Konnichi wa!
Yeah, I'm just looking at all my folders that show how many fanfics I have out, and I just realized that I'm digging my own grave with the numbers.
-grins-
But I really don't care – as long as I have a lot of reviewer flowers to cushion my fall, I'll write however many fanfics my muse pokes my forehead for.
If that makes any sense.
But I'm not sure of the title – I mean – I'm usually so sure about these things, but…
Gah – I don't know. Please tell me if you have any other ideas of a title.
I'm sorry to do this, but the title just isn't sticking with me…
This story is completely AU, except for the Ninja Centerfold. –grins-
Hehehehehe… We wouldn't have a story without the Ninja Centerfold – no story is complete without it.
Or the Sharingan.
Or the Byakugon, for that matter.
I have to shut up – I'm giving you guys too many hints. XP
Well, if you can call them 'hints'. I myself don't even know where the BEEP this story is going. XD
Hope you guys like it – read and review!
Dancing of the Brightest Darkness
Chapter One – Step Up, Newcomer
He emerged into the room, bag in hand.
This is the room. But…
The scene before him immediately told him that he was going to have some serious competition.
The music was already playing.
"…"
"Who can rock a rhyme like this? (BEEP)
"Bring it to you every time like this. (BEEP)
"Who can rock a rhyme like this? (BEEP)
"Step – step up – step – step up."
There was an entire group already dancing – both girls and boys – moving to the music in rhythmic, synthesized, planned movements. He could only stare for a moment – caught in their motions – their bodies – their world.
Wow – they're good.
"Who can rock a rhyme like this? (BEEP)
"Bring it to you every time like this. (BEEP)
"Who can rock a rhyme like this? (BEEP)
"Step – step up – step – step up."
There were many seconds of slow paced music, and he could tell that the group was slowly preparing for the next step as they moved fluidedly and slowly, catching their breath. However, he could see a gap in the formation – someone wasn't there.
Whew, and I thought I was late.
A woman began to speak in the music, and the pace picked up slightly.
"So many years of painstaking research
"By the world's leading sound scientists
"We here at the Sound Convention announce the revival of our new weapons system.
"Actual movement of sound and space is used to carefully attack and neutralize the cellular structure –
"Of the human body.
"And the question must be asked –
How the hell did they get so good?
The pace picked up again.
"Who can rock a rhyme like this? (BEEP)
"Bring it to you every time like this. (BEEP)
"Who can rock a rhyme like this? (BEEP)
"Step – step up – step – step up."
It repeated, the group going through the same motions.
"Who can rock a rhyme like this? (BEEP)
"Bring it to you every time like this. (BEEP)
"Who can rock a rhyme like this? (BEEP)
"Step – step up – step – step up – STEP UP."
The pace slowed again. A man's voice – digitally reformed into something mechanic – began to speak. Another man's joined it.
"Step up to the microphone –
"And you do it like this.
"And you do it like this.
"Step up to the microphone.
"And you do it like this.
"Step up to the microphone.
"And you do it like this.
"Step up to the microphone.
"Microphone… microphone…
"And you do it like this…
"This…"
The group ended in a group of poses.
One girl – one with twin buns on her head – broke away first, clapping.
"Okay guys – really good! We're getting better! I'm sure he'll be pleased!" The group loosened and pulled away, chattering amongst each other. He cleared his throat, and everyone looked at him. He fought down nervousness.
"I'm here for the hip hop class…" The girl brightened.
"Well, you're in the right place!" She walked over to him, holding out her hand. "The name's Tenten. Glad to have you with us." He smiled and shook her hand.
"Neji Hyuuga – my pleasure."
A boy made his way over to them.
"Heh – so you're the newbie, eh? Heh heh – HE'S gonna have so much fun with you!" Neji blinked.
"HE?" The boy nodded.
"Yep – he's the master hip hop dancer here and master choreographer. I'm Kiba, by the way – Kiba Inuzuka." Neji shook his hand as well. After their fingers separated, Kiba spoke again. "Okay – yeah – question. Your voice tells me you're a boy, but you look like a girl – you're a boy, right?"
"Of course he's a boy, dog breath," another voice replied from behind Neji before the Hyuuga could retort. He whirled. "You would've thought you'd know how to tell these things after hanging with me for so long."
