~*I'm The Star!*~

Summary: Sakura Haruno is just your average high school student; getting ready to go to College and train as a doctor but also she is a song writer for this band her sister is apart of. One day when he sister catches a cold, she is the only one that could take her place.

~SasukexSakura~

~Slight KarinxSasuke~

XxXxX

"Sakura! Are you done writing that song yet? My honey, Sasuke and the rest of the guys are waiting at the studio!"

Sakura growled, "Wait a fucking minute, Karin! I'm almost done!" She yelled back. Sakura couldn't believe she was writing yet another song for that stupid band. She could be using her time studying to get into Harvard, she had no time busting her brain for creativity and imagery for lyrics. How it all started was when she was at one of their band practices. She was writing in her notebook a poetry for her Language Arts class. Between that time, she had went to the bathroom, leaving her notebook wide open for anyone to read. That's when the band's leader and lead guitarist, Sasuke Uchiha picked it up and grew impressed with her so called 'Floetry' and made her the band's official song writer. She couldn't say no because...she had kind of a crush on Sasuke and she wanted to impress him.

About after a month, she found out that her older sister and him were dating, which crushed her. But at the time, she was fifteen and he was eighteen, why would he care of a childish crush?

The door to her bedroom pushed opened, revealing he fiery red head sister, "Sakura, come on! Sasuke just called-"

"Here, dammit!" Sakura said, picking it up and pushing it in her face. Karin took it and and read the title.

"Future in my hands," Karin looked up at her and grimaced, "You can never come up with good titles for a song." Sakura rolled her eyes. Like she could.

"Karin, this time sing it how I want it to be sang." Karin frowned.

"Who is the singer? Me or you?" She said. Sakura just stared at her, "That's what I thought. Your voice will never be as beautiful as mine." Sakura once again rolled her eyes at her older sister and turned back toward her desk. As far as Sakura knew, her voice was much better than hers. When they were in singing class together, she was the one always at the top of the class until she grew out of it and became more interested in other things.

"Whatever, hurry up and get to practice. I need to start studying."

XxXxX

Sakura sighed from exhaustion as she finally closed her book after five hours. She leaned back in her chair and stretched, she looked over to her clock, "Damn! It's six already." She said under her breathe. She closed her eyes, thinking about if she had other plans for the rest of day. She thought about the band, "Maybe I should go see how that song is turning out." She said opening her eyes and staring up at the ceiling. She had to go see if Karin took her advice and told her to sing the song how she wanted it to be sang. Knowing Karin, she probably did her own thing. She stood up and walked over to her closet and took put a pair of ripped jeans and a black long sleeve shirt.

And plus, it wouldn't hurt to go see them. The last time she saw them was about...two weeks ago. Knowing the drummer of the band, Naruto was probably missing her terribly. She laughed to herself thinking on how he would react when he'll see her.

After she got dressed, she left out the house and grabbed her bike and began heading down to the studio. The studio was only ten minutes away from her house, so she got there quick. As she chained her bike, she could the instrumental to her song playing. She smiled and started nodding her head but stopped when she heard Karin's voice.

She was singing it wrong.

She frowned, in fact, she had the wrong voice type for it. Karin was an Alto; she to be at least a Mezzo-Soprano.

Sakura opened the door and walked over to the desk, "Hawk." Is all she said until the man pointed over to the occupied booth. She nodded a thanks before walking over to the door and opening it and walking inside watching as Sasuke and Suigetsu looked up at her. Naruto catching sight of her, stopped drumming and ran over to her and hugged her. "Sakura-baby!" He said. She patted him on his back.

"Nice to see you too, Naruto."

"I thought you were back at home studying?" Karin said. She pulled away from him and stared at her.

"Five hours past since you left. I'm not that much of a bookworm." Naruto cleared his throat, loudly. She turned to glared at him and flashed her middle finger. "So, how is the song coming along?" She asked, looking at Sasuke. He looked at her and shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't know. Karin's voice doesn't seem like its blending with the music." He said. Karin pouted at him.

"What do mean-" That's when she started breaking out in a fit of coughs. Smokers coughs.

"I guess that's the problem. You're catching a cold babe." Sasuke said placing his guitar down and walking toward her, placing his hand over her forehead, "And a fever." Karin shook her head violently.

"No I'm not! What about the show tomorrow? You guys can't go on without me." She said.

"Well, he damn sure can't cancel it," Naruto said, "It's non-refundable to get our money back from the person's stage we rented out. What are we going to do?" Sasuke once again shrugged his shoulders.

"I'll figure out something before our show."

"Who are we going to find to memorize those lyrics in under twenty four hours?" Sasuke looked at Sakura and Sakura looked back at him. Why was he staring at her for? Did she have a booger in her nose or something? She went cross-eyed trying to look down at her nose. "Didn't you and Karin go to the same singing lessons class?" Sakura's eyes widen as she looked at Sasuke. "Think something quick, Sakura!"

