pThe group of Seishi and their respective Mikos sat sullen in the smoky room of the karaoke bar. Mutters and curses and threats at the author circulated.
p"Oh don't look so damn glum all of you!" A voice burst from the corner of the room, the Seishi and Mikos turned to see a dark haired girl with glasses and a fearsome snarl slouching against the wall.
p"Who the F*%@ are you!?" Tasuki demanded. The girl stuck her tongue out.
p"I'm the f(&%#g author." She said crossing her arms. Yui leapt up.
p"What the hell are YOU doing here?" She yelled before gulping and casting a sideways glance at Suboshi. The girl sighed and rubbed her arm.
p"Well . . .I've decided to do something nice for Tamahome. See, I wrote out this great part where he sang this really nasty song to Miaka . . .but in my great benevolence I have decided to let him sing a . . .well, nicer one to her. She sighed again and cursed her conscience.
p"What!? But that's not f %*(*&^# fair!!!" Spluttered Suboshi and Tasuki. The girl grinned and winked at them.
p"Oh, it still opens him up for easy ridicule. I'm not THAT benevolent!" She tossed a note to Yui. "There's his song. See you all later." She started for the door. The group blinked.
p"Hey, don't you have that super author power that lets you just go 'poof'?" Miaka asked scratching her head. The girl shrugged.
p"Yeah, but I'm gonna hit the restaurant next door, then when they bring the check I'll go poof. Heck, If I got powers and I'm gonna use to benefit me. Not for effect." With that, the author left. Nakago shook his head.
p"I thought she'd be taller or bigger or something to THAT effect." Yui opened the note and a small smile worked its way across her face. She walked onto the stage shaking her head.
p"Ok guys . . .It does suit those two. Tamahome is going to sing 'RunAround Sue' by Dion and the Belmonts. A collective chuckle went around the room as Tamahome took the stage and began bobbing his head to the 50's classic bee-bop/rock music. Tasuki groaned.
p"Awww man . . .Tama-home-boy cant f^$#& sing!"
p"Don't worry . . .I turned the volume really high like with Miaka!" Whispered Yui. Everyone flashed her a thumbs-up sign except Miaka, who blinked confused.
p"You mean you guys couldn't hear me?"
p iHere's my story; it's sad but true.
pTasuki: (Smirks) The story of your life, Tama?
br Nuriko: No . . .his obsession with money!
br Yui: (winks) No, no . . .it's his love story with Miaka!
br Miaka: (grins)Are you really my best-friend?
piIt's about a girl that I once knew
pTomo: One must wonder how well he knows the Priestess of Suzaku . . .
br Soi: (Snorts) Not as well as I know Nakago!
br Nakago: (Glares) Must we bring this up here?
piShe took my love than ran around
bri With every single guy in town
pChichiri: This is true, no da?
br Nuriko: Yeah, Tama, his highness . . .
br Tasuki: That dammed usurper of my gang!
br Tomo: I deceived her . . .
br Amiboshi: Me!
br Suboshi: WHAT!?
br Soi: (putting her arms around Nakago's neck) She almost got you. (growls)
br Miaka: Soi . . .I don't WANT him!
pi Hurt, hurt, hum-da-hey-da-hey-da-hurt, hurt, hum-da-hey-da-hey-da hurt, hurt, hum-da-hey-da-hey-da-hurt.
pWhhhhhoooooooaaaaaaaa/i
pTasuki: (snickers) Damn . . .he really hits those, don't he?
p iYeah, I should have known it from the very start,
br this girl will leave me with a broken heart. /i
pYui:(rolling her eyes) Well DUH! I mean she's only from another world and she's gotta go back! That sort of thing leads to heart break. (Snorts) otherwise I would've let Subosh- (breaks off)
br Suboshi: (looks up) What'd you say Lady Yui?
br Yui: (waves a hand) NOTHING!
piNow listen people what I'm telling you,
bri a-keep away from-a runaround Sue. /i
pNakago: (snorts)Go near her and he'll melt your arm!
br Hotohori: Or forsake his emperor!
br Tomo: (Glares at Amiboshi) Or have his little flute buddy save her . . .
br Ashitare: (growls at Nuriko)
br Suboshi: Or blow up parts of cliffs . . .
br Yui: Wait a minute, when were YOU near her, Suboshi!?
piYeah, I miss her lips and the smile on her face, /i
pTomo: And what an INTELLIGENT smile it is . . .
br Miboshi: Yes, those two DESERVE each other!
br Nakago: (Chuckles) Her lips were so soft . . .
br Soi: (Charging a lightning bolt)WHAT WAS THAT!?
br Nakago: (blinks) Nothing!
pithe touch of her hair and this girl's warm embrace. /i
pTasuki:(shudders) The horrors I walked in on . . .
br Hotohori: Also been there!
br Amiboshi: Also done that!
br Suboshi: WHAT!?
piSo if you don't wanna cry like I do, /i
pAll: (Break out laughing)
br Tasuki: Yeah! The money man in tears!
br Nuriko: (grinning) It just means he's . . .sensitive. . .
br Tomo: Yes, perhaps we should divulge him some of our attention . . .
pia-keep away from-a runaround Sue. /i
pSuboshi: (grimacing) Though why anyone would voluntarily go near her is beyond my comprehension.
br Amiboshi: Well think of it as if someone was going after Yui.
br Suboshi: (Leaps up) I'D KILL THEM!
br Yui: Um . . .
br Soi: Suboshi, if you keep scaring her, you'll never get the girl!
br Nakago: (Mutters)(Half-joking) For the love of Seiryu keep scaring her lest you end up like me . . .
piWhhhhhhhhhoooooooooooaaaaaaaaa
pbrShe likes to travel around. /i
pNuriko: Really! How many times did Miaka take off anyway?
br Chichiri: She seemed to do that a lot, no da?
br Chiriko: What was the last count at?
br Tasuki: Who won that pool we had going anyway?
br Mitsukake: I did. I guessed the closest number to the times she actually took off.
piShe'll love you but she'll put you down. /i
pHotohori: I can attest to that one.
piNow people let me put you wise.
brSue goes, out with other guys. /i
br pAmiboshi: Of course, the question would be how MANY other guys?
