Well de Rouge An Inuyasha X Moulin Rouge Tale

Chapter 2 The Wrong Diamond

Kagome sat in the dark for a moment shivering and wondering if she would be exposed in the spotlight before someone came to save her.

Suddenly, someone pulled her aside and she found herself in Miroku's arms just as the spot light came on to expose the Miko Diamond beside her. Kagome let out a sigh of relief and almost felt faint as Miroku steadied her.

Inu-yasha watched as Kikyo swayed her hips and continued singing her number.

"Diamonds!

Are a

Girls

Best

...Friend!

"I believe you were expecting me?"

In the end she ended up extending her hand to a rather dark man with long dread lock hair. His eyes were rather chilling if you stared at them long enough. Inu-yasha seemed to feel fearful about Kikyo's safety with this one, but before he could make a move, the stage below him opened and he and Sesshoumaru landed on the pillows that broke their fall.

Inu-yasha got to his feet and glared at his brother, "Who is that guy? He looks like he's been dead for a hundred years!"

Sesshoumaru struck him across the face and Inu-yasha placed his hand to his cheek as he turned back to him.

Sesshoumaru glared at him, "He is the Duke, Naraku, and soon to hopefully be one of best clients."

He stomped off leaving Inu-yasha in the shadows for a moment be fore he ran after him.

"You sure he's a duke? He looks like he's been out of office for thirty years!"

Sesshoumaru growled and showed some of his demonic features to the maturing pup. His features didn't intimidate Inu-yasha; after all it was nothing new to him. The features melted away as soon as they had appeared tvealveal his amber eyes from the blood red.

"I know you care for the girl, but this is getting to serious between you and her. She's a human, and you're a half-breed. Understand that she works for the pleasure of other men, and you for women. Love is a figment of the imagination."

"I know that! I don't believe in love and neither does she, so it doesn't matter to me. I just don't trust the guy."

Sesshoumaru put one finger in the dog's face, "You better get your priorities straight, Brother. Kikyo doesn't belong to you."

With that, Sesshoumaru left Inu-yasha and the half-breed snorted and let out a low growl before heading to his elaborate dressing room. It was nothing truly special, just filled with treasures he had bought with the money he earned from his clients. A wooden table was the centerpiece with a vase filled with a single rose and some baby's breath.

His walls were painted dark blue and decorated with satin and silk curtains of either a lighter color or white washed. The room smelled of spice and earth. A large window was at the left of the room and opposite was a feather filled bed covered in midnight blue sheets and a white comforter.

A balcony covered with long white curtains made of a mesh fabric was opposite the door, and after pouring himself a drink he took it to the balcony to over look thsy ssy streets of France. He didn't like the fact Kikyo had a client tonight and he didn't which meant one thing, loneliness.

Now, Kagome on the other hand was being pushed into the next part of Miroku and Sango's plan. Though she had no idea what she getting into since her last problem.

"Now let me get this straight. You want me to go to Mr. Sesshoumaru's quarters, tell him about the musical, and then say, 'I give you, Miroku and Sango, the playwrights and, Shippo, France's youngest demon child prodigy?"

Miroku nodded as he brought her to a long hallway in the back of the hall, "Yep! That's all you need to do. Now, go down this hallway, take a left, and his door should be right in front of you."

He gave a p a pat on her butt and she jumped at the sudden impulse, and spun around covering her rump, "Hey!"

However, to her surprise the playwright was gone. Kagome groaned and stomped off down the hall and took a right only to find herself in front of two doors. Unsure of which was which, she sucked in her gut and knocked on the door to the left, and there was no answer.

"Uh, perhaps he's in the other one," she whispered to herself, and knocked on the next one.

Inu-yasha heard the faint tapping and walked back into his room, put on a black silk shirt and opened the door.

Kagome had her back to him while she figured out what to say, and Inu-yasha arched a brow in confusion as to who this was. She turned around a gasped, "Oh! You're not, him!"

Inu-yasha looked her over, 'Kikyo?' he thought to himself.

