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Man, chapter 29 already. You know, I never believed that this story would get this far. And please, tell your friends, I would love for some new fans! Not that my old ones are not awesome, just that it'd be good to have some more. And school is over, so I don't have to worry about getting all of my homework done. I seriously have at least four completely different stories I'm writing at the moment. It's been kinda hard to keep up, but I'm making it, don't worry. I promise you'll get chapters eventually. :3 Anyways, one of them isn't even on Fanfiction yet. If you want, just message me on my profile and I'll give you a sneak peak. :D

Enough of my rants, although it wasn't really one, let's get on with chapter 29...

Chapter 29: Congrats!

The next morning, Sango was up and dressed before anyone else. She didn't want to miss anything. She had watched the sunrise through the apartment window. Even if it wasn't the best place to stay, it had a beautiful view of the sunrise. Sango woke all of the others around eight in the morning, shaking them awake while yelling. "Up and at 'em! Come on guys! It's a beautiful day! It's time to get up!"

She went to each room after waking Miroku, quickly opening the blinds and letting in the sunlight of the rising sun. "It's graduation today!" She reminded everyone loudly. "We have to put on our caps and gowns and dress up and go to parties! It's gonna be so fun!"

"Woman! Please stop yelling! I know you're pregnant and all but just calm down!" InuYasha's voice sounded from down the hall as he slowly stumbled into the living room, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.

Kagome followed closely behind. She looked like she was still asleep, until she spoke. "What's going on?" She asked, yawning the question.

"Kagome!" Sango shouted, prancing over to her. "It's graduation day! Can you believe it!"

"I'll believe it when I don't have to wake up at eight in the morning…we've got time."

Sango shook her head furiously, leading Kagome over to the couch and sitting her down. "No we don't." She stated. "We've got to practice the songs, buy clothes, do make-up, get dressed, go to the graduation, play the songs-" She was cut off by a hand covering her mouth.

"Calm down. We can do it."

"No we can't! Not in the time we have! It starts at three! We only have six hours, thirty-seven minutes, and fifty-two seconds left! How can you sleep at a time like this!"

InuYasha spoke again. "Because it's eight in the morning and we don't usually get up until noon on the weekends." He answered, showing his fangs in a big yawn.

Sango crossed her arms and glared at the hanyou. "You should get up earlier. It gives you more time to do things." She said softly, then walked away.

Kagome slapped InuYasha on the back of the head. "What'd I do?" He yelled.

"You pissed of the pregnant girl."

InuYasha shrugged. "Like I care. Now that we're up, we might as well do something productive." He turned and stumbled sleepily into the guest bedroom. "What song is Sapphire Rain doin' for the grad concert?"

Kagome followed the hanyou into the room as well. "We're thinking about doing Stronger. It's, what's the word…inspirational." She answered.

They each grabbed their clothes from the previous night. InuYasha only had on his shorts until Kagome returned his shirt. After a few minutes, they reentered the living room. Sango was busy trying to get everyone to get up and moving. While Miroku was folding up the graduation gowns that Sango had unveiled. Ayame and Koga we're still in Koga's room. Kagome went to Sango and conversed with her, and InuYasha walked over to Miroku. "Hey, what song are we doing for the grad concert?" He questioned.

Miroku paused. He was a statue. Groaning, her slammed his forehead into the counter. "Shit…I knew we forgot something…do you have any idea about which one?"

InuYasha shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe, Glad You Came?"

Miroku gave a thumbs up. "Perfect, go tell Koga. And get in touch with Itachi, we need him tonight." He ordered.

The hanyou nodded, and went on with his activities.

Before long, the group had gotten their normal clothes back on and began their list of stuff to do. Sango had written it all down. Surprisingly, the list was very organized. Like some kind of OCD person. "Okay, first on the list, songs. Do we have our songs ready?" She said, sticking a pen behind her ear. InuYasha raised his hand; feeling obligated to do so. "Yes, InuYasha?"

"Shouldn't we wait for Itachi to get here? He is our bass guitarist." The hanyou stated, lowering his hand. "He needs to know the song we're gonna do."

Sango shook her head furiously. "No. He can join in when he gets here. For now, let's begin. Songs anyone?"

"I'm pretty sure Sapphire Rain is doing Stronger." Kagome mentioned, looking around at everyone else. "At least, that's what I think."

"Perfect." Sango smiled. "What about Frozen Flames?"

