chapter seven
Naru watched from behind the curtains as temari gestured for the music to start, and when it did she began dancing slowly at first and then faster and faster as the tempo of the music speed-ed up as well, there was an intermission after this and naru bet some of the guys were glad for this as some of the moves Temari was pulling of was little less than provocative. Still with the trademark grin in place she scaned the crowd for her Friends and she spotted them Kankuro looking outraged that his big sister would do that kind of dancing, gaara looking a little shocked which for him, in a crowd of people, meant that he could have been having a heart attack, she ignored the others and her vision swiveled over to shikamaru who was looking equally as shocked as Gaara must have felt, her grin widened especially when she saw that he had his legs crossed, who knew shika was a secret pervert, but she knew for a fact that everyone could be perverted when it came to someone they liked. Whilst thinking her eyes rested unconsiously on the youngest uchiha, who just happened to glance in her direction for a second when Naru became aware thier eyes met, although it felt like a year it was only a few seconds before Sasuke looked back towards Temari who was performing her last steps, as she finished and everyone clapped for her, naru scanned the spectators once again but shika had disappeared, the announcer tolod everyone that there was going to be a half hour intermission to prepare for the second half and that snacks and drinks were available in the canteen, etc etc.
naru walked to where refreshments were for the contestants and grabbed a couple of bottles of water, one for herself and one for temari who met her against one of the walls looking kind of depressed. "what's up?" she asked, the older blonde merely shook her head as though in a daze. "You were awesome out there!!" the younger announced bouncing around a bit.
The other seemed to snap out of it a bit and nodded "thanks, i was really nervous at first." she looked down at the girl and grinned "aren't you the slightest bit nervous?" she said looking at her curiously. Sasuke, itachi and the other judge, Sai came through the backstage door and were talking to various contestants, and then parents came through as well talking amongst each other, and breaking off when they saw their offspring.
"Naruto-nee!!" shouted Naruto's younger brother before glomphing his big sister. the commotion making most of the other people stare at them but the two siblings ignored them.
"konohamaru!! are you having fun so far?" she replied returning the hug.
"it's okay, most of the other's suck, but temari-nee-san was really cool!" he said smiling at her.
Temari smiled and rubbed her neck a little embarrased, "thanks konohamaru-kun, i can't wait to see naru's though, i've never heard her sing before." now it was naruto's turn to act nervous and embarrased, she scratched the back of her head.
"oh is that what she's doing?" said a man from behind they all turned towards him, he had red hair and eyes, with whisker marks on his cheeks, just faint scars, and had a supirior air about him (bet you weren't expecting that!!). Naru had folded her arms across her chest and had a scowl set firmly in place. temari was confused at first before remembering she had met this man once before.
"Ah... Mr uzumaki,"she said a little nervously. he shook his head.
"it's just Kyuubi, Miss..."
"Oh. it's Temari, Sabaku no temari."
"naruto-chan's father."
"Step!" naruto interrupted irritably, "he's mine and Konohamaru's step father." most of the others had gone back to doing whatever when Kyuubi had shown up but one pair of dark eyes had yet to drift from the blonde haired blue eyed girl who was looking at this strange man almost the exact same way she looked at him when they first met and began arguing with each other. Sasuke raised an eyebrow in confusion but was then attacked by the four fan girls in the competition.
"sasuke-kun!!" they shrieked, earning most peoples attention latching onto some part of him, naruto turned with everyone else towards the boy at the sound but as soon as she saw what was going on she turned away again with a look of disgust on her face. he fought off the girls and checked his watch and itachi's voice was in his ear.
"It's almost time for the second half contestants good job so far and good luck for those who haven't yet performed." with that he left followed silently but the ever emotionless Sai. he followed soon after, with assurances that they would win coming from the obsessed schoolgirls. he left and walked back to the theater and took his seat at the front where most tothers were taking their seats as well.
(backstage again)
"what are you doing here anyway?" asked Naruto in a voice that said she was purposely being rude, she avoided looking at her step-dad though and instead her eyes locked onto her mother looking every bit konohamaru's mother as Naru did her father's daughter. the brunette looked annoyed at her first born and rolled her eyes.
"you don't have to take that attitude and we came to watch we got an invitation." she explained in a bored voice " so stop throwing a tantrum already."
