A/N: Welcome back to Save The Last Dance! Sorry it's been a while since I last uploaded a chapter, but I've been a bit busy, work and the such.
Anyways, enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 6 - Intervention
As the brothers went to throw punches at each other, they froze when they both heard noises suddenly blaring from their pockets. Lowering their fists, they both put a hand into their pocket, and pulled out their phones. Flipping the devices open, they each took one look at the screens, before closing them again. Replacing the phones back in their pockets, the siblings looked to each other.
"We're not done here." Adam spat, before he pushed past his brother, making sure to bash him with his shoulder. "Took the words right outta my mouth." His brother shot back, before shooting a look to the rest of the group. "We've been summoned. Catch yous later." Making sure to shoot a glare at Eli and Nozomi, he turned on his heel, and followed his sibling.
"What the hell just happened?" Nico asked, getting a shrug from the members of the Militia. "Beats me. But if you want to know what's going on with them, we'll tell you." Carlisle stated, before the idols nodded, and gathered round...
A few minutes later, in a random café...
"So, you're probably wondering why I called you both here." Yoshie said, as Adam and Jamie sat opposite her. What really caught her attention, however, was the fact that both of the brothers were sitting as far apart as they could from each other, within the restrictions of the table.
"I'm more concerned about the fact that you managed to get our numbers, but I've got a feeling I know how you did it." Adam replied, getting a laugh from the woman. "Oh, the answer to that one's simple, Adam. I called your mother. When Lisa left Otonokizaka, the friend group we were a part of made a pact. We all kept a secondary phone, as well as new numbers, and we swore to have each other's backs if ever a situation arose." Miss Minami explained, getting a nod from Adam, who leant back in his chair.
"Fair play. So, now that we've gotten that out of the way, how about you tell us why we're really here, Auntie Yoshie?" Jamie asked, with a Cheshire smile on his face when he saw Kotori's mother falter for a second. "How did...?" Yoshie started to ask, before Adam smirked. "You seriously think our Mum didn't tell us about our extended 'family' over here?" He asked, causing the woman to blush. "She...considered us family?" She asked, putting a hand to her mouth. Nodding, Adam leaned towards her. "Course she did. We knew who you were the moment we met you. Just thought it'd be fun to mess with you a bit." He said, causing the woman to smirk.
"So, we'll ask again, why are we here, Auntie Yoshie?" Jamie asked. "It's about μ's. More specifically, it's about Miss Ayase & Miss Tojo." The woman stated, causing Adam to roll his eyes. "What about them?" He demanded, causing Yoshie to raise an eyebrow. "So, I'm to understand you two have a 'history' with them?" She questioned, getting scowls from the pair opposite her. "In a way. Does it matter?" Jamie snapped. "Of course it does, if you're going to be working with them on a regular basis." Yoshie replied, before Adam sighed.
"We previously were in relationships with the two of them. I was with Tojo, and Jamie was with Ayase. But I'm sure you already knew that." He explained, before Yoshie nodded, gesturing for him to continue. "Anyways, when Tojo and I broke up, I told her that I would give her one favour, then I'd cut all ties with her. This assignment we're on, protecting those idols, came from that. Once we help those girls win this competition, and Tojo pays us, we're gone." He continued, causing Miss Minami to nod in understanding.
"Okay. I understand the situation now. Thank you for telling me. However, I'd like to make a deal of my own." She stated, making the boys raise an eyebrow each. "It doesn't involve changing your plans. You'll still be helping μ's to win Love Live! What I want is much simpler. Don't hurt those girls, especially Miss Tojo and Miss Ayase, in any way. They're treasured friends of my daughter, as well as my students. Your mother may be a good friend to me, but as a teacher, my loyalty is to my students first. If you hurt them, I don't care if you're the sons of my old friend, I will put an end to your arrangement." She explained, causing Adam and Jamie to look to each other. "I'm not asking for you to forgive the girls for whatever they've done, and I don't want to know what it is. All I'm asking is that you treat them the same way that you've been treating the rest of μ's." She continued, before the brothers hesitated, and nodded.
