A/N~ I own nothing damn it. I don't own Yu Yu Hakusho yet and the song is Harder To Breathe by Maroon 5. I own nothing, but soon I will own Yu Yu Hakusho so yeah. Also, school has started which means I am juggling school hours, soccer practice, being with my friends, homework, and my insanity all at once. Soon enough I will probably also be juggling detention in that to. Oh goodie.
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Pretend Your Someone Else
Practice
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After school the group walked down the hall towards the gym where they were going to watch Shinma, Sakura, and Cahadras practice.
"So, they practice in the gym. What are they practicing?" Yusuke asked.
Botan shrugged. "I'm not sure. I believe it has something to do with music because Shinma asked me if I heard any good music lately."
"What kind of music?" Kuwabara asked.
"Once again, I don't know." Botan said.
"I hope they aren't one of those girl pop groups." Yusuke shuddered. "Though I do like the clothes they wear in the music videos."
"I don't see why I had to come." Hiei said. "This is pointless."
"Now Hiei, it may be good for you to see something new." Kurama told him.
"Hn."
Yusuke looked around. "Uh, wheres the gym?"
"You would know if you showed up now wouldn't you." Kurama told him.
"I hate gym." Yusuke said.
"What don't you hate?" Kuwabara asked.
Yusuke grinned pervertedly. "Well, there is."
Botan smack Yusuke in the back of the head. "We don't need to know that."
"What? You asked."
The group turned a corner and walked to the end of it. They came up upon double doors and opened them. The lights were turned of exept fot the stage lights. On the stage was Cahadras sitting at her drums. Shinma tunning her base. Sakura was plucking a few strings on her guitar. There was only one microphone held up on it's pole. The girls didn't notice them.
Cahadras soon started playing and Shinma stepped up to the microphone and both her and Sakura soon started playing. Shinma started singing.
How dare you say that my behavior is unacceptable
So condescending unnecessarily critical
I have the tendency of getting very physical
So watch your step cause if I do you'll need a miracle
You drain me dry and make me wonder why I'm even here
This Double Vision I was seeing is finally clear
You want to stay but you know very well I want you gone
Not fit to fuckin' tread the ground that I am walking on
Sakura stepped next to Shinma so both of them were singing in the microphone for the chorus.
When it gets cold outside and you got nobody to love
You'll understand what I mean when I say
There's no way we're gonna give up
And like a little girl cries in the face of a monster that lives in her dreams
Is there anyone out there cause it's getting harder and harder to breathe
Is there anyone out there cause it's getting harder and harder to breathe
Sinma stepped back leaving Sakura there alone and she sang the second verse.
What you are doing is screwing things up inside my head
You should know better you never listened to a word I said
Clutching your pillow and writhing in a naked sweat
Hoping somebody someday will do you like I did
Shinma stepped next to her and both sang the chorus again.
When it gets cold outside and you got nobody to love
You'll understand what I mean when I say
There's no way we're gonna give up
And like a little girl cries in the face of a monster that lives in her dreams
Is there anyone out there cause it's getting harder and harder to breathe
Is there anyone out there cause it's getting harder and harder to breathe
Shinma stepped back once again.
Does it kill
Does it burn
Is it painful to learn
That it's me that has all the control
Shinma stepped forward and sang while Sakura did vocal.
Does it thrill
Does it sting
When you feel what I bring
And you wish that you had me to hold
The two sang the last chorus.
When it gets cold outside and you got nobody to love
You'll understand what I mean when I say
There's no way we're gonna give up
And like a little girl cries in the face of a monster that lives in her dreams
Is there anyone out there cause it's getting harder and harder to breathe
Is there anyone out there cause it's getting harder and harder to breathe
They finished the beat and Sakura sat cross leg on the floor. "Oh, how friggin exciting. The bastards don't even have the decency to give us two microphones. What a rip."
"At least they let us practice here." Shinma said.
"Should we give them a medal now?" Sakura asked sacastically.
"Your little friends are here." Cahadras said boredly.
Sakura shrugged and Shinma looked toward the doors and saw the group standing there.
