[AN]Mage: *is hiding behind Ashura* I know, I know! I said I'd take a two-week break, but it ended up being a LOT longer! I'm SO SO SO SO SO sorry! I had major writers block and I've been rather busy, but I'm back now! WOOHOO!
Ashura: yay? Oo
Mage: Hehe ^^; I just realized, I think my story's the first highschool AU Ja/Ban! ....If theres another, lemme know o_o; But until then... ya ^^; I cant believe I'm a success now... I mean, 54 reviews for only 4 chapters is alot for me ^_^;; ARIGATOU EVERYONE!
~~Review Responses~~
hush: I updated! ^^ and no Mage hasnt seen the Crow yet Oo; non-fanfics? try fictionpress.com. dude oo german...
The-Soul-Within: Arigatou gozaimasu! Mage always accidentally leaves the 'a' in kawaii out... Dont ask why... e_e; and as for my not using apostrophes, its a lost cause. I never do, I probably never will. But thanks for pointing it out anyway ^^
Tennyo: Arigatou ^^
dangerous-beans: Heh, sorry for not updating sooner. ^^" Mage is truly sorry... And thanks for your idea!
ather: arigatou ^^ heres the next chappy!
demonicpriestess89: ^^; Thank you! Bankotsu and Jakotsu are from episodes... um... cant remember the numbers exactly, but its up in the 100s, i think the Shichinin-tai come in first in 102... I'd have to check my dvds, which i dont feel like doing.
lancer272spoot: thankies ^^ oooo monkey... Oo;
Miyu Yomano: ^^ yay for yaoi fangirls!
Liz.Q: Yo lizzie-chan! XD Yay for kissing! W007! Hehe... playing with toes... toes are fascinating... when they dont smell funky e_e;;;
Shinnyu Kudzu: Hiiii! Yes i write you in ^^ you in dis chapter, yaya! *glomped* .....^__^ yayness... (Ashura: *double tackled* =D yo!) He's a happy cookie O_o; I wanna cookie now e_e
tikimoof: can too go to da funny farm my funny farm O_o;
HieiAndSess'sBabyGirl: Arigatou!
Naoko2: yes, Mage bad... v_V mage should have planned it out but mage never takes the time to plan stuff out... Mage doest care about probability, nonope ^^; Mage just thought a kiss would be cute and would satisfy fangirls Oo; You like Renkotsu? amazing... I hate him. Oo; he killed jakotsu! *sobs* yus candie horrible... D mwaha... OOOOHHH! Thank you SO SO SO much for the ideas! So helpful! =D I like the rain one... ; Maybe i should modify it slightly annnndddd... *writes*
Sakie: Thanks for the review ^^ and thats actually a really good line... Hmm...
lunar mirror: PIXIE STICKS! *grabs, inhales* Arigatouuuu! luff! *glomps*
cloeyvalentine: Yo clo... Im still mad at you for being so snottish... Feh, Naki's ruined you... *stabs a naki plushie and condemns it to hell*
Charmed Angel: Arigatou ^^
Dracogazimon: yo pheo XD down with preps... and consciences dont HAVE lives Oo thats why they mess with other peoples lives *nods wisely*
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One week later, after school, Jakotsu paced his front lawn nervously. Last night he had gotten a call from Suikotsu; the new band was going to have their first practice today, at 6. It was only about 4, but Jakotsu's nerves were getting to him.
He was mostly nervous about having to see Bankotsu again. After the little incident in band, they had carefully avoided each other in the halls, occasionally greeting each other politely and moving along. It had been hell! Now every time Jakotsu thought about it, he blushed.
But some other things were getting to the guy, like how practice would go today.
He didnt really know these people, other than Bankotsu. What if they didnt like his singing? Already the band meant so much to him; it was something he had in common with Bankotsu.
Bankotsu... The braided boy had been on Jakotsu's mind a lot lately. His face haunted his dreams; his voice haunted his mind wether he was asleep or not... The thing that confused Jakotsu the most, was one question... Was this love, or just an infatuation? Only time with the guy would tell, he guessed.
"Hey Jakotsu!" A cheery, female voice shouted from across the stretch of green lawn. Jade jogged up to him, followed by another girl.
She was rather short, roughly 4'11", about an inch shorter than Jade, and she had wavy brown hair with red streaks and brown eyes gazing from behind purple wire-rimmed glasses. She didnt look out of place near the punk/goth psycho, clad in a black t-shirt over a fishnet shirt with cargos and combat boots.
