Don't Jump!
Summery: AU. Sakura is a singer trying to get noticed and Gaara along with Naruto, Kankuro, are part of the best band in Kagura. At an amateur singing contest that their record label forced them to judge Sakura walks on the stage and belts out the best song of the night and the rest is history. Gaara/sakura. Warning: Character death, and implied…cough, cough
A/N: INSPERATION HAS STURCK! Who am I to refuse my Muse when she comes along? Anyway I don't own Naruto, and the song belongs to the best foreign band Tokio Hotel! As well as a few other bands I will mention at the end.
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"SAKURA!" screams a voice and I look up from the guitar sitting in my lap. "What Ino?" I ask as my best fri-enemy runs up to me waving a flyer. "THEIR HOSTING A SINGING CONTEST!" she screams skidding to a stop in front of me and the tree I'm leaning against, scattering leaves and dirt all over my notebook. "Great Ino," I mumbled picking up the book and tilting to so that the dirt will side off. "Who's hosting the contest?" I ask, looking up at my hyper-excited friend. "REVOTUTION!" she yells waving the brightly colored flyer at me again. I snatch it from her hands.
Come to the Fire Nation's greatest band's first ever SINGING CONTEST!
All genre's and styles are welcome
REVOULTION will be the judges
Winner will have a chance to record their song with the band on their NEXT CD!
So come out of June 1st and sing your heart's out! (bands are welcome)
I snort and hand it back to her. "And I care why?" I said looking back down at my guitar, strumming a few cords off before she sighs and plops down in front of me. "BECAUSE you have like the best, sexiest voice ever and you would totally win." I smile and snort again. "It's good to know that you think I'm sexy Ino, but I don't float in that boat." She roles her eyes and snaps "You know what I meant. You should enter; I mean it could be a perfect way to get a record deal." I look up and hiss "That's low Ino." She smiles, shakes her head, not answering, and leans back on her hands. "What? You know it's true." I growl and return to my guitar. My retro style acoustic black rosewood with my name sketched on in curly tattoo-style calligraphy on the along the fret boards, was a gift from one of my many foster mothers. "You know that I can't enter anyway." she roles her eyes and answers "Can't or won't?" I hiss and stand up, swinging my guitar over my back. "Just shut up. I'll think about it." I snap walking away. But I know that I'm going to enter, just to prove her wrong.
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Gaara growled low in his throat as he sat with his bass in his lap listening to Naruto and Kankuro ague about the contest. "SHUT THE FUCK UP!" screams Temari slapping them both on the head. "You guys don't have a choice, you ARE going to do this and I don't care if you think it's stupid."
I nodded at her and pluck the strings of the bass, causing notes to rip through the penthouse, the amp was cranked up. And that is what ended the conversation. Naruto and Kankuro don't even react but Temari jumped and covered her ears.
Kankuro gets up and sits at his drum set, sitting waiting for Naruto and me to take our positions. I move in front of the mic and test the sound, while Naruto picks up his guitar and pulls a few notes, adjusts the tuning pegs and pulls a few more, satisfied this time. I nodded back to Kankuro and begin the beat, once Naruto and Kankuro join, I start to sing,
(Verse
1)
I wanted you to know
That I love the way you laugh
I
wanna hold you high and steal your pain away
I keep your
photograph
And I know it serves me well
I wanna hold you high
and steal your pain
(Chorus 1)
cause I'm broken when I'm
lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're gone
away
(Bridge)
You've gone away
You don't feel me
here...anymore
(Verse 2)
The worst is over now
And we can
breathe again
I wanna hold you high, you steal my pain
away
There's so much left to learn
And no one left to fight
I
wanna hold you high and steal your pain
(Chorus
2)
cause I'm broken when I'm open
And I don't feel like I am
strong enough
cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't
feel right when you're gone away
Instruments
(Chorus
2)
cause I'm broken when I'm open
And I don't feel like I am
strong enough
cause I'm broken when I'm lonesome
And I don't
feel right when you're gone away
(Chorus 1)
cause I'm broken
when I'm lonesome
And I don't feel right when you're
gone...away
(Bridge)
You're
gone away
You don't feel me here...anymore
As the last notes die Temari claps and then we hear the banging on the door. She jumps up and opens it letting in Neji, Kiba, and Shikamaru. "Hey guys." She says and hugs them all.
"Hey." They answer and nod to us, which we return. "Hey guys that sounded great!" Kiba says unzipping his coat and letting Akamaru drop to the floor. I nodded and pulled my cell phone out. "Guys studio now, they're so going to be pissed off." I said standing up and putting my bass gently into the hard case I had drawn all over.
