Chapter 4
A/N: Ok, I know I took forever but I was working on Haunted Songs for the other random people. I finally got to chapter 20 something! Can I get a woot woot?
Disclaimer: Nope don't own it and even if I did ya'll would kill me and I would never finish this story so HA!
XD
Over near the edge of town a man cloaked in black gazed over at the inscription on the stones. It was in a type of writing that he couldn't understand. The man snorted. But he knew who does.
He turned his gaze onto the village and smirked. Time to pay a house call.
XD
The next day, the sun was high and the air had a pleasant feel to it. Lady centipede is dead and now they could go get water as they pleased. It was sure to be a beautiful peaceful day…
"There is no way I'm wearing a corset!" A voice rang out. The town's people sighed. To bad for a quiet morning.
Kagome burst from the door of her room livid. Inuyasha had shown her a beautiful dress to wear to blend in but before he left he suggested that she wear a corset! She was soon followed by Ayame and Sango.
"Come on Keg, It's just a corset and we do have to fit in." Ayame said.
"Yeah and besides haven't you always wanted to know what it like to wear them?" Sango asked. Both of them were wearing their dress along with a corset and huge hula-hope under things to make it fan out.
"Well that's all good and fun for you but I actually want to breathe!" Kagome pointed out.
"Breathing is so overrated." Ayame said with a wave of her hand. Kagome and Sango just gave her a funny look.
"Anyways, if you're not going to wear them then what will you wear? You can't go around in that, it causes too many questions." Sango said pointing to the school uniform Kagome was still in. Kagome glared at Sango.
"I don't care. Heck, if I have to fit in then I'll wear boy's clothes!" She confessed.
"I hope you don't mean that!" Inuyasha shouted. The three forgot that he was still their. Kagome glared at him.
"What do you mean by that?" She said in a low voice. Inuyasha didn't back down thought.
"Simple." He then pointed to her breast. "That the reason." Kagome squeaked and covered them with her arms and glared at him.
"You pervert!" She yelped.
"Am not! That's Miroku's job…" He mumbled loud enough for them to barley hear. "Anyhow, how will you pass off as a boy then?"
Kagome hadn't thought of that. Luckily Ayame came to the rescue.
"I know!"
XD (Few minuets later)
Kagome walked out of her room with a smirk. Everyone gasped at the now boy Kagome. She still had her girlish looking face but her breast was bound and her hair tied in a braid in the back. She wore a pair of blue jeans with a green shirt with a black vest over it. A black cowboy hair was perched at the top of her head at and odd angle. All in all she looked like a guy. Inuyasha snorted.
"You look like Koga." He said. Koga smiled.
"Heck yes! That's why she's my woman!" He said as he slung his arm around her shoulder. Suddenly Kagome got a strange tick in her eye. Shippo sighed, Sango and Ayame busted out laughing, and Miroku smirked while Inuyasha fumed.
"I'm/She is not your woman!" She and Inuyasha yelled.
"Ah, denial…you'll find out that you'll love me soon! And then we will get hitched and have many children! I can see it now 'Daddy when can we eat?' and I'll say 'once Kagome finishes cookin' oh what a wonderful life!" Koga finished with little stares in his eyes and pink sparkling back ground behind him, oblivious to Kagome and Inuyasha's shock and Shippo, Sango, Miroku, and Ayame's laughter.
"I give up…" Kagome and Inuyasha said together. Keade walked over to them with a smile.
"Boy's…we have a visitor!" She announced. All four boy's faces turned grim.
XD
"What can I get ya?" Keade asked the new guy. He was dressed for traveling and smelled like he hadn't bathed in weeks. Kagome, Sango, and Ayame were over in the far corner of the inn. The floor planes were simple. The front door was centered and when you walked in on the left side were booths on the right a bar. On the opposite side of the door was a stage and in the middle of everything were tables with candles on them. Next to the stage was where the stairs led to the top floor were the rooms are.
