Disclaimer: don't own anything. the song is "In The Pretend World" by Scarling
Once Miroku came to get Sango and Kagome, they jumped to open the doors and pushed him in the back. Both were mad as hell and wanted revenge on Sesshomaru. Sango sped all the way to Kagome's house hoping to get Rin so that all of them could be there for the devious plot. All she had to do was get all the guys and somehow fit them and Rin in her backseat. It was going to be cramped seeing as there were only three seats in the back, but they would just have to deal with it.
As soon as they made it to the house, they ran inside and began looking for Rin and told Miroku to stay on the couch. They searched all over the house and couldn't find her. Beginning to think the worst, Sango and Kagome decided to check the backyard before forcing Miroku to show them the way to Sesshomaru's house.
It was getting dark out, so if she had gone swimming, the lights would be on. They weren't so now what? The girls thought long and hard about where she could have gone in the massive yard before being tackled by Inuyasha and Miroku. The girls were taken by surprise and screamed bloody murder which caused a third scream just like their's to be heard. It was somewhere in the yard behind the pool and it sounded like it was coming from the gazebo. Why hadn't they thought to look there?
"Rin?" Kagome called.
"Yeah? Hey, what's up with the screaming?"
"Well, these idiots decided to jump us and we fell. Where are you?"
"I've been in the gazebo for a pretty long time. We fell asleep. But your screaming woke us up."
"Oh, wait, WE!" Sango and Kagome yelled from their spots in the grass.
"Um yeah, we. So how do you plan on getting our cars back?" Rin asked changing the subject.
Sesshomaru spoke up. "You do know that the people who took your cars are either right next to or sitting on the person's back."
"Good point, so I'm just gonna go and bye!" Rin yelled the last part hoping to get to Kagome and Sango, push the guys off, run up to her room, and lock all of them safely inside. Unfortunately, Rin forgot who she was with and didn't make it two feet in the grass before she was also tackled. All anyone could see were shadows and silhouettes. It was actually quite funny. First, the silhouette known as Rin ran out from the gazebo. Then, out of nowhere, the other one fell from the sky and onto Rin. A lot of screaming and profanities were heard that night, even some new ones that Rin had made up just for the occasion. There was plenty of struggling between the two, mostly from Rin. When she managed to break free from Sesshomaru's grasp after biting his hand, she ran and almost got to the others but was swept up and put over a shoulder, again.
"Well if that wasn't weird I don't know what is." Miroku said casually.
"Yeah." Kagome, Sango, and Inuyasha all agreed.
All four of them started to laugh as Rin began her struggle again that had Sesshomaru stumbling backwards. In true Rin fashion, she had successfully managed to get Sesshomaru in the pool against his will. All she had to do was somehow make him fall in but she always ended up going in too. By now, the guys were in the grass rolling around laughing. The girls used this to their advantage and started to run away. Inuyasha and Miroku noticed that they were gone and went to look for them. Looking up, Miroku spotted Kagome on the recently installed slide. He ran to the ladder and made his way up all without Kagome seeing him. As soon as he got to the top, he yelled a very strange victory noise and pushed Kagome down. She shrieked and grabbed onto him as she slid down. Down the slide they went and into the water. For Miroku, it was a face first ride.
Somewhere in the yard, Sango was hiding from Inuyasha. She had the perfect plan and was going to execute it when the right time came. Sango was hiding in the same spot for a little less than two minutes before Inuyasha walked right past her. Now was her chance! She quietly got out from her spot and began running toward him. Once she was reasonably close to him, she jumped on his back and stuck her pointer fingers in his mouth while screaming "Fishhooks!" Inuyasha did not know what to do so he did what everyone else seemed to be doing at the time, falling in the pool. He ran as fast as he could and dove into the pool hoping Sango's fingers would loose their grip on the inside of his face.
So that's how they all ended up in the pool again. The amount of time they were in the pool was not as long as the last time because they were interrupted by another call from Myoga this time on Kagome's cell.
"Hello?"
"Hello Kagome, this is Myoga."
"Yeah." she wasn't really sure what the reason for the call was but didn't want to just hang up.
"I know I told you that you can look for your own new member, but I think I found one perfect for you. She actually lives two houses down from you, I believe she said she moved in two weeks ago. Well anyway, I told her to go over your house and she should be there any minute."
"Um, thanks? Oh, look at that, there she is!" Kagome said hanging up her phone when she saw a person walking into the backyard.
The person walked closer to Kagome and introduced herself. "Um hey, Myoga told me to come here and meet a band called Rubber Band. I'm Ayame." she promptly put her hand out so that she could shake Kagome's.
"Yeah, he just called me. I'm Kagome. Sango and Rin are in the pool arguing with their significant others and Inuyasha is the one laughing at them like an idiot."
