Well whaddaya' know? We wrote Chapter 4! Whoop! Ok yeah. Here we have it, the big concert, at least part one. With our amazing songs. Are you excited? Well, you SHOULD be! Because amazing things are about to happen! As usual, the songs the band sing, we own 'em. Because we're just that awesome.
A plane slowly descended into the Suna airport. A plane that contained 4 very important girls.
Hokura had her nose pressed against the window, marveling at the drastically different terrain.
Reika glanced uninterestedly over a SkyMall catalogue, occasionally circling the least useful, most expensive objects in the catalogue in red ink.
Kazemi and Raikura listened to Evanescence on Raikura's midnight blue iPod.
Several Suna citizens stopped to gawk as the four walked down the sandy street to their hotel. They didn't feel like taking a car, so they just decided to walk while a car brought all of their instruments and baggage.
Reika wore a pair of giant movie star sunglasses that obscured her bright green eyes, and waved occasionally at people. Hokura just blindly skipped ahead, occasionally stopping to wait for her sibling and best friends to catch up to her. Kazemi watched everything, observing the architecture and landscape.
"I like the way the buildings are built here. Very different from Konoha," she commented absentmindedly.
Raikura nodded, resting her hands behind her head and walking relaxedly. The hotel slowly loomed up in front of them.
Kazemi shoved her hands in the pockets of her black cargo pants. "This is it?" she asked skeptically.
The building wasn't much. It was 7 stories tall, and - what a shocker! - tan, just like the rest of the buildings in Suna. The sign was slightly dusty, like no one ever bothered to clean it, and read in slightly cheesy orange letters: "The Shukaku Hotel."
Reika shrugged. "We decided to go to a smaller place, because:
no press talking about our little…. Ino incident, shall we say?
we can splurge all of our budget here on the food."
Kazemi was still unfazed. "What's so special about the food here?"
Hokura stared dumbfounded at her,"Uh, hello? Kaze-chan? The Suna Chocolatier?"
Kazemi's eyes lit up with an excited glint in them. The Suna Chocolatier was known for some of the best chocolate in the all of the villages. "Sounds great!" she grinned.
The Very Next Day, somewhere else in Suna…
"Kankurou, do you mind getting your fat ass up?" Temari growled dangerously, stamping a foot. The brown haired teenager rolled over on his bed, mumbling about dangos and kittens. Gaara walked into the room behind Temari, arms folded across his chest.
"Kankurou, it's noon! Get up!"
Kankurou groaned, opening his eyes groggily.
"What do you want, woman?" he asked. Temari pulled at her hair in desperation.
"Kami-sama, Kankurou, you're almost as bad as Nara!"
"You mean Shikamaru, your boyfriend?"
Temari turned several shades of red,"He's not my boyfriend."
"Just keep tellin' yourself that, Temari, just keep tellin' yourself that."
His older sister glared daggers at him before saying, "Whatever. Sleep 'till 4 PM if you want. See if I care," before stomping out of the room.
Gaara rolled his eyes. "You really might want to get up. I made pancakes."
Soon Kankurou was left to his own thoughts, and his own drool. Pancakes…
No one would've guessed it, but Gaara was a bit of a pancake master. Every Saturday was dubbed Gaara-pancake-day, and Temari & Kankurou's skills were a far cry from the youngest sand sibling's mastery of the griddle.
Kankurou stumbled out of bed, and down the stairs into the kitchen, where Temari had set out some freshly cut fruit.
She raised an eyebrow and smirked at Kankurou. "Nice boxers, kid," she said before walking back into the kitchen.
He looked down at his pair of froggy-print boxers, before running back up the stairs. He quickly pulled on a pair of jeans and a black shirt before turning to go back downstairs. He then remembered the concert today: The Uninspired. He quickly also tugged out a leather jacket from his closet, pulling it on as he ran back downstairs.
"No sense looking like a bum around hot girls," he mumbled to himself.
"I'm so flattered Kankurou, but I'm afraid I don't return the feelings!" Temari stated, biting into a pancake drizzled in syrup.
A vein throbbed in his head and shouted, "Not you, dammit!"
Gaara, who had just sat down beside him, said, "Sorry Kankurou, but I'm not a girl."
"WHY IS THE WORLD GANGING UP ON ME?" he shouted. Temari and Gaara just laughed at him.
Back with the Uninspired…
Hokura was talking on the phone, with their agent, Shiranui Genma. "No problems getting the venue, right?"
"Apparently some people were unsure about Ino leaving, but you're good."
"Yeah we are. Mmkay, arigatou Genma-chan!"
"I thought I asked you to stop calling me that…"
"You did. I just ignored it! See you at the concert!" the brown-haired Kaiki sister clicked the cell phone shut, and wandered into the living room where her fellow band members were chilling.
"We're on! Booyeah!" she said, pumping a fist in the air for emphasis. A cheer erupted in the room. Reika made the final tweaks on a piece of scrap paper, and held it up for all to see.
"I give you… our new song!"
Raikura swiped the crumpled piece of paper from Reika's hands, earning a "hey!" from Reika, before reading it over.
"We are fine, fine people, are we not?" she said, grinning. The other three nodded.
Reika pulled on the finishing touches to her clothes for the concert, her fingerless gloves. She looked herself up and down in the mirror, quite satisfied with her appearance.
She wore a pair of black jeans, ripped at the knees. She wore a white camisole, with a light button-up purple short-sleeved shirt over it, left unbuttoned. She also had a green and purple striped scarf tied around her neck, and purple stud earrings. Her black hair was pulled into a spiky ponytail. She flashed herself a thumbs up, and skipped downstairs to polish her bass one last time.
Kazemi was thoroughly satisfied with her appearance. She wore a traditional japanese button-up shirt, the same light blue as her hair. A slightly darker blue dragon curved around the shirt, and up the back. To contrast that, though, she had her gloves, and a pair of black baggy cargo pants. She had part of her hair twisted up into a bun, the rest hanging loosely over her shoulders, and her drumsticks stuck in her bun. A signature look for the drumming genius. She mouthed the lyrics to 'Animal I Have Become,' leaning back on her bed.
Hokura was feeling proud as she strapped her guitar to her back. Her long brown hair was tied into a braid, and her orange eyes glistened with excitement. She fingered the swirls on her gloves absentmindedly. Her khaki pants were tucked into knee-high boots with several buckles on them. She wore a form-fitting forest green tank top, and a worn leather jacket, covered in scratches and nicks, with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows. For the final thing on her outfit, she snapped on a pair of aviator goggles, lord knows where she found them.
