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Chapter 4
"Souta! Have you seen my brown cowboys boots? You know the one with the tassels that Hojo gave me when we dated?"
"Don't you remember Sis?" Souta yelled, amazed that his sister could have forgotten after what that bastard Hojo had done to her.
"Remember what?" Kagome asked worriedly.
"After he was arrested for what he did, you threw all the gifts he ever gave you into the dumpster."
At hearing Souta's words, all of the memories she had tried so hard to suppress came flooding back to Kagome. For Hojo had been her first and only boyfriend, the person that she had wanted the song dedicated too when she sang "Everybody's Fool" at the Japanese Idol auditions.
For three years they had dated, but it wasn't a very happy three years for Kagome. At first everything was like a dream come true, Hojo was attentive, caring, and always bringing her gifs, and asking her about her day, but after a few months he began to change, but it was a subtle change.
First he gradually stopped asking about her day, and then he stopped bringing her candy and flowers, as well as the herbal medicines he was famous for. Then he began hitting her.
At first it was just a pinch on the arm, and Kagome ignored it, thinking it was another way he showed affection, but then he began slapping her around for no reason, and when she asked him why he was hurting her his only response was, "You are a woman, I am superior to you, and as my woman you will do as I SAY!" And then he slapped her so hard that she fell backwards, and in the process broke her arm.
Hojo had taken her to the hospital and apologized like hell, bringing her chocolates and flowers that were out of seasons, he had had them specially imported from Europe just for her, so she forgave him thinking that it had been an accident, so she told everyone that she had fallen down the stairs.
But then Hojo started to punch her repeatedly while screaming at her that if she told anyone that he would kill her, but every time that it happened Hojo would apologize, give her beautiful gifts, and beg her not to tell anyone about it, and she would forgive him and this went on for two years, Kagome was always careful to make sure that all the bruises were concealed.
But just after their three year anniversary Kagome was beaten black and blue by Hojo, and Eri, Yumi and Shippo had come over to the house before she could conceal all of the bruises, when they questioned her about it, she said that on her way home from one of her dates she had been cornered by on of the many gangs in Tokyo.
Her friends didn't buy her pitiful excuse and when her next date with Hojo came around they followed them the entire time and saw Hojo begin to beat Kagome, Shippo used his cell phone to call the police, and they arrived on the scene two minutes later and took Hojo into custody.
As it turned out, Hojo had a criminal record for domestic violence, and was on parole, as a result was sent to jail for two years.
For the past few years Kagome had suppressed the memories about him, forgetting about him, but never dated again, regardless of who asked her out, she had turned down, geniuses, football and soccer stars, everyone.
"Don't worry about it, we can go to the mall and buy you another pair of boots, okay?" Souta said snapping Kagome out of her memories.
"Yes, thank Souta, that means more to me than you could ever know, how about we go to the mall in a half hour all right?"
"Sure"
As they were leaving the house a half hour later, Kagome and Souta were shocked by the amount of people on their front lawn screaming.
"CONGRADULATIONS KAGOME!"
"WE LOVE YOU!"
"DATE US PLEASE!"
"What the hell is with all of the people on out front lawn Souta?" Kagome asked as she stared at the mob.
" Well, yours was one of the auditions that was televised, so the entire nation saw you perform." Souta answered worried about how his sister would react.
"All right then, we'll just have to run them over to get out of here then, okay?"
"Fun! Ten points for every girl, twenty point if you hit a boy and thirty of you hit a crazy person." Souta said.
"So thirty points for every person I run over, right?"
"Right"
MEANWHILE
Sesshomaru sat in an enormous leather armchair sipping a cup of green tea while pondering the person known as Kagome Higurashi. She was unlike any person he had ever known, she didn't swoon all over the sight of him, and she actually seemed to have half a brain, unlike some people he knew (Inu-yasha).
The most curious thing about her was that she was so beautiful but didn't seem to know it, and that song she had chosen…it bugged him. It described him perfectly but she couldn't have sung it for him, she didn't even know him, but then who had she sung it for?
And she didn't even care that she had made it to the next round, in fact she hadn't wanted to go through to the next round, that in itself puzzled him even more, who didn't want to be rich and famous?
And why was he so preoccupied with this woman, it wasn't as if he cared for the wench, Kagome he suddenly reminded himself, he certainly wasn't about to get slapped by her, so he had to remember her name, he convinced himself that was the only reason he was calling her by her proper name.
Either way, he was grateful that he had managed to convince her that she should go to Hokkaido; it would give him a better chance to observe her.
One week later Kagome, Shippo, Eri and Yumi boarded the airplane to Hokkaido while preparing themselves for a two-hour flight with a crappy movie, Brittany Spears anyone?
"Kagome?"
"Yes, Shippo? What is it?" Kagome asked worriedly, for she had rarely ever seen him this serious before.
