Fame?
Chapter 1: Fairy Tale – Interrupted.
Edited one time in total on July 30th, 2005.
Summary: Kagome is an up and coming model in a classy business. She has everything she could possibly want, fame, riches and a great life. Until, of course, a man from her past shows up and makes everything a bit more difficult…
Disclaimer: I do not own any of Rumiko Takahashi's characters.
Kagome pulled the heavy blinds to reveal the first rays of the new day. She smiled as she looked down on the many acres of lawn, freshly mowed, that cascaded over her vast property. As soon as she awoke, the phone on her nightstand started ringing shrilly.
Probably my agent she thought before picking the receiver up.
"Hello, Kagome?" said an unfamiliar voice on the other line.
"Uh, can I help you?" she asked, confused as to why someone she didn't know was calling her at this early hour.
"My name is Inuyasha. It seems that your agent, Sango, has fallen ill. As you know, you have a huge shoot today. They said that you couldn't miss it." The voice replied. Inuyasha… The name sounded familiar to her somehow. She couldn't place it though thanks to all the people she had met in her life. She dismissed the thought quickly, thinking he probably had sold her coffee or something or that he was one of her maid's sons. Even though at one point in her life she had tried to remain on a first name basis with everyone that assisted her, she was getting to that point in her life where everyone just turned into this giant jumble and she couldn't be bothered to sort it out. Before she had become famous she promised herself that she wouldn't be another stuck up celebrity that people gossiped about. Sure, she was a lot less closer to her goal then that seemingly far away time, but she didn't have a sex tape or a murder accusation so she figured she was still in a good place.
An hour later Kagome had showered, done her hair and the first layer of make-up, and was waiting for her replacement agent and the limo that was going to take her to the studio.
She had to land this deal. It was the point in her career that meant either success for years to come or a kick out the door of fame, and quite frankly she didn't want to have to adapt to the Midwestern landscape she had grown up in again. She heard the doorbell in the entrance room chime and hurried to get her bag and jacket. She flew down the stairs and swung open the door. She didn't have a butler, even though many people with her money did. Maybe she would hire one later, but now she didn't really understand why it was so straining for some people just to open their front door. Standing in her doorway and looking actually quite nervous was a man who looked to be only a few years older than her with long silver hair and a handsome face. Something deep within her stomach twisted uncomfortably at the sight of him, but not just because of his appearance. Sure, she hadn't dated a man in quite a while, but that wasn't the reason she looked twice at his face. She could have sworn that she had seen him before. Not just on the street or something, but like she had actually known him. Not when she was famous of course, but back when she was still just another face in the crowd. She realized she was staring and that he was staring at her too.
"Are you sure you are okay? You look pretty bad…" His style of speech was rough, not like she would have imagined. She shook the feeling and resisted the urge to slap him, even though he didn't mean the words to come out as rude as they had sounded.
"Yes, I'm fine. Now I suggest we go before I am late." She calmly said, and made her way to the stretch limo pulled up in front of the gate.
The car ride over was pretty loud with Inuyasha trying to figure out what he was doing and Kagome trying not to lose her head. He seemed to fumble around, not really knowing what he was doing at all.
"I can't believe they stuck me with such an amateur! Though you wouldn't be able to tell just by looking…" She said, muttering the last part. Inuyasha just glared at her before shuffling through a pile of papers.
"Hey, I didn't want to be stuck doing this either, they forced me into it!" He yelled, apparently finding the paper he was looking for. Kagome grabbed the paper out of his hands and looked down at it.
"I can't believe Sango got sick!" Kagome mumbled without looking at the paper.
Inuyasha's pride seemed to be rightfully damaged.
"Feh." He said quietly, before turning and looking out the window.
"Hey, come on! At least tell me what I'm going to be wearing!" She exclaimed, feeling rather bad for being so cruel to him when this was clearly one of his first jobs. Something inside her told her that she shouldn't be friendly with him, but she shook the little voices out of her mind and tried to concentrate on her people skills.
"How am I supposed to know?" He spat back, and then turned away again. Fine, he could be that way. She didn't really want to have to play nice anyhow.
A/N: I do not know why I started this… but here it is! This will most likely be a Kagome/Inuyasha pairing. Please review! Thank you.