OK NEW STORY GUYS!!! THIS IS WHAT I WANTED TO WRITE SINCE LONG TIME AGO...I'M SORRY IF YOU ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER OF ANIMUS, IM WORKING ON IT BUT I NEED MORE IDEAS. THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND I HOPE YOU LIKE THIS STORY!
"You are NOT going.." a steaming 40 year-old man voiced at two teenagers standing across the room. The man was sitting in a red leather chair looking at the guys with a fierce gaze, "Why can't you be like your brother?! He's going to be the president of the family's company and soon YOU are going to be the vicepresident"
"Not...I'm not made to be sitting behind a desk all day...I already told you what I want father, and it has nothing to do with the family company.." The raven haired guy replied to the older man sitting behind the desk. He turned to look at the blonde beside him, that was the view he has seen for 13 years, his best friend Uzumaki Naruto always standing by his side giving him his confident grin, which in this case changed to a sympathetic smile, now they were 18 and they were old enough to decide what they wanted to do with their lives.
"YOU ARE NOT GOING TO DEDICATE YOUR LIFE TO MUSIC!", a very angry Uchiha Fugaku yelled as he stood up and slammed his palms against the desk, "IM NOT GOING TO LET YOU RUIN YOUR LIFE WITH A FUCKING VICE!"
"I DONT GIVE A DAMN WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT MY DECISION, I JUST CAME HERE TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT I AM DOING!", the younger Uchiha retorted, Naruto looked at him biting his bottom lip, the blonde turned to look at Fugaku "Sir, I know I should mind my own business, but I think that-"Uzumaki.." Fugaku interrupted him, "I know you are the one that has been motivating my son into this stupid idea..."
"Why do you keep saying that?!" Naruto argued, "We love music! We've being making music since we were 7! And you sir, know how much this means to us! We-Naruto stoped when a hand was being placed in front of his face. The blonde turned to look at his best friend.
"No need to say anymore Naruto...He will never understand..", he said looking at his blue-eyed friend with his black gaze, "Let's go now.."
Naruto frowned, "Fine.." he said as he gave one last glance to the Uchiha standing across the room before he began walking out of the room.
Before the raven haired got out of the room, his father's voice stoped him, "I never seem to understand you, Sasuke..." Both Uchihas stood silently, with Sasuke's back facing his father, "I still have hopes that you will get me someday..", the younger Uchiha said as he dissapeared from his father's sight.
Uchiha Sasuke has always been a clever and very independent young boy, he had the life many other men his age wished for; his family was wealthy, but he never asked them anything, he was incredibly smart, not a straight A student but pretty much above average. He had a job alongside Naruto in a restaurant/bar where they had their gigs, both were a sucess and won a large quantity of money, enough for Sasuke to finally buy his favorite car, a 1970 Challenger. Sasuke's family company is in charge of exportations and importations of food or products that are going to be selled in stores. As said before the Uchiha's are a very wealthy family, one of the top families in the country, they were the kind of family that were never concerned about money or debts, but soon Uchiha Fugaku was going to announce retirement and name his elder son Uchiha Itachi the new president of the industry. Itachi was preparated, he studied the career and passed every exam with the most perfect score and was now going to be the new president. But there was a problem the second born, Sasuke, seemed to have been born from another father, he did not have any interest whatsoever in the company, he had other interest, since he was a baby his mother noticed how the sound of music playing seemed to relax him, years passed and it was confirmed, Sasuke loved music, he taught himself to play any instrument and he seemed to master any musical device that crossed his way like the flute, bass, drums, marimba, banjo, harp, violin, cello even the ocarina, but out of all the instruments he could play his favorites were the guitar and the piano. He learned how to read music sheets perfectly and had an amazing ability with rhythm and tempo. When he turned 15 he knew that music was the only thing that would make him feel alive. But sometimes its lonely at the top, his family was always against him and he barely had any friends, he never seemed to have any interest in girls despite the fact that with his looks he could get almost any girl he wanted. His only true friend was Naruto, they met when they were 5 years old in school. They were complete opposites and yet very much alike at the same time. Naruto's life was completely different to that of Sasuke, his family was smaller, his mom, Uzumaki Kushina died a year after he was born because of a strong leukemia, so his dad, Namikaze Minato was in charge of Naruto. The younger blonde was too small to remember his mother but he saw pictures of her all the time, when he met Sasuke he finally had another person to be with, Naruto tried to smile all the time, his goofy and encouraging smile helped both Minato and Sasuke through their pain, but when he was 12 years old a bomb was dropped on his small family, a doctor discovered a lung cancer in Minato, since then Naruto started looking for a way to win money and pay for a treatment for his dad's disease, he knew that in the music career you either fail miserably, or have a tremendous success, so he decided to go for it and in one year he learned how to play guitar, bass, piano and drums perfectly. Then he and Sasuke found their actual job and Naruto could help his dad and still have money for himself. But as the years pass his father's disease gets worse and worse so he needs a better and more expensive treatment to help him, Sasuke's family always has offered to pay for Minato's treatment but both Naruto and Minato declined, the least Sasuke could do was convincing Naruto to move in to his family's house, in a guest house that's separated from the main house, that way, Minato would always be under the care of the Uchiha maids and staff. Sasuke wanted a better future, a future were he could prove his family wrong and make the world appreciate his music. Naruto loved music too, but he also loved his dad so he will do anything to make a firm sign a contract with him. And they strongly believed that together they were going to make it, that's when they decided to go to the KMS, the Konoha Musical School, a private institution were music was the only subject, most of the people that COULD graduate were famous now. So they decided to go for it. They took the entrance exam and won two scholarships for the school. They were starting in a few days now.
