I can honestly say I don't know why my chapters keep coming out so long. For all of you who are curious for couples that may/will appear: Sasuhina, Sasusaku, Naruhina, Naruino, Narusaku, Nejiten, Kibahina, Kibaino, Saiino, Shika and a lot of girls 'cause he's a hoe, Shikatema, Gaahina, Gaa and a lot of girls 'cause he's a hoe too, Konohana.

Before you go thinking this'll be a Hinata harem again, it isn't. It's just the possibilities and it's not like "yeh iz fosho" it's more like "there will be moments but it's nothing definite probably just confused feelings" and it's hard to explain but it's not a hardcore errbody luvz Hinata type.

There isn't always gonna be blocks of lyrics either, I just need it sometimes. Yay, I have a fan of The Cab in the audience! Thank you…'Guest' :D

Kthxbai

-xoxoxo-

On any other day, Ino would have left the music on but it was important business at hand and it was awfully distracting having Caged and Will of Fire play at the same time – she had both their websites open on separate browsers.

"So, four girls will be chosen and they'll have hotel coverage, transportation, and autographed albums and merchandise!" Ino squealed. As great as everything else was, they would be remembered while she could physically keep her autographed memorabilia. "We just have to do a cover of two songs, one from each band. That's easy! It's a sure win for us, isn't it? We'll have an edge to our production unlike other girls who'll probably just do vocals. Sakura, you play keyboard since I know you're mom made you do all those years of piano. I can do bass and guitar, but I know Nata can play guitar from when Neji used to teach you – don't deny it, I've heard you play using mine when you thought you were alone. We just need a drummer…"

"Oh, I know!" Sakura's hand shot up as if she was answering a question in class. "My personal trainer, we were talking once 'cause she was complimenting my fingers and I said it was 'cause of piano, and she said she can play drums! We can ask her when I go training tomorrow."

-xoxoxo-

"Thank you so much for agreeing to this, Temari!" Sakura thanked. Temari shook her hand and dismissed the girl, she had already repeated many times that she had no problem with helping out. She wasn't an actual fan of Caged or Will of Fire, but she did have a bone to pick with Shikamaru Nara, so winning and surprising the lazy shit out of him would be pleasant. The sandy blonde was surprised that Ino was able to do so much as she watched her set up the camera. She did indeed judge this book by her cover. "So which songs do we want to do?"

"How about Bad for Caged?" Hinata suggested. "I love the tune; it's got the sexy vibe that Caged always emits without being too extreme. Plus, I like their old stuff. As much as I do love Animal and She's So Sorry I miss it way back when Caged didn't seem like they despised every woman on the face of this earth. You know what I mean? It just feels like their music objectifies women as either not worth their time or just play things. Hate to go all super feminist on you guys but I just miss the music they made with sober minds."

Ino smiled at her best friend. "And what about Will of Fire?"

Hinata bit her bottom lip in thought. "How about This Song Saved My Life? We can fit in piano somewhere, I mean I was trying to come up with songs that had piano in them, but Will of Fire doesn't have any pianists."

"Why'd you choose this song, Nata?" Ino asked, seemingly playing around with the camera.

"I think we can all agree that we love the emotional aspect of Will of Fire, but their songs have become very…break up orientated. I mean, I know Kiba recently went through that break up with that actress whose name escapes me, but I mean come on what happened to all the feel good songs and the heart wrenching songs like the one we heard yesterday at MTV?" Hinata was really going off, the girls were impressed. It might have something to do with having Deidara and Sasori around her all the time. "I'm sure we're all on the same page when I say Heart Heart Heartbreak doesn't compare at all to Holding On. As much as I love their new stuff, it doesn't compare at all to their old material."

Ino snickered to herself. They were sure to win now with Hinata's decision and with the help of her master skills, she was sure everything would go as planned. Printing off the sheet music, Ino handed everyone their copies and explained to Sakura where to enter for the piano bits for This Song Saved My Life. It had been a while since Ino last played – learning bass guitar was one of the earlier phases in her life when her biases were the bass players of both bands, Shikamaru Nara and Sai Shimura.

"Gather around, everyone, we need to do introductions of ourselves and of the songs!" Ino motioned for them to face the camera together. "Ino Yamanaka here! Twenty years old, and single if you are wondering which I'm sure you will be after this video! Choose us because we won't ask for you to have our babies!" The girls stifled their laughter though Ino could have easily edited it out.

"My name is Sakura Haruno, twenty years old as well! I love Caged and Will of Fire! We hope that our video has more of an edge than other contestants!"

"Temari Sabaku, twenty five years old, mother of one, and a personal trainer. I think that suffices as an introduction."

