Any Way the Wind Blows
Disclaimer: I no own Inu, nor do I own any of the amazing works of art that the gang plays and if not mentioned in the story, then I give the amazing musicians full credit here. I only wish I could play that good.
Ch-1 Any Way The Wind Blows
Kagome pulled herself up off the floor for the third time that day. She groaned and punched the locker that she had just been thrown into. The metal dented a small amount, but refused to give way. Kagome sighed and gave up. As much as she wanted to kill something right now, an inanimate locker would not satisfy her. She gathered her books and made her way to the commons. 'Thank god for lunch' she thought to herself, tracing the routine path through the sea of students as she had done so many times before. Lunch was her one window in the day where she could be at peace. No one bothered to push her into lockers or stop and make some insulting comment. They were to busy eating.
Kagome was pretty, downright hot if you asked the right people, but she wasn't proud of it. Perfect breasts and a nice ass, curves in all the right places and long raven hair, and she never really considered herself something to look at. She knew she wasn't ugly, but she thought of herself as plain. She was smart, but didn't get better than C's. She never liked homework, so, she never did it. Kagome was easily described as a loner, depressing, and seemed to always get pissed off easily. She always had been a loner, preferring to be alone than with others. Like most loners in High school, she found herself at the bottom of the social food chain. She was always getting harassed in one way or another. Yesterday it was getting punched in the face by Kikyo, today getting shoved into a locker by Bankotsu and Ginkotsu.
Kagome sighed and sat down, pulling her guitar from it's case. That guitar was one of her only friends. She went everywhere with it, often playing her sorrow away. She tuned the aged cherry finish Gibson SG, and found a pick. She ran a hand over the smooth curve of one of the SG's devil horns, then ran the pick across the strings. She slowly drifted into music mode and forgot her surroundings, just playing. She didn't ever realize what she was playing, nor did she care, the music had taken her away. She began to sing. The song was Tequila Sunrise by the Eagles.
It's Another Tequila Sunrise
Staring Slowly 'cross the sky
They said goodbye
He was just a hired hand
Working on a dream he planed to try
The days go by
Every night when the sun goes down
Just another boy in town
And she's out running round
She wasn't just another woman
And he couldn't keep from coming on
It's been so long
And it's such a hollow feeling
When it comes down to dealing friends
It never ends
Take another shot of courage
I wonder why the right words never come
You just get numb
It's another tequila sunrise
This whole world still looks the same
Another friend
As she finished she heard a moderate amount of clapping. She looked up to see a few dozen students from the surrounding tables looking over at her, several of them clapping. She was somewhat taken back. 'I'm not that good, am I?' she asked herself silently. She bowed her head at her audience and they gradually went back to their lunches. She looked back at her guitar. "It's another Tequila Sunrise, Kags." The voice surprised her, and she looked up sharply. Her only friend other than her SG was sitting across the table from her. "Mi-Miroku…" he shook his head a little. Another voice came from her right. "Not bad, Girl, not bad." Before Kagome could turn she heard a familiar song. She just watched his fingers run over the strings with ease. His custom painted B.C. Rich Beast almost glowing. She followed the arm up to his shoulder then to his face. His long silver hair cascading down behind him, with a few trimmed wisps falling into his eyes. When he looked up at her he smiled and she gasped. His eyes were the color of amber. He began to sing. Kagome was lost in his eyes and his voice she didn't even notice what he was singing, she was just drowning in his amber eyes.
The song ended moments before the bell rang. Kagome was practically gasping for breath when he walked away waving back at her. "Catch you later… Kags." He said with one last backward glance before rounding the corner. Miroku sat staring at Kagome, a grin playing across his face. "Kagome…" he waved a hand in front of her face. "Who was he?" she gasped out. Miroku chuckled. He's my girlfriend's stepbrother. They just moved here on Friday. Why, you want to meet him?" he asked, raising an eyebrow. Kagome never liked meeting new people, but it was fairly obvious that he had just gained a one-girl fan club. "His name is InuYasha. He's a Bishii all right, but don't let that fool you, he's a jerk with an attitude. You two should get along just fine." Kagome clapped her hands together. "Great! Now figure out some way to get us all together today after school." She said, closing the SG's case. She was about to leave when she stopped suddenly. She turned around and glared at Miroku. "WAIT! Since when do you have a girlfriend?" he stammered for a few seconds before bolting out through the door to the gym.