"Fine. We'll try to be nicer to the pair of them." Adam stated, before the woman nodded, and rose to her feet. "Very well. I wish you luck in the competition. Now, if you'll excuse me..." She said, bowing to the pair of them, before she took her leave.
"What the fuck did we just agree to?" Jamie asked, as he and his brother stood up. "Well, I may be wrong, but I think we just got told to behave." Adam said, with a slight smile on his face. "Right, we should get going." He said, before his brother scoffed.
"You really think I'm going anywhere with you, after what you pulled earlier?" Jamie demanded, causing Adam to smile. "Yep, that's what I think. Besides, there's a small part of me that believes you were right. I just needed to punch something." He explained, placing his hand on his brother's arm, as Jamie adopted a surprised look.
"Now, we got someplace to be. Move your ass!" The younger brother ordered, before pulling his sibling out of the café...
Back at Otonokizaka...
"So, seems we need to come to a decision." Nico stated, before the rest of μ's, as well as the remaining members of the Militia, looked to her in confusion. "On how we proceed after what happened at the shrine." She clarified, before a "BING!" echoed throughout the room. Immediately, nearly everyone's heads turned to Nozomi, but she held up her hands in defence. "For once, that wasn't me." She said. Freezing at the sound of a chuckle, the group turned to look at Ryan, who was staring intently at his phone.
"Seems you lot don't need to worry." He said, turning his phone so they could all see the message he had been sent. Crowding round, the rest of the group read the following message;
"Me and Jamie are cool now. We're heading to Scott's place. We'll sort out the music for Love Live! Tell the girls we'll see them tomorrow."
"Who's Scott?" Maki asked, looking to Blink, who smiled. "He's the guy who remixes the music we dance to. We should be able to start work on our routine tomorrow." He explained, as he pocketed his phone again. "Well, I guess everything's fine. Wonder what caused them to make up?" Eli asked out loud, before Umi lifted her head up. "Does it matter? At least they're back on good terms." She asked, causing her friends to shrug. "Umi's got a point." Hanayo said, as they all sat back down.
"So...what now?" Honoka asked, placing her chin in her hand. "Well, if the brothers are sorting out the music for Love Live!, I guess we can start practising for real tomorrow." Umi explained, getting nods from the rest of the group. "Very well. We'll head for today. Catch you girls later." Riddick stated, as the Militia rose to their feet. Nodding, the members of μ's watched as the four boys took their leave.
"So, want to sneak in a quick practice session?" Maki asked, twirling a strand of her hair. "Why not? We've got time, nya~!" Rin exclaimed, bouncing up out of her seat. "Alright, then..." Eli piped up, as she stood up as well. "Let's go."
At those words, every one of the idols were out the door in a flash.
The Next Day...
"So, what'd you think?" Adam asked, as he pressed the stop button on the music player. "Well, if we're working with this music and routine..." Eli said, looking at the papers he had passed her, "I guess it could work." Looking back to the younger brother, she held up the papers and asked, "Who came up with this? It's good." Smiling, Adam jerked his head towards his brother, causing the blonde's head to swivel to face her ex, as she passed the routine plan to the other members of μ's.
"While I sorted out the music, Jamie hammered that routine out." Adam explained, before Eli's eyes widened in surprise. "Impressive." She said, causing Jamie to shrug. "S'nothing." He said in a joking tone, even though the entire group could see that his face had turned slightly redder. "Hmmm...interesting." Nozomi thought after noticing this. Unbeknownst to her, Adam was thinking the exact same thing.
"So, which part did you want to work on first?" Umi asked, after looking the routine plan over. "Well, how about we get the parts we work together perfect first, then we'll handle the parts where we dance separately?" Carlisle suggested, before the girls of the group nodded. "So..." Honoka started, as μ's got into position...
"Where do we start?"
After practice...
