Chapter 9: Voice of an Angel.
A/N: This chapter contains a new P.O.V.
Ino's P.O.V:
I was still slightly irritated by that girl. I don't know why, but she definitely rubbed me the wrong way. How well does she know Obito anyway? I felt myself turning red at the thought of me being jealous. I pouted while puffing my cheeks up slightly and looked back to him; he still had his hands behind his head with a clueless look on his face and he stared at me, tilting his head. I hid my reddened face from him with my bang, hoping he'd catch up on the hint and come talk to me, but he just kept walking looking simple-minded. Sakura apparently caught the hint as she laughed softly.
God, why do boys have to be so stupid when it comes to understanding the mind of a woman? I thought to myself. Irritated by Obito's obliviousness, I turned away and started fiddling with my hair. I stopped when I heard Sakura gasp, I turned to her and saw she was staring at a poster.
"It says that they were having free open mic night at the karaoke bar!" Sakura said, eyes glistening as she continued to look at the poster. Obito on the other hand, had an expression completely opposite of Sakura's. His mouth was slightly open as he stared at the poster in horror, his eyebrows twitched slightly as well.
"We should totally go!" Sakura shouted enthusiastically. I agreed, but Obito did not want to go at all. Sakura turned to him and gave him the puppy dog eyes, begging him to come. He reluctantly agreed eventually.
"The poster says it starts at 8, so we'll have to do something until then." I said.
"I'm hungry, why don't we go get something to eat?" Obito suggested. Sakura and I both nodded in agreement and we went to the Ichiraku Ramen Shop. To our shock, we saw THREE Naruto's, the younger one and two older ones. One of the older ones looked a bit funny as he had a red cloak, orange markings around his eyes, which were golden instead of the usual blue. They all looked at Sakura and greeted her with a loud "Sakura-cha~n!" Obito, Sakura, and I all looked at each other and slowly began to back away. We ended up going to the dumpling shop where, not to our surprise, we saw Anko shoving her favorite dumplings down along with her famous side of red bean soup.
We came in and ordered our dumplings. Just like at the restaurant, they popped up the moment we did. We sat down and started eating, talking about how much of an asshole Kakashi was. After a while, a sly smile crept up on Sakura's face and she asked how "far" Obito and I got last night. Obito, who was sipping some tea at the moment, spit it out and looked at Sakura with widened eyes. I was about to put a dumpling in my mouth, only to freeze drop it upon hearing her question. Both our faces were red as we tried to shrug off the question by sarcastically laughing. Sakura's expression remained unchanged as she looked at Obito and me, clearly expecting an answer.
"Oh look, its 7:45!" We said with a hesitant voice as I pointed to the clock. I quickly downed what I had left and darted out the shop, Obito following close behind me.
Sakura's P.O.V:
I giggled to myself after the two lovebirds had left. I knew Ino was obviously, for whatever reason, jealous of Rin. So I decided to get those two alone yet again by asking that question, hoping Ino would talk to him about what she was feeling. I finished my dumplings and left out to head to the karaoke bar, ecstatic about being able to sing.
I had arrived to see that it was completely crowded! There were people everywhere. I tried to look for Ino and Obito, but to no avail, I just simply couldn't find the two through the crowd of people. I simple gave up with a sigh and went to sign up to sing, choosing "Yura Yura" by Hearts Grow as my song. The clerk said to take a seat and wait to be called, which I did.
After a lot of people went; some good, some bad, my name was announced over the P.A. I stepped up to the stage and grabbed the mic.
"Good evening, everyone!" I waved to the crowd; everyone was just staring silently at first. But I knew they'd be riled up and cheering by the time I was done so I didn't let the quiet bother me. All the lights except the ones on stage dimmed and the song started. I started singing too, of course, hitting every note of the opening perfectly.
During the instrumental break, the roar of cheers filled the room. I scanned the crowd and to my shock, I saw Pain! He was in the back and our eyes met. I almost missed my cue to start singing again as I kept staring in his eyes. I realized this and took my eyes off of him, continuing to sing.
