Another quick update because this story is just so easy to write at the moment but I have to really work on my other stories. So I have to chill on these updates for the moment.

Confessions of a High School Freak

Hey, hey, you, you, I don't like your girlfriend
No way, no way, I think you need a new one
Hey, hey, you, you, I could be your girlfriend

-Avirl Lavigne "Girlfriend"

Confession #2: I Have Stage Fright

"I'm gonna be a main event, like no king was before. I'm brushing up on looking down. I'm working on my ROAR!"

Buyo ran to take cover under the coffee table as my roar echoed throughout the room. I say it's definitely better than it was last week. I was standing on the couch shouting out the lyrics to Simba's I Just Can't Wait to be King. It's a bad habit I've picked up over the years.

"Oh I just can't wait to be king!" I shouted loudly hopping around on the couch.

Ding Dong, Ding Dong, Ding Dong!

I quickly hit pause before hopping off the couch to retrieve the twenty from the cookie jar.

"You know what that is, Buyo?" I asked as I walked passed him, once he finally emerged from beneath the table. "PIZZA!" I yelled, throwing open the front door.

I wasn't met with a steamy box of pizza, but a silver headed hanyou instead. And that hanyou did not seem happy at all.

"Oh, it's just Inuyasha, Buyo. No need to get all happy." I called over my shoulder before facing Inuyasha again. I wonder if it would be safe to let him in yet; I kept my stance in front of the entrance just for caution.

"Heard you got in a fight with Kikyo today in gym," He said in monotone, looking down at me.

"I wouldn't call it a fight really. I would say… more of a spirited argument where I accidently tripped and she came down with me. You know I have two left feet."

"Mmhmm…" He didn't seem to be buying it. "Sesshoumaru said it was crazy. All out war. Face it Kags, it was a fight."

"But every man's dream fight," I pointed out, using Bankoutsu's descripition.

"Kagome. You attacked my girlfriend!"

"She pushed me, Inuyasha! And then she treated me like a dog! I'm not just going to stand there and take that crap!" I yelled back throwing my hands in the air. I hated it when Inuyasha stuck up for Kikyo like she's some sort of queen. It's so sick how she has him wrapped around her bony little finger.

"She didn't get detention!"

"Because she wasn't caught!"

"Kagome, Kagome, Kagome. What am I going to do with you?"

"For God's sake, leave me alone! I don't need this right now." I made a move to slam the door in his face but he slid right past me and into the living room taking in my bowl of Rocky Road and the paused Lion King, before I could even close the door an inch.

"I thought I heard obnoxious singing."

"Yeah, well if you don't mind I'd like to continue to drown my sorrows with my obnoxious singing." I could tell he wanted an explanation as to what my sorrows were but I hit play before he could question.

"No one saying do this!"

"Kagome I—"

"No one saying be there!"

"Kagome-"

"No one saying stop that!"

"Would you stop and lis—"

"No one saying see here!"

I resumed my hoppy dance on the couch, singing at the top of my lungs and ignoring Inuyasha's pleas for me to get down and listen to what he was trying to say. I didn't want to hear him lecture me on treating his girlfriend better or how we should just get along. All I needed was my movie.

"Free to run around all day!"

"Kagome!"

"Free to do it all my way!"

"Kagome, please."

"Kings don't need advice from little hornbills for a start!" I was hopping around on the ground now, shimming like I was having a seizure and ignoring Inuyasha who was beginning to get annoyed.

"Kagome would you stop singing for once?"

I hummed loudly around Zazu's part.

"KAGOME!"

"OH, I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO BE KING!" I screamed loudly in Inuyasha's face as he rolled his eyes, frustrated.

Ding Dong!

"Everybody look left!" I sang as I pointed towards the door on my left before grabbing the twenty I had shoved in my pocket. "Everybody look right!" I looked back at Inuyasha, smirking as I headed towards the door. "Everywhere you look I'm…" I swung the door open, not caring if the pizza man thought I was crazy. "Standing in the spotlight!"

"Let every creature go for broke and sing!" The pizza man sang back and I realized it was Bankoutsu balancing my pizza on one hand and smiling at me and I couldn't help but smiled back.

"Let's hear it in the herd and on the wing!" We sang together.

