Pas De Deux Hip Hop!

Summary: After finishing her duties in the past and saying goodbye to her friends, Kagome takes up her childhood hobby, dancing, to keep herself occupied and active. Wanting to help his sister pursue this activity, Sesshoumaru takes Kagome to Germany with him and enrolls her into Kinkan Academy's ballet school. Registered into Neko-sensei's class, Kagome meets the 'Main Characters' of Drosselmeyer's story! Not having done ballet since six, how will Kagome survive the class? Especially when she's become more used to hip hop over the years; and what is this faint warmth she feels upon her arrival? And what will happen if Kagome meets the believed to be deceased Drosselmeyer? The jewel's unresponsive shell is glowing brightly again, only instead of pink, it's red, and it's causing nothing but problems for her.

Anime: InuYasha/Princess Tutu

Pairing: Kagome/Fakir – Rue/Mytho

Genre: Romance/Adventure

Rated: M

Valse Du Désir

(Waltz of Longing)

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A moment becomes a precious memory, and a memory becomes a precious dream that remains with you forever; and yet, it is unreachable, and unattainable, once this moment has happened. Unreachable, for once a moment happens, it will never happen the same way again; and unattainable, for once it happens, you wish for it more and more with all your heart; the precious moments that make up your dreams.

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Kagome felt their arrival before she saw them; her eyes widened at the feel of a clawed hand on her shoulder, delicate fingers squeezed only so lightly. Her eyes narrowed as she clenched her fists. "Get your hand OFF OF ME!" She turned quickly and batted them away before jumping back. Something that wasn't particularly easy to do in flip-flop's, but what the hell, she can defy the laws of physics and travel through time, so why not, flip-flop hopping sounds easier anyways. She landed easily enough in her fighting stance, but the flip-flop's thong between her toes dug in and caused her to wince. 'No, not easier; I never got hurt jumping through the well...'

"Kagome?"

She jumped at the warm feminine voice and looked up; her dark blue eyes connected with scarlet, 'No...' Kagome stepped back and froze at the sudden feel of someone behind her. The aura of which was fiercely familiar.

"Miko,"

Tears swelled in her eyes and she turned to see...a little girl looking to be three years old, with white wavy hair and scarlet red eyes. "...S-Sesshoumaru..." She let her eyes travel up to the man holding the little girl. He stared at her coolly. The two kept the staring contest going for about two minutes before he smirked and held the little girl eye level with her. Kagome couldn't help the twitch; the child was just so cute! Her eyes watered as she smiled calmingly at the little girl and took her from Sesshoumaru who would have rolled his eyes at her odd antics, if it not for his detached and impervious personality. "Then..." She turned back to the other and looked the woman over carefully.

She was obviously the mother of the little girl, with the similar facial features, and eye color. She had long jet black hair that fell past her hip's, parted in the middle towards her waist by two red ribbon-like ponytails that kept the hair from getting tangled or in the way of whatever she happened to be doing. Her bangs were layered; beautifully framing her face and scarlet eyes. She was a few inches taller than Kagome, standing at about 5'6" where Kagome was 5'1". She wore a beautiful robe of silk in maroon, silver and white intertwined, colors of Sesshoumaru's own kin, over a white and black Yukata with the crescent moon emblem hanging around her neck on a thin silver chain.

"It is..." Kagome said softly, her eyes brightening with the knowledge of whom these two were, and who the child obviously belonged to. "Kagura!" She cried out as she enveloped the older and much more profound beauty before her in a one arm hug, still holding the little girl in her arms. It was actually funny for the demon lord to see, for the demon child Kagome held loved her mother dearly, and when Kagome hugged Kagura, the little girl wanted to do the same, and so she hugged her too.

Kagura laughed melodiously, returning both hugs. "Kagome, I am so happy to see you again."

"Yes, it's great to see you too," She turned around and looked into Sesshoumaru's golden orbs, smiling, "Both of you,"

"You mean all three of us," Kagura corrected.