Tomo: Yes . . .the priestess is somewhat of a slut
br Miaka: Hey! Hey! Hey!
br Soi: Well honestly . . .even I got paid . . .
piHere's the moral of the story from the guy who knows: /i?
pMiboshi: Nothing!
br Tasuki: Well, he knows how to get Miaka to love him . . .
br Nuriko: And how to get a few coins . . .
br Suboshi: (Cheerily) And even though he's a complete bastard, he REALLY knows how to mess up Nakago's arm! Ha!
br Amiboshi: Um . . .Shun-chan, not so loud!
piI fell in love and my love still grows. /i
pSoi: (smirking) It doesn't grow too big . . .
br Miaka: (laughs) THAT'S for damn sure!
br Tasuki: What? Tama-home-boy have trouble in the sack?
br Hotohori: (shaking head) This is much more then I needed to know . . .
piAsk any fool that she ever knew, they'll say,
br"A-keep away from-a runaround Sue." /i
pYeah keep away from this girl,br
br I don't know what she'll do!
/i
pYui: No one does, but I'm sure it'll entail running off!
ipKeep away from Sue!/i
pSuboshi: Yeah, 'cause if you bang my girl before I do . . .
br Tomo: I'll just have to go utterly insane and kill you!
br Nuriko: Yeah, he took on the emperor . . .
br Miboshi: Forget the royalty, he took on Nakago!
br Soi: That was more sheer stupidity though . . .
ipShe likes to travel around. /i
pChichiri: Take off is more like it, no da?
ipShe'll love you then she'll put you down.
brNow people let me put you wise. /i
pChiriko: I doubt Tamahome's words of wisdom are going to help me much . . .
brTasuki: Kid, I don't think ANYONE'S words of wisdom are gonna help YOU much!
brChirchirri: But we try, no da?
ipSue goes, out with other guys. /i
pAmiboshi: And mind you, not just a few . . .
br Mitsukake: More like half the cast . . .
piHere's the moral of the story from the guy who knows:
brI fell in love and my love still grows.
pSoi and Miaka: (collective cough) Right.
piAsk any fool that she ever knew, they'll say,
br"A-keep away from-a runaround Sue." /i
pAmiboshi: No one told me to stay away from her!
br Suboshi: WHAT!?
br Tomo: It's more of a common sense thing.
br Nuriko: Well . . .it does take a special guy for Miaka . . .
br Miaka: What's THAT supposed to mean? (Looks at table) OH! PIZZA!
br Hotohori: (Sigh) Tamahome and Miaka DO deserve each other!
piStay away from that girl!
brDon't you know what she'll do!?
brYeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh
brWooooooooaaaaahhhhh/i
pTamahome jumped off stage and sat down next to Miaka.
p"That song was about protecting me, right?!" she asked. He swallowed hard as everyone else in the room masked smiles.
p"Um . . .yeah, sure it was!" ((Liar)) "SHUTUP!" Yui exchanged and amused glance with Suboshi and too stage again.
p"All right, all right. Next we got a little impression act going along with the singing . . . Ashitare with Limp Bizkit's Break Stuff!" Yui leapt off stage as Ashitare moved up going with the beat of the music. He wore a black tee-shirt ((A big one)) and a red baseball cap . . .he has a surprising resemblance to Fred Durst, damn, he even sounded like him! Yui and Suboshi began some minor head-banging as Tasuki grinned and Tamahome began to slowly pull himself back into a sitting position as the 'heavy metal' blared.
Break Stuff
piIt's just one of those days
brWhere ya don't wanna wake up /i
pYui: Been there!
br Suboshi: Done that!
br Amiboshi: Didn't really remember it . . .
br Miaka: We've all had 'em though!
br Chichiri: Yes, but some more then others, no da?
piEverything is fucked, everybody sucks. /i
pTomo and Soi: (Simultaneously) Except Nakago! (Glare at each other)
br Nakago: (Silently) Except mother . . .or Soi (Smirks)
br Nuriko: (Sighs happily) Except Hotohori
br Amiboshi: Except you Suboshi.
br Suboshi: Same to you, Aniki. (grins) And Lady Yui!
br Yui: (Smiles) Thank you Suboshi
br Tamahome: 'Cept you . . .Miaka?
br Miaka: Oh . . .Tama . . .home!
br Tasuki: HEY! Everybody sucks no matter what!
piYou don't really know why
brBut you wanna justify rippin' someone's head off /i
pTamahome (Glaring at Suboshi) I know damn well why!
br Suboshi: (Jumps up) Bring it on!
br Yui: (Pulls Suboshi down) Cool it!
br Suboshi: (sighs) Yes Lady Yui.
piNo human contact
brAnd if you interact your life is on contract
brYour best bet is to stay away mother fucker!
brIt's just one of those days!
pIt's all about the he said she said bullshit
brI think you better quit lettin' shit slip
brOr you'll be leavin with a fat lip
brIt's all about the he said she said bullshit
brI think you better quit talkin' that shit /i
pTamahome: (looks up) Yeah, you hear that author? You keep bashing Miaka and I'll come up there and crush you! (Poof)
br Tasuki: (Laughing his ass off) OH MAN!
br Nuriko: Hey Tama, you look GREAT in that pink tutu!
br Tamahome: AHHHHH! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
piIt's just one of those days
br Feelin' like a freight train /i
pChiriko: (blinks, looking ready to cry) What's-what's THAT!?
br Chichiri: Um, um, it's ok not to know some of these, no da? It's from another world, no da?
piFirst one to complain /i
pMiboshi: (Coughs) Priestess of Suzaku.
piLeaves with a blood stain /i
pTomo: That would be Nuriko
br Nuriko: (throws a table at him) Hey!
br Soi: Want me to fry him next time?
br Nuriko: Sure, thanks.
piDamn right I'm a maniac /i
pNuriko: No one is contradicting THAT one!
br Tamahome: That would be Suboshi!
br Yui: Oh shut up! You're just too damn dense to comprehend what TRUE loyalty is! (Silence) Did I just say that!?
br Amiboshi: Yup
br Soi: But look how happy you just made him!
br Suboshi: (Happy grin) Thank you Lady Yui . . .
piYou better watch your back
br Cuz I'm fuckin' up your program
br And if you're stuck up /i
pTamahome: That would be Yui!
br Suboshi: Hey SHUT UP! I'll kill you! (Jumps up)
br Yui: (Holding Suboshi back) Miaka, hit him for me!
br Miaka: (backhands him) BAKA!
piYou just lucked up
br Next in line to get fucked up
br Your best bet is to stay away motherfucker!
br It's just one of those days! /i
pTamahome: Hey Tasuki, you enjoying this song?
br Tasuki: You bet your motherf#*&#^%$ ass I am!
piIt's all about the he said she said bullshit.
br I think you better quit lettin shit slip
br Or you'll be leavin with a fat lip /i
pYui: And massive blood loss. . .
br Amiboshi: One less limb or two . . .
br Tamahome: Or a melted arm . . .
piIt's all about the he said she said bullshit
br I think you better quit talkin that shit, punk
br So come and get it /i
pSuboshi: (Glares at Tamahome) You insult Lady Yui one more time and I'll be singin' that line . . .
