InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Long Lost.... ❯ I'm Home... ( Chapter 8 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, for if I did I would not be writing or reading fanfics about him. He'd be with me and we'd have... FUN. LoL. ^_^ He belongs to the oh so creative, Rumiko Takahashi.

A.N.: Hello, hello!!! Thanks for all the reviews!!! It was all much appreciated, and I read every single one. I'm glad you guys liked the last chapter. I'm going to be using one song in this chapter, and it's gonna be different from the others. Meaning, the performance in this chap is different. The idea just came to me when I was thinking of a song to use, and the whole dance performance idea striked me, so I thought I'd try it out. Some of you may already know the song. It's called "Velveteen" (Ft Troy) by Yoko Kanno. I really like the song, and thought it'd be cool to use it. Just so anyone knows, I don't own the song, it belongs the genius, Yoko Kanno. Some of you may know it from the 'Stand Alone Complex' O.S.T. Well, that's about all I have to say, so sit tight, and enjoy the ride. Don't forget to review after! ;-)


"That performance last night was genius. Did you both plan it?" Myouga Tachi asked the people sitting before him. They were in the label meeting room again. When Myouga found out what had transpired the night before at the club, he was surprised, as was many. But after digesting the the publics positive reaction and enthusiasm about it, he was beaming. It was a great idea. Why hadn't he thought of it?

Inuyasha glanced at Kagome who sitting across the table from him, next to Sango. She gave him a little, secret smile, and Inuyasha returned the favor. Ever since last night, they had been close. They got some food after they left the club and finally talked. They talked as best friends should, with not an ounce of tension or awkwardness in the air. Inuyasha told Kagome the truth about how he saw her song at the studio and why he came up with the surprise song. After that, it was all up-hill.

"It was my idea. I did it with no one knowing. But Ken helped me put it together at the studio. And I told Miroku shortly after it was done." Inuyasha said, looking at the smiling CEO at the head of the table.

'So even Kagome didn't know?" Myouga laughed.

Inuyasha looked at Kagome again, and nodded.

"The performance ratings have been going up and up since last night. What does that tell us Miroku?" Myouga said, looking at said man.

"I think it tells us that the fans love to see Kagome and Inuyasha performing together. So it gives us a positive outlook, on that following through in the future." Miroku said, from his spot next to Inuyasha. From the corner of his eye, he could see Miyuki sitting attentively next to Myouga, taking notes of everything that was said.

"Exactly. Which is why, I have come up with a plan for the next performance. Since Inuyasha performed with Kagome last night, when this week was his turn, I think the next performance should be Kagome's." Myouga said, watching everyone's reactions before continuing. "In 2 weeks."

"You want Kagome's next performance to be in 2 weeks, Myouga-san? I understand your logic in wanting to let Kagome perform again, since Inuyasha did so last night, but why in 2 weeks?" Sango said, looking slightly confused.

"Well, Sango, my logic for the 2 weeks is this. In all the performances all of the artists have given, there have been no dancing whatsoever. Don't get me wrong, that's perfectly fine, but I thought we'd try something different. Something a little more theatrical. And see how the audience takes it. And since Inuyasha and Kagome have sort of been the poster pair for this partner project, and considering last night, I figure, why not let them try it out first, before we try it out with the others. The two weeks, is so that they have enough time to prepare. The first week, to get the song down, and the next to get the dance down. Do you see?" Myouga said, sitting back with a smile in his black leather chair, while placing his hands on his stomach.

After the wheels turned in Sango's head, she nodded, and smiled. "That does sound like a great idea Myouga-san."

"So it'll still be my performance, but Inuyasha will just be in it, dancing with me?" Kagome asked.

"Precisely. The fans love seeing you together, so why not. It'll still be your song Kagome, but Inuyasha will be be in the performance. Do you have any songs you think would be perfect for this already? That way, you won't have to spend too much time coming up with an entirely new one." Myouga asked, looking at Kagome for an answer.

After a few seconds of thinking, Kagome spoke up. "Well, there is this one song I have, but I haven't recorded it yet."

"Wonderful. Now all you have to do is go into the studio, record, get all the sounds and mixes right, then you guys can start on the choreography. I'll have one my choreographers assigned to help you through the whole process. Let them listen to the song, brainstorm ideas, so that the sound mixes in with the dance. Alright?" Myouga asked, already standing from the table, with Miyuki following suit. When he received unanimous nods, he said "Then it's settled. I'll assign a choreographer right now, so you guys can get into the studio with them as soon as today or tomorrow. Let me know how it goes." And with that, the CEO left with his trailing assistant.

"That was very productive." Miroku stated, looking at his friends.

"I think it's a great idea. What do you think Kagome?" Sango asked.

"It'll be interesting. I've never actually had to do or come up with any choreography for any of my songs. So, it'll be a new experience, and I'm looking forward to it. And what better way to experience new thing than with my best bud Yash?" Kagome said sweetly, looking at Inuyasha, sitting across from her.

"No need to flatter me Kags. I already said I'd buy you food before the meeting started." Inuyasha said, chuckling at the look on his friend's face.

"What? You think I just said that to get food?" Kagome said, incredulously, missing the glimmer of mischief in Inuyasha's eyes. She hmphed, and stood from her seat. "I can get my own food, thank you very much. So much for friends." Kagome said, proceeding towards the door.

Inuyasha jumped from his seat and started towards Kagome. He quickly grabbed her arm and turned her around. "You're my best friend, and I know you didn't say that just to get food. I was kidding Kags. You know I love you, right?" Inuyasha said, trying to give her his best puppy eyes.

Kagome tried to stay angry and irritated, but when he gave her that cute look, she caved. The frown on her face disappeared to be replaced with a smile and giggle. "I know. You can't help but love me." Kagome said, joking.

For a second, Inuyasha froze, with an unreadable expression on his face. "Your right." Inuyasha softly said, looking straight into Kagome's eyes. Kagome was about to question his sudden seriousness, but Inuyasha quickly smiled. "Come on tubby, let's get some food in you before you kill me. I know you missed breakfast because you woke up late for the meeting." Inuyasha said, already walking out the door, laughing.

Kagome stared after him with her open hanging open. Did he just call her...? "Get back here Inuyasha Takeishi! You take back what you said right now, or I'll..."

"You'll what?" Inuyasha playfully threw over his back.

Kagome scoffed at his retreating back, then after a second, smiled. She thought of not following him to go on by herself, but thought better of it. So with a distracted wave to Sango and Miroku she followed after Inuyasha.

Miroku and Sango, who watched the pair's little display, turned to look at each other.

"Why is it, that they always seem to forget us? Much less invite us?" Sango asked Miroku.

"They're so far into each other, when they're in the same room, and they just don't think of us." Miroku said.

"I don't mind, because it's so obvious what's between the two." Sango said, turning to look out the door.

"I know, and I even think they both might already know it also. I guess it's just up to them whether or not they'll actually act on it or not." Miroku said, rising from his seat.

