I do not own InuYasha, Evanescence, Paul McCoy, Avenged Sevenfold, Apple, Rev Theory, Ford, LMAO, Seether, Victoria Justice and anything/anyone else I write about but forgot to say I don't own.
Songs as they appear:
1. "Lithium"
2. "Bring Me to Life"
3. "Sweet Sacrifice"
* I'm Sexy and I Know It
4. "Going Under"
5. "Everybody's Fool"
6. "Snow White Queen"
7. "What You Want"
8. "Broken (feat. Amy Lee)"
9. "Good Enough"
10. "My Heart Is Broken"
11. "The Last Song I'm Wasting on You"
12. "Sick"
*Best Friend's Brother (BFB)
Chapter 1:
"Dammit Kags, your ancestors didn't come to America for you to be a pansy ass!" a twenty something InuYasha Taisho scolded.
"Oh, but your ancestors love your concealment spells. Way to hide your heritage you hypocrite," Kagome Higrashi snapped back.
"'Demons in America' that sounds like some shitty horror flick," InuYasha retorted as he played with his shaggy onyx hair. "Come on, it's open mic night and you know you could use the exposure…"
"Are you sure you gave the band the right music?" Kags asked biting her bottom lip.
"Of course, I did! If you suck, I'll just scream drinks on the house… it's the beauty of owning the club with Brother Fluff," InuYasha said with a smirk. "But as your manager, I know you'll do fucking awesome!"
InuYasha slid past her and onto the stage, he grabbed the mic… "Alright! Alright! Now, our next artist is going to sing an original song called 'Lithium'… I give you Miko." InuYasha stood alone in the spot light for a few seconds, whispering to someone to the side of the stage. He smiled to the crowd as he stomped toward the side and disappeared behind the curtain.
He grabbed Kagome by the chin and kissed her hard on the lips. Confused and unable to argue, InuYasha pushed her onto the stage. Standing in the spotlight with her blue black hair down in sexy waves, her chunky ring and earrings, a short strapless dress of black lace and ruffles with red high heels; she felt ready to puke. She began to think of the man she wrote this song about. Lithium, a soft, silver-white metal, almost the color of his hair… and he would never know.
She sat at the piano and mic in the middle of the stage. She smiled at the club's band, each nodding in encouragement. With an audible deep breath, she began to tickle the piano keys and she looked out to the audience.
Lithium, don't want to lock me up inside
Lithium, don't want to forget how it feels without
Lithium, I want to stay in love with my sorrow
Oh but God I want to let it go
Come to bed, don't make me sleep alone
Couldn't hide the emptiness you let it show
Never wanted it to be so cold
Just didn't drink enough to say you love me
I can't hold on to me
Wonder what's wrong with me
Lithium, don't want to lock me up inside
Lithium, don't want to forget how it feels without
Lithium, I want to stay in love with my sorrow
Oh…
Don't want to let it lay me down this time
Drown my will to fly
Here in the darkness I know myself
Can't break free until I let it go
Let me go
Darling, I forgive you after all
Anything is better than to be alone
And in the end I guess I had to fall
Always find my place among the ashes
I can't hold on to me
Wonder what's wrong with me
Lithium, don't want to lock me up inside
Lithium, don't want to forget how it feels without
Lithium, stay in love with you
Oh…
All music stops and Kagome lowers her head.
I'm gonna let it go.
Kagome stood and bowed, gesturing toward the club band as the crowd continued to clap.
InuYasha came on stage kissing her on the cheek, "Pretty amazing, and such a powerful voice from such a little woman. Club Inu presents, Miko."
Kagome blushed as more applause and a few cat calls and whistles joined in from the crowd. Kagome left the stage so InuYasha could introduce the next act… a beautiful young wolf demon named Ayame McCauley, who did stand-up. It was a mixture of man-bashing and the dating escapades of today's women. The fact that she told the audience 'that because InuYasha signed her paycheck and it brought her so much pleasure she named her dildo after him'; was another reason Kagome adored the comic. Kagome had never seen her seen her childhood friend blush that deep of red before.
