The Actual Dance

By Dragon C. Chan

The actual dance of The Dance! (And your daily dosage of Kitty Boy!)

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Ulrich walked down the hall and stopped in front of a familiar room…

"Aelita?" Ulrich asked knocking on the door

"Just a minute!" There was a rustling noise in the room and then Aelita opened the door.

Ulrich stared at Aelita, "Odd helped you pick out that outfit, didn't he?"

Aelita twirled around, she was wearing a pink dress that was down to her ankles, with baggy sleeves, and black fishnets were tied around her waist that hung down the skirt part of the dress. Also to top it off on the chest of the dress was a happy anime style panda face.

"He did help pick it out I like it!"

"Well speaking of Odd, have you seen him?"

Aelita looked a little worried, "No, not since we got back from the mall."

Ulrich noticed the worry and said, "Well Odd will show up eventually. He is in the DDR contest, and he did say his outfit for the dance was going to be a surprise."

"Yeah… Oh!" Aelita put her hand on her mouth, "I'm operating the DDR machine! I've got to got and get ready!"

"Well I've got tot pick up Yumi. See ya Princess." Ulrich turned and left.

"Bye Ulrich!" Aelita turned on her heels and sprinted to the gym.

At Yumi's House

Ulrich rang the doorbell to the Ishiyama house hold; needless to say Ulrich was a little bit tense, a million questions ran through his head.

I'm I over dressed?

Will Yumi like me?

Will her parents freak out?

Man, how does Odd stay so calm around girls?

But he was forced out of his thoughts when the door opened…

"Ulrich, you're here. Please come in." greeted Mrs. Ishiyama

"Th, Thank you maham." Stuttered Ulrich.

Ulrich entered and was lead to the living room.

"I'll go tell Yumi you're here." Mrs. Ishiyama left the room.

In Yumi's room

Yumi was on cloud nine, she had a date with Ulrich! She put on her striped stockings and then put on and laced up her boots.

"Yumi! Ulrich's here!"

"Ok Mom, I'll be right down!" then to herself, "Tonight is going to be great!

Down stairs

From the next room Hiroki peered into the living room.

Yumi came down the stairs, "Ulrich!"

"Hey Yumi." Ulrich looked Yumi over, "Wow, you look great."

Yumi blushed; she was wearing her party outfit. (Think Teddy Godzilla, and yes I know I'm lazy)

"Thank you Ulrich. You don't look to bad yourself."

Ulrich then blushed he was wearing a Yami Yugi style dark green shirt, black baggy pants, and several bracelets and a black armband graced his wrists.

"Well ahh, I think we should be going, the dance in going to start soon and we don't want to miss Odd in the DDR contest."

"Ok." Said Yumi as they exited the Ishiyama household.

"Yumi!" Mrs. Ishiyama called after Yumi, "Be back when the dance is over!"

"Ok Mom!"

Hiroki giggled from his hiding spot.

"Yumi and Ulrich sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-"

"HIROKI! It's time for bed!"

The little boy sulked, "Ok Mommy…"

In the Gym

Aelita muttered to herself, "Ok the red button selects opponents, and the blue one,"

"Excuse me Aelita?"

"Yes Milly? Aelita smiled.

"Well since you're operating the DDR machine, it seems you know the truth to the DDR contest rumors."

"Yes I do."

"Great! Can I have an interview for the school paper?" Milly asked excitedly.

"Sure, I have a few minutes."

"Tamiya! Get ready!"

"Ok." Tamiya pointed her camera on Milly and Aelita, "Were rolling in 3, 2, and 1!"

"Hello this is Milly and Tamiya bringing you the scoop on the DDR contest rumors! I'm here with Aelita Stones, and she says she knows the truth!" Aelita waved to the camera, "Now Aelita is it true the contest was canceled at one point?"

"Yes it was, the operator called in sick, but I volunteered to take his place."

"Ah! I see, has learning the controls in a short amount of time been hard?"

Aelita laughed, "Electronics are my specialty! I can master any electronic in a short amount of time! If you want me to I can show you some of the controls."

"SURE! Oh!" Milly realized she was still on camera, "You hear that folks! Aelita is going to give you viewers an exclusive peek of the DDR machine!"

"WHAT!" Sissy stomped up with Herve and Nicholas in tow, "You can't operate the DDR machine!"

"Why not?" Asked Aelita

"Because Odd's in the contest! You'll cheat me from my victory and make it so your cousin will win!"

"I won't cheat and the machine pairs up opponents and gives out songs randomly! Besides Odd doesn't need my help to win!" yelled Aelita.

