InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Strike a Pose ❯ When Movie stars develop infatuations... ( Chapter 11 )

Chapter 11: When Movie stars develop infatuations...

Kikyo and Kagome were sat at the breakfast bar. It was Saturday and as such they were still in their pyjamas as they sat and read.

Inuyasha came into the kitchen grabbed a bowl of cereal and began wolfing it down as if he had never tasted food before. Kikyo raised an eyebrow and Kagome rolled her eyes.

“You eat like a dog” Kagome told him

He glowered at her but said nothing, content to keep shovelling food into his mouth.

Sesshoumaru, newspaper in hand strolled into the kitchen, he was the only one who wasn't wearing pyjamas, not that this surprised them any. He sat down without comment next to Kagome, on the side of the table that was furthest away from Inuyasha. He hid his smirk when Kagome blushed at his close proximity and brushed his thigh purposely against hers.

“What are you doing?” Inuyasha questioned Kikyo; she looked up from her sheet music and put down the pencil before raising an eyebrow in question.

“I'm fingering my music” she gestured with her pencil

“Nice word choice” Kagome commented as she pulled the calendar from the wall “when did you say your performance was again?”

“Three weeks tomorrow” Kikyo told her “I'm going to be practising a lot so I'll apologise now for the increased noise”

“How come I never normally hear you play?” Inuyasha questioned glancing at her cello

“Because you are possibly deaf” Sesshoumaru commented “even though her room is sound proofed I would have thought your Hanyou ears able of hearing it”

Inuyasha glared at his brother but whatever retort he was going to make was stopped abruptly when Kikyo lunged across the bar for Sesshoumaru's paper. Startled, Sesshoumaru allowed the paper to be pried from his fingers.

Kikyo scanned the page and then let out a triumphant noise.

Rin who came come in to get cereal unnoticed grabbed her bowl from the counter and said “Kikyo-Oneechan has gone crazy” before retreating into the living room to watch cartoons.

“I agree with Rin-chan, what's going on with you Kikyo?” Kagome asked walking back over to her twin.

“Hojo's back” Kikyo proclaimed brandishing the paper in her bemused sisters face

“What do you mean?” Kagome asked snatching the paper from her twin whilst Sesshoumaru watched distaste evident on his features as they rumpled his paper.

“Who's back?” Inuyasha asked, annoyed at being kept in the dark

“Hojo the Handsome” Kikyo was grinning evilly at her sister “It's only a matter of time until—”

“Kagome-Oneechan, Hojo-san is on TV” Rin chirped from the living room

Kikyo made a gleeful nose and Kagome followed stony faced into the living room.

“So Hojo-sama” the interviewer batted her eyes at the relaxed, handsome teenager leaning on her leather couch. “After your recent success in the American film industry what brings you back here to Japan?”

He reclined lazily and smirked “The beautiful Higurashi Kagome-san” he proclaimed

Kagome smacked herself on her forehead and groaned “Why me?”

“Who is this boy?” Sesshoumaru asked; his eyebrow rose so far it was camouflaged into his hair line.

“He used to live in this building, he's been obsessed by Kagome-chan for a very long time” Kikyo grinned “and he's come back”

“To haunt me” Kagome groaned “that guy seriously doesn't understand the word `no'” Kagome sighed

“That obstinacy has nearly gotten him killed on occasion” Kikyo said giving Kagome a suddenly more sober look and Kagome nodded.

“Hojo was lucky that I managed to calm Gin down, I was sure he was going to kill him that time” Kagome sighed

“Gin?” Inuyasha was confused

“An old friend” Kagome dismissed it, but her dismissal was too fast to be accepted by Sesshoumaru. He filed it away for future notice.

The door opened and slammed shut again and Megumi trundled into the apartment with flies under her arms and a windswept look about her.

“Okasan, you okay?” Kagome asked bemusedly as she flipped the channel on the TV so that Rin could watch her cartoons.

“I'm brilliant!” Megumi exclaimed

Kagome and Kikyo swapped a look, they knew the mischevious glitter in their mother's eyes well. Something was cooking up in her mind.

“What is it?” Kagome asked suspiciously

“That actor boy Hojo has agreed to do some modelling, on a strictly one time basis” she scrunched up her nose in annoyance “but it's still brilliant!” she exclaimed, abruptly dropping the files onto the sofa.

“And what's the catch?” Kagome's right eye was twitching and the others looked like they were watching a tennis match, not a conversation. Sesshoumaru on the other hand looked both disinterested and annoyed all at once.

“Catch?” Megumi played it innocent and began to flick through the deposited files.

“What did he want in return?” Kagome folded her arms and pinned her mother with a gimlet stare.

“Nothing” Megumi waved her hand as if the conversation was an annoying gnat.

“Okasan!” Kagome protested

“Fine!” she threw her hands up in defeat “he wants you to design for the shoot and you have to be there on the day” the last was garbled as she rushed through her words.

