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Slay the Music
Scene Twenty-Six: Welcome to the Future
"Bankotsu-oo-Aniki comes back today!" Jakotsu cheered on the third morning of their stay in China.
"Jesus, Jakotsu, you're like some wired cockroach today, slow down, man," Kôga said.
Jakotsu only smiled at Kôga as he finished his breakfast.
"Everyone has to come down and welcome Aniki to China," Jakotsu announced. "You two, Inuyasha-chan!"
"Yeah, yeah, I heard you the first time," Inuyasha said from behind his guitar.
"Three 'o clock this afternoon, right?" Ayame asked.
Jakotsu nodded.
"Finally Onii-san gets to hang out with us again, it's been forever, right Miroku?"
Miroku nodded as he watched TV in the corner with Kagome and Hakkaku.
"Bankotsu's our new drummer for Du:Plicate," Kôga said as he came over and sat down with Ayame, Jakotsu, and a Ginta who was stuffing his face with rice and eggs.
"He deserves it," Ayame nodded.
Jakotsu also agreed, "he needs more attention."
Sango walked by quietly with her headphones on. No one had interrupted her little bubble since they had arrived in China, and no one was going to burst it then. Of course—Miroku was always around...
"Hey Sango," he tapped her on the shoulder.
"What do you want?"
"Can we—can we um... talk?"
"What's there to talk about?"
"You've been avoiding me ever since I collapsed."
Sango said noting, but began to walk towards the back of the bus.
"Sango, will you say something to me?"
"Like what? I'm sorry I knocked you out? I'm sorry that you have a big air void in your body? I'm sorry for not saying 'good morning' to you today? What do you want me to say Houshi-sama?"
"Good morning would be a nice one..." he said as he nervously played with his hands.
"Well good morning, and goodbye," Sango said turning away from him once again.
"Look, Sango," Miroku pursued.
"What now?"
"This probably isn't the best time to ask you, but the guys wanted me to ask you if you wanted to be on guitars for Du:Plicate? ...Maybe?"
"You're kidding right? You want me to be in that testosterone driven group? You've got the wrong person," Sango said putted her earphones back on.
"Give it a chance, Sango," Miroku pleaded.
Sango ignored him.
Miroku sighed and gave up, walking back to the rest of the group with his head hung in defeat.
"Ouch, man," Ayame said.
"No kidding," Miroku held his head.
At three 'o clock later that day, the whole tour group was down at the airport, thanks to Jakotsu. It wasn't that the rest of them weren't happy that Bankotsu was returning, it was just that Bankotsu and Jakotsu together—might have been too much of a strain on the group with all that had been going on.
"Flight One-Four-Seven A private section is unloading," and intercom voice said.
"That's Aniki's flight, ne, Ayame?"
"Yup," Ayame nodded.
The group of disguised superstars and their managers went over to the door where Bankotsu, also disguised walked out of the gate and into Jakotsu's arms.
"Welcome, Bankotsu-oo-Aniki," Jakotsu said with a hug.
"Yeah, welcome to China," Ayame greeted with her own hug.
"Hey, nice to see you on your feet," Miroku said with a small bow.
"Nice to see our new drummer is ready to go," Kôga smiled.
"I'm in?" Bankotsu asked.
"You're the best in Japan, why not?" Inuyasha said from the back of the group.
"I appreciate that, Inuyasha," Bankotsu said with a smirk.
"No problem," Inuyasha said from behind his sunglasses and big jacket.
"Let's go to the hotel, you guys look ridiculous in these outfits," Kagura said.
"So you guys find a position for rhythm guitar yet?" Bankotsu asked at Inuyasha's informal band meeting in a separate hotel room from the rest of the group.
"No, Sango's declined to offer, and there's no amateur that we could get that would satisfy the position," Miroku admitted.
"Any ideas?" Inuyasha asked.
"Doesn't Jakotsu play guitar?" Kôga asked.
Bankotsu nodded, "he was lead guitarist in the Shichinintai."
"So he's not an amateur?" Inuyasha asked.
"Not really, but he doesn't play for just anyone, you know."
"Well he seems to play for you," Miroku said.
"True, but I don't know if he'll want to play for—wait, Inuyasha you're the leader of this band, ne?"
"No shit Sherlock," Inuyasha said.
"He'll probably play if you guys want him too."
"He's our best bet," Kôga said.
"So you're okay with the whole fact that he and I are an item?"
"We've gotta get used to you two sooner or later," Miroku sighed.
"Then I'll go grab him and the managers and we can discuss a new debut album or something," Bankotsu said.
"Yeah," Inuyasha nodded as he laid himself onto the red silk sheets of the first class hotel room.
"You think we can pull this off?" Kôga asked.
"We've got the sound, the looks, and the gay ones," Miroku said, "it's the typical Jrock band."
Kôga laughed as he took out a beer and tossed one to Miroku and one to Inuyasha.
"Want one?" Kôga asked as Bankotsu and Jakotsu walked in.
"Yeah," Bankotsu nodded as Kôga threw four more out to Jakotsu, Bankotsu, Sesshômaru, and Myôga.
"Let's make a toast," Kôga started.
"To the new Du: Plicate," Inuyasha said.
"To the new Du: Plicate," the rest of them repeated before taking drinks of the alcoholic beverage.
"I pray that we don't drive ourselves insane," Miroku added.
"Now that they're having a band meeting, I think we should call one together too," Ayame said as the members of CLOUD666 sat lazily in their own hotel room.
"Sango's lucky, she gets her own hotel room," Kagome sighed.
"If you eat one more pocky stick you're going to explode, Kagome-nee-chan," Ginta said.
"I know, I should stop," Kagome said putting away her snack.
"We have rehearsals tomorrow, don't we?" Hakkaku whined.
Ayame nodded.
"We're recording in two days, aren't we?" Ginta asked.
Ayame again nodded.
"Great, we should think of some new songs then..." Kagome growled as she was forced to sit up.
The group sat silently for minutes before the phone interrupted the peace. Lazily, Ayame reached over to grab the cordless phone.
"Hello?" She said idly. There was a pause. Ayame's eyes widened. "Yes I understand, we'll be down there immediately," she said suddenly as she stood up and frantically reached for her coat and cell phone.
"What's wrong?" Kagome asked.
"Who was it?" Ginta added.
"C'mon guys, hurry, Sango's in the hospital." Ayame said as she dialed the number for their driver, "She tried to kill herself," she added in a nervous murmur.
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