"It's gonna be King Simba's finest fling!" Bankoutsu sang loudly, probably disturbing the neighbor's, and I let him in the house before they started calling the police.

"Oh I just can't wait to be King!" I yelled.

"Oh I just can't wait to be King!" Bankoutsu yelled back.

"OH I JUST CAN'T WAAAAIT…..TO BE KING!" We both belted out loudly at the last line. I laughed a while before moving past a confused Inuyasha to hit pause.

"Why on earth would you let a stranger in your house, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked, slightly irritated.

Why on earth are you dating Kikyo?I wanted to ask, but I keep my mind and mouth disconnected so I don't blurt stuff like that out.

"Bankoutsu is my newest friend that I met in detention today." I said grabbing Bankoutsu by the arm, bringing him closer to meet Inuyasha.

"Oh, that's promising," Inuyasha mumbled under his breath and I shot him a glare.

"It was a good thing too because not only did he get me to the DMV, but he actually sang with me unlike you who only wanted to lecture me on why I shouldn't tackle your girlfriend in a puddle of mud."

"Once again I call her my hero. The girl who takes down that b—" Bankoutsu thankfully caught my silent stop it sign and he stopped before the word we both were thinking passed his lips. Inuyasha would murder anyone who called Kikyo out of her name. "Uh, so how did that test go?" He asked setting the pizza down on the coffee table.

"I failed…again. And it's all your fault!" I yelled at him, narrowing my eyes.

"My fault?"

"Yeah. I drank that entire fountain drink you gave me and when I was supposed to go on the highway, I floored it all the way to WacDonalds to use the bathroom. I was doing sixty in a thirty-five mile lane."

"Ha!" Bankoutsu started cracking up, clutching his stomach. "I told you to get the small."

"And not be able to burn a whole in your wallet? I don't think so," I laughed along with him. Then I noticed Inuyasha looking kind of tense watching us laugh and I straightened up. "So how much do I owe you?"

"12.57," he answered straitening up himself as well, getting more professional. I handed him the twenty and he gave me four dollars back.

"Hey, twenty minus twelve fifty-seven is seven bucks and change." I said holding my hand out for more money. I usually don't even tip the pizza men because I'd rather keep my money and it's not a crime to not tip the delivery boy. My mom says they'll spit in my pizza for being such a bad tipper, one of these days, but being a cheapskate rules out paranoia.

"I just made it easier for you by taking out my own tip. I say three dollars is fair considering I did sing I Just Can't Wait to be King with you."

"How did you know all the words anyways?" I asked, genuinely intrigued. Was he Lion King obsessed too? Because that would be amazing.

"It's a secret." He told me winking before heading out my front door.

Of course he had a secret. All Freaks have a secret.

"You two seem to know each other pretty well," Inuyasha commented as he moved to sit beside me on the couch. I hit play to see the rest of Simba and Nala's adventure before I lifted the top of the box to pull out a piece of pizza. I propped my feet up on his lap like I always did when we watched movies together.

"Bank and I? Yeah, he was pretty cool during detention," I said absentmindedly as I bit into my pizza, eyes glued to the T.V.

"Hmm…"

"What was that 'hmm' about?" I asked him, raising my brow as I shot him a look out of the corner of my eye.

"Nothing just…I don't like that guy."

"Why not?" I asked immediately lifting my back from the seat. I don't like Kikyo but you don't see me complaining about it (tackling her in the mud was taking action not complaining). "You don't even know him."

"It's just… He gives me that odd feeling. Like…I don't know, but it's not right."

"Well I wasn't asking you how you feel about it and anybody who can sing Lion King with me and get me to the DMV is alright with me," I stated, falling back against the seat. Who cares what Inuyasha thinks? He certainly didn't ask me how I felt when he started dating the Wicked Whore of the West. If he did, I would have told him that Kikyo is a bitch and he should just go out with me. (I actually probably wouldn't tell him that because that would be telling him I was in love with him, but I wouldn't hesitate to share my disapproval of Kikyo).

"Kagome," he began, noticing my grumpy demeanor, "I didn't mean it like—"

"Shh," I hushed him. "I'm watching the movie."

"Fine." he grounded out before relaxing into the couch leaning over my legs to grab a piece of pizza. This is how it should always be. Just the two of us relaxed on my couch watching Lion King. But no, he had to go and get himself matched up with Kikyo and just screw everything up.

