A/N: Okay so I know I don't typically have an author note at the beginning of Sakura, but I thought I should inform everyone that not only am I going to start posting the sequel to You Owe Me some time in November, sorry for the wait. I'm also going to post a new story called secluded.
Chapter 7: hello again
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
My heart began beating over time and I quickly tried backing up but he had a steady grip on my shoulders. He steadied me and I had no choice but to look up at him. He had an overly handsome casual smile on his face. "Did I scare you?" He asked, but I couldn't form words. All I could do was stare into his eyes and try my damndest to form actual thoughts. He lifted an eyebrow slightly and I could feel my heart actually increase it's amount of beats per second. His eyes focused down on my face as if he was surveying every aspect of it. His scrutiny only helped to dry my mouth even more. His smile spread wider after awhile and I realized he must have liked what he saw. I thought that over for a moment and decided that it was time to act more like myself. I cleared my throat to say something, but before I could utter a word he looked away from me. He dropped his arms from my shoulder and took a step back. "Father…" he said in an overly enthusiastic voice. I realized quickly he was being sarcastic.
I turned to see what he'd do next getting a good look at his person. He wore casual clothes for the first time. A normal dark long sleeved shirt and dark denim jeans. His dad not only didn't seem please to see him, he also didn't seem to like his choice of clothing. "You're late." He stated and Mr. Takashi only smirked slightly before greeting his mom who seemed to be too happy to see him.
"Am I, my apologies I rushed right over here?" He said in that overly sarcastic voice. His dad grew more and more upset, but he ignored it to turn towards me. I smiled at that moment and he returned it. "Where's my manners," he said while walking towards me.
He put a hand out for me to shake, and as he did his father met us at the bottom of the steps. "Sakura, this is my son, Inuyasha. He'll be helping me on the set of the movie." I smiled and nodded while taking his hand. The touch made me over react again, and his golden eyes attached to mine in the same way they had yesterday. I prayed he didn't see through my cover.
"You're more gorgeous in person." He stated and I couldn't stop the rush of blood that ran through my body in excess. "But I'm sure you get that often." He said, I had to actually bite the corner of my lip to stop a flow of girly giggles from escaping.
Instead I stood up straight and smiled. I wasn't Kagome right now; I had to act more like myself. "How bold, no I'm afraid you're the first to say it." He hadn't yet let go of my hand, and I could see his father tensing up beside us. "Thank you Mr. Takashi."
"It's Inuyasha; Mr. Takashi is my extremely prudent father." I unexpectedly laughed at the joke as his dad sighed in annoyance.
"Inuyasha." Mr. Takashi said breaking our concentration. "You weren't at work were you?" He asked and I focused my attention on the conversation at hand. Inuyasha dropped his hand from mine and slipped it into his pants like he did at school. It was Saturday night at the moment so I was actually aware that he wasn't at school. "Can I please talk to you in private? Sakura I know you were on your way out, but could you wait a few seconds please." I nodded and he did the same as he and Inuyasha headed back inside.
I stared at their descending figures while Sango ran towards me. "OMG Mr. Takashi thinks you're hot." She said in a sharp whisper as they went inside. I let my eyes drift towards Sango and I actually decided to play into her stupid adolescent excitement.
"I know." I stated before smiling at her. Kaede descended the stairs to meet us. She seemed pleased. I had no idea why, but I waited for her reaction.
"So seeing as Inuyasha is fond of you, I'd say you're going to keep this role." I smiled at her before turning back to Sango. She was still excited about everything.
"Do you think I could come on set and watch you film the movie sometime?" She asked and I nodded and she bursted into squeals. I would have normally said no to her, but I was too flustered and excited about Inuyasha's reaction towards me I couldn't possibly be cross. My mind kept playing back his charming smile. His hand on mine, I decided to take a grip on my emotions and lead myself back up the stairs.
As I approached the double doors all I could hear was shouting. It was dying down as I got near it, but their voices weren't hard to make out. "All I'm trying to say is, I'll date who I want, so anything else is irrelevant."
"Well that's not really what this is about, is it?" Mr. Takashi countered. "It's about you not taking anything seriously. Do you think teaching is going to give you the life you want? You have a duty to yourself and this family to wise up." He finished, and there was a rather large break in the conversation, and something told me it was because they sensed me.
"Listen," Inuyasha said in a small whisper. I could still hear it but I had to strain my ears. "I said I was going to do both, but I'm not giving up something I like to do something I don't. And I don't want to have this conversation anymore." There was pure awkwardness in the air after the argument cooled off, and I thought I should take that cue to leave, but before I could; the door opened completely and out came both Takashi's.
"Come on in Kagome, I'm sorry for keeping you waiting." The older Takashi said, and I took that as my invitation inside. I noticed the very observant eye of Inuyasha as I walked inside. When I got inside I saw a very worried stricken Mrs. Takashi, she was holding on the arm of her husband and very in need of something. He seemed aware of it and he smiled my way. "I'm going to go ahead and leave you two alone." He said, and I nodded in understanding. My heart skipped the beat at the idea of being alone with him. "Be quick Inuyasha." He said and with that they both descended towards the winding stairs, Mrs. Takashi began talking feverishly as if she was upset.
"I'm sorry…" I said after they were out of both our vision. "I didn't know. I would have stayed outside…" I let my eyes glance his way and my words trailed off. He had a gleam in his eyes and a smirk pointed towards me. I smiled back. "Are you always in such a good mood?" I asked and he shrugged momentarily.
"Only when I see something I like." I glanced at the floor hiding my blush. "I have an idea." He stated and I looked up at him. He didn't seem as if he was affected by the argument he had with his father at all. He seemed so different then the teacher I knew, I liked it. "Why don't you and I get to know each other better, are you off next weekend?" He asked and I couldn't help but laugh again. I thought over what to say, but decided that I'd go back to what he had said at first.
"Do you always decide so quickly that you like something?" I asked and that caused the handsome grin to spread. I had only just met him as Sakura, and he was already asking me out. He was unusually confident and persistent.
He took a few steps forward. "So what do you say?" He asked and I felt my throat go dry again. All I could do was nod and he smiled my way. "Is that a yeah?" He asked and I nodded again. He didn't say anything he just paused to stare at me for awhile. "That reminds me." He said while suddenly back tracking and heading deeper into the unusually massive house. I watched him leave and he paused momentarily. "Come one…" He said meaning he wanted me to follow him. I did just that as he led the way. "You know I'm a teacher." He stated.
"Really…" I said.
"Yeah, and I have a student whose a huge fan of yours. I promised her an autograph, you don't mind do you?" He asked as he led me into a small study. He let himself in and turned towards the printer at the side, taking out a blank sheet of paper. He handed me the sheet and a pen, and I smiled down at it.
"How noble of you." I said and he only rose an eyebrow. "Are you sure this autograph isn't really for you?" I knew he meant to give it to Kagome, but I liked the flirty banter we had been doing earlier. "Should I make it out to you?"
He laughed while hoisting himself onto the desk behind him. It was an unbelievably sexy notion, but I tore my eyes away from it. Instead I focused on the wall beside me and I wrote my signature in huge letters and 'to my biggest fan,' at the bottom.
I turned and handed it to him. He read it and smiled. "Yes very nice, she'll love it." I smiled while walking further into the office and looking around. It was slightly bare besides the computer, the large book shelf, and desk he was now sitting on. I took a seat on the wooden chair across from him. He folded the sheet and set it beside him. "So where do you live, where should I pick you up?" He asked and I sat up in shock. I didn't think that through.
"Ugh…" I stuttered and he just stared at me in a perplexed way. "I actually don't live anywhere… I mean, I live somewhere, but it's a secret. I can just drive here and you can pick me up." He thought that over for a moment, and it almost looked like he wasn't buying it, but suddenly he nodded slightly.
"Okay… I don't actually live here anymore. I haven't lived here since I was eighteen, but I do live in the city. It's a little far from here so..." I nodded as if I agreed and he smiled. "Don't worry I'm not trying to find out where your little hiding space is?" He joked.
"I'm not in hiding." I said quickly and he nodded in disbelief. "No seriously I'm not, I've sort of been known to move around a lot…I'm taking an acting coarse, and I want to be away from the public eye, but I'm not in hiding."
He smiled "You don't have to prove anything to me." He jumped down from his spot. "I don't really care, how about eight Saturday night." I nodded in agreement. I didn't know what to say after that and he seemed to be waiting for something. I just stared at him and he realized that whatever he wanted I wasn't going to give to him. "Can I have your number?" He asked and I widened my eyes.
"Oh… yeah… yeah… sorry do you have a paper and pen." He nodded and walked towards the printer again, pulling out yet another paper and pen. He handed it to me. I quickly jotted down my cell on the paper. I was a bit hesitant to give it to him. I didn't need any more rapid fans getting a hold of my number. Not a lot of people knew my number besides my real family, and the public eye didn't know about my actual family or even my real name. They just knew me as Sakura, and that's how I wanted it. After some inner debating I finally gave it to him.
He looked down at the number. "Don't worry I'll keep it under lock and key." He said sarcastically and I smiled.
"Let's hope so." I said while walking back to the chair and grabbing my purse. "So I'll see you on Saturday."
"That's the plan." I nodded at that and headed blindly towards the door while staring his way. I didn't know what it was about him that turned me into a bumbling fool. "Wall." He stated and not knowing what he meant I hit a wall behind me. I paused for a moment a bit embarrassed. He didn't laugh but I could see the outline of a grin immersing. I turned to my left looking back at the door before walking directly towards it. I left the study suddenly looking around at the massive house. Sango, Kaede, and Yura were still waiting for me in the foyer and I quickly joined them to leave.