"You realize that it has been tow years right?"
"What the heck are you talking about?"
"It has been two years since Hojo's arrest, he was set free earlier this month, and probably saw your audition on T.V. so just watch your back Kagome, and never go anywhere alone, otherwise he will probably try to find you and beat you or kill you this time."
"Thanks Shippo for reminding me about that, I had nearly forgotten about his release date." Kagome said beginning to think about what the hell she could do to prevent Hojo from ever finding her alone.
AT THE HOTEL
"You are the final fifty contestants, congratulations on making it this far, you are the select few that were selected based on your singing talent, but now it will take far more than that to get to the final rounds. You must show personality, and make whatever song you sing your own, don't just mimic the original singer of the song, you will not get far if you do, keep that in mind." Sesshomaru said while staring out at the crowd in front of him impassively.
"All right this is how it will work guys, you will be separated into groups of four and given a song to sing, it will be spilt into four parts, and you will have to have it memorized by your performance time which will be in 24 hours, understood?" Sango asked.
"Great the pervert, I mean Miroku will read of your team, remember, be creative, and if one person doesn't pull their own weight don't worry about it, you won't be graded on their performance just your own and your ability to work in a group." Sango said while walking off of the stage into the bar to have a margarita.
"All right then first group up then will be Kikyo Myona, Kagura Kuno, Sakura Kinomoto, and Kagome Higurashi, you song will be "Man! I feel like a Woman" by Shania Twain, and you are all in room 216."
After being told where to go Kagome left the main hall and found the three girls that she was supposed to perform with.
One of them was tall and had similar features to her, but her hair was straight, and she was very pale, but had the figure of a model, as was shown by her pink tank top, and flowing white skirt with a flower print on it.
One of them had long brown hair that was let down and she had bright green eyes and a huge smile on her face, she wore a yellow dress with ruffles on it, that looked like it was an antique, but somehow she managed to pull the look off.
The last one was a woman several inches taller than Kagome, and she was the very unusual looking with red, eyes and black hair that was held in place with a bronze feather hairclip. She wore a dark red v-neck t-shirt and a matching skirt as well as a silver necklace that had a feather pendant on it.
"Hello you must be Kagome, I am Kikyo," The woman that looked like her said then pointed to the others in turn, "The one in the ruffled dress is Sakura, and the woman in red is Kagura, so now shall we get to work?"
"Okay, what part of the song should we each sing and how are we going to dress, and do you want to choreograph the dance to the song?" Kagome asked as they all walked into their room.
"Well, I was wondering if you would take the beginning of the song then, Kagura could take over, since you two are the best singers, and then Kikyo and I can spilt the rest of the song up between us, sound all right to you guys?" Sakura asked politely.
"Sure, now how about the rest of the song……..."
MEANWHILE
"Why didn't you tell me that Kagura had made it to the second round, why the hell is she in the second round of this competition, and who let her get this far?" Sesshomaru asked Sango and Inu-yasha while desperately trying to calm himself down, so he didn't kill anyone.
"Remember that day when you called in sick with food poisoning?" Sango asked.
"Yes, we were holding auditions in Osaka I believe why?" Sesshomaru asked, his patience rapidly running out.
"Well she does sing really well, so we let her though?" Inu-yasha said while running out the room so Sesshomaru wouldn't kill him.
"HOW COULD YOU LET MY CHEATING EX-GIRLFRIEND INTO THIS COMPETITION?" Sesshomaru screamed at them before grabbing a bottle of gin and swigging it back in a desperate attempt to calm him down.
"Well, there isn't anything you can do about it now, so you will just have to put up with it for now and see what happens tomorrow when her group performs." Miroku said butting into the conversation.
"Fine, but make sure that her hotel room is nowhere near mine otherwise I will kill you all without a second thought." Sesshomaru said stalking out of the room to find more gin.
The next day Miroku was announcing everyone group before they went to perform in front of the judges, and was also interviewing them and when Kagome's group was up next he had a field day.
"Well, well if it isn't the woman who didn't want to even come to come to the competition. How are you doing Ms. Higurashi?" Miroku asked while trying to cop a feel.
"Fine, thanks now keep your hands to yourself before I am forced to castrate you Miroku." Kagome said while smiling and walking to the stage along with the rest of her group.
As soon as Sesshomaru saw Kagome walk onto the stage he immediately started to pay more attention to the stage, alas, then he happened to see Kagura, and he nearly snatched Inu-yasha's famous flask of vodka and gulped the entire thing back.
"Welcome ladies, what will you be singing for us today?" Sango asked as she jotted down notes on their outfits.
Kikyo was wearing a pink beaded shirt and blue jeans with a bright pink bandanna tying her hair back into a low ponytail.
Sakura was wearing a ruffled lilac shirt and a flowing white skirt that made her look like an angel, and a pair of woman's decorative cowboy boots tied the out fit together.
