AN: Well guess what folks? I'm. Sick. That means that my family is keeping me at home to keep me from polluting other people's health. Great huh? Its sucks big time to be sick during summer! Anyway, since I am home for the next few days, you people out there (if there are any) might get a couple chapters up in the next few days. Enjoy this chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto…
Summary: Everything in the village hidden in the leaf had settled down. No more Madara, Pein, or Akatsuki. Naruto was perfectly at ease. But when Tsunade puts the Konoha 12 in a 'Battle of the Bands' and they are forced to compete with and against each other and other teams of ninja. They want to back out… to bad they all play instruments.
Chapter 2
The ninja were leaning in very close to Shizune while started to say the first name. "Band one is-" She looked at the faces that were getting close, too close.
Close.
Closer.
Even more close.
Super close.
Now violating personal space.
All the way up to her fac- crash! The twelve of the ninja spewed onto the floor. Five people fell on top of the seven others. Slowly each one got up. The last two were Naruto and Ino.
He got up and put his hand out. "Need a lift up?" he offered. The Uzumaki pulled the platinum blonde up. Unfortunately he pulled to hard and landed on the ground. Again. With. Ino. On. Top. Of. HIM! "Whoops." He looked at her now blushing face and lifted both of them off the ground.
When they got up they noticed an audience. The other 10 where trying to contain their laughter. Both blondes were now blushing.
"What?' asked the fox-boy.
Sasuke decided to tell them, and with a smirk he said. "Naruto-baka you still have your arms around her." They looked down at Naruto's long arms holding Ino around the waist. Holding her almost protectively.
"Eh… Sorry I-" Naruto looked around sheepishly and scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. But Ino wasn't responding. He heard everyone laugh and looked down at the Yamanaka, she was busy snuggling into him.
Ino stopped and broke out of him grip swiftly and gave him a wink. She then went back to stand between Chouji and Hinata. Naruto just stood there, frozen… 'What the hell just happened here?' he thought.
Tsunade then stopped laughing and look at Shizune who was seething. Tsunade knew this look and counted down. 5… 4… 3… 2….1 …"Cut the crap!" Everyone turned to see a red faced Shizune. "Do you want your bands or not?"
The twelve shivered and then nodded.
She composed herself and turned back to the group and look at her clipboard.
"Well, Band one is Kiba, Shino, Hinata-
Dog boy grinned. "Yes original team eight!" Too bad he was just kicked. Standing behind was not only Hinata, but Shino, both with one foot placed on his back. The bug user spoke up. "Continue Shizune-san."
"Ok, like I was saying, Band one is Kiba, Shino, Hinata and Shikamaru." There was a groan of 'troublesome' from the pineapple haired brunette.
"Alright, Band 2 is Ino, Tenten (both slapped hands behind their backs), Neji, (cry of relief from Tenten) and Naruto."
Ino was smirking. She had the perfect band members. All of the members had a competitive side. And she was with Naruto. She had grown quite fond of him over the past years went they hung out. He was so funny and kind you couldn't help but to like him. Plus he was quite the looker. Blonde hair, blue eyes(just like her), lean but strong build, only a little bit of orange on him. Perfect. She knew that maybe she could get to know him much more over the next few weeks. She looked over to the other blonde. He was grinning too. She got his attention again and gave him another wink. He blushed. 'Aw! He's so innocent when it comes to girls.'
Naruto was rejoicing in his head. The ramen-loving man had the perfect band. Tenten, was one of the most determined kunoichi in Konoha. Neji, the Hyuuga prodigy right next to Hinata, he was perfect to win, with his drive to win. And there was Ino. The one who had just fallen on him and winked at him. She was a cocky kounichi reminding Naruto of himself when he was in battle. With the right music and enough practice this competition was already theirs.
"And Band 3 will be Lee, Sakura, Sasuke and Chouji." Sakura give Sasuke a shy smile and he gave a small grin back.
