## BROADWAY TROUBLES ##
~*~*~*~* DISCLAIMER ** No own Inu Yasha (and also MTV =p). Satisfied?
~*~*~*~* SCENE #4 = With You
(A/N If any of you wish to be email-ed by me whenever I updated, plz leave your email when you review. Thankz very much ^_^ *bows down and leave the stage*)
"No, no, no, NO!" Sango shouted, causing Kagome to glance up from her scripts. She eyed Sango carefully. Sango was talking to her cell phone, clearly pissed off.
"How many times do I have to tell you?!?!?! Kagome and I are busy at Wednesday night!"
Then there was silence. The person on the other line must have spoke something.
"What do you mean it's the only free time you have?!?!?! Didn't I say since 3 days ago that Friday night is the only night that's free for us?!?!?!" Sango shouted. Kagome raised her eyebrows and listened closely towards Sango's conversation.
"Fine! Ask him! Just call me back as soon as you get the answer, okay?"
Sango then paused for a few seconds, waiting for whoever was on the other line to speak. Finally,
"Okay, okay. I'm sorry I shouted.. okay, bye. Love you too." Then Sango clicked her cell-phone, ending the conversation. She then sighed heavily.
"Who was that?" Kagome asked, walking towards her. Sango looked up.
"Oh, it was Miroku. We were just talking about another dinner for the four of us."
"The... *four* of us?" Kagome asked uncertainly, eyeing the script once again.
"Uh huh. You said you didn't care if we invite Inu Yasha or not, so Miroku decided it's worth the chance to invite him again."
"Oh, Inu Yasha Youkai, is it?" Kagome asked, as her eyes finally landed on a certain scene she needed to rehearse.
"Right. The only problem is.. it seems that the two guys don't have any free time except on Wednesday night. But on that day, you were supposed to have this special interview with MTV."
"Well, that's a problem. Anyways, can you worry about that later? I want you to pretend to be Jake Evans, the guy main character." Kagome said as she handed Sango a copy of the 'Broadway Troubles' script. Sango reluctantly grabbed it and opened to the same page as Kagome's. Just when Kagome was about to speak, somebody interrupted her.
"Sis?" came the timid voice of a little kid. Kagome immediately turned around and her eyes landed on her little brother, Souta. She smiled warmly and quickly walked over to him, Sango on her trail.
"Hey Souta! What's up?" Kagome asked in a cheerful tone. She hadn't see her brother for a few days.
Kagome lived alone on her mansion, only a few maids to keep her company during the day. However, right beside her house, only separated by a few trees, was her mother's house. There was no door, no gates, no fences to separate it, but still... it was different houses. And on that house lived Kagome's mom, Yuki Higurashi, and also Souta. Sometimes Souta would sleep on Kagome's gigantic house without even getting the permission from either Kagome or their mother. For the Higurashi family, those two houses were connected.
"Uhm..." Souta started. "do you have a free schedule for tomorrow night?" Sango immediately got out her amazing note pad (out of nowhere, I might add) and started scanning through it. Kagome, on the other hand, looked confusedly at Souta.
"Why?" she asked.
"Well, uhm... there was this concert and I thought you and Sis Sango would like to come. I already bought 4 tickets. We can go with Kohaku." Kohaku was Sango's younger brother, who also happened to be Souta's best friend (and remember, they are COUSINS ^_^).
Kagome raised her eyebrows. She then turned to look at Sango.
"So, do I have free time or not, Sango?"
"Well.. what time does the concert starts?" she said, still scanning through her notes.
"7 o'clock sharp." Souta said hopefully. "And I got front seats, by the way." He added.
"Oh.. is it okay if we're late for 1 hour?" Sango said. Kagome raised her eyebrows. One hour? The concert might as well had ended!
"Wait, what's my schedule for tomorrow anyways?"
"The first rehearsal for 'Broadway Troubles' at 8 o'clock a.m. sharp, and then you said you have a dinner invitation from Rin.."
"Wait... did you say Rin?" Souta interrupted. Sango looked confused as she nodded at Souta.
"Rin... as in.. Rin that singer?" this time, both Kagome and Sango nodded. Souta looked confused.
"What's the matter?" Kagome asked her brother.
"Well, the concert I was talking about was Rin's concert..." Souta began.
"WHAT?!?!?!" Kagome shouted. Just then, her cell-phone rang. Mumbling a few words, she grabbed it and said,
"Hello?"
"Hey, Kagome? This is Rin." Said the voice from the other line.
"Rin?" Sango and Souta immediately looked at Kagome.
"Uh huh. Listen, I know I invited you for dinner, but would it bother you if I moved it so that's it's 3 hours earlier?"
"Three hours earlier? As in... dinner at 3 o'clock?" Kagome nearly shouted. Rin laughed.
"Okay, so it's not a dinner anymore. Just... hanging around at a café. Is that okay with you?"
"Sure.." Kagome said.
"Oh, and Sesshoumaru and Inu Yasha will be joining, that's alright with you, right?"
"What?!?!?!" Kagome shouted before she could stop herself.
"Oh..." on the other side of the line, Rin's voice sounded disappointed. "Okay. It's alright if you don't want them to come..."
"N.. No! It's okay! I was just... nevermind. Anyways, so I heard you have this concert tomorrow night?" Kagome could hear that Rin had gasped.
"Wow, how did you know?" she asked. Kagome laughed.
"My brother bought your tickets.." she said. Souta was eyeing Kagome closely. Rin squealed.
"Really? That's so sweet of him!" Kagome laughed again.
"And since he bought a ticket for me, I'll be watching your concert then!" Rin squealed again.
"Oh, that's so cool!!! Wow, this is amazing!" she nearly shouted. Kagome laughed again. She was just about to say something when she heard Sesshoumaru's voice on the other side of the line.
"Rin, who are you talking to?"
"Oh... Kagome." Rin said cheerfully. Then she returned back to Kagome.
"Hey, Kagome, sorry. Sessy's bugging me. Catch you later." Kagome smiled.
"Okay, later."
~*~*~*~* Next Day *~*~*~*~
Kagome covered her mouth with her hands as she yawned. She had just finished the rehearsal for 'Broadway Troubles' and it had took all of her morning energy. Now she's tired and hungry too! She absent-mindedly searched for Sango, who had disappeared since she had started the rehearsal. But, instead of finding her secretary, somebody else called her.
"Hey, Kagome!" Kagome reluctantly turned around and her gaze landed on Rin, who was accompanied by both Sesshoumaru and Inu Yasha. She immediately smiled and started to walk towards the group.
"Hey!" Kagome greeted, trying to sound as cheerful as possible. Rin smiled at her.
"You did awesome at rehearsal today! Too bad you guys couldn't do the full show because Kouga Wolf didn't show up, huh?" she said, a little bit too cheerful.
Truth be told, Kagome was a little bit relieved the moment she realized that Kouga couldn't attend the rehearsal today. That meant she didn't have to read and act out the WHOLE script. She was really tired in the morning. It probably had something to do with how she had woke up.
~*~*~*~* Flashback *~*~*~*~
Kagome was sleeping peacefully on her magnificent bed. She had trouble sleeping last night, probably because she had been reading her scripts over and over again. Her sound system was singing a soft, melodic song. Everything was peaceful, until....
"KAGOME!!! WAKE UP FOR GOONESS SAKE!!!!!"
Kagome's eyelids shot open as she frantically sat up, looking for the source of disturbance that had managed to woke her. Her eyes then landed on a very pissed off Sango.
"What'za matter, Sango?" Kagome asked sleepily. Sango rubbed her temple impatiently, as if trying to hold the remaining of her patience. She then pointed angrily at Kagome's alarm clock.