And finally, Raikura. She had all of her badass on at that moment in time. She wore a pair of skinny jeans, and a black t-shirt covered in red splotches that looked disturbingly like blood. Her gloves hugged her arms, and her fingers were painted alternating black, light blue, and blood red. Her hair, slightly damp from a shower, clung to her face in jagged locks that looked like they had been cut with a steak knife (and quite possibly had been), while bangs obscured her eyes. An intricate silver celtic cross pendent hung from a long chain around her neck. She cracked her knuckles and smirked at the door as her friends assembled around her.
"Bacchikoi." (A/N: Bring it on, for you sad people who don't understand basic Japanese :) )
WITH IDATE
Idate filed into the large amphitheater. He was clad in a red t-shirt with "THE UNINSPIRED MUSES" written on it in big letters. He'd purchased the shirt in a supermarket in Konoha. He was also wearing a pair of cargo pants and some sneakers. His brown eyes looked over the crowd in case there was anyone he knew. There wasn't anyone, so he headed right down into the mosh pit.
WITH THE SAND SIBLINGS
Temari had finally managed to drag Kankurou out of the house after he had consumed ten pancakes with strawberries, chopped nuts, whipped cream and syrup and two pieces of toast slathered with Nutella. Gaara had been waiting in the car patiently for about fifteen minutes at that point.
"You're gonna get fat, baka!" Temari yelled, grabbing Kankurou's ear and twisting sharply.
The teenager yelped in pain and made a few nasty faces of agony; Temari's fingernails were SHARP.
"Temari, stop abusing Kankurou, please." Gaara said.
"Right." the blonde let go of Kankurou's ear.
He glared and rubbed it, "That hurt."
Temari flipped him off, "Suck it up. You're a big boy."
"Hmph." he pouted and turned his head.
Gaara cast his brother a half-amused, half-annoyed turquoise stare. He could never understand his older brother's childish antics, but he always pitied him for incurring the wrath of Temari, be it on purpose or accidentally. Gaara was wearing a white t-shirt with a yin-and-yang symbol on the chest and Suna's symbol on the back, and a pair of jeans.
Temari was clad in a thin emerald-green t-shirt and a black mini-skirt. She had leather armbands on, as well. She gripped the wheel of the car and drove very fast and aggressively through the traffic of Suna.
When they got to the Sunagakure Concert Hall, Gaara gave her his pass so they could get good parking. Why he had a pass was the fact that Gaara was the governor of Suna, despite being underage. In Suna, no one really cared that much about age.
They pulled up next to a white Volvo, and got out of the car.
Kankurou jammed his hands into the pockets of his leather jacket, and put his classic little smirk that he knew the ladies swooned for.
Gaara cast a glance in his brother's direction and nearly rolled his eyes. His brother was such a player.
Temari wore another little smirk, but for a different reason than her brothers. She had got good parking for once.
They gave the guard their tickets and walked in right to the mosh pit. There were plenty of people there, already, and they were loud. Temari passed out earplugs for her brothers and popped in two for herself. They all had been to enough concerts to know that the music was a lot clearer with the earplugs, and their ears wouldn't ring afterwards.
"Are you ready, guys?" Temari asked, grinning madly.
"Yessir! Ma'am!" Kankurou saluted.
There was a yell that sounded suspiciously like, "YAY, MONEY!" and...
The stage lights flashed on.
WITH THE UNINSPIRED
Raikura paced back and forth, tuning her guitar and flexing her fingers. They were clad in her fingerless gloves, and she coughed a few times.
Reika and Kazemi were both standing at the edge of the door and stage, staring at the stage. On it, there was a piano, a drums set, the amps, a few miscellaneous instruments like a mandolin, a bass balalaika that was painted by Reika to look like a cat's head, an accordion, a melodica, Raikura's green and silver acoustic guitar, a banjo and a ukulele, and their microphones that were easily moved. That was important for their songs.
Hokura was snoozing, her head cushioned on the chair she was on.
"Girls, you'll be onstage in a few minutes!" called Kurenai Yuuhi. She was the sponsor of the Uninspired.
Hokura jumped six feet in the air when Raikura poked her, "WHAAAAA!"
Raikura sighed and whacked Hokura,"Come on, sleepyhead, the show's gonna start and you're first up. You're on for guitar."
Hokura slung the electric guitar over her shoulder and got to the door, rubbing some sleep out of her eyes,"Mm tired, nee-chan..."
"Suck it up. We're playing for money!"
"YAY, MONEY!" Hokura shrieked, making everybody wince.
"They can hear you out there!" Kazemi hissed, pressing a hand to her ear.
"Oops." the cheery brunette frowned faintly.
The stage lights flashed on, and Raikura shoved Hokura out.
"Aah! Nee-chan, that was mea- oh. OH."
The crowd laughed as the younger Kaiki stared at the crowd wide-eyed, just realizing she was on-stage.
"Hiya, everybody!" she yelled into her microphone, waving and bouncing exuberantly.
"Play something!" Reika whispered.
Hokura fumbled with her guitar and played a clear riff. The crowd screamed.
"Wow, are you guys really that easy to please?" Kazemi yelled, running onstage and starting to play a complicated drum solo that involved a lot of cymbals crashing, and drums just rolling and being hit super fast.
"WOOOOOOO!" the crowd cheered.
"Aw, you like her better? TAKE THIS!" Hokura screamed and played another riff that sounded even better than the first, and suspiciously like "Rock Me Like A Hurricane" by the Scorpions.
There was louder screaming. Hokura looked down and noticed a girl with four ponytails who looked really cool. She smiled and waved to her, "Hi pony-tailed girl!"
The girl screamed loudly, "HI HOKURA!"
"How do you know my name?"
"Hokura, everyone knows our names. It's our concert, goofball." the rather dry tones of Raikura came as she sauntered on-stage.
"Are you sure, nee-chan?" Hokura asked, but was drowned out by the cheering of the crowd.
The crowd went wild(er) at three of the four Uninspired onstage.
"And you think that those riffs were good? How's this, Suna!" Raikura landed on her knees and played the riff from "Am I Evil" by Metallica. She added her own flair and let the last note vibrate off with a distinct WAAAAAAANNNNNN noise before cutting it off with her pick.
Hokura pouted, "You promised you wouldn't use that riff, o-nee-chan!"
