*A/N* NEW STORY!! It's gonna be a good one too! Well thats all I have to say
basically........

~* Disclaimer *~ I don't own Tasuki from Fushi Yuugi, or I'm With You by Avril
Lavigne or the soda Dr. Pepper just so you don't know what I own. I do own the
plot and my original charry Akasha but I don't own her name either.... I got that from
Queen of the Damned .

ON WITH THE STORY!!

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It was like no one was there, even though the bar was packed and it was quite noisy. She
was seated on a stool with her eyes closed and played along with the house band gently
plucking the strings of her guitar zoning them all out. She was beautiful and many guys in
the bar had noticed that. No one knew who she was but they all knew she had a voice like
the angels above and had the looks to go with them. Her name is Akasha Briefs, the
people who do know her know that she is youngest out of four kids and is apart of the
richest family in West City. Not many people her age could do the things she could do.
She had accomplished many things and is extremely talented. Her throaty voice gave her
an even better appeal to her, the song came to an end and she prepared to start on a song
that she had written herself.

"This one goes out to whoever." She stated and positioned her guitar to start the next song.
She began moving her hands over the strings again letting the vibrations from the strings
echo into the smoggy air of the bar.

I'm standing on the bridge
I'm waiting in the dark
I thought that you'd be here by now
There's nothing but the rain
No footsteps on the ground
I'm listening but there's no sound

A man with flaming red-orange hair walked into the crammed bar and strided his way over
the peanut shell covered floor to the bar were he took a seat.

"What'll it be?" The heavy built bar tender asked, cleaning a glass with a white dish towel.

"I'll have a shot of vodka, double and straight up." The bartender left him to go fix his
drink. He placed his elbows onto the counter and ran his fingers through his fiery hair then
rested them on the counter top.

Isn't anyone trying to find me?
Won't somebody come take me home?

She looked over the crowd as she was singing and spotted the brilliant colored hair of
Tasuki's head as she began the chorus.

Its a damn cold night.
Trying to figure out this life.
Won't you, take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are, but I...

She blurred out everyone from her sight but him, staring with penetrating eyes at him. Her
voice only for him to hear.

I'm with you.
I'm with you.

The bartender came back to Tasuki with his drink. "Here you go bub." He looked at
Tasuki then to the lounge singer and smiled. "Man isn't she a ten?"

Tasuki looked up and over to her, looking at him. She smiled when she saw his eyes meet
up with hers, he felt a cold sweat come over him. "She's a twenty." He mumbled still
looking at her and taking a swig of his drink.

I'm looking for a place
I'm searching for a face
Is anybody here I know?
'Cause nothings going right,
And everything's a mess
And no one likes to be alone.

He thought in the back of his mind, 'I know what you mean.' He drank the rest of his
drink and sat there running his finger along the rim of the shot glass.

Isn't anyone trying to find me?
Won't somebody come take me home?

"You want another?" The bar tender suggested more then asked.

"Sure. Why not." He got up and maneuvered his way through the mess of people up to the
front of the stage and watched her.
Its a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life
Won't you take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are but I
I'm with you, I'm with you

She looked off into the crowd but planned to move her eyes back to him shortly. She
finally got her vision back out at the bar and he was gone. She glanced back over the
crowd and searched for his redness. She didn't want to seem frantic so she did it in
graceful, calm manner. Then she finally caught sight of his head bobbing closer to the
stage and her stomach started to flutter with excitement. He finally made it up to the stage
and she watched him stare up at her.

Oh, Why is everything so confusing?
Maybe I'm just out of my mind
Yeah, Its a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life
Won't you take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are but I
I'm with you.

The song ended beautifully, gently fading out into the night. "Thank you all for being out
here at Kouji's tonight. Drive safe." She jumped down off the stool, holding her guitar
tightly against her, and trotted off backstage.

"Nice job tonight Akasha." She turned around to find out who was giving her praise.