"Uuurm?" Kagome said sleepily, turning her head slowly to look at her alarm clock. It clearly showed, 7:56 a.m. Kagome, who was still off to dreamland, didn't seemed to have remembered that her rehearsal started at exactly 8:00 a.m. sharp. So she looked back at Sango, droopy eyed, as innocently as she could.
Sango, on the other hand, pulled Kagome out of her bed, dragged her towards her bathroom, gave her her dress, and shouted,
"YOU BETTER GET READY IN FIVE MINUTES OR ELSE..." Sango then shot Kagome the coldest glare she could ever muster.
~*~*~*~* End of Flashback *~*~*~*~
"Hey, has anyone of you seen Sango?" Kagome asked. "She's my secretary." She added. Rin and Sesshoumaru both shook their heads. Inu Yasha, however, sighed.
"There she is. But I doubt you could call her though, she's off flirting with Miroku." Kagome's gaze followed Inu Yasha's. And, sure enough, there was Sango, together with Miroku laughing and hugging each other. Kagome sighed.
"Oh well. Guess I need to break their happy reunion, huh?" She then walked gingerly towards the happy couple, Inu Yasha and the others following her. The moment she was within hearing distance, she cleared her throat. Sango and Miroku immediately turned their heads.
"Oh, hey Kagome! What's up?" Sango said happily. Miroku beamed.
"Good morning Kagome-sama!" he chirped. Kagome muttered a quick 'morning' before she turned her attention back at Sango.
"Hey, Sango, I don't have any other plans except for the concert, right?"
"Uh huh."
"So, it'll be alright if we go back to my house and rest, right?" Sango gave a sideways glance at Miroku then she gave her friend and apologetic smile.
"I'm sorry Kag, but I'll be going somewhere with Miroku for the day. And Miroku's going to Rin's concert anyways, so we can see each other then."
Kagome shrugged.
"Oh, okay then. No problem."
"Kagome?" she turned around. Rin was beaming at her.
"Why don't we hang out together? Since you don't have any plans for the rest of the day..." she said. "You know, we can go and have lunch together instead of eating dinner at 3 o'clock." She said teasingly. Kagome smiled.
"Sure, why not?"
"Excellent." Sesshoumaru said. "I need to talk to you about a few things on the script." Inu Yasha rolled his eyes.
"Can we talk about that some other time?" he asked desperately. Sesshoumaru shot him a glare. Rin laughed.
"Come on you two. Let's get going!"
Kagome mentioned her goodbye to Sango and then she followed Inu Yasha and the others towards the parking lot.
~*~*~*~* On the Restaurant *~*~*~*~
"So I started acting because I was really impressed with my mom." Kagome stated. She was just telling the others about why she had chosen the acting career. Inu Yasha smirked.
"So how does it feel like having a famous mother since you were born?" Kagome laughed.
"It was crazy. When I attended middle school, everybody was telling me how they envied me."
"But not all of them were always nice, correct?" Sesshoumaru asked, as he placed his hand on top of Rin's. Kagome smiled sadly.
"Of course. Like, one time at high school, I did this commercial and a student was so jealous that she convinced the whole school so that the others wouldn't talk to me. It was horrible. Lucky for me, I always have Sango with me."
"Yeah, how very fortunate of you." Rin joined in. "I had started singing since I was in high school, and, same like you, there were a few students who were jealous at me. They made the whole school turned their backs at me and I didn't have any friend back then. Boy, those were really lonely days."
Sesshoumaru's gripped tightened and he said,
"That wouldn't happen anymore now that I'm here with you." Rin smiled warmly at him. Sesshoumaru gave her a smile that he would only give to her. Inu Yasha snorted.
"Anyways, that kind of stuff happened to me too." He said. Three sets of eyes turned their direction at him.
"They did?" Sesshoumaru asked, mildly surprised. "How come I wasn't aware of that?"
"Because at that time, you wouldn't even admit I was your brother, remember?" Inu Yasha said. It was not a sarcasm, it was more... teasing.
"So, anyway, when I was in high school, Sesshoumaru was already a Hollywood superstar, right? So these guys were jealous at me cuz I got all these attention from the girls. Of course, I doubt they were more interested in Sesshoumaru than at me." With Inu Yasha's last comment, both Kagome and Rin broke into fits of laughter.
"So, did any of these kind of things ever happened to you, Fluffy?" Rin asked. (A/N First it was 'Sessy', not it's 'Fluffy'? ^_______^;) Sesshoumaru smirked.
"None of my family members were famous when I was in high school." He reminded the other members of the table. Rin was just about to say something when the waitress came to their table and handed their food graciously. She seemed a little bit flustered about the fact that she could serve four famous entertainers (A/N I would DEFINITELY feel the same way!!! *Glares at the waitress* Lucky waitress you.. .;)
"So, uhm... Kag," Rin started, trying to make a new conversation, "How's it going with Naraku?" Kagome immediately dropped her fork. At the same time, Inu Yasha's ears perked up.
"Ah," Rin stammered quickly, "I'm sorry. Forget what I had said before." Kagome tried to smile.
"Naw, it's okay. I'm used to people asking anyway." She then took a deep sigh. "The truth is... since we broke up, he had given me uncountable amount of calls and emails saying that he was sorry. I couldn't care less about it though." Kagome said, trying to sound as if she didn't care about what she had just said. She failed.
Naraku Jyaki was a director. He also happened to be Kagome's ex- boyfriend. At the same day Inu Yasha and Kikyo was officially a couple, they broke up. What was worse was that Naraku had dumped Kagome with no real reason at all. Kagome had been hit with a huge mental blow at that time.
"So that stupid bastard was asking for your forgiveness, then?" Sesshoumaru asked quietly. Kagome, Inu Yasha, and Rin all turned their gaze on him. Clearly Sesshoumaru had rarely ever used the words 'stupid bastard'. Kagome smiled.
"He IS a stupid bastard, I guess. And, well, through his voice mails and emails, he seemed to want to go back with me. But, hey, I've moved on! I don't have any more feelings towards him."
"So what did you do with his emails and calls?" Inu Yasha asked curiously. Kagome smiled as the memory returned back to her.
"The first time he called, I was so shocked I didn't know what to do. Luckily there was Sango with me. She immediately called him back and told him what a jerk he was and that I didn't love him anymore. It was really a funny sight. And for his later emails and calls, I ignore them. I'm too busy for him." Kagome said jokingly. Rin laughed.
"Alright! Now that's what I call independent woman! And besides, you won't believe what he did to me shortly after you guys had broke up." With this statement, both Kagome and Inu Yasha looked curiously at Rin. Sesshoumaru's eyes flared hungrily. Rin laughed as she grabbed Sesshoumaru's hand.
"Okay, so he was hitting on me that day. And I was like, wasn't he with Kagome? And then I noticed that you guys had broke up already. So he was really getting on my nerves, saying things like how sweet and gorgeous I was." She laughed her cheerful laugh. None of them noticed Kagome's sad expression. "So then I told him to wait for me and I called Sessy over. Boy, was Sessy angry. He went straight to him and beat the jerk until I was satisfied. Luckily no reporters were around, so it wasn't big news."
Once again, Rin laughed as she leaned closer towards Sesshoumaru. Kagome acted as if she was happy, which was exactly the opposite of how she was feeling. Truth be told, she still had feelings for Naraku.... (A/N YUCK!!!)
"So Naraku got what he deserves for trying to hit another girl when he had just broke up with me!" Kagome laughed. And then she eyed both Rin and Sesshoumaru closely. Rin had leaned over and gave a small kiss on Sesshoumaru's cheek. Sesshoumaru smiled warmly at her. Kagome smiled and sighed.
"So, when are you guys getting married?" she asked suddenly. The couple's mouth dropped wide open as they looked, shocked, at Kagome. Inu Yasha was laughing immediately.
"Straight to point, aren't you Kagome?" Inu Yasha said between his laughs. Kagome smirked.
