A/N: Here we are with a Highschool fic...just, expect the unexpected!
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Jakotsu buried his head into his pillow as the alarm clock rang at his bedside table. "Jakotsu wake up!" His best friend Bankotsu's father called through his bedroom door. "You'll be late!"
"I don't care! I've already told you I'm not going to school!" Jakotsu yelled, his voice muffled by the pillow.
"Jakotsu come on, we've got auditions for battle of the bands today!" Bankotsu said ripping the purple blanket off his friend.
"But its still school!" Jakotsu whined, pulling his legs up so that he was tucked into a ball.
"C'mon we need your voice man!" Bankotsu whined.
Jakotsu sighed. "Fine, fine. But only because I'm getting cold." He said, getting up.
"Your clean clothes are outside the bathroom, no one's touched your makeup today. And I'll see ya at breakfast."
Jakotsu yawned, stepping into the shower just long enough to wash his hair and face. He got out and dried himself off, picking his purple silk snake boxers out of the pile of clothes. He got dressed, pinned his hair up and did his normal make-up routine after brushing his teeth and walked into the kitchen.
"Hey." He greeted everyone drowsily, still tired.
"Hmm, Jakotsu, I haven't seen that shirt before, just make it?" Bankotsu asked pointing to the pink scale-pattern shirt he wore.
"Hmm? Oh, yeah." Jakotsu smiled at it. "Like it?"
"Pretty nice." He agreed finishing off his piece of toast and grabbing his guitar. "C'mon we're meeting Suikotsu at the corner."
Jakotsu grabbed up another piece of toast before following his friend. "Coming!"
"Jakotsu!" Bankotsu's father called. "You forgot your guitar."
"Oh, thanks. Sorry about that." Jakotsu said with an embarrassed grin.
He strapped the guitar over his shoulder and followed Bankotsu, who was conversing with a slightly older brown haired boy, who was carrying a much larger case like the others. "Hello." Jakotsu greeted him with a smile. "What's up?"
"Nothing, but Renkotsu's late and he's the only one with a car." Suikotsu noted running a hand through his shaggy brown hair.
"Asshole's probably still asleep." Jakotsu grumbled.
Just as he said that an old car screeched up and a boy wearing a black bandana stuck his head out the window. "Sorry, car wouldn't start." He explained narrowing his eyes.
"Heard it before." Jakotsu rolled his eyes as they piled into the car.
"Hey, once I get this thing fully restored it'd be worth a load." Renkotsu snapped as Bankotsu got in the passenger's seat. "Do you KNOW what a fully restored '66 Ford Mustang's worth, freak?" He asked Jakotsu looking through the rear-view mirror.
"Yeah, yeah, heard it before. It's worth a bundle RESTORED. Not as a hunk of metal like this one is."
"I'll get it fixed." Renkotsu snapped as they pulled into the parking lot of Sengoku High. "At least it's not a pansy car."
"My car will look better than yours and be worth way more too." Jakotsu said, waving his hand dismissively.
"Yeah, if you can get a '68 Camaro I'll believe you." Renkotsu snapped.
"Consider yourself believing already!"
"Yeah, right."
"You're just jealous is all."
"Me? Jealous of you? Keep dreaming, freak." Renkotsu laughed. "Auditions are in the afternoon right?" He asked Bankotsu, who nodded.
Jakotsu fumed. "You'll see!" He said as he crossed his arms.
"Calm down you two." Suikotsu laughed. "Don't act like children."
"Well he started it." Jakotsu huffed.
"C'mon, we don't need to be late!"
"Ok, ok!" Jakotsu yelled, trying to catch up with them.
When they got inside they all broke off to their classes with quick 'see ya at lunch'. The halls were busy with students pushing each other to get through, and they quickly lost site of each other as they moved through the hoards of people.
Jakotsu finally got to his first class and sat down in the back, like he usually did. The teacher took a quick head count, which was really nothing, just her scanning the room to see if the troublemakers were missing or not. A few people passed by Jakotsu's desk; he kept his eyes lowered just so no confrontations came about.
His mind was on the battle of bands, and how he was going to get that car so he could hit Renkotsu with it. 'Bankotsu might not like me mauling him though....' His thoughts continued like that. 'And we do need our drummer...' he added as an afterthought. 'I wonder how many times I'd have to run him over to kill him...I wonder is his auto-body repair teacher makes him take his bandana off.' The last thought caused Jakotsu to laugh a little.
