Alright, before I start with the chapter, I just have a few little things to say. First of all, yes, to the dozens and dozens of people questioning me, I have read 'Dead Famous'. However, even if it may seem to you that my fan fiction, and her fan fiction are similar in any way you see, I really don't think that they are. I mean, sure, we both have the, "normal school girl somehow meeting up with a super star" theme... but my plot and the direction of where this is going is in no way possible to have relationship with the plot of "Dead Famous". Secondly, the character "Karira" has nothing to do in tact with "Kilala", also known as the fire demon cat in the anime "Inu-Yasha". Some of you may have been getting confused by that but "Karira" isn't based upon the anime cat, she's completely unique and has her own whatsoever personalities.
Great, now I have that out of the way, I just really, really want to thank all you wonderful readers and reviewers, and I couldn't go on without you!
Before I start, many confusions of the chapter name – its easy said and put – dog V. cat – Inu-Yasha V. Kagome.
Now enough of my blabbering, along with the story!
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Chapter Seven
Dog V Cat
..................Kagome couldn't concentrate, more likely, she couldn't even understand what was happening around her... everything was swirling around her in fast motion, and she couldn't even keep her posture straight. She kept slacking in the police mans grip, and soon enough, he had grown sick and tired of her jerking to a stop in the middle of the track and had just swept her off the ground and was now holding her in his arms, where he was heading towards the gates where the police cars were waiting.
Of course, just as the exited - camera's were flashing like crazy, and luckily, Kagome's head was hidden as it was buried in the police mans chest, making it impossible for the photographers to get a shot of who she was.
Kagome groaned as she felt people bury around her, asking her questions, shoving microphones at her head, gosh... how had so many people found out about the incident so quickly and arrived to capture the scene so equally fast?
Kagome took a peek at where Inu-Yasha was being led and felt a pang of pity for the Taisho's as camera's captured the whole scene... this was definitely going to be on the front page of the newspaper... hell... it was probably being shown live on TV right now!
She held in a breath as she was taken into the ambulance and was laid down on the roller trolley like bed. Looking in front of her, the last thing she saw was several people taking pictures of the ambulance before the doors were shut, blocking out everything in view.
Kagome groaned as she looked around her. No one she knew had come into the ambulance with her, and the only person she recognized was the police officer who had abducted her from her... comfy... lovely... cozy... rich and soft bed....
"What's going on?" she asked as she realized she had practically had been dozed off in some alternate universe for the past five minutes and hadn't heard a word anyone had uttered.
"Mister Inu-Yasha Taisho is under arrest." An officer said abruptly, and ignored the worried glaze which shot through Kagome's eyes for a mere second.
"Why?" She asked and tried to get up but was pushed down as the ambulance started its engine and started to ride down the road.
"For holding and selling illegal substances," Another officer snapped out and glared at his wrist where Inu-Yasha had bitten in the struggle to get him into handcuffs. "That son of a..."
Kagome burrowed her eyebrows and looked up at the shaking ceiling of the ambulance... Inu-Yasha taking drugs was reasonable... everyone knew that, well, everyone who knew Inu-Yasha closely knew that... but... selling drugs was just...
It just wasn't him.
Despite his, 'I'm so tough and I so don't need you around me, so screw yourself shitless!' attitude, he never seemed like the one who would go so far in the black markets.
Replaying how Kouga had stormed into her room in her mind, she remembered the first day of her arrival and what Karira had told her...
"Oh, you know – they've been blackmailing us since I was born... keep asking for more and more money, or else they'll tell the press this – or they'll tell the press that..." Karira shook her head. "...It's just stupid, they won't leave us alone."
This must have been something Kouga's family had been blackmailing them about...
It had taken a mere ten minutes or so for the speeding ambulance to reach the police station, which was awfully humungous - twenty four stories high and as the ambulance pulled up at the gates to the front of the building, it stopped with a slight jerk, and Kagome sighed as the police officer took her by the wrist again to pull her out.
As she came into the lobby, she noticed that she was the last one who had arrived, and the rest of the attendants had already been taken up to whichever floor they needed to go on. As Kagome was being pulled towards a waiting elevator, she smiled weakly as she spotted a familiar face, quite a friendly one in fact.
