InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ As the Band Plays ❯ Taking Over ( Chapter 13 )

Kouga stood on stage and helped Miroku set up the girls band equipment. He looked around the club. "Hey, Miroku, where's Inu Yasha? Isn't he supposed to be here helping?"

Miroku shook his head as he put the last finishing touches on the drum set. "He is going to be a little late, because he had to have his stitches removed today."

Kouga nodded. "Oh yeah, I forgot," he said as he stood up to stretch.

Ayame bounced in, giggling, as usual and plopped down on the side of the stage. "Hey boys!" she crooned. Her top swung down so low that it barely covered her skimpy bra. "The girl's will be here later, I came on my own. Sango had to help her dad with dressing a deer he shot and Nazuna and Kagome are who knows where, but they said they'd be back."

The guys blinked. "Well, looks like we get stuck doing all the work," Miroku muttered as he wiped some sweat from his forehead.

Kouga rolled his eyes. "Why does that not surprise me in the slightest?"

"I'll help!" Ayame perked up and leaned forward.

Miroku smiled as she leaned forward and he got a good view of her breasts. "Well, I suppose you could," he said.

Kouga growled and kicked Miroku in the lower back. "Back off, pervert!" he growled at the now prone man on stage.

The spunky girl blinked and looked up at Kouga. She giggled and threw her arms around Kouga's leg. "My hero!"

Kouga blushed and then coughed. "Yeah, I guess so," he mumbled as Miroku jumped to his feet and snuck behind Kouga, grabbing the elastic band of Kouga's boxers. Miroku grinned as he gave his friend the wedgie from hell. Kouga's face turned bright red as he yelled. "Miroku you're dead!!" The young man began to dance around on stage, trying to undo the wedgie while Miroku laughed until he couldn't breathe.

Ayame giggled and leaned back wards, until she was laying on the stage. "So what numbers are you guys doing tonight?

"Actually, I don't think we are performing tonight, but I could be wrong," Miroku said.

Kouga stopped dancing around. "Huh? We are performing? Tonight?!" he asked in shock.

Ayame blinked. "That's what Sess and Inu-koi said."

Miroku sighed and Kouga's jaw dropped. "This is the first we heard of this," Miroku stated. "We didn't even bring are gear with us."

The girl looked at them oddly. "What are you talking about? Your stuff is out front!"

"Yet again, Sess and Inu surprise us all," Miroku said as he hit Kouga to bring him back to reality.

The door banged open and a very riled Sango came barging in. "Alright, it's almost nine. The girl's will be here later. Nazuna had to go meet with her boyfriend, and Kagome's with Sesshoumaru. I don't know when Inu Yasha will be here, but then again, I'm not his keeper."

Kouga cringed back behind Miroku and whispered. "Do you think its PMS? Cause if it is, I'm running for the door now."

Miroku shivered. "Oh God I hope not..."

Sango leapt up onto the stage and swung at Kouga, knocking him on his ass. "Shut the hell up, ingrate." She huffed and turned around to start finish setting up the band's insignias.

Kouga sat up and slowly scooted off stage. "She scares me..."He whispered under his breath as he sat down in the front row.

Ayame blinked. "They're out on another date? I thought Nazuna didn't like that guy."

Miroku raised a brow. "Is it the guy Inu and Sess hate with a passion?"

Sango rolled her eyes. "Is it ever anyone else? That baka Kaguromaru is about to drive me insane. And then those idiots Sesshoumaru and Kagome just leave to go god knows where!"

Miroku and Kouga looked at each other and wiggled their eye brows and then grinned.

"Go Sesshoumaru!" Miroku cheered.

Ayame blinked as she heard a car pull up outside. "Uh oh, that sounds like Inu Yasha..." she muttered.

No sooner than his name left Ayame's lips, Inu Yasha burst into the room with a scowl on his face. "Where in the fucking hell is that drag queen brother of mine? And why is all of our equipment still out in front?!" he snapped.

"Him and Kagome left, and we haven't heard from them in a while!" Ayame chirped helpfully. Sango froze for a second and looked over at Miroku.

Miroku looked around nervously. "What? Why is everyone looking at me for?"

Ayame shrugged. "And Nazuna is--" Sango leaned down and clamped a hand over the girl's mouth before she could say another word and laughed nervously.

Inu Yasha looked over at the girls. "Nazuna is what?" he asked.

"She's grabbing the rest of our costumes for tonight," Sango answered quickly brushing her hands off on her pants.

Suspiciouslu, Inu Yasha pulled out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket. "So, what's everyone standing around for?" he asked as he looked over at Kouga and Miroku. They shrugged.

"Nothing to do," Kouga said in response.

