I woke up the next morning, I felt arms around me and I looked around freaked out slightly. I turned my head around slightly and saw it was Shaolin that was laying behind me. I heard a knock at his front door, I tried to move but his arms were wrapped tight. "Shao. Wake up." His eyes were still closed, and he breathed loudly, I rolled over to face him and shook a little which caused his eyes to open slightly. "Wassup, girl?"

"Can you let me go? I wanna get up." He yawned and held me tighter, "Nah, girl. I'm pretty comfortable."

Knock, knock, knock

He sighed before letting me go, I went into his bathroom with my bag as he got up and answered the door. I pulled my hair back into an attempted bun, I wiped the excess makeup off of my face then proceeded to pull some clothes out of my bag and changed. I finished and smiled at myself in his dirty mirror.

I heard my brother and our friends' voices in the main room, I splashed some water on my face and dried it off quickly before walking out. "Oh hey, Kari. You stay the night?" Ra asked raising his eyebrows, I shook my head and rubbed my forehead. "No, I showed up early this morning, I stayed at Regina's last night."

"Do you want to go with us to the record store?" Dizzee asked hugging me, I shook my head no and sat back down on the couch, Zeke gave me a hug and Shao lightly touched my arm last before they walked out the door.

I waited 20 or 30 minutes before looking around Shao's apartment. It was done up with lights, and a set up exactly like Flash's set up on his table. I smiled at it, he wants to be like Flash so much and it's adorable. "Being nosey?" Jumping, I grabbed my chest and turned around quickly. Flash was standing there, smirking.

"OH. You are sooo not funny, Flash." I crossed my arms over my chest and he chuckled, I walked over to him and hugged him slightly. All of a sudden, my brother and Shao walked in with the other guys. "Grasshopper." They looked a little surprised as Shao spoke, "Osu, Grandmaster. You're early."

"No, I'm here right on time."

Shao got nervous, "Um this is the Fantastic Four Plus Two. Uh, yeah, this is my crew. This is my wordsmith, he's the dude that rocked the mic at your jam." He looked so nervous around Flash, I can tell why he would be but he's been around Flash before so there's not reason to get scared now.

He started getting excited walking over to his tables, Flash followed, obviously curious to see if Shao had really set it up just like him "Over here, I got the system set up. Organized just like yours, man. Matching Technics SL-23 turntables, just like yours. If I could just show you, Woo-hoo." Shao turned around opened his cave of records. Flash was surprised for a slight second before he got real serious. "All right, everyone sit zazen in front of me."

Everyone but me sat in front of Flash, I sat in a chair in the corner of the room. I've heard this old song and dance before, "Aren't you gonna sit with us?' Boo asked turning around and looking at me, I shook my head and looked at Flash. "I've heard it all before, Boo. I don't need to." Zeke raised his eyebrow looking at me with curiosity before Flash got their attention. "I have, in my hand, the key to my Quick Mix theory."

Boo giggled like a child before Flash glared at him. Shao looked kind of confused and also disappointed, no one understand the power of the crayon and Flash shut them up by continuing, "Do not underestimate the crayon, I promised you the secret. Not the answer, Grasshopper. To earn the answer, you must solve the mystery as one. And when you unlock the gate, we will walk through it together as one. Put your hand out in the position of Sun Tzu's offering." Shao put his hands out, "I hand you the magic, the mystery, the opening, Grasshopper. You have 24 hours, or my offer expires. Osu." Flash dropped the crayon and disappeared before the crayon hit Shao's hands.

The boys sat around staring at the crayon before Shao went and got his weed, he rolled up a big joint and started passing it around to the other guys. Shao offered it to me and I shook my head before looking around. Shao rolled two more joints and lit them up passing them around. The time seemed to pass and Zeke was rapping about Mylene before Shao said to him, "Yo. Be serious, nigga. We only got like 20 hours left." Zeke mocked what Flash said before giggling. Ra leaned against the table as I sat down next to Shao on the couch, "Man what if? What if there ain't no mystery, man?" He stood up, I crossed my arms over my chest and rolled my eyes at Ra. "Yo, what you talking about, Ra?"

"Look, man what if what if Flash just straight played us, man?" Ra exclaimed walking over to the couch, Boo walked over grabbing the crayon and holding it in Shao's face. "He right. We're staring at a crayon. A crayon! Like we're special ed! And the only mystery I know is how your ass fell for that shit." Shao grabbed him and shoved him onto the couch before yelling, "Grandmaster is real, I'm real. This crayon, I don't understand it yet, but it's real! And if you ain't real, it's time to bounce your little midget ass outta here. You too nigga!" I made and irritated noise before all the guys looked at me. "Kari, you have something you want to say?" Ra asked raising his eyebrows at my expression, I stood up before dusting myself off.