"O-oh! It's my turn, whoops, Ino cut that out!" Not a chance, Nata. You're too adorable! Ino thought laughing inwardly. She couldn't help it, they needed a cute aspect to the video she supposed. "I'm Hinata Hyuga, and I'm turning twenty in December, and uh…I like to press flowers? Okay, on with it before I embarrass myself any further! We'll be performing Bad by Caged, and This Song Saved My Life by Will of Fire."

Counting everyone in, Temari cued Sakura to begin playing. The girls made sure to look confident – confidence drives a man crazy, so why not use it to their advantage?

"It feels just like it was yesterday, we were in love, why's it falling apart? I've never been one to walk away, but I've had enough and it's breaking my heart. 'Cause you love me just the way that you should, it's nothing that you do, no it's nothing you say. Yeah baby, I know that you're good, but I don't want a good girl no, not today." Hinata unconsciously smiled. This was after all one of her favourite songs by Caged. "'Cause I want it bad, I want a bad girl, baby, bad. I want a love that's crazy, yeah. I want a bad girl, baby, bad, I want it bad!"

Ino watched her best friend play and enjoy herself. She had constantly asked her if she wanted to become an entertainer but the shy Hyuga had always reiterated that she was terrified of the pressure of having to be this image of perfection that everyone would expect of her. "I want a girl who stays out too late, and when I call, she doesn't answer the phone. Oh, I want a girl who likes it her way, and through it all, I know I'll end up alone. Yeah yeah, you love me just the way that you should, it's nothing that you do, no no, it's nothing you say. Oh pretty baby, I know that you're good, but I don't want a good girl, no not today, mmm…"

Though Temari didn't know any of these girls really well, she was rather pleased that she got to play with them – they weren't half bad really. "Cause I want it bad I want a bad girl, baby, bad. I want a love that's crazy, yeah! I wanna fight, I wanna rock and roll and party all night! Yeah, I want it bad, I want a bad girl, baby, bad, I want it bad!

"I'm getting sick of predictable, tired of acting logical. Oh yeah, I gotta shake it up tonight. Yeah girl I want something physical, not something invincible, oh yeah! I'm tired of being good, let's be bad." Hinata got into the groove of the song. She couldn't help it! Music and art are her passions – it didn't help that she was originally raised in a rich household that promoted these things since they were after refined and whatnot. The type of art and music she liked now was far from what she had learned back in the Hyuga manor.

The other girls joined in for the end of the song. "I want a bad girl baby, bad, and I want a love that's crazy, yeah! I want a bad girl, baby, bad. I want a love that's crazy, yeah! I wanna fight, I wanna rock and roll and party all night! Yeah, I want it bad, I want a bad girl, baby, bad, I want a love that's crazy, yeah! I wanna fight, I wanna rock and roll and party all night, yeah I want it bad!"

They wouldn't wait for the pause, Temari counted again and they began to play once more. "I want to start by letting you know this because of you my life has a purpose. You helped be who I am today, I see myself in every word you say. Sometimes it feels like nobody gets me, trapped in a world where everyone hates me. There's so much that I'm going through, I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you."

-xoxoxo-

Sasuke was going to kill Kakashi and Jiraiya. It was seven days before the concert and they still haven't gone through all the videos. He couldn't remember the last time he had to see Naruto this many times in a whole damn two days. If they never held this stupid contest or concert, he wouldn't have had to sit in this room with that idiot, lazy ass, dog breath, and the bratty kid.

He however was not expecting to enjoy the video in front of him.

"I was broken, I was choking, I was lost – this Song saved my life. I was bleeding stopped believing, could have died – this song saved my life. I was down, I was drowning, but it came on just in time. This song saved my life!" he actually liked the girl's voice, and she did his song justice. Well, it was currently the idiot's song, and she made it sound tolerable.

"Sometimes I feel like you've known me forever, you always know how to make me feel better. Because of you my dad and me are so much closer than we used to be. You're my escape when I'm stuck in a small town, I turn you up whenever I feel down. You let me know like no one else that it's ok to be myself. I was broken, I was choking, I was lost – this Song saved my life. I was bleeding stopped believing, could have died – this song saved my life. I was down, I was drowning, but it came on just in time. This song saved my life!" Naruto on the other hand was beyond impressed. He himself had completely forgotten about this song. It wasn't a title track, and no one really talked about it much but he was glad at least one person took the time to remember it. He wrote it with important people in mind.

They looked oddly familiar. It was strange. Sasuke paused the video. "Neji, is the singing chick related to you in any way whatsoever? The drumming one I recognize as Gaara's sister for sure, there's no doubt about it."

Shikamaru didn't really care about who would be chosen but when the name Temari Sabaku came into hearing range followed by mother of one, his interest was caught. He wasn't jealous or anything of the bastard who fathered her child – knowing her it probably only happened recently, she was always rather straight laced about these things.

