Well de Rouge An Inuyasha X Moulin Rouge Tale

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Well de Rouge Inu-yasha X Moulin Rouge Tale

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Ah darn, gimme 5 minutes..........Okay! I'm back (huff huff) had to go and get the Moulin Rouge Soundtrack in order to put this all together.

Anyway, now will come the major turning point in my story. So try your best to keep close attention to this chapter. It's going to be difficfor for me to put this all together. Since the El Tango de Roxanne scene is complicated when put on paper, I'll try to make it as easy as possible to read with all of Fan Fiction's little quirks.

Now, take a deep cleansing breath...no not you, me! I've been reading Cataluna's "Our Love Affair" in my favorite stories section and I'm going crazy not knowing what's going to happen. I pray that the next chapter will appear soon!

All right, now that I've got that out of my system, I'll get all the junk out of your system!

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Chapter 6; El Tango De Roxanne Part 1

The week flew by faster than anyone had expected it too. However, the week seemed a bit longer for Kagome. During the daytime, she and Inu-yasha practiced their new routine and he "improved" her movements.

Kagome soon started to wear a mask of her own, and it was the one Kikyo wore all the time. However, when Inu-yasha danced with her, the mask never reflected in his eyes. When he danced with her it was something far different. Kagome's heart would pound in time with the music's beat, and his would catch the counter beats.

Besides improving the dance steps, he added some of his own classics to the dancing. Now, Kagome realized that her body needed to be somewhat of just an object when they danced. His hands would touch her hips and thighs, and even at some points the back or front of his hand would touch a breast's side or the crevasse between them. He was surprised after so long that she didn't care anymore. She knew it was noting intimate, it was just dancing and trying to drive a bunch of men wild in the hall...along with many women.

As the week progressed, Kagome and Inu-yasha established a relationship that mosnce nce partners have. They trusted each other with what the other was doing, and that Friday night was no different.

"One, two, and three, and dip, two, three..." Inu-yasha counted, "You all right?" he asked finally after an hour had gone by of straight dancing.

Kagome's chest was heaving slightly and he stopped his lead. "You look like you're going to pass out!"

Kagome huffed breathlessly, "I nee need to take a break. My feet are dying in these stupid heels."

Inu-yasha released her and let her take a seat on the edge of the stage. Kagome pulled her petty coats up and started to remove her shoes. She had gotten used to the whole dance practice in your underwear thing. In fact, it kept her cooler with out her outer corset and heavy skirt on. One single petty coat, stockings, a sleeveless under shirt, and a sash around her middle were all she needed.

Inu-yasha would wear pretty much the same. The summer heat was horrible during the day in the hall. Today, he wore old black dance pants, his dullest pair of dance shoes and a tank make to be worn under his dress shirts.

Kagome had shocked him a lot during that week. She was content with his new sultry dances, and it was like she knew that it was just advertising. He had never expected his dancing to not make a woman feel weak at the knees. Kagome as he remembered not long ago, was exactly like that, but now she completely ignored the look in his eyes, which was to look like desire. His eyes were meant for womn thn the hall to gawk over, but focusing in Kagome's eyes while he was dancing was something completely different. She would look right through him, right through his mask.

Kagome's mask was only worn during her dance numbers with him, but even at that, Inu-yasha couldn't see Kikyo. Sure she was perfectly believable when they danced, but these practices were different. He didn't want to wear his mask all the time, and it came to show that soon as they practiced beforeh shh show that Inu-yasha wasn't wearing his mask around her anymore.

"Here!" he said handing her a glass of water.

"Thank you!" she said through a puff of air, and she slugged a mouthful of water in one gulp. She sighed as the cold r sor soothed the burning in her throat.

Inu-yasha took the same glass and guzzled down the rest. It was only then that he realized he hadn't had a drop of alcohol since he started teaching her, and the funny thing was he didn't want it anymore.