"Yeah. I suppose they have to decide what's more important, huh? Honor, or love." Sango said, rising from her seat also.

"Exactly. Wanna go grab some grub with me? Since we weren't invited to eat with out so-called best friends?" Miroku asked, offering his hand to Sango.

Sango eyed his hand for a second, suspiciously, but when all she got was a smile from him, she took his hand. "Sure, that sounds good. But you put one hand out of line, and I'll chop it off and feed it to the park birds. Got it, monk?" Sango said, picking up her purse with her free hand.

Miroku gulped, then nodded. And with that, the two went out to get some grub, just like another pair we know.


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"Okay, let's get started, shall we?" Kira said, sitting in one of the rolling chairs, in the recording studio. She had ink-black hair, with bright-red highlights. and slender, dancer's body. Kagome nodded at the choreographer the label had assigned to help her, and sat down. Inuyasha was there as well, right next to her. Sango and Miroku reasoned that since Inuyasha was the only one who was going to be in the performance, that they really didn't need to be there for brainstorming and practices. Sango had called her early in the morning to tell her when to be at the studio. Ken was also there, sitting behind the sound board, reading the extra set of lyrics she printed out for them.
Kira crossed her legs, and took the lyrics Ken presented to her when he was done. "So, Mr.Tachi tells me that he wants this performance to be sort of theatrical. With dancing, but not in the sense of regular dancing in performances."

"Wha...?" Inuyasha smartly asked, slightly confused.

Kira gave a throaty laugh, then looked at the hanyou. "Think jazz and Broadway."

"Oh, I see what you're trying to say. You mean as opposed to the regular music videos and that type of dancing, to a more sultry, slow, sort of jazz dance?" Kagome said, sitting straighter in her chair.

"Precisely, Higurashi-san" Kira said, again looking down at Kagome's lyrics."Now just based on reading through the lyrics, I already have an idea of how to do this. But why don't you go on and record it first. Then we can listen to it, brainstorm a bit more, and I'll tell you my idea. Remember that we only have two weeks to put this whole thing, so time is of the essence. Both of you will be working very closely this week."

At that, Inuyasha looked over at Kagome, and she at him. He smiled and she did the same.

Kagome got up to go into the recording room, and Inuyasha watched her go.

"So... What's the deal with you two?" Kira asked, looking at Inuyasha.

"We're best friends..." Inuyasha distractedly said.

Kira smirked, with a knowing look on her face, and decided not to press it any further. They both see it too... Eventually. "Alright then, let's get started. Let us know when you're ready to begin Higurashi-san." Kira said, speaking into the microphone that would allow Kagome to hear her.

Kagome took a deep breath, then nodded. She looked at Inuyasha once more, watching her so intently, and began to sing, watching him watch her the whole time.


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One week later, Kagome had the song finished, recorded, and done, sound mixes and all. Kagome was wearing a pair of grey sweat-pants and a green spaghetti strap, with tennis shoes. When she had finished in the recording studio yesterday, Kira had told her to be prepared for the choreography. Inuyasha didn't really have anything to do with the recording of the song, but he had decided on his own that he wanted to be with her while recording. Now that they were ready to start on the choreography, he'd play a bigger role.

"Hey Sleepy-head! I tried calling you to see if you wanted to catch a ride with me to the dance studio, but you never picked up." A voice called to her from the side.

Kagome looked over to see Inuyasha getting out of his car. He was wearing a pair of black sweats and a red muscle-shirt, with his hair in a low pony-tail. The sight of him made her catch her breath. Spending the whole past-week with him was great, albeit it was work, but they still got to hang out almost every day. Being with him consistently, reminded her of the the endless days they'd spend together as children.

Kagome smiled and waved at him, as he approached. "Sorry, I was really tired last night, and I must not have heard my phone ringing."

Inuyasha smirked and nodded. "Did you eat breakfast?" Inuyasha asked, lifting her chin with his right hand so that she was looking straight into his face.

The feel of his hand on her face, made her heart beat just a little bit faster. Kagome nodded, staring into the golden orbs that haunted her dreams at night.

The smirk soon faded from Inuyasha's face as he noticed how intently Kagome was looking at him. Inuyasha moved his hands so that he wasn't holding her chin, but holding her face within both if his hands. He slowly caressed his thumbs over her cheeks, then carefully traced his left thumb over Kagome's lips. Kagome softly gasped as his hands tenderly caressed her, then sighed.
"Liar." Inuyasha whispered, looking into Kagome's chocolate brown-eyes, with his hands still holding her face. "You didn't..."

"Didn't what?" Kagome softly asked when he didn't finish, entranced by Inuyasha's light touches and drowning eyes.

"You didn't... Eat breakfast." Inuyasha said, a slow smirk replacing appearing on his face.

When realization dawned on Kagome, she pulled away from his hands, and slapped his chest. "You always do that baka!" Kagome said, walking towards the studio doors.

Inuyasha laughed and ran up to catch her. When he did, he put his arms around her shoulders from behind. "It's just so easy. Besides, you know you love it."

"One of these days..." Kagome's whispered.

"One of these days what?" Inuyasha asked, turning Kagome around so she faced him.

"One of these days, I'll do that to you when you least expect it. Then you'll know how it feels like when you think someone is gonna say one thing, then ends up saying something completely... Normal." Kagome said, looking up at Inuyasha.

Inuyasha sniggered. "I can't wait. Though I know you'll never be able to pull it off. I'll catch you before you do."

"Just wait and see Takeishi. I just might surprise you." Kagome said, turning back to the door.

"Hah! Go ahead and try." Inuyasha scoffed.

"I will." Kagome said. When she was at the door she opened it, then turned to look back at Inuyasha one more time. She stared at him for one indecisive moment, then quickly stuck her tongue out at him, and hurriedly went into the studio, closing the door behind her.

Inuyasha stared after her, dumb-struck, then gave out a joyous bark of laughter at her antics. When the last of his laughter subsided, he went into the studio. "Very mature Kags." Inuyasha murmured.

Ten minutes later, Kira, Kagome, and Inuyasha were all in one of the dance rooms.

"Okay. We got the song down and done. Now all we have to concentrate on this week is the dance. I already have the routine, so all you have to do is memorize it, and practice. There will be a few background dancers, but they all rehearsed the moves while you were in the recording studio. So for the first few days, it'll be just the two of you, then mod-way, we'll bring them in, so you can practice the whole thing together. Understand?" Kira asked, looking from Kagome to Inuyasha and back. When they both nodded she continued. "The moves require you guys to get close, so let's make sure there are no qualms."

"I'm okay with it." Kagome said, looking at Inuyasha.

"Same here." Inuyasha said, beginning to stretch out his body.