"Quit coming into my solo time, Raikura!" Reika yelled into a mic, having "sneaked" onto the stage during Raikura's solo. "WHAT'S UP, SUNAAAA!"
"WOOOOOOO!" the crowd yelled even louder. Reika's bass soloes were definitely the most loved.
"DO YOU WANT MUSIC?"
"Well, duh..." Kazemi muttered into her mic.
"Shut up, Kazemi!" Raikura said, smiling slightly.
"Well, DO YOU?"
"YES!" the crowd shrieked and screamed.
"WELL, YOU'LL GET SOME!" Reika yelled.
"WOO-HOO!" Hokura screeched.
"First, we're gonna do some solos! First up is... RAIKURA! With Heart Shaped Box by Evanescence. Well, technically it's by KoRn, but ya know..." Reika trailed off.
Raikura grabbed her acoustic guitar and went to the circular part of the stage. (A/N: Imagine if you had an aerial view of the stage, it would be a "T" shape. Except the line going down was shorter and ended in a circle.) She stood in front of her mic, lips near it, and then started to play the dark notes of the song. It was low and dark, and one of Raikura's favorite songs. She started to sing in a low and husky, but still pure voice, "She eyes me like a Pisces when, I am weak.
I've been locked inside your heart-shaped box, for, weeks..."
The crowd screamed with excitement and the mosh pits were already bouncing. Raikura smirked slightly and continued her song, "I've been drawn into your magnet tar, pit, trap.
I wish I could eat your cancer when, you turn black..."
Her voice hit a pretty low note and the guitar seemed to harmonize with it, playing a succession of purposefully shaky low notes. Raikura sang and made her voice more demanding,"Hey!
Wait!
I got a new complaint!
Forever in debt to your priceless advice.
Hey!
Wait!
I got a new complaint!
Forever in debt to your priceless advice... your advice!"
The guitar played the normal melody for a few notes before her voice came back in, "Ma-an eating orchids forgive no one just yet.
Cut myself on angel hair and ba-by's breath."
Despite the dark lyrics, her voice was still beautiful, but she quieted it for effect for the first few words, "Broken hymen of your highness,
I'm
left
black..."
Her voice hit a low note.
"Throw down your umbilical noose,
so I can,
cli-imb right back..."
She started with the chorus again, going through the first parts until the second "forever in debt", where she pitched the second syllable up a little more, held out the notes and played the guitar faster.
"Forever in debt to your priceless adviceeeeee!
Your adviiiice!
Your adviiiiiiice!
Your adviiiiice."
The song ended with her voice.
There were loud, ecstatic cheering. The crowd just exploded.
"Thank you!" Raikura yelled, pumping a fist in the air. "Next up is Kazemi, with our cover of "Stupid Girls!"
Kazemi smirked, and took her guitar and played the first few chords. She then started to sing, "Stupid girl,
stupid girls,
stupid girls..."
Reika banged on the drums a few times, and the song got into swing, literally, as Kazemi swayed her hips a little, "Maybe if I act like, that!
That guy will call me, back
Porno Paparazzi, girl
I don't wanna be,
a stupid girl!"
Kazemi smiled slightly, using her full, beautiful voice to full advantage, "Go to Fred Segal,
you'll find them there,
Laughing loud so all the little people stare
Looking for the daddy to pay the champagne,
Drop a name!"
She feigned dropping something and started to sing again to the joy of the crowd, "What happened to the dreams of a girl president?
She's dancing in the video next to 50 cent
They travel in packs of two or three
With their itsy-bitsy doggies and their teeny-weeny tees!
Where, oh where, have the smart people gone?"
Kazemi exaggeratedly looked around, with a hand over her eyes to block out the light.
"Where, oh where, could they be?"
The chorus started up again, "Maybe if I act like, that,
that guy will call me, back
Porno paparazzi, girl,
I don't wanna be a stupid girl!
Baby, if I act like, that, flipping my blonde hair, back!"
Kazemi did a quick hair flip and flushed a little at the next line, "Push up my bra like, that,
I don't wanna be a stupid girl!"
The entire crowd (mostly men, of course) started nosebleeding as Raikura, Hokura and Reika proceeded to... well, push up their bras.
WITH THE SAND SIBLINGS
Temari laughed.
Gaara went a bright shade of pink.
And Kankurou... well, Kankurou was Kankurou and got a major nosebleed.
"KANKUROU! YOU PERV!" Temari squealed, whacking her brother upside the head. Kankurou winced and pinched his nose shut and leaned his head up.
WITH IDATE
Idate had turned away from the stage to tie his shoe, as it had come undone and he was tripping all over in the mosh pit, which was not a good thing.
He, then, got blood spurted on his shoulder and didn't get to see the girls being above PG-13.
"DAMMIT!"
WITH THE UNINSPIRED
All Kazemi could see was a lot of nosebleeding men. She blushed furiously, but kept on her singing, "(Break it down now)
Disease's growing, it's epidemic
I'm scared that there ain't a cure
The world believes it and I'm going crazy
I cannot take any more."
The music paused for a second.
I'm so glad that I'll never fit in
That will never be me."
She sang out, shaking a finger,
"Outcasts and girls with ambition
That's what I wanna see
Disasters all around
World despaired."
Kazemi grinned mischieviously and slid a hand through her aqua locks,"
Their only concern
Will they **** up my hair!"
She covered her mouth and said "freak", instead of the alternative that Raikura was mouthing. She then went through the chorus again. The four girls favorite part of the entire song came.
Kazemi faced Raikura and talked, "Oh my god, you guys. I totally had more than three hundred calories today!"
The raven grinned and answered, "That was so not sexy, no."
Reika laughed at Raikura, "Good one, can I borrow that?"
Hokura did a fake vomiting noise and then yelled in a hilarious voice,"I WILL BE SKINNY!"
The crowd laughed hysterically.
Kazemi then yelled at Raikura and Hokura to sing, because she was much too embarrassed at the next verse of the song.
The Kaiki twins smirked and sang,"(Do ya thing, do ya thing, do ya thing)
(I like this, like this, like this)
Pretty will you **** me girl, silly as a lucky girl
Pull my head and suck it girl, stupid girl!
Pretty would you **** me girl, silly as a lucky girl
Pull my head and suck it girl, stupid girl!" They ended on a yell.
WITH THE SAND SIBLINGS
Kankurou had to work even harder to keep his nosebleed at bay. Those girls were REALLY sexy... he thought to himself.
Not to mention, there was a random brunette chick who wanted to cling to his arm. Hey, he wasn't going to deny her his hotness.
