A/N: Welcome back to Save The Last Dance! Hope you enjoy the chapter!


Chapter 5 - Dark Horse

The next day, after getting ready, the brothers had once again journeyed to Otonokizaka's rooftop, but as he walked through the door, Adam had been sent to the ground by a punch coming from his side, which connected with his jaw. Looking up, the 'Mentor' saw that all of μ's was there, as was the rest of the Militia. Getting back to his feet, he spat a glob of phlegm onto the ground. "Not a half bad right hook you got there, Ayase." He laughed towards the blonde idol, who was glaring daggers at him.

"You motherfucking son of a bitch!" Eli yelled, going to throw another punch, only to be stopped by Jamie, who grabbed the fist. "Back off, Blondie." He growled, pushing his ex back. "After the state he left Nozomi in yesterday, he deserves much worse!" The blonde spat, glaring at the boy in black, who scoffed. "Come on, then. Jamie, let her come." Adam stated, a smile adorning his face. Nodding, Jamie stepped back and leant against the wall. Scowling, Eli clenched her fist, only for Nozomi to grab her arm.

"Elicchi, don't." The purple-haired girl said, causing Eli to look to her. "Listen to her, Eli. There's nothing to be gained from this." Umi stated, drawing the blonde's attention to her. "Umi, if it was Kotori, or Honoka, in Nozomi's position, what would you do?" Eli asked, causing Umi to briefly glance towards her two friends, before nodding. "Fine." She sighed, walking over, and pulling Nozomi away from Eli. "Do it." She said to her senior, who nodded, and turned to face Adam.

"Umi, let me go! I have to stop her!" Nozomi pleaded, struggling to free herself from Umi's grip. "She needs to do this, Nozomi. I'm sorry." The blue-haired idol replied, as she worked desperately to keep a hold on her friend. "Honoka, Rin, help me!" She called out, causing her friends to nod, and rush to help her restrain Nozomi.

"Alright, Ayase..." Adam laughed, gesturing for the girl to come at him. "Let's see what you got. Keep in mind though; That punch you hit me with? That was your only free shot." He continued, shooting her a cocky smirk. "Fine." Eli said, cracking her knuckles. "You really sure you wanna do this?" Adam asked, getting a scoff from his opponent. "After what you did to Nozomi?" She demanded, before shaking her head. "You're done, asshole." With that, she lunged at him, aiming a punch at his head, ignoring Nozomi's cry of...

"ELICCHI!"


It was over in an instant.

"So, learned your lesson?" Adam laughed, looking at Eli, who was sprawled out on the ground. He had moved so quick, the group had hardly even caught it. As Eli had thrown her punch, the Mentor had ducked under it, and grabbed his opponent's arm. He had then delivered a hard elbow to her chest, which knocked the air out of her, then pulled her over his shoulder by the arm, resulting in her landing on her back.

"Fuck. You." Eli coughed out, as she picked herself up. "Still got fight in you? Impressive. But stupid." Adam spat, raising a fist. Before he could bring it down, it was stopped by Ryan. "Mentor, stop. You've made your point. She's had enough." He said, getting Adam to look down at Eli, before lowering his hand, and nodding.

"Alright, so I think it's clear that we've got some uneasy ground here." Cameron said, as Adam leant on the wall beside Jamie. "Anybody else got something to get off their chest?" He asked, looking round the group. "No? Good." He stated, when nobody answered. "Now, we can focus on why we're really here." Carlisle stated, getting nods from the rest of the group, but he knew, without even looking, that Eli was glaring at Adam, who would no doubt have a smirk across his face.

"Miss Nishikino..." He started, turning to the red headed girl. "How goes the music for our performance?" He asked, prompting Maki to shrug. "It's hard to come up with that kind of track. Especially when I've never really listened to your kind of music before." She said, making the blonde boy nod. "Well, how about we skip that problem entirely?" Riddick piped up, drawing his partner's attention. "What you got in mind, brother?" Carlisle asked, as Riddick straightened up. "We remix a song, like we usually do, and perform that. The ladies could dance their own way to it." He stated, which caused the idols to adopt a wide-eyed look.

"Y-ou want us to...s-street dance?" Hanayo asked, only to sigh in relief when Carlisle shook his head. "No, Miss Koizumi, that's not what he's suggesting. What he's saying is; We take a track that will work for you, and a track for us, and mix them together. Idol and street combined." The blonde explained, getting nods from the group. "It's actually not a half bad plan. One thing, though..." Ryan said, before looking to Nozomi. "Would the competition allow that kind of thing?" He asked, before the purple haired girl thought hard for a second.

