Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Children of the Night ❯ Dance the Night Away ( Chapter 10 )

Children of the Night 10
Author's Notes: Yami is the leader of a gang called the Slyphers; Bakura is the leader of a rival gang that answer to the name Gravediggers. However, by some strange twist of fate these rival gangs will be brought together when Yami meets Bakura's cousin Arora. Things become complicated when the two slowly become attracted to each other. Will anyone survive the war that ensues or will the arrival of a rival gang to both the Slyphers and the Gravediggers be enough for them to set aside their differences?
Anyways thanks to Lady Kyia for helping me get my muse off the ground and into flight. Another thanks goes to her for helping me with descriptions and other such things. Oh and she wrote the fight scene between Yami, Duke, and Mako. Her writing is great check her stuff out. Also thanks to Lizeth whose excellent picture of Yami as a punk gave my muse the inspiration to write this story. Check out her picture here. shout out to Jlf for the gang info. Oh yeah another thing all of the gang are around the same age.
"Dust in the Wind" is owned by Sara Brightman
"I'm a Survivor" is owned by Reba McEntire
"Queen of the Night" is owned by Whitney Huston

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It was the night of the dance competition and Arora and Pernia were in the dressing room pulling their costumes on. Arora was wearing a black dress that hugged her waist and chest area staying on her shoulders with thin straps of material the skirt was loose and with every turn she made swirled around her lifting slightly. She wore tan panty hose and her slender feet wore black shoes that could be used as either toe shoes and jazz shoes. Her hair and had been pinned up into a French twist and she was wearing pearl drop earrings. She stared into the mirror in the dressing room and tried to calm the butterflies that fluttered around in her stomach, like they always did before a performance.

"What's wrong princess?" asked Pernia throwing a smirk at her. "Didn't you have fun with Yami? I would have thought he would have managed to calm you down."

"What are you talking about?" asked Arora turning to stare at the other teen.

Pernia was wearing baggy blue jeans and a white tank top that hugged her chest and waist with a green bandana wrapped around her head and her long brown hair had been pulled back into several braids. Her shoes were jazz shoes and she had designed a Celtic Design around her upper arm. She looked every part the street urchin and she acted like it judging by the smile on her face.

"I saw you two kissing in the old science building," grinned Pernia. "You are lucky your cousin or one of his men didn't see ya I don't think they would have been too thrilled with you kissing the enemy."

Arora flushed remembering what had happened earlier that day after they ended their economics class.

Flashback************************************************** ***

Arora was walking across the campus to the old science building when she heard footsteps following her; she hurried into the science building and crawled up the ladder to seat on the rafters. She saw Yami come into the building and look around for her.

"I know you are in here," said Yami looking around the area. "I saw you come in here, come on princess I want to talk to you!"

Arora didn't say anything as she watched him come close to the ladder, she moved slightly and winced when she saw her shoe slip from her foot and drop to the floor next to his feet. She cursed under her breath and watched as he stared up at her a smirk forming on his face.

"So, there you are," said Yami climbing up the ladder to her. "I was wondering where you were."

"What do you want?" asked Arora pushing herself back against one of the beams that connected the rafters to the ceiling.

"Just to talk to you princess," said Yami seating in front of her.

"What about?" asked Arora nervously.

"About our last encounter," smirked Yami. "You have a good right hook you could be one of the better female fighters in the two gangs if you put your mind to it."

"I have no intention of fighting," said Arora trying to decide if she could get down from the rafters without hurting herself to much.

"Then why do you know how to fight?"

"Bakura insisted on it," said Arora. "After all I, he is the leader of a gang don't you think that would leave me open for his rival gangs to kill?"

"True," said Yami leaning forward. "Very true. I want to expand on them."

"Excuse me?" asked Arora looking at him as if he were mad.

"I want to continue where your cousin left off."

"I don't think so," said Arora standing up and carefully walking to the other side of the beam so she could get to another rafter beam and get to another ladder at the far side of the building.

