DDRist Kingdom: New Rivals?
By
Sega1cool
A/N to the Disclaimer: Whaz up, peeps? If it ain't mine, I don't own it...Ryan's POV as expected....oh and special appearance by someone, or is it someones......
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Awakening
I was falling...the darkness was everywhere.
"Where am I?" I thought.
Eventually I hit a hard surface.
When I walked forward, the darkness shattered and revealed a huge stain glass outline
of.....Emi?
"What the hell is going on?" I said.
I noticed some steps to the right of Emi's picture.
I figured I might as well take those stairs.
They led to another stain-glass picture of...Yuni?
"This doesn't make any sense."
Suddenly three pillars arose from the ground.
Choose one
"Who said that?"
On one was an arrow, the other my lightsaber, the third a magical staff.
"Well, better go with what I know." I said, walking over and grabbing my lightsaber.
The sword, a warrior's invincible courage, the strength to overcome anything....Is
this what you choose?
"Yes." I said.
The lightsaber went into my little shoulder holster.
Choose another
"Now what?" I asked.
No response, so I went to the arrow.
The arrow, representative of the dance, a symbol of grand agility....Is this what you
wish to give up?
"I don't like the sound of that." I said.
I decided to wait and see about that staff.
The staff, the inner strength, inner friendships greatest ability....Is this what you
wish to give up?
"Yes." I said.
The staff disappeared and the three pillars shattered.
"I have a bad feeling about this." I said.
Then the stain-glass picture shattered.
"Oh, Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhit!" I shouted, falling down again.
I fell for who knows how long.
I hit the ground again and this time ended up on a stain-glass picture of.....Alice?
"Now things are making no sense." I said, throwing my hands up in despair.
Look Out!
"Huh?" I said, jumping out of the way as a strange black creature attacked me.
"What? Take this!" I said, slashing it to pieces.
Beware, these are the Heartless. Their darkness is powerful....
More of these freaky things appeared and I dealt with them the same.
Behind you!
I turned around just to see a Heartless jump at me.
I ducked and sliced it in half.
Suddenly, a new set of stairs led up to another place.
I followed the stairs, stood on a stain-glassed picture of Charmy and
then that voice spoke again....
The light is powerful, but the closer you get to the light, the greater the darkness gets....
"What the hell does that me...." I started to say till I turned around and saw that
my shadow had become huge and pretty scary looking.
"I don't know what you are, but I will defeat you." I said, drawing my lightsaber.
The only part of his(its?) body I could attack was the hands. It drew back its fist
and pounded the ground, creating a black vortex. More of those Shadow things
came out and I mopped them up.
He attempted to attack me with some kind of darkness attack, but I sent them back at
him.
Suddenly, the darkness began to engulf everything, including me.
"Nooooooo!" I said, then that voice spoke again.
Don't be afraid...for no matter how powerful the darkness gets.....you hold the strongest power of all......
Then I was engulfed by the darkness....
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DDRist Kingdom
"AH!" I screamed, sitting up in my sleeping bag.
I was covered in a cold sweat and my heart was racing.
"What...What was that?" I whispered, not to wake the others.
I looked at my watch and saw that it was 3:30 A.M.
"Man, for once, I'm the first to wake."
I was too freaked out to go back to sleep, so I took a walk.
I couldn't piece together what that dream had meant...but I knew that it was a
permonition.
I had been sensing some disturbance in the force, but I couldn't pinpoint what it was.
I wondered how long it would be before this dream became reality.....
"You seemed troubled."
I turned around, expecting to see Charmy.
Instead a saw a girl, clad in purple robe-type thing(A/N: Behold my descriptive skills!), with long, black hair.
"Who are you?"
"My name is Mia, Mia Ausa."
"Hello, and my name is....."
"Ryan." she said.
"Oh? So you've heard of me, eh?" I said.
"You could say that."
"So what are you doing here? Isn't a little late for a lady such as yourself to be out?" I asked.
"Perhaps, but then again, isn't a little late for you to up?" Mia asked.
"Touche'. Let's just say that sleep hasn't been kind to me."
"Nightmares, eh?"
"More like premonitions....but those are my own concerns." I said.
"No need to get defensive, I did not mean to intrude." Mia asked.
"It's okay, my fault. This dream just gave me a bad vibe."
We sat and talked for awhile.
I learned she was from some placed called Vane...and she was a magic user. She was nice and didn't seem to be much of a threat.
Yet, she seemed to not be too confident of herself, but then again since she had lived
in Vane for most of her life, who could blame her.
I told her about G.U.N. and what they had done to our friends.
She didn't seem too happy about this, she looked pretty unhappy that people like them
exist. I wondered.....
Just as the sun was getting ready to rise, she started to freak out.