“I knew it” Kagome groused

“He just can't take a hint” Kikyo shrugged

“Why is he obsessed with you Miko?” Sesshoumaru questioned imperiously

“When we were kids Kagome would protect him from the bullies in our old neighbourhood, ever since he's been hanging on her every word as if she is honey and he's an insect”

“A fly” Kagome supplied “one that whines in my ear constantly and refuses to die”

Inuyasha chortled “Sounds fun”

“Shut up dog boy, I'll bite you, I mean it” she warned, flopping down onto the sofa with a distinct lacking of grace.

“Why do you always threaten to bite?” Sesshoumaru queried “are you a child?”

She snapped her teeth at him and growled; Sesshoumaru's eyebrow flew into his hairline. It was as if she was impersonating a female Inu Yokai.

“Well at least we got a good deal!” Megumi was chipper and clapped her hands together happily

Kagome rolled her eyes and slapped herself on the forehead in a frustrated manner “Well this is just great”

***

Kagome left the apartment three days later to attend the photo shoot which may as well have been her execution for the amount of enthusiasm she was putting in. She had kidnapped a disgruntled and highly confused Sesshoumaru at the door and dragged him by one pointy ear to go with her. She knew Kanna would be there, but she was about as much support as air. At least Sesshoumaru seemed to be remotely caring towards her; after all who kisses someone they don't even like?

Upon arrival at the shoo Kagome attempted to sneak inside via the fire escape and remain undetected. Unfortunately for her the additional accessory of one annoyed Yokai made it nigh on impossible to blend in with the scenery. Sesshoumaru was about as subtle as a bullet to the head.

Sango found them first and pounced upon Kagome wearing a Cheshire cat grin of pure evil delight. Kagome swallowed hard.

“I didn't think you'd appear” she confided in the younger girl “not whilst lover boy is in the vicinity”

“Kill me now” Kagome groaned as she caught sight of Hojo and ducked behind Sesshoumaru; her new Hojo shield. He resisted the urge to roll his eyes at her foolish behaviour.

“Kagome-san!” it was too late he had spotted her. And Sesshoumaru winced at the sheer annoying tone to the shout that was abrasive to his sensitive ears. Kagome had about a seconds notice before she was peeled away from her hiding place with a sheepish smile.

“Hojo-kun, ohayo”

“It's so good to see you again” he gushed completely oblivious to the apparently irate Yokai looking at him he pulled Kagome into a suffocating hug.

Kagome's first thought was `wow Hojo's not so nerdy anymore'. Obviously in his year long absence from her life he had bulked out quite a bit. It was apparent he was stronger that her now as her attempts to breath were futile. Her second thought was that she would much prefer to be pressed against her demon friend in such a manner, only difference was she didn't think Sesshoumaru would be suffocating her unless he actually wanted her dead. But that was of little consequence to her now so she forced it down into the recesses of her mind.

Suddenly she could breathe again and she blinked bemusedly up at Hojo who was glaring at Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru, for his part, was staring the human down with an intensity that could have cut through steel. His clawed hand was constricted around Hojo's shoulder.

“You should be more aware if what you are doing” Sesshoumaru intoned coldly “you just restricted her airways” he relinquished his grip on the young actors shoulder.

“Arigato” Kagome muttered to Sesshoumaru and Hojo gave a brief nod fuelled from anger

“I'm Mitsukuni Hojo” Hojo introduced himself, eyes narrowed

“Taisho Sesshoumaru” Sesshoumaru was impassive

“Nice name” there was a faint taunting edge to his voice that shocked Kagome slightly.

“As is my nature” Sesshoumaru responded in kind, baring his razor-sharp venom-coated fangs subtly at the human.

Hojo and Sesshoumaru stared at each other; Kagome caught between the two was watching them like it was a game of tennis.

Sesshoumaru, on the other hand, was having problems repressing his possessive nature and did not like the way that the ningen boy still held onto the Miko.

Sango, a mere spectator to the silent pissing contest, smirked. She knew that if he could Sesshoumaru would love to snatch Kagome away from the human, but thanks to the trammels of acceptable social conduct he could do little more than glare and growl, something Sango found amusing.

“Ano... Hojo-kun I think you need to be tended too” Kagome gestured at the hovering, not to mention amused, Sango.

“Oh, yes, quite” he smiled and lifted her hand to his lips, kissed it, and relinquished it before walking away to allow Sango to work.

“He is an insufferable fool” Sesshoumaru commented passively

“He is huh?” she noted as she watched him smirk at his fan-girls who were (for unknown reasons) allowed on set.

“It appears he is fond of you Miko” Sesshoumaru stated

“I'm very lovable” she countered

He smirked and looped an arm casually around her shoulders before leaning down to whisper in her ear. “Very... desirable”

She fought hard not to blush but the attempt was futile and in a matter of seconds she closely resembled a tomato with hair. Hojo, who had noticed Sesshoumaru touching Kagome, scowled at the manoeuvre.

She recovered her wits and frowned at Sesshoumaru “What's with the touching, normally I have to provoke you”

“Today someone else has done the provoking little one” he murmured his eyes flashing as he glared heatedly at Hojo.

“I feel like a bone being fought over by two dogs” she confessed trying to bite the hand that had a grip possessively on her shoulder.

