Battling Bands… of Love?

Ch.9

First day of High school

(The Tetsusaiga are Grade 12/ The Moonslayers are Grade 11)

The Tetsusaiga and the Moonslayers stepped into the TTC (bus). Today was the first day of the school year. The two bands fidgeted uncomfortably under the stares and the whispers of the people on the bus. "Hey. Aren't they the Tetsusaiga and the Moonslayers?" "What are they doing ob the bus?" "Oh my God! It's the Moonslayers!"

The bands hurried off the second stop, their stop. Raiyne walked ahead of the group. "Gaby?" A brown haired boy turned. "I didn't know you came to this high school here in Toronto," said Raiyne, cocking an eyebrow and tilting her head sideways like a bird. The guy, Gaby, grinned. "No, I just came for Grade 12. Aren't you the Moonslayers' lead singer?"

Raiyne nodded. "Yeah. It's just me, Sango and Ayame. Remember them?" Gaby nodded to them in acknowledgement. "That's Inuyasha and Miroku and Kouga. They're here from Calgary," explained Raiyne. "Let me guess. They're the Tetsusaiga, right?" asked Gaby. "Yup!" Gaby turned towards the three girls. "I heard you girls are number 1 right now on the charts." All three girls widened their eyes in shock. "Holy shit, you're kidding me," said Sango, disbelief and doubt dripping from her voice. Gaby shook his head. "My brother, Daren, watched Much Music. He said you girls are number 1 with… ummm… Since you been gone."

The Tetsusaiga growled and cursed in defeat. "Damn," muttered Kouga. "You said it," agreed Inuyasha. Miroku shook his head. "We have to beat the girls, even if we like them," said Miroku. Ayame turned towards the three cursing guys. "Don't worry. We're always going to beat you even when you guys start to win." She smiled while the guys snorted. DRRING!

The school bell rang and all of the awaiting students in the field and in front of the school hurried to get to the gym, where they would be assigned to their studies.

Sango, Raiyne and Ayame all had the same schedules. Weirdly enough, Miroku, Kouga and Inuyasha had the same schedule as each other too. "God! Are we always going to be stuck with them in the same school?" asked Sango, mainly at God. "Yeah, I guess so," answered Raiyne, sighing. Ayame skipped along beside Sango. "Oh, well. We could always give them a miserable day," suggested Ayame. Sango shook her head. "I wish that was possible but we'd get into trouble."

Meanwhile, Inuyasha, Miroku and Kouga were talking about their greatest misfortune and embarrassment. "Holy shit! I can't believe those wenches are beating us! We're better than they will ever be," cursed Inuyasha. "Ummm. Inuyasha. If I'm not mistaken, all of us were beaming at them in admiration when they sang," butted Miroku. "Yeah. But I think we did and will always do better than them," added Kouga. Inuyasha leered at his two supposed friends and "Feh!".

Ayame looked at her schedule. "I guess we have math first." Raiyne and Sango nodded. Raiyne turned to the complaining guys. "You guys want to follow me. I'll show you to your class. Or are you guys willing to go on without us?" Miroku nodded. "Lead on my fair lady. We'll follow." Raiyne turned her head and they went down a corridor full of freshmen and hurried to their first class. Girls stared at the Tetsusaiga and whispered. The guys stared at Raiyne longingly. Inuyasha caught up with Raiyne and asked, "Do they always stare at you?" Raiyne eyed Inuyasha. "Yeah, they do. Why?" Raiyne noticed a slight look of jealousy in Inuyasha's eyes. "Are you jealous?" asked Raiyne, giggling. "Dream on. Why would I be?" Raiyne shook her head. "You have history first right?" Inuyasha nodded. Raiyne looked around.

"I'm not the only one being stared at." Inuyasha looked up and saw girls practically drooling over Inuyasha and the other three. Inuyasha snorted with disgust. "Why? You don't like any of them?" asked Raiyne, with a voice filled with innocence and amusement. "They're either ugly or covered with too much compact powder. If I went near them I would have a coughing fest," said Inuyasha. Raiyne giggled and some of the girls near the two turned red in embarrassment and anger. The group turned another corner and stopped at a door with a gold plaque that said Mr. Moulen' on it. Raiyne looked at the three guys. "Here's your class. What do you have next class?" Kouga looked at the schedule and said, "Phys-Ed." Raiyne smiled. "Me too. I guess you'll have to buy your gym uniform tomorrow or something. I'll meet you here to show you guys to the gym after class." Raiyne turned and was about to walk away when she abruptly turned around to face the three guys. "Oh yeah. Um… Mr. Moulen is very strict and will get you into a detention at any chance, so watch your backs!" Raiyne jogged to her class leaving the sighing Tetsusaiga band.