WITH THE UNINSPIRED
Kazemi finished her song, singing the chorus twice. The crowd roared with applause.
"THANK YOU, SUNAAAAA!" she yelled.
Kazemi jogged backwards, and caught the drumsticks Reika tossed to her.
"Bet you aren't expecting this!" Reika grabbed her bass, and walked down the plank. She grinned maniacally, while Kazemi clacked the drumsticks together. Raikura, who was sitting at a synthesizer, started playing a couple almost techno-sounding notes. Hokura started strumming her electric guitar, and Reika started playing her bass.
"Uh-uh-uh uh, uh-uh uh-uh-uh," Reika started singing the very few high-pitched notes of a very familiar tune.
"Johnny's in America
No tricks at the wheel
Uh-uh-uh uh, uh, uh-uh uh-uh-uh
Nobody needs anyone
They don't even just pretend
Uh-uh-uh uh, uh, uh-uh uh-uh-uh
Johnny's in America!" The guitar ramped up, getting louder and more powerful, as the cymbals crashed and Raikura played several harmonies on her synthesizer.
"I'm afraid of Americans!
I'm afraid of the world
I'm afraid I can't help it!
I'm afraid I can't -
I'm afraid of Americans!" At the classic chorus, the crowd started cheering wildly.
"Johnny's in America
Uh-uh-uh uh, uh, uh-uh uh-uh-uh," Despite it being originally sung by a man - David Bowie, no less - the song sounded very right, when Reika leaned back, staring towards the ceiling, with the third round of "uh"'s.
With every line, she took a step towards the edge of the crowd:
"Johnny wants a plane
Johnny wants to suck on a Coke
Johnny wants a woman
Johnny wants to think of a joke,
Uh-uh-uh uh, uh, uh-uh uh-uh-uh," Reika retreated, holding some garbled bass line for a bit.
"Johnny's in America
Uh-uh-uh uh, uh, uh-uh uh-uh-uh,
I'm afraid of Americans!
I'm afraid of the Woorld!
I'm afraid I can't help it,
I'm afraid I can't.
I'm afraid of Americans!
I'm afraid of Americans,
Uh-uh-uh uh, uh, uh-uh uh-uh-uh,"
Reika's voice was hardly above a whisper as she cooed into the microphone,
"Johnny's in America
Johnny looks up at the stars
Johnny combs his hair
And Johnny wants p***y in cars,
Johnny's in America, uh-uh-uh uh, uh, uh-uh uh-uh-uh,
I'm afraid of Americans."
The chorus pumped up again, Reika practically screaming,
"I'm afraid of Americans!
I'm afraid of the world,
I'm afraid I can't help it,
I'm afraid I can't -
I'm afraid of Americans!"
The song took on a darker tone, and a more mysterious one too, as Reika started singing quietly, harmonizing with her bass:
"God is an American," her voice sent shivers down Idate's spine.
"God is an American,
God is an American,
God is an American,"
Her voice almost sounded like she was just talking, in a throaty almost-growl as it got louder:
"God is an American,
God is an American,
God is an American….
YEAH, I'M AFRAID OF AMERICANS!" the chorus returned full-force.
"I'M AFRAID OF THE WORLD!
I'M AFRAID I CAN'T HELP IT!
I'M AFRAID I CAN'T-
I'M AFRAID OF AMERICANS!"
The song finally died down, with Reika walking slowly backwards as the lights dimmed, singing,
"Johnny's an American
Johnny's an American
Johnny's an American, uh-uh-uh uh, uh, uh-uh uh-uh-uh."
When the lights returned full force, everyone was back in their original spot, and Reika was grinning madly… again.
"I'm Afraid of Americans, originally by David Bowie, how do you like that?" she called out, receiving lots of energetic screams. Idate in particular started shouting energetically.
"Okay okay, calm down. It's not like I just discovered the cure for cancer," she stated, receiving laughter. Everyone started moving around, and Hokura and Raikura positioned themselves behind the piano.
Reika sat down with a banjo in hand, and Kazemi stood behind a melodica. Raikura picked up a microphone, and started talking, emphasizing words with her hands.
"So, contrary to popular belief, Hokura is not always a happy-go-lucky idiot."
"Yeah, there was that time that Flemming the turtle ran away. That was so sad…" Hokura interrupted, spacing out at the memory of a turtle. Raikura sighed.
"Okay, so maybe she is, but here's a song that isn't so happy-go-lucky. Lady Marlene, originally by Katzenjammer!"
Raikura started playing chords on the piano, deeply immersed in the music.
Hokura started playing a melody higher up, and the two swayed in time.
The melodica and banjo came in, and the four instruments played in perfect harmony.
Raikura started playing chords higher, and Hokura stopped playing altogether to sing softly.
"Velvet and satin and dress so green…
Everyone's dancing but Lady Marlene,
Fear is the color of all that they wear,
Mother-of-pearl pallors pulls like her heart, of, stone."
The mosh pit had all but stopped to watch the quiet music, as there was no dancing music.
"Bloodstains so purple and teardrops of gold,
Icicle chandelier shining too cold," Reika, Raikura and Kazemi joined in a chorus of "oohs" as the next line started:
"Draped in red, in her masquerade,
Lady Marlene takes you hand and comprehends thee,"
As the chorus started, Hokura sang full-power, and the other three sang melodic "aah"s along.
"When, too, low
goes to the sky above
deep in despair they cry-
Where is the love?
Oh, the north wind, blows, goes to the sky, above,
deep in despair they cry-
Where is the love?"
The banjo hummed through the quiet parts, with the melodica clicking lightly. As the next verse begun, it was only Hokura's dissonant voice mingling with Raikura's chords:
"Flowers so rhetoric, flowers shall thrive,
pry much bear pain, but the price is too high," The other three added dissonant noises to the mix, creating a racket that was only resolved when Hokura sang again.
"Hanging your weight on extravagant fears
High and pale of the utmost in seeing as
The north wind blows, goes to the sky, above
Deep in despair they cry-
Where is the love?
Ohh, the north wind blows, goes to the sky above
deep in despair they cry-
where is the love? `
Oh-oh,
The north wind blows, goes to the sky, above
Deep in despair
where is the love?
Oh, the north wind blows, goes to the sky, above,
Deep in despair, where is the love?"
Hokura stopped singing, and the music slowly let off, quieting down as it came to an end. The crowd stayed silent for several moments before cheering loudly.
In Konoha, far away….