br Tamahome: Bring it on yo-yo boy!
piI feel like shit
/i
pYui: Yeah, just like everyone else!
piMy suggestion is to keep your distance
br Cuz right now I'm dangerous /i
pHotohori: When is this thing NOT dangerous
br Mitsukake: Perhaps when he was Tama's size.
piWe've all felt like shit
br And been treated like shit /i
pYui: Oh YEAH!
br Suboshi: Right here!
br Tomo: Count me in!
br Miboshi: Me too!
br Soi: Hell, count anyone under Nakago's infulence!
piAll those motherfuckers, they want to step up
br I hope ya know
br I pack a chainsaw
br I'll skin your ass raw /i
pHotohori: (smirks)And eat it with some pepper sauce . . .
br Miaka: Oh goodie! Is it time to eat?
piAnd if my day keeps going this way
br I just might break something tonight
br Give me something to break /i
pChichiri: Like what, a couple of bones, no da?
br Suboshi: (Begins singing along)
piI pack a chainsaw /i
pChiriko: (Nearly in tears) What's a chainsaw? I don't know!
br Mitsukake: It's all right Chiriko! Here, pet Tama!
piI'll skin your ass raw /i
pNuriko: Or skewer ya . . .
piAnd if my day keeps going this way
br I just might break your fuckin' face tonite /i
pAmiboshi: (Squeaks) Yui, get Shun-chan to stop singing . . .
br Yui: Um . . .Suboshi? Please stop singing along, you're scaring your brother and I.
br Suboshi: Huh? Oh, sorry Lady Yui. (Stops)
piGive me something to break
br Just give me something to break
br How 'bout your fuckin' face? /i
pNuriko: No thanks.
br Tasuki: Gonna pass on THAT f^%%#* offer!
piI hope you know I pack a chainsaw, what? /i
pMitsukake: See, Chiriko? He doesn't know what a chainsaw is either!
br Chichiri: Yeah, but that's not saying much, no da?
piI hope you know I pack a chainsaw, a mutherfuckin' chainsaw, what?
br So come and get it
pIt's all about the he said she said bullshit.
br I think you better quit lettin shit slip
br Or you'll be leavin with a fat lip/i
pTomo: A little more then that, or should I say less?
br Amiboshi: Either way just don't let s^%*$ slip!
br Suboshi: (Shocked) Aniki!?
piIt's all about the he said she said bullshit
br I think you better quit talkin that shit
br So come and get it /i
pYui: (Cheerfuly) A better name for that would have been the 'Seiryu Theme Song'
br Tamahome: Or 'Suboshi's Personal Anthem'
br Suboshi: Hey, you wanna take it outside money man?
pThe Seiryu applauded enthusiastically as the Suzaku attempted not too look quite as intimidated as the felt. Ashitare leapt off the stage and took his seat on the floor again. Yui got on the stage again, frowning at the list.
p"Well . . .um, it's Mitsukake going next in what he calls the 'Medicine and Cat Medley." She looked at the confused faces and shrugged. "Uh, Mitsukake, take it away!" Mitsukake took stage as Chiriko plugged his ears. Everyone leaned forward, curious as to what the silent man would . . .sing? Some cheesy music came on.
piPlop, Plop
br Fizz, fizz
br Whooooooo!
br What a relief it is! /i
pThe music ended. Everyone stared, jaws on the floor. Tama accompanied him for the second one.
piI want chicken! (Meyow, Meyow, Meyow)
br I want liver! (Meyow, Meyow, Meyow)
br Meyow Mix, ( Meyow, Meyow, Meyow)
br Meyow Mix (Meyow, Meyow, Meyow)
br Please Deliver! (Meyow, Meyow, Meyow) /i
pMitsukake walked off the stage to complete and utter silence. Tasuki leapt up.
p"He can't do that? Can he!?" ((Well . . .I guess if you WANTED him to sing more . . .))
p"NO! NO! NO!" A collective scream headed by Mitsukake shook the room. ((All right then, get on with the show)) Yui sighed and got up again.
p"Ok, that was weird . . .um, up next is . . ." She sighed and dropped her arm to her side. "As if it couldn't get ANY weirder. It's MIBOSHI! He hasn't said what he's singing." She hopped off stage as Miboshi, grimacing, floated above the stage. Chiriko eeped and hid behind Mitsukake. Miboshi looked at the ceiling.
p"WHY must I sing this?" ((Because I think it's funny.)) "I should just come and inhabit you're little cousin!" ((Want me to come up with something worse? You know I can! Just threaten my kid cousin again!)) Miboshi sighed and began singing to the lullaby.
piRock-a-bye Baby/i
pAll: (Lots o' Laughter)
piOn the tree top
br When the wind blows
br The cradle will rock
br When the bough breaks/i
pChiriko: (Laughing) Did Tatara cause it to break?
piThe cradle will fall
br And down will come baby
br Cradle/i
pMiaka: Demonic snake things . .
Tamahome: Rock giant thing . . .
Chiriko: Evil spells . . .
Suboshi and Yui: The whole darn palace . . .
piand allllllllllllllllllll! /i
pMiboshi floated back to his place amid the loud and plentiful laughter that shook the room. Silently he cursed the author for taking his powers to summon daemons of the higher classes. Yui, wiping her eyes, climbed back up on the stage.
p"Well, that was . . .amusing to say the least. Amiboshi is going next, he didn't say what he's singing." She took a closer look at the list. "But the author did say he could just play the flute if he wanted . . .so I'm thinking classical?" ((Hee Hee, not bloody likely!)) She looked at Amiboshi who just gave a small smile to the crowd and helped her off stage as he went on. Blushing slightly he rubbed the back of his neck and blinked in the glare of the lights.
pAmiboshi: Um, I'm g-gonna sing Last Resort by Papa Roach.
p (Heavy Hard-Core rock music blares. Amiboshi gets into it, jumping around to the pulse of the music and head banging as the crowd goes wide-eyed and trembles )
piCut my life into pieces
br This is my last resort /i
pNakago: (Swallowing hard) What . . .the flute?
br Soi: (Blinking) Nakago . . .this isn't the time to joke.
piSuffocation /i
pTasuki: WHAT!? He talkin' about the f(*&^&*g river!?
piNo breathing /i
pTamahome: YEP! The river!
br Miaka/Nuriko/Yui: Will you SHUTUP!?
br Soi: Insensitive Pricks.
br Tomo: (rolls eyes) Seeing who you sleep with, isn't that comment a WEE hypocritical (ZAP) Urk . . .