"Come Arora," said Yami standing up. "It will be fun."

"You don't know the meaning of no do you?" asked Arora.

"Nope," grinned Yami. "At least not where you are concerned."

"You don't give up do you?" asked Arora coming to a brief stop at another beam.

"No I don't," said Yami pulling her into his arms and turning her around. "I have chased after you longer then I have chased after any woman. Of course no woman as avoided me as much as you have. Come on Arora we could have lots of fun together, just you and me."

"And your bed?"

Yami smirked.

"No thanks but I think I will pass on that."

"We'll see."

"I am not going to let you train me," said Arora as he started kissing her neck.

"What if I promise not to convince you to go to bed with me?" asked Yami licking her ear.

"That is never going to happen," said Arora covering his mouth with her hand which only made him lick her palm. "Ew."

"Would you let me train you if I didn't try to talk you into bedding down with me for the next week?"

"I'll consider it."

"Good," said Yami. "Now give me a kiss."

"No," began Arora only to be pulled into a kiss by Yami.

End of Flashback***********************************************

"You looked pretty cozy up there with him kissing you, you know that?" asked Pernia smiling gently at Arora.

Before Arora could respond Mrs. Hina walked into the room.

"Are you girls ready?" asked Mrs. Hina smiling at them.

"As ready as we will ever be," smiled Arora timidly.

"Oh come on honey," said Pernia smirking. "We are going to wipe the floor with their sorry asses."

"If you say so," said Arora smiling with more confidence.

"Good," said Mrs. Hina. "I am glad to hear it now hurry get to your places."

Arora and Pernia nodded and headed out of the dressing room heading towards the stage, with Pernia grabbing her bag on the way out. Arora stopped at her spot and took a deep shuddering breath waiting for the other dancers to finish and for her song to start.

Finally the dancer finished and while stage hands took down their set and set up for her and Pernia's dance she began to spin in slow circles, going up on her toe and spinning before landing gracefully back on her feet.

Eventually her song starts and while the instrumental is playing Arora carefully rises up on her toes and walks across the stage on them until she is in the middle. Then forming a circle with her hands pointed down she slowly moves her arms up at chest level and taking a small step forward begins to turn in slow circles every now and then taking a step or two in one direction before turning some more and taking a step in another direction.

"I close my eyes, only for a moment and the moments gone." Arora dances across the stage on her toes balancing perfectly on her right leg and bending over raising the other foot until her body is horizontal. "All my dreams pass before my eyes in curiosity." She comes back up and still standing on one foot points the toe of the other foot in front of her and bends over slightly her waist turned slightly so she is facing the audience but her waist down the stage wings. "Dust in the wind." She shifts her weight to the other foot and spins facing the opposite direction. "All they are is dust in the wind." She spins across the stage being careful not to bump into Pernia as she enters.

Pernia watches Arora spin across the stage making sure to keep an eye out for the newcomer to make sure Pernia as enough space to start her part of the dance. Pernia sets down the boom box and dance bag she is carrying and waits for the brief instrumental in which Arora will pose beside her boom box with her arms forming the circle again and her right foot pointed in front of her. When this happens Pernia leans down and starts her own song, "I'm a Survivor" which fills the audience. Arora startled leans down and presses the pause button on hers and watches annoyed as Pernia begins to dance around to the song with jazz steps.

"I was born three months too early." Pernia jumps into the middle of the stage and bounces her hips around in circles. "The doctor gave me thirty days." She spins around and switches her feet around walking backwards. "But I must've had my momma's will." Then she leapt into the air and did a cartwheel without using her hands landed and spun around on one foot. "And God's amazing grace" She leapt again landed on her side slightly sliding and kicked up one foot rolling onto her stomach. "I guess I'll keep on living." She bent up and then straightened up before leaping again her legs stretched out and landing in a crouching position back flipping several times and spinning again. "Even if this love's to die for." Then Pernia dropped to her knees and shoved off sliding across the floor and leapt back to her feet. "Cause your bags are packed" Pernia began to do several cartwheels without her hands grabbing her bag from the floor. "And I ain't crying." Pernia shrugs and swings the bag around while leaping into circles around the stage, all the while Arora is watching this with a look of shock on her face. "You're walkin out" Pernia then bends over and does a back flip spinning into another circles wants she lands again. "And I'm not trying." Pernia does several more leaping circles till she reaches her starting position. "To change your mind 'Cause I was born to be." Pernia then tossed bag into the wings without missing a beat.