"Nothing to do? How about moving our shit inside and getting it set up?!" Inu Yasha snapped back.

Miroku and Kouga trudged off to get their stuff from up front, cursing Inu Yasha along the way.

Just as they were going outside, another car pulled up and a couple doors slammed. Kagome's laughter filtered through the open door to reach the ears of the others. Sango groaned and slapped a hand over her face as she tried to convince herself that she was at home in her big comfy bed.

Sesshoumaru's laughter rang out with hers as they walked in. "And then Inu fell off stage and landed face first into the very busty woman's cleavage. The boy was so red, you would swear he was a tomato."

Kagome blinked up at him. A smile blossomed across her face as she gave him a quick hug. "So how'd it go? You gonna live?"

Inu Yasha held up his hand showing the scar. "Yeah, I still have my hand."

Sesshoumaru scowled at losing Kagome's attention. "Well, at least when you jack off, little brother, if one hand gets tired, you can switch off now."

The raven haired teenager glared at his older brother. "Don't you have to fix your eye liner or something, Sess?" he shot back.

Kagome scowled slightly. "Will you two be nice?! Sess, honestly, you're how much older? And Inu-kun, you shouldn't be so mean. I think his eyeliner is very sexy." She made a face at both of them.

The boys blinked as a voice rang out from behind them. "Yeah, how about you two quit bitching for once and help bring in the band's equipment," Kouga said as he carried in two guitars and his bass.

Inu Yasha rolled his eyes as he walked out the door to help Miroku bring in his drum set.

"I'm four years older than Inu Yasha," Sesshoumaru responded to Kagome's question. "Besides, he acts like a spoiled 5 year old."

Kagome sighed. "Ok, well I have to go call Nazuna, so go help them," she said as she walked off.

Sesshoumaru walked over and helped Kouga set up the mics and then moved over to help Inu Yasha and Miroku with the drums. Inu Yasha smiled as he stood behind Sesshoumaru and banged a symbol over his head, which caused a horrible clanging sound.

"God damn it, Inu Yasha! Can you not quit?!" the silver haired man yelled at the teenager while holding his ears trying to get them to stop ringing.

Kagome came back out from behind the curtain and scowled at the boys. "Nazuna will be here in a bit, you guys can go start putting on make up," she said to Sango and Nazuna.

The guys finished their stage equipment and lounged around on stage trying to catch a breather. Inu Yasha lay back onto the stage floor and stared up at the lights above him while he smoked a cigarette.

Back in the dressing room, the girls were applying their makeup, and putting on their costumes. Nazuna was relating the story of her latest date to Ayame, but Sango and Kagome were more engrossed with the songs they were going to sing tonight. Suddenly everyone looked up as they heard a knock on the door.

Sesshoumaru stood at the door. "Hey girls, can I borrow some eye drops? My contacts are irritating my eyes."

Kagome opened the door and looked up at him. She was wearing a layered skirt that had been ripped and torn and drug through hell and back. Her corset top lifted her breasts up and held them together in a tight confinement. It was black with silver laces and red designs over it. Her hair was tied up into two pigtails and her makeup was done up messily in a dark fashion and she wore fishnets with bondage boots. She extended her arm to hold the eye drops out to Sesshoumaru.

"Here," she said quietly.

Sesshoumaru took the eye drops from her hand. "Arigatou..." he mumbled as he looked her over. "My, you're a vision, Kagome."

She blushed slightly and smiled. "Thank you, Sesshoumaru," she said.

"Well, I guess I better get back and get the guys up and ready to get dressed then," he said as he turned and walked back to the others. "Alright, get your sorry asses up and let's get dressed!" He boomed out. Inu Yasha threw his cigarette butt at him. "Yeah, yeah, whatever fluffy," he said as him and the others got up and went to their dressing room.

Kagome turned around and looked at the girls. "Ok, you guys ready? It's about time to go on."

Sango looked up. She was dressed in what looked like a sheer pearly night gown, and her hair was glossy and shining as it streaked down her back, her face similarly made up like Kagome's.

Ayame was dressed in a black leotard and a huge white tutu, with her hair swept up into a bun, and she was wearing combat boots.

Nazuna had on a pair of black pants and a black trench coat, buckled several times over her chest. They all smiled to each other, wishing each other good luck and then nodded to their assent of the proceedings.

The guys stood there, waiting on Sesshoumaru to finish with his make up.

"Geez, fluff boy, do ya think you're taking long enough?" Inu Yasha asked as he propped against the door frame wearing a pair of stone washed jeans a white silk shirt and a black leather vest.

Sesshoumaru growled as he continued to primp himself up.

