Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any songs
I had to do some thinking on this chapter to see if I wanted to put the tragedy in this chapter or the next but me being so excited to write it decided to put it in here so ENJOY!!
SONGS: Pressure by Paramore and Fly by Hilary Duff
Punk Love
Chapter 6: The Truth
Three months passed since Inuyasha's threat but nothing was done. Kagome and Bankoutsu soon became one of the top couples at school and Kick Ass became well known. They had performed at a number of the hottest teen clubs in Tokyo and fame was right around the corner...literaly.
Around the corner from school is one of the newest clubs, Red Hot. Today when Kagome was dosing off in math again a note landed in front of her on the desk.
I got you a HUGE gig for tommorow night-B
Wheres it this time-K
The new club, Red Hot, but I have it arranged so Midoriko from S.J Records can watch the performance. This could be your ticket out of here.-B
That note was the reason Kagome was now hiding in the bushes outside of school waiting for her friends. As usual she got over excited and managed to get kicked out of class. She would of gone to get her friends but she already had enough detention for the rest of her highschool days.
Finally the front doors to the school opened revealing the rest rest of Kick Ass and Kagome hopped out from her hiding spot wiping the leaves out of her bright blue streaked hair-her color for the week.
"Guess what." Kagome said excited hopping up and down on her toes
"What?" They all asked in unison eager to find out what made their usually calm friend so bouncy."
"BankgotusadealatredhottoperformforthefounderofS.JRecordsandwecanbecomefamousandgetthehelloutofhere." Kagome let out in a single breath.
Rin and Sango gave Kagome confused looks while Ayame who has mastered fast talking started hopping up and down with Kagome and let out an ear peircing scream oblivious to the fact they were still outside of the school.
"What the hell did she say?" Rin asked irritated from being left out of such great news.
"I said..." a now calmer Kagome started. "...Bank got us a gig to perform for Midoriko the founder of S.J records at Red Hot and we're gonna be able to get the heck out of this place and see the world and become FAMOUS!"
After getting a slower version of the news Sango and Rin began happy dancing and screaming but stopped abruptly when Ayame covered their mouths.
"Shhhhh. I hear footsteps."
The girls quickly left and filed into Kagome's car.
"So are we gonna do the usual?" Rin asked from the passangers seat. "Eat, Practice, Posters, then shop?"
"No. I don't feel like following the schedule today."
"Me either." Ayame agreed from behind Rin. "But we have to practice."
"I know." Sango said leaning her head into the space between the drivers and passenger's seat. "How 'bout we shop first than practice later."
The other girls rolled their eyes. "No."
"The reason we always shop last because we woud be there all day with you." Rin explained
"About practice..." Kagome said changing the subject. "...we have to do 4 songs."
"Does that mean we can each pick one of our favorite songs to perform?" Ayame hopefully asked leaning in beside Sango.
Kagome nodded in agreement after giving it some thought.
"RIOT!!" Sango yelled loudly causing Ayame to shudder.
Kagome rolled her eyes at Sango's predictable choice. Everytime they voted for which songs to perform Sango always chooses Riot since she played the guitar so much in it.
"Hmmmmmm... Emergency." Ayame said after her throbbing ears came back into use.
"Fly." Rin stated without giving it a second thought.
"Pressure!" Kagome stated happily. It was song she had wrote in the time between her breakup with Inuyasha and when she started going out with Bankoutsu. Her depression staged kinda. They haven't peformed it yet so she was excited for the debut of it.
"I forgot all about that song." Sango said as they pulled into the drive-thru for WacDonalds.
"Me too." Rin stated as she leaned over Kagome so her voice could be heard by the little box. "I want a double cheeseburger, fries, and an apple pie with a strawberry milkshake."
"How do you stay so fit?" Ayame asked starring at the thin drummer in disbelief.
"High Metabolism!"
The others quickly ordered more normal meals, paid, and then left for Sango's to practice.
In the end they ended up sticking to the schedule without even realising it.
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"Okay breathe Kagome. In. Out." Sango was trying to relax her friend who decided to tense up only 5 minutes before they went on stage.
The importance of this gig had just sank in to Kagome and she began to freak out. If anyone screwed up it could cost them the chanceof becoming famous. What if she forgot the words? What if she tripped on stage? What if...?
"KAGOME!"
Kagome woke dfrom her freak trance by the sound of Sango's feirce voice and the stinging pain on her left cheek.
