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Disclaimer: NOOOOO! Keep the garlic away from meeeee! Alright I'll admit it! I don't own Inuyasha! Hisssssss!
Chapter 19: Practice Makes Perfect
Sesshoumaru stood on the roof of the academy, the rays of the afternoon sun shone upon him, giving his body a god-like appearance.
He was deep in thought. He hated to admit it, but he was concerned about Rin's wellbeing even though Jaken was there to protect her, along with Aun. But what if something were to happen to her? He knew Jaken was useless at everything that wasn't grovelling and how many times had Rin run off while in his care?
Sesshoumaru closed his eyes. At least Naraku was here with the rest, it would be one less thing to keep a look out for but what of the other demons, the filthy lesser demons that liked to feed on human flesh? Jaken better be looking after her properly, or he'll have one angry taiyoukai to answer to. Sesshoumaru suppressed a grin at the thought of the kind of punishments he would hand out to the bothersome toad. The wind played with his hair, and he turned to face the direction in which it blew. Anyone on the street looking up at the dance academy would have probably mistaken him for an angel or fainted on the spot. Sesshoumaru looked down at himself and picked at a bit of fluff that had landed on his t-shirt. He fought the urge to cry out in disgust at the horrendous clothing he had been provided with, it did not suit his style at all. He peered down at his shoes, they weren't even shoes, they were sneakers. It had taken him ages to find out how to tie the laces and of course, he asked for no help, he thought it beneath him.
He stayed on the roof a few minutes more before getting bored and leaping down onto a window ledge; he opened the window and let himself in. He walked along the corridor to find his dance room and when he did, he turned the knob of the door and entered.
Ooo
Fleur was filing her nails, wondering where her students had gotten to, they only had four days left to practice before the competition and there was a lot of work to be done. She was thinking of teaching them something a little more german, none of the latino stuff, she knew many people would be dancing that. Yes, german, and maybe a little Viennese. She couldn't wait to get started, she didn't know but there was something about the silver haired man that intrigued her, she saw the way he moved, it was as if he thought himself above everyone else. She and he were alike, she had to be superior to someone, it was who she was. Her thoughts wondered only to be interrupted by the door opening.
"Ah! Monsieur! I was wondering where you had gone, I- but where is mademoiselle?"
"Cleaning herself up." He replied with a hint of bitterness in his tone as he thought back to the unfortunate event in the cafeteria. Fleur raised an eyebrow but said nothing.
"Oh. No matter, you and I shall practice ze moves I taught you zis morning. You remember zem I hope?"
"Of course."
"Tres bien. Let's try wizout ze music, oui?"
Fleur took his hand and placed it around her waist and held his other hand in her own. She placed her left hand on his shoulder and inhaled deeply.
"Now, remember, how you begin is very important, if you start well you end well but it also can go wrong if you start wrong. Alright, your right foot goes forward, almost as if you're striding..." She explained. "No, bend ze knee more, back nice and straight, yes, zat's it…"
Fleur pressed her hand against his back to keep him in position.
Sesshoumaru had the right mind to kill her there where she stood for speaking to him as though he were an infant. How dare she mock the great Sesshoumaru!
Fleur herself was getting a bit flustered, this silent man had the most beautiful eyes ever, and his soft hair brushed across her hand every time he moved his body and what a body it was! Yet his face, a very handsome one, expressed no sentiment. She wondered what those peculiar markings were, the crescent moon and the stripes. Tattoos maybe?
"one two zree, one two zree…" she counted, her mouth getting drier by the minute. I might as well make the most of this! She thought as she pushed herself closer against him.
Sesshoumaru looked down at her in disgust. This human is attracted to me. Does she not know I can hear her heart beating faster or that I am able to detect the change in her scent? How revolting, she tries to take advantage of this closeness, but enough of this, I myself shall put an end to her miserable life…
But before he could do anything, the door burst open and in barged Kagura, whose hair was slightly damp in it's bun from scrubbing the apple pie off. She stared at the two, her eyes wide in surprise.
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The first thing Kagura noticed when she entered the room was how close Fleur was to Sesshoumaru. She felt bubbling sensation in her chest. Jealousy?
No, I'm not jealous, I'm probably getting indigestion from the modern food, yeah that's it, indigestion. Nope, not jealous at all, I mean why would I be? It's not as if I like Sesshoumaru or anything, right?
