Well here's Chapter 3…I hope that this one isn't too rushed…enjoy! The Song belongs to…uhm I don't know yet when I do I'll fix this heading. If I forget…say so in your review and I'll fix it. Oh by the way, this chapter is dedicated to Alyssium who had her birthday this week so HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEASH!

Chapter 3

A Day in the Life

Kagome sat in her room, she had just returned from her lesson. Her teacher Myouga, though that Sesshomaru's review had been an attempt to meet her and the band, a plausible way to contact the band and speak with them. That thought was still floating in her head as she went to lay down. Her sleep was prevented when she heard the sobbing of Sango. Standing, she put a bathrobe on and walked into the room of her troubled friend.

"Sango what's wrong?" she asked, placing a comforting arm around her.

"Mother and father died and before they died they started to draft a paper to put him in an orphanage as opposed to me having custody of Kohaku." She sobbed onto her shoulder.

"But it wasn't finished so they can't!" she exclaimed.

"There was a catch though Kagome…I would need to leave the band and get a job where I could provide for the both of us." Sango said.

"So you're just going to leave?" Kagome asked.

"I don't have a choice." Sango snapped. "Go. I don't want to talk to anyone anymore… see you tomorrow. Sango led Kagome to the door and pushed her out, slamming the door. Kagome didn't know what to say, her pride was hurt, but she walked over to Rin's room and called Miroku, the three of them needed to talk, in person and in Rin's room, Kagome's was too close to Sango's for privacy.

"So, do we just find a replacement or Breakup?" Rin asked.

"Well we could just end, and not replace Sango, she's
irreplaceable." Miroku said, looking at Sango's door.

"We couldn't just replace Sango like an old tire, she'd be
welcome to play with us anytime she wanted, but look at our following,
how can we just stop?" Rin argued.
"I have to agree with you Rin. We need to stay together, and
I mean we did just start to rent that studio, talk about a waste
there." Kagome pointed out.
"We can get a rebate, but I really think that we
should stay together, she'll play when she can." Miroku said.

"When she can? That'll be few and far between for a few
months if not years. Supporting two people isn't easy." Rin said.
Her voice became squeaky when she finished her outburst. Her eyes grew
teary and she gave a tearful smile. Hearing the voice, everyone knew they needed to be quiet, not wanting to disturb Sango, she would be upset if she found out they were talking about what to do behind her back. However it was too late and moments later Sango opened the door and sat down, knowing instantly what they were talking about.

"So why did you have meeting behind my back? Finding my replacement as soon as possible?" she sobbed.
"Sango, listen, we want to have you play with us as much as
you do, but you can't if you want to support your brother, its
impossible. And he couldn't just live with us, we don't have the room,
and we hardly make rent as it is." Kagome explained.

"Ya, Sango, we love you and maybe you could teach bass and guitar lessons or something? You know benefit from what you've known your entire life." Rin added.

"I know, alright, you guys here's what I want you to do. Post
auditions around town and we'll all see if we can find a replacement
for me alright?" Sango suggested. Nodding in agreement, Rin walked to her computer and began drafting notices, ideas were tossed and they finally decided to post in the newspaper as well.

Sango, and Miroku rode in a car together, his parents had given him a car for graduation and out of the whole band, his parents had
encouraged him in his dreams, insisting that first he only go to
college and get any degree he wanted. He was the luckiest. The two of them were posting fliers downtown, leaving an address so hopefuls could contact them.

Rin and Kagome were riding in their car. The entire ride they were talking about the hopeful replacements for Sango. They were debating over using new songs or just sticking with the old to have them play. Either way they couldn't stop smiling about this last show with Sango.

The two cars slowly pulled to a stop and parked before a rather large theater. None of the band members could speak. Miroku
and Sango walked together and thought with remorse of their last show
together.

"Alright! Now we wait until tomorrow and we'll see if these fliers work out. If it does we don't know when we'll ever be playing again" Kagome said. Each nodded their head in agreement. The three girls walked into their car and Miroku walked into his, and they went home for the night.

Kagome sat in her room, sipping tea and looking at her music sheets, just thinking and writing. Thinking to herself, she started to write another song, that hopefully they could play at Sango's farewell concert. Smiling to herself, she picked up her guitar case and a binder of spreadsheets for this song. Getting up she decided to walk to the park beside the café she went to that morning. With her guitar swung across her back, she watched the nightlife in her area, the show
at the Blue light would be ending in a few hours and the crows would filter into another building, probably one of the clubs. Smiling she looked for a suitable bench to sit on and practice her song.

"How do I want this song to work out?" she asked herself. She had her guitar out and was just gently strumming, trying to find a rhythm she liked. Looking around she watched the trees blowing gently in the breeze. "Smooth, gentle and relaxed, but upbeat and somehow I want it to have a hint of rock…" she strumming changed slightly. Slowly she started to hum. However her humming would stop as she changed her pace.

