Pas De Deux Hip Hop!

Summary: After finishing her duties in the past and saying goodbye to her friends, Kagome takes up her childhood hobby, dancing, to keep herself occupied and active. Wanting to help his sister pursue this activity, Sesshoumaru takes Kagome to Germany with him and enrolls her into Kinkan Academy's ballet school. Registered into Neko-sensei's class, Kagome meets the 'Main Characters' of Drosselmeyer's story! Not having done ballet since six, how will Kagome survive the class? Especially when she's become more used to hip hop over the years; and what is this faint warmth she feels upon her arrival? And what will happen if Kagome meets the believed to be deceased Drosselmeyer? The jewel's unresponsive shell is glowing brightly again, only instead of pink, it's red, and it's causing nothing but problems for her.

Anime: InuYasha/Princess Tutu

Pairing: Kagome/Fakir – Rue/Mytho

Genre: Romance/Adventure

Rated: M

Dancing Down Memory Lane

I first picked up a pair a toe shoes when I was three years old. Mama's; she had been a ballet dancer during her school days, from elementary to high school, when she met my father. She would tell me of this story at night for bed.

Once upon a time, there was a young and beautiful dancer, who at the time was ignorant of the beauty she possessed.

A young and handsome man, who was only a few years older than the dancer, had gone to her performance after seeing her at a glimpse at the Royal Academy they attended, the Gold Crown Academy.

She had taken notice to him during her forth performance that he had attended. Always, the young man would stand at the stadiums center door; the one that she would see no matter what. Her eyes were drawn to those doors at the beginning of each performance, and then once more at the end.

He would continue to attend to see her dance, and she would forever dance for him to see; but never would they break this ritual that they had become accustomed to. Until, one day, the young dancer was getting ready for a dance performance in the studio, and there in the mirror, she saw watching her, the young man.

She had only dreamed of the day she could meet the handsome young man, but instead of voicing her feelings, she let her dance speak for her. Her dance carried herself to the young man, and when she held her hand out to him and he took it...the two shared a Dance of Two, Pas De Deux.

I would ask her to tell me that story over and over again. But sadly, even the most beautiful dances must come to an end. In my opinion, theirs ended...only too soon. Daddy was taken away from Mama, one week into her pregnancy. She had shared one last dance with him, in the confines of her bedroom; one last dance, which had given her a beautiful baby girl. That's what she told me.

I never met my father, but I always dreamed that if I ever met someone that I could possibly be happy with for the rest of my life...that he'd be someone like the man my mother told stories of.

I had danced with my mother from four to five in the living room; her eyes would always hide traces of unshed tears, but at the time...I hadn't realized how much it hurt her to remember. As I got older, she hid it better and better. I took up ballet at six years old, in a beginner's class, age's five to eight. I continued ballet until I reached eleven...my mother fell ill...and I realized how much I had brought back to her. I realized...how many pains...I had let take her over. She had been hiding all that pain for so many years. I put those toe shoes in my dresser drawer, and forgot about them. Instead, I took up hip-hop, to get my mind off of everything.

I didn't care who I danced with anymore, or what I danced, or how I danced...I just...didn't want to see Mama hurt anymore...so...as long as I didn't dance ballet...it was fine.

Then...at fifteen...I was forced to stop dancing all together. I was dragged down a well that took me five hundred years to the past by a demon called Mistress Centipede. I hate bugs, and throughout my travels, spiders had moved from the third least favorite bug, to my number one. I despise spiders; request no acts of kindness from me if I see one, because I will kill it.

I met many colorful people in my travels through the Edo Period of Japan. Inuyasha, the brash, foul-mouthed, rude, selfish, kind, loving and brave Inu Hanyou, was the first I met. Then Shippou, the cutest little fox kit, with the warmest smile and most protective instincts I had ever know a child to have. Miroku and Sango were next; Miroku was a perverted, wise, kind-hearted, humorous young priest...no, not holy, I refuse to believe him a holy priest. No holy priest can have such dirty thoughts. Sango was a demon slayer, with a heart of gold, she was the level headed, mature, reasonable and strongest woman I had ever met. She was my sister, Miroku was my brother, Shippou was my son, and Inuyasha was my...no...he was never mine.

