Yogore no Yurikago was the name of Kikyou's band.
Jakotsu and Kikyou were on vocals. Bankotsu and Renkotsu
played electric guitars. Naraku played the bass guitar.
Mukotsu played the keyboard, and Suikotsu played the drums.
They had been a group for a few months now, and they had even been given a deal to put out a pilot c.d. Kikyou accepted the deal and it reached the shelves and people's homes in record time. They had become famous. Not as famous as other bands, mind you. They only had the one c.d., but they were working on another.
However, their hearts weren't into the band much, which was probably why they didn't last as long as they could have. That afternoon, when Jakotsu and Kikyou arrived home, was the last time the band would be together.
"Okay," Kikyou whispered, "We have to be cool about this."
Jakotsu nodded as he opened the door. They looked inside, expecting to see someone, but nobody was there. "Maybe they're in the kitchen," he suggested, and sure enough, Bankotsu, Renkotsu and Mukotsu were eating lunch.
"Oh," Bankotsu said, "You're back. You guys must've had a great night, seeing as you're home so late. Suikotsu's kinda jealous, ya know."
"He has no reason to be!" Kikyou blurted out.
"We didn't do anything," Jakotsu added. They looked at each other, and the color drained from their faces.
"Oh, really?" Renkotsu smirked. "I think something did happen."
"Real cool," Kikyou whispered to Jakotsu, elbowing him.
"So what did you guys get up to anyway?" Renkotsu asked. "You look pretty hung over. Am I right?"
They nodded, but said nothing else.
"So what happened?" Mukotsu asked, "Give us all the detail- . Give us most of the detail- . actually, try to omit as much as possible."
"Can we speak to Bankotsu in private?" Kikyou asked. Renkotsu and Mokotsu glanced over at each other, and nodded. They left, but not before Renkotsu said, "Remember, we want details."
When they were gone, Kikyou and Jakotsu sat at the table. They looked like they had something huge to say, some big secret to share.
"Well," Bankotsu asked, "What is it? What happened?"
Kikyou sat silent for the longest time. She couldn't think of a lie to tell, so she decided that maybe it would be better to tell the truth. But she couldn't think of a way to phrase it. Maybe just coming out and saying it would be best.
"As you know," she began in a low whisper, "Jakotsu and I went out last night. And," she stopped. She didn't know how to finish, so she motioned for Jakotsu to continue.
"Umm," he said in the same low tone as Kikyou, "We had a lot to drink and, um." He trailed off.
"What are you trying to tell me?" Bankotsu asked. "What happened?"
Kikyou took in a deep breath and began to tell Bankotsu the events of the night. She was so focused on telling him, she didn't hear the door behind her open. She finished her story, finding out too late who it was in the doorway.
Suikotsu had heard every word of what she said. She turned around, stunned at realizing she had unwillingly told him everything she didn't want him to hear. She started to speak, but Suikotsu silenced her by raising his hand and turned back to the door. Kikyou tried to stop him from leaving, but it was already too late. Suikotsu was gone, and he had the intention of never returning again.
Kikyou sat down again and burst into tears. Jakotsu tried to comfort her but she pushed him away. The only sound in the entire room was Kikyou's muffled sobs.
The following morning, the woman that Juuroumaru had saved regained consciousness. She was beautiful. Her skin was pale, probably from being out in the cold for so long. Her hair was long and purple, held in a ponytail by a blue scrunchy. She wore an expensive looking blue dress with aqua colored sleeves.
She looked around the simple looking room of InuYasha's modest little house. It was much more simple than what she was used to, but she was thankful for the hospitality. And it wouldn't be so hard to spruce up the place a little. Maybe some nice satin curtains, or an expensive rug, or perhaps a-
"Oh," Kagome said, as she walked into the room, "You're awake. I brought you some breakfast." She was carrying a tray with eggs and bacon on it.
(So simple.)
"My name's Kagome. What's yours?"
"I am La Saia," the woman said as she took the tray.
La Saia. Kagome had heard that name before, but she couldn't remember where. Perhaps it was just a name she heard a while ago; some farmer's name or something like that.
