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He made a face and attempted to counter her remark but was cut off as she snatched his arm, "We share this class," She sent him a smile, "Might as well walk together ne?" For some inexplicable reason the hanyou felt warm and gooey inside at her smile, maybe he was going soft...
Classes, the Arcade, the circumference of a circle equals the radius when multiplied by not-cherry pie and never start your sentence with a proposition. The words swirled around Inuyasha's world, slowly infiltrating his thoughts. He was getting to like this, the regularity, the same demons to face daily. Demons such as Tsu and Himoshi. People whom tended to as they say 'hit on' his Kagome, and lo and behold, the fun of pizza, a soda, and glass screens with moving pictures that you could control with buttons to kick some ass, and put INU in the list of top scores. It was coming along nicely. That is up until today. The day when, pried away from a bemused Kagome, Inuyasha had been dragged across the campus.
His eyes slowly worked their way up the side of the bricked building where in those horrible letters was a single word.
"Drama," Tsu intoned, his glasses mimicing the metallic letters that flashed in the sun above them. Himoshi grinned over his friends shoulder, as Inuyasha winced slightly. Drama? Ha! He'd had enough of that dealing with Kikyo, why there was a class devoted to it he couldn't fathom.
"You," Himoshi snagged Inuyasha's arm, and pulled him gently. Inuyasha ignored this completely other than to stare at him as if he'd gone mad, "Were an actor from another High School right? Well then you'd be perfect here!"
It wasn't all that much time really, only a few days had passed, Inuyasha falling into the routine of school so throughly that Kagome's Mother had even found a school uniform for the boy. His newfound friends thought that, while Inuyasha was obviously from another school, the 'spy' like actions were as exciting as a movie! Of course they were all for helping him along with everything, with or without his wishes. He was learning, the louder he growled, the harder they pushed.
"No," he looked between their pleading faces, "What?! Get off me!"
"Inu-chaaan," Himoshi whined, his blue eyes glittering at him, in such a way he was forcefully reminded of the fox-brat he'd left behind to fetch Kagome. Oh Boy would he complain when they returned. Left alone with the monk and Sango for so long... His reminicing was reinterrupted as Tsu, in a heroic act of bravery, removed his well loved glasses, and helped with the 'puppy eyed pout'.
"Pleeease?" His voice made Inuyasha step back slightly.
"Why the hell would you want me to go anyways? I mean you two don't go!" His ears dropped backwards and the boys exchanged glances.
"It's just after school for an hour," Tsu said plyingly. Inuyasha's eyebrow raised. He knew these boys by now, or at least well enough to see where this was heading.
"You didn't-" he started, but didn't finish.
"And I'm sure there's definitely a part for you!" Himoshi perked up, slapping Tsu's glasses back on him as if it were final and they no longer needed the puppy eyes.
"You -did-..." Inuyasha growled as his worries were getting more serious.
"And we could at least rehearse together!" The chorused together knowing the half-demon wouldn't hurt them. Not that they were aware he was a half-demon yet, or that he most certainly would hurt them when they gave him a chance.
"You bastards! You signed me up without asking didn't you!" The look on their faces was voucher enough, "Well I'm damn well taking my name off the list and leaving you to rot!" his feet shifted as he moved forward, ignoring the wails from behind him. He stalked into the room, full of passion and fire. He squinted in the sudden dark. Nothing but chairs he could barely see, except for a little path. He launched himself down the row, and pounced the weird platform at the end where the lights made it easier to see where he was going. He looked back out, only to find the room seemed an awful lot larger in the dark.
"... Tsu? Himoshi?" He peered out, and glared. Noises shuffled beside him and he growled. Music, launched into existence, and he gave a little blink of surprise. A girl stepped out from behind curtains, long hair a-sparkle from the lights above. She looked startled for a half a second to see Inuyasha, but, she composed herself as her cue suddenly existed on the air. She opened her mouth and began to sing, gracefully dancing across stage. Inuyasha blinked twice, recognizing the beginning of something that sounded awfully romantic and gooey. Something Kagome's friends were certain to love.
"Baby you're all that I want, When you're laying here in my arms," She pushed forward in her subtle dance, causing Inuyasha to step backwards quickly to not be in her way, "I'm findin' it hard to believe, We're in heaven," Her voice had a final quality to it, it was forceful. He cocked an ear back as she continued her song, and then, the piano stopped and she bowed, he heard a clapping from offstage. He narrowed his eyes realizing that meant more people were out there. How many f him had just seen his ungraceful act.
"Very good! Even with distractions present, you were able to keep your face up! The show must go on, and you proved it my dear. Now young man, what were you doing rushing into my rehearsals?" The lights flicked on the back giving a glow just good enough to show the bereaved faces of his 'friends' and the face of the instructor looking directly at him.
"My friends signed us up and I was-," the instructor cut him off, a knowing smile on his lips that bewildered Inuyasha. After all, he thought his newest threat was a rather creative one. How could the man have guessed?