Another boy – or at least Neji guessed he was a boy – was in the door, bent down and setting down a duffle bag, long black hair spilling over his shoulders with a sly grin on his face. The Hyuuga couldn't help but feel a twinge of jealousy.
His hair is longer than mine… (HA! PRINCESS!)
Kiba laughed.
"Haha – sorry Uchiha – but I just gotta make sure. We don't need to suggest getting into a girl's pants when they turn out to be a boy." The newcomer laughed as Neji fought to keep his jaw from dropping.
WHAT?
"Ha – as if you could GET into ANYONE'S pants, dog breath," he replied smoothly. Kiba whined doglike.
"Awe – that's mean Uchiha." The other laughed again.
"So are you when you fuck, Kiba-kun," the Uchiha replied mockingly, chuckling. He ignored Kiba's retort and turned to Neji. His coal eyes ran up and down Neji's height. "So – you're the newcomer, huh? Heh." He chuckled, and then resumed eyeing the Hyuuga. Neji felt like the gaze was ripping off his clothes. "You know, you have to pass all sorts of auditions to get into this school," he mused to the Hyuuga. "What?" He crossed his arms and leaned back, crossing his ankles. "Did your family bribe the headmistress or can you really dance that well?" Neji felt anger jab at his insides. How can he say that with such a blank face and voice?
But neither were devoid of emotion – in fact, the former had a gleam of mockery in the midnight orbs, and the latter had a form of cruel, challenging disbelief – both woven into the expression and sound that you had to really search to see and hear them.
Looking for those things was like second conscience to Neji. He gritted his teeth.
"Before I answer that question," he growled scathingly. "Can you act like you HAVE proper manners and introduce yourself?"
That didn't have the effect he thought it would.
Not at all.
The Uchiha burst out laughing, throwing his head back and letting the smooth harmonious waves flow from the very pit of his stomach. He left Neji simply blinking at him dumbly for a moment. Then the shock dissolved into anger.
"HEY! I asked you a quest–"
"Now that just proved what I was thinking about you! NO ONE – not even newcomers – don't know who I am!" He resumed laughing again. But then he leaned forward on his crossed arms, the hair pushed behind his ears with the black orbs glinting evilly. "That just sealed your fate," he hissed menacingly. Neji glared at him.
"Your NAME?" He snapped. The other straightened and looked down at Neji from down his cheek, (you know, like looking down your nose but with your head turned slightly) eyes narrowed with a smug smirk on his face.
"Sasuke," he replied. Neji could feel the superiority pouring off him in waves. "Uchiha Sasuke."
That made Neji's eyes widen. Yes – he knew Uchiha Sasuke all right.
"Impossible!" He snapped. "Uchiha Sasuke is a GIRL!"
Sasuke could only look at him for a moment in pleasant shock before he began laughing again. That made Neji so steamed.
Dammit – everything he does makes me feel so stupid!
"I see you DO know who I am, newcomer–"
"Neji Hyuuga." Sasuke eyed Neji, who had interrupted, for a moment.
"I see you DO know who I am, Neji," he corrected icily. "And you're right – Uchiha Sasuke IS a girl. But…" He slid a hand into his hair and struck a pose, winking and puckering his lips slightly. "Don't I look like a cute little girl?"
The very fact that he looked like the fucking sexy hip hop dancer that the Hyuuga had always adored (minus the huge chest, of course) made Neji blush.
Hot DAMN!
Sasuke didn't wait for a reply – he dropped the pose and laughed. He leaned closer to Neji, their faces uncomfortably close to each other – at least to the Hyuuga. The mocking smirk and laughing eyes were present on the Uchiha's face.
"Heh – you're funny Hyuuga," he breathed, his hot breath washing over Neji's mouth. His hand reached up and slid over Neji's jaw line, sending shivers down the Hyuuga's spine. "I like you. You're cute. In a baby kind of way."
That struck the fire in Neji's gut.
WHAT?
Sasuke didn't stay still long enough to see his reaction – he walked around the shocked Hyuuga, one hand on his hip and striding with authority.
