Thanks to DDR Freak for the Step charts!

And to Lifetime, for replaying Golden Girls so much =D

This chapter mostly focuses on DDR, but if you read into it, it shows how close Emi and Rage have gotten and what's between Emi and Izam.

Please review so I know if I should add chapter 2.

Emi laughed as the turned off the TV. Rage rolled his eyes and gently hit Emi with the pillow.

"What?" she asked, readjusting her hat and retaliating with her own pillow. Rage bopped her in the face again with the pillow.

"Can we go now? Or are you going to watch The Golden Girls again?" he asked. Emi smiled and tilted her head.

"Aw, come on! You laughed!" she smiled, poking Rage in the ribs. Rage grumbled and hugged her close.

"You're lucky that I…"then he stopped and blushed.

"Love me?" she asked. Rage blushed and nodded. Emi laughed. "Come on, or we'll be late for the tournament!" she laughed, kissing Rage on the nose. Rage was about to protest that Emi was the one taking too long, then gave up. There was a knock at the door and Izam came in, with Ni Na in tow.

"Is it time to go now, or is the kid going to watch cartoons all day?" Izam asked. Ni Na gave him a gentle smack on the back of the head. Emi smiled, used to Izam by now.

"I'm ready Izzie-chan" she smirked, then took Rage by the wrist and walked out of the apartment and locked it. Izam frowned at her, yet followed.

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"Butterfly!" someone yelled.

"No, Wild Rush!" was yelled from somewhere else.

"Dynamite Rave!" shouted another.

"Shut up! I'm sick of watching people play that!" snapped someone right next to Emi.

"Afronova! Heavy!" Izam yelled. Emi turned and frowned at Izam, who grinned.

"Butterfly, Standard." Rage grinned, looking at Emi. She nodded once, with a slight smile. Even though she didn't show it, she was tingling with excitement. This was their first showing of a synchronized dance.

ARE YOU READY? LET'S MAKE A MOVE! The machine blared. Emi and Rage immediately turned 90 degrees right. Emi raised her left arm high and her right around her waist. Rage took her left hand in his and wrapped his right arm around her, leaning forward enough so that both could dance.

Left. Up. Left. Back. Left. Up. Were the directions because of their new stance. Taking advantage of the break in the song, Rage spun Emi so that she faced him.

Right. Space. Left-Right Jump. Then Rage took Emi's left hand in his right and they jumped, facing the screen, and then turned to face each other then the audience, Left-Right Jumped to face each other, then another Left-Right Jump to face the audience. The crowd cheered as they finished with two "Butterfly Turns", and then bowed to the cheering crowd. Emi looked up and smiled at Rage, trying to catch her breath.

"Save it for the next three." He said with a smile, and nodded at a request. "Tsugaru." He said, with a grin. Emi laughed and nodded, changing her mode to Light while Rage stayed on Standard. Some people groaned and asked why, but the couple grinned at each other and faced the screen. The song started and the crowd waited for the arrows to appear, and for the couple to show their stuff.

Rage impressed the crowd with dancing on the colored arrows while Emi merely did a 'little girl's dance'. When the first freeze arrows appeared on both side, Emi sat down on the top arrow (her freeze arrow) while Rage stood on his Left-Right freeze arrows looking down at her. There was some laughing. Rage comically asked Emi if she would like to try his side, and they quickly changed sides just in time for the 'Gallop Steps while Rage "rocked back and forth on the arrows". When the freeze arrows appeared again on the Light side, they switched sides again and stayed on their sides until the final freeze arrows showed.

There was applause, and then Izam walked up to the stage and turned to face the people.

"Come on! What we wanna see now is a real show! Let's see something higher than 6 footers!" He yelled to the crowd that was now sitting on the other games, watching Emi and Rage. There was a loud, unanimous agreement and Rage looked at Emi, who was sting on top of the safety bar, swinging her feet. She shrugged and mouthed 'Max?' rage smiled, thankful that she asked first and turned to the machine, hit the green directional arrows until the alphabetized list came up, and then found Max 300. Emi jumped down then changed her mode to Standard. The 'announcer' shouted out to them.

This song was harder than the other free-styled ones, filled with constant turns with awkward steps thrown in. While Rage did his own dance, Emi turned the wrong way, but her feet still hit the arrows, only messing up once when she forgot about the break in the song. Again, the crowd cheered loudly.

In the back of the Arcade, the manager was congratulating himself on making Saturday Nights "Dance Nights" and watched as some couples went to get tokens, ready to try the stage after Rage and Emi got off.

Last, but not least, was The Whistle Song, which made a few people wonder why the "adorable couple" chose a song with such risqué lyrics. Emi and Rage faced each other for the last song, breathing heavily from Max 300. Emi raised her right arm, thankful she took ballet lessons as a child and jumped on the top arrow on one foot, then began to spin jump, with Rage still holding onto her right hand. At the break, Rage whipped Emi around, kissed her (with a loud "oooooh" from the crowd mixed with cheering), then they proceeded to dance again until the freeze arrow, where they put their left feet on the right arrow, right feet on the left arrow and Emi leaned back into Rage's arms until the freeze arrow ended, then repeated at the next pause and freeze.

Overall, they were a huge hit. Stepping down, they rested against a fighting game and watched as others played, and gave some advice to beginner players.

In a corner, Izam glowered at them, but brightened as Ni Na returned and pulled him on the stage.