Heh, decided on doing a rare crossover since Rainbowbabes has pointed out in her story that it has been rarely done and decided, why not? Got the whole DVD series in my room need I refer to it and the materials to work on the story AKA the computer. Anyways, it's an experimental fic. If I get good feedback then I'll update, if not, well, its obvious isn't it?
Title: Farfetched Hope
Act one:
Kagome stared at the silver haired man before her, her eyes never wavering from her target as she sat before him in a chair, legs crossed. Amber eyes of the man before her bore into her sapphire ones. She breathed in deeply, closing her eyes and she rubbed her temple with her left hand. "Okay," she finally voiced, "Can you repeat that once again? I wasn't sure if I heard right. Did you just say… America?"
The man before her smirked. "I believe so, Miko," he replied in his usual monotonic voice, although there was a tiny hint of amusement, "I'm sure you do not want this Sesshoumaru to repeat himself. You heard what I said perfectly fine."
She looked at him with something akin to disbelief. "Okay, what? You can't just order me around Sesshou-nii and quit it with the nickname. I'm not a miko anymore, and pretty sure that the jewel is now worth just as much as cheap candy at a milk bar," she ranted at him, not really wanting to listen to what Sesshoumaru was suggesting.
Sesshoumaru frowned. "It may not be worth much now, but you don't know when the jewel with regain its power. I am sure it is just dormant," Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes at her, "And I already discussed things with your mother and grandfather and they're fine with you going to America to look over and inspect a place for me. They both have agreed and there is nothing you can do about it."
She narrowed her eyes and leaned forward, "Nothing huh?"
He nodded, "Nothing."
Her lips narrowed to a thin line as she thought about it. Sesshoumaru tried to tempt her more. "It's America, a free plane ride and free accommodation by yours truly." Sesshoumaru saw that she was still thinking about it, "And you haven't seen your cousin that lives there for quite some time." He tempted again.
She sighed in defeat, showing that Sesshoumaru had won. "Fine, I'll go. When do I leave and what do I have to do."
XxX
Kagome fumed as she pulled her luggage from the airport and walked out, pulling it behind her. She couldn't believe it! She had barely enough time to pack and leave. She would have never agreed if she knew she was leaving that afternoon. She knew that Sesshoumaru was enjoying her pain as he told her with a triumphant smirk that she was to leave in a few hours. She was tired and wasn't prepared for the bombarding reporters. How they knew she was going to be Sesshoumaru's representative, she didn't know. But she did know that if they irritate her more than she already was, she was going to blow a fuse and pop goes Sesshoumaru's image.
He's lucky that I love him like a brother, she thought to herself as she covered her eyes from the cameras. She briefly wondered to herself, why people would want to be famous when there were reporters that would just bombard them like this.
"Move out of the way!" she heard someone yell, "What the hell are you doing to the poor girl. Get away you damn reporters!"
Suddenly, she felt herself being pulled out of the crowd and pulled into a bunch of silvery strands of hair. She looked up at a face that she hadn't seen in ages as she was dragged and unshed tears gathered around her eyes as he pulled her free from the cameras.
Silver and red swam in her vision as he pulled her into the limo with him and shut the door tight. Kagome hugged the man, feeling really emotional. She felt a hand on her head. A smile reached her face. "Inuyasha…" She was glad that she was able to see her best friend again.
She thought, once se left the well, she wouldn't be able to see her brash silver haired friend again. She was wrong. Then something came into her. Why didn't Sesshoumaru tell her? Oh, when she sees him again, he would need to indeed prepare himself for her temper.
XxX
"This is the Kaliedo stage," Inuyasha said as they stopped in front of something that looked like a large tent and a circus, "I have to drop you here and I'll come to pick you up later. Apparently you have to meet the guy named Kalos. The bastard said that he explained everything to you, so I don't need to worry."
Knowing that Inuyasha had meant Sesshoumaru when he said 'bastard' Kagome nodded and got out of the car, and just before she closed the door, she looked in, "Uh, when will you be back to pick me up?"
"In about two hours," he said with a grin.
She grinned back and said her byes and shut the door. She walked towards the stage. Suddenly something close to a big, pink ball ran passed her in a hurry into the Kaliedo Stage. Kagome stared at where the thing entered before walking in herself.
She was meant to meet Kalos, but she didn't know exactly where. Suddenly, she heard this exclaim of 'sorry' and followed where the voice led. And walked into a scene where a pink haired girl was apologising to someone with long silver hair's (as long as Sesshoumaru's) back.
He turned around and Kagome had to blink at the seriousness and disgust that presented in the handsome face of the tall performer (or she assumed he was a performer, after all, he was in costume).
"You don't have to perform," he said coldly.
The girl looked at him, with something between sadness and shock. "But I…"
"I alone is enough," he said, turning and giving her the cold shoulder.
Kagome was surprised when the girl turned around to her friends, all optimistic. "I'll be on stage for sure," she declared happily, "I mean, how on Earth can you perform alone? I'm going to change, okay?" She said running passed Kagome and into the changing rooms.
She turned back to look at the guy that looked strangely similar to Sesshoumaru and found him looking after where the girl ran before his eyes strayed to her. Kagome nodded her head in light greeting, but instead he just turned away.
She frowned at how rude he seemed to be. The next she saw was him on the stage, swinging across into what seemed like an elegant dance. She couldn't take her eyes off.
And then she saw the pink haired girl in that absurd costume she was in before. Kagome blinked. Didn't she say she was going to change? And as if her mind was read, she saw something small fly across the air to the girl's back where she assumes the zipper of the costume was. And she was flying across the air in a beautiful costume.