"Ah, and you were wondering if you could audition tonight? We are looking for a male lead in the upcoming play... Can you sing?" Inuyasha snorted and the man continued, "I'll take that as a 'I've never tried,' do you know any songs?" The man's monocle wrinkled in the socket as a broad grin creased his face. Inuyasha's face screwed up slightly, wondering if he did know any songs.
"I know the Elephant song," he finally, remembering the boys of the village singing it when he was young enough to still think they'd let him play with them.
"Alright," the instructor chuckled, he motioned a hand, the lights dimmed again cutting the guilty faces of his friends out from view. The piano started again, playing the basic tune of the old song. Inuyasha started out on cue rather wondering why he was doing this.
"Zou-san," His voice cracked slightly out of disuse and misused, before it strengthen as he found remembered the song rather well, "zou-san, ohana ga nagai no ne, sou yo, kaasan mo, nagai no yo." He even sounded melodious to his own ears. He hadn't sung since puberty had broken his voice, so he was surprised he'd managed a rather nice tenor. His new instructor seemed quiet, and Inuyasha debated shuffling offstage and never showing his face again as the silence lengthened. Perhaps that or diving off stage and throttling the man for tormenting him so.
"Well, it's difficult to ascertain with such a short piece," the man finally started, making Inuyasha's ears fall back in dismay as his plots were foiled, "But you seem rather good for a beginner. Perhaps we could manage you in the play. He called out louder, "Ms. Azami? Could you come out here please?" The girl from before poked her head free of the curtains and emerged after a moment. Her dark hair had been yanked back in a ponytail and she seemed to have been getting a snack while waiting for well, whatever it was girls waited for behind huge velvet curtains after singing. Her eyes were a soft brown and Inuyasha immedately wondered if she was related to Sango somehow before dismissing the notion considering the 500 years between then and now.
"Yeah?" She sounded somewhat elitist. As forceful as her singing. She seemed to think the world should take a knee upon her arrival.
"Ms. Azami This is, er," the monocle faltered in place.
"Inuyasha," the poor unwitting boy supplied unthinkingly.
"Mr. Yasha here may be what we were looking for in a voice for that play you've been plying me with young lady." her eyes flickered over and she eyed his silver hair and body like a chunk of meat, "He hasn't had lessons, you can tell, mind taking him under your wing?"
She snorted, "You," Inuyasha glared disliking her tone, "Match my pitch," She dropped into a low pitch that was quite easily within his range, and glancing to his friends as the lights lightened again he unsteadily attempted to imitate her. His sensitive ears gave him a great advantage and he matched her pitch perfectly within the work of a moment. She raised her tone, he followed, she dropped it, he matched. She cut off and he did the same.
"Alright, I can see what you're getting at Mr. Yakanami," her impetuous nature dropped some and she let off a lecherous smirk that reminded him all too well of someone he knew, "Not bad looking either. We can manage with him."
"Now wait a second-" Inuyasha started.
"Good!" Mr. Yakanami interposed.
"Hey are you listening to-," Inuyasha turned on him fangs bared and a claw raised.
"We have meetings after school every Tuesday and Friday here," she declared and he turned back on her. He opened his mouth to say something, but a fumbling noise caught his ear and he looked up to see his friends attack him.
"He'll be there!" Tsu declared, covering the taller boy's mouth in a suspicious act of bravery. One might think he hadn't noticed the large fangs in a week of knowing him. Himoshi's hands wrapped around Inuyasha's waist as he started tugging the enraged boy towards the stairs.
"We'll make sure!" he declared, together the boys carted him offstage to the Instructor and Azami's amusement.
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( A/N: So yes. I'm a lazy brat, but when one has no idea where she wants the story to go, wants to make people enjoy the fiction, and would like to be proud of her own writing, she tends to take some time on it. I've all but abandoned my account for a year, I know, but I may be updating some fics. After all I do miss writing. I was going to add more, along with my custom of a huge whacking great scene, but I felt leaving this sitting only hard drive and molding was stupid. Might as well let you all see what I have. Sorry for typos. XD; Also, The Elephant Song with a short midi to hear the tune can be found here: h t t p / w w w . t h e j a p a n e s e p a g e . c o m / e l e p h a n t . h t m
Kurinju-sama: Actually I did abandon the fiction, almost. I've fallen out of the whole, Inuyasha fandom, and it was getting increasingly hard to write a fic with no plot. Your Review reminded me I did still have an obligation to finish. ;
fanficlover: It takes as long as I damn well please. I'm lazy, and I'll write when I like, not when you want me to. So don't start with the snarky young lady, this is free to you, so be happy you get anything.
dragonfyre: -Giggles- Sorry Inuyasha. Writing jokes are hard to pass up. Thank you Dragon:3
Kittitara: Thank you:3 You're too kind.
To those who liked it and demanded updating:3 Thank you. I will when I have inspiration! Like now for instance!
To those who hate Hojo: Well ya'll are screwed. XD I -like- the boy, so while he may not be the final love interest, Inuyasha does need someone to fight against in this era. Now shush, it wouldn't be as good a fic if it didn't have something antoganizing the poor boy. Keep it up and I may make him worse!)