Kagura had decided to wear a black tank top under an open white blouse along with a pair of black jeans and high heals.
Because they were singing a country song Kagome had worn traditional cowboy boots, that were meant to be used on a farm, not decorative ones, tight blue jeans that showed off her figure to perfection, and a tight white blouse that accented her every curve, and along with a red bandanna she fit the role of a country artist perfectly.
"Man! I feel like a Woman, by Shania Twain." Kagome said as the lights dimmed and the opening music began.
Kagome walked forward as she began to sing:
Lets go girlsCome on
I'm going out tonight
I'm feeling all right
Gonna let it all hang out
As Kagome sang that part of the song she ripped off the bottom part of her jeans which were secured by Velcro which had hidden her short shorts, and she ripped off the sleeves to her blouse as well as her bandanna creating a sexy country look which made Sesshomaru's and Inu-yasha's (as well as every male watching) eyes pop out, as she continued to sing.
Want to make some noise
Really raise my voice
Yeah I want to scream and shout
No inhibitions
Make no conditions
Get a little out of line
I ain't going to act politically correct
I only want to have a good time
The best thing about being a woman
Is the prerogative to have a little fun and
Oh, oh, oh, go totally crazy
Forget I'm a lady
Men's shirts
Shorts skirts
Oh, oh, oh really go wild
Yeah, doing it in style
Oh, oh, oh, get in the action
Feel the attraction
Color my hair
Do what I dare
Oh, oh, oh, I want to be free
Yeah to feel the way I feel
Man! I feel like a woman
During the interlude Kagura took center stage while Kagome sauntered to the back of the stage to join Sakura and Kikyo.
The girls need a break
Tonight we're going to take
The chance to get out on the town
We don't need romance
We only want to dance
We're going to let out our hair hand down
The best thing about being a woman
Is the prerogative to have a little fun
Oh, oh, oh go totally crazy
Forget I'm a lady
Men's shirts
Short Skirts
Oh,oh,oh, really go wild
Yeah dong it in style
Oh, oh, oh get in the action
Feel the attraction
Color my hair
Do what I dare
Oh, oh, oh I want to be free
Yeah to feel the way I feel
Man! I feel like a woman
Kagura joined Kagome in the back of the stage and Sakura and Kikyo walked up to sing the last chorus, since their voices were so perfectly matched.
The best thing about being a woman
Is the prerogative to have a little fun
Oh, oh, oh go totally crazy
Forget I'm a lady
Men's shirts
Short Skirts
Oh, oh, oh, really go wild
Yeah dong it in style
Oh, oh, oh get in the action
Feel the attraction
Color my hair
Do what I dare
Oh, oh, oh I want to be free
Yeah to feel the way I feel
Man! I feel like a woman
After Sakura and Kikyo sang their section, they all went into center stage to sing the last few lines.
I get totally crazy
Can you feel it
Come, come, come on baby
I feel like a woman!
Everyone in the audience, the judges, and everyone who had come to the auditions with their friends burst into applause with Miroku commenting in the background, while the four singers anxiously awaited the judges commentary.
"On the whole I thought it was pretty good, Kagome you did an excellent job of making the song your own with your clothes, I think you will make a great performer someday soon, Kikyo and Sakura, you two didn't sing individually which is what we were hoping for, so I was a little disappointed in that aspect, but good job." Sango said clapping, while drinking her 7up.
" I agree with Sango, good job guys, you made the song your own, and I hope to see you all in the top 12." Inu-yasha said while he continued to get himself plastered thanks to his spiked 7up.
"I was sadly disappointed. Kikyo and Sakura were pitiful they completely copied Shania Twain, and you sang together because you knew that individually you had no chance whatsoever. Kagura you weren't much better you just stood there and sang. The only one in your group is the future Japanese Idol, Kagome Higurashi, in my opinion." Sesshomaru said taking a delicate sip from his cup of tea.
"YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS! I HAVE MORE TALENT IN MY PINKY THAN THAT TALENTLESS HACK!" Kikyo screamed at Sesshomaru.
"On the contrary, you had to team up with another half-wit to sound half way decent, while she sang, danced and performed like a professional would, and none of you did that, so don't expect to get past this round." Sesshomaru said as he had another sip of tea.
"Come back tomorrow morning at nine for the final posting of the final twelve singers." Sango said quickly hoping to prevent a fight.
That night no one slept well, the singers or their friends, they stayed up nearly all night waiting for the results to be posted in seven hours.
Finally it was morning and everyone's nerves were frayed.
At 8:50, one hundred people were crowded outside the auditorium where the list would be posted in ten minutes, some people were singing, others were biting their nails to try to release some of the stress on if they would get to go forward in the contest to become Japan's newest singing sensation.
Finally the doors opened up and it was a race to get to the list first.
Kagome was one of the first people there, and she began scanning for her name and……..
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