"All you guys are so stupid." I started walking out of the room, Zeke went to call my name and I turned around cutting him off, "You guys don't deserve to be any part of this. The fact that you doubt Grandmaster Flash or the crayon makes you ignorant. Flash is the realest, the crayon is fucking real. I would know, I used to spin with Flash. NONE of you knew, but the crayon and the Quick Mix theory is real. If you continue to doubt it then you should leave." I heard a quiet crack and looked to where Dizzee stood, he had broke the crayon. Shao started freaking out and the guys started flipping out. I left the room before I heard Boo saying that they should go. Shao told Zeke he could leave too and he refused, "If you believe in Flash, then I do too." I smiled when I heard Zeke say those words.

Shao walked into the room I was in and sat me lounged out on his couch, I wiped my forehead and he said, "Yo, Queen. You can leave too." I laughed dryly and gave him the side eye, "Boy, if you don't. I ain't none of these non-believers. You know I believe in Flash. I was you at one point." He chuckled and put up his hand in defeat before leaving the room. Eventually Shao came back in with Zeke and invited me to follow them to the roof. I obliged and saw a pigeon coop, Shao introduced him to his main pigeon Penny. Shao walked into the coop and started saying, "Come on out, guys." The pigeons flew out and started flying in circles, Zeke started talking to him about the pigeons. "Nigga got wings, a nigga gotta fly, right? Last night you were writing, weren't you? It probably means your smart." Zeke retorted with he ain't dumb and Shao continued talking, "So, when you're off being all smart and reading and writing and thinking on smart shit, you're flying, man. Like Flash. How he controls the crowd. How he moves the crowd, man. That's gonna be my my flying."

They sat down and I watched them from the edge of the building, listening to part of their conversation, "You ever thought of quitting?" Zeke looked over at him, "What? You talking about the crayon? Man, we gonna get that shit." Zeke shook his head before fanning himself with his little notebook. "Nah, Inferno." Shao realized what he was saying, "You talking about hustling?" Ezekiel nodded his head, "You're working for drug dealers. Trigger-happy gangsters, shooting people who don't deserve to die." I felt a tug, he was talking about our parents. That's why he doesn't like drug dealers or anything that has to do with drugs.

Shao started to agree saying that he has some money saved up and Zeke continued, "Maybe take a summer holiday, focus on the get-down. I'll focus on my rhyming. Throw some parties, get some girls.." When Zeke said 'get some girls', he looked at me sitting on the rooftop looking at them chill in their chairs. ".. not named Mylene." Zeke looked at Shao as if to ask what he was thinking and he agreed that a vacation would be good.

Zeke stopped and looked at the pigeons as Shao said, "Spinning and spinning." He sat up quickly coming to a realization, he told Shao he had figured it out and they ran down the fire exit back into the building. I followed quietly watching them, Shao put on his record and it started play. The record made it past the Get Down part and Zeke told him to play it again.

"See, you say you gotta find it, right? Maybe this shit will help." Shao rewinded the record and started at the Get Down letting it go, "That's it?" Zeke asked taking the crayon and putting it at the beginning of the Get Down then let the record go, Shao brought it back up to the top of the break and Zeke colored a straight line across the record to show where it started. Shao grabbed him and shook him excitedly, "You book-smart motherfucker! I'm calling you 'Books' from now on, man."

After a while, Zeke left to go back to Aunt Wanda's so he could shower and get changed, he also said he would stop and go get the guys. Shao told me that he had to go talk to Annie; I told him I would tag along because I needed to drop some things off to her people. Shao waited while I quickly pulled my hair up and put my sunglasses on before we walked off to Annie's.

It was hot, roasting even. I wiped some sweat off of my forehead and bumped into Shao slightly, he smiled and bumped me back as we got to Annie's. He walked in and I followed, I went to the the room on the right and Shao went straight to the back to talk to Annie. Little Wolf was sitting in a chair at Cadillac's poker table. He nodded at me before I put my knapsack on the table and pulled out the cash that I had made yesterday, he took the pile of money and split it; giving me my 40%. "You made a lot more than last week."

"I know, word about me has been spreading like wildfire. People like my prices and the fact that I am a fine ass female." I chuckled before flashing a peace sign to him and walking out of the room. I walked up to Annie's door and heard her speaking, "When you need the other half, you come see Annie. But it ain't gonna be so easy here for you next time."

I knocked on the door and opened it when Annie said to 'enter', "Shao, you ready?" Annie raised her eyebrows and looked at Shao. "Oh this is why you need a break? To waste your time and money with a female?" Shao shook his head quickly, "No, Annie. It's a music thing."

Annie made a 'Mmhm' noise as I looked at Shao then back to Annie, her eyebrows were still raised, Shao stood up brushing himself off; "Remember where your home is, Shao. Don't be forgetting who got you off the streets." Shao muttered a 'yes Annie' and walked out the door. I followed him and we left, "What the fuck was that?" I asked once we were a bit away from Annie's. Shao shrugged his shoulders before picking me up. I squealed and he started walking back to his place.