"Giving me a tough act to follow, maybe I should have saved the 'InuYasha dildo' for tonight," Ayame said with a smile as Kagome passed.
"How was his endurance? Could he last all night?" Kagome teased.
Looking crestfallen, "Don't tell, but I did have to change his batteries after foreplay… talk about embarrassing."
The two shared a wink and laughed, and then Kagome went off to find somewhere to change. She adored the dress but hated wearing dresses with a passion.
Suddenly strong arms pulled her into a hard chest, and her heels just made her fall right into the embrace. As Kagome was about to go into self defense mode, his voice whispered in her ear.
"Lithium, Kagome? Bipolar explains a lot you know?" he chuckled with an extra squeeze. With his concealment spell all his markings disappeared, his hair shortened to a more stylish cut although stayed silver-white, but his fangs, ears and claws blunted.
"S-Sesshomaru, you aren't due back till tomorrow," Kagome stuttered.
"I know, but I was not sure if the whelp could handle his club or if you could handle my absence. I was right, look how he has dressed you." Sesshomaru Taisho snarled.
Kagome laughed, "He is my manager, and being the owner here at the Cleveland Club Inu means I work for him doubly. Yash can dress me however he likes."
"Come, I have people of importance for you to meet," Sesshomaru stated as he pushed Kagome ahead of him toward the V.I.P. section.
"Sessh, you know if this is about Miko I can't go without Yash!" Kagome said as she planted her heels into the carpet. Her blue eyes glaring daggers into his gold.
"The whelp will be here shortly, he is aware of the situation," Sesshomaru promised, nodding to his assistant, Sango, to get his brother. Kagome never made anything easy. Why she let the whelp be her manager, he would never understand he mused as he adjusted his Armani suit ensemble.
Ayame took the stage after grabbing InuYasha's ass, "For Good Luck!" she had explained with a wink, and now Yash had to find his brother and Kagome.
InuYasha found Kags still in her mouthwatering outfit beside his ass hat brother waiting outside the V.I.P. area.
"So, what exactly do you want my darling Miko for?" InuYasha asked as he wrapped an arm around her waist.
"I have a contact at Wolfe Records, I thought having a foot in the door may help along the road to success," Sesshomaru replied with a bored tone, but watched the two expressions from the corner of his eye.
"Wolfe Records?" both asked in unison. Kagome was shocked, but a smile graced her naturally pouty lips. InuYasha narrowed his amber eyes, and would have refused the meeting if he hadn't seen Kagome's blue eyes shine with excitement and her Mona Lisa smile.
"Dammit, we'll do it, but Fluff, no more surprises like this without going through me first," InuYasha warned.
"Oh No," Kagome moaned looking at her outfit, "Do I have time to change?"
"No, and they watched your performance, so they have seen the outfit already," Sesshomaru pointed out.
InuYasha grabbed her chin till she looked into his amber eyes, "Kagome, what is the clothes motto Miroku taught you?"
She glared and recited, "I'm sexy, and I know it. So put on the big girl panties and show it."
InuYasha congratulated her, while Sesshomaru was torn between killing his brother for putting the pervert, Miroku, in charge of Kagome's outfits or laughing his ass off because of the ridiculous rhyme.
"Come," Sesshomaru instructed.
Kouga Wolfe had been very taken with the young woman, Miko, and that voice of hers. Very marketable and mate-able, Koga thought as he went over her attributes in his mind. He had brought along the lead singer of Sleven, Bank Ono, to get his opinion and possibly a duet if the girl had music and if the band and Ono could learn it before the night was through.
Bank's thought were roughly the same as Kouga's. Bank could see himself and this Miko as the new it couple in music. She could open for Sleven, then that night give him a piece of heaven. Being an elemental demon, as were his band members, a miko wouldn't be bad addition.
