So I woke up today and I usually check my e-mail on my iPod and when I saw it refreshing, I got so much messages from fanfiction and omg I was (and still!) happy when I saw some of the reviews you guys gave me! :D Thank you thank you! After I posted the last chapter, I fell asleep and slept for at least 12 hours LOL. I hope 2011 is good so far for all you!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto nor any of the songs in this fanfic. :c
Oh and I have a special at the end for all of you wonderful people!
Better Than Revenge
by sushicakes
It was the morning after Hinata had told them that she might know someone who could help them but Hinata is one of the most shyness people they know so… how does she know this person? Hinata had told everyone to be ready at 1 and they were going to be travel by the city train to Upper Konoha. Upper Konoha is known for some famous celebrities to be living at and the areas where the celebrities lived, is pretty secure by security, and it is about 2 hours away from downtown.
When everyone was finally at the train station, they purchased their tickets and had their instruments in a truck which was going to be sent to their destination.
Sakura rested the back of her head on the seat and closed her eyes for awhile. In front of her was Hinata who is sitting beside Naruto, who was by the window and in awe of the view as the train was moving. Ino and Tenten were looking at magazines and talking about random things, and Shikamaru took the whole bench and slept. (A/N You know how the Harry Potter cabins are like? Yeah they look like that.)
Only an hour has passed, Sakura could already hear Naruto complain about being hungry and she suggested that she'll go find some food for everyone.
Passing a couple of people, Sakura walked straight to the door that labeled 'Food'. Opening the door, she could see there was a counter and food on it. Grabbing a couple of instant ramen, apples, and a couple slices of pizza. Waiting in line to pay, she looks around and could see simple paintings and pictures on the walls and ceiling. Placing down her things, pulled out a 20 from her wallet and handed to the cashier, when the cashier gave her the change, Sakura placed it into her wallet. Grabbing the things that were placed into a bag, she puts back her wallet into her pocket and as she is walking towards the exit, someone bumped into her causing her to fall down but good thing the cashier wrapped the food good.
"Watch where you are going." said a cold voice.
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"Sakura, are you okay? You keep rubbing your shoulder." Hinata asked.
Sakura chewed and swallowed her ramen and answered, "What? Oh, someone bumped into me and yeah."
"Oh, you're okay though?"
"Yeah."
When everyone finished their food, they all put the garbage into a bag and threw it into a trash bin. Everyone then rested a bit more until their stop came.
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"This is so stupid! We can't even get a single taxi and when we do, some bitch takes it!"
"Stop whining troublesome woman..."
"WHAT DID YOU SAY?"
"Uh... nothing."
They waited for about 5 more minutes and then a limo appeared right in front of them and the driver got out of his side. He walked to the group.
"Miss Hinata?"
"Yes."
"This is your ride."
"The instruments have arrive yes?"
"Yes they have."
He went to a door and opened it up for everyone to go in. Ino, Tenten and Naruto was in awe as they entered in. Sakura's eyes were wide open and even Shikamaru's. Hinata laughed at them, thanked the driver and they were off.
"Wow, Hinata, I knew you were like rich but damn! THE HOUSE IS HUGE!" Naruto exclaimed.
"You mean MANSION!" Tenten shouted.
"Not even a mansion, A CASTLE!" Ino argued.
They've arrive at their destination and are now standing in front of the door to the mansion. Pressing the buzzer once more, the door opened revealing a guy with long brown hair and the same eyes as Hinata but they were in a pearl colour. He is about 5'8, Tenten is about the same height as he, and he is just wearing a t-shirt and sweats. As the group enter into the mansion, Hinata explained to everyone how she knew Neji, who is actually her cousin. Sakura could hear Ino and Tenten giggling in the back so she walked to them.
"What are you guys giggling about?"
"We're in Neji Hyuga's house! oh em gee!" Ino squealed and Tenten also squealed.
Sakura just sweat drop at the two. "So?"
"What do you mean so? He's one of the actors on Summer Glamorous! Eek!" Tenten whispered but the last part was a bit loud.
As the group and Neji sat down in the living room, everyone had introduced themselves and it was pretty quiet but there were sounds coming from the TV.
"So Neji, Ino and Tenten here are big fans of yours."
"Shika!"
Ino hit her boyfriend's arm which caused him to fall. Tenten just laughed.