Naruto was leaning on a wall near the exit door waiting for Sasuke with his arms crossed in front of his chest, Sasuke walked with his hands hiding in his pockets, "Told you coming here was useless" the tall black eyed said.
"At least you tried.." Naruto replied standing firmly on the ground, "Your family will understand when we are famous.."
Sasuke smirked, "Hn". The pair walked out of the building and got into Sasuke's challenger, blasted Black Sabbath's Paranoid and drove heading to Sasuke's house which was also Naruto's.
FINISHED WITH MY WOMAN CUZ SHE COULDN'T HELP ME WITH MY MIND
PEOPLE THINK IM INSANE BECAUSE I AM FROWNING ALL THE TIME
Naruto sang loudly, using his arms to pretend he was playing the guitar, Sasuke slapped his palms on the wheel to the rhythm of the drums in the song.
ALL ALONG I THINK OF THINGS BUT NOTHING SEEMS TO SATISFY
THINK ILL LOSE MY MIND IF I DONT FIND SOMETHING TO PACIFY
CAN YOU HELP ME OCCUPY MY BRAIN?
OOOH YEAH
Sasuke turned the volume down, "Dude come on, I can't hear the guitar!" Naruto pouted.
"You realize we're going to KMS in two days right?", Sasuke asked, "Our scholarships have a requirement that we have to stay inside the campus.."
Naruto looked at him with a question mark on his face, "What does that mean?"
"It means that we need to stay there the whole year, we need to sleep there all the time..", Sasuke answered, "We can't go home unless we are allowed to.."
"WHAT?!" Naruto yelled, "I can't leave my dad alone for a whole year!", the blonde exclaimed as he slapped his forehead.
"Calm down...We can talk to the principal to get a special permission or something..." Sasuke tried to reassure him.
Naruto sighed, "If I can't get that permission I'm not going...I can't leave him alone that much time.."
Sasuke looked at him, "I'm sure that if you don't act like the dobe you are, you can get the permission", he smirked,
"Shut up teme, I'm going to that school and going to be the new Jimmi Hendrix, or Slash!", Naruto yelled enthusiastically, as Sasuke smirked and parked his car out of his mansion.
'I really don't want to go...', a midnight haired girl with white eyes thought as he heard her father talk about how she needed to continue the good reputation the Hyuugas have in music.
"Hinata, you've been trained since you were a little girl to be a great classical music artist, you need to live up to our reputation..", Hyuuga Hiashi demanded. Hyuuga Hiashi was a famous orquestra director, the most famous out of the Hyuuga bloodline, the whole Hyuuga family only concentrated in classical music. They were taught to learn how to play violin, piano, harp, flute, every instrument available. But every family has a black sheep, Hyuuga Hinata loved music, she was a Hyuuga after all but her tastes were not that of his father, she'd rather play the piano in her room and enjoy the music she made alone. But her family had other plans, she was going to be sent to the KMS to be as famous as his father, to live up to her last name, and she had no other choice, her family wouldn't let her have her way, so she decided to deal with it and go that school. Her father was harsh and even though she was 18 years old now, he still treated her like she was 8 and made all the choices for her, Hinata knew her dad cared for her but he was just trying to make her be as good as her sister Hanabi. Hanabi was 15 years old and she was already a member of one of the top orchestras in the country. Hinata was not jealous at all, she was proud of her sister, even though she was alone, she was happy unless her music was taken away from her. One of the reasons she decided to accept her faith of going to KMS is because there, she would be free to sing or play any kind of music she liked and not only classical music as her family wanted, and even though she looked sweet and innocent, she secretly loved rock, punk, and metal, she was the kind of person that applies to the phrase Don't judge a book by its cover. Her mother passed away when she was 12, she was as famous as his dad and as talented too, Hinata wrote many songs thanks to her mother, but when she died, she felt a complete blackout, her mom was her inspiration. She hasn't written anything since her mother's death.
"You're going to be a great classical music composer just like your mother and myself..", her father talked, "I hope you become as good as your sister.."
"Hai Otou-sama", her soft voice replied.
The Konoha Musical School was famous because barely anyone could graduate, but the ones who made it were automatically signed by a great firm and got their lives solved. It was a big campus that was in the outside skirts of Konoha city, it had dormitories, any kind of classroom for any instrument, the teachers in that school were prepared for everything and were absolute geniuses in their areas.
In just a few hours the doors to the school will be opened and students will arrive. Every room had new blankets and pillows, waiting for its new owner. Every classroom was cleaned and ordered, seniors were waiting for the new students to arrive and lead them to the dorms.
"I heard your cousin is coming to this school too Neji...", a brown haired girl with two buns on her head, said, to a guy with the same eyes as Hinata.
"Hn. She's coming...", he replied.
"You seem upset about it...", the girl continued, "Do you guys get along?"
"No Tenten...My dad and her dad do not get along.", Neji answered with a tone of voice that signaled the end of the conversation. Tenten sighed, "Maybe you could try to get along.."
"No..", Neji replied instantly, "Students are arriving we should go to our positions..", he said as he walked away slowly from Tenten. Tenten narrowed her eyes and looked down at the ground, "Hai.."
