Shikon no Tama High
Introduction: Welcome
"One, and two, and three, and four.."
Ever since I can remember I've always wanted to be a cheerleader, so when my best friends Sango and Kagome made the high school team it only furthered my determination to join the Shikon no Tama High cheer squad. Tryouts were fairly simple, we basically jumped around like a bunch of idiots so the head cheerleader, Kagura, could weasel out the ones who had no business being here.
"Group A you are dismissed," Kagura let out in a clipped tone. I let out a breath I didn't realize I was holding been holding.
To Kagura cheerleading wasn't just a sport, it was life. Which is why she's been head cheerleader since her the beginning of her second year, she is a third year now. I don't know much about Kagura, but I do know the she doesn't tolerate any bullshit from her squad and that she doesn't allow any ol' person to be on her team. At three o'clock over fifty girls, including myself, came to Shikon no Tama High to tryout for the high school cheer squad. We were first taught a simple routine that would determine how we got divided into different groups. I was put into Group C, and as the minutes ticked by it came down to my group versus Group A. With them gone now this was the final test, this was it.
"I have good news for you Group C, and bad news." Kagura looked us over as if we were meat to be bought. "You all have excelled remarkable, but there are only two available positions on my team."
I looked around and did a head count, there were fifteen of us left. I attempted to smile at my friend Ayame but she stood staring straight ahead. No doubt she was working the numbers over in her head. The odds were already stacked against us, and they had just doubled. Freshmen were rarely allowed on the team. Regardless of this fact I wasn't surprised Kagome and Sango made it on the team last summer.
Kagome is part tomboy and part girly girl. She likes to get her hands dirty every once in awhile and she has always had this knack for getting her body into tight places. She is naturally limber, and she had never stepped foot into a gymnastics class until she joined the squad. Sango on the other hand is an athletic junky and I couldn't name a sport that she hasn't tried.. that is available at school anyway. During her freshman year she tried a handful of things, but we all agreed that their Sophomore year and my Freshman year that we would take up a sport or club together. Since we could never agree on a club, we all decided on joining the cheerleading team but for different reasons. Kagome because she adores short skirts and football players, Sango wanted to prove that she could handle whatever Kagura dished out, and I had my own private reasons.
"Will numbers 7, 10, 62, 34, and 21 please stay. Everyone else please take your leave." Kagura blew her whistle and three guys stepped forward. Ayame, myself, and three other girls remained in place while others made their way towards the exit.
"As I stated earlier, I only have two positions available. Thanks to earlier tests I know that you all are physically capable of withstanding the duress of cheerleading, and I also know that each of you can keep the up tempo. This last and final test will provide me with the necessary knowledge to determine which two of you fit the positions that are available."
With a snap of her fingers the music resumed. She pointed to me and number 7.
"You two are the smallest of this group. I need someone petite to be a flyer, but I need someone that will be aware of their surroundings at all times. These last two girls I dismissed were not capable of furthering their interest in cheerleading thanks to their.. fly-by-night brains."
Kagura then told Ayame (No. 34), number 10, and number 62 to step forward
"The other position available is for a backspot. The person chosen will be the backspot for the new flyer. I need someone with upper body strength and leg strength, and someone that is trustworthy. The flyer must be able to fully trust the backspot, more so because she will not be able to see them."
Kagura made the flyers perform basic mounts and dismounts with the male bases, and the backspots took turns switching between being a frontspot and a backspot.
"All right now we are going to try doing some mounts with only one base."
Ayame stood in as my backspot for this round, and I was instructed to do a Scorpion. I carefully stepped into the hands of my base with the help of Ayame's hands around my waist. Within seconds I was in the air balanced on one leg, I then took my free foot and bent it upwards toward my body until it touched my ponytail. All the while I kept a calm smile on my lips with my eyes directed at Kagura.
Her shockingly red eyes were directed at the other flyer's group. Kagura flicked her wrist at us letting us know that I could dismount without penalty. Once I was back on the ground I turned and looked at number seven. She had executed at Chin-Hold perfectly.. Except there was one problem, Kagura hadn't asked for a Chin-Hold.
"Number 7, the Chin-Hold is commonly mistaken for the Scorpion hold. But all in all they are both different. When my team attends competitive competitions the judges scrutinize every move we make for a possible mistake or mishap. Making a careless mistake, like this could cost us a chance at sectionals. Do you understand? You can thank your carelessness for the disqualification of you, your backspots, and your frontspots."
Kagura then turned to Ayame and myself.
"Rin Miyazaki and Ayame Okinawa may I offer my congratulations to you. Welcome to the Shikon no Tama High Cheerleading squad."
I am starting college on August 16, but I have a bunch of free time in between classes. I recently got inspiration to re-write this story and that is what I plan to do. I will now be in first person point of view, and Rin will not be so ditzy, and neither will Sesshoumaru have an warm up so easily to her. (:
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MMP (: