InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Disguised Affections ❯ Chapter 4: Remember me? ( Chapter 4 )

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Chapter 4: Remember me?

"With feasting and dancing and song, tonight in celebration, we greet the victorious throng, returned to bring salvation." Kagome with the rest of the chorus sang.

They had been attending rehearsals for two months now, they were so far as it was that the whole cast was already starting choreography and acting queues.

Kagome was even near the finish of her lessons; her voice never sounded so great, but she very much doubted she'd get a big break especially with Kikyo around. She had learned that Kikyo was in the opera business for years now and she had lots of fans and publicity.

Then again lots of horrible things were happening to her all of a sudden…Kagome knew by whom too, as did many they just didn't actually know him.

"You have to stop this Inu Yasha," she had said once during a lesson. "You're going to kill her"

Inu Yasha had keh-ed and whisked it away.

"Once more to my welcoming arms my love returns in splendor!" Kikyo sang loudly holding a decapitated head in her hands and shaking it to where the audience would be sitting.

Sesshomaru stood next to her. "Once more to those sweetest of charms my heart and soul surrender!"

"The trumpeting elephants sound
Hear, Romans, now and tremble!
Hark to their step on the ground
Hear the drums
Hannibal comes!" Everyone joined in together the song had finally ended.

Kikyo forced on a smiled as she handed an actor behind her the head and was given a scarf from another, she held it forward in her arms the piano cracking awake and beginning a melody. Eri nodded for her to begin.

"Think of me,
Think of me fondly
When we've said" Kikyo swirled the cloth around her arms while the actors and actresses became distant.
"Good bye,
Remember me once and awhile
Please promise me you'll tryAHHHHHHHHHHH!" Kikyo screeched as a backdrop slipped from their flies and landed directly in front of her face, she was almost killed.
"Kikyo! Kikyo are you alright!" Eri gasped, running over to the prima donna.

"Hojo!" Miroku shouted loudly.

"I bet it was the phantom" Shippo joked.

"Yeah the phantom of the opera" agreed Sango.

Hojo appeared before Miroku his eyebrows cocked. "Yes sir?"

"What the hell did you do that for? Kikyo could have been killed!" Miroku snapped shooting his arms in the air in frustration.

"Sir I wasn't even at my post, I didn't do that, it was…" He looked over to Anju she didn't know what to do she was struck between and yes and no.

"Spit it out"

"It was the phantom sir, I don't think he likes Kikyo all that much"

Miroku growled. "That's a myth Hojo, don't let it happen again, you better secure those lines more understood"

"It really wasn't his fault," Anju spoke up.

"Oh not you too Anju-sama"

"I'm just saying it was a mistake"

"But too many have been happening lately" Miroku answered.

Sango and Shippo watched contently as Kikyo stormed out from behind the backdrop.

"Calm down Kikyo please. It was an accident, at least it missed you. These things do happen" Eri begged, cupping her hands walking out after her.

Kikyo swung around on her heels. "These things happen! These things happen! Are you insane! These things aren't supposed to happen!" Kikyo screamed.

"I'm finished with your opera Miss Eri! First I sat on gum! Then I slip on soap on my queue! Then I find a bug in my water! Then I find glue in my hair! And now I'm nearly crushed by a backdrop! And you tell me these things happen and I'm supposed to forget about! I don't think so, goodbye!" with that said Kikyo angrily stormed out of the door with her coat and her purse leaving a stunned Eri behind.

"Now who's going to take her role" Eri wondered out loud.
"Miss if its not to much trouble may I suggest Kagome try?" Sango inquired, Eri pinned her eyes on Kagome. "She has been receiving lessons, and she's been well taught" Sango added.

"Is that true Kagome? Who?" Eri beamed.

"Oh um a friend I met" Kagome answered. 'Which will be getting a good screaming at for trying to kill Kikyo…even though I kind of wish it hit her its still not good' she noted.

