The bell rang, and the group started inside, Jakotsu, Bankotsu, Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango, and Miroku going ahead. Sesshoumaru and Rin hung back a bit.
"Hey... ah... Rin..." He stepped a bit closer to her as he spoke, so she could hear him over the clamor of the passing crowd.
"Yeah?" She looked up at him with those big brown eyes he so loved. "What is it"
"Tomorrow night, at 6... Can you meet me at Funbari Hill? Theres... something I have to tell you... Its really important..." He said, rather hesitantly. The butterflies in his stomach were already making themselves known.
"Tomorrow at 6? Okay, sure, Sess." Rin smiled a bit, and he smiled back.
"Great! Thanks"
"Its no problem"
The short, 1-second warning bell rang, signifying they only had a few more minutes to get to class.
"We'd better go..." Sess stated, starting inside. Rin nodded once and followed. The two soon parted and went to their seperate classes.
Kagura ducks around the corner as she saw Sesshoumaru hang back with Rin. What were those two talking about?
She strained her ears and caught snatches of their conversation.
"Tomorrow night, at 6... Can you meet me at Funbari Hill?...something i have to tell you...important"
'Funbari Hill, tomorrow night at 6, huh? So he has something to tell his little wench...' A smirk spread over her heavily made-up face. 'Well, Sessy-dear wont get the chance to'
An evil plot was already forming in Kagura's twisted mind. 'I predict Sesshoumaru and Rin will have a very messy breakup soon... I always get the guy I want, and this time, I want Sesshoumaru'
Her smirk widened a bit, and as the warning bell rang, she slipped inside, unnoticed by the two she had been spying on. Luckily, someone very important to her scheme was in her next class.
Kagura scrawled furiously on a piece of notebook paper in purple ink, making it look like she was taking notes. Mr. Heath drawled on about government at the front of the classroom, oblivious.
She quickly explained her plan and wrote the question "will you help?" on the paper, then folded it up several times. Coyly, she lifted her arms into the air, acting like she was stretching, and dropped the tiny folded paper onto the desk behind her, Nazuna Oyamada's desk.
Kagura went back to 'taking notes' after glancing quickly behind her. Nazuna was giving her a look as if she were crazy as she unfolded the piece of paper. Nazuna wasnt very popular; in fact, hardly anyone knew she existed. So just WHY would the most popular girl in school be dropping a note onto HER desk!
Nazuna quickly read the paper, taking notes in between sentences. She was a bit surprised by the time she had finished looking over it. Kagura needed her help to get a guy?
'Well... if I do this, I wont EVER have a chance at the hottest guy in school... But if I dont, Kagura'll hate me and I'll never be popular and I wont have a chance at ANY hot guy'
Nazuna looked up at Kagura, then back down at her paper. 'I'll do it.' She quickly printed her answer on the bottom of the paper with her dark green pen, and slipped the note back to Kagura.
Kagura read the response and smirked, uncapping her pen and writing 'Good. Be at Funbari Hill at least 30 minutes before 6 tomorrow. You know what to do.
The note was passed back to Nazuna, who nodded once and went back to taking notes on branches of government as Mr. Heath continued his lecture.
After school, Sango quickly gathered up her homework and hurried to the auditorium, flying across the dying lawn. She entered through the side door and went down to the front row of seats, where the rest of the committee was seated, along with Mr. Heath. She dropped her bag on the floor and sat at the end of the row, farthest away from Amelia Seyruun, who was arguing with Ishizu Ishtar about which band would be chosen: Lord of Nightmares, or the Dark Angels.
'Theyre not even considering the Shichinin-tai...' Sango thought, shaking her head. Jakotsu and the boys would blow those other amatures away, that was a definate.
She could hear clattering backstage, and voices. Two of the bands were warming up instruments, while the other was just warming up their voices and finding their tapes.
"Okay," Mr. Heath shouted, jogging up the stage steps. "Auditions start in 5! Hurry and warm up"
Jakotsu took a long drink out of a water bottle. "We're auditioning for our first gig! Isnt it exciting Ban-kun?" He asked, grinning. Bankotsu nodded, plugging in his amp. Suikotsu was sitting in a hard plastic chair, going over lyrics in his mind and hoping to whatever God was up there that he wouldnt have a personality change in the middle of it.
Suikotsu had a severe case of split personality disorder; sometimes the nice, sweet boy would go all evil on people without warning. He had been able to control it lately though.
Bankotsu looked over at Renkotsu, who was absentmindedly pressing keys on his keyboard, playing snatches of melody. The braided boy hoped 'Baldie' as he so loved to call Renkotsu, wouldnt screw things up for them. Renkotsu wasnt as close to the other boys, and was known to get into fights with Jakotsu. 'Baldie' wouldnt ever get a punch in though; Bankotsu made sure of that.
