InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Stardom ❯ Visitors ( Chapter 3 )

Heddo! Sorry for the wait, but I got quite a bit done, though! ^^ PLEASE R&R! ^^;

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DING!

Kagome jumped up and squealed, "I'll get it!!"

She made her way to the front door and opened it.

"Hi Mr. Youkai!" she said in a highly cheery tone of voice.

"Who's that?" a man's voice responded... more like a boy's voice...

Kagome opened her eyes and sighed.

"Oh... Hi Hojo..." she sighed.

"You seem disappointed..." Hojo had a disappointed look on his face. "Is this a bad time?" he asked.

"Well... sort of..." Kagome admitted.

"Well, I'll go then... I'm sorry, I should've called first..." he said, turning to leave.

"No, it's okay..." Kagome told him. She couldn't help her nice nature. She just couldn't turn him down when he was just trying to be nice by visiting her...

"Are you sure?" he asked.

"Yeah." Kagome smiled. "Come on in."

Hojo stepped in and looked around.

"Your house is cleaner than it was before..." he said.

"Yeah, Mr. Youkai's coming over today to see some of my videotapes." she told him.

"Is that so?" he responded.

"Umm... maybe you could have dinner with us?" she asked.

"Sure! If it's all right with your mother, of course!" he smiled that bright smile he always expressed.

Kagome went into the kitchen and asked her mom if Hojo could eat over as well.

"But, honey, what about Mr. Youkai?" her mother asked.

"It's all right! It's not like Hojo will interrupt anything..." why was she doing this? Personally, she didn't want Hojo here either. So why was she convincing her mom to let him stay?

She shrugged it off.

"All right." her mother agreed to let him stay.

Kagome told Hojo to come into the kitchen and he did.

A few minutes later there was a knock on the door.

Kagome rushed to get it.

"Hello, Miss. Higurashi." Sesshomaru greeted.

"Hi!" Kagome responded excitedly.

There was a moment's silence.

"May I come in?" he asked.

"Oh, yeah! Sorry!" she responded, blushing.

Sesshomaru walked in.

"My mom's in the kitchen." Kagome told him.

Kagome then lead him into the kitchen and Ms. Higurashi directed him where to sit.

"Oh, this is my friend, Hojo." Kagome smiled.

"Oh, you have a boyfriend?" Sesshomaru asked.

"No, he's just a friend." Kagome responded.

Sesshomaru gave a nod of approvement.

What's the difference? So what if he was my boyfriend...?

Ms. Higurashi got everything ready to eat, and then sat down herself. She grabbed the remote, "Are you ready for the tapes, Mr. Youkai?" she asked.

He nodded.

Ms. Higurashi started the tape, and everyone watched.

Kagome was blushing through the whole thing.

There was an act where her voice squeaked and it made her squeal in embarrassment.

"I'm so terrible!" Kagome buried her face in her hands and blushed.

"I think you're perfect." Sesshomaru said.

Everyone was done eating.

Kagome looked up at him.

"Really?"

"Yes. Will you accept being apart of Youkai Records?"

Kagome squealed.

"Seriously?!"

Sesshomaru nodded.

"Mom?!" Kagome looked up at her mom with pleading eyes.

"I don't see it hurting anyone..." Ms. Higurashi smiled. "This should be a good opportunity for you, Kagome." Ms. Higurashi smiled.

"Yeah Kagome! If you join with this record company, you could easily become one of the most popular singers out there!" Hojo agreed.

Kagome screamed in delight.

"I accept!" she told Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru pulled out his little briefcase he had with him and pulled out some papers.

"I need you to sign these, Ms. Higurashi. If you would like to have them looked over by a lawyer, incase you have any doubts of my intentions, then you're welcome to do so. I have the time." Sesshomaru explained.

"I think that'd be a good idea." Ms. Higurashi agreed. "I'm sorry if that offends you, Mr. Youkai."

"No offense taken. I understand. Take as many days as you need to fill those out. Do call me, though, when you're ready to turn them in. If I'm not available, stop by the company building and drop them off there. The address is on the business card I gave you, if you still have it."

"Yes, I still have it." Ms. Higurashi replied.

"Good."

Sesshomaru handed her the papers and Ms. Higurashi skimmed over them to see what they were about.

"Mr. Youkai... usually before singers and such get noticed, they have a manager to get them noticed. Since Kagome never had a manager -- and doesn't still... will you be considered her manager?" Ms. Higurashi asked.