"Hi -..." Kagome yelled out in hopes of preaching her old friend but was yanked in the elevator. "Uh, Bye Kikyo!"
Kikyou glanced at Kagome from the desk she was standing at and smiled as she waved just before the elevator door swung shut.
Kagome staggered in frustration as she felt the elevator move upwards. She had just met Inu-Yasha's old time lawyer, Kikyo, and just when she was about to say "Hi"... the police officer had pulled her in, crushing her attempt. This was definitely not her day!
Her eyes were drooping shut and she bobbed her head down when the elevator door opened once again, and the officer pulled her out on the twelfth floor, snapping her out of her daze.
Walking out with a big sigh, she noticed that all participants of the sudden abduction were sitting silently on a long chair, and Inu-Yasha was the only one missing... though he was spotted throughout the glass on the other side of the long hall, showing him sitting on a black chair, being questioned stonily by another demon.
"Wow, these people get to business fast!" Kagome said out in extreme surprise, startling a dazed off Karira.
She smiled weakly and motioned Kagome to sit next to her, and Kagome was about to head off in their direction when the police officer tugged on her arm, leading her the other way. "Ah! Hey, wadda'ya-."
"You're going to sit in the medical ward." He said curtly and pushed her towards the direction where Inu-Yasha was being questioned. Just as she passed the glass which showed Inu-Yasha being gruffly questioned by a sturdy demon, she was pushed into a room right in front of it.
She groaned as he made her sit on a shocking white bed, "You know, I feel okay if I..." She stopped in mid sentence as a headache seared through her head. "I changed my mind, I'll just stay right here..." she said and lay down on the bed where she inhaled deeply.
Ugh.
She hated hospitals... well; this wasn't exactly a hospital, but it was darn close to being one. Just the unique smell of the air was enough to scare her. She hated doctors, she hated check ups, she hated the utensils the doctors used, she hated the medicine, she hated the spotless, germfree beds and the spooky air conditioning they had in here. And most importantly, she hated the rooms... all so white, so plain, and so lifeless. It scared her to know so many people died in here, either being old of age, ill or being in some sort of accident.
She shuddered and washed away the thought immediately, the concept freaking her out.
She was staring at the ceiling when the door opened and Karira walked in. Looking up, she noticed that she had paled, and looked immensely worried. Taking a seat beside Kagome's bed, Karira sighed. "... Oh man, I have no idea what's going to happen with Inu-Yasha..."
Kagome waved her hand to push away the worry in attempt to lessen the intense atmosphere. "Oh don't worry, they'll probably put him on probation or something, I'm sure they won't throw him in jail!"
Karira widened her eyes. "I hadn't even thought of him going to jail! Oh god..."
Kagome mentally smacked her head. So much for lessening the tense atmosphere... "Oh, lighten up, its Inu-Yasha we're talking about – if the police officer tells him to go to court to say the least, he'll punch him till he takes back his word."
Karira sighed. "I don't know... at least this all isn't going on TV..."
Kagome looked at her. "How come?""My dad paid thousands of dollars to reporters to keep their mouths shut, so we have it all covered... lets hope it stays that way."
Kagome nodded and then glanced at the door as she heard someone turn the doorknob. Looking curiously at the door as the same man who had previously been questioning Inu-Yasha entered in, she perked up in the bed and Karira turned around at once.
"Well..." He sighed and turned around for a mere second to glance at Inu-Yasha behind the glass. "He isn't answering one single question of mine..."
Karira grumbled something which sounded very much like 'dumbass' and then shook her head. Turning back to the inspector, Kagome raised an eyebrow. "So why exactly are you with us now?"
The inspector glanced at Kagome. "I was wondering if one of his friends could squeeze something out of him, would you like to try?"
Kagome panicked... be stuck in a room with an angry Inu-Yasha? No way! Even hell wouldn't be able to match up to the fight which would be in store for them if she went in!
Kagome shook her head. "I -."
"That's great!"
Kagome blinked, baffled by his cheery smile... what had she just done?!?! Looking up at him, she raised an eyebrow to his insecure cheeriness. "Excuse me?"
"Well, didn't you just volunteer? You must be his girlfriend... worried sick over him!" He said and gave her a wink.