"How could you be so confident!" sneered Sissy, "I haven't seen Odd at all! Where is he?" She glared at Aelita.

"Sissy knock it off!" Yelled Ulrich, as he was walking up with Yumi by his side, "Odd will be here! He wouldn't miss a chance to kick your butt at something!"

"Humph! We'll see!" Said Sissy as she tuned on her heels and left with her cronies in tow.

"I think we can cut that part out", commented Milly

"Yeah" agreed Tamiya.

Then principal Delmas' voice filled the gym, "Attention everyone! The Dance Dance Contest will begin shortly!"

"That's my cue!" Aelita ran up onto the stage and took her place by the DDR machine.

Yumi turned to Ulrich, "What's up with Odd?"

"Well we haven't seen him since we got back from the mall."

"Oh." Yumi nodded.

Aelita was worried, Odd was nowhere insight. The principal motioned for her to select the first match, she pressed the button and when the names came up her heart sank…

Odd Della Robbia vs. Sissy Delmas

Sissy strutted up and took her place.

"Where is Odd?" Said the principal. Everyone looked around the room Odd was no where in sight. "If he doesn't show up soon he forfeits the match!"

"Where are you Odd?" Aelita thought frantically

"Here I am!"

Everyone turned to the voice and gasped…

Everyone in the room had to take a second look at the speaker to finally realize it was Odd.

"Whoa" Said Ulrich

Yumi gasped, "So that's why he took so long…"

Odd was clad in a dark purple shirt, and black Goth pants, but what made people stare was that his hair was spiked down with purple on the tips. Also he wore purple cat paw gloves, false purple cat ears, whiskers, cat nose make up, and to top it off he had painted on his Lyokian tattoos.

"Whaaat! Don't tell me you never seen a kitty boy before!" Odd smiled.

People laughed, some groaned, and for some the shock hadn't warn off yet.

Principal Delmas shook his head, "Odd get up here!"

"Okie dokey chief!" Odd hopped up the stage, took his place, and winked at Aelita revealing to her that he had fake fangs and that he had a fake purple striped tail as well.

Aelita still a little shocked pushed the button to start Odd ands Sissy's match, and that's when the song Amazing by Andy hunter started to play.

You take me high above the world I see,

Way beyond the clouds, beautiful colors surround me,

Odd and Sissy began to dance hitting the marks as they lit up.

You show me dreams I never dreamt before,

Unspeakable feeling evermore,

Aelita watched, they were so good, and then she stopped dead when she really saw Odd, for the first time…

Fly with me,

Across the heavens,

He was so good despite his costume…

Feel the breeze,

Above the skies,

Come with me,

She didn't know why but she began to think of all the times Odd had helped her…

Across the heavens,

Sprit breathe,

He was always there to make her smile…

Every time I look into your eyes,

Revelation eyes,

Heavenly visions, paradise,

She had a strong feeling that made her want to join him so they could dance together…

I feel a love I never felt before,

Touch my emotions evermore,

Odd's movements were fluid- like, and filled with a cat's grace, he looked so good! WAIT! Did she just think that!

You're so amazing…

She can't think that! She can't like Odd! He's her friend, just a friend, she loves Jeremie only… or does she?

"Arge!"

Aelita was snapped out of her thoughts; she looked at the scoreboard… Odd had won by two steps.

"Better luck next time!" Said Odd grinning showing off his kitty fangs.

"Grr!" Sissy stomped off muttering something that probably had the words mangy and cat in them.

Odd took a bow and hopped off the stage so the next contestants could battle it out. Aelita pressed the button and it was William vs. Theo!

"Williams in this!" said Odd shocked

Ulrich blinked, "Wha?"

"Yes I'm in this contest, is there a problem with that, Ulrich?"

"No…"

"Ok then" William walked past Yumi and winked at her causing Ulrich to utter a very low threatening growl.

William and Theo took their places, Aelita pushed the button, and the song Blue by Eiffel 65 began to play…

Yo listen up here's a story,

About a little guy that lives in a blue world,

Everyone was shocked, William could dance!

And all day and all night everything he sees,

Is just blue like him inside and outside,

Ulrich was mad; he knew very well why William entered the contest…

He wanted to impress Yumi!

Blue his house with a blue little window,

And a blue corvette,

And everything is blue for him and his self,

Yumi watched William, he was pretty good. She kinda felt like he was trying to impress her, he did but, she didn't like him as she liked Ulrich.

And everybody around,

Cos he ain't got nobody to listen to,

I'm blue da ba dee da ba die…

"Wow!" said Odd walking over to Aelita, "William can dance when he's got directions! I bet Ulrich isn't taking this well!"

"Why's that?"

"Huh? Well see it's no secret Ulrich likes Yumi, but William, I've noticed, has a crush on Yumi. So he's trying to impress Yumi so she will like him instead of Ulrich!"

"You're a real gossip kitty."

Odd grinned, "I know."

"Odd, has Jeremie ever been mad like Ulrich is?" Asked Aelita.

Odd's eyes widened and if the gym wasn't low lit Aelita would Odd seen him pale several shades of white, "Umm… There's not a time I can think of! Not yet anyways!"

"Oh, ok." Said Aelita a little disappointed.

Odd nearly died of relief Aelita almost found out about Jeremie and his' fight on St. Valentine's Day. The day Jeremie nearly exposed hid crush.

"Odd?"

"Yes Aelita?"

"We missed the song…"

"Oh…" Odd looked to the screen; William had won, "Ouww…" Odd cringed and glanced at Ulrich. He was a tad bit upset. So Odd made a mental note to beat William is they faced off.

For the rest of the time, Odd stayed by Aelita and chatted with her only breaking to dance, and as expected he made it to the finals but… William made it too.

"Um Yumi can you excuse me for a sec?"

Yumi a little confused, "Sure Ulrich."

"Thanks!" Ulrich ran over to Odd, "Odd I need to talk to you."

"Ok…" He got pulled away by Ulrich.

"Um, well Odd I… Well…"

"You want me to kick William's butt?"

Ulrich's eye's widened, "How'd you know?"

"I'm not your best friend for nothing!"

"Thanks Odd"

"No problem!"

Ulrich then turned around to see William talking to Yumi.

As Ulrich walked up to Yumi he heard her say, "I don't want to sound rude William, but it will take a miracle for you to beat Odd."

"Well we'll see about that."

Principal Delmas' voice rang through the gym, "It's time for the final match! Will Odd Della Robbia and William Dunbar come to the stage and take their places!"

"That's my cue." William left to join Odd on the stage.

"So what was that about?" questioned Ulrich.

"Oh, William was bragging about him being in the finals. I hate braggarts! I'm glad your not one."

Ulrich blushed, "Thank you."

On the Stage

"You ready Odd?"

"William you're going to feel the wrath of my kittyness!"

William shook his head; Aelita laughed, and pushed the button. Wanderlust, by Nightwish began to play. Odd grinned with joy at the song and William cringed at the fast beat.

I want to see where the sirens sing,

Hear how the wolves howl,

Sail the dead waters of the pacific,

Yumi was amazed, "Look at Odd go!"

Dance in the fields of coral,

Blinded by the white,

Discover the deepest jungle,

"Well Nightwish is one of his favorite bands, they are from Finland and that's close to his home of Norway. (1)" Explained Ulrich.

"Oh."

I want to find the secret path,

A bird delivered into my heart, so,

It's not the end,

Not the kingdom come,

Everyone marveled at Odd's flawless dancing…

It's the journey that matters, the distance wanderer,

Call of the wild,

In me forever and ever and eve r forever,

Wanderlust,

Aelita watched Odd and thought, "He's so happy; I've never seen him sad."

She liked that quality.

I want to love by the blue lagoon,

Kiss under the waning moon,

Straying, claming my place in this mortal coil,

"He loves life so much." Thought Aelita.

Riding the dolphins,

Asking the mountains,

Dreaming Alaska,

The Earth can have but Earth,

Then it hit her…

I want to find…

She knew why odd protected her so much…

It's not the end…

He wanted her to live.

Drown into my eyes and see the wanderer,

See the mirrors of a wolf behind,

He was such a good friend …

The song ended and Odd twirled around on his heels and bowed to the crowd, did she want him just as a friend?

Or something more?

Aelita was snapped out of her trance by shouts of joy. Odd had won by 10 steps, and his score was flawless!

"And our winner is Odd Della Robbia!" Announced Principal Delmas.

Odd grinned and flashed double peace signs. Ulrich smiled to himself and William slugged off the stage. Aelita left the stage, her job was done, and then she realized Jeremie wasn't here yet! She decided to go over by Odd who was being interviewed by Milly and Tamiya.

"So Odd you won the DDR contest what are you going to do now?" Asked Milly.

"I'm going to Disneyland!" With that Odd ran off and Milly and Tamiya stared forward.

"He'll be back." Said Aelita

From behind them, "Boo!"

"Ahh!" Milly and Tamiya screamed.

"Heh." Odd smiled.

"Oi Odd! Well were done anyways."

Aelita waved, "See ya." Milly and Tamiya left, "Odd Jeremie's not here yet."

"Really? What's keeping Einstein?"

"I'm gonna sit and wait for him."

Odd's heart skipped a beat, "Wait." He grabbed her arm, "We could dance."

Aelita blushed, "Aren't we suspost to be cousins?"

"If we don't dance to close no one will care!"

"Ok."

They went out to the dance floor and began to dance.

Just riding one day,

On my Harley,

Oh Oh Oh,

Odd thought to himself, "I'm dancing with Aelita! I need to enjoy this, it won't happen ever again…"

I saw you lonely,

I feel the hunger,

Just by your eyes,

I gotta have you baby here and now,

Jeremie reached the entrance of the gym, he was later than he expected, but now he could dance with Aelita!

Once I show you all I got,

You will wanna come along,

If you wanna have good time,

Jeremie opened the door and spotted Aelita dancing with someone! He looked closely and discovered it was Odd! She looked so happy, she was never that happy around him. He found himself turning and running a way, blindly, but then a beeping noise snapped him out of his trance.

The music blared as they danced together and the more and more they danced everyone else just seemed to disappear…

I got everything you want,

Everything your heart desires,

Do you dare have good time?

From the shadows a figure watched the couple dance…

"This could be helpful…" The figure smirked.

Odd and Aelita stopped dancing and stared at each other.

"What am I doing?" Thought Odd.

"Do I like him?" Thought Aelita.

Once I show you all I got,

You will wanna come along,

If you wanna have good time,

They got closer and closer to each other…

Ask yourself what you want,

That question haunted them…

Ask yourself what you want,

Their lips were about to meet…

Ask yourself what you want,

Then Odd was snapped out of his trance when his cell rumbled in his pocket.

"Yeah?" Yelled Odd answering it.

"Odd! X.A.N.A's attacking!"

"What Jeremie!" the music was so loud; "I can't hear you!" yelled Odd.

"Odd! X.A.N.A's attacking! Take those Damn cat ears off!"

"Wha? I can't hear, Ahh!" his head was almost taken off by… William! Also in the process his cell was lost in the crowd.

"Odd! Odd?" Jeremie growled and continued to run for the factory.

"Is he a sore looser or…" William shot an energy ball at him and Odd barley dodged it and fell on the ground, "He's possessed by X.A.N.A.!"

"Odd!" Aelita bent down to help him up.

The dance was in chaos! People screamed and scrambled around trying to get away from William! Then William with X.A.N.A. symbols blazing charged up again; Odd pushed Aelita behind him, but then William was on the ground.

"Wha?" Odd looked and saw Ulrich with a steel fold up chair in his hands.

"Odd! You and Yumi need to get Aelita to the factory and deactivate the tower!"

"I'm staying! You will need my help!" Yelled Yumi

"Aright! Odd go!" William got up.

"Let's go Aelita!" Odd grabbed her hand and they made a break for the exit.

Ulrich stared down William, "Let's go you creep! He charged William with the chair in hand.

Yumi blinked and thought to herself, "Is it me or is Ulrich a little to happy to beat up William?"

At the Factory

Jeremie sat ready to virtualize. He didn't know what to make of what he saw and then the elevator opened up, and he nearly died at the sight he saw.

"Were here Einstein!"

"You're off to the forest! Hurry up I'll start the process!"

"Ok!"

In the Scanner Room

"Let's go kick some bad guy butt!" Odd tried to move toward a scanner but realized something… He and Aelita were still holding hands.

"Heh." Odd blushed and let go of Aelita's hand, and unbeknownst to Odd Aelita blushed as well.

They were transferred to Lyoko an when Aelita laid her eyes on Odd she began to laugh. Odd's hair was still down and he was still dressed as a kitty.

Aelita thought to herself, "I can only see this in Lyoko."

In Sector Five

"That's what you think Aelita."

The dark figure laid their eyes on their newest project. It was an ever growing black blob that bore the ever hated mark of X.A.N.A.

"Soon, my pet soon, phase one will start"

DANCEDANCEDANCEDANCEDANCEDANCEDANCEDANCEDANCEDANCE

To be continued in the story called Code: The End

PEACE OUT!
Disclaimer: I don't own Code Lyoko, DDR, Yami Yugi, the bands or the songs, Fire by Blaze, Wanderlust by Nightwish, or Blue by Eiffel 65.

(1) Odd is name parents give their kids in Norway and we know Odd's a border, so that's where I think he's from.