"They should be okay with it, if we perform as an encore. We'll just need to make sure that we wow the crowd enough for them to want one." She said, before the group nodded. "Sweet. Means we won't need to wait for a new song. All we need is to choose the two songs." Cameron piped up. "Yeah, just means we'll need to have our guy remix it." Adam replied, before he looked to his watch. "Right, we'll get back to you lot on the music. But since we're here, how about we actually get some practice done?" He asked, getting nods from the group. "But if we don't have music for you..." Umi went to say, but Ryan cut her off. "We'll practice at the other side of the roof. We'll just keep ourselves in shape for the show." He stated, before everyone got to their feet. "Sounds good!" Honoka said, before the group nodded.

"Hey!" Eli stated, grabbing Adam's arm as he went to follow the Militia. "What, Blondie?" He snapped towards her. "After Love Live!, me and you, we're gonna settle up." She snarled in reply, which drew a smirk from Adam. "Fine with me, Ayase." He shot back, shaking his arm free, before heading off to join his crew. "Elicchi..." Nozomi said, walking up beside her best friend, "You coming?" Nodding, Eli got into position alongside the rest of μ's, as they began their practice...


About an hour later...

"Ack! I'm done!" Honoka breathed out, as she and the other idols collapsed to the ground. "Same here, nya~!" Rin exclaimed, placing her water bottle on her forehead. "Well, you've all improved on the choreography. Another couple of practices, and we should have it perfected." Eli stated, before she spied a strange look on Nozomi's face. "Where'd the Militia go?" The purple haired girl asked, causing the rest of the girls to turn towards where the street dancers had been, and sure enough, all 6 of them had disappeared.

"How the...?" Maki started, before a phone's notification sound went off. "That's mine." Nozomi stated, pulling her phone out of her pocket. Looking at the screen, her face fell. "What is it, Nozomi?" Kotori asked, before her senior turned the phone so that the others could read the message she had received...


"We can't focus with that music going, so we decided to leave. Your moves are good, don't get me wrong, but the music's the problem. Not our style. No offense.

You need us, we'll be out front."


"That son of a..." Eli said, starting to rise to her feet, only to be stopped by Nico grabbing her arm. "It's pointless. He laid your ass out flat in about 5 seconds. What's to be gained by repeating history?" The pigtailed girl growled, before Nozomi spoke up. "Nicocchi's got a point, Elicchi." She explained, causing Eli to look to her in surprise. "Nozomi..." She started, before relaxing. "Alright, I'm good." Nodding at this, Nico let go of her arm.

"Hang on a minute." Maki stated, causing the rest of μ's to look to her. "The text said that they were out front. Does that mean that they're practising in front of the school? Where everyone can see them?" She asked, causing her friend's eyes to widen, before they all shot up to their feet, and raced over to the section of the fenced off roof overlooking the school's entrance.


Down in the courtyard...

"Well, deny it all you want, man, but it's true: Those girls look like they chicks from that video. You know the one?" Ryan asked, causing Cameron to scoff. "Maybe, but they don't dance like them." The boy in blue replied, causing the rest of the Militia to look to him. "Yeah, that's cause you're only used to your 'cha-cha' style." Adam scoffed, causing his friend to scowl. "Fuck off." Cameron spat, before Jamie smirked. "Alright, Cameron, show us what you got. Street dance style." He said, leaning back on the hood of his car. "Alright, then." Cameron said, as the rest of the Militia leant against the brother's cars.

Bringing up his arms to his face, Cameron start to move his body at lightning speed to the tune of the radio blaring from Jamie's car.

"I'MMA SHINE:"

"If ya don't believe you don't succeed,

And if ya don't apply you won't achieve,

Keep ya head up high,

Feet down low and follow your heart,

To get to the door,

If there is a will then here's a way,

Never trust a soul I'm here to say,

Stop dependin' and be yourself,

And grab a hold and don't look left,

So take a swing now here's your chance,

You got nothing to lose so make a stance,

See the clock is tickin' and time ain't waitin' when ya,

All alone see that's what you're facin'"

"Popping. Noice!" Riddick stated, as Cameron stepped to the side, and stamped once on the ground, coming to a stop afterwards, as the chorus started. "Alright, I'll admit, it wasn't bad." Ryan said, as he and the Militia laughed. "So, Ryan, since you're such a fan of the way μ's dances, how 'bout you show us what their moves are like?" Cameron replied, causing his crewmate to shrug. "Fine. Step back."

