May I Have This Dance?
Prompt: Dancer
Summary:
Rating: K+
Dance
"One, two three, four, and spin. Left, left, forward. Keep up now. And three, four, one, two…." Kagome followed the beat as the instructor called the steps. This one seemed focused on Hawaiian dances ever since he returned from the states. When her mom told her to find a school of dance instead of just dancing how she liked, she had agreed to try them out, but if none worked out she had to take up a different creative outlet. This was the last school so that left her with very little choice in the matter. Refusing to give up dance, she powered through another lesson. Looking over at her poor friends who came to support her Kagome debated if it was worth the suffering for her friends. Gathering her belongings, she listened to the chatter and noise of the group just leaving.
"Did you hear? The building across from the high school is being turned in to a dance studio and their holding auditions for the team. Maybe we can do it and then have a real teacher." A chittering girl said, her friends agreeing with her. They were truly only there because they wanted to catch the high school prom king candidates' attention in hopes of a date.
Kagome looked over at Sango and Rin, both looking ghastly after the lesson. Gathering the last of their stuff the three girls headed over to their favorite coffee shop, The Moon. Owned by Kagome's ex Inuyasha and his dad, InuTaisho, The Moon was a good place to go for that just right amount of guilt, Silver Tongue Mocha and a fresh Moon Dust muffin. The girls always met up there for a worth it guilt trip, saying that the calories made up for the dances. The soft hued building held a library of knowledge, from the paintings to the people who came to sit and remember. Anything a curious mind could want seemed right in that perfect spot, waiting for someone to awaken it. It even held a hidden self, full of old texts and scrolls, but hidden behind lay a place of love. The Moon was also the home of many the stray looking for family, The Crescent café, a pet café set in the middle of a wonder filled nook. Kagome and her friends always sat here after ordering their delight to sit and visit with a two-tail fire-neko kitten named Kirara.
The Moon was also Kagome's secret from her family. Raised as a Miko, they frowned upon her having any worldly connections that didn't benefit them or the shrine, never realizing that the owners where the most powerful family in town. Kagome had met them after Inuyasha had started going with Kikyo, (a week after their break up) her gold digging stepsister. Don't get them wrong Kikyo loved Inuyasha, but only really started to show it after months of dating, looong before she even knew of his inheritance, That only made her hold on tighter. Both girls had been forced into Mother's way of things to "benefit" the family, so both tried to keep the relationship quiet from her. InuTaisho often treated them like his own whenever he found chance, knowing of their strained family situation. Kikyo and Inuyasha had started thinking of marriage this last month so Kikyo asked Mother if she could work there. Mother having given up on her, allowed it, but forbid Kagome from any interaction with the "disgrace of the town's center". Everyone who knew Kagome knew that a forbidden thing was a necessary thing in her eyes then, especially if she knew it would mean shrine detail for life if mother found out. So there were oft-times found with her cuddled up in a hidden nook with a small treasure reading it until the store closed
Having gathered their drinks from Kikyo, Kagome told Sango about a new guy that asked her to bear his children, causing both of them to burst out giggling in the middle of the shop. Rin, the shyer of them loved to draw flowers on Inuyasha's college notebooks whenever she could get a hold of it, smiled and continued towards their table. Kagome and Sango thought Rin had a crush on him but also suspected she had one on Sango's brother, Kohaku. Finally seated at their special table Kagome asked them if they wanted to do the tryouts, or if they wanted to quit all together. Shock that Kagome would even think of quitting, they agreed that the tryouts were a must, before they thought of quitting. Kagome felt a pinch sadness at their words. Telling them to meet her there the next day Kagome paid their bill and went to see the new Studio.
The billboard and papers that promoted the place all said that tryouts where as a group or a single. The singles would be partnered with one of the instructors and evaluated from that. The group dancers needed a routine under two minutes, evaluations where individual and group evals. The dancers selected would be part of the team, but, could be replaced by a runner up, all dances would be competing events. Dancers could be in no more than two auditions, whether they did two singles, two group, or one of each. The tryouts where in one weeks time. That gave her just enough time to get the girls ready for the Tryouts!