Falling For The Singer Chapter 4.

InuYasha walked into the trailer, and was immediately set upon by Ashley, who hugged him around the waist.

"Aww InuYasha's back!" She said. She looked up at him playfully. "I missed you." She said. InuYasha looked down at her blankly, before smiling. He just couldn't stay mad at her when she looked at him like that.

"I missed you too babe." He said. She detached herself from around his waist, and stood up straight beside him, tugging her long blonde hair into a ponytail.

"So, I'm glad to see you made it back for your practice." She said. "You know it's at seven, right?"

InuYasha nodded. "Yeah, its not even six-thirty yet."

Ashley nodded. "Okay, now that your here, don't take off and miss practise." She said. InuYasha shrugged. "I won't."

He walked over to the fridge, and opened it, grabbing a two litre bottle of Pepsi. He twisted off the top, and started drinking out of it, making Ashley grimace.

"How can you drink that stuff?" She asked. "And so much of it!"

InuYasha shrugged, unable to answer, due to chugging the two-litre of Pepsi. Ashley stared, watching the level of the pop slowly fall, as InuYasha kept on drinking it.

"Holy...shit..." She said softly, as InuYasha swallowed the last drop of Pepsi, and tossed the empty bottle into a recycling box. He reached into the fridge, grabbed a new one, and walked away with it in his hand, heading for the band room.

InuYasha walked in, and Kouga grinned, kicking his bass twice, and slamming his stick down on the high-hat. Miroku waved, and started pulling a harmonic on his guitar, pulling his whammy bar up as he did so.

"We been waiting for you man." He said, and InuYasha nodded.

"We figured we should get started a half hour early, so we finish a half hour earlier, so you can get to your bitches house that much sooner." He said. InuYasha picked up his guitar, and slung the shoulder strap over his shoulder.

"What do you mean?" He asked.

Miroku laughed, and Kouga spoke up. "Don't play dumb with us man, your the lead singer of the hottest band around, and you get chicks where ever you go. Don't tell me you didn't just go out, meet some hot girls, and make plans to hook up later." He said.

InuYasha grinned.

"Okay, well, something like that is going down." He said. Kouga grinned, and threw one of his drum sticks at InuYasha, who laughed, and dodged out of the way.

"YOU LUCKY BASTARD!" He said, as his drum stick bounced off the wall behind InuYasha and clattered to the floor. InuYasha shrugged, and started strumming on his guitar, leading into a very familiar song, yet one they had never played live before. It wasn't released on any CD's, because it didn't fit their extreme style of playing. It was a slightly slower song, but the lyrics were meaningful, as were all the lyrics to all the songs he wrote.

InuYasha closed his eyes, and focused on the drum beat, for that was his signal. He waited until Kouga repeated his pattern three times, then started in with the first verse.

"When I look into your eyes I see the person you want me to be.
I'm sorry for letting you down, but that person isn't me.

Please give up on telling me how, it's a
matter of time before you bring me down.

Don't make me what I don't wanna be.
Stop putting all this pressure on me..."

Ashley hid behind the door, and listened to InuYasha's soft voice as he sung that song. It had been a while since she heard that song, but every time she did it still made her want to cry. She didn't know what had happened in InuYasha's past to make him write such a sad song, and she wasn't entirely sure she wanted to know. She heard him playing the soft song, and she left, knowing she had to get out of here before she heard the second verse, or she probably would start crying. She left, and walked toward the kitchen, wondering what would motivate InuYasha to write a song like that. She had first heard those lyrics a year ago, when she had first joined up with their group, and she wasn't entirely sure that she was supposed to. She had been walking by InuYasha's closed door, and heard him playing guitar with no amp, just strumming a couple of the strings. It had sounded beautiful, and then he had started singing to himself, and she was surprised at the lyrics.

She shook her head, and started making cookies, knowing that it would help get her mind off him for a while.

InuYasha played once through his favorite song Premonition of Destruction, then started playing a different song. A few seconds later, the drums came in, and Miroku joined in on his bass. They played through about a minute of it, before InuYasha stopped.

"You wanna do that one?" He asked. Kouga nodded. "Yeah, that song kicks ass." He said. Miroku agreed. "Yeah, Battlecry is amazing, we gotta do that on the next show."

InuYasha nodded.

"Okay, we'll run through it once, just to make sure we're on top of it, then let's call it quits."

"Okay."

