Alright, I know I've been slow with posting the last month and I'm so sorry. December was crazy between my fifty million choir performances, company and my baby sisters 3rd birthday. But now that I once again know the meaning of free time, I can start typing again.

Here is a new songfic. If you are the type to listen to the song before or after you read, the feel of this fic goes along with the glee version better than the rihanna. Her's is a bit to aggressive for what I want. And yes, I know I'm a dork but I LOVE the show glee. This fic just kinda popped into my head while listening to the song. Of course I don't own Glee, and of Rihanna's music, or Naruto for that matter.

Oh-0h. How about a round of applause

A standing ovation

Ohohoh yeah yeah yeah yeah

Why was I doing this to myself? How had I been talked into this. Kiba didn't know of course, so it wasn't his fault. The boy had seen a box of their cd's in my dorm room at a party and had assumed I was a fan. He didn't know, of course, the pain that racked through me at seeing their concert...his concert.

On stage was one of the top selling artists in the country. The band's name was Hawk, and it was made up of four members. On drums was an exuberant girl who had goggles constantly strapped to her face. Her spiked red hair flailed out in all directions in a somehow stylishly wild look. Next was the pale, blue haired guy who had enough energy to make you wonder where you put the batteries. His eyes were wild and his teeth filed to a point as he grinned crazily at the swooning girls that were at the front of the moshpit. Next was the humongous figure of the bassist. His eyes held nothing as he stared indifferently at the audience, he might as well have been in his own garage. Finally there was a tall black haired man dominated the mike as his black eyes leveled any guy or girl that met his gaze into a screaming pile of mush.

My palms ached from where I now sported crescent shaped gouges from clenching my fists. It was taking all my energy not to burst into tears. Putting on a good front for my very smug friend beside me, I attempted to smile, raising my clenched fist into the air, moving it to the hard beat. However, despite my over exuberant antics, my friend on my other side, a girl who I had been friends with since elementary school, was not fooled.

Brilliant green eyes were turned on me, worried.

'I'm ok.' I mouthed to her. I had made it this far, we were to the encore, I could last that long atleast. But the pink haired girl didn't buy it and instead, drug me from my seat and toward the exit that led to the bathrooms.

"We'll wait in here." she said, once we were safely inside. From here only faint echoes of the music could be heard. "Naruto, why are you doing this to yourself?"

I sighed, she was one of only two friends at my entire university that knew the story, that knew why it hurt. Both of them knew because they had lived through it with me. "I couldn't disappoint Kiba like that. He was so excited and proud of himself that he had gotten something I liked. What was I supposed to say Sakura? 'Sorry, I know I have their cd's but I actually have a hard time listening to them without breaking something' do you know how many questions that would have brought up!" I sank to the dirty floor, leaning my head back to rest on the wall.

She rolled her eyes and reached into her purse. As expected from an up and coming medical genius, she pulled out some bandage rolls and held out her hand expectantly. I groaned in defeat as I relinquished my hand over to her. "Damn it Naruto" she muttered so low I almost missed it. She wound the white cloth carefully over my mauled hand before moving on to the other. With a sigh she straightened, turning her head to the side to listen.

"Come on Naru, they're done." as we walked out of the bathroom we were almost trampled by the herd of girls storming toward the autograph and souvenirs table. I felt my phone vibrate and stopped Sakura with a hand.

"Hello?" I answered.

"Naruto! Where did you go?! Don't you want to get autographs?" Kiba's voice shrieked loudly over the phone.

Sakura grabbed the phone out of my hand without a word. "Kiba, Naruto's not feeling well. I'm gonna take her home. You go ahead and grab the autographs, ok? She can't wait to get them!" she snapped the phone shut without waiting for a reply before grabbing my hand so we could wade through the fan girls without losing each other. Suddenly another hand latched onto my free arm, I turned my head to see my other long time friend. He stepped so he was following closer to me.

"I followed you two out." he said lowly in my ear. I nodded. His aqua eyes gave me a meaningful look.

"Don't worry Gaara. I'll be ok once I'm out of here." I assured him. He nodded curtly and slid his hand down my arm so he was instead holding onto my hand. I felt my strength return as I felt the familiar presence of my childhood friends. We had been through alot together, I could be strong with them no matter what. As long as I stood with my friends, I could face anything, even pain as strong as this.

"I'm so bummed that you missed the end Naruto! It was amazing! All the band members went out into the crowd and up the aisles! Security went nuts! Sasuke even gave me a high-five! Can you believe it! The Raven of Hawk gave me a high-five!" Kiba gushed as he arrived at my dorm room the next morning. It was Saturday and neither of us had classes. I was suddenly glad Sakura had drug me away. I don't know what I would have done if he had been so close to me. "You should have heard the crowd go wild when they took a bow! It was a freaking standing ovation! You wouldn't believe how crazy the crowd got! Then as soon as they were off stage its like the fire alarm went off with how fast everyone ran for the exits! The line for autographs was HUGE! But I got one for you, here." He proudly held out a t-shirt that displayed the autographs of all of Hawk.

I bit my lip painfully hard before bursting into a grin, "Thanks Kiba, you're the greatest!" If he saw the fakeness of my smile, he didn't show it.

Instead he burst into a grin and tossed his arm over my shoulders. I tossed the t-shirt unceremoniously on my bed to be dealt with later. "Well, if you're feeling better, let's go. Everyone's going to be waiting for us!" He swung me out of the room.

If you're confused, don't worry I'll explain all the what happeneds and why's as we go. Meaning, they're will be ...dun dun dun...FLASHBACKS! If you like and want me to continue, press the pretty green button. Now that I'm not going insane with tons of crap to do I will post fast if you do press it...wait I'm already insane...just less busy...ANYWAY don't worry my readers of other fics, I will be posting on the other three in the next week. Again I'm so sorry! But I have almost all Christmas break to write! Hope you enjoyed!