Disclaimer: Why would anyone who owns Naruto write a fic about it? Just do another filler, no one would be surprised.
Hello! Welcome to my second fic!
I've taken a little break from my first one since I just can't move on with it for some reason... but I will revive it soon, sorry fans.
in the meanwhile, I would like to take on a different kind of project and write a love story.
SasuNaru and maybe other pairings. Rated M for language and later content. Warning: Yaoi in later episodes.
The music could be heard well even from a mile away, and still the crowd demanded that they played it louder, harder. Faint screams and cheers could be heard amidst the wailing of the guitars and hammering of the drums. The windows vibrated, dogs were barking (though nobody could really hear them), glasses and bottles were flying everywhere, the grip on them loosed by the ecstasy of the music.
And then everything was suddenly turned down. The bass silenced and the electric guitars gave only a low backup line, the drums stopped and the crowd stopped its screaming. The next door neighbors lowered the hands that covered their ears and listened curiously, there's no way that the battle of the bands was over so soon. Everybody waited to see what was going on at the Konoha club where 10 bands battled for a major record deal and sponsorship.
Then the screaming resumed, ten times stronger than before. The 2 electric guitars wailed, the bass exploded and the drums blasted everyone near the speakers.
Naruto took the stage, and the crowd went wild.
He was wearing an open orange vest that revealed his well formed abs and ripped chest, his boxers were quite visible above the line of his torn jeans that hung slightly above the knees. His blonde hair was tied back in a pony tail that reached to the half of his back but it stood up in sharp spikes on his head. He suddenly raised his tanned arms in a request for silence, which was answered immediately. The crowd stood in anticipation, half of them came to this show just to see the rumored band ANBU that has played only a few times before but already had an amazing reputation. If they were half as good as they were said to be then there was no doubt as to who was going to win this year.
Most of the girls at the crowd stared at the lead guitarist, Sasuke, who was now playing the same chord over and over again, waiting for Naruto to stop teasing the crowd and throwing him a bored look every now and then. He was wearing a simple black shirt and black jeans over a pair of combat boots. On his left hand was a black leather glove and on his right was some kind of white bandages.
On Naruto's other side was ANBU's rhythm guitar and second singer, Hinata. She was the one every guy in the room was staring at, and she was blushing almost feverishly because of this. The clothes were picked by the band's manager, Sakura, who said that you can't wear a puffy coat that revealed nothing of the girl's skin in a rock concert. So Hinata was wearing a white shirt that was torn above the chest and all across her stomach. On her right hand was some kind of a striped pink sock that opened at the fingers and was held by her thumb. She was also wearing a very tight pair of pants that accented every curve of her legs and especially her butt. Sakura called this "Skinny Jeans", Hinata didn't care for it at all. The only thing she had eyes for was not the one hundred or so guys that were staring at her, it was Naruto, whose head was now bowed as if in silent prayer, his hands still in the air but they were moving slowly towards the microphone now.
Hinata heard a yawn behind her and turned around, shocked, to see that the band's bass player, Shikamaru was almost falling asleep.
Shikamaru jerked his head, yawned again and smoothed the folds in his grey T shirt with black stripes all over it, Kicked his shoes back beneath his army pants and waved at Hinata not to worry. All the while he kept in synch with the almost unheard drums, his right hand kept working the bass while the left signaled Gaara to turn in up just a bit.
Gaara snorted from behind his drums, his right leg hitting the bass from beneath his long red cloak which he always wore. He held the sticks in gloved hands with metal spikes at the knuckles area. He threw his red hair out of his face but hit the bass just a bit stronger, he didn't like Shikamaru that much, but the man was a genius, and he cared for the band too much to argue with him in the middle of a gig.
Naruto's hands touched the microphone. That was the signal. Everyone stopped playing, the lights dimmed and a single spotlight shone on the blonde. The crowd seemed to hold it's breath and even the dogs outside stopped barking. Every single person in the club was staring at the orange figure at the front of the stage.