"Ah! Yes," Kagome looked to the little girl who looked back at her, still holding onto her mother. She let go of her mother and grabbed Kagome's cheeks.

"Miko!" She said cutely, a smile plastered on her small pouty petal pink lips.

"Ano..." Kagome sweat dropped, "Definitely Sesshoumaru's daughter..." She turned to a smirking Sesshoumaru, "What is her name?"

"Amaterasu Rui Taisho," He answered; walking up to the three where he placed his hand in front of Amaterasu. She giggled and wrapped her arms tightly around his wrist. He lifted his hand with her holding on tightly.

Kagome's eyes widened as the little demon held on until he was holding her in his own arms.

"She's got a strong grip."

"Yes," Kagura laughed lightly, "That too is like her father. Once she set's her eyes on something, she doesn't let go till it's hers."

"I just happen to be her favorite." Sesshoumaru said with a roguish grin.

Kagome's eyes widened at the facetious remark.

"Who say's!" Kagura asked, walking up to him, eye's staring him down.

"I say. Do you dare oppose my word?"

"I dare oppose you!"

Sesshoumaru frowned and pulled her closer in with his free hand. Another grin escaped him and he leaned forward and kissed him.

~CLICK~SNAP~

"..."

The two pulled away and turned to see Kagome holding a lime green CyberShot camera with a large grin on her face.

"Kodak moment," She said simply.

"Miko..." Sesshoumaru growled out warningly. It was then she realized he was dressed as a...human. Albeit, a rich human, but still. He wore a black business suit and gold tie tucked into a black vest, over a white long sleeved button up dress shirt. A pair of leather black dress shoes was worn on his feet and his long silver/white hair was worn in a long braid to his ankles.

"You look..."

"Don't even," He stopped her, his eyes narrowing. His ears were like human, and his claws weren't nearly as deadly as they were in the past, and he had no facial markings like before.

"Right, right, sorry; why don't you come in, all of you. Shippou is at school right now, so..."

"We came to see you, Kagome." Kagura said, following Kagome in with Sesshoumaru's arm wound around her waist, holding his and her daughter firmly in his other arm.

They entered the shrine and Kagome led them to the living room. Kagura's eyes were drawn to a duffle bag with dance clothes and pictures lining the wall of Kagome as a child with toe shoes on, cute ballet outfits and one large picture that was surrounded by multiple smaller framed pictures was especially eye-catching. Kagome was dressed in a baby blue and white tricot leotard attached with a glitter baby blue organdy skirt with a gathered crisscross overlay detail and a feather hem. She was about six years old, a pair of baby blue toe shoes on, one leg stretched straight out to the back while turned out and keeping the upper body straight and lifted. One arm was stretched out to the front in an open position.

"Kagome...is that you?"

Kagome looked to the picture on the wall. 'Mm, that was me at my first stage performance. That is the Arabesque position, when I was Odette in Swan Lake.' At that time, her hair was only to her shoulders, but was up in a tight bun with a feather tiara on her head.

"Yeah, I used to do ballet."

"Used to?" Sesshoumaru asked.

"Mm, it's not important. I just don't anymore. I did however take up Hip Hop at eleven, when I stopped taking ballet."

"Why did you stop?" Kagura asked, sitting down on the couch with Sesshoumaru. Amaterasu was placed on the ground and allowed to roam the living room under the watchful eyes of her parents and Kagome.

"..." Kagome sighed; somehow she had been pulled into a life story session. She told of how her mother had met her father dancing; how when her father died, she stopped dancing, but she had picked it up. She told them of how her mother had hid the pain of the haunting memories behind fake smiles and false words of encouragement, in hopes that she wouldn't discourage her daughter. Kagome recited this as if it no longer mattered, but it pulled at her heart, and stung her eyes with tears she refused to shed. Kagome told how her mother had fallen ill...and Kagome told how she had placed those toe shoes away, never to be used again. "Mother had regained her health weeks after, but it still tour at her. I took up dancing Hip Hop so that I could get my mind off of Ballet, but it helped little. However, fate would have it, that after four years of Hip Hop, I would be sent to a time not my own. I'm sure I don't need to retell adventures that you yourselves were apart of. When I got back a year ago, I took up Hip Hop again, and I've been dancing it since."