Monday morning
"Are you worried?" Sango asked and I stared into the dusty green cell called a locker. She was talking excessively close to me and whispering directly on my face. I closed the cell and turned to face her. "I'm just saying I'd be nervous. I mean he looked directly into your face and everything."
"Well he didn't recognize me then, so I'm sure he won't now." I said while turning away from her. She followed me down the hall as we headed to Mr. Takashi's room. I had been lying when I said I wasn't nervous. I was extremely nervous. What if a light bulb went off when he saw me? I hadn't known at first that the Takashi's were the production agency the movie would be produced under, but it made sense now. No wonder they sent me to this boarding school.
"So what do you thinks going to happen? If you date him he'll find out who you are." I rolled my eyes. Who said I was going to date him. I was just going on a date. There was a distinct distance. "I mean he'll recognize your scent after awhile."
"Sango can we please change the subject." She paused suddenly thinking about that for a second. We finally rounded the corner to his class room. I stopped to let a few of our classmates enter ahead of me.
"Okay…did you do the homework?" She asked. I scrunched my face together while also piling into the classroom.
"Change the subject again." I demanded. The classroom was halfway full and Inuyasha hadn't come in yet. I surveyed the classroom wondering if I should sit in front or the back. Sango had already made her way to the back and I followed her.
"You're going to fail." She stated smugly and I huffed in boredom as I fixed the glasses on my face.
"You know what I'm going to do?" I asked and she shuffled in her seat ever so slightly. "I'm going to get a cropped wig. So it'll look like I cut my hair. It'll be extremely hard for him to tell the difference between us. This way I could go on as many dates as I want." Sango laughed slightly at that as if she thought the idea was absurd. "What's wrong with that?" I asked.
"Well for starters he's a youkai; he's going to know his girlfriend's scent soon or a later." I smiled at the idea of being his girlfriend. I could tell Sango was getting a bit frustrated.
"Well you told me he wouldn't distinguish between the scents." The bell rang after my sentence and the announcements came on.
Sango rolled her eyes. "Kagome if you don't want him to distinguish you from the other students you have to stay low." At that moment the door opened and everyone's chatter ceased. Inuyasha walked in wearing navy blue slacks and a white button down. He had a navy blue tie on and his hair was in a very low ponytail. He was obviously gorgeous. "Which is something that you tend to do horribly." Sango whispered loudly. I narrowed my eyes momentarily tearing my eyes from him. He was at the moment turning towards the loud speaker button to turn it off.
"So now you're calling me a bad actress?" I asked and Sango turned incredulously.
"No…no….I'm just saying you should tone it down. You know with the huge vocabulary. The overly OCD way you do things. And more importantly, maybe you should do your homework. You know, so you don't get into trouble. Just a suggestion." She whispered back.
"Okay whatever. Isn't this something you should have told me earlier?" I asked. She shrugged as the announcements cut off.
"Good morning class." He announced and I smiled while sitting up in my seat. The class chorused there good mornings as well and I stared at him. He was of course extremely handsome. He had a small wool jacket on his arm and he walked forward and set it down on his desk. He looked around the class slowly, as soon as his eyes landed on me I looked away. He didn't seem too fazed by it, and he quickly got into the spin of things. "Okay, so I lied." He said suddenly. "It's not that great of a morning because I'm giving you a pop quiz, but don't be too upset, it'll be extremely easy… if you did your homework that is." The classroom groaned slightly before starting up their own conversations. "That reminds me… please pass up your homework." They began to shuffle and bend over to grab hold of their bags and folders. He backed up and took a seat at his desk.
Sango took out her homework from an immaculate folder. She read over it momentarily before passing it forward. I on the other hand just stared forward towards him. I wondered where he would take me this Saturday. I kept picturing an isolated restaurant where I could actually be myself fully. He had at that moment focused his attention on the computer screen; his whole body seemed concentrated in that task. "Hey… don't start drooling." Sango commented and I rolled my eyes.
He then looked up at that moment while rising from his seat. He set his focus on the class as a whole and I felt myself growing a bit upset by that. When you have his full undivided romantic attention, it was hard to get anything less than that. He walked over to the first row of desk and grabbed hold of the stack of papers. He weighed it in his hands. "Relatively thick" he commented and a few girls laughed. He walked over to the second row and weighted the stack. "This could be a lot thicker." He joked. He did the same thing on each of the four rows before lying the set of papers on his desk. "Okay who wants to pass out the quizzes, I'll give the lucky lady an 'A' for the day." Steady girls raised their hands simultaneously and he searched the class room for a suitable choice. He finally settled on a girl in the third row. I watched as she walked over to him. He paused for a second before grabbing the stack of papers from his desk and returning to the head of the class to give it to her. "I took the time to tally up grades last night, because I'm such an amazing guy." He joked while returning to his seat. "If you're interested, when you turn in your paper I'll show it to you."