"Hey Jade... ano... Who's your friend?" He asked, blinking.
"This is meh new best friend Kudzu-sama!" Jade said brightly, grinning in that stupidish way of hers.
"I THOUGHT I WAS YOUR BEST FRIEND, YOU TRAITOR!" Cloey shouted from her window in mock-anger, then erupted into giggles, as did the other two girls.
Jakotsu raised an eyebrow, smiling amusedly. "So... nice to meet you Kudzu-san."
Kudzu took a good look at him, from head to toes and shouted suddenly, "HOLY MOTHER BLOODY SON OF A CRACKHEAD! HE'S EVEN BISHIER THAN YOU DESCRIBED JADE!"
"Aint he though? ^__^" Jade giggled and pinched the poor boy's cheeks, acting like some old grandmother.
"Kyaaaaa... Enough with the pinching..." He muttered, swiping her hand away and rubbing the abused cheek. He was met with more giggling.
"So how are things with Bankotsu, Ja-kun?"
"Bankotsu, as in the bishie-ful punk from school?" Kudzu asked, blinking.
"Yup! Ja-kun has a crush on him!" Jade grinned as the boy began to blush profusely.
"Awww! That's so sweet!" This just made Jakotsu blush even more, til his face was near the color of a ripe strawberry.
"Heh... Things with Bankotsu are fine... The band is having our first practice today at 6..." Jakotsu said, filling them in.
"Oh yay! C'mon Jakotsu-sama! We gotta make you look good for your date tonight!" Kudzu squealed happily, taking the poor boy's wrist and dragging him into the house occupied by the Bakura-Valentines. Jade followed, beaming.
~*~
Half an hour later...
"Are you sure he's gonna like this?" Jakotsu asked the three girls surrounding him skeptically. Cloey had joined Jade and Kudzu in the quest to make Jakotsu look as bishie-ful as possible.
Now he sat on a violet-covered bed in Mai's room while the girls tested different lipsticks and eyeshadows on him. Most of the makeup belonged to Mai, or Mana.
"Just trust us Ja!" Cloey said brightly, tossing aside a tube of purple grape-scented lipgloss. "Oh! What do you girls think about blood red lipstick and just a little eyeshadow?"
Said makeup was expertly applied to his face.
"I like it!" Kudzu said, smiling.
"Me too!" Jade added.
"Now for his clothes, jewelry and hair!"
Jakotsu groaned inwardly. The girls were his friends and all, but once they set their minds to something, they never gave up... He couldnt wait til 6:00.
~*~
Bankotsu sighed soflty as he popped the tab on the icy soda can and took a long drink.
"Jakotsu and the others'll be here any minute now..." He said, more to himself than to anyone else. Dark blue eyes glanced around the garage, making sure the equipment was set up. Everything was in place and ready.
"OI! Suikotsu! What time is it?" He yelled in the direction of the inside door. Bankotsu heard a crash and assumed Suikotsu had tripped over something. He chuckled; neither he, nor his parents were very tidy people and the house was a mess.
"Ten til Bankotsu!" Suikotsu yelled back. A few minutes later he came crashing through the door into the garage. "The three guys Renkotsu and I contacted should be here soon." He said nodding.
"Good. Jakotsu's on his way also I bet." The braided boy looked intently around the garage. "Wheres Ren?"
"In the kitchen."
"Go get him, and make sure he doesnt touch my ramen damn it!"
Suikotsu chuckled. "Sure thing." The screen door slammed shut as he left to find the bald boy.
Bankotsu sighed, slumping against the cold wall of the garage. Once again, he found his mind wandering, but not to music and lyrics as it should. Instead, he found himself thinking about a certain boy and a certain incident...
'God, what were the odds of that? Me falling right on him like that... If i didnt know better, I'd say fate was conspiring against two guys to make them like each other... Nah, that's stupid!'
~*~
Meanwhile, high above the garage...
"You think they've figured us out Arushio?"
"Hell no Chii."
"Nopenope!"
"Shut up Ayashi..."
And the three demi-goddesses/god of Fate vanished, arguing amongst themselves. [1]
~*~
A car pulled up, a blue minivan, dragging Bankotsu back into the world of the sane. Three guys exited the vehical and filed into the garage. Two of them were mountains of men, each tall and muscled. One was a bit taller with hair in a mohawk. He wasnt very attractive, but at least he had good taste in clothes.
