A/N: Welcome back to Save The Last Dance!
Enjoy Chapter 8 - Showtime!
Chapter 8 - Showtime
"You made it!" Nozomi cried, launching herself at Adam, who, to her surprise, caught her in an embrace. "You look...incredible." He said, after releasing her, and looking to her idol costume, causing her to blush. As she was about to reply, Adam cut her off. "We'll talk later. But for now, all of you shut up and do one thing for us..." He continued, causing Nozomi to raise an eyebrow. "And that is?" She asked, Adam walked, placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Go out there, dance your asses off, and kill it. Like you always do. We're right behind you." He stated in a gentle tone, getting nods from the idols, before looking to Cameron. "Sorry, Hybrid. Seems you won't be getting the spotlight today." Smirking, Cameron shrugged. "Meh, it's never really been my thing." He explained, before tossing the brothers their bags.
"You've got 5 minutes." He said, causing the brothers to smile. "We only need 2." Jamie shot back cockily. At that moment, the group heard a loudspeaker say, "Ladies and gentlemen! For our final performance of the night, please give a loud round of applause for the idol group of Otonokizaka High School, μ's!", causing the crowd outside to cheer so loud, they could hear it clearly from their position.
"Alright, girls..." Honoka started, turning to face her friends. "Let's do it!" With that, she held out a hand.
"1!" She stated.
"2!" Umi followed up with.
"3!" Kotori chimed in.
"4!" Maki said her piece.
"5!" Rin exclaimed.
"6!" Hanayo squealed.
"7!" Nico joined in.
"8!" Eli called out.
"And 9!" Nozomi finished.
"μ's, Music, START!" They all cried out, as the floor they were standing on started to rise. Luckily, the boys all took a step back, so they didn't get taken up as well. "Right, we'll catch you up there." Jamie said, as the rest of the Militia went to leave the room. "Yeah. Just make sure that you're ready." Cameron stated, getting smirks from the brothers, before he led the dancers out the room.
"Alright, let's get changed." Adam said, and immediately, he and his brother pulled out the clothes from their bags. As they started to exchange them for the outfits they'd been wearing, they saw the members of μ's performing on a nearby screen...
"KIRA-KIRA SENSATION!:"
"Donna ashita ga matterun darou? Nante ne
(Boku wa) bokutachi wa sukoshi zutsu tesaguri shieta
Hagemashi atte butsukari atta toki de sae
(Wakatteta) onnaji yume o miteru to
Mezasu no wa ano taiyou
Ookina kagayaki o tsukamaeru
Itsuka no negai e to chikadzuite
Hikari no naka de utaunda Sensation!
Kiseki sore wa ima sa koko nanda
Minna no omoi ga michibiita basho nanda
Dakara hontou ni ima o tanoshinde
Minna de kanaeru monogatari yume no Story
"Mabushii na!" "Ii na!" "Oide yo!"
"Ureshii na!" "Ii na!" "Motto ne!"
Hitotsu ni nare kokoro... KiRa-KiRa!"
As the girls came to a stop, the brothers finished getting changed into their own uniforms, and they smiled as they heard the crowd erupt into applause. "Does it even need to be said?" Jamie asked, as he and his brother jogged up the stairs. "They definitely won." Nodding, Adam cracked his neck. "Yep. They sure did." He said, as they met up with the rest of the group.
"Not bad, girls." Adam said, causing the idols to turn to him. "Thanks." Honoka said, as the brothers approached. As Jamie went to reply, he paused when he heard the crowd chanting. Listening for a second, he smirked. "Hear that?" He asked, causing the rest of the group to listen in. After a few seconds, the crowd's repeated chant of "WE WANT MORE!" was clear to the ears of each member of the group.
"Don't keep them waiting." Ryan said to μ's, just as three girls in the Otonokizaka uniform ran up. "We thought you might need these." One of them said, before all three of the girl's held out three plastic bags each. Taking them, the idols looked to each other, and smiled...
Outside...
As the crowd cheered, the tune of a new song started to play, and the girls of μ's strode back to the stage, clad in new outfits. Smiles etched into all 9 of their faces, the idols took a breath, and began to sing;
"BOKURA WA IMA NO NAKA DE:"
"Massugu na omoi ga minna o musubu
Honki demo bukiyou butsukariau kokoro
Sore demo mitai yo ookina yume wa
Koko ni aru yo hajimatta bakari
(Wakatteru)
Tanoshii dake janai tamesareru darou
(Wakatteru)
Datte sono kurushisa mo mirai
(Ikunda yo)
Atsumattara tsuyoi jibun ni natteku yo
(Kitto ne) kawari tsuzukete (We'll be star!)