Kyokotsu, Ginkotsu, and Mukotsu were currently involved in a light-hearted conversation. Obviously they werent nervous; hell, they had nothing to worry about. They knew the music, they didnt have to sing, they were already warmed up.
Bankotsu glanced over at the other two bands. Anzu, Mai, and Shizuka were busy choosing a song. 'Amatures...' He thought in disgust. 'They should have already have chosen a song'
Then he looked to Lord of Nightmares. Lina was going over last minute preperations with Xelloss; Sylphiel and Fillia were both going over lyrics a final time, obviously both were nervous, and Gourry was just sitting there, drumsticks in hand, waiting for orders from his girlfriend Lina.
'Lord of Nightmares is the only competition we'll have... Who knows, maybe Lina and Xelloss figured out how to drown the rest of the band out with their parts. That wouldnt be good for us...' Bankotsu thought, sighing quietly.
Mr. Heath stepped backstage just then. "Dark Angels, you're up fi"
He was interrupted by Shizuka bursting into tears and yelling, "I HATE YOU MAI! YOU KNOW JUSTIN'S HOTTER THAN ANY BACKSTREET BOY!" She ran out of the auditorium, being followed by a screaming and yelling Mai.
Mr. Heath sweatdropped. "Uh"
Anzu sighed. "I'm sorry Mr. Heath"
"Well, since the rest of your group isnt here, I guess youre out. Sorry Anzu"
"AW MAN! THIS BITES!" Anzu grabbed the box of pop CDs, their boombox, and stormed out of the auditorium after the other two girls.
"Well at least we dont have to sit through their ear-splitting pop music." Jakotsu stated happily, breaking the silence that ensued.
Mr. Heath just shrugged. "Well then, I guess Lord of Nightmares is up first"
Lord of Nightmares' equipment was set up on stage, and the band took their places. Xelloss stepped up to the mic.
Sango assumed he was lead singer instead of Lina for this particular song.
The rest of the band started up a melody, a happy, upbeat one and Xelloss began singing.
The music faded out with the final note. Amelia leapt from her seat and gave an enthusiastic standing ovation. "Great guys! Xelloss, you were awesome"
Xelloss grinned his trademark grin and did an over-dramatic bow with a sweep of his arm, as the rest of the audience clapped politely. Sango scoffed. Gourry, on drums, was off most of the time, and both Fillia and Sylphiel, background singers, were a bit off-key.
"Very good you guys! Now, clear the stage." Mr. Heath directed. The band cleared the stage of their instruments as the Shichinin-tai set up theirs onstage. Kyokotsu and Ginkotsu did most of the lifting though, seeing as they were the biggest.
Jakotsu adjusted the mic to his height; Xelloss was a bit shorter than him after all. Bankotsu gave his boyfriend a quick kiss on the cheek for good luck, and a couple of the wilder yaoi fangirls on the committee, a dark-haired younger girl named Jade and her blonde best friend Cloey, cheered loudly and began to chant 'Kiss him! Kiss him!'. Their male friend, a dark gothic guy named Daemon, promptly whacked both over the head.2
"Shut UP you two!" He muttered, rolling his eyes. Sometimes he just didnt get girls.
Bankotsu laughed a bit; that was a reaction he and Jakotsu didnt get very often. And so, to please the fans, he leaned in and kissed the other boy tenderly on the lips. Jade and Cloey stood on their seats and cheered more, laughing. Jakotsu smirked inwardly and deepened the kiss, before Mr. Heath started yelling at them to break it up and get on with the performance, and for Jade and Cloey to sit down and shut the hell up.
Bankotsu whispered to Jakotsu as he pulled away. "Lets do this"
"Yeah." Jakotsu smiled as Bankotsu took his place again, then the smaller boy stepped up to the mic.
The boys with instruments started up the melody, the guitar and drums prominent. Then the music got a bit louder, and Jakotsu began to sing.
Jakotsu's voice faded away and Sango was amazed. Jakotsu had the best singing voice she had ever heard. And the music was flawless!
She, and a few others, including Daemon, Jade, and Cloey gave the Shichinin-tai a standing ovation, cheering.
"That was great guys!" Sango shouted happily, running onstage to give each member of the band a friendly hug and her congrats.
"Thanks Sango-chan!" Jakotsu said, smiling and hugging her back. "I just wish the rest of the guys coulda been here"
"I know they wanted to Jakotsu." She said. "But Mr. Heath said committee members and band members only. Dont worry though," She grinned confidently. "They'll see you guys at the Halloween dance"
Bankotsu laughed a bit. Mr. Heath started the voting, handing each committee member a square of paper and a pencil. "Okay people, I'm giving you some time to decide. You've got 10 minutes"
10 minutes later, he collected the ballots and counted them up. "I've got the results! And the band that will play at the Halloween dance is..."
