DISCLAIMER: I don't own shit. So don't sue me.

A/N: Chapter's been edited and the story is finished. (All review answers on any chapters will be deleted over the course of the week.)

Chapter 1

The lights flash and land on the band and me. I walk up to the mike and flash a smile to the crowd as Jon starts playing the guitar and Mike hits the drums. I wait a brief minute before my cue comes on.

I'm an angel with broken wings
Who's poisoning the night
With love, from me to you

I look among the crowd and I spot her. The one I had left behind several years ago. She probably doesn't recognize me. I did change over the years. However I'm also sure that Nabiki sold her the info on who I was. It would explain why she's here.

I'm having an episode
Do want a small bit part
I think you might, oh, I hope you do

Oh, baby, go so slowly
Nowhere, nothing, quiet softly

I hear the crowd cheering and screaming my name, along with Mike, Jon, and Sammy's. As I sing the chorus Sammy joins in. And out of the corner of my eye I see Sasha singing along as well.

The world falls apart
In just seven days
It sinks to the bottom
In oceans of rain
The cure is so clear
The blood is astray
And everyone dies
Except for the rain

Sasha. Wow, I could say so much about her right now. I want to say so much about her. But there are really no words to describe her. She's just Sasha and, in many ways, she's my savior.

And I think that I'm
Starting to scare myself
And I think that I'm
Starting to scare myself

I was a sad heart-broken 19 year old when I came to America...actually I was in Brazil when I came to terms with my betrayal...but that's besides the point. When I came to Jersey all I had was Tony, the guy who helped me master my greatest weakness. Shortly after I had Sasha too.

I hate myself and I want you to die
So insincere, swallowing ice
And it all, will render useless

Welcome to enhancement by affiliation
Time swept by in a hungry nation
And everybody's dancing
To get it off their chests
And everybody dies
No one gets to rest

Of course it wasn't just Sasha and Tony who helped me through my trauma. Jon, Mike, and Sam helped a lot too. Though Mike was more useful as a distraction, nonetheless he was helpful in my...recovery.

Oh, baby, go so slowly
Nowhere, nothing, quiet softly

The world falls apart
In just seven days
It sinks to the bottom
In oceans of rain
The cure is so clear
The blood is astray
And everyone dies
Except for the rain

I think it was around the time that I first joined this band that I knew things were going to start looking up.

And I think that I'm
Starting to scare myself
And I think that I'm
Starting to scare myself

(And I think, and I think I'm
Starting to scare myself
And I think, and I think I'm
Starting to scare myself
And I think, and I think I'm
Starting to scare myself
And I think, and I think I'm
Starting to scare myself)

Look at me, I'm reminiscing. C'mon, man, get yourself back in the song...

Go slow for the
Angels will fall
For the bitterness
Of this orgy god
Half lives
With secular law
Suspended in a drug like
In a drug like
In a drug like
In a drug like
State of bliss

As I focus my mind back on the here and now I step away from the mike and let Mike, Sam, and Jon finish the song. I wait until the crowd quiets down so I can speak. While all this is happening I can't stop the smile that I wear.

Normally I wouldn't do this, since many of the people here are locals and live nearby me. But that someone who I'd left behind years ago need to know I'm not who I used to be.

"Hey there everybody. I guess I should introduce the band and myself for the few people who I don't recognize. I'll introduce the band first, since without them I wouldn't be standing here."

"Our guitarist is the one and only Jon Horton," A tall man coming in at about 5' 10", Jon was probably the smartest of the band. May have been because he graduated before the others, being a few years older can do that. Jon wears his brown hair short and has several piercing on his left ear. With piercing green eyes and a well-toned body, one rivaling mine, (though my eight-pack is better. ;)) and soft facial features, he's a lady's man. Though he doesn't search for girlfriends anymore, since our last tour he's found the girl he wants to spend the rest of his life with.

Next I turned to Mike, "Mike Buckner be our man on the drums," He's the shortest of our group, coming in at 5 ft. He's got brown hair that's dyed green and dark green eyes to match. He's a pretty skinny dude, but drumming has given him good arm muscles.

Then I turned to Sam, "Sam Woodbury, our kick ass bass guitarist," Sam is a few inches taller than Mike, she's 5'5", a fact she loves to tease Mike about and a fact he hates. She's got long brown hair with blue streaks in it. 3 piercings in each ear and one on her bellybutton. And a slim figure that was skinny but not too skinny. Her motto to all too preppy and giddy girls is: "I would kill to have a body like yours...in my trunk." Usually they aren't seen around anymore.

Finally I turned to the crowd, "And I'm Ryuu Mouko, the lead singer," I bowed. Taller than Sam but shorter than Jon, I come in at 5'8". Short black hair with blue tiger-like stripes and 5 piercings on my ears in total; 3 on the left and 2 on the right. I have blue-gray eyes and a lean build. I've got the build of a martial artist who occasionally practices, but also spends time singing and skateboarding.

After straightening up from my bow I opened my arms wide and flashed my lady-killer smile, "And together we form Misunderstanding Scars!"

:Sound similar to a record being stopped mid-spin is heard:

But I guess you would all like to know how I got to this point in my life. So let's go back to the beginning, back to when I first left. And found my first feeling of betrayal. Heh, never hit me until then just how blind I was to her feelings. But I'm getting off track. So go ahead, hit that flash back button, and let's get started.

A/N: Reviews welcome, flames will be used to fend off lawyers.

-Lov3the3vil