piDon't give a fuck if I cut my arm, bleeding /i
pSuboshi: (Near tears) Is he talking about when we talk? Does he mean it hurts him!? Did I hurt Amiboshi?
br Yui: (Comforting)No, shhhhh! Of course he isn't Suboshi!
br Chiriko: (quietly) I think this is more repressed anger and frustration coming out. The 'Suboshi' side surfacing in his normally gentle brother.
piThis is my last resort
pCut my life into pieces
br I've reached my last resort
br Suffocation
br No breathing
br Don't give a fuck if I cut my arm, bleeding
br Do you even care if I die bleeding?
br Would it be wrong? /i
pAll: YES!
br Miaka: (near tears) Yes! Yes it would be wrong Amiboshi!
br Suboshi: Please Aniki! Listen to her! (pauses) Did I just say that? Why did I say that!?
br Yui: (Rubbing his shoulder) Because you care! It's ok!
piWould it be right? /i
pEveryone: NO!
br Nuriko: You can play the flute and I won't say anything! Really!
piIf I took my life tonight
br Chances are that I might
br Mutilation outta sight/i
pMisukake: (Leans towards Suboshi) (quietly) I can fix those later for him . . .
br Suboshi: (nods, distracted) Thank you . . .
br Yui: (Hugging Suboshi) It'll be all right . . .we'll his friends, we'll help him.
br Miaka: Yeah Subsohi, we'll help him.
br Chichiri: Poor kid, no da?
pi And I'm contemplating suicide
pCuz I'm losing my sight
br Losing my mind
br Wish somebody would tell me
br I'm fine /i
pHotohori: You know . . .when I was his age I felt exactly the same way
br Nuriko: Your majesty . . .
br Yui: I think we can all relate one way or another but
br Miaka: We oughta watch out for him anyway
piLosing my sight
br Losing my mind
br Wish somebody would tell me I'm fine/i
pTasuki: Uh . . .it's all f(^#*&g right kid . . .
piI never realized
br I was spread too thin
br To live was too late
br And I was empty within /i
pSuboshi: I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
br Yui: (Hugging him) It's not you fault!
piHungry!
br Feeding on chaos
br And living in sin /i
pSoi: (scowls) Nakago! Tell him the mission wasn't his fault! YOU sent him!
br Nakago: (points to Soi while looking at Amiboshi) What she said
piDownward spiral where do I begin?
br It all started when I lost my mother
br No love for myself
br And no love for another. /i
pAmiboshi: (breaks from song) But that isn't true . . .I love Shun-chan! ((Yes, yes, and Miaka too.))
br Suboshi: WHAT!? ((*Sigh* Just get on with the song, ok? It's proving a point))
piSearching to find a love up on a higher level/i
pSuboshi: Yeah . . .Seiryuu left quite a bit to be desired . . .
Yui: (Soothingly)I know, I know
pFinding nothing but questions and devils/i
pMiaka: I'll take 'What is meeting Nakago for 500, Alex'
piCuz I'm losing my sight
br Losing my mind
br Wish somebody would tell me in fine
br Losing my sight
br Losing my mind
br Wish somebody would tell me I'm fine
br Nothing's alright
br Nothing is fine /i
pMiaka: (Softly) He's right
br Soi: Hey, you GOT your boy!
br Yui: But look what she had to go through to get him!
br Tasuki: Who put her through tha-
br Tamahome: SHUT UP TASUKI!
br Suboshi: I can and WILL kill you!
piI'm running and I'm crying
br I'm crying I'm crying I'm crying I'm crying/i
pEveryone: (Averting eyes thinking of their own lives)
pi I can't go on living this way /i
pAmiboshi stood on stage shaking and took a deep breath. "Ok . . .I'm gonna stop here." He looked up. "That ok?"
p"Down here, Kou." Finishing off a slice of pizza stood the girl from earlier. Amiboshi walked off the stage and sat next to his brother who was in a mutual hug with Yui. "Um . . .I, I guess I owe an explanation for that one, neh?"
p"You're damn right you do!" Yelled Tasuki.
p"Why'd you go and get us all, the kids especially, upset!? Think it was funny!?" Bellowed Nuriko, pointing to Amiboshi, Suboshi and Yui. The girl shook her head.
p"No. I don't do that. I'm not Nakago. I wanted to prove something. No matter how bloody happy-go-lucky someone seems there can be trouble. So you'd better bloody damn well look out for your friends." She frowned and looked at her feet. "And when you do stuff like that, in the song . . .well you saw how upset you all got! You can't hurt yourself without hurting the people who care about you. No matter what you do." The girl took a deep breath. "Ok . . .I'm outta here. Sing on." She walked out the door. Yui squeezed Suboshi and gave Amiboshi a kiss on the forehead before taking stage again.
p"Ok . . .I guess, for the sake of the story we can't fully deal with this ((Right.)) So Tasuki is singing next . . .he'll be singing a traditional round. Tasuki?" Tasuki leapt up on stage as the upbeat camp song began and Yui stepped off. With a wild grin Tasuki began singing at the top of his lungs, waving his arms about and throwing his head back.
p
iOh I love the mountains! /i
pHotohori: He is a mountain bandit . . .
br Tomo: One would assume he'd like them
br Chichiri: Yeah, why else would he live there, no da?
piI love the rolling hills! /i
pNakago: All right . . .
br Amiboshi: He's really into nature . . .
piI love the flowers! /i
pAmiboshi: (laughing) REALLY, REALLY into nature!
br Tomo: (grinning) Pansies I hope . . .I'm really luckin' out tonight!
br Nuriko: Hey, who'da thought Tasuki has a feminine side!?
br Tamahome: (snickering) This is TOO easy! T
piI love the daffodils! /i
p
br Tomo: Damn!
br Suboshi: (laughing) Ya know, maybe there is some truth to that whole rumor about Nuriko and Tasuki gettin' it on!
br Yui: (laughing) Girls like a guy's sensitive side but this is TOO much!
br Nuriko/Tamahome: (Laughing to hard to insult Tasuki)
pTaskui: iBoom de-hayda/i (Breaks from song and looks at all the laughing people) WHAT!?
pChichiri: Tasuki, if you had sung that when we faced Nakago . . .
br Tamahome: He might've lost from sheer SHOCK!
br Nakago: (laughing) Don't count on it . . .
br Tasuki: What!? This is an old fashioned BANDIT song!
br Nuriko: A bandit song? You GOTTA be kidding!
br Hotohori: No bandit would ever sing that!
br Chiriko: It does go against their personality profiles!
br Mitsukake: Were you DRUNK when this 'bandit song' was taught to you?
