Chapter 12

"Common, you guys are next." said the lady that had brought them to their change room.

They followed her to the back stage where they could easily enter the stage.

Kagome looked to Yash. "Wow, that's a great costume Yash, they look so real."

'Great.' he thought, 'Now I have to keep her from touching them.'

"You to Sess, great costumes." she smiled warmly to them. It was part of her relaxation cycle.

They put their guitars on and waited for the band to finish.

"Now give a warm welcome to the Demons!" called the man on stage.

So the group walked onto stage, waving and cheering. Sess blew a kiss to his Rin in the audience and she blew one back.

And then Yash felt it. He could feel demons in the room. Not just one, at least 10. He looked around the audience. He spotted Shippo in the crowd but no one else that he knew was a demon. He decided that they must just be here to watch the show. He thought after the show he should try to meet some of them, he didn't actually have many friends who were demons except for his brother who didn't count as a friend and then Shippo.

Then they started to play. Kagome envisioned that they were at home practicing and no one else was there. That's all she thought, were at home. It seemed to work to. That is until she opened her eyes for the chorus and saw that she was infact the least alone person she could ever imagine. But she kept her cool, she didn't want to screw this up for everyone, she had to go on with the show and all that good stuff.

She could hear people cheering and cheering louder when something cool showed up on the large screen behind them. It was amazing; they were totally into their music. Everyone swayed to the music and danced around. That's when she realized something... She had almost missed out on this, if Yash hadn't tricked her to join in the first place she would not be here right now, in front of all these people, living a dream.

She caught a glance of Miroku in the back with his drums, semi head banging. She almost started to laugh out loud. She knew that now wasn't a good time to laugh, there were people everywhere, watching her every move. It terrified her to think that one mistake she made could be the end of the band.

Then her solo came. She had started carefully to reduce the chance of screwing up but the crowd urged her and she began to play it with a wild spirit not seen by many people. She could hear even more cheers come from the audience and then a few whistles. She heard some guys in the crowd comment that the band had 2 hot chicks in it. The hottest they had seen all night. She thought about what Inu-Yasha would say if he heard them, more than likely he had, he had great hearing. She couldn't help but smile. They were at her command.

She saw Sess over at his side, playing with a cold stare. It was perfect. No one could master that better than him but I don't think he was trying, it came natural. And then there was Yash, being his Sexy self on stage. She saw all the girls looking and awing at him. They had just found the next person to hang on their wall and kiss at night. She had to admit though; she wouldn't mind having a pic of him on HER wall that she could kiss at night. Why do that when you could have the real thing?

The more the song went on the more into it they became. They had never been this loose at practice, it was the crowds fault. They made them wild and crazy. They made them want to be insane for the fans they were producing this very second.

As the song was winding down she felt relieved. Then it was finished. YAY! They were done finally. It felt like it took a billion years. As they were leaving the stage the crowd erupted. Cheers from every angle and direction. It was swarming around them. It made them all smile to know how much they were appreciated.

Miroku had to stay on the stage a little longer and bow to his fans. He had always wanted to. Eventually Inu-Yasha walked back onto the stage and grabbed him by the collar, dragging him off stage. How embarrassing.

Inu-Yasha rushed off stage, the noise hurt his sensitive ears. He almost winced from the pain.

Meanwhile up in the balcony the demons and Miko as she called herself which is totally wrong because she is anything but holy, stood. She had been sickened between the point where the demons were announced and when Inu-Yasha walked on stage. Seeing him brought back old pains. But only one thing stood out more than all other memories and that was, 'The mutt bastard sent me to juvenile hall.' He was going to pay big time for what he did to her. Or so she thought. If I was her I would be running for the hills by now.

On the other side of the balcony sat the sisters. Kanna remained with a virtually unreadable expression on her face. She was wearing her trade colour white. She had baggy white pants and a white t-shirt. Kagura had on a pink tight shirt and dark purple pants. She was extremely nervous. She had to keep herself calm or Naraku would know that something was up. Then she felt a slight breeze. She looked down to the ground to see a 5 cm high tornado starting to form. She immediately calmed herself down. Her heart was beating a million times a second, it felt like it might explode in her chest... well at least then she would be dead and wouldn't have to go through with this.

Kikyo absently stroked her gun with her thumb, thinking what she'd like to do to the bastard that sent her away. How she loathed him. She wanted to take a knife, gouge it into his throat, take the voice box and eat it for breakfast. At least then she wouldn't have to listen to his annoying voice anymore.

By now you fellow Kikyo haters are yelling, "KILL THE BITCH KILL THE BITCH!" over in your Kikyo should burn in hell cheer stands. I can see it now, all at the edge of your seats, just waiting for me to write more about how a lightening bolt or something comes crashing down and goes right through her evil head, spewing out the black brain from inside (To graphic?) but trust me, if I was in a group... this would be it and I'd be up close with a knife and a grenade.

And then there is you Kikyo lovers going, "She's not that bad!" and "NooooOoooo don't kill Kikyo." With your hands held dramatically at your cheeks while you bend your knees to one direction. Pitiful. For shame, for shame.

Then there is you people that have no clue what it happening and who Kikyo is and your group is all like "...WTF?" and "I don't get it." Ahahahha, anywho, back to the story. (I think I had a bit too much fun with that)

Anyways, back to the story.