"Bottle of whisky and a room, maim." He crocked out. Keade smiled and went to fill out the order. She wore a blood red floor length dress with a red feather in her up-do hair. The dress had an elaborate design of black lace around the waist and down the long bellowing sleeves. Were her hips were the dress bellowed out and down the middle was white silk instead of red, all in all a very pretty dress.
The boy's tasks were to bus tables and clean the dishes. The girls had offer to help but Keade refused since they were guests. Instead she got them some coke or sweet tea and told them to relax.
Shippo was also sitting with them sipping on Kagome's coke. He was too young to bus tables and too short to clean dishes so he chose to stay with them.
"Not very lively is it?" Ayame commented. Shippo snorted.
"That's what you think. But actually this is a brake threw! We haven't had any visitors in some time." He said.
"But then how do you pay your taxes?" Sango asked. Kagome had thought of the same thing.
"Simple. We haven't." Shippo's face turned dark as he said this.
"Then how-?" Kagome started.
"By protecting this place." Shippo looked over at Keade as she handed over a key to a room upstairs and the man left for some much needed sleep. "It was either that or let the major have it."
"Not to be rude or anything but, why do it for her? There are plenty of other places going under also." Ayame pointed out.
"True but Keade and her sister Kikyo took us in. Each one of us where orphans until they gave up shelter. We all had our reasons why we were out in the world and not in an orphanage but they never pride. We feel as if it's our duty to help her out of this, if only by protecting this place."
"What about Kikyo?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha had come out to talk to Keade about how Koga was making him do all the work
Shippo sighed. "After two years here she took off one day. I'm not curtain about why, only Inuyasha and Keade know about that. I just know it has something to do with the major." Shippo then started to drink showing that he didn't want to talk about it any more. A crash was heard as Miroku walked out of the kitchen with a sigh. They could see suds coming from under the door. Miroku smiled as he walked over to them.
"Guess this will go on our budget again." He said with a sad sigh. Shippo groaned a 'not again'.
"What happened?" Sango asked. Miroku smiled at her causing a light blush to appear.
"Inuyasha and Koga got into a fight and knocked over a huge pile of dishes and broke them all." Everyone winced.
"So what's with the budget thing?" Kagome asked Shippo.
"You told Shippo?" Miroku asked shocked. Shippo nodded.
"They have a right to know since they are going to be staying here." He explained. Miroku seemed to accept this as he took a near by chair and sat at the end of the table.
"Well the budget is what we have to do to get this place back on its feet. It's like a bank account but instead of adding to the amount it's really for us to take away from it. So far were down to a very small amount around 10 dollars or so." He said with a sigh. Kagome was about to comment that that was actually broke when she remembered what time she was in, but that is still a small amount.
"Shippo, Miroku! Can you help out over here?" Keade called out from the kitchen. She didn't sound so happy. Once they were gone the girls were thinking up a plane.
"We can't leave them like this! I say we give them some money." Ayame said. Kagome shook her head though.
"No we have to help them earn it. Our money looks a lot different then theirs remember. I say we draw in a crowed with something…" She said.
"What do you have in mind?" Sango asked. A strange glint shown from Kagome's eyes as she looked over at the stage. The others caught her stare and all three smiled.
"So what are we going to do?" Ayame asked. That's when Kagome's smiled faltered.
"I haven't thought that far yet." She confessed. Sango and Ayame sighed.
"What about a talent show?" Ayame asked.
"That could work…or a concert?" Sango said.
"Oh! What about a magic show?" Kagome said. "Or…a comedy act?" She said when she received strange glances. "What?"
"How could we do either of those?" Sango asked. "We can't do magic!"
"Actually I can do a few things." Ayame said. "So I guess that could work…but what about the comedy?" Kagome and Ayame smiled at Sango as she scooted away.
"No way! I'm not getting up their! I'm not that funny!" She said.
"Who said it was a solo act?" Kagome said. Sango gave her a confused looked when Ayame pointed over to Miroku and giggled. Sango turned two shades of red.