A few others, Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha's older brother, an Inu Taiyoukai with the killer looks; seriously, cold, silent, deadly, and godly to boot. He could kill someone with his looks as bait, not that he'd need to, or would sink that low. Then there was Kouga and Ayame, two wolf demons, a prince and princess. Kouga was a little obsessive and overly protective of me, and though he constantly claimed me to be his woman, I did not belong to him. Those proclamations caused problems between me and Ayame too, being the fact that she said he was her fiancé, and that he belong to her and only her. Quite frankly, I didn't care for him in that manner. The other member was a two-tailed fire neko, Kilala; the demon companion of Sango, who was also the fluff pillow that Shippou cuddled and played with.

We all traveled together, having met in different and unique ways, but all for the same reason. We wanted to bring Naraku down. He had cursed Miroku's grandfather with a cursed wind tunnel that grew larger little by little, until the day he would be sucked in himself. Sango's Village of Demon Slayers had been massacred by Naraku and her brother had been turned into his own personal puppet; even forced to kill the remaining few Slayers.

Shippou wasn't really involved with Naraku, rather, two demon thunder brothers killed his parents, and after Inuyasha and I got rid of them, he joined up with us and I kind of took him in as a son.

Inuyasha had it the worst of all. Five hundred and fifty years in the past from my time, he had fallen in love with a human, and she in love with him. She was the holder of a Jewel, the Shikon no Tama and this jewel could grant any wish, and power times ten. However, she would only be freed of the jewels burden if a pure wish was made, and she told him that she wished for him to turn human, but he wished to be full-fledged Inu Demon. This didn't cause any turmoil in their love or affections though; they still cared deeply for each other.

Kikyou had one day found a bandit burnt beyond recognition named Onigumo. She took care of him and nursed to the best she could, in a cave hidden well, when he proclaimed his love for her, but was rejected for the young Hanyou, Inuyasha. He let his rage jealousy, and resentment take control of him, attracting lower demons all around, calling them to him. He let them take him, his body, his mind, his soul...but he kept his heart, and his love for Kikyou.

However, it did make a new demon. Onigumo became the Spider Hanyou Naraku and our worst enemy. We had hunted him for months upon months. I thought it would never end...but then...Four Weeks ago, we had our final battle.

-x-x-x-Flashback-x-x-x-

Kagome stood before Sesshoumaru, Kagura, Kouga and Ayame, all of which were waiting beneath a large tree for her and the rest of the group.

"Miko..."

"..." She spoke no words of acknowledgment, and he knew why.

His eyes traveled to his foolish younger brother, and the Clay Miko Kikyou who stood by his side.

'Foolish,'

"I knew I couldn't trust you, flea bag!"

"Kouga," Ayame took hold of his hand and he stopped in his advances towards the irked InuYasha.

"Shut up you mangy wolf, you don't know what you're talkin' about!"

"Don't I though? You ran off to be with your dead lover, leaving Kagome alone. Kikyou is dead! Has been for FIFTY YEARS! She's a shell...nothing more!"

Inuyasha growled before charging forward, his Tetsusaiga exposed in all its glory.

"Inuyasha! SIT!"

"DAMN IT WENCH, STAY THE HELL OUT OF IT!"

"Inuyasha," Sesshoumaru spoke lowly, his voice sent chills down Kagome, Sango, Ayame and Kagura's spines. "Cease this childish behavior. We have more pressing matters." He turned his molten orbs to the dark shadows hovering in the distance.

"...what is that?" Kagome spoke for the first time since she had arrived with the others. She stood next to Kikyou, looking out at the moving shadow that was making its way towards them.

"That is Naraku." Kagura answered.

"That!" She watched it move closer and closer, a sudden air of suffocation surrounding the group as their surroundings were consumed with Naraku's thick Miasma.

-Cough-Cough-Cough-

Kagome was taken into Sesshoumaru's arms and carried away to safety with Kagura close behind; Inuyasha took Kikyou and did the same. Sango and Miroku retreated to higher grounds on Kilala, Kouga and Ayame were quick to follow their example as Naraku appeared before them.

"Kukuku," He laughed, "My little flower, you seem to have wilted wince I last saw you."

Everyone turned to Kagome who glared coldly. She knew she looked like hell; her hair was windswept, so random locks had fallen in randomly wrong places, her cheeks were flushed from earlier tears that had taken their toll on her, and her eyes were red from lack of sleep due to the upcoming battle, this battle. "Careful Naraku, I already plan to kill you; if you keep talking, I'll drag out your death."