They were pumped! The moment they got off stage they all (at least the girls) started hugging each other in glee. They were so happy to have that done and over with and they did such a good job too. One of their best. And now that it was over they felt like nothing could go wrong, everything was happy, and tonight would be perfect. How wrong they were.

So while they were bubbly and jumpy and happy others were vicious, angry and wanted to spill blood, while the rest were nervous, determined, and scared. Can you guess who is who? No? Maybe you should go get yourself checked for a pulse. (Thank you Mr.Vancise for that! Hehe)

They were sitting in the change room; the boys change room, while they waited. They were really hyper and giddy. They talked about stupid things like why Miroku asks women to bear his children and why Sess never smiles. They were picking out things that made them wonder like why Sango doesn't like it when Miroku gropes her or at least pretends not to and why Kagome had never had alcohol before about a month ago. Then Kagome thought of a question she had pondered. "You know what Yash, I've always wanted to ask you this but I was to embarrassed...why is your hair white? I like it and all but you and Sess are the only people with hair like that."

Inu-Yasha cast a nervous glance to the rest of the group. He was going to tell her now. He had to, what could he tell her? My family's hair ages 100 times as fast as normal people? It's not natural? I fell in a tub of bleach? Tub of silver paint? I spent too much time in the sun? It's nail polish remover? It's a wig? It's implant? And so on and so fourth. "Come with me, I wanna tell you something."

He grabbed her hand and led her to the girls change room. Once inside he pulled to chairs facing each other and sat down in one while she sat in the other. He didn't quite know how to explain this. He had been so preoccupied about when he would tell her and now that he was, he really didn't know what to say.

He held her hands and looked deep into her eyes. "Kagome... the reason I look like this is because-"but he never got to finish.

"Common, there announcing the winner!" came Miroku's excited voice from the other side of the door.

"Common, I will tell you later."

They stood in their band group backstage while they awaited the results. Kagome looked around... the bands were all coping in different ways. Some held hands, some prayed, some jumped around like mindless idiots and some played it cool. Her group was holding hands, one big link.

"Now for the time you've all waited for. We have reached a rocking verdict. The winner of this year's battle of the bands is..." he opened the paper. "The DEMONS!" the crown exploded.

"OH MY GOD!" came the voices of the band. They ran onto the stage, smiling like fools. And if you looked really close you could have seen Sess smiling as well.

"Congrats guys." And he handed them the check. "I think these fans would like an encore."

The crowd cheered louder. The band was in shock, it was everything they had ever hoped for. This was the single most coolest, most exciting thing to ever happen to them.

So they got to their positions. The huge weight had been lifted off their backs. Now they felt like they were floating on air.

Before they had to play Kagome snuck in a kiss and a hug for Inu-Yasha. It wasn't everyday they won the battle of the bands. But that one kiss and hug pushed a certain bitch over the edge.

Kikyo clutched the edge of her seat, digging her black nails into the chair she sat upon. She felt like she was on fire from anger. The demons sitting with her felt the anger of her aura rise. She wasn't playing around anymore. She wanted revenge. She wanted to make the mutt and his bitch suffer. How dare she take him. How dare she kiss him while she was there and in front of so many people.

"It's time." Her words were like acid eating away at everything.

She grabbed her tranquilizer gun and walked to the edge of the balcony. The song began. "I'm gonna make you suffer just as you made me." She whispered to herself. Slowly she raised the gun into a pointing position. She had been taking lessons with rifles. She was already good because she was a master archer but she wanted to be sure she didn't miss. One miss could ruin the whole plan; one slip up could mean her defeat. If she missed Inu-Yasha would surely realize he was being shot at and would attack or flee. Flee if she was lucky. She was no match for the demon even if he was hanyou.

She raised the gun a little more up to her eye level. She took her sweet time aiming, wanting to get it perfect, right in the neck. She slightly squeezed the trigger but not hard enough to shoot, not yet. She closed her eyes and opened them with furiosity. Her eyes were probably red from anger. Her heart beat faster. She was going to do it. Nothing could stop her now. Then she remembered something, she had to make sure Kanna and Kagura were ready.

"Ready?" she turned to them.

They nodded. They had to make it look good so Kanna pulled a small compact mirror out from her pocket and held it in one of her pale, small hands. She was a lethal weapon before 12. Kagura didn't need to take anything out; her powers were used with her mind. But she was holding something, something very important, she held in her hand a feather. She was ready to make a get away and save everyone.

Kikyo, who was satisfied that she could continue, turned back towards the stage. She returned the weapon to her face and took aim again. The song was nearing its end and so she didn't take as long to aim as she had before. No one noticed this psychotic girl on the balcony with a gun, not even security. "Die Inu-Yasha." She whispered. Then she pulled the trigger.

Heh heh heh, I'm ending it now! I wanted this part to be a whole different chapter just cus. Don't hate me. throws myself to the ground and begs for forgiveness How pitiful. Well yeah review please and yeah... w/e you get it. Right? RIGHT? No you don't! Don't lie! STOP LIEING! HOLY DON'T SPAZ! DON'T TOUCH ME THERE. PERVERT! PETIFILE! HENTAI! BAKA! Motay, comen, doshio. Am I nounday? Heh heh now I'm speaking Japanese. I don't think I spelt the words right though cus I picked them up watching the subbed version of Inu-Yasha so I wrote down what I heard. God I'm' stupid. Arigatou for your support -.