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This chapter goes to Nichi Nara.

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It was a week after the kendo incident and all the girls were in one of the clubrooms. It was in a small corner at the far side of school that no one ever came too. When they had first found it, it was damp, molding, and just messed up in every single way possible. It wasn't until hey had cleaned up and moved in a bunch of furniture (Courtesy of the Hyuuga family. They're loaded. Lets just make that clear. ) that they realized that the room was sound proof. Perfect for the band. Fate as Neji would call it. The room was large and had a huge white board hung up on one of the walls. After hours of scrubbing it finally came into use and was now covered in millions of scribbles, poems, rants, and doodles. Two of the four walls were pale beige, another black and the final a light teal. The white board was on the black one and a small couch, shelf, and fridge leaned against the beige walls. Before the teal wall was a small rise that served as a stage for all of their instruments. At one corner, surrounded in a plastic folding screen that created half of a hexagon, was a red, black, and silver drum set. Two electric guitars, one black, teal, blue and silver with a wave design, the other black, red, pink, and silver with cherry blossoms up one side, stood propped up at the center. Another guitar, a black, violet, lavender, and white bass with an intricate butterfly slapped on the bottom right, stood next to them. A black and silver Yamaha keyboard filled in the empty space. On the other side of the room Tenten, Matsuri and Sakura lay on the sofa, arms and legs tangled as Ino and Hinata sat on the floor. None of them really cared about the fact that they had been here for 2 hours doing…nothing.

Tenten yawned "You guys do realize that none of us have ever played in a band and…" she paused to draw her hand away from her mouth.

"…that we kinda suck." Finished Ino.

The girls all nodded. They all knew how to play their instruments at expert level but put together they sounded like crap. The only two that ever stayed in the same beat were Tenten and Sakura, to which they said that they had practiced together often. The only problem was that they couldn't find a song that everyone really knew. They didn't have a song yet, though the board was covered it small bits of lyrics. One or two people faltered from lack of knowledge in the song and everything went downhill from there. Ino continued to inspect her nails and Sakura went back to her book. Hinata was meditating and Matsuri was just plain dying. Tenten, in her state of oblivion, opened her mouth and started to sing quietly.

You've wasted your times

On my heart

You've burned

And if bridges gotta fall then you'll fall too.

Doors slam

Lights black

You're gone

Come back

Stay gone

Stay clean

I need you to need me.

She didn't notice that Hinata had started to sing with her. Then Sakura and Matsuri. Then Ino. They split off into harmony, voices blending softly.

So we're bound to linger on

We drink the fatal drop

Then love until we bleed.

The song finished and everyone snapped out of it.

"huh?" muttered Tenten.

Matsuri rubbed her eyes and yawned again.

"That sounded pretty good" she commented.

"what did?" asked Tenten, trying to remember what had happened.

"Yeah it did" said Sakura, ignoring her best friend.

"what did?" said Tenten a little louder.

"Maybe we got the singing down." Mumbled Hinata.

"All we need is the instruments." Matsuri.

Tenten blew a fuse "WHAT? SOUNDED GOOD?" she yelled.

Sakura smacked her. "The song."

Tenten's face twisted in confusion.

"song?" she voiced.

Matsuri sighed and Hinata placed a hand on the brunettes shoulder. They both shook they heads in mock exasperation.

"You poor dense girl" she said at the same time.

Tenten opened her moth to retort when Ino yelled so loud they all jumped. Hinata shot behind the couch in a millisecond. Tenten had her hand wrapped around the fingerboard of the teal guitar, not hesitating to lift it, and Sakura and Matsuri had fallen into protective stances.

"I'VE GOT IT!" she screamed.

Hinata rolled from behind the couch and winced as she massaged her ringing ears. Ino was saying that way too much. And bad stuff happened every time she said it. Almost every time. Ino went over to the laptop that was plugged into the three speakers used for the guitars. She rapidly typed and a song started blaring from the speakers. It wasn't very loud and the entire layout was pretty simple. Ino paused it to ask the others if they knew the song. All of them did. It wasn't really well known but they had all heard it multiple times. It wasn't too hard to find the sheet music and after awhile of altering and redoing the music they had a pretty good replica of the song. Hinata suggested a final run through and they counted off. Sakura started the song with Ino as bass and Tenten as background

I'm having the day from hell,

It was all going so well (before you came)

And you told me you needed space,

Tenten started her drums

With a kiss on the side my face (not again)

Hinata started singing with Matsuri in the background and they all were playing

And not to mention (the tears, a shame)

But I should have kicked your (ass instead)

I need intervention

Attention to stop temptation to scream

All of them came in for the chorus, Ino and Tenten for the melody and the other three for the harmony.

