Lotus Chapter 4: It's Intro Time!, an inuyasha fanfic

Hello again, Here is the first challenge, a song to introduce the student body about themselves. Took me forever to find songs to fit the theme and even then im not totally happy at the song selection but they work. Ive already got chapter 5 written out i just need to type it and at the lyrics so you might get that in a few days if i have time and if not then it will be posted next Wednesday or thursday. Thank you to those who reviewed and please if you would like a certain song or a certain theme done please do suggest it. I do have alot of songs already chosen but i could always use different suggestions. On with the story now... oh and i dont own inuyasha.

K.P.O.V(' talking to herself')

Friday had finally arrived. You could feel the excitement in the air. Like any other day everyone went to class but by lunch time everyone could hardly wait. The groups were already back stage getting ready to perform. The drums and keyboards for the groups using them were already on rolling platforms to be pushed onto stage when the groups are up, guitars were by their masters and microphones were already set up for those using them. Upon first glance you could tell that Sesshoumaru's group was ready to perform, Inuyasha's group was mostly ready, Rin seemed to be panicking a little, and kikyo's group well they were giving death glares to everyone and of course the wolf boys were running around towards the back of the stage almost like they couldn't wait to get this over and done with already. And last my group, like every other group we were keeping to ourselves, most of us were mentally preparing ourselves.

Akira had designed our outfits, well more like she told us what to wear; I got a feeling that next time she will actually design outfits to torture us. Akira was helping the guys fix their outfits, Souta, Kohaku and Lucius were talking about music, Sango was testing the guitars and me well I was watching everyone else. Akira had decided after listening to the song that our outfits should be somewhat plain; everyone was to wear black pants and a white shirt. Sango's white shirt had stains on it (as usual, It's her style tho) and she had some baggy black pants on. I wore a black semi mini skirt with black leggings on, black boots with a small heel and my white shirt I wore had sleeves that went to my elbow. Akira had given me a black and silver necklace to wear because she said 'A girl must never be without jewelry, it completes the outfit'. Akira wore a black skirt like me except hers was longer and had see through lace at the bottom. You could just barely make out her black flats and she wore a white tank top with a white lace top over it. Now the guys all wore a plain black pant, souta had on a white shirt with a black vest over it and black cuffs on his wrist, kohaku wore a white shirt with black crow on it, and a black mask a lot like the one Zorro wears in the movies, except kohaku doesn't look as sexy. Lucius wore a long white sleeved shirt with a tie; Akira decided to loosen the tie to make the look a little sloppier looking.

The closer it came time to perform the more nervous I got and the more I wanted to run away. I was starting to turn into Rin who by now was freaking out. You could see that Inuyasha was clearly annoyed with her right now.

"Dammit rin stop freaking the fuck out, you buggin' me" Inuyasha finally yelled at her. In turn it made her run over to her savoir. She ran straight to Sesshoumaru and buried her face into the back of his shirt. He stiffened up before finally managing to pry her arms from around his body. He turned around to whisper something into her ear and then he kissed her forehead. After a few seconds she nodded her head, whipped her tears away and smiled. She hugged him and then ran back to her group with a smile on her face. Shippo had hugged her once she got back over to the group; they proceeded to make fun of Inuyasha behind his back.

"Their related" Sango said while coming over to stand next to me. "She is such a sweet girl, Inuyasha doesn't treat her right though" she said before walking away again. I turned around and went closer to my group to go over the song in my head. I was so in my own world that when my brother came up behind me to talk to me his voice sent me jumping 20 ft. in the air. 'Gee if he's trying to give me a heart attack he doesn't have to work very hard at it'

"geeze kagome calm down, deep breathes there is nothing to fear out there" he whispered to me. That's so easy for him to say, he loves to be in front of crowds. Not long after that I could hear people starting to come inside the auditorium.

"Hello lovely's, are you ready to start the show?" Anna asked while coming in thru the curtain with her brother Tai right behind her." Well either way here's the order you got five minutes to prepare before each group goes on, Wolf boys your first, then its Soulless wind, fiery red, Masquerade Legacy and then last it Crescent since they are the reigning Champions. Remember the rules guys, no fighting back here. Tai and I will be sitting with the quest judge out in front of the audience" and with that her and Tai walked back out. All the groups went to either the right or left side of the stage while the wolf guys stayed in the middle. Sesshoumaru's group and Inuyasha's went to be on the left side of the stage while kikyo and her gang were on the right side with my group.

