Inuyasha: I hate introducing stories.
Kagome: Just as much as you hate my scent.
Inuyasha: I don't hate your stench.
Kagome: And therefore deducing that you don't hate introducing stories.
Inuyasha: Shut up, woman.
Sango: That is no way to talk to Kagome-chan!
Miroku: *ahem* Inutori doesn't own us, and this conversation is pointless, so the readers might as well go read the story.
Chapter 1
Can't Keep my Eyes Off of You
Inuyasha stepped out onto the stage, followed by Miroku and Kouga. Lights shone down on them from all sides and he was nearly blinded by the brightness. Adjusting his ear piece/microphone, Inuyasha looked over the crowd.
"Hey everyone out there!" Screaming girls echoed their approval of him and Inuyasha felt his ego grow to unmatchable size. "You all ready for this?" More screaming followed and Kouga did a little number on the drums signaling the beginning of the first song of the evening.
Miroku joined in with the bass line and Inuyasha soon after with the electric guitar. After a few measures, the lyrics started up.
"Oh baby since the first time I saw you…
All I can do is follow your footsteps…
You're a fallen angel with your eyes of blue…
Cuz' baby I've fallen for you."
Inuyasha knew that his girlfriend Kikyou would hate this song. Her eyes were brown and not the entrancing blue he sang about. It made him smirk mentally; it would make her so mad when he sang it. He didn't love Kikyou, in fact, he didn't even like her, but her father was the manager of their group, and Kikyou had the man wrapped around her pinkie finger.
"I can't keep my eyes off of you…
Just can't let you out of my sight…
Don't push me away now…
Won't let you go without a fight.
Can't get you out of my mind…
Even in the darkest night…
Won't let you go now cuz' you're mine…
And you know I'm right.
Oh baby since the first time I saw you…
All I can do is follow your footsteps…
You're a fallen angel with your eyes of blue…
Cuz' baby I've fallen for you."
The crowd cheered loudly for the group and Inuyasha knew that the new song was a hit. This would get Kikyou madder than the devil himself.
"Can't keep my eyes off of you…
Can't let you out of my sight…
Can't get you out of my mind…
I'll never let you out of my heart…
Oh baby since the first time I saw you…
All I can do is follow your footsteps…
You're a fallen angel with your eyes of blue…
Cuz' baby I've fallen for you.
Can't keep my eyes off of you…
Can't let you out of my sight…
Can't get you out of my mind…
I'll never let you out of my heart…
Can't keep my eyes off of you."
As he finished the song with a loud chord, the screaming turned up a notch and girls with blue eyes were on the verges of tears. Inuyasha smiled with satisfaction and nodded to the other members of his band. Kouga's drumsticks clicked together as he started up the next song.
*
After the concert, the group lounged on a couch backstage and drank cold sodas to their hearts' contents. That is, until Kikyou came storming into the room followed closely by her father.
"NO, NO, NO, AND NO! I will not allow that little wretch anywhere near America!" Kikyou seemed to have lost it as she fell back into Inuyasha's lap with a grunt and glared back at her father.
"What are you talking about?" Inuyasha looked up at Kikyou's father instead of the hysterical woman, hoping for an answer.
As hoped, Mr. Reikan Toroshima answered him with an exasperated sigh. "As a present for my daughter's 18th birthday, I am planning on sending her amateur band on tour."
Inuyasha furrowed his eyebrows and looked at Kikyou. "But I thought you were 22?" That was another reason he disliked Kikyou as a girlfriend: she was two and a half years older than him.
"I AM 22!" She glared back at Inuyasha. "And do you actually think that I'D have a girl's band? They are, like, so dorky."
Reikan sighed and looked at the four people seated in front of him. "My ex-wife lives in Japan with our other child as well as a son from a later marriage." A look of understanding crossed the faces of all three band members. "My younger daughter is about to turn 18 and graduate from high school. She put together a band two years ago that does small concerts around Tokyo, but they have never even thought of going global. As a birthday present, I want to do that for her. When you guys go on your world tour, so will she. That way I can know she'll be in good hands."
Kikyou scowled. "And I think it is a stupid idea. She should just stay in Japan where she belongs. We don't need bimbos like her in America or anywhere else for that matter. There already are too many."
