## BROADWAY TROUBLES ##
~*~*~*~* DISCLAIMER ** Shin doesn't own Inu Yasha... sad!!! =(
~*~*~*~* SCENE #3 = A Contract for Heaven or Hell
(A/N Sorry to make an author's note up front. But at the bottom, there's a vote section for Kikyo's part. Please vote and tell me what to do with her in this story! ONEGAI!!! Anyways... on with the story!!! ^.^)
"Remind me why we are here again." Kagome said in a dull tone. Sango rolled her eyes. The two of them were standing in one of the rooms from a movie company.
"The same reason I've mentioned for exactly 17 times this morning." She said through gritted teeth. Kagome took a sit on the fluffy couch and looked at the window, showing the beauty of the city of Los Angeles.
"And that reason is....." Kagome incompletely said, waiting for Sango to continue it. Sango sighed.
"Because you need to meet the people that's going to ask you to join in a new movie." Sango answered impatiently. (A/N I just CAN'T make up a name for movie companies *e.g. Warner Brothers, Disney, Fox 21, etc. etc.*)
"Oooookay. So when are they coming?" Kagome asked, not looking away from the gigantic window. Sango, standing behind her couch, scanned through her notepad with her pen.
"Let's see. They told me that they'll be here at 10:30. It's already 10:26, they should be here any minute." Kagome nodded to show her friend that she was listening.
The moment the clock stroked 30 minutes after 10, the doors opened. Sango looked up while Kagome continued to stare towards the scenery of Los Angeles. A couple of men wearing heavy suits bowed low.
"We're sorry we're late, Ms. Higurashi." The two of them said in unison. Kagome finally looked away from the window and waved her hand carelessly.
"What are you two talking about? It's exactly 10:30, you're not late. It's just that we're too early." The two men smiled and walked slowly towards the couch in front of Kagome. One of them reached out to the mini refrigerator in which he took out four cups of ice coffee and placed them neatly on the table in the center of the couches.
"Let us introduce ourselves. My name is Ginji," said the man who had placed the ice coffee-s on the table. "And this is my partner, Akabane." (A/N Hehehe, yeah. I got the names from the anime Get Backers =p). "I'm sure you know perfectly well why we are here."
Kagome would have gladly said 'cut the crap, of course I know why we're here. If it's not for some stupid contract, then I'd probably be off shopping in some malls this instant.' However, she must kept her posture and manners. So, instead of voicing her impatience, Kagome smiled sweetly.
"Of course I know, Ginji-san. So will you start by explaining the plot of the movie?" Kagome asked. The two men took out a brief case and took out a few layers of papers.
"Okay, so the story is about..."
"Before we continue..." Sango interrupted. The two men quickly looked at her.
"I would like you to know that having a contract with Kagome Higurashi means that you will prepare her an exclusive trailer for herself with her own way of designing, a five-star hotel if the crew are to stay in one, her own dressing room, and a refrigerator full of diet coke, sprite remix, and a few Oreo cookies. And also, she would have to be able to choose her own make-up person, and she will DEFINITELY not take any parts that are to completely open their clothes or to have sex or any similar parts. Of course, we could not leave the other basic necessities. These things must be put into action if Kagome Higurashi was to accept the contract. Do we understand each other?"
Sango said all of that in a quick, monotone voice, her eyes never once letting go from her notepad. The statement of Sango never stopped surprising Kagome was very true. Kagome had never found out how Sango could be so cheerful and happy at one time and so dull and boring at work.
The two men nodded without hesitation.
"Of course," Akabane said. "We will get it ready if the contract proved to be successful. And I believe that there would be no such parts in this movie."
Kagome drank her ice coffee and cleared her throat.
"Okay, so you were about to explain me what the story is about?" she asked.
"Ah, yes." Ginji said. "As I was saying, the story is about a guy named Jake Evans and a girl named Melody Sweet. Jake is a very famous actor and Melody is just a common girl that works in a hotel. In the beginning of the story, Jake is going to stay in the hotel for a vacation. And, as you might have guessed already, he met Melody, who was assigned to clean his room. At that first meeting, Jake failed to take notice of Melody. However, on the next few days, Melody soon captured Jake's attention when, accidentally, she wears an actress's dress, which made Jake to think that Melody herself was an actress he was not aware of.
"So, being the huge fan of Jake, Melody decided to go with the flow. She started to date Jake with her "disguise". Things doesn't go so smoothly though. When it was time for Jake to leave, he found out about her disguise. To put things simply, Jake was very angry and pissed off. However, the two of them had fallen in love with each other. You with me?"
Kagome nodded. She was very interested with the story line. She almost understood the feelings of the characters perfectly.
"Go on, continue with the story." She told the two men.
"Okay. So after a few months, Melody was transferred into another hotel. At the same time, Jake decided that he was going to play a movie to take his mind off the girl he had fallen in love with. And guess what hotel he was to stay in?"