"Ladies and Gentlemen please settle down, I am just as excited as you are" the announcer paused to wait for the student to settle down. "Thank you, it's an honor to once again be the MC for the competition. For those of you who don't know I'm Kaoru a 3rd year student here. This year the competition is going to have 2 prizes for 2 very special groups, the winner and runner up will each receive a recording contract with Taisho records! The founder of Taisho records Mr. Toga himself decided that something more than pride and bragging rights should come out of this. And now let us all welcome head master Totosai".

"Thank you Kaoru, I'll keep this brief, I headmaster Totosai officially declare the competition on, may the best group win."

"Now let's welcome our first group to the stage, The Lost Wolf Boys" and the curtain came up and lights were settled on the boys as they began their song.

Ginta: When I was a boy I used to live in corduroy
OP shirts and slip-on Vans.
My life was so simple
I had not one pimple,
My everyday was made up of these plans:

Hakkaku: To ride my bike to Thrifty's,
Run past the balls and ice cream and
find the Star Wars figurines.
Thinking of my action men,
Kung-Fu grip and all,
What happened to them all?

Hiten: Running through my old life
Looking for my lost toys
Where has all my fun gone?
Now that we're all older
Before we grow much colder
Let's all look forward to the new dawn

Manten: An anthem for all lost toys
Now that we're all big boys
We'll stand together and sing this song
We'll sing this song
It's not too long
So everybody sing along

After the end of the first chorus I had to tune them out, their song sucked and it was making me be way to on edge. Before I knew it their song had ended and the lost wolf boys had made their way off stage to see the rest of the show from the audience. Soulless wind had made their way to the stage to take their places in their slutty gold mini dresses. 'I can only imagine what horror they will sing'.

" Now for the next group, Soulless Wind".

Kikyo: I'm too cool for my dress
These shades don't leave my head
Everything you say is so irrelevant
You follow and I lead
You want to be like me
But your just a wannabe
love it or hate it

I can't help the way I am
Hope you don't misunderstand

Cause I'm too cool
Yeah I'm too cool
To know you
Don't take it personal
Don't get emotional
You know it's the truth
I'm too cool for you
You think your hot but I'm sorry, you're not
Exactly who you think you are
Can't tell you what you haven't got
When we walk into the room
I'm too cool for you

'so all the other girls do is back up sing and which isn't much singing at all while kikyo gets all the glory…..'. If I could turn my eyes off I would have because it was complete utter crap to watch them. Once they finished Fiery Red got their instruments ready. They pushed the drums and keyboard on out to be center stage. Set up a microphone for Rin and then took their place where they were to stand or sit.

" Now for a band we all should remember. Fiery Red!"

Rin: Uhoo oh yeah,

Don't get me wrong,
I love who I am
I don't wanna be ungrateful
It probably sounds strange
I really love the role I play
The songs I sing
But with all the fame
The things that seem so simple,
suddenly, so far out of reach
Wish that they could see that underneath...
I'm just an ordinary girl!

Sometimes I'm lazy
I get bored
I get scared
I feel ignored
I feel happy, I get silly
I choke on my own words
I make wishes, I have Dreams
And I still want to believe
Anything can happen in this world,
For an ordinary girl (Like you, Like me)
For an ordinary girl (Like you, Like me)

I could hear everyone cheering for them. They were really good, especially rin she had a nice voice. It donned on me about half way through their performance that I was next. Souta grabs me by the shoulders and turns me around.

"Calm kag's you can do this". Course in my head I was screaming NO I CANT NO I CANT. As they finished their song I practically had begun to run away. But before I could even take 5 steps towards the door my brother has grabbed me and threw me over his shoulders. I reached my hands towards the door screaming in my head NOOOOo! "Our turn kag's "he said before walking out onto the stage. I could see Sango and Lucius setting up everything on the stage. My brother stopped in front of a microphone and set me on my feet in front of it. I just stared at the thing in horror and then I heard it. The Voice.

"Okay ladies and Gents, lets welcome a new group called Masquerade Legacy". And then the curtain rose. 'Here goes nothing' I told myself. Lights came on one by one to show the group, I was last which was my queue to start singing well that and the music was too. I let the words pour out of me.

Kagome: You think you know me
Word on the street is that you do
You want my history
What others tell you won't be true

I walked a thousand miles while everyone was asleep
Nobody's really seen my million subtleties

Got stains on my t-shirt and I'm the biggest flirt
Right now I'm solo, but that will be changing eventually, oh
Got bruises on my heart and sometimes I get dark
If you want my auto, want my autobiography
Baby, just ask me

I hear you talking
Well, it's my turn now
I'm talking back
Look in my eyes
So you can see just where I'm at

I walked a thousand miles to find one river of peace
And I'll walk a million more to find out what this shit means

I'm a bad ass girl in this messed up world
I'm the sexy girl in this crazy world
I'm a simple girl in a complex world
A nasty girl, you wanna get with me?
You wanna mess with me?

