"Okay, Kikyou," Bankotsu yelled as he and Renkotsu left
the house, "We'll bring you guys back something."
The contest was in two days. Every member of all three bands had become extremely anxious to finally perform for an audience. Final preparations were being organized by the bandleaders as the other members practiced with their final few hours. However, Bankotsu wasn't worried. Perhaps he should have been, but he didn't see this as a big deal. He was the fortunate one.
Kikyou's house was devoid of anything edible, so she sent the two boys to go out for some lunch. As they walked, they thought about what it would be like. What would the contest hold in store for them?
"It'll be a snap," Bankotsu said confidently, "Piece of cake, really."
Renkotsu closed his eyes and sighed. "Bankotsu," he whispered, "This is not just some simple show. This is a worldwide contest that will be broadcasted live on national television. Are you sure you can handle that?"
Bankotsu just smiled. "Don't worry about it!" He put his arms behind his head. "It'll be fun." The rest of the way they were pretty much silent.
They finally arrived at the closest restaurant: an A&W. They entered the building, and walked up to the cashier. She asked them if she could help them as they studied the menu.
"We'll have an Nephew Burger," Renkotsu said, still looking at the menu, "A Great-grandmother Burger, a Long- distant-second-cousin Burger, a Loud-obnoxious-uncle Burger, a Godfather Burger..."
"And an Adopted-son Burger," Bankotsu finished. The cashier asked if that would be everything. They nodded. After a few minutes of waiting, they were handed their lunch, and they left for home.
"Hurry up!" Kagome shouted excitedly at InuYasha as she jumped out of bed and got dressed.
"Your favorite wha?" the drowsy dog demon mumbled as he lifted his head from the pillow. "What's goin on?"
The weird girl let out a squeal of excitement. "It's the day of the competition!" she exclaimed. "So hurry up and get ready!"
After getting dressed, the two dashed to the kitchen to have a quick breakfast, then they headed out the door. But before they got too far, Kagome stopped. "What's wrong?" InuYasha asked as she went back into the house. A few minutes later, she came back out with Shippou sitting on her head.
"Forgot something," Shippou sighed.
The three of them then went to pick up Sango and Miroku. Then they headed to Kouga's cave and found him still asleep. InuYasha tiptoed quietly over to him, then yelled in his ear to wake up. The six of them then went to pick up Nobunaga. And their last stop was Sesshoumaru's.
InuYasha knocked on the door and Jaken answered it. "Ah," he croaked. "Lord Sesshoumaru will be out shortly."
"Where's Juuroumaru?" Kagome asked. Jaken shrugged. She then flashed InuYasha a look of worry.
"Don't worry," he said, "I'm sure he's around somewhere."
A few minutes later, Sesshoumaru and Rin arrived at the door. "Ready to go?" he asked her. She smiled and nodded. "Let's go then."
"Sesshoumaru," Kagome began, "Do you know where Juuroumaru is?" He shook his head.
Then from behind them, an alien voice called out. They all turned around to see Juuroumaru dashing up to them. "Sorry I'm late," he said. "So are we going?"
The others looked at him dumbfounded. "So you can talk now, huh?" InuYasha muttered. "Fun. And to answer your question, yes we're going."
"Looking like this?" the beast boy muttered. "I don't think so."
"What do you mean?" Kagome asked. "What's wrong with the way we look?"
"Our band needs an image," Juuroumaru explained. "Don't you agree?"
Kagome and Sango looked over at each other and smiled. "You know what this means?" Kagome asked, and Sango nodded. Then together, they shouted, "Makeover!"
And finally, after much painstaking effort to give themselves an image, OmegaNihon was ready to go out on stage. InuYasha wore black pants with a black silk button-up shirt. He also wore a black headband and dark sunglasses. Kagome and Sango simply wore black dresses and accessorized with gold looped earrings. Shippou didn't think it necessary to really change his appearance, and the rest of the band agreed with him, so they just gave him a pair of stylish glasses. Miroku wore black pants like InuYasha, and a black vest over a white shirt. He also streaked a little bit of brown dye into his hair. Kouga, however, wanted more of a punk look, so he died his hair a dark green and wore a black headband and black wristbands. As for actual clothing, he wore a black leather vest with no shirt underneath, and black leather pants. Nobunaga went for a sort of semi-punk look with torn denim pants and a denim jacket. Like Shippou, Sesshoumaru also did not believe he had to change his appearance much. Although, the orange dye streaked into his hair was a little iffy. And lastly, as for Juuroumaru, he wore a black spiked choker around his neck, and spiked wristbands. He wore leather pants and no shirt. They had their image. They were ready.
Downtown Tokyo was the place to be on that fine spring day. The curious thing was, however, that not all of the snow had quite melted yet. But no one seemed to even see it. Their minds were focused on the day's big event: the Battle of the Bands contest. Crowds of people had gathered around the auditorium's parking lots and had begun to take their seats in the grand room that would house the event.
Back stage, several different bands from all around the world had come to partake. Most of them were looking extremely anxious, but that was to be expected of course. This whole contest was going to be broadcasted live to millions of people!