"The hotel where Melody works in!" Kagome answered.
"Exactly. So the two of them meet again. For a few days, the two of them pretended not to know each other. The two of them were aware of their gap and decided that there's nothing they can do about it. That was, until, Jake found out that Melody was engaged to another guy, named Brian White. Knowing that he couldn't stand watching the girl that he loved married to a guy he hardly know, he finally confessed to Melody. Happy yet sad at the same time, Melody tried to think of the best solution.
"To put things simply, Jake was able to convince Melody and her family. In the end of the story, the two of them were married." Concluded Ginji. Behind Kagome, Sango was scribbling like crazy. Akabane cleared his throat.
"So we were trying to get to you to play the part of Melody Sweet. What do you think about it, Ms. Higurashi?" Kagome nodded.
"I think it's really interesting. Did you get the script done already?" Both the men nodded and quickly grabbed a copy and handed it to Kagome. Kagome quickly scanned the first few pages. Akabane continued his explanation.
"We are also very proud that we have a new yet dependable director working with us in this movie."
"Really?" Kagome asked, her eyes still glued on the scripts. "Who is it?"
"I'm sure you have heard of him. He is none other than Sesshoumaru Youkai." Kagome looked up, surprised.
"Sesshoumaru Youkai?!?!" She shouted in disbelief. "I thought he's an actor!" The two men smiled.
"Yes. But it seemed that lately he had dreamed of being a director. So he got his first chance with this movie. I'm sure he'll do a good job though. Even though this is his first experience."
Kagome's eyes gleamed. She was such a big fan of Sesshoumaru before she was an actress. And if there's Sesshoumaru, there's a big chance that Rin will be hanging out in the shooting place! Kagome couldn't wait to meet Rin again. The first time they had a real conversation with each other was when Kagome had recorded her song. They soon became great friends.
"What's the title?" Kagome asked suddenly.
"We decided it to be called 'Broadway Troubles'."
"Broadway Troubles... Hmm... I like it. (A/N I SO love the title of this story, hehehe) So who will be playing Jake Evans and Brian White?" Kagome questioned.
"Kouga Wolf would be playing Brian White." Akabane told her. "And Jake Evans would be played by none other than Inu Yasha Youkai."
Kagome's jaw dropped mentally.
"Inu Yasha Youkai?.... and Kouga Wolf?" she asked in disbelief. She had never even dreamed on playing a movie together with Inu Yasha. And she had once worked together with Kouga and she made a mental note to NEVER work with him ever again. And besides, everybody knew that Inu Yasha and Kouga were never the.... best of friends.
Ginji gave a small smile.
"We know perfectly well that the two of them never really do get a long well. But they did accept their roles already and we believe that they are definitely the ones to play the part. Every single character in the movie are already filled in and ready to start the shooting. Only Melody is still open and we trust that you are the best and the most perfect person for her."
Kagome raised her eyebrows.
"Every character is ready? Wow, I thought main characters were always chosen first."
Ginji and Akabane shared glances.
"Well, we first asked Kikyo Miko..."
"Kikyo Miko?" Kagome asked, surprised.
"Yes. And she did accept the contract. So things were going rather smoothly. However, the moment we told her that we were ready to start shooting, she told us that she couldn't do it. She gave us no real reason, leaving us quite baffled for a bit. That's when we tried to get you in for Melody."
"So Kagome is just a last minute replacement?" Sango snapped, still using that dull tone of voice. Both men quickly looked at Sango.
"No, no, no, no!!!" They quickly said in unison. "We were already planning to ask her but we figured that she was busy with the movie Romeo and Juliet and with the recordings of her new songs. Kikyo Miko was the replacement for her, actually."
Sango mouthed an 'oh' and scribbled something on her notepad. The men then turned to looked at Kagome again.
"So, Ms. Higurashi, don't get the wrong idea. We truly believe you will do a so much better job than anyone for playing the part of Melody."
The room stayed quiet for a bit. The two men looking very anxious, Sango reading her notepad, and Kagome thinking. After a few minutes of the uncomfortable silence, Akabane said something.
"Are you interested Ms. Higurashi?"
"Yes." Kagome answered. "But I need to think about it."
"Alright. But please, can you give us your answer by tonight? We really do need to be fast because of our due date. And if you decided to turn the offer down, we need all the time we have to look for another actress."
"If I accepted the offer, when will we start?" Kagome asked, eyeing the script once again.
"Probably a week after today."
"Okaaaaaaay." Kagome answered, thinking hard. After a few moments of silence,
"Can you please excuse us for a minute?" The actress asked politely towards the men. They nodded and Kagome started to walk towards the door, Sango tailing right behind her. Once outside the door, Kagome turned at her best friend.
"So what do you think about this movie?" Kagome asked.
"I think it's okay. Rather light, compared to Romeo and Juliet, but it's cool." Sango said, returning to her cheerful state.
"You think I should take the role or not?"