Standing, then pushing past my friends and walking out, I knew they would follow me so I continued down the stairs until I was outside. I walked up to a black Kawasaki Ninja with a red kanji for 'love' on the gas tank.
The others pilled into Temari's navy blue Jeep Wrangler. I peeled out of the parking garage and drove downtown to the office building that held Suna Records Inc. I got there a full ten minutes of the others, so I waited leaning against my bike smirking when they finally arrived. "What took ya so long?" I asked with a smirk.
Temari huffed and snorted "You try to weave in and out of traffic in this thing." I smiled and got up and walking into the building, preparing myself for the crap the exc's were going to throw at us about the stupid contest.
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Two months later, day of the contest—
Beep, Beep, Bee- CRASH
"Why am I up so early?" I ask myself out loud rolling out from under my black and neon spotted, down comforter anyway. I shuffle across the hardwood floor, stepping over the broken alarm clock and into my own private oasis. With its teal walls, slate tiles on the floor and lining the shower stall, which I get into start the water.
As I soaped my hair and body I realized that I should probably shave, so I lathered my legs, grabbed my razor and shaved.
When
I was done I jumped out and flicked the over head fan on to clear the
steam off my mirror, quickly dried off, wrapped my hair up in a
separate towel and went across the wood to my walk-in where I pulled
out some lacy panties and the matching bra. Slipping them on I pulled
the towel off my head and rubbed it dry, flipping it I grabbed a pair
of light wash skinny jean and tugged them on.
I crossed the room
quickly blow-dried my black hair, with my natural pink underneath as
my bottom layer. I put black eye-shadow with silver sparks on my
lids, outlined them with a thick black eyeliner pencil and then
applied mascara to my fair lashes.
With that done I crossed the room to my closet and pulled on a black tee shirt with silver angel wing tattoo design on the back.
My knee length black leather stiletto boots where next. I sat down on a padded bench to buckle the buckles around my calf and the one that tightened the boot on my arch. I got up checked myself in the mirror, putting the long chain with two dog tags around my neck and left the room.
I walked to my desk, closed my laptop, and grabbed my black leather jacket from the back of the teal plastic chair, then my purse, shoving my laptop into it as I went. And by my door in its stand was my Fender Mustang, in cheery red rosewood with my name sketched underneath the strings and red cheery blossom petals along the fret board. I quickly and gently put the guitar into the black and white Louis Vuitton case and closed it, locking the center latch.
I flicked the door open and walked out and down the stairs, side-stepping Sika and Tora the cat playing on the floor at the bottom of the stairs in the kitchen. "Bye Aimi, see you later." I called walking to the mud-room and out into the garage. I typed in the code to get the door open, popped the trunk open to my Cadillac Escalade Hybrid, gently placing the guitar on the floor and setting my purse and jacket down with it. I pulled out my cell phone, pulled up my contacts and called Ino. "Hey Sakura-Forehead!" she called happily into the phone. "Hey Ino-Pig, I'm going to be pulling up in like five minutes, be ready!"
I grunted as I lifted one of my bigger amps up and carried it to the car with two hands, balancing the phone on my shoulder. "What are you doing? You know what never mind I don't even want to know how much stain you are putting on the shoulder." I hissed and lugged the amp into the trunk and leaned against the bumper. "My shoulder is fine Ino. Can you call TenTen and Hinata for me? I can't get pulled over by the rent-a-cops again for my cell."
She sighed and made and audible noise of agreement then hung-up. "Bitch," I said to myself and rolled my shoulder. "Of course she has to be right about my shoulder." I hiss and close the trunk just now noticing that my foster mother's asshole of a boyfriend Itatci leaning against the mud room door. "How's that shoulder?"
I role my eyes and flick him off, of course he chuckles and walks down the steps and hands me a granola bar. "I thought you would want that." I role my eyes again and dig my keys out from my purse, open the car door and climb in. "I'm sure you did." His hand stopped the door as I went to close it. "Sakura…" he started and I narrowed my eyes at him, "Don't fuck this up you brat."
I growl at him and slam the door on his fingers, at least I try to, but he pulls them away and turns to go back into the house. "Dickhead." I toss the bar from the car and into the trash as I start it, pulling out. I drove to Ino's and beeped the horn only to see her come running out yelling "See you later mom!" over her shoulder, she ran around the running car and jumped into the passenger's seat.
