Chapter Ten
I sighed, kicking my feet and sheathing the newly functional Hi no Kokoro.
I flicked out my wings and flew back to where our group usually gathered. I landed neatly, my legs bending to give me a bit of a shock reliever.
"We need to start a band." Dark informed me.
"Why?"
"Because." Yasha looked at me. "Big bad demons are cropping up faster than before. Especially in the big cities. Even in contries we'd need to fly to. The best way to do that.. Is by starting a band and going on tours."
"Ah... And we're doing this because?" I asked him.
"Because youkai slaying groups are few and far in between." The present day Sango told us. "And we have one of the biggest groups."
I nodded.
I stood behind stage, my makeup being applied. The band was having a gig in a nearby town, and Dark and I were opening it. I was slightly nervous about this, even though I love performing.
"Shinji... The show starts soon." Dark came over to me.
I felt bad about cheating on him with Rach, and I knew he knew about it.
I nodded. "Thanks, love."
Dark nodded and walked away, his wings folding out to get some oxygen.
I stared after my thief, Sa-chan powdering my cheeks.
"Hallelujah's the song. You know the words, right?"
"No I don't. I've just been practising the tune." I scoffed. "Feh."
Sa-chan pulled away and grabbed a little shell. "Sango-chan gave this to me. It's lip stain from the feudal era." She opened it and applied it to my lips.
Autumn walked in and I blushed.
"You know why sluts can't count to 70?" She asked, a wry smirk on her face.
"Why?" I asked.
"Cuz 69's a mouthful."
I laughed and smiled. "Funny. I get it."
Autumn nodded. "Well, you and Dark have the first song of the concert."
I gulped. "Don't remind me."
I stood up, Sa-chan brushing the last couple snags from my silver hair.
"Shinjitsu-sama, it's show time." The stage manager walked in.
I followed her to the wings of the stage.
"Okay, you're on first. The song's going to start in.. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1."
The intro started, a few bars longer than the actual recording.
I walked on.
"I heard there was a secret chord,
That David played and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music do you?"
I gently sung, my voice sounding gentler than when I sung Rolling in the Deep.
Dark walked out. He started singing the next part in only the most heartbroken lover boy could do.
"It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth...
The minor fall, the major lift...
The baffled king composing Hallelujah..."
"Hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah, halle... lu... jah.."
I joined in, my voice quivering with sadness slightly, my heart beating painfully. I really loved Dark.
"Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you
To a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah"
Dark sung the next verse, his voice pained and I could tell he was trying to keep back the tears.
"Maybe I have been here before
I know this room, I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah."
I sung and let my emotions roam free, tears biting at my eyes.
"There was a time
You let me know
What's real and going on below
But now you never show it to me, do you?
And remember when I moved in you?
The holy dark was moving to
And every breath we drew was Hallelujah"
"Maybe there's a god above
And all I ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
And it's not a cry you can hear at night,
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's cold and it's a broken Hallelujah..."
I finished the song, letting a tear slip down my cheek. Dark walked over and wrapped his arms around my waist and held me close.
I smiled as he kissed me.
"You two, there's a demon on the loose." Sango ran on stage. "WE HAVE TO GO."
"SHIT!" I shouted, yanking away.
Then, Autumn was thrown into the stage area, her body bloody and her clothes stained with blood.
I heard Krad scream.