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Question, Answer, and Info
Mirei Nochi – Thanks for the idea, I'll start using it from now on!
DeathIsntTheEnd – I haven't decided yet if he is going to remember. Maybe….
Miko Gurl – Ah! I did forget to put the title of the play in the last chap. Didn't I...heh, my bad! Sesshoumaru acted like a five year old because he was drugged up, remember? Sry if I didn't make that clear enough! .!
Okay, I decided that from now on, whenever the characters are thinking, it will be italicized because I think that makes it easier to read! .-
Sorry I forgot to put the title of the play in the last chapter everyone! Brain fart, I can't help it, I get them every once and a while. The title is going to be Days of Future Passed. Thanks all!-
Kagome chewed on her fingernail nervously, it was five minutes until the play's auditions started and she had yet to see Sesshoumaru or any other student she recognized. The material on the soft auditorium seat she was sitting in began to rub against the bare skin on her legs, making her feel even more uncomfortable.
"Well, well, I suppose I should have known my woman would be here." A soft voice purred in Kagome's ear almost causing Kagome to topple off her chair.
Spinning around to face the person, Kagome felt her stomach drop down to her toes. There, standing in front of her was Kouga and a group of boys. They all stood looking down at her, leering down at her. 'I knew I shouldn't have tried out for this play.' Kagome thought glaring up at Kouga.
"What do you want?" Kagome asked icily turning back around to face the stage.
Kouga laughed and pretended to have chills running up and down his arms, shivering slightly. "I always liked um' feisty." He said to the three people behind him. They in turn snickered and looked to Kagome to see what she would do next.
Kagome simply ignored his last comment and proceeded to pretend that Kouga wasn't there. "Ah, come on Kagome, the least you can do is give me a kiss for going to the dance with that old mutt instead of me." He said grabbing her arm and pulling her out of her seat to look him in the eye.
Kagome just rolled her eyes and released herself from Kouga's grip. 'This boy just won't take a hint, will he?' Kagome thought angrily ready to strike.
"Listen Asshole, if you think for even one second that I would-" But before she could finish her sentence she felt a small breeze behind her. Kagome turned, and to her surprise, there was Sesshoumaru, standing next to her with a look of irritation and something that almost looked like anger, but Kagome couldn't tell for sure.
"What do you think you are doing Kouga?" Sesshoumaru asked coldly giving Kouga a death glare that would even make Kagome squirm.
"None of your business dog breath, why don't you go play along, me and my woman having a private conversation." Kouga replied returning Sesshoumaru's glare.
"For the last time Kouga, I am not your-" Kagome started but was interrupted again by Sesshoumaru.
"Can't you take a hint Mutt? Kagome isn't interested in someone of your standings, she deserves better. Now why don't you and your pathetic friends run along, that is unless you want to mess with me later after the auditions, and trust me Mutt; I will show you no mercy this time." Sesshoumaru whispered in a dangerous tone. Kouga growled, but he knew an opponent that he couldn't defeat when he saw one and decided to retreat.
"This isn't over Sesshoumaru, I will have Kagome by the end of the year, just you watch." Kouga said walking away stiffly. An uneasy silence fell upon Sesshoumaru and Kagome as Kouga walked away. Kagome, a little irritated at Sesshoumaru for treating her like a little girl who couldn't take care of herself, refused to be the one to initiate the conversation.
"Do you always need me to fight your battles for you?" Sesshoumaru asked, back to his regular bored, uncaring tone.
Kagome scoffed in disbelief of what Sesshoumaru just said. 'Why that impudent, rude, selfish-' "Are you daft or something!" Kagome whispered angrily not wanting to draw the wrong kind of attention to themselves. "I was handling him just fine until you came along; I could have handled it fine on my own!"
"Don't fool yourself. If you had handled it your way and I hadn't stepped in, you probably would have been in the back janitor's closet right now, doing thing that I don't even want to imagine." Sesshoumaru stated starting to become irritated.
"What! How dare you say something like that to me! You know what I think you're jealous! And the reason you stepped in was because you were afraid that I would be in the back janitor's closet with him later on!" Kagome shot back quickly beginning to turn very red. 'It's not true.' Kagome thought, 'But at least it will piss him off.'
Sesshoumaru's eye twitched slightly and he turned to face Kagome and looked her directly in the eye. "Listen woman-" Sesshoumaru hissed but was cut short by the Drama teacher, Mr. Green, stepping out on stage. The students around the fighting couple burst out in applause ending their dispute. Sesshoumaru and Kagome quickly took their seats. As Mr. Green started talking Sesshoumaru leaned over to Kagome and whispered in her ear. "I am in no ways finished with you, girl. We will have the remainder of our conversation after auditions."
