Title: The Bonds of Kin
Fandom: Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers/Power Rangers Jungle Fury crossover
Author: BlackCrimsonLight
Siblings: Kimberly/Casey
Romantic Pairings: Brief mention of Tommy/Kim
Prompt: #37 Dance Lesson
Rating: K+
Disclaimer: Don't own them. So don't sue, I don't have any money.
Summary: Kimberly drags an annoyed young Casey for some dancing lessons.
Warnings: None
Author's Notes: First of my collection of one-shots for Tsukino Akume's challenge. Sort of AU. Jungle Fury's Casey is MMPR's Kimberly's brother.

Casey sighed annoyed as his older sister dragged him to the Youth Center. It was Saturday morning, and the young boy would rather stay home, watching cartoons than come here, especially because he knew what his sister wanted to do with him.

"Come on Casey, quit the dead body act. I'm not going to carry you," Kim told the pouting boy.

"But I didn't want to come! I'm missing Thundercats!" He told her as if it was the best argument in the universe.

Kimberly just raised an eyebrow to him. What was with her brother's obsession with cats?

"Oh come on, you can watch it some other time. Plus, you need to get out of home more Case. You know, breath some fresh air, play some more, do some exercise. I thought you told me you wanted to be a fighter like Tommy."

Casey just pouted and crossed his arms. He did want to fight like Kim's boyfriend, but he knew she didn't bring him here for that. He watched as she took a small stereo from her backpack and settled it on top of a near bench. He eyed his sister and exit, and turned around, slowly walking away. After just a few steps, he felt his shirt being held from behind.

"Where do you think you're going?" Kim asked amused.

"Home?" He answered tentatively.

"Nice try. Come on Case, it will be fun, I promise you." She turned him around and took him back to their spot.

"But why do I need to learn dancing? Dancing is for girls,"

"That's not true. Don't you remember my friend Zack? He was a dancer,"

Casey remembered Kim's friend that had moved from Angel Grove last year. He always thought the boy was funny, especially the way he danced. Well, Zack had told him once that it was actually a fighting style.

"Nah-ah, he told me that it was the way he fought,"

"Pft, yeah, sure. He was actually both things Casey, but he was still a dancer, and a good one. Wouldn't you like to be one too?"

"No, why would I?" He asked, crossing his arms again.

"Well, to impress girls. Girls like guys that know how to dance." Not entirely true for her, since seeing Tommy dancing shouldn't be allowed to any poor soul.

"Uck! I don't want to dance for girls!" He twisted his face in disgust.

Kimberly sighed. Typical boy behavior. She should know that argument wouldn't work on a five-year-old boy. But she wasn't going to give up. Her brother needed to do some activity, any kind of activity. And teaching him dancing would be easier than gymnastics.

"Ok, ok. So you'll learn to have fun, dancing is fun,"

"How you know that? You're not a dancer, you're a gymnst, gymtsat, …" He scratched his head, trying to remember the name his dad told him.

"Gymnast, Casey. Yes, I'm a gymnast, but I also know how to dance. And very well, for your information, so quit whining." She turned away from him and turned the stereo on, and a pop song started to play.

Kimberly turned to her brother smiling. The boy, on the other hand, was pouting with his arms still crossed, the perfect picture of annoyed. Kimberly sighed and moved to stand right in front of him.

"Okay, first lesson, loosen up your body. You can't dance with your arms crossed." She struggled to uncross her younger's brother's arms, but he finally gave in.

"Good. Now, don't be so tense Casey, relax, loosen up like I told you. Watch," Kimberly took a breath, and started to wiggle her arms and legs. That got a small laugh from Casey. "See, you're having fun."

The moment he heard that, he closed his face again. He was still upset to be here. But even so, he started to wiggle his limbs too.

"Ok. Now, you need to let the music flow through you. Feel the song inside you, and let your body move with it."

Casey watched as his sister moved accordingly to the song. She was completely in sync with the song, and he watched as she moved accordingly with the beats. He closed his eyes and decided to give it a try as well. He carefully listened to song and let his body move the way he thought it was meant.

"Good, Casey, good. Keep doing that," Kimberly watched as Casey slowly started to dance to the song. He was actually doing a good job for a boy at his age. He looked at her and gave her a small smile. Victory, he was having fun.

"Let's turn up the volume," Kimberly moved to the stereo and the song got louder. She started to dance more enthusiastically in front in Casey, and kept telling him to do the same. After a few minutes, Casey started to copy Kim's moves and to dance just as excited as her.

The two kept doing that for a couple more hours, with both laughing and enjoying the silliest ways they could come up to dance to the different songs. After both of them were sweating and tired, they took a break and went to the Juice Bar for some drinks. Kimberly took a sip from her strawberry smoothie and smiled to her brother, who was drinking a glass of red punch.

"Sooooo, you had fun right?" She asked hopefully.

Casey finished his drink in one long gulp, and looked at her serious. He smiled and nodded. "It was pretty fun."

Kimberly smiled back. "That's great! I'm glad you liked it. So, what do you think we do this every Saturday?" She teased. She laughed as the young boy threw his head back and groaned.