"Thank you for saving me," La Saia said, chowing down on her eggs. "These are rather good," she smiled.
"Thanks," Kagome smiled back. "And actually it was Juuroumaru who saved you."
"I would like to meet this Juuroumaru," La Saia said, finishing her breakfast. Kagome took note of how properly this woman was speaking to her. Perhaps she had just been spending too much time listening to those foul-mouthed boys and forgot how one should speak correctly.
(Indeed.)
(Quite so.)
(Hazzah.)
"I'll go get him then," Kagome said, taking the tray and heading out the door. She went to the kitchen and put the tray in the sink. Then she went into the living room where Juuroumaru lay sleeping on the couch. She poked his arm, whispering for him to wake up. But he just rolled over. So, instead, she thought of a different method to wake him up. She grabbed his arm and pulled him off the couch. He woke up with a growl.
"So simple," Kagome whispered to herself. "That woman, La Saia, wants to talk to you."
Juuroumaru glared at her. She woke him up for that!? Juuroumaru rubbed his eyes and yawned. He and Kagome walked into the guess room and found Miroku, Sango, Nobunaga and InuYasha already there.
"Ah," La Saia said, still lying in her bed, "Good, you're here." She sat up and motioned for Juuroumaru to come closer to her. When he was at the side of her bed, she motioned for him to kneel. He did.
(All the meanwhile, Miroku was thinking to himself, "Man, what a woman! If she can get Juuroumaru to do what she wants, then she probably is a-")
"Snap out of it, Miroku," Sango whispered in his ear, "You're starting to drool!"
"I wish to thank you for your bravery," La Saia continued, "And I also wish to knight you."
Knight? Kagome was puzzled. Only kings and queens could do that. Then she remembered. La Saia was the name of a queen who had vanished a while ago. Could this be her? She did match the description of the missing queen quite well.
"Arise, Sir Juuroumaru."
Juuroumaru rose and looked around the room at all the stunned faces. He was a little dumbfounded himself.
"And," La Saia said, "Don't think I've forgotten about you all. I would like to invite you all to a banquet at my castle."
The room was quiet. She had a castle? Then she really was a queen! And, of course, it would be rather rude to not accept an invitation from a queen, so everyone agreed. Only one thought crossed InuYasha's mind at the time:
(Kikyou's gonna be so jealous.)
Naraku arrived at Kagura's at around noon. He looked like he had just received the best news in the world. Kagura took note of his cheesy grin.
"And what are you so happy about?" she asked.
"Kikyou and Suikotsu broke up," Naraku explained. "That means I can finally move in!"
"Kikyou and Suikotsu broke up?" Kagura asked, puzzled. How could that be? Kikyou and Suikotsu looked so cute together. And Kagura was sure that they loved each other a lot.
[By the way, if you are wondering how Kagura knew about Kikyou and Suikotsu. Let's just say Bankotsu has a bigger mouth than you think.]
"Wait 'til you hear why they broke up," Naraku continued, his cheesy grin grew wider. "When Kikyou heard about InuYasha getting his band together, she got insanely jealous-"
"Like you?" Kagura interrupted. Naraku's eyes narrowed, the grin disappeared from his face.
"Ya, sure," He whispered. The grin returned. "Anyways, Jakotsu wanted to make her feel better, so they went out for a good time. And, let's just say, they had it."
Naraku continued explaining to Kagura what he had heard from Bankotsu. And now with Suikotsu out of the way, Naraku was finally free to have Kikyou all to himself. And he would stop at nothing to get her.
"Wait," Kagura said, "If Suikotsu left, then that means you don't have a band anymore."
Naraku's cheesy grin faded again. She was right. Without Suikotsu, their band was incomplete. "Kikyou's not gonna be happy about this," he whispered.
Kagura rolled her eyes. "Took you that long to realize it, huh?" Then Kagura had a thought. Yogore no Yurikago no longer existed, which meant that InuYasha's band would have no decent competition at the Battle of the Bands. That was, of course, if Kagura didn't enter her band into it. She also thought of a good name for them: ChikaraEki, the power station. Now it was time for her to rub Naraku's nose in it. Life was sweet.