"W-wha! That wouldn't even be funny!" She stammered.
"Sure it would! A pervert and a Miss. Independent, It's perfect!" Ayame said. She then gave Sango the puppy dog eyes. "Please?" Sango groaned.
"Fine but you own me big." She grumbled. Kagome and Ayame exchanged high fives. "But what about you Kagome? Me and Ayame are going to do something then what about you?"
"Me? I'm not talented in that way. I'm not that funny nor am I good with magic. So I'll be the announcer!" Kagome said proudly.
XD
"Come on Inuyasha it will be fun!" Shippo said. Kagome had briefed him on what they were planning and asked Shippo to ask Inuyasha and Koga to join in. Sango was asking Miroku about the comedy thing. Or more like explaining it. Ayame and Kagome were figuring out how to get people to come and talking it over with Keade.
"No way in hell am I getting on that stage and acting like a fool!" He growled out.
"To bad your already a fool." Koga mumbled loud enough for him to hear.
"What was that you blasted wolf!" Inuyasha yelled.
"You head me ya mangy mutt!" He yelled right back. "If you were a real man you would do this!" Koga then turned to Shippo. "So you said Kagome was planning this?"
Shippo nodded. "Her and Sango and Ayame. She asked if it would be ok if you, Inuyasha, and Miroku worked on a song to sing. Miroku also is in a comedy act with Sango and Ayame is doing magic tricks."
Inuyasha looked curious when he asked what Kagome was doing. Shippo shrugged, "She didn't say. But will you Inuyasha?"
"Feh, give me one good reason why I should then will talk." He snorted then made way to leave. Before he left the room Shippo called out the reason.
"It's for Keade!"
Inuyasha glanced back then walked threw the door.
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Kagome reclined on her bed with a sigh and dished out her CD player to listen to Reliant K. She turned to number 7 and listened to 'A little more than useless'.
'I feel like, I would like
To be somewhere else doing something that matters
And I'll admit here, while I sit here
My mind wastes away and my doubts start to gather
Ok, I need to figure out how to pull this off…
What's the purpose? It feels worthless
So unwanted like I've lost all my value
I can't find it, not in the least bit
And I'm just scared, so scared that I'll fail you
GAH! I'm no good at planning things! That's Ayame's department! Darn it! Shippo said that Koga was in but Inuyasha was still straddling the fence. It took her a while to figure out what he meant. Shippo also said that he had a few tricks that he wanted to do.
And sometimes I think that I'm not any good at all
And sometimes I wonder why, why I'm even here at all
But then you assure me
Sango told Miroku what to do then Ayame had pulled him aside and told him what he was REALLY supposed to do. Poor Sango…Oh well it will be funny how this turns out.
I'm a little more than useless
And when I think that I can't do this
You promise me that I'll get through this
And do something right
Do something right for once
Hope this works out all right…this will be a first though…
So I say if I can't, do something significant
I'll opt to leave most opportunities wasted
And nothing trivial, that life could give me will
Measure up to what might have replaced it
Maybe I'll ask one of the guys were I can find some fabric or a huge sheet of paper since I have some markers in my pack, why their in their…I have no clue, but it works! I can make a sign to draw in the crowd!
Too late look, my date book
Is packed full of days that were empty and now gone
And I bet, that regret
Will prove to get me to improve in the long run
When I told Keade what we were doing she looked so happy! I hope this works out ok…
And sometimes I think that I'm not any good at all
And sometimes I wonder why, why I'm even here at all
But then you assure me
…This song is starting to scare me a little…it's hitting to close to home, heh.
I'm a little more than useless
And when I think that I can't do this
You promise me that I'll get through this
And do something right
Do something right for once
I'm a little more than useless
And I never knew I knew this
Was gonna the day, gonna be the day
That I would do something right
Do something right for once
I notice, I know this
Week is a symbol of how I use my time
Resent it, I spent it
Convincing myself the world's doing just fine
Without me
Doing anything of any consequence
Without me
Showing any sign of ever making sense
Of my time, it's my life
And my right, to use it like I should
Like he would, for the good
Of everything that I would ever know
Maybe I should sing a song or something so that I also have a part in this instead of the announcer…or I can get Keade to be the announcer! I bet that she would get more attention then I would get. She knows people and I'm new here too! Yep, she should do!
