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Chapter 17: Break Time

Inuyasha plonked down onto the polished wooden floor panting and sweating. Annie shook her head at him.

"We've only been at it for twenty minutes and you're tired already! C'mon, we only have a week to get this right!" Annie told him. Kagome wiped the sweat from her forehead, dancing was hard. Annie sighed and held out her hand for Inuyasha to grab hold of and helped him up onto his feet, then she went over to the stereo and played the CD again. She swivelled round and took her position in front of them.

"Okay, now remember it's step, step, turn, step, step, kick, step, turn, step, jump and crouch, got it?" Inuyasha and Kagome looked at each other nervously. They nodded.

"Good! so starting positions…no Inuyasha, you stand to her right…Kagome, keep your chin up please and try not to slouch…remember you two it's not just the moves, it's the presentation as well so you must look your best and feel the enthusiasm!" Annie said energetically as she bounced on the spot as the music started.

"Alright…one and two and three and four…!"

Annie demonstrated each of the moves with her back to them, so as not to confuse them with lefts and rights, occasionally glancing at the both of them to see how they were doing.

Kagome muttered to herself, "step and step and turn and step and step and kick and- OOOOOWWW! INUYASHA!" Kagome screamed, rubbing her shin from her position on the floor. Annie whipped round to see what the problem was and found and angered Kagome on the floor, rubbing her leg and an anxious looking Inuyasha peering to see if he had done any serious damage. He looked up at Annie with look of shame on his face.

"I kicked left instead of right." He mumbled. Annie forgave him because they were only just starting with the presentation for the contest and they needed a lot of help with it.

She helped Kagome up and asked if she was alright. Kagome shook her leg around a bit then nodded her head. Annie breathed in deeply as she played the music again and took her usual position.

"Now, let's start again…"

o-

"OW! OW! OW!" Kouga yelled. He tried to wriggle out but to no avail. Ayame squeaked with pain each time she moved.

Sean stood in front of them with a hand on his face, and shook his head at the tangled up pair.

"DON'T JUST STAND THERE! UNTANGLE US!" Kouga roared. Ayame nodded in agreement. Sean sighed heavily and began pulling their legs out of the knot they had somehow tied themselves into.

"oi know that this dance may seem a little complicated, but oi asshure ye that yez will get it in the end. Don't worry 'bout a thing!" Sean said cheerfully as he managed to pull out Ayame from under Kouga. "There! Now let's start again and this toime, NO coiclone wind thingies." He glared severely at Kouga, who crossed his arms angrily and turned away.

Ayame giggled and blushed, she had finally gotten as close to Kouga as she had wanted and it felt niiiice…

o-

"No, no, no, NO! Señor that is not the way to hold the señorita!" Screamed Lorenzo in an exasperated manner. He stomped towards the stereo and rewound the tape, then played it. He stomped back to Sango and Miroku as they stared at him wide eyed.

Lorenzo brusquely pulled Miroku away from Sango and made him observe him.

"Yourrrr hand is too low down! It's not like that! It's like…this," Lorenzo said, demonstrating by gently placing a hand on the small of Sango's back and took her other hand. Sango felt a shiver down her spine, and immediately flushed tomato red. Miroku's face was of a similar colour but with a totally different expression.

Lorenzo led as he and Sango danced the few steps learnt that morning and Miroku watched jealously, wondering why Sango hadn't slapped the stupid man already. Maybe it was because he hadn't groped her… Miroku watched them and began to contemplate that last thought.

o-

"ARE YOU ESTUPIDO? IT'S NOT STEP, STEP, TURN! IT'S STEP, TURN STEP! BEGIN AGAIN!" Lola bellowed deafeningly.

"Right away ma'am!" Naraku squeaked, bowing various times. Kikyo took the fingers out of her ears and opened her eyes.

Lola breathed heavily through her nose as she played the music again and stood beside the two, watching their every move. She had demonstrated the steps once and had left them to learn them, memorise them and perform them by themselves…it was her way of teaching.

"Again, again! Estoy esperando! Muévanse ya! I'm waiting! Move it!" Lola shouted, clapping her hands loudly as if to wake them up.

This time both Kikyo and Naraku bowed and took their starting positions, cringing as they made contact with each other's skin. ((I'm only talking about their hands, jeez!)).

Step, turn, step…

o-

Fleur nodded as they performed the steps successfully, well not completely but well enough for beginners.

Kagura felt extremely uncomfortable about being so close to Sesshoumaru and it wasn't because of having to be so near to his body, and a well toned, muscular body at that, no, it was because she always found herself stepping on his foot and she hated herself for it, cursing her inelegance.

"zat's it, now step, two, zree, step, two, zree…" purred Fleur.

Kagura glanced at her and then up at Sesshoumaru. She heard a sharp intake of breath and realised that she had crushed his foot…yet again.

Fleur stopped the count and pranced up to them on her tiptoes.

