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"…." Means they're talking

'….' Means they're thinking

--previous chapter--"Huh? Mom, you know about Polaris and Hotaru Imai? And how'd you know she just came back from practice?" asked Kai with a question mark over his head.

"U-um, well, dear, I am well informed of a lot of things," his mother said. She suddenly looked at an imaginary watch on her wrist. "Oh, look at the time; I have to bake some cookies now." With that, she rushed into the kitchen.

Kai looked at his big sister again, sleeping soundly.

'Sis, I hope you know what you're getting yourself into…' he thought as he plugged in his earphones and started to listen to Polaris' second album.

--previous chapter--

Chapter Six

Mikan yawned and stretched her arms as she woke up.

"Huh?" Mikan looked around. "Why am I on the sofa?" Then, Mikan recalled the events that happened before she fell asleep.

"You're finally awake?" Kai asked.

"Kai! Um... about before..." Mikan started.

"Yeah? Are you going to get me some autographs and stuff?" Kai asked with puppy-dog eyes.

"Sure," Mikan said as she sweat-dropped.

"How'd you get involved anyway?" Kai asked.

"It's a long story."

"Tell me."

"I don't feel like it."

"Hmph," Kai said. "Mean baka," he mumbled.

"What was that!?" Mikan asked.

"Nothing."

Ding Dong

"Oh, there's my friends. We're going to the movies, bye."

"Hey, isn't there school today?"

"No, it's still Sunday, you just took a short nap, bye," Kai said as he took his bag and left.

"Maybe I should go practice now..." Mikan said to herself before she changed into more comfortable clothes and grabbed her CD player and also left the house.

It was almost 8:00, but since Kai and his friends' schedules were pretty full during the day, this was the earliest time for their movie they could do, and her mom had to work an extra shift today since she missed one for Kai's soccer match the other day.

Mikan went to an old, abandoned gym.

'I remember when we used to play here,' Mikan thought as she turned her CD player on, and started singing.

'Ok! Singing is OK for now, check!' Mikan thought. 'Now, the dance moves.'

Mikan did the first four dance moves and then tried to spin on her toes, but fell.

"Ugh, again!" Mikan said.

She did the first four dance moves and then tried to spin, and fell again. She repeated the procedure a couple of times before she stopped for a momentary break.

"Argh, why can't I do it?" Mikan complained.

"You should lean forward some more when you spin."

"Huh?" Mikan turned towards the voice and saw Hotaru sitting on a bench with Natsume and Ruka.

"WAAAHH!!" Mikan fell down. "W-when did you all get there?" Mikan asked.

"We heard the song, so we came in about when you started dancing and falling down." Ruka explained.

"O-oh, did you hear me sing?" Mikan asked.

"No, why?" Hotaru answered.

"Nothing," Mikan said as she heaved a sigh of relief. "Anyway, what are you guys doing together?"

"Since our managers are going out, they met each other and wouldn't separate, so we ended up practicing," Ruka answered.

"Oh," Mikan said.

"You've been practicing for over an hour, right?" Natsume asked.

"Yeah, why?" Mikan retorted.

"Pfft, and you still can't handle a simple spin?"

"Yeah, well so what? At least I'm not a jerk!" Mikan said.

"What was that, Polka-dots?"

"Huh?" Mikan then realized the position she had fallen into, and hurriedly moved her legs back together and blushed bright pink.

"PERVERT!" Mikan said as she threw her bag at Natsume which he easily avoided, and then she started mumbling a million bad things about Natsume.

Until Hotaru got fed up, and her mechanical cat jumped over to cover Mikan's mouth.

"Mmmmmphfffmph!" Mikan mumbled under the cat's body.

"Baka, are you going to listen to my advice or what? I'll help you for the sake of our concert," Hotaru asked.

"Hotaruuuuu-chaaaan!!" Mikan said as she cried happy tears and the cat returned to Hotaru's bag.

"Hurry up and try to do what I told you."

"OK, but first," Mikan smiled as she tried to hug Hotaru.

Suddenly, Hotaru's cat jumped out of her bag again, and kicked Mikan away.

"Don't do that or else..." Hotaru said with an evil glint in her eyes.

