AHAHAHA! I'm back! I know its like the world is ending…but Radio Love is going to be updated soon (probably already up by the time you read this, so check it out!) and I thought I would get this one up and running before R.L gets posted. Um…I hope you like this cause I worked hard getting these songs so please review because you want me to keep updating. So here is Shadow 12!
Ok, I hope you guys forgive me but I failed to mention something. How the stage was set up. So I will explain promptly once I begin the story because I know most of you don't read the authors notes up here.
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Chapter 12: Livin' up to the name.
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(A/N: Here's the part I forgot!) The stage Kagome and her friends we playing on were set up rather elaborately. Platforms were set up so that Rin was on the highest platform in the back with stairs leading up to it. Each platform was about seven feet wide, giving lots of room to move around. Kagura was on the left side, on a platform about three feet shorter than Rin's, also with stairs leading up to it and a small amp on it. Sango was on the other side of Kagura, the platform the same also with a small amp. Last but not least, Kagome was on the ground floor, where Sango's and Kagura's stairs collided, in front of her was the catwalk. There was a little passageway between the platforms as for the girls to get through. (A/N: Don't ask me how they put this all up in a time space of fifteen minutes or so. Guess the platforms had wheels or something.)
She ran out and grabbed the mike. "WHOOOOO! How's everyone doing today!" she yelled, smiling and adjusting her guitar. The crowed roared in response. She smirked and looked up at her friends, "You guys ready?" she asked. The all nodded and Kagome laughed, thinking of her next song. Kagome thought that she would go from personal to extra. " OK guys, I hope your ready. I'm going to start off with Shadow, the personal one. I dedicate it to my long lost father, who never ever was around, my little brother, my bitchy sister, and my mother. So I hope you like it." (A/N: Ok, this song probably isn't as much as a made a big a deal about, but bear with me. And I'm going to change some words so the ones that aren't italic, are my words.)
Kagome set her guitar against a platform and grabbed the mike. Kagura started slowly, Kagome running a hand through her hair.
I was six years old
When my parents ran away
I was stuck inside a broken life
I couldn't wish away
She was beautiful
She had everything and more
And my escape was hiding out and running for the door
Kagome walked slowly down the catwalk looking off to the side when she started talking about Kikyo. Kagome couldn't deny it, she was. She hated to give her sister such a complement, but it had to get out somehow, right? As she approached the end of the catwalk, and she entered the chorus, she put both hands on the mike and griped it, closing her eyes on the beat. (Note, this is when she hit 'living in the shadow')
Somebody listen please
It used to be so hard being me
Living in the shadow
Of someone else's dream
Trying to find a hand to hold but every touch felt cold to me
Living in a nightmare
A never-ending sleep
But now that I am wide awake
My chains are finally free
Don't feel sorry for me
Throughout it, she basically acted out the words. On the fifth line, she extended her hand to above the crowd and slowly made it into a fist, bringing it back to her. When it mentioned the chains, she flew her arms open, looking like she had wings that had been held down. When starting the next verse, she began her trek back to the stage slowly and calmly.
All the days collided
One less perfect than the next
I was stuck inside someone else's life and always second best
Oh, I hate you now but now I realize
That it's safe outside to come alive in my identity
She was back at the stage, smiling. She turned around again and walked up the stairs to Sango's platform, resting her arm on Sango's shoulder. Sango turned to her and smiled. Kagome smiled back as she sang the first two lines. When she hit the chorus, she ran down the stairs, and down the catwalk, repeating what she had done.
So if you're listening
There's so much more to me you haven't seen
Living in the shadow
Of someone else's dream
Trying to find a hand to hold but every touch felt cold to me
Living in a nightmare
A never-ending sleep
But now that I am wide awake
Then I can finally see
Don't feel sorry-
Mother, sister, father, brother, mother
Everything's cool now
Mother, sister, father, brother, mother
Everything's cool now
Oh, my life is good
I've got more than anyone should
Oh, my life is good
And the past in the past
The beat slowed down a lot while Kagome walked up the stage again, having the mike in both hands. At the last part of the verse, she was at the end of the catwalk, flinging her free arm into the crowd and singing.
I was living in the shadow
Of someone else's dream
Trying to find a hand to hold but every touch felt cold to me
I'm living in a new day
I'm living it for me
And now that I am wide awake
Then I can finally be
Don't feel sorry for me
Don't feel sorry, don't feel sorry for me
Don't feel sorry, don't feel sorry for me
At this last part, she sat down; crisscrossing (A/N: Crisscross applesauce, you know, Indian style sit or whatever.) her legs, rest her elbows on her knees and her cheek in her open palm. She smirked and sang.
