Aicha instructed Suya to learn belly dancing all day long. The snowy owl though it was actually harder than she though as she had to completely master the moves not only with her wings and feet, but also with her chest, shoulders, belly and hips. While Kung Fu sure did required her to have a certain level of control with her body, that was something completely different.
"You got this, Suya!" Aicha complimented her. "You still need to work on your hips and feet work, but your wings' moves are gracious and you do perfect belly rolls. You're gonna be on my level very soon." This compliment made the avian girl blush a bit. "Now, let's go try on our costumes."
As Aicha and Suya went to change, Viper turned her attention to Tanchi who was still cooking in the kitchen. "Hey, Tanchi, how you doin?"
"Not very well." The lady penguin said without removing her look from the meal she was trying to make. "Aicha asked me to prepare a meal called Kushari which basically consists of pasta and tomato sauce, among other items, including rice, lentils, caramelized onions, garlic and chickpeas. But it's not as easy to prepare like ramen noddles."
"It's understandable: Egyptians have different ways of cooking from us." Viper said with a nod. "You're sure you don't want to dance at my place? I know my way with cooking too, you know." Viper offered.
"Nan, dancing's not my thing: I'm sure I can figure this out." Tanchi assured before seeing two people entering the restaurant. "Hey, we got two customers."
Meanwhile, in the changing room, both girls finished putting on their dancing costumes Suya bought at the rich's market. She was justly looking at herself in a mirror to see that her pink costume decorated with golden crystals matched well with her white feathers. Well, any color would fit well with white. Though, she re-adjusted the bottom so that we could see her hips.
Aicha suddenly came, now wearing her light brown dress, and putted a paw on the Pearl of Hope into Suya's tummy. "Where is he?"
Suya didn't understood. "Who?"
The cheetah giggled and rubbed a bit. "The guy who offered you this jewel."
Suya blushed a bit because of that statement. "I-I didn't got it from any guy, in fact...it was a girl who gave it to me, sort of."
"Well, in our culture, when someone offers a jewel to someone, it's usually as a sign of love."Aicha explained with a small grin. "But if it's a girl who offered it to you, I completely understand. In Egypt, there's many girls who are-"
"No, no, no!" Suya interrupted her before she could misunderstand even more. "It's not like that at all!"
Before things could get even more awkward for Suya, Viper slided into the room. "Hey, Aicha, there's two people in the restaurant who want to see you."
The female cheetah walked out, followed by her two friends, and got into the restaurant's hall where a male raven and female peregrine falcon waited. Aicha instantly looked in surprise.
"Aton! Sewu!" She exclaimed and went to hug the raven first followed by the falcon.
"I'm really happy to see you again, Aicha." The raven, Aton, said as he broke the hug.
"You know these guys, Aicha?" Suya asked her friend.
"Yes, those are my friends, Aton and Sewu. He's the Medjay of the Siwa Oasis."
"Medjay?" Viper asked with a curious look.
"It's a special force of soldiers who are charged to defend the Pharaon. But in Aton's case, he's only the guardian of the Siwa Oasis 'cause the Pharaon is a jerk." Aicha said with an annoyed look. "Oh, and, Aton, these are my new friends, Suya and Viper."
"Tahiat (Greetings), my friends." Aton said with bowing."
"Ta-Yat too." Suya tried to say and returned the gesture along her snake friend.
"So, you girls were planning something special for the restaurant tonight?" Sewu asked Aicha.
"Yes, how did you guess? There's already a rumor going in the Oasis?"
"Well, actually, it's your costumes that gave me the hint." Sewu said and pointed at Aicha's dancing costume which made her blush as she completely forgot she still had it.
"Well, yes, Suya used her money to buy those costumes and we're gonna make a special multi-dancer show tonight. Since it's the only thing that bring customers in here (she rolled her eyes), with many performers, we should be able to make three or even four times more than usual." Aicha explained. "With that money, we will recruit soldiers to help us defend the Oasis against the Pharaon's forces and maybe we'll even force him to come out of his dirty hole."
"Wait, that's your plan? To force the Pharaon to come to the Oasis?" Viper asked.
"Yes, my friend." Aton nodded. "We will force him to come so that we can fight him on our territory and kill him to free Egypt from his rule."
"But first, we need to find the people, weapons and power to oppose his army. This won't be easy job. But gathering money is a good start." Sewu said with a smile.
"Alright, girls, let's go get ready: it's almost time to open the restaurant." Aicha said.
I'm gonna end this chapter there as I hesitate to show or not show the scene of Suya and her friends dancing at the restaurant. Should I give you fan service and show it or simply continue the main storyline?