A/N: So, I got inspired right after I wrote the previous author's note.
Here is the next chapter much, much, much sooner than I thought that I
could get it all you Inuyasha lovers out there! Again, sorry for the long
wait for this update. Homework is a cruel mistress that took up a lot of my
time. Well, that's enough said, on with the disclaimer and the next chapter
of, "The Greatest Show on Earth" :D
Disclaimer: A Disclaimer Haiku by me:
Oh, Inuyasha
Sorry, I do not own thee
For fic I use you (though)
Chapter 13: The Switch and Shikon
Kagome, in her dressing room, iced her aching and swollen ankles. She had never felt so much pain in her ankles because she was clearly not used to dancing as much as she did in that one day alone; she was glad that the trapeze did not involve a person using their feet and ankles, prancing about on the ground. She would have rather had defied gravity than danced in the show any day. She massaged her swollen wrists and hoped that she could get away from gravity soon and soar above the ring as "with the greatest of ease" just as the popular song about the trapeze often entailed.
She turned back to her vanity and applied more make-up to her face. She secretly hoped that she would not have to go on that night.
She lied down on her futon and shut her eyes. She couldn't wait till Sango, Miroku, Inuyasha, and her would venture to downtown Osaka the next day for lunch and a mini shopping spree; she really liked spending time with Inuyasha and sometimes she even desired it more than performing. She closed her eyes and imagined how fun it was going to be.
Her thoughts though were interrupted with a sharp prick in the back of her neck. She at first was confused about what happened. She tried to blame the pain and dullness on the back of her neck on a stray bug that caught her unawares and had managed to sting her; Her conclusion was wrong though as she reached back and pulled out the projectile that had been stuck to the back of her neck. She brought it in front of her eyes and saw that it was some kind of dart. She walked toward to vanity and pulled out another smaller mirror to check out the back of her neck in order to see if the projectile had left a serious mark.
She would have wanted to analyze the situation more but her head began to spin and her vision to blur. She noticed a figure at the doorway that was being reflected in her mirror. As dazed as she was at the moment, she could have swore that she was seeing nothing but a mirage-a clone of Kagome standing in the doorway. She turned around as quickly as she could to observe the door way and saw that a figure that she had saw was not a figment of her imagination.
The blurry figure moved closer to her and she felt that she knew this intruder somehow (though the tranquilizer, affecting her more than she would have liked, did not let her dwell on the feeling). The figure moved closer and said something that Kagome couldn't comprehend because the substance now beginning to influence and dull all of her senses. Before Kagome feinted, the last event that she could recall was the feeling of the figure wrapping her hands together with a strong and sticky duct tape. The darkness took her, making it physically impossible for Kagome to take part of the show that night as well.
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Kikyou had not thought that putting Kagome out of commission for the night would have been so easy. When entering the circus grounds all the security guards that she past had thought that she was Kagome. She simply waltzed up to Kagome's dressing room and saw that the naïve girl had left her dressing room door partially open and unguarded.
She put the elephant tranquilizer dart into the blow gun and aimed for the back of her neck. She released the dart quickly and quietly as it met its mark with the accuracy and precision that she had put into the shot. She smiled to herself and thought that this brand of tranquilizer would buy her more than enough time to complete her mission-though she knew that it be painful for her as well as for Inuyasha.
She saw the girl turn around and look at her with drooping eyes. She shut the door so no peeping Toms would feel the urge to look in; she walked toward Kagome slowly and said in a hushed voice, "Sorry, I have to do this to you.but this is the only way that I can gain my freedom from Naraku. It's nothing personal."
She dragged Kagome over to her futon and began tying them together with duct tape. She left Kagome on the bed for a moment when she went over to her open her closet. She then, dragged Kagome over to the closet, took off the I.D that encircled her neck, and placed the girl down on the floor before closing the door behind her.
Kikyou threw Kagome's I.D around her neck just as she heard a stage hand knock on Kagome's dressing room door signifying that it was time for the opening parade.
Kikyou reviewed her mission in her head before exiting. She was to sabotage the circus once again to show Sesshoumaru that Naraku was seriously enraged about him booking the Flying Higurashi's before he had the chance.