"Well, for a first go, you girls aren't half bad for that kind of music." Cameron stated, as the group collapsed onto the ground of the roof, exhausted from the practice. "I agree. Some areas they could improve in, but we'll have plenty of opportunities to practice before Love Live!." Carlisle continued, before he saw a hand being raised from one of the idols. "Yes, Miss Koizumi?" He asked, before the girl in question stood up, and pointed to something on the routine papers.
"This part at the tail end of the performance. The one where the two groups dance again after the two separate performances. It says that one of the Militia should dance with a member of μ's separately from the others. Now, the other sections of the routine have the names of those that should dance in the section, along with their position, but not this one. Why?" She asked, causing the group to raise their eyebrows, as Riddick walked over and took the papers from Hanayo.
"She's right." He stated, after looking the papers over. "Harbinger..." He continued, looking at the boy in question. "Who did you have in mind to do this?" He asked, before the elder Robertson sibling looked to his brother. "Well, since Adam is the Militia's leader, I was thinking him for definite." He said, getting a nod from his brother, who stood against the wall, his arms crossed. "And for the μ's member, I had two possible candidates in mind. Either Honoka, since she's the leader of μ's..." He said, nodding towards the ginger, who nodded. "I'd be happy to do it!" She said, before Eli held up a hand, her gaze locked on Jamie. "Hold on a sec, Honoka." She said, causing her junior's face to fall slightly.
"You said you had two candidates. Who's the other one?" The blonde asked, before Jamie's gaze turned and locked onto another one of the idols. Following his brother's gaze, Adam saw who he was implying, and he immediately stiffened. Slowly, the eyes of the group turned to the purple-haired girl who Jamie had looked to.
"Me?" Nozomi asked, getting a nod from Jamie. "You're the reason this performance is happening. Thought it was only right." He explained, causing Nozomi's face to blare a bright red. "I..." She started to say, before a new voice cut her off.
"I'm down for it." Adam stated, causing Nozomi to look to him in surprise, followed by the rest of μ's, as well as the Militia. "You sure, bro?" Jamie asked, getting a nod from Adam in response. "Yeah." The younger brother said, before looking to Nozomi, "Should be fun." This only caused Nozomi's blush to brighten, as she looked to her feet, and silently nodded. "Okay, I'll do it." She said, before Eli grabbed her arm. "You sure about this?" The blonde asked, before her fellow idol nodded, and looked to Adam. "I trust Adam's judgement." She said, causing the boy in question to nod.
"Alright, then..." Adam said, turning to his crew, "Shall we go practice the Militia's part in the clubroom?" Nodding, the boys grabbed their bags, and headed down the stairs. As he went to follow them, Adam looked back to the idols, and shot them a wink, before disappearing. "Well, I think we should follow their example." Maki said, causing the girls to nod, before they got into their positions...
Later, after practice...
"I'm going to head home, girls. I'll see you tomorrow!" Nozomi called out, waving farewell to her friends, before walking down the stairs. As she went to head out the building, she paused when she heard noises coming from μ's clubroom. "Is that...music? It's not what we're using for the show, so why is it playing? And better yet, who's dancing to it?" She thought. Her curiosity getting the best of her, she walked over to the clubroom, and opened the door. Seeing nothing in the main room, she moved over to the door to the adjoining room, which she heard the music from loud and clear. Opening it, her eyes widened at what she saw on the other side.
"What's he doing?" She thought to herself, as she saw Adam standing alone in the middle of the room, with his shirt off. As she listened, Nozomi saw that he was waiting for the music. Eventually, the beat of the song dropped, and Adam started to move...
"LOW:"
"Shawty had them Apple Bottom Jeans (jeans)
Boots with the fur (with the fur)
The whole club was lookin' at her
She hit the floor (she hit the floor)
Next thing you know
Shawty got low low low low low low low low"
As Nozomi watched, Adam performed a backflip, making a perfect landing on his feet. Instead of stopping there, however, he immediately bent his body backwards into a backwards roll, throwing his leg out behind him. Placing the flat of his foot on the floor, he put his opposite knee on the floor, and used it to push himself back up into a standing position. He then began to spin for the last line of the chorus, lowering himself more and more to the floor with each turn he made.