"Of course. I'm surprised if Sesshoumaru hadn't buy the ring already!" Rin blushed. Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow and his mouth curled up to a teasing smile.
"Now, now, Kagome. You don't want to give away the surprise, do you?" he said. Inu Yasha was now laughing so hard that he had to cover his mouth with his napkin. Rin's face got redder. She slapped Sesshoumaru's arm playfully.
"Fluffy, stop teasing me!" she said in a childish tone.
"Aaaw come on Rin!" Inu Yasha said between his laughter, "you know very well that he was not teasing you! Hey, you know what? I'll do you a favor, I'll spy Sesshoumaru down. If I see him walking towards a jewelry store, I'll call you straight away, how's that?"
"Inu Yasha! Stop it!" Rin said, trying desperately to stop the people sitting on the same table as her to stop teasing her.
"Rin, what are you waiting for?" Kagome chirped, "even Inu Yasha couldn't wait to be your brother-in-law. You need to fasten things up, girl!"
Rin's face was now so red, she could only hide it so that the steam wouldn't come out of her ears.
~*~*~*~* 2 Hours Later *~*~*~*~
"I need to get going then." Rin said as she picked up her purse. Sesshoumaru immediately stood up and helped his girlfriend to do the same. Kagome was just about to stand up too when,
"Oh, why don't you stay here for a while longer, Kagome?" Rin asked cheerfully. "You got no plans until my concert right?"
"Uuum, yeah. But I don't like sitting in a restaurant for more than 3 hours." Kagome joked. Rin laughed.
"Okay, up to you. So I guess I'll see you backstage?" she said, more a request then a question. Kagome winked one eye.
"You bet." Rin smiled, and just as she was about to leave, Kagome asked her,
"Hey, is it okay if I bring my brother backstage with me?" Rin laughed.
"Of course. I'd love to meet him. Catch you later." And with that said, she left the building, hand in hand, with Sesshoumaru, leaving Kagome and Inu Yasha alone.
Inu Yasha sighed, catching the attention of Kagome.
"Tired?" she said while smiling.
"Why do you care?" Inu Yasha asked rudely.
"What?" Kagome asked, surprised.
"I asked, why do you care?" Inu Yasha repeated, annoyed. Kagome started to loose her patience.
"Listen here, I was starting a *nice* conversation! And what do you say? 'Why do you care'. Oh yeah, that explains just how rude you are." Kagome said hotly. Inu Yasha smirked, clearly amused with Kagome's expressions.
"Why are you so short tempered anyway? It's not as if I offended you or anything." Inu Yasha stated.
"Short tempered?" Kagome repeated, clearly pissed off.
"Uh huh." Inu Yasha said, nodding his head. "And besides, I thought you said you didn't want to sit in a restaurant for more than 3 hours? Well, missy, 3 hours had just passed a minute ago." Inu Yasha said, as he smirked. Kagome glared daggers at him. After a few seconds, she finally stood up.
"If you want me to leave, just say it." Kagome scoffed as she began to stomp towards the exit. Inu Yasha smirk disappeared almost immediately.
'Oh crap. What had I done? I was really looking forward to meet her.. SHIT!!! Did I just THINK what I thought I did?!?!!?"
Shaking his head with no real reason, he stood up and started to head for his car.
~*~*~*~* Back to Kagome *~*~*~*~
Kagome's smile formed the moment she got out of her bedroom. She was dressed perfectly for Rin's concert. Earlier in the morning, Sango had already chosen her outfit. Kagome really did rely a lot on Sango for these kind of matters (let's just say that Sango has a GREAT sense of fashion, ok?). The reason why the young actress had smiled all of a sudden was because of her brother and her cousin, Kohaku.
The two young boys were all dressed up so neatly and clean that it surprised Kagome for a second. Souta's usually messy hair were comb neatly and Kagome noticed that he had put some gel on it. He was wearing a small suit and sparkly, new shoes.
Kohaku was wearing a tie and he was trying to breathe properly. He, like Souta, had also comb his comb his hair neatly and put some gel. The two children were waiting patiently for Kagome to come out of her room, which was also something that surprised their sister. Souta and Kohaku would usually shout her name, bang on her doors, and (if the door was unlocked) rushed in and scream their heads off.
"I see you two are ready to go." Kagome said, snickering. The two kids nodded excitedly. Kohaku, being the more polite child that he was, said,
"Sis Kagome, you look great." Kagome laughed. Somehow, it didn't seem right when she heard that comment coming from her small cousin.
"Thank you. So, let's go grab my car and we'll head straight for Rin's concert, okay? Oh, and guess what?" Kagome said, trying to sound as excited as possible as she began to walk.
"What?" the two kids said in unison.
"Rin let the two of you go backstage!" Kagome said. Kohaku squealed delightedly. Souta laughed, but then he said.
"I would be surprised if she didn't. After all, she's your *friend*! That's why I brought these along with me." That was when Kagome realized it. Souta was bringing a banquet of flowers with him! How sweet! This caused Kagome to wonder how he can be an angel one time and a devil on another (A/N EXACTLY like my brother! Ugh!)
~*~*~*~* 30 minutes later *~*~*~*~
Kagome walked through the back door which was guarded heavily by the security.
"Stop, miss. Who are you? Who gives you the permission to enter through here?" one of them barked rudely at Kagome. The other was eyeing Souta and Kohaku dangerously. Kagome scowled.
"In case you don't know, I am Rin's friend." Kagome said confidently. The security leaned in closer to look at her, and his eyes widened when he realized who the girl in front of him was.
"Miss Higurashi?" He asked. Kagome frowned. She should have did this in the first place. She took a slip of paper from her purse and shoved it to the security.
"That's Rin's personal invitation for me. Satisfied?" the raven-haired girl said, annoyed. The security quickly took a bow, muttered their apologies, and opened the door for her and the kids (Souta and Kohaku ^_^).
The moment they were in, Souta and Kohaku's eyes darted here and there, surprised with how busy everything was. Kagome, however, ignored everything and started to look for her friends. Just when she was about to turn around, somebody called her.
"Kagome!"
Kagome looked back to found Sango running towards her. She smiled and asked where Rin was.
"Over there, doing the last minute warming up." Sango said. She walked to the place where Rin was, Kagome and the kids following her. Meanwhile, Sango looked back and almost choked when she saw what Souta and Kohaku was wearing.
"Kohaku! Wow! You actually was able to wear a SUIT!" Sango said. Kohaku frowned.
"What does THAT suppose to mean?" he asked. Sango laughed. Kagome laughed together with them, that was, until somebody bumped into her.
"Ouch...." she muttered as she landed on the ground. The person she had bumped into frowned.
"You okay there?" Kagome opened her eyes. Inu Yasha was standing in front of her, holding his hand to help her stand up.
"Kagome?" he asked, surprised, pulling Kagome upwards.
"Inu Yasha?" she said, and quickly noticed how hot he was. She quickly blushed. Inu Yasha was also speechless when he took notice of Kagome.
'She looked really, really pretty.' He told himself, 'but then again, when was she ever NOT pretty?' Inu Yasha scolded himself when he noticed what he had just said in side his head.
"So... uhm.. is Rin ready yet?" Kagome asked.
"Yeah. Wanna go see her?" Inu Yasha asked absent mindedly, as he motioned so that Kagome would follow him. His eyes then landed on the two young guys behind her. Kagome laughed.
"Oh.. let me introduce you. This is Kohaku, Sango's little brother plus my cousin." The actress pointed at the black haired boy, who gave a small smile and bowed down. "And the other one..." Kagome said as she pulled Souta closer towards her, "is Souta, my younger brother."
Inu Yasha's eyebrows raised immediately.
"This is the same brother you talked to me about when we met on that studio?" He asked. Kagome nodded.
"That's him." Kagome said as she playfully pinched Souta on the back. Souta gave her a look and his sister replied with laughter. Kohaku was trailing behind them, taking everything that was happening around him.