"Those are the girls we saw right in the front from our promotion day at MTV." Neji said. He didn't say anything about the girl and completely dodged Sasuke's question by playing the video. He would tell his friends when the vermin would leave their hotel suite.

"You'll never know what it means to me that I'm not alone – that I'll never have to be… I was broken, I was choking, I was lost – this Song saved my life. I was bleeding stopped believing, could have died – this song saved my life. I was down, I was drowning, but it came on just in time. This song saved my life! I was broken, I was choking, I was lost – this Song saved my life. I was bleeding stopped believing, could have died – this song saved my life. I was down, I was drowning, but it came on just in time. This song saved my life!" the singer finished. Neji was impressed. Unlike everyone else, Neji was more impressed that Hinata managed to continue learning guitar without his guidance. The video continued to a clipped scene but Hinata wasn't paying attention to the screen and was rather admiring the black tank top she had received from Gaara, debating whether she should fold it or not.

"How about Bad for Caged? I love the tune; it's got the sexy vibe that Caged always emits without being too extreme. Plus, I like their old stuff. As much as I do love Animal and She's So Sorry I miss it way back when Caged didn't seem like they despised every woman on the face of this earth. You know what I mean? It just feels like their music objectifies women as either not worth their time or just play things. Hate to go all super feminist on you guys but I just miss the music they made with sober minds." Sasuke raised a perfect brow and glared at Naruto who snickered at the criticism that his rival received.

"And what about Will of Fire?" Ino continued.

Again. She was doing that thing where she was seducing him but…not intentionally doing so. Sasuke drummed his fingers against the sofa arm – they watched the video on the television as they were all sent on DVDs. "How about This Song Saved My Life?..." the video clipped to the next bit. "I think we can all agree that we love the emotional aspect of Will of Fire, but their songs have become very…break up orientated. I mean, I know Kiba recently went through that break up with that actress whose name escapes me, but I mean come on what happened to all the feel good songs and the heart wrenching songs like the one we heard yesterday at MTV? I'm sure we're all on the same page when I say Heart Heart Heartbreak doesn't compare at all to Holding On. As much as I love their new stuff, it doesn't compare at all to their old material." Lord have mercy on their souls. Never have they ever received such criticism from a fan.

So maybe Ino left out the bit where they had to explain their song choices. She needed it to be natural, and it wasn't getting any more natural than this.

"I say we put them in our top three choices." Kiba suggested.

"I say we just choose them now." Sasuke said. Naruto opened his mouth to retort wanting to give their fans equal chances. "Listen, idiot. You guys don't want to be here, we don't want you here, and I'm sure none of us want to listen to anymore crappy covers of our songs. We can't just choose hot girls; I refuse to have banshees like your cousin Karin on stage with us."

Naruto retreated in defeat with a scowl.

"All of the videos before this one has given us bullshit like 'oh, I chose Animal because Sasuke looked soooo hawt singing it!' or 'I'm singing On Top of the World because Naruto's lyrics are always soooo deeeeeep, it like totally gets to me y'know?' and I hate to say it but I agree with Uchiha on this." Konohamaru said. "Sure there have been decent singers and some pretty hot girls, but have any of them really given us any sign that they deserve all the shit the companies will be providing for them?"

"The kiddo's right." Shikamaru finally spoke up. Gaara was steaming and needed a drink.

"Okay, we're choosing them now get the fuck out of our suite, I need a drink, and I'm not willing to share." Gaara barked. He didn't want to choose his sister for the sole reason that that lazy son of a bitch would be there with her. The shit face wasn't even aware of what he had put Temari through when he dumped her without a word and disappeared without a trace only to appear on their fucking television.

"Calm your balls, man." Shikamaru mumbled. "We're leaving…troublesome."

Will of Fire exited and went back to their rooms. Gaara picked something up and threw it. He screamed and yelled and began throwing whatever he could get his hands on. The other members of Caged just stood by and watched the angry redhead vent. Gaara was not a force to be reckoned with. Anger management couldn't even help the guy, he was the face of almost every fighting scandal ever known to Caged, and they were proud of him. Proud that he could hold his temper during the whole time he was seated in the same room as Shikamaru Nara.

Gaara Sabaku didn't have the privilege of becoming a mama's boy. His mother died leaving him with an abusive father, a runaway brother who turned up dead in an alley after being jumped while drunk, and a sister who loved and cared for him. She willingly covered him as a child while their father would instead hit her. So despite not being a mama's boy, Gaara was definitely a sister's boy.

Don't get him wrong, next to his sister the person he loves most is his beloved niece Shigeko. The girl could pull at his hair and hit him all she wanted to, and he would never get angry at her. It was her good for nothing father that he hated. A fantastic farewell – fuck his sister and leave. Leave her pregnant and alone. He left her believing he'd return to her only to appear as a superstar who was notorious for not keeping his dick in his pants.