"Really now?" Neji asked, looking at Tenten which she noticed and blushed.
"Please excuse them Neji, they're always like that," Hinata said as she was facing the TV playing a video game with Naruto.
"It's alright. So when do you guys want to practice? Or we can walk around the mall strip." Neji asked.
"I say we practice and then go out. I'm sure Ino needs to do some shopping," Sakura replied and ate some popcorn from the bowl she was holding.
Ino's eyes widen as she heard the word 'shopping' and lunged herself to Sakura.
"SHOPPING FIRST!"
"No! Whenever we do, we end up home around 10."
Everyone else nodded in agreement and Neji just sat there looking at Tenten laugh.
"Well, shall we go then?"
Neji lead them into a big room, almost as big as the living room they were in. They saw their things already all set up and Neji told them they can practice as loud as they can since the walls are sound proofed. Everyone thanked Neji, he and Hinata left them to practice.
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The five have been practicing for about an hour and noticing the time, they decided to stop. Everyone is pretty satisfied with the results. Turning off everything and putting their instruments back into their cases, they went into the kitchen where Hinata and Neji were. Neji was at the table reading a script and Hinata was just reading a newspaper while a TV on the wall was turned on. When everyone finished eating some leftovers that Hinata had put together, they all went to get ready to go out to the mall strip.
The day had arrived.
Under a frame tent with a table in the middle. Ino is sitting beside Sakura and was putting on some sun screen on herself and Shikamaru's nose. She turned to Sakura and handed her the bottle of sunscreen. When she finished applying, she placed the bottle on the table for whoever needed it. Naruto came into view with his hair all soaked and was rubbing it with a towel.
"Man, it is so hot today!"
"You better dry your face well Naruto, you might get a bad sunburn and put some sunscreen on."
"Thanks Sakura."
Sakura looked at her watch and noticed that it was only noon and in about an hour, they were going to be on stage in front of, hopefully, a not so big crowd. She was nervous for sure but at the same time hoping that there will be people they knew that will be in the crowd or the people who had voted for them. She heard Naruto yelling and looked forward to see Tenten, Hinata and Neji coming their way with a couple of containers with food in it. As they settled down, they all ate.
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"Hello Konoha! As you all may know, we always have our yearly contest for local bands and artists to play at Deadly K when it comes to town and well, let me introduce you to... SAKURA!"
Half of the audience was clapping and cheering, the other was just like 'who?'. As Shikamaru, Naruto, Ino, Tenten, and Sakura walked up to the stage, there were some whistles from the crowd.
Shikamaru went to his girlfriend and whispered a bit harshly in her ears, "I told you not to wear this dress."
Ino turned to face him and replied, "It's freaking hot Shika and fyi, I'm wearing my volleyball shorts under. I mean look at Sakura."
Sakura heard what Ino had said and frowned. "Pig, you gave me this to wear."
"I know, it's good on you but did you have to put on the fishnet stockings?"
Sakura looked down and replied, "It looks better with it. Plus, it's in a nude colour, if it was black, I would look like a crazy pink hair hooker freak to these people."
"Enough chit-chat, we gotta play," Shikamaru lazily said.
"Shut up Shika! You started this!"
Sakura walked to the microphone, she recognized it as hers so at least she feel comfortable performing with her's not some sweaty used one.
"Hey everyone, I just want to say thank you to those who voted for us, for coming today to see all the popular bands and artists, and supporting everyone. I hope you guy enjoy our performance!"
(Sakura sings all the words and Shikamaru sings the words in brackets)
Take me, I'm alive
Never was a girl with a wicked mind
But everything looks better
When the sun goes down
I had everything
Opportunities for eternity
And I could belong to the night
Your eyes, your eyes
I can see in your eyes, your eyes
You make me wanna die
I'll never be good enough
You make me wanna die
And everything you love
Will burn up in the light
And every time
I look inside your eyes
You make me wanna die
Now the crowd was getting into it and even someone was crowd surfing.
Taste me, drink my soul
Show me all the things
That I shouldn't know
And there's a blue moon on the rise
I had everything
Opportunities for eternity
And I could belong to the night
Your eyes, your eyes
I can see in your eyes, your eyes
Everything in your eyes, your eyes
You make me wanna die
I'll never be good enough
You make me wanna die
And everything you love
Will burn up in the light
And every time
I look inside your eyes
(Burning in the light)
Make me wanna die
As the music was getting a bit slow, Sakura pulled out a lighter and raised it up as if she was at a rock concert.
