‘A new morning in LA starts’
‘What is BTS’ morning like?’

Jennie watched in amusement as Nate yells for help when he tosses the BTS stuffed animals all over him, goofing off with Tae.

After goofing around, Jen and the rest of the members sit on the couch. Each member had on a white shirt with their names on them. “When I woke up in the morning, this was next to my head.” Suga holds his BTS doll in his hands, looking at it in confusion.

“What could this be?” J-Hope questions, holding on to his.

“I think it’s cute.” Jennie looks at her doll, that had a cute smile with it.

“V-Pikachu!”

‘Character Dolls that look exactly like BTS’

Everyone’s attention turns to the screen when they hear the announcement, “BTS! Challenge to the real Hip-Hop dance!”

“This’ll be fun.” Jen speaks up in English.

“Why is it dancing again~” V whines.

“It’s dancing!” J-Hope stands up, excited.

“Who’s the best dancer here?” Nate asks.

“J-Hope.” V points to him

“Show, show me! Show me!” Suga shakes him

J-Hope samples a little bit of Michael Jackson in his dancing. “We have a dance machine.” Suga calls out Jin.

“Ah, why do I come out.” Jin stands up. “What do you want me to show?”

“Hip hop bounce!” V cheers.

Jin starts bouncing up and down while Jen giggles. And then he starts doing his trademark traffic dance.

“Rap Monster, everybody’s a really, really good dancer. Everybody’s good.” Tony praises.

“Thank you!” V says in his cute English voice

“Anybody could win this competition. You could win this competition.” Tony points to Jin. “Who’s ready to do a dance competition?”

“ME!” Rap Monster shouts.

“So eager!” Jennie laughs as they all get pumped up.

Jennie (I’m a little nervous for the dance competition because I really haven’t showcased my dance skills. I do hope that whatever this competition is, I can do well)

‘Whatever you guys are imagining, you will see pass that expectation. BTS! You have confidence, right?’
‘Arrived at the mission place, the dance studio!’

Jen had on a pair of ripped jeans and a black muscle shirt, exposing her arms, while the guys start goofing around. They all attempt to jump up to touch the ceiling.

“Let me try!” Jen runs up and jumps up, trying to touch the ceiling. She manages to grab onto it and jumps down. “Yeah! That was lit!” She high fives V.

After goofing around, they all sit down. “I personally hope that I’m able to start liking dancing through this experience.” Suga speaks up.

“Hyung, you used to do some b-boying.” J-Hope points out

“I did do it before.”

“Hyung! Show us your true b-boying skills.” V requests

“I haven’t done b-boying in three years.” Suga explains.

“It was only one year since you did this.”

“I’ll only do it three more years.”

“If they ask for you to show your freestyle, show that.” J-Hope adds.

“I’m not bad at dancing.” Suga asserts.

“Did hyung just say he’s not bad at dancing? Rapmon laughs

“I’m not bad, you guys are misunderstanding.” Suga says, making Rap Monster laugh loudly.

“Don’t tie me with you! It makes me feel bad”

“To be honest, Suga hyung is too caught between the foam.”

“I don’t dance bad to the point where the attention would come to me.” He retorts, earning a snort from Jennie as she tries to stiff a laugh.

“Hyung! When we prepared for comebacks before, didn’t we practice over a hundred times just because of hyung?” V asks.

“But that wasn’t just for ‘Boy in Luv’, that was for every album.” Jimin teases while Suga just stares at them while Rap Monster and Jimin laugh

“You act like if someone saw you, they would think that you were at the level of Chris Brown or something.” Suga laughs

“BTS!” A female voice calls out, making them all look around. “Are you ready to play with me? BTS! Are you ready to play with me?”

“I’M READY!” They all yell

Hip hop music comes on and a girl appears, break dancing in front of them as they all cheer and clap for her. “Aye!” Jennie nods.

‘A special tutor who has appeared for this mission!’
‘Whoa! Jenny Kita! A Japanese-American dancer who is one of the top dancers in America!’
‘A dancer for famous artists such as PSY, Madonna, Gwen Stefani, Jenny Kita!’

“Now that I can see what you could do as a group, I wanna see what you guys can do individually. I wanna see what style, what vibe you bring solo.” Jenny says.

“Pants! My pants! Oh my God! Pants!” Jimin touches his jeans, trying to explain.

“So, does anyone wanna go first?” She asks.

“I’ll go!” Jennie raises her hand

“All right! Ladies first!” Jenny smiles and claps for her.

After freestyling, doing quick, random hip hop moves, everyone claps for her.

“All right, who is next?” Jenny looks around.

“Let’s avoid eye contact.” Jin murmurs

“Ok, how about…this one.” She points to V as he grins

One by one, the guys went on to show their dance tutor their dance moves.

“Oh snap! Okay! Okay!” Jennie hypes up Suga when he starts B-Boying as the rest of the guys get hyped up, cheering him on and laughing.

“Nice!” Jenny claps. “Now I’m going to split you all into groups.”

“You’re going to divide us” Jimin questions.

‘Going to divide them into dance units depending on their skills’

“Go ahead, and turn around.” She requests as she picks out the groups. Jennie feels her grab her arm and make her go back with Jimin, Jungkook and J-Hope.

‘What is the fate of the remaining lower dance students?’

Jenny decides to put Rap Monster with Jimin, and Jin with J-Hope. Then he decides to put Suga with Jennie.

“Yeah!” Suga happily cheers and high fives her.

Jen (I’ll admit, I was so happy when she put me with Suga. I look up to him. I love his rapping, he’s a huge inspiration to me since I started in BTS. My weaknesses are his strengths, and my strengths are his weaknesses. Together, we’ll work hard to try to beat the other guys. I believe we’ll make a great team.)

‘Dance hole in BTS?’

Jin (I danced every single day without missing a day. And that’s my status now. Saying I need to move my body, need to follow the rhythm, things like that were so scary to me.)

Jimin and Rap Monster were called Team Swag, Jungkook and V were called Team Trouble, Jin and J-Hope were called Team Step Up, and Jennie and Suga were called Team Fierce.

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‘The next day’

Everyone heads back to the dance studio, stretching and randomly dancing. Jennie decides to stretch until Jenny arrives. Jennie wore sweatpants and a grey hoodie with sneakers as her hair was out in loose curls.

“What’s up guys? How do you guys feel?” Jenny greets

“Great!” Jennie claps.

“Feels good!” Jimin says in English

“I’m so good!” Suga follows suit

“Good! You guys did really well last time we danced together. I gave you some pointers, and some things to think about and to feel when you’re dancing. So, we also picked the weakest link from each team, right? So we’re gonna have each weakest link show me how you can improve, by battling it out with some special guest dancers.”

“What!?” BTS and Jen shout, looking astonished.

Jen (Ah-ha-ha-ha-ha…WHAT!? HUH!?)

“It’s hardening, his expression is hardening.” J-Hope teases Jin who was looking nervous.

“Each of you are going to battle one by one with some special guest dancers that we have for you.” Jenny reveals. “Win 4 rounds and go to the next level.”

“How do we win?” Suga asks

“We can’t win!” Rap Monster whines in English

“Confidence!” Jennie pats him on the shoulder.

“Let’s just do it bluntly, be blunt.” J-Hope advises.

“Worst case scenario would be all three of us losing in a row.” Suga mentions.

“If all three lose, then all of us will go out and dance together at the same time.” Jimin suggests.

“Come out at the same time and beat them all, okay?”

“Get revenge on them, for us.” Jin adds

“This is funny.” J-Hope giggles.

“This is funny? I’m serious right now.” Jin exclaims as the dancers start entering the room. A group of males and females walk in, standing before them, looking intimidating.

“Well...this should be fun.” Jennie murmurs.

‘The dancers who will go against them in a dance battle have entered’

Jen (As soon as I saw them walk in, the butterflies in my stomach came out of nowhere. What if I’m called out to dance? And will I be able to deliver? I get critical about of my dancing. I always feel like I can do better and better. And I will one day. I just hope if I am picked, I can win. Because I like to win and I’m very passionate about freestyle dancing. It’s so fun and makes me feel so…alive, I guess, haha. Lack of a better word.)

Jin (How could we beat people who have good grooves since birth? Wait, not how we can win against them, but more like, what should we do about this? I only had thoughts about what I should do.)

“I feel like they’ll be too good.” J-Hope observes the dancers in front of him.

“Jennie, you all right? You haven't said anything. V puts his hands on her shoulders from behind.

“Oh, I’m fine.” She answers in a serious tone, analyzing each dancer in front of her.

Jen (I take free styling more seriously than when I’m usually taught choreography at times because when it’s time for a dance battle, I like to go all out. I used to do dance battles with friends and other people when I was back in America. After school, during recess, during dance classes, it was so fun. But I ended up losing, most of the time and it made me feel bummed. I felt like I wasn’t good enough, y’know? But I should keep in mind, that the people I’ve battled, they danced longer than me, practiced more than me, and I can’t be discouraged. I need to keep trying and learn more. So, I hope I’m on their level, whoever I may face. And learn from them.)

“They’re real dancers.” Suga points, feeling intimidated.