"I don't know. It seems that the story's awesome, but Kouga.... I'm not so sure...." Sango's eyes narrowed the moment she mentioned Kouga.
"Don't forget about Inu Yasha." Kagome added. Sango nodded in agreement.
"But, you know, he's not that bad. You got along great with Inu Yasha at the recording studio, remember?"
Kagome thought about it for a minute. It could be fun.... or it could be a disaster. It could either be a contract for heaven or hell. There's a fifty-fifty chance. After thinking for a while, she smiled.
"Go inside Sango. Tell Ginji-san and Akabane-san that I accepted the offer." Sango raised one of her eyebrows.
"And just where are you going?" she said suspiciously.
"I don't know. There's supposed to be an open-air balcony somewhere around here, right? I wanna go there. It's so stuffy in here. Ja ne." Kagome said, smiling slyly at her best friend. She then walked away, looking for signs to show the way towards the balcony. Sango sighed. She was about to walk back towards the room where Ginji and Akabane were both waiting when suddenly somebody put his/her hand on her bottom.
SMAAAAAAAACK!!!
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!" Sango said, hitting the person straight towards the clean floor. She then realized whom she had hit. None other than her own boyfriend.
"Miroku?"
"Hey, my pretty goddess." He replied back, standing up with a red cheek.
"What are you doing here?" Sango asked.
"Inu Yasha had an appointment with a few people. Boy.. Sango, I've missed you." Miroku said, hugging Sango tightly. Sango smiled secretly.
"Me too. But we can't stay like this. I've got a job to do." The girl said, letting go. Miroku smiled in understanding.
"Will it take you long?"
"No. Probably just a few minutes."
"Okay. Then I'll be waiting here." Miroku leaned over and gave a small kiss on Sango's cheek. Sango smiled at him and soon disappeared behind the huge door.
~*~*~*~* On the Balcony *~*~*~*~
Kagome finally found the open-air balcony. She was just about to open the glass door when her eyes spotted someone else on the balcony. It was Inu Yasha. She hesitated to open the door, but finally decided that there's nothing wrong in talking with him. After all, they were going to work together for a movie for quite a while. Best to get used to him.
Inu Yasha's sharp hearing caused him to turn around when he heard the door leading towards the balcony opened. His eyes widened with shock when he saw Kagome.
"Hey" Kagome greeted casually when she came close enough to talk to him. Inu Yasha raised his eyebrows.
"Hi" he replied. He was just about to asked her what she wanted, but she beat him first.
"So why are you here?" Kagome asked.
"Feh. I got an interview with a stupid magazine."
"Oh. And you're allowed to go out?"
"No, stupid wench. The interview's done already."
"That 'stupid wench' was totally uncalled for." Kagome snapped.
"Feh. I say what I want to say, okay wench?"
"I'll pretend I didn't hear that." Answered the actress. She then looked at the view the balcony offered. It was the mountains of Hollywood. She took a deep breath, inhaling the fresh air that swirled around her. Then she turned around and looked at the actor beside her.
"Am I disturbing you?" she asked. Inu Yasha was quite taken aback with her question.
"N - no." He answered. "I just wanted some fresh air." Kagome smiled.
"Same here."
Then there was silence. Inu Yasha was eyeing Kagome carefully, as if he's afraid that she's going to pounce at him suddenly.
"So why are you here?" he asked, breaking the silence.
"There's this offer to play a movie. And, surprise- surprise, it seems as if I'm going to be working together with you for a while." Kagome said. Inu Yasha raised his eyebrows.
"Whatever do you mean by that?"
"You're taking the role as Jake Evans on 'Broadway Troubles', aren't you?" Kagome asked, smirking a bit. Inu Yasha nodded his head, confusion on his face. After a few seconds, however, his eyes widened.
"Don't tell me..." he started. Kagome smiled and nodded. "You're taking the role as Melody Sweet?!?!?!" Inu Yasha shouted.
"You got that one right." Kagome said. Inu Yasha blinked several times before the truth sank into his head.
"So you're replacing Kikyo, huh?" he muttered.
"Excuse me?" Kagome asked uncertainly.
"Nevermind." Inu Yasha replied, sighing deeply. Kagome looked at Inu Yasha, confused.
"Well, since we seem to have to work together for quite some while, why don't we try to get along?" Kagome asked sweetly. Inu Yasha stared hard at her.
"Feh." Was all he managed to let out of his throat. Kagome rolled her eyes. Silence soon dominated the two of them. After a few minutes, Inu Yasha finally said something.
"Listen, I know this seem ancient and lame, but... uh... I'm sorry about what happened at dinner that night. I practically.... uhm... ruined it. So yeah.... I apologized." Kagome looked at him. Inside her head, she was smiling. It was a great feeling when someone apologized to you and really mean it.
"Don't worry about it. And besides, you shouldn't apologized to me. Apologize to both Miroku and Sango. It's their dinner you ruined."
"I.. I guess." Inu Yasha said.