"Hey Botan." Shinma waved. "Oh you brought Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei, and Kurama I see."
Sakura looked up at Kurama's name but quickly looked back down to her lap and tuned her guitar.
Shinma smiled at Sakura's action.
"Yeah." Botan said. "You did say you needed an audience. I hope you don't mind I brought them."
Shinma shook her head. "No, not at all." She looked at Cahadras and Sakura. "Right."
"Hn." Cahadras crossed her arms over her chest and looked at the other group.
"Sakura?" Shinma asked.
Sakura shrugged and began playing Linkin Parks Faint.
Shinma looked at the two then turned to the group and smiled. "I take that as a 'I'm so happy you came.' Just ignore them at the moment, must be PMS."
Cahadras gave her a death glare before picking up her drum sticks and playing along with Sakura.
Shinma got tired quickly of being ignored. She stomped over to the speakers and pulled the main plug. The noise was emeditly cut off but Cahadras still played but Sakura was forced to stop.
"Hey!" Sakura yelled. "What was that for?"
"For ignoring me." Shinma twirled the cord around.
"Bitch." Sakura mumbled.
"Well I am female inu hanyou so thanks."
Cahdras stopped playing and looked at the arguing pair. "Will you two shut up before I kill you."
Both Shinma and Sakura stuck their tongues out at her.
"You two are so immature. I've seen new born pups act more mature than you both."
Botan walked up and sat on the stage while the guys stayed behind. "So whats your bands name?"
"Kokuei." Shinma responded.
"What's the song called."
"Harder To Breathe. It's by Maroon 5. We use it to practice sometimes when we don't wanna sing one of our songs."
"You write your own songs."
Shinma nodded. "Yep. Sakura and I are the songwriters. Cahadras doesn't much like to write."
"Are you going to tell our life stories?" Sakura asked.
"They already know them." Cahadras said.
"What do you mean." Shinma asked.
"Koenma gave them our profiles for the case. There fore they know practically everything about us and our past, our family, our birth place, our criminal records, everything."
Shinma looked at Botan. "You do?"
Botan smiled nervously. "Well, um, yes, we had to."
Sakura snorted. "Oh just what I always wanted, people to know every little thing about me. Now all I need is a stalker." She looked up at Kurama. "Scratch that last one. I think I already have one." She smirked before she returned her attention to her guitar.
Kurama blinked several times in surprise before he remebered his voice. "Like I said before, I am not a stalker."
Sakura looked up. "What ever you say Kitsune boy."
"How cute." Shinma said in a girly voice. "They're flirting."
Botan, Shinma, Yusuke, and Kuwabara burst out laughing at the looks on Kurama's and Sakura's face.
"Hn." Hiei and Cahadras said at the same time and then glared at eachother.
"Don't steal my word shorty." Cahadras said.
Before anyone saw, Hiei was standing infront of Cahadras. "What did you say?"
Cahadras stood up infront of him. "I called you shorty. Must I spell it for you."
Hiei looked at the girl who was an inch shorter then himself. "Your calling me short when I'm taller then you?"
"Your still short."
The two glared at eachother, neither ready to give up.
"She's shorter then Hiei." Kuwabara laughed.
Cahadras shot a death glare at Kuwabara. She pointed to him and his pant leg caught fire.
Kuwabara yelled and tried his best to put out the black flame that was eating his pants.
Yusuke doubled over laughing hystercally, Botan looked a little shocked, Sakura and Shinma were rolling on the ground laughing, Kurama tried to hide his laughing behind his hand, Hiei looked as if he was going to laugh but held it behind a smirk, and Cahadras looked at Kuwabara deadly.
"Anyone else wanna call me short?" She asked.
"Do it again." Yusuke got out before he fell on the floor from laughing so hard.
Cahadras shrugged and pointed at Kuwabara again. His other pant leg soon caught fire, also ingulfed in the black flame.
"Burn bitch burn." Sakura choked out.
Kuwabara finally succeeded in putting his pant legs out. "What was that for?" he yelled.
