I'm so sorry I forced you people to wait this long for the next chapter! I feel horrible about it! I really, really do… I have excuses though, and the top one is Grade Eleven ancient civilizations class. My teacher doesn't let me slack off as much as my grade ten Canadian history teacher did. The second one is that my grandmother was moving and I was forced to help her for the past two months…

Disclaimer: I don't on -man, but I do wish Hoshino-sensei the best with her health issues and I hope she gets better soon.

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"You didn't have to be so rough with him, Kanda…a punch or two would have sufficed." Allen said as the two exited the warehouse together. They'd left Lavi alone within said warehouse; though Allen had made sure he was still alive before shutting the doors. He boy made a mental note to tell Reever or someone that he was in there in a couple of hours, Lavi should be conscious by then.

Kanda gave a faint 'che' at Allen's comment "You can't tell me that you only would have punched him a couple times, Moyashi." The samurai replied, holding a hand up as Allen made to protest. "Shut it, Moyashi. You know it's true. Don't try to deny it." He said casting a glance over at the white haired child walking beside him. "And you may want to hurry it up a bit, before the idiot supervisor decides to bring one of his robots out to find you. He said that we were going back to rehearsal in an hour and he wants us in full costume." and with that being said, Kanda sped up, leaving the boy alone.

Allen sighed as Kanda told him to 'shut it', the boy thought about protesting to the nickname, then decided not to. He really didn't want to piss Kanda off anymore; he'd seen what the man could do when he was truly angry-as he had been with Lavi, which was how Allen knew- and not just threatening. The boy was actually amazed that Kanda hadn't gone through with his threat of castrating Lavi. Hearing the man's last comment the boy also sped up, hurrying up the stairs. Allen really didn't want to put his dress and wig back on, but to avoid Komui's wrath he knew that he would have to. With a huff, Allen walked into his room and over to his closet-where he'd shoved the horrible blue garment- and pulled said garment out along with the wig and shoes.

-twenty five minutes of Allen fighting with a dress and high-heels later-

Blushing as some of the finders in the hallway-who hadn't seen him in the dress and wig before- complimented him and hummed and hawed over him in the blue dress, Allen quickly made his way into the cafeteria. Once inside, he let out a relieved sigh and leaned back against the door. Only to fall backwards a second later and caught by a strong pair of arms as Kanda entered the door he'd been leaning against.

"Che. Be more careful where you stop, Moyashi." The samurai said pushing the boy upright and into the cafeteria again, following a step behind him. "Oi, Komui! What the hell did you want us down here for?" Kanda called pushing past Allen when he stopped just inside the doorway, Kanda stopped as well when he saw the ballroom backdrop.

"No, Komui…you don't actually expect Kanda and I to…to dance do you?" Allen asked his voice full of horror at the concept of dancing, and with Kanda no less. The kiss and feelings of his earlier encounter was forgotten as Allen watched Komui nod, an almost maniacal smile on his face. "I-I thought you said we were skipping the dancing scene! You told me I wouldn't have to dance!" Allen cried the look of horror still on his face.

"I don't think I ever said that for sure, Allen." Komui said the smile still on his face. "And you should be happy; my lovely Lenalee has agreed to teach the both of you how to dance! Lavi would have been here to help too, but we can't find him, so Lenalee's taking over both!" he said his smile changing from evil to proud as Lenalee walked onto the stage. "Now, who wants to be first? Allen! You, you have the worse sense of coordination and you'll need more work." Komui said gesturing for Allen to go and meet Lenalee on the stage.

"But, you said…" Allen protested weakly stepping around Kanda anyway and making his way towards Lenalee. He really didn't want to start dancing, he'd tried once and only once when he'd been in India with Cross and it wasn't something he wanted to do again. His last experience with dancing had ended with him face-first on the floor with a sprained wrist. It would be worse this time because he was in a dress. As the boy reached Lenalee he smiled lightly "If I step on your feet, I'm sorry." He said

"It's okay Allen-kun; Niisan has two left feet too. I'm used to it. Are you ready?" she asked as the music started and he began stumbling around, trying to follow Lenalee's lead. Lenalee giggled lightly at Allen as she sped up with the music, he was worse than her brother. "Try to keep up Allen-kun! You're stumbling around like a drunk, step where I step like there's hot coals on the ground!" she said trying to encourage him to keep pace, and failing. As the music slowed to a stop, Lenalee stepped back from Allen and looked at him, amusement at his dancing skills, or lack thereof, plain on her face. "At least you didn't step on my feet Allen-kun." She said pushing him lightly towards the stairs and beckoning to Kanda.

The Samurai smirked as he passed the cursed boy on the stairs "You're worse than expected Moyashi. You would fail at being a swordsmen with feet like that." He mumbled to the boy in passing. Allen turned to say something but the man was already across the stage and taking up stance with Lenalee. As the music started, Allen watched as Lenalee and Kanda glided across the stage as if they were on a cloud. The boy's eyebrows rose as he watched Kanda and Lenalee waltz to the music, he hadn't guessed that Kanda could be so graceful without a sword. The music stopped and the two bowed lightly to each other, Kanda turned towards Allen and smirked again.

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That's it for chapter 7! It would be longer but I'm being forced out of the house…and I want to get this up. So yeah, you'll get more dancing in the next chapter! Again I'm really, really sorry this wasn't up sooner! Thanks to all the people who've stuck with it and waited around for me!

~ Starry