"And I guess I should apologize for being nosy about your relationship with Kikyo." The actress added. Inu Yasha looked at her. "I mean," she continued, "it's truly not my business. I guess the saying 'curiosity could kill' is true."
"Naw. It's not your fault." Inu Yasha replied. "Forget about it."
"It's just that Kikyo hadn't showed up in public for quite a while.. quite a while for HER at least." Kagome added. Inu Yasha chuckled softly.
"She's just taking a break, that's all." He said, even though he didn't sound as if he's so sure himself. Kagome decided to ignore it.
"Well, whatever. Anyways, it's still hard to believe we're going to work together in a movie."
"Hell yeah. I didn't know they are going to offer you the job. I bet Rin's going to get excited." Kagome smiled.
"I couldn't wait to see her! Oh man, and Sesshoumaru's going to direct us! And I heard that Rin's going to sing the soundtrack, right?" Kagome said excitedly. Inu Yasha laughed.
"Yeah. But I'm not that crazy about Sesshoumaru having to direct me. Boy, he could be rather scary if his day was bad. Lucky thing Rin would probably always be by his side. They were always together lately. I'm just waiting until the day that Rin become my sister-in-law." Kagome giggled.
"Your family are all super stars, huh?" she said. Inu Yasha nodded.
"Yeah. But yours are too. Your mom is practically a legend in the acting world." The actor said. Kagome smiled. She was about to say something when somebody interrupted their conversation.
"Inu Yasha!!!" The two youngsters turned their head and out came Miroku and Sango. Judging by the expression on their faces, the two of them were very surprised that Inu Yasha and Kagome were together, talking, not fighting.
"Wow," Sango laughed, "you two actually were able to talk without killing each other."
"Shut up, Sango." Kagome said.
"Yeah, shut up." Inu Yasha agreed. He then turned his attention towards his best friend. "Why'd you call me, pervert?"
"Oh, did I disturbed your conversation or something?" Miroku teased with his perverted grin.
"Do I have to tell you to shut up too, Miroku?" Kagome asked, a dangerous tone on her voice. Miroku gave a dry laugh. Inu Yasha rolled his eyes.
"Anyways, Inu Yasha, we need to go." Miroku said, turning his attention at his famous best friend.
"Where? For what?" Inu Yasha asked lazily. Miroku looked annoyed.
"Where are you when I told you in the morning that you are going to have your picture taken for a magazine? On Planet Mars?" Miroku asked sarcastically. Sango looked amused beside him.
"It seems that all actors and actresses have the same problem on their heads. Amnesia." She joked. Miroku laughed together with her.
"Har har har. Very funny." Kagome and Inu Yasha said sarcastically at the same time.
After a few minutes, Miroku finally was able to make Inu Yasha decided to move his feet.
"Alright, alright. Sheesh, what's the problem with you? Being late is not all that bad."
"It will give a bad impression, Inu Yasha." Miroku said, turning around and quickly gave Sango a peck on the kiss. He then told Inu Yasha to hurry up and soon disappeared from sight.
Beside Kagome, Inu Yasha sighed. He then turned towards her.
"Nice talking to you. Even though it was just for a few minutes." He added. Kagome shot him a smile.
"Guess we'll be seeing each other a lot now. Good luck with your pictures." Kagome said. The two of them said their goodbye-s and Inu Yasha finally followed the footsteps of Miroku.
The moment he was gone, Sango walked towards Kagome.
"So here's all the necessary papers you'll need for the movie. And, you need to sign this contract and I will give it to them tomorrow. Guess you'll be reading the script tonight, huh?" Kagome nodded and sighed.
"What's the schedule for the rest of the day?"
Sango quickly grabbed her notepad and scanned through it.
"After this you have exactly 45 minutes for lunch. And then, you have an appointment with Yura. She's going to design a new dress for you for that party at Ayame's place 3 more days from today. And.... wow, Kag! You have the rest of the day for free time! Except, of course, you have to read your scripts."
"Okay, good." Kagome said. She then yawned. "Oh boy, I'm so sleepy. Guess I'll go take a nap after I go see Yura. Let's go."
Kagome then walked towards the parking lot with Sango trailing right behind her. Her eyes returned to the papers she was holding. She smiled. It seemed that this movie was going to very interesting...
~*~*~*~* A/N *~*~*~*~
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!
Hey!!!! Uhm... so sorry for the long udpate (as usual). I got the idea of the storyline for Kagome's movie was (as you might have guessed already) from the movie 'Maid in Manhattan' .
Heheheh. For all those who reviewed, thank you very much! Uhm, what else to say? Oh yeah. People, PLEASE CHECK OUT MY BIO SOMETIMES!!! I always put important notices there... so PLEASE CHECK IT OUT!!!
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VOTE = 1) Make Kikyo as bitchy as possible. She deserves it!!!
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Until we meet again.....