The next one had messy red hair, large buggy eyes, and seemed to like metal... His jeans had metal chains, he had metal cuffs on both large wrists, and a metal spiked choker around his neck. Adorning his teeth were shiny braces.
The last guy was really short, we're talkin HOBBIT short here. He wasnt much bigger than 4'2" maybe, squat and bald. His face was almost toad-like with his big buggy eyes and clownishly wide mouth.
Bankotsu stood from his spot and waved. "Oi!"
"Hey!" The middle guy, the one with braces, waved back. "We're lookin for a... Bankotsu." He read the name off a slip of paper. "This the right place?"
"Hell yeah! I'm Bankotsu." The braided boy held out his hand, and the braces guy shook it heartily.
"Name's Ginkotsu, and this is Kyokotsu--" He pointed to the large man beside him. "And Mukotsu." Then he pointed to the short, toad-ish man.
"Oi! Ginkotsu! Nice to see ya! You too Kyokotsu and Mukotsu." Renkotsu poked his head into the garage. "Come on inside for a little while. This 'Jakotsu' guy isnt here yet."
"Alright." The three stepped in after Renkotsu, talking away.
Bankotsu sighed softly and sat back down, watching the driveway anxiously.
~*~
He didnt have to wait long before a black Lambourgini Diablo (A/N: Did I spell that wrong? Ah well...) pulled up on the side of the road in front of his house. Loud J-pop music, Megumi Hayashibara, he thought, blared from the interior; the tunes were almost drowned out completely by the giggling and talking of a bunch of girls.
He could see a blonde in the driver's seat, and several in the back. And in the passenger's seat...
Bankotsu stood, awed by the dark Prince that stepped from the passengers seat of the car and slammed the door shut.
He wore a black, form-fitting muscle shirt over a long-sleeved fishnet shirt with baggy black cargos. On his feet were black boots, and he wore an assortment of jewelry, including spiked wristbands, a spiked collar, and a silver ankh pendant. His hair was pulled up into its usual style, in a loop, held up by one of his usual clips, only this one was black with a red dragon instead of the normal blue.
"Bye girls! Thanks for the ride, and the makeover too I guess." Jakotsu chuckled.
"Byyeeee!" Several girls chorused. Bankotsu recognized the school psycho-bitches, Jade and Cloey, and Kudzu from his literature class.
As soon as Jakotsu had backed away from the car, it sped off down the road, leaving long black tire-marks.
Jakotsu jogged up to the slightly stunned boy and smiled timidly. "Ah, hey Bankotsu..."
"H-hi..." Close up like this, Bankotsu could see the blood red lipstick coating the boy's lips. Normally, he'd think it weird for a man to wear makeup, but... This was Jakotsu... For him, it just seemed so fitting...
"So... where's everybody else?" Jakotsu's brown eyes scanned the garage, which was empty of people other than the two of them.
"Theyre inside or something... I dunno..." Bankotsu stated.
'I cant take my eyes off him... Am... Am I attracted to a guy?! No, impossible...' Bankotsu shook his head to clear his thoughts.
~*~
'Wow... He sure looks cute... And he cant look away from me... I'll have to thank the girls later...'
Jakotsu could see Bankotsu slowly step closer... 'What's he doing?'
'Who knows?' The chibi-angel version of him had appeared atop our hero's head.
'Not you again! Where's the other one?' The poor boy... His nutty consiences just wouldnt leave him alone...
'I put him in the hospital after he insulted my harp...' Angel Jakotsu said sheepishly.
'Oh... o__o;'
'He's close enough now! Kiss 'im Jakotsu! You know you wanna! And I bet all the fangirls will LOVE it! ^_~'
Jakotsu found himself blushing furiously. 'But... But...'
'Just do it! If not for yourself, do it for the yaoi fangirl reviewers!'
'O~O reviewers?! What reviewers? This isnt a fanfic!'
'Ano... Forget i said anything! ^^"'
'Okay...'
Unconsiously, Jakotsu leaned forward...
~*~
Bankotsu's mouth almost dropped open in shock. 'Is he... gonna kiss me? Why the hell would he do that?'
'Because you're irresistable? ^-^' Devil Bankotsu popped up above his shoulder.
'Eh... Not you again...'
'Yes its me again, stupid! Now, when he kisses you, kiss him back!'
'WHY WOULD I DO THAT?! IM STRAIGHT!'
'Oh are you? -_-;'
'Y-yes I am...'
'Then why havent you had a girlfriend in the last 6-7 months?'