While this was going on Yami was watching Arora with interest taking in the curves outlined by the black leotard outfit. He had to admit she looked really nice in that black dress looking outfit, really, really nice.

"You like her a lot don't you?" asked Seto keeping his eyes on Pernia.

"I guess I do," said Yami after a moment. "I mean every time I see her this overwhelming need to protect her rises up within me."

"Then why don't you tell her?" asked Joey.

"Sush," said Mai whacking her boyfriend.

The three males settled back into silence and continued to watch the performance.

Bakura was watching his cousin and the other girl dance. He had to admit the other girl was rather good and they seemed to dance very well together almost like the made up yin and yang.

"I didn't realize your cousin was so good," said Marik staring at Arora's long legs in awe.

"Don't be getting any ideas," said Bakura.

"Don't worry I won't," said Marik. "I am just so used to seeing her as a little girl that seeing her as well, THIS is kinda a shock."

"I know," said Bakura softly. "I know."

When there was a brief instrumental interlude for Pernia's song, Arora bent down again and unpaused her boom box and began to dance while Pernia paused her own and watched her with annoyance.

"Same old song." Arora spun around on one toe till she was in the middle of the stage. "Just a drop of water in an endless sea." She paused and moved one foot in front of her body and bent over raising one arm over her head so it pointed into the wings. "All we do crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see." She kicked up one of her legs and then bent it back to her other knee going up on her tip toe placing the bent leg behind her and sweeping the front leg behind her and lifting it up bending forward. "Dust in the wind." She returned to stand up straight and returned to her tip toes moving around the stage slowly. "All we are is dust in the wind." She danced around the floor some more spinning slowly and then paused arching her back forward over a pointed and outstretched leg.

Pernia stormed over and pressed the pause button before storming back over and unpausing her button. She waited for the music to start up again before getting a smirk on her face.

"The baby girl without a chance." Pernia leapt to Arora before spinning around her in twice. "A victim of circumstance" She grabbed hold of Pernia and spun her around before stopping her so they were facing each other. "The one who ought to give up." Pernia then forced Arora to take a step back and moved forward forcing her to take another step back. "But she's just to hard headed." Arora ducked out of Pernia's way but the other girl would have none of that and forced Arora into a circle. "A single mom who works two jobs." Pernia grabbed Arora and forced her into a staring contest, they began to bend back and forth in a wave like motion. "Who loves her kids and never stops." Arora jerked free from Pernia's hold and at the same time spun around forcing them both to spin and when they stopped their feet where planted apart. "With gentle hands and the heart of a fighter." Both girls spun again and danced back getting a feel for each other. "I'm a survivor." Arora walked over and paused Pernia's boom box so she could unpause her own.

"Don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky." Arora then spun around in slow graceful circles around Pernia. "It slips away and all your money won't another minute buy." She stopped in front of her and leapt from one foot while bending the other foot at the knee and then doing the same thing with the other foot, repeating this a few times. "Dust in the wind." She danced away from Pernia and sweeping an arched arm up over her head arched her back and swept her back around until she was straight again. "All we are is dust in the wind." She spun around and danced back towards Pernia spinning Arora stopped at Pernia's back. "Dust in the wind." She draped an arm around Pernia's neck who remained perfectly still; Arora stepped gently to her side the arm still draped around Pernia's shoulders. "Everything is dust in the wind." Arora moved one leg and placed it in front of Pernia's body moving gently she spun around so her back was facing Pernia's left side.

