False Pretense

Description: He had fallen for her, and her him. But he screwed up, when it came to it he dumbly rejected her to uphold a reputation, but will he cave in when they start spending even more time together because of a band? SessKag,mainly

Recap: "Do we wanna know?" Asked Bankotsu staring at Sesshoumaru. "Heh, nah." Said Sesshoumaru finally getting off of Kagome and Sango. They glared at Sesshoumaru, and he just smirked. The girls got up and dusted themselves off. "Damn, Sesshoumaru musta been fun, eh?" Said Miroku giving Sesshoumaru a perverted look. "No, you cretin." Sesshoumaru said kind of annoyed of Miroku's perverted mind.

It was then that the bell rang, and they sprang to the school, hopefully not to be too late.

Chapter 3. The Band

Luckily, they weren't late. It was the warning bell. They managed to get to their lockers and to their homerooms just in time. Sesshoumaru, Kagome, and Kouga had the same homeroom while the others were all a few doors down. Since you don't have to do anything in homeroom, they just talked. Kouga was listening to "….Lost In Thought" by Phantasmagoria. So Kagome turned to talk to the youkai that sat next to her. "Hey Sesshoumaru, you wanna do something after school?" She asked, just as he turned to her. "Sure, what you wanna do?" He asked in reply. "Well actually me and everyone have been thinking." She said. "About?" He asked.

"Well, we have been think of starting a band." She replied, with a little bit of shyness in her voice a bit afraid that he would think its ridiculous to start a band.

"Oh, really?" He asked a bit interested in where she was getting. Sesshoumaru plays a few instruments, that nobody really knows about. "Alright, so exactly what are you asking me?" He asked, wanting to know if she wanted him to watch them practice, give an opinion , or be apart of the band itself.

"Well, we want you to be in the band. Can you either play an instrument or sing?" She asked him still slightly nervous.

"Well I can play some instruments but I have never tried to sing." Sesshoumaru said, actually wondering if he actually could sing or not. "I see, which instruments?" Kagome asked, really interested to know.

" I play, the violin, piano, drums, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, and the bass guitar." Said Sesshoumaru listing his instruments that he played. "And like I said I don't know if I can sing, I have never tried, so you'll have to be the judges of that." He added.

"Alright, sounds perfect!" Kagome said joyfully, It was all set. They would meet after school and figure who plays what and they would be set. Kagome was excited to know if Sesshoumaru could sing or not. If he could, to her, it would simply be. Hot. That's when that cursed bell rang to start that school day.

They got up and walked to their first period classes. Kagome and Sesshoumaru didn't bother to "exchange" their schedules to see what classes they had together. Kagome, to say the least wanted to be "surprised." When Sesshoumaru reached his destination, which was chemistry, and took a seat at one of the large black tables in the back, it sat four at it. He looked at the door, and at the same time in came Kouga and Bankotsu. Kouga was laughing about some dumb joke that Bankotsu had probably told him. That's what Bankotsu was famous for. His really dumb jokes. Some were actually funny, only because they were as cheesy as they were. They sat at the table that Sesshoumaru was at.

"Sup, Sessh?" Asked Bankotsu. Sesshoumaru flinched. 'Just get used to it, they are going to make up silly names for you, and weather you like it or not, so why bother?' Thought Sesshoumaru. Back to reality. Sesshoumaru nodded to them as acknowledgement.

"So, Sesshoumaru, did Kagome tell you about the band we're planning?" Bankotsu asked. Again, Sesshoumaru nodded. "You wanna be in it with us?" Kouga asked, curiously. Sesshoumaru shrugged. "I suppose it would be a good hobby, something to kill time. I do like to play my instruments as well." Sesshoumaru said. "What instruments do you play?" Asked Kouga. "I play the piano, violin, acoustic, electric, and bass guitars, and the drums. Basically if it were possible I could be a band of one." Sesshoumaru said smirking at the amazement on their faces.

"Really? Can you sing too?" asked Bankotsu still utterly amazed. "I don't know. I've never tried too before." Sesshoumaru replied. It was then that the bell ring to begin class and male students stopped talking and started paying attention to their teacher. After 80 minutes of that class, it was over and Sesshoumaru had his foreign language class next, which was a language that sadly he already knew. It was German. Before Sesshoumaru had came back to his native country, Japan, he had lived in several other countries, because of his father. He had lived in Russia, Germany, Romania, America, and Holland before he came back to Japan, in 6th grade. And him being extremely smart, a fast learner, and living there for over a year each, he had learned the language they spoke there.

So when he went to German class. He either did other homework or something, or even helped the teacher. So, there was no way he was going to fail that class. At least. After that 40 minute class was over he had math for another 80 minutes. To him math was easy. So he didn't really care, but they didn't do anything anyway..It was only the first day. Next was his study hall. That class he had with Kagome, and Rin. When he go to that class he sat down at the back table. He set down his things and began to work on something for homework. That's when Kagome and Rin walked in together.

"Hey, Sesshy-Kun!" Kagome said, happily as she sat down at the table, that Sesshoumaru was sitting at. "Hey, Kag." He said back to her. "Kag?" She asked. Since when did he have a nickname for her? "Yes. If I allow you to call that degrading nickname, then I can call you 'Kag'." He said, smirking at her. "Uh..Okay, then." She then looked over at Rin. She was listening her Mp3 player. Kagome could hear it from where she was so it must be pretty loud. And to Sesshoumaru, who was right next to Rin, because he was in the middle, could hear it even more so. Not only because he was a little closer, but of his demonic hearing as well.

"Hey Kagome. What are you going to do in the band?" Sesshoumaru asked, a little curious. "I'm going to be the main, female vocals. And if needed backup drums." She replied. "So you can sing?" He asked, even more curious. "People say I can. So I guess." Kagome, said shrugging. "Well, then. Ill be looking forward to hearing you sing." Sesshoumaru said smirking at Kagome's blush. "Heh." Was all Kagome could choke out. "You know Rin, is going to be the backup female singer." Kagome said, trying to get the subject off of her.

"Back up singer, as in singing with you, or if you cant sing, she will for you?" Sesshoumaru asked. "Both." Kagome replied simply. "Well, now you say 'female vocals' so. Does that mean that at times there will be lead male singer, and back up?" Sesshoumaru asked slightly confused. "Actually, yeah." Kagome said, surprised he was able think of that. "Okay, and who exactly are those male vocals?" Sesshoumaru asked. "Well Bankotsu is all we got. So we're actually counting on you." Kagome replied, sheepishly. "That's…Not a good thing to do, Kag. What if I turn out to suck at singing?" Sesshoumaru asked, kind of annoyed at such a terrible action.

"I know..But your or only hope, really. Kouga, and Miroku, SUCK! We already cleared that." Kagome said, emphasizing the work 'suck'. "Yes well. You better hope and pray.." Sesshoumaru said. And so on went the school day. After study hall, Sesshoumaru had Lunch, then Japanese class, then Physical Education. After that. He went home to hang for a little while before walking to Kagome's address. This would be interesting…

YESS! I made a long one! Er….Longer one. XDD Heh, hopefully I can make more longer ones. I'm not very good at that though..