'Most of the girls at school are either preps or psychos.'
'Excuses, excuses. -_-; Maybe you just arent attracted to girls anymore. '
'But im not like thaaaaaat!'
'shut. up.' An icy glare from Devil Bankotsu.
'Mommy... o~o'
His consience vanished, and Bankotsu's breath caught in his throat. Jakotsu's crimson lips were but millimeters away from his own. 'He's really gonna do it...' A part of him wanted this, but another part of him kept screaming 'Im not gay!'. He had no clue which one to listen to...
~*~
Snickers erupted from behind them. Luckily for Bankotsu, he didnt have to choose a side to listen to.
"Sorry for interrupting you lovebirds, but we've gotta start practice." Suikotsu chuckled.
"Ah, yeah... Of course... heh..." Bankotsu laughed nervously, plugging in his amp. Jakotsu turned away and snapped his fingers.
'Damn! Almost had him...'
~*~
A folder of music and lyrics was tossed to Jakotsu, and he caught it.
"There's the lyrics. Look over those for the next five minutes and we'll start." Renkotsu grumbled.
"Ah, okay..."
~*~
Five to ten minutes later, loud rock music could be heard from the the small garage of 1834 Shikon Road, and one could clearly hear the rather dark lyrics being sung.
"I'm ethereal, my children are legion, serial
They stick to my skin like beloved cysts
I tear away with my nails and teeth and fists
Touch the hands of inverted saints
Follow my heart through the threaded pain
Callow man is a sentinel screaming
I see the future; the future is bleeding
Sores, every goddamn minute I can feel 'em now
Like a virus, you will never kill me now
Goin' underground, comin' on like hepatitis
We're out - and you can't reshape us
Another bug in the construct
Tearin' up the main bus B
Zeros and ones are everything - execute me
Everywhere you look, it's like they know
Their fingerprints are hidden by CONTROL
This is where the line is drawn, see
YOU CAN'T TAKE MY SOUL AWAY FROM ME
What do you need to see? Ya feel the impact?
Gotta retract - everybody get back
What is this? It's like a big conspiracy
Fields of dejected morbid progeny
They always say that it's always our fault
But everything we say is taken with a grain of salt
Man, it's always the same, if we talk or complain
We only wanna upset the balance
How's it feel to be the New Abortioin?
The only generation to suffer extortion
Everywhere you look, it's like they know
Their fingerprints are hidden by CONTROL
This is where the line is drawn, see
YOU CAN'T TAKE MY SOUL AWAY FROM ME
YOU CAN'T TAKE MY SOUL AWAY FROM ME!!"
"TURN IT DOWN YA DAMN KIDS!" One random old man shouted from out his window next door, then closed it again.
Bankotsu laughed as the song ended, choosing to ignore the senile old person. "That was great guys! Jakotsu, you were wonderful!"
"Arigatou, Bankotsu-sama!" Jakotsu beamed happily.
"I think we have our new band, ne Ban-kun?" Suikotsu asked, elated. With a band like this, he knew they would be famous eventually!
"Hey guys... doesnt our band need a name?" Renkotsu asked, sitting down atop the lid of the cooler.
"Yeah... How about... Desecrated Existence?" Bankotsu suggested, a well-placed shove sending Renkotsu flying into the wall. He opened the cooler, grabbed two vanilla pepsis and tossed one to Jakotsu, who caught it deftly.
Baldie grumbled, standing up and brushing the dust from his jeans. "Thats good, but it doesnt really fit Bankotsu."
Suikotsu looked around at the other band members, Kyokotsu, Mukotsu, Ginkotsu, Renkotsu, Bankotsu and Jakotsu. 'Hmm... kotsu... Like the famous fuedal era mercenary band we read about during the Japanese history lesson...'
"How about... the Shichinin-Tai?" He spoke up.
"Shichinin-tai? Like the mercenary band?" Jakotsu asked, tilting his head to the side. Renkotsu scoffed.
"Amazing, you two morons actually pay attention in history cla-- OW! FUCK BANKOTSU!"
"Dont. Call. Them. Morons." Bankotsu growled out, knocking him upside the head once more for good luck. Suddenly happy, cheerful, carefree Bankotsu was back. "I like that name! There ARE 7 of us!"
"Great! We're the Shichinin-Tai then!"
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[AN] Mage: Well, if you cant tell that was a long chapter for me ^_^ I figured i should make it up to you all somehow... R&R please!