Naruto opened his eyes, those at the front line were startled from the amazing blue color of the man's eyes, his eyes were deeper than the ocean and hid more secrets than the sky, those who looked at him in the eyes could see nothing but those shining blue orbs for the next week.
"Fire
The fire in your eyes
It's burning me alive
And the fire in your heart
Will tear my soul apart"
The music steadily increased and then slowed down again when Naruto stopped singing, only to build up again when he resumed the song.
"Hear my voice
Listen to what I say
Come back to me
Let me take your fear away
Come back to me
So we can go…"
The music now exploded as they entered the chorus, the crowd went wild as Naruto leaned over the edge of the stage and screamed at them.
"Let me take you
To that perfect place
Let's go now
Where our love can be free
Where I can be me
Where you can be loved
Let's call that place home
We can live there forever
And then some more"
Naruto went over next to Sasuke and jumped up and down when his guitar wailed. Girls were screaming when Sasuke took a step forward and took control of the show with his solo. His hands moved across the instrument so fast that his fingers were barely visible, smoke came out of the speakers and yet the crowd just screamed more and more.
"Let me take you…"
The music slowed dramatically as the blonde stood next to Sasuke, it was just both of them now. Naruto was staring intently into Sasuke's eyes as he sang, black eyes met blue and Sasuke's guitar molded together with Naruto's words.
"Let me take you
To that perfect place
Let's go now
Where we can be free
Where you are with me
Let's call that place love
Let's call that place home
Let's go…
Now."
The last word echoed around the club together with the last chord. The crowd was silent for a moment, but just a moment.
The neighbors pulled the blanket over their head desperately, there was just no end to the screams.
"Well, it's too early for the official announcement, but I think it's pretty obvious who won." The blonde owner of the Konoha club entered the band's dressing room, her chest almost bursting out of her cleavage.
"Thank you, Tsunade – san," Hinata said with a bow. Tsunade sighed, how a girl who rocked so hard could be so damn polite at the same time.
"Yeah, we kicked ass!" Naruto cried from the back of the room and punched the air, Tsunade sighed again, the boy had his legs all over her new couch. But she couldn't blame him, this club has been a second home to all of them since they were kids. And a real home for some, the manager glanced at the red head who was looking at music blogs to look for a review.
Tsunade really like these kids, they were excellent players and she was proud to say that she was very much responsible for it. She was the one who taught Sasuke how to play guitar and Shikamaru to… stop yawning during shows, though she was still working on that.
"Is it safe to leave yet?" Shikamaru's muffled voice came from the furthest couch where he was lying down, he probably woke up when the door opened.
"There are still a few fan girls who're waiting for you to come out, and they look like they mean business. So I would advise you to stay low for another hour or so." Tsunade grinned at them. Actually, every single person who was at the show was at the front (and back) door, waiting for the band to come out. And still more were coming, they would probably stay here all night.
Oh well, it's not the first time these guys stay the night here. Happy memories of endless nights of practicing came rushing to Tsunade, she didn't tell them, but they were the only ones whom she allowed to stay here for so long.
"We have a first review," Gaara's voice announced. Immediately everyone in the room rushed to his side to hear him read it aloud, even Shikamaru moved his head to the other side so he could hear better.
"This year's Fire Country's battle of the bands was without doubt one of the best ever." Gaara read "Most of this is thanks to the band ANBU, whose performance was much superior to every other band who participated. The singing, the music, everything was top class and it would be very surprising to see anyone else win. I'm also reminding everyone that this year's sponsors are none others than the huge record company "Akatsuki" who will reward the winners with a contract for an album, and probably a cash reward."
This was read from "Ino's musical insight" who was one of the most well known music reviewers in the country, and she rarely gave any good reviews.
The anxiety and stress loosened a great deal after that and the atmosphere was light and casual in the room. Tsunade left with tears of joy in her eyes and Naruto nodded his head at her.
"These kids grow up so fast" she sniffed and hurried to kick those crazy fans out of her club so that she could clean the mess they left.