Why Me?!

Disclaimer: Much to my own sorrow, I do not, I repeat, I DO NOT own InuYasha. Or any of the other characters.

Chapter 1 – I Must Be Dreaming -

Kagome closed the door behind her as she stepped into her personal make-up room (AN- I don't know what the rooms are called, but the stars have there own rooms with their names on the doors, you knowâ€). Sighing she looked at the clock, and saw she had 30 minutes until she had to go on stage. No matter how much she loved the life of a 19-year-old rock star, she wished she could have some of her privacy back.

Looking into the mirror she tried to see what her fans saw in her. All she saw was a normal teenager; long, black hair, deep, green eyes, fair skin. She had no clue what the people chanting her name at that very moment saw in her. Picking up her guitar she sat down on the couch and started humming a song that she was working on. Letting the familiar sound of her guitar move through her, she let herself get caught in the music, almost completely forgetting everything else except for the nameless song she had yet to finish.

Glancing at the clock again, she gasped when she saw that nearly 20 minutes had gone by. Setting the guitar down, even though she wasn't very happy about not being able to use her own guitar, she walked out of her room and down the hall, where she could see a lot of people running around and carrying stuff. 'Rin and Sango are probably mad at me for ditching them.' She started jogging to the place where she had last seen her best friends.

Hearing her manager call her name from somewhere behind her she looked back, only to crash into something and fall flat on her back. She groaned in pain, shutting her eyes to the violently bright lights above her. After a few seconds, when the pain in the back of her head started to fade, she opened her eyes and trying to sit up. Seeing a large clawed hand in front of her face she frowned and followed the hand up the arm and to its owner. He had long, silver-white hair, and amber eyes. The things that really caught her attention were the adorable dog-ears on the top of his head. It was the lead singer of the band that was going onstage after her. Demon's View.

"Feh. Stupid bitch, why don't you watch where you're going next time, huh?" Kagome's mind to a moment to process what he had said. Ignoring his hand she stood up on her own and glared at him.

"What did you say to me?!" Kagome was having a hard time keeping her temper in check; it was not the right time to get into a fight.

"You heard me, wench. Watch where you're going next time, or at least have the common sense to stop if you're going to look behind you while running." He crossed his arms and smirked at her.

"And you could've had the common sense to move aside, not stand there and wait for me to run into you! Which, by the way, I was going to apologize for, but now I see no reason to."

"Aren't you the lead singer of 'Miko's In Training'?" She glared at him suspiciously, not liking the glint that had entered his eyes.

"Yes†I'm Kagome." Shifting her weight to each foot she looked up at him. 'He must be the hottest guy I've ever seen, when he's not being an asshole.'

"Well, Kagome, I'd suggest that you get to the stage right now before you miss your first song, ne?" Her eyes widened and she looked at her watch, seeing she only had five minutes 'till show time. Pushing past him she remember why she was in a hurry in the first place, now she would have to wait till after her band got off of the stage to talk to her best friends.

Rushing up to them in the right wing of the stage, she nodded to Rin and Sango, and started to prepare the guitar her manager wanted her to use. Briefly she wondered what he had wanted when he called her earlier, but she shrugged it off. She would find out after the show if it was important enough. When she was done she had two minutes left to spare, so she thought of her band and how it came to be. Kagome was, as the jerk she had left behind said, the lead singer and lead guitarist of the band she had started in the 8th grade. Rin joined later, becoming the bass and a back-up singer. In the 9th grade Sango joined, becoming the drummer and secondary back-up singer. It was in the tenth grade that they all came up with the name 'Miko's In Training'.

All three of them had been in the band for two years before they caught their big break three years earlier. There had been a contest at the high school, where this famous DJ had come to hear all the local bands. The winner of the contest got a record deal with some big time producers. Kagome, Rin, and Sango had won, going forward and making their first CD. The people loved the CD so much that they had made millions, and the producers offered them a contract for a few more CD's. Now, three years and five CD's later, they were the most popular rock group, tied to only one other group. Demon's View.

Seeing the lights go on, Kagome waited for a few seconds while the crowd got deathly quiet. Taking a deep breath she ran out onto the stage, Rin and Sango in pursuit. Smiling, she laughed as everyone in the audience screamed, nearly making her deaf.