Kagome lay back on the stage to look up at the ceiling and catch her breath. She placed her hand over her diaphragm and closed her eyes as her chest heaved up and down. She was tired from all the practices starting at eight in the morning. Luckily today Inu-yasha gave her an extra hour, but they had to make up for lost time.

Inu-yasha finally leaned back and found out that he was slightly out of breath, too. He felt like a teenager again. Leaning back on the stage like old times when he was learning to dance.

Kagome finally steadied her breathing and turned her head to the side. "Want to talk?"

Talk? That was new too! No woman would lie down beside him and just openly say, "Want to talk?" Naw, women would just throw themselves at him and he's do what he was paid to do and he'd be gone or woke up with his pay on the nightstand in the morning. Talking consisted of women screaming his name in the darkness of mplemple hotel room, and moans of pleasure.

"Sure! What about?" he said rather casually.

Kagome leaned on her side and smirked and he propped her head on her hand and elbow. "Tell me about last night's client!"

Inu-yasha huffed a silent breathless laugh, "W-why on earth would you want to talk about that?" he laughed. It felt good to laugh. He hadn't laughed in so long, and it felt good.

Kagome smirked and rolled back over on her back, "I want to know what you do once you're out of here."

This wasn't the first time she had been so casual about his business. After every number he would have to leave to meet his client in an hour. They'd take him to dinner sometimes, or a dance club up north, and then it was off to the hotel about a block away from the Well de Rouge to top of the night. Kagome acted like she wasn't bothered by it at all. It was how he made his living to her and nothing more. She didn't judge him for what he did, just kept an open mind.

This question had caught him completely off guard since he never talked about his clients to anyone. He felt like he could be open with her though. It was like kiss and tell with another guy, except this was his dance partner.

Inu-yasha laughed quietly for a fomenoments and then sat up still finding the question humorous. "I'm sorry! I've just never been asked to talk openly about my affairs."

Kagome sat up and hopped of stage and folded her arms over his lap and rested her chin on her arms. "Come one, tell me!" she pleaded with a sweet smile.

He looked at her, and he couldn't help it, but het lit like a kid. "Alright, don't start acting like that fox of yours there, um, Shippo."

Kagome giggled and waited for him to collect his thoughts. Inu-yasha grinned as he tried to recollect last night's events. "Okay, you know that woman in the red dress sitting in that booth on the right, second one back?"

Kagome cocked her head in the direction he was pointing in. "Oh, yeah! The woman that was fanning herself like she was going to faint, I remember her. She had red hair I think."

"Blonde," he corrected her, "but it was a sort of dirty blonde. Anyway, I met her in the front with her driver. She had the most beautiful car. It was green with silver decals.

"Well, she took me to a place for dinner and complimented me on our dance number. She said it was far different then what I had been doing in shows before."

Kagome cocked her head to the side. "So, you've been with her before?"

Inu-yasha nodded and then continued, "Her husband owns a winery outside of the city. He's not home Thursday nights, and so she finds time to come here during those days. She says he's having an affair of his own with someone, but she doesn't want to admit it because she doesn't want to loose her only source of money."

Kagome's smile disappeared. "That's so sad!"

Inu-yasha merely shrugged his shoulders, but looked into the distance for a moment. "I suppose you could say that. Still, she doesn't seem to care herself. She's a gold-digger just wasting his money on the things she wants."

Inu-yasha chuckled a little and looked at Kagome surprised that he was holding her attention still. She picked her head up. "So, you had dinner! Then, what?"

Inu-yasha smirked as he looked down at her. "What else?"

Kagome looked at him with her innocent gaze, and he knew he had struck her virgin ears with his story. He looked into her eyes wondering if she was even still interested in hearing what happened next. Inu-yasha felt Kagome's fingers curl around his thigh as the anticipation grew.

Inu-yasha blushed a little now, but his color lifted when he began. "We went to the hotel, and as usual there's my room reserved and ready. Sesshoumaru always makes those arrangements. I guess you could say room 114 is my office."