"non, non, non! I know why you are flattening his foot so often Mademoiselle. You don't lead, let him. And don't place your hand so low down his arm; it should go on his shoulder…like so, oui?" Fleur told Kagura, taking her hand and placing it on Sesshoumaru's broad shoulder. Kagura felt her face grow hot.

"Zere, and Monsieur, your right hand must not be so high up her back," Fleur explained, tiptoeing over to his side and taking his hand, brought it lower down leaving it to rest on Kagura's waist. He said nothing but was secretly observing the perfect ness of Kagura's womanly figure. Kagura flushed crimson as she become aware of how warm his hand was. And how good it felt.

Fleur pranced off and played the music again. Kagura cleared her throat. Fleur looked up.

"Oui?"

"I think we should take a break." Kagura said. Fleur threw her head back and guffawed.

"Hahahahaha! A break! Hahahahaha!" Fleur laughed. She frowned immediately after. "non." She said coldly. Kagura fumed. She turned to Sesshoumaru and found him heading towards the door.

Fleur also noticed. "Excusez moi Monsieur, just where do you zink you are going?" She inquired sternly.

Sesshoumaru didn't look back at her as he opened the door, "that's enough dancing for now." He replied just as harshly. This time Fleur fumed and Kagura grinned as she followed Sesshoumaru out of the room.

o-

There were moans and groans coming from the academy's cafeteria as the learners all rubbed their sore body parts and complained about their teachers.

Naraku had his head on top of his arms and was resting on the table, his shoulders occasionally heaving.

"She's so MEAN! I thought no one was meaner than me!" He cried, his voice muffled. Kagura patted his arm in a futile attempt to comfort him.

Kagome once again, was getting the food for them and had come back with four trays full of it. She carefully laid everything on the three tables they had joined together and she rubbed her hands eagerly.

"Okay! Let's eat!" She cried.

They all stared at the food, insure of whether to eat it or destroy it, or in Naraku's case, absorb it. Kagome, taking a bite from her burger, saw the puzzled looks and giggled.

"Don't worry guys, all of this is edible. Apart from the plates." She added as a precaution. She heard sighs and then appreciative mumbles as they all began helping themselves.

Sango had a salad, just to be on the safe side and was munching on it happily, and Miroku picked up a hotdog, examining it carefully.

"Kagome-sama, may I ask what this is?"

"Oh, that's a hot dog." She said between mouthfuls. Miroku's eyes widened. He looked at the hotdog, then at Inuyasha, then at the hotdog, then at Inuyasha. He put the hotdog back on the plate and served himself some salad instead.

Inuyasha was stuffing everything he could into his mouth, as was Kouga. Kouga also picked up a hotdog after hearing what Kagome had said it was. He sniffed it and grinned.

"Hey dog breath!" He shouted to Inuyasha who was sitting opposite, "This dog smells better than you do!" and he laughed, taking a bite out of it.

Inuyasha growled and had started to get up but Kagome pulled him back down. "Eat and behave!" she told him strictly. Inuyasha glowered at the laughing Kouga, but sat back down and resumed stuffing his face.

Kikyo refused to even touch the food, she remembered what happened earlier that morning and wasn't willing to go through that again. She ignored Naraku's taunts and turned away when he waved a hamburger in front of him, as he sat on the opposite her at the table.

Ayame bit into some chicken pie and chewed, savouring the taste. It was much better than what she was used to. She turned her head and observed Kouga as he gobbled up his food and she sighed dreamily when bits of food flew out of his mouth.

Kagura examined the fries in front of her, picking one up and holding it close to her face, sniffing it. She slowly brought it to her mouth and nibbled on it. Mmmm, this actually tastes good! She thought and finished it, choosing another one and gobbling it up as well.

"These are great!" She turned to the person next to her, "Have you tried these? they're delicious-" She stopped abruptly realising that the person next to her was Sesshoumaru. He blinked at her.

"I do not eat human food, unlike some." He said icily. Kagura shrugged.

"Suit yourself." She said and wolfed down her fries.

Naraku grew tired of annoying Kikyo, and his arm was getting sore from waving the hamburger around, so he decided to finally eat it. But first he studied it warily, in case it was a demon in disguise wanting to absorb him. Satisfied that there was no such demon he brought it to his lips and bit into it with such force that all that was wedged between the buns shot out and hit Kikyo square in the face with a SPLAT!

The cafeteria became silent. Kikyo stood up slowly and peeled the tomato, onions, cheese and meat off her face and closed her fist around them tightly, squishing them together. Her bangs covered her face.

"…Naraku…" She said dangerously, lifting up her fist shakily, the fist that held the squished up burger filling and aiming it carefully at Naraku.

Naraku sat glued to his chair, aware that all eyes were on him. He gulped.

"Uh oh…"

A/N: Heeheehee! I bet you all know what will happen next! Please read and review people and don't forget, I love you all! And if you don't review my bats will be after you. Hehehe just joking! Hehehe…(laughs nervously). Sorry. My next chapter; chapter 18: Food Fight!