Sakura stepped out of the terminal and looked around, this was the second time she'd been to Tokyo, the first had been when she was little with her family. This time was different though, Sakura looked over as her fellow band mates hailed down a taxi. Sakura's band Kunoichi had been offered the once in a lifetime opportunity to audition for the Battle of the Bands world competition, the successful bands would go through to competing against the greatest up and coming bands in the world for an extremely expensive record deal with Akatsuki. The competition had to prove not only talent, but dedication and strength to survive in a harsh industry, which is why the competition takes an entire year to complete.
"Sakura! Come on we need to get going!" Ino's voice knocked Sakura out of her thoughts, Ino was standing half inside a taxi with the rest of her band mates waving Sakura over. Sakura smiled and ran over to jump inside the taxi sitting next to Ino. "Right so we need to check into the hotel and we've got 2 days before our audition, so that gives us plenty of time to scope out the sights" Ino finished her sentence with a squeal and started eagerly bouncing up and down in her seat. Sakura knew she wasn't talking about the sights of Tokyo, some of the bands in this competition were also the top boy bands and Ino was very excited about her prospects.
Sakura looked around at her band mates "you guys alright?" besides Ino and herself there were 3 other members of her band; Sakura was the lead vocalist and also played guitar, Ino was lead guitarist and helped out with vocals, Hinata was the shyest member of their band and played bass, Tenten was their fiery drummer who was the most athletically inclined person she'd ever met.
Tenten looked over at Sakura "Chill out Sak, we're all good" smiling she took the hands of the girls "we can do this and get some tail at the same time, we better not forget to have a good time, I even stashed some goodies in our bag" Tenten winked.
Arriving at the hotel Sakura helped the girls drag the cases out onto the luggage rack. Loud giggling made her turn around "Look, look there are signs everywhere! And look there are some of the other bands already here!" Ino's voice was so high pitched that people started turning around to stare at them.
"Come on Ino, lets check in and head over to the welcoming area" Sakura giggled at her friends' excitement, the entire hotel had been booked out for the bands to stay. It was owned by the Uchiha corporation the parent company that had holdings in companies across Japan, including Akatsuki the record label, making Uchiha corp a main sponsor of the event. The hotel was truly 5 stars, the marbled reception was stunning, Sak walked up to the reception desk. "Hi, we're here for the battle of the bands competition and like to check in" Sakura smiled at the young women.
"No problem, please just fill in these forms and I'll get you guys your keycard, now if you make it through to the main competition all your expenses will be covered by the Uchiha corp and all the continuing bands will be moved to another section of the hotel that will be bands only, now your keycards will give you access to the premium lounge, swimming pool and hot tubs as well as the function rooms which have been set up for practicing" The young woman handed over the forms and some pens to Sakura before she started typing details into the systems. Sakura and the girls quickly filled in their information and handed the forms back "thank you, now here is your room number 357. Your luggage will be brought up to your room, if you girls want to head over to the main board room the welcome party will begin shortly"
Sakura took the keycards of the lady and handed them out to the girls. "Right don't lose these! Now let's get moving!" The girls jumped around and headed towards the crowd of bands walking to the board room. Just as they were about to pass through the doors Sakura felt a large shove and felt herself falling to the floor, closing her eyes she braced herself for impact. Nothing happened…Sakura opened her eyes and felt arms grabbing her waist.
"You need to be more careful about where you're walking" Sakura brought herself back up to a standing position and looked up at the stranger who had stopped her from hitting the floor. He was tall with broad shoulders and shaggy black hair with a fringe that just grazed the top of his eyes. Also quite attractive Sakura noted quietly in her mind.
"Thanks, I appreciate the save" Sakura smiled "see you round" before the boy could respond she'd turned back around to rejoin her friends who had been walking just ahead of her. Taking their seats Sakura whispered to Ino "Hey Ino do you recognize that guy over there?" Sakura slyly pointed to the tall handsome man that had stopped her from smacking the floor a few moments ago.
