Battling Bands... of Love?

Ch4

Sango, Raiyne and Ayame went into the cottage like hut that was built next to the swimming pool first to change into their bathing suits. Sango came out first with a black and light blue one piece swimsuit. Next was Ayame with her orange bikini, it wasn't that revealing like the normal bikinis. And last but not least, Raiyne came out with a different shaded blue tank top and a pink flowered blue swim shorts.

The three guys stared open-mouthed at the girls. Raiyne came up to Inuyasha and waved in front of his face. "Are you ok?" Inuyasha closed his mouth and gathered what was left of his dignity and, "Feh!" Raiyne stuck out her tongue. Sango walked over to Miroku and slapped him on his head, screaming, "Pervert!" Miroku shrunk in pain. All Ayame did was blush. Raiyne and Sango looked at the love-struck wolf-demon crazily. Sango went up to her and said, not to mention in a very dry tone, "Ayame! Don't tell me you're in love with him! We're supposed to be rival bands, for Heaven's sake!" Ayame lowered her gaze in what looked like shame and muttered a sorry.

Inuyasha, Kouga and a still in pain Miroku went into the cottage-hut. Kouga came out with a dark blue swim shorts with white designs on them. Then Inuyasha came out with his usual coloured red' swim-shorts and Miroku came out with a dark green swim shorts. The three girls eyed them, pretty awed by their muscular yet lean builds. The three guys smirked at their success. Sango's gaze turned into a glare. The guys' smirks turned into full grins, while Sango just huffed in response.

The two bands got into the pool, the very cold pool. While the girls yelped, the guys cannon-balled right into the cold pool and splashed the unfortunate girls with icy-cold water. Ayame and Raiyne, being the demons that they are, jumped right out of the pool, letting poor Sango get hit full-on by the enormous wave. Sango screamed. Sango glared at them all. "I am so gonna kill you all." With that said, Sango splashed Kouga right in the face. This little splash turned into an all-out water fight, everyone for themselves.

While Sango dunked poor Miroku right into the water, Raiyne swam right underneath an oblivious Inuyasha and pulled his legs out from right under him. Inuyasha yelped in surprise. When Inuyasha surfaced, he saw a howling Raiyne. Inuyasha started on her. "Why you… I am going to dunk you really good for that!" Raiyne swam away as quickly as she could, which was pretty fast with her very good swimming skills and her demonic abilities. Raiyne got to the other end of the pool, the deep end and started to climb out. Inuyasha rapidly grabbed her still outstretched leg and pulled her back in. Raiyne looked at Inuyasha and cried out. Inuyasha had a very evil gleam in his eyes. Inuyasha whispered into her ear. "Take a deep breath." Raiyne took his advice and she was lifted into the air and thrown into the water. Raiyne screamed and plunged right in.

Inuyasha was gasping for air by the time Raiyne resurfaced. Ayame was cheering. "Go Sango go!" Kouga shook his head in shame. Sango was still dunking Miroku and you can bet it was about the hundredth time. Miroku gurgled in the water. Everyone laughed.

"Sango! Stop it. You're going to kill him soon!" Everyone turned towards the house. Kagome stood there with her hands on her hips and with Sesshoumaru right beside her, smirking. Sango sighed with regret and let Miroku resurface. Miroku gasped for much needed oxygen. "Than God I'm still alive!" cried Miroku. Sesshoumaru said, "Hurry and change. We have to start recording a bit today." He turned towards the back door and entered with Kagome following, giggling.

The Moonslayers and the Tetsusaiga entered the recording room in the basement of Raiyne's house. Alexander said, "Raiyne. Your band will start recording first." Raiyne nodded. "But today, we'll just record three songs each." The Moonslayers moved into the other room and picked up their instruments (not including Sango cuz she just sat down on her stool). Raiyne adjusted the microphone and asked, "Which song?" Kagome pressed a button. "Imaginary." Raiyne nodded and they started to play.

(Paper flowers)…

I linger in the doorway

Of alarm clock screaming

Monsters calling my name

Let me stay

Where the wind will whisper to me

Where the raindrops

As they're falling tell a story

Chorus:

In my field of paper flowers

And candy clouds of lullaby

I lie inside myself for hours

And watch my purple sky fly over me

Don't say I'm out of touch

With this rampant chaos -your reality

I know well what lies beyond my sleeping refuge

The nightmare I built my own world to escape

Chorus

Swallowed up in the sound of my screaming

Cannot cease for the fear of silent nights

Oh, how I long for the deep sleep dreaming

The Goddess of Imaginary Light

In my field of paper flowers

And candy clouds of lullaby

I lie inside myself for hours

And watch my purple sky fly over me…

(Imaginary by Evanescence)

Raiyne asked again. "Taking Over Me." The group started to play while Kagome added special effects to it.

You don't remember me

But I remember you

I lie awake and try so hard

Not to think of you

But who can decide what they dream?

And dream I do…

Chorus:

I believe in you

I'll give up everything just to find you

I have to be with you to live to breathe

You're taking over me

Have you forgotten all I know

And all we had?

You saw me mourning my love for you

And touched my hand

I knew you loved me then

Chorus

I look in the mirror and see your face

If I look deep enough

So many things inside that are

Just like you are taking over

Chorusx2

(Taking over me)

Taking over me…

(Taking Over Me by Evanescence)

"Good job," exclaimed Kagome. Sango said, "Thanks. I know we're the best!" Inuyasha snorted. Ayame rolled her eyes. Raiyne asked, "Which song now?" Kagome smiled. "Any song you want." "Ok." Raiyne gave it some thought. "Oh! I know. We'll do My Last Breath'." Kagome looked at her. "You think it'll be ok?" "Yup." Raiyne started playing her part.

Hold on to me love

You know I can't stay long

All I wanted to say was I love you and I'm not afraid

Can you hear me?

Can you feel me in your arms

Chorus:

Holding my last breath

Safe inside myself

Are all my thoughts of you

Sweet raptured light

It ends here tonight

I'll miss the winter

A world of fragile things

Look for me in the white forest

Hiding in a hollow tree (Come find me)

I know you hear me

I can taste it in your tears

Chorus

Closing your eyes to disappear

You pray your dreams will leave you here

But still you wait to know the truth

No one's there

Say goodnight

Don't be afraid

Calling me calling me as you fade to black

Harmony: (say goodnight)

Holding my last breath

(Don't be afraid)

Safe inside myself

(Calling me calling me as you fade to black)

Sweet raptured light

It ends here tonight

(My Last Breath by Evanescence)

"That was superb!" said Alexander. "Go on you guys." The Tetsusaiga took the Moonslayers' place and picked up the instruments from their holder. Inuyasha adjusted the microphone higher for his taller frame. "Which song?" Sesshoumaru replied, "Numb." Inuyasha nodded in response.

I'm tired of being what you want me to be

Feeling so faithless

Lost under the surface

I don't know what you're expecting of me

Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes

(Caught in the undertow

Just caught in the undertow)

Every step that I take is another mistake to you

(Caught in the undertow

Just caught in the undertow)

Chorus:

I've become so numb

I can't feel you there

Become so tired

So much more aware

I'm becoming this

All I want to do

Is be more like me and be less like you

Can't you see that you're smothering me

Holding too tightly afraid to lose control

Cause everything you thought I would be

Has fallen apart right in front of you

(Caught in the undertow

Just caught in the undertow)

Every step that I take is another mistake to you

(Caught in the undertow

Just caught in the undertow)

And every second I waste is more than I can take

Chorus

And I know

I may end up failing to

But I know

You were just like me

With someone disappointed in you

Chorus

Become so numb…

(I'm tired of being what you want me to be)

I've become so numb…

(I'm tired of being what you want me to be)

(Numb by Linkin Park)

"That was cool," said Raiyne. Inuyasha scratched his head in embarrassment. Sesshoumaru pressed a button and said, "Pushing Me Away." Inuyasha, Miroku and Kouga started playing.

I've lied to you
The same way that I always do
This is the last smile
That I'll fake for the sake of being with you

(Everything falls apart
Even the people who never frown
Eventually break down)
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie
(Everything has to end
You'll soon find we're out of time left
To watch it all unwind)
The sacrifice is never knowing

Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see you're testing me pushes me away
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me pushes me away

I've tried like you
To do everything you wanted too
This is the last time
I'll take the blame for the sake of being with you

(Everything falls apart
Even the people who never frown
Eventually break down)
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie
(Everything has to end
You'll soon find we're out of time left
To watch it all unwind)
The sacrifice is never knowing

Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see you're testing me pushes me away
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see you're testing me pushes me away
(We're all out of time
This is how we find how it all unwinds)
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie
(We're all out of time
This is how we find how it all unwinds)
The sacrifice is never knowing
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see you're testing me pushes me away
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see you're testing me pushes me away
Pushes me away

(Pushing Me Away by Linkin Park)

Everyone clapped for the band. It was awesome. Sesshoumaru pressed the same button. "Anything you want like the Moonslayers." Inuyasha turned towards his band-mates. "What about Boulevard of Broken Dreams?" The two nodded.

I walk a lonely road

The only one I that have ever known

Don't know were it goes

But its home to me and I walk alone

I walk this empty street

On the Blvd. of broken dreams

Were the city sleeps

And I'm the only one and I walk alone

My shadows the only one that walks beside me

My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating

Sometimes I wish someone out there will find

Till then I'll walk alone

Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ahhh

Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ahhh

I'm walking down the line

That divides me somewhere in my mind

On the border line of the edge

And were I walk alone

Read between the lines of what's

Fked up and every things all right

Check my vital signs to know I'm still alive

And I walk alone

I walk alone

I walk alone

I walk alone

I walk a...

My shadows the only one that walks beside me

My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating

Sometimes I wish someone out there will find

Till then I'll walk alone

Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ahhh

Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ah-Ah Ahhh

I walk this empty street

On the Blvd. of broken dreams

Were the city sleeps

And I'm the only one and I walk a...

My shadows the only one that walks beside me

My shallow hearts the only thing that's beating

Sometimes I wish someone out there will find

Till then I'll walk away!

(Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day)

Alexander looked at the now seated two bands. "You guys can go up and do whatever you want while we fix these songs up. Not that we have to but we have to make it better." The two groups nodded in agreement and walked out and up the stairs. "What do you guys want to do now?" The three guys shrugged. "Well, we could always go out and sightsee. It's only 4:00 o'clock," suggested Ayame. "Ok," said Kouga.

Raiyne looked at Sango. "I guess you'll have to drive your car too. We can't fit everyone on my car again, like this morning." Sango ran up-stairs and went into her room and returned with her BMW car keys. "Come on." Before Raiyne got into her car she asked, "Where are we going?" Ayame stuck her head out of Sango's car. "Let's go to Harbour Front and shop." Raiyne rolled her eyes. "Fine." Raiyne got into her car and Inuyasha followed suit. You're going to ride my car?" "Sure. Why not?" "Just asking." Sango pulled out of the driveway first. The two cars drove again, towards Downtown Toronto.