For Kagome, these things were all a daily routine. She glanced boredly for any signs of Rin. Inu Yasha and Souta was having a conversation, in which Souta looked as if he was talking to some sort of a hero. Finally, Kagome spotted her friend.
"Rin!" she exclaimed as she rushed over towards the singer. Rin looked up from her lyrics and beamed the moment she saw who had called her. Sesshoumaru was right beside her.
"Kagome! I'm so glad to see you here!" Rin said as they immediately engaged a conversation. Souta and Kohaku meekly approached them. Kagome noticed this and she grinned.
"Hey, Rin, remember you told me you want to meet my brother? Well, here he is! This is Souta, and this is Kohaku, my cousin." The two kids tried to smile but they were having a hard time, probably because their jaws were wide open at the sight of Rin, one of the most famous singer of the time, and Sesshoumaru, who was practically a legendary actor.
Rin squealed happily.
"Ooooh, they are *so* cute." She said as she leaned down to talk to both Souta and Kohaku. Souta immediately blushed deep red as he shoved Rin the bouquet of flowers he had brought along. Rin's eyebrows raised.
"For me?" she asked. Souta and Kohaku nodded. Rin laughed.
"Aaaaaw, that is so sweet of you!" she said as she hugged the two kids at once. Kagome, Inu Yasha, and Sesshoumaru all laughed.
(A/N = I really SHOULD have end it there, but I wanna put a music here. AND I'm in the mood to write. I don't know why. Heck, what am I doing?!?!?! On with the story!!!)
~*~*~*~* Rin's Concert *~*~*~*~
Rin walked confidently to the center of the stage, exhausted yet happy at the same time. She was smiling brightly. Her concert had almost ended, and it, so far, it had been smooth. There was only one more song to go. She reached up for her microphone and started to speak,
"How are you all doing tonight?!?!?!"
The crowd cheered, answering her. Rin pretended that she couldn't hear them.
"What was that??? I could hardly hear a thing. How are you all doing tonight?!?!?!" she shouted once again. This time, the crowd was cheering so loud that the whole stage must have vibrated. Rin's smile widened.
"I wish we could continue on with the concert, but, sadly, we need to close sooner or later." She started to say. The crowd boo-ed. She laughed. "It's okay. I promise all of you, I'll be back soon. So you all better watch out for my new release, deal?" she asked, making a gorgeous wink at the last word.
The audience erupted with agreements immediately. Rin smiled, more to herself than to her audience.
"I just have one more song to give all of you special people tonight. But before I start, I want to ask you all something. How many of you had fallen in love?!?!?!?"
The shouts and shrieks were all mixed up, making the answer unhearable. Rin, however, was satisfied.
"It seems that most of you had. Well, that how I'm feeling right now. I'm in love." Rin said, as her eyes, without her conscious, landed on a certain guy, who was also looking at her with an extreme amount of love.
The crowd 'ooooh-ed' and 'aaaaah-ed' at her. Rin smiled for the hundredth time that night.
"And I dedicate this song especially for him. I really want to thank him for being my best friend, my shelter, my shield, and my comfort. I want to thank him for always being there for me, for lending me a shoulder to cry, sparkling concerns every unexpected moment, and best of all, giving me love. I would like you to know," Rin's eyes locked with Sesshoumaru's, who was smiling so wide it was almost unrecognizable, "that I truly, deeply love you!!!"
The crowd roared with excitement. All of them knew that Rin was talking about Sesshoumaru. All of them agreed that they are the best couple there was.
"So.. without anymore ado, here's my song for you!"
*The real me is a southern girl with her Levis on and an open heart*
*Wish I could save the world, like I was super girl*
*The real me used to laugh all night lying in the grass just talking about
love*
*But lately I've been jaded life got so complicated*
*I start thinking about it, I almost forgot what it was like*
*To know what it feels right*
*Cause with you*
*I can let my hair down*
*I can say anything crazy*
*I know you'll catch me right before I hit the ground*
*With nothing but a T-shirt on*
*I never felt so beautiful*
*Baby as I do now*
*Now that I'm with you*
*With you, with you, with you*
*Now that I'm with you*
*You speak and it's like a song*
*And just like that all my walls come down*
*It's like a private joke just meant for us to know*
*I relate to you naturally*
*Everybody else just fades away*
*Sometimes it's hard to breathe*
*Just knowing you found me*
*Cuz I'm start thinking about it, I almost forgot what it was like*
*To know what it feels right*
*Cause with you*
*I can let my hair down*
*I can say anything crazy*
*I know you'll catch me right before I hit the ground*
*With nothing but a T-shirt on*
*I never felt so beautiful*
*Baby as I do now*
*Now that I'm with you*
*With you*
*Come and take me*
*Love you save me*
*Like nobody else*
*Now I can be myself*
*With you*
*With you*
*I can let my hair down*
*I can say anything crazy*
*I know you'll catch me right before I hit the ground*
*With nothing but a T-shirt on*
*I never felt so beautiful*
*Baby as I do now (Baby as I do now)*
*Now that I'm with you...*
As the song reached its conclusion, Rin's smile widened. Through out her whole song, her eyes locked together with Sesshoumaru's. The two of them found it impossible to let go off each others gaze.
And at that exact moment, one single thought reached Sesshoumaru's mind.
'I will propose her.... soon...'
~*~*~*~* A/N *~*~*~*~
Muallow people!!! Muahuahauaa.... uhm.. what's that? You asked me what's the purpose of this chapter?!?!?! ... *hmm, thinking haaaaaaard*... I HAVE NO IDEA! MUAHAUAHA! And it's super duper, freaking loooong (at least for ME). I am just in the mood to write. I don't know why.
Oh well. So you know now know about Naraku... Souta and Kohaku were also introduce. And Sesshoumaru's going to propose to Rin soon. Don't know when though... Muehuehue.
Omg... VALENTINE'S IS COMING! In other words.. IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!! Uhm. some of you who don't know yet, February 14 is my b'day!!! Give me reviews for PRESENTS!
Oh, and before I forget. Yes, Sesshomaru is OOC (in case some of you didn't realize that). .... BLAH BLAH BLAH.. DOODLE DOODLE DOODLE.
~_______~; what am I doing?!?!?
Oh well.... here goes for the reviewers!!! Love ya!!! REVIEW AGAIN PLEASE!!!!
~*~*~*~* Special Thanks *~*~*~*~
Amped = Normally I wouldn't reply to an anonymous reviewer, but.. yours were just so interesting. Brian White... that's my best friend's name!!! And... yes, I DO live in California. Omg.. this is so kewl!!!
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Lil-Moe = I dunno WHY I like Britney Spears. I usually am not the type to like gurls like her. Oh well.. probably coz of my friends?!?!?! I dunno. Muahuahaua
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PHEW! THAT'S IT FOR NOW!!!
SEE YOU ALL LATER!!! LOVE YA!!!
~Shin =D
~*~*~*~* DISCLAIMER ** No own Inu Yasha (and also MTV =p). Satisfied?
~*~*~*~* SCENE #4 = With You
(A/N If any of you wish to be email-ed by me whenever I updated, plz leave your email when you review. Thankz very much ^_^ *bows down and leave the stage*)
"No, no, no, NO!" Sango shouted, causing Kagome to glance up from her scripts. She eyed Sango carefully. Sango was talking to her cell phone, clearly pissed off.
"How many times do I have to tell you?!?!?! Kagome and I are busy at Wednesday night!"
Then there was silence. The person on the other line must have spoke something.
"What do you mean it's the only free time you have?!?!?! Didn't I say since 3 days ago that Friday night is the only night that's free for us?!?!?!" Sango shouted. Kagome raised her eyebrows and listened closely towards Sango's conversation.