"It was nice talking to you, but I must run. Farewell!" she said, running off.
"Wait, oh well, Bye!" I shouted back, "I wonder what that was about."
I headed back to the camp and decided to make breakfast.
"Man, we're getting low on supplies, that could be a problem." I said.
One by one everyone woke up, except for one person.
"Talk about irony." I said, walking over to Charmy.
She seemed so peaceful, just lying there in her sleeping bag.
Unlike her, I wasn't violent about waking people.
So, I just knelt down and tapped her shoulder.
"Charrrrmmmmy....Charrrmmmmy...It's time to get up, babe." I said.
"HM? Ugh? Oh!" Charmy said, slowly coming around to consciousness, "Ryan?"
"Yeppers, it's me. You might want to wake up and get some breakfast, you know how the
others can get around food."
"Right, okay. Man, talk about ironic....Thanks for being gentle about waking me."
"Yeah, yeah...its too early for mushy stuff. Just get up." I said, walking off.
Charmy stuck her foot out and tripped me.
I fell and shot her a look....but I didn't care, she was just being playful.
She smiled and helped me up.
"Your too much, you know that, right?"
"I think you can handle me." she said, latching onto my arm.
We walked towards the others and sat down.
Luckily for Charmy, the vultures hadn't eaten all the food.
"Hey, Ryan? How come you made breakfast?" Rage asked.
"More importantly, why was he the first up?" Sonic asked.
"Jeez, you try and do something nice and all you get is the third degree." I said.
Seeing as I had already eaten, I decided to get some practice in on DDR.
I walked over to the 5th mix and set up for some doubles.
"Let's seeeeeeeee.....'Shooting Star' should do for a quick start."
I started the song and got ready.
"Like a Shooting Star, burning through the night" I sang, looking like a complete idiot.(A/N: But I am so who cares. (jk))
My favorite part of this song has to be all the quick eighth steps that transfer from
the right side of the pad to the left.
"Yeah, I got an A. Not bad for a warmup song. Time to get serious." I said.
I scrolled through the lists, looking for a hard one to do.
Then it hit me, 'Stomp To My Beat'(Maniac-D edit).
"This is a challenging one, let's show you my moves." I said, sounding as idiotic as
the announcer guy.
It was pretty easy in the beginning, even by Catastrophic standards (A/N: Maniac-D is a 9-footer). Yet, the more tiring part is when all the jumps go from right side to
left, somewhere around 10 or 12, I think, jumps in all combinations.
I was pretty tired after this one and needed a slow, easy(A/N: By my standards, anyway) song to play.
"I know the perfect one." I said, choosing 'My Summer Love'.
"Summer Love, a li, I can feel my heart beating.....I know I'm love with you, gi-rl."
I sang, once again looking foolish.
I had fun and was happy to know my Double skills were still good.
I turned around and saw the others, well the DDR Crew, just staring at me.
"Uh? Guys? What's wrong?" I asked.
"Ryan, dude. That was tight!" Rage shouted.
"Indeed, your moves are as quick as mine...Bzzzt." Konsento said.
"Uh, thanks, I guess."
"Oh, look, big, bad Ryan is turning red from the compliment." Sonic said, heckling me.
"Oh, shut up, hedgehog!" I said.
"Not bad....but can you best me in another duel?" said another mysterious voice.
"What is it with the damn, mysterious voices?!" I asked/shouted.
"I think your boyfriend there needs some help." Emi said to Charmy.
"Um...yo...mysterious voice over hear would like to show you his body...if you don't
mind." said the mysterious voice.
"Uh, sure, go ahead." I said.
A man in his, I'm guessing late teens, early twenties...most likely about 20 years old, appeared from the shadows and stood before us.
He was about my height, maybe a little taller, had his hair in a ponytail and was
wearing a pair of shades.
"And who might you be?" Charmy asked.
"You can call me Terry." he said.
"Wow," Emi thought, "he's cute!"
I sensed something about him...it was as if I had met him before....I searched his
thoughts.....WTF? It was as if there were two minds in one body....AHHHHH!
"That's what you get for reading my mind without my permission." Terry said.
"But how did you...." I started to say.
Something around his waist caught Rage's eye.
"Hey Ryan, look. Around his waist, that metal cylinder." Rage said.
I looked and spotted what Rage was talking about.
Holy Crap! He had a lightsaber, too.
"But then that means that...." I said.
"I'm a Jedi." Terry said, pointing at me, "And I want to challenge you."
"Ha, you can't beat him in DDR." Emi said.
"Oh no, my little firecracker. I meant a lightsaber duel."
I was like, you know, bewildered. Who knew?
I mean, crap man, another Jedi...and on Earth....This was going to be trouble.