I watched as he returned to his work at his desk. I was so wrapped up in him, I actually didn't notice the slapping of paper on my desk. Sango had to nudge me to get my attention. I looked down at a series of questions and I pushed the paper aside. "I'm not doing it" I whispered.
"No talking… I have excellent hearing." He said from ahead I looked towards Sango who gave me an upset look.
"What did I say before? You have to stay low, that means actually doing your work." She whispered. I rolled my eyes while focusing my attention ahead.
"I'm trying to stay low you're the one whose trying to blow my cover. He's a youkai he can hear us." I said and Sango just shook her head while returning to her own work. I looked past her for a second before returning my glance at him. I was shock to see he was actually staring right at me. He didn't seem too upset, but not too please either. He made the universal motion meaning shut up. He lifted a hand up and closed it. I nodded and pretended to be engrossed in my work. After awhile I got bored of literally doing nothing and I grabbed my bag and placed it on top of the desk to rest my head.
I couldn't exactly fall asleep, but I noticed several girls walking with their test papers to the head of the class. They set their sheets down and walked in line to check their grade. Some of them didn't bother to, others seemed indecisive. Sango got up at that moment with her sheet. I didn't know why but I felt compelled to follow. I rose up from my seat and left my test at my desk. I followed behind her as she set the test on his desk and went to the end of the line. "What are you doing here? I could tell you right now what grade you have."
"Why are you so concerned with what grades I make? You know I've already graduated from high school." I informed her. She seemed to take that into consideration. "I was tutered and I got my diploma when I was sixteen, I've actually studied a lot harder topics than what they have to offer here."
I looked ahead at Inuyasha as he talked face to face to a student about her grade. She nodded and asked a question before taking her seat. "It's not the grade really; I just don't want you to get caught. I mean now that you found out that Mr. Takashi is your producer and he'll be on set, and he likes you. I feel like your chances of getting discovered are higher than usual." I shrugged at that, I needed to focus my attention on acting, keeping the part, and trying to be as close to normal as possible. I didn't have time to do homework and take test.
As Sango moved up in line I decided that I'd actually leave before it was my turn. She was second in line and as the girl ahead of her left she took her spot beside him. "Okay Sango Reed" he announced while playing with the mouse. He sat up in his seat as he got to what he was looking for. "This is your grade." He said. he looked towards her as Sango formed a slight smile. "Good job, keep up the good work. If you get an A on this quiz then you'll have one of the highest averages in the class." She smiled wider at that and I moved up slightly wanting to see what grade it was.
"Thank you." She said while turning away to leave. I followed after her. I didn't know why but all of a sudden I wanted to see her grade. I knew it had to be an 'A' but what percentage.
"Kagome Higurashi." I heard him say behind me. I turned momentarily. He had his eyes on the computer screen as he moved the mouse ever so slightly.
"Oh, I don't really want to see my grade." I said while walking towards him.
He glanced up at me. "Well it's a little too late for that. You were in line." He informed me. I took my place behind the computer letting my eyes process what he was doing. He had a list of all the student's names in the class. His mouse was on my name and he clicked on it making another set of names appear. He scrolled down to my name again and shifted the page to the right. Near my row was a giant 'F.' I didn't really seem fazed by it. I had my eyes on the small minimized web pages he had bellow. I narrowed my eyes to get a better look. "This is your grade currently, but depending on how you did on the test it can go up." He clicked on the 'F' and it turned into a 0. He looked up at me and I looked down at him. "Do you know what that means?" He asked and I shrugged. "It means you haven't turned in anything since you've been here." He said and I shrugged indifferently. He gave me a look and I decided to change up my attitude.
"I mean what do you recommend so my average goes up?" He looked down momentarily before pressing back space and returning to the previous page.
"I recommend you do your work." He said obviously and I backed up with a slight nod.
"Eye- Yie captain." I said sarcastically causing a few close students to laugh slightly. he narrowed his eyes. I didn't say anything else. I just backed up and headed back to my seat. Sango shook her head again as I approached her.
"What was your average she asked." I shrugged and she smiled. "Was it a 0?"
"How did you guess?" I asked nonchalantly. "Hey do you want to leave this place after school?" I asked and she sat up in her seat. "You can be Cece again and we can go out into the city for dinner." Sango smiled widely and began bouncing up and down in her seat. I sat back down before thinking over what I just said. "You know unless you want to go after this class?" I asked. I knew how serious a student Sango was. I didn't want her thinking I was trying to get her to neglect her work, but I wanted to get out of here. I just wasn't in the mood for school today. "We can catch a movie, go shopping. If I'm Sakura we can get all sorts of free stuff." I coaxed and she turned to face me.
"Really?" She asked and I just nodded. I could see her think things over as Inuyasha walked center stage. He began writing something unreadable on the chalkboard before turning to face us. Sango was so engrossed with what I was saying she didn't even take the time to write it down. It wasn't until I turned forward she got the memo and began writing feverishly.