After some time of leading the new students to their respective dorm rooms the windows near the parking area began to rumble to the beat of a song that was playing from a Challenger approaching the school, heads turned to look at the car, murmurs about how badass that car was were heard, when the car parked everyone was looking and waiting for the passengers to come out, the passenger door opened and a tall blonde stepped out, girls started squealing on how cute Naruto was, "HELL YEAH, WE'RE HERE SASUKE!"
"Shut up dobe, stop trying to draw attention to us..", a manly voice was heard from the inside of the car, the driver's door opened and girls started to squeal even more for the tall Uchiha. He rolled his eyes and walked to open the car's trunk, "Dobe, come and get your stuff.."
"Hey don't boss me around Teme!", Naruto yelled but went to get his luggage anyways. Neji sighed annoyingly and walked to them, "You guys need to go to that building and grab any room you want.. My name is Hyuuga Neji, I'm your dorm prefect...", he said as he pointed to the building were Naruto and Sasuke were going to be staying.
'Hyuuga?' Sasuke thought, 'Were have I heard that before...'
"Hyuuga?! As the famous orchestra director?!" Naruto yelled surprisingly, the aura around Neji changed instantly, "No, I don't have any relationshipto to that Hyuuga…", Neji answered venomously. Naruto looked at him confused, "Ok then…Let's go to our room Sasuke.."
"Oh no..You are not sleeping with me, that's gay.." Sasuke replied.
"You don't have other choice, every person in here has to have a roommate…" Neji explained nonchalantly as he walked away to other students arriving.
"Tch." Sasuke frowned, "Fine. Let's go..", the raven- haired said a he turned his car alarm on, and walked with his cases.
"Oh my god someone its coming on a limo...", some girl in the parking area said, Naruto and Sasuke turned around to see a long white limousine parking, the driver turned off the limo, and walked rapidly to open the door of the passenger. He helped a delicate small figure to get out of the car, "You don't need to do this and you know it Daisuke-san..", the midnight haired girl said softly.
"I know Hinata-sama...But you need to have a great entrance..", Daisuke replied with a smile on his face. Daisuke was Hinata's driver and friend, he has seen her grow up and cared for the girl as she was his daughter.
Hinata blushed, she felt embarrassed that everyone was looking at her, she told her dad she didn't want to get to the school on a limo, but he decided to ignore her petition. Daisuke ran to get her stuff from the trunk, Hinata looked around, she received jealousy glances from other girls, so she turned to look at the ground instead.
"Hey there!", she heard someone talking, her head snapped up, "O-Ohayo.."
"My name is Tenten and I am the dorm prefect for the girls in KMS…", the girl smiled, she looked at Hinata's eyes, "Your eyes…You must be Neji's cousin!"
Hinata jumped a little bit when he heard the name, Daisuke looked at the midnight haired worryingly, "H-Hai, he is m-my cousin…"
Tenten felt her awkwardness and decided to change the subject, "Well then what's your name?", she smiled.
"H-Hyuuga Hinata..", she answered nervously, "T-Tenten-san, where should I go?"
"Oh right! I almost forgot! That is the building girls are staying!", the brown eyed pointed at the said building, "You should go and pick a room Hinata-chan, but you'll have to have a roommate…"
"B-But I don't know anyone here…" Hinata stuttered. "You'll have to meet someone Hinata-chan…And don't worry everyone here has to be concentrated on music, so you won't have problems with anyone…I can guarantee that..."
Hinata smiled and looked at Daisuke, "D-Don't worry about me Daisuke-san, I-I'll be fine…" Daisuke returned her smile and nodded, "I'll take my leave now Hinata-sama. Ja ne!"
"Ja ne!", she waved goodbye as she pick up her case from the ground and watched the limo get out of the school.
"I need to go now Hinata-chan, more girls are arriving and I need to tell them…Feel free to ask me anything.." Tenten said as she waved goodbye heading to other girls arriving.
Hinata sighed and walked slowly to the building Tenten told her to go. Her long hair swayed along with the autumn breeze, she walked silently with a slight blush on her face.
"OI DOBE!", Sasuke bawled as he slapped Naruto on the back of his head, "Stop staring at that girl and let's get going…"
"TEME! I was NOT staring at her…" Naruto replied angrily rubbing his head, "I didn't know there were going to be girls here…"
"Tch. Are you stupid? I bet all the girls here are trying to be the new Britney Spears or something…", Sasuke stated, "Don't loose the focus on why you are here Naruto…"
"No need to remind me that…" Naruto smiled. 'I promised him…'
Flashback
"Dad here, take your medicine…" Naruto said handing a man that looked just like him a glass of water.
"Thanks Naruto..." Minato put the pills on his mouth and drank from the glass of water to drink them down.
"How are you feeling Dad?", the younger blonde asked, "Does it still hurt?"
Minato smiled, "No Naruto it doesn't hurt anymore…", his smile betrayed him. Naruto knew he was lying.
"Dad…Tomorrow, I'll go to that academy and I will graduate, and when I graduate I promise I will get money to pay for your treatment and everything will be better…", Naruto said as his lips snarled, he clenched his fists, "I will have the money I promise…"
"I know you will Naruto…But don't do this for me…Do this for yourself…I'll be fine just by knowing your dreams are coming true…" Minato said hitting Naruto's back with his hand.
"Still…I promise I won't let anything get in my way…", Naruto punched the air enthusiastically, while Minato chuckled.
End of Flashback
"We will be famous when we get out of here!", Naruto said grinning at his best friend standing beside him.
"Hn." Was Sasuke's reply.