"Called them and they said that they would meet us at TenTen's, apparently Hinata stayed over last night, her sister was being a bitch, not that Hinata would ever call her that." I nodded and pushed play on iphone, which was plugged into the speaker system and let 3OH!3 rip through the car. "DOES THAT HAVE TO BE SO LOUD?" Ino screamed over the music. "YES I'M A MUSICIAN, GET USED TO IT!" I yell back. She shrugs her shoulders and rolls the window down.
I whipped across town to the apartment buildings TenTen lives in. I spotted them laughing on the front stoop with a few little kids playing kickball in front of them. Everyone's head whipped in the direction of my car and I smiled, honking the horn to warn the kids to get out of the way then I stopped, reached into my bag and pulled out my Oakley Shawn White shades and slipped them on. I leaned over Ino and yelled, "GET IN! WE GOTTA ROLL IF WE'RE EATING BOFORE I HAVE TO SIGN IN!" The girls jumped up and get in. I beep my horn again and the younger kids go to stand on the stoop. I tear off and head down town to find us a good place to eat.
An hour later (a/n: crazy time skip sorry.)
I pull off the highway and into the parking lot of a little restaurant. I turn off the car and get out. "Hopefully they have breakfast food, and I hope its quick." I say sliding out of the car and closing the door, stretching my back as I do so. The girl's chuckle and we go in, hoping for some good food.
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Gaara growled in irritation as I heard Naruto banging on my door. "WHAT DO YOU WANT MOTHER FUCKER!?" I yell as I open the door roughly. "Jesus man, you have bad morning breathe! Tem says to get your fucking ass up and get showered; we leave in an hour or two, depending on how long it takes to get Kankuro up." I roll my eyes and flick him off, then slam the door shut.
I open another door and turn on the water, once it's warmed and I strip (a/n: O-M-G!) I step under the hot water and shower.
Ten minutes later I'm wrapped in a towel (a/n: again O-M-G!) and standing in my closet trying to decide what to wear. Finally I settle on a pair of loose dark jeans and a black tee shirt with the trinity knot on the back in red that shows off the tattoos I had on my forearms. I pull on boxers and then the jeans that ride low on my hips with a think black belt to hold them there. I pull the shirt over my head and shake my head sending water everywhere, but effectively drying it. I latch on my silver necklace with a thick ring on it. Then I pull on a pair of black and red converses and leave the room.
"Come on Kankuro get up!" Temari yells through the door. I put my hand on her shoulder and say "Let me and Naruto handle it Tem." she nods and I look to Naruto, he nods. I open the door and walk into the disaster zone that is his room, I look at Naruto and mouth "Arms," at him and he grabs Kankuro's arms and me his legs and we haul him into the shower stall. We set him on the ground of the stall and I turn on the shower and run from the room.
"HOLY SHIT! WHO THE FUCK DID THIS!" he yells coming out of his room and into the main room where me and Naruto are sprawled on the couch in apparent innocence. I look up and shrug. "You had better get dressed or we'll leave you ass here." Naruto says flicking on the TV.
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"Hanuro Sakura here to sign in." I tell a little woman at the check in desk and a huge burly with a colossal amount of tattoos all over. "Here." she says in a snotty voice and hands me a clip board. I take it, dig a pen out of my bag and fill out the info on the page. I hand it back and she nods. "Here you go you have to wear this until you go on stage, you will be going last." the man says handing me the thin black rope necklace with 'Performer' written on red off a white lamented tag, and three other tags labeled "Performer's Guests' for Ino, TenTen and Hinata. I nod and walk away. "Hey TenTen do you mind grabbing my amp, I hurt my shoulder lugging it into the car this morning. She nods and heaves the amp from the car into the area. I grab my guitar and follow with the other close behind. On the stage is a tall blond yelling at a group of roadies setting up the sound equipment. "Sakura-chan?" comes Hinata's small voice, "I'll find you in a minute, go find a seat." she nodded and I hauled myself onto the stage. "Wow," I whisper, not really caring that the loudmouth blond was standing near me. "Pretty amazing isn't it? She asks coming to stand next to me with her arms crossed over her chest like the lead singer of Revolution. "Yeah, I've never done this before. Hey, you look like Gaara and Kankuro." I add as an after thought, looking at her out of the corner of my eye. Her face breaks into a grin, "That's would be because I am. Temari Sabaku." she says holding out her hand. "Hi, Sakura Hanuro." I say shaking her hand. "Well good luck Sakura. She says walking away to yell at the roadies like a harpy again, leaving me to my thoughts.
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A/N: WOOT WOOT chapter one down! The song in this chapter is Broken by Seether Featuring Amy Lee. Hope you liked it! Press the little purple button PLEASE!?
-Ells (Just Because He Lives)