"The Taiyoukai pup must have taught you that face," He said, referring to the icy cold glare she wore on her face. She wasn't happy, and that was only made more apparent when her Miko energy began seeping out and around her in swirls of dark pink and light silver.

"Hold your tongue, spider." She said the last word with distaste, as if saying it left a bad taste in her mouth.

"My oh my,"

"Enough talking Naraku!" Inuyasha spoke loudly, annoyed at being ignored.

"Yes," Sesshoumaru spoke, his eyes concealed his emotions with a similar mask that was always worn upon his facial features; the only proof of annoyance was his clenched fist that was at his blades hilt. "Let us end this on-going game of cat and mouse."

"Rather an odd way of putting it..." Naraku looked the group over, his demons hovering high above in the sky, waiting for his orders. He let his eyes settle on Kagura for a moment before smirking cruelly. "I do hope you little mice can prove to be entertaining, I would like to drag this on for a little while at least."

That was all that was needed; a moment later, Inuyasha was going after the retreating Naraku with Sesshoumaru close behind. Kagura and Kagome paired up, getting higher in the air to take care of those the others couldn't get close up. Kagura kept the demons at bay with her fan while Kagome would take out the stronger demons with her arrows and Miko energy. Sango was taking care of demons with her Harikotsu; Kilala was flying about, burning the many demons that would get in her way, biting a few, tearing others up. Miroku of course stayed close to Sango, using his wind tunnel to take care of the majority of the land walkers. Ayame and Kouga were working back to back, many wolves mixed in the fight as they managed themselves, taking care of as many as they could get their claws on.

Kagome glanced around, looking for Kikyou, but found her missing. "Kagura!" She called over the gale winds Kagura was creating. "Where is Kikyou!"

"Kikyou?" Kagura asked, pausing in her attacks. She flew her feather about, looking for the other Miko that joined their group. She felt her eyes widen before narrowing into a glare. "Found her,"

Kagome looked to where Kagura was, "...no..." Kagome couldn't believe her eyes.

Kikyou stood across from InuYasha, arrow held high.

"...looks like she had planned to turn against us this entire time."

Kagome frowned, "Take me lower."

"What?"

"Take me lower!"

"Wait, why?"

"That fight is mine!" Kagome said with a bite in her voice.

Kagura looked at her for a moment before sighing. "Nothing I say will talk you out of this..." She lowered her feather and Kagome jumped the rest of the way, moving in front of Inuyasha who looked as if a rigged knife had been dragged across his throat.

"Kagome, get out of my way, I'll get to you in a moment." Kikyou said coolly, but something tugged at Kagome from inside.

'...it's against her will...' Kagome stepped forward, "Kikyou, you don't want to do this. You love him...why would you want to kill him..."

"...what would you know..."

"..." Kagome took another step forward, Inuyasha fought off a demon that got to close, making sure none tried anything on Kagome as she tried getting through to Kikyou. "I know that he loves you very much, and wants nothing more...than to be with you."

"...Inu..."

Inuyasha turned to the two girls; his eyes widened at the sight of tears being held back in Kikyou's eyes.

"Kagome...please...please kill me!"

Kagome's eyes widened, "I can't do that."

"Then I will kill him!"

"You aren't weak Kikyou! Are you really going to let Naraku control you!"

"..." Kikyou stared at her, eyes wide, fear lacing them. "I can't...control my body."

Kagome looked for a shard, but she found none. 'What is controlling―KANNA! She must have taken a bit of Kikyou's...my...soul.'

"Kanna!" Kagome called out, facing the emotionless child as she stared the void demon down. "Release her!"

"..."

"..." Kagome's glare hardened. "Fine," She aimed her arrow and watched as she closed her eyes. 'If I have no other choice,' she fired a purification arrow and watched it hit the mirror, however, rather than being sucked in, it shattered the reflecting glass. Kagome watched as souls drifted from the mirrors broken framing before Kanna fell to her knees in pain. Moments later, Kanna began to crack and Kagome forced herself to watch as the girl stared her in the eyes before shattering completely then disintegrating.

"Kikyou..." She spoke, turning to her to see how she was doing.

"I'm fine, thank you." She turned and made her way to a farther spot so that she could help battle the increasing number of Demons.

'Increasing?' Kagome glanced around and watched the many demons as they continued multiplying from the few before to the hundreds now. "Kagura!" She called, running as Kagura flew lower and let her jump onto her feather once more. "Where are they all coming from...?"