Cause baby

Everything is f'ed up straight from the heart

Tell me what do you do, when it all falls apart

Gotta pick myself up where do I start

Cuz I can't turn to you when it all falls apart

No

Ino with Sakura

Don't know where I parked my car

Don't know who my real friends are (anymore)

I put my faith in you

What a stupid thing to do (when it rains it pours)

Tenten with Hinata

And not to mention (I drank too much)

I'm feeling hung over (and out of touch)

I need intervention

Attention to stop temptation to scream

Everyone

Cause baby

Everything is f'ed up straight from the heart

Tell me what do you do, when it all falls apart

Gotta pick myself up where do I start

Cuz I can't turn to you when it all falls apart

No

Hinata with Ino

Can it be easier?

Can I just change my life?

Cause it just seems to go bad every time

Will I be mending?

Another one ending once again

Everyone

Everything is f'ed up straight from the heart

Tell me what do you do, when it all falls apart

Gotta pick myself up (out) where do I start

Cuz I can't turn to you when it all falls apart

No [x2]

Sakura and Matsuri slapped high fives after pulling their guitars off. It hadn't been too bad.

"Now can we start writing songs?" asked Sakura, the bookworm who knew everything one could do emotionally with a pen, marker, or a pencil.

They all agreed and flopped back into their former positions at the couches and the floor, books, paper and pen at hand. Sakura, Ino and Matsuri were sharing and IPod with one of the three way earphones while Tenten and Hinata shared one set.

"Start thinking." Said Ino as she already started to erase whatever crap she had written down.

Outside the room there were a couple of innocent bystanders who just happened to pass by. Bystanders that go by the name of Apocalyptic Death. Emo sounding, much? Neji leaned back against the wall next to the door, his arms crossed. Sasuke was in a similar fashion on the opposite side of the hallway except he had both hands in his pockets, his school jacket hanging in the crook of his arm. Shikamaru had both hands behind his head and Naruto and Gaara were just standing there. When they heard the music stop they showed no sign of movement. Sure the room was supposed to be sound proof but even those right outside the doors could hear. Neji pushed himself off of the wall. As lead singer and a guitarist it was expected that he would a little worried. A little. Apocalyptic Death was KPA's most successful band since Akatsuki or Kryptic Remorse, which was pretty old since it had consisted of Tsunade, Jiraiya, and some guy named Orochimaru. Ignorant Bliss could do some damage to the other bands and pull itself into second. But then again the gap between first and Second place is pretty big. Neji looked up and he could tell that the rest were thinking the same thing. Sasuke was holding his head with one hand, his fingers creating a cage over his eye and Shikamaru and Gaara were in there thinking positions. Naruto on the other hand had a large smile on his face.

"They sounded good!" he said giddily.

Sasuke frowned and Neji glared though pale eyes.

"Shut up, dobe" growled Sasuke.

"But they are!" protested the hyperactive blond.

Naruto kept rambling. Sasuke walked over but Shikamaru ambled over and put a hand over Sasuke's fist.

"Chill out, Uchiha" he muttered. "Don't worry too much."

Sasuke jerked his hand out and sighed.

"Yeah, you worried? About something…or someone." smirked Neji.

Sasuke's pulled his head up to glare at the Hyuuga. They had done this many times and they knew neither would give up. Neji knew he had hit something inside Sasuke though. Everyone in the band knew of Sasuke's brother Itachi. They had been good friends for a real long time. Brothers. Then when Sasuke turned 11 Itachi had a huge fight with his parents. Itachi was what most would consider a genius. He had the best grades one could get and he had a huge passion for music and business. He was the one who taught Sasuke how to sing and play guitar. At age sixteen, he was 5 years older that Sasuke, he had wanted to go to America to study. He had gotten a crap load of offers around that time and things were sort of hectic. His parents refused and the next day he disappeared from their lives. The only thing he left behind was a note to Sasuke. Sasuke hadn't shown it to anyone since that day. All they knew was that there was a line saying: Try and catch up to me in the music world foolish brother. What's a little more competition? After all a caring brother is one more likely to follow after. Itachi had betrayed him. He had lied about loving him as a friend and a brother. Its like he had been speaking in falsetto the entire time but he hadn't noticed it. Soon after he left Sasuke's mom got sick and she's never been in good health since. Sasuke had vowed to beat Itachi to a piece of unmoving shit for hurting his parents and him. He'd been pushing for a band for sometime and when they'd finally gotten to forming one he worked so hard that the others went up with him. Since then the guys had been careful not to mention anything that might hint Itachi. Neji backed away, both hands in the air.

"Sorry" he muttered grimly "but should we be worried? " he voiced. "No" he answered his own question. "No matter how good they get we get better."

Everyone nodded and settled into comfort. In their first year as a band they had been afraid that their band would fail (even if they wouldn't say) like the many others but now they would still be confident even if Itachi set a hydro bomb on them. Shikamaru stretched and flexed his fingers.

