Kakashi's Pov

Everyone was setting up for practice when I heard the door slam shut and I knew all my musicians are here so I must be her. The one Kurenai had emailed me about. If it wasn't her that imposed this new pianist then I would have never agreed but I can't say no to that woman. Years later and there is still a part of me that would do anything for her but what if she knew it was me she was emailing instead of the coordinator of the mist orchestra? After all I dropped off the planet after she told me that she was getting married and haven't been back to Kohona since.

"Excuse me Kakashi-dono?" I looked up to see a young woman who looked uncertain at me but what caught me were those broken eyes. I turned my head to her instead of looking into eyes that mirrored my own.

"Why don't you play a piece that you feel like while everyone is setting up?" She bowed and I watched her lazily as she stepped on the stage as small as possible so she wouldn't be noticed. Is really suppose to be are lead?

I closed my eyes and little by little all sound stopped and a heartbreaking melody that pierced me like a soothing blanket. I opened my eyes to see that music was not in only my mind but it was the girl who transformed from a mouse to a dove. Her stage presence was so riveting I couldn't look away but it was shattered as the door slammed and startled her and that hauntingly sorrowful music stopped. I looked at everyone who was frozen staring at the girl with tears in their eyes and I myself even had them with out even realizing. She was the only one who didn't have any as she stared at the piano with great sadness.

"Everyone I want you to welcome our new lead, Hinata." She looked up and smiled but I knew it was one of pain. Practice went great and Hinata caught up extremely fast which made me realize that Kurenai wasn't kidding when she said Hinata was a genius. Soon enough practice was over and I went into my office for a half an hour till everyone cleared out. So I was surprised when I came back out to see Hinata crying while sitting at her piano.

"Heartbreak has the power to destroy musical talent, inspire it and limit it so which is it for you?" I sat beside her on the huge bench.

"My guess is limit since I can feel that you are no normal musician so that kind of talent is a usual and since you can play at that level so you haven't let it destroy you so it must be the last ne?"

"I try but my heart won't let me play anything else but songs like these." I sighed and shook me head.

"Why did you start playing?"

"My mother."

"Then why do you love it?"

"Because I can let everything go when I play and nothing else can touch me. When I play I feel her beside me and I am filled with her love."

"Then why are you letting some one else take that away from you? Feelings like those don't disappear so you simply have to find them and rediscover your love for the piano." She looked at me with a frown on her face before she honest to kami smiled at me.

"How could I forget? Thank you Kakashi-dono I'll try to find those feeling so I can play in your orchestra. But what about you? Why do you love music?"

I looked at her surprised and I make the same face she made only moment a go before I stare out the conductors podium.

"It makes me feel alive." She smiles and her hands take the key board and the nutcracker comes out fully alive that it makes the hair on the back of my neck stand and soon my hands come into the air and start moving. My eyes close as I see my orchestra in front of me as I weave the different instruments' together to create a vision of sugar plums in my vision. When I opened them she smiled and I knew that this was the beginning of a very amazing and new future for both of us. Some where off I hear the doors to the hall slam shut in anger.

****Three years later

"Hinata-chan!"

I turn around to see Haku with his huge cello that was going to topple him over any second so I rushed to his side.

"Thank you! That was the most amazing concert we've ever done since Kakashi-sama left us last year! Of course now you're leaving us this year to join him in Kohona's new Orchestra as his lead."

"I will miss all of you but I owe him a lot and since he personally asked me I feel as his friend I want to support him."

"I can't wait till I have a enough acknowledgement and I can transfer to but there's going to be so much talent there that Kohona might take the number one spot. And you got your Forget-me-nots bouquet as usual. I heard from the others you got them every concert."

"Hai and I don't know who their from but maybe I'll find out one day ne?" I smile at him and everyone else as they take me out for a goodbye dinner before I head back to the hotel to get some rest for the airplane ride to Kohona tomorrow. Kakashi helped me find my music again and for that I owe him more then anything but going back to that place has my stomach in knots. I smile as I remember I get to be with Shino again and I finally get to meet his boyfriend Kiba that he's been telling about for two years. Of course I'll have to stop by and see the old woman and the book store of course. Then lastly visit my mothers' grave and drop of my cd and some flowers and let her know what's been going these past years. I know she would be proud of me becoming a world class piano.