br Tasuki: (Remembers he was drunk) Uh . . .well, that was just a JOKE! HAHAHHA! Yeah, a f^%$ joke! You guys didn't REALLY think I meant it, did you? Hahahah . . .er, here's the real one!
piFirst we'll drink and drink and drink/i
pMiboshi: And drink!
br Nuriko: And drink!
br Amiboshi: And drink!
br Suboshi: And drink!
br Yui: And drink!
br Hotohori: And drink!
br Miaka: And drink!
br Tamahome: And drink!
br ((This running gag brought to you by the author's lack of a life))
br Tomo: And drink!
br Nakago: And drink!
br Soi: And drink!
br Mitsukake: And drink!
br Chichiri: And drink, no da!
br Chiriko: And consume!
br Tama: Meyow!
piAnd then we'll fight and fight and fight/i
pTamahome: Ok, this is a little better . . .
br Nuriko: Much more his style!
piAnd then we'll kill and kill and kill /i
pNakago: Much better
br Tomo: Hm . . .I'm begining to like this song . . .
br Misboshi: Yes . . .it has spunk
br Chiriko: Spunk!?
br Miboshi: Yeah! I like that word! You gotta problem with that shrimp!?
br Chiriko: (Quickly) No! No!
br Mitsukake: (To Miboshi) Bother him again and I'll squash you, got it shrimp!?
br Miboshi: (Gulps) Yessir.
piThen we'll pillage and plunder and steal/i
pHotohori: (Disguted) In traditional bandit fashion
br Soi: (Mutter) Says the jackass who taxes everyone . . .
piAnd then we'll go and rape- /i
pYui/Miaka: WHAT!?
br Nuriko: TASUKI!
br Amiboshi: How DARE you joke about such a thing!
br Nakago: (Growls) You think it's funny what happened to my mother!? OR SOI!?
br Tasuki: Um . . .it's just a song . . .
br Yui: Suboshi, get him!
br Miaka: (points)Tamahome, kick his ass!
br Soi: Nakago!
pThe improved song ended abruptly as Nakago, Suboshi and Tamahome grabbed Tasuki and dragged him into the back alley. All the men followed to help give Tasuki a good beat down. The girls stayed inside and had a conversation on how chauvinist some men were and this was why selective castration really wasn't such a bad thing. The men returned from the back alley and all had had a wonderful time beating Tasuki for his complete lack of political correctness. Why, even Chiriko came back with a fistful of bright red hair.
pYui came onto stage again and glanced at the list. "Nuriko is going next. She'll be singing Superhero by Steven Lynch! But she changed some of the words, ok? " Nuriko took stage and nodded to Yui.
p"Thank you, but I'm a guy." "Really!?" "Uh . . .yeah." "Oh!"
p"Uh, anyway . . .I'm going to need people to come on stage for each verse, ok?" The crowd booed ((DO IT!)) A collective groan ensued and a tense air crept into the room due to the enthusiastic tone the author had. Nuriko began swaying to the happy, light-hearted , acoustic guitar music and whistled.
p (Ashtare on stage)
piIf I could be a superhero,
br I would be Awesome Man! /i
pTamahome: Awesome Man!?
br Chichiri: He's Awesome all ready, no da?
br Miboshi: Awesome man sounds kind of gay . . .
br Tomo: Well look who's up there, baby face.
piI'd fly around the world fighting crime, /i
pSoi: (Raising an eyebrow) Fly?
br Miboshi: ONLY I CAN DO THAT!
br Tomo: (Snickering) Poor baby! But I too can fly if I choose to do so.
br Miaka: And don't forget Taiitskune!
br Tamahome: Or the Nyan-Nyans!
br Chichiri: I can use my kesa, no da!?
br Hotohori: That is much better . . .
piAccording to my awesome plan
pAnd if I saw criminals trying to hide,
br Hurting other people and making them cry/i
p (Nuriko begins to kick the crap outta Ashtare)
pMiaka: Like furball did when we were in Sairo?
br Hotohori: (Wincing) Look at the fur fly . . .
br Soi: Damn . . .and I thought the whip was bad . . .
br Nakago: (Covering eyes) Even I have a bit of a heart
piI'd haul them off to jail in my awesome van/i
p (Nuriko throws Ashtare through a wall)
pChiriko: What's a va-
br Mitsukake: (grips Chiriko) Let it go kid
br Chichirri: (nervously) Yeah, we don't want to interrupt Nuriko's nice song, no da
pi'Cause I would be Awesome man! /i
pAll: (Gulp) yes, yes you would!
p (Tasuki, still a bloody pulp, on stage)
piNow, some criminals want you to be a criminal! /i
pYui: (sarcastic) GEE, now WHO do I know who's like THAT!?
br Amiboshi: (Matching tone) Gee Yui, I don't know . . .Shun do you have any ideas?
br Suboshi: (matching tone) Why, could it, could it possibly be-
br All three at once: NAKAGO!?
piAnd they'll offer you things like drugs and alcohol! /i
pYui: (dryly) Or three wishes after which you die . . .
br Suboshi: Or floating razor yo-yo's
br Amiboshi: Hey, both of you shut up! All I got was a crummy flute!
br Miboshi: What're you bitchin' about kid? You're the only one who survived!
piBut we know what to do kids!
br We just say no! /i
pMitsukake: Hear that Chiriko?
br Chiriko: Just say no, next time Tasuki slips me a few cups!
br Hotohori: Sounds like we're too late . . .
piIf I could be a super hero,
br I would be Sake Free Boy! /i
pHotohori: This does not look good for Tasuki . . .
br Soi: (grinning darkly) Flame head is gonna get it . . .
br Tamahome: This oughta be good!
piTelling the world of the evil of sake,
br And all of the lives they destroy! /i
pChichirri: Well . . .nothing 's wrong with a little sake, no da?
br Amiboshi: (sighs) Three words, drunk Nyan-Nyans.
br Chichirri: FRY HIM!
piWell I'd take all the bandits who're getting so drunk
br With their knives and clubs and their sake in a trunk/i
p (Sets Tasuki on fire)
piAs I burn them alive I would scream with joy . . . /i
pYui/Suboshi: (Burst out laughing)
br Tamahome: FRY TASUKI! FRY!
br Miaka: Tamahome, that isn't nice!
br Soi: (jumping up, yelling)Yeah! Burn him! Send him straight to the seventh circle of HELL!
br Nakago: Er, Soi? (tugging on her sleeve) Please sit down . . .
br Tomo: I'll be dammed . . . there's more to the whore then that soldier or beaten down attitu- (ZAP)
br Chiriko: Ironic punishment.
pi'Cause I would be Sake Free Boy! /i
pAll: (false cheer, all praying not to be next) Whatever you say!