Cahadras glared at him. "I don't like being called short, expecially when bakas like you say it. If you would like your head on fire, I urge you to say something else, anything."
Kuwabara gulped but said nothing.
Botan blinked. "Well, that was, uh, entertaining."
Shinma soon gained her sanity. "So, what did you think?"
Botan smiled. "Your really good, but why are you practicing here?"
"We're doin that talent thing. Hey, it gives away money and that's waht we need at the moment."
"Oh, when is it?"
"Next Saturday."
"Would you mind if we came."
Shinma smiled. "No, that would be cool if you guys came."
Botan smiled back. "Okay, we'll come and watch."
"Who's we?" Hiei asked annoyed.
Cahadras got in Hiei's face so they were inches apart. "What, our band isn't good enough for your taste."
"I wouldn't waste my time watching you."
"Oh you little..."
Botan broke the two up. "Oh, don't be like that Hiei, of course he'll come. So don't worry Cahadras. I'm sure he wants to see you play."
Hiei and Cahadras looked at Botan mortified and then at eachother. They realized how close they were to eachother and jumped back and looked away. "Hn." They both said.
"Oh, they're cute together too." Shinma said.
"What!?" Hiei and Cahadras yelled and jumped further away from eachother.
"Denial always comes first." Sakura smiled.
Shinma smiled at Sakura. "Just like you and Kurama."
Sakura's smile left quickly. "Nu uh." Sakura defended.
Shinma smile grew larger. "You said it yourself."
Both Kurama and Sakura blushed and Sakura looked away.
"Well." Botan said. "We best be going. We'll see you tomorrow." She jumped off the stage and walked up the rows to the others.
"K, see ya later." Shinma called.
Hiei looked at Cahadras once more before leaving quickly. The rest of the group left through the double doors.
Shinma tuned to Chadras and Sakura. "We'll, we better clean up and go home."
"Hn." Cahadras said.
Sakura grumbled something under her breathe. "Arg, I gotta get out of this body now."
"Wait till we're home." Shinma told her then grinned evilly. "Kurama."
Sakura blushed, stood up, and stomped to the back stage with her guitar while Shinma laughed hystercally and Cahadras laughed lightly.
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A/N~ Well, theres another chapter. Don't forget to review.
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Pretend Your Someone Else
Practice
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After school the group walked down the hall towards the gym where they were going to watch Shinma, Sakura, and Cahadras practice.
"So, they practice in the gym. What are they practicing?" Yusuke asked.
Botan shrugged. "I'm not sure. I believe it has something to do with music because Shinma asked me if I heard any good music lately."
"What kind of music?" Kuwabara asked.
"Once again, I don't know." Botan said.
"I hope they aren't one of those girl pop groups." Yusuke shuddered. "Though I do like the clothes they wear in the music videos."
"I don't see why I had to come." Hiei said. "This is pointless."
"Now Hiei, it may be good for you to see something new." Kurama told him.
"Hn."
Yusuke looked around. "Uh, wheres the gym?"
"You would know if you showed up now wouldn't you." Kurama told him.
"I hate gym." Yusuke said.
"What don't you hate?" Kuwabara asked.
Yusuke grinned pervertedly. "Well, there is."
Botan smack Yusuke in the back of the head. "We don't need to know that."
"What? You asked."
The group turned a corner and walked to the end of it. They came up upon double doors and opened them. The lights were turned of exept fot the stage lights. On the stage was Cahadras sitting at her drums. Shinma tunning her base. Sakura was plucking a few strings on her guitar. There was only one microphone held up on it's pole. The girls didn't notice them.
Cahadras soon started playing and Shinma stepped up to the microphone and both her and Sakura soon started playing. Shinma started singing.
How dare you say that my behavior is unacceptable
So condescending unnecessarily critical
I have the tendency of getting very physical
So watch your step cause if I do you'll need a miracle
You drain me dry and make me wonder why I'm even here
This Double Vision I was seeing is finally clear
You want to stay but you know very well I want you gone
Not fit to fuckin' tread the ground that I am walking on
Sakura stepped next to Shinma so both of them were singing in the microphone for the chorus.