She spotted his hand on Fleur's waist and her hand on his shoulder. Kagura clenched her fists.
Okay that's it, I'm jealous!
She stormed up to the two of them and tore Fleur away from Sesshoumaru and pointed a finger in her face.
"Get away from him, he's mine!" She hissed.
"Excusez moi?" Fleur asked in shock. Kagura regretted the words that had come out of her mouth as soon as she said them. She turned to see Sesshoumaru who had an eyebrow raised at her questioningly.
"I beg your pardon wind sorceress?" He enquired almost amusedly.
"I-Uh, I meant to say…" Kagura stuttered, trying to find something to say. She whipped around to face Fleur again and poked her in the arm, "I meant stay away from him, he's my dance partner, yeah that's what I meant, and I believe you said at one point that you were the teacher, didn't you? Well look here then Ms I'm-a-French-snob, I think teachers should concentrate on teaching and not taking other people's partners. Got that?" Kagura said menacingly.
Fleur scoffed and pranced off huffily to ready the stereo. Kagura shrugged and glanced casually in Sesshoumaru's direction. He was staring at her, with a hint of amusement in his eyes and it seemed as if he were expecting to hear something else. Kagura stared back at him.
"What?" she said gruffly.
"Hmph." He said before turning around to look at something else. Kagura sighed with relief and wiped a bead of sweat off her brow.
Phew! Close! I have to thank the evil hanyou bastard for holding onto my heart, who knows how fast it would be beating right now, Sesshoumaru with his demon hearing and all.
And at the other side of the room, a taiyoukai silently cursed Naraku.
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Inuyasha had recovered from his little hand ordeal and was concentrating extra hard on his moves and on his language, especially with Kagome in such a foul mood. He took Kagome's hand with his bandaged one and on Annie's count, he thrust her up into the air by her waist. He held out his arms, ready for her descent.
"Great! Remember Inuyasha, concentrate on the moment you have to catch her!" Annie cried above the music, bouncing on the spot along with the beat.
"Huh? Did ya say somethin'!" yelled Inuyasha turning to look at her.
THUMP!
"Oooooow! Inuyasha! You were supposed to catch me!" shouted Kagome rubbing her butt, face red as a tomato.
"I-but, She, uh, you-" He gabbled, pointing at Annie, then at himself, then back at Annie. He looked thoroughly confused.
"Osuwari!"
SPLAT!
"Yeow! Kagome! I was distracted! You gotta believe me!"
Kagome got up from the floor and dusted herself off. She crossed her arms and stuck her chin up into the air.
"Sure you were distracted. You dropped me to get me back from saying the word after you swore!" She cried.
"What?" Inuyasha barked, leaping to his feet. "Actually, Annie was tellin' me something so I looked at her and I didn't see you come down, that's why I missed!"
"And why should I believe you?"
"Because it's true." Annie intervened. She got in between the quarrelling pair and tried to calm them down. "Now, why don't you settle aside your differences and continue with the presentation. We don't have a lot of time to practise."
"I refuse to dance with him. He'll only drop me again!" Argued Kagome.
"I said settle aside your differences damnit!" Annie yelled.
"Okay!"
Ooo
Kouga and Ayame were picking up quickly, Sean was proud of them; they had only practiced for two days.
It was Kouga's moment to step forward and perform his move. He kicked up with a bit too much force and pulled a muscle in his leg.
"Ah, ah, ah, ah, ow, ow, ow!" He cried out, hopping around and holding his injured leg. Ayame ran up to him to see if he was alright.
"Oh, Kouga! Are okay? Here, let me rub it for you…" She said soothingly as she reached out for his leg. Kouga slapped her hands away and snarled.
"Leave me wench! I'm not as weak as the mutt! I don't need your help!" he snapped. He plopped down onto the floor and tried to stretch his leg out. Sean stood there shaking his head and proceeded to turn the music off.
Ayame's eyes began to fill up with tears.
"I, I j-j-just w-wanted to h-help hic th-that's all!" She sobbed. A tear rolled down her cheek.
"Eeeek! No wait Ayame I didn't mean- please don't cry!" Kouga pleaded, waving his hands about.
"Waaaaaaah!" She howled. Kouga grabbed his hair in frustration. He hated when women cried.
"Sh! Ayame! I-I'll, I'll let you rub my leg!" He cried in an attempt to shut her up.