“And so are we.” Jennie replies. “We got this. Relax. Don’t be intimidated. Trust your skills.”

“Everyone’s serious, right now.” Jungkook adjusts his hat.

“Nice to meet you!” V says in English, waving at them.

“So this is a special little crew of dancers that I put together to battle you guys. This is BTS, they came to LA to learn about hip-hop culture.” Jenny points out as the dancers nod. “Okay, so who do we have first?”

“Suga!” Jen and the rest of the guys call out as he raises his hand.

“Aye! You got this!” Jennie fist bumps him. “Show em that we’re Team Fierce!”

“I feel like I’m showing all my weak points and embarrassing sides after coming to America.” Suga stands in the middle.

“Go Suga! Go Suga!” Jimin chants in a deep voice

Suga shakes hands with the male dancer in the red shirt as they meet in the middle. “All right! Cue music!” Jenny announces.

Suga starts b-boying again, confidently attacking first. His moves were fluid and smooth.

He steps up to the guy and puts two of his fingers in front of his eyes and turns it to his before turning to the side and hip bumping against guy.

“I cannot believe he just did that! Hahaha!” Jennie laughs as the guy leans back, covering his mouth.

“First round, Suga!” Jenny announces as the winner.

“Yeah! Gimme some!” Jennie jumps up and hugs him. “That’s what I’m talking about!”

Jennie (I’m so proud of him! Team Fierce, baby!)

Jimin (I think Suga hyung started off on a very good start.)

Suga (Rather than say I did well, I think I was just lucky)
Suga is in high spirits as he goofs around but then another guy jumps up in front of him, making him scurry back.

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“Next round, BTS Member, Rap Monster!” Jenny announces.

“Oh my God.” He looks up at the ceiling and steps forward

“Go Rap Mon! Go Rap Mon!” Jimin cheers.
The dance team pushes forward a guy in a black clap as they cheer loudly for him.

Rap Monster (When I went in front, I couldn’t think of anything. I just did what my body told me to do.)

The guys in the black cap starts performing his skilled dance moves, making Jennie nods in approval. Suddenly the guy back flips, as a chorus of ohs surround the room.

Jennie (*Throws arms up in the air* I’m DONE!)

Rap Monster starts doing his goofy dance, while the guy just looks around, questioning what he was doing.

‘Will win through his expressions rather than his dancing’

After they finish, Jenny points to the dancing team as the winners.

‘Rap Mon loses’
‘Bangtan:1, America:1. The victory is back to the starting point!’

“In my opinion, hyung could have totally won over that guy. I told you before hyung started, that you can win if you just do it calmly.” Jimin addresses.

“I did do it, calmly.” Rap Monster exclaims.

“Hyung, couldn’t show everything he has. I hope that when Jin hyung does it, he’ll do it calmly.”

“I will do all I can!” Jin replies.

“Onto the next round with Jin!” Jenny announces as Kris Kross’ Jump comes on. Jennie immediately begins dancing to the beat, enjoying the nostalgia. Jin starts off dancing first but gets overshadowed by the guy’s grinding on the floor.

Jennie (Oh...no.)

Jin starts doing his trademark hip hop bounce as the guy follows his move.

‘The dance team competitor who is drunk in his own feel’

“AHHHHH!” BTS yell while Jennie puts her hands over her head, freaking out over Jin and his opponent going head to head in the traffic dance.

“Okay guys, that was really good. But I have to give it to this side.” Jenny points to the dancer’s side.

‘Losing twice in a row!’

Jin (I was really provoked while doing it with that person. He was so drunk in his own feel that he didn’t even look at me. I really disliked him.)

Jimin (If it went accordingly, I would think that Jin hyung would win, but well standards are different.)

“Alright, so good job guys! The results from that battle was that our special guest crew got two wins. Only two more to go.” Jenny acknowledges

“I can’t accept it!” Jimin exclaims.

Jennie (I could just feel myself getting riled up. I always get like this when it comes to dance battles. Like I really don’t want us to go out like this. I was tempted to ask if I could dance but J-Hope beat me to it. So, I’ll continue to just watch)

“Let’s step on them! Jimin-ah, let’s step on them!” J-Hope suggests.

“Can another team from our side go out and battle it out?” Jimin requests.

“All right so who’s going to go first from BTS?” Jenny asks.

“Shall I go out?” Jimin steps forward.

“Jimin! Jiminie!” Suga shouts, clapping.

Jimin turns his attention to his opponent and says in English, “You! No dance. Listen to music, okay? Basics are important.”

“Basics?” J-Hope looks on in confusion

“Come again?” Jennie raises a brow.

“Jimin doesn’t have basics.” Rapmon adds.