"Good. Remember, we're going for sultry. Seductive.Mysterious. Inuyasha, you and a few more male dancers will be leaning against a prop wall on the stage. The setting is going to be a club alley, a few decades ago. You're going to be wearing a leather jacket, black pants, the whole shi-bang. Kagome, you'll be wearing an old-fashion club dress, and the performance will start off with you leaving a club, only to be confronted by this gang-leader. There's an underlying relationship. A cat and mouse, sort of thing, if you will. Now guess who's the cat and who's the mouse?" Kira playfully asked the two. When no one answered, she laughed.

"Kagome, come here." Kira said, indicating to the center of the room. "And Inuyasha, stand along that mirror there, until I call you over. So. Let's begin."


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When the first dance practice of the week was finished, Inuyasha and Kagome walked out of the studio, laughing.

"You so tripped over yourself when Kira first called you over. You must of been distracted by my beauty." Kagome laughed, her eyes twinkling.

"As if. I was...checking my shoe-laces and I simply stumbled." Inuyasha said.

"Hey, I'm not here to judge. Whatever helps you sleep at night, buddy." Kagome said, getting her care keys out.

"Oh yeah? Well what about you? You practically fell over when it came to the parts where we were close." Inuyasha said, knowing he got one.

Kagome slowed on her walk towards her car, and tried to think fast. "There was... a bug on my arm."

"Every single time I touched you?" Inuyasha said, a knowing smirk appearing on his handsome face.

"Yes..." Kagome said, not looking at him.

Inuyasha laughed, and walked over to her so he could ruffle her hair.

"Hey! You don't believe me?" Kagome asked, looking at Inuyasha.

"Hey, I'm not here to judge. Whatever helps you sleep at night... buuudy." Inuyasha said, throwing her own words back at her, while stretching out the 'buddy' part.

After a moment of looking irritated, Kagome finally smiled. "Fine."

Inuyasha smiled and started walking again. "So what are you going to do now?"

"Hm, just go home, soak, eat, and go to bed I guess. We have practice again in the morning." Kagome said.

"Wanna go grab some Chinese with me? We could rent a video or two, and make it a movie night." Inuyasha said.

"Thanks a lot Inuyasha. I finally get around to having a work-out, which I haven't had in ages, and now you want me stuff my face with Chinese food?"

"Yep." Inuyasha cheekily replied, looking at her with smiling eyes.

Kagome laughed. "Sure. At least this time, you'll be stuffing your face right next to me. So I won't feel to bad, since we've both got practice tomorrow."

"Come on, let's take your car. And since we're having a movie night, why don't I just stay over, so we can go to practice together tomorrow morning. Then I can just take my car home then." Inuyasha said, putting his arm around Kagome's shoulder and leading her to her car a few feet away.

"You're going to spend the night?" Kagome squeaked out.

"Sure. We did it all the time when we were younger. Why is this time any different?" Inuyasha said, stopping to look at her.

When Kagome didn't say anything, he continued. "What, you don't trust me?" Inuyasha said, looking into Kagome's eyes.

"I trust you..." Kagome softly said.

"So it's settled then. Let's go. Oh wait, someone's calling me." Inuyasha said, pulling away from Kagome to take his phone out of his pocket. "Get the car started while I take this."

Kagome looked at him, the nodded. She left him to start the car. When she was out of ear-shot, Inuyasha opened his phone. "Hello?"

"Inuyasha? Where are you? Wanna grab dinner with me?" A woman's voice asked through the phone.

"Kikyo, uh, I actually already made plans with someone else." Inuyasha hesitantly said.

"Oh... Well, what are you doing after your dinner plans?" Kikyo hopefully asked.

"I think I'm just gonna hit the sack. I'm kind a tired from dance practice today." Inuyasha said.

"Right, I forgot today was your first day of practice." Kikyo dejectedly said.

"Sorry 'bout that. Maybe later when I'm not tired, we'll hang out or something." Inuyasha said.

Kikyo sighed. "It's fine. It's just that, it's been almost a week since we last hung out. You hardly call me anymore, and we don't talk unless I call you."

Inuyasha stayed silent for a few moments, then finally said "I know, I've just been busy. Look, I got to go, I have another call. I'll talk to you later."

Inuyasha hung up, and stared at his phone for a minute. He knew he'd been avoiding Kikyo this past week, and he even knew why. But he couldn't help it. Kikyo was a nice girl, and he liked her. As a friend. But Kagome... Kagome was what? A friend too. But... Inuyasha shook his head and turned when he heard a car honk.

"Hurry up slow-poke, before the video store closes." Kagome said, from inside her car, bringing it around so that she was right in front of where Inuyasha stood.

Inuyasha looked at her, waiting for him, and smiled. He quickly got in the car, and sat in the passenger's seat, then buckled his seat-belt.

"So who was that? You looked pretty solemn for a moment." Kagome said, looking over in Inuyasha's direction.

"No one." Inuyasha said, looking straight ahead.

"Liar." Kagome said, with her eyes also, straight ahead now.

Inuyasha looked over at her and smiled. "So, did you order the food already? So it's ready when we get there."

Kagome knew he wasn't telling the truth, but decided not to push it, so she just went a long with the subject change. "Uh huh. Cake noodles and crispy chicken in oyster sauce, an order of orange-chicken, and an order of beef brocoli, and of course, rice."

"Mm, you still remember our combo for Chinese food nights." Inuyasha said.

"I get that everytime I get Chinese."Kagome said, sparing him a glance.

"That you do." Inuyasha mumbled.

"What was that Takeishi?" Kagome asked, having an idea of what he said.

Inuyasha cleared his throat and said "I said, so do I."

Kagome narrowed her eyes at him then turned back to the road.

Inuyasha watched her face from the corner of his eye, and smiled. It was good to be with Kagome again. Even if they were just friends... At the moment.


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"That was so funny." Kagome said, putting a brocoli in her mouth.

"'Ice Age 2'?" Inuyasha asked, chewing on a piece of orange chicken.

"Yeah. And the animals were so cute too." Kagome said, leaning back on the couch.

"It was okay." Inuyasha said, picking up a piece beef with his chop-sticks. He was leaning towards the coffee table with his arms on his knees, picking at what was left of the Chinese food they had ordered.

"Okay? It was the best movie ever." Kagome said, reaching over to take a bite of cake noodles into her mouth.

Inuyasha looked back at Kagome and watched as she chewed on her cake noodles while slouching back on the couch. He sniggered and turned back to pick a the left-overs. "So, what's next?"

"Well, we still have... 'Ever After'." Kagome said, sitting up.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "Remind me again why I let you pick the movies?"

"Because you were busy paying for the Chinese food next door. Besides, I know you secretly love the movie 'Ever After,' so I thought I'd do you a favor and get it, under the pretense that I wanted to see it, when really you did."

Inuyasha snorted. "Right." He looked at Kagome, sitting next to him and gave her a flat stare. "You caught me. I sooo love that movie. How ever did you know?" Inuyasha said sarcastically.

"Hah! I knew it. And as for how I know, I have my ways." Kagome smirked, standing up from the couch.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes again, the looked at her. "Where are you going?"

"I'm gonna have a quick shower, change, then we start the second movie." Kagome said, gathering the empty Chinese food cartons.