"Them baggy sweat pants and the Reebok's with the straps (the straps)
She turned around and gave that big booty a smack (a smack)
She hit the floor
Next thing you know
Shawty got low low low low low low low low"
"Oh, now I get it. He's just making sure his moves are on point." Nozomi thought, as she watched Adam bend his legs, and spring backwards, with his shoulder being pointed towards the floor. Internally cringing for when he hit the floor, Nozomi was instead surprised when she saw him throw out his arms, halting his downward momentum. Bringing his legs up, the boy placed his head on the floor, then pushed his arms off the floor at an angle. This caused him to start spinning, using his head as a pivot of sorts, and he kept his momentum going by swinging his legs out, and pulling them with him. This reminded Nozomi of what Cameron did to show off what he could do when μ's first met the Militia.
After doing this for about 30 seconds, Adam brought his legs back down, and pushed himself back to his feet, and relaxed to catch his breath. Taking a gasp, he called out, "Enjoying the show, Tojo?", before turning to the door. Smirking, Nozomi stood up, and walked into the room.
"You're not exactly the best at hiding." Adam said, causing Nozomi to laugh. "Fair enough. But please, don't stop on my account. Continue." She stated, placing her bag on a nearby bench. "Alright, then..." Adam said, turning his back on her.
"Shawty what I gotta do to get you home
My jeans full of gwap and they ready for stones
Cadillac Maybachs for the sexy grown
Patrone on the rocks that'll make you moan
One stack (come on)
Two stacks (come one)
Three stacks (come on, now that's three grand)
What you think I'm playin' baby girl
I'm the man, I'll ain't dealing rubber bands"
Craning his neck forward slightly, Adam placed his hands, one on top of the other, on the centre of his chest, and what he did surprised Nozomi. His upper body moved to the beat of the music, but his head remained where it was. He then moved his neck in the same direction that his body had done. Repeating this a couple more times, he went to perform his next planned move, but was caught off guard by the sound of his music player being turned off.
Whirling round, he saw Nozomi was standing next to the music player, having changed back into her practice outfit. This caused him to smirk. "What d'you think you're up to?" He asked, a cheeky tone in his voice, as he saw Nozomi press the button on his music player to shuffle his playlist. "Let's see how good at following a routine the fearsome 'Mentor' is, shall we?" The twintailed girl asked, a coy smile forming on her face. "Let's." He said, as the pair of dancers got into position, as the first song's beat began to play. Shooting a sly smirk to each other, the pair began to move as the beat dropped.
"TONIGHT I'M ALONE:"
"Look, tonight I'm alone
The timing his own
I mind my own
Because I be finding my zone
Finding my zone
I be finding my zone
Tonight I'ma go
Life on the road
The light is cold
Because I be finding my zone
Finding my zone
I be finding my zone"
Throwing their arms down, Adam and Nozomi leapt into the air at the same time, coming back to the floor in complete sync. Throwing one of their arms out to the side, they then quickly brought their limbs in front of their chest as they hopped backwards, before seamlessly moving to the side and moving their arms in a circle. Taking a step to the side, they lifted their knees up, before spinning the other way. As they slowed down, they both placed one hand on the floor, and threw their legs out as they spun back to their feet in the opposite direction. Bringing their legs up, they carried their momentum into another spin, before placing one of their hands on top of the other, and pushing them quickly to the side twice. Immediately after that, they brought their hands together above their head, before raising two steps back, glaring at each other in the process. They then stepped forwards again, throwing their arm out to the side twice.
"I put on my Zeus ties
So scoop by
More episodes
Than Luke Sky"
Throwing their arms out to their sides as they did so, Adam and Nozomi quickly brought their feet up, and then back down to the floor. Without missing a beat, they brought their arms back down to their head, bowing it quickly, before they moved in a flash, tucking their bodies down to the side. Springing back up, they threw one of their legs out behind them, before moving round, and bringing their legs back up, slamming them down on the floor...
