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Chapter 13: Pairings and Excuses

There was tension everywhere. Mr Tippytoes read the first name off the list as everyone crossed their fingers or prayed to Buddha or whatever.

"Okay, the firtht name ith…Kagome. You have been paired up wiiiiiith…"

The tension grew. Inuyasha was sweating.

"…Inuyasha."

"DAMNIT!" yelled Kikyo and Kouga simultaneously.

Kagome knew, of course, that this was the pairing anyway because she had gone over the partner thing herself. She just wanted to get InuYasha nervous. She ran to his side and he blushed furiously.

"I don't wanna dance with you." He mumbled, but Kagome happily took it as 'what a relief'.

"You two will have danth room A2 which ith on the firtht floor, your teacher ith Annie."

Kagome nodded.

"Okay, nektht name ith…Kouga. You're paired up with…Ayame and your danth room will be B5 on the thecond floor. You have Sean ath your teacher."

Ayame squealed with delight and hugged Kouga, but he didn't join in since he was still sulking over the previous pairing. Why Kagome? Why?

"Miroku and…"

Miroku lifted his gaze towards the ceiling. Please Buddha, I beg you…

"…Thango, danth room A6 on the firtht floor with the teacher Lorenzo."

Miroku silently thanked Kagome for organizing the pairs, as he turned to look at her she gave him a wink. Miroku nodded.

"So, my dear Sango, it seems that destiny is-" he began.

"Be quiet houshi-sama, it's just for the dancing competition." Sango murmured but a blush formed along the bridge of her nose.

"Um whoth nektht?..." Mr Tippytoes searched the page. "Ah yeth, Kikyo and…Naraku,"

GASP!

"…Danth room C1, third floor, your teacher will be Lola."

This news was most unpleasant for both Naraku and Kikyo and they were both having an intense glaring contest, with their eyes narrowed at each other. Oooooh you could feel the hate!

"That leaveth Thesshoumaru and…Kagura, danth room D4, fourth floor, with Fleur ath your teacher."

Kagura's breath caught. Oh my god, I have to DANCE with him? She looked at him. She couldn't tell what he was feeling but he was probably thinking that same thing. He merely glanced in her direction.

"Well, that ith jutht about it!" Mr Tippytoes exclaimed.

Shippou's eyes widened and Kanna, Hakudoushi and Kohaku all protested.

Kagome scooted over to Mr Tippytoes.

"Um, how about the others?" She asked. She gestured towards the complaining youngsters.

"Oh, I'm thorry but no under 15' th allowed to partithipate I'm afraid. Ah, and no petth either." He said eyeing Kirara and then organising the papers on his clipboard.

Kagome sighed unhappily and turned to the little ones.

"Sorry guys but you can't take part in the contest, you're too young." Kagome told them gently. Their heads drooped.

"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" Shippou wailed. Kagome scooped him up and gave him a hug.

"Don't worry, I'll call my mum to come and get you guys and maybe she'll take you to the park or something, okay?" She said comfortingly.

They nodded and at the same time wondered, what's a park?...

Mr Tippytoes clapped his hands, "Well, now that everyone ith paired up you can thtart making your way to the danth roomth. Dorith here will ethcort each of you to your roomth." He gestured to a short strict looking woman who was Doris. Doris began to lead them to a vast staircase and the mumbling group began to follow.

"Wait! Kagome can you come here for a thecond?" Mr Tippytoes asked.

Kagome stopped walking. "Okay" she walked up to him.

"It theemth you paid quite a lot to get that group danthing lethonth," said Mr Tippytoes.

"Well, yeah. Quite a bit actually." Kagome agreed.

"Yeth, and we really appreciate the money, our funding you know, for the contetht."

Kagome nodded.

"Tho, on behalf of the academy I've dethided to grant you and your group a week'th thtay in the Yoru hotel." He smiled.

Kagome's eyes widened. "The Yoru Hotel? Wow! Thanks! I…wow! You…wow!" She gibbered.

"Here'th the addreth and jutht show them thith document thigned by me. They'll let you right in." He handed her the document and a small rectangular card on which was imprinted;

'The Yoru Hotel'

With the address. It was situated close by so it was a very convenient place to stay for the reason that they wouldn't have to hire a minibus every time they needed to get to the dance academy.