"So, do you wish to except?" Terry asked me.
"I must, I can't back down."
I drew mine and Terry drew his.
My lightsaber glowed with a gorgeous blue, while his glowed(A/N: or is it glew?) with
a serene purple ambience.
"Nice saber, you make it your own?" I asked.
"Of course, but I mainly modified my father's."
"Same here."
"Ready?" I said.
"Go!" Terry shouted.
I parryed a strike Terry had made.
"Nice one, now try this." I said, giving a quick slashing blow, nearly catching him
off guard.
"Not bad. Let's see how you like this." Terry said, breaking our sabers apart and doing a shallow, lunging stab.
"Whoa." I said, sliding back quickly.
Good thing I'm so damn agile, or I'd have a nice sized hole in my stomach.
"All right, not bad. Points for originallity. But now to finish this little exercise."
I said.
"Well, let's see what you've got then." Terry said, urging me to attack.
He asked for it.
I used my enhanced speed to land a few punches and then, while he was dazed, concentrated and chucked my saber at him.
"What? Shit!" Terry said, not being able to parry in time.
The saber hit with deadly accuracy and tossed him up in the air, hitting him multiple
times.
The saber then returned to my hand and I walked over to Terry.
"Finish me...you must...I've lost." Terry said.
I took my lightsaber and.......oh, the suspense..............................
And sheathed it in my shoulder strap.
"W...Why?" Terry asked as I gave him my hand.
"I can't, it's just not in my capacity to kill someone who is not evil. Besides, we
were just sparring. Didn't you wonder why the saber didn't mame you?"
"I figured you adjusted the output to merely stun, not to be able to pierce.......I did the same."
"You seem like a nice guy. Friends?" I said.
"Sure, friends." Terry said, shaking my hand.
Terry introduced himself to everyone.
After the little argument Rage and Emi had, Emi seemed interested in Terry....Lucky dog.
"So, where are you from?" Rage asked, oblivious as always.
"Well....let's just say it's a far way away." Terry said, "(to himself)Farther away then they may think."
"Okay, well, we're just happy to have another friend." Emi said, sliding towards Terry.
"Uh, thanks, uh, Emi." Terry said, noticing she was moving closer.
Rage, as usual, was still oblivious.
"Man, I never seem them this serious of a break-up." Johnny said to me.
"Yeah, I figured they'd be together forever." I said to him.
"Well, she has a reason. He did insult him after all." Charmy added.
"Hey, guys, whatcha talking about?" Rage said.
We sweatdropped and got all nervous.
"Oh nothing...nothing at all." we all said in unison.
"Oh, okay." Rage said, just staring into space.
Poor Rage, he's so oblivious.
We talked for awhile and I think Rage was starting to figure out what was going on.
"Emi, can I talk to you?" Rage asked.
"Sure."
"I mean in private."
"Oh, Okay."
"Emi, um, are we, uh, still, you know?" Rage asked.
"Rage," Emi said with a sigh, "I think we need some alone time to meet new people."
"But Emi, why?!"
"It's a number of reasons, but that last thing you said was the last straw."
"Oh.........."
"Rage?"
"..............."
"Rage?"
".............okay, I guess......" Rage said, walking off.
"Rage, wait....." Emi said, but Rage had run out of range by now.
"Oh, Rage..."
Terry, that sneaky dude, had been watching what was going on.
Of course, I had been snooping on both of them.
"Hey, Emi." Terry said, "You okay?"
"Yeah, Rage just took it a little too hard...."
"It'll be okay." Terry said, comforting Emi.
"Oh, Terry...." Emi said, hugging Terry.
Terry didn't know what to do, so he hugged Emi back.
Rage had turned around to only see Emi hugging Terry.
"Emi....*heavy, sad sigh*" Rage said.
While they were hugging, the sun had begun to set.
And then it happened.....
....I was watching when Charmy sneaked up on me.
"Boo!" she said.
"AH! God, girl. You scarred the crap out of me. Shh, something's going down."
Charmy huddled next to me and watched.
As soon as the sun went down, Terry had changed.
"Wait, that hair, those clothes......the two minds.....Holy Shit! Terry and Mia are one person!" I shouted a little too loudly.
"Huh? What was that?" Emi said.
"Terry, do you....." Emi said, when she realized that Terry was now Mia.
"Ah! Who? What? Where?" Emi said, bewildered.
"Oh, poop!" Mia said, realizing what had happend.
Emi was still staring, yet was still hugging Mia.
"Emi, I know this will sound wierd, but Terry and I are the same, we share the same body."
"Wha?" Emi said, "well, that would explain why I'm still hugging you."
Charmy and I were standing there.
"Who's Mia?" she asked, giving me the third degree.
"Well," I began, "this morning I awoke from a bad dream at about 3:30 A.M. and went
to think about it. I met Mia or rather she met me. She seemed nice enough and we talked, but then just as the sun was rising, she ran off. This explains why she ran
off."
"Oh, okay. Wow, that's very interesting." Charmy said.
"You didn't think I was cheating on you, did ya? You know your the only girl in
my life. I got you babe, and you got me, whether you like it or not." I said, giving
her a kiss.
Of all the times I thought of my first kiss, who would've guessed I'd be the one to
initiate it.
I rather enjoyed it.
"Ryan...um....that was nice....but, uh, shouldn't we tend to Emi and Mia?" Charmy asked.
"Right....let's go."
We walked over to Emi and Mia, who were still hugging each other.
"Hey, Mia." I said.
"Hello, Ryan." she replied, "It's good to see you again."
Emi let go when she noticed we were there.
"...Ryan, um, Charmy....hey. How do you know Mia?" Emi asked.
I explained it to her.
"Oh, so the guy that's hot is also a chick....man, what am I to do?" Emi asked.
"Hey, I won't judge. You like the person that is both Mia and Terry, so go with
what your gut tells you." I said.
"Right, but one thing I don't understand. How come you and Terry are in one body?" Emi
asked.
"Well....it goes back to two years ago.......I was training in Vane when Terry appeared. He was in town for a local DDR contest. I became good friends
with him, but we had to keep it a secret, for he had snuck in, not being magically
endowed...."
"But what does magic have to do with it?" Charmy asked.
"Well, only those who have strong magical abilities can enter Vane. Terry had used
his Jedi mind contol powers to sneak in. I was caught trying to help him escape after
he had won the game and was accused of cheating....Naturally, no one beleived Terry
and he attempted to escape. Since I was caught, the ruler of Vane, my mother, was tricked by her assistant to punish us. So, my mother left the punishment up to him.
He had used a magical spell to combine our bodies and mind.....so during the day Terry
is in charge, but at night I'm in control of the body....Luckily, there is something
that can be used to restore us....." she said, pulling two arrows out from a necklace
under her robe.
"Millenium arrows?!" Charmy, Emi and I said in unison.
"Oh, you know of these?"
"Yeah, I've got one." I said, showing her mine.
"Wow, that makes things even easier."
"How come?" Charmy asked.
"Well, supposedly, as Terry overheard one day, if we can collect all eight of the
millenium arrows, then their combined power can return us to our seperate bodies....
that's why we came to this tournament...to try and win Konamison's...."
"Well," Emi said, putting her hand on Mia's shoulder, "you can count on us for help."
"Thank you, all of you." Mia said, on the verge of crying.
We headed back to the others, where Rage was already asleep.
"About time you got back...Who's the chick?" Shadow said.
"Shadow!" Sonic said, smacking him upside the head, "What did we say about behaving?"
"You two must be good friends." Mia said.
Sonic and Shadow looked at each other and laughed....
...."Wow, so you and Terry are one person. Interesting." Johnny said.
"I must say, that's almost like Maid/Devil-Zukin was...." P-Zukin(Princess Zukin) said.
"Bzzzt...that's right." said Konsento.
"Well, don't worry. We will help you. And we will return you to normal." Emi said.
"That's just so it doesn't look wierd when you and Mia make out...." Shadow said.
I promptly smacked Shadow upside the head.
"Hey, I was going to do that." Sonic said.
"You snooze, you lose." I said.
Emi didn't comment and neither did Mia.
"Hey, it may be Mia outside, but it's Terry inside....and we're understanding people.
We won't judge." Charmy said.
We decided to call it a night.
Emi and Mia went to bed first, followed by Sonic, Shadow, and then the others till
only me and the Charmster were left awake.
We sat by the fire for about 5 minutes before I spoke.
"Charmy, that dream I had, it bothers me. These Heartless creatures, they were dark, so emotionless and inhuman. I'm scarred."
"Oh, Ryan." she said, hugging me, "It sounds heavy but it could be another bad dream."
"I don't think so, " I said, looking into her eyes, "it seemed to be a premonition...
and I don't know if I could take losing my friends and more importantly....you...."
"I guess we'll just wait and see....." Charmy said.
We sat there for awhile, watching the fire and staying warm.
I knew trouble lay ahead, if not the near future, but in the future....and that
scarred me.
For the first time in my life, I knew what real fear is.
Charmy had soon been lulled to sleep by the fire's warmth and my company.
I picked her up and we layed down next to each other, trying to stay warm.
"Odd," I thought, "it's colder than it should be for this time of year."
I zipped up the sleeping bag and just listened to Charmy's breathing for awhile.
Soon, our warmth and her rhythmic breathing lulled me into sleep's gentle caress.....