Kagome just glared back up at him. "Whatever Sesshoumaru," She whispered sarcastically, "just don't trip over your pampered feet and fall flat on your beautiful face." The sentence came out before Kagome could stop herself, and immediately Kagome regretted what she said. 'Oh my god, did I just tell Sesshoumaru I thought his face is beautiful?' Kagome thought desperately. 'Maybe he didn't catch that…shit' Kagome just ignored Sesshoumaru's stare and turned back to the stage and pretended to be absorbed in what Mr. Green was saying.
Sesshoumaru gazed down at Kagome's small form. 'Did Kagome-no she couldn't have…But she did… Did Kagome just tell me she thinks my face is beautiful…no I must be losing my mind.' Sesshoumaru shook his head to clear his thoughts, his soft hair slightly brushing against his features, and turned all his attention to Mr. Green's speech.
"Hello and welcome to the last day of the auditioning process for this year's major production is 'The Days of Future Passed.' If you're not completely sure what this play is about, don't worry about it! As always I will give you a full summary before you start auditioning. It is about a beautiful woman, Kai, and handsome man, Yoko, who both happen to be the best samurais in Japan's long history. They have never met, but are always competing against each other to gain the full title of best samurai, and in winning the title, go down in history alone. But unexpectedly, a powerful demon reveals him self in a small town on the western edge of the island, and begins to wreak havoc, threatening to destroy the whole of Japan. In an act to desperation, the emperor urgently calls upon the two samurai's and begs them to defeat the evil together, saying that he would be too much for one of them to handle alone. The two are reluctant to agree, but are persuaded with the emperors promise of fame and riches. The two hate each other in the beginning, but in the end they each secretly fall in love with the other, although Yoko isn't the only man who has eyes for Kai. The evil demon, Naraku, falls for her as well. The demon captures Kai, and this enrages Yoko, forcing his feelings for Kai to rise to the surface. Yoko storms Kai's castle, rescuing Kai from Naraku's evil spell and together they defeat Naraku." Mr. Green finishes.
'I didn't know this was a love story.' Kagome thought trying to keep her emotions under control. 'Oh, well, nothing to worry about right? It's not like I'm going to get the main part or anything like that...'
"I expect this production to be magnificent. I have some idea for who I want for the parts, but that doesn't mean that some of you newbie's can't change my mind!" Mr. Green's voice boomed interrupting Kagome's thoughts. "Let's start the auditions, shall we! Come up to the stage when I call you, you all should have written you name down on the sign-in sheet at the front, if not, please tell my assistant Ms. Bletcher and she will fix you up for you. You will be called up in a pair, one boy one girl, and you will sight read a scene that I will pick out randomly from this pile." Mr. Green explained motioning to the large stack of papers on a round bench. "Now, don't forget to project people! Projecting is a main component of theater! Now let's see, who should I have go first? How about Mr. Thai and Mrs. Hailey…
Kagome watched, palms sweating, as the students went up to give their auditions. They all seemed so good, it made Kagome really regret her decision to tryout. 'There's no way I'm going to get a part.' Kagome thought in depressed tone. 'I shouldn't have ever run my mouth off to Kikyo, now this will just give her one more reason to make fun of me.'
"And for out last auditions of the day, Mrs. Kagome and Mr. Sesshoumaru." Mr. Green called from the stage.
Kagome stood shakily and fallowed Sesshoumaru up to the stage. 'It figures that I would get paired up with Sesshoumaru.' Kagome thought irritated. Looking up at Sesshoumaru, Kagome caught one of his rare, but o so annoying arrogant smirks. 'You know what, screw it. As the saying goes, if I'm going out I'm going out in style!'
Kagome looked down at the script Mr. Green handed them and started to gain confidence. 'I can do this.' She thought reassuringly. 'I am going to do this!'
"Okay, I would like you to read the lines that are highlighted please." Mr. Green informed smiling at the two. Kagome smiled back at turned to face Sesshoumaru. "Start whenever you're ready."
"So, you're the one they have been talking about." Sesshoumaru said coldly looking her up and down. "The woman who is supposedly as good as I am." Sesshoumaru let a small snort of disgust escape from his angelic features. "I think not."
'Wow,' Kagome thought amazed, 'Sesshoumaru's good…but he better be ready for me.'
"So you're the man," Kagome retorted amused. As they began the scene, Kagome let all the anger and frustration that had welled up inside her for the past five months escape, letting it seep into her acting. "The one who is supposedly arrogant, rude, self-centered, and cold, I see there assumptions were actually true for once."
Sesshoumaru stepped forward angrily, but still keeping his emotions somewhat in check. "You dare speak to me in such a way. You are indeed foolish. Have you not heard of my abilities?"
Kagome lifted one elegant eyebrow. "Indeed I have herd of your abilities. And if the stories are as correct about them as they were about your personality, then I have nothing to worry about." Kagome replied smugly.