Sakura began coughing, she grabbed her throat, "I think I have sore throat. I should get back home before it worsens." She said before quickly leaving out the booth and outside to her bike. No way she was singing! She couldn't even believe that he even suggested that she should be Karin's replacement. He didn't actual say it but she knew what he'd meant by, 'Didn't you and Karin go to the same singing lessons class'.

He may have been drop-dead gorgeous but he wasn't going to convince her.

XxXxX

"What the fuck!" She whispered loudly as she heard the constant banging of Karin's bed against her wall and her loud moaning of Sasuke's name. She pulled her pillow out from under her head and groaned loudly into it. Can't they do that over his house or something. They didn't understand that she needed her rest and still had to go to school around seven o' clock in the morning. She just wanted to walk in that room and beat both their asses for being inconsiderate.

That's when she heard the loud groaning of Sasuke. She sighed in relief, "Finally." She said placing her pillow back under her head and closing her eyes. Just as she was about to fall asleep, she heard the bed again. She sighed in irritation and threw the blanket over her head, trying her best to ignore the noises.

The next morning, she heard the very irritating ring of her alarm clock. She raised out the bed like a zombie. She cursed both Karin and Sasuke for making her stay up so late listening to them "make love" almost all night. She let out a tired sigh and lazily got out her bed toward her door. She opened the door.

Catching something moving on her left, she looked and saw Sasuke walking out of Karin's room with only a pair of black boxers on. She looked away immediately and blushed, "You need to put on some damn clothes." She said stomping off toward the bathroom, leaving a half-sleep and confused Sasuke looking at her. That's when something came to his mind.

"Wait, Sakura," She stopped and turned to him, "I was going to ask did you want to-"

"No." She said before slamming the door in his face.

XxXxX

Sakura walked out her school but paused when she saw Sasuke's car outside the gate. She frowned, what was with him. She told him no this morning. what did she have to do for him to leave her alone. She walked toward her chained bike and took the key out from her bag. She heard a car door close and footsteps approaching toward her. She didn't even bother to turn around, she already knew who it was, "You know this is called stalking right?" She said, taking the chain and putting it in her bag.

She sat on her bike and looked at him, "I don't know how many times I have to tell you no. I don't have time singing for that band; I've got better things to worry about, like getting into Harvard and that big entrance exam. Why can't you sing the song, you can sing can't you?" She said. Sasuke nodded his head.

"I understand that but the show is tonight and your the only one that knows the song and could sing it. Plus, you'll be only doing it once until Karin gets better and I read the lyrics, I think it fits a female voice better." He said. Sakura sighed heavily before thinking about it. Would it be bad to do it once? She looked at him before waving her hand.

"Fine...but only once," She holding up her finger, "and that's it and I'm not wearing any slutty clothes like Karin do." She turned back forward on her bike but then turned back around toward him, "Oh, and next time, fuck at your own house." She said before pulling off.

XxXxX

Sakura arrived at the stage and began to get annoyed by how much people had showed up. It kind of shocked her because, she never really came to their performances. Seeing this amount of people told her that the band was popular. "Oh my God, at least you could of wore something sexy." She turned her head to see Karin.

"I told Sasuke I wasn't wearing any slutty clothes like you do and plus, don't you suppose to back home. Your cold isn't going to go away easy if you don't lie down." Karin shook her head.

"This is more important that some cold. I came so you wouldn't ruin the whole thing for us and look what you wearing." Sakura looked down at her own self. She wore tan khaki pants and a black long sleeve shirt with black and white chucks. She looked back at her with a raised brow.

"So what?" Karin looked at her incredulously.

"So what! At least you could ask me to borrow one of my shorts."

"Hell no! They look too tight, there too low on the hips and your ass hangs out of them and you don't wear underwear in them, so that'll be disgusting." Karin sighed heavily.

"Its hard to believe that your my sister."

"I should be saying the same damn thing." Sakura mumbled.

"Karin? What the hell are you doing out of bed?" Both of then turned around to see Sasuke already with his guitar. Sasuke walked toward them and stopped, looking Sakura up and down. Karin noticed it.

"Don't she look bad." Sasuke shook his head.

"No, kind of like it." Karin gasped while Sakura blushed softly but not from the compliment, from her stomach setting off a loud, angry growl. She put her hand over her stomach.

"I'm hungry." She said, "Is there a place to get something to eat around here?" She said looking around, her eyes caught an McDonalds across the street. She grinned, "Big Mac here I come." She said before walking but then stopped when she felt a hand grabbed her arm. She looked over her shoulder at Sasuke, "What?" She said impatiently.

"We go on in ten minutes; there's no time." He said. She snatched her arm away.

"I'm not getting on that damn stage until I eat something. Now excuse me." She said turning back around. Karin sighed and shook her head.