"I was wondering myself."

"AH!"

Kagura and Kagome stopped where they were and looked down to see Miroku on the ground clutching his hand.

Kagome couldn't believe it, "He wouldn't!"

Kagura scoffed, "Of course he would; he's Naraku!"

"MIROKU!"

"No..." Kagome watched in horror as Sango ran and embraced the frightened monk. "SANGO!" Kagura grabbed hold of Kagome too keep her from doing anything brash, forcing her to watch Miroku and Sango get sucked into a dark void of nothing for the rest of eternity. "..." She said nothing, tears falling from her darkening blue eyes.

"Kagome?"

"Kagura!"

The sound of panic in Sesshoumaru's voice pulled Kagome out of her trance immediately, looking up in time to see Kagura get impaled by Naraku's tentacle. Her feather gave out and Kagome fell while Kagura was stuck hovering in the air. She was caught by an enraged Taiyoukai who placed her down before darting forward and jumping up to Kagura before slicing the tentacle and catching her as he descended. Kagura coughed, tears unshed in her crimson eyes, blood dribbling from her lips.

"Miko, purify this vile thing, and heal her."

Kagome nodded as he placed Kagura down before her before charging Naraku once more, Inuyasha and Kikyou next to him; Kikyou kept a large barrier erected around the three, keeping others out, and Naraku in.

Kagome purified the remainder of the tentacle, then set to work on healing Kagura. She had joined their group a little over six months ago, remaining by Naraku's side while relaying his plans and other valuable information to them. She had fallen in love with Sesshoumaru, but refused to acknowledge those feelings as such, and instead, she kept by his side as a worthy follower and ally. They hadn't been able to retrieve her heart, and Kagome knew...if Naraku was killed, Kagura would die too, and as would all of his other creations.

"You have to live Kagura," Kagome said softly. "Sesshoumaru will not be pleased if you die."

Kagura choked out a pained laugh.

"You'll be okay..."

Kagome was saying this for herself too. She had a barrier around herself, well aware that the demons around her were being purified when they attacked the barrier, only serving to make it bigger and stronger. Within the next ten or fifteen minutes, Kagome had a sheen veil of sweat over her brow, and Kagura was healed and asleep. Only a hundred or so demons remained and Kikyou was destroying them easily enough with Kouga and Ayame's help; Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha were equally drained in energy, but Naraku wasn't doing any better, if anything, he was in worse shape, the barrier still held in place around the three, though it was beginning to flicker.

"I know..." Kagome ran through her barrier and to Kikyou's, catching her attention, she motioned her over. The two stood on either side of the barrier and placed their hands on it. Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha shared looks and then glanced to the girls, catching their eyes. Within seconds, the barrier was up and the two had jumped from their confines. Quickly, the barrier was replaced and Naraku sealed deep within it, for now. "Naraku, Onigumo, you have done nothing but cause to others, and harm to yourself."

Her words caught them all off guard.

"My foolish little flower, what can you do. You are weak, too weak to take me out, even at my weakest."

"No Naraku, I'm not, and I am not your foolish little flower." She let her eyes move past his and to Kikyou's who nodded and removed her hands before stepping back. Kagome closed her eyes and focused her miko energy on the Shikon jewel; being at such close proximity, she easily called out to it, and it simply shot out from his chest cavity, where his heart once used to be. Having destroyed the babies which possessed his heart, he was forced to use the half of the Shiko he had in replacement, even taking Kohaku's shard for himself.

Now, removing all the shards from his body; there was only one outcome left. His eyes lost life and demons soon began to leak from his flesh as he lost his form as Naraku. Kagome compressed her Miko energy around the demons and watched them as they were quickly destroyed.

"Kagome," Kikyou stepped over to her. Kagome was trembling, her face pale with the power drainage she had just went through.

"The jewel..." She reached down, stumbling to the ground as she picked the dark purple half stone up, immediately, the stone turned light pink. She took her's from around her neck and placed the two together in closed hands. They joined and only a few were left.

A tap on her shoulder drew her attention away from the jewel and to Kouga who stood with a hand extended. She looked into the opened clawed hand and saw two jewel shards lying there innocently; light pink with a bit of blue marring them. She smiled and took the two before adding them to the now completed jewel.

Ayame smiled, "Kagome,"

She held the jewel to Inuyasha, knowing of the wish he'd been fighting for.