I'm a little more than useless
When I think that I can't do this
You promise me that I'll get through this
And do something right
Do something right for once
I hope Inuyasha is going to do this too. I asked Shippo to tell them to make up a song…I wonder what they will do. The show will be shown this Friday and today's Wednesday…So I better get things together.
I'm a little more than useless
And I never knew I knew this
Was gonna the day, gonna be the day
That I would do something right
Do something right for once'
Knock!
Knock!
Kagome took off her headphones and stuffed it under the pillow. "Yes?" She called out.
"Hey Witch! Open up!" Inuyasha's voice rang out. Kagome sighed as she opened the door. Their stood a sheepish Inuyasha with a pencil and parchment in his hands.
"Yes Inuyasha?" She asked. Inuyasha shuffled his feet then glared at her.
"Ayame and Sango told me that you were good at rhyming things…can you help me?" the last part was strained and Kagome had to bite back a laugh at how hard it was for him to ask for help.
"Sure come on in." She said with a smile. This sure would be an interesting show.
XD (Friday!)
"Come one, come all! Shikon Inn is proud to hold a show for everyone who will come! Show time is at 5 and will last till 9!" Shippo bellowed out in the town square. Kagome and Ayame were passing out pages with information to people in the square. Most look interested and some even said that they were going! Shippo got so excided that he was dancing around on the fountain waving a few flyers.
Inuyasha and Koga were hanging up the banner that Kagome had made. It was a plane huge sheet of paper with the ends fringed, and in colorful colors were the writings in cutesy letter were the words 'Shikon Inn presents a stunning performance for your Entertainment! Come at 5, eat, drink, and leave with laughter at 9! Come all!' They had to admit it was…flashy. Nailing the thing to a railing on the second floor they could also hear Sango talking to Miroku about what they should have on the menus. They were the only two that could cook up an awesome meal and to what Kagome had said about the time the show would start people will come hungry so dinner should be served as well as it could. The boys asked why she couldn't but then Ayame and Sango told them that if they wanted to keep the Inn that Kagome should not cook. Enough said.
"So dog-turd, did ya finish your part yet?" Koga asked, also nailing his end. Inuyasha snorted.
"Feh." Was his answer. Koga rolled his eyes. So typical, good thing he liked one sided conversations.
"Ya know…Kagome isn't doing as much. Why is that?" Koga pondered. Inuyasha was also wondering and was about to voice it when Sango stepped out.
"She is doing things. It's just that Kagome said that her talents aren't meant for the stage."
Inuyasha and Koga finished nailing and stared at Sango. "Why?" Koga asked.
Sango smiled and turned to leave. "You'll see what I mean." And with a wave she was gone.
"Good! The signs perfect!" Kagome's voice rang out from below. The boys looked down at her with Shippo on her head and Ayame at her side. In Ayame's arms was some fabric they picked up. "You guys should get ready! We only have an hour or so!" Kagome called up. Then she, Shippo, and Ayame walked in. Koga and Inuyasha walked in as well totally missing the dark shadow watching them as it picked up a flyer they had dropped. It grinned an evil grin then turned and stalked back into the ally into the shadows itself.
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A/N::Sighs: Ok, ok I'm done! I've been working so hard on Haunted Songs that I had to freeze on the other two. But now I updated so you don't have to kill me. I know it's a little slow at first but if will pick up in the next chapter a bit.
Sango: You still need to work on 'Small world'.
Me::Groans: I know I know! I'm getting their!
Ayame: good. I've been waiting for a long…time…:Sees me glare at her and she gulps: Heh heh, right…
Me: Please review and I might not be in a bad mood next time. Ja!