'And then his head shines in the light and reflects it into people's so that they can't see.' He could barely fight the laughs bubbling inside of him.
"Mr. Akimoto, would you mind paying attention?" A sharp voice asked, distracting Jakotsu from his thoughts.
Jakotsu looked up sharply and shrugged. "I guess so." He conceded without much thought.
The teacher sighed. "You have an assignment due next week." She started explaining to the class. "A short story is preferable. Something creative, please." She added pointedly looking at three figures in the corner.
The three figures rolled their eyes and pretended not to notice. "The old bags still mad about when you copied my paper last year." One of them jeered at the other.
"I'd prefer not to be referred to as an old bag, Mr. Ookami." She snapped at the boy, he had spiky white blond hair, he was squabbling with his brother, who had gray and black hair. "Now, class dismissed."
"Tch." Both of them said, but smirked at each other anyway. "Let's roll before she finds something else to say to us."
"You guys are so stupid." The last one sneered; he had long black hair in a high ponytail and sharp blue eyes.
"Yeah, yeah Kouga!" The one with white haired grumbled.
"So why do you hang around with us then?" The other asked.
"Cause you're my brothers."
"Tch." They both chorused with their hands in their pockets.
"Look at who it is, boys." Kouga pointed out as Jakotsu walked passed them.
"Ah-ha, the freak boy." One of them sneered with a laugh.
Jakotsu turned sharply and glared at them. "Kouga, Ginta, Hakkaku." He regarded. "I'm so scared," He added with a bit of sarcasm.
The three of them laughed, smirking at him. "You should be." Ginta said.
"Really? Why?"
"Because you've run into us on a bad day." Hakkaku leered.
"Hah. Like that scares me." Jakotsu laughed.
"It should scare." Kouga said dully, not really paying attention.
"Is there a problem here?" Someone asked, from behind Jakotsu.
Jakotsu looked back at the speaker. "No problem, they're just all talk."
"You say that everyday Jakotsu." Bankotsu retorted. "What was it today?"
"They think they're in a bad mood, and they wanna take it out on me."
Renkotsu laughed from behind Bankotsu. "I agree with the freak for once Bankotsu, Kouga is all talk." He remarked with a smirk.
Kouga looked at him sharply. "Care to prove that pyroboy?"
"Anytime wolf boy."
"How about right now then?" Kouga growled, narrowing his eyes.
"Renkotsu, after school or something." Bankotsu demanded narrowing his eyes at Kouga. "He isn't worth it."
Kouga glared dangerously at him. "And what makes you think that?"
"Because you're not worth much Ookami." A new voice sneered; it was Hiten and his two siblings. "Yo Bankotsu, can y'all take Souten for the afternoon, I'm going out and Manten's gonna be at work."
"Raiden." Kouga acknowledged the new comers to the conversation as Bankotsu agreed to take care of the little girl.
"I suppose we can."
Souten glared at Hiten. "I'm 14, I can watch myself!" She protested.
"No you cant, not in our neighborhood." Hiten retorted.
"I'm fine!" She growled at him, crossing her arms angrily.
"Souten, you'll just be hanging around battle of the bands with us." Bankotsu told her shrugging. "C'mon, gym now guys."
Souten heaved a sigh. "...Fine." She groaned as they all took off for their next class.
Hiten, Bankotsu, Renkotsu, and Jakotsu hung around the gym, soon after joined by Suikotsu, and then Hiten excused himself to go talk to a black haired girl they could only assume to be his newest arm candy.
"I'm bored." Jakotsu moaned, not paying any attention to Hiten and the girl like the others were.
"This is such a pointless class." Renkotsu grumbled. "Don't we have to watch the girls run today?" He asked Suikotsu, who nodded, and Jakotsu groaned.
"Why do they torture us like this?" Jakotsu asked no one in particular. "It's so stupid...."
They were ushered outside by the teacher and began the girls' first test. Ayame, Kouga's girlfriend, won by a few yards.
"That'll make his head swell." Bankotsu grumbled as he noticed the winner.
"Just what he needs too." Jakotsu agreed with a sigh.
"Guys up next!" The teacher barked. "Jakotsu, Bankotsu, Kouga, Inuyasha, and Sesshoumaru!"
"Great." Jakotsu groaned, getting up from the gate with Bankotsu. "This'll be fun," he sighed as he saw Kouga smirk at his competitors.