By
Sega1cool
A/N to the Disclaimer: Whaz up, peeps? If it ain't mine, I don't own it...Ryan's POV as expected....oh and special appearance by someone, or is it someones......
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Awakening
I was falling...the darkness was everywhere.
"Where am I?" I thought.
Eventually I hit a hard surface.
When I walked forward, the darkness shattered and revealed a huge stain glass outline
of.....Emi?
"What the hell is going on?" I said.
I noticed some steps to the right of Emi's picture.
I figured I might as well take those stairs.
They led to another stain-glass picture of...Yuni?
"This doesn't make any sense."
Suddenly three pillars arose from the ground.
Choose one
"Who said that?"
On one was an arrow, the other my lightsaber, the third a magical staff.
"Well, better go with what I know." I said, walking over and grabbing my lightsaber.
The sword, a warrior's invincible courage, the strength to overcome anything....Is
this what you choose?
"Yes." I said.
The lightsaber went into my little shoulder holster.
Choose another
"Now what?" I asked.
No response, so I went to the arrow.
The arrow, representative of the dance, a symbol of grand agility....Is this what you
wish to give up?
"I don't like the sound of that." I said.
I decided to wait and see about that staff.
The staff, the inner strength, inner friendships greatest ability....Is this what you
wish to give up?
"Yes." I said.
The staff disappeared and the three pillars shattered.
"I have a bad feeling about this." I said.
Then the stain-glass picture shattered.
"Oh, Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhit!" I shouted, falling down again.
I fell for who knows how long.
I hit the ground again and this time ended up on a stain-glass picture of.....Alice?
"Now things are making no sense." I said, throwing my hands up in despair.
Look Out!
"Huh?" I said, jumping out of the way as a strange black creature attacked me.
"What? Take this!" I said, slashing it to pieces.
Beware, these are the Heartless. Their darkness is powerful....
More of these freaky things appeared and I dealt with them the same.
Behind you!
I turned around just to see a Heartless jump at me.
I ducked and sliced it in half.
Suddenly, a new set of stairs led up to another place.
I followed the stairs, stood on a stain-glassed picture of Charmy and
then that voice spoke again....
The light is powerful, but the closer you get to the light, the greater the darkness gets....
"What the hell does that me...." I started to say till I turned around and saw that
my shadow had become huge and pretty scary looking.
"I don't know what you are, but I will defeat you." I said, drawing my lightsaber.
The only part of his(its?) body I could attack was the hands. It drew back its fist
and pounded the ground, creating a black vortex. More of those Shadow things
came out and I mopped them up.
He attempted to attack me with some kind of darkness attack, but I sent them back at
him.
Suddenly, the darkness began to engulf everything, including me.
"Nooooooo!" I said, then that voice spoke again.
Don't be afraid...for no matter how powerful the darkness gets.....you hold the strongest power of all......
Then I was engulfed by the darkness....
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DDRist Kingdom
"AH!" I screamed, sitting up in my sleeping bag.
I was covered in a cold sweat and my heart was racing.
"What...What was that?" I whispered, not to wake the others.
I looked at my watch and saw that it was 3:30 A.M.
"Man, for once, I'm the first to wake."
I was too freaked out to go back to sleep, so I took a walk.
I couldn't piece together what that dream had meant...but I knew that it was a
permonition.
I had been sensing some disturbance in the force, but I couldn't pinpoint what it was.
I wondered how long it would be before this dream became reality.....
"You seemed troubled."
I turned around, expecting to see Charmy.
Instead a saw a girl, clad in purple robe-type thing(A/N: Behold my descriptive skills!), with long, black hair.
"Who are you?"
"My name is Mia, Mia Ausa."
"Hello, and my name is....."
"Ryan." she said.
"Oh? So you've heard of me, eh?" I said.
"You could say that."
"So what are you doing here? Isn't a little late for a lady such as yourself to be out?" I asked.
"Perhaps, but then again, isn't a little late for you to up?" Mia asked.
"Touche'. Let's just say that sleep hasn't been kind to me."
"Nightmares, eh?"
"More like premonitions....but those are my own concerns." I said.
"No need to get defensive, I did not mean to intrude." Mia asked.
"It's okay, my fault. This dream just gave me a bad vibe."
We sat and talked for awhile.
I learned she was from some placed called Vane...and she was a magic user. She was nice and didn't seem to be much of a threat.
Yet, she seemed to not be too confident of herself, but then again since she had lived
in Vane for most of her life, who could blame her.
I told her about G.U.N. and what they had done to our friends.
She didn't seem too happy about this, she looked pretty unhappy that people like them
exist. I wondered.....
Just as the sun was getting ready to rise, she started to freak out.