One Uzumaki Naruto sat on a couch, slurping ramen while watching the television. He, along with two of his friends - Sai and Kiba - were watching the band "The Uninspired" through his age-old television.
Kiba pet his dog while watching, and Sai stared intently at the brown-haired girl, immersed in the midst of the music.
"You said you know these people, right d*ckless?" Sai asked.
Naruto growled, before saying, "Yeah. Raikura-chan used to be a girlfriend of Sasuke-teme's, and Hokura and I were pretty tight. We pranked the Hokage so many times, it wasn't even funny!"
"Actually, it was hilarious," Kiba commented.
Naruto shrugged.
Back with the concert….
"Okay, intermission-time, people! Go get some amazing food, buy your girlfriend a drink or something - bad etiquette to make a lady pay! And we have copies of our CD 'Smile' out there, and we have T-shirts! Who doesn't want a T-shirt?" Raikura said, laughing as she talked to the crowd.
"I've got five!" Hokura shouted, waving her hands. People laughed.
"Okay, now get out!" Reika shouted, waving off the crowd with one hand. People filed out of the theatre and into the room where there were refreshments and merchandise galore.
WITH THE SAND SIBLINGS
Kankurou took the black-haired girl's advice (he made a mental note to ask Temari what their names actually were) and bought some crap. He bought three t-shirts, one for the concert, one like Idate's, and another with the Uninspired's faces across the chest. He also bought their CD.
Gaara didn't go as full out, but he bought a t-shirt and another CD.
Temari went even farther and bought three t-shirts, two CDs (an EP, and their debut "Smile") and a lyrics book (complete with little side notes by Raikura and Ino).
In the course of one concert, all three had become fans (a third just even more of a fan than she had originally been.
WITH IDATE
Idate already had a t-shirt and the CD. He just went for getting a few Kit Kat bars.
WITH THE UNINSPIRED
The four girls trooped to their mini-fridge, pulling out Sprite and Coke.
"We were awesome!" Raikura yelled, bouncing.
"Yeah!" Kazemi and Reika agreed.
Hokura was much too busy glugging down a mix of Sprite and Coke to answer.
Raikura sweat-dropped, "You're gonna be so hyper, Hokura."
"Urusai, nee-chan." she managed to get out through the bubbles coming out from her nose.
The intermission was only a few more minutes before they got back on stage.
"Hello again, guys!" Raikura waved.
"Thanks for those of you who bought our stuff! Much obliged! That lets us buy crap!" Kazemi shouted.
"Anyways... we have some more songs before we go! Here's Pyromania! This one's dedicated to one of the best friends of my teacher slash big brother persona!" Raikura yelled, winking to the camera. He knew who he was.
WITH (YOU GUESSED IT (NOT)) THE AKATSUKI
Ten people were crushed up onto one couch in someone's flat watching the concert from a big screen TV.
"Move your a**, Kisame!" Kakuzu snapped.
"Hey, hey! I'm squished into Konan enough as it is! Pein's giving me a scary glare!" the blue man complained.
"That's it..." Konan sighed, and moved to sit on the orange-haired man's lap, provoking cat-calls from Hidan. There was a sigh from the "teacher slash big brother persona", Itachi, and he smacked the silver-haired man's head.
"Ha ha! I have a song dedicated to me, un!" Deidara shouted.
"Shut up, Deidara." Sasori groaned.
"Aw, but danna-"
"What did he tell you? Honestly..." Zetsu complained.
BACK AT THE CONCERT
The crowd screamed at the mere mention of the song. The lights flashed on and off, and the gentle guitar started the song. Raikura started off singing,"
A million glints
A million lights
They're all glowing in the night."
The guitar increased rapidly, and Kazemi slammed the cymbals and made the pace of the song move faster,
"They will play,
off the shadows,
they will play into your eyes..."
There was a pause in singing and guitar for two beats, where Raikura closed her eyes, and waited for everything to burst. Kazemi hit the drums... one... two...
"It's on fire!
On fire!" The guitars just burst in, with the bass, obliterating everything except Raikura's screaming vocals with fast and hard chords and psychotic twistings of notes. Kazemi's drums just managed to make it not random chaos.
Running off the deep end,
people ev'ry where are screaming
screaming
screaming." Raikura grinned at hearing the crowd singing along with her, and bouncing. The mosh pits were full of crowd-surfing fans.
"But what of you?
When the smoke,
makes it hard for you to see,
will you cry,
with the rest of them,
or will you raise your arms in joy?" The guitar eased off for a second and Kazemi and Reika took the stage for five seconds of solo. It was full again of vibrant and hard rock riffs and notes again.
"It's on fire!
On fire!
Oh-oh," the entire band harmonized this part of the song, giving it a little more order.
"Can you feel it?" Raikura sang this part rather high, with Hokura singing the note under it for discordance and smirked internally. Ino could never sound as awesome as Raikura and Hokura's harmony did.
Far away, on that cramped couch, much to the dismay of the red-head and raven next to him, a certain blonde pyromaniac threw out his arms and sang with the music,"
"This is..." the drums built up, and Raikura and the rest of the Uninspired hunched over like true punk rockers, hair flying on their instruments.
Raikura let out her best rock scream EVER and pumped a fist into the air, "PYROMANIA!
Pyromania!
P-p-p-p-pyro
P-p-p-pyro
p-p-p-pyro
Pyromania!"
The blonde's friends managed to gag him and stop him singing. The price to do this was Sasori had to sit on Deidara's lap and stuff a sock into his mouth, while Itachi twisted his hand behind his back. Konan and Pein had big sweatdrops.
"A million lights,
form one inferno in your eye,
A million glints,
the sparks go off into the night
It's on fire!
On fire!
Oh-oh
Can you feel it?" The beat and music thrashed and just escalated to an entire new level of rock with the other three Uninspired screaming in the background.
Raikura bent to get better volume and flipped her hair, and walked out on the long part of the stage,
"Pyromania!
This is," the drums, guitar and bass hit one chord for every part of the word.
"PY
RO
MANIA!
Cast away your dreams!
Cast away your memories!
Cast away that yesterday!
All you have is fire,
burning in front of you.
It's fire in your heart, leaving ashes of no memories!
It's fire in your eyes, as you stare at the world unemotionally!
It's fire at your feet,
in front of you,
taking your mind away!" Raikura missed a note on the guitar, but got swiftly back on track. Kazemi smiled slightly at her.
Do you even see it?
Smoke, it's in your eyes!
But the fires keep on waking
your dulling mind again!