"Fine! Ask him! Just call me back as soon as you get the answer, okay?"
Sango then paused for a few seconds, waiting for whoever was on the other line to speak. Finally,
"Okay, okay. I'm sorry I shouted.. okay, bye. Love you too." Then Sango clicked her cell-phone, ending the conversation. She then sighed heavily.
"Who was that?" Kagome asked, walking towards her. Sango looked up.
"Oh, it was Miroku. We were just talking about another dinner for the four of us."
"The... *four* of us?" Kagome asked uncertainly, eyeing the script once again.
"Uh huh. You said you didn't care if we invite Inu Yasha or not, so Miroku decided it's worth the chance to invite him again."
"Oh, Inu Yasha Youkai, is it?" Kagome asked, as her eyes finally landed on a certain scene she needed to rehearse.
"Right. The only problem is.. it seems that the two guys don't have any free time except on Wednesday night. But on that day, you were supposed to have this special interview with MTV."
"Well, that's a problem. Anyways, can you worry about that later? I want you to pretend to be Jake Evans, the guy main character." Kagome said as she handed Sango a copy of the 'Broadway Troubles' script. Sango reluctantly grabbed it and opened to the same page as Kagome's. Just when Kagome was about to speak, somebody interrupted her.
"Sis?" came the timid voice of a little kid. Kagome immediately turned around and her eyes landed on her little brother, Souta. She smiled warmly and quickly walked over to him, Sango on her trail.
"Hey Souta! What's up?" Kagome asked in a cheerful tone. She hadn't see her brother for a few days.
Kagome lived alone on her mansion, only a few maids to keep her company during the day. However, right beside her house, only separated by a few trees, was her mother's house. There was no door, no gates, no fences to separate it, but still... it was different houses. And on that house lived Kagome's mom, Yuki Higurashi, and also Souta. Sometimes Souta would sleep on Kagome's gigantic house without even getting the permission from either Kagome or their mother. For the Higurashi family, those two houses were connected.
"Uhm..." Souta started. "do you have a free schedule for tomorrow night?" Sango immediately got out her amazing note pad (out of nowhere, I might add) and started scanning through it. Kagome, on the other hand, looked confusedly at Souta.
"Why?" she asked.
"Well, uhm... there was this concert and I thought you and Sis Sango would like to come. I already bought 4 tickets. We can go with Kohaku." Kohaku was Sango's younger brother, who also happened to be Souta's best friend (and remember, they are COUSINS ^_^).
Kagome raised her eyebrows. She then turned to look at Sango.
"So, do I have free time or not, Sango?"
"Well.. what time does the concert starts?" she said, still scanning through her notes.
"7 o'clock sharp." Souta said hopefully. "And I got front seats, by the way." He added.
"Oh.. is it okay if we're late for 1 hour?" Sango said. Kagome raised her eyebrows. One hour? The concert might as well had ended!
"Wait, what's my schedule for tomorrow anyways?"
"The first rehearsal for 'Broadway Troubles' at 8 o'clock a.m. sharp, and then you said you have a dinner invitation from Rin.."
"Wait... did you say Rin?" Souta interrupted. Sango looked confused as she nodded at Souta.
"Rin... as in.. Rin that singer?" this time, both Kagome and Sango nodded. Souta looked confused.
"What's the matter?" Kagome asked her brother.
"Well, the concert I was talking about was Rin's concert..." Souta began.
"WHAT?!?!?!" Kagome shouted. Just then, her cell-phone rang. Mumbling a few words, she grabbed it and said,
"Hello?"
"Hey, Kagome? This is Rin." Said the voice from the other line.
"Rin?" Sango and Souta immediately looked at Kagome.
"Uh huh. Listen, I know I invited you for dinner, but would it bother you if I moved it so that's it's 3 hours earlier?"
"Three hours earlier? As in... dinner at 3 o'clock?" Kagome nearly shouted. Rin laughed.
"Okay, so it's not a dinner anymore. Just... hanging around at a café. Is that okay with you?"
"Sure.." Kagome said.
"Oh, and Sesshoumaru and Inu Yasha will be joining, that's alright with you, right?"
"What?!?!?!" Kagome shouted before she could stop herself.
"Oh..." on the other side of the line, Rin's voice sounded disappointed. "Okay. It's alright if you don't want them to come..."
"N.. No! It's okay! I was just... nevermind. Anyways, so I heard you have this concert tomorrow night?" Kagome could hear that Rin had gasped.
"Wow, how did you know?" she asked. Kagome laughed.
"My brother bought your tickets.." she said. Souta was eyeing Kagome closely. Rin squealed.
"Really? That's so sweet of him!" Kagome laughed again.
"And since he bought a ticket for me, I'll be watching your concert then!" Rin squealed again.
"Oh, that's so cool!!! Wow, this is amazing!" she nearly shouted. Kagome laughed again. She was just about to say something when she heard Sesshoumaru's voice on the other side of the line.
"Rin, who are you talking to?"
"Oh... Kagome." Rin said cheerfully. Then she returned back to Kagome.
"Hey, Kagome, sorry. Sessy's bugging me. Catch you later." Kagome smiled.
"Okay, later."
~*~*~*~* Next Day *~*~*~*~
Kagome covered her mouth with her hands as she yawned. She had just finished the rehearsal for 'Broadway Troubles' and it had took all of her morning energy. Now she's tired and hungry too! She absent-mindedly searched for Sango, who had disappeared since she had started the rehearsal. But, instead of finding her secretary, somebody else called her.
"Hey, Kagome!" Kagome reluctantly turned around and her gaze landed on Rin, who was accompanied by both Sesshoumaru and Inu Yasha. She immediately smiled and started to walk towards the group.
"Hey!" Kagome greeted, trying to sound as cheerful as possible. Rin smiled at her.
"You did awesome at rehearsal today! Too bad you guys couldn't do the full show because Kouga Wolf didn't show up, huh?" she said, a little bit too cheerful.
Truth be told, Kagome was a little bit relieved the moment she realized that Kouga couldn't attend the rehearsal today. That meant she didn't have to read and act out the WHOLE script. She was really tired in the morning. It probably had something to do with how she had woke up.
~*~*~*~* Flashback *~*~*~*~
Kagome was sleeping peacefully on her magnificent bed. She had trouble sleeping last night, probably because she had been reading her scripts over and over again. Her sound system was singing a soft, melodic song. Everything was peaceful, until....
"KAGOME!!! WAKE UP FOR GOONESS SAKE!!!!!"
Kagome's eyelids shot open as she frantically sat up, looking for the source of disturbance that had managed to woke her. Her eyes then landed on a very pissed off Sango.
"What'za matter, Sango?" Kagome asked sleepily. Sango rubbed her temple impatiently, as if trying to hold the remaining of her patience. She then pointed angrily at Kagome's alarm clock.
"Uuurm?" Kagome said sleepily, turning her head slowly to look at her alarm clock. It clearly showed, 7:56 a.m. Kagome, who was still off to dreamland, didn't seemed to have remembered that her rehearsal started at exactly 8:00 a.m. sharp. So she looked back at Sango, droopy eyed, as innocently as she could.
Sango, on the other hand, pulled Kagome out of her bed, dragged her towards her bathroom, gave her her dress, and shouted,
"YOU BETTER GET READY IN FIVE MINUTES OR ELSE..." Sango then shot Kagome the coldest glare she could ever muster.
~*~*~*~* End of Flashback *~*~*~*~
"Hey, has anyone of you seen Sango?" Kagome asked. "She's my secretary." She added. Rin and Sesshoumaru both shook their heads. Inu Yasha, however, sighed.
"There she is. But I doubt you could call her though, she's off flirting with Miroku." Kagome's gaze followed Inu Yasha's. And, sure enough, there was Sango, together with Miroku laughing and hugging each other. Kagome sighed.