"Well I think we should give her a try, what do you think Miroku?"

Miroku nodded. "Of course"

Sango pushed Kagome up on the stage; she nervously took the scarf from the same actress who gave it to Kikyo. Eri resumed her seat in front of the piano and began hitting down keys she nodded.

"Think of me,
Think of me fondly
When we've said," she sang quietly swirling the scarf like how Kikyo did it.

"Come on Kagome I know you can do better" Inu Yasha said to himself.

"I'm not impressed" Miroku said bluntly, Sango sent him a glare.

Kagome opened up more forgetting her modesty.

"Goodbye,
Remember me once in a while
Please promise me you'll try.

On that day,
That not so distant day,
When you are far away
And free,
If you ever find
A moment,
Stop and think of me

Think of me,
Think of me waking
Silent and resigned.
Imagine me,
Trying too hard to put you from my mind.
Recalled those days
Look back on those times,
Think of the things we'll never be a day
When I won't think of you!" She belted, projecting her voice all the way to the back, it now swings forth to the night of the premiere. (A/N: It does so in the actual performance just so you know)

Kagome was not aware of the man sitting in box 2 as she sang for everyone in the audience including Inu Yasha in box 5, which was left open…as usual.

"Can it be? Can that be Kagome?" Koga mumbled to himself. "Brava! Brava!" He clapped shortly realizing that this was indeed his childhood friend. "Long ago, it seems so long ago…How young and innocent we were…She may not remember me, but I remember her"

"Um Koga why are you singing to yourself" a man asked a little concerned about him.

"Flowers fade,
the fruits of summer fade,
they have their season, so do we…
But please promise me that sometimes,
You will think…of me!"

Once it was finished the crowds all rose to their feet clapping and cheering wildly, Kagome smiled contently, as Hojo handed her a bouquet of flowers.

"Good job" he whispered in her ear, she smiled wider.

"Thank you" She turned back to her audience and bowed before coming back up and ambling off the stage and out towards her dressing room before she was called back by Sango who portrayed genuine happiness.

"Kagome that was marvelous!" Sango cheered giving her a hug.

"You were wonderful, I wish I knew your tutor"

"Thanks Sango" Kagome replied pulling away with a smile. "Your dancing was entrancing"

"Nah I've done better I was so nervous"

"You were try being me"

"Who is your tutor anyway you never mention him"

"Oh I'm not sure he'd want to be mentioned Sango…"

"What is he really shy?"

"Uh not exactly I don't think, my lessons with him have been really… unique" Kagome blushed, remembering her dreams of his singing and the first time she brought him to her house for ramen, if she didn't know any better she apparently was gaining a crush…but she didn't even know what his face looked like! Would if he were really foul looking with a hairy lip and a uni-brow, she just comprehended how rude she sounded in her head and closed off her thoughts.

"Unique sounds good" Sango giggled.

"Sango we need you over here" Miroku called down the hall she rolled her eyes.

"Not him" she grumbled. "I'll see you around Kagome"

"Yup see you"

Sango turned and sped over to Miroku and walking back into the auditorium, Kagome sighed and resumed her walk to her dressing room.

"So Kagome in the dressing room at the end of the hall behind the stage?" Koga reconfirmed with Eri.

"Yes she is sir"

"Thanks"

Inu Yasha growled. 'Who the hell is he! What does he want with Kagome!' He screamed in his head, little did he want to admit he was becoming extremely jealous, he watched the man exit into the hallway quickly.

Inu Yasha jumped over into the rafters, running over to an unseen passageway and inside.

Kagome sat down with a sigh, placing her bouquet on a table and pulling pins out of her hair, when a knock sounded on her door.

"Come in" she replied loudly, the door was then subsided to reveal someone she hadn't seen for ages.

"Oh my gosh, Koga is that you!" she gasped spinning around on her chair.

Koga half smiled. "Glad you remembered me, Kagome"