Kagome realised, now that she looked closely, that the girl seemed oddly familiar. She just couldn't place a finger on whom.
And then, she saw the tall guy sweep past her, with elegant strides and Kagome frowned wondering why on Earth he had left the stage. She silently followed him and it was no sooner that the pink haired girl ran past her to catch up to him. Kagome briefly wondered why no one seemed to realise she was an outsider.
"Leon!" she called out while knocking on the male change room door. Ah, so that was his name. Leon. He opened the door, already changed and started to walk away from her. "Wait! This is only half the show! You can't leave!"
He turned his head to her slightly and Kagome saw his eyes shift to her before looking at the girl, "If your acting is immature… you cannot play along side with me."
"But the audience came to see—"
"—A perfect me," he interrupted.
Kagome rolled her eyes as she heard that. Egotistic a bit? She decided to finally make herself known. This Leon guy reminded her too much of Sesshoumaru's past self, it wasn't funny, but only personality wise.
"Okay," Kagome said, making the girl jump and Leon look at her, "Sure, Leon, sir," she said a bit mockingly, "Sure, they came to see you, and that's probably the main reasons, but they also came here to see the show and the story behind it. By leaving you're ruining it for everyone. You are entertainers for—"
He narrowed his eyes at Kagome, "You are wrong." Kagome narrowed her eyes. She never liked being interrupted, "We don't exist for the audience, but the audience exists for us. My skills are the best in the world. The audience need to only come and appreciate me." Kagome rubbed her temples as she heard that. "If the Kaliedo Stage entertains people with a boring show, I shouldn't have come."
Kagome eyed him and the girl beside her spoke up, "But the kids don't understand you skills!"
"So, then they don't count," and as soon as Kagome heard that, there was a loud echoing slap. That had seriously pissed her off. "They don't count, huh?" she said as Leon looked at her with surprise, "So I suppose when you were a kid you didn't count either. Kids do count as our future," and with the next five words she poked him in the chest, "And as for you buddy, I don't care if you're the person with the best skills. I've gone through a lot of shit to know that that doesn't always count."
Suddenly, the people Sora was with ran in, "Sora, the Clown show is about to end!" A guy with blonde hair exclaimed.
Sora…? Kagome thought to herself before she realised what the boy said, shit, spent too much time talking. She turned to Sora, "Hey, you got any confidence with finishing the show."
Suddenly Sora's face lit with determination and she looked Leon in the eye, "If I can finish the second half by myself and entertain the audience 'til the end, will you stay?"
Leon seemed to think, having to be over his initial shock with the slap and how Kagome seemed to touch his person, "Perhaps, if it entertains me well."
And then the show began and Sora took a tiring position as both the prince and the princess. As the performance went on, she saw Kalos, the person of whom she was meant to meet upon coming here. She only knew he was Kalos because of the photo Sesshoumaru showed her, in case she'd be tricked. God knows why.
"Kalos," she said with a light bow, a respect she had learned from her entire life in Japan, "I'm Sesshoumaru's representative, Kagome Taisho-Higurashi."
Kalos nodded, "Yes, I was told you would be here today. They just failed to tell me when."
Kagome smiled lightly, but then her smile curved downwards when her peripheral vision caught Leon. She sighed.
"Is there something the matter?"
Kagome looked at him, hand on hips, "Well, its about one of your performers, Leon. Was it such a good idea to hire such a egocentric guy, sorry to offend you."
Kalos nodded, "None taken. The Kaliedo Stage is in really big trouble since Layla—"
He was interrupted by the echoing voices of the audience calling out for 'Leon' and Kagome froze. This was bad. Sora was out there trying her best, and the bastards are calling out for a self-centred man. Kagome's sharp hearing did not miss the cries of the children as she turned to the stage with an angry look, gripping the railings hard.
"Grr, Leon this and Leon that," she did not notice said man was looking at her. I have to do something, she thought to herself, after all, I did ask her to finish the show.
Kagome narrowed her eyes as an idea came to her and she jumped on top of the railing and jumped reaching for the nearest swings.
Leon, Kalos and the crew, on the other hand, watched her wide eyed as she went for what seemed like an impossible jump because of the sheer distance, but with her mixed youki and miko powers she was able to reach it easily and spun around it, her black hair flying about her.
The audience was in awe. "It's you," Sora exclaimed.
Kagome winked and made a 'shh' motion with her finger and mouthed 'work with me' and jumped around in the air and made a few loops. Suddenly the crowd went wild and soon she knew why as Leon came swinging in the air.
"Leon?" Sora exclaimed, "Why?"
"I've changed my mind," he eyes flickered over to Kagome for a moment, "If any of you can be my partner then I have a reason to stay. You two keep up."
Kagome opened her mouth to protest, but then it was best saved for after the show, after all, there was an audience watching. And soon, the three of them were in a dance of acrobatics entertaining the half confused, half satisfied audience. Kagome followed their actions, but she had watched both Leon's and Sora's short performances to know what to do, her mixed youki and miko powers making her glow differently in the lighting as she followed Leon.
Down below, a Chinese girl gave both girls a death glare. She looked over at Kagome, that girl got in my way. She looked over at Leon. Leon, you will be my partner. I'll make sure of that.
And there's that people. Again this is an EXPERIMENTAL fic. If you like it, pop in and drop a review. Okay there are a few things not explained there that will be in the next chapter should I feel the need to continue. Especially Kagome's Miko-youki powers thing.
So tell me if I should continue? Or just drop it. People need to review if this has to be done
-SxT
