DDRMAX: Operation Protect Disco
A/N: DarkCrisan366 is back and this time my story is the combination between the Babs' "When Emi met Rage" and my story "Dance Dance Revolution: Crisis of EMTI". This fic of mine is gonna be a hybrid music and action fic. This story takes place after Dance Dance Revolution 5thMIX. The Dancing characters who appeared as dancing cameos in the 6thMIX game would be the characters that appear in this fic. However, some DDR characters have their own fighting style against their opponents aside from dancing which is different than the Bust a Groove characters who use Jammers against their opponents and to distract his/her opponent. Here is the story about DDRMAX instead of having the 6th Competition, it replaces a traditional Japanese theater play.
Disclaimer: I don't own the DDR characters as well as the game itself. Only I include the OCs that appeared in Dance Dance Revolution: Crisis in EMTI.
Chapter 1: The New Enemy Threat
It has been 2 weeks after 5th competition, Team Burning ends up losing against Team Disco/Janet team due to the enemy's life threatening made by the evil man named John Krueger towards the Director of EMTI, Garuda Renken Itoh. When he and John fight each other, he attempts to kill his grandson, Rage as Garuda manages to save him from being shot. Rage loses his temper after seeing his grandfather got shot in the shoulder, he manages to knock Krueger on the roof and fall to his own death. After the incident and reclaims the institute, Rage finally accepts his defeat and Garuda gave him the prize money as the MVP of the game.
In the middle of DDR City, Rage was wondering around the city while he is on his way to Burning Dome to practice dancing alone (He wears his 4thMIX outfit). He lets out a sigh after seeing his friends are busy in their studies or doing their part time jobs as well as his girlfriend Emi who takes a two week vacation with her family. It was a bad day for him without having a partner to practice dance in the dome.
I can't believe this, everyone is pretty busy on their work or their studies. I hate if my parents give me errands just for the box of liquor. I'm getting bored...? Without Emi in my side, I can't even practice alone. I maybe lose to Disco for my grandfather's sake, I had no other choice but to lose... Guess that I'm the only guy can always play this game.
Rage stopped walking and finally made up to his mind. Knowing that the only person he can interact was his best friend, Retsu Kageyama the student council president in EMTI who is two inches taller than him.
"Guess that I'll go to grandfather's place in EMTI. I'm sure Retsu would be there too..."
And with that, Rage went off to EMTI to visit both Retsu and his grandfather Garuda.
At computer room in EMTI where all female students from the Computer Science Course are watching at Retsu who demonstrates how to reformat the computers and it's programming. They were surprised to see him that he is fast on typing the keyboards of the computer and afterwards he manages to reformat the programming.
"All done... the computer is ready to use..." Retsu shrugged as most female students like him.
"Wow... he's pretty good..."
"He's really the college genius in EMTI..."
Back at the student council's office, Beechum was impressed on Retsu's demonstration knowing of his prowess as a genius hacker.
"Can you believe it? All the girls in the Computer Science Course seem to like you, Retsu." Beechum said as Retsu snobbishly replies.
"Nah... I just wanted to impress the students how to reformat the computers. So that they will know how to deal against the computer virus that inflicts on their computer programming."
"You surely are the Great Hacker, Retsu..." Beechum smiled as Rage finally arrives to see him.
"Sup, Retsu."
"Hey, Reiji... why are you here today? I thought you are going to Burning Dome?"
"Well I came here just to see you. Do you wanna hang out?" Rage smiled nicely and Retsu replies nicely.
"Sure..."
At the restaurant, both were having a conversation about what happened after the 5th competition.
"How's your girlfriend doing, Reiji?" Retsu asked.
"Well... she told me that she's going to have a family vacation in three weeks. Then, Kari is having a hard time with her family's tradition. Guess that I'm all by myself to go to the dome." Rage answered.
"It's kinda rough for you, Reiji." Retsu said as he replies.
"By the way, I heard some ladies were gone crazy over you? Some of the students in EMTI told me about this while I'm on my way here."
"I made a demonstration how to reformat computers who were inflicted with a virus. So that all the students would know how to deal with it."
"You surely are the Great Hacker..." Rage commented as Retsu became disappointed whenever it mentions his alias and he finally decided. "Say, how about you and I practice dancing since my girlfriend is on vacation."
