~Chapter 9 - Girl Talk~

After the whole shower incident things were a little strange for awhile, but
it was quickly forgotten with the upcoming event. It was time to record
their first album. Every one ran around the apartment frantically, trying to
get everything ready, which was nothing. Their instruments would be provided
and were probably already set up waiting for them. As for what they wore,
who cared. It was a recording studio; they weren't going to be in the public
eye. Why were they running around like a bunch of idiots then? They were
nervous, duh. Who wouldn't be? This was it, well not it, but pretty close.
Everything was falling into place and it was time for them to truly begin
their musical journey. This was where all of their hard work and
determination finally began to pay off. It was all so EXCITING!!

About three hours later the anxious group of young adults stood in a tiny
room with Myoga and a few other people staring at them through a glass
panel. Inu Yasha and the other boys were busy making the last tuning
adjustments on their instruments. Sango couldn't stop fidgeting with her
drums while Kagome fingered the mike that stood in front of her. The guys
finished up and every one was ready to begin. It was time.

"Ok, every one ready to begin?" The band looked to one another and nodded,
"Good. You know the list, right?" Once again he received multiply nods.
"Alright, let's begin."
Things went surprisingly well. It didn't take too much for the gang to get
use to it and it didn't take long at all for each and every one of them to
get into the music. Their first album was going to be kind of small, so it
only took four hours or so to complete it. Every one left with high spirits
and merry thoughts. Even Inu Yasha wore a smile on his face. Yes, life was
good at the moment. That was until Sango dropped one of the drumsticks she
was using to beat on everything in reaching range with.

*SMACK*

"PERVERT!!!!!"

"He'll never learn." Kouga gave a sigh as the three watched Sango chase
Miroku around. You could tell he had done a lot of running in his life.
Kagome and Inu Yasha mimicked Kouga's sigh and the three started off once
more for their home, leaving the lecherous guitarist to Sango. Poor Miroku.

After Sango had calmed a bit they started walking after the others who were
long gone by now. Sango made sure that Miroku kept his distance.

"Why do you have to be so perverted anyway Miroku?" Sango looked over at the
boy, truly curious about his ways. Things were back to normal between the
two, they were after all really close friends. Not as close as Miroku would
have liked them to be sometimes, but close.

"Hm, I don't really know. I guess you just bring out the lecher in me my
dear." He flashed her one of his award winning smiles.

"Geez, you're hopeless."

"I know." They both shared a laugh at his answer. "You know Sango, I don't
mean it."

"Mean what?"

"Ya know the whole groping thing. I just do it to get a rise out of you.
Just for fun."

"Oh, so you enjoy getting beat senseless."

"By you, yes." Sango couldn't help the smile that reached her lips. Miroku
was truly something else.

~A week later~

Kagome and Sango walked down a crowded street making their way to the cozy
little cafe that was a block away from their home. It was a place they
visited often, their escape from the guys. You know a place to have their
girly chats without interruption. They went through the familiar doors and
sat at their favorite booth in the back corner.

"Hey chicks, what will it be today? Large iced chai tea with a walnut
brownie for you miss Kagome, some milk and sugar with a little bit of coffee
and a piece of cheese cake for the lady Sango?"

"You know us to well Elise," Sango said smiling at the girl.

"Yeah, but it sure makes my job easy. It'll be right up."

"Thanks," called Kagome.

"So Kagome, anything new between you and Inu Yasha?"

"No...He hasn't really paid to much attention to me lately. Hasn't even
asked me to work on music stuff with him, not since the whole shower
incident anyway. It's hopeless Sango."

"Don't give up so easily, he's just playing hard to get."

"I think this goes beyond hard to get, he just doesn't see me like that. I
don't think he sees me as anything other than a band mate. Besides, I've
told you a thousand times, it's just a little crush. It'll go away
eventually."

"Call it what you like Kag, but you know you're wrong."

"I think I know my own feeling Sango."

"That's not what I mean."

"Huh?"

"Here's your orders ladies."

"Oh, thank you."

"Thanks Elise, so what are you talking about Sango?"

"About Inu Yasha, I know he likes you."

"Oh reeeeeally, and how do you know this?"

"I have my ways." Little frustration marks appeared on Kagome's forehead.
Sango just smirked, enjoying tormenting her friend.

"Fine, be that way. So," Kagome had her own evil smirk, "what's going on
between you and Miroku?"

Kagome hadn't really been expecting anything; she just wanted a little
payback. The thought that Sango really did like Miroku had never crossed her
mind. It just wasn't something you could tell by looking at the two, she was
always pounding the life out of him for crying out loud! Most people
wouldn't see it, not unless they looked really close, and even then it was
hard to catch. The groping and beatings were actually a form of flirtation
between the two. Kagome had been too wrapped up in her own problems to
notice it, but the look on Sango's face gave it all away. Her cheeks had
turned a brilliant pink and she had the look of a kid who had just got
caught with his hand in the cookie jar. Kagome's jaw dropped.

"You do like him!"

"Shut up Kagome, everyone will hear you," the drummer hissed through
clenched teeth, "and you're wrong. I do not like that idiot. I mean really,
he's so...so...argh, he's a freaking lecher. He's always grabbing at me or
making some perverted comment directed at me. Who'd like a guy like that?"

"If you say so." Kagome tried her best to hide a knowing smile. "So Sango,
looking forward to the shooting tomorrow?"

"That's right, our first video...wow. I wonder what it's going to be like,
being on TV and all?" Kagome knew exactly what to bring up to distract her
friend.

"I know, it's all so weird. Millions of people will see it. It's
overwhelming!"

"Yeah...I wonder how much different everything will be after this."

"Guess we're going to find out soon."

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Just for those of you who are a litte confused, they only have one video out. Ya know how I went back five months prior to the video, well now their at the point where they make the video. So it's been five months since Kagome moved in and the video they are about to make is 'Star no Star'. Hope every one gets it, I know I could have made it easy and waited to put the video part in there. What would have been the fun in that though, have to make it somewhat complicated. Well thanks for reading, I really appreciate the reviews. You guys are so great. Oh, and my stories all worked out now, I've written down the things that will be happening, so it's not all up in the air anymore. I know exactly which direction it's heading in.

Thanks to Mitsuko Maxwell my band now as a name, which will appear in the next chapter. YAY!!! Oh, and I love the Underwear Thief idea. If I had a band I would so name them that or if there was a band by that name I'ld listen to them just because of their name. Lucky Ducky Club's pretty nifty too. You should so be a band name giver person thingy, the music world would have some really creative names then. They'ld make really good punk band names.

Threnody - That's an awsome idea, the Naraku thing. I've decided to incorporate it into my story, I guess the story did need something like that, but I've got it all worked out in my head now. Your review really sent the gears a twirlin. Thanks, because of you the story will hopefully be even better than it was going to be.

Thanks to everyone else for reviewing. I don't think there are going to be any more scenes like the shower one though roxy-chick, you'll just have to wait and see though. There will be plenty of fluff though, cause I love me some fluffy goodness. Devil's Angel, the reason the same song's in both chap. 5 and 7 is because in 5 they are watching a music video that they made to it, and then chap. 7 goes back to show Kagome coming up with the song. The story goes back five months prior to the watching of the music video, so you can see how things started off, how relationships developed, and whatnot. Sorry for the confusion.

Chapter 10 should be out really soon. I've started on it and it's moving along pretty fast so far, so look for it coming out around the middle of the week hopefully. As long as no one calls out at work again. ~_^