"Glad You Came." Miroku blurted out before anyone else could object. Everyone stared. Miroku looked around back at them. "What?"

Sango groaned and rolled her eyes. "Nothing…let's find some instruments."

"Where to now?" Kagome asked, setting down the microphone in her hand back in the stand.

Sango went refered back to her list. "Clothes. For the graduation and the concert." She stated.

"We have to change clothes for it?" Koga groaned.

"Duh. Do you want to go on stage with your cap and gown on?" Itachi mentioned. "You don't want to, trust me."

"But how would you know?"

"None of your concern. Now what should we wear?"

Everybody grew quiet. And awkward silence filled the room. "Why don't we go with our bands, and figure it out as we're in the store? Maybe for inspiration." Itachi pointed out.

"Seems good to me. Let's go." Sango agreed, and walked out.

Everybody else follwed. The two groups decided to meet up at InuYasha's house next, since his was the biggest and had the most bathrooms. Frozen Flames got into InuYasha's Ferrari, while Sapphire Rain crowded into Kagome's truck. The guys looked over at the girls who were having a hard time figuring out who sat where and how to fit everyone in the small front seat. "Need a car over there?" Itachi shouted from the Ferrari.

"I think we got it!" Sango shouted, closing the door shut with difficulty. It popped back open with a snap. "No, we don't got it! Do you have another car we could borrow?"

"Call Kameko. She does." He said as the car drove off onto the road and into town.

Sango sighed, climbing out of the vehicle. The others followed her and stepped out as well. "I'm sorry Kagome, but your truck here is kinda puny." Ayame mentioned.

Kagome stuck her tongue out. "It's not my fault…and I like the truck the way it is." She retorted.

Kameko arrived in a metallic sky blue convertible. It had more than enough room to hold all five girls. Kameko drove, kagome had shotgun, after an intimate challenge by Ayame, then her, Sango, and rin all clambered into the backseat. "Hey, Rin, you've been quiet this whole time? Is something going on with you and Sesshomaru?" Kagome looked behind and asked.

Rin shook her head. "No, I'm just tired, I had a rough night." She answered.

"Sesshomaru is InuYasha's brother right?" Kameko questioned.

"Sort of. They're half brothers. Different moms."

"Ohhh."

Kameko turned a corner and pulled into the parking lot of the closest mall. After winding through the lanes for what seemed like hours, they found a parking spot. Kameko took the keys out and the group walked in.

The guys drove with the roof down. InuYasha took the drivers seat, Itachi had shotgun, (Challenged by Koga and Miroku, who both sat in the back after losing.) "I have a question." Itachi said after they pulled out onto the freeway. "Why didn't you have your brother play in the band instead of me?"

InuYasha held up two fingers. "Two reasons: 1)he can't play. And 2) I hate his guts every so often. So it wouldn't be very good if you had us in the same band." He answered.

Miroku leaned up from the back. "You should see them when they get in the same room together sometimes. You can almost see the lightning."

"A-ha ha, ha ha, shut up."

InuYAsha took a ramp to downtown. They parked in a parking garage and decided to walk around the block for their outfits.

When they found a store, they were fishes out of water. "Can't we call the girls for help?" Koga groaned. "I don't know what I'm doing."

"No. We said we were going to, and we are. Just, try different combinations. We know the basic idea of what we want." Miroku answered, picking out some clothes and tossing them at the wolf demon.

(Okay, so just so you know, I'm gonna wait to tell you the clothes until the performance, because I'm evil like that. Kukuku…)

The girls took a detour to a nearby salon and ahd their nails and make-up done for the graduation. Each had a different color scheme. Kagome had blue. Sango, pink. Rin with green, and Ayame with purple. Kameko didn't get hers done, mostly because she wasn't actually in the ceremony. She waited outside the salon with a lollipop in her mouth. After a while, the group came out and met up with her. "Hey Kameko!" Sango greeted.

"What's up guys?" She answered.

Ayame walked up. "You should've really gone in there with us. It was wonderful."

Kameko laughed, taking the lollipop out of her mouth. "No thanks. I'm not into that kind of stuff. And when I do wear that, my face feels heavy and I look worse than I do without it."

"Is that even possible?" Rin spoke up.

"For me it is."

"Anyways…" Kagome tried to get the others on track. "It's 1:32 right now. We should get home and get dressed."

Sango almost dropped her bags as she ran to the car. "Is it okay if we stop by my place so I can get my clothes for the thing? I don't want to go wearing this." Kameko interrogated.

