Fame?

Chapter 3: Nostalgia

Edited one time in total on July 30, 2005.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.

(A/N: One of the only reasons for my update is big L (I don't have all the x's right... sorry!) She scared me into updating. I fear her wrath and power.)

Kagome smiled hesitantly at Inuyasha as he opened the door. There was something about his face that stirred a long-ago memory in her mind, but thanks to all the jitters of the photo-shoot her mind was an incoherent jumble. The memory just wouldn't return. She said goodbye to him from her gate, and was just about to punch the security code when she heard his voice behind her.

"So you really don't remember me huh?" His voice was so quiet that she wondered if she had imagined it at first, but then he shook his head.

"Never mind… I'll be leaving now." He turned and walked toward the limo and before Kagome could say or do anything he climbed in and sped off.

'What an odd man' She thought to herself before walking up the path and into her large manor.

Inuyasha drove slower than he had before. How could Kagome not remember him? He shook his head. She must have been with so many other better guys by now, so why should he think she would remember her boyfriend from before she was famous? He was dense to even think she would care, even if she did remember. The fact was, ever since he dumped her for that other girl he couldn't get Kagome off his mind. At the time, he thought the girl, what was her name again…Kikyou, was a goddess, until of course he started to see past her fake exterior and into her wicked heart. Those few weeks he had spent with Kikyou were living hell, and when he finally got the nerve to dump her there was only one thing left on his mind. Get Kagome back.

Of course that was about the time she went off to get famous, but he didn't know that at the time. He had found out, much later of course, from her mother a while after his last visit to a hospital. Inuyasha knew that he had to speak to Kagome again, although her mother wouldn't tell him where she was staying. He really didn't know what he had until it was gone. He was ecstatic when he was offered the position of being her agent for one day. What had he honestly thought that day would be like? Would she remember him, and run crying into his arms, begging him to have her back? As it appeared, nothing was that easy. She didn't even recognize his face or his name. She would have thought him mad if he told her he loved her, even after he reminded her of who he was.

She must not have even cared to see him go. The thought broke his heart once again, the old scabs ripping open to bleed freely, though the hurt was more lashing and vivid. He pulled the limo into the parking lot and the agency, returned the keys, and jumped into his own car, speeding off towards his home.

The first thing Kagome did when she walked into her spacious entryway was call Sango. After a few short rings Sango's groggy voice came on the other end.

"Nyygh… Hello?" Kagome was puzzled by this sleepy greeting as Sango was usually up and about by 6:30.

"I'm sorry to hear that you're ill…" Kagome said sympathetically. She felt sympathetic too, until she heard a masculine voice in the background.

"Hey Sango… who is it? They can call back later, can't they? Tell them we're… I mean you're busy." The voice cooed, and then chuckled. Kagome heard Sango's weak attempts to try to hush the man, but the damage was done.

"SANGO!" Shrieked Kagome "YOU DITCHED ME FOR A GUY?" Sango sighed heavily and began to giggle.

"Sorry Kags…"

How could Kagome be mad? Sango, her best friend since forever, was finally in love! She laughed aloud.

"Oh my god! You have to tell me everything! Come over for dinner!" chirped Kagome happily, almost forgetting everything that had happened over the course day. Well, almost everything. As she said goodbye to Sango the thought of that handsome man and those odd things he had said. She spent the next good hour racking her brain, searching for a reason she might know this man. For the most part, it was in vain, until she remembered her high school yearbook. She could look through that, maybe he graduated in her class. Heck, it was worth the try.

She leafed through the book for 20 or so minutes before beginning to admit defeat. That was before she reached one of the last pages in the yearbook, dedicated to the winners of random awards, like best smile and nicest personality. There on the page marked cutest couple was a picture of a 2 years younger her, in the arms of none other than Inuyasha.

Kagome gasped aloud, tossing the yearbook a few feet in front of her. How could this be? How could she have possibly forgotten Inuyasha? Slowly, the memories began to trickle back. All the arguments and the harsh words followed by forgiveness. That was how the cycle went, until that day a few weeks before graduation. Kagome and Inuyasha had planned a huge dinner in honor of her being accepted into Stanford. They were going to eat at the Le Paris, one of the fanciest restaurants in town. (A/N: Sorry for the cheesy name… It's 11:00.) When the time they were supposed to meet came around, Inuyasha didn't show. She waited for an hour until she finally accepted that he had stood her up.

At first, she felt like crying, but then the anger began to rage through her. She stormed out of the restaurant and into her car, where she drove off looking for him. Lucky for Inuyasha, she didn't meet him on the street for she would surely have run him over. Instead, once she got to his apartment and unlocked the door using the spare key, she found him rather busy. In this case, busy would mean wrapped around a woman in the middle of a long hard kiss.

At the time Kagome had screamed and thrown random belongings about, but after a while she began to cool down and the effect of what she was seeing began to wash over her.

"You're… cheating on me, Inuyasha?" She had said meekly, brown eyes filling with tears.

A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in so long! I thank Xx-bigL-xX for getting me motivated to write again. I still fear your wrath, and hope you shall have the courtesy not to slay me when you see your screen name spelled wrong… -nervous twitch- This is the longest chapter I've written for this story… Hope you liked it! Tell me what you think… REVIEW!

I also urge all of you to read this hilarious story I've been enthralled in. I believe it's called "Our house". If I'm wrong I'll fix it...

The time I update will be influenced by how many reviews I receive… -wink wink- I also want to take the time to say to all my other reviewers: I LOVE YOU. I'm sorry I'm too lazy to do shout outs! One of these days I will… I PROMISE!