"Oh well. Guess I need to break their happy reunion, huh?" She then walked gingerly towards the happy couple, Inu Yasha and the others following her. The moment she was within hearing distance, she cleared her throat. Sango and Miroku immediately turned their heads.
"Oh, hey Kagome! What's up?" Sango said happily. Miroku beamed.
"Good morning Kagome-sama!" he chirped. Kagome muttered a quick 'morning' before she turned her attention back at Sango.
"Hey, Sango, I don't have any other plans except for the concert, right?"
"Uh huh."
"So, it'll be alright if we go back to my house and rest, right?" Sango gave a sideways glance at Miroku then she gave her friend and apologetic smile.
"I'm sorry Kag, but I'll be going somewhere with Miroku for the day. And Miroku's going to Rin's concert anyways, so we can see each other then."
Kagome shrugged.
"Oh, okay then. No problem."
"Kagome?" she turned around. Rin was beaming at her.
"Why don't we hang out together? Since you don't have any plans for the rest of the day..." she said. "You know, we can go and have lunch together instead of eating dinner at 3 o'clock." She said teasingly. Kagome smiled.
"Sure, why not?"
"Excellent." Sesshoumaru said. "I need to talk to you about a few things on the script." Inu Yasha rolled his eyes.
"Can we talk about that some other time?" he asked desperately. Sesshoumaru shot him a glare. Rin laughed.
"Come on you two. Let's get going!"
Kagome mentioned her goodbye to Sango and then she followed Inu Yasha and the others towards the parking lot.
~*~*~*~* On the Restaurant *~*~*~*~
"So I started acting because I was really impressed with my mom." Kagome stated. She was just telling the others about why she had chosen the acting career. Inu Yasha smirked.
"So how does it feel like having a famous mother since you were born?" Kagome laughed.
"It was crazy. When I attended middle school, everybody was telling me how they envied me."
"But not all of them were always nice, correct?" Sesshoumaru asked, as he placed his hand on top of Rin's. Kagome smiled sadly.
"Of course. Like, one time at high school, I did this commercial and a student was so jealous that she convinced the whole school so that the others wouldn't talk to me. It was horrible. Lucky for me, I always have Sango with me."
"Yeah, how very fortunate of you." Rin joined in. "I had started singing since I was in high school, and, same like you, there were a few students who were jealous at me. They made the whole school turned their backs at me and I didn't have any friend back then. Boy, those were really lonely days."
Sesshoumaru's gripped tightened and he said,
"That wouldn't happen anymore now that I'm here with you." Rin smiled warmly at him. Sesshoumaru gave her a smile that he would only give to her. Inu Yasha snorted.
"Anyways, that kind of stuff happened to me too." He said. Three sets of eyes turned their direction at him.
"They did?" Sesshoumaru asked, mildly surprised. "How come I wasn't aware of that?"
"Because at that time, you wouldn't even admit I was your brother, remember?" Inu Yasha said. It was not a sarcasm, it was more... teasing.
"So, anyway, when I was in high school, Sesshoumaru was already a Hollywood superstar, right? So these guys were jealous at me cuz I got all these attention from the girls. Of course, I doubt they were more interested in Sesshoumaru than at me." With Inu Yasha's last comment, both Kagome and Rin broke into fits of laughter.
"So, did any of these kind of things ever happened to you, Fluffy?" Rin asked. (A/N First it was 'Sessy', not it's 'Fluffy'? ^_______^;) Sesshoumaru smirked.
"None of my family members were famous when I was in high school." He reminded the other members of the table. Rin was just about to say something when the waitress came to their table and handed their food graciously. She seemed a little bit flustered about the fact that she could serve four famous entertainers (A/N I would DEFINITELY feel the same way!!! *Glares at the waitress* Lucky waitress you.. .;)
"So, uhm... Kag," Rin started, trying to make a new conversation, "How's it going with Naraku?" Kagome immediately dropped her fork. At the same time, Inu Yasha's ears perked up.
"Ah," Rin stammered quickly, "I'm sorry. Forget what I had said before." Kagome tried to smile.
"Naw, it's okay. I'm used to people asking anyway." She then took a deep sigh. "The truth is... since we broke up, he had given me uncountable amount of calls and emails saying that he was sorry. I couldn't care less about it though." Kagome said, trying to sound as if she didn't care about what she had just said. She failed.
Naraku Jyaki was a director. He also happened to be Kagome's ex- boyfriend. At the same day Inu Yasha and Kikyo was officially a couple, they broke up. What was worse was that Naraku had dumped Kagome with no real reason at all. Kagome had been hit with a huge mental blow at that time.
"So that stupid bastard was asking for your forgiveness, then?" Sesshoumaru asked quietly. Kagome, Inu Yasha, and Rin all turned their gaze on him. Clearly Sesshoumaru had rarely ever used the words 'stupid bastard'. Kagome smiled.
"He IS a stupid bastard, I guess. And, well, through his voice mails and emails, he seemed to want to go back with me. But, hey, I've moved on! I don't have any more feelings towards him."
"So what did you do with his emails and calls?" Inu Yasha asked curiously. Kagome smiled as the memory returned back to her.
"The first time he called, I was so shocked I didn't know what to do. Luckily there was Sango with me. She immediately called him back and told him what a jerk he was and that I didn't love him anymore. It was really a funny sight. And for his later emails and calls, I ignore them. I'm too busy for him." Kagome said jokingly. Rin laughed.
"Alright! Now that's what I call independent woman! And besides, you won't believe what he did to me shortly after you guys had broke up." With this statement, both Kagome and Inu Yasha looked curiously at Rin. Sesshoumaru's eyes flared hungrily. Rin laughed as she grabbed Sesshoumaru's hand.
"Okay, so he was hitting on me that day. And I was like, wasn't he with Kagome? And then I noticed that you guys had broke up already. So he was really getting on my nerves, saying things like how sweet and gorgeous I was." She laughed her cheerful laugh. None of them noticed Kagome's sad expression. "So then I told him to wait for me and I called Sessy over. Boy, was Sessy angry. He went straight to him and beat the jerk until I was satisfied. Luckily no reporters were around, so it wasn't big news."
Once again, Rin laughed as she leaned closer towards Sesshoumaru. Kagome acted as if she was happy, which was exactly the opposite of how she was feeling. Truth be told, she still had feelings for Naraku.... (A/N YUCK!!!)
"So Naraku got what he deserves for trying to hit another girl when he had just broke up with me!" Kagome laughed. And then she eyed both Rin and Sesshoumaru closely. Rin had leaned over and gave a small kiss on Sesshoumaru's cheek. Sesshoumaru smiled warmly at her. Kagome smiled and sighed.
"So, when are you guys getting married?" she asked suddenly. The couple's mouth dropped wide open as they looked, shocked, at Kagome. Inu Yasha was laughing immediately.
"Straight to point, aren't you Kagome?" Inu Yasha said between his laughs. Kagome smirked.
"Of course. I'm surprised if Sesshoumaru hadn't buy the ring already!" Rin blushed. Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow and his mouth curled up to a teasing smile.
"Now, now, Kagome. You don't want to give away the surprise, do you?" he said. Inu Yasha was now laughing so hard that he had to cover his mouth with his napkin. Rin's face got redder. She slapped Sesshoumaru's arm playfully.
"Fluffy, stop teasing me!" she said in a childish tone.
"Aaaw come on Rin!" Inu Yasha said between his laughter, "you know very well that he was not teasing you! Hey, you know what? I'll do you a favor, I'll spy Sesshoumaru down. If I see him walking towards a jewelry store, I'll call you straight away, how's that?"
"Inu Yasha! Stop it!" Rin said, trying desperately to stop the people sitting on the same table as her to stop teasing her.
"Rin, what are you waiting for?" Kagome chirped, "even Inu Yasha couldn't wait to be your brother-in-law. You need to fasten things up, girl!"
