Disclamer: if i owned Yuyu Hakusho, we wouldnt be watching the edited version and it would air more than once a week! and i know its horrible, but when someone gets hurt YOU SEE THE BLOOD!
without the delay here is the chapter! oh yeah about last chapter sorry for the confusion wiht the numbers! they are not a part of the story it just wouldnt let me use symbols! and here is a little recap before the chapter! so enjoy!
Chapter 8: Dancing as you never knew it
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Kaze started to slow down, followed by Serenity. Soon they came to a complete stop in front of a metal door.
Serenity looked confused so Kaze explained "it's past this door."
She could hear music on the other side of the door.
Her curiosity got the better of her so she opened the door and was meet by.........
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it was a pure white room with a stage in the middle.
right now there was someone singing "Just Loss it" and what looked like to Serenity, trying to dance to it.
"This is a dance contest. i think that you could win if you sang "Break away" and dance like you did at my store." said Kaze
Serenity shook her head as every one of her new friends filed into the white room.
"why not?"
"i don't sing in front of people. and even the ones i don't know in that matter"
"Oh" Kaze said as his face fell slightly, but then he thought someone.. 'maybe i could trick her into it...'
"you're not. you will have music playing with you. let me go talk to the judges, hold on." Kaze said as he walked over to the judges and whispered his plan to them.
They nodded that it was a good idea and they could pull it off.
Serenity turned to her friends who looked generally confused.
"um...Kaze wants me to enter this contest thingy. is it ok if we do this before we go shopping? it looks fun. please?!" she said with a pleading look in her eyes that pushed any though of otherwise out of their minds. well except for Hiei who just leaned against the wall with his eyes closed like he didn't care at all what they did.
Kaze walked back over to Serenity and the others with something in his hand.
"here, put these headphones on. they will be playing the same thing that will be playing on the speakers only it will be louder in these so you can hear it better. and pulse you cant here anyone else." he said this as he placed the headphones on her head, brushing a few strands of loss hair behind her ear.
"can you hear me?"
"what!? i can't hear you?" yelled Serenity.
He smiled and gently guided her over to the stage and walked up with her and positioned her in the middle. then walked of stage and stood beside her friends as he introduced himself.
"hello, my name is Kaze."
the guys just stared at him, then Botan stepped forward. "hello my name is Botan. this is Keiko" Keiko waved at him. "and this is Shizuru."
"hey" Shizuru said as she took a drag from her cigarette.
Kaze smiled and walked over and gently took her cigarette out of her mouth and put it out in the palm of his hand, leaving a small burn. "smoking is bad for you. It's nice to meet you."
'I think i like this guy...' thought Yusuke as he stepped forward and introduced himself.
"hey, my names Yusuke Urameshi."
"I've heard of you! according to my brother your the biggest punk at Sarayashiki Junior High." said Kaze as he remembered his little brother coming home and have been beat up by the 'great Urameshi'
"So you're the 'Great Urameshi huh? the one my brother keeps yapping about cause you beat him up.." Kaze said still smiling.
"you mean i beat up your brother!" Yusuke was shocked.
"yeah his name is Kenji."
Yusuke thought for a minute then he remembered him.
"you mean that annoying kid is your brother? i pity you"
"who is he Yusuke?" asked Keiko stepping towards the man she loved.
"it was a little while ago...before the...um...accident. I was walking around after being slapped by you!" he said turning on her.
"do you remember why i slapped you?!"
Yusuke thought for a moment before he remember lifting up her skirt on the rooftop. "oh yeah..."
(A/N its true it's on the first episode like 5 minuets in. she slapped him and called him a perv. but its in the unedited version)
"finish the story Yusuke" Kurama said calmly, wanting to hear the end of it before Serenity started to sing. "my name is Shuuichi Monimino by the way and this is Hiei." Kurama gestured towards Hiei who still had not moved.
"anyways...i was walking around and i heard these two kids talking about how a kid tried to pick on one of them and he said that i was his cousin and the kid dropped his wallet and ran off. his weird friend with the glasses asked what would happen if i found about that he said that cousin stuff and that i would kill him. and he being the idiot he was said 'oh spare me, that blockhead will probably think its true!' and then they both started laughing like the idiots they were and i got mad and pushed them around a little.."
Keiko looked at Yusuke and was just about to scream at him about violence isn't the answer to EVERYTHING
"don't worry about it Keiko or Yusuke, he deserved to be beat up. he's a brat." said Kaze as he waved his hand as a jester to forget it.
"hey! do you know about me! i'm the mighty Kazuma Kuwabara! i'm the second Biggest punk at Sarayashiki Junior High!" Yelled Kuwabara as he pushed Yusuke out of the way.
"no sorry can't say i have.."