"COMING TO THE SCHOOL ON A LIMO?! WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE", a girl scoffed at Hinata as she pushed her with her shoulder, knocking Hinata's backpack from her and making all her papers with music sheets fly around. The girls laughed and walked away from her rapidly.
'Oh no my songs!', Hinata thought as she desperately grabbed the papers on the floor and jumped trying to get all the papers flying around.
"Hey wait I'll help you…", a pink-haired girl said as she kneeled on the ground and picked Hinata's papers, she grabbed Hinata's bag and handed it to her.
"A-Arigatou…umm…"
"Sakura, Haruno Sakura..", the girl said with a smile on her face. "What's your name?"
Hinata introduced herself and explained why she thought the girls from before were bullying her. Her eyes softened as she looked at the ground, 'I lost many of my papers…'
"Don't be sad…You can write many more songs while we're here…", Sakura said trying to cheer the midnight haired, "By the way Hinata do you have a roommate?"
"N-No Sakura-chan…", Hinata answered, "D-Do you?"
Sakura grinned, "No, can you be my roommate? I won't be a pest I promise…"
Hinata giggled, "Let's go then Sakura-chan..", the midnight haired was happy, she would at least not feel alone in this place.
Sasuke was walking completely ignoring Naruto's conversation when a piece of paper landed on his face, "Ah. Damn it…", he said as he pulled the paper off his face. He looked at the paper, and his eyes widened a bit, he continued reading the music sheet. 'This is amazing…It's for piano I know it…'
"What is that Teme?", Naruto asked trying to peek at the paper.
Sasuke ignored him and looked for a name in the paper, he only found the initials 'HH' in the top right corner of the paper. He turned the page around and saw the lyrics for the song on the other side. 'This person must be a genius…'
The day passed and all students were already in their rooms, Neji and Tenten communicated their respective building that at 7 o' clock there would be a meeting with the principal in the theatre of the school.
"N-Now that you mention it…I have no idea of who the principal is…", Hinata voiced.
"She's kind of…different from any other principal you know…" Tenten grinned nervously. "I'll see you later girls…"
8:00 PM
"Woah, this place is amazing…" Naruto said as his eyes traveled the roof of the building, the theatre was enormous, it was decorated as if it was the phantom of the opera theatre, red seats with a gigantic chandelier hanging from the old fashioned roof. The red fine fabric curtains were closed, they were hanged in a way that gives the illusion that they continued all the way up to the roof. The theater was located outside the school walls, at about 15 minutes walking.
"That chandelier is so beautiful…", Hinata said looking at the enormous decoration that was hanging above her.
"Yeah, when I was little I always thought this was going to fall over me!", Sakura giggled, Hinata looked at her and blinked confusedly. "S-So you've been here before Sakura-chan?"
"Uhh, yeah, the principal, she's kinda like my-Sakura was interrupted when music started playing, lights flickered to the rhythm of the drums and trumpets.
'I guess this experience begins now…', All teenagers sitting on the theatre thought at the same time.
DON'T TELL ME NOT TO LIVE
JUST SIT AND PUTTER,
LIFE'S CANDY AND THE SUN'S
A BALL OF BUTTER
DON'T BRING AROUND A CLOUD
TO RAIN ON MY PARADE
Everybody clapped at a blonde woman, singing as the curtains from the stage opened, she had her microphone on her hand, and she was dressed casually with jeans and a green V-neck shirt.
DON'T TELL ME NOT TO FLY
I SIMPLY GOT TO
IF SOMEONE TAKES A SPILL ITS ME AND NOT YOU
WHO TOLD YOU YOU'RE ALLOWED TO RAIN ON MY PARADE
ILL MARCH MY BAND OUT
ILL BEAT MY DRUM, AND IF IM FANNED OUT
YOUR TURN AT BAT SIR,
AT LEAST I DIDN'T FAKE IT
HAT, SIR I GUESS I DIDN'T MAKE IT
BUT WHETHER IM THE ROSE OF SHEER PERFECTION
OR FRECKLE ON THE NOSE OF LIFE'S COMPLEXION
THE CINDER OR THE SHINY APPLE OF ITS EYE,
I GOTTA FLY ONCE,
I GOTTA TRY ONCE,
ONLY CAN DIE ONCE, RIGHT SIR?
OH LOVE IS JUICY, JUICY AND YOU SEE
I GOTTA HAVE MY BITE SIR
GET READY FOR ME LOVE, CUZ IM A 'COMER'
I SIMPLY GOTTA MARCH, MY HEART'S A DRUMMER
DON'T BRING AROUND A CLOUD TO RAIN ON MY PARADE!
IM GONNA LIVE AND LIVE NOW, GET WHAT I WANT I KNOW HOW
ONE ROLL FOR THE WHOLE SHEBANG
ONE THROW THAT BELL WILL GO CLANG
EYE ON THE TARGET AND WHAN, ONE SHOT ONE GUN SHOT AND BAAM
HEY MISTER ARMSTEIN, HERE I AM!
ILL MARCH MY BAND OUT
ILL BEAT MY DRUM, AND IF IM FANNED OUT
YOUR TURN AT BAT SIR,
AT LEAST I DIDN'T FAKE IT
HAT, SIR I GUESS I DIDN'T MAKE IT
GET READY FOR ME LOVE CAUSE IM A COMER
I SIMPLY GOTTA MARCH MY HEART'S A DRUMMER
NO NOBODY NO NOBODY
IS GONNA RAIN ON MY PARADE!