Kagome nodded. "Sure."

Both groups met up at InuYasha's front door around the same time. It was 1:54 when they began their transformation.

InuYasha wore the norm: jeans and a red designer t-shirt.

Kagome had on a blue and yellow plaid dress that went down to her knees.

Miroku put on a white long sleeve dress shirt, with a pair of casual navy blue pants.

Sango wore a loose pastel pink shirt and mid-thigh shorts.

Koga had on his nice jeans, and a t-shirt with a gray jacket.

Ayame put on a lavender skirt and an even lighter blue plaid shirt.

Itachi didn't have to dress up as much, so he had a t-shirt and jeans.

Rin wore a deep green vest and a tank top underneath, with a deeper forest green skirt.

By the end, it was 2:27. They all returned to the cars in the driveway and drove off once again, this time to the arena where the ceremony would take place. They found different parking spaces, then converged backstage with more of their friends. "You ready guys?" Sango questioned excitedly. She bounced up and down with anticipation.

"Nope." Kagome answered nervously.

"Not at all." Ayame admitted.

We Are Young came over the speakers to signal the beginning of the graduation ceremony, and the superindentent, principal, and the validictorian (Some smart person named Hiroyuki Kubo)

Give me a second I,

Need to get my story straight.

My friends are in the bathroom getting, higher than the Empire State.

My lover she's waiting for me just across the bar

My seats been taken by some sunglasses, asking 'bout a scar and

I know I gave it to you months ago

I know you're trying to forget

But between the drinks and subtle things

The holes in my apologies, you know

I'm trying hard to take it back

So if by the time the bar closes

And you feel like falling down

I'll carry you home

TonightWe are young

So let's set the world on fire

We can burn brighter than the sun

On the first chorus, the very first graduate came up to the stage and accepted his diploma. Then the next, and so on. Kagome was the first of the group to graduate. "Kagome Higurashi." The principal said into the microphone.

She nervously stepped onto the stage and accepted her diploma. She waved it at the rest of the group. They all cheered. Kagome flipped the tassel on her cap to the other side and ran down the steps to sit back down once again.

TonightWe are young

So let's set the world on fire

We can burn brighter than the sun

Now I know that I'm not

All that you got

I guess that I, I just thought

Maybe we could find new ways to fall apart

But our friends are back

So let's raise a cup

'Cause I found someone to carry me home

Miroku was next of the group. "Miroku Houshi."

He serenely stepped to the principal and gladly accepted his diploma. Flipping the tassel, he walked down back to his seat.

TonightWe are youngSo let's set the world on fireWe can burn brighter than the sunTonightWe are youngSo let's set the world on fireWe can burn brighter than the sun

Koga was up next. He happily ran up to get his diploma, and cheered as he flipped the tassel and celebrated his passing.

Carry me home tonight (Nananananana)

Just carry me home tonight (Nananananana)

Carry me home tonight (Nananananana)

Just carry me home tonight (Nananananana)

Ayame followed her boyfriend much in the same way. She cheered for herself and everyone else at the top of her voice.

The moon is on my side

I have no reason to run

So will someone come and carry me home tonight

The angels never arrived

But I can hear the choir

So will someone come and carry me home

Sango shook with excitement. InuYasha nudged her forward to the stage. She ran to get her diploma, then went back to her seat quickly.

TonightWe are young

So let's set the world on fire

We can burn brighter than the sun

TonightWe are young

So let's set the world on fire

We can burn brighter than the sun

InuYasha was the last of the six of the group. He slowly walked up to the principal and accepted his diploma at last. As he grabbed ahold of the paper, and waved it in the air. A smile erupted on his face. One of his first true smiles in a while. He jumped off of the stage and went back to the group.

So if by the time the bar closesAnd you feel like falling downI'll carry you home tonight

As the song and the ceremony ended, the whole group got out of their seats and returned backstage. Rin and Itachi met up with their respective bands then. They split off into their bands and went to the dressing rooms. They each did a quick change, stripping themselves down to the underwear and putting another whole outfit on in less than thirty seconds. (A/N I actually had to do this once for the musical. It's pretty nerveracking.) Frozen Flames and Sapphire Rain met back at the entrance to back stage at around the same time, one only a few seconds after the first. None said anything, they were too excited. "And now, to celebrate this day, we have two bands that just graduated from the school. First up, Frozen Flames!"