InuYasha started playing, and a few seconds later, Ashley walked in the doorway, leaning against the door, unnoticed by InuYasha, Kouga, and Miroku. She watched him play, and smiled. He looked so happy, although he was concentrating on playing, it looked like he was doing something he really enjoyed, and it was rare to see that on his face. He was usually so blank all the time, except when he was practising or doing a show, then he was alive with energy. She sighed, and heard the stove beeping, and went to check her cookies.

Kagome sighed, and dropped down on her bed. A few minutes later, her mother appeared at the doorway, smiling. "So where's this mystery guy that's supposed to be staying here?" She asked.

Kagome shrugged.

"I don't know, he said he would be here either late tonight or tomorrow." She said. Kagome's mother nodded. "Okay, well, I'm going to bed now, so are you going to stay up to wait for him?" She asked.

Kagome nodded, and got off her bed.

"Yeah, I'll go downstairs and watch T.V. until he get's here." She said. She waited until her mother went into her room and closed the door, before running down the stairs and jumping onto the couch, grabbing the remote. She changed the T.V. over to the A.V. setting, and turned on her DVD player, rapidly turning down the volume. A few seconds later, the DVD loaded, and it showed InuYasha in the middle of one of his concerts, one that was recorded and put on DVD. She had bought it as soon as it came out. She smiled, and laid down on the couch, rolling over to lay on her back, watching as the camera zoomed in on InuYasha. She really liked this version, because it was so far the only performance he had put on where it had gotten really hot out, so he had taken off his shirt.

Well, now there was two times, she corrected herself, remembering the shirt she had caught a day or two ago. She grinned, and continued watching, hoping that InuYasha got here soon.

InuYasha finished up the song, and set his guitar down, turning off his amp. He sighed, and looked at Miroku.

"So for the next show we do all those ones?" He asked. Miroku nodded. "Yeah, and we should open with Battlecry, just to keep things fresh, then organize a mosh and do Premonition of Destruction last." He said.

InuYasha nodded. "Cool." He said. He picked up his guitar, and walked out, waving over his shoulder.

"Be back sometimes tomorrow." He said, and Kouga laughed, bouncing his drum sticks lightly on his snare.

"Later man." He called.

InuYasha walked out, and was almost to the door when Ashley got him, wrapping her arms around his waist from behind. He stopped, and she sighed.

"Where are you going now, InuYasha?" She asked, trying to conceal the sadness in her voice.

InuYasha turned around, still in her arms, and hugged her. "I'm going out for a while, that's all." He said.

Ashley stared up at him wide-eyed. "Are you coming back tonight?" She asked. "Or do you have something else planned, to stay the night somewhere else?"

InuYasha sighed, and knew that she would stay up all night waiting for him if he lied and said he was coming back tonight.

"I'm staying the night at a friends house." He said.

She was silent for a minute, but when she spoke, InuYasha was shocked to hear the distress in her voice.

"InuYasha, I-." She paused. "Nevermind, just be careful, and come back here tomorrow." She said, before letting go of him and walking away.

InuYasha watched her walk away into her room, then sighed. He shook his head, and left, walking down the street to where Kagome's house was.

Why the hell is Ashley being all sad and shit whenever I leave the place to go somewhere else? He thought. It's not like anyone is making her stay there, she can go out and do whatever she wants, she's only needed right before shows.

He cursed. She had always been like that, but lately it seemed that it was getting worse. She seemed almost to the point of tears tonight, and he didn't know why.

He didn't want any of his band members being like that, it ruined their performance. And even though Ashley wasn't part of their band, he still wanted her to be happy. She was a good person, and she worked hard for all of them, and she was his friend, she deserved to be happy.

He sighed, and stopped walking when he realized that he was standing on Kagome's steps. He saw that all the lights were off, and wondered if he would be intruding and waking people up if he knocked, it was almost eleven at night. He stopped, and as he did so, he heard faint screaming, and music, and as he started to recognise his own songs, he realized that someone was watching one of his DVD's. He smiled, and knocked, waiting for the door to be opened.

Kagome muted the volume, and listened hard. She heard her own heart pounding nervously in her chest. She was startled by a knocking at the door, and a glance at the clock above the T.V. told her that it was ten past eleven. She got up, and walked over to the door, opening it slightly.

"Hello?" She asked.

InuYasha smiled at her. "Hey." He said. "I'm here just like you wanted."

Kagome grinned, and threw open the door.

"Yeah, I can't believe you came!" She said. She grabbed his arm, and pulled him inside, shutting the door and locking it.

"So," She said, pushing him up against the door, and resting her hands on his chest. "What do you want to do now that you're here?"

A/N: AHAHA what a place to end it. Oh well, next chapter coming soon. Read and Review.