Sesshoumaru looked her over; her eyes had closed during the story and her fists were clutched together tightly, her fingers intertwined in her lap.

"So you dance Hip Hop?" He questioned.

"It's something I do in my free time," She answered.

"I see, and do you dance Ballet?"

"I've already answered that," She said coolly. "Not anymore."

"..."

Kagura placed a hand on Sesshoumaru's, "Ah, anyway, Kagome. We came to see how you had been faring since the battle."

"Good," Kagome answered, "Shippou goes to a public academy near by for elementary to high school. Kilala is with him, though she mostly stays in the trees outside the school in order to keep an eye on him."

"He goes to a public academy?" Kagura asked in surprise.

"Mm, yeah. I had a concealment spelt placed on him after our first month home. It took me a while to make one, but as long as he keeps it on, he's fine."

"Mama! I'm home! Where are they, where are they!"

Kagome turned as the door was suddenly throne open; a stumbling Shippou ran inside as he tripped in his attempts to throw his shoes off and ran at the same time.

"Shippou, multitasking is usually done with compatible actions. Running and removing shoes are not compatible actions." She said, sigh with a smile as her son sat down on the floor and properly removed his shoes before placing them in the corner and running into the living room where Sesshoumaru was the first to intercept his excitement. Shippou jumped into the arms of the mighty dog ruler and smiled when a hand ruffled his loose hair.

"Shippou, where is your bow?"

"Huh?" He side glanced at the loose hair in Sesshoumaru's hands and laughed nervously. "You see, this girl at school was getting teased, and all though I wanted to barbeque the twerp messing her, you told me not to use my magic. So, I just got a teacher, and he was suspended for the next three days, and he has detention all next week too."

"What did he do to get in that much trouble?" Kagome asked.

"He pushed her down the stairs, though, he hadn't mean too, I knew that much, but he still did. He was picking on her, and he started poking her and such when she lost her balance in her attempts to get away from him. I got her, but her hand had hit the railing pretty hard. I only managed to keep her from the hard landing or hitting her head, she twisted her wrist and she was crying because it hurt to move. The teachers weren't paying attention to her, so I wrapped it with my ribbon to keep it from moving too much. So...yeah, that's where it is."

Kagome could only stare at her son before chuckling. "That was brave of you, and sweet too. Do you like her?"

He blushed and frowned, "That's not fair!"

She laughed, "What, that you can't tell her?"

He looked away.

"Shippou, you can tell the person you fall in love with, but make sure, that you tell her, when the time is right. Don't rush in with something as big as, 'I'm a demon fire fox'. Be smart and careful."

He nodded, climbing out of Sesshoumaru's lap; he was still small, though now he actually looked to be five years old instead of three, but he was growing fast, but still, she knew he would always age slower than any normal human. He gave a hug to Kagura, then his mother before sitting on the couch next to Kagome. He hadn't noticed the scarlet eyes watching him until he felt someone tug on his school uniform. He looked down and stared in surprise when a little girl held her arms out for a hug.

"She's jealous Shippou. You gave her mommy and daddy a hug, but not her."

His eyes widened and he looked at the two demons across from him. Another tug and he looked back to the girl and hugged her. He moved to release her, only to find she didn't let go. He pulled back and she held on as her body was pulled into his lap with his movement.

"Fox!"

Kagome laughed, "Her name is Amaterasu Rui Taisho. Oh, I just realized, her name...her initials..." She laughed, "Sesshoumaru and Kagura's very own A.R.T; the creation of love and a night alone." She laughed at the blush on Kagura's cheeks.

"Kagome," Sesshoumaru warned.

"I was playing," She said as she waved her hands in front of her.

