Chapter One: A New Leaf

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"That was fucking terrible. NEXT!" Tayuya shouted, practically jumping out of her seat. She was ready to pull her hair out. She sat back down and rubbed her temple. "We've been through sixteen fucking people, Itachi. We need to give it up. There's literally no fucking hope for FHL." Tayuya let out a long, agitated sigh.

"Shit! Now I actually have to go to college." Naruto slammed his hands on the table, rattling all of their drinks. Temari shot him a glare.

"Somehow I doubt you would get into college, dickless." Sai retorted with a smile. Their manager, Itachi, shook his head at the childish display that was coming from the band members. He waited for Sai and Naruto to finish their argument before speaking.

"There's only four more auditions left. We can get through this." Itachi expression didn't change at all. It was blank, and Temari partly wished she knew what he was thinking. She crossed her arms and leaned back in her seat.

"If the first sixteen people were bad, what makes you think these last four won't be?" Sai questioned, rubbing the back of his neck. Temari nodded, realizing that he did have a valid point.

"I have something called hope." Itachi shot the boy a glare. Sai rolled his eyes at this and looked at the door. "Next!" When the next auditionee entered, they all looked surprised, except for Itachi and Sai. They examined the girl before them. She had chocolate colored eyes, and equally chocolate colored hair that was wrapped into two buns that were situated on either side of her head. She was wearing a white tank top and red khakis.

"You've gotta be kidding me…" Naruto mumbled under his breath. Tayuya leaned over and whispered,

"Why does she look like she's straight out of Street Fighter?"

"Shut up." Itachi hissed. He turned back to the girl and flashed her his fakest smile. "Hello, I'm Itachi Uchiha, Five Hidden Leaves' manager."

"Nice to meet your acquaintance Uchiha-sama, and the rest of you!" The girl waved slightly. Naruto stood up and held his hand out.

"So you think you got what it takes to be Ino Yamanaka's replacement!" He exclaimed. Temari pulled him back into his chair. He crossed his arms and stuck his nose in the air, obviously displeased. Temari rubbed his blonde head, grinning.

"State your name, age, and reason for wanting to be in this band." Sai instructed. The girl nodded, her buns following her head as it moved up and down.

"I'm Tenten- no last name. I'm twenty years old and I want to be in this band because it's always been my dream to be a singer and make people happy with my tunes!" She chirped, shifting her weight from foot to foot. Sai nodded, and looked at Itachi.

"What will you be singing for us today, Tenten?" Itachi tilted his head to the side, his black hair falling all over his face. Tenten shrugged,

"A song I wrote called Your Star." She smiled at him. Itachi nodded, edging for her to go on. She coughed into her hand and cleared her throat.

"I can't see your star.

I can't see your star.

Though I patiently waited, bedside, for the death of today.

I can't see your star.

The mechanical lights of Lisbon frightened it away." Tenten paused for a moment. Tayuya's mouth gapped open, Temari covered her mouth in surprise, and Naruto's jaw dropped.

"She's amazing." He whispered to his older sister. Temari nodded.

"How can such a cute, little thang have such a harsh, raspy voice?" Temari asked to no one in particular. Itachi hushed them as Tenten continued.

"And I'm alone now,

Me and all I stood for.

We're wandering now.

All in parts and pieces, swim lonely, find your own way out." Tayuya couldn't resist her urge to clap for the girl. Tenten smiled and resumed.

"I can't see your star.

I can't see your star.

How can the darkness feel so wrong?"

Once she finished, Temari, Tayuya, and Naruto all jumped to their feet, clapping. Sai and Itachi just exchanged glances and gave similar nods of approval. Tenten grinned,

"Did I do well?" She cocked her head to the side. Itachi nodded, and stood up. He walked over to her and placed his hand on her shoulder.

"You, my dear, did well enough to make yourself the fifth hidden leaf. Welcome to the team."


One Week Later

Ino Yamanaka sat on the wood floor in her band mates, Gaara and Shikamaru's, apartment. Even though she had been in the band for barely a month, she had already established close relationships with Shikamaru, Sakura, and re-established her high school friendship with Sasuke Sasuke (or at least she thought so). Neji still treated her like shit, and Gaara still acted like she didn't exist.

"Aye, Shikamaru, get over here!" She called to her bandmate. Shikamaru stalked into the living room and plopped himself on the couch.