Naraku was bent on making the Higurashi's-initially an act that was supposed to save the circus-an act that would ruin Sesshoumaru's success completely. Kikyou-since everyone had seen the strong resemblance that Kagome and her shared-was to impersonate Kagome tonight; she commanded to toy with the equipment in the cat walk between numbers again but not hurt anyone.
Next, she would place some incriminating evidence back in Kagome's dressing room, untie her, and place her back on the futon.
Finally, Kikyou would disappear leaving Kagome to take the blame for her.
Kikyou scoffed at the thought that so many people thought that she had looked similar Kagome; they may have shared some features but she felt that they were totally distinguishable from one another. Maybe when she was young and naïve they could have resembled one another even more so; however, she learned about the real world became more pessimistic which, probably would have made her bodily emotions the opposite of Kagome Higurashi's.
Yet, she had faith in her acting skills; she would have to do a good enough job for Kaede's sake. The only person she feared that could see through her act was Inuyasha due to his heightened senses. Kikyou put on her best "happy" face and walked out of the dressing room hoping that she wouldn't run into Inuyasha until her mission at the Sengoku Jidai circus was complete.
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Inuyasha intended to talk to Kagome before the show but it was just one of those days that he decided that everyone just hated him.
Kouga was unusually more of whining bitch that he tended to be before the show. He had made Inuyasha thoroughly groom his pack of wolves just because he felt that he needed them to look his best to impress the mass crowd that was attending-it being a sold-out show and all.
Not only had Kouga bothered him.but Shippo, the clown kid that had called him a monster would not stop asking him about Kagome.
He followed Inuyasha toward his dressing room door saying a bunch of mumbo jumbo about Kagome being the greatest most optimistic person alive and that if everybody had a friend like Kagome that the world would be a better place. He agreed with the brat completely but did not want to see like the "sensitive-type" of guy and decided to tell him to play in the Osakaan traffic instead. When Shippo pouted, Inuyasha ignored the look and entered his dressing room slamming the door behind him.
Inuyasha paused for a moment with his back against the door and thought that because of that wimpy wolf trainer and brat, he was left with only a ten minutes before curtain call to go and talk to Kagome about his "other" act.
He put his canine ear to the door to check to see if Shippo was still planted in front of his door but heard nothing. He sniffed the air and also could not the smell the brat anywhere near, so he decided to head over to Kagome's dressing room for their long over due talk.
He walked out of his dressing room only to be approached by his brother. He looked just as stressed as he always did before a show. He came up to Inuyasha and asked in a hurried tone, "Are the animals all set for tonight's performance?"
Inuyasha nodded and responded, "Yup, I think that you would be able to see your reflection if you looked directly at the fur of any member of the Kouga's wolf pack. He had me practically wax them. Is there someone in special in the audience tonight?"
"Only one of the candidates that is running for Prime Minister of Japan. His young daughter Midoriko loves the circus and he wanted her to come and see the Sengoku Jidai circus for her birthday." Sesshoumaru tried to calm himself but was unsuccessful at his attempt. "Tonight, we need an absolutely perfect show. The strange events seemed to have passed and security says."
Inuyasha interrupted, "That's great Sesshoumaru but I gotta go see Kagome before the curtain call.it's kind of important."
"Kagome's not in her dressing room.she's already near the stage entrance warming up with the dancers." stated Sesshoumaru. "You know that you should be back there too.get going Inuyasha!"
Inuyasha angry that the whole world seemed to be against him being honest with Kagome stormed off toward the animal tent in order to ready them for the opening parade and the Sengoku Jidai's last and most important showing in Osaka.
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Madam Adele passed in between the line of girls and stopped when she observed Kagome. The girl seemed a lot more graceful than she had been in practice that afternoon.
"Kagome, you seemed to have improved immensely from my training." She had said to her.
"Arigatou gozaimasu!" chirped Kikyou as sweetly as she could muster.
Madam Adele shocked by the purely humble response responded, "It also seems that your attitude adjusted as well.good for you young lady!" Extremely proud of her achievement in turning a ill-mannered amateur into a respectful dancer, Madam walked toward the next girl who would not face the same praise for butchering a pirouette.
