-. 6:30 PM – Rei's apartment.-

Rei was just listening to his music in his room, when his phone rang.

"You got Rei." He answered.

"Rei, it's Takao." Said the boy on the other line. "We got Kai, Yuriy, and Max here, and since we got nothin' better to do, we were gonna go check out that new teen club. Wanna come? I heard there was some real good dancers there." He added as an after statement. Takao wouldn't let go the fact that every girlfriend Rei ever had was, indeed, good at dancing in one form or another.

The raven-haired sighed. It's not my fault I can't resist girls that can actually be athletic in a way that makes them look good. He thought.

"Fine then. When and where?" He asked.

"We'll pick you up in half an hour." Takao explained.

"Alright. Later." Rei said, hanging up the phone.

Half an hour later, Rei was riding in the back of Kai's viper along with Yuriy, Max, Takao, and (of course) Kai, who was driving.

"I heard that the club hired girls that randomly go up and try to seduce you." Yuriy said excitedly.

"You pervert." Kai taunted with a laugh.
"What? I can't help it!" Yuriy said, getting defensive.

"Sure you can! You just choose not to!" Takao laughed.

Yuriy chuckled. "Yeah, I guess that's true." He said, as they parked in the teen club's lot.

"Why did they bother to make a whole parking lot if it's just teens coming here?" Wondered Max out loud.

As the boys came in, they were almost blinded by all the smoke and lights. It took a minute to take everything in: the alcohol-free bar, the dancers on stage, the gigantic speakers that were blaring techno-pop style music, the huge DJ stand(and the female DJ who you couldn't see very well because her toque covered her face a little, and it wasn't very well lit in that area), and all the neon lights.

"Whoa!" Max, Takao, and Rei exclaimed all at once. Kai and Yuriy were also amazed at the spectacle.

Just then, the song ended, and all the teens went wild for the dancers who had been doing an awesome job.

Each of the girls was wearing dark navy jeans and a dark coloured tank top. In total there were four on stage.

Then, one of them who had long blonde hair took the mic. "Thanks everyone!" She said.

"Rei, you're staring!" Max hissed into his friend's ear.

"Sorry…" Rei said, blushing a little.

"And now, " The girl onstage continued. "We'd like to ask the leader of our little dancing clan to come onstage!" She motioned to the DJ stand, where the girl was looking at the stage, apparently dumbstruck.

"Doesn't she seem a little familiar to you?" Yuriy asked his friends, trying to focus on the girl's face.

"Yeah, a little." Takao answered, also trying to make out who the girl was.

The DJ leapt out of the DJ's area and onstage with agility and grace as the crowed went wild. She took the mic and turned to the crowd.

It was then the boys realized who the girl was.

"Ikenara?" They all exclaimed at the same time, extremely surprised that one of their strongest rivals and biggest bullies in school would actually dance, never mind be the leader of an amazing dancing group.

"What the heck?" Rei let out, extremely shocked that she was here. He, out of the whole group, knew her the best, but he would have never imagined her to be doing this. Even what she's wearing is out of the ordinary! Rei thought,

Indeed, usually Shakon would be wearing a skirt a little too short with some colour of fishnets and a spaghetti-strap tank top with a little too much makeup, but now the delinquent was wearing blue jeans under a black mini skirt, a black button-up dress t-shirt, and no makeup except for maybe a little eyeliner.

"So, you wanna see little ol' me again?" Shakon asked her crowd, almost flirtatiously, winking at a group of guys near the stage.

"Holy crap." Yuriy let out. "She actually knows how to flirt!" The guys laughed at this remark.

Another fast beat picked up. "So be it then!" Shakon said as her teammate stole the mic.

"I'd like to add that this is a pre-recorded mix that Shakon put together!" She said referring to the music.

The boys just stared. "Sh-She did this?" Max asked out loud, listening to the incredible music that was flooding the place.

Shakon laughed. "Stop giving me all the credit! Even if it is true! You know I hate boasting!" She laughed again. "But whatever! Let's go!" She said, putting the mic back and taking a place near the back of the stage, where she turned her back and looked over her shoulder.

There was a short pause in the music, and it started up again.

The boys gawked at the spectacle. Shakon was truly the most talented on the stage.

Throw your hands up and make some noise,

Every get live and jump for joy,

When I say reach you touch the sky,

From the front to the back from side to side.