Suddenly Sesshoumaru was at Kagome's side, his large hand curled around her neck and squeezing it slightly. "Watch out little girl, or you will get into a world of trouble you don't want to." Sesshoumaru hissed in Kagome's ear.
Kagome just laughed, managing to release herself from Sesshoumaru's grip. "I can handle anything you can dish out." Kagome stated crossing her arms.
Sesshoumaru glared down at Kagome, as he had done so many times before. "You, a pathetic female are not worthy of my time." Sesshoumaru said in a dangerous tone.
Kagome simply returned Sesshoumaru's glare with her own and replied. "Whatever, Yoko, come back when you are no longer afraid to fight me." Kagome said beginning to exit off stage left. "I guess that means I'll see you in hell."
Reaching the end of their auditions Kagome let out a breath of relief. 'See!' A little voice in Kagome's head said. 'That wasn't so bad, was it?'
Kagome smiled and handed the script back to Mr. Green, who was now wide eyed. The auditorium was in a state of amazed silence, but Kagome interpreted it to uneasy silence.
Suddenly, as if on cue, the other students erupted in applause. Or at least the ones who weren't busy giving them looks of anger and jealously were.
"I guess we did pretty well." Kagome whispered happily to Sesshoumaru.
Sesshoumaru just looked down at Kagome and raised his eyebrow. "Did you really expect anything less?"
Kagome quickly made her way back to her seat and let out a deep breath she didn't know she had been holding. 'It's over!' she thought happily. 'I'm never going to have to do that again!'
"I would like to thank you all for auditioning tonight!" Mr. Green said happily. "The results will be posted up tomorrow at the end of the day on the bulletin board in the cafeteria. And remember, if you didn't make a part, you can always be in light, stage, costume, or makeup crew! Thanks again!" With one last wave Mr. Green quickly exited stage right, disappearing behind the curtains.
Kagome stood up slowly and stretched. Reaching down for her backpack, Kagome swung it carelessly over her shoulder. "That wasn't so bad! It was actually a lot easier than I thought." She chirped happily to Sesshoumaru.
Sesshoumaru stood and began walking out of the auditorium with Kagome. "Did you totally forget our conversation earlier?" he asked opening up the auditorium doors looking down at the girl beside him.
Rolling her eyes Kagome replied in an irritated tone. "Of course not Sesshoumaru, what do you think I am some kind of idiot?" Feeling the anger boil inside her Kagome did the best she could to keep it under control. 'Can he ever let anything go? Ever?'
Sesshoumaru smirked, "Do you really want me to answer that?"
"You know what Sess-" Kagome started but was cut off again.
"Hey Kagome!" Inu-Yasha called out from behind the two.
'Geeze what is this!' Kagome thought turning around to wave that the approaching boy. 'Interrupt Kagome day?' Kagome felt Sesshoumaru stiffen behind her. 'I wonder what's going on with Sesshoumaru.'
"Wow Kagome, you were amazing! I wouldn't be surprised if-" but Inu-Yasha cut his sentence short once he saw who was standing behind Kagome. His eyes glazed over in some kind of hatred Kagome didn't understand. "Sesshoumaru." He said shortly giving him a curt nod.
"Brother." Sesshoumaru said more coldly than normal.
'Oh! That's it! There brothers! ...I can't believe I didn't see the resemblance…' Kagome thought looking back and forth between the two.
An uneasy silence fell heavily upon the threesome. Kagome looked around trying desperately to think of something to say. Not able to think of anything, Kagome just blurted out the first thing on her mind.
"So do you guys read Harry Potter?" Kagome asked, wanting to smack herself across the face after she said it. Sesshoumaru and Inu-Yasha looked down at Kagome an identical look of complete disbelief on their faces, and their mouths hanging slightly open. "Um," Kagome said trying to think of something to redeem herself. "What I meant to say is…do you guys…like…to…uh…do pot?" Kagome's eyes grew wide in horror. "I DIDN'T MEAN THAT! I meant to say do you guys like to do pottery…yeah…pottery?" Kagome wished she had a pillow to smother herself with at that moment, anything to get away from them.
"Uh, sure Kagome," Inu-Yasha said trying without success to hide the smile on his face. "Listen I just wanted to tell you did a great job. I guess I'll see you tomorrow in class."
"Yeah," Kagome replied running her hand through her silky hair. "You did a great job too."
"Later!" He said happily waving at Kagome, while giving Sesshoumaru the coldest look Kagome had seen the younger boy give to anyone.
Kagome waved goodbye then turned back to walk towards their dorm. Turning her head slightly to the left, Kagome's voice was cut short in awed amazement. Where she used to live, Colorado, the mountains always blocked the sunset, but obviously not here. The sun was setting in all it's brilliance in a swirl of red, purples, pinks, and yellows. 'I really should have paid more attention to my surroundings this past school year. It would have been worth it.' Kagome thought dazed.