Everybody's mouth hanged open by hearing the way this woman was singing, "Th-That was amazing…" Naruto stuttered as everyone began clapping.
"HELLO EVERYONE!", the blonde woman yelled with the microphone on her hand, her voice made the windows shake, "MY NAME IS TSUNADE AND I AM KMS' PRINCIPAL!"
"THERE'S NO NEED TO SHOUT, YOU HAVE A MICROPHONE!", Naruto yelled back taking his hands off his ears. Sasuke glared to his principal with his hands still on his ears, he turned around and hit Naruto on the head, "Shut up dobe, you are being as loud as her…"
The people close to them laughed, Tsunade glared at both of them, "Hmm, I see we're having new troublemakers his year…", she spoke softly now and smirked at both guys, "I have special treatment for your kind…"
Sasuke looked at her nonchalantly while Naruto smirked. 'Bring it on, Tsunade-baachan…'
"Anyways, I welcome you all to this institution, the best musical school in the country and I dare to say in the world…Millions of people want to get here but only really special talents are chosen…", she walked around the stage, "But don't get too comfortable…Let me tell you that there were 400 students in the last generation…But only 3 got to graduate…", Tsunade said with an enormous smirk on her face.
Hinata gulped, 'I have to graduate no matter what…If I don't my family would hate me…'
'I'm graduating there's no doubt about it…', Naruto thought clenching his fists on his lap.
"I have high hopes for all of you guys, so you better not disappoint me, I hope all of you have the chance to graduate, and that's why we teachers are here, to help you and improve your skills so you can live with music the rest of your life…"
The theater was filled with applause, Tsunade smiled to everyone, "Classes start tomorrow, you can go to your dorms now…", claps continued until Tsunade got off the stage. The crowd sitting began to leave the theatre and walk back to their dorms, there were already some groups of friends talking standing around the theatre.
Hinata and Sakura decided to avoid the crowd and remained seated until the theater was pretty much empty, "What w-were you saying before S-Sakura-chan?", Hinata said as the two girls stood up from their seats, "Tsunade-sama is my grandma…Well not my grandma but she took care of me when my parents died…"
"I-I'm sorry Sakura-chan…" Hinata said with her soft comforting voice.
"It's okay Hinata…I was too little to remember them…", Sakura half smiled, "Tsunade-sama was the landlady of the place where my parents lived, so she took care of me…And since I was little I live close to music, and I learned how to sing, dance, but the thing I love the most to do is play the drums…"
Hinata's eyes slightly widened, "You play the drums Sakura-chan? Th-That's the only instrument I don't know how to play…", she said as she poked her fingers together.
"I'll give you some lessons Hinata-chan!", Sakura grinned, "And you could be my critic on how I sound…"
Hinata nodded, "Hn. I'll do it…"
"This stage is amazing!" The girls turned around to see a blonde boy crawling up the stage using his arms to push himself up, "It feels awesome to be here!"
Hinata blushed when she saw the blonde guy, she smiled at what he just said, Sakura looked at him smiling too. They saw how another raven-haired guy was crawling up the stage, "We're going to kick ass on this floor Teme!"
Sasuke smirked and closed his eyes, imagining the lights decorating his face and the crowd screaming his name, himself holding his favorite guitar with Naruto next to him playing the bass. He opened them again to see the empty seats and only two girls looking at them from some seats in the back of theater, then he heard some high heels hitting the ground close to them.
"You guys need to know you are only allowed to step on this stage when you are going to rehearse something…", Tsunade spoke harshly, "Got it?"
"Hinata come, I'll introduce you with the principal, she likes your father's music…She'll be glad to meet you…" Sakura said as she softly pulled Hinata close to the stage. Hinata bit her bottom lip in nervousness, "O-Ok Sakura-chan…"
"Tsunade-baachan, we're new here, we were just exploring…" Naruto replied with a goofy grin.
Sakura's eyes widened when she heard Naruto say baachan, "Listen Hinata, if there is one thing you don't have to say to Tsunade-sama is that she is an old lady…", the pink-haired whispered.
Tsunade eyebrow twitched, "Don't ever call me baachan again you hear me?", she spoke venomously.
"Having plastic surgery does make you look younger, but you are still an old lady…", Naruto said while he crossed his arms behind his head, Sasuke suppressed a chuckle and smirked with his eyes closed.
"Oh I recognize your voice, you are the annoying loud voice that shouted back there in my speech…". Tsunade mentioned, "I'll keep my eyes on both of you…", she said as she narrowed her brown eyes.
"By the way Tsunade-baachan, I wanted to ask you for a favor..", Naruto said completely ignoring Tsunade's threat. The female blonde sighed, seems that she would not make Naruto stop calling her old lady. Sakura and Hinata stoped walking right at the proscenium of the stage.
"I just inaugurated the school year and you already have something to say…", Tsunade sighed as she crossed her arms, "First introduce yourselves and then you'll tell me what you want.."
Naruto nodded, "My name is Uzumaki Naruto, I am a freshman in this school, and I want to umm…", the male blonde couldn't find the words, "I don't now how to ask for this…"
"He wants to ask your permission to leave the school at least in weekends so he can visit his father…", Sasuke explained, "That's what he wants.."
"Why should I grant you that?", Tsunade replied crossing her arms in front of her chest.