"Hello, everyone!" She shouted. "This first song is one that I have been writing for a while now, and you are going to be the first one's to hear it!" She put the microphone back into the holder thingy and grabbed the guitar that hung to her side. Strumming the first few beats she heard Rin and Sango come in behind her, just like they were supposed to. Taking a deep breath Kagome began to sing, and she smiled as her angelic but sorrow-filled voice filled the auditorium.

How can I pretend that I don't see
What you hide so carelessly?
I saw her bleed
You heard me breathe
And I froze inside myself
And turned away
I must be dreaming

We all live
We all die
That does not begin to justify you

Kagome bounced around onstage, laughing as her fans started singing with her.

It's not what it seems
Not what you think
No I must be dreaming
It's only in my mind
Not in real life
No I must be dreaming

Help you know I've got to tell someone
Tell them what I know you've done
I fear you but spoken fears can come true

We all live
We all die
That does not begin to justify you

Glancing at the right wing she saw the guy she had run into earlier watching her with a smirk on his lips. It wasn't the same smirk he had worn earlier, this made her shudder in longing.

It's not what it seems
Not what you think
No I must be dreaming
It's only in my mind
Not in real life
No I must be dreaming

Not what it seems
Not what you think
I must be dreaming

Just in my mind
Not in real life
I must be dreaming

Kagome bowed as she finished the song. Four songs later she and her buds got off the stage, and she saw the guy was still there.

"You're pretty good, wench." Her eyes narrowed.

"My name is Kagome! K-A-G-O-M-E! Kagome!" She felt Rin and Sango grab each of her arms, keeping her from doing anything drastic.

"InuYasha!" Some guy behind the hanyou yelled. The hanyou turned around and watched the flea-like man come up to him. "InuYasha, your band goes onstage in five minutes!" As soon as the flea man was finished there was a pop, and he seemed to disappear. When InuYasha slapped his cheek Kagome thought he was going crazy, until she saw a little flattened flea in between the hanyou's claws.

"Myouga? Do you think you could give me a message without trying to suck my blood?" InuYasha said irritably. Kagome's eyebrows went up, as did Rin's and Sango's.

"So, I ran into a hanyou, huh? You'd think you would have been fast enough to dodge me, InuYasha." InuYasha turned back around, throwing the flea demon over his shoulder.

"Do you have a problem with me being a hanyou, bitch?" Kagome pretended to think about it, just to keep him on his toes.

"No. I'm not against demon or hanyou's, that's wrong." InuYasha smirked.

"Well, as for me not dodging you, I was distracted by how ugly you were." Kagome dropped her guitar and lunged for InuYasha, but Rin and Sango were still holding her back.

"Don't worry, that's just InuYasha's way of saying nice to meet you." A man holding a guitar walked up form behind InuYasha. His hair was dark and pulled into a ponytail and the back of his head. He walked up to Sango, who was still holding Kagome back and took her hand in his. Bringing it to his lips he smiled. "My name is Miroku. Will you, lovely maiden, bear my children?" Sango's face went tomato red as she slapped him, leaving a red handprint on his cheek.

"Pervert!" A sigh was heard from in front of us, and two other males were standing next to InuYasha. One looked just like him, except he had purple lines on his cheeks and a crescent moon in the middle of his forehead. He had pointed ears on each side of his head, signaling he was full demon. On his face was not a shred of emotion. The other one had long hair put up in a high ponytail. All three member of Demon's View wore black. It was their signature color, while Miko's in training wore all red and black.

"I'm Sesshoumaru, this is Kouga," The full demon that looked like InuYasha said, pointing at the guy with the high ponytail as he nodded, "and you already know who these two are." He pointed to InuYasha and a swirly-eyes Miroku.

"Kagome."

"Rin.

"Sango."

"Nice to meet you all, but we have to onstage in about 45 seconds." Sesshoumaru picked up a guitar and walked past the girls.

"Same here." Kagome said smiling. She looked at InuYasha and appeared thoughtful. "I'm not so sure I'm happy to meet you though" She laughed inwardly as he scowled.

"Keh."

They all heard the announcer say the oncoming band's name, which was Demon's View, as Miroku stood up and dusted himself off.