Sorezore ga suki na koto de ganbareru nara
Atarashii (basho ga) gooru da ne
Sorezore no suki na koto o shinjite ireba
Tokimeki o (daite) susumeru darou
(Kowagaru kuse was sutechae) tobikiri no egao de
(Tonde tonde takaku) bokura wa ima no naka de
Kagayaki o matteta".
As the idols posed in a group, the crowd let out an earsplitting cheer, which caused each of the girls to smile, but the crowd fell silent when the spotlights that were focused on μ's suddenly turned off. As they gasped in surprise, they all jumped a few seconds later when a new light illuminated the front of the stage, where Nozomi stood alone.
"Ladies and Gentlemen!" She called out, drawing the crowd's attention. "We thank you all for coming, but before Love Live! comes to a close, we have some friends we'd like to introduce you to. Do you want to meet them?" She asked, causing the crowd to cheer loudly, making Nozomi smile. In response to this, a 2nd spotlight turned on, revealing Eli, who stood beside her friend.
"Now, these friends of ours? They aren't idols. They don't sing, but believe me, these boys can dance." The blonde idol called out, causing the crowd to look at her in surprise. "And yes, you heard me correctly. I said boys. Now, knowing that, do you still want to meet them?" She continued, causing the crowd to cheer once again. "Well, in that case, put your hands together..." She said, as the roof of the stage split down the middle, and started to retract, causing the first droplets of a rainstorm to hit the stage.
"Make some noise..." Nozomi continued, her smile even wider.
"And please, give them a warm welcome..." Eli requested, as Nozomi took a breath.
"As we present to you...The Militia!" The purple haired idol called out, as she and Eli stepped to the side. Immediately, the crowd let out another cheer, and even threw in a round of applause, as the spotlights turned off again. After this died down, a minute passed, causing the crowd to murmur amongst themselves, but they quickly cheered again when μ's, along with the Militia, stepped into a new spotlight that turned on. Immediately, their eyes were drawn to the outfits μ's members were wearing. They were far more casual than idol costumes, appearing almost identical to the outfits worn by the Militia.
As the crowd watched, Blink, his face covered by the Militia's standard white mask, took off his jacket, ducked down in a spin, and pulled the garment along with him across the stage, causing a small tidal wave to occur, due to the water that had accumulated on the stage. As he let go of the jacket, Hybrid, who had been at the back of the group, stepped forward, and spun, just as the rest of the group slid towards him, surrounding him. As they got close to him, they shot themselves off the ground, then let gravity pull them back down, just as the beat of their music started...
"BOUNCE:"
"Huh, huh, huh, bounce
I like you
Bounce
Bounce"
Jumping off the ground slightly, Cameron slid to the left, moving his arms up as he did so, causing the dancers on that side to lift themselves up off the ground. Sliding to the right, he did the same again, getting a mirrored action in response. Expertly sliding his feet, Cameron spun towards those at the back of the group, causing them to lift up as well. Reversing his turn, he brought his arms up to his chest, then threw them out to the sides as he jumped off the ground, the group pushing themselves up at the same time, all of them coming back down with a massive splash. Immediately as his feet touched the floor, Hybrid stepped up to Quake, who had lay in front of him.
Stepping over his teammate, who slid underneath him, Cameron quickly snapped his hands to his jacket, then to his hat. When he did this, he raised one foot, dropped down, and allowed his knee to bounce off the ground. Replacing his foot on the ground, he turned to the side, and grabbed his jacket. Popping his body twice, he faced forwards again, just as the beat of the song started to pick up its pace. Spinning, he grabbed his cap, and stepped back slightly, just as Riddick pushed himself back to his feet, causing the crowd to erupt in cheers. However, Cameron still had one move left, as he stepped forward again, threw his arms out, and said, along with the track...
"It's the new style!"
As the tune of a new track started to play, the group huddled up, then pretended to fall to the ground, making space for Blink, who hopped slightly, then shot to the ground as the song's lyrics started.
"Break!
Break!
Oh! Come on, come on, come!
Break!
Break!
Break!
Break!"
Placing one hand on the ground, Ryan started to spin rapidly, before bringing his legs back down, and stretching them out behind him, as the crew slid into position around him. Looking to the rest of them, he made a sort of signal with his hands, then placed them on the ground. What he did next, he did with his fellow dancers mimicking him.