"My father is sick…", Naruto answered, he looked around and saw Sakura and Hinata looking at him but he decided to continue talking, "He has cancer…", he gulped, "That's why I just can't stay much time away from him…"
"I am not supposed to grant you that permission so easily but, I like your attitude…", Tsunade smiled looking at Naruto up and down, "Meet me tomorrow in my office so I can give you your special pass…"
"Really?! THANK YOU SO MUCH TSUNADE-BAACHAN!", Naruto yelled with happiness, "But I don't know where is your office…"
"Oh…well, Sakura!", Tsunade bellowed, making Sakura jump in surprise, "W-What is it Tsunade-sama?"
"Please lead Naruto to my office and ask the needed information, you should know what to ask…", the female blonde said in a totally different tone of voice.
"Hai Tsunade-sama..", Sakura replied, "By the way, my name is Haruno Sakura…" the pink headed spoke as she looked at Sasuke and Naruto.
"Nice to meet you Sakura-chan.." Naruto grinned with his cheeks turning a soft shade of pink, his blue eyes traveled to Hinata as if waiting for her to introduce herself. Sasuke looked nonchalant at Sakura with his hands in his pockets and nodded up his head to signal he heard her. Hinata felt both male gazes on her and blushed, she looked down at the ground and started playing with her fingers.
"Oh Tsunade-sama!", Sakura interrupted the awkward silence, "I want you to meet my new friend, she is Hyuuga Hinata!", the pink-headed said as she softly pushed Hinata forward with her shoulder. Naruto and Sasuke's eyes instantly popped open when they heard her name.
"Glad t-to meet you Tsunade-sama…", the midnight haired girl bowed.
"Ah Hyuuga, you must be the daughter of Hiashi right?", Tsunade asked.
"HYUUGA HIASHI?!", Naruto exclaimed, "You are that talented classical music director's daughter?!"
Hinata nodded nervously, her blush increased, "H-Hai...He-He is my father…"
"Then I'll personally check how you are doing in your classes Hinata…", Tsunade added, "You are the daughter of a genius after all…"
The white-eyed girl pressed her lips together, it was always like that, everyone expected a lot from her thanks to her family, for many that could be a good thing, but for Hinata it was a incredible amount of pressure on her shoulders, she was not supposed to be good, she was supposed to be great, she was not supposed to be an artist, she was supposed to be a genius, a musical genius to be exact.
She nodded slowly, "Hai, I-I will do my best, Tsunade-sama…"
Naruto jumped off the stage and stood in front of Hinata, he lowered his head to her height to be face to face with her, Hinata's face turned tomato red, "N-Naruto-kun…"
"I would like to hear what you got…", Naruto spoke, "Why don't you sing something?", he then stood up straight and waited for her.
"S-S-Sing? N-Now?", Hinata stammered, "I-I can't…"
"If you have stage fright you'll never get far from where you are right now…", the male blonde spoke harshly.
"Tch. Quit your act dobe…", Sasuke began, "You're scaring the girl…"
"Ha ha I was just kidding Hinata…", Naruto laughed, "I'll hear you tomorrow after all…Now Sakura-chan can you take me to Tsunade-baachan's office?"
Sakura nodded, "Sure, follow me…", she gestured Naruto to follow her with her hand and both walked out of the theater.
Sasuke jumped off the stage and just before he started walking away from the women in there, Tsunade spoke, "You must be Uchiha Sasuke…"
He stopped with his back facing Tsunade, he turned his head to look at her from the corner of his eye, "How do you know my name?"
"Your father called early this morning…", she answered, "He said that if you are low in status in this academy, I should send you back home.."
Sasuke narrowed his eyes and turned his head back to face in front of him, "I will not go back home without graduating from this school…"
Tsunade smirked, 'Seems like I have interesting freshmen this year..' , the blonde woman watched as the Uchiha walked away, "Why don't you be a gentleman and walk Hinata to her dorm?", Tsunade said looking at the exit door, "Its late and it could be dangerous…"
"I-Its okay…I-I can walk with you when you get back Tsunade-sama…" Hinata grinned nervously.
"I'm staying here a bit more Hinata, I have a reunion with the teachers…And the school guards will not let you in that late…", Tsunade explained, "I'm sorry…"
"D-Don't worry Tsunade-sama…" Hinata smiled, "G-Good night…"
"Good night guys…Sleep early you need to be prepared for tomorrow…", Tsunade said as she walked backstage.
"I'm leaving…" Sasuke informed, Hinata turned to look at his back, but hesitated before running to catch up with him. They walked the first 5 minutes in an uncomfortable silence, Hinata wasn't the type to initiate a conversation but she figured neither was Sasuke, so she simply said the first thing that came to her mind.
"W-What d-d-do you th-think o-of the school S-S-Sasuke-san?", she managed to say, she hoped Sasuke understood her stammering since she wasn't willing to repeat herself.
The black eyed teen looked at her with no expression on his face, "Its fine I guess…"
'She's too shy I wonder what kind of talent she has to be here…', he thought as he saw how she sighed, "What is it?" he unwillingly asked, he asked just because Naruto used that same expression when he could not write or compose any song.
Hinata looked at him as if he had grown another head, she didn't notice she sighed hard enough for him to hear it and she wasn't expecting him to ask what was wrong, "I-Its just that…", she was about to explain she lost her songs but decided to not bother him with her problems. "N-No, n-nevermind Sasuke-san…", she smiled.
Sasuke frowned but stopped asking, "Hn.", was his reply.