See it blow up in the sky!
Explosions, see 'em!"
Despite the sock in his mouth, Deidara still cheered rather loudly for this line.
"My oh my!" the music stopped and the entire band sang this part as well.
"It's on fire!
On fire!
Oh-oh
Can you feel it?"
All of the band, especially Raikura's faces were flushed bright red at the pure energy this song took. She took a deep breath, ignoring her slightly hoarse voice.
"This is... PYROMANIA!
Pyromania
P-p-p-pyro
P-p-p-pyro
P-p-p-pyromaniaaaaaaa..." the note Raikura held went up and then down, and she held it. She then let it echo and fade out.
The crowd - especially the more wild ones, cheered uncontrollably for a little while, before finally stopping.
"Alright, let's take it down a couple notches…" Kazemi said. Hokura took the drumsticks from her, and sat back in the seat.
Kazemi stepped up to the microphone, and Raikura took a grateful seat at the piano, taking a quick gulp of water at the conveniently located little cup.
"We're now going to play the song our CD is named after: Smile!" Kazemi declared.
The crowd cheered and relaxed a little.
Raikura whispered the beat quietly, and Kazemi's voice started as soon as the music did, "Shadows spread on an endless ocean
on a
dark night,
There's no light."
The gentle piano continued for a few beats, and then Kazemi's voice sang quietly and beautifully,
"And the world goes spinning on
As if nothing was wrong
But in your reality..." she began the chorus, smiling slightly,
The sun don't shine on me-e-e-e
dear
'cause I'm lost
As monsters rise out of my world
I stand to face them." the notes smoothly integrated into the music Raikura was playing as she swayed from side to side.
"Smile honey
because some of us have
forgotten how..."
Lights from cell phones and cigarettes were waving back and forth to the gentle tune.
"So hold that candle to the mirror
let it spark
and grow
and multiply-y-y,
so the stars don't have to shine
but the darkness grows to liiiight." Kazemi hit a pretty high note. Gaara's eyes closed. She was very talented, he though.
They played the chorus again. There was then a little instrumental in which Raikura played the piano. Reika let a little bit of bass rush in like a cool wind.
"And the world goes spinning on,
as if nothing was wrong..."
Raikura's hands stopped moving, and Kazemi had a little solo,"
So smiiiiile, and remember..."
The music came in again," The sun don't shine on me-e-e-e,
dear,
'cause I'm lost as monsters rise out of my world
I stand to face them,
Smile honey,
because some of us have forgotten how."
She sang the first verse again, and then the chorus twice.
"Some of us... have forgo-otten..." there was no music for a few seconds, and then Raikura played a sequence of notes going up the scale.
"Howwwwwww..." two more notes as Kazemi kept the note, and then the song ended.
The crowd applauded and yelled with pleasure at the song.
"Next up is Hokura with "Today I'll Sleep!"" Kazemi yelled.
Hokura stepped up, with a happy grin on her face, "I love singing!"
There was some snickers and a lot of laughter.
"Right then." Hokura sat down at the piano, shoving her sister off the bench. Raikura nearly fell, but grabbed Kazemi. Kazemi staggered for a few steps, but caught herself.
The crowd laughed harder.
"Gee, thanks, Hokura-nee." Raikura muttered, glaring a little. She picked up her green guitar and started to play quiet, slow chords. Hokura played some little piano notes to accent the guitar.
This went on for about twenty seconds, and then Reika played a chime, clear and high. Hokura started to sing, "Starlight
Star bright,
black droplets
dark tears
I don't want to go away." Hokura's voice was high and full with emotion. It was clear like a brook on summer's day, and just as refreshing. It was still rather dark, though.
When dawn fades to day,
don't make me wake up
because reality is far too cruel,
today I'd ra-ther sleep." she sang quietly, and made her voice just float on the air. The guitar and piano got a little darker, as did the chimes, and Kazemi started to play gentle drums to accent all of the music and establish a beat. The drums sounded like rain pattering against a windowsill.
"Grey clouds
an ashen abyss
no bright blue sky
no cheerful bliss." her voice got darker, lower and a little huskier, her brown hair falling in her face as she sang. The notes were lower on the scale than before.
"Just the coldest truth given to you.
When dawn fades to day,
don't make me wake up." Reika sang a little bridge of "ooh" that stayed on one note, went up one note higher and then went back down to the original.
"Because reality is far too cruel,
today I'd rather sleep.
Cold cereal
old milk
alarm clock blaring." The chimes rung twice and then were silenced.
"No warm water
who's morning is this?
Don't make it mine."
The music got progressively quieter as the song ended,"
When life fades to death,
don't drag me down through the ocean with you
waking up is far too cruel,
today I'd rather sleep."
The crowd was cheering, but crying. It was such a pretty, but sad song, Kazemi reflected.
"Okay, so we're gonna stray just a teensy-weensy bit away from the depressed spirit, got it?" The crowd cheered again in response, and the people who cried quickly wiped away their tears.
Kazemi picked up a tambourine, Reika held her bass, Hokura had her guitar, and Raikura was at the piano. Reika plucked a few notes on her bass, and Kazemi started hitting the tambourine.
"Let me hear you say hey, hey, hey!" Reika shouted.
"HEY HEY HEY!" the crowd called back.
"Alright… now let me hear you say HEY HEY HO!"
"HEY HEY HO!"
Reika plucked a few more notes, before waggling a finger, and saying in a complaining tone of voice,
"I hate it when a guy, doesn't get the door,
Even though I told him yesterday, and the day before,
I hate it when a guy doesn't get the tab
and I have to pull my money out and that looks bad."
"Yeah," Hokura added in the background.
Raikura came in on the piano as Reika sang,
"Where are the hopes?
where are the dreams?
My Cinderella story scene,
When do you think they'll finally see?"
That you're NOT, NOT, NOT gonna' get any better!
You WON'T, WON'T, WON'T, you won't get rid of me, never!
Like it or not, even though she's a lot like me,
We're not the same!
And yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm a lot to handle
You don't know trouble, I'm a hell of a scandal!" She shouted.
"Me, I'm a scene, I'm a drama queen
I'm the best damn thing that your eyes have ever seen!"
The crowd cheered at Reika's rendition of Best Damn Thing as Hokura and Reika shouted,
"Alright, Alright, Yeah!"
Reika started on the next part, once again complaining, saying
"I hate it when a guy, doesn't understand
Why a certain time of month I don't wanna hold his hand!"
"Nuh-uh!" Hokura added.
