Disclaimer: I do not own any of the InuYasha characters. If I did I would be sitting in my hot tub writing autographs to my adoring fans. I also don't own 'Over and Over' by Nelly and Tim McGraw. If I did I'd be RICH! And I would be a guy. I am not a guy. So therefore I cannot be Nelly or Tim McGraw. Wow I am a weirdo…
The Clash of the Bands
Chapter 2
Meet the Boys
InuYasha thought he had the perfect life. He was in a band, had a girlfriend, named Kikyo, who was loyal to him, devoted, and totally in love with him, and he had a best friend, named Miroku. Miroku also was best friends with InuYasha, and they were all friends with Kouga. InuYasha also had an older brother named Sesshomaru. He hardly spoke, but he wrote music, and did sing. InuYasha didn't like him very well. "Hey InuYasha… are we gonna sign up for that contest... what was it called? The Clash of the Bands I think?" Miroku asked, looking towards InuYasha.
"No. We don't need a silly contest to prove we're cool." InuYasha said. Though he believed he was popular, a lot of people just thought he was an ass.
"InuYasha, you were never cool." Sesshomaru stated. This caused InuYasha to growl. Sesshomaru smirked inwardly to himself. Score; Sesshomaru 1, InuYasha 0.
"Fine." grumbled InuYasha, though he was displeased. "Sesshomaru, do you have any new songs?" He asked, though it irritated him to no end that his brother wrote most of the songs that they sang.
Sesshomaru nodded. "Sing the part that is highlighted, I'll sing the other part." Nobody ever wrote down music for Sesshomaru, except for Miroku. Kouga was mostly a figurehead. He knew how to play a guitar, drums, bass, piano, violin… but so did all of them. Kouga was a mean drummer though.
"Uh uh, uh, uh... uh." InuYasha started.
"Cause it's all in my head..." Sesshomaru sang.
"I think about it over and over again." InuYasha looked at the music. He could read the words quite good, which surprised him. Sesshomaru's handwriting was ten times better then InuYasha's, perfect scripture.
"And I can't keep picturing you with him..." Sesshomaru mumbled.
"And it hurts so bad, yeah..." InuYasha whispered.
"Cause it's all in my head." While Sesshomaru was singing, Miroku had started to jot down music, but Sesshomaru handed him a sheet of paper to use, because he couldn't find a piece of paper himself, though there was a notebook at his feet. Sometimes Miroku was incredibly thick-skulled.
"I think about over and over again." InuYasha mumbled.
"I replay it over and over again." Sesshomaru looked at InuYasha. He had once dated the girl he, Sesshomaru liked, had he not? But InuYasha didn't know. And Sesshomaru had never told him, and the girl had never figured it out. Kagome was her name. Every time he thought of her, even just her name, was like a mental caress. It soothed him.
"And I can't take it; I can't shake it, no... I can't wait to see you, wanna see if you still got that look in your eye. That one you had for me, before we said our goodbyes. And it's a shame that we gotta spend our time being mad about the same things." InuYasha looked up at Sesshomaru and shook his head.
"Over and over again." Sesshomaru sang.
"About the same things..." InuYasha repeated.
"Over and over again..." Sesshomaru mumbled. He was starting to hate his younger brother.
"Oh, I think she's leaving. Ah man, she's leaving... I don't know what else to do." InuYasha whispered. This reminded him of... her. But how? He hadn't thought of Kagome in a year or so. He purposely avoided her in the halls at school.
"I can't go on not loving you." Sesshomaru sang. It was pretty sad, that he, Sesshomaru, had a crush on a girl that his brother had dated. But the girl was rather cheerful and almost made him smile. Almost.
"Cause it's all in my head..." InuYasha said.
"I think about it over and over again." Sesshomaru whispered, though his voice never wavered when he lowered it. He looked up at the ceiling.
"And I can't keep picturing you with him..." InuYasha looked at Sesshomaru because Sesshomaru had looked away. He had been jealous of seeing her with Sesshomaru. That was one reason why he broke it off. It hurt to see her so happy in another guys presence.
"And it hurts so bad, yeah." Sesshomaru sang. The girl was perfect for any man, but InuYasha had let her go. Did he really think Kikyo was perfect? He knew Kikyo from his class. And she was very jealous.
"Cause it's all in my head." InuYasha sang.
"I think about over and over again..." Sesshomaru was whispering the lyrics, but he did not care. He had to hide the pain quickly. Obviously nobody had noticed the glitch in his voice except for Miroku, who was staring at him with a look.
"I replay it over and over again." InuYasha sang.
"And I can't take it..." Sesshomaru was now singing louder.
"I can't shake it, no. I remember the day you left, I remember the last breathe you took right in front of me. When you said that you would leave, I was too damn stubborn to try to stop you or say anything... But I see clearly now, and this choice I made keeps playing in my head..." InuYasha whispered.
"Over and over again." Sesshomaru looked at InuYasha, who was looking at him. He stared. He made this song, because InuYasha knew he knew, all about the break-up between him and Kagome.
"Playing in my head." InuYasha was glaring at Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru glared back, as if to say, 'You messed up.'
"Over and over again..." Sesshomaru sang.