"I'm sorry for how the way she's acting. Can you even believe that she's my sister?" Sasuke shrugged his shoulders.

"She an exact opposite of you, I know that much." After about five minutes, Sakura came back chomping on a burger. Karin grimaced at her.

"You're going to get fat if you keep eating like that." She said. Sakura looked at her and raised a brow before swallowing and smirking at her.

"Is that right," She said before taking another bite and chewing it slowly before swallowing, "I'm not like you Karin. Gaining weight after one honey bun, but there's a good thing about it; the fat goes to your ass, while mines go to my tits." Karin blushed with embarrassment, while Sasuke smirked. Karin did have a fat ass.

"Just because your tits are bigger doesn't mean nothing! You always drank milk when we were little, you dairy cow!" Sakura stopped eating all together and started laughing.

"I sense jealousy!" She sung loudly, making Karin even redder than her hair. Sasuke, deciding to step in, pushed both of them apart.

"Come on girls, no fighting," He grabbed Sakura, "It's time to go on." She nodded her head before following him toward the stage. Sakura looked up to see Naruto and Sai setting up the equipment. As she got closer to the stage, Sakura couldn't help feel the nervous churning in her stomach. She put her hand over her stomach; it felt like she was about to throw up. She never really did get over her stage fright when she was younger when she and her entire class did performances. She would usually be in the back out of sight. But here and now, she would be in sight where everybody would see her.

She groaned loudly, catching Sasuke's attention, "What's wrong with you?" He asked.

She blushed and began laughing nervously, "I have stage fright." She said getting straight to the point. Sasuke's eyes widen. She was the exact opposite of Karin. Karin just loved the stage.

"Wow, well, I have nothing to say. Try closing your eyes when you start."

"Easier said than done, asshole." She mumbled. Sasuke gave her an annoyed look as he heard what she called him. As they walked on stage, Sakura immediately took her place at the mic and closed her eyes. She just needed to get this over with and go home and go to sleep and pretended like this never happen. She smiled at the thought, it kind of made her stage fright go away a little. That's when she noticed the crowd got suddenly quiet, probably noticing that she wasn't the red haired broad they were used to.

"Our original singer has recently gotten sick, so this is her replacement." She heard Sasuke say. Replacement? There was something about that word she didn't like...

She was suddenly thrown out her thought when she heard the instrumental behind fire away, she had even jumped a little and turned around to see all three of them were caught up in playing their instruments. She looked back forward and her eyes grew large. Her nervousness had came back. She knew she was suppose to come in after four beats. She than remember what Sasuke told her. She closed her eyes and pushed her lips toward the mic.

Standing where i should be

Believing as i'm told to believe

Being who i should be

Doing what i should do

So far, so good it was working. She resisted the urge to sigh before going into the next verse.

Did you hear what i said?

Did you get what i meant?

What you saw is an illusion

You're living in delusion

Sakura thought back on how she used to sing to her father. Singing to him never made her uncomfortable. Maybe if she thought the crowd was her father maybe she could finally break out the nervous shell she was in. Finally able to open her eyes, they grew with surprise as she saw the crowd below her actually rocking to her voice. It put her in a state of shock but it always built confidence within her to know that the people liked her. Finally breaking out, she let her voice raise to a surprising crescendo.

Going on and on i have the future in my hands

Getting lose from days i never could get over

Going on and on until i'm finally myself

Getting out of this dishonest world i never wanted

Now is the time

Now is the time

XxXxX

Sakura was woken up violently when she heard her bedroom door slam into the wall. She quickly shot up from her bed, quickly grabbing the knife she hide under her bed -don't ask her why she keeps a knife under her bed- ready to attack whoever who busting in her room like they were the cops. She saw it was Karin. "What the fuck, Karin?" She yelled lowering the knife, "Why you come in my room like you being chased?" Karin was on the phone with an horrified look on her face.

"What's wrong?" She asked urgently. Karin looked at her.

"Turn on the T.V." She said. Sakura gave her a confused look.

"Why do-"

"Turn on the fucking T.V. and change it to channel 5!" Karin yelled. Sakura jumped as she grabbed for her remote that was at the foot of her bed. Sakura was so confused at the moment. What the hell was going on? Did somebody die and they were on the news or something?

"What's going on? Who are you on the phone with?" She said pressing the 'on' button and quickly changing it to channel 5.

"Sasuke." Karin said. As it finally hit channel 5, her eyes became huge as she saw her face on it. Sakura couldn't believe her eyes as she saw herself from last night, singing. Someone had recorded and sent it somewhere. Worst thing about the whole thing was that, she sounded good. She looked at Karin to see her eyes were just as big as hers but with anger filling them.

Sakura knew that she was definitely in deep shit.

Interested about the song?

Aimee B - Future in my hands

For those who are familiar with it. Kudos to you!