Patapon: The Return of the Hero

Chapter 6: Kingdom Dance!

Previously on Patapon: The Return of the Hero....

Our Heroes Hatapon, Ton, Chin, Kan and Princess have left the Patapon Kingdom to find Hero's last soul relic, Renki. They have found him on Earthend, the place where if you gaze upon IT, you will find eternal bliss.
Our Heroes returned safe and sound on the Kingdom. Yet on their way home, they have discovered their old enemy Sonarchy is still alive. They managed to defeat him but he swore to the Patapons  that he will return.
When they returned, the Patapons have greeted them with warm hugs and welcomed Renki on the Kingdom.

Present Time:
"Oohh! How lovely the festives are!", Meden said as she stared and smiled on the crowd. "Um, Lady Meden? Is there a need for Renki to join us in this celebration?", Hatapon asked Meden. "Of course! He is the reason for this celebration! And the hope of our tribe is now secure!", she replied happily on Hatapon.

Renki's POV
The Patapons are dancing happily on the Patapon Square. They are really happy beings, huh? I saw Chin and Ton having a beer competition. "Ha! I win again this round! Looks like the baby still have ways to go!", Chin mocked Ton. "Grr....", Ton growled. "Umm... Chin? You don't have to mock Ton that much. I mean, he isn't a heavy drinker unlike you.", Kan said to Chin while carrying trays of food. "Hey, Kan? Can I help with that? You seem struggling.", I asked Kan. "Yeah. I really need someone who can help me right now. The Patapons' hunger cannot be easily satisfied.", she said to me tiredly. For the rest of the festival, I helped Kan served the food for the Patapons. When they all calmed down, we both sat on a bench.

"Whew... That was quite harder than I expected.", I said as I finish my drink. "Tell me about it. We have to be very fast to serve the orders and food of our kind.", she replied.

"Say Kan?" "Yes Renki?" I took a breath and asked her, "Am I really the Forgotten Vessel of the Patapon Hero?" "......." She did not response.

Kan's POV
I was shocked. I don't know what to say. "Of course you are!", I replied. "Are you sure? Sometimes, I feel like that isn't the case. Yeah sure, I still have the same power as my original form. But, when I'm with everyone, I feel like I'm left out.", he told me sadly. 'Wow, I never thought he thinks himself like that. Now that I think about it, he always don't talk with us that much. He's quite shy around people and always a scaredy-cat around people who are overly gets a sugar hype because of his cuteness. But, he's always the curious type. Always asking about everything. And reliable person. He always helps out if we need help.', I thought to myself.

"If you're doubting yourself, then I can help you with that. First of all, let's get that shyness out in the way!", I shouted as I took his hand and ran towards the main square where there are many Patapons gathering around for the traditional dance. In addition, Princess, Meden and Hatapon are there. 'Hu-hu-hu! Maybe I can expel his shyness by dancing. Also, Her Highness, Lady Meden and Hatapon are there too. Maybe I can show them how a great dancer Renki is!', she thought happily as they ran through the crowd.

At the Dance.....
Princess' POV
I was sitting in front of the crowd. Meden and Hatapon are sitting beside me. It's time for the "Kingdom Dance".
I was waiting for this moment because I heard that one of the dancers is Kan. She is a great dancer. Though I was wondering where Renki went.

"It's the moment we've been waiting for! The traditonal "Kingdom Dance" of our Kingdom!", Hatapon shouted and the crowd cheered.
The band started and playing I saw the dancers. And I saw Kan and..... Renki?

Renki's POV
'Why did this happened?', I asked myself as the music started playing. "Come on it's time!", Kan said excitedly. "Yeah, yeah. I'm really nervous.", I told her as I'm shaking with fear and anxiety. "Don't worry, just do what we practiced.", she whispered. "Okay", I replied.

Dancing Time!!!