"What are you doing here? Don't you have work to do with that guy?" he said, pointing in the direction of the hall.

Kagome looked down and the corridor, "Oh, yes, I do, but I was wondering if I could leave a message for Sesshoumaru?"

Inu-yasha looked at her awkwardly as she waited for his response, "Sure!"

"Great!" She said and invited herself into his room, 'The fast I get this done the quicker I can get down to work,' she thought.

She took a seat on one of his chairs and crossed her legs and folded her hands on her knees. Inu-yasha watched her as she waited for him to have a seat. He closed the door and sat down silently in the chair across from her.

"So, what is it you need to tell him?"

Kagome leaned forward and smiled, "Well to be honest, I'm not the one who really has something to say to him. More or less, I'm actually here to introduce them to him."

Inu-yasha continued to look over 'Kikyo' as though something was wrong with her head, "Who's 'them'? More clients?"

Kagome sat back for a moment in thought and shrugged her shoulders, "I guess, if that's what you call them around here?"

Inu-yasha's eyes widened in shock, "It's what we've always called them."

Kagome felt embarrassed and giggled, "Oh!"

Inu-yasha got to his feet and put his hand above her brow, "Are you feeling alright? You're acting strange!"

Kagome brushed his hand aside, "I'm fine! If anyone is acting strange it's you, with all those looks you've been giving me."

Inu-yasha growled, "Me? You're the one who forgot what a client is. What the heck is up with you? You're acting like you're trying to sell me something, or someone."

Kagome got to her feet, "Humph! Well, if you're not going to listen then I'll just go find this Sesshoumaru guy for myself."

Inu-yasha watched as she headed for the door, and stopped her, "Wait a second! Now you're acting like you don't even know my brother?"

Kagome glared at him crossed her arms, "Well, I'm sorry I wasn't born knowing every single demon and person in the world, and their relations to others."

Inu-yasha growled at her and snorted in her face, "Fine be that way!"

With that he opened the door and showed her the way out, but at that same exact time, another person was at his door. Kagome gasped as her hand came down, and Inu-yasha looked out and dropped his jaw.

"Well, Inu-yasha if I had known you were expecting someone I would have stopped by later," she said as she entered the room.

Inu-yasha looked at Kagome, and then at, "Kikyo?"

"Yes!" the woman said.

Inu-yasha shoved the girl out of the way, and Kagome landed on his bed. She let out an angry groan as she lifted her head.

Inu-yasha came up to Kikyo who was checking over her make up in his mirror, "I have a client waiting for me so I have to be brief. I don't want to us to see each other anymore."

(Well that was brief!)

Inu-yasha narrowed his brow, "Huh?"

Kikyo closed her handbag and turned to him, "Oh, Inu-yasha, really! You honestly think this is going to lead to anything? So we had our nights and they were great and we stayed in step, but I have my duties and you haoursours, and work and pleasure don't mix."

She opened the door to his room and her client was waiting for her. He grinned at Inu-yasha as Kikyo took his arm and led him down the walkway. Inu-yasha couldn't quite explain how he felt, but one thing he did feel was very alone as he closed the door and flopped down in one of the chairs. He grabbed his drink and slugged it down his throat.

Kagome looked at him and then at the door as she got to her knees on his bed, "Jeez, what a bitch!"

All of the sudden there was a slam of a glass on the center table, and Kagome's eyes met Inu-yasha's. She took a hard gulp.

Inu-yasha got to his feet and looked at her, "Who are you?"

Kagome felt scared for a moment, "Um...Kagome?"

Inu-yasha walked over to her and loomed over her, "Well, Wench, if you're through with your complaining and other whatnots, I suggesu geu get out of my sight," he growled as he pointed to the door.

Kagome looked at the door and then glared back at him, "Well, no wonder she dumped you! I'd leave you in a garbage can if I had the chance."

Inu-yasha growled, "Get out!"

