Disclaimer: No, I don't own Inuyasha. I knew you wanted to know the answer to that question!

AN: Here's the second chapter! Oh and I had a question for all of you. How come some symbols don't show up in the chapters (like last chapter the dollar signs didn't show up)? Just wondering.

2

Building Tension

As soon as I heard voices outside, I turned to stare at the door, anticipating the girl's arrival. As the door slowly creaked open and the figure emerged from the shadows, I was bewildered to see not a girl, but a woman.

"Hello," she said hesitantly.

"Welcome!" Sango replied enthusiastically. "This is the main actor in our movie, Inu—"

"Inuyasha?" The girl turned to face me. Her clear blue eyes carried a distrustful look, probably because I was a hanyou.

However, before I could speak, Sango pulled me over and whispered, "Be nice!"

'Sure,' I thought.

"Hi. Nice to meet you…" 'Oh shit! I forgot her name!'

"Kagome," Sango provided quickly.

"Yeah, nice to meet you, Kagome," I said, just to prove that I could be nice.

"Pleased to make your acquaintance," she said, offering her hand.

I was never crazy about celebrities, but Inuyasha seemed nice enough. Although on TV, he did seem like a violent guy. Maybe he wasn't that bad?

When he shook my hand, I could feel the tips of his claws on my skin. I couldn't help but flinch, which drew his claws into my skin. As I withdrew my hand from his grip, I could see little drops of blood. 'Ouch!' I thought.

"Umm, could I get a band-aid?" I asked tentatively.

Sango looked at me curiously. "Sure. Inuyasha, could you get some from the backroom?"

"Why do I have to? Why don't you get it?" Inuyasha whined.

I was surprised at his sudden change of mood. One minute he was gentlemanly, the next he was childish.

"Well, I could get it myself," I said, trying to be polite.

Inuyasha looked at me suspiciously. "Feh, I'll get it."

She had cringed at my touch. Now she was asking for band-aids? What a needy girl! How could I have ever thought her a woman?

I went to the backroom and scrambled through the first aid kit. There were all sorts of band-aids. I made sure to pick all the embarrassingly foolish ones, with pictures of Winnie the Pooh and Sponge Bob Square Pants.

When I returned, I shoved the colorful assortment at her.

"Thanks," she said forcedly.

"No problem," I said genuinely.

"Wow! These band-aids are really cute!" she giggled.

"For your information, I don't need your insults!" I shouted.

She immediately stopped giggling. I embarrassedly turned to Sango who was glaring at me.

I couldn't believe he was such a jerk. At least I was willing to give him a chance! I was just trying to be friendly. Why did he snap at me like that?

"Okay…" I heard Sango say. "Let's start this audition."

"Right," Inuyasha said hastily. I was sure he wanted to get rid of me as soon as possible. "Your line, Kayumi!"

"It's Kagome," I said stonily.

"Yeah, I knew that!" Inuyasha said.

"Okay, let's get started," Sango said uncomfortably.

I looked down and read the line. I scanned the rest of the page and suddenly grinned. It was a fight scene. Perfect!

"I can't believe you!" she shouted hotly. It was the last line of the page. (AN: I thought I wouldn't put in any more of the script because it would basically be them shouting at eachother.)

She was perfect! Maybe it wasn't quite the right chemistry, but Inuyasha could learn something from her. I knew she would teach him a lesson the moment she started the script.

She was good, but I wasn't going to admit that. Once she finished her lines, Sango flipped open the phone and started saying how great she was, probably to Miroku. After Sango hung up and Kagome walked out of the room, I protested.

"She was horrible! I can't act beside someone like her!"

"I get to decide!" Sango said. "I am the director and I also get to choose the cast."

"Fine, then I QUIT!" I yelled.

"You can't," Sango smiled smugly. "I already sealed the deal with your agent."

I could tell that Sango wasn't bluffing this time. It was time to make a visit to Ayame.

"How was it?" Rin asked eagerly.

"All right, I guess. Inuyasha's really a jerk."

"YOU MET INUYASHA?" Rin screamed.

"Well yeah, but he's…" I was interrupted.

"He's SO HOT!"

"He's a JERK!" I shouted, just to get my point across.

"You must be kidding! It's just because you think he's 'dangerous'. Give him a chance!"

"I did! He's a jerk just the same."

"Yeah, right," Rin's voice was disbelieving. "So… is he still in there?"

I was about to leave the room and call up Ayame when a girl pounced on me. A fan, from the likes of it. She was screaming, "OH MY GOD! YOU'RE INUYASHA! YOU'RE PRACTICALLY MY FAVORITE MOVIE STAR! AND YOU'RE SO HOT!"