The group continued to chat as Kilala came in a few hours later while they were talking. Shippou was laughing at something Sesshoumaru said, a sleeping Amaterasu in his arms.

It was around eight thirty when Kagura stood and stretched. She moved forward and picked up her daughter before turning to her love, "I'll wait outside for you." She said, motioning Shippou to follow.

Kagome frowned as the three left, leaving her, Sesshoumaru and Kilala who was asleep in her own lap now. "What is it?"

"I want you to take up Ballet again," He said, not beating around any bushes.

Her heart skipped a beat and her eyes widened, "NO! I WOULDN'T THEN, I WON'T NOW!" Her cheeks flushed with anger and hurt as tears from past memories resurfaced. She clenched her eyes shut as her arms wrapped tightly and securely around her waist and her hands gripped her arms tightly.

"Kagome, listen to me!"

Her eyes snapped open at the stern voice. The command was obvious in his tone.

"You are obviously hurting with the memory of your family, and Ballet obviously meant a lot to you. I want you to dance Kagome. Please, think about it. When were you most happy?" He stood up and pulled a card out of his pocket. "Call me when you decide."

"..." Kagome watched him leave and a few minutes later, Shippou came back inside.

The two ate dinner and prepared themselves for bed, but while Shippou went to sleep, Kagome had stayed up in her room thinking. 'Mom...'

She closed her eyes and let herself be taken to a dream long since forgotten.

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At six years, Kagome ran into her mothers arms at the end of her first performance. A bouquet of Casablanca flowers were in hand.

"Kagome, you were beautiful up there!"

Kagome smiled happily as her mother hugged her tightly, tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Really! Are you really proud mama?" She asked.

"Oh, Kagome, I'm always proud of you, you're my daughter, and no matter what you do, I will always love you, and forever be proud of you." Her mother placed a hand on her head, "I don't think there is anything you could do that would ever make me dishonored to have you as a daughter. I'm positive, that you are my perfect princess, forever and always."

"Forever...forever and always..."

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'What's wrong with me...?' Kagome sighed, 'I can't believe I'm even considering this.'

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It wasn't even a week later that Kagome found herself on a plane with her duffle bag above her and some random man sitting next to her.

"Did I even agree to this?"

She frowned and looked out the window of the plane.

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(Twenty Minutes Ago)

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"Mama! Mama, please come home safely!"

Kagome smiled, but her left eye twitched, "Of course I will; uh, Sesshoumaru...where am I going? I said I would take a look at the school you wanted me to attend when I asked you about the details...but I never said anything about a plane ride..."

"You said you would take a look at the school, so I'm sending you to the school."

"...and...where exactly is this school?"

"Germany."

"...and you assume that I can speak German?"

"You don't need to worry about the language. It's the last thing you'll be worrying about there."

Kagome frowned at the air of mystery hidden behind his words. Kilala sat on her shoulder; apparently the two-tailed fire neko had decided to join her. "Keep Shippou safe while I'm gone." She said sternly to Sesshoumaru who gave into temptation and rolled his eyes.

"I'm well capable of caring for the kit Miko, now go."

"Yeah, yeah." She sighed, grabbing her bags and duffle.

"Take care," Kagura said; Amaterasu waved cutely at her.

"Bai-bai Miko!"

Kagome sighed, "Mah, mah; when I get back, she had better know my name!" She pouted, glaring at Sesshoumaru. She left with her bags and departed onto the plane as her bags were taken up the lift to the baggage area.

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(Present)

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Kagome watched the ground grow farther away as they began take off into the air.

'Mother...please...dance with me...one more time...'

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~PREVIEW~

"So this is Germany...? It's cold..."

'Is this normal!'

"I DIDN'T SAY I WOULD!"

'What...what is...this...?'

"Valse Des Ailes Brisées...won't you...dance with me?"

"No..."

"I want to dance...I have missed it so much...I have..."

'Who...are you?'

"I don't know what to do...mother..."