"That's our cue. It was nice talking to you, Kagome." Kouga said, keeping his eyes on her only. Kagome nodded and smiled, not really liking the way he was looking at her. InuYasha ran and, grabbing his guitar, raced to his place at the front of the stage. With a nod of his head, Miroku walked out onto the stage.

Sighing and taking one more look at InuYasha, Kagome shrugged out of Rin's and Sango's hold and motioned for them to follow her to her room. Rin closed the door behind her, as she was the last one in, and sat down on the couch.

"I can't believe the nerve of the guy! All he's done since I met him is insult me!" Kagome yelled.

"At least he didn't ask you to bear his child. God, Miroku is such a pervert." Sango rolled her eyes as she picked up Kagome's guitar and strummed a few notes of one of their songs.

"I kinda liked Sesshoumaru. He seemed polite enough." Rin looked to the ceiling with stars in her eyes.

"Ok, you girls. On to more important business. What are we going to do for Souta's birthday?" Kagome wanted to do something special for her little brother's 10th birthday. "Mom said she'll take him to the movies on his birthday if we wanted to do a surprise party."

"That sounds like a great idea!" Rin squealed. She had always liked parties, even if they were for her best friends little brother. "What did you get him, Kagome?" Kagome pulled out a bag from under the couch. She had bought his present just before their last rehearsal, which was a few hours before the concert. Handing it to Rin, she grabbed her guitar case. Demon's View would be done in a half an hour, then it would be time to go and meet all the fans with backstage passes.

"Just a few games for his x-box. Nothing big." In reality she had gotten him 12 games that he had said he wanted, along with their new CD. As Rin was checking the games over Kagome took her guitar from Sango and set it in the case, buckling it tightly closed. She could faintly hear InuYasha's singing, and she admitted to herself that he was a great singer. "What did you get him, Sango?" Sango grinned and crossed her arms and legs.

"The newest BMX bike. His size, of course." Kagome laughed. Souta had wanted a BMX bike ever since he was eight. "Rin, what did you get him?"

"A flat screen TV." She said it like it was nothing. They all laughed and high-fived each other. Kagome sighed.

"We're all spoiling him." Shaking her head as if it was a bad thing she continued packing her stuff that she was sending ahead to the limo. It was just the necessities she needed before every concert, so it wasn't that much. Calling her driver she asked him to come to her room to get her bag as she wanted to avoid the screaming fans as much as she could. A few minutes later there was a knocking at the door and Kagome answered it.

"Good evening, Kagome-sama." The driver was a cute, slightly dense, boy of 17. He was no where near her type though. He stuck to the rules.

"Good evening, Hojo. I just need you to take my bad to the car." He nodded and smiled reaching for the bag. Handing it over to him she smiled and said goodbye, closing the door.

"You know, I think he likes you, Kagome." Rin said, a hint of humor on her voice. She was currently reading the back of one of the games. "I'm going to have to ask Souta of I can borrow this."

"He's not my type and you know it, Rin." Kagome shook her head. "We have to go out to meet the fans in 15 minutes." Grabbing her backpack she proceeded to take the games away from Rin, much to Rin's disappointment. Rin was a video game-oholic. She stuffed the games into the backpack and Rin and Sango went to their own rooms. The bag Hojo had taken earlier had contained Kagome's make-up. They each did their own, so they brought their own as well. Looking at the clock she saw it was almost 1am, so she turned off the light and left her room, meeting up with Rin and Sango in the hallway.

They saw InuYasha and his band talking in a circle. The girls walked past them. Sango had the misfortune to walk past Miroku.

"PERVERT!" She screamed, smacking him so hard he went flying into a wall. The rest of the guys looked at him pitifully before turning to the girls. InuYasha smirked at Kagome.

"Didn't stick around for the show, huh? What, afraid we're better then you wench?" Kagome's grip tightened on her bag.

"Did you expect me to cheer you on? I think not, puppy." She smirked when she saw him smile.

"Who are you calling puppy, bitch?" She quickly lost her smile.

"Wishful thinking, dogboy." She was grinning in triumph.

"Wench.

"Asshole."

"Witch."

"Dumbass."

"Chicken shit."

Every one was looking back and forth from them, wondering which one was going to win.

"Puppy dog."

"Slut."