The Inu Brothers flanked the black dressed singer as she smiled at the two males waiting at the table. "I'm sorry for your wait," Kagome apologized instinctually bowing and offering the side of her neck, she had grown up around Inu Demons and some things became ingrained.
The brothers each grabbed a corner and pulled out Kagome's seat, she smiled at both, calming them enough to be seated on her sides.
"Miko, I would like for you to meet Kouga Wolfe. InuYasha, works as Miko's manager, InuYasha this is Koga Wolfe." Sesshomaru dutifully introduced. Koga was a honey tan with light blue eyes and short black hair that teased his brow, add that panty dropping smile and Kagome knew this wolf demon could be trouble. He wore a concealment spell, but she instinctively knew with whom she sat with.
Kouga smiled as he shook hands, before introducing his guest, "Sesshomaru, Miko and InuYasha, I would like for you to meet Wolfe Record's latest success, Bank Ono."
Kagome seemed to be the only one to know who this tattooed and pierced young demon was. He was a lighter tan, with short black hair that looked like he just rolled out of bed, and wearing hazel contacts.
Holding his larger hand in hers Kagome blushed, "I'm very impressed by Sleven. 'Dear God' will always be one of my favorites."
He gave her his signature sexy smirk, which both Inu growled at, but stopped when their rib cages were met with angry female elbows. She did not need an Inu/Elemental battle in the club.
"Miko, we were very impressed with your performance. Do you think you could perform another… with Bank?" Kouga asked with a small smile.
Kagome looked to InuYasha, she trusted his instinct, and he also knew the talent line-up and if the band could manage another song on such short notice. Her cerulean eyes pleaded with his gaze, while his amber gaze seemed searching. "Do you still have that duet you wrote?"
"Yes," Kagome answered, she always carried copies of her music everywhere. InuYasha would usually laugh at her obsessive-ness, but gave her a small smile and a nod to go retrieve the music. She gave a huge smile, which dazzled the men at the table. She kissed Yash on the check and ran as fast as her heels would take her not knowing how many males and a few females watched the sway of her hips and backside.
"Wolfe, you understand that Miko and I are a package deal," InuYasha explained with a very Sesshomaru like manner. "I won't have her taken advantage of."
'Great,' thought Kouga, 'with the Inu brothers always on guard dog duty…'
"But what about your clubs, this is the only Club Inu I've been to that the champagne isn't flowing and the girls aren't hoeing? It's very cleansing to the aura." Bank mentioned to the brothers as he looked around the club. This club had an old jazz feel to it; it welcomed you to have a great time and didn't care how. The elemental felt a buzz here, like stability in the soul and it was an amazing feeling.
Sesshomaru did not care for the young elemental musicians descriptions of his clubs, he catered to wealthy idiots; they acted accordingly. "This club is my brother InuYasha's pride and joy, as to how he will manage it and Miko… I have no idea."
InuYasha had basked in the praise of how different his club was from his brother's, until the bucket of cold reality hit him in the face. He couldn't trust Miroku, the guy had made sweet Kagome look like a sex goddess on his first assignment; what the idiot would do to his club was horror inducing.
Hell, the only person he had ever trusted with the club was Kagome, and her leaving was the reason he needed a new reliable manager.
Lost in thought, the steady click of Kagome's heels went unnoticed by InuYasha, until the music was put in front of him. 'Bring Me to Life', he read, "This is the one," InuYasha passed a stack of papers towards Bank.
"Unrequited passion and anger… sexy" Bank said to Miko as he read through, "do you have the tape?"
"My i-pod, I prerecord all back vocals and Yash did the male part as a favor," Kagome explained as she pulled out the little black device with a skull and cross bones drawn on it.
"I'll give this to the band, they are mildly familiar with it," InuYasha excused himself. With the demon hearing at the table, everyone would hear his sorry attempt, and he didn't want to be here for that.