Kagome smiled again and then listened. Iashaasha chuckled a little while longer and then cleared his throat. "So, we went in, and things went about like always. She would remove my shirt, and I'd loosen up her gown. She let her hair down, and I'd remove some more of her undergarments. She touched my pelvis. I touched her breasts. Then, as soon as we where both in the nude she laid back on the mattress and I did my thing. She screamed and moaned, and then we'd change positions. Then we stopped, and I fell asleep. This morning I found my pay, got dressed, went home and showered, and then met you here for practice."

Kagome was in awe about how cool he was about the whole thing. It was so weird listening to him talk about his work. She felt dirty, but it was a humorous dirty feeling. Kagome blushed when he started to talk about the sex end of the story, and was glad that he somewhat didn't go into detail.

Still, a lingering question stayed in her head. "What were you doing, yoow, ow, besides your business?"

Inu-yasha looked at her and had a slight grin. "Well, I need to make sure my clients get what they want and I keep time. I stop when their pay is up."

Kagome grinned a little and squealed when she felt funny about the whole thing. "I feel like such a goof! I can't stop smiling! It's so dirty, but weird to hear you talk about it."

Inu-yasha laughed heartily now, and leaned all the way back to rest on the stage again. His chest bounced as he laughed about the whole thing. He felt dirty and weird about the whole thing too, now. He couldn't believe he had been so open about the whole thing with Kagome.

She smiled, and lifted her head and moved her arms away from his lap, but kept her hands over his knees. He looked like a kid, and could see he felt like one too.

Kagome waited until he pushed himself back up, but supported most of his weight on his arms now. Inu-yasha was still smiling, as her fingernails curled gently over his knees.

He couldn't quite explain it, but something in Kagome's simple little touches made his spine shiver. When he danced with her he could feel it too. Sure, there were parts in that nightly dance of theirs wear she would look as though she were grabbing the contents of his pants, but every sexual touch wasn't the same as just feeling her hand in his. Yet, these innocent moments when she'd touch his legs, arms, or chest seemed to make his body feel so much different. He could be so open with her and she would always share her feelings with him about it. Kagome could make him laugh about the whole thing, whatever it was they talked about during their breaks.

Kagome looked at his knees for a while with her warm smile, and then her face became lost and confused quickly. She leaned back on his knees and folded her arms, "Why haven't I been called out to do these things? Not that I want to mind you!"

Inu-yasha smiled at the bluntness in her voice when she mentioned her mind. "You're not Kikyo for one thing, and her stand inns don't mix with her clients. Also, you don't know the ropes of being a courtesan. It's not as easy as it looks!"

Kagome took a hard gulp, "It doesn't always lead to sex in the end does it?"

Inu-yasha's face became stern. "Courtesans can be taken against their will, Kagome. Men can force them to do things they don't want them too. They have to stay in control at all times in any situation, and recognize the dangers ahead of time."

Kagome saw Kikyo in a whole new light after Inu-yasha had told her this. She understood why she had told her that Kikyo was a woman. It takes a strong woman to do the things she does.

Kagome looked at Inu-yasha. "What about you?"

Inu-yasha grinned, "Nothing gets by Sesshoumaru, for one thing! He makes suy cly clients are clean, and that's mostly why the majority of my clients are married women who have had children. They're usually ensured!"

Kagome smiled "So are you still clean?" she giggled after asking a silly question.

Inu-yasha puffed up his chest and let it all out laughing. "I'm healthy as a horse!"

Kagome grinned, "I'm glad Sesshoumaru takes care of you all so much. He must really care about you."

Suddenly, Inu-yasha's frown disappeared and Kagome lifted her head bewildered by his sudden change in emotions. "What is it? Did I say something that offended you?"

Inu-yasha closed his eyes for a moment. "Sesshoumaru really doesn't care about me. I'm more like an employee that works here."

Kagome stood up straight and placed each arm beside each of his thighs. "But...but you're his brother!"

Inu-yasha looked at her with a rather narrow brow. "Half-brother!" he corrected her a second time that day. Kagome jumped at the low tone in his voice.

"Inu-yasha?" she asked as she leaned forward on his knees.