"It was nice talking to you, but I must run. Farewell!" she said, running off.
"Wait, oh well, Bye!" I shouted back, "I wonder what that was about."
I headed back to the camp and decided to make breakfast.
"Man, we're getting low on supplies, that could be a problem." I said.
One by one everyone woke up, except for one person.
"Talk about irony." I said, walking over to Charmy.
She seemed so peaceful, just lying there in her sleeping bag.
Unlike her, I wasn't violent about waking people.
So, I just knelt down and tapped her shoulder.
"Charrrrmmmmy....Charrrmmmmy...It's time to get up, babe." I said.
"HM? Ugh? Oh!" Charmy said, slowly coming around to consciousness, "Ryan?"
"Yeppers, it's me. You might want to wake up and get some breakfast, you know how the
others can get around food."
"Right, okay. Man, talk about ironic....Thanks for being gentle about waking me."
"Yeah, yeah...its too early for mushy stuff. Just get up." I said, walking off.
Charmy stuck her foot out and tripped me.
I fell and shot her a look....but I didn't care, she was just being playful.
She smiled and helped me up.
"Your too much, you know that, right?"
"I think you can handle me." she said, latching onto my arm.
We walked towards the others and sat down.
Luckily for Charmy, the vultures hadn't eaten all the food.
"Hey, Ryan? How come you made breakfast?" Rage asked.
"More importantly, why was he the first up?" Sonic asked.
"Jeez, you try and do something nice and all you get is the third degree." I said.
Seeing as I had already eaten, I decided to get some practice in on DDR.
I walked over to the 5th mix and set up for some doubles.
"Let's seeeeeeeee.....'Shooting Star' should do for a quick start."
I started the song and got ready.
"Like a Shooting Star, burning through the night" I sang, looking like a complete idiot.(A/N: But I am so who cares. (jk))
My favorite part of this song has to be all the quick eighth steps that transfer from
the right side of the pad to the left.
"Yeah, I got an A. Not bad for a warmup song. Time to get serious." I said.
I scrolled through the lists, looking for a hard one to do.
Then it hit me, 'Stomp To My Beat'(Maniac-D edit).
"This is a challenging one, let's show you my moves." I said, sounding as idiotic as
the announcer guy.
It was pretty easy in the beginning, even by Catastrophic standards (A/N: Maniac-D is a 9-footer). Yet, the more tiring part is when all the jumps go from right side to
left, somewhere around 10 or 12, I think, jumps in all combinations.
I was pretty tired after this one and needed a slow, easy(A/N: By my standards, anyway) song to play.
"I know the perfect one." I said, choosing 'My Summer Love'.
"Summer Love, a li, I can feel my heart beating.....I know I'm love with you, gi-rl."
I sang, once again looking foolish.
I had fun and was happy to know my Double skills were still good.
I turned around and saw the others, well the DDR Crew, just staring at me.
"Uh? Guys? What's wrong?" I asked.
"Ryan, dude. That was tight!" Rage shouted.
"Indeed, your moves are as quick as mine...Bzzzt." Konsento said.
"Uh, thanks, I guess."
"Oh, look, big, bad Ryan is turning red from the compliment." Sonic said, heckling me.
"Oh, shut up, hedgehog!" I said.
"Not bad....but can you best me in another duel?" said another mysterious voice.
"What is it with the damn, mysterious voices?!" I asked/shouted.
"I think your boyfriend there needs some help." Emi said to Charmy.
"Um...yo...mysterious voice over hear would like to show you his body...if you don't
mind." said the mysterious voice.
"Uh, sure, go ahead." I said.
A man in his, I'm guessing late teens, early twenties...most likely about 20 years old, appeared from the shadows and stood before us.
He was about my height, maybe a little taller, had his hair in a ponytail and was
wearing a pair of shades.
"And who might you be?" Charmy asked.
"You can call me Terry." he said.
"Wow," Emi thought, "he's cute!"
I sensed something about him...it was as if I had met him before....I searched his
thoughts.....WTF? It was as if there were two minds in one body....AHHHHH!
"That's what you get for reading my mind without my permission." Terry said.
"But how did you...." I started to say.
Something around his waist caught Rage's eye.
"Hey Ryan, look. Around his waist, that metal cylinder." Rage said.
I looked and spotted what Rage was talking about.
Holy Crap! He had a lightsaber, too.
"But then that means that...." I said.
"I'm a Jedi." Terry said, pointing at me, "And I want to challenge you."
"Ha, you can't beat him in DDR." Emi said.
"Oh no, my little firecracker. I meant a lightsaber duel."
I was like, you know, bewildered. Who knew?
I mean, crap man, another Jedi...and on Earth....This was going to be trouble.
"So, do you wish to except?" Terry asked me.