Kikyou smiled as the group broke for a break five minutes before the production would begin. So far, nobody had noticed she was not Kagome. She turned around and paled for a second though as she noticed a female member of the Flying Higurashi's approaching her. She had known that this girl was Kagome's best friend and not much else.
She hugged "Kagome" and said, "I am so glad that You and Inuyasha will be joining us tomorrow in downtown Osaka. It's gonna be nice for all of us to hang out.plus if Miroku tries something, I can rely on Inuyasha to scare some respect into him, right?"
Kikyou felt both shocked and a bit jealous about this news. Were Kagome and Inuyasha already dating? How could have Inuyasha already forgotten about her!
Sango interrupted her thoughts by saying, "What's the matter Kagome? You looked confused, even surprised.did you forget about our outing tomorrow?" questioned Sango.
Kikyou quickly responded as she thought that Kagome would have by saying, "No, how could I! I guess that I was just nervous about the show tonight."
"I don't blame you! With such an important figure as Onigumo Takahashi and his daughter Midoriko coming to see us all, there is a lot of added pressure put on us!" agreed Sango. "Did you know the he is presenting his daughter with the world famous Shikon jewel tonight before the closing act in honor of her birthday. Security is really tight and Sesshoumaru is obsessed with everything being absolutely perfect tonight! Well, good luck tonight on your debut as a dancer!" Sango gave her friend a quick good luck pat and hurried off to join the rest of the Flying Higurashi's.
Kikyou as Kagome wished the girl good luck back before she got to pondering. Kikyou found it very interesting that Naraku had sent her out for mission on a such an important night. She had no knowledge of Onigumo Takahashi and the Shikon and she would not have known if Kagome's friend would not of told her. What more did Naraku have planned for the Sengoku Jidai circus she wondered.
The music blared from the speakers and the procession started as problem-free as it would every night. However, with a complicated plot from the evil mind of Naraku present, it was almost a guarantee that the opening parade would be the only act unaffected.
A/N: Sorry, if this has any insanely bad grammatical errors! I didn't have time to proof read. Well.I hoped you liked it! The next chapter will be up by the end of the week for sure! :D
Disclaimer: A Disclaimer Haiku by me:
Oh, Inuyasha
Sorry, I do not own thee
For fic I use you (though)
Chapter 13: The Switch and Shikon
Kagome, in her dressing room, iced her aching and swollen ankles. She had never felt so much pain in her ankles because she was clearly not used to dancing as much as she did in that one day alone; she was glad that the trapeze did not involve a person using their feet and ankles, prancing about on the ground. She would have rather had defied gravity than danced in the show any day. She massaged her swollen wrists and hoped that she could get away from gravity soon and soar above the ring as "with the greatest of ease" just as the popular song about the trapeze often entailed.
She turned back to her vanity and applied more make-up to her face. She secretly hoped that she would not have to go on that night.
She lied down on her futon and shut her eyes. She couldn't wait till Sango, Miroku, Inuyasha, and her would venture to downtown Osaka the next day for lunch and a mini shopping spree; she really liked spending time with Inuyasha and sometimes she even desired it more than performing. She closed her eyes and imagined how fun it was going to be.
Her thoughts though were interrupted with a sharp prick in the back of her neck. She at first was confused about what happened. She tried to blame the pain and dullness on the back of her neck on a stray bug that caught her unawares and had managed to sting her; Her conclusion was wrong though as she reached back and pulled out the projectile that had been stuck to the back of her neck. She brought it in front of her eyes and saw that it was some kind of dart. She walked toward to vanity and pulled out another smaller mirror to check out the back of her neck in order to see if the projectile had left a serious mark.
She would have wanted to analyze the situation more but her head began to spin and her vision to blur. She noticed a figure at the doorway that was being reflected in her mirror. As dazed as she was at the moment, she could have swore that she was seeing nothing but a mirage-a clone of Kagome standing in the doorway. She turned around as quickly as she could to observe the door way and saw that a figure that she had saw was not a figment of her imagination.
