Chapter 7:
Kagome woke up the next morning to find herself in the hospital sitting in a chair in Honda's room.
"Did I fall asleep here last night?" Kagome asked herself.
"Yeah you did." Honda answered the question. "You looked pretty tired and I guess you just fell asleep."
"Well I hope you had a good time watching me." Kagome said sarcastically.
"Yeah. You know, you snore and sleep talk. Mostly about Inuyasha." Honda replied.
"WHAT?!" Kagome almost screamed. "I was sleep talking about Inuyasha?!"
"Yeah! And you kept me up all night 'cause you wouldn't shut-up!" An all too familiar voice yelled.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome almost yelled. "Why didn't you try to wake me?"
"I did. But you kept brushing we off and I hit the floor!" Inuyasha yelled. "I finally decided to give up after the fiftieth time!"
"Sorry." Kagome apologized. "Today's Friday, right?"
"Yeah. And you better get to school. You have to practice for the festival." Honda said. "I'll be there tonight. The hospitals letting me go there."
"OK." Kagome said. Then she walked up to Honda and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Get better soon." She said, then left.
At school...
"OK people. Everything has to be perfect for my performance!" Chi-Chi yelled as she walked into the theatre.
"Shut-up Chi-Chi! You're not in charge of the festival. I am!" Yuka yelled.
"Whatever." Chi-Chi blew Yuka off and went behind stage to bug Kagome. "Hey Higurashi. I heard you spent the night at the hospital with nerd boy."
"His name is Honda." Kagome said through gritted teeth.
"Nerd boy, Honda, it's all the same." Chi-Chi stated.
"You wanna fight?!" Kagome yelled. "Right here! Right now! I'll take you on and you'll be sorry!"
"Yeah right. You couldn't even hit me if you tried." Chi-Chi replied.
"You wanna bet?" Kagome asked.
"Yeah. Go ahead. Hit me." Chi-Chi replied.
"OK. But you're the one who told me to do it." Kagome said before punching Chi-Chi in the face.
Chi-Chi flew back and put her hand on her cheek. Then she glared at Kagome. "You'll pay for that Higurashi!" Chi-Chi said.
"Oh. But you're the one who told me to hit you. Remember?" Kagome replied.
"You weren't really supposed to hit me!" Chi-Chi yelled.
"Well, how am I supposed to know that?" Kagome mocked Chi-Chi. "Oh. And by the way, don't insult my friends again. Or you'll get be in more trouble next time."
Chi-Chi stomped off away from Kagome and into the make-up room, mumbling curses as she went.
"Kagome!? What was that about?!" Ayumi asked.
"Did you just punch Chi-Chi?!" Erie asked.
"She asked me to." Kagome replied, then went over to her guitar. "Now we need to practice for tonight."
Both girls nodded a bit nervously and went to their instruments and started to practice. They just couldn't let Chi-Chi win.
"Hey Kagome?" Inuyasha asked from on Kagome's shoulder. "Since when did you start throwing punches?"
"If someone gets me mad enough then I will." Kagome replied. "You're lucky I only say 'it' sometimes."
At that Inuyasha became a bit scared of Kagome. Her punches were worse than her saying sit?! Inuyasha thought.
That night...
It was the night of the Fine Arts Festival at the school. Kagome and her band were wearing jeans and cut off tie-die T-shirts. They were ready to perform.
Then Chi-Chi walked in. She looked like Kagome never even touched her. (AN- Thank god we live in a time with make-up). She was wearing a pair of jeans the flared out at the bottom and a baby-blue cut off tank top.
"Hope you're ready to loose Higurashi." Chi-Chi said as she walked by.
"Oh don't worry, I won't." Kagome replied.
"Hmph." Chi-Chi said before stomping off backstage.
People were now sitting in their seats ready to watch the performance, and Kagome's band was up first.
A girl walked on stage and took the microphone from on its stand. She was wearing a red dress and red high heels with her hair pulled up in a ponytail.
"Good evening everyone!" She said into the microphone. "And welcome to this year's Fine Arts Festival! Our first performance is The Stars! Let's here it!"
Then the curtains opened to show Kagome with her guitar, Ayumi with her bass guitar, and Erie behind her drums.
"Hello everyone!" Kagome said into the microphone that was set up in front of her. "We're The Stars and we want to devote this song to our friend Honda who is out of the hospital for the night just to us!"
"The song is called 'I wish you well!' Nothing personal Honda!" Erie said from behind her drums.
I Wish You Well by Josie and the PussyCats.
Kagome started to sing.