He smirked as he easily dodged her questing teeth and instead slipped behind her so that his chin leant on her shoulder and his arms encased her waist.

“I may be Inu” he nibbled lightly on the part of her throat that was exposed to him and smirked again at her shiver “but he is merely ningen”

“I'm ningen too remember?” she wrinkled her nose at the overbearing Yokai draping himself around her small form and tried to escape. However his arms were unrelenting steel and all escape was impossible.

“Miko” he admonished “not human”

She rolled her eyes “There really isn't that much of a difference”

He nipped her pulse point slightly in reprimand and gleefully glanced over at a seething Hojo who was desperately trying to remain focused on the shoot but failing due to his preoccupation with the Yokai and Kagome.

“Are you gloating?” she enquired

“Maybe a little” he acknowledged

“Poor Hojo”

“Hn”

“He's changed quite a lot though” she noted

“How do you mean?”

“He was never quite this...” she paused as she tried to think of a good word to describe it “well earlier, in his eyes, I thought I saw maliciousness towards you. Also he's always been so oblivious, but now it's like he's more calculating”

“Hn” Sesshoumaru acknowledged “you are correct, if he was truly as you say then he wouldn't have had the gall to impose conditions on this shoot, merely he would have hoped that a string of coincidences would lead to you coming here”

Sango, who had been eavesdropping on most of the conversation, came up to them. “Haven't you read the gossip magazines recently?” she interjected

“No, I can't stand the things” Kagome confessed. Sesshoumaru merely raised an incredulous eyebrow at the thought that he would ever read such filth.

Sango shrugged “well, whilst he was in America he was involved in some scandalous affairs with some of the female actors on set. It was quite the story, the girls had all been good friends before he showed up. One of them had taken an instant liking to him and they went out for a few weeks but then she dumped him in a humiliating fashion” Sango's nose wrinkled s she tried to remember more details “I think it was on set or something, in front of the director at least.”

“Then what?” Kagome asked

“He got back at her by sleeping with all of the other girls on set and turning them against the one who had dumped him. It seems America taught him a little in the art of manipulation”

Kagome frowned “he was always so harmless and sweet before” she said despondently “I don't want to believe he could have changed that much”

“Apparently he has” Sesshoumaru pointed out

She wrinkled her nose up slightly and subconsciously leaned back against Sesshoumaru. His beast purred in contentment.

After many `covert' glances from Hojo and even less subtle gestures of affection from Sesshoumaru the shoot was finally over and they were permitted to leave. Of course Hojo caught Kagome before she could escape, much to her chagrin.

“Come for a coffee with me!” Hojo chirped and before Kagome could blink and Sesshoumaru could respond she had been spirited away from the set by an overly enthusiastic human boy.

***

Kagome gazed around the repugnantly cute coffee shop with a look of disdain bordering on panic. This was not where she wanted to be. She slumped down further in her seat so she could rest her chin on her chest and glared petulantly at the person sat opposite her.

“So” he mused as he sipped from his cup and smirked at the whispers his presence was enticing. “How are you?”

“I'm fine” she answered shortly

“ And who, may I ask, was that demon?” he enquired

“He and his brother are staying with us in the flat” she said

“Two teenage boys in your flat” he sounded outraged “and they're demons, what was your mother thinking”

She wondered offhandedly who had rattled his cage and replied “It's fine, they're our friends and they've done nothing to warrant suspicion on your part”

He shook his head “He has tattoo's,” he lowered his voice slightly “what if he's in a gang? Please tell me you aren't going to get involved in another gang”

She glared at him “They aren't tattoo's they are demon markings, he was born with them and I am not in a gang! And I never was!”

He clasped her hand on the table in between his own “You don't have to hide anything from me.” he smiled in his most charming manner “I'll always be here for you”

Her anger was stifled somewhat after his last comment “Thank you Hojo-kun, but I'm a big girl and I can look after myself”

He rubbed his thumb across the back of her hand “I'm sure you can, but I'll always be here for you Kagome-chan” he smiled “I've grown up now, and I can protect you”

She didn't know what to say to that so she quickly gulped down some of her coffee, nearly burning herself in the process.

***

Kagome barely set on foot into the apartment before Sesshoumaru was on her he gripped her wrist in his hand and pulled it up so that he could sniff the hand Hojo had caressed.

“You allowed the human to touch you?” he queried

“He wasn't doing anything wrong” she shrugged

“Hn” Sesshoumaru brought the hand to his mouth and kissed it gently “neither am I”

She rolled her eyes “You are far more touchy feely” she pointed out

“That way the boy will learn who you belong to” he smiled as he yanked her flush with him by her wrist. She glowered at him.

“Yeah, I belong to me” she pushed away from him and walked off with her nose in the air.

Sesshoumaru watched her go before sitting down on the sofa again. Inuyasha smirked at him.

“It's not often you share” he confided “I thought the human would be dead by now”

“I do not share” Sesshoumaru nodded “but killing him would upset the Miko”

Inuyasha chuckled “Possessive bastard”

“Precisely”

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