Jakotsu's eyes were then directed to the two silver-haired boys a few feet to the right of he and Bankotsu, both glaring at Kouga. "Inuyasha!" Jakotsu called with a strangely sadistic smile.
The silver haired boy noticed him and jumped, looking a bit unnerved. "Uh..." he stammered, looking around for some place to run to.
"Jakotsu," Bankotsu warned.
Jakotsu pouted, heaving a sigh. "Fine." He mumbled to himself.
They got in their order and the race began, and as expected, Kouga won, with Sesshoumaru in close second, and Bankotsu in close third.
'So pointless.' Bankotsu thought to himself as he came to a halt.
"Good work Bankotsu." Jakotsu congratulated.
"Thanks." Bankotsu said with a small shrug.
"The rest of you will be tested tomorrow." The teacher called. "Get outta my sight."
"What a grump." Jakotsu said, narrowing his eyes at the teacher as they left.
"Lunch time." They chorused. "Half way point of the day." Bankotsu said with a smile.
"Best part of the day." Jakotsu agreed.
"What's on the menu for today anyway?" Bankotsu asked.
"Uhm...food."
"The usual, taco's, burgers, pizza, fries, and whatever else." A female voice told them briskly.
"Uhm thanks?" Bankotsu said, turning toward the speaker curiously.
The black haired girl just shrugged and walked past them, then turned around. "Oh and, good luck on battle of the bands, see you in Trig. Suikotsu." She said disappearing through the ground.
"Hey, you know her, Suikotsu?" Jakotsu asked, peering at his friend questioningly.
"Uhm, yeah she's in a few of my classes." Suikotsu said, staring intently at the ceiling.
"Ohhh...." Jakotsu said, exchanging glances with Bankotsu. "So, what's her name?"
"Kikyou...."
"Hmmm...." Jakotsu said, nodding approvingly.
They got their lunches and sat down at the same secluded table they always sat at, joined by Hiten and his new girlfriend. "Yo, Hiten, where's Manten?" Bankotsu asked curiously.
"Over there." Hiten said, pointing to his brother, still waiting for his lunch.
"But I think he's gonna sit with Souten and her new boyfriend today." He added smirking. He then averted his gaze to Renkotsu. "Damn, man you put enough hot-sauce on that taco?" He asked, Renkotsu shook his head.
"You're gonna smother it!" Hiten proclaimed; though he was starting to smile at the situation.
"Souten has a boyfriend?" Bankotsu questioned, looking around for the younger girl.
"Yeah, that little Shippou punk that hangs with Inuyasha." He said shrugging. "He's okay, he did show up Kouga one day."
Bankotsu laughed. "Really? The GREAT Kouga got shown up by HIM?" He asked, exaggerating the 'great' part with a smile.
"Yeah, Kouga was flirting with that Kagome girl, and Shippou dumped this big bucket of cold water on his head, then went and told Ayame and Inuyasha what Kouga was doing and needless to say the wolf boy got the shit beat outta him." Hiten laughed.
Bankotsu laughed as well. "Poor guy, it must have sucked getting beat up by Inuyasha AND that weird chick of his."
"Getting beat up by a girl is bad enough." Renkotsu smirked pouring more hot sauce onto his taco.
"I swear you're gonna set your ass on fire, man." Hiten warned him, pointing to the taco. "It's almost nothin' but a mound of hot sauce."
"Fire is my best friend." Renkotsu retorted taking a bite.
"Let's see if it feels the same way." Hiten snorted as he watched Renkotsu's face for signs of disgust or pain.
"Hiten you're not gonna win, he uses the same amount of hot sauce on his taco's everyday, sometimes he has two tacos too." Bankotsu told him as Renkotsu ate his taco, no signs of discomfort showing on his face.
Hiten made a face, twirling his fork in the air as he watched Renkotsu. "That's not right, man."
"Its gotta be spicy." Renkotsu said finishing his taco and popping three Cinnamon breath mints in his mouth after taking a gulp from his drink.
Hiten just stared at him. "That's not right." He repeated as Bankotsu laughed at him.
Renkotsu just shrugged. "I'm Cajun, what do you expect?"
"A little less hot sauce on everything you eat."
"I live for hot sauce." Renkotsu retorted. "But I don't put it on everything, my cooking is naturally spicy so no hot sauce needed."