"Oh, I think she's leaving. Ah man, she's leaving... I don't know what else to do!" InuYasha exclaimed, though he had left Kagome, not the other way around. He had been cheating on Kagome for a month before he had dumped her, telling her it was never real between them.
"I can't go on not loving you..." Sesshomaru whispered. No one knew of his crush on the girl. Just a crush, but when they had hung out as friends, it seemed as though he was whole. But Kagome had never known of his feelings. She probably never would.
"Cause it's all in my head." InuYasha mumbled.
"I think about it over and over again." Sesshomaru looked at Miroku, who was scribbling away with the pen, writing lines of music. He hadn't noticed Miroku pause and look at Sesshomaru.
"And I can't keep picturing you with him..." As InuYasha sang, Kouga was tapping a beat on his leg, and listening to their voices, with utmost interest.
"And it hurts so bad, yeah." Sesshomaru looked at the ground, at his hands. InuYasha had messed up so much.
"Cause it's all in my head." InuYasha sang, he was looking away from Sesshomaru now. This seemed familiar.
"I think about over and over again..." Sesshomaru whispered. He thought about 'what could have been' a lot now.
"I replay it over and over again..." InuYasha sang. He started wondering what was up with Sesshomaru. He did not realize the song was directed at him. But he did understand the glares Sesshomaru gave him.
"And I can't take it!" Sesshomaru shouted, surprising everyone, making Miroku drop his pen. He recovered quickly though. He knew Sesshomaru would talk to him about it later. They all knew InuYasha had been rude to Kagome, not even giving her a reason for their breakup almost a year ago now.
"I can't shake it, no." InuYasha was eyeballing Sesshomaru now, with curiosity and anger.
"Now that I realize that I'm going down... From all this pain you put me through... Every time I close my eyes, I lock it down... Oh, I can't go on not loving you." Sesshomaru whispered.
"Cause it's all in my head." InuYasha was staring at Sesshomaru now. Sesshomaru had stood and walked to the door though, his back to InuYasha.
"I think about it over and over again..." Sesshomaru whispered. He pulled something from his pocket and then placed it back in his pocket, after glancing at it and letting a smile grace his lip. It was her locket. She had dropped it when she ran from the house and away from InuYasha when he ripped her heart out of her chest.
"And I can't keep picturing you with him." InuYasha was curious as to what Sesshomaru pulled from his pocket. It seemed like necklace or something... he had seen something gold.
"And it hurts so bad, yeah..." Sesshomaru looked at the door, touching it with his palm, to steady himself.
"Cause it's all in my head." InuYasha said, looking at the sheet of music again.
"I think about over and over again..." Sesshomaru whispered.
"I replay it over and over again." InuYasha was certain now, that something was wrong with Sesshomaru.
"And I can't take it." Sesshomaru stated as his hand curled into a fist.
"I can't shake it." InuYasha couldn't shake the feeling.
"Cause it's all in my head." Sesshomaru sang.
"I think about it over and over again..." They both sang. InuYasha looked at Sesshomaru's back. He seemed, tense...
"And I can't keep picturing you with him." Sesshomaru sang.
"And it hurts so bad, yeah." InuYasha sang.
"Cause it's all in my head." Sesshomaru mumbled. His veins were popping out of his arms now.
"I think about over and over again." InuYasha knew Sesshomaru was tense, just by the rigidness of his arms, and his veins showing.
"I replay it over and over again." InuYasha whispered.
"And I can't take it." Sesshomaru whispered.
"I can't shake it, no. Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh..." InuYasha sang, going along with the beat in his head.
"Over and over again... over and over again... cause it's all in my head…" Sesshomaru finished.
"Nice." Miroku and Kouga stated. Miroku set the paper down after finishing writing.
"Could have been better." Sesshomaru stated, "I should have asked a pack mule to sing." He was still quite rigid.
"HEY!" InuYasha shouted. "How dare you say that? That's fucking cruel man." Sesshomaru was rigid. He turned, looked at InuYasha, punched a giant hole in the wall, before opening the door and walking down the stairs. InuYasha was grumbling, but Miroku was deathly quiet, standing up. He coughed.
"Well."
"What the hell was that?" Kouga asked; curiosity and a bit of fear coloring his voice, which cracked in the middle of his sentence.
"Suppressed feelings?"
"Wha-" InuYasha didn't get to finish.
"Who wants pizza?" yelled Mrs. Taisho, but everyone called her Izayoi. Koga, InuYasha, and Miroku walked down the stairs.
"Where is Sesshomaru?" InuYasha asked.
"He left to go get the pizza..." She said, and sure enough, a minute later, Sesshomaru came in with a couple boxes, half and half. He set them down and let everyone chow down. He gave Izayoi some money, before walking out. "I will be back, Izayoi." He stated. She simply nodded.
"Where's he going?" Kouga asked; looking very confused that he didn't even touch a slice of pizza.
"Where he normally does." Was Izayoi's reply. Kouga looked confused.
"Wh-"
"Don't worry about it."
That is the end of this chapter. Is it good so far? Gah, revising, bittersweet... I also decided to write another chapter for 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams'... Sorry for not telling. Anyway.
Thanks and Ja Ne!
Jaime