"At least I'm not apart of the UPS. And I am a happy, 19-year-old, rock star virgin, thank you very much." Rin and Sango were holding their stomach at the UPS comment, because each of the boys had a clueless look on their face, but at the virgin comment the were rolling on the ground with tears in their eyes.

"Keh." That was InuYasha's only come back. Just as Kagome was about to comment they all heard the screaming of fan girls and boys. Miroku was up in a flash as the crowd of fans ran toward them.

"Kagome, can I have your autograph!?"

"InuYasha, can I have yours!?"

"Miroku!"

"Sango!"

"Rin!"

"Sesshoumaru!"

"Kouga!"

Kagome got so caught up in talking to her fans she completely forgot about InuYasha. When the group was gone Kagome's manager, Ayame, came up to her, wishing her a job well done and telling her that she'd call her tomorrow for new on the next concert. Kagome saw the weird look in her eyes, but decided to ignore it. Motioning for her friends they followed her out to the limo. Fans were screaming against the red tape as Miko's In Training came out followed by Demon's View. Getting into their limo, Kagome sighed and scooted over to make room for Rin and Sango. The trip to their mansion was a silent one. Rin and Sango were to busy falling asleep to strike a conversation, and Kagome was to busy looking out the window to care.

When they got to the oversized house Rin and Sango went to their rooms, telling Kagome goodnight. Kagome, however, went to the music room. Having insomnia usually meant she went to sleep around four or five each morning. Getting her guitar out of the case she set to work finishing the song she had been working on. Working on her music helped her keep the bad memories at bay. Remembering those memories was not a good thing.

When she went to bed at 4:30 she felt satisfied because she had finished her song. Now all she had to do was talk it over with Rin and Sango to finish the music.

Kagome woke up when two bodies landed beside her on the king sized bed.

"Kagome, it's 12pm. Are you going to get up any time soon?" She heard Rin's voice on her right.

"I no you went to bed at 4:30 this morning. Sometimes I really hate your insomnia." Sango's voice was on her left. Kagome turned onto her back from the face-down position she had been in and looked at her two best friends. They were both dressed and already had their make-up on.

"I finished the song I was working on last night." She watched as Sango smiled.

"And sometimes I really love your insomnia. When do we get to see it?" Kagome laughed at the eagerness in her voice

"Later, after I talk to Ayame about our next concert." Rin groaned.

"I hope it's months from now. The last few were really close together." Kagome and Sango agreed as kagome climbed out of the bed.

"We also need to make the final arrangements for Souta's party." Rin squealed and sat up, hopping over to the side of the bed and standing up.

"Can I do the decorations?" Kagome and Sango nodded.

"We'll do the guests and cake." Sango said, getting off of the bed as well. Kagome walked into her huge bathroom and started taking a shower. When she got out she walked into her walk-in closet and got dressed in a pair of black, baggy pants that hung off of her hips and a blood red tight fitting tank top.

Walking downstairs she searched the fridge until she found left over bacon from Rin and Sango's breakfast that morning. Munching happily she went into the living room to see Rin lying on her stomach in front of the huge flat screen TV, playing a x-box game.

"Ayame called, Kagome. She said she would meet us here at 2." Kagome looked at her watch and saw she had 45 minutes left. Entering the library room and game room she saw Sango reading a book.

"Hey, Sango? Want to play Foozball with me until Ayame shows up?" Sango put her book down and started walking towards Kagome.

"What are the stakes?" Kagome smiled evily.

"Whoever has the most points by the time Ayame gets here wins. Whoever loses has to give up their favorite thing to do for a week. For me that would be my anime. For you that would be TV. Agreed?" Sango seemed to think for a moment, then smiled.

"You're on!" They walked over to the foozball table and got on their respective sides. Kagome popped the ball into the side hole and the game began.

"You're going to lose, Kagome."

"Hahaha! Another point for me Sango!"

"Ready to give up yet?"

"Not on your life I'm not."

"Another score for me!"

"I'm catching up!"

The doorbell rang and they stopped the game. Kagome won; 36 to 34. After doing a little victory dance and laughing at the pouting Sango in the corner Kagome went to answer the door, knowing Rin would be to absorbed in her game to even hear the doorbell. Opening the door she smiled.

"Hey Ay-†YOU!"