Disclaimer: I own nothing. No characters, and the song is owned by Shiny Toy Guns. Poor me...
It all started when Kiba got that stupid CD.
"Hey, hey, Sasuke, listen to this!" Kiba ran over and pulled his friend over to the CD station and pulled a pair of headphones over Sasuke's head. Annoyed, Sasuke pulled them off.
"I don't want to listen, Kiba." Kiba pouted.
"Come on, Sasuke, just this one song! Please?" Sasuke sighed and pulled the headphones on again.
"All right, fine." Kiba brightened and pressed a button. At first, it was silent. Noises came, like someone was talking or calling for help. Then the music started, drums and a couple other instruments. And then the singing.
"Why are the robots so sad?
We're not in trouble anymore anyway.
And all the synthetic fighting, they stopped the lightning after today." The music swelled and the chorus started.
"When they took the beach that day, they stole the children, took them away.
And I miss everyone, most of all the little ones, and the shiny toy guns." The song almost went silent, the started up again. It had at least two different beats going at the same time.
"Each and every one of us still prays.
Hoping for evidence, searching for clues.
All the robotic families, searching the circuitry for what remians.
When they took the beach that day, they stole the children, took them away.
And I miss everyone, most of all the little ones, and the shiny toy guns." Sasuke frowned, glancing at his friend. Kiba listened, entranced. The drums were pounding, as well as noises.
"I remember, Mother, that day.
When her tears woke us so quietly from our dreams.
She told us that Father's sleeping, and he is watching from far away." The song was silent, guitar and drums, and the piano played out a tune that sounded suspiciously like the beginning of the chorus.
"And the shiny toy guns. When they took the beach that day, they stole the children, took them away.
And I miss everyone, most of all the little ones, and the shiny toy guns." At the end of the song, Sasuke pulled the headphones off.
"That was weird. What is that?"
"It's called 'When They Came For Us'. And it's by a new band." Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"That's what you called me over here for?"
"Yea! Sasuke, I think this is a new favorite! I'm gonna listen to some more!" Sasuke rolled his eyes again and walked away from his fifteen-year-old friend.
"You do what you want, Kiba." He ran into someone, knocking over their books. "Hm?"
"Sorry." A blonde-haired kid bent down, picking up the books. He looked up at Sasuke and stood a few seconds later. "Wasn't watching where I was going. Uzumaki Naruto."
"Uchiha Sasuke." Sasuke stated coolly. Naruto blinked.
"I remember you." He said. "You and your brother live next door, right?" Sasuke blinked and nodded. Naruto smiled. "Thought so. Ah?" His phone vibrated in his pocket. "Yea?" He stated, motioning to Sasuke that he could leave. Sasuke stared at him. "Ok. Got it. No, no...ye--oh, all right!" Smiling sheepishly when he realized Sasuke was still there, Naruto pockted his cell phone.
"Mother?"
"Nah." Naruto shrugged. "But I gotta go. Maybe I'll see you around, Uchiha." Sasuke shrugged.
"Sure."
And that was their first meeting, at age 15.
Two years later...
"INO!" Ino turned as her name was called. Someone barreled into her, almost knocking her over. She looked at said person, amused.
"Yes?"
"Ino, I can't find my contacts. Have you seen them?" She shook her head silently. "Ah! The concert is going to start in less than twenty minutes and I can't find my contacts anywhere!"
"And you need to finish dying your hair, Ra-sen-gan." Ino said teasingly. The male around her looked over her and noticed that his hair, while red on the bottom, was still yellow on top and he panicked.
"AH! WHat am I gonna do!" He yelped suddenly when he felt himself being pulled from behind.
"First off, you can stop screaming. Second, place the contacts in your eyes slowly, so you don't injure yourself." Rasengan smiled brightly in relief.
"Oh, thank Kami! You're the best, Kyuubi!" Kyuubi laughed as Rasengan ran back into the bathroom to continue preparing himself for the concert. Ino smiled.
"You're doing your best here, Kyuu." Kyuubi sighed.
"I know. But I can't help but wonder how Naruto feels about all this. I mean..."
"Kyuu, you're doing your best. And besides, I don't think Naruto minds." Ino smiled lightly as Kyuubi shrugged.
"I know, I know." Suddenly, Kyuubi turned. "You guys are on in ten minutes!"
"AH!!!! I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME!!!!" Kyuubi and Ino cracked up as Rasengan's voice yelled back in a panic.
Sasuke sighed.
"Remind me why I'm here again, Kiba?" Kiba grinned at his friend.
"Come on, Sasuke, this is one of my favorite bands, remember? And who better to come to their concert with me besides my best friend?"
"Kiba, I don't listen to this band. Why didn't you bring whats-her-face, that one girl who's always hanging around you?" Kiba frowned.
"Her name's Hinata, Sasuke. Hinata doesn't like this band either, and I told her I was hanging out with you."
"Which brings me to my first point, why am I here again?" Kiba laughed. "I don't even know the band members."
"Wow, Sasuke, and you've hung out with me for the past seventeen years of our lives!"
"Trust me, I don't know how I put up with you." Sasuke mumbled.
"Come on, Sasuke, lighten up and have fun. Look, this is how it goes." Kiba sat up next to his friend. "The band is called Chakra Flow. The lead singer is Rasengan."
"Is that his name?"
"Of course not, now listen. Rasengan is the lead signer, Kukaichu is the bassist, Shadow Ruler is the guitarist, and back up vocalist, and Shukaku is the drummer."
"Why don't they just use their names instead of all these aliases?" Kiba sighed in disbelief.
"Sasuke, man, focus. Honestly."
"I don't care for this band, Kiba, I told you already." Sasuke leaned down in his chair, annoyed and wishing he was back at home. Kiba ignored him in favor of cheering as his favorite band came on stage.
"Is everybody ready to rock?" Sasuke looked up and saw Rasengan speaking into a boy's red eyes looked all over the seats, basking in everybody's screams. In the flashing light, his red hair stood out vibrantly, as well as the wild marks on his cheeks. Sasuke frowned at those.
"What's with the facial marks?" Kiba shrugged.
"It looks good, and it works, so who cares?" The other members of the band set up. One of them wore a jacket that went up to his face, hiding the lower part of it from view, and sunglasses that hid his eyes. Another wore blue jeans, a fishnet shirt, and a simple jacket over it. His hair was pulled up behind him in a high ponytail. The last had bright red hair as well, making Sasuke wonder in him and the lead singer were related. He had dark eye liner that stood out, covering his eyes in the black make-up. The whole band had the same headband, Rasengan's and glass's around their forehead, and pineapple-head's around his shoulder. Red-head's was around a strap that went across his chest, and it had a different symbol on it. Sasuke closed his eyes and groaned softly.
"Ok, welcome, everybody, to our concert." Rasengan paused as everyone screamed again. "Now, even thought we're supposed to promote our new CD, which we will, I'd like to start this concert with a small tribute." Pushing a lock of red hair out of his face, Rasengan continued. "For all you hard-core fans, you know what I'm talking about. It's been thirteen years since that day."
"Since what day?" Sasuke asked.
"Later." Kiba yelled back.
"So, because of that, we'll start with an old-time favorite song, ok?" He turned to the band. "Let's hit it, guys!" Instantly, the song started, and Sasuke's eyes widened when he recognized the song.
"Why are the robots so sad?
We're not in trouble anymore anyway.
And all the synthetic fighting, they stopped the lightning after today." Sasuke closed his eyes.
"When they took the beach that day, they stole the children, took them away.
And I miss everyone, most of all the little ones, and the shiny toy guns."