Title: Limelight

Rating: K+

Summary: When she was younger, she worked with the worlds biggest stars. Her face was everywhere; newspaper, ads, movies, commercials. People would stop her and ask an autograph and she would always appear on the papers. Five years later, she's working as a small time vet in her hometown. What caused her to disappear from the limelight?

Pairings: KagSasu

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Inuyasha.


Chapter 1: Once Upon a Time

Five Years Ago

Flashes were everywhere as a young girl, around the age of 11 with long black raven hair and brown eyes, walked down the red carpet. The movie she starred in was her biggest sixth hit; acting besides Hollywood's biggest star, Johnny Depp. Microphones and tape recorders were shoved in her face trying to get the latest scoop.

"Miss Takahashi!" shouted reporters, vying for her attention.

The young girl turned towards a lucky reporter and smiled naturally, her eyes bright and her dimples showing with a hint of blush on her cheeks from the attention she was getting.

"Miss Takahashi. How do you feel about the film?"

"It was so fun to film. The directors and actors and actresses made me feel like family and made it so fun."

"What movie genre would you like to tackle next?"

Holding a finger against her lips, she gave it a thought as the reporters cooed at the cuteness she emmited. "Well I hope I'll get to tackle comedy next. I like to make people laugh, especially around my group age."

"Which actor/actress, director, writer, etc do you hope to work with in the future?"

She didn't have to think about the answer because she knew what she wanted to say. "Mogami Kyoko-san because of her determination and awesome acting skills while trying to have fun. I know she'll be a blast to work with."

"And last but not least, where do you hope you'll be in the future?"

"Well, in the future we, actors and actresses, are the magic people who walk an inch above the ground and leave magical stardust's in the movies, making people believe in our work and make the fantasy come to life." With that said, she waved goodbye as the flashes went off and the reporters went to the other famous people walked down the aisle.


Present

Kagome woke up to her cell phone buzzing and barking on the nightstand besides her bed. Blindingly, she reached for it until she felt the object in hand and lifted it over her head. Putting the password in her first generation iPhone, she blinked at the message and shot up, pushing Luka –her four year old border collie, who was still asleep- off her legs and making her way around her room as Maru –her three year old pyrenees mix with light brown patches on his fur- and Kaito –the littlest of the pack Siberian husky- still heavily sleeping. Grabbing a pair of sweatpants and her hair band, she rushed downstairs, stumbling and tripping.

Hearing urgent banging against her glass door, she flipped on her lights while inputting the passcode for her compound and unlocking her door. She moved out of the way as Kiba came in, Akamaru, his giant white Akbash, who was whining and whimpering and set him on the examination table in the nearest room.

"What's wrong with him?" he said, panicking and pacing

She first checked his eye reflexes and his mouth. Grabbing her stethoscope, she held it up to his heart first then to his lungs and stomach, humming here and there. Pulling back, she calmly looked at Kiba who was kept glancing between his dog and her.

"So!" He said, anxiously.

"It was probably the piece of bacon he ate earlier before." She calmly said, crossing her arms with a hint of smile on her face.

"Bacon? What bacon?" he said at loss, trying to remember if he had bacon earlier today.

"Probably Hinata-chan snuck it in while you weren't looking." She said, as she wrote down some notes on her clipboard as Kiba glared at the white ball of fluff that somehow looked sheepish. "I'll give you something to help his digestion later on."

Making her way towards the medicine cabinet, she went through the pills as Kiba flopped down on the chair that was next to the door. She came back with a bag which held folded triangles and handed over to Kiba.

"Just sprinkle this on his meal and make sure he eats it all." She said handing the bag over to him. "There's enough for three days and make sure he drinks a lot of water."

She was engulfed in a hug by the taller man. Laughing, she patted his back as he muttered thanks. "Seriously, Kagome-chan. You are a lifesaver." He told her, gently putting Akamaru in the backseat. Closing the door, he leaned against it and stared down into her blue eyes. "It's a good thing you live upstairs where you work." He smirked.

"Alright now, go home and get some rest. Tomorrow you're house will be full of barking and jumping puppies." She retorted nudging him to the driver's seat.

"But seriously. I don't know what I'll do if you hadn't chosen veterinarian as a profession." Kiba said, once again thanking him and then left with a kiss to the forehead.

Kagome stood there, waving until the tail lights disappeared into the darkness and went back into her building. Locking the door behind her and turning off the lights. She input the security password and made sure everything was put back into place. Heading upstairs, she undid her hair from the hair band and sat on her bed, staring at the small picture of her, smiling into the camera on the cork board.

Sighing, she tugged off her sweatpants and climbed into bed, putting the past behind her.


Prompt: Stardust

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