Sango looked at her now alert friend thankful that her being slapped wiped the daze look of her face.
"Kagome you don't do this. You don't get nervous. Now do us all a favor and snap out of it!" Sango breathed out in relief when she saw Kagome breathe normally again. "Now lets go out there and Kick some Ass!"
A/N: Suggestions for a new line are needed because that one is really corny and getting on my nerves.
"Are y'all ready to rock with Tokyo's soon to be biggest stars!?" The announcer asked as the crowd screamed and shouted happily
"I give you...KICK ASS!!"
The curtaing raised revealing the band in their positions. Kagome stood in front of the mike stand in a bright blue,white, and black plaid skirt that reached her mid-thigh with a chain hanging from the side and a white tank top with 'Kick Ass' in bright blue lettering outlined in black. She wore black, white, and bright blue bangles over her black fishnet gloves. Her hair was changed from it usual white streaked color for concerts to the same bright blue she had in her hair yesterday.
Ayame had a red, black, and white plaid skirt with a shirt like Kagomes only in red lettering. Her hair was in its usual high ponytails but with dark red streaks. She wore red and white knee high socks with black converse. She had on red fishnet gloves and multiple necklaces hanging around her neck.
Sango wore an alomost identicle outfit to Ayame except here colors were dark pink, white, and black and her socks with white and pink. She had her hair in its normal style and wore lots of necklaces and rings.
Rin wore a dark blue, black, and white plaid skirt with shirts like everyone else in her color. She had on black chains around her neck and fingerless gloves with darkblue crosses on the back and bangles leading up her fere arms. she wore white forces on her feet.
"Y'all ready to kick ass!" Kagome yelled into the mike and recieved loud cheers in response she then turned to Rin to signal her to start up riot.
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Inuyasha walked into the club just as they started up Riot.
If you feel so empty
So used up, so let down
If you feel so angry
So ripped off so stepped on
You're not the only one
Refusing to back down
You're not the only one
So get up
Tonight was the night he was going to tell her. He was going to tell her the truth and how he still loved her. He was going to tell her everything and win her back.
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Kagome took a deep breath before the curtain lifted so they would perform the last two song of the day they were going to start with pressure.
Kagome looked over her shoulder and signaled Sango to start the song off this time.
Tell me where our time went
And if it was time well spent
Just don't let me fall asleep
Feeling empty again
When Kagome wrote the song she thought if it was just a waste being with Inuaysha the whole time. She would fall asleep all the time feeling her heart had been torn out of her and she felt empty.
'Cause I fear I might break
And I fear I can't take it
Tonight I'll lay awake, feeling empty
She had given up hope of ever getting back together Inuyasha. She had burned everything that she gotten from him so there wasn't anything to remind her of all the times they spent together over the 2 years they were together.
I can feel the pressure
It's getting closer now
We're better off without you
I can feel the pressure
It's getting closer now
We're better off without you
Now that I'm losing hope
And there's nothing else to show
For all of the days that we spent
Carried away from home
Somethings I'll never know
And I had to let them go
I'm sitting all alone, feeling empty
She would never know the real reason he broke up with her and she just had to forget about it but she still felt empty. That was until she met Bank.
I can feel the pressure
It's getting closer now
We're better off without you
I can feel the pressure
It's getting closer now
We're better off without you
Somethings I'll never know, and I had to let them go
Somethings I'll never know, and I had to let them go
I'm sitting all alone feeling empty
Thats exactly how she felt. Empty. Incomplete. Never whole. Alone.
I can feel the pressure
It's getting closer now
We're better off without you
Feel the pressure
It's getting closer now
You're better off with out me
She made herself believe that he was better off without her. She had to give it up.
Kagome finished the song and looked out into the crowd. She saw Bankoutsu and let her grin widen. He took her out of the world of emptiness and being alone. She loved him for that.
"Lets keep it going!" she yelled
Ayame started it up on the base and Sango soon joined in.
In a moment, everything can change,
Feel the wind on your shoulder,
For a minute, all the world can wait,
Let go of your yesterday.
In this one moment Kagome's entire life could change from going to school to full blown stardom.
Can you hear it calling?
Can you feel it in your soul?
Can you trust this longing?
And take control,Rin joined in on the drums.
Fly
Open up the part of you that wants to hide away
You can shine,
Forget about the reasons why you can't in life,
And start to try, cause it's your time,
Time to fly.
It was their time to shine. It was Kick Ass's time to take over the stage and become famous. It was their time to fly.