The half-breed sighed through his nose. "My father used to own this hall, as I told you before. Anyway, one of the courtesans died after contracting a urinal infection and ignoring it for so long."

Kagome looked at him as he sat forward a bit more and returned his weight to his buttocks. His hands reached for Kagome's that were lying limply at his thighs.

"Anyway, he hired a new girl for the job, one he met in the western part of town. He freshened her up, taught her everything she needed to know, and she started work two weeks later in the show."

He paused again, and closed his eyes. "Two years later, he was teaching her something for the next show, when she fell for him. Sure enough my father fell in love with her, too. He had a two-week affair with her during the Christmas break. When business was up and running, she couldn't start work again because he was jealous and she didn't want anyone else.

"Sesshoumaru's mother was the one who discovered the flaw in the courtesan's appointments, and loss of money. Then, she found out she was pregnant, and sure enough after the kid was born...they knew who the father was two days after the birth."

Kagome's eyes opened in shock. "You never told me this!"

He opened his eyes and squeezed her hands. "I really haven't told anyone. Well, they decided to keep me in the side of the business I was born into. I didn't see much of my father, or even knew he was my father until much later on. I was teased a lot those days.

"When Sesshoumaru took over, I knew how to dance and all the tricks to a gigolo's life. Thus, with my half blood, he decided I would be useful in the high price range. Get both in one, deal! I took the offer and it hasn't been bad. We don't fight a lot, but we never take it to a family level. He's my boss, and I'm a high price gigolo in his right pocket, a long with Kikyo."

Kagome looked as though she might cry, and sighed a little. He remembered her father before he died, and all the misery of living a life without him that followed. Inu-yasha was no different somewhat, only his father never showed he cared. Letting one son control the ropes and letting the other do the dirty work.

"I'm sorry!" she whimpered.

Inu-yasha looked at her and lifted her chin. "Why are you crying? You don't have to cry for me. I'm not ashamed of the way my life turned out."

Kagome wiped a tear that got away and tried to regain her. Inu-yasha then looked at her neck, and found the Shikon Diamond around her neck. He smiled. "Mother's necklace! You're still wearing it!"

Kagome felt her chest for the pink diamond and smiled a little. Inu- yasha's hand moved towards her and he looked at the stone that he held with his claws and fingertips. He then looked at Kagome as she looked at the stone.

"Why did you ask me all this?" he asked with a slight rumble in his voice.

Kagome looked up at him with the softest eyes. Inu-yasha felt something rush down his spine, a warm sort of wave from his head to his toes. What was this weird spell she had over him? He couldn't put his finger on it.

Kagome's eyes batted for a moment, and then she smiled like it was no big deal. "I just thought you might need someone to talk to about it, that's all."

Inu-yasha's stare didn't break though and he leaned in closer to her. "Just something to talk about?"

Kagome felt her heart thudding against her chest and panicked as she pressed her hand against his chest. "Stop!" she said in a weak voice. Her hand felt the thudding of his own heart now through his chest.

Inu-yasha broke his stare with her and found her hand on his chest. What was wrong with him? He was a gigolo for crying out loud, he didn't believe in any of that love crap.

"I'm sorry, Kagome! I guess I just thought there was something more behind it."

Kagome leaned back on his knees. "There is, but I'm just not sure if I want to ask you it. You all ready said you were happy with the way things are."

Inu-yasha touched the hand that was slowly drifting away from his heart. His eye filled with wonder. "What is it?"

Kagome looked up at him and parted her lips slightly. "Isn't it lonely knowing that the women you sleep with don't share the same feelings?"

Inu-yasha looked at her confused. "They don't love me and I don't love them. I all ready told you love just ruins everything. My father and mother are the perfect example of that. I don't believe in it."

Kagome still looked at him with soft eyes. "But you're not yourself when you're around them. It's like you pretend! Aren't you lonely? Do you feel anything at all when you have sex with all those women?"

Inu-yasha looked at her rather oddly. "Kagome, its just sex! I'm not making love to them!"