"I hate it when they go out and we stay in.
And they come home smelling like their ex-girlfriend!"
"I found my hopes, I found my dreams,
My Cinderella story scene,
Now everybody's gonna' seeeee…
That you're NOT, NOT, NOT gonna' get any better
You WON'T, WON'T, WON'T, you won't get rid of me, never
Like it or not even though she's a lot like me
We're not the same!
"And yeah, yeah, yeah I'm a lot to handle,
You don't know trouble, I'm a hell of a scandal
Me, I'm a scene, I'm a drama queen,
I'm the best damn thing that your EYES HAVE EVER SEEN!"
People chuckled as they started the next part.
"Give me an A!" All four chorused.
"Always give me what I want!" Reika sang alone.
"Give me a V!" All four.
"Be very very good to me!" Reika shouted.
"R!" This time the crowd joined, too.
"Are you gonna' treat me right?" Reika asked the crowd.
"I!" Everyone.
"I can put up a fight!" Reika hollered.
"Give me an L!" Raikura, Kazemi and Reika sang.
"Let me hear you scream LOUD!" Reika pumped a fist in the air.
"Let me hear you scream loud!" Hokura echoed.
"ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR!" All four led into it getting quiet as Reika played the bass, singing,
"Where are the hopes, Where are the dreams
My Cinderella story scene
When do you think they'll finally seeeee?"
"That you're NOT, NOT, NOT gonna' get any better,
You WON'T, WON'T, you won't get rid of me, never
Like it or not, even though she's a lot, like me
We're not the same!
"And yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm a lot to handle,
You don't know trouble, I'm a hell of a scandal
Me, I'm a scene, I'm a drama queen,
I'm the best damn thing that your EYES HAVE EVER SEEN!"
The music died down for a bit, so that Reika could shout,
"Let me hear you say hey hey hey!"
"HEY HEY HEY!" The crowd shrieked.
"Alright, now let me hear you say HEY HEY HO!"
"HEY HEY HO!"
"Hey hey hey! Hey hey hey! Hey hey hey!" Raikura, Kazemi and Hokura sang, leading up to Reika falling to her knees to shout,
"I'M THE BEST DAMN THING THAT YOUR EYES HAVE EVER SEEN!"
The crowd cheered loudly, with fist pumps and the occasional lighter, as Reika stood up, brushed off her pants, fixed her scarf, and walked back to where everyone else was, away from the bridge in the front.
"Hey hey hey! Reika-chan, stay there!" Raikura yelled.
Reika's eyes gleamed, "Oh. Right, then!" she turned.
"Three, two, one..." Guitar blasted in.
Raikura started her one of her favorite songs of all time, Shut It Up by MSI.
"The bass, the rock
The mic, the treble
I like my coffee black
Just like my metal!" There was a cracking noise, and Reika sang next.
"The bass, the rock
The mic, the treble
I like my coffee black
Just like my metal!"
Raikura sang again, "I can't wait for you to knock me up
In a minute, minute
In a f*ckin' minute!"
"I can't wait for you to knock me up
In a minute, minute
In a second!" There was a pause in the music and then the two girls started to dance and sing,"
"I can't wait for you to shut me up
And make me hip like bad a**
I can't wait for you to shut me up
Shut! It! Up!" they screamed.
"I can't wait for you to shut me up
And make me hip like bad a**
I can't wait for you to shut me up
Shut! It! Up!"
They then took turns singing the next verses,
"The bass, the rock
The mic, the treble
I like my coffee black
Just like my metal
The bass, the rock
The mic, the treble
I like my coffee black
Just like my metal!"
Raikura danced to the left of the stage as Reika ran to the right, both still singing in turn
"I can't wait for you to knock me up
In a minute, minute
In a f*cking minute!
I can't wait for you to knock me up
In a minute, minute
In a second!
I can't wait for you to shut me up
And make me hip like bad a**
I can't wait for you to shut me up
Shut! It! Up!
I can't wait for you to shut me up
And make me hip like bad a**
I can't wait for you to shut me up
Shut! It! Up!"
There was an amazing instrumental of techno sounds and the guitars and bass.
"I don't find it funny right now (right now)
Just want my ma-ma-ma-money right now (now)
I'm on my way to the party right now (right now)
I don't find it funny right now (right now)
Just want my ma-ma-ma-money right now (now)
I'm on my way to the party right now (right now)
Because the brink, the brink, the brink!
I can't wait for you to shut me up
And make me hip like bad a**
I can't wait for you to shut me up
Shut! It! Up!
I can't wait for you to shut me up
And make me hip like bad a**
I can't wait for you to shut me up
Shut! It! Up!"
There was a whipping sound, and the song ended. Everybody cheered.
"Thank you, Suna! You guys are awesome!" Reika yelled.
It was now Hokura and Kazemi's turn. Hokura pulled out the accordion and started to play. The guitars came in, playing a rather happy and fast tune.
Everyone in the crowd sang along with Hokura, "I'm standing on the sidewalk
black hat in hand
a pair of ripped jeans on
it's not like any-body cares."
The drums kicked in, playing an increasingly fast tempo with a lot of rolls and staccato beats.
"I look around with my eyes
and walk across the street
a guitar case under my arm
beggin' for a little play."
There was a little break, and then the electric guitar slammed in like a wall and the two sang even louder, "It!
Shouldn't be Sun-day!
Oh, no, it shouldn't be Sunday!
The weekend's gone by and
all I've got is life,
It shouldn't be Sunday!"
It was Kazemi's turn, and she started to sing after a little instrumental break for the drums, "A woman passes me by
giving me a little look,
I guess she's wonderin' why
a girl like me all alone,
a street musician true."
There was banging of feet and clapping of hands as the beat slowed a little and then quickened, the guitars following suit.
"But my band is right behind, and that's what's really true!"
Kazemi sang the chorus, and then Hokura joined her in the second chorus. They sang the entire song through as a duet again, and ended a cappella.
"It... shouldn't be... Sun-dayyyyy!"
Everyone screamed.
"Thank you Suna! We have one more song, a brand new song that no one has ever heard before! YOU GUYS GET TO HEAR IT!" Raikura yelled.
"WOOOOOO!" the crowd yelled.
"It'll be the last song of the night! YOU ROCK, SUNA!" Kazemi shouted.
The song that the Uninspired had just written two days before started to play. They would all be singing a verse. Kazemi was on drums, Raikura and Hokura were on guitars and Reika on bass, their classic combination.