The blurry figure moved closer to her and she felt that she knew this intruder somehow (though the tranquilizer, affecting her more than she would have liked, did not let her dwell on the feeling). The figure moved closer and said something that Kagome couldn't comprehend because the substance now beginning to influence and dull all of her senses. Before Kagome feinted, the last event that she could recall was the feeling of the figure wrapping her hands together with a strong and sticky duct tape. The darkness took her, making it physically impossible for Kagome to take part of the show that night as well.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Kikyou had not thought that putting Kagome out of commission for the night would have been so easy. When entering the circus grounds all the security guards that she past had thought that she was Kagome. She simply waltzed up to Kagome's dressing room and saw that the naïve girl had left her dressing room door partially open and unguarded.
She put the elephant tranquilizer dart into the blow gun and aimed for the back of her neck. She released the dart quickly and quietly as it met its mark with the accuracy and precision that she had put into the shot. She smiled to herself and thought that this brand of tranquilizer would buy her more than enough time to complete her mission-though she knew that it be painful for her as well as for Inuyasha.
She saw the girl turn around and look at her with drooping eyes. She shut the door so no peeping Toms would feel the urge to look in; she walked toward Kagome slowly and said in a hushed voice, "Sorry, I have to do this to you.but this is the only way that I can gain my freedom from Naraku. It's nothing personal."
She dragged Kagome over to her futon and began tying them together with duct tape. She left Kagome on the bed for a moment when she went over to her open her closet. She then, dragged Kagome over to the closet, took off the I.D that encircled her neck, and placed the girl down on the floor before closing the door behind her.
Kikyou threw Kagome's I.D around her neck just as she heard a stage hand knock on Kagome's dressing room door signifying that it was time for the opening parade.
Kikyou reviewed her mission in her head before exiting. She was to sabotage the circus once again to show Sesshoumaru that Naraku was seriously enraged about him booking the Flying Higurashi's before he had the chance.
Naraku was bent on making the Higurashi's-initially an act that was supposed to save the circus-an act that would ruin Sesshoumaru's success completely. Kikyou-since everyone had seen the strong resemblance that Kagome and her shared-was to impersonate Kagome tonight; she commanded to toy with the equipment in the cat walk between numbers again but not hurt anyone.
Next, she would place some incriminating evidence back in Kagome's dressing room, untie her, and place her back on the futon.
Finally, Kikyou would disappear leaving Kagome to take the blame for her.
Kikyou scoffed at the thought that so many people thought that she had looked similar Kagome; they may have shared some features but she felt that they were totally distinguishable from one another. Maybe when she was young and naïve they could have resembled one another even more so; however, she learned about the real world became more pessimistic which, probably would have made her bodily emotions the opposite of Kagome Higurashi's.
Yet, she had faith in her acting skills; she would have to do a good enough job for Kaede's sake. The only person she feared that could see through her act was Inuyasha due to his heightened senses. Kikyou put on her best "happy" face and walked out of the dressing room hoping that she wouldn't run into Inuyasha until her mission at the Sengoku Jidai circus was complete.
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Inuyasha intended to talk to Kagome before the show but it was just one of those days that he decided that everyone just hated him.
Kouga was unusually more of whining bitch that he tended to be before the show. He had made Inuyasha thoroughly groom his pack of wolves just because he felt that he needed them to look his best to impress the mass crowd that was attending-it being a sold-out show and all.
Not only had Kouga bothered him.but Shippo, the clown kid that had called him a monster would not stop asking him about Kagome.
He followed Inuyasha toward his dressing room door saying a bunch of mumbo jumbo about Kagome being the greatest most optimistic person alive and that if everybody had a friend like Kagome that the world would be a better place. He agreed with the brat completely but did not want to see like the "sensitive-type" of guy and decided to tell him to play in the Osakaan traffic instead. When Shippo pouted, Inuyasha ignored the look and entered his dressing room slamming the door behind him.
Inuyasha paused for a moment with his back against the door and thought that because of that wimpy wolf trainer and brat, he was left with only a ten minutes before curtain call to go and talk to Kagome about his "other" act.
