Chibi wasn't a good dancer. No that wasn't exactly true, it wasn't like she was a bad dancer. She was definitely better then those shit dancers Al Thamen had had him working with. It was more like she didn't have the right rhythm, she wasn't used to moving her body like that. Her movements weren't smooth like they needed to be, they were jerky. At least she was coordinated enough to pick up the choreography for the dance. They had spent the last week learning all the choreography for the concert, but she was just all jerky with her movements. Judal was determined to change that; he would not have her being all clumsy up on strange in front of so many people.

She and Judal were working together in her room. She had asked him to help her after she watched the video Sheba had recorded of the two of them practicing earlier. She had been so horrible! It was like she had two left feet. There was no way she was going to do that up on stage when Judal was so good at it. She was trying to do the movement for one of the dances so he could critique her. Her hips wouldn't move like Judal's though, they didn't have that smooth movement. The whole belly-dancer dance was the one she was worst at. They had already been working on this dance for an hour. It was so frustrating. He was a guy! How was he better at this then her?

"Judal, this isn't working. I can't do it. This isn't working. My body just doesn't move like that."

"Chibi, you can definitely do this. There is no way in hell I am letting you go on stage without being good at this dance."

"But we have been working for an hour and I haven't gotten any better! The others didn't take this long. What am I supposed to do now?"

"Have you ever been to a high-school dance?"

"Yes. What does that have to do with this?"

"Didn't you see the grinding circles and all the obnoxious couples that get too close for public comfort? Or did you go to some lame-ass school where all the kids are boring as hell?"

"Yeah, there was some of that. What does that have to do with anything?"

"Did you ever do any of that?"

"No. Seriously, why is this important?"

"It's basically the same movement. Just without someone behind you. Here, just, you know what, screw this. Come here." She moved closer to him and he stood behind her. His hands rested on her hips so he could guide her. It was going to be incredibly awkward if her parents or Ugo walked in but she really did need to figure this out. "Just stay with me. Match my movements, okay?"

"Yeah. I can do that. This is kinda weird."

"Just shut up and do it. It isn't that weird considering we have slept in the same bed and your parents are fine with us doing that."

Judal put he song on repeat. She needed to get used to moving to this beat. He led her hips around, making her match his own movements. Her hips moved in time with his, but it wasn't as smooth a movement. She was still all jerky. He forced her to move smoother with his hands. He made her dance like this while the song played over and over. It repeated ten times before he didn't need to correct her anymore, she was finally moving smoothly. After the eleventh round, he stopped their little dance.

"Why did we stop?"

"Because you can move without looking like a robot now. Time to apply what you have learned to the actual choreography."

"Are you sure?"

"You have to try it sometime. I'm not dancing with you on stage if you look like a robot, so don't waste my time."

He turned the music back on and started the dance. It was easier for her this time. She didn't feel so awkward. She felt more confident this time, not as clumsy. He stopped half way through to watch her dance. It looked much better this time. Not good enough quite yet, but much better. This he could work with. Now she just needed to get used to moving like this; needed to practice the dance a hundred more times to imprint it onto her memory so that it would be easy on stage. He could definitely make her practice the stupid dance a hundred times in the next few days before the concert. He was glad she hadn't fought him on the movements like those other idiot dancers had, it made things so much easier.

"I love you, Chibi." She blushed.

~~~Sinbad~~~

"It's my turn to plan a date. You planned the last ten, and even before that you only let me choose the movie we saw, not the place or the time. You better let me do this."

"I just don't understand why you want to. Isn't it more fun to be surprised?"

"I like planning things. And you should enjoy the surprise too. Let me do something for a change! You always pamper me, let me return the favor for once! Don't be so selfish."

"Fine, fine. You plan the date. Whatever you want to do, I'll be ready for anything."

"Meet me at Andina in an hour. And dress appropriately please, I'm not going to be the only one dressed formally this time too."

"Peruvian? Interesting. That will be good, I haven't been there for a while. And that was funny."

"It was not funny. You were in jeans and a tee shirt while I was in a formal gown at an extremely posh restaurant. I get that everyone there lets you do whatever you want but it felt wrong."

"Alright. I'll see you there. And I'll wear a suit, okay? Bye."

Hakuei arrived first. She was a few minutes early, but the host knew her and led her to the room she had reserved. Sinbad arrived right on time. Dinner went smoothly. Peruvian was different from their usual places. It went well though, she and Sinbad went back and forth teasing and joking with each other. After dinner they entered the limo Hakuei hired.

"You have to wear a blindfold."

"Why?"

"Because I don't want you to know where we are going until we are there. It's very important that this is a surprise. I want to see your face when you see where we are. I spent a lot of time planning this."

"You called me two and a half hours ago. It wasn't that long."

"I have been planning this for weeks. I just didn't tell you until today. Would you stop correcting me and just do what I say."

"Go ahead then. Put the blindfold on." She did. He couldn't see a damn thing. Not that it mattered; if she really wanted to surprise him then he wasn't going to stop her.

She talked to him while they drove. Wherever they were going took forty-five minutes to get to. She opened the door and led him out by the arm. They were outside for less then a minute before they entered another building. She led him into an elevator and down what he assumed was a hallway before stopping him in front of a chair and telling him to sit down. He didn't know where they were. It smelled familiar though. Not that that was much help, he had been to most public places in Portland at this point.

"Feels like my kind of place."

"I'm positive it is. I really like it here. We should have fun." She leaned against him.

"I love you. You are so thoughtful." She just smiled and leaned into him more.

Hello Everyone!

I have been very unmotivated to do this story. I don't know why. I posted a bunch of chapter the other day and now I feel really lazy. I need more motivation.

Anyway, on a different note, I have re-written The Revival of the Magi Clan. I like it better now. It is closer to how I originally wanted the story to go. I would really appreciate it if you would check out that story too.

As for the Ren family movie, I'm having a slight problem. There are a few bits of information I need that I can't fill in. If anyone has any ideas or thoughts about that story please let me know. I tend to be inspired by other people's ideas. Gets my creativity flowing.

Ummmmmmmmmm...I don't know what else to say. Oh! I'm also working on a short story with Kouen and Aladdin so that should start getting posted soon. It really is just for fun, I felt the need to write something with them after I read a really cute story with them in it the other day. I can't find it now and it is frustrating me. I spent almost an hour trying to find it again. It wasn't on this site otherwise I would've favorited it. I should have bookmarked the website but that would require thinking ahead and that isn't something I do while on the internet.

I'm so mad I can't find that story again.

What do you guys think about a story with a female Judal instead? I want to write one, but at the same time I'm not sure about it. It's hard for me to picture.

I'm rambling now so i'm going to go. Please don't forget to review! And please please please, i'm begging you, check out the other story. It's taken me so long to plan out and get organized. If people don't read it i'm going to be very sad.

:P

Until Next Time!

-Kizuna