"Ya I know I'mma make it I was meant for this,

I'mma with us in the eye lookin' for the ten for this,

And I don't steal for this I pimp for this,

Ride round with a hundred round clip for this,

What happen to the struggle its called and eviction notice,

Now people strong self eviction notice,

Prescription cops serve keep it real,

That fine but if I get caught with it I'mma face some time"

Taking a step back, Cameron made space for Ryan, who adopted the stereotypical stance of a ballerina, before tapping the points of his feet on the ground as he made his way to the side. As the rest of the Militia laughed, the boy in grey leapt up, spun in the air, and landed on his knee, as he tossed the fingerless gloves he had been wearing into the air. As the gloves fell back to the earth, Carlisle looked to Riddick. "Our turn."

"And it's hard being young and rich,

Trying to survive,

Trying to keep a shot to shine,

On the poor headed ties,

Couple mill,

And I buy new whip for the wife,

Talk that shit but this is my life."

"They're actually not half bad." Maki said, causing Nico to shoot her a "Shhh!", before the redhead rolled her eyes, and resumed watching the street dancers. Currently, Adam had moved off the hood of his Charger, just in time, as Carlisle and Riddick slid across the hood in opposite directions. When they came to a stop, they placed one of their hands on the hood of the car, before kicking one leg out to the side. Bringing them back to the ground, the pair lifted their other legs, and kicked both the driver and passenger side doors of the Charger closed (Adam had allowed them to open the doors for their part), before stepping up onto the hood of the car.

Bending their knees, the pair pushed themselves off the metal, curling into a backflip. Landing on their feet, the two started to dance in rhythm to the music. As the idols watched, the pair took a run up, then leapt up, spinning their bodies slightly, before landing on their feet. Turning to their side, the pair came to a stop when they saw that μ's were watching them. "Boss?" Riddick stated, drawing his leader's attention. Looking up to the roof, Adam smirked, before elbowing his brother gently. Clicking onto his sibling's intention, Jamie stepped over to the other side of the Charger. "Our turn." He thought to himself, shooting a smirk towards Eli. By this point, a small crowd had started to gather round the crew.

"I'mma shine, I'm gonna make it,

Ain't nothing to it to it,

I'll take it (I take it),

I feel it (I feel it),

I'll flip it (I'll flip it),

Pull it pull it I'll straight get it,

I'mma climb,

I ain't waitin',

There's no end to the money I'm makin',

For streetin to chasin' we get it in,

The crunk hatin'"

Taking one step forwards each, the brothers leapt into the air, but they spun their bodies in a sideways motion. Before they crashed to the ground, the pair placed their hands on the ground to steady themselves. Pushing the weight of their bodies onto their arms, the pair kicked their legs out to the side, then in the other direction. As the rest of the Militia applauded, both brothers pushed their feet up onto the Charger's hood. Spinning their legs over one another, they then pulled their feet off the car, landing back on their feet. Quickly, they straightened up and pushed themselves backwards, with Adam coming to a stop in front of Cameron and Ryan, and Jamie doing the same with Riddick and Carlisle. As their fellow dancers came up to applaud them, the pair looked back up to the rooftop, cocky smirks on their faces, as the crowd cheered.

"Maki's right. They are good." Honoka stated, getting nods from the rest of μ's. "Maybe this could work..." Umi spoke up, before she narrowed her eyes. "Kotori, isn't that your mother down there?" She suddenly asked, causing her ash-haired friend to look down at the courtyard, where she saw the crowd part to reveal her mother. "Yeah, it is. And I've got a feeling why." She said, as she saw the Militia follow her parent back into the school...


In the Director's Office...

"So, let me see if I've got this straight, Miss Tojo; These young men are your bodyguards?" Kotori's mother asked, causing Nozomi to nod. "Yes, ma'am. Well, at least two of them are. They owed me a favour, and with the amount of kidnappings happening lately, I thought it'd be best to have people I trust watching our backs." She explained, causing the older woman to look to the Militia, who smirked.

"You trust them to protect you and your group?" She asked, getting another nod from Nozomi. "With my life." The purple haired girl stated, getting a smile from the Director. "And you say they can dance?" The older woman asked, prompting Nozomi to look at the Militia. "They're...adequate." Scoffing, Adam looked to his ex with a smirk. "'Adequate'?" He asked condescendingly, causing a rumble of laughter from the rest of his crew. "See, now that is what I'm concerned about. With the brother's family...'history', I'm not sure that partnering with them is the best idea." Miss Minami said, causing the children in the room to look to her, shock evident on their faces. "How the...?" Adam started to ask, only for the woman to smile.

