Disclaimer: I do not own any of the InuYasha characters. If I did I'd be sitting in my hot tub with adoring fans wanting my autograph while writing the next InuYasha book. I also don't own the song, "Say My Name" by Destiny's Child.

The Clash of the Bands: Re-made

Chapter One

Meet the Girls:

Kagome, Sango, Ayame, and Rin had always been friends. They had known each other since they were in diapers. Well since they were born because they were best friends and their parents were best friends, all born in the same month. They had a band and everything any of them every wanted, partly because their family's had good jobs and all that junk. The only thing they didn't have was a record deal... Here is how our story goes...

Kagome was sitting in her room with Sango, Rin, and Ayame. "Hey, Kagome? When are you gonna write some more songs? We really need to prepare for the contest!" Ayame shouted in glee. She was really bored, but the contest had been in her mind for a few weeks now. Plus… a guy she was crushing on. His name was Kouga, but she didn't tell that to anyone. Not even these three, her very best of friends.

"I already began working on one. Wanna hear it?" Kagome asked.

"Yeah." Sango replied.

"Why not?" Rin said. Out of them all, Rin was born the latest; a few days after Ayame. Sango had been born the 3rd on September, Kagome the 4th, Ayame the 8th, and Rin the 10th. They celebrated their birthdays together, as had been tradition in their lives. Kagome had always been the songwriter and lead singer with Ayame, Sango the drummer, and Rin the bass guitar and backup singer. Not that any of them were bad singers, but they preferred to listen to Kagome's voice. She had a natural singing voice. She never thought when she sang, she just did. Unless of course, it was stress induced. They had been reaching for this contest forever. Signing up every year, and getting turned away. But this year, they had signed up especially early. They were not going to be denied. They knew they could be the best band ever if they reached for their goals.

"Ready? We also have to make up a beat for it, because I haven't had time. I've been stressed to the max thinking about ways to get over..." Kagome said, as she looked at the rest of them, her voice cutting off. "Anyway." Ayame rolled her eyes.

"Just sing." Ayame said.

"Say my name, say my name, when no one is around you, say baby 'I love you'."

"If you ain't running games." She paused. "I need one of you to sing that part." Sango volunteered.

"Say my name, say my name. You're acting kind of shady. Ain't calling me baby... Betta say my name..." Kagome finished the beginning, more or less an 'Introduction' part. Sango was reading the music, showing Rin the beat she had in her mind. Ayame was also writing a beat down, more or less a base beat. "The other day, I would call, you would say. 'Baby, how's your day?' but today, it ain't the same. Every other word is a 'Huh? Yeah, okay.' Could it be that you are at the crib with another lady?" Kagome learned that from personal experience with that one. Because of InuYasha, with Kikyo, but she couldn't think of that now. "If you took it there, first of all, let me say. I am not the one, to sit around, and be played. So prove yourself to me. I'm a girl that you crave. Why won't you say the things that you said to me yesterday? I know you said never at the start of things, something's going down that's the way it seems... shouldn't be no reason while your acting strange cause, nobody's holding you back from me..." She whispered. "Cause I know how you usually do, when you're saying everything to me times two... Why can't you just tell the truth? If somebody's there then tell me, who?" She looked at Sango as Sango handed her the piece of paper, though her voice never missed a beat.

" Say my name, say my name. When no one is around you, say "Baby, I love you", if you ain't running games... Say my name, say my name. You're acting kind of shady, ain't calling me baby... Why the sudden change?" Indeed, when InuYasha stopped calling her nicknames, she began to wonder why he stopped, but at the same time she was glad he had. Began called 'baby' and 'honey' got annoying after awhile, kind of like he was confused of her name. Though she didn't think her and Kikyo looked alike, everyone else always pointed out their similarities."Say my name, say my name. If no one is around you, say "Baby, I love you." If you ain't running games... say my name, say my name... You're acting kind of shady, ain't calling me baby. Betta say my name..." She looked at Sango and started comparing what her and Rin had just wrote for the music. She nodded her head in approval, smiling around her words. She loved beats, and music.

"There's evidence, tell the truth, who are you with? How would you like it if, I came over with my click? Don't try to change it now... Saying you gotta bounce, when two seconds ago, said you just got in the house." There was evidence too, shoes that Kagome didn't remember buying, lipstick tubes... And Kagome only wore a certain type of lipstick, bra's Kagome had never saw before, that weren't her size. "It's hard to believe that you are at home, by yourself. When I just head the boys or the voice of someone else. Just this question why, do you feel, you gotta lie? Been caught up in your game. Are you kidding? Say my name!" She sang with such emotion in her voice."I know you said never at the start of things, something's going down that's the way it seems, shouldn't be no reason while your acting strange, if nobody's holding you back from me. Cause I know how you usually do, when you're saying everything to me times two, why can't you just tell the truth? If somebody's there then tell me who? Say my name, say my name. When no one is around you, say 'Baby, I love you', if you ain't running games... Say my name, say my name. You're acting kind of shady, ain't calling me baby... Why the sudden change?" InuYasha had acted strange for a long while.