"No...I don't need it where I'm going." Kagome's eyes widened, "I made a promise to Kikyou a long time ago, and it's time I upheld my end of the bargain."

"...then...I hope I will be able to see you again, one day."

"Yeah; one day soon, you will." Inuyasha smiled, taking Kikyou's hand in his as he waited to see how the time traveling miko he had come to truly love and care for would end her journey through the past.

"Kouga, Ayame, what about you?"

"We will be mating soon, and joining our tribes, as well as rebuilding them. Thank you for the offer, but we'll have to decline."

Kagome didn't bother asking Sesshoumaru, knowing he'd never lower himself to making a wish or gaining power through such a cowardly method. He had his arm back anyways; it had grown back a while back, so he was good.

Shippou had nothing he wanted, fine the way he was. 'So...what then...' She glanced at the hard eyes of Sesshoumaru and knew that there was something she could do for her teacher, brother and confidant. 'Midoriko...is it alright if I make my wish?'

'Speak it child, but choose carefully a pure and selfless wish.'

She hesitated for a moment then smiled, 'I wish for my friends to be happy. More specifically, I wish for Miroku and Sango to move on and be happy together; for Kohaku to be given a second chance, and Kagura...I wish for her heart to be returned, and the life she never got to live to be given.'

'That's a very big wish. You are aware that no wish is selfless, right?'

'Yes, I know. All wishes are derived by desire, and desire is selfish; but...that's okay. Please, make my wish come true.'

'...alright then, I will grant your wish...but consequences will be dealt...later...'

Kagome watched Kagura as she glowed and momentarily hovered in the air before descending gently onto the hard surface. The slow rise and fall of her chest caught the attention of Sesshoumaru who moved to the wind demonesses' side first; picking her up he turned a glance to Kagome who did not return it, merely stared into the jewel in thought.

'This is it...'

"I'm going to go get Shippou." She said, smiling to Inuyasha, Kikyou, Kouga, Ayame and Sesshoumaru, she turned and left them standing there. Kagome knew they would be quick to follow, so quickly, she made her way threw the dense forest and the quiet village. Walking towards a hut with a barrier around it, she put it down and walked inside.

"MAMA!"

"Shippou," She smiled, "Are you ready?"

"Yeah! Uh...where are the others."

"Kikyou and Inuyasha will be leaving soon and I would prefer not watching." Shippou nodded in understanding; truthfully, he would rather not watch too.

"Huh?"

"What is it?" Kagome asked, turning to see a blood covered Kilala standing behind her, one paw hanging limply at her side in her small form. "Kilala..." Tears swelled in her eyes as she picked the two-tailed neko up. "Let's go Shippou, Kilala..." She turned around to the elder woman who had watched the exchange with a sad smile.

"Yea child, take care." Kagome nodded and took the two with her to the well; whispering a goodbye to the friends she was leaving behind and the friends who had left her behind. The dull, colorless jewel sat contently around her neck on the chain it had previously been on. Sitting on the lip of the well, she made sure Shippou was held securely in her arms and Kilala was comfortable but still locked in her arms. She knew nothing was waiting for her on the other side of the well. Naraku had taken care of her family, sending a lower class demon down with her last time when she had traveled last time. The demon had killed her mother, grandfather and injured her brother horribly by the time she had gotten there. She had saved her brother, but no longer did her remember her...or anything about her...

She jumped, and there her adventures ended, a new step soon to begin...a new dance...

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It's over now...

Over...

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(A Year Later)

Kagome walked out of her house and paused, the feel of a powerful demon caught her attention. Aside from Kilala and Shippou, it was the first she'd felt since her time traveling adventures down the well. She was sixteen now, soon to be turning seventeen, and quite frankly, she wasn't looking forward to it. College at Japan's University of History, woo~... She felt another strong demon with the first, and a weaker, but still strong demon, with the two. 'Great,' she thought to herself. She wore a pair of jeans and an off shoulder canary yellow blouse with white flip flops on her feet. 'Looks like I'll be late for registrations,' She smiled, fingering the gray scale jewel that hung around her neck. 'Sounds like fun,'

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Dark Blue eyes connected with Scarlet, 'No...'

"It's something I do in my free time,"

"Not anymore."

"NO! I WOULDN'T THEN, I WON'T NOW!"

'What's wrong with me...?'

"Did I even agree to this?"

"Take care,"

"Mother...please...dance with me...one more time..."