Kagome sat down on his bed, and crossed her arms again. She turned her head and pouted, making Inu-yasha even more enraged than before. He went to open the door for her to show her out, but this time Miroku, Sango, and Shippo came rolling into his room and Miroku bowed before him, "At last we meet a pleasure...err um, oh! The Half-Karat Diamond? Miss Kagome, I said Mr. Sesshoumaru, not his brother."

Kagome groaned, "Well, you also should have told me what door!"

Miroku shook his head, "No matter! I'm sure you can pass on the message."

Inu-yasha growled, "Hey look here, Pal! I ain't no messenger boy here, okay? So, take your wench and get the hell out of my room."

Miroku seemed shocked a long with his comrades, and he turned to Kagome, "What the heck were you two up to in here while I was gone?"

Inu-yasha growled, but Kagome shoved him out of the way, "I came to try and tell this weirdo about your musical, but he's obviously much more interested in that woman who just dumped him a second ago."

Inu-yasha jumped up to his feet and got in her face, "I wasn't dumped, for your information!"

Kagome leaned into his face, "Well, itked ked an awfully a lot like that to me, Buster! I guess I didn't see signsign that said she wasn't yours."

Inu-yasha growled, but couldn't continue the fight with her. Suddenly, there was another knock on the door, and it opened.

Sesshoumaru came in and fixed his right glove, "Excuse me?"

"WHAT?" the two of them said in unison, as they turned to look at him. Sesshoumaru jumped and looked at the both of them for a moment.

Suddenly, Miroku turned to him, "Are you, Sesshoumaru?"

Sesshoumaru looked at him with an odd appearance on his face, "Yes?" he said rather unsteadily.

It only to a moment for the entire trio to start bickering and for the noise the three of them created to get far to over whelming for Inu-yasha's ears. So, without really being noticed he grabbed hold of his coat and left the trio with his brother. The only one who took notice of his exit was Kagome, who left not too soon after so that Miroku could explais mus musical to Sesshoumaru. After all, all she was needed for now was to get the costumes arranged and designed. She was a seamstress, and at least this part of the job was over.

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The three actors went to a busy night bar not far from the hotel they were staying out and got themselves a drink. Sesshoumaru rejected their musical by easily saying, "What do I look like a producer? I run a whorehouse not a theater."

Miroku had only had one small shot and Sango had a glass of wine while Shippo munched on the bowl of pretzels.

"Well, team, we've been rejected yet again, but have no fear. Hopefully someone is looking out for us up there...somewhere!"

Shippo sniffled and whipped his nose on his sleeve, "Poor Kagome! She looked so excited about making the costumes for the play too."

Sango nodded, "Poor girl! She has such high hopes. Things would have gone so much better if she hadn't met that half-breed, Inu-yasha."

Miroku grunted, "True! Things would have gone much better if he wasn't such a drunk jerk!"

Suddenly, there was the sound of a glass breaking and two men were in the middle of a brawl until the bartender broke it up. Miroku and his followers recognized one of them as Inu-yasha who was indeed, very drunk.

Miroku got to his feet and said under his breath, "I stand correct!"

Inu-yasha was pushed to the floor where he met Miroku's feet, and looked up as the man bent down to him, "Well, well, so we meet again, Mr. Inu-yasha!"

Inu-yasha got to his feel very sloppily and tried to keep his balance, "You again! I *hic* dout I towl vew to get out!"

Miroku smiled, "Dear Friend, I think you've had a bit too much to drink."

Inu-yasha started to laugh suddenly and leaned up against Miroku's shoulder, "You know, what?" he said as he steadied himself on his feet again and pointed his finger at him, "You think you're so 'mart I'd bet cha dinnow I vwas drunk, but only a whittle bit."

Just as he said that, Inu-yasha collapsed into Miroku's arms and mumbled for a moment.

Miroku and Sango really didn't know what to do for they couldn't go back to the Well de Rouge, so they decided to go with the next best idea. Sango cradled Shippo to bed while Miroku dragged the drunk Inu-yasha into the room, but Sango stopped him.

"No, not while Shippo and I are in this room will you bring him in here. Take him to another room, just keep him away from me."