Near the windows, Sango sat in the front, Ayame second and Raiyne, who was panting, sat at the back. Other students quickly entered the class and seated themselves. A couple of minutes later, the teacher came in. It was a lady and she quickly addressed her class. "Hello, students. My name is Ms. Clair and I will be your math teacher for the school year. Please take out your note book and we will begin our class." Everyone took out their notebook and readied themselves for a period of boring math. Ms. Mimitsu smiled at her class and said, "First we will study algebra…" Sango and Ayame passed notes around while Raiyne watched the teacher intently, actually trying to learn something. The three girls already knew grade 11 algebra from Raiyne's highly educated father. Raiyne dozed off a moment later while Sango threw a note to Ayame.

Meanwhile, the three guys sat near the windows. Kouga in the front, Inuyasha in the middle and Miroku in the back. Inuyasha doodled on his note pad while Miroku tried to hit on a girl next to him. Kouga stared at the empty blackboard meaninglessly. Mr. Moulen turned around quickly and saw Miroku talking quietly to the disgusted girl. "Ahem. Mr. Tamashi, what have I just said the last hour?" Miroku looked at the board but nothing was written on it. Miroku looked around frantically. "Mr. Tamashi, you have a detention with me after school until 3:35 pm." Mr. Moulen scrunched his nose back into the textbook and kept reading. Inuyasha and Kouga looked back at Miroku pitifully. Kouga shook his head while Inuyasha whispered, "You'll never learn."

After class, the Tetsusaiga saw Raiyne leaning against the wall waiting for them. Raiyne looked to the door and smiled. "Any of you get detention?" Kouga and Inuyasha nodded while Miroku sighed. Raiyne giggled. "Come on. Phys-Ed is the best, so is the teacher, Mr. Taylor." Raiyne hurried to the gym, going up stairs and turning corners while the three guys struggled to keep up with their guide. Raiyne stopped and they almost crashed into her. "Why'd you stop?" asked Kouga. "Because the slut posse (is that how you spell it?) is here," said Raiyne, disgusted. As if on cue, three girls came out of the washroom with faces that had an inch or two of powder on them and lips that were thick with lip stick.

The leading girl came up to Raiyne. "Hey loser. What are you doing with these hot guys? Losers like you don't deserve to be with them," sneered the girl. Raiyne leered at her. "Why don't you shut up, slut. I swear, if I touch your face, my finger would sink in the pile of powder, Kikyo," growled Raiyne dangerously. (sorry to Kikyo fans… personally I don't like her!) Kikyo's face turned red while people around them laughed at the tremendous dis. Kikyo ignored the laughing people and bashed right past Raiyne and latched on to Inuyasha's arm. "Hey hottie. Why are you hanging out with this loser? Come on," said Kikyo, trying to seduce him. Inuyasha was about to retort something awful but instead he sneezed. Kikyo looked at him. He sneezed again and again, unable to stop the sudden onslaught of sneezes while Raiyne, Kouga and Miroku, knowing the source of the sneezes laughed their guts out and holding their sides.

Kikyo glared at Raiyne and sneered. "I'll get you back, loser, if that's the last thing I do." She stepped away from Inuyasha and looked at him. "And I'll be back for you too, sweety." She walked graciously (as possible) back to her friends and they walked down the hall. Inuyasha stopped sneezing. "Phew! God, she's a mound of powder! Who was she anyway?" asked Inuyasha, rubbing his nose in revulsion. Raiyne sniffled. "She's Kikyo, the school slut. She goes out with every guy she thinks is hot. She dumps the guy she's with to be with another guy she wants," said Raiyne. She looked around. "I have to change. Why don't you guys go into the gym first? Sango and Ayame are probably already in there." Raiyne turned and opened the girls' change room door and entered.