The bell rang suddenly as he turned to face the class. Everyone began writing down things and organizing there papers. "Don't forget we're moving on to another section tomorrow, read over your notes from Friday and be prepared. There might be another pop quiz." He announced as everyone began to file out. I was the last to go seeing as Sango took her sweet time writing things down.
"I don't know." She said in a low whisper. "We're going to have a pop quiz tomorrow, and I don't understand what's going on in my math class." I rolled my eyes as I laid my head down on my desk. I hadn't notice that Inuyasha was paying close attention to the conversation.
"You know what you need?" I said as I sat up again. She only spared me a glance while closing her binder and getting herself organized. "You need a day off."
"I had a day off, yesterday, on Sunday."
"Yeah and you spent it on studying." I reminded her. A few girls were still filing out and I quickly latched on to my oversize purse and rose from my seat. "Half of that math you won't need when you get older, you should pay someone to do your purposeless homework for you."
"I'm sorry, but we don't all have money out the ass like you." Sango said in an even lower whisper. I thought that over momentarily before sighing. I could see she was going to pass off the going out sentiment. I thought about walking the city by myself and I coiled.
"Okay…" I said while trailing ahead of her towards the door. "I'll do your math homework tonight if you come?" Sango's eyes lit up and I smiled at the reaction.
"Are you sure you can."
"Yeah of course I can. I can do just about anything that this school can teach." I rolled my eyes while adjusting the strap to my purse. "Hell… I can probably teach it." Sango laughed a little as we made our way out. "Okay so we'll go after lunch…"
"Mrs. Higurashi." I heard someone call out. I turned quickly beside me. Sango stared to the left in shock.
"Was I too loud again?" Sango asked suddenly and I turned to the left taking in Mr. Takashi. He didn't seem upset but he was stern. I sighed before subconsciously grabbing a hold of Sango's arm so she could face him with me. I didn't like to get too close with my disguise. I felt as if he could recognize me at any given time.
I walked up to him with a false easy smile on my face. "We need to stop meeting like this." I joked. He didn't laugh but Sango did a dry snicker. The type you did when you're dragged somewhere you're not supposed to be.
"I have something for you." He stated ominously before heading back into his classroom. I looked towards Sango who gave me a weirded look. I didn't follow him into the classroom even though I knew he wanted me too.
"Go…" She said and I paused.
"Wait… can I think over what he might have waiting for me." I pictured it being a detention slip so I was trying to think of what I might have said to deserve one.
I was about to just suck it up and follow him when he came out with something in his hands. He unfolded a sheet of paper; it was the autographed paper I had signed two nights ago. I faked a humongous smile and complete shock. I knew he bought it and I waited for him to hand it to me. "I'm too shock for words." I stated and he smiled. "You actually met her? How was she like?" I knew Sango was beside me with a confused look on her face so I nudged her in the arm hoping she'd show some sort of reaction.
"Wow…. She said in fake shock. Is that her actual signature?" I turned to look at her in disappointment and she shrugged.
"Yeah it is… ugh she was great." He stated and I could tell he was hiding more information. "I got her to get you one of these. I know it's not laminated or anything, but it was all short notice." I smiled in gratitude before stepping forward to take the autograph. He lifted it away from me slightly.
"I couldn't help but over hearing you talking with Sango." He said and I felt my blood run cold and my body freeze. "I'll make a deal with you. If you raise your grade in my class I'll give it to you." He said and I thought over first what emotion I should play. I decided on shock.
"What…" I said and he smiled.
"I know you have it in you. I think all you have to do is apply yourself. It'll be like a goal. Obviously grades mean nothing to you, so hopefully this will. So what do you say?"
"Ugh… I guess I have to say yes." I lied; I knew I'd probably never do any work. He smiled before backing up and closing his door.
"I'll see you tomorrow then." He said while taking off into the hall. I turned to face Sango who gave me the same perplexed look.
"What are you going to do?" She asked and I shrugged. "You have to start doing your work."
"Why is that?" I asked as we descended down the hall. I could tell she was searching for a reason why. I waited as we rounded the corner. I stopped by my small cell to get a few of my essentials. I had my room key in there and my wallet. I didn't like bringing my wallet to class because my ID had me as myself but I wasn't under the anomalous name of Sakura. I was actually listed as Kagome Sakura Higurashi. Which was actually my birth name, and I hadn't actually officially changed it. If it had somehow slipped out of my bag or if I lost it during the day then my whole identity as an actress would be revealed. Half of the reason I didn't go by my real name was to protect my family from fame, and to hide where I really came from.
"Well first of all." She said. "You'd reveal that you're not a huge fan of Sakura's. You're trying to play it off like you worship the ground she walks on. Well if you really did you'd try anything to get your grade up. So you can get that autograph. I thought that over for a moment and I realized what she was right.