"Say my name, say my name. If no one is around you, say "Baby, I love you." If you ain't running games... say my name, say my name... You're acting kind of shady, ain't calling me baby. Betta say my name..." She sang."Oh..." She whispered. "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah..." She looked down at the music sheet again. "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah..." She raised her eyebrows. "I know you said never at the start of things, something's going down that's the way it seems, shouldn't be no reason while your acting strange, if nobody's holding you back from me. Cause I know how you usually do, when you're saying everything to me times two, why can't you just tell the truth? If somebody's there then tell me who?" She asked the air.

"Say my name, say my name. When no one is around you, say 'Baby, I love you', if you ain't running games... Say my name, say my name. You're acting kind of shady, ain't calling me baby... Why the sudden change?" He had changed awfully suddenly. "Say my name, say my name. If no one is around you, say "Baby, I love you." If you ain't running games... say my name, say my name... You're acting kind of shady, ain't calling me baby. Betta say my name..." Yeah, he should have said her name when she asked him to choose between her and Kikyo. But then again… she couldn't even think it. "Say my name, say my name. When no one is around you, say "Baby, I love you", if you ain't running games... Say my name, say my name. You're acting kind of shady, ain't calling me baby... Why the sudden change?" The very thought of InuYasha made her fume, though she knew she still loved him and should cry it out, anger seemed easier. "Say my name, say my name. If no one is around you, say "Baby, I love you." If you ain't running games... say my name, say my name... You're acting kind of shady, ain't calling me baby. Betta say my name..." She finished in a whisper.

Sango and Rin were staring at Kagome with awe. "That was awesome Kagome!" They stated, before they started working on dance moves, though Kagome didn't really see why you should dance to a song of such passion, and blatantly stared at the time.

"This music is awesome. It's really a new sound Kagome, more in pain and loss of love and all." Ayame pointedly said to Kagome, who narrowed her eyes in return. They worked on the music, then practiced for a few hours. "Yay! We're finished!" Ayame shouted her excitement.

"Who wants pizza?" Mrs. Higurashi yelled up the stairs. All four girls jumped up off the bed and ran down the stairs. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Mrs. Higurashi yelled as she was basically run over by four hungry girls. Mrs. Higurashi heard a small, 'Sorry!' After practicing for that long, they were bound to be hungry.

Kagome and the others practically grabbed half of the pizza boxes and ran back upstairs. "Thanks mom!" The four girls yelled, though she was only Kagome's mother.

"You're welcome!" Mrs. Higurashi yelled back, in a singsong kind of voice.

There were three pizzas' left on the table. Buyo (Kagome's cat) had jumped onto the top of the fridge to get out of the way of the girls.

In Kagome's room:

"Yummy!" Ayame exclaimed around a bite of the pizza. One thing she couldn't resist, was the meat lover's. One thing anyone of them couldn't resist that is. She sighed in contentment and leaned back on the beanbag chair. "So, what are we singing for the contest? That song?"

Kagome pondered for a moment, already working on her second piece of pizza. "I dunno. I have a feeling that won't win us anything, but you never know. We'll find out when we get the papers with what type of music there will be for the first stage of the contest."

Sango ate thoughtfully, while Rin chewed slowly, eat bite fifty times. She looked as thoughtful as Sango. "What day is the contest?"

"June 18th."

"Hm."

"I really hope we get past the first round. I don't want to lose. I want to be noticed, and finally get out of this town. It's really not a bad place, but still. It'd be a fresh start, and something I could do for the rest of my life."

"Yeah." Ayame agreed. "I wouldn't mind."

They all nodded in agreement.

That's the end of this chapter. Wait until the next one! It's about the guys of InuYasha. It will have a good song too! I don't know how many chapters I should have this be. I'm thinking about 5 to 10. Maybe longer. You guys decide! I will be updating 'Truth or Dare, With a Twist' soon too. I am not going to update, 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams' and if I do it will be about InuYasha, Sango, Miroku, Shippo, Kikyo, or Sesshomaru dying.

I don't want Sesshomaru to die because I love him so much. Anyway, this was the first chapter of ' The Clash of the Bands: Re-made' I am trying to write longer chapters to all my stories, but sadly. I'm getting nowhere. -.-; T.T;; So I'll keep trying to make longer chapters for ya'll!

Thanks and Ja Ne!

Jaime