Living in, living in, living in the shadow
Living in, living in, living in a new day
"Thanks guys! That was my new song, Shadow. I hope you all liked it." She said walking back to the stage. Going back to the mike, she explained the next song. " Well, people, I know some of you were expecting 'Walk Away'. But there was a change of plans and now, a new song has been picked. Sorry if I like loose your vote or whatever, but I'm sure you'll like it. It's called, Miss Independent. I think it pretty much describes us, as a band and as people. This was our jumpy song…I think." Kagome said and winked, nodding to her friends behind her.
She took the mike off the stand. A catchy beat started and Kagome strolled up the catwalk winking at random people on the side. The microphone was tuned down so her voice sounded far off and slightly scratchy, thanks to Ayame.
Miss independent
Miss self-sufficient
Miss keep your distance
Miss unafraid
Miss out of my way
Miss don't let a man interfere, no
Miss on her own
Miss almost grown
She struck a pose then went back to her usual gait.
Miss never let a man help her off her throne
So, by keeping her heart protected
She'd never ever feel rejected
Little miss apprehensive
Said ooh, she fell in love
She put her hand over her heart while singing the last few lines. The beat picked up and she jumped and shook her head, sending her hair everywhere. She jumped on the catwalk and sang to the people on the sides while sticking her hand out the sides singing.
What is the feelin' takin' over?
Thinkin' no one could open my door
Surprise...It's time
To feel what's real
What happened to Miss Independent?
No more the need to be defensive
Goodbye, old you
When love is true
The mike went back to the regular scratchy tone. She smirked while walking up the catwalk.
Miss guided heart
Miss play it smart
Miss if you want to use that line you better not start, no
But she miscalculated
She didn't want to end up jaded
And this miss decided not to miss out on true love
So, by changing her misconceptions
She went in a new direction
And found inside she felt a connection
She fell in love.
What is the feelin' takin' over?
Thinkin' no one could open my door
S: open my door
K: Surprise...It's time
Kagura: yeah
K:To feel what's real
What happened to Miss Independent?
No more the need to be defensive
Goodbye
R: goodbye, old you
A: oh you
When love, when love is true
Kagome turned around and danced off as mist came out of the sides of the stage. Another person came from the other end of the stage with a microphone and walked out to the catwalk. The crowd gave a loud scream as the finally recognized the long lost Ayame. She smiled at the crowd and sang very softly.
When Miss Independence walked away
No time for love that came her way
She looked in the mirror and thought today
What happened to miss no longer afraid?
It took some time for her to see
How beautiful love could truly be
No more talk of why can't that be me
I'm so glad I finally feel...
On the last note of the last line, she raised her voice and the beat caught up again. Ayame grinned and ran back to the stage dancing and singing.
What is the feelin' takin' over?
Thinkin' no one could open my door
Surprise
R: surprise, it's time
Kagura: yeah
A: To feel
Kag: to feel
A: what's real
What happened to Miss Independent?
No more the need to be defensive
Goodbye
E: goodbye,old you
When love, when love is true...
At the last time the beat kinda just slurred off. Ayame laughed as Kagome ran back onto the stage and jumped into her arms as the laughed. "Audience, one of my best friends, AYAME!" Kagome screamed and the crowd gave a huge cheer. Ayame blushed.
"Thanks! I'll be back!" She said like the Terminator says it. She then scurried off.
" OK guys, that was Miss Independent. Ok. So the next song, I'm not singing! YAY! Please welcome one of the other members from the insane posse of death, SANGO!" Kagome said and walked past Sango, nudging her on the shoulder, "Knock 'em dead, girl." She said and winked. Sango approached the microphone while Kagome went up to Sango's platform.
" Thanks Kagome. Well this one is called Nobody's Home… and on this one we all made it, literally. One day we were supposed to be practicing and we just didn't. Ayame brought out a piece a paper and told us to help her write a song. So we did and I guess this is what we came up with. They let me sing it, even though I don't know why…but that's ok. Here's Nobody's Home and enjoy, remember, when nobody's home, go to the neighbors house." She said and smiled.
While the music started, she looked around at all the screaming fans. Starting to feel slightly scared, she took a deep breath as Kagome started her solo. As soon as Rin came in, she sang. Her voice was cool and clear, yet sad.
I couldn't tell you why she felt that way,
She felt it everyday.
And I couldn't help her,
I just watched her make the same mistakes again.
What's wrong, what's wrong now?
Too many, too many problems.
Don't know where she belongs, where she belongs.
As she became more comfortable with it, she loosened up. At the start the chorus, she jumped a little as Kagome echoed in the background.
She wants to go home, but nobody's home.
It's where she lies, broken inside.
With no place to go, no place to go to dry her eyes.