Even though she was following the lyrics, it was if they weren't there. She was moving with no restraint. Her footwork was amazing, and her timing was incredible. She moved as if it were the only thing important in life. It was if her body and the music were moving as one soul. And the one thing that outshone all the rest was that the aura of pure enjoyment that she gave out radiated throughout the room and infected every soul as if it were a virus that nothing could cure.

Is this even the same Shakon from school? Rei wondered. Because if it is, then I think she's been a little deceiving of who she really is.

When the song was done, Shakon leapt off stage and headed towards the bar.

"Uh, I'll be right back" Rei told his friends.

They all nodded, still a little shocked that one of their badass rivals could move like that.

Rei made his way through the crowd over to where Shakon was. She was sitting on a stool drinking some sort of juice, her eyes closed, and was sub-consciously nodding her head to the current beat.

Rei sat in the stool next to her and quietly asked for a mango punch. He tried not to draw attention to himself, but underestimated Shakon's hearing. She turned to him, and nearly dropped her glass.

"What the frick are you doin' here!" She yelled, surprised.

Rei just stared at her. Dear God, she's gorgeous without all that crap on her…He thought, still surveying her in a way that made her a little uncomfortable.

"Wh-what're you looking at?" She asked nervously.

Rei stopped his gazing to look at Shakon's face. He decided to ignore her question to ask one of his own. "You enjoy that don't you?"

Shakon's eyes widened. "Why should I answer you? You're gonna tell everyone you saw me here, so I just won't say anything."

Rei raised an eyebrow. "What makes you think I'll tell anyone?" He asked.

Shakon looked at him suspiciously. "Because you hate me, that's why."

Rei laughed a bit. "Now, why do you say that?" He asked.

Shakon glared. "Everyone does. You're no different."

Rei smirked. "Well, if that's the case, then I might just tell them. This would send them howling."

Shakon was a little scared. "You wouldn't." She asked nervously, fearing for her reputation.

Rei looked at her with interest. "No, you're right. I won't tell. If that's what you want anyways."

Shakon sighed a breath of relief. "Good. You won't mention it to anyone?"

"No. Not a soul. I promise."

"Fine."

"So, what're you doing here?" Rei asked her curious.

"Well…" Shakon wasn't sure why, but she was about to open up to a guy who was one of her gang's rivals. "It's my job… I love to dance and I saw this add in the paper asking for girls who could dance… I didn't think I was that great, but I decided to check it out… And about a month ago, they held try outs… And I got a job as head as one of the groups…" She explained her story to a very interested Rei.

"I got another question." Rei stated.

"Yeah?"

"What was with that flirting? I thought you didn't like guys." Rei asked casually.

Shakon flushed. "Oh… uh, a while back, I got hurt by some guy I really liked… so, I decided I didn't wanna go through that pain again… but lately I thought, 'screw that'… But I couldn't let go of that part of my rep at school, so I've been saving it for Friday nights, when I perform…"

Rei thought this over. Whoa… She's a whole lot different here then at school…"So, why do you act the way you do at school then?"

Shakon looked at him sharply. "What'dya mean?" She asked.

"I mean… you're two completely different people… Why are you acting like a gangster at school? Why not just find people who like you for who you really are?" Rei asked, clarifying.

"Oh." Shakon said, understanding. "I don't know… I tried that... But no one accepted me when I was like that… So I guess I decided that I needed a change…"

Rei stared at her with a hard-to-read expression in his eyes. "You were never like that at our school… I'm sure people would like you for you at our school… Because you're not the gangster you pretend to be."

Shakon looked away to the stage. "I know… But, I can't go back now… Rei, you won't tell anyone this, will you?" She asked, turning back to him.

Rei was still watching her with that unreadable expression. "No… I won't tell a soul." He finished his glass. "I gotta get back." He explained motioning to the group that he came with.

"Fine." Shakon said, just before she turned back to the DJ stand.

"Dude, what'd she say?" An anxious Takao asked as his friend came back to them.

"Nothing." Rei replied.

"Come on. You spent 10 minutes over there with her. She had to have said something!" Yuriy said, trying to get Rei to spill something.

"Even if she had, I've been sworn to secrecy." Rei said.

"So she did say something!" Takao said excitedly.

Rei rolled his eyes. Yuriy laughed. "We could blackmail her from now to July with this!" he said excitedly.

"For what?" Kai asked, with a small hint of already knowing in his voice.

Yuriy grinned. "What d'ya think?" He asked.

Takao cuffed him in the arm. "You disgust me sometimes, Yuriy."

The group laughed as they made their way over to the bar.

This is going to one interesting night. Thought Rei.