Rin's face was now so red, she could only hide it so that the steam wouldn't come out of her ears.
~*~*~*~* 2 Hours Later *~*~*~*~
"I need to get going then." Rin said as she picked up her purse. Sesshoumaru immediately stood up and helped his girlfriend to do the same. Kagome was just about to stand up too when,
"Oh, why don't you stay here for a while longer, Kagome?" Rin asked cheerfully. "You got no plans until my concert right?"
"Uuum, yeah. But I don't like sitting in a restaurant for more than 3 hours." Kagome joked. Rin laughed.
"Okay, up to you. So I guess I'll see you backstage?" she said, more a request then a question. Kagome winked one eye.
"You bet." Rin smiled, and just as she was about to leave, Kagome asked her,
"Hey, is it okay if I bring my brother backstage with me?" Rin laughed.
"Of course. I'd love to meet him. Catch you later." And with that said, she left the building, hand in hand, with Sesshoumaru, leaving Kagome and Inu Yasha alone.
Inu Yasha sighed, catching the attention of Kagome.
"Tired?" she said while smiling.
"Why do you care?" Inu Yasha asked rudely.
"What?" Kagome asked, surprised.
"I asked, why do you care?" Inu Yasha repeated, annoyed. Kagome started to loose her patience.
"Listen here, I was starting a *nice* conversation! And what do you say? 'Why do you care'. Oh yeah, that explains just how rude you are." Kagome said hotly. Inu Yasha smirked, clearly amused with Kagome's expressions.
"Why are you so short tempered anyway? It's not as if I offended you or anything." Inu Yasha stated.
"Short tempered?" Kagome repeated, clearly pissed off.
"Uh huh." Inu Yasha said, nodding his head. "And besides, I thought you said you didn't want to sit in a restaurant for more than 3 hours? Well, missy, 3 hours had just passed a minute ago." Inu Yasha said, as he smirked. Kagome glared daggers at him. After a few seconds, she finally stood up.
"If you want me to leave, just say it." Kagome scoffed as she began to stomp towards the exit. Inu Yasha smirk disappeared almost immediately.
'Oh crap. What had I done? I was really looking forward to meet her.. SHIT!!! Did I just THINK what I thought I did?!?!!?"
Shaking his head with no real reason, he stood up and started to head for his car.
~*~*~*~* Back to Kagome *~*~*~*~
Kagome's smile formed the moment she got out of her bedroom. She was dressed perfectly for Rin's concert. Earlier in the morning, Sango had already chosen her outfit. Kagome really did rely a lot on Sango for these kind of matters (let's just say that Sango has a GREAT sense of fashion, ok?). The reason why the young actress had smiled all of a sudden was because of her brother and her cousin, Kohaku.
The two young boys were all dressed up so neatly and clean that it surprised Kagome for a second. Souta's usually messy hair were comb neatly and Kagome noticed that he had put some gel on it. He was wearing a small suit and sparkly, new shoes.
Kohaku was wearing a tie and he was trying to breathe properly. He, like Souta, had also comb his comb his hair neatly and put some gel. The two children were waiting patiently for Kagome to come out of her room, which was also something that surprised their sister. Souta and Kohaku would usually shout her name, bang on her doors, and (if the door was unlocked) rushed in and scream their heads off.
"I see you two are ready to go." Kagome said, snickering. The two kids nodded excitedly. Kohaku, being the more polite child that he was, said,
"Sis Kagome, you look great." Kagome laughed. Somehow, it didn't seem right when she heard that comment coming from her small cousin.
"Thank you. So, let's go grab my car and we'll head straight for Rin's concert, okay? Oh, and guess what?" Kagome said, trying to sound as excited as possible as she began to walk.
"What?" the two kids said in unison.
"Rin let the two of you go backstage!" Kagome said. Kohaku squealed delightedly. Souta laughed, but then he said.
"I would be surprised if she didn't. After all, she's your *friend*! That's why I brought these along with me." That was when Kagome realized it. Souta was bringing a banquet of flowers with him! How sweet! This caused Kagome to wonder how he can be an angel one time and a devil on another (A/N EXACTLY like my brother! Ugh!)
~*~*~*~* 30 minutes later *~*~*~*~
Kagome walked through the back door which was guarded heavily by the security.
"Stop, miss. Who are you? Who gives you the permission to enter through here?" one of them barked rudely at Kagome. The other was eyeing Souta and Kohaku dangerously. Kagome scowled.
"In case you don't know, I am Rin's friend." Kagome said confidently. The security leaned in closer to look at her, and his eyes widened when he realized who the girl in front of him was.
"Miss Higurashi?" He asked. Kagome frowned. She should have did this in the first place. She took a slip of paper from her purse and shoved it to the security.
"That's Rin's personal invitation for me. Satisfied?" the raven-haired girl said, annoyed. The security quickly took a bow, muttered their apologies, and opened the door for her and the kids (Souta and Kohaku ^_^).
The moment they were in, Souta and Kohaku's eyes darted here and there, surprised with how busy everything was. Kagome, however, ignored everything and started to look for her friends. Just when she was about to turn around, somebody called her.
"Kagome!"
Kagome looked back to found Sango running towards her. She smiled and asked where Rin was.
"Over there, doing the last minute warming up." Sango said. She walked to the place where Rin was, Kagome and the kids following her. Meanwhile, Sango looked back and almost choked when she saw what Souta and Kohaku was wearing.
"Kohaku! Wow! You actually was able to wear a SUIT!" Sango said. Kohaku frowned.
"What does THAT suppose to mean?" he asked. Sango laughed. Kagome laughed together with them, that was, until somebody bumped into her.
"Ouch...." she muttered as she landed on the ground. The person she had bumped into frowned.
"You okay there?" Kagome opened her eyes. Inu Yasha was standing in front of her, holding his hand to help her stand up.
"Kagome?" he asked, surprised, pulling Kagome upwards.
"Inu Yasha?" she said, and quickly noticed how hot he was. She quickly blushed. Inu Yasha was also speechless when he took notice of Kagome.
'She looked really, really pretty.' He told himself, 'but then again, when was she ever NOT pretty?' Inu Yasha scolded himself when he noticed what he had just said in side his head.
"So... uhm.. is Rin ready yet?" Kagome asked.
"Yeah. Wanna go see her?" Inu Yasha asked absent mindedly, as he motioned so that Kagome would follow him. His eyes then landed on the two young guys behind her. Kagome laughed.
"Oh.. let me introduce you. This is Kohaku, Sango's little brother plus my cousin." The actress pointed at the black haired boy, who gave a small smile and bowed down. "And the other one..." Kagome said as she pulled Souta closer towards her, "is Souta, my younger brother."
Inu Yasha's eyebrows raised immediately.
"This is the same brother you talked to me about when we met on that studio?" He asked. Kagome nodded.
"That's him." Kagome said as she playfully pinched Souta on the back. Souta gave her a look and his sister replied with laughter. Kohaku was trailing behind them, taking everything that was happening around him.
For Kagome, these things were all a daily routine. She glanced boredly for any signs of Rin. Inu Yasha and Souta was having a conversation, in which Souta looked as if he was talking to some sort of a hero. Finally, Kagome spotted her friend.
"Rin!" she exclaimed as she rushed over towards the singer. Rin looked up from her lyrics and beamed the moment she saw who had called her. Sesshoumaru was right beside her.
"Kagome! I'm so glad to see you here!" Rin said as they immediately engaged a conversation. Souta and Kohaku meekly approached them. Kagome noticed this and she grinned.
"Hey, Rin, remember you told me you want to meet my brother? Well, here he is! This is Souta, and this is Kohaku, my cousin." The two kids tried to smile but they were having a hard time, probably because their jaws were wide open at the sight of Rin, one of the most famous singer of the time, and Sesshoumaru, who was practically a legendary actor.
