What Started Out As A One Night Stand…

By 246Nakuro

Speaking

Thinking

Chapter 1: A Simple Date?

Kagome sat in the karaoke line up waiting to go on. She had memorized the song, and because someone she didn't know very well but knew because she's met him on a daily basis needed a partner to sing with him, she accepted the song.

The back stage cue man told Kagome she was up next. She was with her friend Sango's family since her family had all died except her sister who hated her guts. Kagome was eager to get on stage but she also had butterflies. Once it was her turn she took a deep breath let it out and walked on stage and over to one of the microphones.

Sesshomaru walked on next, his favorite thing to do was sing but if Inuyasha knew he would never live it down. He walked up to the other Microphone and looked at Kagome. He figured she was cute… for a human girl. He had his true form hidden.

Sesshomaru had black hair and no claws so he looked human. He motioned for the music guy to start the music and got ready to sing.

"Anything you can do,

I can do better.

I can do anything

Better than you." Kagome and Sesshomaru sang together, their voices matched perfectly.

"No, you can't."

"Yes, I can."

"No, you can't."

"Yes, I can."

"No, you can't."

"Yes, I can, Yes, I can!"

"Anything you can be, I can be greater. Sooner or later, I'm greater than you."

"No, you're not."

"Yes, I am."

"No, you're not."

"Yes, I am."

"No, you're NOT!"

"Yes, I am. Yes, I am!"

"I can shoot a partridge with a single cartridge."

"I can get a sparrow with a bow and arrow."

"I can live on bread and cheese."

"And only on that?"

"Yes."

"So can a rat!"

"Any note you can reach I can go higher."

"I can sing anything higher than you."

"No, you can't. (High)"

"Yes, I can. (Higher)"

"No, you can't. (Higher)"

"Yes, I can. (Higher)"

"No, you can't. (Higher)"

"Yes, I can. (Higher)"

"No, you can't. (Higher)"

"Yes, I can. (Higher)"

"No, you can't. (Higher)"

"Yes, I CAN! (Highest)"

"Anything you can buy I can buy cheaper."

"I can buy anything cheaper than you."

"Fifty cents?"

"Forty cents!"

"Thirty cents?"

"Twenty cents!"

"No, you can't!"

"Yes, I can, Yes, I can!"

"Anything you can say I can say softer."

"I can say anything softer than you."

"No, you can't. (Softly)"

"Yes, I can. (Softer)"

"No, you can't. (Softer)"

"Yes, I can. (Softer)"

"No, you can't. (Softer)"

"Yes, I can. (Softer) YES, I CAN! (Full volume)

"I can drink my liquor faster than a flicker."

"I can drink it quicker and get even sicker!"

"I can open any safe."

"Without bein' caught?"

"Sure."

"That's what I thought you crook!"

"Any note you can hold I can hold longer."

"I can hold any note longer than you."

"No, you can't.

"Yes, I can."

"No, you can't.

"Yes, I can."

"No, you can't."

"Yes, I can, Yes, I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I"

"No, you C-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-N'T"

"CA-A-A-A-N! (Cough, cough!)"

"Yes, you ca-a-a-an!"

"Anything you can wear I can wear better."

"In what you wear I'd look better than you."

"In my coat?"

"In your vest!"

"In my shoes?"

"In your hat!"

"No, you can't!"

"Yes, I can, yes, I CAN!"

"Anything you say I can say faster."

"I can say anything faster than you."

"No, you can't. (Fast)"

"Yes, I can. (Faster)"

"No, you can't. (Faster)"

"Yes, I can. (Faster)"

"No you can't. (Faster)"

"Yes I can! (Fastest)"

"I can jump a hurdle."

"I can wear a girdle."

"I can knit a sweater."

"I can fill it better!"

"I can do most anything!"

"Can you bake a pie?"

"No."

"Neither can I."

"Anything you can sing I can sing sweeter."

"I can sing anything sweeter than you."

"No, you can't. (Sweetly)"

"Yes, I can. (Sweeter)"

"No, you can't. (Sweeter)"

"Yes, I can. (Sweeter)"

"No, you can't. (Sweeter)"

"Yes, I can. (Sweeter)"

"No, you can't, can't, can't (Sweeter)"

"Yes, I can, can, can (Sugary) Yes, I can!"

"No, you can't!" Once they had finished they bowed and walked off the right side of the stage.

Kagome once off the stage sat and sighed in relief and sat down in one of the seats behind stage. Sesshomaru was surprised just how nervous she was and yet she had gone on stage anyway. He stood next to her and leaned against the wall.

"You did well." He told her in an emotionless tone.

"Thanks." Kagome breathed out. "You did well too."

"If you were so nervous… why go on?"

"I promised. I try never to break my promises."

"You like to sing?"

"I love it! But I don't think I'm that good. The only reason I'm here tonight is because I lost a dare. OH! Don't get me wrong singing! Is my life! I just get nervous when I'm singing around other people. I… I'll never be able to sing professionally because of it."

Kagome looked at the ground and Sesshomaru knew he had to say something. He had needed a partner and when someone had spoken for Kagome to go up and be his partner, despite how nervous and uncomfortable it made her, she accepted.