They had been a group for a few months now, and they had even been given a deal to put out a pilot c.d. Kikyou accepted the deal and it reached the shelves and people's homes in record time. They had become famous. Not as famous as other bands, mind you. They only had the one c.d., but they were working on another.
However, their hearts weren't into the band much, which was probably why they didn't last as long as they could have. That afternoon, when Jakotsu and Kikyou arrived home, was the last time the band would be together.
"Okay," Kikyou whispered, "We have to be cool about this."
Jakotsu nodded as he opened the door. They looked inside, expecting to see someone, but nobody was there. "Maybe they're in the kitchen," he suggested, and sure enough, Bankotsu, Renkotsu and Mukotsu were eating lunch.
"Oh," Bankotsu said, "You're back. You guys must've had a great night, seeing as you're home so late. Suikotsu's kinda jealous, ya know."
"He has no reason to be!" Kikyou blurted out.
"We didn't do anything," Jakotsu added. They looked at each other, and the color drained from their faces.
"Oh, really?" Renkotsu smirked. "I think something did happen."
"Real cool," Kikyou whispered to Jakotsu, elbowing him.
"So what did you guys get up to anyway?" Renkotsu asked. "You look pretty hung over. Am I right?"
They nodded, but said nothing else.
"So what happened?" Mukotsu asked, "Give us all the detail- . Give us most of the detail- . actually, try to omit as much as possible."
"Can we speak to Bankotsu in private?" Kikyou asked. Renkotsu and Mokotsu glanced over at each other, and nodded. They left, but not before Renkotsu said, "Remember, we want details."
When they were gone, Kikyou and Jakotsu sat at the table. They looked like they had something huge to say, some big secret to share.
"Well," Bankotsu asked, "What is it? What happened?"
Kikyou sat silent for the longest time. She couldn't think of a lie to tell, so she decided that maybe it would be better to tell the truth. But she couldn't think of a way to phrase it. Maybe just coming out and saying it would be best.
"As you know," she began in a low whisper, "Jakotsu and I went out last night. And," she stopped. She didn't know how to finish, so she motioned for Jakotsu to continue.
"Umm," he said in the same low tone as Kikyou, "We had a lot to drink and, um." He trailed off.
"What are you trying to tell me?" Bankotsu asked. "What happened?"
Kikyou took in a deep breath and began to tell Bankotsu the events of the night. She was so focused on telling him, she didn't hear the door behind her open. She finished her story, finding out too late who it was in the doorway.
Suikotsu had heard every word of what she said. She turned around, stunned at realizing she had unwillingly told him everything she didn't want him to hear. She started to speak, but Suikotsu silenced her by raising his hand and turned back to the door. Kikyou tried to stop him from leaving, but it was already too late. Suikotsu was gone, and he had the intention of never returning again.
Kikyou sat down again and burst into tears. Jakotsu tried to comfort her but she pushed him away. The only sound in the entire room was Kikyou's muffled sobs.
The following morning, the woman that Juuroumaru had saved regained consciousness. She was beautiful. Her skin was pale, probably from being out in the cold for so long. Her hair was long and purple, held in a ponytail by a blue scrunchy. She wore an expensive looking blue dress with aqua colored sleeves.
She looked around the simple looking room of InuYasha's modest little house. It was much more simple than what she was used to, but she was thankful for the hospitality. And it wouldn't be so hard to spruce up the place a little. Maybe some nice satin curtains, or an expensive rug, or perhaps a-
"Oh," Kagome said, as she walked into the room, "You're awake. I brought you some breakfast." She was carrying a tray with eggs and bacon on it.
(So simple.)
"My name's Kagome. What's yours?"
"I am La Saia," the woman said as she took the tray.
La Saia. Kagome had heard that name before, but she couldn't remember where. Perhaps it was just a name she heard a while ago; some farmer's name or something like that.
"Thank you for saving me," La Saia said, chowing down on her eggs. "These are rather good," she smiled.