Because of La Saia's royal background, her and her friends were given special seating right at the front of the room, just behind the celebrity judge's table. So, right there she sat, along with Jaken, Rin, Tsuyu, Ginta, Hakkaku and Kageroumaru. Kirara curled up on Rin's lap; Hiyoshimaru sat on Tsuyu's shoulder and Myouga watched from atop Ginta's head. Kikyou, Ginkotsu, Kyoukotsu and Hamaya sat just a little further back from them.
Once all the murmuring of the crowd had finally stopped, the lights began to dim. From backstage, a man dressed in a white suit with a really bad haircut came and stood on center stage.
"Good afternoon, Tokyo Japan!" he shouted into his mike. "I am Ryan Kaisui, and I'll be your host for this contest. Before we move on, I would like to introduce the panel of judges we have lined up."
There were nine judges in total. As Mr. Kaisui introduced them, they stood up and smiled or waved to the audience. From the Japanese punk band of the 80s and early 90s, X Japan, was Yoshiki Hayashi, Toshimitsu Deyama and Hideto Matsumoto. Next on the panel were Minami Takayama and Shiina Nagano of the new-age band Two-Mix. And from one of the biggest current metal bands in America, Cradle of Filth: Dani Filth and Sarah Deva. Closing up the panel were Jack Black and Simon Cowell.
"And now," Mr. Kaisui continued, "Without further ado, let's get this party started!" He introduced the first band that would be performing. They were from America, he said, and the name of their band was Pekk. They were an average lower-middle class family from Quahog, Rohde Island. On vocals was the father, Peter Griffin, on guitar was his son Chris, on bass was the daughter, Meg and on drums was the mother, Lois.
(Hahahahahahahahaha... sweet!)
They came onto the stage. Each one had yellow, green and red face paint on, mon, and was wearing black and silver ponchos. "Okay everybody?" Peter asked, signaling to start the song. "Hit it!" And with that, the show had begun. People cheered to their music. It was the perfect way to get the contest on a roll. The audience knew they would not be disappointed.
Meanwhile, backstage, all the other bands watched on in anticipation, all except for ChikaraEki. Kagura didn't even try to listen to the other bands' music. She didn't feel that she had to. Kanna and the boys on the other hand found the different styles of music all very interesting. Rock bands, mellow bands, and heavy metal bands. This contest had it all. And pretty soon, it would be their turn to perform, but not before their friends got a chance.
InuYasha gulped as he heard Mr. Kaisui announce the name of their band, OmegaNihon. "Ready?" he asked his band members. They all nodded and went to center stage.
The contest was in two days. Every member of all three bands had become extremely anxious to finally perform for an audience. Final preparations were being organized by the bandleaders as the other members practiced with their final few hours. However, Bankotsu wasn't worried. Perhaps he should have been, but he didn't see this as a big deal. He was the fortunate one.
Kikyou's house was devoid of anything edible, so she sent the two boys to go out for some lunch. As they walked, they thought about what it would be like. What would the contest hold in store for them?
"It'll be a snap," Bankotsu said confidently, "Piece of cake, really."
Renkotsu closed his eyes and sighed. "Bankotsu," he whispered, "This is not just some simple show. This is a worldwide contest that will be broadcasted live on national television. Are you sure you can handle that?"
Bankotsu just smiled. "Don't worry about it!" He put his arms behind his head. "It'll be fun." The rest of the way they were pretty much silent.
They finally arrived at the closest restaurant: an A&W. They entered the building, and walked up to the cashier. She asked them if she could help them as they studied the menu.
"We'll have an Nephew Burger," Renkotsu said, still looking at the menu, "A Great-grandmother Burger, a Long- distant-second-cousin Burger, a Loud-obnoxious-uncle Burger, a Godfather Burger..."
"And an Adopted-son Burger," Bankotsu finished. The cashier asked if that would be everything. They nodded. After a few minutes of waiting, they were handed their lunch, and they left for home.
"Hurry up!" Kagome shouted excitedly at InuYasha as she jumped out of bed and got dressed.
"Your favorite wha?" the drowsy dog demon mumbled as he lifted his head from the pillow. "What's goin on?"
The weird girl let out a squeal of excitement. "It's the day of the competition!" she exclaimed. "So hurry up and get ready!"
After getting dressed, the two dashed to the kitchen to have a quick breakfast, then they headed out the door. But before they got too far, Kagome stopped. "What's wrong?" InuYasha asked as she went back into the house. A few minutes later, she came back out with Shippou sitting on her head.
"Forgot something," Shippou sighed.
The three of them then went to pick up Sango and Miroku. Then they headed to Kouga's cave and found him still asleep. InuYasha tiptoed quietly over to him, then yelled in his ear to wake up. The six of them then went to pick up Nobunaga. And their last stop was Sesshoumaru's.
InuYasha knocked on the door and Jaken answered it. "Ah," he croaked. "Lord Sesshoumaru will be out shortly."
"Where's Juuroumaru?" Kagome asked. Jaken shrugged. She then flashed InuYasha a look of worry.