I hate Inuyasha for that.

~0~

"So are you coming or not?" Inuyasha asked from my front door, dressed in his trunks and a t-shirt with his towel wrapped around the back to his neck.

"I think I'm going to pass this time."

"Oh come on, Kags. It's swimming. You love swimming." He tried to encourage me, giving me that charming smile I loved too much.

"Yeah, well… I'm just not in the mood," I lied, stepping back from the door a bit. I can never not be in the mood to go take a dip in the pool. Unless its Kikyo's indoor pool. Then we have a problem.

"Then what do you plan on doing on this lovely Saturday?" He asked raising his brow.

"I don't know, start my packet of make-up work, call Sango to see if she wants to go to the movies? Heck, maybe I'll take up Bank's offer and listen to his band today. Really, the possibilities are endless."

I noticed how Inuyasha's smile started to disappear at the mention of Bank's name. What is his problem? Bank is only a friend who invited me to his garage to listen to his band play. And Inuyasha only knew Bank for about two seconds, which really made his disliking of him irrational.

"I don't see why you don't want to go swimming with us."

"Because I highly doubt Kikyo really wants to see the girl who got her covered from head to toe in mud and I'm finally just going to be honest with you; I don't like Kikyo."

"Can't you at least try to get along?" Inuyasha begged.

"No." I slammed the door shut in his face and locked it. I didn't want to talk to Inuyasha at ten thirty in the morning so he could lure me into the demon's pool. That just was not happening. The last thing I want is to be stuck watching those two play footsies in the pool while I look stupid being the third wheel. Even the make-up work is more appealing than that.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled from the other side of the door but I ignored him and headed up the steps so I could take a shower.

A good twenty minutes later I emerged from the steamy bathroom with a towel wrapped around my body and headed towards my room. I opened my door and there on my bed was Inuyasha with a determined look in his eye.

"What did I tell you about sneaking into my room?" I scolded him before moving to my closet and pulling out a pair of dark jeans and my "Easily Distracted" shirt written in green lettering. Miroku told me that it should say, "Easily Distracting" because the words are right over my chest so I don't wear the shirt around him anymore.

"You are going swimming with us."

"No, I'm actually not." I walked over to my dresser to pull out my underclothes and a green tank top.

"Come on Kagome, please?"

"Tell me one reason why I should go to Kikyo's—the girl who hates me—house with you?" I asked making my way back to my closet, shutting the door so I could get dressed in its small confines.

"So I can see your sexy body in a bikini."

Thank God I was in the closet because I was tomato red. I wishhe thought about me like that, but no. He's all wrapped up in Kikyo. "I don't believe you."

"I'm serious," he insisted, a stupid smile obviously trickling over his face. "I could look at your body all day. Remember when you flashed me when we were five?" I snorted, again glad that I was in the closet to hide my reddening face. The things I did when I was five. "I still dream about that day."

"That makes you a pedophile!"

"Really Kagome," Inuyasha continued, trying not to laugh, "your body haunts my imagination."

"Really?" I cracked the closet door open just a bit and stuck my bare leg out and poked my head around the corner to see Inuyasha staring at me wide eyed. "Should I show you the rest?"

"No. I'm, uh… I'm good."

"That's what I thought." I said before I pulled my leg back in and slipped into my clothes before emerging completely from my cramped closet.

"Where are you going?"

"I told you, I'm heading to the garage to see Bank's band play. The former Chick Bangers."

"What?"

"It was a tough time for them," I shrugged, deciding to ignore the look of horror on Inuyasha's face. I walked over to my vanity and pulled my hair into a sloppy bun and began applying some mascara. I gave up on eyeliner ever since I practically poked my eye out.

"Do you really need to put make up on just to see the band play?" I looked over my shoulder and gave Inuyasha a funny look, not sure why he suddenly cared. He coughed and looked away. "Nevermind."

"You're acting kind of strange," I pointed out. "Maybe you should go to the doctor."

"Kagome you just met the guy yesterday," Inuyasha said, ignoring my suggestion. "In detention. Are you sure you can trust him?"

"Inuyasha, you're not my dad and Bank sang Lion King and that qualifies him for good friendship any day which means he's trustworthy. Now," I said turning to face him, "stop worrying."

