"Yes Gram! I made it! I going to record my debut single now. What? Yes Gram, you should be able to hear it on the radio sometime in the next two weeks. But god, the music producer is such a drill sergeant. Ok… so I was writing in my notebook right? And then he snatched it out of my hand… and I don't see it again until the next month. Apparently, he's been writing music to go along with the words… ha ha. Yeah right… Well, I got to go. I don't want to keep my wrangler waiting. Bye gram."
Rin hung up her cell phone. Man, just thinking about the meeting the day after the auditions was pissing her off. Of course she was aware that being an idol was hard work, but did it really mean for that guy to be a total jerk!?
(Flashback)
"Ok Rin, here's the thing." Inutashio said, leaning back into his leather chair. Rin leaned in a bit closer to hear what her new manager had to say.
"We need to come up with a stage name. It's not that there's anything wrong with your name. It's just that we need to come up with something that the people are going to recognize."
"I understand…" Rin said, as she scribbled the memo down in her spiral note book, with its cover covered with Beat of Angel written in English, Japanese, and Korean, along with doodles of hearts and angel wings. It contained reminders… and songs Rin written in her spare time.
Sesshomaru saw it from his corner.
"What is this?" he said, swiping it from Rin's hands.
"Hey! Give that back!" Rin shouted.
"What exactly is Beat of Angel suppose to mean?" Sesshomaru asked, while raising an eyebrow.
Rin glared at him. Sure, he may have given her the means to become a singer, but this wasn't what she had in mind. Inutashio was deep in thought.
"It's a thing my grandmother said. She said I sang like an angel going to her own beat. But it's just family stuff. Now please give me back my notebook."
Sesshomaru gave her a look. Then he smirked.
"No…"
Rin was about to jump out of her chair when Inutashio spoke up.
"BoA…. That could work…"
"A snake?" Sesshomaru and Rin said, with confused looks on their faces.
"No… BoA… Beat of Angel…. See where I'm getting at?" Inutashio said, writing it down on a notepad, and then handed it to Sesshomaru.
"Ah… now I get it…" he said.
"Rin," Sesshomaru said, turning back to the fuming Rin. "We'll be in contact again."
(Flashback ends)
"Did he have to take my notebook? God, no one was ever supposed to see the songs I've written in there!" Rin said. She pushed the glass door open.
"Ah, Rin- Chan! We were wondering when you were going to come in!" Kagome said, leading Rin to the recording studio.
Sesshomaru was already at the controls, setting everything until it was just right.
"Does that guy ever take a break?" Rin whispered to Kagome.
"None that I know of. Inuyasha said that he's a major workaholic. Anyway, I got to get back to the TV studios. That historical drama Inuyasha's doing should be a real dozy."
"See ya Kagome…"
"Rin…"
Rin turned to find Sesshomaru looking at her.
"Coming…" War Lord…
"Listen to this." He said, placing headphones on Rin.
The instruments played a really great beat. Rin didn't even notice her head bobbing along. Sesshomaru pressed the pause button.
"Wow…" Rin said. "That sounded great."
"No it doesn't…"
"Perfectionist aren't we?"
"It's still missing something…"
"Like…"
"Your voice…"
Rin blushed.
"I take it as you've memorized page one by now…" he said, right before he pushed her into the sound booth.
Rin was about to start fuming again.
The jerk, the jerk, the jerk, the…
"As soon as you're ready…" Sesshomaru said, annoyed. This took him a while to get it right. Translating from Korean, to Japanese, then to English, wasn't easy. He had a feeling that this was only going to take one try to nail it. Rin stepped up to the mic, place the headphones on her head, and gave the thumbs up.
Ok mom and dad, let me show you what I can do…
Sesshomaru started the music track and Rin started when it felt right.
Ima ijou no kimochi o todoketakute watashi no kotoba de
Dareka hitori wa wakatte kureru hazu dakara
Let me do it my way!
Manyuaru doori nante kitto tsumaranai kara ne
Ii ko ja irarenai
Ima hajimaru Peace B is my network ID
Furueteru kokoro yuuki ni kaete
Yume hirogaru Connecting is my never land
Chikachikachuu egao wo ageru kara
Hitori no yoru tokidoki fuan ni makeru sore demo kanarazu
Yozora no hoshi wa kagayaite...terashite kureru dakara watashi wa!
Sukoshi no Toraburu nante Kuria dekiru hazu" to
Tsuyoku shinjite iru
Kienai kara Peace B is my network ID
Kono tobira hiraite asu ni mukaou
Inotte iru Connecting is my never land
Chikachikachuu namida wa iranai yo
Surechigatte ita futari dakedo ima nara ieru sunao na kimochi wo
Toosugiru kyori mo koete kimi ni aitai
Sukoshi no Toraburu nante Kuria dekiru hazu" to
Tsuyoku shinjite iru
Ima hajimaru Peace B is my network ID
Furueteru kokoro yuuki ni kaete
Yume hirogaru Connecting is my never land
Chikachikachuu egao wo ageru kara
Kienai kara Peace B is my network ID
Kono tobira hiraite asu ni mukaou
Inotte iru Connecting is my never land
Chikachikachuu namida wa iranai yo
Rin never thought about how the music would have gone, but she always had an idea how the song was to be sung. Sesshomaru really knew what he was doing when it came to writing the music to go along with the song.
"That was good." He said in his usual monotone. Rin nearly face valted.
Ok… did he mean it was bad? Really good? What!?
"How about we try it in English?"
"WHA!?"
Hikaru- San: ARGH! I hate writer's block. Probably stopped at a bad point. Any suggestions on how to add a bit more drama? I'm using strictly BoA songs for this fic as, well, it is Rin after all. This song is ID;Peace B by BoA, the real one, not Rin. But you should get an idea how Rin's voice sounds… lol. Anyway! Please R&R!!!!