Bank closed his eyes, absorbing everything he could. Cues, emotions, and how he could perfect it. "Little minx," he whispered as he pulled out the ear buds, "this is amazing. I'd like to listen a few more times so I don't make an ass out of myself, if that's okay?" He had the song memorized, Kouga knew, but simply wanted to absorb the woman's voice.
"Go ahead, I'm getting water. Would you like Miroku to bring over any beverages while you wait?" Kagome asked the gentleman. Bank nodded and smiled mouthing the word 'water', Kouga told her his parched throat could use a scotch on the rocks, and Sesshomaru concurred by reminding her to use the top shelf liquor.
Kagome told the head bartender Miroku the V.I.P. order, while he made the drinks Kagome grabbed the bottled waters.
"You are an angel dressed as sin, you know that," Miroku thanked her as she grabbed the tray to take it to V.I.P.
"The sin part is all you buddy, wait till Sessh 'talks' to you, he was not pleased," Kagome warned her friend with a smile.
"Or maybe he liked it too much..." Miroku mused as he dried some glasses in contemplation.
Placing the tray on the table she placed each drink on a Club Inu napkin before seating herself. She noticed InuYasha had yet to return, but he did have entertainment duties tonight at his club. He couldn't hold her hand through everything; she had to be a big girl sometime.
Each man smiled his thanks; Bank added a wink as he brought the water bottle to his lips, ignoring Sessh's growl of disapproval. Kouga simply swirled his drink causing the ice to clink, catching the woman's attention.
"So tell me Miko, how do you know the brothers Taisho?" Kouga asked.
Kagome smiled, "We all grew up together in a way, the Taisho's became my neighbors in Middle School and we have remained close ever since."
"She was singing songs even back then…" Sesshomaru teased.
"He and his brother would howl and grab their ears," Kagome said with a pout, which Kouga wouldn't mind nibbling on.
With all the concealment spells the smells were hard for the demons to sort out, so InuYasha and Sango's approach was only noticed by the click of heels and murmur of their voices; not their scents.
"Everything is ready Mr. Taisho and Mr. Wolfe," Sango addressed her boss and his guest.
"The break room is free if you and Ono want to practice once or twice on harmonizing before you go on," InuYasha informed Kagome with an encouraging smile.
She smiled back, touching Bank's hand to get his attention; the guy nearly fell out of his chair. He had been in his zone, bringing his focus to Miko, "Yes?"
"If you're prepared, we have a room to practice in. The acoustics are terrible, but we can still practice harmonizing if you wish," Kagome replied.
"Sounds good," Bank said standing up and stretching, "Do you have the instrumental to practice to?"
"With prerecorded back-up, yes," Kagome agreed. "Follow me Mr. Ono."
"Call me Bank, and it would be my pleasure," Bank replied with that signature smirk placing his muscular tattooed arm around Kagome's hip. Both Inus growled low at the display, and the wolf demon felt the same displeasure. Sango simply smiled. Kagome was her best friend, room mate and one of the few that knew the identity of Kagome's muse.
Sango was sent by Sesshomaru to supervise the practice and supply the duo with needed bottle water. Ono seemed more bothered by the babysitter then Kagome.
"So, who was the guy you wrote this song about?" Ono asked as he finished his bottle of water.
Kagome released a throaty laugh and tossed her head back as she stared at the ceiling, "High school… you know how that drama goes, all hormones and stupidity."
"Late bloomer, hormones and stupidity happening in the twenties," Bank said with a smile, "thirties aren't looking any brighter."
Kagome and Bank shared a laugh and relaxed. "So, you okay with what we have planned?" Bank asked.
"Yeah, contact during the duet. Make the audience believe it," Kagome parroted Bank's earlier statement.
Sango tapped on the wall, "You're up."
"Oh my…" Kagome started to panic.
"You are ready for this; born for this…Do you understand?" Bank asked looking into Kagome's cobalt eyes.
She nodded with a shy smile. "Let's Go!"