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Chapter 10: Dance

*one week later* Cole's POV

Vest: check. Tux: check. Check. Check. Check. All good! I looked over at Tara, her curls were pinned up with tiny sparkly pins into a artsy bun so that whichever way she turned it looked like she had a golden halo resting on her head. Her blue grey eyes were accented with a metallic brown mascara that brought out specks of green and bright blue from her eyes. Her kimono had a light purple underneath and a dark purple on top with a gold leafing pattern across the satin fabric. Tara was utterly breathtaking. She pivoted on her sandal and grinned in my direction. Then Zane walked up from behind me, lent out his arm, and guided her inside the city party. Why did Zane get to be her escort for the dance again? Just because some higher class Ninjago royalty needed bodyguards for the dance did not mean Kai and I had to accept! Jay and Nya, or what I would like to call 'the blue couple' headed inside. A few minutes later the royalty came and I escorted them inside. Kai was ordered to stay outside and guard the perimeter.

Tara's POV

Oh golly I don't belong here. I gazed up at the mile high marble ceilings, priceless exotic plants that lined the walls, and gorgeous paper lanterns that were used as a light source.

"It will be a miracle if we win the dance's prince and princess to get the fang blade that's on the crown. Even Nya and Jay would have a better chance due to the way he dresses on dates. As for the crown I think it's a little ridiculous to wear a weapon on your head and not know it," I told Zane.

"What makes you think that?" he asked, "I think we have an excellent chance considering that beauty is in the eye of the beholder." I just rolled my eyes at his cheesy line and dragged him up to the stage. All of the couples... and some ninja... were up on the stage. Spotlights went on all 5 groups of two. I squinted into the audience, I could barely make out a few strangers. The announcer babbled on about what the couples see in each other. I didn't really pay attention until they got to Zane and I.

"Zane couldn't have enough paper in the world to write all the things he enjoys in Tara. He likes her clumsiness, how she attempts to act tough, and how she's united his family," the announcer quoted. I looked up at Zane, he just stared into the crowd with a straight face. He didn't have to lay it on that thick! Or was he just telling what he felt? I tried to remember what I put down, if I meant it, and how much of a fool I would look like from it. I was so spaced out that I didn't hear what the announcer said! My brow furrowed and I frowned, what if I wrote complete crap? I felt some pressure on my hand. I looked up and Zane was smiling at the audience now. Just like that and we were holding hands. My brain fizzled and shorted out. Thank goodness.

"Everyone cast your votes!" the announcer said with fake excitement. The audience pulled out little electronic devices and clicked on whom they wanted to win.

One by one, the spotlights started to dim out. First one then another and another. There was only Zane and I, Nya and Jay, and another couple. It seemed like forever until another light dimmed. It was our light. We had a fifty/fifty shot of getting the fang blade now. The announcer opened up the winner's envelope at a painfully slow speed.

"And the winners are Jay and Nya," he proclaimed. Some elderly woman stepped up and crowned Jay and Nya.

"You know, that silly crown fits Jay perfectly," I told Zane.

"Indeed," he agreed, "Shall we dance?" He extended out a hand.

"Why certainly," I bowed with some grace and poise. He grabbed my hand and led me to the floor.

"Did you really mean all those things the announcer said back there? Or were you just playing the audience and used your robot powers to know what cheesy things would please them the most?" I interrogated. He opened his mouth to speak when yelling came over our earpieces.

"The Venomari are here. They're about storm the building!" Kai yelled into our throbbing eardrums. I heard an explosion behind me. Now the real party started.

Cole's POV

The annoying Venomari were everywhere! And the snotty royalty trying to tell me how to defeat them wasn't helping either. There were too many! I scanned the area. Zane and Tara were being closed in on and Nya and Jay were already cornered. I started running towards them.

"Hey, get back here! We paid you to protect us!" I heard my employer scream from behind me.

I yelled back, "Sorry! No matter how much money you pay me I would always pick them over you!" I had made it to Zane and Tara. I picked Tara up bridal style.

"I'll be taking her now," I told Zane, "Ninja-go!"

I started spinjitzu when I heard Jay yell out, "Catch!" I saw the crown spinning towards me and I jumped and caught it. I heard mumbled screaming coming from Tara as she tried to dislodge herself from me. I started spinning over to the balcony and, without hesitation, jumped off. When we landed, I set Tara down and she started coughing on dirt from the tornado.

"I told you to let me go! I have been working on my spinjitzu!" she frowned. Her hair was undone and in a curly, windblown mess with dirt covering her from head to toe.

"You're still not that great at it and you're very uncontrolled. Anyway, what was important was making sure that the fang blade was safe," I told her as I shoved the crown into her hands.

"Oh and by the way, everyone else may like you better dolled up, but I like you best when you're like this," I motioned to her outfit as I went back into the building.

Tara's POV

He was just making excuses so I couldn't fight! What is with people today! I heard a noise and spun around. Kai jumped of the rooftop and was making his way toward me. He motioned for the crown which I gave to him.

"I'll look after the fang blade, I think you know that you can destroy in that fight up there," he told me. He grinned.

"You don't need to tell me twice," I responded as I climbed up onto the balcony. I rushed inside to find no fight, just a bunch of Venomari tied up and a severely broken floor. Cole knows me too well! He knew I would try to come back up here so he finished the fight and left none for me! I clicked a button on my earpiece.

"Kai, you can come up, it's already over." No response. I ran to the balcony and looked over the edge to find a small earpiece nestled in the grass. Oh no.

Some words echoed in my head as I thought about a week back: "Better luck next time. But until you return the fang blade to Pythor, I'm keeping this."

I was going to kill that red pepper next time I saw him.

Mwahahahaha! I had a brainfart for an hour in the middle of this chappie, it was really annoying. :D