Well, I'm back from China! And yes, I had a great time.
I got a forwarded email from one of my readers saying that fanfiction doesn't allow you to give review responses anymore. I think that totally sucks, I mean that's the only real way I can actually communicate with you guys, and its fun too! The thing right now is that I don't know if its true or not. I read the 'news' page of fanfiction and it doesn't say it on there. If you guys know anything about this, drop a review, email, IM, doesn't matter and tell me about it. Because I'm afraid this might get deleted if I answer, I'm not gonna do review responses until I find out for sure, sorry guys! But if there are any questions or I just love your review, I'll email ya for sure!
Actually, I got an idea, I'll try to sum it up into paragraphs. Akirachel, well, I didn't really NOT like Kikyo in manga or animes, but there MUST be an enemy, right? Lol, so I just kind of chose her, lol. Demonspawn666, yeah, there IS a sex scene, which I wasn't really aware of until I wrote the chapter where they got selected into the notebook. Woops! My fault! And lol, nice one Rae-orri.
Crawling in the Dark
Chapter Fourteen
"Crowded streets all cleared away,
One by One.
Hollow heroes separate,
As they run."
- So Cold by Breaking Benjamin
"Alright! Alright! Positions everyone!" Nobunaga yelled while clapping his hands to rush them.
Inuyasha took his eyes off Kagome and tried putting his mind back into the movie. The problem was, he couldn't, half his mind was on Kagome and the other was on Kikyo. Why did he have to think of this during the movie? He needed to concentrate.
The final rehearsal went okay, not too bad and not too good. They did the streets scenes and the dancing scene about twenty times each and got a lot of criticism, but nonetheless, they were ready.
"Good job guys, I believe we can start filming now. This crew, well, I can't say its one of the best, but it's a pretty nice crew." Nobunaga eyed each and one of them, and then continued, "Now, don't be nervous, act like this is practice. I believe in all of you, make this movie a success."
The makeup and outfit crew came out again and redid the makeup and perfected the outfits.
"Perfect, let's start."
The first scene they did was when Noah saw Allie again, and asked her about the date she had promised him back on the Ferris wheel.
The three cameras got set up at different angles, the lighting crews made sure the lights were perfectly arranged and there wouldn't be glares. Kagome, Allie, stood on the sidewalk, preparing to casually walk down the streets.
"Lights, camera, and action!"
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Kagome tried focusing as hard as she could. It was different under the camera, very different. She felt weird, but overwhelmed; out of place, but important. The feeling she could not express, all she knew however, was that she had a job to do, it didn't matter if she felt down or even pissed off, she had to complete this movie with her best intentions.
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"And cut! Kagome? Did you forget your lines?"
Kagome woke up from her daydreams and saw that Inuyasha was standing right in front of her, raising an eyebrow.
"Oh, sorry."
"Now I want you to concentrate and don't be nervous." Nobunaga sighed, "Shoot number two, and action!"
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Noah cut Allie off on the streets; he stood right in front of her.
"What are you doing tonight?" He offered.
Allie raised an eyebrow and sort of smiled, "What?"
"Or tomorrow night, or this weekend, or whatever…" He sounded so desperate, but really funny. If only he was like this in real life.
"Why?" Allie challenged and crossed her arms.
"Why, our date, the date you agreed to!" He opened up his arms as if to say, don't you remember?
"No…" She loved her lines, it was short and simple, but to the point. She then started walking again, as if wanting to ignore him.
"Yes you did, you promised, you swore it." He walked backwards and to the side, to cut her off again.
"Well, I guess I changed my mind." She said in a triumphant tone and tried to walk away from him again.
But it was not that easy, Noah wasn't giving up, he stood right in front of her. Unfortunately she didn't notice and walked right into him.
"Ouch! Sorry!"
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"And cut! Well, at least we got further than the first shoot, alright, positions again."
After about half an hour, it was shoot number nine. Some shoots they made it all the way through, but Nobunaga felt like it wasn't good enough.
Shoot number nine, Kagome didn't actually bump into Inuyasha when she was trying to get away.
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"…look I know you get some dirty guy coming on up to you on the street, you don't know them, you don't know me, but I know me." He emphasized the 'I' and put his palm on his chest, then continued, "and when I see something that I like, I gotta…" He paused and changed his sentence, "I love it, I'm gonna go crazy for it."
Allie laughed and rolled her eyes, "What are you talking about?"
There was a pause, and a smaller voice said, "Well, you."
Allie started laughing, not too hard, just giggles, "You're good, you're good." She tried walking away again, with a smile on her face. He was a funny guy, funny, but stupid.
"No, you're getting it wrong!" He chased after her.
Allie turned around and joked, "No, you're fantastic, you really are, I'm impressed."
Noah rolled his eyes, "I'm not usually like this."
"Yes you are."
She stopped there, while watching him get in front of her again. Noah then said in a gentler and quieter tone, "Look, I can be fun if you want, cool, smart…" He laughed at that, "…superstitious, brave, be light on my feet," He did a little tap dance in front of her, which made Allie laugh again. "I can do whatever you want, you just tell me what you want and I'll be that for you." Noah then smiled sincerely.
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"And cut! That was great; I think we'll keep that."
Inuyasha felt relieved, he had done it, his first part in the movie. He didn't care if it was lame, boring, or short; he had shot it completely, through only a couple of attempts.
"Great job, both of you, that was a good shot and I hope the next scene will be the same." Nobunaga smiled.
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"Lights, camera, and action! Act II, scene I, take twenty two."
This scene was definitely one of the hardest, it was long, and sure they could cut some parts and redo some parts, but it was Nobunaga they were dealing with. He was tough, he wanted everything to be perfect, if you did one single part wrong, you have to start it over.