When it gets cold outside and you got nobody to love
You'll understand what I mean when I say
There's no way we're gonna give up
And like a little girl cries in the face of a monster that lives in her dreams
Is there anyone out there cause it's getting harder and harder to breathe
Is there anyone out there cause it's getting harder and harder to breathe
Sinma stepped back leaving Sakura there alone and she sang the second verse.
What you are doing is screwing things up inside my head
You should know better you never listened to a word I said
Clutching your pillow and writhing in a naked sweat
Hoping somebody someday will do you like I did
Shinma stepped next to her and both sang the chorus again.
When it gets cold outside and you got nobody to love
You'll understand what I mean when I say
There's no way we're gonna give up
And like a little girl cries in the face of a monster that lives in her dreams
Is there anyone out there cause it's getting harder and harder to breathe
Is there anyone out there cause it's getting harder and harder to breathe
Shinma stepped back once again.
Does it kill
Does it burn
Is it painful to learn
That it's me that has all the control
Shinma stepped forward and sang while Sakura did vocal.
Does it thrill
Does it sting
When you feel what I bring
And you wish that you had me to hold
The two sang the last chorus.
When it gets cold outside and you got nobody to love
You'll understand what I mean when I say
There's no way we're gonna give up
And like a little girl cries in the face of a monster that lives in her dreams
Is there anyone out there cause it's getting harder and harder to breathe
Is there anyone out there cause it's getting harder and harder to breathe
They finished the beat and Sakura sat cross leg on the floor. "Oh, how friggin exciting. The bastards don't even have the decency to give us two microphones. What a rip."
"At least they let us practice here." Shinma said.
"Should we give them a medal now?" Sakura asked sacastically.
"Your little friends are here." Cahadras said boredly.
Sakura shrugged and Shinma looked toward the doors and saw the group standing there.
"Hey Botan." Shinma waved. "Oh you brought Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei, and Kurama I see."
Sakura looked up at Kurama's name but quickly looked back down to her lap and tuned her guitar.
Shinma smiled at Sakura's action.
"Yeah." Botan said. "You did say you needed an audience. I hope you don't mind I brought them."
Shinma shook her head. "No, not at all." She looked at Cahadras and Sakura. "Right."
"Hn." Cahadras crossed her arms over her chest and looked at the other group.
"Sakura?" Shinma asked.
Sakura shrugged and began playing Linkin Parks Faint.
Shinma looked at the two then turned to the group and smiled. "I take that as a 'I'm so happy you came.' Just ignore them at the moment, must be PMS."
Cahadras gave her a death glare before picking up her drum sticks and playing along with Sakura.
Shinma got tired quickly of being ignored. She stomped over to the speakers and pulled the main plug. The noise was emeditly cut off but Cahadras still played but Sakura was forced to stop.
"Hey!" Sakura yelled. "What was that for?"
"For ignoring me." Shinma twirled the cord around.
"Bitch." Sakura mumbled.
"Well I am female inu hanyou so thanks."
Cahdras stopped playing and looked at the arguing pair. "Will you two shut up before I kill you."
Both Shinma and Sakura stuck their tongues out at her.
"You two are so immature. I've seen new born pups act more mature than you both."
Botan walked up and sat on the stage while the guys stayed behind. "So whats your bands name?"
"Kokuei." Shinma responded.
"What's the song called."
"Harder To Breathe. It's by Maroon 5. We use it to practice sometimes when we don't wanna sing one of our songs."
"You write your own songs."
Shinma nodded. "Yep. Sakura and I are the songwriters. Cahadras doesn't much like to write."
"Are you going to tell our life stories?" Sakura asked.
"They already know them." Cahadras said.
"What do you mean." Shinma asked.
"Koenma gave them our profiles for the case. There fore they know practically everything about us and our past, our family, our birth place, our criminal records, everything."
Shinma looked at Botan. "You do?"
Botan smiled nervously. "Well, um, yes, we had to."