Kagome widened her eyes, mortified with the accusing going on in the room, all of which was being directed at her. "No – you see, I was saying that I -."
"Would love to do the questioning for me? See... I can read minds..." he smiled at her and took her hand, pulling her out of her bed – must to her displeasure.
"No – you cannot read minds, I don't want to -." She started off but was cut off as he turned around and gave her the creepiest smile imaginable.
"Listen Miss, he won't hurt you, see – you know that glass over there showing Mister Inu-Yasha?" he asked her and waited for her to nod, which she did in a matter of time. "From the inside of the room, it seems like a mirror – so when your inside, it may seem you can't see us outside, but we can see you inside... get it?"
Kagome nodded simply, completely freaked out by the murderous smile he was waving off to her. "Yes... sir..."
"So if he even tries to scratch you, we will burst into that door and will lock him up." He looked at her with pushing eyes, waiting anxiously for her to go along with the plan. "So you ready?"
She shook her head. "Please, we have a really bad relationship..."
The inspector sighed and fixed his glasses. "You really want to give this up on all the people depending on you?" he asked and nudged towards the Taisho's who were waiting for her reply.
Kagome grumbled something which the doctor had to perk up to hear.
"What was that?" he asked and leaned in closer.
"...If you insist..." she grumbled again and rolled her eyes as the doctor smiled appreciatively and leaned back.
"Great, now go inside." He said and nudged her towards the door. "Ask him about the drugs and all." He said and pushed her to the door which led inside.
Kagome slumped her shoulders before turning the doorknob slowly. Taking a deep breath, she pushed open the door and stepped in, turning around slowing to close the door. Letting out the breath she had taken in, she bit her bottom lip as she swore she could feel Inu-Yasha glare burning holes in her back.
Turning around to face him, she put on a serious yet sophisticated face and walked over to Inu-Yasha, which looked quite pathetic, seeing as she stumbled in her path due to the fact she was still sick.
Sitting in the chair in front of the glaring Inu-Yasha, she looked around the dead white room and to the one long mirror which was placed right beside the door. 'I bet everyone is looking from the other side'. Feeling stupid as she just sat and looked around the empty room while Inu-Yasha glared at her, she caved in as neither spoke a word. "Ugh! Fine... I'll talk!" she said and flinched with embarrassment as Inu-Yasha rose an eyebrow.
Kagome shook her head. "I mean... talk Inu-Yasha... talk..." she said and then mentally slapped herself... the sickness must've been getting to her head or otherwise, she wouldn't have been losing her touch so dramatically.
She shook her head again and then let out a deep breath. "Okay, I think I'm okay now..."
On the other side of the mirror, everyone, including the Taisho's, Rin, and the inspector were watching with baffled expressions plastered on their faces. "What the hell is she doing?" Mr. Taisho spoke up as Kagome suddenly slapped Inu-Yasha's thigh.
"Oh honey, she's doing her best, she's so sick right now – no wonder she's swooning in her chair..." Mrs. Taisho said nervously as Kagome almost lost her balance in her seat.
Inu-Yasha raised an eyebrow as Kagome swore out loud as she almost fell out of her chair. Looking at her with a stupefied expression, he was about to ask what the hell was wrong with her when she spoke up.
"No – no... I'm alright... it's just that I really want to lie down on a bed... but... I'm fine..." she stumbled out and then straightened her posture. "Alright, let's get to business..." she said and cleared her throat as she made sure she was feeling perfectly fine to talk. "What the hell is going on?" she asked and then looked Inu-Yasha straight in the eye.
"That's a great way to start a conversation..." Sesshomaru pointed out, sarcasm dripping in his tone as he looked from the glass.
Inu-Yasha however, narrowed his eyes. "Why should I tell you?"
Kagome held in an urge to slap him right there and then. "Because I've taken the time, to step out of my homey bed... and my cozy bedroom, to see what crap you were going through!" she growled with frustration. "And you don't even have that little of respect for me to even tell me what's going on?! Geez Inu-Yasha, I hate this place as much as you do, but as a matter of fact, neither of us are going anywhere until you spill the milk!"
Inu-Yasha shrugged and leaned back in his chair, looking up at the ceiling, ignoring Kagome completely. "Whatever wench."