[1]Arushio, Chii, and Ayashi: Daemons, Pheonix's, and my 3 demi-god/goddesses of fate from our InuYasha roleplays. Dont ask.
Ashura: yay? Oo
Mage: Hehe ^^; I just realized, I think my story's the first highschool AU Ja/Ban! ....If theres another, lemme know o_o; But until then... ya ^^; I cant believe I'm a success now... I mean, 54 reviews for only 4 chapters is alot for me ^_^;; ARIGATOU EVERYONE!
~~Review Responses~~
hush: I updated! ^^ and no Mage hasnt seen the Crow yet Oo; non-fanfics? try fictionpress.com. dude oo german...
The-Soul-Within: Arigatou gozaimasu! Mage always accidentally leaves the 'a' in kawaii out... Dont ask why... e_e; and as for my not using apostrophes, its a lost cause. I never do, I probably never will. But thanks for pointing it out anyway ^^
Tennyo: Arigatou ^^
dangerous-beans: Heh, sorry for not updating sooner. ^^" Mage is truly sorry... And thanks for your idea!
ather: arigatou ^^ heres the next chappy!
demonicpriestess89: ^^; Thank you! Bankotsu and Jakotsu are from episodes... um... cant remember the numbers exactly, but its up in the 100s, i think the Shichinin-tai come in first in 102... I'd have to check my dvds, which i dont feel like doing.
lancer272spoot: thankies ^^ oooo monkey... Oo;
Miyu Yomano: ^^ yay for yaoi fangirls!
Liz.Q: Yo lizzie-chan! XD Yay for kissing! W007! Hehe... playing with toes... toes are fascinating... when they dont smell funky e_e;;;
Shinnyu Kudzu: Hiiii! Yes i write you in ^^ you in dis chapter, yaya! *glomped* .....^__^ yayness... (Ashura: *double tackled* =D yo!) He's a happy cookie O_o; I wanna cookie now e_e
tikimoof: can too go to da funny farm my funny farm O_o;
HieiAndSess'sBabyGirl: Arigatou!
Naoko2: yes, Mage bad... v_V mage should have planned it out but mage never takes the time to plan stuff out... Mage doest care about probability, nonope ^^; Mage just thought a kiss would be cute and would satisfy fangirls Oo; You like Renkotsu? amazing... I hate him. Oo; he killed jakotsu! *sobs* yus candie horrible... D mwaha... OOOOHHH! Thank you SO SO SO much for the ideas! So helpful! =D I like the rain one... ; Maybe i should modify it slightly annnndddd... *writes*
Sakie: Thanks for the review ^^ and thats actually a really good line... Hmm...
lunar mirror: PIXIE STICKS! *grabs, inhales* Arigatouuuu! luff! *glomps*
cloeyvalentine: Yo clo... Im still mad at you for being so snottish... Feh, Naki's ruined you... *stabs a naki plushie and condemns it to hell*
Charmed Angel: Arigatou ^^
Dracogazimon: yo pheo XD down with preps... and consciences dont HAVE lives Oo thats why they mess with other peoples lives *nods wisely*
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One week later, after school, Jakotsu paced his front lawn nervously. Last night he had gotten a call from Suikotsu; the new band was going to have their first practice today, at 6. It was only about 4, but Jakotsu's nerves were getting to him.
He was mostly nervous about having to see Bankotsu again. After the little incident in band, they had carefully avoided each other in the halls, occasionally greeting each other politely and moving along. It had been hell! Now every time Jakotsu thought about it, he blushed.
But some other things were getting to the guy, like how practice would go today.
He didnt really know these people, other than Bankotsu. What if they didnt like his singing? Already the band meant so much to him; it was something he had in common with Bankotsu.
Bankotsu... The braided boy had been on Jakotsu's mind a lot lately. His face haunted his dreams; his voice haunted his mind wether he was asleep or not... The thing that confused Jakotsu the most, was one question... Was this love, or just an infatuation? Only time with the guy would tell, he guessed.
"Hey Jakotsu!" A cheery, female voice shouted from across the stretch of green lawn. Jade jogged up to him, followed by another girl.
She was rather short, roughly 4'11", about an inch shorter than Jade, and she had wavy brown hair with red streaks and brown eyes gazing from behind purple wire-rimmed glasses. She didnt look out of place near the punk/goth psycho, clad in a black t-shirt over a fishnet shirt with cargos and combat boots.
"Hey Jade... ano... Who's your friend?" He asked, blinking.