Bouncing from one side to the other, the dancers spun onto their backs, heaving their legs round with them to one side. Suddenly, they all launched themselves onto their backs, causing yet another massive splash. Rolling off the ground, they threw one hand up, then rolled back to their feet in the opposite direction. Jumping slightly, the crew all made a spin on the ground, just as Carlisle shot forward, placed one hand on the ground, and pushed himself up with his strength, lifting his leg up as he did so. Holding the pose for a second, he eventually brought his legs back down and spun, with his rotation matching the end of the other dancers. To finish this section of the performance, all of the group leapt up, and grabbed their feet, before moving to huddle back up as the song changed yet again.
"You know what it is!
Make noise!
It's..."
Keeping their heads down, the crew bounced backwards three times, before beginning to split up, making way for Nozomi, who stepped forward, and ducked to the ground, allowing Blink space to dive over her and roll back to his feet, just as the rest of the group spun. Shooting back down, Ryan ducked his body into a severe spin, causing water to shoot off of his body, before coming back to his feet. While he did this move, the music's beat picked up again.
As one spectator yelled, "Yeah, come on!", Adam and Jamie put their hands together, allowing Quake to place his back on top of them, before all three pushed themselves skywards, causing Riddick to fly upwards in a backflip, only for him to hit the ground in a backwards roll, coming to a stop with his legs held up. After they had launched him, the brothers had fell backwards, lifting their legs up as they landed on their backs, with the rest of the crew mimicking them. As the music reached its crescendo, the group got back to their feet, but the members of μ's moved off to the side of the stage, just as the music changed once more.
"Girl, let me talk to you
Let me see them big...
Don't be actin' sadidy you're not pretty
Break bread if you wanna get with me
All I wanna do is dig up in them kidneys
Tell your boyfriend he better mind his business
'Fore he end up in the trunk of my Bentley
I'm considered a boss you can't get me
He ain't got enough paper to deal with me"
As the crowd watched, the Militia, with Adam and Jamie at the front, stepped forward, and raised their arms, moving them in a wave motion, before bringing their left hands in front of them. Bringing their right arms up to their heads, they made motions like they pushed their heads to the side, before they started to rotate their left arms round their bodies in a clockwise direction. When they were all pointing skyward, the 6 boys grabbed their jeans as they popped their legs, jerking their hands down at the same time.
Flawlessly, without missing a beat, the Militia jumped to the side, then back, before they all stepped forward and leapt off the ground in a spin, sending a small wave of water flying from their feet. When they hit the ground, they seamlessly went down to their knees, then shot back to their feet.
"Roll along and got tipsy
And then tonight, tomorrow you're history
All you haters on that...miss me
I stay strapped security don't frisk me
Set it off 'til this...empty
I'll turn around and the same...next week
Come on
Oh
Huh
Huh
Huh"
Moving backwards while bringing their arms up to their chests, as the rest of the Militia closed round them in a box formation, Adam and Jamie stood back to back, before all 6 dancers moved their right hands down towards the ground. Snapping them back up, they bounced their left hands up to their head level, then brought them back down, bouncing their other hands back down again.
Moving on, the rest of the Militia slid out of the way of the brothers as they moved forwards, before sliding round into a new line up, this one with Cameron and Ryan in front. Throwing their arms out, the boys moved to the side, before throwing their hands up. Stepping forward slightly, the 6 dancers kicked their right legs out behind them. Bouncing slightly, they then placed their hands on their chests, spun to one side, then the other as the song came to an end. But as much as the crowd was applauding their performance, everybody watching, both locally and online, cheered even louder when the Militia did something no one was expecting.
Lifting their hands to their faces, each of the boys yanked off their facemasks, revealing their faces to the crowd, and tossed them to the side, causing the crowd to erupt in applause, as the identities of the street dancers were finally made public. Even the ratings those watching online gave the performance started to shoot up when this happened.
As the crowd watched, the Militia moved off to the side, making space for the members of μ's, all of whom moved to occupy the stage, as the song changed once again, this time to something more relaxed than the Militia's.
As the crowd began to chant to the tune of the song, they watched as Eli, Umi, Maki & Rin all ducked down slightly, allowing Honoka, Kotori, Nico & Hanayo to roll over their backs, landing on their feet on the other side. As for Nozomi? Well, she had spun to her knees in the centre of the group, and it was she who began to dance to the song.
"She ain't got no money in the bank
She ain't got no money in the bank
She be walking 'round actin' all stank
Now she at the party looking at me
Boys said she can't get saved by me"
As Nozomi pushed herself back to her feet, the rest of μ's jumped to the side, just as their purple-haired member spun on the spot, raising a hand to the cap she was wearing. As she did this, Maki, her body bouncing to the beat, leant down, and splashed some water forwards with her hand, before stepping back to the group.
