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Slay The Music

Scene Two: MEGA-LIVE… Scheduled Early

Edit: 12-28-2005; 5:29 PM Pacific Time

Sango hummed to herself as she sat in her room with one of her many guitars that had been her father's. This was probably the last couple of nights she would have alone before another busy month or more on tour. She was tired and really would have preferred if the tour weren't going to be through most of Asia. Their first stop would be Tokyo, then on to Nagoya then to Korea, China, Taiwan, etc, etc, then back to Japan stopping in Okinawa, Iwakuni, Kobe, Osaka, Kyoto, and back to Tokyo to finish it off. All the while staying with an obnoxious wolf, an ill-tempered and irritable hanyô, some crazy guy who wrote songs about monks and demon exterminators, and a pop princess. Not that she didn't like Kagome; she just didn't like pop music. And knowing her agent (and manager), Kikyô would probably make her sing with Kagome and the rest of the crazed lot.

Sango went back to strumming on her custom acoustic guitar. Thinking of new inspiration as she looked around her Gothic inspired room. She looked over to the small black statue of an angel that her little brother had given her to celebrate her first successful tour. He had said it reminded him of her because she was dark on the out side and very nice on the inside. That statue had given her inspiration for her third album "Tears of Blood," which sold over three million copies in Asia alone. She was working on her fifth album "Silent Scream," another angst-like/upbeat album of hers; like most were. She had four songs written and published so far.

"A scream of blood…" She sang the foreign English lyrics silently, "Soul no watashi…"

She played the chords of the song on her guitar and hummed along. Her fingers were familiar with the strings since she was five, when her father first gave her a guitar and taught her to play. Her father had been Japan's best jrocker/guitarist of his time before he died. He hadn't lived long enough to see Sango release her first album. If he had, it would have broken his heart as well as made him proud at the same time.

"He never wanted his life to be mine…" Sango said as she remembered her favorite song he had written for her mother when she died after having Kohaku. "He wanted Kohaku to be the star, and me to be Kohaku-chan's manager… But Kohaku-chan couldn't take loud noise, and he couldn't play right, and he hated voice lessons, and eventually…" A tear slid down her pale cheek, "Kohaku-chan murdered himself and chichi-ue…"

Her bedside phone rang and Sango wiped the tear away and lay the guitar down on her bed. She laid herself back also and picked up the phone. As usual it was Kikyô.

"Moushi, moushi." She answered.

"Sango, hey, Myôga scheduled the tour a little early. I tried to tell him that you needed the time off, but that stubborn old bastard wouldn't listen. You guys will be heading out the day after tomorrow. I'll pick you up then at four a.m. okay?"

"Alright." Sango said, glancing at the clock, which read, 11:37:46 p.m.

"Sorry." Kikyô repeated as she hung up.

"Whatever…" Sango said as she placed the phone down on the receiver, she smirked at the thought of Inuyasha's reaction.

"Kagome-san? Wake up, it's five-thirty."

"What?" Kagome asked, as she woke up, "Oh, good morning, Yuki, thanks, you can leave."

"Yes Kagome-sama." The maid said, bowing and leaving the room.

"The tour starts tomorrow!" Kagome said excitedly, "I finally get to meet the famous Du:plicate."

"Kagome-san, there is a call for you from Sango, would you like to receive it?" Asked Yuki, as she walked in again.

"Yes, thanks Yuki." She said, grabbing her cell phone and placing her hair behind her ear, picked it up, "Hello?"

"Hey, Ka-chan, it's Sango." Sango said on the other line.

"Yeah?"

"You hear about the schedule change?"

"Yup, Kikyô told Kagura who told me yesterday."

"Ah, good, Inuyasha ain't too happy about it… but he's never happy about anything. When we go on the plane to Tokyo, I suggest you keep your distance and avoid wearing bright colors as much as possible." Sango said.

"Alright, this is my first tour! I'm so excited."

"Yeah, I guess it's exciting on your first time. This is my sixth so I'm kind of used to it."

"Six, really? In only four years? That's practically IMPOSSIBLE!"

"Yeah, time flies by."

"I remember when I used to be just another fan girl on the streets of Kyoto."

"Ah, I grew up in the music business, so I really haven't been much of a fan girl." Sango shrugged.

"When did you release your first album?"

"Sixteen, four years ago." Sango said.

"You were young." Kagome said.

"I guess, but my little brother was supposed to release an album after me, but he died."

"I never knew you had a brother…"

"Neither does anyone else." Sango said, "My father kept him in the shadows so he would be this all-new thing when he released his album, but that never happened."

"Oh, I'm so sorry." Kagome said.

"Don't be, it was a while ago." Sango shrugged again, "I have to go and break the news to Inuyasha, ja."

"Ja, see you tomorrow." Kagome said as she hung up.

"Hey, wolf breath! Where's my guitar?"

"How am I supposed to know? I'm a bassist, I can't play that thing."

"Where is it, you wolf scum?"

"I said, I don't know, dogface!"

"You're lying?"

"Why would I?"

"Because—"

The phone cut him off. Kôga walked casually to it and picked it up. "Moushi, moushi?"

"Can I speak to Inuyasha? It's Sango."

"Yeah, sure." Kôga said, "Dog face, its for you."

"What?" Inuyasha spat into the phone.

"Did you hear about the schedule change?" Sango asked.

"No." Inuyasha said.

"Ah, well, tour is tomorrow, we leave on the plane to Tokyo at five o' clock in the morning. Bye." Sango said as she hung up.

Inuyasha's eyes were red with anger.

"You heard about the schedule change, eh?" Kôga guessed.

No Miroku in this chapter, but he'll be all over the headlines soon enough. And how does Ayame tie into this? You'll see. I'd appreciate some response, so RR; flames are accepted, but my only policy on those is: mind your tongue and I'll mind mine. See you in the next chapter.

Editor's Note: Haha, I looked back on this and practically died at what I saw, so, I'm going to go through slowly and fix some minor things here and there...