Outside...
As this little 'show' was going on, the pair had failed to notice that they were being watched by the rest of μ's, who were stood at the door joined to the clubroom. "Wow..." Kotori said in amazement, as the group saw Adam spin toward Nozomi, just as the next song on the phone started to play. As the beat of the song began to play, sounding like the beat of a drum, Adam started to lean side to side behind Nozomi, who mimicked his movement, but in the opposite direction. To someone who didn't know the pair's feelings towards each other, they could be forgiven for thinking that the dance the pair were performing looked quite...seductive.
"We've all seen the Militia dance, but he's probably the best of the lot." Maki stated, getting nods from most of her fellow idols. "Don't let Jamie hear you saying that." Eli warned, causing Maki to nod, but Nico turned to her with a wide grin. "Oh, Jamie now, is it? When did you two get on first name basis? And why did I detect a hint of concern in your voice there?" She asked teasingly, drawing a glare from her fellow third year. "Don't, Nico." Eli said in a dangerous tone, just before Nico raised her hands in front of her in defence. "Okay, okay, I'm sorry, alright! I was just teasing!" Ignoring her, Eli turned her gaze back to Nozomi and Adam.
Currently, Nozomi had spun to the side, and leant back, but her momentum caused her body to fall towards the ground. Luckily, Adam wrapped a hand round her waist, as she did the same to his neck, and pulled her back up, placing one hand under her leg to steady her, just as the song came to an end. If what they had been doing before was seductive, this set off all kind of alarms in the heads of μ's members. "Now, if that isn't sexual tension, I don't know what is." Nico piped up.
As the pair panted lightly, Nozomi realised the close proximity she was in to Adam, and she blushed a bright shade of scarlet. Retracting her arm from his neck as he released her leg, she stepped back from him. "I-I'm sorry, Adam. I don't know what came over me." She said, only for Adam to smile. "Fine with me." He said, before walking over to his phone, and stopping the music. Turning back towards her, his eyes immediately locked onto the idols watching from the door. Following his gaze, Nozomi froze when she saw her friends.
"How long have you all been standing there?" She asked, getting smirks from each of the girls. "Long enough." Eli said, causing Nozomi to blush even brighter, if that was even possible.
"Seems like the idea Jamie had in mind is the best approach." Umi said, looking to Adam. "Something tells me that dancing with Nozomi would be a better spectacle to watch than with Honoka." She said, before turning to her friend. "No offense." Shaking her head, Honoka smiled brightly. "None taken. I was thinking exactly the same thing. There's no way I could even begin to dance half as well as that." The ginger replied, before turning to Nozomi.
"You'll be dancing in the finale, Nozomi. Good luck." She said, causing Nozomi to widen her eyes. "But..." She started to protest, but Eli cut her off. "Nozomi, one of us needs to dance with Adam in the finale. And judging by what we just saw, you're the best fit." She explained, making Nozomi open her mouth again, but she quickly closed it, lowering her head and nodding. "Fine. But you guys suck." She said in resignation, getting smiles from the rest of μ's, as she turned to face her ex.
"Seems we're dance partners, Adam." She said, extending her hand. Hesitating for a second, Adam clasped her hand in his. "Seems like it." He replied, getting the ghost of a smile from Nozomi, who was still blushing. "Right, onto the next order of business..." Eli said, looking to Adam...
"Can you please put on a shirt?"
A few weeks later...
Since that day, μ's and the Militia's partnership had grown even friendlier, with the two groups frequently meeting up for lunch, which always ended up in casual conversation. The two groups had even grown so close that they eventually all decided to practice up on the school's roof, forgoing the clubroom altogether. If Adam wasn't mistaken, he'd even go so far as to say that the members of the two crews were friends. At least, the rest of the Militia were friends with μ's as a whole. For him and his brother, however, there was still two major problems, one with blonde hair, and the other purple. Despite the fact that the group's performance was coming along nicely, with even Adam and Nozomi's piece taking shape, the brothers still maintained a distance from their exes, even if they felt their icy tones towards the two thawing somewhat.