Pernia broke away and into a run sliding on her lower legs on the stage and unpaused her boom box. "I don't believe in self pity." Pernia leapt to her feet and went into another no handed cartwheel. "It only brings you down." Pernia leapt off of her feet the moment she landed and spun in the air. "Maybe the Queen of broken hearts." She spun around again her left leg kicking out before coming back in and spinning on that one around Arora, stopping in front of her to kick her right leg up and then bend her left leg in front and her right leg straight behind her. "But I don't hide behind the crown." Pernia leapt back onto her right leg and spun around leaping out and away from Arora. "When the deck is stacked against me." She kicked her foot straight out and slide into a split. "I just play a different game." She rolled onto the her back and curled into a fetal posit before rolling onto her side and then her legs. "My roots are planted in the past." She moved off of her legs and stretched her entire body arching her back to the side. "And though my life is changin' fast." She arched her back to the other side slowly. "Who I am is who I wanna be." She then got to her feet and ran towards Arora grabbing her shoulders she used those for balance and did a spread eagle behind her before shooting off the shoulders and landing with one leg bent behind her and her arms outstretched challenging the other girl.

"The baby girl with out a chance." Arora rolled her eyes and walked away from Pernia. "A victim of circumstance." The other girl obviously annoyed by this leapt after her and grabbed hold of her arms spinning her around and shoving her back. "The one who oughta give up." Arora shoved her back and went back to dancing away. "but she's just too hard headed." Pernia grabbed her when Arora was about to do a spin and spun her back to her deeping her slightly and grabbing hold of the skirt spun her out of it so her black loose pants feel down like a black water fall covering her legs.

"A single mom who works two jobs." Arora became annoyed and shoved Pernia away from her taking with her the white tank top so that a black shirt similar to what Arora had on was shown. "Who loves her kids and never stops." The two girls began to circle each other; first moving one way then the other. "With gentle hands and the heart of a fighter." Both girls spun on one foot and then landed with their feet planted apart. "I'm a survivor." They bent one of their knees shifting their weight onto that and then jerked back leaping back a few steps.

"Ooohhh A single mom who works two jobs." They seemed to be sizing each other up again, this time they circled each other faster. "Who loves her kids and never stops." While the circled each other they began to move in and out of the circle almost as if they were in a gang fight or something. "With gentle hands and the heart of a fighter." Together they spun around in a circle and then paused with one leg bent and the other stretched and pointed on the floor, one of their arms was folded into towards the chest and the other one was stretched out straight and flat like a board. "I'm a survivor." They spun again once posing again in the same stance as before looking at each other. "But I must've had my momma's will." They spun twice this time their arms spinning around over their heads, before stopping in the same stance glaring at each other. "And God's amazing grace." They spun around until they were right next to each other. "I'm a survivor." Arora and Pernia spun again and when they stopped their hands grabbed on just above their wrists. "I'm a survivor." They crouched down and then back flipped apart with Arora grabbing on Pernia's baggy jeans and wrapping them off so that both girls were wearing tight sleeveless black tops of spandex and loose black pants made from the same material.

The moment the next song started up both girls jumped to face the audience. "I've got the stuff that you want." The jerked their upper bodies back and then jerked them forward. "I've got the thing that you need." The jumped and crossed their arms and legs their heads bowed. "I got more than enough." They leapt again uncrossing their arms and legs their head shooting up; their legs were separated and their arms were at their sides. "To make you drop to your knees." They jerked their bodies so they were standing on one leg and their other leg was bent under them and one arm was bent and parallel to their shoulders.

"Cuz I'm the queen of the night." They turned and slammed their bent knee down and unbent their arms so that they were standing straight their legs apart and facing the right wing. "Queen of the night oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah yeah." They turned their heads to face the audience and bent their knees every so slightly leaning back and moving the shoulders back and forth with one arm pointed straight and up in front of them and the other pointed straight down behind them.

