In Which a Waltz is Meant for Two
(The room is a complete wreck)
Lights aura: Hey everyone! I'm back with a new chappie! Sorry about the mess. Tee hee! Kind of a long story actually…
Amu: (sulking in corner)
Lights aura: Would you quit sulking? Rambonata threw the hello kitty plastic plushie at you so you would stop acting insane.
Amu: (sulking) I know and I needed to be returned to the land of the mostly sane.
Lights aura: Then why did you tear my room to shreds and started sulking?
Amu: Because it was a kitty (eye twitches) I hate cats…
Disclaimer: I sadly do not own Inuyasha. If I did then I wouldn't be driven insane by these stupid exams.
"Come on Kouga," I whined. "It's really not that hard and Kagome will love it."
Kouga shook his head. "No way, I'm a wolf demon. I will not lower myself to that level."
"How does learning how to dance seem degrading?" I protested.
For the last hour, I had been trying to convince Kouga to let me teach him how to dance. So far, it hadn't been going so well.
Kouga glared at me.
I rolled my eyes. "Look, Kouga. No one else is around so you won't be embarrassing yourself. Plus I am no sugar plum fairy myself, so we can mess up together."
"Sugar…plum…fairy?" Kouga said in confusion. Taking advantage of his confusion, I quickly grabbed his hands.
"You place one hand here," I said as I placed his hand on my waist. "And the other holds my hand like so." I adjusted the level of our hand before placing my other hand on his shoulder. "See, we're half way there." I swear, I had never seen him so uncomfortable. Who knew dancing was a wolf demon's weakness? Trying hard not to laugh, I continued. "Now, we are going to start off with a simple waltz since frankly, that's all I know how to do."
"I don't know…" Kouga trailed off.
I glanced up into his eyes. "It's easy. When I step back, you step forward. When I step forward, you step back. When I go sideways, you go with me. Got it?"
Kouga nodded hesitantly.
"Okay, just follow the rhythm I set out for you," I said. I began to count threes as we started to dance. After several failed attempts, Kouga finally seemed to figure it out. We were actually going at a good pace when all of the sudden, Kouga tripped on a rock. He fell backwards taking me with him. I landed on top of him with a loud thump, our faces inches away from each other. We were frozen in that position for a couple of minutes. If anyone were to stumble upon us at that moment, they would have thought we were about to kiss.
Too bad I ruined that romantic image by bursting out laughing.
Kouga frowned. "What's so funny?"
I quickly rolled off of him, my laughter refusing to subside. "Your… expression…" I gasped out. "It was like oh shit! What am I going to do now?"
"It's not that funny," Kouga said as he crossed his arms.
It really wasn't that funny but for some reason I couldn't stop laughing.
"Kairi," Kouga said as his eye twitched.
I continued to laugh.
"Alright that's it" he said as he stood up.
I shrieked as I ran away from him. "I don't want to die!" I was so busy trying to get away from him that I failed to notice Momo walking towards us. He yelped as he barely dodged me in time.
Climbing up a tree, he glared down at us, "What the hell is wrong with the both of you?"
Kouga and I ignored him as we ran around the clearing. I was laughing and screaming my head off while Kouga had an evil smirk on his face.
Momo rolled his eyes as he settled into the tree. "How did I get stuck with these two primitives?"
A couple of hours later, Ginta and Hakkaku returned. Kouga spent most of the day with them discussing the whereabouts of some demon named Naraku. It was decided that we would leave the camp grounds the following day. When dinner came around, we were all exhausted. As I ate my fish and fruit I glanced over at Momo who was busy eating what looked like blueberries.
"Hey Momo? I have a serious question for you."
"I will not tell you what type of fish I would want to be if I were a fish" He grumbled.
I rolled my eyes. "That's not what I was going to ask you."
Momo sighed. "Fine, what is it?"
"Do you eat bananas?"
Kouga nearly choked on his meal.
Momo's eye twitched. "No, I don't eat bananas."
My eyes widened in surprise. "You don't eat bananas? I thought all monkeys ate bananas. I mean, Louie in the Jungle Book ate bananas."
"Louie was an orangutan."
"So, he had monkey friends who ate bananas with him."
"That was a cartoon." Momo let out a sigh. "Monkeys have been known to eat fruits, vegetables, and even other monkeys."
My eyes widened. "You are a cannibal."
The wolf demons snickered.
"I am not a cannibal!" Momo said angrily. "I just said that some monkeys have different diets."
"So you have cousins who are cannibals?" I asked innocently. "It must be hard at family gatherings. Hey cuz, what do you want to eat? I want to eat you!"
"Gah!" Momo yelled as he climbed up a tree.
It took a lot of coaxing to get him back down.
I was staring at the lake again, its water sparkling like diamonds. My fingers were hovering just above the strings of the harp. I waited patiently as I stared at the water. Ripples began to form then in an instant, something surged out of the water. "I knew you'd come." With a grin, I quickly stroked the first, third, and eighth string. There was a flash of bright light.
I woke up to the sound of chaos. The harp was glowing as if it was on fire. Ignoring the sharp shocks it gave me, I quickly picked it up and hurried to where the others were.
Animals were everywhere. Kouga looked enraged as he tried to get them to leave.
"What's going on?" I asked.
Ginta shrugged. "Don't know. They just keep screaming."
I closed my eyes as I tried to hear what they were saying.
"It's in the lake."
"I saw it. It was so big. Taller than the trees even."
"It will eat us all."
"I think it was a dragon."
"Do dragons even exist?"
"We're all doomed!"
I opened my eyes again. Glancing down at the harp, a sudden thought occurred in my mind. Without a word, I raced down to the lake.
Lights aura: Well, that's the end of this chappie!
Amu: Once again, a cliff hanger.
Lights aura: (shrugs) It makes people really want the next chappie. Muwahaha!
Amu: Studying for exams has fried your mind again, hasn't it?
Lights aura: (nods) My head hurts….
Incase You Didn't Know:
1) Plus I am no sugar plum fairy myself: is a reference to the Nutcracker. The ballet is originally based off of E.T.A. Hoffman's story, The Nutcracker and the King of Mice. I get to see the ballet this weekend for the billionth time. Yeah!
2) I mean Louie in the Jungle Book ate bananas: is a reference to Disney's 1967 Jungle Book. Got to love King Louie…
3) The part about monkeys eating other monkeys is actually true. I saw it on Animal Planet once. It was in the secluded forest where these monkeys had come to like eating the flesh of another type of monkey. It was really…weird.
Alright that's it for now. Please remember to READ and REVIEW! Ka Kite Anoo until next chappie!