"I must, I can't back down."
I drew mine and Terry drew his.
My lightsaber glowed with a gorgeous blue, while his glowed(A/N: or is it glew?) with
a serene purple ambience.
"Nice saber, you make it your own?" I asked.
"Of course, but I mainly modified my father's."
"Same here."
"Ready?" I said.
"Go!" Terry shouted.
I parryed a strike Terry had made.
"Nice one, now try this." I said, giving a quick slashing blow, nearly catching him
off guard.
"Not bad. Let's see how you like this." Terry said, breaking our sabers apart and doing a shallow, lunging stab.
"Whoa." I said, sliding back quickly.
Good thing I'm so damn agile, or I'd have a nice sized hole in my stomach.
"All right, not bad. Points for originallity. But now to finish this little exercise."
I said.
"Well, let's see what you've got then." Terry said, urging me to attack.
He asked for it.
I used my enhanced speed to land a few punches and then, while he was dazed, concentrated and chucked my saber at him.
"What? Shit!" Terry said, not being able to parry in time.
The saber hit with deadly accuracy and tossed him up in the air, hitting him multiple
times.
The saber then returned to my hand and I walked over to Terry.
"Finish me...you must...I've lost." Terry said.
I took my lightsaber and.......oh, the suspense..............................
And sheathed it in my shoulder strap.
"W...Why?" Terry asked as I gave him my hand.
"I can't, it's just not in my capacity to kill someone who is not evil. Besides, we
were just sparring. Didn't you wonder why the saber didn't mame you?"
"I figured you adjusted the output to merely stun, not to be able to pierce.......I did the same."
"You seem like a nice guy. Friends?" I said.
"Sure, friends." Terry said, shaking my hand.
Terry introduced himself to everyone.
After the little argument Rage and Emi had, Emi seemed interested in Terry....Lucky dog.
"So, where are you from?" Rage asked, oblivious as always.
"Well....let's just say it's a far way away." Terry said, "(to himself)Farther away then they may think."
"Okay, well, we're just happy to have another friend." Emi said, sliding towards Terry.
"Uh, thanks, uh, Emi." Terry said, noticing she was moving closer.
Rage, as usual, was still oblivious.
"Man, I never seem them this serious of a break-up." Johnny said to me.
"Yeah, I figured they'd be together forever." I said to him.
"Well, she has a reason. He did insult him after all." Charmy added.
"Hey, guys, whatcha talking about?" Rage said.
We sweatdropped and got all nervous.
"Oh nothing...nothing at all." we all said in unison.
"Oh, okay." Rage said, just staring into space.
Poor Rage, he's so oblivious.
We talked for awhile and I think Rage was starting to figure out what was going on.
"Emi, can I talk to you?" Rage asked.
"Sure."
"I mean in private."
"Oh, Okay."
"Emi, um, are we, uh, still, you know?" Rage asked.
"Rage," Emi said with a sigh, "I think we need some alone time to meet new people."
"But Emi, why?!"
"It's a number of reasons, but that last thing you said was the last straw."
"Oh.........."
"Rage?"
"..............."
"Rage?"
".............okay, I guess......" Rage said, walking off.
"Rage, wait....." Emi said, but Rage had run out of range by now.
"Oh, Rage..."
Terry, that sneaky dude, had been watching what was going on.
Of course, I had been snooping on both of them.
"Hey, Emi." Terry said, "You okay?"
"Yeah, Rage just took it a little too hard...."
"It'll be okay." Terry said, comforting Emi.
"Oh, Terry...." Emi said, hugging Terry.
Terry didn't know what to do, so he hugged Emi back.
Rage had turned around to only see Emi hugging Terry.
"Emi....*heavy, sad sigh*" Rage said.
While they were hugging, the sun had begun to set.
And then it happened.....
....I was watching when Charmy sneaked up on me.
"Boo!" she said.
"AH! God, girl. You scarred the crap out of me. Shh, something's going down."
Charmy huddled next to me and watched.
As soon as the sun went down, Terry had changed.
"Wait, that hair, those clothes......the two minds.....Holy Shit! Terry and Mia are one person!" I shouted a little too loudly.
"Huh? What was that?" Emi said.
"Terry, do you....." Emi said, when she realized that Terry was now Mia.
"Ah! Who? What? Where?" Emi said, bewildered.
"Oh, poop!" Mia said, realizing what had happend.
Emi was still staring, yet was still hugging Mia.
"Emi, I know this will sound wierd, but Terry and I are the same, we share the same body."
"Wha?" Emi said, "well, that would explain why I'm still hugging you."
Charmy and I were standing there.
"Who's Mia?" she asked, giving me the third degree.
