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: "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…
Chapter 4. Auditions And New Looks
Sesshoumaru walked down the street that was supposed to be where Kagome lived. He looked back down to the piece of paper Kagome had written her address on. '9458 Shikon Dr.' Sesshoumaru looked back up to where he was. He was one house away from Kagome's. The thing is, that when he looked in the direction that the house was to be in, there was a giant flight of stairs.
"That jerk..She never told me she lived at the Higurashi shrine.." Sesshoumaru complained out loud, earning a few glances by some passersby. Sesshoumaru started to walk up the gruesome stairs. When he finally got to the top, he saw the shrine and then her house. It was a nice looking house, pretty decent. In fact, the type of house Sesshoumaru has always wanted. Normal. Not some big fancy mansion, that he keeps getting lost in until he finally permanently settled into a home, when he was twelve. And he's still getting lost at times at this one.
"Alrighty then.." Sesshoumaru stated to no one in particular. He then knocked at the door and waited for someone to answer. It was Kagome's little brother, Souta who answered. Souta looked at Sesshoumaru and didn't say anything. Sesshoumaru was a little agitated by this so he spoke first.
"Is Kagome at home?" Asked Sesshoumaru with annoyance in his voice. Souta stared. Sesshoumaru was getting more and more annoyed by the second. "Well, is she or not?" Sesshoumaru asked, sounding a little bit mean and harsh. It was then that Kagome's mother came to the door. "Souta who is it?" She asked just then looking at Sesshoumaru.
"Hello." She said politely. Sesshoumaru tried not to pounce on Souta. Especially not in front of his and Kagome's mother. "Hello, Mrs. Higurashi? Is Kagome at home, this is Sesshoumaru." Trying to get all her questions answered in one sentence. "Yes she is but she's still up in her room. Come and sit on the couch and I'll go get her for you." Mrs. Higurashi said as she led him to the living area and showed him the couch. Sesshoumaru sat down and waited while Mrs. Higurashi went upstairs.
Sesshoumaru sat there and waited until he heard footsteps rushing down the stairs. "Hey Sesshy-Kun!" Kagome said cheerfully when she saw the back of his head sticking out the back top of the couch. He turned around. "Hey" Sesshoumaru simply replied. "Where is everyone? Am I the first one here?" Sesshoumaru asked taking the time to look around and take in the scenery.
"Yep, you're first." She said Coolly as she walked into the kitchen. He just sat there. Then he suddenly heard a scream. Sesshoumaru shuttered and jolted up from his seat on the couch, and ran to the kitchen where he had heard the scream. It was Kagome. "What's your issue?" Sesshoumaru asked, with an eyebrow quirked looking at Kagome. She had a humorously scared look on her face.
Kagome pointed to a stack of clown-covered napkins. "You're kidding right?" Sesshoumaru looking at her still with the same expression, but wanting to laugh. "NOOOOO GET IT AWAAAAAYYYYY!" Kagome screamed as she ran to the 'Practice room' that was just renovated to the side of the house. Sesshoumaru just let out a small sigh and fallowed Kagome.
When he walked into the practice room, there Kagome was strumming a guitar. He looked at her as started randomly clapping. "That was good. You gonna be a guitarist too?" Sesshoumaru asked, while complimenting her good playing. "No, actually. Ill be singing and if needed back up drums." Kagome stated. "Why would you do that? Can you play the drums good as well?" Sesshoumaru said, taking a seat next to Kagome. "Yeah, better then I can the guitar." Kagome said shrugging. "Ah.." Was all Sesshoumaru said before basically everyone barged in from a different door he came through. It was a direct door from outside.
"Hey how come they get to use that door?" Asked Sesshoumaru in a very slight pouting voice. "Cause they knew of that door." Kagome said very gently taping him up side the head, looking at him like he was stupid for not seeing it. "Yeah, yeah." Sesshoumaru said, getting annoyed again. "So, we gonna start or not!" Sango asked in a yelling voice. "Alright, alright we'll start.." Kagome said putting her hands over her ears as if Sango were being much to loud. "So who's going first?" Asked Kouga. "Uh, well we know Kagome can sing, so we're good, with her singing. Wait, we already know all the positons..Except for Sesshoumaru." Sango said.
"That's right. Kagome is going to be the main female vocals, Kouga is going to be the bassist, Miroku, is going to be the drummer, Bankotsu is going to be a guitarist and backup male vocals, and Rin is backup female vocals and the other guitarist." Kagome stated, from reading off a piece of paper. "All we need from Sesshy-Kun is his voice if he can sing." Kagome added. "Sesshy-Kun?" They all asked in unison. "Yeah that's my special little nickname for him now." Kagome said smiling. "Right.." Everyone said now not caring much.