"Who are they?" Ayame asked referring to the guys.
"Oh, they're in the band Kids in Cars." Kagome answered and yelled to the occupants of the pool. "Hey people of the pool, come out and meet Ayame!"
Rin and Sango yelled that they were coming and the guys ran/swam up to them and dunked the the girls' heads under so they could win the race that had somehow begun when Kagome yelled to them. The guys ran up the steps of the pool and quickly made it to the grass. They were so caught up in winning that they did not slow down on the grass and ended up falling while sliding across the grass. Rin and Sango calmly got out of the pool and confidently strode to Kagome and Ayame.
"If that didn't happen right in front of me, I don't think I would have believed it." Ayame said with wide eyes.
"You get used to it." Rin said in a bored tone.
"So, Myoga tells us we should get a new member, sends you, and just so happen to live two houses up. Talk about irony!" Kagome said with excitement.
"Yeah, so what exactly do you need a new member for?" Ayame asked already liking her new neighbors.
"I'm not sure, Myoga just said we should get a new member." Sango admitted."So, what do you play?"
"Guitar, bass, the occasional cello." Ayame said nonchalantly.
"Well then, wanna see if we're right for you and you're right for us?" Rin asked while dragging her into their practice area of the garage not waiting for an answer.
The guys followed behind the girls once they finally composed themselves after their less than graceful fall. Walking in the garage, they had seen the girls with their usual instruments and Ayame had a spare guitar in her hands.
"So, what song do you wanna do?" Rin asked looking through their songs. "How about we do a song that has already been made or something?"
"Sounds good, what do you have in mind?" Ayame asked getting used to the guitar.
"How about 'In the Pretend World' by Scarling?" Sango suggested.
"I love that song!" The three girls squealed.
"Don't I know it." Sango said with a smile.
( this is the lead, this is more than 1 person and everything else. same as before!)
Kagome and Ayame began the songs on their guitars as Rin sang.
In the pretend world
We all are very awake
In the pretend world
We all look sterile and fake
In this atmosphere
We all could chatter for days
In the pretend world
We never admit our mistakes
After a short pause of no sound, all the girls started to play their instruments while Rin began to sing again.
But in the real world
Were hiding alone and ashamed
And we cant live while
Because were addicted to pain
You see I cannot feel this
No matter how you try
In the real world
We can't deny
Sango stopped playing her drums for the next part while the others continued what they were doing and Kagome began singing with Rin.
In the pretend world
We gaze into empty eyes
We have to amuse ourselves
With adultery tales and white lies
Sango began to play her drums again as Rin started the next verse.
But in the real world
Where fools tormented for sport
We just stitch up our mouths
So we can't admit or retort
You see I cannot say this
Please don't ask me why
In the real world
We can't deny
Rin stopped singing and only played her bass along with the other girls until the break was over.
You see I cannot feel this
No matter how you try
In the real world
We can't deny
You see I cannot say this
Please don't ask me why
In the real world
We can't deny
Rin and Sango stopped playing so only Kagome and Ayame were still playing.
In my pretend world
We all are very awake
In this atmosphere
We all look starstruck and vague
You see I never loved you
No matter how you tried
In the real world
There's no goodbye
As the song finished, the girls all cheered and well acted like girls. Shouts of excitement were heard and plans for the future were made. It was quickly decided that Ayame was there to stay and Myoga was quickly called. Sango had used her phone to call him and put it on speaker phone so that they could all talk. After a couple short rings, the phone was answered.
"MYOGA!" all the girls answered once they heard him put the phone up to his ear.
"I guess this means Ayame is now a member of Rubber Band, so what does she do?"
"We decided on guitar, but other things if it is needed." Kagome answered.
"Well, its great how perfectly things worked out, so when do you want to start recording?"
"Whenever is good." Sango answered.
"How about after the guys tomorrow?"
"Perfect." All the girls answered and hung up the phone.
"So, you're finally going to jump into a life of one hundred percent hell along with us?" Sesshomaru asked Rin.
"You bet! This is going to be great!"
Inuyasha laughed. "Keep telling yourself that. Wait until the zombies come after you too and Bobby-Boom wants you on his show every freaking day."
"Yeah, yeah." Kagome said dismissing the warning. "Well, seeing as its quarter after twelve, why doesn't everyone stay over tonight?"
"Like your parents would go for it." Sango said.
"They wouldn't if they were here, but they have been on a business trip for the past week. Haven't you noticed that they aren't here?" Rin said as she began walking up the stairs to get blankets and pillows for seven tired yet oh so excited teens.
And there you have it! After taking my longest time ever, I am finally done with the chapter! Hope you liked it, now do your thing!
August 14, 2008