"This is meh new best friend Kudzu-sama!" Jade said brightly, grinning in that stupidish way of hers.
"I THOUGHT I WAS YOUR BEST FRIEND, YOU TRAITOR!" Cloey shouted from her window in mock-anger, then erupted into giggles, as did the other two girls.
Jakotsu raised an eyebrow, smiling amusedly. "So... nice to meet you Kudzu-san."
Kudzu took a good look at him, from head to toes and shouted suddenly, "HOLY MOTHER BLOODY SON OF A CRACKHEAD! HE'S EVEN BISHIER THAN YOU DESCRIBED JADE!"
"Aint he though? ^__^" Jade giggled and pinched the poor boy's cheeks, acting like some old grandmother.
"Kyaaaaa... Enough with the pinching..." He muttered, swiping her hand away and rubbing the abused cheek. He was met with more giggling.
"So how are things with Bankotsu, Ja-kun?"
"Bankotsu, as in the bishie-ful punk from school?" Kudzu asked, blinking.
"Yup! Ja-kun has a crush on him!" Jade grinned as the boy began to blush profusely.
"Awww! That's so sweet!" This just made Jakotsu blush even more, til his face was near the color of a ripe strawberry.
"Heh... Things with Bankotsu are fine... The band is having our first practice today at 6..." Jakotsu said, filling them in.
"Oh yay! C'mon Jakotsu-sama! We gotta make you look good for your date tonight!" Kudzu squealed happily, taking the poor boy's wrist and dragging him into the house occupied by the Bakura-Valentines. Jade followed, beaming.
~*~
Half an hour later...
"Are you sure he's gonna like this?" Jakotsu asked the three girls surrounding him skeptically. Cloey had joined Jade and Kudzu in the quest to make Jakotsu look as bishie-ful as possible.
Now he sat on a violet-covered bed in Mai's room while the girls tested different lipsticks and eyeshadows on him. Most of the makeup belonged to Mai, or Mana.
"Just trust us Ja!" Cloey said brightly, tossing aside a tube of purple grape-scented lipgloss. "Oh! What do you girls think about blood red lipstick and just a little eyeshadow?"
Said makeup was expertly applied to his face.
"I like it!" Kudzu said, smiling.
"Me too!" Jade added.
"Now for his clothes, jewelry and hair!"
Jakotsu groaned inwardly. The girls were his friends and all, but once they set their minds to something, they never gave up... He couldnt wait til 6:00.
~*~
Bankotsu sighed soflty as he popped the tab on the icy soda can and took a long drink.
"Jakotsu and the others'll be here any minute now..." He said, more to himself than to anyone else. Dark blue eyes glanced around the garage, making sure the equipment was set up. Everything was in place and ready.
"OI! Suikotsu! What time is it?" He yelled in the direction of the inside door. Bankotsu heard a crash and assumed Suikotsu had tripped over something. He chuckled; neither he, nor his parents were very tidy people and the house was a mess.
"Ten til Bankotsu!" Suikotsu yelled back. A few minutes later he came crashing through the door into the garage. "The three guys Renkotsu and I contacted should be here soon." He said nodding.
"Good. Jakotsu's on his way also I bet." The braided boy looked intently around the garage. "Wheres Ren?"
"In the kitchen."
"Go get him, and make sure he doesnt touch my ramen damn it!"
Suikotsu chuckled. "Sure thing." The screen door slammed shut as he left to find the bald boy.
Bankotsu sighed, slumping against the cold wall of the garage. Once again, he found his mind wandering, but not to music and lyrics as it should. Instead, he found himself thinking about a certain boy and a certain incident...
'God, what were the odds of that? Me falling right on him like that... If i didnt know better, I'd say fate was conspiring against two guys to make them like each other... Nah, that's stupid!'
~*~
Meanwhile, high above the garage...
"You think they've figured us out Arushio?"
"Hell no Chii."
"Nopenope!"
"Shut up Ayashi..."
And the three demi-goddesses/god of Fate vanished, arguing amongst themselves. [1]
~*~
A car pulled up, a blue minivan, dragging Bankotsu back into the world of the sane. Three guys exited the vehical and filed into the garage. Two of them were mountains of men, each tall and muscled. One was a bit taller with hair in a mohawk. He wasnt very attractive, but at least he had good taste in clothes.
The next one had messy red hair, large buggy eyes, and seemed to like metal... His jeans had metal chains, he had metal cuffs on both large wrists, and a metal spiked choker around his neck. Adorning his teeth were shiny braces.