"Hey... ah... Rin..." He stepped a bit closer to her as he spoke, so she could hear him over the clamor of the passing crowd.
"Yeah?" She looked up at him with those big brown eyes he so loved. "What is it"
"Tomorrow night, at 6... Can you meet me at Funbari Hill? Theres... something I have to tell you... Its really important..." He said, rather hesitantly. The butterflies in his stomach were already making themselves known.
"Tomorrow at 6? Okay, sure, Sess." Rin smiled a bit, and he smiled back.
"Great! Thanks"
"Its no problem"
The short, 1-second warning bell rang, signifying they only had a few more minutes to get to class.
"We'd better go..." Sess stated, starting inside. Rin nodded once and followed. The two soon parted and went to their seperate classes.
Kagura ducks around the corner as she saw Sesshoumaru hang back with Rin. What were those two talking about?
She strained her ears and caught snatches of their conversation.
"Tomorrow night, at 6... Can you meet me at Funbari Hill?...something i have to tell you...important"
'Funbari Hill, tomorrow night at 6, huh? So he has something to tell his little wench...' A smirk spread over her heavily made-up face. 'Well, Sessy-dear wont get the chance to'
An evil plot was already forming in Kagura's twisted mind. 'I predict Sesshoumaru and Rin will have a very messy breakup soon... I always get the guy I want, and this time, I want Sesshoumaru'
Her smirk widened a bit, and as the warning bell rang, she slipped inside, unnoticed by the two she had been spying on. Luckily, someone very important to her scheme was in her next class.
Kagura scrawled furiously on a piece of notebook paper in purple ink, making it look like she was taking notes. Mr. Heath drawled on about government at the front of the classroom, oblivious.
She quickly explained her plan and wrote the question "will you help?" on the paper, then folded it up several times. Coyly, she lifted her arms into the air, acting like she was stretching, and dropped the tiny folded paper onto the desk behind her, Nazuna Oyamada's desk.
Kagura went back to 'taking notes' after glancing quickly behind her. Nazuna was giving her a look as if she were crazy as she unfolded the piece of paper. Nazuna wasnt very popular; in fact, hardly anyone knew she existed. So just WHY would the most popular girl in school be dropping a note onto HER desk!
Nazuna quickly read the paper, taking notes in between sentences. She was a bit surprised by the time she had finished looking over it. Kagura needed her help to get a guy?
'Well... if I do this, I wont EVER have a chance at the hottest guy in school... But if I dont, Kagura'll hate me and I'll never be popular and I wont have a chance at ANY hot guy'
Nazuna looked up at Kagura, then back down at her paper. 'I'll do it.' She quickly printed her answer on the bottom of the paper with her dark green pen, and slipped the note back to Kagura.
Kagura read the response and smirked, uncapping her pen and writing 'Good. Be at Funbari Hill at least 30 minutes before 6 tomorrow. You know what to do.
The note was passed back to Nazuna, who nodded once and went back to taking notes on branches of government as Mr. Heath continued his lecture.
After school, Sango quickly gathered up her homework and hurried to the auditorium, flying across the dying lawn. She entered through the side door and went down to the front row of seats, where the rest of the committee was seated, along with Mr. Heath. She dropped her bag on the floor and sat at the end of the row, farthest away from Amelia Seyruun, who was arguing with Ishizu Ishtar about which band would be chosen: Lord of Nightmares, or the Dark Angels.
'Theyre not even considering the Shichinin-tai...' Sango thought, shaking her head. Jakotsu and the boys would blow those other amatures away, that was a definate.
She could hear clattering backstage, and voices. Two of the bands were warming up instruments, while the other was just warming up their voices and finding their tapes.
"Okay," Mr. Heath shouted, jogging up the stage steps. "Auditions start in 5! Hurry and warm up"
Jakotsu took a long drink out of a water bottle. "We're auditioning for our first gig! Isnt it exciting Ban-kun?" He asked, grinning. Bankotsu nodded, plugging in his amp. Suikotsu was sitting in a hard plastic chair, going over lyrics in his mind and hoping to whatever God was up there that he wouldnt have a personality change in the middle of it.
Suikotsu had a severe case of split personality disorder; sometimes the nice, sweet boy would go all evil on people without warning. He had been able to control it lately though.
Bankotsu looked over at Renkotsu, who was absentmindedly pressing keys on his keyboard, playing snatches of melody. The braided boy hoped 'Baldie' as he so loved to call Renkotsu, wouldnt screw things up for them. Renkotsu wasnt as close to the other boys, and was known to get into fights with Jakotsu. 'Baldie' wouldnt ever get a punch in though; Bankotsu made sure of that.