"You know I can't stop worrying about you."

My heart melts every time he says something sincere like that. I almost feel really special to him until I remember it was Kikyo he was making out with in the hall yesterday. And that it was Kikyo he kissed in the middle of our last football game, causing the whole crowd to "Awwww" while I went to go find myself a barf bag to "gaaaaagggg."

"'Well…I'm an adult and I can do stuff by myself," I said sticking my nose in the air while grabbing one of my jackets and shoving my feet into my muddy converse.

"I say you're an adult when you get a license."

"I had to pee!" I argued before we both laughed and bounded down the steps and out the front door and then down the trillion shrine steps before going our separate ways; me on the sidewalk and Inuyasha in his car.

"So I'll see you later?" he asked as I began to walk down the sidewalk.

"Yeah!" I yelled over my shoulder squinting through the sun to catch a glimpse of his unique amber eyes. "Twister is waiting for us this afternoon!"

"Alright!" he yelled back before flying down the street in the opposite direction. Just like I said earlier; we are walking two totally different paths.

~0~

Bankoutsu lives about two blocks away from my house (the school directory is very helpful) so it was a fairly easy walk. My sneakers smacked the concrete of the sidewalk as I looked up at the bright colored trees making an arch throughout the neighborhood. I loved fall. The way the leaves crunched beneath my feet and how the sun hit the trees, setting their vibrant colors aflame. I shoved my hands down deeper into my jacket and sped up the pace. As much as I love the fall, I'm not the biggest fan of the drop in temperature.

It was easy to tell which house was Bank's; it was the only one in the prestige neighborhood that was shaking and emitting a loud booming noise. When I stood in front of the entry to the garage I saw Bankoutsu in the back banging on the drums in nothing but a pair of jeans, barefoot and shirtless. Only a slight bit of drool managed to form before Bankoutsu caught sight of me and stopped playing, causing the rest of the band to stop as well. I love Inuyasha, yes, but I am still a girl.

"What the hell, Bank?" the one playing base protested angrily. He had spiky hair and was super built. I mean he was The Rock huge. He also had these crazy, cool green dragon tattoos on his face. He looked like a thug and somehow… that didn't scare me… I should get my head checked.

"Calm down, Suikotsu," Bank waved off, moving from behind his drums. "Just thought y'all would like to meet our new singer," he said throwing his arm over my shoulder. I find it funny how even though I met Bank yesterday it feels like I have known him for years. I didn't find it so funny though when I registered what he just said.

"Wait, what?"

"Our new singer," Bankoutsu repeated. "Your voice was amazing last night during Lion King."

"That was in the comfort of my own home!"

"Come on Kagome, please?" Bankoutsu begged, getting on his knees right in front of me and looking up at me with puppy dog eyes. "Jakotsu sucks and we really need to book some gigs."

"Normally I would argue about that, but it's true. We really need someone so we can start booking gigs," a guy with shoulder length hair pulled into a sloppy high bun and a tight muscle shirt spoke up and I assumed it was Jakotsu.

"Come on Kagome. We need you."

I bit down on my lip.

I hate disappointing people.

~0~

"Hey, uh… you know that guy from yesterday?"

"The pizza man you let into your house even though you only knew him for a couple of hours?" Inuyasha asked. Was he really still annoyed by that? "Spin it again, Souta. What about him?"

"Right foot on red."

"Damn," Inuyasha mumbled as he tried to untangle his leg that I had somehow managed to twist my body around, making it hard for him to move.

"Yeah, so when I went over to see his band… he kind of…" I don't know why I was so hesitant on telling Inuyasha about my invitation to be a part of a band.

Inuyasha stopped trying to put his right foot on red and dropped down on his knees, giving up on this round. He turned around to look me in the eyes, his gold one's oddly serious. "What did he do to you?"

What did he… "God, Inuyasha, don't think so negative all the time. He didn't take advantage of me like you're thinking." He opened his mouth to protest but I cut him off. "You were thinking that too because you got that funny look in your eyes that says you're going to kill someone."

"Well you shouldn't make it sound all serious," Inuyasha huffed, leaning back on his hands. Souta realized he was no longer needed and left the room, grabbing the dollar I had to pay him to spin for us off the coffee table. My little brother is going to grow up to be one hell of a hustler. "What happened then?"