The last guy was really short, we're talkin HOBBIT short here. He wasnt much bigger than 4'2" maybe, squat and bald. His face was almost toad-like with his big buggy eyes and clownishly wide mouth.
Bankotsu stood from his spot and waved. "Oi!"
"Hey!" The middle guy, the one with braces, waved back. "We're lookin for a... Bankotsu." He read the name off a slip of paper. "This the right place?"
"Hell yeah! I'm Bankotsu." The braided boy held out his hand, and the braces guy shook it heartily.
"Name's Ginkotsu, and this is Kyokotsu--" He pointed to the large man beside him. "And Mukotsu." Then he pointed to the short, toad-ish man.
"Oi! Ginkotsu! Nice to see ya! You too Kyokotsu and Mukotsu." Renkotsu poked his head into the garage. "Come on inside for a little while. This 'Jakotsu' guy isnt here yet."
"Alright." The three stepped in after Renkotsu, talking away.
Bankotsu sighed softly and sat back down, watching the driveway anxiously.
~*~
He didnt have to wait long before a black Lambourgini Diablo (A/N: Did I spell that wrong? Ah well...) pulled up on the side of the road in front of his house. Loud J-pop music, Megumi Hayashibara, he thought, blared from the interior; the tunes were almost drowned out completely by the giggling and talking of a bunch of girls.
He could see a blonde in the driver's seat, and several in the back. And in the passenger's seat...
Bankotsu stood, awed by the dark Prince that stepped from the passengers seat of the car and slammed the door shut.
He wore a black, form-fitting muscle shirt over a long-sleeved fishnet shirt with baggy black cargos. On his feet were black boots, and he wore an assortment of jewelry, including spiked wristbands, a spiked collar, and a silver ankh pendant. His hair was pulled up into its usual style, in a loop, held up by one of his usual clips, only this one was black with a red dragon instead of the normal blue.
"Bye girls! Thanks for the ride, and the makeover too I guess." Jakotsu chuckled.
"Byyeeee!" Several girls chorused. Bankotsu recognized the school psycho-bitches, Jade and Cloey, and Kudzu from his literature class.
As soon as Jakotsu had backed away from the car, it sped off down the road, leaving long black tire-marks.
Jakotsu jogged up to the slightly stunned boy and smiled timidly. "Ah, hey Bankotsu..."
"H-hi..." Close up like this, Bankotsu could see the blood red lipstick coating the boy's lips. Normally, he'd think it weird for a man to wear makeup, but... This was Jakotsu... For him, it just seemed so fitting...
"So... where's everybody else?" Jakotsu's brown eyes scanned the garage, which was empty of people other than the two of them.
"Theyre inside or something... I dunno..." Bankotsu stated.
'I cant take my eyes off him... Am... Am I attracted to a guy?! No, impossible...' Bankotsu shook his head to clear his thoughts.
~*~
'Wow... He sure looks cute... And he cant look away from me... I'll have to thank the girls later...'
Jakotsu could see Bankotsu slowly step closer... 'What's he doing?'
'Who knows?' The chibi-angel version of him had appeared atop our hero's head.
'Not you again! Where's the other one?' The poor boy... His nutty consiences just wouldnt leave him alone...
'I put him in the hospital after he insulted my harp...' Angel Jakotsu said sheepishly.
'Oh... o__o;'
'He's close enough now! Kiss 'im Jakotsu! You know you wanna! And I bet all the fangirls will LOVE it! ^_~'
Jakotsu found himself blushing furiously. 'But... But...'
'Just do it! If not for yourself, do it for the yaoi fangirl reviewers!'
'O~O reviewers?! What reviewers? This isnt a fanfic!'
'Ano... Forget i said anything! ^^"'
'Okay...'
Unconsiously, Jakotsu leaned forward...
~*~
Bankotsu's mouth almost dropped open in shock. 'Is he... gonna kiss me? Why the hell would he do that?'
'Because you're irresistable? ^-^' Devil Bankotsu popped up above his shoulder.
'Eh... Not you again...'
'Yes its me again, stupid! Now, when he kisses you, kiss him back!'
'WHY WOULD I DO THAT?! IM STRAIGHT!'
'Oh are you? -_-;'
'Y-yes I am...'
'Then why havent you had a girlfriend in the last 6-7 months?'
'Most of the girls at school are either preps or psychos.'
'Excuses, excuses. -_-; Maybe you just arent attracted to girls anymore. '
'But im not like thaaaaaat!'