Rin squealed happily.
"Ooooh, they are *so* cute." She said as she leaned down to talk to both Souta and Kohaku. Souta immediately blushed deep red as he shoved Rin the bouquet of flowers he had brought along. Rin's eyebrows raised.
"For me?" she asked. Souta and Kohaku nodded. Rin laughed.
"Aaaaaw, that is so sweet of you!" she said as she hugged the two kids at once. Kagome, Inu Yasha, and Sesshoumaru all laughed.
(A/N = I really SHOULD have end it there, but I wanna put a music here. AND I'm in the mood to write. I don't know why. Heck, what am I doing?!?!?! On with the story!!!)
~*~*~*~* Rin's Concert *~*~*~*~
Rin walked confidently to the center of the stage, exhausted yet happy at the same time. She was smiling brightly. Her concert had almost ended, and it, so far, it had been smooth. There was only one more song to go. She reached up for her microphone and started to speak,
"How are you all doing tonight?!?!?!"
The crowd cheered, answering her. Rin pretended that she couldn't hear them.
"What was that??? I could hardly hear a thing. How are you all doing tonight?!?!?!" she shouted once again. This time, the crowd was cheering so loud that the whole stage must have vibrated. Rin's smile widened.
"I wish we could continue on with the concert, but, sadly, we need to close sooner or later." She started to say. The crowd boo-ed. She laughed. "It's okay. I promise all of you, I'll be back soon. So you all better watch out for my new release, deal?" she asked, making a gorgeous wink at the last word.
The audience erupted with agreements immediately. Rin smiled, more to herself than to her audience.
"I just have one more song to give all of you special people tonight. But before I start, I want to ask you all something. How many of you had fallen in love?!?!?!?"
The shouts and shrieks were all mixed up, making the answer unhearable. Rin, however, was satisfied.
"It seems that most of you had. Well, that how I'm feeling right now. I'm in love." Rin said, as her eyes, without her conscious, landed on a certain guy, who was also looking at her with an extreme amount of love.
The crowd 'ooooh-ed' and 'aaaaah-ed' at her. Rin smiled for the hundredth time that night.
"And I dedicate this song especially for him. I really want to thank him for being my best friend, my shelter, my shield, and my comfort. I want to thank him for always being there for me, for lending me a shoulder to cry, sparkling concerns every unexpected moment, and best of all, giving me love. I would like you to know," Rin's eyes locked with Sesshoumaru's, who was smiling so wide it was almost unrecognizable, "that I truly, deeply love you!!!"
The crowd roared with excitement. All of them knew that Rin was talking about Sesshoumaru. All of them agreed that they are the best couple there was.
"So.. without anymore ado, here's my song for you!"
*The real me is a southern girl with her Levis on and an open heart*
*Wish I could save the world, like I was super girl*
*The real me used to laugh all night lying in the grass just talking about
love*
*But lately I've been jaded life got so complicated*
*I start thinking about it, I almost forgot what it was like*
*To know what it feels right*
*Cause with you*
*I can let my hair down*
*I can say anything crazy*
*I know you'll catch me right before I hit the ground*
*With nothing but a T-shirt on*
*I never felt so beautiful*
*Baby as I do now*
*Now that I'm with you*
*With you, with you, with you*
*Now that I'm with you*
*You speak and it's like a song*
*And just like that all my walls come down*
*It's like a private joke just meant for us to know*
*I relate to you naturally*
*Everybody else just fades away*
*Sometimes it's hard to breathe*
*Just knowing you found me*
*Cuz I'm start thinking about it, I almost forgot what it was like*
*To know what it feels right*
*Cause with you*
*I can let my hair down*
*I can say anything crazy*
*I know you'll catch me right before I hit the ground*
*With nothing but a T-shirt on*
*I never felt so beautiful*
*Baby as I do now*
*Now that I'm with you*
*With you*
*Come and take me*
*Love you save me*
*Like nobody else*
*Now I can be myself*
*With you*
*With you*
*I can let my hair down*
*I can say anything crazy*
*I know you'll catch me right before I hit the ground*
*With nothing but a T-shirt on*
*I never felt so beautiful*
*Baby as I do now (Baby as I do now)*
*Now that I'm with you...*
As the song reached its conclusion, Rin's smile widened. Through out her whole song, her eyes locked together with Sesshoumaru's. The two of them found it impossible to let go off each others gaze.
And at that exact moment, one single thought reached Sesshoumaru's mind.
'I will propose her.... soon...'
~*~*~*~* A/N *~*~*~*~
Muallow people!!! Muahuahauaa.... uhm.. what's that? You asked me what's the purpose of this chapter?!?!?! ... *hmm, thinking haaaaaaard*... I HAVE NO IDEA! MUAHAUAHA! And it's super duper, freaking loooong (at least for ME). I am just in the mood to write. I don't know why.
Oh well. So you know now know about Naraku... Souta and Kohaku were also introduce. And Sesshoumaru's going to propose to Rin soon. Don't know when though... Muehuehue.
Omg... VALENTINE'S IS COMING! In other words.. IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!! Uhm. some of you who don't know yet, February 14 is my b'day!!! Give me reviews for PRESENTS!
Oh, and before I forget. Yes, Sesshomaru is OOC (in case some of you didn't realize that). .... BLAH BLAH BLAH.. DOODLE DOODLE DOODLE.
~_______~; what am I doing?!?!?
Oh well.... here goes for the reviewers!!! Love ya!!! REVIEW AGAIN PLEASE!!!!
~*~*~*~* Special Thanks *~*~*~*~
Amped = Normally I wouldn't reply to an anonymous reviewer, but.. yours were just so interesting. Brian White... that's my best friend's name!!! And... yes, I DO live in California. Omg.. this is so kewl!!!
Neogirl = It really DID surprised me how, actually, so many people voted #1 for Kikyo.. do people hate her that much!?!?!? Huehuehue =D
Inuyddam = You are a really special reviewer for me! I don't know why. But I'm really happy whenever you reviewed, to whichever story. Wow... I really appreciate your time for reading it and reviewing!!! ^_____________^;
Anime-babe21 = It really DID surprised me how, actually, so many people voted #1 for Kikyo.. do people hate her that much!?!?!? Huehuehue =D Oh well.. I never really thought about making ANOTHER fic.. muahauahua. Takes a lot of time, y'know?!?!?!
Lil-Moe = I dunno WHY I like Britney Spears. I usually am not the type to like gurls like her. Oh well.. probably coz of my friends?!?!?! I dunno. Muahuahaua
Moon Goddess101 = Well, I updated!!! Hope you wouldn't be bored anymore, ne?!?!?! ^__________^;
Fluffy-Maru-Kouga-Chan = Yeah. Kikyo could sometimes be a pain in the a$*. Muahuahaua! Well, even though an update took a lot of time, here it is!!! =p.
Sequel x Kira Yamato = Ooooh, did you enjoy the trip yesterday!?!??! Muahahaa, I did!!!!
DatChicAnna = I'm REAL sorry. But if you would just take a peak at my reviews, about 95% said to make Kikyo a bi**h. Oh well... guess I have to =( sowwieeee
Angelmoon14 = Oh well.. I'll try to make Kikyo #2. Lol, that sounded so weird. Nevermind.. anyways..... yeah, I guess everybody IS popular =p.
AmayaSaria = Inu will DEFINITELY break up with Kikyo. He is meant to be with KAGOME!!!!
Cisne = You know what? Thanks for taking the time to make the name 'Tanaka Productions'. I think it's AWESOME. I'll use it. Thanks =p
VioletRose4 = Hahahaha, I guess sooooooooooo.. but Kikyo's okay sometimes.
PHEW! THAT'S IT FOR NOW!!!
SEE YOU ALL LATER!!! LOVE YA!!!
~Shin =D