Kagome walked into last block study hall in the band room gleefully. She had been daydreaming about InuYasha all day, but now it was time to forget about him and play her guitar. Last block study hall was never really a "study" hall where ever you were. It didn't help that hers happened to be in the band room. Nor that it was with Miroku. She went over to her usual Spider 2 amp and plugged in. Miroku walked in and sat behind his Yamaha drum set. "Hay Kags…" she mumbled an unintelligible response as she set up all the distortions she wanted. "I'm sorry about not telling you about Sango, Kags." Kagome looked up at him and smiled a little. "It's okay. You know I can't stay mad at you." Miroku looked away. "I know, but still…" Kagome hugged him tightly. "You're forgiven, now hush up and start playing before I reconsider that." He looked into her eyes and Kagome closed the space between them, kissing him on the lips. Someone cleared their throat loudly behind them, startling both of them. A tall girl about their age was fuming behind Miroku. "Just what the fuck do you think you're doing?" Miroku whirled around to face her. "S-Sango!" she turned her head away. "No. I don't want to hear it." Miroku hung his head. "It's not what you think." Sango was about to knock him out when a hand settled on her shoulder. "Take it easy, San. They are just friends." Kagome froze up and immediately went back to setting up her stuff. It was InuYasha.
InuYasha sat down on the amp next to hers and plugged his custom Beast into it. He strummed a few times, before looking over at Miroku expectantly. Sango had calmed down after Miroku had explained the situation. Since he and Kagome had both been alone for a long time, they had gained "benefits". Sango accepted that and began to set up her custom Strat Base. After some awkward introductions, they were all set up and ready to play something. Miroku glanced at InuYasha's expectant stare and thought of the best song he knew. "Bohemian Rhapsody." He said, attempting to find one that he could show up InuYasha in, as he always loved to do. Kagome sighed. "That has a piano part, Dumbass." Miroku just stared back, realizing that he had made a complete fool of himself. InuYasha and Sango both laughed. But were soon drowned out by the Piano Solo from Bohemian Rhapsody. They all turned to the direction of the sound. A freshman named Shippou sat at a keyboard playing it with ease. InuYasha looked from Miroku to Kagome, then back to Shippou. "Damn kid, that's one way to suck up to upperclassmen. Get you Keyboarding ass over here." Kagome said in amazement. InuYasha grinned. "We got our own band right here. Now lets see what we can do. I'll take rhythm, Kags, you take Solo. Miroku, Sango, uh… whatever your name is… you know what to do." Everyone nodded. After Shippou formally introduced himself. They began to perform the greatest song in modern musical history. And they did it flawlessly.
Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide,
No escape from reality.
Open your eyes,
Look up to the skies
And see.
I'm just a poor boy.
I need no sympathy.
'Cause I'm easy come, easy go.
A little high, little low.
Anyway the wind blows,
Doesn't really matter
To me. To me.
Mama, just killed a man,
But a gun against his head,
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead.
Mama! Life had just begun.
But now I've gone and thrown it all away
Mama! Ooh!
Didn't mean to make you cry
If I'm not back this time tomorrow,
Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters.
To late, my time has come.
Sends shivers down my spine
Body's aching all the time
Goodbye everybody.
I've got to go.
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth.
Mama! Ooh! I don't want to die
Sometimes wish I never been born at all.
Kagome played the solo Flawlessly, never missing a beat and Shippou nailed his entrance.
I se a little shillowetto of a man
Scaramuch! Scaramush! Will you do the Fandango?
Thunderbolt and Lightning, Very very frightening, Me!
Galileo, Galileo, Galileo, Figaro!
Magnifico!
I'm just a poor boy nobody loves me
He's just a poor boy from a poor family
Save him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come easy go, will you let me go?
Bis-Mil-Ah! NO! We will not let you go! Let him go.
Bis-Mil-Ah! NO1 we will not let him go! Let me go.
Bis-Mil-Ah! NO! Will not let you go! Let me go.
Let me go, let me go, let me go,
Never, Never, Never let you go.
Mama Mia let me go!
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me, For me, For Me!
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye?
So you think you can love me and leave me to die?
Cant do this to me baby, just gotta get out.
Just gotta get right out of here.
Oh Yeah!
Oh Yeah!
Nothing really matters,
Anyone can see,
Nothing really matters,
Nothing really matters to me.
Any way the wind blows.
There is a massive applause and cheering coming from all around the school and the five of them sat stunned by their own talent. The principal rushed through the door, somewhere between amazed and furious. "You all know better than to play that loud during school hours. I want to see all of you in my office. NOW!" he stormed out. Kagome glanced from Miroku to shippou to Sango to InuYasha." He looked back at her and nodded. "Completely Worth it." They followed the principal down the hall, and had to fight back laughter when the principal started singing it softly.