The crew had been working for about 15 hours today. Acting was sure different than what you see on television. Kagome and Inuyasha were already stressed out. It was night time, the perfect scenario for the next scene, Nobunaga did this on purpose, he knew they would go until the night.
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Allie and Noah were walking down the empty and quiet streets, talking. They had just finished seeing a movie, and it was great.
Allie laughed and sighed, "I haven't seen a movie in ages!"
Noah gave her a weird stare.
"Yeah, since I was a little kid." She explained.
"Wait, what?" Noah looked at her with interest, wanting her to explain more.
"Well, you know, I'm busy." She shrugged, Allie wasn't completely happy with her life. "Get up in the morning, breakfast, math tutor, Latin tutor, lunch, dance lessons, tennis lessons, sometimes both, French tutor, piano lessons, and then I have to go to dinner sometimes with my family, and then I have to catch up on some reading."
This whole entire time, Noah was looking at her like she was crazy. Who could ever do that much in an entire day? She was sure a busy woman. "Wow," was all he could say.
"Yeah, they're looking for colleges for me, a college in Pennsylvania I think."
"You want to go to college in Pennsylvania?" It was a sincere question.
"Well, my parents decided that for me." She shrugged again, then smiled.
"Do your parents decide everything for you?"
"Well, all the important things, yes." She still had a smile on her face, but was looking at the ground.
"Is there anything you get to decide all by yourself?" Noah teased.
Allie laughed and punched him gently in the stomach, "Don't be rude!"
Noah put his arms up, as if in defeat, "Well, I'm sorry! I just wanted to know what you do for fun."
"What do you mean?"
Noah stepped in front of her, walking backwards slowly. His head was facing hers. "Like what you like to do or what you want to do?" He said in a really soft and gentle voice.
"I just…I dunno."
Noah turned around and walked ahead of her, back facing Allie. He looked up to the sky. "Well, when I first saw you, I just figured you were kinda…"
Allie caught up and raised an eyebrow, "Kinda what?"
"Well kinda…free."
Now, it was Allie's turn to walk right in front of him and stick her face in front of his. "What?"
"Free." Noah repeated again, and shrugged.
Allie laughed as if insulted, "I am free."
"You don't seem like it."
She shrugged, "Well, I am."
There was a moment of silence, as if to think over everything they had just said.
"Come on, I wanna show you something." He walked in the middle of the streets.
Allie laughed, "What are you doing?"
"Just come on." Noah continued walking to the center.
"You're gonna get run over."
Noah looked around and said sarcastically, "By all the cars?" It was probably midnight in the movie, there was nobody else around on the streets. He then lay down in the middle of the streets, right on the crossing, between the two stop lights. Allie crossed her arms. Noah ignored her, "it's really nice just to come out here and watch the lights change…from green to red to yellow. You could try it if you want."
Allie looked at the lights, then the empty streets, she walked away from him, back towards Noah, "No."
"Why not?"
She turned around and walked towards him again, "Because…I don't know, will you just get up?"
"So that's you're problem, you don't do what you want." Noah challenged.
Allie sighed in defeat; she looked around and then took a spot right next to him. It was dead silent, Noah looked at Allie, and Allie looked at Noah, they then started laughing because they looked crazy.
"What happens if a car comes?" Allie said moments later.
Noah shrugged and said as if nothing, "We die."
"What?" She was about to get up.
"Doesn't matter, just trust, learn how to trust…" He shut his eyes, and expected Allie to shut her, which she did.
You could hear the sound of each other's breaths, smoothly breathing on the cold summer night. Allie opened her eyes and turned to Noah, she said quietly, "Hey, you asked me what I'd do for me."
"Yeah…"
"I like to paint."
Before Noah could smile or even answer to that. HONK HONK! It was a car. Allie screamed so loud, the two of them jumped up and ran as fast as they could to the sidewalks.
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"And cut! Perfect you two, perfect!" Nobunaga clapped his hands in delight, "We're going to do the dance scene now, and it's going to be added onto this scene."
After a couple of tries, both of them felt awkward with each other. Nobunaga was impatient, it was almost ten!
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Allie started laughing hysterically with her eyes squeezed together, she couldn't stop. She learned against the wall to try to ease the laughter, it didn't work too well. She kept on laughing.
Noah looked surprised, he had expected her to cry or yell at him, not laugh crazily. "Hey, um, are you okay?" He didn't know what to ask.
Allie opened her eyes; her laughter was almost going away. She smiled and nodded, then laughed some more.
Noah looked out at the streets and asked, "You wanna dance with me?"
"Sure," Allie replied sincerely and waited until the laughter stopped.
He held out his hand and she took it. They held each other close and danced to the silent beat.
"Dum, dum, dum…" Noah half whispered and sang into the cold night.
Allie looked up at him and smiled, "You're not a very good singer."
Their noses were nearly touching each other, they could feel each other's icy breaths. She then laid her head on Noah's shoulder, still dancing. This moment could last forever.
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"Cut!"
Kagome immediately let go of Inuyasha, as he let go of her. It was awkward; they were so close to each other just then, the feeling of holding each other's hands, the feeling of their faces nearly touching…
Kagome bit her lips to try and stop the thinking. When she did, she realized that Inuyasha hadn't left. He was still there, right in front of her, consumed in thoughts of his own.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked quietly.
He snapped out of his thoughts and directed his eyes towards her.
Those eyes, they had nothing in them, no feeling at all. "Good job today," She tried smiling. Inuyasha just nodded emotionlessly, turned around, and walked away.
Ack! Sorry about the LONG update! It's my fault, really. You don't wanna hear an explanation, cause it's the same old as always. BUSY! Lol. Please review!