"That's right." I said as I began putting the combination down on the locker. It opened up and I quickly grabbed my wallet and keycard. I dropped it into my bag and switched off some of my books for it. "But I'm still going out today. Are you?"
"You don't take anything seriously." Sango said and I shrugged while closing the locker. The warning bell signaled and Sango sighed as she began turning for her next class.
"You're coming still, right after lunch?" She paused thinking it over and I smiled.
"If you're still going to do my math homework?" I nodded "Okay then I'm in. how are we going to sneak out."
"Don't worry about it. I have a plan. I'm going back to the dorms now."
"Your skipping school?" she asked and I nodded while she turned away shaking her head.
(Moments later)
I stared at myself in scrutiny. As Yura ran back into the closet, "can you bring me something new? I need to be up to date; everyone thinks I'm in hiding." I reminded her. She nodded as she pushed clothes aside. In my hand I had a very shapely designer scarlet mini dress. "This can be for Sango. Don't forget to pull the limo to the side so we can leave." She nodded and I turned to face the mirror again. She brought out a green dress and I rolled my eyes. "No." I said and she turned towards the closet again. A phone rung just then and she hurried to put the dress away and get it.
"Hello." She said quickly. She paused momentarily listening to the person on the other end. She nodded her bowl shape head for awhile before directing the phone towards me.
"Who is it?" I asked.
She quickly put her hand on the speaking end and mouthed 'Mr. Takashi' I quickly leaned forward and took the phone. "Hello." I said in the nicest most pleasant voice I could muster. If I was lucky he'd tell me he was shooting the movie early and I could finally leave this damn boarding school.
"Hey, it's been a whole day so I think I'm well in my rights to call you." A man said and I turned to Yura in a confused manor. She had taken the look as a signal to go back to work and she quickly ran back to the closet.
"Uh…" I said while running my hand through my hair. I had dumped the wig as soon as I got into the dorm. "I'm sorry but may I ask whose speaking?" I asked. I was shocked to hear laughter on the other end and I suddenly knew who it was. "Oh… Inuyasha" I said while sitting on my desk chair. "How are you, I'm sorry my assistant led me to believe you were your father."
"I'm fine…" he said "actually I was thinking about you, so I thought I'd call. I don't have too much time, my next class starts soon."
"Oh that's fine; I was on my way out anyway." I said while spinning myself on the office chair. It was a bit childish, but seeing as I actually had butterflies for the first time in awhile I thought it was acceptable. I stood up from my spot and began pacing the room. I couldn't believe he was actually calling, actually I could believe it, but I was still in awe. Yura peeked out of the closet with a small white lace mini dress. I nodded signaling I liked it. She stuck out a dark chunky black belt, and I waved my hand telling her I'd wear it.
"Well beside thinking about you, I do have some bad news." He said and I froze in my spot. I hope he wasn't telling me I was fired from the part, or slightly worse, he didn't want to take me out anymore. "I forgot that Saturday I had promised a close friend of mine I'd go stag to his premiere party. So I was wondering if you want to reschedule." I thought about that momentarily before growing curious.
"Who's the friend?" I asked. He paused and I took it as a bad sign. "I mean I'm sorry if that was a bit forward…"
"No it's fine, I was actually just in the middle of something… uh do you know a Miroku Tashio?" He asked and I thought about it.
"Yes…I know of him." I said. I didn't actually know, know him. I knew he was an actor but that was about it. I didn't socialize with other actors very much. I was usually forced to keep to myself. I had a complicated image.
"Well he's the close friend. He just ended a relationship with his whore of a girlfriend and his movie comes out this Saturday. I was going to bring you to the premiere, but I forgot he asked me to go alone. You know so he wasn't the only dateless dope there." I smiled silently before thinking of something.
"Uh… well, what if I could get him a date?" I asked. I had a plan brewing, and though I knew it wasn't the best. I felt like I owed it to myself to try.
"Well who did you have in mind?" He asked and I smiled slightly.
"You remember Cece right?" I asked.
"Yeah…I think Miroku would like her." He stated… "Then again he likes everyone…If you don't mind double dating?" He asked and I nodded before realizing he wouldn't be able to see it.
"Yeah… I don't mind."
"Okay, well let me ask Miroku for good measure, though I think he'll say yeah." He said and I realized he was using that as his moment to hang up, for some reason I didn't want that to happen.
"Oh… I forgot to ask, how did your student take the autograph?"
"Oh the autograph, she loved it. You made her too happy." He said. "Thank you."
"Are you sure you don't have it hanging in your apartment?" I joked.
"Ah ha, you're the one stalking me. How did you know I live in an apartment?" He asked. It took me off guard because I knew that most teachers stayed at the boarding school as well. But he was one of the only ones I knew that didn't. He had said he lived in the city.
"I'm guessing," I said. I could feel his overly handsome smile on the other line and it caused me to smile as well.