"You go ahead, I can clean it up." Inuyasha said, rising also.

"Well if you insist Yashie, I won't deprive you." Kagome said, smiling. Then all of a sudden she broke out in a yawn.

"If you're too tired Kags, we don't have to watch the movie. You can just go to bed." Inuyasha said, looking at her.

"No, I'll be fine. I just need a shower. You can shower too, after me." Kagome said, already headed towards the bathroom.

"Sure." Inuyasha said, throwing the empty cartons away.

When Kagome was done showering and changed into her pajamas, she found Inuyasha sitting on the couch watching TV. "Alright, your turn."

Inuyasha looked up from the TV and nodded. "You could start the movie without me. I won't be long."

"Okay. I'll get a blanket and a pillow for you." Kagome said.

Inuyasha nodded and proceeded to the bathroom. When he was showered and changed into the extra clothes Kagome gave him he turned the bathroom light off. He walked into the living room to see Kagome huddled up asleep in his blanket

Inuyasha walked over and lifted her head, so that when he sat down her head would be in his lap. He put the pillow underneath her head and settled into the couch. The only noise that could be heard in the entire apartment was the soft sound of the movie playing, and Kagome's oh so soft breathing.

Inuyasha looked down at the beauty sleeping on his lap and brought his hand up to gently sweep her bangs to the side. Then he softly caressed her face, and tenderly smiled at the woman beneath him. Inuyasha slowly bent his head down and softly kissed Kagome's fore-head.

He the leaned his head and body back into the couch cushions, and looked at the television, willing sleep to come soon. Because looking at her now, so close, he couldn't keep his mind off things, he shouldn't be thinking about another's man fiance. The vibrating sound of his phone ringing brought his attention to it lying on the lamp table next to the couch. He picked it up and looked at the glowing screen to see the caller ID.

Kikyo...

Inuyasha stared at the screen for a few more seconds then slowly hit the 'reject' button. He turned his phone off when it started to ring again, and placed it on the little table, next to the lamp. He turned the lamp off, and lifted his feet from the carpet, so that his whole body was on the couch. He got the blanket at the other end of the couch, and put it over himself and Kagome's sleeping form. He stared at her face from a little more than three inches away, then carefully put his arm around her waist. Inuyasha closed his eyes and slept. And this time, he didn't have to will sleep to come.


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Kagome woke up to something warm all around her. She snuggled into the warmth and felt it tighten around her. She--wait, tighten around her? Kagome slowly opened her eyes and came face to face with Inuyasha's sleeping one. Her eyes softened at the sight of it, but realization finally hit her. She quickly, and quietly dis-engaged herself from the sleeping hanyou's arms and got up. She walked over to the balcony door, and opened it. The cool, morning air hit her and woke her up a bit more. She stretched her arms over her head and yawned.

"What's for breakfast?" A sleepy voice asked, from behind her.

Kagome turned around to see Inuyasha rubbing his eyes. She smiled at how cute he looked and turned back towards the balcony. "I'm in the mood for... Ramen." Kagome said, smiling, because she knew what was coming.

"Really?! Me too.Let's go, I'll boil the water." Inuyasha enthusiastically said, turning back towards the kitchen.

Kagome quickly turned around and lightly grabbed one of Inuyasha's arms.

Inuyasha turned to look at her curiously when she said "About this morning..."

Inuyasha gave her an understanding smile and said "When I came back from my shower, you were sleeping. So I just watched the movie for a little while, and I must've dozed off too."

Kagome slowly nodded then let go of his arm. She had a sort of distant look on her face, then she turned to him with a smile. "How about that ramen, hmm? I'm starved." And with that she left Inuyasha standing there, watching her retreating form, as she made her trek to the kitchen.

And so, the whole of the rest of the week went by similarly. Dance practice in the morning, dinner together after, then the same thing the next day. There was just one more day of dance practice, then it was the big performance everyone has been anticipating. When the announcement had been made that the next performance was set to be two whole weeks after the last, there were some protest, but once things were explained as to why, the fans calmly accepted. But Myouga had said that he didn't think the fans would take too kindly to another delay for any sort, so he told them to be prepared and ready within two weeks. And now, the two weeks were almost up.

Inuyasha and Kagome were walking out of the dance studio, when a bid gust of wind blew some dirt and leaves around.

"Ow, I think there's something in my right eye." Kagome said, stopping.

Inuyasha stopped walking also, and turned to face Kagome. He dropped his exercise bag on the ground, and lifted Kagome's face up with both his hands. He put his hands on her cheeks and stepped closer, so he could see Kagome's eye better.

Kagome placed her hands on Inuyasha's fore-arms and said, "Can you see it?"

"Open you right eye a little bigger..." Inuyasha said, taking a closer look. "Hold on, I see it, stay still." Inuyasha softly blew into Kagome's eye a few times, then stopped when the dust particle flew off.

"Is it gone?" Kagome asked, squinting her eye, then blinking it, with her hands still on Inuyasha's arms.

Inuyasha stroked her cheeks, and wiped away any stray tears that fell from Kagome's irritated eye. "Yeah..."

Kagome opened her eyes, and looked up into Inuyasha's captivating ones. Slowly, so slowly, their faces began to drift closer and closer. Then all of a sudden, a cough interrupted the two.

Both Kagome and Inuyasha turned to see Kikyo standing there with an unreadable expression on her face. Inuyasha slowly released Kagome's face from within his hands, and Kagome lowered her hands from his arms. Kagome took a step back and looked back at Kikyo. "Kikyo, what brings you here?" Kagome said, clearing her throat.

"It's just as I suspected..." Kikyo whispered so softly that Kagome didn't quite catch it, but Inuyasha did.

"I'm sorry, what was that?" Kagome asked.

Kikyo cleared her throat, and pasted on a bright smile. "I was in the area, and decided to stop by and say hi. I wanted to... To have dinner with Inuyasha." Kikyo said, walking closer to the two.

"Kikyo, I said I'd call you..." Inuyasha softly said.

"I know that, but I was just in the area. And I tried calling you earlier, but you never picked up..." Kikyo said.

Kagome looked from one to the other, and could feel the tension. "It's okay Yash, go have dinner with Kikyo, I just remembered, Sango wanted to have burgers with me."

"Kagome..." Inuyasha said, turning to look at her.

"It's fine. I'll see you tomorrow at practice. See you later Kikyo." Kagome said, turning to look at the other woman.

Kikyo looked at Kagome and stared at her for a second or two. Then she finally gave her a half-smile and said, "You too Kagome."

Kagome nodded, and turned to walk to her car, and leave.

Inuyasha stared after her until Kikyo's voice reminded him, that she was also still there. "Can we talk?"

Inuyasha looked at her, and sighed. Then he nodded, and they made plans to meet at a near-by restaurant since Kikyo brought her car.