"What?" He groaned. Ino stood up and placed her pink laptop onto his belly. He stared at the screen; a SceneSetters blog entry. He looked at the headline that read 'Hidden Leaves Gets Fifth Member: Replaces Ino'. He skimmed through the article before handing Ino her laptop back. "Well, I guess they moved on faster than you thought they would." Ino rolled her eyes and sat on his lap.

"She probably sounds terrible." Ino stated. Shikamaru closed his eyes and mumbled something along the lines of 'yeah, whatever'. "What do you mean 'yeah, whatever'?" Ino mocked him.

"Well, I just highly doubt that they were desperate enough to hire someone who sounds terrible." Shikamaru explained. Ino rolled her eyes hating how technical her bandmate was.

"I don't doubt that. They really are that pathetic." Ino shook her head.


Tenten twirled around and looked at herself in the mirror that was hanging on the back of the door. She, Temari, and Tayuya were all squeezed into one, small fitting room in a well-known Gothic Lolita store. Tenten examined herself in the mirror. She had on black denim short-shorts, fishnet tights, red leg warmers, and a black tube top with a red lace fishnet shirt underneath it. "This isn't really me." She sighed. Temari and Tayuya simultaneously rolled their eyes.

"It's not supposed to be you, because you're…"

"A fucking fairy princess." Tayuya cut Temari off. "This is a fucking rock band. You're not gonna fucking fit in if you wear….the shit you normally wear." Temari took a deep breath and turned to the bun haired girl.

"I hate to say it, but she's right. I hate being the one that has to change you for fame but it's something that is inevitable. You think Naruto likes wearing black all the time?" Temari shook her head. "Hell no. But he's the bassist in a hard rock band—it has to be done. We're labeled as 'gothic', 'hardcore' and 'screamo'. So, we gotta play the part we're given."

"Why can't we just change the label then?" Tenten crossed her arms over her chest. Temari slapped her forehead with her hand.

"Jesus, you're uncooperative. If we change the label, then we wouldn't win."

"Win?" Tenten tilted her head to the side. "Win what?" Tayuya took a deep breath, not really wanting to explain the story.

"Well, have you ever heard of Black-n-White?" Tayuya cocked her head to the side and slid against the wall, sitting on the ground. Tenten shook her head, causing Temari to roll her eyes. "They're our rival band…they were a little more famous than we were, but they lost their vocalist." Tayuya slammed her fist against the floor. "Then we lost our soon after…"

"They suck, though. All they care about is the money." Temari stated, shaking her head sadly. Tenten scratched her head, her bun moving slightly out of place.

"Have you ever considered that maybe your old vocalist went to BNW?"

"No," Tayuya responded quickly. "Now hurry up, Sai wants to meet up so we can write some songs for the album."

"We're starting it already?" Tenten gushed, jumping up and down. Temari nodded. "Ahhh! Wǒ hěn gāoxìng*!" Tayuya and Temari exchanged glances, shrugging.

After about an hour, the three girls were in Temari's Toyota camry, on their way back to the band's house. They walked through the door and were greeted by Sai and Itachi sitting at the kitchen table, having a stare down with one another.. "Took you guys long enough." Sai stated, sipping his coffee. Temari nodded apologetically.

"She's hopeless." She gave Tenten a soft smile. Tenten flashed her a toothy grin.

"I honestly don't care." Itachi didn't take his eyes of Sai. "Sai has already started writing something up." Itachi held Sai's notebook in the air and Temari reached out and grabbed it from him. Temari skimmed through it before handing it to Tayuya. Tayuya read it carefully before handing it back to Sai.

"I'd think that the vocalist would want to read what she has to sing." Itachi shot a glance in Tenten's direction.

"I win." Sai cut in, flashing Itachi a fake smile. Itachi let out a small 'tsk' and crossed his arms. Tayuya rolled her eyes. Sai handed his song-writing notebook to Tenten, who opened it and read it. After she was done, she made a face.

"Err..." She let out. Tayuya, Temari, Sai and Itachi all directed their attention to her. "It's nice and metaphorical and all but…it has no real meaning." Tenten closed the book. Itachi furrowed his eyebrows, glaring at the girl.

"Sai has been writing our songs since we started this band in highschool." He pointed out. Tenten nodded.