"Wow…" Kagome said mystified stopping in her tracks.
"What is it now woman?" Sesshoumaru asked without much enthusiasm.
"Look." Kagome said motioning towards the sun. "Isn't it beautiful?" Kagome walked over towards a single wooden bench under a great oak whose leaves had turned color of red satin and were starting to fall, and sat down.
"What are you doing now?" Sesshoumaru asked sitting down next to her. "The sun sets all the time. What makes this time so special?"
"I'm not making you stay you know." Kagome replied leaning back on the bench. Sesshoumaru froze as he felt her shoulder brush against his arm, and to his surprise, she didn't flinch or move away.
The cool night air blew past them like a gentle kiss, caressing Kagome's face and causing her hair to blow softly behind her. "You know what Sesshoumaru." Kagome said happily looking up at Sesshoumaru. Her gaze seemed to pierce through him, shattering all his defenses. "I don't think you are as distant as you want me to think you are. And you know what else. I'm going to be your friend, wheatear you like it or not."
Sesshoumaru just snorted, "I, Sesshoumaru, need no friends." He said in a matter-o-fact tone. Kagome smiled and brushed a stray strand of hair out of her eyes that had been bothering her. They sat in silence for a while, just soaking up the evening air and watching the sunset.
The air around them started to chill as the sun gave its final splash of colors. The night seemed to grow dark everywhere but around them.
"We should probably be heading back." Kagome said standing up and waiting for Sesshoumaru to do the same. As soon as she sat up, Sesshoumaru immediately missed the warmth on his side that was now replaced with cold. He fallowed suit and together they started walking back to the dorms.
The cold night air whipped around them pulling at Kagome's skirt and chilling her to the bone. Kagome wrapped her arms around herself trying to keep what little body heat she had left, when suddenly she felt weight pushing down on her shoulders, and immediately she became warm again. Looking up, Kagome was shocked to see that Sesshoumaru had placed his jacket over her shoulders, leaving him with only a thin white shirt.
"Sesshoumaru, you don't have to give me this. I'll be all right." Kagome said starting to take off his jacket.
"No." Sesshoumaru said plainly pushing it back on her. "I have pants and long sleeves, which is warmer than a short skirt and short sleeves. Besides, if you catch a cold now, who will do the play with me? I refuse to have other twit of a girl playing along side me as the lead." Kagome smiled and tried to meet Sesshoumaru's gaze, but Sesshoumaru was staring directly ahead, refusing to make eye contact.
Kagome snuggled deeper into the surprisingly warm jacket, suddenly very content, all her torbles and worries forgotten. "You're a good friend Sesshoumaru." She whispered her voice muffled from the jacket.
Sesshoumaru looked down, amazed at the girl beside him. The one who wasn't afraid of him, who would fight with him at a level he had never seen before, who had a fire within them that he couldn't, and surprisingly didn't want to extinguish, the girl who saw him for who he was, and was not afraid to speak her mind about any trivial subject. But most importantly the girl that was his friend.
Kagome walked out of her last class in a hurried rush. The list will be posted now. Speed walking toward the cafeteria she could hear the clamor of other students trying to see what roles they had received and saw the disappointed faces of ones who didn't get the part that they wanted.
Pushing her way toward the middle of the mob, she saw they list. It was two large pieces of plain sheet of yellow-white paper with a list of what looked like about forty people on it. The third sheet was small and had one single sentence on it that Kagome didn't bother to read at the moment.
She quickly scanned the first paper and felt her stomach rise up into her throat. She couldn't find her name. Bitter disappointment, but hope that her name might be on the next sheet of paper flooded into her body. Her mind raced and her heart fluttered as she quickly looked the second paper up and down three times.
Her name wasn't there.
She hadn't made the play.
'Oh, well.' Kagome thought fighting the disappointed tears that were welling in her eyes. 'It's only a stupid play. There's no reason to cry over a stupid play. Maybe I could join a crew or something.'
Letting an aggravated sigh escape she quickly read over the sentence on the third small piece of paper and turned to leave. 'Wait!' Kagome's mind screamed and she stopped in mid turn. Whipping around to read the sentence again, Kagome felt like singing.
I am both pleased and unhappy to announce there was a two way tie for both of the lead roles, so I must issue call backs to the fallowing people: Mr. Sesshoumaru Tashio, Mr. Inu-Yasha Tashio, Mrs. Kikyo Peterson, and Mrs. Kagome Higarashi. Thank you all for your time and trying out.
Mr. Green
AN: Okay, I seriously tried to make this one longer! I hope you enjoyed it! I didn't know anyone's last name so excuse me if I was incorrect. If someone knows these names or how to spell Kagome's last name PLEASE send it in a review! Thank you again everyone!