p (Nakago on stage)
piIf I could be a super hero
br I'd be Immigration Dude! /i
pChichiri: (Smirking) Hin Tribe
br Tamahome: THIS'LL BE GOOD!
br Suboshi: (grins) Hurt Lady Yui, will you? You sonofa-
br Yui: (mock prayer) Oh please, please do something very, very painful to him . . .
piI'd send all the foreigners back to their homes,
br For eating up all of our food! /i
pMiaka: HE ATE ALL THE FOOD!? KILL HIM!
br Hotohori: It's bastards like him that cause taxes to go up!
p (Starts beating on Nakago)
piAnd taking our welfare and best jobs to boot
br Like landscaping, dish washing, picking up fruit! /i
pSoi: (chuckling) Yeah, I can just imagine Nakago picking me strawberries . . .grapes . . .cherries
br Tomo: (Snorts) I doubt Nakago picked your (coughs) But I can see him feeding me grapes as we-(ZAP)(ZAP)(ZAP)
piI'd pass a lot of laws to get rid of their brood . . . /i
pSoi: Hey! Stay away from our future kids!
br Miboshi: Give it up you deluded (ZAP) Urk . . .
pi'Cause I'd be Immigration Dude!
pKids, you can make up your very own super hero,
br If you could, who would it be? /i
pChiriko: I'd be Tasuki or Mitsukake!
br All: Awwwwwww!
br Suboshi: I'd be Magneto!
br Amiboshi: Uh . . .Shun, he wasn't a superhero . . .
br Suboshi: Yeah, but he could control metal, right? I'd jerk Nakago around by his armor for what he did to Yui!
br All: (Minus one neon red Yui) AWWWWWWWWWWW!
p (Miaka and Hotohori on stage)
piIf you could be a super hero,
br Would you be justice guy?
br Making sure people get what they deserve,
br Especially women who lie! /i
pYui: See? So I WAS justified to think she was lying!
br Suboshi: (grinning) I'm gonna like THIS one!
piLike if a girl left her boyfriend with four kids, a dad and no job/i
pTamahome: (sarcastically) Now whoever could that be.
br Suboshi: (holds up empty hands) Worlds smallest violin playing there for ya!
piAnd runs off to Konan with an Emperor named "Bob",
br You could skin them and drain them off blood so they die . . . especially Miaka! /i
p (Nuriko throws Hotohori through a wall . . .but gently)
pSuboshi: (grins) I can do that!
br Amiboshi: (looking up) What's that laughing sound.
br Yui: Prob'ly the author. ((Hey, shut up!)) Well it's true! ((*insane giggling*))
piThen you'd be Justice Guy! /i
piOr you could be more subtle, no, I didn't mean to be vague/i
pSoi: (chuckling) Yeah? How many girls go and do THAT!?
br Tomo: (smirking) Only that complete and utter moron of a little girl.
br Miboshi: Really, most girls would WANT to be Emporess
br Amiboshi: (coughs and shoots a look at Soi) Now who do WE know like that!?
br Nakago: Insult her again and I kill you.
br Amiboshi: (squeeks) Yessir!
piYou could give her mad cow disease and let him die of the plague! /i
pYui: Wait, wasn't it Miaka who got the plague?
br Suboshi: (shrugs) Their Suzaku, who cares which one it was?
piAs long as they suffer for their terrible crimes . . .especially Miaka/i
p (Throws Miaka through the roof)
piThen you'd be Justice Guy!
pYes then you would be a super hero like me! /i
pWild applause broke out in the crowd as almost everyone got to see someone they held a grudge against get their ass whipped by Nuriko. Nuriko grinned and flexed as he took his seat again and flipped his hair back. Yui, clapping, took stage again.
p"That was pretty great." She smiled. "Thanks for the Nakago part. Anyway, you think that comment made Soi mad?" The group looked at a furious Soi. "Wait'll she hears this! Tomo is next and singing Dreamer by Livin' Joy!" The song had to be delayed for five minutes (after Soi blew a few fuses) to allow repair time for the equipment. However, a painted and proud Tomo took the stage and swayed to the up beat dance music.
I'm a
Miaka: (bitterly) Would be rapist?
I'm a
Soi: Painted homo freak who doesn't deserve to breathe the same air as the rest of humanity!? (Charges bolt)
Nakago: Soi, let it go. I have no interest in him.
I'm a
Amiboshi: I'm gonna go with Soi.
I'm a
Suboshi: Fun and easy practice target!?
I'm a
Tamahome: Idiot who can't get stabbing someone in the chest with a razor feather illusion and then throwing them off a cliff with intent to kill right!?
Chichirri: I think that's the best comment he's made all night, no da?
I'm a
Yui: Pervert whose habit is sneaking up on heterosexual kids when they're kissing?
I'm a dreamer
Miaka: Well if he thought he really had a chance with me . . .
Tamahome: (rolls eyes at her comment)
Soi: If he thinks he's getting near MY man . . .
Amiboshi: (sighing) And if he can make those illusions . . .
Love, life and laughter
is all I believe
Miboshi: You mean that ear splitting sound that bursts from your mouth!?
Nakago: It is most annoying.
My savior is pure now
Because my lonely heart would bleed
Suboshi: (chuckles) Yeah, because I punched a hole through it!
Soi: (pats his head) And we're very, very proud and grateful.
Yui: (grinning) Hey, don't encourage him too much!
I never learned how to hold love
Miboshi: Not if Soi breaks your fingers.
Chichirri: Or fuses them together, no da?
And stay strong to me
Nakago: (growls) I'll get a good, strong grip on your neck . . .
Chichirri: This is turning into love songs to Nakago, no da?
Hotohori: Really! (sniffs) Can you believe I didn't even get one?
Nuriko: Oh don't feel so sad your majesty, I still love you!
Now I close my eyes now
Hotohori: And wait for that final bolt from Soi?
Tamahome: Or psycho boy?
Nuriko: Or psycho flute boy?
And I'm dreaming right
where I belong
Soi: The seventh circle of hell?
Amiboshi: I second that.
Suboshi: I can send him there!
Yui: You all ready did!
Here we lie all alone am I dreaming
Soi and everyone else: (snorts) That's for damn sure!
Your heart's smooth my soul is unbelieving
Miboshi: Shouldn't that be a bit different!?
Nuriko: Yeah, like Nakago holding Tomo's still beating heart . . .
Tasuki: And since when did Nakago have a soul anyway?
Now you see the me
and I'm feeling, I'm feeling
I feel your hands and your lips and the heat of your body
Soi: (smiling off in the happy land of reminiscence) Yeah . . .