*****

When I get off the plane I'm surprised as I'm lifted off the ground from behind and swung around.

"Its good to have my best friend back!" I smile and laugh as I turn around and hug Shino.

"I haven't seen for five months since you came to my concert in flower country!" He grabs my luggage and we talk like we do on the phone everyday when we were apart.

"So any potential Mr. Hinata's?" I laugh and he smiles at me through his winter jacket.

"No, only if you liked woman then I'd just marry you." I teasingly pouted at him before I start laughing again.

"At last, you have fallen in love with me! But I have no interest in woman so you will have to find some else almost as amazing as me my friend." We pull up to a nice apartment building while we keep on joking about our love for each other.

I settle into his spare room and I find its almost time to meet Kakashi at the hall.

"I gotta go meet Kakashi Shino but I'll stop by after work to see you at the club k?" I kiss him on the cheek and he smiles before I'm out the door and walking to the hall which is only five blocks away.

*

"Hinata your late!" I walk through the door to see Kakashi who was standing right there.

"Ah you're just as late as she is Kakashi-sensei!" we turn to see an energetic blonde man jumping up and down while pointing at Kakashi and the fact that we can hear him all the way from the back means he's a very loud man. Kakashi mumbles under his breath before he pulls me along till we reach the stage and gets on while I wait back in the shadows.

"I am the conductor naruto and so you are all simply early.' I watch amused as some of the other's grumble as they take their places but Naruto-san continues to yell at Kakashi.
"Ne old man, have you decided who's going to be lead?"

"Yes and its not you."

"What? I am naruto Uzumaki and I am the greatest trumpet player-"
"I don't doubt that but I've called in an old friend and she's agreed to move here and join."

I walk on stage this time and I smile at everyone and one by one they recognize me all but naruto-san.

"Eh who's this?" I watch as he gets hit on the head by a man with white hair.

"Baka that's Hinata-sama the pianist, the world famous one." I watch as he Naruto-san looks at me with wide eyes before he jumps up in excitement.

"Yeah now were definitely going to be number one! Believe it!" I start laughing and so do the others.

"Thank you naruto-san I hope that together we can make this place can be filled with great music." I bow and take me seat to begin practice.

*

Practice was over and I spent three hours in the office with Kakashi helping him with placements and notes on the others till we decided to call it night. When I came out I was surprised to see naruto-san waiting for me.

"Uh Hinata-sama can I talk to you?" I smile and sit on the stage edge beside him.

"Of course but please don't be so formal." He laughs and scratches the back of his head nervously.

"I still can't believe I'm sitting here next to you or that I even get to play with you since I've been your fan since I was younger and to think that you're a couple months younger then me. Uh have you ever been in love?"

My eyes widen at his question and he's looking down blushing at his feet and I can't not be honest with some one like him.

"Hai about three years ago, why?"

"Was it a happy ending?"

"No, we didn't work out."

"Why?"

"We were in different worlds and sooner or later that caught up with us and we couldn't run from reality. I left to pursue my music and he's married to some other woman by now."

"I see. Do you regret your time together?"

"…No Naruto-kun I cherished that time very much."

"Even though you got hurt at the end?"
"Truthfully at the time I would have said no and there are still times I think that way but then deep down I know that I would do it all over again just to be in those moments and to feel like that again. Just curios but what's with the questions?"

"I love a girl and she's really rich and well I'm you know."

"Talented trumpet player? Happy go lucky? Determined? Imaginative? A good person?" He looked at me seriously for a second and I returned his look.

"You're serious? No one has ever called me those things, actually more like baka, dobe, annoying, loud…"

I smile before I get up and offer him a hand and he takes it as we leave the hall.

'Man I'm I glad you weren't all stuck up like most of the other pianist." I roll my eyes as we share a taxi.

'I'm going to club shinobi you can come if you want." He looks at me wide eyed and in shock before it turns into nervousness.

"Looking like this? I'm in street clothes and that club is for the rich and richer!" I shake my head and we get off at the main shopping district.

"Then let's dress to celebrate shall we?" He smiles and we head into the stores.


please review, i have to say the story isn't to bad for a day's writting.