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Baka-onna2003: Thanks for the review! And I was hoping it would be just a little bit funny but I'm glad you liked it! I'm not totally sure on where I'm going with it just yet so updating may be few and far apart. But never fear! I shall update as soon as I can!! ::does dramatic pose::
Chibi KitsuneHanyou: Lol, My aunt (who's only about a year and a half older than me… o.O) has a cd where Yusuke, Kurama, Hiei, and Kuwabara are in this band and are playing at like the Dark Tournament or something. It's really funny, and it kinda gave me inspiration for the whole thing. Hopefully the songs will be fairly ok… I'm not so sure though.. o.O. Thanks for reviewing! ^__^
Kuramasgirl556: Thank you for reviewing! I'm glad you thought it was good. I feel so proud that I actually wrote something people like! And I looked at your fics, I'm not sure where to begin! You have so many! But I will read them! Tis the right thing to do, since your reading mine! ^_~
Wizardess Gal: Thank you for the review. I was kinda feeling like throwing a table or something at the time I wrote it… I kinda let my emotions through to Keiko. But you never know what Keiko will do.. I mean its Keiko. O.o But I'm glad you liked it! ^__^
Youkai Master Kurama: Yes, I realize it was a little OOC but I shall try harder for it not to be… well… kinda. Yea, but thank you for reviewing! I'll make sure to review every chapter on yours from now on.
Super-Kitsune: First off, I have to say I love your name. K, now that that's outta my system, thank you for reviewing! ^__^ Yes, I thought Kurama would be a good guitar player considering he's basically good at everything he does, and I'm sure Yusuke isn't a bad singer… at least I hope so.
Wow! Reviews! ::in awe:: Also, to let y'all know right now, I'm crazy and most of the time completely and utterly insane. So if I start freaking out in any of the reviews… you'll know why, but I'll try to restrain myself from doing so! Although I have almost absolutely no will power… ummm… yea! Well, I hope y'all enjoy this chapter! Sa, on with the fic!
Also, I'm going to be changing a little bit on how I write. Maybe it will be better than before… but I'm not sure yet.
Disclaimer: I don't own YYH because if I did, I'd be very very rich.. and I'm not.
Kurama strolled down the street, his guitar in the case Botan had given him. He was thinking of things that he could play on a guitar. He had taken lessons when he was a small child, but not for very long. He didn't really have confidence that he could play that well, but he would try. Walking to his house, he opened the door, which was left unlocked and nearly was run over by his mother.
"Oh Shuichi! I'm so sorry! I didn't see you there! I'm actually in a hurry though, but I left a note on the table. I will be going on a business trip and won't be back for a while. I'm sorry." She said running down to her car.
"That's alright mother. Just be careful." He waved his mother off and walked back into the house. She didn't even ask about his guitar, so she must be in a rush. He set the guitar on the couch and grabbed the note on the table. It stated that she wouldn't be home for about a week and that there was money left for him in his room. He sighed and sat down next to the guitar, bored. "How am I supposed to play in a band when I don't know how to play?" He looked at it, expecting it to give him an answer. Fortunately it didn't. He got off the couch and grabbed the phone. He dialed Yusuke's house.
"Hello, Urameshi residence." Atsuko answered. She sounded like she wasn't drunk for once.
"Hello, this is Suuichi. Is Yusuke home?"
"Ah, yea. Just a second. HEY YUSUKE!!! THE PHONE'S FOR YOU!" She didn't exactly pull the phone away from her mouth when she yelled and just about broke Kurama's eardrums.
"Hey Kurama. What's up?" Yusuke answered, his mother bickering in the background.
"Is it a bad time?"
"Huh, oh no."
"Oh, alright..." Kurama hesitated a little. "Yusuke, how are we supposed to be a band if practically none of us know how to play the instruments we received?" Yusuke laughed.
"Ah, don't worry about it so much. It's not like we're signing some record deal although that would be cool…"
"Well, that's good. When are we going to have our first practice with everyone?"
"Well, I was thinking sometime in the morning tomorrow. It is Sunday after all. Where should we have it at?"
"Well, my house is fine."
"Alright! It's settled then! See ya then!" Yusuke hung up the phone. Kurama set it down gently in it's cradle. He grabbed his coat and some money from his room and went down the street towards the music shop. Maybe if he could get something that he could work towards, it would help him.
