Chapter 1- Kagome Higurashi
"KAGI KAGI KAGI!" the crowd screamed and clapped as the band known as Kagi appeared on stage. The stadium shook from all of the yelling. The lead singer, Kagi, looked around the stadium with a fake smile, as did the 2 guitarists, the bass, and the drummer. They were all feeling something that they never thought they could feel about the band- they were sick of it. The record company had put too much stress and too much advertising on them. That wasn't what they wanted to be. They wanted people to know them for their music, not their advertisements.
"Hello everyone!" Kagi yelled through the microphone. "We have a very important announcement to make! When this concert ends, our hiatus begins!" The entire crowd stopped screaming, and the screaming was replaces by gasps. Kagi was one of the best bands in Japan, and were one of the few rock bands in Japan with a female lead singer who could scream and sing. "It's not you, it's us!" she said with a grin. "I'm sorry Fans, but this relationship can't work! We- we have to break up!" she said melodramatically with fake tears coming out of her eyes. Well, somewhat fake at least. This made the crowd laugh a little, but not one fan could get t out of their minds that Kagi was going on a hiatus.
Kagi's boyfriend was furious. "WHAAAAAT?" He yelled from backstage. "Why didn't she tell me she was going on hiatus!"
"Because some things," Kagi's manager began, "Are best kept to those who don't have big mouths." He was going to reply to this, but he shut his mouth.
"Whatever old woman, I still don't know why Kagi chose you as their manager."
"Because they wanted a good one who could also be their friend, not just some manager who only focuses on money, and if this hiatus is what makes them happy then that's fine by me."
"And now," Kagi said after they had finished a few songs, "to introduce our band! Our two guitarists are- Taichi Yama and Takumi Fujiwara! Our bassist, Akira Watanabe! And our drummer, Masahiro Sarutari! And I am Kagi Shimizu! And together we are Kagi!" The crowd cheered and screamed as the band began to play their most famous song, Never Gone.
She laid in her bed unable to sleep
Thinking about the him
As she begins to weep
The voices her head tell her he's gone
But something in her heart
Tells her they're wrong
Through the bad and good
He always gave her
Anything and everything he could
But now she can't feel him by her side
She feels like she's all alone
She feels like he lied
He said he'd always be there
For her he'd do anything
To show that he cared
But the voices in her head tell her he's gone
But something in her heart
Tells her they're wrong
Through the bad and good
He always gave her
Anything and everything he could
But now she can't feel him by her side
She feels like she's all alone
She feels like he lied
She wanted him to be with her
But now she realizes
She's with him forever
They wanted never to be apart
Even though he's far,
He's with her in her heart
Through the bad and good
He always gave her
Anything and everything he could
They wanted to never be apart
Even though he's far
He's with her in her heart
Never gone,
Never too far from her heart…
The crowd cheered a roared, all of the girls were shouting 'I love you' to the guys. "And that concludes our concert, our tour, and begins our hiatus!" The crowd saddened again as the band left. Finally being able to remove their fake smiles from their faces, they all looked at each other sadly. Kagi's boyfriend looked at her in shock.
"Why was I not informed of your hiatus Babe!"
"Because you aren't in our band, so stay out of it!" Takumi said angrily. He had never liked Kagi's boyfriend, he was too cocky and had too big of an ego for Takumi's liking.
Kagi, on the other hand, walked right past all of them to their bus with their manager. Her boyfriend was going to follow, but Taichi, Takumi, Akira, and Masahiro stood in the way. "You aren't the only demon in this room," Taichi glared at Kagi's boyfriend, who simply sat down with an annoyed look on his face.
Kagi and her manager sat dawn and sighed. "What do I do ma'am?"
"If you want to go on hiatus in order to be happy, then I am no one to stop you."
"But what will you do?"
"Oh don't worry about me, I'll be fine, the record company is getting on my nerves anyway." The rest of the band walked in while Kagi's boyfriend stood outside. Taichi had told him to stay there, and the last thing Kagi's boyfriend wanted was a blue and purple face. Kagi smiled for a moment and looked at her manager. "Leave him."
And so they did. They left her boyfriend in the dust. "Kagi, come with me," her manager said, walking to the back of the bus where no one was. "Where will you go after this? You're still a teenager after all. Everyone else knows where they're going, but aren't your mom and stepfather always traveling?"
"My stepsister's house, I'm going to live with her, everything's been arranged. My parents have a house in Kyoto that I'll be living in, with my stepsister of course…. Could you….do me a favor?"
"What is it?"
"I need you to make one of your necklaces for me, I don't want anyone to find me, not even my boyfriend. Me and him need to go on hiatus as well." Both of them laughed
"I've got just the thing," she pulled out a necklace from her pocket. "The guys wanted the same thing; this one conceals your scent. But won't they recognize you when they see you?"
"No," Kagi grinned. "I suppose there is one good thing about the record company changing my looks. I'll simply go back to looking how I used to look, and no one will even know who I am."
"Well, I'm going to miss you…" She gave Kagi a hug.
"I'm going to miss you too, Kaede," Kagi hugged back. "And please, call me by my real name. Call me Kagome- Kagome Higurashi."