"Well," I began, "this morning I awoke from a bad dream at about 3:30 A.M. and went
to think about it. I met Mia or rather she met me. She seemed nice enough and we talked, but then just as the sun was rising, she ran off. This explains why she ran
off."
"Oh, okay. Wow, that's very interesting." Charmy said.
"You didn't think I was cheating on you, did ya? You know your the only girl in
my life. I got you babe, and you got me, whether you like it or not." I said, giving
her a kiss.
Of all the times I thought of my first kiss, who would've guessed I'd be the one to
initiate it.
I rather enjoyed it.
"Ryan...um....that was nice....but, uh, shouldn't we tend to Emi and Mia?" Charmy asked.
"Right....let's go."
We walked over to Emi and Mia, who were still hugging each other.
"Hey, Mia." I said.
"Hello, Ryan." she replied, "It's good to see you again."
Emi let go when she noticed we were there.
"...Ryan, um, Charmy....hey. How do you know Mia?" Emi asked.
I explained it to her.
"Oh, so the guy that's hot is also a chick....man, what am I to do?" Emi asked.
"Hey, I won't judge. You like the person that is both Mia and Terry, so go with
what your gut tells you." I said.
"Right, but one thing I don't understand. How come you and Terry are in one body?" Emi
asked.
"Well....it goes back to two years ago.......I was training in Vane when Terry appeared. He was in town for a local DDR contest. I became good friends
with him, but we had to keep it a secret, for he had snuck in, not being magically
endowed...."
"But what does magic have to do with it?" Charmy asked.
"Well, only those who have strong magical abilities can enter Vane. Terry had used
his Jedi mind contol powers to sneak in. I was caught trying to help him escape after
he had won the game and was accused of cheating....Naturally, no one beleived Terry
and he attempted to escape. Since I was caught, the ruler of Vane, my mother, was tricked by her assistant to punish us. So, my mother left the punishment up to him.
He had used a magical spell to combine our bodies and mind.....so during the day Terry
is in charge, but at night I'm in control of the body....Luckily, there is something
that can be used to restore us....." she said, pulling two arrows out from a necklace
under her robe.
"Millenium arrows?!" Charmy, Emi and I said in unison.
"Oh, you know of these?"
"Yeah, I've got one." I said, showing her mine.
"Wow, that makes things even easier."
"How come?" Charmy asked.
"Well, supposedly, as Terry overheard one day, if we can collect all eight of the
millenium arrows, then their combined power can return us to our seperate bodies....
that's why we came to this tournament...to try and win Konamison's...."
"Well," Emi said, putting her hand on Mia's shoulder, "you can count on us for help."
"Thank you, all of you." Mia said, on the verge of crying.
We headed back to the others, where Rage was already asleep.
"About time you got back...Who's the chick?" Shadow said.
"Shadow!" Sonic said, smacking him upside the head, "What did we say about behaving?"
"You two must be good friends." Mia said.
Sonic and Shadow looked at each other and laughed....
...."Wow, so you and Terry are one person. Interesting." Johnny said.
"I must say, that's almost like Maid/Devil-Zukin was...." P-Zukin(Princess Zukin) said.
"Bzzzt...that's right." said Konsento.
"Well, don't worry. We will help you. And we will return you to normal." Emi said.
"That's just so it doesn't look wierd when you and Mia make out...." Shadow said.
I promptly smacked Shadow upside the head.
"Hey, I was going to do that." Sonic said.
"You snooze, you lose." I said.
Emi didn't comment and neither did Mia.
"Hey, it may be Mia outside, but it's Terry inside....and we're understanding people.
We won't judge." Charmy said.
We decided to call it a night.
Emi and Mia went to bed first, followed by Sonic, Shadow, and then the others till
only me and the Charmster were left awake.
We sat by the fire for about 5 minutes before I spoke.
"Charmy, that dream I had, it bothers me. These Heartless creatures, they were dark, so emotionless and inhuman. I'm scarred."
"Oh, Ryan." she said, hugging me, "It sounds heavy but it could be another bad dream."
"I don't think so, " I said, looking into her eyes, "it seemed to be a premonition...
and I don't know if I could take losing my friends and more importantly....you...."
"I guess we'll just wait and see....." Charmy said.
We sat there for awhile, watching the fire and staying warm.
I knew trouble lay ahead, if not the near future, but in the future....and that
scarred me.
For the first time in my life, I knew what real fear is.
Charmy had soon been lulled to sleep by the fire's warmth and my company.
I picked her up and we layed down next to each other, trying to stay warm.
"Odd," I thought, "it's colder than it should be for this time of year."
I zipped up the sleeping bag and just listened to Charmy's breathing for awhile.
Soon, our warmth and her rhythmic breathing lulled me into sleep's gentle caress.....