"You bastard! You haven't used my name for the fourteen years of hell we've known each other, not even when -!"
"You aren't gonna' bring that up again!" he said and straightened his back as he noticed the danger he was playing with right now.
"I can bring it up whenever I want!" She said and stood up to relieve some of her stress, but only ended up sitting down again as her knees wobbled with insecurity.
"Listen bitch – Fine, I'll tell you, I have nothing to do with this crap, I didn't even sell one freaking petty little bag of Marijuana – I held it, for what? A minute or so? And Kouga ended up getting that same bag and you want to know how? My friends, they're drug dealers, they sold it to him... too bad that it was the same bag I held... I bet you everything I own that Kouga set it all up!" He yelled out, leaking every bit of information he had in him.
Kagome let out a growl of frustration and stood up, towering over him. "I can't believe how loyal you are to your scummy friends!"
Inu-Yasha narrowed his eyes and stood up, matching her glare, face to face. "I didn't want to rat on them okay?!"
"See what I mean!? It's as if you worship them! Like you're scared that they'll turn against you!" she yelled out, ignorant to the fact that she had gotten all the information she needed and that she could leave right now at any second.
Inu-Yasha growled, the low ruble starting in his chest. "I wouldn't care if the whole army was against me, and I don't worship them you slut!"
Kagome swore she felt her temperature raise a few notches, but ignoring the hot rays glowering off of her face, she fought back. "My name's not SLUT!"
"Well THAT'S WHAT I'VE THOUGHT OF YOU SINCE I MET YOU!"
Silence barricaded the room and Kagome bit back the tears which had rushed to her eyes at that instance. How dare he... she hadn't even done anything to him and that's what he thought of her. Shaking her head and then matching his glare, she scrambled out a few words. "That explains a lot of things." And with that, she turned around and ran out of the room, wiping her face as tears fell hopelessly down her face.
Her word gave him a blow in the mind, confusing the audience who watched, but making complete sense to Inu-Yasha.
Inu-Yasha burrowed his eyebrows and looked away as he smelt tears gush down Kagome's face as she left the room. Fisting his hands, he silently cursed himself. It wasn't his fault that in the heat of moment words just happened to gush out of his mouth... nope... not at all. She was the one who had decided to come in anyway, so she was just bringing everything upon herself from the start.
He was thinking along the lines of if he should or shouldn't do something about it when Sesshomaru walked in the room. Looking up, he cringed as he saw a solemn expression on his face yet fury rushed in his eyes.
"You're free to go." He said simply and motioned towards the door. "But you're on probation."
Inu-Yasha murmured something like 'whatever' and was walking past Sesshomaru when he caught his arm.
"That was harsh Inu-Yasha." He said and then pushed him back to look him straight in the eye.
He shrugged. "She deserved -."
"No she didn't" he replied, not letting Inu-Yasha finish his sentence. "Go after her and apologize."
Inu-Yasha widened his eyes in surprise, looking as if he had just been told to go murder himself. "Are you crazy? No way!"
"Inu-Yasha..." Sesshomaru started off but was cut off by Inu-Yasha.
"I'm not going after her!" he replied, whining like a little four year old boy.
"Then apologize to her tonight." He said and sighed as Inu-Yasha looked away.
"No!"
"I'll leave you right now, but think about it." Sesshomaru said and turned around, walking out of the room silently, leaving Inu-Yasha to his thoughts.
Inu-Yasha grumbled and then kicked the chair over. Great... now Sesshomaru had sent him on a guilt trip.
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Kagome ran down the corridor, ignoring the yells from behind, most of which sounded like 'You shouldn't be running, you're sick remember?!' Reaching the elevator, she pressed the button and ran inside of it as the doors opened. Wiping away the tears and furiously pushing the button which marked '1st floor', she leaned back against the doors and thanked god as the doors closed, blocking out the yells from the Taisho's.
Oh god, how she wished that she were with Sango and Ayame right now! How she wished that everyone knew that she knew the Taisho's so it wouldn't be such a burden on her back. It would make life much... much easier!
Sometimes she felt as if she was being backstage at some TV show, knowing the real personalities of the famous actors that lied to everyone on how they actually were.
Sighing and calming down as the elevator went down a few floors, she took a deep breath. Hadn't she promised to herself that she wouldn't let Inu-Yasha get to her no matter what?
