The Music of the Night

Author's Note

*RP'd By Two Insane Girls Who Had Nothing To Do*

*Gaara has eyebrows! :O*

*And Vanille is older than Fang. (Fang being 15)*

*Chapter One. The Beginning*

Tsunade sighs, looking over at her assistant as the sound of chaos surrounds them. "Remind me why I did this again?"

Shizune smiles weakly in an attempt to be reassuring. "You thought it'd be good for the villages," she answers meekly. The blonde shakes her head, grumbling to herself as she flips through the stack of applications in front of her. The dull roar of the audience below her grows steadily as time passes.

From below the stage, a red-headed teen sighs, obviously not wanting to be in a noisy, crowded theater. Gaara shakes his head, looking over to the blonde at his side. "Why are we doing this again?"

Temari rolls her eyes. "We don't want to waste your talent, remember?" Her brother sighs again deeply, leaning back in his chair while closing his eyes.

"Alright!" A voice calls from the stage, grabbing everyone's attention. "I'm Tsunade and I'm running this thing. I want all of those who are trying out for Raoul de Chagny, Christine Daae, or The Phantom to join me on the stage please."

A brunette seated amongst the people auditioning sighs, sinking deeper into her seat as people begin walking past her toward the stage. "Remind me again why I'm doing this?" she asks her sister next to her.

"Because you need to get out more and meet new people, plus you love The Phantom of the Opera, Fang!" Vanille states happily, standing up. She grabs her younger sister's wrist and pulls her up. Vanille spins her sibling around and pushes her forward. "Now march!"

Fang mumbles under her breath, smacking her sister's hands away. She shoves her hands into her pockets and begins walking up to the stage, the chains connected to her hip swinging with the motion. She quickly walks up the steps onto the stage, taking her place behind everyone else.

Gaara slowly makes his way up, listening to the hyper-active blonde teen chatter beside him. Almost a third of the audience moves on stage; the people are looking around, sizing up their competition.

"This is going to be a while…" Fang sighs and mutters to herself as the red headed sand nin crosses his arms, leaning against the wall a few feet away from her. His blonde friend talks excitedly to him, using his arms to accentuate what he's saying.

Tsunade groans quietly, falling back into her chair. She gestures to Iruka, who whispers to the orchestra. "Alright then, I'll call your name, what song, and what verse you are to sing. After that, take your seat again. Got it? Good. First up is…Uzumaki, Naruto." The blonde that was talking to Gaara stops talking and steps up, smiling over at Tsunade.

Fang glances over at him and sighs. She looks down and fiddles with her hoodie, spacing out. She doesn't realize that he had finished and that other people were being called up one by one. The crowd thins drastically as Tsunade calls more people up to audition.

"Oerba Yun Fang? Oerba Yun Fang! If you don't step forward in five seconds…"

Fang snaps out of her trance and looks up. "Huh? Oh shit, sorry!" She steps forward, rubbing the back of her neck. The few people left up on stage roll their eyes. Some of them mumble about the girl, their eyes scrutinizing her appearance from her wild hair to her odd style, none of them able to place her from a village. That only means one thing, a foreigner. Fang can hear them talking about her behind her back but brushes it off as effortlessly she brushes her hair out of her eyes.

Tsunade's eye twitches. "Language, young lady, I want you to sing Christine's aria in Think of Me. Iruka if you please."

Fang sighs, listening for the cue as the orchestra begins to play. Everyone stops talking when the music begins, all of them watching idly. When cue comes she takes a deep breath and begins singing. "Think of me…Think of me fondly when we've said good-bye. Remember me once in a while. Please promise me you'll try. When you find that once again you long to take your heart back and be free. If you ever find a moment, spare a thought for me…"

The brunette's voice resonates around the theater, the observer's now deathly silent and nothing short stunned. Her soprano voice sings loudly, completely captive in what she's doing. Tsunade whispers something to Shizune, smiling slightly.

Naruto stares at her, his mouth open. "Whoa….She's amazing!"

Gaara tilts his head, looking at her curiously. "…Interesting…" he mumbles to himself as the girl continues. As the aria ends, Fang closes her eyes, singing with as much soul as she can before the music stops. She can hear Vanille cheering from below and she sighs quietly.

Tsunade nods to Shizune. "Guys turn…Sabaku-no-Gaara?"

Gaara sighs, stepping around the brunette that just auditioned and nodding to Tsunade. Fang glances at him up and down before she steps down the stage to her seat.

Tsunade raises an eyebrow. "Alright then…" Iruka conducts the orchestra, playing the All I Ask of You reprise.