Kyokotsu, Ginkotsu, and Mukotsu were currently involved in a light-hearted conversation. Obviously they werent nervous; hell, they had nothing to worry about. They knew the music, they didnt have to sing, they were already warmed up.
Bankotsu glanced over at the other two bands. Anzu, Mai, and Shizuka were busy choosing a song. 'Amatures...' He thought in disgust. 'They should have already have chosen a song'
Then he looked to Lord of Nightmares. Lina was going over last minute preperations with Xelloss; Sylphiel and Fillia were both going over lyrics a final time, obviously both were nervous, and Gourry was just sitting there, drumsticks in hand, waiting for orders from his girlfriend Lina.
'Lord of Nightmares is the only competition we'll have... Who knows, maybe Lina and Xelloss figured out how to drown the rest of the band out with their parts. That wouldnt be good for us...' Bankotsu thought, sighing quietly.
Mr. Heath stepped backstage just then. "Dark Angels, you're up fi"
He was interrupted by Shizuka bursting into tears and yelling, "I HATE YOU MAI! YOU KNOW JUSTIN'S HOTTER THAN ANY BACKSTREET BOY!" She ran out of the auditorium, being followed by a screaming and yelling Mai.
Mr. Heath sweatdropped. "Uh"
Anzu sighed. "I'm sorry Mr. Heath"
"Well, since the rest of your group isnt here, I guess youre out. Sorry Anzu"
"AW MAN! THIS BITES!" Anzu grabbed the box of pop CDs, their boombox, and stormed out of the auditorium after the other two girls.
"Well at least we dont have to sit through their ear-splitting pop music." Jakotsu stated happily, breaking the silence that ensued.
Mr. Heath just shrugged. "Well then, I guess Lord of Nightmares is up first"
Lord of Nightmares' equipment was set up on stage, and the band took their places. Xelloss stepped up to the mic.
Sango assumed he was lead singer instead of Lina for this particular song.
The rest of the band started up a melody, a happy, upbeat one and Xelloss began singing.
The music faded out with the final note. Amelia leapt from her seat and gave an enthusiastic standing ovation. "Great guys! Xelloss, you were awesome"
Xelloss grinned his trademark grin and did an over-dramatic bow with a sweep of his arm, as the rest of the audience clapped politely. Sango scoffed. Gourry, on drums, was off most of the time, and both Fillia and Sylphiel, background singers, were a bit off-key.
"Very good you guys! Now, clear the stage." Mr. Heath directed. The band cleared the stage of their instruments as the Shichinin-tai set up theirs onstage. Kyokotsu and Ginkotsu did most of the lifting though, seeing as they were the biggest.
Jakotsu adjusted the mic to his height; Xelloss was a bit shorter than him after all. Bankotsu gave his boyfriend a quick kiss on the cheek for good luck, and a couple of the wilder yaoi fangirls on the committee, a dark-haired younger girl named Jade and her blonde best friend Cloey, cheered loudly and began to chant 'Kiss him! Kiss him!'. Their male friend, a dark gothic guy named Daemon, promptly whacked both over the head.2
"Shut UP you two!" He muttered, rolling his eyes. Sometimes he just didnt get girls.
Bankotsu laughed a bit; that was a reaction he and Jakotsu didnt get very often. And so, to please the fans, he leaned in and kissed the other boy tenderly on the lips. Jade and Cloey stood on their seats and cheered more, laughing. Jakotsu smirked inwardly and deepened the kiss, before Mr. Heath started yelling at them to break it up and get on with the performance, and for Jade and Cloey to sit down and shut the hell up.
Bankotsu whispered to Jakotsu as he pulled away. "Lets do this"
"Yeah." Jakotsu smiled as Bankotsu took his place again, then the smaller boy stepped up to the mic.
The boys with instruments started up the melody, the guitar and drums prominent. Then the music got a bit louder, and Jakotsu began to sing.
Jakotsu's voice faded away and Sango was amazed. Jakotsu had the best singing voice she had ever heard. And the music was flawless!
She, and a few others, including Daemon, Jade, and Cloey gave the Shichinin-tai a standing ovation, cheering.
"That was great guys!" Sango shouted happily, running onstage to give each member of the band a friendly hug and her congrats.
"Thanks Sango-chan!" Jakotsu said, smiling and hugging her back. "I just wish the rest of the guys coulda been here"
"I know they wanted to Jakotsu." She said. "But Mr. Heath said committee members and band members only. Dont worry though," She grinned confidently. "They'll see you guys at the Halloween dance"
Bankotsu laughed a bit. Mr. Heath started the voting, handing each committee member a square of paper and a pencil. "Okay people, I'm giving you some time to decide. You've got 10 minutes"
10 minutes later, he collected the ballots and counted them up. "I've got the results! And the band that will play at the Halloween dance is..."