Jitterbug! by Dawn of Roses Kiss

Why I Changed My Last Name to Jitterbug

Okay this is my contest entry for the Ultimate Tournament by Tangy, word Jitterbug! Sorry if this is kinda messed up. It's my first try ever! :P Please vote for me! And heres the link or whatever you call it lol http://www.dokuga.com/forum/29-challenges/46246-the-ultimate-fanfic-tournament-challenge#46349

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I twirled my hair nervously as it neared time for me to go on stage. I smoothed my red dress that made me look like a lady bug, I was conscious that there were even more people than usual in the audience. This was a dance competition and I was in it; every week we would have a different task to be assigned to, along with the dancing and for this week it was to get a sponsor that was not your own company.

Tonight we would be sponsoring the Jitterbug phone brand. How? My insanely hot inu youkai partner Sesshoumaru and I were going to dance to the song Jitterbug.

For whatever reason there was, I felt like I had some kind of nervous disorder or Jitterbugidis like I liked to say. I was always worried before show that I was going to forget something or that Sesshoumaru - the bronze and brains of this thing - would drop me. Even though he had my… full trust, I still was nervous.

“Kagome, Mr. Taisho and you shall go on after the commercial.” Kikyou my sister and advisor told me formally.

“Thanks Kikyou.” I muttered and I must have had that I’m-sick-with-Jitterbugidis-once-again look on my face because Kikyou started telling me I’d be fine. “I know, I know.”

I put on a determined face and grinned. I saw my partner getting ready on the other side of the dance floor, behind the curtain just like me. I gave him a thumbs up but his typical passive face was still on, not a sign of worry. Great.

I waited a while and then they got the cameras rolling while the announcer did what he did best; announce.

“Up next is our favorite group, Kagome Higurashi and Sesshoumaru Taisho.” He told the audience and a lot of teenage girls and some woman stood up holding signs.

Some I wasn’t even going to think about they were that bad and some said the simple; GO SESSHOUMARU! Where did Kagome go? They could care less as long as they had their eye candy.

I walked out at the same time as Sesshoumaru after we were announced and I put most of my weight onto my right leg while trying my best to not drool at my, yes I must say it again, hot partner as he hooked his arm through mine.

A screen above our head gave the story before the show about how we felt about the dance and stuff. But I found out I had made one little slip up while talking.

My face turned red like a tomato as my voice rang out from the speakers. “Sesshoumaru is pretty good, I’ll give him that. And he’s a total hottie, why is it that he’s still single I will never know.”

“Oh crud,” I muttered and once again the speakers got that.

“So Kagome those are your words towards that little sentence?” the announcer asked.

“Uh-huh.” I giggled nervously feeling a severe case of Jitteridis coming on.

I looked in the corner of my eye to see Sesshoumaru smirking.

“Any comment Mr. Taisho?” he asked.

“No comment.” His deep and insanely smexy - yes smexy because I was too embarrassed to ever say the real word - voice said firmly.

Said inu youkai turned towards me with bright amber eyes fixed on mine as the announcer finally left so we could dance.

“Get ready, the steps are different than the original remember that.” He murmured to me as we both moved so our faces were towards the audience.

We both made a X out of our arms and held onto each other’s hands, smiling like always, well at least I was he was doing his usual I’m-going-to-ripe-your-head-off-when-I’m-done smirk.

The music started and I took a step back from him still holding onto his hand but now facing him as he took a step back too. I twisted going underneath our arms as he lifted them up and then he did the same, going through my arms when I wasn’t moving again and bending slightly just so he could make it through.

We moved quickly to the beat as gracefully as we could through the steps and all the nervousness from before I had, had vanished.

We made an O space between us then I spun into it making sure to never let go of his hand as my back pressed into his chest and we stepped forward with one foot and then back. We took a single step forward once again and I quickly spun back out of his chest on the opposite side letting go of only one of his hands and we both stomped onto the ground once with the foot closest to each other.

And then we paused, smiling I put my hand on his shoulder while we still held on to each other’s hand as we walked forward stomping our feet. Once we were mid-stage we both kicked our foot out and did kind of like a really fast tango remix finally letting go of each other’s hand only the grab hands again as we skipped sort of while circling each other still bending our elbows.

I tipped back grinning madly as I made him have to hold up the pressure of both of us leaning back and then we snapped back to a normal stance.

The part I hated the most came and I was suddenly very happy for wearing shorts underneath the dress as Sesshoumaru bent down and picked me up, upside-down and I spread my legs into a large V. He sat me back down on my legs and we went opposite directions fanning our arms out in and then bringing them back down quickly, continuing until we met back after a circle.

We started our own strange tango again and I spun in a circle once before I turned around and fell back into his already waiting arms and I followed him until he was almost kneeling then we shot back up and we faced the cheering audience once again, cocking our head to the opposite sides while moving our legs side to side in a funky fashion. Before putting a hand on top of our head and then shooting it in front of us like we’re going to stop a car. We both started kicking out our legs when the arm on that side went out.

I couldn’t help but smile as I put my hand together over my head like a rocket and Sesshoumaru’s arms went around me but not touching. I pretended to hit him with side and he “fell” back while I danced around behind him and he got up into a crab position with as much style as he could muster. I did a cartwheel over him and fell back onto his stomach like I was sitting on him and kicked my legs up in the air. I got off him and onto my knees as he shot back up and I rolled onto my stomach propping my head up with hand and smiled as big as I could while panting as Sesshoumaru stood over me like he had finally won something and his hand shot up in the air.

“Next time do not sit on me so hard.” He muttered for only me to hear.

“Oh sorry,” I whispered back. “Do not fall on top of me this time.”

Sesshoumaru jumped over me and landed in a handstand before rolling forward and turning back towards me to help me up.

“Jitterbug eh?” One of the male judges said. “I see one female Jitterbug and her partner in crime but I do not see is anything wrong with that dance.”

Whatever nervousness then left me and I smiled.

The next judge a woman I forgot the name of said. “Dear, you are so right he is a hottie I don’t know how you don’t drool around him. No offence Sesshoumaru but she is right.” Giggles arose from the crowd and I blushed as she continues. “But this isn’t about the hottie this is about the dancing and I think you Ms. Jitterbug have a wonderful dancing future ahead of you.”

The last and final judge was a woman too and she was the only one I remembered. Mazi smiled at me and messed around with Sesshoumaru by doing this weird eyebrow thing.

“You two are so cute. I don’t know how he’s single either Kagome.” Mazi said. “And I have a surprise that Jitterbug gave me some cell phones to give to their awesome Jitterbug duo!”

I smiled sheepishly as she threw us a bag and Sesshoumaru and I bowed to them before leaving the stage.

****

“You both are off the show.” The judges told us while we were on live TV.

My eyes widened. “W-Why?”

“Because Sesshoumaru bribed the Jitterbug company and that is against the rules. Thus you have violated the rules and you are off the show.”

“No!!!” I yelled my mouth open wide.

Before I could do anything Sesshoumaru’s fist collided with all the judges’ head and they fell to the ground unconscious.

“You know that you’ll get jail time for hitting the judges and two women.” I said in shock.

He shrugged and muttered for only me to hear. “Probably, now are you coming or are you going to stay here? If you stay I will pin this on you.”

I stiffened and his words were stuck in my head. “I’m going with you.”

He grabbed me around the waist and fought his way out and once we were on the street he took to the sky in a youkai cloud.

Hello I’m Kagome Higurashi. I just now changed my name to Kagome Nervous Jitterbug. And my story started and ended here.