"Don't make no difference." Their hips moved together with their shoulders and they turned around in a circle facing the audience. "If I'm wrong or I'm right." They transferred their weight to one leg and moved snake like till they were standing straight. "I've got the feeling." They then dropped to one knee and bounced not letting their bent knee touch the floor. "That I'm willing tonight." They spun on their knee to face the back of the stage and dropped down to their other knee bending over to face the audience and moved their arms in a wave like motion. "Well I ain't nobody's angel." They straightened up and jumped back to their feet turning back to look at the audience. "What can I say?" They bent one knee and moved forward towards the audience like that till they reached the middle stage. "Well I'm just that way." They straightened up and did a back flip.

"I've got the stuff that you want." Then they leapt and separated their legs moving from one side to the other before straightening back up. "I've got the thing that you need." They folded one arm across their stomach just below their chest and with the other rested their palm on their forehead and their knee on their other fist and moved their head about while moving their feet around. "I got more than enough." They separated their legs and slammed their palms on their thighs dropping into a split and rolling back onto their feet. "To make you drop to your knees." They dropped both arms to the side and dropped to their knees placing their fists together they pointed them to the ground in between their legs. "Cuz I'm the queen of the night." They broke apart their hands and circled them around rest in between their feet behind them. "Queen of the night oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah yeah." They jumped back to their feet and went into a back walk over.

"You got a problem with the way that I am." They whirled around and side stepped a few feet before walking in front of the audience. "They say I'm trouble." The girls then went into a few cart wheels with out using their hands and when they landed on their last one they dropped to their knees sliding on the stage some. "And I don't give a damn." They rolled on their knees and jumped to their feet and with their knees still bent shot them out balanced on their feet with the rest of their legs off of the stage. "But when I bad I know I'm better." They placed their hands on the floor and slide their chest down to the floor before sliding their feet together and behind them and going into a pushup. "I just wanna get you." They moved back onto their feet and shot up placing their palms on their shoulders and leaping into a circle their arms spread. "And turn it up for you." When they landed they went into a kneeling position and slide out with one leg pointed out and the other pointed up their weight going onto one bent arm.

"I've got the stuff that you want." They jumped back to their feet and lifting up one leg and arm slammed it behind them their bodies turning to face the wings. "I've got the thing that you need." They bend over then Pernia's head resting on Arora's stomach before popping back up. "I got more than enough." They turned back to face the crowd then they turned to face each other. "To make you drop to your knees." They lifted one arm each Pernia left and Arora right; making a fist touching them together. "Cuz I'm the queen of the night." They lifted their opposite legs and tilted their head to the side before slamming their feet down and looking straight forward into each other's eyes. "Queen of the night oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah yeah." They twisted slightly in the opposite directions one facing the audience and one facing the back of the stage.

"I've got the stuff that you want." They brought their arms back and bent over rising up again and facing each other. "I've got the thing that you need." They switched arms and did the same thing facing the opposite direction as they had a second ago. "I got more than enough." They moved back to face each other before turning around again with their backs to one another. "To make you drop to your knees." They dropped to their knees and bent over moving their upper bodies in a half circle for a few times. "Cuz I'm the queen of the night." They rolled over and shot their feet behind them. "Queen of the night oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah yeah." Then they jumped back to their feet.

"I've got the stuff that you want." They jumped back to their feet and lifting up one leg and arm slammed it behind them their bodies turning to face either the audience or the back of the stage. "I've got the thing that you need." They then moved back into a circle facing the opposite directions. "I got more than enough." They slithered their bodies and ran their hands over the front of their bodies. "To make you drop to your knees." Dropping to their knees they shoved their feet together and then jumped back to their feet. "Cuz I'm the queen of the night." They both did a back flip and when they landed dropped to one knee and turned to face each other. "Queen of the night oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah yeah." Then they turned to face the audience on their side placing their weight on one bent arm and a leg was stretched out to the side and the other leg up and bent with their free arm bent and resting in front of them across their chests.


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