When they were seated and waiting for their food, Kikyo looked across the table at Inuyasha. He was lightly twisting the tip of the butter knife on the table with a distracted look on his face. Kikyo looked at him with a sort of helpless expression, then sighed. Inuyasha looked up to see Kikyo looking down at the table cloth.

"What did you want to talk about?" He asked.

"I didn't even know about your little surprise performance two weeks ago..." Kikyo softly said, with her eyes still on the table.

When Inuyasha didn't say anything, Kikyo continued. "Why didn't you tell me?"

"What difference would it have made? That surprise was between me and Kagome." Inuyasha said, looking at her.

"Kagome..." Kikyo whispered. "Do you like her?"

"Of course, she's my best friend." Inuyasha said.

"No. I mean do you like her, as more than a friend?" Kikyo asked.

When Inuyasha simply stayed silent and looked down at his fork, lying on the table, Kikyo suddenly pounded a fist she hadn't known she'd formed on the table. "She's engaged!" Kikyo loudly said.

Inuyasha looked at her so sharply that she had to stop herself from flinching. "I know that." He said curtly.

Kikyo took a deep breath and let it out. She unclenched her fists, and looked down at the table once more. "Why haven't you been taking my calls?" She softly asked.

Inuyasha took a deep breath also, and let it out. "I guess I've just been really busy with the whole performance. This past week especially, since we're rehearsing the dance steps. Sorry..."

"I can tell when you simply don't answer your phone, turn it off, or reject my calls. You've been doing the two latter." Kikyo said, looking up at him.

Inuyasha looked up also and stared at her for a second. "How can you...?"

"The number of rings and what type of voice mail I get. You have two different ones..." Kikyo said.

"Sorry..." Inuyasha said.

"Don't apologize, just tell me why you've been doing it." Kikyo pleaded.

When Inuyasha stayed silent, Kikyo continued again. "I like you Inuyasha. More than a friend. I've told you more than once."

"I'm sorry Kikyo, truly I am. But I can't care about you, the way you want me to." Inuyasha softly said, looking her in the eyes.

"Is this because of Kagome?" Kikyo asked.

"Yes. No." Inuyasha took another breath. "No, it doesn't. Whether I like you the way you want me too, it has nothing to do with Kagome."

"Can't you just be with me?" Kikyo softly asked. When Inuyasha just looked at her, she said. "We don't have to take our relationship further. But, can't you just be with me, and stay by my side?" Kikyo pleaded.

Inuyasha looked at her, and felt guilty. He told her, the only thing he could. The truth. "We, will always be friends Kikyo, and I'll always be here for you, as a friend."

"But...?" Kikyo asked.

"But, I just can't be to you, what you want me to be. I'm sorry." Inuyasha said, really sounding like he was.

Kikyo sighed defeatedly, then said, "I see."

"Do you?" Inuyasha asked, looking at her again.

"I have no choice, but to see, don't I?" Kikyo quietly said.

Just then, the waiter arrived with their deliciously smelling food. Only right then, it didn't smell as good as they thought it would. And neither of them were hungry anymore.


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The song's beat pulsed throughout the room, making it's inhabitants move with it. As the beats soon faded, all the pairs worked their ways into their ending positions.

Kira walked over to the stereo, sitting on a raised dais in the corner of the room and turned it off. "Perfect! Wonderful job everyone. Congratulations on finishing your last day of dance practice. I know you'll all be successful in tomorrow's performance." Kira said, giving the dancers a small round of applause.

Everyone smiled and praised each other for their hard work, then began to disband into their own destinations. Kagome said her 'goodbyes' and 'good jobs' to all the dancers, then walked over to the where her bag lay in the corner. She wiped her fore-head with the back of her hand, then picked up her water bottle to take a long sip. Inuyasha shortly followed and did the same with his bottle of lime gatorade.

Kagome sighed, then picked up her hand towel to wipe her face. She looked at Inuyasha, drinking his gatorade and asked him something, that had been bugging her all night and morning. "So... How was last night?"

Inuyasha put the cap back on his drink, and looked at her. "It was fine. We just had dinner." Then he put his drink and towel in his bag, and waited for Kagome.

Kagome did the same, and they started walking towards the exit together. "Are you sure? You seemed pretty tense when you saw her."

"I said it was fine." Inuyasha said, not looking at her.

Kagome stopped at the tone of his voice and looked at his retreating back.

Inuyasha stopped also, when he realized she wasn't walking with anymore, and turned around to look at her. He sighed and walked back over to her. "Look, I'm sorry for snapping, but I'm just exhausted." Inuyasha said with a half-smile.

Kagome nodded, and looked down at where she was holding her bag.

Inuyasha gently lifter her chin, so that she was looking at him, and gave her one of his cutest smiles. "Forgive me, Kags?"

Kagome lightly laughed then nodded. Inuyasha smiled, then put his free arm around her shoulder. "So, what shall we have for diner today, hmm? I feel like Italian tonight."

"That sounds good. Hm... Pizza, lasagna, or spaghetti?" Kagome asked.

"How about... All three." Inuyasha said.

Kagome laughed, and turned her face to look up at him. "And you call me tubby."

Inuyasha laughed, and lifted his hand to softly tug on a lock of loose hair from Kagome's head.

"Hey..." Kagome softly admonished.

Inuyasha smiled and wrapped his arm around her shoulder a little tighter. "So the dancers were really good."

"Yeah, they all seemed very professional. I hope tomorrow's performance goes well." Kagome said.

"Don't worry, it will. And to top it off, your song is killer. I really like all the sound effects and add-ons. The beats are really something too. It'll be like a mini-movie, or at least, a scene from a movie." Inuyasha said.

Kagome nodded. Just then, her cell-phone started ringing. "Hold on." Kagome said, breaking away from Inuyasha to answer her phone. "Hello?"

"Kagome? I've been trying to get a hold of you since last night. I got back a few days ago." A male voice said over the phone.

"Kouga. Hi." Kagome said, turning, so that her back was to Inuyasha.

"Where are you? Let's have dinner." Kouga said.

Kagome turned back around and looked at Inuyasha, who was trying to pretend he wasn't listening. Kagome sighed. "Sure. I just finished from dance practice, so give me half an hour to get home and change."

"Okay, Meet me at 'Chez Moi' in 45 minutes. I'll see you then." Kouga said, then he hung up.

Kagome hung her phone up and looked at Inuyasha. "I'm sorry Yash, but that was Kouga. He's been gone for a few weeks, and he just got back, so..."

Inuyasha gave her a half-smile, then nodded. "I understand. I'll see you tomorrow at the club, okay?"

Kagome nodded, still looking a little tense.

Inuyasha walked over to where Kagome stood, and gave her a hug. "Don't worry about tomorrow, Kags. You'll do great. And if in no one else's eyes, you'll do over the top in mine."

Kagome smiled, and knew Inuyasha couldn't see her, so she dropped her bag on the ground, and returned the hug. "Thanks Yash. I really needed to hear that."

Inuyasha gave her one last gentle squeeze, then let her go. He then turned around to walk to his car.

