Chapter 8: Opening Night

AN: As I promised, this chapter is opening night. I just remembered that the title of this story is Inuyasha's Sensitivity, so I have to make him sensitive somewhere in it, but where? I have some bad news and some good news. Bad news: I might only be able to update once or twice a month. School is just too much work. Good News: The story will have to be prolonged. I have many more ideas for this story. ENJOY THE STORY!!!!

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha and never will.

"Kagome! You're going to be late if you don't hurry!" yelled Kagome's mother form the staircase.

"I'm coming! Give me a minute!" replied Kagome. As she hurried down the stairs, Kagome tripped over the long skirt of her dress and came tumbling down.

"Are you alright, sis?" asked Souta, helping his sister up.

"I'm fine. Let's go! I can't be late otherwise the gang will kill me." said Kagome.

The auditorium was filling up fast. There was no sign of Kagome or Inuyasha. Sango, Miroku, and Koga searched furiously through the school, but could find no trace of them.

"Where could they be? It's not like Kagome to be late like this." said Sango with a hint of worry on her voice.

"It's definitely like Inuyasha. Maybe he's holding Kagome up." suggested Miroku in a desperate attempt to calm Sango down.

Kagome had convinced her mother that she would rather walk to school rather than be driven. Thoughts of Inuyasha started creeping up into her mind. She did not wish to burst into tears in the presence of her family.

As she was walking, Kagome caught a glimpse of Inuyasha. He was making his way to her. Because of the length of her dress, Kagome could not run away from him.

"Please Kagome. I am really sorry. I didn't mean to suspect you. It's just when Koga is around you, I get this feeling and I can't help but become jealous. Please forgive me." pleaded Inuyasha.

Kagome was the nicest person in the world when it came to most matters except Inuyasha. When he did something wrong or made her mad, it would take forever for her to forgive him.

"Inuyasha, the mere fact that you thought I would ever even think about cheating on you is beyond me. It's simply unforgivable! How could you think such things!? You always let your jealousy get the better of you!" said Kagome.

"Miroku!" shouted Sango.

"Yes, my love." he replied.

"Start memorizing these lines, we may have to go up there if Kagome doesn't show up." said Sango.

"Hey! What about me?" complained Koga. "I'm supposed to be Romeo!"

Miroku gave Koga a glare similar to ones Inuyasha gave him every time he was practicing with Kagome. "Koga, isn't the whole reason you wanted to be Romeo was to kiss Kagome? If she's not in the play, why would you care?" said Miroku.

Koga stood there, thinking about what Miroku had just said. "Makes sense to me. See ya!" said Koga before leaving to join the audience where he was sure there would be attractive women he could try his luck on.

"Thanks Miroku! The last thing I would want to do is kiss Koga!" said Sango.

"Yes, that is the last thing I would want you doing." replied Miroku.

The two quickly ran through the script, improvising all they could, so they would not have too much to memorize.

"Here's to my love! O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Sango, these are such cheesy lines! Let's change them." said Miroku.

"Miroku, you can't change these lines. They're classic!" exclaimed Sango.

"I think classic is overrated. Pus this is a lot to say! Please, my dear, won't allow me to improvise?" said Miroku, taking Sango's hand in his.

"Awww…Miroku. That's so sweet, but you can't change the lines!" retorted Sango.

"Bu-" Slap! Sango had struck Miroku in the face.

"Sorry," she apologized. "There was a mosquito on your cheek. See?" she explained, holding up her hand to reveal the dead corpse of the mosquito. "You still can't change the lines, though." she finished.

"Inuyasha, I don't want to hear it! Leave me alone!" yelled Kagome. She kept tripping over her overly long skirts, so Inuyasha had to keep up with her to keep her from toppling over.

They were now at a slow paced jog. "Kagome, please. You're mind won't be focused on the play if you don't forgive me." said Inuyasha.

"How do you know that?" said Kagome.

Inuyasha gave out a sigh of lost hope. "Why else would you have walked instead of ridden with your mom, know full well that you were already late for the play as it was? Face it Kagome, you're heart has already forgiven me, but you fail to believe it." said Inuyasha.

Kagome refused to give into Inuyasha. "No! I'm stronger than that. I haven't forgiven you yet, Inuyasha and have no intentions of doing so in the near future."

It was Kagome's group's turn to perform their scenes. There was still no sign of Kagome. Miroku and Sango had no choice but to go out there in her and Koga's places.

They got through the first few lines of the first scene okay. Koga had to make up most of the line the families said and Miroku and Sango took on double roles. They got through the first scene assigned to them, but then their act started to falter.

"I do defy thy conjugations and apprehend thee as the melon here." said Koga. ("I do defy thy conjuration and apprehend thee as the felon here.")

The actors had forgotten some other lines and made up word that sounded similar to the original. "With these eyes, take your last look, with these arms, perform your last embrace, and with these lips I shall plant on thee a totally righteous kiss." said Miroku. (Eyes, look your last! Arms, take your lat embrace! and lips, O you the doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss a dateless bargain to engrossing death.) The end of their scene was approaching. Only a few more lines to say and the embarrassment would be over with.

"Here's to my love!" stared Miroku. He drank the prop poison, which was actually water with green and blue food de on it. "O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die." Miroku gave Sango a kiss that lasted a good thirty second before finally dying.

The audience was in hysterics over their performance, but gave appropriately sober expressions at its end. They clapped more for Sango and Miroku than they did for any other group. The play was a success.

Kagome and Inuyasha were sure they missed the whole entire production. Kagome was still angry with Inuyasha. He tried every thing he could think of to mollify Kagome, but nothing worked.

"Inuyasha! I don't want to hear it anymore." with that Kagome ran across the busy street just to get away for Inuyasha.

Her long skirts seemed not to be on her side. She tripped over them and fell face first onto the road. "Kagome look out!" she heard Inuyasha's voice and looked up just in time to see a car coming right for her. She quickly got up, but could not move. Her skirt was caught in something. What it was she could not find out. She glanced over at Inuyasha, who was trying not get hit by any oncoming cars as he attempted to make his way to Kagome.

Inuyasha was too late; the car had hit Kagome! She was flung across to the adjacent street, where a truck was coming. Kagome was strong enough not to be killed by a car, but a truck was a different story…

AN: So how's that for a cliffhanger. I know I am not good at such things, but I have a life too. That mosquito thing was my sister's idea. She loves Sango and Miroku, so she made me add a lot of things with them in it. The lines in the parentheses are the original Shakespeare text of the play, in case anyone was wondering. You'll se what grade they get in the next chapter. Will Kagome die instantly? Or will it take awhile? Maybe she might not die at all? I don't know yet. I think maybe 4 more chapters should do it. What do you guys think? I don't think I will not update until I have 25 reviews. I don't want people to write numerous reviews just to make me happy. I won't count them, if you do. Anyways, thank you for reading! PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Or I just won't update!