It was the condensed version of the song, so it ended shortly after that. I winked and struck a pose as it did, causing many cheers and clapping to erupt throughout the place. I even heard someone shout "Woohoo Sakura!" Before I left off the stage, I thanked everyone for having me and curtsied. I immediately got off and made my way to where I spotted Pain. I was kind of sad when I didn't see him, but I took my seat and started watching the other singers.
Karin was performing "Lovers" by 7 Oops when I felt a tap on my shoulder. It was a waitress and she told me that someone has invited me to one of the private booths. She led me to the back where they were and let me inside. Sitting in there, was Pain! I don't know why, but I got a little nervous when the waitress had excused herself and shut the door, leaving us alone.
"So, what did you want to see me for?" I asked him, nervously taking a seat next to him. I looked into his eyes again, they're really nice to look at since it's an ocular jutsu that's near unheard of nowadays.
"I want you to sing for me." He said, he looked at me with his same expressionless face. I was taken aback by his request, the word why escaping my lips.
"I just wanted to hear you sing again, your voice is beautiful and I wanted to hear an encore." He turned away as I stood up. I hate to admit it, but I was blushing like crazy at his compliment.
"Well, did you have a song in mind?" I asked as I reached the machine to pick one.
"You can pick whatever you please." His voice sent a chill down my spine, not one of fear though.
I nodded as I selected the song "For You" by Azu.
Pain's P.O.V:
The song had started and Sakura was voicing the scat at the beginning of it. My gaze was fixed to her as her voice was very attention-grabbing. Finally the first verse started her soothing voice filled the room.
She gave a wink upon the "For you" and started singing the chorus. I felt myself stand up and started walking slowly towards her; I finally reached her when she hit the high note perfectly. She had her eyes closed the whole time so she didn't notice me walk up. When she opened her big green eyes and met my gaze, her face flushed a little, but she never turned away.
"Is there something bothering you?" She asked nervously. I shook my head as I kept staring at her, her angelic voice flittering through my mind.
"Then, how was it?" She asked.
"Beautiful." I said as I reached up and stroked her hair. She gasped at my gesture, but didn't swat me away. Judging by her reaction, I guess she actually likes me doing this.
She finally spoke up with, "I wanted to thank you for the other night."
"Just you obliging my request is enough." I replied to her, still stroking her pink hair. I eventually moved my hand to cup her chin.
Just then, the waitress had entered. She stared at us wide eyed with a huge shade of red covering her face.
"I- I'm sorry!" She said, quickly bowing and excusing herself.
Ino's P.O.V:
I noticed Sakura was nowhere to be found in the crowd. Not wanting my body to leave Obito, I simply told him to "watch me" for a moment. He was confused at first as I was making my hand signs and taking aim at the waitress.
"Shitenshin no jutsu." I launched my spirit out of my body and hit the waitress. I was now in control of her body while Obito was watching over my lifeless one. I turned and saw my body fall into Obito's chest. He panicked as he shook my body, his face reddened out of embarrassment.
I turned away and made my way to the private booths. All of them were inactive except for one, so I opened the door. I was gonna say, "Do you guys need anything," but that idea went out of the window as I saw some Akatsuki member holding Sakura. I promptly excused myself, which takes us back to where we are now.
I continued to look through the glass window at Sakura and this mystery man. I have to admit, he was quite handsome with his orange hair and many piercings. My eyes widened when I saw her put her hand on his face and kissed him! She also said what looked like a "thank you." I couldn't really hear them since the room was sound proof.
I heard someone approaching, so I stopped watching the pair and left. As I did, I saw a hideous bald man with an Akatsuki cloak and many piercings similar to the one Sakura's mystery lover had, but the arrangement of his was a lot different. He was staring at me intensely, almost like he wanted to kill me. I felt a bit uneasy as I bowed and walked past him. I released the jutsu and was sent back into my own body, awakening in Obito's warm arms.
"Welcome back." He said to me warmly. I snuggled in his embrace as I listened to the song that was being sung by the older me, which was "Your Affection."
Finally got this chapter completed! I had to re-write this one as I had put the lyrics to the songs Sakura was singing. Since it's against the rules and all.