Kazemi started the song, leaning into the mic as she played her instrument, "If there's a third world, I must be in the second
seems I'm neither here or there.
Living on the stair that's neither up or down,
Sometimes wondering how long I'll be around.
The guitar became heavier, almost shock-waves of rippling liquid music. The bass added that little oomph, and, the drums seemed to sizzle, giving a beautiful metal feel to it all.
They all sang in perfect harmony, "I'm shedding crimson tears and crystal blood
The ice is on fire
and the stone's turning to mud
and I can't put my finger on what's real life and what's not."
Hokura got the bridge, "The world is changing, turning slowly
And I wait to see what it will revert back to..."
There was an instrumental break and then the music built up slowly to create a mushroom cloud of pure rock.
Raikura sang the second verse, sharing the first few lines with Hokura, "Your comfort zone where everything is in constant change
And the world is a kinder place
and everybody gives a damn if you live or not
I'm, breathing water and drinking air
because you made my world topsy turvy."
They all sang the chorus again, and then Reika got the last verse, "Because this world you made me,
it's a crazy limbo,
my life here's all akimbo
and though it should be hell
I'm starting to think that I like it..."
The song ended with Hokura cutting the song off with a long vibrating chord that Raikura backed up with a few little notes.
There was absolute silence in the stadium, and then the cheering just burst out.
All of the girls yelled their thanks.
"Thank you Suna! We hope to see you guys again soon! You rocked!" Hokura yelled.
"Thank you!"
"Thanks!"
"See you guys again!"
They exited offstage.
"Damn, we sounded good." Raikura sighed.
"I agree whole-heartedly." Kazemi nodded.
Reika, Raikura, Kazemi and Hokura quickly changed out of their costumes and into street clothes. The group quickly ran outside, avoiding any possible fanboys, and preparing to make a dash for their plum-colored van, with Genma at the wheel.
Suddenly, without warning, Raikura felt a large pressure on top of her, and toppled over. "Meep!" she squeaked from under the large weight.
Kankurou, Temari and Gaara had been walking away from the concert, marvelling at the fantastic performance, when Kankurou tripped on his own foot and fell unceremoniously on top of a girl.
"Meep!" the girl shouted before kicking Kankurou in the one place no man wants to be kicked.
Hard.
Prone with pain, Kankurou had to be dragged off of the girl by his siblings. Temari looked the poor girl in the eyes, planning to apologize for her clumsy brother, when she realized who the girl was.
"Ohmikami you're the band! I love you guys!" she squealed.
Kazemi slapped a hand over Temari's mouth before she could continue,"Urusai! If anyone hears you, we'll be attacked by fanboys!" A shiver ran down her spine as she said that.
Temari quieted down immediately, so Gaara took the initiative.
"Gomen nasai for my brother. He's a clumsy idiot."
Kazemi smirked, Hokura burst out into a totally random fit of giggles, and Raikura nodded, "He looks the part."
Kankurou pouted for a moment, but soon his pervy self returned, "And you look really, really-"
"Don't say it," Raikura interrupted.
"Why not?"
"Just don't. Don't wanna hear it." Kankurou sighed, and Raikura just chuckled.
"Ano, onee-chan?" Hokura poked her sister in the shoulder.
"Hm?"
"Where is Reika-chan?" Raikura and Kazemi looked around. She was nowhere to be found.
"Reika?" Raikura asked, looking for her behatted friend.
"REIKA! WHERE ARE YOU?" Kazemi shouted at the top of her lungs.
"Did I hear my name?" Reika asked, wandering out of the building next to a black-haired boy.
"Where the f*ck have you been? We were scared half to death!"
"Language, Nee-chan!" Hokura slapped Raikura over the head.
Reika shrugged, smiling. "I was just having a marvelous conversation on the importance of umbrella safety with this bloke! I'm going to a café for tea and biscotti with him tomorrow, hope you don't mind me missing that band practice?"
Hokura grinned deviously. "Anything for you and your date, Reika-chan! Besides, we deserve a day off! I haven't slept until noon in AGES!"
"You mean yesterday?"
"Yes. That was a long time ago."
During the course of the conversation, Kankurou managed to slip his phone number on a piece of scrap paper into the back pocket of Raikura's jeans without her noticing. Oh, he had skill.
"We better get going. Fanboy at 6 o'clock, in the bush," Hokura stated militaristically.
"Hai. Move out!" Raikura shouted, and the four of them sprinted to their van, loaded with instruments and the long-forgotten remnants of bags of potato chips and Cheez-Its.
Idate, Gaara, Kankurou and Temari were left there, dumbstruck. An angry voice resounded from the van:
"What's this in my jeans…. UGH! A NUMBER! AND I WAS WEARING SKINNY JEANS!"
Temari turned on Kankurou, bristling. "Kankurou…"
The brown-haired pervy teen had enough sense to sweatdrop, stammer out an apology and then run screaming to the car with a furious Temari running after him.
"YOU'D BETTER RUN!"
IDATE POV
Whoa whoa whoa. Back up a bit. That girl's name was Reika. She had black hair. Her friends said "the band." Oh snap, I just asked a famous band member out to lunch! My thoughts were flying a mile a minute as I walked back to the Suna Inn I was staying in. Once or twice I saw Reika fanboys sobbing or trying - and failing - to send my venomous death glares. I hoped lunch wouldn't be too awkward, now that I knew
who she was. Say, what the heck is umbrella safety anyways?
TEMARI POV
Oh. My. Freakin'. Kami. I MET THE BAND! After an amazing concert, despite the fact Ino left, and they talked to us! *squealing* But did my brother have to be such a perverted womanizer and try to get Raikura to go out with him? Especially with that nasty break-up with Sasuke (A/N: THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PLOT POINT. FEAR IT! RAWR.), too. Hell, does he even know her name?
But I met the band!
GAARA POV
Those girls were pretty good. I liked the music, though I would never admit to Temari that she had actually turned me on to a band. The girl Kazemi was the one who had been singing the first song I heard. Her hair was dyed crazy colors, but it wasn't at all ugly. She was actually pretty cute - hold it. Did I just think that? Kankurou must be rubbing off on me.
KANKUROU POV
Temari wasn't kidding when she said those girls were hot. I hope that black-haired chick (Damn, I don't remember her name. Note to self, ask Temari) calls me, she was damn pretty. However, she looked like she could pound me to a pulp. Ouch. And that kick... whoa. I'm not sure if I'm scared by her or turned on. Maybe both. But she was smokin' HOT!