"I'm lookin at her like
I ain't tryna save that girl
I ain't tryna save that girl
I ain't tryna save that girl
She got her hand out
But I ain't tryin' to pay that girl"
As the idols moved forward to the song, they adopted a fluid motion to their steps, making them almost appear to be made of water. Coming a stop, they threw their hands up above their heads, clapped them together, then began to bounce to the beat. Finally, they held out one hand each, whilst the other gripped their trouser legs. Pumping their legs as the song wound down, the girls moved sensually, before Nozomi and Eli dropped to the ground, catching themselves on one knee. This caused the crowd to erupt again.
As the spectators kept their applause up, the Militia came back onto the stage, with Adam spinning to behind Nozomi, while the rest of the group went to stand with the rest of μ's, as the song switched to it's original beat, this time without the lyrics.
As Adam moved to the right behind her and popped his body, Nozomi leaned in the opposite direction and did the same, before both of them snapped towards the opposite direction of where they started. As the beat quickened, they quickly bounced back to their original position, but stepped out to the side when they were done. Rapidly shooting her arms out towards Adam, Nozomi watched as he made himself move like each of his body parts were being made limp by her movements, before he launched himself back into fluid motions.
Bringing one leg up off the ground, Adam popped his body, then brought his limb back down while raising his hands to his head as he stepped back behind Nozomi, who had bounced back to her original spot in front of him. Popping their bodies again, the pair turned to face each other, as behind them, Eli made a motion that looked like she had punched Jamie repeatedly, making the boy stagger back from the imaginary blows, and she did all this in time with the music.
As Nozomi gripped him by the waist, Adam raised his hands to his head, and turned round as she did the same. Bringing his hands down, Adam performed various fast motions that made it look like he was playing a set of drums, with each 'strike' causing Nozomi to bend slightly further backwards. After the final 'strike', Adam brought a hand to just above her chest area, before moving it up and down three times, with Nozomi following the motion with her chest. It almost seemed that Adam was making Nozomi's heart beat. Not that that wasn't necessarily wrong. After the third time, Nozomi shot back up, and the group moved to get ready for the finale...
"Yeah!
Yeah!
Yeah, yeah!
Give it to me!"
As the beat of the final song started, Adam and Jamie joined the members of μ's at the back of the stage, and started to watch as the rest of the Militia started to move from their positions (Doc in front of Quake, and Blink in front of Hybrid) on either side of the stage. After all 4 of them ducked down, the two boys in front kicked their legs out to the right, as their partners done the same in the opposite direction. Standing back up, Carlisle and Ryan went to fall backwards, but Riddick and Cameron pushed them by the backs, causing them to fall to the ground. Luckily, the falling pair managed to throw out their arms to save themselves from injury. Spinning round, they faced the other street dancers as they gripped their feet, and the group watching this bounced forward, then spun back to their original spot.
Pulling on their partner's legs, Riddick and Cameron pulled them backwards as they slid forwards, causing the other two to slide in the opposite direction. As all four of them spun to the ground, the rest of the group slid forward into the space they had left, throwing their arms up as they did so.
Moving on, the group began to move down the stage, moving towards the right side, then quickly shooting towards the left, before bending down on one knee, as the four Militia dancers pushed themselves off the ground and joined them. Throwing out their arms rapidly in tune with the music, the group turned to the front, curled their arms, and threw a fist out. Finally, Adam and Jamie placed one hand on the ground, and slid onto their backs on the stage floor, Adam coming in from Nozomi's left, and Jamie from Eli's right. As for the girls, they slid on top of them, and made a snake motion with their bodies, before pulling the boys up with them as they rose to their feet. Placing their hands on the stage, the brothers spun their feet round, spitting out water in a huge arc, as the rest of the group closed in round them, before they shot up to their feet, crossed their arms, and looked to the crowd, just as Doc, Quake, Blink & Hybrid all splashed water towards the crowd in beat with the song's final note.
As the audience cheered for the group, the dancers all panted to regain their breath, as sweat streaked down their faces. Looking to each other, the street dancers and idols embraced, laughing all the while. As for Nozomi, Eli, Adam and Jamie? Well, they looked to each other, smiled, and gently hugged each other. Eventually, when they split apart, the entire group linked hands, stood side to side, and bowed to the crowd, as the applause died down.
"Well..." The announcer's voice started, "I think it's safe to say we all know who our winner is!" As the crowd cheered again, the screen above the stage suddenly flashed with a new message:
"WINNERS!
μ's
The Militia"
A/N: And I hope you enjoyed the chapter! After all the buildup, all the obstacles, the group's performance has finally been performed! But don't worry, we're still nowhere near the end of the story. I've still got tons of ideas for this one. Anyway, I'll see you all in Chapter 9 - A Second Chance.
Madman out!