With that she slammed the door, and Miroku found himself shut out for the night with a drunk slung over his shoulders. So, he went to the next best place and knocked on Kagome's door instead.

Kagome luckily was still awake and moderately dressed in her white under corset and her three petticoats. She opened the door and gasped, "Miroku?"

He walked in and looked at her, "Found him at the night bar across the road. Sango and Shippo don't want him in there so I thought I'd come here. I'll watch him if you jusve hve him a place to rest."

Kagome looked at the tired drunk, and recognized him as the half-demon that she had gotten into a fight with that same night, but her heart felt for the both of them.

Kagome sighed, "Put him on the bed."

Miroku laid the intoxicated Inu-yasha on his side and pulled up one of the chairs in the room, "Thank you, Miss Kagome! We didn't know who doo do with him after his brother kicked us out of the Well de Rouge."

Kagome shot a look at him, "You mean, you didn't get it?"

Miroku shook his head slowly, and looked at the floor as he pulled his hat over his eyes, "We'll just leave this all to yesterday, Kagome. That's all we can do!"

Kagome felt heart broken for Miroku and sighed as she tucked a pillow under Inu-yasha's head. She looked at him as she sat down beside him. Kagome looked at him as he slipped into a dreamless sleep, and smiled.

"You know, he almost looks harmless when he's asleep," she said as she brushed his silver locks away from his face. She turned away from him and went to the padded chair by her window to look out at the moon.

It only took a few minutes for all of them to fall asleep, but Kagome had always been a girl who awoke before dawn every morning no matter what time she went to bed the night before.

So, just before sunrise Kagome awoke to an indigo and purplish pink sky. She smiled at her two inactive roommates and got to her feet to go out to her crate filled balcony to watch the sun come up. Kagome frowned suddenly, and looked up to the sky. Then grabbed her sketchbook and sat on the crates.

Inu-yasha awoke, but continued to doze for a moment until something made him open his eyes again. It was the sound of Kagome's voice, but she wasn't talking to herself, but rather singing softly in a warm girlish voice. He had almost mistaken it for Kikyo's for it sounded so much like hers, but pure and soft. He listened to her sweet sad lullaby.

"I follow the night,

Can't stand the light.

When will I begin,

To live again?

One day I'll fly away,

Leave all this to yesterday.

What more could your love do for me?

When will love be throughh meh me?

Why live life from dream to dream,

And dread the day

When dreaming ends?"

Inu-yasha watched her as she sang this sad song, only to look up at the sky again, and look to the roof of the hotel. She turned to the crates, and began to climb them so she could get on top of the roof.

He wanted to hear more and looked at the man in the seat beside him and around the hotel room at all of Kagome's supplies and rolls of cloth before walking softly over to the balcony doorway to listen to the rest of Kagome's sad song.

"One day I'll fly away,

Leave all this to yesterday.

Why live life from dream to dream,

And dread the day

When dreaming ends?

One day I'll fly away!

Fly, fly away!"

Kagome sat down on the roof and watched the sun come up, but Inu-yasha ducked away from the sun and slipped out the door without a soul knowing he was gone. He closed the door and looked up at the roof as he left the hotel, and wondered why she sang such a sad song that morning.

'Such a beautiful voice, almost like Kikyo's, but so much warmer,' he thought to himself. Yet the thought left him soon enough, and he walked home in the cities morning dew to the Well de Rouge.

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A/N: Well, there you go folks! Chapter 2 was certainly a stone setter for the rest of the story. Now you're probably wondering "Hey hold on a second here? You said that they were going to do the musical!"

Oh, and they will, you just have to wait and see how that all works out though...now won't you?

See you next time when Kagome suddenly gets a call from the Well de Rouge to fix one of the dresses belonging to Kikyo who has another 'appointment' with the duke, Naraku. Happy to find that she suddenly has a chance to make some money, but who would have recommended her to come and fix it? Maybe, Inu-yasha, but how can she be sure?

Also, a huge life-changing event is about to come around for Miroku and the rest of the gang, so stay tuned, and I'll see you later.