Jennie (Jimin, what are you doing?)

“All right, ready? Cue music!” Jenny announces.

The guy in the black cap dances first and ends up pushing Jimin back when he starts to dance.

A scoff came out of Jennie as she rolls her eyes, shaking her head. Unaware that a few girls in the dance crew were watching, whispering to each other.

Jen (No. Just no. Are you kidding me? Really?)

Jennie looks on in disapproval. “Why’d you have to touch him, though?” She calls out.

J-Hope (My blood just started boiling)

Rap Monster (His bad manners were just too much.)

Jen (You see, I’m used to that, unlike the guys are but I had to learn to understand what other cultures might think so I had to make sure to tone it down when I came to South Korea. So, when I saw him push Jimin, I got upset. Like, be mindful of others’ cultures.)

The guy pushes Jimin again when he starts dancing as Jenny calls him out on it, shaking her head in disapproval. The guy back flips while Jennie continues throwing shade at the the guy with her facial expressions.

Jen (No. No honey, no. That’s all I gotta say.)

“That round goes to Jimin, because he has better musicality.” Jenny says. “And precision with his like, body control. So! Give it up for Jimin, he did a great job.”

Jennie (Two to two! Yeah boy!)

---

Next round was between Jungkook and another guy. “You got this, Kookie!” Jennie cheers.

Jungkook starts B-Boying and goes up to the guy who was shorter than him, and steps up to him, using his height as an advantage.

“Oooooohhhhhh!”

Jennie(Haha, Ah…Jungkook. I love him! He’s the best. That was funny.)

Out of nowhere, Jungkook flips over, but eds up tumbling down on the ground, hitting the floor hard as everyone around him ohs, loudly. Jennie cringes at the sight, covering her mouth with her right hand in shock.

After his fall, Jungkook’s opponent begins his attack of dance moves, dancing quickly, making smooth and effortless floor moves.

Suga (That person was…he had a different class. He was really a dancer.)

Jenny raises the guy’s hand in victory as the dancing team has three points while BTS has two points.

“Don’t do anything that you don’t have. Like you did your flip. And you landed hard. That right there, you could get messed up.” Odin, the dancer Jungkook just battled advises. “And the judge is gonna see that, “Oh, he didn’t get it.’ So I want you to do only what you have. Don’t do anything you don’t have in battle.”

After listening to his words of wisdom, everyone claps for him.

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“Hey, the girl. The girl in the back.” The black girl with the blue shirt calls out, pointing to BTS.

“Jennie?” Jungkook points to her as the rest of the members reveal her standing behind. Loud ohs were heard from everyone as Jennie looks up. She looks around to see everyone staring at her.

Jimin (Ah...Jennie has been called out. I always wanted to see how she dances in America.)

“Huh? Me?” Looking like a deer caught in headlights, Jennie widens her eyes, not expecting to be called out.

“Yeah...you.” The girl walks up to the middle, filled with confidence. “I saw your expressions. You face me. I want to see how good you are. Since you want to make those expressions, let’s see if you can back up your dance skills.”

Another round of oohs was heard around the room while Jen lets out a short chuckle.

Jennie (Heh, heh...excuse me?)

“Remember to listen to the music, Jennie.” Jimin advises.

“You got this, Jennie!” Jungkook cheers for her.

“Come on, you and me, one on one. Let’s go. Unless you’re scared~.” The girl teases, motioning for her to step up. “Don’t let the guys dance for you.” She continues calling her out while everyone oohs at her attack.

Jennie (Hahaha...this girl....)

“Okay. Okay.” Jennie mumbles to herself as she takes off her hoodie, revealing her muscle shirt. She takes off one of her black hair ties and puts her hair up in a ponytail, earning oohs from the dancers as they joke around with the girl in the blue shirt that Jennie was about to get serious.

“All right, if you insist. Let’s go.” Jennie steps up, to the middle while everyone starts cheering. She faces off with the girl who was a few inches taller than her.

Jen (I was always nervous about dancing like I usually would dance in America, because things are different in South Korea. But this is a competition and I want to win. So, whenever I’m in competitions, I tend to get even more extra. Like really extra. So, I am glad that I’m back home in America. I want my team to win. I don’t want to let the guys down…so…hopefully they won’t think I’m too crazy. Or Ghetto…I’m so nervous. What are they going to think? What am I going to do? She called me out, I’m not backing down.)

“Come on, Jen! You got this!” J-Hope cheers her on.

‘Music makes me lose control! Music makes me lose control!’

Jen (And of course it just HAD to be Missy Elliot’s Lose Control. UGH! Now I gotta go in! Let’s do this!)

Notes