"He asked me to be in his band," I told Inuyasha. "As the singer."

Inuyasha studied my face carefully for a long time before asking, "What did you say?"

"I said I'll get back to him." I sighed, falling back on my back and looking up at the ceiling. "I mean, it's great that someone thinks I have the talent to be lead singer of a band and all, but I have school and swimming and I have to help out around here some days. A band might just be adding too much to my plate." I turned my head to the side to look at Inuyasha. "What do you think?"

"Honestly?"

"No, I really want you to lie to me about something as big as being part of a band that requires getting up in front of people on stage and singing." I hit Inuyasha's leg. "Don't ask stupid questions."

"Well, I'm highly aware of your stage fright. And the memory of you coming to me bawling after you covered the front row with your puke in sixth grade because you decided to take a solo, thinking you got over it, is still engraved in my brain."

I grimaced at the memory. "Thanks for the trip down memory lane."

"I'm just telling you what I honestly think. It's not that I don't think you can kick ass as the lead singer of a band it's just that… you might need a little time."

"I've had stage fright since I was in Pre-K and had to do show and tell; how much more time am I going to need?"

For that, Inuyasha didn't have an answer and we just sat in silence. What I really wanted Inuyasha to tell me was that I was fearless and I could do anything I set my mind to, stage fright be damned. But a true best friend doesn't lie to you so I guess I can appreciate him for that. After all, I did tell him to answer honestly. I just kind of hoped he had more faith in me now.

The vibrating of Inuyasha's phone broke the silence and he reached over to pick it up off the floor and read whatever the text he had gotten said. He smiled and from that instant, I knew it was from Kikyo.

"I've got to go," Inuyasha said, sliding his phone into his pocket as he stood up. I forced myself to fake a smile and stood up with him.

"Kikyo?" I asked, though I already knew the answer. I get some kind of sick joy out of breaking my own heart.

Inuyasha smiled and nodded, not a trace of guilt on his face. "I'll see you tomorrow. Your mom said she was making homemade ramen for dinner so that's basically demanding that I show up."

"I don't know if I want you eating up all our food," I said as I walked him to the front door. "I do like having some food leftover so I can eat when I get home from school the next day."

Inuyasha laughed as he opened the front door and turned to face at me. He kissed my forehead like a very caring older brother would do to his sister, but I closed my eyes and enjoyed the brief moment his lips touched my skin. When he pulled back I kept my eyes closed for an extra second to keep the look of desire concealed from Inuyasha before looking up at him with a forced, friendly smile.

"You're going to think about the band thing?" he asked, taking a step away from the door.

"You kind of put things into reality for me so much more thinking isn't needed."

Inuyasha frowned a bit and he opened his mouth to say something, but he seemed to change his mind at the last second. If only I had superpowers and was able to read his mind, my life would be a lot simpler without all this guessing.

"You should do what makes you happy," Inuyasha settled for and I couldn't help but roll my eyes. That's the line everybody says when they don't know how to say what they're really thinking.

"I'll give it some thought." And I would because being in a band would be fun. It would give me something to do when Inuyasha went on dates with Kikyo and all my other friends were busy. It's better than sitting on my bed, drowning myself in misery by thinking of all the times Inuyasha probably kissed Kikyo that night or if they were doing the deed at that very moment. My stomach felt sick.

"Bye Inuyasha," I told him and he started making his way down the walkway. "Have fun with Kikyo!"

"I will!" He shouted back, grinning over his shoulder.

I shut the door and leaned against it. I really like causing myself heartache.

-0-0-0-0-0-

So what will Kagome choose to join the band or not? Inuyasha introduced finally and right now I'm really not a fan of him myself. Anyone who stands up for Kikyo isn't exactly my idol. Still some may want him and Kagome to end up together in the end so if you read please tell me if you would rather: (YES :D ~hanmajoerin )InuxKag or BankxKag ( NO :[ ~hanmajoerin)

Just so you know, this is being reconstructed and this story is INUKAG! And, because hanmajo has threatened to change every Bankoutsu to Inuyasha when she edits, I will not be writing any BankKag stories. That hanmajoerin knows about at least.

~Kimiko88~