"Hey. I'd like to sing with you again. You know when there aren't as many people around. You game?"

"Yeah… I guess."

"Good. How about tomorrow? Here's my number. It's my cell but my half whit brother sometimes answers it then hangs up. So if you call and get hung up on. That's what's happened. Just try again."

Kagome gave a big smile in the direction of Sesshomaru, which he pretended to ignore. The show ended and everyone came out from back stage to meet his or her families. Kagome happened to walk out next to Sesshomaru, and saw, what she thought was a guy friend walk up to him.

She couldn't help herself and listened in on his conversation.

"Inuyasha?" Sesshomaru asked his anger flaring. "What are you doing here?"

"So you do sing, just like a little girl. When I first heard the rumor I was all…" The other man known to be Inuyasha went into a fake deep guy voice. "Sesshomaru's too stupid to do something like that. But now look at you!"

Inuyasha laughed and Sesshomaru started to look angry, or so she thought his face didn't change. Kagome excused herself and made her way towards Sesshomaru who had just now made his way to the exit. Kagome tried her best to follow him but once she had he was gone.

She managed to get to the exit but she was a tad bit to late for he had already started home. Kagome followed Sango's family to the car careful to keep the hand that held the card that had Sesshomaru's number on it in her pocket away from Kohaku's prying eyes.

Kagome waited until early the next morning and grabbing the card, dialed the number. She was hung up on, so she dialed again, and this time when the phone was picked up she heard the background noise of a fight, assuming it was from the T.V. she waited for a voice to come in to the phone.

It was about a minute before Sesshomaru's voice entered her ear from the other end.

"Hey. Sorry about that. I was busy with a nescience they call a brother." Sesshomaru told the women. "Thanks for waiting and not hanging up."

"Don't worry I know how you feel." Kagome gave a heartfelt laugh. "Anyway I was wondering if there was a convent time for me to come over as you suggested yesterday?"

"Yeah anytime is fine with me. Just be warned I might not answer the door. I have my job to do and sometimes it ties me down to the point I can't answer the door. But just say that you are scheduled and you won't have any problems entering the house."

"You have a job? I wouldn't want to intru…"

"Don't worry my job isn't really a problem it can follow me anywhere."

"Oh."

"I sing professionally. But don't tell my brother he wouldn't be understanding of it."

"Wow… what a dream job." Kagome mumbled to herself.

"What?"

"I mean… uh that must be fun. I'll be sure to keep it down low… hang on… Don't you even think about it you little troll!" There was a sigh on the other end. "Sorry about that. How about at noon? Is that to early?"

"Nope. Should be just fine."

"Ok see you at noon then?"

"Sounds good. See you then."

Kagome hung up the phone carefully and quietly walked into her room and started doing her happy dance. When she came out breakfast was ready and after eating and reading a couple of her books, she started to freshen up. Sure during her rehearsals she had gone to his house, but since she was only going to be on vacation with Sango and Miroku's family for another month, she wanted to leave a good impression.

As the clock said ten minutes to noon. She headed to his house, when she knocked on the door a red haired boy opened the door and after saying she was meeting Sesshomaru he invited her in, while at the same time offering her to sit down and wait for a while.

Kagome heard music coming from a room and knocking on the door she saw Inuyasha open the door. He glared at her but when she smiled she looked at the C.D. player. Inuyasha sighed and allowed her in for a moment turning on his music a little lower than before.

"So…" Kagome tried to start a conversation with Inuyasha. "You're Inuyasha correct?"

"Yeah and?" He huffed out.

"I like that music you were playing. What is it?"

"My favorite band of all time! I have all of the albums!"

"Really? Would you play a few of your favorite songs?"

Inuyasha turned up his C.D. player and Kagome listened to the songs. As the third one was about to play, Inuyasha turned the C.D. player off. Kagome got the hint, and left the room only to start down stairs to where Sesshomaru had been recording.

Sesshomaru looked at Kagome and could admit that she was very sexy, and attractive. Sure he knew that she wasn't a demon she didn't need to be. She would make someone very happy, and very lucky. As Kagome entered the airing area she looked at Sesshomaru.

"You're brother loves you. I can tell. Even if you can't." Kagome told Sesshomaru in a whisper.

"You'd need to prove it to me, for me to believe it."

"Ah! The magic word proof." With that Kagome pulled her phone out and opened up her recordings she played the third one for she had only made three recordings so far.

"So…" Kagome tried to start a conversation with Inuyasha. "You're Inuyasha correct?"

"Yeah and?" He huffed out.

"I like that music you were playing. What is it?"

"My favorite band of all time! I have all of the albums!"

"Really? Would you play a few of your favorite songs?"

Inuyasha turned up his C.D. player and Kagome listened to the songs. As the third one was about to play, Inuyasha turned the C.D. player off.

Sesshomaru's eyes widened. The C.D. Inuyasha was playing was his tenth album if he remembered correctly. No way, she had made that up… still when he was writing songs in his recording studio, he did hear faint sounds of his music but thought it was in his head. Now it all made sense.

Keeping his stern face he went into the recording part of the studio and starting the sound, he looked at her and started singing. Slowly over three weeks and five days this became the norm. And Sesshomaru found he loved her, he needed to tell her.