Kagome watched him go, then picked her bag back up. She went home, showered, and changed to meet Kouga at the restaurant. She decided to wear a deep-emerald silk, knee-length skirt, and a black, lace blouse, with two-inch heels, and chandelier earrings. She lightly put on make-up, and brushed her hair out, deciding to just leave it down. When she arrived at 'Chez Moi,' she parked her car, and got out, taking her purse.

She entered the restaurant, telling the hostess Kouga's name, and her own. The hostess then led her to a table where Kouga sat at, looking through the menu. When he raised his head and saw Kagome there, he put the menu down and helped her sit in her chair, across from him.

"How have you been?" Kouga asked, sitting back down.

"I've been good. Busy, but good." Kagome said. Something was wrong. Usually Kouga would be smiling whenever he saw her after a long business trip. But tonight, he just seemed, monotone and polite. "Is something wrong?" Kagome finally asked, when he didn't say anything.

Kouga sighed and shook his head. He thought back to last night, when Kikyo had called him. To say he was surprised, was an understatement. She had told him about what she thought was going on between Kagome and Inuyasha, and how they've been spending a lot of time together, and how worried she was. Kouga had told her, that he would take care of it, and talk to Kagome. When Kouga got home, a few days ago from his trip, he couldn't wait to see her. But after what Kikyo told him, he was just puzzled, confused, and a little angry. It was probably just a misunderstanding, his mind told him. They are, after all, partners in the label. But Kouga couldn't help but think back to the days when they were younger, when Kagome would spend all her time with Inuyasha, and how close they'd been, before. As soon as Kagome met Inuyasha on her 5th birthday, so many years ago, she had stopped playing with him. It had hurt, but he slowly got over it, and just tried to stop thinking about her. Even throughout school, when Inuyasha was there, she wouldn't play with him anymore, unless he was nice to both her and Inuyasha at all times. And when Inuyasha had finally left and moved away, Kouga was elated. He jumped at the chance to comfort Kagome. At first, she ignored him. But as the years passed, and still no sign of Inuyasha, Kagome began to slowly let him in. When Kikyo had told Kouga of what was going on between the two, he was forced take a stroll down memory lane, and it wasn't a particularly pleasant walk.

"How has the past 2 weeks been?" Kouga asked.

"Oh yeah, you weren't in town, so you don't know about my next performance tomorrow night." Kagome said.

"You could have called me." Kouga said softly.

Kagome stared at him for a moment, unsure of what to say to that. She could have called him, but...

"Go on." Kouga said.

"Well... I had to record a new song the first week, then the second was dedicated to getting the dance moves down. Myouga said he wanted to try something new. And me and Inuyasha got to be the guinea pigs." Kagome said, lightly laughing.

"I heard about your last performance, and how Inuyasha gave a surprise one also." Kouga said, looking straight at Kagome.

"Who told you...?" Kagome asked.

"Is that important?" Kouga shortly asked.

Kagome looked at him for a second, then shook her head. "I suppose, it isn't."

Kouga sighed, then looked at Kagome again. "Listen, I don't wanna fight. I just got back a few days ago, and I missed you. But I've been hearing things about you and Inuyasha, and I want to know that they're not true."

"What have you heard?" Kagome asked, confused.

"Just tell me, what's your real relationship to each other?" Kouga asked, ignoring her last question.

"We're just... Just friends. And we're partners, so you can't fault me for spending so much time with him, especially prior to this performance." Kagome said, not understanding where Kouga was hearing things.

Kouga nodded, then suddenly smiled at her. "I'm sorry hon. It's just that this last trip was really taxing for me, and when I finally come home, excited to see my fiance, I hear things about you and him."

"Who...?" Kagome trailed off, wanting to know who the person was.

Kouga shook his head, and smiled. "Let's just order, shall we? And put this whole thing behind us." Kouga picked up the menu again. "So, what are you in the mood for, hm? I feel like French food."

Kagome stared at Kouga's bent head, and thought... I feel like Italian.


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Kikyo was in the woman's restroom, of club SUNSET. Tonight was Kagome's performance with Inuyasha. She'd been told that it was Kagome's song, but Inuyasha was going to be in her performance. Something about the label wanting to try something new. Ever since Kikyo had last had dinner with Inuyasha, he'd been avoiding her. Sure, he'd say 'hi' and make small talk when they saw each other, or when she called, but it wasn't the same. Since he's been getting closer to Kagome, he'd been growing more distant from her. It hurt, but what could she do? Inuyasha had made it crystal clear, that he saw her as nothing more than a friend. She had a feeling that he didn't see her, as he did Kagome. Maybe she could talk to Kagome... And subtley remind her that she liked Inuyasha, and that she was engaged to another man. Not tell her outright, but just bring up the topics, and sneak 'em in. Yes, that sounded like a good plan, Kikyo thought.

"Kikyo Hitomi? What are you doing here? It's been a while since I last saw you in college." A red-haired girl said, from the restroom door.

Kikyo turned to come face to face with an old college friend. "Ayame. It's so cool to see you again."

Ayame smiled and have Kikyo a hug. "So, what's up? You here for the performance tonight?"

"Something like that, I know the performers." Kikyo said.

"You know Kagome and Inuyasha? So do I! I'm another one of the artists at the label. They're really cool people, huh?" Ayame said, enthusiastically.

"Yeah..." Kikyo said, her smile slipping a little.

With nothing seeming amiss to the red-haired artist, she continued on. "Wow, where did you get that silver, heart necklace? It's beautiful. A boyfriend, perhaps?" Ayame asked, with an impish smile.

"Oh this?" Kikyo said, lightly touching the said pendant. "Someone special gave it to me. It was a be-lated gift for my birthday."

"That's right, you turned 24 a month ago, huh?" Ayame asked.

"Yes." Kikyo said.

"Well happy be-lated birthday. I'm sure you had a good one if you got something like that from a special someone." Ayame said, turning to the wall-size mirror, fixing her make-up.

"Yeah, I did. Thank you." Kikyo said, also looking in the mirror.

"I got to run, my date's waiting. It was super seeing you again. Maybe we could grab lunch or something?" Ayame said, putting her things back into her little hand-bag.

"That sounds great." Kikyo said.

"Wonderful. I hope you like the performance. Personally, I think Inuyasha and Kagome look great together. Did you know they had a history before finding each other at the label?" Ayame said with a careless laugh. "See you then, call me." Ayame finished off, walking through the now closed restroom door, missing Kikyo's frown completely.

"Sure..." Kikyo said. She was brought out of her thoughts when another woman entered th restroom. It was Kagome.

"Kikyo, hi. Uh, the restroom in my dressing room was out of order, so..." Kagome said, suddenly uncomfortable.

"Hi Kagome. Excited about tonight?" Kikyo asked, pasting a cheerful smile on her face. She tried her hardest to not let the smile slip or look strained. She succeeded.