"Well, then. Shall we get back to practice?" he suppressed a yawn.

"YEAH!" Naruto yelled.

Sasuke leapt to cover his friend's mouth just as he started break dancing to random music.

"Shut up dobe" he hissed.

Neji glanced at the door with Gaara and Sasuke. It didn't open and there was no sound coming form the room. With a sigh of relief they walked away, never once losing confidence.

Back in side the room.

"Did you hear something?" questioned Hinata, her head cocked to one side.

The girls shook their heads no and they continued to scribble. 15 minutes later the only thing Tenten had on her scrap of paper was an intricate drawing of a kunai, and some random epic sounding words .In her boredom she chucked her pencil at a poster of several bands and a crude drawing of some asstard fangirls. It hit the lump labeled Ami right between the eyes. Tenten grinned and promptly scribbled down something. Sakura, who had been nibbling at the tip of her pencil, glanced over at Tenten who was furiously scratching on the poor piece of paper. Raising an eyebrow she shifted over as to see what the brunette had. It wasn't every day that she had a brain blast. Even as her best friend she had to admit Tenten was not the brightest being under the sun. Weather it be dog, bird, whale, or platypus. Ok, fine she was a smart, top grades actually, but she was just a little slow on other things. Just as Tenten's sheet came into view it was snatched away by Ino. Startled Tenten looked straight a head into her empty hands. Ino was struggling to read it as Sakura and Matsuri pulled for it.

"I don't know if you could make out all of the hand writing."

Everyone glanced down to see Hinata, sitting on the floor in a calming position. Sakura frowned and Tenten cocked her head to the side.

"What?" asked Sakura.

Hinata blushed "I, well, I read it all and it…it…"

Tenten remembered Hinata's awesome vision and she understood.

"Sorry. It was inspiration."

At that Ino, Sakura, and Matsuri happily turned to the paper. Maybe someone had finally gotten something song worthy.

"…"

"…"

"…"

On the scrapped piece of notebook paper were several lines, doodles, and words. The kunai was interesting but what really caught the eyes of the three was what was scribbled at the center. Sort of like a target.

It.

Was.

A beautiful picture of Ami, Karin, and several other fangirls in a fiery pit surrounded by thorns and blood. The girls were screaming and had cuts all over them. Sakura leaned in closer to look at the scraggly chicken scratch that labeled everything.

"Go…to..hell…and…burn…you…fucktards…" she murmured out loud.

Ino and Matsuri deadpanned while Sakura face palmed. Hinata looked at them apologetically while Tenten smiled sheepishly.

"It was the picture" she pointed at said picture. "It gave me inspiration."

Sakura blinked uncontrollably.

Matsuri sighed but brightened immediately.

"Don't worry" she said, grinning evilly "We'll make a song out of it, right Ino-pig?"

Ino flicked the pale girl on the forehead.

"of course we will Mouse-suri." She replied in a sweet tone.

Ino loomed over Tenten in a menacing way. Tenten narrowed her chocolate eyes in suspicion and glared.

"You wouldn't" she hissed.

Ino cackled. "That's right Tennie! You are not leaving this school until you finish this song. Ever."

Sakura's features rose as she thought of her friend being locked in school the entire night. Matsuri jumped up and down while Hinata looked worriedly from Tenten to Ino. The same dark aura that had rolled off her in waves at her stare down with Neji returned. Sakura moved away as not to drown. So did Hinata and Matsuri. Ino, simply smirked and she mimed herself drowning, eyes crossed. But, see, Tenten wasn't slow when it came to escape. Why? Because she was a fucking ninja. As Ino finally closed her eyes and 'died' Tenten sprinted for the door.

"MAKE ME YOU EXCUSE OF A DUMB BLOND!" she yelled, careful not to curse in case of teachers.

Ino though cussed as if the world was ending.

"GET BACK HERE YOU LITTLE BITCH! YOU ARE FINISHING THAT FUCKIN SONG TONIGHT OR I'LL-"

There was a muffled noise as if Sakura and Matsuri had clamped their hands over Ino's mouth. Tenten smirked as she padded down more hallways. She guessed she was safe. Until she heard the multiple footsteps.

"Shit"

The bun haired girl broke into a sprint and did not stop until she heard nothing. Absolutely nothing. Panting she slumped to the floor, back resting against a wall. It was only then that she realized she was lost.

"Shit"

A/N: yawn…I'm so flipping tired right now. Its pretty short so sorry. Please review or just tell me what you think about it. If you think it sucks then just tell me so. Take your anger out. XD. Oh and I'm starting a small contest. Person with the longest review gets to do Neji's hair and face any way they want to and walk him around like a dog. Splendid. So then, until the next chapter. Bai.