The three guys went to the gym and immediately saw Sango and Ayame, sitting on the waxed floor of the giant gym. Ayame moved over so the three awed guys could sit. "Where's Raiyne?" asked Sango. Miroku answered with a huge grin. "She went to change. She was arguing with a girl named…" "Kikyo the Slut. I know. They're always at it, even since the beginning of high school." Kouga looked at her curiously. "Why?" Sango looked up. "Ask her." Raiyne sat down and the class started. A man into his late thirties, early forties stepped in front of the grade 11 and 12 class. "Hey guys… and girls. I'm Mr. Taylor. Since it's the first day of school, we'll play dodgeball," said Mr. Taylor, in his usual quiet tone. "We'll have captains. You and you." Mr. Taylor picked two guys, one grade 11 and the other grade 12.

Raiyne, Sango and Miroku were on the same team while Inuyasha, Ayame and Kouga were on the other. The game was about to start when they heard a piercing whistle. "Stop! The Ghost sisters are together. (yeah I know… cheesy name! ;;) Give up one of your players!" Raiyne and Sango grinned at each other. Sango looked at a short 12 grader and pointed a finger at the other team. He sighed solemnly and shuffled to the other side. Inuyasha asked Ayame a question, "Why are Sango and Raiyne called the Ghost Sisters?" The captain of their team answered, "Because they hit you so fast you don't know what hit you. They amazing at dodgeball, they're always the last to live." Kouga and Inuyasha looked doubtful. Ayame giggled. "You'll see. He's right you know," giggled Ayame. Inuyasha looked around. "Do you guys have any rules?" Ayame nodded. "If you hit the rim of the basketball net on the opposite side, your eliminated team-mates come back into the game. If the ball goes into the net, then you automatically win the game." Ayame thought. "Umm… And when you get hit on the head, the person who threw it is out and only the below the waist." Inuyasha and Kouga lifted an eyebrow. "Any more?" "Yeah… If it bounces off the wall and hits you, you're out." Inuyasha sighed. "That's all right?" Ayame nodded.

Mr. Taylor nodded with satisfaction and yelled, "Ok… Begin!" Raiyne and Sango immediately ran towards the balls, everyone else behind them. Inuyasha and Kouga were about to run too but were stopped by Ayame insistent hold. "Don't. The Ghost Sisters will get you." Inuyasha and Kouga shrugged, too full of themselves. "I can dodge. This is my favourite game!" growled Inuyasha. Kouga nodded in agreement. Ayame frowned. "Fine. Don't say I didn't warn you!" Inuyasha rushed in with Kouga at his side. SWOOSH. THUD. "Kouga you're out!" cried Sango with glee. SWOOSH. The ball missed Inuyasha by a hair's breath away. "I won't miss next time!" cried Raiyne, whipping another ball at another misfortunate victim. After ten minutes or something, Raiyne and Sango and a couple of their team-mates were left on the team while the other team had Inuyasha another guy left.

Inuyasha whipped a ball at Raiyne. Raiyne didn't have a clue but Sango saw it and instinctively reached out to catch it. She tried but the ball slipped out of her hands. Raiyne turned quickly and tried to catch it. She failed but Sango, already on the ground, caught it with ease. "Thanks Sango. You saved me!" "No problem! Hey… Don't forget our title!" Raiyne nodded. Another of their team-mates fell to Inuyasha's throw. Sango looked to Raiyne and dodged a missile. "I'll get Inuyasha. You get your jerky ex." Raiyne nodded, an evil smile on her face. "Revenge is mine," whispered Raiyne. Sango grinned, knowing her friend would finish the job with complete dignity and sheer skill. "Luck to you Sango." Raiyne quickly grabbed a ball and moved agilely towards her prey, her ex-boyfriend.

Raiyne quickly side stepped a whip from her ex, Bankotsu (couldn't think of anyone else! Sry…) She whipped the ball, in a blink of an eye Bankotsu tried to catch it but failed miserably. "Damn!" bellowed Bankotsu. Inuyasha looked at his fallen team-mate. THUD. He gripped his stomach with slight pain. He looked up. Sango was waving a finger at him. "Never look away from a Ghost when you have her in sight. It'll destroy you." Raiyne rushed towards her and they hugged. "Yeah! We are totally the best!" yelled Raiyne. "No… Duh!" replied Sango. The lunch bell rang. Mr. Taylor turned to everyone. "Ok guys! See you tomorrow, I think!" The Moonslayers got together after changing and laughed. When the Tetsusaiga got together afterwards, Inuyasha and Kouga glared at Miroku accusingly. Ayame walked up to the guys and said, "Don't blame it on Miroku, you guys. I told you not to go near the Ghost Sisters. It's your own fault." Inuyasha and Kouga sighed guiltily and headed off to their lockers. Raiyne and Sango just giggled.