"Yeah. I'm a bit nervous too. This is my first big performance with any sort of dancing in it. Good thing I have Yash to..." Kagome started then stopped, when she noticed Kikyo's smile slipping a notch at the mention of Inuyasha. Kagome cleared her throat, and tried something different. "So, what are you doing?"

"Just, powdering my nose." Kikyo said, turning to he mirror once more.

Kagome nodded then looked into the mirror also, fixing any smudges she might have gotten on her make-up. All of a sudden, a blare of light reflected into her eyes. She turned to look for the source, and found that the glare, was coming from Kikyo's shiny heart neck-lace. "That's some necklace you got there. It's so shiny." Kagome lightly laughed.

"Yes..." Kikyo said, then an idea formed in her head. "It is really nice, I love it." When Kagome turned to look back at Kikyo, the girl continued. "Actually, Inuyasha got it for me. For my birthday a few weeks ago. He's so sweet." Kikyo giggled. "I really think we're going somewhere, you know? I've never met anyone like him, and he's just great." When she noticed Kagome slightly frowning, she mentally rejoiced. "He won't admit it just yet, but I think we're thinking about becoming official when this whole partnership thing at the label is finished."

"Really..." Kagome said flatly.

Kikyo nodded. "We talked about it when he had dinner. You remember, two days ago, when I caught him at the dance studio?" Kikyo laughed. "He's just really critical about his personal life. I mean, you should know right? I'm not sure I was supposed to say anything to you just yet, so I'd really appreciate it, if you didn't mention anything I just told you to Inuyasha." Kikyo said, with a smile.

"Sure thing. I won't mention it to him." Kagome said flatly, looking into space.

When Kikyo saw Kagome's reaction, she gave her a bright smile. "Thanks! You're a good friend Kagome. We should really have a shopping day together, just you and me. Have a great performance tonight. Break a leg!" Kikyo said, then walked out of the restroom, leaving Kagome alone, confused, and hurt.

Kikyo leaned heavily on the other side of the restroom door when it closed. She took a deep breath, then slowly let it out. "It's for the best." She told herself, remembering the look on Kagome's face. She straightened up, then walked over to where her friends were sitting.

On the inside of the restroom, Kagome stared at her reflection in the mirror. 'Why didn't he tell me anything?' She thought. 'Maybe he didn't want me to know. Maybe he's just being nice to me now, because he's planning to leave me again, and go off with Kikyo.' Aloud, she said, "What am I thinking? We're just friends. Friends don't have to tell each other everything. And I have no claim or right to feel this possessive. I'm... I'm engaged." Kagome sighed. Kagome shook her head, and pushed all complex thoughts out of her head. The performance started in ten minutes, she had no time to mull over Inuyasha's and her own actions, right now. If she did, she might not be able to perform tonight. 'Later.' She mentally told herself. When Kagome exited the woman's restroom, she was surprised to see Inuyasha leaning on the wall outside of it. "Yash... What are you doing out here?"

"Isn't obvious? Why else would I be doing standing here? I was waiting for you." Inuyasha gruffly replied.

Kikyo's words drifted back into her mind at the sight of Inuyasha, and her throat constricted. "Why?" She softly asked.

Inuyasha gave her 'the look' and frowned. "The performance Kags. Sango told me to get you, and to go into our positions already. She told me you were in the public woman's restroom, since yours was broken or something. But geez, you took so long, what were you doing in there? Plumbing all the toilets?"

When Kagome didn't reply, and just stared off into thin-air, Inuyasha regretted his jokes. "I was kidding... What's wrong Kags? Did something happen?" Inuyasha asked, grasping her shoulders in both his hands.

'Yes...' Kagome gave him a half-smile. "Nope, nothing happened. I'm just a little anxious, is all."

Inuyasha still didn't look convinced, but just accepted her explanation. "You'll do fine, so stop worrying. Just remember what I told you about how even if you don't do good in other people's eyes, you'll always be outstanding in mine." Inuyasha said, pulling her into a tight hug. "Besides, we practiced this thing, a thousand times. You'll get it." Inuyasha said into her hair.

Kagome slowly returned the hug, and nodded into his chest. 'I wish we could always stay like this forever...' "Thanks Yash. Really, what would I do without you?" Kagome asked, pulling away, to look him in the eyes.

"Why, you would cease to exit." Inuyasha joked, with a smile.

Kagome raised one of her hands to place it on Inuyasha's right cheek. Inuyasha stilled at the gentle caress, but they were both interrupted before either could say another word.

"Positions everyone!" the stage director loudly shouted.

Kagome let her hand drop, and took a step back from Inuyasha. "Let's go." She said, then turned away.

Inuyasha watched her walk away, confused at her actions. Just an hour ago, she was teasing him about his dancing. "I'll talk to her later." He told himself. Inuyasha walked over to the prop wall with four of the other guy background dancers, and took his position leaning against it, with his feet and arms crossed. He was wearing black jeans, a white beater, a black leather jacket, and boots. Same for the other guys, except, they weren't wearing a jacket, and wore muscle-shirts instead. Inuyasha's hair was let down and loose. The other dancers all had short hair, so Inuyasha would be the only one with long hair, distinguishing him as the leader of the gang.

Kagome was standing just to the side, backstage. She was wearing a bright, ruby-red, silk dress, that fit her like a second-skin on top, and was generous when it reached her hips, so that it swayed when she moved. She also had a black chiffon wrap around her shoulders, with her hair done up in an intricate style with curls, and little hair-pieces in it. She was holding a hand-held mirror, and checking her hair. As if sensing, she was being stared at, she turned her head, and looked at Inuyasha. When she looked at him blankly, he gave her a lazy smile. She slowly returned the favor, then turned to place the mirror down, and have Sango fuss over her one last time. Inuyasha watched her for a little longer, until the club music stopped, and the DJ spoke up, through a microphone.

"What's happenin' everybody?! You all feel good tonight?" When a resounding cheer echoed him, he continued. "I'm sure you guys know what tonight is, the long awaited performance. Now I know ya'll wanted your performance last week, as on schedule, but Myouga promised us all something beyond good if we waited. And now, the two-week wait is finally over. Who here loves Kagome's and Inuyasha's Performances?!"

"We do!" Was the crowd response.

"Tonight, will be an original, of Kagome's songs, but ladies, don't fret, Inuyasha is in the performance tonight. He just won't be singing." The DJ laughed. "Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, the first ever performance with Kagome and Inuyasha. Cue the curtains and music!"

The heavy curtains lifted, revealing Inuyasha with his head down, and the other male background dancers, standing around him, against the wall. The setting was just as they planned. A club exit, in an alleyway. The audience screamed at the sight. Just then, the music began.

Sirens and a police report could softly be heard, then all of a sudden, the background dancers around Inuyasha, began to stomp their feet, and clap at every 6 to 3 beats. Then the music began with some piano and violin in the background, with other sound mixes. Kagome walked through the faux club exit then turned, surprised to see Inuyasha and the guys there. There was a little microphone pinned the neck-line of her dress, so she didn't have to worry about carrying a mic.