"Yes, yes, I know this. But…don't you think he should get a little help every once in a while?" She walked over to Sai and opened the notebook again. She took his pencil and began to make marks, adding and removing words and lines. Naruto walked into the dining room with his laptop in hand.

"Aye, guys, you need to see this shit." Naruto growled. He practically slammed his laptop down. Tayuya, Tenten, Temari, Sai and Itachi all gathered around it.

"Ino Yamanaka Quits Five Hidden Leaves, Goes to Black-n-White." Temari read out loud. "This is bullshit!"

"That's what I said!" Naruto snapped. For a second, Tenten couldn't tell the yelling siblings apart. She wanted to laugh, but knew it wasn't a good time.

"She fucking left to join that joke of a fucking band?" Tayuya exclaimed, the vein on her neck practically popping out. "I'll kill the bitch!" Tayuya shook her fists. She looked about ready to kill, and Tenten could have sworn that her brown eyes flashed red.

"Calm down." Itachi directed. They all did as they were told and calmed down a bit. "There is good that comes out of this. Not only did we get this," Itachi looked at Tenten and she almost thought she saw a smile on his face, "but we can also write some songs about our situation." Itachi looked at Sai. They all nodded.

"Tenten needs some work, though." Temari stated. Everyone directed their attention to her. "Well, you're a little loose, but I think in time you'll be better than Ino." Temari smiled.


Tenten was walking to go visit her adoptive brother, Yamato's house. She skipped down the streets of Konoha, trying to avoid the cracks. She was paying no attention to the world around her, which was a usual Tenten thing. That is until, she collided with something hard. Something hard, and she would later discover, something rude. Tenten plopped on the floor, letting out an 'ow'. She bowed her head and began repeating 'I'm sorry'.

"Alright, I get it, you can shut up now." Tenten looked up to see a young man who looked strikingly like a combination of Sai and Itcahi. He had the same, dark hair color as Sai and Itachi, and the front of his hair looked like Sai's. The back was in the shape of a….duck's bottom. He held out a hand and pulled Tenten up.

"I really mean it…I'm sorry." Tenten was about to re-begin her bunches of 'sorry' until she was cut off.

"Wait a minute…are you Tenten?" He wondered. Tenten looked around and nodded slowly.

"Yeah…why?" She tilted her head to the side. He began to chuckle a bit before looking directly into her eyes.

"Watch out for Itachi, he's a real player. He's nice, though." The boy patted her shoulder and began to walk off.

"Wait, who are you!"

"His brother and the better Uchiha, otherwise known as Sasuke."


Peppa: I liked this chapter a whole lot better than the prologue. JKL wrote this one. It's certainly the dog's. Let the battle of the bands begin!

JKL: We should probably tell you their ages and roles in the band. Tenten is twenty and, obviously, the vocalist of Five Hidden Leaves. Temari is twenty-one and is the guitarist of Five Hidden Leaves. She's also the one that handles their finances and pays their mortgage, because they all share one huge three bedroom house. Sai is nineteen and is the rhythm guitarist, Naruto is nineteen and is the bassist, and Tayuya is twenty-two and is the drummer. Itachi is the manager and he's about twenty-four. He didn't go to high school with them, but he's Sasuke's older brother so lol.

As for Black-n-White(BNW for short), Ino is nineteen and is the vocalist. Neji is twenty and is the rhythm guitarist and backing vocals. Shikamaru is nineteen and is the guitarist. Sasuke is nineteen and is the bassist, and Gaara is nineteen and is the drummer. Sakura is the manager and she's twenty. Shikamaru and Sakura didn't go to high school with them, and Shikamaru and Gaara share an apartment.

Peppa: Read and review please!

*- JKL forgot what this meant because, to be honest, we wrote this a while ago and we wrote it in a notebook and we're changing it as we type it up. In the original writing of it, they just met the other band and they did not know each other in High School. Anyway, I'm pretty sure this means 'I'm so excited!'

OH AND WHILE WE'RE NOTING NOTES, Please keep in mind that in this story, Temari is not related to Gaara (well, that changes in the sequel but...nevermind). Peppa feels like Temari looks more like Naruto then she does Gaara, anyway. .-.


Copy-n-paste this URL and remove the PARANTHESES and spaces to listen to the song Tenten sung in this chapter: http (:) (/) .com (/) watch?v=UAeY62gywso

or google search: Your Star by Evanescence