Hiten rolled his eyes. "Whatever, it still doesn't look natural to me."
Bankotsu and Jakotsu exchanged looks. "Renkotsu is actually a pretty good cook." They chorused shrugging.
"I'll believe it when I see it."
"Okay, you'll see it eventually." Jakotsu said nodding. "So what's the new arm candy Hiten?"
"Hmm? Oh, this is Yura." He introduced her.
They all shrugged and mumbled 'hello' and she smiled a little.
Jakotsu and Bankotsu sighed in unison. "What's up with you two?" Hiten asked.
"I'm bored." Jakotsu said. "Plus our next class is about to start, and I can't stand the teacher."
"Well, I have Trigonometry, which isn't exactly fun." Suikotsu replied.
"But Kikyou will be there." Jakotsu said with a playful smile.
"You make it sound like she's my girlfriend or something!" Suikotsu exclaimed, a small blush crossing his face.
"Well, she's someone you like, right?" Jakotsu asked, taking notice of the blush.
"N-not like that!"
"I never said 'like that'." Jakotsu said, twisting his words. "I was just saying that at least you have SOMETHING to look forward to."
Suikotsu sighed. "The only thing I'm looking forward to is my bass." He told them standing up. "C'mon the bells about to ring."
The others stood as well, sighing, groaning and stretching. "Well, let's get this over with..." Jakotsu groaned as he headed for the door.
"I've got History with old bat Toutousai, don't feel bad." Renkotsu snorted.
"It's better than Science with that old hag Kaede. I really think she's out to try and 'accidentally' blow me up."
"I doubt it. Toutousai's strategy is to lecture us to death." Renkotsu retorted. "See ya soon." He added disappearing into a classroom.
Jakotsu grumbled to himself as he took a few more steps and turned into a classroom as well. "See ya!" He said rather hopelessly, waving at them with teary eyes.
"Jakotsu, don't worry, I'm in here too." Bankotsu reassured him as they walked into the classroom and sat down. "Though Science is really stupid." He added.
"Chemistry, Mr. Nagura, Chemistry!" An elderly woman told him.
"Science, Chemistry, same thing!" Bankotsu declared loudly with a wave of his hand to dismiss it all. Jakotsu smiled, happy that he wouldn't be left alone with the crazy hag and all her experiments.
"Take your seats you two. I know you're itching to get to the Battle of the Bands auditions, but you still have this and another class before you can go." She told them smiling. The rest of the class was filling in and the bell rang, and she started class.
Jakotsu half-listened to everything that she said, waving a bottle of liquid in the air every time she asked the class to show her what the current chemical she was asking for looked like. Fortunately for him, Kaede never looked back to see if he was paying attention or not.
Class ended and they sped to their last class, Algebra II with Mr. Jaken. "This'll be worth a laugh or two." Jakotsu said as he walked in the door and saw the short man trying to get up on a stool with difficulty.
The short man glared at him dangerously. "Jaken." A sharp voice commanded, and he averted his gaze, Jakotsu and Bankotsu looked around to see Sesshoumaru standing behind them.
"Oh, hey Sesshoumaru." They chorused boredly.
Sesshoumaru looked at them, but made no answer, he did not even nod to show that he had heard them. "Hey Sess, you going to the battle of the bands audition?" Jakotsu asked him. Sesshoumaru nodded.
"Awesome." Jakotsu said with a nod of his own as he and Bankotsu took their seats.
Class went by incredibly slow for the two, but when the final bell rang they sped to their lockers to see Renkotsu and Suikotsu already waiting, and Souten shortly joined them. "C'mon guys, we gotta go get our stuff, we play first." Jakotsu said grabbing a folder stuffed with music. "I think they provide the drum set though Renkotsu, so no worries, you broke your bass drum anyway didn't you?" He asked hurriedly. Renkotsu nodded and they all walked out to his car.
Souten looked a bit disgruntled, but no one noticed in their rush. The car slowly revved up after many shouts between Jakotsu and Renkotsu. "Yo Bankotsu, open the glove compartment and get my sticks out." Renkotsu demanded as they pulled into the place where the auditions were being held.
Bankotsu did as he was asked without a second thought, throwing them out the car window into Renkotsu's hands before jumping out of his seat and running after everyone. Souten sighed and followed along as they got in, and signed their names on a list then walked into the auditorium-like room they'd be playing in.
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