Ayame stopped crying immediately and smiled. "Really? Okay!" she said happily and began to massage the sore muscle.
Wow that was fast, thought Kouga in disbelief.
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"Hentai!"
SLAP!
"Please señor, contrrrol yourrrself!" cried Lorenzo in exasperation.
"That's the problem, the stupid pervert can't!" said Sango angrily and she crossed her arms.
Miroku rubbed his cheek where the hand mark was imprinted and sighed.
"How dare disrrrespect the señorita and waste my prrrecious time ! If you do that again I'll hit you myself!" Lorenzo threatened.
Miroku gulped and nodded. He and Sango took their positions once again and Lorenzo played the music. Sango watched Miroku apprehensively as they performed their dance sequence. Miroku counted mentally and tried to stick to the rhythm.
At one point Miroku tripped over his own foot as he attempted to turn, and flung out his hand to grab at something in order to balance himself. He breathed out in relief as he regained his stability and glanced at Sango to make sure she was alright. He was surprised to see a look of absolute shock. She stared down in horror at where his hand was positioned.
"Miroku," Sango said, her voice shaky with anger, "Get your hand off my boob please."
He ripped his hand away as though she were red hot and stuttered his apology. He turned to see Lorenzo standing behind him with a raised fist and a look that could kill.
"W-wait, I-I didn't do it on purpose!" Miroku cried out frantically, waving his hands out in front of him.
PUNCH!
Ooo
Naraku was very good at dancing and he hadn't even known. As much as Lola hated to admit, he was a natural and could pick up any new step with ease. He and Kikyo made a good pair, the both of them were fierce competition even when on the same team. Lola remained silent after the spider incident. She didn't know how Naraku had done it, with illusions or projectors, but it had successfully shut her up for the rest of the afternoon. She occasionally shouted out instructions or counts.
It came to a point when Kikyo had to kick her leg out from under his and he had to perform a half turn straight after. However, she miscalculated the rhythm count and brought up her knee at the wrong moment, catching Naraku hard, right between his legs.
"EEEEEEE!"
Kikyo brought a hand up to her mouth and gasped. Naraku bent over and held his crotch, gasping for air. Lola came running from the opposite side of the room.
"Are you okay? Did I get too hard?" asked Kikyo, trying hard not to laugh.
Naraku lifted his head, on his face was a pained expression and his eyes watered.
"Nope! I'm fine!" He gasped squeakily. "I think I'll just rest…right here on the floor!" He said in a high pitched tone. Whimpering, he fell to his knees and collapsed on the ground in a foetal position, his hands still clutching his manhood.
"Ooops." Kikyo said. She turned to Lola. "Do you think he'll be okay?"
Lola nudged him with her foot, a sadistic smile playing on her lips. "Ooooh I think he'll be out for quite a while."
Kikyo giggled. Lola glanced down at her watch. "My how time has flown! You can get changed now Kikyo, that's enough forrr today. Oh, and when he wakes up make sure he returns the clothes I lent him."
Kikyo grinned and nodded, floating towards the closet to get changed. Lola left the room with her stereo and Naraku was left in the middle of the room floor, moaning occasionally.
Ooo
Kagome tapped her foot impatiently as she waited for the others in reception. She and Inuyasha were the first to come down and were forced to wait for the rest to arrive.
Sesshoumaru and Kagura joined them, Sango and a rather abused Miroku shortly after. Kouga walked up to them with Ayame on his arm and finally Kikyo followed by Naraku hobbling along behind.
Kagome sighed and led them out of the academy, waving at Mr Tippytoes on the way out. They were all surprised at how dark it had gotten, and how quickly the day had passed. After the ten minutes walk to the Yoru Hotel they arrived at the foyer only to be greeted by the irritable desk clerk. Kagome walked straight past the elevators and started climbing the stairs, the others trudging along behind. They got to their suites, the girls went in room 202 and the boys entered room 201. Kagome, was relieved to find the boys' room nice and clean and secretly thanked room service. Now all she had to worry about was keeping them busy until it was time to go to bed. She looked at her watch and sighed. It was only six thirty.
A/N: I had a lot more planned for this chapter but I guess I'll have to leave it at this. And for those of you wondering about the crazy author girl and her garlic and her bats, Kyuuketsuki actually means vampire in Japanese. That's what it says on my profile!