Whisper your love to me say that you love me
Please just love me down and never leave me
Mibsohi: THAT'LL be the day!
Amiboshi: That hell freezes over . . .
Hotohori: The day I'm not the most beautiful man on earth . . .
Nuriko: And I start hitting on Miaka . . .
Tasuki: And I join AA!
Chichirri: And I stop saying 'no da', no da?
Tamahome: And I stop loving money . . .
Miaka: And I'm not hungry . . .
Soi: And I stop loving Nakago . . .
Suboshi: And I start liking Miaka . . .
Nakago: And I stop being manipulative . . .
Yui: And Miaka gets a higher grade then me . . .
I'm a dreamer
Here we lie all alone am I dreaming
Your heart's smooth my soul is unbelieving
Now you see the me and I'm feeling
Miaka: 'The me'!?
Taskui: Which f*&^g one!?
Amiboshi: There's too many to count!
I'm feeling
I feel your hands and your lips and the heat of your body
Whisper your love to me say that you love me
Please just love me down and never leave me
I'm a dreamer
Am I a dreamer?
Am I
Chiriko: The bastard who tried to kill us in the desert!? You bet!
All: (Stunned silence)
Mitsukake: Ok, no more adventures for that boy.
Am I a dreamer?
Am I
Nakago: An annoyance which I am forgetting why it is I am tolerating it?
Soi: You bet.
Am I a dreamer?
Am I
Miboshi: An incompetent commander?
Amiboshi: Yep.
Am I a dreamer?
All: YES!
As the music faded Soi abruptly stood, raised her hand on high and blasted Tomo out of the hole Nuriko had made in the wall. "See? The bad man made the hole in the wall!" Nuriko commented to Tasuki with a smirk. Soi nodded and draped her arms around Nakago's neck. Everyone else either chose to remain wisely silent lest they incur the wraith of the Lighting Goddess or applaud. A charred Tomo crawled back in, trailing light wisps of smoke. Yui took a breath and the stage.
"Ok . . .after that little display, not that it was a bad one! We've got Chichirri singing "If You Could See Me Now" by the John Faye Power Trip!" Chichirri vanished and re-appeared on stage with a grin.
"Thanks, no da!" ((Ah, one thing Monk man)) "Yes, no da?" ((Don't say no da during the song, got it?)) "WHY!?" ((Tamahome made a bet with Suboshi, he thinks you can't do it and I just CAN'T have Tamahome winning!)) "Er . . ." ((Do it or I take your kesa and kasa.)) "Ok, ok, no da!" The mournful rock song began as he removed his mask with an upward grimace. Suboshi grinned and Tamahome slammed his head into the table. Then he slammed his head a few more times.
Found A Picture from 11th grade
Mitsukake: And here I thought Chiriko was our only scholar, no da? (pats his head)
Chiriko: (grins) Nope, Chichirri studied with Taiitskune, no da?
((You buncha bastards))
Looks like we're marching in an April Fool's parade
Suboshi: Miaka could join him in THAT, no da?
Soi: (smirks) Tomo as well, no da?
Nakago: And Miboshi.
Amiboshi: No, "no da"?
Nakago: Do not tempt me boy.
Suboshi: Don't threaten my brother, no da!
Yui: That sounds a lot less threatening with "no da" at the end, no da?
Hotohori: Really, how ever do we take him seriously, no da?
I was holding that stupid hand grenade
Tamahome: (mutters) No, that would be Yo-yo boy, no da?
Like I had the world in my palm
Yui: (coughs) Miaka (coughs)
Miaka: Huh?
Yui: Nothing, no da!
'Til the picture of you and what's-his-name
You came of age the day I asked you if you came
Nuriko: Chichirri being that young and brash, no da?
Hotohori: (disbelieving) I can't even imagine it, no da?
Chiriko:(confused) Came where, no da?
Tasuki: (bright red)Ahh . . .to the circus, no da!
Chiriko: But that doesn't make any sense, no da!
Mitsukake: (looking upward) Couldn't you remove him from the room for this song, no da?
((No. Retaliation for the 'no da' thing. Besdies, it's funny Hee Hee))
I'm a monster to make you feel ashamed
For falling in love without me
But I couldn't let it be
So where am I gonna go
To look for you in someone new
Nuriko: (rolls eyes) Why not Miaka, no da?
Soi: (dryly) Yeah, everyone else does ,no da?
And how am I gonna know
That what I find won't make me blind
Miboshi: Don't feel too bad, you've still got the one eye!
'Cause I've been thinkin'
Tomo: (sneers) An advisor who thinks? What is the world coming to? (sighs) No da.
Can't stop thinkin'
You might change your mind
If you could see me now
Chiriko: As a Celestial Warrior! No da?
Hotohori: As an Imperial Advisor! No da?
Mitsukake: As a good friend! No da?
Amiboshi: As a monk. No da?
Tasuki: Who wears a mask! No da?
Miboshi: And one eye! No da?
Soi: Whose voice drops an octave when he's upset! No da?
Lonley picture stuck without a frame
The only one to call you by your proper name
Suboshi: But that's how you address those you love, correct Yui?
Yui: (looks at him)
Suboshi: (blushes) Lady Yui! I mean Lady Yui!
Nakago: (sighs) Children. What do you think Soi?
Soi: (smiles) Children.
Hang me up in a little hall of fame
'Cause I've got my whole life to wait
Tamahome: That and a few lives after if you play your cards right!
Miaka: Tamahome! (hugs him)
Tasuki: (rolls eyes) Oh brother . . .
So where am I gonna go
To look for you in someone new
Tomo: Hotohori could be singing this song as well . . .No da . . .
Soi: So could you, no da.
Tamahome: (points) Or Psycho-Yo Yo Boy! No da
Yui: (rolls eyes) You're and idiot, you know that money man? No duh.
Suboshi: (grins) Thank you Lady Yui, no da.
And how am I gonna know
That what I find won't make me blind
Tomo: Don't look at the sun, no da.
Tamahome: Or Taiitskune!
'Cause I've been thinkin'
Can't stop thinkin'
You might change your mind
If you could see me now
In my billfold memory debris
There's just a ring now where the Trojan used to be
Chiriko: What's a Trojan, no da?
Tasuki: No . . .Da . . .
Mitsukake: It's a citizen of a city of the future, no da.
Tomo: It's a condom. No da.
Chiriko: What's that, no da?
Tasuki and Mitsuakake: (speechless)
Soi: Don't worry about it sweet heart, you'll find out when you're older, ok? No da?
Chiriko: Ok. No da?
All the time I carried it with me
Nuriko: Y' know . . .I'd bet it's a metaphor for those rings on his staff, no da?