Tsunade then got up. "You all will have three months to prepare with your band. There will be three rounds and six bands competing. And-
"Baa-chan, there are other ninja competing?"
"Yes gaki. There are three bands from Konoha, and one from Suna, Kiri, and Kumo. This will take place in the stadium where you all had your Chunin Exams the first time. Like I said you have three months to prepare. Be ready with at least a set list of at least six songs."
Chouji decided to ask a question, "Six songs? What if we don't make it to the last round? What if we don't even know how to write a song?"
"Ok, to answer, I know not all of you will make it to the last round, but the requirement states that to get in you have to have a name for your band, and at least six songs ready. And if you don't know how to write a song, ask your band mates for advice. This is a mission and I'm trusting you will all work together."
"Hai!"
"But if you want to check out your competition, there is a bar in the Red Light District called 'Sakko's Music and Karaoke House'. The judges hang there a lot. Go there a week or so before the Battle starts and the people you are to be competing against should be there looking around the local scene. They may perform just to impress the judges or scare the locals. But you may perform if you'd like but don't go all out and don't show everything you've got or you can just do some karaoke. I don't really care as long as you don't cause trouble"
"Hai!"
The Kyuubi holder then spoke up. "Is that it? Or are there anymore rules?"
"No more rules. You know to do, now group up with your teams! Dismissed!"
Eleven ninja filed out the door. "Naruto? Are you coming?" The bun haired girl poked her head in. "Ino wants to meet at her house in 2 hours."
He looked to the door. "Alright I'll be there." He smiled and the door closed.
"BAA-CHAN! What was that?"
"Brat, the village needs money, you all need breaks, you ALL play instruments and the competition just so happened to be coming up." The older blonde replied smartly.
"Ugh! Fine! I'll see you later Granny!" He gave a fox-like smile and jumped through the window.
Yamanaka Residence…Ding Dong"Hellooo?" Ino opened the door to find Naruto carrying a large scroll on his back. "Yo Ino."
"Hi, why don't you come in? Tenten and Neji are in basement."
"'Kay." The walked in an awkward silence until Ino pushed open a large white door. Inside was Neji and Tenten both in civilian clothes tuning their instruments, well just Neji, Tenten was setting her drums up. "So is this our studio for the next three months?"
The teal-eyed blonde looked up, "Yup. This was daddy's old office before he got a job in Interrogation. He said we could use it, or change it as much as we want." 'And it defiantly needs a change.'
"I brought my guitars and keyboard, plus a mic that someone could use."
The other three looked at him like he was crazy. Neji voiced what all of them were thinking. "Where did you put them all?"
He pointed to the large scroll in his hands. "This my friends in a deluxe size sealing scroll, personally made to fit large items. Check it out." He rolled the scroll out and bit his thumb and wiped some blood in the paper. Suddenly the scroll glowed white and an amp, two guitars(electric & acoustic), a keyboard sitting on a stand, and a Classic tube microphone.
The others looked at him with curiosity. The Yamanaka heiress then asked "Well, how did you get that many items?"
He blushed and then said that he got the money from missions. "I spent it on the one thing I love more money. Music." He got up and walked around the basement. Looking at the old carpet and rotting walls he concluded, "We're gonna need to fix this place up!" Naruto then started to write things down on a piece of paper and made 350 Shadow Clones. "Why don't we go someplace we can think while my clones… eh… remodel this place."
They all headed out to a quiet spot in a secluded training ground. "Why don't we think of Band Names?" Neji suggested.
Both blondes nodded and Tenten smiled, "Fine by me."
AN: There ya go. Hope you enjoyed it. If you have any suggestions on the name of the band I have open ears. You can also suggest for the rest of the Bands.
Naruto's = ?
Sakura's = ?
Kiba's = ?
Sand =?
Mist =?
Lightning = ?
Also, if you have any songs you'd like to see in this fic, I'd be happy to look at the choices and I might put some in. Anyway, please review its keeps my soul alive.