"Uhhh" Ino screwed up her face slightly as she looked at the boy "I dunno, I guess he looks a bit familiar, but can't think why" shrugging she started looking across the room "but I definitely would like to find out who he is!" Ino giggled and nodded her head towards a brown haired boy sat a couple rows down. "By the way one of the bands are holding a welcoming do in their hotel room, they apparently have a adjoining room with a couple of the overs so I smell a happy house party" Ino swayed and clapped her hands and Tenten and Hinata's faces brightened at the sound of house party.
Sakura smiled and winked at the girls "let's make sure we show them how to hold a proper kunoichi style party"
"Quieten up everyone!" a mans voice boomed over the sound system, people stopped talking and turned their heads up towards the man stood on stage. "Thank you all for coming here, you have been selected out of hundreds of applicants to audition for the exclusive Battle of the Bands World competition!" everyone clapped, a few whistled loudly, before he raised his hand to quieten everyone again. "Now auditions will start tomorrow starting in order from 1, you should have been emailed a number when you received your application confirmation, will the band leaders please collect a schedule for the week from the BOTB staff members at the end of your rows. Now good luck to everyone and stay safe" the man put the mic back in the holder and everyone started talked excitedly as the band leaders walked over to staff members.
"right you guys let me grab the schedule and I'll meet you outside, then we can check out our room!" Sakura started heading towards the girl handing out the sheets.
Tenten and Hinata were stood in front of the minibar looking at all the offerings it had. Sakura was looking at their view, the entire Tokyo skyline stretched out before them "Are you guys gonna start getting ready or what?" Ino cocked her hip as she stood wrapped in a towel as the bathroom door. "We need to look our absolute best tonight!" Ino walked over to her bag and rummaged till she pulled out her curling iron and pointed it at Hinata "you, shower, now!" Hinata squeaked a reply grabbed her shower bag and ran into the bathroom.
Sakura shook her head slightly before looking over at Tenten "hey Tennie, got anything good in there?" Tenten raised her head from the mini bar with a small smirk
"Oh there is definitely enough to get a strong pregame drink going" pulling out small little vials of alcohol she laid them out over the bed "now the tequila is for moi, Sak you can take the vodka, Ino I've saved you the JD and Hinata will want the amaretto" Tenten split the bottles into little groups for each girl "now I have some extra party favours as well guys don't forget just don't take more than one tonight" Tenten took a little plastic baggie out of her suitcase that had a few little purple pills in it. She shook the bag lightly before placing it in the middle of their alcohol collection.
"Sounds like the ingredients for a perfect night!" Ino had pulled the chair over from the desk and was starting to curl her hair in front of the mirror. "Sak have you decided what you're going to wear for tonight, I was thinking of going for my red dress?" Ino nodded her head towards the dress hanging on the closet door.
"I love that dress! It's a winner for tonight. I think I am going to go for my black and gold sequin dress" (A/N think Harley Quinn clubbing dress from Suicide Squad…I want that dress so bad) Sakura walked over to her suitcase and started pulling out her essentials for tonight; a small bag, the dress, her make up and shower bag. Tenten was also doing the same now and was pulling a short skater dress out from her bag.
"Sak would you be able to help me out doing my make-up" Tenten gave Sakura a pouty look as she stood up "please I can just never get the eyeliner right"
Sakura gave her a strange look "don't look at me, ask little miss beauty vlogger over there" Ino stuck her tongue out at the two girls as they laughed.
Sakura was the last to shower, she had already done her make-up and hair, so she was ready while Ino was adding the final touches to Tenten's make-up. "aaaaaand you're done!" Ino put down the blending brush and leant back to marvel at her work "aww Tennie you look amazing, I can really work miracles" Tenten frowned, while Hinata and Sakura laughed.
"Right make sure you've got your keys, the party is on the 32nd Floor room, we should be able to tell by the music." Sakura grabbed her bag of the bed and swung it over her shoulder, you could just hear the tinkling of the glass bottles knocking each other.
Hope you guys are enjoying the story so far :)
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This is just the first chapter and i hope to update with the next one soon!
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