Gaara crosses his arms and begins singing, his deep voice taking people that have heard of him by surprise. "I gave you my music, made your song take wing. And now how you've repaid me, denied me and betrayed me…" He continues singing the sorrowful song till the end when he begins yelling. "You will curse the day you did not do! All that the Phantom asked of you!"

Fang watches him, nodding her head, impressed. Vanilla stands up and points to Gaara. "Pick him! White boy has a voice!" Fang grabs her sister's hand and pulls her down, sighing. Gaara jumps down the stage, heading back to his chair.

A few more people sing before no one remains. Tsunade looks over at Shizune, smiling widely. "Alright everyone, the cast and crew list will be posted tomorrow. Practice tomorrow, same place, same time. Now, get the Hell out!"

"Bout time," Fang mumbles, walking toward the doors. She bumps up against a red-headed girl lightly, the crowd of people making it hard to walk in general.

Karin glares at the brunette, crossing her arms. "Watch where you're going!"

Suigetsu chuckles, leaning toward Juugo. "Be glad it's not me this time."

Fang stops mid-stride and turns to face Karin. Her eyes blaze with a mixture of anger and amusement as she assesses the girl in front of her, she raises her eyebrow. "Excuse me, I didn't mean to bump into you. So if you would take the attitude from a ten down to a two, it would be greatly appreciated," she says in a cynical voice.

"Oh boy…" Vanille says, watching Fang talk to a slutty-looking girl up ahead and she starts to walk faster, fighting the crowd.

Karin's eye twitches. "And who do you think you are?"

Fang smiles sardonically. "Oerba Yun Fang, and you would be?"

"…Karin."

The taller of the two crosses her arms and smiles smugly. "Well, now that we are past the formalities, I will enjoy the honor of telling you to go back to your street corner befor-"

Vanilles hand slaps over her mouth and pulls her back a few steps. "Fang, we have to go."

Suigetsu picks Karin up, throwing her over his shoulder. "Stop it Karin, let's go."

Karin swears loudly, pounding on his shoulders. "Put me down!"

"Not until we get you home. Come on Juugo." He walks outside, Karin still cursing.

Fang and Vanille stare after them. "Huh, kinda like Snow don't cha think Fang?"

Fang nods and pushes her sister's hand away. "I was thinking the same thing…"

Vanille grabs her younger sibling's hand and turns her around, looking at people. "Ooooh!" She points to a tall guy with a pony-tail. "He's kinda cute!"

Fang rolls her eyes. "We're barely in Konoha for a day and you're already checking guys out?"

"Uh, yeah!"

The brunette sighs and glances at the teen, shrugging. "You want to go make a fool of yourself, be my guest."

"Really? YAY!" Vanille squeals loudly and flying glomps the boy. He blinks and looks down at the coral-haired girl clinging to his waist. She smiles up at him. "Hi! You don't know me, but I think you're cute!"

"…Okay…"

"VANILLE!" Fang yells as she swiftly pries her sister off of him and throws her over her shoulder, quickly walking away.

Vanille waves at the mystery man, smiling. "Bye…Wait! I don't know his name!" she says, beginning to protest against her younger sibling's hold.

He watches them leave. "…Shikamaru. Nara Shikamaru."

"I'M VANILLE!"

He blinks and waves. "Bye Vanille."

Fang covers her eyes with one hand and walks toward the door "You are NOT related to me…"

"Of course I am!"

"No, I don't claim you." Vanille pouts while Fang sets her down. "Behave."

"…Okay."

Next to the door Temari scowls, punching Kankuro in the gut. "Baka! I swear if you weren't my brother…" She rants, her hands on her hips. Gaara rolls his eyes, leaning against the wall. After a few minutes of his sisters ranting, Gaara sighs, pulling her away from his older brother. Temari sighs, muttering "Sorry." Gaara sighs softly, stalking past his family.

Fang turns around right when Gaara walks right into her. She swears when she feels herself run into someone and stumbles back a step. Gaara blinks and looks down at the sound of her oath. Fang looks up at him, her bright green-blue eyes looking into his light ones. "My bad," she says sighing. He shrugs, stepping around her to continue on his way.

"Gaara! Where are you going?" Temari yells. He shrugs, walking outside. Temari drags Kankuro by the ear out the door, grumbling. Fang watches them leave, intrigued.

"Fang! Let's go!"

"Coming, Vanille!" Vanille walks up behind her younger sister and wraps her arm around her waist. Fang smiles slightly as they walk outside.