hey everybody, Crimson here. updating gets harder when you gotta deal with school and crap so, over the weekend i'll probably updating a couple of times. right now ive been sick since Wednesday so plz bare with me people. so now my voice has officially gone and i cant talk at all, heck, i cant even make a noise. i am totally and utterly voiceless. -sweatdrop- it sucks but whatever i'll deal. anyways one with the story!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and blah, blah blah you know the rest

Chapter 4

"It's Not Too Late To Try"

Last time-

"Thank you, Ino that was..." she shook her head deciding to not even go there.
"Wise." I thought I heard Neji say under his breath. Of course he would think that. TenTen was his girlfriend and she was smart not to even describe... what had just happened between Ino and the pole.
"Anyway's," TenTen continued. "Next up is--"

Rock Lee's POV

-Neji!!" exclaimed, happily, TenTen. I heard many snickers and try-to-but-couldn't-help-it giggles coming from Naruto and Kiba. As Neji got up and made his way to the stage, I saw him shot a dirty glare in their direction. It made them tense for only a moment, but when Neji turned his attention to the stereo system, they went back smirks on their faces.

"Might as well get this over with now, Neji," Naruto said.

"Has The Great Neji Hyuga actually -gasp- met his match?" jeered Kiba. The two burst in laughter.

"SHUT UP YOU TWO, BAKAS!!!!!!!!!!!!"

BONK

BOOM

CRASH

CRACK

Moral of the lesson... never piss TenTen off. I shuddered as the seemingly harmless girl sat down in Neji's spot on the couch and began to make small talk with Sakura and Hinata. Neji made his way up to the stage, grabbed the microphone and began. It kind of took us all be surprise on the song Neji decided to sing,

This world will never be
What I expected
And if I don't belong
Who would have guessed it?
I will not leave alone
Everything that I own
To make you feel like it's not too late
It's never too late...

Even if I say
It'll be alright
Still I hear you say
You want to end your life
Now and again we try
To just stay alive
Maybe we'll turn it all around
'Cause it's not too late
It's never too late

"TenTen, what's wrong?" I turned to see Sakura talking to my teammate, who, by the way, had tears streaming down her face.

"Oh don't worry about me, Sakura," she said sniffing and trying to wipe her tears. "It's nothing."
"Those tears do not seem like nothing, TenTen," I said to her.

"It's just that when I hear Neji sing this song... it kind of reminds me of when we actually began to go out and people were always snickering and being very cruel about. At one point in time I considered breaking up with him because of what people said, but Neji told me to ignore them, that he didn't care what they said he only cared about me. That has kept me going strong ever since."

No one will ever see
This side reflected
And if there's something wrong
Who would have guessed it?
And I have left alone
Everything that I own
To make you feel like
It's not too late
It's never too late

Even if I say
It'll be alright
Still I hear you say
You want to end your life
Now and again we try
To just stay alive
Maybe we'll turn it all around
'Cause it's not too late
It's never too late

The world we knew
Won't come back
The time we've lost
Can't get back
The life we had
Won't be ours again

This world will never be
What I expected
And if I don't belong...

"Hinata..."

"Hmm?" asked the lavender haired girl as she turned to Kiba. "What is it, Kiba?"

"It's easy to tell that you and Neji haven't sorted out all of your differences. But you two have tried and, from what I can tell, things have gotten a lot easier. Not for the village, but for the Hyuga Clan, right?"

Hinata was silent for a while. "Well, Kiba, you do have a point and things have gotten a lot easier back at home as well. It's not a consistent grinding between the main branch and the second branch of the clan."

Even if I say
It'll be alright
Still I hear you say
You want to end your life
Now and again we try
To just stay alive
Maybe we'll turn it all around
'Cause it's not too late
It's never too late
Maybe we'll turn it all around
'Cause it's not too late
It's never too late (It's never too late)
It's not too late
It's never too late

As the song began to wind down, everyone stood and applauded. TenTen cheered the hardest, through tears and all. I have to hand it to Neji, he is a true genius... even at singing! Neji made his way down from the stage over to TenTen. She wrapped her arms around him, "Thank you, Neji." He looked into her eyes and kissed, tenderly, on the lips. That sure got a cheer from the girls and a groan of disgust from the guys. All besides Uchiha that is. After they separated from their kiss, TenTen went back up on stage.

"All right everyone up next is--"

CUT! who will be the next to sing in this cruel, twisted-- hey! okay who has been messing with my Author's Note cards?! ... UGH NARUTO!!!!!!!!

SONGS USED: Never Too Late: Three Days Grace and last time

London Bridge: Fergie

Sakura: awww, that was so romantic!

Inner Crimson: uh... huh

Sakura: just because you dont appreciate a good romance -sticks out tongue-

Inner Crimson: -blows a raspberry-

Sasuke-Crimson: so immature

Naruto: -busts out laughing

Sasuke and Crimson: -sweatdrop-

Honeymusterd: anyways review, BITCHES!!!

Sakura, Sasuke, Inner Crimson, Crimson: OH NOOOOO SHE'S OFFICIALLY BACK NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -faint-

Honeymusterd: -.- oh wellz i guess it's just you and me now Naruto -evil smile-

Naruto: O.O REVIEW AND GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!!!!!