Sesshomaru nodded.

"Yes, I am the manager of Youkai Records and I am also the manager of a few well-known artists, such as Miroku Houshi, who is known as The Perverted Monk," Sesshomaru chuckled, "don't mind the stage name."

Ms. Higurashi smiled and rolled her eyes.

"I'm also the manager of Kikyo Ningen and Kagura Kaze, whom make up the duet KaKi. They're one of the very popular groups, and Miroku is very popular as well." Sesshomaru explained. "There are more, but those are just a couple."

"All right then." Ms. Higurashi smiled.

Sesshomaru then stood up and closed his briefcase.

"Well, I'll be going then. As I said before, take as much time as you need to fill those out. I'm in no hurry."

Ms. Higurashi nodded.

Sesshomaru gave another one of his rare smiles, gave a slight bow and turned to leave.

"This is SO awesome!" Kagome couldn't describe how she felt if they wanted her to.

Ms. Higurashi smiled and began to put the dirty dishes into the dishwasher.

Kagome walked out of the kitchen and was approaching the phone in the living room. Hojo followed.

"So Kagome... you must be excited." Hojo smiled.

"You bet!" Kagome smiled, about to pick up the phone to call Sango when Hojo began speaking again.

"Kagome..."

"Yeah?"

"I don't know if this is a good time... but I was wondering... if... well... we've known each other for a long time, now, and we seem pretty close... so..."

Oh no! Don't say it!

"Kagome... maybe we should be together. I mean... I like you a lot, and you seem to like me too... I mean, we love hanging out together..."

Kagome's mood went from lit to burnt out in a matter of a few seconds.

"Hojo..." Kagome began sadly. "I'm sorry, but could you give me a few days to think about that? With everything going on, I don't know what to say..." she lied.

"Of course! I can wait. No rush." he smiled.

She's actually considering me!

Kagome smiled back, but rolled her eyes when she turned to pick up the phone.

She dialed Sango's number, and Sango picked up.

"Hello?"

"Sango!"

"Oh, hi Kagome!"

"Guess what?!"

"What?"

There was a pause.

"No way..." Sango said through the phone.

Kagome squealed.

"No way!" Sango repeated excitedly.

"He accepted me! All my mom has to do is fill out some forms!"

"That's great! Then what?!"

"I'm not sure... I'm hoping he'll introduce me to some of the artists signed with Youkai Records."

"Oh my god, you'd have to get autographs for me, you know that don't you?"

"Of course!"

"Ugh, damn... sorry, Kagome, I gotta go... Kohaku's nagging me to get off the phone so he can use it."

"That's okay."

"Well, see ya, and good luck, girl!"

"Thanks! Bye!"

Kagome hung up the phone.

"Hey Kagome... I'm gonna go. My mom is probably getting worried about me." Hojo told her.

"Okay." Kagome responded.

"I'll see ya tomorrow in school!" he smiled as he headed for the door.

"Bye." she responded with a smile.

.-.-.

RING!

Kagome hurried to the phone. For the past three days it had always been like this. Kagome would rush up to get the phone incase it was Mr. Youkai for some reason.

"Hello?" she spoke when she picked up.

"Hello, is this the Higurashi Residence?" a male's voice asked.

"Yes it is." Kagome responded.

"I'm looking for a Kagome Higurashi..."

"This is her."

"Ah, well, my name's Inuyasha Youkai... I'm the assistant manager of Youkai Records, and the manager, Sesshomaru Youkai, whom you've already met, had asked me to call you for those forms."

"But he said we could take as much time as we needed..."

"No, it's fine. He told me to just check up on you."

"Okay. Well, we have them filled out, if he wants to come pick them up. Or..."

"Okay. Instead of me going over there why don't you- HEY!" there was some talking in the background, Kagome could hear.

"Um, I mean... all right, I'll be over to pick them up, since Sesshomaru's out for the day."

"Okay..." it was then that he hung up.

What a jerk!

Kagome put the phone down. How dare he hang up on her without saying good-bye or something. How unprofessional!

.-.-.

It wound up being a few hours before Inuyasha showed up.

There was a knock at the door, and of course, Kagome answered it.

"Hello!" Kagome smiled happily.

"Hey... this is the Higurashi Residence, isn't it?" the man asked.

"Yep!" Kagome replied.

"That's good." the man said as he walked past Kagome and into her house.

Kagome was a bit taken back by the action, but decided to ignore it.