"Thanks," Kagome smiled back. "And actually it was Juuroumaru who saved you."
"I would like to meet this Juuroumaru," La Saia said, finishing her breakfast. Kagome took note of how properly this woman was speaking to her. Perhaps she had just been spending too much time listening to those foul-mouthed boys and forgot how one should speak correctly.
(Indeed.)
(Quite so.)
(Hazzah.)
"I'll go get him then," Kagome said, taking the tray and heading out the door. She went to the kitchen and put the tray in the sink. Then she went into the living room where Juuroumaru lay sleeping on the couch. She poked his arm, whispering for him to wake up. But he just rolled over. So, instead, she thought of a different method to wake him up. She grabbed his arm and pulled him off the couch. He woke up with a growl.
"So simple," Kagome whispered to herself. "That woman, La Saia, wants to talk to you."
Juuroumaru glared at her. She woke him up for that!? Juuroumaru rubbed his eyes and yawned. He and Kagome walked into the guess room and found Miroku, Sango, Nobunaga and InuYasha already there.
"Ah," La Saia said, still lying in her bed, "Good, you're here." She sat up and motioned for Juuroumaru to come closer to her. When he was at the side of her bed, she motioned for him to kneel. He did.
(All the meanwhile, Miroku was thinking to himself, "Man, what a woman! If she can get Juuroumaru to do what she wants, then she probably is a-")
"Snap out of it, Miroku," Sango whispered in his ear, "You're starting to drool!"
"I wish to thank you for your bravery," La Saia continued, "And I also wish to knight you."
Knight? Kagome was puzzled. Only kings and queens could do that. Then she remembered. La Saia was the name of a queen who had vanished a while ago. Could this be her? She did match the description of the missing queen quite well.
"Arise, Sir Juuroumaru."
Juuroumaru rose and looked around the room at all the stunned faces. He was a little dumbfounded himself.
"And," La Saia said, "Don't think I've forgotten about you all. I would like to invite you all to a banquet at my castle."
The room was quiet. She had a castle? Then she really was a queen! And, of course, it would be rather rude to not accept an invitation from a queen, so everyone agreed. Only one thought crossed InuYasha's mind at the time:
(Kikyou's gonna be so jealous.)
Naraku arrived at Kagura's at around noon. He looked like he had just received the best news in the world. Kagura took note of his cheesy grin.
"And what are you so happy about?" she asked.
"Kikyou and Suikotsu broke up," Naraku explained. "That means I can finally move in!"
"Kikyou and Suikotsu broke up?" Kagura asked, puzzled. How could that be? Kikyou and Suikotsu looked so cute together. And Kagura was sure that they loved each other a lot.
[By the way, if you are wondering how Kagura knew about Kikyou and Suikotsu. Let's just say Bankotsu has a bigger mouth than you think.]
"Wait 'til you hear why they broke up," Naraku continued, his cheesy grin grew wider. "When Kikyou heard about InuYasha getting his band together, she got insanely jealous-"
"Like you?" Kagura interrupted. Naraku's eyes narrowed, the grin disappeared from his face.
"Ya, sure," He whispered. The grin returned. "Anyways, Jakotsu wanted to make her feel better, so they went out for a good time. And, let's just say, they had it."
Naraku continued explaining to Kagura what he had heard from Bankotsu. And now with Suikotsu out of the way, Naraku was finally free to have Kikyou all to himself. And he would stop at nothing to get her.
"Wait," Kagura said, "If Suikotsu left, then that means you don't have a band anymore."
Naraku's cheesy grin faded again. She was right. Without Suikotsu, their band was incomplete. "Kikyou's not gonna be happy about this," he whispered.
Kagura rolled her eyes. "Took you that long to realize it, huh?" Then Kagura had a thought. Yogore no Yurikago no longer existed, which meant that InuYasha's band would have no decent competition at the Battle of the Bands. That was, of course, if Kagura didn't enter her band into it. She also thought of a good name for them: ChikaraEki, the power station. Now it was time for her to rub Naraku's nose in it. Life was sweet.