"All right Hyuuga," he called over his shoulder, nodding to the group in greeting. "Prove to me that you're good." After rummaging through the CD case by the stereo, he slid a CD into the player and pressed the button to a certain track. He then whirled to face Neji, who had recovered and watched him as the group gathered around the Uchiha. "Dance to this song." He pressed play and the intro began to flow through the speakers.
"And what do I do?" Neji replied. Sasuke looked at him as if he was dumb.
"Duh – everyone knows this song – wing it."
He wants me to make it up as I go along? Neji asked himself. But he's right. He listened to the song as the beat picked up, loaded with bass. I do know this song.
Closing his eyes, waiting for a certain part of the rhythm to begin, he let the music wash over him, determined to drown out the fact that the hottest hip hop dancer in history was watching him and was a boy.
Dammit, and he thought he had his sexuality pinned.
The part began, and he started to flow with the music, letting the pounding, addictive beat flow through his veins and guide his movements like it was blood.
He knew he was dancing well – that's how he made it into the school in the first place – the best hip hop academy in the entirety of the United States. He was sharp, quick and fluid. He moved with a grace that even most ballet dancers couldn't match, and he had people from all over the world asking him to join their school – their troupe – their world.
But he never accepted.
He hated ballet.
Which explained why he was so mad when the pumping bass vanished to be replaced with the sweet sugar plum orchestra of the Nutcracker.
He stopped immediately, glaring at the group which had begun laughing full-heartedly at him – at Sasuke's action. He was the one who had changed tracks.
Bastard! Neji thought angrily. Sasuke stopped laughing after a moment, looking at him through half-closed, playful eyes.
"Wow – this kind of music suites you better than I thought, Hyuuga!" He laughed out, resuming the sound for a few more moments. "You would look cute in tights!"
Neji began to burn, glaring at Sasuke with a new intensity.
I can't believe I actually looked UP to this asshole! The Uchiha's laughter dwindled to breathless chuckling.
"Haha – sorry, sorry!" He exclaimed, flapping a hand at Neji's direction.
Funny, you don't SEEM sorry. Neji thought, noting the smile on the Uchiha's face. Sasuke opened his eyes and he stared at Neji with an even gaze. His voice was serious and truthful – the sudden change in demeanor threw Neji completely off guard for a moment.
"You're good Hyuuga – better than others, I will give you that. But you've got a lot to improve, yet. You're still a rough gem – black and misshapen – but with enough pressure, you'll become a diamond." Then he smiled, eyes twinkling knowingly. "One of the brightest out there, I believe."
Neji had to fight down a blush at this. Just because his hip hop idol was actually a guy didn't change the fact that he was still his idol and his idol had just complimented him.
Not to mention that upon seeing his idol THAT close up… Neji's body had decided that Sasuke Uchiha was even sexier as a man then a woman.
Damn hormones…
"Uh… thank you." Sasuke nodded.
"But I'm not going to teach this class – I'm WAY too busy to do that! Someone else will be here to teach the hip hop class."
"OHAYO SASUKE-TEME!" Neji whirled to see a blonde grinning cheerfully at him. He felt his heart leap into his throat.
HOLY SHIT HE'S HERE TOO!
"Ohayo to you too dobe," Sasuke replied, walking over to the other and allowing the blonde to leap into his embrace, chattering happily. Neji couldn't believe it.
Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha – the hottest hip hop dancing partners in the WORLD! HERE! IN FRONT OF ME!
Wait – they're both men though…
And their hug is a little more intimate then I would expect…
WHAT?
…
I'm confused.
"Oh, and who is this?" Neji blinked to see two blue orbs looking at him curiously. Before he could answer, an arm draped over his shoulder and pulled him into a very flat chest.
"This is the newcomer, Naruto. Name's Neji Hyuuga." Fingers took the apple of one of Neji's cheeks and pinched slightly. The voice in his ear was mocking. "Isn't he CUTE?" Neji jerked away from him.
"Don't touch me!" He snapped. Sasuke laughed, and Naruto elbowed the raven head playfully.
"You shouldn't mess with the newcomers like that Sasu-chan." Naruto smoothly ducked the swing aimed at his head for the nickname and continued. "Then you might be responsible for the school shutting down since no new people come in." Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"Oh please dobe – the money I sent for funding this school last month ALONE would let the school run for a good half-year – don't try that crap with me." Neji suddenly felt very small as the others greeted the blonde.
