "Mmm… good apples you got here!" Hayashi scowled as he watched Yoyo savour the taste of his favorite fruit. But before he could say anything, Yoyo had started talking again.

"You know, I should be thanking you for marooning me on that island to die." He said, taking another bite of his apple. "Because if you didn't, I'd have an equal share in the curse… same as you." He then grinned. "Then I wouldn't be eating this delicious, scrumptious, juicy apple right now!"

Hayashi growled and cursed under his breath. He was about to protest when the door burst open.

"Captain!" The pirate yelled, almost excited. "The Interceptor! It's out there!"

Hayashi smirked. "Good. Ready the cannons. We'll shoot it down!"

"Yo!!! What about my ship?"

"It's not your ship yet." Hayashi growled.

"All in good time."

"That's it!" Hayashi slammed his fist against the wooden table. "Get this bastard out of here!"

Yoyo was about to protest, when a pair of cold, clammy hands grabbed him and dragged him away.

"Yo! I'm not done yet!!!"

"All in good time, Jack." Hayashi said before he was dragged out of the room.

& & & & &

Beat lifted the trap door and climbed onto the main deck. Everybody was running around in a frenzy, grabbing ropes and jerking them around. Boogie stopped in front of him.

"The Pearl…" She panted. "It's found us!"

Beat's eyes narrowed. What could they possibly be after? He then remembered what Rhyth had said to him. They needed his blood! But did they know he was the one yet? If Yoyo told them…

"Er… Beat?" Boogie waved a hand in front of his face. "You there?"

"Huh?" Beat snapped out of his thoughts. "Yeah…"

"We need to go, NOW!!" Just as she said this, a cannon was fired from the Pearl. Beat felt a surge of panic as he looked down at the trap door where Rhyth was. "I'll be right back." He said, rushing back down to the lower floor.

"Rhyth!" Beat looked around wildly, trying to find the young girl. "Rhyth!!!"

"Beat…"

The rudie paused, looking down at the floor. Rhyth was sprawled on the lower deck.

"Rhyth…!" Beat knelt down, rolling his friend over. "Holy shit… are you okay?!"

The blue-haired girl opened her eyes and smiled.

"Yeah… I think… Beat let out a sigh of relief, pulling Rhyth as close to him as he could.

"Thank the gods you're okay!" He whispered hugging her tightly.

"Well I'm not going to be if you keep crushing me." Rhyth growled. Beat immediately let go.

"Sorry." He muttered. Rhyth simply giggled.

"Well then… shall we be going?" Rhyth gave Beat a puzzled look. "We have some Rokaku pirates to kill!" To his relief, a grin spread across Rhyth's face.

"Alright!" She cheered, punching her fist into the air. "Finally, some action!" Beat smiled as he pulled Rhyth up onto her feet.

"So will you tell me who your crush is now?"

"Nope."

& & & & &

Yoyo jumped out of the way as a cannonball was fired into his cell. Steadying himself, he crawled up to the hole where it had just been fired.

"QUIT BLOWIN HOLES IN MY SHIP, YO!!!" He screamed. "Ah shit!"

The green haired rudie ducked out of the way of another cannonball. "YO!! DID YOU HEAR ME?!" He let out a sigh. "Nope."

Yoyo turned away from the view when something caught his eye. "Oh?" He questioned, raising an eyebrow. "What's this?" He stepped closer to the gate, which now had a big hole in it. Giving the cell door a slight nudge, he watched with a smug grin as it swung open.

"This has gotta be my lucky day, yo."

& & & & &

"Hah! Five already!" Rhyth teased as she ran by Beat, who was in the middle of a sword fight.

"Oh yeah?" He said, glaring at the girl just before finishing off the pirate before him. "That makes seven!" Rhyth scowled.

"Meanie!" Beat smiled in return.

"Oh, and after all I've done for you!" He joked, placing a hand over his heart.

"Such as?" She prodded, poking him in the chest.

"Rescuing you, bandaging up your hand, saving you again…"

"Hah! That was nothing! Besides, this is only a dream!"

"Yep, and a dream is the only place I'll ever hug you." Beat laughed. Rhyth glared before kicking an attacking pirate in a place where the sun don't shine. She then turned to Beat.

"That'll be you someday." She warned before running off. Beat winced.

"That's gonna hurt…" He muttered. "And if it ever does happen, please let it be with the toe and not with the heel of her skates…"

& & & & &

"Hmm… let's see…" Yoyo looked around the deck of the Pearl. "Ooh! I see a rope!" He exclaimed, walking over to the place where a Rokaku pirate had just swung over.

Jerking the rope away from him, he gave the man thanks before swinging over to his destination.

"Oi! Rhyth!"

"Huh?" Rhyth turned around to face Yoyo, a look of surprise in her face. "Hey! You made it!!" She ran up and hugged her friend, who nearly fell over from the impact. Yoyo turned and realized that Beat was shooting him a death-glare. He gave Beat a sly smile, which made him blush and look away. Oh, yes, things were getting good between them. Why else would Beat shoot him a death-glare? Well, there were certain things; such as stealing the last slice of pizza; tricking him into going to the other side of town for no reason; saying that Rhyth had gone missing and she was being held in the Rokaku sewers by Poison Jam and waiting with Rhyth until he came back; and much more. (Well, actually in the last case, it would end up in a full scale war) This case, however, Rhyth had her arms wrapped around his neck. Rhyth pulled back, giving him a quick smile before turning and pegging another unfortunate guy in the nuts. Yoyo cringed slightly, but regained his posture quickly. He turned just in time to stop a blunt sword from hitting his head.

Still holding the blade in his hand, he gave him a scolding finger. "Now, that's not very nice, yo." He said before punching the guy in the head. He turned to Rhyth with a grin. "I always wanted to say that!" Rhyth frowned.

"You've wanted to say a lot of things in here."

"I know… but it's so much FUN!!" Rhyth giggled at his expense.

"You're lucky! You have all the good lines!"

"Yeah… but at least we get to sing later." Yoyo pointed out. Rhyth shrugged.

"True…"

& & & & &

Beat continued to fight the pirates around him. Sadly, they did not let up.

'This is nuts!' Beat's conscience screamed. 'What do we have that they're after?!' He thought back to Rhyth down in the lower deck. Then it hit him.

'The medallion!!'

Beat sped down into the lower deck, frantically searching for the medallion.

"Damn! Why didn't Rhyth keep that stupid coin on her neck?!" He cried as he threw the table into the wall. "It would make out lives so much easier!!"

A sudden crash caused beat to look up. The trap door had closed and a large beam, which looked strangely like the mast, held it down.

"Oh… no…"

TBC…

Dum dum dum!!! Once again, I leave one of them in a life/death situation. No surprise there. I know a lot of people don't like cliffies, but I'm working on chapter 12 as hard as I can!

You know what? I don't think I'm getting enough sleep. Either that or I have a cold. I'm guessing along the lines of the cold.

Review please!!