Kuwabara was about to say something but was cut off when they heard the music for Break away. true to his word the headphones were louder than the speakers but you could only hear the background music and the words were sung by Serenity instead of Kelly Clarkson (sp?). she danced around stage with her eyes closed without a single care in the world.
Grew up in a small town,
And when the rain would fall down,
I'd just stare out my window.
Dreaming of what could be,
And if I'd end up happy,
I would pray.
The judges were astonished at her voice and moves... they flowed perfectly like running water.. even the other contestants that Serenity cut in front of jaws dropped, non-of them could compete with her. and she through out it all she managed to not do anything too immodest.
Try hard to reach out,
But when I tried to speak out,
Felt like no-one could hear me.
Wanted to belong here,
But something felt so wrong here.
So I'd pray,
I could break away.
The guys couldn't take their eyes of her. her every move was perfect, it even had Hiei's attention.. he couldn't figure out who a human or Kitsune could dance like that.
And the girls....well they were whispering about how they wished they could dance as well as Serenity.
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly,
I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky,
And I'll make a wish, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away.
Out of the darkness and into the sun,
But I won't forget all the ones that I love.
I'll take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away.
even without her being in her demon form, Serenity's hair was still perfect. still always seemed to fall back in place, after she did a move that would have her hair spilling out all around her like water from a picture, still went perfectly into place.
Wanna feel the warm breeze,
Sleep under a palm tree,
Feel the rush of the ocean,
Get onboard a fast train,
Travel on a jet plane,
Faraway, and breakaway.
never once did she mess up on a high note, or on any note for that matter...
it was all
'perfect' was all the judges could think of while watching this strange girl dance.
Buildings with a 100 floors,
Swinging around revolving doors,
Maybe I don't know where they'll take me.
But I gotta keep moving on moving on,
Fly away, break away.
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly,
Though its not easy to tell you goodbye.
Gotta take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away.
Out of the darkness and into the sun,
But I won't forget the place I come from.
I've gotta take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away.
Break away, break away
she did one last complicated move before ending on her knees, with her perfect balance, she opened her eyes finally and was meet by the judges and the other contestants standing up and applauding her.
she took of her head phones as the music was ending, but when she took them off she couldn't hear the music at all... she put the headphones back up to her ear and heard the music....she, a kitsune, had been tricked by a mere human! to sing in front of people she didn't even know!
she searched the room for Kaze and found him standing beside Yusuke, who was looking amazed by Serenity along with Kurama, and Kuwabara, and even Hiei! for that matter...but Botan, Keiko, and even Yukina were jumping up and down clapping...it mostly was Botan and Keiko who were doing the jumping. Serenity couldn't help but smile and laugh at them. she would deal with Kaze later.
The judges beckoned for her to come down of the stage, she really didn't want to at first till she looked over at her friends, Kaze and Kurama were standing there smiling at her, this gave her encouragement, for some reason....almost like it was with Yoko....she shoved the thought out of her head and walked over to the judges.
one of the girl judges walked over to Serenity, she had short Blond hair, and sparkling Blue, "what's your name little girl?" asked the lady.
Serenity looked around the room trying to find who the lady was talking to, for it couldn't be her!
when Serenity couldn't find anybody she asked the lady "who are you talking to?"
the judge blinked and said "why of course you"
and then Serenity started laughing like mad. "that's....." she was gasping for air now "really funny....me, little girl! but my name is Serenity."
the woman was blushing now, and to top it all of this was being aired throughout the mall and everyone just saw what happened, she could hear the laughing outside this room.
"well my name is Tea and you have just won the dancing and singing contest! congratulations!" said the judge
the judges started applauding
"oh please this sounds like a cheese game show!" said Serenity loud enough for everyone to hear.
"Then why did you enter this contest?" asked Tea looking confused
"i wasnt given a choice, now would you please let me leave?" said Serenity starting to walk towards the door.
"leave without your prize? nope sorry that wont happen!" said Tea cheerfully as she grabbed Serenity's arm to prevent her from leaving.
"ok then just give it to me! your starting to annoy me..." said Serenity, her voice layered with annoyance and frustration and a little bit of anger for being touched by someone she didn't know or like for that matter.
"well your prize is a $500 gift card to any store in this mall and a 3 year membership to the new club the demons den! and a 3 year membership to all your friends over there." Tea said the last part pointing towards the door where Serenity's friends still stood.
Kaze was surprised later on when they handed him a ID card for the demons den. he tried to give it back to Serenity after they finally got away from that annoying Tea, but she shook her head.
"no you keep it, its yours.. your our friend to! pulse you can go clubbing with us! we might go there later, if you wanna come!"
he shook his head "i have to work but i will go, maybe i will run into you there." as he started to walk back to his work,
"ok bye!" Serenity said waving at her new friend as he walked away.
he waved back as she turned to her friends and said "ok who wants to go shopping?!"
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