"So his name is Uchiha Sasuke…", Sakura repeated what Naruto just told her, "You guys sure have some reasons to be here…", she said as she opened the door to Tsunade's office. Naruto managed to tell Sakura a simplified biography of Sasuke and a simplified autobiography while they walked to the office. Sakura was interested in Sasuke, he was handsome after all, and now that she knew how talented he was she was even more interested in knowing him. Sakura told Naruto her story too while she asked his information needed for the pass, Naruto seemed a little too fascinated with her.
"I've never met a girl that could play the drums…", he spoke, "Maybe you could play for me to hear you tomorrow?"
Sakura giggled, "Why not?", she stood up from the chair she was sitting on and left the paper with the information in the middle of the desk, "Its time to go to our dorms now…"
"Let me walk you…", Naruto offered, "Its too dark for you to be alone…"
Sakura smiled nervously, "Thank you Naruto…".
Naruto walked and opened the door for her and both walked out of the office heading to the girl's dorm.
Sasuke and Hinata continued walking in a now comfortable silence until they reached Hinata's door, Hinata grabbed the key out of her pocket and opened the door, the rooms of the academy, had two guitars, two keyboards, two basses, one set of drums, and two of every small instrument, they were definitely made for students to compose music all the time. Sasuke saw the keyboard and felt the urge to play the song that slapped in his face earlier that day. He walked inside the room without asking, Hinata looked at him with surprise on her face. She looked around to see if anyone saw him enter the room and rapidly entered herself and closed the door, unknowingly someone was able to watch the raven-haired enter the room.
"S-Sasuke-san…I-I don't want t-to be rude…B-But I don't think y-y-you can be here…", Hinata said as a red blush invaded her face.
"There's this song in my head…I'll play it once and I'll leave…" he replied, looking at her with an intense gaze. Hinata gulped, his eyes held so much mystery and somehow they made her feel like she should listen to what he was going to play. She nodded softly and Sasuke sat on the chair in front of the keyboard, Hinata stood behind him so she could hear what he was going to play better. The Uchiha turned on the keyboard and adjusted the tone he wanted to hear, he looked at the keys and closed his eyes, placed his hands in the white and black keys and began playing, Hinata's eyes widened, 'Th-That's…'
The music sounded sad and relaxing, Hinata could never forget the tone of that song, she wrote it the day her mother passed away, she felt tears forming in her eyes, she lost that song earlier that day and it surprised her how easily Sasuke learned it and played it perfectly. Hinata sniffed and covered her mouth with her hands, Sasuke heard her sniff and stopped playing he turned around slowly, to see Hinata standing, her eyes were glossy and filled with tears, his face showed surprise for once, "Are you allright?"
"Wh-Wh…", she stammered as she closed her eyes tightly, "How-How do you know that song?", she managed to speak.
Realization hit Sasuke, 'HH…Of course…Hyuuga Hinata…' "I found it today…I didn't know it was your song...until now…", he said as he stood up and reached his pocket, he pulled out a folded paper, "Here, I saved it because I think this is a great song…", he said trying to not look at her directly in her eyes.
Hinata looked at the paper in his hands, she was about to grab it before Sasuke pulled it away from her hand, "I'll give it to you if you sing the lyrics…"
Hinata blinked, "S-Sing?"
"Why do you always stammer? Yes, sing…I'll play, you sing…", Sasuke said making it sound more like an order, "I took care of the paper, I have the right to hear it.."
"S-Sasuke-san, that m-makes no sense…", Hinata pouted.
"Then I'll keep the song…" he smirked and started walking out of the room.
"N-No! W-Wait I'll sing…", she said as she blushed and looked down at the ground, "I-I will sing…"
Sasuke walked as fast as he could back to the piano and turned to look at her, "Ready?", Hinata walked next to him placing one of her hands in one of the keyboard's corner, she nodded, "Hai…"
The raven-haired began playing, Hinata gulped and took deep breaths preparing her throat.
Naruto and Sakura were walking close to the room when they heard the piano playing, Naruto recognized the tone Sasuke used in every song he played on the piano, they decided to wait outside until he finished playing.
PLAYGROUND SCHOOL BELL RINGS AGAIN…
RAIN CLOUDS COME TO PLAY AGAIN
HAS NO ONE TOLD YOU SHE'S NOT BREATHING?
HELLO, I'M YOUR MIND GIVING YOU SOMEONE TO TALK TO
HELLO
Sasuke closed his eyes as he heard Hinata, and continued playing the song, Naruto and Sakura could not believe how good Hinata sounded, Sakura felt a tint of jealousy when she realized Sasuke was playing and Hinata was singing for him.
Hinata was blushing when she felt Sasuke's gaze on her, she saw what she thought was a tiny smile on his face and decided to continue singing.
IF I SMILE AND DON'T BELIEVE
SOON I KNOW I'LL WAKE FROM THIS DREAM
DON'T TRY TO FIX ME, I'M NOT BROKEN
HELLO I AM THE LIE LIVING FOR YOU SO YOU CAN HIDE
DON'T CRY
SUDDENLY I KNOW I'M NOT SLEEPING
HELLO, I'M STILL HERE
ALL THAT'S LEFT OF YERSTERDAY
Sasuke played the ending of the song and sighed, "You're good…Don't let anyone make you feel like you aren't", he said as he stood up and walked to the door.
"A-Arigato Sasuke-san…Y-You are amazing…Y-You learned the song so easily…", she spoke softly, "Th-Thanks for f-finding the song…"
Sasuke grabbed the door handle and before opening the door he turned to look at Hinata, "That was just a coincidence…But I'm looking forward to see what else you got…Let me tell you I'm quite good myself…", he smirked.