"Calling for your fellow musicians?" a deep voice asked from behind.

"No, not really, what brings you here?" she asked.

"I heard you playing."

"oh. "

"So you said your family owns a restaurant, why aren't you involved?" he asked. "I saw in my newspaper an interview with your parents concerning expanding the restaurant."

"Ya, my whole family is involved in the restaurant business, it's their life. They wanted to disown me for my passion for music."

"Really so you didn't know about the expansion then?"

"Nope, I don't even know what's on the menu anymore, If I were to go there on my own it would be ugly."

"Was it always that way?"

"No, when I was younger I would play my guitar in there, but when they told me to get a real job, and I didn't, I only started to teach the guitar, we had a huge fight and I haven't seen them since."

"Oh. Well what were you composing? I assume you were." Sesshomaru asked, changing the subject.

"Yes I was, it's a song for my bass player, she's leaving. You remember Sango."

"I've seen her."

"She can't stay in the band, so our last show is something of a farewell for her."

"Good luck."

"I hope it goes well. We're trying to find a good replacement, and we're posting fliers around."

"It might if you get the word around right."

"Then I hope we do." She turned and looked up at him. "Sit, please." She said, setting her guitar in its case and moving her papers.

"Would it be intruding or may I ask what happened?" he asked.

"Well her parents died and she wants custody of her brother,
but she can't afford to support them if she stays in the band."

"Hn"

"Ya, want to know a secret?" she asked him.

"What would your secret be?" he asked.

"Well I wish that this concert, if the rumors are true, I hope that we manage to make it big enough to keep Sango, so she doesn't have to leave the band." Kagome confided.

"I wish you the best of luck. Do this Sesshomaru, a favor will you?" she nodded. "Play a song for this Sesshomaru." He asked.

"Alright." She nodded. "Want to hear any in particular? One from that concert or just a new song?" she asked.

"Play one this Sesshomaru hasn't heard before." He said. He didn't know why he wanted her to play for him. He swore he wouldn't be interested in musicians after what happened to his father, but this one just intrigued him. He wanted to get to know her.

"Alright, what kind of mood are you in?"

"Sing a slow song." He said.

"Alright." Kagome picked up her guitar, and started to strum slowly.

I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase

When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me

Sesshomaru listened to the levels Kagome's voice reached
while she was singing. Her songs seemed filled with so much sorrow and
pain, but they were intoxicating, they made him want more. They made
him greedy for more of her songs, he knew he was becoming a fan of her
music.

You used to captivate me
By your resonating light
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts
My once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away
All the sanity in me

Kagome wrote this song, and she was proud of it just like
her other songs, each one she wrote she was proud of. Hopefully they
would record another CD soon and they could sell that one as well.

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase

When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me

I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along

When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me

Her voice slowly and gently faded into the night. A small
crowd had formed around them, mostly those from the Blue Light. Some
people from the clubs had shown as well. Applause had followed the end
and she bowed her head. "I didn't know I had attracted a crowd." She
commented.

"Are you from that band Hazel?" a girl with blue hair asked.
Kagome nodded. "Can you sign my CD?" she asked. Taking the pen
offered Kagome signed. Several more people asked for her to sign
miscellaneous objects. When finally everyone was gone Sesshomaru
looked at her inquisitively.

"What inspired you to write those songs?" he asked.

"I fell in love once. And it didn't last, he dated my sister
behind my back." She explained.

"Oh." He wanted to know more of this artist, however, he
didn't, he saw her slowly craning her neck and looking at a couple
several benches down. Looking he saw his brother and the wench he was
dating.

"It is only my brother and his wench." He said.

"That wench is Kikyou, my twin." Suddenly puzzle pieces in
his head fit together, but more pieces started to invade his mind.
Questions emerged that he didn't want to ask, questions he didn't want
to know the answer to.

"Well Kagome, I believe that your song was-" he was cut of by Kagome's pager. Looking down he saw a series of number that made no sense to him.

"I'm sorry Sesshomaru, something happened back at the apartment, I enjoyed talking with you. See you around." With this said she gathered her things and walked back to her apartment. When she reached the entry to her complex, she was stopped by a worse off looking Miroku.

"Watch what you say in there." He said. His shirt was wrinkled and torn and looking as though it had been through a fight unwillingly.

"What happened?" she asked.

"Rin kinda snapped at Sango about her leaving the band and told her that even if Sango were to leave the band, that she shouldn't expect for us to break up…she also said something about how Sango was being self absorbed with her problems…which I believe is understandable considering the circumstances." He explained.

"Well looks like I have a fight to break up." Kagome said walking into the elevator and pressing the floor key.