"So, Sesshoumaru start whenever you want" Bankotsu said smirking, wanting Sesshoumaru to suck so he could be lead male singer. Sesshoumaru felt like an idiot. What if he was bad? They would laugh at him. And he hated that…
Flashback/Something..-
A 5 year old Sesshoumaru ran up to his father and tugged his sleeve. "What is it, son?" InuTaisho looked down at Sesshoumaru putting his hand over the talk part of the phones receiver. "Daddy, one day I'm going to be just like you! You're the best ever!" Sesshoumaru said looking up at his father with a bright toothy smile. This broke InuTaisho's heart. Around his children he seemed to be a good guy. But in all truth it hurts to even look at Sesshoumaru. The only reason he exists is because InuTaisho needed a son to take over the family business. That's all there is to it. He didn't 'want' him. He needed him, for his own selfish purposes.
But then only mere hours after Sesshoumaru was born his mother died, still unknown to Sesshoumaru himself as to why. His father wouldn't say, and still wont. But after that InuTaisho had to raise and take care of Sesshoumaru. His mother was supposed to do that. He wasn't in the equation. He'd work while she took care of the baby. That's it. And love defiantly wasn't in the equation. At first. But as Sesshoumaru grew up, InuTaisho realized he had a great son, and one to be proud of. One to brag about to his friends about Sesshoumaru's perfect grades. He behaved properly, he did everything he was told. InuTaisho did come to love him in time. And now that Sesshoumaru was older and in junior high. He was only slightly rebellious. But InuTaisho was not prepared for what was to happen next. He would start doing things on his own and..Dating..That frightened him a lot. And often InuTaisho would tell Sesshoumaru he was proud of him. And Sesshoumaru would take great pride in that.
And that's why Sesshoumaru hated being laughed at. He had a big ego and took to much pride in himself.
Normal-
"Sesshoumaru! Any time now!" Bankotsu yelled at him, who seemed to be in la la land staring down at his feet. Sesshoumaru looked up at him. "Huh? Oh..yeah." Sesshoumaru stood up and walked in front of them. Took a acoustic guitar off the wall, and tuned it quickly. And he started to play a song. It was "Fairy Times Memory ~Another Tale~" by, Phantasmagoria. He was good on the guitar. But when he sang the song, everyone's eyes almost popped out of their head's and their jaws dropped. He was simply amazing..
"Ikikau kokoro to motometeiru kimochi
Kakusenai karaNarihibiku tokei kara ni naru jikan
Umaru koto naku
Ame ni utareru you ni sameteiku kimochi to kokoroDoko made mo shizumi iku no kana
Tsugeru sayonara hajimari no aizuWasuresaru tameIkura me wo tojite mite mo kie wa shinaiKako no omoide
Mado ni yorisoi nagasu namida tomeru koto dekizuOmoi kaesu you ni
Itsumade mo anata wo omou koto wa shinai yoDakedo kono koi wa saikou no monogatari deshita
Ima dake to anata no koto ubawarete mo
Anata to no koto wa yumeutsutsu
Towa wo kanjite ai ni tsutsumareteita toki no memoriiMou modoranai yo ne
Misetekureta joukei yousei to e niKono akeru koto no nai hako ni tsumeKagi wo akeru kara.."
When Sesshoumaru was finished everyone sat there, completely bewildered. He was so great. It was gentle and elegant. But at the perfect time his voice got hostel and violent. Kagome jumped up and hugged Sesshoumaru. "SESSHY-KUN THAT WAS SOOOOO PERFECT!" Kagome said jumping up and down still hugging him. Sesshoumaru simply wrapped an arm around her waist as she did this.
Everyone else continued to stare. It was now know that Sesshoumaru was a great singer and had the perfect voice for anytime of music almost. And he spoke other languages. That's a plus too, depending where they would want to go with that.
"You guys think so?" Sesshoumaru asked, everyone who was still staring in shock. When finally they were responsive. "Yeah!" They all yelled. "Hm.. Who knew..?" Sesshoumaru said shrugging. "Kagome you can free me now" Sesshoumaru said, Kagome still hugging him. "Oh, yeah. Sorry." She said as she began to blush, and she let go of him. "Hey, Sesshoumaru can you sing screamo?' Asked Kouga curiously. "I don't know, you tell me." Sesshoumaru replied smartly. "Then try. Sing a screamo song. There's like five I can think of off the top of my head." Kouga replied. "Pick one. We got "Agitated Screams Of Maggots, by Dir En Grey, "Merciless Cult", also by Dir En Grey, "Neo Ark", by Phantasmagoria, "Discharge" by The GazettE, Ryoujoku No Ame, by Dir En Grey" Kouga said listing the songs.
"Uh..How about Ryoujoku No Ame..I know them all but, I think Ill have a better chance with that first time." Sesshoumaru said. Alright, then go ahead." Kouga said, sitting back down. Sesshoumaru put the acoustic guitar back on the wall and got an electric guitar, and plugged it in the amp, he didn't need to tune it. He then began to play the basic guitar parts of the song and started singing..