Inuyasha couldn't help but mumble under his breath, "That couldn't be more true." He was thinking of a particular bimbo that currently resided on his lap. Then louder, and looking up at the manager, he spoke again. "I think that's a great idea. When do they get here?"
"Actually, we're going there. Tomorrow." Mr. Toroshima looked at the group for any complaints, seeing as how neither Miroku nor Kouga had said a word.
Kouga looked at the other band members, then back at their manager. "I don't see why not. It's not like any harm could come from it."
After Kouga broke the silence, Miroku looked up in thought. "Well, seeing as how traveling with them could effect our reputation, are they good?"
Mr. Toroshima seemed to be prepared for this question, because he set down his briefcase and pulled out a CD case. He opened it and removed a CD, then handing the case to Miroku. Inuyasha noticed that Miroku was starting to drool, so pushed Kikyou off of his lap and went over to look at the CD case.
On it was a picture of five girls, each smiling brightly. The girl in the center had an electric guitar slung over her shoulder and her hair up in a ponytail. Each girl directly to the sides of her were holding a single rose and striking sexy poses in short, pleated skirts. Then the two girls on the end were each holding some sort of instrument. One had a piece of the drum set on her shoulder while the other held a bass guitar.
Inuyasha was caught in a trance by the girl standing in the center, her blue eyes seemingly looking directly at him. Her clothes covered her entirely contrasting with the two girls on either side of her. The lead singer of the boy band called Enchanted was pulled out of his coma as music started up on the speakers.
A drum solo filtered every corner of the small room and went on until both a base guitar and electric joined in perfectly in unison. Two voices sang over the music, blending and harmonizing perfectly. Then a single voice over rode them, even though they could still be heard in the background. It sounded like an angel's voice as it rang through each person's ears.
Inuyasha wasn't even paying attention to the lyrics as he listened to the enchanting music. He felt disappointed when the song ended and Reikan ejected the CD.
Silence filled the room, and the first to move was Miroku. He nodded slowly and pursed his lips. "Yeah…they're good…"
No one else spoke until Reikan broke the silence with a cough. "Well, we'll be leaving first thing in the morning, so get back to the hotel and get some sleep."
*
"Hey Sango! You'll never guess who I got a letter from!" Kagome ran up to her best friend smiling brightly.
"Um…the grim reaper?" Sango looked curiously at the bouncy teenager in front of her. Something was up, but Kagome wasn't going to tell her unless she guessed first.
"No! My dad! You know, the owner of Toroshima Productions?" If possible, Kagome's smile got even bigger as she spoke.
"Yeah, and what of it?" Sango tilted her head to the side and cocked an eyebrow at Kagome.
"He wants to take Sengotsu on tour for my birthday!" Kagome continued to smile brightly as her words sunk into Sango's thick skull.
"On tour as in, perform around the world?" Sango furrowed her eyebrows as her brain turned with this information.
"YES!"
"That's great!" Sango looked up at Kagome and beamed. "Have you told the girls yet?"
"No, but I called them and asked them to come to my place this afternoon. I figured you'd want to know first." Kagome dragged Sango down the street towards her shrine quickly and ran up the long flight of steps.
Afternoon rolled around and a girl with light brown hair climbed up the steps and up to her friend's house. Kagome ran out to greet her, followed closely by Sango.
"Ayame! I'm so glad you could come! Now we just have to wait for Kagura and Ami."
No sooner had Kagome spoken than two more people arrived at the shrine, one having black hair tied up in a bun and the other having light brown hair tied back in a low ponytail. "What was that, Kagome?"
The girl spoken to looked at all four of her friends and fellow members of Sengotsu with a mysterious smile. "You guys, my father, the one that lives in America, wants us to go on tour around the world. What do you say?"
The three girls who hadn't heard this news yet looked between each other with looks of disbelief before squealing their approval.
"Kagome, this is great!" Ayame picked the raven-haired girl up in a bone-crushing hug and let her down after a few seconds. "I vote that in honor of this occasion, we write a new song."
"I totally agree." Ami looked at Kagome for her approval, and was met by a large smile.
"That's a great idea!" Kagome lead the girls to the shrine's well house where they always practiced. "Okay, what do we want it to be about?"
"It should be something depressing, all of our songs are too spunky." Kagura picked dirt from underneath her long nails and seemingly was off in her own little world.
"Okay, that's an idea, any others?" Kagome looked to the other girls in turn, pausing on Sango.
"Yeah, I think it should be about life long dreams and them coming true and stuff." Ami looked at Kagura to see if she approved. "And we could even make it non-spunky-like for Kag's liking."
Kagura nodded, and the other girls smiled at her.
After a few hours, Kagome picked up her guitar a plucked a few notes.
"We all have had a dream in our heart
To make it in the world somehow
And where there's a will there's a way
They say, but is it really meant to be?"
"Kagome, that's so pretty. It's perfect." Ayame took the laptop in her hands and let the computer analyze the notes Kagome used. Several lines of sheet music popped up on the screen, making Ayame smile.
Kagome looked at all of the girls. "Since this is the slow-type song that Kagura wanted, I say that she get to sing the most of it, ne?"
"Hai!" Three voices responded to her, and Kagura looked at the raven-haired girl in confusion.
"Well, Kag, what do you say?"
Kagura nodded cautiously and took in a deep breath. "I think I could live with singing one song."
"Okay then, the next few lines will be your solo, figure out your tune."
The girl with her hair in a bun hesitated for a moment, but then took in a deep breath and strung a note on her bass.
"I may not know where I'm going to go
I may not know what I'm going to be
But one thing's for sure in my heart
This is where my dream's gonna start.
It may not seem easy to get through
Indeed I may fall
But there's one thing I know without a doubt
My dream can come true."
Kagura paused, looking at the other members of Sengotsu for their approval, and was met by smiling faces. She smiled back hesitantly and continued plucking out notes on her instrument and singing the lyrics that they had written.
*
Kagome woke early the next morning and took a shower before heading off to school. Today was the last day and tomorrow she'd graduate, free of the condemned prison forever.
Pulling on her uniform, she slipped out the door with a sweet goodbye to her mother and ran down the shrine steps to meet her best friend.
"So, what did your dad say about the tour?" Kagome looked curiously over at Sango as they trekked the short distance to school.
"Well, he said he'd be OK with it, as long as I come home a virgin. I mean, what does he take me for, some slut who can't keep her hands off the guys?"
Kagome giggled lightly. "You know it. He's seen those flocks of fan boys you have." Kagome smiled brightly before ducking to miss getting hit by the palm of Sango's swinging hand, succeeding in avoiding a possible injury.
Ami came running up to join them, smiling and holding a blue piece of paper. "Did you guys hear? The boy band Enchanted is going on world tour at the same time as us and they're starting here in Japan. They'll be here, tonight!"
"Ami, how many times have I told you that I am not interested in bands that slaughter their voices with the computer to make themselves sound halfway decent?" Sango gave the brunette a half-hearted glare before they walked up the stone steps and entered the High School for the last time in quite a while.
Ami pretended to pout, but it only lasted for a few seconds and she broke into a smile again. "You may not like them, but they're totally hot. I hope we get to meet them."
Kagome sighed, knowing that this conversation wasn't going to be any different than the others they had had previous. "You guys, let's just get to class. Both of you have your own opinions, and you don't have to agree with each other."
*
School ended and the five girls that made up the group Sengotsu trekked to Kagome Higurashi's house to practice their music.
"So you guys, how do you think you did on the finals?" Kagome turned to look at Sango, who was right beside her as she spoke.
Silence answered her as they continued walking up the shrine steps. "Well…to be honest, I think I failed just about every single one." Ayame smiled lopsided at the other girls and stopped at the top of the steps. "Oh my goodness. I am not seeing this."
Sango followed Ayame's eyes to a group of three boys setting up equipment to prepare to play music. Two had black hair and the other had silver-white hair.
"What the-?" Sango looked to Kagome for an answer, but she looked just as confused as the rest of them. And then a scowl crossed Kagome's face.
"Kikyou."
Looking back in the direction of the shrine, Sango watched a girl with long black hair walk out of the house like she were queen of the world. She then watched Kagome storm past her towards the strangers with a dark aura of fire surrounding her.
Walking forward, Sango nearly jumped when Ami started screaming, "Enchanted, its Enchanted!" So falling back to walk with Kagura, Sango watched as Kagome stormed up to the four people and began screaming at them, while Ami latched on to the closest one, which just so happened to be the bass player.
"What do you think you're doing?!" Kagome's face scrunched in anger, her eyes becoming slits. "This is private property! You can't just set your stuff up wherever you like and expect people to stand by and watch! Get out of here this instant!"
The silver-haired man (or is he a 'man,' he has the ears of a dog) leaned forward into Kagome's face. "Shut up, wench. We don't have to listen to dirt like you, and most definitely don't have to do what you tell us."
Kagome's aura only darkened and the girl who looked very similar to her started laughing coldly. "Tsk, tsk, Kagome. You should know that they're staying here to avoid all the fan girls at the hotels."
"Kikyou, I didn't ask you to butt in, now shut you trap before I do it for you." Kagome growled at the girl called Kikyou before focusing her attention back on the silver-haired man.
He seemed to be chuckling silently at something, but Kagome didn't know what. She could see the smile in his eyes.
Suddenly a scream pierced the air thick with contention.
"HENTAI!" Ami had tears pooling in her eyes as she hid behind Kagura. She could move fast when she wanted to.
Sango chose that moment to kick the offending man in the face, sending him flying ten feet. Only afterward she realized she was still wearing her uniform, and therefore a skirt. She blushed crimson and backed up to join her fellow members of Sengotsu.
Kikyou looked at Kagome with an annoyed expression. "Get those bimbos off the shrine property, Kagome. Honestly. You'd like think that as future shrine maiden you'd know bad company when you saw it."
Kagome's eye twitched. "Yeah, actually, I do." The raven-haired eighteen-year-old walked up to Kikyou and picked her up with little effort. She walked casually to the mini-shrine where Sengotsu practiced and entered. A dry well inside was the perfect place to ditch the moron, and so Kikyou found herself plummeting to the ground far below Kagome.
Her screamed pierced the area, and all three boys covered their ears in irritation. The four remaining girls crumpled to the ground in fits of laughter as Kagome came back out of the shrine in a very dignified manner.
"She slipped. What a klutz." This comment only made everyone outside laugh, or laugh harder if they were already doing so.
*
"So mom, explain again why we're housing these idiots." Kagome looked to her mother while calmly drinking a glass of milk. The three 'idiots' were seated at the kitchen table and the silver-haired one was scowling at her.
"We're not idiots." His biting voice didn't faze Kagome as she finished her drink and put the glass in the sink.
"Well, mom?" She looked impatiently at her mother.
Her mother hesitated, looking at her daughter's cold glare then at the group of nineteen-year-old boys. "Um…your father is sending them on tour with you." She swallowed, hoping that her daughter would take it well.
"More like the wenches are coming on tour with us." The silver-haired boy leaned back in his chair and folded his arms across his chest, scowling at everyone present.
"WHAT?!" Kagome's eyes flared with her unspoken hatred. "I am not going anywhere with these bozos!"
"Kagome! You already said yes to going on tour with your friends, and you will not back out now!" Mrs. Higurashi stood up straight, towering over Kagome. She rarely got angry, but today was an exception.
"Whatever." Kagome turned around and stormed upstairs, having lost the argument. The four other members of Sengotsu sat in her room, digging through a large black suitcase. "Guys, what are you doing?"
Kagura was the only one not participating in the little escapade, and was seated on the bed reading a manga. She looked up at Kagome and shrugged. "We found it in here. Is it yours?"
Ayame looked up, apparently pausing in her fun. "I hope not, cause I'd wonder about you if this belonged to you." She held up a pair of black silk boxers that looked about the size to fit one of the boys down stairs.
"So, you say you found it in here?"
All four girls nodded at Kagome. Licking her lips, Kagome was silent for a moment. Then, without a word, she flipped around and stomped back out of the room. They all could hear her voice ring through the house as she screamed at the tops of her lungs.
"MOM! GET UP HERE NOW! TELL ME WHY THERE IS MEN'S CLOTHING IN MY ROOM! IT BETTER NOT BE WHAT I THINK IT IS!"
~
Inutori: Wow, for me, that was really long, hope you all enjoyed this as much as I did. Vote for pairings. I am a strong Inu/Kag and Mir/San, but I may make an exception, but otherwise, here are the options:
Inu/Kag (You could vote for Kikyou, but I already stated that Inuyasha hates her, so what kind of relationship would that be?)
Kouga/Kag
Kouga/Ayame
Kouga/Kagura
Mir/San
Mir/Ami
Fluffy/Kagura
I'm open for suggestions, so just give a shout (in a review, I couldn't hear you otherwise) and until next time, ja!