"Kagomeeee!" InuYasha yelled.

Kagome looked behind her and saw the grumpy hanyou and the moany group. She sighed.

"Thanks Mr Tippytoes, oh and can I use the phone? I need to get my mum to collect the smaller ones." Kagome asked shyly.

"Why of corth! Oh and when you join the group, give a kith to the boy with the earth for me, he'th cute!" Mr Tippytoes laughed. He twirled around and pranced off.

Kagome arched an eyebrow. Weirdo, humph! Me give Inuyasha a kiss! Ridiculous! But she blushed at the thought. She went up to the front desk to call her mum and when she did she told Shippou, Kanna, Kohaku and Hakudoushi to wait in reception for her mum to arrive and collect them. They nodded sadly as she waved and joined the group. Inuyasha had his arms crossed and the woman, Doris was looking impatient.

"Okay let's go then!" Kagome said cheerfully.

Everyone glared at her.

"Waaaaaaaaaaiiiiit!" came a yell. Mr Tippytoes was running towards them, waving his arms about. He skidded to a stop and stooped to catch his breath.

"I forgot…one thing…pantpantpant…each pair hath to thtick to their own danth, no one ith allowed to peek in on other peopleth lethonth and anyone found doing tho will be dithqualified…okay that wath it…thee you!" and with that he skipped away.

Every body exchanged glances and shrugged. Doris continued to lead the way and they arrived at the first floor.

Inuyasha and Kagome were the first to be escorted to their dance room. Kagome waved to the rest of them and wished them good luck as they were led further along by Doris.

Kagome sighed. "Well Inuyasha, let's go in!"

"NO!"

Kagome stared at him in surprise. "Yes!"

"I ain't goin' nowhere!" He argued.

"Oh come on Inuyasha stop being such a baby!" she cried and grabbed his arm to drag him towards the door.

Inuyasha pulled back, "NOOOOO! I DON'T WANNA MAKE AN ASS OF MYSELF!" He protested loudly.

"COME…..OOOOOOOON!" Kagome screamed, pulling harder. He was beginning to slide towards the door.

"KAGOMEEEEE! LEGGO A ME!" He yelled.

"NO! You're coming in with me mister!" She shouted in reply. He struggled and heaved. Inuyasha frantically began to think of what he could do to make Kagome not force him to dance.

"UUH, UM….OOOOOOOWWW MY LEG! I-I-I THINK IT'S BROKEN!"

"Inuyasha stop it! You're leg is NOT broken!"

"OK, MY LEG ISN'T BROKEN!...IT'S, IT'S, IT'S MY ARM! YEAH! MY ARM! OOOOOOW! THE PAIN! I CAN'T DANCE LIKE THIS!"

"Your arm is fine!" Kagome yelled angrily.

"WHO, WHO SAID THAT! OH NO! I'VE GONE BLIND! IT'S SO DARK KAGOME! I CAN'T SEEEEEEE! I'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO DANCE LIKE THIS!"

"Inuyasha….!" Kagome said dangerously.

"KAGOME? I-I CAN'T HEAR YOU! I'M DEAF! HELLO! HELLO?"

"OOOOOOSWAAAAAAAARIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"

CRASH!

"I GUESS YOU HEARD THAT JUST FINE THEN?" Kagome screamed. She yanked Inuyasha's ear and pulled him up from the floor and began dragging him towards the door.

"Ow ow ow ah ah ah Kagome!" Inuyasha whined. Kagome knocked on the door and it opened immediately. There stood a woman with short blond hair and blue eyes she also wore a leotard but with a t-shirt on top of it.

"Hello, I'm Annie and I shall be instructing you all this week." She said brightly.

Kagome was red in the face and slightly out of breath. "Nice to meet you Annie. This is Inuyasha my…partner."

Inuyasha rubbed his back and his ear. He grunted and crossed his arms. Annie sighed. This is going to be a tough week.

A/N: Well, I don't know but I enjoyed writing this chapter. If you enjoyed reading it then pleeeeeeeeeease let me know, you know what to do already, you lot being so intelligent and everything (there I go with the flattery). No, really, R&R!