One day, after a somewhat draining practice, the group were currently splayed out on the ground, exhausted from the afternoon's efforts. "Well done, everybody!" Eli breathed out, drawing their attention to her. "A few more practice sessions like this, and we'll have Love Live! in the bag!" She exclaimed, getting smiles from each of her fellow dancers.
"How long do we have until Love Live!?" Ryan asked, as he sat up. "A month from today." Hanayo replied. "That's really close, nya~" Rin sighed, after hearing her best friend's reply. "True. But we've got no choice. We'll have to meet a couple extra times to make sure we've got this down pat." Umi stated, before the group jumped at the sound of a phone ringing. Immediately, Adam's hand flashed to his pocket. "Who the fuck...?" He questioned, withdrawing his phone. When he saw the caller's name, his face fell.
"Jamie?" He asked, causing his brother to look to him. "We've got a problem." He said, turning his phone so Jamie could see. "Shit." The elder Robertson spat, when he saw who was calling. "What's wrong, Adam?" Nozomi asked, as the brothers rose to their feet. "We've gotta take this." Adam replied, before he and Jamie disappeared down the stairs.
Downstairs...
In the clubroom, Adam placed his phone on the middle of the table, and answered the call, putting it on speaker. "We're here. So, what's up, boss?" He asked, as he and his brother lowered themselves into chairs. Thus began a very tense conversation.
"I'll tell you what's up, 'Mentor'. Nearly a couple of months without any contact from either of you." The voice on the other end of the call stated, making Adam look to his brother, eyebrows raised. "We've...been busy." Jamie replied. "Busy? Doing what, exactly? Performing with your little dance crew?" Their boss demanded. "Something like that." Adam said, although he had a sinking feeling in his gut. And what the boss said, only made that feeling worse.
"Well, get ready, as I've got a job for you two."
"What?" Jamie asked, as he and Adam exchanged surprised looks. "You heard me. A job. Simple protection. A month from today." The boss said. "Boss, you see, we're actually in the middle of a protection job." Adam said, but the boss scoffed. "Well, you never called in to add it to the system. So, thanks to being free, you're doing this job. No exceptions. I'll send you the details later." The boss said, causing Adam to groan. "Yes, sir." He said finally, before hanging up, and looking to his brother.
"What now?" Jamie asked, getting a shake of the head from Adam, as they both rose from the table. "Beats me, bro. *sigh* Fucking hell..." He sighed, as he pocketed his phone, and turned to leave the room, only to feel the sharp sting of a slap impacting his cheek. Reeling back, and bringing a hand up to nurse his now burning cheek, Adam looked to the owner of the hand, which was still raised.
"You...You bastard, Adam!" Nozomi cried, her eyes welling up with tears.
A/N: And the "drama" switch has been pulled! I love doing shit like this!
I'm just gonna say this here, since there's nowhere else appropriate, but for the forseeable future, a few of my stories will be marked as [ON HIATUS]. I just can't focus on writing them. So, I'll either leave them for now, or I'll go back and start them again, try to write them better. Cause let's be honest, my writing style was crap in my early days on this site. But I like to think I've improved a fair bit since then. We'll see what happens.
Also, I hate to say it, but this story will be put on a temporary hiatus. Remember when I mentioned that this story would involve characters I intended to introduce in other stories? Well, the next chapter involves one of them, so I'm going to put this story on hold until I finish their introductory story. How long that'll take, I don't know. But rest assured, I will be continuing Save The Last Dance. I even have the next couple chapters ready to go, so I hope you don't think I'm abandoning this.
Anyways, hope you enjoyed the chapter! See you all when I return in Chapter 7 - The Truth Will Out.
Madman out!