"Uh... I can't Reiji... I'm not allowed to play that game." Retsu refuses as he urges him to practice dancing.
"Oh come on, you always watching us practicing and compete in the competitions. It's not fair if you refuse."
"All right... just this once... I don't want myself to get move and groove in front of everyone." Retsu reluctantly agrees and Rage gladly smiles to his best friend.
"Okay... now let's go practice."
When they're out of the restaurant, they saw Disco's picture on the poster in a traditional kimono for celebrating Japan Day and Retsu was shocked that it was sponsored by his school, EMTI.
"What?! How come EMTI is been sponsored of this festival?"
"Looks like grandfather really is getting up to his sleeve." Rage nodded and raises his brow. "He's like that if it comes to events."
"Sir Garuda was really serious about this?" Retsu lowered his head as Rage patted him.
"Calm down, Retsu. I'm sure grandfather would take care of it. Now let's go."
At the garage in his apartment, he does the makeshift dance stages in a similar manner as what he did to Emi when they practiced dancing for 3 weeks since in the 3rd competition. It was the first time Retsu watches him in how they practiced together and Rage turns on the stereo.
"Okay Retsu, are you ready to practice...?"
"Of course I'm ready... I ever seen you did those makeshift stages."
"I'm sure you can do it, Retsu." Rage said became confident to him both begin to practice dancing.
It takes them for two hours and Rage discovers that his best friend was really good on dancing despite he wasn't allowed to play any games by his parents. When the song Cow Girl is been played both are practice together and their moves are equally matched.
"Wow, Retsu you got some moves..." Rage complimented as Retsu tells him.
"I already play that game like you do. That is why I could dance like this."
"Anyways, why your parents have grounded you? Dancing is fun, you can't be grounded just because of that." Rage said telling him.
"It's because of my studies. They wanted me to finish schooling that is why I wasn't allowed to play any games. They already found out when I practice dancing on that game by myself." Retsu explained.
"..."
"That's why whenever I stayed in the dorms or in the student council's office, I can only play memory games or reading study books. That is my secret." Retsu said as he closes his eyes and Rage easily understands his problem and encourages him.
"It's all right, Retsu. That secret of yours is safe with me. Now I realize that you're pretty good on dancing it will be an exercise. I won't tell Emi and anyone about this too."
"Sounds like you two are practice dancing?"
Both saw Disco arrives to see them and Retsu saw him in his disco attire and Rage noticed him.
"Hey Disco, what are you doing here?"
"I came here to pass by and I watched both of you were practice dancing." Disco said in funky manner and he faces Retsu and gives him some advice. "You seem to have a hidden soul within you. You need to keep that up."
"..."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Rage said raising his brow as Disco replies.
"Your friend is a good dancer and he needs to show his killer moves soon enough. Well I'll be off..."
When Disco leaves, Retsu was disappointed when he easily figures it out that he can dance.
"What's "hidden soul" I didn't understand what he means?"
"Maybe because you have a hidden talent in dancing that's how he meant." Rage said telling him as both saw a man in black formal suit appears to spy on Disco who tries to target him as he savagely said. "Oh crap, not Krueger's flunkies again."
"I think it's not Krueger this time. This would be different." Retsu said seriously.
"I guess we have to get back to EMTI and find out. We have to follow Disco." Rage said in a serious voice as Retsu agrees with him to go to EMTI.
At EMTI, both Rage and Retsu are spying on the director's office as the door opens overhearing of both Disco and his grandfather, Garuda's discussions.
"It will be perfect for all the students to take a one week festival for Japan Day. I can sponsored that for you, Garuda."
"That promotion ya stick on the walls was perfect, Disco. The one week festival has to require to wear traditional Japanese clothes and kimonos whenever ya enter in the institute. Instead to have a 6th competition, it's going to have a traditional Japanese theater play for the night." Garuda smiled as he giggles. "Hehe... I'm sure my grandson would enjoy the festival.
"Well I better be off, Garuda. The start of the festival is after three weeks. I'm looking foward to it, haha..." Disco smiles as he leaves the office and he saw both Rage and Retsu. "I never thought you two just followed me here... Guess that I need to prepare for the festival soon."
When Disco leaves in EMTI, both Rage and Retsu became disappointed when some men in black were targeted him as it follows him.
"This isn't good... he does not know that he's being targeted by those idiots..." Rage angrily raises his brow and Retsu closes his eyes.
"He sure is serious about the festival..."
"You two are actually snoopin' around in my office...?" Garuda said knowing of both are spying on Disco.
"Uh... Grandfather... how come you know we were spying on Disco?" Rage said scarily to his grandfather.
"I don't know what you two were up to. Are ya tryin' to follow Disco by any chance?" Garuda said became suspicious on both of them as Retsu backs him up.
"Forgive me, Sir Garuda... Reiji and I will go out for a while, see ya."
Both Rage and Retsu quickly flees as Garuda became oblivious to their actions.
At the city, Disco is with Janet Lyze are having a window shopping to prepare for the one week festival. Men in black suits are trying to target Disco by gunpointing him with a sniper rifle. Both Rage and Retsu were aware of their actions and seeing them are trying to kill him.
"It seems that those guys are trying to kill Disco with a sniper rifle. We gotta to stop them before it's too late." Retsu said as Rage becomes confident as he cracks his knuckles.
"Yeah... Let's beat these guys in a smack down."
Both went inside the building and taking out their captors one by one. One of the men in black suits try to targeted Disco by gun point from his sniper rifle until he was confronted by both Rage and Retsu.
"Perfect..."
"Hey?!"
Rage then hits the man with a powerful kick as he knocks him out with a punch sending him falling to the building and lands on the garbage while Disco and Janet are still walking down the street. Retsu takes down each of them with a punch or a kick. Until another man in black suit came to attack as he was saved by Rage while retaliating the man by knocking him out with a punch and goes for another powerful kick.
"Thanks..."
"There's one more left, Let's go..."
Another man tries to target Disco with a sniper rifle. Without warning, he tries to shot them with his pistol as he noticed that no one is in front of him as both Rage and Retsu are behind him.
"Are you intentionally try and kill the dance king. You're going down." Rage is brave enough to fight the brute as the battle rolls on fighting in hand to hand combat as Retsu tries to deal more opponents. One of the man in black suit tries to punch him as Rage blocks and countering it with a powerful kick and knocks him with a powerful punch sending him out of the building and lands on the garbage. Disco noticed some strange noise behind him.
"..."
"What's wrong, Disco? Did you hear something?" Janet asked worried to Disco.
"Uh... It's nothing... I heard some noises going on in the street." Disco answered in a funky voice.
"Maybe you are just hearing things."
"I guess...?" Disco nodded as both continues to walk on the street to go for window shopping.
At the other side of the building Rage was relieved after he takes down his opponents. Retsu detects the enemy's badges that sticks to their jackets using his mini computer.
"I should have known these guys are different than Krueger's men now."
"What does that mean, Retsu?" Rage asked.
"These badges are coming from an organization called "The Eagle Eye" It seems that these guys we beat are assassins."
"Eagle Eye? Assassins? Why they intend to kill Disco? What's their motive?" Rage angrily said as Retsu replies.
"I don't know just yet. This men from the organization are sent to kill Disco. These guys are hired killers. We have to be aware, Reiji. These guys our new enemy."
"Looks like we have to protect Disco from these idiots. Otherwise he would get killed by them." Rage said finally determined to protect Disco.
At sunset, Disco and Janet finally get shop some things as they giggle while they are walking away. Both Rage and Retsu came to pass them and knowing that Disco was safe.
"I guess that we're lucky to save him from those guys." Retsu said calmly as Rage replies.
"It's best that we have to keep this to grandfather and Disco. So that we could protect him."
"Good idea... I'm sure Sir Garuda would be angry once he found out." Retsu said nicely.
"I know there's more to come after him. We have to be ready, Retsu cause if these guys are trying to kill him. We'll protect him by them." Rage said became vigilant on protecting Disco.
"Yeah... Let's protect the dance king.
Trivia:
*Disco in his japanese kimono from 5thMIX gallery appears as a poster to promote the one week Japanese festival.
*Rage's fighting style is Lightning Kickboxing combined with Various Martial Arts.
*Janet appears in her 2ndMIX outfit instead of her 5thMIX outfit.
*Retsu, Garuda and Emi are the only characters to call Rage his given name. In Emi's case she frequently calls his given name whenever she calls his nickname.