"Don't worry," he said, "I'm sure he's around somewhere."
A few minutes later, Sesshoumaru and Rin arrived at the door. "Ready to go?" he asked her. She smiled and nodded. "Let's go then."
"Sesshoumaru," Kagome began, "Do you know where Juuroumaru is?" He shook his head.
Then from behind them, an alien voice called out. They all turned around to see Juuroumaru dashing up to them. "Sorry I'm late," he said. "So are we going?"
The others looked at him dumbfounded. "So you can talk now, huh?" InuYasha muttered. "Fun. And to answer your question, yes we're going."
"Looking like this?" the beast boy muttered. "I don't think so."
"What do you mean?" Kagome asked. "What's wrong with the way we look?"
"Our band needs an image," Juuroumaru explained. "Don't you agree?"
Kagome and Sango looked over at each other and smiled. "You know what this means?" Kagome asked, and Sango nodded. Then together, they shouted, "Makeover!"
And finally, after much painstaking effort to give themselves an image, OmegaNihon was ready to go out on stage. InuYasha wore black pants with a black silk button-up shirt. He also wore a black headband and dark sunglasses. Kagome and Sango simply wore black dresses and accessorized with gold looped earrings. Shippou didn't think it necessary to really change his appearance, and the rest of the band agreed with him, so they just gave him a pair of stylish glasses. Miroku wore black pants like InuYasha, and a black vest over a white shirt. He also streaked a little bit of brown dye into his hair. Kouga, however, wanted more of a punk look, so he died his hair a dark green and wore a black headband and black wristbands. As for actual clothing, he wore a black leather vest with no shirt underneath, and black leather pants. Nobunaga went for a sort of semi-punk look with torn denim pants and a denim jacket. Like Shippou, Sesshoumaru also did not believe he had to change his appearance much. Although, the orange dye streaked into his hair was a little iffy. And lastly, as for Juuroumaru, he wore a black spiked choker around his neck, and spiked wristbands. He wore leather pants and no shirt. They had their image. They were ready.
Downtown Tokyo was the place to be on that fine spring day. The curious thing was, however, that not all of the snow had quite melted yet. But no one seemed to even see it. Their minds were focused on the day's big event: the Battle of the Bands contest. Crowds of people had gathered around the auditorium's parking lots and had begun to take their seats in the grand room that would house the event.
Back stage, several different bands from all around the world had come to partake. Most of them were looking extremely anxious, but that was to be expected of course. This whole contest was going to be broadcasted live to millions of people!
Because of La Saia's royal background, her and her friends were given special seating right at the front of the room, just behind the celebrity judge's table. So, right there she sat, along with Jaken, Rin, Tsuyu, Ginta, Hakkaku and Kageroumaru. Kirara curled up on Rin's lap; Hiyoshimaru sat on Tsuyu's shoulder and Myouga watched from atop Ginta's head. Kikyou, Ginkotsu, Kyoukotsu and Hamaya sat just a little further back from them.
Once all the murmuring of the crowd had finally stopped, the lights began to dim. From backstage, a man dressed in a white suit with a really bad haircut came and stood on center stage.
"Good afternoon, Tokyo Japan!" he shouted into his mike. "I am Ryan Kaisui, and I'll be your host for this contest. Before we move on, I would like to introduce the panel of judges we have lined up."
There were nine judges in total. As Mr. Kaisui introduced them, they stood up and smiled or waved to the audience. From the Japanese punk band of the 80s and early 90s, X Japan, was Yoshiki Hayashi, Toshimitsu Deyama and Hideto Matsumoto. Next on the panel were Minami Takayama and Shiina Nagano of the new-age band Two-Mix. And from one of the biggest current metal bands in America, Cradle of Filth: Dani Filth and Sarah Deva. Closing up the panel were Jack Black and Simon Cowell.
"And now," Mr. Kaisui continued, "Without further ado, let's get this party started!" He introduced the first band that would be performing. They were from America, he said, and the name of their band was Pekk. They were an average lower-middle class family from Quahog, Rohde Island. On vocals was the father, Peter Griffin, on guitar was his son Chris, on bass was the daughter, Meg and on drums was the mother, Lois.
(Hahahahahahahahaha... sweet!)
They came onto the stage. Each one had yellow, green and red face paint on, mon, and was wearing black and silver ponchos. "Okay everybody?" Peter asked, signaling to start the song. "Hit it!" And with that, the show had begun. People cheered to their music. It was the perfect way to get the contest on a roll. The audience knew they would not be disappointed.
Meanwhile, backstage, all the other bands watched on in anticipation, all except for ChikaraEki. Kagura didn't even try to listen to the other bands' music. She didn't feel that she had to. Kanna and the boys on the other hand found the different styles of music all very interesting. Rock bands, mellow bands, and heavy metal bands. This contest had it all. And pretty soon, it would be their turn to perform, but not before their friends got a chance.
InuYasha gulped as he heard Mr. Kaisui announce the name of their band, OmegaNihon. "Ready?" he asked his band members. They all nodded and went to center stage.