Sakura snorted. "Oh just what I always wanted, people to know every little thing about me. Now all I need is a stalker." She looked up at Kurama. "Scratch that last one. I think I already have one." She smirked before she returned her attention to her guitar.
Kurama blinked several times in surprise before he remebered his voice. "Like I said before, I am not a stalker."
Sakura looked up. "What ever you say Kitsune boy."
"How cute." Shinma said in a girly voice. "They're flirting."
Botan, Shinma, Yusuke, and Kuwabara burst out laughing at the looks on Kurama's and Sakura's face.
"Hn." Hiei and Cahadras said at the same time and then glared at eachother.
"Don't steal my word shorty." Cahadras said.
Before anyone saw, Hiei was standing infront of Cahadras. "What did you say?"
Cahadras stood up infront of him. "I called you shorty. Must I spell it for you."
Hiei looked at the girl who was an inch shorter then himself. "Your calling me short when I'm taller then you?"
"Your still short."
The two glared at eachother, neither ready to give up.
"She's shorter then Hiei." Kuwabara laughed.
Cahadras shot a death glare at Kuwabara. She pointed to him and his pant leg caught fire.
Kuwabara yelled and tried his best to put out the black flame that was eating his pants.
Yusuke doubled over laughing hystercally, Botan looked a little shocked, Sakura and Shinma were rolling on the ground laughing, Kurama tried to hide his laughing behind his hand, Hiei looked as if he was going to laugh but held it behind a smirk, and Cahadras looked at Kuwabara deadly.
"Anyone else wanna call me short?" She asked.
"Do it again." Yusuke got out before he fell on the floor from laughing so hard.
Cahadras shrugged and pointed at Kuwabara again. His other pant leg soon caught fire, also ingulfed in the black flame.
"Burn bitch burn." Sakura choked out.
Kuwabara finally succeeded in putting his pant legs out. "What was that for?" he yelled.
Cahadras glared at him. "I don't like being called short, expecially when bakas like you say it. If you would like your head on fire, I urge you to say something else, anything."
Kuwabara gulped but said nothing.
Botan blinked. "Well, that was, uh, entertaining."
Shinma soon gained her sanity. "So, what did you think?"
Botan smiled. "Your really good, but why are you practicing here?"
"We're doin that talent thing. Hey, it gives away money and that's waht we need at the moment."
"Oh, when is it?"
"Next Saturday."
"Would you mind if we came."
Shinma smiled. "No, that would be cool if you guys came."
Botan smiled back. "Okay, we'll come and watch."
"Who's we?" Hiei asked annoyed.
Cahadras got in Hiei's face so they were inches apart. "What, our band isn't good enough for your taste."
"I wouldn't waste my time watching you."
"Oh you little..."
Botan broke the two up. "Oh, don't be like that Hiei, of course he'll come. So don't worry Cahadras. I'm sure he wants to see you play."
Hiei and Cahadras looked at Botan mortified and then at eachother. They realized how close they were to eachother and jumped back and looked away. "Hn." They both said.
"Oh, they're cute together too." Shinma said.
"What!?" Hiei and Cahadras yelled and jumped further away from eachother.
"Denial always comes first." Sakura smiled.
Shinma smiled at Sakura. "Just like you and Kurama."
Sakura's smile left quickly. "Nu uh." Sakura defended.
Shinma smile grew larger. "You said it yourself."
Both Kurama and Sakura blushed and Sakura looked away.
"Well." Botan said. "We best be going. We'll see you tomorrow." She jumped off the stage and walked up the rows to the others.
"K, see ya later." Shinma called.
Hiei looked at Cahadras once more before leaving quickly. The rest of the group left through the double doors.
Shinma tuned to Chadras and Sakura. "We'll, we better clean up and go home."
"Hn." Cahadras said.
Sakura grumbled something under her breathe. "Arg, I gotta get out of this body now."
"Wait till we're home." Shinma told her then grinned evilly. "Kurama."
Sakura blushed, stood up, and stomped to the back stage with her guitar while Shinma laughed hystercally and Cahadras laughed lightly.
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A/N~ Well, theres another chapter. Don't forget to review.