She smiled one of her smiles. "Thanks Kouki. You too, have you been practicing?"

"Yeah, my arms are feeling it too. Give my best to Bulma." He walked over to her and
hugged her.

"Don't worry, I will."

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Tasuki watched her walk off stage and out of his sight, everyone in the crowd was
dispersing into their own little place. He walked over to the bar where his drink was sitting
there waiting for him and downed it in one gulp.

"Great show." The bulky bartender said seeing the look of disappointment on Tasuki's
face.

"Wonderful show. What's that girl's name?" He questioned looking the empty shot glass
in front of him.

"Her name is Akasha Briefs. She comes here every Wednesday and Friday." He reached
over to Tasuki's glass and took it away from him.

"She's a Brief? I would have never guessed." He reached over to a bowl of nuts and
cracked one open.

"If you'll wait a bit Ms.Brief will be over here for her Dr. Pepper in about ten minutes."
Tasuki looked up at the bartender and ate a nut that he cracked open.

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She put her guitar into its case and latched it in carefully. She watched herself in the vanity
mirror and examined her makeup. She got up out of her chair and put her performing
clothes and makeup kit into a duffel bag and zipped it up. She picked up her guitar and put
the duffel bag strap over her shoulder. She got up and opened the door of her dressing
room and looked around into the room making sure she didn't leave anything behind. She
turned off the lights to the vanity mirror and to the room. She closed the door and locked it
behind her. A man walked up to her as she was locking it. "Excuse me ma'am?"

She looked up at him with her father's mischievous eyes. "Yes?"

He handed her a capsule and leaned over and kissed her cheek. "This is for you, nice show
tonight."

She made a grossed out face as he walked off and threw the capsule into the trash.
"Ewww." She picked up her guitar and walked through the hall and out a door that lead
onto the bar's dance floor. The bartender smiled as he saw her coming their way and
placed her drink next to Tasuki's stool.

"Thanks Ernie, I owe ya one." She said smiling at him.

"Anything for you Akasha." She leaned over the bar and kissed his cheek. "Its on the
house as usual."

"You'd know I could buy all of your Dr.Pepper from you." She set her guitar case on the
ground and put her duffel bag on top of it then took her seat in the stool. She hurriedly
took a drink of it and rubbed her throat. Tasuki was looking at her with a smirk on his
handsome face. Akasha blushed when she noticed she had an audience.

"Hi, I'm Tasuki and your beautiful." Akasha laughed and extended her hand.

"I'm Ak.." she was cut off by Tasuki

"Akasha, I know. I know a lot about you, your beautiful, you have a heavenly voice, your
rich, you got a body. Everything that a guy like me could want, well excluding the rich
part." Tasuki said eyeing her and absorbing her radiance.

She rolled her eyes "I'm glad to have someone like you who's my fan." She took another
drink and got up from her seat and picked her stuff up.

"I'd like to take you out sometime. Can I please ask for your number?" She looked at him
slyly and smirked.

"If you want to find me and want me to spend some of my precious time with you then
you'd find a way to get a hold of me." She looked at Ernie. "Night Ern." She waved at
him then turned away from them and walked toward the exit.

"I'll have another one please." Ernie got up from his seat behind the counter to fix Tasuki
another drink. "Uh, Ernie. Could it be possible that you could get me Akasha's number?"

"No can do. She'd tear my head off if I did." He said while he was fixing his drink then
giving it to him. "She's hard to deal with, probably worse in a relationship. If you want her
you need to get to know her before and well."

She smiled knowing that she had an effect on a handsome guy like Tasuki. 'I'll get my
sources to find out more about Tasuki.' She got her keys out of her duffle back and
unlocked her car. She sat there admiring the dash board for a few seconds, put the key in
the ignition and started it.

*A/N* Okay, now this is what you do. You tell me what you think by doing that nifty
little thing call R/R and just say whats on your mind. I enjoy it and I know you'll feel
better when you do it too.