"Well…" He said after awhile. "I'm not being forward, but if everything goes well Saturday maybe I'll show you around."
I widened my eyes in shock. "That's you not being forward?" I asked and I began laughing as the door at the other end of the room switched around. I knew someone was coming in, but I didn't think much of it. It opened slightly and Kaede let herself in. I turned away from her.
"Imagine when I'm actually being forward."
"Yeah I can't wait… hey you know what. I got to go." I said quickly. "Uh see you Saturday." I didn't bother saying bye I just hung up and I turned to face her.
She stared at me while taking off her fall jacket. "What are you doing here Sakura?" She asked and I shrugged while meeting Yura at the closet. I grabbed my dress and Sango's.
"I just thought I deserved a day off." I told her and she narrowed her eyes in suspicion.
"You're always giving yourself a day off. How do you expect to play the part if you're always leaving school in the middle of it?" I shrugged while tossing my hair to the side and walking towards the mirror. "Who were you on the phone with?"
"Mr. Takashi." I said while quickly taking off my uniform.
"Any news for me?" I shook my head and she sighed rather loudly. "Where are you going?"
"You know Kaede, I already have a mother." I reminded her while removing my blouse. "I'll be twenty next week. I'm very capable of leaving and coming when I please."
"Kagome we both know that's not so simple for you."
"It's Sakura." I warned as I took hold of the white lace dress. "My name is Sakura, and I wouldn't have to go out if a certain agent of mine didn't publicize that I was in hiding."
"I did it for your own good. If you want to go out, put the wig back on." I shimmied the dress down and swiveled around the mirror. It hugged my curves and I opted not to wear the belt. I walked forward and grabbed the black leather jacket from its hook. I grabbed hold of the black ankle boots at the bottom of my bed and I put them on. "Kagome… are you even listening to me?" Kaede asked, and I grabbed my clutch.
"It's Sakura, and you're missing the point." I stated as if that was obvious. I headed for the door and Yura hurried and scampered behind me. She had the red dress and wig in her hands and was trying desperately to put a bag over them so no one would see them. I looked around the hall spotting no one. "Can I have the glasses?" I asked and she nodded while looking around her person for a large duffle like bag. She grabbed hold of the sunglasses and passed them to me. I placed them on my face and I thought over what I'd do next. "Do you have a scrunchie?" I asked and she nodded her bowl shape head again. She took out a skinny one from the duffle bag. I quickly placed my hair into a bun and walked quickly down the hall. Most of the girls were at school so no one came out of their rooms as I walked.
"Kagome," Ayame said shyly. "Don't you think this is a bit risqué?" she asked. I shrugged, not knowing what to say to that. Yes it was a bit stupid, but hey I was already doing it so did it matter? We rounded the corner and pulled the door open for the stairs. I ran down them with her following behind me.
"Where's the limo?" I asked as we got to the exit. One led to the lobby and the other was the fire exit. She pointed towards the door behind the exit and I nodded while turning towards it. "So I guess this is the plan. We pull up in front of the school and you request them to release Sango Reed."
"I don't think…"
"Yura just do it…" I said as the limo driver walked to the front and let us in. I pushed myself into the seat and she followed. "And don't make a scene with it either." I warned her and she nodded as she took her assortment of things and set them on the seat across from her. The limo started up and drove slowly to the front of the school. I smiled contently "why can't you be more like the limo driver?" I asked "He obviously knows how to listen to detail." I was signifying how he overheard our conversation and knew to pull up to the school.
"I'll try harder." She said and I rolled my eyes as I looked out the window beside me. The chauffeur opened her door and she climbed out to head inside. I watched her for awhile before getting bored. I picked up Sango's cropped wig and tipped my head to the side. She'd need a cuter wig if she was going on a date this weekend. I set it down and looked back into the window. The two doors to the school opened and out came Yura, alone.
I pushed myself towards the door and before the chauffeur could open it I did myself, hitting him slightly. "What the hell?"
"I'm sorry, but they won't just release her. It has to be a member of the family." I huffed thinking it over before getting out of the limo myself. "Where are you going?"
"Don't worry about it; just get back into the limo." I said while walking up the few concrete steps of the building. I took a deep breath while making my way to the double doors. I opened them up and led myself in. As soon as I walked inside everyone who lined the lobby of the school stopped what they were doing to stare at me. As I passed them I could hear little mumbles and whispers. I walked near the small glass oval of the front office and quickly opened the door. The loud office went silent, the receptionist at the front looked up from assisting someone to stare at me. I cut the long line and headed to the front. I pulled off my glasses and smiled. I could see her eyes light up with recognition.
"Hello…" I said with a smile. Someone screamed in the back and I decided to quickly begin talking. "My names Sakura…maybe you've seen me on TV… one of your students won a surprise contest. She gets to spend the whole day with me, and I know that this is a school day, but you won't mind if I steal her away for awhile." I said. The woman nodded and I smiled. "Great it's Sango Reed," I pointed out and I backed up as she started typing something in her computer. I turned away from her and leaned against the rounded desk. Some of the students in the line stared at me in complete shock. I let the scrunchie out of my hair letting my hair fall. "How's school?" I asked the students in line. They all began talking at the same time. Some of them were muttering in complete shock, and I knew if they weren't so shy and surprised they'd bombard me with questions and autograph request. "that's great, stay in school." I told them as the woman suddenly moved to a microphone near her computer. I turned to look at her as she pressed a button.
"Hello, can we get Sango Reed to the front office please. Sango Reed to the front office please, there's a surprise here for you." She said and I smiled her way. "Uh, while you're here, can I trouble you for an autograph?" She asked.
"It's no trouble at all." I said as she grabbed a pen and paper for me. I quickly scribbled my name down and a 'to my greatest fan…' and when I looked up I realized that almost everyone had moved considerably closer to me. I smiled at them as I watched Sango make her way quickly to the office. I took a deep breath, thank God; it seemed as if they were all going to smother me. I was hoping that Sango would act surprise to see me, and as she opened the door to the office she widened her eyes in complete and utter amazement. I smiled her way. "Are you Sango?" I asked but she didn't say anything. I looked around at the people near me. "She's too stun for words." I said and I could feel people behind me begin taking pictures from the back and the side. I knew already that they were getting to comfortable and I should leave.
I walked towards her. "What are you doing?" She whispered with teeth shut. I smiled her way and turned around to face everyone. The clicking and flashes from camera phones went rapid and I smiled momentarily before turning Sango around and trying very hard to move her out of the office.
"Congratulations Sango." The front office assistant shouted out. Sango turned to face her and I grabbed her arm and led her out. As I left a few other people from the office followed me out, and a girl sitting in the lobby got up and began screaming "Sakura's here!" I turned to face her as some people closed me in. Sango got the memo and she slipped herself out of the mob and opened the door.
"I promise I'll be back." I told them as I too slipped out of the crowd and waved behind me. Sango kept the door open and I looked at her quickly as people began to scream. "Run…" I told her and she did just that as we took off outside. As if the limo driver knew this would happen, he quickly with no emotion popped the door open and we ran inside. I wasn't shocked to see a few people follow us outside. The driver quickly took his place, and Sango started to combust in laughter.
"That wasn't funny." I told her as some students from various classes tried to go towards the limo. The driver had pulled out and I couldn't help but laugh as well. "Okay so it's a little funny."
"I thought you said not to worry about it. We live in a really small town, how did you think they were going to act?" Sango asked and I shrugged.
"There's a major city few hours from here, I didn't know they were going to be like this." Yura had a told you so look on her face and I rolled my eyes. "So what…" I said shrugging, "Yura has my Kagome costume in her bag, we'll change before we come back tonight, and you know we'll slip right in." Sango smiled while looking back at her classmates. The limo drove out of the school and turned left.
"I've never been to the city." She said and I smiled. "This will be fun."
"It'll even be better since you'll be dressed as Cece." I said while grabbing her scarlet dress. Her eyes widened and I smiled. "Cute huh." I said and she shook her head. "What do you mean?" I looked at the dress too not seeing anything wrong with it.
"It's a little short?"
"No it's a lotta short, it's supposed to be like that. It's seventy five degrees today." I put the dress down and she looked up at me. "Just get dressed, ungrateful." She took the dress and her wig. I looked out of the window as she undressed. I didn't say anything about Saturday but I thought about how I'd present it. "Hey Sango…" I said and she looked up at me as she fixed the wig on her head. "Do you know who Miroku Tashio is?" I asked and she nodded.
"Duh… who doesn't." she said while looking into a mirror Yura held up. "He's extra hot, and funny, and talented. What about him." I smiled as I faced her.
"Okay…" she looked up at me and I widened my smile. "What if I told you…?" I paused while taking in her face. "What if I told you, you have a date with him on Saturday?"
"I'd say stop lying." She said with a smile on her face. I didn't return the smile and she widened her eyes. "Really?" she asked and I nodded.
She didn't say anything. She just stared at me in complete shock as her face rapidly turned blue. "Sango… stop playing."
"I think she isn't breathing." Yura said and I gave her a look as if that was absurd. "No really." Yura said and suddenly Sango fell flat on the limo's leather seats.
"WELL THAN DO SOMETHING!" I shouted and she dropped the mirror and began shaking her. "No are you stupid or just an idiot, do CPR."
"I don't know CPR." She screamed and I narrowed my eyes at her as the limo driver turned towards us.
"Should I drive us to the hospital ma'am?" He asked and I stuck an eyebrow up as I lifted my hand to the ceiling and pressed the button that allowed the screen to go up. Our limo driver was slightly too observant for my taste.
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