"I get that all the time," I said calmly, but I was a bit stunned from this sudden attack. How did a fan girl get in here anyway?

"She's my friend," Ka… err what's-her-name said coolly.

"Ahh, I see. How do I get her off me?" The girl was hugging me and trying to grab hold of my ears at the same time.

"Give her your autograph and she'll stop."

The girl's friend kept shouting in my ears and I winced. "WOW, I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M TALKING TO YOU! CAN I HAVE YOUR AUTOGRAPH? OR ABOUT 20 OF THEM TO GIVE TO MY FRIENDS? MAKE ONE OUT TO RIN, PLEASE!"

I had to give all of her friends autographs? I sighed. It was all in the life of a celebrity. I quickly signed my name twenty times on a sheet of paper, and then promptly used my claws to cut them into fairly equal pieces. The fan girl gaped. "Here's your pile," I said brightly. "Any for you?" I asked, looking pointedly at the audition girl.

"No, I don't need your bit of scrawl," she said evenly.

"All right, as you wish!" I said undauntedly.

"After all, I'll be working with you for the next few years," she continued.

"NO WAY! I can't act beside someone like you! You're a commoner! I can't even be spotted talking to you!" I guess I overreacted because I sensed that she was about to cry.

I left the room quickly before I could experience her sobs pounding my ears. WEEPING… women were pathetic. After all, it wasn't my fault that they needed to cry every moment of the day. As a wave of guilt swept over me, I pushed it away. It wasn't my fault… was it?

I was looking through Inuyasha's papers, smiling at the contract I had made for him. Now he was stuck with it. I had tucked it in with a bunch of bills, so he had signed it, unsuspecting. Although he didn't know it, Sango and I had become fast friends. She knew him from high school, and I knew him from college. Somehow we had stayed his friends over the years. But we were now plotting behind his back. He needed a girl who would show commitment, but would also teach him a lesson about who was boss.

The phone rang. I knew who it was without even picking it up.

"What, Inuyasha?"

"WHY DID YOU SET ME UP WITH THAT DEAL?" By the sound of it, he was very angry. Through experience, I knew he was tough to handle… especially at these kinds of moments.

"AND I HAVE TO WORK WITH THIS GIRL WHO'S…" He was still shouting. Carefully, I put the phone down and looked through the rest of the papers. His voice was just a tiny buzz in my ears. I started filing the papers, resolving to pick up the phone afterwards.

As I finished filing the papers, I picked up the phone and said, "Well, Inuyasha, you should know my intentions were purely for your own benefit. I thought it was a perfect business opportunity. You would probably pick up popularity and earn thousands of dollars. As for that actress, she could add to the movie's popularity, which if I have to remind you, would give you more money!" As I rambled on, I noticed that it was unusually quiet. I stopped my tirade to ask, "Where are you?" When I heard no reply, I got a bit worried. It wasn't below someone to attack or even kill him. "Hello?"

He just left the room! What a jackass! I'd get my revenge!

I wiped the tears out of my eyes, while Rin was still ogling at Inuyasha's signatures. Slowly, trying to hide the fact I had been crying, I told Rin that I would talk to her later. She did'nt notice, and merely said, "Okay" in a dreamy voice. I stepped into the parking lot and who did I see, but Inuyasha yelling at the phone? His agent was probably on the line. I felt sorry for her. How could she handle Inuyasha everyday when I had only met him once and I was about ready to strangle him?

I walked over to him and patted him on the back quite innocently. As he turned around, I was yelling my head off about what an insensitive, arrogant jerk he was.

"HELLO?" I could hear Ayame yelling crazily into the phone. I was too busy to answer. That girl was berating me with verbal insults. I tried my best to defend myself but I was sure she could have been the national debate champion. I couldn't get a word in edgewise between her rants. Soon she was panting from lack of breath, and quite suddenly fainted. I caught her in my arms. Sure, I didn't like her, but I wasn't about to let her die in front of me.

I laid her on the ground for a few seconds, told Ayame I had to go, stuffed my cell into my pocket, then picked the girl up bridal style and brought her into the audition building.

AN: Hmm… I was trying to think up some good cliffies, and this isn't the greatest. Oh well... I've never liked cliffhangers too much anyway.

I'm thinking about updates every 3-4 days, but whenever I have time, I'll be working on it.

Sorry if you read this before 3/7/05. I think you read a weird un-edited version because I forgot to add some things after uploading (such as the lines!)

Responses to super de duper reviewers:

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