Got stains on my t-shirt and I'm the biggest flirt
Right now I'm solo, but that will be changing eventually, oh
I laugh more than I cry
You piss me off, good-bye
Got bruises on my heart and sometimes I get dark
If you want my auto, want my autobiography
Baby, just ask me

As the curtain came down I finally felt relief. I made it through the song and I didn't die YIPPIE.

S P.O.V(during kagomes song)

One by one the groups took the stage; I didn't pay attention to any of the songs until she came on.

'That voice, its ... Soothing. And she lets the music influence her movement' I looked up to watch her. I couldn't take my eyes off her. 'She's shy yet present, plain yet pretty and she belongs on a stage you can see it in her soul'.

"In my opinion, they are our real competition" bankotsu commented

"Get real, you saw her before she sang, she is like a scared little puppy." Shiro spoke. "5 minutes in a room with me and she will never ever get back on stage again" she smirked.

"Why do you have to be so mean all the time shiro" bankotsu asked.

"Because life would be boring if I wasn't and you know it's the truth" he accepted the answer. Just then their song ended and they made their way off stage and out towards the crowd to watch like the rest of them. We set up our instruments, just as I requested bankotsu had made the sound edgier while keeping the lyrics the same. All I had to do now was sing the song and get this day over with.

"alright now for the last group, the winners from last year ladies and gentlemen CRESCENT!"

Sesshoumaru: I'm good at wasting time,
I think lyrics need to rhyme,
And you're not asking,
But I'm trying to grow a mustache.
I eat cheese, but only on pizza, please,
Sometimes, on a homemade quesadilla.
Otherwise it smells like feet to me.
And I, I really like it when the moon looks like a toe nail.
And I love it when you say my name.

If you wanna know, here it goes.
Gonna tell you there's a part of me that shows,
If we're close, gonna let you see everything,
But remember that you asked for it.
I'll try to do my best to impress,
But it's easier to let you take a guess, at the rest,
But you wanna hear what lives in my brain, my heart,
Will you ask for it?
For your perusing,
At times confusing,
Slightly amusing…
Introducing me!

I never trust a dog to watch my food.
And I like to use the word 'dude';
As a noun, or an adverb, or an adjective
And I, I never really been into cars.
I like really cool guitars
And superheroes
And checks with lots of zeroes on 'em.

I love the sound of violins and making someone smile...

Well you probably know more then you ever wanted to,
So be careful when you ask next time.

Introducing me!

K.P.O.V(during Sesshoumaru's song)

My group walked out to watch from the crowd like all the other groups did. As the curtain came up the crowd cheered and he started to sing I couldn't stop watching. 'His voice it's so soothing but electrifying at the same time'.

"Your drooling kags" my brother whispered to me.

"Am not, so shut up" I poked back. Once they were done Kaoru came back up to close the show.

"Thank you ladies and gentlemen, please fill out the voting papers and drop them in the boxes by the doors on your way out". All the lights came on as people starts to get up and walk out. Anna and Tai come over to the groups and ushered us all back stage again. We all stood around waiting while they talked to each other about who knows what.

"You guys did great for the first show. Now the rankings will be announced during lunch on Monday so you'll have to wait till then to know how well you did". Anna spoke to us first.

"But were about to give you your next assignment right now" Tai spoke.

"And it's my choice on the topic and I choose Zombies and vampires, because I know that, that sort of stuff is so in right now." Tai shook his head at his sister; she really was weird at times.

"Guys expect the unexpected this year, you will be tested to your limits" Tai said before walking away from us.

"Good luck, the songs are due on ….. Wednesday" she yelled before running off to catch her brother.

"She is joking right?" kagura asked. After that we all went our separate ways and cleaned up our stuff. We were all loading our instruments into sangos van.

"So…. Vampires" I said while looking towards my brother.

"Don't look at me, I don't know or have any songs about vampires" he said. So I looked at souta and he shook his head no. so we all looked at our vampire… Lucius.

"I have a song but I need help with the music for it, Souta, kohaku ready for a challenge?"

"Hells yeah" they both said." I can leave kagome to deal with grandpa for a day"

"Oh gee thanks jerk" Everyone laughed..

"How about a victory dinner, I think we won this round" sango said

"I'm in, I'm starving" I said before taking a spot in the passenger's front seat.

Next week: Vampire vs Zombie Showdown.

Songs used:

Aquabats-Playdough

Camp Rock song- Too cool

Hannah Montanta- Ordinary Girl

Ashlee Simpson- Autobiography

Nick Jonas- Introducing me

8( i googled most the songs. the only one i know i really wanted to use was the ashlee simpson one cause its one of my favorites.