"Shao, put me down." He shook his head, ignoring what I said and kept walking. We got back to his place faster than it took to walk to Annie's. We went inside and up the steps, Zeke and the boys weren't here yet so I plopped on the couch and stretched my legs out. Shao walked in the other room and came out with two beers. One for him and one for me, I smiled and took it as he sat down next to me.

"Are you ready for today?" I asked after taking a swig of my beer, he looked nervous but excited and he took a big swig from his bottle, "I guess. I'm excited for Flash to show me what it takes. You know..you could teach me instead." He said the last part in a sly voice trying to be seductive, "It would mean more time for us to spend together."

I chuckled and shook my head, "Nah, baby. I don't need more time with you, plus; I'll leave that to Flash." He grabbed my chin and made me look at him, he stared at me for a few seconds before kissing me. It was so sudden, and my brain didn't really register the fact that my idol, Shaolin Fantastic had just kissed me. I heard the front door open, and I pulled away from Shao; slightly blushing. The boys walked in with Zeke and Flash appeared out of nowhere, and walked over to the table.

Flash stood at Shao's mix table next to him as he showed him what to do, "Well done. You unlocked the secret of the crayon, but that's only the first step. Now once you've marked the get-down part, you must dig. Dig, dig, dig a tunnel where the get-down sits. All right, now pay attention and listen to this." Flash picked up the needle and set it down on the part where the singers sing, "Now you hear that? That is a void of useless nothing. The wackness. But here we go." He pointed to the other turntable as the Get Down part started, "That is life and destiny. That is the get-down beat. That is what the B-boys get down to. Now, because he possesses two turntables, a DJ exists in two time zones, all right? One turntable plays music that the dancers are partying to right now, and the other is playing music that they will be partying to in the imminent future. Now, Future. All right? Check this out."

Flash showed him how to arrive and depart, before walking around the room, "Now first you must master one record. Manifest one single, infinite beat. And, Grasshopper choose one you can live with for a looonnnng time. So choose wisely, or madness be thy name." With a confused look on Shao's face he replied with, "Madness?"

"You'll see. Excruciating torment, Chinese water-torture madness." Flash replied making his way back infront of the turntables before flipping the switch and letting the Get Down part start all over again. Zeke was surprised as was Shao, "How did you do that, Grandmaster?" Flash started walking away slowly, he was smiling, "I know time." With that, Flash disappeared, Shao and Zeke were tripping because he walked all the way around the room and came back right when a new loop was playing.

The Kipling brothers arrived, late as ever. Shao started trying to arrive and depart correctly, we were going to be here for hours. I could feel it already. The boys were bored and getting more bored every minute that Shao didn't get the arrive and depart right. I was sitting on the couch watching Shao's hands and him, sweat up a storm. Boo and Ra were complaining about the fact that he kept using the same ass record. Shao stopped, looked across the room at me; "Is there anything you can show me to make this easier?" Shaking my head, I looked at him in the eyes, "I can't help you, Shao. If Flash knows you didn't do this on your own then he isn't going to teach you anymore of his DJ'ing. Also, every DJ has their own way of doing it, Flash's style is completely different than mine and mine will be different than yours."

The bell in his window rung, Ra walked over to the window and looked out, "Yo. Y'all didn't tell nobody where my crib is, right?" Everyone said no, "It's Mylene." I sat up quickly as Shao shouted 'who'. Boo stood up and walked in front of the turntable, "It's only Zeke's butter pecan praline queen."

"You told that bitch?!" Shao was trying to get his headphones off to look out the window, "Don't call her a bitch!" Shao got his headphones off, he was fucking furious. "Man, how the fuck did she get here?!" Zeke shouted back at Shao that he didn't know. Boo told everyone to chill before saying that he had told Yolanda. Zeke left the apartment and made his way downstairs, "Boo, why would you do that?"

"The dojo is a sacred place." Shao stated glaring at Boo, he told him sorry and sat back down. I went into Shao's kitchen area before grabbing a cold drink. I walked back out into the room and handed it to Shao, he set it down next to him. "I'll drink it later." Shaking my head, I picked it back up and handed it to him again. "What, girl?"

"Nigga, you need to drink something or your ass is going to get dehydrated then your ass ain't gonna be any good to any of us. So drink." He opened the soda and took a sip then sat it back down, "Happy?" I crossed my arms over my chest, "My ass is about to judo chop you in the throat if you give me attitude again. I promise." He chuckled as I started walking back to the couch and Shao grabbed my wrist stopping me, "Thanks, Queen." He kissed my hand and put his headphones back on. All the guys except Zeke were staring at us, they were confused. I sat back down and looked at all them, "What, y'all got something to say?"

Ra shook his head, Dizzee held his hands up; "Where's mines?" Boo asked looking over at me, I rolled my eyes and pointed to the kitchen, "In the fridge, little boy. Go get it yourself. I ain't your slave." Boo wiggled his eyebrows smiling, "Nasty, Boo. Grow up."

A/N: So guys, I wanted to make this kind of Rated R with Smut later on but I don't know if y'all would be down for that, ALSO what do you guys think?