"Fine."

Mikan, then, tried to do the spin again, but this time she tried to lean forward a bit, and she managed not to fall down but she didn't land in the proper position.

"Kick harder when you start the spin."

"Ok," Mikan said. She tried it again and listened to Hotaru's advice, and she managed a successful spin.

"Wow, that was good, I'm impressed," Hotaru said with a straight face, as she clapped three times.

"Really?"

"That was a beautiful spin, Sakura," Ruka complimented.

"Ehehe," Mikan said as she lightly blushed and scratched the back or her head. (a/n: you know how anime characters look when they're embarassed? she was looking like that)

"Now, I can probably be able to do the rest of the dance with help from Hotaru-chan!" Mikan exclaimed. "But why couldn't I do it when Kina-sensei tried to teach me?"

"Didn't you notice? Kina-sensei's more used to guys' weight, strength, and moves, so she could easily direct Hyuuga and Nogi, but she didn't really know how to improve us that well," Hotaru explained.

"Why is that?"

"Because most of her main jobs so far have been for male idols and dancers and such, but she only accepted us as a group since she's responsible for Polaris' dance moves anyway," Ruka said.

"Oh... then what about your dance instructor, Hotaru?"

"She's... actually it's none of your business. Hurry up and practice with me so I can go home now," Hotaru said.

"Oh yeah! I almost forgot! Let's hurry up and practice!"

Mikan started doing the dance steps, and messed up a little on the spin, but kept going until she got to the part where she had to jump and spin.

"Geez! I hate these stupid spins!"

"Baka, you have to keep your arms out straight or else they'll be messing with the spin."

"Oh, like this?" Mikan then performed the jumping spin again and this time managed to do it almost perfectly.

"Yeah! You're such a good teacher, Hotaru!"

After a few more mistakes here and there from Mikan and some advice and examples from Hotaru, Mikan managed to almost perfect the dance.

"Now, try the whole thing," Hotaru commanded.

"Hai!"

Mikan did the whole dance. She moved really smoothly and beautifully and she almost looked as beatiful as Hotaru when doing it since Hotaru did it just perfectly.

When she was done, she turned around and looked at Hotaru who was next to Natsume, while Ruka was calling their managers.

"Hotaru, thank you soooo much!" Mikan said sincerely as she smiled gratefully at Hotaru. "Ha, take that, Natsume-kun!"

"Che, that was just pure beginner's luck," Natsume stated.

"Sakura, that was amazing!" Ruka said as he shut his phone.

"Thank you!"

"Anyway, I believe you owe me something," Hotaru said.

"Huh, why?"

"Since I taught you all that stuff."

"What, right now?"

"Yes."

"B-but, all I have are these new, special-edition, crab-flavored chips that are currently sold only in one or two shops," Mikan said sadly as she took the bag of chips out.

"That'll do for now," Hotaru said quickly, as her robotic cat quickly jumped out and grabbed the bag of chips and then went back into Hotaru's bag.

"Well, that's good then! It's all thanks to you that I can do the dance!" Mikan exclaimed.

Hotaru glanced at Mikan while she was packing up her stuff. 'I don't think it's all thanks to me..'

Then, Ruka and Natsume also glanced at Mikan for a split second.

'You don't seem like a complete newbie. Your body already seems used to those steps, like you learned them a long time ago, but you forgot while your body still remembers.' Hotaru, Ruka, and Natsume thought (well, at least along those lines).

TBC...

Just in case anybody doesn't know what TBC means, it means To Be Continued...

Anyway, I FINALLY updated the next chapter! Good for me! Yaaay!!! Hip, Hip, Hurray! Hip, Hip, Hurray!

Cheer with me! Anyway, I have a reaonable reason for not updating sooner~ my computer was broken for a while so I couldn't really do it... I only got to check my stats with someone else's computer and that was it since I couldn't write (or type) a whole chapter at someone else's house... and school's getting pretty busy so I have to focus on my studies too..

Still, it's my bad, for all you loving fans out there.

Wait for the next chap, ok! ;) but while you're waiting, you could still, y'know REVIEW! You can do it, you can do it! Review, Review!!! sry, but i'm just sorta happy right now =)