I'll die for you, my love, my love
I'll lie for you, my love, my love
(Make me wanna die)
I'll steal for you, my love, my love
(You make me wanna die)
I'll die for you, my love, my love
We'll burn up in the light
Quickly putting the lighter back into her dress pocket as the music started to pick up again.
Every time I look inside your eyes
I'm burning in the light
I look inside your eyes
I'm burning in the light
I look inside your eyes
You make me wanna die
As they finished, they played Goin' Down (chapter 2) and now the crowd was really getting into the music, even the ones who said they should get off the stage. They also played 'Here We Go Again' (chapter 3). During the whole time they played, they all had smiles or grinning. Sakura looked around a couple of times at her friends and at the front where the security was which Hinata and Neji were standing and watching them (they had backstage passes). Hinata was holding her DSLR camera and taking pictures and video of them playing. There were some girls who noticed Neji and well, tried to grab and kiss him.
When Sakura finished, she smiled and looked into the crowd which was two times bigger than it was before. There were a couple of people asking for more.
Sakura laughed as she held her mic near her mouth.
"Sorry guys, that's all! Thank you once again!"
"That was awesome you guys!"
Hinata ran to the five and were all in a group hug. Neji also congratulated them and some how ended up hugging Tenten who was sweating a bit. Everyone looked at the two. Tenten noticed Ino sending her 'ouu you loveeeee him' stare and quickly pushed Neji off her and gave him a embarrassed yet warm smile.
As they all were wiping off the sweat with a towel, they could see Akatsuki, a nation-wide famous punk-rock band walking towards them.
"Hey, nice job up there you guys," the leader singer, Itachi Uchiha said.
"Thanks." Sakura shyly replied as he approached them closer.
"The guys and I were talking and well, we were wondering, would you guys like to be one of our opening act for when we go on a small tour after DK ends?"
Naruto stared at him with his jaws opened and eyes widen. Sakura was just standing there still until she felt a nudge from Naruto.
"What do you think?"
"What do you mean?"
"You're the artist here." Shikamaru replied yawning, he was getting sleepy.
"Artist? What? I thought we were a band," Sakura questioned and looked at her friends.
"Sakura, after Naruto announced your name at the talent show, everyone even us thought that maybe we should just have you as an artist," Ino answered.
"But I don't want-"
"You know you guys can give us your answer later. We gotta get on stage in 5." Itachi interrupting the pink hair girl.
Everyone looked at Sakura again and she called out at the other band.
"Sure, why not!"
"I'm going to murder you all." Sakura said as she was drying her hair.
"Why?"
"How come you guys didn't tell me?"
"Saki, we couldn't really come up with a name for the band and actually took Naruto's idea." Tenten answered.
"You guys suck."
Sakura threw a pillow at Tenten which Tenten threw it back but Sakura ducked and hit Ino in the face. Soon it started to be a pillow fight. It had been a long day and they were all finally getting to rest at Hinata's place. Neji couldn't come along since he had to film his scenes the next day. There were many questions Tenten was asked but she denied or avoided them.
"Oh come on Tenny, we know you loveeee him!" Ino pointed out.
"For the last time, I do not!" Tenten covered her face.
"Why not?" Hinata asked the girl.
"No offense Hinata but he's a celebrity, I mean... why would a guy like him like me?"
"Why not? Tenten you'd made an awesome girlfriend!" Sakura said.
"I play the drums which is rare for girls, hello!"
"Oh whatever Tenny, we all saw both of you flirting with each other when you thought we weren't looking."
Tenten blushed at that.
super special preview~ whee!~ hehe
"Okay, well we need someone who can direct and film the video..." Tenten turned around and pointed, "YOU!"
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"HELLO SUNA! MY NAME IS SAKURA AND THIS IS INO, SHIKAMARU, TENTEN AND NARUTO! WE ARE ONE OF THE OPENING ACTS FOR AKATSUKI! SO WHY DON'T WE GET THIS PARTY STARTED?"
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After they both apologized, Sakura slowly picked herself up but bumped her forehead on the guy's forehead and apologized again. As she looks up and rubbing her wide forehead, she could see a pair of dark onyx eyes which were staring into her emerald ones.