InuYasha led the way out onto the stage, followed by Itachi, Miroku, and Koga. They're outfits had a bad-boy aura on them. The main colors were dark, red for InuYasha, Miroku had purple, Koga, brown, and Itachi with black. Their pants were a dark blue, with army boots to finish off the outfit. They each went to their respective spots. Miroku started off the song by strumming softly.

( InuYasha, Miroku, Itachi, All of them) {It's better if you listen to the songs as you're reading this. Makes it more, realistic.}

The sun goes down,

the stars come out,

And all that counts,

is here and now.

My universe will never be the same.

I'm glad you came. (came, came, came)

You cast a spell on me, spell on me.

You hit me like the sky fell on me, fell on me.

And I decided you look well on me, well on me.

So let's go somewhere no one else can see, you and me.

Turn the lights out now,

Now I'll take you by the hand,

Hand you another drink,

Drink it if you can,

Can you spend a little time?

Time is slippin' away,

Away from us so stay,

Stay with me I can make,

Make you glad you came.

The sun goes down,

the stars come out,

And all that counts,

is here and now.

My universe will never be the same.

I'm glad you came. I'm glad you came.

You cast a spell on me, spell on me.

You hit me like the sky fell on me, fell on me.

And I decided you look well on me, well on me.

So let's go somewhere no one else can see, you and me.

Turn the lights out now,

Now I'll take you by the hand,

Hand you another drink,

Drink it if you can,

Can you spend a little time?

Time is slippin' away,

Away from us so stay,

Stay with me I can make,

Make you glad you came.

The sun goes down,

the stars come out,

And all that counts,

is here and now.

My universe will never be the same.

I'm glad you came. I'm glad you came.

I'm glad you came.

So glad you came.

I'm glad you came.

I'm glad you came.

The sun goes down,

the stars come out,

And all that counts,

is here and now.

My universe will never be the same.

I'm glad you came. I'm glad you came.

Cheers erupted from al over the arena, from every corner. The guys stood there, soaking in the praise. The principal eventually urged them off of the stage, to make room for the others. "That was excitng. And now for our second band. Also from the school, Sapphire Rain!" The principal said, then returned to her spot.

The girls ran onto the stage, smiling. They were wearing short dresses that flared out at the bottom, each a different color. Kagome, blue; Sango with pink; Ayame had green; and Rin wore purple. The fabric shone in the limelight, giving the illusion of flowing water. Their shoes matched the dresses, and the girls' hair was down. Adding to the effect. The outfits reflected the band's name closely.

(Kagome)

You know the bed feels warmer
Sleeping here alone
You know I dream in color
And do the things I want
You think you got the best of me
Think you've had the last laugh
Bet you think that everything good is gone
Think you left me broken down
Think that I'd come running back
Baby you don't know me, cause you're dead wrong
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fighter
Footsteps even lighter
Doesn't mean I'm over cause you're gone
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stronger
Just me, myself and I
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
You heard that I was starting over with someone new
They told you I was moving on, over you
You didn't think that I'd come back
I'd come back swinging
You try to break me, but you see
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fighter
Footsteps even lighter
Doesn't mean I'm over cause you're gone
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stronger
Just me, myself and I
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
Thanks to you I got a new thing started
Thanks to you I'm not the broken-hearted
Thanks to you I'm finally thinking about me
You know in the end the day you left was just my beginning
In the end...
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes a fighter
Footsteps even lighter
Doesn't mean I'm over cause you're gone
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stronger
Just me, myself and I
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, stronger
Just me, myself and I
What doesn't kill you makes you stronger
Stand a little taller
Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone

(When I'm alone)

The end of the song trailed off into silence, which quickly disappeared due to the cheering audience. The girls all came down to center stage and bowed. They stood there, laughing and having a good time. They eventually left the stage and met Frozen Flames backstage. "That was great!" Itachi said to the girls, giving them all high-fives. "Nice outfits too. Much better than ours."

"Hey! I did my best!" Miroku yelled out. "At least I tried! Not like you clowns!"

Kagome laughed. "What'd they do?" She asked Miroku.

"They found a electronic store downtown and started messing around with all of the rc vehicles." He explained.

InuYasha smiled, closing his eyes. Kagome flicked him. "What was that for?"

"You being you." He rolled his eyes. "Congrats, by the way."

InuYasha looked into Kagome's eyes, and held her close. "Congrats."

That, was, tiring. So much work. At least I finished it. Along with everything else that has been happening around here. Happy summer! PEACE!