Kagome was lost, and couldn't believe what her ears had heard. "How can you classify it like that? It's still being intimate with another person."

Inu-yasha began to feel frustrated with all of this. "Intimacy has nothing to do with it!"

Kagome leaned forward finding herself in a full-blown argument with him now. "You classify the most intimate experience in your life into sex and making love, but you stay you don't believe in love. How can there be two categories if you don't believe in the other one? It's still sex! It's still making love! They\one one in the same, Inu-yasha!"

The gigolo pulled his hand away from him and she took a step back. Kagome turned her head to the side and crossed her arms. "I shouldn't have bothered to ask!"

"You're right!" he snapped, "You shouldn't have!"

She looked at him as though he had just slapped her across the face. His glare was intense and focused on her. He looked up at the large clock that hung in the back of the hall, and then got to his feet.

Kagome watched him as he got to his feet. She walked up to the stage's edge and watched as he picked up his shoes. "Where are you going?" she asked softly, wondering if he was leaving because he was mad.

"I have a client! I'll meet you back here in two hours. Until then go over the steps!"

He jumped off the back stage not looking at her once even as he said this. Inu-yasha stomped off and left Kagome alone in the hall by the edge of the stage.

She found herself starting to cry at the fact that she had been so mean about the whole thing. Inu-yasha just didn't see things the way she did. She wished for just one second she could understand what kind of live he lived. Kagome wanted to just spend a moment in his shoes. No sex, but just the whole act entirely. He was so open with her. He didn't wear his mask around her. What kind of weight did that mask bare?

Kagome whipped her tears and collected herself. "Get it together, Kagome! You've got work to do! When he gets back, he'll forget the whole thing ever happened and it will be okay again."

She pulled herself on stage a tied her hair up in a bun after pulling all of her hair away from her face. Kagome walked to the starting place and began counting to herself silently each step and movement. As she got lost she thought about his words. "Kagome, its just sex! I'm not making love to them!"

I don't get it, she thought to herself. How can he say they're not the same thing? What makes it so different?

Kagome shook her head and forgot about the whole thing. She continued with her work and counting, until something in the back of the hall screeched and practically made her jump clean out of her skin.

In the back stood a man dressed in black with long dark hair and slit like eyes. He was staring straight at Kagome and she took a hard gulp as the figure came into the stage light.

"Ah, Kikyo! I thought it was you!"

Kagome gasped and closed her eyes. He thinks I'm her! I have to act cool! Stay in control of the situation
ome ome stood up straight and tried to pull off her best impersonation of Kikyo. "Can I help you?"

The dark man came into view, and he had a sort of sly look in his eye. "Have you forgotten me all ready, Kikyo? Your Duke, Naraku?"

Kagome felt shivers go down her spine, cold shivers. This almost didn't feel right, but she didn't lose her personality. "What are you doing here?"

He grinned, "You said I could come here whenever I pleased to ask a favor from you."

Kagome took a hard gulp and then turned away slightly from him. "I've been told to keep away from clients for sometime to focus on up coming events. I don't have time!" she lied.

Naraku grinned with an odd malevolence behind it. She felt frightened, but she couldn't show fear. Stay in control.

"I'm not looking for another night, Kikyo. I'm merely looking for a dinner date and perhaps a glass of wine back at my place. After that, you're free to leave whenever you it\ it\ightight."

Kagome thought about this for a moment. She could see the life of Inu- yasha and Kikyo through this experience and maybe understand what Inu-yasha is trying to tell me. I just need to stay in control of the situation.

"When is it?"

The duke grinned even wider now, "This evening, after your performance?"

Kagome stood tall and nodded. "I'll meet you by the east entrance."

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Okay! I'm stopping there, but don't worry I'm going to start writing the next chapter right after this is posted. Hope you're all wondering what's going to happen, because there won't be any hints to what is yet to come. I'll post the next chapter in a few days unless there's a bigger demand for it in the next twenty-four hours!

See you soon!