~Shin
~*~*~*~* DISCLAIMER ** Shin doesn't own Inu Yasha... sad!!! =(
~*~*~*~* SCENE #3 = A Contract for Heaven or Hell
(A/N Sorry to make an author's note up front. But at the bottom, there's a vote section for Kikyo's part. Please vote and tell me what to do with her in this story! ONEGAI!!! Anyways... on with the story!!! ^.^)
"Remind me why we are here again." Kagome said in a dull tone. Sango rolled her eyes. The two of them were standing in one of the rooms from a movie company.
"The same reason I've mentioned for exactly 17 times this morning." She said through gritted teeth. Kagome took a sit on the fluffy couch and looked at the window, showing the beauty of the city of Los Angeles.
"And that reason is....." Kagome incompletely said, waiting for Sango to continue it. Sango sighed.
"Because you need to meet the people that's going to ask you to join in a new movie." Sango answered impatiently. (A/N I just CAN'T make up a name for movie companies *e.g. Warner Brothers, Disney, Fox 21, etc. etc.*)
"Oooookay. So when are they coming?" Kagome asked, not looking away from the gigantic window. Sango, standing behind her couch, scanned through her notepad with her pen.
"Let's see. They told me that they'll be here at 10:30. It's already 10:26, they should be here any minute." Kagome nodded to show her friend that she was listening.
The moment the clock stroked 30 minutes after 10, the doors opened. Sango looked up while Kagome continued to stare towards the scenery of Los Angeles. A couple of men wearing heavy suits bowed low.
"We're sorry we're late, Ms. Higurashi." The two of them said in unison. Kagome finally looked away from the window and waved her hand carelessly.
"What are you two talking about? It's exactly 10:30, you're not late. It's just that we're too early." The two men smiled and walked slowly towards the couch in front of Kagome. One of them reached out to the mini refrigerator in which he took out four cups of ice coffee and placed them neatly on the table in the center of the couches.
"Let us introduce ourselves. My name is Ginji," said the man who had placed the ice coffee-s on the table. "And this is my partner, Akabane." (A/N Hehehe, yeah. I got the names from the anime Get Backers =p). "I'm sure you know perfectly well why we are here."
Kagome would have gladly said 'cut the crap, of course I know why we're here. If it's not for some stupid contract, then I'd probably be off shopping in some malls this instant.' However, she must kept her posture and manners. So, instead of voicing her impatience, Kagome smiled sweetly.
"Of course I know, Ginji-san. So will you start by explaining the plot of the movie?" Kagome asked. The two men took out a brief case and took out a few layers of papers.
"Okay, so the story is about..."
"Before we continue..." Sango interrupted. The two men quickly looked at her.
"I would like you to know that having a contract with Kagome Higurashi means that you will prepare her an exclusive trailer for herself with her own way of designing, a five-star hotel if the crew are to stay in one, her own dressing room, and a refrigerator full of diet coke, sprite remix, and a few Oreo cookies. And also, she would have to be able to choose her own make-up person, and she will DEFINITELY not take any parts that are to completely open their clothes or to have sex or any similar parts. Of course, we could not leave the other basic necessities. These things must be put into action if Kagome Higurashi was to accept the contract. Do we understand each other?"
Sango said all of that in a quick, monotone voice, her eyes never once letting go from her notepad. The statement of Sango never stopped surprising Kagome was very true. Kagome had never found out how Sango could be so cheerful and happy at one time and so dull and boring at work.
The two men nodded without hesitation.
"Of course," Akabane said. "We will get it ready if the contract proved to be successful. And I believe that there would be no such parts in this movie."
Kagome drank her ice coffee and cleared her throat.
"Okay, so you were about to explain me what the story is about?" she asked.
"Ah, yes." Ginji said. "As I was saying, the story is about a guy named Jake Evans and a girl named Melody Sweet. Jake is a very famous actor and Melody is just a common girl that works in a hotel. In the beginning of the story, Jake is going to stay in the hotel for a vacation. And, as you might have guessed already, he met Melody, who was assigned to clean his room. At that first meeting, Jake failed to take notice of Melody. However, on the next few days, Melody soon captured Jake's attention when, accidentally, she wears an actress's dress, which made Jake to think that Melody herself was an actress he was not aware of.
"So, being the huge fan of Jake, Melody decided to go with the flow. She started to date Jake with her "disguise". Things doesn't go so smoothly though. When it was time for Jake to leave, he found out about her disguise. To put things simply, Jake was very angry and pissed off. However, the two of them had fallen in love with each other. You with me?"
Kagome nodded. She was very interested with the story line. She almost understood the feelings of the characters perfectly.
"Go on, continue with the story." She told the two men.
"Okay. So after a few months, Melody was transferred into another hotel. At the same time, Jake decided that he was going to play a movie to take his mind off the girl he had fallen in love with. And guess what hotel he was to stay in?"
"The hotel where Melody works in!" Kagome answered.
