As Kaori waits, she decides to practice a bit of her karate. Because she needs her own space to do it, she grabs her phone and runs to a room that is unused. Most of the time Kaori's parents let her use the room for improvement.
She enters the room and switches the light on before practicing the most standard moves. She keeps herself calm, until she imagines an enemy right in front of her. Choosing the right way to tackle her opponent, she jumps up and does a fast kick that could prove fatal. She lands blows, strong ones, until she accidentally slips and lands on her leg awkwardly.
Pain makes it hard for her to stand, but she shakes her head and pressed herself harder, until she feels like spaghetti and her leg is numb. She checks her phone to see whether Morgan had replied. Lucky for her, he has answered. She opens the text message and sees that Mo will keep the troop notified of the possibility of a new crew.
Not long after, Hikari messages her too, saying that she is also available to make a crew and that she is already on her way to Kaori's house. Seeing this, Kaori ignores the fierce stinging of her leg and runs to her room, limping. She changes her clothes, and then waits for the doorbell to ring. When it did, she opens the door to see Hikari with a bike. She wears a helmet on her head too. Kaori tells her to out the bike in the garage, before the cousins run to Kaori's room. After a polite excuse to her parents, Kaori tells Hikari about her plan.
"Hikari-san, do you think we can do it? You see, my friend Morgan here tells me that if I have a dance crew then I can join his dance troop Dance Central and then you and I, we can be the best dancers ever and then, well, I just really want to do something for once and since you're the greatest dancer I know maybe we can work something out and then-"
"Slow down, Kaori-chan." Hikari patiently tells Kaori to speak slowly. "How exactly do we register ourselves?"
Kaori falters, then says, "I think we're supposed to make our crew concept and name first. And then, maybe pick our crew style?" she raises an eyebrow. Hikari nods slowly. "Okay... well, I never really knew you danced, so what kind of dance do you like best?" "Anything upbeat, really." Kaori remembers how she likes dancing to fast songs and nothing too slow. She doesn't really like 'old' songs either.
As they talk, Hikari begins to look more powered up and she seemingly feels great. So then Kaori finds a radio in her room that she almost never uses anymore and then uses it to play a song. Hikari teaches her the moves she knows, and apparently Kaori still has a bit if trouble getting it right. Hikari faces exasperation and frustration for an hour. Once again Kaori feels like she isn't the right girl for all this, but Hikari pushes her on anyway.
In short, they took two and a half hours before Kaori gets confident. Hikari smiles, prideful. Then they start discussing their crew name and style. Hikari suggests many crew names, but none yet proved successful, until they find a worthy name: InsomniArt.
"Perfect!" Kaori exclaims, and Hikari grins widely. Then Kaori begins to suggest examples of their crew style. She wants futuristic clothes that resemble the night, and finally they find an outfit that would fit Kaori. Hikari doesn't know what she'll wear yet, but she tells Kaori, "I'll think about it when I get home, I'll send you a photo by phone. Well, I guess I'd better be going home."
Kaori waves her goodbye and then studies herself in the mirror. She wears a shirt that reaches her knees that have starry sky pattern on them with black horizontal stripes. She also has a dark blue long sleeve hoodie jacket that reaches past her waist and her favorite jeans. Hikari had promised that they get the word Insomniart stitched to the back of her hoodie and that Hikari herself would do the same to whatever she'd be wearing.
With a smile she walks around her room for a moment, appreciating the way she looked. She doesnt really feel beautiful, just... good.
Soon she receives a selfie from Hikari that matched Kaori's style. Glad that the business is done, Kaori messages Mo and tells him that she has her crew ready. Mo replies, and Kaori reads it out loud again. "Coincidentally, I'm going to have a Dance Central meeting at the subways where Glitch and I always dance. You know where it is, right? Maybe you can come and meet some other crews."
Kaori immediately calls Hikari and tells her about the good news. Hikari tells her that she would come right away. Instead, Kaori insists that they both go to the subway and meet there. Hikari agrees and they both set off.
Of course Kaori is nervous and hopes her mother would let her go out. She was lucky to have a trusting mother. "Kaa-san, I'm going to have lunch with Hikari-san somewhere, is that okay?" Kaori's mother tells her that she is free to go as long as she is home within the next three hours. Meanwhile, Kaori's father is still away at work.
At the subways...
Kaori easily locates Hikari, because her outfit stands out among the people. Kaori quickly calls Mo and they meet up in front of a cafe. Kaori quickly introduces Mo and Glitch to Hikari and then remarks, "I hope you have been training on your karate, Glitch." Surprisingly, she pronounces his name right for once. Glitch looks a bit taken aback before he nods. "Y-yes, Kaori-san."
"You let him call you Kaori-san?" asks Hikari. "Not sensei?" Glitch stammered and nods again while Kaori chuckles. Mo points to some other people who also seem to be dancers. "Now, I'm sure you'd like to meet my friends."
Kaori sees a man in blue with a visor on his head, covering his eyes, and a young woman by his side with red hair. Then there was another man, this time with long blue hair. He didn't seem to have any crew. There was a girl about Glitch's age wearing green and an older woman who resembled her. And then there was a woman wearing lifeguard gear and brown hair. Last but not least was a blond-haired man who wore beach shorts, sneakers, and a long sleeve with the word Riptide.
"H-hi," Kaori stammers.