"Oh, please. I can detect a Robertson from a mile away. You're Lisa's boy? Adam, wasn't it?" She asked, causing the boy in question to nod. "Which makes him..." She continued, looking to Harbinger, "Jamie. Your older brother." Seeing that the boys were still confused, she laughed softly. "Lisa and I go way back. She spent some time in Otonokizaka when she was younger. She and I were quite close. When you and your brother were born, that was the last I heard from her." She explained, causing the boys to chuckle. "Yoshie Minami. Pleased to meet you at last." She stated, extending a hand, which Adam and Jamie shook, before looking back to Nozomi.

"Miss Tojo, I should stress this; While the activities of μ's can be somewhat traced back to me, the Militia isn't bound by the same rules. If your chances of winning Love Live! disappear because you've partnered with a street dancing crew, then that's your risk. Understand?" Nodding, Nozomi replied, "Crystal clear, ma'am. But I promise, these boys are exactly what we need to win this thing." Nodding again, the Director stood up.

"Very well. I allow the Militia the privilege of coming and going from the school as they please. However, their practices must be held either on the rooftop, or in μ's clubroom, not in the courtyard. I cannot allow my students to be distracted by their performances." She stated, causing the children to look to each other. "Fine." Adam said, extending his hand towards Yoshie, who took it, and gave it a quick shake. After releasing it, she sat back down, and watched as the dancers left her office.

Out in the hall, Carlisle chuckled. "Well, at least we avoided getting forbidden from performing." He said, only for his face to fall when he saw the rest of the Militia adopt sour expressions. "What?" He asked, before Adam pointed his thumb over his shoulder. Following his gaze, his crew saw that he was pointing at Nozomi. "We need to practise on the rooftop, with μ's music playing in the background. It's just asking for trouble to occur." He explained, before Nozomi cleared her throat.

"If I may, how about this? Until the day of Love Live!, μ's can practice on the rooftop, and the 6 of you can take the clubroom. There's a practice area next to it." The girl explained, getting raised eyebrows from the Militia, all of whom looked to their leader. Sighing, he shrugged. "Fine." Gesturing up the stairs, he said, "Let's go tell the girls."


A few minutes later...

"So, they're going to be using our clubroom?" Nico asked, glaring daggers at the boys. "Yes, Nicocchi. They are. That way, they can practice for the competition without being distracted." Nozomi explained, before the idols looked to the Militia. "Well, if it's the only way they can practice, I don't see the harm." Umi said, causing the rest of the idols to nod. Well, almost all of them.

"So, what if we need to have a club meeting, huh? How could we concentrate with their racket going on in the background?" Nico demanded, prompting Nozomi to rub the bridge of her nose. "Nicocchi, they won't be in the clubroom 24/7. If we need to hold a meeting, I'll message Adam to let him know not to come in." She said, before the petite idol crossed her arms in a huff. "Good. Now, anyone else gotta problem with the plan?" The taller idol asked, with the rest of μ's nodding. Although she was pleased with that response, Nozomi wasn't fully convinced by one of them. "Elicchi, can I talk to you for a second?" She asked, before her blonde-haired best friend nodded, and allowed herself to be led off to the side.

"Let me guess; You have an issue with this." The older girl stated, before her friend sighed. "It's not that. It's just...You seem to be trying a bit too hard to keep Adam around." Eli said, causing Nozomi's cheerful expression to falter. "Look, I get it, Nozomi. You still love him, but why do you try so hard when he's repeatedly stone-walled you?" She continued, as Nozomi looked to the ground.

"Wouldn't you do the same for Jamie? You say you hate him, but I saw how you looked at him when he saved you from that truck hitting you." Nozomi asked, before she felt her friend stiffen. Looking up from the ground, she saw that Eli had a small smile on her face. "Well played, Miss Tojo. Well played." Eli stated, making Nozomi smile back. "C'mon..." The blonde stated, holding out her hand. "We shouldn't keep the others waiting." Nodding, Nozomi took her friend's hand, and they both walked back over to the group.


The next day...

"So, will the Militia be joining us today, nya~?" Rin asked, as she and Hanayo entered μ's clubroom after school the next day. "Not today, Rin. I felt it would be best if μ's were the only ones to practice today." Nozomi replied, making her junior nod, a sad look on her face. "Why are you so disappointed, Rin?" Umi asked, noticing that her fellow idol seemed down. "It's nothing." The group's secondary leader said, trying to mask her sadness, only to sigh when she realised that none of the others were convinced. "Okay, I'll admit it. I'm enjoying working with the boys, nya~. Their method of dancing is interesting to watch." she said, prompting Nozomi to smile.

