Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the characters; I do not own the song "I'm not okay" by My Chemical Romance.
"italics" singing
Standing on stage in front of a crowd, their silence at the group's appearance was shocked. A bead of cold sweat raced down the leads back as her hands grasped the microphone and the first note of the bands music broke the eerie silence.
"Well if you wanted honesty, that's all you had to say
I never want to let you down or have you go
It's better off this way
For all the dirty looks
The photographs your girlfriend took
Remember when you broke your foot
From jumping out the second floor"
Her words reached into the audience as her mouth formed every syllable. They knew who this song was to.
"I'm not okay
I'm not okay
I'm not okay
You wear me out"
He had left her, and she was finally letting her pain out
"What will it take to show you that it's not the life it seems?
(I'm not okay)
I've told you time and time again
You sing the words but don't know what it means
To be a joke and look
Another line without a hook
I held you close as we both shook for the last time
Take a good hard look"
She poured her heart and soul into the performance as she began to share all the pain she held back
"I'm not okay
I'm not okay
I'm not okay
You wear me out"
They all remembered his face, and her love, the hole he had left her with
"Forget about the dirty looks
The photographs your girlfriend took
You said you'd read me like a book
But the pages are all torn and frayed"
Some smiled and the memory of his icy glare, but they were empty smiles
"I'm okay
I'm okay
I'm okay, now
(I'm okay, now)"
Everyone had heard her say this as she had shrugged off their sympathies, she didn't want to be pitied
"But you really need to listen to me
Because I'm telling you the truth
I mean this, I'm okay
(Trust me)"
She sang, almost pleading with the audience to believe her, as she cracked slightly,
"I'm not okay
I'm not okay
Well, I'm not okay
I'm not o-fucking-kay
I'm not okay
I'm not okay
(Okay)"
Finally admitting she need help to get through her mourning, the lights dimmed, followed by silence. Then an eruption of cheers and applause as the lights came back on to show Sakura Haruno finally healing, standing among her friends who had played with her, Ino, Naruto, Kiba and Hinata.
Finally she had found her outlet for her pain.
The lights dimmed again and the group left the stage.
From the back of the crowd three figures hid in shadow
"I'm sorry Sakura for your pain" a smooth voice hissed into the air as he turned to companions and conversed briefly before he turned back to watch the cherry blossom of the village hug her team/band mate Naruto, as his brow furrowed "I'm sorry but your pain has just started! We attack tonight!"
By Jenai
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