Tsuminai hito sae moNaminurui ame ni utare ne zuku kizuUso ga ima umareDoko kara de uso de wa naku natteItsushiku kotoba mo kono hi sae subeteAyamachi ni umorete yukuAoku kegarenai kioku dakishimeGekijyou no namida ni kibou sae nijinde yukiIma wo ikite yuku tsuyosa sae...Gekijyou ni kurui nagekiInori wo yuuhi ni kakageBurning from the insideCrying with NI WA SUKUENAIGekijyou no namida ni ushinatta yasashisa to waUmare koko ni ataerareta aiUshinatta kokoro no wakeJibun no yawosa daro?It is then the proof of sadness, caused by absolute justiceIn the lukewarm rain which does not stop...
When Sesshoumaru was done, again, everyone was bewildered. He was awesome at that too! "The was perfect. You can really sing." Rin said shyly. (A/N: Notice so far this is one of first if not the first time Rin has said anything.) "Thanks, what do you guys think?" Sesshoumaru said staring down everyone else. "Great" They all said in unison. "Good, good.." Sesshoumaru said, proud of himself. "Hey what time is it?" Sesshoumaru asked, he had a few 'appointments'. "4:46, why?" Bankotsu said looking at his watch, that looked more like a wristband. Sesshoumaru's eyes widened. "CRAAAAAAAAAAAAP!" Sesshoumaru screamed as he began to gather his things in his bag. "I gotta go, now." Sesshoumaru said as he headed to the doorway. "Where you going?" Kagome asked curiously. "I must go my father will be furious if I'm late for dinner." Sesshoumaru lied. "Goodbye" He stated before he left with a running start, with his demonic speed.
The Next Morning…
Sesshoumaru woke up with a sore eyebrow, lip, and ears. He had gotten them all pierced yesterday. Though the biggest thing of all though was what he did with his hair. He cut it. Almost all of it. It's now like Kagome's only tamer. He smirked. 'Will Kagome like it?' He thought. The he realized something..Does he like her? That thought scared him. Not because he didn't like her back. There was a more far worse reason. In fact two. In school, it doesn't matter who you are, or who your dating, you'll be ridiculed, teased, picked on, and all that. Plus Sesshoumaru was a lot more popular then Kagome, Rin, Sango, Ayame, Kouga, Bankotsu, and Miroku.
But it has been getting worse since he started hanging out with Kagome and the others. The girls have been chasing him more. Which he guesses is because they may know Kagome like him, or somehow know he likes Kagome. No..They cant know something like that. Because he's never told anyone, nor is it true. Is it? "Whatever.." Sesshoumaru said, nothing higher then a low mono toned whisper. He then went to the shower.
When he came out, he went back to his bedroom and picked out his normal type of clothing. He loved the colors black and red, just like Kagome loved the colors green and black. So his clothing today consisted strictly of the colors black and red. He had a pure red tee-shirt with the words 'FREE HUGS! :…No Not Really…POSER!' in black letters. It was funny because he didn't have to say anything to his dumb fangirls. But aside from that he put on a bunch of assorted chains and necklaces around his neck along with a lose tie, that was all black with string thick silver lines. He also put on a pair of black tinted jeans. He put his piercings that he took out back in, the eyebrow being two little black balls, and his lip being two little red balls, and the top of his ear two little black balls. He put on his red studded belt and his black one, that slanted down his right a little. He then clipped his wallet to his front belt loop and put the wallet in his back pocket and let the chain rest on the side of his thigh. He did his new hair next, all he did was put in some gel in it and mess it up and let it spike a little. He let his hair in the front fall over the right side of his face, pretty much covering his right eye. He then applied some black eye smudge around his eyes, and put a bluish- grey plaid cap on. After that he strapped on his black hand bag what had a cloth logo for the band "AFI" pinned to it, it was actually cut away from a shirt. He then walked downstairs for some breakfast.
When he reached the kitchen, he was surprised to see his father there. "Good morning, father." Sesshoumaru said bowing very slightly before sitting down. "Good morning, son." His father replied, looking at him. It was going to be hard to get used to seeing Sesshoumaru with those piercings. "How is your morning so far, Sesshoumaru?" his father asked trying to start a little conversation with his son. "Ok..Face is sore." Sesshoumaru replied. "Ah, why did you get those silly piercings anyway, Sessh? Asked InuTaisho. "Because I wanted too." Sesshoumaru said as he ate his toast.
"If you say so." Said InuTaisho. Sesshoumaru stood. "I gotta go. See after school, father." Sesshoumaru said and he began to walk towards the front door. He put on his black and red checkered converse. "Have a good day, son." InuTaisho said before hearing a door close. And Sesshoumaru began his route to school.
FINALLY! DONE WITH THIS CHAPTER! -U Hope you guys liked it. It took forever..