All your worries, leave them somewhere else,
Find a dream you can follow,
Reach for something, when there's nothing left,
And the world's feeling hollow.
She left the worries of screwing up behind the curtain. She was following her dreams to get out of her town and see the world.
Can you hear it calling?
Can you feel it in your soul?
Can you trust this longing?
And take control,
She could hear her dream calling? Yes. Could she feel it in her soul? Yes. Could she trust the longing? Hell yeah.
Fly
Open up the part of you that wants to hide away
You can shine,
Forget about the reasons why you can't in life,
And start to try, cause it's your time,
Time to fly.
Forget about everything she couldn't do in life and try to get there. It was her time to fly. Soar over everyone else shine.
And when you're down and feel alone,
Just want to run away,
Trust yourself and don't give up,
You know you better than anyone else,
She wanted to run away when Inuyasha broke up with her but she didn't. She felt alone when her dad died and wanted to stop all the hurting but she kept on going.
Rin and Sango dropped out of the background leaving only Ayame lightly playing and Kagome singing.
In a moment, everything can change,
Feel the wind on your shoulder,
For a minute, all the world can wait,
Let go of yesterday,
Sango and Rin quickly joined back in.
Forget it all. Everythings that has happened to hurt her was forgotten when she stepped on stage. The world can wait she was doing this now.
Fly
Open up the part of you that wants to hide away
You can shine,
Forget about the reasons why you can't in life,
And start to try,
Fly
Forget about the reasons why you can't in life,
And start to try, cause it's your time,
Time to fly.
In a moment, everything can change.
Kagome looked up at the estatic crowd and let the feeling of accomplishment wash over her like it always did after they finished performing.
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"Three cheers for Kick Ass!" A drunk Miroku yelled raising his glass in the air.
The gang was sitting around a table at the club drinking martinis and cozmos celebrating. Bankoutsu had just told them that Midoriko loved them and they were going to meet with her on Monday. A week from today.
Kagome was so bouncy and lightheaded she didn't notice the silver headed hanyou walking towards them.
Just when he thinks he's got it all. Inuyasha thought as he walked over to the table of drunk and borderlined drunked teens.
"Kagome." He called out to the bubbly singer.
Kagome turned around and immediately replaced her giddy smile with a scowl. "What the hell do you want?" she spat angrily.
"I came to tell you the real reason I broke up with you. That way you won't have any wondering thoughts when you're famous."
Kagome thought about it. He seemed okay but she didn't notice the sick look that Bankoutsu was displyaing on his face.
"Okay speak."
Kagome friends instantly leaned in eager to find out the reason the bastard broke their best friends heart.
"Well first I wasn't cheating on you or just wanted sex." Inuyasha began. "I...I did it for the image. I became mvp of the football team and needed to have an image."
Inuyasha looked at Bankoutsu realived face and smirked inwardly.
"You're so egolistic!" Kagome yelled. "The first two reasons were much better."
"I'm not done yet." Inuyasha stated calmly. "I thought about it for a long time and I went to Bankoutsu for help."
Everyones gaze swithched to an uncomfortable Bankoutsu."
"He told me you just felt sorry for me so I made my final decision and broke up with you."
Kagome looked back and forth between Bank and Inuyasha until it settled on Bankoutsu.
"Is it true?" She asked barely above a whisper with her lip trembling praying it was all just a lie.
"I...I just wanted..." Bankoutsu didn't get to finish because Kagome cut him off.
"You BASTARD!" Kagome said with mascara running down her cheeks from the tears that realesed them selves. "To think you were my inspiration. I HATE you!"
Kagome then ran out of the club stumbling. She pushed open the door only to be met with a hard form in front of her.
"Where are you going?" He whispered seductively and dangerously in her ear.
Kagome's eyes widened as she recognized the voice. She looked up slowly to come face to face with a drunk Hojo.
"Hojo?" She recognized the look of lust he held in his eyes and trembled. She always knew something was different about Hojo but now she knew what as he dragged her into an abandonned alley.
"Hojo...please don't."
Hojo smirked at Kagome's trembling body as he pushed her up against the wall.
"I want to enjoy this. Now shut up." He then forcefully placed his lips onto hers and enjoyed the taste of tears they held on them.
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Okay so what did ya think abou this chapter? This wasn't the tragedy I was talking about earlier but its not a good thing so you can call it a slight tragedy but just hoped you enjoyed. SONG SUGGESTIONS ARE NEEDED!!