"Exactly. So the two of them meet again. For a few days, the two of them pretended not to know each other. The two of them were aware of their gap and decided that there's nothing they can do about it. That was, until, Jake found out that Melody was engaged to another guy, named Brian White. Knowing that he couldn't stand watching the girl that he loved married to a guy he hardly know, he finally confessed to Melody. Happy yet sad at the same time, Melody tried to think of the best solution.
"To put things simply, Jake was able to convince Melody and her family. In the end of the story, the two of them were married." Concluded Ginji. Behind Kagome, Sango was scribbling like crazy. Akabane cleared his throat.
"So we were trying to get to you to play the part of Melody Sweet. What do you think about it, Ms. Higurashi?" Kagome nodded.
"I think it's really interesting. Did you get the script done already?" Both the men nodded and quickly grabbed a copy and handed it to Kagome. Kagome quickly scanned the first few pages. Akabane continued his explanation.
"We are also very proud that we have a new yet dependable director working with us in this movie."
"Really?" Kagome asked, her eyes still glued on the scripts. "Who is it?"
"I'm sure you have heard of him. He is none other than Sesshoumaru Youkai." Kagome looked up, surprised.
"Sesshoumaru Youkai?!?!" She shouted in disbelief. "I thought he's an actor!" The two men smiled.
"Yes. But it seemed that lately he had dreamed of being a director. So he got his first chance with this movie. I'm sure he'll do a good job though. Even though this is his first experience."
Kagome's eyes gleamed. She was such a big fan of Sesshoumaru before she was an actress. And if there's Sesshoumaru, there's a big chance that Rin will be hanging out in the shooting place! Kagome couldn't wait to meet Rin again. The first time they had a real conversation with each other was when Kagome had recorded her song. They soon became great friends.
"What's the title?" Kagome asked suddenly.
"We decided it to be called 'Broadway Troubles'."
"Broadway Troubles... Hmm... I like it. (A/N I SO love the title of this story, hehehe) So who will be playing Jake Evans and Brian White?" Kagome questioned.
"Kouga Wolf would be playing Brian White." Akabane told her. "And Jake Evans would be played by none other than Inu Yasha Youkai."
Kagome's jaw dropped mentally.
"Inu Yasha Youkai?.... and Kouga Wolf?" she asked in disbelief. She had never even dreamed on playing a movie together with Inu Yasha. And she had once worked together with Kouga and she made a mental note to NEVER work with him ever again. And besides, everybody knew that Inu Yasha and Kouga were never the.... best of friends.
Ginji gave a small smile.
"We know perfectly well that the two of them never really do get a long well. But they did accept their roles already and we believe that they are definitely the ones to play the part. Every single character in the movie are already filled in and ready to start the shooting. Only Melody is still open and we trust that you are the best and the most perfect person for her."
Kagome raised her eyebrows.
"Every character is ready? Wow, I thought main characters were always chosen first."
Ginji and Akabane shared glances.
"Well, we first asked Kikyo Miko..."
"Kikyo Miko?" Kagome asked, surprised.
"Yes. And she did accept the contract. So things were going rather smoothly. However, the moment we told her that we were ready to start shooting, she told us that she couldn't do it. She gave us no real reason, leaving us quite baffled for a bit. That's when we tried to get you in for Melody."
"So Kagome is just a last minute replacement?" Sango snapped, still using that dull tone of voice. Both men quickly looked at Sango.
"No, no, no, no!!!" They quickly said in unison. "We were already planning to ask her but we figured that she was busy with the movie Romeo and Juliet and with the recordings of her new songs. Kikyo Miko was the replacement for her, actually."
Sango mouthed an 'oh' and scribbled something on her notepad. The men then turned to looked at Kagome again.
"So, Ms. Higurashi, don't get the wrong idea. We truly believe you will do a so much better job than anyone for playing the part of Melody."
The room stayed quiet for a bit. The two men looking very anxious, Sango reading her notepad, and Kagome thinking. After a few minutes of the uncomfortable silence, Akabane said something.
"Are you interested Ms. Higurashi?"
"Yes." Kagome answered. "But I need to think about it."
"Alright. But please, can you give us your answer by tonight? We really do need to be fast because of our due date. And if you decided to turn the offer down, we need all the time we have to look for another actress."
"If I accepted the offer, when will we start?" Kagome asked, eyeing the script once again.
"Probably a week after today."
"Okaaaaaaay." Kagome answered, thinking hard. After a few moments of silence,
"Can you please excuse us for a minute?" The actress asked politely towards the men. They nodded and Kagome started to walk towards the door, Sango tailing right behind her. Once outside the door, Kagome turned at her best friend.
"So what do you think about this movie?" Kagome asked.
"I think it's okay. Rather light, compared to Romeo and Juliet, but it's cool." Sango said, returning to her cheerful state.
"You think I should take the role or not?"
"I don't know. It seems that the story's awesome, but Kouga.... I'm not so sure...." Sango's eyes narrowed the moment she mentioned Kouga.