Nodding to herself she took in another deep breath. No matter what, she wouldn't let him ruin this trip for her.
Looking up at the screen which told her what floor she was on, she noticed she had stopped on the seventeenth floor. Scrunching her eyebrows and wiping away the last tears which had fallen out of her eyes, she straightened her posture as a young yet handsome man walked in the doors.
"Is the elevator going up or down?" he asked as he stepped beside Kagome.
"... down." She said meekly and pointed towards the button where it marked she had pressed number one.
He nodded and then casually pressed the twentieth floor. "I can wait." He said and smiled freakishly as the door closed again.
Kagome nodded and pressed herself further away from the man, somehow not liking the tone of his voice.
"Anyway, why don't we talk while we wait?" he asked and then turned towards her.
Kagome hesitated, thinking along the lines 'why can't we remain strangers?' "Uh... hi..."
"My name's Naraku Medimino!" he said and held out a hand which she shook nervously.
"Kagome Higurashi." She said and shrunk back, secretly wiping her hand against her clothes as a gooey slimy substance had grimed upon her as she had shook his hand.
"I'm so freaking excited!" he said and then smiled in his own freakish way again.
"Why?" She asked and then wished she hadn't.
He clasped his hands together. "Because I just found out the famous Inu-Yasha is in this building and I am... like... so going to hunt him down and kidnap him so I can secretly marry him illegally."
Kagome widened her eyes, oh god – not another Gaylord! "Are... you gay?"
He nodded then shrugged casually. "Yep... and I'm in love with Inu-Yasha, isn't he so handsome?!"
Kagome smiled weakly. "Whatever you say..." she said and then wished hopefully for the elevator to proceed faster.
"I would kill anyone who didn't like him, didn't know who he was, or who knew him in person!" he said and Kagome took a step back as a threatening face lured over his face.
Kagome bit her bottom lip. Oh shit... this guy was dangerous!
"I'm serious, see," he reached into his pocket and pulled out a long and sharp knife. "I keep this with me all the time, just in case I meet someone who fulfils those needs..." his eye twitched and he put the knife back and reached into the other pocket to pull out a gun. "And I keep this too – just in case as well..."
Kagome felt her heart beat faster. 'Oh my god!' She yelled in her head. This guy... he was crazy!!! "Um... how'd you sneak into this building?" she asked nervously, knowing full well that those items were definitely not allowed.
"I have my ways..." his eye twitched again. "... I can feel it... I just know he's in this building!"
Kagome looked away and took in a deep breath as the elevator reached the first floor. Running out of the elevator, she took one look back at the crazy man and then ran up to the counter. Oh god... that guy – he was crazy!! He was -
"Kagome, are you okay?"
Kagome jumped up as someone put a hand on her shoulder. Turning around at the speed of light, she let out a deep breath as she noticed it was just Kikyou. "Yeah, I'm fine... but... there's a madman who snuck into this building and he's after Inu-Yasha."
Kikyou raised an eyebrow and fixed her skirt. "Really?"
She nodded furiously. "He had a gun... and a knife! He said he'll kill anyone who didn't like Inu-Yasha, and anyone who knew him!"
Kikyou nodded and then snapped her fingers to get an attention of two sturdy police officers. "Go make sure no madman reaches Inu-Yasha..." she said and turned back to Kagome. "Well, make sure he doesn't kill you then... because you qualify for both of those options!"
Kagome nodded with a slight smile. "Yep, but um... Kikyou – I'm not feeling very well, so can you please call some limo to take me home?" she asked and Kikyou nodded.
Putting her hand to her forehead, Kikyou frowned. "You have a slight temperature..."
"I know..."
"Alright then, just wait outside, the limo will come shortly." Kikyou said and watched Kagome walk out of the doors, ignorant to the fact that Naraku had overheard the whole conversation, his eye twitching as he heard that Kagome knew Inu-Yasha and as a matter of fact, didn't like him at all.
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Aha! And so the plot begins – believe me, this is just the beginning, so much more twists to reveal! So... I made Naraku a gay creep... so what? (sticks out tongue to any objectors) – sorry for the delay for this chapter, but don't worry, the next chapter will come out soon!
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