Miroku banged his head against the wall, chanting, "Hurry up, hurry up...." Tonight Miroku let his hair hang down loose and his black t-shirt was a tight fit across his chest. He had chains hanging down from his bondage jeans and his boots were polished to a blinding shine.

Kouga just sighed as he finished braiding his hair. He was just dressed in a simple white t shirt that fell in soft folds on his body and faded comfortably worn blue jeans.

Sango knocked on the door and peered in at the boys. "You guys, you need to get out here if you're watching us; we're all already onstage."

Sesshoumaru finished and stood up. "Yes, we are coming," he said as he walked out the door.

"Well, you heard the drag queen, lets get out there and enjoy ourselves," Inu Yasha said as he and the others followed his brother and took their seats up front, like always.

The lights slowly danced across the stage as the girls started their music.

"You don't remember me,

But I remember you,

I lie awake and try so hard

Not to think of you...."

Kagome's voice trailed out over the audience as the lights turned blue over the girls.

The guys clapped and yelled from their seats. Inu Yasha smiled up at Kagome and gave her a thumbs up. She smiled at the boys and continued singing.

"But who can decide what they dream...

And dream I do...."

Her eyes closed and the lights exploded across the rest of the stage. Ayame sang softly into the mic a haunting sort of croon to add to the effect.

"I believe in you,

I'll give up everything just to find you,

I have to be with you,

To live

To breathe,

you're taking over me...."

A man in the back row with long dark hair sat in the shadows with his eyes locked onto Kagome with a wicked smirk on his face. A wicked plot was running through his mind as Kikyou sat next to him, leaning her head onto his shoulder.

"She is a beautiful specimen of female, is she not?" Naraku asked in a natural baritone.

A twinge of irritation ran through the regal girl as she shifted her position, pressing her breasts more against his arm, trying to recall the attention back to herself. Naraku's infatuation with this girl was becoming irritating, and she would not loose him to some new piece of ass that just showed up. She had worked far too hard for far too long, sacrificed far too much for her status. She would not loose him now. "Sorry, dear? Yura was distracting me. Her incredibly loud slurping noises with Juromaru were directly in my ear," she said coolly.

Yura pulled back from her boyfriend, wiping her mouth delicately. Her scowl towards Kikyou was none too loving as she settled back into the nook of Juromaru's arm.

Naraku simply ignored the excursion of their tirade. He was far to engrossed in fine tuning his newly laid out plan for the luscious piece of meat who was up for the taking on stage. `And just look at her,' he thought maliciously. `Offering up her talents like that, like a whore who's just begging to be taken.'

He had long ago grown tired of the ball and chain latched onto his arm like it was a life line. And it was, in a way: a life line for her introduction into the world of his status and rank.

Naraku undressed the girl onstage with his eyes as she seduced him with her voice. Yes, she would make a fine replacement indeed.

The girls were all too involved in their music to even guess what was going on in the back row and Kagome took her few steps forward reaching out deftly with one hand drawing the audience in with the gesture.

"Have you forgotten all I know

And all we had?

You saw me mourning my love for you

And touched my hand.

I knew you loved me then!"

Her voice rang out through the dynamic speaker system as they ran through the chorus, draining the false fronts from the audience, making everyone of them show there true selves. Exposed for even just a moment.

"I believe in you,

I'll give up everything just to find you,

I have to be with you,

To live

To breathe,

You're taking over me."

Kagome wrapped her hands as close as she could around the head of the mic as she sang desperately.

"I look in the mirror and see your face...

And if I look deep enough.....

There's so many things inside that look

Just like you are taking over........."

Leaning forward, the siren onstage engrossed the populace of the audience as she nearly whispered as Ayame and Nazuna carried out her last note of the last bit.

"I believe in you,

I'll give up everything just to find you.

I have to be with you,

To live

To breathe,

You're taking over me!!

Nazuna built up the chords on her guitar and Sango worked her magic at the set as the girls all started singing their finishing performance.

"I believe in you,

I'll give up everything just to find you.

I have to be with you,

To live

To breathe,

You're taking over me!!"

Sango slammed down on the drums as she sang an echo to Kagome.

"Taking over me....

<i>taking over me….</i>

Taking over me.......

<i> taking over me…</i>

Taking over me……"

The music faded and the lights dimmed before turning to the house lighting.

The guys jumped to their feet yelling and clapping. Miroku, being the pervert he always was, shouted, "Sango, you're so hot! Meet me in my room tonight and cool me off!"

Kouga ducked his head and laughed as Inu Yasha denied knowing the boy to the other people that sat near him.

Naraku smiled wickedly as he confirmed his plan which he would soon set in motion with the finale of the symphony of his desire.