"Don't forget about Inu Yasha." Kagome added. Sango nodded in agreement.
"But, you know, he's not that bad. You got along great with Inu Yasha at the recording studio, remember?"
Kagome thought about it for a minute. It could be fun.... or it could be a disaster. It could either be a contract for heaven or hell. There's a fifty-fifty chance. After thinking for a while, she smiled.
"Go inside Sango. Tell Ginji-san and Akabane-san that I accepted the offer." Sango raised one of her eyebrows.
"And just where are you going?" she said suspiciously.
"I don't know. There's supposed to be an open-air balcony somewhere around here, right? I wanna go there. It's so stuffy in here. Ja ne." Kagome said, smiling slyly at her best friend. She then walked away, looking for signs to show the way towards the balcony. Sango sighed. She was about to walk back towards the room where Ginji and Akabane were both waiting when suddenly somebody put his/her hand on her bottom.
SMAAAAAAAACK!!!
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!?!" Sango said, hitting the person straight towards the clean floor. She then realized whom she had hit. None other than her own boyfriend.
"Miroku?"
"Hey, my pretty goddess." He replied back, standing up with a red cheek.
"What are you doing here?" Sango asked.
"Inu Yasha had an appointment with a few people. Boy.. Sango, I've missed you." Miroku said, hugging Sango tightly. Sango smiled secretly.
"Me too. But we can't stay like this. I've got a job to do." The girl said, letting go. Miroku smiled in understanding.
"Will it take you long?"
"No. Probably just a few minutes."
"Okay. Then I'll be waiting here." Miroku leaned over and gave a small kiss on Sango's cheek. Sango smiled at him and soon disappeared behind the huge door.
~*~*~*~* On the Balcony *~*~*~*~
Kagome finally found the open-air balcony. She was just about to open the glass door when her eyes spotted someone else on the balcony. It was Inu Yasha. She hesitated to open the door, but finally decided that there's nothing wrong in talking with him. After all, they were going to work together for a movie for quite a while. Best to get used to him.
Inu Yasha's sharp hearing caused him to turn around when he heard the door leading towards the balcony opened. His eyes widened with shock when he saw Kagome.
"Hey" Kagome greeted casually when she came close enough to talk to him. Inu Yasha raised his eyebrows.
"Hi" he replied. He was just about to asked her what she wanted, but she beat him first.
"So why are you here?" Kagome asked.
"Feh. I got an interview with a stupid magazine."
"Oh. And you're allowed to go out?"
"No, stupid wench. The interview's done already."
"That 'stupid wench' was totally uncalled for." Kagome snapped.
"Feh. I say what I want to say, okay wench?"
"I'll pretend I didn't hear that." Answered the actress. She then looked at the view the balcony offered. It was the mountains of Hollywood. She took a deep breath, inhaling the fresh air that swirled around her. Then she turned around and looked at the actor beside her.
"Am I disturbing you?" she asked. Inu Yasha was quite taken aback with her question.
"N - no." He answered. "I just wanted some fresh air." Kagome smiled.
"Same here."
Then there was silence. Inu Yasha was eyeing Kagome carefully, as if he's afraid that she's going to pounce at him suddenly.
"So why are you here?" he asked, breaking the silence.
"There's this offer to play a movie. And, surprise- surprise, it seems as if I'm going to be working together with you for a while." Kagome said. Inu Yasha raised his eyebrows.
"Whatever do you mean by that?"
"You're taking the role as Jake Evans on 'Broadway Troubles', aren't you?" Kagome asked, smirking a bit. Inu Yasha nodded his head, confusion on his face. After a few seconds, however, his eyes widened.
"Don't tell me..." he started. Kagome smiled and nodded. "You're taking the role as Melody Sweet?!?!?!" Inu Yasha shouted.
"You got that one right." Kagome said. Inu Yasha blinked several times before the truth sank into his head.
"So you're replacing Kikyo, huh?" he muttered.
"Excuse me?" Kagome asked uncertainly.
"Nevermind." Inu Yasha replied, sighing deeply. Kagome looked at Inu Yasha, confused.
"Well, since we seem to have to work together for quite some while, why don't we try to get along?" Kagome asked sweetly. Inu Yasha stared hard at her.
"Feh." Was all he managed to let out of his throat. Kagome rolled her eyes. Silence soon dominated the two of them. After a few minutes, Inu Yasha finally said something.
"Listen, I know this seem ancient and lame, but... uh... I'm sorry about what happened at dinner that night. I practically.... uhm... ruined it. So yeah.... I apologized." Kagome looked at him. Inside her head, she was smiling. It was a great feeling when someone apologized to you and really mean it.
"Don't worry about it. And besides, you shouldn't apologized to me. Apologize to both Miroku and Sango. It's their dinner you ruined."
"I.. I guess." Inu Yasha said.