Miaka: Yeah! That'd make more sense! No da?
Hotohori: Or a vague reference to his state of celibacy. No da?
Tasuki: Yes, how deep the author was when she thought of using this song, no da?
Mitsukake: Yes. (looks up) Now can Chiriko leave? No da?
((Nice Try. NO!))
All: DAMMIT NO DA!
Reminding myself of the pain
of you calling out his name
Miboshi: Why was she calling out 'his' name? No da?
Nakago: Most likely when he was killing the other man. No da?
Tasuki: Hey! Lay off, no da?
Soi: It's the truth, no da!
So where am I gonna go
Tasuki: The guy does get around, no da?
Hotohori: Always traveling, yes, no da.
To look for you in someone new
And how am I gonna know
That what I find won't make me blind
'Cause I've been thinkin'
Can't stop thinkin'
You might change your mind
If you could see me now
Soi: (softly to Amiboshi) You brother's song in a few years, no da?
Amiboshi: (grins) His song now!
Chichirri secured his mask on his face and disappeared into his hat, to re-appear at his table. "All yours Yui, no da!" He said with a smile. She grinned and climbed onto the stage as Suboshi hit Tamahome up for the money he was owed.
"Ok, guys . . .last song of the night!" A loud cheer rose from the audience and Yui beamed. ((Ingrates, all of ya!)) "Yep, I know, I know. And I'll be singing it. So let's get it over with, huh? I'll be singing Sinead O'Connor's "No Man's Woman". The mellow, bass tune music pumped as Yui slightly bounced to the beat.
I don't wanna be no man's woman
Tomo: Well, looks like you're out of luck Suboshi!
Miboshi: Better luck next time!
It don't make me happy this mantrolling
Chiriko: What's that?
Tasuki: Heck, I never even knew it was a f%*&% word!
Miaka: Shut up! I wanna hear this!
thing that you got for me so I become
no man's woman
Tomo: Definately breaking away from her former actions . . .
Amiboshi: Hey, lay off. She's nice.
Miaka: Yeah, she's not under Nakago's influence anymore!
I don't wanna be no man's woman
I've other work I want to get done
Tamahome: What!? Summoning Seiryuu!?
Chichirri: Er . . .you shouldn't be so harsh, no da?
Tamahome: Why not?
Miaka: 'Cause she's gonna go farther then me back home.
Soi: And Suboshi can kill you.
I haven't travelled this far to become
no man's woman no man's woman
Cuz I'm tired of it and
Amiboshi: We all were! Can't say I'm sad it's over!
Soi: (grins) Nor I.
Tomo: Of course not! You GOT him in the end!
Miboshi: Yeah, the rest of us were screwed!
Nuriko: Hey! You guys were evil and bound to get it, we got screwed on the side of good too!
Mitsukake: Yes, even I, the pacifist healer died!
Chiriko: And the sweet little kid.
Suboshi: And me, the hard working, loving, loyal guy!
Tamahome: (coughs) Bull (coughs)
I'm so scared of it that
Nuriko: (frowns) No one can blame her on that either . . .
I'll never trust again
Suboshi: (sadly) Lady Yui . . .
cuz a man can fake you
take your soul and make
you miserable in so much pain
Miaka: (sarcastically) Can't think of ANYONE like that!
Soi: (coughs) Nakago (coughs)
Miboshi: Oh, finally accepting it?
My friends think I'm alone but I've got secrets
Miaka: (grins) Yui? Having secrets? I just can't believe it!
Suboshi: (growls) Whoever he is I'll kill him . . .
Amiboshi: (puts a hand on his shoulder) Calm down Shun . . .
I don't tell everything about the love I get
I got a lovin' man but he's a spirit
Miboshi: Spirit? Wouldn't that indicate Nakago, Soi?
Hotohori: (snorts) Loving!?
Nakago: Hardly.
Suboshi: (angry) I swear to Seiryuu I'll kill him! (glares at Nakago)
Amiboshi: (points) Notice how Yui just winked at you?
Miaka: Which she doesn't do very often?
Suboshi: (sullen) No. I'll kill him.
Nakago: She winked at you.
Tomo: Take a hint, boy.
Suboshi: (Sullen) He's dead.
Soi: (sighs) She's singing to you, you idiot.
Tamahome: Really! How stupid can you get?
Suboshi: Shut up I'll kill- (brightens) To me!?
He never does me harm never treats me bad
Miaka: (grins) See?
Nuriko: Not like Nakago!
Suboshi: (grinning like an idiot)
He'd never takes away all the love he has
Amiboshi: See!? (slaps Subi on the back) Of course it's you!
Miaka: (sighs happily and leans against Tamahome) May they share the love we do!
All but Subi, Miaka and Tamahome: (gags)
and I'm forgiven oh a million times
Soi: Which for her should come in handy . . .
Nakago: Seeing how she's been rude to him . . .
Tomo: Pushed him away repeatedly . . .
Amiboshi: Rejected him a few times . . .
Miboshi: Got him killed . . .
Suboshi: (dreamily) Why would I care about any of that?
I'm never tired of it and
Soi: How could she be? It's undying devotion!
Nakago: (to Soi) I know I never do . . .
I'm not scared of it
Tasuki: Well why wouldja be? Unless it's that f(*&^%$ scary song!
cuz it doesn't cause me pain
Nuriko: And that's what counts.
Like a man can fake you
take your soul and make you
never be yourself again
Miaka: (sarcastically) Gee, now WHO did that to a number of people!?
Amiboshi: (same tone) I dunno . . .could it be . . .
Soi: Nakago?
Tomo: Nakago, I'm not complaining unlike that painted whor- (ZAP)
I never wanna be no man's woman
Miboshi: Learn a lesson Soi! (ZAP)
I only wanna be my own woman
Suboshi: (dreamily) And I respect and admire that . . .
Miaka: (smiles) We all do.
I haven't travelled this far to become
no man's woman
Suboshi: (grins) Mine . . .
Soi: (waving a hand in front of his face) He's gone . . .
Tomo: Well take advantage of it. Do something to him.
Amiboshi: Do anything and I kill you!
no man's woman
no man's woman
Blushing, Yui stopped the music and grinned.
"Well, that's it! We can go now!" A loud cheer erupted from the crowd as near everyone stampeded the door down in their haste to place as much distance between themselves and the mike as possible. There were, of course a few exceptions. Yui, still blushing, hopped off the stage and walked over to where Suboshi stood with a wide smile. He bowed and offered his arm, she took it and the two departed. Nakago and Soi, still seated, chuckled.
"Children." Soi summed it up.
"Indeed, children." Nakago said as he rose and mimicked Suboshi. And thus, the bar was empty.