"I'm glad to hear that, Rin. There's no point in doing this if we can't get along with the Militia. Nothing tears a group apart better than tension between members." Nozomi explained, before she stiffened when the sound of her phone going off echoed throughout the room. Flipping it open, her face fell when she read the message. "Nozomi, what's wrong?" Eli asked, before the Vice-President took a breath, and began to read the message out loud.


"We've got a problem. Get to the shrine where μ's practices. We'll explain there.

P.S. It's Riddick that sent this message. Don't ask how I got your number, Adam gave us it. Just get your asses over here, now!"


"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go!" Honoka exclaimed. "Agreed. We should at least see what this 'problem' is." Umi stated, before the rest of the idols nodded their agreement, and grabbed their bags. A moment later, all of them had barrelled out of the room.


At the shrine...

"So, where's the brothers?" Kotori asked of the Militia, who had been waiting for the idols at the shrine. "They're on their way. That's actually why we called your group out here. So we could have time to talk." Carlisle explained, causing μ's to look confused. "When we parted ways last night, things between the brothers got...complicated." Ryan piped up.

"Complicated in what way?" Maki asked, causing the boy in grey to look to the rest of his crew. "Well, to be blunt, it concerned..." Cameron stepped forward, before nodding towards Nozomi and Eli. "You two." As the girls in question went to ask what he meant, the entire group froze when two very familiar voices reached them.

"You're talking crazy, Jamie! No way in hell would I let that happen!" Adam's voice spat, as the rest of the group turned to see him and his brother reach the shrine.

"Oh, Adam, if you would climb off that fucking high horse of yours, you'd see what is blatantly obvious to everyone else!" Jamie shot back, causing his brother to round on him, his face darkening. "I'm the one on the high horse? You're the one with the ego round here, bro! And what, pray tell, is so damn obvious?" The Mentor demanded, before Jamie scoffed. "Please. With the way you acted after saving her from that truck..." He stated, causing Adam to look to Nozomi. "You're not making it at all subtle you're still in love with Tojo!" He finished, causing a gasp to erupt from the idols watching, especially Nozomi, who raised a hand to her mouth, as her eyes widened.

"Adam?" She asked her ex, as she saw him clench his fist. "You wanna know something, brother?" He growled, causing Jamie to laugh. "Humour me." He said, before Riddick leaned towards Carlisle. "Here we go." He said, as Adam spoke again. "You just went too fucking far." The younger brother growled, before he moved his arm in a flash, cracking his brother in the jaw with a punch. As Jamie crashed to the ground, the idols let out a gasp.

"You know, that didn't feel as good as I hoped." Adam said, as Jamie glared at him. "But you know what they say; If at first you don't succeed..." He continued, before heading towards Jamie again. "This won't end well for you, little bro." Jamie spat, before pushing himself off the ground, while bringing up his leg to kick Adam. Ducking backwards, Adam went to deliver a punch to Jamie's stomach, only to find his arm's progress halted by Riddick, who grabbed his limb.

"That's enough." Quake stated, making Adam look to him. "Remember that we've got company here." He continued, causing his leader to look past him, to the idols who had seen everything. Taking a deep breath, he unclenched his fist. "Alright, I'm good." Nodding, Riddick released his friend's arm.

"C'mon Quake. Why you gotta spoil the fun?" Jamie asked, as he got back to his feet. "Jamie, don't." Ryan said, causing the taller boy to laugh. "The fuck's so funny? You want me to lay your ass out again?" Adam demanded. "Adam, don't push him." Carlisle warned, as Jamie cracked his neck. "Well, what you waiting for, little brother?" He asked, gesturing Adam forward. "Let's do this." Cracking his shoulder, Adam smirked.

"Thought you'd never ask." He said, before the pair leapt at each other.


A/N: And hope you enjoyed the chapter! I'll see you all in Chapter 6 - Intervention.

Okay, I should clear something up.

The way that song performances in this story will work is this;

First, you'll get a verse of the song, which will be in italics, then I'll describe the moves that the dancers make in plain text, before the next verse is shown in italics again, and so on and so forth.

And, hopefully it goes without saying, but any songs that have appeared or will appear in this story, all rights go to the original creators. Same with Love Live! The only thing I own is the OCs I have made up. Okay, think that's everything!

Madman out!