"And I guess I should apologize for being nosy about your relationship with Kikyo." The actress added. Inu Yasha looked at her. "I mean," she continued, "it's truly not my business. I guess the saying 'curiosity could kill' is true."
"Naw. It's not your fault." Inu Yasha replied. "Forget about it."
"It's just that Kikyo hadn't showed up in public for quite a while.. quite a while for HER at least." Kagome added. Inu Yasha chuckled softly.
"She's just taking a break, that's all." He said, even though he didn't sound as if he's so sure himself. Kagome decided to ignore it.
"Well, whatever. Anyways, it's still hard to believe we're going to work together in a movie."
"Hell yeah. I didn't know they are going to offer you the job. I bet Rin's going to get excited." Kagome smiled.
"I couldn't wait to see her! Oh man, and Sesshoumaru's going to direct us! And I heard that Rin's going to sing the soundtrack, right?" Kagome said excitedly. Inu Yasha laughed.
"Yeah. But I'm not that crazy about Sesshoumaru having to direct me. Boy, he could be rather scary if his day was bad. Lucky thing Rin would probably always be by his side. They were always together lately. I'm just waiting until the day that Rin become my sister-in-law." Kagome giggled.
"Your family are all super stars, huh?" she said. Inu Yasha nodded.
"Yeah. But yours are too. Your mom is practically a legend in the acting world." The actor said. Kagome smiled. She was about to say something when somebody interrupted their conversation.
"Inu Yasha!!!" The two youngsters turned their head and out came Miroku and Sango. Judging by the expression on their faces, the two of them were very surprised that Inu Yasha and Kagome were together, talking, not fighting.
"Wow," Sango laughed, "you two actually were able to talk without killing each other."
"Shut up, Sango." Kagome said.
"Yeah, shut up." Inu Yasha agreed. He then turned his attention towards his best friend. "Why'd you call me, pervert?"
"Oh, did I disturbed your conversation or something?" Miroku teased with his perverted grin.
"Do I have to tell you to shut up too, Miroku?" Kagome asked, a dangerous tone on her voice. Miroku gave a dry laugh. Inu Yasha rolled his eyes.
"Anyways, Inu Yasha, we need to go." Miroku said, turning his attention at his famous best friend.
"Where? For what?" Inu Yasha asked lazily. Miroku looked annoyed.
"Where are you when I told you in the morning that you are going to have your picture taken for a magazine? On Planet Mars?" Miroku asked sarcastically. Sango looked amused beside him.
"It seems that all actors and actresses have the same problem on their heads. Amnesia." She joked. Miroku laughed together with her.
"Har har har. Very funny." Kagome and Inu Yasha said sarcastically at the same time.
After a few minutes, Miroku finally was able to make Inu Yasha decided to move his feet.
"Alright, alright. Sheesh, what's the problem with you? Being late is not all that bad."
"It will give a bad impression, Inu Yasha." Miroku said, turning around and quickly gave Sango a peck on the kiss. He then told Inu Yasha to hurry up and soon disappeared from sight.
Beside Kagome, Inu Yasha sighed. He then turned towards her.
"Nice talking to you. Even though it was just for a few minutes." He added. Kagome shot him a smile.
"Guess we'll be seeing each other a lot now. Good luck with your pictures." Kagome said. The two of them said their goodbye-s and Inu Yasha finally followed the footsteps of Miroku.
The moment he was gone, Sango walked towards Kagome.
"So here's all the necessary papers you'll need for the movie. And, you need to sign this contract and I will give it to them tomorrow. Guess you'll be reading the script tonight, huh?" Kagome nodded and sighed.
"What's the schedule for the rest of the day?"
Sango quickly grabbed her notepad and scanned through it.
"After this you have exactly 45 minutes for lunch. And then, you have an appointment with Yura. She's going to design a new dress for you for that party at Ayame's place 3 more days from today. And.... wow, Kag! You have the rest of the day for free time! Except, of course, you have to read your scripts."
"Okay, good." Kagome said. She then yawned. "Oh boy, I'm so sleepy. Guess I'll go take a nap after I go see Yura. Let's go."
Kagome then walked towards the parking lot with Sango trailing right behind her. Her eyes returned to the papers she was holding. She smiled. It seemed that this movie was going to very interesting...
~*~*~*~* A/N *~*~*~*~
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!
Hey!!!! Uhm... so sorry for the long udpate (as usual). I got the idea of the storyline for Kagome's movie was (as you might have guessed already) from the movie 'Maid in Manhattan' .
Heheheh. For all those who reviewed, thank you very much! Uhm, what else to say? Oh yeah. People, PLEASE CHECK OUT MY BIO SOMETIMES!!! I always put important notices there... so PLEASE CHECK IT OUT!!!
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Another thing, I'm open for ideas! Just REVIEW and give me ideas and see if they'll work. And also... Vote for Kikyo's part in this story!!!
VOTE = 1) Make Kikyo as bitchy as possible. She deserves it!!!
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Until we meet again.....
~Shin