Hiei spotted Kurama walking down the street. 'Stupid fox. He should be practicing that stupid guitar of his so he doesn't sound like an idiot.' He scowled to himself, since he was perched in a tree. He leaped from tree to tree following him quietly. He watched him walk into a music store that had music books and different instruments in it. Puzzled, he sat and watched for a while. Kurama picked out a large book and bought it. He then proceeded to walk home. Hiei jumped down from his tree and walked into the store, wondering what Kurama could want with some stupid music book.
Looking around, there were many books on piano songs, and for flutes. He walked to the section that had guitar books and grabbed a random one off the shelf. Flipping through it he saw it had songs like "Yesterday" By the Beatles, and old songs from America. Shoving the book on the shelf he walked out, shaking his head. "That stupid fox…"
"You wouldn't happen to be talking about me would you?" Kurama said directly behind him. Hiei whirled around and glared daggers at him. "Aheh, sorry. I couldn't help it. You looked like you were in a bad mood…" Hiei shrugged and leapt into the nearest tree. Kurama shook his head and went home to practice.
~The next Day~
Everyone had found a seat either on the couch or in a chair or just standing. Kuwabara had brought his drums and Hiei had brought his bass guitar, a scowl on his face. Botan and Keiko sat next to Yusuke on the couch, who had brought a karaoke machine with him.
"So let's get this started already." Yusuke stood up and walked over to the front of the room. "Ok, now that we have decided to do this thing, what are we going to play first? I mean, we could play a song that someone already had done, or we could play a song we make up…"
"Well, I'm sure we can think of at least ONE song on our own, can't we?" Botan said. Keiko nodded.
"Yea, that doesn't seem too hard to make up a song. We should do that!"
"You're not the one making up the song." Hiei stated quite bluntly.
"Maybe we should just practice a song we all know first, like.. like something from the Beatles! Or something like that." Kurama said quickly. Yusuke nodded.
"That's a good idea! How about Yesterday from the Beatles, I'm sure everyone knows that.. well except Hiei. He'll catch on soon enough though!" Yusuke turned on the karaoke machine and grabbed the microphone. Kuwabara set up his drums and Kurama and Hiei grabbed their guitars and walked up front, off to the side. Botan and Keiko were going to judge how good they were. Kuwabara started the beat, Kurama and Hiei leading into it, but doing a pretty bad job of it. Hiei didn't even know the song and was making stuff up as he went along. And Yusuke didn't know all the right words. But he started singing anyway:
"Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh I believe it yesterday
Suddenly I'm not half the guy I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me
Oh yesterday came suddenly
Why she had to go? I don't know would say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday
Yesterday love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh I believe it yesterday
Why she had to go? I don't know she would say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday
Yesterday love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh I believe it yesterday
Hmm hm hm hm hm hm."
Keiko and Botan looked at them in a mix of horror and shock. "Uhhh…" Keiko started but shook her head.
"That bad?" Yusuke said, sounding defeated. Both nodded.
"Maybe we just need more practice? I mean you can't expect us to be experts when these we're shoved in our hands." Kurama said, sighing a little. It was a horrible performance. Everyone was off tune and Yusuke couldn't sing worth anything in the world. Kuwabara was the only one who was somewhat right. Kurama almost knew the tune but Hiei canceled him out by just not knowing the song at all.
"Lot's
more practice. Well, I guess now that we know what we sound like we can know
what to improve on?" Kuwabara took his drum set apart. Hiei and Kurama set
their guitars in their cases and set them by the door. Yusuke nodded.
"Kurama, do you mind if we use
your house as where we practice?" Kurama shook his head and sat in a vacant
chair across from the couch.
"No that's fine."
"Good! Then we should meet everyday after school gets out here to practice more. Is that alright?" Everyone nodded. "Good! Then I guess we'll practice more tomorrow!" Yusuke grabbed his karaoke machine and set it by the couch. "Well, see ya everybody." After that everyone said their good byes, leaving their instruments and left. Kurama sighed and grabbed a drink from the kitchen. This was going to be the longest week he'd every known… Practice everyday with the band who couldn't hold a tune if their life depended on it.
Well minna! Here's your second chapter. I'm thinking about using some of the songs from the actual show that they should perform. I'm not totally sure though. Well, review please and I'll love you forever! ^__^