Hinata giggled, "I-I am sure you a-a-re…"
He turned the door handle and pulled the door open, pulling Sakura who was holding the other side of the handle with him, Sakura just felt how her face hit something that was metallic, heard a grunt and fell down to the floor. When she opened her eyes she looked at Hinata standing a few feet away from her with her face looking at the pink-haired like she was a ghost or some type of monster.
Sakura felt someone poke her head continuously, she turned her head up to look at Sasuke's frowning face, that's when she noticed the metallic thing she hit was Sasuke's belt and she was laying just above Sasuke's groin.
"Oh my god…", her face turned as pink as her hair, "I am so sorry…", she said looking at Sasuke.
"Get off me…", Sasuke spoke. Naruto laughed while he helped Sakura and Sasuke up.
"Now that's what I call awkward…", the blonde grinned.
Sasuke hit Naruto on the back of his head with his palm closed in a punch, "Shut up dobe.. And let's go to our dorm…"
Naruto pouted angrily, he wanted to stay some more time with Sakura but instead grinned to the girls, "Have a nice sleep Sakura-chan, Hinata! See ya tomorrow.."
Sasuke looked at Hinata and nodded, he waved goodbye nonchalantly to Sakura and walked away from the room.
"Good night Sasuke-kun!", Sakura smiled, "See ya tomorrow Naruto…", she said as she closed the door on Naruto's face.
Naruto's smile faded instantly and walked to catch up with Sasuke, "Oi teme, Sakura's cute isn't she?"
"I don't care dobe…", Uchiha replied, "You better don't start liking her…"
"Why? You like her already?", Naruto asked, "Oh..I get it, you liked how she looked down there ne?",the blonde smirked.
Sasuke glared at Naruto, "We're not here for that..."
"Geez…calm down dude…I was just saying…", Naruto said as he decided to stop talking for once. 'She is kinda cute though…I feel a song coming…' he smiled to himself while walking.
"Hinata I can't believe you have that voice…", Sakura said as she put on her pajamas, "You sing so beautifully…"
"Y-You heard me Sakura-chan?". Hinata gulped. Sakura nodded, "Naruto and I heard you guys…", she spoke with another tone of voice when she thought of Sasuke and Hinata together, "We think you sounded very good…"
"A-Arigato Sakura-chan…", Hinata smiled and blushed at the thought of Naruto liking her voice while laying down on her bed, "Ne Sakura-chan…", she began.
"Huh? What is it Hinata?", Sakura replied as she laid on her own bed.
"D-Do you like S-Sasuke-san?"
Sakura looked surprised at Hinata, "Pff. What are you saying Hinata…I just met him…", she laughed nervously.
"I-I'm sorry, I-I was just asking..", Hinata apologized as she closed her eyes, "Good night Sakura-chan…"
"Good night Hinata…", Sakura said as her thoughts were filled with the raven-haired guy. 'He is very cool actually…'
Hinata closed her eyes but continued thinking about her day, she never imagined she could sing with someone else in the room but something about Sasuke made her feel comfortable besides, she loved how he played her song. She shook her head when she began thinking about Naruto, 'You're not here for that Hinata…You are here for your family's respect…'
Naruto snored while rolling on his bed, "S-Saku..chan..", he said in his sleep, Sasuke rolled his eyes and frowned when he heard Naruto sipping his drool back to his mouth. He turned to sleep on his left side facing the wall and thought about how Hinata sang and how he felt the need to write a song as good as hers. His eyes popped open and sat on his bed, at the same time Naruto sat down too, both looked at each other and smirked, "New song huh?", they said at the same time.
"I bet mine will be better…" Naruto said with a 'I just wake up' voice.
"You wish..", Sasuke smirked as both guys grabbed a paper and pen and the guitars in the room.
"Interesting first day ne?" Naruto said as he wrote with his pen.
"Hn." Sasuke smirked as he raked some notes on his guitar.
SO THAT'S CHAPTER 1 OF 'GIVE ME YOUR RHYTHM'. I MAY CHANGE THE NAME OF THE STORY LATER ON... SORRY IF ITS A LITTLE CONFUSING I WROTE THIS ON A RUSH.
IT'S 4:00 AM RIGHT NOW AND I NEED SOME SLEEP!! HAHA
AND ALSO IM NOT SURE IF THIS SHOULD BE A NARUHINA, SASUHINA, NARUSAKU, SASUSAKU.... TELL ME YOUR OPINION ON A REVIEW PLEASE!
THIS STORY IS FULL OF SONGS THAT I LIKE A LOOT, BUT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CHARACTERS USING ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE SONGS YOU CAN REVIEW IT AND ILL FIND A WAY TO PUT IT IN. THE ONLY SONGS THAT I WILL DEFINITELY NOT USE ARE SONGS FROM: THE JONAS BROTHERS, MILEY CIRUS, DEMI LOVATO, SELENA GOMEZ OR ANY DISNEY ARTIST. SORRY IF I DISSAPOINT YOU WITH THAT BUT I REALLY DON'T LIKE THEM.
THANKS FOR READING PLEASE REVIEW WHICH PAIRING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THIS STORY! ALSO WRITE CHARACTERS THAT HAVEN'T APPEAR YET...LIKE INO, LEE, KIBA, ETC. WHATEVER PAIRING YOU LIKE REVIEW IT PLEASE! THANKS AGAIN! (: