Out of the Machine: Mysterious Beginnings
By
Sega1cool
A/N: This is my first attempt at DDR fanfiction. It's from Ryan's P.O.V.
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Somewhere on Blanding Blvd.
A lone figure sits in a car, driving to the OP Mall."Can't stop fallin' in love, give your heart and soul....We'll be history, you and me." I said or rather, sung.
"Huh? Oh...didn't see you there. I'm Ryan and this is the beginning of my story. Let's cut to the chase. Basically, in my world DDR is a pretty important thing and I'm one of the best. Yet my popularity doesn't go to my head. I'm just another DDRist who loves what he does.....Hey, don't give me that look...That's just how my world is."
I turned into the parking lot and took my personal space, just one of the perks.
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OP Mall
"This is my hangout," I said,"the Orange Park mall. While I do have a number of mixes at home, live DDR challenge is what I feel better with."
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OP Mall: Orange Park
I walked in wearing my blue Arizonas, black Nike's, grey Starter shirt, and unbuttoned hawaiian style shirt.
"Yo, Ryan. Over here." said a familiar voice.
"What's up, Sonic?" I replied. Confused?
Well, you see, on this world humans and antrhopomorphic, or human-like, animals coexist. It just happens to be that Sonic, as in the the Hedgehog, is one of the best as well. Guess that explains how he got so fast.
"Not many people here today, huh?" I said.
"Yeah, just one newbie and us." he replied. As I walked in, I heard a hush. It was obvious they knew who we were. Yet, we calmly walked over to the machine, which is a 5th mix, set down our bags, and watched the newbie.
"She's got good form, but needs more practice." I said to Sonic.
"Yeah," he said pointing at the screen, "and Rage doesn't look to happy either."
If only Sonic knew how right he was.......
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5th Mix Machine
"Man, another newb." a spiky, red-haired teen said.
"Chill Rage." said a teenage girl wearing a beanie and snowboarding clothes.
"Easy for you to say, Emi. You don't get stuck with players who fail out on their second song."
"Well, I guess some people have all the luck." Emi said, pointing at girl with spiky, green hair.
"Huh? What do you mean by that?" Charmy asked.
"Just look out the screen. That Ryan kid is here."
"Really? Where?" Charmy said, jumping out of the chair she was in.
Sure enough, she saw me on the other side of the game screen.
Charmy got all happy and starry-eyed. "Joy, I always have a good dance session when he plays."
"Looks like someone's got a crush." Rage said, teasing Charmy.
"Shut up, Rage!" she yelled back, turning red from embarrassment. "It's just that...you know...he's a good DDRer and..." she said, trailing off.
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Back Outside
"Time to go." I said.
"Right, let's D.D.R.!" Sonic said.
We put in our tokens and pushed start.
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Inside the Machine
"...uh...Hey, they put their money in. Time to Play!" Charmy said.
"I better get ready, too." said a teenager wearing a black leather jacket, adornded in
flames, and had his hair slicked back.
"Just be ready for a workout, Charmy and Johnny. Those two aren't newbies you know." warned Emi.
"We can hold our own, right Charmy?"
"You bet, Johnny!" Charmy answered, still red from before but not caring.
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Outside
"Time to pick our characters." Sonic said.
"Of course, I've gotta pick the Charmster." I said.
"And I pick Mr. Grease himself, Johnny." Sonic said.
I let Sonic pick the first song.
"Let's go with B-B-B-B4U!" he shouted.
As usual, we went through the steps, not worrying too much on form, as we didn't focus
too heavily on freestyling.
"Yeah, everybody let's get down." I shouted as the song ended.
"Ah man, 1 good." Sonic said.
"Oh well, too bad." I said, in a insincere way.
"Oh shut up!" Sonic yeled, throwing a mock punch. I caught the punch and punched back.
He caught my punch and then we just laughed.
"Looks like neither of us could best the other." Sonic said.
"Yeah...but I was holding back." I said with my trademark grin.
"Whatever, it's your pick." Sonic said.
"I know which one, time to Stomp to My Beat." I said, as we did the usual freestyle routine, making it look easy.
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Back Inside the Machine
"Man, I want a challenge." Johnny whined.
"Don't worry, the best is yet to come, just listen to what Ryan's saying." Charmy said.
Johnny was watching Sonic and I through the screen.
"Hey, Sonic? Up for a real challenge?" I said.
"Sure, what might it be?" Sonic asked.
"Hot Limit on Maniac." I said.
"Man, that's a tough one. But can we survive a three minute song?"
"No sweat, it's only an 8-footer. It'll be easy."
Johnny sweatdropped when he heard me say this.
"Oh my, that was unexpected." he said.
"Told ya, Ryan always pulls through. We can do it anyway. Let's test our limits." Charmy said.
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Outside
Sonic looked at me, I looked at him.
"Let's do it!" we said, hitting the start button.
The song's upbeaty opening blared on the machine's speakers.
However, the song's length, coupled with its difficulty, soon began to take its toll on us.
"Hang in their, bud. Only 1 minute to go." I said.
"I'm hanging, It's just one minute too much." Sonic said, laughing and panting at the same time.
It soon hit the final chaos pattern.
"Almost there...." I said, reaching my 'Hot Limit'.(I know, bad pun.)
"Must keep going...." Sonic said, trying to get his second wind.
The song reached the end just as we fell down.
"(pant)....We...did...(pant)....it...." I managed to say.
"Yeah...(pant)....awesome...(pant)..." Sonic said.
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Back Inside
Johnny had to take off his jacket in an attempt to cool down.
"Man, I...(pant)...thought..that..song...(pant)..would..never..end." he said.
Charmy was lying down, trying to catch her breath.
"Wow...I'm...exhausted..(pant)." she said, fanning herself, "...yet...(pant)...I've...never felt better...not in a while, anyway."
Charmy looked out and saw Sonic and myself high-five each other and start laughing.
"He's different....that's for sure. But I wonder? He DDR's with some untold and unknown passion, yet he looks so calm now. I wonder?" she thought to herself.
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Outside
Sonic and I played DDR for about another two hours or so, taking about one quick break
for lunch.
I always felt better after DDRing, it helped me vent.
Let's just say that just because I'm a celeb, doesn't mean my life is perfect.
I've had a lot of sadness but I won't bore you with the details...there's always later for that anyway.
As we walked through the mall (we are teens after all), we talked about stuff.
"Hey, what if the DDR characters were real?" I asked.
"What? Well, that would be interesting, if not out of place." Sonic replied.
"I wouldn't mind having Charmy be real...." I started to say.
"Hahaha. Does someone have a crush a video game character?"
"Wha? Nononononono, it's just that, you know, she seems nice and she does look good....for a video game character." I said, trying not to blush and cave in at the
same time.
Needless to say, Sonic was cracking up at how I was reacting to what he said.
Then, outta of nowhere, a pink blur came by and knocked Sonic down.
"Huh?" I said, looking for Sonic.
I saw him, tackled to the ground by one Amy Rose.
"Hahahaha! Now that's funny. Guess you got what you deserved for making fun of me."
"Ughhh, Amy...Get Off!" Sonic shouted.
Amy got off, but clinged to his arm and wouldn't let go.
Sonic looked at me and saw me trying not to laugh.
"Ryan, you better not laugh or I'll...." Sonic said, as he tried to shake his fist at me.
I say try because Amy was latched on tighter than, uh, than.....let's just say not
even the Jaws of Life could remove her.
"Oh, Sonikku," Amy said in her sickingly sweet voice, "I can't beleive I ran into you today. It must be destiny or something."
"Yea, that must be it." I said, knowing I would get to Sonic.
"Huh? You say something Ryan?" Sonic said, obviously to obessed with freeing his arm from Amy's clutches.
I couldn't help it anymore and I started laughing my ass off.
Sonic did see this, however.
"You little, I'll get you for this." Sonic said.
"Good luck, Amy's on you tighter than...uh...than....well, let's just say it'll take alot to get her off."
Sonic was annoyed, and continued to try and get her off.
I waited and waited and waited.....about ten minutes later, this amusement had worn out.
"Okay, I've had enough." I said.
I waved my hand in front of Amy and said, "You'll let go of Sonic and stand there. Got it?"
Sonic looked at me. "Uh, Ryan, I think you've seen too much Star Wa...Wha?"
At that moment, Amy let go and just stood there with a blank look on her face.
"Good, isn't that better?" I said.
"Uh, yeah...I'm not even going to ask how you did that." Sonic said, waving his hand in front of her face. "She's going to be all right, right?"
"Yeah, don't worry. In about a minute or so, she'll be her normal, perky, annoying self."
"In that case let's book it." Sonic said, running out of the mall.
"Hey, wait up!" I shouted, running after him.
As soon as we were outside the mall, Amy finally snapped out of it.
"Huh? Sonikku? Where did you go? And how come I can't remember what happened within the last minute? Oh well." Amy said, walking back through the mall.
By
Sega1cool
A/N: This is my first attempt at DDR fanfiction. It's from Ryan's P.O.V.
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Somewhere on Blanding Blvd.
A lone figure sits in a car, driving to the OP Mall."Can't stop fallin' in love, give your heart and soul....We'll be history, you and me." I said or rather, sung.
"Huh? Oh...didn't see you there. I'm Ryan and this is the beginning of my story. Let's cut to the chase. Basically, in my world DDR is a pretty important thing and I'm one of the best. Yet my popularity doesn't go to my head. I'm just another DDRist who loves what he does.....Hey, don't give me that look...That's just how my world is."
I turned into the parking lot and took my personal space, just one of the perks.
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OP Mall
"This is my hangout," I said,"the Orange Park mall. While I do have a number of mixes at home, live DDR challenge is what I feel better with."
-------------------------
OP Mall: Orange Park
I walked in wearing my blue Arizonas, black Nike's, grey Starter shirt, and unbuttoned hawaiian style shirt.
"Yo, Ryan. Over here." said a familiar voice.
"What's up, Sonic?" I replied. Confused?
Well, you see, on this world humans and antrhopomorphic, or human-like, animals coexist. It just happens to be that Sonic, as in the the Hedgehog, is one of the best as well. Guess that explains how he got so fast.
"Not many people here today, huh?" I said.
"Yeah, just one newbie and us." he replied. As I walked in, I heard a hush. It was obvious they knew who we were. Yet, we calmly walked over to the machine, which is a 5th mix, set down our bags, and watched the newbie.
"She's got good form, but needs more practice." I said to Sonic.
"Yeah," he said pointing at the screen, "and Rage doesn't look to happy either."
If only Sonic knew how right he was.......
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5th Mix Machine
"Man, another newb." a spiky, red-haired teen said.
"Chill Rage." said a teenage girl wearing a beanie and snowboarding clothes.
"Easy for you to say, Emi. You don't get stuck with players who fail out on their second song."
"Well, I guess some people have all the luck." Emi said, pointing at girl with spiky, green hair.
"Huh? What do you mean by that?" Charmy asked.
"Just look out the screen. That Ryan kid is here."
"Really? Where?" Charmy said, jumping out of the chair she was in.
Sure enough, she saw me on the other side of the game screen.
Charmy got all happy and starry-eyed. "Joy, I always have a good dance session when he plays."
"Looks like someone's got a crush." Rage said, teasing Charmy.
"Shut up, Rage!" she yelled back, turning red from embarrassment. "It's just that...you know...he's a good DDRer and..." she said, trailing off.
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Back Outside
"Time to go." I said.
"Right, let's D.D.R.!" Sonic said.
We put in our tokens and pushed start.
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Inside the Machine
"...uh...Hey, they put their money in. Time to Play!" Charmy said.
"I better get ready, too." said a teenager wearing a black leather jacket, adornded in
flames, and had his hair slicked back.
"Just be ready for a workout, Charmy and Johnny. Those two aren't newbies you know." warned Emi.
"We can hold our own, right Charmy?"
"You bet, Johnny!" Charmy answered, still red from before but not caring.
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Outside
"Time to pick our characters." Sonic said.
"Of course, I've gotta pick the Charmster." I said.
"And I pick Mr. Grease himself, Johnny." Sonic said.
I let Sonic pick the first song.
"Let's go with B-B-B-B4U!" he shouted.
As usual, we went through the steps, not worrying too much on form, as we didn't focus
too heavily on freestyling.
"Yeah, everybody let's get down." I shouted as the song ended.
"Ah man, 1 good." Sonic said.
"Oh well, too bad." I said, in a insincere way.
"Oh shut up!" Sonic yeled, throwing a mock punch. I caught the punch and punched back.
He caught my punch and then we just laughed.
"Looks like neither of us could best the other." Sonic said.
"Yeah...but I was holding back." I said with my trademark grin.
"Whatever, it's your pick." Sonic said.
"I know which one, time to Stomp to My Beat." I said, as we did the usual freestyle routine, making it look easy.
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Back Inside the Machine
"Man, I want a challenge." Johnny whined.
"Don't worry, the best is yet to come, just listen to what Ryan's saying." Charmy said.
Johnny was watching Sonic and I through the screen.
"Hey, Sonic? Up for a real challenge?" I said.
"Sure, what might it be?" Sonic asked.
"Hot Limit on Maniac." I said.
"Man, that's a tough one. But can we survive a three minute song?"
"No sweat, it's only an 8-footer. It'll be easy."
Johnny sweatdropped when he heard me say this.
"Oh my, that was unexpected." he said.
"Told ya, Ryan always pulls through. We can do it anyway. Let's test our limits." Charmy said.
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Outside
Sonic looked at me, I looked at him.
"Let's do it!" we said, hitting the start button.
The song's upbeaty opening blared on the machine's speakers.
However, the song's length, coupled with its difficulty, soon began to take its toll on us.
"Hang in their, bud. Only 1 minute to go." I said.
"I'm hanging, It's just one minute too much." Sonic said, laughing and panting at the same time.
It soon hit the final chaos pattern.
"Almost there...." I said, reaching my 'Hot Limit'.(I know, bad pun.)
"Must keep going...." Sonic said, trying to get his second wind.
The song reached the end just as we fell down.
"(pant)....We...did...(pant)....it...." I managed to say.
"Yeah...(pant)....awesome...(pant)..." Sonic said.
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Back Inside
Johnny had to take off his jacket in an attempt to cool down.
"Man, I...(pant)...thought..that..song...(pant)..would..never..end." he said.
Charmy was lying down, trying to catch her breath.
"Wow...I'm...exhausted..(pant)." she said, fanning herself, "...yet...(pant)...I've...never felt better...not in a while, anyway."
Charmy looked out and saw Sonic and myself high-five each other and start laughing.
"He's different....that's for sure. But I wonder? He DDR's with some untold and unknown passion, yet he looks so calm now. I wonder?" she thought to herself.
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Outside
Sonic and I played DDR for about another two hours or so, taking about one quick break
for lunch.
I always felt better after DDRing, it helped me vent.
Let's just say that just because I'm a celeb, doesn't mean my life is perfect.
I've had a lot of sadness but I won't bore you with the details...there's always later for that anyway.
As we walked through the mall (we are teens after all), we talked about stuff.
"Hey, what if the DDR characters were real?" I asked.
"What? Well, that would be interesting, if not out of place." Sonic replied.
"I wouldn't mind having Charmy be real...." I started to say.
"Hahaha. Does someone have a crush a video game character?"
"Wha? Nononononono, it's just that, you know, she seems nice and she does look good....for a video game character." I said, trying not to blush and cave in at the
same time.
Needless to say, Sonic was cracking up at how I was reacting to what he said.
Then, outta of nowhere, a pink blur came by and knocked Sonic down.
"Huh?" I said, looking for Sonic.
I saw him, tackled to the ground by one Amy Rose.
"Hahahaha! Now that's funny. Guess you got what you deserved for making fun of me."
"Ughhh, Amy...Get Off!" Sonic shouted.
Amy got off, but clinged to his arm and wouldn't let go.
Sonic looked at me and saw me trying not to laugh.
"Ryan, you better not laugh or I'll...." Sonic said, as he tried to shake his fist at me.
I say try because Amy was latched on tighter than, uh, than.....let's just say not
even the Jaws of Life could remove her.
"Oh, Sonikku," Amy said in her sickingly sweet voice, "I can't beleive I ran into you today. It must be destiny or something."
"Yea, that must be it." I said, knowing I would get to Sonic.
"Huh? You say something Ryan?" Sonic said, obviously to obessed with freeing his arm from Amy's clutches.
I couldn't help it anymore and I started laughing my ass off.
Sonic did see this, however.
"You little, I'll get you for this." Sonic said.
"Good luck, Amy's on you tighter than...uh...than....well, let's just say it'll take alot to get her off."
Sonic was annoyed, and continued to try and get her off.
I waited and waited and waited.....about ten minutes later, this amusement had worn out.
"Okay, I've had enough." I said.
I waved my hand in front of Amy and said, "You'll let go of Sonic and stand there. Got it?"
Sonic looked at me. "Uh, Ryan, I think you've seen too much Star Wa...Wha?"
At that moment, Amy let go and just stood there with a blank look on her face.
"Good, isn't that better?" I said.
"Uh, yeah...I'm not even going to ask how you did that." Sonic said, waving his hand in front of her face. "She's going to be all right, right?"
"Yeah, don't worry. In about a minute or so, she'll be her normal, perky, annoying self."
"In that case let's book it." Sonic said, running out of the mall.
"Hey, wait up!" I shouted, running after him.
As soon as we were outside the mall, Amy finally snapped out of it.
"Huh? Sonikku? Where did you go? And how come I can't remember what happened within the last minute? Oh well." Amy said, walking back through the mall.