"By the way, I'm Inuyasha if you haven't figured it out already." he told her.

Kagome nodded.

"My mom-"

"So where's the forms?" he asked.

"This way..." Kagome said, leading him into the kitchen where her mom had sat the filled out forms.

She handed them to Inuyasha.

He grabbed them from her quite forcefully.

"Thanks." he smirked.

He was about to leave, when Kagome began to speak.

"I have a question..." she spoke softly.

"Hm? What?" he asked.

"Well, now that you have the forms, what will happen?" she asked.

"Well, you could either come with me now to see the Youkai Records studio, or you can wait for our call and see it some other time. Of course you have to have permission from your mother first, though." he told her.

"If I got permission from my mom right now, could I come?" she asked.

"Sure, if you really want to. I'll tell you right now that Sesshomaru won't be showin' you around. I will. Which means any misbehavior or mistakes, I have the power to boot your ass from this whole thing." he smirked. God, did he love being in power.

"I promise I won't do anything you tell me not to!" she promised.

"Fine. Then go tell your mom." he said.

"Don't you mean ask?" she replied.

"What the hell ever, just do it so I can get outta here!"

"And when do you have any right to talk to me like that?!" she yelled.

"And when did I say that you could talk back to me, huh?!" he got in her face and showed her the forms, signalling that he'd rip them.

"Fine! Fine! I'm sorry!" she said. "I'll go ask my mom..."

Inuyasha chuckled.

"Stupid girl." he said to himself.

.-.-.

Kagome came back a few minutes later and said she was allowed to take a tour of the studio.

"All right then, let's go." he began. "Follow me."

She did as she was told.

He lead her outside and walked up to a red sports car.

Kagome stared at it in awe. She'd never seen such an expensive-looking car.

Inuyasha noticed her look and smirked.

He unlocked it automatically and went around to the driver's seat.

Kagome hesitated.

"What're you waiting for? Get in!" he told her when he opened his door.

Kagome did as she was told and opened the passenger's door and sat down, closing the door back.

Inuyasha then got in and started the engine. Kagome watched as he did this. He then put the car in reverse and forcefully backed it up and then switched gears again and made it go forward, almost all in one fluid motion, which caused the tires to squeal and Kagome to get thrown around in her seat a bit.

"Hey!" she complained.

"What?" Inuyasha replied in an annoyed tone.

"Ugh! Am I going to be seeing much of you if I get accepted into this record company?!" she asked.

He chuckled.

"A whooole lot, baby..." he told her.

Kagome couldn't believe the nerve of this guy!

"What's THAT supposed to mean?!" she asked.

He laughed.

"Don't think I'm hitting on you... I've already gotta girl." he assured.

"I didn't think you were..." Kagome lied.

"Riiight... besides, why would someone get with you? I mean, no offense, but look at you! Skinny, flat as a board, and what's with all the scars?!" he explained.

Kagome was fuming by this time.

"How dare you!! For one, I wear a 36 B cup! Two, I'm almost 120 lbs! And three, these scars are from childhood!" Kagome seemed to yell all in one breath as he continued to look at the road they were driving on.

"Hate to break it to ya, but a B cup isn't out of the flat range. And no matter what your weight, you look like you weigh about 90 lbs, and the scars just won't do." he told her.

"Oh, like YOU don't have any scars!" Kagome shot back.

"I do, but I'm not the one in showbiz. Besides, I only have one noticeable scar, and that's on my back. It doesn't look bad, either, because it almost covers my whole back. I've heard many tell me it's actually very sexy." he told her.

Kagome didn't know what to say, so she just replied with, "Whatever! Just leave me alone!"

"But it's fun to pick on you." he smiled toothily.

"And did you pick on all the other artists when they were getting signed to Youkai Records?" Kagome asked.

"Nope. There was nothing wrong with them. They were actually fit for this type of thing. You're not."

"Excuse me?!" Kagome looked at him in utter disbelief.

What nerve! What NERVE!

"Why are you being such an ass to me?! What did I do?!" she yelled at him.

"I just don't think you deserve this opportunity, that's all." he said as a matter-of-factly.

"Well your manager doesn't seem to think so!" Kagome kept her tone raised.

"Feh. I'm surprised, too. And actually quite disappointed. He usually picks out GOOD people to be apart of the record company. I can't believe he went ahead and chose YOU out of all the people at that school of yours."

Kagome was at a loss for words. She didn't need this.

"Whatever."

After that there was silence the whole way there.

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Ja ne!

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