Broken inside.
As the next verse started, her voice became cool. Her face held a lot of emotion of the song as she looked around the crowd.
Open your eyes and look outside, find the reasons why.
You've been rejected, and now you can't find what you left behind.
Be strong, be strong now.
Too many, too many problems.
Don't know where she belongs, where she belongs.
At this part, the bass became a lot louder; indicating someone else was playing with her. She stopped and took the mike off the stand as she took off the bass, setting it on the floor gently. As Sango started walking up the catwalk, Ayame came out from the side of the stage with a bass and took her place in the center. (A/N: wow, we sure see a lot of Ayame lately.)
She wants to go home, but nobody's home.
It's where she lies, broken inside.
With no place to go, no place to go to dry her eyes.
Broken inside.
When she got to the top of the catwalk, there was a stand; she collapsed on her knees. She put one hand on the edge and the other was holding the microphone. Around the middle, she put her hand to her stomach and leaned down her face directly above the crowd. At the last line she unfolded herself and get walked backwards to the stage.
Her feelings she hides.
Her dreams she can't find.
She's losing her mind.
She's fallen behind.
She can't find her place.
She's losing her faith.
She's fallen from grace.
She's all over the place.
Yeah, oh
At the last line Sango unfolded herself and stood up and placed the microphone in the stand. Sango put her hands in fists and crossed her arms across her chest so it looked like an 'X'.
She wants to go home, but nobody's home.
It's where she lies, broken inside.
With no place to go, no place to go to dry her eyes.
Broken inside.
She undid her arms and just stood, moving to the song.
She's lost inside, lost inside...oh oh
She's lost inside, lost inside...oh oh yeah
As the song ended, the crowd gave a tremendous roar. Sango smiled, picked up the stand with mike attached, and ran back to the stage, picking up her bass. "Hey guys! I'm glad you like that one. Now it's time for our final song. Yea, yea, I know you're all sad but it had to come to an end. To get this thing set up is going to take a while, so sit tight." She said. The stage went dark and the curtains closed.
While putting away her bass and getting her new harp set up, Miroku ran to her. " Hey Sango. That was a great song. You looked beautiful." He said as his hand reached for her butt.
" Thanks Miroku. That means a- PERVERT!" She yelled as she slapped him. He fell down as an interesting vein appeared from Sango's forehead and she stomped off with her harp to go practice.
"He just had to ruin a good moment, didn't he?" Kagura asked from a corner.
" He just can't help himself." Sesshomaru added.
" Well I must go. I have to go get my violin and get it tuned." She said as she walked off.
" Violin? What?" He asked, watching her retreating form.
" You'll see!" She yelled back. As the whole group sat together, tuning their new instruments, a guy ran in.
" Excuse me? Your stage is going to be ready in five minutes." He said.
" Thanks." Kagome answered and he ran off. " So guys…our new name…are we going to announce it tonight? Win or loose?" Kagome asked, looking around.
" Yea, we have too. If we don't, and the news doesn't get out, when our CD comes out no one will know it's us." Ayame said. Sango nodded.
" Yea. That would really suck. Most likely the CD won't have our faces on it so no one would know and then we would go out of business cause we ran out of money and a whole lot of extra work would be evolved that we really could avoid…" She rambled. Kagura looked at her and nudged her.
" Sango, you're rambling. Shut up." She said. They all laughed a little.
" Whoop-Ass! Your stage is ready!" The messenger said.
"Ok girls. Let our last song as Whoop-Ass17 go perfectly." Kagome said, smiling. They all nodded as the approached the stage.
The stage was set up totally different now. The back platform where Rin's drum set was was still there, and that was the only thing left of the old set up. In the middle of the stage, was a giant grand piano on a round platform that went up about 5 feet. In front of the piano was harp, no doubt ten times bigger than Sango's little hand-held one. (A/N: it was one of those big harps that you see in palaces or whatever. The really cool ones.) In the back was a little stool she could sit on. On the right side of the catwalk, was a lavender mat, and on the left was a red mat. The girls took their places on the stage: Rin up on the high platform, Kagome at the grand piano, Sango on the little stool at the harp, Ayame sat down at the lavender mat, crossing her legs; and Kagura sat at the red mat, also crossing her legs.
" Hey guys," Kagome began, playing a few chords, "This next song is called Reflections and it will also be our last song as Whoop-Ass17." She said. The crowd gasped and murmurs were heard throughout them. Even the boys were starting to wonder.
'What? They're not going to be a band anymore? What the hell! They're best friends!' The boys thought.
"No! Wait, wait, wait a minute! Let me finish. It will be our last song as Whoop-Ass17 because we're changing our name. NOT because we're slitting up. I don't think we would ever do that. These guys are like my family and we all love doing what we do, so don't worry about it. We'll tell you our new name later. But for now… Reflections." Kagome said, and started the song.
