*AMB* I originally had prewritten ch.s 1-4 and had the ideas for ch.s 6 and 7 that's why 8 -10 don't seem to be going any where.  The songs mentioned belong to (In order of appearance): Travis Tritt-Here's a quarter, call someone who cares

Music for the Soul

Ch.11 This is Were it Gets Stupid

Inu Yasha awoke the next morning in his demon form and found himself being shaken gently by Kagome. "Inu Yasha! Time to get up and practice!" She said singing. Inu Yasha rolled over sleepily and shielded his eyes from the blinding sun. "What time is it?" He had never really slept when he was in his human form. He was too paranoid. But he felt oddly rested and the sun seemed far too bright to be daybreak.

"It's about," she looked at her clock next to her bed, "9:30."

"And that means?....." He asked, not knowing how to tell time.

 "It's been about three hours since sunrise."

 "WHAT?!" He hopped out of bed and scrambled the room for his clothes. "Why didn't you wake me up? Did the others know I was in here? Who found out?" He asked throwing on his red haori pants.

"They all know you're in here. I just told them you came into my room last night, paranoid about being in your human form, and I went out into the living room when you collapsed on my bed." She smiled and he finally noticed the mandolin looking thing in her hands.

"So now they think I'm hentai? And what's that?" He asked pointing at the guitar.

"They've always thought you were a hentai," she said jokingly. "And this is an electric guitar.  Didn't think I was going to let you out of the bet, did you?" She asked as she handed him the guitar.

He took it and stared at it curiously, he began inspecting the underside of it, lifting it over his head. "Whaddya expect me to do with it," he asked trying to hand it back to her.

Kagome pushed it back at him and said, "I expect you to write, play, and sing a song with Miroku and Kouga that tops any of DAWN's." She smiled as she motioned for him to follow her out of the room.

He followed dumbfounded thinking What in all the hells have I gotten myself into? I've neverplayed the mandolin before in my life? Sure my mom played for me when I was young, but I've never played the damn thing. He walked out side and followed her to the well house. "What the hell are we doin' in here?" he asked as she flung open the door revealing the rest of their friends in there with strange instruments like his.

Kouga sat at a bunch of metal and skin-looking material covering the tops of it. He was tapping it with his fingers and making a light 'thud' sound.

Miroku was holding another type of mandolin, this one sounded deeper when he struck one of the four strings and Inu Yasha noticed that his had 6 strings and was a higher pitch. "This modern mandolin is wonderful. It's beautiful and the notes are so distinct and loud." Miroku said as he played a song from the feudal era.

"You know how to play Miroku?" Kagome asked as she walked towards them and Inu Yasha following her like a lost puppy.

"Of course I do. I loved to play the mandolin as a child, but the older I got the more my training got it in the way." He said as he played a faster, more modern sounding beat.

"Well, I'll leave you boys to practice." Kagome said as she motioned for Sango to follow her.

"How the hell are we suppose to know how to play?" Inu Yasha asked beginning to get angered.

"There's a radio," She said pointing at a black box with odd buttons on it, "You push the red button to turn it on and the green button to find a station you like. Have fun." She said waving as her and Sango shut the well house doors

"Thanks a lot mutt." Kouga said as he took one of the sticks Kagome had given him and hit the metal 'rice hats' that was attached to the 'drumms,' as Kagome called them.  

            "Don't break any thing you idiot! Are we going to let a bunch of yaoi idiots beat us? Show us up in front of our women? I know I'm not. So you 2 can sit there and call each other names all week if you like." Miroku said as he started playing something and humming a song.

            "That sounds too much like our time." Kouga said as he took the other stick and began to make a modern rhythm with the 2 drums right in front of him.

            Miroku shrugged and said "Keep playing that beat Kouga." He stood and walked over to the 'ray-dee-o' and turned it on just like she said and the first song they hear is the ending to a very poppy song that was being sung by three male voices that was rather feminine.

            All three of the boys were surprised when the radio began talking to them, "And that was DAWN with their smash hit, 'Whole in One.' Up next is…"

            "Turn that shit off." Inu Yasha said throwing a rock in that direction.

            "We need to listen to the 'ray-dee-o' to find out how we can beat DAWN." Miroku said as he pushed the green button, and a few weird noises emerged and then another singing voice appeared.

            It was different than DAWN's. It was more…uneven, and would seem to howl:

Country singer:   Call someone who'll listen, or might give a damn

                         Maybe one of your sorted affairs

But don't you come 'round here handin' me none of your lies

Here's a quarter, call someone who cares

"What's the matter with that guy?" Inu Yasha asked stepping closer to the other two boys.

               "It sounds like he dropped something on his foot." Miroku said as he pushed the button again.

            It, again, made noises and finally settled on a different station. This one had a female voice singing. Her voice was soft and beautiful. It seemed to be entrancing, as Inu Yasha could feel the anger, the hurt in her voice as she sang. 

Female: Is this real enough for you
               You were so confused
               Now that you've decided to stay
               We'll remain together
               You can't abandon me

    You belong to me

            Miroku was about to push the button again and Inu Yasha quickly grabbed and gave him a look that said 'if you change it, I'll kill you.' Miroku pulled his hand away and by this time the song had already ended and an announcer had come on.

            "Wow! Yet another hit by the gorgeous and talented Matoko Minamoto. That was 'Surrencer' and what a wonder it was folks, don't forget to see her at her concert coming up in couple months right here in…"

            "What was wrong with you Inu Yasha? You looked like you were in a trance." Miroku said as he pushed the button to change the channel again, but this time he was stopped by Kouga.

            "Leave it here. I like this music." He said as he turned to Inu Yasha who nodded in agreement.

            Another song began playing on the radio, a mix of electric guitars and drums. "This is what we're going to beat DAWN with?" Miroku asked as he looked at the radio.

            A voice began screaming on the radio it sounded like the said something about a face and a mirror, and Inu Yasha and Kouga looked at each other and then at Miroku and said simultaneously, "That's what we're going to beat DAWN with."

END CH.11

*AMB* Yeah. Told ya this is where it gets stupid but it kinda has to happen this way. *sigh* im my own worst critic. C'ya