"I'm NOT!" said the blonde through gritted teeth, Temari decided this would be the opportune moment to leave the conversation and walked off to watch the pinkette on stage reciting some weird poem she had made for Sasuke, needless to say it was mostly a short story of what she thought her and sasuke should do together and it was very explicit, and made most of the people in the crowd laugh hysterically, and the mentioned uchiha's expression got sourer and sourer as she went on, eventually she was hauled off stage by the announcer, which was the English teacher Iruka, and the next went on stage, having no desire to witness yet another bout of Sasuke-worshipping she looked towards where naru was now fuming, her family had decided that they had better places to be rather than with the furious blonde, she made her way over and the younger looked almost surprised and smiled goofily as always.
the other acts went on-stage and off to boo's or cheers one of her friends Haku, who Temari knew was really a guy but always wore girls clothes, although temari had never personally asked him why she just presumed he wanted to. was especially cheered on when he left the stage and grinned at Temari when he did, she grinned back. Suddenly Naruto started.
"oh! i'm on!" she started towards the curtains to wait for Iruka-sensei to announce her arrival.
"Good Luck." whispered Temari into her ear as the younger walked onto the stage to the micro phone stand that was strategically placed in the midle, she looked over the crowd with kiba and Lee shouting cheers and encouragement louder than the rest of the audience put together, and she grinned as she saw them in the crowd standing up Chouji was shouting encouragement too but he could't hear it over those two and he was clapping in his seat shika was smiling encouragingly at her and clapping, Gaara was clapping slowly and delibratly, neji was the other side of lee and was also clapping but instead of looking at her, he was giving lee and annoyed look. she smiled softly at her friends and got ready she looked at the guy on the sounds and lights board and nodded at him, he started the music and she waited for the right beat to start
"See the devil on the doorstep now (my oh my)
Telling everybody oh just how to live their lives
Sliding down the information highway
Buying in just like a bunch of fools
Time is ticking and we can't go back (my oh my)" she was starting to feel a rush and started to move a little about the stage, most people were staring at her stunned by this point, and she loved, there were a few singing along, Kiba and Lee were still jumping about, everyone had given up trying to get them to sit down, and Chouji had joined them.
"What about the world today
What about the place that we call home
We've never been so many
And we've never been so alone
You keep watching from your picket fence
You keep talking but it makes no sense
You say we're not responsible
But we are, we are
You wash your hands and come out clean
Fail to recognise the enemies within
You say we're not responsible
But we are, we are, we are, we are" They had started the crowd clapping to the beat now more of them on their feet yelling the lyrics at her, she loved the adreniline rush she was getting she could almost feel it going through her brain, and she was going naturally now the words just seemed to fall from her without thinking.
"One step forward making two steps back (my oh my)
Riding piggy on the bad boys back for life
Lining up for the grand illusion
No answers for no questions asked
Lining up for the execution
Without knowing why
You keep watching from your picket fence
You keep talking but it makes no sense
You say we're not responsible
But we are, we are
You wash your hands and come out clean
Fail to recognise the enemies within
You say we're not responsible
But we are, we are, we are, we are
It's all about power then
Take control
Breaking the rule
eraseing the soul
They suck us dry till there's nothing left
My oh my, my oh my
What about the world today
What about the place that we call home
We' ve never been so many
And we've never been so alone...
So alone
You keep watching from your picket fence
You keep talking but it makes no sense
You say we're not responsible
But we are, we are
You wash your hands and come out clean
Fail to recognise the enemies within
You say we're not responsible
But we are, we are, we are, we are
It's all about power then (we are)
Take control (we are)
Breaking the rule (we are, we are)
eraseing the soul (we are)
They suck us dry till there's nothing left (we are, we are)
My oh my, my oh my
We are
We are (its all )
We are
We are, we are (take control)
We are
We are
It's all about power
Then take control" She finished and replaced the mic, muttered a thanks to the tech who was still staring at her as she had raised the whole hall in cheers and whoops, although they were still struggling to get heard over Naru's group of freinds, who were all on their feet stomping and cheering except Gaara and shika who were both just clapping, shika ocaisionally shouting something, like a cheer. the smile had never faltered throughout her performance and she walked backstage where Temari congratulated her and told her how awesome she was, she barely heard it over the buzz she still felt in her brain.
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