"So I suppose you don't want to talk about it, we will be in the kitchen." Neji said. No, Gaara did not want to talk about it. He didn't like talking much in general let alone talk about his issues concerning that whore sack Nara. Gaara really wasn't one to call anyone a whore, but he couldn't give two shits.

"Yes, she's my cousin." Gaara turned his head to look at Neji who rubbed his forehead with his palm. "Hinata Hyuga, the ex-heiress of the Hyugas though it was never disclosed to the public. The bastards had this pre-planned, I know it. They knew they'd disown her, they were just waiting for Hanabi to be old enough. I didn't want to say anything to anyone – I don't want another…Tenten incident happening."

Again, Sai wished he could say something but he was contemplating the feelings he felt which frustrated him further. What did he feel regarding his friend's tragic matters.

Sure Sasuke thought of Neji as a pompous arrogant asshole, but he was a bro regardless of that because he was the only really clean one of them all. Sai sure was pretty clean but Sai wasn't one that you could trust with your emotions – Sai himself couldn't even trust his own emotions as real. The Tenten incident was a terrible lesson learned to all of them. Fame came with consequences – you sign your contract prepared to be alone forever.

"Shut up for a moment." Gaara ordered monotonously. "Hey, Temari? I saw your video. I thought you…oh, okay, well I want to see Shig. Oh, yeah okay…no…yes I have…okay stop saying stupid shit okay, I'm fine. Bye." He looked up from his phone, finally calm. "I call dibs on the singer girl."

"You aren't calling dibs on anyone." Sasuke hissed. Neji almost thanked him until the sentence that followed. "She'd clearly like me more anyways. I'm just about every girl's bias."

"I beg to differ, Uchiha. If you didn't see, she let the blonde girl have your belt." He was right. He did notice that Ino had been wearing his belt while Hinata adoringly played with Gaara's shirt.

"Shut up." Sasuke scowled. "Speaking of the incident, it's the twenty third, have you visited her yet?" Neji cursed to himself. He didn't have time because of the stupid video viewing. "We'll tell Kakashi, just go."

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Neji looked sadly at his girlfriend. No matter what, he'd see her as his girlfriend.

"Neji, aren't they cute? I did Miki's hair in buns to match mine! Michio has been naughty, he keeps asking when daddy'll visit, and here you are!" Tenten said, grinning at him. "I know you're busy, but thank you for coming to visit us at least once a month. The twins miss their daddy and are so proud of you! Come on, let's go to my room." Neji reached a hand out to help her, but she swatted his hand away. "I can do it on my own, silly!"

Tenten put her hands on the wheels of her wheelchair and began to push herself to her room. "Shh! They always seem to be asleep whenever you visit them, sorry Neji…I wish I could wake them but they're such heavy sleepers, just like you!" she giggled. Neji gave her a pained smile. "Would you like to hold them, Neji?"

Neji let his tears fall as he looked at her form, forever stuck in a wheelchair – it was all his fault. Everything that happened to her, it was his fault.

"Neji, you big baby, don't cry! What's wrong?" Tenten asked.

"No, I…I just missed you guys, that's all." He said. Tenten smiled up at him and handed him Miki and Michio. He hesitated to take them. Was he really helping the matter by playing along with her? Looking at her again, he noticed how she continued to smile without a care in the world. He really did love her, and it was because of that love that she was now paralyzed from her hips down. She was once such an amazing athlete – the only one who was able to compete with him, who dared challenge the prodigy Neji Hyuga.

His hands shook as he took Tenten's treasures into his arms. A woman in a white coat entered the sterile white room – it wasn't really furnished but whatever was there, it was white. "Tenten, it's time to meet with Dr. Uchiha."

"Oh! I'll be right back, Neji. Take care of Miki and Michio, Shizune keeps insisting I go see Itachi. Says it's part of my recovery. I feel fine though!" Tenten said shrugging. "I love you, Neji!" Shizune rolled her out of the room to Itachi's office on the 8th floor.

"Daddy's here…" he cooed shakily to the unmoving figures in his arms, and tucked them into Tenten's cold bed.

It was hard to hide himself with all his distinct features so…distinct. There weren't many long haired light grey eyed men who visited – especially not ones who looked like Caged's lead guitarist. Neji tucked his hair into the back of his large hoodie and readjusted his headband so that it was hidden under his high collared hoodie.

Glancing once more to the plastic dolls on Tenten's bed, he exited the Uchiha Psychiatric Ward.

-xoxoxo-

Songs:

Will of Fire – This Song Saved My Life & Holding On (Simple Plan) / Heart Heart Heartbreak (Boys Like Girls)

Caged – Bad & Animal (The Cab) / She's So Sorry (Hedley)