He put his canine ear to the door to check to see if Shippo was still planted in front of his door but heard nothing. He sniffed the air and also could not the smell the brat anywhere near, so he decided to head over to Kagome's dressing room for their long over due talk.
He walked out of his dressing room only to be approached by his brother. He looked just as stressed as he always did before a show. He came up to Inuyasha and asked in a hurried tone, "Are the animals all set for tonight's performance?"
Inuyasha nodded and responded, "Yup, I think that you would be able to see your reflection if you looked directly at the fur of any member of the Kouga's wolf pack. He had me practically wax them. Is there someone in special in the audience tonight?"
"Only one of the candidates that is running for Prime Minister of Japan. His young daughter Midoriko loves the circus and he wanted her to come and see the Sengoku Jidai circus for her birthday." Sesshoumaru tried to calm himself but was unsuccessful at his attempt. "Tonight, we need an absolutely perfect show. The strange events seemed to have passed and security says."
Inuyasha interrupted, "That's great Sesshoumaru but I gotta go see Kagome before the curtain call.it's kind of important."
"Kagome's not in her dressing room.she's already near the stage entrance warming up with the dancers." stated Sesshoumaru. "You know that you should be back there too.get going Inuyasha!"
Inuyasha angry that the whole world seemed to be against him being honest with Kagome stormed off toward the animal tent in order to ready them for the opening parade and the Sengoku Jidai's last and most important showing in Osaka.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Madam Adele passed in between the line of girls and stopped when she observed Kagome. The girl seemed a lot more graceful than she had been in practice that afternoon.
"Kagome, you seemed to have improved immensely from my training." She had said to her.
"Arigatou gozaimasu!" chirped Kikyou as sweetly as she could muster.
Madam Adele shocked by the purely humble response responded, "It also seems that your attitude adjusted as well.good for you young lady!" Extremely proud of her achievement in turning a ill-mannered amateur into a respectful dancer, Madam walked toward the next girl who would not face the same praise for butchering a pirouette.
Kikyou smiled as the group broke for a break five minutes before the production would begin. So far, nobody had noticed she was not Kagome. She turned around and paled for a second though as she noticed a female member of the Flying Higurashi's approaching her. She had known that this girl was Kagome's best friend and not much else.
She hugged "Kagome" and said, "I am so glad that You and Inuyasha will be joining us tomorrow in downtown Osaka. It's gonna be nice for all of us to hang out.plus if Miroku tries something, I can rely on Inuyasha to scare some respect into him, right?"
Kikyou felt both shocked and a bit jealous about this news. Were Kagome and Inuyasha already dating? How could have Inuyasha already forgotten about her!
Sango interrupted her thoughts by saying, "What's the matter Kagome? You looked confused, even surprised.did you forget about our outing tomorrow?" questioned Sango.
Kikyou quickly responded as she thought that Kagome would have by saying, "No, how could I! I guess that I was just nervous about the show tonight."
"I don't blame you! With such an important figure as Onigumo Takahashi and his daughter Midoriko coming to see us all, there is a lot of added pressure put on us!" agreed Sango. "Did you know the he is presenting his daughter with the world famous Shikon jewel tonight before the closing act in honor of her birthday. Security is really tight and Sesshoumaru is obsessed with everything being absolutely perfect tonight! Well, good luck tonight on your debut as a dancer!" Sango gave her friend a quick good luck pat and hurried off to join the rest of the Flying Higurashi's.
Kikyou as Kagome wished the girl good luck back before she got to pondering. Kikyou found it very interesting that Naraku had sent her out for mission on a such an important night. She had no knowledge of Onigumo Takahashi and the Shikon and she would not have known if Kagome's friend would not of told her. What more did Naraku have planned for the Sengoku Jidai circus she wondered.
The music blared from the speakers and the procession started as problem-free as it would every night. However, with a complicated plot from the evil mind of Naraku present, it was almost a guarantee that the opening parade would be the only act unaffected.
A/N: Sorry, if this has any insanely bad grammatical errors! I didn't have time to proof read. Well.I hoped you liked it! The next chapter will be up by the end of the week for sure! :D