Dammit – he's RICH too. But he's such a little –
"Hyuuga?" Neji raised his head and glared at Sasuke.
"What?" Sasuke blinked at him for a moment before smiling brightly.
"Work hard, okay? I wanna see that diamond in you really soon! Okay you guys!" He called to the others as Neji fought down a blush again.
Dammit – why does he have to say these things just when I'm sure that I hate him?
"I'm going to be heading out! I'm sure Kakashi is going to be grinding up my ass if I don't get to the office to meet some guys who want to set up a concert sooner than next year!" Sasuke exclaimed cheerfully. Neji blinked.
Kakashi? THE KAKASHI? As in Sasuke-Uchiha-the-greatest-hip-hop-performer-in-the-world's-manager Kakashi? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? Kiba grinned.
"'Grinding up your ass', Uchiha? Goodness, doesn't THAT sound illegal?" Sasuke shot him a look as Naruto adopted a pout.
"Get outta here, you pervert! Go and read the Icha Icha series you're not even supposed to have since they're NOT ALLOWED on campus!" Kiba blushed.
"How the hell did you –?"
"But Sasuke!" Naruto whined, making Sasuke's gaze drift back to him. "That's so cruel! Don't DO that with Kakashi! I mean, how on earth can you choose HIM over your dancing partner? He's nothing compared to me!" Neji took a frantic moment to process this.
What? HOLY SHIT YOU MEAN HE'S GAY?
A certain body part of his was glad of Sasuke's sexuality.
Agh – GOD!
Sasuke blinked at Naruto for a moment before patting his head like a person would their dog.
"Believe whatever you want dobe. I'm out everyone!" He walked around Naruto and swooped his arm down to sweep his bag off the floor, sliding his shoulder into the strap. Naruto took a step forward.
"Wait Sasuke!" He gripped the dancer's wrist as he turned.
"What do you want now dob–?"
He was cut off as lips were set firmly on his, his eyes wide.
The room was filled with wolf whistles as the others watched. Neji's eyes went wide.
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD I WAS RIGHT! THEY'RE TOGETHER!
His gut shouldn't have reacted to that – anger flared in its bowels as he saw Naruto try to snake his lips in between Sasuke's, his hands trailing to wrap around the other's waist.
And another, more… private part of him certainly shouldn't have jerked, flushing with a powerful heat that made the breath catch in his throat as vague thoughts floated through his head about how hot it looked.
Awe, fuck.
But he sure as hell shouldn't have been so relieved either when he saw Sasuke pull away before Naruto could gain entrance, raising a knee to slam it into the blonde's stomach and breaking the other's grip, powering the rest of his leg forward to push the blonde away.
"STUPID USURATONKACHI!" He cried, face flushed, before whirling towards the door. "I'M LEAVING!" He vanished into the hall, but then the group saw a hand waving from the doorway a moment later, no body in sight. "SEE YA YOU GUYS!"
With that, he left.
Naruto gasped, straightening and holding his stomach.
"Okay," he gasped. "Pretending that never happened…" he looked at Neji. "So, Neji Hyuuga, you're the newest edition…" he grinned, abnormally sharp canines flashing in the light. "Step up, newcomer."
"You're rough and misshapen… but with enough pressure… become a diamond…"
"Let's go!"
End of Chapter One – Step Up, Newcomer
Heehee – yep! Completely AU, but with the famous DDB twist.
Yes, I know Neji is majorly OOC – at least thought-wise, but hey! Who knows what's going on inside the dear protégé's head?
We shall never know.
Sasuke is also majorly OOC, but when he has to dance with the number-one-hyperactive-knuckleheaded-ninja (Naruto sneezes in the background) all the time, then he HAS to catch some of the blonde's pizzazz – it's inevitable.
Besides, do you see a massacred clan anywhere so far? Nope.
Ah – hip hop masters! I love it! There's going to be a lot of songs in this fic – one for every chapter I hope.
Gosh – I don't think there's going to be enough songs on the face of the planet to satisfy this fic. XD
I hope you liked it:D Please review!
Ja ne!