Kagome's fingers glided across the keys hitting the right notes as her voice filled the auditorium, making the crowd almost fall silent listening to her voice. The band played in perfect symphony as Kagome's voice fit the high and low register. The boys watched with amazement from the sidelines.
"Wow… They play really well together…" Miroku said, focusing on Sango and how she was so engrossed with her harp. Her fingers never missed a note, and never fell out of alignment.
"Yea… They really are amazing…" Kouga said, watching Ayame focus on every note and join in on certain parts. He found her quite the character: She could sing, play violin, do sound, she was spunky, and she could beat him at just about everything. He could never do all that.
" …" Sesshomaru was always quite during these sort of conversations…except when he's drunk…he's always loud when he's drunk. But never the less he stared quietly at Kagura, watching her elegantly cross her legs and play with her eyes closed.
" Even though Rin doesn't have a big part, she still sings pretty well…" Shippo said, watching her play symbols and snare. She never really did complain about much, she was just happy to be doing something. The song came nicely to an end, with Kagome traveling down the piano and everyone playing they're final note.
"Thanks guys! Glad you liked us!" Kagome and said and stood up, the rest of the band following her to the catwalk and each bowed, receiving a loud cheer from their fans.
"She's beautiful…" Inuyasha breathed leaning up against a pole.
"Yea…" They all answered, each watching them take a bow, and retreat off stage.
Once off the stage, the girls gave the guys a hug and chattered amongst themselves. They pretty much chattered all through the country category and towards the end. At one point, Kagome went over to Inuyasha.
" So…? What'd you think?" She asked, looking up at him. He smiled at her and opened his mouth to speak.
" Ok ladies and gentlemen! That was our Battle of The Bands 2006!" Tigeme said, a large yell erupting from the crowd.
"Now its time for you to do your part. We'll have a two hour process for all of you to vote for your favorites of each genre." Raetoe said.
" They will be held out in the foyer there and there's like twenty thousand receptionist open to take your vote so it really shouldn't take so long. After the two-hour period, we'll come back in here and we'll tally the votes and all that good stuff. First, second and third for every category." Tigeme said.
" Ok. You've been given your mission. Go! And bands who participated, please meet us in the green auditorium to get things settled out." Raetoe said and walked off stage.
"It was great." Inuyasha said and kissed Kagome lightly on her forehead, before walking off to the green auditorium.
Sitting down next to each other, Tigeme and Raetoe took their positions on stage. "Well, to start off, you all did wonderful. And the people will vote, and everything will go on without a hitch. But what you do need to know is that there will be a first, second and third place. First and second place will be announced and then you will each play a song. No big deal." Tigeme said.
" So I hope you have all of that. Plus, if your winner or runner up, you can get a record deal. There were scouts out there tonight looking for talent, especially in the winners. Be on the look out. Oh, and note, you cannot vote. So basically, be back within two hours and be here and…yea…we'll pick things up from there! Bye!" Raetoe said, walking off stage. Tigeme soon followed, but walked back to the blue aditorium to cast her vote.
"Well…what do we do now?" Sesshomaru asked.
" I want…pie…" Rin said, walking off.
" RIN! RIN! RIN WAIT! You left your change of clothes! Can't leave without them!" Kagura yelled and ran after her. They all changed into jeans and tee shirts and went off to get pie. In the process, Kagome stole Inuyasha's red and black wrestling sweatshirt with his last name on the back; Sango snuck Miroku's blue and purple football sweatshirt with his last name on it, Kagura took Sesshomaru's red and black track sweatshirt, Ayame bet Kouga's red and black soccer sweatshirt on a tic-tac-toe game and won, while Rin ran away with Shippo's red and black baseball sweatshirt. After, they all went and enjoyed pie, then went to see a movie.
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Hallelujah, praise the Lord! I got this out before I went to China! Yes I'm going to china…but don't let that stop you from reviewing! Please review! Press the little button. And now, the twist in the review; just like in chapter nine, I had you vote. I'm going to need you to do that again.
MN: Choice 'MN' is Hardcore Dogs. Basically you liked they're songs and moves better than Whoop-Ass's. in your review, please put choice MN. Thanks!
V: Choice 'V' is Whoop-Ass17. You liked they're songs and want them to win. You like they're movesand blah, blah, blah.
S.U.C.K: Choice 'S.U.C.K' is basically if you liked Kikyo's little performance.
And those were it. I guess it doesn't really matter, but it does. So please review! I would like over 5 reviews from you all! Thanks! Oh! The story's almost done! Now for review replies.
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