I wish you well
Couldn't you tell after all these years
I wish you well
In a world that you're dreaming of
I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish myself, all of the above.
What made me think
That I could survive all the wear and tare
It's not my thing
To stand and pose to some William Tell
I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish myself, all of the above
I there was a better time, I could not find it
What's mine's not yours and yours not mine
And we couldn't hide it
Don't take me on the ride with you
It's a roller coaster
The only time I'd look at you is on a, Rock'n Roll poster
I wish you well
Kagome did a small guitar solo.
Where are you now
Couldn't you see through the sweat and tears
I took my bow
While you confirmed all my saddest fears
I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish myself
The world I'm dreaming of
I wish you well
I wish you well
I wish myself
All of the above
All of the above
All of the above
All of the above
Everyone cheered for The Stars.
"Thank you!" Ayumi said as the three girls took a bow.
Then the girl in the red dress walked back on stage. "That was awesome!" She yelled into the microphone. "Now. It seems that a competition was confirmed between Chi-Chi and The Stars. So, I present, Chi-Chi!"
"BOOOOOOOO!" Honda yelled as Chi-Chi walked out on stage.
"Shut-up nerd boy!" Chi-Chi yelled into the microphone.
Then the music started. And Chi-Chi started to sing.
Whatever the song was (AN- you can choose whatever song you want to hear her sing in your head), nobody could understand what Chi-Chi was saying. She sounded terrible a nobody could wait for her to be done.
Then Yuka decided to unplug the microphone, and the whole audience cheered once they couldn't hear Chi-Chi anymore.
Chi-Chi noticed that the microphone wasn't working and glared at Yuka.
Yuka just put her hands behind her back and started to whistle as she walked away.
Chi-Chi stomped off the stage and walked out of the theatre.
Then the girl in the red dress returned to the stage. "Sorry about the folks. And since Chi-Chi left, that makes The Stars our winners!"
The audience cheered for Kagome and her friends. Then Kagome turned to her friends. "Should we sing one more song?"
"Yeah!" Erie replied.
"I know! Let's sing the power of one!" Ayumi suggested.
"OK. Let's do it!" Kagome said, and everyone went to their instruments.
Kagome went up to the microphone. "Everyone! We're very glad that you enjoyed our song earlier, and we want to sing one more song to you guys before we leave tonight. This one I want to devote my best friend Inuyasha!" Kagome said.
Inuyasha was sitting on Mrs. Higurashi's shoulder watching everything.
"The song is called 'The Power of One!' And it was written by Honda!" Ayumi stated.
Kagome started to sing.
One heart can make a difference
One choice can change it all
One voice can travel the distance
And be heard all around the world
Would you make a sacrifice, if you knew that it was right
Well the answers there if you look inside
Will you run and hide
Or will you fight the fight
'Cause there's a power inside you
And there's a battle to be won
And every victory has a beginning
The way it always has begun
With the power of one
One day, you'll realize it, that one heart is all you need
One dream, that we can all share,
One dream, we all believe.
And we'll make that sacrifice,
Just because we know it's right
And we'll the answer that's there inside
No we won't run and hide
We're gonna fight the fight
There's a power inside you
There's a battle to be one
Every victory has a beginning
The way it always has begun
With the power of one
Kagome did a small guitar soloWe'll look inside
We won't run hide
No we'll fight the fight
There's a power inside you
There's a battle to be won
Every victory has a beginning
The way it always has begun
With the power of one.
The audience cheered louder than ever, and The Stars took a bow.
Later that night...
"PARTY!!!!!" Kagome and her friends yelled.
There was a party being held at Yuka's house for everyone who was involved in the festival earlier that night.
Kagome sat out of most of the partying and just talked to Inuyasha. Until...
"Hey Kagome?" A boy asked.
"Hey Hojo. What's up?" Kagome asked.
"I was wondering if you wanted to dance?" Hojo asked.
"Sorry Hojo." Kagome replied. "I don't really feel like dancing."
"Are you OK? Is your back still hurting you?" Hojo asked.
"No! No! No!" Kagome said as she waved her hands in front of her. "It's just I don't feel like dancing. That's all."
"Oh. OK. See-ya later then." Hojo said, then walked away.
Then Kagome turned back to Inuyasha. "You ready to go home?" Kagome asked.
"Yeah." Inuyasha said, the jumped onto Kagome's shoulder and they went home.
AN- How's that for a good chapter! Took me two hours to make, so you better like it! OK. Got to go watch Yugioh now! And there's still 14 more days left before Inuyasha can go home. So I'll be updating soon. See-ya!