Kagome looked at Inuyasha, who looked up when she appeared. He had a toothpick in his mouth, but he flicked it away, with his fingers onto the floor.


Seeing you in my tears
In my own reflection
I hear you in the wind that passes through me

Inuyasha lifted himself from the wall, and started towards Kagome, with the guys following behind him.

Feel you in my hunger
You're haunting my ambition
Beautifully destructive attraction

Inuyasha stalked Kagome, with her taking steps, backing up. They circled each other until they were just a foot apart.

Climbed to zero G's
Now falling like a rock
Drugged and digitized you inside a dream

Then suddenly, Inuyasha grabbed Kagome's arm and pulled her to him, with her back to his chest, and his arms around her. Kagome turned her face to him and sang the next words, with her lips a centimeter away from his.

E tu sei per me...

Inuyasha slowly removed Kagome's wrap, and tossed it to the floor.

L’aria che respiro
l mio cibo, ciò che osservo
magico sei tu! E io sento che...
Sono innamorata di emozioni
smisurate, infinite ormai!

Kagome turned her head, when it looked like Inuyasha was about to kiss her. The tightening of his arms around her was visible.

A velveteen equation

Kagome moved her arms so that she was out of the one-sided embrace and walked over to one of the guys standing in a line to the side. She moved her hands over each one of them as she passed, never taking her eyes from Inuyasha's. Inuyasha watched her every move like a true predator, then carefully walked over to her.

I find you in my fears
and in my fascination
I taste you in safe water and it drowns me

Kagome leaned against one of the guys at the end, with her back to his side, and turned her head to keep eye-contact with Inuyasha. She brought her hands up over her head, so that she could wrap the around the guy's neck. Moving her body up... Then down.

Paranoid and peaceful
Inside a sweet addiction
Velvety electrical reaction

When Inuyasha was within a yard of her, Kagome quickly disentangled herself from the man she was leaning against, and skipped away. Inuyasha however, stayed where she had been, and looked at the guy with a mean glare. He carefully raised his hands to the man's throat and it looked like he was about to strangle him to the audience, but he was stopped when feminine arms wrapped around his upper-body. Kagome slowly walked backwards, pulling Inuyasha along with her, and sang the next verse into his ears.

Soft insanity
And I can't make it stop
Live hallucination within a dream

Kagome slowly removed Inuyasha's leather jacket, with her hands on either side of him, and let it fall to the ground with a flop.

E tu sei per me...

She moved her hands up and down Inuyasha's chest from behind. Then she grabbed a handful of his hair in her hand, and pulled his head back, so that he was looking at her.

L’aria che respiro

il mio cibo, ciò che osservo
magico sei tu! E io sento che...
Sono innamorata di emozioni
smisurate, infinite ormai!

Inuyasha leaned towards her, but Kagome moved her face out of reach, whispered the next words to him, then let him go.

A velveteen equation

Kagome walked around Inuyasha in a tight circle, that got smaller and smaller. When she was making another round in front of him, he gently grabbed her hand, and pulled her into a close embrace, that was really a dance. Kagome placed her arms around his shoulders, as Inuyasha moved his arms so that he was holding her form tight to him. The two of them moved together, as if hearing another song altogether. Something that haunted the mind, and called to dreams. Something that lured you away from the light, and seduced you to the dark...

Kagome sang the last words, really a centimeter away from Inuyasha's lips, caught in his vise embrace, with nothing to stop either of them, or act as a barrier.

Magico, questo è un grande amore
Magico, questo è un grande amore

As the last notes faded, the performance was supposed to be over. But apparently Inuyasha had other plans. He tentatively leaned forward so slightly, then closed his eyes. Kagome knew what was coming, but was helpless to stop it. Not that she wanted to. It was wrong, and they shouldn't do it. But... But... 'I want this...' Both their minds whispered. Kagome closed her eyes also, and just let everything flow, and fall where they may. She stopped thinking, and just started feeling, regardless of anything. A second later, Inuyasha's lips were finally pressed to hers. With that first touch of lips, sparks ignited between the two. They were lost to everything else outside of the little bubble around them. Lost to the screaming fans and applause. Lost to their managers, friends, and fiance's gasps. Simply lost... In each other.

Inuyasha wrapped his arms tighter around Kagome, pulling her into the very essence of his being. Kagome in turn, moved her hands to tangle them into his silver tresses, shining in the lights. The soft texture of it, spurred Kagome even further, and she kissed Inuyasha with more fervor. Inuyasha lightly bit Kagome's bottom lip from between his own, and she let out a little gasp. They pulled apart a little to catch their breaths, and stared at each other from so close. Kagome and Inuyasha together, cast a glance to the audience. It was all very blurry to the both of them. The noise, the movements, the lights, the faces, everything. Then finally, they dismissed it all as unimportant, and turned back to each other's faces. The look in both their eyes was filled with something, neither wanted to say aloud just yet. But it was all there. Lust, passion, comfort, and... Love.

And with that, they delved back into each other, connecting. Kagome felt Inuyasha pull her closer. He gently bit on her bottom lip again, and this time, she didn't pull away and gasp. She opened her mouth and welcomed him in. Welcomed him into everything she was.

Home... She welcomed him home.

He did the same...


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A.N.: Muahahaha!!! How'd you like that? I didn't even plan the end, until it came. I know I've already said this for a few past chapters, but this one, really was my longest one yet. I've come to a decision. I'm not going to make Kikyo evil. Sneaky, and a bit conniving, maybe, but I'm not sure about all-out evil. I don't think I can, and I don't think it fits. So yes, some of you may turn out liking her, but just so you know, this is an Inu/Kag story. And see, the performance was more like dance theatre, instead of like regular music video dancing. Sorry if Sango and Miroku aren't taking a front-row seat in my story. They're still here, but just not, my main priority, you get? Thanks so much for all the reviews, I love you all. I read every review. Thank you. I really liked this chapter. My whole writing process is that once all the ideas are set for the chapter, I take a day, or a few days and write it all straight. So usually I feel a bit drained after every long chapter, but for this one, surprisingly I'm not. So you never know, you might get lucky and get another update in a few days. It all depends, cus I start school in a few days. Blah. I'm so not excited. Anyway, I know the basic concept of the next chapter. Kouga, wedding plans, angst, etc. And here's a key word. Runaway. Haha, I'm pretty sure you'll get the idea. Inuyasha's singing in the next chap, so yeah. Be ready! And don't forget to review!!! I love getting them, and who knows, they might sway me to write sooner, rather than later. ;-) Oh yeah, sorry for any spelling or grammer mistakes. I was just so excited to get this posted as soon possible. Plus I was too lazy to sit through 27 pages on Word and proof-read it. ^_^ Yup, that's how long it was.

Oh yeah, I'm warning you now, in 2 or so chapters, some of you may even like Kouga too. So fasten your seat-belts, and get ready to scream. Cus after one or two more chapters of semi-fluff, you'll reach the top and fall. Heh.













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