When the music started, Kan lifted her arms to the air and slowly lift it down and closely bring it to her chest. Then she lifted her right arm forward and her left arm sideways next before twirling around once. Afterwards, Renki moved forward and spread his arms like an eagle and knelt down. Kan then move towards Renki and stepped on his back.

He then lifted Kan while she pose in a T-Square pose. Then they both lifted their left arm forward simultaneously. Kan blow some powder away to make like a fog-like appearance.

They both stepped out of the fog sideways then knelt while turning their to each others. When the violin plays, they both took out a flower from behind them and stood up. Next, they faced both each other and fluidly ran towards to their opposite direction while lifting their right arm and almost kneeling in one knee.

When the flute plays again, they both stood up straight again and faced each other once more. They both reached out their right arm and hold their hands together. They pulled each other close and place the flower and their ear. Then they push each other away again while still holding to each other and lifted their other arm to the air while looking in the direction where their arm is pointed. And then they both separated and move away from each other.

When the tempo and melody changed, so did their dancing style. They both took a fan. Renki is holding on his left hand while Kan is holding hers on her right hand. They both opened it and  jumped sideways and roll before stopping and lifted their arm where they are holding their in the opposite direction.

The crowd clapped their hands and cheered before their backup dancers came to stage. Some of the backup dancers are holding sticks and they hit the sticks to the ground while following the melody. Some backup dancers have fans in both of their hands. They move towards behind Renki and Kan.

The dancers lifted their right fan forward while Renki and Kan widely spread their arms. The dancers twirl once simultaneously. Kan slided and lifted her fan upwards before jumping from her position. Renki then jumped forward and lifted his fan sidewards and swaying it upwards before lifting it down.

Afterwards, the dancers lifted down their fans and throw some petals to the air. While the petals are falling down, Renki twirl around with his fan open towards Kan. She knelt down one knee, reaching out her hand towards Renki, who was twirling towards her. She then catches Renki and do a reverse spin. This time, Renki was the one catches her. She stretches her body while Renki is holding her.

The tempo and melody of the music are speeding up now. Renki releases Kan and they both do a triple reverse spin.

Renki's POV

Flashback:

"Say Renki, when we get back, can you join at the 'Kingdom Dance'?, Kan asked me while I'm washing my shiv. "Kingdom Dance? What's that?", I asked. "It's a traditional dance where we dance in front of the crowd and the Princess, Lady Meden and Hatapon are going to watch us. I'm the one who always dance because of my dancing skills.", she replied. "You do know that I'm quiet shy around new people and I'm not a good dancer." "Well, we can expel that shyness of yours by dancing and besides, if someone makes a fun out of you, I'll slaughter where they stand.", she said coldly while smiling.
"Okay.... Maybe I can try.", I said quietly. "REALLY?! THANK YOU, RENKI!!!", she shouted as she pounced towards me and hugged me tightly. "Not so tight Kan!", I said while pushing her away.

End of Flashback
'Jump and pose!', I said to myself as I did the final move. We posed dramatically while panting heavily.
"Woah! That was unexpected! Give it up folks for Kan and Renki!", Hatapon shouted and the whole Kingdom shouted and cheered. I look at Kan and smiled. She smiled back at me.

Princess' POV
I sat there, shock and surprised. I didn't know that Renki was a good dancer. I looked at Renki and saw his smile. I blushed at him, knowing that he cannot see me because of the thickness of the crowd. "This night was the best", Hatapon said. "Yeah, the best", I murmured.

A/N: Hello! I'm wanna say thank you for reading my story this far. As for this chapter, I wrote this to see what happens after they return. The next chapter is the start of the new arc. So please, wait for the next updates of this. And I'm sorry if I hadn't been updating a lot. We had a upcoming school play but it was canceled due to the COVID-19. And because of that, I can now write the story more often.

See you guys later!

EDIT: I finally added the dance here! I wasn't prepared when I wrote this chapter so here you go! I tried to synchronize the dance moves on the music "Kingdom Dance" from Tangled.