'shut. up.' An icy glare from Devil Bankotsu.
'Mommy... o~o'
His consience vanished, and Bankotsu's breath caught in his throat. Jakotsu's crimson lips were but millimeters away from his own. 'He's really gonna do it...' A part of him wanted this, but another part of him kept screaming 'Im not gay!'. He had no clue which one to listen to...
~*~
Snickers erupted from behind them. Luckily for Bankotsu, he didnt have to choose a side to listen to.
"Sorry for interrupting you lovebirds, but we've gotta start practice." Suikotsu chuckled.
"Ah, yeah... Of course... heh..." Bankotsu laughed nervously, plugging in his amp. Jakotsu turned away and snapped his fingers.
'Damn! Almost had him...'
~*~
A folder of music and lyrics was tossed to Jakotsu, and he caught it.
"There's the lyrics. Look over those for the next five minutes and we'll start." Renkotsu grumbled.
"Ah, okay..."
~*~
Five to ten minutes later, loud rock music could be heard from the the small garage of 1834 Shikon Road, and one could clearly hear the rather dark lyrics being sung.
"I'm ethereal, my children are legion, serial
They stick to my skin like beloved cysts
I tear away with my nails and teeth and fists
Touch the hands of inverted saints
Follow my heart through the threaded pain
Callow man is a sentinel screaming
I see the future; the future is bleeding
Sores, every goddamn minute I can feel 'em now
Like a virus, you will never kill me now
Goin' underground, comin' on like hepatitis
We're out - and you can't reshape us
Another bug in the construct
Tearin' up the main bus B
Zeros and ones are everything - execute me
Everywhere you look, it's like they know
Their fingerprints are hidden by CONTROL
This is where the line is drawn, see
YOU CAN'T TAKE MY SOUL AWAY FROM ME
What do you need to see? Ya feel the impact?
Gotta retract - everybody get back
What is this? It's like a big conspiracy
Fields of dejected morbid progeny
They always say that it's always our fault
But everything we say is taken with a grain of salt
Man, it's always the same, if we talk or complain
We only wanna upset the balance
How's it feel to be the New Abortioin?
The only generation to suffer extortion
Everywhere you look, it's like they know
Their fingerprints are hidden by CONTROL
This is where the line is drawn, see
YOU CAN'T TAKE MY SOUL AWAY FROM ME
YOU CAN'T TAKE MY SOUL AWAY FROM ME!!"
"TURN IT DOWN YA DAMN KIDS!" One random old man shouted from out his window next door, then closed it again.
Bankotsu laughed as the song ended, choosing to ignore the senile old person. "That was great guys! Jakotsu, you were wonderful!"
"Arigatou, Bankotsu-sama!" Jakotsu beamed happily.
"I think we have our new band, ne Ban-kun?" Suikotsu asked, elated. With a band like this, he knew they would be famous eventually!
"Hey guys... doesnt our band need a name?" Renkotsu asked, sitting down atop the lid of the cooler.
"Yeah... How about... Desecrated Existence?" Bankotsu suggested, a well-placed shove sending Renkotsu flying into the wall. He opened the cooler, grabbed two vanilla pepsis and tossed one to Jakotsu, who caught it deftly.
Baldie grumbled, standing up and brushing the dust from his jeans. "Thats good, but it doesnt really fit Bankotsu."
Suikotsu looked around at the other band members, Kyokotsu, Mukotsu, Ginkotsu, Renkotsu, Bankotsu and Jakotsu. 'Hmm... kotsu... Like the famous fuedal era mercenary band we read about during the Japanese history lesson...'
"How about... the Shichinin-Tai?" He spoke up.
"Shichinin-tai? Like the mercenary band?" Jakotsu asked, tilting his head to the side. Renkotsu scoffed.
"Amazing, you two morons actually pay attention in history cla-- OW! FUCK BANKOTSU!"
"Dont. Call. Them. Morons." Bankotsu growled out, knocking him upside the head once more for good luck. Suddenly happy, cheerful, carefree Bankotsu was back. "I like that name! There ARE 7 of us!"
"Great! We're the Shichinin-Tai then!"
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[AN] Mage: Well, if you cant tell that was a long chapter for me ^_^ I figured i should make it up to you all somehow... R&R please!
[1]Arushio, Chii, and Ayashi: Daemons, Pheonix's, and my 3 demi-god/goddesses of fate from our InuYasha roleplays. Dont ask.